Revolution - if I was a top knotch poet.

Hey spinners - revolution - Session

Interestingly last months - Muslim theme may have had a number of songs that could translate into this theme. A short spell at the Hokitika airport to make my revolution noises known.

1 Linton Kwesi Johnson
This fulla has revolution in his bones it runs across more than the song titles - Deeper.
A quick look and I find this book -

So the song well I am alway keen on a new LKJ listen  "Blame it on the working class it is"

2 Stiff Little Fingers - Reflecting the need for something different. Beyond the troubles - Beyond the walls. Again a band looking around them  at the Belfast Peace Walls. Revolution --- Alternative

 
3 "Fight the power/ We've got to fight the powers that be." It glares at the oppressive systems in place dead on. - Found this in protest songs and thinking protest songs is a neutered revolution.

Asian songs - Islam - Immigration - racism

Mona Haydar - American
This woman has got a forthright out there voice on : the hijab ,  and a few other things. Liked her immediately when I heard she was from Flint Michigan

The track American is fab in my mind“American”:
“They don’t want to see me as American/ See me on your TV as a terrorist/ All I wanna do is have some fun by the beach, man/ But here come ICE and that travel ban.” White supremacy/nationalism comes for us, but we’re going to turn up and enjoy our lives in spite of that nastiness. In this song, we have no time for ugliness, we’re too busy basking in the glorious sunlight and getting a lovely tan as our skin turns even browner. We subvert and resist injustice simply by being JOYFULLY ourselves.

American

You’re just jealous of my sisters
These Mipsters, These hippies
These Prissies, These Sufis
These Dreddies, These Sunnis
These Shii’s, Yemenis
Somalis, Libnanis, Pakistanis
These Soories, Sudanis
Iraqis, Punjabies
Afghanis, Yazeedis
Khaleejis, Indonesians
Egyptians, Canadians
Algerians, Nigerians
Americans, Libyans
Tunisians, Palestinians
Hidden beyond the Mekong in laos

Senegalese and Burkina faso

Had a great time tracking a few songs down the immediate thought was of Asian Dub Foundation not knowing if they had any muslim members, beliefs etc. 

Headed to Bandcamp where I am looking a-lot more lately as a a place beyond the subscription and live music attendance to support artists. 

So ... Nazrul  

Kazi Nazrul Islam was an islamic rebel poet inspiring ADF to write about him - on

Bandcamp

  : http://asiandubfoundation.bandcamp.com/track/nazrul-dub

Post Punk

So having said I would post monthly a reflection on the spinning theme. I have slipped by the wayside. In my defence we had a debilitating fire.

I have alway considered post punk to be time specific and happy to stick with 1979- 84 for my selections.

First up - Dexy's Midnight Runners - Couldn't help it if I tried

I have returned to this album a number of times and in the right moment there is something special here. A big brass section and some bold plaintive vocals. Singing about being an irishmen in England. Liked it because it is live. Here is what the Dexy's ended up doing in 2017 .

Second pick - Ceremony - Radiohead cover

Picked because this song is done well by them particularly guitar and vocals - the transition of Joy Division / Warsaw punk to Joy Division / New Order post punk 

Last up in the trio Cure - Forest first ever live performance - Young folk and interesting to see the density of the soundscape. Missed them playing in P North.

That's all folks

So top of my list is faux? folk.

The song is Queen Mary from the Coen brother's film Inside Llewellyn Davis. I love this song: simple and old-school (500 Plus). It is made better at the end when the agent Oscar Isaac is trying to impress isn't!

Track two

Another one from the screen - The Leftovers - was a standout series for me in 2017 for the unpredictability and thought provoking look at religion the afterlife and the here and now.
And the track is Iris Dent - let the mystery be
Here for the voice, lyrics and the enjoyment had listening to it 10 times watching Leftovers.

Track 3 And Lastly Bobby Boy - hard rains going to fall - 1963 .  Like the conversation and the lyrical gauntlet.  Sung by Patti Smith at the Nobel Prize - award - 

Spinning Feb 2018

Aight - Rap tracks

I am having a crack at responding to each months theme in a blog post. It will be limited to 3 tracks and 10 mins to create. 2 on theme 1 just Hot.

Rap 1

David Dallas - Don't Flinch
This is New Zealand and a look into the hard man's Psychi
Chosen - because it creates a picture , relates a character - lays it out there

2.
Ice-Cube No Vasaline - Diss track the cube takes it to his old band NWA. Like the way he gets on a roll with the take down - Probably tracks that reflect more honestly what was happening at the time see Staight outa Compton - Rodney King etc

3. Ok So this track isn't RAP . Putting aside 1 selection each month for a track of Choice.
Came across this Track by Peter Tosh for the first time last month.
The lyrics are sublime in my mind especially the last line.
Give me back me land, me language and culture.

