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Tis the season

I posted these last year, but I've got a special someone with me I've had no time for the old blog..

Murder City Devils - 364 Days
Rocket From The Crypt - Cancel Christmas
Supersuckers - Christmastime
Junkyard Dogs - Brand New Bike
Bruce Cockburn - Joy To The World

Also, here's the last Fireman album, I like it better than the new one...
The Fireman - Rushes

(from Tripwire.com)

On March 24 of 2009, Vanguard Records will release Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm to celebrate the Texas Tornado's unique career and influential legacy. This collection will include new renditions of Doug's most indelible songs from his days as "Little Doug" through his time with the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornados, performed by artists such as Levon Helm, Delbert McClinton, Los Lobos, Dave Alvin, Augie Meyers, Jimmie Vaughan, Alejandro Escovedo and Doug's son, Shawn Sahm. As a first look of what we can expect from Keep Your Soul, here is Greg Dulli's (Afghan Whigs, Gutter Twins) take on "You Was For Real"

MP3 Stream - "You Was For Real"

thirty

I turned 30 yesterday. Not a big deal really, but boy do people like to make you feel like it is.

Heartless Bastards - Done Got Old

It's a good time to remember to age gracefully and don't try and cling to your youth... and don't show up to Twilight screenings alone.

the end is near...

For the sake of not putting things off any longer... and to get one under the gun before I sneak into a new decade...

Woven Hand - Not One Stone
Land Of Talk - It's Okay
Kyle Fischer - Hey, Sweetheart
The Whispertown 2000 - Mountain

And a little something I came across today...

novembre

That's how the French say November...

So, Obama won to my surprise... I guess I expected a stronger showing for the ignorant portion of the US population, though it was McCain & Palin all the way in the south. Looks like the US made up for that huge mistake 4 years ago and picked the right Mr. November

Anyway, that's the whole of my political commentary cause there's a couple new releases that I've been waiting for. They both aren't going to win too many new fans but will play well for those who've already bought in...

Greg Dulli - Tonight
From the first official live release he's ever put out Live At Triple Door. At times his vocal limitations are put in the spotlight but it's still a pretty great collection with Petra Haden and Shawn Smith showing up....

Matthew Sweet - Feel Fear
I loved Living Things and Kimi Ga Suki Raifu a few years back, I think they were showing him at his best in terms of songwriting. There's some songs up to that par here but there's a few very weak links and the production sounds pretty amateur at times.

all hallow's eve

since I've slacked off I figured I'd do a big dump of Halloween themed tunes to try and make up for it... there are some gems here for sure.

American Music Club - I Know That's Not Really You
Wax Fang - Halloween (Misfits cover)
Afghan Whigs - Big Top Halloween
Primal_Scream - Zombie_Man
margot & the nuclear so and so's - vampires in blue dresses
Dog Day - Zombie
Grandpaboy_- Vampires And Failures
Ponty's Camper - Astro Zombies (Misfits cover)
Holly Golightly - Devil Do
Turbonegro - I Walked With A Zombie
Supersuckers_- Sleepy Vampire
Low Pop Suicide - Zombie
Venom - Live Like an Angel (Die Like a Devil)

a special mix

In the days of manning the counter at a used CD store a guy who was a bit slow once tried to sell me a mix CD he made. I told him I couldn't buy it but he left it anyway... and I now present it to you. Enjoy.

Melvin's Music - Rock Line
1 Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
2 Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
3 Heart - Barracuda
4 Santana - Black Magic Woman
5 Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son
6 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
7 Ram Jam - Black Betty
8 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Love Struck Baby
9 Boston - More Than A Feeling
10 Guess Who - American Woman
11 Trooper - Raise A Little Hell
12 The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
13 April Wine - I Like To Rock
14 Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
15 Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
16 Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
17 Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild

Also, Here's some RFTC from All Systems Go 3 that later showed up on the Free The West Memphis 3 cd with some different lyrics
Rocket From The Crypt - Total Bummer
and to answer a question: The Four Tops - What Is A Man

a mix for the fall

October's looking like it's gonna be a good month... I kick it off with Nick Cave, Dr. Dog a couple days later, then I've got a trip, some company and a bunch more shows (Asobi Seksu & Birdmonster included). Figured I'd bid adieu to September with a mix since it's been a little while.

You can get it HERE

01. Birdmonster - Iditarod
02. Pela -Tenement Teeth
03. Centro-Matic - Strychnine, Breathless Ways
04. Land Of Talk - Some Are Lakes
05. Maritime - For Science Fiction
06. The Night Marchers - Closed For Inventory
07. dEUS - Oh Your God
08. School Of Language - Poor Boy
09. The Weakerthans - Civil Twilight
10. Ida Maria - Drive Away My Heart
11. The Dirtbombs - Sherlock Holmes

Sigur Ros

There's something great about seeing a funny group of men in funny outfits playing huge sweeping melodies in a historic concert hall. Throw in the best confetti canons I've seen since the Van Halen show last year and it's a pretty memorable experience. They definitely put on a hell of a show and unlike when I saw the Supersuckers on Saturday, it never felt like they were just coasting and going through the motions to get paid... also, their new songs don't suck.

Enjoy: