Morgan Geist - the name is like a short story

I really admire Morgan Geist. His main project Metro Area has never put a foot wrong, in my opinion. And neither has Morgan with his solo outings, of which this is one of the most recent ones (from his phenomenal 2008 album Double Night Time).

Morgan Geist - Lullaby

Superstitious?

This great Fender Rhodes groover cannot fail to make me feel happy. It was recorded in 1975 and is, of course, a cover of Stevie Wonder's original. Today, Ahmad Jamal is 78 and keeps on playing and recording. He continues to be one funky son of a gun. Respect!

Ahmad Jamal - Superstition

From No Comments to Yes comments

I've changed the comment settings so that anyone - not just registered bloggers - can now give their thoughtful and ingenious opininions.

Homage For Satan

One of the best zombie movies around. If not THE best. I absolutely love it.

RIGHT TRACKS @ We Got Beef, Helsinki 19-09-2008

I'll be playing a five-and-a-half-hour set @ Beef this Friday. Looking forward to it and looking forward to seeing you there!

Post punk saturday

Hello there! This time we're off to the magical world of post punk, the bleak and dangerous mixture of thatcherite England (plus some N.Y.), musical vision and drugs aplenty. So many fantastic bands and artists came from this era, not so many survived. Here's a few fine examples of that time and place.

We start off with A Certain Ratio, the phenomenal funk-punk-whatnot band from Manchester, England. Their records were released on the now legendary Factory records.

A Certain Ratio - Oceans
A Certain Ratio - Choir

John Cooper Clarke's "Evidently Chickentown" proverbially blew my head off when I first heard it on The Sopranos episode's end credits. It's a haunting piece of music and poetry that just won't leave you alone. In other words, it's a bloody revelation!

John Cooper Clarke - Evidently Chickentown

A little detour to New York City, where Liquid Liquid made a handsome racket that falls nicely into our category of the day. The first tune, "Cavern" is probably most famous for lending its bass line to a certain rap hit of the early eighties, but it's a great song in its own right, too.

Liquid Liquid - Cavern
Liquid Liquid - Dig We Must

Section 25 came from Blackpool, England and released three albums on Factory records. This tune is from their debut album Always Now.

Section 25 - Dirty Disco

And the award for the most amusing band name goes to... Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, a New York band with the shrieking, insane Lydia Lunch as a front woman. A select quote: "I would be humiliated if I found out that anything I did actually became a commercial success". And so it was.

Teenage Jesus & The Jerks - Baby Doll

In my opinion, you can't get much more English than The Fall, fronted by the original and singular Mark E. Smith. This here is a sample from their superb debut from 1979, Live at the Witch Trials.

The Fall - Crap Rap/Like To Blow

The Pop Group hailed from Bristol, England and released a couple of excellent albums of dissonant, dislocated music that sounds just right to me today.

The Pop Group - Words Disobey Me

Mr. Methane

And now for something completely repulsive. Mr. Methane, as the name suggests, is a fart artist. He comes from England and seems to be pretty proud of his achievements. Here's a couple of samples. Musically, it's something hideous and cheap. But there's some element of me that still thinks this is funny. Play this tune next Christmas when all the chocolate's been eaten and you can't come up with anything to say to your parents.

Mr. Methane - Jingle Bells


Another smell of his art on YouTube.