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2011-09-13T04:31:00.000-07:00

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2011-08-09T03:31:00.000-07:00

Check out the all new DJ Karen Adams's Gift Store

NEWSFLASH: Scratching like a girl is now a compliment!

2011-08-06T08:26:00.000-07:00

►10 minute Scratch Demo featuring Praiz and Killa Jewel

2011-08-06T08:17:00.000-07:00

Scratch Battle Killa Jewel Here!

2011-08-06T08:14:00.000-07:00

DJ Shortee in her 2003 Beatjuggle Routine: WATCH OUT NOW!

2011-08-06T08:12:00.000-07:00

ESSENTIALS [Frank Oz Edition]

2011-07-16T02:34:00.000-07:00

Frank Oz
AKA Richard Frank Oznowicz

Born: 25-May-1944
Birthplace: Hereford, England

Occupation: Actor, Film Director
Father: Isidore Oznowicz (puppeteer)
Mother: Frances Oznowicz (puppeteer)
Wife: Robin Garsen (m. 12-Dec-1979, two children

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Yoda, Miss Piggy, and The Stepford Wives

Frank Oz is a puppeteer and motion picture director. He created many of the voices and operated "Muppets" for Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, and he has directed movies such as Little Shop of Horrors and The Stepford Wives. He was born to puppeteer parents in England, who emigrated to the United States when he was five years old. Oz played with puppets from a very early age, started staging his own puppet shows at 12, and was an accomplished amateur puppeteer by high school.

Jim Henson met Oz at a California convention of puppeteers, and hired Oz in 1963. They worked together for decades. Oz performed an early version of the Cookie Monster for Our Place, a children's show that aired on CBS in 1967, and Henson, Oz, and the Muppets became cornerstones of Western culture with the debut of Sesame Street in 1969, followed by The Muppet Show and later a series of Muppet movies. Oz's Muppet characters include Bert, Grover, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, the Cookie Monster, Sam the Eagle, Swedish Chef, and most famously, Yoda, the oracle of wisdom in the Star Wars movies. Producer George Lucas gave Oz a great deal of leeway in designing Yoda's appearance, and the character's reversed grammar was Oz's idea.

In 1982, Henson and Oz co-directed The Dark Crystal, a fantasy told through puppetry. Oz alone directed The Muppets Take Manhattan, and later Little Shop of Horrors, where more than two dozen puppeteers operated an enormous man-eating plant-puppet. But Little Shop was mostly a live-action film, and its success made Oz a bankable Hollywood director, puppets or no puppets. As a director, Oz's credits include Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, What About Bob?, HouseSitter, In & Out, Bowfinger, and The Stepford Wives. Oz has also appeared in cameo roles in several films. He's the corrections officer who hands John Belushi his possessions as he's discharged from Joliet Prison in The Blues Brothers, and he's the cop who takes Dan Aykroyd's stuff when he's jailed in Trading Places.

ESSENTIALS [Frank Oz Edition]
Bert - Doin’ The Pigeon
Cookie Monster – C is for Cookie
Grover – I Am Blue
Miss Piggy - Snackercise
Fozzie Bear – Movin’ Right Along
Bert - La La La
Miss Piggy & Rudolf Nureyev - Baby It's Cold Outside
Grover – Near And Far
Bert - Paper Clip
Muppets - People In Your Neighborhood
Animal – Wipe Out
Cookie Monster - One Of These Things
John Williams – Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)

Genesis - Squonk

2011-07-15T23:16:00.000-07:00

The Silent Boatman Lyrics

2011-05-09T21:53:00.000-07:00

"The Silent Boatman"
It is said that when we leave this world
If we have suffered we will be saved
So I'll lift up my head, whoever I am
What I cannot do here, there's a place that I can

I'm waiting for the silent boatman
To ferry me across the unknown waters

In this life, though I've tried
Many things couldn't be
Closed minds with faces looking down onto me
Parting means grief, but only for those left
All men descend into earth at the very same depth

I'm waiting for the silent boatman
To ferry me across the unknown waters

I wonder if in death, man at last can love man
Stripped of all life's gifts to him
No ego to remain
When you reach Jordan's bank, there's no money, power or fame
No third or second class, the fare is all the same

I'm waiting for the silent boatman (silent boatman)
To ferry me across the unknown waters (unknown waters)
(x10)
Ruth Copeland and Parliament

Breakfast At Tiffany's [Starring Marilyn Monroe?]

2011-02-18T05:36:00.000-08:00

Ella Rouge - Holly Golightly

Stan Getz Quintet - Autumn Leaves

Cal Tjader - Azucar Mama

Funkadelic - As Good As I Can Feel

Henry Mancini - Latin Golightly

Charlie Parker - My Old Flame

The Bela Sanders Orchestra - Moon River

Miles Davis & John Coltrane - 'Round Midnight

Lester Young with Oscar Peterson Trio - Almost Like Being In Love

[CLICK HERE!]

When I heard that Marilyn Monroe was originally to play Holly Golightly in the motion picture release Breakfast At Tiffany's I laughed...and then made this new soundtrack. Certainly it is not an absurd thought that Monroe could portryaa woman who would get paid to "go to the powder room"; we are simply stalled at price negotiations.
With Audrey Hepburn, at the high end, receiving $50 for her services; how much would Marilyn fetch? If this were 1960, that may may have been a perfect water cooler question of the moment but, in fact, this 2010 and you need to keep your fookin' ass far away from the H.R. office.

Surprisingly, this mix works as a soundtrack for reading the original Truman Capote novella.

fishbulb 4: Psychedelic Lollipop (unofficial elpee)

2011-02-18T05:24:00.000-08:00

Willie Henderson & the Soul Explosions - Gangster Boogie Bump
Breakestra - Getcho Soul Togetha
Headhunters - God Made Me Funky
DJ Shadow - The Number Song
Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice It's Alright
The Raincoats - Fairytale in the Supermarket
William Bell - You Don't Miss Your Water
Oil Tasters - Emma
Blues Magoos - One By One
Neil Young - On the Way Home (Live, 1968)
Donovan - Jennifer Juniper
Johnnie Taylor - Never My Love
Temptations - Cloud Nine
Sonic Youth - Sunday (Suburbia Soundtrack Version)

What Would Jarvis Do?

2010-11-10T11:20:00.000-08:00

John Lennon is said to have selected it as one of his favourite songs by The Beatles. In 1987, Lennon's original handwritten lyrics of the song, containing 14 lines and some "doodles" in the margin, sold at auction for $19,500.

TerenceTrent D'Arby adopted the name Sananda Maitreya, following a series of dreams and he legally changed his name on October 4, 2001. He proclaimed in an interview that "Terence Trent D'Arby was dead... he watched his suffering as he died a noble death", in what was perceived as an attempt to reinvent himself artistically and free himself from what he believed to be the oppressive nature of the record business.

Thanks to cd hueristix for manipulating track #3.

