30 June, 2023

283 - Quirky Summertime Jams






Music for the Summer Solstice 2022.  Nothing really spiritual about this, other than the timing of it all last year.  A little bit of everything in here, just how I like it.  Love the layered vocals of this Spiritualized track, still one of my favorites of theirs.  I was blown away by Bob Mould's remix as it was completely unexpected.  The Joe Strummer/Jack Kerouac track is also a nice find of recent years.  This Midwinter track does appear in several of my mixes, and my kids like singing the chorus too, placed here as a great segue to In Gowan Ring and Sol Invictus.  Then some globe travelling before heading back to a one off with the former member of Scorn and Bill Laswell for a mellow but unsettling end to this mix.

00:00  Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
03:40  Battles - Prismism
04:32  Low - Monkey (Bob Mould remix)
11:46  Filter - Hey Man Nice Shot (1/2 oz mix)
16:02  The Folk Implosion - Insinuation
20:25  Pascal Comelade, Pierre Bastien, Jac Berrocal, Jaki Liebezeit - Rock N Roll Station
25:28  And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Claire de Lune
28:48  Billy Bragg - A New England
30:54  Joe Strummer with Jack Kerouac- McDougal Stree Blues
33:39  Del Close & John Brent - Uncool
34:36  Morphine - Sharks Patrol These Waters
36:51  Sub Dub - Vision Quest pt2
43:33  Midwinter - Sanctuary Stone
47:34  In Gowan Ring - Hazel Steps
52:22  Sol Invictus - Abattoirs of Love (Edit)
55:33  Badawi - Welcoming
60:49  Ofra Haza - Galbi
64:55  Bill Laswel and Nicholas James Bullen - Nocturnal Crawl


photo credit: summer solstice sundial

29 June, 2023

282 - Covers mix 1





I love a good cover song.  Some are a note for note recreation, some are an interpretation, some switch genres, others are so far removed its a challenge tying it back to the original, and others are just done for irony.  There are also many flops, and I've sorted through so many in my collection to pull together this first outing of all cover songs.  I have enough for at least another dozen mixes of great cover songs, I just need to set aside the time and focus on them.


00:00  The Fugees - No Woman, No Cry (Bob Marley)
04:08  DeVotchKa - The Last Beat Of My Heart (Siouxsie & The Banshees)
09:42  Japancakes - Soon (My Bloody Valentine)
14:55  Lana Del Rey - Doin Time (Sublime)
18:10  Devics - Catch (The Cure)
20:55  Hermann & Kleine - Dagger (Slowdive)
25:16  Asobi Seksu - Suzanne (Hope Sandoval)
28:43  Faye Wong - Nostalgia (Rilkean Heart) (Cocteau Twins)
31:58  Of Montreal - Harvest Moon (Neil Young)
34:14  Julie Fowlis - Blackbird (The Beatles)
36:47  Codeine - Atmosphere (Joy Division)
41:29  Seu Jorge - Rebel Rebel (David Bowie)
44:09  Pale Saints - Blue Flower (Slapp Happy)
48:25  The Foreign Resort & Drowner - Stand Back (Fleetwood Mac)
52:53  Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Peace, Love and Understanding (Nick Lowe)
56:21  The Ramones - Do You Wanna Dance (Bobby Freeman)
58:13  The Living End - 10:15 Saturday Night (The Cure)
62:58  Dum Dum Girls - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)
67:07  Irene & The Disappointments - Iceblink Luck (Cocteau Twins)
70:19  Bunnygrunt - Holiday Road (Lindsay Buckingham)
72:12  Bat For Lashes - A Forest (The Cure)
75:24  Daughter - Poke (Frightened Rabbit)
80:15  Fujiya & Miyagi - Your Silent Face (New Order)
86:40  Godzuki - Contact (Brigitte Bardot)


photo credit: https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/musician-tips/7-reasons-for-cover-songs/

28 June, 2023

281 - Modern Celtic and Gaelic and other items of interest





My wife loves Celtic and Gaelic traditional music, particularly Julie Fowlis.  I made this mix for her based on some of the random tracks I had in my library.  Sure, a bit loose with the style and geography, but all beautiful music that we both enjoy. 


