Saturday, February 2, 2008

This haiku brought to you by the letters F and U

February first
With rent now paid, we are poor
So screw it. Let's dance!


Spider spins once more
Plucking sounds from her web
The gig starts at eight

1. The Orb - The Land of Green Ginger [Remix] (4:01)

With the State on the Union speech on Monday, and then the debates, it's been a very political week.

2. Skunk Anansie - Yes it's fucking political (3:51)
3. Roy Zimmerman - That Is the War on Terror (3:01) I have to thank Azadine for getting me tuned into this guy.
4. Star Wars: Force Commander - Imperial March (Rage Mix) (2:27)
5. Nine Inch Nails - Fist Fuck (7:20) I will never play this track again. It just goes on for too long.
6. Harvey Danger - Problems and Bigger Ones (5:43)

Where are you all now?
Just what is so important
That you would miss this?

I also found out this week that Mercury has indeed gone retrograde.

7. Tomita plays Holst - Mercury, The Winged Messenger (4:40)

And that it's shrinking! And that there's a crater there shaped like a spider! I love living in the future!

8. Fatboy Slim - Psyché Rock (Fatboy Slim Malpaso Mix) (6:30)
9. Theme - Futurama (extended).mp3 (2:51) The two songs sound so alike...
10. Lemon Demon - Bad Idea (original) (3:25)
11. Philip Glass - Grey Cloud Over New York (1:50)
12. Jenny's Midnight Screamatorium - Noodles With Teeth (1:04)
13. Creature - 'Ow Much! (4:24)
14. She and Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? (2:30)
15. Dr. Steel - Back and Forth (2:55)
16. Jon Lajoie - Normal Guy 2 (3:15)
17. Joi - Sweet Pain (Remix) (6:17)

One of the things I do to amuse myself is watch movies with the sound off and I play my own music. What I really like is watching Japanese monster movies and listening to "The Rite of Spring".

18. Igor Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps, Part II (1:43)
19. J Swinscoe - Goatee (Part 1) (5:31)
20. Neotropic - Here I Am (5:25)
21. Miles Davis - Blue in Green (5:37)Woodrow wanted to hear some Miles.
22. Massive Attack - Risingson (4:58)And some Massive Attack. I had a heck of a time finding it. I need to sort my shit.
23. The Dining Rooms - Maria (4:23)
24. Nicola Conte - Bossa Per Due (5:52)
25. King Kooba - Fooling Myself (4:32)
26. Amon Tobin - Nightlife (6:29)
27. The Dining Rooms - Pure And Easy (4:36)
28. A Man Called Adam - Yachts (5:58)

There's also been a lot of talk of death recently, and a few deaths to go with that talk. I wondered what kind of music would be played at my funeral.

29. Paprika - Parade (Instrumental) (5:49)
30. Grocho Marx - Hello, I must Be Going (0:55)
31. The Dust Brothers - This Is Your Life (Featuring Tyler Durden) (3:31)
32. Baz Lurhman - Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen (5:11)
33. Boa - Duvet (Acoustic version) (5:12)
34. Laurie Anderson - From The Air (4:35)
35. Ken Nordine - Manned Space Capsule (3:33)
36. End of Evangelion - Komm, süsser Tod (7:41)
37. Jelly Roll Morton - Hyena Stomp (3:07)
38. The Art Of Noise - The Holy Egoism Of Genius (7:56)
39. Tom Lehrer - We will all go together... (2:41)
40. The Necro Tonz - Suicide Is Painless (2:58)
41. Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is (4:20)

At this point, I'd been playing for three hours. I just let it go on random.

42. Mr. Scruff - Fish (4:12) Well, this one was requested.
43. Thats Armageddon (6:25)
44. Wendy Carlos - Scarlatti -- Sonata In E Major (1:57)
45. Kecak Ganda Sari (Balenese Monkey Chant) - Sita's Abduction (5:49)
46. Zakir Hussain & The Rhythm Experience - Lineage (4:58)
47. The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?? (3:32)
48. Musicians Of The Gambia - Hamaba (4:42)
49. Jens Lekman - People who hate people (2:49)
50. Cabaret Voltaire - I think (8:53)
51. George W. Bush - US of Whatever (1:24)
52. The Residents - Red Rider (1:02)
53. Ben Webster - I Got It Bad (And That Ain't G (6:18)
54. Morrissey - Lucky Lisp (2:54)
55. MC 900 FT Jesus - If I Only Had A Brain - Album (3:48)
56. Jeremy Warmsley - 5 Verses (3:30)
57. Sonar - Close Your Eyes (Orchestra Mix) (6:51)
58. Coldplay - Twisted Logic (5:01)