Ruth Copeland & Funkadelic - The Silent Boatman
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
Björktician vs The Beats [Produced & Mixed by cd hueristix] - Dear Prudence (Yin-Yang Mix aka The B Björkles)
Big & Rich - Holy Water
Sara Evans - Saints & Angels
Beck - Halo of God
Fatboy Slim - Praise You
DJ Sammy & Yanou featuring Do [Dominique Van Hulst] - Heaven (Candlelight Mix)
Sananda Maitreya - A Wonderful World
Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful (Live)

Yes, Jarvis Loves Me!

2010-10-19T04:28:00.000-07:00

Paramahansa Yogananda - Listen to My Soul Song [Songs of the Soul]
William Elliott Whitmore - Who Stole the Soul [Animals in the Dark]
Blind Faith - Presence of the Lord [Blind Faith]
Bob Dylan - Slow Train [Slow Train Coming]
The Byrds - Jesus is Just Alright (Live) [Boston Tea Party]
Manic Street Preachers - The Girl Who Wanted to Be God [Everything Must Go]
King Crimson - Moonchild [Buffalo 66 OST]
Prince - The Cross [Sign "O" The Times]
Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours [Some Great Reward]
Blue Mink - Spirit in the Sky

L i s t e n

Jarvis & the Amazing Technocratic DreamMix

2010-10-19T04:18:00.000-07:00

This mix was inspired by M. King Hubbert's Technocracy Study Course (1945) and can be used as a reading soundtrack.

Corrosion of Conformity - Technocracy

Puthiya Manitha - Endhiran Song

Laurie Anderson - O Superman

Dolby's Cube - Get Out Of My Mix

Voivod - Technocratic Manipulators

John Cage - Williams Mix

Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe 5

Aphex Twin - Vordhosbn
Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine

Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang der Junglinge (Song of the Youths)

Jon Anderson - Cage Of Freedom

John Lennon - Only People

Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (Extended Mix)

Mysto & Pizzi - Somebody's Watching Me

Type O Negative - The Glorious Liberation of the People's Technocratic Republic of Vinnland by the Combined Forces of the United Territories of Europa

To facilitate equilibrium between man and nature, Technocracy proposed that citizens would receive Energy Certificates in order to operate the economy:

Energy Certificates are issued individually to every adult of the entire population& The record of one s income and its rate of expenditure is kept by the Distribution Sequence, so that it is a simple matter at any time for the Distribution Sequence to ascertain the state of a given customer s balance& When making purchases of either goods or services an individual surrenders the Energy Certificates properly identified and signed.

The significance of this, from the point of view of knowledge of what is going on in the social system, and of social control, can best be appreciated when one surveys the whole system in perspective. First, one single organization is manning and operating the whole social mechanism. The same organization not only produces but also distributes all goods and services. [Technocracy Study Course, Hubbert & Scott, p. 238-239]

If you study the card above, you will note that contains a microchip as it serves as a universal identity card. This reflects Technocracy’s philosophy that each person in society must be meticulously monitored and accounted for in order to track what they consume in terms of energy, and also what they contribute to the manufacturing process.

Personal carbon rationing would be a UK-wide allowance system covering the carbon emissions generated from the fossil fuel energy used by individuals within the home and for personal transport, including carbon equivalent emissions from air travel. It would account for around half of current UK carbon emissions from energy. The primary aim of the scheme would be to deliver guaranteed levels of carbon savings in successive years in an equitable way. The government’s current target of a 60% reduction by 2050, or more stringent targets, would assuredly be met in this way.

2010-10-19T04:10:00.000-07:00

Les Beat Girls have been pretty quiescent on Zen Running Order, but we were inspired by Doowad & Johnny Luddite's wonderful "Just the Facts, Man." We're the type of gals who've always believed that having answers is no more important than raising questions (though neither is as important as raising hell). So we decided to take our own swing at the technique. Here is the result.

Any questions?

The Doors Who Do You Love? [DJ Karen]

De La Soul - Me Myself and I [Zoé Jarvis]

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Honey, Are You Straight or Are You Blind ? [Jenergy]

The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You [DJ Karen]

The Sadies - Why Be So Curious?(Part 3) Zoé Jarvis]

The Fugs - I Want to Know (live) [Jenergy]

The Beatles - Why Dont We Do It in the Road? [DJ Karen]

Conway Twitty - Slow Hand [Zoé Jarvis]

Petty Booka & the Meat Purveyors How Can I Be So Thirsty Today? [Jenergy]

Pestilence Dehydrated [DJ Karen]

The Velvet Underground Who Loves the Sun? [Zoé Jarvis]

The Groove Farm Crazy Day Sunshine Girl [Jenergy]

Rise Against - Wholl Stop the Rain? [DJ Karen]

DMX - Only I Can Stop the Rain [Zoé Jarvis]

War - Why Cant We Be Friends? [Jenergy]

Suicidal Tendencies I Want More [DJ Karen]

The Clash Should I Stay or Should I Go? [Zoé Jarvis]

Dont Go Back to New Orleans T-Bone Walker [Jenergy]

TuPac How Do You Want It? [DJ Karen]

Peaches Hit it Hard [Zoé Jarvis]

The Pink Mountaintops Can You Do That Dance? [Jenergy]

MC Kaos I Can Dance [DJ Karen]

Sidney Joe Quails How Can You Say Goodbye? [Zoé Jarvis]

Willie Dixon So Long [Jenergy]

The Beatles Do You Want to Know a Secret? [DJ Karen]

Husker D Dont Want to Know if You Are Lonely [Zoé Jarvis]

Benji Hughes Why Do These Parties Always End the Same Way? [Jenergy]

[listen]

Single Artist Feature: JOHNNIE JOHNSON

2010-10-19T04:08:00.000-07:00

Chuck Berry - Maybellene

Buddy Guy - Red House [STONE FREE: A Jimi Hendrix Tribute]

George Thorogood & the Destroyers - St. Louis Blues [Live: Let's Work Together]

John Lee Hooker - This Is Hip [Best Of Friends]

Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven

Keith Richards - I Could Have Stood You Up [Talk Is Cheap]

Johnnie Johnson - Creek Mud [Jazz Festival Montreux]

Al Kooper - Johnny B. Goode [Rekooperation]

Eric Clapton - Have You Ever Loved A Woman [24 Nights]

John Lee Hooker - I Want To Hug You [Mr. Lucky]

Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell

Producer Series: WILLIE MITCHELL

2010-10-19T04:03:00.000-07:00

Singer Al Green with Producer Willie Mitchell during recording session.

March 1, 1928 – January 5, 2010

R.I.P.

There are many reasons to note the passing of Memphis-based trumpeter
and producer Willie Mitchell (1928-2010), including his solid career
as a Rhythm & Blues performer in the 1960s and his ownership of
Royal Studios in Memphis. Mitchell, though, will forever be remembered
as the architect of the sound of Hi Records. In its heyday in the
mid-1970s, Hi-Records was home to musicians like Ann Peebles
(“I Can’t Stand the Rain”), Syl Johnson, O.V. Wright, Otis Clay
and most famously Al Green.

