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luv306

luv306 I Like Short Songs

I Like Short Songs

over 60 songs in under 42 minutes. i like short songs.
photo : Leopold Short
Tracklist
  1. Short Songs – Dead Kennedys – Alternative Tentacles (1987)
  2. Tough Guy – Beastie Boys – Grand Royal (1994)
  3. Motorbike Escape, M23 – Goblin – Cinevox (1977/2016)
  4. Supervillian Theme (inst.) – Madvillain – Stones Throw (2004)
  5. Funerailles d’un Wa Wa Rond – Les Sinners – Les Disques Trans-World (1971)
  6. Auntie’s Harp – Flying Lotus – Warp (2008)
  7. Punaisarium 1 – Alan French – Tele Music (1975)
  8. Be A Hobo – Moondog – Epic / Honet Jon’s Records (1953/2004)
  9. Hittin’ The Bong – Minutemen – SST (1985)
  10. Boa Constrictor – The Magnetic Fields – Merge (1999)
  11. Givin My Luv To You – Gong – Virgin / BYG Records / Charly Records (1973/2015)
  12. Spanish Fly – Van Halen – Warner Bros. (1979)
  13. Ready Lets Go – Boards Of Canada – Warp (2002)
  14. Why Midnight Walked But Didn’t Ring Her Bell – Liars – Blast First / Mute Records (2002)
  15. Unreferenced Comedic Music Track – Barry Gray – Trunk Records (2011)
  16. A Little Bit Of Soap – De La Soul – Tommy Boy (1989)
  17. The Streetbeater (theme from ‘Sanford And Son’) – Quincy Jones – A&M / TVT Records (1973/1987)
  18. Life Is Funny – The Fugs – Reprise (1968)
  19. I Wanna Be A Bear – Descendents – SST (1982)
  20. Straight Edge – Minor Threat – Dischord Records (1981)
  21. Embryo – Black Sabbath – Vertigo / Warner Bros. (1971)
  22. Drama In Space – The Leo Hassler Synthesizer – Trunk Records (1996)
  23. Preview Side Too – Bootsy’s Rubber Band – Warner Bros. (1977)
  24. Touched – My Bloody Valentine – Creation Records (1991)
  25. Intro – Japanther – Wäntage USA (2008)
  26. Siren – John Saunders – Music De Wolfe (1984)
  27. College – Animal Collective – FatCat Records (2004)
  28. Lining Up The Tracks – Jesse Fuller – Topic Records / Mississippi Records (1954/1960/2016)
  29. [untitled 14] – Capitain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Revenant / Xeric / Table Of The Elements (1999)
  30. Lovin’ And Touchin’ – Red Hot Chili Peppers – EMI America / Enigma Records (1985)
  31. Meow Meow Meow Meow (Meow Mix cat food commercial) – Shelley Palmer & Linda November – TVT Records (1970 / 1989)
  32. La La – The Residents – Ralph Records (1980)
  33. Fanfare On Parade – Michael Pinsonnneault – Intermède Communications (1986)
  34. Middle Zealand – Mark Mothersbaugh – Watertower Music / Spacelab9 (2014)
  35. Lock Groove – 23 Skidoo – Fetish Records (1982)
  36. Scooter And Jinx – Sonic Youth – DGC (1990)
  37. Spray Paint The Walls – Black Flag – SST (1981)
  38. What We Do Is Secret – Germs – Slash Records (1979)
  39. Forgery – DNA – No More Records (2008)
  40. Final Count Of The Collision Between Us And The Damned – Public Enemy – Def Jam Recordings (1990)
  41. Stylewild – Lootpack – Stones Throw (1999)
  42. Jupiter – Galaxy – Music De Wolfe (1982)
  43. Death Threats – Throbbing Gristle – Industrial Records / Celluloid (1978)
  44. Goodbye Cruel World – Pink Floyd – Columbia (1979)
  45. In The Hall Of The Mountain Queen – Raymond Scott – Basta (1969/2001)
  46. Anchor Butter – Daphne Oram – Young Americans (2011)
  47. Tone Bone Kone – Arthur Russell – Upside Records / Audika (1986/2005)
  48. Pnoom – Can – Spoon Records (1968/2014)
  49. fz pseudotimestretch+e+3 – Aphex Twin – Warp (2014)
  50. I’m In Great Shape – The Beach Boys – Capitol (1966/2011)
  51. Le Grand Et Le Petit – Ennio Morricone – Cinevox / Modulation (1981)
  52. Light My Fire – J Dilla – Stones Throw (2006)
  53. Why Hip Hop Sucks In ’96 – DJ Shadow – Mo Wax (1996)
  54. Melodies In Hinge Creek (Light My Fire) – DJ Vadim – Ninja Tune (1996)
  55. Untitled – Beck – Bong Load Records (1994)
  56. Here We Are Nowhere – Stiff Little Fingers – Rough Trade (1979)
  57. Big Ending! – Deja Voodoo – Og Music (1988)
  58. Festival Time – John Baker – BBC Radio Enterprises / Music On Vinyl (1968/2013)
  59. Sleep – They Might Be Giants – Idlewild Recordings (2013)
  60. Sleeping In A Jar – The Mothers Of Invention – Bizarre Records / Reprise (1969)
  61. A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons – Sufjan Stevens – Asthmatic Kitty Records (2005)

