E2TG 6/2/2020 - Enough is Enough! - The Week in Review Mix (Boot and Rally Remix)

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This is Tuesday's post.  I made the decision to join in the Music Industry Blackout and not post yesterday. It was not an easy decision, and to be honest, I am not sure if it was the right one, but there you go. And here we are, I think there are a lot of people who are trying to do the right thing. And, discerning what that is in a fluid and complicated time can be a challenge.

I ache for a time when I can just write about music for week's on end with no major crisis to divert me. E2TG was never intended to be a political or social commentary blog - although it never occurred to be to outright refuse to write about things like that, but more and more, I am being pulled that way.

I have a strong belief that there is value in many different viewpoints. I rarely walk in lockstep with any person or party or philosophy.  I mean, hell, whenever I feel like E2TG is leaning too much toward a particular genre - my reaction is to seek out music that is as far removed from that genre as possible. It is just my nature.

The events of the last last 24 hours, the last week, the last three months, the last three years, hell - the last many years - have finally driven me to point that I cannot stay silent. Let us make no mistake, the President of the United States has perverted and contaminated the office and pushed the U.S toward dictatorship and totalitarianism, and the system designed to prevent this from happening have failed due to the negligence and complicity of the people responsible to make sure it works.

I continue to be flabbergasted that people I have always seen as reasonable continue to vehemently support such a twisted and evil man. I have opposed the policies of many leaders and even seen them as bad or dangerous, but they all pale in comparison to the cancer at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

I don't like feeling this way.  As I said before, I believe a diversity of ideas and thought and philosophies should be a strength to our nation.  But not this. This isn't a difference in thought on economic or even social policies. It is a blatant attempt to dismantle the things that make this nation what it is. It is someone who does the wrong thing at every turn. Violates the principles of decency and humanity.

Like many, whose political leanings are similar to mine, I was devastated by the results of the 2016 election.  Over the next week, I tried to tell myself that maybe things would not be as bad as I suspected they would be. That the magnitude of the office would chasten him, and then he started appointing white nationalist to high level posts.

I want to end this on a note of hope. This week, I have seen concrete examples of people who heretofore have been silent about the things that are happening, start to speak out - tentatively but boldly. I see a glimpse of hope that some people are beginning to see this charlatan for what he is. Not his most loyal supporters... no I fear they are lost for now at least, but people who are apolitical or moderate, but who value decency and humanity. Anyway, that is what I am holding onto on this Tuesday night.

The pause is over, but let that not be the end of our quest for justice and for learning. Now, let's hit play and get back to what E2TG does...
 
And so, we continue our review of our Featured Friday Playlist with songs number 13-18.

13. "Good Times" by The Kondoors

The latest single from London based husband and wife Gavin Conder and Jessica Greenfield (Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds). The song fits the title. It is a nice escape from difficult times.  

14. "How My Dreams They Go" by Gina Sicilia; Luther Dickinson

Next, we have another track from Gina Sicilia's new album Love Me Madly. This one features Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi All-Stars), and it is just a flat out great song. Wonderful instrumentation backs Sicilia's always powerhouse vocals. 

15. "Mexican Standoff" by FLEKS

Taking a hard turn - we continue this review with the latest single from Austrian punk/alternative/metal band FLEKS. The band was just recently signed to the German label Dachshund Records. The music is loud and aggressive, and I dig it. 

16. "Pick on the Boys" by Cone of Magic

Next we have a track from California all-female country indie-pop band Cone of Magic - from their album Maiden's Rock. It is lighthearted and dead serious at the same time, and it is catchy as hell. 

17. "Waiting with a Gun" by Electric High

Next up, we have a track from the Norwegian hard rock and Electric High. This is BIG ROCK music. A great burst of guitar, bass, drums, dual vocals, and a guest saxophonist. I love the instrumental breakdown in the middle. 

18. "I" by Merv Pinny

We close with a new single from New Zealand based rocker Merv Pinny. "I" is a catchy tune about reconnecting after lock down. Although, we are not quite there here in the States, it captures what I am looking forward to. 

Tomorrow songs 19-22!

    Featured Friday Playlist

Tuesday Morning Shuffle

"Wasting Time" by Warming (from Warming)

Warming is the project of Winnipeg artist Barry Allard.  We covered this EP last year. I really dig this song. 

