Back from San Francisco and considering making my computer-buying move towards a Mac Book. Here’s the random ten, leave yours in comments:
- “Banano’s Bar”—Plastilina Mosh
- “Kiskaniyorum”—Mavi Isklar
- Number One”—Miss Fairchild
- “Tenderoni Renaud”—Chromeo
- “Trevor Dust The Bedsheets”—Everthus the Deadbeats
- “How Much More”—The Go Gos
- “Miss You”—Groove Da Paia (Rolling Stones cover
- “Deep Blue Day”—Brian Eno
- “Cough Syrup”—Butthole Surfers
- “Big Bird”—Eddie Floyd
Thanks for all the recommendations, everyone! I tried to go to the MoMA, but it was closed, so I went to the MoAD next door, of which I enjoyed the musical display the most. I went to some stores recommended on Valencia, and just generally liked the whole area in there. (Thanks to Samhita especially for taking me to The Attic, where there was some good music being spun.) Union Square was a disappointment, since it’s way commercialized with a bunch of stores that were imposingly expensive. In fact, everything in San Francisco is imposingly expensive. The Valencia/Mission area reminded me of Austin, except it was about 3 times cooler and 1/3 as irreverent. I’d like to go back just to hang out, and was reminded that book touring in the spring could create my excuse to go back.
Here’s some videos and then I get to go play that oh-so-fun game called “catch-up”.
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The Dirtbombs:
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Happy Friday.
Stand - REM
Red-Eyed and Blue - Wilco
Mixed Bizness - Beck
Making a Killing - Phantom Planet
Lets Dance - David Bowie
Salvation - Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club
Harvest Breed - Nick Drake
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - The Temptations (I have yet to remove the Christmas music from the playlist - Oh well)
Now That You Have Blown Away The Cards - Centro-Matic
Run - Supergrass
Bonus
Dashboard - Modest Mouse
Freeze the Saints - Stephen Malkmus
Happy Friday.
Stand - REM
Red-Eyed and Blue - Wilco
Mixed Bizness - Beck
Making a Killing - Phantom Planet
Lets Dance - David Bowie
Salvation - Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club
Harvest Breed - Nick Drake
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - The Temptations (I have yet to remove the Christmas music from the playlist - Oh well, its still a great song)
Now That You Have Blown Away The Cards - Centro-Matic
Run - Supergrass
Bonus
Dashboard - Modest Mouse
Freeze the Saints - Stephen Malkmus
Glad you got to hang on Valencia. I still say it is the best street in the country.
Learning to love Brooklyn, but I still miss living there.
My Random Ten:
01. Interstellar Overdrive [original version] [16:52] — Pink Floyd
02. Travel Suite [22:30] — Chicago
03. Duke’s Travels/Duke’s End [10:47] — Genesis
04. On the Hunt [05:26] — Lynyrd Skynyrd
05. Friends of Mine [10:05] — Guess Who
06. Don’t Bring Me Down [04:04] — Electric Light Orchestra
07. In the Evening [06:50] — Led Zeppelin
08. The Dream/Have You Heard, Part 1/The Voyage/Have You Heard, Part 2 [09:00] — The Moody Blues
09. Once in a Lifetime [04:19] — Talking Heads
10. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds [03:26] — The Beatles
Bonus:
11. Philadelphia Freedom [04:57] — Elton John
12. She’s Waiting [04:57] — Eric Clapton
13. We’re An American Band [03:27] — Grand Funk
14. Fool’s Overture [10:57] — Supertramp
15. Train, Train [02:56] — Blackfoot
16. Boogie No More [06:06] — Molly Hatchet
