June 10, 2007 - June 16, 2007

U2: You Don't Have to Go It Alone mixtape

U2 mix for two sides of a Maxell 110-minute cassette tape (usually leaving a few minutes extra on each side). And yeah, only my girlfriend listens to tapes. And yeah, I left off "Where the Streets Have No Name." That's what albums are for. It's a great live song that I just don't need to hear in this context, for whatever reason. More on U2 here.

Side 1: What you don't have, you don't need it now

A Sort of Homecoming (live) 3:16
With or Without You 4:53
Two Hearts Beat as One 4:01
Beautiful Day 4:04
Gloria 3:39
11 O'Clock Tick Tock (live, but not this version) 5:01
I Will Follow (check out this TV appearance, too) 3:36
Pride (In the Name of Love) 4:01
Van Dieman's Land (the studio version, not this live version) 2:57
Sunday Bloody Sunday (live) 4:40
Miss Sarajevo (featuring Brian Eno and Luciano Pavarotti) 5:42
The Wanderer (starring Johnny Cash) 2:52
Heartland 2:58
excerpt: Bad (not this live version, but the studio version) 8:02

Side 2: Can we rewind it just once more

Jesus Christ (a cover of the song by Woodie Guthrie, not this documentary version, obviously) 2:26
Wake Up Dead Man 3:49
Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of 4:27
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own 4:49
Saints Are Coming (a cover of the song by the Skids, with Green Day) 3:18
Like a Song (actual version a couple minutes longer) 3:10
All I Want Is You (edit) 4:26
Surrender (not this version, the studio version) 4:46
Out of Control (not this version, the studio version) 4:10
New Year's Day (album version) 4:16
One 3:47
Walk On 4:28
excerpt: Endless Deep 2:59

Extra songs for a future, burned-CD version:
The Unforgettable Fire 4:52
City of Blinding Lights 5:45

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at June 16, 2007 1:07 AM | Comments (1)

Kico Rangel: A West Side Story

Click here for my City Pages article on Kico Rangel, who has been playing jazz and Mexican music in Minnesota for a half century. Click the above image for a larger photo of him (far left) with friends in the West Side Flats neighborhood in 1949. Below are photos of the musician with his sisters in the '50s, and flutes and band mates in the '60s.

Recently posted elsewhere:

Can't Stop, Won't Stop: Has any man in the Midwest played more
gigs than Kico Rangel? (City Pages 6/13/07), Hula-hoop dreams (CPCulture.com 6/11/07), Guess whether the priest is pro-heart or pro-head (CPBlotter.com 6/6/07) (update), Daniel Corrigan shows his best music photos (CPCulture.com 6/4/07), Brother Ali, you got any hand grenades? (CPCulture.com 6/1/07), Maria Isa rocks Trocadero's (City Pages online gallery 5/29/07), previous roundup.

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at June 12, 2007 7:10 PM | Comments (0)

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