Brevity this day my loyal readers. A busted keyboard and little to prattle on about means that original text is at a premium and I shan't bother with the niceties. So welcome to 2008 and enjoy two hours of some selected tracks. Like a very special after school special I hope that we can all learn a very important lesson from what just happened. And so, drugs are bad (or at least expensive), you don't need friends like that, and, of course, time is precious. Oh so precious - I wouldn't read this verbiage I spew grab the tracks and go do something for christ's sake.Lets get started.1) Sargasso Trio - Heels on FireJust about perfect. And this is the stand out track of the ol' cast. buy2) The Field - Fall From A Height (Remix)Tied and Tickled Trio - Aelita 1The much ballyhooed Swedes in rough mix with the post jazz of the trio.3) B.C. Camplight - Soy Tonto!A masterful piece of eclecticity by a man I can really identify with.buy4) Lisa Portelli - A Mon MeubleI don't know French but I know what I like.5 ) Chromeo - Fancy FootworkThe best electro-pop funk educated 2 step duo since the 80's. 6) Vampire Weekend - Oxford CommaAnd their back for a second track. Less Paul Simon more lerft field.7) The Magnetic Fields - Three-WayThe opening track on their new album is this stellar piece of heavy drenched erotic propulsuion. buy8) Enon - Mirror on You  (site not epileptic safe) Need more noise and this time with lyrics? Another opening track.buy9) The Shermans - DumbheadLet's bring it down with this jangle pop series of insults.10) David Vandervelde - Nothin' NoAnd let's bring in the fuzz with some psychedelic retrospective on the pressing interests of love.11) The Whitsundays - Sorry JamesLet us know put that to the task of age.12) Dr. Dog - Ain't It StrangeTo close this set let's get a bit of Beatles-esque revival. Oh that is nice - a balm on the frazzled soul it is. 13) Tunng - BulletsIs it a narrative, a survivalist trope on the dangers of forgetting and trying? A rumination on loss and life? A spectacular folksie sing along? yes14) Steve Dawson - Fun Machine OneGet up and jig now. An open plain and ample night clothe this track and bring the guitar a quality of lyrical fire. 15) Miss Li - I'm Sorry, He's Mine"And it started like love should. I tole him from my best friend." Doesn't get any straighter than that.16) Patrick and Eugene - Postcard From SummerisleOh that is nice piece of weird right there. Electronica can't do no wrong.17) Midnight Juggernauts - Dragonette's I Get Around (Remix) A solid bass bin kick is elemental to any good groove. The vocal samples with additional reworking takes the head bop and hand dance into pure pop infection territory.18) DJ Logic feat. Miri Ben-AriA very ambient track of Logic working with the instrumental hip hop violinist Ben-Ari. 19) Mandragora - La Cumparsita (Tango Christ Superstar)A re-working (orgaicmash-up, jazz riff, etc) of the Cumparsita with Jesus Christ Superstar's bassline. Encore!20) Hungry Marching Band - Gde Si BreThis lively outfit just did a show that I missed. My greatest regret of the year so far. Coincidentally how cool is the album name: "Portable Soundtracks for Temporary Utopias"? 21) Lou Reed - Perfect DayMr. Reed just keeps getting better and by the gods of if this track hasn't aged half as well as the rest than the geometrical growth of goodness shall soon outstrip the entire catalog of crooning whelps of the present day. Saccharine pop bullshit and all.22) Kerkko Koskinen - Sparkling ArsenicA whirlwind orchestral set of the ex-Ultra Bra-ist with the Umo Jazz Orchestra. Sounds like Yoko Kanno with a spy movie OST.23) Mariee Sioux - Wizard Flurry HomeHaunting and hurt - chills all around. But the warm instrumentation and rhythmic lyricism saves it from being a melancholic dirge or sap fest all to common in these tropes.24) Mekons - Dickie, Chalky and Nobbyoh I needed this.25) George Bush - ImagineDon't forget to register to vote people.26) Grails - Silk rdAnd this PDX track to give me a little room to breath before I go claustrophobic shit for brains insane on the closed in breathing that I feel when I think of the next 366 days.27) Emir Kusturica & No Smoking Orchestra - Who killed the D.J.Alas the song is too solid for the fog of memory to be contained in only by the original release and has spawned from the first the denizens of strange continents interjoined by oddity and inspiration.28) MC5 - Kick out the JamsJust what I needed to get the old blood sloshing around these old collapsed and bruised tubes to half aspirated ventricles and world weary capillaries. Join me now for the head long rush into what is bound to be a spectacular year.image from:Dick TracyBacking tracks:Band Of Horses - Is there a ghostBe Mine (Ocelot Mthrfckrs Remix)Pratique - Death for Blushing Roguemini mix nineDigitalism  - Idealism Xiu Xiu - I Do What I Want When I WantBlur - Country House

