buglady's Auditorium

Happy Birthday Cameron!

2009-08-25T22:45:00.000-07:00

I made this mix a while back with my best friend in mind, and have been reserving it for her birthday as a special treat. I'm not sure if she has actually heard much of Bobbie Gentry's songs, but something about her has always screamed "CAMERON!" to me, so here it is: my favorite Bobbie Gentry tunes for my dear friend on her birthday... hope this helps to make it a special day!

DELTA SOUL

1 Mississippi Delta
2 Penduli Pendulum
3 Ode To Billy Joe
4 Reunion
5 Eleanor Rigby
6 Rainmaker
7 Niki Hoeky
8 Big Boss Man
9 Touch 'em With Love
10 Parchman Farm Blues
11 Fancy
12 Jessye' Lisabeth
13 Something In The Way He Moves
14 Papa Let Me Go To Town With You
15 Louisisana Man
16 Mornin' Glory
17 Your Number One Fan
18 Natural To Be Gone
19 Okolona River Bottom Band
20 Sweete Peony
21 Chickasaw County Child
22 Son of a Preacher Man
23 Peaceful
24 Billy The Kid
25 Show Off
26 Here, There and Everywhere
27 Tobacco Road
28 Bugs

Kiddie Pop Rock

2009-08-07T16:31:00.001-07:00

The latest ZeRO mixathon centered on 2 themes: The "Autobiographical" mix and the "Alternating DJ" mix. There were lots of contributions in both categories. I posted a vintage autobio mix I created for my 41st birthday, a new one of my favorite 70s kid rock, and got in on a mixing three-way with kmbone and derhay [to be posted soon].

This is my new autobio mix, a look at my earliest musical influences, the stuff I discovered on my own, or with the help of friends, not the music my parents played. Since my parents weren't fans of rock 'n' roll, my early exposure was all from television. Luckily, I was born in the late 60s, so the music playing on cartoons and kids' programming in my childhood was funky and groovy stuff. From cartoon rock bands, to prefab entertainers, to TV celebrity musical guests, I soaked it all in, and sowed the seeds of my musical tastes to come.

REVENGE OF THE PLAYGROUND

1 All My Loving [I fondly remember watching the Chipmunks with my dad as a kid. I heard them sing the songs of the Beatles long before I heard the Beatles]- The Chipmunks

2 The Way-Outs (Theme) [Much of my early exposure to Rock 'n' Roll was through saturday morning cartoon shows of the 60s and 70s]- The Way-Outs (from The Flintstones)

3 Playground [cereal box flexi-discs and other product promotions also molded my musical taste]- The Funny Face Band (featuring Goofy Grape)

4 Sugar Sugar [The Archies and Josie & the Pussycats were among my favorite "bands" when I was around 6 years old]- The Archies

5 Josie & The Pussycats (Main Title)- Theme Song

6 Jonny Quest (Main Title) [Themes from cartoons like Jonny Quest and Speed Racer probably primed me for surf instrumentals]- Theme Song

7 Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah [I loved it when cartoons like The Flintstones or The Jetsons had musical "guest stars"]- Jet Screamer (featuring George Jetson on drums)

8 Laugh Laugh [who could forget the immortal Beau Brummelstones on the Flintstones?]-The Beau Brummelstones

9 A Victim of Gravity- [Schoolhouse Rock introduced me to Doo Wop, and taught me about gravity at the same time!]- The Tokens

10 Speed Racer- Theme Song

11 Monster March (from Godilla's Revenge) [I was mad about Godzilla as a tyke, maybe that's why I'm so fond of JRock now]- Kunio Miyauchi

12 The Tra La La Song [I was WILD about the Banana Splits, what a swinging bunch of funkadelic animals!] -The Banana Splits

13 Jingle Jangle- The Archies

14 Stop, Look and Listen- Josie and the Pussycats

15 Lancelot Link Theme [Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp! What a strange and wonderful show this was, and the music was pretty rockin' too!]- Lancelot Link And The Evolution Revolution

