OK, another Christmas Random Ten, hopefully with few if any clunkers:

1. “Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella” – Canadian Brass – A Canadian Brass Christmas
2. “Christmas Oratorio: Grosse Herr, O Starker Keonig” – J.S. Bach – Christmas Music
3. “A Virgin Unspotted” – Paul Hillier – Carols from the Old & New Worlds
4. “The First Toymaker to the King” – Joan Gardner – Rudolph, Frosty & Friends
5. “Nativity” – Revels – The Christmas Revels
6. “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” – Johnny Mathis – Christmas with Johnny Mathis
7. “Rocking” – Deller Consort – The Holly & the Ivy
8. “For Unto Us a Child Is Born” – Veggie Tales – The Incredible Singing Christmas Tree
9. “Silver Bells” – Johnny Mathis – Merry Christmas (BTW, excellent arrangements by Percy Faith and his Orchestra)
10. “Mass in C ‘Coronation’: Benedictus” – W.A. Mozart – Christmas with the Vienna Boys Choir

So far, not so bad. Now the Bonus:
11. “In Dulci Jubilo” – J.S. Bach – A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols (no such thing as too much Bach)
12. “I Wonder As I Wander” – Boston Camerata – An American Christmas

Better than expected. Merry Christmas (and Happy Holiday of Your Choice) to all.

I can’t believe that I got here before heading to my East Coast bedtime. Hope you, Mrs. Tbogg, L&TC and the hounds have a great Holiday.

Man, I hate it when the Bassets roll of the front page. I’ve been loading some new stuff. Lets shake this baby up and see what happens!

1. Bustin’ Surfboards - Dick Dale & The Deltones
2. Suspicious Minds - Fine Young Cannibals
3. Fascination - Human League
4. Hey Baby (Land Of The New Rising Son - M. A. C. C.
5. Vital Signs (Live) - Rrrrrrrush
6. Hands - Raconteurs
7. Superman’s Dead - Our Lady of Peas
8. Cum on Feel The Noise - Slade
9. Now More Than Ever - John Mellencamp
10. Runaway Train - Geddy Lee

Bonus:
11. Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix
12. Mexico - The Refreshments
13. Closer To The Heart - Rrrrrrrush

Man I loaded a bunch of new Rush, Bad Religion, Distillers and stuff, and the only new one popping is The Raconteurs. That Slade was the first song I ever saw a music video for, back in the 70’s. Back then it was a promo. I can’t find the version I saw on YouTube, at least I think not.

1-All These Things That I Have Done - The Killers
2-Queen of the Slipstream - Van Morrison
3-Daughter - Loudon Wainwright III
4-Dimming of the Day - Bonnie Raitt
5-Amsterdam - Guster
6-Meet Virginia - Train
7-Livin’ In The Future - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
8-Swallowed By The Cracks - David and David
9-American Girl - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
10-The River Knows Your Name - John Hiatt

Bonus-Shimmer - Shawn Mullins
Bonus2-The Payback - James Brown

Wow, I kept waiting for a WTF song to pop up, but this is probably my favorite pre-Friday random ten.

1. Sayonara - The Pogues
2. Some Unholy War - Amy Winehouse
3. Cinnamon Girl - Matthew Sweet & Susannah Hoffs
4. The Happy Birthday Song - Andrew Bird
5. Outside the Wall - Pink Floyd
6. How I Spent My Fall Vacation - Bruce Cockburn
7. Bone Chain - Tom Waits (had to be in here somewhere)
8. Hard to Love - Old Crow Medicine Show
9. Just a Little Heat - The Black Keys
10. You Know What They’re Writing About - Van Morrison

Nothing here even close to my Top 25, but that’s the way the cards were dealt this week.

