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Detailed playlist.
1. Invaders – “No Money, No Honey” – Cazumbi: African Sixties Garage, Vol. 1 (Nosmokerecords)
2. Ennio Morricone – “Guerra E Pace, Pollo e Brace” – Drive In, Turn On, Freak Out (Finders Keepers)
3. Vivian Girls – “Where Do You Run To?” – Vivian Girls (Mauled By Tigers/In the Red)
4. Joyce – “See You In Rio” – Steve Shelley’s 2008 Hanukah mix
5. Clara Rockmore – “Song of Grusia” – The Art of the Theramin (Delos)
6. Sandy Bull – “Triple Ballade” – Inventions (Timeless Recordings)
7. Hotel Alexis – “Oh, the Loneliness” – Goliath, I’m On Your Side (Broken Sparrow) [feat. “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,” chapter 9, by Haruki Murakami]
8. Fabio Orsi/Valerio Cosi – “The Frozen Seasons of Lysergia (Part Two)” – Thoughts Melt in the Air (Preservation)
9. Greg Davis and Jeph Jarman – “First Strata” – Ku (Room40)
10. Douglas Quin – “At the Sea Ice Edge” – Antarctica (Miramax)
11. Jana Winderen – “Jana Winderen” – Heated – Live in Japan (Touch)
12. Emeralds – “Living Room” – What Happened (No Fun)
13. Teeth Mountain – “Side A” – Teeth Mountain cassette (Night People)
14. Dan Deacon – “Of the Mountains” – Bromst (Carpark)
15. Karl Schiller – “High” – The In-Kraut, v. 3: Hip Shaking Grooves Made In Germany (Marina)
16. David Murray Octet – “Dark Star” – Dark Star [The Music Of The Grateful Dead] (Astor Place)
17. Wolf Eyes and Anthony Braxton – “The Mangler” – Black Vomit (Victo)
18. Dick Raaijmakers – “Ping Pong” – The Complete Tape Music of Dick Raaijmakers (Donemus)
19. Milford Graves – “Nothing 19” – Percussion Ensemble (ESP-Disk) [feat. “American Boy” (a capella) by Estelle feat. Kanye West]
20. Sun Araw – “Hey Mandela” – Sun Araw/Predator Vision split LP (Not Not Fun)
21. Sentieri Selvaggi – “Sub Rosa (Gavin Bryars)” – Sentieri Selvaggi plays Bryars and Glass (Cantaloupe)
22. Avey Tare and Kria Brekkan – “Sasong (un-backwards)” – Pullhair Rubeye (Paw Tracks)
23. Bob Dylan – “Mama You Been On My Mind” – 17 June 1998 Forrest National, Brussels, Belgium
24. Gram Parsons – “Love Hurts (alternate)” – Complete Reprise Sessions (Rhino)
25. The Bangles – “Manic Monday” – Different Light (Columbia)
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1. “Cold Rain and Snow” – Oneida
from Heads Ain’t Ready 7-inch (These Are Records, 2008)
2. “Dark Star” – Grateful Dead
7-inch (Warner Brothers, 1968)
3. “Okie From Muskogee” – Grateful Dead feat. the Beach Boys
27 April 1971, Fillmore East, New York City, NY
4. “Brokedown Palace” – Bonnie Prince Billy
from Pebbles and Ripples tour EP (split with Brgithblack, 2004)
5. “Mountains of the Moon” (angel choir mix) – Grateful Dead
from first Aoxomoxoa pressings, 1969-1971 (Warner Brothers, 1969)
6. “Turn On Your Lovelight” – Akron/Family
5 December 2007 Taylor John’s House, UK
from Relix magazine, August 2008
7. “Late For Supper” – Jerry Garcia
from Garcia (Warner Brothers, 1972)
8. “Seastones” (excerpt) – Ned Lagin feat. Phil Lesh, Jerry Garcia, and David Crosby
original February 1975 take (Rykodisc, 1991)
9. “Love Scene #4” – Jerry Garcia
recorded 1970
from Zabriskie Point OST (Rhino reissue, 1997)
10. Jam – Grateful Dead
19 December 1973, Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, FL
from Dick’s Picks, v. 1 (Arista, 1993)
11. “Stella Blue” – Dump
from Bill’s 30th Birthday CD-R (2008)
(thx, d00dz!)
