Fucking awsome, Rads. I'm sadly lacking in the Bergmann dept.

Donald Fagen

1. Brite Nitegown Morph The Cat, 2006
2. New Frontier The Nightfly, 1982
3. Security Joan Morph The Cat, 2006
4. Confide In Me Tomorrow's Girls b-side, 1994
5. Snowbound Kamakiriad, 1993
6. Mary Shut The Garden Door Morph The Cat, 2006
7. Rhymes, itunes track 2006; Trilogy, 2007 (Al Green cover)
8. Trans-Island Skyway Kamakiriad, 1993
9. Viva Viva Rock And Roll (live) Trilogy, 2007
10. The Goodbye Look (live) bootleg 03/13/06 Massay Hall, Toronto, Canada (originally from The Nightfly, 1982)

Listening back to it, I think anyone downloading might want to move "Goodbye Look" above "Trans-Island Skyway" because of the concert chatter at the end of the track. Flows better.

Anyway, an hour of Fagen.

I've got to do a serious search for digital copies of a few of his albums.

Been listening to this tenner this evening, and it's reminded me how awesome (and dark) his lyrics were. "Maybe later, we can get together and have a relapse" from "Hospital Song" just cracked me up. And (I may be making this up but) I seem to remember that the title of the song "Ruin My Life" is how he proposed marriage to his future (and present) wife.

A national treasure.

He seemed like a dick the one time I met him, but he was opening for Bootsauce, so I wasn't surprised.

I've uploaded Crawl With Me. It's the only thing of his I have, other than the Young Canadians album.

By request from Spade Kitty way back a million pages ago...

Frank Black

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1. If Your Poison Gets You
2. Men In Black
3. Calistan
4. Ten Percenter
5. Kicked In The Taco
6. Superabound
7. The Hostess With The Mostest
8. Every Time I Go Around Here
9. The Cult of Ray
10. Dark End of the Street



AND

Frank Black & The Catholics



1. Bad Harmony
2. California Bound
3. Dog Gone
4. Western Star
5. St. Francis Dam Disaster
6. Do You Feel Bad About It?
7. Horrible Day
8. If It Takes All Night
9. Manitoba
10. 21 Reasons

Holy shit, thanks! I've been craving to hear this album lately, because I remember thinking it was a major disappointment when it came out - John Cale put the keyboards up front when I wanted the songs to build on the sloppy punk geetar power of Poisoned. I'm hoping I can hear it with fresh, more jaded ears this time out.

Excellent Phil. I used to LURV these guys. First song I heard from these guys when I was 11 (via my older bro) was "Whiskey Talk", and I was hooked.

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Deacon Blue

1. Loaded Raintown, 1987
2. This Train Will Take You Anywhere Homesick, 2001
3. Real Gone Kid When The World Knows Your Name, 1989
4. Chocolate Girl Raintown, 1987
5. Your Town Whatever You Say, Say Nothing, 1994
6. The One About Loneliness Singles, 2006
7. Last Night I Dreamed Of Henry Thomas Whatever You Say, Say Nothing, 1994
8. Christmas & Glasgow Walking Back Home, 1999
9. Dignity Raintown, 1987
10. One Day I'll Go Walking Fellow Hoodlums, 1991

Could have just uploaded ten tracks from Raintown since it's still my favorite, but this is a good overview of Glasgow's interesting blend of Springsteen and The Blue Nile. Or maybe Aztec Mellencamp. Simon & Braggfunkel?

RIYL: The Blue Nile, Prefab Sprout, Aztec Camera, Luka Bloom, Poi Dog Pondering, The Dream Academy, The Lilac Time, Danny Wilson, The Beautiful South, Triffids -- that whole crop of altpoppers from the late 80's.

I thought about doing a Deacon Blue but wasn't sure there'd really be any interest. Hell, I even thought of doing a Ricky Ross solo tenner. I heartily endorse this mix even if you are missing my favorite DB song (When Will You Make My Phone Ring?).

Man you are hitting a ton of stuff I used to listen to and never replaced after the cassettes.

Yeah, it was pretty hard to decide on the the Raintown tracks. And somehow only one from When The World Knows Your Name stayed on as I tried to cover their career.

Later stuff doesn't have as much emotional resonance for me but it seems useful for anyone just hearing them now.

