Posted by Amanda Marcotte November 16, 2007 in Uncategorized
Ten songs at random, leave yours in comments. Click the links for the MP3s.
- “Shake Our Tree”—The Rosebuds
- “Cut Your Hair”—Cassettes Won’t Listen
- “Old School Rules”—Dangerdoom (with Talib Kweli)
- “Small Parts”—The Oohlas
- “Hold On”—Los Lobos
- “Take The Power Back”—Rage Against The Machine
- “Fuck Me”—Cars Can Be Blue
- “Hot Hot Hot!”—The Cure
- “Hanging On The Telephone”—Blondie
- “This Room’s For Rent”—Sammi Smith
Dangerdoom:
Blondie:
Cats. Fold. You know what to do.
Get that fucking thing out of my face.
Molly likes to play inside the curtains and she was doing that when she got tired and decided to drop down for a nap mid-play. Here’s an outside view:
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that Blondie makes me wanna go dancing- and not to my practicum! spin:
1. Les Savy Fav- “Who Rocks the Party”
2. Down by Law- “Superman”
3. The Organ- “No One Has Ever Looked So Dead”
4. Lifter Puller- “Sangre De Stephanie”
5. Joey Casio- “Alphaville”
6. Adult- “We Know How to Have Fun” (wow- sensing a dance party-theme, here)
7. The Meices- “Until the Weekend”
8. Von Sudenfed- “Flooded”- Yep, I fucking love the Fall, but this is even better- One can really shake it to Mark’s voice- who knew?
9. +/- - “Crestfallen”
10. Mendoza Line- “Social Thursday”
random headache bonus- Big Black- “Passing Complexion”- yeppers. dance. party. time.
Walking Spanish, Tom Waits
Dark Eyed Sailor, Steeleye Span
Beyond the Dreaming Place, Steeleye Span
Pretty Good Year, Tori Amos
Dissolved Girl, Massive Attack
Isis, Bob Dylan
Another First Kiss, They Might Be Giants
A Cannon by Telemann, Steeleye Span
Black Leg Miner, Steeleye Span
Wicked Little Critta, They Might Be Giants
Wow, a lot of Steeleye this week!
And your cats are pretty.
1. Beck - Lazy Flies
2. Queen - I’m Going Slightly Mad
3. The Gothic Archies - Freakshow
4. Da Vinci’s Notebook - Title of the Song
5. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
6. They Might Be Giants - Nightgown of the Sullen Moon
7. The Eagles - Heartache Tonight
8. Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
9. Franz Ferdinand - Evil and a Heathen
10. Thom York - Atoms for Peace
Shake our Tree is such an awesome song. That whole album is full of win.
The Double Bowie with some Texas Random Ten:
1. Fire & Brimstone - Neville Brothers
2. Shapes Of Things - Jeff Beck
3. Big River - Hank Williams, Jr.
4. Memory Of A Free Festival - David Bowie
5. The Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson
6. Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
7. Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
8. Mobile - Marcia Ball
9. I’m The Slime - Frank Zappa
10. Under Suspicion - Delbert McClinton
Bonus: Who Were You Thinkin’ Of? - The Texas Tornados
1. Blazing Away- Marianne Faithful
2. Modern Girl - Sleater-Kinney
3. Dream Sessions- Blackalicious
4. The Fallen-Franz Ferdinand
5. Tiny Cities Made of Ashes - Sun Kil Moon
6. Seven Steps - Cassandra Wilson
7. What Makes You Happy - Liz Phair
8. The Last Song - Foo Fighters
9. Southbound - The Alman Brothers Band
10. Let’s Stay Together - Cee-Lo (and Pharrell)
1. Misheritage — Circle
2. Thrills — LCD Soundsystem
3. Lost in Laos — Dengue Fever
4. New Trouble — Slumber Party
5. Jimmy — Young Gods
6. The Death Empire on Burial Ground, Pt. I — Funeral Procession
7. Lurking in Silence — Xasthur
8. Parched — Toll
9. Cemophora Coccinea — Sword
10. Sand Grain Universe — Melechesh
“Stor, A Stor, A Ghra” - Altan
“Strayed Away” - Clannad
“Wanna Be Your Mamma” - The Damnations (TX)
“Rise Above It” - Afro Celt Sound System
“Eros Entropic Tundra” - of Montreal
“Eyes I” - Ingrid Karklins
“Accordian Waltz” - Calexico
“Dig This” - Blaze
“Am I The Sky” - Jorane
“Gift X-Change” - Calexico
“Summer of Drugs” – Soul Asylum
“Another Time, Another Place” (live) – U2
“Seed Toss” (acoustic) – Superchunk
“Lost Woman Son” – Ani DiFranco
“Tame” – Pixies
“Disappearer” – Sonic Youth
“When Love Comes To Town” – U2
“More Cigarettes” – The Replacements
“Sucker” – Peaches
“Up the Ladder to the Roof” – The Supremes
Man, my age is showing in this FRT. I *do* listen to music from this century, I swear.
