Heavy Hills

Heavy Hills are a psych rock band from Northern California, my corner of the country, but I had never heard of them until Ongakubaka posted their demo. I'm not sure why Holy Mountain hasn't swept in and signed these guys yet because their sound fits right in with their Nor Cal peers Wooden Shjips (with whom they will be playings in SF at Frisco Freakout on 10/10), Mammatus and the like.

Have a listen to their psyched / fuzzed / drowsed / blurred-out / heavyy / induced / drowned sounds and wait with me in anticipation for their next release.
Superpentamandalagram
Black Hole Rising



download their fine five track demo [link]

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myspace (with a few more tracks) [link]
last.fm [link]

Oil Spills and Micro-Organisms #6

listen or stream @128

visit show page [link]

Artist	Song	Album	Label
Master Musicians of Bukakke	People Of The Drifting Houses	Totem One	Conspiracy Records
Meth Teeth	Unemployment Forever	Everything Went Wrong	Woodsist
Sun City Girls	Original of the Aboriginal	98.6 is Death: Carnival Folklore Resurrection vol. 13	Abduction
Absinthe Minds	The Song Of Returning Light 1	The Song Of Returning Light	Not Not Fun Records
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Life is Bonkers	And Your Parents Don't Care	And Your Parents Don't Care	Wad
The Sea Nymphs	A Thousand Strokes And A Rolling Suck	The Sea Nymphs	The Alphabet Business Concern
Paavoharju	Italialaisella Laivalla	Laulu Laakson Kukista	Fonal
The BSexuals	PCG	Ceci n'est pas un band	Aunt Enna Records
Billy Bragg	Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards	Workers Playtime	Go! Discs
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Absinthe Minds	The Song Of Returning Light 4	The Song Of Returning Light	Not Not Fun Records
Benedict Siegel	Championship Camping		Self Released
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Souleyman, Omar	Arabic Dabke	Highway to Hassake: folk and pop sounds of Syria	Sublime Frequencies
Nettle	Duende (DJ Scud's In Chains Remix)	Build A fort, Set That On fire	Self Released
DJ/Rupture-Andy Moor	Sometime it Can be Difficult To Breathe	Patches	Unsuitable
Squarepusher & AFX	Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid	Warp 100 - We Are Reasonable People	WARP
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Moon Wiring Club	Living Furniture	An Audience of Art Deco Eyes	Ghost Box

all images are from scrapatorium

Oil Spills and Micro-Organisms #4

truth be told / somnambulist / arctic sun / blues & reds / franchised arby's / someone's grandmother / yer alibi / brown paper bag / a moment of silence [respect] / crackerjack / out of print / illinois-indiana border town / the unemployment line / bike spoke / only written words / $3.06 per gallon / cue card / bubblewrap / unceremoniously

stream or download @128

Artist	Song	Album	Label
Non Toxique Lost	Lost For Margaret	Out Of Standard!! - Deutschland 1	ADN
Church Universal & Triumphant, Inc. Feat. Elizabeth Clare Prophet	Preamble - Great Divine Rectors Call	the Sounds of American Doomsday Cults vol 14	Faithways International
Church Universal & Triumphant, Inc. Feat. Elizabeth Clare Prophet	Call For Protection	the Sounds of American Doomsday Cults vol 14	Faithways International
The Quasi Kuhlman's 5	Sampo Suru (First Part)	Insane Music For Insane People Vol. 21	Insane Music
Colin Potter	For All You Know	Insane Music For Insane People Vol. 2	Insane Music
Human Flesh	Indians	Insane Music For Insane People	Insane Music
Phillippe Laurent	Exposition Partie 5	Sensationnel No. 1	Illusion Production
Crayons	Track 1	I Dream Of God	self released?
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Van Kaye & Ignit	Another Waste	Insane Music For Insane People Vol. 3	Insane Music
The Legendary Pink Dots	Time Dance	Insane Music For Insane People Vol. 2	Insane Music
Kan Mikami	Track 3	Bang!	avex io
NAVE	Love in the Mother Where You Shout	NAVE02	Via Injection
Elizabeth Harper	Green	What Is Truth? Volume Two	Panic Records & Tapes
David Tukhmanov	Track 3	Po Volne Moyei Pamyati (On The Wave Of My Memory)	Melodiya
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Blitzoids	Theme From a Summer Place	What Is Truth? Volume Two	Panic Records & Tapes
Benedict Siegel	Day Before the Day Before		self released
Zola Jesus	Devil Take You	The Spoils	Sacred Bones
The Metronomes	Ballad of the Metronome	A Tribute To Flexipop, Vol. 2	Flexi-Pop
The Modern Art	Fiction & Literature	The Modern Art	Prescription
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Mission of Burma	1, 2 ,3, Partyy!	The Sound The Speed The Light	Matador

tumblr

I started a music tumblr where I am posting a new song everyday (or thereabout) -- you can visit it here [link]
thank you friends
-joel