00:00  Karine Polwart & Sekou Keita - Heartwood
03:19  Hannah Rarity - 'Neath the Gloamin' Star ae E'en
06:55  Julie Fowlis - Biodh an Deoch Seo 'n Laimh Mo Ruin
10:33  Martyn Bennett - Uamh An Oir
13:55  Kate Bush - My Lagan Love
16:17  Current 93 feat Clodagh Simonds - Idumaea
18:50  Matmos feat Clodagh Simonds - Molly Malone
24:52  Jeannie Robertson - The Moon Shined on My Bed Last Night
28:26  Joolie Wood - Introduction
29:03  Myrkur - Ella
32:51  Fovea Hex - Far From Here
36:26  Andrew Liles & Fovea Hex - Every Evening
39:58  Pantaleimon - Idumaea
43:01  Hannah Rarity - Hallowe'en
46:19  Julie Fowlis - Moladh Uibhist
50:41  Blood Axis - The March of Brian Boru
54:22  Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart - The Snow Hare
56:12  Fovea Hex - Jewelled Eyes
57:59  Andrew Liles & Joolie Wood - Anhedonia (part 6)
61:22  Hannah Rarity - Rose O'Summerlee
64:33  Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart, Sekou Keita, Kris Drever, Rachel Newton, Beth Porter, Jim Molyneux & Kerry Andrew - The Lost Words Blessing
67:48  Runrig & Julie Fowlis - Somewhere


photo credit: calendar

27 June, 2023

280b - Indie Folk for my Wife vol 2





Here is the second half, this one is more my heavy hand on the track selection.  A lot of the tracks are from the same artists on vol 1, trying to keep it to one track per artist on these mixes, which is a challenge for me.


00:00  Calexico - Harness the Wind
02:46  Jess Williamson - Wind on Tin
05:49  Angel Olsen - Sweet Dreams
08:55  Bright Eyes - Four Winds
12:59  Modest Mouse - Gravity Rides Everything
17:05  Monsters of Folk - Map Of The World
21:03  Mojave 3 - Mercy
25:51  Iron and Wine & Ben Bridwell - The Straight and Narrow (Spiritualized)
30:58  Rex - All Waves
36:33  Daughter - Still
40:03  Indigo Sparke - Colourblind
43:47  Frightened Rabbit - Poke (Daytrotter session)
48:17  J Mascis - Fade Into You (Mazzy Star)
52:38  Big Star - Blue Moon
54:35  Sybil - Asleep (The Smiths)
57:06  George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
60:20  Haley Richman - Wicked Game (Chris Isaak)
64:37  10,000 Maniacs - Trouble Me
67:41  Steve Gunn - Way Out Weather
73:44  Ray Charles & Willie Nelson - Seven Spanish Angels
77:23  Eddy Arnold - The Streets of Laredo


photo credit: near Durango

26 June, 2023

280a - Indie Folk for my Wife vol 1





Both my wife and I love some indie folk/alt country but we have different tastes.  This is a mix that combines songs we both picked out.  Those that know us well can easily guess which were her contributions and which were mine.  And sure, there are a few we agree on.  I made this mix for our camping trip last summer, and then we listened again on this year's trip and it totally holds up as a great road trip mix.  Even the kids were singing along.  Had to include at least one Patti Smith track because we saw the photography exhibit at the Selby Gardens last year which was just pure beauty; they played this song in what I have to say was intentional irony, in the middle of the cactus garden.

00:00  Caamp - By and By
04:33  Lord Huron - Mine Forever
09:02  Ray LaMontagne - You Are The Best Thing
12:48  Elliott Smith - Waltz #2 (XO)
17:18  Modest Mouse - Float On (Acoustic Mix)
19:48  Bright Eyes - First Day Of My Life
22:42  Mojave Three - Running With Your Eyes Closed
24:46  Patti Smith Group - Dancing Barefoot
28:54  Tom Odell - Another Love
32:50  Yumi Zouma - Right Track / Wrong Man
35:41  Jess Williamson - Infinite Scroll
39:47  Big Thief - Simulation Swarm
43:51  First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
47:53  Beachwood Sparks - By Your Side (Sade)
52:40  Dark Dark Dark - Daydreaming
57:19  Akron; Family - Don't Be Afraid, You're Already Dead
61:51  Hiss Golden Messenger - Grace
65:02  Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus - I Carry The Sun
67:01  The Order of the 12 - Against the Tide
71:41  Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions - Isn't It True
74:32  The Breeders - Fortunately Gone
76:09  Liquorice - Farm (Team Player)
79:50  Violent Femmes - Kiss Off
82:33  Sun City Girls - The Shining Path
85:25  The Church - Under The Milky Way (acoustic)


