Friday Music Day

Friday Music Day: June 15, 2012

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It's Friday already? Crud. Boss is back from a business trip on Monday and I estimate that I've got between 2000 lbs and 1000 kg of manure to work on before he's back. Wonder what my soundtrack will be... Wonder what your soundtrack will be. (Share it.)

58 thoughts on “Friday Music Day: June 15, 2012”

  1. Its Friday and I'm staring at a day filled with writing reports and filling out a personality survey. I'm going to need something to get me through this. I also just got an iPod, so lets see what this thing will throw at me today:

    01. Moonsorrow - "Jaasta Syntynyt/Varjojen Virta", Viides Luku
    02. Halford - "Locked and Loaded", Resurrection
    03. Black Label Society - "Superterrorizer", Stronger Than Death
    04. Epica "Seif al Din", We Will Take You With Us
    05. Mercyful Fate - "Night of the Unborn", Don't Break the Oath
    06. Immortal - "Noctambulant", Blizzard Beasts
    07. 3 Inches of Blood - "Revenge is a Vulture", Advance and Vanquish
    08. Testament - "New Eyes of Old", Demonic
    09. Blind Guardian - "Straight Through the Mirror", A Twist in the Myth
    10. Type O Negative - "Kill All the White People", Bloody Kisses

  2. I found it interesting when Zune pulled up three straight tracks with a decidedly astronomical feel to them. Then I found it less interesting when I noticed that shuffle had been disabled and it was playing tracks in alphabetical order, so I eventually turned shuffle back on, but continued with the theme:

    “Alien Hip Hop” – Planet X, Quantum
    “Alien Earth” – Synergy, The Jupiter Effect
    “All About Satellites and Spaceships” – Seven Percent Solution, All About Satellites and Spaceships
    “All Around the World or Myth of Fingerprints” – Paul Simon, Graceland
    “All of the Above: Full Moon Rising/October Winds/Camouflaged in Blue/Half Alive/Undying Love/Full Moon Rising Reprise” – Transatlantic, SMPTe
    “Edge of the World” – John Scott, Greystoke: Legend of Tarzan soundtrack
    “Oh Brother” – James Taylor, New Moon Shine
    “The Great Gig in the Sky” – Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon
    “Under the Moon” – Camel, Harbour of Tears
    “Ride of Your Life” – Rick Wakeman, Return to the Centre of the Earth

  3. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv-2sDDNSY8

    no time for a list, but here are some positive vibrations.

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    The Hold Steady - "Stuck Between Stations" Live at First Ave
    Foo Fighters - "The Deepest Blues are Black" In Your Honor
    She & Him - "Brand New Shoes" Vol. II
    Wilco - "Bull Black Nova" Live at Vicar Street
    The Black Keys - "Hell Of A Season" El Camino

    Sufjan Stevens - "Bad Communication" Age of Adz
    Arcade Fire - "The Suburbs (Continued)" The Suburbs
    Wilco - "Radio Cure" YHF
    Santana - "Primavera" Supernatural
    The National - "Start A War" Boxer

    1. I don't usually do the bonus track but today it's Johnny Cash - "I See A Darkness" which may be my favorite from the American albums.

      1. Related: This is the first single from Bonnie "Prince" Billy's upcoming second album of self-covers.
        httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-xSxWX7_-4

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    1. Eric Copeland “Heavy Afternoon Buzz”* Catsup Plate Lathe Cut 12"
    2. Elvis Presley “Are You Lonesome To-night?” 30 #1 Hits
    3. Koko Taylor “Don't Mess with the Messer” Koko Taylor
    4. Matt Sweeney & Bonnie “Prince” Billy “Death in the Sea” Superwolf
    5. Oval “Cross Sellint” 94diskont

    6. Three Trapped Tigers* “10” EP3
    7. Current 93* “Vauvauvau (Black Ships in the Harbor)” Black Ships Ate the Sky
    8. Guy J & Miriam Vega “No Under But You” DJ Kicks: Photek
    9. Soundgarden* “The Day I Tried to Live” Superunknown
    T. Finley Quaye “Sunday Shining”* Maverick A Strike
    E. Black Dice “Smiling Off (Luomo Remix)”* Smiling Off

    Notes:
    1. Eric Copeland of Black Dice. 10 minutes of buzzy drones. Apparently this was limited to 50 copies (I don't know what lathe-cut even means), so I just found an illicit copy on the internet. (Eric Copeland could have more of my money if he would collect the music he's released only on vinyl onto one or two CDs.)

