9.28.2004
re-recording history
if you have the time and are not already familiar with the story, do some research on the beach boys' abandoned follow-up to pet sounds. released in 1966, pet sounds is widely considered to be one of the best albums ever recorded. brian wilson began work on smile but never finished it, abandoning the sessions in 1967. what little i've read about the smile sessions over the years has fascinated me. it's captivating stuff, especially when you consider the path brian's life took after the aborted sessions.
brian wilson released SMiLE today. it's a re-recorded version of the album that he began but never finished all those years ago.
you should know that i've never heard the various bootlegs of the smile songs that fanatics have used to piece together their own versions of the album in the absence of an actual release. also, the only beach boys album i actually own is pet sounds (i'm far from an enthusiast). that having been said, this album amazes me. to think that brian had the vision 37 years ago of the album that i'm hearing today is astounding. and his voice sounds great to my ears (having never heard the bootlegs works to my advantage).
catch up on the story and hear this album. it's an extraordinary achievement.
if you have the time and are not already familiar with the story, do some research on the beach boys' abandoned follow-up to pet sounds. released in 1966, pet sounds is widely considered to be one of the best albums ever recorded. brian wilson began work on smile but never finished it, abandoning the sessions in 1967. what little i've read about the smile sessions over the years has fascinated me. it's captivating stuff, especially when you consider the path brian's life took after the aborted sessions.
brian wilson released SMiLE today. it's a re-recorded version of the album that he began but never finished all those years ago.
you should know that i've never heard the various bootlegs of the smile songs that fanatics have used to piece together their own versions of the album in the absence of an actual release. also, the only beach boys album i actually own is pet sounds (i'm far from an enthusiast). that having been said, this album amazes me. to think that brian had the vision 37 years ago of the album that i'm hearing today is astounding. and his voice sounds great to my ears (having never heard the bootlegs works to my advantage).
catch up on the story and hear this album. it's an extraordinary achievement.
9.20.2004
how you gonna dream?
nurse inject slabs of raw meat into our knees
if we are to repeat dickie b. and danny g.
may strengthen our positions break for
the tunnels if the earth shakes the windows
are too long where are your whistles?
nurse inject slabs of raw meat into our knees
if we are to repeat dickie b. and danny g.
may strengthen our positions break for
the tunnels if the earth shakes the windows
are too long where are your whistles?
9.03.2004
yo, where my spaghetti pictures at?
1. madvillain: all caps
2. the roots: web
3. pookey blow: get up (and go to school)
4. madvillain: money folder
5. dj signify: peek a boo part 2
6. viktor vaughn and kool keith: doper skiller
7. m83: 0078h
8. madvillain: accordian
9. vast aire feat. sadat x and sinclair: elixir
10. radiohead vs. jay-z: 99 anthems
11. viktor vaughn with manchild and iz-real: r.a.p. g.a.m.e.
12. yeah yeah yeahs: art star
13. animal collective: leaf house
14. mf doom and mc paul barman: ?
15. vast aire: why'sdaskyblue
16. mobb deep: shook ones part 2
17. dj signify with buck 65: where did she go?
18. viktor vaughn: mr. clean
thrown together in a matter of minutes before drew arrived next door. when i asked him a few months ago how he felt about mf doom, he said he wasn't crazy about him. thinking he must be nuts, i decided to put some of my favorite doom songs (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 18) on a cd for him and round it out with other shnat. turns out it he had doom confused with quasimoto (who i also enjoy).
i included "art star" because i'm sure he's heard "maps" by now and i wanted to show him the mr. hyde side of the yeah yeah yeahs.
it's been a while since i included more than one song by a single artist on a mix. it works pretty well here though.
1. madvillain: all caps
2. the roots: web
3. pookey blow: get up (and go to school)
4. madvillain: money folder
5. dj signify: peek a boo part 2
6. viktor vaughn and kool keith: doper skiller
7. m83: 0078h
8. madvillain: accordian
9. vast aire feat. sadat x and sinclair: elixir
10. radiohead vs. jay-z: 99 anthems
11. viktor vaughn with manchild and iz-real: r.a.p. g.a.m.e.
12. yeah yeah yeahs: art star
13. animal collective: leaf house
14. mf doom and mc paul barman: ?
15. vast aire: why'sdaskyblue
16. mobb deep: shook ones part 2
17. dj signify with buck 65: where did she go?
18. viktor vaughn: mr. clean
thrown together in a matter of minutes before drew arrived next door. when i asked him a few months ago how he felt about mf doom, he said he wasn't crazy about him. thinking he must be nuts, i decided to put some of my favorite doom songs (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 18) on a cd for him and round it out with other shnat. turns out it he had doom confused with quasimoto (who i also enjoy).
i included "art star" because i'm sure he's heard "maps" by now and i wanted to show him the mr. hyde side of the yeah yeah yeahs.
it's been a while since i included more than one song by a single artist on a mix. it works pretty well here though.
