The Lacking Organization » The Evaporators http://www.lacking.org You cannot alphabetize the unalphabetizable. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:55:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Episode 032 – Season’s Freakings http://www.lacking.org/2009/12/episode-032-seasons-freakings/ http://www.lacking.org/2009/12/episode-032-seasons-freakings/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:00:34 +0000 julius http://www.lacking.org/?p=539 :: Season's Freakings ::

:: Season's Freakings ::

Hooray for the season, endless fount of thematic weirdness! Enjoy your holidays, and let me know if your relatives were disturbed.

In this episode: A plus D, Asylum Street Spankers, Carolyn Mark, Continentals, Dean Martin, Divide & Kreate, Eels, Emperor Penguin, Enchanters, Esquivel, Flat Duo Jets, George Kuo, George S. Irving, Harry Connick Jr., Jaymz Bee & the Royal Jelly Orchestra, Los Lobos, Los Straitjackets, Mark Mothersbaugh, My Morning Jacket, Ren & Stimpy, Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Blue Hawaiians, The Bobs, The Evaporators, The Granville Williams Orchestra, The LeeVees, The Loud Family, The Pogues, The Three Weissmen, The Toadies, The Wave Benders, They Might Be Giants, Toenut, Toothpaste 2000

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  1. Song
    Artist

  2. Baby, It’s Cold Outside

    Asylum Street Spankers

    Only Christina and Wammo could do it this way

  3. BREAK

  4. Song For The Girl With Two Of Everything

    Carolyn Mark

    At one time with Neko Case in The Corn Sisters

  5. Have Yourself A Quiet Little Christmas

    The Blue Hawaiians

    Les Baxter wishes you some tiki cheer

  6. The Happy Elf

    Harry Connick, Jr.

    Because I’m a sucker for the New Orleans beat

  7. The Inexcelsis Polka

    Continentals

    Must have polka!

  8. Who Are You?

    The Evaporators

    Inexcusably from Canadia

  9. BREAK

  10. We Wish You A Hairy Chestwig

    Ren & Stimpy

    Merry Yaksmass to all of you.

  11. Heat Miser

    George S. Irving

    A classic, yes

  12. Jingle Bells (Dan The Automator Remix)

    Dean Martin

    Dan vs. Dean

  13. Carolina Christmas

    Squirrel Nut Zippers

    It’s what Xmas in Xarolina is like.

  14. BREAK

  15. Jingle Jane

    Divide & Kreate

    Not the mash-up I would have expected, but good

  16. Sleigh Ride

    Jaymz Bee & the Royal Jelly Orchestra

    Orchestral twang twist

  17. Jingle Bell Rock

    Los Straitjackets

    Lucha libre on guitar!

  18. It Just Wouldn’t Be Christmas

    The Loud Family

    Slippery and twisting

  19. BREAK

  20. Santacide

    The Toadies

    Isn’t this menacing?

  21. 7-Eleven Christmas

    Toothpaste 2000

    24-Hour Holiday Cheer

  22. Exotic Xmas (Home For The Holograms)

    Emperor Penguin

    Weird Jingle!

  23. Xmas Curtain

    My Morning Jacket

    Howling lonely holidays

  24. BREAK

  25. Schlepp The Halls With Loaves Of Hallah

    The Three Weissmen

    Strange how klezmer this melody sounds now

  26. Give Da Jew Girl Toys

    A plus D

    Hey, Trio!

  27. Goyim Friends

    The LeeVees

    AKA Guster

  28. Fifty Kilowatt Tree

    The Bobs

    We have quite a few of these around our neighborhood.

  29. BREAK

  30. Lonely Little Elf

    Toenut

    Like a gift-wrapped broken mirror

  31. Christmas Is Going To The Dogs

    Eels

    Wouldn’t you enjoy spending the holidays with E?

  32. Sun Valley Ski Run

    Esquivel

    Going out to Millard, who is not editing video

  33. Fireside Ki Ho’alu

    George Kuo

    Beaches and firelight

  34. BREAK

  35. Zat You, Santa Claus?

    Asylum Street Spankers

    Nobody handles the voodoo like they do

  36. Santa Claus Is Skaing To Town

    The Granville Williams Orchestra

    Pick it up, pick it up!

  37. Mambo Santa Mambo

    Enchanters

    Afro-cuban!

  38. Rudolph The Manic Reindeer

    Los Lobos

    Norteña!

  39. BREAK

  40. Fairytale Of New York

    The Pogues

    Shane’s Dentist!

