A couple of weeks ago my Scottish friend asked me what I'd been listening to recently. Maybe it was the terrible news I'd just received, or the fact that I was cooking supper, or the kids who were shouting in my ears (one each), or whatever else, but I drew a blank. Here, then, by way of a partial answer is a short mix of some of the stuff that's passed through my ears over the last few months. I left out the more obvious stuff (Neil Young, Dead and family, Miles, Cash, The Beach Boys after
Pet Sounds, etc.) because he already knows that. This is really for him, but you're welcome to check it out, too. Because... well... why not?
I've never posted a mix (although, at this length I guess it's more a playlist than a mix) here before, but I'm not entirely adverse to the idea. Let me know if you're into it. If not, I'll (probably (mostly)) leave it alone.
Anything, Anything (I'll Give You) - Dramarama
Bad - U2
The Ballad Of El Goodo - Big Star
Bassoon Blues - Illinois Jacquet
Bat Macumba - Os Mutantes
Big Legged Woman - Freddie King
Blackheart Man - Bunny Wailer
Blue Flowers - Dr. Octagon
Blue Rondo a la Turk - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Broken Hearted Savior - Big Head Todd And The Monsters
Brown Rice - Don Cherry
A Bureaucratic Desire forRevenge, Part 1 - Earth
Catch Me Now I'm Falling - The Kinks
Catching Loners With Blank Arms - Vibracathedral Orchestra
Cave In On You - Jandek
Complication - The Monks
Crazy Eyes - Poco
Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta - Geto Boys
Don't Run Our Hearts Around - Black Mountain
Down In The Hole - The Rolling Stones
Drug - The Czars
Ed Is a Portal - Akron/Family
Epistrophy - Thelonious Monk
Ezekiel 7 And The Permanent Efficacy Of Grace - The Mountain Goats
Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
Feel So Good - Jefferson Airplane
Frankie's Gun! - The Felice Brothers
A French Galleasse - Rachel's
The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz and João Gilberto
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) - George Harrison
Give Me the Time - Alecstar
Hassan I Sahba - Hawkwind
Havuportti - Circle
Honey, Watch Your Ass - Jason Molina
How About You? - Oscar Peterson
How To Live Alone - Pernice Brothers
I Am the Cosmos - Chris Bell
I Can Be A Frog - The Flaming Lips
I Thank You - ZZ Top
I'm On Fire - Dwight Twilley Band
I'm Sticking With You - Velvet Underground
(I'm) Stranded - The Saints
If You Ever Get Famous - The Duke & The King
In My Life - The Beatles
Intidgagen - Terakaft
Julie's Been Working For The Drug Squad - The Clash
Killed Myself When I Was Young - A.A. Bondy
Let The Day Begin - Call
Like A Rolling Stone - Spirit
Looking For Lewis And Clark - Long Ryders
Lose My Self - The Duke & The King
Love Removal Machine - The Cult
Lucy Rider - Alberta Cross
Lullaby (Mountain) - The Acorn
Luna Sea - Vetiver
March of the Crabs - Anvil
Mercenaries (Ready For War) - John Cale
Moanin' - Charles Mingus
Mona - Quicksilver Messenger Service
Mother - Danzig
My Shit's Fucked Up - Warren Zevon
My Sister - Juliana Hatfield
Nothing Is True - Jim Carroll Band
One - Warren Haynes
Peace On You - Charlie Rich
Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock) - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Red Shoes - The Raincoats
Ride The Tiger - Jefferson Starship
Rockefeller Druglaw Blues - The Felice Brothers
Rollerskate Skinny - Old 97's
Romeo - Wipers
Search And Destroy - Iggy And The Stooges
Senses On Fire - Mercury Rev
September Song - Chet Baker
Sex Bomb - Flipper
Shaker Loops: Shaking and Trembling - John Adams
Shimmy She Wobble - Otha Turner
Sketches Of China - Paul Kantner, Grace Slick and David Freiberg
Slapped Actress - The Hold Steady
Soixante Trois - Tinariwen
The Song is Over - The Who
Spaceman - Journey
Stepping Razor - Peter Tosh
Strawberry Letter 23 - Shuggie Otis
Such Pretty Eyes For A Snake - Magnolia Electric Co
Sweet Leaf - Black Sabbath
Take # 52 - John Doe
Ten Million Slaves - Otis Taylor
That’s How I Got to Memphis - Joe Pernice
This Time The Dream's On Me - Paul Bley
VISION 1 "The fire of creation": Et ego homo - Anonymous 4
We Gathered in Spring - Midlake
Whatcha Gonna Do - New Riders of the Purple Sage
(Who Discovered) America? - Ozomatli
Who Does She Hope To Be? - Sonny Sharrock
Windfall - Son Volt
Windowpane - Opeth
Ya Habibi Ta'ala (My Love, Come Quickly) - Kronos Quartet
You Better Run - Junior Kimbrough
You Shouldn't Call the Doctor (If You Can't Afford the Bills) - Dr. Feelgood
Download here:
the first 50,
the second 50