17. La Villa Strangiato [09:35] — Rush
18. Instant Karma! [03:20] — John Lennon
19. Locomotive Breath [04:36] — Jethro Tull
20. Witchy Woman [04:12] — Eagles
21. Child in Time [10:18] — Deep Purple
my random ten:
1. requiem - wolfgang amadeus mozart
2. wu-tang: 7th chamber pt.2 - wu-tang clan
3. she rote - charlie parker
4. debka - hasidic new wave
5. four horsemen - the clash
6. rappers’ delight - sugarhill gang
7. O2 - sleater kinney
8. don’t stand so close to me - the police
9. habibi - hakim
10. swing set - jurassic 5
Fibonacci Sequence - BT
Herculean - The Good, The Bad, and the Queen
Dashboard - Modest Mouse
Sing a Song - Earth Wind & Fire
All Apologies - Nirvana
Call Me - Al Green
Viginiti Tres - Tool
Everytime (Nailin & Kane Remix) - Lustral
Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
Water Your Garden - Luscious Jackson
Yoghurt - The Homosexuals
Plain Truth [demo] - Devo
Making Plans for Nigel - XTC
I Feel Mysterious Today - Wire
Since Yesterday - Strawberry Switchblade
(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone [7″ version] - The Monkees
Green - Thurl Ravenscroft
POULENC: Gloria in G, v - Kari Lövaas, Philharmonica Vocal Ensemble, Stutgart Philharmonic Orchestra/Hans Zanotelli
Tony the Tiger Singing Ad - Thurl Ravenscroft
Secrets - The Runaways
Bonus cuz I’m on it:
Eugenics - Lopez Sophisticates
I got a new Ipod for XMas and all I got on it is jazz, so far, mix
1. My Ideal-Art Tatum
2. Groove-William Parker Quartet
3. Memories Of You-Thelonious Monk
4. Epistrophy-Thelonious Monk
5. All Of You (Take 3)-Bill Evans Trio
6. Lorraine-Ornette Coleman
7. It’s You Or No One-Max Roach
8. Palo Alto-Lee Konitz
9. Agression-Eric Dolphy And Booker Little (w/ Mal Waldron)
10. Where Or When-Art Tatum
Bonus: Solar-Bill Evans Trio
Always get Applecare with a portable edition.
1. “Geek” - mc chris
2. “Goin’ Down Slow” - Howlin’ Wolf
3. “In ‘n Out Of Grace” - Mudhoney
4. “Sugar Water” - Cibo Matto
5. “Sweet Leaf” - Black Sabbath
6. “Strange” - Patsy Cline
7. “One Good Reason” - Bob Mould
8. “Transmission” - Joy Division
9. “The Passenger” - Iggy Pop
10. “Inner Universe” - Yoko Kanno
Bonus: “Coma girl” - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
1. Even in the Old Days — Ignatz
2. Shame Shame — Sloan
3. Monoscopic — Techno Animal
4. Virus Smile — Mandarin
5. Torture Ballad — Pig Destroyer
6. Diminutions — Van Der Graaf Generator
7. Twins — Manitoba
8. #1 Da Woman — Tricky
9. The Day Comes — Richard Gibbs (BSG Soundtrack)
10. I Left Tears in my Thoughts — Eikenskaden
Did you make it to Aquarius Records?
1. Even in the Old Days — Ignatz
2. Shame Shame — Sloan
3. Monoscopic — Techno Animal
4. Virus Smile — Mandarin
5. Torture Ballad — Pig Destroyer
6. Diminutions — Van Der Graaf Generator
7. Twins — Manitoba
8. #1 Da Woman — Tricky
9. The Day Comes — Richard Gibbs (BSG Soundtrack)
10. I Left Tears in my Thoughts — Eikenskaden
Did you make it to Aquarius Records?
1. Magic - Ben Folds Five
2. A Simpler Life - Doug Kwartler
3. Beautiful - Aimee Mann
4. The Carpet Crawlers 1999 - Genesis (good version, this)
5. The Other Side - Mocha Lab
6. Step Inside This House - Lyle Lovett
7. Your Wildest Dreams - The Moody Blues
8. Blood Runs Downhill - Doug Burr
9. Kite - Copeland
10. Nightswimming - R.E.M.
Bonus:
The Crane Wife 3 - The Decemberists
San Francisco’s great, it’s been too long since I’ve been there. Do go to SFMOMA if you get another chance, it really is a top-quality museum. And the food in the city is pretty stellar too.