It's good for me too. I've spent the past six or seven years mostly listening to new music, and often individual, just released tracks instead of full albums. Good to focus on the older stuff even if some of the production can be a little dated and heart-on-sleeve at times.

I applaud you, fine sir!

I have seen the face of GAR, and I have dearly paid.

The House of Love

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One of those 80s bands that didn't quite sound 80s. Deserved more recognition - and it's almost surprising by how well this stuff has aged. Tenner includes stuff from their long lost Creation debut, the "Loneliness Is a Gun" single, plus their better-known Fontana years, and the last two songs are from their '06 reunion.

1. Christine
2. Hope
3. Sulphur
4. Loneliness Is A Gun
5. Shake & Crawl
6. I Don't Know Why I Love You
7. Ray
8. Marble
9. Love You Too Much
10. Maybe You Know



RIYL: the kinder, gentler side of Jesus and Mary Chain

Oh cool.

Magnetic Fields

1. 100,000 Fireflies
2. Take Ecstasy With Me
3. Strange Powers
4. Swinging London
5. Fear Of Trains
6. I Don't Want To Get Over You
7. I Think I Need A New Heart
8. Meaningless
9. Nothing Matters When We're Dancing
10. Busby Berkeley Dreams

From distorted synth gems to hopelessly romantic gay pop:

http://www.mediafire.com/?khkekjzoxqy

putting up a second Deacon Blue
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Deacon Blue: Tenner 2

1. Fergus Sings The Blues When The World Knows Your Name, 1989
2. Love's Great Fears Raintown, 1987
3. Jesus Do Your Hands Still Feel The Rain? Walking Back Home, 1999
4. He Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now Raintown, 1987
5. All Over The World Whatever You Say, Say Nothing, 1994
6. Long Distance From Just Across The Road Riches & More, 1988
7. The Day That Jackie Jumped The Jail Fellow Hoodlums, 1991
8. Wages Day When The World Knows Your Name, 1989
9. Your Swaying Arms Fellow Hoodlums, 1991
10. When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring) Raintown, 1987

The Minutemen

'Cause somebody had to do one for one of my afvorite bands ever. Besides, the songs are short and the download is quick. If for some reason you're not familiar with these guys, check it out. I tried to grab things off most of their releases. So, if all you've done is listen to Double Nickels, you may find either the earlier more frantic stuff or the later more structured stuff a new take. Enjoy...

The Punch Line (The Punch Line)
Paranoid Chant (Paranoid Time)
Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs (What Makes A Man Start Fires?)
Fake Contest (What Makes A Man Start Fires?)
Little Man With A Gun In His Hand (Buzz and Howl Under the Influence of Heat)
History Lesson Part II (Double Nickels on the Dime)
Jesus & Tequila (Double Nickels on the Dime)
The Big Stick (3 Way Tie for Last)
Courage (3 Way Tie for Last)
King Of The Hill (Project Mersh)

YES!!!!!!
Of course, this tenner is only about 15 minutes long, right?

I really enjoyed this. Lead singer's voice reminded me of Steve Kilbey, which is NEVER a bad thing.

Good choices on The Minutemen although I probably would have only used 1 track at most from 3 Way Tie.

3 way tie is one of my favorites of theirs.

Bruce Cockburn



I didn't realize that Bruce Cockburn's '70s and '80s stuff hadn't quite made the trek to digital. It's too bad. For anyone unfamiliar, he started out in the very early '70s as a fairly precious Christian songwriter who could pluck a mean acoustic guitar. Fortunately, as he traveled the world, that naive belief system turned into a questing religiosity, which made his music a LOT more listenable. For a brief moment,, probably between around 1975 - 1984, he seemed like a major talent - although his achilles heel has always been a tendency towards strident lyrics that border on political doggerel (as evidence, check out the words he tries to cram in the rhyme scheme of "Call It Democracy"). This tenner is mostly uploaded from my vinyl collection, and would've loved to include the song "Coldest Night of the Year" but couldn't find it.

1. The Blues Got The World...
2. Wondering Where The Lions Are
3. Tokyo
4. Rumours of Glory
5. Peggy's Kitchen Wall
6. Lovers in a Dangerous Time
7. If I Had A Rocket Launcher
8. Civilization and Its Discontents
9. Call It Democracy
10. Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long



RIYL: singer/songwriters, the notion of the protest singer, angry christers

Been a fan of that bespectacled dweeb most of my life.