The Lacking Organization » MOTOR http://www.lacking.org You cannot alphabetize the unalphabetizable. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:43:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Radio Playlist for 3/16/2010 http://www.lacking.org/2010/03/playlist-3-16-2010/ http://www.lacking.org/2010/03/playlist-3-16-2010/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:36 +0000 julius http://www.lacking.org/?p=657 Alan Copeland, Bark Bark Disco, Bettie Serveert, Bongwater, Boom Pam, Erin McKeown, Feist, Gil Scott-Heron, Guv’ner, Hefner, Ida Maria, Jamaicans, Jon Rauhouse, La Musica De La Mafia, Los Straitjackets, Money Mark, Motor, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, Nevada Bachelors, Rocket From The Crypt, Rube Waddell, Sally Timms, Self, Stereo Total, Surfer Blood, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, The English Beat, The Like Young, The Mattoid, The Unicorns, The Velvet Underground, They Might Be Giants, Thomas Function, Ursula 1000, Z-Rock Hawaii

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  1. Song
    Artist

  2. Four Sticks

    Bongwater

    Cacophonous adaptation!

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    iTunes Link

  3. BREAK

  4. Oh My God

    Ida Maria

    Strangely Norwegian

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    iTunes Link

  5. Song for the Lovers

    Bark Bark Disco

    Look up the groovy video + free download

  6. Happy Life

    Money Mark

    Like a Sesame Street outro

  7. Sherry Monocle

    Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer

    Shout out to Mr. G

  8. BREAK

  9. Les Os

    The Unicorns

    One of my favorite from the Oughties

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    iTunes Link

  10. Tennessee Waltz

    Sally Timms

    Subtle steel drums

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    iTunes Link

  11. Buddy

    Nevada Bachelors

    Hey, Buddy’s got the Yoda mask again

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  12. Giggle Water

    Los Straitjackets

    Nobody swaggers like Los Straitjackets

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    iTunes Link

  13. Get Down

    Rocket From The Crypt

    Hang on tight

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    iTunes Link

  14. BREAK

  15. U Mastru Di Lu Sonu

    La Musica De La Mafia

    You got a problem with this?

  16. Gatekeeper (Do Right Remix)

    Feist

    Dedicated to fellow Canadian Ian Porter

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    iTunes Link

  17. Biomusicology

    Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

    Sounding huge and epic

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    iTunes Link

  18. Mission: Impossible Theme/Norwegian Wood

    Alan Copeland

    Keeping it unreal, folks

  19. BREAK

  20. Conspiracy Of Praise

    Thomas Function

    Unstoppable

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    iTunes Link

  21. Voy A Ser Mama

    Stereo Total

    A song about the joys of motherhood

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    iTunes Link

  22. Deny All

    Bettie Serveert

    Out next week

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    iTunes Link

  23. Floating Vibes

    Surfer Blood

    Up and comers from Florida

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    iTunes Link

  24. BREAK

  25. Mirror in the Bathroom

    The English Beat

    Dig the Andy Summers guitar noodling

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    iTunes Link

  26. The Hymn For The Cigarettes

    Hefner

    She smoked in my bed ‘cause she thought it would annoy me

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    iTunes Link

  27. Smoke Rings

    Jon Rauhouse

    A classic from Les Paul and Mary Ford

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    iTunes Link

  28. Smokebomb

    Ursula 1000

    Music for your spy disco

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    iTunes Link

  29. I’ll Be Your Mirror (Stereo Version)

    The Velvet Underground

    Breaks my heart every time

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    iTunes Link

  30. BREAK

  31. Little Surfer

    The Mattoid

    Why so serious, Mattoid?

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    iTunes Link

  32. Break a Promise

    Guv’ner

    Beyond the reach of auto-tune

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    iTunes Link

  33. I’m New Here

    Gil Scott-Heron

    Gil is serious.

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    iTunes Link

  34. Paper Moon

    Erin McKeown

    Is there anything Erin can’t sing?

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    iTunes Link

  35. BREAK

  36. Uno Song

    Self

    Rockin’ it Murfreesboro style

  37. Kiss Me, Son Of God

    They Might Be Giants

    From Lincoln, probably still my favorite

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    iTunes Link

  38. Chuggin’

    Z-Rock Hawaii

    What you get when you mix Ween and Boredoms

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  39. Baba Boom

    Jamaicans

    Hello Broadhurst

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    iTunes Link

  40. BREAK

  41. Weijl

    Boom Pam

    Hey, tuba!

