57 thoughts on “FMD: Midsummer”

  1. * One Fine Day - The Offspring - Conspiracy of One
    * Naked in the Rain - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
    * Suicidal Dream - Silverchair - Frogstomp
    * Atmosphères - Györgi Ligeti - The Ligeti Project 2
    * Alcohol - Butthole Surfers - Indpendent Worm Saloon
    * Reeling the Liars In - Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
    * Weenie Beenie - Foo Fighters - (self-titled)
    * Telling Ghosts - Puscifer - Conditions of My Parole
    * Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
    * When You Dance You Can Really Love - Neil Young - After the Gold Rush

    1. By the way, a belated acknowledgement to DK's Best of 2014 music list. I've picked up a couple of albums in the last month or so (Hospitality - Trouble and Wye Oak - Shriek and one other one that I can't think of...) that, upon review, I found he had listed back in January as worth checking out.

        1. It came out last year, it is ... different. Much less guitar, much more of a electronic/synthesizer feel. I would say I like Civilian and The Knot better, but I am still getting used to this one.

  2. 1. Neotropic “Closer to the Sun” La Prochaine Fois
    2. Sylvan Esso “Dress” Sylvan Esso
    3. Trembling Bells feat. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy “Husband/Riding (Live)”* The Bonnie Bells of Oxford
        a. Black-and-white Warbler “Song” (The Warbler Guide)
    4. Jan St. Werner* “Demonos” Miscontinuum Album
    5. Hiroyuki Sawano “omake-pfadlib” Attack on Titan Original Soundtrack

        b. Golden Eagle “Calls from Captive Bird” (Cornell Master Set)
    6. Arvo Pärt* “Missa Sillabica: Kyrie” De Profundis
        c. Arctic Tern “Alarm Calls” (Cornell Master Set)
    7. The Pharcyde “She Said” Labcabincalifornia
        d. Blackpoll Warbler “Song” (Cornell Master Set)
    8. The Pharcyde “Runnin'” Labcabincalifornia
    9. Dolfish “Jack of No Trades” Dolfish Live
    T. Arvo Pärt* “Magnificat (Mix 11)” Magnificat: AMR Remixes

    *Notes:
    3. Nice medley pairing there, a song about impotence and a song about incest. One of the little blue pills should use the first song's euphemism in an ad campaign. "Got no courage in ye? Ask your doctor about Vialis."
    4. of Mouse on Mars.
    6. Performed by Theatre of Voices under the direction of Paul Hillier, featuring Christopher Bowers-Broadbent on Organ.
    T. Performed by Theatre of Voices under the direction of Paul Hillier.

    Regarding b & c: I'm training my ears for what birds I may hear in Alaska at the end of the month.

    1. Regarding #10. Here's a link to a different version of the remix that I created. The differences in mixes 1-11 is in the amount of distortion and how much of the original can be heard coming through. I think they get progressively further from the source material, so 11 is just sort of a drone that sounds sortof like "Magnificat", and I stopped there. Similar to how I made the sonically dissimilar "Mbeer" from a Homer Simpson sample (but then, I just concatenated all of the parts I made).

    2. As is probably the case for many people, the only song I know off Labcabincalifornia is "Passin' Me By," but it's still a gem.

        1. As is probably the case for many people, the only song I know off Labcabincalifornia is "Passin' Me By," but it's still a gem.

          1. Bizarreride II the Pharcyde is a better album front to back than Labcabin, but Labcabin has highlights that are up there.
            1. Jay Dee (J Dilla)'s beats on about half of the album. I think this was his first major production.
            2. The rapping on "Runnin'" and "Drop". I don't care if you listen to the rest of the album, go check those two. (Both Jay Dee tracks, as well.)

    1. Dude, LL's tour schedule makes no sense at all. It looks like a drunk weaving through the country (drunk, country, huh, I guess it fits). Seriously, in 2 months, she's coming to Illinois 3 times, with weeks in between the dates, and none of those shows are anywhere near Chicago.

