Saturday, February 25, 2023

12-10-15: And When Our Hearts Return To Ashes It'll Be Just A Story

Trugoy the Dove or simply Dave from De La Soul recently passed away so this mix features his group with a version of Breakadawn mashed up with Fela Kuti in a project called Fela Soul, the playful Oodles Of O's, their debut album's single "The Magic Number" and their Ghostface collaboration "He Comes".

"Eclipse" is the final track of Pink Floyd's 1973 album Dark Side Of The Moon, featured here with covers by The Meditations and Of Arrowe Hill.

One other song repeats across the mix: Yoko Ono's 1981 single "Walking On Thin Ice", along with a cover from a few years later by Elvis Costello.

The rest: Tabu Ley Rochereau melodic "Pesa La Tout", the garage proto punk single "Cuttin' Grass" by Caretakers Of Deception, the odd "Darkroom" by Paul McCartney, Foster Sylvers' cover of Paul and Linda McCartney's "Uncle Albert",  Barry White's group LOve Unlimited with an alternate version of their disco single "High Steppin', Hip Dressin' Fella", a cover of Yoko Ono's "Listen The Snow Is Falling", Leonard Cohen's haunting "You Want It Darker", Roberta Flack's cover of Cohen's standard "Suzanne" and a cover by The Flaming Lips with Erykah Badu of the standard "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" made popular by Flack.


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Monday, February 6, 2023

12-03-15: But You Die Inside If You Choose To Hide

"Everybody's Been Burned" is a song written by David Crosby for the 1967 album Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds. This mix includes that version, Crosby's demo version and covers by Sebadoh and Jes Skolnik.

A couple other songs repeat across the mix: the recently remixed version of "Rock 'n' Roll Ghost" by The Replacements from their 1989 album Don't Tell A Soul along with a demo and Bobbie Gentry's "Seasons Come, Seasons Go" also with a demo.

The rest: the gentle "One Sweet Day" by Friends, Thick Pigeon's eerie "Subway", James Brown's despondent "Down And Out In New York City", Joe Walsh's band The James Gang with the swaggering "Funk No. 49", T.I.'s menacing "What You Know", Joyce Green's ominous "Black Cadillac", The Roots' bouncy jam "The Mic", James Mason featuring Clarice Taylor with the silky "Funny Girl", Outkast's mellow "Aquemeni", Sun Ra's haunting "Trying To Put The Blame On Me". Television's hopeful "Guiding Light", Caz Mechanic's winsome "If I See A Bear", Cher's dramatic "I Saw A Man And He Danced With His Wife" and the innocent "Are You Changing In Your Time" by Pisces.

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Saturday, December 24, 2022

11-26-15: Before The Winter Fire, I Will Still Be Dreaming

"Who Knows Where The Time Goes?" was written in 1967 by Sandy Denny. She recorded it with The Strawbs later that year, then a couple years later with Fairport Convention. This mix features both versions, as well as two versions by Cat Power, a live version by Nina Simone and a snippet of the song by Paul Westerberg.

The rest: Don Downing's oft-sampled disco tune "Dream World", Marvin Gaye's elegiac "Dream Of A Lifetime", a cover of Gaye's "What's Going On" by Les McCann, Hitkidd & Glorilla's defiant ""F.N.F. (Let's Go)", Talib Kweli's Kanye West-produced and Nina Simone-sampling "Get By", Pavement's catchy "Shady Lane/J Vs. S", the Michael McDonald-assisted "Heart To Heart", Funadelic's languid "The Song Is Familiar", Mos Def's fierce "Mr. Nigga", the spiritual "There's A City Built Of Mansions" by Nugrape Twins, a demo version of Crosby, Stills &Nash's "Our House" by Graham Nash with Joni Mitchell,  Leon Thomas' version of the Horace Silver standard "Song For My Father" and a live version of The Beatles' "Golden Slumbers" by Lou Rawls.


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Friday, September 2, 2022

11-19-15: Fuck Me A Thick Skin, I Got Me A Exoskeleton

Daniel Miller's one single project The Normal released "Warm Leatherette" as a b-side in 1978. It was based on the 1973 JG Ballard novel Crash. Miller was working on a. screenplay for it, and abandoned it for this song. The book was later made into a 1996 David Cronenberg film. This mix features his original, the long version of Grace Jones' cover from a couple years later and French DJ Vitalic's version.

Lee Hazelwood's "I'm Glad I Never..." is from his 1971 album Requiem For An Almost Lady. This mix features covers by The Jesus & Mary Chain and Lambchop as well as the original.

One other song repeats across this mix: Bob Seger's "Against The Wind" from his eponymous 1980 album as well as a 2022 cover by Cat Power.

Madlib persona Quasimoto's Lauryn Hill-sampling "LAX To JFK" is inspired by Gang Starr's "JFK 2 LAX".