Internet Radio favs

Listening to internet radio is something I have done a bit over the last couple  of years and at this stage I  would favour two stations.

G-R-O-O-V-E  S-A-L-A-D

Groove salad from soma fm is a “A nicely chilled plate of ambient beats and grooves.” When we listen to this it a great chill down without being too formulaic click on pick to try. There is a long of artists see the iframe below. Get to groove salad from the pic above. There some other nice stations here.

 

R-A-D-I-O    P-A-R-A-D-I-S-E

 

The other radio is the consistlenty devine radio paradise. In some ways this station is nothing special but in others it covers a range of material that covers decades and panders to no one letting the music speak for itself. Expect punk, alternative, rock, pop and blues. The logo pic above will take you to the station I suggest choosing the 64kbs stream unless you are on fibre or cable as the 128 may struggle to keep buffered. Again the frame below is what has been recently heard from radio paradise

Music Server

Hey I like internet radio which works well in conjunction with a squeezebox or any network  music player.This is what my system looks like. Music is from music server in Garage and internet radio etc. I really  to enjoy the ability to store, search organise and listen to sweet sounds. The system is as follows. Next post internet radio. The presence in living room is minimal but the sound is not. The Amp and PC are in the garage.

Car theme

 
The car theme is about to enter the lounge in which the spinners gather. So it is time to choose and I have.
Straight to the pick.

Short skirt/ long jacket – by Cake (mp3 download)
Chosen because it has a cool velvets riff --- oh yeah got it going on --- and the car lyric has slacker style.
”She wants a car with a cupholder armrest” it is this line that sends it to the top of my list. The follow up line is a brilliant throw away “She wants a car that will get her there”

Cake - Short Skirt/Long Jacket (Official Music Video) - Free videos are just a click away

 
Close second
Tom Waits – Diamonds on my windshield (mp3 Download)

Was going to choose this but while I love it dearly it didn’t quite have the freshness of cake.The track starts with an on road sample horns and street noise.Tom tells the story about a weeks wages and looking for the heart of Saturday Night. Makes you feel like your in the car with him.
”Stoppin' on the red
You're goin' on the green
'Cause tonight'll be like nothin'
You've ever seen
And you're barrelin' down the boulevard
Lookin' for the heart of Saturday night”

Otherwise I have been tempted by Bongwater –white car rental blues which i suggested to a group of listeners was a track with a great guitar solo and it is a stunner.

also ran
Buzzcocks – fast cars
Squarepusher my red car

Best video with car

Best Driving Ken Block

Picknmix1

A while back i found some mp3 blogs that had some great (in my mind) mixes. Pop77 is my all time favorite respect to pop77. So what happens is this a bit of a sample from a movie the tv or somewhere add some chilled tunes diverse perhaps slightly eclectic and I am generally left happy. Anyway how hard can it be. Here it is my first mix. Hope you enjoy it.

Kokako have a wonderfully musical song
  This mix is the first of a few attempts to intersperse music with samples that have had something. Note that this is not an attempt to deprive artists of income as I am still a regular purchaser of music blah blah blah.

1 The Raconteurs -Steady as she Goes (saturdays session mix)

2 The Good the bad and the Queen - Northern Whale (album mix)

3 Mussolini – la victori

4 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Gold Lion (Nick Zimmer mix)

Download The mix here (mp3)

Spinners influence extends up country

Hey some music lovers in Wellington have a monthly meet where music is played to a theme or concept.

This month it is places. I have always assumed that in most selections the quality of the music is of paramount importance as well as its reflection on the theme. Luck would have it that Hamilton or the tron as it is locally known has a great song associated with it.

 
So to the Music Chosen "Fiji Baby" by Goodshirt (mp3)

Why Good Shirt
I love  the pop melody the comedy in the lyric and the killer lyric
"So come on now, it's not a race we'll catch up when the end is near.
Let's fall away and disappear again.
So come on now, it's not a race we'll catch up when the end is near.
Let's fall away and disappear again."
Why Matson Jones
Came across this on a compilation provided by Jamie Lean The Cello sets off this track which has both pinache and attitude nice "New York Fuck Off" by Matson Jones (mp3)
Why LCD Soundsystem
This band have it all dance/punk/pounce. I just like the idea of a song called
"I love you new york but your bringing me down" There is often a love hate with cities and cities sins (citizens) enjoy (mp3)