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Ferdmania

I found another Brian Ferdman clone in this clip from MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann on Mon 8/11.

Check out the guy who crosses in front of Brangelina at 2:13 into the clip. Very Zeligesque.

Harry Nilsson - The Missing Years

Harry Nilsson is probably my most favorite artist that my fiancee despises. She even just saw me writing this and said I should leave it in.

My colleagues in the music biz try to convince us his career was over after the 1974 disasterpiece Pussy Cats (produced by John Lennon). Most compilations end there, and the five full albums he made between 1975-1980 are hard to find on CD. And don't forget the songs he wrote for the Popeye musical.

After years of curiosity, I've finally sampled some tracks from Nilsson's "Missing Years" thanks to Jefitoblog's Complete Idiot's Guide to Harry Nilsson. The full albums may not stack up to his early masterworks, but there definitely are 20 good tracks to fill an interesting compilation.

I added his links to songs from those records to my Cahncast podcast feed and webjay playlist. The webjay list works best with Windows Media.

Here now are direct links to mp3's (Jefitoblog +, Bedazzled ^, and Spoilt Victorian Child #) and a few tracks from that era in a Rhapsody playlist *

• Good For God +*
  
• Down by the Sea *
  
• Easier for Me *
  
• Salmon Falls *
  
• Something True +
  
• How To Write a Song +
  
• The Flying Saucer Song +
  
• Here's Why I Did Not Go to Work Today *
  
• She Sits Down On Me +
  
• Sail Away *
  
• All I Think About Is You +*
  
• Perfect Day *
  
• Blanket For a Sail +
  
• Lean On Me +
  
• Best Move +
  
• Bright Side of Life +
  
• Cheek To Cheek +
  
• Old Dirt Road +
  
• He Needs Me # (Shelley Duvall)
• I Yam What I Yam ^ (demo)
• More Popeye demos ^ (zip file)
  

Bonus Rhapsody links:

