Miguel Top 5+ Singles 2005

In no particular order, here are my Top 5+ Songs of 2005. This might change as the year ain't quite over yet...

Buttercup: Cutting Dasies from the debut Buttercup lp.

Toby Keith: Good As I Once Was from his pretty decent Honky Tonk U release.

Portastatic: I Wanna Know Girls from Bright Ideas (Mac also released an acoustic version of the official release - Ideas for Bright Ideas. This is the awesome acoustic version.)

The Magic Numbers: Love Is A Game from their cool premier self titled The Magic Numbers album.

Plan To Stay Awake: Deathray Davies from The Kick And The Snare. Go Buy This Now!

Steve Earl: The Revolution Starts Now off of the self titled album.

Now I'm A Stick Figure: John Dufilho fom his first official solo album. Get It Here!

I Love Math: Shape Of The Sum from the yet to be named forthcoming release...

Sir Paul McCartney Jenny Wren, a Rocky Racoon for the new millenium from the amazing Chaos and Creation in the Backyard lp. 25 years ago yesterday, we lost John Lennon. Imagine what a John Lennon album might sound like in 2005. Fucking idiots with guns.

Tiki Bongo: Let's Go Back (2 The Tiki Room) from the hardly antcipated forthcoming Nearest Faraway Place... If you like this you might dig my first Tiki Bongo video: Uh Huh Oh Yeah!

Then again, you might not. Anyway...

Peace,

Miguel

Kahuna Christmas #9

Happy Friday everyone! Here's one of my most favorite Christmas tracks ever. This one is guaranteed to make even the Grinchiest, Scroogeiest Humbugger smile! I love the way it fades out at the end. It's the hands down, number one, fun Christmas song at our house. So from our house to yours, I present to you Kahuna Christmas Song Number Nine

Baby, It's Cold Outside

It's weather like this that makes me want to skip work, stay inside, hang with my honey and drink like Dean Martin while we listen to Kahuna Christmas Song Number Eight...

Bring it on!

Miguel

So, This is Christmas Song #7

This is a special track for many reasons and should be in everyone's Christmas mix. Tomorrow marks the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death. One can't help but wonder how many more great songs John had in him had he been givin the chance to simply live his life.

Back in December of 1980 I was a waiter at a place called the Magic Time Machine (a theme restaurant where we wore costumes. I was Bam Bam). I'll never forget getting off of work that mild December night. We (Wayne Kitchen's, King Tut back then, now an attorney) and I were on our way over to a little bar to meet everyone else that worked that night for a drink. On the short drive over we had the radio on 99.5 KISS and they played 2 Beatles songs in a row. As we pulled into the parking lot we heard the sad news. We were shocked as we both just looked at each other in total disbelief.

It wasn't until that night that I realized that the Beatles were much more than just a great band. At the time, I was 19, Wayne was about 26 and John Lennon was 40. Most of the wait staff from the Time Machine were a few years older than I. I remember spending the rest of the tear filled night listening to them talk about John and the Beatles. A few had seen them in concert and most everyone seemed to have some kind of connection with the band or a story that involved a Bealtles song that touched them in some special and positive way.

Now, so did I. Imagine that.

Listen very closely to the super quiet personal intro. I've had several request for this one and so here it is. I'll get back to the more unusual and obscure stuff in the next few days.

We miss you John!
Song Number Seven

Hump Day Bonus Track!

I heard you've been working really hard this week, great job! Well, as a special reward, and a perfect companion to today's Christmas Kahuna Song of the Day, please enjoy this Bonus Track to help you through the rest of the week!

Kahuna Christmas #6

This song was an instant flat out classic the moment it was released. A tip of the yamika to all my Jewish friends and remember: Jesus was only Jewish on His Mother's side. Not too shabby... (: P) Song Number Six

Kahuna Christmas Song #5

Happy Monday Y'all. This classic is a perfect little reminder for all the young ones. I can still relate to this sometimes, but at least I never made anybody eat a bug.. Song Number Five

All Appologies

Sorry...

Miguel

Kahuna Christmas Song #4

Here's a slightly more obscure version of a familiar classic. A must for your Christmas song collection! Song Number Four

Grade A Hammond Eggs For Dr. Suavetone

Above: Mr. Jimmy Smith

Hey kids, it's on! The Casbah! Groove to the stream of my bud Sir Brian, AKA Dr. Suavetone, every Saturday Night from 7pm-9pm! Or, if you're lucky enough to actually be down in San Antonio, tune in via KYSM, 90.1 on your FM dial.

Brian's been threatening to post his last five or six years of shows as PodCasts, I'll let you all know as soon as that happens.(Podcasting's a little more involved than than it appears. Even when you've got great stuff like the Casbah archives, there are still a few tricky technical and financial hurdles before you're truly up and on.)

Here's a handful of stuff I gave Brian as potentials for tonights "Best of the Hammond" keyboard vibes Casbah. (Dig this 1967 piece by The Flower Child, the rocking Mini Skirt Blues!) Brian and I have been sharing music since the early 90's and the following is some of my favorite hammond stuff that you may or may not hear on the Casbah tonight, one way to find out for sure, check it out: KYSM

1) Bumpin' on Sunset: Auger
2) Party Mood: Armando Trovaioli
3) Titoli: Armando Travaioli
4) Fat Judy: 'Big' John Patton
5) Face To Face: "Baby Face" Willette
6) Work Song: Grant Green
7) All About My Girl: Jimmy McGriff
8) I'm Movin On: Jimmy Smith
9) The Silver Metre: John Patton
19) Brown Sugar: Roach Freddie
11) Mini Skirt Blues: The Flower Child
12) My Back Scratcher: The Boogaloo Investigators
13) Don't Touch My Popcorn: The Diplomats of Solid Sound
14) Strudel Girl: The Link Quartet
15) Kiko: Nick Rossi Set
16) You Got It: The Yards
17) Harris County Line Up: Slim Allan 3
18) Ponytail & Cylclingshorts (premix); Baron Samedi E.S.Q.


Rock on Brian,

Miguel

Kahuna Christmas Song #3

This one is awesome. Although not even close to being a "classic" Christmas favorite (this one is totally new to me) but in just the few short days that we've been listening to it it's already become a favorite at our house. I hope you feel the same. So, grab yourself a hot mug of Dr. Pepper and enjoy Kahuna Christmas Song Number Three!

Kahuna Christmas Song Number Two

You can simply click to listen or download to make your very own Kahuna Christmas 2005 cd! Song Number Two

Enjoy!