The Epics
Okay, today's theme is long songs. Nothing under 8 minutes. Normally when you hear songs this long it's because the DJ is running to the bathroom (industry secret).
Okay, today's theme is long songs. Nothing under 8 minutes. Normally when you hear songs this long it's because the DJ is running to the bathroom (industry secret).
I have finally confirmed that I am definitely DJing poolside at the Roosevelt on Tuesday night from 10-11pm. I hope people can make it out.
Todays show is inspired by the passing of my grandmother the day after my girlfriend's grandmother passed away. There have obviously been a number of high profile deaths this week including Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Sky Saxon. There were a number of songs that ran through my head all week, particularly Leadbelly's Little Children's Blues, so I thought that I would put together a show based on encounters with death and struggles with mortality. Each band brings a different perspective to the subject, some mourning another, some initiating their own passage, some taking stock of life and some questioning what's next.
Hey everyone. Today I am sick and have been insanely busy. Any free time I have had has been spent trying to sleep, which has been punctuated by bizarre dreams that mash up Arrested Development and Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (true story). By the way, Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (with Dennis Hopper) may be one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Anyhow, that said, I have not been able to put together a theme show for today, so its just good old fashioned off the cuff programming for today.
Okay, here's some music:
Sunn O))) - Big Church
Brian Eno - By This River
Arthur Russell - Goodbye Old Paint
Big Star - Kangaroo
Black Angels - Deer-Ree-Shee
Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love *
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
Ian Drury and The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick +
Request by Chuck
Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven
Mochipet - Turbo Thizz Petnation *
Quasimoto - Come On Feet
EL-P - Delorean
Jaylib - The Red
ODB with Macy Grey - Don't Go Breakin My Heart
The Faction - Cokebash +
Request By Mitchell
Mika Miko - Sex Jazz *
Big Black - Bad Penny
Brimstone Howl - We Have Come In Peace
Bauhaus - Antonin Artaud
Arrington De Dionyso - All Is On !
Johnny Cymbal - Mr Bassman
Frantic Johnny Rogers - Sassy
Nite Hawks - Chicken Grabber
Earthworm! - Mo' Taters
Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is The Move
David Byrne & Brian Eno - One Fine Day
Can - Sing Swan Song
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori Part II
The Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
The Fugs - Supergirl
Holy Modal Rounders - If You Want To Be A Bird
Animal Collective - Chocolate Girl (Dublab Version)
Sunset Rubdown - I'm Sorry I Sang On Your Hands That Have Been In The Grave
Nordon Bombsight - Four On The Lawn
Asobi Seksu - Strawberries
The Cramps - Psychotic Reaction +
The Queers - Teenage Bonehead
Jakobinarina - His Lyrics Are Disastrous
Jay Reatard - An Ugly Death
The Murder City Devils - Idle Hands
Horses - Father
The Space Elevator - Intergalactic Noise +
Built To Spill - Conventional Wisdom
Band of Horses - The Funeral
The Sugarcubes - Birthday (Happy Birthday Peter Choyce!!!)
Cibo Matto - Birthday Cake (Happy Birthday My Shimoda)
Bright Eyes - At The Bottom of Everything
The Veils - A Birthday Present (Now Playing)
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Today's show (after the new adds, of course) is all music from Japan. This does not mean songs about Japan - meaning I am not playing Turning Japanese by The Vapors. This also does not mean non-Japanese bands recording live from Japan - There will be no live at Budokan. This show is completely dedicated to underground music from the far east.
If you want to learn more about Japanese Psych Rock, the definitive place to start is Julian Cope's book JAPROCKSAMPLER. He also has a website up based on the book www.japrocksampler.com. Check it out if you want a crash course in some of the most mind altering music the world has ever known.
New Adds
Health - Die Slow *
Hecuba - Tom & Jerry *
Xu Xu Fang - Seven Days Now *
Pink Mountaintops - *
Dirty Projectors - Temecula Sunrise *
Are you fucking serious? I can't believe the Dirty Projectors are writing songs about this Riverside County vacuum. They have clearly spent some time there considering they mention the housing developments and car dealerships. This is more surprising than when Clapton name dropped Escondido. What is going on in the world?