Oil Spills and Micro-Organisms #3

the moon just hung there.
inside. backdropped. trick-lighting. and camera tricks. and smoke & mirrors. weighing weightlessness. adapted from a turn-of-the-century novel. with a brillant cover design. the characters have changed. screenwriter's liberties. over budget. released on vhs. out of the vacuum. space sounds.



download or stream @128

Artist	Song	Album	Label	Notes
Species Being	Pt. 1	Yonilicious		1998, US
Marble Sheep	Big Wave-New Year In Kenya	Big Deal	Captain Trip Records	1992, Japan
Manuel Guzman	Eclipse de estrellas
The Advisory Circle	Fire, Damp & Air	Other Channels	Ghost Box	2008, UK
Species Being	Pt. 3	Yonilicious		1998, US
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Steve Thomsen	Submarine Seance	Conglomerate Ceiling		2001, US
Pierre F. Brault	Les Planetes			1980, Canada
Haruomi Hosono & Tadanori Yokoo	Hepatitis	Cochin Moon	King Records	1978, Japan
Islaja	Ulual Yyy	Sydanten Ahmija	Fonal	2007, Finland
Mr. Andrew	The Bats	Magic Planet	Base Record	1982, Italy
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Teeth Mountain	Spirals	Teeth Mountain	Shdwply Records	2008, US
Ninety Day Men	Too Late Or Too Dead	Panda Park	Southern	2004, US
The Mayfair Set	Dark House	Young One	Captured Tracks	2009, US
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Drahomira Song Orchestra	Came Out Of The Earth	Strange Baltic Laboratoire	Institut Drahomira	1999, France

Sidewalk City #1 / Oil Spills and Micro-Organisms #2

Sidewalk City tonight folks.

Guest DJ Kevin in this week.

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visit the show page [link]

stream or download @128

Artist	Song	Album
Stool Pigeons	I Gotta Dream On	Shreds Vol. 4
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Chet Bolins	Rock N Roll Radio
Replacements	Kick your door down	Sorry ma, forgot to take out the trash
Nips	Happy Song
Smog	Ex-Con	Red Apple Falls
Carl Perkins	Movie Magg
Tim Fite	No Good Here	Gone Ain't Good
Reigning Sound	Medication Blues #1	Home for Orphans
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Kelley Stoltz	Your Reverie	Circilar Sounds
X-Teens	I Can't Pretend	Create Action
Lost Child Sounds	Gotta get out now	So in Gentle Oreperation, We Quietly Moved
90 Day Men	Last Night a DJ Saved My Life	To Everyone
Felt	All the People I Like Are Those That Are Dead	Forever Breathes the Lonely World
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Vic Godard and Subway Sect	Split Up The Money	Split Up The Money
Crooked Fingers	Sweet Marie	Red Devil Dawn
Big Star	You Get What You Deserve	Radio City
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Vapors	Spring Collection	New Clear Days
Nick Lowe	So It Goes	Jesus of Cool

Oil Spills & Micro-Organisms Show #1

My new hour long show on KDVS, 90.3fm Davis, CA.

everything under two minutes. ----> how many songs can be crammed into one hour?



visit the show page [link]

