being slowly nowhere

no show tonight, 29 July 2010

(link, art by Johannes Wohnseifer)

Need a break! 

Busy Doing Nothing : 22 July 2010

(etched PCB skull bracelet, found here)

Busy Doing Nothing, on WVEW-LP, Thursdays 6-8 pm (eastern time)

22 July 2010 | Skull

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artist - song title - album (va = various artists) (label)

Sun Ra - Bassism - The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra
Tom Recchion - Jazz 2,000 A.D. Part 3 - Los Angeles Free Music Society: The Lowest Form of Music (va) (Cortical Foundation)
Psapp - Part Like Waves - The Camel's Back (Domino)
John Lennon - (slightly less) Instant Karma! - 45 @ 33 (Apple)
Karen Mantler - I Wanna Be Good - My Cat Arnold (XtraWatt/ECM)
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 - Nashville Again (Columbia)
Beto Villa - Rancho Grande - Father of Orquesta Tejana, vol. 1 (Arhoolie)
    behind DJ: Hugo Montenegro - La Panse - Montenegro in Italy (Time Records)

Takako Minekawa - Wooooog - Roomic Cube (What Are Records?)
Hugo Montenegro - Chella Lla - Montenegro in Italy (Time Records)
Florence Foster Jenkens - Adele's Laughing Song (from Die Fledermaus) - The Glory (????) of the Human Voice (RCA)
Butter 08 - What Are You Wearing - Butter 08 (Grand Royal)
The Paper Bag Players - Rocks - The Paper Bag Players
    behind DJ: Raymond Scott - Tempo Block - Soothing Sounds for Baby (Basta)

Sebadoh - Skull - Bakesale (Sub Pop)
Lovin' Spoonful - There She Is - Daydream (Kama Sutra)
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Shakedown - Best of (Yazoo)
They Might Be Giants - Where Your Eyes Don't Go - Lincoln (Bar None)
Dondero High School A Capella Choir, Royal Oak, MI - Time of the Season - Pop Concert 2003 (Comfort Stand)
Electrelane - Tram 21 - No Shouts, No Calls (Too Pure)
    behind DJ: Hugo Montenegro - Theme from The Fox - The Mad Mad World of Soundtracks (va) (Motor)

The Pastels - Everybody Is a Star - The Last Great Wilderness (soundtrack) (Domino/Geographic)
MHC Big Band Jazz Ensemble - Shining Star - It's Element-ary!
Elis Regina - Aguas de Marco - Elis
Inflatable Boy Clams - Skeletons - double 7" (Subterranean) (info and downloads here and here)
Inflatable Boy Clams - Snoteleks - double 7" (Subterranean)
My Terrible Friend - When I Decide - Room for Ghosts (YouTube channel)
    behind DJ: Ennio Morricone - Un altro mare, from Vergogna Schifosa - Eviva! Morricone (Avanz)

Pipas - The Witches - A Cat Escaped (Matinee)
Zombies - I Don't Want to Know - The Zombies (Parrot)
B.J. Snowden - Ode to Lesley - Life in the USA and Canada (98 Records)
Ellery Eskelin - The Light - The Sun Died (Soul Note)
Ros Bobos - I Gotcha! - Sonambulations (Opus One)
People Like Us + Kenny G (Kenneth Goldsmith) - I've Got You - Nothing Special (Mess Media)
Dixie Cups - I'm Gonna Get You Yet - The Complete Red Bird Recordings (Varese Sarabande)
    behind DJ: Floyd Cramer - Last Date - 45 @ 33

Sammy Davis Jr. - We'll Be Together Again - Sings, Laurindo Almeida Plays (Reprise; Collectors' Choice)
Tall Dwarfs - Two Humans - Fork Songs (Flying Nun)
    behind DJ: Futique - C-Nut - Go Low (Shadow)

Busy Doing Nothing : 15 July 2010

Helen Lovett (found here)

Busy Doing Nothing, on WVEW-LP, Thursdays 6-8 pm (eastern time)

