Latina Pro Populo

I've been promising to do a set with Latin lyrics for a while, and finally came through. Here's the playlist:





Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen for Choir: VI. O König aller Völker--Arvo Pärt
Best of Times--Kyle Gabler
O Fortuna--Carl Orff
Missa Luba: Credo--Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin
Dona Nobis Pacem--Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Sanctus--Fumitaka Anzai
Ipsa Vivere--O Quam Tristis...
Salva Nos--Mediaeval Baebes
Nihil--Qntal
Euchari--Garmana
Oh Fortuna--Estampie
Bacchus--Corvus Corax
Stetit Puella--In Extremo
The Omen (Ave Satani)--Fantomas
Dies Irae--Streetcorner Prophets
Stigmata Martyr--Bauhaus

A 2 Hour Slice of the World

I played a globetrotting set on Thursday 2 September.






Yasmin Levy--Hallelujah
Ana Tijoux--1977
Gotan Project--Arrabal
Rubén Blades--Primogenio
Alamaailman Vasarat--Perikunta
Ali Farka Touré--Allah Uya
Vieux Farka Touré--Fafa
Fela Kuti--Swegbe & Pako
Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin--Seya Wa Mama Ndalamba
12 Cents for Marvin--Persian Dub
Asian Dub Foundation--Cyberabad
Enduser--Not There
Panjabi MC--Yaaran Kolon Sikh Kuriye
Solace--Bounce
Maduro--Tower of Babel
Balkan Beat Box--Joro Boro
Abraham Inc--Trombonik
Socalled--Ich Bin A Border By Mayn Vayb
DeVotchKa--Charlotte Mittnacht (The Fabulous Destiny of...)
Solomon & Socalled--Freylekhs fun der Khupe: Pelt me with rice
Ta-Shma--Rachamana (Feat. Matisyahu)
Dunkelbunt--La Revedere (Feat. Amsterdam Klezmer Band)
DeVotchKa--Death by Blonde
The Sensational Alex Harvey--Next
Gogol Bordello--Ultimate
Goran Bregovic--Ya Ya (Ringe Ringe Raja)
Candan Erçetin--Melek
Esplendor Geometrico--Moscú Esta Helado
Distemper--Wsje Otlitschno!
Irfan--Hagia Sophia
Corvus Corax--Filii Neidhardi

Gardens are food for the soul.

While up all night in a fevered state this week, I rebuilt the Fracture Gardens. Saturday's show was held there, and my set was food-themed.


Here's the rundown:

Bjork & Tricky--Black Coffee
Memphis Minnie--Pig Meat on the Line
Bessie Smith--Gimme a Pigfoot
Willie Bobo--Fried Neckbones and Some Home Fries
J. Marks and Shipen Lebzelter--Baked Beans
Moxy Fruvous--Green Eggs and Ham
Bearsuit--Cherryade
Godley & Creme--Sandwiches of You
King Crimson--Cat Food
Buddharabbit--Beans With
Squeeze--Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
Bow Wow Wow--I Want Candy
Weird Al Yankovic--My Bologna
Captured! by Robots--Speed Food Pyramid
Care Bears on Fire--Barbie Eat a Sandwich
Bratmobile--Eating Toothpaste
The Polkaholics--Sauerkraut is Sweet
Man Man--The Ballad of Butter Beans
Larry Groce--Junk Food Junkie
Ballgag N' Chain Gang--Everything is Better with Bacon
Pepe Delux--Salami Fever
The Dragons--Food for My Soul
Soul Coughing--Soft Serve
MadMixMustang--The Ice Cream Mash
Mike Doughty--More Bacon than the Pan Can Handle
Squeeze--Black Coffee in Bed

Birdsong

I played a bird-themed set, and Fael gave everyone glowing wings to wear for it, which was lovely.

I started off in the ethereal and acoustic realm, moved through rockier, funkier things, and ended in the dense electronic zone.








