Day 90

John Fogerty - "Centerfield"

Opening Day.

Beatles - "Fool on the Hill"

Sort of for baseball, sort of for tomorrow.

The Fools - "Life Sucks and Then You Die"

Fave from the days before I discovered punk rock.

Foo Fighters - "Arlandria"

From the new album, apologies if biggiantrecordlabel took this down.

The Germs - "Lexicon Devil"

Pat Smear's on the new Foos album.

Blondie - "X-Offender"

Their first single.

Joy Division - "Warsaw"

Staying in the late '70s.

Joy Division - "Digital"

First song on first Factory Records vinyl release.

A Certain Ratio - "All Night Party"

First song on second Factory Records vinyl release. I already played the a-side of the third release (OMD's "Electricity") so lets find some other stuff.

Wire - "Reuters"

First song off of first album.

The Jam - "Art School"

Another first song off of a 1977 debut.

Cheap Trick - "ELO Kiddies"

And a 1977 debut album first song from an American band.

Running count: 571 songs for 2011.

Day 89

Crucifucks - "Hinkley Had a Vision"

Courtesy of Al for the 30th anniversary of the assassination attempt on Reagan.

Ism - "John Hinckley Jr."

Another one.

Suicidal Tendencies - "I Shot the Devil"

Reagan did inspire.

Husker Du - "Something I Learned Today"

Work discussion stuff.

Wrecking Crew - "Straight Through"

Some good old Boston HC.

No For An Answer - "I Spy"

Sticking with the short-lived Hawker Records label.

Token Entry - "Jaybird"

Another Hawker release. Sounding very dated.

Running count: 559 songs for 2011.

Day 86

Let's start with some '70s obscura.

Moxy - "Out of the Darkness"

Was posted in a thread about Ben Weasel on a message board.

UFO - "Rock Bottom"

For 1974, Michael Schenker lays down the most killer riff not done by Tony Iommi.

Black Sabbath - "Spiral Architect"

Sabs didn't actually relase an album in 1974, but Sabbath Bloody Sabbath came out late in 1973.

On a tangent, can Charles Barkley look anymore out of place unprofessional. Get a wardrobe consultant dude.

Deep Purple - "Burn"

More 1974 riffage, this time courtesy of Ritchie Blackmore, even if the keyboards get a little overbearing.

3:50ish. I got a review on on Beeradvocate.com too: Here.

~4 pm. VCU forgot to show up for the second half?!? Let's go Rams!

4:13 pm. Back to 8. Keep it up.

4:31 pm. No T for the Kansas player punching the floor?

4:37 pm. Awaiting the stat for if no number one seeds ever reached the Final 4.

Robin Trower - "Bridge of Sighs"

More 1974 riffage.

Floorpunch - "No Exceptions"

Since I mentioned a floorpunch above, here's the 90's chugga-core band.

Judge - "No Apologies"

Little bit earlier. 7" has aged better.

De La Soul - "Potholes in My Lawn"

Hadn't gotten to these guys yet.

Blue Oyster Cult - "Astronomy"

Staying in Long Island...and with 1974.

Running counts: 553 songs for 2011.

Day 85 - Sebadoh recap

Sebadoh - "Brand New Love"

They played this last night.

Sebadoh - "Rebound"


Sparkalepsy - "King of the Hill"

From a Minutemen tribute, featuring Jason Loewenstein and maybe Lou.

Deep Wound - "Deep Wound"

Lou's (and J Mascis) early HC band.

Folk Implosion - "Natural One"

I'm finding this too much of a throwaway to legitimately give them credit for prefiguring the aughts dance-indie scene.

Richard Buckner - "Ed's Song"

He was the opener. I call this electro-goth-folk, which roughly translates to alt-country.

Sentridoh - "None of Your Goddamn Bizness"

Lou's mostly acoustic thing.

Dinosuar Jr. - "Forget the Swan"


Another post later on. Running count: 544 songs for 2011.

Day 83

Queen - "Brighton Rock"

New reissues out.

Avengers - "We Are the One"

Amazingly, the Youtube Avengers mix has 40 videos.

7 Seconds - "Young Until I Die"

Mr. Seconds turned 50 yesterday or today.

Count Five - "Psychotic Reaction"

From the Drugstore Cowboy soundtrack, directed by Gus Van Sant, in honor of hoops announcer Gus Johnson.

SS Decontrol - "Wasted Youth"


Crucifix - "Prejudice"


Youth of Today - "Prejudice"

Much prefer the original version of this.

Running count: 536 songs for 2011

Day 82

Let's start off locally (to me)...
F.O.D. - "Powerload"


Pantera - "The Badge"

Didn't even know this Poison Idea cover existed until yesterday.

Poison Idea - "The Badge"

OK, the original is several levels better.

Poison Idea - "New Rose"

And PI doing a cover, of the Damned's classic.