• The full Pussy Cats album as covered by The Walkmen.
• Harry-oke
  

One Bunch

Here's the latest version of my One Bunch of Songs mix

1. Crazy About You - Whiskeytown
2. Bluebird - Bonnie Raitt
3. I Got Lost When I Found You - Ron Wood
4. I'm Not That Kat Anymore - The Sir Douglas Quintet
5. Dark End Of The Street - The Flying Burrito Brothers
6. Mystifies Me - Ron Wood
7. Ill Fated - Golden Smog
8. Opelousas (Sweet Relief) - Maria McKee
9. Jesus, Etc. - Wilco
10. Get Back Temptation - Ollabelle
11. Darling Be Home Soon - Joe Cocker
12. All Or Nothing - Small Faces
13. Drown - Son Volt
14. When My Baby's Beside Me - Big Star
15. Rumor Has It - The Honeydogs
16. Nature's Way - Spirit
17. Darkness Darkness - Mott the Hoople
18. Smoothie Song - Nickel Creek
19. 20th Century Boy - T. Rex
20. Fox On the Run - Sweet
21. Roll Away The Stone - Mott the Hoople
22. Roll Away The Stone - Leon Russell
23. Lonesome And A Long Way Home - New Grass Revival
24. Kate - Ben Folds
25. Why Don't You Go Back To The Woods - Jerry Douglas
26. Hokey Pokey - Richard Thompson
27. Evangeline - Matthew Sweet
28. Banditos - Refreshments
29. Good - Better Than Ezra
30. Short Skirt/Long Jacket - Cake
31. Father Of Mine - Everclear
32. Nearly Lost You - Screaming Trees
33. Friends Of P. - The Rentals
34. Waitin' For The Wind - Spooky Tooth
35. My Love Is Alive - Joan Osborne
36. Dancing Queen - The Yayhoos
37. Real Live Bleeding Fingers And Broken Guitar Strings - Lucinda Williams
38. Walk On - Neil Young
39. 30 Days In The Hole - Humble Pie
40. Rocks - Primal Scream
41. Lust For Life - Iggy Pop
42. Over Under Sideways Down - The Yardbirds
43. I Can't Explain - The Who
44. Hair Of The Dog - Nazareth
45. Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
46. Go All The Way - The Raspberries
47. Think About Me - Fleetwood Mac
48. I Can't Let Go - The Hollies
49. She May Call You Up Tonight - The Left Banke
50. Open My Eyes - The Nazz
51. Don't Look Back - Barry and the Remains
52. Don't Bring Me Down - Eric Burdon
53. Ooh La La - Faces
54. Once Bitten Twice Shy - Ian Hunter
55. Personality Crisis - New York Dolls
56. Sail On Sailor - The Beach Boys
57. Only You Know And I Know - Dave Mason
58. Keep On Growing - Derek and the Dominos
59. Memo From Turner - The Rolling Stones
60. We've Been Had - Uncle Tupelo
61. Come Pick Me Up - Ryan Adams
62. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard Thompson
63. I'm On Fire - Dwight Twilley
64. Afterglow Of Your Love - Small Faces
65. Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson
66. Sexx Laws - Beck
67. I Can't Wait - John Hiatt
68. I'm A Ram - Big Sugar
69. I'll Be Comin' Around - Bottle Rockets
70. Essence - Lucinda Williams
71. Hot Blood - Lucinda Williams
72. Barrier Reef - Old 97's
73. When My Baby's Beside Me - Big Star
74. Rockit - Herbie Hancock
75. Take Me I'm Yours - Squeeze
76. Spaceman - Harry Nilsson
77. A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell
78. Do You Realize?? - The Flaming Lips
79. I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll - Gillian Welch
80. Things Behind The Sun - Nick Drake
81. Ain't No Easy Way - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
82. Conservative, Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Male - Todd Snider
83. That's Just What You Are - Aimee Mann
84. Do Anything You Wanna Do (Live) - Eddie and the Hot Rods
85. Heart Of The City - Dave Edmunds
86. Crawling From The Wreckage - Dave Edmunds
87. Local Girls - Graham Parker
88. Passion Is No Ordinary Word - Graham Parker
89. Monday Morning - Fleetwood Mac
90. Father And Daughter - Paul Simon
91. Marie Marie - The Blasters
92. Absolutely Sweet Marie - Jason & The Scorchers
93. Ways To Be Wicked - Lone Justice
94. Hold On - Ian Gomm
95. Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
96. Green Lights - NRBQ
97. Rock You Up - The Romantics
98. Tonight - The Raspberries
99. Meanwhile Back At The Ranch/Should I Smoke - Badfinger
100. Baby Blue - Badfinger
101. It's Over - Badfinger
102. Beast Of Burden - The Rolling Stones
103. Starry Eyes - The Records
104. A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls
105. You And Your Sister - Chris Bell
106. I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell
107. September Gurls - Big Star
108. Mod Lang - Big Star
109. Finest Worksong - R.E.M.
110. Life And How To Live It - R.E.M.
111. Pilgrimage - R.E.M.
112. Hyena - R.E.M.
113. Disturbance At The Heron House - R.E.M.
114. Blood and Roses - The Smithereens
115. Time And Time Again - The Smithereens
116. I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren
117. Love Of The Common Man - Todd Rundgren
118. Just One Victory - Todd Rundgren
119. White Punks On Dope - The Tubes
120. Love's A Mystery (I Don't Understand) - The Tubes
121. I'm Mandy Fly Me - 10cc
122. Every 1's A Winner - Hot Chocolate
123. More Than This - Roxy Music
124. Medicated Goo - Traffic
125. Heaven Is In Your Mind - Traffic
126. Charmless Man - Blur
127. Looking For A Place To Happen (Remix) - The Tragically Hip
128. My Music At Work - The Tragically Hip
129. Poets - The Tragically Hip
130. I Wanna Be - Doyle Bramhall
131. Marry You - Doyle Bramhall
132. Peacock Suit - Paul Weller
133. Shake Some Action - The Flamin' Groovies
134. Seven and Seven Is - Love

WXPN 2006

WXPN - Top 50 Albums of 2006

Rhapsody only lets you share playlists up to 150 tracks each, so I had to break it up into five parts.

• Part 1: 1-12
• Part 2: 13-24
• Part 3: 25-32
• Part 4: 33-43
• Part 5: 44-50
  

Almost all of the music is fully playable through Rhapsody except...

• Thom Yorke: "Harrowdown Hill" works, the rest are 30-sec clips.
• Red Hot Chili Peppers: all 30-sec clips
• Costello/Toussaint: 50/50 split of full tracks and clips

WXPN is my favorite radio station at 88.5 in Philly and online.

The High and Mighty of 2006

Highest and Mightiest of 2006

77 great tracks here, no rhyme or reason or ranking. I'm sure I missed a few good ones.

