Tuesday, December 25, 2012

The Grateful Dead - American Beauty (1970)

Just caught the last episode of Freaks and Geeks, which features this album.  If there's a better television series than Freaks, let me know...



Tracklisting / Writing Credits

1.Box of Rain
(Garcia / Lesh / Hunter)

2.Friend of The Devil
(Garcia / Hunter / Dawson)

3.Sugar Magnolia
(Garcia / Hunter / Weir)

4.Operator
(McKernan)

5.Candyman
(Garcia / Hunter)

6.Ripple
(Garcia / Hunter)

7.Brokedown Palace
(Garcia / Hunter)

8.Till The Morning Comes
(Garcia / Hunter)

9.Attics of My Life
(Gacia / Hunter)

10.Truckin
(Garcia / Lesh / Hunter / Weir)

Monday, December 24, 2012

PSA: Slam & H-Foundation, Saturday, January 19, NYC

Roots Events Presents: Soma Tour Feat. Slam + H-Foundation
New York City - TBA Warehouse Venue

More than a decade has passed since Slam last toured the U.S. Although many have tried over the years to get them back stateside, residencies at three of the UK’s best clubs (Pressure [The Arches], Return To Mono [Sub Club] and Fabric in London) as well as their work on music and their label involvement with Soma Records and Paragraph have kept them busy enough. But the relentless requests for performances and long awaited tours has finally hit at the perfect time, signaling the return of the Glasgow techno legends!

What started as one booking for Hipp-e and Halo’s Surface Records label party at the BPM festival in Playa Del Carmen 2013, quickly became a five date tour where ROOTS is collaborating with Soma Records and promoters in Playa Del Carmen, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and New York to make their return epic!

Featuring:
Slam (Soma Records / Glasgow)
H-Foundation (Hipp-E & Halo / Surface)


Tickets and details here.  


Humate - 3.2 (Bedrock Remix)

A mate sent me a Humate track, which then led me to this remix.  Takes me back...

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Manic Street Preachers - La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)



"Life has been unfaithful
And it all promised so so much
I am a relic
I am just a petrified cry
Wheeled out once a year, a cenotaph souvenir
The applause nails down my silence

La tristesse durera
Scream to a sigh, to a sigh
La tristesse durera
Scream to a sigh, to a sigh

I see liberals
I am just a fashion accessory
People send postcards
And they all hope I'm feeling well
I retreat into self-pity, it's so easy
Where they patronise my misery

La tristesse durera
Scream to a sigh, to a sigh
La tristesse durera
Scream to a sigh, to a sigh

La tristesse durera
Scream to a sigh, to a sigh
La tristesse durera
Scream to a sigh, to a sigh

I sold my medal
It paid a bill
It sells at market stalls
Parades Milan catwalks
Oh, the sadness will never go
Will never go away
Baby it's here to stay
La tristesse durera
Scream to a sigh, to a sigh

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Pearl Jam - Corduroy (Live, Madison Square Garden, 2010)



I used to love, love, love this song and was reminded of it when it popped up on shuffle this morning...



The waiting drove me mad  
You’re finally here and I’m a mess 
I take your entrance back  
Can't let you roam inside my head  

I don’t want to take what you can give  
I would rather starve than eat your bread  
I would rather run but I cant walk   
Guess I’ll lay alone just like before
  
I take the poor man's path

I must refuse your test  
Push me and I will resist   
This behavior’s not unique

I don’t want to hear from those who know 
They can buy but can’t put on my clothes  
I don’t want to limp for them to walk  
Never would have known of me before  
I don’t want to be held In your debt  
I’ll pay it of in blood let, I be wed  
I’m already cut up an half dead  
I'll end up alone like I began 
 
Everything has chains 

Absolutely nothing’s changed  
Take my hand not my picture 
Spill my tincture 
 
I don’t want to take what you can give  

I would rather starve than eat your breast  
All the things that others want for me  
Can't buy what I want because its free  
Can't buy what I want because its free 
Can't be what you want because I’m…
I ain't supposed to be just fun  

To live and die let it be done I figure I’ll be damned  
All alone like I began

Thursday, December 13, 2012

George Harrison - My Sweet Lord



You can read all about the plagiarism suit here.  Sucks how Harrison was so affected by the resulting lawsuit, that he was unable to write anything for a few months thereafter. 


