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

Saturday, June 7, 2003

Music Night - June 7th, 2003
880 Davenport Road
8:45 P.M. - 2:10 A.M.
Playa rotation:
Jay, Jon D., Deans, Jon F., Beau

Theme: Whole Lotta Video

1. Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke
2. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles: Tracks Of My Tears
3. Flaming Lips: What Is The Light?
4. Jerry Butler: Don't Let Love Hang You Up
5. Eminem: Without Me
6. The Fat Boys: Stick 'Em
7. Led Zeppelin: We're Gonna Groove (live video)
8. Fugazi: Anti-Apartheid Montage (live video)
9. Judy Garland: Somewhere Over The Rainbow (movie)
10. Flaming Lips: Turn It On (music video)
11. Jay: Street Scene In Osaka (home video)
12. Pavement: Rattled By The Rush
13. Misfits: Children In Heat
14: J. Geils Band: Whammer Jammer
15. Beastie Boys: Hey Ladies (music video)
16. Boogie Down Productions: The Bridge Is Over (live)
17. Beatles: Baby's In Black (live video)
18. Dinosaur Jr.: Freak Scene (live video)
19. Stevie Wonder: I Believe (When I Fall In Love....)
20. Louvin Brothers: My Baby's Gone
21. Ella Fitzgerald: How High The Moon (live)
22. Roland Kirk: Three For The Festival
23. Tribe Called Quest: Buggin' Out
24. Eric B. And Rakim: Paid In Full
25. U2: Numb – Emergency Broadcast Network remix (music video)
26. Jackson Five: I Am Love
27. Byrds: He Was A Friend Of Mine (live video)
28. Joy Division: Dead Souls
29. George Jones: Grand Tour
30. Jimmy London: Bridge Over Troubled Water
31. Gaylettes: Son Of A Preacher Man
32. Dandy Livingstone: Rudy, A Message To You
33. X: Johnny Hit and Run Paulene
34. ? and the Mysterions: 96 Tears
35. Rolling Stones: Have Mercy
36. Nite Blues Steel Band: T.S.O.P.
37. Chet Atkins: I Feel Fine
38. Primal Scream: Blood Money
39. Bob Dylan: Lily, Rosemary, And The Jack Of Hearts
40. Whale: Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe
41. Miles Davis Quintet: It Never Entered My Mind
42. Supergrass: Grace
43. Samhain: Descent
44. Beatles: Baby You're A Rich Man
45. Willie Nelson: I Gotta Get Drunk
46. Aphrodite's Child: Four Horsemen
47. The Who: Substitute (live video)
48. Sex Pistols: God Save The Queen (movie clip)
49. Rolling Stones: Monkey Man
50. The Clash: Somebody Got Murdered

Lines of the Night:

"Someone's gotta play some hip hop" - Beau, in reference to being the first to play rap.

"Hook me up with a Big Ram" - funny no matter how many times it was said by Jon F. or Jay

Interesting Factoid:

The initials of the participants only require six different letters: J, D, L, F, B, and I.

Friday, March 7, 2003

Joint Group Howl - 1973/Bitchin' Night
Venue: Chez Jon F., Queen St. E.
Date: March 7th, 2003
Attendance: 5 (Beau, Deans, Turner, Jon D., Jon F.)

Tracklist:

