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Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist 12.06.09

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:58:00 -0600

Grant Green :: “It Ain’t Necessarily So”
John Coltrane :: “Mr. P.C.”
David Axelrod :: “Songs of Innocence” - Fully one of the most amazing songs ever made.
Midlake :: “It Covers The Hillside”
Can :: “Vitamin C”
Pharoahe Monch :: “Free”
Common :: “I Used to Love H.E.R.”
Santana :: “Yours Is The Light”
Aesop Rock :: “Daylight”
Turing Machine :: “Flip-Book Oscilloscope”
Crime In Choir :: “Come Here, Raider”
Wilco :: “The High Heat”
The Shins :: “Sea Legs”
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin :: “Pangea”
Radiohead :: “Exit Music (For A Film)”
Ted Leo/Pharmacists :: “The Angels’ Share”
Soul Coughing :: “Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago”
Squeeze :: “Tempted”
The Roots :: “Distortion to Static”
Blakroc :: “Hard Times”
Grizzly Bear (feat. Michael McDonald) :: “While You Wait For The Others”

SOUND ROUND: The Twelve Days of Xmas in musical form. Don’t ask.

Men at Work :: “Who Can It Be Now?”
12 Rods :: “What Has Happened?”
Ted Leo/Pharmacists :: “Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?”
Prince :: “When Doves Cry”
Derek & The Dominos :: “Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?”
Aimee Mann :: “How Am I Different?”
Robyn :: “Cobrastyle”
The Who vs. Mobb Deep :: “Shook Front”
Stevie Wonder :: “Superstition”
Steppenwolf :: “Magic Carpet Ride”
Pedro the Lion :: “Big Trucks”
Awesome Snakes :: “P.O.S. vs. Awesome Snakes”
Howlin’ Wolf :: “Evil”
TV on the Radio :: “Wolf Like Me”
The Beatles :: “Sun King”
A Tribe Called Quest :: “Jazz (We’ve Got)”
Pearl Jam :: “Animal”
The Black Keys :: “Breaks”
Mission of Burma :: “(That’s When I Reach For My) Revolver”
Lauryn Hill :: “Doo-Wop (That Thing)”
T. Rex :: “Children of the Revolution”
Spirit :: “Aren’t You Glad?”
The New Pornographers :: “Use It”
The Zombies :: “She’s Not There”
Yelle :: “A cause des garcons”
Voxtrot :: “Soft & Warm”
United 8 :: “Getting Uptown (To Get Down)”
Unit 4+2 :: “Concrete and Clay”
The Twilight Singers :: “Teenage Wristband”
Tom Waits :: “Innocent When You Dream (Barroom)”
Kool Blues :: “I’m Gonna Keep On Loving You”
The Meters :: “Just Kissed My Baby”
Johnny “Guitar” Watson :: “Lovin’ You”
D’Angelo :: “Playa Playa”
The Five Stairsteps :: “Danger! She’s A Stranger!”

WINNER ANNOUNCED - Congrats!

Outkast :: “Two Dope Boyz in a Cadillac”
El Michel’s Affair :: “C.R.E.A.M.”
The Pharcyde :: “Runnin’”
The Roots :: “Montara”
Flying Lotus :: “GNG BNG”
Slide Five :: “KC Doppler”
Fever Ray :: “If I Had A Heart”
Burial :: “Archangel”
Massive Attack :: “Teardrop”
LCD Soundsystem :: “Someone Great”
Nomo :: “Brainwave”
Prefuse 73 :: “Storm Returns”
Boom Bip :: “Roads Must Roll”
Bundy K. Brown et al :: “Untitled” - From Directions in Music
Sigur Ros :: “Svefn-g-Englar”
Orange Mighty Trio :: “Convergence”
St. Vincent :: “Jesus Saves, I Spend”

… and good night. It’s been a pleasure.

