The GloNo Beatles "What If" Album

Early Nineteen Seventy-Something Pt. 1
Purloined from Glorious Noise

"The making of Come and Get It, the last Beatles album that never was... A two-part series of the special kind of lunacy that sets in with avid mix tape/CD makers. What if the Beatles had made one more album? What would it sound like? " - Derek Phillips

Great piece by Glorious Noise.... read Pt. 2 on their Web site: HERE

Athens, Ga - Outside In

prepping for my trip back to the deep south got me thinking about my time living in athens, and athens' role in shaping modern music. below are three old-school athenian tunes you should know. Their influence is undeniable.

DOWNLOAD:

MP3: the b-52s - dance this mess around (1979)

MP3: pylon - crazy (1982)

MP3: rem - wolves lower (1981)

Athens resources:

* Flagpole

* AthFest

* Athens Music Blog

The Cover: Rainbow Connection

Now I'm certainly not advocating that anyone harsh on ole Kermit's mellow, but Willie has a pretty damn good cover. The boards are open...

DOWNLOAD:

MP3: Kermit The Frog - Rainbow Connection
MP3: Willie Nelson - Rainbow Connection (cover)

Housekeeping

FYI, I am going out of town Wednesday-Monday. In my stead will be TripleJ from NotJackKerouac. Coudn't ask for a more tasteful guest-host while I am out. He also mixes the best margarita in Los Angeles. I look forward to seeing what he dishes up for ya'll.

Red Hash, Indeed

Psych-folk beardo, Gary Higgins, is seeing his 1973 album Red Hash gain a new audience due to it's recent re-release. I say bring it on. For a taste, dig on the track below in all it's stoned-out glory.

Download:
MP3: Gary Higgins - Thicker Than A Smokey

The Cover: Quicksand

The cover battles continue. In light of Dinosaur Jr.'s temporary reformation, today's selection is David Bowie's "Quicksand" off his 1971 album Hunky Dory. The cover: Dinosaur Jr.'s version off their 1991 ep Whatever's Cool With Me. The boards are open...

DOWNLOAD:

MP3: David Bowie - Quicksand
MP3: Dinosaur Jr. - Quicksand (cover)

Sidenote: When I bought Whatever's Cool With Me in 1992, "Quicksand" was my favorite track. It took about 4 years before I learned it was a cover. My 16 year old self had no idea.

Baby C'mon, Baby C'mon

Download four Stephen Malkmus tracks here...

The Many Faces Of Ryan Adams pt. II

Part II of the Ryan Adams chronicles. An MP3 overview of his official recorded output thus far -- both solo and with Whiskeytown. We pick up post-Heartbreaker....Go here for part I.

Download:
MP3: Ryan Adams - La Cienega Just Smiled (Gold album)
MP3: Ryan Adams - Sweet Black Magic (Gold Side 4 album)
MP3: Ryan Adams - Dear Chicago (Demolition album)
MP3: Ryan Adams - ...Want To Take Me Home (R&R album)
MP3: Ryan Adams - Rock & Roll (R&R album)
MP3: Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell (Love Is Hell album)
MP3: Ryan Adams - City Rain, City Streets (Love Is Hell album)
MP3: Ryan Adams - Magnolia Mountain (Cold Roses album)
MP3: Ryan Adams - Cold Roses (Cold Roses album)

The Many Faces Of Ryan Adams pt. I

Ryan Adams - The man people love to hate, at the ripe age of 30 has amassed a considerable body of work. Constantly re-inventing himself, and his game, despite gibes from critics and fans alike. Some genres he's dabbled in (in one form or another): Country, Confessional Folk-Rock, Punk, Mope-Rock, alt.country, New Wave, Jam-Bandesque improv, Stonesy-Roots-Rock, Bluegrass, Indie Rock, Death Metal, etc. etc. I personally have loved most of these incarnations save a few one-offs. In light of his upcoming release -- the 2nd of the three albums being released in 2005 -- here is a brief taste of the many faces of Ryan Adams off his, and Whiskeytown's, official releases.

