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News of my shift of staff position

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at February 28, 2007 8:09 PM | Comments (0)

 

Thank you for renewing my faith in local rock

Read "The Next Big Thing: Little Man singer Chris Perricelli takes his shot" and see what I mean. Then check out this Pulse article with a photo of Perricelli and Al Franken, the comment thread at Blotter, the band site, the MySpace page, a 2004 Tom Hallett article on Little Man, a 2006 Flickr at 331 Club, a 2006 Ross interview. Thanks for the link at MNSpeak. Update: More awesome Little Man photos by Nick Vlcek and Darin Back. (The above is by Back.)

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at February 28, 2007 10:28 AM | Comments (1)

 

Top 50 CDs from 2006

(in alphabetical order)

Tony Allen, Lagos No Shaking (Honest Jon's Records)
reissue: Ray Barretto, Acid (Fania/Emusica)
Mary J. Blige, Reflections (A Retrospective) (Geffen)
Brightblack Morning Light, Brightblack Morning Light (Matador)
Carbon/Silicon [collected online music]
Chooglin', Chooglin' (self-released)
The Clash, The Singles (Sony BMG)
Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury (Zomba)
Ben Connelly, Over You (AD/CD Records)
The Coup, Pick a Bigger Weapon (Anti-/Epitaph)
mixtape: DJ Stage One, X-Mas Mix 2006
reissue: Brian Eno + David Byrne, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (Nonesuch)

The Evens, Get Evens (Dischord)
Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere (Downtown/Atlantic)
The God Damn Doo Wop Band, Broken Hearts (Afternoon Records)
The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Herculean (Parlophone/Honest Jons Records)

Heartless Bastards, All This Time (Fat Possum Records)
The Hold Steady, Boys and Girls in America (Vagrant)
John Holt, I Can't Get You Off My Mind (Heart Beat)

J Dilla/Jay Dee, Donuts (Stones Throw)
Juvenile, Reality Check (UTP/Atlantic)
KRS-One, Life (Antagonist)
Lady Sovereign, Public Warning (Def Jam Records)
Mission of Burma, The Obliterati (Matador)
Juana Molina, Son (Domino Records)
New York Dolls, One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (Roadrunner Records)
reissue: Orchestra Baobab, African Classics, The Cantos Collection of World Music Legends (Sheer Sound)

P.O.S., Audition (Doomtree/Rhymesayers)
Pitbull, El Mariel (TVT Records)
Prince, Ultimate (Warner Bros.) (though it really should have "Erotic City")
Nina Simone, Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Song of Freedom and Spirit (RCA/Legacy)
Stereolab, Fab Four Suture (Too Pure/Beggars Group)
T.I., King. (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Trama, "Trama Dusa: The Ugly Album" (K.E.P. Inc.)*

Trampled By Turtles, Live at Luce (Banjodad Records)
TV on the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope)
Unknown Prophets, The Road Less Traveled (www.unknownprophets.com)
Van Hunt, On the Jungle Floor (Capitol)
various artists, Afro-Punk Vol. 1 (Museum of African American Music)
various artists, Big Apple Rappin': The Early Days of Hip-Hop Culture in New York City 1979-1982 (Soul Jazz Records)

various artists, Duluth Does Dylan Revisited (Spinout Records)
various artists, DUNation.com - Volume Won (DUNation.com/Noiseland Industries)
various artists, Fifth Annual Twin Cities Celebration of Hip Hop 2006 Back to the Foundation
various artists, New Orleans Christmas (Putumayo)
various artists, Now Esto Es Musica Latino: 20 Chart-Topping Hits!
various artists, Revolution Rock: A Clash Jukebox (Trojan)
various artists, Roots of Rumba Rock, Congo Classics 1953-1955 (Ryko)
various artists, Shite 'n' Onions Volume 2: What the Shite (Omnium)
various artists, The Best of Smoke-Free Saturday Nights Volume 3 (Pulse of the Twin Cities/Disc Burn)
various artists, The Rough Guide to West African Gold (World Music Network)

(For my Top 10 albums and singles, see my my Pazz and Jop ballot.)

Other national CDs worth hearing from 2006 (in alphabetical order):

