**Fake Scarcity Mixtape Draft #1: Tuesday picks 12 & 4PM EDT (1 Viewer)

[El Floppo]

So- side story on the National that I've probably already told 43 times....

architect friends of mine got me to play on their adult, rec league soccer team. one of the guys on the team was this really nice, younger fella named Aaron- was in a band that played around the city, and particularly my neighborhood (Lower East Side/ East Village). had a gig literally right across the street from my apt the night of our last game- but #### that noise. seen waaaaaaay too many ####ty bands because friends were in them. of course, his band was The National I even still had my hearing no-tinnitus back then.

 

[zamboni]

I guess that means I can pick.

For my instrument solo, I choose:

2.6 "Spoonman" - Soundgarden

One of my all-time favorite songs and an awesome spoon solo.

Spoons x1, Forks x2 and Knives x2 are still available

Sporks might create some controversy with forks already taken twice.

 

[simey]

Voluntary autoskip list: Binky the Doormat, Hov34, Ilove80s

Groovus said to autoskip him.

As did El Floppo

& Mister CIA

& JML

 

[JZilla]

Saw Lightning Bolt last night. Can't hear today.

So, more mellow stuff for all us codgers

The Breeders - Off You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgOg4NGCYR8

Nucular

 

[zamboni]

it's a THE NATIONAL RUN!!!!

Never liked the DH anyway.

 

[simey]

Saw Lightning Bolt last night. Can't hear today.

So, more mellow stuff for all us codgers

The Breeders - Off You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgOg4NGCYR8

Nucular

I'm seeing the Furs in a couple weeks, and last time I saw them they were really loud (but good). This time it's a different venue so hopefully it won't be quite as loud.

 

[JZilla]

Saw Lightning Bolt last night. Can't hear today.

So, more mellow stuff for all us codgers

The Breeders - Off You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgOg4NGCYR8

Nucular

I'm seeing the Furs in a couple weeks, and last time I saw them they were really loud (but good). This time it's a different venue so hopefully it won't be quite as loud.

Still nobody as loud as Dino Jr but it's gotten to the point of just being schtick with them, and you wear earplugs or GTFO

 

[simey]

Saw Lightning Bolt last night. Can't hear today.

So, more mellow stuff for all us codgers

The Breeders - Off You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgOg4NGCYR8

Nucular

I'm seeing the Furs in a couple weeks, and last time I saw them they were really loud (but good). This time it's a different venue so hopefully it won't be quite as loud.

Still nobody as loud as Dino Jr but it's gotten to the point of just being schtick with them, and you wear earplugs or GTFO

My brother loves Dino Jr. Maybe the Psychedelic Furs have lost some of their hearing in their older age so they can't tell how loud they are.

 

[JZilla]

Seeing J Mascis in person I'm convinced his hair went white from the noise, not age or anything

 

[El Floppo]

Saw Lightning Bolt last night. Can't hear today.

So, more mellow stuff for all us codgers

The Breeders - Off You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgOg4NGCYR8

Nucular

I'm seeing the Furs in a couple weeks, and last time I saw them they were really loud (but good). This time it's a different venue so hopefully it won't be quite as loud.

Still nobody as loud as Dino Jr but it's gotten to the point of just being schtick with them, and you wear earplugs or GTFO

My brother loves Dino Jr. Maybe the Psychedelic Furs have lost some of their hearing in their older age so they can't tell how loud they are.

loudest shows I've ever seen: Chemical Brothers, Echo and the Bunnymen.

last time I saw The Furs- 1990 mayday mid-day free show in the courtyard of the castello in Milan. about 13 anarchists angrily shufffling around and me and my handful of friends. the show... it was all kinds of not good. IIRC, he had some bad politician masks he wore trhough a couple of songs (Bush? Reagan?).

 

[Eephus]

Saw Lightning Bolt last night. Can't hear today.

So, more mellow stuff for all us codgers

The Breeders - Off You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgOg4NGCYR8

Nucular

I'm seeing the Furs in a couple weeks, and last time I saw them they were really loud (but good). This time it's a different venue so hopefully it won't be quite as loud.