The Accident (Things Could Be Worse) – John Prine
Do You Think About Me? – Waco Brothers
Tulsa County – Rising Sons (Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder, etc.)
Spanish Burgundy – Tom Russell
My Back Pages – Steve Earle
22 – Richard Buckner
Dancefloors – My Morning Jacket
Miss Judy’s Farm – The Faces
Young At Heart – Tom Waits
Watch Your Step – Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Bonus 11 & 12:

Rex’s Blues – Townes Van Zandt
Over The Cliff – Old 97’s

The “Holy crap, it’s actually pre-Friday” Pre-Friday random ten or so

1) “Wrong ‘em Boyo” - The Clash
2) “The Man Comes Around” - Johnny Cash
3) “Heroes From Our Past” - Dropkick Murphys
4) “It Makes a Fellow Proud to be a Soldier” - Tom Lehrer
5) “Turra Market” - The Irish Rovers
6) “The Seventh Stranger” - Duran Duran
7) “WRMS’ Dedication O’ The Bitty” - De La Soul
8: “The Cruel Ship’s Captain” - Bryan Ferry
9) “Shinbone Alley/Hard to Exist” - Spin Doctors
10) “Operation: Mindcrime” - Queensryche

Bonus trackage:

11) “Old Friends/Bookends” - Simon & Garfunkel
12) “These are Days” - 9,999 Maniacs (for GTTim)
13) “Cinnamon Girl” - Neil Young and Crazy Horse

1. Shock the Monkey–Peter Gabriel
2. Herido de Sombras–Ibrahim Ferrer
3. Shadowland–kd lang
4. The Fat Girl–Lyle Lovett
5. They’ll Never Take Her Love From Me–The Coward Brothers
6. Tell Her What She Wants To Know–Sam Phillips
7. Videotape–Radiohead
8. I Summon You–Spoon
9. Gravity Rides Everything–Modest Mouse
10. Twisted–Joni Mitchell

BONUS: All Grown Up–Elvis Costello
Fire and Brimstone–Link Wray

I know.

Schadenfreude - Avenue Q soundtrack
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
The Bells - The Loading Zone
If Only - KT Tunstall
Hey, Hey, What Can I Do? - Led Zeppelin (Thanks, iTunes Store!)
Take Care the Road You Choose - Richard Thompson
If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out - Cat Stevens
Skating Away On the Thin Ice of a New Day - Jethro Tull
Elvis is Everywhere - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
Super Freak - Ricky Scaggs & Bruce Hornsby

Please note that, in adherence to the Great TBoggslamist Conspiracy, my iPod put two adherents to Islam together. And I was facing (vaguely) eastern at the time.

993 songs to choose from, but Kiwis rule the day…..

1. Into Temptation / Crowded House
2. Me & Mr Jones / Amy Winehouse
3. Rollin’ On / Mark Knopfler And Emmylou Harris
4. Mississippi / Dixie Chicks
5. Pennyroyal Tea / Nirvana
6. Hole In The River / Crowded House
7. Alanson, Crooked River / Sufjan Stevens
8. Rag Bihag / Harry Manx
9. Phonograph Blues / Robert Johnson
10. Throw Your Arms Around Me / Crowded House

Bonus #11:

Think / James Brown

All I Have Are Memories (Instrumental) The Byrds Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
Tattooed Love Boys The Pretenders Pretenders
It Never Rains Dire Straits Love Over Gold
One of These Days Camper Van Beethoven Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of Human Kindness (Demo) Elvis Costello Spike Bonus Disc
The Name of This Thing Is Not Love Elvis Costello & The Imposters The Delivery Man
The Light Pours Out Of Me Magazine Rays And Hail 1978-1981
Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon (Utopia Planitia) The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Do You Realize?? The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Big Tears Elvis Costello The Very Best Of Elvis Costello (Disc 2)

Ultravox? Be Bop Deluxe? Yikes, a couple of days ago, they would have showed up on my playlist.

Fred gets his paints out and goes to the basement
Projecting some slides onto a plain white
Canvas and traces it
Fills in the spaces
He turns off the slides, and it doesn’t look right
Yeah, and all of these bastards
Have taken his place
He’s forgotten but not yet gone

“Foolish Heart” – Grateful Dead
“Snowbird” – Anne Murray
“Mistakes” – Godsmack
“Hello Goodbye” – The Beatles
“Between Love and Like” – Granpaboy
“Red Rum” – Celly Cel
“Lose Yourself” – Eminem
“Immaculate Heart” – American Analog Set
“The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot” – Brand New
“The Wanderlust” – Flogging Molly

Special Bonus Track- “Fred Jones Pt 2” – Ben Folds

This one is taken entirely from stuff I downloaded in the last 3 months or so:

Davie Allan & the Arrows - Biker’s Lament
The Fall - Victoria
Cracker - Darling We’re Out of Time
Dead Moon - Dead in the Saddle
Mark Eitzel - Ain’t No Sunshine
Roky Erickson - Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)
Jorge Ben - Ponta da Lanca African (Umbabaraumba)
Dengue Fever - One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula
The Budos Band - Origin of Man
The Big Sleep - Murder

Bonus track:
The Clee-Shays - Get Smart

Not bad…the last of the 10 is a free track that I like okay; otherwise, it’s all killer and approximately zero filler.

