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Tom's "Evil Love" Shebang Liner Notes:

My thought on this thing was variety-- i didn't want anyone to wind up hating every single song. The hope is that everyone will have at least a couple that they upload to their ipod. Only after i started burning discs did it occur to me that anyone would listen to the thing as an album and....well, it's not what you'd call cohesive. Be warned. Tracks are in more or less chronological order, allowing for original release dates in the case of compilations and re-releases.

1: I Had A Wife. This is the song i first thought of when i saw the theme "Love Stronger Than the Law Will Allow" and turned into an "Bad Love" thing. I kind of got away from the theme a bit, but left this in. Pete Seeger is one of my heroes, and inspired me to go buy a banjo. Sadly, i wasn't inspired enough to learn to play it.

2: Slidin' Delta. Mississippi John Hurt is one of the underappreciated artists of the last century. If this mix leads you to buy just one album, it should be this one.

3: You're So Indiff'rent. I'm kind of ashamed that this is the only Lena Horne album i own, but it's a good one. If this mix leads you to buy just one album, it should be this one.

4: That'll Be The Day. Everybody knows who Buddy Holly was, but too many people don't have any of his music. You're not one of those people anymore (if you ever were).

5: Built for Comfort. Doesn't really fit in with the theme, but i like the song. Willie Dixon wrote it, but i'm not 100% sure that's him singing here.

6: Big River. What can i say? Johnny Cash kicks ass.

7: Corrina, Corrina. This is apparently a very, very old song.

8: Bye Bye Love. Rolling Stone had this album at #40 on their list of the 100 best albums of the 20th century. It's maybe a little dated at points, but still quite good. Til I Kissed Ya from this record was the first dance at my wedding. If this mix leads you to buy just one album, it should be this one.

9: Turtle Blues. Janis at her best, and one of my all time favorite songs. If this mix leads you to buy just one album, it should be this one.

10: Day Tripper. The Hendrix cover from a BBC Radio One studio visit. Kind of stretching the theme again, but oh well. He also covers Houndog on this record. If this mix leads you to buy just one album, it should be this one.

11: I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl. Ok, yeah, to hell with the theme. But this is a good song.

12: My Wife. Ok, maybe back to the theme after all.

13: The More Things Change. Yeah, this is just filler. After i realized i had about 8 Matthew Sweet songs i decided i needed more variety. Also, by adding this song i've got every country music album i own represented in this mix.

14: I Thought I Knew You. Speaking of which... I did cut back on the Matthew Sweet.

15: Someday I Suppose. Not a great song, but nifty lyrics.

16: Devil With The Green Eyes Matthew Sweet #2....

17: Delia's Gone. One of Johnny Cash's later recordings, and the second song i thought of when i started planning my playlist.

18: Infected. This was very nearly an all Bad Religion mix, but i decided there was bound to be someone who hated Bad Religion, so i went with the theme thing instead.

19: Don't Cry No Tears. Matthew Sweet #3, cover of a Neil Young song.

20: Evil Love. Not a great song, but not bad either...and how could i leave it off?

21: My Favorite Mistake One of the few Sheryl Crow songs i really like.

22: All Night Blues ***WARNING!!*** THIS IS A BLUEGRASS SONG!! THERE ARE BANJOS!! ** WARNING!!!*** If this mix leads you to buy just one album, it should
be this one.

23: Goodbye Earl. If i put in Delia's Gone and I Had a Wife, i figured i had to put this in. I don't have the original, so the punk cover will have to do.

24: Jolene. Another punk cover, from the same album. I don't know if it's the fact that this is a male vocalist or what, but i like this version. They do a kickass verson of Ghost Riders In The Sky on this album, too. If this mix leads you to buy just
one album, it should be this one.

25: Alone & Forsaken. Social D covers Hank Williams.

26: Dead Ringer I had to put something loud and angry on this mix. Here it is.

Tom wrote: "Tom's "Evil Love" Shebang Liner Notes:

My thought on this thing was variety-- i didn't want anyone to wind up hating every single song. The hope is that everyone will have at least a couple that ..."


Buddy Holly was a genius. Straight up. 'Nuff said.

I won't be making liner notes for this shebang, except for this: Each song on my shebang has some connection to TC, a TCer, a TC practice, which you can probably figure out on your own. There's an introduction for the Welcome thread, TWSS, a combination of literature and general fuckery, a drinking song, etc. Have fun figuring it out.

Zardoz is in the Tardis wrote: "My "medicated" CD is what it is-if someone finds something they dig on it, great. If not, CDs make awesome coasters for drinks on your coffee table.

1.) This Town Ain't Big Enough - Sparks
One o..."