No spotlighting

 

[El Floppo]

Seeing J Mascis in person I'm convinced his hair went white from the noise, not age or anything

there was a tune or two on his last album that I really liked.

 

[simey]

I have to leave at 11:30 est. for a couple hours. I'm having lunch with my 94 year old grandmother (Maw Maw) at her nursing home. Mom said she was crazy as a bed bug yesterday, so they are checking her for a UTI. It's out of character for her to act like a loon.

Anyway, I can be skipped or someone can do my pick for me.

 

[simey]

No spotlighting

<_<

 

[KarmaPolice]

I guess that means I can pick.

For my instrument solo, I choose:

2.6

Damn good pick! Didn't cross my mind, and i was going through my Soundgarden stuff for another category.

 

[Eephus]

I have to leave at 11:30 est. for a couple hours. I'm having lunch with my 94 year old grandmother (Maw Maw) at her nursing home. Mom said she was crazy as a bed bug yesterday, so they are checking her for a UTI. It's out of character for her to act like a loon.

Anyway, I can be skipped or someone can do my pick for me.

I can take a list

 

[simey]

I can take a list

Thanks

 

[Eephus]

I can take a list

Thanks

Hope all goes well w/ MawMaw

 

[JZilla]

glll simey

So Ilove80s is on skip? I don't really know the story there.. I haven't PM'd anyone

 

[zamboni]

I can take a list

Thanks

Hope all goes well w/ MawMaw

 

[Eephus]

2 . 8 --- Ilov80s --- SKIP by request
2 . 9 --- hagmania --- OTC
2 . 10 --- simey --- I have list
2 . 11 --- Mister CIA ---
2 . 12 --- GrOOvus ---
2 . 13 --- The Dreaded Marco ---
2 . 14 --- sn0mm1s ---
2 . 15 --- Mr Ected ---
2 . 16 --- timschochet ---
2 . 17 --- Steve Tasker ---
2 . 18 --- Doug B ---
2 . 19 --- Karma Police ---
2 . 20 --- John Maddens Lunchbox ---
2 . 21 --- Binky the Doormat ---

 

[hagmania]

Oh boy.

 

[Northern Voice]

So- side story on the National that I've probably already told 43 times....

architect friends of mine got me to play on their adult, rec league soccer team. one of the guys on the team was this really nice, younger fella named Aaron- was in a band that played around the city, and particularly my neighborhood (Lower East Side/ East Village). had a gig literally right across the street from my apt the night of our last game- but #### that noise. seen waaaaaaay too many ####ty bands because friends were in them. of course, his band was The National I even still had my hearing no-tinnitus back then.

If it makes you feel better, they're pretty great live.

I think one if the best bills I've seen was 2007ish, The National as opening act, followed by Modest Mouse, then R.E.M headlining.

 

[timschochet]

I have a question: the instrumental that I want to use is actually a horn trio- two trumpets and a sax- is that allowable?

 

[hagmania]

I'll take my favorite pop song at the moment.

Shut Up And Dance - Walk the Moon

(pop song)

 

[Northern Voice]

I'll take my favorite pop song at the moment.

Shut Up And Dance - Walk the Moon

(pop song)

Didn't realize this song was that big of a hit.

 

[Eephus]

I'll take my favorite pop song at the moment.

Shut Up And Dance - Walk the Moon

(pop song)

Didn't realize this song was that big of a hit.

#5 on the Hot 100. Who knew?

 

[Eephus]

Simey pick via PM

It's time to inject some more drugs into the draft.

2.10 -


- Mandolin Orange (Category of drugs or alcohol - Morphine)This is a great folk duo from North Carolina. It's a male and female, and sometimes he sings lead, and sometimes she does, or sometimes they sing lead together. They just put out a new album a few days ago. "Morphine Girl" comes from their album This Side of Jordan, which is a great album.

 

[Eephus]

I have a question: the instrumental that I want to use is actually a horn trio- two trumpets and a sax- is that allowable?

