Hello all. I'm back from New York, which was obviously awesome. I picked up few CD's from some Other Music and Kim's Video:
Genesis- A psychedelic band with some prog sound. (not to be confused with the Peter Gabriel/Phil Collins group)
Ophiucus - A very cool French prog/psych band.
The Joint - An excellent hard garage band.
Novos Baianos - Brazilian lounge bang, with a few psychedelic tracks. It's both very sexy and very good.
Moby Grape - A delicious compilation with some excellent hard garage rock.
It's refreshing to see there's still somewhere you can go to for excellent record stores with people who know what the hell they're talking about. With the (glorious) exception of Yesterday and Today Records, there's pretty much nothing left in Miami.
And so, by somewhat popular demand, here's the track listing for this week's show:
10/25/07
George Harrison - Art of Dying
Hot Tuna - Living Just For You
Odyssey - Angel Dust
The Rolling Stones - Have You Seen Your Mother, Standing In The Shadows
Osibisa - Beautiful Seven
Groundhogs - Ship on the Ocean
Wings - Venus and Mars/Rock Show/Jet (Medley)
Jefferson Airplane - 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds
Black Sabbath - Hole in the Sky
Led Zeppelin - Sick Again
Stone the Crows - Big Jim Salter
Queen - I'm in Love with my Car*
Moody Blues - Gypsy*
Moody Blues - Sun Is Still Burning*
The Joint - Freak St.
The Joint - Dinosaur
Ophiucus - Djukela
Moby Grape - Indifference
Mountain - Mississippi Queen*
Novos Baiainos - Um Dentro do Outro
Steppenwolf - Monster*
Bill Haley and the Comets - Rock Around the Clock*
The Beatles - What You're Doing
The Beatles - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
The Beatles - I'm Looking Through You
The Beatles - Fixing a Hole
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows*
Joni Mitchell - Carey
Joni Mitchell - California
Savoy Brown - A Hard Way To Go*
Velvet Underground - Here She Comes Now*
Genesis - Como Decirte Cuanto Te Amo
Led Zeppelin - Custard Pie*
The Who - Sparks
The Who - Eyesight to the Blind
Yes - America
Wings - Daytime Nighttime Suffering
Eric Burdon and the Animals - Ring of Fire
Electric Prunes - Are You Loving Me More (But Enjoying it Less)
Pink Floyd - Chapter 24*
Pink Floyd - On The Run*
*requests
Many thanks to everyone who called in.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Guest DJ For This Week...
Many thanks to everyone who called in this past Thursday. It was nice to see the request line clogged for a good portion of the show.
I'll be out of town this week, but instead of a pre-recorded show DJ DeeLeet is kind enough to offer to cover the show, so he'll be filling in for me this week. You can call him up with all of your requests, as usual.
I'll be out of town this week, but instead of a pre-recorded show DJ DeeLeet is kind enough to offer to cover the show, so he'll be filling in for me this week. You can call him up with all of your requests, as usual.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Taking Requests For Pre-recorded Show...
Audio Fossils on October 18th will be pre-recorded. Not only is that my birthday, but I'll be about 1,200 miles away and out of town.
If you have any requests for me to put into the pre-recorded show, send an email to djpduffman AT gmail.com or just comment below.
If you have any requests for me to put into the pre-recorded show, send an email to djpduffman AT gmail.com or just comment below.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Review: Joni Mitchell - Shine
First off, I think it's important to start by saying that Robert Christgau of Rolling Stone magazine is a complete and utter tool. He is a fine example that that magazine has about as much integrity as a child rapist.
So I guess I'm somewhat obliged to comment on the elusive monkey that is on the figurative back of this album, which is "why the hell did she decide to release this on Hear Music?" Your guess is as good as mine. While it is ironic that she's anti-corporation and she decided to release this album on a big corporation, if there's one thing we know about Joni Mitchell is that she flat out doesn't give a damn what people think.
Shine incorporates all of the previous phases of her musical career and mixes it all together. Joni Mitchell has always had eerie sounds that, for some reason, sound incredible, and this album is no exception. Even in Mitchell's early career where she was just doing basic folk, she would hit high notes slightly off-key and then bend her voice to where it was supposed to be, making it sound brilliant. In this album the "eerie sounds" come from the general mash-up of different musical genres; she even makes accordions sound good. Joni also incorporates some modern music like electronic, which works out nicely.