photo credit:  Roxborough Park

25 June, 2023

279 - The third leg of an illbient excursion





Getting looser with selections for this genre, and might be more trip hop/downtempo that illbient specifically.  Fun tracks pulled together for this one, which takes many twists and turns.

00:00  Grandmaster Flash - Adventures on the Wheels of Steel (Scratch Perverts remix)
05:42  RJD2 - De L'Alouette
08:46  John Hughes - Scarlet Diva OST mini-mix Rabbit Flashback / Street Song (Savath & Savalas remix) / Street Song (album version)
12:15  Lunchbox - Peanut Butter & Jelly
16:23  Lloop, Morpheus - Hibiscus
25:48  We - 3/10th of the Population
32:15  EBN E Sync (Professor Shehab, Lloop) - Drunken Monkey
38:55  Chessie - RKK-O Remix
40:35  Stars as Eyes - Placement in the Basement
42:45  Scorn - Night Tide
49:47  Meat Beat Manifesto - Cancer
54:17  Sub Dub - Dawa Zangpo
58:02  Badawi - Final Warning
63:06  We - Magnesium Flares


photo credit:  art at the MAC

24 June, 2023

278 - Andrea Parker




An artist I really liked in her formative years, then she moved into solid Miami Bass type of techno which wasn't my cup of tea.  I'd heard she was adding vocals to some newer material as well, which again is not my thing.  Still, the early and abstract works are well worth the price of admission.  My introduction to her work is still my favorite, the remix of iO on the excursions series from Mo Wax, and the edit of Unconnected from the Trance Europe series.  I'd nearly forgotten about her until the reworking of Daphne Oram came up and begged for my attention.

00:00  Steve Reich - The Four Sections (Andrea Parker remix)
06:12  iO - Libre (Andrea Parker remix)
16:27  Andrea Parker - Unconnected (edit)
23:10  Ryuichi Sakamoto - Grief (Andrea Parker remix)
28:54  Andrea Parker - Melodious Thunk
36:07  Miki Nakatani - Superstar (Andrea Parker remix)
41:08  Andrea Parker - Elements of Style 
46:07  Secret Frequency Crew - Miami Eyes (Andrea Parker remix)
52:29  Mira Calix - Skin with me (Andrea Parker remix)
58:27  Andrea Parker & David Morley - After Dark
66:36  Andrea Parker - Clutching At Straws (It's Straws Remix)
70:50  Andrea Parker - Exclamation Mark!
72:49  Andrea Parker - Empty Words
77:40  Daphne Oram Reworked and Interpreted - Ghost Hamlet
86:56  Daphne Oram Reworked and Interpreted - Under the Sand (interlude)


photo credit: https://thevinylfactory.com/features/crate-diggers-andrea-parker/

23 June, 2023

277 - Punk Rock Olio




Just when you thought it was over, here's the 4th punk mix revisiting my teenage years.  Sure, some new mashups and what-nots mixed in.  Where else will you hear Elvis Costello nestled next to Pig Destroyer.  I had fun and took many liberties with this arrangement.

00:00  The Bouncing Souls - Lamar Vannoy
02:56  Bobby Ramone - I Don't Wanna Stand Up
05:26  Sex Pistols - I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (The Monkees)
08:27  Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
10:57  The Ramones - Listen To My Heart
12:50  Godzuki - The Hook
15:02  AFI - Open Your Eyes
16:16  The Starvations - Horrified Eyes
18:32  Against Me! - Pints of Guinness Make You Strong
21:10  Beastie Boys - Deal With It
23:05  Bad Brains - Banned in D.C.
25:09  7 Seconds - Walk Together, Rock Together
26:53  Bobby Ramone - Today One Love, Tomorrow The World
28:49  Moby - That's When I Reach For My Revolver (Mission of Burma)
32:40  Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love?
35:15  Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
40:18  Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Pump It Up
43:24  Pig Destroyer - Fuck You Up And Get High (Dwarves)
43:57  The Gaslight Anthem - Drive
46:51  Red City Radio - We Are The Sons Of Woody Guthrie
50:00  Against Me! - Baby, I'm An Anarchist!
52:37  The Starvations - This Is What You Wanted
56:00  Bad Brains - Stay Close To Me
58:20  Sex Pistols - Who Killed Bambi


photo credit: New Orleans, pre-Katrina

22 June, 2023

275c - Soul Third Mix





Final part of my soul classics mixes for now, and saved some of the best for last.  

