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".

Music Night - February 2nd, 2002
112 (A) Dupont - Jon F.'s Place

Gentlemen, in open defiance of Beau's call for non-nerdiness, I hereby present a brief summation of the minutes for the most recent Joint Group Howl (tm):

Track Listing
1. Don't Look Now – CCR (Beau)
2. I Need You - The Beatles (Turner)
3. Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson (Adam)
4. Tomorrow's Dream - Al Green (Jay)
5. Hey Baby - JJ Cale (Jon F.)
6. Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano (Steve)
7. Too Much - Elvis Presley
8. River Deep, Mountain High - Eric Burdon & The Animals
9. Fingertips Pt. II - Stevie Wonder
10. Light My Fire - Shirley Bassey
11. Venus - Slick Motherfuckin' Rick
12. Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue (Live in Newport '56) - Duke Ellington
13. Raised Eyebrows - The Feelies
14. I Got You At The End Of The Century – Wilco
15. Smoky Joe's Cafe - The Coasters
16. 2 + 2 = ? - Bob Seger
17. Close to You - The Carpenters
18. The Creator Has A Master Plan - Leon Thomas and Pharoah Sanders
19. Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go-Gos
20. The Ballad of El Goodo - Big Star
21. Thoughts in My Head - Carl Stevenson
22. All Is Full Of Love (Video) - Bjork (directed by Chris Cunningham)
23. I Can't Believe - Toots and the Maytalls
24. The Liberation Song (Red Black and Green) - Gil Scott Heron and Brian Jackson
25. Ride Like Hell - Big Sugar
26. Tender Situation – Ween
27. Flute Loop - Dick Hyman
28. My Old School - Steely Dan
29. Blue Flowers - Kool Keith
30. I Shall Be Released - The Band
31. Big Time - Neil Young
32. Over You - Velvet Underground
33. Nautical Disaster - The Tragically Hip
34. Cold Cold People - Timmy Thomas
35. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

The Meeting Was Adjourned at approx. 1 a.m. by Jon F. The award for line of the night goes to Mr. F. himself, who at one point uttered the phrase "I won't have anyone hip hoppin' my Burt Bacharach!", which summarily brought the house down. The award for song review of the night goes to AGP, who described the Jose Feliciano cover of Light My Fire as "like having a nightmare about the Doors." The song selection of the night, in this secretary's humble opinion, goes to Jon F. for the song Venus by Slick Rick, although he hastens to point out that none of the songs were disappointments (except perhaps some of the extra-looong distortions in the Neil Young song - sorry Turner - and the sound quality on that Velvets tune - sorry A.G.). Those seeking a more accurate biography on MC Ricky D (aka Slick Rick) than the one I gave last night can go here. And, finally, the foot-in-mouth award for the evening goes to Jay, who, for whatever reason, found occasion to emit the phrase, "It *was* a sausage party until I showed up." Let us never speak of this again.