12. “Box of Rain” – Robert Hunter
from Jack O’ Roses (Dark Star, 1980)
13. “Down Home” (rehearsal version) – Jerry Garcia
from Cats Under the Stars reissue (Rhino, 2004)
Thx to Chris for the cover art!
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Detailed playlist.
1. “I Saw A Hippie Girl On 8th Avenue” – Jeffrey Lewis (from It’s The Ones Who’ve Cracked That the Light Shines Through)
2. “New Wave Hippies” – Psychedelic Horseshit (from Magic Flowers Droned
3. “Everyone Is Guilty” – Akron/Family (from Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free)
4. “Mountains of the Moon (angel choir mix)” – Grateful Dead (from Crust Never Sleeps: Jesse’s 2009 DJ Premium)
5. “Who Needs the Peace Corps?” – JJ & the Mothers of Invention (from Lumpy Money)
6. “Okie From Muskogee” – Grateful Dead feat. the Beach Boys (from Crust Never Sleeps: Jesse’s 2009 DJ Premium)
7. “It’s All Over” – Thee 50s High Teens (from Punch De Beat)
8. “Let’s Kiss and Make Up” – Robert Ward (from Hot Stuff)
9. “Quinn the Eskimo” – Bob Dylan and the Band (31 August 1969 Isle of Wight)
10. “Gimme Some Money” – The Thamesmen (from This is Spinal Tap OST)
11. “Ouch!” – The Rutles (from The Rutles OST)
12. “Dog Meat” – The Condo Fucks (from Fuckbook)
13. “We Ain’t Gonna Party No More” – The Turtles (from Wooden Head)
14. “Kill Jerry Garcia” – Colorfinger (from Deep in the Heart of the Beast of the Sun)
15. “We Are MTO” – Steven Bernstein and the Millennial Territory Orchestra (from We Are MTO)
16. “Free (End of Session version)” – The Boredoms (from Sharin’ In The Groove compilation)
17. “Money” – Apollo Sunshine (from Shall Noise Upon)
18. “Late For Supper” – Jerry Garcia (from Crust Never Sleeps: Jesse’s 2009 DJ Premium)
19. “Jam” – Grateful Dead (from Crust Never Sleeps: Jesse’s 2009 DJ Premium)
20. “Stella Blue” – Dump (from Crust Never Sleeps: Jesse’s 2009 DJ Premium)
21. “Maria Bethania” – Caetano Veloso (from Caetano Veloso (1971))
22. “Fiorassio” – Effisio Melis (from Secret Museum of Mankind, v. 1 compilation)
23. “Choubi Choubi” (from Choubi Choubi! Folk and Pop Sounds from Iraq compilation)
24. “Panis et Circenses (reprise)” – Os Mutantes (from Tecnicolor)
25. “Nega (Photograph Blues)” – Gilberto Gil (from Gilberto Gil (1971))
26. “Love (It’s Been So Long)” – Frankie and Robert (from Eccentric Soul: The Trager and Note Labels compilation)
27. “Happy Today” – The Wowz (from Long Grain Rights)
28. “All You Need Is Love” – Echo and the Bunneymen (from Crystal Days, 1979-1999)
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Detailed playlist.
