Saturday, February 2, 2019

Countdown starts at nine

So many folks are bad at math
Our cultural innumeracy
And it isn't all as hard as that
Come work the numbers out with me.



9:00
1. Yoko Kanno - Four Steps to Heaven (1:24)

My boss at work is not happy with our numbers. OK, so here's some numbers.

3. Cracked Out - We Can Count (1:41)
4. dj BC - Einstein On The Beast (4:10)
5. Braces Tower - Eleven Twelve (3:27)
6. The White Stripes - Black Math (3:04)
7. Ramin Djawadi - Seven Nation Army (2:11)
8. Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground (3:57)
9. David Bowie - Five Years (World Famous Audio Hacker's Brainache Mix) (4:03)
10. Sisters of Mercy - Nine While Nine (3:59)
11. Kraftwerk - Numbers (3:23)
12. Boards Of Canada - Music Is Math (5:08)
13. Lionrock - Number Nine (4:48)
14. Bonobo - Sleepy Seven (3:46)
15. Zoowax - Nine To Five (3:43)
16. Adiemus - Math Was A Wizard (2:54)
17. Väsen - Nitti Pomfritti (Ninety French Fries) (7:19)

At lunch and we were joking about Miles Davis. No, not so ground-breaking when you look at an integrated band from 1953.

10:00
19. Ken Nordine - Looking at Numbers (2:28)
20. Nina Simone - Four Women (4:26)
21. Lionel Hampton - Four Or Five Times (2:53)
22. Val Bennett - Take Five (aka The Russians Are Coming) (3:37)
23. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Eleven Four (3:03)
24. Venetian Snares - Twelve (2:20)
25. Harry James - Six, Two And Even (3:50)
26. Oscar Peterson - Seven Come Eleven (3:53)
27. Johnson, Edith - Eight Hour Woman (2:49)
28. Ben Webster - Five O'Clock Drag (3:13)
29. Yamano Bikkuri Band - Four Five Six (4:39)
30. Minoru Muraoka - Take Five (4:50)
31. Arlette Zola - Mathématiques (2:18)
32. Stereolab - Transona Five (5:32)
33. Sound Iration; The Orb - Seventh Seal (6:09)
34. Michael Nyman - Twelve Years Since (2:44)