intro to a subsidiary music review show i'll be doing on fridays starting tomorrow!  a lil more off the cuff, quicker and purposely lo-fi.  i'll be taking a single-by-single look at the tunes on the billboard top 100 chart.  

a stern look at commercial taste: intro

short n lofi like a punk tune. the journey to make sense of the hot 100 chart begins with #100: cardi b "magnet"

a stern look at commercial taste: cardi b "magnet"

tis the season!

set list: 
opening : cocteau twins "rilkean heart" (definitely not messed with)
screamin' jay hawkins "little demon"
the cramps "goo goo muck" 
arthur brown "fire"
kate bush "hammer horror"
three 6 mafia (dj paul/juicy j/gangsta boo/crunchy black) "i thought you knew"
set break #1: boards of canada "beware the friendly stranger" 
clipping. "make them dead"
scott walker "jesse"
slint "good morning, captain" 
set break #2: akira yamaoka "blank fairy"
khanate "wings from spine"
diamanda galás "deliver me from mine enemies: V. Yιατί, Ó Θεός? [why, o god?]"
ruth white "spleen"
closing: coctea twins "rilkean heart (acoustic)" (also def not messed with : ) ) 

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various pitched down/up/soft/reversed voices : me 
unknown artist - halloween sounds of horror "untitled" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tg2a1u7lWc)
i believe there's also a clip from the borley haunted mansion section of Silent Hill 3 in here too
audacity raw image scans of the sigil of a special someone ; )

and i think that's all i have in here lol.  might of forgot a few things.  


o d d  d a y  o f f : halloween spooktacular

the journey to make sense of the hot 100 chart continues with #99: marshmello & jelly roll's "holy water".  

a stern look at commercial taste : marshmello, jelly roll "holy water"

a full episode of the lovely work of grouper, because i think everyone should hear it.  apologies for late upload, got suuuper busy. 

setlist:
opening: "rilkean heart" cocteau twins
"heavy water/i'd rather be sleeping" grouper
"alien observer" grouper
"being her shadow" grouper 
"come softly - for daniel d." grouper
"holding" grouper
-set break-
"the man who died in his boat" grouper
"poison tree" grouper
"blouse" grouper
"unclean mind" grouper
"headache" grouper
"living room" grouper
"holofernes" grouper
closing: "rilkean heart (acoustic)" cocteau twins

o d d  d a y  o f f : tribute to grouper

ok, so we're not always keeping it short like a punk song...but it's certainly still lofi.  this episode more like a tapedeck cover of Neu! i guess?   that is if there were some lispy vocal yokel yodeling away about ethics in music, i suppose : P

anywho: i actually liked this song!!! first song i actually truly enjoyed here!

a stern look at commercial taste: emmanuel cortes "amor"

grimace for joy! 

setlist:
opening: cocteau twins "rilkean heart"
jamaaladeen tacuma "LET'S HAVE A GOOD TIME"
steve lehman & sélébéyone "are you in peace?"
steve coleman & metrics "black genghis"
set break: bill evans "piece peace" 
charles mingus "moanin'" 
john coltrane "naima - live from the village vanguard / 1966" 
closing: cocteau twins "rilkean heart (acoustic)" 

o d d  d a y  o f f : jazz head stank face music

super condensed yet arty like a wire song off pink flag!  our endless quixote-like quest to find a Billboard Hot 100 single worth writing about continues with tucker wetmore's "3,2,1".  i do wanna say -and i don't think i emphasized it enough: tunes like this are showcase of pop songcraft.  i think these songs are great examples of the form.  i also wish there was more goin on, but ah well. 

a stern look at commercial taste : tucker wetmore "3,2,1"

more off the cuff and playing some music i love to death - shoegaze & dream pop.  lotta cocteau twins cuz i love their work.  

setlist: 
opening - cocteau twins "rilkean heart"
ride "vapour trail"
lush "for love"
cocteau twins "cherry-coloured funk"
slowdive "crazy for you"
a.r. kane "spermwhale trip over"
my bloody valentine "you made me realise"
set break - slowdive "trellisaze"
cocteau twins "iceblink luck"
have a nice life "bloodhail"
they are gutting a body of water "rl stine"
slowdive "alison"
cocteau twins "frou-frou foxes in midsummer fires" 
cocteau twins & harold budd "sea, swallow me"
closing - cocteau twins "rilkean heart - acoustic" 

o d d  d a y  o f f : shoegaze classics & others

i called this a huntr/x tune and it's actually the version with jeongyeon, jihyo & chaeyoung of  twice on it.  sorry about that!  in this edition i ramble about fish markets, max martin's "melody is king", trap pop and awkward lyrics.   

a stern look at commercial taste : jeongyeon, jihyo & chaeyoung "takedown"

student pursuing the transfiguration of sound

o d d  d a y  o f f:  wednesdays 7pm est @ Montco Radio

o d d d a y o f f : jazz head stank face music

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