Eight Day Weekend (Gary “U.S.” Bonds)
Sugarcube
Everyday
Today Is The Day (fast)
The Summer
Beanbag Chair
Mr. Tough
Heaven Only Knows (Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich)
Shaker
House Fall Down
I Should Have Known Better
Sudden Organ
Tom Courtenay
Little Honda (The Beach Boys)
*(encore)* with Britt Daniel of Spoon on vocals, minus “Ring of Fire”
Ring of Fire (June Carter Cash) (with Paul F. Tompkins on vocals)
Public Image (Public Image, Ltd.)
Mother and Child Reunion (Paul Simon)
Me and Mr. Jones (Amy Winehouse)
This Guy’s In Love With You (Bert Bacharach/Hal David)
1. “Hanukkah, Bitch” – Brad and Barry (from Brad and Barry Stuff Your Stocking: Fifth Annual Holiday Jamz)
2. “Frow Show Theme” – MVB
3. “I Wish You Could Be Here” – The Cyrkle (from Red Rubber Ball)
4. “How Can We Hang On to a Dream” – Tim Hardin (from Tim Hardin 1)
5. “If I Were A Carpenter” – Roy Ayers Quartet (from All Blues)
6. “Roses In the Snow” – Nico (from The Marble Index)
7. “Love Scene, variation 4” – Jerry Garcia (from Zabriskie Point OST)
8. “Degraded Hours” – Sightings (from Through the Panama)
9. “Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)” – Duke Ellington (from Three Suites)
10. “Clouds and Snow” – Ben Kamen (from Dreams EP)
11. “12 Days of Christmas” – Twin Peaks cast (from KROQ Acoustic Christmas compilation)
12. “Santa Claus, The Original Hippie” – Homer and Jethro (from Cool, Crazy Christmas)
13. “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” – Jacob Miller (from Natty Christmas)
14. “Cold Weather” – The Upsetters (from The Upsetter Compact Set anthology)
15. “The Corpse Rises” – Scientist (from Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires)
16. “King of Kings” – Prince Jammy v. King Tubby (from His Majesty’s Dub)
17. “Comet Course” – Flying Lotus (from Los Angeles)
18. “Indigo Aerial” – Tim Hecker (from Good Night)
19. “Silent Night” – William Basinski (from Silent Night)
20. WWI Christmas voices from Salisbury
21. “The Long Christmas Dinner” – Rudolf Escher (from Anthology of Dutch Electronic Music, v. 1: 1955-1966 anthology)
22. “Gettin’ Ready For Christmas Day” – Rev. J.M. Gates (from Goodbye Babylon box set)
23. “Rap > Solid Rock” – Bob Dylan (20 April 1980, Massey Hall)
24. 1968 Christmas record – The Beatles
25. split LP with the Jealousy Party – Talibam!
26. “Electro-Tension MQ LP38/2” – John Baker (from The John Baker Tapes, v. 2: Soundtracks Library, Home Recordings, Electro Ads, Rare and Unreleased Recordings, 1954-1985 anthology)
27. “I Will Haunt You” – Oneida (13 December 2008, Knitting Factory)
28. “Astral Weeks” – Van Morrison (from Astral Weeks)
29. “Tomorrow Is A Long Time” – Elvis Presley (from From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential ’60s Masters anthology)
30. “Take Care” – Big Star (from Third/Sister Lovers)
1. “Non Dirle Che Non E’ Cosi’ (If You See Her Say Hello)” – Francesco de Gregori (from Masked and Anonymous OST)
2. “Frow Show Theme” – MVB
3. “Maria Bethania” – Caetano Veloso (from Caetano Veloso (1971))
4. “Passion Dance” – McCoy Tyner feat. Marc Ribot (from Guitars)
5. “See You In The Paper” – The Wowz (from Long Grain Rights)
6. “Oh Boy!” – Grateful Dead (from Skull and Roses reissue)
7. “Psychedelic Man” – The Psycrons (from The Time Was Then Is Now compilation)
8. “No Deposit, No Return Blues” – Sandy Bull (from Still Valentine’s Day 1969: Live at the Matrix, San Francisco)
