Podcast Number Two

~Podcast #2 is now here~

It was a pretty good show, we'd like to think. It features one of our infamous mini shows, a half hour of genre or theme specific tunes. So listen for a block of math rock somewhere around hour two. Enjoy, and be sure to send us any comments, criticisms, or accolades that we have coming.

The playlist:

timber timbre	like a mountain
charlie parr	1922
bob dylan	girl from the north country
willie nelson	blue rock montana
the kinks	brainwashed
the rolling stones	ventilator blues
blind lemon jefferson	see that my grave is kept clean
chet atkins & jerry reed	tennessee stud
dengue fever	seeing hands
hall mccann	things to please
hank williams iii	cocaine blues
grimis	four corners four words
dirty three	distant shore
priscilla ahn	dream
the h. andrews congregation	change your way of thinking
al green	i want to hold your hand
d.o.a.	oo-ee-oo-ee-oo-ah-ah
bob dylan & the band	bessie smith
the marquis de tren & bonnie "prince" billy	81
mississippi john hurt	nobody's dirty business
they might be giants	istanbul (not constantinople)
ween	buenos tardes amigos
grandaddy	a.m. 180
amber schaefer	put your hands down my pants
flight of the conchords	if you're into it
lee dorsey	o-me o-my-o
de-lites	tell me why
todd snider	long year
john hartford	boogie
blag flag	forevertime
dillinger escape plan	43% burnt
massacre	legs
shellac	squirrel song
naked city	james bond theme
rorschach	bone marrow biopsy
nomeansno	tired of waiting
snapcase	zombie prescription
don caballero	i never liked you
the minus tide	fist, stick, knife, gun
battles	race: in
converge	phoenix in flame/thaw
aretha franklin	long and winding road
nomeansno	two lips, to lungs, and one tongue
alberta #2	bob dylan
danny's dream	jeanne newman
midnight juggernauts	port of lonely hearts (johnny cash remix)

PodTastic

So here it is, the first ever Northern Aggression Radio Podcast. Subscribe to the right. It is a (kinda rough) edit of our most recent broadcast. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it.

As we see it, this show is not so very different from the road of life: it may be long, and it may be rough, but at least it's entertaining. And at the end, on the far side banks of Jordan, June Carter Cash is there to take your hand.


Here's the playlist:

Extreme - Do You Want To Play?
Karaboudjan - Den Svarta Oen
Black Flag - Six Pack
The Black Keys - When The Lights Go Out
Hasil Adkins - Chicken Run 1999
Arkie Shibley & His Mountain Dew Boys - Hot Rod Race
Bob Forrest - Moonshiner
John Hartford - Boogie
John Hartford - Indian War Whoop
The Supersuckers - Creepy Jackalope Eye
Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Some Say (I Got Devil)
The Virginia Wolves - Stay
Ween - The Mollusk (Live)
Howard & Ryan - The Tuba Mouthpiece
Holy Modal Rounders - Boobs A Lot
Dick Dale - Knight Rider
Elvis Presley - That's Alright Mama
Bob Segar - Turn the Page
6'6'240 - Tha Gold And Tha Blue
The Guess Who - These Eyes
Van Morrison & Bob Dylan - Crazy Love
Dusty Rhodes And His River Band - End Of The Rhode
The Knack- My Sharona
The Coasters - Down In Mexico
Noah And The Whale - 5 Years Time
Eric Strom & Hall Mccann - I Loved A Goblin
The Abrahammer - What Was Your Childhood Like?
The Clash - Train In Vain
Flaming Lips - This Here Giraffe
Jimmy Buffet - Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw
Buddy Holly - Rave On
The Flatlanders - Tonight I Am Going To Go Downtown
Dead Boys - Caught With The Meat In Your Mouth
Iggy Pop - Penetration
Led Zeppelin - The Lemon Song
Al Green Feat. Corrina Bailey - Take Your Time
Andrew Bird - Oh Sister
Megafaun - Beloved Binge
Townes Van Zandt - None But The Rain
Mark Lanegan - Man In The Long Black Coat
John Fahey - Sligo River Blues
Iron And Wine - Radio War
Bon Iver - Wolves
Radiohead - House Of Cards
Soulsavers - No Expectations
The Carter Sister & Mother Maybelle - Root, Hog, Or Die

So have at it, if you please.

