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Shine a Light

This blog serves as the dj commentary for the podcast Shine a Light, for which the RSS link is http://profiles.blipmedia.org/elevatorlady/podcast.xml


The road to heaven is paved with rock and roll.
"I think we're gonna find a path tonight...." - Kristin Hersh

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i wear bifocals. i still can't ride a bike. i drive my granny's 1989 delta 88 oldsmobile with my brand new driver license. i wish i wasn't in college but i am still here because i expect that i'll be grateful for it one day. i am making a brilliant film. i rock the moves and the mic in Scandaliz Vandalistz and TRASH TRASH TRASH. i go to sleep when i am hungry. i'd rather be on tour. i am so shy. ready to die.

Saturday, November 26, 2005

i am innocent

meant for dancin

00:00-03:39...Animal Collective - Who Could Win a Rabbit

03:40-08:22...Sons and Daughters - Hunt

08:23-12:29...Sage Francis - Dance Monkey

12:30-16:46...The Go! Team - Bottle Rocket

16:47-19:49...The Reigning Sound - We Repel Each Other

03:40-08:22...The Gossip - Dressed in Black

19:50-22:58...Brazilian Girls - Pussy

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http://www.blipmedia.org/editor/Uploads/elevatorlady.losiaf.mp3
http://www.blipmedia.org/editor/Uploads/elevatorlady.kyotuw.mp3
http://www.blipmedia.org/editor/Uploads/elevatorlady.kyyeke.mp3

Saturday, November 19, 2005

broke just in two

blagh it has been such a long week. i really don't feel like writing commentary right now..... i don't think anyone reads it anyway, so. no one will miss it, hooray.

00:00-03:00...Spoon - June's Foreign Spell

03:01-08:22...The Moldy Peaches - NYC's Like a Graveyard

08:23-12:29...Bob Marley - Mellow Mood

12:30-16:46...Mr. Airplane Man - Make You Mine

16:47-19:49...TV on the Radio - Dreams

19:50-22:58...The Black Eyed Peas - My Humps

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Tuesday, November 08, 2005

i'm counting sheep

I have to write a paper about Ringu. Fuck life.

00:00-02:57...John Doe - Ready
John Doe is one of the original members of the Los Angeles punk band X. This song was actually supposed to be an X song but it never happend. This is from one of John Doe's solo albums, and if the female voice in the back sounds familiar, that's because it's Kristin Hersh! Haunting, eh? I actually read a review of this album that said Kristin's voice sounds better with his than Exene Cervenka, who was actually in X.

02:58-07:37...The Need - Jacky the Ripper
Queercore doesn't get any crazier than this. Radio Sloan and Rachel Carns made two albums as The Need before they disbanded, but those two albums were amazing. This song is from their self-titled debut. There's something so strangely sexy about their music, I can't even describe it. I think you have to listen to a whole album through to really get it, but maybe you can sort of get the idea here... "I come to get you in my sleep (Jackie O, O lantern) Or am I coming in my sleep?" What the fuck does it mean? Who knows, but it drips with sex. I love it. "Roll the brain in salt and wrap the heart in paper."

07:38-10:42...Frente! - Jungle
This is a darkly happy little song that I have really been loving the past year. "This is my jungle!" Angie Hart declares happily, "There's no room for you!" Complete with a joyous little flute solo and Angie's fluttery voice, loneliness and isolation has never felt so good. If you enjoy this song, you should definitely look into more Frente! because they are way too much fun. Angie and her husband later started a band called Splendid that is a little cheesy, but still nice at times.

10:43-13:46...Sublime - 40 Oz to Freedom
I don't know what came over me. Perhaps it was Alice's livejournal entry about this band. I miss them, and the memories they bring back. At any rate, this is one of my favorite Sublime songs. "A 40oz to freedom is the only chance I have to feel good even though I feel bad." Truer words were never said. This song is from the album of the same name, which is pretty damn great.

13:47-18:06...Tori Amos - Doughnut Song
I don't know what possessed me to choose this song. I really like the lyrics though. I always feel a little silly when I first put on a Tori Amos CD but I shouldn't feel that way because she's very talented and I always remember why I like her when I get into the first song. Anyway, if you are a non-believer, you should try giving her another chance. This song is from Boys for Pele which is definitely my favorite of her albums. It's her post-miscarriage album and is supposed to be her "most difficult" but I couldn't really say what that means. It's always the one I tell people to listen to when they're trying to get into her. So go for it.

18:07-24:03...!!! - Pardon My Freedom
I put this one on the end because it's a bit long, and you can just turn it off if you don't like it. But !!! (pronounced chik-chik-chik) is great dance fun! So crank it up and get your ass out of your chair. This song is from the 2004 album Louden Up Now. "Like I give a fuck! Like I give a shit about that fuck!"

