Side A
Beck – Beautiful Way
Radiohead – House Of Cards
Charlene – I’ve Never Been To Me *
Rolling Stones – Complicated
Dave Holland Quintet – A Seeking Spirit

Side B
REM – FEeling GravTy’s PuLl
Van Halen – Once
Shakira – Escondite Ingles
Spoon – Don’t You Evah
Neil Young – Ohio (live)

* – this is, in fact, the worst song ever.

1. Lion’s Mane (instrumental) – The Gourds
2. Loving Cup – Rolling Stones
3. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright – Simon & Garfunkle
4. Diamond Joe – Bob Dylan
5. I Should Have Listened to Good Advice – Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley
6. Man on the Street – Bob Dylan
7. One Little Song – Gillian Welch
8. Midnight Special – Van Morrison
9. Across the Western Ocean – Dan Zanes
10.Dirty Life & Times – Warren Zevon

Bonus Time:
11.1968 – Dave Alvin

Hockeysuit!

Day and Night, Night and Day – Billie Holiday
Gardening at Night – REM
Mud – Richard Buckner
Polaroid – The Clutters
Untitled Pedal Steel Guitar Riff – Jon Rauhouse
When I’m Walking (Let Me Walk) – The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Should’ve Been in Love – Wilco
Hound Dog – Big Mama Thornton
Bastards of Young – The Replacements
Colorado Girl – Townes Van Zandt

Hmm, makes me pretty happy actually. Nice caucus night music.

Perhaps not Worst Ever but pretty damn close. Do you keep that to play during waterboarding sessions?

La Fiesta – Will Smith
A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel – U2
Catapult – REM
Love Gets Dangerous – Billy Bragg
Love in Store – Fleetwood Mac
Drive South – John Hiatt
Curtains Close – Eminem
Just Remember – Sister Hazel
Mr. Jones – Counting Crows
Somebody for Someone – The Corrs

Bonus Track:
Chopsticks – Liz Phair

That was weird– I didn’t expect that. Must be something in the air.

A righteous bitch she is, true…

Red Hot Mama – Funkadelic (Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On)
Cool Drink Water – Gun Club (Fire Of Love)
Greedy Awful People – The Stooges (The Weirdness)
Death Is Only A Dream – Hank Williams (w. Ralph Stanley)
I Love You 1000 Times – The Platters
Outta Touch – U.S. Bombs (War Birth)
I Can Only Give You Everything – MC5 (Babes In Arms)
House Of Bamboo- Southern Culture On The Skids
Every Morning – Andreas Kaufflet (Cocoon Compilation F)
Blue Bird – Howlin’ Wolf (Sun Recordings)

Bonus…

We Travel The Spaceways – Sun Ra (Space Is The Place)

Hmm, some of this I didn’t even know I had…

Hello everyone. Morning from Europe. Here’s mine for the day.

1) Gotta Make it to Heaven – 50 cent. (Please don’t say “fiddy”. I hate that.)
2) Diamonds from Sierra Leone – Kanye West
3) Nightswimming – REM
4) One Step Closer – Linkin Park
5) Hypnotize – Audio Slave
6) When Stars go Blue – Ryan Adams (Live from Amsterdam)
7) 99 Problems (Jay-Z)/Helter Skelter (The Beatles) – Danger Mouse (The Grey Album) A really good Mash-up.
Hands – The Raconteurs
9) November Has Come – Gorillaz
10) Exodus – Bob Marley

Bonus 11 cause it’s already Friday here:
11) A Martyr For My Love for You – White Stripes (A great song, but a little strange on the topic.)

I have a dream …

Of one day owning an ipodomaticpeeceemacdoodlegizmo …

1. You like me, you really like me! — Southside Tokers
2. Stand by me — Fat Ankles and The Conspirators
3. Give Me a Second — Prince John and The Yeoman
4. Glory To Jesus His Holy Most High (Freedom chorus) — Wayne DuMont and the PigSooWee’s
5. Bye-bye-Biden — George Thorogood and The Delaware Destroyers (with guest appearances by Pete du Pont and some other French-sounding fuckers)
6. You Say You Want a Constitution — Doddering Old Fools
7. Da Planes! Da Planes! — Rudy, Judi and the Benevolent Society of Sinking Ships.
8. Suck On This! — Ron, Paul and the Three Kings
9. Conventional Wisdom … Sucks! — HillBilly Antics
10. Fly Me to the Moon — Li’l Denny and the Smurfs

El Comienzo – Peligro Social
Pluie Sans Nuages – ABBC
Best Mamgu Ever – Underworld
Mucky Pup – The Exploited
The Truth About Lake Ronkonkama – My Favorite
Heavy Metal Kings – Jedi Mind Tricks
Paper Route – Calexico
The Prescience of Dawn – The Weakerthans
Sympathy For Teen Spirit – DJ Moule
Drummer Boy – Communique
*bonus* My Dream – Angel’in Heavy Syrup

Rock on, Tbogganeers!