1. “Cold Rain and Snow” – Oneida (from Heads Ain’t Ready 7-inch)
2. “Flyin’ Saucer Twist” – Tom Carter and the Ramrods (from Northway Sound Story, v. 1 7-inch)
3. “Stardust” – Hoagy Carmichael (from Stardust and Much More)
4. “I Only Have Eyes For You” – The Flamingos
5. “Frozen Warnings” – John Cale (from Nico/Icon DVD)
6. “Wordless” – “The Velvet Underground” (from Squeeze)
7. “Museum” – Herman’s Hermits (from Blaze)
8. “Is This What I get For Loving You” – Marianne Faithfull (from Greatest Hits)
9. “Help Me Make It Through the Night” – Joyce Bond (from Trojan Singles box set)
10. “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” – Oldham Brothers (from Do It Again: A Tribute to Pet Sounds compilation)
11. “Call and Respond” – Times New Viking (from Stay Awake EP)
12. “Worldfood VII (To See Him With My Eyes)” – Ramon Sender (from Worldfood)
13. “Yert Yah Matreearchy” – Stag Hare (from Black Medicine Music)
14. “In No Strange Land” – Donald Erb (from Music For Instruments and Electronic Sounds)
15. “#1” – Keiji Haino (from The 21st century Hard-Guide-Y Man)
16. “13 I 73 5 : 35 – 6 : 14 : 03 PM NYC” – LaMonte Young and Marian Zazeela (from The Theatre of Eternal Music)
17. “Most Definitely Not Koln” – Loren Connors and Jim O’Rourke (form Two Nice Catholic Boys)
18. “Zzyzx” – Billy Faier (from Banjo)
19. “When the Snow Melts and Floats Downstream” – Cian Nugent (from Imaginational Anthem, v. 3 compilation)
20. “It’s Time” – Homegas (from Homegas)2
21. “Good Heart, Money, and Rain” – Moore Brothers feat. Joanna Newsom (from Aptos)
22. “Hazy SF” – Six Organs of Admittance (from Golden Apples of the Sun compilation)
23. “Loner” – Marissa Nadler (from Little Hells)
24. “#4” – Giuseppe Ielasi (from Aix)
25. “Mighty Mighty” – Ethan Rose (from Oaks)
26. “Morning Dew” – Nazareth (from Nazareth)
27. “Fallen Snow” – Au Revoir Simone (from Bird of Music)
28. “Spider In the Snow” – Dismemberment Plan (from Emergency and I)
29. “City of Steel” – Talking Heads (from Sounds From True Stories)
30. “Beyond the Blue Horizon” – Michael Nesmith (from Magnetic South)
31. “So I Hear Yoi’re Moving” – Lambchop (from I Hope You’re Sitting Down)
32. “Time Is On My Side” – Keith Richards (from Complete Honeymoon Tapes)
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Detailed playlist
1. “Exactly Where I’m At” – Ween (from White Pepper)
2. “Gravelly Mountains of the Moon” – Akron/Family (from Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free)
3. “Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day” – The Monkees (from The Monkees)
4. “Rock-n-Roll Victim” – Death (from …For the World to See)
5. “5:30” – DNA (from New York Noise: Dance Music From The New Yorker Underground, 1978-1982 compilation)
6. “Chtonian” – Zu (from Carboniferous)
7. “Maya” – Invisible Circle (from Invisible Circle)
8. “Peace Age” – Dana (from Adult Weekend)
9. “Live From Earthdom” – Astro (from KFJC Presents Live from the Japanese Music Underground compilation)
10. “Malhini Mele” – HAT (from DSP-Holiday)
11. “Anything Could Happen” – The Clean (from I>Boodle Boodle Boodle EP)
12. “Ja Fun Mi (instrumental)” – King Sunny Ade and His African Beats (from Nigeria ’70 compilation)
13. “Blues Mecanique” – Pierre Bastien (from Les Premieres Machines 1968 – 1988 anthology)
14. “City Pulse” – Peter Walker (from Long Lost Tapes 1970)
15. “Paysages D’Ames” – Om (from Om)
16. “Yesterdays” – Sun Ra (from Solo Piano, v. 1)
17. “Cloud Chamber” – Boris with Michio Kurihara (from Cloud Chamber EP)
18. “Side A” – Strategy (from Noise Tape Reggae 7-inch)
19. “Sweet Sunny South” – Jerry Garcia and David Grisman (from Shady Grove)
20. “You’re A Big Girl Now” – Lambchop (22 October 2008 Graz, Austria)
21. “All-Night-Looking Lonesome Blues” – The Underground Failure (from The Underground Failure)
22. “Untitled” – Talibam (from Talibam!)