Monday, December 10, 2012

A Toot and a Snore in '74 - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder + more

A bootleg album recorded during a jam session that McCartney walked in on while Lennon was producing Harry Nilsson's album "Pussy Cats" while he was in the throes of his "Lost Weekend".  It's pretty fucking awful, which makes it so damn fucking awesome.




Tracklist:
  1. "A Toot and a Snore" 0:27
  2. "Bluesy Jam" 2:33
  3. "Studio Talk" 2:40
    • The group plays a few bars of "Little Bitty Pretty One" by Thurston Harris, and John sings the first line but says he can't remember any more
  4. "Lucille" 5:59
  5. "Nightmares" 2:38
    • Actually the band is playing "Sleep Walk", the 1959 Santo & Johnny instrumental hit.
  6. "Stand By Me" – 2:18
    • Mostly Lennon complaining about the sound in his headphones and reminiscing about how it was better half an hour ago.
  7. "Stand By Me" 3:41
    • Lennon complains about the sound again, saying that it was better two hours ago.
  8. "Stand By Me" 6:04
    • Because of Lennon's complaints, the studio has changed the microphone levels on the recording itself (rather than the performers' headphones), and most of the lead vocals can no longer be heard.
  9. Medley 3:10
    "Cupid"
    "Chain Gang"
    "Take This Hammer"

John Lennon - Mother (Live)


Monday, December 3, 2012

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live at Montreux (1985)



1. Program Start
2. Scuttle Buttin'  
3. Say What! 
4. Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love
5. Pride And Joy
6. Mary Had A Little Lamb
7. Cold Shot(with Johnny Copeland)
8. Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town)
9. Look At Little Sister(with Johnny Copeland)
10. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
11. Texas Flood
12. SRV Talking From Stage
13. Life Without You
14. Gone Home 
15. Couldn't Stand The Weather

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Pirupa - Party Non Stop

Pulp - Live at Reading 2011



Setlist:
Do You Remember the First Time?
Joyriders
Mis-Shapes
Pencil Skirt
Something Changed
Disco 2000
Sorted For E's & Wizz
F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.
I Spy
Babies
Underwear
This Is Hardcore
Sunrise
Bar Italia
Common People

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Bad Reputation



I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
You're living in the past, it's a new generation
A girl can do what she wants to do and that's what I'm gonna do

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
Oh no, not me

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
Never said I wanted to improve my station
An' I'm only doin' good when I'm havin' fun
An' I don't have to please no one

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
Oh no, not me, oh no, not me

I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
I've never been afraid of any deviation
An' I don't really care if you think I'm strange 
I ain't gonna change

An' I'm never gonna care 'bout my bad reputation
Oh no, not me, oh no, not me
Pedal, boys!

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
The world's in trouble, there's no communication
An' everyone can say what they wanna to say
It never gets better, anyway

So why should I care about a bad reputation anyway?
Oh no, not me, oh no, not me

I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
You're living in the past, it's a new generation
An' I only feel good when I got no pain
An' that's how I'm gonna stay

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
Oh no, not me, oh no, not me
Not me, not me

Friday, November 30, 2012

Monty Luke - In Love With A Dancer (H-Foundation Remix)

H-Foundation are set to make some serious noise in the coming year...and I can't fucking wait.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle

The Chemical Brothers - Her Jazz


For me, it doesn't really get any better than this.  Recorded while they were still known as The Dust Brothers, this was released while I was most impressionable...

