I was going to finalize my summer mix, and share it with all y'all, but I ran out of time.
I might have something here after a while. Watch this space, it may be coming. Or maybe later this weekend.
To bide time, please share with us ten or so of your finest random tracks.
'The Longest Time' - Billy Joel An Innocent Man
'Prince of the Punks' - The Kinks Sleepwalker (bonus track)
'Daddys Gonna Pay For Your Crash Car' - U2 Zooropa
'Bittersweet' - Big Head Todd and the Monsters
'Mind Games' - John Lennon The John Lennon Collection
'Good Feeling' - Violent Femmes Violent Femmes
'Do It This A Way' - Squirrel Nut Zippers Bedlam Ballroom
'What Is Life' - George Harrison All Things Must Pass
'Amazing' - Aerosmith Big Ones
'Holiday in Waikiki' - The Kinks Face To Face
Brooks & Dunn--She Used To Be Mine
Gin Blossoms--Lost Horizons
Rod Stewart--Rhythm Of My Heart
Phish--Lifeboy
Nickelback--Animals
Marty Robbins--Devil Woman
R.E.O. Speedwagon--Take It On The Run
Jim Croce--Dreamin' Again
George Strait--Carrying Your Love With Me
Elton John--Tiny Dancer
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Stupid Girl The Rolling Stones Aftermath
Take Me Home And Make Me Like It Alex Chilton Bach's Bottom
Reasons Built To Spill There's Nothing Wrong With Love
Run Run Run The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico
River of Blood The Black Angels Phosphene Dream
Read, Eat, Sleep The Books Thought for Food
Ride My Llama Neil Young & Crazy Horse Rust Never Sleeps
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone The Temptations Anthology
Broken Face Pixies Surfer Rosa
Life On A String Eleventh Dream Day Prairie School Freakout
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01. Iron Maiden - "Prowler", Iron Maiden
02. Queensrÿche - "Suite Sister Mary", Operation:Mindcrime
03. Kreator - "Violent Revolution", Violent Revolution
04. Nightwish - "Planet Hell", Once
05. Skyclad - "You Lost My Memory", Folkemon
06. Judas Priest - "Grinder", British Steel
07. Dark Tranquillity - "Crimson Winds", Skydancer
08. Angel Dust - "Surrender?", Bleed
09. Entombed - "Hollowman", Wolverine Blues
10. The Haunted - "Leech", Made Me Do It
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* The Nephilim - A.F.I. - The Art of Drowning
* Rocking Horse - The Dead Weather - Horehound
* Swallow - Korn - Life is Peachy
* In C (Live at Le Poisson Rouge) - Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble - Terry Riley: In C
* New Gods - Meat Puppets - II
* Kiss Off - Violent Femmes - (self-titled)
* Still Running - Chevelle - This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In
* Over and Out - Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
* Kashmir - Maya Beiser - Provenance (E. Ziporyn & Led Zeppelin)
* Vera - Pink Floyd - The Wall
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1. Walt Dickerson - Evelyn / This Is Walt Dickerson!
2. Garbage - Sex is Not the Enemy / Bleed Like Me
3. Southern Culture on the Skids - Eight Piece Box / Dirt Track Date
4. Chet Baker - You're Mine, You / Jazz 'Round Midnight
5. Dr. John - Somebody Changed the Lock / Dr. John's Gumbo
6. Sonny Boy Williamson (II) - Little Car Blues / Clownin' With the World
7. Bob Dylan - Desolation Row / Highway 61 Revisited
8. The Bobbettes - Mr. Lee / The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2
9. Etta James - Almost Persuaded / Dirty Laundry: The Soul of Black Country
T. Steve Earle - Colorado Girl / Townes
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Oasis - "Columbia" Definitely Maybe
MGMT - "The Handshake" Oracular Spectacular
Old 97s - "Jagged" Fight Songs
The Strokes - "Meet Me In The Bathroom" Room on Fire
Lupe Fiasco - "Solar Midnight" New Moon Soundtrack
The Cave Singers - "Distant Sures" No Witch
Lupe Fiasco - "Angels Remix" Enemy of the State mixtape
WuTang vs. The Beatles - "The Movement" Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers
Kings of Leon - "Cold Desert" Only By The Night
Wilco - "Muzzle of Bees" A Ghost is Born
I'm warming up to Lasers a little. The first couple of listens were pretty grim. It's not nearly as good as Lupe's first two, but there's plenty of things to like there.
I have the same basic opinion on Lasers, re: being alright, but less than The Cool or Food & Liquor. I wonder how much of that is the fact the record company jerked the album around for 2 years and how much of it is Lupe's fault.
I won't deny that a lot of it sounds phoned in. He's expressed displeasure with how the company treated it/him, but I'm sure there's plenty of blame to go around.
