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From "Music And Your Mind: Listening With A New Consciousness," by Helen L. Bonny and Louis M. Savary

Friday, November 20, 2009

MUSIC NIGHT – Fri. Nov. 20th, 2009
Jer's place
CAST – in order of appearance: Hasnain, Luke, Jeremy, Matt, Geordie

1. Billy Preston – Nothing From Nothing
2. Commodores – Nightshift
3. Q-Tip vs. Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop 'Til You Get Enough
4. The Clash – Pressure Drop
5. Lord Tanamo – I’m In The Mood For Ska
6. Bob Marley – Soul Rebel
7. The Paragons – Blackbird
8. Maestro Fresh Wes – Conductin' Thangs
9. The Specials – A Message To You Rudie
10. Tony Tribe – Red Red Wine

*CHRISTMAS ROUND*

11. Darlene Love – (Christmas) Baby Please Come Home
12. Low – Just Like Christmas
13. Belle and Sebastian – I Took Some Time for Christmas
14. The Skydiggers – Good King Wenceslas
15. Bing Crosby – Mele Kalikimaka

*END CHRISTMAS ROUND*

16. Tupac – Picture Me Rollin'
17. MC 900 Ft. Jesus w. DJ Zero – The City Sleeps
18. The Twilight Singers – When Doves Cry
19. The Bad Plus – Tom Sawyer
20. Pilot – Magic
21. The Police – Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
22. Priests – She’ll Never Know
23. Fucked Up – Crusades
24. The Stooges – Loose
25. Sweet – Fox on the Run

*TWO MINUTE ROUND*

26. Movin' On Up (Theme From "The Jeffersons") - Ja'net Du Bois (shout out dedicated to the new music night pad)
27. Lou Reed – New York Conversation
28. Girls – Big Bad Mean Motherfucker
29. The Dirtbombs – They Hate us in Scandinavia
30. Jimmy Soul – If you Wanna Be Happy

*END TWO MINUTE ROUND – START IMPROMPTU COVERS ROUND*

31. John Lennon – Stand by Me
32. Claude Denjean – Lay Lady Lay
33. The Black Keys – She Said, She Said
34. The Violent Femmes – Children of the Revolution
35. Busy Signal – One More Night

*END COVERS ROUND*

36. Keith Richards – I'm Going Down
37. Gangstaz – Pinch
38. Caribou – Sunsesame
39. The Bad Plus – Everybody Wants To Rule the World
40. Elvis – Burning Love
41. Chet Baker – Look for the Silver Lining
42. Yusef Lateef – Bamboo Flute Blues
43. The Soul Stirrers – Come Let Us Go Back To Good
44. The Vandermark 5 – Long Term Fool
45. Andy Williams – Can't Get Used to Losing You
46. Champion Jack Dupree – Nasty Boogie Woogie
47. Johnny Wells – Lonely Moon
48. The Allmighty Defenders – All My Lovin'
49. The Detroit Cobras – Putty (In Your Hands)
50. Eels – That Look You Gave That Guy

*LAST SONG OF THE NIGHT ROUND*

51. Eddie Vedder and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – The Long Road
52. The Pixies – This Monkey's Gone to Heaven (Live on the BBC)
53. Panda Beat – Comfy In Nautica
54. The Gruesomes – Not My Problem
55. Spencer Davis Group – Gimme Some Lovin'

Thursday, November 19, 2009

MUSIC NIGHT – Micro Version – Thurs., Nov. 19th, 2009
Jer's place
Cast: Wesley vs. Murray

1. Dead Prez ft. Talib Kweli and Jorge Ben Jur – Shuffering and Shmiling
2. Zion I ft. Brother Ali – Caged Bird Part 1
3. Tom Waits – Putting on the Dog
4. Captain Beefheart – Diddy
5. Snoop Dogg – Murder Was the Case
6. Abdominal ft. Notes to Self – T-Ode
7. Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals – Whipping Boy
8. Burning Spear – Foggy Road
9. Bob Marley – Bend Down Low (ska version)
10. Chris Murray – Home (low-fi version)
11. Neil Young – The Loner (live)
12. The Pernice Brothers – Grudge Fuck
13. Talking Heads – Cross Eyed and Painless
14. Dirty Projectors – Event Horizon

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Music Night: The Thunder Down Under Edition *
Raewyn's place, Sydney, Australia
8:15 PM - 1:30 AM
Participants: Beau, Raewyn, Darian, Sarah, Julia, Chris, Steph

