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I have voted. All I know to do now is to again encourage all decent-minded people who are not under the influence of the cult-mind to vote and to likewise encourage all like-minded people to vote I have been pondering the best way to expend my energy. I think I need to tell you that I believe that Joe Biden is the clear choice for President. He is not perfect, and I do not agree with him on some policy issues, but practically speaking, this is an A. or B. choice between Biden and Trump. C. D. or E. are not viable options so even if you like one of those candidates - I urge you to vote for Biden. Of course, you must follow your conscience... but if your conscience does not recoil in horror at the thought of another four years of this insanity, then... I am not sure what to say. As I said yesterday to my lefty friends and my central-right friends, after Biden is elected hold him accountable. Ask your representatives to push forth ideas you support.
For me personal, I think I need to stop acting like Trump is a joke. Too many lives are at stake, too much progress and too many freedoms are on the line. I need to stay focused and ignore the giant ape slinging poo. Since his candidacy started gaining traction in 2016, I have felt that any attention he gets helps him. His base is lost right now. Our sisters, brothers, parents, cousins, friends who still support Trump are currently out of reach. Forget about them for now - follow your heart about ending or continuing relationships but stop engaging.
The United States has never been a perfect union. What I believe in is striving to create a more perfect union. To me that modifier doesn't mean the union was perfect and that we strive to make it more perfect - it means we incrementally move toward a perfect union. Perfection may not be achieved - certainly not in our lifetimes and we may be far from perfection, but the strive is toward that. The last nearly four years, we have been moving rapidly away from that perfection and we must reverse course. I know some of my progressive friends hate the status quo, but at this point, status quo is a step toward righting the country and eventually moving forward.
Final note, if you have read this far and you still support Trump - 1. I am not telling you to stop reading E2TG, but you can if you want. 2. I no longer want to hear your justification. If you can sleep with your decision, then okay - but I don't want to hear it. 3. I yearn for the day when E2TG can just 100% about music, but we are not there today, and I have to use this forum to speak up and speak out. I don't hate Trump supporters. I hate the actions that some have taken. I am struggling with feelings of hate toward the man himself and some of his top aides... but I am saddened and disappointed by those who continue to support him.
We have the penultimate recap of this week's Featured Friday Playlist... songs # 17-20
17. "Brave the Storm" by Last Year's Man
Last Year's Man is the solo project of Eugene, Oregon based producer/songwriter Tyler Fortier. This is the first single and title track from his forthcoming album. Portland, Oregon based Anna Tivel sings background and plays violin. This is a wonderful song, and I look forward to featuring more from this album.
18. "Okay, Alright" by Laura Fernandez
Next up, we have the title track from the new album by singer-songwriter Laura Fernandez who was born in Madrid, Spain and is currently based in Toronto. Her music mixes pop, jazz, and classical influences. Really cool stuff.
19. "Vastago" by Luan Estesia
Next up, we have another release from Bogota, Colombia based Discos Infante. As usual, I don't know much about the artist, but also as usual, the music is suburb. I am really digging the music this label is putting out.
20. "The Black Flag" by Orchestra of Cardboard
We close with a stunner - the first release from the forthcoming (February 2021) album from this global project by filmmaker, performance artist, social activist, and musician Dan Edelstyn (Bank Job). The album was produced by Nick Graham-Smith known for his work with Malcolm McClaren. The themes are of freedom, democracy, and personal responsibility. Check it out!
Tomorrow - we wrap up our recap with the final four songs 21-24
Featured Friday Playlist
Wednesday Morning Shuffle
"King of You" by Wilco (from Star Wars)
First up, we have a track from the 9th Studio album (2015) by Wilco. The album was originally released as a free download in July 2015, CD and vinyl version were released in August and October of that year respectively.
"Rosalee" by Chris Robinson Brotherhood (from Big Moon Ritual)
Next up, a track from the debut album by the band led by Black Crowes co-founder Chris Robinson and featuring the late Neal Casal. I got this album as part of a Christmas CD exchange a few years back.
"Pipeline Screaming (Zar Remix)" by Rude Audio (from Street Light Interference)
Next, up a track from an album we featured last year. Rude audio is a UK collective who have a history of putting on huge underground parties and making cutting edge electronic music.
"Send Your Love My Way" by Andrea & Mud (from Bad News Darlin')
Next up, we have a track from a favorite 2020 release from this Atlanta-based duo. To me, they represent my favorite part of the large Americana umbrella - roots based music with a spiritual and musical connection to garage and other rock music - music that comes from an abiding love and understanding of the various influences involved.
"Go With the Flow" by This Frontier Needs Heroes (Single)
Direct from the current Featured Friday Playlist - we have the first single and title track from the forthcoming new album from Brad Lauretti and producer Johnny Irion.
