Music for Monday...

[hackthis_archive]

oxoniensis made me cover art for Rewind. Mebbe when the porn, or hey, the words, come back, we can do business.

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I think everybody's heard that Ocean's Thirteen is starting production in July, and while some people might be on the fence about this, I will come out now and say I think this is a BAD idea. Let's face facts shall we? Eleven was brilliantly entertaining. Twelve was one long wankfest that gave everyone a sore dick and a chafe issue. It was not a good film. At all.

If we think hard about this, it's pretty obvious that George is missing his peeps, which you know, is cute. He wants his friends to come out and play, and considering that both Matt and Brad have settled down and will become parents in the next few months, this is understandable. Still, if they're all up on dad duty, maybe we'll get to see like OTHER people in the film. Like Bernie Mac. But please, no more Julia Roberts. Yuck.

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Thanks to slodwick for reminding me that it's that's time of the month: calikali's Frankenstein Mix is in da house! [/Ali G]

Blood in the Water Mix

1. A song about touch. - Nine Inch Nails 'Closer' – The definitive song about wanting to rip someone's clothing off, touch, lick and bruise every part of their body, then fuck them into the floor -- or until you both get rug burn and cry uncle. Rug burn is bad, kids, Pratesi make sheets for a reason.


2. A song about taste. -- Billie Holiday 'God Bless the Child' The other day I watched Lady Sings the Blues the Berry Gordy-produced, Diana Ross-starring production about Billie Holiday's life, and I thought it was pretty fucking fantastic. If you're the sort who finds fault when the actors are too pretty or the clothing is too glam or the 'adapted for film' aspect leaves out that one club she played in that one time, this isn't for you. If you can get past that then yeah, you should see it. I chose this song, my favorite sung by Ms Holiday, because it leaves a bitter taste in your mouth. The title speaks to religion and blessings, but it's really about finding your way in the world and knowing that at the end of the day, you only have yourself.


3. A song about sound. -- Travis 'Blue Flashing Light' – Travis are a Scottish band (with the most adorable lead singer ever) who are moderately famous for their song 'Why Does it Rain On Me' – a song about life sucking the big one. The majority of Travis' songs are in that same that self-depreciating, navel-gazing vein -- but in a good way. This song is their one-off. Everyone has that one time when they just need to let loose, and 'Blue Flashing Light', which doesn't even have a track number, but can be found seven minutes after the end of The Man Who is that song. It's not a pretty song, or a happy song, it's about murder and domestic abuse and what happens when you ignore what's right in front of you. National Domestic Violence Hotline (US) & National Domestic Violence Helpline (UK)


4. A song about sight. -- - Luscious Jackson 'Naked Eye' -- Once the female answer to The Beastie Boys, Luscious Jackson eventually went in a decidedly different direction from the three MCs and one DJ, but my real love for this song comes from the fact that Brody from Homicide was in the video.


5. A song about smell. Outkast 'So Fresh, So Clean' -- This song is Irish Spring, Obsession for men (or women), shampoo clean hair, and your favorite jeans, all in preparation for going out and getting your pimp on. If Steve McQueen were around now? He would so do his thing to this song, because like Big Boi and Andre croon, "ain't nobody dope as me, I'm just so fresh, so fresh and so clean."


6. A song about a sixth sense. -- Doves 'Some Cities' – The song starts out with the lyric 'I think I've might've met you before' – which would make you think this is a sixth sense song, but if you listen closer you'll realise that the song isn't about you and me, it's about you and your city, or me and my city, or that city you visit for the first time and you feel like you're coming home.


Zip file here and here*
*The zip file also has a few tester songs that I'm throwing out there to try and drum up business for new artists.


Also, here are a list of considered (and subsequently rejected songs) that I'd wound up uploading anyway:

Eurythmics 'Here Comes the Rain Again'
Olive 'Safer Hands'
Radiohead 'Karma Police 'Unplugged'

Comments

[antheia.livejournal.com]

Okay, one: taking everything. Again.

Two: I could have misread the article, it was severely pre-caffeine when I posted my link, but I thought the moral of the story was that there would be almost no Roberts or Zeta-Jones. Instead we get Barkin. Who I adore, probably more than a little for her sheer brilliance in Drop Dead Gorgeous.

[antheia.livejournal.com]

Except that Quick Dump hates me.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Try the other one, sweetie. QD can be an arse like that.

[antheia.livejournal.com]

*crosses fingers*

[antheia.livejournal.com]

Re. Closer - Oh man, yes.

Rug burn is bad, kids...
Except when it's not so bad...

And, obviously, the download worked. *g*

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

No, wrong, rugb burn is ALWAYS bad. Getting it, maybe not, but the aftermath, ALL bad.