luv286

luv286 Following The Current pt1

Following The Current part 1

this fall i will be teaching a Personal and Cultural Enrichment class at McGill University called Following The Current : A Brief History Of Electronic Music. this, the first of a three part mix, covers the years 1952-1979 and outlines some of the artists and music that will be discussed. for more info on the class and how to enroll click on
photo : electricity
Tracklist
  1. Beton-Studie – Karlheinz Stockhausen – DOXY (1952/2011)
  2. Main Titles – Overture (from Forbidden Planet) – Louis and Bebe Barron – Small Planet Records (1956/1978)
  3. Over The Rainbow – Paul Tanner with Andre Montero and his Orchestra – Omega Disk / Aero Space Records (1959)
  4. Daisy Bell – Max Mathews – Cacophonic / Finders Keepers (1961/2013)
  5. Telstar – The Tornados – Decca / Mr. Suit Records (1962/2013)
  6. Doctor Who Theme (Original 1963 Version) – Delia Derbyshire and Ron Grainer from BBC Radiophonic Workshop – Harkit Records (1963/2013)
  7. Girl From Venus – Jean-Jacques Perrey & Gershon Kingsley – Vanguard (1966)
  8. Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles – Parlophone (1966)
  9. Daily Nightly – The Monkees – Colgems / Rhino (1967/1986)
  10. excerpt from Silver Apples Of The Moon Part II – Morton Subotnick – Nonesuch Records (1967)
  11. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major : Second Movement – Walter Carlos – Columbia Masterworks (1968)
  12. Peace Three – Paul Beaver & Bernard L. Krause – Nonesuch Records (1968)
  13. Cybernaut – Tonto’s Expanding Head Band (Robert Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil) – Atlantic (1971/1975)
  14. Girl Blue – Stevie Wonder – Tamla / Motown – (1972)
  15. Rain Dance – Herbie Hancock – Columbia (1973)
  16. Movements Of A Visionary – Tangerine Dream – Virgin (1974/1977)
  17. Assault On Precinct 13 (Main Theme) (from Assault On Precinct 13) – John Carpenter – Record Makers (1976/2003)
  18. Disco From A Space Show – Guitar Red – Mod-Art / Chocolate Industries (1976/2012)
  19. I Feel Love – Donna Summer – Casablanca Records (1977)
  20. Rocket U.S.A. – Suicide – Red Star Records (1977/1999)
  21. United – Throbbing Gristle – Industrial Records (1977/1981)
  22. Trans-Europe Express / Metal On Metal – Kraftwerk – Capitol (1977)
  23. Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop) – Parliament – Casablanca Records (1978)
  24. Fantastic Man – William Onyeabor – Wilfilms Records / Luaka Bop (1979/2013)
  25. I Nearly Married A Human – Gary Numan + Tubeway Army – Beggars Banquet (1979)