15 July 2010 | Live sex show

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artist - song title - album (va = various artists) (label)

Les Baxter - Ecstasy - The Passions, featuring Bas Sheva (Oriental Pacific)
People Like Us & Wobbly - Naked Little Girl - Music for the Fire (Illegal Art)
Eva & Chenapans - Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus - Eva & Chenapans (French Kiss)
Sex Mob - Solid Sender - Solid Sender (Knitting Factory)
Lena Zavaroni - Help Me Make It Through the Night - Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me (Stax)
    behind DJ: Carvin Knowles - Sex World: Green Door Fantasy - Sex-o-Rama (Oglio)

Oranj Symphonette - Satin Doll - The Oranj Album (Rykodisc)
Henry Mancini - Hub Caps and Tail Lights - Breakfast at Tiffany's (soundtrack) (RCA)
Fabulous Raiders - Handclapping Time - Las Vegas Grind, vol. 2 (va) (Strip)
Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict - Singles Going Steady (IRS)
Ten Wheel Drive - Morning Much Better - Brief Replies (Polydor)
    behind DJ: Carvin Knowles - Debbie Does Dallas - Sex-o-Rama (Oglio)

Barbara Mason - Yes, I'm Ready - (originally Arctic 7")
Chantal Goya - Sois Gentil - Les Années 60 (Magic)
Conway Twitty - You've Never Been This Far Before (originally MCA 7")
Cher - The First Time - 7" (Kapp)
James Brown - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) - Star Time (Polydor)
Flying Lizards - Sex Machine - Top Ten (Statik)
    behind DJ: Dick Hyman - Give It Up or Turn It Loose - Moog: The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman (Varese Sarabande)

Jon Rose - Japanese Porn Ads (read by Matsubara Sachiko) - Violin Music for Supermarkets (Megaphone)
Ennio Morricone - Mariangela e la Seduzione, from Il Gato - Eviva! Morricone (Avanz)
Bolliger & Gloor - Alhambra - 2 (Friedmatt)
Holger Hiller - Come - Holger Hiller (Mute)
Scala - I Touch Myself - Dream On (Pias)
Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream (originally Cadence 7")
    behind DJ: Ennio Morricone - Un Altro Mare, from Vergogna Schifosi - Eviva! Morricone (Avanz)

People Like Us & Wobbly - Pick Up - Music for the Fire (Illegal Art)
Ravel - Bolero - Pierre Boulez, Berlin Philharmonic - (Deutsche Grammophon)
Eric Weber - Walking the Dog - Picking Up Girls Made Easy!
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang der Junglinge - Elektronische Musik 1952-1960 (Stockhausen Verlag)
Eric Weber - Museum Pick Up - Picking Up Girls Made Easy!
Harry Revel/Les Baxter/Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman - Jet - Perfume Set to Music
    behind DJ: Gert Wilden & Orch - Sexy Girls - The Schulmädchen Report (soundtrack) (Crippled Dick Hot Wax)

Janet Jackson - Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun) - Control (A&M)
Mae West, with the Lenny Marvin Orchestra - Pardon Me for Loving and Running - Sixteen Sultry Songs (Rosetta)
    behind DJ: Cut-Out - At It Agian - Interlude With Fun Machine (Starlight Furniture Company)

Busy Doing Nothing: Bonus Beats 13 July 2010

(image found here, at Fake Food Online)

Busy Doing Nothing, on WVEW-LP, Thursdays 6-8 pm (eastern time)

13 July 2010 | Musical heatwave (bonus beats)

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artist - song title - album (va = various artists) (label)

Chameleon Radio Club - Cerezo Rosa - Chameleon Radio Club
Rufus - Rags to Rufus - Rags to Rufus (ABC)
Meters - Funky Miracle - Cissy Strut (Island)
Hugh Masakela - Grazing in the Grass - (Uni 7")
Obed Ngobeni - Kazete No. 2 - My Wife Bought a Taxi (Shanachie)
    behind DJ: Dogliotti - Buma Buruma - Candombe for Export (Vampisoul)