Download:

MP3: Whiskeytown - Midway Park (Faithless Street album)

MP3: Whiskeytown - Too Drunk To Dream (Faithless Street album)

MP3: Whiskeytown - Lo-Fi Tennessee Mountain Angel (Faithless Street album)

MP3: Whiskeytown - Houses on the Hill (Strangers Almanac album)

MP3: Whiskeytown - Losering (Strangers Almanac album)

MP3: Whiskeytown - Jacksonville Skyline (Pneumonia album)

MP3: Whiskeytown - Bar Lights (Pneumonia album)

MP3: Ryan Adams - Come Pick Me Up (Heartbreaker album)

MP3: Ryan Adams - Oh My Sweet Carolina (Heartbreaker album)

Stay tuned for part II

* visit answeringbell.com for a complete listing of ryan adams/whiskeytown related shit

Hype?????

Got this album today and will be checking it out on the iPod later this week while on vacation in the North Carolina mountains. I had "Seven Swans" and thought it was decent, but with all the praise being thrown out on this newish release I felt I owed this one a shot. Thoughts? Amazing? Good? Bad? Ugly?? Spill it...

Thurston Moore On Mix-Tape Culture

"Cause Life Ain't Nothing But A Good Groove, A Good Mix Tape To Put You In The Right Mood" - Professor Booty

Making a good mix tape was an art. Mix CDs and iPod playlists just aren't the same, as the mix tape took a certain amount of finesse. Choosing the songs...sequencing the songs. Would each side have it's own theme or vibe? And then there were personalized mixes - songs with a message intended for the listener. Check out Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore's new book profiling mix tape culture (read below for description.)

"Artist and musician Thurston Moore looks back at the plastic gadget that first let us make our own compilations. Over eighty home tapers, including artists, musicians, actors, writers, directors, comediennes, talk show hosts, and, of course, record store employees were invited to tell the stories behind their mixes. From the Romantic Tape, to the Break-up Tape, the Road Trip Tape, to the "Indoctrination" Tape-the art and text that emerged was of the mix cassette as a new way of re-sequencing music to make sense of our most stubbornly inexpressible feelings-a way of explaining ourselves to someone else, or to ourselves."

Click here to buy from Amazon...

Cuban Musician/Legend Dies At 78

Damn cuz, sip one back and pour one out. Buena Vista Social Club member, Ibrahim Ferrer, dies at the age of 78. Read more here... In honor of his life and music, below you'll find my favorite track off the Ry Cooder produced Buena Vista Social Club soundtrack.

Download:

Mp3: "Chan Chan"

W.W.L.L.T.?

What Would Lyle Listen To?

Lyle Lovett is one of my favorite songwriters, singers, and showmen. That's a pretty tall order to capture all three in one man.

Check out who Lyle lists among his five favorite songs.

Rickie Lee Jones, "Company": "The melody, the words ... it has that same lamenting quality as Guy Clark's "Let Him Roll." The way they express the feeling of loss is really appealing."
Randy Newman, "Good Ole Boys": "On the songs he wrote having to do with the South, I like the way he points out legitimate social issues in a way that helps you to think about it without pushing you away from it. If you're from the South, it allows you to think about it seriously and smile at the same time."
Van Morrison, "Moondance": "What a great example of a style that's unlike anything else! He has one of those singular voices that just makes any song he sings sound like a Van Morrison song. His vocal style is so strong that it turns anything he does into something he owns."
Townes Van Zandt, anything: "Throw a dart at any Townes Van Zandt song. This word is overused to describe songwriting, but Townes was a poet, a plainspoken poet."
Tom Waits, "Heart Attack and Vine": "That kind of blues, I could listen to over and over and over."

Time Fades Away Pt. II

It's happened. I'm back on a Neil Young kick. This week's discovery of a decent sounding recording of the unreleased "Time Fades Away" album has it's hooks in me. Some interesting factoids/tidbits found on this site...

"There is a chapter in Neil Young's history that is often referred to as his Dark Period. A time when his personal life appeared to gradually disintegrate amidst a series of mishaps and misadventures while critical career decisions seemed irrational and ill thought-out. Yet, paradoxically it has become recognized as one of the most artistically productive and critically, if not commercially, acclaimed periods of his life. A period that spawned a trio of outstanding released albums and a legendary unreleased album."