Nickel Bags–Digable Planets
Ricky’s Theme–Beastie Boys
Eleven–Primus
Android–Green Day
Sunday Sun–Beck
Big Time–Peter Gabriel
Just One Fix–Ministry
Submission–Sex Pistols
Barely Legal–The Strokes
Stairway To Heaven–Led Zeppelin

Le numero onze: Jump With Me Baby–Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Today is the solstice festival.

Just think.

5,000 years ago, the people of the earth had no proof that the sun god would come back after the shortest day and that the days would continue to get shorter until the world dwindled into unexistence.

Can’t think of a better reason to let it all hang out.

Can’t believe you’d air a private grievance in a civilized public forum as you did in the Bride thread.

Your shame is exceeded only by your lack of cogent argument.

Please contact TBogg for my email address so you can hurl your worthless invective at me personally, as I so courteously did for you.

Yours cordially.

I meant the No Class thread.

Fitting.

I expect this will be the end of the public portion of the you v. me debate, but given your previous lack of courtesy I have my doubts.

1. Winterlong- Neil Young
2. The Only One I Know- Mark Ronson feat. Robbie Williams
3. Enchantment- Corinne Bailey Rae
4. On Your Own- Blur
5. Can’t Get You Out Of My Head- Kylie Minogue
6. Boogie On Reggae Woman- Stevie Wonder
7. Sound And Vision- Franz Ferdinand feat. Girls Aloud
8. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out- The Smiths
9. Moving To New York- The Wombats
10. Ooh- Scissor Sisters

Bonus-
11. Whatever Happened To?- Buzzcocks
12. From The Floorboards Up- Paul Weller

1. The Waltz You Saved For Me - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Take Me Back to Tulsa Disc 2 (Cherokee Maiden)
2. Dialogues des Carmélites 2-2 - Poulenc, Francois - Dialogues des Carmélites
3. Slave Driver - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch a Fire
4. - (Gurnemanz, Gralsrritter, Junglinge, Knaben) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal
5. Dialogues des Carmélites 1-3 - Poulenc, Francois - Dialogues des Carmélites
6. Theme From Harry’s Game - Clannad - Magical Ring
7. Beggars And Saints - Jai Uttal And The Pagan Love Orchestra - Beggars And Saints
8. Bob Wills Boogie - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Take Me Back to Tulsa Disc 3 (Just A Plain Old Country Boy)
9. Making Flippy Floppy - Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
10. Keep On The Sunny Side - Johnny Cash & The Carter Family - The Legend: Family & Friends [Disc 4]
Bonus: Gimme Shelter - Kathy Mattea - Right Out of Nowhere

Mon Legionnaire - Edith Piaf (La Vie En Rose
There’s A Ghost In My House - The Fall (50,000 Fall Fans Can’t Be Wrong)
Cramp Stomp - The Cramps (Big Beat From Badsville)
Monkey Trick - Jesus Lizard (Goat)
Highrider (Adam Beyer Mix) - Christian Smith and Stryke (F.A.C.T. Australia
Every Single Thing - The Muffs (The Muffs)
String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91: I Allegro - Vermeer Quartet (Bartok: String Quartets)
Call Me Animal - MC5 (Back In The USA)
How Many More Years - R. L. Burnside (Well Well Well)
Great Expectations - Kiss (Destroyer)