16 Rub Your Tummy [I still love themusic from early Sesame Street, some of it got downright funky, as Gordon demonstrates here] - Gordon from Sesame Street

17 Chicken Soup With Rice [I have to admit, I was never a big Carole King fan, but I loved her soundtrack for the animated Maurice Sendak film "Really Rosie"]- Carole King

18 I Really Love You Baby [Herman sets out to become a rock star]- Herman Munster

19 You Need Us [Ginger, Maryann and Mrs. Howell show their stuff and prep me for the girl group sound]- The Honey Bees

20 The Parent Trap [I loved this movie as a kid, and still love both the theme and Hayley Mill's duet with herself to this day]- Annette Funicello & Tommy Sands

21 Let's Get Together- Hayley Mills

22 Come On Get Happy [between The Partridge Family and the Brady Bunch, I got the whole Cowsills experience (though I didn't discover the Cowsills till I was in my 20s)- The Partridge Family

23 It's A Sunshine Day [The Silver Platters, the coordinated polyester jumpsuits...-The Brady Bunch

24 Last Train To Clarksville [my all-time favorite band when I was 7 and 19]- The Monkees

25 Batman Theme [I loved Batman, The Munsters and The Addams Family; these tracks were probably my gateway to crime jazz]- Nelson Riddle

26 The Munsters Theme- Milton Delugg

27 Uncle Fester's Blues- Vic Mizzy

28 Don't Bug Me/He's a Loser [More musical guest stars: The Mosquitos from Gilligan's Island. I loved this episode]- The Mosquitos

29 I Think I Love You- The Partridge Family

30 Candy (Sugar Shoppe)- The Brady Bunch

31 She- The Monkees

32 Doin' The Banana Split [I thank the Banana Splits for my taste in 70s funk and R&B]-The Banana Splits

33 I Want You Back [I became aware of The Jackson 5 and the Bay City Rollers through my childhood friend's records]- The Jackson 5

34 Saturday Night- Bay City Rollers

35 (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock [I loved Happy Days, and it's theme song got me interested in rock and roll from the 50s]- Bill Haley & His Comets

36 Da Doo Ron Ron [my sister and I watched the Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Mysteries every week. My sister was obsessed with this song when it came out, it wasn't till years later that I discovered it was a cover song]- Shaun Cassidy

More Songs for Sophia

2009-07-30T10:36:00.000-07:00

My sister and niece recently returned to Edinburgh (I miss them terribly!), and before they went I made another mix for my niece. I included two songs from the movie My Neighbor Totoro (her favorite film), and the opening music from her favorite cartoon, Flip the Frog (our cover model). It's a fun kids mix, and she loved it immediately. Every time I hear it, I'll think of Sophia sleeping over at her "Auntie Beetle's" house.

NOT YET THREE

1 Hey Let's Go- Sonya Isaacs

2 The Salad Song- Yamaha Music Foundation

3 Fruit Salad- The Wiggles

4 Gorilla Song- Sha-Na-Na

5 I Like Bananas- Hoosier Hotshots

6 The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)- The Banana Splits

7 Apples and Bananas- Raffi

8 Beans In My Ears- The Serendipity Singers

9 Ito Eats- Elvis Presley

10 Uh! Oh! Part 2- The Nutty Squirrels

11 Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows- Lesley Gore

12 The By Cracky Beat- The Lowney's Chocolates Singers

13 Movin' Right Along- Kermit the Frog & Fozzie Bear

14 Song of the Paleo Pirates- The Hipwaders

15 I Love Trash- Oscar the Grouch

16 The Aba Daba Honeymoon- The Three Stooges

17 The Hokey Pokey- Ray Anthony

18 Jeepers Creepers- Louis Armstrong

19 Mister Peepers Theme- Bernie Green

20 Pippi Longstocking- Inger Nillson

21 A Bushel And A Peck- Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely

22 Jollity Farm- The Bonzo Dog Band

23 Leave My Kitten Alone- Little Willie John

24 Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat- Phil Harris, Scatman Crothers, Thurl Ravenscroft And Liz English

