Friday Music Day

FMD: The End

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"When was the first time you realized the next time would be the last time ?"
-Palace Brothers

Since I never got around to a plan, this will be my last post and then we'll hand off duties as such:
Hungry Joe: October 2-October 30
MagUidhir: November 6-December 4
Philosopher: December 11-January 8
Freealonzo: January 15-February 12
Nibbish: February 19-March 18
Five weeks per person. (If we get more volunteers, the next two get March 25-April 22 and April 29-May 27.)
After the rotation, we'll see how things are going.

47 thoughts on “FMD: The End”

  1. 1. Caged Rat – Soul Asylum
    2. Birthday – The Beatles
    3. Medley (Free Bird, Sweet Home Alabama, Gimme Three Steps, Dancing Queen, Jessie's Girl) – Stuart Davis
    4. Jesus is Just Alright – The Doobie Brothers
    5. I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow (Instrumental) – John Hartford

    6. My True Love – Jack Scott
    7. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head – B.J. Thomas
    8. It’s Time – Imagine Dragons
    9. Big Time – Big & Rich
    10. Back Where I Come From – Kenny Chesney

    B. X-Ecutioner Style (feat. Black Thought) – Linkin Park

  2. * Rock n' Roll - Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won
    * Hurt Like Mine - Black Keys - Thickfrekness
    * Vogelgrippe - Elektro Guzzi - Extrakt
    * My Love Won't Wait - Two Gallants - The Bloom and the Blight
    * Goofy's Concern - Butthole Surfers - Independent Worm Saloon
    * Unsayable - Brambles - Charcoal
    * The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
    * Execution - Andy Stott - Passed Me By
    * Love in Mind - Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall 1971
    * Film - Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy

    Every Noise at Once -- An attempt at an exhaustive list of genres and artists in music (all music) with samples and cross reference and everything. Pretty cool.

  3. 1. Twilight Circus Sound System “Bord” Horsie
        a. Willow Flycatcher “Flight song of accelerated 'Fits-bew's” (Cornell Master Set)
    2. Patsy Cline “Sweet Dreams (of You)”* Heartaches
    3. Ha Ha Tonka “Staring at the End” Lessons
    4. Palace Brothers “Riding” There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You*
    5. Moby “Ah-Ah”* I Like to Score

    6. Palace Music “Lost Blues”* Lost Blues and Other Music
    7. Bonny Billy “Just to See You Smile”* More Revery
    8. Randy Newman “Sigmund Freud's Impersonation of Albert Einstein in America” Little Criminals
        b. Spotted Sandpiper “'Pink' Calls” (Cornell Essential Set)
    9. The Knife “New Year's Eve” Hannah med H*
        c. Wild Turkey “'Gobble' Calls” (Cornell Essential Set)
    T. Eric Copeland “Fun Dink Death” Doo Doo Run 7"

    *Notes:
    In my post, as well as this letter, "Palace" (or "Palace Brothers, "Palace Music", "Palace Songs", etc.) is Will Oldham's pre-"Bonnie 'Prince' Billy" band that was functionally a solo project with a rotating cast (including his brothers Paul and Ned on some but not all).

    2. Not:
    “Sweet (Dreams of You)”,
    “(Sweet) Dreams of You”,
    “(Sweet Dreams of) You”, or
    “(Sweet) Dreams (of You)”.
    4. Wondering about capitalization vs. hyphenation. "No-One" shows in the wikipedia entry, but in avian nomenclature, the second word of a hyphenated compound is not capitalized: "Eastern Screech-owl", "Western Wood-Pewee", "Chestnut-sided Warbler", and "Red-winged Blackbird".
    5. From the film Cool World.
    6. This is a song I've neglected, as it wasn't self-covered on Greatest Palace Music, but I'm listening to it a lot right now and singing it to myself.
    7. Tim McGraw cover (apparently).
    9. Soundtrack

    1. You rang? I'm just trying to figure out why no one is hyphenated in the first place. I get that the song title is in vernacular English, but there's still no need for a hyphen.

      That question aside, my sources say that if we're going to accept the hyphen, "No-One" is the correct casing.

      1. I've seen "No-One"/"No-one" plenty in old newspapers, but not in current usage.

        Weirder still to my modern eye are "to-day" and "to-morrow".