2Mex & Life Rexall are $martyr (Cornerstone RAS)
reissue: Aretha Franklin, Life at Fillmore West (Atlantic/Rhino)
Bouncing Souls, The Gold Record (Epitaph)
Bow Wow Wow, We Are the '80s (RCA/Legacy)
Demolition Doll Rods, There Is a Difference (Swami Records)
Devotchka, How It Ends (Cicero)
The Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way (Sony)*
Dolly Parton, Love Songs (BMG/Legacy)
Exene Cervenka and the Original Sinners, Sev7en (Nitro Records)
Ghostface Killah, Fishscale (Def Jam Recordings)
Hugh Masekela presents the Chisa Years, 1965-1975 (Rare and Unreleased) (BBE Records)
J Dilla, The Shining (BBE)
reissue: Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Johnny "Guitar" Watson and the Family Clone (Shout! Factory)
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, The Hits (Legacy)
reissue: Johnny Cash, At San Quentin (Legacy Edition) (Legacy)*
Jolie Holland, Springtime Can Kill You (Anti-)
Jon Langford, Gold Brick (ROIR)
LCD Soundsystem, Introns (Capitol)
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (Atlantic)
Macka Diamond, "Money-O" (Greensleeves)
Mama Digdown's Brass Band, Acona (self-released)
Mastodon, Call of the Mastodon (Relapse Records)
mixtape: DJ Cool Kev! Fastlane Reggae Vol #26
mixtape: DJ Jamsha Presenta Reggaeton Divas
Motorhead, Kiss of Death (Sanctuary)
Old Time Relijun , 2012 (K)
Otep, Otep (Capitol)
Pere Ubu, Why I Hate Women (Smog Veil)
Priestess, Hello Master (RCA)
Psalm One, The Death of Frequent Flyer (Rhymesayers)
Ray Davies, Other People's Lives (V2)
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Living Like a Refugee (Anti-)
Sizzla Kalonji, Ain't Gonna See Us Fall (VP)
Sizzla, Waterhouse Redemption (Greensleeves)
Solillaquists of Sound, "As If We Existed" (Anti-)
Sonic Youth, Rather Ripped (Geffen)
Soul Position, Things Go Better with RJ and AL (Rhymesayers)
Spank Rock, Yo Yo Yo Yo (Bib Dada)
Tego Calderon, The Underdog (Jiggiri Records/Atlantic)
reissue: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Psycho Candy (Rhino)
The Killers, Sam's Town (Island)
The Robert Cray Band, Live Across the Pond (Nozzle Records)
The Slackers, Peculiar (Hellcat Records)
The Streets, The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living (Vice/Atlantic)
The Walkmen, A Hundred Miles Off (Record Collection)
The Wedding Present, Search for Paradise: Singles 2004-5 (Manifesto)
various artists, 2006 Southern Music CD Oxford American
various artists, American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986
various artists, Classic Railroad Songs Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
various artists, Electric Gypsyland 2 (Ryko)
various artists, Grammy 2006 Nominees (Sony/BMG)
various artists, Greensleeves Rhythm Album #80: Sweat (Don Corleon/Greensleeves)
various artists, Greensleeves Rhythm Album #83 Petty Thief
various artists, Greensleeves Rhythm Album #85: Inspector (Stainless/Greensleeves)
various artists, the Return of Mudd-Up 2006 Greensleeves Rhythm Album #79 (Greensleeves)
various artists, The Rough Guide to Urban Latino (World Music Network)
various artists, Trash! The Roots of Punk! (Mojo CD)
various artists, Wassup Rockers (Record Collection)
various artists/Easy Star All-Stars, Radiodread (Easty Star)

Other local CDs worth hearing from 2006 (in alphabetical order):

Alpha Consumer, Alpha Consumer (self-released)*
Atmosphere, The Fun EP (Happy Clown Bad Dub Eight) (Rhymesayers)
Bob Dylan, Modern Times (Columbia)
Cadillac Kolstad, Standards of the World (Wampus Cat)*
Carbon Carousel, The Some of All Things or: The Healing Power of Scab Picking (a.k.a. self-titled) (carboncarousel.com)
Cave Deaths, Glacier on Fire (Modern Radio)*
Charlie Parr, Backslider (Eclectone Records)
Curtis & Loretta, Just My Heart For You (Haymarket Music)
DJ Stage One, Twin Cities Live
Done Been, Gettin' To It (self-released)
Dosh, The Lost Take (Anticon)
Dot-Ten, Mega Watt V 1.5 (Def-fidelity)
Doug Spartz & Friends, American Stories, Lies & Tales (Diamond Music Group)
Faux Jean, Light It Up/Burn It Down (New Fidelity Records)*
Gay Beast, Gay Beast EP*
Haley Bonar, Lure The Fox (Afternoon Records)*
Heat, Heat Vol. 1 mixtape (especially "True Colors," which jacks the beat by Joe Budden and producer Scram Jones, which samples the 2001 track "Outside" by Staind)
Ill Chemistry (Carnage & Desdamona), Symbiosis (self-released)
In Defence, In Defence (TCHC)*
Indigenous, Chasing the Sun (Vanguard)
Irv Williams and Peter Schimke, Duo (Ding-Dong Music)
Jack Brass Band, You Don't Know Me (www.jackbrassband.com)
Jelloslave, Touch It (Sugarfoot Music)
Jenny Dalton, Fleur de Lily (Glossy Shoebox Productions)*
Jeremy Messersmith, The Alcatraz Kid (Princess Records)*
John Swardson, Ablaze*
Kill the Vultures, The Careless Flame (JIB)*
Kip Blackshire, The Eleventh Hour (FS Music)*
K-Salaam, The World Is Ours (Rex / Koch Dist.--soon to be re-released on VP?)
Leroy Smokes, Love Hustle Theater (Smokesignyl Productions)
Likehell, Famous Orgies (Rekords Rekords)
Mark Mallman, Between the Devil and Middle C (Badman Recordings)
Mason Jennings, Boneclouds (Epic)
Mazta I, Thank the Lord and the Sword! (Copycats)*
Michael Yonkers with the Blind Shake (pre-release available at Roadrunner, Treehouse records, and Go Johnny Go! See also Learning Curve)
Mike the 2600 King, Heavy Session (Litterthugz)
Minnesota Orchestra, Beethoven Symphonies No. 3 & 8 (BIS Records)*
mixtape: Emazin, The City Pages (Trakhouse Productions/It's Been One Entertainment)
mixtape: Street Kingz Entertainment Presents The Best Kept Secret Vol. 1 Murderapolis Underworld Mixtape
Moochy C, "R.A.S.B." (Self-Explanatory Records)*
Ol' Yeller, Good Luck (SMA Records)
One for the Team, Good Boys Don't Make Noise (Afternoon Records)*
Prince, 3121 (Umvd Labels)*
Prof and Rahzwell, Absolutely (Alamo Yard Productions)
Roy Haynes and the Fountain of Youth Band, Whereas (Dreyfus) (recorded live at the Artist's Quarter)*
Sara Softich, Pipe Dream (self-released)
Saturday Morning Soundtrack (Ecid, Capaciti, Impulse, and Kristoff Krane of Abzorbr), Saturday Morning Soundtrack (Fill in the Breaks/Hecatomb)
Scottie Miller, Livin' Between the Black and White*
Soul Asylum, The Silver Lining (Columbia/Legacy)
Superhopper, "Party Killers" (Guilt Ridden Pop)
The Alarmists, A Detail of Soldiers (Instrument Control)*
The Awesome Snakes, Venom (Crustacean Records)*
The Belles Of Skin City, You Do The Company Proud (Totally Gross National Product)*
The Brass Kings, The Brass Kings (Dream Horse Records)*
The Chambermaids, The Chambermaids (Modern Radio)*
The Gleam, Lookout for Evils (SMA)*
The Mad Ripple, Sink and/or Swim (Eclectone Records)
The Maps of Norway, Sister Stations (Guilt Ridden Pop)
The New Congress, Everybody Gets Up!*
The Pink Slip, Party on Jackrabbit Mountain (Chop Shop Records)
The Randy Lee Orchestra, A Christmas by the Lake with the Randy Lee Orchestra (Arffytunes Records/Duluthrocked)
The South Side Aces, The South Side Aces (KGC Records)
The Suburbs, High Fidelity Boys - Live 1979 (Garage D'Or)
The Twin Cities Playboys, Texas Memories (Loop Start Music)
Tim O'Reagan, Tim O'Reagan (Lost Highway)*
Total Fucking Blood, Blaze the Lord (Freedom Records)*
Truthmaze, Expansions + Contractions Psoems 1:1 (Tru Ruts/Speakeasy Records)*
U-Joint, Cars Make Lovely Cages (Splung Music)
various artists, Candy Floss: The Lost Music of MidAmerica 1967-1969 (Weekend Records)
various artists, City Pages Picked 2 Click: Local Grooves Local Artists (Copycats/Heineken/Cheapo)
various artists, Down by the Riverside
cassette: various artists, Life of Monotony: Six Bands Minneapolis (c/o Tim Lunning P.O. Box 6371 Minneapolis, MN 55406)
bootleg: various artists, Live in Town
various artists, Traditions in Country (Showcase Records)
various artists, Twin Cities Hardcore: Bring It Together (TCHardcoreJournal.com)
various artists, We Will Bury You: A Tribute to Killdozer (Crustacean Records)
various artists, We'll Inherit the Earth... A Tribute to the Replacements (1-2-3-4-Go! Records)
various artists, West Bank Boogie: Forty Years of Music, Mayhem and Memories book and CD (Triangle Park Creative)
Venus, Trashed and Broken Hearted (SkinDog)
Willie Walker and the Butanes, Memphisapolis (Haute Music)

2006 local music DVDs:

DJ Stage One, Street Cinema Vol. 10

2005 national:

Africanism Allstars, Africanism III (Tommy Boy)
Daddy Yankee, Barrio Fino en Directo (El Cartel/Interscope)
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Welcome to Jamrock (Tuff Gong/Universal)
George Clinton, How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent? (The C Kunspyruhzy, LLC)
reissue: Grandmaster Flash, The Message (Runt/DBK/Elektra)
reissue: Grandmaster Flash, They Said It Couldn't Be Done (Runt/DBK/Elektra)
Hot 8 Brass Band, Rock with the Hot 8 (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
Kanye West, Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella Records)
Lady Sovereign, Vertically Challenged (Chocolate Industries)
Madonna, Confessions of a Dance Floor (Warner Bros.)
Mary J. Blige, The Breakthrough (Geffen)
Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Anti)
reissue: Run-DMC, Raising Hell (Arista/Legacy)
reissue: The 101ers, Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited (Astralwerks/EMI)
The Mighty Sparrow, First Flight: Early Calypsos the Emory Cook Collection (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
reissue: The Stooges New Orleans Brass Band, It's About Time (Limited Edition 2005-06 North American Tour for Rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina)
reissue: The Stooges, Funhouse (Elektra/Rhino)
reissue: The Stooges, The Stooges (Elektra/Rhino)
The Wedding Present, Take Fountain (Manifesto)
various artists, Broken Flowers: Music the Film (Decca Records)
various artists, Our New Orleans 2005: A Benefit Album (Nonesuch)
various artists, The Rough Guide to Dub (World Music Network)

2005 local:

Andy Sullivan, "Private Wars" (www.andysullivan.com)
cassette: Faggot (demo cassette)
Golden, "It Ain't Me" 12-inch single
Power Struggle, Arson at the Petting Zoo (New Disorder Records)
Tapes 'N Tapes, The Loon
The Flamin' Oh's, Long Live the King (SMA Records)
The Keep Aways, The Keep Aways (Chairkickers)
The Roe Family Singers, "Andronicus" (Roe Family Singers)
Tori Fixx, Mary Me (www.torifixx.com)
various artists, Twin Town High Music Yearbook Volume 08 (Pulse of the Twin Cities/Copycats)
Young Pluky, Dodging the Rico EP (Brickboy2 2 Entertainment)

Pre-2005 national:

