A sequel to this post.
So, I've been scouring the internet while bored at work, trying to find some unusual movies to watch and came to the realization that I've probably seen all of them. Yup. I can only find a handful of challenging, strange-sounding films I haven't seen, and this is disappointing. I mean, granted, some of my favorite films are pretty 'normal,' like 'Wonder Boys,' 'Chinatown' and 'Evil Dead,' but the majority of movies I really like are kind of out there, and that's what you come here for anyhow.
So, here's a brief list of some totally fucked up movies that are worth checking out:
'House' (aka 'Hausu') - 1977
Reportedly, the director of this film was asked to make a 'Jaws'-style movie for Japanese audiences, and somehow this is what came out. Director Nobuhiko Obayashi was involved in television commercials before this, and the movie has a LOT of commercial-type stuff...quick jump-cuts, purposely unrealistic special effects, and amateur actors.
Basically, it's about a girl who is pissed at her dad for wanting to bring his new girlfriend (her mother has been dead a while) on their summer vacation, so she goes to visit her mom's sister with her friends instead. Turns out her mom's sister is actually dead, and needs to eat all the unmarried girls in order to set her own soul free. Or something like that. Or it's her cat who's evil/dead. Yeah, it's nothing like 'Jaws.'
'What Is It?' and 'It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.' - 2005 and 2007 respectively
Crispin Glover is fucking insane. I mean, he's also probably one of the best character actors in the world, and a brilliant filmmaker, but that's beside the point. These films don't appear on too many 'weirdest films' lists, probably because Glover refuses to release them on DVD, preferring instead to travel the country's small arthouse cinemas doing question-and-answer sessions. I managed to catch these in a double feature in Grand Rapids, and found Mr. Glover to be a really nice and intelligent fellow, if incredibly awkward. The films, on the other hand...
'What Is It?' is pretty mean...it's got lots of Nazi imagery, and the entire cast has Down's Syndrome except for Glover. It's also the only film I've ever seen to feature music from both racist country singer Johnny Rebel and cult leader Charles Manson. Yeah, it's completely offensive on every level, and bizarre to the point of alienating almost everyone. I loved it, though. I guess it helps if you've seen Glover in 'River's Edge' or heard his album from the late 80's...to me, what really made the film work was the contrast of a really nice, quiet guy casually putting unbelievable offensive shit out there.
'It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.' is mayyyyybe a little more 'tame.' It's pretty much the film-equivalent of a Wesley Willis album or something. Glover somehow got hold of a script written by a creepy amateur guy with cerebral palsy. The script was all about a guy with cerebral palsy who the women can't get enough of, even though he gets really pissed off when his dick doesn't work and kills them. I think he intended it to be an afterschool-special type drama, but Glover turned it into something else entirely. Oh yeah, and he put the author of the script in the starring role. They actually just barely finished the film before the dude died.
The film does have elements of 70's television, but it's more like a sitcom. Well, the sets and the delivery of the actors anyhow. The film itself is more horror than anything. I dunno, I can't really even convey how fucking gone this one is. You'll just have to look it up on Netflix, er.....nevermind. Seriously though, see it if you can, and talk to Crispin afterwards. He's super cool.
'Easy Wheels' - 1989
Speaking of 70's television, here's Sam and Ivan Raimi's biker parody film. Obviously, this is kind of cheesy--I mean, it's coming from the bros who made the 'Evil Dead' trilogy, as well as 'Darkman.' I'd say this is a little more fucked than 'Evil Dead,' though. It's about two rival biker gangs, a girl gang and a guy gang. The girl gang are kidnapping babies in order to have wolves raise them, creating a super wolf-girl race. Why? Because the main biker girl was in fact raised by wolves. The guy bikers are trying to solve the baby-nappings, and find good light beer. Huh?
Yeah, it's silly, slapstick, and kinda low-budget, but it's also incredibly weird. I don't think I've laughed this hard at a movie in a long time. And the laughs are intentional, which is even better.
'Hair High' - 2004
First off, the Simpsons wouldn't exist without the work of Bill Plympton. It's well-publicized that Matt Groening was a huge fan of this dude's early work, and you might've even seen it on MTV back in the day. He did '10 Ways to Quit Smoking' and 'Your Face,' both pretty popular during the 'Liquid Television' era. His full-length films are all pretty messed up...lots of things morphing into other things, senseless violence, and scatological humor. But it's all so artistic that you never really notice how low-brow most of the topics are.
