1) Corridor - Redux Doze * 2) Blake Miller - This Morning * 3) Land of Kush - Rue du Depart * 4) Hal Onserud - Homespun Yarns * 5) Our Brother The Native - manes * 6) Al Duvall - Mary Mack * 7) Divisadero - The Boxers Daughter * 8) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Born on a Day The Sun Didn't Rise * 9) Mochipet - Sumo Hertz * 10) Prefuse 73 - DEC. Machine Funk All ERA's * 11) Diamond Watch Wrists - Simple Love Notes (5 Years Later) * 12) Xu Xu Fang - Seven Days Now * 13) Bike For Three - All There Is To Say About Love * 14) Fever Ray - When I Grow Up * 15) Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love *
Names Theme 16) Shirley Ellis - The Name Game 17) Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels - Jenny Take A Ride 18) The Axcents - Hold It Mary 19) The Stooges - Ann + 20) Suicide - Cheree + Request by Erica 21) Ariel Pink - For Kate I Wait 22) Acid Mothers Temple - Sweet Juicy Lucy 23) Fiery Furnaces - Chris Michaels 24) Lifter Puller - Katrina and The K Hole + request by Ian 25) Randy Newman - Suzanne 26) Desmond Dekker - Get Up Adina 27) Islands - Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby 28) Blackblack - Sophia 29) Deerhoof - Offend Maggie 30) Slowdive - Alison + Request by Ellie 31) Patty Smith - Kimberly 32) The Pixies - Toni's Theme (live) + Request by Gabe 33) Brian Eno - Blank Frank 34) The Jam - David Watts 35) Dan Deacon - My Name Is Robert + Request by My Shimoda 36) Arthur Russell - Eli 37) Joanna Newsom - Sadie The Replacements - Gary's Got A Boner + Request by Danny 38) David Bowie - Joe The Lion 39) Brian Jonestown Massacre - (David Bowie I Love You) Since I Was Six 40) Jacques Brel - Jef 41) Belle and Sebastian - Mary Jo 42) Van Dyke Parks - John Jones 43) The Flying Burrito Brothers - Cody, Cody 44) Big Star - Stroke It Noel 45) Jarvis Cocker - Angela 46) The Rakes - Strasbourg 47) Eels - Elizabeth On The Bathroom Floor 48) Blur - Yuko & Hiro 49) Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Madeleine-Mary 50) The Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says + Request by Danny 51) Charles Spearin Project - Vanessa 52) Siouxie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence 53) Aphex Twin - Ziggy 54) Boards of Canada - Julie and Candy 55) Frank Zappa - The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (now playing)
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Isis Unveiled Made In Mexico - For Your Own Good * Mika Miko - On The Rise * Eu Dirijo O Carro Bomba - Akira S Et Garotas Que Erraram Double Dagger - Vivre Sans Temps Mort * Fugazi - Give Me The Cure MC5 - Kick Out The Jams + Request by Ludlow Xu Xu Fang - Fascination Street * Brightblack Morning Light - Hologram Buffalo * Land of Kush - The Light Over The Ranges * Black Dice - La Cucaracha * Liars - Hold Hands And It Will Happen Anyway + No Age - Eraser + Entrance - Grim Reaper Blues + Ariel Pink - I Wanna Be Young + M. Ward - Sad, Sad Song + Bodies of Water - These Are The Eyes + The Brian Jonestown Massacre - All Around You + Darker My Love - Rate + Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us + Hecuba - Miles Away *+ Devendra Banhart - Long Haired Child + The Living Sisters - How Are You Doing + Inara George - Dirty White + Lavender Diamond - When You Wake For Certain + Minutes Til Midnight - Innocent + Warlocks - Come Save Us + Minute Men - It's Expected I'm Gone + Condo Fucks - Gudbuy T'Jane * Pink Mountaintops - Axis: Thrones of Love * So Many Wizards - I'm Just Like You * Illinois - Old Saloon Prolapse - Zen Nun Deb Jackie O Motherfucker - Bonesaw The Pretty Things - Mr. Evasion Happy Birthday Danny Gabai!!! Tones On Tail - Go! The Soft Pack - Night Life * 39 Clocks - My Tears Will Drown The World * Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart +* Request for Erica Holy Modal Rounders - If You Want To Be A Bird Jay Bennett (RIP) - Overexcusers Silkie - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away In honor of all who are denied dignity and justice by the upholding of Prop 8 and Don't Ask Don't Tell. Diamond Watch Wrists * - One Second Early Late Swan Lake - Spanish Gold, 2044 * The Walkmen - Many Rivers To Cross Adanowsky - Estoy Mal Rita Pavone - Viva La Pappa Col Pomodoro Jane Birkin - Orang outan Amanda Palmer - Leeds United The Microphones - The Glow pt. 2 Neutral Milk Hotel - Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone The Geraldine Fibbers - Lilybelle Lou Reed - Sad Song
I really want to thank Scott Beibin for coming onto the show. If you don't know who Scott is I highly recommend googling him and his various activities including The Lost Film Festival, Evil Twin Booking, The Fake New York Times Prank or just reach out to him on Facebook. It's like that!