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Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:46:28 -0600

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Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 11.08.09

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:39:00 -0600

Donny Hathaway :: “Jealous Guy”
Bill Withers :: “Use Me”
Macondo :: “Almendra”
Babe Ruth :: “The Mexican”
La May & Company :: “Free the Soul Man”
Seu Jorge :: “Tive Razao”
Queen :: “Killer Queen”
Norman Greenbaum :: “Spirit in the Sky”
Department of Eagles :: “No One Does It”
Chris Lee :: “Thom’s Bells”
R.E.M. :: “Orange Crush”
Bjork :: “Hyper-Ballad”
LCD Soundsystem :: “North American Scum”
Morphine :: “Honey White”
Jesus & Mary Chain :: “Just Like Honey”

ROUND TWO: EXPLORE WISCONSIN - Questions about our easterly neighbor

Violent Femmes :: “Kiss Off”
Ella Fitzgerald :: “My Cousin in Milwaukee”
Elmore James :: “Madison Blues” - I’m pretty sure this isn’t referring to Madison, WI, but who cares?
Ray Conniff :: “Making Our Dreams Come True” - Theme from “Laverne & Shirley”
The Promise Ring :: “The Deep South”
Bon Iver :: “Skinny Love”
Menomena :: “Air Aid” - Their name sounds like Menomenie, all right?
Megafaun :: “The Fade” - Eau Claire natives, just like Justin Vernon.

SOUND ROUND - Summer in the fall (summer songs)

Steely Dan :: “Peg”
Average White Band :: “Pick Up the Pieces”
Heat Wave :: “Ain’t No Half Steppin’”
Blackbyrds :: “Rock Creek Park”
Chicago :: “25 or 6 to 4”
Crystal Skulls :: “Outgoing Behavior”
Muse :: “Map of Your Head”

ROUND THREE: THE LETTER V - Chuck watched “V”.

Elvis Costello :: “Veronica”
The Fall :: “Victoria”
Viktor Vaughn aka the Venomous Villain :: “Doper Skiller”
Jimi Hendrix :: “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”
The Veils :: “Advice to Young Mothers to Be”
The Velvet Teen :: “Forlorn”

Metric :: “Gold Guns Girls”
Radiohead :: “Reckoner”
Cotton Mather :: “Homefront Cameo”
Nina Simone :: “Sinnerman”
David Bowie :: “Magic Dance”
Animal Collective :: “My Girls”
Talk Talk :: “Ascension Day”
The Gossip :: “Standing in the Way of Control”
John Mayall w/ Eric Clapton :: “Stepping Out”
Wilco :: “Hotel Arizona”
U2 :: “Mysterious Ways”
Fine Young Cannibals :: “She Drives Me Crazy”
DJ Shadow :: “Untitled Heavy Beat (Pts. 1 + 2)”
DJ Shadow :: “Changeling/Transmission 1”
Mos Def, Kanye West + Freeway vs. RJD2 :: “Ghost Words”
Jay-Z :: “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)”
A Tribe Called Quest :: “Check the Rhime”
The Roots :: “Adrenaline!”

WINNERS ANNOUNCED - Congrats!

The Outfield :: “Your Love”
Alice in Chains :: “Man In The Box”
Pixies :: “Wave of Mutilation”
Steely Dan :: “Black Cow”
Ratatat :: “Wildcat”
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz :: “Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)”
Jeff Buckley :: “Everybody Here Wants You”
Death Cab for Cutie :: “Title Track”
Feist :: “Secret Heart (Radio Edit)”
French Kicks :: “Abandon”

… and good night. It’s been a pleasure.

Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 10.25.09

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:11:00 -0500

DJ Shadow :: “Mongrel … Meets His Maker”
Neko Case :: “This Tornado Loves You”
Land of Talk :: “Sea Foam”
R.E.M. :: “Finest Worksong”
Deerhoof :: “Fresh Born”
The White Stripes :: “My Doorbell” - Assuming this is Meg White, I can’t see how anyone can knock her drumming. But then again, if it isn’t, knock away.
Hum :: “Ms. Lazarus”
Dinosaur Jr :: “Feel the Pain”
The Advantage :: “Super Mario 3 - Underworld”
Ratatat :: “Loud Pipes”
Wire :: “I Am the Fly”
Joy Division :: “She’s Lost Control”
Mission of Burma :: “Trem Two”
Rodriguez :: “Sugar Man”
Def Leppard :: “Pour Some Sugar On Me”
Nelly :: “Ride Wit Me”
Das EFX :: “They Want EFX”
The Pretenders :: “Brass in Pocket”
Lenny Kravitz :: “Let Love Rule”

ROUND TWO - Shots heard round the world: Questions in honor of the H1N1 vaccine about shots.

Franz Ferdinand :: “Take Me Out” - Question: Franz Ferdinand was the archduke of which country?
Stevie Ray Vaughan :: “Cold Shot”
Rage Against the Machine :: “Bullet in the Head”
M.I.A. :: “Bird Flu”
Albert King :: “The Hunter”
Belle & Sebastian :: “The Stars of Track & Field” - Question: In what track and field event does Randy Barnes hold the world record?
Sparklehorse :: “Sick of Goodbyes”
Metric :: “Sick Muse”

SOUND ROUND - He’s just that into you: Stalker songs.

Handsome Furs :: “Legal Tender”
Rogue Wave :: “Publish My Love”
Creeper Lagoon :: “Wrecking Ball”
The Advantage :: “Super Mario Bros. 2 - Overworld”
Rush :: “Tom Sawyer”
MGMT :: “Kids”

ROUND THREE - Anagrams. You’re crazy if you think I’m trying to find songs for this. I kind of half-assed it.

Freeway :: “It’s Over”
The Books :: “Take Time”
The Doors :: “L.A. Woman”
Led Zeppelin :: “Dazed and Confused”
Jimi Hendrix Experience :: “Love or Confusion”
Guns n’ Roses :: “Don’t Cry”
The Advantage :: “Blastermaster - Stage 2”
Jesus Jones :: “Right Here Right Now”
Missy Elliott :: “Get Ur Freak On”
Young MC :: “Know How”
Blind Melon :: “Soak the Sin”
Pixies :: “Head On”
Blitzen Trapper :: “Sleepytime in the Western World”
Cotton Mather :: “Homefront Cameo” - Their album Kontiki was one of the ’90s true lost gems.
Michael Jackson :: “Thriller”
Crystal Skulls :: “Outgoing Behavior”
The Decemberists :: “The Bachelor & the Bride”
Stealers Wheel :: “Stuck in the Middle with You”
TV on the Radio :: “Dancing Choose”
The Promise Ring :: “Size Of Your Life”
My Teenage Stride :: “Reception”
G Unit :: “G Unit”

Winners announced - Congrats!

The Outfield :: “Your Love”
Menomena :: “Muscle’n Flo”
Department of Eagles :: “No One Does It”
Chris Bell :: “I Am the Cosmos”

… and good night. It’s been a pleasure.

Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 10.11.09

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:18:00 -0500

The Velvet Teen :: “Naked Girl”
Caribou :: “Melody Day”
Braid :: “Always Something There to Remind Me”
Bruce Springsteen :: “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out” - For Alexa
Fog :: “10th Ave. Freakout”
The Beatles :: “What You’re Doing”
Tennessee Ernie Ford :: “Sixteen Tons”
The Ink Spots :: “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire”
Why? :: “Into the Shadows of My Embrace”
The Rural Alberta Advantage :: “Drain the Blood”
De La Soul feat. Mos Def :: “Stakes is High (Jay Dee Remix)”
Flying Lotus :: “Riot”
The Charmels :: “As Long As I’ve Got You”
The Sweet Inspirations :: “Why Marry”

DEADPARDY - Sean asks you about a person and you have to answer “Who is …” or “Who was …” depending on if you think they’re alive or dead.

