I'll be on WYPR's (88.1FM) The Signal
this evening at 7PM (and again Saturday at 1PM) to discuss summer reading
suggestions.
Part 1: Lost Baltimore history, outsider music, and fiction.
You want a good book to read? I have one. It's kinda my job.
Listen live online.
Each year, Dina Kelberman compiles a Wham City collection of holiday music called Baltimas!
Here is the 8th annual Baltimas!
1. Going Wild on Christmas - Robby Rackleff
2. Simply Having a Nauseous Christmas Time - Alex Scally & Steve Strohmeier
3. Jesus Birthday - Alan Resnick
4. The Little Drummer Boy - Chuck Green
5. Christmas Medley - Jordan Kasey & Stefani Levin
6. Danny Says - Drew Swinburne and Erin Gleeson
7. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Lizz King
8. The Tale of The Snow Man - Ed Schrader
9. Merry Little Christ Mass - Lizz King
10. Must Be a Fat Old Man - Cara Satalino and Chester Gwazda
11. I'm Killing Myself for Christmas - Adam Endres
12. I'll Be Home For Christmas - Brian Durel & Lola Pierson
13. I'm an Elf - Ben O'Brien & Caroline Marcantoni
14. Christmas 2012 - Jimmy Joe Roche
15. Christmas Time is Here - Jordan Card
16. Baltimas Jones - Dan Deacon
17. Rastafarpie - Jenny Strunge & Jay DiLisio
18. Dance in Circles - Caroline Marcantoni
19. Blue Christmas - Jay DiLisio
20. Thank God It's Christmas - Dina Kelberman
21. Oh Come All Ye Faithful - Floristree Baltimore
22. Christmastime Is Here - Time Kabera
23. Carol of the Bells - Keith Lea & WIDI Analyzer
24. Silent Night - Ryan Syrell & Ginevra Shay
25. The Holly and the Ivy - Connor Kizer
26. Walking in a Winter Wonderland - Floristree Baltimore feat. Weird Alan
27. The Presence of Christmas (Cheer Has Been Spilt) - Devlin Rice, Jeremy Hyman, Gerrit Welmers
28. White Christmas - Goldfinger
29. Must Be Santa - Rachel Monroe, Liz Donadio, Sarah Fask
I'll be on WYPR's (88.1FM) The Signal
this evening at 7PM (and again Saturday at 1PM) to discuss holiday gift suggestions, and I have a quite a few - covering fiction,
non-fiction and graphic novels.
You want a good book to read? I have one. It's kinda my job.
Drinking game: drink every time I say the word "box."
I'll be on WYPR's (88.1FM) The Signal this evening at 7PM (and again Saturday at 1PM) to discuss summer reading suggestions, and I have a quite a few - covering fiction, non-fiction and graphic novels.
You want a good book to read? I got one. It's kinda my job.
DOPE BODY
Weird Mirror [mp3]
From the new record, Natural History. Now on sale at Celebrated Summer Records.
A TRIBUTE TO PIXIES
Thirteen songs inspired by Kim, David, Francis and Joey.
With tracks from:
Yuck
Big Troubles
La Sera
Fanzine
PENS
Keel Her
Blood On The Wall
Envelopes
Grandaddy
Coloração Desbotada
The Babies
duplodeck
This is a collection of Yo La Tengo covering Bob Dylan songs, live.
Tracklist:
1. It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry, 8/31/99, BBC Radio 1
2. Like A Rolling Stone, 10/13/89, Maxwell’s (Robert Vickers on bass)
3. I Threw It All Away, 2/17/11, Triple Door, Seattle, WA
4. One More Night, 12/6/02, Maxwell’s
5. I Wanna Be Your Lover, 12/6/07, Maxwell’s (with various dB’s)
6. Sooner or Later (One Of Us Must Know), 12/3/10 Maxwell’s (with Jeff Tweedy)
7. Wanted Man, 3/8/97, WFMU
8. Wallflower, 9/15/98, Maxwell’s (with Dave Schramm)
9. Absolutely Sweet Marie, 12/26/08, Maxwell’s (with Cyril Jordan)
10. 4th Time Around, 11/7/07, Beacon Theatre, NYC (with Terry Adams and Buckwheat Zydeco)
11. I’ll Keep It With Mine, 12/30/05, Maxwell’s (with David Mansfield)
***Bonus***
12. You’re A Big Girl Now, 12/26/08, Maxwell’s (Lambchop, with James McNew on bass)
YLT fans, be sure to check out Jesse Jarnow’s new book Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock.
Tracks:
1. Trust - Sulk
2. Eight and a Half - Go Ego
3. Gold & Youth - Time To Kill
4. Bishop Morocco - Old Boys
5. Zulu Winter - We Should Be Swimming
6. Antoine Reverb - Memory Interrupted
7. Dan Mangan - Post-War Blues
8. Cold Specks - Holland
9. Molly Rankin - Tricky Fellows
10. Parlovr - Holding On To Something
11. Bam Bam - Hipnódromo
12. The Darcys - Peg
13. Uncle Bad Touch - I Wanna Love You
14. Zeus - Are You Gonna' Waste My Time?
ADULTS began as a Kids tribute band. Kids being one of Belgium's earliest and best punk bands. They have since morphed into their own thing and now play their own songs.
They are somewhat of a Baltimore supergroup - comprised of members of The Fuses, Lo Moda, Slow Jets, and Deep Sleep.
Greg (Slow Jets, Mean Spirits, Roads to Space Travel) - lead vocal/guitar
Christian (Uniform, Fascist Fascist, Lo Moda) - 2nd guitar
Pete (Fuses, Jubilee Gourd Banjo Company) - bass
Lee (Fuses, Thumbs, Deep Sleep, etc.) - drums
They will be playing the Red Weasel reunion show with Monster Museum at Metro Gallery this Saturday, March 24, 2012.