9. “Where Do You Run To?” – Frankie Rose (from Yeti, v. 6 compilation)
10. “Made in the Dark” – Hot Chip feat. Robert Wyatt (from Hot Chip with Robert Wyatt and Geese EP)
11. “Lust of the Blood” – Jerry Lee Lewis (from Catch My Soul)
12. “Don’t” – Keith Richards (from Toronto 1977)
13. “Silent Night” – Ween
14. “What A Wonderful World” – Major Organ (from Christmas In Stereo compilation)
15. “Xmas Time” – Au Revoir Simone (from I’ll Stay ‘Til After Christmas)
16. “Despite the Water Supply (Side A)” (Sea of Sound remix) – Jim O’Rourke
17. “Sons Silence” – Om (from Om)
18. “White Christmas” – Julian Koster (from The Singing Saw at Christmas)
19. “Aria II” – Zeitkratzer and Keiki Haino (from Electronics)
20. “Hodie Christus Natus Est” – Mount Alvernia Seminary Choir (from Christmas In A Monastery)
21. “Tramp and Orchestra” – Gavin Bryars (from Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet)
22. “Jingle Bells” – A 19th Century German Music Box (from Christmas With Krampus compilation)
23. Wall of Angels (Field recordings of angels from: http://www.choicesforliving.com/spirit/angels/angels-1.htm as well as /angels-2.htm, /angels-3.htm, /angels-4.htm)
24. “Silent Night” – The Guide Dog Glee Club (from We Woof You A Merry Christmas)
25. “Buzzers” – Scott Walker (from The Drift)
26. “Careless Love Blues” – Bessie Smith (from Gospel and Blues; Will the Circle Be Unbroken compilation)
27. “Putting Myself Back Together Again” – Lambert and Nuttycomb (form At Home
28. Ebenezer Electric – Bruce Haack and Ted Pandel
29. “I’ve Just Destroyed The World I’m Living In” – Willie Nelson (from Crazy: The Demo Sessions)
30. “770” – Alan Sondheim (from Ritual-All-7-70)
31. “Mama You Been On My Mind” – Lee Ranaldo (from Outlaw Blues (Tribute to Bob Dylan) compilation)
Albums: Satanic Messiah EP – The Mountain Goats (Village Voice) Black Pear Tree EP – The Mountain Goats/Kaki King (Village Voice) Skeletal Lamping – Of Montreal (Paste) Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin – O Death (Village Voice) Tell Tale Signs – Bob Dylan (JamBands.com) Indie-Weirdo Round-Up, featuring: Alps, Stephen Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra, Linda Perhacs, Shugo Tokumaru, Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby (JamBands.com) Indie-Weirdo Round-Up, featuring: John Baker, Menahan Street Band, Oneida, James Jackson Toth, Why? (JamBands.com)
In print:
o Paste #48 (Of Montreal cover): feature on Lou Reed, movie reviews of Filth and Wisdom and Christmas on Mars
o Paste #49 (She & Him cover): feature on movie-hopping, Harvey Milk’s hometown; movie review of Waltz With Bashir
o December/January Relix (Ryan Adams cover): album reviews of Lou Reed, David Grubbs, Vic Chesnutt/Elf Power; book review of Best Music Writing 2008; DVD review of A Technicolor Dream.
1. “Astro Black > Variations on the Kohoutek Theme” – Sun Ra (from The Concert for the Comet Kohoutek)
2. “Frow Show Theme” – MVB
3. “People Has It Hard” – Coleman Family (from Local Custom: Downriver Revival compilation)
4. “Someting’s Wrong” – Dillard and Clark (from The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark)
5. “Beards” – The Dodos (from Beware of the Maniacs CD-R)
6. “Aguane” – Chris Watson (from Cima Verde)
7. “Tooi sora no kanata ni” – Itsutsu no akai fuusen (from Japanese Folk, Rock, and Enka, 1969-1972 compilation)
8. “Lantern on the Water” – Shugo Tokumaru (from Night Piece)
9. “Desert Toll/Spirit Guide” – Icy Demons (from Fight Back!)
