My take on days two and three coming up today or tomorrow…

New Music: Animal Collective: Micromixes [MP3s]

Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox has been known to post “Micromixes”— so titled in honor of forthcoming third LP Microcastle— of his favorite tracks on his bands’ blog. While Cox recently posted his 16th such mp3 mix, the sometime Atlas Sound dream-popper has also commissioned mixes from tourmate White Rainbow, Deerhunter guitarists Lockett Pundt and Whitney Petty, and even a skeptical music blogger. Now, Cox has posted mixes by three members of the headliners on Atlas Sound’s just-finished European tour, none other than Animal Collective. That’s right: Panda Bear, Avey Tare, and the Geologist each contribute their own song selections. Track listings are below the links.

Having just enjoyed, at a BBQ over the weekend, mojitos made with fresh mint picked straight from someone’s garden, might I especially recommend Geologist’s mix?

MP3:> Panda Bear’s Bookie Pad Micromix

MP3:> Avey Tare’s Micromix

MP3:> Geologist’s Mojito Micromix

Panda Bear’s Bookie Pad Micromix

1. Mogollar – Katip Arzuhalim Yaz Yare Boyle
2. Davey Graham – Both Sides Now
3. Thin Lizzy – Honesty Is No Excuse
4. Amy Winehouse – Love Is a Losing Game
5. Sugababes – Push the Button
6. Sparks – My Other Voice
7. Lindstrom – Arp She Said
8. Daft Punk – Make Love
9. Erykah Badu – Soldier
10. Thin Lizzy – Sitamoia
11. The Zombies – Leave Me Be
12. Echo and the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain

Avey Tare’s Micromix

1. Alabama Sacred Harp Singers – Rocky Road
2. Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows (First Version)
3. Disco Inferno – It’s A Kid’s World
4. Public Nuisance – Please Come Back
5. Replacements – Within Your Reach
6. Misfits – Brain Eaters
7. Prince Far I – Joshua Dub
8. Talk Talk – I Believe You
9. Dettinger – Untitled (Track 6 from Intershop)
10. Rodriguez – Sugarman
11. Moby Grape – 8:05
12. Spacemen 3 – We Sell Soul
13. Kate Bush – Army Dreamers
14. Thin Lizzy – Randolph’s Tango

Geologist’s Mojito Micromix

1. Joe Jackson – Steppin’ Out
2. Phil Collins – I’m Not Moving (Idjut Boys Edit)
3. Big Cherry – Come in Bonzo
4. The Byrds – Dolphin’s Smile
5. Mamas and the Papas – Snowqueen of Texas
6. The Honeycombs – I Can Tell (Something’s Up)
7. Music Makers – United
8. J Dilla – Bye
9. Home – The Bogeyman
10. Thin Lizzy – Little Girl in Bloom
11. 13th Floor Elevators – May the Circle Remain Unbroken
12. Bjorn Olsson – Minnesstund

TV: I haven’t checked these mixes out yet but hope to- some really interesting ctracks on here. Who knew Animal Collective were so into Thin Lizzy? They each chose a TL track for their mixes.

Bo Diddley – “Before You Accuse Me (Take A Look At Yourself)”

One of the greatest persons ever to make music has passed away today.  Bo Diddley laid the foundation for raucous rock n roll styles and sensibilities. 

Tuneage salutes you Bo, you will be missed.

“I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob.” – Bo Diddley

TV: He was good. Nice life, Mr. Diddley.

Last year saw DJ Dangermouse merge Jay Z and The Beatles for The Grey Album. This year, MC/Producer Lushlife upped the ante by combining The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds (my all-time favorite album) with Kanye West for West Sounds,

In related news, I’m officially getting old. I always mispronounce "Kanye". I think I say Con-Ay instead of Con-Yay. I’m not sure, as I always get it wrong, and Deb’s asleep so she can’t verify this for me. I know who he is, am familiar with his music, so I guess I’m not that old…yet.

Click here for an "album" of songs sung by The Golden Girls on their TV show. They’re in MP3 format, so download them to your iPod.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to finish writing my song about Miami- it’s down to me, the Golden Girls and Will Smith as to who will win the big contest…

Debbie and I loved both, and went as far as creating an additional 3 CDs to fill in the gaps left by the 7 disc 80′s box.

We even discussed the idea of compiling a 90′s box set. Alas, Rhino beat us to it.

On July 26, the 7 disc 130 track Whatever: The 90′s Pop Culture Box Set is released. I’m going to get it the day it comes out, I assure you of that. Is it perfect? Far from it. You may be surprised at me saying this, but I think it tries to be too alternative. I like alternative/indie/non-mainstream rock more than most, but this box set should be the home of one-hit wonders, not obscure college radio hits.

Here’s the tracklisting of the Rhino set- I’ve taken the liberty to draw a line through those I feel need replacing, and where I would substitute a different song by the same band, it’s in orange:

U CAN’T TOUCH THIS – M.C. Hammer

NOTHING COMPARES 2 U – Sinéad O’Connor

NO MYTH – Michael Penn

LADIES FIRST – Queen Latifah Featuring Monie Love

BALL AND CHAIN – Social Distortion

BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL – They Might Be Giants

CHLOE DANCER/CROWN OF THORNS – Mother Love Bone

HERE"S WHERE THE STORY ENDS- The Sundays Their cover of Wild Horses captures the time better

GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT (EVERYBODY DANCE NOW) – C & C Music Factory

GROOVE IS IN THE HEART – Deee-Lite

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW – Jesus Jones

NEW JACK HUSTLER (NINO’S THEME) – Ice-T

I TOUCH MYSELF – Divinyls

UNBELIEVABLE – EMF

HARD TO HANDLE – The Black Crowes

O.P.P. – Naughty By Nature

WALKING IN MEMPHIS – Marc Cohn

IT’S SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY – Boyz II Men

SILENT LUCIDITY – Queensrÿche

INTO THE DRINK – Mudhoney

GIRLFRIEND – Matthew Sweet

I’M TOO SEXY – Right Said Fred (R*S*F*)

CALLING ALL ANGELS-k.d. lang and Jane Siberry

ONLY SHALLOW – My Bloody Valentine

IT’S A SHAME ABOUT RAY – The Lemonheads

BABY GOT BACK – Sir Mix-A-Lot

THEY WANT EFX – DAS EFX

JUMP – Kris Kross

WALK- Pantera

N.W.O. – Ministry

SHITLIST- L7 Pretend We’re Dead- this HAD to be a copyright issue!

ABSYNTHE – The Gits

COATTAIL RIDER – Supersuckers

RUNAWAY TRAIN – Soul Asylum Black Gold, Somebody to Shove, anything less whiny than Runaway Train

LITTLE MISS CAN’T BE WRONG – Spin Doctors

DIZZ KNEE LAND – dada

NEARLY LOST YOU – Screaming Trees

UNDER THE BRIDGE – Red Hot Chili Peppers

UNSUNG – Helmet In The Meantime

JUMP AROUND – House Of Pain

FREE YOUR MIND – En Vogue

RUMP SHAKER – Wreckx-N-Effect

INFORMER – Snow

CONNECTED – Stereo MC’s

DETACHABLE PENIS – King Missile

FREAK ME – Silk

ORDINARY WORLD – Duran Duran

IF I CAN’T CHANGE YOUR MIND – Sugar

THREE LITTLE PIGS – Green Jellÿ

START CHOPPIN – Dinosaur Jr.

THE DEVIL’S CHASING ME – The Reverend Horton Heat

GONE TO THE MOON – Fastbacks

MY NAME IS MUD – Primus

WHAT’S UP – 4 Non Blondes

THUNDER KISS ’65 – White Zombie More Human Than Human

WHOOMP! (THERE IT IS) – Tag Team

BROKEN HEARTED SAVIOR – Big Head Todd And The Monsters Bittersweet

TRUST ME – Guru with N’Dea Davenport

GEPETTO – Belly Feed The Tree! C’mon!

EYE TO EYE – The Muffs

GENTLEMEN – Afghan Whigs

LEAFY INCLINE

DREAM ALL DAY – The Posies Golden Blunders

HEY JEALOUSY – Gin Blossoms

MY SISTER – The Juliana Hatfield Three

WHATTA MAN – Salt-N-Pepa

BACK & FORTH – Aaliyah

IF THAT’S YOUR BOYFRIEND (HE WASN’T LAST NIGHT) – Me’Shell NdegéOcello

FREEDOM OF ’76 – Ween Push Th’ Little Daisies

CUT YOUR HAIR – Pavement

GOD – Tori Amos Cornflake Girl

MMM MMM MMM MMM – Crash Test Dummies

POSSESSION – Sarah McLachlan

SHINE – Collective Soul

FAR BEHIND – Candlebox

YOU GOTTA BE – Des’ree

GIRL, YOU’LL BE A WOMAN SOON – Urge Overkill

SHE DON’T USE JELLY – The Flaming Lips

M.I.A. – 7 Year Bitch

21ST CENTURY (DIGITAL BOY) – Bad Religion

SUGAR FREE JAZZ – Soul Coughing Circles

MOCKINGBIRDS – Grant Lee Buffalo

WHAT’S THE FREQUENCY, KENNETH? – R.E.M.

