Happy April Fools Day! If it’s Friday somewhere, it’s time for the FRT. No joke. Load up those mp3s, set to random play and list the first ten that grace your eardrums.
1) Iomos Marad – Each 1 Teach 1
2) Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the Sky
3) Tanya Stevens – It’s Over Now
4) Shuggie Otis – Inspiration Information
5) Too Short – Pimp Shit
I woke up singing this one to myself on Thursday morning.
6) Danielson Familie – Lord, Did You Hear Harrison?
Download especially for Amanda, who will probably like this considering her hipster status and the egregious amount of Ween on her hard drive. The Danielsons make up the coolest Christian band I could ever fathom.
7) Le Tigre – Deceptacon
8) Musical Youth – Pass the Dutchie
9) Cibo Matto – Spoon
10) The Constellations – Let’s Face It, Our Kids Are Stupid
Highlighted songs are mp3s available for download, guilt-free I might add.
Muzak VII
Best. Meme. Ever.
Soilwork :: Natural Born Chaos :: Mercury Shadow
Godspeed You Black Emperor! :: Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! :: Atomic Clock
Maroon 5 :: Songs About Jane :: Shiver
George Michael :: Faith :: Kissi…
(1) Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ — Journey
(2) Boot Scootin’ Boogie — Brooks and Dunn
(3) I’ll Be Missin’ You — Puff Daddy feat. Some Talentless Hack
(4) Zurich is Stained — Pavement
(5) Wham! Rap ’86 — Wham!
(6) Still in Saigon — Charlie Daniels Band
(7) Disco Duck — Rick Dees and His Band Of Fucking Cretins
(8) Don’t Stop Dancing — Creed
(9) What a Lot of Flowers — Richard Harris
(10) Informer (extended a cappella mix)– Snow
Number of random things=10
1. Metallica – Fuel
2. Madness – It Must Be Love
3. Andy Partridge – Omnibus
4. XTC – Sacrifical Bonfire
5. Ben Folds Five – The Last Polka
6. Martin Newell – Arcadian Boys
7. Paris Combo – Escapade
8. Tears for Fears – Pale Shelter
9. Mineym…
I called out disgusted
I woke up this morning and could not imagine going into work. For starters, I slept on my neck funny and can't really move my head. While kinks will eventually get worked out, I have still been unable to let go of the animosity I feel toward Wanke…
Thanks!
1. Anybody Listening-Queensryche-Empire
2. Wishing You Were Here-Chicago-Greatest hits
3. 10,000 Angels-Edie Brickell & New Bohemians-Ghost of a dog
4. Layla-Eric Clapton-Unplugged
5. All Over-Phoebe Snow-The best of Phoebe Snow
6. Ladies Night-Kool & the Gang-Dance Fever
7. Dream Lover-Mariah Carey-Musicbox
8. Live Happy-C & C Music Factory-Gonna make you sweat
9. These are the Days-10,000 Maniacs-Our time in Eden
10. On the Border-The eagles-On the border
Bonus tracks
1. The Letting Go-Melissa Etheridge
2. Too Turned On-Alisha
3. Spooky-New Order
4. Strange Fire-Indigo Girls
5. Maybe Angels-Sheryl Crowe
6. Pass it on-Lone Justice
7. Somebody Else’s Guy-Jocelyn Brown
Friday Random Ten – What’s It All About Edition
Friday again. Today we ponder life, longing and the meaning of romance, along with other big questions.
1)Visionary Mountain – Joan Armatrading – Whatever’s For Us
2) What Was It Like – Mary Chapin Carpenter – Time*Sex*Love
3) Come Play With Me – Sue Foley – Back to the Blues
4) Nothing Changes – Viki Nova – Rockrgrl Discoveries 2004 (this tune rocks – you can get it on her new self-released album, Catch Me If You Can, on her website)
5) Kimberly – Patti Smith – Horses (while in college, I considered this to be the best sex album ever)
6) …
Friday Random Ten: The “Somebody, PLEASE Wake Me Up” Edition
I went to bed early last night, folks.
Artist–Song
Modern Jazz Quartet–Mean to Me
Deftones–Minerva
Cannonball Adderley–Dat Dere
Static-X–Push It
Stan Getz–Move
Don Henley–The Boys of Summer
Thelonius Monk–Flyin’ Hawk
A Perfect Circle–Crimes
System of a Down–Nuguns
Bush–Machinehead
I’m not quite sure how Bush got in there…I don’t like that song very much…But in there it is. I get to deal with that one.
My random ten:
1. Eminem – The Real Slim Shady
2. Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amour (Okay, I totally forgot I had that song. Please ignore it.)
3. Talk Talk – It’s My Life (better than No Doubt’s cover)
4. Sublime – What I Got
5. Peter Schilling – Major Tom
6. Electric Light Orchestra – Livin’ Thing
7. The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star
8. Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man
9. Adam Ant – Desperate But Not Serious
10. The Strokes – Last Nite
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The Leader – The Clash
Peace Attack – Sonic Youth
Auf Achse – Franz Ferdinand
The North Pole – The Walkmen
Blonde On Blonde – Nada Surf
Across the Wire – Calexico
The Annointed One – Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
The Power of Yawning – Enon
Hoe Cakes – MF Doom
E-Pro – Beck
Friday Random Ten – 04.01.05
Time for Friday Random Ten, where you hit
SCHUBERT/LISZT: Am Meer – Antony Peebles
Au Clair de Lune – Liane with the Boheme Bar Trio
The Mood Is Modal – Les Hommes feat. Beat Girl
Silver Apples of the Moon, Pt. 1 – Morton Subotnick
Ho Chi Minh – The Last Poets
Unappeasable – Lockweld
Kimono – Pizzicato 5 & Sparks
Heroes & Villains – geiger167
SKAwaii Five-0 – RIAA
BACH: An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653 – Kevin Bowyer
Huh. Random.