This one is like 'Grease' in hell. Popular girl falls for shy, nerdy guy...her football player boyfriend runs them off the road killing them right before prom, then tries to steal the prom-king crown. Girl and nerd dude come back to live and scare the shit out of everyone. It's kind of like 'Superjail,' 'South Park,' the work of Ralph Bakshi and 'Happy Days' all thrown in a blender together. If you're a fan of 'adult' animation like the previously mentioned stuff, you need to start watching Bill Plympton's films now. Matt Groening even does a character's voice in this one.
'Street Trash' - 1987
If you can't stand low-budget stuff, prolly stay away from this one...I don't think I've seen many lower-budget films....however, if you like trash cinema like John Waters' early works and the Troma library, you'll love the shit outta this. From melting hobos to blatantly racist comments to fat guys exploding, there isn't a second of this movie that doesn't make you feel dirty. Almost the whole thing is filmed in back-alleys and dumps, and there's not really a single likeable character. That's okay, though, because this is the ultimate work of 1980's VHS-haze. This stuff is probably the reason Harmony Korine made 'Trash Humpers.'
Oh yeah, the story...basically, a cheap Jew of a convenience store clerk (hey, THEY said it, not me) starts selling some gut-rot liquor he finds in his basement. Hobos love it because it's cheap, but turns out it melts them. While this is happening, a crazed Vietnam vet has declared himself king of the homeless, and is fucking shit up left and right. The two stories eventually come together violently. Lots of other offensive garbage happens along the way, and it's all great. An hour and a half of the sleaziest stuff you'll ever see on film.
'TerrorVision' - 1986
Okay, I'm trying to do a diverse list of films here, but I couldn't resist putting one more cheesy 80's horror-comedy. Granted, a lot of films that fall within this category are just shitty, but Full Moon Pictures has been known to put out some gems. Check out 'Trancers' or 'Puppet Master' if you want to see zero-budget done right. This one doesn't seem to have a much larger budget, but it's more colorful and humorous than either of those films. So, then. We've got a gun-crazed granddad who eats lizard tails because 'it's a self-regenerating food source,' an obnovious 80's girl and her punker boyfriend named O.D., an alien television signal terrorizing a yuppie-swinger family, and a goofy soundrack by Cali art-rockers The Fibonaccis.
If that doesn't do it for you, how about the fact that, while rated R (I think,) the movie goes WAY out of its way to not use any curse words. This makes for some downright ridiculous dialog, which doesn't even make sense because there's nudity and tons of violence. Charles Band is a fucker, for sure. The plot is just as silly--yuppies get a fancy satellite TV which accidentally pulls in a signal from outer space. I guess it's where some extraterrestrials trapped a criminal alien, because he shows up and starts killing the family one by one. Hilarity ensues.
'Forbidden Zone' - 1982
I love Oingo Boingo, and I grew up with Danny Elfman's soundtrack work, so I was floored when I first got to college and found out that Danny and his brother Richard made an Eraserhead-style musical comedy before forming their acting troupe into the Oingo Boingo band. This was especially true when I read that the only other film Richard made was a whacked-out horror-comedy called 'Shrunken Heads' (a Full Moon release, actually) that I had seen on VHS in grade school.
Like I said, it's a lot like 'Eraserhead'....AND 'Rocky Horror Picture Show.' Somehow. I'm sure these folks were all into the works of Luis Bunuel and David Lynch, but it's not just some surreal black-and-white knockoff. There is nothing else like this movie. Rapid-fire jokes, totally fucked characters, and obviously great musical numbers make this probably the coolest thing Danny Elfman ever did.
The plot, while not really important, involves a family disappearing into the 8th dimension, which is actually in their basement. They meet the king and queen of said dimension, piss them off, get incarcerated, and get involved in a number of scandals. Like I said, not really important. The plot is mostly an excuse to have all sorts of fucked up stuff going on. Trust me, if you are a fan of the surreal and can track down this film, you will not regret it.
'Kill the Moonlight' - 1994
This one isn't so much weird as it is quirky. The first feature film of Steve Hanft, who went on to direct some great music videos in the mid-90's, this film is the embodiment of 90's slackerdom. If you're a Beck fan, it's notable that this is where the 'I'm a driver, I'm a winner' line in 'Loser' comes from, and was also a big inspiration for the lyrics of that song. It's about a slacker guy who wants to be a famous stock car racer, but can't really get his shit together. We follow him around as he smokes dope with his friends, argues with his dad and cleans up toxic waste.