I know some people may be annoyed by the fact that she's protesting things like war and the condition of the global environment, which are issues we're already tired of hearing about from artists like the Rolling Stones and Neil Young, but the thing is that Joni Mitchell does it infinitely better than they do. Joni wouldn't release an album unless she had something to say and it just so happens those topics are some of the things she has to talk about. Joni Mitchell protests these things in a much more subtle and classy way. She never once says the name of a country or political figure. Instead, she uses more subtle terminology to refer to them, in a way that only a linguist like Joni could.
There's the obvious fact that her voice isn't what it used to be, but instead of being arrogant, Joni realizes this and knows the limits that have been brought upon by her aging and decades of cigarette-smoking. But it isn't all bad news. Instead of the angelic and lust-worthy voice she had back in the 70's, she now has a more nurturing, almost motherly tone in her voice which I think is appropriate for the time and the content of her music.
Hey lyrics are as meaningful as they've ever been. I wonder whether she laughs to herself as she writes her lyrics, knowing how badass they are.
The name of the album is overused and generic, but it's important to realize all the others albums she's released in the past. Most of her albums are just named after a specific track in the album. She doesn't really get creative with her album names. "Court and Spark," "Blue," and "For The Roses" are all named after a track in the album, and she typically picks a track with a pretty standard name, so this time she decided to pick "Shine."
Joni is just as powerful as she was in her prime. She's not washed up, she's not old and tired. Her music is just as relevant as it used to be. While her previous album was supposed to be her last album and she's always had an attitude that she's a painter first and a musician second, I hope that we a few more albums to look forward to from her before she goes up to the "great gig in the sky."
Rating: 4/5
So I guess I'm somewhat obliged to comment on the elusive monkey that is on the figurative back of this album, which is "why the hell did she decide to release this on Hear Music?" Your guess is as good as mine. While it is ironic that she's anti-corporation and she decided to release this album on a big corporation, if there's one thing we know about Joni Mitchell is that she flat out doesn't give a damn what people think.
Shine incorporates all of the previous phases of her musical career and mixes it all together. Joni Mitchell has always had eerie sounds that, for some reason, sound incredible, and this album is no exception. Even in Mitchell's early career where she was just doing basic folk, she would hit high notes slightly off-key and then bend her voice to where it was supposed to be, making it sound brilliant. In this album the "eerie sounds" come from the general mash-up of different musical genres; she even makes accordions sound good. Joni also incorporates some modern music like electronic, which works out nicely.
I know some people may be annoyed by the fact that she's protesting things like war and the condition of the global environment, which are issues we're already tired of hearing about from artists like the Rolling Stones and Neil Young, but the thing is that Joni Mitchell does it infinitely better than they do. Joni wouldn't release an album unless she had something to say and it just so happens those topics are some of the things she has to talk about. Joni Mitchell protests these things in a much more subtle and classy way. She never once says the name of a country or political figure. Instead, she uses more subtle terminology to refer to them, in a way that only a linguist like Joni could.
There's the obvious fact that her voice isn't what it used to be, but instead of being arrogant, Joni realizes this and knows the limits that have been brought upon by her aging and decades of cigarette-smoking. But it isn't all bad news. Instead of the angelic and lust-worthy voice she had back in the 70's, she now has a more nurturing, almost motherly tone in her voice which I think is appropriate for the time and the content of her music.
Hey lyrics are as meaningful as they've ever been. I wonder whether she laughs to herself as she writes her lyrics, knowing how badass they are.
The name of the album is overused and generic, but it's important to realize all the others albums she's released in the past. Most of her albums are just named after a specific track in the album. She doesn't really get creative with her album names. "Court and Spark," "Blue," and "For The Roses" are all named after a track in the album, and she typically picks a track with a pretty standard name, so this time she decided to pick "Shine."
Joni is just as powerful as she was in her prime. She's not washed up, she's not old and tired. Her music is just as relevant as it used to be. While her previous album was supposed to be her last album and she's always had an attitude that she's a painter first and a musician second, I hope that we a few more albums to look forward to from her before she goes up to the "great gig in the sky."
Rating: 4/5
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