Tuesday, August 13, 2002
spent most of last night making a new set of "stumpydisc"s for my best friend jeff (stumpy is his nickname). stumpydiscs are, simply, occasional mix discs I make for him, a combination of stuff I'm listening to, classics, and stuff I know he'll like. [he makes me "tom's bonus disc"s similarly.] oh, and we order them alphabetically by title, which can lead to some rather entertaining segues. herewith, some discussion.
stumpydisc: august 2002/1
1>7am-dirty vegas. see previous discussion of dv.
2>annie christian-prince. from '81's controversy, the lyrics are a bit on the trite side (refs to the atlanta child murders, reagan's shooting, etc.). but the music, all squinky keybs and odd guitar licks, portends the futurism of his next 2 records, which you may have heard of.
3>beauty lies in the eye-sonic youth. detuned and retuned guitars, and kim, kim, kim.
4>bounce-danko jones. deliciously nasty sleaze-rock from north of the border.
5>boys of melody-the hidden cameras. their website refers to the beautiful noise they make as "gay folk church music," and I think that sounds about right. very twee, but never to the point of belle and sebastian-ness, full of delicate melodies. more canucks.
6>cherry pie-warrant. "I mixed up the batter, and she licked the beaters."
7>cigarette dangles-the pursuit of happiness. great opening line to a song about frustrated lust (as most of moe berg's songs are): "cigarette dangles/makes me hard." ooh.
8>confidence man-the jeff healey band. I've been on a canadian kick of late, or could you tell? the flipside of "angel eyes" (which I loathe), this is so down-and-bluesy you can smell the grease.
9>copa-dj hell. a pseudo-electroclash-glitch-cut-up mangling of "copacabana." did you think it was something else?
10>cut your ribbon-sparta. the new band by ex-at the drive in members. like at the drive in, only not as good. which is still pretty good.
11>dagger through the heart-dolly parton. the first single from dolly's latest bluegrass full-length, which might be her best yet. lyrics that ache like a good bluegrass song should, plus that voice. heavenly.
12/13>days go by(acoustic)/days go by-dirty vegas. both versions of an incredibly well-written song = more value for your $.
14>don't talk to strangers-rick springfield. "did you fall at first sight, or did you need a shove?"
15>everybody wants you-billy squier. oh, whatever.
16>get ur freak on (kid606 remix)-missy elliot. would someone explain to me why kid606 doesn't have a multi-million dollar record contract?! glitchtronica genius, with the added bonus of a-ha!
17>girl from the greenbriar shore-ralph stanley. ralph + t-bone burnett = modern classic bluegrass.
18>give the peeps what they need-public enemy. chuck and flav return, sounding solid, givin' you what ya need. but I still miss the bomb squad.
19>golden boys-res. now, she's a find: a black rock chick who takes no mess. we need a new (old) tina turner, so her timing is good, too.
20>grindin'-clipse. marvelously skeletal production, just a bass and a drumline-snare-clap; are the neptunes saving their best stuff for their own acts? good for them. the rap is nothing special, but I can't think of the last time I heard a hip-hop track which excited me like this.
stumpydisc: august 2002/1
1>7am-dirty vegas. see previous discussion of dv.
2>annie christian-prince. from '81's controversy, the lyrics are a bit on the trite side (refs to the atlanta child murders, reagan's shooting, etc.). but the music, all squinky keybs and odd guitar licks, portends the futurism of his next 2 records, which you may have heard of.
3>beauty lies in the eye-sonic youth. detuned and retuned guitars, and kim, kim, kim.
4>bounce-danko jones. deliciously nasty sleaze-rock from north of the border.
5>boys of melody-the hidden cameras. their website refers to the beautiful noise they make as "gay folk church music," and I think that sounds about right. very twee, but never to the point of belle and sebastian-ness, full of delicate melodies. more canucks.
6>cherry pie-warrant. "I mixed up the batter, and she licked the beaters."
7>cigarette dangles-the pursuit of happiness. great opening line to a song about frustrated lust (as most of moe berg's songs are): "cigarette dangles/makes me hard." ooh.
8>confidence man-the jeff healey band. I've been on a canadian kick of late, or could you tell? the flipside of "angel eyes" (which I loathe), this is so down-and-bluesy you can smell the grease.
9>copa-dj hell. a pseudo-electroclash-glitch-cut-up mangling of "copacabana." did you think it was something else?
10>cut your ribbon-sparta. the new band by ex-at the drive in members. like at the drive in, only not as good. which is still pretty good.
11>dagger through the heart-dolly parton. the first single from dolly's latest bluegrass full-length, which might be her best yet. lyrics that ache like a good bluegrass song should, plus that voice. heavenly.
12/13>days go by(acoustic)/days go by-dirty vegas. both versions of an incredibly well-written song = more value for your $.
14>don't talk to strangers-rick springfield. "did you fall at first sight, or did you need a shove?"
15>everybody wants you-billy squier. oh, whatever.
16>get ur freak on (kid606 remix)-missy elliot. would someone explain to me why kid606 doesn't have a multi-million dollar record contract?! glitchtronica genius, with the added bonus of a-ha!
17>girl from the greenbriar shore-ralph stanley. ralph + t-bone burnett = modern classic bluegrass.
18>give the peeps what they need-public enemy. chuck and flav return, sounding solid, givin' you what ya need. but I still miss the bomb squad.
19>golden boys-res. now, she's a find: a black rock chick who takes no mess. we need a new (old) tina turner, so her timing is good, too.
20>grindin'-clipse. marvelously skeletal production, just a bass and a drumline-snare-clap; are the neptunes saving their best stuff for their own acts? good for them. the rap is nothing special, but I can't think of the last time I heard a hip-hop track which excited me like this.
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