So my annual ritual for my birthday is a mix CD. Here's what I made:
1. Lana Del Rey “Blue Jeans”
2. Colin Stetson “Red Horse (Judges II)”
3. So So Radio “Disengaged (Live In Studio)”
4. Ha Ha Tonka “Lonely Fortunes (Mile Marker Session)”
5. Meat Puppets “Comin' Down”
6. Rocky Votolato “Red River”
7. The Spring Standards “The Hush”
8. Robert Randolph & The Family Band “back to the wall”
9. Alabama Shakes “I Found You”
10. The Sugarcubes “Hit”
11. Zola Jesus “Shivers”
12. Lana Del Rey “Video Games”
13. Johnny Cash “The Mercy Seat”
14. Ha Ha Tonka “No Great Harm”
15. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy “Ohio River Boat Song” (Greatest Palace Music version)
16. Sonic Youth “Pink Steam”
17. The Pharcyde “Passin Me By (Hot Chip Remix)”
18. The Tamlins feat. Alborosie “Baltimore (Alborosie Remix)”
19. Luomo “Tessio (Radio Edit)”
20. Zola Jesus “Run Me Out”
So that's what I'm feeling this week. That and Merle.
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Just Abandoned My Self - Boris - Pink
Schism - Tool - Lateralus
The Sun Maid - Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union
Ludium - Elektro Guzzi - (self-titled)
Want You Bad - The Offspring - Conspiracy of One
One Day As a Lion - One Day As a Lion - One Day As a Lion
Orestes - A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
Plateau - Nirvana - Unplugged in NY
Like an Inca - Neil Young - Trans
Dead Flag Blues - God Save You! Black Emperor - f#a#∞
Bookended by two long ones.
'Saved By Zero' - The Fixx
'Brilliant Disguise' - Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love
'Modern Swinger' - The Pink Spiders Hot Pink
'Misty Mountain Hop' - Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV
'Brainwashed' - The Kinks Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
'Poison Ivy' - The Coasters
'No Time This Time' - The Police Regatta de Blanc
'The Chain' - Fleetwood Mac Rumours
'Cannonball' - The Breeders Last Splash
'Spinnin N Reelin; - Creed Bratton The 80's
Tracy Lawrence -- Somebody Paints the Wall
Boyz II Men -- Under Pressure
Matchbox Twenty -- Last Beautiful Girl
Brooks & Dunn -- Unloved
Tom Petty -- I Need to Know
Ty England -- Her Only Bad Habit Is Me
The High Speed Scene -- The Iroc-Z Song
Everlast -- What It's Like
Mary Chapin Carpenter -- I Feel Lucky
Barenaked Ladies -- Bank Job
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01. Fire on the Bayou - Neville Brothers
02. Your Love and His Blood - Wayne Hancock - Lonely Hearts Valentine's Day Sampler
03. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash - Live at San Quentin
04. Could You Be Loved - Bob Marley - Uprising
05. Mi Corazon - Gypsy Kings - Volare!
06. Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan - A Decade of Steely Dan
07. Ain't That Pretty at All - Warren Zevon - The Envoy
08. Don't Let It Bring You Down - Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
09. The Day I Was a Horse - The Vaselines - The Way of the Vaselines
10. King Kong - The Kinks - Arthur
1. “i've been loving you too long” – otis redding – otis blue: otis redding sings soul
2. “16 military wives” – the decemberists – picaresque
3. “love rollercoaster” – the ohio players – honey
4. “the rose with the broken neck” – danger mouse & daniele luppi – rome
5. “head held high” – the velvet underground – loaded
6. “cry cry cry” – martin sexton – wonder bar
7. “rufus” – i'm from barcelona – who killed harry houdini?
8. “i want for nothing” – wye oak – the knot
9. “in the night” – basia bulat – oh, my darling
10. “north hollywood” – van hunt – what were you hoping for?
I'm going to make a Halloween mix. Any suggestions?
Smashing Pumpkins, [something]
a version of "Spooky"
something from Vampire Weekend
Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy"
something from Cheap Trick
You have to include Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus on that mix.
I've found that you can't miss with Confessions of a Knife by itself. But for variety's sake, I've got more for you.
I've got a Halloween playlist at home, but this is what I could think of now. I'll add these to my Halloween Playlist when I get home.
