Thursday, July 26, 2007

SINS OF THE DESERT






On suicide bombing

On Kurdistan
& Iraq











MAHMOUD AHMED--Tezeta
DARONDO--Didn't I
MERLE HAGGARD & CARL JACKSON--Must You Throw Dirt In My Face?
ASTRUD GILBERTO--Manha De Carnaval
JAMIE WOON--Wayfaring Stranger (Burial Mix)
SHACKLETON--Hamas Rule
VAL BENNETT--Blow Mr Hornsman Part 2
TW BROWN--East Dub
ANANDA SHANKAR--The River
SELDA--Mehmet Emmi
NEIL MACARTHUR--She's Not There
THE MAGNIFICENTS--On Main Street
BRIAN ENO--Baby's On Fire
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM--All Of My Friends
GUDRUN GUT--Girlboogie 6
M.I.A.--Boyz (The Twelves Remix)
LADYBUG FEAT. WARRIOR QUEEN--Dem A Bomb We
















Tuesday, June 19, 2007

POWER BILLS








Folole Muliaga
Debt relief
Life and Debt









BORIS KARLOFF--Civil Defense Spot: Protect Your Home

MADLIB/BEAT KONDUCTA--Electric Company (Voltage-Watts)
BLAK TWANG--Red Letters
BOIKUTT FEAT. THE UNPEOPLE, ILLAMAN, UNCLE WILL, ROXY & JHON--Subversive Elements
SANY PITBULL--Tribos
SHAKIRA FEAT. ALEJANDRO SANZ--La Tortura (DJ Manish Arabhangra Remix)
LEHMBER HUSSAINPURI--Je Jatt (Remix)
GHISLAIN POIRIER--They Wanna Know Me (featuring Mr Lee G)
DJ /RUPTURE--Secret Google Cheat Codes IX
ANDRE TOUSSAINT--Mi Yiddishe Mama
RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK--Summertime
PANDA BEAR--Laughed For A World Filled With Fantasy
SYLVAN--We Don't Belong
NANCY AMES--War Is A Card Game
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE--Shadow Of A Dune
ELIZABETH COTTON--Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
LAUB--Covering
THE BLUE SKY BOYS--When The Ransomed Get Home
BOB WILLS & HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS--Sitting On Top Of The World
THE GOLDEN GATE QUARTET--Stalin Wasn't Stallin'
THE 5 ROYALES--The Slummer The Slum
BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE--Pitch To Voltage
CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD--Life & Death (Parts 1 & 2)
SUBNATION--Scotty

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

STINKIN' BADGES






The database state


B. Traven










TADD DAMERON & HIS ORCHESTRA--Casbah
AMARA TOURE--Cuando Llegare
STAR BAND DE DAKAR--Caramelo
DIZZY GILLESPIE & HIS ORCHESTRA--Manteca
LORD INVADER--Fidel Castro
TITO RODRIGUEZ--Descarga Cachao
MANU DIBANGO--African Boogaloo
WILLIE COLON--La Murga (De Panama)
HERMANAS BENITEZ--Estas Botes Son Para Caminar
MANNY CORCHADO--Up And Down
SALAH RAGAB & THE CAIRO JAZZ BAND--Egypt Strut
ALI HASSAN KHAN--Mabruk
NAJMATE EL RIF--Diwana
M.A.N.D.Y. VS. BOOKA SHADE--Body Language (Senor Coconut Mix)
COOL BENNY (VELARDE) & HIS STONE SWINGERS--Wobble-Cha
MICHEL LEGRAND & HIS ORCHESTRA--Come Ray Or Come Charles
JOE ACOSTA--All Night Long
OS COBRAS--Nana

Monday, May 07, 2007

BOOKISH









Kafka
Borges
Calvino













SAMMI SMITH--The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me
BLIND WILLIE MCTELL--Writin' Paper Blues
SHORTY PETTERSTEIN--A History of Jazz: An Interview Of Our Times Conducted By S. Petterstein
KID KOALA & MONEY MARK--Carpel Tunnel Syndrome
PANDA BEAR--Comfy In Nautica
ALABAMA SACRED HARP SINGERS--The Last Words Of Copernicus
ELECTRELANE--Film Music
ROXY MUSIC--Editions Of You
THE EQUALS--Diversion
TOM TALL--Stack-A-Records
RIAA--I Hate Your Little Red Book (Kelis vs. Love)
DONNA LYNN--I'd Much Rather Be With The Girls
JERRY LEWIS--The Book Was So Much Better
THE MAYTALS--6th & 7th Books
LEE DORSEY--There Should Be A Book
SLY STONE--Crossword Puzzle
THE HONEYMOON KILLERS--Histoire A Suivre
CHICKS ON SPEED--Wordy Rappinghood (The Playgroup Remix)
GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE--The Message (Datashat Remix)
JEAN GRAE FEAT. THE MELON BAYSIDE HIGH DRAMA CLUB--Taco Day
MICO--Black Words

