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Bonjour bitches! WEEK 8! Can you believe it? I can’t!

This week’s is actually kind of….happy.

I know, I didn’t see that one coming either.

So, here’s a few really wonderful tracks to lift those mid-week blues.

Tracklisting is as follows:

1: ‘Just Another Day‘ : Oingo Boingo (Dead Man’s Party)

2: ‘Couple Day’s Off‘ : Huey Lewis & The News (Greatest Hits)

3: ‘Please‘ : Paul Hartnoll Fet Robert Smith (The Ideal Condition)

4: ‘Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT Remix)’ Metric

5: ‘Dashboard‘ : Modest Mouse (We Were Dead Before The Ship Sank)

6: ‘Peacebone‘ : Animal Collective (Strawberry Jam)

7: ‘Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing (Eyes Wide Shut Remix)‘ :  Chris Issac (B-Sides & Rarities)

8: ‘Do It Again‘ : Steely Dan (Greatest Hits)

9: ‘Cloudbusting‘ : Kate Bush (Hounds Of Love)

10: ‘You’re The One For Me Fatty’ : Morrissey (Your Arsenal)

11: ‘Don’t Go Home With Your Hard On‘ : Leonard Cohen Feat Bob Dylan & Allen Ginsberg (Death Of A Ladies Man – Produced By Phil Spector)

12: ‘1985 (Bowling For Soup Cover)‘ : Richard Thompson (1000 Years Of Popular Music)

13: ‘Dirty Blvrd‘ Lou Reed (Animal Serenade)

14 : ‘Dry Your Eyes‘ : The Band Feat Neil Diamond (The Last Waltz)

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This week I have been indulging in a great deal of older albums and so the majority of this weeks selections come from a period in the 1990′s when the Rock was good, the Hip Hop was good, the summers were longer and it was all trees around here.

I have included a few delights such as Primus’ storming ‘Here Come The Bastards’, one of the best early morning songs there is. Nas’ ‘The Message’ still remains one of my favourite songs of his, even with the Sting sample! Alice In Chains, Pantera, Machine Head and Rage all appear, reminding us why they achieved the legendary status they do today.

Copkiller was one of the first tapes that I ever owned. A friend gave me a copy in primary school that his brother got in Holland. My first contraband music, a lifetime of censory defiance was born in that seemingly insignificant moment. From there came the worlds of Messers Ice’s T and Cube, House Of Pain and Cypress Hill (Omitted here on the grounds of ‘I’m not in the mood to hear them’). A healthy interest in most noisey stuff lead me to become the all devouring music junkie that I am today. Trading tapes and compilations was always something I did regularly (also, having the right music could oftentime barter you out of a beating if you knew the potential pummeller’s music preferences), so it’s really a joy to be able to do them still.

This is also why I chose to do Mixtapes as opposed to Podcasts, I never used to stop each song when I was making C-90′s for people and jabber on in the middle of them, so I politely decline to start doing that.  As well as this factor, it would involve me sitting here talking to myself and that really would be the beginning of the end.

(Please note that I do enjoy many Podcasts and am in no way being curmudgeonly, I simply don’t think that anyone needs to hear me do one at this point in time.)

Enjoy!

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Tracklisting Is As Follows:

1: Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness : Smashing Pumpkins ‘Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness’
2: Here Come The Bastards : Primus ‘Sailing The Seas Of Cheese’
3: The Message : Nas : ‘It Was Written’
4: Them Bones : Alice In Chains ‘Dirt’
5: People Of The Sun : Rage Against The Machine ‘Evil Empire’
6: Vasoline : Stone Temple Pilots ‘Purple’
7: Kitty : Presidents Of The United States Of America ‘Presidents Of The United States Of America’
8: Davidian : Machine Head ‘Burn My Eyes’
9: 99 Ways To Die : Megadeth ‘The Beavis & Butthead Experience’
10: Thunder Kiss 65 : White Zombie ‘La Sexercisto’
11: Fucking Hostile : Pantera ‘Vulgar Display Of Power’
12: American Psycho : Misfits ‘American Psycho’
13: Superhoes : Funkdoobiest ‘Friday – OST’
14: Copkiller : Bodycount ‘Copkiller EP / Bodycount Uncensored LP’
15: Natural Born Killaz : Ice Cube & Dr Dre : ‘Murder Was The Case OST’
16: Teething : Deftones ‘Crow – City Of Angels OST’
17: A Gangsta’s Fairy Tale : Ice Cube ‘Amerikkka’s Most Wanted’
18: Home Invasion : Ice T ‘Home Invasion’
19: Serve The Servants : Nirvana ‘In Utero’
20: The Perfect Drug : Nine Inch Nails ‘Lost Highway OST’
21: Real Muthaphukkin G’s : Eazy E ‘It’s On (Dr Dre)187 Um Killa

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Tracklisting is as follows:

