Playlist for June 29, 2009

No theme again, but there are things worth talking about, and this week's program had a nice variety of soothing, heavy, and chilling music. Highlights include the Meiko Kaji double-bill, featuring the main themes to two of her most popular films, the notorious woman-in-prison film Female Prisoner 701, and Lady Snowblood, a film that perhaps had the highest level of influence on Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill. Meiko Kaji was an accomplished pop singer and was the most popular actress in Japanese revenge/exploitation films during the 1970s. Kaji may have not been the most accomplished actress from a technical standpoint, but like Clint Eastwood, she had a presence, and her stoic eyes could communicate more than words often could.



Below is the playlist, which also features a hilarious new rendition of Spinal Tap's "Sex Farm," with a very funky Sly Stone feel to it that fits perfectly with the lyrical content of the song.

1) Al Di Meola- Flight Over Rio (Elegant Gypsy)
2) Mr. Something Something- Only the Maker (Shine Your Face)
3) Bomba- Y Tu Que Te Pensabas (Cuatro Caminos)
4) Toronto Tabala Ensemble- Tongue Twister Two (Second Palla)
5) Meiko Kaji- Urami Bushi (Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion Soundtrack)
6) Meiko Kaji- The Flower of Carnage (Lady Snowblood Soundtrack)
7) Spinal Tap- [Funky] Sex Farm (Back From the Dead)
8) Halford- God, Bringer of Death (Resurrection Remastered)
9) 1349- Maggot Fetus (Revelations of the Black Flame)
10) Nameless Grave- King of all Scum (13 Songs from the Grave)
11) Meshuggah- Concatenation (Chaosphere)
12) Dinosaur Jr.- Ocean in the Way (Farm)
13) Sonic Youth- Posion Arrow (The Eternal)
14) Coeur De Pirate- Berceuse (ST)
15) Pigface- KMFPF (6)
16) Tiga- Mind Dimension (Ciao)

New York State of Mind

A few friends of mine are heading to New York in the coming weeks (or are already in the city). So, in conjunction with their trips, the first half of this weeks program was dedicated to artists from New York and the varying sounds that came from the city that never sleeps. While I couldnt touch upon every major NYC artists, staples from the city like The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, and Wu-Tang Clan had to be represented, and represented they were.

The playlist (New York artists are in purple, the colours of NYU)
1) The Velvet Underground and Nico- I'm Waiting for the Man (The Velvet Underground and Nico)
2) New York Dolls- Dance Like a Monkey (One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This)
3) Cro-Mags- Survival of the Streets (Age of Quarrel)
4) Sonic Youth- Rats (Rather Ripped)
5) World of Skin- Nothing Without You (World of Skin)
6) Naked City- Batman (Naked City)
7) Type O Negative- I Don't Wanna Be Me (Life is Killing Me)
8) Wu-Tang Clan- Older Gods (Wu-Tang Forever)
9) Bernard Herrmann- Taxi Driver Main Titles (Taxi Driver Soundtrack)
10) Joe Delia- Exit Music (Ms. 45 Soundtrack)
11) Plunt- Foxymoron (Plunt)
12) Solarists- New Sound for a New Town (Coast Spirit)
13) Torngat- L'Ecole Penitencier (La Petite Nicole)
14) Yesterday's Ring- Quebec City Blues (Diamonds in the Ditch)
15) Camera Obscura- My Maudlin Career (My Maudlin Career)
16) Morgan Doctor- The Day is Gone (Other Life)
17) SubtractiveLAD- Filament (Where the Land Meets the Sky)
18) Meniscus Curve- Lend Me Your Light (ST)
19) Royskopp- It's What I Want (Junior)