tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53904612067259536382023-11-16T02:57:45.712-08:00Country Club of the '07S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-64860717091155750102011-12-29T08:38:00.000-08:002011-12-29T12:36:27.954-08:00Big Love 2011Personally 2011 sucked pretty big, but musically it was a pretty great outing. Some perennial favorites made some great releases: The retooled, renamed, Corin Tucker-less Sleater-Kinney offshoot, Wild Flag. Wilco finally releasing a disc that comes close to their landmark Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album, and Jeff Tweedy coming one step closer to showing you musically what a migraine sounds like, The Flaming Lips releasing a split EP with Lighting Bolt as well as the 24 hour long track “7 Skies H3”.<br /><br />On a down note, 2011 saw the end of what is probably the second most influential and important American bands of the past 30 years, Sonic Youth. Love them or hate them, their reach and circle of influence is only eclipsed by The Velvet, and depending on how important you think knowing how to actually play your instruments is, they might even be stronger.<br />Another downer, the ever growing toilet clog that has become country music… For every Hayes Carll out there, we end up with five Lady Antebellums or The Band Perrys which lower the curve so dramatically you would think country radio is a GED night school. Seriously, Jerry Sandusky’s locker room conversations have to be more entertaining and listenable than anything by Jason Aldean or Thompson Square. And while “alt-country” has seemed to flourish on satellite and the web, 2011 was not the brightest year for the genre. There were some bright lights like the latest from Those Darlin’s, Blitzen Trapper and the Old 97’s, unfortunately the Old 97’s disc was offset by the abysmal release of Rhett Miller’s cover collection.<br />Anyway, without further ado here are my picks for Best of 2011, the write-ups were thrown together in a hurry as I somehow just realized that the year actually ends in a couple of days. Oops...<br /><br />Enjoy!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWcqAMjaqZaLoHIVDcofyQOGu40XTT_AlF7SMQaGx-LsABRc4Kp4lvneYYUXNFsnNrhxcloU6HpRn8jrPETVNwg3KvsGkQCpdTahNx_BcT6IM-Darwrsl5CXEr39ldLbPGVTncCZb-Wg/s1600/ema.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691595414259657954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWcqAMjaqZaLoHIVDcofyQOGu40XTT_AlF7SMQaGx-LsABRc4Kp4lvneYYUXNFsnNrhxcloU6HpRn8jrPETVNwg3KvsGkQCpdTahNx_BcT6IM-Darwrsl5CXEr39ldLbPGVTncCZb-Wg/s200/ema.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>1. EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints When I first tried to tell someone about EMA, the first thing that came to mind was a more self-assured, less pretentious version of In Utero, performed by a giant, cocksure female. Saints is above all things raw; stripped down, full of angst, hurt and baggage but with an underlying element of coiled venom. Standout tracks like the ominous, near nightmarish “The Grey Ship”, and a cutter’s dream anthem “Marked”, show a pained vulnerability where one like “California” offers the perfect amount of piss and vinegar to balance the pH with Erika Anderson snarling “Fuck California, you made me boring” over a droning guitar.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.com/s/iftxi07x3cfuynmj11fq"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>EMA – Marked</strong></span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong> </strong></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><br /></strong></span><a href="http://www.box.com/s/n23s827mqi8f9bf1amj1"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>EMA - California</strong></span></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzy3O60mO4zkKV16yB4vu3I8tC9N8OMzh90yugYPz9XFJtICKA1DGttP0xo43rNcRoSOIkPII_HHZReyIUTkb6yQWIkWUaYd6ZrnNF7Fhsv6rUJEHpi4to5P8JzSFSifkA4kE7ZhNBfY/s1600/wild+flag.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691595248825886546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzy3O60mO4zkKV16yB4vu3I8tC9N8OMzh90yugYPz9XFJtICKA1DGttP0xo43rNcRoSOIkPII_HHZReyIUTkb6yQWIkWUaYd6ZrnNF7Fhsv6rUJEHpi4to5P8JzSFSifkA4kE7ZhNBfY/s200/wild+flag.jpg" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>2. Wild Flag – s/t If you were to do a search for Riot Grrrl, the first three results you get back should be Kathleen Hannah, Carrie Brownstein and Allison Janney’s pussy. Inarguably the best rock and roll album of 2011; essentially Sleater-Kinney with keyboards, Wild Flag chugs along like Pac-Man gobbling Adderall and chasing spiders instead of ghosts. Added bonus, the mom from Home Improvement can totally tear up a set of drums.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.com/s/f2m13bsnd6jc5uizrvnp"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Wild Flag – Romance </strong></span></a></p><br /><p><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><a href="http://www.box.com/s/xlp64niigbi3vxhtq7v9"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Wild Flag – Endless Talk</span></a></strong></span></p><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRGntcmXJPkna6-_dnwGQEYmRo-DrIXhrXeKXIYz3aDMS-_jlxALe1MsnlP14Cz76RM-gz41cGuTkYb0i0HgPMyPVnpbHmtZLXkUmflOZ_tv5_6W2Y87-9wOwBHj2cWDtsbqIZK77H4vs/s1600/hayes+carll.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691595086445923634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRGntcmXJPkna6-_dnwGQEYmRo-DrIXhrXeKXIYz3aDMS-_jlxALe1MsnlP14Cz76RM-gz41cGuTkYb0i0HgPMyPVnpbHmtZLXkUmflOZ_tv5_6W2Y87-9wOwBHj2cWDtsbqIZK77H4vs/s200/hayes+carll.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>3. Hayes Carll – KMAG YOYO It was probably a disservice that this disc was released so early in the year and I had plenty of time to wear it the fuck out. But those first two months Mr. Carll and I had some beautiful times together, kind of like the musical equivalent of priapism: great fun for the first hour or two, and then hour three rolls in and you better make some urgent changes or your dick will fall off. There was no better country cd released in 2011. Granted the bar was set pretty low, but tracks like “Bye Bye Baby” and “It’s Hard out Here” are destined to be classics and strong enough to make you forget that he was involved in the Country Strong abortion.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.box.com/s/7j0ktnq3c6y3kgobv6uf"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Hayes Carll – It’s Hard Out Here</span></strong></a></div><br /><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.box.com/s/jnth249zmik2pkm1vopd"><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Hayes Carll – Bye Bye Baby</span></a></span></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6f_0ryoC5ZlZnTp1aJnKo4Y3QVKUxNeFhKVhRASsRsgpwq2aPQfrSueWHxofMLu8yq18ycvVxm1dG7nvr8OKyyTVy0NXUlmUjTPUUbaPqy6n9Hv2kSrEFH-AS_H5lNTeX6NT7IqjmKvw/s1600/936.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691594902048894354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6f_0ryoC5ZlZnTp1aJnKo4Y3QVKUxNeFhKVhRASsRsgpwq2aPQfrSueWHxofMLu8yq18ycvVxm1dG7nvr8OKyyTVy0NXUlmUjTPUUbaPqy6n9Hv2kSrEFH-AS_H5lNTeX6NT7IqjmKvw/s200/936.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>4. Peaking Lights – 936 At first I was going to describe this disc as the perfect soundtrack to cool down to if you were to find yourself standing in a field in a cold sweat watching a taco truck melt before your eyes while being chased by angry unicorns, but then this morning my daughter told me while she was half awake that she wanted me to bake her a pink bunny full of grape jelly for breakfast. I think that might be more appropriate for the sugary, dubbed out brain melt that is Peaking Lights. Definitely the standout, but not the only excellent release from the Not Not Fun label in 2011. If you can’t get lost in a field of dandelions while grooving out to “All the Sun That Shines”, you are deader on the inside than the dressing room at The Trophy Club.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.com/s/s2i5jeoecuji7jo0sxrq"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Peaking Lights – All the Sun That Shines</strong></span></a></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><br /></strong></span><a href="http://www.box.com/s/u13sn4ajfka36dx5jmzf"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Peaking Lights – Marshmellow Yellow</strong></span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong> </strong></span></div><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtFbP67ME6oyRODcCgsyzE4PWlcBY6UB-URL6wk28mLEKpUS0w2PZ0i4eGLW4nnlcFEnCYC6RmoCLGo0LoYvP8Qh1-D6E2VkBHqmW7q-oTcbqND9XoXtu7092oY-mFiA7pLffcbg9UIc/s1600/weeknd.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 135px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691644548021931938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtFbP67ME6oyRODcCgsyzE4PWlcBY6UB-URL6wk28mLEKpUS0w2PZ0i4eGLW4nnlcFEnCYC6RmoCLGo0LoYvP8Qh1-D6E2VkBHqmW7q-oTcbqND9XoXtu7092oY-mFiA7pLffcbg9UIc/s200/weeknd.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />5. The Weeknd – Thursday Imagine if Luther Vandross had an ounce of swagger in his 400 or 150 pound frame (you pick the era). Granted his songs might have all been geared around cocks or chocolate or meatloaf, or meatloaf cocks full of chocolate but his tunes would have been legendary panty droppers, the likes of which would put Barry White to shame. So 2011’s entry into Babymaking 101 is The Weeknd. Within the last eight months the elusive producer has dropped two classic discs (this the second, “House of Balloons” being the first) of lo-fi bedroom production soul, raised the bar on Drake’s “Take Care” disc, and made this year’s equivalent to Massive Attack, mirrored ceilings and cocaine. Plus he was able to make, “Baby, I can fuck you right” the “You complete me” of 2011.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.com/s/v141fm6jyis3dbn4fj6d"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>The Weeknd – Lonely Star</strong></span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong> </strong></span></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.box.com/s/y6nidkt1e5tv68gzlssg"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>The Weeknd – Rolling Stone</strong></span></a></p><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgebdq3pzx_1IKG1Wd9oDwEzbVByWxvZK7v4gLURvzBB3aKTJnK3oV6vTUuK_oUcIzNttnkBSu6t3ERC7DWxPgg9yplc6kzrh4qsH6E1uaODdtyfCrSTRCyV5NHNY9lHKQWI_JJf56jM/s1600/4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691594369434744530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgebdq3pzx_1IKG1Wd9oDwEzbVByWxvZK7v4gLURvzBB3aKTJnK3oV6vTUuK_oUcIzNttnkBSu6t3ERC7DWxPgg9yplc6kzrh4qsH6E1uaODdtyfCrSTRCyV5NHNY9lHKQWI_JJf56jM/s200/4.