"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)

Thanks for listening!

Shōbijin, Cosmos, Or Elias?

Seu Jorge is the singer and Almaz is the band.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2010.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Ray Charles -- WHEEL OF FORTUNE -- Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters (2010, Concord) [orig. recorded 1972]
Belle & Sebastian -- I WANT THE WORLD TO STOP -- Write About Love (2010, Matador)

Lee Reed -- VIRAL ROCK -- Introductory Author (2010, Lee Reed)
The Hypnotics -- SOUL AT SEVEN -- Soul At Seven E.P. (2010, New Values Records)
Dub Spencer & Trance Hill -- GALLI-DANI -- Return Of The Supercops (2007, Echo Beach)
Seu Jorge & Almaz -- TEMPO DE AMOR -- Seu Jorge & Almaz (2010, Now-Again)

Brian Eno -- FLINT MARCH -- Small Craft On A Milk Sea (2010, Warp)
CobSOn -- I WON'T LET YOU GO -- CobSOn (2010, CobSOn)
Bonjay -- CREEPIN -- Broughtupsy (2010, Mysteries of Trade)
Mikrokolektyw -- LIPUKO -- Revisit (2010, Delmark)
Mathias Mental -- TEFLON CHILD -- Teflon Child (2010, Mathias Mental)

The Nervous Wrecked -- MUTASIS MUTANDIS -- Circles (2010, Fauxtown Records)
Ken Boothe -- FREEDOM STREET -- Tighten Up, Volume 3 (1970, Trojan)
The Third Bardo -- I'M FIVE YEARS AHEAD OF MY TIME -- Nuggets, Volume 3 (1998, Rhino) [orig. 1967, Roulette]
The Raincoats -- NO SIDE TO FALL IN -- The Raincoats (1979, Rough Trade)
Ebo Taylor -- KWAME -- Love & Death (2010, Strut)

Natacha Atlas -- TAALET -- Mounqaliba (2010, Sic Degrees)
Diego & The Dissidents -- APRAISAL -- Contaminated Waters (2010, Quite Scientific)
Graham Townsend -- JOYS OF QUEBEC -- World Champion Folk Fiddler (1970, Rodeo Records) from Lonesome Lefty's Scratchy Attic
Wire -- ONE OF US -- Object 47 (2008, Pink Flag)
Ian King -- EVIL EYE -- Panic Grass & Fever Few (2010, Fledg'ling Records)
Bee vs. Moth -- THE SKY & THE DIRT EARTH -- Acronyms (2010, Aggraveire)
The Fairy Twins of Infant Island -- MOTHRA'S SONG (1992) -- Mothra The Best 1961-98 (1998, Futureland)

The Vindicators -- THINKING OF BIRDS -- Time Machine: The History of Canadian 60s Garage, Punk, & Surf, 1985-95 (1996, Stomp)

Thanks for listening!

Hideyo & Tsukiko Itō in Mothra vs. Godzilla, 1964.

"Sophisticated Boom Boom"

from Austin, TX

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Willie Colón -- CHE CHE COLÉ -- Salsa Explosion! The New York Salsa Revolution 1969-1979 (2010, Strut/Fania)
Jimmy Radway & The Fe Me Time Allstars -- SHE'S MINE -- Dub I (2008, Pressure Sounds) [orig. 197?)

Lonesome Lefty -- DIGA DIGA DOO -- from MySpace 
Sardinia Bass Legalize feat. Zen I -- BAKLAVA -- Italian Dub Community Showcase Vol. 2 (2010, Dub Connection FREE DOWNLOAD)
The Slits -- TYPICAL GIRLS (INSTRUMENTAL OUTTAKE) -- Cut (Deluxe Edition) (2009, Island) [orig. 1979]
The Lijadu Sisters -- LIFE'S GONE DOWN LOW -- The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria (2010. Soundway) [orig. 1976]
Johnny West -- SIMPLE PROPOSITION -- Chicken Angel Woman With A Triangle (2008, Tosteestostas)

The Shangri-Las -- SOPHISTICATED BOOM BOOM -- Myrmidons Of Melodrama (2002, Cherry Red) [orig. 1966]
Bee Vs. Moth -- PETER BENKO -- Acronyms (2010, Aggraveire)
Ammoye & Rise Ashen -- NEW RECIPE -- Haffi Win (2010, Balanced Records)
Rah Rah -- WHAT ABOUT LOVE -- Breaking Hearts (2010, Young Soul)
Belle & Sebastian -- WRITE ABOUT LOVE -- Write About Love (2010, Matador)

Stereolab -- MELOCHORD SEVENTY-FIVE -- Aluminum Tunes (1998, Drag City)
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers -- ONE WAY LOVE -- Cliff Bennett: The Rebel Rousers (1997, EMI) [orig. 1964]
Dub Syndicate feat. Gregory Isaacs -- KINGSTON 14 -- No Bed Of Roses (2004, Lion & Roots)
Betty Harris -- 12 RED ROSES -- New Orleans Funk Vol. 2 (2008, Soul Jazz) [orig. 1966]