1. Something On Your Mind (Professor Longhair)
2. Hamba Dompasi (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
3. C-Birds (Adam Green)
4. Big Nine (Judge Dread)
5. Sweet Talkin’ Woman (Electric Light Orchestra)
6. It Ain’t Me, Babe (The Turtles)
7. Unknown (D.O.A.)
8. Going in the Right Direction (Robert Randolph)
9. Fantasy Island (Hieroglyphics)
10. This World (Clan of Xymox)
My Random Ten:
Abbey Road Medley [16:12] — Beatles
Ballet For a Girl in Buchannon [12:40] — Chicago
Purple Medley [11:00] — Prince
The Fountain of Lamneth [20:00] — Rush
Led Zeppelin I Monster Medley: Your Time Is Gonna Come/Black Mountain Side/Communication Breakdown/I Can’t Quit You Baby/How Many More Times [22:28] — Led Zeppelin
Old Medley: Dance on a Volcano/The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway/The Musical Box/Firth of Fifth/I Know What I Like in Your Wardrobe [live][19:32] — Genesis
Sysyphus [13:26] — Pink Floyd
My Wife [03:37] — The Who
Bring It Back Alive [20:20] — Outlaws
Awaken [15:37] — Yes
Most of my Random Ten can take up one entire side of a vinyl record, depending upon remaining space.
1. Shostakovitch - String Quartet #7 in F Minor (Op. 108) - Mvmt. 2 - Lento (Emerson Quartet)
2. Monty Python - Nudge Nudge
3. Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring (Boston Symphony)
4. Orff - Carmina Burana - Uf dem agner: Reie. Swaz hie gat umbe. Chume, chum, geselle min! Swaz hies gat umbe
5. Bach - Cello Suite #4 In E Flat, BWV 1010iv - 4. Sarabande - Rostropovich
6. Chopin - 24 Preludes, Op. 28 - #15 In D Flat - Evgeny Kissin
7. Stravinsky - Rite Of Spring - Ritual Action Of The Ancestors
8. Bach - Cello Suite #3 In C, BWV 1009 - 1. Prelude - Rostropovich
9. Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie - Welcome to the Internet Help Desk
10. Berg - Lulu - Lied der Lulu: “Wenn sich die Menschen um meinetwillen umgebracht haben”
1. A Shot in the Arm [alt. take] — Wilco
2. Kazoointoit — Ani DiFranco
3. Try Not to Breathe — R. E. M.
4. Nightswimming — R. E. M.
5. Smiling Phases — Blood Sweat and Tears
6. Shankill Butchers — The Decemberists
7. Nothing’severgonnastandinmyway (Again) — Wilco
8. Side With the Seeds — Wilco
9. The Best of What’s Around — Dave Matthews Band
10. Born on the Bayou — Creedence Clearwater Revival
I think my shuffler is malfunctioning today. Or it thinks I should just alternate between “Automatic for the People” and “Summerteeth”….
Vacuum Has 2 U’s Mix 4 Youse
1. American Analog Set - Weather Report
2. Menomena - Weird
3. General Surgery - Reception Of Cadavers
4. Terrorizer - Condemned System
5. Bauhaus - Dark Entries
6. Don Caballero - June Is Finally Here
7. Why - The Wig Master (Xiu Xiu Cover)
8. Les Savy Fav - Rage In The Plague Age ( I have to admit that I’m not as excited about the new album as everyone else seems to be)
9. Flin Flon - Upper Ferry
10. Frog Eyes - The Policy Merchant, The Silver Bay
bonus: Biggie Smalls - Ready to Die
Office party edition
1. “Ghost Light” - Dread Recall
2. “We Live a Long, Long Time” - Jimmy Murphy
3. “Effigy” - Uncle Tupelo
4. “She’s Calling You” - Bad Brains
5. “Caroline” - Link Wray & The Wraymen
6. “Conscious Lover (Jammys)” - Sugar Minott
7. “Cut Your Face” - June Of 44
8. “Doesn’t Have To Be This Way” - Jay Farrar
9. “Brain Smashing Dub” - Linton Kwesi Johnson
10. “Academy Fight Song” - Mission Of Burma
Bonus: “Your Baby Ain’t Sweet” - Wild Billy Childish
Free Cheese Imminent Edition:
1. The Other Side of Town - Steve Earle
2. Roy Rogers - Elton John
3. Sex Machine - Sly and the Family Stone
4. Bye Bye Bad Man - The Stone Roses
5. Move On - Cato Salsa Experience
6. Los Angeles - X
7. Televised Green Smoke - Carl Craig
8. Coming Up Roses - Elliott Smith
9. Dead to the World - John Brion
10. Police & Thieves - The Clash
And the bonus: Quality Control - Jurassic 5
Don’t-Stop-Until-You-Hit-a-Song-The-Who-&-The-Beach-Boys-Have-Both-Covered-Edition:
Arabian Nights - Leiut. Jim Europe’s 369th U.S. Infantry “Hell Fighters” Band
COUPERIN: L’Adolescente - Mark Kroll
Shannon Stone - Go Home Productions
Sleeping gas - The Teardrop Explodes
In Search of the Perfect Baby - The Homosexuals
Blind Faith - The Pop Group
Everybody In This Place - 11,000 Switches
Map Ref. 41°N 93°W - Wire
Foggy Notion - The Velvet Underground
nylon coverin’ body smotherin’ [aka Brained By Falling Masonry] - Nurse With Wound
Turn The Channel, It’s Another Commercial - The Bran Flakes
Latin Goes Ska - The Skatalites
Can’t Stop the World - The Go-Go’s
Head Held High - The Velvet Underground
Barbara Ann - The Who
DAAAAANGERRRRRDOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!!