Lighthouse - Sunny Days - (Evolution 7")
Dim Dim - Kika - Kiwi (Audio Dregs)
Mexican Institute of Sound - Hip Hop No Pares - Pinata (National)
Edgar Allen & The Po' Boys - Panic Button - Las Vegas Grind vol 2 (va) (Strip)
Augustus Pablo - Frozen Dub
    behind DJ: Hank Garland - Why Not? - The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland (Euphoria)

Carmen McRae - Flying - For Once in My Life (Atlantic)
Clara Nunes - Afoxe pra Logun - Nacao (EMI Brasil)
Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Five Brothers
Craig Ventresco - Wall Street Rag (Scott Joplin) - Crumb (soundtrack) (Rykodisc)
Freelance Hellraiser - It Ain't Hard to Tell
    behind DJ: Beastie Boys - Groove Holmes

Frida Sonko with Equator Sound - Gwenasobya - The Kampala Sound (Original)
Dennis Brown - Musical Heatwave
    behind DJ: Friends of Dean Martinez - Nothing at All - A Place in the Sun (Knitting Factory)

Busy Doing Nothing : 8 July 2010

Busy Doing Nothing, on WVEW-LP, Thursdays 6-8 pm (eastern time)

8 July 2010 | Bom-didi-bom-di-dangy-dang-diggy-diggy

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artist - song title - album (va = various artists) (label)

Soul Bossa Trio - Poochie - Dancing in the Street (Bomba)
Gert Wilden & Orchestra - Title Theme - The Schulmädchen Report (soundtrack) (Crippled Dick Hot Wax)
Petula Clark - Le Coeur Qui Bat - Petula 65 (Vogue)
James Last - Mr. Giant-Man - Voodoo Party (Polydor)
Teddy Bears - Cobrastyle, featuring Mad Cobra - 12" (Big Beat/Atlantic)
Rosemary Clooney & Perez Prado - Corazon de Melon - A Touch of Tabasco (RCA)
    behind DJ: Augustus Pablo - Stop Them Jah - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (Message)

Brazilian Girls - Homme - Brazilian Girls (Verve)
Neneh Cherry - Heart - Raw Like Sushi (Virgin)
Barry & The Remains - Heart - The Remains (Epic; Legacy)
Jane Birkin - Ex Fan des Sixties - Ex Fan des Sixties (Polygram)
T. Rex - Jeepster - Bolan Boogie (Cube)
The Bats - Just Do It - Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox (va) (Merge)
    behind DJ: Lalo Schifrin - On the Way to San Matteo - Nouvelle Vague: Coming Home (Stereo Deluxe)

Parliament - Unfunky UFO - Mothership Connection (Casablanca)
Three Dog Night - It Ain't Easy - It Ain't Easy (ABC Dunhill)
Umahlathini Nabo - Ohude Manikiniki - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto (va) (Shanachie)
Pomplamoose - Beat the Horse - Videosongs (Pomplamoose) (their YouTube channel - song will open)
Beastie Boys - Pass the Mic - Check Your Head (Grand Royal/Capitol)
    behind DJ: Gert Wilden & Orch - Little Girls - The Schulmadchen Report (soundtrack) (Crippled Dick Hot Wax)

The Beach Boys - You're So Good to Me - Summer Days (And Summer Nights) (Capitol)
Modest Mouse - Long Distance Drunk - The Lonesome Crowded West (Up)
Wings - Let 'Em In - Wings Greatest (Capitol)
The Bran Flakes - The Magical Fairy Princess - I Don't Have a Friend (Lomo)
The Rhythmic Troubadours - Ali Baba's Camel - Songs the Bonzo Dog Band Taught Us (va) (Lightning Tree)
    [note: The reference to "LSD" in the phrase "lots of what we all want, lots of LSD," refers to "pounds, shillings, pence," i.e. money.]
Incredible String Band - No Sleep Blues - The 5000 Spirits, or The Layers of the Onion (Elektra; Hannibal)
Pizzicato Five - The Audrey Hepburn Complex - 12" (Non-Standard/Teichiku)
    behind DJ: Ennio Morricone - Amore Assolutamente (from L'Assoluto Naturale) - Eviva! Morricone (Avanz)