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

RADIOHEAD Roseland Ballroom NYC 2011-09-29 Full show multi-cam SBD audio



From the creators of the video:

Hi everybody! It took a long time and a lot of work - but here's the multi-cam show of the second Roseland gig last Fall. Our enormous thanks go to Radiohead for playing the pre-TKOL-tour shows and for choosing Roseland :)!
And we are immensely grateful to the band for generously providing the SBD audio for this project!! 
Of course, the project would have never happened without our dear video and audio contributors - thank you, guys!

FULL 2xDVD and HD are available for download at Zomb torrents.

overall project procurement and permissions: inez 
video and audio editing: Murmurs13 (guest editor: formengr on TNA)

video contribution: 
joebreslin, inez, Hellspawn, godieinhell2, andrew sullivan, Colin B, poseidon, thegloaming09, InkyBrown, Paul R,

audio contribution:
RADIOHEAD: FOH SBD (THANK YOU!!!!), Edgar, Joe Cooper

photos: inez
cover art: andrea chierici
Keeping Radiohub alive and well: joebreslin

A lot of work went in to bring you this video. We hope that you will kindly make a donation to one of the organizations listed below.

Haiti Earthquake fund: 
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/radiohead

Hurricane Sandy Relief: 
http://www.redcross.org/hurricane-sandy 
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

Dedicated to the memory of Radiohead crewmember, Scott Johnson:
http://scottjohnsonbursary.com/

Setlist:
bloom
little by little
staircase
the national anthem
feral
subterranean homesick alien
like spinning plates
all I need
true love waits/everything in its right place
15 step
weird fishes/arpeggi
lotus flower
codex
daily mail
good morning mr magpie
reckoner
-----
give up the ghost
myxomatosis
bodysnatchers
-----
supercollider
nude

Petar Dundov - Distant Shores


Tuesday, November 27, 2012

New Jimi Hendrix album to release on March 5, 2013 - teaser single "Somewhere"

"You hear the new one by Jimi?" --  haha, yeah...that's a long-running joke by me and a mate...but there's a new album titled "People, Hell and Angels" that's coming out next March that's produced by Jimi's sound man Eddie Kramer.  Below is Eddie talking about the new album and he plays a little of the lead single "Somewhere".  Oh, and it would've been Jimi's 70th birthday today.


Saturday, November 24, 2012

Friday, November 23, 2012

Beastie Boys - Glasgow Live 1999



Setlist:

1. Super Disco Breakin'
2. Flute Loop
3. Root Down
4. Shake Your Rump
5. Time for Livin'
6. Egg Raid on Mojo
7. Gratitude
8. Song for the Man
9. The Move
10. Unite
11. Skills to Pay the Bills
12. Slow and Low
13. Sabrosa
14. Lighten Up
15. Believe Me
16. Tough Guy
17. Pass the Mic
18. Sure Shot
19. Putting Shame in Your Game
20. Three MC's and One DJ
21. Something's Got to Give
22. Son of Neckbone
23. Nervous Assistant
24. Heart Attack Man
25. Remote Control
26. Body Movin'
27. Time to Get Ill
28. So What'cha Want
29. Intergalactic
30. Sabotage

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Howlin' Wolf - Meet Me In The Bottom

DJ Shadow - Live! In Tune and On Time



1. Intro
2. Fixed Income
3. What Does You Soul Look Like Part 2
4. In Flux
5. Un Autre Introduction
6. Walkie Talkie
7. Guns Blazing
8. Lonely Soul
9. Lost and Found
10. What Does Your Soul Look Like Part 3
11. Mutual Slump
12. Stem Long Stem
13. Reconstruction Medley
14. Holy Calamity
15. The Third Decade
16. Halfway Home
17. Number Song
18. Organ Donor
19. Mashin' on the Motorway
20. Blood on the Motorway
21. Napalm Brain



Monday, November 5, 2012

Mind of a Chef / Episode 101 Preview: Noodle



Premieres this Sunday @ 4:30pm on PBS in New York. 