I dunno...it's kinda slow, and reminds me of Linklater's 'Slacker' film, but it's got a vibe all its own. As an added bonus, Beck composed the majority of the soundtrack, along with Hanft's own band Loser. It's got a couple laugh-out-loud moments, but is mostly just a subdued piece of 90's weirdness. If you dig 'Slacker,' or Beck's early musical output, you'll get into this one for sure.
Alright...I think that's it for now...I'll probably post some more movies soon because I've got nothing to do at work and that seems to be the norm.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
The Demonseeds - 'Knee Deep in Hell's Grasp' plus Dead Horse EPs
Alright, sorry for this one being in .wma format...I hate that shit, but I'm at work and there's no iTunes, so I had to import the CD this way.
That being said, it's safe to say you're not going to find this album anywhere else. The CD is long out of print, and I scoured the internet for an upload of it to no avail. Unfortunate, because this shit rocks hard.
Longtime readers are probably familiar with Dead Horse and how much I love them, so it shouldn't be that surprising that I spent an afternoon finding a used copy of The Demonseeds' lone album 'Knee Deep in Hell's Grasp' on eBay.
The Demonseeds were Dead Horse frontman Michael Haaga's 2nd big project. I think he played bass on a Superjoint Ritual album and the following tour before, but this release finds him writing his own songs again.
I don't have a copy of his 2005 solo release 'The Plus and Minus Show' to put up, but suffice to say it's not very heavy. It's more like Pixies/grunge-type rock music, and is really really really good. The Demonseeds are like a step in between that and the goofy thrash-punk of Dead Horse. Basically, that means it's a perfect Haaga release. It's melodic and catchy with Haaga's trademark defeatist lyrics, but you can tell he took some cues from roommate/bandmate Phil Anselmo and his Down affiliates (note: just for the sake of clarity, I mean his Superjoint Ritual bandmates...Anselmo isn't on this release.)
If you like sludgy stoner stuff like Kyuss, Down, and Sleep, you'll definitely dig this, but to me it's a more enjoyable listen. Not to say I don't love Sleep, I'm just a sucker for a good pop song, which Haaga delivers on almost every track. As a side note, check out the awesomely reimagined version of the Dead Horse track 'Every God for Himself.'
I'm also posting the two final Dead Horse EPs which followed the 'Peaceful Death' album because they're not too easy to find either. The first one, 'Feed Me,' was the final Dead Horse release featuring Haaga. They did one last EP, 'Boil(ing),' with a different singer, then changed their name to Pasadena Napalm Division with basically the same lineup.
The Demonseeds - 'Knee Deep in Hell's Grasp'
Tracklist:
1. Discorporate
2. Fail
3. To the End
4. Death to Love
5. Promises and Lies
6. Every God for Himself
7. Rifle
8. No Heroes
9. The True Demons
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Dead Horse - 'Feed Me' EP
Tracklist:
1. Every God for Himself
2. Eaten by the Grave
3. Something/Nothing
4. My Dog the Prophet
5. Chiggers
***LINK REMOVED BY REQUEST***
Dead Horse - 'Boil(ing)' EP
Tracklist:
1. One Nation
2. What a Beautiful Day
3. Reach Around
4. My Apology
5. Eaten by the Grey
6. My Dog the Prophet
7. (Untitled Track)
***LINK REMOVED BY REQUEST***
That being said, it's safe to say you're not going to find this album anywhere else. The CD is long out of print, and I scoured the internet for an upload of it to no avail. Unfortunate, because this shit rocks hard.
Longtime readers are probably familiar with Dead Horse and how much I love them, so it shouldn't be that surprising that I spent an afternoon finding a used copy of The Demonseeds' lone album 'Knee Deep in Hell's Grasp' on eBay.
The Demonseeds were Dead Horse frontman Michael Haaga's 2nd big project. I think he played bass on a Superjoint Ritual album and the following tour before, but this release finds him writing his own songs again.
I don't have a copy of his 2005 solo release 'The Plus and Minus Show' to put up, but suffice to say it's not very heavy. It's more like Pixies/grunge-type rock music, and is really really really good. The Demonseeds are like a step in between that and the goofy thrash-punk of Dead Horse. Basically, that means it's a perfect Haaga release. It's melodic and catchy with Haaga's trademark defeatist lyrics, but you can tell he took some cues from roommate/bandmate Phil Anselmo and his Down affiliates (note: just for the sake of clarity, I mean his Superjoint Ritual bandmates...Anselmo isn't on this release.)
