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  • Spoon - tiny curations

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    01 - The Underdog
    02 - I Turn My Camera On
    03 - Shotgun
    04 - No Bullets Spent

    Spoon is an American rock band formed in Austin, Texas between Britt Daniel on vocals and Jim Eno on drums. As well as the others to round out Spoon, so to speak, so that we don't get a Spork!

    The rock band Spoon, they are good at making hits. You've heard them in movies, TV shows, soundtracks...
    Well, just give me the hits, here goes...

    And speaking of hits, on Friday Spoon is releasing their first greatest hits album: Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon. This album will compile the band's best-known songs, included all of what we have played here, except for "Shotgun". As well as a new single entitled "No Bullet's Spent", it's already one of my favorites, so let's here it now. Thanks for listening!

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  • Don Henley of the Eagles - tiny curations

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    01 - Inside Job
    02 - Searching For A Heart
    03 - The Man
    04 - Doolin-Dalton Desperado (Reprise)

    Happy Birthday Don Henley! Today, the native Texan, of the Eagles, turns 72.

    He sang lead vocals on many of the Eagles songs and co-lead on many others, while also being their drummer, not sure if that was common knowledge or not.


    As seems, maybe an entire generation may be lost to the greatness of the Eagles.

    Due to one famous movie quote: The Dude speaks; in all of his infinite wisdom... the Cohen Brothers may have lead many young people astray of being open to the Eagles; maybe other than Hotel California, nobody can deny that! Digging deeper into the Eagles, that would take some time. So instead let's look at some of the great songs that Don Henley recorded post-Eagles.

    But today, let's look back, it's not quite the end of Summer, but we are a little over half way through it..

    This first song, Inside Job off of the 2000 album of the same name seems to have been scrubbed from Google and Youtube algorithms, per seeming Chinese style censorship, seemingly based on subject matter and keywords. Go look, try and try to find it yourself, outside of Spotify and other streaming platforms, I had to track this down from a physical CD from the Austin library. Now, hear the banned song for yourselves:

    "The Man"! Man, that was Mr. Henley singing on Randy Newman's 1995 Faust album. And before that, was Warren Zevon's "Searching for a Heart" off of the Enjoy Every Sandwich 1 Tribute.

    Finally, here is an Eagles album ending track, a reprise that encompasses that albums main themes, thanks for listening! 

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  • Patty Griffin - tiny curations

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    01 - Silver Bell
    02 - Truth #2
    03 - Top of the World (Live at Austin City Limits)
    04 - Making Pies

    On her sixth appearance on ACL, Patty Griffin is up there with the best singer/songwriters, you may know of her songs via the Dixie Chicks.  My lovely wife Jenny won tickets to see a double taping tonight for the Austin City Limits 45th season with Steve Earle and the Dukes and Patty Griffin!

    You can watch, too, as tonight they will air both full live sets of these iconic singer/songwriters. The broadcast episodes will air on PBS later this year as part of our upcoming Season 45.

    She lives in Austin and for some years, so did her Band of Joy bandmate live with her, as a couple. Robert Plant, yeah that Robert Plant the voice of the legendary Led Zeppelin! There is a great picture online that somebody took of them at Patty's house in Travis Heights in South Austin. It is Halloween and this guy is trick or treating with his kids and he sees Patty Griffin in a apron and Robert Plant in his undershirt. He got a photo of them and the kids in their costumes, I have included that photo on this episode's cover.

    Let's start this set of with a rockin' little number.

    Truth #2 and Top of the World, those were both recorded by the Dixie Chicks for their Home album. And Top of the World may have become a hit for them, but not after fans turned on them when lead singer Natalie Maines made some disparaging remarks oversees about fellow Texan, President George W. Bush.
    That was Patty Griffin singing Top of the World live on a previous ACL Taping, even before she had recorded it on an album.

    This last song, it's my favorite, if it doesn't make you cry, I don't know what will, enjoy and thanks for listening!