00:00  Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
02:03  The Bar-Kays - Soul Finger
04:19  The Meters - Cissy Strut
07:14  The Dap-Kings - Look Closer (Can't You See The Signs)
10:48  Stevie Wonder - Superstition
15:10  Screamin Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
17:34  Melvin Bliss Skull Snaps - Synthetic Substitution
21:07  Gladys Knight and the Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia
25:04  The Four Tops - Bernadette
28:36  Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
32:19  Nina Simone - To Love Somebody
34:53  The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her
39:54  The Delfonics - Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)
41:46  Charles Bradley - Black Velvet
45:07  The Five Stairsteps - O-O-H Child
48:16  Pratt & Moody - Lost Lost Lost 
51:08  Al Green - Let's Stay Together
54:16  Carlton Jumel Smith and Cold Diamond & Mink - This Is What Love Looks Like
57:50  Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
60:58  Nina Simone - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
63:36  The Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
66:50  The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl
70:01  Otis Redding - (Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay


photo credit: https://foursouls.com/cards/r-soul_of_envy/

21 June, 2023

275b - More Modern Soul





More songs I grew up with, this outing is more dance oriented and slightly more recent tunes.  My kids love several of these for our family dance night parties.

00:00  Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It
04:36  Earth, Wind and Fire - September
08:03  Al Green - Take Me To The River
11:40  The Four Tops - Ain't No Woman
14:51  The Spinners - Rubberband Man
18:22  Soul Scratch - The Road Looks Long
21:05  Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
26:39  The Spinners - It's A Shame
29:42  Kool & The Gang - Joanna
33:54  Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
36:40  Lionel Richie - Easy
40:40  Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
43:35  The Miracles - You've Really Got A Hold On Me
46:27  The Temptations - Just My Imagination
50:05  The Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
54:11  Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
56:59  Lionel Richie - Hello
61:00  Walter Lewis & The Blue Stars - I Have Love At Home
66:06  Quiet Storm - Can You Deal With It
70:29  Earth, Wind & Fire - Evil


photo credit: https://themixtapeclub.org/coincidence/

20 June, 2023

275a - Soul Oldies





Songs I grew up with.  

00:00  Nina Simone - Feeling Good
02:47  Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady
05:53  Ray Charles - I've Got A Woman
08:38  Wilson Pickett - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
10:51  Yvonne Fair - I Found You
13:11  Sam Cooke - (Ain't That) Good News
15:35  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - You've Got a Hold On Me
18:40  Aretha Franklin - You Keep Me Hangin On
21:45  Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night
24:19  Ben E King - Stand By Me
27:12  Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
29:27  Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over
32:44  Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia
36:06  Bill Withers - Lean On Me
39:44  Ink Spots - I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
42:47  Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World
44:50  Aretha Franklin - Respect
47:12  Ray Charles - Born To Lose
50:23  Diana Ross & The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
53:06  Sam Cooke - Cupid
55:37  Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa
58:47  Ink Spots - If I Didn't Care
61:49  Billie Holiday - The Very Thought Of You


photo credit: an old soul

19 June, 2023

274 - William S Burroughs





Burroughs, love him or hate him, there is no denying his place is literary or cultural history.  I first came across him through a comment someone made when I was still in middle school that "Naked Lunch" was the most f'd up and drug addled book ever, and it was nearly impossible to get through or understand.  I read it, enjoyed it and shared my copy with some close friends.  Then I dove into "The Soft Machine" and "The Ticket that Exploded," which were great, but not as captivating as Naked Lunch.  I recall renting the David Cronenberg film when I had a sleep over with a friend, he had no idea what it was about or why I was interested.  Later, I kept coming across WSB's voice in so many albums.  It was probably Seven Souls by Material that solidified my appreciation of his narrative and story telling devices, that or the video for "Ah Pook is Here."