Willie Mitchell was born in Ashland, Mississippi in 1928 and began
playing music during high school . In his formative years in the 1950s,
when he settled in Memphis after a stint in the Armed Services, Mitchell
played with or behind a who’s who of Memphis based musicians including Al
Jackson, Jr. (future drummer for the groundbreaking Booker T. and the MGs)
and young jazz giants like Phineas Newborn, Jr. and Charles Lloyd.
By the end of the 1950s, Mitchell was a well respected session musician,
though he harbored a desire to be a leader in his own right.

In the early 1960s, Mitchell released a few instrumental singles on the
fledgling Hi Records, but also began to produce artists for the label.
At the time Mitchell, whose musical sensibilities were geared to Jazz,
began, like most of the nation, to become enthralled with the burgeoning
Soul sound that was exploding in places like Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia
and of course Memphis, where the Stax label was a singular force.

Mitchell was touring in support his highest charting single, “Soul Serenade,"
a cover of the King Curtis track, when he first heard Al Green in Midland, TX.
Green was the opening act and still living off his one hit single at the time
“Back Up Train.” As Mitchell recalls upon hearing Green that first time,
“This guy has got the style, he’s got the sound to really be something.” Mitchell
brought Green into the fold and though it was an initial struggle to get the
singer on board with the style that Mitchell envisioned, they eventually hit with
Green’s idiosyncratic cover of the Temptation’s “I Can’t” Get Next to You” (1970).
With the follow-up “Tired of Being Alone” and then the classic “Let’s Stay Together”
the Hi Soul sound was fully developed.

Mitchell did, what few contemporary producers continue to do; he took a novice singer
and produced a fully-developed artist—arguably one of the greatest of the late 20th
Century. Mitchell deserves every accolade for what was a significant career in his own
right, but in the end it will be those sides he cut with Al Green that will make
him immortal.

Willie Mitchell - 20-75

O.V. Wright - The Ace Of Spades

Bobby Bland - Ain't Nothing You Can Do

Al Green - Let's Stay Together

Syl Johnson - Take Me To The River

Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain

O.V. Wright - Eight Men, Four Women (Found Me Guilty Of Lovin' You)

Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone

O.V. Wright - A Nickel And A Nail

Al Green - Love And Happiness

Ann Peebles - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down

Otis Clay - Trying To Live My Life Without You

Al Green - Full Of Fire

O.V. Wright - That's How Strong My Love Is

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You

Syl Johnson - We Did It

Willie Mitchell - The Champion (Part 1)

No One Ever Wins

2010-10-19T03:49:00.000-07:00

- an alternating dj mix featuring Mr. Mirage Vs DJ Karen Adams -

01 Eurythmics - Peace Is Just A Word

02 Elvis Hitler - Green Haze (Pt I & 2)

03 Funkadelic - Super Stupid

04 Black Uhuru - Black Uhuru Anthem

05 Black Sabbath - War Pigs

06 Class of '99 - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)

07 Big In Japan - Nothing Special

08 AC/DC - What Do You Do For Money, Honey

09 Emeralds - Now You See Me

10 Utopia - Crybaby

11 Bachman Turner Overdrive - Mississippi Queen (live)

12 Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (live)

[L I S T E N !]

Belated Twangy Valentines

2010-02-19T16:18:00.000-08:00

Disc 1
1. Hank Williams I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
2. Charlie Rich Behind Closed Doors
3. George Strait I Cross My Heart
4. Glen Campbell Gentle on My Mind
5. Ronnie Milsap It Was Almost Like a Song
6. Buck Owens Together Again
7. Waylon Jennings Amanda
8. Ray Price For the Good Times
9. Freddy Fender Before the Next Teardrop Falls
10. Patsy Cline Sweet Dreams (Of You)
11. Ray Charles I Can't Stop Loving You
12. Merle Haggard Today I Started Loving You Again
13. Alabama Feels So Right
14. B.W. Stephenson My Maria
Disc 2
1. Willie Nelson Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
2. George Jones & Tammy Wynette Golden Ring
3. Conway Twitty Hello Darlin'
4. Marie Osmond Paper Roses
5. Jim Reeves He'll Have to Go
6. Buck Owens I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
7. Tanya Tucker Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)
8. Eddy Arnold Make the World Go Away
9. Tom T. Hall I Love
10. Gene Autry Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
11. Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
12. Charley Pride Kiss an Angel Good Morning
13. Dolly Parton I Will Always Love You
14. Hank Williams

To the entire Gutbucket Brothers collective.

ESSENTIAL [Sesame Street Edition]

2009-11-06T14:41:00.000-08:00

Who’s a Grouch? No Fanfare for ‘Sesame Street’ in Britain
By Dave Itzkoff

As generations who grew up on “Sesame Street” prepare to celebrate the show’s 40th anniversary, an article for BBC News Magazine by Tom Geoghegan and Megan Lane attempts to explain why British viewers regard the occasion with an Oscar-like “phooey.”

Though “Sesame Street” is broadcast in 140 nations worldwide, they write, it has not been shown in Britain since March 2001; a variation called “Sesame Tree” is seen in Northern Ireland, and spinoffs called “Elmo’s World” and “Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures” are broadcast on Britain’s Five channel.

Back in the day, “Sesame Street” had a hard time breaking into Britain: the BBC initially rejected the show, believing that it had “authoritarian aims” in trying to change children’s behavior. (The BBC’s head of children’s programming at the time said, “This sounds like indoctrination, and a dangerous extension of the use of television.”) When it finally had its premiere in 1971, a television critic for The Times of London wrote that it was “neither good enough nor bad enough” to justify all the fuss.

Today, Nick Wilson, the director of children’s programming at Five, says that an hour-long program like “Sesame Street” is too difficult to fit into a schedule, and that the channel prefers to put British voices on imported shows.

Mr. Wilson says, “The style of the program is a tad out-dated — there are very few puppet shows around now.” He adds that some of the celebrity guests “Sesame Street” are not familiar to British viewers, and that the “glory days” of cameos from performers like Stevie Wonder are long gone.

But Tim Teeman, a television critic for The Times of London, comes to the show’s defense, telling the magazine:

I don’t know if I learned anything but I felt like I was learning something. If you grew up in a boring, white British environment, it showed you a place with black faces, different cultures and creeds and people living together in harmony. … It was the first time I ever saw New York and it looked like this really cool place. This street where everyone knew each other’s names. It introduced all kinds of things to kids, like community, getting along with different kinds of people and learning about issues.

Track Artist Title
1. The Kids Sesame Street Theme
2. Roosevelt Franklin & His Mother Roosevelt Franklin Counts
3. Pointer Sisters Pinball Number Count
4. Bob & The Anything Muppets People In Your Neighbourhood
5. Ernie Rubber Duckie
6. Oscar I Love Trash
7. Bob & Susan One Of These Things
8. Bert Paper Clip
9. Cookie Monster C is For Cookie
10. Kermit Bein' Green
11. David, Susan, Luis & Bob My Name Is David
12. Mick Swagger & The Cobble Stones (I Can't Get No) Co-operation
13. Ernie I Don't Want To Live On The Moon
14. Cookie Monster One Of These Things
15. Sesame Street Beetles Letter B
16. Bert Doin' The Pigeon
17. Bud Luckey Ladybugs' Picnic
18. Cookie Monster C is For Cookie (Sesame Street Fever Version)

For Those Who May Remember Kermit Only On The Muppet Show:

Kermit was one of the original Muppet characters on Sesame Street. Though he was intended to be removed from the cast after the first season, he returned as a full-time character in the third, and remained a regular character for many years. Closely identified with the show, he often appeared as an easily frustrated lecturer, a straight man to the humorous antics of another Muppet, or a news reporter interviewing storybook characters for Sesame Street News. He most often interacted with Grover and, to a slightly lesser extent, Cookie Monster. The various songs he sang on Sesame Street tended to be meaningful in nature, most memorably his song "Bein' Green".

