Music Listening Night
(a.k.a. Howl, a.k.a. "A Parade of Pure Gems" - Ron C.)
21 September, 2002
ca. 8:30 p.m. to ca. 2:30 a.m.
Venue: Jon F.'s on Dupont
Participants: Jon F., Jon D., Deans, Beau, Turner, Ron (ca. 11:00), AGP (ca. 11:30)

Playlist (title/artist):
1. (Jon D.) Flow - Teenage Fanclub
2. (Turner) Pearly - Radiohead
3. (Beau) Stinging Velvet - Neko Case
4. (Deans) Down on Me - Big Brother & the Holding Company (vocals: Janis Joplin)
5. (Jon F.) Old Man River - The Ravens
6. She's A Woman - The Beatles (live at Budokon)
7. Changes - Jimi Hendrix (vocals: Buddy Miles)
8. In the Evening - Led Zeppelin
9. Complete Control - The Clash (live)
10. And She Was - Talking Heads
11. No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
12. Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III - Cornershop
13. Stand Together - The Beastie Boys
14. We Can Get Down - A Tribe Called Quest
15. Concrete Schoolyard - Jurassic 5
16. These Days - Nico
17. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Part I - The Flaming Lips
18. Rum Boogie - Eddie Baxter
19. Mutual Slump - DJ Shadow
20. Cissy Strut - The Meters
21. Full Grown - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
22. Loud Mouth Lucy - Chuck Willis
23. It's All Right/For Sentimental Reasons - Sam Cooke (medley)
24. Tattoo - The Who (live)
25. Don't Pull Your Love - Sam & Dave
26. Unreal is Real - Chavez
27. Love Burns - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
28. Blue Flames - Quannum MCs
29. Not Fade Away - The Rolling Stones
30. Born Fighter - Nick Lowe
31. Teenage Riot - Sonic Youth
32. (Ron C. enters w/) Search and Destroy - The Stooges
33. Touch Me I'm Sick - Mudhoney
34. I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby - The Louvin Brothers
35. Two Beats at the End - The Minutemen
36. Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles (Rick Rubin remix)
37. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
38. Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia
39. Listen to the Ocean - Nina & Frederik
40. Come In Out of the Rain - Parliament
41. Nightshop - Fugazi
42. Give It Up - The Isley Brothers
43. Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
44. (AGP enters w/) (Blue Yodel) T for Texas - Jimmie Rodgers
45. Girl from the North Country - Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash
46. Sam Stone - John Prine
47. Lovenest - The Wedding Present
48. Celebrated Summer - Husker Du
49. You and Your Sister - Chris Bell (with Alex Chilton)
50. Summertime Rolls - Jane's Addiction
51. Angeline - PJ Harvey
52. Fillmore Jive - Pavement
53. Palo Alto - Radiohead
54. Shoulder Holster - Morcheeba
55. Pull My Strings - The Dead Kennedys
56. Johnny Two Bad - The Slickers
57. I'm Sticking With You - The Velvet Underground
58. Alright - Ween
59. Nena - 99 Red Balloons (English lyrics)
60. Nwahulwana - Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Mocambique
61. I Can't Help It - Jackie Wilson
62. Is It Like Today? - World Party
63. Heptones Gonna Fight - The Heptones
64. Falling Elevators - MC 900 Ft. Jesus
65. How Does It Make You Feel - Air
66. Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen
67. Go Now - The Moody Blues
68. Disorder - Joy Division
69. You Are My Sunshine - Ray Charles
70. Shake A Tail Feather - The Torquays
71. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
72. Candy Floss - Wilco
73. Nihilist Assault Group - Stereolab
74. Here Comes A Regular - The Replacements
75. That Drivin' Beat - Willie Mitchell
76. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? - Dave Barker
77. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
ENDUT! HOCH HECH!

Visual gag of the night: Beau's "REALLY HEAVY SOUL" record, in light of Deans' plaintive cry of "No more heavy soul, please!"