The rest" West Virginia Night Owls' keening "Sweet Bird", The Ethiopians' exuberant "Reggae Hit The Town", Blondie's early 1974 "Heart Of Glass" workout called "The Disco Song", the sleazy "Fingerprint File" by The Rolling Stones, Sun Ra's ethereal "Tapestry From An Asteroid", Pink Floyd's celestial "The Great Gig In The Sky", Danger Mouse & Black Thought's moody "Belize' with DOOM, Lou Reed's live only "Here Comes The Bride" recorded at NYC's The Bottom Line in 1978, Alex Chilton's cover of The Bech Boys' "Wouldn't It Be Nice" from the year before in Ocean City, an obscure late-70's cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" by Mark & Suzann Farmer,  the single version of Judy Collins' cover of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" and Mitchell's early version of "I Had A King".

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

11-12-15: But I Feel Nothing For Their Game Where Beauty Goes Unrecognized

"Dark Eyes" is the final song on Bob Dylan's 1985 album "Empire Burlesque". This mix features versions by Dawn Landes & Bonnie 'Prince" Billy, Nathan Salzburg & Joan Shelley, Iron & Wine with Calexico and The Proper Way and Carrie Meyers as well as the original.

Three other songs repeat across the mix: Radiohead's "Scatterbrain" from their 2003 album Hail To The Thief, with a recent cover by Car Seat Headrest, the standard "Chinatown, My Chinatown" with versions by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra as well as Al Jolson, and "You Get Tangle In Your Lifeline" first recorded by Motown artist Blinky then by Esther Phillips.

The rest: a cover of Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay" by The Isley Brothers, the atmospheric "One More Time" by Salty Miller, the remix of the apocalyptic "Chinatown Wars" by DOOM with Ghostface Killah, Puff Daddy's "Victory" with The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes which samples Bill Conti's "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)", Sonic Youth's haunting "Beauty Lies In the Eye", Liam Lynch's snide "United States Of Whatever", the satiric "Part Time Punks" by Television Personalities, a punk cover of The Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" by The Avengers and Black Star's recent "O.G."



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11-05-15: Kiss The Girls And Make Them Cry

"Georgy Porgy" was written for Toto's 1978 eponymous debut album, released as a single the following year. Cheryl Lynn's background vocals are adapted from the nursery rhyme "Georgie Porgy". This mix features the 12 inch version of Toto's hit, as well as contemporaneous versions by Charme featuring a then unknown Luther Vandross as well as Sure Effect. Devin The Dude's "Georgy" from 1998 and MC Lyte's "Poor Georgy" from 1991 sample the original while Guru's "Kissed The World" featuring Caron Wheeler for his fourth Jazzmatazz project in 2007 features an interpolation as well as updated political lyrics about then-President George Bush.

One other song repeats on this mix: Al Green's "Beware" from his 1973 album "Levin' For You" as well as a cover by The Afghan Whigs eighteen years later for their Uptown Avondale EP.

The rest: teh 12 inch version of Eddie Kendrick's moody "Date With The Rain", a 1972 live version of Marvin Gaye's then-recent hit "What's Goin' On" by Ella Fitzgerald with The Count Basie Orchestra, the whimsical "I Think I Need Help" by The Farmer's Boys, Nancy Wallace's version of Barry White's "You're The First, My Last, My Everything", White's "You See The Trouble With Me" from his 1976 album Let The Music Play, a reggae-tinged cover of White's "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe" by Richard Ace, a demo version of one of John Lennon's final recordings "Borrowed Time", a cover of  Lennon's Beatles song "Nowhere Man" by Paul Westerberg and a cover of Westerberg's "It's A Wonderful Lie" by Puss n Boots featuring Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson and Catherine Popper.

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Sunday, April 24, 2022

10-29-15: Receive Me My Brother With Your Faithless Kiss

"With God On Our Side" is a song from Bob Dylan's third album The Times Are A Changin' from 1964. This mix features the original along with covers by Odettta and The Neville Brothers, with lyrics about The Vietnam War that Dylan added years later.

One other song repeats this week: Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Sinister Purpose" from their 1969 album Green River along with a live Irving Place recording from 1999 by Pavement.

"A Boy Is A Gun" by Tyler, The Creator and "Bound 2" by Kanye West both sample "Bound" by The Ponderosa Twins Plus One.

The rest: John Mellencamp's version of the Woody Guthrie standard "This Land Is Your Land", Pusha T's Pharrell-produced "Call My Bluff" , Reverend Charlie Jackson's raucous "God's Got It", Prince's "Purple Rain" b-side "God", Nina Simone's Prince cover "Sign O' The Times", Randy Newman's cover of Peter Gabriel's "Big Time", Gabriel's cover of Newman's "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today", The Notorious B.I.G.'s menacing "Long Kiss Goodnight", the Lee 'Scratch' Perry-produced "Public Enemy" by Max Romeo, the wistful "Lonely Side Walks" by Donald Adkins, Bettye Lavette's cover of Brice Springsteen's "Streets Of Philadelphia" and Springsteen's original version of "Hungry Heart".

