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Burn Out Session, No5

2011-11-07T04:05:00.000-08:00

Burn Out No5: Stakes is High
Download it, or stream it if you have the most recent browsers.
(Link to cover art)

Playlist:

DJ Pantshead “The Good, the Bad, the Freak”
Evolution Control Committee “No Time for Yes”
Beastie Boys “Cooky Puss”
UTFO “Split Personality”
Jungle Brothers “Because I Got It Like That”
Boogie Down Productions “My Philosophy”
Erik B & Rakim “Follow the Leader”
MC Lyte “Lyte as a Rock”
3rd Bass “The Gas Face (feat Zev Luv X)”
A Tribe Called Quest “Excursions”
De La Soul “Bitties in the BK Lounge”
DJ Quick “Loked Out Hood”
Biz Markie “Just a Friend”
Big Daddy Kane “Smooth Operator”
Steady B “I Got Cha”
Salt N Peppa “My Mic Sounds Nice”
UTFO “Roxanne Roxanne”
Techmaster P.E.B. “Bassgasm”
GZA “0% Finance”
King Geedorah “Krazy World (Feat Gigan)”
Mos Def “Mathematics”
Wu-Tang Clan “Shame On a Nigga”
Dalek “Blessed are they who bash your children’s heads against a rock”
Dalek “No question”
De La Soul “Stakes is High”
DJ Pantshead “D’oh Yeah The Slurp”
Evolution Control Committee “Star Spangled Bologna”

Burn Out Sessions: Bombed Out Lovers

2011-10-21T07:20:00.000-07:00

Burn Out No 4: Bombed Out Lovers (right click and save, or stream it.)
(small cover art)

Playlist:

Negativland “Harry to the Ferry”
God is My Co-Pilot “Heavier Air”
—Numbers Stations—
Butthole Surfers “Strangers Die Everyday”
Mofungo “Our Days Of Weakness Are Over”
The Mekons “Where Were You?”
Gang Of Four “I Love A Man In Uniform”
A Certain Ratio “Do The Du”
Pulsallama “Ungawa Pt. 2”
Alan Vega “Ice Drummer”
Mercury Rev “Chasing A Bee”
Tall Dwarfs “Nothing’s Going to Happen”
Smog “I Am Star Wars!”
—Numbers Stations—
Faust “J’ai Mai Aux Dents”
Sun City Girls “Space Prophet Dogon”
Unidentified Angolan Mother And Son “Untitled Fragment”
Ethnic minority music of Southern Laos “Khen”
Arto Lindsay Trio “Be Great”
James Chance & the Contortions “I Can’t Stand Myself”
Magical Power Mako “Restraint, Freedom”
Boredoms “Cheeba”
The Third Eye Foundation “I’m Not Getting In A Car With You”
David Peel & The Lower East Side “I Want To Kill You”
Negativland untitled track #2, 1st LP
—Numbers Stations—

BURN OUT Sessions, No3

2011-09-15T02:48:00.000-07:00

Burn Out No3: Live Fast Love Hard Die Young

(Right click and save to download the file from my public folder on Dropbox. Chrome will stream it; the other browers may or may not. Most likely not.)

Burn Out No3 Playlist:

Eat "Communist Radio"
Classic Ruins "1+1<2"
Anti-Nowhere League "I Hate People"
Trodskids “Gueule d'Enfer”
Red Kross “Everyday There’s Someone New”
New Bomb Turks “Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young”
The Cramps “The Crusher”
The Compulsive Gamblers “Pepper Spray Boogie”
April March & The Makers “I Just MIght Crack”
Thee Headcoats “I Don’t Like the Man I Am”
The Pretty Things “Buzz the Jerk”
Scientists “Human Jukebox”
The Birthday Party “Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)”
Foetus “The Throne of Agony”
Radio Birdman “Murder City Nights”
The Flamin Groovies “Teenage Head”
Elf Power “Drug Store” (live @ WFMU)
Neats “6”
Nick Lowe “So It Goes”
Kenny “I Don’t Miss You”
Smoke “My Friend Jack”
The Dirty Shames “I Don’t Care”
The Drones “I’m Down Today”
Elvis Ph’o’ng “Bai Ca Ngong” (The Crazy Song)
Dara Pusrita “To Love Somebody”
P.P. Arnold “God Only Knows”
펄 시스터즈 "커피한잔" (The Pearl Sisters “A Cup of Coffee”)
산울림 - "나 어떡해" (Sanullim “What am I going to do?”)
Michel Polnareff “Time will Tell”
Mary Weiss with The Reigning Sound “Don’t Come Back”
The Equals “Baby Come Back”
The Equals “Police on My Back”
King Kahn & The Shrines “No Regrets”
The Ponys “Let’s Kill Ourselves”

BURN OUT Sessions: Other Mental Objects

2011-08-03T06:41:00.000-07:00

BURN OUT No2: Other Mental Objects

(Right click and save to download the file from my public folder on Dropbox. Chrome will stream it; the other browers may or may not. Most likely not.)

You can still download Burn Out No1 from my music blog. (Although I was using new software and there are some errors. I'm not that happy with it. Music's great. The sound's not the best.)

Burn Out No2 Playlist (2-hour set):

Negativland "Clowns and Ballerinas" (A Big 10x8 Place, 1983)
Bruce Haack "Motorcycle Ride" (The Way-Out Record for Children, 1968)
Faust "Dr. Schwitters Intro" (The Faust Tapes, 1973)
Circle "Andexelt" (Andexelt, 1999)
Led Zeppelin "When the Levee Breaks" (Untitled LP aka "Led Zeppelin IV", 1971)
Killdozer "Space: 1999" (Twelve-Point Buck, 1989)
Cows "Heave Ho" (Cunning Stunts, 1992)
Butthole Surfers "The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave" (Brown Reason To Live, 1983)
Terry Riley "You'r No Good" (You're No Good, recorded in 1967 on commission and released 2000)
John Cale/Terry Riley "Church of Anthrax" (Church of Anthrax, 1970)
Jessamine "Say What You Can … Or What You Mean" (The Long Arm of Coincidence, 1996)
Ghost "RabiRabi" (Lama Rabi Rabi, 1996)
Bardo Pond "Cry Baby Cry" (Ticket Crystals, 2006)
Angolan mother and son singing, from a field recording
Blank Dogs "Crystal Ladies" (On Two Sides, 2008)
Psychic TV "Unclean" (Unclean 7", 1984)
Big Black "Steelworker" (The Hammer Party, 1985)
Coil "Ubu Noir" (Scatology, 1984)
Foetus "I'll Meet You in Poland, Baby" (Hole, 1984)
Psychic Volts "Horror Show No. 5" (Spunkstains (1977-1979): Volume 1)
Redd Kross "Everyday There's Someone New" (Born Innocent, 1982)
Chumbawamba "Adversity" (Revolution 7", 1985)
Bongwater "What If?" & "Chicken Pussy" (The Power of Pussy, 1991
Transmitters "Bite the Bullet" (And We Call that Leisure Time, 1981)
The Fall "Garden" (Perverted By Language, 1983)
The Gang of Four "Damaged Goods" (Damaged Goods 7", 1991)
Beat Happening "Our Secret" (S/T, 1985)
Pearls Before Swine "Playmate" (One Nation Underground, 1967)
Lispector "Peachtree Street" (Bearded Ladies, Vol 1, 2007)
Daniel Johnston "True Love Will Find You in the End" (Retired Boxer, 1987)

BURN OUT Sessions: "The Boy in Me"

2011-07-02T19:58:00.000-07:00

This first session is a chance for me to get familiar with the new set-up and software. I imagine the sound quality will improve as I suss out the features. You’ll hear a couple of errors as I get used to everything. I’ll link to a single mp3 file from the public folder in my DropBox account.

I hope you like it. More to come…

Burn Out No1: The Boy in Me
(Right click and save to download. I know that Chrome will stream it. Firefox 5 behaves weirdly, likely due to the file size. So, right click and save it.^^)

INTRO: Christopher Recordings - “The Problems of Growing Boys” mixed with Aphrodite’s Child - “The System”

Aphrodite’s Child - “The Four Horsemen” from 666 (1971)
Amon Duul II - “Wolf City” from Wolf City (1972)
Sonic Youth - “Brave Men Run (In My Family)” from Bad Moon Rising (1985)
The Fall - “Who Makes The Nazis?” from Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
Pere Ubu - “Non Alignment Pact” from The Modern Dance (1978)
Psychic Volts - “Horror Show No. 5” from B-side of Totally Useless 7” (1979)
Dead Kennedys - “Moon Over Marin” from Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
Government Issue - “Fashionite” from Legless Bull (1981)
The Descendents - “Suburban Home” from Milo Goes to College (1982)
Rocket From The Crypt - “Dollar” from Circa: Now! (1992)
The Compulsive Gamblers - “Rock & Roll Nurse” from Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing (2000)
Dead Moon - “Graveyard” from In the Graveyard (1988)
13th Floor Elevators - “Roller Coaster” from The Psychedelic Sounds of… (1966)
The Gories - “Sister Ann” from House Rockin’ (1989)
The Ponys - “Fall Inn” from Laced with Romance (2004)
Radio Birdman - “New Race” from Radios Appear (1977)
David Peel & The Lower East Side - “Lower East Side” & “I Want to Kill You” from American Revolution (1970)
The Clash - “The Equaliser” from Sandinista (1980)
Jimmy Cliff - “King of Kings” from King of Kings 7” (1963)
Desmond Dekker - “Please Don’t Bend” from Black and Dekker (1980)
Symarip - “Skinhead Moonstomp” from Skinhead Moonstomp (1970)
Claudette & The Corporation - “Skinheads A Bash Them” (single)
The Equals - “Hold Me Closer” & “Police on My Back” from Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys (comp: 1999)
The Flamin’ Groovies - “Shake Some Action” from Shake Some Action (1979)
The Who - “Tattoo” & “Our Love Was” from The Who Sell Out (1967)
The Buff Medways - “Ivor” from Tribute to the Daggerman 7” (2001)

OUTRO: Christopher Recordings - “The Problems of Growing Boys”

The Christopher Recordings Sex Instruction Series can be found around the intarwebs. The series was released on vinyl in 1951. They’re sufficiently creepy and are perfect for mixing, sampling, looping, etc.

C86, Records, Scenes

2011-02-23T01:51:00.000-08:00

NME's C86 mixtape focused my no-wave fascinated punk mind not on its bands so much, though I love(d) The Pastels and The Wedding Present, as on the garage-rock revival scene in the US that I discovered while looking for music like this in the US. Well, discovered is not the best word: I was always a fan of garage rock, I was just a little too young to know much about the revival scene. I never appreciated the resulting madchester/baggy thing (though it didn't arrive until later). It lacked what I liked about the punk, hardcore and, eventually, garage scenes.

