Posted by Amanda Marcotte March 7, 2008 in Uncategorized, Illicit Sex, Friday Random Ten and a Cat Pic
Ten songs at random from your MP3 player. Leave ‘em in comments. Here’s mine:
- “Maybe I Know”—They Might Be Giants
- “I Can’t Turn Around”—Isaac Hayes
- “The Mole From the Ministry”—The Dukes of Stratosphear
- “Boule de flipper”—Corinne Charby
- “Tourniquet”—Rasputina
- “Boston Not L.A.”—The Freeze
- “Field Day for the Sundays”—Wire
- “My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)”—David Ruffin
- “A Fool In Love”—Ike & Tina Turner
- “Grandbag’s Funeral”—The Happy Mondays
Has anyone heard the rumor that Danger Mouse is going to produce a new Happy Mondays album? Well, either way, here’s a video from them:
And the Gorillaz song featuring Shaun Ryder:
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The “Let’s folk like it’s 1948″ Edition:
1. Reinhard Mey - Das Narrenschiff
2. The Pogues - Tombstone
3. Two Gallants - The Prodigal Son
4. Cruachan - Ride On
5. Korpiklaani - Beer Beer
6. Mirah & The Black Cat Orchestra - Bella Ciao
7. Zwan - Number Of The Beast
8. Ton Steine Scherben - Jenseits von Eden
9. Skyclad - Another Fine Mess
10. Instant Remedy - Outrun Instant OC ReMix
And the Bonus Track:
Saltatio Mortis - Choix des Dames
1. Lies - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
2. Anyone Else But you - The Moldy Peaches (Juno Soundtrack)
3. The Meeting Place - Hem
4. Stuck in a Moment - U2
5. The Consort - Rufus Wainwright
6. How’s the Weather at the End of Time? - Common Shiner
7. All Must Be Well - Matthew Smith
8. Black Mirror - The Arcade Fire
9. Share in the Blame - Caedmon’s Call
10. Firebird Fly - Little Big Town
“It is Raining on a Friday again, Unfortunately” Edition:
01. Aja [08:00] — Steely Dan
02. The Sad Café [05:34] — Eagles
03. Pictures of Home [05:23] — Deep Purple
04. Hell is for Children [04:57] — Pat Benetar
05. Mainstreet [03:44] — Bob Seger
06. The Musical Box [10:24] — Genesis
07. Love to Love You Baby [16:47] — Donna Summer
08. Dance, Dance, Dance [08:20] — Chic
09. Gates of Delirium [21:48] — Yes
10. I Can’t Quit You Baby/How Many More Times [13:13] — Led Zeppelin
“Half an inch is not ’snowed in’” edition:
1. One Big Love - Patty Griffin
2. Breakfast In America - Supertramp
3. Far Away - Mocha Lab
4. Old Friends - Simon & Garfunkel
5. Sweetness Follows - R.E.M.
6. Lord I’ve Been Changed - Tom Waits
7. Come To My Senses - Doug Burr
8. Satellite - Guster
9. In The Light - Led Zeppelin
10. She’ll Hang the Baskets - Cake
Bonus:
Amateur - Aimee Mann
1. “What a Curse for a Woman Is a Timid Man” - Dawn Upshaw
2. “Night Ride Home” - Joni Mitchell
3. “Blank Frank” - Brian Eno
4. “Side Streets (Homage to Ligeti” - Gabriel Kahane
5. “I Shall Myself Adore” - Rosemary Joshua
6. “The Boy with the Arab Stap” - Belle & Sebastian
7. “Es gibt ein Reich” - Jessye Norman
8. “Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind” - Yo La Tengo
9. “This Boy” - Franz Ferdinand
10. “Das Irdische Leben” - Christianne Stotijn
Bonus track: “Brian the Vampire” - Xiu Xiu
1) “Good Times Roll” - The Cars
2) “Because I Do” - X
3) “Last Time We Spoke” - Eels
4) “Johnny Sunshine” - Liz Phair
5) “Harbor Lights” - Elvis Presley
6) “Rope of Weeds” - Elysian Fields
7) “I Don’t Get It” - The Mr. T Experience
8) “So Long, Farewell” - Cesspit Rebels
9) “New Lace Sleeves” - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
10) “It’5!” - Architecture in Helsinki
Um, why the live video of “Dare” instead of the Hewlett animated one? Gorillaz make some good music, but there’s very few animators out there with Jaime Hewlett’s skill and imagination. And Noodle is just too super kawai.