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10-22-15: This Is The Last Time To Cheer Me

"I Was Made To Love Her" is a Stevie Wonder single that reached #2 on the charts in the summer of 1967. Previous mixes featured the original along with covers by Jackie Wilson with Count Basie, Charles Earland, The Jimi Hendrix Experience with Stevie on drums alongside gender-flipped versions by Fancy and Chaka Khan. This mix features similarly gender-flipped versions by Whitney Houston and Sister Sledge as well as one by The Jackson 5.

One other song repeats this week: Sylvester's disco anthem "You Make Me Feel (Might Real)" along with the epilogue version.

The rest: Edwin Starr's late disco edit "Get Up Whirlpool", the late 80s house track "It's You" by Mr & Mrs. Dale, St. Etienne's Dusty Springfield-sampling "Nothing Can Stop Us Now", the sweet "Flowers" by The Emotions, the Spanish-language version of Stevie Wonder's hit "My Cherie Amour", Electric Light Orchestra's celestial "So Fine", the re-recording of "Cant Run But" by Paul Simon, Ghostface Killah's early Wu-Tang track "When You Walk" with Method Man and Streetlife, Pusha T's Donny Hathaway-sampling "Dreams Of The Past" produced by and featuring Kanye West, Arizona Dranes' spiritual "I Shall Wear A Crown", the J Dilla production "Hold Tight" by Slum Village with Q-Tip, Wee's winsome "You Can Fly My On Areoplane", Stevie Wonder's hopeful "Looking For Another Pure Love" and Carmen McRae's version of his "You And I".

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10-15-15: She Wanted Truth And All She Got Was Lies

"How Insensitive" is a jazz and bossa nova standard composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim. This mix features versions by fellow Brazilian Astrid Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Bobby Boyle & The Trio and Frank Sinatra with Jobim.

One other song repeats across the mix: The Guess Who's jazzy "Undun", with a version by Hugo Montenegro.

The rest: Esther Phillips' plaintive "That's All Right With Me", the atmospheric "Brakhage" by Stereolab,  Royce Da 5' 9"'s aptly-titled "Boom", Billy Barrix's hiccuping "Almost", MF DOOM's eerie "Absolutely", the dramatic "Who Killed Bambi?" by The Sex Pistols with Edward Tudor-Poole, Heat Wave's sweet  "All You Do Is Dial", the melodic "Dancing In the Rain" by Blu & Exile, Betty Davis' funky "I Will Take That Ride", Teddy Grace's sprightly "The Life Of The Party", Big Star's urgent "Feel", Yo La Tengo's tender "Did I Tell You",  Ronnie Spector's cover of the Johnny Thunders punk standard "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory", Hurray For The Riff Raff's cover of Spector's pop standard "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes and Erik Suhkre's moody instrumental "Razor Girl".

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Friday, February 4, 2022

10-08-15: You Take Pain Out Of Hurt And Heal The Wound

Only one song repeats on this mix, and it's essentially a part 1 and 2 of the same song, "I Wish I Had Died In Egyptland" by Jessie Johnson And His Singers.

14KT's J Dilla homage "Without Dilla (Donut 4 Dilla)" samples The Moments' "Not On The Outside", both featured here.

A Tribe Called Quest's "Mr. Muhammad" samples Earth, Wind & Fire's "Brazilian Rhythm (interlude)", both featured here.

The rest: Sun Ra's eerie "It's After The End Of The World",  Tom Waits' jazzy "Such A Scream". Suicide's haunting "I Remember", Greg Mason's synth-heavy "What Does It Take To Know (A Woman Like You)", my edit of underground heroes Binary Star's philosophic "Evolution Of Man" featuring One Be Low & Brenda J, Willie Hutch's soundtrack piece "Brother's Gonna Work It Out" from the 1973 film The Mack, Ed Lang's guitar instrumental "A Little Love, A Little Kiss" from 1927, Jose Felician's cover of The Beatles' "Hey Jude", Francois' ethereal "Swimmers/Drifters", Bobbie Gentry's sultry "Thunder In The Afternoon", Scott Walker's cover of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine", Black Star's wise "Thieves In The Night", the languid "Jolene On The Freeway" by Kostars, Ann-Margret's version of the Sondheim standard "Let Me Entertain You", Cat Power's version of Jackson Browne's standard "These Days" and Billy Stewart's version of the Wizard Of Oz standard "Somewhere Over The Rainbow".

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