For the more perceptive of you - you may have noticed an interesting spelling of name than the common hum drum consonant-vowel-consonant type. For the more Dutch of you you may have not thought anything of it. And if your are as perceptive and Dutch as I am you'd be completely confused about nearly anything - especially this bit. I'll cut right to the quick - I share my name with the Santa's black friends. The helpful and kind, and once enslaved, but now just friends, assistants to Saint Nick. I could pillage this Sedaris piece for cheap laughs but I've got a classy angle here to up hold so I'll spare the sallacious back story of pseudo-sobriquets for another occasion when I'm feeling even more like boring everyone with a ham-fisted intro. So here is David Sedaris and his "Six to Eight Black Men" from his Live at Carnegie Hall performance. buyEnjoy and Happy Holidays from all of me to all of you.Image from: Subterranean Homepage News

My self proclaimed hiatus seems to have been declared in haste. Admittedly this has much to do with the matter of my being recently relieved of my scholastic concerns and let loose in those green pastures of leisure time. And like all things leisurely, such as strolls, it is a constitutional, a blam on the jaded nerves and jangled devices of self defense. Not to put too fine a point on it this is a bit of a mix up more leaning to the classics as would befit a peace of mind. Enough blather - oh but one thing, before I continue - be sure to take a tab and catch up on your folk's eye candy by checking out the adventures of Quasi. Still un-inspired? Catch the 1967 video for Pierre Henry's Psyché Rock. Astounding enough that it's machine evolution predates Kurzweil and more effective because of it.One last video, sure how about the entire 1929 movie from Communist Russia Man with Movie Camera. Your grandfather's jaw presumably dropped during the raw 'documenting the world as it is' scene.Alright enough of that. Lets listen to some music.Hombres - Let it Out (let it all hang out) Mark Prindle sums it up better than I ever could.buyCreaky Boards - BrooklynThis is, for me, right now, a definitive track. It is also very good and catchy too. They haven't made a big move in the world yet but they seem to have the chops for the pop indie boards and I for one highly anticipate watching their development. buyVampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa KwassaThe Paul Simon afro beat inflected swing in this piece is adds the force necessary to get the song shaking a steady rhythm. I can only wish that I had played it sooner.Les Problemes - Je ne Vois RienThis French 60's psych song roughly translates as "I don't See Anything" - included here for the furious francophilia each of us have at heart. I don't have much information of these guys but apparently they got involved with the french peace lovers in the '60s and acquired the ire of the conservative types on the matter of the war. buyOlympic Runners - Just Funkin` Around My soul funk submission for the month (by contractual obligation) is this stand out freak out jazzed up track by the overlooked and underheard UK band.buyThe Stranglers - Golden BrownIt's the most up tempo song about heroin - Merry Christmas! buyNew Pornographers - Myriad HarbourAnother modern miracle of catchy tunes about NYC. What luck! And yes