      1. No sense? Seems pretty logical to me.
        It helps if you realize she's basing tour dates around bigger gigs: festivals & slots opening for a bigger act, and then driving home to OH at gaps in the tour.
        Could also be that she, like Will Oldham and the White Stripes, prefers playing smaller cities to the big ones.

        This weekend: Festival in MA tomorrow, NJ on the way out and NH on the way home.

        Next weekend Friday starts a small Upper Midwest tour: WI, MN, ND, NE, IA, with stops in IL on the way out and back home to OH.
        (One night off, between ND and NE... not playing a Weds night in the middle of nine nights on the road).

        Except she only gets to stay home one night, because she's got three shows opening for Iron & Wine in western PA/NY.
        Then a Saturday festival in VT with shows in northern NY and MA on either side.
        Break tour, come home.

        Four weeks later, a one-off show at home in OH (Sunday).

        Two weeks later, weekend tour Thu-Sat of Mid-Atlantic.
        The next week, she's got that Trampled By Turtles festival in Shakopee, so she plays DeKalb, IL and Green Bay on the way out.

        1. I'll be at the Shakopee festival, but could maybe swing the July 19th show .... maybe.

  4. 1. The Velvet Underground - "Beginning To See The Light" - The Velvet Underground
    2. The Decemberists - "Eli, The Barrow Boy" - Picaresque
    3. Neutral Milk Hotel - "Ghost" - In The Aeroplane By The Sea
    4. Drive-By Truckers - "Goode's Field Road" - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
    5. Oasis - "I Am The Walrus - Live Glascow Cathouse, June'94" - The Masterplan

    6. Eels - "Love Of The Loveless" - Shootenanny!
    7. Adele - "Someone Like You" - 21
    8. Queens Of The Stoneage - "You Would Know" - Queens Of The Stoneage
    9. Kishi Bashi - "Q&A" - Lighght
    10. Husker Du - "Lifeline" - Metal Circus

      1. Thanks...It has been a summer long project to purge my Spotify favorites. I'm about halfway through. The rule is if I can't make it through the album it goes away.

        I'm liking my random lists more and more each week.

  5. 01. “As If You Read My Mind” – Stevie Wonder – Hotter Than July
    02. “Fast Hands” – Southside Desire – Songs To Love And Die To
    03. “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” – Ramblin’ Jack Elliot – I’m Not There
    04. “Easy Fraction” – Breakbot – By Your Side
    05. “Bratislava” – Beirut – Gulag Orkestar
    06. “I Am Here” – Savages – Silence Yourself
    07. “Little One” – Basia Bulat – Oh, My Darling
    08. “Satellite” – Elliott Smith – Elliott Smith
    09. “Consolation Prize” – Sharon Van Etten – Because I Was In Love
    10. “Fish” – Wye Oak – Citizen

  6. Don't forgot Basilica Block Party this weekend actually has some decent bands: Wilco, Jason Isbell, Jenny Lewis on Saturday alone. Also it's a ways out there but Lee Scratch Perry is playing the Cedar on September 9th.

    Who is going to Lydia Loveless on the 19th?

    1. The Line -- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club -- Howl
    2. Go Out And Get 'Em Boy! -- The Wedding Present -- Tommy
    3. White Train -- The dB's -- Like This
    4. Wished I Was A Giant -- Guided By Voices -- Vampire On Titus
    5. Racer X -- Big Black -- The Hammer Party
    6. Racing In The Street -- Bruce Springsteen -- Live 1975-1985
    7. Is It Really So Strange? -- The Smiths -- Louder Than Bombs
    8. You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb -- Spoon -- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
    9. Sister Cry -- The Jayhawks -- Hollywood Town Hall
    10. Andy Playboy -- Boston Spaceships -- Brown Submarine

    B1. Master Of Puppets -- Metallica -- Master of Puppets
    B2. Walk Out To Winter -- Aztec Camera -- High Land, Hard Rain

    1. see above, "could maybe swing the July 19th show .... maybe."
      As for Saturday, I really wish there were more 3 o'clock home games for the Twins, because that lineup is sweet.

