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)

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...

This Is The End (Red Band Trailer)

Sparks - Tryouts for the Human Race

Yeah, that's Trisco "Muzak" you hear...

Blondie - Rapture

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

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

Marley Marl - The Symphony feat. Masta Ace, Craig G., Kool G Rap & Big Daddy Kane

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. 

LBS @ London & Liverpool / Laurent Garnier @ Berlin [Official Video]

Vince Guaraldi Trio - O Tannenbaum

Man of Steel - Official Trailer #2

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)

Chuck Berry and John Lennon - Memphis, Tennessee / Johnny B. Goode (The Mike Douglas Show)

John Lennon and Yoko One co-hosted The Mike Douglas Show for a week in February of 1972 and had Chuck Berry as a guest.  John and Chuck Berry jam out together for a few tunes.

John Lennon - Mind Games

Derrick Carter - Boiler Room Mix

GW Edit - All The Riches

Marc Pollen - Risky Life

A new one from one of my favorite record labels, Siesta Records...