Friday, January 27, 2012

"Mad Props To My Favourite Homonyms..."

Whose shoe?
The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Iggy Pop -- DUM DUM BOYS -- The Idiot (1977, RCA)
Lotek HiFi -- PERCOLATOR -- Well Deep: Ten Years Of Big Dada (2007, Big Dada)
Necros -- I.Q. 32 -- I.Q. 32 7" single (1981)
Tippie & The Clovers -- MY HEART SAID (THE BOSSA NOVA) -- The Red Bird Story (1999, Charly UK) [orig. 1962]
Jah Wobble, feat. Julie Campbell -- TIGHTROPE -- Psychic Life (2011, Cherry Red)
Derrick Harriott & Audley Williams Combo -- JOHN TOM -- Dip & Fall Back: Classic Jamaican Mento (2006, Trojan) [orig. 1966, Wire Records]
Sachal Vasandani, feat. Jon Hendricks -- HI-FLY -- Hi-Fly (2011, Mac Avenue Records)
Chuck Berry -- NIGHT BEAT -- Chess Classics (2005, Mojo) [orig.1958]
New Age Steppers -- DEATH OF THE TREES -- Love Forever (2012, ON-U Sound)
Jean-Claude Vannier -- DANS MES RÊVES -- Roses Rouge Sang (2011, Finders Keepers)
Balkan Beat Box -- KABULELECTRO -- Blue Eyed Black Boy (2010, Nat Geo)
Kako -- COOL JERK -- Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vouz In Nuyorica (2006, Honest Jons) [orig. 1968]
Hypnotics -- RADIO CITY -- Static Fuzz Radio (2011, New Values)
Wordburglar -- S'UP BURG? -- Burgie's Basement (2009, Urbnet)
Cœur De Pirate -- SAINT-LAURENT -- Blonde (2011, Grosse Boite)
Gene Harris & The Three Sounds -- THE BOOK OF SLIM -- 7" Single (1964?, Bluenote)
Dubmatix, feat. Ammoye -- LOCK DOWN (VIBRONICS BOOM TIME REMIX) -- Clash Of The Titans: System Shakedown Remixes (2011, Collision)
Sunparlour Players -- DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE SPARK -- Us Little Devils (2011, Outside)
Les Majestiks -- LET'S GO '67 -- Les Majestiks (1965)
Dinner Belles -- SOME DAYS -- West Simcoe County (2011, Dinner Belles)
Tafo, feat. Nahid Akhtar, with Medhi Hassan & A. Nayyar -- ZAMBO ZAMBO -- "Life Is Dance!": Plugged-In Sounds Of Wonder At The Pakistani Picture House (2011, Finders Keepers) [orig. 1977]
Death -- POLITICIANS IN MY EYES -- ...For All The World To See (2009, Drag City Records)

Thanks for listening!

I think that was my hundreth show!

Here's the link (direct to the CJAM archives).
Link is live for about 4-6 weeks from original broadcast date.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

"We Had Fun But It's Just Begun..."

A song based on a coffee commercial jingle.
Thanks to Mike Hillis for this fun find.
It features Ernie Freeman - xylophone, Rene Hall - guitar,
Red Callender - bass, and Earl Palmer - drums. 
The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Jimmy Castor Bunch -- IT'S JUST BEGUN -- The Everything Man: The Best Of The Jimmy Castor Bunch (1995, Rhino) [orig. 1972, RCA]
Roll The Dice -- MAELSTROM -- In Dust (2011, Leaf)
Wiley -- INFORMATION AGE -- 100% Publishing (2011, Big Dada)
Jean-Claude Vannier -- L'AUTOMNE À BARBÈS ROCHECHOUART -- Electro Rapide (2011, Finders Keepers)
Sunparlour Players -- ONE FOR YOU & ONE FOR ME -- Us Little Devils (2011, Outside)
The Franco Proietti Morph-Tet -- LIKE THE SHORE IS... -- Like The Shore Is To The Ocean (2011, Bongo Beat)
Hypnotics -- TV BLUES -- Static Fuzz Radio (2011, New Values)
Billy Joe & The Checkmates -- PERCOLATOR (TWIST) -- 7" Single (1962, Dore Records)
Porcelain Forehead -- HOW HIGH? -- Right Now! The World Needs A Clear Head (2010, Alternative Tentacles) [orig. 1983, Corpus Callosum Records]
Ian King -- FOUR LOOM WEAVER -- Panic Grass & Fever Few (2010, Fledg'ling)
Maz -- VALSE DE L'APESANTEUR -- Téléscope (2011, Maz)
Tinga Stewart -- THE MESSAGE -- Soul Power: Funky Kingston 2 (2005, Trojan) [orig. 1974, Dragon]
New Age Steppers -- THE WORST OF ME -- Love Forever (2012, ON-U Sound)
Fredy Massamba -- ZONZA -- Putumayo Presents African Beat (2011, Putumayo)
Battles -- AFRICASTLE -- Gloss Drop (2011, Warp)
Adanowsky -- SABER AMAR -- Amador (2011, Ever Loving)
Random Recipe -- I DON'T WANT TO WANT YOU (REMIX) -- Shake It! Bake It! (2011, Bon Sound)
Lonesome Lefty -- BACK TO THE SUGAR CAMP -- Souvenir Album, Vol. 2 (2010, Lonesome Lefty)
The Offs -- YOU FASCINATE ME -- First Record (1984, Alternative Tentacles)
The Schomberg Fair -- I'D RAISE MY HAND -- Mercy E.P. (2011, The Schomberg Fair)
Ilhan Ersahin -- BOSPHORUS -- Istanbul Sessions (2011, Nublu)
Leonard Cohen -- DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE (LIVE) -- Live In Fredericton E.P. (2012) (recorded in 2008, previously unreleased)

Thanks for listening!