Today's theme is numbers. All songs significantly revolve around numbers (and a few have them in their titles for no apparent reason). But first...new adds.
Next theme is names which means that 867-5309 Jenny is a song I won't be playing for two theme shows in a row!
Here's the playlist:
Blake Miller - In The Danger * Black Dice - Earnings Plus Interest * Hecuba - Miles Away * The Soft Pack - Future Rock * Toxic Lipstick - Obsteshun * Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1 - 11 Mika Miko - Sex Jazz * X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage (Up Yours) Xu Xu Fang - Seven Days Now * Acid Mothers Temple - Sorcerer's Stone Of The Magi * Elfin Saddle - Hammer Song * Double Dagger - Camouflage * The Coathangers - Toomerhead * Alma Mater - Long * Funeral Crashers - Disconnected * Corridor - T. And <-> * Swan Lake - Spanish Gold 2044 *
Numbers Numbers Numbers
Yeasayer - 2088 Avalanches - Two Hearts in 3/4 time + Request from Mike Fourtet – High Fives DJ Shadow – The Number Song The Grey Album – 99 Problems The Jaguars – Exit 6 Django Reinhardt – Swing 42 Serge Gainsbourg – 18 – 39 Deerhoof - +81 + Request by Mike (different Mike) David Ramos – Count Dr. Octagon – 3000 Broadcast – Minus 1 Beta Band - Number 15 The Soviets - 2 and 1 Goes + Request from Sean was actually for Number One Is Three by The Soviets, but I only had 2 and 1 Goes Boris – Six three times Aphex Twin – 4 Pink Floyd – Chapter 24 Suicide - 96 Tears Wire – The Map Reference 41 degrees N 93 degrees W (Iowa 71 miles outside of des moines) Toots & The Maytals - 54/46 Desmond Dekker - 007 (Shanty Town) Waylon & Willie - The Year 2003 minus 25 Violent Femmes - Kiss Off + Request from Eric, my old friend from college. Included for the section: I take one one one cause you left me and Two two two for my family and 3 3 3 for my heartache and 4 4 4 for my headaches and 5 5 5 for my lonely and 6 6 6 for my sorrow and 7 7 for no tomorrow and 8 8 I forget what 8 was for and 9 9 9 for a lost God and 10 10 10 10 for everything Everything everything everything
Art Brut - 18,000 Lira Iggy Pop - Sixteen Speaking of Iggy, check out the best blog ever dedicated entirely to Iggy Pop's The Idiot: Idiotlust
David Bowie - TVC 15 Tom Robinson – 2-4-6-8 Motorway Bow Wow Wow – C30 C60 C90 Stiff Little Fingers – Tin Soldiers Screeching Weasel - 99 Love - Seven and Seven Is + Request from...damn it I forgot her name!!!
Dirty Little Secret - Guns Guns Guns Rap about Pi (Don't know song name) - (Don't know artist, but Dragon Boy Suede has a verse) Video is at the top of this blog. How amazing is that? Sesame Street - 12 School House Rocks - 3 Is A Magic Number Lightning Bolt – 13 Monsters Philip Glass - Knee 3
I am particularly indebted to Dave Weiner for this episode. He is the first person to hand me the Leadbelly album "Take This Hammer" which I used in the background as I talked between sets. Truly a life-changing record for me.