More about the show in a NY Times article here

Thursday, November 1, 2012

The Postal Service - Such Great Heights

Upon hearing news that The Postal Service's indie album "Give Up" has reached platinum status, I thought I'd post this video. 




Might as well post the awesome remix by John Tejada:


Friday, October 19, 2012

Push - Universal Nation (Oliver Lieb Remix)

Can't get this tune out of my head. The glory years of trance, at least for me.  Of course, I grew out of it upon discovering house, but I like to return to this era every now and then.


DJ Harvey - Essential Mix - 26-12-1999

Been meaning to post this essential mix but kept forgetting...but now I'm remind by the most recent post by Greg Wilson on DJ Harvey's return to the UK.







MFSB - Love Is The Message [PIR]
Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance [Phase 2]
Cultural Vibe - Ma Foom Boy [Easy Street]
Nightwriters - Let The Music Use You [Danica]
Orbital - Chime [Ozone]
Leftfield - Not Forgotten [Outer Rhythm]
Earth People - Reach Up To Mars [Underworld]
Earth People - Dance [Underworld]
Mass Order - Mass Order
Two Men From Jersey - So Special [Bass Boy Records]
Martha Wash - Carry On [RCA]
4 To The Bar - Slam Me [Going All Out Records]
Night Communication - Lose Control (Disco Under Gr(Disco Under Ground Version) [Heartbeat]
Night Communication - Lose Control (In Dub We Trust Mix)[Heartbeat]
Basement Boys - A Feelin [Azuli]
Mood II Swing - Call Me [Music For Your Ears]
Double Exposure - Ten Percent [Salsoul]
Street Corner Sym - 4th Symphony [Open]
Delacy - Hideaway [Slip 'n' Slide]
Salsoul - Rainbow
Jaydee - Plastic Dream
Moodymann - Black Mahogany
Isolee - Isolee
Shaboom - Totally (David Morales Remix) [Test Pressing]

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The Chemical Brothers - Sonne Mond Sterne 2011 (Germany) - Live



1. Intro - Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles Cover)  
2. Another World 
3. Do it Again / Get Yourself High 
4. Horse Power 
5. Chemical Beats 
6. Swoon 
7. The Swoon Arpeggios 
8. Star Guitar 
9. Three Little Birdies Down Beats 
10. Hey Boy, Hey Girl 
11. Galactic Phase Shift Interlude 
12. Don't Think 
13. Out of Control (with "Setting Sun" Snippet … more) 
14. Saturate 
15. Believe 
16. Escape Velocity 
17. Superflash 
18. Cherub Clown Harmonies 
19. Leave Home / Galvanize 
20. Block Rockin' Beats

Stoneproof - Everything's Not You (Quivver's Space Mix)

Monday, October 15, 2012

Djano Unchained - Trailer #2

Bicep | Beats In Space - Oct. 9, 2012 (Bicep's Unreleased Traxx)



BICEP'S SPECIAL UNRELEASED LIVE MIX
01. Bicep - Unreleased Track No. 1 (Feat. Sheriff)
02. Bicep - Unreleased Track No. 2
03. Bicep - Unreleased Track No. 3
04. Bicep - Unreleased Track No. 4
05. Bicep - Unreleased Track No. 5
06. Bicep - Unreleased Remix No.1
07. Bicep - Unreleased Remix No.1 (2nd Version)
08. Bicep - Unreleased Track No. 6
09. Bicep - Unreleased Track No. 7 (Lost In The Harddrive Failure)
10. Bicep - Unreleased Track No. 8
11. Bicep - Unreleased Track No. 9
12. Bicep - Unreleased Track No. 10
13. Bicep - Unreleased Track No. 11

Link to Beats In Space site here.  