it's a track that should have gone up long time back.buyIan Dury - Sex & Drugs & Rock & RollHere's a little bit of advice, you're quite welcome it is freeDon't do nothing that is cut-price you'll know what they'll make you beThey will try their tricky device, trap you with the ordinaryGet your teeth into a small slice of the cake of libertybuyLoose Salute - DeathclubActually much more clean cut than you would think - the outfit is from the UK and is currently on Graveface. It's a high cut of folkpop and worth a visit.buyJimi Hendrix - 1983... (a Merman I Should Turn to be) (podcast cut)Shortened by half - but needing no introduction.buyPierre Henry - Psyché RockPierre was an exceedingly prolific 20th century composer. This track pairs him with a fellow composer, Michel Colombier, during the annus mirabilis of '67. original videobuyBlitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain NationThe hot shit from PDX. I like to think that in a perfect world these guys would crush the pearly stylings of the Doug Firin one awesome sonic histrionic session to kick off their careers and me shaking a busted fist and bloody maw at the front of the audience. But now their 'big time' - maybe now they can make it happen. Shit though that is a long way to go for a Doug Fir show.videobuyBram Tchaikovsky - New York ParanoiaNot "Girl of My Dreams" good but at least it's more earnest.Look at that face - could you be less earnest about living in the 80s?buyPanda Bear - Bros editI do hope everyone gets as much of a chilled out kick from this as I did. Damn near walked in to traffic. Damn near didn't care.buyBill Justis - College ManAt the time I had to post this I could only find a mostly instrumental track. It's still got the 'Hate College' bit so I decide to run with it. But don't dismiss Bill. Here is some of the excised lyrics: I got a real cool chick That doesn't dig no square Gets college kicks With her honey anywhereFor myself, now too old for Teenage Kicks can at least keep satisfied with college kicks.buyChandler Travis Philharmonic - WirelessTo quote their site: Alternative Dixieland - Puts the 'harm" in "Philharmonic" Though if cover design is anything I don't think this will go platinum:man at least throw a lens flare on that thing.buyJoe Turner & His Blues Kings - Shake, Rattle & RollYeah it's so damn overplayed that I'm a frickin cliché to play it, right? Hell no - it's still good after the twentyth time round. Now you can pick this up on plenty of comps (and some originals if you invested well in the 90's) but I suggest this one:buyAndrew Sisters - Beer Barrel PolkaCuriously it seems that this got good distribution because the Nazis popularized it when they invaded Czechoslovakia. huh.Then it got big play from Benny Goodman, and Billie Holiday, and Liberace.huh.So the only folks of 'lesser races' who haven't reclaimed this song yet are the gypsies. I feel an online petition for Gogol Bordello coming on.Caribou - Melody DayMy current favorite doctor of mathematics fronted Canadian band.The Raveonettes - Christmas SongAhh a christmas song that doesn't suck. How nice.Image From: Fun On Mars Backing tracks:Quasi at the Quackadero - opening trackUz Jsme Doma - Cod Liver OilBodies of Water - I Guess I'll Forget the SoundBill Justis - RaunchyRoberto Carlos - AmigoQuasi at the Quackadero - The ooooh part

