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luv420

luv420 luv's 420 joint

luv’s 420 joint

when dj luv’s records started i had the idea of making a mixtape dedicated to marijuana. every mix up here was made in a haze of pot smoke so it was inevitable that time and inspiration would coalesce into luv’s 420 joint. an epic journey that crosses many genres and eras exhibiting how this glorious weed is for everyone and all can reap it’s benefits. to quote Louis Armstrong :
“We did call ourselves Vipers, which could have been anybody from all walks of life that smoked and respected ‘gage’. That was our cute little name for marijuana… We always looked at pot as a sort of medicine, a cheap drunk and with much better thoughts than one that’s full of liquor… the respect for it (gage) will stay with me forever. I have every reason to say these words and am proud to say them. From experience.”
so from one viper to another, happy 4/20. now take a hit off luv’s 420 joint.
image : Don Willis on weed
Tracklist:
  1. excerpt from The History Of Marijuana : A Child’s Garden Of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy)Ron Jacobs – Elektra (1971)
  2. I’m Gonna Get High – Tampa Red and The Chicago Five – Bluebird / Stash Records Inc. (1937/1977)
  3. excerpt from Turning Arnold On (from Arnold’s Wrecking Co.) – East Coast Records (1973)
  4. Weed – The High & Mighty – Rawkus (1999)
  5. excerpt of Turning Arnold On (from Arnold’s Wrecking Co.) – East Coast Records (1973)
  6. Smokin’ Cheeba-Cheeba – Harlem Underground – Paul Winley Records / Demon Records (1976/2020)
  7. excerpt from Physical Effects : A Child’s Garden Of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy)Ron Jacobs – Elektra (1971)
  8. Theme From Mary Jane (from Mary Jane) – Mike Clifford – Sidewalk / Reel Time (1967/2012)
  9. subway train from The New CBS Audio-File Sound Effects Library – Columbia Special Products (1977)
  10. Big High Song For Somebody – Roy Glenn – Pesky Serpent Records (????)
  11. subway train from The New CBS Audio-File Sound Effects Library – Columbia Special Products (1977)
  12. Killin’ Jive – The Cats & The Fiddle – Bluebird / Fantastic Voyage (1939/2013)
  13. excerpt from Toledo Window Box – George Carlin – Little David Records (1974)
  14. Till Sun’s In Your Eyes – DJ Vadim ft. Motion Man and Blurum 13 – Ninja Tune (2002)
  15. excerpt from Toledo Window Box – George Carlin – Little David Records (1974)
  16. Mary Jane Is To Love – Sweet Smoke – Jan-Gi Rcords / Amy / Stoned Records (1968/1997)
  17. excerpt from 1st Gear, 2nd Gear (from Up In Smoke) – Cheech & Chong – Warner Bros. (1978)
  18. Sweet Leaf – Black Sabbath – Vertigo / Warner Bros. (1971)
  19. Marijuanaut’s Theme – Sleep – Third Man Records (2018)
  20. excerpt from Making Love : A Child’s Garden Of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy)Ron Jacobs – Elektra (1971)
