"Death's brother, Sleep."

I loves me some sleeps!

We Are All Devo!

Devo was one of the greatest bands in the history of rock and roll, wanna fight about it? I don't.

This is my blog, so I win anyway. I'll say it again. Devo was one of the greatest bands in the history of rock and roll. They were annoying, all up in your face and shit, but super pleasant and catchy as hell at the same time. I love them, so should all of everyone else on this stupid planet.

The recording that I am sticking on the internet today is "Devo : Live, The Mongoloid Years." It is way out of print, and used copies are expensive even if scratched to hell.

It starts off strong with the band in full command, laying down some blazing fast versions of songs off "Q: Are We Not Men..." As the tracks progress, the sound devolves, gets weird... confrontational. There is actually part of a fight between the band and the promoters captured on this marvelous live document. Just before the plug is pulled. You can read more about this if you're interested, here.

The tracklist is somewhat wonky, but the sound is top notch. Get it while it's hot!

{[Devo:Live.The Mongoloid Years]

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [Listed as Satisfaction (I Can't Get No)]
Too Much Paranoias
Praying Hands
Uncontrollable Urge
Mongoloid
Smart Patrol / Mr. DNA
Gut Feeling (Slap Your Mammy)
Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin') [Listed as Sloppy]
Come Back Jonee
Clockout
Soo Bawls
Space Junk
Blockhead
Subhuman Woman
Bamboo Bimb
Beulah
Jocko Homo/I Need a Chick

Patterns in Nature VI

Gah!

"Things are better... now we have the bomb."

Here is a little vintage surf instrumental cd that someone I barely know made for me, because they are a nice person. This is part one of a multiple disc set. I might put up the rest eventually, but for now it's just going to be this. Enjoy!

{Surf Beat/Nocturne}

Skatalites?
Chakachas - Jungle Fever
Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We...
B.Bumble and the Stingers - Nautilus
Rhythm Kings - Piper Soul
Soul Kings - Blue Soul
Centuries - Outer Limits
Jan Davis - Watusi Zombie
Mustangs - Jack the Ripper
Renegades- Charge
Renegaids - Surf Tragedy
Deltas - Soul Beat
Silvertones - Bathsheba
Starfires - Space Needle
Surf Tones - Gear
Traunts - Sunset Surf
Knights - 280lb Shoe Salesman
Megatons - Isis
Sentinels - Latina (slow)
Sentinels - Sunset Beach
Sentinels - Tor Chula
Thunderheads - Eleven
Tom Starr and the Galaxies - Chifaldo
Orch. Rock a Mambo? - (Kinsasha Sound)
? - Christina
Karl Denver - Wimoweh
Karl Denver - Shim Gan Goo
Karl Denver - Zimba
Karl Denver - Vella Langa
Karl Denver - Peanut Vendor
Korla Pandit - Turkish Dance
Korla Pandit - Miserlou
Harry Zimmerman - Harlem Nocturne

Learning Some Discipline.

This is my friend, Ms. Spiny Orb Weaver. She has been telling me to post some Progrocking stuff for weeks now. She calls to me at all hours of the day and night, "When will there be the Progrock?" "Can I have some Progrock now?"

Now, OK? Now you can have your precious Progrock. Jesus. Enough already.

This here is some swirling, drony, psychedelic shit. There are a few contemporary acts involved in this mix, but I thought most of them dovetailed nicely with the pure, vintage proggy goodness that makes up the remainder. I tried to keep the bonged-out hippy jamming to a minimum, leaving it only to a few hardened profesionals to take it to that outer limit. The rest is butter-smooth beauty.

For delicious Progrock, first you take 2 cups of jazz and 1/2 a cup of classical music, throw it in the bowl with 1 1/2 cups of rock 'n' roll. Hit it with a hand mixer for a minute until it becomes creamy. It is important to add Acid at this stage, and hash oil to taste, otherwise you run the risk of "jazz fusion," and no one wants that. Pour into two greased loaf pans and bake at 218 degrees Celsius, for two hours. Until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Ready for Progrock!

This recipe makes two loaves, enough for everyone!

{Toasted Black Spider Flesh Volume 1}

Coil - Either his, or Yours
Faust - Track 13
Kallabris - A3
Popol Vuh - Aguirre 1
Hawkwind - Be Yourself

Brainticket - Places of Light
Maurizio Bianchi and Telepherique - Emptiness
Agitation Free - You Play For Us Today
Flying Saucer Attack- She Moved Through the Fair/Destruction
Dirty Three - Feral

[Toasted Black Spider Flesh Volume 2]

Renzoku Shasatsuma - Whiter Shade of Pale
Amon Düül II - Kanaan
Diesel Guitars - Recorded Live At Osaka Zoukei Center No.1,Osaka Oct 1998
Can - Tango Whiskeyman
Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Biomechanoid - Voices
Circle - Gehtisalo
Loop - Shot Through with a Diamond
Gong - Part 32 Floating Anarchy
This Heat - The Fall of Saigon
Group 1850 - Hunger
Arzachel - Leg
Xhol Caravan - Side 1 First Day

Lurching Back To Life.

Happy 2009 everyone! I have arranged for a super-happy, totally oddball comp to be made available to you here. As it is back to the grind for many of us, I figured we could all use something completely light and dorky to fill our hear-holes.

Why would I put something like this together? Who knows. Take a splash in the bizarre waters with me.

{[The Daffy Codex]}

Black Randy & the Metrosquad : Idi Amin
Jim Henson : Tick Tock Sick
Jack Hammer : The Wiggling Fool
Thrown Ups : StockBoy, Superhero
Leonard Nimoy : The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
The Diamonds : Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula
Negativland : The Perfect Cut (White Rabbit and a Dog Named Gidget)
Shirley Ellis : The Name Game
Tatsuta Naoki : Kazoku ga Ichiban
Eddie Noack : Psycho
The Kids of Widney High : Throw Away the Trash
ABC Announcer : Party Tape
Verne Langdon : Devil's Love
7-11 : Dance the Slurp
Gregory Corso : Bomb
Mr. Gasser and the Weirdos : Weirdo Wiggle
Raymond Scott : The Toy Trumpet
Dayglo Abortions : Stupid Songs
Mr. T : The Toughest Man in the World
Three Square : Fºúsëûs«ñ
Sound Effects : Laser Gun
Happy Flowers : I Wet the Bed Again
Clark Equipment : Hooray For Human Engineering
Bad News : Drink til I Die
The Monitors : Crazy Green Lizard
Sound Effects : When Worlds Collide
Announcer : 'The Raven' Promotion

Jackalopes Kill by Night!!

Fearsome nightcreeping jackalope, your unholy craving for hot human blood is both terrifying and revolting. Please stay away. Love, Krotpong