1. What to Do - OK Go
2. Evil - Howlin’ Wolf
3. Gotta Get the First Plane Home - The Kinks
4. Air - Talking Heads
5. Trixie’s Star - Helium
6. Beechwood Park - The Zombies
7. Good for My Soul - Jesus and Mary Chain
8. Turn It On - Sleater-Kinney
9. Red - Mission of Burma
10. No Life Singed Her - Pavement
and the bonus: Quarter #4 (Buczak, 1989) - Philip Glass
Into work late and crazy from then on random 10 +
“Blue Flower” - Mazzy Star
“Diamond” - Golden Palominos
“En Gång Ska Han Gråta” - Garmarna
“Tribulations” - LCD Sound System
“Keep On Runnin’” - Cat Power
“Fade Into You” - Mazzy Star
“Polonaise From Sexdrega” - Bäsk
“Fresitas” - Grupo Fantasma
“Not A Crime” - Gogol Bordello
“Where Water Flows” - Calexico
“Whales Tails” - Cocteau Twins
Highly Caffeinated edition:
10. Automatic Head Detonator - “Black Planet”
9. Bauhaus - “Third Uncle”
8. amoebassassin - “piledriver”
7. Atari Teenage Riot w/Slayer “No Remorse (i want to die)”
6. Ministry/Gibby Haynes “Jesus Built my Hot-rod”
5. Busta Rhymes - “Woo-Hah! (got you all in check)
4. Linkin Park - “Bleed it out”
3. Iggy Pop - “I wanna be your dog”
2. System of a Down “Bounce”
1. Circle Jerks - “Wild in the streets”
hyperacctive bonus tracks:
* Megadeth “99 ways to die” (Beavis and Butthead edition)
* Adam & The Ants “Antmusic”
* The Cramps “Blow up your mind”
Jor-Du - Bud Powell
Unbearable - Arto Lindsay
Better Days - Badfinger
To Be Your Friend - Jale
At My Window Sad and Lonely - Billy Bragg and Wilco
The King of the Zulus - Louis Armstrong
What Goes On - The Feelies (Velvets cover)
Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
Juke Joint Jumpin’ - Wayne Hancock
Danger of the Water - Futureheads
Bonus Track: “Paper Mansions”, Dottie West
My ten:
Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra - Allegro non Troppo
PJ Harvey - Snake
Aquabats - Hello, Good Night
Tom Waits - We’re All Mad Here
Tori Amos - Crucify
Enio Moriccone - Miserere
The Go! Team - Get it Together
Bach - Fugue #5 in D BWV850
Tom Waits - Good Old World (Gypsy Instrumental)
Iggy and the Stooges - Search and Destroy
I saw the Butthole Surfers at CBGB’s sometime in the late 80s. It was a great show. My wife remembers the bathroom at CBGB’s even more vividly. Also, they used to stay at our friend’s loft when they came to New York, and he told us they were just as crazed as you would imagine. The best band name ever.
On to the ten:
1. Car On A Hill - Joni Mitchell
2. Lodi - Creedence Clearwater Revival
3. So Flute - St. Jermain
4. Just Out of Reach - Patsy Cline
5. Leaving New York - R.E.M.
6. If You See Her, Say Hello - Bob Dylan
7. We Are The Sleepyheads - Belle & Sebastian
8. Stravinsky, Le Sacre Du Printemps, Games of the Rival Tribes, Adoration of the Earth - Claudio Abbado & the London Symphony
9. Dimuendo In Blue And Crescendo In Blue - Duke Ellington (Live at Newport)
10. You Send Me - Aretha Franklin
Bonus: After Dark - Patti Brooks
Almeda Riddle - Jessie James
Moksha - Christosophia
Bratmobile - Throway
Black Box Recorder - The Art of Driving
DJ Vadim - Ghetto Rebels
The Fiery Furnaces - Single Again
Jean Grae - Lovesong
Arrested Development - Among the Trees
Julie Ruin - On Language
Blackalicious - Jada’s Vengeance
1) “The American in Me” - The Avengers
2) “Of Angles and Angels” - The Decembrists
3) “Wonderboy” - The Kinks
4) “Sign of the Times” - Bryan Ferry
5) “Simply Irresistible” - Rilo Kiley
6) “Judy and the Dream of Horses” - Belle and Sebastian
7) “Duchess” - PAS/CAL
8) “Happy Head” - The Mighty Lemon Drops
9) “Rockin’ Around in N.Y.C.” - Marshall Crenshaw
10) “One for the Road” - Bob Dylan
goddamnit, holly needs a MacBook, too!
just got off of work, random spin:
1. Fugazi- “Give Me the Cure”
2. Toshack Highway(Swervedriver)- “Board the Bullet Train”… mmm… Adam Franklin…
3. The Cherubs- “Shoofly”
4. Radiohead- “The Tourist”
5. Big Black- “L Dopa”
6. The Afghan Whigs- “Let Me Lie to You”
7. Single Frame- “Sore for Change”
8. The Futureheads- “Robot”
9. Milemarker- “Shrink to Fit”
10. Botch- “I Wanna Be a Sex Symbol On My Own Terms”- hells, yeah!
bonus: Lesbians on Ecstasy- “The Pleasure Principal”
One of us! One of us! (Do get the Applecare, it’s worth it.)