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Thursday, November 03, 2005

proximity

UGH I AM SO ANGRY WITH BLIPMEDIA! yes they are very nice to be hosting this junk for free, but free sites that don't work are no fun either. hopefully this week will actually work. i hate how i have to apologize in every single post! agh.
(happy birthday, morgan dear)

00:00-02:16...Richard Cheese - Closer
I was considering playing a REAL Nine Inch Nails song, rather than this ridiculous lounge cover, but I don't really know anything about them. Brandon and I saw them live on Sunday night at VooDoo (more like DooDoo, it was the worst festival in the history of the world) so I wanted to honor them here in some way for putting on one of the only decent performances of the whole day. If you enjoy this you should definitely listen to some more Cheese because he does lots of pop/rock/rap covers that are equally amazing. Brandon and I want to commission him to do a whole NIN cover album.

02:17-05:51...Mindless Self-Indulgence - I Hate Jimmy Page
Honestly, my favorite performance of VooDoo Memphis. This band is insanely fun live, and I definitely recommend that you see them! I think a lot of the time people take bands like this too serious before they really listen. The lead singer's name is Jimmy Page, so you can get an idea of what this song is about. I definitely saw his ass on Sunday. He's totally got his live moves down, he was climbing the stage frame and riding trunks around and just being generally nutty. I've heard that things can get pretty heated between him and the male lead guitarist... But we didn't get to see any of that. "Get those faggots off the stage!"

05:52-09:42...Cake - No Phone
Cake was the most disappointing show at VooDoo, although it definitely was not their fault. Sound crew consisted entirely of fuck-ups, or just anti-Cake people, or something. Anyway, you could barely hear half the instruments and it was just awful and the band was really mad too. Lead singer/guitarist John McCrea expressed his intense frustration with the situation by walking offstage. However, Vince DiFiore saved the day (I guess? not really) by starting up a beat on the keyboard, so John came back out and sang this song. He tried to get the audience really roused up but we were all frustrated and unhappy, and nobody wanted to sing. The sound situation did not get fixed.

09:43-12:20...Holly Golightly - Wherever You Were
I think it's unfortunate, at times, how nonchalant Holly Golightly ALWAYS sounds, because it really works on some songs. But I get bored with it after a while. Who wants to listen to someone who always sounds bored with herself? But aside from that, I think this is a really great, powerful song. She really hits the early 60's garage rock tone dead on in this song. It's from her debut solo album The Good Times, which was released in 1995 in between records with the band Thee Headcotees, who are also fun but don't get talked up as much as Holly's solo stuff.

12:21-16:29...Ani DiFranco - Company
I can't put my finger exactly on why, but I've been stuck on this song ever since it came out on Educated Guess in 2003. The album itself was really unique: the first time Ani did everything completely and entirely by herself, every voice, instrument, and production process. She recorded it in her house in New Orleans, and I've heard that her latest album got stuck there after Katrina. (That is a rumor I heard from Ada, so who knows if it's true.) Anyway, I think Ani catches a quality in this song that I'd never heard from her before. I know it's got to be partly due to the weeping lyrics, the lovely harmonies, and the sparse, echo-y guitar, but also I think there's a different quality in her voice (especially near the end of the song) that she hasn't replicated anywhere else. Anyway, this song is fucking gorgeous no matter how you look at it.

16:30-18:22...Holy Modal Rounders - Mr. Spaceman
I don't know what possessed me to put this song on here. All I know about it is that it's from the Brain in a Box sci-fi music collection. And that allmusic.com calls their music "acid folk." I should probably listen to some more of their songs, laugh laugh. They were around from 1963 to 1979. But basically, this song just makes me happy.

18:23-21:16...Cheese on Bread - Modern Art Gallery
Although this sounds totally different from the messy, five-person live show they put on, I can't emphasize how much I still want you to fall in love with Cheese on Bread. It's technically just two kids, Sara and Dan, but they take friends on tour with them and act like lunatics. SV played a show with them this summer at the Buccaneer, and they were the best band we have ever shared a stage with. What a proud evening. They are the sweetest people! But they are also really good songwriters and I really recommend their whole album along with this. "Talking to you is like walking through a modern art gallery, and I don't want to sit on the art!" Their lyrics are smart, funny, and totally perfect.

21:17-25:32...Diane Izzo - Fire
For some reason, Diane Izzo really gets to me as one of the great tragedies of rock and roll. She made a brilliant first album, One, in 1999, and has completely fallen off the musical map. Sugar Free Records, her label, has disappeared as well. I have no idea how to find out what happened to the label and her music, or what she is doing now. You can still order the album from Amazon, but that seems to be the only indicator that it wasn't just a handful of people falling into her Brigadoon some year. Anyway, I hope to hear from her again one day, although I'm guessing she doesn't really have the money to make another album. I read that she started writing songs while travelling across the country, working odd jobs, and selling blood just to make a living. So I encourage all of you to look into this one album, because it's really beautifully written. Izzo has a lovely voice and a great talent for lyrics.

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