My fondness for bands so clearly looking back to find inspiration in the music I loved as a kid drove my record-collecting habit. Finding the records I wanted required traveling to different cities to find and explore record stores. When Ebay arrived in the mid90s, it was untrustworthy new, too expensive later on. Nothing beats visiting record stores and finding what you've been looking for. I suppose I began finding excuses to travel to find records. For example, I visited my brother in Kansas City, MO, as often as I could to see him and visit, the now closed, Music Exchange, which was one of my favorite record stores in the country. Now, my records sit in a storage facility while I travel to, well, travel.

I think I first heard C86 a couple of years after it came out. Although it's hard to remember if I heard the tape before seeing some of the bands on MTV. I certainly didn't hear them on the radio. But now I'm thinking about how I collect records and inspiration.

I so clearly heard The Who, for example, inspiring punk. I so clearly understood the motivation in the hardcore scene that it seemed natural for me to join in, though I never fully embraced straight-edge culture. I was still young enough when I heard this tape, that I had to go digging for the inspiration for the bands. I wanted to know where the music came from, especially bands like The Pastels. This led to thinking more about production than I had before. It's probably why I buy so many records: I'm always looking for the source of the sound. It's the same sort of search I'm doing in my literary work, I guess.

I know I'm not alone in this. It was a pleasant moment this afternoon when I read Music Ruined My Life's post on The Soup Dragon's "Whole Wide World" and C86. I appreciate there are many useful ways to narrate how I got from the late 80s to where I am today--and that it would be a shame not to see how music has affected my journey.

And I've been arguing about scenes and inclusion lately with folks in Seoul. It's always been weird for me. My mind and heart is always focused on music in general, with scenes that usually have nothing to do with each other. You could find me at the symphony, hip hop, jazz, or hardcore shows in a single week not too long ago. No matter what I collect, I'm at heart a punk who loves hardcore and a dedicated fan of garage punk and rock. The two scenes don't often mix and both require the sort of dedication that limits participation of others that I don't always like, but it's the only two in which I feel comfortably at home.

That said, the garage scene often becomes over-focused on fashion over substance and is every five years or so over-run with new-but-hipster fans who think it's a fad and pretend to adore it while posing for photos and playing dress up with their friends. That's the mode it's currently in both here and the US. Fortunately, there's always the hardcore scene where it's not too hard to find folks who simply refuse to tolerate the budding capitalists that attempt to destroy whatever they touch for profit.

I'm loving the antifa scene, currently. It's been growing on me for awhile. I have to admit, it's completely social and political and little to do with the actual music. But this is for another post.

Here's some C86 info and the track listing:
Side one

Primal Scream - "Velocity Girl"
The Mighty Lemon Drops - "Happy Head"
The Soup Dragons - "Pleasantly Surprised"
The Wolfhounds - "Feeling So Strange Again"
The Bodines - "Therese"
Mighty Mighty - "Law"
Stump - "Buffalo"
Bogshed - "Run to the Temple"
A Witness - "Sharpened Sticks"
The Pastels - "Breaking Lines"
Age of Chance - "From Now On, This Will Be Your God"

Side two

The Shop Assistants - "It's Up to You"
Close Lobsters - "Firestation Towers"
Miaow - "Sport Most Royal"
Half Man Half Biscuit - "I Hate Nerys Hughes (From The Heart)"
The Servants - "Transparent"
The Mackenzies - "Big Jim (There's no pubs in Heaven)"
Big Flame - "New Way (Quick Wash And Brush Up With Liberation Theology)"
Fuzzbox - "Console Me"
McCarthy - "Celestial City"
The Shrubs - "Bullfighter's Bones"
The Wedding Present - "This Boy Can Wait"

Power Pop: L.A. Burgers "Hello Goodbye" (1980)

2011-01-10T23:14:00.001-08:00

The first track from L.A. Burgers self-titled LP from 1980.

Power Pop: L.A. Burgers "Release Me" (1980)

2011-01-10T23:14:00.000-08:00

I can't find much about this band. It's good power pop, though. You can find the album via Punk Not Profit. Odd place to find it, but glad I did. I thought I'd share my favorite tracks on You Tube. Enjoy.

김창완 - "어머니와 고등어"

2010-04-01T20:31:00.000-07:00

Kim Chang Wan - "Mother and Mackerel"

My favorite song right now. I love the guitar work and production.

Kim Chang Wan is a third of 산울림 (Sanullim : Mountain Echo). This song is taken from the 1983 album, 기타가 있는 수필(gitahga itneun supeel : An Essay with Guitar). Kim is a TV personality now and starred in the popular Coffee Prince (커피프린스 1호점) as Mr. Hong.

키보이스 : "해변으로 가요"

2010-04-01T19:09:00.000-07:00

Extremely difficult to find any information on 키보이스 (Key Boys). To make matters worse, there seems to be an earlier band The Key Boys who were known by their fans as The Korean Beatles. This is not that band.

I want to find the lyrics to this song and more about the second Key Boys. When I do, I'll post the info here. "Let's go to the Sea Shore" sounds to me like it is in the 노래운동 (norae undong : song movement) tradition that was very popular in Korea from the late sixties until the early eighties and served to give voice to people's concerns under the oppressive military governments of 박정희 (Park Jeong-hee) and 전두환 (Jeon Doo-hwan). Korean protest songs are also known as "민중 가요" (minjung gayo : people's song).

I like Broken Deer. Maybe you will, too?

2010-03-21T18:42:00.000-07:00

BROKEN DEER "WHITE WOMAN" from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.