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>6. Beyonce – 4 For most artists it only takes the release of an album by their alter ego to put the brakes on an entire career (see Chris Gaines), but Beyonce’s foray into the world of Sasha Fierce had nothing on the schizophrenic turn she takes on 4, easily her best album to date. I remember telling a friend the first time I heard the album that it was pop music in a vacuum, like she decided to take everything that was hot right now and do the exact opposite, with mind bending results. Granted, the disc is a little bloated and could have shed a couple of tracks but lesser artists spend an entire career looking for just one stunner like “1+1” or the claustrophobic, bi-polar freak-out of “Countdown”.<br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.box.com/s/12el8uag2jk29bu7n7qc"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Beyonce - 1+1 </strong></span></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><a href="http://www.box.com/s/37vxvc7l8ya4ay7yh54r"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Beyonce – Countdown</span></a></strong></span><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong> </strong></span></div><br /><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 167px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691593447747652162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk33o1uI7JETUpYjr9vbtgFRr7r6FlN0l51WtEJvnzLSL6o7qdHxoQvdzrR0C68ETfqt_4K1Rgaanj54lGYO6eCR1M3nKmVJTImSeeb-frGlazInDSUo0Vk4XtYazvkKpkXtp0WC5gcL0/s200/hello+sadness.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKQFQgC5R3Pcu9MQsjFS77RMS_2bgYkbub3Dvxn2TRagimwMRI2LipWN833tnQ__4Tzr23zOxTWVeqkPHoG2a-Tcl1AD2O0gX6nF_b-FeXALU1wVXbela9Fc6HrsuDZR-ltmU-lGf7Ac/s1600/yuck.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691593109683892514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKQFQgC5R3Pcu9MQsjFS77RMS_2bgYkbub3Dvxn2TRagimwMRI2LipWN833tnQ__4Tzr23zOxTWVeqkPHoG2a-Tcl1AD2O0gX6nF_b-FeXALU1wVXbela9Fc6HrsuDZR-ltmU-lGf7Ac/s200/yuck.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>7 & 8 .Yuck – s/t, Los Campesinos – Hello Sadness If you were able to wipe the shit stained gloss off of what passes for pseudo indie pop at the top of the charts this year, instead of getting date raped to songs about “pumped up kicks’ and “party rock anthems”, you would find something like these two discs of raw blissful energy that could get any event jumping without all of the unnecessary sheen and Axe Body Spray. Yuck’s faithful homage to all things 1994, and Los Campesino’s welcome regroup bubble with more legitimate joy than a redwood forest full of MTV Woodies.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.com/s/exar7oosqu95xf86491q"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Yuck – Get Away</strong></span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong> </strong></span></div><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><br /><div><br /></strong></span><a href="http://www.box.com/s/6kgl33795jbi0qn4r7ha"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Yuck – The Wall</strong></span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><br /><br /></strong></span><a href="http://www.box.com/s/qisbul375deolfz79cs2"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Los Campesinos – By Your Hand</strong></span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong> </strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><br /></strong></span><a href="http://www.box.com/s/l4ucta6c7q0pzdpyan1z"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Los Campesinos – Songs About Your Girlfriend</strong></span></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIe7FLMACqQv3whoqJdfkY0G_XBRe-hS8CAC0M_LF2sM0i9v-B8jxiNfKlB2smMg5s-nvNrgmpoCbxxyxAUwceu_V5IEI5MNhEemgYUjoqyDRWrmIIZ5yHBSwsknXPdFP4s5t5hS8-nEo/s1600/tell+me.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691592792527588738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIe7FLMACqQv3whoqJdfkY0G_XBRe-hS8CAC0M_LF2sM0i9v-B8jxiNfKlB2smMg5s-nvNrgmpoCbxxyxAUwceu_V5IEI5MNhEemgYUjoqyDRWrmIIZ5yHBSwsknXPdFP4s5t5hS8-nEo/s200/tell+me.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>9. Jessica Lea Mayfield – Tell Me The fact that Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys signed Mayfield because he thought she reminded him of a female Nick Cave should be ringing endorsement enough, but her sophomore release, Tell Me, should have people asking questions like “Grace Potter who?”, “what’s a Jolie Holland?”. Tracks like “Run Myself into the Ground” and “I’ll Be the One You Want Someday” show a knowledge of despair, longing and failure well beyond what any 22 year should be aware of. And even if every other song on the album stunk like Patrick Carney’s leather jacket, it contains “Our Hearts are Wrong” which is absolutely the best track of 2011.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.com/s/l1kqeqbtjcn11l883aln"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Jessica Lea Mayfield – Our Hearts Are Wrong</strong></span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong> </strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><br /></strong></span><a href="http://www.box.com/s/f071lfeiqq16o6nexzzv"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Jessica Lea Mayfield – Grown Man</strong></span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><br /></div></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-eaImW30OewC2GavzCOsWi57FFvJrAcV1PELOMY5c1t4dP3L0tgOUQhtJCmcpqROtivRxr1pJIVYFueWUBiUYSYNMmd2r2ZMkDVfCkaEHb0C7ExOva4Sv_r3hiEtL53fYAx-Lnj5lLg/s1600/black+brown.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691592297358093314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-eaImW30OewC2GavzCOsWi57FFvJrAcV1PELOMY5c1t4dP3L0tgOUQhtJCmcpqROtivRxr1pJIVYFueWUBiUYSYNMmd2r2ZMkDVfCkaEHb0C7ExOva4Sv_r3hiEtL53fYAx-Lnj5lLg/s200/black+brown.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>10. Danny Brown & Black Milk – Black and Brown True story. When I was a kid, we were in Savannah one time and I saw a guy tagging a wall with the phrase “Pan-Africanism leads to Black Unity” (I think I have a pic that I snagged with my top of the line S&H Green Stamp camera. Thanks Winn Dixie). I can still remember the look on my mom’s face as she tried to answer this pressing question. Her expression of what I can only describe as “white confused panic” is the same face I must have made the first time I heard this drop.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.com/s/y36nu7pbltmsr9k4gqdi"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Danny Brown and Black Milk – WTF</strong></span></a> </div><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="http://www.box.com/s/uj4m0jz7m4fya0mb8lg9"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Danny Brown and Black Milk - Zap</strong></span></a> </div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-777441609515292692011-09-11T07:10:00.000-07:002011-09-11T08:18:21.973-07:00In Defense of The Civil WarsI didn't think it would be possible for me to stumble across anything more unpleasant to listen to than the music of Lady Antebellum (see previous post where I compare them to "what cancer sounds like"). Perhaps I was underestimating the power of commercial country radio when I made that statement.<br /><br />Congratulations, The Band Perry, you have met the challenge and succeeded wildly! The Massengil family should consider filing libel litigation against these guys for the bad name their watery stool blend of music is giving to douches. Seriously, even Darryl Worley seems pH balanced compared to the vinegar soaked death knell that TBP adds to the genre.<br /><br />Get the picture? Not a fan. <br /><br />So if these guys are so bad, why I am giving them a plug? Ironically, I am using the retch inducing tunes of TBP to promote a band that I am quickly becoming a lukewarm fan of, The Civil Wars.<br /><br />When I first saw promos for The Civil Wars, I immediately wrote them off as another Lady Antebellum, The Band Perry clone (or any other band with a stylist and a J.Crew catalog instead of actual songs - also see Mumford and Sons). Their sepia toned glossies, vintage Col. Sanders wear, and pretentious name smacked of every terrible cliche that the feculent new wave of mainstream country music has ushered in. I stand corrected.<br /><br />Where I thought that TCW was just another factory produced migraine gunning for the crown once prestigiously held by such luminary giants as Rascall Flatts and Lady A, The Civl Wars would have a hard time getting any mainstream airplay were it not for a polished, marketing approved image that presents them as a sensitive Jack White and a doe eyed muse (keep in mind, I said I like their tunes; the videos are another story).<br /><br />Ok, long ramble for something that I am (again) only partially sold on. However, I haven't written in a while, and I am wound tight on a triple espresso and Adderall this morning which translates into a flurry of parenthesis, run on sentences and vitriol.<br /><br />When I first heard the track "Barton Hollow" pop up on shuffle the other day, I first thought it might be a track from the highly underrated Kasey Chambers/Shane Nicholson disc. After going back to check it out, I was surprised to find out that it was The Civil Wars. Even the single from the disc, "Poison & Wine" is extremely pleasant if not a little touch heavy on the drama. Their midtempo tracks feature the slide and swagger of something near Chambers meets Sara Watkins. On the ballads, they kind of remind me of Swell Season, with a banjo and a jug of Yellow Tail Merlot instead of a piano and a few pints of Guiness.<br /><br />Most of the disc does land somewhere over in the minor key, but not so much that it becomes overwhelming. Kudos for them being able to pull this off on a debut disc with a fairly substantial runtime. Few artists can pull off this much of this type of material without all of the songs turning into a blurry tearstained mess, and the lyrics having to reach into the grab bag of country misery Mad Libs (cancer, veterans, Obama...).<br /><br />So until they end up on tour opening up for Sugarland or Michelle Bachman, feel free to enjoy the elegant melancholy of The Civil Wars.<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/xeqx5615qf4u687t4k16"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Barton Hollow.mp3</span></a></strong><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><strong><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/y6zgzzftfe0ds0cxrevf"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Poison & Wine.mp3</span></a></strong>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-51269080166220503522011-03-22T20:09:00.000-07:002011-03-29T06:55:41.996-07:00Purple Elvis in the 07!!!<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp3QAin1CeTcgZ0W2C47I3dZSmwKgkcR_TB-ZT3cB5Yt_OChsVEsmh5_Kw9zbj2BGo8bUhyAa2SJDELhtFmTl9XETw_F3XaE6tT_GDw4WhoMqixHqLpCuGJ70B403DYB0UqvAqRdH3Q4/s1600/12_+Extended+Mix+Compilation.