If you like sludgy stoner stuff like Kyuss, Down, and Sleep, you'll definitely dig this, but to me it's a more enjoyable listen. Not to say I don't love Sleep, I'm just a sucker for a good pop song, which Haaga delivers on almost every track. As a side note, check out the awesomely reimagined version of the Dead Horse track 'Every God for Himself.'
I'm also posting the two final Dead Horse EPs which followed the 'Peaceful Death' album because they're not too easy to find either. The first one, 'Feed Me,' was the final Dead Horse release featuring Haaga. They did one last EP, 'Boil(ing),' with a different singer, then changed their name to Pasadena Napalm Division with basically the same lineup.
The Demonseeds - 'Knee Deep in Hell's Grasp'
Tracklist:
1. Discorporate
2. Fail
3. To the End
4. Death to Love
5. Promises and Lies
6. Every God for Himself
7. Rifle
8. No Heroes
9. The True Demons
DOWNLOAD
Dead Horse - 'Feed Me' EP
Tracklist:
1. Every God for Himself
2. Eaten by the Grave
3. Something/Nothing
4. My Dog the Prophet
5. Chiggers
***LINK REMOVED BY REQUEST***
Dead Horse - 'Boil(ing)' EP
Tracklist:
1. One Nation
2. What a Beautiful Day
3. Reach Around
4. My Apology
5. Eaten by the Grey
6. My Dog the Prophet
7. (Untitled Track)
***LINK REMOVED BY REQUEST***
Labels:
Dead Horse,
Demonseeds,
downloads,
forte,
free music,
full albums,
incredibly strange metal,
new music
Friday, May 18, 2012
Weirdos of old school rap, vol. 2
....a continuation of last week's post...more off-beat music from the so-called 'golden age' of rap music. A few of these extend into the mid-90's, but I guess that stuff is probably old school by now.
Dunno much about Orko the Sycotik Alien, or his 1996 album 'Crop Formations,' but it's weird stuff for sure. Apparently released on cassette originally, which would explain the track 'Put it On Cassette.' I played a few cuts off this disc on Obscuro, and now here it is in its entirety.
Tracklist:
1. Quantum Leap
2. Crop Formations Intro
3. Tel Lie Vision
4. Rhyme Rate
5. Scared of Revolution
6. Put it On Cassette
7. Crop Formations
8. War of the Worlds
9. Mouth of Madness
10. The Contract
11. Nomad in My Mind
12. Shroomen in the Grandcanyon
Woops, left my clean edits in there. Oh well, you get radio-friendly versions of 'Put it On Cassette' and 'Mouth of Madness.'
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This isn't the full 1994 'Trailer Park Hip Hop' EP by Hip Club Groove, but it's what I have. This is the group that featured a pre-'Trailer Park Boys'-fame Corey Bowles (aka the Corey in Corey and Trevor.) Basically, it's what you'd expect...kind of like a Canadian Bloodhound Gang with funkier beats. Not sure if he appears on here, but the actor who played J-Roc was in the video for one of these songs, too.
Tracklist:
1. Trailer Park Intro (Missing)
2. Rugged Operator
3. Bay Oh Fun-Day
4. Shootin' the Gift
5. Shure Shots (Missing)
6. Trip to Reality
7. Phat Mad Flow (Missing)
8. Jizz (ft. Stinkin' Rich aka Buck 65)
9. Kick 'Em in the Face/Outro
You can hear the missing tracks at bigmoveslpfc.bandcamp.com if you want.
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Lastly for today, here is my favorite Esham record. 1993's 'KKKill The Fetus.' Esham was just 19 or something when it came out. You can say what you want about Juggalos and ICP, but Esham is just makes fucking crazy music. He's undeniably talented, and totally hardcore. I helped do sound for him in Kzoo a while back, and someone got stabbed. Rough crowd. Anyhow, this stuff is raw and just as funny/evil as most of the OFWGKTA stuff.
