"A Scheme Is Not A Vision..."

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Citizen Sound, feat. Ammoye -- WA DO DUB (Jstar D&B remix) -- Wa Do Dub Remixes (2011, Balanced Records)
Mamani Keïta -- GAGNER L'ARGENT FRANÇAIS -- Gagner L'argent Français (2011, No Format)
The Temptations -- I WANT A LOVE I CAN SEE -- My Girl: The Very Best Of The Temptations (2002, Motown) [orig.1963]
The Dynamics -- 7 NATION ARMY -- Version Excursions (2007, Groove Attack)
Suns Of Arqa -- STORY OF ISAAC -- Stranger Music (2011, Arka Sound)
Bobby Rodriguez -- RECUERDOS DE ARCANO -- Barrio Nuevo: Latin Funk, Latin Rock, Latin Disco, Latin Soul (1999, Soul Jazz)
The Skeletones Four -- SEXY BREAKFAST -- Gravestone Rock (2011, Label Fantastic!)
10 Ft. Ganja Plant -- SHAKE UP THE PLACE -- Shake Up The Place (2011, ROIR)
Champian Fulton -- THE SHEIK OF ARABY -- The Breeze And I (2010, Gut String)
Hey Marseilles -- RIO -- To Travels & Trunks (2010, Onto)
Headhunter -- DESCENT -- Dubplate Drama Series 2 (2007, Rinse)
Random Recipe -- DANGEROUS -- Fold It! Mold It! (2010, Bon Sound Records)
Ticklah, feat. Mayra Vega -- SI HECHO PALANTE -- Putumayo Presents: Latin Reggae (2008, Putumayo)
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet -- SPEND A NIGHT, NOT A FORTUNE -- Sport Fishin' (1993, Cargo)
Lauren Mann & The Fairly Odd Folk -- IN A WOODED GLEN AT DUSK -- Stories From Home (2010, Lauren Mann)
Cheikh Lô -- JAMM -- Jamm (2011, World Circuit/Nonesuch)
St. Rupertsberg -- SUMMER JAMS -- Seasonal Glimpse E.P. (2011, St. Rupertsberg)
Broken Social Scene -- MEET ME IN THE BASEMENT -- Forgiveness Rock Record (2010, Arts & Crafts)
African Head Charge -- DERVISH CHANT -- Songs Of Praise (1990, ON-U Sound)

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"Do My Ears Deceive Me?"

Putting the train into Train in Vain.  Finally!
New on Echo Beach Records.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2011.

(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

   

Dub Spencer & Trance Hill -- TRAIN IN VAIN -- The Clashification of Dub (2011, Echo Beach)

Mel Tormé & The Marty Paich Orchestra -- I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME -- Scenes (1991, Barna Records Lab) [orig. 1957]

Kid Koala -- ANNIE'S PARLOR -- Some Of My Best Friends Are DJs (2003, Ninja Tune)

   

Rainbow Arabia -- JUNGLE BEAR -- Boys & Diamonds (2011, Kompackt)

The Albertans -- JACKPOT -- New Age (2011, Ernest Jenning Record Co.)

Kim Hiorthøy -- DOKTOR WATSON-TRIKSET -- Melke (2002, Smalltown Supersound)

Chin's Calypso Sextet -- NO MONEY NO MUSIC -- Chin's Calypso Sextext, CD 1, 2nd edition (2009, Chin's) [orig.1950s]

    

Laika & The Cosmonauts -- GET CARTER -- Cosmopolis: 1988-2008 (2008, Yep Rock)

The Bees -- I REALLY NEED LOVE -- Every Step's A Yes (2011, Fiction Records)

Igor Boxx -- RUSSIAN PERCUSSION -- Breslau (2010, Ninja Tune)

David Francey -- WHEN I'M NOT THINKING OF YOU -- Late Edition (2011, Laker Music)

      

Egyptian Hip Hop -- MIDDLE NAME PERIOD -- Some Reptiles Grew Wings (2010, Moshi Moshi)

The Hypnotics -- SOUL AT SEVEN -- Soul At Seven (2010, New Values Records)

Alex Acosta Y Su Orchesta -- LA GOZADERA -- Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia & Descarga Sound Of Columbia 1962-72 (2011, Soundway)

