Random 10 for September 24, 2008
1. Malcolm McLaren, “Buffalo Gals.” One of pop music history’s most audacious Barnumesque hucksters went culture diving into New York hip-hop in the early ’80s, then turned around and got Anne Dudley and Trevor Horn to craft some Art of Noise beats that resembled or suggested the real thing. As one of McLaren’s other clients said a few years before, “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?”
2. Jim Noir, “All Right.”
3. Chameleons U.K., “Tears.”
4. Dr. Octagon, “Trees.”
5. TV On the Radio, “Golden Age.” From Dear Science, one of the best discs of 2008, achieved maily because they stopped making music for funerals and decided to craft soundtracks for post-modern wakes. Wondering what a Bowie/Prince collaboration would sound like? Click above.
6. Georgie James, “Look Me Up.”
7. I Am the World Trade Center, “Dancing Alone.”
8. Kanye West, “Champion.”
9. The Shins, “Kissing the Lipless.”
10. Art Brut, “Formed a Band.” We’re just talking… to the kids!
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1. Air, “Cherry Blossom Girls”
2. DJ Food, “Cosmic Jam”
3. Matisyahu, “Exaltation”
4. Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, “I’m Not a Hero” (from “The Dark Knight”)
5. Johnny Cash, “No Earthly Good”
6. Cat Power, “Kingsport Town”
7. Pearl Jam “Sonic Reducer (featuring Joey Ramone)”
8. Colourmusic, “Circles”
9. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, “Rosebud” – Once again, a favorite artist comes to play Tulsa and I’m too broke to go.
10. Nellie McKay, “Poitan”
BTW, has anyone here heard of The Uglysuit? I came across them on E-Music (haven’t given up on them yet, Susan, though I’m close), and they’re listed as being from OKC. I haven’t heard of them before, but I like their stuff.
1. Chet Baker, “Almost Blue”
2. The Dim Stars, “She Wants to Die”
3. Cold War Kids, “Rubidoux”
4. The Ramones, “Commando”
5. The New Pornographers, “The Spirit of Giving”
6. Ben Folds, “Losing Lisa”
7. The Flaming Lips, “Feeling Yourself Disintegrate”
8. Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, “Ravel Boléro”
9. Radiohead, “Airbag”
10. American Music Club, “Keep Me Around”
i’ve still got my emusic account…but i’m having a hard time deciding what to do. they DO have an insane amount of jazz and classical albums….but, yeah, why can’t they get some mainstream classic stuff? i applaud their emphasis on indie music, but still….
I keep finding enough stuff to fill my 50 downloads a month, so I keep it going. (BTW, I got the second Gainsbourg anthology) It does suck that any major label artist won’t be there, but it keeps me looking for more obscure things.
1. The Lovely Sparrows, “Department of Foreseeable Outcomes”
2. Frifot, “Andras-Iaten”
3. Billy Joel, “Scene From An Italian Restaurant”
4. Of Montreal, “Advice From A Divorced Gentleman To His Bachelor Friend Considering Marriage”
5. Queen, “Brighton Rock”
6. Gram Parsons, “Brass Buttons”
7. Anne Murray, “I Just Fall In Love Again”
8. Robin Bullock, “Loftus Jones/Deborah Marie”
9. Bud Powell, “Glass Enclosure”
10. The Sons of The Pioneers, “The Texas Crapshooter (Instrumental)”