The Damned - "New Rose"

The original.

Naz Nomad and the Nightmares - "Action Woman"

NN was most of the Damned doing a Golden Smog/Me First and the Gimme Gimmes-type covers project. Their version of the Litter's proto-proto-punk gem.

The Litter - "Action Woman"

The original.

Nurse with Wound - "Rock'n Roll Station"

More of a sound collage than outright noise.

Boogie Down Productions - "My Philosophy"

Kind of a weird version, but great song.

Eric B and Rakim - "Microphone Fiend"

Some more '88-style hip hop.

Running count: 529 songs for 2011.

Day 80

Let's do "M"onday again.

Metallica - "One"


The Mob - "Common Criminal"

From the Big City Ain't So Pretty comp.

Maximum Penalty - "Immaculate Conception"

From Where the Wild Things Are.

The Mad - "I Hate Music"

From New York Thrash.

Major Conflict - "Outgroup"

Believe Raw Deal/Killing Time later covered this.

Moving Targets - "Less Than Gravity"

Underrated Boston melodicore band.

McRad - "McShred"

When Skate Thrash veers into Cheesecore.

Marginal Man - "Friend"

From DC.

Meat Puppets - "In a Car"

Tempe's finest.

Mad Parade - "Hollywood Vampires"

SoCal melodipunk.

The Mono Men - "Right Now"

Some Seattle garage punk.

That'll do it for tonight. Nice Celtics win.
Running Count: 519 songs for 2011.

Day 79 part 2

Let's stay in (Northern) Ireland:

Undertones - "Teenage Kicks"

From Derry.

Starjets - "War Stories"

From Belfast.

Thin Lizzy - "Boys are Back in Town"

From Dublin. Jailbreak is one of the best 1970s hard rock albums, period.

Boomtown Rats - "Lookin' After Number 1"

From Dún Laoghaire.

U2 - "11 O'Clock Tick Tock"

From Dublin. Sticking with first singles.

My Bloody Valentine - "Forever and Again"

From Dublin. First song off of first EP...you should be forewarned that MBV stared off sounding pretty different.

Fastway - "Say What You Will:
Dave King, currently of Flogging Molly is a Dublin native.

Running count: 508 songs for 2011.

Day 79

We'll just stay unthemed for the most part today.

Swervedriver - "Never Lose that Feeling"

Courtesy Jonah Jenkins.

Effigies - "Body Bag"


The Clash - "Career Opportunities"

Was looking for something off the "Live at Shea" album that I never knew existed until yesterday but this'll do.

The Proclaimers - "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"

For my 500th song.

Stiff Little Fingers - "Alternative Ulster"

Late St. Paddy's Day deal.

Gonna end part 1 now....annoying formatting issue. Running count: 501 songs for 2011.

Day 76 Part 2

We're about an hour away from Utah State - Kansas State.

Nothing, nothing, nothing from the former.

Ray Charles - "(Night Time is) The Right Time"

Produced by KSU's Jerry Wexler.

First Game Friday: Oakland - Texas

Rare Earth - "Get Ready"

Keyboardist Mike Bruner is an alum.

Janis Joplin - "Piece of my Heart"

Attended U of Texas. Couldn't find anything definitive that any Big Boys/Dicks/etc. went to class.

Volunteers - Wolverines is next.

We'll spare Dolly Parton and Pam Tillis.

Stooges - "Search and Destroy"

James Osterburg went to U Mich.

Akron plays Notre Dame.

Cramps - "Can Your Pussy do the Dog"

I'll assume a class was attended while they lived her in the 70s.

Citizens Arrest - "Existence"

Ted Leo graduated Notre Dame.

Running count: 496 songs for 2011.

Day 76 Part 1

I obviously will not stay caught up with who is in the tournament, but let's get started where we last left off.
Bucknell - UConn.
Could only find a few never-wases from the home of the Bison (as is often the case in the Keystone State).
Vatican Commandos - "Hit Squad for God"

Moby graduated UConn.

I will be shocked to find a band for either Wofford or BYU...

The Lettermen - "Sealed with a Kiss"

BYU is actually the first school I've come across who's wikipedia page has a separate section for music but all I could find was the "creative force and catalyst" of this MORish vocal group.

Belmont-Wisconsin currently tipping off.
Graduates of the former seem to be country/christian Idol-related or some combination thereof.

Mecht Mensch - "Govt Lies"

From Madison. Again I'll go with the local U assumption. Steve Miller almost graduated if you need a back-up.

Sonic Youth - "100%"

Producer Butch Vig graduated.

A Big 10-Pac 10 battle should provide some good fodder.

Milt Jackson - "Bag's Groove"

Attended Michigan State.

Peter, Paul & Mary - "Leaving on a Jet Plane"

Paul graduated. I won't make any assumptions with Lansing-area punk bands.