The Ramones -- I'M AGAINST IT -- All The Stuff (And More), Volume 2 (1990, Sire) [orig. 1978, Road To Ruin, Sire]

Frank Dell -- BABY YOU'VE GOT IT -- Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities (Kent, 2008) [orig. 1967, Valise]

Birdapres -- BUSY SIGNAL -- Catch An L (2011, Marathon of Dope)

   

Junior Boys -- CAUGHT IN A WAVE -- So This Is Goodbye (2006, Domino)

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys -- YOU'RE OKAY -- Legends Of Country Music (2006, Sony) [orig. 1947, Columbia]

African Head Charge -- MYSTERIOUS HAPPENINGS -- Voodoo Of The Godsent (2011, On-U Sound)

Mogwai -- SAN PEDRO -- Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (2011, Sub Pop)

   

Marc Houle -- SELECTION 12 -- Sixty Four (2008, Minus)

    

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Correction:  Laika & The Cosmonauts's album called Cosmopolis: 1988-2008 is not new, as I thought earlier today (while talking into a microphone, of course). The record's actually from 2008. It says so right on the cover. If I ever figure out why it's in CJAM's "currents" library, I'll let you know.

"Old Man Winter's Burnt Mittens..."

Descarga is a jam session or improvised tune...

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)
     
Los Seven Del Swing -- CELOSO -- Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia & Descarga Sound of Columbia 1962-72 (2011, Soundway) [orig. 1971]
Beaten By Them -- YO -- Invisible Origins (2011, Logicpole Records)
The Albertans -- PEOPLE DON'T GO -- New Age (2011, Ernest Jenning Record Co.)
    
Birdapres feat. John Smith -- SHOW NO FLAIR -- Catch An L (2011, MoDope)
Aurelio -- LARU BEYA -- Laru Beya (2011, Stone Tree Records/SubPop)
The Diplomats of Solid Sound -- GET OUT OF THE WAY (SO I CAN GET BACK TO MY LIFE) -- What Goes Around Comes Around (2010, Pravda)
Hossam Ramzy & Phil Thornton --- KHOFU'S RETURN -- Egypt Unveiled (2011, ARC Music)
    
My Son The Hurricane -- DOOM BRINGER -- You Can't Do This (2011, My Son The Hurricane)
Shugo Tokumaru -- LAHAHA -- Port Entropy (2011, Polyvinyl)
Random Recipe -- SHIPWRECK -- Fold It! Mold It! (2010, Random Recipe)
Easy Star All-Stars feat. Junior Jazz & Daddy Lion Chandell -- ONE LIKKLE DRAW -- First Light (2011, Easy Star Records)
     
Gustódio Castelo -- RITOS -- The Art Of The Portugese Fado Guitar -- (2011, ARC Music)
Mantrakid -- I REALLY SHOULD CALL MY DAD -- Neferiu Records: Tendown (2010, Neferiu)
Harry Beckett -- SWITCH UP! -- The Modern Sound of Harry Beckett (2008, On-U Sound)
Killing Joke -- ALMOST RED -- Almost Red 12" (1979, Island)
Ancient Astronauts -- CALVERT STREET ROCK -- Into Bass And Time (2011, ESL Music)
     
Kronos Quartet, Kimmo Pohjonen, Samuli Kosminen -- AVARA -- Uniko (2011, Ondine/Hoedown Arts)
Kathryn Calder -- IF YOU ONLY KNEW -- Are You My Mother? (2010, File Under: Music)
Orchestra OK Jazz -- VEN Y VEN Y VEN -- Africa Boogaloo: The Latinization of West Africa (2009, Honest Jon's)
The Aggrolites -- COMPLICATED GIRL -- Rugged Road (2011, Stomp)
   
Hotels -- THE BAT WATUSI -- On The Casino Floor (2011, Hidden Shoals)
   
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What a beautifully complicated story: Aurelio Martinez is a guitarist and traditional drummer in Honduras.  He plays Garifuna music. And here's where it gets complicated. The Garifuna is a distinct people (Carib/Arawak/African), language, and culture, originating from the island of St. Vincent and now located mainly along the Caribbean coast of Central America. They are descended from the original inhabitants of the Caribbean islands, the Arawaks and Caribs, who intermarried with escaped African slaves. I didn't know about this until I heard the record! To make it still more complicated, on the new album, Martinez blends Senegalese influences into his Garifuna sound.

