Episode 5: Welcome to My Nightmare

Intro:
Welcome to My Nightmare -Alice Cooper

1st Set:
The Monster Mash -Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Dolly Dagger -Jimi Hendrix
Witchcraft -Frank Sinatra
Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead -Klaus Nomi

2nd Set:
I Put a Spell On You -Screamin Jay Hawkins
Dracula's Wedding -Outkast
The Boogie Monster -Gnarls Barkley
Thriller -Michael Jackson with Vincent Price
This Corrosion -Sisters of Mercy

3rd Set:
The Time Warp -Rocky Horror Picture Show
Rapture Riders - Blondie vs. The Doors (Go Home Productions mash-up)
Red Right Hand -Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Human Fly -The Cramps
Halloween Parade -Lou Reed

Happy Halloween from Alice Cooper.

Cash Rules Everything Around Me

The Wu-Tang Clan's "C. R. E. A. M." comes from their landmark debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (The 36 Chambers). This track features Raekwon and Inspectah Deck handling lead vocals and Method Man on the chorus. Deck throws down a great verse detailing his life in the ghetto up to the present while Method reminds us that cash rules everything around us.

Double Shot of Dylan

Don't be sad, don't be blue, I've got two videos for you.

The first is Mark Ronson's awesome remix of Bob Dylan's "Most Likely You'll Go Your Way (and I'll Go Mine)." The video depicts Dylan throughout the years with many references to his many albums and personas.



Our second Dylanish item is the Traveling Wilburys' and their classic track "The Wilbury Twist." The video features many celebrity cameos.

Season 3, Episode 4: It's Hot, What Can I Say?

Intro:
(Love is Like A)Heat Wave -Martha and the Vandellas

1st Set:
No Particular Place to Go -Chuck Berry
Needy Girl -Chromeo
Most Likely You'll Go Your Way (and I'll Go Mine) [Mark Ronson remix] -Bob Dylan
Walk On -U2

2nd Set:
Something For the Boys (Disco Album Version) -Ethel Merman
Don't Stop Me Now -Queen
C. R. E. A. M. -Wu-Tang Clan
Money (That's What I Want)-Barrett Strong
Me Voy -Julieta Venegas

3rd Set:
Land of 1000 Dances -Wilson Pickett
Do The Strand -Roxy Music
The Frug -Rilo Kiley
Wilbury Twist -The Traveling Wilburys
Save the Last Dance For Me -The Drifters

Last Song:
Frenzy -Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Now here's Chromeo with "Needy Girl" It's a rather funky track and a kind of strange video.

Look, Up in the Sky! It's...

The Kinks with a really rocking live version of "Wish I Cold Fly Like Superman." What can I say, it's a Friday. I'm home, and I don't really feel like updating the blog today. But if I were Superman, I'd be done in no time. I wish I cold be like Superman.

More Wilde!

From time to time, I have to cut a song when the show is running long. Today, we feature such a case.

Tom Waits is a slightly insane genius songwriter with a voice that's been soaked in whiskey and then dragged across gravel for an hour or two. This video for his song "Tempation" is classic Waits. The clip, like the song itself, is a tad bit off kilter, nay very off kilter. Now, you might be asking how does this relate to Oscar Wilde? Well, Oscar did say "I can resist anything but temptation."



I can't resist...

It's Oscar Wilde's Birthday!

Today is the birthday of one of history's greatest wits, Mr. Oscar Wilde. Today we bring you a musical version of his poem "The Serenade" that can be found in the 2002 film version of The Importance of Being Earnest. This adaptation of the play is quite good and stars Colin Firth and Rupert Everett. Here are Colin and Rupert performing "The Serenade" from the film. Unfortunately, no one has been kind enough to post the clip on youtube, however I have found this slide show of stills from the film which uses the song.

Season 3, Episode 3: CBGB, Wilde and Superman

Intro:
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker -The Ramones

1st Set:
Blank Generation -Richard Hell and the Voidoids
New Rose -The Damned
Do Anything You Want -Eddie and the Hot Rods
Free Money -Patti Smith

2nd Set:
Message of Love -The Pretenders
The Serenade (Lady Come Down) -Colin Firth and Rupert Everett (lyrics by Oscar Wilde, taken from the 2002 film version of The Importance of Being Earnest)
Ready 2 Wear -Felix da Housecat
You Wear It Well -Rod Stewart

3rd Set:
I Am Superman -REM
Superman -Lazlo Bane (Theme from Scrubs)
Sunshine Superman -Donovan
Waiting For Superman-Iron & Wine (Flaming Lips cover)
Wish I Could Fly Like Superman -The Kinks

And now a treat for you, it's a performance of "You Wear It Well" from when Rod was still with the Faces.

