The Playlist Exchange

[monasterymonochrome]

Ayyy so I'm mad busy today so won't be able to finish my playlist until tomorrow - don't hate me plz scoots

[ten15]

*taps foot, checks watch*

[andrewvb]

gonna be late on mine too, been a crazy week. sorry xam.

[alady]

I am currently in the future so this is really late, but here's my mix for teekoh. It's just some interesting shit that leans toward artistic expression/ unusual structure/ classic structure reimagined. Except for the Clifford Jordan, I just thought that was nice.

[monasterymonochrome]

Okay here we go! This one goes out to scoots - and I'm sorry - but it was mainly a selfish exercise that I've been wanting to do for a long time. Tho I suppose most of these songs are acoustic, so they are prolly pretty Baby Scoots friendly, so there's that.

Anyways, I just finished reading Dave Van Ronk's excellent, witty memoir, The Mayor of MacDougal Street. It captures the period of Dave's life from approximately 1950 - 1966 or so, as he evolved from a jazz guitarist, to a blues interpreter, and - finally - one of the eminent voices in the nascent Greenwich Village folk revival boom (or as Dave calls it, "The Great Folk Scare"). But the book is more than Dave's first-person accounts of the period. It also offers his view of the entire lineage of the folk/blues tradition - from Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music down on to Bob, Joni, and the rest. A number of renowned but (to me) otherwise mysterious figures are fleshed out, with hilarious, insightful anecdotes littering the book and giving a personal glimpse at legends like Rev. Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt, Paul Clayton, Moe Asch, Izzy Young, etc. Basically, Dave makes that Greenwich Village scene come alive once more.

In that spirit, I've put together a guide of sorts to that scene. Since Dave is the inspiration behind this exercise, I included 5 of his songs here. Other than those, it proceeded roughly chronologically. First, first a handful of tracks from the pioneers, songs that were covered by the Village folkies innumerable times, and names that still are spoken of in reverential terms (Woody, Pete, Lead Belly, Mississippi John, etc). Then come the earliest members of the "revival" - this is Odetta, Jack Elliott, Paul Clayton, and - again - Dave. It's fun to see where these songs overlap too, as re-interpretations and borrowing were essential components of the folk tradition. "Cocaine Blues" for example, is a tune by Rev. Gary Davis, but one that he refused to perform due to its secular nature. Dave was a mentee of the Rev, and cajoled him to rehearse it with him enough times to add it to Dave's repertoire.

Then come some of the names that populated the earliest iterations of the Gaslight and Cafe Bizarre. This is Len Chandler, Carolyn Hester, Alix Dobkin, Patrick Sky (who has two tracks here because he's amazing), and Fred Neil (of "Everybody's Talkin" fame, fun fact, he also retired from music to become a dolphin-rights environmentalist). Then we have the Folk Scare names - the people synonymous with the scene, all of whom put out incredible work. This is Phil Ochs, Tim Hardin, Karen Dalton, Richard Farina, and, of course, Bob Dylan. I threw in a couple more weirdos (Holy Modal Rounders - feat. members of The Fugs!) or lesser known gems (David Blue, Eric Andersen) here too.

So yea - I hope this provides an interesting picture of the Greenwich scene. And I hope you find some great new music here too! So without further ado, I present: It Takes A Village: Dave Van Ronk and the Great Folk Scare

[Deleted]

I'm psyched to check this out - thanks!

You are putting us to shame with the amount of thought you put into these, btw.

[monasterymonochrome]

Mar 1, 2019 13:06:25 GMT -6 scoots said:

I'm psyched to check this out - thanks!

You are putting us to shame with the amount of thought you put into these, btw.

Yay I hope you dig it! Honestly I just love piecing together giant, narrative-based playlists - especially when I'm reading about the subject. Basically every time someone's name gets mentioned I'll circle it and listen to them - so then playlist building comes along pretty organically. Just glad I have another outlet for this other than my personal Spotify account lol.

[zircona1]

Mar 1, 2019 13:03:58 GMT -6 monasterymonochrome said:

The Fugs!)

There's a song of theirs called 'Defeated' - it's a bonus track I think on their first album - I covered it the last time I played open mic. It's got that dark humor that I love. 

[teekoh]

I like weird hip hop! ten15 likes a lot of the same weird hip hop! Here’s some more weird hip hop I think ten15 would enjoy if he doesn’t already!



It ended up skewing more recent than I thought it would, but these are a lot of my favorites and some deep cuts.