luv275

luv275 Things Have Gotten Weird Between Us

Things Have Gotten Weird Between Us

it was going so well. then came the guitars, effect pedals, keyboards, drums, radio noise and overwrought vocals making it a bit intense and rather strange. terms like no wave, art rock, industrial, experimental and avant garde got thrown around. then our eyes began to glow and things got weird between us.
image : Malachai Obadiah
Tracklist
  1. Conspirators’ Oath — The Red Crayola — Bomb Records / Rio Records (1979)
  2. Cognitive Dissonance — Robert Fripp — Editions EG / Polydor (1981)
  3. Monday Night — The Golden Palominos — Celluloid (1983)
  4. The Jezebel Spirit — Brian Eno & David Byrne — Sire (1981)
  5. What a Dilemma — Fred Frith — Ralph Records (1980/1981)
  6. Dolga Magla II — YBO² — Dossier (1986)
  7. Nearing — DNA — No More Records (1978/2008)
  8. The Tube — Art Bears – RÄ“ Records (1978)
  9. The Good And The Bad — Sonic Youth — Neutral Records / Goofin’ Records (1982/2006)
  10. Eva’s Warning — Snakefinger — Ralph Records (1982)
  11. Dichotomy Rag – Renaldo And The Loaf — Ralph Records (1983)
  12. Heads Up — David Moss & Arto Lindsay — Moers Music (1984)
  13. Slug Bait – Live At Southampton – Throbbing Gristle — Industrial Records (1977/2014)
  14. Hiss ‘N’ Listen — Holger Czukay — Welt-Rekord / EMI Electrola (1981)
  15. Seven On Seven — Andy Summers & Robert Fripp — A&M (1982)
  16. Wild Horses — Eugene Chadbourne — Fundamental (1987)

luv234

this isn’t any life
it’s just a stupid lifestyle

this is a sample of the punk rock / new wave / no wave / punk funk / rock ‘n’ roll sound that was created in the Pertri dish that was New York City over a period of 8 hot summers (1976-1983).
photo : Ronny Woke
Ramones R.I.P.
Tracklist
  1. Optimo – Liquid Liquid – 99 Records / Mo Wax (1983/1997)
  2. My Love For You – ESG – 99 Records (1983)
  3. Button Up – The Bloods – 021 Records / Exit International Records / Soul Jazz (1981/2003)
  4. The Attack Of The Giant Ants – Blondie – Private Stock Records (1976)
  5. Warning Sign – Talking Heads – Sire (1978)
  6. Marquee Moon – Television – Elektra (1977)
  7. She Creatures – impLOG – Log Records / Soul Jazz (1980/2006)
  8. Rituals – Bush Tetras – Fetish Records / Stiff Recoprds / ROIR (1981/2003)
  9. Human Fly – The Cramps – Illegal Records (1979)
  10. Hey Little Girl (live from C.B.G.B.’s) – Dead Boys – Sire (1977)
  11. I Can’t Give You Anything – Ramones – Sire (1977)
  12. Slow Murder – Material – Celluloid (1980)
  13. This Song – Polyrock – RCA (1980)
  14. Throw Me Away – The Contortions – ZE Records (1979)
  15. #3 (In The Corn Belt) – Dinosaur L – Sleeping Bag Records / Traffic Entertainment Group (1981/2012)
  16. I Dreamed I Dream – Sonic Youth – Neutral Records / Goofin’ Records (1982/2006)
  17. Cheree (Original) – Suicide – Red Star Records (1977/1999)

luv206

Plays Well With Others

Mr. & Mrs. Eno;
Your son Brian Eno is a remarkable student with his musical abilities and the fact that he plays well with others being his most obvious strengths. Attached to this note is a snippet of the production and collaboration works he has been involved with over the years. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
St. Joseph’s College, Ipswich
image : an / eno / potthast / luv / collaboration
Tracklist:
  1. Bass Trap — U2 — Island (1985)
  2. The Belldog — Eno, Moebius, Roedelius — Sky Records (1978)
  3. Bone Jump — Brian Eno with Jon Hopkins & Leo Abrahams — Warp (2010)
  4. Moonlight In Glory — Brian Eno & David Byrne — Sire (1981)
  5. Moonlight Africa — Edikanfo — E.G. Records (1981) > (searching for buy link)
  6. I Zimbra — Talking Heads — Sire (1979)
  7. African Night Flight — David Bowie — RCA (1979)
  8. Helen Fordsdale — Mars — Antilles / Soul Jazz (1978/2003) > (searching for buy link)
  9. Not Moving — DNA — Antilles / No More Records (1978/2008) > (searching for buy link)
  10. Gut Feeling (Slap Your Mammy) — Devo — Warner Bros (1978)
  11. I Want To Be A Machine — Ultravox – Island (1977)
  12. Seedpods — Brian Eno And The Worlds Of Rick Holland ft. Caroline Wildi — Warp (2011)
  13. There Was A Saviour Interlude I — John Cale — Opal Records / Warner Bros. (1989) > (searching for buy link)
  14. Everything That Happens — David Byrne & Brian Eno — Todomundo (2008)