"Rosie" by Stuffy Shmitt (from Nothing is Real)
As we dig into the forthcoming Stuffy Shmitt album (the latest single is in this week's Playlist) we go back nearly two decades to this track.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
NEW AND RECENT RELEASES
THIS WEEK
10/09 - Year of October - Wastelands (LP)
10/09 - Great Peacock - Forever Worse Better (LP)
10/09 - Zao - Preface: Early Recordings 1995-1996 (LP)
10/09 - Zao - All Else Failed: 25th Anniversary Edition (LP)
10/09 - Jeremy Ivey - Waiting Out the Storm (LP)
10/09 - Laraaji - Moon Piano (LP)
10/09 - Tomas Welding - "Arcade" (single)
10/09 - So We Are - Piece of the Puzzle (LP)
10/09 - Howard Gladstone - The Promise (LP)
10/09 - Rick Hromadka - Better Days (LP)
10/09 - Josh Werner - Mode for Titan (LP)
10/09 - Kevin Burnstein - "Distraction" (single)
LAST WEEK
09/30 - The Sea at Midnight - "Afterglow" (single)
10/02 - Buckle Bunny - Pet Speak (LP)
10/02 - Divine Horsemen - "Mind Fever Soul Fire" (single)
10/02 - Will Payne Harrison - The Stratford Sessions (EP)
10/02 - The Jensen Sisters - Yellow Frames (LP)
10/02 - Mantis & The Prayer - Murder Ballad and the Blue (AA singles)
10/02 - Kouatchou - "My Teacher"/"Change" (AA singles)
10/02 - Gold Hick - Formed at Depth (LP)
10/02 - Laura Fernandez - Okay, Alright (LP)
10/02 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Jim's Dad" (single)
10/02 - Leron Thomas - More Elevator Music (LP)
10/02 - The Subtheory - IMPACT (EP)
10/02 - This Frontier Needs Heroes - "Go With the Flow" (single)
10/02 - Fly the Nest - "Wild Ride" (single)
10/02 - Christian Singles - Maybe Another Time (LP)
10/02 - Elkyn - beech remixes (EP)
10/02 - Short-Haired Domestic - Short-Haired Domestic (LP)
10/02 - Steve Poltz - "Quarantine Blues" (single)
10/02 - Elkhorn - The Acoustic Storm Sessions (LP)
10/02- The Orchestra of Cardboard - "Black Flag" (single)
10/02 - My Politic - Short Sighted People in Power (EP) - bandcamp release date
NEXT WEEK
10/16 - Malin Pettersen - Wildhorse (LP)
10/16 - Monette - "Monotony" (single)
10/16 - The Mastersons - Red, White & I Love You Too (EP)
10/16 - Watch Clark - Generator Room (EP)
10/16 - Taiwan MC - Special Request (LP)
10/16 - Shape & Sound - "All Day Morning" (single)
10/16 - Davey Woodward & the Winter Orphans - Love and Optimism (LP)
10/16 - Isabelle Stillman - Heartrender (LP)
UPCOMING
10/23 - The Agency - In the Haunted Woods (LP)
10/23 - Lera Lynn - On My Own (LP)
10/23 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Mommy & Daddy" (single)
10/23 - Justin Farran - Pretty Free (LP)
10/23 - The Luxembourg Signal - The Long Now (LP)
10/30 - Andrew Grimm - A Little Heat (LP) *(NEW DATE)*
10/23 - Andrew Weiss and Friends - Lookout Mountain (EP)
10/23 - The Subtheory - Impact (EP)
10/23 - Kevin Burnstein- Attack Distract Divide (LP)
10/30 - Graber Gryass - Late Bloom (LP)
10/30 - Ghostlawns - Motorik (LP)
10/30 - Marten Larka - "Parfum Du Nuit "/ "Je Suis Un Rocker" (singles)
10/30 - My Politic - Short Sighted People in Power (EP)
10/30 - The Wake - Hammer Hall (LP)
10/30 - Strays Don't Sleep - A Short Film for a Long Story (EP)
11/06 - Love Tractor - Love Tractor - reissue (LP)
11/12 - Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection - Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection (LP)
11/13 - The Flat Five - Another World (LP)
11/13 - Andrew Adkins - The Echoist (LP)
11/13 - The Silverbeets - Halcyon Days (LP)
11/13 - The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! - The World Will Break Your Heart (LP)
11/13 - SWANS - Children of God - reissue (LP)
11/13 - Last Year's Man - Brave the Storm (LP)
11/20 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Sweet Krazy" (single)
11/20 - John Calvin Abney - Familiar Ground (LP)
11/20 - Life in a Blender - Satsuma (EP)
12/04 - Stuffy Shmitt - Stuff Happens (LP)
1/01/2021 - This Frontier Needs Heros - Go With the Flow (LP)
2/05/2021 - The Orchestra of Cardboard - The Antidote (LP)
RECENT