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  • Steve Earle - tiny curations

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    01 - Northern Winds
    02 - Ben McCulloch
    03 - Taneytown
    04 - Two Girls

    For his fifth performance on ACL, the legendary Steve Earle presents Guy, his acclaimed tribute to his songwriting mentor and ACL Hall of Fame legend Guy Clark.  Cooler than Steve Earle, hell yeah! That was Roger Creager singing about how he feels after drinking Everclear! My lovely wife Jenny won tickets to see a double taping tonight for the Austin City Limits 45th season with Steve Earle and the Dukes and Patty Griffin!

    You can watch, too, as tonight they will air both full live sets of these iconic singer/songwriters. The broadcast episodes will air on PBS later this year as part of our upcoming Season 45.


    In March of 2013, standing at the baggage carousel, I first thought that the long bearded man standing next to was the legendary Producer, Rick Rubin, but realizing it was Steve Earle, I talked to him for a minute and wished him luck on his big SXSW gig. But we then found ourselves together in the oversized luggage together, as I needed 2 kids car seats, while he awaited his guitar.

    This first song is about a Confederate General, now now buried in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin.

    There is an encampment outside of Austin, Camp Ben (McCulloch). On some land near my house, in Driftwood. They still meet every first full moon in June. I camped there this past year for the 123rd reunion. Est. in 1896 as a reunion site for the United Confederate Veterans, it is now the last of it's kind, still hosting a yearly reunion. I camped there one night this year.

    Taneytown, this next song, I read more about it Doghouse Roses: Stories Paperback from 2002.

    That last song was a Townes van Zandt song. Steve sought him out and Towne's became his mentor. There is a great recent movie "Blaze" that has a great depiction of Townes. Anyhow, this song is from 2001's Poet: A Tribute To Townes Van Zandt. But Steve ended up recording an entire album of of his material, "Towne's". And more recently another, for his other mentor, Guy Clark, simply called "Guy", this is the album that he should be doing tonight. 

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  • RIP Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys - tiny curations

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    01 - Damn It Feels Good 2 Be A Gangsta

    02 - Stranded On Death Row
    03 - Intro
    04 - Takin' It Back

    Bushwick Bill, H towns own, the Fifth Wards own, from the legendary rap group, the Geto Boys, passed away last Sunday night.

    There is a great article in this week's Austin Chronicle about him finding his musical playground here in Austin:
    https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2019-06-10/in-austin-bushwick-bill-found-his-musical-playground/

    He told the Chronicle in summer 2013. “I'm in my own hazy world, not even knowing all about music, and out here I get to meet real musicians where their feelings come through their fingertips into their instruments, and they mean it! It's not programmed or sampled or stolen. The Geto Boys had played Emos, which turns out to be their final appearance there, in January 2013. Afterwards, Bushwick stayed behind and made Austin his new home for the next few years.
    He would pop up impromptu at shows. I saw him one night rapping solo with a backing band at Hotel Vegas, I posted a video on Youtube, please search for it, if you would like to see it:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9hbRkeyClE

    He closed that night by announcing that he was buying drinks for the whole house! But rather than taking him up on the offer, my friend and I left and found him alone, exhausted, sitting on a curb in front of the bar.

    He became the Bill Murray of Austin, appearing everywhere!

    I again ran into him sitting at a picnic table, where I was able to talk with him for a bit.

    A couple years later, I was watching Brown Sabbath. Which is the band Brownout doing Black Sabbath covers. Imagine this with me, in the middle of NIB, Bushwick appears and breaks into THIS: his famous rap from "Mind Playing Tricks on Me".
    It was incredible!

    As for the rest of the Geto Boys, Scarface, well apparently his name is Brad Jordan, where coincidentally last Sunday, he announced that he was running for Houston City Council.

    And Willie D, I ran into him a few months ago at Austin at the Office Space 20th Anniversary party, I asked him about Bushwick, but he couldn't tell me much. A few weeks later it was announced that Bushwick was fighting pancreatic cancer.

    Let's start this tribute with the song from that film, in what is probably the best work scene / work revenge scene ever recorded:

    Yep, that was Bushwick on Dr. Dre's The Chronic album.
    And finally, those last songs were Bushwick's redemption of all of the foul language that he had spread for all of those year.