1. It Mek - Desmond Dekker and The Aces (Beau)
2. Uptown Top Ranking - Althea & Donna (Raewyn)
3. Next Lifetime - Erykah Badu (Darian)
4. Seven Nation Army - The Dynamics (Sarah)
5. Sensual Seduction - Snoop Dogg (Julia)
6. (Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop - The Fatback Band (Beau)
7. Gin & Juice - The Gourds (Raewyn)
8. Helium - Carl Pannuzzo (Darian)
9. Itch U Can't Skratch - Junior Senior (Sarah)
10. Into The Light - Siouxie & The Banshees (Julia)
11. Walking In The Rain - Grace Jones (Beau)
12. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game - The Marvellettes (Raewyn)
13. Compared To What - Della Reese (Darian)
14. Ladies In A Frenzy - Metz & Trix (Sarah)
15. I'm On A Boat - The Lonely Island (Julia)
16. Little Old Man (Up Tight, Everything's Alright) - Bill Cosby (Beau)
17. The Love You Save - The Jackson 5 (Raewyn)
18. Gossip Folks - Missy Elliot (Darian)
19. All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem (Sarah)
20. Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap (Julia)
21. Papa Was A Rolling Stone - Roy Ayers Ubiquity (Beau)
22. Unchain My Heart - Trini Lopez (Raewyn)
23. A Night In Tunisia (live) - Chaka Khan (Darian)
24. No More Drama (live) - Mary J. Blige (Sarah)
25. Grow Grow Grow (live) - PJ Harvey (Julia)
- enter Chris and Steph -
26. Jail Break - Susanna (Chris)
27. Winter's Going - Bonnie Dobson (Beau)
28. Rocket Man (live) - Kate Bush (Raewyn)
29. This Woman's Work - Maxwell (Darian)
30. Blackout - Plagal Grind (Sarah)
31. Cause = Time - Broken Social Scene (Julia)
32. Sixteen Straws - The Drones (Chris)
33. Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Ronnie Hawkins (Beau)
34. If Not For You - Bob Dylan (Raewyn)
35. Jolene - Dolly Parton (Darian)
36. Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now) - Cracker (Sarah)
37. Drinking In LA - Bran Van 3000 (Julia)
38. Those Great Big Puppy Eyes - Chris Knox & The Nothing (Chris)
39. Girl From The North Country (live) - Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan (Steph)
* GUILTY PLEASURES ROUND *
40. Cha Cha Cha (Go Remix) - Jimmy Luxury (Beau)
41. Puppy Love - Donny Osmond (Raewyn)
42. Breakdown - Irene Cara (Darian)
43. Sunshine - Ricki Lee (Sarah)
44. Return To Innocence (380 Midnight Mix) - Enigma (Julia)
45. The Meaning Of Love - Depeche Mode (Chris)
46. You're Crazy - Guns 'n' Roses (Steph)
* END GUILTY PLEASURES ROUND *
47. Mr. Fortune (live) - The Mighty Pope (Beau)
48. I Love Rock and Roll - The Arrows (Raewyn)
49. Sandy's Tune - Eartha Kitt (Darian)
50. You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve - Johnny Boy (Sarah)
51. Saro - Samamidon (Julia)
52. Hellhole Ratrace - Girls (Chris)
53. Honor Wishes - Joan As Policewoman (Steph)
* HALLOWEEN ROUND *
54. Dracula's Theme - The Ghouls (Beau)
55. Spooky - Lydia Lunch (Raewyn)
56. Something In My House - Dead Or Alive (Darian)
57. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead - Stars (Sarah)
58. Rawhead & Bloody Bones - Siouxsie & The Banshees (Julia)
59. Ghost Town - The Specials (Chris)
60. Casper The Friendly Ghost - Daniel Johnston (Steph)
* END *

* First music night with more gals than guys!

Notable quotes:
"I'm sorry Raewyn...this sucks." - Sarah, in response to Kate Bush's cover of "Rocket Man"
"Don't smoke a joint you find under a seat somewhere." - Raewyn
"It's all blurred in the mists of...this and that." - Beau

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Music Night
Saturday, Sept. 19th
Matt and Saira's place: 8:15 PM - 1:45 AM
Participants: Matt "Dead Air" S., Beau, AGP, Saira (audience: Dr. Baby)

