the pet shop boys - go west
i have been a big fan of the pet shop boys for a while, through their brilliant singles comp, some of their fantastic albums, and their overwhelming catalogue of remixes.
"go west", the last song from very, is probably what hooked me on that album. it's great. a village people cover, it rivals their "always on my mind" elvis cover as best cover ever material. like tom ewing says
which brings me to the video for this song, which i just saw. holy shit. mind blowing. maybe the best example i've seen of the pet shop boys' tenth level blackbelt zen mastery of irony. so worth watching:
"go west", the last song from very, is probably what hooked me on that album. it's great. a village people cover, it rivals their "always on my mind" elvis cover as best cover ever material. like tom ewing says
"if 'go west' had been the last thing the pet shop boys ever recorded it would have been almost too perfect-- its desperate, wounded optimism feels like it should be the conclusion of something."so good.
which brings me to the video for this song, which i just saw. holy shit. mind blowing. maybe the best example i've seen of the pet shop boys' tenth level blackbelt zen mastery of irony. so worth watching:
hit this
usually try really hard not to re-blog tracks that other, better, places post, but this is so good... go listen to:
bill withers - lovely day (k2 edit)
found at the awesome deep movements blog.
bill withers - lovely day (k2 edit)
found at the awesome deep movements blog.
mark e
been wanting to share this for a while... mr. e doing an ra podcast has reminded me how killer he's been for a while now. that re-edit of grace jones's la vie en rose in the middle of the 'cast is so wonderful...
mark e - ra podcast
more mixes:
cosmic disco mix
night moves
love the action
beats in space
warm mix
turnitout mix
mark e - ra podcast
more mixes:
cosmic disco mix
night moves
love the action
beats in space
warm mix
turnitout mix
recent listens
have mostly been work listens. at home i listen to my records (new & good: mountain goats 4ad albums finally on vinyl (so glad to finally pay for dude's songs), magnetic fields charm of the highway strip (same), glimmers edits box, james brown live at the apollo, quiet village silent movie, studio (still...)), some podcasts, and movin' 92.5.
but most of the music i listen to is at work, where unless i play something in the kitchen to drown out the crappy xm that's pumped into the cafe, i have to endure it (40's big band station that cycles thought he same 25 songs is inhumane). so i usually have something playing on the little radio whose cd player is pretty shot, so it's either kexp/kbcs/movin', or tapes.
ahh, tapes. too lazy to track down blanks and make my own too often, i've been hitting the 2/$1 deal at everyday pretty hard. paul simon, pet shop boys, depeche mode, miami vice soundtrack, vangelis... anything white people listened too in the 80's is apparently really cheap if you're willing to listen to it on degraded cassettes.
favs though are two tapes that i picked up mostly on a whim:
bass patrol's planet bass, aside from having one of the best covers i've ever seen, is fucking badass pounding miami bass. my exposure to that sound has always been mediated through other genres, so i don't really know how it compares with other stuff from that period, but damn. so good.
played it for alex and i'd say it floored him but it did the exact opposite in that he started bouncing around and saying silly things like "this is the only thing i want to dance to ever."
bass patrol - eddy mix
sly and robbie's reggae greats is far more chill, but after about three weeks i'm pretty sure it's one of the best albums i own. amazing tunes by sly and robbie mixed up and dubbed to fuck my the mixing engineer. very deep dubba.
sly and robbie - demolition city
cop them shits, and remember to play them with the bass turned way up.
but most of the music i listen to is at work, where unless i play something in the kitchen to drown out the crappy xm that's pumped into the cafe, i have to endure it (40's big band station that cycles thought he same 25 songs is inhumane). so i usually have something playing on the little radio whose cd player is pretty shot, so it's either kexp/kbcs/movin', or tapes.
ahh, tapes. too lazy to track down blanks and make my own too often, i've been hitting the 2/$1 deal at everyday pretty hard. paul simon, pet shop boys, depeche mode, miami vice soundtrack, vangelis... anything white people listened too in the 80's is apparently really cheap if you're willing to listen to it on degraded cassettes.
favs though are two tapes that i picked up mostly on a whim:
bass patrol's planet bass, aside from having one of the best covers i've ever seen, is fucking badass pounding miami bass. my exposure to that sound has always been mediated through other genres, so i don't really know how it compares with other stuff from that period, but damn. so good.
played it for alex and i'd say it floored him but it did the exact opposite in that he started bouncing around and saying silly things like "this is the only thing i want to dance to ever."
bass patrol - eddy mix
sly and robbie's reggae greats is far more chill, but after about three weeks i'm pretty sure it's one of the best albums i own. amazing tunes by sly and robbie mixed up and dubbed to fuck my the mixing engineer. very deep dubba.
sly and robbie - demolition city
cop them shits, and remember to play them with the bass turned way up.
new listens
vinyl and the like:
podcasts:
mix blogs
- roy ayers - everybody loves the sunshine
- various dfa 12"s (syclops, h&la, still going, gucci soundsystem, altz, ...)
- p.i.l. - metal box
- studio - west coast
- the slits - cut
- john cale and terry riley - church of anthrax
podcasts:
mix blogs
studio
west coast has been ruling my life for the past few days, especially the opener "origin", a sixteen minute track that is over too soon. it turns to pure magic at about the 7:50 mark, but it is all wonderful.
studio - origin
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more info here and here
mixtapes
as many laserpeople may know, we got it for cheap vol 3 dropped recently, and is good. i have been feeling more oldschool lately though, and have been listening to the effing awesome mixtapes that dj sloppy white is now giving away for free at his site.