Alma Mater - Marching On * Mika Miko - Totion * Double Dagger - Vivre Sans Temps Mort * Black Dice - Nite Creme * Prefuse 73 - Regalo * Hecuba - Miles Away * Xu Xu Fang - Underground * The Soft Pack - Right And Wrong * Swan Lake - Paper Lace * Bradbury - Nymphs + Shepards * Dan Deacon - Of The Mountains * The Nextdoor Neighbors - We Are The Future * Elfin Saddle - The Bringer * Crazyhorse - Eric Kuhlmann * Lotus Plaza - Redoak Way *
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT SET
PART I: THE DESIRE TO COMMIT A CRIME Van Morrison – Cypress Street This Bike Is A Pipebomb – Murder Bike The Ponys – Pickpocket Song Jarvis Cocker – I Will Kill Again
PART II: COMMITTING THE CRIME Tommy Collins – Got To Have A License
The Crime: Illegal Substance Bill Johnson’s Louisiana Jug Band – Don’t Drink It Here Randy Newman – Guilty Curtis Mayfield – Pusherman
The Crime: Theft Serge Gainsbourg – Bonnie And Clyde The Fall – Petty (Thief) Lout Brian Jonestown Massacre – Take It From The Man The Roots – Don’t Say Nuthin’
The Crime: Murder The Cure – Killing An Arab Tom Waits – Murder In The Red Barn Nirvana – Where Did You Sleep Last Night Throbbing Gristle – Very Friendly
Health – Crimewave
PART III: THE LAW Elvis Costello – Watching The Detectives Public Enemy – 911 Is A Joke Jay Dee – Fuck The Police
PART IV: ON THE RUN The Clash – Police On My Back Mission Of Burma – Outlaw Panther – On The Lam
PART V: THE TRIAL Prince Buster – Judge Dread The Specials – Stupid Marriage Dangerdoom – Basketcase Roky Erickson – Please Judge
PART VI: PRISON Leadbelly – Governor Pat Neff Loretta Lynn – Women’s Prison Gram Parsons - Medley Live From Quebec Islands – Life In Jail Kid 606 – Juvenile Hall Role Call
DENOUEMENT …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Mark David Chapman Beck – Steal My Body Home The Streets – The Irony Of It All GZA – Investigative Reports
Charles Manson – Don’t Do Anything Illegal
* New Music + Request
THE NEXT THEME WILL BE NUMBERS. PLEASE LEAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS TO THIS BLOG. THIS MEANS ALL SONGS REVOLVING AROUND NUMBERS.
Early Sasha Baron Cohen video as part of a Levi's campaign from about 8 years ago. Click here for Super Greg's website, you won't be disappointed!
Hey everyone. Here is my playlist from today's show. I don't have too much to talk about, even though I am completely wired on the fake coffee that allows me to stay conscious starting at 4:30 am. I would write things as I think them, but instead I find myself saying them out-loud to anyone near me who will listen until they stare at me like a dog being shown a card trick and then slowly back away. For example, "I want to write a comedy sketch about lawyers preparing a wrongful death suit against Willie Wonka"...it's thoughts like these that kept me out of the ivy leagues.
Oh, my set of songs that are frequently sampled in Hip Hop seemed to go over like hotcakes, so I'll tell you where you have heard some of the samples:
Liquid Liquid's "Cavern" was the primary sample in Grandmaster Flash's "White Lines". Liquid Liquid's label, 99 Records eventually went bust trying to sue for royalties (which they never received) for use of this sample as well as ESG's UFO (which I played later). 99 records tells the story best here
The Mohawks' "The Champ" is one of the most widely sampled songs and also inspired the "duh duh duh" section of Onyx's opus, "Slam". Cold Cut also used it in their seminal "More Beats and Pieces". Other people to use it include Slick Rick, De La Soul, Hammer, DJ Shadow, KRS-One etc.
Bob James' "Take Me To Mardi Gras" is another omnipresent sample. Probably best known from either" Hold it Now" by the Beastie Boys, "Rock The Bells" by LL Cool J or Run DMC's "Peter Piper". It is friggin' everywhere; even Massive Attack sampled this one! Credit is due to Jason Smith and his blog(click here) for revealing this gem in its original form.
Edwin Birdsong's "Cola Bottle Baby" is immediately recognized as Daft Punk's "Harder Better Faster Stronger" and then again as some unlistenable piece of shit by Kanye West. Dustin Sussman turned me on to this one.
Freddie Scott's "You Got What I Need" is by no means new to this show, but here we are again. Thank you Biz Markie for making this famous on Just A Friend!
As mentioned earlier ESG's UFO is everywhere from "Sure Shot" by the Beastie Boys to "Night of the Living Baseheads" by Public Enemy. Often it was sped up from 33 1/3 to 45 when sampled, but there you have it.