I'd like to announce the winner of this Shebangs' "What The Fuck Was Clark Huffing When He Came Up With This One?" Award.

As before, there are no runners-up.

Re: Track 5 - I just added you to my will.

Smetchie's Spring 12 Shebang: NEW

I was in a huge music rut leading up to this shebang...desperate to fall in love with some new music. So that's why I wanted to do this theme. Some of it is new, and some is just new to me.

1. Boxcar – Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent
This duo also go by Shovels and Rope so it's a bit confusing. I first heard a Cary Ann Hearst song on True Blood. It was called Hells Bells and the lyrics "brown liquor make you sleep alright. Cocaine make you grind your teeth all night." and I was hooked. Plus her voice is so cool. We saw her accidentally in Knoxville when she opened for Hayes Carll. She was billed as Shovels and Rope so we didn't know it was her until they came out. That was pretty cool. Janet is braver than I am so we talked to her after their set and she was so freaking cute and SO southern. I love her. They're playing in DC soon but I'm going to be out of town, dammit. Anyway, I first heard Boxcar via this youtube video which is AWESOME!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydU2j_...
My daughters love this song for some reason. They love to shout "HEY HEY CUT THE ROPE!" And then ask "why does she wanna cut the rope?"

2. Bright Lights – Gary Clark Jr.
My husband was watching some live stream of a blues concert at The White House and was like "you have GOT to check this guy out!"

3. Will Do – TV On The Radio
Someone posted about TV On The Radio in TC and I looked it up. I'm pretty sure it was Janine.

4. My Backwards Walk – Frightened Rabbit
I just fucking love them. Scottish! YAY!

5. Sequestered in Memphis – The Hold Steady
A friend of mine turned me on to them recently

6. Hold On – Alabama Shakes
They're new. Everyone is talking about them. I loved this song at first and now I'm already bored. God I'm contrary.

7. Gold On The Ceiling – The Black Keys
New album

8. Jenny Don’t Be Hasty – Paolo Nutini
I thought my new Belgian friend introduced me to Paulo Nutini until I looked at my itunes and realized Barb put him on one of her shebangs. Some of his songs I really dislike and others I like. Weird.

9. Shine – Wendy Colonna
I went to Fort Worth on business in February and sat next to two Belgian musicians on the plane. They were on traveling to Texas to play with Wendy Colonna so my co-worker and I went to see them when we had a night off. I think her voice is amazing. Most of her other songs are a little too jazzy for me but I LOVE this one.

10. High on A Wire – The Black Box Revelation
From the Belgains

11. Drive All Night – NEEDTOBREATHE
I think from Janine again
EDIT: lies! it was Krystal!
(who's Krystal?)

12. Telepathic – Rose Hill Drive
This isn't really new but it's my favorite song off their newest album

13. I Follow Rivers – Lykke Li
Someone listened to another Lykke Li song on Spotify and then I found this one.

14. Sometimes – Lucero
New Lucero. I still like the old stuff but there are a couple good songs on the new album.

15. Love Interruption – Jack White
New Jack White album

16. Stop Stop – The Black Keys
New album

More when I can look at his lovely young face but yes. I think so.

Barb wrote: "Oooh Ooooh OOOOHHHH ... do I have another Paolo convert?" Me too, Barb.

I still haven't gotten my shebangs yet, y'all. :(

MY PERSONAL REVIVAL Playlist April 2012

(I'll edit as I have time, y'all)

The songs on this shebang follow what I would consider tent revival themes: needing redemption; sinner!; ecstasy; grace; forgiveness; spiritual; blah, blah, character guidelines; joy; preach it, sista!; preach it, brotha!; awakening; baptism; and some good ole fashioned gospel music, yada yada - I don't think you have to love baby Jesus to appreciate the music, but if you do happen to love baby Jesus, well... And to be honest, I posted a couple of songs because they made me think of that scene in Drop Dead Gorgeous when Denise Richards is dancing with the Jesus doll on the cross and it made me giggle. I'll leave it to you to guess which of the bunch they were.

1. Record Collector -2 summers ago, my roommate came back home from Bonnarroo saying "You've GOT to listen to this chick! She's AMAZING! Best live performer I've ever seen." So, of course I checked her out. I love her.

2. Marathon - Heartless Bastards I love the unique voice of the Erika Wennerstrom - it's what I think Billie Holliday and Joan Jett would sound like if they jammed together; great lyrics, great sound from this Austin-based band.

3. Save Me - Nina Simone Nina covered this Aretha Franklin classic. I love this funky little ditty. I love that the pace picks up to a frenzy as she seems to get more and more desperate for someone to save her. Wakka Wakka.

