Friday Music Day

Friday Music Day: Schedule

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Here's what I had back in April:

Zack: 8/19 through 9/9
Can of Corn: 9/16 through 10/21
Philosopher: 10/28 through 12/2

I think Zack may have been thrown off by the site's vacation last weekend. I'm taking today; I can give you two weeks in December if you want them, Z.
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I've been reading bits of Freaky Trigger's essays about every British Number 1. (They just finished 2001!) I've mostly 1990-forward about those about songs I'm familiar with. One of the most recent ones had this passage I really like:

What pop does better than anything else does is to take feelings and situations, and crush and simplify them, making them immediate and thrilling and useful. It applies no moral filter. People feel self-righteous and wrathful, and so ultimately pop will product songs that are diamonds of self-righteousness and wrath.

("Pop" sensu lato here.) I think I've tried to express similar thoughts (but much less succinctly) about pop and emotions (though not necessarily those emotions).
From the same review, I love this line, which is more particularly about the song in question: "a church-inspired song that celebrates the dark joy of excommunication."

20 thoughts on “Friday Music Day: Schedule”

  1. 1. Meat Puppets “Lake of Fire”* Meat Puppets II
        a. Orchard Oriole “Song and 'chuk' calls” (Cornell Master Set)
    2. Dave Aju and the Invisible Art Trio “Be Like the Sun (AMR edit)”* Love Always
        b. Chestnut-sided Warbler “Song” (Cornell Master Set)
    3. YeLLow Generation “To the Other Side of the Door”* Life-sized Portrait
        c. Blue-headed Vireo “Song and jumbled song” (Cornell Master Set)
    4. I-LP-O In Dub* “Uncle Ho Sticks” Communist Dub
    5. Purple Penguin “Intro: Opening Question” Question

    6. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy “I Don't Belong to Anyone” Now Here's My Plan
    7. Roots Manuva “Clockwork” Funkungfusion
    8. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air”* Will Smith Greatest Hits
    9. The Explorers Club “Summer Days, Summer Nights”* WGOM Summer Mix 2016
    T. Black Dice “Island” Creature Comforts
    E. Retribution Gospel Choir “Workin' Hard” 2

    *Notes:
    1. The "Lady who came from Duluth": MN or GA?
    2. I took out the cussing so I could share with my kids. "The sun don't take no bull/ either." Two other cuts, four seconds removed, all in all pretty seamless. I'm quite satisfied with it. Dave Aju's got two more albums since I last checked and another EP with the Invisible Art Trio. I should check into that.
    3. "Tobira no Mukou e" or "扉の向こうへ", the Closing theme for season 2 of "Fullmetal Alchemist" (original series).
    4. Solo work from Ilpo Väisänen of Panasonic
    8. Full Title: "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (Theme from NBC's 'The Fresh Prince of Bel Air')"
    9. This sounds old, 1966-1973. But I think the band is from now. So: pastiche?

    2. 9. This sounds old, 1966-1973. But I think the band is from now. So: pastiche?

      Wow, I'd completely assumed the song was a few decades old. I see the Repository does state that their first album was "heavily influenced by the vocal harmony styles and production of The Beach Boys." (Note: "Summer Days, Summer Nights" is from their second album, Grand Hotel.)

  2. 1- Sweet Spirit "Baby When I Close My Eyes" *Cokomo - Perfect power pop featuring one of the best front-women in the business, Sabrina Ellis. While you're at it, check out her other band, A Giant Dog.

    2- Marisa Anderson ""Into the Light"" *Into the Light - Spaghetti Western music for the pacific northwest.

    3- Karl Blau "Fallin' Rain" *Introducing Karl Blau - Continuing the pac-northwest theme, Washington indie-hero Karl Blau released an album of country classics. It's damn-near perfect.

    4- Talking Heads "Life During Wartime (Live)" *Stop Making Sense - RIP Bernie Worrell. Long live the Heads. (And to think that this is only the 3rd or 4th best groove that band ever produced...)