"MOJO: After the overwhelming success of Harvest, your next new music was Time Fades Away, an abrasive-sounding live album from a 1973 stadium tour that you'd apparently rather forget. Over 20 years later, the memory of that tour and the subsequent record still seems too uncomfortable for you...

YOUNG: "Well, we didn't put any of Time Fades Away on Decade, if that's what you mean."

"Audiences were treated to a show that featured an opening solo acoustic set followed by a rock set from the band. The material was drawn mainly from After the Goldrush and Harvest, along with a smattering of older songs and a batch of new songs. Part way into the tour Young's voice began to give out.

As the strain of the road and the grief of Whitten's death began to catch up to Young, the shows became more and more ragged and raw. A brief break halfway through provided a chance for Young to regroup; it was obvious that if the tour was to continue, something needed to be done. Young called up his friends David Crosby and Graham Nash for help, and they came onboard for the last month of the tour as backup vocalists and rhythm guitarists."

Don't F*CK With The Star Room Boys

After the Bloodkin post i'm on an Athens tangent. The now defunct Star Room Boys were one of my favorite neo-traditional-honky-tonk country outfits until their 2003 demise. In their eight years together they released two fantastic albums: 1999's Why Do Lonely Men & Women Want to Break Each Other's Hearts?, and 2002's This World Just won't Leave You Alone.

This is hard country...nothing "alt" about it. These are old school crying-in-your-beer-because-your-brother-ran-off-with-your-wife-and-truck songs. I was really disappointed when they broke up, because no else is really making this kind of music (this well) anymore. Nashville wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.

Sidenote: Star Room Boy, Johnny Neff, is one of my all-time favorite lap steel players. Sad and beautiful at the same time. For an example, download "Foolish" below.

Download:

MP3: Why Do Lonely Men & Women Want to Break Each Other's Hearts?

MP3: Foolish

MP3: White Lies, Blue Tears

...just like something out of tennessee williams

Everyone has a band they root for. An underdog. A band, who despite an enormous amount of talent and perseverance, remain obscure. Life in the minor leagues. The band I root for is Athens, Georgia’s Bloodkin. Practicing what they preach, for better or worse, for the past 15+ years of their creative career.

Some of the most haunted Southern literature never committed to paper.

Bloodkin is: religion, redemption, regret, a bar fight, pride, shame, spanish moss, bourbon, cornbread, a one-night stand, kudzu, driving at night, lust, cocaine, a roadside diner, salty tears, hangovers, the last drag, humidity, hope & salvation.

Selected Bloodkin Tracks for download:

MP3: Bloodkin - End of The Show
Mp3: Bloodkin - Jazz Funeral
Mp3: Strung Out Snake Handler Blues
MP3: Bloodkin - Liquor Ain't Love
MP3: Bloodkin - Tennessee Willaims

For more Bloodkin MP3s visit HERE

Time Fades Away

Unlike the recently released LP "On The Beach," Neil Young, at this point, has no plans to release this Live album on compact disc. Luckily, you can download it HERE...

*Link courtesy of Golden Fiddle

I Didn't Know God Made Honky Tonk Angels

Being There magazine lists their top "25 Greatest Country Albums of All Time." Criteria include: Rule #1: No repeat artists. Rule #2: No rock or pop acts. Rule #3: No bluegrass or western swing. Rule #4: Folk is in like flint. Rule #5: No Bear Family.

Gram Parsons (pictured above) comes in at #9 on the list.

Garcia 8/1/42 - 8/9/95

For a long time I have believed The Grateful Dead to be an incredibly misunderstood band. Too often (90% of the time) their music has been eclipsed by their fanbase, and the tired cliches that come with it. Check out the link below for a vast vault of free Live Grateful Dead recordings. Set aside your pre-conceptions and dig deep into this treasure trove of American music.

To quote the late Bill Graham, “The Grateful Dead aren't the best at what they do; they are the only ones that do what they do.”

Click here for Grateful Dead Archived shows. Choose a year, then the show to download.