We Can Rebuild Him. We Have the Technology. We Can Make Him Better, Faster, Stronger!

We present to you a Mustache Mike Rado Show special report.

Edwin Birdsong recorded a song in the 1970s I believe called "Cola Bottle Baby." This song is pretty dull and goes for over five minutes without going anywhere. So, we shal present you with only a small sample of this song.



Years later in 2001, Frenc house band Daft Punk released their second album Discovery which included the song "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" which based itself around a sample of Birdsong's song.



This year, Kanye West released his third album Graduation. The lead off single from this album was entitled "Stronger" and featured a sample of Daft Punk's "Harder..."

One Take Wonder: The Underdog

As you may know, I am a sucker for music videoes filmed in one take. Today's clip is Spoon's latest single "The Underdog" off of their album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. The clip depicts the alledged recording of the song including a mariachi band and other instrumentalists scattered throughout the studio.

You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet

October 6th, 1927:

The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson opens. It's considered one of the first talkies although it's really just a silent film with a few musical scenes. The film itself is good, not great, but the musical performances are like nothing you'll see today. In lieu of any actual opinion, I shall merely present you with Jolson singing "Toot Toot Tootsy" as seen in the film and let you judge the performance for yourself.

Season 3, Episode 2: A Stronger Stand

Intro:
Revolution -REM

1st Set:
Toot Toot Tootsie -Al Jolson (taken from 1927's The Jazz Singer)
The Underdog -Spoon
It's Tricky -Run DMC

2nd Set (Triad):
Stand By Me -U2 and Bruce Springsteen
Stand By Me -John Lennon
Stand By Me -Ben E. King

3rd Set (A Mustache Mike Special Report):
Cola Bottle Baby (Excerpt) -Edwin Birdsong (sampled in...)
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger -Daft Punk (sampled in...)
Stronger -Kanye West

4th Set (CBGB Tribute Pt. 1):
Punkrocker -Teddybears featuring Iggy Pop
Dreaming -Blondie
Road to Nowhere -Talking Heads
Trash -New York Dolls
Mystery Dance -Elvis Costello
You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory -Johnny Thunders

Unfortunately, BMG is mean and won't let us upload the video for "It's Tricky". However, we can link to it, so you can see Run DMC take on a pair of grifters played by Penn and Teller. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C2b8XWJnfE

Also, by popular demand here's U2 and Bruce doing "Stand By Me."

As the Story Goes

Rilo Kiley's Under the Blacklight Album is quite good, I endorse it. Anyway, this is the opening song of the album "Silver Lining." Although it's somewhat simple, all the elements of the song work wonderfully together. I especially enjoy the gospel backing vocals.

Grinderman/Letterman

Nick Cave has a new project called Grinderman. They're a dirty garage rock band similar to his days with the Birthday Party. This is a live performance of "Honeybee, Let's Fly to Mars" on Letterman. It's pretty intense. I can only imagine what the audience reaction to this was.

Double Post Wednesday Featuring The Bad Music Spotlight

First off, I want to mention that this week's Oxy Weekly features a letter written by myself. You can find both the orignal article, and my response on the Oxy Weekly website.

Anyway, ladies and gents it's time for

*horn fanfare*

The Bad Music Spotlight. Today's feature song comes from Appalachian State University, the back to back NCAA Division I-AA Football Champions. Last month they had an upset victory over Michigan, but this song and video though are not winners. This is a promotional clip the University put together to attract students. If I weren't enjoying my time at Oxy, I know where I'd be transfering to.



Now to make up for that, here's something that's supposed to be funny and is also brilliant. It's the Flight of the Conchords and their song "The Humans are Dead."

Radio Nowhere

Bruce Springsteen releases a new album today entitled Magic. The album has been getting good reviews, I haven't heard it yet but I knoe that The Boss always does wonderful work with the E Street Band. Here is the first single from the album, entitled "Radio Nowhere".

Fell Asleep Beneath the Flowers

Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco's "Daydreamin" is my favorite track off of his great debut album Food and Liquor. The thing about Lupe that seperates him from mainstream rappers of the day is that he doesn't rap about the gangsta lifestyle that is prevalent in so many commercial hip-hop hits these days. It's probably for this same reason that the highest charting position for any of his singles thus far is #79 on Billboard.

But hey, we all know that commercial radio isn't any good, so let's focus on the message and not the profits. Over the course of the album, Lupe touches on subjects ignored my mainstream hip-hop, such as what happens to those who don't survive the gangsta lifestyle, missing father figures, being Muslim in a post-9/11 America and on a lighter note, skateboarding.

The lyrics in the second verse of "Daydreamin" best exemplify the album's criticism of mainstream hip-hop.



So come on everybody, let's make cocaine cool...