A friend at Save On Meats asked me for a few hours of music to play in the diner so I sent a few of my old mixes and this new one. If a fuzzy bootleg of an early Sonics concert comes on while you’re eating a six dollar burger and fries, you’re welcome.
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job… and that’s why I haven’t posted anything in waaaay too long.
Seriously though, I’m not a shitty, fucking whiny, goddamn loudmouth crybaby like Morrissey. But I’m going to start posting more often again.
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First, Sony came out with its “never stop gaming” PS Vita campaign, which is designed to cause gamers to get hit by cars.
Now, Google is unveiling a prototype for this monstrosity. I seriously recommend you watch the promotional video for these glasses. Obviously, the idea for them was adapted from the classic TNG episode “The Game” in which Riker returns from his sex vacation with a piece of head gear that operates an addictive video game which eventually ensnares the whole crew of the Enterprise. In order to save the day, Wesley Crusher must resist the sexual advances of guest star Ashley Judd, which proves easy for him. You can download and watch all of TNG here, and you probably should.
I also predicted this advancement months ago right here, but Google left out the part where you have to shove your phone up your own ass because this device is strictly for shitty people. Tech developers have crossed the line between what they can do and what they should do. I wish they would stop trying to destroy etiquette.
I’ve been shoooooooooppiiiiiiiiing. I wanted to beef up my collection of essential back catalogue stuff because I’ve been failing to deliver on requests at movie night. Obviously, that’s always going to be difficult because I can only carry so many records. But if you make your requests more specific than, “can you play something newer?” I’ll always see what I can do.
I was surprised to find out that the first track on this mix is protected on Soundcloud, so I can’t stream it right now. (I’ll rearrange some stuff and try again later this week.)
Anyway, here’s the track listing:
The Super Super Blues Band – Ooh, Baby & Wrecking My Love Life
The Stooges – No Fun
The Who – Please Please Please
Buddy Holly – Early in the Morning
Howlin’ Wolf – Three Hundred Pounds of Joy
The Stooges – T.V. Eye
Gil Scott-Heron – Johannesburg
The Impressions – I’ve Found That I’ve Lost
Buffalo Springfield – Mr. Soul
I realized with hindsight that I should have saved the Ladies Night Mixtape for today since we’re showing Showgirls at Movie Night tomorrow. Sadly, the past is past. So here’s a British Invasion mix instead. I’ve said a lot of negative things about the British Invaders, for example here and here. But some of them were okay. I still fucking hate soccer though.
The Kinks – Come On Now
The Pretty Things – Big City
The Yardbirds – You Can’t Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover
Them – Richard Cory
Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page – Freight Loader
The Rolling Stones – What A Shame
The Zombies – You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me
The Hollies – Payback With Interest
The Animals – True Love (Comes Only Once In A Lifetime)
Dusty Springfield – Little By Little
The Nashville Teens – Tobacco Road
The Kinks – Wait Till The Summer Comes Along
Didn’t get around to making a mixtape tonight because I’ve been gardening. But don’t forget we’re showing Robocop at House Guest tomorrow night, and there’ll be cheap beers and great fried chicken as always.
Original 1987 Trailer for Robocop
See progress on Detroit’s coming Robocop statue here and here.
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Two great sides (though a little beat up) from rockabilly princess Brenda Lee, daughter of Grayce Yarbrough Tarpley Rainwater. Yeah, Tarpley Rainwater. These tracks were recorded in 1959 when Brenda was only 15.
Don’t forget to come out to House Guest, Tuesday the 13th, for Movie Night. There’s a delicious $10 fried chicken and beer special, and we’ll have free beers for the early birds as always.
Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin’s & Weep No More My Baby
Some good songs by girls.
A couple notes about this mix:
- of all the terrible songs about violence against women from the early days of rock n’ roll, Big Maybelle’s “Stay Away From My Sam” is easily the funniest
- no Tina on this mix, but the Wailers’ cover of “I Idolize You” demonstrates my theory about garage that The Kings of Rhythm are the originator’s originator
- and the Dee Dee Sharp jam “I Sold My Heart to the Junkman” is dedicated to my Movie Night partner, Zach Zimmermann.
Barbara Lewis – I Say Love
Brenda Lee – Sweet Nothin’s
Wanda Jackson – Mean Mean Man
Shangri-Las – Remember (walking in the sand)
The Wailers (with Gail Harris) – I Idolize You
The Crystals – He’s Sure The Boy I Love
Big Maybelle – Stay Away From My Sam
Dee Dee Sharp – I Sold My Heart To The Junkman
Dusty Springfield – Little by Little
Doris Troy – Say Yeah
The Sensations – Let Me In
Patsy Cline – Too Many Secrets
Nina Simone – It Be’s That Way Sometime
Ike and Tina Turner, The Kings of Rhythm, and the Ikettes
(the show where Phil Spector decided to make an album with Tina)
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I’ve said all the stuff I can think to say about this band, but I never realized until now that this album was actually produced by Bumps Blackwell, about whom a song on this mix is. Man, that guy was awesome.
P.S. We’re showing fucking WILD ZERO at movie night this Tuesday at House Guest. So come and rock out and play a sweet drinking game with us unless you’re some kind of zombie or alien or a pussy or something.
Ike & Tina Turner - Early In The Mornin’, It’s All Over, You’re No Good
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Britt Wainwright is a local Vancouverite with a penchant for familiar nostalgia. Picking and collecting quality womens (and some mens) styles...
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