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 461px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 235px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587107607883921474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp3QAin1CeTcgZ0W2C47I3dZSmwKgkcR_TB-ZT3cB5Yt_OChsVEsmh5_Kw9zbj2BGo8bUhyAa2SJDELhtFmTl9XETw_F3XaE6tT_GDw4WhoMqixHqLpCuGJ70B403DYB0UqvAqRdH3Q4/s400/12_+Extended+Mix+Compilation.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Get ready to Rock Hard in a Funky Place!<br /><br />With Prince coming to town next week, I thought I would post a brief playlist of some of my favorite Purple Elvis tracks (this is probably foolish, as he and his people are notorious for being able to sniff and shut these kinds of playlists out - hence the reference to Purlple Elvis.).</p><p><br />This setlist includes some favorite extended versions from the past couple of decades. Unlike today’s remixes, where any aftermarket douchelord can come in and take your track apart and rebuild it any way they see fit, PE has always been the master of his own extended 12” takes. Most of these sound like the track stops where the radio and/or album version end, but the band just kept on playing. I get shit for playing some of these, because K often just wants to hear the radio version, and doesn’t like so much the masturbatory effect of the band continuing to crank it out well past the 8 minute mark.</p><p><br />On top of some of these 12” cuts, it would not be a fair collection if I didn’t include at least a couple of my favorite PE side projects. Somewhere I still have my copy of The Family on cassette, and their original version of “Nothing Compares 2 U” still can bend nails. I have thrown in a couple of faves from them, Sheila E, The Time and the Jesse Johnson Revue. No appearance from the dreadful Carmen Electra disc that Prince was responsible for circa 1990.<br />To wrap this up on a nostalgic note, I remember hitting Skate-a-long USA in 7th grade and hearing the version of “Little Red Corvette” included here. I looked everywhere to find it, and being 13 with no money and in 1983 with no internet was never able to track this 12” down. The sound quality is not perfect, and this song has been played to death, but the extra verse where he keeps talking about being draped in a “velvet sweat” is still confusing and amazing. </p><p>Hope to see everyone out at the show next week. If you have not seen the Purple Elvis before, keep in mind that he really does read the crowd, and if they are into it he will bring the funk all night, if they are not into it he will drop it faster than a high top fade in the hot sun. </p><p><span style="font-size:85%;color:#333333;"></span></p><br />playlist -> <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>http://countryclubofthezeroseven.blogspot.com<br /></strong></span>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-55162803608243855152011-02-23T13:24:00.001-08:002011-03-31T06:52:39.000-07:00Get Some, 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxs5o_FJMEO0b7hM__7Hnlc932-NJ_JHhcJVE8_t4-fn-Cx1eu4wWPSe1ULKKdG7M6_Im3do2XtmAJw92ZHVbcA3TyjrIEqjtWwWu8-GVlHGEavb9A93tM72J5PUaIcC7LI1XJKT3QyTQ/s1600/garvin.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 222px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576999262122433266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxs5o_FJMEO0b7hM__7Hnlc932-NJ_JHhcJVE8_t4-fn-Cx1eu4wWPSe1ULKKdG7M6_Im3do2XtmAJw92ZHVbcA3TyjrIEqjtWwWu8-GVlHGEavb9A93tM72J5PUaIcC7LI1XJKT3QyTQ/s320/garvin.jpg" /></a> <br /><div></div>First a little housekeeping; If you pick up the new Adele, 21 disc from Target it comes with a bonus track featuring her nail bending performance of the Grammy juggernaut, “Need You Now”, which proves two important points: 1.) Even the worst song can be salvaged with the right voice giving it juice 2.) Lady Antebellum is what cancer would sound like if it cancer had a sound. So, it’s probably a little early to put up a warm weather mix, but fuck it; to quote the Silver Jews “it’s sunny and seventy-five, feels so good to be alive”. If it snows next month, you can direct blame to my comment section. Plus, I thought a nice up tempo mix would be a nice change from the Debbie Downer playlist that has burrowed itself into my iPod over the past couple of months. This mix is mostly new music that has been released over the first couple of months of 2011. There are a couple of nuggets in here, and a couple that probably make no sense at all (they will probably be glaringly obvious), but they seemed to fit when I was putting this together. Enjoy! <a href="http://www.countryclubofthezeroseven.blogspot.com/">http://www.countryclubofthezeroseven.blogspot.com/</a>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-15804792425049270552010-12-27T07:12:00.000-08:002011-09-19T10:04:52.545-07:00Best of 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifySkoUrT7wzuQbNFWLNSQ29rVi_0Z2F5jEKBqYBZPU07tvjb63Y97RlHR_-DmwvMR6qGsNGj78SV2Ys7KTdO4LXV4igxrL7_90btX2AmDC70666lwypNsmdKmbom5Id2y8CIdCL4d44w/s1600/roflbot.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 369px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555380980145003282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifySkoUrT7wzuQbNFWLNSQ29rVi_0Z2F5jEKBqYBZPU07tvjb63Y97RlHR_-DmwvMR6qGsNGj78SV2Ys7KTdO4LXV4igxrL7_90btX2AmDC70666lwypNsmdKmbom5Id2y8CIdCL4d44w/s320/roflbot.jpg" /></a> Admittedly, I have had a downer of a year in a lot of respects. Even so, when I read my Best of list for 2010 I was completely disappointed. I have been doing these things for as long as I can remember whether they were going to print or not (obviously this one is not). Rereading this thing was about as stimulating as reading reviews from Paste magazine edited by The Economist. So with that being said, I decided to try and redo the list and have a little bit more fun. Here goes, with massive apologies to <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/19689"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Neill Cumpston…</span></a> Also, since my wife claims that she never hears me listen to “anything other than that country shit”, I have included a short wrap up of the best “country” discs that were not Jamey Johnson at the end of the list. In my defense, there is a blurry line between a love of country music and a drinking problem. <a href="http://countryclubofthezeroseven.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#cc0000;">http://countryclubofthezeroseven.blogspot.com</span></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2VGQW78Sr7YvKxkfvUZgf5rLh9HdIJT0HOmoAj9YLgRLUaJgijPhHRdB-B6sZiRjQ8uHLSTEFkgyigm7nuQtMMXM2yCoCvgSWfn_mFMMs2eYlzwK1_CAE-UQ3mZ9vVbl2iZdcczT-Kc/s1600/robyn+-+body+talk.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555381748656846658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2VGQW78Sr7YvKxkfvUZgf5rLh9HdIJT0HOmoAj9YLgRLUaJgijPhHRdB-B6sZiRjQ8uHLSTEFkgyigm7nuQtMMXM2yCoCvgSWfn_mFMMs2eYlzwK1_CAE-UQ3mZ9vVbl2iZdcczT-Kc/s200/robyn+-+body+talk.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>1. Robyn – Body Talk</strong> If you are like me, most dance music conjures up images of shirtless dudes thumping around town in a Mini Cooper while huffing tape cleaner and Axe body spray. Robyn’s Body Talk goes the opposite direction. It actually reminds me of a rave I was at somewhere around 1994 where these two twins that could have worked as Jessica Alba’s body doubles were taking turns dry humping the shit out of me while visions of Moby being cornholed by the “firestarter” danced through most of the collective’s subconscious. Did I mention that I also had a pacifier, a glow stick and enough ecstasy to make my spinal column dryer than <a href="http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1114347520/nm0752576"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Irene Ryan</span> </a>after a full day on the set of The Beverly Hillbillies? Oh yeah, none of this actually happened, but if you can’t get off on Robyn’s “automated booty applications”, you deserve to be locked in a closet with a wild boar, Aphex Twin’s “Windowlicker” and a case of Wallaby organic yogurt.<br /><br /><strong>2. LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening </strong>Unfortunately punk doesn’t look very much like Alan Vega anymore. In 2010 punk rockers look like the chick from Bend it Like Beckham that sings songs about riots and paper planes. And even if James Murphy couldn’t get any of his chins through the neckholes in Stiv Bator’s dog’s bondage gear, the newest LCD Soundsystem disc is still the punkest shit going in 2010. Tell me “Dance Yrself Clean” doesn’t make you want to throw a Molotov cocktail through the window of a bank, and I will show you my Tea Party voter registration card. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsMCnDx3Q3C9ZGSqS3Cr9hxn6VrIMXHFlyI8Ho7beMTqpHJeh4s-wBCQNKliGGnShjjoUqU1sdrQC_vGUbGtJ93RZg6epS2AoYhDFYAgEYprmXBSCNKyFdxDHIkkN4JAKeFM5bkLvrYw/s1600/kanye+-+my+beautiful+dark+twisted+fantasy.jpg"></a><br /><br /><strong>3. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy</strong> Listening to a Kanye West disc is a lot like eating Christmas dinner with that uncle that has touched all of your relatives inappropriately. You squarely hate the motherfucker, but he does give really good back rubs and toys, so you have to tolerate him. I am guessing there are a wide and increasing array of medical procedures that would be more pleasant than hanging out with Yeezy, but goddammit you hear a track like “Power” or “Runaway” and all is forgiven. To be fair though, Nicki Minaj comes close to stealing the whole disc with her drop at the end of “Monster”. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2pEb2bnj-fvFBSHq8DFMCXeLn8N7UIKiuWhadRskRprabo3tS5jJ7uPfcYE42e63EhlMMVIQCVQQIcjLxHGugvfA7QE07uLaJ-ZalHBUhkOXlV5HjKThpM9BU9E6jfU2f61RJ2-O2Vs/s1600/the+black+keys+-+brothers.jpg"></a><br /><br /><strong></strong><strong>4. The Black Keys – Brothers </strong>If I were an old black man, and I was going to chain a girl to my radiator in only her panties until I could work “the devil” out of her, The Black Keys would definitely score that soundtrack. Wait a minute that has already been done… Fuck it, I say we remake Black Snake Moan with Brothers as the soundtrack and find a way to work the ghost of Col. Sanders, Tara Reid and Koko B. Ware into the mix. “Everlasting Light” alone has more soul than Jonestown circa 1978.<br /><br /><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong>5. Junip – Fields </strong>My blissful and inaccurate vision of the seventies involvies copious amounts of Panama Red being offered up by nude hitchhikers with bushes looking like they might have ?uestlove in a leglock. Add to this the fact that it is happening while lounging in a hammock by a stream, knee deep in the woods, and Fields would definitely be playing in the background. To keep with continuity somewhere we would have to find a place for gnomes and wood fairies, but for the time being they can stay behind the harvest gold refrigerator. Pass the bong and bring me my beaver pillow. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFeHQfw0ye4DJll9WY7yySlA90b7fMbqLQSAoNku0hmVJnMowJDDrHCjjNkmFCPU-UWQ3n7QzzU_CsZOvouqwU2gTM1MC3d4XPhKPjHtA_s3OgxiPdXrxnBi6acJPxaqA5_Bfz397NraI/s1600/holly+golightly+-+medicine+county.jpg"></a><br /><br /><strong>6. Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs – Medicine County</strong> If one of your presents on Christmas Morning involves a restraining order, nude pictures of your cousin and a bottle of whiskey, you might need a copy of Medicine County. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglDHyOOQhFI3mEUCeIoKjp499IopgY8sBqqYnamDainKpOQoMGMMY6R7rWiMCAUIFEVxTu5zQsiSUsH5pi23Gu7EdK9cvsXJ5wmr_5-PdlRUIcmdUC0nivrDY94Gw_dbK5lKxvirnycc/s1600/the+arcade+fire+-+the+suburbs.jpg"></a><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>7. The Arcade Fire – The Suburbs</strong> Recently I woke up from a dream wherein a seven foot giant was raping my earholes. You can imagine my horror, but even more shocking was the fact that I let it continue. It turns out that the behemoth with an ear fetish was Win Butler of The Arcade Fire. I guess once the press dropped the lazy Springsteen comparisons, Butler became much more interesting and listenable. If you would have asked me a year ago the odds of me including The Arcade Fire in a “best of” list, I would say that there would be a better chance of finding Katy Perry literate. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4J2iLMo55lXHahyxeFZjNb5NsAh9BKHEs3gSaYOfGujTy368s1BG3EJWWlF-kRUtCG3WMNRaGwD2iZtkGqKblvYsWTHc9CyxuEW4ulyOV-_OVrnbANobXlXdPU-n-KJTtLB998DgIZNQ/s1600/oneohtronix+point+never+-+returnal.jpg"></a><br /><br /><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong>8. Oneohtrix Point Never – Returnal </strong>First things first… No this disc is not an outtake reel of Tron queefs. Sometimes when a band is trying to break the tethers of your mind and send you out past the edges of perception it just sounds like hot air channeled through a robot. Kind of like watching Altered States with the vertical hold on your television set to homeless shelter. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZA8CBzqcA-xKlFN2G-jbt4Gw3pOd9R6mPHa6QM33VeeF-pNuvqf6QhE7lWGQb2Wag13vwVWUTzygjV3vCTlBOZNf6qpbfGMnR9lo9d7Qlaixr6UhFL1iD46rC3DklYbf-Dz4ATMHUfs/s1600/das+racist+-+sit+down+man.jpg"></a><br /><br /><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong>9. Das Racist – Sit Down, Man </strong>Seriously, who would have thought that an Indian/Hispanic trio would make not only one of the best rap albums of the year, but the hottest interracial action since Mr. Horton tried to break Dudley off on Diff’rent Strokes. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIodQ077TuzzQUV4KQxwIOgTEoAI0Xhg_aJ9DDPf1DaJEsaTGPhrSDsdUBlt47XGa1Gzm87rQLhJcFJ_3PlXfCTWYR-886oDCHQerS7t1k1LrcxSg2spy4X0nZaFmGatqBMI8BnlCsvR4/s1600/xiu+xiu+-+dear+god+i+hate+myself.jpg"></a><br /><br /><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong>10. Xiu Xiu – Dear God I Hate Myself</strong> If there is any lesson to be learned from Xiu Xiu’s 2010 release it is clearly the fact that Jamie Stewart hates himself but loves “cute pee-pees”. Quite possibly the gayest album to feature prominent banjos.<br /><br /><strong>Best “Country” discs of 2010</strong> – that were not Jamey Johnson’s great, but ridiculously overrated “The Guitar Song”. I guess country music has set the bar so low for so long, that a bloated double disc set might seem like the second coming of Kris Kristofferson.<br /><br /><strong>Ray Wylie Hubbard - A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is no C) </strong>The perfect placeholder until the new Hayes Carll disc KMAG YOYO comes out in February. <strong></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Reckless Kelly – Somewhere In Time </strong>Nothing out of the ordinary here, just straight ahead heartbreakers and chug-a-longs from the long underrated Austin journeymen.<br /><br /><strong>Leroy Powell & the Messengers – Atlantis</strong> If they were to refilm that movie Fantastic Voyage, but in this version the crew is shrunken and spend a week inside of Johnny Paycheck’s liver, this could be the soundtrack.<br /><br /><strong>Gary Allan – Get Off On the Pain</strong> Easily the best commercial country disc of the year.<br /><br /><strong>Whitey Morgan & the ‘78s – Self Titled </strong>The disc that Jamey Johnson’s “The Guitar Song” could have been if it were shorter and aged in a whiskey barrel.S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-25370945375567447992010-12-03T12:59:00.000-08:002010-12-27T07:12:44.915-08:00Christmas Mix - 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1dyrifnJWx_fufpcbwMxHTuLzqAzvbhelzd5JdXBaN4PXLRk4_ChHAzvg796YiKkYs0UPIZhu-9S0l9WuPkfnuClehv5p_u_aWU4YPahQAP_1PahJfmSD18jIGOu5h2Bie35K5qFZINg/s1600/santa.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546567244957304066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1dyrifnJWx_fufpcbwMxHTuLzqAzvbhelzd5JdXBaN4PXLRk4_ChHAzvg796YiKkYs0UPIZhu-9S0l9WuPkfnuClehv5p_u_aWU4YPahQAP_1PahJfmSD18jIGOu5h2Bie35K5qFZINg/s320/santa.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Chrimmastime again. <a href="http://countryclubofthezeroseven.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Time for another holiday mix.<br /></span></a><br />I was hoping to give a good breakdown of these tracks, but have been more than consumed with about a million other items over the past couple of months, so will simply just offer a Happy Holidays and Enjoy!<br /><br />Comments and Feedback are always welcome.<br /><br />http://countryclubofthezeroseven.blogspot.comS.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-58977101308952264492010-08-04T08:04:00.000-07:002010-08-09T19:40:11.601-07:00Drunk With the Only Saints I Know - mix<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhXeUwxb8lorI_kcfti05FcPAMfQSuwQLKkPOs2BH631QFEnzbBNldxm0iknHwk1qNfqfkEnwlefSL61302GWCnXQ1baIwMDs4ais0CXxza0uUQdsotf0DtsgfRybCc4-kMkZFkqrQ_0/s1600/picasso.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501571027971881794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhXeUwxb8lorI_kcfti05FcPAMfQSuwQLKkPOs2BH631QFEnzbBNldxm0iknHwk1qNfqfkEnwlefSL61302GWCnXQ1baIwMDs4ais0CXxza0uUQdsotf0DtsgfRybCc4-kMkZFkqrQ_0/s320/picasso.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>So after claiming I wasn’t doing mixes anymore, I have done two in very short order. At least I am consistent.<br /><br />This mix is a little heavy on the mellow compared to some of my more recent posts, but still has some strong tracks and some real winners in the cover department. Starting things off is the leadoff track from the new Ariel Pink disc, Before Today, which I highly recommend. Also, if this track turns your crank you should check out his new tour EP called Ariel Pink with Added Pizzazz which features an extended jam version of this song with the avant-garde jazz Added Pizzaz (hence the name). Following AP is the first of two unreleased, newish Wilco tracks from their Sky Blue Sky tour disc.<br /><br />Next is the first of a handful of covers, starting with the most faithful which is a version of Old 97’s taking on R.E.M.’s “Driver 8”. Pretty much a note for note representation. Rhett Miller is no Michael Stipe, but the rest of the crew cranks out a solid take. Also on the cover front is Katy Perry’s version of the Sam Sparro hit “Black and Gold”. I think I included this for two reasons. One, I actually really like this version of the song and two, I felt like I needed a reason to justify my fascination with her other than the fact that I find her jawdropping hot. You take the auto-tune and high gloss production away, and this chick actually has some decent pipes. Ok, I am probably just appeasing myself, but it is still a nice song.<br /><br />Following that, the other covers are Richard Hawley taking on Gordon Lightfoot (awesome), Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses taking on George Harrison (well done, if a little heavy on sap), Justin Townes Earle covering John Prine from the excellent new Prine cover disc “Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows” and a semi-succesful take on Nick Cave by Mates of State. I only included this one because it is one of my favorite Cave songs, and the source material is untouchable. That being said, the vocals and production come off a little weak and do not come anywhere close to having the stones to carry a Nick Cave song but it is listenable nonetheless.<br /><br />There are a couple of funk workouts care of a new Of Montreal track and one from The Dream, both channeling their inner Prince. “Hydra Fancies” owing more to the late 80’s early 90’s version of the purple dwarf and “Yamaha” going back to the glory days of “Lady Cab Driver” and “All The Critics Love You in New York”.<br /><br />Rounding out the mix and of note is a great remix/deconstruction of the Lindsay Lohan track “Bossy” by the electronic group Autre Ne Veut. They manage to take the original and turn Lohan’s voice into a disjointed and disconnected spectre hanging over some nice glitchy beats and making something otherwise unlistenable into something pretty nice. Consider it a reverse aural abortion. Also here is a track from the recent compilation of Carissa’s Weird, the precursor to Band of Horses and a track from the new Tom Jones disc of stark and sparse traditional gospel nuggets.<br /><br />The Norma Jean (ripped from vinyl and a little scratchy at the :30 second mark) and Alice Cooper track are here just because I like them and think you should too.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/aulh2qhsqg"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Enjoy!</strong></span></a></div>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-64338425153189959942010-07-20T04:57:00.001-07:002010-07-20T05:02:02.325-07:00Conway Twitty - I've Already Loved You in My Mind<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4LBYClXgciBuUU5e4oNPmQabHbAJzRjRKjH51Fm_g-kFosuSOudcd0bn9xiYaQuPdWCmXp0GxofOOCgyKszQ_uq2LQzSYoFnfK23IWQ7LF3vS1jux0OIqtdofrFL5s4hzr3mmZlHSmCU/s1600/twitty.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495957076132545058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 251px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4LBYClXgciBuUU5e4oNPmQabHbAJzRjRKjH51Fm_g-kFosuSOudcd0bn9xiYaQuPdWCmXp0GxofOOCgyKszQ_uq2LQzSYoFnfK23IWQ7LF3vS1jux0OIqtdofrFL5s4hzr3mmZlHSmCU/s320/twitty.