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nervous/poor/sad
man, i'm so lazy/busy/full of excuses.
Percy Sledge, "My Adorable One":
here's some garbage i've been listening to since i updated last:
(note: it's mostly Mississippi Records mixtape stuff. a hear a lot of local bands stealing a lot of these songs and claiming they wrote these songs lately. it's kind of a bummer).
Bishop Perry Tillis, "I Pound A Solid Rock":
Robert Johnson, "Hold My Body Down":
Robert Johnson, "Hold My Body Down":
Rev. Utah Smith, "Glory To Jesus, I'm Free":
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Music I Like, Etc.
Shitty garage, girl groups, doo-wop, early 60s pop, ragtime, and a couple dead white dudes. Just for fun.
**FIXED**
Friday, March 12, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
John Fahey, "Poor Boy's A Long Way From Home".
Blah blah blah American Primitivism, blah blah blah blues, blah blah blah fingerpicking, blah blah blah dead from booze & pills.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Brenda Lee, "Break It To Me Gently".

A+ for one of the saddest tunes ever. Really, there's nothing more heartbreaking than knowing the end is there - but not being able to do anything about it.
The Upsetters, "Where You Goin', Sapphire?"
You can hear this.
I like yelling, hooting and heavy call/response in my music.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Lee 'Scratch' Perry, "Play On, Mr. Music"
This is the goddamned best. At about the 3:15 mark, this vid goes from "cool" to "better than anything you'll ever do in your life".
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The Blue Orchids, "Ooh Chang-A-Lang"/"Love Hit Me".

A trio of 14-15 year old girls from England.
'Round.. 63? 64?
I love anything Phil Spector. Or in this case.. Phil Spector-y.
Great songs, totally drum driven.
"Ooh Chang-A-Lang"
"Love Hit Me":
Monday, February 15, 2010
Sugar Simone & John E. Paul, "I Wanna Know".
I couldn't decide which version I liked better.
Just some Northern Soul for a holiday Monday.
So uh.. here:
Sugar Simone - "I Want To Know":
John E. Paul - "I Wanna Know":
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Bascom Lamar Lunsford, "Swannanoa Tunnel"
Bascom Lamar Lunsford: Banjo enthusiast, God-fearin' Appalachian, Democrat.
There's something sad about ye olde American music. Maybe I'm a sucker for heartbroken white dudes. Maybe it's a loneliness I identify with. Even the celebratory sing-alongs always seemed like sort of a bummer to me. I'm in the middle of my own '30s Great Depression here maybe.
(I uploaded this "vid" myself, because i couldn't find a decent version anywhere else online).
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Lighthouse, "One Fine Morning".
Nothing heals this ol' garbage life like a little Can-con radio staple action.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Blind Willie McTell, "Dying Crapshooter's Blues"/"Little Delia".

Two tracks from 'Atlanta Twelve String'.
Pretty late sessions, from the mid-late 40s.
Released in Italy in the early 70s.
McTell died in '59. Diabetes and alcohol.
"Dying Crapshooter's Blues":
"Little Delia":
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Radiants, "Hold On"

Recorded & released in '68, this was The Radiants' last single to reach the charts (#68 in America). Maybe their last single, ever.
They were from Chicago. They recorded for Chess. This is one of my favourite songs ever.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Strange Boys, "Be Brave".

This is a great record. One of my faves so far this year. "Be Brave" is the title track. Features someone-or-other from Mika Miko (another great band) and some other people.
It's a great slice o' garage-velvets-singalong-kinda-thing. Y'know?
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Shirley Ann Lee, "There's A Light"/"I Shall Not Be Moved"

More gospel-y Numero Group stuff ('Downriver Revival') - from Toledo, Ohio. What an amazing voice. I'm going to see if I can track down a copy of the DVD today. I have nothing else to do.
I think "I Shall Not Be Moved" is the slowest, laziest, best end-of-the-night "I'm really drunk but I'm totally not going to bed unhappy" song ever.
"There's A Light":
"I Shall Not Be Moved":
The guys from NG tracked her down 40 year after she recorded these songs (she didn't have a cd player in her house, so they played 'em for her in the car).
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Little Eva, "Let's Turkey Trot"

Little Eva is pretty classic. Everyone knows "Locomotion". Seriously.
I heard this on the CBC this afternoon, and I thought I'd just drop it here. It's a ridiculous track, I know.
(Note that I just learned how to embed a crappy flash mp3 player. Whatever.)
Friday, February 5, 2010
The Conet Project

this is (from wiki):
"recordings of numbers stations, mysterious shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin believed to be operated by government agencies to communicate with spies "in the field"."
I can listen to this all day. I have no idea why. I also like the mystery behind it.
(all mediafire links).
Reverend Lofton & His Holy Travellers, "Look To Jesus".

More gospel from 'Talkin' Trash! Lookey Dookey!'
Another song from someone I know next-to-nothing about.
Great track though, so suck it.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wilbert Harrison, "Stagger Lee".
Frig - this is so good. Great player & singer. I like the sly looks he keeps giving the camera, too.
Evelyn Freeman, "Didn't It Rain?"
Gospel from.. '64?
Freeman comes from a family of musicians (her brother Ernie played with The Platters, I think..).
I heard it on some old Crypt Records compilation. Probably 'Talkin' Trash Lookey Dookey'.
I kind of want to start a new DJ night just so I can play this track over and over.
PS 'Didn't It Rain' is also a pretty decent Songs: Ohia record.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Jimmie Rodgers, "Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas)"
Jimmie Rodgers, "Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas)".
On some ol' tv program.
I feel like such a honky right now.
The Moovers, "Darling I'll Go"
The Moovers, from Miami. Once again, I don't know anything about these guys.
Still.. "Darling I'll Go" is a great tune, found on the Numero Group Comp 'The Deep City'.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Leo Graham, 'Black Candle'/'Black Lamp'
I don't know very much about Leo Graham - except that he recorded a handfull of 45s in the early-to-mid 70s, and did a lot of vocal session stuff for Lee Perry.
This is my fave - both sides of the 'Black Candle'/'Bad Lamp' single.
I've also seen it referred to as 'Black Bat', on a couple different comps.. though - that might be a totally different version.
I pulled the audio from one of upsetter.net's podcasts (on Graham). Thanks.
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