Joe and Ashley's Christmas Gift to You!

Hello and Merry Christmas! To celebrate our favourite time of year, Saviour's Day, myself and Joseph have recorded our favourite christmas songs. And we'd love to share them with YOU! So here they are and you'd better fucking appreciate them and we love you and MERRY CHRISTMAAAAASSS!!

Joe and Ashley's Christmas Single 2009

Cambodian Rocks

Hi blog!

Here is a compilation of 60s Cambodian rock or ‘Khmer rock’.

I heard a documentary on radio 4 about it a few months ago, but just found this. There is some amazing stuff on here.

In the Vietnam War American radio broadcasts of western rock and roll drifted on the airwaves over the border into Cambodia. They didn’t speak English but were inspired to make their own versions. The result is an awesome mix of surfy garagey stuff with an Asian sound.

The tragic part is that the musicians were nearly all wiped out under Pol Pot.

If you like this there are 3 other volumes I can put up if you like.

Cambodian Rocks

The Story of The Velvet Underground

Here is a brief graphic history of the formation of The Velvets. I drew it using a pencil..

Die Crazy Girls - Der Feuerstuhl

Der Feuerstuhl!

A Visit to Trumpton.

Maybe time to get this blog rolling again? This album is one of my favourites. Its all the music from Trumpton, Camberwick Green and Chigley. While it is a bit of a novelty, I'm not just being ironic. It really is wonderful. Every song sketches a charming portrait, while Freddie Phillips' instrumentation is delightfully imaginative, all little clicks, pops and bangs with really sublime guitar playing. I love it, it makes me feel glowy inside like the Person Pitch does. I've had it a while and it still knocks me out. Perhaps I'm losing my mind. 

A Visit to Trumpton

Love, Ashley xxxxx

James Chance and the Contortions / James White and the Blacks

Here is some stuff by James [insert one of various surnames]. In teh late seventies he made kind of disco Beefheart pissed off stooges era iggy funk jazz punk squaaallll. Its all very cerebral.
Following discussion with some fellow bloggers, here are some albums to help fill the gaps in YOUR collection. Also included is 'No New York' which is a pretty genre defining no wave compliation that has some early Contortions songs on which i think i like more than the ones on the real albums. 'Dish it Out' makes me want to punch things. 'Flip Your Face' makes me want to flip my face and 'I Can't Stand Myself' is pretty ace. It also has a bunch of other songs which hurt when you listen to them. Which is nice sometimes.


One

t'other

no new york

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

Hello here it is, its actually kind of bad... except jingle bell,
now that brings back good memories.

Christmas album

no paws(no lions)

Hi

Songs.Band.Good

myspace

bye.

SCOTT WALKER DUAL BLOG BONANZA

Hello. In a risky manoeuvre, two of the 'at a party in september' bloggers have created the WORLDS FIRST? dual blog entry. We've put our heads together to choose the best scott walker songs, ranging from the walker brothers through to scott 4 with some bonus wild card entries.

omg

love from ashley and joe

An evening wasted with Tom Lehrer

Tom lehrer was a singer/songwriting/mathematician. His big hit was entitled 'the elements' (i think a chemistry teacher at school used to also sing it). Here he is singing some more songs. 'Poisoning pigeons in the park' and 'masochism tango' are the best ones

and if you click this you can download them

Flowers in the Wild Wood

hello, here is an album called 'Flowers in the Wild Wood - Women in Early Country Music 1923-1939' and its preeeettttty preeeettttyyyyy good. actually probably the best thing i've listened to in quite a while. So yeah...

here it is

love from ashley. over and out

JOHN CALE IS MR X

hello

since we are going to see him soon, here is a Jonathan Richman album you might not have. i read that it wasn't very good but i think it is very good.

It's Time For - Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers


also, here is a music video. they don't make 'em like they used to

The Fall/Eat Y'self Fitter

some adam green

some adam green. from the new album by adam green

drowning head first

Festival song

Grandme Shirly and Papa

Rich kids

You get so luck

Tropical island

zombie

juno post 2

adam green and kimya dawson played together at the juno premier. they dont do that often.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BowmW12yrpw

The Later Jin Singles

Jin records was a swamp pop record label. according to wikipedia "The swamp pop sound is typified by highly emotional, lovelorn lyrics, tripleting honky-tonk pianos, undulating bass lines, bellowing horn sections and a strong rhythm and blues backbeat"

here are some songs


lovers plea - lee martin and the velvet tones

Margo White - I'm not ashamed

try me - clint west with the boogie kings

rufus jaganeaux - opelousas sostan ..

the fall

i really like the fall. here is a really geeky thing. see, MES sometimes just nicks bits (riffs, melodies, lyrics and stuff) off other songs. if you really care, here are my favourite examples :

Shake Appeal - the Stooges

Rowche Rumble - the fall

What Goes On - the Velvet Underground

New Face in Hell - The Fall

I Hate You - the Monks

Black Monk Theme - the Fall

Jerusalem ("And did those feet in ancient time") - William Blake

Dog is Life/ Jerusalem - the Fall

and my favourite

Why do Fools Fall in Love? - Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers

No Xmas for John Quays - the Fall

there. ashley

Suburban Kids With Biblical Names

I like this band. All the good pop music seems to come from Sweden these days
Shitty Weekend
Trees and Squirrels
Seems To Be On My Mind

My advent calendar today contained a Christmas tree and the secret word was SNOW (i think Joe's might have been too).

Thanks for listening. x