First Podcast

nope I lied

So two days ago, one half your favorite host and dj duo did a guest substitution stint. The normal shows for Monday at 9 and 10 are Fresh Squeezed and Zorn's The Dopest Shit You Ever Heard Show. Neither show had a host this week. So being of a slight entrepreneurial way, Northern Aggression decided it was time to assert our dominance over another realm. Much like the way the South was seized by the North, Northern Aggression seized Fresh Squeezed and Zorn's The Dopest Shit You Ever Heard Show. It became Northern Aggression's The Freshest Shit You Ever Squeezed Show. As we say here at Northern Aggression: the result was pretty good. With few exceptions - like when the mics weren't picking up sound - the show was consistent and directed. We stayed within the limits of the two shows we were pirating. After we got the show running, our dj left the studio in the able control of some very famous and talented guest hosts, Gene Kelly and Harrison Ford among them. The show ran approximately three and a half hours. So, here's the list of what was played (we'll start doing this for Northern Aggression, I think.), and I think a podcast of the show is in the works. It will be posted soon.

The Freshest Shit You Ever Squeezed Show:
1. The Sea & Cake – Sound & Vision
2. The Postal Service – Clark Gable (live on KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic show)
3. Prefuse 73 – Last Light (feat. Sam Prekop of Sea & Cake)
4. Damu the Fudgemunk – Work in Progress Intro 2005
5. Isaac Hayes – Never Can Say Goodbye
6. David Bowie – Sound & Vision
7. Big Star – Oh Dana
8. Bill Doggett – Honky Tonk Pt. 1
9. Django Reinhart – Beyond the Sea (La Mer)
10. Andrew Bird – Imitosis (Four Tet remix)
11. Bonnie “Prince” Billy – My Home is the Sea (with Matt Sweeney)
12. Johnny Cash – I See a Darkness
13. Stereolab – Peng 33
14. The Beatsmith (Max Henderson) – I Get A Kick Out Of You (Remix) (featuring Ella Fitzgerald)
15. Jacques Brel – No Me Quitte Pas
16. Pontiak – White Hands
17. Sealab 2021 – Happy Birthday, Bitch (for Sethy)
18. Priscilla Ahn – Living in a Tree (blogotheque)
19. R.E.M. – Me in Honey
20. The Snake The Cross The Crown – The Great American Smokeout
21. Priscilla Ahn – Are We Different (blogotheque)
22. Pnuma Trio – Off Balance
23. Priscilla Ahn – The Moon (blogotheque)
24. Seabear – Seashell
25. Telepath – Dub in Light
26. STS9 – Native End
27. Diplo – Sarah
28. Milosh – Then It Happened
29. Don Caballero – The Peter Criss Jazz
30. Arcade Fire – (Tunnels) (Live White Session 09.03.2005)
31. UH-OH
32. Modest Mouse – Out of Gas
33. Misophone – The Sea has Spoken
34. Mono – A Heart has Asked for the Pleasure
35. Benevento/Russo Duo – Powder
36. Dert – Drip Drop
37. The Moog Cookbook – Rockin in the Free World
38. Iron & Wine – Lovesong of the Buzzard
39. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Rockin in the Free World
40. Mojave 3 – Yer Feet
41. Slaraffenland - Polaroids

So, like I said, there will be a podcast soon. Troof.

SOUTHERN COMFORT

LISTEN TO "SOUTHERN COMFORT RADIO" on radio.marlboro.edu 

our sister show here at radio marlboro is officially up and running. wednesday nights at 7 tune in to southern comfort with max henderson for all things that make you want to take up your special lady friend, or your friend's special lady friend, or maybe just your very own hard working mother and say baby here i am for you.

Happy I Got My Speeding Ticket Significantly Reduced Day

And here is T.S. Eliot reading "Burnt Norton," the first of the Four Quartets, as your reward.

Note his "I swear I'm not from St. Louis" English accent.

Yard of Blonde Girls

What the hell, here's some more Micah P. Hinson for you.
This is the video for "Yard of Blonde Girls" which appears on Full Time Hobby's 2005 Jeff Buckley tribute album "Dreambrother."