Broken Deer. (Myspace)

From Olde English Spelling Bee:

New animated video by Alice Cohen for the song "White Woman" by Broken Deer.

Broken Deer is the solo recording project of Lindsay Dobbin. She lives in the deep northern frontier of Yukon, Canada. "White Woman" is from the forthcoming album POLARAURA that will be released June 21, 2010.

There is a previous Broken Deer album titled OUR SMALL GOING that is available from www.gandhararecordings.org.

Forest Swords "Miarches"

2010-03-21T18:35:00.000-07:00

Forest Swords - Miarches from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.

from the 2009 EP, Dagger Paths.

See Revolver Distribution/Midheaven Mailorder

Lest I am accused of forgetting: Flat Duo Jets

2010-02-24T23:01:00.001-08:00

Nobody was better than Dex and Crow. I accidently stumbled into a Flat Duo Jets show in Florida in 1989 after jumping the back fence of a bar in Orlando. I was 19. I was an instant fan. Crow was playing drums with concrete blocks placed in front to keep his kit from moving while he played. Dex was swinging, jumping, gyrating his way through each song all the while refusing to look at the audience, not talking between songs. It was all about the songs. I was absolutely stunned. The last time I saw them was in the mid90s. Dex has my Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film, believe it or not. I was living behind a gas station on 6th & Washington in Denver. They crashed at my place after a show. Seems so long ago.

Immortal Lee County Killers

2010-02-24T22:31:00.000-08:00

My favorite two-piece. Seen them many times and they always destroy the venue. Loud. Angry. Blues. Rock. Fuck White Stripes.

"Let's Get Killed" is from their first LP back in 2001, The Essential Fucked-Up Blues.

Rolling Confusion

2008-05-02T05:22:00.000-07:00

Being of the DJ persuasion and vinyl junkie, I love good mashups. I used to play with a pal at a small bar in Denver called 7 South in the mid90s. Our night was called Colour. We used 3 turntables and a Korg and a Vox Organ and 4 pedals and a four-track.

I have always been interested in taking two or more recordings and seeing what happens when you play them against one another.

Go Home Productions newest is worth a download. Thanks, Mark!

Oxbow

2008-04-27T16:43:00.001-07:00

Buddy Guy

2008-04-27T16:01:00.001-07:00

Buddy Guy - Money (Beatles Cover)

THE Gories

2008-04-27T15:58:00.000-07:00

mos def

2008-04-27T15:54:00.001-07:00

mummies

2008-04-27T15:44:00.001-07:00

The Black Lips (hahahahaha)

2008-04-27T15:33:00.000-07:00

touring with raconteurs. fuck jack white, these guys are where it's at.

Ornette Coleman, 1974

2008-04-27T14:52:00.001-07:00

Archie Shepp

2008-04-27T14:47:00.000-07:00

Archie shepp
by madafonka2

Sonny and Linda Sharrock, 1969

2008-04-27T14:38:00.000-07:00

Simply one of the greatest late sixties jazz records.

Sonny Sharrock

2008-04-27T14:36:00.000-07:00

Fight to Unite

2008-04-27T14:27:00.001-07:00

You Can't Be What You Were...

2008-04-27T14:15:00.000-07:00

The Make Up: I am the Pentagon

2008-04-27T14:09:00.001-07:00

The Make Up

2008-04-27T14:06:00.000-07:00

Hey Denver folks...do you remember this? I think this is the place that became monkey mania for a little while. Oh sheesh. '94. The year of the MLK riots and the summer before The Summer of Vodka. (YUMI>>>>remember?)

DagFashion: Skinhead Girls (Symarip & others)

2008-04-27T14:02:00.000-07:00

ESG "moody"

2008-04-27T13:42:00.000-07:00

the drummer is a machine

2008-04-27T13:38:00.000-07:00

Nissennenmondai

2008-03-27T13:34:00.000-07:00

Stars of the Lid

2008-03-27T13:13:00.000-07:00

heavy play, recently.

specifically, their 2007 album, And Their Refinement of the Decline. And specifically, the track, "Don't Bother They're Here" which is an amazing meditation on Judy Collins's "Bring in the Clowns".

Brian Jonestown Massacre - Golden Frost

2007-12-20T16:05:00.001-08:00

I took the following off the BJM Forum; the excerpt is a link to the thread, ANTON IS LAME:

Let me begin this by stating that Anton Newcombe is probably my all-time favorite musician, both for his magical persona and the magical fucking music he emotes. I'm seventeen years old and have been a fan for five years.

What a fucking little consumer that kid is. (Oh and the responses are priceless, too.)

I love how fans attempt to dictate what an artist produces. I want. I want. I want. Oh man. How about waking up to the fact that we learn this behavior as consumers in a capitalist market: to make demands that a product of somebody else's labor conform to our expectations, a device also quite capable controlled and manipulated by market forces. Naive crap from America's youth: I have been a fan for five years...oh shut the fuck up, kid.

I love the humor in Anton's newest work and the craftsmanship. I mean watch the video for Golden-Frost. It's fucking hilarious and serious all at once. Beautiful when something can exist as a multiplicity.

Well, come to think of it, I also enjoy the performance. Why all the fans commenting on the performance aspect of his work as "negative." I think he's speaking to us. More than I can say for many musicians.

BJM on myspace.

Anton, whatever you do -- keep it evil.

