To Keep Our Dazed Lives Going - 12/14 show

Does anyone know how to pronounce "Brakhage"? This is the name of the first song I played today, by Stereolab (and a song I discovered when it was used in a commercial, I think for Volkswagen). Stan Brakhage (the namesake of the song) was an American experimental filmmaker; you can find all kinds of information about him online, but not the pronunciation of his name.

Browsing through the WLUW catalogue this morning, I found an Afrika Bambaataa album from 2004. I don't know Afrika Bambaataa all that well; to me, he's mainly a name from the student-painted murals in my high school (mostly painted in the late 70's and maybe the early 80's — other artists honored included Jethro Tull). I knew he's a well respected name in the music industry; I didn't realize he was still producing music, though. I also hadn't realized Gary Numan was still active as well, though I knew he'd had a full career beyond his 1981 hit "Cars". So I pulled the CD to play, and ended up playing the track that the two collaborated on, along with MC Chatterbox. It was a fun track, and Gary Numan's sound came through loud and clear (not always the case with collaborations like that).

Well, now is the time of year when I put together my best-of-the-year list, which is always hard. There was a lot of good stuff this year — my short list for the top 10 albums ended up with about 20 albums on it. I'm whittling it down, and I should be settled on it by my 1/4 show, maybe even my 12/28 show.

*: new stuff
(r): requests

artist	song	album	label
Stereolab	Brakhage	Dots and Loops	Elektra
Throwing Muses	Fish	Lonely is an Eyesore	4AD
*White Williams	The Shadow	Smoke	Tigerbeat6
(r)Sondre Lerche	Two Way Monologue	Two Way Monologue	Astralwerks
*The Dragons	Food for my Soul	BFI	Ninja Tune
*Cass McCombs	That's That	Dropping the Writ	Domino
Van Morrison	Spanish Rose	Bang Masters	Epic/Legacy
Neko Case	Train from Kansas City	The Tigers Have Spoken	Anti-
*Daft Punk	One More Time	Alive2007	Virgin
*G&D	Time	The Message	Uni Versa
The Aluminum Group	Be Killed	Happyness	Wishing Tree
Martha and the Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This is the Ice Age	EMI/Virgin
The La's	Feelin'	The La's	Go!
Tom Waits	Train Song	Frank's Wild Years	Island
Haale	This High	Paratrooper	Darya
*Six Organs of Admittance	Jade Like Wine	Shelter from under the Ash	Drag City
*A Place to Bury Strangers	Breathe	A Place to Bury Strangers	Killer Pimp
Blur	Ther's No Other Way	Leisure	SBK Records
*Push-Pull	Brain Fever	3 EP	Joyful Noise
Madness	Shame and Scandal	The Dangerman Sessions	Live & Intensified
Har Mar Superstar	Bird in the Hand	The Handler	Record Collection
Afrika Bambaataa featuring Gary Numan and MC Chatterbox	Metal	Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light	Tommy Boy
Walter Meego	Through a Keyhole Tour	Through a Keyhole Tour EP	self-released
*Malcom Middleton	A Brighter Beat	A Brighter Beat	Full Time Hobby
Zerostars	Fearless	The good Can't Escape	self-released
The Shangri-La's	Give Him a Great Big Kiss	The Myrmidons of Melodrama	RPM
(r)Asian Dub Foundation	Strong Culture (Juttla & Charged remix)	Frontline 1993-97	Beggar's Banquet

posted by Tony at 5:47 PM