10. “Vita” – Akira Ishikawa and Count Buffalo (from Uganda-Afurikan Rokky No Yoake)
11. “Ollin Arageed” – Hamza El-Din feat. Grateful Dead (from Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978)
12. “Wave Backwards to Massachusetts” – Hallelujah the Hills (from Collective Psychosis Begone)
13. “Lawrence of Arabia” – The Tornadoes (from Intergalactic Instros: Joe Meek Collection anthology)
14. “Milky Blue/Riddle in Wonderland” – YMCK (from Family Racing CD-R)
15. “Red Hat Attack” – A Grape Dope feat. Doseone (from Missing Dragons EP)
16. “Comendo Pao e Fazeno Mal” – Minusbaby (from Saudade for Beginners)
17. “The Vespertine Park” – Gavin Bryars (from Hommages)
18. “Santa Claus, Scene Three” – e.e. cummings (from reads his poetry)
19. “Robots and Cyborgs” – Francisco Lopez (from TechnoCalyps OST)
20. “Gamelan NEA” – Gamelan Son of Lion (from Metal Notes)
21. “Experiences No. 2” – Robert Wyatt (from Voices and Instruments compilation)
22. “Awaken… Larkwise” – Claire Hamill (from Voices)
23. “God Only Knows (vocals)” – The Beach Boys (from Pet Sounds box set)
24. “Romeristas (Rain Prayer)” – Las Romerista Mexicanas/Tzapulutes (from Yol K’u: Inside the Sun, Mayan Mountain Music)
25. “Waterloo No. 2” – Rhys Chatham (from An Angel Moves Too Fast To See: Selected Works, 1971-1989 anthology)
26. “Composition 40 (O)” – Anthony Braxton (from Quartet (Dortmund) 1976)
27. “Another Man’s Done Gone” – Odetta (from Folk Song and Minstrelsy anthology)
28. “I’m Going Back to the Red Clay Country” – Odetta (from Folk Song and Minstrelsy anthology)
29. “19IV75” – David Rosenbloom and J.B. Floyd with Trichy Sankaran (from SUITABLE FOR FRAMING/forms of freedom for two pianos and mrdangam)
30. “Clouds and Their Shadows” – Bird Show (from Bird Show)
31. “Red Flag on the Gondola” – Flipper’s Guitar (from Three Cheers For Our Side)
32. “I’m Only Sleeping (Take 1)” – The Beatles (from Anthology, v. 2)
1. “Rain and Snow” – Obray Ramsey (from The Music Never Stopped: Roots of the Grateful Dead compilation)
2. “Totally Confused” – Beck (from Western Harvest Field By Moonlight 10-inch)
3. “Frow Show Theme” – MVB
4. “Fallen Snow” – Au Revoir Simone (from The Bird of Music)
5. “My World Fell Down” – Saggitarius (from Present Tense)
6. “Sunday Morning, Seven AM, On San Pablo Avenue” – Mushroom (from Gazed Popems)
7. “Money Folder (Four Tet remix)” – Madvillian (from Madvillian Remixes EP)
8. “Devils” – 63 Crayons (from Spoils For Survivors)
9. “Hollow Me (alt. version)” – Yura Yura Teikoku (from Remix 2005-2008 anthology)
10. “Papa Legba” – Talking Heads feat. Pops Staples (from Sounds from True Stories)
11. “Caledonia Mission (song sketch)” – The Band (from A Musical History box set)
12. “River Deep, Mountain High” – Keith and Donna (from Keith and Donna)
13. “Not At All” – Claudia Lennear (from Some Bad-Ass Bitches (1968-1978) compilation)
14. “Then She Exploded” – Nothing (from A Warm Gun)
15. “Eric’s Trip” – Sonic Youth (from Daydream Nation)
16. “Tried So Hard” – Flying Burrito Brothers (from Flying Burrito Brothers)
17. “Perrier” – Ecstatic Sunshine (from Way)
18. “Spider Conductor” – Memorize the Sky (from Memorize the Sky)
19. “Rebound from the Cliff” – Ignatz (from Ignatz)
20. Wall of Banjos (feat. Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka, Bill Keith, Harry Reser, Reed Martin)
21. “John Hardy” – Bela Fleck, Vishwa Mohan. Bhatt, Jie-Bing chen (from Tabula Rasa)
22. Wall of Calliope (feat. Authentic Calliope Music (Major Records) & Old Time Circus Calliope (Audio Fidelity))
23. “Silent Night” – The Music Tapes (from The Singing Saw at Christmastime)
24. “Track 3” – Brian Joseph Davis (from Original Soundtrack)
25. “Glitterbas Solo” – Bob Moses (from Bittersuite in the Ozone)
26. “Triage” (excerpt) – DJ Olive (from Triage)
27. “Things Are Worse In Russia” – Sam Mayo (from Sprigs of Time: 78s from the EMI Archive compilation)
28. “Anything Could Happen” – Times New Viking (from Yeti, v. 6 compilation)
29. “Bad Education” – Blue Orchids (from The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain))
30. “20,000 Leagues” – Marine Girls (from Beach Party)
31. “Pensacaola” – Soul Coughing (from El Oso)
32. “Sun Organ” – Black Moth Super Rainbow (from Falling Through A Field)
33. “Are You Leaving For the Country?” – Karen Dalton (from In My Own Time)
34. “False From True” – Pete Seeger (from At 89)
35. “Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?” – Eugene Chadbourne feat. Jimmy Carl Black and Lol Coxhill (from Jesse Helms Busted With Pornography: The C&W Opera)
36. “Long Gone Like A Turkey Through the Corn” – Lightnin’ Hopkins (from Country Blues)
37. “Nothing Hides” – James Jackson Toth (from Waiting In Vain)
38. “Canela” – Devandra Banhart (from Cripple Crow)
39. “On My Way Home” – Neil Young (from Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968)
2.) I’m going to continue to post here–because, despite what Wired says, blogs really are an effective text distribution/organizational system–but a lot my 2.0 energy seems to be going towards Twitter these days. See you over there, maybe? I’m twitter.com/bourgwick.
