Throwback Thursday Morning Shuffle - Little Rhythmic Arcs of Red Mix

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MAY 18th!  E2TG 5 Year Anniversary Extravaganza!  The 5 Spot! 9pm sharp!

"Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future." - Criswell - Plan 9 from Outer Space.

Here at E2TG, we care about the future, but we also care about the past.  The present was the future in the past, and the past was once the present... remember that...

Anyway, we devote on day a week to exploring the past.  We call it Throwback Thursday because we are sheep who blindly follow standard internet conventions.

Today's #tbt shuffle awaits, but first...

A massively fun evening at The 5 Spot.  Hanging with some good friends and rubbing elbows with some musical heavyweights... some of whom happen to be friends, too.  Lowell Levinger was amazing... including a David Olney (who was in attendance) song in his set.

Tim Lee 3 killed as always - a good preview to BARK's appearance next week.

RB Morris - backed by an impressive band of Knoxville and Nashville musicians (including Tim Lee on guitar for a few songs).

Country Fried Rock - Offers a Sweet Compilation for a Great Cause

Okay, here is the deal.  I love musicians.  I'm not a musician, but I love music and  despite what a few people think, music isn't music with out musicians. So, I do what I can to support musicians.  I'm not wealthy so I can't often drop tons of money to support bands I love. One of the reasons I started this blog was as a way to give back to the bands and songwriters and singers and guitarist and bassist and drummers and cellists and (well you get the point) who have enriched my life. 


Unfortunately, we have lost too many great people too soon to suicide.  Suicide is always a complex issue.  Often mental illness and addiction are involved.  These are complex problems.  So complex that many of us who have been touched by it feel powerless to help.


Right now, you can help.  Our friend Sloane Spencer who runs the always amazing Country Fried Rock show has curated this awesome compilation which is available now at Noisetrade (the widget is below). Because it is at Noisetrade, the compilation is free, but because it's at Noisetrade you can leave a tip.  You should (but maybe don't) do that anyway, but this time you really should.  All proceeds - that's 100% - are going to go toward Nuci's Space 

Nuçi’s Space is a non-profit health and music resource center in Athens, GA. The aim of the organization is to prevent suicide by providing obstacle free treatment for musicians suffering from depression and other such disorders as well as to assist in the emotional, physical and professional well-being of musicians.

So, it's a great cause, and an amazing compilation and yeah.





I'll leave you with a video montage of some of the great musicians we've lost to suicide:

Jim Ellison of Material Issue

Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse

Stuart Adamson of Big Country

Owsley (Will Owsley)

Phil Ochs

Kurt Cobain of Nirvana

Michael Hutchence of INXS

Robert Quine (Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Brian Eno, Richard Hell)

I could go on....  Go get a great compilation, skip a Venti Starbucks or two and donate to this great cause.

Thursday (Covers) Morning Music Shuffle - Imagine Mix

COVERERS: 1. Jim James is the Lead Vocalist,guitarist and primary songwriter for the Louisville based band My Morning Jacket. Calexico is a Tucson, Arizon based Americana/Indie Rock band featuring two former members of the band Giant Sand.
 

2. R.E.M. are or were R.E.M.


3. BR549 are a Nashville based Country band who got their start in the bars on Lower Broadway in Nashville.
 



4. Porcelain Raft is a London based solo project of Mauro Remiddi formerly of Sunny Day Sets Fires - an indie psychedelic pop band.

 

COVEREES: 1. Bob Dylan is Robert Allen Zimmerman. The Band were formerly The Hawks.


 2. Aerosmith is the band that that American Idol judge is or used to be in. You know the one that leers and looks kind of like Mick Jagger.
 


3. Anne Murray is Canadian country music singer.
 


4. Nirvana were a Seattle-based grunge band. That Foo Fighters guy used to be in this band.


The Covers:
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4. Free MP3 (via Stereogum)

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Games without Frontiers Mix

Don't ask me about the subtitle.. my mind just running off at odd angles.

I was feeling kind of "off" walking up the hill this morning. I don't know if it was from the Nitrous Oxide or from listening to David Foster Wallace on CD....

 

 

(click  album cover to purchase and download the album Hands on the Stereo containing the song Can't Stop Kids Like Us)

Hands on the Stereo are a Hardcore/Punk band from New Jersey.  Can't Stop Kids Like Us was the first song in my mix from this a.m.

 

 

 

(click album cover to download No Symentry a 2010 album by Those Mockingbirds)

Those Mockingbirds were band of the week a few back.  Now they are up for Band of the Year (go vote for someone if you haven't already - Go)  Today's song is an instrumental called Mountain Slang II which is not on the album referenced above, but on their new EP Fa Sol La which is available for free on their website.

 

(Use the widget above to download Untetherd by Gabriel featuring Breath and Roses - you can and should leave a tip if you are able)

Today our third song is another track off the Untethered Album by Gabriel.  This one is called Breath and Roses . Which you can get via Noisetrade.com.  If you haven't checked out Noisetrade - do it now.

(click album cover to purchase and download the Gone Blind EP by Porcelain Raft)

Porcelain Raft is from London. Today's fourth song was an interesting cover of Nirvana's Come as You Are which is not on the Gone Blind EP but is available for download at Sterogum.

 

(click album cover to purchase and download Galaxies and Such by Jillian Edwards featuring the song July & June)

Jillian Edwards is a Texas-based indie/folk artist. This is the first I've heard from her, and I'm already a fan.  July & June is the fifth and final song on today's mix.

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Nirvana - In Utero Matching folio with 12 songs, including: All Apologies * Heart-Shaped Box * Serve The Servants * and more.