I failed to hang fliers for this month's SCP (whoops!), yet this event boasted the most attendees yet. Eleven patrons were present specifically for the event, but a half dozen other people hung around because they appreciate free wi-fi. Now and forever more. Amen. Once again I filled in as DJ since Rene was in Canada. Honestly, I think I'm getting pretty good at it, except for when I stood up too quickly and made the needle skip like a sound effect from a bad 80's film. The bartenders seemed to appreciate the night's music, and I appreciated the new ears who showed up (Cat, Amy, and Rob). People drank, gabbed, and stole bandwidth. What more could one want from a Tuesday night? The set list can be found below, and photos from this meeting can be found here. |
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Band/Artist
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Song
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Open Mic Notes |
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1.
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Doo Rag |
Left Song / Right Song (a/k/a Two Tones To Tune) |
This is the Holy Grail of Doo Rag 7"s. Instead of a Side A and B, there are two songs on Side A only, one song on the left track and the other on the right track. Oddly, I saw Bob Log III of Doo Rag last week and told him I was going to play the 7" at Skip Crackle Pop. This is the story he told me about Two Tones To Tune: "We recorded that in Italy. The engineer didn't know what in the hell he was doing. He kept trying to put reverb on everything. Thermos [the drummer] and I fought him. We hated the experience so we recorded the songs quickly in one take. The engineer sneakily cranked up the reverb for just the last notes, and that was that. " |
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2.
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Arthur Russell |
I Couldn't Say It To Your Face |
"Dave bought this recently and we've been cooking dinner to it. We've been having Mexican. It's a Sunday thing." |
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3.
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Make Up |
Pow! To The People |
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4.
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Summer Hymns |
Mr. Brewer (Cackle Cackle) |
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5.
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David Bowie |
Young Americans |
"My sister and I used to dance to this when we were little." | |||
6.
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Gremlins: The Motion Picture | Side A |
"I don't know about you, but I am biting my nails to hear what happens next to Billy and Gizmo." | |||
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Menomena |
Muscle'n Flo |
"I have no story. I just like this song a lot." |
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8.
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Joanna Newsom |
Bridges & Balloons |
"The first time I heard this I thought it was awful." |
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9.
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George Michael | Faith |
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10.
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Evolution Control Committee | By The Time I Get To Arizona |
"This was the first time I'd ever heard a mash up and it blew my mind. Chuck D of Public Enemy singing over the music of Herb Alpert." |
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11.
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Bonnie Prince Billie |
Lay & Love |
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12.
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Unrest | Teenage Suicide |
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13.
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Black Ladies |
Naked Caveman |
For Emily M. |
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14. |
Ravel: Roger Desormiere Conducting the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | Bolero | Dave is moving away in a month so he closed the event with one of his favorite orchestral songs, famously used in the Dudley Moore movie, 10. "It's up there." | |||