9/02 - Leila - "By You Now" (single)
9/03 - COY Swede - "You Are" (single)
9/04 - India Ramey - Shallow Graves (LP)
9/04 - The Star Prairie Project - "Frantic Mind" (single)
9/04 - Soft Set - Love and Dancing (EP)
9/04 - Jabbawoki - Something's Cookin' (EP)
9/04 - Parker Lee- Scrundle (EP)
9/04 - Social Gravy - A Different Kind (EP)
9/04 - Andrew Adkins - "Vagabond Shoes" (single)***
9/04 - Dirk Powell - When I Wait for You (LP)
9/04 - Ghostlawns - "Ffoi" (single)
9/04 - Debbie Lagrange - "La chanson des moustiques" (single)
9/04 - Rob Clarke and the Wooltones - Putting the L in Wooltones (LP)
9/04 - New Way Vendetta - "Cool/Cough"/"1984 (On the Floor)" (single)
9/04 - Once Upon a Flatline - "For the Wretched of Earth" (single)
9/04 - Leron Thomas - "Endicott" (single)
9/04 - Short-Haired Domestic - "A song in German concerning gardens and goodbyes" (single)
9/04 - Annie Dressner - Coffee at the Corner Bar (LP)
9/06 - Chrisy Mc Cullagh - The Sun That Does Not Set (LP)
9/08 - Petter Carlsen - "Good News" (single)
9/08 - Salem Wolves - Never Die" (EP)
9/09 - Dark McGwire - Wylde Bunch Presents Dark McGwire (LP)
9/10 - Conrad Deadly - "Apple Tree" (single)
9/11 - Mike Barnett - +1 (LP)
9/11 - Atta Boy - Big Heart Manners (LP)
9/11 - Johnny Thunders - Que Sera Sera: Resurrected (Boxset)
9/11 - Brian Cullman - Winters Clothes (LP)
9/11 - Sunday Someday - "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" (single)
9/11 - Brophy's Law - "Record Collector" (single)
9/11 - Blink - "Every Day is A Black Day From Today"(single)
9/11 - A Shoreline Dream - "Downstairs Sundays" (single)
9/11 - Bobby Royale - "Bang Bang Boogie" (single)
9/11 - ASM - "You Don't Know" (single)
9/11 - Malin Pettersen - "Wildhorse Dream" (single)
9/11 - S.L.D - Lost (LP)
9/15 - Darwin - "Unkind Lover" (feat. David J) (single)
9/16 - D.L. Marble - One Line at a Time (LP)
9/16 - HMS Morris - "Myfyrwyr Rhyngwladol" (single)
9/18 - The Pull of Autumn - Small Colors (LP)
9/18 - Adrian + Meredith - "Kids These Days" (single)
9/18 - OUTWAVE - "Moving Tangles" (Single)
9/18 - Anton Barbeau - Manbird (Double LP)
9/18 - Rahway - Slumlords of New Jersey (LP)
9/18 - The Persian Leaps - Smiling Lesson (EP)
9/18 - Dan Friese - Jane Songs (LP)
9/18 - Pelvis Wrestley - Vortex Vorever (LP)
9/18 - 4 Track All-Star - 5123 (LP)
9/18 - McClendon - Room 33 (EP)
9/18 - Red Eye - "A Girl Too Far" (single)
9/18 - EG Vines - "Them" (single)
9/18 - Julian Shah-Tayler - "Devil Knows" (single)
9/18 - Wynnm - "Milk" (single)
9/18 - Wynnm - Moonwalking (EP)
9/18 - The Asteroid No. 4 - Northern Songs (LP)
9/18 - Adam Kurtz - "M-I-LL-E-R Lite" (single)
9/18 - Adam McIntyre - Black Planet (LP)
9/18 - Nick Faber - "The Lost Highway Tapes" (LP)
9/18 - The Wake - "Perfumes and Fripperies" (single)
9/18 - Fabien Jack - "Silent Alarm" (single)
9/18 - Various Artists - The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Record Story, Volume 1 (LP)
9/18 - Magazines - "Home Alone" (single)
9/21 - John Lensing - "Talk to Me" (single)
9/21 - The Silverbeets - "We Mattered (Once Upon a Time)" (single)
9/22 - Babybird - King of Nothing (LP)
9/22 - Mighty Joe Nolan - "Lone Wolves Together" (single)
9/24 - Magnolia Bayou - Strange Place (LP)
9/24 - XL427; Mensa Deathsquad - "Ideas" (single)
9/25 - Buildings and Food - Up Down Strange Charm (LP)
9/25 - Music Maker Relief Foundation - Hanging Tree Guitars (LP)
9/25 - Cayucas - Blue Summer (LP)
9/25 - of1000faces - Astronomica (LP)
9/25 - Shane Tutmarc - Written & Produced by Shane Tutmarc (Double LP)
9/25 - ASM - Blue Cocoon (LP)
9/25 - Ethan Gold - "The Last Dive" (single)
9/25 - All Night Dining - "There Must've Been a Reason" (single)
9/25 - The Roogs - The Roogs (LP)
9/25 - Stuart Rolfe and the Daylight Stealers - No Gas Lost Roads (EP)
9/25 - KnightressM1 - Dreams and Devastation (LP)
9/25 - Healthy Junkies - Forever on the Road (LP)
9/25 - Mt. Doubt - Doubtlands (LP)
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