Apple convert edition (via iPhone):
1. The Checkers - “White Cliffs of Dover” (doo wop cover!)
2. The Smiths - “How Soon is Now?”
3. Self - “Trunk Fulla Amps”
4. The Beatles - “Get Back”
5. Guided By Voices - “Glad Girls”
6. Johnny Cash - “Jackson”
7. The Beatles - “The Long and Winding Road”
8. Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Fortunate Son”
9. Radiohead - “Creep (acoustic)”
10. The Shirelles - “Mama Said (Days Like This)”
bonus: Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe soundtrack) - “Revolution”
P.S. Lawyerbob, now I have to listen to Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue again. I had a near-religious experience the first time I heard that one.
Amanda, if you’re going for a MacBook, you might want to consider whether you do anything graphics heavy like a lot of Photoshopping or gaming. I bought one last August and I’ve been kicking myself ever since for being too cheap to go for the MacBook Pro. Just MHO.
Imposingly expensive bath products in Union Square… hmmm. Could it be… LUSH?
wishing i could sleep edition:
10.Shameless–Pet Shop Boys
9. “Annina?” (La Traviata)–Cotrubas, Domingo, Kleiber, et. al.
8. My Man–Billie Martin
7. “On Wenlock Edge: Oh, when I was in love with you” (Vaughan Williams)–Robert Tear, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham SO
6. Come Back Down–Toad the Wet Sprocket
5. Mammal–They Might Be Giants
4. Hello In There–Better Middler
3. Hate On–Jill Scott
2. Flavors–Ani DiFranco
1. Back to the Old House–The Smiths
Over 8,000 songs on my ipod, and today two Hank Williams songs pop up close together, AND, AND the FM radio classic, “Stairway to Heaven” appears. Weird.
Here goes:
1. Alone Together - Judy Garland
2. Rock the House - Gorillaz
3. Love Sick Blues - Hank Williams
4. Captain Sterling’s Little Problem - The Coup
5. Remember Me (When the Candle Lights are Glowing) Willie fuckin’ Nelson
6. Matamoros Banks -Springsteen
7. The Way We Make a Broken Heart - Roseanne Cash
8. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zep
9. Effect and Cause - The White Stripes
10. Why Don’t You Love Me - Hank Williams
1. Alone Together - Judy Garland
2. Rock The House - Gorillaz
3. Love Sick Blues - Hank Williams
4. Captain Sterling’s LIttle Problem - The Coup
5. Matamoros Banks - Springsteen
6. Remember Me (When the Candle Lights are Glooming) - Willie Nelson
7. The Way We Make a Broken Heart - Roseanne Cash
8. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zep
9. Effect and Cause - The White Stripes
10. Why Don’t You Love Me - Hank Williams
Over 8,000 songs on my Ipod, and I get two Hank Williams songs. AND, Stairway to Heaven. Weird.
Hey, sorry for the multiple postings. My post was not being accepted, and I fear many copies of this post is going to appear on the blog. Sorry.
Re: my list in 26. I don’t know what happened between my eyes, fingers and keyboard, but My Man was Billie HOLLIDAY.
1. Always Looking Forward to Tomorrow - Bill Nelson
2. Postal Blue - The Softies
3. Ante secula, sanctus - Anonymous 4 [1000-A Mass for the End of Time]
4. Since I’ve Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin [BBC Sessions]
5. Matty Groves - Fairport Convention
6. Jam Of The Year - Prince
7. Vodevil - Marilyn Manson
8. Ride The Wild Wind - Queen
9. Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood
10. The Impression That I Get - Mighty Mighty BossTones
and 11. Triple Duo - Elliott Carter
I’m biting the bullet and getting a Mac Book Pro. Here’s the specs:
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
15.4-inch glossy widescreen display
2GB memory
160GB hard drive
8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
Just one that many of you may know, “I’m a Liberal”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOpTAL50bl8
Actually, I forgot a second one, “Born in East L.A.” by Cheech and Chong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiFGr51ubV4