Tracklist:
1. What is Evil?
2. Symptoms
3. Runnin' from Me
4. Voices in My Head
5. No Singing/Misery
6. Jackie
7. Game of Death (ft. Natas)
8. Headache/Wet Day Dreamer
9. Hot Booty
10. I Thought You Knew
11. If This Ain't Hell
12. My Understanding is Zero
13. Perpetration
14. Freak Nasty
15. Headhunter
16. KKKill the Fetus
17. Don't Blame Me!
18. Is You Still Hoe'n
19. Sunshine
20. My Mind's Blowin' Up
21. Get On Down
22. 666
23. HeltersKKKelter
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Dunno much about Orko the Sycotik Alien, or his 1996 album 'Crop Formations,' but it's weird stuff for sure. Apparently released on cassette originally, which would explain the track 'Put it On Cassette.' I played a few cuts off this disc on Obscuro, and now here it is in its entirety.
Tracklist:
1. Quantum Leap
2. Crop Formations Intro
3. Tel Lie Vision
4. Rhyme Rate
5. Scared of Revolution
6. Put it On Cassette
7. Crop Formations
8. War of the Worlds
9. Mouth of Madness
10. The Contract
11. Nomad in My Mind
12. Shroomen in the Grandcanyon
Woops, left my clean edits in there. Oh well, you get radio-friendly versions of 'Put it On Cassette' and 'Mouth of Madness.'
DOWNLOAD
This isn't the full 1994 'Trailer Park Hip Hop' EP by Hip Club Groove, but it's what I have. This is the group that featured a pre-'Trailer Park Boys'-fame Corey Bowles (aka the Corey in Corey and Trevor.) Basically, it's what you'd expect...kind of like a Canadian Bloodhound Gang with funkier beats. Not sure if he appears on here, but the actor who played J-Roc was in the video for one of these songs, too.
Tracklist:
1. Trailer Park Intro (Missing)
2. Rugged Operator
3. Bay Oh Fun-Day
4. Shootin' the Gift
5. Shure Shots (Missing)
6. Trip to Reality
7. Phat Mad Flow (Missing)
8. Jizz (ft. Stinkin' Rich aka Buck 65)
9. Kick 'Em in the Face/Outro
You can hear the missing tracks at bigmoveslpfc.bandcamp.com if you want.
DOWNLOAD
Lastly for today, here is my favorite Esham record. 1993's 'KKKill The Fetus.' Esham was just 19 or something when it came out. You can say what you want about Juggalos and ICP, but Esham is just makes fucking crazy music. He's undeniably talented, and totally hardcore. I helped do sound for him in Kzoo a while back, and someone got stabbed. Rough crowd. Anyhow, this stuff is raw and just as funny/evil as most of the OFWGKTA stuff.
Tracklist:
1. What is Evil?
2. Symptoms
3. Runnin' from Me
4. Voices in My Head
5. No Singing/Misery
6. Jackie
7. Game of Death (ft. Natas)
8. Headache/Wet Day Dreamer
9. Hot Booty
10. I Thought You Knew
11. If This Ain't Hell
12. My Understanding is Zero
13. Perpetration
14. Freak Nasty
15. Headhunter
16. KKKill the Fetus
17. Don't Blame Me!
18. Is You Still Hoe'n
19. Sunshine
20. My Mind's Blowin' Up
21. Get On Down
22. 666
23. HeltersKKKelter
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Labels:
alt-rap,
downloads,
Esham,
free music,
juggalos,
new music,
obscuro,
rap,
Trailer Park Boys
Friday, May 11, 2012
Weirdos of old school rap, vol. 1
It's been a few weeks...
Recently, I've been listening to a lot of rap and hip hop. A lot of older stuff, because beats were better when sampling was more prominent, and that's all there is to it. If a newer track uses a sample, it's almost always a really simple one, utilized in an unoriginal fashion. That's not to say there's not good new shit out there, but whatever, there's enough people posting that kinda shit, so here's the old school:
First up, this weird-ass record from the Goats. These guys were active in the early '90's and often drew comparisons to the Beastie Boys, which I don't see. To me, it's kinda like other 'alt-rap' stuff like Cypress Hill, Tribe Called Quest, or maybe Del tha Funkee Homosapien, but a little weirder. This is like some kind of political concept album, but the dudes were too high to really make it work, so it's just a really weird collage. Definitely worth the listen, because of bangin' tracks like 'Got Kinda Hi.' Check it.
