Archive for January, 2012

Dark Meat 265: Those Fabulous Foreigners

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

I admit this is an American prejudice of mine, but I kind of think of Rock and Roll as our thing. It takes a particular magic to crank that stuff out, and sometimes when that magic is gone, you can hear the difference. It’s subtle, sure, but people who sing in English when it’s not their native language are at a clear disadvantage. This week, some examples.

* Kraftwerk – Radioactivity (Single Edit)
* Pizzicato Five – The Girl From Ipanema
* Claudine Longet – Jealous Guy/Don’t Let Me Down
* Amon Duul II – Archy The Robot
* The Forum – The Time Is Now
* Hedwig And The Angry Inch – Wicked Little Town
* The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – The Golden Age
* Ethyl Meatplow – Ripened Peach
* Kat Power and Karen Elson- I Love You (Me Either)

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Dark Meat 264: Under The Circumstances

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Dear lord, I can weather any personal difficulty except computer trouble. Sadly, that’s the kind of trouble I’ve been having the last two weeks, and it’s makin’ me insane. Basically I can’t keep iTunes open for very long, or it crashes the system. This show is put together in an iTunes-proximate environment, which makes it very hard to assemble under these conditions. Basically I picked the songs from my hard drives, remembering the titles and free-associating. Which is kind of what I do normally but for pete’s sake this is nuts! Anyway, enjoy the show kids.

* Gary Neuman – Remind Me To Smile
* Sparks – There’s No Such Thing As Aliens
* Soul Coughing – Unmarked Helicopters
* Tubes – Space Baby
* David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes
* Rolling Stones – Mother’s Little Helper
* Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug
* Husker Du – Love Is All Around
* Kinks – Juke Box Music

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Dark Meat 264: “__________” New Year

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Look, I’m not into this whole telling-you-what-to-want thing. Have whatever New Year you think is best. With that in mind, songs that see the future in both a positive AND negative light, plus one that doesn’t even address the subject.

* Velvet Underground – All Tomorrow’s Parties
* Jonathan Coulton – The Future Soon
* Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows
* Residents – Boxes Of Armageddon
* ELO – Mr. Blue Sky
* Tubes – Talk To You Later
* Papas Fritas – We’ve Got All Night
* Wink Martindale – Peace In The Valley
* They Might Be Giants – Cloisonné

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