Anyhoo, heat cycling the r-comps edition:
1. “Fortunate Son” - Creedence Clearwater Revival
2. “Irish Drinking Song” - Buck O Nine
3. “Fire On Mount Sinai” - Mad Professor
4. “Unhinged” - Angry Samoans
5. “Dr. Who On Holiday” - Dean Gray
6. “Science Fiction Double Feature” - Me First & The Gimme Gimmes
7. “Battle Of The Mounds” - Basil Poledouris
8. “I Love A Man In Uniform” - Gang Of Four
9. “Devil’s In Love” - Tito & Tarantula
10. “Animal Boy” - The Ramones
Bonus: “Little Dreamer” - Van Halen
1) “Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey’s Head” - Gorillaz
2) “You’re My Only Home” - The Magnetic Fields
3) “Debaser” - Pixies
4) “The Last Of The Golden Palominos” - Goodbye Blue Monday
5) “Kids With Guns” - Gorillaz
6) “Cosmic Monsters Inc.” - White Zombie
7) “High Roller” - The Crystal Method
8) “I Can’t Stand It” - The Velvet Underground
9) “There Goes My Gun” - Pixies
10) “Very Ape” - Nirvana
Bonus Track: “Houdini’s Box” - Jill Sobule
1) “What’s New In Baltimore” - Frank Zappa
2) “Viet Nam” - Minutemen
3) “I Don’t Wanna Hear It” - Minor Threat
4) “Havona” - Weather Report
5) “The East Harlem Quickstep” - Snowboy and The Latin Section
6) “Sitting On Top Of The World” - Cream
7) “Pay to Cum” - Bad Brains
8) “Celebration Day” - Led Zeppelin
9) “Sweet Wine” Billy Cobham and George Duke Band
10) “Holiday in Cambodia” - Dead Kennedys
Bonus: “Ulster” - Sham 69
Shit. I’m totally with the cat on this.
1. May This Be Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2. Dizzy Miss Lizzy - The Beatles
3. Buy Her Candy - Sleater-Kinney
4. Why You’d Want to Live Here - Death Cab for Cutie
5. Sutrix - Talvin Singh
6. Higher Learning - Patti Smith
7. Rondeau - Henry Purcell
8. Weeping Wall - David Bowie
9. Triple Quartet, 3rd Movement - Steve Reich
10. Pyramid Song - Radiohead
and the bonus: PS - At Dusk
Another [NYC 1979] - Public Image Ltd.
World Shut Your Revolution - Go Home Productions
Moan People Moan - Wilmoth Houdini
Senseless Violins - Sparks
Senses Working Overtime - XTC
Lock Groove (In) - Liquid Liquid
Quiet Village (Moog Version) - Martin Denny
Salambo Part 1 - The Salambos
An Execution - Siouxsie & the Banshees
Feed Me - Wire
1. Loser - Cracker
2. 4th of July - Soundgarden
3. Pleasure Little Treasure - Depeche Mode
4. Fancy Claps - Wolf Parade
5. Hard Core Troubadour - Steve Earle
6. Everything Man - Talib Kweli
7. Everybody Hurts - REM
8. 44 Stories - Roseanne Cash
9. Basket Case - Green Day
10. Easy From Now On - Emmylou Harris
I find that I like Shaun Ryder more as an *idea* than as an actual performer.
That is SUCH a pathetic looking cat.
1. “Butterfly Potion” - Foetus Inc.
