Ah, ABC stores.

Alcohol, Bananas and Condoms.

FSM. Hmm. Google. flying spaghetti monster, finite state machine, federated states of micronesia, film score monthly, free software magazine. Wait. Church of. Ah. It’s just so darn educational. Here goes the morning.

Ramen!

1. Expressway to Your Heart – Soul Survivor
2. Kids – MGMT
3. Birthday – The Sugarcubes
4. Eyes – Rogue Wave
5. Wolf Like Me – TV on the Radio
6. Prophecy – Remy Zero
7. Alcoholiday – Teenage Fan Club (From the Tbogg suggestion box!)
8. No Buses – Arctic Monkeys
9. Towards the Sun – Alexi Murdoch
10. Keep Me in Your Heart – Warren Zevon

Bonus: Detlef Schremph – Band of Horses

I came -that- close to moving to Honolulu this past summer. The chance to do so may come again in a month or two. Phoenix to Honolulu – sand, palm trees, brown people – tough decision….

Damn… sounds luscious. When are they coming to us here in the freezing northeast?

A Joy (Koushik’s Quick Remix) – Four Tet
Disco Africa – The Ogyataanaa Show Band
Midnight – Tycoon To$h
Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana) – Art Tatum
Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy – The Kinks
Just To Be With You – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Far Off Places – DJ Trax
007 and Counting – John Barry
Back/She Comes – Massive Attack
La-La (Means I Love You) – Prince
and Howling for Judy from Jeremy Steig

About half past NEVER. And remember, with the ABC stores comes The Stupid Factory, who somehow manages to maintain their trademark in spite of serious infringement by NRO.

I’m not familiar with the Posie’s music (please don’t ban me) but when I learned that they have a song called “Everybody is a Fucking Liar,” I thought I should probably check them out.

I’ll report back, sir.

Edit: What the fuck? Fifteen bucks?! I’m going to go see all my concerts in Hawaii…cheaper than paying the mainland fucking “service” charges!

Alos too, fuck you, Ticketmaster.

Alcohol, Bananas and Condoms.

AKA: If you’re going to get drunk, slip, and fall down, it’s good to have protection.

1. Sequent C-Tangerine Dream
2. Beethoven: Quartet Op. 18 No. 2 (I. Allegro)-Guarneri Quartet
3. Back to Back-The Mekons
4. Mamanita (Jelly Roll Morton)-Alan Feinberg, piano
5. The Marching Song Of The Covert Battalions-Billy Bragg
6. Cape Feare (Medley)-The Simpsons
7. All I Really Want To Do-The Byrds
8. Mr. X-Ultravox
9. Hansen: Valdres March-Arthur Fiedler: Boston Pops Orchestra
10. Such Sweet Thunder [Cleo]-Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
11. The Hollow Earth-Pere Ubu

ipod’s in a bluesy kind of mood:

Laundry Man – Fenton Robinson
Tore Up – Otis Rush
Blues For Dixie – Lyle Lovett
White Line Fever – Joe Ely
Rearviewmirror – Pearl Jam

Did You Think To Pray – Charley Pride
Bird Nest On The Ground – Doyle Bramhall
Meant To Be – Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Big Muddy – Bruce Springsteen
Yours – Amy Correia

+ Kid A – Radiohead

Sing A Song For Them – Jenny Lewis
Shadow Hand – Bruce Hornsby
Come on in my kitchen – Robert Johnson
Shady Grove – Mudcrutch
Far Away – Sleater-Kinney
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
Great Beyond – Aimee Mann
Little By Little – Susan Tedeschi
For The Good Times = Kris Kristofferson
Mood To Burn Bridges – Neko Case

And: Song For Adam – Jackson Browne

Darkness Descends – Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can*
Until the End of Time – The Fresh & Onlys – Play It Strange*
Walk the Nile – Elephant9 – Walk the Nile*
Scoundrel Days – Sissy Wish – Tuning In
Sway (Quien Sera) – The Boys – Alternative Chartbusters
Black Snake Diamond Rock – Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight
Chunk of Coal – Giant Sand – Blurry Blue Mountain*
Dark Was the Night – Ry Cooder – Paris, Texas
Medley: The Trip/The Dreams of Today – The Vietnam Veterans – Green Peas
Deny All – Bettie Serveert – Pharmacy of Love*

Bonus track: The Royal Scam – Steely Dan – The Royal Scam

* FWIW this made my list of Favorite Albums of 2010.

Um, Honolulu I don’t get. I went there on business a few years ago. It was June and it was hot and humid downtown, and also on Waikiki. One day I went to the interior and it was cooler but hot and humid beaches can be had in Florida, and with a much cheaper cost of living.

Now, maybe one of the other islands would be nice. After my week of work downtown I spent a few days in a hotel on Waikiki and disliked it intensely – the buildings are not far from the water’s edge on Waikiki, and other than that it’s a shopping mecca for people from the US who don’t live near high end stores, and for visitors from Japan. Small beaches and shopping = no thank you.

High Water Everywhere, Part 2 – Charlie Patton – Complete Recordings
You Know How To Make Me Feel So Good – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Greatest Hits
Balboa Park – Bruce Springsteen – The Ghost of Tom Joad
Fakin’ It – Simon and Garfunkel – Bookends
Just Because – Elvis Presley – Sunrise
Just Fade Away – Stiff Little Fingers – Go Fo It
Reelin’ In The Years – Steely Dan – A Decade of…
The Vortex Beyond – Man…or Asro-man? – Destroy All Astromen!
Future Blues – Willie Brown – Complete Recordings: 1929-1934
Can’t Stay Away – Bootsy Collins – Back In The Day: Best of…

as well:
I’ll Get Along Somehow – Ruth Brown – Atlantic Rhythm and Blues: 1947-1974

Manu Chao is great stuff.

Let’s see here:

A Simple Way To Go Faster — Tortoise
Joe #1 — Fugazi
34 Skiddoo — Bill Evans
I Like You — Morrissey
Bonus Track — US Maple
Jeru — Miles Davis
Quintet in B Flat — Mendelssohn
Concerto for Two Violins — Mozart
Bang A Gong — Blondie cover
Clubland — Elivs Costello

I got nothin’ for the random ten thingie – but thank you for removing those people from the top of the page.

You can have mine, t; it’s nutty, baby.

The Sudden Way You Are – eɴvɪsɪoɴ + MashStix
Don`t Leave Me Alone With Her – Sparks
War – Edwin Starr
Wu Vs Beatles (intro) – Tom Caruana
The Hustle – Joe Tripoli, Jr.
Theme from “Who-Dun-It” – The Tony Hatch Orchestra
We Serve Your Baby and You – CRC (Commercial Recording Corporation)
Annie’s Stoned Rush – Go Home Productions
Our Version Of Space Disco Rem – Mucho Bizarre Disco Club
Save My Soul – Wimple Winch

It Never Rains in Sunny California – Spike Jones & His City Slickers
The Latest Easter Ware – CRC (Commercial Recording Corporation)
Deck The Halls – Lucas