    6. Daneeka's Ghost tipped me to them. Not entirely convinced, though.

    7. DG and Nibbish, have you ever listened to C93? It's weird stuff that might be up your alleys, might not though. If so, I'd start with this album.

    9. My iPod has been loving Soundgarden lately. I swear I've heard "Room a Thousand Years Wide" like 5 times over the past week while on shuffle.

    T. Cover of Bob Marley and the Wailers' "Sun Is Shining" by Tricky's cousin. He had previously covered the song as a vocalist on A Guy Called Gerald's "Finley's Rainbow". This album is a nice update of reggae for the indie-rock crowd, but I never followed anything else he did. Maybe I should fix that.

    E. Black Dice and Sasu Ripatti? I've never given this a close listen, but I'd've expected something better.

    2. (I don't know what lathe-cut even means)

      Basically some dude cut the album by hand. I guess people do this for tiny vinyl runs since they can get just a handful of copies cut versus the minimums needed for pressing.

      My lifelong dream has always been to put out at least one piece of music on vinyl, but here I am at 30 without that happening. This dream seems destined to continue to fade.

        1. I've given up on enough dreams only to have have them come true that I'm going to continue giving up until I die.

  6. 1. "Sweet Jane" - Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
    2. "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" - CCR - Pendulum
    3. "Last Day Of Magic" - The Kills - Midnight Boom
    4. "Modern Diet" - The Redwalls - The Redwalls
    5. "Quinn The Eskimo" - Manfred Mann - Mighty Garvey!
    6. "Salvation Is Created" - Tchesnokov
    7. "North Side Gal" - J.D. McPherson - Signs And Signifiers
    8. "Pink Panther Theme" - The Ventures - The Fabulous Ventures
    9. "Wonder" - Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily
    10. "Bixby Canyon Bridge" - Death Cab For Cutie - Transcendentalism
    B "The Female Of The Species" - Space - Spiders

    1. In the past few years this song, and specifically this version, has become one of my favorites. It probably cracks a top 25 list.
    6. This song cracks a top 5 favorite songs list. It's short for a classical piece, but it is hauntingly beautiful. If you've never heard it, go find a version. Ugh. Subtle and powerful at the same time.
    7. My nomination for "song of the summer." Rhubarb Runner put it up here the other day, and I'd had a link up a while back before that to. Good stuff.
    9. Seriously? How does Tigerlily keep appearing on these lists? I have like 3 of her songs in my library, out of thousands, and they keep coming up. I don't dislike them, it's just odd.
    10. I don't love a lot of Death Cab (it all feels to sanctimoniously anti-establishment), but I enjoy the heck out of this one.
    Bonus: I know this song from the Austin Powers soundtrack, which I accidentally stole from my uncle a long, long time ago. I still have it.

      1. Huh. Well someone put it up. And I don't care to do the work to figure out who, so by executive fiat we're gonna continue to say it was you.

      2. That's some funny stuff. Man do I love make fun of myself hipsters.

        I've got 2 kids and gut. I'm not sure if I'm doing it before it's cool or ironically, but I know I'm definitely ahead of the hipster curve on that one, which makes me as hipster as can be.

    2. You wanna freak out? Look at the tracks you had notes on, then look at the tracks I had notes on.

  7. I don't have my music with me, but I've been listening to the song "Last Day Of Magic" by the Kills practically nonstop lately so you can consider that my entire list.

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X64lfsIRSEM

    edit: ugh I can never figure out how to embed things in this new wordpress.

    edit II: got your back - mags

      1. It took me a while, but I got way into The Kills. Midnight Boom and Keep on Your Mean Side are soooo good.

        1. I'm still not there, but that song does it for me. I didn't like much of The Dead Weather's output, so I'm a bit gun-shy about trying out more of Alison Mosshart's stuff.