    5- Ravi Shavi "Great Escape" *Independent - Garage rock is alive and well.

    6- Shannon and the Clams "You Will Always Bring Me Flowers" *Sleep Talk - Revival!

    7- Ez Minzoku "Uoxtu" *Foodman - Random noise music from Japan. You know what you are getting into if you click the link. Don't say I didn't warn you.

    8- William Tyler "Gone Clear" *Modern Country - One of the best instrumental records you'll hear all year.

    9- Durand Jones & the Indications "Make a Change" *Self Titled - Perfect modern soul.

    10- Emmylou Harris "Pancho & Lefty" *Luxury Liner - No description necessary.

    1. Now there's a list.

      7- Ez Minzoku "Uoxtu" *Foodman - Random noise music from Japan. You know what you are getting into if you click the link. Don't say I didn't warn you.

      That's the brightest, shiniest AMR signal I've seen around here yet.

      1. Never trust those outsiders. Is there a hive mind here, too?

        (Hope all is well.)

  3. 01. “Hanging On The Telephone” – Blondie – Parallel Lines
    02. “Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Third Movement” – Wendy Carlos – Switched-On Bach
    03. “I Can’t Keep From Talking” – Golden Smog – Weird Tales
    04. “Wild Wild Lover” – Flat Duo Jets – Flat Duo Jets
    05. “Tell Me Twice” – Eleni Mandell – Country For True Lovers
    06. “Talking In Code” – Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s – The Dust Of Retreat
    07. “Coming On The Hudson” – Thelonious Monk – Criss-Cross
    08. “Sweet Leilani” – Werner Muller – Hawaiian Swing
    09. “Alpha Shallows” – Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
    10. “Voyage To India” – Stevie Wonder – Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants

    B.

    1. Love that Blondie track. The original is one of my favorite songs. The Nerves' version is jusssst a little more angsty, the guitar a bit more reverby, and they beat the Mats to the punch by a good 5-or-so years.

    2. I like that your list is bookended by blondness. (Even if I'm extremely perplexed and distressed by the fact that the official title of Mr. Ocean's new album is not spelled the same way it appears on the album cover.)

      1. Re: Blond vs Blonde
        I consider whatever the packaging says on the spine to be the official title.
        Because I've had albums with differences between that, the front, the back, the disc/tape.

  4. 01. Cage - "Beyond the Apocalypse", Hell Destroyer
    02. Iron Maiden - "Run Silent Run Deep", No Prayer for the Dying
    03. Behemoth - "Libertheme", The Apostasy
    04. Overkill - "Playing with Spiders/Skullcrusher", The Years of Decay
    05. Pantera - "Primal Concrete Sledge", Cowboys From Hell
    06. Powerwolf - "Lucifer in Starlight", Return of the Bloodred
    07. Conorach - "Messenger of Kings", Through the Ages
    08. Doomsword - "Woden's Reign", Let Battle Commence
    09. Force of Evil - "Hobbs End", Black Empire
    10. Darkthrone - "The Ones You Left Behind", The Underground Resistance

  5. 1. Love In Mind -- Neil Young -- Live At Massey Hall 1971
    2. Trouble -- The Jayhawks -- Sound Of Lies
    3. Again Today -- The Feelies -- Here Before
    4. Cumberland County --Fred Eaglesmith -- Falling Stars and Broken Hearts
    5. Oh Me -- Meat Puppets -- Meat Puppets II
    6. On the Evening Train -- Johnny Cash -- A Hundred Highways
    7. Barricade -- Guided By Voices -- Sandbox
    8. Birdbrain -- Buffalo Tom -- A Sides From Buffalo Tom
    9. Let's Make Some Plans -- The Wedding Present -- Hit Parade
    10. Reckoner -- Radiohead -- In Rainbows

    B1. Like A Hurricane -- Neil Young -- Live Rust
    B2. Everything's Gone -- Lydia Loveless -- Somewhere Else

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