Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Indian Pole Gymnastics!
Little fat hairy guy at 1:40 makes me feel like I'm not good enough at anything.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Mixed Doubles
1. Tame Impala "Alter Ego"
2. Jan and Dean "California Lullaby"
3. Sonic Boom and Spectrum "Indian Summer" (Beat Happening)
4. Gastr Del Sol "The Seasons Reverse"
5. Scarface "Born Killer"
6. Galaxy 500 "Cheese and Onions" (Ruttles)
7. Silver Apples "I Don't Care what the People Say"
8. Cocteau Twins "Cherry Colored Funk (Seefeel Remix)"
9. Th' Faith Healers "Pop Song"
10. Suicide "Dream Baby Dream"
11. Sonic Boom and Spectrum "California Lullaby" (Jan and Dean)
12. duster "Travelogue"
Crust History - King Crimson Mix
https://download.yousendit.com/T1VsM25ITkFCSWRjR0E9PQKanye dropped multiple King Crimson samples from "21st Century Schizoid Man" in his pre-album pseudo single "Power" so I thought it would be cool to do a Crimson mix. This time I will just do the tracks I think will be most interesting to Wharf Cats. The first 3 incarnations of King Crimson, stretching from 1969 - 1984 are represented here. I would go no further than 1984 if this stuff sounds interesting and you want to hear more.
This band never fit in and never sounded anything like their contemporaries. My uncle saw them open for Three Dog Night in 1970 which i still find amazing. They invented the "progressive rock movement" with their first record and then retreated into completely uncommercial progressive jazz territory for 3 records. These records contain the most prog-thematic Tolkeinry, and thus I kept them out for the most part.
Prog Metal, Progressive Hardcore, Math Rock.... and many more genres lean heavily on Crimson's last 1970's output. Listen to Don Cab or Battles for some good examples. Crimson's last 1970's album, "Red" has aged the best in my eyes. The cold, repetitive and dissonant riffing on this album's hard tracks can be heard all over the place these days. Bill Bruford's drumming is savage, not frilly or proggy. This album almost sounds "industrial" to me.
Robert Fripp is a guitarist like no other. A technical master who bypassed any sort of blues foundation in his playing. The fastest player I have ever seen live. The range of his tones are crazy too, sometimes varying wildly within songs.
It is interesting to hear some of his choices as a studio musician on records by Bowie and Brian Eno and compare them to his work within his own unit. The crunchy hum of his playing on "Another Green World" sits in a very different context as one of 3 or 4 guitar layers in "Fallen Angel," for example. Many will point to the solo in Eno's "St. Elmo's Fire" as their favorite piece of his playing. I favor his work as a hired gun too, but I love the intro riff in "Great Deceiver" and would place it as my favorite Crimson moment...
I included a few cuts from the 1980's version of King Crimson - some of the best technical players ever to have been in a band together. I have over-listened to their 80's records so it was tricky to pick these cuts. It was these records that I got into first in the late 80's, but now i favor "Red" and "Starless..." and think they hold up the best.
1 The Great Deceiver from Starless and Bible Black
2 Groon from In the Wake of Poseidon
3 Discipline from Discipline
4 Cat Food [Single Version] from In the Wake of Poseidon
5 Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part Two from Larks Tongues in Aspect
6 Fallen Angel from Red
7 Red from Red
8 Frame By Frame from Discipline
9 Neurotica from Beat
10 Three Of A Perfect Pair from Three of a perfect Pair
11 The Sheltering Sky from Discipline
12 21st Century Schizoid Man from In the Court of the Crimson King
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The Grease Hit The Fan
Welp, this is it eh? I'm honored to be welcomed into the secret society. Cheers boys! New nonsense is soon to come from the smut mutt....Skipset!
Monday, August 9, 2010
AUGUST 2010 MIX!

01 JERICHO - Goin' To The Country
02 MAJOR PAYNE - This Ain't No Walk in the Park
03 GUCCI MANE - Gucci Time (Dirty)
04 DRAKE - Right Above It (Feat. Lil Wayne)
05 BIRD PETERSON - Shaaades
06 BIG BOI - Shine Blockas (Feat. Bun B & Project Pat) (Remix)
07 USHER - OMG (Remix) (Feat. Gucci Mane)
08 ROBYN - Dancing on My Own
09 BLONDE REDHEAD - Here Sometimes
10 COM TRUISE - Sundriped
11 FUTURE ISLANDS - Tin Man
12 ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS - Thank You For Your Love
13 TWIN ROOTS - Know Love
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Saturday, August 7, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
August Mix
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/921582051/d0f2837287b3d93e9877f2ff0c7fab62
drag and drop into a playlist and the song names are there, in order.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
New trick!
My homie just hooked me up with a pretty cool little trick. You may know this but whatevs.
If you ever come across a youtube song that you can't find on MP3, go to this link -
http://vidtomp3.com
enter the url in and it'll format the video into an MP3 for you. All you have to do is rename the track once you DL it.