"The Vorpal Blade Went Snicker-Snack!"

Cover art for Bjørn Torske's 2010 LP Kokning,
by Kim Hiorthøy, for Smalltown Supersound.

This week The Snark presents a mini-tribute to Norway.  Fine musicians from the land of fjords appear in every set on the list (in purple). (Canadians are, as always, in red.)

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2011.

(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

The Chemical Brothers -- SWOON (LINDSTRØM & PRINS THOMAS REMIX) -- Another World (2010, Parlophone)

Casiokids -- DET SNURRER I MIN -- Top stemning på lokal bar (2010, Polyvinyl)

Leon Spencer -- HIP SHAKER -- Acid Jazz, Volume 1 (1995, Beat Goes Public) [orig. 1972, Bad Walking Woman LP, Prestige]

The Poly Shores -- LLAMA -- CJSW: Now With More Music (2011, CJSW)

Mad Professor & Joe Ariwa feat. U-Roy -- NOTHING IS THICKER THAN DUB -- Old School Dubs (2007, Ariwa)

Rosendo Martinez Y Su Orquesta -- EL ALEGRON -- Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia & Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-72 (2011, Soundway)
Lindstrøm & Christabelle -- SO MUCH FUN (DØLLE JØLLE REMIX) -- Real Life is No Cool (2010, Smalltown Supersound)
Crissi Cochrane -- COMING HOME -- Darling, Darling (2010, Crissi Cochrane)

The Nervous Wrecked -- (YOU'RE RIGHT) (ON TIME) -- Circles (2010, The Nervous Wrecked)
The Interns -- NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE -- Roots Techniques (1995, Pressure Sounds)
Kim Hiorthøy -- TAK -- Fjord Focus: A Norwegian Sampler (2002, Wire)
Johnny West -- SPIDER VENTRILOQUIST -- An Absence of Sway (2009, Tosteestostas)
Minotaurs -- GET DOWN -- The Thing (2010, Minotaurs)

Small Paul -- THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CRYING -- Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg (2007, Numero) [orig. 1967]
Bjørn Torske -- BRYGGESJAU -- Kokning (2010, Smalltown Supersound)
Lopez Walker -- FLY AWAY -- Children Of Jah: The Chantells & Friends 1977-79 {imaginary title: Phase 1 Records: The Music Produced By Roy Francis} (1999, Blood & Fire)
Five Alarm Funk -- INTERLUDE -- Anything Is Possible (2010, Five Alarm Funk)

Annie -- ALWAYS TOO LATE -- Anniemal (2004, Smalltown Supersound)

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The Snark's semi-impromptu feature on some Norwegian artists from the Smalltown Supersound label is entirely due to my friend Pat's record collection. Casiokids appear (yet again) mainly because they actually toured North America in 2010 and we got to see them LIVE! In Detroit! A memorable night.
Special thanks to Pat for the loan of many great CDs from Norway (among other places).
Why no Jaga Jazzist? (Ask not. No reason.)

Kokning inside cover art by Kim Hiorthøy, 2010.

Anonymous comment (see below) points out that Casiokids are touring the south and east of the United States right now, but Detroit is not on the list of destinations. We are used to having our musical hearts broken this way, but we still don't like it. There's a link in the comments that doesn't work. Use this one: http://www.myspace.com/casiokids instead.

Sherlock's Older, Smarter Brother...

pg.95 of Sleeveface: Be The Vinyl, compiled by Carl Morris & John Rostron.
Artisan/Workman Publishing, 2008.
Photo by Gunnar Bangsmoen.
bob hund, Stenåldern kan börja, Bob Hund Förlag, 2001.

