Top 5 1. Full HouseGreat song. The idea of the track is questioning whatever happened to predictability—the standard things in life, like the milkman, the paperboy and even TV. This guy has no idea wh ...   More

Top 5 1. The Jacksons2. U.N. Security Council Permanent Member Countries 3. Fingers on Your Left Hand4. Power Rangers5. Love Languages ...   More

Top 5 Parliament LightsWe try to buy cartons when we’re in the Southern states because they’re so cheap there and ideally that will last us for a while.Priceline.comYou can “name your own ...   More

Top 5 Black ’n BlueThese L.A.-via-Portland rockers found a hit in their 1984 single “Hold on to 18.” Guitarist Tommy Thayer, who will perform at the induction show, also plays with a littl ...   More

Top 5 Jimi Hendrix, “1983…(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)”The way the cymbals are played and the guitar tones paint a pretty accurate underwater soundscape.Pearl Jam, “Amongst the Wa ...   More

Top 5 David Longstreth on his Marriage Records releases.Thanksgiving, Now It’s All Over Like the Birds (2004)Beautiful early poetry from Portland’s own wunderkind.Spencer Kingman, Spenking (2003 ...   More

Top 5 Thee Oh Sees (Dante’s, Friday, 11:30 pm)The super-prolific San Francisco band combines punk-rock scuzz with classic ’60s pop melodies better than just about anyone these days. Also, frontm ...   More

Top 5 BOAT (Backspace, Saturday, 10 pm)Are you going to bring the big cardboard cutout set with you on this visit? Because I love that. And will you play “Interstate 5” for me? Bobby Bare Jr. ...   More

Top 5 Shonen Knife (Mississippi Studios, Friday, 11:55 pm) The chicks in Shonen Knife must be a bazillion years old by now, but they still only play pop-punk songs about bunnies and candy. When I grow up, I ...   More

Top 5 “Hey Now Baby”I’ve been working on the 1949 version of this piece from Professor Longhair’s reissue album, New Orleans Piano, for 31 years, and I’m almost there (maybe).& ...   More