  21. Mary Jane – Rick James – Gordy – (1978/1984)
  22. excerpt from Love Of Grass – The Conception Corporation – Cotillion (1970)
  23. I Love Marijuana – Linval Thompson – Trojan Records / Music On Vinyl (1978/2019)
  24. Free The Marijuana – Audio Active ft. Bim Sherman – On-U Sound (1994)
  25. excerpt from Cruisin’ With Pedro De Pacas – Cheech & Chong – Ode Records (1971)
  26. Bring Me Weed – Sherwood & Pinch – On-U Sound / Tectonic (2013)
  27. excerpt from 1st Gear, 2nd Gear (from Up In Smoke) – Cheech & Chong – Warner Bros. (1978)
  28. One Toke Over The Line – Brewer & Shipley – Kama Sutra / Geffen / Universal Music / Music On Vinyl (1970/2019)
  29. excerpt from Fear And Loathing In Las VegasJohnny Depp – Geffen / Universal Music / Music On Vinyl (1998/2019)
  30. excerpt from Psychological Effects : A Child’s Garden Of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy)Ron Jacobs – Elektra (1971)
  31. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 – Bob Dylan – Columbia (1966)
  32. excerpt from I Tried It Once, It Just Gave Me A Headache – Lenny Bruce – Lenny Bruce / Comedy Dynamics (1964/2020)
  33. All The Jive Is Gone – Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds Of Joy – Decca / Stash Records. Inc. (1936/1976)
  34. Quinton’s On The Way (Skit) – The Pharcyde – Delicious Vinyl (1992)
  35. Pack The Pipe – The Pharcyde – Delicious Vinyl (1992)
  36. excerpt from The Alphabet Song – David Peel & The Lower East Side – Elektra (1968)
  37. Greenery – Quasimoto – Stones Throw Records (2005)
  38. One Draw – Rita Marley – Tuff Gong (1981)
  39. excerpt from Love Of Grass – The Conception Corporation – Cotillion (1970)
  40. Big Spliff – Ralph Thomas – Zebra Jazz / Soul Jazz Records (1980/2009)
  41. excerpts from A Better World (Are You Cool With That?) – Bill Hicks – Comedy Dynamics (1993/2016)
  42. excerpt from Everything They Tell You About Pot Is A Lie (Play The Sitar) – Bill Hicks – Comedy Dynamics (1993/2016)
  43. Cosplay – Panda Bear – Domino (2015)
  44. excerpt from Listening To Music : A Child’s Garden Of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy)Ron Jacobs – Elektra (1971)
  45. Sin Semilla Kaya Dub – The Upsetters – Clocktower Records (1981)
  46. Acapulco Gold Filters – Cheech & Chong – Ode Records (1971)
  47. Marijuana In My Brain – Dillinger – Jamaica Sound / Radiation Roots (1978/2019)
  48. Stoned Again (from Arnold’s Wrecking Co.) – Adom – East Coast Records (1973)
  49. I Got Stoned And I Missed It – Shel Silverstein – Columbia (1972)
  50. Up In Smoke (from Up In Smoke) – Cheech & Chong – Warner Bros. (1978)
  51. Illegal Smile – John Prine – Atlantic (1971)
  52. excerpt from The History Of Marijuana : A Child’s Garden Of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy)Ron Jacobs – Elektra (1971)
  53. Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die (Solo Version) – Willie Nelson – Legacy (2013)