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Two things occurred to me this morning as I was listening to a Conway Twitty compliation I dug out of my cd pile: 1.) You really have to give it to a man that was obsessed with singing about laying the wood to silver haired ladies in an age prior to Viagra and 2.) This guy was kind of a sociopath.<br /><br />Don’t get me wrong I love some Conway, but the more you delve into his catalog the more you realize that this guy was fighting with demons that would make Tiger Woods look like Andrea Dworkin.<br /><br />I wasn’t sure which song could best sum up the Twitty experience; there were plenty in the running. It could have been “How Much More Can She Stand” where he talks about the devil that runs his body and renders him unable to stray from his woman, and hopes that she can understand. Also in the running, “Happy Birthday, Darlin’”, a sort of update on his classic “Hello, Darlin’”, but this one highlights all the things he would like to take away instead of giving to his lady on her birthday this year.<br /><br />Also choice, “You’ve Never Been This Far Before” where that gosh darn devil now has his hands “exploring forbidden places”, or “Don’t Take It Away” which follows suit, but features one of the best Casio rhythm sections $200 could buy at the time. And trust me, if you ever check out his version of “Slow Hand”, you might never listen to the original the same way again.<br /><br />However, I decided to settle on “I’ve Already Loved You In My Mind.” This sweet and touching tale of what I can only decipher as an ode cranking one out in the crapper at the club definitely wins the Ron Burgundy award. Grab a hankie, this one definitely will pull at your heartstrings.<br /></div><div> </div><div>Ladie's and Gentlemen... Conway Twitty.</div><br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2oh0A9efUPg&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2oh0A9efUPg&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-47665552135679860702010-07-16T06:25:00.000-07:002010-07-16T06:32:15.116-07:00The B-52's - Private IdahoFew bands scream summer and Friday as perfect as The B-52's. This clip offers some great early footage of one of my all time favorite bands/songs.<br /><br />Enjoy!!<br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n7t7cGwN7_0&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n7t7cGwN7_0&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-69481485112919048282010-07-12T07:26:00.000-07:002010-12-03T13:31:48.741-08:00The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CjCGUbxwN2aS11yThiEJQ3sOKl6xnApNWY6lIP6PIBfEl3UXnfGr0i3mytja5CIvHY6A8Y9Yy1Xeag4GougZLreXpIEDyHb05Ldyg2-olxnrU-uMwZ7red3yx15DLslHM6aLwi_pydI/s1600/isley%2520brothers%252010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493031025373060434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CjCGUbxwN2aS11yThiEJQ3sOKl6xnApNWY6lIP6PIBfEl3UXnfGr0i3mytja5CIvHY6A8Y9Yy1Xeag4GougZLreXpIEDyHb05Ldyg2-olxnrU-uMwZ7red3yx15DLslHM6aLwi_pydI/s320/isley%2520brothers%252010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCewUX_oNWSjVFcUZCOX25F3lVLYmL0gty4UlGYM5QaU0SZYT1LNedFddSN83eFxjTbnNBgIryXk956YDaHv4IdqtTrMgowmosnm8oVNeFPYkptZ_A2iCNu4YbWC4Ue0j2Fff7SiOw3U/s1600/isley%2520brothers%252010.jpg"></a></p><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><br /><p align="center">R.I.P. Marvin Isley (August 18, 1953 – June 6, 2010)</p><br /><p>I let this slip through the cracks with the format change and some other things that have been going on over the past month. It would be real easy to make a joke about him being to busy "fighting the power" to fight the diabetes, but that would just be cheap, seeing how he had already lost both of his legs during his struggle with the disease...</p><br /><p>Trying to pick a favorite song by the Isley's is tough work. I love "It's Your Thing",the aforementioned "Fight the Power", "Footsteps in the Dark" and "That Lady"; Actually my favorite might be their cover of Seals and Croft's "Summer Breeze". However at the end of the day, it is hard to top "Between the Sheets". Plus I have had "Big Poppa" as my ringtone from my wife for so many years now that I would just feel guilty slighting this track.<br /></p><br /><p>Link: <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/yunkaazxdk"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets</span></strong></a></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-2490831437540843852010-07-08T05:29:00.001-07:002010-12-03T13:32:17.357-08:00Joni Mitchell - Just Like This Train<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNOcpyxhtRPGmfkoF3lQjMKvdZMENDMqjxufEVEjaIpbKbDcbE_nzUAQFMaKfsne-pbUBHVt122XQ13sEGNCwzQP-B2cKYx1jbc9_JU2WqA-eVzT46TUgR1FpWjVYyr8w6wpWoeakW8U/s1600/600px-Courtandspark.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491511699490889266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 235px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 232px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNOcpyxhtRPGmfkoF3lQjMKvdZMENDMqjxufEVEjaIpbKbDcbE_nzUAQFMaKfsne-pbUBHVt122XQ13sEGNCwzQP-B2cKYx1jbc9_JU2WqA-eVzT46TUgR1FpWjVYyr8w6wpWoeakW8U/s320/600px-Courtandspark.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>I was thinking this morning how it only took a week for the new format train to jump the tracks (as in I have not been able to post everyday as planned), and then I started trying to think of some great train songs. There are only a million of them to choose from. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>With that in mind I decided to skip the hobo motif, and Blackfoot and have picked Joni Mitchell. I am sure Boxcar Willie and Rickey Medlocke won't mind (although for the record Medlocke's insane guitar break to open "Train, Train" is pretty unfucking believable).</div><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>So with that intro, here is the first female vocalist post with the new format.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><div>Link: <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/fg4h64321d"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Joni Mitchell - Just Like This Train</strong></span></a></div>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-29313716053717908572010-07-07T06:10:00.000-07:002010-12-03T13:34:22.798-08:00Sonny Sharrock - Soon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPcf56KDvv2laDyB3G6UVdVSao3f4uDrUYtK2cxXSj8X-EjArYyE6pJAhyYKz0yE47FJUQ9BFdci8GAp4YGYNbD8DGbldaNYzFFvAPX5lvNZsNPN7x7LQCy5miYapP8XZ2QGDcU7QzWEs/s1600/172994.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491151264627582754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPcf56KDvv2laDyB3G6UVdVSao3f4uDrUYtK2cxXSj8X-EjArYyE6pJAhyYKz0yE47FJUQ9BFdci8GAp4YGYNbD8DGbldaNYzFFvAPX5lvNZsNPN7x7LQCy5miYapP8XZ2QGDcU7QzWEs/s320/172994.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p>Even though amazing jazz guitarist/shaman Sonny Sharrock recorded with Peter Brotzmann, Bill Laswell and Pharoah Sanders this vocal collaboration with his wife Linda is probably one of my favorite tracks from him.</p><p>"Soon" is taken from a compliation of other brain smelting cuts from the heavyweight free jazz label Jazzactuel. Some sites claim this comp is out of print, but it is still readily available if you are willing to dig. </p><p>If there is any interest in any of the other tracks here, let me know and I might be willing to post the whole comp.S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-7557521872190590162010-07-01T13:58:00.000-07:002010-12-03T13:34:40.292-08:00Morphine - Buena<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzG0MjlnuXjjOnq46Vg3QtkgiTNVAqkJvjuLXsxl-_DLEZBBhlCVhuREvSW7Jd7ORDJndX16apYGunvkXNtVgO9BSRy2QEptBAtzLypFtk_O2d3zDRMiTkhasTabVU04GVgzjo0iLf4U/s1600/morphine.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489045315943134626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzG0MjlnuXjjOnq46Vg3QtkgiTNVAqkJvjuLXsxl-_DLEZBBhlCVhuREvSW7Jd7ORDJndX16apYGunvkXNtVgO9BSRy2QEptBAtzLypFtk_O2d3zDRMiTkhasTabVU04GVgzjo0iLf4U/s320/morphine.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Three day weekend? </div><br /><br /><div><br />Buena, Buena, Buena, Buena, Good, Good Good!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-91937547953078149862010-07-01T05:10:00.000-07:002010-12-03T13:32:39.491-08:00Big Boi - Tangerine (w/ T.I. & Khujo)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTXspAqFGYdPyQUULt7RReaDqKNzaeDmFEwZgiRlvaIsTeNJ_N3MPKbKAH4MIdCk9oNrK9lxeLHlSUEIxkNDZeFJJZk6ymTNP2Dawt_VwnC5QFDm7Uj2wCyJTO6oB84kFKgykjIbV6AI/s1600/600px-Big-boi-sir-lucious-left-foot-the-son-of-chico-dusty-HQ.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488909251569346466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 262px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTXspAqFGYdPyQUULt7RReaDqKNzaeDmFEwZgiRlvaIsTeNJ_N3MPKbKAH4MIdCk9oNrK9lxeLHlSUEIxkNDZeFJJZk6ymTNP2Dawt_VwnC5QFDm7Uj2wCyJTO6oB84kFKgykjIbV6AI/s320/600px-Big-boi-sir-lucious-left-foot-the-son-of-chico-dusty-HQ.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div>Ok, so now I know the difference. Andre likes to shake it like a polaroid, while Big Boi likes to shake it like a tambourine. </div><div> </div><div></div><div>Mystery solved.</div><div> </div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/iap54sbnxi"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Link: Big Boi - Tangerine (w/ T.I &Khujo)</span></a></div>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-25465610661963321232010-06-30T06:17:00.000-07:002010-12-03T13:32:53.863-08:00The Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wOYH29eIq59taVhq1dQ_U5QbgLMphN0EqVUdR1B_Pa5nnvJHQxhI2vXuyN0Wu__7e9SdvqYAGP8hJSg03_9DIk3h4gAag7KFZvLjnPXEw5h9mMKCZlIaBfT-l3WOXhPnjJyIrwS3ySY/s1600/Barkays-toohottostop-1976.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488555442498536034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 234px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wOYH29eIq59taVhq1dQ_U5QbgLMphN0EqVUdR1B_Pa5nnvJHQxhI2vXuyN0Wu__7e9SdvqYAGP8hJSg03_9DIk3h4gAag7KFZvLjnPXEw5h9mMKCZlIaBfT-l3WOXhPnjJyIrwS3ySY/s320/Barkays-toohottostop-1976.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This morning as I was getting ready to not go for a run, I was looking forward to jamming out at turtle speed to the latest Holy Ghost disc (released in May 2010 on DFA, and is highly recommended). Instead I stumbled across this jam on a Memphis Soul playlist I have stored on my iPod. All I can say is that sometimes the gods shine on you.</div><div></div><div></div><div>In addition to not running, I was hoping the DFA beats would get me motivated for work and whatever fresh hell awaited the day. Nothing James Murphy's crew of euro centric house beat stealing acolytes were spinning could have made the ass drop and heart soar like this band of funk brothers did.