Bellwether :: “I thought that you were dead”
Jay-Z :: “Dead Presidents II”
Sufjan Stevens :: “They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!”
Snow Patrol :: “How to Be Dead”
Stars :: “Your Ex-Lover Is Dead”
The Dead Milkmen :: “Punk Rock Girl”
Death Cab for Cutie :: “Marching Bands of Manhattan”
Death From Above 1979 :: “Blood on Our Hands”

SOUND ROUND - Songs with “Dead” or “Death” or “Alive” in the title.

James Buckley Trio :: “Newer”
Johnny Osbourne :: “Ready Or Not”
Ronnie Davis :: “I’m Just A Man”
Serge Gainsbourg :: “Aux Armes Et Cetera”
Shaggy :: “Boombastic”
Helmet vs. Outkast :: “Unsung B.O.B.”
Shnabubula :: “All Blues” - From Kind of Bloop
Health :: “Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. Health Remix)”
The Strokes :: “Hard to Explain”
Volcano Choir :: “Island, IS”

I HATE NEW YORK - Chuck’s questions about things he hates about New York in addition to the Yankees (hear, hear).

LCD Soundsystem :: “New York I Love You, But You’re Bringing Me Down”
Ryan Adams :: “Cannonball Days” - (I’ve got my own things to hate about NYC)
Frank Sinatra :: “Theme from New York, New York”
Interpol :: “NYC”
Camp Lo :: “Black Nostaljack (aka Come On)”
Elvis Costello :: “(I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea”

Neutral Milk Hotel :: “King of Carrot Flowers, Part 1”
Busta Rhymes :: “Whoo Ha (Jay Dee Remix)”
Madvillain :: “Great Day”
The Bar-Kays :: “Walk Away”
The Copyright Act of 1976 :: “Black Maria”
Parts & Labor :: “Long Way Down”
INXS :: “Need You Tonight”
Def Leppard :: “Photograph”
Guns ‘n’ Roses :: “Paradise City”
Charles Wright :: “You Gotta Know Whatchu Doin’”
Albert King :: “I Wanna Get Funky”
Allen Toussaint :: “Goin’ Down”
Secret Machines :: “First Wave Intact”
Parts & Labor :: “Fractured Skies”

Winners Announced - Congrats!

The Outfield :: “Your Love”
Radiohead :: “The National Anthem”
Swervedriver :: “Son of Mustang Ford”
Ride :: “Vapour Trail”
The Rural Alberta Advantage :: “Don’t Haunt This Place”

… and good night. It’s been a pleasure.

Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 09.13.09

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:37:00 -0500

The Rolling Stones :: “Midnight Rambler”
ZZ Top :: “La Grange”
T. Rex :: “The Slider”
The Kinks :: “You Really Got Me”
The Beatles :: “Twist and Shout”
Danny Overbea :: “40 Cups of Coffee”
Magic Sam :: “That’s All I Need”
Freddie King :: “I’m Tore Down”
B.B. King :: “Hummingbird”
Albert King :: “Crosscut Saw”
Funkadelic :: “Hit It and Quit It”
Little Milton :: “More & More”
Kashmere Stage Band :: Do Your Thing [Extended Version]
Bill Withers :: “Lean On Me”
The Jackson 5 :: “Blame It On The Boogie”
Black Moth Super Rainbow :: “Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise”
Boards of Canada :: “Sixtyten”
Jaydiohead :: “Reckoner’s Encore”
Ghostface Killah :: “Wu Banga 101”

ROUND TWO: MUSICIANS WHO HAVE BEEN SHOT AND LIVED

Destiny’s Child :: “Survivor”
The Beatles :: “Happiness is a Warm Gun”
Mission of Burma :: “(That’s When I Reach For My) Revolver”
Notorious B.I.G. :: “Who Shot Ya”
Nas :: “Made You Look”
Radiohead :: “Bulletproof … I Wish I Was”
P.O.S. :: “Gimme Gimme Gunshots”
Rhymefest feat. Citizen Cope :: “Bullet”

SOUND ROUND: SONGS WITH “SHOUT” IN THE TITLE - For that guy who shouted at Obama

French Kicks :: “Abandon”
CAN :: “Vitamin C”
Bellwether :: “Sugar Moon”
Bon Iver :: “Blood Bank”
Oliver Nelson :: “Stolen Moments”

ROUND THREE: BACK TO SCHOOL!