Adolescents, Adolescents (Frontier)
Bembeya Jazz National, The Syliphone Years (Stern's)
Black Flag, The First Four Years (SST)
Devin the Dude, Just Tryin' Ta Live (Rap-A-Lot)
Eternel Docteur Nico 1967, Orchestre African Fiesta (Sukisa/African/Sonodisc)
King Sunny Ade, The Best of the Classic Years (Shanachie)
Scream, Still Screaming/This Side Up (Dischord)
The Clash, Rude Boys (bootleg)
The Mighty Sparrow, Volume One (Ice Records)
The Mighty Sparrow, Volume Three (Ice Records)
The Mighty Sparrow, Volume Two (Ice Records)
various artists, African Jazz 'N Jive: An Authentic Selection of South African Township Swing Classic the 50s & 60s (Gallo Record Company)
various artists, Calypso: The Best of Trinidad, 1912-1929 (Carib Net)
various artists, Calypso: The Best of Trinidad, 1930-1939 (Carib Net)
various artists, Calypso: The Best of Trinidad, 1940-1052 (Carib Net)
various artists, Genocide in Sudan (Waxploitation Records)

Pre-2005 local:

Strange Brew (Aaron Wade and Jay Bee), Bitches, Brews, & Beats (LNH Entertainment) (White Shadow of Norway)

(* = I either never bought it, or my copy has gone missing.)

Other year-end fun:

Nate's 2006 CDR-Go
Minnesota Mixtape 2006
ILX's Good albums left out of most year-end lists
NPR's "Overlooked 11" of 2006
Top 10 MN music video moments of 2006
Top Albums of 2005
Danny Boy's best photos of 2006
Britt Robson's 100 best CDs of 2006
Slate Year in Music
The Current staff Top 10s
Fimoculous 2006 list of music lists
Rex's own top albums

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at February 27, 2007 7:15 PM | Comments (2)

 

Minnesota Mixtape 2006

1. "Moonshine" by Kill the Vultures, from The Careless Flame (JIB)

2. "Don't I Get" by Michael Yonkers with the Blind Shake (pre-release available at Roadrunner, Treehouse records, and Go Johnny Go! See also Learning Curve)

3. "Famlay" (a.k.a. "Lights Out," a.k.a. "In the Club") featuring JR Writer, by the Street Kingz (MySpace), from The Purple Tape

4. "Five Line King" by Brother Ali, from various artists, DUNation.com - Volume Won (DUNation.com/Noiseland Industries)

5. "Faulty Fuses" (Live at the Fine Line) (radio edit) by Ill Chemistry (Carnage & Desdamona) from various artists, Fifth Annual Twin Cities Celebration of Hip Hop 2006 Back to the Foundation

6. "Tell Me" by the God Damn Doo Wop Band, Broken Hearts (Afternoon Records)

7. "Dumpster Bump" by Jack Brass Band, from You Don't Know Me (www.jackbrassband.com)

8. "Take Mine Down" by Chooglin', from Chooglin' (self-released)

9. "Dark Trance (Psychic Lighting)" by Hockey Night, from various artists, Twin Town High Music Yearbook Volume 08 (Pulse of the Twin Cities/Copycats, 2005)

10. "Nowhere to Hide" (live) by Trampled By Turtles, from Live at Luce (Banjodad Records)

11. "I Can Tell" by the Flamin' Oh's, from Long Live the King (SMA Records 2005)

12. "A Question for Pat Dwyer at Grumpy's in Northeast Minneapolis" by the Mad Ripple, from Sink and/or Swim (Eclectone Records)

13. "My Dark Places" by Faux Jean, Light It Up/Burn It Down (New Fidelity Records)

14. "Tres Preguntas" by Maria Isa, from various artists, Fifth Annual Twin Cities Celebration of Hip Hop 2006 Back to the Foundation

15. "Them See Me" by Back-Up Plomo, MySpace and demo only

16. "Free Up" by Truthmaze, from Expansions + Contractions Psoems 1:1 (Tru Ruts/Speakeasy Records)

17. "Cowbell" by Tapes 'N Tapes, from The Loon (2005)

18. "Let It Be Known" (radio edit) by Sandman (MySpace), from various artists, Fifth Annual Twin Cities Celebration of Hip Hop 2006 Back to the Foundation (more)

19. "Africa Represent" by M.anifest at his MySpace page only (more)

20. "Trashed and Broken Hearted" by Venus, from Trashed and Broken Hearted (SkinDog)

21. "Esa Mirada" by Danny y Elliot mp3 only

22. "Exactly Like Me" by Willie Walker and the Butanes, from Memphisapolis (Haute Music)

23. "Which Way Your Heart Will Go" by Mason Jennings, from Boneclouds (Epic)

24. "Be a New Man" by Ol' Yeller, from Good Luck (SMA Records)

25. "Bleeding Hearts Club (MPLS Chapter)" by P.O.S., from Audition (scroll down; more here) (Doomtree/Rhymesayers)

26. "Fearless Leader" by Soul Asylum, from The Silver Lining (Columbia/Legacy)

27. "Bastards of Young" by Against Me! from various artists, We'll Inherit the Earth... A Tribute to the Replacements (1-2-3-4-Go! Records) (more)

28. "Good Advice" by the Alarmists, A Detail of Soldiers (Instrument Control)

29. "Our Time Now" by Unknown Prophets, from The Road Less Traveled
(www.unknownprophets.com)

30. "What If?" (local lyrics over the 50 Cent song) by Fiction and Twig, from Street Kingz Entertainment Presents The Best Kept Secret Vol. 1 Murderapolis Underworld Mixtape

31. "Park Pioneers" by Dot-Ten from Mega Watt V 1.5 (Def-fidelity)

32. "Soul Seducer" (radio edit) by Guardians of Balance, from various artists, Fifth Annual Twin Cities Celebration of Hip Hop 2006 Back to the Foundation

33. "Ireland" by Sara Softich, from Pipe Dream (self-released)

