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Trash ONE – add ONE
yep, this week the rules have changed – I like changing rules!
We have a wobbly based FANGS playlist, if you would be so kind as to trash your least favourite, I’ll be mildly angry and after your blood. But you can make it up to me with an added bonus track.
I’d also like to know a movie or book that you’d recommend on the subject – AIP’s a closet Twilight fan, heehee (he’s been listening to the soundtrack – not reading the books or watching the movie – he’s not imploded with pressure that much) – keep it Vampires – I’ll do a wolf playlist next time I get a go.
So:
Trash One
Add One
best Movie
best Book
thank you – my children of the night.
King of the Village Fete Lazarus and the Plane Crash
Friday Night At The Drive-In Bingo Jens Lekman
The Village New Order
Vibrate Mr. Scruff
I Was Unconscious, It Was A Dream The Slow Club
Dull Life Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Empty Nest Wild Beasts
Spent Gladiator 2 The Mountain Goats
Sweet William Pt. 2 Johnny Flynn
Tourist Woman Cass McCombs
Electric Village Add N To (X)
Woozy With Cider James Yorkston
Just Give ‘Em Whiskey colourbox
Click on the ‘spill at the top left of your screen
Then click Dashboard on the drop down
click media on the left hand side – Library will appear next to it.
under the “Howdy – you have used up your upload limit” is a set of :
All (6,418) | Images (4,454) | Audio (1,946) | Unattached (556)
click on Audio and you will have 98 pages of mp3s
1 Burn The Fruit (Pegasus) Seventeen Evergreen
2 Peaches in the Summertime Camper Van Beethoven
3 Kennedy Toquiwa
4 Her Tears Taste Like Pears DORIAN CONCEPT
5 Neutered Fruit St. Vincent
6 Four Damaged Lemons Blonde Redhead
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1 Half An Apple Trashcan Sinatras & Ali Smith
2 Apple Boy The Wave Pictures
3 Apples & Oranges Dogs Die In Hot Cars
4 Apples And Pears Slow Club
5 Apples & Pears Nedry
6 Apple Thief Pepe Deluxé
7 Cherry Lips Archie Bronson Outfit
I will be back to recommend these on RR later – not sure if I can get any time before the boys are in bed – player after the jump isn’t in MY proper sequence, I’m sure you’ll cope – Sakura, please skip Cherry Lips as it isn’t on topic – I just love it – enjoy.
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This has been totally fun for me – I love a playlist I have to work at – and I completely understand how it doesn’t connect for others .. I hope there’s some tracks to entertain in here.
There’s more bleep freak tunes than I’d normal put on the’spill (I haven’t gone overboard – I could have just swapped the playlist with tracks made using 8-bit sounds really annoying the hell out of people who like traditional instruments)…
I’ve included a good smattering of different genres to even it out, not too sure about the musicians colours, as I don’t have a Pantone chart set up for the artist skin tones.
Most tracks are bang on – internet themed – others are subtle – but I believe the lines about the internet are pertinent and important to my feelings for the song.
There’s not a single track that I think are ‘not up to scratch’ with my normal nominating (personal) taste. In fact, tracks 22-61 are all sadly left out because I do try not to bore everyone on here.
I hope there is something to entertain and it’s not a whole: abort – retry – fail.
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a few tracks from the youtube playlist in easier listening format:
1 If I Should Die Tonight Brakes
2 My Kingdom For A Horse Frank Turner
3 Human Racing St. Vincent
4 Act III, Scene 2 (Shakespeare) Saul Williams
5 Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone The Walkmen
6 Some Tragedy The Good Life
7 The Bottom Line Big Audio Dynamite
8 Looking For The Perfect Beat (12″ Vocal Version) Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force
I hear grumpy sounds from this winteRR of disco tents
If you press play on the youtube clip there’s will be a little (slings and) arrow that appears at the bottom right just in from the youtube logo – if you hover over that and click the 23 track playlist will show along the bottom – skip to your hearts content.

My 11 most played albums of ’12 in ’13.
My end of year round up is now turned into the ‘spill game:
you know the score DUMP one (or all of them – see if I care)
It’s pop and it’s fun – don’t take it too seriously.
Remember, they are my most played – I’m not claiming they will change the world – I just liked them.
Band names in BOLD – for those who believe I make stuff up:
1 Stroke My Curls The Dodoz Forever I Can Purr 2012
2 Cuka (feat. Ikonoklasta) Batida Batida (feat. Mck, Circuito Feixado, Ikonoklasta, Beat Laden 2012
3 The Empty Man Whitey Lost Summer 2012
4 Genevieve Stealing Sheep Into The Diamond Sun 2012
5 Horn For The Whole Damn World Lazarus and the Plane Crash Horseplay
6 Passenger Emily Wells Mama 2012
7 Kevlar Sweethearts Diablo Swing Orchestra Pandora’s Pinata 2012
8 Be Strong (Blakkat Remix) The 2 Bears Be Strong (Deluxe Edition) 2012
9 Rat-at-at The Skints Part & Parcel 2012
10 Clap Hooded Fang Tosta Mista 2012
11 Circus Sunday Driver The Mutiny 2012
“The band broke up because I couldn’t bear Rotten anymore because he was an embarrassment with his silly hats and his, like, shabby, dirty, nasty looking appearance”.
Sid Vicious