Following the death of Jim Henson, Kermit was used less frequently on Sesame Street, but still made new appearances until 2001. Unlike the rest of the show's Muppets, he was not created for the exclusive use of Sesame Workshop, and has rarely been a part of the show's merchandise. All Muppet characters originally belonged to the Jim Henson Company, but when the opportunity came for Sesame Workshop to buy its characters for $180 million, Kermit was not included in the deal. The character now belongs to The Muppets Studio; however, Sesame Workshop does have permission to use old sketches featuring Kermit.

In The Muppet Show television series, Kermit was the central character, the frontman and the long-suffering stage manager of the theatre show, trying to keep order amidst the chaos created by the other Muppets. Jim Henson once claimed that Kermit's job on the Muppet Show was much like his own: "trying to get a bunch of crazies to actually get the job done." It was on this show that the running joke of Kermit being pursued by leading lady Miss Piggy developed.

On Muppets Tonight, Kermit was still a main character, although he was the producer rather than frontman. He appeared in many parody sketches such as NYPD Green, City Schtickers, Flippers, and The Muppet Odd Squad, as well as in the Psychiatrist's Office sketch.

Kermit also served as the mascot for The Jim Henson Company, until the sale of the Muppet characters to The Walt Disney Company. A Kermit puppet can be seen at the National Museum of American History.

Kermit has also played a central role in most of the Muppet movies except for Muppets From Space which was focused on Gonzo the Great.

Making Of This Mix:

As soon as I heard that Sesame Street was celebrating its 40th Anniversary, I ran up to the attic, grabbed the old Califone 1410K (record players the grade school teachers used in the States years ago!) and dusted off a few Sesame Street/Children's Television Workshop record albums. I made a compilation of my most favourite tunes over the years using the conference:memo feature on my cellular phone.

Use info below to create your own muppet mix:

http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_dancer/cookiedisco.mp3

http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_dancer/ssfevercisforcookie.mp3

http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_dancer/eatincookie.mp3

http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_dancer/oneofthesethingscookiemonster.mp3

http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_dancer/dointhepigeon.mp3

http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_dancer/idontwanttoliveonthemoon.mp3

http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_dancer/holdyourear.mp3

http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_dancer/lalala.mp3

http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_dancer/paperclip.mp3

http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_dancer/rubberduckie.mp3

http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_dancer/sssounds.html#songs

UPDATE!!!
Watch Mr. Patillo play the flute and beatbox your favourite melody:

ESSENTIALS [Bobby Seale Edition]

2009-11-06T07:15:00.000-08:00

Track Artist Title
1. Public Enemy Don't Believe The Hype
2. Gil Scott-Heron H20gate Blues
3. Isley Brothers Fight The Power, Part 1
4. Sly & The Family Stone Don't Call Me Ni**er, Whitey!
5. Paris The Hate That Hate Produced
6. Earth, Wind & Fire That's The Way Of The World
7. Graham Nash Chicago (Live)
8. Average White Band Person To Person (Live)
9. Tower Of Power What Is Hip? (Live)
10. Stevie Wonder I Wish
11. James Brown Soul Power
12. Maceo Parker Chicken
13. Ronnie Laws Every Generation
14. Jr. Walker & The All Stars What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)
15. Jackie Wilson (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher

- In 1966, Bobby Seale and Huey Newton founded the Black Panther Party, the era's most visible black-nationalist group.
- The "Chicago Eight" became the "Chicago Seven" when Seale's case was severed from the remaining defendants.
- Three years later, Seale was famously bound and gagged in a Chicago courtroom after outbursts in the trial stemming from the demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
- And in 1971, he was accused of ordering the killing of a police informant in New Haven. The murder charges were dismissed after the jury failed to reach a verdict.
- "I created the free breakfast program." "We had free sickle-cell screenings...and we did this with no government money. We got so many donations from Hollywood people..."
- In 1973, Seale won more than a third of the votes when he ran for mayor of Oakland.
- While he lived in Philadelphia in the 80s and '90s, he worked for Temple University, ran a youth program, wrote three books and perfected barbecue recipes for a successful cookbook.

BOBBY SEALE'S HICKORY-QUICK BARBEQUE BASTE-MARINADE
When you don't have a lot of leisure time but have a craving, try the following barbeque baste recipe for pit-baste smoking. It gives a hickory-smoke flavor to almost any meat or poultry entree you desire.

1 cup cider vinegar or red wine vinegar
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice, seeded (use rinds cut up in pot)
3/4 to 1 cup (6 to 8 ounces) pure hickory liquid smoke
1 cup red cooking wine (optional)
1 tablespoon each liquid garlic and liquid onion (or chop 2 onions)
1 cup Worcestershire sauce or 1/2 cup of Teriyaki sauce
1 cup apple juice or cranberry juice
1 quart of water

Combine all ingredients with water in a 4 quart pot on medium-high heat. Stir and bring to a boil, cover and boil 5 minutes. Remove from heat and strain off lemon rinds or any cooked onions. Refrigerate if not ready to use immediately as hot marinade.

Strain and use in spray bottle for basting pit-smoked meats, especially pit grilled pork ribs, beef ribs, pork chops, pork and beef steaks, lamb chops, poultry, grilled burgers, and pork and beef roasts. The spray-basting also helps control flames in the pit-fire when not overused. For a real hickory-smoke flavor, pre-soak any amount of hickory wood chips in a cup or so of this basic marinade.
Yields 11/2 quarts
NOTE: Marinate meat in 200-degree hot marinade for 20 minutes for super-quick and tasty results.