00:00  Sonic Youth & WSB - The Lord's Prayer
00:42  Material - Words of Advice
04:33  Gus Van Sant & WSB - The Hipster Be-Bop Junkie
08:26  Dub Spencer & Trance Hill - Last Words of Hassan Sabbah (Nothing Here Now But The Recordings)
12:32  Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy & WSB - Spare Ass Annie
17:00  Tomandandy & WSB - Old Western Movies
19:28  John Cale & WSB - Ah Pook The Destroyer / Brian Gysin's All Purpose Bedtime Story
22:11  Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy & WSB  - Warning To Young Couples (Huntsmen's Hounds)
24:11  Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy & WSB  - The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (This Is Insane)
26:32  WSB - A Thanksgiving Prayer
28:51  Material - Seven Souls
34:31  Dub Spencer & Trance Hill - Uranian Willy (part 2)
38:22  BFY - Burroughs Called The Law
42:41  Ministry - Quick Fix
46:44  Material - The Western Lands (A Dangerous Road Mix)
55:08  Dub Spencer & Trance Hill - Excerpts (The Cat Inside)
61:29  Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy & WSB - A One God Universe
64:25  Bill Laswell, Opening Performance Orchestra & WSB - Naming the Seven Souls (Mix-translation)
68:18  WSB - Inching, is this machine recording?
69:18  Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy & WSB - Words of Advise for Young People
73:58  Kurt Weill - What Keeps Mankind Alive?
76:41  WSB - The Sermon On The Mount 1 (WSB Reads the Good Book)
78:07  WSB - The Sermon On The Mount 2
79:26  WSB - The Sermon On The Mount 3
80:40  DJ Spooky - Temporally Displaced
84:38  Dub Spencer & Trance Hill - Virus B-23 (Cities of The Red Night)
88:14  Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy & WSB - Dr Benway Operates


photo credit: https://octobergallery.co.uk/artists/burroughs

18 June, 2023

273 - Tigerbeat6





Around 1999 I fell in deep with the glitchy, squelchy, punk fueled world of Kid606 and his labelmates.  I even recorded a 30 songs in 30 minutes DJ set from my living room during a party where all I played was Kid606 Cds/mp3s.  Many interesting releases on a slew of labels from Violent Turd, Vinyl Communications, Ipecac, 555, V/VM, and then their own lable Tigerbeat6.   Amazing stuff, all around and glad this crew were so tight night and all did guest appearances on each others albums.  Twenty plus years ago I had a field day researching and seeking this all out.  What is missing from this mix?  Matmos of course, and I think I had intended to do an all Matmos mix when I was compiling these tracks...we'll see if that ever materializes.  Not surprised that about half of these tracks aren't on spotify or youtube, so grab the download to enjoy the sounds of hard drives crashing.


00:00  Max Tundra - Mastered By Guy At The Exchange
02:25  Cex - Ad Nauseam
06:58  Lesser - Samen Dance Squad
08:09  Marumari - Untitled
12:25  Jayrope - ImpressionistBoogieFreeze
14:23  Dwayne Sodahberk - Devoiced (edit)
17:46  Lesser - Voice O'Reason
21:06  Stars As Eyes - Northern Waste
26:14  Solex - One Louder Solex
29:38  Cex - Cex
35:37  Cul De Sac - Needlepoint (DJ Rupture's Needlepoint mix)
39:10  Electric Company vs Lexanculpt - The Bilingus Cufflinks
44:25  com.a - Delusion Parade
49:29  DJ Ruputre - Track 03
54:41  Christoph De Babalon - appetite4destruction
56:04  Marumari - som 1-01
59:39  Stars As Eyes - Golden Experience
63:45  Solex - Pick Up
66:37  Colongib - The RecorVoc is Not Safe, Miss
70:58  DJ Rupture - Track 06
75:43  Stars As Eyes - More Difficult
80:23  Stars As Eyes - Retarded Future


photo credit: logo

17 June, 2023

272 - Newer Dubs





Its close enough to the start of summer to have another warm weather inspired dub mix.  Mostly newer dub track, but I love throwing a few classics in to keep it grounded in its roots.

