Someone Up There Hates Me

I'm 23 years old now, and I've been a Mac user since I was at least six years old (if not younger).

Two days ago, for the first time in all those years, my Mac hard drive crashed. Big time. I lost everything. I lost some photos that I hadn't backed up. I lost some personal writings. And I lost a lot of music that I was going to upload here. About 200 albums to be precise. It's not a terribly big deal, though, because I uploaded most of the ones that I had wanted to.

The computer crashing thing does still suck, but it's hardly the worst thing in the world. My next post is going to be another big one and it's going to be a great one! Check back in two days to see what it is!

13th Floor Elevators - Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators

1. You're Gonna Miss Me
2. Roller Coaster
3. Splash 1
4. Reverberation
5. Don't Fall Down
6. Fire Engine
7. Thrue the Rhythm
8. You Don't Know
9. Kingdom Of Heaven
10. Monkey Island
11. Tried To Hide
12. Everybody Needs Somebody
13. You Really Got Me (live)
14. Gloria (live)
15. You're Gonna Miss Me (live)

A great blend of psychedelic rock mixed with good old fashioned rock and rock, one of the early documents of Roky Erikson showing how cool he really is. Get this badass album RIGHT HERE!

President Obama

When Barack Obama came to speak in the town that I live, I got to sit behind him during the speech. Then, as he walked by us and shook all of our hands, I said to him, "I'd be proud to call you my President!" He smiled, just like in that photo. And I am even more proud today than I thought I could ever be.

Thank you, Indiana.

Thank you, USA.

Better days are ahead.

Welcome, President Barack Obama!

1234: Punk and New Wave 1976-1979

Disc 1:
1. Complete Control - Clash
2. Anarchy In The UK - Sex Pistols
3. New Rose - Damned
4. Blitzkreig Bop - Ramones
5. Shadow - Lurkers
6. Thinking Of The USA - Eater
7. Ain't Bin To No Music School - Ed Banger
8. Borstal Breakout - Sham 69
9. I Hate School - Suburban Studs
10. GLC - Menace
11. One Chord Wonders - Adverts
12. Right To Work - Chelsea
13. Johnny Won't Go To Heaven - Killjoys
14. Bone Idle - Drones
15. Where Have All The Boot Boys Gone - Slaughter & The Dogs
16. CID - UK Subs
17. Can't Wait 'til '78 - Wasps
18. Ambition - Subway Sect
19. I'm Stranded - Saints
20. Orgasm Addict - Buzzcocks

Disc 2:
1. In The City - Jam
2. Your Generation - Generation X
3. First Time - Boys
4. Get A Grip (On Yourself) - Stranglers
5. Don't Dictate - Penetration
6. In A Rut - Ruts
7. Big Time - Rudi
8. Don't Ring Me Up - Protex
9. Just Another Teenage Rebel - Outcasts
10. Solitary Confinement - Members
11. Emergency - 999
12. 19 And Mad - Leyton Buzzards
13. I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher - Not Sensibles
14. Romford Girls - Riff Raff
15. Sick Of You - Users
16. Gabrielle - Nips
17. Where Were You - Mekons
18. Murder Of Liddle Towers - Angelic Upstarts
19. Oh Bondage Up Yours - Angelic Upstarts
20. Sweet Suburbia - Angelic Upstarts
21. Television Screen - Radiators
22. Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers
23. Teenage Kicks - Undertones

Disc 3:
1. Teenage Depression - Eddie & The Hot Rods
2. Rich Kids - Rich Kids
3. Baby Baby (I Know You're A Lady) - Vibrators
4. Suffice To Say - Yachts
5. Roadrunner - Richman, Jonathan & Modern Lovers
6. Don't Care - Klark Kent
7. Nervous Wreck - Radio Stars
8. Up Against The Wall - Robinson, Tom Band
9. So It Goes - Lowe, Nick
10. Police Car - Wallis, Larry
11. Hard Loving Man - Johnny Moped
12. Love And A Molotov Cocktail - Flys
13. Where's Captain Kirk - Spizz Energi
14. Sonic Reducer - Dead Boys
15. Search And Destroy - Dictators
16. Born To Lose - Heartbreakers
17. Modern Dance - Pere Ubu
18. If You Don't Want To F*** Me F*** Off - County, Wayne
19. California Uber Alles - Dead Kennedys

Disc 4:
1. I Belong To The Blank Generation - Hell, Richard
2. 10.15 Saturday Night - Cure
3. Rip Her To Shreds - Blondie
4. I Can't Stand My Baby - Rezillos
5. All I Want - Snatch
6. Looking After No 1 - Boomtown Rats
7. Take Me I'm Yours - Squeeze
8. Sex And Drugs And Rock 'n' Roll - Dury, Ian & The Blockheads
9. Spanish Stroll - Mink DeVille
10. Is She Really Going Out With Him - Jackson, Joe
11. Whole Wide World - Wreckless Eric
12. Part Time Punks - Television Personalities
13. Safety Pin Stuck In My Heart - Fitzgerald, Patrick
14. You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory - Thunders, Johnny
15. Psycle Sluts - Clarke, John Cooper
16. Jilted John - Jilted John
17. Kill - Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias
18. Paranoid - Dickies

Disc 5:
1. Public Image - Public Image Ltd.
2. Warsaw - Joy Division
3. Staircase Mystery - Siouxsie & The Banshees
4. Damaged Goods - Gang Of Four
5. You - Au Pairs
6. How Much Longer - Au Pairs
7. Read About Seymour - Swell Maps
8. Young Parisians - Adam & The Ants
9. Monochrome Set - Monochrome Set
10. We Are All Prostitutes - Pop Group
11. Typical Girls - Slits
12. Mannequin - Wire
13. Shot By Both Sides - Magazine
14. Science Fiction - XTC
15. Do The Standing Still - Table
16. Another Girl Another Planet - Only Ones
17. Young Savage - Ultravox
18. Puppet Life - Punishment Of Luxury
19. Jocko Homo - Devo
20. Marquee Moon - Television

This is my most listened-to era of music: underground music of the late 70s. I love it. And this is hands-down one of the best compilations of that scene. You have the typical classics like The Clash and Ramones, you have more underground classics like Wire and Pere Ubu, but then you have thorougly obscure (but just as wonderful) songs from Ultravox and Punishment of Luxury. This is an astounding box set. Get all five discs from one easy link RIGHT HERE!!!!!!!

