Fire Away - Set The Mood - First, Best, Last

It's been a weird, not very lazy...but downright hazy summer so far

in particular due to lung busting forest & brush fires ( about 1000 ) going throughout the state...

strange days indeed





i'm not in my groove...

even if I knew what that was

there is a smattering of tracks tucked in this post

look for em

as I'm too busy to point em out for y'all

here's the first one, something I've never listened too, and likely won't, but the title sounds appropo fo yo


Justin Timberlake - Summer Love / Set The Mood Prelude


A week or so back I passed through Pasadena on a hot summer day




In the 100+ degree heat, the streets were filled with music, for the Make Music Pasasdena event. Perfomers were stationed on multiple stages includingNortec Collective members Bostich + Fussible

(Bostich + Fussible are authors of this track called Shake It Up uh, that's an actual mp3 link " )

and more Bostich + Fussible tracks for download at Rhapsody


other bands plying their sonic shlep for free in the streets were
The Raveonettes ,

Kinky

and the multi cultural melange of
Dengue Fever

Dengue Fever
"Tiger Phone Card" (mp3)
from "Venus on Earth"
(M80)

bonus Dengue not so oldie

Download 2005's
We Were Gonna (mp3)

from "Escape From Dragon House"

Download more Dengue Fever at iTunes Music Store
Stream from Rhapsody
Check Em Out at Amazon

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I caught the The Little Ones in some alley

Little Ones - Tallies

So while the somewhat verdant but browning rapidly hills of Pasadena were alive with noise...

I had to go get a beer at some brewpub ( seen here in this LA Weekly pic )because the town neglected to offer any refreshments alcoholic or otherwise within sight of the stages I visited...

The one or two "bars" I passed were actually closed on a Saturday afternoon...

I ended up in a swimming pool north of town in short order, headliners be damned...


Hours later I was back up north here in San Francisco, where it was downright cold...which was nice...

But the next day

I was up bright and early dealing with the logistics of helping set up a hippie rock concert featuring Janis Joplin's old backing band...

Big Brother & The Holding Company

Janis was a no show... go figger

(but some chick named Cathy Richardson did an admirable job)

Santana did show up, or I should say a Santana,
it was just the son of Carlos...

Salvador Santana...

This coming week here in SF, with all the hippies safely tucked back into their hacky sacks, I suppose I will look forward to seeing the release of the new album from The Parker Brothers...

First, Best, Last

That's like a heads up for fans of 70's syrupy pop

Lil Mike sez, hey maybe put down yer pet rock, and check it out...

Parker Brothers
"Your California" (mp3)
from "First, Best, Last"
(Middle Slot Records)

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psst bonus tracks

Parker Brothers - One Bad Apple

( yeah, I was disappointed too when I found out that one above wasn't an Osmonds cover, so here's one more)

Parker Brothers - She Got

I gotta go

Have a Bitchin Hot Summer...

LA - Paris - Rome - Minneapolis & Holmdel New Jersey

I was in LA this weekend and of course the talk of the town was a certain inmate who'd been freed by a certain sheriff.

Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind

While that was entertaining on all the tv sets around town, including the sushi bar in Little Tokyo where I grabbed some dinner, other less retarded entertainemnt abounds of course. As I left town my focus was more on the free outdoor street festival on Grand featuring Dengue Fever & Ozomatli, while across town in West Hollywood Joan Jett was tearing it up outdoors at the Pride festival...

here's some sample tracks from those afforementioned musical artists



Ozomatli - April 29th ( sublime cover)

Joan Jett - Hanky Panky

Download
Dengue Fever

"Lost In Laos" (mp3)
from "Digi EP"
by Dengue Fever
M80

• Buy at iTunes Music Store
• Buy at eMusic
• Stream from Rhapsody

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Last month when I rolled through downtown area had a free show from The Black Eyed Peas...

here's a special mix from euro mashtress Eve Massacre, incorporating The Bronx, with the Black Eyed peas for all you audio addicts & disco deviants

Eve Massacre - Black Heart Attack

Folks in Minneapolis have reason to rejoice, or at least Prince fans...as the Purple one plans a return for his record release on July 7th, his first show in his hometown since 2004...

Prince - Black Sweat

Prince fan Gwen Stefani's tour has been a bit cursed, first a report of provactive dancing by opening act Akon with young female fans caused controversy, causing Verizon to drop out of it's million dollar sponsorship deal...

Then when Stefani's show hit Holmdel New Jersey, apparently the sh*t was B-A-N-a-N-a-S as fans had a wilder time than anticipated with reports of much underage drinking etc, and suburban police were caught off guard...

Here's some music from that dangerous crowd rousing diva & mom, Gwen Stefani mashed into Miles Davis...

Gwen Stefani - Summatime Girl

and one of her influences

Julie Andrews - The Lonely Goatherd

Meanwhile, speaking of divas Barbara Streisand had to cancel a Rome concert on her first European tour, as Italianns had begun protesting the exhorbitant ticket prices babs and her tour organizers sought. She may wow 'em at Caesar's in las Vegas, but not in Caesar's hometown...

and meanwhile closer to my hometown, a bowling alley has garnered more attention than any big name acts or shows...

sheesh

Frank Black has a new double disc release coming out via Cooking Vinyl this coming week, it highlights the 10 year period from 1993 - 2003. This look at his post Pixies solo career features tracks from the albums he created with his backing band The Catholics and some live material including a cover of the Jan & Dean song "Dead Man's Curve". It also includes previews of material that will reappear on his next solo album as Francis Black. Here's one of the tracks to be featured...

Frank Black - Robert Onion

Download "Robert Onion" (mp3)
from "93-03"
by Frank Black
Cooking Vinyl

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that's all for now folks...