S’more of Dad’s animation. Five-year-old me appears at the 1:08 mark, the rest of the neighborhood kids shortly thereafter.
I really love the original soundtrack to “Orange”–some great vintage library music-style electronics–but Shugo Takumaru’s “Funfair” is a good alternate score.
1. “We Shall Overcome – Charlie Haden (from Liberation Music Orchestra)
2. “Stars and Stripes Foever” – The Residents (from American Composer Series, v. 2: Stars and Hank Forever)
3. “Frow Show Theme” – MVB
4. “Bat Macumba” – Os Mutantes (from Os Mutantes)
5. “Costa Pariso” – El Guincho (from Alegranza)
6. “I Zimbra” – Talking Heads (from Fear of Music)
7. “Allah Wakbarr” – Ofo & the Black Company (from Love’s A Real Thing: The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa compilation)
8. “Ed Is A Portal” – Akron/Family (from Love is Simple)
9. “In Excelsior Vaginalistic” – The Flaming Lips (from Christmas On Mars OST)
10. “The Ballad of Hank McCain” (vocal version) – John Zorn feat. Mike Patton (from The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone)
11. “Woodbine” – Women (from Women)
12. “Life Forms (Transmission Received)” – Major Organ & the Adding Machine (from Major Organ & the Adding Machine)
13. “Strange Things Happening Everyday” – Sister Rosetta Tharpe (from The Original Soul Sister: Singing In My Soul (1943-1946))
14. “Darkpen” – Archimedes Badkar (from Tre)
15. “Vision’s the First” – High Places (from High Places)
16. “Balimba” – S. Olver Takara Percussions (from Space Oddities: A Collection of Rare European and Library Grooves, 1975-1984 compilation)
17. “Chimacum Rain” (demo #2) – Linda Perhacs (from Parallelograms)
18. “All You Can Do Is Laugh” (1) – cLOUDDEAD (from All You Can Do Is Laugh 10-inch)
19. “Werstuk-1964” – Axel Maujer (from Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music, v. 1 (1955-1966) compilation)
20. “First Construction in Metal” – John Cage (from Three Constructions)
21. selections from Common Bird Songs – Donald J. Borror
22. “Julia” – The Beatles/Listener Editor B (from Beware of the Blog)
23. “Car Fumes” – Terrestrial Tones (from Dead Drunk EP)
24. “Green Valentine Blues” – Allen Ginsberg (from Holy Soul, Jelly Roll box set)
25. “Wahwahkel” – Sack and Blumm (from Sack and Blumm)
26. “Temple Bells” (from Buddhist Drums, Bells and Chants)
27. selections from Live Mixxx – DJ Chaos X
28. “Legend of Hyrule” – Koji Kondo (from Ocarina of Time: Sounds and Songs)
29. “Are You Hung Up?” – Frank Zappa (from We’re Only In It For the Money)
30. “Hula Blues” – Sol Hoopi (from Hula Blues: Vintage Steel Guitar Instrumentals form the ’30s and ’40s compilation)
31. “Omstart” – Cornelius (from Sensuous)
32. “Space Hymn” – Lothar and the Hand People (from Space Hymns)
33. “Heal Us” – The 63 Crayons (from Death Before Distemper 2: Revenge of the Iron Ferret compilation)
34. “Quartet Piece no. 2” – Circle (from Circulus)
35. “The Things That I Know” – Musee Mecanique (from Hold This Ghost)
36. “Si Tu Dois Partir” – Fairport Convention (from Unhalfbricking)
37. “Show the Cloven Hoof” – Mainliner (from Psychedelic Polyhedron)
38. “The Grid” – Phillip Glass (from Koyaanisqatsi OST)
39. “Ripple” – Sex Mob (from Solid Sender)