Sounds Like Halloween, Themes of Darkness:
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult “Days of Swine & Roses” Confessions of a Knife
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult “A Daisy Chain 4 Satan (Acid & Flowers Mix)” Confessions of a Knife
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult “Burning Dirt” Confessions of a Knife
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult “Rivers Of Blood, Years Of Darkness” Confessions of a Knife
Sonic Youth “Shaking Hell” Confusion Is Sex
Sonic Youth “Death Valley ’69” Bad Moon Rising
Sonic Youth “Pacific Coast Highway” Sister
Animal Collective “Slippi” Here Comes the Indian
Animal Collective “Spirit They've Vanished” Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished
Animal Collective “April and the Phantom” Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished
Aphex Twin “Come to Daddy (Pappy Mix)” Come to Daddy
Bonnie "Prince" Billy “Death to Everyone” I See a Darkness
Eric Copeland “Alien in a Garbage Dump” Alien in a Garbage Dump
Kanye West “Monster” My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Lateef the Truth Speaker “The Wreckoning” Solesides Greatest Bumps
Low “Witches” C'Mon
Retribution Gospel Choir “Breaker” Retribution Gospel Choir
Ministry “Scare Crow” KEΦAΛHΞΘ
The Knife “Silent Shout” Silent Shout
Tricky “Bad Dream” Pre-Millennium Tension
Tricky “Hell Is Round the Corner” Maxinquaye
Tricky vs. the Gravediggaz “Psychosis” Hell EP
Tricky vs. the Gravediggaz “Tonite Is a Special Nite (Chaos Mass Confusion Remix)” Hell EP
Lo-Down “Mad Fright Night” Kids OST
The Hillfiguzes “Heaven, Youth Hell” Tricky Presents Grassroots
Tricky & Laveda Davis “Devil's Helper” Tricky Presents Grassroots
Zomby “Witch Hunt” Dedication
Kode9 + The Spaceape “Victims” Memories of the Future
Halloween themes:
Big Smith “Die, Dead, Die” Big Rock
Marit Bergman “No Party” I Think It's a Rainbow
Bobby Bare Jr. “Rock and Roll Halloween” A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head
Eric Copeland “UFOs Over Vamphire City” Whorehouse Blues
Meat Puppets “Vampires” No Joke!
Just sounds like Halloween:
Autechre “Teartear” Amber
Beck “Mutherf**er” Mellow Gold
Sonic Youth “Scooter & Jinx” Goo
Animal Collective “Native Belle” Here Comes the Indian
Animal Collective “Hey Light” Here Comes the Indian
Moby “Thousand”
Battles “Atlas” Mirrored
Die Fantastischen Vier “Krieger (Aphex Twin Remix)”
Einstürzende Neubauten “Headcleaner” Tabula Rasa
Grinderman “No Pussy Blues” Grinderman
Fever Ray “If I Had a Heart” Fever Ray
Low “Monkey” The Great Destroyer
Massive Attack vs Mad Professor “Superpredators” Risingson
Portishead “Cowboys” Portishead
Röyksopp ft. Karin Dreijer “What Else Is There?”
WU LYF “Dirt”
Pretty much any Thrill Kill Kult album would be awesome. This reminds me that I haven't listened to A Crime for All Season in ages. Off to Spotify.
That's the only one I've got. I bought it on Oct 28, 1995 at the Dinkytown Disc-go-round.
I was in town for a combination college visit (of the U of MN and Augsburg) and Sonic Youth concert (Washing Machine tour, with the Amps opening, my first show at First Ave).
I pull out Confessions... every year on about Oct 28. Looks like Algonad might have me pull it out early.
And if Aliens are invited:
The Orb “Blue Room”
The Orb “O.O.B.E.”
Photek “U.F.O.”
'The Ghost of Stephen Foster' - Squirrel Nut Zippers
'Marie Provost' - Nick Lowe (listen to the lyrics, its a pretty grizzly tale set to a catchy tune)
'Ghosts Are Everywhere' - Presidents of the United States of America
Probably don't want to miss "Werewolves of London"
Harley Poe - It's Only the End of the World
1. Runaway Wind - Paul Westerberg *
2. Change Your Mind -- The Feelies
3. Your Generation -- Generation X **
4. God Makes No Mistakes -- Loretta Lynn
5. Morning Bell - Radiohead
6. Older Guys -- The Flying Burrito Brothers
7. Lovely -- Jack Logan
8. Cocaine Lil -- Mekons
9. Hoover Factory -- Elvis Costello
10. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic -- The Police
Bonus: Straight No Chaser -- Thelonious Monk
* Probably one of the worst Paul Westerberg songs ever.
** I heard this song on The Current earlier this week and have been humming it ever since, really glad it popped up today.
Bonus: Straight No Chaser -- Thelonious Monk
loved playing this in jazz band.
Mark Schultz--Love Has Come
The Oak Ridge Boys--No Matter How High
Michael Martin Murphy--Wildfire
Minnie Ripperton--Lovin' You
Matthew West--You Are Everything
J. J. Jackson--But It's Alright
Three Dog Night--An Old Fashioned Love Song
Cyndi Lauper--Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Waylon Jennings--When I Get Big
Wilson Pickett--In The Midnight Hour
Bridging Worlds, I'll see your Ripperton with the Orb song that builds off it:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ihsdmxLlyY
California Stars - Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
Lost and Found - Atmosphere - Lucy Ford
Dog Paddle - Modest Mouse - This Is A Long Drive
Bloomington - Old 97's - Drag It Up
It's Just That Simple - Wilco - A.M.