Elfin Saddle - Hammer Song *
Mochipet - Marshall Bass Stacks *
Wand - Chrome *
Purple Duck - Get in Shape *
Divisadero - Lefty Goes Soft *
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Born On A Day The Sun Didn't Rise *
Savath Y Savalas - Adeu *
Gastr Del Sol - Black Horse *
Blake Miller - A Golden Bird, A Wooden Floor, A Box of Skulls *
Our Brother The Native - Someday *
JAPANESE THEME!!!
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori Part I
Far East Family Band – Kokoro
Acid Mothers Temple – Good-Bye Ice Cream
Merzbow – Intro
Merzbow – Munchen
Keiji Haino (From Fushisusha) – I Don’t Want To Know
OOIOO – UMA
OOIOO (EYE Remix) – EYE MIX 1
Boredoms - Chocolate Synthesizer
Boredoms - Acid Police
Melt Banana - Get the Head Back
Melt Banana - About
Melt Banana - Neck on B1
5.6.7.8’s – Green Onions +
Guitar Wolf - Wild Zero +
Nagisa Ni Te – Threads of Souls
Maher Shalal Hash Baz – Kamakura
Shonen Shojo – A Walk In A Dream/Overleaf
Speed, Glue and Shinki – Mr. Walking Drugstore Man
LSD March – Dare Ga Hoera
Fushisusha – This Is
Les Rallizes Denudes – People Can Choose
Boris – Rafflesia
Ghost – Piper
Michio Kurihara – Twilight Mystery of A Russian Cowboy
Blues Creation – Sooner or Later
High Rise – Outside Gentiles
Cornelius – Bird Watching At Inner Forest
YMCK - Magical 8bit Tour (Now Playing)
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First, New Adds
1) Corridor - Redux Doze *
2) Blake Miller - This Morning *
3) Land of Kush - Rue du Depart *
4) Hal Onserud - Homespun Yarns *
5) Our Brother The Native - manes *
6) Al Duvall - Mary Mack *
7) Divisadero - The Boxers Daughter *
8) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Born on a Day The Sun Didn't Rise *
9) Mochipet - Sumo Hertz *
10) Prefuse 73 - DEC. Machine Funk All ERA's *
11) Diamond Watch Wrists - Simple Love Notes (5 Years Later) *
12) Xu Xu Fang - Seven Days Now *
13) Bike For Three - All There Is To Say About Love *
14) Fever Ray - When I Grow Up *
15) Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love *
Names Theme
16) Shirley Ellis - The Name Game
17) Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels - Jenny Take A Ride
18) The Axcents - Hold It Mary
19) The Stooges - Ann +
20) Suicide - Cheree +
Request by Erica
21) Ariel Pink - For Kate I Wait
22) Acid Mothers Temple - Sweet Juicy Lucy
23) Fiery Furnaces - Chris Michaels
24) Lifter Puller - Katrina and The K Hole +
request by Ian
25) Randy Newman - Suzanne
26) Desmond Dekker - Get Up Adina
27) Islands - Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby
28) Blackblack - Sophia
29) Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
30) Slowdive - Alison +
Request by Ellie
31) Patty Smith - Kimberly
32) The Pixies - Toni's Theme (live) +
Request by Gabe
33) Brian Eno - Blank Frank
34) The Jam - David Watts
35) Dan Deacon - My Name Is Robert +
Request by My Shimoda
36) Arthur Russell - Eli
37) Joanna Newsom - Sadie
The Replacements - Gary's Got A Boner +
Request by Danny
38) David Bowie - Joe The Lion
39) Brian Jonestown Massacre - (David Bowie I Love You) Since I Was Six
40) Jacques Brel - Jef
41) Belle and Sebastian - Mary Jo
42) Van Dyke Parks - John Jones
43) The Flying Burrito Brothers - Cody, Cody
44) Big Star - Stroke It Noel
45) Jarvis Cocker - Angela
46) The Rakes - Strasbourg
47) Eels - Elizabeth On The Bathroom Floor
48) Blur - Yuko & Hiro
49) Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Madeleine-Mary
50) The Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says +
Request by Danny
51) Charles Spearin Project - Vanessa
52) Siouxie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence
53) Aphex Twin - Ziggy
54) Boards of Canada - Julie and Candy
55) Frank Zappa - The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (now playing)
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...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Isis Unveiled
Made In Mexico - For Your Own Good *
Mika Miko - On The Rise *
Eu Dirijo O Carro Bomba - Akira S Et Garotas Que Erraram