34. "Party on Jackrabbit Mountain" by the Pink Slip, from Party on Jackrabbit Mountain (Chop Shop Records)

35. "Black Jack Davy" (live) by Koerner, Ray & Glover, from various artists, West Bank Boogie: Forty Years of Music, Mayhem and Memories book and CD (Triangle Park Creative)

36. "1922" (live) by Charlie Parr, from Backslider (Eclectone Records)

37. "Hot Rod Lincoln" by Sherwin Linton, Charlie Ryan, and Rick Hollister with Doug Spartz & Friends, from American Stories, Lies & Tales (Diamond Music Group) (See also: Sherwin Linton, from 1966-1975: Great Years, Great Songs)

38. "Hangman" by Al Dean, from various artists, Traditions in Country (Showcase Records)

39. "It's All a Dream" by Michael Yonkers, from various artists, Candy Floss: The Lost Music of MidAmerica 1967-1969 (Weekend Records)

40. "Mr. Tambourine Man" by Cloud Cult, from various artists, Duluth Does Dylan Revisited (Spinout)

41. "Touch It" by Jelloslave, from Touch It (Sugarfoot Music)

42. "Rough Lot" by Done Been, from Gettin' To It (self-released)

43. "Ransom" by Haley Bonar, from Lure The Fox (Afternoon Records)

44. "Into It" by Trama (with Mazta I), from "Trama Dusa: The Ugly Album" (K.E.P. Inc.) (subsequent drama, but no beef)

45. "I Don't Want to Talk to Nobody" by Scottie Miller, from Livin' Between the Black and White

46. "Out of Nowhere" by Indigenous, from Chasing the Sun (Vanguard) (more)

47. "Beautiful Day" by John Swardson, from Ablaze

48. "I'm Bored" by the Suburbs, from High Fidelity Boys - Live 1979 (Garage D'Or) (more)

49. "Park" by the Chambermaids, from The Chambermaids (Modern Radio)

50. "Kiss It, Make It Better" by Likehell, from Famous Orgies (Rekords Rekords)

51. "Remember When" by Prince Jabba, from his MySpace page

52. "Victory" by Mos Def, Sizzla, and K-Salaam, on K-Salaam, The World Is Ours (Rex / Koch Dist.--soon to be re-released on VP?)

53. "Keep It Jumpin'" by Golden, from "It Ain't Me" 12-inch single (2005)

54. "Secret" by Atmosphere, from The Fun EP (Happy Clown Bad Dub Eight) (Rhymesayers)

55. "Working Class Drinker" by Power Struggle, from Arson at the Petting Zoo (New Disorder Records, 2005)

56. "Instinctual Template" by Saturday Morning Soundtrack (Ecid, Capaciti, Impulse, and Kristoff Krane of Abzorbr), from Saturday Morning Soundtrack (Fill in the Breaks/Hecatomb)

57. "Yawn... Click" by Cave Deaths, from Glacier on Fire (Modern Radio)

58. "ID Politic" by Gay Beast, from Gay Beast EP

59. "Always Better Sorry" by Carbon Carousel, The Some of All Things or: The Healing Power of Scab Picking (a.k.a. self-titled) (carboncarousel.com)

60. "Eye of the Tiger Applies to Everything" by Superhopper, from "Party Killers" (Guilt Ridden Pop) (more)

61. "The Son of the C.E.O. of Rubbersuit Co." by Alpha Consumer, from Alpha Consumer (self-released)

62. "Holly Rock" (live 1985) by Prince and Sheila E. from various artists, Live in Town

63. "I'm Broke" by EMS + DJ Green featuring Capaciti, from various artists, DUNation.com - Volume Won (DUNation.com/Noiseland Industries)

64. "Ain't About You" by The New Congress, from Everybody Gets Up!

65. "Heroes of the North" by Prof and Rahzwell, from Absolutely (Alamo Yard Productions)

66. "The Curtain" by Leroy Smokes, from Love Hustle Theater (Smokesignyl Productions)

67. "Black Sweat" by Prince, from 3121 (Umvd Labels)

68. "I Got What You Need" by Kip Blackshire, from The Eleventh Hour (FS Music)

69. "Got What'cha Wanted" by the Gleam, from Lookout for Evils (SMA)

70. "Workingman's Blues #2" by Bob Dylan, from Modern Times (Columbia)

71. "Your Direction" by Curtis & Loretta, from Just My Heart For You (Haymarket Music)

72. "I Promised I'd Grow Up" by One for the Team, from Good Boys Don't Make Noise (Afternoon Records)

73. "Manners" by the Maps of Norway, from Sister Stations (Guilt Ridden Pop)

74. "A.S.S.K.I.C.K.A.T.R.O.N." by Ass (a great cover of the original song by Nebraska punk band Fagatron, on Agitprop! Records), from Twin Cities Hardcore: Bring It Together (TCHardcoreJournal.com)

75. "You're Gay, You're Dead" by Faggot (demo cassette, 2005) (more)

76. "Radio Interview" by the Awesome Snakes, from their MySpace page

77. "Awesome Snacks" by the Awesome Snakes, from Venom (Crustacean Records)

78. "Staplegun" by Baby Guts, from various artists, Life of Monotony: Six Bands from Minneapolis (c/o Tim Lunning P.O. Box 6371 Minneapolis, MN 55406)

79. "Bleeding Heart" by the Keep Aways, from The Keep Aways (Chairkickers 2005)

80. "Twin Cities Crew" by In Defence, from In Defence (TCHC)

81. "Upper Hand" by XOXO, Judy, from various artists, The Best of Smoke-Free Saturday Nights Volume 3 (Pulse of the Twin Cities/Disc Burn)