Joint Group Howl - All Covers Night
Saturday, August 3rd, 2002
880 Davenport Road
8 P.M. - 1:30 A.M.
Attendees (in order): Jon D., AGP, Beau, Jon F., Turner

1. Stagger Lee (live) - Jerry Lee Lewis
2. Before You Accuse Me (fake live) - 13th Floor Elevators
3. Young Man Blues (Live at Isle of Wight - video) - The Who
4. You Send Me - Blues Busters
5. Words of Love - The Beatles
6. Eleanor Rigby - Gohan Scholser
7. I Saw Her Standing There - Daniel Johnston
8. Hound Dog - Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
9. Mo Jo - J.J. Cale
10. Gin and Juice (live?) - Phish
11. Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr.
12. After the Goldrush - Flaming Lips
13. Sentimental Journey - Esquivel
14. All I Have to Do is Dream - Leo Kottke
15. Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Sheryl Crow
- Bonus Bad Covers Round #1 -
16. The Weight - Switched on Moog
17. New York, New York - Wendy Mae Chambers
18. Baba O'Reilly (live) - Pearl Jam
-- PASS (JF) --
19. Under the Boardwalk - Bruce Willis
- End Bonus Round -
20. Sugarcube (live) - Yo La Tengo
21. Blue Moon - Cowboy Junkies
22. Great Atomic Power - Louvin Brothers
23. What the World Need Now - Staple Singers
24. To Love Somebody - Eric Burdon and the Animals
25. Beethoven's 9th Symphony, 4th Movement (Ode to Joy) - Walter Carlos
26. Mac the Knife - Bertholt Brecht
27. Is That All There Is? - PJ Harvey
28. Eleanor Rigby - Booker T and the MGs
29. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Devo
30. Wild Thing - The Troggs
31. Louie Louie - The Sonics
32. Down the Road Apiece - Rolling Stones
- Departure of Jon F. -
33. Stepping Stone - Minor Threat
34. Like a Virgin - Teenage Fanclub
35. Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Violent Femmes
36. Everlasting Love - U2
37. Whiter Shade of Pale - The Boxtops
38. Kansas City - Hound Dog Taylor
39. King of the Road (live) - REM
40. Little Honda - Yo La Tengo
41. Winterlong - The Pixies
- Bonus Bad Covers Round #2 -
42. When I'm 64 - Keith Moon
43. House of the Rising Sun - Jandek
44. See See Rider - Eddie Baxter
45. Helter Skelter - Motley Crue
- End Bonus Round -
46. Bang Bang Bang Bang - John Lee Hooker
47. Gallows Pole - Leadbelly
48. Oh Lonesome Me - Ray Charles
49. I Did It My Way - Sid Vicious
50. On the Road Again/Transoma 5 (fake live) - Sloan
51. My Generation (live) - Patti Smith
52. Bring it on Home - Sonny Boy Williamson
53. Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (live) - Nirvana

Joint Group Howl - Early June & Warming
June 8th, 2002
Turner's Music Emporium & Sound Den, 199 Boulton Ave., Toronto
Attendance: AGP, Jon F., Beau, Jon D., Turner, Ron (entering late, ca. 11:45)
Proceedings began ca. 8:00 PM, ran until ca. 4:00 AM

1. Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me (AGP)
2. Merle Haggard - The Bottle Let Me Down (Jon F.)
3. Elvis Presley - Wearin' the Loved On Look (Beau)
4. Jerry Lee Lewis - I'm in the Gloryland Way (Jon D.)
5. The Beatles - Kansas City (Turner)
6. David Baker - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
7. Roland Alphonso - El Pussy Cat
8. The Specials - Do Nothing
9. Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
10. The Dandy Warhols - Solid
11. The Inbreds - Farmboy
12. De La Soul - Eye Know
13. New Kingdom - Mexico or Bust
14. Pavement - Grounded
15. Fugazi - Epic Problem
16. Violent Femmes - Machine
17. Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb (live at Altamont, on videotape)
18. Bebel Gilberto - Samba da Bencao
19. Ted Hawkins - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
20. Beck - Your Cheatin' Heart
21. The Monitors - Greetings (This is Uncle Sam)
22. Every Brothers - So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)
23. Charlatans UK - One to Another
24. Bruce Springsteen - State Trooper
25. Texas Gladden - Whole Heap A Little Horses
26. Buffalo Springfield - Expecting to Fly
27. Oasis - Columbia
28. The Beatles - Rain
29. Wilco - War on War
30. Daniel Johnston - Lousy Weekend
31. Steve Earle - Guitar Town
32. Patsy Cline - Come On In
33. The Clash - Armagideon Time (Justice Tonight Remix)
34. The Cars - Just What I Needed
35. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams (live; Cunnane enters rotation)
36. Wil Malone - Death Line
37. David Bowie - Oh You Pretty Thing
38. Stereolab - Captain Easy Chord
39. Les Thugs - Moon Over Marin
40. The Dandy Warhols - Big Indian
41. Jane's Addiction - Classic Girl
42. Martha & the Vandellas - Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)
43. Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys - Stay a Little Longer
44. Johnny Cash - Wanted Man (Live)
45. Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs Tears
46. Radiohead - Like Spinning Plates (live)
47. Air (w/Beck vocal) - The Vagabond
48. Shane MacGowan & Nick Cave - What A Wonderful World
49. Merle Haggard - I Take A Lot of Pride in What I Am
50. Yo La Tengo - The Lie and How He Told It
51. Banco de Gaia - Harvey & the Old Ones
52. Mercury Rev - Holes
53. Lee 'Scratch' Perry & the Upsetters - For A Few Dollars More
54. Boogaloo Joe Jones - What It Is
55. James Last - American Patrol
56. Townes Van Zandt - Where I Lead Me
57. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
58. Butthole Surfers - Chewin' George Lucas' Chocolate/Goofy's Concern
59. Joe Walsh - Midnight Man
60. Bob Dylan - Meet Me in the Morning
61. The Stooges - Search & Destroy
62. Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Special Delivery Stomp
63. Bob Dylan - Mississippi
64. Old 97s - Time Bomb
65. Uncle Tupelo - The Long Cut
66. The Beatles - Good Night

Biggest Laugh: Yo La Tengo's fake Matador catalogue (featuring The Quadsmen et al.)

Biggest Find(s): there were several (meeting secretary's highlights: The Clash remix; Ted Hawkins' gorgeous cover of Just My Imagination; Air w/Beck; Mercury Rev again; holy shit that New Kingdom tune; and I think I convinced a couple of you that The Dandy Warhols are a very very good band with a shite name)

Poorest Reception: I don't think there were any full-blown raspberries this time, notwithstanding Feasby's apparent insanity w/r/t the new Wilco album

Music Listening Session
April 27th, 2002
199 Boulton Ave. (second floor)
8:48 p.m. - ?