Double Dagger - Vivre Sans Temps Mort *
Fugazi - Give Me The Cure
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams +
Request by Ludlow
Xu Xu Fang - Fascination Street *
Brightblack Morning Light - Hologram Buffalo *
Land of Kush - The Light Over The Ranges *
Black Dice - La Cucaracha *
Liars - Hold Hands And It Will Happen Anyway +
No Age - Eraser +
Entrance - Grim Reaper Blues +
Ariel Pink - I Wanna Be Young +
M. Ward - Sad, Sad Song +
Bodies of Water - These Are The Eyes +
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - All Around You +
Darker My Love - Rate +
Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us +
Hecuba - Miles Away *+
Devendra Banhart - Long Haired Child +
The Living Sisters - How Are You Doing +
Inara George - Dirty White +
Lavender Diamond - When You Wake For Certain +
Minutes Til Midnight - Innocent +
Warlocks - Come Save Us +
Minute Men - It's Expected I'm Gone +
Condo Fucks - Gudbuy T'Jane *
Pink Mountaintops - Axis: Thrones of Love *
So Many Wizards - I'm Just Like You *
Illinois - Old Saloon
Prolapse - Zen Nun Deb
Jackie O Motherfucker - Bonesaw
The Pretty Things - Mr. Evasion
Happy Birthday Danny Gabai!!!
Tones On Tail - Go!
The Soft Pack - Night Life *
39 Clocks - My Tears Will Drown The World *
Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart +*
Request for Erica
Holy Modal Rounders - If You Want To Be A Bird
Jay Bennett (RIP) - Overexcusers
Silkie - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
In honor of all who are denied dignity and justice by the upholding of Prop 8 and Don't Ask Don't Tell.
Diamond Watch Wrists * - One Second Early Late
Swan Lake - Spanish Gold, 2044 *
The Walkmen - Many Rivers To Cross
Adanowsky - Estoy Mal
Rita Pavone - Viva La Pappa Col Pomodoro
Jane Birkin - Orang outan
Amanda Palmer - Leeds United
The Microphones - The Glow pt. 2
Neutral Milk Hotel - Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone
The Geraldine Fibbers - Lilybelle
Lou Reed - Sad Song
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Hey everyone,
I really want to thank Scott Beibin for coming onto the show. If you don't know who Scott is I highly recommend googling him and his various activities including The Lost Film Festival, Evil Twin Booking, The Fake New York Times Prank or just reach out to him on Facebook. It's like that!
Today's theme is numbers. All songs significantly revolve around numbers (and a few have them in their titles for no apparent reason). But first...new adds
Here's the playlist:
Blake Miller - In The Danger *
Black Dice - Earnings Plus Interest *
Hecuba - Miles Away *
The Soft Pack - Future Rock *
Toxic Lipstick - Obsteshun *
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1 - 11
Mika Miko - Sex Jazz *
X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage (Up Yours)
Xu Xu Fang - Seven Days Now *
Acid Mothers Temple - Sorcerer's Stone Of The Magi *
Elfin Saddle - Hammer Song *
Double Dagger - Camouflage *
The Coathangers - Toomerhead *
Alma Mater - Long *
Funeral Crashers - Disconnected *
Corridor - T. And <-> *
Swan Lake - Spanish Gold 2044 *
Now, on to Numbers Numbers Numbers
Yeasayer - 2088
Avalanches - Two Hearts in 3/4 time +
Request from Mike
Fourtet – High Fives
DJ Shadow – The Number Song
The Grey Album – 99 Problems
The Jaguars – Exit 6
Django Reinhardt – Swing 42
Serge Gainsbourg – 18 – 39
Deerhoof - +81 +
Request by Mike (different Mike)
David Ramos – Count
Dr. Octagon – 3000
Broadcast – Minus 1
Beta Band - Number 15
The Soviets - 2 and 1 Goes +
Request from Sean was actually for Number One Is Three by The Soviets, but I only had 2 and 1 Goes
Boris – Six three times
Aphex Twin – 4
Pink Floyd – Chapter 24
Suicide - 96 Tears
Wire – The Map Reference 41 degrees N 93 degrees W (Iowa 71 miles outside of des moines)
Toots & The Maytals - 54/46
Desmond Dekker - 007 (Shanty Town)
Waylon & Willie - The Year 2003 minus 25
Violent Femmes - Kiss Off +
Request from Eric, my old friend from college.