VOTE!!!!!

If you live in America and you are registered, go vote today!

I don't care who you vote for, be it Ron Paul, Barack Obama, John McCain, Ralph Nader, or Ronald McDonald. I don't care. If you are registered, let your voice be heard. Vote for Obama or McCain if you want someone to have a fighting chance of making it. Vote for Nader or Paul or a third party if you want to send them a message; or do a write-in vote for Rocky & Bullwinkle if you want to give a big middle finger to the whole system. If you don't vote, no one will know what you think one way or the other. Silence is consent.

I have already voted, and I proudly voted for Obama. He's the first politician in my lifetime that has shown any real hope for America's future. Go OBAMA!!!!!!!

The 101ers - Elign Avenue Revisited

1. Letsagetabitarockin'
2. Silent Telephone
3. Keys To Your Heart (V1)
4. Rabies (From the Dogs Of Love)
5. Sweet Revenge
6. Motor Boys Motor
7. Steamgauge 99
8. 5 Star R'n'R
9. Surf City
10. Keys To Your Heart (V2)
11. Sweety of the St. Moritz
12. Hideaway
13. Shake Your Hips
14. Lonely Mother's Son
15. Don't Let It Go
16. Keep Taking The Tablets
17. Junco Partner
18. Out Of Time
19. Maybelline
20. Gloria

Maybe not essential to your rock 'n roll collection, but definitely essential to your Clash collection. This is Joe Strummer growing up, playing songs that were his stepping stones to The Clash. This band is how Mick Jones met him and the rest is history. There are some great songs on here, but a lot of it is just Joe Strummer just revving up to be in his creative explosion, only a few months away. I have one vinyl of theirs, repressed unfortunately, but I definitely recommend this CD over the vinyl, there's more here. Get it HERE!!!

Clearwater Ahead, Indeed

Some great news everyone!

For one, I got a new iPod for birthday, which can hold, like, a million times as much music as my last one. So I am quickly trying to fill it up, and it's fantastic!

Secondly, I got my CD drive fixed, so I have also been spending hours upon hours of the last month or so uploading albums, collections, and videos. I have an awful lot uploaded already that will be making its way onto the blog soon.

Spread the word of this blog, because I'm deliberately trying to get things out there that you won't find elsewhere. The Mark E. Smith documentary is a perfect example of that!

I am also currently trying to get the entire 15-CD set of Hank Williams' Mothers Best radio recordings downloaded through a torrent. It's been over a week and so far I'm at 58.5%, and right now it's in dead water. As soon as I have it up here, so then will you. They just released, this week as a matter of fact, a 3-CD set of select recordings from those, but that's only 3 CDs out of 15. I would happily buy the 15 CD set, quite frankly. However, they're not giving me the 15, so I'm getting it where I can.

Thank you all for the comments! Every comment is one more reason to keep doing this! Thanks again!

The Associates - The Affectionate Punch

1. Affectionate Punch
2. Amused As Always
3. Logan Time
4. Paper House
5. Transport To Central
6. Matter of Gender
7. Even Dogs In the Wild
8. Would I Bounce Back
9. Deeply Concerned
10. A

I found out about this band through The Smiths. I was reading about a song called "William, It Was Really Nothing," and supposedly the song is about the lead singer of this band. I had never heard of The Associates before, so I figured they were worth a listen. This is the only album I've heard so far, but so far I like them an awful lot! So, if nothing else, this is a good introductory album. Enjoy!!

Television - Summerstage (06/16/2007)

Disc 1:
1. Introduction
2. 1880 Or So
3. Balloon
4. Venus
5. Little Johnny Jewel
6. Prove it
7. Frustration

Disc 2:
1. Glory
2. The Sea
3. Persia
4. Marquee Moon

This band should really do some international touring as a reunion project. For one, so I can finally see them play live. Secondly, there are so many bands doing it, but Television is one of the few bands that could pull it off without it being embarrassing. This bootleg proves that they still have it and that they still can rip on guitar like no other, and why so many bands are failing at trying to mimic their sound and their chemistry. With limited space on my hard drive, I don't keep bootlegs unless they're either of a special nature (like The Greedies bootleg I posted a while ago) or they're just really fucking good. This one is both. Get it RIGHT HERE!!!

Ahmad Jamal - At The Pershing (But Not For Me)

1. But Not For Me
2. Surrey With The Fringe On Top
3. Moonlight In Vermont
4. Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel In)
5. No Greater Love
6. Poinciana
7. Woody 'N You
8. What's New?

Hello kids! Claudius is back! We're going to start with something different, but amazing nonetheless. I don't own very many jazz records, I'm slowly easing my way into the genre on all fronts. This is so far one of my very favorites, along with John Coltrane's "Ascension" and "A Love Supreme." In case you're wondering which one is Mr. Jamal, he's the pianist, and he will blow your mind. Get it HERE!