* Vinyl Scramble Round *
1. Gardening At Night - REM
2. Oceans Apart - San Francisco Delite
3. Sunshine Of Your Love - The 5th Dimension
4. Music To Watch Girls By - The Girlwatchers
* end Vinyl Scramble Round *
5. Mideast Vacation - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
6. Eyebrows And Beard - Exuma
7. Baby, Oh! Where Can You Be? - Fats Waller
8. Kill That Roach - Notorious
9. We Luv Deez Hoez - Outkast
* Covers Round *
10. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - The Electric Indian
11. Jump (Supercat Mix) - Kriss Kross feat. Supercat
12. California Dreamin' - Bobby Womack
13. California Dreamin' - Hi-Standard (a)
* end Covers Round *
14. When Love Goes Wrong - Lou Rawls
15. No One To Depend On - Santana
16. I'm A Good Woman - Anna King
17. You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse
18. It Was A Very Good Year - Della Reese
19. Sabali - Rokia Traore
20. Petit Pays - Cesaria Evora
21. Mr. Bobby - Manu Chao
22. The Moving Finger - Dorothy Ashby
23. Half Shark Alligator Half Man - Dr. Octagon
24. Lord Of The Golden Baboon - Mandrill
* Short Songs Round *
25. Game Of Pricks - Guided By Voices
26. Curling - Dik Van Dykes
27. Intriguing Duality - Placebo & The Effects
28. Bossa Nova Baby - Tippie & The Clovers
* end Short Songs Round *
29. Wait Till You See Him (De-Phazz remix) - Ella Fitzgerald
30. Heaven - The Rolling Stones
* exit Dr. Baby *
31. Good Advice - Miracle Beard
32. I (Who Have Nothing) - Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
* Rock Round *
33. Little Wing - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
34. Southern Love - Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks
35. Ape Call - Nervous Norvus
36. Hound Dog (live) - Big Mama Thornton
* end Rock Round *
37. Boss Hoss - The Sonics
* Disco Round *
38. Giving Up, Giving In - The Three Degrees
39. Friends - Ween
40. Once In The Morning - Diana Ross
41. Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight) - ABBA
* end Disco Round *
42. African Pop Session - Manu Dibango
43. Hollywood Freaks - Beck
44. Pans a le Blues - Mad In Paris
45. Passing Me By - The Pharcyde
46. Speed International - The Dave Myers Effect
* Change It Up A Notch Round *
47. Barbecue Any Old Time - Brownie McGhee
48. Voyager - Daft Punk
49. Die On A Rope - The Distillers
50. Cast Your Fate To The Wind - Quincy Jones (b)
* end Change It Up A Notch Round *
51. Troubled Water - Cat Power
52. Is It Because I'm Black? - Syl Johnson
53. In Space - Röyksopp (c)
54. Well You Needn't (live) - Thelonious Monk
55. Promised Land - Edan
56. Just The Two Of Us - Bill Withers

(a) apparently Dr. Baby's favourite song of the night.
(b) "This song says to me, you partied hard all night, now it's time to pass out." - Matt
(c) "This song is like a musical breath mint." - Saira

Other quotes:
"This computer eats my nose!" - Matt
"Gotta keep both ears to the grindstone." - AGP

Note: Dr. Baby (six months) - youngest music night participant ever.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Music Night: Impromptu Jam
Saturday, Sept. 12th
9:20 PM - 2:00 AM, Jer's place
Participants: Beau, Hasnain, Jer

1. Come Together - George Benson
2. Do Your Thing - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
3. Veni, Vida, Vici - Black Lips
4. Enter The Dragon - Percy Faith
5. Fool For You - Otis Redding
6. The Gayest Of Sunbeams - Pink Mountaintops
7. We Can Work It Out - Dionne Warwick
8. Wanted Dead Or Alive - Peter Tosh
9. Foggy Road - Burning Spear*
10. The Moving Finger - Dorothy Ashby
11. Third Rock From The Sun - Jimi Hendrix
12. There's No Home For You Here - The White Stripes
13. Election Break - Rogers Digital Cable/Cancion - The 50 Guitars Of Tommy Garrett
14. Swordfishtrombone - Tom Waits
15. All For The Best - Thom Yorke
* COVERS ROUND *
16. Don't Change Horses - Jerry Jerome and The Cardells
17. Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett
18. When Doves Cry - Twilight Singers
* END COVERS ROUND *
19. Ninfa Mulata - Paulo Diniz
20. Janie Jones - The Clash
21. Baby, Please Go Home - Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
22. Caribbean - Ray Francis and The Whippoorwills
23. Love and Happiness - Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler
24. Graceland - Willie Nelson
25. Kites Are Fun - Tony Mottola w. The Groovies
26. Can't You Hear Me Knocking? - The Rolling Stones
27. Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger
28. Octopus' Garden - Ofra Harnoy & The Armin Electric Strings
29. Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark - Robert Cray
30. Bat Macumba - Os Mutantes
31. Mr. Soul - The Next Of Kin
32. Live Wire - Motley Crue
33. Loving After Midnight - Judas Priest
34. Dead End Street - Lou Rawls
35. Use Me - Bill Withers
36. How To Fish - Dela
* SHORT SONGS ROUND *
37. Guava - Ray Rivera
38. Where Did Our Love Go? - The Supremes
39. 17 (Soulwax remix) - Ladytron
* END SHORT SONGS ROUND *
40. It Never Entered My Mind - Miles Davis
41. Estralita - Charlie Parker
42. Forget Regret - Roy Hargrove

* aka "The Heartbeat of the Motherfucking Universe," according to Jer

Quote of the night: "I've passed out in sketchier bathrooms than this." - Beau