23. “The Dazzled” – Crystal Stilts (form Alright of Night)
24. “Coyotes/Space” – Sad Horse (from North Portland Music Series, v. 1 7-inch)
25. “Brainstorm” – Acid Mothers Temple & the Cosmic Infermo (from Sonic Attack split 7-inch)
26. “U Nungisa” – Spiritual Singers (from Ntsamina)
27. “Fat Mama Kick” – The Walker Brothers (from Nite Flights)
28. “Welcome To Heartbreak” – Kanye West (from 808s and Heartbreak)
29. “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” – Willie Nelson (from Rainbow Connection)
30. “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” – Them
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Detailed playlist
1. “Superdeformed” by Matthew Sweet (from No Alternative compilation)
2. “Your Mother Should Know” – The Beat Boys (from The Beat Boys)
3. “Mexican Blues” – Pete Seeger (from Circles and Seasons)
4. “Buckeye Jim” – Judy Henske (from High Flying Bird)
5. “City of New Orleans” – Arlo Guthrie (from Together In Concert)
6. “Invocation” – Marc Ribot (from Spiritual Unity)
7. live set by John Biz
8. “You Broke My Heart”- Lavender Diamond (from You Broke My Heart EP)
9. “Bird Song” – Jerry Garcia (from Garcia)
10. “Shoulder Full of You” – Blitzen Trapper (from EP3 EP)
11. “Woodland Orchestra” – Steffan Basho-Junghans (from Late Summer Morning)
12. “Think Small” – Tall Dwarfs (from Fork Songs)
13. “The Face of Empty Me” – Christian Ward (from File Under: Male Vocal: The Golden Age of the Beat Balladeer compilation)
14. “Here I Set” – The Ronettes (from Georgia’s 2008 Hanukkah mix)
15. “She Shot A Hole In My Soul” – Clifford Curry (from Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm and Blues, 1945-1970 compilation)
16. “Katie’s Been Gone” – The Band (from The Basement Tapes)
17. “What For the Stables” – King Darves (from The Sun Splits For… the Blind Swimmer)
18. “Observations” – Tristan Perich
19. “A Stone For Angus Maclise, no. 1” – Pelt (from A Stone For Angus Maclise)
20. “Mangungu” – Hector Zazou and Bony Bekaye (from Noir Et Blanc)
21. “When Doves Cry” – Prince (from Purple Rain: Live in Syracuse bootleg)
22. “Young Subjects” – Steve Gunn (from Steve Gunn)
23. “Witch’s Will” – Wilburn Burchette (from Guitar Grimoire)
24. “Wood Between Worlds” – Laura Barrett (from Victory Garden)
25. “These Few Presidents” – Why? (from Almost Live From Eli’s Room CD-R)
26. “So Long, Old Bean” – Devendra Banhart (from Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon)
Features:
The Notorious M.O.V.I.E., Jamal Woolard feature (Paste)
Gospel Zone, on Dylan’s gospel period (Boogie Woogie Flu)
2008 faves (WFMU’s Beware of the Blog)
Albums:
Old Money – Omar Rodriguez Lopez (Paste)
At the Cat’s Cradle – Ween (Paste)
The Atavistic Waltz – Ralph White (JamBands.com)
Indie-Weirdo Round-Up, featuring: Bird Show, Stag Hare, DJ Olive, Yeti, v. 6, Chris Watson (JamBands.com)
Pleasant Obsolescence, featuring: Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship, Charles Mingus, Willie Nelson, Lou Reed, Peter Tosh (JamBands.com)
Live:
Julian Koster at Andrew Frisciano’s Apartment, 13 December 2008 (Village Voice blog)
Neil Young at Madison Square Garden, 15 December 2008 (Village Voice blog)
Yo La Tengo at Maxwell’s, 21-22 December 2008 (Village Voice blog)
Yo La Tengo at Maxwell’s, 21-28 December 2008 (Village Voice blog)
Books:
Hollywood Foto-Rhetoric by Bob Dylan and Barry Feinstein (The Forward)
Don’t Stop Believin’: How Karaoke Changed the World and Saved My Life by Brian Raftery (San Francisco Chronicle)
Movies:
Che (Paste)
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (Village Voice blog)
Gomorrah (Paste)
Columns:
BRAIN TUBA: Song of the Refreköx (JamBands.com)
BRAIN TUBA: Ten Years, part 4 (JamBands.com)
In print:
o Paste #50 (Neko Case cover): feature on Jamal Woolard, album reviews of Ween, movie reviews of Gomorrah, Che
o February/March Relix (The Dead cover): album reviews of Neil Young, Animal Collective, M. Ward, Ernest Stoneman, Frank Zappa; book review of San Francisco Tape Music Center: 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde
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Detailed playlist.