4. Mint - Kathleen Edwards makes me giggle

5. I Can’t Complain - Todd Snider This guy needs a break. I love Todd Snider's Americana/Southern songwriting.

6. Way Over Yonder - Blessid Union of Souls Carole King cover done up nicely

7. Down By the River - The Decemberists Doesn't really fit the theme in the way that others do, but the title made me think of river baptisms even if it has absolutely nothing to do with that.

8. Only For You - Heartless Bastards :) I imagine Robby howling in tune to this one. I didn't like it at first, but maaaan, it stays with you! I love it now, most especially the catchy guitar hook.

9. Belle - Al Green Y'know, for the longest time I thought Al Green was talking about his kid, Malone... so I sang "Malone and I've been friends for a mighty long time" for years. It makes much more sense now that I know what the actual lyrics are.

10. Squalor Victoria - The National FIST PUMP!!!!

11. Sounds Like Hallelujah - The Head and The Heart I love the piano drops in this song.

12. The Re-Arranger - Mates of State The first time I heard this song, I thought they'd come up with a cutesy nickname for God. Hey, it could happen.

13. Respect Yourself - Marc Broussard Marc covers this The Staple Singers classic - I have to admit, I giggle a bit every time I hear "You cuss around women and you don't even know their name (don't even knooow their name)." I really love to sing that.

14. Chicken Grease - D’Angelo Every time I hear this song, I think "Preach it, D'Angelo!" and then I remember those lovely pics of his abs and I hear a little voice in my head whispering "Sinnerrrrrrr!"

15. Walk In Jerusalem - Mahalia Jackson I would've loved to have gone to a church service just to hear Mahalia's brand of gospel music. It just gives me chill bumps. I wish I could wail like her.

16. Instant Karma - U2 John Lennon's song. I still love it. In all honesty, though, I wish I'd put that version on this shebang instead.

17. Lovely 2 C U - Goldfrapp Catchy tune - for some reason, I imagine this being the set up for a scenario of walking into a cult.

18. The River of Water - Yo La Tengo Tested and passed - this is a great tune to have on the radio for a drive through the mountains with your windows down.

19. Everywhere I Go - Lissie My introduction to Lissie.

20. Stand By Me - Ben E. King classic, appropriate

Heidi wrote: "I still haven't gotten my shebangs yet, y'all. :("

I haven't gotten them either, Heidi. I'm sure you'll receive yours before I do mine.

And before Gail too, right?

I got 'em tonight. :)

And it's entirely possible they came in yesterday. I forgot that I didn't check the mail yesterday. Ha. So yeah. I win.

BORN IN THE ANTIPODES/GAIL – Liner Notes


1. Who Listens to the Radio – The Sports
Stephen Cummings (lead singer of the Sports) was a bit of a Bryan Ferry figure at this time. Melbourne doesn’t produce that many bohemians, but for a short time he seemed like one. The film clip on youtube is a slightly earlier version of the song and contains a young Gina Riley dressed as a school girl.

2. Reckless – James Reyne
This is an acoustic version of this song released in 1983 by the Crawl. This version by lead singer (and songwriter) James Reyne seems stronger. The original is dated by a terrible drum machine even though, as an advanced society, we frowned on the existence of these infernal things.

3. The Nips Are Getting Bigger – Mental as Anything
The Mentals have had the same line up for about a hundred years. This is a classic pub rock song. My sister-in-law’s sister is a dancer who has featured in their film clips.

4. She’s the One – The Cockroaches
The Cockroaches were a Sydney Band of the mid 1980’s. The lead singer is Paul Field who wrote some songs for the Wiggles and was the original Captain Feathersword. The band and film clip also included other young looking Wiggle members Anthony and Jeff. The clip is a real time capsule. We saw The Cockroaches (in 1987) and I had hair and dressed like the girls in the film clip, and my husband (boyfriend at the time) had his short shirt sleeves rolled up like the lead singer.

5. One Crowded Hour – Augie March
This song has an interesting genesis. Glenn Richards was staying at the time with Deborah Conway and stumbled in her library across the biography of the late and revered war photographer Neil Davis. The biography was called “One Crowded Hour” and Richards stole the title for this unrelated song, a modern day cautionary tale about lust. A worthy enough subject and a catchy tune nonetheless.

6. Marwurumburr – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
Gurrumul is a blind indigenous artist from the top end. He was previously in the band Yothu Yindi and periodically plays in the Saltwater Band. He sings mostly in indigenous languages, and is unrelentingly shy. This is from his eponymous first album, which sold astonishingly well despite only getting airplay on the national broadcaster. Gurrumul has played for the Pope, the Queen and Obama and even more importantly, Princess Mary of Denmark. She was given a ceremonial record pressing which she has taken out of its ornamental case, and played on the royal turntable.