    He will be missed.

    Thanks for listening to tiny curations.

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  • Joe Ely - tiny curations

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    01 - All Just To Get To You

    02 - Gallo del Cielo
    03 - Imagine Houston

    One month ago I saw Joe Ely play his acoustic guitar in a small living room at a private fundraiser for Texas State's Wittliff Collection in Terrytown in Austin. Bill Wittliff, the screenwriter and Director was the honoree that night and shared some wonderful stories about being 15 and meeting Elvis. Bill passed away yesterday at the age of 79. So I would like to honor Mr. Wittliff with this episode of tiny curations, featuring Joe Ely.

    Joe Ely, Austinite by way of Lubbock had long ago with Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock, he formed the Flatlanders which has been resurrected after many years. He befriended the Clash in their early days. Joe Strummer and the Clash loved him so much, that when they booked their first American tour, they came to Texas and toured with Joe Ely leading their way.

    But let's let the music speak for itself, in this first song you may recognize another one of his admirer and friends familiar voice:

    That was Imagine Houston, recently released from the vault, from "B4 84". This song captures his spark in the early 80's, using an Apple II!

    Before that was, Gallo del Cielo, or Sky Rooster, that may be the best chicken fighting song every written. Both songs from
    And did you hear that voice on All Just to Get to You, that was none other than The Boss, he loves Joe, too!

    Joe Ely still plays around Austin and goes on small tours, be sure to catch him, he's one of the good ones! 

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  • RIP Roky Erickson - tiny curations

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    01 - Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)
    02 - Creature with the Atom Brain
    03 - Night of the Vampire
    04 - I Walked With a Zombie

    These shows are distilled into only the very best and mostly rare tracks that represent an artist to me. Attention spans are short and so are these shows. We try to keep these shows to around 15 or so minutes. That might mean 2-4 songs, so hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!

    Like it a bit longer? Well check out a full artist spotlight and Deep Dive into the music with Deep Dives w/ Matt Comer!

    This was not planned to be the first episode. However, with last Friday's passing of Psychedelic Rock Founder and Austin native, Roky Erickson. This must be the first tiny curations show in honor of this late legend!

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  • Willie Nelson - DEEP WILLIE - Deep Dives w/ Matt Comer

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    01 - That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) - written by Haven Gillespie

    02 - Graceland - written by Paul Simon
    03 - I'd Have To Be Crazy - written by Steven Fromholz
    04 - Don't Mess with Texas - Commercial
    05 - The Maker - written by Daniel Lanois
    06 - The Bob Song - written by Big Kenny Alphin
    07 - Marie - written by Townes Van Zandt
    08 - Oklahoma Wind - written by Billy Joe Shaver
    09 - Live Forever - written by Billy Joe Shaver and Eddy Shaver
    10 - Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) - written by Bob Dylan
    H&R Block Willie Nelson Advice Doll Super Bowl 38 Commercial (2004)
    11 - The Legend - written by Kris Kristofferson
    HR Block Tax Commercial
    12 - Gravedigger - written by Dave Matthews
    13 - The Scientist - written by Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion of Coldplay
    14 - Just Breathe - written by Eddie Vedder

    DEEP WILLIE

    April 29th Willie's 86th Birthday: DEEP WILLIE

    Today is April 29th, 2019. Happy Birthday 86th Birthday Willie! Austin's own, Willie Nelson, among other things is known as a singer/songwriter. On this day, rather than focusing on his renowned songwriting legacy, let us instead celebrate him as a singer. A singer of other's songs. These songs are rarely found on any of his many greatest hits albums. Nor likely heard at his shows. But these are among my favorites, here is DEEP WILLIE.