Finally: one of the samples that started it all, "Trans Euro Express" by Kraftwerk dropped krautrock to the South Bronx at the very start of hip hop. That's why today if you fall asleep on the 5 train and wake up in the middle of the night alone and far from home l have to do is start talking about Florian and no one will fuck with you. Seriously, try it. This sample is most famous as "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa, who's name uses so many a's I think he might be partly Scandanavian...wait...he's definitely not.
Okay, now I'll just jump to the setlist.
Barr - Complete Consumption of Us Both Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow Dungen - Satt Att Se The Coat Hangers - Time Passing * Dsico - 70s Classic Hits !!! - Take Ecstacy With Me Tarentel - Geneva, Switzerland (track 6) * Jackie-O Motherfucker - Hey! Mr. Sky Earth - Rise To Glory A Tribe Called Quest - Verses From The Abstract + Hi Red Center - Littlest Giant * Handglops - The First Party * Swan Lake - Spanish Gold 2044 * Sunset Rubdown - Stadiums and Shrines II Big Whup - Yaaaay! * Chain and the Gang - Chain Gang Theme * Aphex Twin - Taking Control Squarepusher - F-Train Micachu - Eat Your Heart * Liquid Liquid - Cavern The Mohawks - The Champ Bob James - Take Me To Mardi Gras Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby Freddie Scott - You Got What I Need Breakwater - Release The Beast ESG - UFO Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express Child Bite - Never-Ending Mountain Slammer Kittens For Christian - Under The Covers Wavves - So Bored * Au - Are Animals Pretty Things - Mr. Evasion (Credit must be given to Danny Gabai for turning me onto this track!!!) Love - Seven & Seven Is Death - Rock The Sonics - Strychnine Dan Deacon - Build Voice * Black Dice - Earings Plus Interest * New Order - Procession Belle and Sebastian - Electronic Renaissance The Nextdoor Neighbors - Greener * David Byrne with Brian Eno - Wanted For Life The Muslims (Now Called Soft Pack) - Walking With Jesus * Apples In Stereo - Shine In Your Mind The Olivia Tremor Control - Memories of Jacqueline 1906 A Certain Ratio - Do the Du (Peel Session version) Fellini - Rock Europeu Jacques Brel - Jef Adanowsky - Estoy Mal (Now Playing)
Below is the interview with Nick Jasenovec, the writer/director of the film Paper Heart staring Charlene Yi and Michael Cera. The reason this interview took place during my Coachella wrap up episode is because Zach Condon of Beirut created an original song for the soundtrack of Paper Heart. The interview focuses on the music of the film as well as the LA comedy community including Nick's place in the Judd Apatow family as well as the LA underground comedy scene as exemplified by Garage Comedy.
Click below to hear the interview:
Stream Nick Interview As discussed in the interview above, here is the trailer for Paper Hearts. Tell your friends! Paper Heart (2009) Trailer
Today's show was great, and if doing the show wasn't cool enough, I left the studio only to find a duck and her ducklings! It was so adorable my ear started bleeding! I took some video of them on my computer and have started and finished this posting with clips of it. Good luck reading and not thinking about ducks. I realize that I'm completely upstaging my show with these guys, but come on...
For some odd reason, the blog has decided to double space today. I can't figure out how to fix it. That seems to be my only real problem today, so all in all I figure, I win.
Here is the playlist from today's show:
1) I Blame Bill - Darth Vader on Ukelele
2) ??? - Sur End A
This is a guy who I met at a house party and gave me his CD after he played. He's really quite magical to watch and has a bizarre infectious laugh that is a part of his singing. I believe his name is Marc.
3) Corridor - Barrkks *
New music on Manimal Vinyl. I like the music but am not quite so crazy about the vocals. I'm interested to see where these guys go.
4) Indian Jewelry - Lost My Sight
5) Tones On Tail - Go!
6) Brimstone Howl - We Came In Peace
7) The Stalkers - In Your Street Today
Thanks to DJ Short Shorts for turning me on to these guys. Unfortunately, I was too sick to see them play on Saturday.
8) Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device +
9) Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You
10) Strange Boys - They're Building Death Camps *
11) Foot Village - Protective Nourishment +
It's kind of weird to have an Asian girl screaming "I put pee-pee in your coke". I had completely forgotten how much mileage a 9 year old can get with the words "me Chinese, me play joke..." Thank you Foot Village for bringing it all back home. By the way, if you don't know, Foot Village is an all drum three piece band that includes Josh from Friends Forever (hence the next song) and our own International Voice of Reason. They rule, so come see them on the 11th at the KXLU Fundrazor show.