If you need a rec to get you started, may I suggest May 8th, 1977 Cornell University

Drunkard Radio Update

New to the playlist: Erland Oye, Primal Scream, John Lennon, Jesus & Mary Chain, Galaxie 500, Slowdive, Spaceman 3, Built To Spill, Britta Philips & Dean Wareham, Velvet Underground, Cornelius, Mobius Band, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Love And Rockets

THE LATE-GREAT PAVEMENT

For those of you who stop by from time to time, it's no surprise I'm a Pavement fan. Below is an assortment of collected Pavement articles/interviews from over the years that have been gathering dust in my bookmarks.

• SPIN 1994 "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain" era
• NY Rock 1999 Interview with Stephen Malkmus "Terror Twilight" era
• A Talk with Pavement's Bob Nastanovich
• CNN 1994 Pavement article "Terror Twilight" era
• Stephen Malmus - Discusses R.E.M.'s "Reckoning" album
• Andy Richter interviews Pavement "Brighten The Corners" era
• Pavement talks shit about Smashing Pumpkins
• Being Stephen Malkmus: An Interview

Download: MP3 Pavement - "All My Friends" (unreleased prior to CR,CR redux)

Son Volt: Letterman - Friday 11:30 pst

Tune in to see the new lineup in action....

Velvet Underground vs. Cowboy Junkies

A truly inspired cover can sometimes trump an artist's original vision for a song. In this ongoing series, The Cover Wars, I'm interested in which version (or versions) you prefer. The song: Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" off their 1970 album Loaded. The cover: The Cowboy Junkies version off The Trinity Session album.

Download:

MP3: Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane

MP3: Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane (cover)

Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus

Saw this documentary today in West Hollywood. Alt-country musician, champion of the redneck-underground, Jim White steers us through the deep South connecting the various threads that make this part of America such a potent, fertile, ground for music, literature, and art. Pure Southern Gothic. Picked up the stellar soundtrack in the lobby immediately following the film. Highly reccomended.

Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus

"An amazing piece of work. The film essentially follows one man, Jim White, as he deals with both his own, and the South's demons...and in the process we are given a tour of another planet. Beautiful dark and weird stuff."

- David Byrne

Jay Farrar - Newsweek Interview

"As Son Volt returns with its first album in seven years, its frontman discusses his ambivalence about being known as an 'alt-country' pioneer and his split with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy."

Newsweek reports...click HERE

spinning: primal scream - vanishing point

Neil Young vs. Built To Spill

Neil Young is the man, but damn if Built To Spill don't just kill it here. "Cortez The Killer" off Young's 1975 album Zuma, is the topic of part IV of the cover wars.

Download:
MP3: Neil Young - Cortez The Killer
MP3: Built To Spill - Cortez The Killer (cover)

New Order vs. Galaxie 500

Part III of the covers war. Ceremony was the last Joy Division song the band wrote before the death of frontman Ian Curtis. No "dancey" New Order vibes to this one.

Galaxie 500 does a really nice version of the song in their own narcoleptic way.

Download:

MP3: New Order - Ceremony

MP3: Galaxie 500 - Ceremony (cover)

Brunettes - Loopy Loopy Love

Thanks to You Ain't No Picasso, I can't get this song out of my iTunes, let alone my head. This whimsical pop couple hails from New Zealand and make sweet, sweet light-hearted noise.

Click on the track below from their album Mars Loves Venus for a taste.

Download: Brunettes - Loopy Loopy Love

JAMC vs. Pixies - Covers II

A truly inspired cover can sometimes trump an artist's original vision for a song. In this ongoing series I'm interested in which version (or versions) you prefer. The song: The Jesus And Mary Chain's "Head On" off their 1989 album Automatic. The cover: The Pixies version off their 1991 album Trompe le Monde.

Download:

MP3: JAMC - Head On
MP3: Pixies - Head On (cover)

The Jesus Lizard...be afraid

There are only two camps when it comes to the Jesus Lizard. Those who love them and those who really don't like them. There is no middle ground. Perhaps that is part of the attraction.

I got this album as soon as it came out, and went to see the band shortly afterwards at the Masquerade in Atlanta. My memories are of a wild-eyed, drunken, shirtless, David Yow writhing around stage in black jeans and cowboy boots. Excorcising his demons in front of us. Howling. I went home and immediately sought out the band's back-catalog.

Here are two tracks off the album, Liar, which first introduced me to these animals.