Trash Can Sinatras -- LEAVE ME ALONE (bonus track) -- Weightlifting (2004, SpinART)
Random Recipe -- WONDERWOMAN -- Fold It! Mold It! (2010, Bonsound)
Take It -- ARMCHAIRS -- Atomic Shockwaves 13  from Model Citizen Zero Discipline
Davids with Mitch Bowden -- DEAD WALKIE -- Everybody Dance Now: Songs From Hamilton 5 (2010, C+C Music Festival)
Depedro -- CUANDO EL DIA SE ACABA -- Nubes De Papel (2010, Nat Geo)
The Diplomats Of Solid Sound -- B-O-O-G-A-L-O-O -- What Goes Around Comes Around (2010, Pravda)

The Provincial Archive -- I'M A BELIEVER -- Maybe We Could Be Holy (2010, Bedrooms & Basements)

Thanks for listening!

(Bee vs. Moth, huh?  Uh, no contest.  I think we all know who wins...)

Honk Honk Beep Beep Boom Boom Boom

I love this record!

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2010.
   
The Black Seeds -- SLINGSHOT (Truth Remix) -- Specials: Remixes & Versions From Solid Ground (2010, The Black Seeds)
   
John Legend & The Roots feat. CL Smooth -- OUR GENERATION (THE HOPE OF THE WORLD) -- Wake Up (2010, Sony)
Johnny West -- MOTIVATION BEHIND THE METHOD -- My Hellhound Crooked Heart (2010, Tosteestostas Music)
The Meligrove Band -- REALLY WANT IT -- Shimmering Lights (2010, Nevado)
Ernie K. Doe -- HERE COME THE GIRLS -- New Orleans Funk (2008, Soul Jazz)
Belle & Sebastians -- COME ON SISTER -- (2010, Matador)
  
Dubmatix feat. U Brown -- WHATCHYA GONNA DO? -- System Shakedown (2010, 7Arts Entertainment)
Rufus Wainwright -- GREY GARDENS -- Poses (2001, Dreamworks)
Chuck Wills -- HANG UP MY ROCK & ROLL SHOES -- Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3: 1955-58 (1985, Atlantic) [orig. 1958]
Casiokids -- MIN SISTE DAG -- Topp Stemning På Lokal Bar (2010, Polyvinyl)
Revolutionaries -- DUNKIRK -- Scanking Dub (1978, Channel One)
  
Minutemen -- THEATER IS THE LIFE OF YOU -- Double Nickels On The Dime (1984, SST Records)
Kathryn Calder -- CASTOR & POLLUX -- Are You My Mother? (2010, File Under: Music)
Mali Music -- NIGER -- Mali Music (2002, Astralwerks)
Soul Survivors -- EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART -- 7" single (1967, Crimson)
The Urinals -- I'M LIKE YOU -- Negative Capability... Check It Out! -- (2004, Warning Label/Happy Squid) [orig. 1978-1980]
  
Fat Freddys Drop -- PULL THE CATCH -- Live At The Roundhouse London (2010, The Drop)
Cinnamon Toast Funk -- PIG WITH A PEARL -- Feels Much Better (2010, Cinnamon Toast Funk)
  
Language Arts -- BOXED IN -- Where Were You In The Wild? (2009, Language Arts)


Thanks for listening!

Pledge Drive 2010: Watts Up? CJAM's Rally For Reach!

Thanks to everyone who pledged this afternoon on The Snark. Your generous donations keep CJAM, your favourite campus/community radio station, loud and strong for another year. We're ready for our 1000 watts of power! S'il vous plaît et merci!
  
Hope to see you tonight at Phog!
  
The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2010.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

The Selector -- ON MY RADIO -- Too Much Pressure (1980, 2 Tone)
Kraftwerk -- RADIOACTIVITY -- Radio-Activity (1975, Kling Klang)
The Black Seeds -- STRUGGLERS -- Solid Ground (2009, Easy Star)
Big Daddy A & The Merves -- WHERE'S CHEWY -- We Stole Your Wallet (1997, 1984 Records)
The Locusts Have No King -- NIGHTMARE AWAY -- From The Tank: 17 Unreleased Tracks From The Windsor Music Collective (2010, Sharktank)
Johnny West -- MOONWALKING -- Love Songs For Nihilists (2010, Tosteestostas Music)
The Lawrence Amavi Group -- MONEY THAT'S WHAT I WANT -- The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria (2010, Soundway) [orig. 1972]
Fat Daddy Holmes -- WHERE YO IS? -- Lux & Ivy's Favourites, Volume 10 (???)
Citywide Vacuum -- CARBON VALANCE -- Pact (2007, Eleven37 Records)

Thanks for listening!