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    iTunes Link

  42. Tighten My Tie

    The Like Young

    Almost too short

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    iTunes Link

  43. Hobo Luv

    Rube Waddell

    Downright nasty — but check out the tuba

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    iTunes Link

  44. BREAK

  45. Glu

    Motor

    Dance robots dance

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    iTunes Link
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In this episode: Boys & Girls, Elvis Perkins In Dearland, Feist, G.W. Mclennan, LMNOP, Little Jack Melody + His Young Turks, MOTOR, Ral Partha Vogelbacher, Robyn Hitchcock, Slonovski Bal, Takako Minekawa, Tal Ross, The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group, The Red Button, The Teenage Players, The Velvet Underground

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  1. Song
    Artist

  2. BREAK

  3. I Got A Message For You

    Robyn Hitchcock

    A good place to start

  4. Hey

    Elvis Perkins In Dearland

    This haunts me

  5. Bigfoot

    The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group

    Love that big beat

  6. BREAK

  7. Good Voodoo

    The Teenage Players

    Rawkin’ from NYC

  8. Moscow Fever

    Slonovski Bal

    Some Balkan ska for you

  9. I Could Get Used To You

    The Red Button

    Yummy jangle

  10. BREAK

  11. Green And Yellow Daughter

    Tal Ross

    Deep funk roots, this one

  12. My Moon My Man

    Feist

    Yes, Feist from the iPod ad

  13. Stare To The Sun

    Boys & Girls

    Delicious grinding sound

  14. BREAK

  15. Take It Away

    LMNOP

    The musical side of Baby Sue magazine

  16. Re-Format

    MOTOR

    Digital inexorable madness

  17. Haven’t I Been A Fool

    G.W. Mclennan

    From the Go Betweens

  18. BREAK

  19. Who Loves The Sun

    The Velvet Underground

    What an amazing bridge.

  20. Birthday In Beijing

    Ral Partha Vogelbacher

    The nom-du-bande of Chadwick Bidwell

  21. Fantastic Voyage

    Takako Minekawa

    What is it about this medicine? Must be Japanese

  22. BREAK

  23. Beethoven Song

    Little Jack Melody + His Young Turks

    From Beethoven… or A Clockwork Orange

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  1. Song
    Artist

  2. Beethoven Song

    Little Jack Melody + His Young Turks

    From Beethoven… or A Clockwork Orange

  3. BREAK

  4. I Got A Message For You

    Robyn Hitchcock

    A good lace to start

  5. Hey

    Elvis Perkins In Dearland

    This haunts me

  6. Bigfoot

    The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group

    Love that big beat

  7. BREAK

  8. Good Voodoo

    The Teenage Players

    Rawkin’ from NYC

  9. Moscow Fever

    Slonovski Bal

    Some Balkan ska for you

  10. I Could Get Used To You

    The Red Button

    Yummy jangle

  11. BREAK

  12. Green And Yellow Daughter

    Tal Ross

    Dee funk roots, this one

  13. My Moon My Man

    Feist

    Yes, Feist from the iod ad

  14. Stare To The Sun

    Boys & Girls

    Delicious grinding sound

  15. BREAK

  16. Take It Away

    LMNOP

    The musical side of Baby Sue magazine

  17. Re-Format

    MOTOR

    Digital inexorable madness

  18. Haven’t I Been A Fool

    G.W. Mclennan

    From the Go Betweens

  19. BREAK

  20. Who Loves The Sun

    The Velvet Underground

    What an amazing bridge

  21. Birthday In Beijing

    Ral Partha Vogelbacher

    The name of Chadwick Bidwell

  22. Fantastic Voyage

    Takako Minekawa

    What is it about this medicine must be Jaanese

  23. BREAK

  24. My Heart Beats

    Hafdis Huld

    Icelandic elven rincess

  25. Blame It on Cain

    Elvis Costello

    From My Aim Is True, which should be in everyone’s collection

  26. Green Haze, Pt. 1 & 2

    Elvis Hitler

    Going out to Costner

  27. BREAK

  28. World Full of Cops

    Paleface

    Hear ye hear ye

  29. Bad Thirds

    Green Goblyn Project

    Brevard’s own unk nighmare

  30. Bad Day

    Illinois

    Heavy sounds, fit the mood

  31. BREAK

  32. Now We’re Six

    SSM

    Don’t know what that is, but it’s not “garage unk” as the wikiedias claim

  33. Über Legitimate

    Mates Of State

    One of the loudest duos ever

  34. Saturday Night Party

    Tomandandy

    From the Rules of Attraction soundtrack

  35. BREAK

  36. Mondo A Go-Go!

    Eat Static

    Quick furniture endangerment from this Ozric Tentacles offshoot

  37. Smedley

    The Nerd Parade

    Atlanta five iece

  38. Stepkids In Love

    Switches

    Go out on a limb for you, dear listeners

  39. BREAK

  40. Prophets

    Supersystem

    With a edigree on Dischord and Touch and Go records

  41. Watertank

    White Hassle

    Currently “on hiatus”

  42. This Fall. Last Fall.

    The Rants

    The mystery rants… which ones are they?

  43. BREAK

  44. Vive Solo

    Juana Molina

    From Argentina and Paris

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  1. Song
    Artist

  2. Mala Vida

    Gogol Bordello

    Originally by Mano Negra… some Mano Negra later!

  3. BREAK

  4. Lost & Found

    Taken By Trees

    Not M.I.A. as expected… stand by… technical difficulties

  5. Girls and Uniforms

    The Quiet Ones

    From the Blitzen Trapper, Fleet Foxes Seattle scene

  6. New Ways Of Living

    Destroyer

    Anguished AND tortured

  7. BREAK

  8. Paper Planes

    M.I.A.

    By request! As heard on Slumdog Millionaire. Bonus Clash sample

  9. 10 Dead Dogs

    Wild Sweet Orange

    From Birmingham, Alabama

  10. Kung den knege

    Pluxus

    Swedish moogcore for you moogspazzes.

  11. BREAK

  12. Lake Michigan

    Rogue Wave

    Look up real rogue waves on the google… fascinating

  13. Sound Check (Gravity)

    Gorillaz

    Classic Gorillaz

  14. Hir aj kam, hir aj go

    Magnifico

    More Magnifico, because he lives up to his name

  15. Magic Dice

    Mano Negra

    Going out to Ariela, in East Santanay

  16. BREAK

  17. I Feel Pretty

    Schlong

    Dedicated to Dave R., whose band played with Schlong

  18. Thou Shalt Always Kill

    Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip

    I can dig the audio pixelation

  19. Marian

    SSM

    Extended jam city and we’re cruising Peanut Butter Ave.

  20. BREAK

  21. Lies On Your Lips

    Franklin Bruno

    How does he do it?

  22. The 88

    French Kicks

    Brooklyn tranpslants

  23. No Baguettes In The Ghetto

    HaBiluim

    Polka Tel Aviv!

  24. BREAK

  25. Okie Dokie

    Dan Deacon

    Crazy composer genius

  26. Season Of The Witch

    Donovan

    Heavy, Donovan. Heavy.

  27. Born to Be Wild

    Fanfare Ciocarlia

    From the Borat soundtrack

  28. BREAK

  29. Re-Format

    MOTOR

    Don’t stop teh electrobugie

  30. Mama Loves Nortec

    Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible

    From Tijuana, Mexico!

  31. It Started With A Mixx

    Los Campesinos!

    From Wales!

  32. Bag of Hammers

    Thao (with the Get Down Stay Down)

    Haunting track, this one

  33. BREAK

  34. Havana Nagila

    Hip Hop Hoodíos

    Cumbia klezmer hip hop… only from Brooklyn

  35. The Ocean

    Led Zeppelin

    What’s up with the squeaky bass pedal, Bonzo

  36. Astro Kopp

    Low Frequency In Stereo

    From Norway

  37. El Microphono

    Mexican Institute of Sound

    From Mexico, again. Que extraño,

  38. BREAK

  39. Walcott (Insane Mix #2)

    Vampire Weekend

    Good night!

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  1. Song
    Artist

  2. Duke of Earl

    Frank Black

    A classic made even more classic

  3. BREAK

  4. Basketball

    Deerhoof

    Opened their Nov. 1 Orlando show with this one

  5. Miss Rebellion des Hormones

    Stereo Total

    What are they saying? Don’t know! Don’t care!

  6. You Left Me Standing

    The Countdown Quartet

    It’s a party on a disc

  7. BREAK

    Ohio and Pennsylvania are very porn for Obama

  8. Put Some Sugar On It

    Jad Fair

    Somebody was humming this the other day.

  9. Full On Idle

    Breeders

    From their Title TK album

  10. Not Your Concern

    The Hush Sound

    Sharp hook on that one

  11. BREAK

  12. Soul Revival

    Westbound Train

    Going out to Marc D!

  13. Look Here

    Jim Duffy

    I have nothing to say.

  14. Stagg Field

    Rachel Taylor Brown

    Implacable

  15. BREAK

  16. Flat Duo Jets

    You Belong To Me

    Another classic

  17. There She Goes

    The La’s

    Perfect pop perfection

  18. Conspiracy of Praise

    Thomas Function

    Nonstop is what I have to say

  19. BREAK

  20. Tazi-Tazi

    Let 3

    Will this Balkan madness ever end?