Download: The Jesus Lizard - Boilermaker

Download: The Jesus Lizard - Puss

Nick Hornby Talks With The Boss

Author/fanboy Nick Hornby chats with Bruce Springsteen in the UK's Observer newspaper.

"Nick Hornby has always been a Springsteen fan, and listened to his music every day while writing his latest bestseller. But he never had the chance to meet his hero - until The Boss came to London for his recent Royal Albert Hall shows. In this OMM exclusive, the star reveals how he keeps abreast of modern music via his son, and why the likes of 'Born to Run' continue to inspire."

*thanks to Glorious Noise for the link

Letting Up Despite Great Faults

i heard about these guys on one of the mp3 blogs earlier this week...can't remember which one. very cool sound, reminiscent of the postal service/dntel thing if that's your bag. indie-electronica.

i'm posting one of their mp3's on the radio-to-the-right, but be sure to check out their site for more tunes and L.A. dates.

Download: I Hear You Drowning But I'm Tied

Sugar Smacks Ain't This Sweet

So I just bought this Brendan Benson album in May, but damn if it's not going to make my top 10 of 2005 list come December. Actually, in truth I hadn't heard of this dude at all until I got this. I've since learned that he has some sort of "indie-rawk-detroit-street-cred," but don't hold that against him -- this one's too good to miss. "Power pop" is too overused, so I'll just say it's sweet candy and leave it at that. Two tracks off his new album to download below.

Benson plays The El Rey Theatre Tuesday night. If you're an L.A. denizen you should check it out...I'm going to.

Download: Brendan Benson - Cold Hands, Warm Heart

Download: Brendan Benson: Alternative To Love

ryan adams: pitchfork interview # 2

7.25.05: Pitchfork, again, has a candid interview via telephone with Adams.

Blow Up & Stroll On

A) If you have not seen the 1966 film "Blow Up" I recommend checking it out. A dash of murder, mystery, and mayhem, all served up amid '60s swinging London.

B) The Yardbirds fill in as the house band in the film. PLEASE download the song below that they perform. It's shit-hot. Actually this is a great opportunity for me to use the adjective incendiary. Yeah, it's on fire.

Download: The Yardbirds - Stroll On

*thanks to suddenly last summer for the song title

Nada Surf: new mp3 download

nada surf's upcoming album "the weight is a gift" will be released september 13, 2005. download the first single below.

Download: Nada Surf - Do It Again

Save CBGBs

I've never been to CBGBs, but they helped break one of my all-time favorite bands (Talking Heads) -- so they must have been doing something right the past 31 years. Apparently "the man" wants to shut it down due to the club not owning it's space.

To sign the online petition to urge support of a renewal of CBGBs lease, click HERE.

spinning: kcrw - weekend becomes eclectic

Lazy Sunday Listening

This is a very different kind of Love & Rockets album. Dark and hungover, but hopeful. Oxymoron? Maybe.

Download the album's opening track to see what I mean. It's been a constant play in my iTunes the past week.


Download: L & R - Sweet F.A.

*Buddyhead.com inspired post

Rewind '97: Catherine Wheel

the great texan singer/songwriter holden rushing introduced me to this song and it's album adam & eve. i have since read, that upon it's 1997 release, it was severely overlooked due to the ok computer fervor at the time.

if you, like me, did not give this album a chance in '97, download the below track for a taste.

Download: The Catherine Wheel - Future Boy

Stone Roses: B-Side - "Tell Me"

If you like The Stone Roses, you had best be downloading this song immediately, cuz.
"Tell Me" was the b-side to the band's single "So Young," back before the band tore itself apart. The sound of inevitability, rock & roll.

Oh, and Joey, this is where "the rubber meets the road," my friend.


Download: "Tell Me"

The Killing Moon

In honor of tonight's full moon, the drunkard is offering up two appropriately evil tunes for download. First up -- the Echo & The Bunnymen classic "Killing Moon." The second -- Pavement's worthy cover of The Bunneymen's song off their Major Leagues ep.