Well, I’d say that’s pretty random…

“Don’t Get So Down on Yourself” - Chris Isaak
“Cowgirl In The Sand” - Neil Young
“Neverending Math Equation” - Sun Kil Moon
“Look At Little Sister” - Stevie Ray Vaughan
“Time” (Live in Sydney ‘87) - David Bowie
“Rock & Roll With Me” - David Bowie
“Whip Smart” - Liz Phair
“Don’t You Miss Me Darlin’?” - The Guess Who
“Rendezvous” - Bruce Springsteen
“When The Levee Breaks” - Led Zeppelin

War on Christmas Bonus:

“Thank God It’s Not Christmas” - Sparks

What do I hear, what do I hear?
Chit-chat, and clinking glass
Cheap talk, a lady’s laugh
After hours

What do I see, what do I see?
Some sunken hideaway
Where people go to play
After hours

There I’ll spend the night
Meeting fancy things
At bistros and old haunts
Trying very hard to sin

Then it is day and in a way
The pattern’s much the same
In-spots, a matinee
Everyday

Blend with the crowd, blend with the loud
Hypnotic ebb and flow
Until the day goes slowly
Into night

See the same old crowd
At bistros and old haunts
‘Til the lights grow dim,
The not-so-subtle hint to be gone

Chorus:
Thank God it’s not Christmas
When there is only you
And nothing else to do

Thank God it’s not Christmas
Where there’s just you to do
The rest is closed to public view

Caroling kids, caroling kids
A trifle premature, in tones so rich and pure
And crystalline

Call for the day, the popular day
It’s fast approaching now
But will the mood allow
One dissent

If this were the Seine
We’d be very suave
But it’s just the rain
Washing down the boulevard

Chorus:

Popular days, the popular ways
Are for the chosen few
Not meant for me and you
Obviously

Popular nights, poplar rites
Great things to say and do
Aren’t said or done by you
Obviously

If this were Seine
We’d be very suave
But it’s just the rain
Washing down the boulevard

Long time reader, first time playing!!

1. Money-Pink Floyd
2. Can I Get a Hit?-Cypress Hill
3. Outside the Wall-Pink Floyd
4. Madame Hollywood-Felix Da Housecat
5. Glue-Ace of Cups
6. Welcome to the Terrordome-Public Enemy
7. Snake Charmer-Rage Against the Machine
8. 14th St Break-Beastie Boys
9. Disseminated-Soul Coughing
10. Do You Right-311

and one more for my homies- Igzibeher (Let Jah Be Praised)-Peter Tosh

Hey TBogg and everyone else, Merry Christmas (Festivus, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice whichever you celebrate.) Hopefully this year is a mite better than last.

Here’s my Random 10:

1) Be my Yoko Ono - Barenaked Ladies
2) Gone - Kanye West
3) The National Anthem - Radiohead (Used to use this song to open my radio show in Suriname back in 2001-2002.)
4) Where did you sleep last night - Nirvana (unplugged)
5) All About the Benjamins - Notorious B.I.G. (with Lil’ Kim, LOX and Diddy)
6) Cannonball - The Breeders
7) Tumbling Dice - Rolling Stones
New Sensation - INXS
9) Hang me up to Dry - Cold War Kids (Great song!)
10) Stand - REM

Bonus Christmas Three
1) Mary Did you know - Michael English
2) Fairy Tale of New York - The Pogues
3) Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade

Have a safe holidays everyone.

Diagnosis, the Weakerthans
Proof, Paul Simon
Why I Oughtta, the Young Fresh Fellows
Too Far Apart, Wilco
Meet Me Under the Table (A Drinking Song), Uncle Bonsai
Free of Harm, Mark Eitzel
A Thousand Years Away, the Minus 5
Trumpet Concerto in D, Haydn via Wynton Marsalis
Private Revolution, World Party
Shepherd Moons, Enya

I’m feeling lucky:
How to Say Goodbye, the Magnetic Fields

Side A
Da Doors - Little Red Rooster (live)
Gene Ammons - Tangerine
Hector - Wow
REM - Pop Song 89
Smaller Animals - Subsonic Distress Signal: Unreceived

Side B
Da Cure - Happy The Man
Zed Zeppelin - Moby Dick (one of the few Zep songs that i hate)
Modest Mouse - The Waydown
Radiohead - Yes I Am
Jennifer Nettles Band - Cold Sweat Scream

Carry on, my wayward sons.