Slippery People - Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
My Friend - Dr. Dog - Fate
Orphan Girl - Gillian Welch - Revival
Citrus - The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls
The Vanishing Spies - Frank Black - Teenager of the Year
Watch Her Disappear - Tom Waits - Alice
"California Stars" is probably my favorite song from the Mermaid Ave albums.
Hey guys, I'm back.
01. Lake - "Collapsing Homes" from Let's Build a Roof
02. Ice Cube - "Check Yo Self" from The Predator
03. Rich Boy - "The Ruler" from 12 Diamonds
04. Anthrax - "One World" from Among the Living
05. The Twilight Sad - "The Neighbours Can't Breathe" from Forget the Night Ahead
06. The Black Lips - "Bicentennial Man" from Arabia Mountain
07. dälek - "Desolate Peasants" from Deadverse Massive Vol. 1: dälek Rarities 1999-2006
08. The Field Mice - "Fabulous Friend" from Snowball + Singles
09. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - "Hey Paul" from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
10. Iceage - "Rotting Heights" from New Brigade
BT. Lil B - "Wonton Soup" from Blue Flame
I spent all morning yesterday listening to Lil B songs on random, and I've had it in my head ever since.
1. The Cinematic Orchestra “Entr'acte” Entr'acte*
2. Whitney Houston “It's Not Right But It's Okay (Club 69 Future Club Mix)” It's Not Right But It's Okay Remixes*
3. Sly & Robbie “Destination Unknown (Morning Chorus Mix by Rockers HiFi)”* Dubmission 2: The Remixes
4. Palace Brothers “Pushkin” Days in the Wake*
5. Digable Planets “Nickel Bag” Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time And Space)
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6. Ha Ha Tonka “Gusto” Buckle in the Bible Belt
7. Sonic Youth “Scooter & Jinx” Goo
8. Common ft. Cee-Lo “G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definition)” Thisisme Then (The Best of Common)
9. Boy Blue* “Robot Tube Socks (James Dece Remix)”
T. Heiko Laux “Five” Decks, EFX & 909 (Richie Hawtin Mix)
E. Will Oldham “O Let It Be” Joya
Notes:
1. Just added. TCO has been quiet for a few years (their live album came out in 2008, I assume Ma Fleur was then 2006 or 2007. But then they recently released two digital singles: this one at 20 minutes and Manhatta at 11 mins. Every Day was probably my favorite album back in 2003, and I really need to rip it to my iTunes. TCO was my last concert before CER was born, at the Women's Club Theatre. EAR came with, too, and she was good until the encore basically doubled the concert length, with each musician taking at least ten minutes for his solo.
2. I've mentioned it before, but the four singles off the My Love Is Your Love album had some of the best house remixes of pop singles I've come across. Part of the Soundtrack of my senior year of college. If Ms. Houston ever wants to get back to performing, I'll be there to buy the remixes.
3. "Destination Unknown" is itself a remix: a Dub version of "Chill Out" by Black Uhuru, which could be found on Dubmission Vol. 1 (of 1, not including the remixes). (Kindof like Bowie's 1. Outside, which was part one of a trilogy that never had parts 2 or 3.)
4. Bought the new Bonnie "Prince" Billy CD: Wolfroy Goes to Town. Just as I figured, he's going further down this same road away from anything resembling pop or hooks. Bummer. I haven't given it a close listen, I hope there's something that grabs me as much as "The Sounds Are Always Begging" off The Wonder Show of the World.
9. Madison, WI, band that shares its bassist with So So Radio. This is the only song of theirs I could find, but they're supposed to have an EP out soon.
Btw, the kids turned me on to the Jay Z/Kanye West album Watch The Throne. I'm really diggin' it, even though the lyrics have a lot more N***ers, and M***er-F***ers than I am used to and comfortable with.
Stellar Kart -- Sunshine
Bleach -- Super Good Feeling
Maynard Ferguson -- Superbone Meets the Bad Man
Audio Adrenaline -- Superfriend
Manafest -- Supernatural
David Crowder Band -- Surely We Can Change
Relient K -- Surf Wax America
The Beach Boys -- Surfer Girl
The Beach Boys -- Surfin' U.S.A.
Stryper -- Surrendur
Haven't posted a list in months:
1. Wilco - "One By One" - Kicking Television
2. Thelonious Sphere Monk - "Epistrophy" - Ken Burns Jazz
3. Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" - Born to Run
4. Semisonic - "She Spreads Her Wings" - Feeling Strangely Fine
5. Better Than Ezra - "Summerhouse" - Deluxe
6. Oasis - "Cigarettes and Alcohol" - Definitely Maybe
7. The Black Keys - "Unknown Brothers" - Brothers
8. Radiohead - "Creep" - Pablo Honey
9. Wolf Parade - "Yulia" - Expo 86
10. The Replacements - "Unsatisfied" - Let It Be
B: Sondre Lerche - "Mr. Bassman" - Muppets: The Green Album