Black Flag - "Slip It In"

I could fill a week of blogs just with UCLA folks listed on their wikipedia page but Ginn and Kira both graduated.

Following game is Gonzaga - St. John's
Bing Crosby & David Bowie - "Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth"

Bing went to Gonzaga...I know not the right time of year for this, but I was kinda' surprised it was made so close to his death.

Run DMC - "Hard Times"

DMC went to St. John's.

A Big 12 - Big East showdown is next.
Coalesce - "Have Patience"

Drummer James Dewees attended U of MO.

Al Hirt - "Green Hornet"

Graduated U of Cinci.

Let's pause. Part 2 upcoming.
Running count: 490 songs for 2011.

Day 75

We'll get onto the tourney next, sadly need to do an R.I.P. first.
Warren G - "Regulate" feat. Nate Dogg

Definitive song of the G-funk era. R.I.P. Mr. Dogg.

Game # 5 on Thursday is Princeton/Kentucky.
Stanley Jordan - "Autumn Leaves"

Attended Princeton. Surprised (after the fact) he didn't show up on the RS Guitarists list.

The Hookers - "Ball Crusher Love Machine"

Formed in Lexington...we'll assume a connection to the local U.

Game 6 is UNC Asheville-Pittsburgh. Already covered Ashe.
Half Life - "Errand of Mercy"

Another assumption, though Carnegie Mellon probably gets more of the hipsters, UPitt is a pretty big school.

Game 7: Richmond-Vanderbilt
Avail - "Scuffle Town"

There can never be too much Avail.

Roseanne Cash - "Tennessee Flat Top Box"

Graduated a Commodore. You could have had the author of "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer".

Game 8: Northern Colorado - San Diego State
Bill Frisell - "The Days of Wine and Roses"

Graduated University of Northern Colorado. I really should make some offhand remark about guitar being the least essential instrument in jazz.

Naked City - "Osaka Bondage"

Realized/remembered he was in this later on.

Rubicon - "That's the Way Things Are"

Guitarist Jack Blades (later in Night Ranger) attended SDSU.

Game 9: UC Santa Barbara - Florida
RKL - "Drink Positive"

From Santa Barbara.

CSNY - "Carry On"

Stephen Stills attended UF.

Running count: 479 songs for 2011.

Day 74

Ides of March - "High on a Hillside"

I already played "Vehicle". This is much more Am Goldish.

Back to tourney match-ups...Game 1 tomorrow features UTSA vs. Alabama State:
The Nuns - "Suicide Child"

Originally from San Antonio.

Clarence Carter - "Strokin'"

Alum of Alabama State. Unfortunate career trajectory.

And VCU-USC...
Pavement - "Gold Soundz"

Drummer Steve West attended VCU (and excused me from playing either Lamb of God or Gwar).

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Band - "Rise"

USC alum more notable for co-founding A&M Records.

On to Thursday...first game is the winner of the current game (Clemson/UAB) vs. West Virginia.

Th'Inbred - "Jesus Youth/Satan Youth"

Took a bit of research but they were from Morgantown and I'll assume some sort of connection to the U. It was pretty close between this and a Don Knotts comedy clip.

Next up is Old Dominion-Butler.
N*E*R*D - "Lapdance"

N*E*R*D/Neptunes guy Chad Hugo attended before hooking up with Pharrell Williams.

Jonestown Massacre Newsreel Footage

Alum of Butler. Sorry if this is too much of a bummer, but I thought it was more relevant than the band Jonestown, Jim Jones and the Kool Aid Kids (I'm pretty sure that was a real band) or Guyana Punchline.

Game 3 on Thursday is Morehead State-Louisville.
Nothing on the former, other than Chuck Woolery. I'll spare since this is a music blog.

Squirrel Bait - "Kid Dynamite"

Again, I'll assume a connection with the local U.

Game 4: Penn St-Temple
Believe it or not, nothing of note from the former but...
Hall & Oates - "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"

Met up at Temple.

Running count: 468 songs for 2011.

Day 73

Continuing across Canada (we'll skip the Territories) and then on to a March Madness theme.

Swallowing Shit - "A Dying Hope for a Gender Exclusive Scene"

From Winnepeg, MB.

Career Suicide - "Recipe for Disaster"

Raging oughts punk from Toronto, ON.

Voivod - "Killing Technology"

From Jonquiere, QC.

Eric's Trip - "Stove"

Moncton, NB. When Sub Pop was trying to pimp the Maritimes as the next Seattle/Chapel Hill.

Buck 65 - "You Know the Science"

From Mount Uniacke, NS. Is it possible for mid-90s (underground?) hip hop to sound dated already.

I think we'll cut this with two provinces missing (and SK was kind of a cheat). On to the madness.

First game is UNC-Ashville vs. Arkansas-Little Rock.