The Snark dedicates The Offs song today to everyone who listens to the show and comments on the blog, but especially Rick and Michelle, whom I just had the pleasure of meeting.

To hear this playlist, click this.  It's a direct link to the CJAM archives.  No waiting, no extra clicking.
(Link is live for about six weeks from the original broadcast date.)

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

"...Like A Knight Bent Down In Some Old-Fashioned Book..."

Played the wrong Leonard Cohen song today,
but it was still so good!
The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Dubmatix, feat. Dennis Alcapone -- STRUGGLE (DUBMATIX ROOTS REMIX) -- Clash of The Titans: System Shakedown Remixes (2011, Irie Ites Music)
New Age Steppers -- WOUNDED ANIMAL -- Love Forever (2012, ON-U Sound)
Beck & Seu Jorge -- TROPICÁLIA (MARIO C 2011 REMIX) -- Red Hot + Rio 2 (2011, Eone)
Ken Elkinson -- AVOCADO SKOOL -- 7890 (2011, August Son)
Dinner Belles -- COUNTRY BLUES -- West Simcoe Country (2011, Dinner Belles)
Bălănescu Quartet -- POCKET CALCULATOR -- Possession (1992, Mute)
Secret V's -- WAITING FOR THE DRUGS TO TAKE HOLD -- No Life Like It, 12" E.P. (1981, Useful Records Int'l.)
Cotti -- TAMIL DUB -- Box of Dub 2: Dubstep & Future Dub (2007, Soul Jazz Records)
Dixie Cups -- I'M GONNA GET YOU YET -- The Red Bird Story (1999, Charly UK) [orig. 1965, Red Bird]
Minotaurs -- RUNAWAY LANE -- The Thing (2010, Static Clang)
Leonard Cohen -- BIRD ON THE WIRE (LIVE) -- Live In Fredericton E.P. (2012) [recorded in 2008, previously unreleased]
Maz -- REEL DU COMBAT -- Téléscope (2011, Maz)
Wiley -- 100% PUBLISHING -- 100% Publishing (2011, Big Dada)
Tom Waits -- GET LOST -- Bad As Me (2011, Nonesuch)
Culture Reject -- MUSEUMS -- Culture Reject (2008, White Whale Records)
B.B. Seaton -- I'M A CHANGED MAN -- Trojan Reggae Brothers Box Set: Natty Bongo (2003, Trojan) [orig.1974, Wildflower]
Jazzsteppa -- NAKED LUNCH -- Hyper Nomads (2011, Studio Rockers)
Ri Ra -- 25 O'CLOCK -- Chainstore Massacre (2008, ON-U Sound)
Tonistics -- HOLDING ON -- Soul Messages From Dimona (2008, Numero Group) [orig. 1977, Kingdom Productions]
Vinicius Cantuária & Bill Frisell -- MI DECLARACION -- Lágrimas Mexicanas (2011, Eone)

Thanks for listening!

Click here for a direct link to the CJAM archive of this show.
(Link remains live for about 4-6 weeks from the original broadcast date.)

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

"Let Us Go & Have A Few & Wait Until Low Tide..."

Wardell Gray grew up in Detroit.
The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra -- RAT RACE -- World's Funkiest Covers (2011, Cultures of Soul) [orig. 2010, Exactamundo]
Ilhan Ersahin -- BLACK SEA -- Istanbul Sessions (2011, Nublu Records)
Random Recipe -- SHIPWRECK -- Fold It! Mold It! (2010, Bonsound)
Stan Rogers -- THE WRECK OF THE ATHENS QUEEN -- Fogarty's Cove [reissue] (2011, Borealis) [orig. 1976, Barnswallow]
The Undertones -- IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN -- The Very Best Of The Undertones (1994, Rykodisc) [orig. 1981]
Del Bel -- SLAVE TO THE DEEP -- Oneiric (2011, Out Of Sound)
Gaudi + Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan -- MAINOO OLE BAI KE PEE LAIN DE -- Dub Qawwali (2007, Six Degrees)
Alvin Robinson -- SOMETHIN' YOU GOT -- The Red Bird Story (1999, Charly UK) [orig. 1964, Tiger]
Jono McCleery -- HOME -- There Is (2011, Counter)
Big Daddy A & The Merves -- CHIPS & PORRIDGE -- We Stole Your Wallet (1998, 1984 Records)
Playdough, feat. Freddie Bruno) -- SO WHAT -- Hotdoggin' (2011, Playdough)
Domenico + 2 -- TEMA DA ZORRA -- Sincerely Hot (2004, Luaka Bop)
Ammoye & Rise Ashen -- TRY -- Haffi Win (2010, Balanced Records)
Vieux Farka Touré -- ANA -- Vieux Farka Touré (2007, World Village)
Count Basie & His Septet -- SONG OF THE ISLANDS -- The Wardell Gray Story, Volume 3: Twisted (2003, Proper)
Roots Manuva -- BEYOND THIS WORLD -- 4everevolution (2011, Big Dada)
The Hypnotics -- HOLIDAY IN THE CITY -- Static Fuzz City (2011, New Values)
Earth & Stone -- DON'T LET THEM FOOL YOU -- Kool Roots (1997, Pressure Sounds) [orig. 1978, Channel One]
John Maus -- HEY MOON -- We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves (2011, Ribbon Music)
Wild Domestic -- UNIVERSALLY KNOWN / ALREADY FORGOTTEN -- Wild Domestic (2011, Out Of Sound)

Thanks for listening!

Here's a link to listen... (it'll take you directly to the CJAM archive, no waiting!)
Link is live for about 4-6 weeks from the original broadcast date.