25 Alvin- The Monkees

26 Alligator, Hedgehog- Pete Seeger

27 Green- Kermit the Frog

28 Daddy Frog- Big Daddy & the Little Sisters

29 Flip The Frog's Song- Flip the Frog

30 Octopus's Garden- The Beatles

31 Twee-Twee-Tweet- Cab Calloway

32 When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob-bob-bobbin' Along- Whispering Jack Smith & Whistling Carson Robinson

33 Mockingbird- Peter, Paul & Mary

34 Not Yet Three- Jonathan Richman

35 Sometimes- Frances England

36 Totoro (English)- Lea Salonga

More Songs About Chocolate & Girls

2009-07-30T09:56:00.000-07:00

I spent the early part of this summer immersed in Elvis soundtracks. When I heard the song "Crawfish" I really perked up. It's moody and dark and very inspiring. I decided to craft a mix around that track, but not necessarily create a moody, dark mix. I love how it came out, it's my favorite mix in a long time.

RATTLED

1 Disconnected (Acoustic)- Rancid

2 More Songs About Chocolate And Girls- The Undertones

3 Surprise Surprise- Lulu & The Luvvers

4 Can't Seem To Make You Mine- The Ramones

5 Drivin' Wheel- Robert Gordon

6 The Place I Love- The Jam

7 Cortinas- The Lambrettas

8 Floy Joy- Diana Ross & The Supremes

9 Change Your Mind- The Killers

10 Love Is A Gamble- Eartha Kitt

11 Crawfish- Elvis Presley

12 It's Cold Inside- Peter Case

13 Hypno Sex Ray- The Cramps

14 Ain't No Way- Elaine Summers

15 Rattled- Traveling Wilburys

16 The Plan- Richard Hell & The Voidoids

17 See Fernando- Jenny Lewis

18 She's Alright- The Real Kids

19 Failsafe- The New Pornographers

20 She Can't Get Any Sleep- The Incredible Moses Leroy

21 Personal- Eleni Mandell

22 Dry Lips- Lightspeed Champion

23 If I Could Talk I'd Tell You- The Lemonheads

24 Charley's Girl- Lou Reed

25 Boss- The Rumblers

26 Don't Push Me Around- Zeros

27 I Hope That You Can Remember- R. Stevie Moore

28 Headlights- Sean Lennon

My Carnival

2009-07-30T09:29:00.000-07:00

This is one I'd been working on for a long time. I found it half finished, and decided it was time to complete it. I've tried to capture some of the best things about summer, carnivals, rides, junk food, it's all here to enhance your hot weather experience.

