1. High Hopes (With John Kennedy) — Frank Sinatra
2. Have A Nice Trip — Merv Griffin
3. Russian Bandstand — Spencer & Spencer with the Sonya Pryor Choir
4. Hello, Lyndon! — Ed Ames with the “Hello Dolly” Male Chorus
5. We Need Nixon — Lionel Hampton & The Inner Circle
6. The Ballad Of Jim And Tammy — [...]
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Thursday playlist: The rhythmical is the political
Thursday playlist: So grateful I can feel at all — Mix ‘07
In keeping with the trend of recent Thursday playlists from Bryan and Rachel, I’ve assembled my year-end mix for your delectation and/or derision. With one or two technical exceptions, all these are songs from 2007.
Download the mix here and now. [Downloading closed.] I feel a little squeamish about filesharing, so I’m going to [...]
Thursday playlist: BW’s 2006-07 mix edition
Download the mix by clicking here. You can fit it on an 80-minute CD if you want a hardcopy as a keepsake.
Playlist
1. Colleen, “This Place in Time” (2007)
2. Joanna Newsom, “Colleen” (2007)
3. Nina Nastasia & Jim White, “Odd Said the Doe” (2007)
4. Sleeping States, “September, Maybe” (2007)
5. Yoko Ono, “Telephone Piece” (1971; reissue 2007)
6. György [...]
Thursday playlist: Rachel’s holiday mix ‘07 edition
1. “I Was Dancing in a Lesbian Bar” — Jonathan Richman
2. “Giddy Stratospheres” — The Long Blondes
3. “Chain Reaction” — U.S. Funk Team
4. “You Got Your Cherry Bomb” — Spoon
5. “All the Things That Go to Make Heaven and Earth” — The New Pornographers
6. “My Piano” — Hot Chip
7. “Princess” — Datarock
8. “Budos Rising” — [...]
Thursday playlist: Best music videos of 2007
It’s a hard thing to compile a list like this. The great majority of music videos suck. And I’m a very intolerant critic. Which means there are precious few videos that make my year’s-end list. The ones that make the list meet certain criteria that I’ve honed over the years: First, a video can’t be [...]
Thursday Playlist: Calculated negligence and everyday noise
1. Psychedelic Horseshit - Both Sides Now
2. Blues Control - Mashpotato
3. Maximum Awesome - German Loser
4. Pink Reason - By A Thread
5. Immortal Technique - The 4th Branch (EXPLICIT LYRICS)
6. Roy Smeck - Steel Guitar Rag
7. Les Reines Prochaines - Opfer Dieses Liedes (Wicked Game)
8. Pascal Comelade - Prime Of Life
9. Christian Clozier - Lettre [...]
Thursday playlist: I am still walking the line
This was the scene last Friday. (We’re standing in front of the building that blew up in “Die Hard.”)
Why’re we all gathered? Because…
Why we are striking? Because…
We had a little help from the local cops…
And because we are writers, there had to be some free food around, courtesy of the nearest agency (they did keep [...]
Thursday playlist: A music hall at the end of the world
1. La javanaise - Jane Birkin
2. You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie (Live) - Tim Hardin
3. Can’t Take My Eyes off of You - Bobby Darin
4. Le Chanson de Jacky - Jacques Brel
5. What Keeps Mankind Alive - Tom Waits
6. Song of Sexual Slavery - Cathy Berberian
7. Jezebel - Frankie Laine
8. Peter [...]
Thursday playlist: My(space) friends
The Hair PUddle is a project based on questioning the culture industry’s domination over how we experience art and music. The idea is simple: anyone in the world can receive a free Hair PUddle CD wrapped in original artwork – all one has to do is ask and supply the project’s overseer, Mr. H. [...]
Thursday playlist: Analogy edition
(For those of you embedded in academia and/or standardized test prep)
1. Cause and Effect
The Chiffons, “He’s So Fine” is to George Harrison, “My Sweet Lord”
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T-Rex “Metal Guru” is to Louis XIV, “Letter to Dominique.”
2. Part to Whole
Vanilla Ice, “Ice Ice Baby” is to David Bowie and Queen, “Under Pressure”
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A Tribe Called Quest, “Lyrics [...]