Jakobinarina: This is an Advertisment

2007-12-20T15:55:00.000-08:00

Rough Trade's Top 100 for 2007

2007-12-20T10:45:00.000-08:00

ROUGH TRADE SHOPS ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2007

ALELA DIANE - THE PIRATES GOSPEL

If you imagine a continuum from the Carter family to Gillian Welch and ending up near Joanna Newsom, then this album falls between all these: rural rather than country, but not rednecked; ancient and modern.. Still playing it now after having it for a year, and you can't say more than that.

ROUGH TRADE SHOPS ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2007

PATRICK WATSON -CLOSE TO PARADISE - This record spans experimental noise, cabaret guitar / piano pop, stripped down gospel, new orleans jazz, walls of noise and Beatles-like melodies.with a voice that sounds like the lovechild of Jeff Buckley and Nina Simone and instrumentation like a Balkans funeral waltz through Gotham City - as played by a 36 piece chamber orchestra it heralds the arrival of a major new talent.

PANDA BEAR - PERSONPITCH - A firm favourite in both Rough Trade Shops, that crosses all musical boundaries, when asked what this record sounds like Chris replied simple. take The Beatles 'White Album' and The Beach boys 'Pet Sounds' and it would sound like this...with owls.

WEST COAST - STUDIO - Two Scandinavians took elements of disco, krautrock , madchester, Lindstrom and The Cure and threw them back wrapped in a huge cosmic psychedelic masterpiece of a record. No.we didn't think it would work either.but it does. in spades.

MIRACLE FORTRESS - FIVE ROSES - The debutalbum from Miracle Fortress is an album that you will fall in love with instantly. If Arcade Fire's Win Butler didn't have the weight of the world on his shoulders, loved The Beach Boys, sang beautiful harmonies and let Brian Eno produce, he might be capable of something as graceful and uplifting as Miracle Fortress's debut.

BURIAL - UNTRUE - Burialreturns with 'Untrue', a new record of weird soul music, which lovingly processes spectral female voices into vaporised r&b. It continues with the debut's crackle-drenched yearning and bustling syncopations, haunted by the ghosts of rave, but also reveals a new upbeat energy. Huge crossover potential here ala Portishead or Massive Attack. A record to truely immerse yourself in.

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM -SOUND OF SILVER - After the dancefloor destruction of the first LCD set, James Murphy returns with Kraftwerk, Joy Division and Carl Craig all exploding out of these NYC built grooves, features some of his finest songwriting and production yet.

WOODEN SHJIPS -WOODEN SHJIPS - Weed may have had something to do with the making of this record. juggernaut riffs, magic, smoke, psychedelia, repetition, volume and warmth, with a sound that evokes suicide, Loop, Spacemen 3, Guru Guru, The Velvet Underground and The Doors. Astonishing.

BATTLES - MIRRORED -This band features ex members of Don Cab and Helmet and offer post rock electronics from the future for you to enjoy now. These guys are musical mathematicians. You have never heard anything so complicated be so soulful and so much fun.

M.I.A - KALA - Who eversaid 'difficult second album' didn't bank on Mia's skills. Sliced up cuts of world funk all pressed into perfect pop music. From club bangers to Bollywood disco jams it's all here. Perfect.

Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Holy Fuck - LP
New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom
Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
Mountain Of One - Collected Works
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Tap Tap - Lanzafame
Supermayer - Save The World
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Mark Ronson - Version
Grinderman - Grinderman
Good Shoes - Think Before You Speak
Justice - Cross
Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday
Alberta Cross - The Thief And The Heartbreaker
White Stripes - Icky Thump
Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur
Candy Payne - I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
Plastic Operator - Different Places
The Horrors - Strange House
Jacob Golden - Revenge Songs
Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Manhattan Love Suicides - Manhattan Love Suicides
Om - Pilgrimage
Bonde Do Role - With Lasers
Concretes - Hey Trouble
Two Lone Swordsmen - Wrong Meeting 2
Von Sudenfed - Tromatic Reflections
Jeffery Lewis - 12 Crass Songs
Eugene Mcguiness - The Early Learnings Of Eugene Mcguinness
Young Republic - 12 Tales From Winter City
Voice Of Seven Woods - Voice Of Seven Woods
Bjork - Volta
Tunng - Good Arrows
Sharon Jones - 100 Days 100 Nights
Super Furry - Animals Hey Venus
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
Kevin Ayers - The Unfairground
King Creosote - Bombshell
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy
Jim White - Transnormal Skiperoo
Soulsavers - It's Not How Far You Fall It's The Way You Land
Chromatics - Night Drive
Iron And Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
Liars - Liars
No Age - Weirdo Rippers
Pissed Jeans - Hope For Men
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
Interpol - Our Love To Admire
Cocorosie - The Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stillborn
Lucky Soul - The Great Unwanted
Feist - The Reminder
Yacht - Believe In You. Your Magic Is Real
Pinch - Underwater Dancehall
Jack Penate - Matinee
Matthew Dear - Asa Breed
Bodies Of Water - Eyes Will Pop And Ears Will Blink
The Good The Bad The Queen - The Good The Bad The Queen
Queens Of The Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Dinosaur Jr - Beyond
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Babyshambles - Shotters Nation
Qui - Love's Miracle
Go Team - Proof Of Youth
Arthur And Yu - In Camera
Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab
Blonde Redhead - 23
Ruarri Joseph - Tales Of Grime And Grit
Keren Ann - Keren Ann
Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
1990's - Cookies
Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling
Seabear - The Ghost That Carried Us Away
Valgeir Sigurdsson - Ekvilibrium
Sigur Ros - Hvarf - Heim
Bird And The Bee - Bird And The Bee
Blanche - Little Amber Bottles
Maps - We Can Create
Dizzee Rascal - Maths And English
Robert Plant And Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
Glass Candy - Beatbox
Jaymay - Autumn Fallin'
St Vincent - Marry Me
Simian Mobile Disco - Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
Tinariwen - Aman Iman : Water Is Life

Playlist

2007-12-19T17:34:00.000-08:00

Garage Punk PodCast: The Desperate Hour #13
Deerhoof. Apple O'. 5 Rue Christine, 2003.
Underground Garage

Gore Gore Girls (New Album)

2007-08-28T11:07:00.000-07:00

Love the new Gore Gore Girls.

