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hodge podge

Busy busy busy. Expecting a baby this summer and working toward an impending May deadline at work. Not much time or energy for hobbies. I DJ tonight, in one hour in fact, and found some sweet tunes while sorting through the music I'd like to play tonight but that don't quite fit the bar scene.

Smack That Thing - Walter Coleman

Which reminds me of the documentary I saw a couple weeks ago:

Desparate Man Blues...

and the accompanying documentary about the King of Record Collectors, Joe Bussard

Friday Night DJ Playlist

January 2-3, 2009

(this is actually only about half of it ... )

Rudy Got Soul  -  Desmond Dekker & The Aces
Jezebel  -  Owen Grey, Clue J & His Blues Blasters
Bobby Bobylon  -  Freddy Mcgregor
Teacher Teacher  -  Toots And The Maytals
Chinese Checkers  -  Booker T. & The MGs
Comin' Home Baby  -  Dee Dee Sharp
96 Tears  -  Big Maybelle
I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home  -  Ann Peebles
Soul Time  -  Shirley Ellis
I Idolize You  -  Charmaines
Sophisticated Boom Boom  -  The Shangri-Las
Ghost In The Trees  - Thee Oh Sees
Whisper to Me  -  Jay Reatard
Wild Woman  -  Jo Hamann
Nag Nag Nag  -  Animals and Men
Goodbye Suicide  -  Hollywood Killers
Teenage Beat  -  Teenbeats
Ida Honey (Tell Me You'll Be Mine)  -  The Milkshakes
Bad Seed  -  N. Patrick Williams & The Inner Prism
Dance, California (Radio Edit)  -  Wooden Shjips
Throw it away   - Black Lips
Livin' On  -  13th Floor Elevators
Hard Life  -  Why Four
Newport  -  Kinski
I Fall She Screams  -  The Telescopes
Debaser  -  Pixies
Block Of Ice  -  Thee Oh Sees
Could Be It Doesnt Matter  -  The Heads
L.A.  -  The Fall
What Needs Must Be  -  Dead Meadow
Evil Ways  -  Black Mountain
On My Way  -  Andora
No Fun  -  The Stooges
Emergency Cases  -  Undertones The
I Believe In Me  -  The AVENGERS
There Ain't No Sanity Clause  -  The Damned

I Want Candy  -  The Strangeloves
Don't Bring Me Down  -  Electric Light Orchestra
Radar Love  -  Golden Earring
Beast of Burden  -  The Rolling Stones
I Won't Back Down   - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
We Shot The World  -  The Ponys
Black Wall  -  Six Organs of Admittance
When Doves Cry  -  Prince
I Can Dream About You  -  Hartman, Dan
Move On Up  -  Curtis Mayfield
Tramp  -  Otis Redding with Carla Thomas

Friday Night DJ Playlist

I DJ in a wee Irish pub in Champaign, Illinois. By request, I'm going to start posting playlists.
_{(The order got messed up a bit in the list below, the addition of more reggae than usual, the Pogues and the "Rednecks" song was in tribute to a dear friend of all, Chef Ra, who passed away two years ago on Christmas. Song is linked for mp3 sample, artists linked to myspace page.)}

December 26-27, 2008 Playlist (SONG - ARTIST)

