Jarvis & the Amazing Technocratic DreamMix

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.

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

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

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

- 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

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]

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: