This is a special request for my sister-in-law Jacky...
Hey kids, did you know that if you played Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven song backwards that you can make out "satanic messages"? Check out Jeff Milners site and decide for yourself... Backmasking
Even more Subliminal Magic...
...ThisPostMeMadeSatan...
Now, if only I could find out about the girl that was murdered during the recording of Roller Coaster by the Ohio Players...
Miguel
Ahh. Nothing like a fresh Steely Dan fix.
Donald Fagen’s Morph The Cat is just your average soulful and sexy masterpiece about love, death and homeland defense. “There’s nothing sexier than the Apocalypse,” Fagen explains helpfully. “I suppose you could call this album Apocalypse Wow.”
The darkly beautiful third solo effort from Fagen - the longtime co-leader of Steely Dan - follows 1981’s classic The Nightfly and 1993’s acclaimed Kamakiriad, and represents the latest installment in what now appears to be a powerful and at times deeply personal trilogy. “The Nightfly is sort of looking from the standpoint of youth, “Fagen explains. “Kamakiriad would be more about midlife. This new one is about endings really. So in a way this really has become a sort of trilogy. In fact, there are plans to put all three albums out in a box where they belong.”
Read the rest at the Donald Fagan Official Site
This one goes out to my Steely Dan compadre Carlos - my favorite track (so far): Security Joan.
peace,
Migwell
Check check it out - If your itchin' and scratchin' for some B-Boys for your next mash-up you can grab some official booty at Beastie Boys Acapella
No real theme here, other than uh, death and the the fact taht all three of these tunes have some excellent female lead vocals... 
First up is Laetitia Sadier. Stereo Labs soothing and stylish voice of cool. Dig Bop Scotch from 2004's Margerine Eclipse. Tragically, Stereo Lab lost vocalist Mary Hansen back in December of 2002. She died in a London cycling accident at just 36. 
Next, we've got Claudine Longet, the wispy French chick who shot champion skier Vladimir "Spider" Sabich, her long-time boyfriend back in 1976. Before that, she recorded Meditation in 1971. 
And finally we've got Chantal Claret, front chick for New York's Morningwood. "At a recent gig at Piano's that coincided with her 22nd birthday, lead singer Chantal broke down in front of the stunned audience screaming at her friends in attendance 'you only bought me a TV because my mom died'. Minutes later she was simulating sex with a naked Japanese girl and had the usually staid hipster crowd dancing up a sweat and hanging on her every word. This is the new shit and you'd better listen." The Face - May 2004. Here's one of my favorites from Morningwood's brand new Keep Your Clothes On - the kinda creepy but cool Babysitter.
Make it louder...
Migwell
In honor of Spring Break, the young at heart, beer bongs and the Official launch of the Who's Your Padre? campaign, I dug up a few vintage surf tunes to help you get your weekend thang on...
First up is a rowdy little number from 1962 by The Scavengers called Curfew. And even though he'll be at SXSW and not down on South Padre Island, this one goes out to my buddy Shane - the Caps'1959, The Red Headed Flea.
This last one is a special request from The Padre himself - a sexy little vibe from 1961 called Blue Surf by The Patents.
Cowabunga!
Miguel
I totally love it. Others simply don't get it and/or really hate it. But sometimes there's nothing better than SOMA FM's Groove Salad streaming thru my iTunes to get me into the creative flow. It also works nicely as a super chillout soundtrack in the Tiki Room. (You'll find it under Ambient in your Radio list on iTunes.) My Playlist for this flavor of stuff is called supertikicoffeehouse.
So, if you need a little boost to help get you into the creative flow and you're into the caffeine induced audio wallpaper or the mellow buzz of non-active listening vibes then you're sure to dig Far East from Tiefschwarz's 2005 Eat Books.
It's a little more abstract and chill than the above, but rest assured, Forcasa 3 from Bola's 2003 lp, Soup, will take you there as well.
And finally, here's one of mine, Che Che la Fem from the probably never going to be released Stereonucleosis EP. What do you want for nothin'?
Mas luego... Now - go forth, groove and make some progress!
HMK
This is a nice flash presentation for anyone that's ever invested the time and gone through the process of putting together the ultimate mix tape. Remember holding a mic up to a radio speaker to grab the song and then talk between the songs like a DJ? I sure do...
L.A. based design studio Exopolis created a homage to the old school mix tapes people used to make for each other on Valentines day back in the good old analog days.
Check it out here!
Nice job and thanks for the flashback!
Migwell
Score! Until I found this just the other day I'd only heard the song Freckles as sung to me by my mom and my grandfather.