The Great Divide of the Weeklies and the Monthlies has fallen - and the podcast to prevent podfade must relinquish the hectic ground of the twice a month update to those whose endeavors are more seasoned for such epic things. Seasoned with garlic and time.So the contemporary crap will mix with golden oldies in a sonic stew unpalatable to anyone but the deaf. Somehow I'm sure you'll all struggle on.Also a 'hello' to everyone (all two of you) visiting me from Tim's Contrast Podcast! For those not in the know - he's done a democratic thing and had everyone vote on the best songs of 2007. Surely a smoking year and my opinions were long thought out and my reasons honed by the sweat of the ear tightly encased in headphones - but alas I thought to long and my votes  were rejected because of deadlines being missed and what not. Still Tim was nice enough to let me introduce two fine sparkling tracks and I highly suggest you check out the rankings of everyone's submission. How is it that I get to be a representative without being able to vote? Well Tim's British and the democratic thing doesn't naturally so there is that. Or maybe he is trying to make things better in the British American rift (that whole secession thing lingers I've been told) by some strange inversion of the traditional processes. It very hard to tell, really.Al Duvall - The Squirrel Shucking BeeA promising piece of freak folk that endeavors to be both old timey backwoods revival without becoming a novelty - the results are mixed. Like the best revivalists Al's work succeeds when it is knowingly winking at the stereotypes of the form it covers. This song of handcrafted squirrel skinnings is of the latter and greater type.buySharon Jones & Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 NightsNot a knowing wink or tidy nod this isn't a revival but a coelacanth  of the soulful funk of motown's golden era. Probably one of the best albums of the year.buyJo Jo and the Fugitives - Chips Chicken Banana SplitOf the compilation of Jamaica to Toronto is this dizzying piece of honest to goodness delight. While I can't find out about it's original release I did find that the compilation is stacked to brimming with other musical notables.buyDark Meat - One More TripA little loud a little brassy a thirteen piece outfit from Athens cruises the coast in a bus destined for no good.buyLife In a Blender - Showers Lose the GirlTaking a hardline stance against hygiene and romance Life reminds us of the reasons people have for smuggling heroin and inflating organs.buyDj JD - FallingA rough segway to some rougher sounds. But do enjoy the spirit behind the sample. Find the whole mix here.Dmitrij - Fuck MNML, Fuck Trance - We Wanna DANCE vol. 3The Czech's keep the party rocking with what is a great track of Bonde Do Role' Gasolina.Find the whole mix here.(Unattributed) - Cold Cut Solid Steel 10-17-2007Lifting tunes off the live radio feeds of Australia leaves one in lurch when the attributions of the tunes are not included nor published. I imagine that they are distributed on leaflets by wallabies throughout the red tinted sunburned land of criminals and jazzy djs. Catch the show here.Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou - 80's dream parasolA recent visitor to NYC from Fukuoka Japan (no, I'm making that up, really there is a town in Japan called that. Yes, I know - it probably does mean something else in their language and this whole thing is rather sophomoric). We hope he had a good time - because  we love the tourists. C64 Orchestra - Monty on the runAnd now for the glitches to be smoothed into pomo pomp (pomop?) and circumstance with an orchestral piece of 8 bit music. Like to stab out your ears with sharpened metronomes? Listen to the original.Clear Tigers - BoredomMiddling to average I admit - but I like it. The soprano of the vocals are clear and the organic piano bits are great to boot. If they would have another round of shows here in town I'd probably pay them a visit.High Places - GoldenHere is something I could get behind, see Clear Tigers they do shows that I can attend. A tidy piece of whimsy.Seventeen Evergreen - Burn the FruitThis is a spectacular band that to my knowledge is getting very little attention despite some good gifts and high production values. But I do have a soft spot for male female duets with xylophone rhythm sections. buyThe Rumblestrips - Alarm ClockA band with a modicum of success overseas. Hopefully not due to the ska-ist inflections but the proto-punk jumpy rhythms and new wave breakdowns. buyMountain Goats - Alpha IncipiensDamn it they came to town again and under my radar they rocked in manner I imagine I would have kicked myself for missing - and having missed it I kick myself.official online live showsDisposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Television The Drug of the NationI've been watching Heroes and Flight of the Conchords a lot. I should stop but then again at least it's good stuff.Stay Human!Vitalic Remix - Cardboard LambAnother reason we all should support free use policies is because the groove needs to be made whether or not the original artist even likes it. That's right, recycling isn't just for paper and PETE products.buySteve Hefter and Friends of Friends - BullshitA piece of peaceful piano and angry sentiments to clear off the abuses of a monthImage from:www.unionky.eduBacking tracks:Jimmy McCracklinFalling - Dj JDMoby (feat. Kronos Qrt) - God Moving Over the Face of the WaterGene & The Esquires - Space RaceSam Cooke - Good Times