1. (Beau) Down the Road Apiece - Amos Milburn
2. (Deans) Books About UFOs - Husker Du
3. (Turner) Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers
4. (Jon D.) Viewmaster - Eric's Trip
5. (Jon F.) Elephant Stone - The Stone Roses
6. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
7. Straight Outta Compton - NWA
8. You Don't Know What You Mean To Me - Sam & Dave
9. The Deadly Rhythm - Refused
10. Is It the Right time? - The Inbreds
[1973 round begins]
11. Teach the Children - Dennis Alcapone
12. 20th Century Boy - T. Rex
13. Gimme Danger - Iggy & the Stooges
14. The Ocean - Led Zeppelin
15. My Old School - Steely Dan
[1973 round ends]
16. Scottish Rite Temple Stomp - Ninian Hawick
17. Sugarlight - X
18. Hold My Life - The Replacements
19. I'll Be Rested (When the Roll is Called) - Roosevelt Graves & Brother
20. Bring It On Home To Me - Sam Cooke
21. Lovesick Blues - Patsy Cline
22. Like A Fool - Superchunk
23. Godless - The Dandy Warhols
24. Hurt - Johnny Cash
25. Ambitious - Jeff Beck
26. Betcha Can't Kiss Me (Just One Time) - Ike & Tina Turner
27. Kiowas - Sepultura
28. It Ain't Me Babe - Bob Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue (live 1975)
29. Substitute - The Who (live @ the BBC)
30. Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? - The Ramones
[Bitchin' round begins]
31. It's A Long Way to the Top (If You Want to Rock 'n' Roll) - AC/DC
32. Master of Puppets - Metallica
33. Welcome to the Jungle - Guns 'n' Roses
34. Wild Thing - Jimi Hendrix (live @ Monterey, DVD entry)
35. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
[Bitchin' round ends]
36. My Favorite Game - The Cardigans
37. Santa Ana River Delta Blues - Wiskey Biscuit
38. Common People - Pulp
39. Victoria - The Kinks
40. Tenderly - Phinias Newborn Jr.
41. Up on Cripple Creek - The Band
42. Classic Girl - Jane's Addiction
43. Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith
44. The Waterfront - John Lee Hooker [exeunt Jon D.]
45. We Are A Winner - The Impressions
[1973 round begins]
46. 5:15 - The Who
47. Live and Let Die - Wings
48. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
49. Jessica - The Allman Brothers
[1973 round ends]
[exeunt all]

Highlight: N/A (consistent high-quality tunes w/o any single mindblower rising above the rest)

Biggest Surprise: N/A (see above, though Turner may have finally finished making his case for the genius of The Dandy Warhols' Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia album, despite lame-ass band and album name - at least Beau seemed convinced anyway)

Random Conversational Snippets (for atmosphere):

[during The Deadly Rhythm by Refused]
Beau: These guys have definitely been to college.
Jon D.: Yeah. Swedish college.

Jon D. [apropos of nothing]: I'm itchin' for Bitchin'.

Deans [breathlessly, just after Common People by Pulp]: Soy Bomb was awesome.

Jon F. [on his t-shirt]: FREE PHIL SPECTOR

Tuesday, February 11, 2003

Joint Group Howl East #2
February 11th, 2003
Featuring Messrs. Steve and Jay
Order: Steve. Then Jay.

1. Teach Me Tonight - Oscar Peterson
2. Listen Here - Gene Harris
3. Cienfuegos Tiene Su Guaguano - Ibrahim Ferrer
4. T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) - Nite Blues Steel Band
5. Feel Like Jumping - Marcia Griffiths
6. Jesus is Waiting - Al Green
7. No More Blues (Live) - Terry Callier
8. How High the Moon (Live) - Ella Fitzgerald
9. Old Devil Moon - Frank Sinatra
10. I Can't Write Left-Handed (Live) - Bill Withers
11. Mace and Grenades - Hugh Masekela
12. Higher Ground - Eileen McIlroy
13. Stepping Out - Joe Jackson
14. We're Going to be Friends - The White Stripes
15. Inner City Boundaries - Freestyle Fellowship w/ Daddy-O
16. Methods - Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf
17. Wild Pitch - Chill Rob G
18. Crumbs on the Table - D-Nice
19. Run to the Sun - The Neptunes
20. Rob Swift vs. Rahzel (15 minutes long so Steve gets two selections)
21. Blaze the Breaks - Cashless Society
22. Happy Medium - Horace Silver w/ Andy Bey
23. Live from the Plantation - Mr. Lif
24. Six Figures and Up - The B.U.M.S.
25. Brains 'n Brawn - Hip Hop Wieners
26. People Make the World Go Round - Shirley Scott
27. 6 Days - DJ Shadow
28. Canceled Check - Beck
29. Waiting for the Band - Nicky Hopkins
30. Hudson Bommer - Harry Conick Jr. Trio
31. Mississippi Goddamn (Live) - Nina Simone
32. High Jazz - Jazzanova

Sez Jay: A good time was had...by ALL.

Saturday, January 18, 2003

Music Night - Saturday, January 18th, 2003
880 Davenport Road
Attendees (in play order):

Turner
Deans
Beau
Adam
Jon D.
Jon F.