Though geographically far removed from the Caribbean, Bermuda shares with the region a history of European colonization, African slavery, and the creolization of African and European cultural traditions. During the 1940s and 1950s, calypso became popular in the island's tourist hotels and clubs. Bermuda's leading calypso ensemble was the Talbot Brothers, who organized formally in 1942. In 1953 they began touring the United States each fall, appearing at clubs and colleges across the country.
In addition to touring the United States, the Talbot Brothers appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and NBC's morning Home show. Roy Talbot's "doghouse" bass, made with a packing crate and fishing line, intrigued fans.
This goes out to Blake Given and anyone else with an iPod and the right sense of humor. Please enjoy Freckles by The Talbot Brothers from their Talbot Brothers of Bermuda lp.
And as much as I've been digging the skiing and boarding of the Winter Games in Torino - especially last nights snowboard cross finals (congrats to champion Seth Wescott - he won the first Gold ever in this new event - USA-USA!) it wasn't until I played this classic that it truly felt like I was watching the Olympics.
USA-USA-USA!
Have a great weekend,
Miguel
Enjoy the opening track Monk's Mood while you're reading this and tell me my Guardian Angel's not on top of things...
True story. A really cool thing happened to me last year while I was up in New York visiting my bud Jackie. (One of the main reasons I was there was to visit Ground Zero first hand. I cried like a baby.)
It was September 9th, a perfect cool and clear Friday evening. Jackie and I had hooked up with his friend Doug and his new bride Beth for dinner and we were in a cab on our way to grab drinks somewhere else.
I sat in the front seat with the cabbie and he had this amazing Jazz playing. I asked who we were listening to. Smiling and excited he told me that it was some lost Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane recorded live in 1957 that they just found earier in the year and that we were, along with the rest of New York, hearing it for the first time.
Here's the cool part - we were stopped at a traffic light when I asked him where it was recorded and (I'll never forget this!) he pointed at Carnigie Hall just to my right and said "Right over there". "You've got to be fucking kidding me." I said. He just smiled, said "Striaght up" as he turned it up.
Do yourself a favor - go get this!
A bit more background on the recording:
This never-before heard jazz classic documents one of the most historically important working bands in all of Jazz history, a band that was both short-lived and, until now, thought to be frustratingly under-recorded. The concert, which took place at the famed New York hall on November 29, 1957, was preserved on newly-discovered tapes made by Voice of America for a later radio broadcast that were located at the Library of Congress in Washington DC earlier this year.
Monk and Coltrane had been working together for a solid four months by the time they set foot on stage at Carnegie Hall that night. By all accounts, Coltrane had been tentative early on in the Five Spot run, challenged at first by Monk’s quirky melodies and chord changes, but the 51 minutes of music captured in pristine sound quality on At Carnegie Hall, present the quartet, which was completed by bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik and drummer Shadow Wilson, at the height of their powers.
The tapes from that evening at Carnegie Hall were inadequately labeled, filed away amongst the Voice of America’s vast collection of recordings, and apparently forgotten until January 2005 when Larry Applebaum, a supervisor and jazz specialist at the Library of Congress, came upon them by accident during the routine process of digitally transferring the Library’s collection for preservation purposes. Applebaum noticed a set of tapes simply labeled “sp. Event 11/29/57 carnegie jazz concert (#1),” with one of the tapes barring the sole marking “T. Monk.” Until now, remarkably little recorded documentation of Monk’s quartet with Coltrane has been known to exist, a fact that makes this finding all the more significant.
Tracks 1-5: Early Show
Tracks 6-9: Late Show
Read more Here!
That's Right,
HMK
Here's the theme song from probably my favorite and one of the most awesomest cartoons ever! This one's a Jonny ReQuest for my buddy Parrish. (I didn't think they had TV in Childress...) Jonny Quest Main Theme from the Hanna-Barbera Pic-A-Nic Basket compilation put out by Kid Rhino in 1996.
Enjoy,
Miguel
Ringo Tiki Room Sunset
Originally uploaded by H. Michael karshis.
Ringo enjoying last nights awesome sunset in front of the world famous Tiki Room.
Here's a little set of songs, a Sun Set, if you will. And I know you will, won't you?
Fasten your seat belts people. Is your iPod on? Good. Please play Theme From Take-Off (Magic Sunset) now. This is from Yoshinori Sunahara's debut effort, Pan Am: The Sound Of The '70s. Perfect.
Wow, look out the window! Check out those dudes surfing in the sunset! Sunset Surfing The Challengers.
Take Off, Eh! Canadian Sunset The Avelanches.
And then out of nowhere, like a blast of turbulance, Mega Pills from Sunset Valley.
Have a nice flight,
Migwell
The HMK iPod Speakers featured in the Cult of iPod Book! Listen to the art: I.F. Irregular Frequency.
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