OK, let's have people sign up for another 5-8 week turn at FMD duties below. Say something like, "I'll do _ weeks!" and I'll put it all together. If there's a period that doesn't work for you mention it.
Or I can go back to writing nothing interesting here for months on end.
a. Eastern Meadowlark “Harsh, short 'zree' calls and chatter calls” ()
1. They Might Be Giants “Alphabet of Nations” Here Come the ABCs
2. The Girls “Keys to Your House” Let's Not Be Friends
3. Röysopp feat. Robyn “The Girl and the Robot” Junior
4. Underworld “Shudder/King of Snake (Live)” Everything, Everything
5. Sacred System “Raag Sohni” Nagual Site
6. Richie Hawtin* “Orange (Yellow mix)”* Minus Yellow
7. A Winged Victory for the Sullen “Atomos VI” Atomos
8. Chris Isaak “Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing” Forever Blue
9. The Girls “Rodney” Let's Not Be Friends
T. Sonic Youth “Skip Tracer”* Washing Machine
E. Zola Jesus “Night” Stridulum
*Notes:
6. A/k/a Plastikman. This song is built entirely out of samples from Yello's "Oh Yeah"
T. "Hello 2015!" This song is old enough to drink. I am old. Also, one of Lee's finest songs.
I'll do 8 weeks.
Still mainly listening to albums at work. Today's milk crate:
- Charles Mingus, East Coasting
- Coleman Hawkins, The Hawk Flies High
- Duke Jordan, Flight to Jordan
- Love, Black Beauty
- Poco, Pickin' Up the Pieces
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I'll do 5 weeks, starting after mid-June.
I'll do 5 weeks after May 1
1. Brand New Colony -- Postal Service -- Give Up
2. Skinny Love -- Bon Iver -- Emma, Forever Ago
3. It's Alright -- Matt & Kim -- Lightning
4. Never Again -- Nickelback -- Silver Slide Up
5. Don't Stop Believin' -- Journey -- Escape
6. Live is a Highway -- Rascal Flatts -- Me and My Gang
7. Shake It -- Florence and the Machine -- Ceremonials
8. Crash Into Me -- Dave Matthews Band-- Crash
9. Dirt -- Georgia Florida Line -- Anything Goes
10. Stubborn Love -- The Lumineers -- The Lumineers
heh.
I have one of these songs on my I-pod and we all know which one it is. Also I can't believe I didn't include Ace of Base.
Nickelback?
01. “Betty” – Walt Mink – El Producto
02. “King Kunta” – Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
03. “Where Are You” – Sonny Rollins – The Bridge
04. “Glasses” – I’m From Barcelona – Let Me Introduce My Friends
05. “Wonderboom” – Hundred Waters – Hundred Waters
06. “What Goes On” – Sufjan Stevens – This Bird Has Flown
07. “Highway Patrolman” – Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
08. “Heart Skipped A Beat” – The xx – xx
09. “Blood Hands” – Royal Blood – Royal Blood
10. “Little Mouth” – Sleater-Kinney – Call The Doctor
I guess I'll have to wait until the prank is over to put up the schedule, because I won't know who's said what.
Psst- the sidebar names are accurate
Too much work.
How does the 5-8 week stint differ from the guest week gigs?
So, I'm going to run with Pepper's suggestion -- some of my favorite spoken word tracks that come to mind:
Rick Wakeman's take on Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
J. Geils Band "No Anchovies Please"
Planet X "King of the Universe" (hilariously overacted by Dick Smothers Jr)
Steve Hackett "Darktown"
Steve Hackett "In Memoriam"
King Crimson "Indiscipline"
Roger Eno "Bellringing"
Guest weeks are for the daily videos - this is volunteering to helm the weekly FMD posts.
I didn't mean the FMD leads to be "guest weeks". I meant them to crowdsource something that had lost its flavor for me, on a permanent basis.
I do my Random 10 first thing once in the office Friday mornings, so I'll pick up slack like others do when there's no Cup of Coffee. But it's not my "column" anymore.
I'm not even opposed to someone taking it over completely. But the mood here liked the rotational basis.
I'll do _ weeks!
1. Mermaid – Stuart Davis
2. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Ella Fitzgerald
3. Fire Coming Out of the Monkey’s Head – Gorillaz
4. I’m Slowly Turning Into You – The White Stripes
5. Fitter Happier – Radiohead
6. Is there Anybody Out There? – Pink Floyd
7. Last Date – Floyd Cramer
8. Belong – R.E.M.
9. Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of – U2
10. California (Part II) – Mason Jennings*
B1. These Stones Will Shout – The Raconteurs
*Off his self-produced, self-titled debut. First heard this song during a live performance at Karl’s Coffee in Morris, 1999. Bought the disc directly from the man. It was a “wow, college is cool!” first for me.
Must be a first - no bird calls!
'Twasn't mine.
Oh, maybe you got that.
When I first viewed it, it looked like me saying it.
Kanye's "Life of Pablo" is finally available on Spotify and other non-Tidal services.
Twice through and...eh?
He peaked with 808s And Heartbreak, and he's in desperate need of an editor (and a social media manager...), so I always have to adjust expectations when I listen to his albums.
I guess I can do 4 weeks, any time from mid-July onwards.
Today I am probably going to be listening to albums all day since there are SIX (holy crap) new releases today that I'm super juiced about. Two I'll make special note of: Next Thing by Frankie Cosmos and Psychopomp by Japanese Breakfast. Frankie Cosmos is playing at the Entry on April 25th, with Eskimeaux and Yowler who are both also awesome. J and I are going to that show, so if you're interested hit me up. And it was just announced today that Japanese Breakfast is going on tour with Mitski. Psychopomp is a great record and well worth checking out ahead of the show. It's super shoegaze-y if you're into that sort of thing.
Perhaps apropos to the thread, I am very much looking forward to seeing Don Cheadle's new biopic on Miles Davis.