Dead Can Dance--Bird
The Be Good Tanyas--The Littlest Birds
Death Cab for Cutie--Talking Bird
Yo La Tango--Tiny Birds
M. Ward--I'll be Yr Bird
R.E.M.--Swan Swan Hummingbird
Rogue Wave--My Little Bird
The Beatles--Blackbird
The Zombies--Imagine The Swan
Guided by Voices--A Good Flying Bird
Silver Apples--Whirly-Bird
Modern English--Swans on Glass
Owl City--Early Birdy
Theresa Andersson--Birds Fly Away
Broadcast--Man is Not a Bird
Moving Units--Birds of Prey
The Rivingtons--The Bird's the Word
Eddie Floyd--Big Bird
The Velvettes--A Bird in the Hand
Rufus & Carla--Birds & Bees
Tower of Power--The Skunk, The Goose, and the Fly
Abraham Inc.--Tweet-Tweet
DJ Tunedeaf--Bring the Bird
Medeski, Martin & Wood--Midnight Birds (Sa Ra Remix)
Pest--Heard Yer Bird Moved In
The Chemical Brothers--Three Little Birdies Downbeat
Birdy Nam Nam--Love Your Enemy (Kill Your Friend)

Work

My setlist for today celebrated the fact that I got my grades in for my 350 undergrad students last night (w00t). A bunch of songs about work, avoiding work, weekends, and working it. Also, it gave me a chance to play Dolly Parton at Fracture.

"9 to 5"--Dolly Parton
"She Works Hard for the Money"--Donna Summer
"The Slacker (Sunday Best Nu-Polka Remix)--Bastila
"Watch us Work It"--Devo (produced by the Teddy Bears)
"Working in the Coal Mine"--Devo
"Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work)"--They Might be Giants
"Senses Working Overtime"--XTC
"Model Worker"--Magazine
"This Devil's Workday"--Modest Mouse
"Tina Goes to Work"--Nobunny
"Actor Out of Work"--St. Vincent
"Me, You and the Working Class--Acid Brains
"Working Part Time"--The Henry Clay People
"Out of Work Early"--Excuses for Skipping
"Stop Working"--The Yolks
"Working for Another Song"--Townhall
"Weekend"--Dr. Dog
"Blue Monday (New Order cover)--The Cloud Room
"Manic Monday"--Finn Wallace
"Work Song"--Dan Reeder

Happy solstice, hope you enjoyed your Chanukkah, have a great Kwanza, Merry Christmas, have a festive Saturnalia, and enjoy the end of the Aughties. I'll see you next year.

Lumi

Stringed Setlist

Hello, Friends.

This is a set I played last week, of songs featuring a stringed element, mostly cello, because cello is the sexiest thing evah, but some viola and violin. A fairly dreamy set for the most part.

"Danny the Dog"--Massive Attack
"Tragedy (Austin Cello Version)"--Brandi Carlile
"Flames"--Vast
"Will the Night"--Low
"Welcome Home"--Tegan and Sara
"The Unforgiven"--Apocalyptica
"Wish You Were Here"--Rasputina
"What Have I Done"--Anna Ternheim
"Cello Song"--The Books feat. Jose Gonzalez
"Fly"--Nick Drake
"Stephanie Says"--The Velvet Underground
"Stone Throwers"--Johnny Hollow
"No Words"--Black Violin
"Like Some Violins Playing"--The Mad Violinist
"I am the Tall Tree"--The Flock

Cheers, Lumi

Gettin' Mediaeval on Yer Arse

I played a contempo-mediaeval set on Saturday, while Beta flung avatars around on hir trebuchet.






Dead Can Dance--Saltarello
Mediaeval Baebes--Star of the Sea
Stellamara--Strumica
Vast--Untitled
Corvus Corax--Filii Niedhardi
Faun--Sirena
Irfan--Hagia Sophia
Dead Can Dance--The Arrival and the Reunion
Garmarna--Euchari
Qntal--Hymni Nocturnalis
Enigma--Between Generations
Loreena McKennitt--The Gates of Istanbul
DJ Beardy Boy--O'fortuna (Techno Remix)
Dead Can Dance--Avatar

Klezmer!

