My Rhymes Are All Repeating: October 2010

So yeah, this one starts and ends with the same song, which is kind of a lazy bit of storytelling or mixmaking or whatever, but there's something about "Tape From California" which has made me listen to it obsessively for the last couple weeks. Sorry I can't stop and talk now, I'm in kind of a hurry anyhow, but I'll send you a tape from California. It's about as far from Ohio as you can get in the continental United States, and that sure sounds like a good time right about now. The original is full of garbage-ass hippy poetry, but there's a handful of lines that are absolutely perfect. My rhymes are all repeating. Half the world is crazy, and the other half is scared. Madonnas dance the minuet for naked millionaires. The cover cuts out most of the good words and the drama and replaces it with loud guitars and noise and a sense of urgency that says just as much in half the time. It depends on your mood and disposition which one is better, but a good song is a good song is a good song, etc.

Those two tapes from California bookend eleven others that I've been listening to a ton lately. They run from girls in the garage to bad vibe psychedelia to mid-90s youthful attitude to classic punk rock to wistful nostalgia to straight-up silly sarcasm. Sometimes it tells a story, and sometimes it sounds like a classic back-and-forth. It includes at least five of my favorite songs of all time, which I can sing out loud like a trained animal when prompted. Burn it to a CD and play it in your car. That's where it sounds the best.

My Rhymes Are All Repeating: October 2010

1. Phil Ochs - "Tape From California"

2. Pernice Brothers - "The Weakest Shade Of Blue"

3. Girls - "Laura"

4. New Pornographers - "The Laws Have Changed"

5. The Posies - "Solar Sister"

6. Supergrass - "Mansize Rooster"

7. The Black Angels - "Sunday Afternoon"

8. The 13th Floor Elevators - "Reverberation (Doubt)"

9. The Chymes - "He's Not There Anymore"

10. Linda Laine & The Sinners - "High Grades and Low Fever"

11. The Unwed Teenage Mothers - "Stick Around"

12. Descendents - "Bikeage"

13. Squirrel Bait - "Tape From California"

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Random Old Records Podcast #24

Well, since the last episode of Random Old Records was kinda thrown together, I figured I'd go all out with this one! Episode #24 is loaded with the best jams from all the vinyl and mp3s I've found in the last month, so get on it! You'll hear a sizzling track by Demon's Claws from the new Nolan Strong & The Diablos tribute LP, a buncha selections from recent Trouble In Mind 7" releases, Barreracudas, Vermillion Sands, Archie Powell & The Exports, Jim Jones Revue, Wavves, Frankie Rose & The Outs, and loads more! You'll also hear some of the recent new-school psych LPs from The Black Angels, Dungen, Sleepy Sun, and Black Mountain, and the whole thing winds up with a selection of Killed By Death-style old school punk from The Pandoras and Avengers. This is one of the best episodes I've coughed up in awhile, so get it with haste! Here's all the gory details:

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Next month will bring both the 25th episode of Random Old Records Podcast and its two year anniversary, so you know I've got something special in store. I mean, I don't know what it is yet, but keep your eyes and ears peeled! Check out the playlist in this post's comment section, and as always, thanks for listening!

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