I ache for the touch of your lips, dear,
But much more for the touch of your whips, dear.
You can raise welts
Like nobody else,
As we dance to the masochism tango.

Let our love be a flame, not an ember,
Say its me that you want to dismember.
Blacken my eye,
Set fire to my tie,
As we dance to the masochism tango.

At your command
Before you here I stand,
My heart is in my hand. ecch!
Its here that I must be.
My heart entreats,
Just hear those savage beats,
And go put on your cleats
And come and trample me.

1. “Get me to the World on Time” – Electric Prunes
2. “Deception” – Miles Davis
3. “The Masochism Tango” – Tom Lehrer
4. “Time Is Tight” – The Clash
5. “Lauda Spiratuale” – Children’s Choir of the Golden Harp
6. “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” – Show Boat Soundtrack
7. “Slow Country” – Gorillaz
8. “Messiah: Chorus: Worthy Is the Lamb”- G.F. Handel
9. “Mass in c: Kyrie Elieson” – W.A. Mozart
10. “Intrior – Resurrexi” – Ensemble Organum

Bonus:
11. “My Poor Brain” – Foo Fighters
12. “Old Landmark” – John Ross

1. Offspring – Special Delivery
2. Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Uncomplicated
3. Eastbeats – Friday On My Mind
4. Robin Trower – The Shout
5. Stone Temple Pilots – Plush
6. Live – Selling The Drama
7. Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
8. The Commitments – Take Me To The River
9. Stevie Wonder – I Wish
10. The Clash – Last Gang In Town

Bonus:

11. Buckcherry – Lit Up
12. Billy Idol – Heroin
13. Rush – The Big Money

Not bad. A good mix. This is on “Random Play All” and lately I am only listening to “Punk” on “Random Play All,” so my results differ, as they may according to all disclaimers. Funny how I always get a Rush tune. I think I now have just as many Bad Religion songs as Rush songs, but they do not pop up as frequently. Of course the total time of the Bad Religion songs is probably about 1/10 of the total time of the Rush songs- BR is lucky if they can stretch out a song to 2 minutes. They make The Ramones seem long winded.

Good to see T have some Rancid.

I think sylvainsylvain wins! Wow! From Southern Culture On The Skids to Funkadelic, throwing in The Stooges, Hank and MC5.

1. Rock My Blues Away – Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
2. Everybody Wants To Feel Like You – John Prine
3. And It Stoned Me – Van Morrison
4. The Prettiest Star – David Bowie
5. I Shall Be Released – Bob Dylan
6. Voice Inside My Head – Dixie Chicks
7. London Bye Ta-Ta – David Bowie
8. Layla – Derek & The Dominos
9. La Vie Dansante – Aaron Neville
10. Let It Grow – Eric Clapton
Bonus: Get Up John – Emmylou Harris

From my cold iPod. Really, it was a nut-shrinking 14º this morning when I got into my car…

1. The Mountain Goats: Quito (Live in South Carolina)
2. Belle & Sebastian: A Century Of Fakers (Live in Amsterdam)
3. Built To Spill: Built To Spill (Live in Portland)
4. Bobby Dylan: A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall (In The Pines Bootleg)
5. The Minders: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
6. Built To Spill: When Not Being Stupid Is Not Enough (Live in Portland)
7. Sam Beam (Iron & Wine): Upward Over The Mountain (Solo performance @ Pabst Theatre)
8. seBADoh: Sacred Attention (Live @ The Attic)
9. The Shins: Red Rabbits
10. Bears: Daydreams

11. Daniel Johnston: Some Things Last A Long Time
12: Bonnie “Prince” Billy: I See a Darkness (Live Black Session)

That’s not bad today.

Bears are a local outfit from Cleveland Ohio, where it’s really cold right now. Good video of them HERE. Also, their website is HERE. Check ‘em out, they’re kind of summer-pop-fun.