It works with youtube and almost all other major video formats.
dope!
If you ever come across a youtube song that you can't find on MP3, go to this link -
http://vidtomp3.com
enter the url in and it'll format the video into an MP3 for you. All you have to do is rename the track once you DL it.
It works with youtube and almost all other major video formats.
dope!
Wild Wild West Wharf Cat
This one comes to us via the Wharf Cat named Grease. Or Grease Dog, or Smut Mutt, or Fuck Hound or whatever else you want to call his grizzly ass. Should be a doosie.
"bed in the kitchen mix tape"
The Boogie Man Song - Mos Def
Zoom Feat. Phat Kat - Slum Village
Charlotte Sometimes (Single Version) - The Cure
Shut Them Haters Up - E.S.G.
I'm Your Puppet - James & Bobby Purify
We Be Steady Mobbin' feat. Lil' Wayne - Gucci Mane
The Cutter Echo & The Bunnymen - Songs to Learn and Sing
Houston, TX - Deer Tick
Brothers On the Slide - Cymande
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads
Fall In Love - Slum Village
Policy of Truth - Depeche Mode
Sippin On Some Syrup Feat. UGK & Project Pat - Three 6 Mafia
London Dungeon - The Misfits
Wet Wipes - Cam'ron ft. Hell Rell
Dollar Steve Spacek - J Dilla
Every Day I'm Stuntin' feat. Birdman - Gucci Mane
Ceremony - New Order
The Train, Pt. 2 (Sir Lucious Left Foot Saves the Day) - Big Boi
enjoy!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/awbjae
"bed in the kitchen mix tape"
The Boogie Man Song - Mos Def
Zoom Feat. Phat Kat - Slum Village
Charlotte Sometimes (Single Version) - The Cure
Shut Them Haters Up - E.S.G.
I'm Your Puppet - James & Bobby Purify
We Be Steady Mobbin' feat. Lil' Wayne - Gucci Mane
The Cutter Echo & The Bunnymen - Songs to Learn and Sing
Houston, TX - Deer Tick
Brothers On the Slide - Cymande
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads
Fall In Love - Slum Village
Policy of Truth - Depeche Mode
Sippin On Some Syrup Feat. UGK & Project Pat - Three 6 Mafia
London Dungeon - The Misfits
Wet Wipes - Cam'ron ft. Hell Rell
Dollar Steve Spacek - J Dilla
Every Day I'm Stuntin' feat. Birdman - Gucci Mane
Ceremony - New Order
The Train, Pt. 2 (Sir Lucious Left Foot Saves the Day) - Big Boi
enjoy!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/awbjae
Monday, August 2, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Crust History - Madchester Mix
http://rcpt.yousendit.com/920007077/7afcd177ed54259454c76a6e8cb1285c
The Fall "The Classical" 1982
Phuture "Slam" 1986
New Order "All the Way" 1988
Public Enemy "Don't Believe the Hype" 1988
Stone Roses "Elephant Stone" 1988
Charlatans UK "Sproston Green" 1990
The Happy Mondays "Kinky Afro" 1990
808 State "Pacific 202" 1988
Inspiral Carpets "Caravan" 1991
Charlatans UK "The Only One I Know" 1990
Stone Roses "What the World is Waiting For" 1989
Northside "Take 5" 1991
Flowered Up "Doris...is a Little Bit Partial" 1991
The Farm "Groovy Train" 1991
Charlatans UK "Wierdo" 1992
Happy Mondays "Step On" 1990
Stone Roses "Love Spreads" 1994
This is a mix of rock and electronic music coming out of Manchester, England from mainly 1988 - 1992. The 'Madchester' tag described bands who mixed rock and roll with Chicago house and beats jacked straight from late 80's hip hop. You've seen '24 Hour Party People' - this is the last era that the film depicts. And maybe the least important and interesting.
I was a little depressed re-listening to some the singles and albums and hearing how boring and silly a lot of the minor and later bands sounded. I laughed out loud listening to the Farm, Northside, and Flowered Up. It sounded revolutionary at 14! Their were 10's more bands that were absolutely terrifying that i didn't include. I was conflicted on whether to use the Milltown Brothers or the The Farm. The Farm clutched it with the opening lines of their hit "Groovy Train":
'Saw you walking down our street.
Well you, looked quite neat!'
Sweet jesus. Also, does the Farm have their own street? Not anymore, I bet.
Largely, this music did not age very well - I tried to focus with on tracks that did. The Happy Mondays first 3 records, particularly the 3rd, held up well. Shaun Ryder, writes great, shit-head urban characters and the arrangements are loose, funky and smart. In "Kinky Afro" the drug dealer narrator addresses his son, telling him that he only banged the kids Mother "... cause she's filthy."