Cosmy writes: Can’t believe you’d air a private grievance in a civilized public forum …

After he comments… in a public forum. And so he brings it up in public forum on a random ten thread. Commenting, of course, three times- cause he has so much of nothing to say he posts repeatedly. Meanwhile on another public comment, the “No-Class Warfare thread, ironically, he comments:

gttim–

Letting our private discourse out only proves what a worthless pile of excrement you are.

I went to your blog for the sole reason that I felt it was inappropriate to air dirty laundry in this public, civilized forum. [So you post in a public, civilized forum - moron]

Now I see you have zero shame and that you really are the twiddling little fucker I knew you to be.

Shame on you, you worthless pile of dogshit.

Oh, and I’m a doctor.

And I practice.

This leaves me a surprising amount of free time.

But you’d know that if you were educated.

Not only is he a brave man, on the internet, and can insult and berate people, on the internet, but he is a doctor, on the internet.

Why would I want your email? Then you can email me your drivel directly? Are you completely fucking stupid? Never mind.

3) “Heroes From Our Past” - Dropkick Murphys

They play the hell out of these guys on Sirius’ Punk channel. I am really starting to like them. Instead of a ska influence they play punk with an Celtic/Irish influence. Great stuff!

1. Shake This Town - Robbie Robertson
2. Forty Days And Forty Nights - Muddy Waters
3. Stranger In A Strange Land - Leon Russell
4. Time Of The Preacher - Willie Nelson
5. Today’s Message - Jimmy Buffett
6. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Jonny Lang
7. St Louis Blues - Asleep At The Wheel
8. Solidity - Sheryl Crow
9. Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
10. Right Or Wrong - Asleep At The Wheel
Bonus: Last Night - Traveling Wilburys

If you like Dropkick Murphys, try The Tossers and The Real MacKenzies.

Here’s a Random List from my Holiday Mix playlist:

Mary had a baby - Bruce Cockburn
Nutrocker - ELP
You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch - Aimee Mann
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! (Suedo Jazz Mix) - Lena Horne
Christmas Medley - The Wiggles
Do They Know It’s Christmas - Band Aid
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Red Baron Remix_ Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Christmas is Coming - Vince Guaraldi Trio
We Three Kings - The Canadian Brass
Jingle bells - Bing Crosby and the Andrew Sisters

bonus:
O The Holly She Bears a Berry - The Chieftains
Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me - Elvis Presley
I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas - Gayle Peevey

Tim,

Dropkick Murphys are definitely their own thing. If you want to tune down the punk but keep the rock and Celtic influences, take a look at Enter the Haggis. Great band out of our neighboUr to the North.

The Twelve Random Files Of Holiday:

Child of Winter - The Beach Boys
Merry Christmas ‘87/Join the Human Race - Brian Wilson
TORELLI: Concerto in g, Op. 8/6, iii - I Musici
C’est Noel - Les Intimes
little drummer boy - Kissing Wendy
Frosty the Snowman - The Ronettes
i like the toys - RazorSharp
There Ain’t No Santa Claus on the Evenin’ Stage - Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
Santa Claus Tells About His Toy Shop - Gilbert Girard
how many miles to babylon? - Dktr
WEBERN: Dormi Jesu - Rachel Platt & Michael Harris
I Like Christmas - Children’s Chorus & Bruce Haack

So very happy to see others listening to Sparks & Haydn.

Actually, I like the punk of the Murphy’s. They aren’t Bad Religion (My favorite punk band), but they sound pretty damn good. I will download some song by the bands you guys, socaljason and Hawes, suggested and see how I like them.

My favorite Clash album was “Give ‘Em Enough Rope” if that tells you about my preferences. It was the one with the least ska influence.

Vervein- “Walkie Talkie”
River City Rapists – “I Never Sleep”
Okkervil River – “The Velocity of Saul at the Time of His Conversion”
Liliput – “Umamm”
Rainer Maria – “Clear And True”
Les Breastfeeders – “Et j’apprendrai que c’est l’hiver”
Naked City – “Speedfreaks”
Gil Scott-Heron – “Brother”
Speedealer – “Zeke”
Malajube – “Le Crabe”

Bonus: Neutral Milk Hotel – Bucket (live 96-08-01)

I never understood the appeal of Bad Religion.