Stream or download @128

Artist		Song		Album		Label
Plaid		Bata		Heaven's Door OST		Beat
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Deutsch Nepal		Liebe kommt ... und Liebe geht		6 Richtige-Pforzheim Sampler		Intoleranz
Moloko Plus		Lass mich dein Kannibale sein		6 Richtige-Pforzheim Sampler		Intoleranz
Kjertl Del Brondo Group		Revelations		Untitled 7''		Not On Label
The Wipers		Mystery		Is This Real?		Sub Pop
Husker Du		Hate Paper Doll		Flip Your Wig		SST Record
Mission of Burma		This Is Not A Photograph		Signals, Calls, And Marches EP		Rykodisc
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Mayyors		Intro/Airplanes		Megan's LOLZ		Gomerdome
Women		January 8th		Women		Jagjaguwar
Zola Jesus		Last Day		Tsar Bomba		Troubleman Unlimited
Sic Alps		Bathman		U.S. EZ		Siltbreeze
Hospitals		Scan The Floor For Food		Hairdryer Peace		Self-Released
Soft Shoulder		Mary Ann
Catatonic Youth		Freedom Vanilla		Piss Scene		Hozac
Cause Co-Motion!		Which Way is Up?		Which Way Is Up?/Falling Again		What's Your Rupture?
Box Elders		Hole in My Head		Hole in My Head		Grotto
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Horns Of Chaos		Prospecting Horns		Stollwerck Sampler		FunfUndVierzig
Belga		SZ.L.B.		Zigilemez
Cem Karaca & Apaslar		anadolu oyun havasa		Turkish Delights: 26 Beat, Psych & Garage Ultrarities from Beyond the Sea of Marmara
DJ Shadow		Organ Donor		Endtroducing		Fontana Island
Sixtoo		Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man, Part 8		Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man		Ninja Tune
i, cactus		yellow cactus		i, cactus		8bitpeoples
Max Richter		H In New England		24 Postcards In Full Colour		Fatcat Records
The Books		Deafkids		Thought for Food		Tomlab
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M. R. Shajarian		Arousi		Delshodegan
The Advisory Circle		A Clear Yarn Warning		Other Channels		Ghost Box
Nina Nastasia		Run, All You...		The Blackened Air		Touch & Go
The Red Krayola		Victory Garden		God Bless The Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It		Collectables
John Henry Memorial		After School Special		La Bonita Comossion		Marriage Records
Syd Barrett		Effervescing Elephant		Barrett		Capitol
Van Dyke Parks		The Four Mills Brothers		Discover America		Warner Bros

Pierre F. Brault - Soundtrack to La faim

One of my all-time favorite films is Peter Foldes' 1974 animated masterpiece La Faim. The music from the film is by a French-Canadian named Pierre F. Brault, and is as remarkable as any other part of the film. Here is the full 10-min soundtrack to the film:
La faim

Here also is "Les planètes," a 1980 track that Mr. Brault made with Michel Robidoux (via Psyquébélique)
Les planètes

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La Faim (Peter Foldes, 1974):

Tadanori Yokoo

Wow this guy is amazing. I probably should have known that a few years ago, since he became famous in the 1960s, but better now then never. Musician, actor, animator, painter, illustrator, a true renaissance man.
Here are two of his songs from his excellent/crazed album Cochin Moon that he made with Haruomi Hosono in 1978:
Hum Ghar Sajan
Hepatitis

for more of his amazing artwork see Little Lamb's fabulous collection [link]

Tadanori Yokoo "Kachi Kachi Yama"


Thanks to roundmyskull's twitter for the link to the video and my first sampling of his art.
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see his website [link]
wikipedia [link]
more animation of his [link]

A Safe Place for Cubs episode 10

back the car out!! let your hair down!! we've dug you up some psych/garage gems from around the world.

garage-psych links -- [a] [b] [c] [d] [e]

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listen or download - @128

kdvs show page [link]