ESSENTIALS [Small & Silver Screen Edition]

2009-11-04T07:26:00.000-08:00

Track Artist Title
1. Anderson, Marian Ave Maria
2. Coltrane, Alice Lord Help Me To Be
3. Naim, Yael New Soul
4. Adele First Love
5. Jones, Norah Turn Me On
6. Parton, Dolly Coat Of Many Colors
7. James, Etta At Last
8. Channing, Stockard There Are Worse Things I Could Do
9. Hill, Lauren Doo Wop (That Thang)
10. Flack, Roberta First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
11. Raitt, Bonnie I Can't Make You Love Me
12. Sade Is It A Crime
13. Reese, Della Don't You Know
14. Bush, Kate Sexual Healing
15. Larson, Nicolette Lotta Love
16. Minelli, Liza Say Liza (Liza With A "Z")
17. Moreno, Rita America
18. Cassidy, Eva True Colors

Where The Shadows Run From Themselves

2009-11-02T09:38:00.000-08:00

Disc 1
Track Artist Title
1. Cream White Room
2. Robert Pollard Red Cross Vegas Night
3. David Gray Kangaroo
4. Damien Rice Volcano (Demo)
5. Carole King Will You Love Me Tomorrow
6. Joni Mitchell The Hissing of Summer Lawns
7. Mary Chapin Carpenter Closer and Closer Apart
8. Stan Getz Samba De Uma Nota So
9. Armik Puerto De Malaga
10. Santana Europa
11. Suzanne Vega St. Clare

Disc 2
Track Artist Title
1. Jimi Hendrix Come On
2. Led Zeppelin Moby Dick
3. Beastie Boys Gratitude
4. Anthrax featuring Public Enemy Bring The Noise (Live)
5. Ice Cube No Vaseline
6. A Tribe Called Quest Excursions
7. Cypress Hill Hits From The Bong
8. Yes Sound Chaser
9. Chuck E. Weiss Sweetie-O
10. John Coltrane Blue Train
11. Robyn Hitchcock Cathedral

Disc 3
Track Artist Title
1. Connie Francis Everybody's Somebody's Fool
2. Peter & Gordon A World Without Love
3. Cat Stevens Peace Train
4. Jack Johnson Upside Down
5. Ahmad Jamal But Not For Me (Live)
6. Gladys Knight I Hope You Dance
7. Neil Young Heart Of Gold
8. Bob Dylan As I Went Out One Morning
9. The Church Almost With You (Acoustic Version)
10. Golden Shoulders Everybody's Trying To Be A Villian
11. Syd Barrett She Took A Long Cold Look At Me
12. Simon & Garfunkel April Come She Will
13. James Taylor Sweet Potato Pie

Compiled just in time for my road trip to Windsor.

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Producer Series Present: RICK RUBIN

2009-11-02T09:29:00.000-08:00

Track Artist Title
1. Run-DMC feat. Steven Tyler & Joe Perry Walk This Way
2. Public Enemy Bring The Noise
3. The Cult Love Removal Machine
4. Linkin Park What I've Done
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers Under The Bridge
6. Avett Brothers I And Love And You
7. Weezer Beverly Hills
8. Beastie Boys (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)
9. Johnny Cash Hurt
10. LL Cool J I Need A Beat
11. Chef (Isaac Hayes) Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)
12. Neil Diamond Home Before Dark
13. Jakob Dylan Evil Is Alive And Well
14. Metallica The Unforgiven III
15. Jay-Z 99 Problems
16. Beastie Boys She's Crafty
17. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Mary Jane's Last Dance
18. Sir Mix-A-Lot Baby Got Back

On top of his game in the middle to late 1980s, Rick Rubin merged his love of rock and roll and heavy metal to the street sounds of hip hop and rap. The result of this marriage was one hit after another for Def Jam Records. You don't need to have a golden ear for samples to detect the guitar riffs that Rick added to songs by LL Cool J as well as the Beastie Boys. Rick was well ahead of the pack when it came to metal rap sound which has now been taken even further by contemporary acts.
On the Beastie Boys' album Licensed to Ill, Rick is credited not only as the producer, but also as co-writer. With Rick's contacts in the world of metal, it was easy to bring in Kerry King of Slayer to play lead guitar on the Beastie Boys' anthem "No Sleep Till Brooklyn." It was Rick, under the name DJ Double R, that performed on stage with the Beastie Boys as they opened for Madonna on her Like A Virgin Tour. Sensing he was on to something big and controversial, Rick went into the studio with the band to record "She's On It". The "She's On It" video featured Rick and the Beastie Boys chasing girls and getting into trouble. What may have seemed innocent at the time, was in fact the launch pad for the skirt chasing chaos that would encircle both Def Jam and the Beastie Boys within the year as Licensed to Ill.

Producer Series Present: LEONARD & PHIL CHESS

2009-11-02T09:26:00.001-08:00

Track Artist Title
1. Etta James At Last
2. Jimmy Rogers Walking By Myself
3. Chuck Berry You Never Can Tell
4. Muddy Waters Got My Mojo Working
5. Buddy Guy The First Time I Met The Blues
6. Lowell Fulson Reconsider Baby
7. The Moonglows The Ten Commandments
8. The Flamingos I'll Be Home
9. Howlin' Wolf Change My Way
10. Little Walter Mellow Down Easy
11. Bo Diddley Who Do You Love?
12. Sonny Boy Williamson Dissatisfied
13. Gene Ammons You're Not The Kind
14. John Lee Hooker One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
15. Willie Dixon Wang Dang Doodle

Brothers Lejzor and Fiszel Czyz (family name changed to Chess) were two immigrants from Poland who came to Chicago in 1928. They were involved in the liquor business and by the 1940's, they owned several bars on the south side of Chicago. Their largest establishment was a nightclub called the Macomba. The Macomba had live entertainment, many of those being blues performers that had migrated to Chicago from the Mississippi delta in the '30s and '40s. They realized that these performers were not being properly recorded, so they decided to start recording them themselves.

During the early years of the label, Leonard and Phil Chess did everything. They were the quintessential '50s record men: they owned the label, they produced the music they loved themselves and managed the financial end of the business.

Producer Series Present: QUINCY JONES

2009-11-02T09:23:00.000-08:00

Track Artist Title
1. Quincy Jones Soul Bossa Nova
2. Lesley Gore It's My Party
3. Frank Sinatra Fly Me To The Moon (Live, Sinatra At The Sands)
4. Quincy Jones Sanford & Son TV Theme
5. Bill Cosby Hikky-Burr a/k/a Bill Cosby Show TV Theme (1969)
6. Quincy Jones Ironside TV Theme
7. Quincy Jones Roots Mini-Series TV Theme
8. Aretha Franklin Angel
9. Lesley Gore You Don't Own Me
10. Brothers Johnson Strawberry Letter #23
11. James Ingram Just Once
12. George Benson Give Me The Night
13. Michael Jackson Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
14. Michael Jackson Billie Jean
15. Tevin Campbell Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)
16. Patti Austin & James Ingram Baby, Come To Me
17. USA For Africa We Are The World
18. Celine Dion I Knew I Loved You
19. Quincy Jones Miss Celie's Blues a/k/a "Sister" (The Color Purple)
20. Will Smith Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire TV Theme
21. Michael Jackson Thriller
22. Ray Charles & Chaka Khan I'll Be Good To You

My favourite Quincy Jones story is about under-handed Phil Spector...

Phil Spector - Acclaimed producer who also oversaw the production of a version of “It’s My Party.” When Quincy ran into Spector at a Charles Aznavour concert at Carnegie Hall, Spector told Quincy that he had just cut a version of the song with the Crystals. After hearing that, Quincy rushed back to the studio and had the engineer cut 100 acetates of the Lesley Gore versions and mailed them to radio stations over the weekend. Three weeks later, Lesley Gore’s version of the song topped the charts.
"Soul Bossa Nova" was a theme for the 1998 World Cup, the Canadian game show Definition, the Woody Allen film Take The Money And Run and the Mike Myers movie Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery, and was sampled by Canadian hip hop group Dream Warriors for their song, "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style".