Muddy Waters :: “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl”
The Verve Pipe :: “The Freshmen”
Bobby Vinton :: “A Freshman and a Sophomore”
Sam Cooke :: “Wonderful World”
Junior Senior :: “Move Your Feet”
Love-cars :: “Call Me Sometime, Best Friends Forever”
Hot Chip :: “And I Was A Boy From School”
Aphrill :: “Schoolyard Bullies”

Helmet vs. Outkast :: “Unsung/B.O.B.”
Radiohead vs. Dr. Dre :: “Forgot About Idioteque”
Raekwon :: “Black Mozart”
U.N.K.L.E. feat. Kool G Rap :: “Guns Blazing”
Sunny Day Real Estate :: “Spade and Parade”
Beth Orton :: “Heart of Soul”
The Beatles :: “And Your Bird Can Sing”
The Beatles :: “Come Together”
Grizzly Bear :: “Two Weeks”
A-Ha :: “Take On Me”
After the Fire :: “Der Komissar”
Asia :: “Heat of the Moment”
Death Cab for Cutie vs. Jay-Z :: “Dirt Off Your Hotel Bed”
Ski Beatz & Camp Lo :: “Ticket for 2”
N*E*R*D :: “Rock Star - Poser”

WINNERS ANNOUNCED - Congrats!

The Outfield :: “Your Love”
Steely Dan :: “F.M.”
Reef :: “Place Your Hands”
Tarentel :: “Everybody Fucks With Somebody”
Wayne Shorter :: “Footprints”

… and good night. It’s been a pleasure.

Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 08.30.09

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:38:00 -0500

Grant Green :: “My Favorite Things”
D’Angelo :: “Devil’s Pie”
Stevie Wonder :: “You Haven’t Done Nothin’”
The Bee Gees :: “Night Fever”
Kenna :: “Freetime”
Ghostface Killah :: “Be Easy”
El Michel’s Affair :: “C.R.E.A.M.”
Kill the Vultures :: “Moonshine”
k-os :: “AquaCity Boy”
M83 :: “Run Into Flowers”
Lyrics Born :: “Send Them”
Rage Against the Machine :: “People of the Sun”
P.O.S. :: “Purexed”

ROUND TWO - WORDS OF THE YEAR

Cameo :: “Word Up!”
The Beatles :: “The Word”
Extreme :: “More Than Words”
Kanye West feat. Mos Def, Freeway :: “Two Words”
Blackalicious :: “Alphabet Aerobics”
Dream Warriors :: “My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style”
Bobby Brown :: “My Prerogative”

SOUND ROUND :: SONGS WITH A STATE IN THE TITLE (FOR THE STATE FAIR)

Helmet vs. Outkast :: “Unsung B.O.B.”
Phoenix :: “1901”
Smashing Pumpkins :: “1979”
The 757s :: “1981”
Drive-By Truckers :: “Pin Hits the Shell”
Low :: “Hatchet (Optimimi Version)”
The Lemonheads :: “Mrs. Robinson”