[teekoh]

Feb 28, 2019 17:29:29 GMT -6 alady said:

I am currently in the future so this is really late, but here's my mix for teekoh. It's just some interesting shit that leans toward artistic expression/ unusual structure/ classic structure reimagined. Except for the Clifford Jordan, I just thought that was nice.

Thank you! I'm only familiar with Pussy Riot and Talk Talk of all these acts, so this will be very interesting!

[goodson]

did i completely blank or is my mix not here lol

[chvrchbarrel]

Mar 1, 2019 15:03:00 GMT -6 goodson said:

did i completely blank or is my mix not here lol

I nudged your person since it hasn't been posted - fear not, several late arrivals this month

[Xamnam]

Short month, to be fair.

[goodson]

it's totally chill!!! i was worried that they posted it and i completely forgot to say something lol

[neader]

yeah i am guilty but not goodsons person, partly because i changed my theme like 4 days ago.

[neader]

apparently a good portion of us are hypocrites after that whole being late vs on time discussion

[chvrchbarrel]

In the event that goodson's person did forget, I do have an extra playlist I can offer this month.

I make different playlists for the different circles I'm in but would be happy to cross-contaminate so goodson gets his tuneage.

[teekoh]

The short month definitely got me. I had been working on it, but thought I still had another week as of like, Wednesday. Time is bad news.

[ten15]

Mar 1, 2019 14:54:49 GMT -6 teekoh said:

I like weird hip hop! ten15 likes a lot of the same weird hip hop! Here’s some more weird hip hop I think ten15 would enjoy if he doesn’t already!




It ended up skewing more recent than I thought it would, but these are a lot of my favorites and some deep cuts.

Oh yeah!  I only know a couple of these, but am super excited to listen.  Thanks, man!

 

[ten15]

That was fun! Thanks, teekoh !

[teekoh]

I’m so glad you enjoyed!

[dij22]

Feb 28, 2019 8:48:22 GMT -6 irvred said:

Hey this playlist is for dij22; I had a half-assed one I wasn’t happy with, but after yesterday’s events I decided to try and inspire you to try something on a cheeseburger besides grilled onions.

Eat a dang burger!



1. Darkslider - ‘A1’
2. Dairyolab - ‘Emperor Tomato Ketchup’
3. Chicano Fatman (from eating too many burgers) - ‘El Jalapeño’
4. Doordashing Pumpkins - ‘(Ed: If you're going to talk about the condiment from hell, at least learn to spell it, Neader)’
5. No Bun? Uh... - ‘Big Cheese’
6. Superchunk - ‘Garlic’
7. CAN(‘t eat a plain burger) - ‘Mushroom’
8. Burger T and the McD’s - ‘Green Onions’
9. Food Courtney Barnett - ‘Pickles from the Jar’
10. Los Cardboardtogobox - ‘Avocado, Baby’
11. Feastie Boys - ‘Peanut Butter and Jelly’
12. The Grills - ‘Sour Cherry’
13. Rawbyn - ‘Honey’
14. Radiobread - ‘Weird Fishes/Arpeggi’

I've listened to this a few times already this week and forgot to post.  Legit great playlist.

A+ songs, A++ burger/condiment puns

[chvrchbarrel]

Matchups for the coming month will be sent out today folks

[thebosma]

Is it set up so that we won’t have someone we’ve already had before? Just curious.

[neader]

I'm still behind this past month and am v overwhelmed at work atm and don't want to fall behind again, feel pretty bad about it. I'm going to take a break this month gigs.

[chvrchbarrel]

Mar 4, 2019 9:27:17 GMT -6 thebosma said:

Is it set up so that we won’t have someone we’ve already had before? Just curious.

Yes

[teekoh]

Feb 1, 2019 15:54:42 GMT -6 pigs said:

Ok, teekoh . Apologies again to you and everyone else for being late. Thanks for your patience.

I wanted to make a simple, genre-based playlist this time, and it’s no secret that I enjoy sharing IDM/downtempo/ambient stuff with folks. Playlists are my preferred way to listen to the genre, as albums are generally more sporadic and lead to a poor listening experience, in my opinion. I focused more on tying songs together and the general “flow” of the playlist rather than who or what was on it. While there are some bigger names and songs, this is not meant to be an introduction to the genre or a Who’s Who of it. I also intentionally kept it on the shorter side (50 minutes) because I feel like ambient stuff holds a shorter attention span for most folks.