82. "Bless Your Soul" by Lily Liver, from various artists, City Pages Picked 2 Click: Local Grooves from Local Artists (Copycats/Heineken/Cheapo)

83. "But Anyway..." by 24 Reasons Why, from various artists, The Best of Smoke-Free Saturday Nights Volume 3 (Pulse of the Twin Cities/Disc Burn)

84. "The Internet Is Changing Everything" by Andy Sullivan, from "Private Wars" (www.andysullivan.com)

85. "We Need More Luxury Condos" by U-Joint, from Cars Make Lovely Cages (Splung Music)

86. "Rural Methlab Blues" by the Brass Kings, The Brass Kings (Dream Horse Records)

87. "White Horse" by the Roe Family Singers, from "Andronicus" (Roe Family Singers, 2005)

88. "These Things" by Tim O'Reagan, Tim O'Reagan (Lost Highway)

89. "Novocain" by Jeremy Messersmith, from The Alcatraz Kid (Princess Records) (Dylan's insane article)

90. "Life Is Pain" by Mazta I, from Thank the Lord and the Sword! (Copycats)

91. "Single Parent Home" by Jayechs, MySpace only

92. "Death Wish" by Mark Mallman, from Between the Devil and Middle C (Badman Recordings)

93. "Have Mercy" featuring Bre, by Young Pluky (more, more, more), from various artists, Fifth Annual Twin Cities Celebration of Hip Hop 2006 Back to the Foundation; also from Dodging the Rico EP (Brickboy2 2 Entertainment)

94. "Won't Do Nothing Wrong Tonight" (click "Where Are Those Summer Stars"--the songs are often reversed online) by Ben Connelly, from Over You (AD/CD Records)

95. "To My Momma" by Moochy C from "R.A.S.B." (Self-Explanatory Records)

96. "Drowned" (VIC 20 Remix) by Halloween, Alaska, from various artists, Twin Town High Music Yearbook Volume 08 (Pulse of the Twin Cities/Copycats, 2005)

97. "Bout the App [chopped and screwed]" (rapping over T.I.'s "What You Know"; possibly the first local-referencing mixtape track to be chopped and screwed?) by Emazin, from The City Pages (Trakhouse Productions/It's Been One Entertainment)

98. "Um, Circles and Squares" by Dosh, from The Lost Take (Anticon)

99. "Bad Day" by Jenny Dalton, from Fleur de Lily (Glossy Shoebox Productions)

100. "Betsi's Song" by Irv Williams and Peter Schimke, Duo (Ding-Dong Music)

Note: The above songs aren't ranked; they're sequenced for an imaginary mixtape.
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Other local CDs from 2006 worth tracking down:

Prince, Ultimate (Warner Bros.) (though it really should have "Erotic City")

Strange Brew (Aaron Wade and Jay Bee), Bitches, Brews, & Beats (LNH Entertainment, 2004) (White Shadow of Norway)

Ill Chemistry (Carnage & Desdamona), Symbiosis (self-released) (more, more, more)

Minnesota Orchestra, Beethoven Symphonies No. 3 & 8 (BIS Records)

Roy Haynes and the Fountain of Youth Band, Whereas (Dreyfus) (recorded live at the Artist's Quarter)

Mike the 2600 King, Heavy Session (Litterthugz)

DJ Stage One [still getting hold of finished versions of these] "The X-mas Mixtape"
DJ Stage One, Street Cinema Vol. 10
DJ Stage One, Twin Cities Live

various artists, We Will Bury You: A Tribute to Killdozer (Crustacean Records) featuring the Ed Gein Fan Club, Haze XXL, and Paddy Costello

various artists, Shite 'n' Onions Volume 2: What the Shite (Omnium)

Heat, Heat Vol. 1 mixtape (more, more) (especially "True Colors," which jacks the beat by Joe Budden and producer Scram Jones, which samples the 2001 track "Outside" by Staind)

Cadillac Kolstad, Standards of the World (Wampus Cat)

The Twin Cities Playboys, Texas Memories (Loop Start Music)

The Randy Lee Orchestra, A Christmas by the Lake with the Randy Lee Orchestra (Arffytunes Records/Duluthrocked)

various artists, Down by the Riverside (more)

Tori Fixx, Mary Me (www.torifixx.com, 2005) (more)

Total Fucking Blood, Blaze the Lord (Freedom From Records)

The South Side Aces, The South Side Aces (KGC Records)

The Belles Of Skin City, You Do The Company Proud (Totally Gross National Product)

The Dixie Chicks (with Dan Wilson co-writing many songs), Taking the Long Way (Sony)
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2 local mashups:

Slug mashed up with 50 Cent

DJ Benzi's mashup of "Ohh" by Mary J. Blige's and "Modern Man's Hustle" by Atmosphere

Top 10 local live acts of 2006:

1. Faggot
2. Heat
3. The God Damn Doo Wop Band
4. Dosh
5. Jack Brass Band
6. Metallagher
7. Gary Burger and the Mock Monks
8. Bone Appetit
9. Michael Gaughan
10. STNNNG

Further listening:

Rift's list of Minnesota recordings released in 2006 (Courtesy of Rift magazine... though not yet complete. Thanks, Rich!)