Producer Series Present: PHIL SPECTOR

2009-11-02T09:22:00.001-08:00

Track Artist Title
1. John Lennon Imagine
2. The Righteous Brothers Unchained Melody
3. The Crystals He's A Rebel
4. The Beatles The Long And Winding Road
5. Ike & Tina Turner River Deep, Mountain High
6. Darlene Love (Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry
7. The Ronettes Be My Baby
8. Connie Francis Second Hand Love
9. Gene Pitney Every Breath I Take
10. Teddy Bears To Know Him Is To Love Him
11. The Crystals Then He Kissed Me
12. The Ramones Rock And Roll High School
13. John Lennon Instant Karma!
14. George Harrison My Sweet Lord
15. Ray Peterson Corinna, Corinna
16. The Righteous Brothers You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

Considered by many to be the greatest rock and roll producer of all time

In the early Sixties, created the famous "Wall of Sound" technique that inspired countless musicians and producers

Put girl group music on the map with hits by The Ronettes and The Crystals

Called on to salvage The Beatles' Let It Be album, he went on to produce John Lennon and George Harrison's most famous solo work

Producer Series Present: JERRY WEXLER

2009-11-02T09:18:00.000-08:00

Track Artist Title
1. Ray Charles I Got A Woman
2. Big Joe Turner Shake, Rattle and Roll
3. Aretha Franklin (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
4. Wilson Pickett Mustang Sally
5. Bobby Darin Beyond The Sea
6. Bob Dylan Gotta Serve Somebody
7. Ray Charles What'd I Say
8. LaVern Baker Tweedle Dee
9. Solomon Burke If You Need Me
10. Wilson Pickett In The Midnight Hour
11. George Michael Careless Whisper (Original Version)
12. Dusty Springfield Just A Little Lovin'

Gerald "Jerry" Wexler (January 10, 1917 - August 15, 2008) R.I.P.

At the age of 12, Jerry Wexler was a New York City brat, hanging out at Artie's poolroom on 181st Street in Washington Heights and learning to talk fast and act tough. These traits would serve him well in the recording industry. In 1952 Wexler became a producer at fledgling Atlantic Records, an independent label dedicated to the genre that Wexler himself rechristened "rhythm and blues" in a 1941 Billboard article.

With an intense passion for jazz and soul, Wexler became an expert at distinguishing talent, and during his years at Atlantic, he launched many artists who became world- famous: Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, the Clovers, and the Drifters. He also discovered country legend Willie Nelson before the singer moved to CBS Records and stardom. Wexler's enthusiasm and intellectual edge, in fact, provided the support necessary for many artists' best work. Among the plethora of musicians he has promoted are Joe Turner, Wilson Pickett, Patti LaBelle, Cher, Sam and Dave, Dr. John, Doug Sahm, and Etta James.

2009-06-12T16:11:00.000-07:00

the barkers and the coloured balloons

2009-06-07T18:08:00.000-07:00

Disc 1
Track Artist Title
1. The Doors Riders On The Storm
2. Joni Mitchell Rainy Night House (Live)
3. Nick Drake Road
4. The Beatles In My Life
5. Norah Jones Feelin' The Same Way
6. James Taylor Copperline
7. Neil Young Old Man
8. Eva Cassidy Kathy's Song
9. The Kinks Afternoon Tea
10. The Who Substitute (Live/BBC)
11. Rolling Stones As Tears Go By
12. Rickie Lee Jones Juke Box Fury

Disc 2
Track Artist Title
1. Damien Rice Older Chests
2. Joshua Radin They Bring Me To You
3. Matt Costa Astair
4. Death Cab For Cutie You Can Do Better Than Me
5. Ray LaMontagne Burn
6. Simon & Garfunkel Sounds Of Silence (Live)
7. Cat Stevens On The Road To Find Out
8. Velvet Underground Sunday Morning (Live)
9. Dave Matthews Gravedigger (Acoustic)
10. The Kinks Tired Of Waiting For You
11. Television Venus

Disc 3
Track Artist Title
1. Sarah McLachlan Elsewhere
2. Albert Ayler Our Prayer
3. George Strait One Night At A Time
4. Dar Williams The Babysitter's Here
5. Crosby, Stills & Nash Just A Song Before I Go
6. James Taylor Wandering
7. Norah Jones Nearness Of You
8. Tracy Chapman Fast Car
9. Neil Young Sugar Mountain
10. Edie Brickell Circle
11. Suzanne Vega Small Blue Thing
12. Counting Crows Around Here
13. Johnny Thunders You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory

Six Months In Brooklyn [Deluxe Collector's Edition]

2009-05-21T19:09:00.000-07:00

Six Months In Brooklyn [Deluxe Collector's Edition]

Track Artist: Song:
1 Charlotte Carter Six Months In Brooklyn
2 Stanley Clarke & George Duke Sweet Baby
3 Diana Haddad Awel Marah
4 Money Mark Another Day To Love You
5 Emerson, Lake & Palmer From The Beginning
6 George Harrison My Sweet Lord (Live)
7 Neko Case I Missed The Point
8 Belle And Sebastian Another Sunny Day
9 Emiliana Torrini Sunny Road
10 John Oswald Version_13 (Jolene)
11 Love A House Is Not A Motel
12 Annette When You Get What You Want
13 Free Movement I've Found Someone Of My Own
14 Level 42 Leaving Me Now
15 Ronnie Laws Every Generation
16 Charlie Parker Embraceable You
17 Prince So Blue
18 Joni Mitchell Little Green
19 Mike Nesmith Wanderin' [Demo]
20 Rob Manuel I Love You More Than What You Know
21 The Beatles The Long And Winding Road
22 United Arists Movie Trailer The Long Goodbye (1973)
Comments:
SIX MONTHS IN BROOKLYN

Inspired by a Charlotte Carter poem

CD Cover Art:
www.jonpoi.com

CD Cover contains original artwork:
"Long Goodbye" - Brent Heighton

Thanks to lo-fi jr for:
Annette Funciello's
"When You Get What You Want"

Special thanks to John Oswald (plunderphonics)for access to "the vault"

Mix Directed & Conceived by:
Zoé Jarvis & DJ Karen Adams

maleta por completo de grabaciones

2009-05-05T17:11:00.000-07:00

Track Artist Title
1. Ernesto Lecuona Siempre En Mi Corazon
2. Cheo Belen Puig Cojan Puesto
3. Frank Corrales Danzon Juarez
4. Armando Peraza Viva Peraza
5. Armik Romancero
6. Joseto Nunez Cuatro Personas
7. Orquesta Gigante de Antonio Romeu El Barbero De Sevilla
8. La Charanga Cubana La Comparsita
9. Afro Cuban Jazz Project Soy El Matancero
10. Israel Lopez Cachao Cachao y Federico
11. Poncho Sancez Rosarito

This is my final Mixathon contribution. Hope you enjoy it. Thanks, it's been a fookin' ball!!!