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Track	Artist	Song	Album	Label
	Motherhood	Negresco #4	Kraut! Demons! Kraut! - German Psychedelic Underground 1968-1974	Blumenkraft	Germany
	Moussa Doumbia	Keleya	World Psychedelic Classics 3: the Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa	Stones Throw Records	1975, Mali
1	Os Mutantes	Panis et Circenses	Os Mutantes	Polydor	1968, Brazil
	Uncertain Midnight	Leaving the World	Kraut! Demons! Kraut! - German Psychedelic Underground 1968-1974	Blumenkraft	Germany
	Andy Votel (mixed by)	Os Mutantes - Deixe Entrar Um Pouco D'Agua no Quintal / Os Brazoes - Feitico	Brazilika	Far Out UK	UK, 2009 - Brazil, 1974 (Os Mutants), 1969 (Os Brazoes) - http://www.myspace.com/andyvotel
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	Dug Dug's	Lost In My World	Love, Peace & Poetry - Mexican Psychedelic Music	Q.D.K. Media	Mexico
	Lea Riders Group	Dom Kellar Oss Mods	Swedish Psych 1967 -1973		Sweeden
	The Mops	Blind Bird	Love, Peace & Poetry - AsianPsychedelic Music	Q.D.K. Media	Japan, 1968 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mops
	Os Brazoes	Gotham City	Os Brazoes	Thorns Backtrack Archive Series	1969, Brazil
	Nahuatl	Volvere	Love, Peace & Poetry - Mexican Psychedelic Music	Q.D.K. Media	Mexico
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	Ersen & Dunden Bugune	Kara Yazi	Love, Peace & Poetry - Turkish Psychedelic Music	Q.D.K. Media	Turkey
	Selda	Ince Ince Bir Kar Yagar	Love, Peace & Poetry - Turkish Psychedelic Music	Q.D.K. Media	Turkey
	Liev Tuk	Rom Sue Sue (Dance Soul Soul)	Cambodian Rocks	Parallel World	Cambodia, http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/12/cambodian-rocks/comments/page/2/
	Dr Nico & African Fiesta	Save Me	Cazumbi - African Sixties Garage Volume 1	Nosmokerecords	Congo, 1967 - wow - http://www.myspace.com/drnicotribute
	Erawan Band	Khon Muangkhan	Thai Beat A Go-Go Vol. 3	Subliminal Sounds	Thailand, http://chocolatebobka.blogspot.com/2009/04/mp3-thai-beat-go-go.html
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1	Brain	Nightmares In Red	Rubble 3: Nightmares in Wonderland	Bam Caruso	UK
2	Monks	Shut Up	Black Monk Time	Repertoire	Germany (US GIs stationed in Germany), 1966
	Dirty	Bad Merchandise	Waterpipes & Dykes (Dutch Psychedelic Underground 1966 - 1972 Volume One	Waterpipe Records	Netherlands
3	Pretty Things	Talking About The Good Times	Rubble 3: Nightmares in Wonderland	Bam Caruso	UK
11	The Daybreakers	Psychedelic Siren	Psychedelic Microdots, Vol. 1: Orange, Sugar & Chocolate	Sundazed Music Inc.	US, 1966
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	St. John Green	Messages From The Dead	St. John Green	Acid Symposium	US, 1967 - http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/st.john.green.html
1	Jason Crest	Black Mass	Rubble 4: The 49 Minute Technicolour Dream	Bam Caruso	UK
7	V/A	Children of the Night - World of Tears	Psychedelic Disaster Whirl	Frantic	US, 1967 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrgQGP_NgLw
	Los Gatos	Cuando Llegue El Ano 2000	Love, Peace & Poetry - Latin American Psychedelic Music	Q.D.K. Media	Argentina
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13	Quentin E. Klojaeger	Weatherman	Love, Peace & Poetry - African Psychedelic Music	Q.D.K. Media	South Africa
6	We The People	By The Rule	Psychedelic Microdots, Vol. 1: Orange, Sugar & Chocolate	Sundazed Music Inc.	US, 1967
	McCully Workshop Inc.	The Circus	Love, Peace & Poetry - African Psychedelic Music	Q.D.K. Media	South Africa
	C.O.B.	Serpent's Kiss	Spirit of Love		UK, 1970 - http://therisingstorm.net/cob-spirit-of-love/
5	Freedoms Children	1999	Galactic Vibes	Shadoks Music	South Africa, 1971 - http://www.rock.co.za/files/fc_index.html
	Eduardo Bort	Thoughts (Pensamientos) 2da parte	Eduardo Bort	Phantom	Spain, 1974
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	Gary Higgins	I Pick Notes From The Sky	Red Hash	Nufusmoonlea	US, 1973 - forgottten album recently rediscovered/released - http://www.myspace.com/redhash - http://www.splendidezine.com/features/higgins/

A Safe Place for Cubs episode 8

a safe place for cubs is my biweekly radio show on KDVS 90.3 fm Davis, CA.
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a ra ther
s c a t t

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d s ho w

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listen or stream @128

visit show page [link]
kdvs home page [link]