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Originally the Bar-Kays were a session band for Stax, playing with Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes. They were able to score a couple of hits in the late '60s (Soul Finger) and 70's (Son of Shaft), but this 8 minute workout is probably their crowning acheivement.</div><div></div><div>On a side note, original bass player James Alexander is the father of Jazze Pha who in addition to being famous for dropping "Ladies and Gentlemen" on numerous tracks, has also produced for 2Pac, Ciara, Bun-B, Usher and many others.</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div>Link: <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/1s7iu5k1be"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>The Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost</strong></span></a></div><div></div><div></div>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-71458248607350423762010-06-29T05:58:00.001-07:002010-12-03T13:33:12.820-08:00Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down the Crazy River<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTTvD4MlYUqx1dhabCp7hlIL3HzjldDefykeCJNiFAzSLlE0GrAkGRWQfQuWl0VD331IhyphenhyphenZPdgiLSka9VN1N5buLcCD_ypK4Hq_MbfSpc6sWs22gOvw5XOSD1LysOvkDjlNQ8AN9FA_0/s1600/Rrrr.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488179306502253842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 236px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTTvD4MlYUqx1dhabCp7hlIL3HzjldDefykeCJNiFAzSLlE0GrAkGRWQfQuWl0VD331IhyphenhyphenZPdgiLSka9VN1N5buLcCD_ypK4Hq_MbfSpc6sWs22gOvw5XOSD1LysOvkDjlNQ8AN9FA_0/s320/Rrrr.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I was pleasantly surprised when this track recently popped up on my iPod while letting it shuffle. The track is solid all the way around and immediately brings to mind other Daniel Lanois produced tracks of that era (1987), especially his work with Dylan and U2.<br /><br />On a more nostalgic note, I remember buying this cassette and having no idea who Robbie Robertson was. Even more ironic, I bought this cassette at the same time as a cassette of Dylan & The Band's live "Before the Flood" album. Specifically I purchased the Dylan tape after having just seen Guns N' Roses live where they closed with "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", and I was desperate to find a live version of that track. Little did I know at the time that Robertson was playing on that tape.<br /><br />Levon Helm excluded, I still maintain that The Band is the best Canadian band ever. Period. Sorry Triumph and Loverboy fans.S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-92123930105368198432010-06-28T07:49:00.001-07:002010-12-03T13:33:54.939-08:00Return of the Mack - Mark Morrison<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwoqFrLdkmyy3akyKHiKJ1TJmy8mEfqqmN0fKIqlBeaBqWF-Wqz9sZmMZ6AuKMI5hBYM7EfbGgK4w_gcJrYySbyLgVdzpcRj8vZQuJgXvFw72P63Vf_Lt4W5ML_fHTw4RWO483j4Euqg/s1600/0000031880_350.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487836937275170674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 223px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwoqFrLdkmyy3akyKHiKJ1TJmy8mEfqqmN0fKIqlBeaBqWF-Wqz9sZmMZ6AuKMI5hBYM7EfbGgK4w_gcJrYySbyLgVdzpcRj8vZQuJgXvFw72P63Vf_Lt4W5ML_fHTw4RWO483j4Euqg/s320/0000031880_350.jpg" border="0" /></a> I am sure "Mama Said Knock You Out" would have been a nice leadoff into the new CC07 format, but since it isn't really a comeback I am going with some different flavor. <div></div><div>That being said, during 1996, this UK banger was hotter than Manchester United, yet Mark Morrison's career ended up going the route of the Bolton Wanderers within the same year. Prison tends to do that to a bloke.</div><div></div><div></div>In the words of Morrison I am just, "Letting all the people know That I'm back to run the show."<br /><br />And here it is, post #1 on the new CC07.S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-57969424547992843552010-06-28T05:59:00.000-07:002010-06-28T06:19:40.159-07:00Country Club of the Zero Seven v 2.0<div align="left">It has been a while since I have posted here, and the delay has helped me come up with a new plan of attack for the site. Instead of posting random one off reviews or cramming the site once every other month with extended playlists, I am going to post shorter blasts on a daily basis (we can start wagers now on how long that will last).<br /><br />The easiest way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time, so with that in mind I am going to start posting a "Track of the Day" if you will. One song, a little bit of detail and the link.<br /><br />Hopefully this will help pick up a little added interest, and make the posts easier for readers to digest. Although I will admit I am already seeing problems. I knew what I wanted post #1 to be, but have 4 others that I am contemplating, so discipline will have to be used on my end.<br /><br />That being said, welcome to <strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://countryclubofthezeroseven.blogspot.com/">CCO7 v 2.0</a></span></strong>!<br /><br />Enjoy!!!</div>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-11798352298540460132010-05-17T06:24:00.000-07:002010-06-09T10:02:26.302-07:00Ronnie James Dio - RIP<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG1GxYqdm7gshNQOahHQUVQY5iUjehKGmO9nV52nKBp-HsIudvdWdL7o7xCuqDOkHwdsNeeiBuBwF2W4NRxKcBC3hC7O29KwGajF85GGDR0wlGdIOdcI0Hl-ZtobnZ9ZzgzjRU8yAe74U/s1600/dio.jpg"></a></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472229506458573650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 279px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG1GxYqdm7gshNQOahHQUVQY5iUjehKGmO9nV52nKBp-HsIudvdWdL7o7xCuqDOkHwdsNeeiBuBwF2W4NRxKcBC3hC7O29KwGajF85GGDR0wlGdIOdcI0Hl-ZtobnZ9ZzgzjRU8yAe74U/s320/dio.jpg" border="0" /><br />RIP – Ronnie James Dio<br /><br />I am sure there will be plenty of wizard and dragon jokes (trust me, I would probably make one if I had one at the ready), but in all seriousness Dio’s passing is truly a sad loss for music.<br /><br />Be it in the boogie woogie blues of Elf, climbing the Silver Mountain with Rainbow, raising the bar for vocalists replacing already mega-successful vocalists in Black Sabbath or just plain scaring the bejeesus out of Baptist parents raising teen boys in the 80’s, Dio was/is f*cking legend.<br /><br />I am pretty sure I still have “Holy Diver” on vinyl (from Columbia House no less ) in my closet at my parents.<br /><br />Slay a dragon for me little man.<br /><br />Here is a small Dio playlist I put together on the fly this morning.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">link: </span><a href="http://countryclubofthezeroseven.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#cc0000;">http://countryclubofthezeroseven.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;"><br /></span>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-35845151795548584112010-05-11T08:17:00.000-07:002010-06-28T06:12:56.908-07:00What's the Deal? Sugar Hill!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrL2qrB4b7gDTo4ZClfawYnQicWVKsoLt7ODZl90fOUq5Ztn9G-m9XkeNkBxZc1zpJiAF006mDy3QOfuF7ZVvs4KpnS6B1VrjfxzSkmWEfGKc1tOrX6hhyphenhyphenLlBPzm6d3iTPFuNHxDSoFPM/s1600/captain-sky.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470032259228457122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrL2qrB4b7gDTo4ZClfawYnQicWVKsoLt7ODZl90fOUq5Ztn9G-m9XkeNkBxZc1zpJiAF006mDy3QOfuF7ZVvs4KpnS6B1VrjfxzSkmWEfGKc1tOrX6hhyphenhyphenLlBPzm6d3iTPFuNHxDSoFPM/s320/captain-sky.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I was digging around through some old cd's and stumbled across this mix that I put together for a friend's birthday party a few years back, and thought it was worth posting.<br /><br />I made a couple of tweaks here and there, but it is largely the previous mix in it's entirety plus some extra tracks, including my favorite disco era track "I Get Lifted", the KC and the Sunshine Band version. Outside of a couple disco tracks, and maybe one or two roller boogie classics, this is all standard issue classic Soul Train era funk, jazz and hip-hop.<br /><br />If some of these songs sound familiar, it is probably because minus one or two, they have all been sampled extensively over the years. At least 2 or 3 have been picked up by the Beastie Boys, and a couple by Dr. Dre. In the meantime, feel free to shake yo' ass while you are trying to figure out where you might have heard these songs before.<br /><br />Enjoy!S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-38088507702486435502010-03-16T06:13:00.000-07:002010-06-28T06:14:06.438-07:00Lucky Charms 2010<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjiSddTOmLXAgbjDxvscadfgtvGpiY3j-z4PYOZZf7hFx7ZZYdjXseVzdlJuewBt64oIS-g0rVN3t1gPSkr_dhT_48aEJa3bo7JYAaTGVBh5J9c6d1I-0O36mX07YHC5Bz9fB8vYKz1Co/s1600-h/lc.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449219766744452290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 291px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjiSddTOmLXAgbjDxvscadfgtvGpiY3j-z4PYOZZf7hFx7ZZYdjXseVzdlJuewBt64oIS-g0rVN3t1gPSkr_dhT_48aEJa3bo7JYAaTGVBh5J9c6d1I-0O36mX07YHC5Bz9fB8vYKz1Co/s320/lc.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And the award for editing goes to… not me. I tried to cut this playlist down to about 20 tracks, but just couldn’t do it. I figured that I have been able to crank these things out so few and far between lately that if I could squeeze a couple extras in there, go ahead. Needless to say this thing might not flow the best…<br /><br />So with this mix I was hoping to highlight some of my favorite new tracks and sprinkle in a few Irish tracks to celebrate St. Patty’s Day. This final draft is significantly different that my original, which featured enough Irish pissers to make me consider going and setting my own car on fire. I decided to scale back with a couple of Sinead O’Connor tracks, one a cheesy but awesome duet with the dentally challenged Shane MacGowan the other her incendiary live cover of Bob Marley’s “War” from SNL that pretty much got the ball rolling against her here in the states thanks to her shredding a poster of the Pope while crediting him as the root of all evil. Elsewhere have a tipple of Guinness while enjoying the Spanish/Celtic acoustic cover of Metallica’s “Orion” by Rodrigo y Gabriela.<br /><br />On the new music front, 2010 has been off to a killer start. After about 5 years of sparse greatness so far 2010 is on pace to top 2009, which was pretty amazing. Here is a quick roundup:<br /><br />I cannot say enough good things about the new Xiu Xiu disc. It comes pretty close to topping Fabulous Muscles, and when the smoke clears it might be their best release to date. I never thought I would see Xiu Xiu do bluegrass, but they give it a game try. I have included the title track here which would feel equally at home on a Morrissey disc if it didn’t have so many bells and buzzes. Also on here is my favorite track about giving birth to a cub, or abortion or childbirth or all of the above by The Antlers. I have also thrown in new tracks by Gonjasufi, Ariel Pink, Neon Indian and the stellar leadoff track from Broken Bells (which has been mostly a disappointment).