1. Saving Grace - Tom Petty
2. Mr. High & Mighty - Gov't Mule
3. Upside Down - Jack Johnson
4. Hands Open - Snow Patrol
5. Even Rats - The Slip
6. Somerville - Pernice Brothers
7. Insistor - Tapes 'n Tapes
8. Stuck Between Stations - The Hold Steady
9. Cellphone's Dead - Beck
10. Ticket To Immortality - The Dears
11. The Road To Gila Bend - Los Lobos
12. We Used To Vacation - Cold War Kids
13. Feb. 14 - Drive-By Truckers
14. Wolf Like Me - TV On The Radio
15. Funny Little Frog - Belle and Sebastian
16. Papa Dukie And The Mud People - The Subdudes
17. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
18. Girl, I Wanna Lay You Down - Animal Liberation Orchestra
19. This Is Us - Mark Knopfler / Emmylou Harris
20. Hands - The Raconteurs
21. After The Garden - Neil Young
22. Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
23. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song - The Flaming Lips
24. Jacob's Ladder - Bruce Springsteen
25. She May Call You Up Tonight - Matthew Sweet
26. Cold December - Matt Costa
27. Two Bit Town - Eric Lindell
28. Move By Yourself - Donavon Frankenreiter
29. Conventional Wisdom - Built To Spill
30. Starlight - Muse
31. Back Together - Citizen Cope
32. I Like It - Dixie Chicks
33. Another Fine Day - Golden Smog
34. Message To The Boys - The Replacements
35. Break This Time - Alejandro Escovedo
36. Be Here Now - Mason Jennings
37. Lloyd, Im Ready to be Heartbroken - Camera Obscura
38. Fall Back - Ollabelle
39. Harrowdown Hill - Thom Yorke
40. Let Down - Easy Star All-Stars
41. Sailing On - The Derek Trucks Band
42. Who Am I Telling You? - Eric Clapton / JJ Cale
43. People Gonna Talk - James Hunter
44. Hand on Your Heart - Jose Gonzalez
45. Your Touch - Black Keys
46. Dance Like A Monkey - New York Dolls
47. Long Distance Call - Phoenix
48. Hot Stage Lights - Van Hunt
49. Three More Days - Ray Lamontagne
50. Sister Twisted - Kinky
51. Zigaboo - Spencer Dickinson
52. Shackamaxon - Slo-Mo
53. Louisiana - The Walkmen
54. Is It Any Wonder? - Keane
55. Trains To Brazil - Guillemots
56. Goodpeople - Widespread Panic
57. Waiting On The World To Change - John Mayer
58. Ya Had Me Goin' - L.E.O.
59. Work It Out - Jurassic 5 / Dave Matthews
60. Roses - Los Lonely Boys
61. The Sharpest Thorn - Elvis Costello / Allan Toussaint
62. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
63. Cash Machine - Hard-Fi
64. Engraved Invitation - Ben Harper
65. Satellite - Guster
66. Funny Little Frog - Belle and Sebastian
67. Something For Rockets - The Benevento Russo Duo
68. Orion - Rodrigo Y Gabriela
69. Dimension - Wolfmother
70. All My Days - Alexi Murdoch
71. Hold On, Hold On - Neko Case
72. Fidelity - Regina Spektor
73. Brite Nightgown - Donald Fagen
74. Get Myself Into It - The Rapture
75. Wolves - Josh Ritter
76. Marker in the Sand - Pearl Jam
77. Home - Persephone's Bees

Top 5 Non-rhapsody bonus tracks:

Multiply - Jamie Lidell
Head Home - Midlake
SOS - Earl Greyhound
Align Yourself - Bottle Rockets
Mr Kite / She's So Heavy - Beatles (from LOVE)

Shooter Jennings - Live at Irving Plaza 4.18.06

If you like the idea of Kid Rock covering Seger & Skynyrd, but you'd actually prefer to hear something more genuine, check out Shooter Jennings live. The RAWK is big, fun, loud and real - even though it was recorded in NYC under the corporate noses of both Live Nation (at Irving Plaza) and Sirius Radio. I'd love to see him do a tour with Gov't Mule and Drive-by Truckers.

Shooter Jennings - Live at Irving Plaza 4.18.06

1. Intro by Little Steven (Live) - Shooter Jennings
2. Electric Rodeo (Live) - Shooter Jennings
3. Gone To Carolina (Live) - Shooter Jennings
4. Busted In Baylor County (Live) - Shooter Jennings
5. Lonesome Blues (Live) - Shooter Jennings
6. Manifesto No. 2 (Live) - Shooter Jennings
7. Manifesto No. 1 (Live) - Shooter Jennings
8. Steady At The Wheel (Live) - Shooter Jennings
9. Southern Comfort (Live) - Shooter Jennings
10. It Ain't Easy (Live) - Shooter Jennings
11. Daddy's Farm (Live) - Shooter Jennings

Golden Petty Boys

Golden Petty Boys

Three great new albums by Tom Petty, Golden Smog and Los Lonely Boys. Music speaks for itself.

Golden Petty Boys

Golden Petty Boys

Three great new albums filled with music that speaks for itself.

Tom Petty - Highway Companion

Golden Smog - Another Fine Day

Los Lonely Boys - Sacred

Neil Young - Living with War

Neil Young - Living with War

awesome.