Included for the section:
I take one one one cause you left me and
Two two two for my family and
3 3 3 for my heartache and
4 4 4 for my headaches and
5 5 5 for my lonely and
6 6 6 for my sorrow and
7 7 for no tomorrow and
8 8 I forget what 8 was for and
9 9 9 for a lost God and
10 10 10 10 for everything
Everything everything everything
Art Brut - 18,000 Lira
Iggy Pop - Sixteen
Speaking of Iggy, check out the best blog ever dedicated entirely to Iggy Pop's The Idiot: Idiotlust
David Bowie - TVC 15
Tom Robinson – 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Bow Wow Wow – C30 C60 C90
Stiff Little Fingers – Tin Soldiers
Screeching Weasel - 99
Love - Seven and Seven Is +
Request from...damn it I forgot her name!!!
Dirty Little Secret - Guns Guns Guns
Rap about Pi (Don't know song name) - (Don't know artist, but Dragon Boy Suede has a verse) Video is at the top of this blog. How amazing is that?
Sesame Street - 12
School House Rocks - 3 Is A Magic Number
Lightning Bolt – 13 Monsters
Philip Glass - Knee 3
Cornelius - Count 5 or 6
Interview with Scott Beibin
Laurie Anderson - Zero and One
Next theme is names which means that 867-5309 Jenny is a song I won't be playing for two theme shows in a row!
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Alma Mater - Marching On *
Mika Miko - Totion *
Double Dagger - Vivre Sans Temps Mort *
Black Dice - Nite Creme *
Prefuse 73 - Regalo *
Hecuba - Miles Away *
Xu Xu Fang - Underground *
The Soft Pack - Right And Wrong *
Swan Lake - Paper Lace *
Bradbury - Nymphs + Shepards *
Dan Deacon - Of The Mountains *
The Nextdoor Neighbors - We Are The Future *
Elfin Saddle - The Bringer *
Crazyhorse - Eric Kuhlmann *
Lotus Plaza - Redoak Way *
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT SET
PART I: THE DESIRE TO COMMIT A CRIME
Van Morrison – Cypress Street
This Bike Is A Pipebomb – Murder Bike
The Ponys – Pickpocket Song
Jarvis Cocker – I Will Kill Again
PART II: COMMITTING THE CRIME
Tommy Collins – Got To Have A License
The Crime: Illegal Substance
Bill Johnson’s Louisiana Jug Band – Don’t Drink It Here
Randy Newman – Guilty
Curtis Mayfield – Pusherman
The Crime: Theft
Serge Gainsbourg – Bonnie And Clyde
The Fall – Petty (Thief) Lout
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Take It From The Man
The Roots – Don’t Say Nuthin’
The Crime: Murder
The Cure – Killing An Arab
Tom Waits – Murder In The Red Barn
Nirvana – Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Throbbing Gristle – Very Friendly
Health – Crimewave
PART III: THE LAW
Elvis Costello – Watching The Detectives
Public Enemy – 911 Is A Joke
Jay Dee – Fuck The Police
PART IV: ON THE RUN
The Clash – Police On My Back
Mission Of Burma – Outlaw
Panther – On The Lam
PART V: THE TRIAL
Prince Buster – Judge Dread
The Specials – Stupid Marriage
Dangerdoom – Basketcase
Roky Erickson – Please Judge
PART VI: PRISON
Leadbelly – Governor Pat Neff
Loretta Lynn – Women’s Prison
Gram Parsons - Medley Live From Quebec
Islands – Life In Jail
Kid 606 – Juvenile Hall Role Call
DENOUEMENT
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Mark David Chapman
Beck – Steal My Body Home
The Streets – The Irony Of It All
GZA – Investigative Reports
Charles Manson – Don’t Do Anything Illegal
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THE NEXT THEME WILL BE NUMBERS. PLEASE LEAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS TO THIS BLOG. THIS MEANS ALL SONGS REVOLVING AROUND NUMBERS.
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Hey everyone. Here is my playlist from today's show. I don't have too much to talk about, even though I am completely wired on the fake coffee that allows me to stay conscious starting at 4:30 am. I would write things as I think them, but instead I find myself saying them out-loud to anyone near me who will listen until they stare at me like a dog being shown a card trick and then slowly back away. For example, "I want to write a comedy sketch about lawyers preparing a wrongful death suit against Willie Wonka"...it's thoughts like these that kept me out of the ivy leagues.
