Friday Music Day

FMD: Dec 2, 2011

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1. End-of-the-year is coming. Start planning your best-of lists. Let's try to discuss on the first Friday of the new year (rather than earlier). That will be January 6, 2012.

2. Now that I've got some of my actuarial-education blinders off for a bit, I notice that a new artist I'm listening to has a show in Minneapolis tonight. Her name is Lydia Loveless, and she plays vulgarly fun country-punk about drinking and cheaters and depression. For fans of the Waco Brothers and Miranda Lambert. Here's a live clip of what's probably my favorite song (Lyrics NSFW). She's playing at Lee's Liquor Lounge, doors at 9pm, $8 cover. If I hadn't been blindered and completely ignoring my wife and kids, I would definitely go, but my EAR seems to have been missing me, so I may favor staying home. But if you're looking for something to do tonight, consider this my recommendation.

3. I would have preferred to link first to her Daytrotter Session, which was uploaded on my birthday this year. Unfortunately, those files are no longer free as Daytrotter has had to implement a $2/month subscription fee to keep their lights on. It's definitely worth it for me, so they'll have my credit card number soon. I will miss having that site's performances as a quick way for me to link to artists I like. You can have a free seven-day trial.

4. Lydia's session is particularly good, which does have me excited about her as a live artist. Mostly songs from her first album, but recorded with more life. The session may end up on my best-of list.

5. Finally, a new track from Lana Del Ray (visuals borderline NSFW: sideboob). Just saw this, haven't listened closely. Yet.

6. Time for you to share your randomness.

25 thoughts on “FMD: Dec 2, 2011”

  1. .

    * The Day the World Went Away - Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile**
    * Des Abends - Vladislav Delay Quartet - (self-titled)
    * There's No Here - Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
    * Narayan - The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
    * 1,000,000 - Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
    * Engine No. 9 - Deftones - Adrenaline
    * Here She Comes Now - Nirvana - With the Lights Out***
    * The Wolf is Loose - Mastodon - Blood Mountain
    * Decay (The Symptoms of Kali Yuga) - Sunn O))) - White2
    * Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Nirvana - With the Lights Out

    ** I see Trent Reznor is doing the soundtrack for David Fincher's latest (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo that I just started reading, hoping to finish before the movie releases). Given how well that combo worked in The Social Network, I have high hopes.

    *** The rare Nirvana song I only have one version of. Having picked and chosen from the 20th anniversary Nevermind release, I am only one version away from having a random 10 completely composed of different recordings of 'Polly'.

    1. Polly - Nirvana - Nevermind
    2. (New Wave) Polly - Nirvana - Incesticide
    3. Polly - Nirvana - Unplugged in NY
    4. Polly - Nirvana - From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
    5. Polly (Demo) - Nirvana - With the Lights Out
    6. Polly (Acoustic) - Nirvana - With the Lights Out
    7. Polly - Nirvana - Live at Reading
    8. Polly (Live at Del Mar) - Nirvana - Nevermind [Super-Deluxe]
    9. Polly - Nirvana - Live at the Paramount: Nevermind [Super-Deluxe]
    10. I suppose I could put the Butch Vig mix here, but I wasn't really interested in that, so it got deleted.

  3. Hey AMR, shoot me a text if you go to Lydia Loveless, I could be talked into going.

    1. Elo Kiddies -- Cheap Trick
    2. Disarm -- Smashing Pumpkins
    3. I Wanna Be Adored -- The Stone Roses
    4. "T" is for Texas -- Johnny Cash
    5. Smallpox Champion -- Fugazi
    6. Satan Gave Me a Taco -- Beck **
    7. Ladyfriend -- The Byrds
    8. Live Forever -- Oasis
    9. Conclusion of the Railroad Earth -- Jack Kerouac
    10. Deathtrot and Warlock Riding a Rooster -- Guided By Voices

    Bonus: Neat Neat Neat -- The Damned

    ** Wonderfully Weird song from Beck Hansen

    1. About 5 minutes ago, "Disarm" played on my Pandora station based on "Your Woman" of WGOM fame. Also, I really enjoyed "Live Forever" but to my recollection, there wasn't much else on that album. Did I miss something I should go back & check out?