And with the holidays and everything what the hell.1. Lee Dorsey - Confusion2. Slim Harpo - Te-ni-nee-ni-nu3. Page France - A Belly To The Sea4. Byther Smith - What My Mamma Told Me5. The Old Ceremony - Hearts Were Made6. Mavis Staples - This Little Light7. Howard Roberts - Sack O'Woe8. Sam Cooke - Another Satruday Night9. Mason Jennings - Where the sun had been10. Little Milton - Who's Cheatin' Who11. Champion Jack Dupree - Louise12. Led Zeppelin - Dancing Days (Live)13. Brazilian Girls - Sweatshop14. James - Fine15. Thee Headcoats - A Town Named Squaresville16. Language Of Flowers - Songs About You17. Charlie Feathers - tongue-tied jill18. Jens Lekman - Pocketful Of Money19. Neil Young - Expecting To FlyImage from Kingdom of LoathingBacking tracks: Skeleton Keys - Watch The Fat Man SwingSkip James - Catfish BluesSkwei - NuFruitTierneys Fugitives - Did You Want To Run AwaySix Organs of Admittance - Dark NoontidePlaid - porn coconut co

It's my birthday so the post needs no introduction blather.1. The Feelies - Big Cheese2. Uberzone - Satisfaction3. Supermayer - The Art of Letting Go4. Animal Collective - Peacebone5. Jens Lekman - Drive In Bingo6. Dave Grusin - Gasoline Alley7. Cherrystones - Crawl Back To Mine8. Jamie Lidell - Multiply9. Roosevelt Franklin - Red Pepper pt. 110. Tom Brosseau - Committed to Memory11. Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freak Out12. Shack Shakers - Swampblood13. The National - Fake Empire14. Six Organs of Admittance - Hazy SF15. Psapp - King Kong16. Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler17. Madvillian - Accordion18. T Bone Burnett - I'm Going On A Long Journey Never To ReturnImage From: www.samugliestdog.comBacking Tracks: Fujiya & Miyagi - CollarboneKelpe Yippee SpaceTom Tyler - Drinking Tea From an Empty CupPapercuts - John BrownDigitalism - Zdarlight

Johnny Otis - Crazy Country HopThe mustachioed Mr. Otis takes us up with the first track with the rosing jangle rock of a fictional hop party of the rural south. Johnny almost made it into this podcast twice but, unfortunately I pulled the plug on the second track because of skips and blips.buyRay Cannon and the Chorals - Mule SkinnerNot sure about the attribution of this track. I pulled it off the radio and got the name from the dj's and now can't find anything about the man - the sadness because this is such a fine track.Band of Horses - Our SwordsA contemporary radio pop ditty from sub-pop's signed folksie creatures list.Dyke and The Blazers - Let a Woman be a WomanI swear the opening rhythm section of this track is the kind of kick ass funk that would later be birthed into the dance floor era's best breakbeat syncopated shake downs.buyHank Williams - Lost HighwayIt's golden.buyTony Rivers & the Castaways - Come Back BabySadly, out of print Columbia recording. What a lovely blur of mod-ish brit pop, though.Michael Talbott & the Wolf Kings - Passenger IAnother track of recent coinage - due they stack up to the classics? All in the eye of the beholder I guess. But still worth a listen.buyBrain Wilson - VegetablesMr. Wilson is touted as genius by some and here we find the rhythm section provided by people eating carrots. Wicked smart folks. Vince Taylor - Brand New CadillacThis was Vince's big hit. And nothing goes along with vegetables as well as muscle car rock.Iron & Wine - Beneath the BalconyI think I may see them live here this week. Who knows? Oh a tuneful melancholy. Carl Perkins - RestlessAnother artist who is mostly living on compilations now a days though I saw a 45 of four tracks on ebay. Not much good till I get a turntable. Still this piece rumbles about with it's elbows out. I wonder how much rock was inspired by the idea that you could drive somewhere else.Larry Williams - Slow DownI like to think this tidy track could snuggle comfortably with The Door's song of the same subject. Bobby Byrd - Hot Pants ... I\'m Coming, I\'m ComingOh the funk! I forgot. Bobby is a spicy dish that lists like a ship without regrets. Recently passed away, best of luck with that Karmic Wheel man.Byther Smith - Walked All Night LongByther, what a name! What a threatening display of the blues! Back in the day all blues man packed pieces openly just in case their old lady ever did the tango to another man. Dark days. Bloody Rampage.moreSepteto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro - el Adois De este MomentoSweet damnation I don't know Spanish. But, if I had to guess, this track is about a magic bus. I think that is the chorus. Viva la mass transit!Ann Peebles - Somebody\'s on your caseLots of funk and bad choice in men. Or maybe undedicated paranoia. 'Secret sick days' is a great little bit of euphemism.James Brown - Don\'t Tell a Lie on Me and IFrom the album Hell this is a funk strut piece that nearly, beautifully, almost collapses in it's unraveled paroxysms of constant breakdowns.The Tams - The Greatest LoveThis months crooner is a Pope. If only the papists swang like Charles and his jamming Tams.African Music Machine - Black Water GoldEven a steady solid band can get lost in the shuffle and that is bobbling under phenomenon of the AMM in the funk-o'-verse of the 70's. Hang your head in shame those of you who did not dig on this when it was fresh.The Remains - Hang On SloopyI had always known this song as the pop piece but, and correct me if I'm wrong, the earlier original featured here is an amalgam of proto-punk and a brit pop back burner. Glory, what a song.Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - Wooly BullyAnd wrapping it all up is the rouser for the mother who danced when she worked. Happy Birthday Mom.Byther Smith - Funky ManWynonie Harris - I Got a Lyin\' WomanCurtis Mayfield - If I were Only a Child AgainBobby Kuban - The CheaterBuddy Guy - What kind of woman is this