1-Don’t Talk – 10,000 Maniacs (For Grampa Fred)
2-Only One and Only – Gillian Welch (For Hillary)
3-It Was A Very Good Year – Frank Sinatra (For Obama)
4-The One I Love – REM (For Mitt from KLo)
5-Ellis Island – Marc Cohn (For Tom Tancredo)
6-Sunset Grill – Don Henley (For Rudy)
7-I’m A Man – Bo Diddley (For Kucinich)
8-Right Moves – Josh Ritter (For McCain, trying to move right)
9-Oh, My Sweet Carolina – Ryan Adams (For Edwards)
10-I Believe – REM (For Huckabee)

Bonus Iowa track – I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab For Cutie (For Biden, Dodd and Richardson)

I have a dream …

Of one day owning an ipodomaticpeeceemacdoodlegizmo …

I don’t need one. Cuz I don’t go anywhere.

From the laptop:

1. Woodstock–Joni Mitchell
2. Vein of Stars–Flaming Lips
3. Good Guys & Bad Guys–Camper Van Beethoven
4. European Oils–Destroyer
5. Got To Give It Up (Part 1)–Marvin Gaye
6. Jigsaw Falling Into Place–Radiohead
7. Lost In The Plot–The Dears
8. White Center–Damien Jurado
9. Publish My Love–Rogue Wave
10. Suffering Face–Elvis Costello

BONUS: So Says I–Teh Shins

Miss Me – Yo La Tengo
Enchanted Sea – Luiz Bonfa
The Man in the Iron Mask – Billy Bragg
Samba De Bencao – Bebel Gilberto
Falling Slowly – The Frames
Lily One – Matt Pond PA
Let’s Call It Off – Girl Talk (remixing Peter Bjorn and John)
Redwood Tree – Van Morrison
Thunder Road – Mary Lou Lord
Walk on By – Bishop Allen

bonus: Pretend We’re Alala – Illuminoids (mashing L7 vs. CSS)
(omg–can’t stop hitting back every time this winds down…)

song in 3/4 – loch lomond
excitable boy – warren zevon
bargain – the who
lola – the raincoats
while my guitar gently weeps – the beatles
bankrupt on selling – modest mouse
helpless – neil young
wooden jesus – temple of the dog
only in a rererun – sweep the leg johnny
stalled – the handsome family

1. Breezin’ - George Benson - Pure Moods
2. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Live!
3. Boris Gudonov, Act 2, pt.6 - Met Opera - Boris Gudonov
4. I Am the Resurrection - The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
5. Rollin’ Back - My Morning Jacket - it still moves
6. Another Man - Kathy Mattea - Walking Away A Winner
7. Dangerous - Frente! - Marvin the Album
8. Cafe’ au Lait - Stephanie Santé - Coffee Culture
9. Allegro (”Con queste paroline”) - Igor Stravinsky - Pulcinella
10. Ottmar / Liebert / Snakecharmer
Bonus: At Mos’Spheres - Bernie Worrell - Funk of Ages

Angelo Badalamenti – Fats Revisited
Velvet Underground – Waiting for the Man
Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
Eno – Bone Bomb
Siouxsie & the Banshees – Hong Kong Garden
Portishead – Half Day Closing
Mogollar – Vahsi Cicek
Tinariwen – Aidhechen Manin
Thin White Rope – Some Velvet Morning (live)
Khaled – Oran Marseille

Bears?

hopefully not to be confused with The Bears, another Ohio-based band (this one with Adrian Belew).

ska latte – The Skatalites
Cheetah – The Homosexuals
Leaders of Men – Joy Division
Sh-Boom – The Chords
Blame It On The Crazy Bossa – DJ Clive$ter
Drawn By Picasso – Sparks
Essex Doves – Go Home Productions
Find Out – Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers
Rain dance – Past Seven Days
A Fun Bunch of Guys From Outer Space – Sparks

Wake Up (Featuring Jay-Z) – Missy Elliott
Outa-Space – Billy Preston
Homesick – The Cure
Get Into My Groove – Incognito
There Goes Mister “T” – Marvin Gaye
Der Bahnhof – Disco Project
The Ballad of Lucy Jordan – Marianne Faithfull
You Don’t Know What Love Is – Etta James
Baby I’m Scared of You – Womack & Womack
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) – Etta James