Tracklist:
1. We Got Freaks
2. Typical American
3. Hangerhead is Born
4. Watcha Got is Watcha Gettin'
5. Columbus' Boat Ride
6. R U Down with Da Goats?
7. Cumin' in Ya Ear
8. Noriega's Coke Stand
9. Got Kinda Hi
10. Unodostressquattro
11. Georgie Bush Kids
12. Wrong Pot 2 Piss In
13. Hip-Hopola
14. Leonard Peltier in a Cage
15. Do the Digs Dug?
16. Carnival Cops
17. TV Cops
18. Tattooed Lady
19. Tricks of the Shade
20. Not Not Bad
21. Rovie Wade, the Sword Swallower
22. Aaah D Yaaa
23. Drive-By Bumper Cars
24. Burn the Flag
25. Uncle Scam's Shooting Gallery
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Alright, next up are Cypress Hill affiliates FunkDoobiest. This is their debut album 'Which Doobie U B?' It's very much in line with the Hill's early discs and the first 2 House of Pain albums. If you know HOP, you've heard Son Doobie on 'House of the Rising Son.' These guys like weed. A lot. I'm sure you can tell that from the tracklist. Dunno much about this one, except that DJ Muggs produced it, so you know it rules right away. I've also heard a lot of other rappers (from Eminem to Ice Çube) name-check Son for how much porno he has, so maybe there's something to that...also, not sure, but I think these guys beat Snoop Dogg to the 'bow wow wow yippy yo yippy yay' thing...
Tracklist:
1. The Funkiest
2. Bow Wow Wow
3. Freak Mode
4. I'm Shittin' on 'Em
5. Who's the Doobiest
6. Doobie to the Head
7. Where's it At
8. Wopbabalubop
9. The Porno King
10. Uh C'Mon Yeah
11. Here I Am
12. Funk's On Me
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Last up, I gotta post something Beastie-related, due to MCA's tragic passing. This is a total bummer to me, as he's always been my favorite, and Beastie Boys was one of the few groups I really wanted to see live before I die. So, on that note, here's DJ Hurricane's debut solo record, 'The Hurra.' This dude was the DJ from 'Paul's Boutique' (the tour, not the record) to 'Ill Communication,' my favorite Beastie era. Apparently, he also rocks the mic pretty hard. This is also kinda like Cypress Hill (Sen Dog guests,) but with lots more live instrumentation, courtesy of longtime Beastie collaborators Mark Nishita and Mario Caldato, Jr. (who produced a bunch of the tracks on here.) What's more, the Beasties themselves turn up on two cuts ('Four Fly Guys' and 'Stick 'Em Up') and say some hilarious shit ('Cocaine crew say 'blowwwwww!'.) Good stuff. Dig it.
Tracklist:
1. Now You Do
2. Elbow Room
3. Four Fly Guys (ft. Beastie Boys)
4. Can We All Get Along
5. Feel the Blast (ft. Sen Dog)
6. Pass Me the Gun
7. The Hurra
8. Where's My Niggaz At
9. What's Really Going On (ft. L.O. and MC Breed)
10. Comin' Off (ft. L.O. and Tye Bud)
11. Get Blind
12. Pat Your Foot
13. Stick 'Em Up (ft. Beastie Boys)
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There. Hopefully that makes up for the weeks of absence. Enjoy.
Recently, I've been listening to a lot of rap and hip hop. A lot of older stuff, because beats were better when sampling was more prominent, and that's all there is to it. If a newer track uses a sample, it's almost always a really simple one, utilized in an unoriginal fashion. That's not to say there's not good new shit out there, but whatever, there's enough people posting that kinda shit, so here's the old school:
First up, this weird-ass record from the Goats. These guys were active in the early '90's and often drew comparisons to the Beastie Boys, which I don't see. To me, it's kinda like other 'alt-rap' stuff like Cypress Hill, Tribe Called Quest, or maybe Del tha Funkee Homosapien, but a little weirder. This is like some kind of political concept album, but the dudes were too high to really make it work, so it's just a really weird collage. Definitely worth the listen, because of bangin' tracks like 'Got Kinda Hi.' Check it.