Lexicon Avenue - Midnight on West 27th

One of many tracks specifically written for the legendary nightclub Twilo.  Thought I'd break out this classic to start the week off:


Saturday, October 13, 2012

Radiohead - From The Basement 2008 [Full Show]



Tracklist -

00:21 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
05:41 15 Step
09:37 Bodysnatchers
14:00 Nude
18:25 The Gloaming
21:46 Myxomatosis
25:40 House Of Cards
31:22 Bangers And Mash
34:56 Optimistic
39:48 Reckoner
44:50 Videotape
49:34 Where I End And You Begin
54:55 All I Need
59:11 Go Slowly

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Morrissey Interview and Performance on The Colbert Report




"The Mind of a Chef" - narrated by Anthony Bourdain feat. David Chang, premieres Nov. 9, 2012 on PBS



Episode List for Season 1 (via Eater National):

· Squeal Like A Pig - This unique travel/cooking series features Chef and Author David Chang making connections between food and nature, science, music, art, sports, history and just about anything else that he can stir up. In Montreal, David and Comedian Aziz Ansari try Wilensky's famous fried bologna sandwich. In the kitchen, David makes a "red-eye mayo;" his pastry chef shows how to make a salty sugary late night snack--the corn cookie ham and cheese. Anthony Bourdain narrates.

· Noodlin - Author and Chef David Chang visits a noodle factory in Japan; eats the best bowl of ramen in his life; and, cooks two incredible dishes with the instant ramen variety. Food Scientist Harold McGee explains how alkaline salts make ramen noodles unique. Anthony Bourdain narrates.

· Spain - In Spain, Author and Chef David Chang explores the streets of San Sebastian with friend and legendary chef Juan Marie Arzak. El Bulli's Ferran Adria talks about the current state of cuisine. David prepares a salt cod omelet, and in honor of Adria, he cooks a microwave sponge cake. Anthony Bourdain narrates.

· Memory Lane - Author and Chef David Chang revisits a ramen shop in Japan, where he ate while apprenticing at a restaurant in Tokyo. He also visits the Callaway Golf factory where, for the first time in the 14 years since he threw his clubs off a cliff, he hits a golf ball. Later, he prepares a cold Korean soup, naeng myung, that his mother prepared for him and his father when they went golfing.

· Rotten - David Chang travels to San Sebastian, Spain, to exhibit his experiment in rot: pork butabushi. His pastry chef shows that the best flavor in a banana cream pie comes from rotten bananas. Rene Redzepi cooks a "garbage plate" using potatoes left in the ground months longer than what is considered fresh.

· The Sweet Spot -

· Simplicity - David Chang visits a sushi master in Tokyo and a yakitori chef who has been grilling chicken for 30 years. In the kitchen, David makes a simple chicken noodle soup.

· So You Think You Are A Chef - Wylie Dufresne cooks carrot-coconut sunny-side up egg, Rene Redzepi cooks clam chowder and David Chang cooks a buttermilk apple dashi. This series dares to make connections between food and nature, science, music, art, sports, history, and pretty much anything else a renowned chef can stir up.

· Phresh Vs. Phrozen - This program addresses various theories of food preservation. In Japan, David Chang examines a technique of killing fish, called ike jime, that inhibits rigor mortis. In the kitchen, he cooks with space food, while his pastry chef makes a corn cookie using freeze-dried ingredients.

· Japan - David Chang travels from Tokyo to Kyoto to meet and eat with friends and to explore the different ingredients and culinary techniques of the eastern world. He visits a street market in Tokyo, a fish auction in Kyoto and finishes the trip at a Michelin three-star restaurant, Kikunoi. In the kitchen, he cooks yakitori--or Japanese grilled chicken.


Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Halo Vargo - Airpod Podcast #18




Streaming version only, subscribe to the series to download via http://www.airlondonmusic.com/airpod
Refreshed and returning to the fray in 2012 - Halo is coming out swinging. With brand new music on the way, the launch of his new label - Surface Records, and the return of the legendary H-Foundation outfit - his new mix should excite any true house music lover.
At their peak, H-Foundation DJ sets had clubbers worldwide re-evaluating what they could and would dance to.
'airpod 18 - Halo' is a selection of newer artists and labels which are moving him today. A club set featuring music from the likes of Subb-an, Shonky, Re-Up, Franck Roger, Anthea, 1Trax, One Records, Kina, Dumb Unit as well as, naturally, some H-Foundation material...

The Man With The Iron Fists (Official Red Band Trailer)

RZA gets in on directing and writing an ultra-violent Shaolin-style blood-fest.  Should be entertaining. Movie drops Nov. 2, 2012.


Life of Pi (Trailer)

A fantastic read, the book comes to life via Ang Lee's direction on Nov. 21, 2012.


Tuesday, October 9, 2012

John Lennon - Interview on the Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder (April 25, 1975)


John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over (Rehearsal)




Our life together is so precious together
We have grown, we have grown
Although our love is still special
Let's take a chance and fly away somewhere alone

It's been too long since we took the time
No-one's to blame, I know time flies so quickly
But when I see you darling
It's like we both are falling in love again
It'll be just like starting over, starting over

Everyday we used to make it love
Why can't we be making love nice and easy
It's time to spread our wings and fly
Don't let another day go by my love
It'll be just like starting over, starting over

Why don't we take off alone
Take a trip somewhere far, far away
We'll be together all alone again
Like we used to in the early days
Well, well, well darling

It's been too long since we took the time
No-one's to blame, I know time flies so quickly
But when I see you darling
It's like we both are falling in love again
It'll be just like starting over, starting over

Our life together is so precious together
We have grown, we have grown
Although our love is still special
Let's take a chance and fly away somewhere

Saturday, October 6, 2012

An Idiot Abroad (Series)

Employing the classic 'fish out of water' template as the basis for this series, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant exploit (for lack of a better word) the truly unique Karl Pilkington on a tour of the New Seven Wonders of the World (sans the Colosseum replaced with the Great Pyramids) for the Sky1 travel documentary "An Idiot Abroad".  (For those in the States, the series is broadcast on the Science Channel.)  The strength of the show and the only compelling reason to watch it is Pilkington, and his utterances and thoughts do not disappoint.  Gervais and Merchant realize that there's no capital worth more than human capital, and we're lucky enough for them to share this one-off bit of humanity.

Below, you'll find and enjoy Episode 1 of Season 1.

Friday, September 28, 2012

The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today



Time has come today 
Young hearts can go their way 
Can't put it off another day 
I don't care what others say 
They say we don't listen anyway 
Time has come today
(Hey) 

Oh
The rules have changed today (Hey) 
I have no place to stay (Hey) 
I'm thinking about the subway (Hey) 
My love has flown away (Hey) 
My tears have come and gone (Hey) 
Oh my Lord, I have to roam (Hey) 
I have no home (Hey) 
I have no home (Hey) 

Now the time has come (Time) 
There's no place to run (Time) 
I might get burned up by the sun (Time) 
But I had my fun (Time) 
I've been loved and put aside (Time) 
I've been crushed by the tumbling tide (Time) 
And my soul has been psychedelicized (Time) 

(Time)
Now the time has come (Time) 
There are things to realize (Time) 
Time has come today (Time) 
Time has come today (Time) 

Time [x11]

Oh
Now the time has come (Time) 
There's no place to run (Time) 
I might get burned up by the sun (Time) 
But I had my fun (Time) 
I've been loved and put aside (Time) 
I've been crushed by tumbling tide (Time) 
And my soul has been psychedelicized (Time) 

(Time) 
Now the time has come (Time) 
There are things to realize (Time) 
Time has come today (Time) 
Time has come today (Time) 

Time [x4]
Yeah