Sun Ra - You Thought You Could Build A World Without US?

oh, foolish humans, will you never learn?

Imaginary Radio Volume 34

Imaginary Radio Volume 34 - Whiskey Songs

1. Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar
2. Beck - Pour The Whiskey
3. Jahmiga - Whiskey
4. Comets On Fire - Wild Whiskey
5. Matt Vincent - Whiskey Friend
6. Yol Aularong - Whiskey Whiskey
7. Eyehategod - Dixie Whiskey
8. Budgie - Whiskey River
9. Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Man
10. darkthrone - whiskey funeral
11. Jason And The Nashville Scorchers - Broken Whiskey Glass
12. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - The Clouds Are Full Of Wine (Not Whiskey Or Rye)
13. Poison Girls - Whiskey Voice
14. The Murder City Devils - Rum To Whiskey
15. Buzzov-En - Whiskey Fit
16. Neil Young - Whiskey Boot Hill
17. The Who - Whiskey Man
18. Phafner - Whiskey Took My Woman
19. Neil Young - String Quartet From Whiskey Boot Hill
20. Triumph Of Lethargy Skinned Alive To Death - RC And Whiskey
21. The Hidden Hand - The Resurrection of Whiskey Foote
22. Churches Burn - Whiskey Grip
23. Beck - Whiskeyclone, Hotel City 1997
24. The Doors - Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)

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Gene Anderson - The Devil Made Me Do It

Fecal Matter - Illiteracy Will Prevail

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_Matter_%28band%29

Fecal Matter was a short-lived band from Aberdeen, Washington, that formed in late 1985. It was the first band conceived by Kurt Cobain, who would become famous as the frontman of the seminal grunge band, Nirvana. Other significant members included Dale Crover and Buzz Osborne of the Melvins, a band that would also become highly influential. The band recorded only one demo tape, Illiteracy Will Prevail, which remains unreleased with the exception of the song "Spank Thru". A complete tape is available and surfacing on the internet.

here it is

Bun B - Pants On The Ground

fresh off the mixtape...  southern rap hero bun b has done his take on this american idol viral video thing and it is fantastic.



Bun B - Pants On The Ground (bonus track on No Mixtape)

Robyn Hitchcock - Gene Hackman

Imaginary Radio Volume 33

Imaginary Radio Volume 33: Go Fer Da Gusto

01. Canned Heat - Schlitz Beer Commercial
02. Cheap Trick - Hello There
03. P205 - Morning Of The Ants
04. Light - Back Up
05. Impetigo - Breakfast At The Manchester Morgue
06. Rotten Sound - Cartender
07. Misericordiam - Primitive Thinking For Alternative Thinking
08. Wormlust - Seven Paths
09. Canned Heat - Smokey The Bear Commercial
10. Steeplechase - Mary Clarke
11. After Shave - Amsterdam In My Living Room
12. Andwellas Dream - Sunday
13. Alamo - Got To Find Another Way
14. Andromeda - Day Of The Change
15. Earles And Jensen - Ditchweed
16. Jane - Between Heaven And Hell

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Songs Mudhoney Taught Us

i don't care what any critic says - Mudhoney was a great band and had excellent, excellent taste in music.  a lot of the songs they covered could serve as a Best Of 80's Punk Rock list.  the rest are seemingly very specific choices that all seem to make perfect sense as influences.  two of the songs (The Rose and Baby Help Me Forget) were done in previous Mark Arm bands.

so here i've compiled the original versions of most of the songs Mudhoney covered in their long, distinguished career.