1. Television: Marquee Moon
2. Sonic Youth; Chapel Hill
3. Stone Roses: Begging You
4. Vaselines: The Day I Was A Horse
5. Cream: Crossroads (live)
6. Bobby Bland: Don't Cry No More
7. Duane Eddie: Sugar Foot Rag
8. Rolling Stones: Round and Round
9. Lee Dorsey: Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further
10. Muddy Waters: Tom Cat
11. Bobby Timmons Trio: Easy Does It
12. Slick Rick: Venus

Guilty Pleasures Round One
13. Kim Wilde: Kids in America
14. Tears for Fears: Pale Shelter
15. Queen and David Bowie: Under Pressure
16. Tommy James and the Shondells: Crimson and Clover
17. Original Broadway Cast: Theme from Oklahoma
18. Kraftwerk: Music Non Stop

19. Wilco: Not for the Season
20. Guided By Voices: The Closer You Are
21.Moondog: Symphonie #6 (Good for Goodie)
22. Ween: Tear for Eddie
23. Ray Charles: I Can't Stop Loving You (excerpt from DVD of Metropolis)
24. Beach Boys: Feel Flows
25: Interpol: New York City
26. Fugazi: Last Chance for a Slow Dance (video, live)
27. Hank Ballard and the Midnighters: Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go
28. The Diamonds: The Stroll
29. Bob Dylan: I Dreamed I Saw Saint Augustine
30. Zombies: Care of Cell 44

Guilty Pleasures Round Two
31. Blink 182: All the Small Things
32. Van Halen: Unchained (live)
33. Electric Coconut: Moldy Old Dough
34. Sir Mix A Lot: Put 'Em On The Glass
35. Sinead O'Connor: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
36. Jimmy Buffet: Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw?

37. John Prine and Iris Dement: In Spite of Ourselves
38. Nirvana: Penny Royal Tea
39. Johnny Cash: Mr. Garfield
40. Bob Dylan: Clothesline Saga
41. Cornershop: Good To Be Back On The Road Back Home
42. The Meeters: Funky Miracle
43. Charles Mingus: Haitian Fight Song
44. Flaming Lips: Mountainside
45. Elvis: Marie's The Name (His Latest Flame)
46. Elvis: You Were Always on My Mind
47. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee: Who-ee, Who-ee
(Exit Jon F.)
48. New Pornographers: The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism
49. Joy Division: Novelty
50. Lee "Scratch" Perry: People Funny Boy
51. Aisha Kandisha's Jagging Effect (?): Zin
52. The Kinks: Waterloo Sunset
53. Nirvana: Here She Comes Now
54. Sonic Youth: Expressway To Yr Skull (live video)
55. Stereolab: The Seeming and the Meaning
56. Tom Waits: That Feel
57: Neil Young: Out On The Weekend

Final Round: Guilty Pleasure Battle
58. Cheryl Crow: Soak Up The Sun
59. Blue Oyster Cult: Don't Fear The Reaper
60. Fun Lovin' Criminals: Scooby Snacks
61. Paul and Paula: Hey Paula
62. Suede: The Drowners

Once again, some real gems; even the guilty pleasures are mostly bearable, and thankfully nobody was driven from the house in shame. Sadly, I missed Beau's comment on the Kraftwerk tune, which was likely quote of the night.

Saturday, November 16, 2002

Music Listening Night aka Joint Group Howl
Live & Unreleased in the November Snow
16 November, 2002, 9:00 p.m. - 3 a.m.
Boulton Hall, 199 Boulton Ave., Toronto
Selectors: Jon D., AGP, Beau, Ron, Deans, Turner, Jon F. (12:30 onward)