This is a somewhat delayed posting of my klezzie set. Klezmer is eastern European Jewish music, which in the U.S. blended with jazz music in the 1920s-1940s, and then helped spawn surf music. In its more recent revival, it has crosspollinated with other genres from hip-hop to reggae to new age elevator music. I neglected to include any new age elevator music in my set :P.

Dave Tarras--Bridegroom Special
Meshuggah Beach Party--Hava Negila
Laika & the Cosmonauts--C'mon Do the Laika!
Rabbinincal School Dropouts--Cosmic Tree
Balkan Beat Box--Bulgarian Chicks (f. V. Tomova. M. Alexiava)
New Orleans Klezmer Allstars--Klip Klop
David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness!--Alt(dot)klezmer
Balkan Beat Box--Delancey
Koby Israelite--Dance of the Idiots
David Gould--Yigdal Dub
Jamie Saft--Tref
Ta-Shma--Woman of Valor (f. Andy Statman)
Chutzpah--Super Jew
Socalled--Let's Get Wet
Solomon & Socalled--Hiphopkele
Solomon & Socalled--Freylekhs fun der Khupe: Pelt me with rice

Lumi's Comfort Set

This was a set for quieter moods, riding between melancholy and uplift. If you're feeling achy, give these tunes a try.

Massive Attack--Everybody's Got a Family
Low--Two Step
Maria Taylor (with Andy LeMaster)--Time Lapse Lifeline
Sufjan Stevens--Chicago (acoustic version)
Bonnie Prince Billy--Love Comes to Me
Sigur Ros--Staralfur
Dadawa--Himalayans
Beck--Volcano
Cat Power--Cross Bones Style
Portishead--It's a Fire
Radiohead--Lucky
Trembling Blue Stars--Home And Dry
Saul Williams--Noe One Ever Does
Blue-Eyed Son--Upside Down
Sinead O'Connor--The Parting Glass

The Theremin Fractured

Beta got me a theremin kit for my birthday, and I've been gleaning music featuring the instrument. (The theremin is an early electronic instrument, invented in the 1920s, that is played by waving your hands by a volume-controlling antenna and a pitch-controlling antenna. It's all portamento and glissando and scifi wooo.) Hence my theme for the week.

Blake Jones--Music to Change Clothes By
Ugly Casanova--Smoke Like Ribbons
Kevin Sinnott--A Burst of Color
Add N to (X)--Party Bag
12 Cents for Marvin--Persian Dub
Les Claypool--Mushroom Man
Schwump--The Crocodile's Song
Os Mutantes--Banho De Lua
The Pixies--Velouria
The Flaming Lips--Race for the Prize
Tripping Daisy--Same Dress New Day
Blur--This Is a Low
Gaudi--Theremystical
Jarrod Barker--World's Greatest Scientists
Portishead--Mysterons

Lumi's Protest Set 16 May 09

I've been feeling feisty this week, Fighting the Power on intersex and trans issues in the blogosphere, so I thought I'd present a rebellious set. I had 90 minutes, as Pink was away, but that is still only enough time to present a sampler of all the politically-energizing music out there. Here it is:

Saul Williams--Banged and Blown Through
Marvin Gaye--Inner City Blues
The Temptations--Ball of Confusion
Edwin Starr--War
Plastic Ono Band--Give Peace a Chance
Gil Scott-Heron--The Revolution Will Not be Televised
James Brown--Say it Loud-I'm Black and I'm Proud
Country Joe and the Fish--The Fish Cheer/I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young--Find the Cost of Freedom
Devo--Ohio
Julian Cope--All the Blowing-Themselves-Up-Motherfuckers
Cake--War Pigs
Dead Kennedies--Holiday in Cambodia
The Clash--Clampdown
Bad Religion--Let Them Eat War
Rage Against the Machine--Killing in the Name Of [Live]
One Day As A Lion--Ocean View
Nine Inch Nails--Letting You
Public Enemy--Fight the Power
Beastie Boys--It Takes Time to Build
Nas--Black President
Prince Cat-Eyez--Bash Back
Elmo Sexwhistle--Genderfuck
The Tom Robinson Band--Glad to Be Gay
A Perfect Circle--Imagine