2. “Haunted While the Minutes Drag” - Collide
3. “Corporate Slave” - Snog
4. “Waiting For You” - TCR
5. “Broken Again” - Another Animal
6. “Smooth” - Santana
7. “My Violent Heart” - Nine Inch Nails
8. “Let Me Be The One” - Expose
9. “When I Am Queen” - Jack Off Jill
10.”Assimilate” - Skinny Puppy
“Like You” - Kristin Hersh
“Aching for You” - Kristin Hersh
“it’s the Girl” - The Boswell Sisters
“Oceanographer’s Choice” - The Mountain Goats
“Mackerel Sky” - PINE*am
“It’s Over” - The Beta Band
“City Lights” - Husky Rescue
“Up, Up, and Away” - The 5th Dimension
“Star Chasers” - 4Hero
“Tricky Fingers” - Johnny Kaonohi Pineapple And His Native Islanders
“finally off of work” edition
1.Single Frame- “Silver Crime Lining”
2. Polecat- “Last in Line”
3. And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead- “The Day the Air Turned Blue”
4. Arab Strap- “General Plea to a Girlfriend”
5. Mouth of the Architect- “At Arms Length”
6. Elvis Costello- “I Want You”
7. Minus Story- “Beast At My Side”
8. No Use for a Name- “Life Size Mirror”
9. Arab Strap- “(If There’s) No Hope for Us”
10. The Murder City Devils- “Every Shitty Thing”
I enjoy watching Shaun Ryder dance. He’s a wreck, but a very entertaining one. Though I do worry about the woman he’s singing with, if like his attempts to sing with her result in her getting an unfortunate level of spittle on her face.
I like the cartoon Danger Mouse much more than the person (not to take anything away from him–the cartoon is great). Anyway, a duo 10:
The Duke by Dave Brubeck
What About Today by American Hi-Fi
Revolution 9 by The Beatles
One Door Opens by Richard Thompson
Today by Smashing Pumpkins
Superfly by 4 Non Blondes
Mrs. O by Dresden Dolls
Club Med Sucks by Camper van Beethoven
Devils and Gods by Tori Amos
Dango Daikazoku by Chata
Copycat by The Cranberries
Lost in the Supermarket by The Clash
My guitar hero random 10:
1. Frank Zappa - While You Were Out
2. Strawbs - Hero’s Theme
3. Charley Patton - Lord I’m Discouraged
4. Johnny Heartsman - The Sky Is Crying
5. John Fahey - Song #3
6. Adrian Belew - 117 Valley Drive
7. Henry Purcell - Music From The Gordian Knot Unty’d: VIII, Minuet
8. Marilyn Mazur - A World Of Gates
9. Languis - Snowflake
10. Hector Buitrago - Musica Somos
and 11: Steely Dan - Rose Darling
Grass - XTC
Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash cover) - Social Distortion
Institutionalized (suicidal Tendecies cover) - Senses Fail
The Best Thing - Relient K
One Song Glory - Rent: Original Broadway Cast
Ghouls Night Out - The Misfits
Down To The Well - Pixies
Whiskey in The Jar - Trinity II
Back To The World - Street Dogs
Believer - High School Football Heroes
I prefer this bath cat, in part because one of our late kitties was a dark tortie just like that.
That is my new desktop background.
01. Nathan Haines - Impossible Beauty
02. llorca - Indigo Blues
03. 5th Garden - I Dig Rock And Roll Music
04. Aphex Twin - Untitled (Four Tet Remix)
05. Ursula Rucker - Broken
06. Guru - Infinite (Ft. Blackalicious)
07. Billie Holiday - Billie’s Blues (Daniel Y Remix)
A quick glance at the sound engineer’s computer reveals the following iTunes playlist compiled for Obama events:
City of Blinding Lights — U2
Signed, Sealed, Delivered — Stevie Wonder
Only in America — Brooks and Dunn
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher — Jackie Wilson
I’ll Take You There — The Staples Singers
Move On Up — Curtis Mayfield
There’s Hope — India Arie
Shining Star — Earth, Wind, and Fire
http://faithasawayoflife.typepad.com/blog/2008/01/unfaithful-poli.html
pretty standard with no surprise… (what’s with U2 everywhere?)
1. The Shins–Sleeping Lessons
2. The Clash–Version City
3. Bikini Kill–New Radio
4. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists–Me and Mia
5. The Shins–New Slang
6. Skunk Anansie–I’m Not Afraid
7. The Pixies–Gouge Away
8. The Clash–Up in Heaven (Not Only Here)
9. ‘Left Behind’ from Spring Awakening
10. Jane’s Addiction–To Match the Sun