We dug him up on Tuesday
He’d hardly aged a day
Taught us all we ever knew
We never knew so much before
We may never know so much again

Mason was a mighty man
A mighty man was he
All he said: when I’m dead and gone
don’t you weep for me

“Ready To Die” – Andrew W.K.
“Hell Ya” – Ginuwine with R. Kelly, Baby & Clipse
“Carnival” – Wyclef Jean
“Just Playin’ Possum” – Alan Jackson
“Mason’s Children – Grateful Dead
“So Much For The Afterglow” – Everclear
“Bye Bye Johnny” – Chuck Berry
“Holyman” – Blind Melon
“So Graciously Said” – Dovetail Joint
“Thing I’ll Never Say”– Avril Lavigne

And special guest track: “What Child Is This?” – Charlotte Church

Oooooh that’s an ugly random 11. But I’m not proud, just honest.

Remember Your History — Losoul
My Sister’s Pulse — Felix Laland (who is that…?)
Fast Car — Tracy Chapman
Solomeya — Deadushki
Whatsername — Green Day
Piece By Piece — Feeder
Woman King — Iron & Wine
As Long As The Grass Shall Grow — Johnny Cash (At Madison Square Garden)
Unravel — Bjork
Good Fortune — PJ Harvey

Bonus up to 11: Ihilihili — Simphiwe Dana

Weird mix of the totally known and the totally unknown. Nothing from back home though, not even the Jayhawks this time. Simphiwe Dana I can recommend. Deadushki…not so much.

–Recovering Minnesotan

The Very Modern Dance – Destroyer
Naomi – Neutral Milk Hotel
Lights Out – The Posies
Not If You Were the Last Dandy on Earth – Brian Jonestown Massacre
Rollercoaster – Mighty Lemon Drops
Tradjic Roundabout – The Stone Roses
Alcoholiday – Teenage Fanclub
Spirit Ditch – Sparklehorse
700 > 100 – Earlimart
Ymaelodi A’R Ymylon – Super Furry Animals

Bonus 1th:
All That Jazz – Echo and the Bunnymen.

I was at lunch just now and the jukebox was playing some song, and I could remember it every note and riff of the song, but not what it was called, or who the band was.

Now, looking at Mungencakes’s list, I realize it was Blind Lemon. Thanks for that. Will save me some effort later this afternoon.

Hey everyone. Sad Friday in Europe, but I’m leaving my 10 for you. Hopefully it’ll set up a good day for me here.

1) Satisfy My Soul – Bob Marley and the Wailers
2) Rock Star – N*E*R*D
3) Strange Days – The Doors
4) Oh Me – Nirvana (Unplugged)
5) Don’t get Lost in Heaven – Gorillaz
6) One Way or Another – Blondie
7) Your Attention – Blue Man Group
Come Back to What you Know – Embrace
9) Sexual Healing – Marvin Gaye
10) Minnie the Moocher – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

and a bonus because I had to lay off 4 people yesterday and I need something to make me feel better:
11) Try a Little Tenderness – Otis Redding

Have a good one everybody.

Redundant–Green Day
The Last Superpower aka Rapscallion–Primus
Jet Airliner–Steve Miller Band
Lengthwise–Phish
Clint Eastwood–Gorillaz
Fully Retractable–Soul Coughing
Guilty of Being White–Minor Threat
Mambo Swing–Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Carnival of Sorts (Box Car)-REM
Why Can’t I Be You?–The Cure
It’s Good To Be Here–Digable Planets

And, because ours goes to thirteen…
Hey Joe–Jimi Hendrix Experience
Time After Time–Miles Davis
Something–Beatles

Apparently ours goes to fourteen because I can’t count.

COLLEGE!!!

Side A:
Wolfmother – Pyramid
Beck – Round The Bend
Cream – Anyone For Tennis
J Geils Band – I Do
Madeleine Peyroux – Got You On My Mind

Side B:
Devendra Banhart – Hey Mama Wolf
Pavement – She Believes
The Horse Flies – Who Throwed Lye On My Dog
Chris Reeg – A Rip In The Fabric
Radiohead – Sail To The Moon

Super-Friday Bonus:
Yo La Tengo – Today Is The Day. yes, indeed, it is.