      1. Definitely Maybe is one of my top 5 favorite CDs, but I'm the resident Oasis fanatic, so my perception could be off.

        Great songs off that CD include:

        Rock'n'Roll Star
        Live Forever
        Columbia
        Supersonic
        Cigarettes and Alcohol
        Slide Away

          1. I like it - to a certain extent. A lot of the songs sound like the songs post-Be Here Now where Noel would sing. Since those were usually my favorite on the last couple of albums, that's not a bad thing at all (better than Beady Eye, anyway. I wasn't able to get into that one.), but they were so much a better band on their first two.

            1. Just listened to the whole thing. I liked it too. I also read a couple of Noel interviews with RS...he sure likes the F-word.

  4. .

    1. Born to be a Dancer Kaiser Chiefs
    2. Untitled I Keane
    3. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds The Beatles*
    4. Leroy Wheatus
    5. Walk on Water Aerosmith

    6. Rock Star N.E.R.D.
    7. Universally Speaking Red Hot Chili Peppers
    8. Woman and Man Ween
    9. April in Paris Thelonious Monk
    10. Monkey Boogie Millencolin

    Bonus: Haunting Me Stabbing Westward

    *this song is about drugs...or not. My question is, does it matter?

  5. *an olive branch for hating on Poe.

    1. Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You / Billy Squier
    2. Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight) / Ramones
    3. Father Christmas / The Kinks
    4. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) / U2
    5. I'll Be Home For Christmas / Bob Dylan
    6. Winter Wonderland / Aimee Mann
    7. Blue Christmas / Chris Isaak
    8. Christmas Song / Nat King Cole
    9. Skating / Vince Guaraldi
    10. Pretty Paper / Roy Orbison
    11. White Christmas / Otis Redding
    12. Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto / James Brown
    13. Presents For Christmas / Solomon Burke
    14. That Was The Worst Christmas Ever! / Sufjan Stevens
    15. Santa Claus / Sonny Boy Williamson
    16. Xmas Curtain / My Morning Jacket
    17. Just Like Christmas Low
    18. Baby Its Cold Outside / Zoey Deschanel & Leon Redbone
    19. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / Hem
    20. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) / Darlene Love
    21. We Three Kings of Orient Are / The Beach Boys

    1. In the past, I never liked current popular artists doing Christmas standbys. Think Michael Buble, Justin Bieber, Jessica Simpson, Christina Aguilera, etc.* I liked the classics by people like Bing, Johnny Mathis, Judy Garland, Burl Ives and Andy Williams. Then I realized that at one time, the "classics" were current popular artists doing their holiday thing. To hear something like "Just Like Christmas" by a band that I really respect and enjoy, well it makes me happy. Thanks for the list boots.

      *I still don't like 'em, Christmas or otherwise.

        1. list Sorry, download. I did that...listening to it prompted the comment!
          Edit: As usual, great mix.

  6. 'Flying High Again' - Ozzy Osbourne The Essential Ozzy Osbourne
    'Oogum Boogum'- Brenton Wood
    'Caroline No' - The Beach Boys Pet Sounds
    'Brothers In Arms' - Dire Straits Brothers In Arms
    'Desire' - U2 Rattle and Hum

    'Heard It In A Love Song' - Marshall Tucker Band
    'Five on the Five' - The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely
    'Denise' - Fountains of Wayne Utopia Parkway
    'Kick It Out' - Heart Little Queen
    'Somebody Told Me' - The Killers Hot Fuss

  7. .