Hurry kids, and get the awesome PINK vinyl, ltd edition, from Bloodshot Records.

Can anyone say Gretsch!

Generation X - Valley of the Dolls

2007-08-23T15:19:00.000-07:00

La Poupee Quit Fait Non

2007-06-14T16:20:00.000-07:00

The Damned - New Rose

2007-06-14T14:28:00.000-07:00

BURN OUT BURN OUT BURN OUT

2007-06-14T11:00:00.000-07:00

Tonight's theme: The 45

I'll be bringing six boxes of 45s with me tonight. No genre-bound sets; so, you never know what you'll hear. I am improvising from my 45 collection. I'll attempt to keep an accurate play-list and share it here tomorrow.

Next theme: Covers

See you soon.

Legion of Rock Stars

2007-06-11T16:30:00.000-07:00

via Can't Stop the Bleeding and WFMU's Beware of the Blog:

Legion of Rock Stars (LRS) pioneered Pure Pleasure, in which the band listens to original recordings of classic rock and pop songs on 30db noise-blocking headsets, and then plays along.

Freed from the shackles of practicing, LRS focuses instead on bringing the excitement of a large stadium rock show to the intimate arenas in which it performs.

The Conet Project

2007-06-11T08:41:00.000-07:00

I used to spend hours listening to strange repeaters and numbers stations on an old shortwave radio.

The Conet Project is an archive of trnasmissions gleaned from Shortwave Number Stations.

Let that radio geek in you out now. Perfect for mixing and sampling.

(You can download the entire archive here.)

Gore Gore Girls Record Release

2007-06-07T16:03:00.001-07:00

If I was in the area, I know where I'd be. Great live show.

Teddy Bears' Picnic

2007-06-06T08:24:00.000-07:00

Tony Mason-Cox (outsider) says:

I believe that you should be yourself. That you should sing the songs that make you happy or sad as the case maybe, there are plenty of songs that make me cry, I can tell you. I've always loved those songs and each of the songs that I've written, although there are different types of song, have come from that love of music. Real singing music I should say not that opera stuff, although I do like some of those operatic arias. I do prefer simpler songs with melodies and good words. But as Enrico Caruso said, after he had become a great singer, you have to have a big mouth, a big chest, a lot of hard work, and something in the heart.

Here is his version of "Teddy Bears' Picnic". Thanks, IMEEM.

Latest haul from Wax Trax

2007-05-30T17:27:00.001-07:00

Here is what I came home with tonight, in no particular order.

45rpm

Mary Wells. "The Doctor" b/w "Two Lovers History" (Jubilee, 1968, JB5621)

"The Doctor" is Jubilee's first charted single, I think. Cecil Womack penned the hit that charted both on the pop and R&B charts.

Preston Epps. "Bongo Bongo Bongo" b/w "Hully Gully Bongo" (Original Sound Record Co, 1960, OS-09)

Add to my bongo music collection. Preston's sides play well within a Sandy Nelson teen-beat set.

Paul & Linda McCartney. "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" b/w "Too Many People" (Apple, 1971, 1837)

I have been looking for this Apple 45 with a full apple on both the A and B sides. This is not it; nevertheless, not a single you'll see too often.

Al Green:

"Here I am (Come and Take Me)" b/w "I'm Glad You're Mine" (Hi Records, 1972)
"Sha-La-La Make Me Happy" b/w "School Days" (Hi Records, 1973)
"Strong as Death (Sweet as Love)" b/w "Oh Me, Oh My (Dreams in My Arms)" (Hi Records, 1975)

Al Green and Willie Mitchell turned out so many great songs.

The Troggs. "Love is all Around" b/w "When Will the Rain Come" (Fontana, 1968, F-1607)
Doug Sahm. "Crazy Daisy" (1958) b/w "Slow Down" (1960) (Norton Records, 2000, 45-089)
The Boss Instrumentals EP (Romulan Records, UFOX22):

"Move Over" Casuals Incorporated
"Deceased (Undertakers Theme)" Dr. T & The Undertakers
"Fireball" Mercy
"U.F.O" Edgin' Inds

I had all the "Girls in the Garage" series from Romulan and each disappeared over the years. Sad. I generally enjoy what this "label" has to offer.

Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians of the British Empire. "Snack Crack" b/w "Elvis Presley is Dead" (Damaged Goods, DAMGOOD284, ltd ed, clear vinyl)
The Bushmen. "Down Home Girl" b/w "Empty Heart" (Sundazed, 1998, S138, blue vinyl)

LPs

Ramones. Subterranean Jungle (Sire, 1983, 1-23800)

vinyl Excellent; jacket VG+; w/ original lyrics insert/sleeve
I am very happy about this find. Now that Ramones albums are being re-released on 180gram, I have noticed that original releases are appearing in shops--many in excellent shape. This always happens when a band's work is re-issued, re-released, or including in a popular soundtrack. I'll take the originals over the re-issues anyday.