A brief but rousing little mini-cast cause my day is slow and indie pop is rocking the office headphones

Murder by Death - Dead Men and Sinners

A boisterous sea chanty gets the punk push in this piece by the blurred concept artists.

The Essex Green - Julia

A sweet memento is waiting to be claimed by this song by the now elsewhere and too busy to work on music music group Essex Green. No fear next time I hear them playing again I'll be sure to go.

Franz Ferdinand - Cheating On You

Boy wow these guy's will be big someday soon. That's right ttmt bringing you the freshness.

Hot Chip - Plastic

A shame I used up the popularity joke on Franz.

The Olivia Tremor Control - Grass Canons

Never forget the Elephant Six. Some great bands came of off such a small label

The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #2 (Laika)

Yeah I played them before too but that was a shitty live recording. Damn all this time And I still love that song. The rest of it, not so much.

CHAOS - Grune

A really really impromtu show includes the random members of the audience and these folks are keeping the dream of the anything goes alive and well.

 

image is the Warren Commision's report which came out today in 1964.

Ahhh - September when the air is cool and New York is less violently antithetical to human existence. To ring in the Calculus course and the Brooklyn Book Festival I bring you another mildly amusing number of songs that I heard in recent car commercials and funeral processions. Am I doing any of this right yet?

No. I still make to many mistakes.1. The Fugs - Skin Flowers

A long and semi-distinguished career has brought the Fugs a small amount of fame. Their Final CD compilation even got voted on highly by Rolling Stone for Greatest Album. The just had a reunion tour this year and are working towards releasing a DVD of it via CdBaby.

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2. Portishead - Stranger (Live)

The infamous live a Roseland show I believe.

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3. The Hives - I Hate to Say I Told You So

Not to often to I post straight up pop but the energy on this track (a sort of over produced punk) fit my mood too well to let it go.

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4. The Fiery Furnaces - Navy Nurse

New album 'Widow City' finds the old gang in bed with delerious amounts of heavy sounds. An altogether larger departure from previous tones than the infamous (and heart warming) signing with Grandma album. Highly recommended for the variety of ways it compels you to invest in a bass amp.

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5. They Might Be Giants - First Kiss

Well the FF track preceding this was just so damn heavy I had to lighten the groove some how so this is the obligatory palate reset track. TMBG also came out with a new album and I've every intent to make a smart purchase of it the moment I get the hookers under my thumb again.

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6. Acid Casuals - Wa Da Da

Nothing says a good time for all like a music collective. And these guys are that and a massive clooective it is - and welsh too boot!