   
Hey! Thanks to cool NewZealand label ROUND TRIP MARS for the free download of Invaderism, a compilation featuring new and unreleased tracks from their roster of green-faced geniuses.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)
  
Ancient Astronauts -- ANTI-POP SONG -- Into Bass And Time (2011, ESL Music)
Wanda Jackson -- DUST ON THE BIBLE -- The Party Ain't Over (2011, Nonesuch)
   
Five Alarm Funk -- FACE RIOT -- Anything Is Possible (2010, Five Alarm Funk)
Fujiya & Miyagi -- TAIWANESE BOOTS -- Ventriloquizzing (2011, Yep Rock)
Magic Plants -- I'M A NOTHING -- Essential Pebbles, Volume 2 (????)
Dugong -- PANDEMONIUM, EQUILIBRIUM WALK WITH ME -- Iceberg 2011 (2011, Dugong)
   
Ska Cubano -- CHISPA TREN -- ¡Ay Caramba! (2006, Cumbancha)
Willie Wright -- JACKIE'S SONG -- Willie Wright: Telling The Truth (2011, Numero) [orig. 1977]
Casiokids -- MIN SISTE DAG -- Top stemning på lokal bar (2010, Polyvinyl)
Lee Gaul -- NOTHING AT ALL -- Some Primitive Recordings (2006?, Lee Gaul)
   
Mycroft Holmes -- SIDESHOW VIEWING -- Invaderism: Round Trip Mars Presents A 10-Year Celebration (2010, free download at Round Trip Mars Bandcamp page)
The Wave Pictures -- NOTHING CAN CHANGE THIS LOVE -- If You Leave It Alone (2009, Moshi Moshi)
bob hund -- GRÖNT LJUS ÅT ALLA -- Folkmusik för folk som kan bete sig som folk (2009, bob hund)
Mr. OK -- MEN MWEN -- Men Mwen (2011, Mr. OK)
   
Sonia Wieder-Atherton -- DANSE -- Chants Juifs Pour Violoncelle Et Piano (2010, näive)
Wab Kinew feat. isKwé -- GIVE IT UP -- Manitoba Music 2011 (2011)
Ike & Tina Turner's Kings Of Rhythm -- STEEL GUITAR RAG -- I Like Ike! The Best Of Ike Turner (1994, Rhino) [orig. 1961, Sue]
The Psychic Alliance -- TRI-SCARE-A-TOPS -- CJSW: Now With More Music (2011)
Jonathan Richman -- O MOON, QUEEN OF NIGHT ON EARTH -- O Moon, Queen of Night on Earth (2010, Vapor)
   
Five Alarm Funk -- WATERBOAT -- Voodoo Haircut (2008, Five Alarm Funk)
   
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FIVE ALARM FUNK is coming to Phog Lounge on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9th, 2011!

gorilla vs. shark: who do you root for?

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"He Wrote With A Pen In Each Hand"

From Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2010.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Diego & The Dissidents -- THE SEA -- Contaminated Waters (2010, Quite Scientific)
I-Roy & Mudie's All-Stars -- HEART DON'T LEAP RAP -- Quad Star Revolution 1&2 (1972, Moodisc)

Bran Van 3000 -- OUI GOT NOW -- The Garden "Dubstrumentals" (2010, Audiogram)
Perilelle -- WE CAN'T SEE -- Fog Like This (2010, Exchange Bureau)
Thee Midniters -- JUMP, JIVE, & HARMONIZE -- Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-68 (2009, Rhino)
Seu Jorge & Almaz -- THE MODEL -- Seu Jorge & Almaz (2010, Now-Again)
The Nervous Wrecked -- OLD TREES/NEW HOMES -- Circles (2010, Fauxtown Records)

DePedro -- NUBES DE PAPEL -- Nubes de Papel (2010, Nat Geo)
The Diplomats of Solid Sound -- FASCINATION -- What Goes Around Comes Around (2010, Pravda)
The Modern Men -- GIVE IT UP -- The Sensual Sounds Of... (2010, The Modern Men)
Minotaurs -- THE THING -- The Thing (2010, Static Clang)
Belle & Sebastian -- I'M NOT LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD -- Write About Love (2010, Matador)