Download: Echo & The Bunnymen - Killing Moon

Download: Pavement - Killing Moon (Cover)

On The Midnight Radio

The Aquarium Radio has been updated...all new playlist including:

star room boys, gillian welch, son volt, magnolia electric company, michael stanley band, bloodkin, patterson hood, bob dylan, bonnie 'prince' billy, george harrison, lucinda williams, neil young, steve earle, rolling stones, bruce springsteen, whiskeytown, my morning jacket, ryan adams, mazzy star, josh rouse, iron & wine, taj mahal, daniel hutchens, gram parsons/byrds, alejandro escovedo

spinning: bob dylan - wedding song

Soul Meets Body- Mp3 Download Here

I uploaded the new Death Cab For Cutie single, Soul Meets Body, in mp3 format: download here

CUTTERS

Inspired by an Impervious Surface posting, I am reminded of the classic '70s cycling epic "Breaking Away," or more famously known as "Cutters." If you haven't seen this, I implore you to queue up that Netfix account immediately. Witness the awe inspiring tale of a wannabe-Italian-cyclist, his roughneck "cutter" friends, and their townie vs. student class struggle.

spinning: bloodkin - liquor ain't love

"NYC Cops Beat The Shit Out Of Me"

Broken Social Scene's Dave Newfeld allegedly had the "shit beat of" him by New York's finest this past weekend while buying grass in Washington Square. See Pitchfork for more. Will reportedly sue the NYPD according to the article.

Strangeways, Here We Come

A musical based on twenty Smiths songs will take centerstage titled "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others."

The New York Times reports:

""Some Girls" seeks the spirit of the Smiths' songs by transforming them. The arrangements are not for rock band, but for string quartet with electronics. Morrissey's heartsick legato croon is reassigned to four women and two men, who deliver anything from keening, primal unaccompanied wails to swing-era harmonies. "

Neutral Milk Hotel: Live Videos

You Ain't No Picasso is hosting live Neutral Milk Hotel videos on his site. Check it out.

FUGAZI - Archived Live Series

Listening to The Evens debut album recently re-sparked my interest in the Dischord label. One of the more interesting finds while browsing their site is the Fugazi Live Series.

"This site is a way to offer our audience access to selected tapes from that bank of recordings. We have digitally transferred to compact disc an initial sampling of twenty of these shows from various points in the band's career and outfitted each with a uniform generic cover with individual concert information and a track listing. Shorter shows that fit on one disc are available for $8 postpaid. Longer sets are on 2 discs and are available for $10 postpaid. "

A real treasure trove of material here, and as with all Dischord output, reasonably priced.

spinning: uncle tupelo - march 16-20, 1992

Steve Albini: Post-Punk Foodie

Chicago Indie rock engineer (rock snob/icon) talks about food, music...and musicians who cook food with the Gourmandizer.

"Many rock musicians are excellent cooks, I've found, and those that are prefer to eat their own cooking in the studio. I encourage this behavior as I also enjoy the benefits of fresh food. The best rock music chefs follow,in descending order of excellence: Laura Fuckin' Carter (Jack o Nutz, also Bar b que Killers) is a head chef at a gourmet restaurant in Athens, Georgia. Her best dish is Trout Wellington, which she invented and perfected. It is a whole brook or large rainbow trout baked in a puff pastry and served with light sauces. David Yow (The Jesus Lizard, Scratch Acid) who has been a chef at several restaurants in Austin, Texas and Chicago. His best dishes are Whiskey Chicken and Large Number of Vegetables Soup, both of which he invented. "

spinning: built to spill - center of the universe

Hey Rube - Remembering Raoul Duke

For the past 13 years I have steadily tread my way through a good portion of Hunter Thompson's gonzo canon. Presently, I am reading the reissue of The Great Shark Hunt, a collection of "tales" roughly spanning 1965-1975.

Reading this reminded me of Thompson's 2003 collection Kingdom of Fear, highly recommended to both fans of HST as well as those who despise the present administration. Thompson's insights are spot on and his delivery is that of a razor-sharp snarl.

One last plug: Be sure to check out the Hunter Thompson ESPN.com archives. His ongoing column for the sports website were fantastic right up until the end.