Monday, April 30, 2007

ROYALE WITH CHEESE






Sarko et Ségo








THE MELODIANS--I Could Be King
KING SPORTY--A Year Full Of Sundays
FRANCOISE HARDY--Je N'attends Plus Personne
JACQUES DUTRONC--Je Suis Content
JAMES MCMURTRY--God Bless America
WIRE--French Film Blurred
ALICE DONA--Mon Train De Banlieu
ELIZABETH HARPER--Let Me Take You Out
FRANCOIS--Tour De France
PSAPP--Year Of The Cat
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM--North American Scum
LIL' WAYNE (FEATURING JUELZ SANTANA)--Black Republicans
CUIZINIER (FEATURING TIDO BERMAN)--Seulement Toi
DJ MEHDI--Busy Being Born
FRANCE GALL--Musique
MC SOLAAR--Arkansas
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST--Luck of Lucien
BRAND NUBIAN--One For All
IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS--Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
THE BRUMMELS--Bof!
MR OIZO--Nazis
UTA--Baudelaire
JACQUELINE TAIEB--7 Heures Du Matin

Sunday, April 29, 2007

FOOTBALL RIP









Secular prayer: May Chelsea fail to secure any awards this season. May the Special One leave the Premiership. May West Ham be relegated. May Leeds be relegated too. And may Spurs be rewarded with European football next season.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

CAMPUS CRIMUS

When I moved to the University of Texas at Austin in August 1991 my roommate and I went into a pawn shop to look for a secondhand television, a toaster, and other appliances to help set up our student digs. A big shop assistant comes over to us and says, 'Hi fellas, are y'all lookin' for a gun or a TV?" That was our first experience of Texas retail. We didn't bother going to the firearms counter. In August 1966 a sniper at UT killed 15 people from the University Tower . The CNN, FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC axis is blaming the VT massacre on many factors, though the easy availability of guns is low on the list. Gun lobbyists are saying that if the kids had been allowed to carry weapons on campus they might have saved lives and taken the shooter out before he could have done so much harm. More guns make you more secure, apparently. A surge? I wonder how many more students will now go out and buy guns for their 'protection'. Guns R Us. The shooter was a South Korean with a Green Card. He's lived in the US since 1992 and is technically a Resident Alien. His alien status will doubtless become more emphasised as the networks squeeze every last bit of pus out of the story. The TV movie must be in the works. Producers are probably saying, 'We gotta get an Ashton Kutcher lookalike for the hero in the German class'.

A student gun club a couple of weeks ago
University of Terrorism
Is Rap Racist?


PRAIRIE RAMBLERS--Monkeys Is the Cwaziest People

ALABAMA 3 & GARY LUCAS--Woke Up This Morning (Live)
JOHNNY CASH--Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart
DALE WATSON--I Wish I Was Crazy Again
TANYA TUCKER--Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)
DON HO--I Love The Simple Folk
THE REVELS--Dead Man's Stroll (Midnight Stroll)
CLAUDINE LONGET--Lullaby From Rosemary's Baby (Sleep Safe And Warm)
THE FLEETWOODS--Mr. Blue (A Capella Version)
LESLEY GORE--You Don't Own Me
CAROLE KING--School Bells Are Ringing
SHOP ASSISTANTS--I Don't Wanna Be Friends With You
THE VASELINES--Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
THE DYNAMICS--Murder In The First Degree
LAVICE & COMPANY--Thoughs Were The Days
GRAVEDIGGAZ--1-800 Suicide
CHESSE ROOTS--Rambo Salute
UNKNOWN ARTIST--Jeitili
M.I.A.--Bird Flu (Guns Up Buraka Remix)
SHELLSHOCK--Cheaptalk
BILL EVANS--Peace Piece
SMITH'S SACRED SINGERS--Where We'll Never Grow Old
FIDDLIN' POWERS FAMILY--Old Virginia Reel