SUMMER CARNIVAL

1 In The Summertime- Mungo Jerry

2 It's Carnival Time- Elvis Presley

3 My Carnival- Paul McCartney & Wings

4 A Swingin' Summer- Carol Connors

5 Summer Fun- The Barracudas

6 Carnival Song- Tim Buckley

7 Carnival of Souls- Combustible Edison

8 On a Carousel- The Hollies

9 Merry Go Round- The Brady Bunch

10 Ride a White Swan- T. Rex

11 Octopus- Syd Barrett

12 Return to the Haunted House- The Fleshtones

13 Roller Coaster By the Sea- Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers

14 Little Egypt- The Coasters

15 Swim Little Mermaid- The Astronauts

16 Dog Faced Boy- Eels

17 Car Radio Jerome- Fred Lane

18 Girl From the Carnival- Cerebral Corps

19 Gypsy Woman- Rick Nelson

20 Fortune Teller- Mersey Beats

21 Balloon Man- Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

22 Hot Dog!- They Might Be Giants

23 Hamburger Hop- Johnny Hicks & His Troubadours

24 Things Go Better With Coke- Coca-Cola

25 Ice Cream City- Shonen Knife

26 The Peanut Vendor- Xavier Cugat

27 Buttered Popcorn- Diana Ross & The Supremes

28 The Popcorn Man- The Tunetwisters

29 Candy-Coated Popcorn, Peanuts and a Prize- Cracker Jack

30 Candy Floss- Wilco

Mystery Mix

2009-07-30T09:13:00.000-07:00

This one is a bit of an oldie... I first compiled this mix 16 years ago while living in San Francisco. I never bothered to make a track listing for it, most of the songs were familiar to me, but some were dubbed from other friends' mixes (which were also missing any track listings). I've loved this mix for a long time, it never fails to remind me of that time and place in my life. I stumbled across the tape again recently and decided it was time to reveal the tracks. Luckily, I knew all the artists, so it just took a bit of dedicated Googling to finally reveal the track list. It has been recreated as an mp3 playlist/CD. Hope you like it.

WHERE IS MY MIND?

Side 1
Track	Artist	Title
1.	4 Non Blondes	What's Up
2.	Jellyfish	I Wanna Stay Home
3.	Paul McCartney & Wings	Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey
4.	Dinosaur Jr.	Muck
5.	Kate Bush	The Empty Bullring
6.	The Bats	Block Of Wood
7.	Don McLean	American Pie
8.	Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians	Serpent at the Gates of Wisdom
9.	Badfinger	No Matter What

Side 2
Track	Artist	Title
1.	Jorma Kaukonen with Tom Hobson	Genesis
2.	Chris Cornell	Seasons
3.	The Beach Boys	God Only Knows
4.	The Buckets	Seven Babies
5.	Elton John	Bennie And The Jets
6.	Ten Years After	I'd Love To Change the World
7.	The Troggs	Wild Thing
8.	Van Morrison	Brown Eyed Girl
9.	Concrete Blonde	Little Conversations
10.	Joni Mitchell	The Circle Game
11.	Roy Orbison	Candy Man
12.	Pixies	Where Is My Mind?

Mother's Day Special

2009-07-21T14:29:00.000-07:00

I custom crafted a mix for my Mom this past Mother's Day. It's chock full of the kinds of tunes she loves to hear, and it makes me nostalgic whenever I listen to it.

A Gift of Song

1 Just For You- Sam Cooke

2 A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)- Marty Robbins

3 My Happiness- Connie Francis

4 When I Take My Sugar To Tea- Leon Redbone

5 Singin' In The Rain- Cliff Edwards

6 Sugar (That Sugar Baby O' Mine)- Peggy Lee

7 Ole Buttermilk Sky- Hoagy Carmichael

8 Coffee In The Morning And Kisses In The Night- The Boswell Sisters

9 Something's Gotta Give- Mel Torme

10 I Love You, Honey- Patsy Cline

11 Harbor Lights- Elvis Presley

12 Oh, What A Dream- Johnny Cash

13 Mockin' Bird Hill- Les Paul & MaryFord

14 My Heart Skips A Beat- Buck Owens

15 It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels- Kitty Wells

16 I'll Tell the Whole World That I Love You- Hank Snow

17 Send Me Some Lovin'- Buddy Holly & The Crickets

18 Right Or Wrong- Wanda Jackson

19 The Wings Of A Dove- Ferlin Husky

20 Where Will the Dimple Be- Rosemary Clooney & Thurl Ravenscroft

21 Baby Sittin' Boogie- Buzz Clifford

22 Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?- Rick Nelson

23 I Love How You Love Me- Bobby Vinton

24 Unchained Melody- The Teddy Bears

25 Wonderful Wonderful- Johnny Mathis

26 My Special Angel- Bobby Helms

27 A Gift Of Song- The Sandpipers

28 Reverend Mr. Black- The Kingston Trio

29 This Land Is Your Land- Peter, Paul & Mary

30 Goodnight Irene- The Weavers

Catching Up

2009-07-21T14:25:00.000-07:00

I've fallen a bit behind, so I'm going to post a bunch of mixes that I've been neglecting. Hope you like them!