Attendees (in order of DJ rotation):
Jon D.
Jon F.
Beau
Turner

1. Mercury Rev - Meth of a Rockette's Kick (first ever song to break less-than-10-minutes agreement)
2. Sonny Treadway - Don't Let the Devil Ride
3. Elvis Presley - I'm Movin' On
4. BIg Star – Feel
5. The Minutemen – Corona
6. Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers - Give Me Back My Wig
7. Sir Mix-A-Lot & Mudhoney - Freak Momma
8. Nirvana – Marygold
9. Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
10. Roger Miller - Little Green Apples
11. Stonewall Jackson – Waterloo
12. WIlco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
13. The Primrods - All Right Tokyo!
14. Thelonious Monk - That Old Man
15. The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (live)
16. The Small Faces - Runaway (live)
17. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
18. De La Soul - Eye Know
19. Quannum MCs - Blue Flames
20. Blur - On Your Own
21. Beatles - Good Morning, Good Morning (alternate take)
22. The Asteroids - Nine Lives
23. Rolling Stones - Monkey Man
24. The Replacements - Left of the Dial
25. Air - Highschool Lover
26. Van Halen – Jump
27. The Specials - You're Wondering Now
28. The Yardbirds - For R.S.G.
29. Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia
30. Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand
31. Beastie Boys - Eugene's Lament
32. Primitive Radio Gods - standing outside a broken phone booth with money in my hand
33. Morissey - Glamourous Glue
34. Aubrey Ghent - Praise Music
35. Nicky Thomas – For The Love of the Common People
36. REM - Dream (live)
37. Rollerskate Skinny - Speed to My Side
38. Roger Miller - My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died
39. Ray Charles - You Are My Sunshine
40. Sloan - Chester the Molester
41. T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On)
42. Thelonious Monk - Just One Way to Say I Love You
43. Bob Dylan & The Band – Yea! Heavy and A Bottle of Bread
44. Wilco - Ashes of American Flags

Meeting adjourned circa 2:00 a.m.

Find of the Night: contemporary pedal-steel gospel music of Central Florida (runner up: Mercury Rev)

Least Welcoming Reception: Primitive Radio Gods (despite intro as a "favourite one-hit wonder of 1996")

Music Night - March 8th, 2002
Jon F.'s place on Dupont
Rotation order: Jay, Jon F., Jon D., Beau, later joined by Steve
(end commentary by Jay)

1. Livin' Right Next Door to an Angel - Neil Sedaka (Jay)
2. The Girl Next Door - Frank Sinatra (Jon F.)
3. I Comb the Waterfront - John Lee Hooker (Jon D.)
4. Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin (Beau)
5. Funky - The Chambers Brothers
6. I Don't Wanna Be Lost - Mahalia Jackson
7. The New Beat – Refused
8. Jackson (Live) - Johnny Cash and June Carter
9. Fondle Rock - The Poets of Rhythm
10. Down Presser Man - Peter Tosh
11. W. – Codeine
12. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be - Fine Young Cannibals
13. Waiting for the Day - George Michael
14. This Kiss - Faith Hill
15. This Time Around - Luna (here add Steve)
16. Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel
17. Shivering in the Corner - The Amazing Royal Crowns
18. Cry Baby Cry - Ramsey Lewis
19. Eleanor Rigby - Booker T & The MG's
20. What a Wonderful World - Joey Ramone
21. Crick Uphill - Guided by Voices
22. Magic Bus (Live) - The Who
23. Funky 16 Corners - The Hilighters Band
24. Midnight Man - Joe Walsh
25. The Grudge – Tool
26. Now a Friend - Eric's Trip
27. Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
28. Poncho & Lefty - EmmyLou Harris
29. On Your Own - The Verve
30. Bragging Party - The Amps
31. Rainy Day Women # 17 and 35 - Mary Clayton
32. Love My Zero No Limit - Bob Dylan
33. Girlfriend - Jesus and Mary Chain
34. Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
35. You're Everything - Return to Forever feat. Flora Purim
36. I Wish I Was a Mole In The Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
37. Bummer - The Grifters
38. Starlight - The Herbaliser feat. Roots Manuva
39. Can of Kick Ass - Mixmaster Mike
40. Part II - Leo Kottke
41. Woman - John Lennon
42. Dear Mr. Fantasy – Traffic
43. Chuck E.’s in Love - Rickie Lee Jones
44. Jamaican Islands - The Carnations
45. You Shook Me - Led Zeppelin

All in all one of our better sessions, I dare say. My favourite of the night was, without question, Holland, 1945 by Neutral Milk Hotel. Out of respect for our host, I withhold comment on worst kiss, er, song of the night. Hey, we still love you Jon. That Booker T more than made up for it. I think the best laugh of the night came from Jon and Steve discussing their former band, "Crass Disposition", and their never-realized album, "Missing and Presumed Crass".