Friday Music Day

FMD: Comin’ Down

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For hiking in the mountains, there's no better song to keep in mind than "Comin' Down" by the Meat Puppets.

Picking slowly up the rockslide
One thing always seems apparent
If the climb becomes too much
I can always turn around


This one works for the downhill side, too:

Coming down from the mountain
I have seen the [epic event site]*
I will go again someday
But for now I'm coming down
Coming down from the [glacier]
I have seen the [Icefield's] glory
I will go again someday
But for now I'm coming down

Apologies to Curt Kirkwood for the slight rewrite.

*Giant Local Controversy (please turn ads back on for that site: my sister and brother-in-law own it).

19 thoughts on “FMD: Comin’ Down”

  1. 1. Birdbrain -- Buffalo Tom -- A Sides From Buffalo Tom
    2. Original Love -- The Feelies -- Crazy Rhythms
    3. December -- Teenage Fanclub -- Bandwagonesque
    4. Godless -- Boston Spaceships -- Zero to 99
    5. Bigmouth Strikes Again -- The Smiths -- The Queen Is Dead
    6. Artboat -- Guided By Voices -- Devil Between My Toes
    7. Pilgrimage -- R.E.M. -- Murmur
    8. A Quick One, While He's Away -- The Who -- Live At Leeds
    9. Fire -- U2 -- October
    10..Tonight At Noon -- The Jam -- This Is The Modern World

    B1. Cortez The Killer -- Built To Spill -- Live
    B2. Like Dylan In The Movies -- Belle & Sebastian -- If You're Feeling Sinister

    Yikes, a pretty old list. Only that Boston Spaceships song even from the 2000s. Also list has a pretty wide spread between it's shortest song( #4 at 1:08) and longest song (#B1 at 20:42).

  2. Welcome back AMR. Hope the trip was awesome.

    01. Counting Blue Cars – Dishwalla
    02. There Goes My Gun – Pixies
    03. Walkin’ on the Sun – Smash Mouth
    04. Shine on You Crazy Diamond – Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade*
    05. Leaving so Soon? – Keane

    06. This Bright Flash – M83
    07. Crying Time – Ray Charles
    08. Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
    09. Desire Be Desire Go – Tame Impala
    10. The Hardest Part – Coldplay

    _B. Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis) – Marilyn Manson

    *Awesome cover - totally Claypool, but still Pink Floyd too.

  3. 1. Black Dice “Smiling Off (ZZ Pot Remix)” Smiling Off EP
    2. Moby “Novio” I Like to Score
        a. Steller's Jay (Coastal Subspecies)* “Clucking Calls” (Cornell Essential Set)
    3. Tranquility Bass “Gift From God”* Heartbreaks & Hallelujahs
    4. Lydia Loveless “The Water” Boy Crazy EP
    5. KRS-One “Map Crew” Return of the Boom Bap

    6. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy “Cursed Sleep” The Letting Go
    7. Einsürzende Neubauten “NNNAAAMMM (The Dark Welcome Mix by Darkus)” Ende Neu Remixes
    8. Steve Reich “Second Movement (Moderate)” The Desert Music
    9. Black Dice “Bananas” Load Blown
    T. Moby “Hymn” Everything Is Wrong

    *Notes:
    a. Saw these in AK, not sure of the subspecies though. None gave me a good look. They're not migratory, so I should be able to tell from a map.
    3. "Not doin' me at all instead of doin' me wrong."

  4. 01. “The Complete Knock” – Blood Orange – Coastal Groves
    02.“Circle” – Mitski – Retired From Sad, New Career In Business
    03. “East Saint Louis Toodle-Oo” – Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
    04. “You Came To Me” – Beach House – Devotion
    05. “Fable Of Faubus” – Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um
    06. “Three Little Babes” – Joanna Newsom – The Milk-Eyed Mender
    07. “Borrowed Tune” – Neil Young – Tonight’s The Night
    08. “Graveyard Shift” – Uncle Tupelo – No Depression
    09. “Deliver” – Southside Desire – Southside Desire
    10. “I Used To Complain Now I Don’t” – White Rabbits – Fort Nightly

  5. * Hey Darling - Sleater-Kinney - WGOM 2015 Summer Mix
    * Casper (1995) - Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana
    * Audrey's Song - Trophy Wife - All the Sides
    * No Taste - Good Throb - Fuck Off
    * Psycho Disco - Good Throb - Fuck Off
    * Fox's Dream of the Log Flume - MewithoutYou - Ten Stories
    * Are We Friends - Odonis Odonis - Hard Boiled Soft Boiled
    * Cow Eyes - Fins - (self-titled)
    * Cthulu - EMA - The Future's Void
    * Everywhere - Ex Hex - Rips

    Lots of ladies singing in this list (7 of 10).

    2. Have you listened to Pale Horses by mewithoutYou yet? It's no Brother, Sister or Catch For Us the Foxes, but it's pretty solid upon the first few listens.

      2. Fun Fact: I often misidentify mewithoutyou as itsnotyouitsme (a drone/new classical group with noted DG favorite Caleb Burhans as one of its members).

  6. The Replacements are releasing a 4 LP set from their TwinTone days: Sorry Ma... + Stink + Hootenanny + Let It Be

  7. 1. “Mariner’s Revenge Song” - The Decemberists - Picaresque
    2. “Australia” – The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
    3. “Tongue Tied” – Grouplove - Never Trust A Happy Song
    4. “With Arms Outstretched” – Rilo Kiley - The Execution Of All Things
    5. “Luckenbach, Texas” – Waylon Jennings - Ol’ Waylon
    6. “I Saw Her Standing There” – The Beatles - Please Please Me
    7. “Come Fly With Me” – Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me
    8. “Champagne Supernova” – Oasis - (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
    9. “Beyond The Sea” – Bobby Darrin
    10. “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way” – Waylon Jennings
    B: “Inner City Pressure” – Flight Of The Conchords - Flight Of The Conchords

  8. I havent posted a list in a while

    "I Fought the Law" - The Clash
    "Let My Love Open the Door" - Pete Townshend
    "Better Things" - The Kinks
    "Left of the Dial" - The Replacements
    "Liar, Liar" - The Castaways

    "I Didnt Mean To Turn You On" - Robert Palmer
    "Act Nice and Gentle" - The Black Keys
    "Jungle Love" - Morris Day and the Time
    "Bang and Blame" - REM
    "The Rascal King" - Mighty Mighty Bosstones

  9. Posted at FB today, a killer Paul Westerberg clip from SNL in '93. The only guy missing from the "reunion" Replacements is Tommy. Paul has never looked cooler.

    Incidentally, this was my first ever video played as a WGOM DJ. I don't think it got a vote. Or a comment. Losers. 😉

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