Saving Grace – Thomas Leer
Pow – The Beastie Boys

The Hidden Cameras – “Bon Marriage”
Bishop Allen – “The Bullet & Big D”
The Jam – “Absolute Beginners”
The Clutters – “9999 (Ways to Hate Us)
The Boys Next Door – “After a Fashion”
Big Bill Broonzy – “Double Trouble Blues”
Okkervil River – “A King and a Queen”
Willard Grant Conspiracy + Telefunk – “Near the Cross”
McCarthy – “I Worked Myself Up From Nothing”
Shop Assistants – “Almost Made It”

Not so random Bonus #11: Iowa Super Soccer – “Morning”

Let’s see if this list is as hopeful as Barack Obama:

Saint Simon – The Shins
Elephant Stone – Stone Roses
Narc – Interpol
Motor Away – Guided By Voices
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) – Arcade Fire
Papito – Manu Chao
King And Caroline – Guided By Voices
Dance Till the Morning – Brazilian Girls
I Don’t Live Today – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Slow Night, So Long – Kings of Leon

Actually I think it was. “The scenario is bright for the King and Caroline…”

Yeah, they hate it when you call them “The” Bears.

These kids are a sunny, poppy, makes you feel like strumming along good time. They aren’t too serious, but last summer they were all the rage. Good summery fun.

1. Words of Love — The Beatles
2. Stage Fright — The Band
3. Oh, Sister — Bob Dylan
4. I’m Cryin’ — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
5. Heads in Georgia — J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton
6. As Long as I Live — Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
7. Heartbreaker — The Crystals
8. Little Brown Jug — Glen Miller
9. The Original Wrapper — Lou Reed
10. Won’t You Ride in My Little Red Wagon — Willie Nelson

“Switching To Glide” – The Kings
“Ordinary Pain” – Stevie Wonder
“Orange Colored Sky” – Nat King Cole
“You’ve Been In Love Too Long” – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
“That’s Why I’m Crying” – Koko Taylor
“Stardust” – Wynton Marsalis
“Something’s Burning, Baby” – Bob Dylan
“You’ve Had Better Times” – Peter & Gordon
“GeeTO Tiger” – The Tigers
“Pride (In The Name Of Love)” – U2

Bonus #11
“Go Big Or Go Home” – The Mel-Tones

Pretty good this week. Wishing all a good start to the new year.

Hard-Core Troubadour – Steve Earle
Let It Grow – Grateful Dead
Collarbone – Poi Dog Pondering
I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine – Beth Orton
Window – Fiona Apple
Hard to Get Over a Heart Break – Raspberries
Winter (Nuspirit Helsinki Reinterpretation) – Bebel Gilberto
Bug – Phish
Getting Smaller – Nine Inch Nails
Desolation Row – Grateful Dead

1. Ten Pole Tudor – “Three Bells In A Row” – The Stiff Records Box Set
2. George Jones – “He Stopped Loving Her Today” – Super Hits
3. Gorillaz – “Every Planet We Reach Is Dead” – Demon Days
4. Moby Grape – “Come In The Morning” – Moby Grape
5. Social Distortion – “Story Of My Life” – Story Of My Life (Promo EP)
6. Wilco – “Summer Teeth” – Summerteeth
7. The Blasters – “I’m Shakin’” – Collection
8. X – “Unheard Music” – Los Angeles
9. Kate Bush – “Hounds Of Love” – Hounds Of Love
10. Son Volt – “Creosote” – Son Volt Retrospective

**Bonus** Elvis Costello – “Living In Paradise” – This Year’s Model

In my head I hear a haunting melody
It reminds me of the way things used to be
There was a time when we had everything
We gotta stop living in that dream

No nothing remains the same
We can’t hold on but baby, baby
We can change

Oh – we can change anything we want to yeah
Oh – we can change the world
And make it better
But first we gotta change together now
Oh baby baby we can change

“Falling In” – Eagle-Eye Cherry
“The City By Ultralight” – Great Depression
“Don’t Worry About It” – N*E*R*D
“New Genious (Brother)” – Gorillaz
“Duty Free” – Cracker
“We Can Change” – Belinda Carlisle
“Nadine” – Chuck Berry
“Clint Eastwood” – Gorillaz
“Sunday Morning” – No Doubt
“Ten Degress And Getting Colder” – Nanci Griffith

Extra Special Bonus Track: “Am I Inside” – Alice In Chains

I don’t know whether to be amazed or ashamed. Sorry I’m so late.