Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Zach Galifianakis is the man. I saw this at the New York Magazine Bad Art Auction he hosted a little over a week ago. Watch Bonnie "Prince" Billy try to keep a straight face.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
July, You Lied* – My Brown Eyes Are Dried**
With this completely unintentionally God-centric mix, things are turning around. So there, liar.
1) Stevie Wonder – We Can Work It Out
2) Paul Simon – I Know What I Know
3) Tom Petty – Wildflowers
4) Joni Mitchell – All I Want
5) The Rolling Stones – Dancing with Mr. D.
6) Ray Lamontagne – Jolene
7) Ryan Adams – These Girls
8) Uncle Tupulo – New Madrid
9) Billy Bragg & Wilco – Airline to Heaven
10) Greg Trooper – Dream Away the Blues
11) Amos Lee – Sweet Pea
12) Rocky Votolato – Postcard From Kentucky
13) Jill Barber – Two Brown Eyes
14) Charlotte Gainsbourg – The Songs That We Sing
15) Link Wray – Fire & Brimstone
16) Bongos Ikwue – Woman Made the Devil
17) Trio Palmar - Tres Besos
18) Kool & The Gang – Caribbean Festival
19) Sam & Dave – You Left The Water Running
20) Laura Lee – What a Man
21) Elton John – Burn Down the Mission
22) Edith Piaf – Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
** Bonus Track
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* Before I begin, do you guys like it when I write about the tracks, or would you rather the music spoke for itself?
1) Heard this at McCarren Park’s Pool, and I couldn’t get it out of my head. It’s such a hopeful song. It’s right at that period when Wonder dropped the Little from his name and picked up his synth and joined the funk movement.
2, 3, 4, 5) These songs are from some of my desert island albums. I dusted off these bad boys and revisited them during those sadsack stages of break-up. Blue, Graceland, Wildflowers, and Goats Head Soup are albums that have been with me my whole life. I love them all. You should, too.
6) I am most attracted to this song’s chorus.
8) I think I told you about my love of Anodyne. Well, this is one more that whilst listening to recently took on new meaning with the whole New York City line.
16) Amen to that.
19) “I’m not cryin’. It’s just been rainin’ ...on my face.”
See the film la Vie en Rose. I leave you with this:
No, nothing.
No, I regret nothing.
Neither the good done to me, nor the bad;
to me, they're all the same.
No, nothing at all.
No, I regret nothing.
It's all paid for, swept away, forgotten;
I don't care about the past.
With my memories,
I've lit a fire.
My sorrows, my pleasures,
I need them no more.
Swept away are my loves
and all their tremors.
Swept away forever.
I start from scratch.
No, nothing really.
No, I have no regrets.
Neither the good done to me, nor the bad;
to me, they're all the same.
No, nothing.
No, I regret nothing.
Because my life, because my joys,
today, begin with you.
With this completely unintentionally God-centric mix, things are turning around. So there, liar.
1) Stevie Wonder – We Can Work It Out
2) Paul Simon – I Know What I Know
3) Tom Petty – Wildflowers
4) Joni Mitchell – All I Want
5) The Rolling Stones – Dancing with Mr. D.
6) Ray Lamontagne – Jolene
7) Ryan Adams – These Girls
8) Uncle Tupulo – New Madrid
9) Billy Bragg & Wilco – Airline to Heaven
10) Greg Trooper – Dream Away the Blues
11) Amos Lee – Sweet Pea
12) Rocky Votolato – Postcard From Kentucky
13) Jill Barber – Two Brown Eyes
14) Charlotte Gainsbourg – The Songs That We Sing
15) Link Wray – Fire & Brimstone
16) Bongos Ikwue – Woman Made the Devil
17) Trio Palmar - Tres Besos
18) Kool & The Gang – Caribbean Festival
19) Sam & Dave – You Left The Water Running
20) Laura Lee – What a Man
21) Elton John – Burn Down the Mission
22) Edith Piaf – Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
** Bonus Track
.zip
* Before I begin, do you guys like it when I write about the tracks, or would you rather the music spoke for itself?
1) Heard this at McCarren Park’s Pool, and I couldn’t get it out of my head. It’s such a hopeful song. It’s right at that period when Wonder dropped the Little from his name and picked up his synth and joined the funk movement.
