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Monday, May 16, 2011

Summer 2008

I was easier to please in 2008, but I think this mix has aged well




















SUMMERTIME 2008

1. Os Mutantes - Panis et Circenses
2. S.E. Rogie - Do Me Justice
3. Lee "Scratch" Perry - Dyon Anaswa
4. Moussa Dombia - Yeye Mousso
5. Animal Collective - From a Beach
6. Desmond Dekker - Isrealites
7. Iggy Pop and the Stooges - Now I Wanna Be Your Dog
8. T-Rex - Rip Off
9. The Beach Boys - Let Him Run Wild
10. The Shangri Las - Out in the Streets
11. Alton Ellis - You Make Me So Very Happy
12. The Silhouettes - Get A Job
13. Jorge Ben - Por Causa de Vocé, Menina
14. Sic Alps - Dr. Bag and the Pomade Nature Giants
15. Veldtundra - Banthas
16. Fantastic Magic - Flower Beds
17. The Beatles - Sun King
18. Phosphorescent - Be Dark Night
19. Novicat se Soeurs Missionaires - Yesu Ka Mkwebaze

Sunday, February 20, 2011

The Frogs - Racially Yours

From Hamhock:


For those not yet familiar with the Frogs, this is a good place to begin. The same geniuses that created the cult hit "Grandma Sitting in the Corner with a Penis in Her Hand Going No, No, No" turn their attentions to the history of racial tension in the United States. Highlights include "Darkmeat 4 Sale" ("There's a fork around my neck/Forks are for food/It was only a joke/to lighten the mood"), "Massa" ("Massa Massa/I ain't your friend/I ain't your fool no more"), and "Whitefully Dead" ("Now that the white man's dead and gone/ we can sing a happy song"). This could be pretty offensive...if you are an idiot.


From Wikipedia:

Racially Yours is an album recorded by the band The Frogs. The album was originally presented to Homestead Records in 1991, but they refused to release it because of its controversial subject matter. At this point the album only consisted of the first 12 songs. After much delay, it was released in 2000 on Four Alarm Records with an additional 13 tracks, and a tongue-in-cheek sticker proclaiming it "the most controversial album of all time".


Unlike the sexually-charged and comedic material on It's Only Right and Natural and My Daughter the Broad, Racially Yours focuses on subjects such as American racism, genocide and patriotism. The songs are sung from the point of view of both African Americans and white Americans, and the lyrics are equally serious as they are satirical. In the song "Blackman, Blackman", Dennis quips, "a black man's heaven is a white man's hell". In "The Flag", Jimmy urges, "brother, let's make the flag red, white and black".




The Frogs - Racially Yours