Tracklist:
1. We Got Freaks
2. Typical American
3. Hangerhead is Born
4. Watcha Got is Watcha Gettin'
5. Columbus' Boat Ride
6. R U Down with Da Goats?
7. Cumin' in Ya Ear
8. Noriega's Coke Stand
9. Got Kinda Hi
10. Unodostressquattro
11. Georgie Bush Kids
12. Wrong Pot 2 Piss In
13. Hip-Hopola
14. Leonard Peltier in a Cage
15. Do the Digs Dug?
16. Carnival Cops
17. TV Cops
18. Tattooed Lady
19. Tricks of the Shade
20. Not Not Bad
21. Rovie Wade, the Sword Swallower
22. Aaah D Yaaa
23. Drive-By Bumper Cars
24. Burn the Flag
25. Uncle Scam's Shooting Gallery
DOWNLOAD
Alright, next up are Cypress Hill affiliates FunkDoobiest. This is their debut album 'Which Doobie U B?' It's very much in line with the Hill's early discs and the first 2 House of Pain albums. If you know HOP, you've heard Son Doobie on 'House of the Rising Son.' These guys like weed. A lot. I'm sure you can tell that from the tracklist. Dunno much about this one, except that DJ Muggs produced it, so you know it rules right away. I've also heard a lot of other rappers (from Eminem to Ice Çube) name-check Son for how much porno he has, so maybe there's something to that...also, not sure, but I think these guys beat Snoop Dogg to the 'bow wow wow yippy yo yippy yay' thing...
Tracklist:
1. The Funkiest
2. Bow Wow Wow
3. Freak Mode
4. I'm Shittin' on 'Em
5. Who's the Doobiest
6. Doobie to the Head
7. Where's it At
8. Wopbabalubop
9. The Porno King
10. Uh C'Mon Yeah
11. Here I Am
12. Funk's On Me
DOWNLOAD
Last up, I gotta post something Beastie-related, due to MCA's tragic passing. This is a total bummer to me, as he's always been my favorite, and Beastie Boys was one of the few groups I really wanted to see live before I die. So, on that note, here's DJ Hurricane's debut solo record, 'The Hurra.' This dude was the DJ from 'Paul's Boutique' (the tour, not the record) to 'Ill Communication,' my favorite Beastie era. Apparently, he also rocks the mic pretty hard. This is also kinda like Cypress Hill (Sen Dog guests,) but with lots more live instrumentation, courtesy of longtime Beastie collaborators Mark Nishita and Mario Caldato, Jr. (who produced a bunch of the tracks on here.) What's more, the Beasties themselves turn up on two cuts ('Four Fly Guys' and 'Stick 'Em Up') and say some hilarious shit ('Cocaine crew say 'blowwwwww!'.) Good stuff. Dig it.
Tracklist:
1. Now You Do
2. Elbow Room
3. Four Fly Guys (ft. Beastie Boys)
4. Can We All Get Along
5. Feel the Blast (ft. Sen Dog)
6. Pass Me the Gun
7. The Hurra
8. Where's My Niggaz At
9. What's Really Going On (ft. L.O. and MC Breed)
10. Comin' Off (ft. L.O. and Tye Bud)
11. Get Blind
12. Pat Your Foot
13. Stick 'Em Up (ft. Beastie Boys)
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There. Hopefully that makes up for the weeks of absence. Enjoy.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Ska Week.
Doing a lot of driving = lots of classic-era ska. It's all got a steady beat that you can cruise to, but not in a lame techno way. This week on Society's Fault (the proto-punk, punk, and post-punk program) we're doing proto-ska, ska, and post-ska. Which isn't really very accurate, but it's easier than saying 'classic Jamaican ska, two-tone, and third-wave ska and/or ska punk.' So. Because of all that, here are some very good classic ska things.
First up, 'The Original Rude Boy,' a best-of collection by Desmond Dekker. This dude doesn't have a bad song, really, but there are a lot of really good ones here. Definitely my favorite of this stuff.

Tracklist:
1. King of Ska
2. Honour Your Father and Mother
3. Get Up Edina
4. Rude Boy Train
5. 007 (Shanty Town)
6. Israelites
7. Mother's Young Girl
8. Music Like Dirt
9. It Mek
10. Pickney Gal
11. You Can Get it if You Really Want
12. Hippopotamus
13. Big Headed (Dub Mix)
14. Young Generation
15. Carry Go Bring Come
16. King of Ska '93
Next up, the compilation 'Studio One Ska,' released in 2004. This is a bunch of stuff from one of the first studios to produce ska recordings in the early '60's. About h
alf-and-half kickin' instrumentals and vocal cuts. All good.