1. Deltron 3030: “Things You Can Do”
2. Sleater-Kinney: “Milkshake ‘n Honey”
3. Fred Wesley: “Doing It to Death”
4. Radiohead: “Exit Music (for a Film)”
5. Mclusky: “1956 and All That”
6. Quasimoto: “Come on Feet”
7. Thistin Howl III: “Watch Dees”
8. Mummy the Peepshow: “Dear Big Tongue”
9. Guitar Wold: “Racing Rock”
10. The Roots: “Without a Doubt”
Friday Random Ten: First of April Edition
It's Friday Random Ten time, when you get to see a tiny slice of my life and the beautiful music that inspires me as I write. Muskrat LoveCaptain & Tenille I Write The SongsBarry Manilow You Light Up My LifeDebbie Boone Afternoon DelightStarla…
Cibo Matto, eh? I got the hint all right: that’s a call for a
Yaysian Edition
1) Tu Meri – Asian Dub Foundation. (A revolutionary love song, sorta: Asian Brothers / Come listen to me / Respect your sisters / If you wanna be free.)
2) Microphone Phenomenal – Mountain Brothers. [Doesn’t strike me as very original rap, but they're all Chinese (Mainland and Taiwan) anyway.]
3) Wuchang 無常 – Wang Fei 王菲. (You didn’t think I’d let A Fei out of it, did you? I did have to skip a lot of her songs, though, to avoid repetitions.)
4) Danyuan ren changjiu 但願人長久 – Deng Lijun鄧麗君. [Great Su Shi 蘇軾 (Dongpo 東坡) poem. Now the song (which I first heard sang by Wang Fei) is a classic as well].
5) Yi wusuoyou 一無所有 – Cui Jian 崔健. (The Chinese rock song, by the Father of Chinese Rock. Beijing Korean-minority, represent. Had the pleasure to see him live; it was karaoke night for me.)
6) Alishan de guniang 阿里山的姑娘 – Tian Zhen 田震. [Taiwanese traditional (with a few words in ‘aboriginal language’) by a Northerner, rock style.]
7) Honglou meng 紅樓夢 – Chen Shuhua 陳淑樺. (*sniff* skip, skip!)
8) Liushui 流水 (Chinese classical guqin piece). (Perfect. A useful reminder that marked beats aren’t necessary to make music.)
9) Jiemei 姊妹 – Zhang Huimei 張惠妹. (Lesbian anthem.)
10) Hanliu laixi 韓流來襲 (Live Version) – MC HotDog 熱狗 (feat. Zhang Zhenyue 張真嶽). (About how Taiwanese pop sucks and the need for rap that doesn’t come from Korea. I prefer the studio version.)
Wrecking Ball – Crooked Fingers
Lullaby – Hayden
It’s Gonna Rain – Do Make Say Think
Ellen & Ben – Dismemberment Plan
The Valley People – Earlimart
On the Nature of Daylight – Max Richter
Modern Music – Black Mountain
Lion Thief – Beta Band
Julie & Candy – Boards of Canada
Stray – Calexico
The Impressions — People Get Ready
Brandy (feat. Kanye West)–Talk About Our Love
Bobby Darin — A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
P-Funk All Stars — Pumpin’ It Up
Maria Callas — O Mio Babbino Caro
The Time — 777-9311
Little Richard — The Girl Can’t Help It
Jay-Z — I Just Wanna Luv U (Unplugged)
Jimmy Smith — Back at the Chicken Shack
The Beatles — Ballad of John and Yoko
FRT: The Restlessness of the Negative. Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and… Wait, Never Mind.
The Au Pairs – The Ideal Woman
Autour De Lucie – Island
Radiohead – Black Star
David Mead – Ordinary Life
DJ DangerMouse – Lucifer
Dead Prez – The Pistol
Norman Blake – You Are My Sunshine
The Streets – It Was Supposed To Be So Easy
Hem – Lazy Eye
Autour De Lucie – Le Ciels De Traine
The Sundays – I Kicked A Boy
The Cars – Dangerous Type
Bobby Darin – The Other Half of Me
Better than Ezra – Sincerely, Me
Brian Setzer Orchestra – Zoot Suit Riot
Leonard Cohen – Stranger Song
Van Halen – Panama
Natalie Imbruglia – Cold Air
.38 Special – Same Old Feeling
The Clash – Wrong ‘em Boyo
Friday Random 10: April Fool's Edition
Running a bit late, but better late than forgotten Well you all know how this works by now, and if you don’t what rock have you been living under? Hmm? Turn on your iPod or lesser MP3 player, switch it to random play and kick out the jams! Blog …
Queens of the Stone Age-Long Slow Goodbye
Beck- E-Pro
Arcade Fire- Neighborhood #3
The Buzzcocks_What do I get?
The Distillers_Seneca Falls
Billy Corgan-Number of the Beast
Calexico-Quattro
Fugees-No Woman No Cry
Erma Franklin-Piece of my Heart
Hellacopters-All I got
More Fool Me
Oh, like you’re gonna hang someone with your braid The basic concept and most of the entries are recycled from last year, when I had no readership and received only one comment (about how some guy with ass cancer…