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Welcome to the latest edition of Pitchfork's Guest List. Each week, we ask one of our favorite artists to fill us in on what they've been up to lately: which tracks they can't stop spinning, what books they can't put down, and what new bands they've caught on tour. This week it's Pinback's Rob Crow, who celebrates his wife's pregnancy, blesses the church of the Casbah, and wipes his ass with this year's favorite purchase.

>> Favorite New Songs of the Past Year

Ken Andrews: "Write Your Story"
Cephalic Carnage: "Divination & Violation"
Shellac: "Genuine Lulabelle"
Melvins: "Civilized Worm"
Slayer: "Flesh Storm"


>> Favorite Older Songs at the Moment

The Osmond Brothers: "Gotta Get Love"
Shat: "Gobble, Gobble Goo"
Om: "At Giza"
Leadbelly: "If It Wasn't For Dicky"
The Groundhogs: "Split Pt. 2"

>> Favorite New Band

Uhhhhhhhhhh...

>> Favorite Song Ever

It's a tie between the Damned: "New Rose", and Family Fodder: "Savoir Faire".

>> Best Recent Concert

Om.
(The heaviest thing around.)





>> Last Great Film I Saw

King of Kong.
(Documentaries are my favorite form of cinema. I've seen it four times so far.)

>> Last Great Book I Read

Dishwasher by Pete Jordan.
(Been waiting years for this one and it didn't disappoint.)

>> Favorite Piece of Musical Equipment

Guitar.

>> Favorite Record Shop

San Diego annual record swap, [where I got] Toncho Pilatos' first LP on vinyl.
(It's like Chuck E. Cheese for collector nerds.)

>> Best Purchase of the Past Year

Toilet paper.
(I always keep an extra roll in my backpack just in case, and it's never been wasted.)

>> Best Thing I Did This Year

Inseminated my wife.
(May 5 is the due date and that's the day before our anniversary/day we met at a Wesley Willis show. May the fourth be with you.)

>> Best Venue
The Casbah.
(Some people have a sex dungeon.
Some people have a basement family fun center.
Some people have a mistress.
Some people have golf.
Some people have church.
I have the Casbah.)

>> Favorite TV Show at the Moment

"South Park".
(They never back down.)

>> Favorite Video Game at the Moment

"Guitar Hero III".
(Even though most of the actual songs are terrible, the last part makes up for it.)

>> Favorite Radio Show

Jean Shepherd.
(One of my heroes.)





>> My Ringtone

Normal tone: Wrangler Brutes: "Unmentionables"
Friend tone: The Frogs: "Sailors Board Me Now"