Tracklist:
1. Jackie Mittoo - El Bang Bang
2. Ken Boothe and Stranger Cole - Artie Bella
3. The Wailers - (I'm Gonna) Put it On
4. The Skatalites - Addis Ababa
5. Roland Alphonso - President Kennedy
6. Joe Higgs - (I'm the) Song My Enemies Sing
7. The Skatalites - Beardsman Ska
8. Delroy Wilson - I Want Justice
9. Tommy McCook's Orchestra - Sampson
10. The Ethiopians - I'm Gonna Take Over Now
11. Tommy McCook - Freedom Sounds
12. The Maytals - Marching On
13. The Skatalites - Exodus
14. Roland Alphonso - Look Away Ska
15. Don Drummond - Don Cosmic
Lastly, here's an odd, semi-exploito release. I guess(?) this is long out-of-print, but apparently Epic records sent Curtis Mayfield to Jamaica in order to compile a CD of, as the title says, 'Real Jamaican Ska.' This was to capitalize on the minor Caribbean music craze in the states during 1964 apparently. It's got some early Bob Marley tunes and some awesome Jimmy Cliff songs.

Tracklist:
1. Lord Creator - Don't Stay Out Late
2. Lord Creator - Little Miss Princess
3. Jimmy Cliff - Ska All Over the World
4. Jimmy Cliff - Trust No Man
5. Winston Samuels - You are the One
6. The Techniques - No One
7. Lord Creator - Golden Love
8. Lord Creator - Man to Man
9. Lord Creator - Angela
10. The Charmers - Time After Time
11. The Techniques - Remember I Told You
12. The Charmers - Misery
13. Bob Marley - Simmer Down
14. Bob Marley - I Am Going Home
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Friday, April 6, 2012
V.A. - 'Girls and Boys - Helge's '87'
Remember a while back when I played a bunch of 1980's kid-metal on the Obscuro radio program?
Well, now you can have the whole thing. I realized that, 2 years later, STILL nobody has this shit up on the internet really. I had to dig through Soulseek to find my copy. I'm making it easier on you. The teenage stuff on the second side really isn't that great...just your run-of-the-mill high school speed metal/punk stuff that was probably everywhere in '87...but god damn are all the kid bands great. The Pink Babycats and Secret Metal tracks are both standouts, but really the whole first side is awesome.
Basically, it sounds like a bunch of 'cool' metal dads forced their kids into writing 'tough' sounding music (which is honestly probably how it went down for this record...it's apparently a benefit record for some youth club called Helge's) but the toughest stuff these kids probably know about are boogers and snakes. At the very least, it's a must-have in any 'outsider' metal collection, if anybody's got one of those (besides me.)
Oh yeah, it's Finnish, so expect a lot of broken English and lyrical weirdness. Also, a few songs are entirely in Finnish.
Tracklist:
1. Galaxy - Se Pa Mig
2. Pink Babycats - The Hunting
3. Boyhunters - Boys
4. Zero Zone - Good
5. Mix Music - Let's Go
6. Minimax - Disconight
7. Atomic - Windrider
8. Herins - Once Upon a Time
9. Our Metal - Let's Kill
10. Secret Metal - The Cop
11. Dross - Radioaktiv
12. Wilderness - The End of Mystery
13. Candy Girls - Together
14. Teffenet - Letar
15. Red'n'Black Viper - Nighttime
16. Manitou - Tribal War
17. TB Line - Don't Listen
18. Ozark - Fight for Your Rights
Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'Out in L.A.'

This has got pretty much all the b-sides from the first 3 Chili Peppers records (there weren't that many) and some live cuts/remixes. It's okay, but it's an interesting document at least. One of the songs ('Blues for Meister') features Flea on vocals I think? There's also a really lame version of 'Deck the Halls.' Oh well. If you're into 'golden age' funk metal, you'll dig this.
Tracklist:
1. Higher Ground (12" Vocal Mix)
2. Hollywood (Africa) (Extended Dance Mix)
3. If You Want Me to Stay (Pink Mustang Mix)
4. Behind the Sun (Ben Grosse Remix)
5. Castles Made of Sand (Live)
6. Special Secret Song Inside (Live)
7. F.U. (Live)
8. Get Up and Jump (Demo Version)
9. Out in L.A. (Demo Version)
10. Green Heaven (Demo Version)
11. Police Helicopter (Demo Version)
12. Nevermind (Demo Version)
13. Sex Rap (Demo Version)
14. Blues for Meister
15. You Always Sing the Same (Demo Version)
16. Stranded
17. Flea Fly
18. What it is
19. Deck the Halls
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