I could listen to, and I have listened to, Quickspace all day. This post is a 7" of their best song "Friend" sung in Spanish. Except it's called "Amigo" for some reason.
This vinyl rip of mine is disgraceful. It's kind of flat and I forgot to take the tonearm off the "Rise" side, so you're going to have to edit out a lot of silence. ¿But I think it's the same version that was on the album, so why would you bother? ¿Actually, why did I bother to include it? So many questions!
¿But what I'm REALLY wondering is, should I get a USB turntable? ¿Will it make things better? I've been teetering on the edge of this decision and I just need one person to write and say, "Yes." Preferably someone I don't know.
This mix got rolling with a track from that completely far-out soundtrack. It comes from a franchise of late 60's German sci-fi movies that appear to be a complete scream and I need to find out if any are available with English subtitles.
The soundtrack's out on Diggler records who also put together one for Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt which is apparently this freaky Thunderbirds Are Go type kids show with about 1/1,000th the budget. A track from that is on this week's entry.
I wish I had a bunch of Euros so I could get everything in their catalog, because they obviously have bulletproof taste.
So. There's a bunch of soundtracky stuff on here. And some assorted trash. Last time I was in Cincinnati I was pleasantly surprised to see that local rock and roll behemoths SS-20 had made a comeback record. You'll be hearing more from them in the coming weeks. C'mon back!
Here's the track list:
A 1. Marcello Giombini - SOS Aus Dem Weltall - Seli 2. Chron Gen - Puppets of War 3. Donald Bird - Boom Boom 4. Chang Loo - At Three Springtime 5. Royal Trux - Sewers of Mars 6. Mighty Casey - Liquorland 7. Michel Magne - OSS 117 Huly Guly 8. Pavement - Teenage Piss Party 9. Galt MacDermot - Ripped Open By Metal Explosions 10. Rapeman - Dutch Courage (Demo) 11. Ingfried Hoffman - Guten Flug 12. Monk Higgins - Wichta Lineman 13. Sam Spence - Queen of Diamonds 14. Keren Ann - For You And I
B 1. Sanford Clark - Better Go Home (Throw That Blade Away) 2. Selda - Yaz Gazeteci Yaz 3. Scrawl - Ted Nugent Medley 4. Dalida - Le Petit Gonzales 5. Roxy Music - 2HB 6. Isis - Glisten 7. Memphis Horns - Soul Bowl 8. The Coachmen - Household Word 9. The Who - Whiskeyman 10. Luis Enriquez - Django 11. Acetone - Pinch 12. SS20 - Fossil Fuel
This is the soundtrack for a biker movie I've never seen nor read about. Judging from the lyrics, it's probably about a disenchanted vet who buys a motorcycle and rides aimlessly until he finds a brothel.
As a fan of biker soundtracks, I was really excited to find this. It's pretty wimpy, though. But it has grown on me. Like a wimpy fungus. It's mostly 70's AOR, but sneakily catchy. And the instrumentals match the Arrows rev for rev.
The album's greatest achievement is the jauntiest song about prostitution that I've ever heard. It is called "Shannon's Hook Shop" and you can listen to it below. And then I think you'll be compelled to download it.
Speaking of immature, I bought this because the word "Uranus" was in the title and I was kind of turned on by the "what naked Adrienne Barbeau would look like if she were composted" cover.
I need to never resist that impulse. Because my reward was great. This is excellent German prog. The lead track ("Uranus" [snicker]) unfolds slowly but builds into a rewarding Pink Floyd-y gut churn. The rest of it is equally satisfying. There are flutes. But it's better than Jethro Tull by a longshot.
You should listen to it. There's a link down there. CLICK IT.
A friend of Phoebe's is having a baby and she asked everyone she knew to make her the loudest mix they could come up with. So she can listen to them when she's in labor.
This is what I came up with.
Phoebe weighed in, too. She included "Loose" by the Stooges. Which I think is hilarious. Because I'm pretty immature.
Anyway, here it is. Since it was a CD, there's only one side.