My Hero ZeRO update

2009-05-18T10:42:00.000-07:00

MISSING TRACKS

I've been informed that some of the tracks from the second half of the mix didn't come through on DL. I've upped the missing tracks to the same folder under "Missing MHZ", feel free to supplement your DL as necessary. I re-upped the second half adding Dick Dale (which for some reason wasn't included the first time) for anyone who hadn't gotten around to picking up the tracks yet.

Mixathon Tribute

2009-05-09T13:46:00.000-07:00

The Zero May Mixathon was a huge success, and to commemorate the event, I compiled a playlist that pays tribute to each mixer's contribution. The original post with liner notes can be found HERE.

MY HERO ZERO

1.	Ed's Redeeming Qualities	MORE BAD TIMES Barrydali (Times)
2.	The Creation	TOM TOM Mahdishain (Human Jukebox-Poptagious)
3.	The Tinkertones	ROBERT THE ROBOT Robert Song (First of May)
4.	Cheech & Chong	FRAMED Frame 313 (GeekMix - April09 - Famous People)
5.	Connie Francis	JOHNNY DARLIN' Johnny Dark (May Day)
6.	The White Stripes	ST. JAMES INFIRMARY BLUES Mr. Mirage (Feeling A Little Strange)
7.	Outsiders	THE BEAR Bear (Mayday)
8.	Squirrel Nut Zippers	WASH JONES Doowad (Primer Prine- A Prine Primer)
9.	The Chambers Brothers	FUNKY Funky Ratchet (Almost Every Penny)
10.	Little Richard	JENNY JENNY Jenergy (Let Your Mind Roll On)
11.	The Rutles	PIGGY IN THE MIDDLE plushpig (The Mary month of May)
12.	The Cramps	STRANGE LOVE strange loop (Pail O' Innards)
13.	Architecture In Helsinki	FRENCHY, I'M FAKING French Connection/Frenchy (Sam's Psychedelic Inveigled Interfusion)
14.	John Carter	BROWN AND PORTER'S LORRY Bufo alvarius (yesterday I saw a girl)
15.	The Fire Escape	THE TRIP (Inside This House) valis (KAPOW!)
16.	The Surfettes	SAMMY THE SIDEWALK SURFER Sammyg123 (Secret Postcards)
17.	Mr. Ed	MISTER ED THEME Mixxer (Bigger Is Always Better (Alt-DJ by khradioguy and Mixxer))
18.	Jimmy McGriff	AIN'tTIt FUNKY NOW DJKaren Adams (Funky Satchel of Hits v.1)
19.	The Trashmen	A- BONE kmbone (The thrown-together-in-a-hurry mix)
20.	Elliott Smith	A QUESTION MARK Pet Rocks (Some of Us Drink Because We're Not Poets)
21.	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	DEANNA (Acoustic Version) buglady (Melt Your Heart)
22.	Ramsey Lewis	WADE IN THE WATER The Wad (Late, Smokey & Dark)
23.	Cab Calloway	HOT TODDY Dead Man (Paul Is a Dead Man, Miss Him, Miss Him, Miss Him)
24.	Dick Dale	TIDAL WAVE short wave radio (Oldies Mix)
25.	Generation X	ONE HUNDRED PUNKS dafpunk (unvorhersehbarer frühling)
26.	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	RADIO, RADIO Khradioguy (Comfort Music)
27.	Beulah	GRAVIT(at)Y's BRINGING US DOWN gravitaty (The bridge between us is a rainbow)
28.	The Replacements	BASTARDS OF YOUNG Salman (Never Let the Bastards Bite Back)
29.	The Delmonas	PETER GUNN LOCOMOTION p the swede (Diggin' my popscene)
30.	Roy Clark	TEXAS TWIST Texas Hobart (Still Livin' On)
31.	Dizzy Gillespie - Stan GETZ	SIBONEY (PART I) Siobahn(Bending over backwards to please Stan Getz- Jazz in Britain)
32.	The Beatles	DOCTOR ROBERT RobC (It's a Man Ray kind of sky.)
33.	The Kingsmen	KILLER JOE retrojoe (Rhythm & Blues in 1947-1949, Part 1)
34.	Dale Hawkins	TORNADO tornadoZ (When You Wish Upon a Satellite)
35.	John Barry	CITY 2000 A.D. DJAbstract (Vapour City)
36.	Dudley Moore Trio	GOODBYE GEORGE G-sphere (I Wanna Be Trash)
37.	X	WILD THING wildthing (I WANT SOME GOOD MAN TO LOVE ME AND HEAVEN WHEN I DIE)
38.	Eileen	CES BOTTES SONT FAITES POUR MARCHER John Marcher (Can An Admittedly Weak Mix Be Made Better By Adding A Bunch Of 60's Radio Ads?)
39.	Aztec Camera	ORCHID GIRL Orchid (Juanita Sunrise)
40.	Hugo Largo	TURTLE SONG thatturtle (Like Lines of Clean Dangling Limbs)
41.	The Dickies	MANNY, MOE & JACK Moe (Mixathon!)
42.	Sheldon Allman & Stan Worth	TOM SLICK RACER Nomates (On The Spot (Alt DJ with sammyg123)
43.	The Undertones	WHAT'S WITH TERRY hemizen (The Sound of Young America)
44.	The Aquabats	ANTI- MATTER Mattsheckatight (12 Tracks of Acoustic Indie Goodness)
45.	The Lemonheads	MY HERO, ZeRO