Funky Satchel of Hits v.2

2009-05-05T17:08:00.000-07:00

Track User Artist Title
1. DJ Karen Adams Rufus Thomas Do The Funky Penguin
2. DJ Karen Adams Betty Wright Clean Up Woman
3. DJ Karen Adams Eddie Finley Clean Up Man
4. DJ Karen Adams Dyke & The Blazers Funky Bull, Pt.1
5. DJ Karen Adams Bobby Byrd I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone)
6. DJ Karen Adams Orgone Funky Nassau
7. DJ Karen Adams Otis Redding My Girl (Live)
8. sistergothique Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Give Me A Chance
9. sistergothique Breakestra Getcha Soul Together (Live)
10. DJ Karen Adams Meters Gossip
11. DJ Karen Adams Lowell Fulsom Lovin' Touch
12. DJ Karen Adams Ron Buford Deep Soul, Pt.1
13. DJ Karen Adams Mighty Imperials Joseph's Popcorn
14. DJ Karen Adams Johnny Copeland Soul Power
15. DJ Karen Adams Jimmy "Bo" Horne I Get Lifted
16. DJ Karen Adams Aretha Franklin You're A Sweet Sweet Man
17. DJ Karen Adams Tyrone Davis You Keep Me Holding On
18. DJ Karen Adams Big John Hamilton I Finally Caught Up With Jody
19. DJ Karen Adams Eddie Floyd Sweet Things You Do
20. DJ Karen Adams Jr. & The Classics Kill The Pain
21. DJ Karen Adams Mickey Murray Try To Hide From Love
22. DJ Karen Adams Otis Redding I Can't Turn Loose (Live)
23. DJ Karen Adams Wilson Pickett Mustang Sally
24. DJ Karen Adams James Brown Money Won't Change You, Pt.2
25. DJ Karen Adams Lynn Collins Think

Wrapping up this incredible grand-opening of ZeRO with another reach into my satchel of funky 45s.

Funky Satchel of Hits v.1

2009-05-05T17:00:00.000-07:00

Track Artist Title
1. Reuben Bell Leave My Kitten Alone
2. Sam Mosley You Got It
3. James Brown I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing
4. Ronnie Whitehead Cold Feet
5. Dyke & The Blazers The Wobble
6. Isley Brothers Fight The Power, Part 1
7. All The People Cramp Your Style
8. Johnny Adams South Side of Soul Street
9. Lon Rogers My Girl Is A Soul Girl
10. Rufus Thomas The Breakdown
11. Albert Collins Do The Sissy
12. Joe Tex Skinny Legs And All
13. Blood, Sweat & Tears Nuclear Blues
14. Johnny "Guitar" Watson Tarzan
15. Frank Williams You Got To Be A Man
16. James Brown Cold Sweat, Part 1
17. The Meters Ride Your Pony
18. Slim Harpo Mohair Sam
19. Willie Mitchell Everything's Gonna Be All Right
20. Johnny Copeland I Was Born To Love You

Hats off to sammyg123 (S123) for his brainchild that was May Mixathon over at ZeRO. If the four day celebration (May 1st - 4th) was considered a house-party, check out my satchel of funky 45s.

Acknowledgements and r-e-s-p-e-c-t to: Dead Man, doowad, Funky Ratchet, Jenergy, tornadoZ, Mr. Mirage, moe, blasikin, buglady, hemizen, Mixxer, Frenchy, Petrocks, G-Sphere, RobC, anthony lombardi and the growing ZeRO collective! Mix on brothers and sisters, mix on!

STIR IT UP: A Tale of Two Vixens

2008-11-20T14:08:00.000-08:00

So it was rainy at the Seneca Hawk Truck Stop when Media Vixen: Radio Sally spotted Mixin Vixen: DJ Karen Adams. There was no way for Media Vixen to know that she was a few kilometres from the hideout known as the Forsyth Family Compound. Although she arrived there on a whim, Radio Sally would not have made it this far without decoding messages hidden in "Never Mind the Federales" and "Bukakke Ruined My Carpet" mixes. One thing was certain; she was standing face-to-face with the recently AWOL'd DJ Karen. After it was all said and done, DJ Karen offered up a brief bag full of yankee dollars and a trunkload of tax-free smokes. Radio Sally swore secrecy and also they agreed to this alt-dj mix.

Mixin Vixen: DJ Karen Adams: So who is going to start first?
Media Vixen: Radio Sally: I'll flip you for it!
Mixin Vixen: DJ Karen Adams: [Searching her pocket-less bikini for a coin, she quickly learned that Media Vixen had a more literal interpretation. See cover foto.]

Very special thanks to Media Vixen: Radio Sally for being patient with me and to Michael Sirois for his reading of Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.

[listen]

Prince Rogers Nelson

2008-10-04T16:25:00.000-07:00

Here's a single artist mix I never wanted to do. How do I narrow down decades of work that has influenced musicians, deejays and pop culture alike? I mean, the man did write "Manic Monday" for the Bangles. Well, this mix has been in the making for years. There has been a CD box set and a Greatest Hits disc but I always enjoyed the deep album cuts and the live [unauthorised] releases.
I remember years ago I put together a cassette entitled "B-sides and Bootlegs". I distributed it to all my deejay friends and most of them played tracks in da clubs they worked at. What an honour it was! My favourite Prince songs are usually based on how I feel at the time. So, at the time I compiled, these were my most loved tracks.

[listen]

01 Ballad of Dorothy Parker
02 Still Waiting
03 Condition of the Heart
04 Money Don't Matter 2 Night
05 So Blue
06 17 Days
07 Anotherloverholenyohead
08 Beautiful Ones
09 Temptation
10 Another Lonely Christmas
11 GOD
12 How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
13 International Lover
14 While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Live]
15 Diamonds & Pearls [Live]
16 Morning Papers [Live]
17 Future Baby Mama
18 Whole Lotta Love [Live]
19 Free
20 Other Side of the Pillow

STRANGELY EMPTY XXIX: I Want To Believe

2008-09-27T08:32:00.000-07:00

I have been having massive computer issues due to adware, spyware and the like. Sluggish connections, no java-script and locked out of various websites including email. Strangely enough, the only site I could log onto for the last several weeks was the infected AotM. Don't get me started with conspiracy theories. I have had to use remote computers: friends' laptops and public libraries. Here's a mix along with a matching download. Sorry for the wait. That is, of course, if you were waiting.