ROUND THREE :: THE KENNEDYS

The Promise Ring :: “Arms and Danger” - “I was born in 1968 / Born to replace Bobby Kennedy.”
The Rolling Stones :: “Sympathy for the Devil” - “Shouted out, ‘Who killed the Kennedys?’ / When after all, it was you and me.”
The Postal Service :: “Sleeping In” - “Where there was never any mystery of who shot John F. Kennedy / It was just a man with something to prove.”
Living Colour :: “Cult of Personality” - “Like Mussolini and Kennedy / I’m a cult of personality.”
The Hold Steady :: “Don’t Let Me Explode” - “We didn’t go to Dallas / ‘cause Jackie Onassis said that it ain’t safe for Catholics yet / think about what they pulled on Kennedy.”
Son House :: “President Kennedy”
Jay-Z :: “Pray” - “Cut from the cloth of the Kennedys / Frank Sinatra having dinner with the Genovese”

Notorious B.I.G. :: “Juicy”
Ratatat :: “Wildcat”
Marilyn Barbarin :: “Reborn”
The Oranges Band :: “Open Air”
Dexy’s Midnight Runners :: “Jackie Wilson Said (I’m In Heaven When You Smile)”
Fellini :: “Rock Europeu”
Sunny Day Real Estate :: “The Ocean”
Mason Jennings :: “California”
Deftones :: “No Ordinary Love”
Jay-Z vs. Death Cab for Cutie :: “Dirt Off Your Hotel Bed”
Jackie McLean :: “Riff Raff”
Larry Young :: “Zoltan”
Sam Rivers :: “Luminous Monolith”
Tom Waits :: “Way Down in the Hole”
T. Rex :: “Metal Guru”

ANSWERS AND WINNERS

The Outfield :: “Your Love”
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou :: “Dis Mois La Verite”
Spoon :: “They Never Got You”
Sunny Day Real Estate :: “Red Elephant” - Yes, two SDRE songs this week. Even more two weeks from now.
The Knife :: “We Share Our Mothers’ Health”
Autechre :: “Eutow” - I’m powerless to resist this song. Best synth sound ever.
Steely Dan :: “King of the World”
Peter Gabriel :: “Intruder”

… and good night. It’s been a pleasure.

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Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 08.16.09

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:46:00 -0500

Dinosaur Jr :: “Start Choppin”
Jane’s Addiction :: “Ain’t No Right”
Loney, Dear :: “I Am John”
Matthew Sweet :: “Sick of Myself”
Neko Case :: “This Tornado Loves You”
Thom Yorke :: “Black Swan”
Sunset Rubdown :: “They Took A Vote And Said No”
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah :: “Over And Over Again (Lost and Found)”
At the Drive-In :: “Hourglass”

WORLD TOUR TIME

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou :: “Se Tche We Djo Mon” - Holy cats. Some of the best African funk guitar I’ve ever heard.
Seu Jorge :: “Tive Razao”
Os Mutantes :: “Minha Menina”
Fellini :: “Rock Eurpoeu”
Funkees :: “Akula Owu Onyeara”
Gilberto Gil + Caetano Veloso :: “Tradicao”
Manu Dibango :: “Soul Makossa”
Toumani Diabate’s Symmetric Orchestra :: “Toumani” - I love a man with the stones to name a song after himself.
Ibrahim Ferrer :: “Buenos Hermanos”

Jay-Z vs. Spoon :: “The Hola We Hovito” - “Hola Hovito” vs. “The Way We Get By”

SOUND ROUND - GREAT MOMENTS IN LES PAUL HISTORY

THE LORD’S PRAYER MIX

“Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
[For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever.]
Amen.”

The Fugees :: “Vocab (Acoustic Remiz)” - Featuring the line “Our father, who art in heaven.”
The Fire Theft :: “Heaven”
Jay-Z :: “Kingdom Come”
Handsome Furs :: “Thy Will Be Done”
Clem Snide :: “Bread”
Tom Waits :: “Temptation”
Friends Like These :: “7th Street Queen” - Featuring the line (from Craig Finn) “Lord, deliver us from evil”
Ben Folds Five :: “Song for the Dumped” - from the album Whatever and Ever Amen
Jolie Holland :: “Amen”