<br /><br />There a couple additional covers here including Sonnymoon’s hazy take on Drake’s “Houstatlantavegas” and Zooey Deschanel’s take on Nancy Sinatra’s “Sugar Town” (one of my all time favorite songs). Don’t get me wrong, She & Him are a little on the cheesy side, but there is much worse cheese out there (check out the Butch Walker b-side also on here). The ironic thing about Zooey Deschanel is that I love her voice, love to see her in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ3cTwI9bIw"><font color="#ff0000">videos</font></a>, but as an actress I can’t help but want to drop a falcon punch on her. Especially in the movie that this track is from; 500 Days of Summer. I know, I know; everyone loved it. I just found it painfully pretentious. But I digress…<br /><br />Anyway, the mix is a little long and maybe disjointed but enjoy. A little of the green may make it more palatable (green beer that is).<br /><br />Btw, this mix sponsored by parentheses.<br /><br />Enjoy!!<br /><br /><font color="#ff0000">http://countryclubofthezeroseven.blogspot.com</font><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-23471562038244571382010-03-08T07:36:00.001-08:002010-06-09T10:00:58.793-07:00Ryan Bingham & Dead Horses<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1KSzglRxMCJMOdhMRpKmVzbah14wljMb3nqeU2GlCejvhoC-gDejKAiatvBHxcXYUR5tv7fx5thUVGbVgPDNWcuazUijNF1R9l_n2v5xcGZwmmBhfuEpj4F8S01uOfF6cNXV3XIUD4o/s1600-h/Ryan+Bingham.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446287509652706130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 232px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1KSzglRxMCJMOdhMRpKmVzbah14wljMb3nqeU2GlCejvhoC-gDejKAiatvBHxcXYUR5tv7fx5thUVGbVgPDNWcuazUijNF1R9l_n2v5xcGZwmmBhfuEpj4F8S01uOfF6cNXV3XIUD4o/s320/Ryan+Bingham.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />On first glance winning an award that Eminem, Celine Dion, Jon Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, Survivor, Kenny Loggins and Peter Cetera have been up for might seem like a backhanded compliement. But on second thought, being in the same company as Bob Dylan, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Shel Silverstein, Elliot Smith and Isaac Hayes is nothing to sneeze at.<br /><br />Long story short, thanks to his work as songwriter for the Jeff Bridges flick, Crazy Heart, Bingham is now the owner of a Best Original song Oscar. I have yet to see the movie, but can testify that Bingham is the real deal. I have been preaching about this Topanga Canyon via Austin, TX cowpoke for a couple of years now, and highly recommend anything he has recorded.<br /><br />He is currently on tour with Jamey Johnson, The Lost Trailers, Jack Ingram and a handful of others, stopping of in Charlotte, NC on 5/27/10.<br /><br />Here is a small sampling of some of my faves, including the one that earned him the gold statue.<br /><br />http://countryclubofthezeroseven.blogspot.comS.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-35244748740852025742010-02-17T08:00:00.001-08:002010-06-09T10:00:32.654-07:00Citay - Dream Get Together<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqk1T8l1grvwE57EuLPG_MZntf-r4GUtXK0MhB0BD3rFBdzTaZdiliUtj6wyf1xVKVoZ2LbKEW5qs5ENkTKeH4YGkeSIA5l9RhnTzpqnmAJdU2STOUDA5h34G-enOrRXLMJTTjaYD3FLE/s1600-h/citay-dream.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439242990884163746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 296px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 329px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqk1T8l1grvwE57EuLPG_MZntf-r4GUtXK0MhB0BD3rFBdzTaZdiliUtj6wyf1xVKVoZ2LbKEW5qs5ENkTKeH4YGkeSIA5l9RhnTzpqnmAJdU2STOUDA5h34G-enOrRXLMJTTjaYD3FLE/s320/citay-dream.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Although it is still too gray, murky, cold and wet to start thinking about spring, the new disc from San Francisco psych rock freakout band Citay helps set the tone for chasing wood gnomes around the forest and helping the May Queen with her spring cleaning.<br /><br />As a rule I prefer my tripping balls music to be more dark and sludgy (Bardo Pond), and less wondrous and flighty, however "Dream Get Together" works amazingly well.<br /><br />"Dream Get Together" might best be described as a soundtrack for an evening of Anton Newcombe being seduced, roofied and raped by Pan, at a Terrastock festival, with only a magic flute and Courtney Taylor-Taylor's phone number scratched on a mushroom cap remaining as the sun rises on the dense, sticky moss.<br /><br />Or it is just a better than average Led Zeppelin ripoff. You can decide.<br /><br />Enjoy!!S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-1706134942698615542010-02-11T12:20:00.000-08:002010-06-28T06:14:22.400-07:00Everyone Wants VD!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0t1_OPYfw_RjdxadofYvlWJF6MYJuX1vfGpG4geT7b6Q9CZqGEBKnRUXps-O5fDSdc5Y1ARPAiXwsFva4nz4Oigio5Njz84RGqF1TlfjR5j588xhz7IE78tATetWwjKS56_NFtzQ1LMw/s1600-h/valentine.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437083926501526562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 278px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 382px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0t1_OPYfw_RjdxadofYvlWJF6MYJuX1vfGpG4geT7b6Q9CZqGEBKnRUXps-O5fDSdc5Y1ARPAiXwsFva4nz4Oigio5Njz84RGqF1TlfjR5j588xhz7IE78tATetWwjKS56_NFtzQ1LMw/s320/valentine.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>It has been over a month since I have posted anything, so I am taking a minute to throw up a Valentine's Day mix. Feel free to claim it as your own and score some hot VD nookie. A mix might not be the most original idea, but it is a hell of a lot less expensive than roses dipped in gold and more internet friendly than that video you were thinking about making (I am talking to you John Edwards).</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Nothing to sappy on here just a few nice eighties nuggets, some well executed covers and a hodgepodge of others. I fought the urge to drop Young Money's tender ode to puppy love, "Bedrock", but couldn't resist adding some Dr. Octagon.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Link to mix: <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/5rzxp95700"><span style="color:#ff0000;">VD 2010 Mix</span></a></div><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390461206725953638.post-13046040632992912802009-12-29T12:47:00.001-08:002009-12-29T13:42:16.551-08:00Best of 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXFIhzy6bKHHF37-uRWT7uoQE-98ZcoxycAi1dqxZk3wHOEj4xhmwMgrXA7VfEkhLdBHRpCYM36dsH4hK68-fOx0MxrnOc1-LEssb1MXvIk7_TUcoDDcPX84uhEJuy0-ujEUePWWRZ_g/s1600-h/best+of+2009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420769068394755746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 304px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXFIhzy6bKHHF37-uRWT7uoQE-98ZcoxycAi1dqxZk3wHOEj4xhmwMgrXA7VfEkhLdBHRpCYM36dsH4hK68-fOx0MxrnOc1-LEssb1MXvIk7_TUcoDDcPX84uhEJuy0-ujEUePWWRZ_g/s320/best+of+2009.jpg" border="0" /></a> I had all of these great plans for a big year end best of as well as a decade best of wrap up, which just has not come to fruition yet. The holidays proved to be much more taxing than I had predicted. However, it would be a shame to have been keeping these lists piled up all year/decade and not at least drop them some where.<br /><br />So without much fanfare, here are my picks for the best of 2009 followed soon by my best of the 2000’s.<br /><br />Instead of giving a lot of verbiage to these discs, I will just include some tracks and you can decide for yourself what you think:<br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-xjNSCsd8pg1qajhpEWx6V3UDVE8ZQyh0UyU7TqY4c68WrcTgd27QnJUjbifKvTxZmaPPWmXZA4y8OIpoicGJoOUJ6OxoLKNLqOfWsQP_ZVf4jgDZ7280BLgOASUihShBrqxe4Pp6AE/s1600-h/callahan.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420765359181700658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-xjNSCsd8pg1qajhpEWx6V3UDVE8ZQyh0UyU7TqY4c68WrcTgd27QnJUjbifKvTxZmaPPWmXZA4y8OIpoicGJoOUJ6OxoLKNLqOfWsQP_ZVf4jgDZ7280BLgOASUihShBrqxe4Pp6AE/s200/callahan.jpg" border="0" /></a>1.) Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle<br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/24qchsj2kv"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Too Many Birds</span></a></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">R</span><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/26id16kb7i"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">ococo</span> Zephyr</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20t40zo4kIy7EE6i5tdt0hZzPg2kkGigNC3VmiQzOEnycm1HJ9dBcFisiGjx_W12mrPU1p8NL0zPkCgvG5fOkmobvdMXxtrQBUoAQxHyWObd88fSIaUNbd3gIxGNh-TsECEk0xmMqmOs/s1600-h/postmarks.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420765436905424690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 204px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20t40zo4kIy7EE6i5tdt0hZzPg2kkGigNC3VmiQzOEnycm1HJ9dBcFisiGjx_W12mrPU1p8NL0zPkCgvG5fOkmobvdMXxtrQBUoAQxHyWObd88fSIaUNbd3gIxGNh-TsECEk0xmMqmOs/s200/postmarks.jpg" border="0" /></a> 2.) The Postmarks – Memoirs at the End of the World</div><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/gzofbi3227"><span style="color:#ff0000;">No One Said It Would Be Easy</span></a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/fgdgvhhion"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Thorn In Your Side</span> </a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdrIOYyoWMWxIBUQWB2pgxtap1Z4sSly7q6WEH6fiTROIw_WWu7r5yA7HDlH-bhigelGLo8Ijf4Xy5PCW10hnYjZdhBQEj0YnIfI5cN925pmpxpqIuu-3xaiX3z4_usEL_TDwL4izmN0/s1600-h/tortoise.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420765538267605602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdrIOYyoWMWxIBUQWB2pgxtap1Z4sSly7q6WEH6fiTROIw_WWu7r5yA7HDlH-bhigelGLo8Ijf4Xy5PCW10hnYjZdhBQEj0YnIfI5cN925pmpxpqIuu-3xaiX3z4_usEL_TDwL4izmN0/s200/tortoise.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />3.) Tortoise – Beacons of Ancestorship<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/rpcmsqrsar"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Charteroak Foundation</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/2f5cacu8k1"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Monument Six One Thousand</span><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAMZTv4kfMa5c8OTd02tThDSAVMNNg0yey95jFL_QfltLjdcR2N6V7jKRxYKroYca66eHAhFu4SvIV8YADmPWwXD2zXWY1b7i_T8NEjtV7NTbkNpKxB0rDN2SKIqXtHA5vltCGb1znKCU/s1600-h/avetts.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420765599368204450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAMZTv4kfMa5c8OTd02tThDSAVMNNg0yey95jFL_QfltLjdcR2N6V7jKRxYKroYca66eHAhFu4SvIV8YADmPWwXD2zXWY1b7i_T8NEjtV7NTbkNpKxB0rDN2SKIqXtHA5vltCGb1znKCU/s200/avetts.