Working Together - 10/23/04

This was a pretty good show. I liked most of the stuff I played. My sister, Jill, came along but didn't pick too much music to play or talk at all. But she helped a little anyway. She did pick out Daby Toure (foreign and weird but not that bad - review label said he's opening for Peter Gabriel) and The Clinton Administration (an all-Sly & The Family Stone cover album and the song we played was instrumental, I'm not sure if the whole album is though). People who know me know I don't like DMB but I played a song for a friend of mine. Hi Mathy. That one's for you. The Morissey song (the second tune in the list), I'm really not sure what the name of it is and I couldn't even figure it out looking it up on Amazon. This is going to take a little more effort.

I'm really falling in love with that Something Corporate album. I think it might be time to get a couple more of their albums. Northern State kills. They are friggin' great. And funny. Get All City but really get Dying In Stereo (the first album). That Jimmy Cliff tune was good. New album. Played a little Poison. Played the Crazy Town. I just love that they compare the relationship to that of Sid and Nancy. Like Chris Rock says, that's not right. Remix of the B.A.D. classic (which to me is just the stuff from Tighten Up Vol. 88) 2,000 Shoes. Can't go wrong with B.A.D. Sugar Hill Gang. What do I have to say? "Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn/If your girl starts actin' up, then you take her friend." That Johnny Bravo tune was cool. I don't think I'd actually listened to that CD yet but any band named after Greg Brady's alter ego can't be bad at all. I have always dug the Fine Young Cannibals stuff. Alex Chilton. It's true, we all wanna be Big Stars.

Dave Matthews. The source of many people giving me "get the hell away from me" looks when I say I don't like him/them. But after seeing him in concert like 5 or so times (don't ask) I know a lot of the stuff. And for Mathy I make an exception and that one was never as bad as others. Tracy Chapman. This song reminds me a lot of Joan Armatrading stuff. If you can write sadder songs than either of these women, I'd love to hear them. The Killers. Just trying to get the show out of the dumps. James. This song is one of my new favorites. I'm not even sure I've actually listened to the words yet (that's hard to do while running a radio show) but it's really nice. Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper skewer the Smiths - and more precisely Morissey - with this humorous tune. Good stuff. Thanks Doug for putting that one on the disc for me. Thought I'd follow it up with an actual Smiths tune but then it skipped with about a minute left and I had to shut it off. Oh well. Too bad. Like Ebony, I'm unprofessional. A few years ago Jason Leiva recorded a couple of tunes at his place and put them on a disc. I still have this disc and the 8 and 1/2 minute jam that he called Uncanned is pretty groovy. Played a little Paul Simon. Yes, I did. And yes, it was Boy in the Bubble (it was gonna be She Moves On but I changed my mind). And yes it was the Concert in the Park version. Sue me. The new Duran Duran was awesome. If you liked them before, you'll like this. It sounds like today's pop a little but it's so totally them. More 7 And The Ragged Tiger than say Rio. But that might just be this tune. I'll be playing more. Don't you worry. The Charms are a little band from Boston. They rock. Two girls, two guys. Pretty punk. Pretty good. Morcheeba featuring "the man, the legend" Biz Markie. It's got Biz Markie on it so you know it's freakin' awesome. And it was. Is. You know what I mean. You know, when I saw the new Afrikaa Baambaata on the shelf my first thought was "I thought that guy was dead." But he's not. He's SO not. Get this. It's good. And then I finished with The Beautiful Girls. This is not what I expected it to be at all but I burned it for myself last week (the problem with going by the reviews on the label is that they're not always very good reviews) and I don't like to admit that I make mistakes. I'm not saying it's bad though. In fact, it's pretty good. See, covering my tracks. No, really, it's not too bad at all.


CD1

Something Corporate - Me and the Moon
(missed the first few seconds on the cd)
Morissey -
(it was song #7 on the CD that has a picture of a tail of an airplane on the disc)
Northern State - Don't Look Down
Jem - Just a Ride
*talk*
Jimmy Cliff (f/ Joe Strummer) - Over the Border
Poison - Something to Believe In
Crazy Town - Butterfly
B.A.D. - 2,000 Shoes (Top Mix)
*Talk & PSA - She's So Hot*
Daby Toure - Dendecuba
The Clinton Administration - Dance to the Music (instrumental)
(Sly & The Family Stone)
Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Johnny Bravo - Kick the Cat
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
Alex Chilton - You Don't Have to Go

CD2

Dave Matthews Band - Don't Drink the Water
Tracy Chapman - Less Than Strangers
The Killers - Somebody Told Me
James - So Many Ways
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Girlfriend in a Coma
The Smiths - What She Said (live)
(skipped a lot near the end so I cut it off)
Jason Leiva - Uncanned
Paul Simon - Boy in the Bubble (live - Concert in the Park)
*Talk*
Duran Duran - Want You More!
The Charms - So Pretty
Morcheeba (w/ Biz Markie) - In the Hands of the Gods
Afrikaa Baambaata - 2137
The Beautiful Girls (f/ Mason Jennings) - Freedom (pt. 2)