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Dueling Turtables….Gang of Four.. “Anthrax”

by on 22. Sep, 2007 in dueling turntables, general, music

from, SXSW 06 A little spill over from my current Gang Of Four obsession I feel fits nicely next to the Crazy Horse. Not great sound or edit yet these old guys from across the pond show that they still got the ROK! Lp a must????? Entertainment! Apologies for the ghetto post.

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Late Sunday Selections: Grinderman

by on 17. Sep, 2007 in dueling turntables, music

Grinderman – No Pussy Blues Nick Cave, Madman. Continuing on the Cave train started over at Cabinessence, and again offering the high energy counterpoint, here’s a cut from this year’s (I’m calling) essential rock’ n’ roll album Grinderman.

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Dueling Turtables..King Kurtis And The Kingpins…

by on 31. Aug, 2007 in dueling turntables, general, music

“Memphis Soul Stew” King Curtis & The Kingpins (Live) The great King Curtis in his prime–live in 1971. Only band that could make Booker T and the MG’s sweat…. “And now we need a pound of fatback drums.”

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Dueling Turtables..The Clash…Tom Synder Show 1981..

by on 22. Aug, 2007 in dueling turntables, general, music, politics, war

“Magnificent Seven” Via: Sidrel Sidral Mundet on The Clash’s Sandinista!

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Dueling Turtables..Kraftwerk…”Ruckzuck”

by on 15. Aug, 2007 in dueling turntables, general, music

(Live on WDR TV in 1970) I believe from the 1st official Kraftwerk LP, if I’m not mistaken. “Ruckzuck” translates to…To jerk-twitch! To see these artists in this embryonic stage and with live drums is a real treat. For a great read on them check out Wolfgang Flur’s book “I Was A Robot”! Flur has [...]

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Dueling Turntables # 17..John Prine..”Flag Decal”

by on 18. Jul, 2007 in dueling turntables, music, war

Released in ’71 this song’s message has sadly come to be relevant again.

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Dueling Turntables #13: Radiohead!

by on 26. Jun, 2007 in dueling turntables, music

Radiohead – National Anthem From 2000. The other side of the Radiohead coin. The one where they take no prisoners and destroy. I remember watching this performance live on TV, jaw on the floor, dazed and confused by they end of it. The brass section? The madman singing intelligably? And what the fuck was that [...]

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dueling turntables#12:Chris Whitley..”Hellhound on my trail”

by on 20. Jun, 2007 in dueling turntables, music

you take a National steel guitar Master,,mix up some Steve Earle,Jim White, the most intense Neil Young you can imagine..add Coltrane,Robert Johnson, and a healthy dose of Surrealism, and you start to get the idea of what Chris Whitley was about. Hardcore, apparently never owned a real shirt, easily one of the most compelling..even frightening [...]

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dueling turntables#11: Crowded House..Weather with You

by on 11. Jun, 2007 in dueling turntables, music

Better than the Beatles… this is from what is arguably a “Perfect” pop album…”Woodface” Saw these guys in the Split Enz incarnation back in Perth W.A. around 83′..and was amazed.. Great group.. Crowded House even moreso.. and Neil and Tim both have fine solo lp’s as well. if you ever have a case of the [...]

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Dueling Turntables #10: This Heat

by on 07. Jun, 2007 in dueling turntables, music

This Heat Born in the years immediately preceding punk rock, This Heat produced some of the more forward thinking and uncompromising music of its time. Featuring players from London’s free-improvising circuit with links to the waning days of Canterbury’s whimsical and conceptual prog rock scene, they mixed a heady and confrontational stew of sounds that [...]

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