Mix Tape #1

This week has been hectic to say the least.  I've been running every day since Friday, which is why I haven't posted until now. Today seems like a day for a quick run down of tunes from the truck.  The accompanying mix tape is just a sampling of stuff that is currently in rotation.  The link will be posted at the bottom. Here's the current rundown.  For those wishing to track any of this down, I'll share album info as well.

1. "Drums" - Laurie Anderson from You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With  Most folks seem to know Laurie Anderson for a few things she did in the early eighties and this is from that period. I will, however, recommend checking out her latest project, the film Heart of a Dog. Like her other work, it gives you another way of looking at things.
2. "Bognor Regis" - Frank Zappa unreleased.  I don't think this needs much explaining.
3. "Swan's Splashdown" - Perry & Kingsley from Incredibly Strange Music vol. 1  I'm a big fan of exotica.  Considering how square it's portrayed, it's actually some of the most adventurous pop music of the fifties and sixties.  This may sound familiar to fans of the band Smashmouth, especially since they pilfered this piece, heavily, for their song "Walking on the Sun."
4. "Boredom vs. SDI - Boredoms from Onanie Bomb Meets The Sex Pistols  I am also a fan of free jazz. Members of this group have worked extensively with John Zorn. Although it's clear they are cut from the same cloth as classic noise core bands like Sore Throat and Anal Cunt, the Boredoms are clearly less random and more deliberate, like Captain Beefheart.  In the realm of controlled chaos, these guys have few equals.
5. "Unjust Deserts" - Zoogz Rift from Villagers  People that really know me have heard me speak volumes about The Liquid Moamo.  To me, he's one of the most under appreciated artists of all time.  This little number is probably one of his most accessible tunes that clearly captures what he is about.  Musically, he was a dadaist and it shows in these lyrics with their oxymoronic wordplay and the omnipresent marimba clunking away. 
6. "Flesh" - Ken Nordine from  Incredibly Strange Music vol. 2 If Ken Nordine's voice sounds familiar, it's because he was a voice over artist for television and did a lot of commercials over the years.  He is also considered by some to be the inventor of "word jazz." this is one of his more far out pieces.
7. "The Spider and the Fly" - The Monocles from Pebbles vol. 3: The Acid Gallery  I love garage rock, I also like unbridled weirdness.  This fits both, well.  It builds and swells like great drama and leaves most confused.
8. "Woman" - The Cambodian Space Project and Kong Nay from The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cambodia  Long before the Beatles started incorporating Eastern music into rock music, these Cambodian musicians were incorporating rock music into Eastern music.
9. "So What" - Lyrics from Pebbles vol. 2  I honestly don't know much about this band, but I love the sneer in this.
10. "Emily" - Girlpool from Before the World was Big One of my favourite albums of 2015 and one of my favourite new bands.  Girlpool is one of the most interesting female groups since The Slits or The Roches (depending on which calender you use).
11. "The War" - Bob Mould from Beauty & Ruin   Been a fan of Bob Mould since 1989.  His new album is due out, soon and I am looking forward to it.  This one is one of my faves from the last one and seemed like a fitting closer for this mix tape.

For those that choose to give this stuff a listen, I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Good night and may your god go with you.