More Minnesota Top 10s and updates:

Complicated Fun: Top 10 Minnesota Albums of 2005
City Pages: ten good local albums from 2006 (plus honorable mentions)
The Onion A.V. Club blog: Local Top 20 (plus honorable mentions)
Star Tribune: Local critics' local Top 10s
MinneapolitanMusic: 35 local CDs of 2006
Mpls-St. Paul: 10 Local, Notable CDs of 2006
Pulse blog: Local Top 10 of 2006
Ross Raihala: Two local Top 10 lists
Star Tribune: Riemenschneider's local Top 10
Star Tribune: Local critics' local-music poll
MinneapolitanMusic: Best Live Shows of 2006
Complicated Fun: Top 10 MN music video moments of 2006
More Cowbell: Local Top 10
How Was the Show: 2006 local albums, songs, live acts
City Pages: Local Music Yearbook '06
Star Tribune: 2006 local music rewind
Ross Raihala: "The year that was" interviews with local musicians--read forward from here
City Pages: Picked to Click XVI
Complicated Fun: Gordon Parks, R.I.P.
City Pages: interviews with 7 local musicians
Culture to Go: Top ten blurry highlights from Homegrown (with more photos here)
City Pages: A Beautiful Mind: Minnesota-born Paul Nelson was a '60s folk revival pioneer and a founding father of rock writing
Fimoculous: 2006 list of music lists

I can't believe you didn't include...

Reaction threads at DU, TCPunk, MusicScene, and Modern Radio.

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at February 13, 2007 10:13 PM | Comments (1)

 

Katrina: Changing winds? (plus Mardi Gras MPLS)

(from the Times-Picayune, 2007)

With Hurricane Katrina documentaries becoming a new genre (see "If you lived here, you'd be gone by now" in this week's City Pages) and Mardi Gras rolling through New Orleans, the failed reconstruction (and the plight of the diaspora) is once again in the news. Last Thursday, Joseph Bruno, one of the lawyers who appears in Spike Lee's epochal documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Parts (now on DVD), filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the federal government and Army Corps of Engineers on behalf of seven residents of the Lakeview area, seeking class-action status and unspecified damages.

"The neighborhood was hard hit by flooding when a levee on the east side of the 17th Street Canal broke," writes Cain Burdeau of the Associated Press. The suit blames a 1984 permit issued by the corp allowing the city to dredge the canal. "If class-action status is granted, tens of thousands of New Orleans residents and claims in the tens of billions of dollars could be affected."

The key issue is "whether the [canal] should be considered a navigable waterway or a flood control project." As Lee's documentary noted, flood control is protected from lawsuits by the 1928 Flood Control Act. "However," Burdeau continues, "if a judge decides it is a navigable waterway, then the corps, and by extension the federal government, may have to defend their actions at trial."

The suit, filed on the heels of a related and encouraging ruling, could mark a sea change in America policy towards the Gulf Coast. "The highest potential of these cases is to prompt a more generous and complete 9/11-like response to this disaster," says Tulane University's Oliver Houck in the same story. "Congress may be compelled to find a more generic solution than trying to settle thousands and thousands of individual claims."

Meanwhile, Lee's documentary is finding a mass audience during Mardi Gras/Carnival season (which ends February 20), amidst an activist tide that hasn't let up in the past year and a half, despite the president's broken promises. If you're in Minnesota, check out the events below, and keep up through the following websites and organizations, many of which spend your donations better than the government:

http://neworleansmusiciansclinic.org
http://studenthurricanenetwork.org
http://louisianamusicfactory.com
http://squanderedheritage.com
http://commongroundrelief.org
http://justiceforneworleans.org
http://reconstructionwatch.org
http://handsonneworleans.org
http://stopglobalwarming.org
http://bestofneworleans.com
http://tipitinasfoundation.org
http://americaswetland.com
http://childrensdefense.org
http://www.zenithsvs.com
http://acorn.org/katrina
http://reneworleans.net
http://nojazzfest.com
http://dirtycoast.com
http://vatul.net/blog
http://satchmo.com
http://nolevee.com
http://thegyac.org
http://cleanno.org
http://offbeat.com
http://levees.org
http://wwltv.com
http://nomrf.org
http://wdsu.com
http://wwoz.org
http://nola.com

(above: Circle Market in September, 2005, and on Mardi Gras, 2006)

MARDI GRAS & CARNIVAL IN MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL (more here)

Monday, February 12

Nearly a year and a half after Hurricane Katrina, "a PBS documentary dares to ask 'What Would America Be Like Without New Orleans?'" American Experience: New Orleans is a two-hour program about the city's past, and how it relates to its present. It airs tonight (and re-runs on Tuesday) at 8:00 p.m. on TPT Channel 2.

Tuesday, February 13

The first part of Spike Lee's documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts screens. Free. 7:00 p.m. in the third-floor lounge, followed by a discussion. Room 304, Murray-Herrick Campus Center, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Avenue, 651.962.6404. Meanwhile, Cajun and Creole foods will be served in the Student Dining Room and the Grill in Murray-Herrick Campus Center, and in the Binz Refectory on the south campus. The foods can be purchased with meal-plan and flex dollars. Also: A jazz ensemble, led by St.Thomas student Dejen Tesfagiorgis, will perform over the dinner hour in the second-floor Student Dining Room in Murray-Herrick.

The two-hour PBS documentary American Experience: New Orleans airs again at 8:00 p.m. on TPT Channel 2.