1. “I Know There’s An Answer” – Sonic Youth (from Goo deluxe edition)
2. “Frow Show Theme” – MVB
3. “Goodbye” – Justin Heathcliff (from Justin Heathcliff)
4. “No Way Around That” – Yoshimi (from Hark Too! Tribute to the Hark Album by Wim T. Schippers compilation)
5. “Whether U Like It Or Not I Love U” – The Frogs (from The Frogs)
6. “I Don’t Want To Do It” – George Harrison (from Beware of Abkco demos)
7. “Putting Myself Together Again” – Lambert & Nuttycombe (from At Home)
8. “Remember” – Thelonious Monk (from Thelonious Alone in San Francisco)
9. “Shift Register” – Robert Henke (from Atom/Document)
10. “Absence of Redemption” – Chas Smith (from An Hour Out of Desert Center)
11. “Hall of Flowers (part I)” – Philip Perkins (from Hall of Flowers)
12. “Gragnana, Italy” – Steven Feld (from The Time of Bells, v. 1)
13. “Even Wild Horses, Act III, Scene 1” – Harry Partch (from Harry Partch Collection, v. 1I)
14. “Medium III” – Iancu Dumitrescu (from Medium III)
15. “Gomul Visa Um Vori” – Kria Brekkan (from Wildering 7-inch)
16. “Rothko Chapel” – Morton Feldman (from Rothko Chapel/Why Patterns?)
17. “Quiet Morning” – Chihei Hatakeyama (from Dedication)
18. “This Time Tomorrow” – The Kinks (from Lola Vs. the Powerman and the Money-Go-Round, Part One)
19. “It Seems Like Nothing’s Gonna Come My Way Today” – The Outsiders (from CQ)
20. “Seastones (Original February 1975 version)” – Ned Lagin (from Seastones reissue)
21. “Prarie Ghost” – Meredith Monk (from Songs From the Hill/Tablet)
22. “Diane Dean” – Heart (from Best of the Night Air, v. 1)
23. “Upon Composition” – Ron Geesin (from As He Stands)
24. “Gotcha” – Bobby Hutcherson (from Solo/Quartet)
25. “Restin” – Jason Moran (from Same Mother)
26. “Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye” – Leonard Cohen (from Songs of Leonard Cohen)
27. “I’ll Fly Away” – Johnny Cash (from My Mother’s Hymnbook)
28. “Maria Bethania” – Caetano Veloso (from Caetano Veloso (1971))
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Detailed playlist
1. “My World Fell Down” – Saggitarius (from Present Tense)
2. “Frow Show Theme” – MVB
3. “Ted Fucking Williams” – The Baseball Project (from Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails)
4. “Rod Poole’s Gradual Ascent To Heaven” – Nels Cline (from Coward)
5. “I’m A Believer” – Robert Wyatt (from Solar Flares Burn For You anthology)
6. “Lumpy Gravy” (original orchestral edit) – Frank Zappa (from Lumpy Money box set)
7. “Mean Old World” – Sam Cooke
8. “Amime” – Eddie Marcon (from Shining on Graveposts)
9. “Streets of Laredo” – Michael Hurley (from The Ancestral Swamp)
10. “Kalemba (Wegue Wegue)” – Buraka Som Sistema feat. Pongolove (from Black Diamond)
11. “Cheyla ya Haiuune” – Group Doueh (from Guitar Music of the Western Sahara)
12. “Green Vines” – Bird Show (from Bird Show)