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7. Devendra Banhart - Long Haired Child

The real stand out track of freak folk on this podcast. I was delighted to hear it the first time I stumbled upon it and was doubly excited to find he's putting out a new album here on the 26th.

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8. Echu Minga - Pueblo Nuevo

A sister on nonesuch records alongside superstars Buena Vista Social Club Echu takes a track and reworks it to an understated dj haze. Well I liked it a lot.

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9. The Replacements - I Will Dare

The preeminent punk band on a straight forward track here.

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10. Brazilian Girls - All We Have

A more mellow offering than what their known for, this track is for the thoughtful moment before we dive into the aural catastroph of the next track.

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11. Polysics - New Wave Jacket

Someone brought 'technicolor pogo punk' and it was loud but still good.

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12. TullyCraft - Fall 4 U

Not one of my favorite TullyCraft songs (check the grammophone for 'Our Times in Kansas'). But they've got another album coming out in October so I'll show the so-saids the whatfor by then. Be sure to check back in sometime.

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13. Mahala Rai Banda - Romano Dance

What a damn miracle find! I do hope that there is some enjoyment in the various headphones when this gets the listen to. Dig the Bucharest Ghetto Gypsies.

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14. Sugababes - Red Dress (Caged Baby Remix)

A bit of the electro remix can revitalize even the mainest of pop songs on this it does double the work turning the piece into a solid work dance floor propaganda.

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15. Man Man - Push The Eagles Stomach

Man Man here with a second song (I did - if I do recall put the other under the Weird Road Trip - the most despised podcast I have here, tune into it and find out what you're missing). This one; even less intelligble. 

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16. Wolf Parade - You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son

The British Colombia's indies with a moving tune about the extinction of hedgehogs in the British Isles.

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17. Ok Go - Invincible

A stupendous lack of exercise machines! Yet the haircuts are brilliant!

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18. Grassella Oliphant - Ain't that peculiar

Fancy and underrated mid '60s jazz funk brimming with the busted stuttering that breakbeats will one day embrace. How is it that this is unknown?

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19. Tipper - California Rolls

Tipper is a smart piece of IDM by British Nu Breaker Dave Tipper. Mostly eclectic sometimes elegant - the pop-ish inflections make the access easy and the chill out warmer and more inviting than some other of the similar sort (nothing against you Amon Tobin, but really).

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Backing Tracks:Alexander Robotnick - Dance Boy DanceYoshida Brothers - StormEric Dolphy - Out To LunchErnest Ranglin - UndecidedImage From  CrackSkullBob

A weird road trip is soon to ensue and what with the tornadoes and floods, school and work, moving and weddings - the summer wouldn't be complete were it not for the obligatory road trip. The omens do cloud the horizons just last night I was set upon at my window by may cockroaches trying to find their way inside. So spooked was I when one alit upon my head that in a panic my library book (Collected Anthology of Shakespearian Criticism 1945-2000) was lost out the window and into the inaccessible yard of my neighbor three floors below. Why were cockroaches trying to get into my house - seriously weird animal behavior .. . what dark portents. For the occasion of our outing I will share with you the mix cd that shall pilot us north-northwest to the capitol of cool Das Buffalo!

1. 50 hertz - Dagen da kriget kom till stan
2. bonzo dog band - trouser song
3. Lords of the New Church - Gun Called Justice
4. bruce haack - electric lucifer
5. mr bungle - chemical marriage
6. the soft boys - only the stones remain
7. fatboy slim - weapon of choice
8. buck 65 - the floor
9. Cibo Matto - Sugar Water
10. jan turkensburg - remkesmars
11. Cream - Wrapping Paper
12. telex - rock arond the clock tonight
13. Booby Coon - Never get ahead
14. yy snonos - cracking codes
15. Kid Koala - Bonus Materials on the set of Fender Bender
16. Man Man - Man who Make You Sick
17. protman - 125whrrd_20070601
18. Beck - Tunder Peel
19. Spike Jones And His Cuty Slickers - The tennessee waltz
20. William s Burroghs - place of dead

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