  7. 1. Two Sparrows in a Hurricane – Tanya Tucker
    2. ….On the Radio (Remember the Days) – Nelly Furtado
    3. Honky Tonkin’ – Hank Williams*
    4. Do What You Want – OK Go
    5. Operator – Grateful Dead

    6. Don’t Let Me Down – The Beatles
    7. Daylight Katy – Gordon Lightfoot
    8. What Happened to You? – The Offspring
    9. America Is – Violent Femmes
    10. Jehovah Made This Whole Joint for You – New Radicals**

    B. Alter Mann – Rammstein

    *Sr.
    **flashbacks of freshman dorms … wistfulness /shudders/

  8. 1. "Old Man" The Quavers Fell Asleep on a Train
    2. "History Eraser" Courtney Barnett The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
    3. "Bad Way to Go" Lydia Loveless Indestructible Machine
    4. "Bring It All Down" The Quavers Fell Asleep on a Train
    5. "Amidinine" Bombino Nomad
    6. "Door" Mitski LUSH
    7. "No One to Call" Caitlin Rose The Stand-In
    8. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around
    9. "Whisper" Regina Spektor Soviet Kitsch
    T. "Marshal Dear" Savages Silence Yourself
    B. "Come On! Feel the Illinoise" Sufjan Stevens Illinois

    1. Weird how 5 of these could have been on my list. I think that's the highest number I've ever noticed.

        2. For comparison, Phil has the next-highest number this week: Zero

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          1. I... My list has "Time To Pretend", "Spirit In The Sky" "Witchcraft" "New Slang" and "Birdhouse In Your Soul" on it. How can you only have ever had 2 of those?!?

            1. Only one of those. MGMT. The next two, not my scene. The last two preceded my mp3ing days. Birdhouse would be my favorite on your list.
              I'd had the Vampy Weeks on my iPod when I was trying to understand what P4k thought of the album.

      3. This is fascinating. Looks like the most I have in common is 4 . . . with hj, shockingly. Next is Scot with 2.

  9. 1. “Time To Pretend” – MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
    2. “Spirit In The Sky” – Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
    3. “Hospital Song” – Francolin - Won’t Let You Down
    4. “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” – The Spin Doctors - Pocketful Of Kryptonite
    5. “Step” – Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
    6. “When I’m Small” – Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
    7. “Witchcraft” – Frank Sinatra
    8. “New Slang” – The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
    9. “Stand By Me” – Ben E. King
    10. “Dog Days Are Over” – Florence + The Machine - Lungs
    B: “Birdhouse In Your Soul” – They Might Be Giants - Flood

        1. *checks hj's recent history of ragging on phil*

          hmm, i count 2.5 instances, and 2 of those were about the spin doctors. i stand by it, though it wasn't malicious. don't think i've reached freealonzo levels of shit talking yet.

          aw, crap, that reminds me, i never got that summer mix together, did i?

          1. There's a reason I try not to engage Free on music. Heck, there's a reason I took a long break from posting my lists at all. So maybe it's just 2.5 instances, but they've come in response to about 2.5 lists. I'm probably just being too sensitive.

            1. The upside is, I'm pretty sure I know what my theme will be for my guest DJ slot now.

          2. On those occasions when I received free's Rad List designation, I always figured it was time to shake up my iTunes Library. 😉

            (BTW, is July my Guest DJ Month? I forgot.)

            2. I've never recieved the "Rad List" honor. I also rarely post my lists anymore.

    2. I haven't listened to a lot of Vampire Weekend, but I love that track. I feel it in my bones...

      1. I don't know that I've listened to a lot, but sometimes they just feel so right. "Diane Young" is probably my favorite track of theirs.

  10. Listening to some of Billboard's "Song of the Summer" chart. Because I'm square and should be less so.
    So, there's "Uptown Funk!" by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars. It's basically "Walk the Dinosaur" crossed with "Oops Up Side Your Head".
    It's not a bad song, just wondering 1. why listen to this instead of those? Was (not Was) sings about dinosaurs. and 2. Is this what we have for "new" music?

    1. I thought that one recentish Bruno song was a blatant ripoff of The Police, but then I saw Sting come up to play it with him at the... Grammy's? Super Bowl? Whatever. I guess he was okay with it.

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