I think the dude needs to make a couple of mixtapes and just kind of figure things out. Enemy of the State is twice the album that Lasers is, and it's not really even an album.
Enemy of the State is very good. I've been meaning to track down his Fahrenheit 1/15 three part mixtape. I know it's out there and easy to get a hold of, but I never think to do it when I'm at home. Hopefully I'll see this discussion after work and finally do it.
It was up in the air whether we'd be travelling to the in-laws' this weekend. FiL had shoulder surgery (bone spurs) about ten days ago and was in some pain this week. But now things look better.
I'll have my random ten and my much-awaited* Summer mix in the PM.
*I'm delusional.
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01. How High the Moon - Ella Fitzgerlad - At the Opera House
02. Non Fare l'Idiano - Ennio Morricone - A Fistful of Dollars
03. Coma Girl - Joe Strummer - Streetcore
04. I Am Not That - Michale Nesmith - Tropical Campfires
05. The Leader - Clash - Sandinista!
06. Looking After No. 1 - Boomtown Rats
07. Hallelujah Time - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Burnin'
08. Shake and Pop - Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool
09. I Believe in You - Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
10. There is No Life Without Love - Kinks - Someting Else by the Kinks
Bonus: The Singer Not the Song - Rolling Stones - Singles Collection: The London Years
1. The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever (live) - Live at First Avenue, 7/4/2010
2. Blanck Mass - Sundowner - Blanck Mass*
3. TV on the Radio - Second Song - Nine Types of Light
4. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Isis Unveiled - Century of Self
5. Oasis - Rock and Roll Star - Definitely Maybe
6. Orgy - Blue Monday - Candyass†
7. Death Cab For Cutie - Grapevine Fires - Narrow Stairs
8. Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day - Illinoise!
9. Tim Hecker - Hatred of Music: II - Ravedeath, 1979
T. Abbott and Costello - Who's on First
* One half of the F*** Buttons. I think I mentioned him before, but I'd only heard 2 or 3 of his songs at that point. Now that I've heard the whole thing, I like it even more.
† I'm mildly shocked this song is still on my PC, much less my iPod.
Picked up Otis Redding on the Sunset Strip last night. Yikes is it hot! It's a 2 disc set covering 3 shows in 2 nights. Only criticism is that there are five(!) versions of Satisfaction.
1. Big boys -- Elvis Costello
2. One of these things first -- Nick Drake
3. No Offense -- Jack Logan
4. Take it off -- Alex chilton
5. Shooting Hoops -- G. Love & Special Sauce
6. I'm only sleeping -- The Beatles
7. Death or Glory -- The Clash
8. Grounded -- Soul Asylum
9. Jesus & Tequila -- Minutement
10. Something's gone wrong again -- The Buzcocks
Bonus: The last hotel and some Dharma -- Jack Kerouac
The 80-35 Music Festival is this weekend. Here's the lineup. There's not really anyone that screams to me "I MUST SEE THEM!!!1!" especially not in this heat (I really should have gone last year). For my weekend, I foresee a lot of nice, cool beer in my nice, cool apartment, with maybe retiring to the hammock if there's a nice breeze.
Slow Motion - The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Echos Myron - GBV - Bee THousand
'Till I Fell In Love With You - Bobby Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
Sleight Of Hand - Pearl Jam - Binaural
Chuckwagon - Elliott Brood - Mountain Meadows
Time For Heroes - The Libertines - Up The Bracket
What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love And Understanding - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Best Of
Allison - Pixies - Bossanova
Hot Soft Light - The Hold Steady - Boys And GIrls
Real Live Bleeding Fingers & Broken Guitar Strings - Lucinda - World WIthout Tears
Things Ain't Like They Used To Be - The Black Keys - Attack & Release
New Wilco album The Whole Love is out Sept. 27th. You can listen to the single "I Might" at their website.
Happy Canada Day!
01. Lil Boosie ft. Webbie - "Betrayed" from Incarcerated
02. Roughneck Jihad - "Don't Clap" from E Plurbis Urine
03. Ween - "Demon Sweat" from The Pod
04. Cunninlynguists ft. Tonedeff - "Enemies With Benefits" from Oneirology
05. The Wrens - "Everyone Choose Sides" from The Meadowlands
06. Jay-Z - "Never Change" from The Blueprint
07. Devin the Dude - "Motha" from To Tha X-Treme
08. The Angels of Light - "Palisades" from Everything is Good Here/Please Come Home
09. Chromatics - "Mask" from Night Drive
10. The Lonely Island - "We're Back!" from Turtleneck & Chain
How is that Cunninlynguists album? I hear good things but haven't checked it out yet.
It is quite good. I've only listened a couple of times, but I like it quite a bit even though it's outside of my general rap wheelhouse.