Where Is My Mind? -  Pixies
No New Tale to Tell  -  Love and Rockets
Dry The Rain -  The Beta Band
Clouds -  The Go-Betweens
Fly on a Windscreen -  Depeche Mode
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!  -  Nick Cave   (MF)
Wild Woman -  Jo Hamann   (MF)
Voodoo Woman -  Mike Lewis & Conny Plank
Tiger -  Brian Auger & The Trinity feat. Julie Driscoll   
On My Way -  Andora   (MF)
Click Click -  The English Beat
Look A Py Py -  The Invaders
Skylarking -  Horace Andy   (RG)
Rub Up Push Up -  Termites   (RG)
Feel The Rythm -  Clancy Eccles  (RG)
Schooldays -  Toots & The Maytals
Rebel's Hop -  Bob Marley   (RG)
Bobby Bobylon -  Freddy Mcgregor   (RG)
Fat Man -  Derrick Morgan   (RG)
Bam Bam  -  The Maytals   (RG)
Here I Come (Broader Than Broadway) -  Berrington Levy   (RG)
Badder Dan Dem -  Lone Ranger   (RG)
Hotter Reggae Music -  Welton Irie   (RG)
Nga Lompok A Go Go - Kassim Slamat dengan The Swallows
Psychotic Reaction -  Positively Thirteen O’Clock
Run Away -  Joy & The Hit Kids
Feelings -  Grassroots
Wolf City -  Amon Düül II
Sahara 72 -  Bobby Hughes Experience
Baby Please Don't Go -  The Amboy Dukes
Baby It's Cold Outside -  Pezband
Rudy, A Message to You -  Dandy Livingstone   (RG)
In The Spirit -  Lloyd Charmers   (RG)
Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer -  Johnny Russell
The Wild Rover - The Pogues
My Boy Lollipop -  Millie Small   (RG)
The Tide Is High -  The Paragons   (RG)
Pretty Little Thing -  Interpreters
Beatnik Girl -  The Kravin' "A"s
Shattered -  The Rolling Stones
Rivers of Babylon -  The Melodians   (RG)
Fairytale of New York -  The Pogues
Age of Consent -  New Order
Love My Way  -  The Psychedelic Furs
The Wild Rover  -  The Pogues
Fairytale of New York -  The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl
Pass the Dutchie -  Musical Youth   (RG)
Ain't No Sunshine - Ken Boothe   (RG)
Broadway Jungle -  Toots & The Maytals   (RG)
Black Wall -  Six Organs of Admittance    (MF)
Quadrospazzed -  Thee Oh Sees    (MF)
Dance, California (Radio Edit) -  Wooden Shjips   (MF)
Radon Detector  -  The Blind SHake    (MF)
New Feeling -  Talking Heads
The Jean Genie -  David Bowie
You Have Yet To Win -  Holly Golightly
You Never Can Tell -  Chuck Berry
With A Girl Like You -  The Troggs
All Day And All Of The Night -  The Kinks
Down In Mexico -  The Coasters
jerking the dog -  The Foundations
I Got A Thing For You Baby  - Percolator
Walking The Dog -  Rufus Thomas
Bold Soul Sister -  Ike & Tina Turner
It's Your Thing -  The Isley Brothers
I Wanna Make It Wit Chu -  Desert Sessions    (MF)
Love Is the Drug -  Roxy Music
Red Right Hand -  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Vitamin C -  Can   (MF)
Dead Souls -  Joy Division
Visit Colonel  -  Thee Oh Sees  (MF)
Shrinking Moon for You -  Wooden Shjips   (MF)
The Baby Screams -  The Cure
Mongoloid -  Devo
Lust for Life -  Iggy Pop
Hold Tight  -  Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
My Little Red Book -  Love
Too Late for Goodbyes  -  Julian Lennon
So Get Out - The Surfaris

(Key: MF=my recent favorites, RG=reggae)

_{(If you like what you hear/see, BUY VINYL from the artists mentioned on this site. The mp3s posted on my site are for preview purposes only and should encourage you to purchase full length albums and EPs by the artists featured. Just like listening to a radio show. I'll help you find vinyl online if you need help tracking something down to purchase, let me know. If you are an artist or artist's representative and would like any sample tracks removed from the site, please let me know.)}

She has returned.

I have been a bad blogger, Anyone who has dilligently kept me on their RSS feed reader or who finds me on hypem or somesuch service, do not dismay. I will post more cool obscure retro 50s-60s finds soon. I miss blogging. I was doing some work on a blog for my job and the idea of doing anything blog-related for pleasure just simply seemed wrong. But, I have returned. I'll keep it brief. I know, all you want is the music and the silly pictures.

Download Christmas Tree On Fire by Holly Golightly

Download Don't Believe In Christmas by The Sonics

Here's a picture of my Christmas tree, decorated with some scratched up 45s that either aren't worthy enough to rock my turntable or refuse to:



Note: Buy this Holly Golightly vinyl here. Buy The Sonics 7" here and more Sonics vinyl at Norton Records. Both also available on emusic.com! (Holly Golightly on emusic.com, The Sonics on emusic.com). Buy me some Holly Golightly merch! One of the current bands high rotation in my playlist is Wooden Shjips. You can get some of their stuff on emusic.com and check them out on MySpace and download the two free 'holiday' tracks on the Wooden Shjips site.

Please use these songs as samples to discover new bands and then go out purchase VINYL by the artists featured on this blog. Contact me if you need something removed.

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More! More!

I Despise You - Q65 (mp3)

Dirty and sexy and raw! Oh my!

Oooh! Nasty! That's how I feel! I've been working my tush off for the man and the weekend is here, not to mention the W2 form, so the tax return will be coming soon and I'm ready to RELAX. I'm going on vacation. Any ideas?

In the meantime, these songs are kind of dirty, and sexy, and raw, and fit my mood just about right. Enjoy.

Q 65 - And your kind

Underground Balloon Corps. - Heart made of Soul

The Belles - Melvin

Dukes of Hamburg - Mercy Mercy

Holly Golightly - You Have Yet To Win

Feel it.