luv328

luv328 Sex and Violence

Sex and Violence

five years ago i was gearing up to make the 100th mix for this website. around the same time a new friend and documentary film maker became curious about my record obsession and mentioned that he would like to film me while i was creating a mix. the combination of a film and the 100th post meant i had to take a unique approach to this mix. which got me to thinking about Monty Python’s Flying Circus and the absurdly clever way in which the episodes evolved. i wanted to make a mix like that; so i mapped out the first Monty Python episode Whither Canada?, noting all the skits, bits and segues. then i choose music, dialogue and sound effects and, while using the episode breakdown as guide, made a new journey. keep in mind this isn’t an attempt to soundtrack the show, it’s more about creating something completely different. to better understand i suggest watching Vincent Guignard‘s The Luv Of Music and then listen to luv136 Whither Canada?

now to the mix at hand. a follow up mix that gets it’s cues from the second Monty Python’s Flying Circus episode intriguingly titled Sex and Violence.

image : Terry Gilliam‘s flying sheep
Tracklist
  1. excerpt from Dead By Dawn – Depth Charge – Vinyl Solution (1990)
  2. Mickey Mouse March – The Mouseketeers – Disneyland Records (1955/2016)
  3. Dream Time In Lake Jackson – The KLF – KLF Communications / Wax Trax (1990)
  4. Sheep – Pink Floyd – Harvest / Columbia (1977)
  5. Memories of Green (from Blade Runner) – Vangelis – Warner Bros. / Atlantic / Audio Fidelity (1982/1994/2013)
  6. Erloschene Herzen – Asmus Tietchens – Sky Records / Bureau B (1982/2013)
  7. And Dream Of Sheep – Kate Bush – EMI America (1985)
  8. Poème Électronique – Edgar Varèse – Columbia Masterworks (1960/1972)
  9. Three Tenses Onanism – John Greaves / Peter Blegvad / Lisa Herman – Virgin (1977)
  10. You’re Not Foolin’ Me – Silver Apples – Kapp Records / Phoenix Records (1969/2007)
  11. excerpt from The Tonight Show Theme (Johnny’s Theme) – Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band – TeeVee Toons Inc. (1985)
  12. excerpt from What A Band – Doc Severinsen, Ed McMahon & Johnny Carson – Casablanca (1974)
  13. A Public Execution – Mouse – Fraternity Records / Elektra / Rhino UK (1966/1972/2006)
  14. excerpt from The Killing Fight (from The Big Boss) – Bruce Lee – Tam / Toho Records (1971)
  15. Coward Of The County – Kenny Rogers – United Artists Records (1979)
  16. Beauty Queen – Roxy Music – Island / Polydor (1973)
  17. Working In A Coal Mine – Devo – Booji Boy Records / Rykodisc / Superior Viaduct (1977/1991/2013)
  18. excerpt from Three Tenses Onanism – John Greaves / Peter Blegvad / Lisa Herman – Virgin (1977)
  19. Bagpipe Blues – Rufus Harley – Atlantic (1966)
  20. Fire Ant Noodle – Silver Apples – Bully Records (1998/2006)
  21. closing argument from Sex Education In Our Schools – Dr. W. S. McBirnie – Key Records (????)
  22. The Late Late Show (The Syncopated Clock) – Leroy Anderson and his Orchestra – Decca / TeeVee Toons Inc. (1951/1985)
  23. opening of Psychotherapy And The Objectivist Ethics – Nathaniel Branden – NBI Communications, Inc. (1966)
  24. opening of Soul Brother Soul Sister Soul Devil – Rev. O.L. Holliday – Jewel Records : Devotional Series (????)
  25. Rite Of The Maypole – An Unruly Procession – Children Of Alice – Warp (2017)
  26. The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash) (from Flash Gordon) – Queen – Elektra (1980)
  27. Intro – 3 Parts – Eartha Kitt & Adam Clayton Powell / Dan Armstrong & Jack McMahon – Mercury (1969)
  28. Cat And Mouse With The Fuzz (from Psychomania) – John Cameron – Trunk (1972/2003/2017)
  29. excerpt from The Magic Flute – Tom Morrison and original TV sound track voices from The Adventures of Mighty Mouse – Peter Pan Records (1977)
  30. Mouse & The Clock – Edison Concert Band – Edison / Folkways Records (1907/1961)
  31. Mice and Massacre (from Holy Mountain) – Alejandro Jodorowsky – ABKCO / Real Gone Music (1973/2014)
  32. The Dolphin’s Farewell (from Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) – Douglas Adams – Hannibal records (1982)
  33. Mickey Mouse Club Alma Mater – Jimmie Dodd and The Mouseketeers – Disneyland Records (1955/2016)

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)