            2. Oh sure, just force me to consult the OED. Interestingly, while Merriam-Webster's has the word as "good-bye," the OED spells it "goodbye." M-W does list "good-by" as a variant (scroll down). Go back far enough (1595), and you get "godbyes" as in "To requite your gallonde of godbwyes, I regive you a pottle of howedyes."

              The etymology seems to be a shortening of "God be with you" and "God be with ye."

        1. Basically, we have three options for these kinds of words: “cooperate,” “co-operate,” and “coöperate.” Back when the magazine was just getting started, someone decided that the first misread and the second was ridiculous, and adopted the diaeresis as the most elegant solution with the broadest application. The diaeresis is the single thing that readers of the letter-writing variety complain about most.

          From "The Curse of the Diaresis" by Mary Norris.

          1. Curse? It's great that some journal of such note has such a distinctive house style.
            And it's great that someone's keeping the diaresis flame burning, like one of the last speakers of a minor language.

  4. 01. Cage - "Metal Devil", Hell Destroyer
    02. Dark Tranquillity - "Alone", Skydancer
    03. Corrosion of Conformity - "Drowning in a Daydream", Wiseblood
    04. Dio - "Magica - Reprise", Magica
    05. Brainstorm - "Worlds are Coming Through", Liquid Monster
    06. Primordial - "The Alchemist's Head", Where Greater Men Have Fallen
    07. Judas Priest - "Judas Rising", Angel of Retribution
    08. Metalium - "Metamorphosis", Millennium Metal - Chapter One
    09. Death Angel - "Claws in so Deep", Relentless Retribution
    10. Black Label Society - "Too Tough to Die", Mafia

    I was also given a recommendation to check out Tribulation from Spooky, but Amazon prime music is teh dumps and I haven't even been able to find them on there.

      1. Heh, nice. The guitar parts sounded pretty sweet with xylophones. (err whatever those are called.)

  5. Query: Has anyone heard the new albums from Low or Lana Del Rey yet?
    I keep meaning to. If you've heard the Low, please compare to other albums and say what you thought of them. (For example, if you hated The Great Destroyer, I'll disregard your comments.)

    2. Same question from me about the new Low album. I am disgruntled with all my current music, which is a sure sign I need to pick up a few new albums. I just need to decide what they'll be.

  6. Oh, y'all were serious about giving me the reins? Hope you're ready for 5 weeks of Sturgill posts.

    1. I gave you five weeks to learn more music. Or, free's already said he might serialize an essay on GbV. You could do that for Sturge.
      I was more worried about giving Phil a shot.

      1. I was more worried about giving Phil a shot.

        are we actually supposed to be responding to the FMD prompts? thought it was more like the COC prompts, where no one reads 'em until someone accidentally does/feels compelled to and then responses are generated...

        1. You mean like how no one's actually discussing coming to my rugby match? Some group of "friends" you guys are. 😉

        2. It works both ways.
          Sometimes it's just placeholders, but I seem to get better responses with better writing.

        3. more like the COC prompts, where no one reads 'em until someone accidentally does/feels compelled to

          Heh, that was one of the most confusing this place when I started lurking. I kept thinking, "but why do the replies have nothing to do with the topic at hand?"

            1. See, that's where we differ. I find most IPAs overhopped and unbalanced. I prefer a more mellow, nuanced beer.

                  1. We really could probably replace our conversations with a random generator limited to a small number of topics.

  7. 01. “Bells” – Perfect Pussy – Say Yes To Love
    02. “We Won’t Need Legs To Stand” – Sufjan Stevens – Seven Swans
    03. “40’” – Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
    04. “Surgeon” – St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
    05. “Up & Out” – Walt Mink – El Producto
    06. “Own Side” – Caitlin Rose – Own Side Now
    07. “Tell The Truth” – Tobias Jesso Jr. – Goon
    08. “Anything You Want Me To Do” – Stevie Wonder – Signed Sealed & Delivered
    09. “Tea For Two (Take 9) – Thelonious Monk – Criss-Cross
    10. “Eventually We Find Our Way” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – The Social Network

  9. "Oh Sweet Nuthin" - Velvet Underground
    "So Far Away" - Dire Straits
    "Sunshine Highway" - Dropkick Murphys
    "Devil Inside" - INXS
    "Simon Smith and His Dancing Bear" - Randy Newman

    "Living After Midnight" - Judas Priest
    "Far Behind" - Candlebox
    "Welcome to the Boomtown" - David & David
    "What's the Frequency Kenneth?" - REM
    "Night Life" - The Little Willies

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