Songs Mudhoney Taught Us

1. Adolescents - Who Is Who
2. Angry Samoans - You Stupid Asshole
3. Black Flag - Fix Me
4. Blue Cheer - Magnolia Caboose Babyfinger
5. Thee Mighty Caesars - She's Just 15
6. Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
7. Roxy Music - Editions of You
8. Motörhead - Over The Top
9. Spacemen 3 - Revolution
10. Martin Rev - Baby O Baby
11. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown
12. Sonic Youth - Hallowe'en
13. Mr. Epp and the Calculations - The Rose
14. Fang - The Money Will Roll Right In
15. Void - Dehumanized
16. The Crucifucks - You Give Me The Creeps
17. The Damned - Stab Your Back
18. The Dicks - Dicks Hate The Police
19. Green River - Baby Help Me Forget 

 
bonus video: original version of "The Rose" by Bette Midler

Captain America / Eugenius

Eugenius (also known as Captain America) was an indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland that existed from 1990-1995, centred around former Vaselines singer/guitarist Eugene Kelly and featuring members of BMX Bandits and Teenage Fanclub.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenius_%28band%29

fantastic early-90's rock just the way you like it.

Eugenius - Oomalama + Captain America - Flame On EP


Flame On

Imaginary Radio Volume 32

Imaginary Radio Volume 32 - The BLACK Album

01. Ivor Cutler - Little Black Buzzer (live)
02. Tyrannosaurus Rex - Cat Black (The Wizard's Hat)
03. Albert Kuvezin And Yat-Kha - Black Magic Woman
04. Baroness - Blackpowder Orchard
05. Circus Devils - I Found The Black Mind
06. Current 93 - Black Flower Please
07. Barrington Levy - Black Heart Man Dub
08. Cabaret Voltaire - Black Mask
09. Gass - Black Velvet
10. Boss Hog - Black Throat
11. Alice Donut - Lydia's Black Lung
12. Chrome - Black Plastic Bag
13. Cherubs - Blackhouse
14. Black Flag - Black Love
15. Melvins - Happy Grey Or Black
16. Greenleaf - Black Black Magic
17. Chug - Black Sedan
18. Falling Joys - Black Bandages
19. Boris - Black Original
20. Captain Beefheart - Black Snake Moan II (Live WBCN '72)
21. Minutemen - Black Sheep
22. Bad Brains - Black Dots
23. Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Black Ink On Black Paper
24. Doom - Black Monday
25. Neurosis - Black
26. Brutal Truth - Black Door Mine
27. Deicide - Black Night
28. John Robinson - Black Gold
29. Clear Light - Black Roses
30. The Hollies - Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress

containing 0% of metallica, jay-z, prince or spinal tap songs

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The Rentals - Excellent Stocking Stuffer (bootleg)

i recently recovered this bootleg, which is pretty hard to find online.  about five years ago, matt sharp put it up for download.  i listened to it a lot more than their first LP.  some of the alternate or demo versions are better than the studio versions.

if you are a fan of the rentals, weezer (back when they were good) or moog-rock/power pop in general, this is an essential listen.

informations:

Excellent Stocking Stuffer

1. So Soon -- recorded live in Amsterdam. The last show on the Blur tour, the last concert with Cherielynn Westrich.
2. Mrs. Young -- Recorded originally as a b-side for a possible 7" single with Weezer. Matt wrote most of the song and collaborated with Rivers Matt: lead vox and bass / Rivers Cuomo: most instrumentation including harmonica, guitars and drums. Recorded on Cuomo's tascam 8 track cassette machine. (All about Mrs. Young in the Tour Diary)
3. Waiting -- Live Denver radio show "The Lounge"
Matt Sharp: vox / Rod: Nylon / Jim: moog source / Cherie and Maya: female harmonies / Mike: Drums
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That's Incredible! sessions.
Before the violins, before the moogs, Tom Grimley named the original group "That's Incredible!". Here are ten [in progress] recordings of what was to become their debut album. Recorded by Tom Grimley in April 1994 in Poop Alley.
Matt Sharp: vocals, lead guitar and bass / Rachel Haden: female vocals / Rod Cervera: rythm guitar / Pat Wilson: drums
4. Say Goodbye Forever [Brian Bell: main melody guitar]
5. Stupid Girl
6. Waiting
7. I Don't Want This, Babe
8. Crumblin'
9. Friends Of P.
10. Mrs. Young
11. California
12. These Days
13. The Love I'm Searching For
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14. Silent Night -- Original unedited versioin. Poor quality cassette recording.
Rod Cervera: voice over / Jim Richards: moog, korg and arp synthesizers / Matt Sharp: Drums
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Frisbee Days [home recordings] 1993
Before The Rentals, before That's Incredible! came the Frisbee Days 4 track home recordings in 1993. These were the original demos for the That's Incredible! album. Here are three songs that never made it all the way to Poop Alley.
15. She Looks At Me -- [written by Rachel Haden and That Dog]
16. The T.V. Is On
17. Frisbee Days
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18. Please Let That Be You -- More from the The Lounge on Denver radio.
19. The Love I'm Searching For -- acoustic version live on Boston radio station WBCN.
20. Friends of P. -- acoustic version live on Washington D.C. radio WHFS
21. Friends Of P. -- Live from Amsterdam, Last Show
22. Radio Promo