luv299

luv299 Aftermath

Aftermath

an aural interpretation of the journey taken by the spirit after one expires. what happens after death, the moment between being alive and not.
photo : Towa Youthen
Tracklist
  1. Tears In The Rain – Vangelis ft. Rutger Hauer – Warner Bros. / Atlantic / Audio Fidelity (1982/1994/2013)
  2. Sinister – Ennio Morricone – Duse Record / Dagored (1984/2014)
  3. excerpt from Silver Smoke of Dreams – William S. Burroughs & Ian Sommerville – Sub Rosa (1986/2008)
  4. excerpt from Love Has Found A Way – Spirit – Epic (1970)
  5. As The Earth Kissed The Moon (Excerpt) – Michael Stearns – Continuum Montage / Light In The Attic (1981/2013)
  6. excerpt from 73rd Star Bridge Sonata – John Oswald / Grateful Dead – Artifact Music / Swell / Important Records (1994/2014)
  7. excerpt from Timesteps – Walter Carlos – Columbia (1972)
  8. The End – Alan Watts and Friends – MEA / Numero Group (1962/2015)
  9. Traveling Music – Tod Dockstader – Owe Records / DOXY (1966/2014)
  10. Trekk – Asmus Tietchens – Egg / Bureau B (1980/2014)
  11. excerpt from Personal Growth Part 1 – William E. Bailey – Growth Into Greatness Institue / Bestline Products (1972)
  12. Mountain Sound – Pierre Dutour – Tele Music (1979)
  13. Alhondiga – Brian Eno – Opal Records / All Saints (1992/2014)
  14. excerpt from Casino, July 1998, Las Vegas, U.S.A. – Jonathan Coleclough – IDEA (2002)
  15. Das Meer – Faust – ReR Megacorp (1988/2010)
  16. Edgar Allan Poe to Mrs. Helen Whitman – David Niven – Roulette (1958)
  17. Vome Kabà  – Jonuzi Me Shokët – EMI / Honest Jon’s Records (1930/2008)
  18. Nous Sommes Tous Des Cré Basile – Bernard Gagnon – Tenzier (1983/2012)
  19. Woomerangs – Tom Dissevelt – Philips / Sonitron (1963/2014)
  20. Inside World – Oneohtrix Point Never – Warp (2013)
  21. excerpt from Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him – The Firesign Theater – Columbia (1968)
  22. The Dream I Almost Remember – The Residents – MVD Audio (2013)
  23. Liquidity – unknown artist – Popular Photography (1969)
  24. Attivita’ – M. Zalla – Luito Records / Black Sweat Records (1973/2015)
  25. Trance Mutation – Alejandro Jodorowsky, Don Cherry, Ronald Frangipane & The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra – ABKCO Music / Real Gone Music (1973/2014)
  26. untitled, side E, track 2 – Aphex Twin – Warp (1994)
  27. excerpt from From a Bum Trip to… “The Trip Beyond”– Brian Rudd – Trip Beyond Records (1971)
  28. Birth Of Baby – Daphne Oram – Young Americans (2011)

luv270

luv270 Head Talks

Head Talks

a far out mix of groovy spoken word from the minds of poets, jazz legends, disc jockeys, junkies, actors, gurus, aliens, storytellers, schoolhouse rockers, beatniks, writers, rebels, proto-rappers, messengers and freaks.
image : Jim Flora
Tracklist
  1. What Time Is It? – Ken Nordine ft. The Fred Katz Group – Dot Records / MCA (1957/1983)
  2. I Am Strange – Sun Ra – Norton Records (1957/2010)
  3. excerpt from Timothy Leary, Ph. D. Speaks On L.S.D. – Dr. Timothy Leary – ESP Disk (1966)
  4. Scenes In The City – Charles Mingus – Bethlehem Records / Get Back (1958/2001)
  5. Blues At Dawn (by Langston Hughes) – Doris Belack – United Artists Records (1968)
  6. Walking Through Harlem – Universal Messengers – Turbo Records / Barnyard Records (1971)
  7. My People – Duke Ellington – Contact / Flying Dutchman (1964/1970)
  8. Jazz Poem (by Carl Wendell Hines) – Vinie Burrows – Spoken Arts (????)
  9. Mama’s Place – Bing Day – Mercury Records / Pesky Serpent Records (1959/2009)
  10. Poems From The Unpublished “Book Of Blues” – Jack Kerouac ft. Al Cohn & Zoot Sims – Hanover / DOXY (1959/2011)
  11. Dog – Bob Dorough Quintet – World Pacific Records / Pesky Serpent Records (1958/2009)
  12. Plastic Pattern People – Gil Scott-Heron – Flying Dutchman (1970)
  13. Wailers – Amiri Baraka – Giorno Poetry Systems (1982)
  14. Bird’s Word – The Last Poets – Blue Thumb Records (1972)
  15. Jack And The Beanstalk – Al Jazzbo Collins And The Bandidos – Impulse! (1967)
  16. Burroughs Called The Law – William S. Burroughs – Sub Rosa (1986/2008)
  17. Heh Heh (Chuckle) Good Morning Sunshine – Melvin Van Peebles – A&M Records (1971)