    01. Wintersun - "Starchild", Wintersun
    02. Dream Evil - "The Prophecy", Dragonslayer
    03. Melechesh - "Emissaries and the Mysterium Magnum", Emissaries
    04. Meshuggah - "Abnegating Cecity", Contradictions Collapse
    05. Megadeth - "I Ain't Superstitious", Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
    06. Epica - "The Obsessive Devotion", The Divine Conspiracy
    07. Decapitated - "Blessed", The First Damned
    08. Jag Panzer - "Tower of Darkness", Decade of the Nail-Spiked Bat
    09. Amon Amarth - "Across the Rainbow Bridge", Versus the World
    10. The Black Dahlia Murder - "I Worhips Only What You Bleed", 2007 Nocturnal

  8. Wow it feels like ages since I've done one of these.

    01. UGK - "It's Supposed to Bubble" from Super Tight...
    02. Wire - "It's So Obvious" from Pink Flag
    03. Dizzee Rascal ft. Bun B & Pimp C - "Where Da G's" from Maths + English
    04. Mr. Muthaf--kin' eXquire - "Fire Marshall Bill" from Lost in Translation
    05. The Raveonettes - "Gone Forever" from In and Out of Control
    06. Clipse - "Momma I'm So Sorry" from Hell Hath No Fury
    07. Ween - "Fluffy" from 12 Golden Country Greats
    08. Rich Boy - "Game Proper" from Gold Kilo$
    09. The Rosebuds - "Drunkards Worst Nightmare" from The Rosebuds Make Out
    10. The Angels of Light - "Jackie's Spine" from The Angels of Light Sing 'Other People'

    BT. SpaceGhostPurrp - "Get Yah Head Bust" from BLVCKLVND RVDIX 66.6 (1991)

      1. I hadn't heard the song in a while, but Pimp C's verse on this song is one of my favorite verses he ever did.

        I suppose it's fitting he showed up here twice since he died 4 years ago Sunday. 🙁

  9. so, I am listening to The Current and the song 'Second Chance' by Peter Bjorn and John comes up. Firstly, that song is kind of cool. Secondly, that song is used by the show 'Two Broke Girls' (Im not a fan of the show, but do watch it when nothing else is on) and the guitar slams are used for segues. Weird. I thought the show was using some generic music bed. I might have to check out some more stuff by Peter Bjorn and John

  10. so I'm listening to a hip hop song today, and I hear "We're going to town to f*** the hose." It took me a few minutes to stop being confused.

  11. 1. Elite Gymnastics “Omamori” Ruin 1
    2. Katy B “Disappear” On a Mission
    3. Ha Ha Tonka “Lonely Fortunes” Mile Marker Session
    4. Jimi Hendrix “Born Under a Bad Sign” Blues
    5. The Cinematic Orchestra feat. Patrick Watson “To Build a Home (Radio Version)” “To Build a Home” Versions*

    6. Jóhann Jóhannsson “The Flat” And in the Endless Pause There Came the Sound of Bees
    7. The Orb “Asylum (Soul Catcher Mix)” Orblivion (Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc)
    8. Richie Hawtin “Loop 6” Minus Yellow
    9. Justin Townes Earle “Slippin' and Slidin'” Harlem River Blues
    T. Twilight Circus Sound System “Oats” Horsie*

    B. Poe “Fly Away” Hello*

    *Notes:
    5. Can't find my CD of the album, Ma Fleur. I know there were like four or five subtly different versions from country to country and format to format**, so I'm reluctant to just download the album, because I want my iVersion to be the same as my CD version.

    **I hate that. Go ahead and make bonus tracks all you want, but my completist tendency that I can rarely suppress requests each version at least digitally, even if it's a slightly longer intro, or a quicker fadeout, or the tracks are mixed into each other in one version and not on the other. I thought that getting the Plastikman box set would help me with that , but scouring the discography included in the thing, I noticed like four tracks not included. And then investigating them, I noticed a few more discrepancies.

    T. The finest Dutch dub, my favorite dub album by miles. Twilight Circus is Ryan Moore, formerly of the Legendary Pink Dots (to whom I've never listened). He left the band to focus on Reggae, first with his dub, and then later with actual Jamaican dancehall vocalists. He came to 7th Street earlier this year, opening for my second-favorite dub artist, Mad Professor. I learned of this the day of the concert and could not make arrangements to attend.

    B. I gotta go, I'll post my thoughts on Poe on the Video's page tonight.

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