The Who :: “Won’t Get Fooled Again” - Sean says The Who don’t have any recognizable riffs. I disagree.
Pisces :: “Motley Mary Ann”
Ela :: “I Don’t Know If It’s Helping”
Big Sugar :: “Round and Round (For CJ)”
Clipse :: “Re-Up Anthem (Nick Catchdubs Remix)”
Nas :: “One Love”
Kanye West, Mos Def + Freeway vs. RJD2 :: “Ghost Words”
The Knife :: “Heartbeats”
Lauryn Hill :: “Doo Wop (That Thing)”
Justice :: “D.A.N.C.E.”
Yelle :: “Je te veux voir”
LCD Soundsystem :: “Daft Punk Is Playing At My House”
Daft Punk :: “Da Funk” - For Chris.
GZA :: “Living in the World Today”

MEET THE BLACK CROWES

The Black Crowes :: “Descending”
The Black Crowes :: “No Speak No Slave”
The Black Crowes :: “99 Lbs”
The Black Crowes :: “Girl From A Pawnshop”
The Black Crowes :: “Thorn in My Pride”

The Beatles :: “Paperback Writer”
Yeasayer :: “2080”

WINNERS ANNOUNCED - CONGRATS!

Rob Skoro :: “2318” - Bon voyage Rob Skoro!
Vermont :: “Living Together”
Mouthful of Bees :: “I Saw A Golden Light”
Deerhunter :: “Nothing Ever Happened”
French Kicks :: “Abandon”
Chris Whitley :: “Spanish Harlem Incident”

… and good night. It’s been a pleasure.

Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 08.02.09

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:50:00 -0500

M.I.A. :: “Pull Up The People”
The Sahara All Stars of Jos :: “Feso Jaiye”
Johnny Osbourne :: “Ready or Not”
The Commodores :: “Keep On Dancing”
Grant Green :: “Patches”
Medeski, Martin & Wood :: “The Lover”
Slum Village :: “Conant Gardens” - R.I.P. Baatin
David Fiuczynski :: “Vog”
Why? :: “Sanddollars”
Aphex Twin :: “Alberto Balsalm”
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin :: “Grey Cell Green”
Blur :: “Coffee & TV”
Boards of Canada :: “Eagle In Your Mind”
Nomo :: “Brainwave”
Mos Def :: “Universal Magnetic”
Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek :: “Fortified Live”
Jurassic 5 :: “Unified Rebelution”
Thom Yorke :: “Harrowdown Hill”
Jaydiohead :: “Reckoner’s Encore” - Includes the line “Grand opening, grand closing.”
Freeway :: “It’s Over” - samples the above line for the hook.
Jay-Z :: “Run This Town”
T.I. :: “What You Know”
Three 6 Mafia :: “Stay Fly”

SOUND ROUND: YACHT ROCK!

POETRY JAM:

The Tragically Hip :: “Poets”
Viktor Vaughn (MF DOOM) :: “Ode to Rode Rage”
The Hold Steady :: “Stuck Between Stations” - Ode to John Berryman, really.
Atmosphere :: “Ode to the Modern Man”
The Verve :: “Sonnet”

At the Drive-In :: “Invalid Litter Dept.”
M83 :: “Kim & Jessie”
Kate Bush :: “Running Up That Hill”
Big Quarters feat. M.anifest :: “Ladies Know”
Mars Volta :: “Eunuch Provocateur”
Pinback :: “Non-Photo Blue”

LET’S GET LOCAL

Now, Now Every Children :: “Headlights”
The Plastic Constellations :: “Quixote”
Friends Like These :: “Gay” - This is not the name of this song, but I don’t know what it actually is. This is just what’s in my iTunes.
Hymie’s Basement :: “21st Century Pop Song”
Love-cars :: “Broken Toes”

The Verve :: “Bittersweet Symphony (DJ Shadow remix)” - The best remix I own.
Emily Haines :: “Doctor Blind”
Bundy Brown :: “Untitled” - from Directions in Music
Urban Dance Squad :: “Deeper Shade of Soul”
Elliott :: “Miracle”
Jets to Brazil :: “You’re the One I Want”
Braid :: “Urbana’s Too Dark”
Band of Horses :: “Is There A Ghost”
Jeremy Enigk :: “Cannons”
Burning Airlines :: “Deluxe War Baby”
Kanye West, Mos Def, + Freeway vs. RJD2 :: “Ghost Words”

WINNERS ANNOUNCED: CONGRATS!