Robert Moog - Demonstrating the Mini-Moog

I know it's a stretch, but he was on the faculty.

PBS 1995 Rock and Roll Documentary on Punk

Critic Robert Palmer, an alum of UALR was involved in this. IMDB link can be found here.

Next game up will be Clemson vs. UAB.
James Dickey - "For the Last Wolverine"

0 for 3 so far. This is getting to be harder than I thought. And we're skipping UAB.

Dave Brubeck - "Kathy's Waltz"

One R.I.P...drummer Joe Morello.

Running count: 459 songs for 2011.

Day 72 Part 2

Kool Keith - "Sex Style"

I actually think this is one of his better, more consistent albums...despite the GG Allin-level lyrics.

Boysetsfire - "Still Waiting for the Punchline"

Band was mentioned last night. I think they had some better songs.

Swiz - "Taste"

Much better Jade Tree-associated band.

Uniform Choice - "Straight and Alert"

A suggestion from Swiz. Believe this is the demo version.

Bad Religion - "Bad Religion"


Angry Samoans - "Lights Out"

Genius punk song.

Angry Samoans - "Gas Chamber"


Angry Samoans - "My Old Man's a Fatso"


Nomeansno - "Dad"

From Victoria, BC. Let's see if we can get something from every (populous) Canadian province.

SNFU - "Better Homes and Gardens"

Originally Edmonton, AB.

Buffy Sainte-Marie - "Universal Soldier"

Priapot Cree Indian Reserve, SK. Harder than I expected to find something from here.

Running count: 453 songs for 2011. More later.

Day 72 Part 1

Finally saw my co-workers band last night:

Welter - "Whiskey"


DOA - "Slumlord"

For my apartment complex management. Courtesy Jonah J.

Meatmen - "War of the Superbikes"

It always threw me how much Joey's and Tesco's voices sounded alike when they're talking/screaming during songs.

7 Seconds - "We're Gonna' Fight"

A linked video.

Dean Martin - "Ain't That a Kick in the Head"

Wanted to play something for the closing of the Sahara hotel. Went there once and it already seemed pretty dated. I wouldn't look for anything to happen there in the next 20 years.

Dag Nasty - "Can I Say"

Surprisingly haven't gotten to this yet. At one point my favorite album of all time.

Senator Flux - "Testimonial"

Came up in a convo last night.

Chisel - "Looking Down at the Great Wall of China from Way Up High in the Sky"

First band that comes to mind when watching Welter.

Avail - "On the Nod"

Watching Richmond beat Dayton in the A-10 Champ.

Brainiac - "I, Fuzzbot"

Here's a Dayton band.

Running count: 442 songs for 2011. I promise at least two more posts today.

Day 68

Starting with a neat alphabetical back-to-back:

Led Zeppelin - "Kashmir"


Emerson, Lake & Palmer - "Karn Evil 9"


Following up with two courtesy of Mr. Al Quint:
Stiff Little Fingers - "I Don't Like You"


Pagans - "Not Now No Way"

Should be "Dead End America" but no youtube vers.

Nervous Eaters - "Just Head"

Surprised to find this rager!

B52s - "Rock Lobster"


Anthrax - "Among the Living"

Haven't gotten to these guys yet.

Quicksand - "Fazer"

This band mixed Fugazi and Helmet and was all the rage for 15 minutes or so in the 1990s. Comes off pretty cheesy nowadays.

Beyond - "Seasons"

Tom Capone got his start in Beyond before going on to Quicksand.

1.6 Band - "Your Restaurant"

Singer from Beyond and a bunch of other Long Islanders. Semi-exists now.

Running count: 432 songs for 2011.

Day 67

Royal Pendletons - "She Was Mine"

A New Orleans band for Mardi Gras.

Cypress Hill - "Dr. Greenthumb"

My 420th song.

John Lennon - "Instant Karma"

Everything I was gonna' play for the 40th anniversary of Ali-Frazier 1 has been done already. This came on in the gym though.

The Cure - "Boys Don't Cry"

For the Miami Heat.

Running count: 422 songs for 2011.

Day 66

Mudhoney - "Touch Me I'm Sick"

Via Lincoln Spencer.

Neil Young - "My My Hey Hey"

Solo tour announced.

Buffalo Springfield - "Rock and Roll Woman"

Bonnaroo reunion and maybe a tour?

New York Dolls - "Personality Crisis"

While researching Pollstar for Neil news, found out that the Dolls are touring with Poison and Motley Crue...there goes one more opportunity to see them.

Motley Crue - "Shout at the Devil"

Okay, the Crue rocked pretty good on this.

The F.U.'s - "F.U."

Some Boston hardcore...let's see where the suggestions go.

Black Flag - "Black Coffee"

The demo version.

Bad Brains - "Pay to Cum"


Running count: 418 songs for 2011.