00:00  Los Aggrotones - Again & Again (A Forest)
04:48  Spacemonkeyz vs Gorillaz - Slow Country (More Rubbadub)
09:59  The Revolutionaries - Angola
13:14  Rolling Stones - Cherry Oh Baby
16:55  The Ullulators - Creation Airwaves Dub
20:45  The Frighnrs - Dispute
23:45  Beastie Boys - Dr. Lee, PhD (Dub Mix) (Feat Lee Scratch Perry)
28:17  Mice Parade - Dub Interlude #1 (Boodley)
28:45  The Revolutionaries - El Bamba
31:47  Jackie Mittoo - El Bang Bang
35:09  Dub Spencer & Trance Hill - Guns of Brixton (Manasseh Dub 2)
39:06  Black Market - In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Dub)
42:09  Sly & Robbie - Jah In Dub
45:29  Scientist - Jah Life In Dub
48:21  The Detonators - Lift Off
53:30  Misty In Roots - Mankind
57:45  Ranking Joe - Seek Ye Dub
61:08  Sirens of Lesbos - Two-Faced (Interlude)
62:23  Sub Dub - Killa Instinct (remix version)
 

photo credit: Jack Nicholson and his records

16 June, 2023

271 - My Morning Jacket





Saw them in August 2002 at the Bluebird theater.
The first CDs I picked up were the split with Songs: Ohia, and the "Chocolate and Ice" EP.  Then grabbed "Tennessee Fire" on vinyl and by the time "It Still Moves" was released, I was turned off and lost all interest.  I've not given any subsequent album a chance, aside from the Jim James tribute to George Harrison.  Last year one of their newest songs was on the radio and I had a very hard time believing it was the same band I used to love.  This mix is focused on those early formative years up to and including At Dawn.


00:00  At Dawn (At Dawn)
03:47  Lowdown (At Dawn)
07:34  Just One Thing (Chapter 2: Learning: Early Recordings)
09:59  Weeks Go By Like Days (Darla 100)
14:08  X Mas Curtain (Does Xmas Fiasco Style)
18:56  O is the one that is real (split Songs:Ohia)
22:21  Sooner (Sweatbees)
25:52  Picture of You (Tennessee Fire)
29:03  Tyrone (Chapter 2: Learning: Early Recordings)
34:09  Evelyn Is Not Real (Tennessee Fire)
37:01  By My Car (Tennessee Fire)
41:00  They Ran (Tennessee Fire)
43:44  Dream A Little Dream Of Me (Chapter 2: Learning: Early Recordings)
48:08  I Will Be There When You Die (Tennessee Fire)
52:28  The Way That He Sings (At Dawn)
57:46  Hopefully (At Dawn)
63:34  Bermuda Highway (live) (Chapter 2: Learning: Early Recordings)
67:04  When Will They Come? (Chapter 1: The Sandworm Cometh: Early Recordings)
69:14  War Begun (live) (At Dawn/Tennessee Fire Demos)


photo credit: MMJ live 2002?

15 June, 2023

270 - Punk Third Mix





Third mix of my teenage-self's favorite punk tracks.

00:00  Dead Kennedys - Government Flu
02:02  Bad Brains - Sailin On
03:56  Operation Ivy - Knowledge
05:37  Naked Raygun - Suspect Device
07:53  Discharge - Meanwhile
09:20  Los Crudos - Asesinos
10:20  SSD - Boiling Point
11:11  The Faction - Skate and Destroy
12:58  Bad Religion - Do What You Want
14:03  The Misfits - Skulls
15:47  Wire - Mr. Suit
17:06  Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
19:47  Eater - You
21:48  The Starvations - Red Wine
24:17  Blondie - One Way or Another
27:36  Ramones - Do You Wanna Dance?
29:28  Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Radio Radio
32:31  Operation Ivy - Take Warning
35:14  Crackerbash - Human Alarm Clock
39:04  This Charming Man - She Could'a Raise the Titanic
42:58  The Monks - Monk Chant (live)
44:51  Lowlands Studio Band - Lizard
45:51  Sick N Tired - I'll Drink To That
49:42  Sex Pistols - My Way
53:33  Dropkick Murphys - Cadence to Arms
55:21  Swingin Utters - A Step To Go
57:39  Generation X - Dancing With Myself
61:19  The Gaslight Anthem - Old White Lincoln
64:41  Elmer - Here's To You


