Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!

J.B. Smoove
Smoove B

Magma and Magna Carta, but just for today. I bought a Magna Carta record (Seasons), thinking I was buying a Magma record, because I wanted to know why they made Christgau laugh out loud when he was painting his record shelves.

When the keyboards guy joined my old band ages ago he thought we were saying we were into Magnum, although we were actually saying Magma. I'm amazed he agreed to try out.

Boredoms
Boris

why they made Christgau laugh out loud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ0_JQ7FMA8

imagine dragons
21 pilots
chainsmokers

Mel B
Melanie C

Chet Atkins
Carl Perkins

O RLY?

Tea for the Tillerman
Teaser and the Firecat

Thamesford/Tavistock/Thorndale
Exeter/Elginfield/Embro/
Arva/Avonton/Avonbank
Kintor/Kirkton/Kinkora

You could get lost out here.

Electric Prunes
Virgin Prunes

Tim Wallach
Larry Parrish

For the third or fourth time today, I guessed the wrong guy on Immaculate Grid. For their careers:

Parrish - 256 HR, 992 RBI, .263/.318/.439
Wallach - 260, HR, 1125 RBI, .257/.316/.416

Both were third baseman, both had their best years for the Expos--around '81 or '82, Wallach took over from Parrish. For the purposes of the game, 1) Parrish had a 30-HR season but Wallach didn't (28); 2) Wallach had a 100-RBI season but Parrish didn't.

And 3) Wallach won a GG but Parrish didn't.

Talk Talk
The The

https://www.last.fm/music/The+Talk/+wiki

No results for Talk The unfortunately

I expect this has been mentioned before but:

Jeff Daniels
Jeff Bridges

Talk Talk
Modern Talking

Alexander Herzen
Theodor Herzl

Killer Mike
Fat Mike

Add Open Mike Eagle to that

Baby James Harvest
John Barleycorn Must Die

oops, that was supposed to be Barclay James Harvest

Mike Nichols
Mike Hodges

Mike Hodges
Mike Figgis

The Trouble with Harry
The Truth About Charlie

Paisiello (opera composer)
Ponchielli (opera composer)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936 film for which Frank Capra won a Best Director Oscar)
Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939 film for which Robert Donat won a Best Actor Oscar)

Manfred Mann
Herman’s Hermits

xp there's also Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Also by Capra, and also from 1939! That may actually have made the problem worse until now that I'm consciously aware of it; a kind of feeling that the other film than the one I'm thinking of has somehow shapeshifted or something. Thanks for pinning that one down.

Control-V
Command-V

Larry Rivers
Sam Rivers