While celebrating TBogg’s good judgment for buying the iMac:

1. “Or Ne Sai Je Que Devenir” – Anonymous 4
2. “Camelot” – Monty Python
3. “New Geniuos (Brother)” – Gorillaz
4. “Veritables Preludes Flasques (pour un chien) – Erik Satie
5. “Take It as It Comes” – The Doors
6. “One Love/People Get Ready” – Bob Marley
7. “Sunshine of Your Love” – Cream
8. “Gradualia – Domine in Dominus Noster” – Nova Schola Gregoriana
9. “Sad but True” – Metallica
10. “Silent Night, Holy Night” – Johnny Mathis

Bonus:
11. “Presence of the Lord” – Blind Faith
12. “Auf, Tochter Zion, Schmuecke Dich” – Thomanerchor Leipzig

Well, random is as random does.

1. Reuben / The Be Good Tanyas
2. It’s Only Natural / Crowded House
3. Necromancer / Gnarls Barkley
4. It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World / James Brown
5. Your Time Is Gonna Come / Led Zeppelin
6. Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess / Miles Davis
7. I Threw It All Away / Bob Dylan
8. Polly / Nirvana
9. Intimate Secretary / Raconteurs
10. Red Dress / Radiators

Hidden track: Redford (For Yia Yia & Pappou) / Sufjan Stevens

1. Uf dem agner: Reie. Swaz hie gat umbe. Chume, chum, Uf dem anger:geselle min! Swaz hies gat umbe - James Levine; Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Carmina Burana
2. Desert Flower - Pepper D’Agostino - Every Step Of The Way
3. Hold On - Los Lobos - The Town And The City
4. You Satisfy the Hungry Heart - -
5. Orto Sole Serene/Origo Viri/Virga Iesse/[Tenor] - Anonymous 4 - On Yoolis Night
6. Standing In The Shadows Of Love - Four Tops -
7. Train I Ride - Pat Donohue - Radio Blues
8. Ordinary Angels - Frente! - Marvin the Album
9. The Race Is On - Grateful Dead - Reckoning
10. Hadie Christus natus est - St. Ignatius Choir - Christ is born today!
Bonus: Isle of Inishmore, Pt. 2 [Jig] - Kathy Mattea - Roses

i really liked the Helio Sequence’s last one, for a while. i wore it out pretty quickly. but, those guys do put out some interesting stuff. and, it’s on SubPop, no less… guess they’ve branched-out a bit since the grunge days.

Won’t Give In – The Finn Brothers
Treat Street – Vince Guaraldi
Hornery – Bob Mould (whose new album is teh awesome.)
Born to Synthesize – Todd Rundgren
Owner of a Lonely Heart – Yes
Superstar – Lauryn Hill
Never Talking to You Again – Husker Du
This Woman’s Work – Kate Bush
Remember Me – Todd Rundgren
Losing Lisa – Ben Folds

Bonus:
Who Do You Want to Be Today – Oingo Boingo

Horse Flies…seriously? Ithaca’s finest. Roadkill is a great song.

Horse Flies…seriously?

oh yeah. the Human Fly album is one of my long-time favorites.

i have fond but very hazy memories of standing in the middle of an old horse track in Trumansburg for the Grass Roots Music Fest, ‘91-ish, watching the Horse Flies, 10,000 Maniacs, Donna The Buffalo, etc. in the mud and pouring rain.

good times.

southby edition

“Phenomena” – Akron/Family
“My Girl, Suicide” – Mr. Lewis & The Funeral 5
“Away Message” – Pink Nasty
“Naida Vacuum Sound” – Ketchup Mania
“Reveal the Rats” – Fatal Flying Guilloteens
“Been Down Too Long” – Scott H. Birum
“Caged Mearachells” – White Mice
“Me Gusta Lucha Libre” – Peelander-Z
“Wednesday Morning” – The Nymphets
“Why Don’t Ya” – Shawn Sahm and the Tex-Mex Experience

Bonus: “The President Is Dead” – Okkervil River

1. David Bowie – “The Man Who Sold The World” – The Man Who Sold The World
2. The Clash – “English Civil War” – Give ‘Em Enough Rope
3. Yellowjackets – “Prayer For El Salvador” – The Spin
4. Radiohead – “Subterranean Homesick Alien” – OK Computer
5. Sublime – “Doin’ Time” – Sublime
6. Third Eye Blind – “London” – Third Eye Blind
7. Jerry Butler – “Only The Strong Survive” – Time-Life Classic Rock: 1969
8. Black Arabs – “Anarchy In The U.K. / God Save The Queen / Pretty Vacant / No One Is Innocent (Medley)” – The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle
9. The Blasters – “Justine” – Collection
10. The Jam – “Precious” – Compact Snap

