Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Low End Theory Podcast XIV: Nobody & Take
http://www.alphapuprecords.net/podcast/episode14_nobody_take.mp3Thankfully, the Low End Theory dropped it’s 14th consecutive end-to-end burner this weekend, providing the perfect soundtrack for a blunted and bug-eyed Sunday afternoon. DJ Nobody runs the front half of the podcast with some Gonjasufi, Flying Lotus, and sundry stoned raiders in outer space music — he even mixes in a little New Boyz. Gaslamp Killer and Nocando are the rising stars, D-Styles is the legend, and Daddy Kev is the mastermind, but Nobody is the unsung hero of the residents. Granted, home listening loses something in translation, but this mix provides more prima facie evidence. Take does similar destruction, but I’ll wait for the more formal review of his excellent Only Mountain, to dole out the necessary hyberbole. You know how we do.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Soundscape - Mixtape (#4) Zombies
"I have a ritual I like to do every time I come down with a bad cold or flu. I curl up on the couch with a blanket, fluids, and a couple kitties, and watch the original George A. Romero trilogy of classic zombie films. In chronological order, they are Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Day of the Dead.
I can’t explain why I’m so drawn to them, and especially when I feel ill. They just make me happy. There’s a certain kind of calm I get from those films, from the acceptance that the shit hit the fan and you’ve just got to deal with worldwide catastrophe. The time to hesitate is through, and your purpose is clear. For any chance of survival, you’ve got to go into action and constantly be on guard. They are a relief, in a world where people are still arguing that global warming either isn’t happening or isn’t urgent, where people would rather gossip about Obama than attempt to help him.
Zombies are a lot of things to a lot of people. At once mystical and tragic, there is just something about them that transcends the horror film and video game genres. Their legend lends itself as easily to social commentary as comedy. They embody our worst fears and darkest humor, part apocalypse and part slapstick. I hope this mixtape taps into those juxtapositions, to present somnambulists in as much a purely entertaining way as terrifying and intriguing. As Zombielandand Shaun of the Dead showed, the apocalypse can come with a few laughs."
01 The Longwalls - “Zombies” (Field Guide for the Zombie Survivalist, 2008)
- Start time: 0:00
02 Sunset - “Zombies” (The Glowing City, 2008)
- Start time: 3:04
03 Jookabox - “Zombie Tear Drops” (Dead Zone Boys, 2009)
- Start time: 8:25
04 Sufjan Stevens - “They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!!” (Illinois, 2005)
- Start time: 12:43
05 Dem Hunger - “Rainwater Tea” (Caveman Smack, 2010)
- Start time: 17:52
06 Odd Nosdam - “We Dead” (Level Live Wires, 2007)
- Start time: 21:33
07 Funki Porcini - “Flesheater Boulevard” (Zombie EP, 1999)
- Start time: 22:50
08 Andre Afram Asmar - “Zombification-Transmutation” (Transmigration EP, 2003)
- Start time: 27:46
09 Diesler - “Dawn of the Dead” (Diggin’ It Somethin’ Rotten, 2005)
- Start time: 33:28
10 Shape of Broad Minds - “It Ain’t Dead” (Craft of the Lost Art, 2007)
- Start time: 36:07
11 DJ Wally & DJ Willie Ross - “Land of the Dead” (Mrs. Miller’s House, 2006)
- Start time: 37:54
12 Krikor - “1968” (Wagon / 1968 12’‘, 2002)
- Start time: 40:05
13 Magnetic Fields - “Zombie Boy” (Distortion, 2009)
- Start time: 43:00
14 Zombie Zombie - “I’m Afraid of What’s There” (A Land for Renegades, 2008)
- Start time: 46:03
15 Adrian Belew - “She Is Not Dead” (Twang Bar King, 1983)
- Start time: 50:14
16 Bronnt Industries Kapital - “Threnody for the Victims of Lucio Fulci” (Hard for Justice, 2009)
- Start time: 54:52;
Total Running Time: 58:24
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