      2. It's such a good song. But sometimes it worries me that so many of my favorite songs are break-up songs.

  8. internet is out at the office so I don't know what I've been listening to, but I have been listening to the entire works of The Tallest Man on Earth. He just released a new album this week. Not quite as good as The Wild Hunt.

    1. And we're back up and running:

      Foo Fighters – Let It Die
      The Killers – Somebody Told Me
      Modest Mouse – We've Got Everything
      Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
      The Fratellis – Chelsea Dagger
      Silversun Pickups – Panic Switch
      Death Cab for Cutie – Cath
      Weezer – Say It Ain't So
      The Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
      Muse – Knights of Cydonia

      1. My copy of Costello Music is iTunes protected m4a, so I can't listen to the Fratellis on my Ubuntu laptop. They were a sad collateral casualty of the conversion.

        2. I rip to mp3 and when I purchase things from iTunes (rarely), I convert them to mp3 as well.

  9. 01. John Mellencamp – Without Expression
    02. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs – Pike County Breakdown
    03. Little Red Riding Hood - Idiots and Swindlers (Guitar Version)
    04. Waylon Jennings – Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues
    05. Jackson Brown – Your Bright Baby Blues
    06. Lynyrd Skynyrd – White Dove
    07. Johnny Cash – I Hardly Ever Sing Beer Drinking Songs
    08. The Hellecasters – Back on Terra Firma
    09. Louis Armstrong – Hello Dolly
    10. Pure Prairie League – Boulder Skies

  10. 'Clocks' - Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head
    'Ugly Girl' - Fleming and John Way We Are
    'Into the Mystic' Van Morrison Moondance
    'Cocaine' Eric Clapton Slowhand
    'Love is Like Oxygen' - Sweet

    'Jealousy' - The Black Crowes
    'Ruby Soho' - Rancid ...And Out Come the Wolves
    'I Would Do Anything For You' - Foster the People Torches
    'Hello Its Me' - Todd Rundgren
    'Rubber Biscuit' - The Blues Brothers Briefcase Full of Blues

    Bonus: The Little Willies covering Loretta Lynn's 'Fist City'

    httpv://youtu.be/RIMYuS_wDpw

    1. I feel the hatred towards Coldplay has gotten out of hand. Rush of Blood to the Head is a very good album.

        1. I'm not a big fan, but there are a few Coldplay tracks in my library

          same here.

          1. I think their early stuff was pretty boring, but a lot of their newer stuff is much more layered and is really pretty good music. At least, the stuff I hear. I don't seek them out, but when I come across them, I don't hate 'em.

  11. Sheenie claims she tried to post this list from work and it made her computer ass-plode. Anyway, here's her list:

    1. The Last Time - Gnarls Barkley
    2. Right About Now - Talib Kweli
    3. Funky Cold Medina - Tone Loc
    4. Recycled Air - Postal Service
    5. The Funeral - Band of Horses
    6. Night Shift - Positive K
    7. Let Go - Frou Frou
    8. One for the Cutters - The Hold Steady
    9. You'll Think of Me - Keith Urban
    10. There is not Enough Time - Postal Service

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    1. The Killers - "Mr. Brightside" - Hot Fuss
    2. The Smashing Pumpkins - "In the Arms of Sleep" - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
    3. Blueprint - "Mind, Body, & Soul" - Adventures in Counter Culture
    4. The New Pornographers - "Jessica Numbers" - Twin Cinema
    5. Bush - "Testosterone" - Sixteen Stone
    6. The Decemberists - "16 Military Wives" - Picaresque
    7. Cloud Cult - "The Lessons: The Exploding People" - Light Chasers
    8. The Hold Steady - "Soft in the Center" - Heaven is Whenever
    9. Neutral Milk Hotel - "Song Against Sex" - On Avery Island
    10. Hot Hot Heat - "Middle of Nowhere" - Elevator
    B. Janelle Monae - "Sincerely, Jane." - Metropolis: The Chase Suit

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