[narlus]

since my Songs of the Day are no longer a daily event and have become sporadic, i've decided to build a Toshi-esque thread and keep 'em all in the same thread (if any mods w/ nothing to do want to merge all my other threads, feel free ).

today's song is from arguably the most important band ever to be tagged 'alt.country'...Uncle Tupelo broke down a few barriers along the way from the black flag/hank williams hybrid of their first recordings, and by the time they rolled into the studio for the third, they had a lot of mileage behind them. it's debatable whether March 16-20 is their finest moment, but it's certainly got some great ones. an all acoustic affair, this was totally helped by a fantastic recording job by peter buck.

I Wish My Baby Was Born

 

[McGRP01]

Good stuff Narlus. I dig Uncle Tupelo a lot.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Pretty good!

 

[stinkyboy]

A "Narlus" playlist should be interesting.

 

[narlus]

graeme jefferies formed The Cake Kitchen after splitting from his brother Peter in their project called This Kind of Punishment. easily the most important musical family ever to come from New Plymouth, NZ, graeme's sonorous voice and cale-esque song writing can mesmerize quite easily. here's a song, commenting on the impending death of a friend.

Airships

 

[narlus]

Jack Rose is a guitarist in avant/noise/rock band Pelt, but on his own he does steel-string acoustic (12 string, 6 string, lap steel, dobro...you name it) music of true beauty...a Fahey disciple for sure, but he's helped move the entire art form forward. a joy to listen to, and truly a nice guy too. transcendent show on saturday.

Cathedrals et Chartres

 

[johnbryanpeters]

http://download.yousendit.com/51235CD94E0D6315

 

[narlus]

was that the Camper Van version? i downloaded it @ home but forgot to listen to it.

today's selection is a classic hiphop track from the best of the wu tang...GZA (soft 'g', please...think jizza) is the best of that talented crew, and by all accounts _Liquid Swords_ is a stone cold classic in the field of hiphop.

cold world

 

[johnbryanpeters]

was that the Camper Van version? i downloaded it @ home but forgot to listen to it...[/IMG]

Ya.45

 

[AlmostHeaven]

today's selection is a classic hiphop track from the best of the wu tang...GZA (soft 'g', please...think jizza) is the best of that talented crew, and by all accounts _Liquid Swords_ is a stone cold classic in the field of hiphop.

not going to deny the status of Liquid Swords being an absolute classic, but do not deny the awesome talent of the Ghostface Killah. if i ever had to pick a 'best of' from the WU, it would take many many hours and many many Dutchmasters to decide between the two aforementioned.

don't have a link to any audio (sorry!), but I high reccomend checking out anything by Ghostface, most importantly the album Ironman, although his newest release, More Fish, is pretty dope too.

more (real) hiphop! super stoked to see some people here that appreciate it!

 

[narlus]

a good way to start off the weekend morning is by a soundtrack selection from John Zorn. he's got close to 20 cds in his filmworks series, and i just picked up this one (] Filmworks XVII - Notes on Marie Menken - Ray Bandars) a couple of nights ago. once again, excellent stuff, and he's w/ a couple of regulars (drummer kenny wolleson, percussionist cyro baptista).

from the tzadik site:

Featuring two members of the exciting trio Rashanim with drum master Kenny Wollesen and Zorn himself on sax, this is a poignant and varied score for a new documentary about elusive film maverick Marie Menken who was a close friend of Andy Warhol, Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, etc. and an important member of the first generation of American Experimental Filmmakers. Also included are five unique pieces of polyrhythmic polyphony for percussion and African thumb pianos, painting a picture of legendary West Coast skull collector Ray Bandar. Poignant exotica, moonlit moods, bizarre percussion and several tracks of manic intensity.

menken

 

[narlus]

kinda blurring the line between punk and power pop, SF's Flaming Groovies were a band a bit before its time. though i never got anything else from them, the title track to 1971's Teenage Head is a blistering paean to growing up. essential.

Teenage Head

 

[narlus]

as mentione before, The Pernice Brothers would be ruling the AM radio airwaves had they come 3 decades prior. such sweetly lilting melodies hide a dark world view at times, but not always. they are capable of some great cover versions (new order, chameleons, and as previous incarnation Scud Mountain Boys they did a killer cover of "Gypsies Tramps and Thieves"), and joe also did the authoring for the Smiths' _Meat is Murder_ book which was published as part of the 33 and 1/3rd series.

Hgh as a Kite

 

[MMike]

Song of the day should be justin timberlake singing Freebird.

 

[narlus]

belated tribute to one of america's greatest artists...he was probably an erratic asshole off the stage and out of the limelight, but the power he brought during a performance, and the impact on the next generations to follow, cannot be underestimated.


Think

 

[narlus]

awesome display of 90s guitar muscle. two guys from Green Magnet School + two guys from Kudgel = Black Helicopter. great show last night.

Buick Electra

 

[narlus]

I got yer head (chopped off)

never heard of these guys, know nothing about them...but this song stood out from the excellent _Hall of Mirrors_ comp put out last year on TX's Emperor Jones label, and is filled w/ psych howlers. enjoy.

