Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Your Own Chosen Speed Mix

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Well we have a lot of ground to cover today, so let's not tarry.. or whatever...

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Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Tooth and Consequences Mix

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Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Where's the Truth? Mix

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Cheers by JWM 7/12/2013  

As per usual, we have lots of great music to cover and not much time... so let's get to it.

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Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Ice Ice Baby Mix

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Tuesday by JWM 7/7/2013

I don't have much to say, so let's hit the music - shall we?  After the JUMP

Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Ugly Moon Mix

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Greetings.  After an extended Holiday weekend, Ear to the Ground is back with another slam, bang mix of music. During the recess, I've been busy adding songs to our rotating playlist from which the Morning Pre-Shuffle and Shuffle are drawn.

Today, we have a pretty decent mixture of old and new music which covers a variety of musical styles and genres.  Hope you enjoy it.  The Pre-shuffle kicks off right after the JUMP

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Treat Me Like a Bum, Don't Wear No Tie Mix

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 "Doctor Visit" photo collage by JWM 6/27/13

 Tomorrow is the Fourth of July here in the USA.  For the rest of you, well it's the Fourth of July, too unless you are across the International Date Line in which case tomorrow is the Fifth of July.  In any event have a great Fourth (or Fifth) of July.

Today's music next

Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Brain is Hanging Upside Down Mix

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Another month here at Ear to the Ground, and suddenly, we find 2013 is half over... oh, how can it be? 

Oh, it be....

We start 2013 Act II with yet another scintillating mix of music.  Sometimes, especially when time prevents me from adding very much in the way of commentary, exactly what my role is.  But, in an attempt to up my pretentiousness factor, I have decided to call what I do Curating.  So, for you listening pleasure, here is the latest E2TG mix curated by yours truly...

PRE-SHUFFLE: (Not in order)

We feature two songs from the new album by the awesome band, Beijing.  The album Night is rapidly turning into one of our favorites of a year jam-packed with great music. Today, we heard: "Violent" and "The Sun Will Set."  This band (from Connecticut not China) packs a powerful and melodious punch.

The pre-shuffle also includes two songs from Arkansas/Tennessee band Canopy Climbers. "Garden" is a bonus track from their recent Noisetrade sampler, and Always" is the opening track on their brand new album Miles.

Let's continue the twofers with a pair of songs from New York punk legends, The Ramones.  "We're a Happy Family" is from their third studio album, Rocket to Russia (1977); and "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" sometimes subtitled "My Brain is Hanging Upside Down" was released first as a single in 1985 and then subsequently included on the band's ninth studio album, Animal Boy (1986).

Next up, we have the late, great Bobby Bland with "Second Hand Heart". Bland, who died on June 23 at the age of 83, left behind a legacy of great music. This song is on his 1986 album, After All.

"Mourning Train from Memphis" by Christopher Paul Stelling from Songs of Praise and Scorn (2012)  A favorite of mine. Beautiful, and as I've said over and over again, I am a sucker for a train song.

"Beach Day" by Beach Day - just discovered this great band from Hollywood, Florida.  Great mix of surf rock, girl group and punk.  From their brand new TripTrap Attack album.

And finally, we just grabbed a live recording of Radiohead from June 1995 which just released on Noisetrade (in conjunction with Paste magazine). Coincidentally, I actually saw Radiohead live a couple of months after the show recorded here (opening for R.E.M. in Nashville), and between the time this recording was made and the show I saw, my amazing daughters were born.  We have "The Bends" - the title track from what was then the latest Radiohead album (released March 1995).

We have an amazing shuffle after the jump...

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - In the Backroom Mix

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 Heard Walk on the Wild Side on the radio this morning. It's going to be a good day.

Today's shuffle includes some old friends and a pretty weird ass mix of some pretty bitchin' tunes.  It's all after the jumpy thing:

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - The Icestorm Cometh (or Not) Mix

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Here we go... I'll plug the Sandy Hook single again.  Really, check this out and buy it.  $1.29 - just don't super-size your fast food meal for one day. ;-)  

 

Our shuffle is all over this this a.m. - check it out - after the... wait for it... jump:

Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - White Tornado Mix

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So, here we go... after several months of waiting, I finally have a 32GB card in my phone and to celebrate I added a random 20GB (left room to grow) sampling of my entire digital library and then I randomly shuffled that 20GB and the resulting Morning Music Shuffle is after the jump:

Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Smoke Dried Face Mix

Ah - the Friday before the Super Bowl.  Shouldn't this be a national holiday, so that we can all get prepared for the annual religious event?  Just a thought...

Reminder - Please take a second to vote in our Band of the Month contest which runs through February 9. It's located on the side bar to the left. 

Baby, why'm I worried now,
did someone make a fool of me
'fore I could show 'em how it's done?
Can't give up actin' tough,
it's all that I'm made of.
Can't scrape together quite enough
to ride the bus to the outskirts
of the fact that I need love. – Middle Cyclone – Neko Case

Drying up in conversation,
You will be the one who cannot talk
All your insides fall to pieces,
You just sit there wishing you could still make love
They're the ones who'll hate you
When you think you've got the world all sussed out
They're the ones who'll spit at you,
You will be the one screaming out – High and Dry – Radiohead

Hey pretty baby don't you know it ain't my fault
I love to hear the steel belts hummin' on the asphalt
Wake up in the middle of the night in a truck stop
Stumble in the restaurant wonderin' why I don't stop – Guitar Town – Steve Earle

Well that was fifteen years ago, I guess I come a long long way

I never heard the end of it, you know I couldn’t stay... 