The Sounds of Summer

2009-05-07T21:16:00.000-07:00

Last year's summer mix.

HERE COMES THE SUMMER

1 Hello- Die Rattles

2 Silver Lining- Beulah

3 Here Comes The Summer- The Undertones

4 Friday Night At The Drive-In Bingo- Jens Lekman

5 Down South, 10 Hours, I-5- All Girl Summer Fun Band

6 Nova SS 1968- Scruffy The Cat

7 Mona Lisa- Conway Twitty

8 Summer Teeth- Wilco

9 Ne sois pas si bête- France Gall

10 Bam B-b-bam Bam Bam- Junior Varsity

11 Dance To The Surfing Band- Hal Blaine

12 Beach Girl- Hound Dogs

13 Wild Bikini- Tullycraft

14 (I Can't Explain) Gonna Tell Your Man- The Pebbles

15 Love Makes The World Go Round (Yeah Yeah)- Perry Como

16 Panic Button- Edgar Allen & The Po' Boys

17 Baby Love- Supersnazz

18 The Girl Can't Help It- Little Richard

19 Last Dance- Math & Physics Club

20 Yam Yam Cha Cha- Sakura and The Quests

21 (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame- Elvis Presley

22 The Frog- Billy Pitcock & The People

23 That's If You Want Me To- The Beau Brummels

24 Railroader- Ole Jensen

25 Fizz Pop- Advantage Lucy

26 Glowworm- The Apples in Stereo

27 Bye Bye Baby- The Detroit Cobras

28 Help Yourself- Tom Jones

29 You're Wondering Now- Amy Winehouse

30 Davy Jones Liquor Locker- The Neptunas

31 Louie, Louie Go Home- David Bowie

Take a Walk

2009-05-07T19:49:00.000-07:00

An upbeat, catchy walking mix from last year.