12) Friends Forever - Win
13) Chain and the Gang - Chain Gang Theme (I See Progress) *
New band starring Ian Svenonius and anyone who has ever walked into the K Records office.
14) So Many Wizards - I'm Just Like You *
15) The Nextdoor Neighbors - The Werewolf Song *
16) David Byrne and Brian Eno - Wanted For Life
17) Dan Deacon - Of The Mountains *
What did I tell you two weeks ago? This was a guaranteed new add for KXLU! Anyway, this would be a heavy competitor for album of the year if Animal Collective hadn't gone and released the best album since Kid A. Seriously, 2009 is turning out to be the best musical year ever. Every bands new album is leaving all of their past albums miles behind: Animal Collective, Abe Vigoda, Dan Deacon, Crystal Antlers; and it's only April!
18) Mi Ami - The Man In Your House *+
19) Crystal Antlers - Andrew *
20) Lansing-Dreiden - Dividing Island
They only sound like their from Detroit in the 70's. They are actually contemporary and in New York.
21) Death - Rock
Okay, they actually are from Detroit in the 70's. Check out the best music article I've seen in a long long time in the New York Times CLICK HERE
22) Wavves - Sun Opens My Eyes *
23) Harry Belefonte - Matilda
What? I needed a palette cleanser.
24) Funkadelic - Back In Our Minds
25) Bob James - Take Me To Mardi Gras
I cannot say it better than Jason Smith. CLICK HERE
26) DJ Shadow - Fixed Income
27) Religious Girls - (Rough Mixes Track Four)
Okay, this band used to be called Destroy Tokyo. I discovered them because I saw the spine of their CD and I liked the colors so I pulled it out. I then saw that they were called Destroy Tokyo so I figured I was into that. I then listened to the EP and liked it so much that I made the song Necklace my Myspace song for about 3 months. Then I found out that they changed their name to Religious Girls (which grabs me way less than Destroy Tokyo, but that's just me) and that they were playing Pehrspace. I don't know that I have been as blown away by a relatively unknown band as hard as I was them. They are amazing and need to be discovered by everyone! I convinced Sean Carlson to add them to last years Fuck Yeah Festival line up, but something got screwed up and they wound up not being able to play. If they don't play this year I'm breaking legs! See this band and thank me later!
28) Darker My Love - The Rule of Queen Tsago *
29) Abe Vigoda - Don't Lie *
30) Fucked Up - No Epiphany (No Age Remix) *
Wow! Congratulations to Randy and Dean for putting together a great remix!
31) Little Richard - Goodnight Irene
Okay, I am currently revisiting Little Richard and am pissed that I didn't do it sooner. This man is out of his gourd and his records are so amazing. Far be it from me to pass up a Leadbelly cover!
32) Jeremy Jay - Gallop *
33) Smog - I Break Horses
34) New Order - Procession
35) Belle and Sebastian - Electric Renaissance
36) Beta Band - Dry The Rain
37) Captain Ahab - Health/Foot Village Mash-Up
I have already ranted and raved about this remix from my last 2-6 am show 3 weeks ago. This song still floors me every time!.
38) Portishead - Machine Gun
39) ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Fields of Coal
40) Adanowsky - Estoy Mal
Damn it! Song cut off right before the end due to a computer glitch. I guess that just means I'll have to play it a bunch more times to make up for this injustice! Adanowsky is Adan Jodorowsky, Alejandro Jodorowski's amazingly talented son. Feel free to have a nature vs. nurture conversation about how Adan became so amazing. Is it the genetics of having a father who's films have started full scale riots or perhaps it is from being surrounded by midgets, amputees, mimes and James Brown at various points throughout his life. Either way the guy is amazing and our friends at Skinny Directors are directing his newest video. I will be sure to have them come on the show and explain the debauchery that enseud for themselves when the video is close to release.
41) Black Sabbath - War Pigs (Live) +
Request from Jake and Marc
42) Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart *
43) Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
44) Suicide - Mr. Ray
Maybe I should have finished my Ray set with a wholesome comedy routine from TVs Ray Romano. Oh well...The Chinese use the same word for crisis as they do opportunity, so I guess I really screwed that one up!
I used to be really into Russian Literature before I moved to the west coast. For some reason, it's much more difficult to relate and submit to the concept of bleak emptiness and soul crushing gray when you live in Southern California. Now I just read The Great Gatsby over and over. Everyone knows LA is the real West Egg.
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