1. Blatz - Fuk Shit Up 2. Redd Kross - White Trash 3. McLusky - Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues 4. Black Sabbath - The Mob Rules 5. Pussy Galore - Cunt Tease 6. Lunachicks - Jan Brady 7. Eyes - Disneyland 8. Bastards - Frank 9. Dwarves - Motherfucker 10. The Misfits - Die, Die My Darling 11. Queers - You Make Me Wanna Puke 12. GBH - City Baby Attacked By Rats 13. Angry Samoans - Lights Out 14. The Action Swingers - Kicked in the Head 15. Shellac - Spoke 16. Straw Dogs - Young, Fast, Iranians 17. Tad - Behemoth 18. Dils - Class War 19. DRI - Couch Slouch 20. X Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours 21. Manic Hispanic - Jet Muchacho 22. Pain Teens - Pleasures Of The Flesh 23. Happy Flowers - Call Me Pudge 24. Gorilla - Detox Man 25. Black Flag - Spray Paint 26. Fear - I Don't Care About You 27. Prisonshake - Beer Break 28. The Fix - Vengeance 29. Micronotz - I Got A Right 30. Blast Off Country Style - Hey Hey I Love You Bitch 31. Bullet LaVolta - Dead Wrong 32. Dinosaur Jr - Don't
This is the guy from Quickspace and Th' Faith Healers covering Fleetwood Mac's Rumours in full. And I think one of the ladies from Quickspace and/or Th' Faith Healers helps out with the Stevie Nicks parts.
It is fun and fuzzy and he messes with the lyrics. Unless I'm mis-hearing it, I'm pretty sure he sings about my muff in "Second Hand News." (Note: my muff is also fun and fuzzy.)
If I had to pick my favorite muslim, I think I'd go with Muhammad Ali. Wasn't he just the greatest? He just seemed really nice. Even though his occupation was beating people up.
That's why I think you should consider hiring this man for your next party or corporate event.
Anyway, about the rest of the mix...
I found "My Name is Potato" at PCL Linkdump (which is awesome and should be read daily). The song is head-scratchingly good and so is the video. If anyone can translate this for me, I'll buy you a potato.
I normally don't think it's a good idea to put the same artist on a mix tape twice, but I couldn't decide which Neal Hefti song I liked better and since he just died, I think it's ok. (The weird thing is that we were watching The Odd Couple the very night he died. Isn't that spooky?)
Anyway. Here's the track list:
Side A 1. Rita Pavone - My Name Is Potato 2. Arcwelder - Captain Allen 3. Joe Tex - Papa Was Too 4. Duangdao Mondara - Black Superman 5. Amazombies - Lost Girl 6. Antoine - Pop Corn 7. Black Rob - Ready 8. Analfabitles - She's My Girl 9. Neal Hefti - Oh Dad, Poor Dad 10. The Handsome Family - Weightless Again 11. Curved Air - Back Street Luv 12. Dennis Alcapone - Cassius Clay 13. The Originals - Supernatural Voodoo Woman 14. Miaow - When It All Comes Down
Side B 1. J. W. Grasshopper & The Butterfly - Ali Shuffle 2. The Bridge - Jesus 3. The Revels - Intoxica 4. Blonde Redhead - Equus 5. Bjorn Skifs - Allt For Sent 6. Henry Fiat's Open Sore - Midlife Riot 7. Sven Libaek - Start Growing Up Now 8. Friends of Betty - Crucified My Cat 9. Pop Tops - Mamy Blue 10. Neal Hefti - How To Murder Your Wife 11. Volcano Suns - Blue Rib 12. The Riats - Run Run Run 13. Tom T. Hall - Sneaky Snake 14. Lolitas - Sonic Reducer 15. I'm the Greatest - Muhammad Ali
- Finally dumping Rapidshare and their ilk. All links are now live and hopefully permanent. (Except for Mix Tape #1, which I didn't save...if anyone has it, send it to me, yo.)
- Probably occasioned by Wanda, I'm realizing I have a thing for low-budget movies from the 70's about losers. Here's one. And, holy crap, you can watch this one online.
- I was kind of kidding about that "Oh Boo Hoo" thing at first, but, no, really. I've listened to it for about 15 hours now...
5/24 - 5/30
- Throwing everything Jason Molina did up through Pyramid Electric Company into a playlist, calling it "Oh Boo Hoo" and listening to it non-stop while walking around in the bright, beautiful sunshine.
- Holy crap. I was going through a pile of old CDs and found this which Derek burned for me and it's just awesome. I should email him. And you should download that.