[antheia.livejournal.com]

True. Still, there's always the memory of how you got the burn in the first place. You just keep that in your head while applying the ointment.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Oh good, yaye, I like her.

[antheia.livejournal.com]

Honestly, such a relief. I am embarrassed to admit, though, that I think of Barkin as a poor-man's Holly Hunter. It's not that I don't think she's awesome in her own right, it's just that I love Holly Hunter so freaking much.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

I agree about the O13 thing. I think our opinions on this are colored by the fact we fired Brad.

Someone said no Julia, though.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, but at least I like Ellen Barkin, or don't loathe her with the passion of a thousand suns, that's helps.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

she was in that crazy movie that I told you traumatized me, Palindromes. AHHH

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

No, you just told me it was crazy. You didn't tell me about it -- don't start now.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

TRAUM-tizzzzzzzzzed. for real.

do you want a bootleg of Kane singing prince?

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Yes. Also, thank you, but I still have trauma from Requiem for a Dream, so I don't need anymore.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/pwhrty

the quality's crap, but it's so so worth it for how extremely hillbilly it is. HOLY MOTHER. Sign me up.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear. I remember when I heard about this cover a couple years ago and thinking, huh, I love Prince. Also, I was finally able to get my hands on the Feist. Rock on. Do you have Jeff's Live at Sin'e the double CD? It's v good.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

*do* I have that? what songs are on it?

ok, excellent on the feist. if you want anymore of that whole canada hipster crap, I got the motherload up in this bitch.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

It's the big double album that was released last year, maybe the year before? Everybody's got the tiny CD, you know the Live at Sin'e with the acoustic Eternal Life. The double disc is everything, him chattering about his songs and what he wrote what he wrote, talking shit about grunge, etc.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

saddle that shit up!

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

I actually know what album is *is*. The issue is that i have so many jeff bootlegs and random files, I have no idea where any of them came from now.

[antheia.livejournal.com]

Er, I'm gonna steal that. 'Cos, yanno *addict*.

[literaryll.livejournal.com]

Weird. I was listening to 'So Fresh, So Clean' this morning while I was getting dressed.

Psst. THEODORE.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

You can call him all you like, I'm not hearing any sort of response. Just sayin'

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

Some stuff I don't know in the zip, so that's of the goodness! Thanks!

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Yay me!

[greenapricot.livejournal.com]

Grabbed the Travis, Doves and Radiohead. Thanks.

And, since I uploaded this earlier and I like to give back to the community, the first single from Eyes Open You're All I Have (http://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2MW1CA0QGPYHD1SNWUZQTVS599).

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Oh. Oh. Oh wow.

[afrikate.livejournal.com]

Downloading all, and thanks for alerting me to the Frankenstein mix concept. Awesome.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome!

[sloganeer.livejournal.com]

i, in fact, did not know about ocean's thirteen, and i wholeheartedly agree with you. anyway, i thought george and the boys were wanting to do robin and the seven hoods?

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Robin and the 7 Hoods? Now we're talking!

[sapporonoodles.livejournal.com]

So I used to haunt this journal for the beautiful ghei pr0n (and I still do-- I still have good dreams from the Jake/George kthx), but now I'm haunting for the music and actually commenting!

Because you like Travis and the Doves. :x a woman with music taste after my own heart! Stealing a few files, thanks for the good uploads!

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

a) Your icon is fantastic
b) I hope some day that the gay pron shall return. It is missed greatly.
c) Enjoy!

[sapporonoodles.livejournal.com]

a) ;D thanks, I shamelessly stole it from someone

b) even if it never did, it would live on in the hearts of everybody.

e) amen to the whole bit on Ocean's 13.

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

Thanks for these! I love Travis, they did a great cover of Hit Me Baby One More Time. Which Billy Boyd then sang on Sharon Osbourne's show.

Wow, I'm a nerd.

Nerd, squared.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I remember when they did that cover! It was eventually released as a B-side for Turn, and it was like, good. I was shocked -- not that Travis were good, but that they made a Britney Spears song sound good. Shocked I tell you. And yes, I remember when Billy did it too -- he has a fabulous voice.

Re: Nerd, squared.

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's oddly pretty when it's all guitar-y and, you know, sung by someone who can sing.

I remember exactly when I got the video of Billy on that show. I didn't have an mp3 of him singing then so I just kept playing the video in the background of things. He sounds fantastic, and he keeps trying not to giggle, which is gorgeous.

I miss Billy. I know we got some new pics recently, but still. More!

Re: Nerd, squared.

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

Oh, I also love Billy singing 'Oh Jean' at the TORn party when he was already slightly pickled. You have to put up with all the screaming, but it's worth it.