 

[narlus]

so the new Dinosaur Jr album, Beyond, leaked yesterday. so far, so good. the 2nd song, 'crumble', is excellent.

and this is a good segue into the next phase of SotD...i've decided to have some fun w/ covers...some obvious, some obscure, hopefully all to be well-received.

and to kick it off, i bring you dinosaur jr's take on frampton's arena rock chestnut:
show me the way

 

[stevew]

their last good

.

Do you think Nike will give them a cut of these?

 

[narlus]

crazy $:
http://search-completed.ebay.com/nike-dinosaur_W0QQcatrefZC6QQfisZ2QQfromZR32QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQguestZ1QQsacatZQ2d1QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQsbrsrtZdQQsubmitsearchZSearch

btw, the new cd rocks. seriously. very good.

 

[stevew]

crazy $:
http://search-completed.ebay.com/nike-dinosaur_W0QQcatrefZC6QQfisZ2QQfromZR32QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQguestZ1QQsacatZQ2d1QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQsbrsrtZdQQsubmitsearchZSearch

btw, the new cd rocks. seriously. very good.

That is good to hear.

Nike collecting is a odd hobby.

 

[urbaindk]

Cool, more crazy covers! I love the covers. Of course I already have that one but still. Bring them on. My favorite that you posted so far was the acoustic AC-DC cover by the Scottish dude. I always picture Groundskeeper Willy singing it and laugh my ass off every time it comes on rotation in my iPod.

"arr, you, poodle walkin' cheese eater, shook me all night long"

 

[narlus]

more covers....awesome take on the 70's new wave fluff hit, courtesy of the masters of sludge, the Melvins.

Candy-O

 

[narlus]

ok...back to the early stuff, at least where i am concerned...probably THEE formative band of my youth, Blue Oyster Cult still earn a fair bit of my listening time these days, and i was fairly chuffed when fave acid-folksters Espers decided to cover "Flaming Telepaths".

not only did they do justice to it, they added an entirely new dimension. amazing.

Flaming Telepaths

 

[Bicyclist]

more covers....awesome take on the 70's new wave fluff hit, courtesy of the masters of sludge, the Melvins.

Candy-O

Hell yes! Anything on Ipecac is good in my book.

 

[narlus]

in the 80s, guy kyser and roger kunkel turned electric guitar music into twin firebrands of energy, but still firmly rooted in the basic band format. truly an under-appreciated band, maybe because of guy's raspy and gruff vocals. this cover of the hazelwood/sinatra chestnut just burns...

Some Velvet Morning

 

[urbaindk]

ok...back to the early stuff, at least where i am concerned...probably THEE formative band of my youth, Blue Oyster Cult still earn a fair bit of my listening time these days, and i was fairly chuffed when fave acid-folksters Espers decided to cover "Flaming Telepaths".

not only did they do justice to it, they added an entirely new dimension. amazing.

Funny. I listened to a lot of BOC myself back when I was a wee one. I wore the grooves flat on my copy of BOC's ET double live LP which a pilfered from my older sister.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

ok...back to the early stuff, at least where i am concerned...probably THEE formative band of my youth, Blue Oyster Cult still earn a fair bit of my listening time these days, and i was fairly chuffed when fave acid-folksters Espers decided to cover "Flaming Telepaths".

not only did they do justice to it, they added an entirely new dimension. amazing.

Nice.

 

[narlus]

power-pop/punk classic:
nights in white satin

 

[stevew]

Totally off topic, but I never noticed Mogwai's "Auto Rock" and "Were No Here" were in the Miami Vice movie until I was listening to Mr. Beast this morning.

 

[narlus]

last year or so a snippet of "helicon 1" was also used in an episode of CSI.

 

[narlus]

gonna see Cheetah Chrome tonight. so here's a 2-fer.

first, the leadoff track from their debut, _young, loud and snotty_, the venerable Sonic Reducer

and then a Yo La Tengo song which name-checks Mr. Chrome
The Story of Jazz

 

[Rockland]

Dead Boys have always been one of my fave's. Nice.

 

[narlus]

well a month's passed, so here are a few shots from the show:

cheetah chrome (dome):

w/ richie parsons singing:

fantastic show.

 

[narlus]

ok, here are a few songs from bands i've seen recently, which i think you will enjoy:

jason isbell (ex-Drive-by Truckers):
Decoration Day

Son Volt:
The Search

The Knitters:
Long Chain On

 

[Toshi]

that small-dof shot rocks

 

[narlus]

canon 85, taken about 4' feet away.

isbell plays a great slide guitar.

 

[Toshi]

85 f/1.2L?! lots of the photos on http://rion.nu are with the 85/1.8 as well, assuming you didn't go buck-wild with the L...

 

[narlus]

no way, the 1.2L is crazy expensive, and slow to focus due to the amount of glass. studio, not live music. the 85 could be the fastest focusing lens i have, and is amazingly sharp. love it.

 

[Toshi]

i know i posted this before, but mark tucker's work with the 85/1.2L just blows me away

http://marktucker.com/