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(Pulp - didn't happen overnight - but once they got there . . )

Continuing the Special Fundraiser Edition of Nights At The Roundtable tonight - Pulp Live at Leeds University from 2000.

Check it out, turn it up, spend a half hour with Jarvis Cocker and the band and drop a few quarters into the kitty to help keep this thing going.

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(Jarvis Cocker of Pulp - transformed taking the piss into high art)

I was reminded by a reader last night that, while I was mentioning Blur and Oasis, I neglected to mention one of the most influential bands of the mid-90s Britpop explosion, Pulp. Fronted by Jarvis Cocker, whose razor-sharp lyrics were/are a perfect companion to his stage persona, Pulp became one of the most enduring bands from the 90s. Probably something more of cult following here in the States than overseas, even though they've sold over 10 million copies of their albums worldwide. But nonetheless, one of the great bands to come out of that period. Sadly, they split in 2002.

This track, Common People, might be familiar - but I'm afraid it may be more familiar as the version done by William Shatner a couple of years back. I've gotta be honest, I hated that version - it was sacrilegious to me, because Shatner did it as a goof and the song is anything but - just my opinion. At any rate, it's off the 1995 album Different Class and it's one of a lot of great songs off that album.

If you're not familiar with them, I would really urge you to check them out. But if you are familiar - I'm just preaching to the choir.

Sooner or later, everyone rides the Steve Albini train. Former Pulp frontman and beloved singer-songwriter in his own right Jarvis Cocker has a new album recorded by Albini, Further Complications, which comes out May 19th.

Albini, known for his hands-off, natural approach to recording and general policy of charging small bands $400 a day and superstars tens of thousands, has had his turn with most hard rock luminaries at one time or another, from Cheap Trick to Nirvana to Neurosis. This record should be an interesting fit -- hopefully one without lots of plot and dialog to distract from the songs, which we see above.