Oh, my set of songs that are frequently sampled in Hip Hop seemed to go over like hotcakes, so I'll tell you where you have heard some of the samples:
Liquid Liquid's "Cavern" was the primary sample in Grandmaster Flash's "White Lines". Liquid Liquid's label, 99 Records eventually went bust trying to sue for royalties (which they never received) for use of this sample as well as ESG's UFO (which I played later). 99 records tells the story best here
The Mohawks' "The Champ" is one of the most widely sampled songs and also inspired the "duh duh duh" section of Onyx's opus, "Slam". Cold Cut also used it in their seminal "More Beats and Pieces". Other people to use it include Slick Rick, De La Soul, Hammer, DJ Shadow, KRS-One etc.
Bob James' "Take Me To Mardi Gras" is another omnipresent sample. Probably best known from either" Hold it Now" by the Beastie Boys, "Rock The Bells" by LL Cool J or Run DMC's "Peter Piper". It is friggin' everywhere; even Massive Attack sampled this one! Credit is due to Jason Smith and his blog (click here) for revealing this gem in its original form.
Edwin Birdsong's "Cola Bottle Baby" is immediately recognized as Daft Punk's "Harder Better Faster Stronger" and then again as some unlistenable piece of shit by Kanye West. Dustin Sussman turned me on to this one.
Freddie Scott's "You Got What I Need" is by no means new to this show, but here we are again. Thank you Biz Markie for making this famous on Just A Friend!
As mentioned earlier ESG's UFO is everywhere from "Sure Shot" by the Beastie Boys to "Night of the Living Baseheads" by Public Enemy. Often it was sped up from 33 1/3 to 45 when sampled, but there you have it.
Finally: one of the samples that started it all, "Trans Euro Express" by Kraftwerk dropped krautrock to the South Bronx at the very start of hip hop. That's why today if you fall asleep on the 5 train and wake up in the middle of the night alone and far from home all you have to do is start talking about Florian and no one will fuck with you. Seriously, try it. This sample is most famous as "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa, who's name uses so many a's I think he might be partly Scandanavian...wait...he's definitely not.
Okay, now I'll just jump to the setlist.
Barr - Complete Consumption of Us Both
Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow
Dungen - Satt Att Se
The Coat Hangers - Time Passing *
Dsico - 70s Classic Hits
!!! - Take Ecstacy With Me
Tarentel - Geneva, Switzerland (track 6) *
Jackie-O Motherfucker - Hey! Mr. Sky
Earth - Rise To Glory
A Tribe Called Quest - Verses From The Abstract +
Hi Red Center - Littlest Giant *
Handglops - The First Party *
Swan Lake - Spanish Gold 2044 *
Sunset Rubdown - Stadiums and Shrines II
Big Whup - Yaaaay! *
Chain and the Gang - Chain Gang Theme *
Aphex Twin - Taking Control
Squarepusher - F-Train
Micachu - Eat Your Heart *
Liquid Liquid - Cavern
The Mohawks - The Champ
Bob James - Take Me To Mardi Gras
Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby
Freddie Scott - You Got What I Need
Breakwater - Release The Beast
ESG - UFO
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
Child Bite - Never-Ending Mountain Slammer
Kittens For Christian - Under The Covers
Wavves - So Bored *
Au - Are Animals
Pretty Things - Mr. Evasion (Credit must be given to Danny Gabai for turning me onto this track!!!)
Love - Seven & Seven Is
Death - Rock
The Sonics - Strychnine
Dan Deacon - Build Voice *
Black Dice - Earings Plus Interest *
New Order - Procession
Belle and Sebastian - Electronic Renaissance
The Nextdoor Neighbors - Greener *
David Byrne with Brian Eno - Wanted For Life
The Muslims (Now Called Soft Pack) - Walking With Jesus *
Apples In Stereo - Shine In Your Mind
The Olivia Tremor Control - Memories of Jacqueline 1906
A Certain Ratio - Do the Du (Peel Session version)
Fellini - Rock Europeu
Jacques Brel - Jef
Adanowsky - Estoy Mal (Now Playing)
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