"Let's Boot and Rally" by Iggy Pop with Bethany Cosentino (from Let's Boot and Rally)

The Godfather of Punk and the lead singer of Best Coast with a track from the soundtrack of the show True Blood.  

"The Week in Review" by  The Special Pillow (from World's Finest)

A recent single from an upcoming album World's Finest (Due June 26). The Special Pillow are an indie rock band from New Jersey - who have been around twenty-five years. I could not find a video for this song, so we have an older track from the band. 

"100 Days of Rain" by Chris Robinson Brotherhood (from Big Moon Ritual)

This album was part of a Christmas CD exchange a couple of years ago. A great seven minute song. 

"Right Now" by Chad Richard (from Worthy Cause)

And we close as we started with a track from an album we featured last year. Chad Richard is a singer-songwriter from around the border of Texas and Louisiana. A rich voice and great songs. A favorite from last year. 

VIDEO PLAYLIST

NEW AND RECENT RELEASES

This Week

5/31 - Debra Power - That's How I Roll (LP)
6/01 - Bessie Smith - Get in Union (LP) (from the Alan Lomax Archives)
6/01 - Darwin - "Dance Alone" (single)

6/05 - Nicole Boggs and the Reel - "None of Your Business" (single)

6/05 - People Without Shows and Inkswell - Plasma Platter (LP)

6/05 - Short Haired Domestic - "A Song in Latin... A Song in Hindi..." (single)
6/05 - Turkeyfoot - Promise of Tomorrow (LP)

6/05 - Delta Maid - Katie (LP)

6/05 - KDF - "Innocence" (single)

6/05 - Lacey Williams - "Cut N' Curl" (single)

6/05 - Johnny Irion and Friends - "Inside the Endless OM" (single)

6/05 - Skanger - "Condolences" (single)

Last Week

5/25 - The Plastic Pals - "Hangin' in the Louvre" (single)

5/25 - Scarlet Drive - "Not My Problem" (single)

5/29 - Mick Hayes - My Claim to FAME (LP)
5/29 - G.F. Patrick - One Town Over (LP)

5/29 - Jack Stafford - "Background Worry" (single)

5/29 - Ryan Dishen - Whiskey for the Road (LP)

5/29 - Idle Noise - "Ghosts" (single)

5/29 - Altar of Eris - Isolation (EP)

5/19 - Merv Pinny - "I" (single)

Next Week:

6/11 - Luciano Illuminati - Terra Vision 2020 (LP)

6/12 - Sammy Brue - Crash Test Kid (LP)

6/12 - Andrea & Mud - Bad News Darlin' (LP)

6/12 - Teghan Devon - Little Lion (EP)

Upcoming:

6/19 - Darlin' Brando - Also Too... (LP)

6/19 - Dolour - The Royal We (LP)

6/19 - The Microdance - Our Love Noire (LP)

6/19 - Lady Couch - "Foolish and Blue" (single)

6/20 - David Starling - "Cowards" (single)

6/26 - The Special Pillow - World's Finest (EP)

6/26 - Dedicated Men of Zion - Can't Turn Me Around (LP)

6/26 - Serratone - "Groovy Lucy" (single)

6/26 - 8 Floors Up - "Roman Bones Make Good Glue" (single)

6/?? - Mighty Brother - The Rabbit. The Owl (Double LP)

7/03 - Nicole Boggs and the Reel - None of Your Business (EP)

7/03 - Paul Nelson - Birmingham Woman (LP)

7/03 - Matthew Frederick - "Laura Jones" (single)

7/07 - Afton Wolfe - Petronius' Last Meal (EP)

7/10 - Hurricane Ruth - Good Life (LP)

7/10 - Fintan McKahey - "Platinum" (single)

7/10 - Nocona - Los Dos (LP)

7/17 - The Bobby Lees - new album (LP)

7/24 - Tawny Ellis - Love Life (LP)
7/24 - Lee Gallagher - L.A. Yesterday (LP)

7/24 - Even As We Speak - Adelphi (LP)
7/24 - The Wild Blue - Anonymous Future (EP)
7/31 - The Jason Daniels Band - Downloads from the Universe (LP)

8/07 - The Furious Seasons - La Fonda (LP)