7. US Forces – Midnight Oil
The Oils are another Sydney band who had some international success. Many of their songs are issues based. Their lead singer is now Minister for Early Education in the current federal government, and is considered by many to be a sell-out to the causes he previously championed. He had previously stood for election for the Nuclear Disarmament Party.

8. My Island Home – Warumpi Band
This is the original version of this song. The Warumpies have such a genuine indigenous sound and their version has an uncomplicated feel to it. A version of this song was performed by Christine Anu at the 2000 Olympic opening ceremony, with some of the words changed to make it more mainstream. Christine was a back-up singer for the Warumpies, and they eventually had her sing this song to give their lead singer a rest. These days the song is more synonymous with Anu than the Warumpies.

9. My Happiness – Powderfinger
The Finger punched out a number of power ballads that were hits in Australia. This was their last big one and probably their best.

10. Khe Sanh – Cold Chisel
The Chisels are the best band in the history of the entire universe! At least that is the response you would get if you surveyed Australians. They never chased international success as hard as they should, despite punching out consistently strong albums with killer songs. This song, about a Vietnam Veteran having difficulty readjusting to society, is their signature song despite never being a big hit or even one of their best songs. This is the original album version and contains a more restrained vocal than later versions.

11. Straight Lines – Silverchair
The Chair came to prominence at an early age, signed to a record deal as young teenagers from Newcastle. This is more recent and more poppie than their original grunge style. (Grunge of course being an Australian term and style appropriated to describe a similar sound later coming out of Seattle).

12. Labour of Love – Frente!
Frente! weren’t that big for that long, nor was this their biggest song. But they had a sound that was fresh and direct. They are easy to listen to, and this song helps balance this collection a little.

13. Boys in Town – The Divinyls
The Divinyls were mostly a hard edge rock band, with a rough and raunchy lead singer challenging a country’s repressed sexuality. This is an early song which, from recollection came out on an EP.

14. Like Wow-Wipeout – Hoodoo Gurus
The Gurus are a legendry guitar based rock band. Dave Faulkner, the lead singer and songwriter, has that great rock and roll ability to sing long loud flat notes. This is from their breakthrough Mars needs Guitars album. It is not their biggest hit but gets everyone up dancing when it is played or comes on.

15. Streets of Your Town – The Go-Betweens
The Go-betweens were in the claws of drug addiction during the period when this song was written, recorded and released. The song evokes to me pictures of a northern Queensland country town, with wide streets and double storey pubs on the corner, with broad verandas and corrugated iron rooves.

16. Deeper Water – Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly is, to my knowledge, the only person on this shebang to have met Don Bradman. The nasally balladeer is a prolific churner of songs about people and journeys. This one is about the journey through the stages of life. My recollection is of seeing him play at the Parramatta Leagues Club, in a concert simulcast on radio. Not everyone can claim to have danced on radio, but I have!

17. Solid Rock – Goanna
Goanna was a band formed around the charismatic folk lothario Shane Howard. This song still sounds pretty good despite musical styles moving on. This song is about white settlement and its consequent injustices, which a quite common theme amongst issues based artists in this country.

18. Run to Paradise – Choirboys
This is a boppy rock song from the Choirboys, about the lure of hard drugs. A house choir at my daughter’s school sang this in last year’s music concert, and won best choir for their efforts. Hate you Ward!

19. Girls Like That (Don’t Go For Guys Like Us) – Custard
Custard would never be mentioned amongst Australia’s greatest bands, but this song is just so boppy. It is a song released in the late nineties that sounds like a refugee from the mid-eighties. Whenever it comes on in the car, the whole family is singing.

20. Amazing – Alex Lloyd
This song was written and sung by Alex Lloyd. Although a successful single, I think he has earned more from its use in car ads. Lloyd has been unsuccessfully sued by a bloke who claims to have co-written the song with Lloyd, on a beer coaster at the Bridge Hotel some years earlier. The Bridge is a tough pub, and at the time that the song was allegedly co-written, Lloyd was only 15. The judge eventually and inevitably threw the case out.

smetchie wrote: "And before Gail too, right?"

Yep but I don't mind the wait. The 2011 Spring Shebang was worth waiting for!

5: Built for Comfort. Doesn't really fit in with the theme, but i like the song. Willie Dixon wrote it, but i'm not 100% sure that's him singing here.

If anyone's interested...i know it's not Willie Dixon singing. I think it's Howlin' Wolf, but he doesn't sound quite the same as on other tracks on the box set.

What? What song came on the radio? An Ollabelle tune?

Cool!!