"The Bowsprit Got Mixed With The Rudder Sometimes..."

R.I.P. Gregory Isaacs 1951-2010

R.I.P. Ari Up 1962-2010

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2010.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

The Slits -- PING PONG AFFAIR -- Cut, deluxe edition (2009, Island) [orig. 1979]
Gregory Isaacs -- STORM -- Mr. Isaacs, reissue (2001, Blood & Fire) [orig. 1977]

Trevor Malcolm Jazz Trio -- DOPE ROBOT -- From The Tank: 17 Unreleased Tracks From The Windsor Music Collective (2010, Sharktank)
Kathryn Calder -- ARROW -- Are You My Mother? (2010, Mint)
The Books -- I AM WHO I AM -- The Way Out (2010, Temporary Residence)
Habakuk -- MURY -- Polska Rootz: Beats, Dubs, Mixes, & Future Folk from Poland (2009, Eastblock Music)

The Avalanches -- RAY OF ZDARLIGHT (Wham vs. Digitalism) -- ??? (2008)
The Bobbettes -- MR. LEE -- Atlantic Rhythm & Blues, Volume 3, 1955-58 (1985, Atlantic) [orig. 1957]
Random Recipe -- SOMETHING ON MY MIND -- Fold It! Mold It! (2010, Bonsound Records)
The Vaselines -- WHITECHAPEL -- Sex With An X (2010, Subpop)

Hopeton Lewis & The Chosen Few -- BOOM SHAKA LAKA -- Rocksteady Soul: The Original Cool Sound Of Duke Reid's Treasure Isle (2001, Union Square Music) [orig. 1970]
Pinch -- QAWWALI -- Qawwali 12" (2006, Planet Mu)
Raymond Scott -- AT AN ARABIAN HOUSE PARTY -- Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights: The Music Of Raymond Scott (1992, Columbia)
Johnny West -- LOVELY & DIRTY -- My Hellhound Crooked Heart (2010, Tosteestostas)

Y La Bamba -- NOVEMBER -- Lupon (2010, Tender Loving Empire)
Lisandro Meza Y Su Conjunto -- SHACALAO -- Palenque Palenque: Champeta, Criolla, & Afro Roots in Columbia, 1975-91 (2010, Soundway/Select)
Dizzy Reece -- I HAD THE CRAZIEST DREAM -- Blues In Trinity (1995, Bluenote)
Canadian Winter -- BACK TO THE BRICKS -- Everybody Dance Now: Songs From Hamilton 5 (2010, C+C Music Festival)


Dubmatix -- DEEP DARK DUB -- System Shakedown (2010, 7 Arts Entertainment)

Thanks for listening!

Ugh. Don't believe almost anything I say today. For example: when I said some nonsense into the mic about Michael Jackson, I meant George Michael, so listener beware.

Except when I told you that The Books are at The Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac, Michigan tonight. That is actually a true fact.

Also CJAM's Pledge Drive really does start this Friday, October 29th. We're all looking forward to talking up the Jammin' One, hearing from our listeners, and attending CJAM parties! Kickoff Party at FM Lounge this Friday. Also please consider CJAM Movie Night at Phog Lounge on Tuesday, November 2nd.

"Orange As The Pigeon's Eye..."

http://www.strictly-vibes.com/gregory-isaacs-bad-da-1975-vt9193.html

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2010.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Shriekback -- HERE COMES MY HANDCLAP -- Tench E.P. (1981, Y Records)
Wyzacker -- HEEL TO THE SPADE (produced by Mantrakid) -- Neferiu Records: Tendown (2010, Neferiu)

Casiokids -- FOT I HOSE (LFF extension) -- Topp Stemning På Lokal Bar (2010, Polyvinyl)
Shannon Rose & The Thorns -- WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? -- Sing Me A Song (2010, ind.)
Jack Teagarden -- I JUST COULDN'T TAKE IT BABY -- A Teagarden Party (http://scratchyattic.blogspot.com/) [orig. 193?, date unknown)
Trashcan Sinatras -- ORANGES & APPLES -- In The Music (2010, Lo-Five)
The Hygrades -- ROUGH RIDER -- The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria (2010, Sound Way)
Matthew & The Birds -- TRAIN SONG -- Remnants Of What We Reminisced (2010, ind.)

The Temptations -- I WANT A LOVE I CAN SEE -- My Girl: The Very Best Of The Temptations (2002, Motown) [orig. 1963]
Yale Strom & Zmiros -- MAREL O DEL -- Carpati: 50 Miles, 50 Years (1996, Global Village)
Johnny West -- I'M A WITNESS, NOT YOUR WAITRESS -- My Hellhound Crooked Heart (2010, ind.)
The Birthday Party -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY -- Hee-Haw (1980, Missing Link)
Justin Hines & The Dominoes -- CARRY, GO, BRING, COME -- The Story of Jamaican Music: Tougher Than Tough (1993, Mango)

Eu -- GAROTAS SUECAS -- The New Brazilian Music, Volume 1 (2010, BM&A)
Gregory Isaacs -- BAD DA -- The Trojan Story, Volume 2 (1982, Trojan) [orig. 1975, The Thing]
The Provincial Archive -- A SMOULDERING EPILOGUE -- Maybe We Could Be Holy (2010, ind.)
The Spys -- LUDWELL WOODWORK -- Original Punkrock From Canada 1979-80 (2001, Incognito Records)

Jaron Freeman-Fox -- CLARITY -- Manic Almanac: Slow Möbius (2010, ind.)

Thanks for listening!

Snark addendum:
So after a little lazy digging, I can't even remember where it started, it turns out that "Oranges and Apples" by the Trashcan Sinatras is about Syd Barrett. There's about a million reasons why. But I now know more about Barrett than I ever meant to...
When I played it last Tuesday, I could've caught one or maybe two Syd references in "O&A", if somebody would've reminded me about Syd's "Bike" song. Anyway, with nothing to go on, I didn't think anything of it, y'know? So it goes...
Still sounds like it's about somebody in love.

From Catalogue d'objets introuvables, by Jacques Carelman, 

Éditions André Balland, Paris, 1969.