luv125

SYNTAX ERA

in celebration of a new weekly party called SYNTAX ERA here is a collection of music for those who appreciate the finer side of what the 1980s had to offer musically. enough remixes, b-sides, dubs, extended club mixes and long lost album cuts (with just a sprinkling of hits) to fill up a 90 minute cassette. clean your heads and get ready for the SYNTAX ERA.
image : sweet daddy luv
Tracklist:
  1. Destination Unknown – Missing Persons – Capitol (1982)
  2. Arms Race – The Attractions – F-Beat Records / Attic (1980)
  3. Let’s Go Swimming (Gulf Stream Dub) – Arthur Russell – Logarhythm / Soul Jazz (1986/2004)
  4. Push – Liquid Liquid – 99 Records (1981)
  5. Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag – Pigbag – Stiff (1981)
  6. U.F.O. – ESG – 99 Records (1981)
  7. Gone Daddy Gone – Violent Femmes – Slash Records (1982)
  8. Clap Hands – Tom Waits – Island (1985)
  9. Lions – Tones On Tail – Beggars Banquet / Vertigo (1984)
  10. Home Is Where The Heart Is – Public Image Ltd. – Virgin Records (1981)
  11. Grand Pappy Du Plenty – The Red Hot Chili Peppers – Manhattan / EMI (1984)
  12. Bloody Dub – Stiff Little Fingers – Chrysalis / Select Cuts (1980/2003)
  13. Sample And Hold – Neil Young – Geffen (1982)
  14. Stop/Start (extended version) – The Assembly – Sire (1984)
  15. Let’s Just Close Our Eyes – Eurythmics – RCA (1982)
  16. Love Action (I Believe In Love) – The Human League – Virgin (1981)
  17. Rain Keeps Falling – Brenda and The Beach Balls – Probe Plus (1986)
  18. Underground (Dub) – David Bowie – EMI America (1986)
  19. Obsession (Dance Remix) – Animotion – Mercury (1985)
  20. Tarzan Boy (extended dub version) – Baltimora – Manhattan (1985)
  21. Looking From A Hilltop – Section 25 – Factory (1984)
  22. Glimmer – John Foxx – Metal Beat (1981)
  23. Life In A Northern Town – The Dream Academy – Warner Bros. (1985)

luv078

White Savages

by the end of the seventies the white savages were pushing and pulling the meaning of rock and roll, using it in unheard of ways for their own twisted ends. primal angst rumbles up from underneath the rhythm.

photo : Pennie Smith from the album cover for . R.I.P. Ari Up

Tracklist:
  1. Romantic Me – Polyrock – RCA (1980)
  2. Caveman Head – Eurythmics – RCA (1981)
  3. White Savages – James White and The Blacks – ZE Records (1979)
  4. A Spit In The Ocean – Fred Frith – Ralph Records (1981)
  5. Friends – Tubeway Army – Beggars Banquet (1979)
  6. Discourse – Material – Celluloid (1980)
  7. Flextone – Liquid Liquid – 99 Records (1984)
  8. Mind Your Own Business – Sandy Steele – Uniwave (1981)
  9. In The Beginning There Was Rhythm – The Slits – Human Records (1980)
  10. Kundalini – 23 Skidoo – Fetish Records (1982)
  11. Cacophony – Simple Minds – Virgin (1979)
  12. Man In The Dark Sedan – Snakefinger – Ralph Records (1980)
  13. What Am I Gonna Do For Fun? – Pitch – ON/OFF Records (1982)
  14. Blow Daddy-o – Pere Ubu – Chrysalis (1978)
  15. Under The House – Public Image Ltd. – Warner Bros. (1981)
  16. Looking From The Cooking Pot – Russ McDonald – Relentless/Soul Jazz (1981/2007)
  17. Transmission – Joy Division – Factory Records (1979)