13. “Feel the Drip” – Black Moth Super Rainbow (from Don’t You Want To Be In A Cult? 12-inch)
14. “River Mara at Dawn, Massai Mara, Kenya” – Chris Watson (from Stepping Into the Dark)
15. “Cosmogenesis” (excerpt) – Ela Lamblin (from Orbitones, Spoon Harps, and Bellowphones compilation)
16. “Ghost” (Birchville Cat Motel remix) – Pyramids
17. “Do You Like Worms? (Do You Dig Worms?)” – Olivia Tremor Control (from Smiling Pets compilation)
18. “Metastasis” – Iannis Xenakis (from Metastasis Pithoprakta Eonta)
19. “Can I Sleep In Your Arms” – Phospherescent (from To Willie)
20. “Everything’s Big” – Here We Go Magic (from Here We Go Magic)
21. “Hard Times Wondering” – Euros Childs (from The Miracle Inn)
22. “Gentle Hour” – Yo La Tengo (from Dark Was the Night compilation)
23. “Lazybones” – Soul Coughing (from Irresistable Bliss)
24. “Wait For You” – The Mountain Goats (from Babylon Springs EP)
25. “Going, Going, Gone” – Legion of Mary (from Garcia Sings Dylan anthology bonus disc)
Listen here.
Detailed playlist.
1. “God Only Knows” (instrumental) – The Beach Boys (from The Pet Sounds Sessions box set)
2. “Wish I May” – Os Rocks (from Cazumbi: African Sixties Garage, v. 1 compilation)
3. “Don’t Worry About the Government” – Talking Heads (from ’77)
4. “Her Past Are the Trees” – Panther (from 14ktGod)
5. “Boghassa” – Group Bombino (from Guitars From Agadez, v. 2)
6. “Nenavizhu Zhenshchin (Takih, Kak Ti)” – Grazhdanskaya Oborona (from Poganaya Molodyezh anthology)
7. “I Have Got No Money” – The Peace (from Black Power)
8. “Baby Don’t Go Downtown” – Niela Miller (from Songs of Leaving)
9. Live set from Kittybaby!
10. “George Harrison” – Mugison (from Mugiboogie)
11. “A Happy Sort of Melancholy” – Melodium (from My Mind Is Falling To Pieces)
12. “Red Flowers” – Masato Minami (from The Tropics)
13. “Blown Light” – Festival (from Come, Arrow, Come!)
14. “Grand Marcher” – Ethan Rose (from Oaks)
15. “Steal Dream March” – Stereolab and Nurse With Wound (from Crumb Duck EP)
16. “Study For Player Piano #44” – Conlon Nancarrow (from Studies For Player Piano box set)
17. “Bird Cage, part 6” – John Cage (from Bird Cage)
18. “Queen Among the Heather” – June Tabor (from Airs and Graces)
19. “Blue Sky” – Animal Collective (from 20 January 2009 Grand Ballroom)
20. “Keinsin” – Teeth Mountain (from Tour EP)
21. “In The Aeroplane Over the Sea” – Neutral Milk Hotel (from In The Aeroplane Over the Sea)
22. “Reflects Motion” – Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra (from Secrets of the Sun)
23. “The End of the Tar” – Ralph White (from The Atavistic Waltz)
24. “Ballad of the Hot Ghost Mamas #1 & #2 (from Blood Moon Riders 12-inch)
25. “Stations of the Tide” – Henry Kaiser & Jim O’Rourke (from Tomorrow Knows Where You Live)
26 “Led By Sheep” – Casperelectronics (from Aboard a ship of fingers and nails)
27. “Here Comes Sunshine” – Grateful Dead (from Dick’s Picks, v. 1)