The Everly Brothers:

The Everly Brothers (Cadence, 1958, CLP3003)

Very Rare in this great condition

Beat 'n Soul (Warner Bros, 1965, mono, W1605)
Two Yanks in England (Warner Bros, 1966, sterea, W1646)

Patsy Cline. Sentimentally Yours (Decca, 1962, DL4282)
Edith Piaf. The Unknown Edith Piaf (Philips, 1965, mono, PCC 217, gatefold w/ booklet)
Cheap Trick. S/T (Epic, 1977, PE3440)
Dave Clark Five. I Like it Like That (Epic, 1965, LN24178)

Like many DC5 albums I find in Denver, the jacket is shit and the vinyl is excellent. I had to have it, though; I have been itching to listen to "I Need Love".

Lulu. Lulu Sings "To Sir With Love" (Epic, 1967, Stereo, BN26339)
Talking Heads. Talking Heads: 77 (Sire, 1977, SR6036)
The General Foodz. Sick of the World (Rave Up Records, Vol. 16 American Lost Punk Rock Nuggets)
The Beau Brummels. Don't Talk to Strangers (Get Back, 2000, Get581)

I love Abraxas re-issues. Always good buys.

The Searchers. Meet the Searchers (Get Back, 2003, Get625)
Buddy Holly & The Crickets. The Chirping Crickets. (MCA, 1975?, 8035)

UK import from the MCA Coral "Rainbow Series"; I think these were pressed in 1975.

The Ponys. Turn the Lights Out (Matador, 2007)
The Outsiders. The Best of... (Rhino, 1986, RNLP70132)
The Tranzmitors. S/T (Deranged Records, 2007)
Mary Weiss. Dangerous Game (Norton Records, 2007)

Mary Weiss, Shangri-Las lead, sings with Reigning Sound as her band. This will be one of the best albums of 2007.

Compilations

The Sixties Album (Fontana, 1992, 846 618)
The Best of IGL: Folk Rock (Get Hip Archive Series, 1994, GHAS-5001)

Get Hip's Archive Series is worth collecting, both 45s and lps.

Murray The K Presents... (Brook-Lyn Records, 1968, Brook-Lyn 302)

Brook-Lyn was distributed by ATCO.
More on Murray the K.

Up Tight on 5th Avenue (Columbia Special Products, CSS789)
Buddah's 360 Dial-a-Hit (Buddah Records, BDS5039)
Teen Beat: Instrumental Rock, 1957-1965 (Capitol Records, Starline, 1985, SQ12463)
The Best of Laurie: Volume 1 (Laurie Records, LES-4003)
End Records & Roulette Records

Alan Freed's "Golden Pics"
Alan Freed's "Memory Lane"
Alan Freed's "Top 15"

The Saints, "I'm Stranded"

2007-05-24T11:39:00.000-07:00

From Bedazzled. A video from The Saints:

I'm Stranded.

(All Right!)

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

2007-05-23T20:58:00.000-07:00

Just received: Golden Hits of...
(Fontana, 1967, TL5441, excellent condition overall)

Side 1:
Hold Tight
Marina
Hideaway
You Make it Move
Save Me
He's a Raver

Side 2:
Bend It
All I Want
Touch Me, Touch Me
She's so Good
I Can't Stop
Okay!

I found this lp on Ebay last week. Very happy that my fave single, "Hold Tight," is present. Very happy that Tarrantino made wonderful use of it in Death Proof. (In addition, thrilled somebody finally used Joe Tex.)

More pop than Freakbeat, but extremely hook-y tunes. Something to clap your hands to as you stomp around your room. Will fit in nicely with my Burn Out sets. Should get 'em dancing.

Ex-cop Dave Dee (Harman) was at the scene of the auto accident that left Eddie Cochran dead. He returned Cochran's guitar to his family. The band, like many British acts, spent time playing in Hamburg, Germany; they disbanded in 1969.

In the US, the band's Greatest Hits peaked on the Billboard Albums Charts at 155 during 1967. Their single "Zabadak" peaked on the Billboard Singles Charts at 52 during 1968.

BURN OUT

2007-05-09T13:09:00.000-07:00

This week will be a ska, dancehall, dub night; I am sure to throw some mod/garage in, but I have been itching to play the newest Studio One finds and a great Donnie Letts comp.

Recent 45 Purchase

2007-05-07T22:07:00.000-07:00

From Wax Trax, Denver CO:

The Newcastle Five. "I'm Losing You" b/w "Can't You See" & "Yes I'm Crying". Sundazed. (clear vinyl)
The Ides of March. "I'm Gonna Say My Prayers" b/w "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore". Sundazed.
Gentlemen Jesse & His Men. "I Don't Wanna Know" b/w "Going Outta My Mind" & "No Rest". Douche Master Records.
Ramones. "I Wanna be Your Boyfriend" b/w "Judy is a Punk". Original 1975 Demo Versions. Norton Records.
The Dictators. "16 Forever" b/w "Stay with Me". Demos from Bloodbrothers album recorded 1978. Norton Records.
Fast Cars. "All My Friends" b/w "Just Another Day" & "Pretty and Idiot". Rave Up Records.
Avengers. "We are the One" b/w "I believe in Me" & "Car Crash". Dangerhouse.
Hollywood Sinners. "Wild Man" b/w "Bloodhound" & "Little Girl". Slovenly Recordings.
The Masonics. "When You Cry at Night" b/w "Where's Johnny Moped Now?". Slovenly Recordings.