I asked for filthy, dirty songs…..The interpretation being up to you.
It was an interesting experiment – the starting blocks slipped the rude and lewd songs out – then other forms of dirt piled up in the nominations playlist. Some were too close to home (terminal illness) and other momentarily not appealing (I’m in a house with vomiting children).
Others were ‘just‘ about sex and didn’t feel dirty at all – they obviously weren’t doing it right… I still picked some of these tunes trying to create an interesting playlist as I went.
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RR extRRa wants filthy, dirty songs.
The interpretation of this is up to the nominator.
Perhaps it’s characterised by, or having the nature of filth; disgustingly or completely dirty/ messy, as in needing a wash.
Then again very dirty (as in rude) or obscene also counts.
Unique, interesting, vibrant songs are all I ask – some quirky thinking will be appreciated – I’m not offended by blatant, although I do cherish subtlety -
PLEASE only songs that you love and a few words about why.
With the amount of rain that has soaked the soil around here and Christmas just being over – the only objection I have is anything by MUD.
Use the RR comment box to add links
(then cut and paste into here) -
so the system doesn’t overload with too many youtube clips for those on slower computers.
links anywhere are fine for me – spotify, dropbox, youtube, etc.
Most of all have fun.

I don’t watch many things on television – but when I do my imagination takes off and creates it’s own versions of what’s happening…
You have until this evening to tell me who I thought played each character in my The HouRR all are people who post on RR or the ‘spill.. be nice now… explain why if you can.
Vast amounts of Christmas ‘spill pints for the funniest.

“I’m as mad as hell – and I’m not going to take this any more”
2 Madder Groove Armada
3 Who Needs Actions When You Got Words Plan B
4 We Are Fucking Angry The King Blues
5 So Hungry, So Angry Medium, Medium
6 The Floor Buck 65
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2 Penny For A Thought Saul Williams
3 Alone And Annoyed Eric’s Trip
4 Got This Rage Honkeyfinger
5 Fight Art Brut
6 Bad Luck Hot Chip
7 Open Mind Surgery Culture Shock

Now you’ve gone and left me and there’s nothing here,
But a tenner in my pocket and a fridge full of beer,
There’s an aRRmy around the country, we’re all stuck in our rooms
It takes a lot of preparation to make a move.
2 A Brighter Beat Malcolm Middleton
3 On My Shoulders The Dø
4 Brave Tin Soldiers Sarah Nixey
5 The Happiest Place on Earth Desaparecidos
6 Soldier’s Grin Wolf Parade