Track	Artist	Song	Album	Label
10	Lucky Dragons	My Are Singing	Dream Island Laughing Language	Marriage Records	[playing behind DJ, thoughout show] 2008 - see them at O:RMF 5/16 - www.myspace.com/luckydragons
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	B Sexuals	PCG	Ceci n'est pas un band	Aunt Enna Records	2005 - very cool retired Sacramento band
	Joao Coracao	Agarra Em Mim	No1. Sessao de Cezimbra	Flor Caveira	2009 - another great release from Flor Caveira, an amazing Portugues label - www.myspace.com/joaocoracao
	Pink Reason	Winona	Winona 7	Woodsist	2008 - www.myspace.com/secondculture
11	Eat Skull	Dawn in the Face	Wild & Inside (tour edition)	No Label	2009 - www.myspace.com/eatskull
	U.S. Girls	Me + Yoko	Me + Yoko 7''	Not Not Fun Records	2009 - another winner - www.myspace.com/usgirlsss
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	Teddy And His Patches	Suzy Creamcheese	Pebbles Vol. 2	ESD Records	1967 - http://www.myspace.com/teddyandhispatches
	Roger & The Gypsies	Pass The Hatchet Pt 1			http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wvfpxqtjldde
11	Sonics, The	Strychnine	Psycho-Sonic	Big Beat	1965 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sonics
5	Various Artists	Rock Shop- Is That Your Halo	Pebbles: Vol 11 Northern California	Archive International Productions	1966 - http://www.discogs.com/Various-Pebbles-Volume-11-Northern-California/release/1638137
	The Monocles	The Spider And The Fly	Pebbles Vol. 2	ESD Records	1966 - www.myspace.com/themonoclesmonoclesmonocles
10	Various Artists	Soultons - Rain Down Soul	Pebbles: Vol 11 Northern California	Archive International Productions	1968 - http://www.discogs.com/Various-Pebbles-Volume-11-Northern-California/release/1638137
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	C.O.B.	Sweet Slavery	Spirit of Love		1970 - great overlooked UK folk band - http://therisingstorm.net/cob-spirit-of-love/
	Children	Don't Ever Lose It	Rebirth		1968 - http://ravensingstheblues.blogspot.com/search?q=children
	Roy Harper	Hors d'Oeuvres	Stormcock		1971 - the legend - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Harper
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2	Wooden Shjips	For So Long	Dos	Holy Mountain	2009 - i love this album...all of their albums...can't wait to see them at O:RMF
1	Silver Darling	Living for Breath	Your Ghost Fits My Skin	Crossbill	2008 - www.myspace.com/silverdarling
	Thee Oh Sees	Go Meet The Seed	Help	In the Red	2009 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ohsees
	Meth Teeth	Unemployment Forever	Untitled 7''	Sweet Rot Records	2008 - www.myspace.com/methteethmusic
3	Mayyors	White Jeep	Megan's LOLZ	Gomerdome	2008 - they're already legendary, see them at O:RMF for the real Mayyors experience.
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7	The Nothing	Wagons Rumbling	Life in Decay	Precipitate	2007 - http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=1150715
	Booker T Jones	Pound It Out	Potato Hole		2009 - legend's new album - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T._Jones
6	Psychic Ills	Fingernail Tea	Mirror Eye	Social Registry	2008 - www.myspace.com/psychicills
	Mr. Andrew	The Bats	Magic Planet EP		1982 - http://www.last.fm/music/Mr.+Andrew
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	clips from Unit 99: ep 2, ep 3, and ep 11	played over the following songs			1950s radio show of the Sacramento police department - http://www.otrcat.com/unit-99-p-1950.html
5	Animal Hospital	What If They Are Friendly	Good or Plenty, Streets + Avenues	Mutable Sound	2009 - www.myspace.com/animalhospital
	Drahomira Song Orchestra	Celo Istis	Zamenhof	Institut Drahomira	2000 - www.myspace.com/drahomirasongorchestra
	Sir Richard Bishop	Kaddak El Mayass	The Freak Of Araby	Drag City	2009 - www.sirrichardbishop.net/
	Mary Halvorson & Weasel Walter	Rare Vodka From The Fourteenth Century	Opulence	Savage Land Records	2008 - http://freemusicarchive.org/curator/WFMU/WFMUs_Free_Music_Archive_Sampler_Vol_2
	Starkey	Spacewalk	Ephemeral Exhibits	Planet Mu	2008 - www.myspace.com/starkey

let me chop it, let me chop itl

The always amazing Odd Nosdam has posted a great mixtape of early garage and r&b songs in celebration of his birthday:

01 THE JUNIOR RAYMEN - RUMBLE '66
02 TEDDY AND HIS PATCHES - SUZY CREAMCHEESE
03 THE PASTEL SIX - BANDIDO
04 ROGER & THE GYPSIES - PASS THE HATCHET PT1
05 GENE AMMONS - MOITO MATO GROSSO PT1
06 ROGER & THE GYPSIES - PASS THE HATCHET PT2
07 GENE AMMONS - MOITO MATO GROSSO PT2
08 JOE TEX - IM A MAN
09 LOU DONALDSON - PEEPIN
10 BABY CORTEZ - GETTIN RIGHT
11 TEDDY AND HIS PATCHES - FROM DAY TO DAY
12 THE KINGSMEN - HAUNTED CASTLE PARTY
13 HARLOW WILCOX AND THE OAKIES - MOOSE TROT
14 THE RIVIERAS - H B GOOSE STEP

wish him a late happy birthday and download the mix here