  41. Deck The Halls

    The Wave Benders

    Halls decked but fast

  42. Santa’s Beard

    They Might Be Giants

    Once a year, my friend puts on a red suit

  43. Hot Christmas

    Squirrel Nut Zippers

    More from the Zippers

  44. Jingle Bells

    Flat Duo Jets

    Doesn’t get more straightforward than that

  45. BREAK

  46. Happy Woodchopper

    Mark Mothersbaugh

    Mutato Everyone!

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Hover over a track to view notes and links

  1. Song
    Artist

  2. Baby, It’s Cold Outside

    Asylum Street Spankers

    Only Christina and Wammo could do it this way

  3. BREAK

  4. Song For The Girl With Two Of Everything

    Carolyn Mark

    At one time with Neko Case in The Corn Sisters

  5. Have Yourself A Quiet Little Christmas

    The Blue Hawaiians

    Les Baxter wishes you some tiki cheer

  6. The Happy Elf

    Harry Connick, Jr.

    Because I’m a sucker for the New Orleans beat

  7. The Inexcelsis Polka

    Continentals

    Must have polka!

  8. Who Are You?

    The Evaporators

    Inexcusably from Canadia

  9. BREAK

  10. We Wish You A Hairy Chestwig

    Ren & Stimpy

    Merry Yaksmass to all of you.

  11. Heat Miser

    George S. Irving

    A classic, yes

  12. Jingle Bells (Dan The Automator Remix)

    Dean Martin

    Dan vs. Dean

  13. Carolina Christmas

    Squirrel Nut Zippers

    It’s what Xmas in Xarolina is like.

  14. BREAK

  15. Jingle Jane

    Divide & Kreate

    Not the mash-up I would have expected, but good

  16. Sleigh Ride

    Jaymz Bee & the Royal Jelly Orchestra

    Orchestral twang twist

  17. Jingle Bell Rock

    Los Straitjackets

    Lucha libre on guitar!

  18. It Just Wouldn’t Be Christmas

    The Loud Family

    Slippery and twisting

  19. BREAK

  20. Santacide

    The Toadies

    Isn’t this menacing?

  21. 7-Eleven Christmas

    Toothpaste 2000

    24-Hour Holiday Cheer

  22. Exotic Xmas (Home For The Holograms)

    Emperor Penguin

    Weird Jingle!

  23. Xmas Curtain

    My Morning Jacket

    Howling lonely holidays

  24. BREAK

  25. Schlepp The Halls With Loaves Of Hallah

    The Three Weissmen

    Strange how klezmer this melody sounds now

  26. Give Da Jew Girl Toys

    A plus D

    Hey, Trio!

  27. Goyim Friends

    The LeeVees

    AKA Guster

  28. Fifty Kilowatt Tree

    The Bobs

    We have quite a few of these around our neighborhood.

  29. BREAK

  30. Lonely Little Elf

    Toenut

    Like a gift-wrapped broken mirror

  31. Christmas Is Going To The Dogs

    Eels

    Wouldn’t you enjoy spending the holidays with E?

  32. Sun Valley Ski Run

    Esquivel

    Going out to Millard, who is not editing video

  33. Fireside Ki Ho’alu

    George Kuo

    Beaches and firelight

  34. BREAK

  35. Zat You, Santa Claus?

    Asylum Street Spankers

    Nobody handles the voodoo like they do

  36. Santa Claus Is Skaing To Town

    The Granville Williams Orchestra

    Pick it up, pick it up!

  37. Mambo Santa Mambo

    Enchanters

    Afro-cuban!

  38. Rudolph The Manic Reindeer

    Los Lobos

    Norteña!

  39. BREAK

  40. Fairytale Of New York

    The Pogues

    Shane’s Dentist!

  41. Deck The Halls

    The Wave Benders

    Halls decked but fast

  42. Santa’s Beard

    They Might Be Giants

    Once a year, my friend puts on a red suit

  43. Hot Christmas

    Squirrel Nut Zippers

    More from the Zippers

  44. Jingle Bells

    Flat Duo Jets

    Doesn’t get more straightforward than that

  45. BREAK

  46. Happy Woodchopper

    Mark Mothersbaugh

    Mutato Everyone!

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  1. Song
    Artist

  2. Moondance.

    Sirconical

    More minimalist than Van’s version

  3. BREAK

  4. Tortapapír

    Besh o drom

    Balkan Madness Ahoy!

  5. Ghost Town

    The Specials

    Spooky sounds

  6. First Time Again

    Everthus The Deadbeats

    What are they thinking?

  7. BREAK

  8. Showtime

    Bob Log III

    One man thunderdome

  9. Voce Gosta?

    Tom Zé

    Brazilian experimentalismo

  10. Desperate Tonight

    Five Eight

    Brutal song from this Atlanta trio

  11. Pumping Iron For Enya

    Atom & His Package

    O Atom… we miss you. Package, too.