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  • Mötley Crüe - Deep Dives w/ Matt Comer

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    01 - In the Beginning
    02 - Helter Skelter
    03 - Bastard
    04 - Ten Seconds to Love
    Mötley Crüe - Austin, Texas 5.12.1983 - radio spot
    05 - Merry-Go-Round
    06 - On With The Show
    07 - Louder Than Hell
    08 - SIXX A.M. X-Mas in Hell
    09 - Dancing on Glass
    10 - You're All I Need
    11 - All in the Name of... [Live in Moscow]
    12 - T.N.T. (Terror 'N Tinseltown)
    13 - Uncle Jack
    14 - Saints Of Los Angeles
    15 - Like a Virgin

    The Dirt streaming now on Netflix

    Deep Dives w/ Matt Comer - Mötley Crüe


    Happy Earth Day Everybody! To me nothing says Earth Day like this band. A group that has been around this planet many times and known by all of it's inhabitants. Selling out arenas and filling stadiums.More of a scourge to this planet, but nevertheless a band that needs no more introduction, ... but...From Hollywood, California Please Welcome The bad boys of rock an roll, Mötley Crüe!

    The Crüe are riding high again at the moment, thanks to The Dirt movie, now streaming on Netflix.
    Released this time last month on March 22. Nobody else but Netflix could have gotten this movie made.
    They've tried, they tried for 18 years, but now that it is here and available for our viewing pleasures.
    This has brought them back into the spotlight, their soundtrack to the Dirt is at the top of the charts! As well are their Greatest Hits and other albums.:

    And even their singles are back on the Billlboard 200, charting at:  
    9 Kickstart My Heart" at No.9 ;
    13 "Home Sweet Home" (No. 13);
    18 "The Dirt (Est. 1981)," featuring Machine Gun Kelly (No. 18);
    20 "Girls, Girls, Girls" (No. 20); 
    22 "Dr. Feelgood" (No. 22); 
    23 "Shout at the Devil" (No. 23); and 
    24 "Live Wire" (No. 24).

    I'm so excited, let's Kickstart  this Heart into top fuel funny car high gear!!!

    Wait, wait, wait, no.
    Sorry about that haha.
    You will not hear any of here.

    The point of this show, is to highlight a band's deep cuts, album tracks that you would have otherwise missed because they were never on these kind of charts.

    The set of songs that I have selected for this show today will consist of songs that you may not know and love. But these are still songs that I love and think will represent the band well and you can walk away having a more rounded knowledge of the bands catalog.

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  • Valentine's Day love songs that you didn't know were actually stalker and creeper songs

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    01 - Enrique Iglesias - Escape

    02 - The Police - Every Breath You Take
    03 - Audioslave - Like A Stone
    04 - The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
    05 - The Human League - Don't You Want Me
    06 - Blondie - One Way or Another
    07 - Dave Matthews Band - Crush
    08 - Garbage - #1 Crush
    09 - Rhett Akins - That Ain't My Truck
    10 - The Cure - A Night Like This
    11 - Frankie Valli - My Eyes Adored You
    12 - Lionel Ritchie - Hello
    13 - Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me


    Valentine's Day love songs that you didn't know were actually stalker and creeper songs:

    MATT: Hi! I'm Matt Comer, and I'm here with Antonio Banda.

    ANTONIO: Hey there, and happy Valentine's Day!

    MATT: Yes, and speaking of Valentine's Day, we're here to bring you [20] love songs you didn't know are actually stalker and creeper songs.

    ANTONIO: That's right. We asked a Facebook online dating group, and our friends, what their favorite mislabeled love songs are, and we curated their suggestions into this creepy, yet romantic, playlist.

    MATT: So, cuddle up with your favorite creeper …er… I mean, valentine, and enjoy.

    MATT: This is Matt.

    ANTONIO: And this is Antonio.

    MATT: And you're listening to [20] love songs you didn't know are actually stalker and creeper songs.

    MATT: Thanks for joining us for [20] love songs you didn't know are actually stalker and creeper songs. Have thoughts about this playlist?

    ANTONIO: Or maybe we missed a song that you think should be on here?

    MATT: Whatever the case, post your feedback and suggestions in the [insert slack channel name] slack channel. We'd love to hear from you.

    ANTONIO: Except no stalking, please…unless it's in song form.

    MATT: Fair enough.

    Thanks, again, for listening, and have a happy Valentine's Day!

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