Denver Blizzard Playlist

2006-12-20T16:49:00.000-08:00

Denver is closed & nothing works under feet of snow like a turntable and a laptop.

Playlist:

Smog . Dongs of Sevotion
(Drag City, 2000, DC169)

I was obsessed with Bill Callahan's 1999 release under the Smog monicker, Knock Knock. I especially appreciated the addition of the children's choir singing chorus in songs like "No Dancing". The art direction is also pleasing: I am crazy for the colors blue and grey, lightning, and wild cheetah cats.

Now, Dongs of Sevotion, released the following year was not all that 1999 offered. Nevertheless, some of my favorite Callahan songs are present in this gatefold, 4 side release--one of which, "Bloodflow", really belongs with the prior year's entry.

DagTracks: "Justice Aversion", "Dress Sexy at My Funeral", and "Bloodflow".

Elephant's Memory . Songs from Midnight Cowboy
(Buddah Records, 1969, BDS 5038)

Found this recently after a trip to Boulder's Bart's CD Cellar, which has a wonderful, second-floor vinyl shop. Record, sleeve, and cover all in excellent condition. Elephant's Memory are known less for being Carly Simon's first band than for backing John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Nevertheless, a great find; I often come across their first album in, at best, good condition; in other words, well-worn. EM's second album is really more like a re-issue of their first.

A couple of their songs ended up in the soundtrack for Midnight Cowboy; I suppose Neil Bogart (who penned the liner notes for the lp) figured Buddah might cash in on EM's potential fame. Riches and fame never materialized. Yet, the record is a great testament to the band's optimism, experimentalism, and talent. In addition, it is an odd lp from Buddah Records: with Buddah, think bubble-gum bands such as 1910 Fruitgum Co and The Ohio Express not folksie, rocksie, psyche-tinged & hipster-swayed, New York rock experiments. Plenty of organs and horns. This record is a lot of fun.

DagTracks: "Midnight Cowboy", "Don't Put Me On Trial", "Super Heep", "Band of Love", and "Takin' a Walk".

Eloy . Inside
(Orig. released in 1973; my copy: US release on Janus Records, 1974, JLS 3062)

Eloy, from what I have read, was one of the most popular German bands during the 1970s. Inside is Eloy's second release and the beginning of their serious prog rock ambitions.

Think of The Nice's 1967 "Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack" and 1969 self-titled release with Eloy's "Inside" stuck in the middle for a good progressive sandwich.

DagTrack: "Land of No Body".

Todd Rundgren . A Wizard, A True Star
(Bearsville, 1973, 0598)

I had been feverishly looking for the source material sampled in one of Negativland's published "Over the Edge" broadcasts from KPFA. I think it might have been from Pastor Dick's Moribund Music of the 70s. I cannot clearly recall nor can I find the old tapes. (SIGH.)

I had been feverishly looking for the source material for some time. And I found it on this early Rundgren experiment on his Bearsville label. A listener must be in the mood for Rundgren's mixing, splicing, sampling, and straining of various genres from pop to vaudeville. I absolutely love this album. And the source material for the Negativland loop is from the beginning of "International Feel".

That Wizard comes after the his super-successful (commercially and critically) Something/Anything? makes the album much more cherishable. It's like a middle finger to the market and a welcome-warming embrace of art and performance. Some of Rundgren's experiments don't really make for entertaining listening, but this record is worth the effort and labor it takes to get into the mix.

DagTrack: Side 1 in its entirety, beginning to end.

Quatermass . S/T
(Harvest, gatefold lp, 1970, SKAO-314)

I was proud of this find; an often sought rarity from the Harvest label. My interest was focused after reading Record Collector's issue on Harvest releases (MAR2006, Issue 326, "Pink Floyd & the Golden Years of Harvest".) Now, I do realize mine is the US release of the Harvest record. But I am still beaming after finding it at a recent outing to Black & Read, Inc.

Quatermass is John Gustafson, Pete Robinson, and Mick Underwood. Their self-titled and sole lp is a brilliant prog rock record that fit well into my listening today, esp. with Eloy. I highly recommend this record. As every critic notes, Quatermass is like a genius offspring of The Nice and Deep Purple.

DagTrack: "Black Sheep of the Family". (Fitting title, since this album was both a first and last album, and all critics cannot help but review the songs without mentioning more commercially successful progressive and hard rock outfits. Don't be fooled by the hard rock outfit, Quatermass II. They're just not the same. )

And a couple new 45s:

I have been buying more 45s lately and with great results. More on all of my 45 purchases in future entries. Inter Milan is playing Lazio on Fox Soccer Channel. INTER! I have to run.

Doris Willingham. "You Can't Do That" b/w "Lost Again". Jay Boy 45-6001. Promo Copy.
Danny Woods. "Come On & Dance, PtII" b/w "To Be Loved". Smash S-2140.
The South Street Soul Guitars. "Poppin' Popcorn" b/w "Soul Fire". Silver Fox SF-10.

DJ 6d8 Tonight at Chit Chat!

2006-12-09T16:27:00.000-08:00

DJ 6D8 (that's me, folks) will be guest dj-ing at Chit Chat tonight.

9-close
Old Curtis St Bar
21st and Curtis St, downtown Denver.

I'll be playing the Northern Soul sound. Bought some new vinyl recently (The Cookies!!! holy shit rare.)

Hope to see you there.