This is one of my favorites that I put together. I really hope you enjoy it!

I listened to this on Friday and it was perfect for a day where I very much needed to chill out at work. Lots of acts I've heard folks talk about, but I think I'd only listened to Air since this stuff isn't really in my wheelhouse. Much appreciated and glad to have it all in one place. 

[Deleted]

Mar 1, 2019 13:03:58 GMT -6 monasterymonochrome said:

Okay here we go! This one goes out to scoots - and I'm sorry - but it was mainly a selfish exercise that I've been wanting to do for a long time. Tho I suppose most of these songs are acoustic, so they are prolly pretty Baby Scoots friendly, so there's that.

Anyways, I just finished reading Dave Van Ronk's excellent, witty memoir, The Mayor of MacDougal Street. It captures the period of Dave's life from approximately 1950 - 1966 or so, as he evolved from a jazz guitarist, to a blues interpreter, and - finally - one of the eminent voices in the nascent Greenwich Village folk revival boom (or as Dave calls it, "The Great Folk Scare"). But the book is more than Dave's first-person accounts of the period. It also offers his view of the entire lineage of the folk/blues tradition - from Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music down on to Bob, Joni, and the rest. A number of renowned but (to me) otherwise mysterious figures are fleshed out, with hilarious, insightful anecdotes littering the book and giving a personal glimpse at legends like Rev. Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt, Paul Clayton, Moe Asch, Izzy Young, etc. Basically, Dave makes that Greenwich Village scene come alive once more.

In that spirit, I've put together a guide of sorts to that scene. Since Dave is the inspiration behind this exercise, I included 5 of his songs here. Other than those, it proceeded roughly chronologically. First, first a handful of tracks from the pioneers, songs that were covered by the Village folkies innumerable times, and names that still are spoken of in reverential terms (Woody, Pete, Lead Belly, Mississippi John, etc). Then come the earliest members of the "revival" - this is Odetta, Jack Elliott, Paul Clayton, and - again - Dave. It's fun to see where these songs overlap too, as re-interpretations and borrowing were essential components of the folk tradition. "Cocaine Blues" for example, is a tune by Rev. Gary Davis, but one that he refused to perform due to its secular nature. Dave was a mentee of the Rev, and cajoled him to rehearse it with him enough times to add it to Dave's repertoire.

Then come some of the names that populated the earliest iterations of the Gaslight and Cafe Bizarre. This is Len Chandler, Carolyn Hester, Alix Dobkin, Patrick Sky (who has two tracks here because he's amazing), and Fred Neil (of "Everybody's Talkin" fame, fun fact, he also retired from music to become a dolphin-rights environmentalist). Then we have the Folk Scare names - the people synonymous with the scene, all of whom put out incredible work. This is Phil Ochs, Tim Hardin, Karen Dalton, Richard Farina, and, of course, Bob Dylan. I threw in a couple more weirdos (Holy Modal Rounders - feat. members of The Fugs!) or lesser known gems (David Blue, Eric Andersen) here too.

So yea - I hope this provides an interesting picture of the Greenwich scene. And I hope you find some great new music here too! So without further ado, I present: It Takes A Village: Dave Van Ronk and the Great Folk Scare

This is terrific. Wasn't expecting to hear a song I recognized right off the bat, so that was a nice intro - plenty of new stuff to me on here. I played it on Saturday afternoon, and my wife and kiddo were enjoying it, too. 

[andrewvb]

The theme of my mix this month is as original as the music genre that inspired it. I feel bad that i’m a few days late, but in the spirit of the music i’ll just not care hopefully there's a couple new things in here for ya Xamnam

board mix 2: GARAGE SOUNDS





1) Mike Krol - Power Chords
2) Dead Moon - Walking on My Grave
3) Teenage Cool Kids - Zealous Convert
4) Pedro the Lion - Quietest Friend
5) Oblivians - Mary Lou
6) Reatards - I'm So Gone
7) Reigning Sound - Storm Weather
8) Dum Dum Girls - Bhang, Bhang, I'm a Burnout
9) Vivian Girls - Second Date
10) The Cowboys - Open Sores
11) Viagra Boys - Slow Learner
12) The Marked Men - Fix My Brain
13) Compulsive Gamblers - Stop & Think it Over
14) The Exploding Hearts - Modern Kicks

[Xamnam]

This looks awesome, can't wait to check it out.