**Bonus** J.J. Cale – “Clyde” – Naturally

reeperbahn – tom waits
hell on earth – deer tick
i own the city – st. bernadette
bang bang (my baby shot me down) – nancy sinatra
radio song ‘04 – bring back the guns
another love song – queens of the stone age
little time bomb – billy bragg
6′1″ – liz phair
napoleon – ani difranco
kindling for the master – stephen malkmus and the jicks

Stage Men – Fall Out
Dead Moon – Killing Me
Wanda Jackson – There’s a Party Goin’ On
Larry Holloway – Going Up
X-Ray Spex – Oh Bondage Up Yours
Eno – Dead Finks Don’t Talk
Thin White Rope – Tina & Glen
Michael Cox – Mata Hari
5.6.7.8.s – Bomb the Twist
Talking Heads – New Feeling

Trumansburg = Rongovian Embassy

I would have included The Moody Blues in the influences list…

Left Behind – Familie Seelig
New Special Squad – Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
My Boss – Linda Di Franco
Pili Pili – Jasper Van’t Hof
Levon – Elton John
Dance – U Srinivas & Michael Brook
Is Jesus Your Pal? – Gus Gus
Borderline – Madonna
Steal Your Heart Away – Fleetwood Mac
Soft And Wet – Prince

**and nice snow day programming in the bonus cuts:
Over Fire Island – Brian Eno
Ode To Perfume – Holger Czukay

I Love To Say Da Da – The Beach Boys
Kakadu – Sparks
Song For Europe [live ’75] – Roxy Music
Head Held High [alt mix] – The Velvet Underground
I Will Survive – Julie DeJohn
Rock On – T. Rex
Dance [BBC 10/82] – Strawberry Switchblade
Wisdom – Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney
Napoli – Sheena Scott
Big Rock Candy Mountain – Halfnelson

Believe it or not, there are at least 2 distinct songs named ”Big Rock Candy Mountain”. Halfnelson evolved into Sparks.

Oooh! Oooh! Can you spot the connection between the first two songs?

Tom, ”Oh Bondage Up Yours” & ”Bomb the Twist” on the same list would make my ears very happy & aching.

The Post-Pre-Friday “Rainy Days and Mondays” Random X+

1) “Which way to America?” – Living Colour
2) “White Room Life” – Zaxas
3) “One World” – Anthrax
4) “Darkening of the Light” – Concrete Blonde
5) “Rolling Home to Ireland” – The Irish Rovers
6) “Like a Hurricane” – Neil Young
7) “Mary” – Sarah McLachlan
8: “Martyr” – Rusted Root
9) “A Drop of Nelson’s Blood” – The Jolly Rogers
10) “Red House” – Buddy Guy

xi) “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park” – Tom Lehrer
xii) “Lusty young Smith” – Brobdingnagian Bards

TBogg:

Have you heard Helio Sequence’s take on Elliott Smith’s “Satellite”? It is on the album To Elliot: From Portland and it is a beautifully haunting rendition of a beautiful song.

It’s streaming here!

since the gorillaz appeared like 5 times this time and it’s a snow day here in brooklyn, here’s a dl link to a remix of their song ‘dare’ by dfa:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/yl0hhf

Jo-El Sonnier – “Jambalaya”
Tommy James & The Shondells – “Draggin’ The Line”
Love Sculpture – “Sabre Dance”
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen – “Hot Rod Lincoln”
Jan Davis – “Surfbuster”
The Blasters – “Flattop Joint”
Davie Allan & The Arrows – “Energized”
Ray Charles – “What’d I Say”
The Beatles – “Money (That’s What I Want)”
Everclear – “Volvo Driving Soccer Mom”

Non-random bonuses #11 & #12
Sandals – “Wingnut’s Theme”
Tori Amos – “Over The Rainbow”

1 Tell Her For Me – James Hunter
2 Empty Sky – Bruce Springsteen
3 Crawlspace – Beastie Boys
4 Double E – Neil Young
5 Belong – R.E.M.
6 You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
7 Politician (Live Album) – Los Lobos
8 Aint No Stopping Us Now – Poi Dog Pondering
9 There’s a Rat Loose In My House – Sterling Harrison
10 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Alternate Take) – Bob Dylan

and not that I really want to ….
11 Get Myself Arrested – Gomez

Subterranean Homesick Alien – Radiohead
A Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
No Attention – Soundgarden
Revolving Dora – Fountains Of Wayne
Else – Built To Spill
Sci-Fi Wasabi – Cibo Matto
Temporarily Blind – Built To Spill
Survival Car – Fountains Of Wayne
Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) – The Decemberists
Glory Box – Portishead