1. Fratellis - ‘Chelsea Dagger’ (sue me, I love it)
2. Bishop Allen - ‘Click Click Click Click’
3. Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - ‘Johnny Appleseed’
4. Kinks - ‘Sunny Afternoon’
5. Sea Wolf - ‘You’re a Wolf’
6. Love - ‘Alone Again, Or’
7. Velvet Underground - ‘Satellite of Love’
8. Charles Trenet - ‘Boum’ (how’s that for random?)
9. Nick Drake - ‘Harvest Breed’
10. Rufus Wainwright - ‘Slideshow’
Stand Up Tall - Dizzee Rascal
The Waffle of Death (live) - Logan Whitehurst & The Jr. Science Club
What do You Know - The Left Banke
Pare de sonhar com estrelas distantes - Ronnie Von
Three Jolly Little Dwarfs - Tomorrow
Transformer - Gnarls Barkley
Rosalyn - The Pretty Things
Dum De Da - D’Topnotes
Reach out - Candida Pax
Gathering Of Promises - Bubble Puppy
(Doin´) The Kirk - The Mummies
It’s the Friday Random Ten, and it’s all about grabbing stars.
Hit the Party Shuffle in iTunes and what do I get?
* Garth Brooks - Against the Grain
* Eminem - Still Don’t Give a Fuck
* Tatsh - Xepher
* “Weird Al” Yankovic
* HALCALI - LOOK
* The Birthday Massacre - Horror Show
* UZI-LAY - Put Your Faith In Me (Saturday Night Mix)
* The Eagles - Ol’ 55
* Aqua - Bumble Bees
* All Girl Summer Fun Band - Daydreaming
1) “Red Vines” - Aimee Mann
2) “Sit on It” - The Halo Benders
3) “Things Behind the Sun” - Nick Drake
4) “Dracula” - Marbles
5) “When I Say Wife” - Jonathan Richman
6) “I Just Thought You’d Like To Know” - Johnny Cash
7) “Unwritten Rules” - Rancid
8) “Supple Turtles Worry About Milk” - Baby Flamehead
9) “Moonshot” - Galaxie 500
10) “Dumb Dumb Dumb” - Teenage Fanclub
And a bonus cut…
11) “Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam” - The Vaselines
1) “Red Vines” - Aimee Mann
2) “Sit on It” - The Halo Benders
3) “Things Behind the Sun” - Nick Drake
4) “Dracula” - Marbles
5) “When I Say Wife” - Jonathan Richman
6) “I Just Thought You’d Like To Know” - Johnny Cash
7) “Unwritten Rules” - Rancid
8) “Supple Turtles Worry About Milk” - Baby Flamehead
9) “Moonshot” - Galaxie 500
10) “Dumb Dumb Dumb” - Teenage Fanclub
And bonus cut…
11) “Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam” - The Vaselines
Covenant - Afterhours
Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Killing Jar
The Flaming Lips - One More Robot
The Servant - Cells
Stereo MC’s - Connected
Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
Tiffany - I Think We’re Alone Now
Venus Hum - Sonic Boom
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Other Side
Utada Hikaru - Simple and Clean
The “Can’t Eat No Much Obliges” edition:
1) Yo La Tengo, The Evil That Men Do (Pablo’s Version)
2) Robert Scheffler, Little Miracles
3) Bruce Springsteen, My Love Will Not Let You Down
4) 10,000 Maniacs, Jezebel (live)
5) Guided by Voices, King and Caroline
6) Stereolab, Cardiopo
7) The Beatles, Cry Baby Cry
8) Bikini Kill, Rah! Rah! Replica
9) Neil Young, A Dream That Can Last
10) Stereolab, Margerine Rock
Bonus: Pee Shy, Much Obliged
A very mixed bag for me this week:
1. Girls Town - Super Cat (The Struggle Continues)
2. Pipoca - Sergio Mendes (Brasileiro)
3. Resident Alien - Pum Pum Master (DJ Red Alert’s Propmaster Dancehall Show)
4. Zig Zag - Ornette Coleman (The Empty Foxhole)
5. Foire Internationale - Orchestra Baobab (Pirates Choice)
6. Crybaby - Janis Joplin (Pearl)
7. Prologue - Cast (West Side Story)
8. Times Up (Live) - The Buzzcocks (Another Music In A Different Kitchen)
9. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again - Bob Dylan (Blonde On Blonde)
10. You Won’t See Me - The Beatles (Rubber Soul)