I'm OK unless somebody wants to make a federal case out of it.

 

[hagmania]

#5 on the Hot 100. Who knew?

I am officially safe from all sniping.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Are GrOOvus and CIA on skip?

 

[Gr00vus]

Are GrOOvus and CIA on skip?

I don't know about Mr. CIA, but I am on autoskip. If someone verifies Mr. CIA's status, I'm ready to make a selection.

 

[Mister CIA]

Are GrOOvus and CIA on skip?

Ci, I will be making all of my picks in the evening.

 

[Ilov80s]

2.8 Organ Donor- DJ Shadow

Take the organ off the board.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Gr00vus appears to have left again so I'm going to go ahead and pick.

2.13 Wilco - Poor Places (alcohol/drug---bourbon)

 

[Gr00vus]

2.12 Seven Deadly Sins - Bryan Ferry.

Song with a number in the title (number 7).

This is one of my all time favorite songs - top 20 at least. The production quality and approach are very late 80's which is both good and bad (mainly some of the digital percussion accents suffer from limited sample size). But overall it's a masterful composition and a hauntingly beautiful song. There are so many layers to it, it seems like I find a new element of it to appreciate every time I listen to it - and I've listened to it a lot.

 

[zamboni]

I'm liking that this is draft is not the same old, same old picks.

 

[sn0mm1s]

2.14 Caught By the Fuzz - Supergrass - drug mentioned Marijuana

The term used is "blow" for whatever reason those Brits consider that marijuana but if we need to use cocaine here I don't care.

 

[Eephus]

Gr00vus appears to have left again so I'm going to go ahead and pick.

2.13 Wilco - Poor Places (alcohol/drug---bourbon)

Scotch, Irish, Canadian, Rye whiskeys are still on the board.

All brands of Bourbon (e.g. Wild Turkey, Jim Beam) are off, as is Jack Daniels

Whiskey sold as "Tennessee whiskey" is defined as Bourbon under NAFTA

 

[Eephus]

2.14 Caught By the Fuzz - Supergrass - drug mentioned Marijuana

The term used is "blow" for whatever reason those Brits consider that marijuana but if we need to use cocaine here I don't care.

Big fan

 

[Steve Tasker]

Gr00vus appears to have left again so I'm going to go ahead and pick.

2.13 Wilco - Poor Places (alcohol/drug---bourbon)

Scotch, Irish, Canadian, Rye whiskeys are still on the board.

All brands of Bourbon (e.g. Wild Turkey, Jim Beam) are off, as is Jack Daniels

Whiskey sold as "Tennessee whiskey" is defined as Bourbon under NAFTA

NAFTA regulations = serious business

 

[Kraft...]

I guess that means I can pick.

For my instrument solo, I choose:

2.6 "Spoonman" - Soundgarden

One of my all-time favorite songs and an awesome spoon solo.

See zilla, I'm not alone

 

[Mr. Ected]

Back a bit to the 80s...

Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out (International Song - England)

 

[Gr00vus]

Back a bit to the 80s...

Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out (International Song - England)

Big fan of Joe Jackson. Seems like he really fell off the face of the earth once the 80's ended, which is a shame because he put out good stuff. His "Live 80-86" album is really good.

 

[Mr. Ected]

Back a bit to the 80s...

Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out (International Song - England)

Big fan of Joe Jackson. Seems like he really fell off the face of the earth once the 80's ended, which is a shame because he put out good stuff. His "Live 80-86" album is really good.

From Wikipedia...

Post Pop

In the late 1990s Jackson expanded into classical music; he signed with Sony Classical in 1997 and released Symphony No. 1 in 1999, for which he received a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album in 2001.[6]

In 2003, he reunited his original quartet[2] for the album Volume 4, and a lengthy tour. In 2004, he contributed a cover of Pulp's "Common People" with William Shatner for Shatner's album Has Been. In 2005 he teamed up with Todd Rundgren and the string quartet ETHEL for a tour of the US & Europe. A dedicated smoker, he gave up his New York apartment in 2006 partly in protest over the ascendancy of smoking bans, and made the Berlin neighborhood Kreuzberg his new home. It was there that he recorded, with longtime collaborators Graham Maby and Dave Houghton, his eighteenth studio album, Rain (Rykodisc, January 2008); the album was followed by a five-month tour.[7]

 

[Eephus]

Back a bit to the 80s...

Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out (International Song - England)

Big fan of Joe Jackson. Seems like he really fell off the face of the earth once the 80's ended, which is a shame because he put out good stuff. His "Live 80-86" album is really good.

From Wikipedia...

Post Pop

In the late 1990s Jackson expanded into classical music; he signed with Sony Classical in 1997 and released Symphony No. 1 in 1999, for which he received a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album in 2001.[6]

In 2003, he reunited his original quartet[2] for the album Volume 4, and a lengthy tour. In 2004, he contributed a cover of Pulp's "Common People" with William Shatner for Shatner's album Has Been. In 2005 he teamed up with Todd Rundgren and the string quartet ETHEL for a tour of the US & Europe. A dedicated smoker, he gave up his New York apartment in 2006 partly in protest over the ascendancy of smoking bans, and made the Berlin neighborhood Kreuzberg his new home. It was there that he recorded, with longtime collaborators Graham Maby and Dave Houghton, his eighteenth studio album, Rain (Rykodisc, January 2008); the album was followed by a five-month tour.[7]

Rain is a very good album with solid songs and stripped down production. I think Jackson oversings at times but no more than his contemporary Elvis Costello.

 

[El Floppo]

Back a bit to the 80s...

Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out (International Song - England)

Big fan of Joe Jackson. Seems like he really fell off the face of the earth once the 80's ended, which is a shame because he put out good stuff. His "Live 80-86" album is really good.

I'm sure we've had this conversatino before- but I used to also be a big fan. saw him live a bunch early on whenever he'd come through SF (even trekked out to the Concord Pavilion and somewhere down the peninsula... maybe San Jose to see him)

I'd put his first 3 albums up against any other band's first three pop albums, even though most people didn't love Beat Crazy (I did). The guy was a master pop songwriter. I especially loved Jumpin' Jive (which, IMO, kickstarted the whole "swing" thing, particularly on the west coast as highlighted in the movie Swingers). I lost interest when he started going more "adult contemporary", IIRC, after Night and Day. He was still putting together nice songs- but seemed way more background or movie-soundtracky to me. I've completely lost track of his newer stuff- but was aware that he kept cranking along.

 

[Eephus]

Back a bit to the 80s...

Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out (International Song - England)

Big fan of Joe Jackson. Seems like he really fell off the face of the earth once the 80's ended, which is a shame because he put out good stuff. His "Live 80-86" album is really good.

I'm sure we've had this conversatino before- but I used to also be a big fan. saw him live a bunch early on whenever he'd come through SF (even trekked out to the Concord Pavilion and somewhere down the peninsula... maybe San Jose to see him)

I'd put his first 3 albums up against any other band's first three pop albums, even though most people didn't love Beat Crazy (I did). The guy was a master pop songwriter. I especially loved Jumpin' Jive (which, IMO, kickstarted the whole "swing" thing, particularly on the west coast as highlighted in the movie Swingers). I lost interest when he started going more "adult contemporary", IIRC, after Night and Day. He was still putting together nice songs- but seemed way more background or movie-soundtracky to me. I've completely lost track of his newer stuff- but was aware that he kept cranking along.

You'd probably like "Rain" then.

 

[simey]

My grandmother was very tired today during my visit. I think she is tranquilized. She had a hard time staying awake. She did ramble a little bit about how she is feeling better today, and that she has felt really restless the last three days. She also said she was glad to get her boot off last week (she broke her leg back in February). Everything was making sense until she told me that the best job she has ever had was working with me, and then added that she is about ready to quit now since she is 90. I told her that she is 94, and she is the best worker ever, and that she can retire today. My grandmother has never worked with me or for me, and she has been retired for a long time. Hopefully in her dreams today she is enjoying retirement on a great vacation.

 

[simey]

Who is up?