Chico Mann -- HAY QUE CORRER -- Analog Drift (2010, Wax Poetics)
The Meligrove Band -- THIS WORK -- Shimmering Lights (2010, Nevado)
Steve Boswell & Jah Berry -- COOL RASTAMAN COOL -- Children Of Jah: The Chantells & Friends, 1977-79 (1999, Blood & Fire) [orig. 197?, Phase One]
Mathias Mental -- DAYLIGHT SAVING -- Teflon Child (2010, Mathias Mental)
Harlan Pepper -- GREAT LAKES -- Everybody Dance Now: Songs From Hamilton 5 (2010, C+C)
Stick McGhee -- DRINKIN' WINE (SPO-DEE-O-DEE) -- Atlantic Rhythm & Blues, Volume 1, 1947-52 (1990, Atlantic) [orig. 1949, Atlantic/1947 Harlem Records]
Beats Antique feat. Eva Salina -- NESVALO -- Blind Threshold (2010, Antique Records)

Ólöf Arnalds -- ALTT Í GÚDDÍ -- Innundir Skinni (2010, One Little Indian)

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"Now I Get My Fortunes Told For Free"

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2010.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Johnny West -- WATER IN A WINE GLASS -- My Hellhound Crooked Heart (2010, Tosteestostas Music)
I-Roy -- YAMAHA RIDE -- Santic & Friends: An Even Harder Shade of Black (1995, Pressure Sounds) [orig. 1974, Santic]

Benny Spellman -- FORTUNE TELLER -- New Orleans Funk 2: The Original Sound of Funk, Volume 2 (2008, Soul Jazz Records) [orig. 1962, Minit Records]
El-P -- DRIVING DOWN THE BLOCK (El-P Remix) REDUX -- Weareallgoingtoburninhellmega mixxx3 (2010, Gold Dust)
Kako & His Orchestra -- KAKO'S BOOGALOO -- Broasted Or Fried? Latin Breakbeats, Basslines, & Boogaloo (2000, Harmless) [orig. 1968, Musicor]
Dandy -- RAINING IN MY HEART -- Tighten Up, Volume 3 (1970, Trojan)
Sunfields -- CITY -- Palace In The Sun (2010, Field Recordings)

It Kills -- NIGHT MAYOR -- It Kills (2010, It Kills)
Erika Machado -- SECADOR, MACA E LENTE -- The New Brazilian Music, Volume 1 (2010, BM&A)
Alkaline -- SKULL DUBBERY -- ExtraLongLife (2000, Universal)
The Wave Pictures -- I SHALL BE A DITCHDIGGER -- Susan Rode The Cyclone (2010, Acuarela)
Jay Jay Imus & Freddy Ford -- THE BOOGALA -- Lux & Ivy's Favorites, Volume 11 [orig. 1963?]
Miss Quincy -- DIRTY BOAT -- Your Mama Don't Like Me (2010, ind)

U-J3RK5 -- U-J3RK5 WORK FOR POLICE -- Vancouver Complication (1979, Sudden Death)
Fat Freddys Drop -- BIG BW -- Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW (2009, The Drop)
The Franco Proietti Morph-Tet -- MOANIN' -- Live! A Weekend At Centre St. Ambroise (2010, Bongo Beat)
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -- DITCH -- Orange (1994, Matador)

Tony Allen & Moritz Von Oswald -- ISE NLA (WAREIKA HILL SOUNDS REGGAE LAND DUB) -- Tony Allen Remixes (2007, Honest Jon's)
The Zeros -- DON'T PUSH ME AROUND -- DIY: We're Desperate: The L.A. Scene, 1976-79 (1993, Rhino) [orig. 1977, Bomp Records]
Hey Marseilles -- CITIES -- To Travels & Trunks (2010, Onto)
Citywide Vacuum -- SWEET KRAUT -- Pact (2007, Eleven37)

Friendlyness & The Human Rights -- I WANT HER -- One Thing (2010, ind)


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I didn't know "Fortune Teller" was written by Allen Toussaint. But it was. Under the pseudonym Naomi Neville. Go ahead, check your copy of More Hot Rocks and Fazed Cookies. It's there. Among other places.

The only way I could figure the date on "The Boogala" was through the vocal introduction at the start of the song itself:

Now you remember "The Hully-Gully"

And you just dug "Louie, Louie"

We got a thing called "The Boogala"

Get your head all gooey

Make ya wanna tap-dance, right?

And work it on out.

Alright, let 'em have it.

Well, "Louie, Louie" came out in 1963.  So, I'll risk it and assume "The Boogala" came out soon after The Kingsmen's hit. At least until more reliable information comes to my attention, etc.

I'm not sure about the tap-dancing line either. Hmm...