The Charlatans UK were concise and distilled the Stone Roses sound down to the most easily repeatable dynamics (and man were they repeated). Their debut has aged well and still sounds crisp and propulsive. I still like the Pete Towsend windmilling in "Sproston Green." Who wants to form a band and just cover their first singles? - I would.
If you haven't heard the Stone Roses self-titled album, please check it out. I used only non-album singles by the Stone Roses here as not to interfere with THE WHOLE FIRST ALBUM IN ORDER. This "Elephant Stone" is the one that Peter Hook from New Order produced, not the album version. John Squire's plays about a million different melodic phrases that keep changing and spiraling around, not unlike the subtle variety produced by cranking the reverb knob on an arpeggiated synth line in house music. And I ended with a later Roses track, "Love Spreads" because no band should be allowed to re-appropriate LZ unless the song's lyrics mix feminism with loose religious imagery….
Oh, the first few songs by The Fall, Phuture, New Order, and Public Enemy are intended to set the scene. These are a few touch points commonly mentioned (many band interviews mention Public Enemy) in articles about Manchester and U.K. music from the time. The looped break beat from "D.B.T.H." seems to have been ripped off about a million times (also, how heavy it lies in the mix), thus choosing such an obvious choice of a Public Enemy track. I was mostly trying to find stuff you guys have not heard (if that's possible), but needed the best example here. Also the New Order track from the brilliant "Technique", the tape I remember last buying just before The Stone Roses made its way to Strawberry's…
I will hopefully drop a proper mix later this week too.
The Fall "The Classical" 1982
Phuture "Slam" 1986
New Order "All the Way" 1988
Public Enemy "Don't Believe the Hype" 1988
Stone Roses "Elephant Stone" 1988
Charlatans UK "Sproston Green" 1990
The Happy Mondays "Kinky Afro" 1990
808 State "Pacific 202" 1988
Inspiral Carpets "Caravan" 1991
Charlatans UK "The Only One I Know" 1990
Stone Roses "What the World is Waiting For" 1989
Northside "Take 5" 1991
Flowered Up "Doris...is a Little Bit Partial" 1991
The Farm "Groovy Train" 1991
Charlatans UK "Wierdo" 1992
Happy Mondays "Step On" 1990
Stone Roses "Love Spreads" 1994
This is a mix of rock and electronic music coming out of Manchester, England from mainly 1988 - 1992. The 'Madchester' tag described bands who mixed rock and roll with Chicago house and beats jacked straight from late 80's hip hop. You've seen '24 Hour Party People' - this is the last era that the film depicts. And maybe the least important and interesting.
I was a little depressed re-listening to some the singles and albums and hearing how boring and silly a lot of the minor and later bands sounded. I laughed out loud listening to the Farm, Northside, and Flowered Up. It sounded revolutionary at 14! Their were 10's more bands that were absolutely terrifying that i didn't include. I was conflicted on whether to use the Milltown Brothers or the The Farm. The Farm clutched it with the opening lines of their hit "Groovy Train":
'Saw you walking down our street.
Well you, looked quite neat!'
Sweet jesus. Also, does the Farm have their own street? Not anymore, I bet.
Largely, this music did not age very well - I tried to focus with on tracks that did. The Happy Mondays first 3 records, particularly the 3rd, held up well. Shaun Ryder, writes great, shit-head urban characters and the arrangements are loose, funky and smart. In "Kinky Afro" the drug dealer narrator addresses his son, telling him that he only banged the kids Mother "... cause she's filthy."
The Charlatans UK were concise and distilled the Stone Roses sound down to the most easily repeatable dynamics (and man were they repeated). Their debut has aged well and still sounds crisp and propulsive. I still like the Pete Towsend windmilling in "Sproston Green." Who wants to form a band and just cover their first singles? - I would.
If you haven't heard the Stone Roses self-titled album, please check it out. I used only non-album singles by the Stone Roses here as not to interfere with THE WHOLE FIRST ALBUM IN ORDER. This "Elephant Stone" is the one that Peter Hook from New Order produced, not the album version. John Squire's plays about a million different melodic phrases that keep changing and spiraling around, not unlike the subtle variety produced by cranking the reverb knob on an arpeggiated synth line in house music. And I ended with a later Roses track, "Love Spreads" because no band should be allowed to re-appropriate LZ unless the song's lyrics mix feminism with loose religious imagery….
Oh, the first few songs by The Fall, Phuture, New Order, and Public Enemy are intended to set the scene. These are a few touch points commonly mentioned (many band interviews mention Public Enemy) in articles about Manchester and U.K. music from the time. The looped break beat from "D.B.T.H." seems to have been ripped off about a million times (also, how heavy it lies in the mix), thus choosing such an obvious choice of a Public Enemy track. I was mostly trying to find stuff you guys have not heard (if that's possible), but needed the best example here. Also the New Order track from the brilliant "Technique", the tape I remember last buying just before The Stone Roses made its way to Strawberry's…
I will hopefully drop a proper mix later this week too.
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