8/07 - Jason Molina - Eight Gates (LP)

8/28 - The Northern Belle - We Wither, We Bloom (LP)

10/16 - Malin Pettersen - Wildhorse (LP)

Recent:

5/01 - BOAT - Tread Lightly (LP)

5/01 - Laura Cortese and the Dance Card - Bitter Better (LP)

5/01 - Cut Beetlez vs Nice Guys - CBNG (LP)

5/01 - Grenon - "Imaginary Friends" (single)

5/01 - Paul Nelson - "Dying to Forget" (single)

5/01 - Felixity - Love Sick (LP)

5/01 - Easy - Radical Innocence (LP)

5/01 - Griffin Winton - "Think of Me" (single)

5/01 - Ender Bender - EQ

5/01 - The Rad Trads - 99 in October (EP)
5/01 - J.R. Wyatt - "I'm Still Here" (LP)

5/01 - Lekan Tellal - "Emptiness" (single)

5/01 - Angela Easterling - "Hero" (single)

5/01 - Miss Rayon - "Small Life" (single)

5/04 - Black Needle Noise with - "Seed of Evil" (single)
5/04 - Killing Kuddles - "Too Cool" (single)
5/06 - I Like Trains - "The Truth" (single) 

5/06 - CLOUDNiNE - "I Know" (single)

5/07 - Julius and Julia - "Why We Are Here?" (single)
5/08 - Brian Wright and the Sneak-Ups - Lapse of Luxury

5/08 - Watch Clark - Backscatter Effect (EP)
5/08 - Scenius - "Held" (single)
5/08 - Filthy Tricks - "Leah" (single)

5/08 - Vision Video - In My Side (single)

5/08 - The Attic Movement - "Truth Be Told" (single)

5/08 - Secret Bad Boy - "It Was Always Too Late" (single)

5/10 - Brett Ryan Stewart - "Let Her Know" (single)

5/11 - Sofia Talvik - "Broken (Steel Guitars in Heaven)" (single)

5/11 - Jonny Polonsky - "Sign in the Window" (single)

5/11 - Scott Howard - The Language of Clouds (LP)

5/12 - Kory Quinn & Co. - The Blueroom (LP)

5/13 - Dru Flecha - "Cama" (single)

5/15 - Special Consensus - Chicago Barn Dance (LP)

5/15 - Zach Aaron - Fill Dirt Wanted (LP)

5/15 - Secret Emchy Society - The Chaser (LP)
5/15  The Room in the Wood - We're the Martians, Now (LP) 
5/15 - Wicked Messenger - "Golden Eyes" (single)
5/15 - Lazerine - "There's Nothing in It" (single)
5/15 - Klashing Black - Thoughts on the Matter (EP)

5/15 - Aimee Steven - "Darling" (single)

5/15 - Wolfhounds - "Can't See the Light" (single)

5/15 - THË FŪÑŻØÑË® - "THË WËŁŁ (W/ MEKAGHOUL)" (single)

5/15 - BYSTS - "Runes" (single)

5/15 - Miss Rayon - "Regional Diction" (single)

5/15 - Party Nails - You Don't Have to Go Home But You Can't Stay Here (LP)

5/16 - The Electric Grandmother - Relaunch (LP)

5/18 - The Know - wearetheknow (EP)

5/20 - Town Meeting - Make Things Better (LP)

5/22 - Victor Wainwright and the Train - Memphis Loud (LP)

5/22 - Lazaris Pit - Conifers (LP) 

5/22 - Beauty in Chaos (feat. Steven Seibold) - "Almost Pure" (single)

5/22 - Beauty in Chaos - The Storm Before the Calm (LP)

5/22 - Ethan Gold - "Not Me. Us" (single)

5/22 - Nichole Wagner - Dance Songs for the Apocalypse (EP)

5/22 - Academy of Sun - Rose Devoid of Form (single)

5/22 - Blue Eyed Christ - World on Fire (LP)

5/22 - Electric High - "Waiting With a Gun" (single)

5/22 - FLEKS - "Mexican Standoff" (single)
5/22 - The Kondoors - "Good Times" (single)
5/22 - 2Square/ Mark Gardner - "Chained" (single)
5/22 - Adam "Ditch" Kurtz - Storms of Steel (LP)