And here's the Jeff Buckley original (download):

flying lotus

taken from wikipedia:
"Flying Lotus is commonly identified as a hip hop producer, but his style is drawn from many genres, including jazz, electronic, and brazilian music. His hip hop beats are unique for their hazy, ambient sound, while his percussion is purposefully slightly off time, creating a messier, more organic atmosphere. Because of this, he is often likened to producers such as Madlib, Jneiro Jarel, and J Dilla despite the fact that all the mentioned musicians have distinctly unique styles."
But don't take their word for it. See for yourself:


furthermore, here is the demo version of Flying Lotus' first album 1983, Demo '06:
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Its official

So its official. Northern Aggression will be going live thursday nights at 11 pm at http://radio.marlboro.edu

check back for more info.


-your favorite djs

a place in the fire pt. 2

aye...the good old days. sunshine, green grass, blue skies, no plan to write yet. ahhh...... it be like a breath of fresh air. ahhhh....

BUT

can any of you point out what is wrong with this image, in all its idyllic "marlboro" grandeur, all its ivory highhorseitude? let's examine closer.

first of all, and it should be obvious, jake is clean shaven. and it even is that jake has yet to lose his blue beanie.
but zoom the lens some more and:
the "newspaper" i am reading, is not- and never was- a newspaper. it is not a comic strip, or any kind of artistic endeavour. in fact, it is a placemat from the whately diner with among righteous drunkisms, some of the our generation's most refined and eloquent philosophical musings. "I think that's a bridge underwater." "My daugher would be appropriately festooned to date your daughter." and the inquiry that troubles our generation to its very core "When do we get laid?"
a final observation: the bench, so quaint and rustic, don't you agree? simply bring your gaze closer and you will see a. the arm rest is severed and floating above the bench, and b. the foreground rear leg is a boulder, a "Vermont potato," in the parlance of our times. the image of the idyllic ideal crumbles before mine very eyes. ah! i remember the night before. a certain curly haired patriot and i, boisterous with the tippling way, playing a merry game of... "throw the bench at the tree."


moving on:
here is the second half of this year's official playlist:
a place in the fire, pt. 2:
townes van zandt - tecumseh valley
dirty three - horse
pontiak - shell skull
sinners & saints - nothing at all
johnny cash - streets of laredo
timber timbre - mercy
the grand archives - miniature birds
hank williams - the lost highway
earth - miami morning coming down 2 (shine)
bob dylan - sign on the window
the grateful dead - jack straw
waylon jennings - omaha
alan lomax unidentified recording - railroad bill
devotchka - la llorrona
earth - high command
charlie parr - annie melton
bob dylan - i shall be released (bootleg series)
bon iver - stack
the rolling stones - dead flowers
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I think we can all agree that popular music is (always has been and always will be) riddled with clones, cheap hooks, and a distinct lack of creativity. Now don't get me wrong, there is a lot to be said for a well-crafted pop track, but this here is a post about less-than-popular music. I won't call it underground, because few talented musicians remain unknown for long. I've never understood the term "indie"--a genre title that is about as useful as "alternative," which supposedly groups artists like Pavement, Nirvana, and They Might Be Giants under the same heading. I'll just say that, despite their successes, I haven't heard these guys on the radio. This post highlights a few artists who have been reinventing traditional American music--bluegrass, country, folk, and twang--to create some pretty exciting new sounds.

Andrew Bird first came on to the music scene as the fiddler for the Squirrel Nut Zippers, and his early solo albums follow their style of (somewhat schizophrenic) traditional music. With his 2003 album Weather Systems, he began to form a much more distinct sound; folk and jazz still form the base of his style, but his newer music is composed of a skillfully looped and layered sound. "The Trees Were Mistaken" comes from the EP Soldier On, his most recent realease.

Micah P. Hinson's music is often stark, sometimes orchestrated, but always owes a debt to folk and country. I only just found out about the guy so this can hardly be a great blurb, but you oughta check out "I Keep Having These Dreams" from the brand new (not yet available in the US) "Micah P. Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra."

When Wisconsin's own DeYarmond Edison split up, frontman Justin Vernon reemerged as Bon Iver, while Joe Westerlund, Brad Cook, and Phil Cook went on to form Megafaun. The band melds bluegrass, stomp, and rock & roll to create a raucous style, and "Beloved Binge" is a great example of this.

Andrew Bird - The Trees Were Mistaken
Micah P. Hinson - I Keep Having These Dreams
Megafaun - Beloved Binge