2, 3, 4, 5) These songs are from some of my desert island albums. I dusted off these bad boys and revisited them during those sadsack stages of break-up. Blue, Graceland, Wildflowers, and Goats Head Soup are albums that have been with me my whole life. I love them all. You should, too.
6) I am most attracted to this song’s chorus.
8) I think I told you about my love of Anodyne. Well, this is one more that whilst listening to recently took on new meaning with the whole New York City line.
16) Amen to that.
19) “I’m not cryin’. It’s just been rainin’ ...on my face.”
See the film la Vie en Rose. I leave you with this:
No, nothing.
No, I regret nothing.
Neither the good done to me, nor the bad;
to me, they're all the same.
No, nothing at all.
No, I regret nothing.
It's all paid for, swept away, forgotten;
I don't care about the past.
With my memories,
I've lit a fire.
My sorrows, my pleasures,
I need them no more.
Swept away are my loves
and all their tremors.
Swept away forever.
I start from scratch.
No, nothing really.
No, I have no regrets.
Neither the good done to me, nor the bad;
to me, they're all the same.
No, nothing.
No, I regret nothing.
Because my life, because my joys,
today, begin with you.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
For those still downloading these mixes, behold one heavy on Tweedy, some new discoveries, and some long forgotten favorites. Happy Fourth.
A June Moon
1) Drew Emmitt - Meet Me in the Morning
2) Wilco - The Thanks I Get
3) Ryan Adams - Two
4) Citizen Cope - All Dressed Up
5) Jeff Tweedy - Shot in the Arm
6) Ojos de Brujo - Memorias Perdias
7) Bob Dylan - Masters of War
8) Estelle - Free
9) Wilco - Either Way
10) Sting - I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
11) India.Arie - Summer
12) Darrell Scott & Tim O'Brien - More Love
13) The Be Good Tanyas - In Spite of All the Damage I've Done
14) Chuck Berry - Things I Used to Do
15) The Band - Up On Cripple Creek
16) Uncle Tupelo - Acuff-Rose
17) Allman Brothers Band - Soulshine
18) Willie Nelson - American Tune
19) Coldplay - Til Kingdom Come
20) Frank Sinatra - They Can't Take That Away From Me
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1) Here’s the story. I scribbled “Drew Emmett” down on some scrap and stuffed it away pocket after hearing this on a local radio station in Breckenridge. Two nights later, leaving Mi Casa, my favorite spot in Breck, we stumbled into an outdoor concert featuring this guy and his bluegrass band. I never loved Leftover Salmon, but I had such a blast at this show. Old locals and young all dancing trippy, drinking locally, and just having a ball.
2) Break-up song of the summer. Hands down.
3) Ryan Adams’ new album was called typical by Rolling Stone. If so, typical’s just fine by me.
4) Is this song appropriate for a yoga class?
5) I bought Sunken Treasure, and this part is my favorite. I keep watching it over and over again.
6) Besos.
7) I’d never seen The Sopranos until their final episode. This song got me listening Freewheelin’ again. Dylan is a living prophet.
8) Jools Holland’s show on BBC America is awesome.
9) First track on the new album. Couldn’t get past it for the longest time. Thanks Wilco for hitting me where it hurts.
10) Cheesy song, but it caught me on the lip, and lo' there was I, crumbled to tears in some store: a pharmacy, or a grocery store, or a health food store, or somewhere, somewhere I just don’t know. I started bawling, and to hide the tears, I did as the song says, I started laughing, and I don’t know… it helped.
11) I wasn’t going to include this for sheer cheese quotient had already been met (see prior track), but when first I heard this, I thought, “Man, my summer ended in June." Then I remembered what a wise old friend reminded me, “Hey, plans change.” My plans for the summer have simply... changed. It’s something I’ve kept reminding myself of late, and it’s certainly helping. Thank you, friend.
12) Found this on iTunes. For my money, it’s way better to hear songwriters play their song than to hear the Dixie Chicks’ hack at it.
13) Thanks L.
14) … and then there’s this B-side from Mr. Berry, my hometown hero, who’s always able to console me, plucking away at those heart strings, or just perhaps a guitar string or two.
15) Heard this on the brilliant KBCO radio station. Have loved this song for years, but it never pumped me up the way it did out there on Hwy 70. Maybe it was the altitude, or maybe it was just Levon Helm’s genius croon.
