Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie: August 2007

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Let the music do the talking

Lucinda Williams covering Bob Dylan.

Positively 4th Street

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Saturday, August 25, 2007

American music has a tendency to taste a little sour. Thankfully we've learned how to make it palatable by adding some sugar and heat. Here's a mix I call Sour Apple Pie Radio.

1. Bright Eyes - Another Travelin' Song
He pissed me off when he talked shit about John Peel on BBC radio post Peel's death. In spite of his battle with Ryan Adams Disease he sure can write a good song.
2. Lucinda Williams - I Lost It
Lucinda's father is our State Poet Laureate.
3. Will Oldham - Be still and know god (don't be shy)
Solo or with Bonnie Prince Billy, Will Oldham is a modern American legend.
4. Caitlin Cary - Please Take the Devil Out of Me
I've loved Caitlin ever since Whiskeytown and still do.
5. Mojave 3 - Love Songs on the Radio
Am I allowed to put a British band on this? I justify my actions with the fact Patsy could have sung this one.
6. Patsy Cline - Crazy
Speaking of Patsy ... some people still don't know Willie Nelson wrote this song.
7. Hank Williams Sr - Cold Cold Heart
I like Hank. I like bourbon. I like riding in the back of Cadillac convertibles.
8. Ramblin' Jack Elliot- Louise (wTom Waits)
This one still makes me sad even though I've listened to it a thousand times.
9. Vic Chesnutt - When I Ran off and Left Her
There are so many genius lines within the lyrics of this song I can't just choose one. Vic is such a poet.
10. Calexico - Sunken Waltz
The song that sold me on Calexico.
11. Johnny Cash - Rusty Cage
When I first heard this track I was in awe. Johnny singing Chris Cornell? I already knew Johnny had it but this removed any doubt I had about Cornell.
12. Chris Whitley - Living With the Law
Chris Whitley is one of those artist that somehow get overlooked by the general public. He died a couple years back from lung cancer. One helluva National Steel slide player. I saw him only once in the public media on a Robert Johnson tribute concert televised on DirecTV. If you don't know of him get Living With the Law to start.
13. Jackpot - Headlights
I listened to this band for more than five years (from a FTP downloaded album) before I found out who they were. The guy who had it didn't even know who it was. Luckily a friend from San Diego identified them for me and called them one of the best California bands no one ever heard of.
14. Uncle Tupelo - Sin City
Uncle Tupelo changed my life. Gram Parsons changed my life.
15. Gram Parsons & International Submarine Band - Luxury Liner
Seems fitting to follow with Gram himself.
16. Neil Young - Southern Pacific (Austin City Limits)
Austin City Limits should be admitted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.
17. The Jayhawks - Six Pack On The Dashboard
I always knew Marc Olson and I had a connection. This song proved it. Gary and him are currently doing a duet/acoustic tour together. Should be something to see. The Jayhawks just weren't the same without Marc.
18. Whiskeytown - Dancing With the Women at the Bar
The band that filled the void left by the breakup of Uncle Tupelo.
19. Neko Case - Stinging Velvet
Love me some Neko.

Monday, August 20, 2007

ROCK OUT WITH YOUR COCK OUT!

It's been said a million times but how often do you really do it or see it done? Here's a nice mix to help you get over your inhibitions.

1. Beatles - Helter Skelter.mp3
The first ROCK song?
2. Cornelius - I Hate Hate.mp3
If you don't know him already then you need to check out this man from Japan.
3. Black Sabbath - War Pigs.mp3
Oh how this song is so relative still today.
4. And you will know us by the trail of dead - Mistakes & Regrets.mp3
Don't we all have them?
5. Bad Religion - Leaders And Followers (Bonus Track Japanese Version).Mp3
I know, I should included something from Suffer. Just thought you would like the bonus track.
6. Hives - Introduce The Metric System In Time.mp3
Work and play and go to sleep don't gimme no satisfaction.
7. Jucifer - Gunsick.mp3
Georgia's answer to the White Stripes
8. Rage Against the Machine - Ghost of Tom Joad.mp3
Bruce Springsteen cover done right.
9. Liars - We Got Cold, Coughed, And Forgot Things.mp3
Their new one is sounding good.
10. Ramones - Gabba Gabba Hey.MP3
What can I say but "Gabba Gabba Hey!"
11. The Mooney Suzuki - Turn My Blue Sky Black.mp3
Where did they go wrong? Oh, right, Alive and Amplified.
12. Raveonettes-Whip It On - Cops on Our Tail.mp3
Oh to be an outlaw.
13.Black Flag - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie.mp3
My fucking theme song.
14. Husker Du - It's Not Funny Anymore.mp3
The nostalgia of Jr. High
15. Mudhoney - Touch me I'm sick.mp3
The Battle Hymm of Grunge?
16. Von Bondies - It Came From Japan.mp3
I can't sit down or drive slow to this one.
17. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Whatever happened to my rock n roll.mp3
I still have mine. You? I kid. Love this track.
18. Fugazi - Repeater.mp3
Skateboarding in the parents carport.
19. Avail - Over the James - New #2.mp3
I told a friend if he liked AVAIL he would like Uncle Tupelo because they said the same things but just played the music differently. He fell in love with Uncle Tupelo
20. Dropkick Murphys - The Gauntlet.mp3
Stand up and fight and I'll stand up with you! We shall succeed!
21. Dillenger Four - Mosh for Jesus.mp3
Be the voice of truth in a world so truthless.
22. Drive Like Jehu - Hand Over Fist.mp3
Man, that ain't good enough.

Saturday, August 18, 2007

From the hometown neighborhood

Just getting started on this blog but now it's time to promote someone local and talented. This a man who spends more time recording in his living room than most of you spend at your job. His name Mac Von Swizzle Stixx. He's been working since the cradle and it shows. A Levyrat by birth and man of the world by destiny. Here's some mp3s to wet your whistle.

If you would like to contact Mac Von Swizzle Stixx for booking or production work:
1-501-838-3749
huntaboyredott@yahoo.com

Rise and Shine
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Hoggin' Wit It
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

There's more old drunks than there are old doctors

The Big Business Machine of Health Care here in the U.S. is really beginning to piss me off. I'll spare you the soap box rhetoric and just go straight to the tunes.