They wouldn’t crack my top 25 SOCAL punk bands.

Black Flag, Circle Jerks, TSOL (early), Descendents, Adolescents, X,
Weirdos, Controllers, Los Plugz, Red Kross (early), Dils, Screamers,
the Bags, Social Distortion (early), Germs, Agent Orange, Middle Class, Alleycats, the Crowd, Gears, Simpletones, Skulls, the Joykiller,
Shattered Faith, US Bombs.

All of those bands were/are better than Bad Religion — and that’s just
off the top of my head.

Tim,

If you look up Enter the Haggis, take a listen to “Gasoline,” “Lannigan’s Ball” and one of their traditional pieces, like “Star of the County Down” or “Donald, Where’s Your Trousers?”. Definitely a little tamer than your usual tastes, based on Bad Religion and “Give ‘em Enough Rope.” Grab some Flogging Molly while you’re poking around the Celtic section, too.

The Dickies, Fear, Angry Samoans, the Zeros (”Don’t Push Me Around”),
Mad Society, the Klan…you get the idea.

Ok, post-pre-Friday etc…

1. Yesterday - The Beatles (alt. version from Anthology 2)
2. Half Life - Bellwether
3. Tom Ames’ Prayer - Steve Earle
4. Baltimore - Bellwether
5. Love in Vain - Rolling Stones (from Stripped)
6. Banks of the Guadalupe - Jimmy Dale Gilmore
7. I Don’t Wanna Say Goodnight - Blue Mountain
8. Dim Light - Bellwether
9. Jimmy Carter - Blue Mountain
10.Fearless Heart - Steve Earle

and my Fearless Festivus Finale –

11.Coal Creek - Roscoe Holcomb

Hmm…Bellwether is always over-represented in the Shuffle. Baltimore and Jimmy Carter are definitely in my top 25 all-time — just short catchy tunes.

Cheers,

Hockeysuit!

1. Round Room - Phish

2. Andy, You’re a Star - The Killers

3. Behind That Locked Door - George Harrison

4. A Man and a Woman - U2

5. Dirty Old Man - Neil Young

6. Sweet Side - Lucinda Williams

7. All the Love in the World - Nine Inch Nails

8. Riot in My Heart - James Hunter

9. Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Neil Young

10. Senor - Calexico & Willie Nelson

“Doin The Surfink” - Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos
“Mean Woman Blues” - Roy Orbison
“Wang Dang Doodle” - Koko Taylor
“Catfish Blues” - Jimi Hendrix
“My Blue Heaven” - Duane Eddy
“Freddie’s Blues” - Hound Dog Taylor
“Still… You Turn Me On” - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
“Mexico” - James Taylor
“Funny How Time Slips Away” - Joe Hinton
“I Don’t Sleep, I Dream” - R.E.M.

Bonus #11
“Happy Cowboy” - The Challengers

1. I Can’t Explain — The Who
2. Tell the Landlord — Robert Cray Band
3. Watch Your Step — Elvis Costello
4. 2000 Miles — The Pretenders
5. Painter Song — Norah Jones
6. Summertime — Janis Joplin
7. Higher Ground — Stevie Wonder
8. The Walk — The Eurythmics
9. Bugle Call Rag — Benny Goodman
10. Shock and Awe — Neil Young

Bonus track: Ka Pua I`i — Israel Kamakawiwo`ole

gttim & comsympinko:

As a professional bowler, part time astronaut and three time “Kiwanis Man of The Year” award nominee, I believe I have the right to tell you both to shut up the fuck.

Can’t you kids just play nice and not pollute the threads with your back and forth? Neither will win, and even if you do, special olympics/gold/retard…you know the drill.