16) One of the coolest girls I ever dated bought Anodyne for my birthday, my 21st. I remember her saying how much she loved this song. I couldn’t agree more, A. Tupelo ruled.
17) Leave it to a charcoal commercial to bring out a great summer tune. But hey, they’re right. This song sounded great on my roof deck while grillin’ out. Give it a whirl at your next picnic.
18) I caught the tail end of the Library of Congress’ presentation of the Gershwin Prize to Paul Simon, and I kept hearing this version of “American Tune” in my head. Paul Simon is as American as apple pie, baseball, and well, the Redheaded Stranger.
19 & 20) These songs play with some regularity at work. They’ve been helpful.
A June Moon
1) Drew Emmitt - Meet Me in the Morning
2) Wilco - The Thanks I Get
3) Ryan Adams - Two
4) Citizen Cope - All Dressed Up
5) Jeff Tweedy - Shot in the Arm
6) Ojos de Brujo - Memorias Perdias
7) Bob Dylan - Masters of War
8) Estelle - Free
9) Wilco - Either Way
10) Sting - I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
11) India.Arie - Summer
12) Darrell Scott & Tim O'Brien - More Love
13) The Be Good Tanyas - In Spite of All the Damage I've Done
14) Chuck Berry - Things I Used to Do
15) The Band - Up On Cripple Creek
16) Uncle Tupelo - Acuff-Rose
17) Allman Brothers Band - Soulshine
18) Willie Nelson - American Tune
19) Coldplay - Til Kingdom Come
20) Frank Sinatra - They Can't Take That Away From Me
.zip
1) Here’s the story. I scribbled “Drew Emmett” down on some scrap and stuffed it away pocket after hearing this on a local radio station in Breckenridge. Two nights later, leaving Mi Casa, my favorite spot in Breck, we stumbled into an outdoor concert featuring this guy and his bluegrass band. I never loved Leftover Salmon, but I had such a blast at this show. Old locals and young all dancing trippy, drinking locally, and just having a ball.
2) Break-up song of the summer. Hands down.
3) Ryan Adams’ new album was called typical by Rolling Stone. If so, typical’s just fine by me.
4) Is this song appropriate for a yoga class?
5) I bought Sunken Treasure, and this part is my favorite. I keep watching it over and over again.
6) Besos.
7) I’d never seen The Sopranos until their final episode. This song got me listening Freewheelin’ again. Dylan is a living prophet.
8) Jools Holland’s show on BBC America is awesome.
9) First track on the new album. Couldn’t get past it for the longest time. Thanks Wilco for hitting me where it hurts.
10) Cheesy song, but it caught me on the lip, and lo' there was I, crumbled to tears in some store: a pharmacy, or a grocery store, or a health food store, or somewhere, somewhere I just don’t know. I started bawling, and to hide the tears, I did as the song says, I started laughing, and I don’t know… it helped.
11) I wasn’t going to include this for sheer cheese quotient had already been met (see prior track), but when first I heard this, I thought, “Man, my summer ended in June." Then I remembered what a wise old friend reminded me, “Hey, plans change.” My plans for the summer have simply... changed. It’s something I’ve kept reminding myself of late, and it’s certainly helping. Thank you, friend.
12) Found this on iTunes. For my money, it’s way better to hear songwriters play their song than to hear the Dixie Chicks’ hack at it.
13) Thanks L.
14) … and then there’s this B-side from Mr. Berry, my hometown hero, who’s always able to console me, plucking away at those heart strings, or just perhaps a guitar string or two.
15) Heard this on the brilliant KBCO radio station. Have loved this song for years, but it never pumped me up the way it did out there on Hwy 70. Maybe it was the altitude, or maybe it was just Levon Helm’s genius croon.
16) One of the coolest girls I ever dated bought Anodyne for my birthday, my 21st. I remember her saying how much she loved this song. I couldn’t agree more, A. Tupelo ruled.
17) Leave it to a charcoal commercial to bring out a great summer tune. But hey, they’re right. This song sounded great on my roof deck while grillin’ out. Give it a whirl at your next picnic.
18) I caught the tail end of the Library of Congress’ presentation of the Gershwin Prize to Paul Simon, and I kept hearing this version of “American Tune” in my head. Paul Simon is as American as apple pie, baseball, and well, the Redheaded Stranger.
19 & 20) These songs play with some regularity at work. They’ve been helpful.
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