[listen]

1 Various Artists - X-Files Theme (Main Title)
2 Marissa Nadler - Cowgirl In The Sand [Neil Young]
3 Alanis Morrisette - In The Praise Of The Vulnerable Man
4 Bob Welch - Sentimental Lady
5 The Doors - Love Her Madly
6 Sufjan Stevens - Chicago (Live @ KCRW)
7 Phish - Makisupa Policeman (Live @ Redbird Arena)
8 Isaac Hayes - Walk On By
9 Richard Cheese - Smells Like Teen Spirit
10 Ana Torroja - Ya No Te Quiero
11 Ari Yliaho - X-Files Remix

el palenque

2008-08-06T14:43:00.000-07:00

Is it me or has customer service taken a turn at restaurants? Denny's, TGIFridays and IHOP are at the top of my shit-list. Denny's and IHOP on Delaware Ave are the subject of conversation here. The waitresses are a bit luke warm like the food which is usually hit or miss. Across the road at the International House of Pissing Me Off, the kitchen staff are right on target but the vittles takes forever to arrive at the table. The very first time I and a friend ever stepped foot into this pancake franchise was this past winter. There may have been a half-dozen diners present but the grub took about 30 minutes to materialise. While waiting, we noticed that the others didn't have food and most of us were finished with our drinks. Our server who reaked of old lady parfoom (sic) never offered to refill our glasses, made herself scarce leaving us to choke down our meals. Who says lightning doesn't strike twice? The second time we went to "give it another go" the same thing happened and this time -- just a few weeks ago -- a younger goof forgot we ordered salads. Downtown TGIFridays have a tendency to slop all of the food together on the plate but the alcoholic drinks are strong. Trade off? No thanks, I can drink elsewhere.
A restaurant that has never disappointed is El Palenque (located at Niagara Falls Boulevard and Eggert Road). Authentic Mexican fare at very reasonable prices along with a courteous staff has made us regulars. Highly recommended as an alternative to the [insert word here] found at 5 de Mayo. The waiters are laid back, approachable and pretty damn generous with the free refills. El Palenque takes up real estate at an old Denny's. Now if the remaining Denny's can only close and make way for other El Palenque restaurants. Lastly, I love the music that almost greets you at the door. The next time you are in the Western New York area, the fish-bowl sized margaritas are on me but until then...

01. De Uez En Cuando - Pepe Aguilar
02. Juan Martha - Yolanda Perez
03. Ya No Llores - Ramon Ayala
04. Que Puntada - Astrid Hadad
05. Mi Charchina - Eddie Gonzalez
06. Ven Conmigo - Grupo Montez de Durango
07. Como La Flor - Selena
08. El Chaca De Michoacan - Los Tucanes De Tijuana
09. A Mucha Honra - Ezequiel Pena
10. Corazon Te Lo Dije - La Tropa F
11. Que Bello - Mariachi Fiesta Mexico
12. El Desdichado - Juan Valentin
13. Si Sabes Agradecer - Nydia Rojas
14. Sin Sangra En Las Venas - La Dinastia
15. El Gatillero - Abel Quintero y Sus Luceros
16. Ay Corazon - Manuel Romero

otis

2008-08-05T19:22:00.001-07:00

In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the passing of the legendary Otis Redding, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame presented the first major exhibition of music, photographs, film and artifacts documenting the singer's life and musical legacy (September 14, 2007-September 10, 2008). "I've Got Dreams to Remember" features over 175 artifacts including photographs, hand-written lyrics, posters, letters and other personal memorabilia, as well as multi-media kiosks exploring Otis Redding's evolution as a singer, composer, arranger and producer. Organized in association with the Otis Redding Estate, the exhibition was curated by Ellen Fleurov, president of Crossroads Traveling Exhibitions, Atlanta. The exhibition was named "Museum Exhibition of the Year" by the Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries in January 2008.

01. Otis Redding - Hard to Handle
02. Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Bring It On Home To Me
03. Otis Redding - That's How Strong My Love Is
04. Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
05. Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness
06. Otis Redding - Open The Door
07. Otis Redding - These Arms of Mine
08. Otis Redding - You Don't Miss Your Water
09. Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Live)
10. Otis Redding - Don't Mess With Cupid
11. Otis Redding - Love Man
12. Otis Redding - Respect (Mono Mix Of Stereo Album Version)

porkchops and applesauce

2008-08-04T21:38:00.000-07:00

Back in 2006, crate-digging at three Salvation Army stores, an abandoned apartment complex and a Pennsyltucky used record shop yielded these vinyl gems.

1 Charles Wright
[ABC/Dunhill] Doin' What Comes Naturally
Doin' What Comes Naturally

2 Sly & The Family Stone
[Warner Bros.] Ha,Ha,Hee Hee
Ain't But The One

3 James Brown
[Smash] I Love You Porgy
James Brown Sings Out Of Sight

4 Dorothy Moore
[RCA/Homestead] Misty Blue
Super 70s

5 Mama Cass
[ABC/Dunhill] Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Dream A Little Dream Of Me

6 Norm Golden
[Diplomat] Moondust
Norm Golden At The Organ: 33 Organ Favorites

7 The Carpenters
[A&M] Reason To Believe
Close To You

8 Patsy Cline
[MCA] San Antonio Rose
Patsy Cline Story

9 Ozark Mountain Daredevils
[A&M] Jackie Blue
It's Alive

10 Bobby Krane and his Orchestra
[hurrah] Moonlight Serenade
I Remember Glen Miller

11 Tiny and his Hawaiian Bubbles
[Tifton Int'l] Hawaiian Wedding Song
Recorded Live At A Hawaiian Luau Party

12 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
[A&M] Spanish Flea
!! Going Places !!

soul legend mixtape

2008-08-04T19:50:00.000-07:00

On October 18, 1974, Mary Woodson, a longtime friend of Al Green, assaulted him, then killed herself. It is believed that she wished to be more than just a friend to Al Green. One night, she left the guest quarters, then entered the main section of the house without permission. She snuck into his bathroom to make a surprise attack. With no warning, she threw a large pot of boiling grits over him as he was undressed and preparing to shower. As Green writhed in pain, she ran into another part of the house and committed suicide by shooting herself.

01. Al Green - Let's Stay Together
02. Al green - Love-and-happiness
03. Al Green - Guilty
04. Al Green - Lay Your Head On My Pillow
05. Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
06. Al Green - I Can't Get Next to You
07. Al Green - The Letter
08. Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You
09. Al Green - Let's Get Married
10. Al Green - Look What You Done for Me
11. Al Green - You Ought to Be With Me
12. Al Green - Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)
13. Al Green - Are You Lonely For Me Baby
14. Al Green - L-O-V-E (Love)
15. Al Green - Full of Fire
16. Al Green - I'm Glad You're Mine

Thanks to SteveRaglin for the pic used for cover art!

my debut post

2008-08-03T22:10:00.000-07:00

Well, this is my debut post here at blogspot/blogger. Years ago, I remember wanting to set up an account here but I just never got 'round to it. With the continued crumbling of AOTM, I am but one more rat fleeing the virus-ridden ship.
I will try to see this as a new beginning. I posted a brand new mix for this brand new blog instead of re-posting an old one. Oh, don't worry; there wlll be enuff time for that later. Trust me!

01. Tom Waits - Hold On
02. Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
03. Joan Jett - Crimson And Clover
04. The Wallflowers - God Says Nothing Back
05. Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds
06. Norah Jones - In The Morning
07. Donovan - Universe Am I
08. Peabo Bryson - Missing You
09. Oscar Peterson - Night Train
10. Nico - These Days
11. Jethro Tull - A New Day Yesterday
12. Janis Joplin - Down On Me
13. Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Tramp