photo credit: truth

14 June, 2023

269 - The Prids





Ever had an experience where the first time you heard a group, you were overtaken with nostalgia and bliss?  That's how I felt about The Prids, who I cam across from the cover song A Place To Bury Strangers did on their tribute album.  So much more than an homage to post-punk, sounding like the best parts of Jesus and Mary Chain, The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen and any other group you want to throw in that great company.  After I'd purchased everything I could from them, I paid closer attention to that original tribute album, and the documentary they put out.  The band had suffered a terrible car accident and came back even stronger afterwards.  I've done my best to turn all my friends onto this magical group, who somehow are still a local hero band from Portland.


00:00  The Problem (Love Zero)
02:13  Like Hearts (Until The World Is Beautiful)
05:53  Fragile (Chronosynclastic)
09:37  The Glow (Until The World Is Beautiful)
13:39  Hide Your Thoughts (Chronosynclastic)
18:27  Lienzencages (Duracraft)
23:03  Contact (Love Zero)
27:15  Before We Are (Until The World Is Beautiful)
30:20  Love Zero (Love Zero)
34:36  Break (Chronosynclastic)
38:31  Panic Like Moths (Love Zero)
40:37  I'm Sorry (single)
43:10  Sydney (Chronosynclastic)
47:26  When I Look (Chronosynclastic)
50:55  Shadow and Shadow (Shadow and Shadow)
54:34  Molest The Outer Heart (Something Difficult)
56:16  Mangled Hearts (Do I Look Like I'm In Love?)
59:32  Not Even Sometimes (Love Zero)
62:23  Glide, Screamer (Glide, Screamer)
67:23  Adore (Skywave) (Got That Feeling)
70:18  Back Up Slow (Until The World Is Beautiful)
74:05  All That You Want (Until The World Is Beautiful)


photo credit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fractal/the-prids-documentary/description

13 June, 2023

268 - Rock





It is what it is, another classic rock mix for driving and singing along to.

00:00  Billy Idol - White Wedding
03:24  The Who - Pinball Wizard
06:20  Golden Earring - Radar Love
12:40  The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
15:56  The Velvet Underground - What Goes On (Closet mix)
20:19  The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang
24:02  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance
28:22  Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
30:36  Guess Who - American Woman
35:36  Bruce Springsteen - Badlands #2 (with different lyrics)
39:12  Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker
42:37  Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
49:41  Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (pt 2)


photo credit:  old fashioned

12 June, 2023

267 - Punk Seconds





Furthering the re-exploration of those seminal punk songs that stuck with me from my teenage years.


00:00  Gorilla Biscuits - New Direction
02:25  Bad Religion - We're Only Gonna Die
04:36  The Misfits - She
05:55  The Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
08:36  Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
11:53  Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown
13:56  Circle Jerks - Don't Care
14:34  Dead Kennedys - Chemical Warfare
17:30  Minor Threat - Out of Step (with the world)
18:44  Blitz - Someone's Gonna Die
21:10  I-Spy - Business
23:21  Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer
26:18  Wire - Dot Dash
28:36  Swingin Utters - Storybook Disease
30:57  Descendents - Hope
32:54  Bad Religion - The World Won't Stop
34:43  Dancing French Liberals of 48 - The Spaghetti Song
37:43  Dead Kennedys - Halloween
41:17  Le Shok - TV In My Eye
43:07  Operation Ivy - Healthy Body
44:45  The Germs - Lexicon Devil
46:26  FYP - 2000 A.D.
47:43  Gorilla Biscuits - Degradation
49:13  Swingin Utters - Teenage Genocide
50:51  I-Spy - More Than A Joke
51:40  Operation Ivy - Sound System
53:54  The Starvations - Bloodshot Eyes (Because Of You)
56:15  The Misfits - Astro Zombies
58:25  Wire - Champs
60:08  The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
62:18  The Stitches - Second Chance
64:30  Blitz - Escape (1980 demo)
66:44  Le Shok - Where's the line begin for Vicodin
67:32  Descendents - I'm Not A Loser


photo credit: Bopp n beer