  21. Let The Song Play

    Robb Benson

    Worth tracking down, as well as his previous band the Nevada Bachelors

  22. So What’s New?

    Milton deLugg

    From an incredible accordion compilation

  23. BREAK

  24. El Rayo X

    David Lindley

    Solo work from the renowned sideman

  25. Save Me

    Nina Simone

    Yes, Nina Simone

  26. Junkyard

    Treat Her Right

    Mark Sandman, unmistakable

  27. BREAK

  28. Kargyraa Rap

    Ondar

    Feat. throat singing and Dr. Richard Feynman clowning around

  29. Satta Massa Gana

    The Abyssinians

    From the Kings of Reggae compilation

  30. Victoria

    Ray Davies

    One of my favorite Fall songs

  31. BREAK

  32. Clearwater Blues

    Sugar Oaks

    So bitter, so sweet

  33. If You A Viper

    Erin McKeown

    Reefer madness! Light a tea and let it be.

  34. Up The Punks

    Yoni Gordon + the Goods

    Reminds me, check out Jeffrey Lewis

  35. BREAK

  36. Funky Sterling

    Thomas Brinkman

    Were you dancing in front of the mirror?

  37. Grace

    Supergrass

    Supergrass, I lurv u

  38. Sir Prize

    Starlight Mints

    My array, shaking hands with the cat in the mirror

  39. Don’t Stop

    MOTOR

    ONCE AGAIN, ALL CAPS PLEASE

  40. BREAK

  41. Be Mine

    Cagnee + Lacey

    Martin Rev song… must ask Matthew if it’s Suicide or solo

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  1. Song
    Artist

  2. Corner Soul

    Ethan Lipton

    From the awesome Sandinista Project

  3. BREAK

  4. Euro Trash Girl

    Chicks on Speed

    Dry Silicon Cracker

  5. Devil’s Side

    Shake

    Psychedelic!

  6. Out My Eyes

    Moore Brothers

    So Beatles

  7. BREAK

  8. Where Is My Mind?

    Raz Ohara

    Stuck in my head all day. Thanks Nick!

  9. Soft Velvety ‘Fer

    MC Honky

    Frightening dream

  10. Mess Around

    Ray Charles

  11. BREAK

  12. Red Grapes In The City

    Sugar Oaks

    Clearwater band with non-Clearwater sound

  13. Fever For You

    Michael Holland

    From Jennyanykind

  14. Come On

    The Mach Kung-Fu

    Japan says, “this is the future sound of yesterday twang.”

  15. BREAK

  16. Dentistry Dub

    Ears Magnet

    via Geoffrey! ‘Alo Geoffrey!

  17. Every Time I’ve Made A Girl Cry (I Know I’ve Done My Job)

    Band Marino

    Confused? I am.

  18. Jackson Cannery

    Ben Folds Five

    Going out to Rachel G!

  19. BREAK

  20. 100,000 Fireflies

    The Magnetic Fields

    One of the most beautiful songs, ever

  21. The Light 3000

    Schneider TM

    Yet another cover of the Smiths’ song

  22. Shy Kind of Guy

    Gogol Bordello

    Yoo-krenyen and loving it

  23. BREAK

  24. Jungle Shadow

    Kiril feat. MC Wasp

    Sweatin’ in the Balkans

  25. Health Food Store

    White Hassle

    By request! My listeners must love me

  26. Plane of Illusion

    Johnny Griffith

    From the amazing Flying Funk comp.

  27. BREAK

  28. Acid Police

    Boredoms

    Japan says, “the authorities are sour.”

  29. Thundergust of Woodpeckers

    Prizzy Prizzy Please

    Is that the right artist?

  30. Bleep #1

    MOTOR

    ALL-CAPS! VERY IMPORTANT!

  31. BREAK

  32. Lost In A Dream

    pApAs fritAs

    Perfect pop from Boston

  33. Stickshifts + Safetybelts

    Cake

    More old cake — still edible!

  34. That’s When Your Heartaches Begin

    The Soft Boys

    From “Live At The Portland Arms”

  35. BREAK

  36. My Friend Maurice

    Home

    Deliciously sloppy

  37. Let’s Make A Baby

    SSM

    Where do babby come from?

  38. Weed

    1990s

    Scotland’s answer to Supergrass

  39. Hey Alright!

    I Was Totally Destroying It

    Winner of “Longest Band Name” for this show

  40. BREAK

  41. Vida de Cachorro

    Os Mutantes

    I Heart Rita Lee

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