The Eclectic Wowsville, 9/7-9/8/08

I subbed in for Wowsville last night, in addition to doing my own show, so that led to a lengthy and interesting excursion. I spent part of the first hour attempting to approximate a Wowsville show, then went on a weird Paul McCartney-obscurities tangent, before realizing I was really just in the mood to hear hyperactive jungle/breakcore-mashups. By 1am I had developed a pretty intense sinus headache and felt exhausted, so the last two hours of the show contained only 6 songs, designed to soothe and sedate any and all listeners (myself included). All things considered, I think it turned out pretty well... thanks to Nick for the enthusiastic call-in.

11pm-midnight

Kecak! the Ramayana Monkey Chant (1966)
Pardon My Blooper! volume 4 - Radio and TV's Most Hilarious Boners
James Brown - "The Payback" (1974)
James Brown - "Stoned to the Bone" (1974)
the Panics - "No More" (1963)
the Magnetic Fields - "I'm Sorry I Love You" (1999)
Beck - "Steve Threw Up" (1993)
Alec Empire - "The Robot Put a Voodoo Spell on Me!" (1999)
Alec Empire vs Elvis Presley - "Fuck the Majors" / "Blue Moon" (2000)

midnight-1am

France Gall - "Baby Pop" (1966)
Paul McCartney - "Too Many People" (1971)
Percy "Thrills" Thrillington - "Admiral Halsey" / "Uncle Albert" (1971)
Daniel Johnston - "I Will" (1982)
Paul McCartney - "Check My Machine" (1980)
DJ Shitmat - "That Track" (2006)
DJ Shitmat - "There's No Business Like Propa' Rungleclaarted Mashup Bizznazz" (2004)
Donna Summer - "Jungle is Driving Me Crazy" (2003)
OVe-NaXx - "Anarchy Bomb-Odori" (2002)
Duran Duran Duran - "Manrammer" (2004)
DJ 100000000 - "Sukebe_v8" (2004)
Jay-Z and the Dap-Kings - "99 Problems" mashup (2007)
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - "You're Gonna Get it" (2005)
Plone - "Be Rude to Your School" (1999)

1am-2am

Rhys Chatham - "Guitar Trio pt 2 - Chicago" (2007)
Swans - "Helpless Child" (1996)
Of - "Underground Cloud" (2004)

2am-3am

Jonathan Bepler - "the Ballad of Gary Gilmore" (1999) *
Sunn o))) - "bassAliens" (2004)
Birchville Cat Motel - "Beautiful Speck Triumph" (2004)

* {that "Gary Gilmore" track from "Cremaster 2" is actually performed by Patty Griffin (?!) and the singer from Morbid Angel... the part that I played on the show can be found at 5min into that video clip. the guy drumming with the bees in the beginning is Dave Lombardo from Slayer, and the whole thing is apparently meant to represent Johnny Cash's 11th-hour phone call to Gilmore before his execution. the video clip is mildly NSFW.}