1: Prologue (I Can’t Make The Hills): Philip Glass Feat Leonard Cohen ‘Book Of Longing’
2: This Is A Lie : The Cure ‘Wild Mood Swings’
3: Fake Empire : The National ‘Boxer’
4: Lexington Slow Down : Mark Lanegan ‘Here Comes That Weird Chill’
5: Daisies Of The Galaxy : Eels ‘Daisies Of The Galaxy’
6: Levi Stubbs’ Tears : Billy Bragg ‘Must I Paint You A Picture’
7: The Weight Of The World : Editors ‘An End Has A Start’
8: Cherubs : Arab Strap ‘Elephant Shoe’
9: Four Pounds In Two Days : Lambchop ‘Aw Cmon / No You Cmon’
10: Diver : Gravenhurst ‘Dead Man’s Shoes OST’
11: Ruby’s Arms : Tom Waits ‘Heart Attack & Vine’
12: Nebraska : Bruce Springsteen ‘Nebraska’
13: Time : Tori Amos ‘Strange Little Girls’
14: Dress Rehersal Rag : Leonard Cohen ‘Songs Of Love And Hate’
15: Untitled #1 : Sigur Ros : ( )
16: Asleep : The Smiths : ‘Louder Than Bombs’

As I can’t logistically invite all of you round to mine to watch this with me, here’s one of David Cross‘ finest hours. DMX was once cited as the ‘Ronnie Dobbs Of Rap’, after seeing this you will understand exactly what that means. Jack Black also has one of his best cameos in this. Sit back and revel in ‘Run Ronnie Run‘

Doesn’t this just look fabulous? I can’t wait!

Not sure about Karen O doing the music, seeing that she’s a talentless shit and all.

And Arcade Fire over the trailer, hmmmm, dunno about that.

Still, I didn’t make it, so who am I to judge it yet? Lets just hope it doesn’t have a crappy soundtrack that takes away from the monster magnificence.

Edit: No, I am actually cool with the Arcade Fire, I like Arcade Fire, I just despise most Arcade Fire fans. This is becasue they tend to be self righteous arse weasels who think that listening to certain bands makes you more intelligent.  Grrr. I maintain a lot of mental scars from my time running that record store.

It’s Friday. That’s Mixtape day! This week’s will not only divide opinion, but will probably scare off all the extra traffic that last week’s Mike Patton one brought in.

Ah well, I did say that they would be varied. ^_^ This is the shit I like peoples.

This week’s features some of the best Country (and some stuff that was included simply becasue it rocks) that is out there, not that bullshit country that you hear on the radio, or that namby pamby ‘Alt Country’ that was lauded by the rock press the last few years. Scoundrel country, vagabonds, drunkards and hoodlums. Mostly in celebration of the fact that Hank III is beginning his very first European tour along with his badass metal band ‘Assjack‘ (who are also on here), something that I am very excited about. Make sure to check out the tracks here and to go to the shows if he comes round your way. Check his website HERE. Also check out Gravewax Records, they do fantastic work and are one of the best indie labes out there right now.

There are also several tracks by another of my favourite bands ever, Those Poor Bastards, who should be the biggest thing in the world ever, but aren’t for some unfathomable reason. There’s some guitar shredding magic from Wildhearts frontman Ginger, a Devil courtin’ ditty from the sublime .357 String Band. There’s abject misery from the Handsome Family, an acapella Leadbelly cover from Nick Cave, some beardy washboard goodness from The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band. Why am I still trying to convince you?

So, get into that rocking chair, load up the shotgun, place it firmly under your chin, start drinking some whiskey and if you make it to the very end, you get a special prize. If not, you can join me and the rest of this devislish crew down in Hell, we’ll be at the bar.

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Tracklisting is as follows:

1: ‘This is Desperation‘ Those Poor Bastards (Songs Of Desperation)
2: ‘The Accident’ Those Poor Bastards (Country Bullshit)
3: ‘Two Bottles Of Wine‘ Jason Webley & Reverend Peyton (Two Bottles Of Wine)
4: ‘7 Months, 39 Days‘ Hank III (Lovesick, Broke & Driftin’)
5: ‘Up Jump The Devil‘ The .357 String Band (Ghost Town)
6: ‘Black Betty‘ Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (B-Sides & Rarities)
7: ‘Drunk By Noon‘ The Handsome Family (Milk & Scissors)
8: ‘Las Cruces Jail’ Two Gallants (What The Toll Tells)
9: ‘Pills I Took‘ Hank III (Straight To Hell)
10: ‘Crooked Man‘ Those Poor Bastards (Satan Is Watching)
11: ‘Goin’ Home To Satan’ Howling Willie Cunt (Word Of Filth)
12: ‘Dick In Dixie‘ Hank III (Straight To Hell)
13: ‘John Brown’ Masters Of Reality (Feat Chris Goss) (Blue Garden)
14: ‘Ballad Of The Broken Seas‘ Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell (Ballad Of The Broken Seas)
15: ‘Atlantic City‘ Hank III (Lovesick, Broke & Driftin‘)
16: ‘I Walk The Line‘ Those Poor Bastards (Satan Is Watching)
17: ‘Drinking In The Daytime‘ Ginger (Valor Del Corazon)
18: ‘Chokin Gesture’ Assjack (Assjack)
19: ‘Shotgun Willie’ Willie Nelson (Essential)
20: ‘Piss Up A Rope’ Ween (12 Golden Country Greats)
21: ‘I’ll Fly Away’ The Barrier Brothers (Gospel Songs Bluegrass Style)
22: ‘Simple Man’ Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd)

This magnificent piece is called “Jack’s Imaginary Friend” and is by an artist called Sean Clarity.

I found it at THIS website, which specialises in works of art which take their inspiration from cult movies. How could I not love it? Here’s a few more:

“I Am Jack’s Broken Heart” by N.C. Winters

“Give Me A Name, Bastian!” By Greg Simkins & Amy Sol

See more HERE!

Yes, you really should watch all of this. It’s the best of all the ‘Unplugged’ series.

What a voice.

Poor Layne.