Carry on.

yer pal,
dbati

1. Look What You’ve Done - Hubert Sumlin
2. Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphy (If this doesn’t show I play by the rules, nothing will)
3. Alpha - The Forms
4. Downtown - Tom Waits
5. Iron Man - The Bad Plus
6. Radio Nowhere - Bruce Springsteen
7. Hornpipe Medley 2 - Dean Crouch (This is some of my daughter’s irish stepdancing music, but hey, like I said - I play by the rules)
8. In My Town - Ry Cooder
9. California Stars - Jeff Tweedy (Live)
10. The Lion This Time - Van Morrison

Bonii:

11. Marquee Moon - Television
12. Hate It Here - Wilco

March of the Camels - White Rabbits
The New Pollution - Beck
Cherub Rock -Siamese Dreams
Minas De Cobre -Calexico
The Sleepless - The Shaky Hands
Testosterone- Bush
Mellie’s Comin Over- Letters to Cleo
Country Boy - Johnny Cash
Train of Love - Johnny Cash

Bonus-
80’s Life - The Good, The Bad, and the Queen (Bonus, indeed. This CD has to be one of the best released in ‘07)

I have always loved Bad Religion. Rancid and Social D are up there as well. I come to punk via old garage. I may lean a bit towards the melodic? I am still really exploring however. I will download those mentioned bands.

And to dbati who for some unknown reason suddenly wants to come to the party late, go blow your Kiwanis! Mind you I do have relatives who were on the professional bowlers tour. And leave the diapers at home if you stalk anybody- you will only be made fun of in the press.

If you lean toward the melodic, I’d check out the Dickies, the Joykiller, Descendents, TSOL’s “Beneath the Shadows” lp, the Vandals “Ladykiller”,
Agent Orange, All, Simpletones, Adolescents.

I wouldn’t count Gun Club as a punk band but they were in the mix back in the day.

All SoCal. You’ll dig ‘em, methinks.

gttim:

I always travel with an adult diaper, you know, just in case.

As for being late to the party, that’s just the way I roll at these FR10’s. I’ve been late to the party for a long time over at the old place, and now here, at the new “improved” place.

BTW: That Mav’s surf footage on your site is amazing. I’ve a buddy who’s been surfing out there since the early 90’s. He was one of the first (other than Clark, or course) to regularly ride.

I need to check out some of those myself, but I’ll put in a good word for Agent Orange. Living in Darkness is a great album.

I recognize TSOL but can not remember which songs. I will open up Limewire tonight. As Tom points out, Agent Orange is great. I got turned onto them by their Pipeline cover. My two newest favorites are The Distillers and The Riverboat Gamblers. It is a shame I cannot go and just by CDs by bands like that. I will have to make a trip to a special CD store in town or order.

dbati , I have not surfed since I was a kid, and only a few times then, but I love watching big wave stuff. I used to stream Mav’s competition all the time, but missed it this year. Flea’s wipeout was epic! The guy is like a drunk in a car accident- he just doesn’t seem to get hurt. I have not made it to Half Moon Bay when in SF, but plan to make it priority next time. Of course, I hope to move there one day and join my hippie brothers! If you get in a car wreck, make sure that diaper is clean!

TSOL! Great great band…but ya gotta be careful as there were two versions of TSOL, one I recommend (the Original TSOL) and one I never listened to and can’t say.

I highly recommend anything off the aforementioned Beneath The Shadows, Dance With Me, and TSOL (1st ep).

Dance With Me is less melodic than BTS but more powerful.

Check out “Code Blue” — “I wanna fuck the dead!”

Great stuff.

Troglodyte (Cave Man) - The Jimmy Castor Bunch
Far Far Away From My Heart - Presence
You Got the Love - Frankie Knuckles
Just Your Fool - Leon Haywood
I Was Tired of Being Alone - Patrice Rushen
Happamat Kallott - Uusi Fantasia
This Charming Man - The Smiths
Skypager - A Tribe Called Quest
The Company - Sam Prekop
The Bitch Is Back - Elton John

Is It All Over My Face - Loose Joints
Lovesong - The Cure

The Distillers are excellent. Please to check out…The Bags…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related

Good live version of “Code Blue.”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=t0yspBiQT2Y

Thanks for mentioning Limewire. I’ve been looking for a place to visit since Oink went away.

Any proper inventory of great SoCal punk bands must include:

The Flesheaters!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related

The roots rockers out there may recognize Dave Alvin on git, far stage right.

SoCal punk rock on the New Wave tip: Wall of Voodoo

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YdpllAHo0ng

SoCal punk rock on the anarchy tip: The Vandals (early)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NJ1LhWFApAA

(Hey, when ya got no ipod all ya can do on this thread is kibbutz…)