Soul Bossa Trio - Ain't No Sunshine - Dancing in the Street (Bomba)
The Hi-Lo's - I Thought About You - Clap Yo' Hands (DRG)
Robyn - Cobrastyle - Robyn (Konichiwa)
Lounge Lizards - Voice of Chunk - Voice of Chunk (Logarto )
Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster - Prisoner of Love - Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (Verve)
    behind DJ: Spaceheads - Eat the Machine - Spaceheads (Dark Beloved Cloud)

Busy Doing Nothing : 1 July 2010

(image found here)

Busy Doing Nothing, on WVEW-LP, Thursdays 6-8 pm (eastern time)

1 July 2010 | Santa Claus, democracy, etc.

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artist - song title - album (va = various artists) (label)

The Langley Schools Music Project - Band on the Run - Innocence and Despair (Bar None)
Curse Ov Dialect - Wolf Moon - Lost in the Real Sky (Mush)
Come On - Don't Walk on the Kitchen Floor - New York City 1976-80 (Heliocentric)
The Roches - No Shoes - Moonswept (429 Records)
John Zorn - The Sicilian Clan - Naked City (Elektra/Nonesuch)
The Band - I Shall Be Released - Music from Big Pink (Capitol)
    behind DJ: Tipsy - Bunny Kick - Uh-oh! (Asphodel)

Pina y Sus Estrellas - Los Extranos - Back to Peru (Vampi Soul)
The Specials - Maggie's Farm - The Singles Collection (Chrysalis)
Mando Diao - Sheepdog - Bring 'Em In (Mute)
Jack Hylton & His Orchestra - By a Waterfall - Songs the Bonzo Dog Band Taught Us (va) (Lightning Tree)
Fanfare van de Eeuwigdurende Bijstand - Swan Lake
Four Tops - One Chain Don't Make No Prison (originally Dunhill 45)
    behind DJ: Bolliger & Gloor - Schwarzweisskopie - 2 (Friedmatt)

Emperor Penguin - Tammy - Extreme Gaming (My Pal God)
People Like Us & Wobbly - Partners - Music for the Fire (Illegal Art)
Catfive - Shadrach - Kataphonics (Hip Hop Slam)
Ergo Phizmiz - Fuck the Free World - Xan (Ergo Phizmiz)
Red & Zeke (featuring Bill Doss & Neil Cleary) - Bodies - Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox (va) (Merge) 

Mose Allison - Parchman Farm - Greatest Hits (Prestige/OJC)
Spaceheads - Open My Box - Spaceheads (Dark Beloved Cloud)
Headlights - So Much for the Afternoon - Some Racing, Some Stopping (Polyvinyl)
Blind Boy Fuller - Weeping Willow - Remastered (JSP)
Brian Eno & David Byrne - Very, Very Hungry - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (Sire; Virgin)
Cyril Ritchard - The Walrus and the Carpenter - Nonsense Verse of Carroll and Lear (Caedmon)
    with: Tod Dockstader - excerpts - Eight Electronic Pieces (Folkways/Smithsonian)
Calliope Music - The Prisoner's Song
    behind DJ: Ennio Morricone - Un altro mare, from Vergogna Schifosi - Eviva! Morricone (Avanz)

Six Eye Columbia - We're Your Family Now - Judy at Carnegie Hall (Roosevelt Franklin Records)
Bolliger & Gloor - Heimweh - Summloch (Bolliger & Gloor)
People Like Us & Wobbly - Pain - Music for the Fire (Illegal Art)
King Missile - Despair - Failure (Shimmy Disc/Knitting Factory)
Heptones - I Shall Be Released - Big and Free with 20 Massive Hits
    behind DJ: Land of the Loops - Mass. Ave. and Beyond - Bundle of Joy (Up)