for a preview, here is my favorite track...  an early demo (featuring rivers cuomo) of Please Let That Be You, here titled, Mrs Young.

The Rentals - Mrs. Young


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record review: RJD2 - The Colossus

it's kind of amazing to hear a musician never change, grow or mature on any of his records over ten years.  normally that kind of narrow-minded artistic plodding might indicate that the musician is sticking with what he does best.  that is not the case with RJD2, who has never written a song that comes close to "Exotic Talk" since "Exotic Talk".  that is the only thing i want to hear him do.  i only listen to his new albums because i'm still waiting to hear that again.  and nothing ever comes close.

and that is what you get with his brand new album The Colossus.  great album title, mediocre songs.  if you want to hear someone who has already released the best thing he will ever do wanking around, then by all means, seek out this record immediately!  i didn't listen to any of the songs with singing because i know they all suck.  especially the last one that sounds kind of like an even shittier version of a Beatles song.  that means i listened to about four songs in their entirety.  i will never listen to this again.

The End.

Imaginary Radio Volume 31

Imaginary Radio Volume 31: ...And Black Fluids

01. Funebrarum - Depths Of Misery
02. Prevail - Of The Abyss
03. Converge - Black Cloud
04. Nirvana - (live guitar destruction)
05. Raekwon - Pyrex Vision
06. Blackroc - Coochie (feat. Ludacris & Ol' Dirty Bastard)
07. Gucci Mane - Dope Boys (Bird Peterson Remix)
08. Canned Heat - Cherokee Dance
09. 26 - Oblivious
10. Linda Lee - With You ("Sette Note In Nero" title music)
11. The Wedding Present - She's My Best Friend
12. The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (7" Version)
13. The Doobie Brothers - Jesus Is Just Alright (Remix)
14. Triumph Of Lethargy Skinned Alive To Death - Salt
15. Scharpling & Wurster on The Best Show On WFMU - Spike's Audition
16. Beasts Of Bourbon - Black Milk (live)
17. Part Chimp - Black Water
18. Moloch - Black Water
19. Diesto - Black Water
20. The Doobie Brothers - Black Water
21. Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention - Let's Make The Water Turn Black

this one starts off really heavy, then it goes into some recent rap cuts and some lighter stuff, then it ends with a bunch of songs about black liquids.  why are there so many songs about black water?  i don't know.

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He's A Whore

so the story goes...


Cheap Trick - He's A Whore

Big Black - He's A Whore

"Get ready for the new generation of music"

the hottest new avant-MIDI-karaoke-outsider-tronica netlabel going is here:

http://annelaplantine.free.fr/musiques1.htm

now featuring many recordings by the notorious Thomascow.  for a preview, listen to the "jingle of the label":

insane progressive rock fail

ladies and gentlemen, "Step On My Face" by P205

in case you are wondering, yes it does get more insane after the first chorus.