1. (Jon D.) John Lennon & Friends - Blue Suede Shoes (live in Toronto, 1969)
2. (AGP) Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps - Blue Jean Bop (live at the Sportitorium, Dallas, Texas, ca. 1958)
3. (Beau) The Who - My Wife (live in San Francisco, 1971)
4. (Ron C.) The MC5 - Ramblin' Rose (live in Detroit, 1968)
5. (Deans) Iggy Pop (w/David Bowie) - TV Eye (live, mid-70s, maybe Berlin)
6. (Turner) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) (live)
7. Ramsey Lewis - The "In" Crowd (live)
8. Count Basie - I Ain't Got Nobody (live at Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1938)
9. The Band - The Weight (live, Last Waltz show, DVD)
10. Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Latex Solar Beef/Willie the Pimp, Part One (live)
11. The Kinks - You Really Got Me (live)
12. Kiss - Rock & Roll All Nite (live)
13. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (live in Oakland, CA, 1970)
14. The Yardbirds - Smokestack Lightning (live)
15. Montego Beach Hotel Calypsonians - Maintenance (live, presumably at the Montego Beach Hotel, early '60s [?])
16. Led Zeppelin - No Quarter (live)
17. Miles Davis - Don't Blame Me (live radio broadcast, France, 1960)
18. Radiohead - Killer Cars (live radio broadcast, Vancouver, 1996)
19. Underworld - Two Months Off
20. Ananda Shankar Experience & State of Bengal - Jungle Symphony (live)
21. Up Bustle & Out - Hip Hop Barrio
22. Weezer - Tired of Sex
23. Butthole Surfers - Human Cannonball
24. Frank Black & The Catholics - End of Miles
25. Yo La Tengo - You Can Have It All (live on Late Night with Conan O'Brien)
26. Neil Young - The Old Laughing Lady (live, 1993)
27. Beastie Boys - Shadrach (live, DVD)
28. Ron Cunnane & Mary Pierce - Tender Bubbles (live under a waterfall in Guatemala, 2001)
29. The Replacements - Like A Rolling Pin (live)
30. Jeff Tweedy - Yesterday (live at the Lounge Ax, Chicago, 1998)
31. Beau exits (due to cookie/beer/smoke/peanut butter cup-enduced nausea) w/ Cyril Neville – Gossip
32. Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
33. The Monotones - Book of Love
34. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
35. Husker Du - Eight Miles High
36. Nirvana - You Know You're Right
37. (Jon F. enters w/) Stevie Wonder - Heaven Is Ten Zillion Light Years Away
38. Pixies – Gigantic (live in Holland, 1990)
39. Die Haut (w/Lydia Lunch and Kid Congo Powers) - Parts Unknown (live)
40. Soviet Army Chorus & Band - You Are Always Beautiful (live)
41. Pavement - Summer Babe (Winter Version)
42. Alice in Chains - Heaven Beside You (live acoustic)
43. Phish - Gin 'n' Juice (live)
44. The Stranglers - Golden Brown (live)
45. Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman
46. Bob Dylan - Just Like A Woman (live in England, 1966)
47. Jane's Addiction - Sympathy for the Devil (live)
48. Radiohead - Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box (live at Molson Park, Barrie, 2001)
49. The Flaming Lips - She's Gone Mad
50. Jeff Beck - Beck's Bolero
51. Jimi Hendrix (Band of Gypsys) - Machine Gun (live)
52. Rites of Spring - End on End
53. The Strokes - New York City Cops
54. The Sonics - Psycho (live)
55. Neil Young – Winterlong
56. Hawkwind - Earth Calling/Born to Go (live)
57. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train (live)
58. Cheap Trick - Surrender (live at Budokon)
59. Elvis Presley - That's Alright (live, 1968 comeback special)
60. Guided By Voices - Glad Girls
61. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Freebird (live)
62. The Clash - Straight to Hell (live)
63. Phish – Farmhouse

House lights up

Discovery of the Night - The Montego Beach Hotel Calypsonians, a resort-hotel house band good enough to convince several in attendance they were hearing an early Wailers track

Most Powerful Live Band Ever - The Who (still)

Peak Energy Level - Freebird, which claimed the host's German Wine Festival pint glass (for a worthy cause)

Line of the Night - Jon D., who said "I'm gonna pull a Robert Plant and go to the bathroom during the solo" during "No Quarter," and then did

New Precedents - highest number of media used (CD, LP, minidisc, cassette, DVD); longest song ever played ("No Quarter"); first song ever played that was written and recorded by one of the attendees (Cunnane's "Tender Bubbles"); first song ever played that featured an on-stage reference to one of the attendees (Turner, Radiohead's "Packt Like Sardines")