THESE TUNES WERE MADE FOR WALKING

1 Walking on Sunshine- Katrina and The Waves

2 You Can't Walk In Your Sleep- The Go-Go's

3 I'm Walkin'- Fats Domino

4 Take a Walk With the Fleshtones- The Fleshtones

5 Lover's Walk- Elvis Costello & The Attractions

6 The Walk- The Cure

7 Electric Avenue- Eddy Grant

8 Walk Like an Egyptian- The Bangles

9 The Walk- Jimmy McCracklin

10 We Walk- R.E.M.

11 Walking the Cow- Kathy McCarty

12 Walk On By- Cake

13 Young Fresh Fellows Theme- Young Fresh Fellows

14 Wild Man Walk- Ebonettes

15 These Boots Are Made For Walkin'- The Ventures

16 Walkin' Down the Street- The Coctails

17 Here Comes My Baby- Yo La Tengo

18 The Wiggely Pig Walk- Hugo Montenegro

19 Walk Right In- Rooftop Singers

20 When I'm Walking- Jonathan Richman

21 Walk on the Wild Side- Lou Reed

22 Walkin' Bass- Henry Mancini

23 I Walk the Line- Johnny Cash

24 You're Out Walking the Streets Tonight- The Sir Douglas Quintet

25 Walkin' After Midnight- Patsy Cline

26 Sleepwalkers- They Might Be Giants

Robots Run Amok

2009-05-07T16:11:00.000-07:00

Last year's robot-themed mix of mechanical mayhem:

This one starts out in the best possible way: using technology to improve human life... the Bionic Man! (one of my favorite shows when I was a kid). Tracks 1-9 feature benevolent androids/robots, in a world where we have been developing them to serve mankind.

The middle of the mix, tracks 10-17 transition into a future where robots have become commonplace. We are now using and abusing them (track 18) for our convenience. Although everything seems ideal, trouble is brewing on the horizon... the robots grow tired of our abuse and decide it's time to overthrow their oppressors.

We glimpse the beginning of the end by track 19, when we realize we cannot trust robots. It's all downhill from there, and the battle between robots and humans begins, with only brave Yoshimi standing up to the rebellious droids. By track 26, it's all but over, with Queen rounding out the mix with a track from News of The World (with the infamous robots vs. humans album cover).

ATTACK OF THE MECHANICAL MEN

1 The Six Million Dollar Man- Oliver Nelson

2 Humanoid Boogie- The Bonzo Dog Band

3 The Man With The Lightbulb Head- Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

4 Robot Man- Connie Francis

5 My Robot- Looper

6 Mr. Robot- Les Baxter

7 If I Only Had a Heart- The Tin Man [Herbert Stothart]

8 Robot Parade- They Might Be Giants

9 Robots- The Slackers

10 Robot Segue- Beck

11 The Robots In My Bedroom Were Playing Arena Rock- Softlightes

12 The Mechanical Man- Bent Bolt & The Nuts

13 Robot Man [Scorpions Cover]- The Epoxies

14 The Robots [Kraftwerk cover]- Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto

15 Robot High School- My Robot Friend

16 Do The Robot [Saints Cover]- Spent Idol

17 Ok Robot- Bruce Haack

18 We're In Business (Never Trust a Robot)- Andrew Thompson

19 Gigantor- The Dickies

20 Giant Robot-Birdhead- The Aquabats

21 Anarchy in the UK- 386 DX

22 Machines- Lothar & the Hand People

23 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1- The Flaming Lips

24 Robot Rock- Daft Punk

25 Robots (Humans Are Dead)- Flight of the Conchords

26 All Dead, All Dead- Queen

Fleshtones Fever!