All tracks in part one up for consideration DsD.
2 Scottish Pop Spearmint
3 Hips For Scotland Psychonauts
4 Chips And Cheese Eugene Kelly
5 All Over Glasgow Decoration
6 The Sixth Stone Aidan Moffat And The Best-Ofs & Ian Rankin
7 New Lanark De Rosa
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Tracks 3 and 4 to be considered DsD.
2 I Could Be Happy Seavault
3 Cathkin Braes De Rosa
4 Shopping For Blood Franz Ferdinand
5 Wicker Girl (b side) Hefner
6 Mortgage Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra
For those with less indie taste here is some traditional folk from the Shetlands – lovely stuff.
2 Golden Goals Fullsceilidh Spelemannslag
3 The Teetotalers Reel/The Fairy Dance Aly Bain
1 Ribbons The Sisters Of Mercy
2 Ooh La La Goldfrapp
3 Come On You Young Philosophers! The Strange Death Of Liberal England
4 Talk To Strangers Saul Williams
5 Your Big Brown Eyes and My Big Broke Heart The Russian Futurists
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1 René Descartes Parliament of Owls
2 Clockwork Blackalicious
3 Descartes The Foxes
4 Socrates Studiocanoe
5 Watchman, The Philosopher Baba Zula
6 Philosopher’s Stone Thievery Corporation
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Sorry for the early mentions of Christmas in these two songs – but it does give me the ideal opportunity to ask if anyone wants a collection of my ‘vinyl’ Christmas cards.
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1 A Higher Power Jens Lekman
2 Are Philosophers Lonely? Soda Fountain Rag
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1 One More Chance The Real Tuesday Weld
2 Redemption City Joseph Arthur
3 Sorry Robots In Disguise
4 Black Flowers Yo La Tengo
5 Little Birds (Studio) Neutral Milk Hotel
6 Up The Wolves The Mountain Goats
7 Show Me Forgiveness Björk
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1 Some Kind of Nature (feat. Lou Reed) Gorillaz
2 Crown Of Love Arcade Fire
3 Revival Soulsavers
4 Second Chance (RAC Mix) Peter Bjorn & John
5 One Day When God Begs My Forgiveness Songdog
6 pardon my freedom !!!
7 Sorry Galaxie 500
8 Anyone Else But You The Moldy Peaches
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I’m breezily doing some t-shirt designs – so while I’m working I might as well upload a playlist – blow birthday wilemena blow – have a great day and I hope it’s not too windy.
enjoy
2 Three Sheets To The Wind Sage Francis
3 The Storm Is Coming Ed Harcourt
4 Do The Whirlwind Architecture In Helsinki
5 White Wind School Of Seven Bells
6 Queen dot kong The do
7 Cyclone Utilities (Remember Your Birthday) Guided by Voices
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put your lips together and …
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Tokyo all female three-piece TOQUIWA release their hi-energy J-punk in the UK on October the 22nd, 2012. Scopitones announced TOQUIWA’s self-titled debut on digital release and limited edition tour CD.
They begin touring the UK on 26/10 in Bournemouth – I’m going to be there (in a home made bright orange TOQUIWA T-shirt) – I also made a T-shirt using the ticket from a live Wedding Presents Ukrainian Sessions gig. But I can’t wear both.
This is the track listing and below the review are Smash Hits style questions sportingly answered by the band.
(I want to post this today – so I will have to ask Sakura to advise if I’ve got anything in the wrong places)
Photograph of the band used with permission – all designs created by arTEEsane are not for profit – please don’t use.

illustrative track from Music Ripple recorded as Pinky Piglets
The self titled album by Toquiwa on the Wedding Presents Scopitones label, should almost be called go out and get ‘em girl – such is the frantic pace that they erupt with perfect pop rock. The first 13 seconds set up the album (you heard right – 13 seconds sets out their manifesto) – Fantasticly playing the many influences and condensing them into a tight Toquiwa package.
Strangely managing to be extremely talented musicians yet still exuding that punk ethic of innocence and naivety.
The tracks have so many astonishingly catchy segments and hooks, you wonder how the pace can be kept up, but keep up they do, building and building, twisting styles and era’s together as if timelines were squeezed, squashed and smashed into their musical brains. Until in comes out sounding as though these things should always have sat together (superbly) in each 3 minute track.
Not only that, they know how to sequence an album – just as your head might explode keeping up – (ten second bar room blues, into superfly 70′s style, into a quiet millisecond break – roaring back into .. you get the drift – I’m loath to compare because it all sounds so Toquiwa – but as reference you could detect The Animals merging with a Curtis Mayfield track with hints of Kirsty MacColl’s weariness and wonder, while a Status Quo repetitive rock riff underpins a track – and quite loud quiet indie rock aesthetics jostle in) they take a breather with a ballad – and then we are invited to party hard once again, ending with an enthusiastic Wedding Present adaption to thrill and inspire while closing the album out.
It’s fantastic fun – superbly performed and feverishly played. Total enjoyment.
Would they be happy to answer my frivolous questions linking to each song on the album?:
各曲に関連した私のくだらない質問に答えていただけたら幸いです。
It’s my youngest sons 2nd birthday today – what better present could he have than his Papa doing a post about embarrassment on the ‘spill – what? lot’s of songs about bad sex and masturbation – yep, that’ll be the one.

I’ve cut this down to a sensible 13 tracks – all are relevant except Over the Rhine – it has one mention of a rodent pet (but is so good it needs to be included) – I love the subtlety in ‘album of the year’ – the importance of the cheap flat with mice running across the floor at night .. the return while she reclaims the records sends them laughing until it doesn’t hurt anymore… I should be working – so hope you enjoy:
2 Rat Pack Dad Half Cousin
3 Ratface Got Soul Ratface
4 Rats Suka
5 The Box Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit
6 The Cat and Mouse Cursive
7 Rats in the Garbage of the Western World Stephin Merritt
2 The Rat Dead Confederate
3 Rat City Jack Oblivian
4 Cats and Rats Yellow Fever
5 Album Of The Year The Good Life
6 Don’t Wait For Tom Over The Rhine