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. "
- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (1939 - 2005)

spinning: the smiths - that joke isn't funny anymore

Radio Update: New Playlist Spinning

New tunes added to the radio to the right. Rock on. More importantly, I've been looking for an excuse to use this BJM photo a pal emailed me.

selections: thad cockrell, television, yo la tengo, Ivy, talking heads, stephen malkmus, sonic youth, five-eight, whiskeytown, shins, travis, drive by truckers, morrissey, loretta lynn, nada surf, kathleen edwards, built to spill, daniel hutchens, bloodkin, iggy pop, galactic, evan dando, galazie 500, fugazi, the evens, spoon, flaming lips, strokes, brute, cat stevens, blur, pulp, the catherin wheel, the smiths, luna, silver jews, bmrc, wilco, brian jonestown massacre, ryan adams, my morning jacket, elliott smith, neutral milk hotel, silver jews, dandy warhols, badly drawn boy, gorillaz, the new pornographers, pj harvey, pavement, rem, simon & garfunkel, rolling stones, UNKLE, warren zevon, uncle tupelo, postal service

Feel free to email me with questions/comments about the origin of the tracklist, e.g. the source: album/outtakes/session material, etc. Enjoy.

*check out the "pop up" feature. let's you listen once you navigate away from page.

Harold & Maude: Cat Stevens...Soundtrack??

after watching harold & maude tonight, the mrs. and i were surprised to learn that there is no official soundtrack available. cat stevens' music is used throughout the entirety of this 1971 hal ashby film, and it would seem like a big $$ geyser to compile the selected tunes into one package. one can only assume there is a legal hurdle. anyway...here is the tracklist should you want to create your own uncomissioned soundtrack:

Harold and Maude Songs by Cat Stevens

1. *Don't Be Shy
2. On The Road To Find Out
3. I Wish, I Wish
4. Miles from Nowhere
5. Tea for the Tillerman
6. I Think I See the Light
7. Where Do the Children Play?
8. *If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
9. Trouble

* taken from Footsteps in the Dark/Greatest Hits Volume Two

spinning: badly drawn boy - about a boy

Son Volt: Okemah & The Melody of Riot

Picked up the new Son Volt yesterday. Heads and tails above anthing I've heard from Farrar since "Trace." FYI...all new band members, none of the original line-up.
spinning: drunkard radio

It's Here: Aquarium Drunkard Radio - LISTEN!

The bar is now open. The staff here at the Aquarium have been working overtime to figure out the technology behind bringing you the tastiest (yet not riaa-kosher) streaming online radio possible. Think "Pump Up The Volume" only without Christian Slater...and I don't live in my parent's basement...and I'm not in high school.

Still working the bugs out (i.e. artist/track nametags) but the basic idea is here. This first batch is a random grab-bag o'tunes. Look for future playlists by genre, guest DJ's, & my inevitable musical mood swings.

• HUGE word of thanks to R3E for his support, technical guru-ness, connections, music-taste, etc. without him there would be no Drunkard Radio.
  *Birdsong Productions, inc. 2000-2005
  
  spinning: built to spill - keep it like a secret

Bar Affinity

The bar can be a beautiful place. The Aquarium Drunkard has saddled up to many a bar on many a barstool on many occasions. But there are two watering holes that keep him coming back and will always have a special place in his heart.

• The Roadhouse - Athens, GA - zod grant me the courage to change the things i can and the fortitude to drink through those things i cannot. so yeah, that was basically my motto/creed in school. the roadhouse abides. this is my all-time favorite bar in one of my all-time favorite towns. no frills, dark, dank, rock 'n roll, no bullshit, all bar. the bartenders (at least in the mid-late '90s) had impeccable taste in music.
• Boardners - Hollywood, CA - moving to plastic-fantastic land led me to my 2nd favorite bar. same qualities above except not quite as dark, serve food, relatively cheap swill, and equipped with a great jukebox. some of my best nights in l.a. have started and ended here.

spinning: nada surf - blizzard of '77

Raleigh NC's High Lonesome Sound - Thad Cockrell

while attending a cookout at Not Jack Kerouac's venice abode yesterday i was introduced to a phenomenal north carolina singer/songwriter working the twang -- thad cockrell. i hate to make comparisons, but imagine the quieter moments of a young whiskeytown-era ryan adams sans hubris.

further whiskeytown comparisons will surely be made with the recent release of thad and caitlin cary's joint duets album "begonias."

plans to tour are in the works, one can only hope some west coast dates are in the mix.

spinning: thad cockrell - warmth & beauty