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />4.) The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You<br /><br /></div><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/i4l5xf3ksv"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Slight Figure of Speech<br />Incomplete and Insecure</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVzbIPBjDapR29mFxWeq7-iIZRV-apBbZJpklaa2WgvPPqTX93E5BBlcI5SQ8LwOk1AlMQYL1C9uHyovDDXCIR848EvqYFLW6bcQqgKpHU69-aUgyPpYtB6AEIPi0kUvfimxPFla5OBHc/s1600-h/xx.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420765658081615042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVzbIPBjDapR29mFxWeq7-iIZRV-apBbZJpklaa2WgvPPqTX93E5BBlcI5SQ8LwOk1AlMQYL1C9uHyovDDXCIR848EvqYFLW6bcQqgKpHU69-aUgyPpYtB6AEIPi0kUvfimxPFla5OBHc/s200/xx.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />5.) The xx - XX</div><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/c1p9j208kc"><span style="color:#ff0000;">VCR</span></a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/q89hajb9e5"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Crystalised</span></a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAR89Ss7Cn4XstK_sqCqVgVd3k0UAA0C_vXFtdIk7aAQ_p8Prl-gwFdXBnm3nrfozJQVt073_UY23AFJmcjIf_qYQrYVicZr9B5U3Kr3esytMwtClh3vEg0V7-8X2DYnE6_AkBJtLHT4/s1600-h/buttons.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420765720440781618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAR89Ss7Cn4XstK_sqCqVgVd3k0UAA0C_vXFtdIk7aAQ_p8Prl-gwFdXBnm3nrfozJQVt073_UY23AFJmcjIf_qYQrYVicZr9B5U3Kr3esytMwtClh3vEg0V7-8X2DYnE6_AkBJtLHT4/s200/buttons.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />6.) Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport</div><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/xvmeg7tyey"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Surf Solar</span></a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/i21el2txa9"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Space Mountain</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMxYiixcR-fxGPAui46Ymx9a-5QoRpaFL-3U3MJZTnqbXx86QDal5p3jegpGGIF-kN6wG6V8zW_8R5DMwz3A6xqIvsMJ3dt_NFHEkg7zRTUbt2OkynWAL9LhToihej3ZX2duSz9ihSp0/s1600-h/earle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420765832821332242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMxYiixcR-fxGPAui46Ymx9a-5QoRpaFL-3U3MJZTnqbXx86QDal5p3jegpGGIF-kN6wG6V8zW_8R5DMwz3A6xqIvsMJ3dt_NFHEkg7zRTUbt2OkynWAL9LhToihej3ZX2duSz9ihSp0/s200/earle.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div><br />7.) Justin Townes Earle – Midnight at the Movies<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/i7rge8perp"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Midnight at the Movies</span></a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/qnddsra3v4"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Mama's Eyes</span> </a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX0p8VMFUXpPMIFtoP8CBSJMK_2AwM7SScHPn9J-rSsQUFwyIpZeNB5XhpuC2B4vS0nW1Uhvf3C3hv3cnGDIk_wy6enrB8Hp90CLgmT34gUjei21jKkhI4sd-SOp2KoFhq5yTK8iNUChU/s1600-h/blk+jks.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420765905704687106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX0p8VMFUXpPMIFtoP8CBSJMK_2AwM7SScHPn9J-rSsQUFwyIpZeNB5XhpuC2B4vS0nW1Uhvf3C3hv3cnGDIk_wy6enrB8Hp90CLgmT34gUjei21jKkhI4sd-SOp2KoFhq5yTK8iNUChU/s200/blk+jks.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />8.) BLK JKS - After Robots<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/aim7g63y3u"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Molalatladi</span></a> </div><div><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/jb3cmk76j4"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Cusror</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqdXX0oKg67TsE417Eq7PcUhhHxJcdLVLipcJv13DSW-NxDcV0pCiO3cHNHCuaFxS5p8KljgehWbI-0nENlmjdTyg38O7EOii9xfreV69R6ED9Kb7s3mmMvws6SIBTUVIvD_9OB-i5QQ/s1600-h/duke.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420765775313316274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqdXX0oKg67TsE417Eq7PcUhhHxJcdLVLipcJv13DSW-NxDcV0pCiO3cHNHCuaFxS5p8KljgehWbI-0nENlmjdTyg38O7EOii9xfreV69R6ED9Kb7s3mmMvws6SIBTUVIvD_9OB-i5QQ/s200/duke.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />9.) The Duke and The King - Nothing Gold Can Stay</div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/6pd9linjyu"><span style="color:#ff0000;">If You Ever Get Famous</span></a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/1azzh71rrj"><span style="color:#ff0000;">The Morning That I Get to Hell</span><br /><br /></a></div><br /><br /><div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6JXcjvjw-XCMC5yjNVXAaQWJ6dK50tq3MG0hFt0-BktEGk9dp9hsecM0zX6Toyutq4_bwDF283b5-rDmBfCVdKsAKPaBN1mPVfe9z_owWHUolsG2gOorIUYoCgJaV2UQZzJhyplnHDc/s1600-h/pink+mountains.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420766319983564690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6JXcjvjw-XCMC5yjNVXAaQWJ6dK50tq3MG0hFt0-BktEGk9dp9hsecM0zX6Toyutq4_bwDF283b5-rDmBfCVdKsAKPaBN1mPVfe9z_owWHUolsG2gOorIUYoCgJaV2UQZzJhyplnHDc/s200/pink+mountains.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />10.) Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love</div><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/z19qpund5p"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Axis: Thrones of Love</span></a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ihezebcck5"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Vampire</span></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcUDL2fsS4-1WdihDXL6nDfw5xGQfhcKNKi466y6YC6kHkAbZwRnIP4f62iZkzIdifY4v5oWU6XKCZmJisP1fqYlM2exvwCjCBU3jUhBqpd00OPWPR1IMQONtjLscwIu3IKPKzBSbkTE/s1600-h/atlas.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420766229747068322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcUDL2fsS4-1WdihDXL6nDfw5xGQfhcKNKi466y6YC6kHkAbZwRnIP4f62iZkzIdifY4v5oWU6XKCZmJisP1fqYlM2exvwCjCBU3jUhBqpd00OPWPR1IMQONtjLscwIu3IKPKzBSbkTE/s200/atlas.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />11.) Atlas Sound - Logos<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/3juq7nuh4u"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Walkabout</span></a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/hm7kspuxvc"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Sheila</span> </a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoV4XhFISLsCp_67VoQE663tZxEYO7VwBSlLA_TRuvXVCwlBFOeacjvSVXpl4BVPAZmj4iaV0jc4IbqP8RsWZVpsslrKV7KUM8aaGisgg_kosv0KkpbW9so8u4SruqjCpl1nfe3UBdXTk/s1600-h/lucero.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420765965202498226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoV4XhFISLsCp_67VoQE663tZxEYO7VwBSlLA_TRuvXVCwlBFOeacjvSVXpl4BVPAZmj4iaV0jc4IbqP8RsWZVpsslrKV7KUM8aaGisgg_kosv0KkpbW9so8u4SruqjCpl1nfe3UBdXTk/s200/lucero.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />12.) Lucero - 1372 Overton Park<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/i1o2e4on53"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Can't Feel a Thing<br />Darken My Door</span><br /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgE9dmO8szKuwQC67mNWm6NeLU0aVawHGCaV863tjHlFIJ-8Ivy5UqU3M34gxLx9TO7r1nOiK-jnFVj14v7Je8ESFKLX6yrJ3pHDBLBQ95XvihfaoyrZR-97CX6BNzSEn-Ua0sNEasKk/s1600-h/pelican.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420766374147171522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgE9dmO8szKuwQC67mNWm6NeLU0aVawHGCaV863tjHlFIJ-8Ivy5UqU3M34gxLx9TO7r1nOiK-jnFVj14v7Je8ESFKLX6yrJ3pHDBLBQ95XvihfaoyrZR-97CX6BNzSEn-Ua0sNEasKk/s200/pelican.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />13.) Pelican - What We All Come to Need<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/0yz53f2puf"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Glimmer </span></a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/lq165lu8lo"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Strung Up From the Sky<br /></span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcK3RAqztjticmK6wK_CJTR4HET0Bzq5TNtcLIj89_LEB9qOmK82pq1zmjU5vnhPFloZdspmCdeJzb_HvM6qPVCIkshv4lIPujjkP0kyOeQNPAfceogUsxeGrzsNl5czNT3Cxr70D7Hk/s1600-h/yoko.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420766413547400434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcK3RAqztjticmK6wK_CJTR4HET0Bzq5TNtcLIj89_LEB9qOmK82pq1zmjU5vnhPFloZdspmCdeJzb_HvM6qPVCIkshv4lIPujjkP0kyOeQNPAfceogUsxeGrzsNl5czNT3Cxr70D7Hk/s200/yoko.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />14.) Yoko Ono & Plastic Band - Between My Head & the Sky<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/8n8zjl0xf1"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Waitin' On the D Train</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/zz1uimfyhy"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Watching the Rain</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br />Tie:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuilK09Eb5Qp-SSs_bJCtcaY4oHD-SVVej3COmI7x3pNS6PMMNvVySIj7GszEqHnams1aJA0FQxXm5n9e0fVKb79-OvL687YOG-I3o5RdAhHxtz-Hy28ARUZS1l_g-6dgNZ5lewOzVx7M/s1600-h/discovery.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420766464553425362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuilK09Eb5Qp-SSs_bJCtcaY4oHD-SVVej3COmI7x3pNS6PMMNvVySIj7GszEqHnams1aJA0FQxXm5n9e0fVKb79-OvL687YOG-I3o5RdAhHxtz-Hy28ARUZS1l_g-6dgNZ5lewOzVx7M/s200/discovery.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />15.) Discovery - LP<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/i47v76ec47"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Orange Shirt<br />So Insane</span><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-7f2TpKjCGhpOBvUwJgrCryUhW7F4WC6As5p3ppni84U_-2xExYOn8a5TTZg6aMd6wta9CZ8QIRZJvLduJfIJRUfdUZE0-WyViT75nLCLCAYJCoJXUckwyrRMG3oszM8vqc-KQ8_TFE8/s1600-h/passion.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420766706038690834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-7f2TpKjCGhpOBvUwJgrCryUhW7F4WC6As5p3ppni84U_-2xExYOn8a5TTZg6aMd6wta9CZ8QIRZJvLduJfIJRUfdUZE0-WyViT75nLCLCAYJCoJXUckwyrRMG3oszM8vqc-KQ8_TFE8/s200/passion.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />15.) Passion Pit - Manners</div><br /><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/rg69gttj5t"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Sleepyhead</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ixvfo5va3e"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Little Secrets<br /></span></a></div><br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK8lDMjEfH1_M4HREIrDU6Ahzar4ayCciypAcBwdroOKtU-cBfLH83Zk9lOfaxLwgW8kgLt2ABzJVrdMqcFVyiWFeSGLjXJShyphenhyphendWEsp_4jfhfv-dsMdwlzgUrXQTG9BlHeHPib5rhkC9M/s1600-h/callahan.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>S.O.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06314777397584455471noreply@blogger.com0