2009-05-07T15:41:00.000-07:00

My favorite Fleshtones tracks on 2 discs. Liner notes from the AOTM post last year:

Super Rock: "Super Rock is taking the best, most exciting elements of rock & roll, and exaggerating and amplifying them beyond proportion, with no apology whatsoever." Bill Milhizer, Fleshtones Drummer (1980-present)

It all began in 1976 in Queens, New York, when roommates Keith Streng and Jan-Marek Pakulski discovered that a previous tenant had left behind some instruments in the basement of their apartment building. Not knowing how to play, they started teaching themselves by playing along with their favorite 60s rock songs by such artists as the Kingsmen, the Raiders, the Coasters and the Kinks. Originally, their ultimate goal was to become a rockin' party band. Streng, on guitar, and Pakulski, on bass, were soon joined by neighborhood friends Peter Zaremba on harmonica, keyboards, and vocals, and Lenny Calderon on drums. The Fleshtones quickly became famous locally for their basement dance parties fueled by *Blue Whale cocktails.

Possibly their greatest recording was the classic "Hexbreaker", my first and still my favorite Fleshtones disc. The "Hexbreaker" lineup was, in my opinion, their very best, with Keith Streng (guitar & vocals), Peter Zaremba (lead vocals, harmonica & organ), Bill Milhizer (drums & vocals), Jan-Marek Pakulski (bass, vocals), and Gordon Spaeth (sax, harmonica, organ, vocals). I remember encountering this album at Rasputin Records in Berkeley in 1985. I bought it on a whim, took it home and couldn't stop

playing it. That record was hugely influential on my developing tastes in rock 'n' roll, and I am forever indebted to them for recording it.

The Fleshtones put on what was probably the best live show I've ever seen, at the DNA lounge in San Francisco in the early 1990s. At one point in the show, they jumped off the stage and (wearing wireless mics) kept playing while they danced with the audience and started making their way around the club. I was on the upper mezzanine (which wrapped around the upper floor) and they came up the stairs, still playing, while making their way around the mezzanine and back down the stairs. Soon after that we lost sight of them, as they'd left the building briefly, played out on the sidewalk for a few minutes and then came back inside to cheers and thunderous applause. That was one rockin' show-- but the thing that stuck with me the most was what they did afterwards. They all stood outside the door and thanked their fans for coming. I went home that night pumped with adrenaline and beaming from ear to ear. Nothing in the world quite beats the Super Rock!

32 years later, their lineup has gone thought several changes, but they are still channelling the spirit of every great rock 'n roll party band that ever existed, and have rightfully taken their place among them. Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present one of the hardest working bands in Rock 'n' Roll: The Fleshtones!

* The Blue Whale

1 can frozen lemonade concentrate

Fill can once with blue Curaçao

Fill can twice with Vodka

Add lots of ice

SUPER ROCK!

DISC ONE:

1 Take a Walk With the Fleshtones

2 Shadow-Line

3 One Less Step

4 All Around the World

5 Hard Lovin' Man

6 I've Gotta Change My Life

7 Push On Thru'

8 Cold, Cold Shoes

9 Psychedelic Swamp

10 The World Has Changed

11 Legend of a Wheelman

12 Girl From Baltimore

13 Hope Come Back

14 Alright

15 Right Side of a Good Thing

16 Chinese Kitchen

17 Let's See the Sun

18 Beautiful Light

19 Ride Your Pony

20 This House is Empty

21 Accelerated Emotion

22 She's My Baby

23 Whatever Makes You Happy

24 New Scene

25 Roman Gods

DISC TWO:

1 I'm Back Again

2 Stop Fooling Around

3 What's So New (About You)?

4 Outcast

5 American Beat '84

6 Want!

7 We'll Never Forget

8 Can't Get Enough Of Your Love

9 Double Dipper

10 I Was a Teenage Zombie

11 Screaming Skull

12 D.T. Shadows

13 Deep in My Heart

14 Let's Go

15 Hall of Fame

16 Destination Greenport

17 Pickin' Pickin'

18 Burning Hell

19 Good Enough For You

20 BRAINSTORM

21 R-I-G-H-T-S

22 A Motor Needs Gas

23 Feel The Heat

24 The Dreg (Hexbreaker-77)

25 Super Hexbreaker