Wednesday, February 14/Valentine's Day

The second part of Spike Lee's documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts screens. Free. 7:00 p.m. in the third-floor lounge, followed by a discussion. Room 304, Murray-Herrick Campus Center, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Avenue, 651.962.6404

Thursday, February 15

"Hurricane Katrina: Real Stories" features speakers from the Gulf Coast, plus the Dejen Tesfagiorgis ensemble playing New Orleans jazz, Cajun food, and a one-act play. Free. 6:30 p.m., O'Shaughnessy Educational Center auditorium, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Avenue, 651.962.6404

Southside Aces (MySpace page) Mardi Gras Party. Free. 9:00 p.m., Clubhouse Jager, 923 Washington Avenue North, 612.332.2686

Mister Rolls. 8:00 p.m., the Eagles Club/the Nest, 2507 East 25th Street, 612.729.4469

Friday, February 16

The Iguanas, Molly Maher. $12/$14, 8:00 p.m., Turf Club, 1601 University Avenue West, 651.647.0486

Carnaval Brasiliero, with Beira Mar Brasil, Dandara, Edgar Oliveira, more. $15/$20. 9:00 p.m., Trocaderos, 107 3rd Avenue North, 612.465.0440

Twin City Playboys, the Cajun Hot Soles (CD-Release). $6/$5 with Mardi Gras costume, 8:00 p.m., Lee's Liquor Lounge, 101 Glenwood Avenue North (at 11th Street), 612.338.9491

Saturday, February 17

Famous Dave's Barbeque and Blues Mardi Gras Celebration, with the Twin City Playboys, the Cajun Hot Soles, Dan Newton, the Rockin' Pinecones, and the Jack Brass Band. $5. 7:00 p.m., Famous Dave's Barbecue, 3001 Hennepin Avenue South (in Calhoun Square), 612.822.9900

Gumbo quartet live band (7:00 p.m.), with free Mardi Gras beads; carnival dance with Tropix (live band playing bossa and steel drum) (10:00 p.m.). Wear a Venetian mask and get a free caipirinha, Nochee, 500 Washington Avenue South, 612.344.7000.

Sunday, February 18

Twin City Playboys Mardi Gras Show, with Pop Wagner. $2. 9:00 p.m., Turf Club, 1601 University Avenue West, 651.647.0486

Tuesday, February 20/Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday

Fat Tuesday Benefit for the New Orleans Musicians Clinic (presented by Mercy Seat Lutheran Church), with the Brass Kings, Molly Maher and Her Disbelievers, Charlie Parr, and Jon Rodine. $4. 9:00 P.M., Turf Club, 1601 University Avenue West, 651.647.0486

J.J.'s Zydeco Paydirt. Free. 6:00 p.m., Dixie's on Grand, 695 Grand Avenue, 651.222.7345

KFAI's Mardi Gras at the Eagles, with the Faux Playboys, the Rockin' Pinecones, the TC Playboys, Dick and Jane's Big Brass Band, and Mister Rolls. Free. 7:30 p.m., the Eagles Club/the Nest, 2507 East 25th Street, 612.729.4469

Mardi Gras Party. Free. 9:00 p.m., Hexagon Bar, 2600 27th Avenue South, 612.722.3454

Copper Box, Brass Messengers. $5. 9:00 p.m., Nomad World pub, 501 Cedar Avenue South (at Riverside Avenue), 612.338.6424

Wednesday, February 21/Ash Wednesday

"New Orleans Revisited" at the Walker Art Center, 7:00 p.m.

JUST ADDED: Friday, February 23 (late Mardi Gras)

"Vox Medusa would like to invite you to a special Mardi Gras celebration at MYTH... Myth is going to be decked out in the Mardi Gras colors and Vox Medusa will be performing throughout the night. Anyone who went to New Year's Eve 2007 in Heaven should definitely check this party out! Also there are some great specials on VIP, cover and bottle service. So get your masks, beads and party on at Mardi Gras."

KATRINA DOCUMENTARY LINKS:

American Experience: New Orleans
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
The Art of the Storm
New Orleans Music in Exile
Hurricane on the Bayou at the Science Museum of Minnesota
An Inconvenient Truth
Children of New Orleans: Still Weathering the Storm
Tim's Island
various Katrina documentaries

(Machelle and Maitri in New Orleans, Mardi Gras, 2006)

PREVIOUS WRITINGS ABOUT NEW ORLEANS:

Why Nagin beat Juvenile (Complicated Fun, June 12, 2006)
New Orleans: Putting liberals to sleep (Complicated Fun May 3, 2006)
A Platform for New Orleans (Complicated Fun, May 1, 2006)
Can't Go Home: Juvenile's New Orleans, the ghost town America made (City Pages, April 5, 2006), with more photos and audio here.
Livin' For the City: How could a local band help save New Orleans? You don't know Jack. (City Pages, February 1, 2006)
Local Music Yearbook '05 (City Pages, December 14, 2005)
Welcome to the Superdome: How Hurricane Katrina made Public Enemy relevant again (City Pages, November 2, 2005)
New Orleans: We Will Swing Again (Complicated Fun, Sept. 30, 2005)
New Orleans: Survivor Stories (City Pages, September 20, 2005)
List of links to a dozen or so Katrina posts (Complicated Fun, September 20, 2005)
Various Artists: Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans (City Pages, December 22, 2004)
Master P's Ghetto D (City Pages, November 5, 1997)
Rediscovering the lost sound of the "other" New Orleans (this piece sucks, and has errors, but also some good quotes; City Pages, February 18, 1998)
Looking for the Heart of Tuesday Night: Sex, Saints, and Rock'n'Roll in the Mardi Gras City (with this missing introductory quote: "Well if you're going to New Orleans, you ought to go see the Mardi Gras/If you're going to New Orleans, you ought to go see the Mardi Gras/When you see the Mardi Gras, somebody'll tell you what's Carnival for" -- Professor Longhair, "Go to the Mardi Gras"; Minnesota Daily, March 5, 1998)

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at February 12, 2007 8:45 PM | Comments (1)

 

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