REVOLVE – Melvins

BUDDY HOLLY – Weezer

HERE AND NOW – Letters To Cleo

GOOD – Better Than Ezra

RUN-AROUND – Blues Traveler

I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU (THEME FROM "FRIENDS" ) – The Rembrandts

TOMORROW – Silverchair

NOT A PRETTY GIRL – Ani DiFranco

CARNIVAL – Natalie Merchant Thank You or These Are The Days

WONDERWALL – Oasis

BIRTHDAY CAKE – Cibo Matto

CUMBERSOME – Seven Mary Three

ONE OF US – Joan Osborne

CAUGHT BY THE FUZZ – Supergrass

SWEET 69 – Babes In Toyland

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S – Deep Blue Something

PHOTOGRAPH – The Verve Pipe Freshmen

IN THE MEANTIME – Spacehog

WOO HAH!! GOT YOU ALL IN CHECK – Busta Rhymes featuring Rampage The Last Boy Scout

WHO WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL – Jewel

STANDING OUTSIDE A BROKEN PHONE BOOTH WITH MONEY IN MY HAND – Primitive Radio Gods

CYBELE’S REVERIE – Stereolab

CAPRI PANTS – Bikini Kill

WHAT I GOT – Sublime

KUNG FU – Ash

VIRTUAL INSANITY – Jamiroquai

NAKED EYE – Luscious Jackson

OUTTASITE (OUTTA MIND) – Wilco

ITSZOWEEZEE (HOT) – De La Soul A Rollerskating Jam Called "Saturdays"

LOVEFOOL – The Cardigans

RADIATION VIBE – Fountains Of Wayne Sink To The Bottom

THE IMPRESSION THAT I GET – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

TURN IT ON – Sleater-Kinney

BITCH – Meredith Brooks

MMMBOP – Hanson

BRIAN WILSON (Live) – Barenaked Ladies

BRICK – Ben Folds Five

SEX AND CANDY – Marcy Playground

WALKING ON THE SUN – Smash Mouth

TUBTHUMPING – Chumbawamba

6 UNDERGROUND – Sneaker Pimps

LULLABY – Shawn Mullins

SLIDE – Goo Goo Dolls I’m not nuts about any of these, but We Are The Normal, Name or even the sea chanty Iris are better representations

KISS ME – Sixpence None The Richer

STEAL MY SUNSHINE – LEN

WHAT IT’S LIKE – Everlast

NATURAL BLUES – Moby

All told, not too many replacements. Rhino, not surprisingly, did a nice job. Some obvious rights conflicts (no U2, Madonna, etc.) and a crazy amount of grunge and its offshoots, but a solid set that should keep me away from the skip button most of the time.

The good folks at Stylus- who beat me to this exercize by several weeks- offer an alternate version of the box set- unencumbered by pesky things like actually getting the rights to include the song and sell it. Between the Rhino set and Stylus’ list, there’s a ton of songs- both good and bad- worth hearing again.

They came back from commercials this a.m. with breaking news:

Britney Spears is pregnant.

If this is big enough news for sports radio, surely my tenuously-music-related blog can cover it.

First of all, Mrs. and Mrs. Federline, congratulations. While this will be Kevin’s third child, it’s the first for Britney. Let me say from one year and change of experience, being a parent is great, especially when your 19 month old daughter takes smoked sausage off the kitchen counter and puts it in and out of the mailbox of her Fisher-Price Learning Home.

But I will say this- naming your chid is not a task you should take lightly. Having participated in this excercise twice, I will hereby declare myself an expert and offer you some potential choices.

Anthny, Timthy, Jessca or Michlle: With a fairly common name spelled a jackass way, perhaps the child will be able to properly spell her mother’s name.

Orange: There will be inevitable comparisons between Britney’s child and another recent celebrity child, that of Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay’s Chris Martin. Why not make the comparsions with their child, Apple, more appropriate?

Getinline, Riseandshine or Don’tdrinkturpentine: A first name should sound good with a last name. Not only do these names all sound good with Federline, they provide valuable advice for any child.

Asparagus: A name such as Asparagus will help the child keep his father in his life should this celebrity marriage fail (like that would ever happen!) If you’re born Asparagus Federline, you’re likely to keep that name even if the marriage fails. What youngster wants to be known as Asparagus Spears?

What NOT to name your child: Britney, as someone who is not a fan of your music, please don’t name a little girl Chloe or little boy Declan. I do not want to spend the remainder of your years in the public eye confirming to the Wal-Mart cashier that, yes, my child does have the same name as Britney Spears’ child. Don’t do that to me, or my children. The older one thinks smoked sausage is a toy, she’s got a tough enough road ahead of her as it is.

This all changed on Friday, when I allowed myself to be talked into participating in a karaoke contest at work. That I allowed myself to agree to sing Cher’s part in "I Got You Babe" AND agreed to wear a ribbon on my head, hippy style- well, I can only blame myself. Whether I made a fool of myself is up to the dozens of my co-workers who watched to decide. I couldn’t make eye contact with any of them, due to my degree of nervousness. Ultimately, I think I was labeled as a good sport for participating in the first place- or at least that’s what I’ve been telling myself.

Our group was tied for fourth out of five entries (or tied for last place). I thought we actually did better than a few others for what the contest was supposed to be about (creativty as opposed to pure vocal prowess), but hey, who am I to judge the judges- just the guy with the ribbon on his head.

We won bagels for the floor, which is pretty cool. I guess it was worth the 3 minutes of nervousness to become the hero on a monday morning for as long as the bagels last.

In all, those co-workers who heard me sing now know why I haven’t quit my day job…

…and you can too, if you dare…

I Got You Babe MP3