  12. BREAK

  13. Never Had Nobody Like You

    M. Ward

    English Blues, todaystyle

  14. Supermarket One

    P:iano

    A punctuation band, but I forgive them. Unlike Google

  15. Got To Get A Knutt

    New Birth

    Suggestive

  16. I’m Your Mom

    The Flamenco A Go Go

    A personal favorite

  17. BREAK

  18. Ain’t No Good

    Cake

    Old cake is still good cake

  19. Come Dancing

    The Kinks

    Feelin’ Kinky … from 1983

  20. Rainy Day

    Keller Williams

    Another one man band

  21. Picture Book

    The Young Fresh Fellows

    The Kinks of the Pacific Northwest

  22. BREAK

  23. M.F.P.D.A.

    Mexican Institute Of Sound

    What could MFDA possibly stand for?

  24. Paper Kitten Nightmare

    Margot and the Nuclear So And Sos

    Named after Gwyneth Paltrow’s character in the Royal Tennenbaums

  25. Jackie

    Bossa Nostra

    Italian Jazz masters

  26. BREAK

  27. Barney Rubble Is My Double

    The Evaporators

    Avec Narduwar!

  28. Mahna Mahna

    Mahna Mahna & The Two Snowths

    Remember?

  29. Mango Cool

    Los Amigos Invisibles

    Venezuelan space jazz

  30. PVC

    Metal Molly

    For Russ and Rauzeberry

  31. 54 46 Was My Number

    Toots and the Maytals

    Pick a number

  32. BREAK

  33. The Hotel Family Affair

    Lusk

    Ominous Tool side project

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  1. Song
    Artist

  2. Whatever

    Bastard Fairies

    Glarchy, but it’s the Spankers

  3. BREAK

  4. Yeh-Yeh

    Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan (USA)

    Feel de groove… de Flying Groove

  5. Iowan Gal

    Les Claypool

    Thank you Coronel Claypool

  6. BREAK

  7. Astro Kopp

    Low Frequency In Stereo

    Hmmm, yes… very Norwegian

  8. Tellin’ Youth The Truth

    The Evaporators

    Featuring the inimitable Nardwuar the Human Serviette

  9. Happy Hour

    The Housemartins

    Norman Cook, future Fatboy Slim, on bass

  10. BREAK

  11. Winning The War On Drugs

    Asylum Street Spankers

    That was close, wasn’t it?

  12. Too Famous To Get Fully Dressed

    Butch Walker & The Let’s-Go-Out-Tonites

    As heard on the Marvelous Three

  13. Crazy Beat

    Blur

    Where you going with that crazy beat, Blur?

  14. BREAK

  15. Soul Finger

    The Bar-Kays

    Most of the band was killed along with Otis Redding

  16. San Siz

    Yaqub Zoroofchi

    From Azerbaijan

  17. A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)

    Spoozys

    Japanese weirdo dub

  18. BREAK

  19. Sad K.

    All Night Radio

    featuring members of Beachwood Sparks, Lilys

  20. Jesus Christ In Reverse

    Get Set Go

    Frontman is Mike TV … very Dahly

  21. Lemonhead Boy

    Heavenly

    Twee incarnate… with the wonderful Amelia Fletcher

  22. BREAK

  23. Plastic Stars

    Freezepop

    Cold and sweet

  24. Lazy Bones

    Fluid Ounces

    That hot Murfreesboro sound

  25. Dear Krazy

    Ill Ease

    Elizabeth Sharp and her unique … erm, sound.

  26. BREAK

  27. I Will Light You On Fire

    Golden Shoulders

    As heard on lonelygirl15

  28. Warm Storm

    Giant Sand

    Arizona sprawl

  29. Here Come The Warm Jets

    Brian Eno

    From his debut solo album

  30. Warm Leatherette

    The Normal

    First release on Mute Records

  31. BREAK

  32. Kid On My Shoulders

    White Rabbits

    From Columbia, MO via Brooklyn

  33. Samba Machine

    Kassin+2

    ElectroBrazil

  34. The Computer No. 3

    Hi-Posi

    Hi speed Japanese!

  35. BREAK

  36. Call It a Ritual

    Wolf Parade

    From Canadia!

  37. Parlour Games

    Six Finger Satellite

    “The Parlour” is the name of the band’s home studio

  38. Henry Mancini Goes Surfing

    Heavy Vegetable

    Speed surf sensations

  39. BREAK

  40. Yopparai

    ICU

    Before the lawsuit changed their name to IQU

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