Wednesday, September 3, 2025

The Magic Jukebox: On the Road

 

Time for another installment of a Magic Jukebox playlist.... this one is a small sampling of what was heard on a recent cross-country car trip...

1. XTC - Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)
2. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
3. Duke Ellington - Bonga
4. R.D. Burman - Dance Music
5. Beatles - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
6. Jack White -  Take Me with You when You Go
7. Deerhoof - Mario's Flaming Whiskers III
8. Coasters - Poison Ivy
9. Alemayehu Eshete - Tashamanaletch
10. Deerhoof - Dead Beast Queen
11. David Bowie - Suffragette City
12. Beatles - I Saw her Standing There
13. James Brown - Night Train
14. Elvis Costello - Baby's Got a Brand New Hairdo
15. Terry & the Lovemen - The Good Things
16. XTC - Ban the Bomb
17. Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
18. Sir Douglas Quintet - She's ABout a Mover
19. D'Angelo - Playa Playa
20. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - I Found Out
21. Beatles - Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
22. Sean Kuti & Egypt 80 - IMF
23. Deerhoof - Damaged Eyes Squinting into the Beautiful Overhot Sun
24. Led Zeppelin - How Many More Times
25. Earth Wind & Fire - Mighty Mighty
26. Alemayehu Eshete - Telantena Zare
27. Dead Kennedies - Stealing Peoples' Mail
28. Pere Ubu - Petrified
29. David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
30. Santana - Para Los Rumberos
31. Deerhoof - Scarcity Is Manufactured
32. Kinks - This Man He Weeps Tonight
33. Solomon Burke - Stupidity
34. Time - My Summertime Thang
35. Deerhoof - Who Do You Root For
36. Alemayehu Eshete - Yeweb Dar
37. Rutles - Get Up and Go
38. B-52s - Planet Claire
39. LaVern Baker - Jim Dandy
40. James Brown - I Got the Feelin'
41. Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band
42. Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Good
43. XTC - No Thugs in Our House
44. Charlie Parker - Koko
45. Johnny Kidd & the Pirates - Shakin' All Over
46. Paul McCartney - My Brave Face
47. White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
48. English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
49. Asha Bhosle - O Mere Sona
50. Who - I can See for Miles
51. Beatles - Any Time at All
52. Jose Chepitos Areas - Guarafeo
53. Beach Boys - Here Comes the Night
54. Bill Haley - Rock the Joint
55. Marvelettes - Don't Mess with Bill
56. Asha Bhosle - Ankhen Meri Maikhana
57. Alemayehu Eshete - Addis Abeba Bete
58. Asha Bhosle - Karle Pyar Karle
59. Deerhoof - Black Pitch
60. Eddie Bo - Hook 'n' Sling, Pt. 2
61. Beach Boys - Child Is Father of the Man
62. Beatles - Martha My Dear
63. R.D. Burman - Mehbooba Mehbooba
64. Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl
65. Human Beinz - Nobody But Me
66. Rolling Stones - Complicated
67. Elvis Costello - Riot Act
68. Beatles - Savoy Truffle
69. Beat - Sorry
70. Beck - Qué Ondra Guero
71. Brian Eno - Kurt's Rejoinder
72. James Brown - Make It Funky
73. Bad Brains - Attitude 10_81
74. Beatles - Lady Madonna
75. Deerhoof - Kafe Mania!
76. Led Zeppelin - In the Light
77. Deerhoof - Overrated Species Anyhow
78. Sivaji Ganesan & Jayalalitha - Engal Kalyanam
79. Kinks - Party Line
80. Beach Boys - I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
81. Prince - She's Always in My Hair
82. Elijah & the Ebonites - Hot Grits!!!
83. Beat - Jeanette
84. Led Zeppelin - That's the Way
85. Ramones - Rock 'n' Roll High School
86. Prince - I Wonder U 
87. Deerhoof - Learning to Apologize Effectively
88. White Stripes - Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
89. Rolling Stones - Connection
90. Temptations - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
91. Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man
92. Isley Brothers - Fight the Power
93. De La Soul - The Magic Number
94. Muffins - Angle Dance
95. Led Zeppelin - Down by the Seaside
96. Sam & Dave - I Thank You
97. Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe
98.Ululating Mummies - Adios
99. Bob Dylan - All I Really Want To Do
100. Beach Boys - Let Him Run Wild

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Playlist, Week of 2025-08-31


     
Lotta road trip music from my son... will be getting back into the "Dark Star"/Ellington/Sun Ra groove pretty soon... 

Playlist 2025-09-01:

*100 Gecs: 1000 Gecs
*Alexisonfire: Alexisonfire
*Alexisonfire: Crisis
*Alexisonfire: Old Crows/Young Cardinals
*Animals as Leaders: The Joy of Motion
*Anthony Braxton: Quartet (England) 1985 (disc 4)
*James Brown: Live at the Apollo (1962) (Expanded ed.)
*Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (selections)
*John Coltrane: The Major Works of John Coltrane (disc 1) "Om"
*Deerhoof: Noble and Godlike in Ruin
*Eidola: Mend
*Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
*Tomas Fujiwara: Triple Double
*Bobby Hutcherson: Components
*Machine Girl: Neon White (Soundtrack, Pt. 1:  The Wicked Heart)
*Machine Girl: RePorpoised Phantasies
*Machine Girl: MG Ultra
*Warne Marsh/Sal Mosca Quartet: Volume 2
*Muffins: Bandwidth
*Haru Nemuri/Frost Children: Soul Kiss
*New Ting: 2025-08-30 Test Run, Richmond VA (wav)
*Ovlov: Am
*Ovlov: Tru
*Ovlov: Buds
*Santana: Borboletta (side 2)
*Tyshawn Sorey: Pillars (disc 1)
*Sparks: MAD! 
*Sun Ra: Apple Purchases (CDR compilation) (discs 3, 4) 

Reading List, Week of 2025-08-31

Definitely read the book, but by all means stay away from the film; it's terrible...

Reading List 2025-09-01:

*Osman, Richard. The Man Who Died Twice (started)
*Osman, Richard. The Thursday Murder Club (started/finished)
*Shakespeare, William. Othello (Arden 3rd series, ed. E.A.J. Honigmann) (reread/started)
*Everett, Walter. The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul (reread/in progress)
*Lambert, Eddie. Duke Ellington: A Listener's Guide (reread/selections)
*MacDonald, Ian. Revolution in the Head, 3rd ed. (reread/in progress)
*Pollack, Allan W. Notes on … Series (reread/in progress)
*Riley, Tim. Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary (reread/in progress)
*Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children (in progress)
*Shakespeare, William. King Lear (Arden 2nd series, ed. Kenneth Muir) (reread/in progress)