When Im not stuck for time or money, 

I still wonder bout that day - Walk in the Woods - Peter Case

These people round here
Wear beaten down eyes sunk in a smoke dried face
So resigned what their fate is,
But not us (no never),
no, not us (no never),
we are far too young and clever.  – Come On Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners

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Thursday Morning (Covers) Music Shuffle - Heartache to Heartache Mix

Editorial Aside - Once again the state of my birth and residency has become a focus of the world's derision. I would say laughingstock, but it's not funny.  Just a few weeks after the suicide of teen who was bullied repeatedly about his sexuality, the state legislature (I refuse to capitalize it) is proposing a measure which essentially legalizes bullying of gay students by "christian" (again I refuse to capitalize this word and I deliberately put it in quotation marks) students. At the same time, through gerrymandering, the progressive State Capital city has been politically neutralized. Can a city secede from a state?  I'm finding it hard to say how ashamed I am of this state. As a Christian (though not one of those "christians") and as a Tennessean (Nashvillian) I beg for forgiveness and pray this evil law does not pass.

So, on to the covers...

COVER #1

The Coverer: A ok kid don't surface too fast or you know what will happen...

The Coveree: ironically named? the old order - guess that gloom was for real....

The Covered Song: "All my failings exposed."

Who did the cover? (Coverer), Who did the original? (Coveree), What is the song? (Original ) (cover)

COVER #2

The Coverer:  he's a big star who started on the top


The Coveree: parliamentary cantautore

The Covered Song: "Nel blu dipinto di blu"

Who did the cover? (Coverer) Who did the original? (Coveree)
What is the song? (Original) (contains the cover)

COVER #3

The Coverer: ex-driver + get down stay down-er

The Coveree: fire away - she's a heartbreaker

The Covered Song:  "Do I stand in your way, or am I the best thing you've had?"

Who did the cover?  (Coverer) Who did the original? (Coveree) What is the song? (Original) (Cover)


COVER #4

The Coverer: hangin' with mr. cooper - season 2 soul man

The Coveree: desperadoes checked in but can't leave

The Covered Song: "(try to keep you head, little girl)"

Who did the cover?  (Coverer) Who did the original? (Coveree)
What is the song? (Original) (Contains the Cover)


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Thursday Morning (Covers) Music Shuffle - Memories of Rain Mix

Rainy morning...

Another friendly reminder, if you haven't voted in the 1st Annual Ear to the Ground Band of the Year Readers Poll (or even if you have) time is running out.  At midnight tonight, 12/15/2011 (all times Central Standard Time), voting will be turned off. And precincts will begin reporting in... go  here  to vote.

Track 1:

Coverer:  Radiohead formed in 1985 - so they had been around 10 years when I saw them live opening for R.E.M. on a rainy evening in September 1995 which happened to be C and my first night out following the birth of our twins in July of that year.  

Coveree: Joy Division formed in 1976.  They were a preeminent force in the new music scene of the late 70s early 80s.  Lead singer Ian Curtis committed suicide in 1980 just before the bands first ever US tour.  The remaining members carried on as New Order. 

The Song: Ceremony was actually a New Order song, but it was one of the last songs written with Ian Curtis and would have been a Joy Division song if...

The Cover:  Radiohead recorded Ceremony as part of their 2007 "Thumbs Down" webcast.

Track 2:

Coverer: John Zorn is an avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer and saxophonist. He has worked with Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson and formed the jazz-punk collective Naked City in 1988.  Yamantaka Eye is  a Japanese vocalist and visual artist. He is a member of the Boredoms who formed in 1986 (possibly earlier).

Coveree: The Stooges (aka Iggy & the Stooges) were and are a ground-breaking band who formed in 1967 and laid important groundwork for punk and alternative music. The disbanded in 1974, but reformed in 2003.  Mike Watt of Minutemen and fIREHOSE fame is currently a member of the Stooges.


The Song: T.V. Eye is a track off the Stooge's second album, Fun House. 


The Cover: John Zorn with Yamantaka Eye on screamed vocals recorded a break-neck paced version of T.V.Eye which appeared on the 1990 compilation double-CD Rubaiyat for Elektra Records 40th Anniversary.


Track 3:

Coverer: Dave Alvin was a founding member of the legendary punk-era, roots rock band The Blasters, was a one-time member of X and is a member of X side project The Knitters.  In addition, he has had a prolific solo career.

Coveree: The Beach Boys formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California, reflected the California youth lifestyle of surf, cars and romance. Later, leader Brian Wilson took the band into a more complex sound.

The Song:  Surfer Girl was the title track to the bands 1963 album. It was one of the first songs written solely by Brian Wilson.

The Cover: Dave Alvin covered Surfer Girl on his 2006 album West of the West which featured covers of several songs which originated from the western United States.

Track 4:

Coverer: The Del McCoury Band is a bluegrass band which formed in 1967 as Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals and solidified into its current line-up in the 1980s and became the Del McCoury Band in 1988.

Coveree:  Richard Thompson was an original member of Fairport Convention, the legendary British Folk-Rock/Electric Folk band.  He left Fairport Convention in 1971, released a solo album in 1972 and then begin recording and performing with his then wife Linda Thompson.  Since their personal and professional split, he has had a successful solo career.

The Song:  1952 Vincent Black Lightning  appeared on his 1991 album Rumor & Sigh.  The song which harkens back to traditional English melodies and early 20th Century American folk songs.

The Cover: Del McCoury Band recorded a bluegrass cover of 1952 Vincent Black Lightning  on the 2001 album Del and the Boys and has subsequently become a Bluegrass staple.

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