Because The Cool Kids Are Doing It

Enjoy my summery muxtape. Explanation for song selections after the jump, if you’re interested.

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Better To Burn Out Than Fade Away

Perhaps a little Neil Young from 1978 would cheer you up.

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Golden Delicious

No, not Al Golden.
“Golden Delicious” is the new album (iTunes) by one of my all-time favorites, Mike Doughty.  Some of you will remember him as the former front-man for Soul Coughing, one of those off-the-radar but slightly influential 90’s bands.  After Soul Coughing, he steadily built a solo career out of the back of a [...]

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M1EK Can Probably Explain This.

Why doesn’t the Blue Band play any good songs like this?
mp3:
Maceo Parker — Pass The Peas
Incidentally, I think I found the new Pitt fight song. And does the Blue Band even play “Pinball Wizard” anymore?
Consider this an open thread for everything you love and hate about the Blue Band. Like their lame [...]

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Late Night Sounds: We’ll Know When We Get There

Son Volt’s Jay Ferrar, performing “The Picture”.  That deep, warbling voice just doesn’t seem right for someone with Ferrar’s look…but it’s great.

Album version, courtesy of “Can You See The Sunset From The Southside?”:
mp3:
Son Volt — The Picture

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Think Happy Thoughts

Are more Disciplinary Shenanigans on the way for Penn State?  We’ll likely find out by the close of business on Thursday, so until then, enjoy some music.  I’m in an odd, hip-hopish dance mood tonight.  An early, mild case of cabin fever, perhaps.
De La Soul (f. Redman) — Oooh
Voxtrot — Trouble
Girl Talk — Bounce That
dj [...]

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Friday Music Corner: I Was Born In A Small Town

Why not pay tribute to the musical contributions of our friends from Indiana? First, I would like to recognize Lafayette, Indiana-born Bill Bailey, later known to this world as W. Axl Rose.
mp3:
Guns ‘N Roses — Patience
Guns ‘N Roses — Sweet Child O’ Mine
Guns ‘N Roses — Welcome To The Jungle
The jokes write themselves. [...]

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Nighty Night

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Music Corner: What Would Jay-Z Do?

Unfortunately, I must report the apparent demise of The Go! Team. They didn’t break up or anything, but their new album sucks. This makes me sad. More on that in a moment. In the meantime, some things that don’t suck:
mp3:
Guilty Simpson — Man’s World
Ben Lee — What Would Jay-Z Do?
Evil Harrisons [...]

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Nighty Night

(Update: James Brown link fixed, thanks Ma Bell.)
For the uninitiated, “mashups” are the musical equivalent of ADHD — a bunch of songs fused together, testing your senses and memory. dj BC does them right. I linked to his ridiculously tremendous mashup of the Nintendo Wii soundtrack and Vanilla Ice’s “Play That Funky [...]

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Nighty Night

Martin Sexton, with a cover of “Hey Joe”.

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Friday Music Corner — Better Late Than Later

It seems there’s some new New Pornographers floating around! [Hype Machine]
Look!  Twenty-three songs in honor of Lindsay Lohan!  [MFR]
Good Lord, is Jenny Lewis a cute one. [Rock Sellout]

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