The Outfield :: “Your Love”
Kenny Loggins :: “Danger Zone”
Limahl :: “Neverending Story” - This is the first and last time I play this. So bad.
Beyonce :: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Chic :: “Good Times”
D’Angelo :: “Spanish Joint”
Angelo Badalamenti :: “Blue Frank”
Burial :: “Ghost Hardware”
Burial :: “Endorphin”

… and good night. It’s been a pleasure.

Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 07.19.09

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:58:00 -0500

HAPPY LABORIAL DAY!

Little Walter :: “Mean Old World”
T-Bone Walker :: “Stormy Monday Blues”
Albert King :: “She Caught the Katy and Left Me A Mule to Ride”
Hound Dog Taylor :: “Give Me Back My Wig”
Freddie King :: “Going Down” - Conflicted. An amazing song, but also, in its way, the death knell for blues proper and the beginning of blues rock.
Cream :: “I’m So Glad”
T. Rex :: “Mambo Sun”
Crystal Skulls :: “The Hold Up”
Grizzly Bear :: “Two Weeks”
French Kicks :: “Abandon”
Voxtrot :: “The Start of Something”
Jane’s Addiction :: “Been Caught Stealing (Remix)”
The Verve :: “Sonnet”
The Ashtray Hearts :: “Rules”

ROUND TWO - LABORIAL SONGS WITH “MIDDLE” OR “HALF” OR “LABOR” IN THE TITLE.

Jimmy Eat World :: “The Middle”
Stealers Wheel :: “Stuck in the Middle with You”
The Pretenders :: “In the Middle of the Road”
TV on the Radio :: “Halfway Home”
P.O.S. :: “Half-Cocked Concepts” - The heartland muhfucker, sipping whole milk muhfucker.
Aesop Rock :: “Labor”
The Black Crowes :: “(Only) Halfway to Everywhere”
The American Analog Set :: “She’s Half”

MEET SPOON

Spoon :: “The Way We Get By”
Spoon :: “My Mathematical Mind”
Spoon :: “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb”
Spoon :: “Believing Is Art”
Spoon :: “They Never Got You”

Brakes :: “Beatific Visions”
Cotton Mather :: “My Before and After”
Centro-matic :: “The Mighty Midshipman”
Greg Reese :: “Laborial Day”

MEET JAYDIOHEAD

Jaydiohead :: “Air Roc (Airbag vs. Roc Boys)”
Jaydiohead :: “Song and Cry (High and Dry vs. Song Cry)”
Jaydiohead :: “Lucifer’s Jigsaw (Jigsaw Falling Into Place vs. Lucifer)”
Jaydiohead :: “Dirt Off Your Android (Paranoid Android vs. Dirt Off Your Shoulder)”

Snoop Dogg :: “Gz and Hustlas”
Bill Withers :: “Use Me”
David McCallum :: “The Edge” - Sampled in “Still D.R.E.”
A Tribe Called Quest :: “Electric Relaxation” - Featuring this week’s Rap-A-Doo
Blackstreet w/ Dr. Dre :: “No Diggity”
David Axelrod :: “Songs of Innocence”
At the Drive-In :: “Lopsided”
Burning Airlines :: “Pacific 231”
Elliott :: “Intro”
Sunny Day Real Estate :: “In Circles”
Slint :: “Nosferatu” - That’s right. Slint.

COLLECT THEM SHEETS.

David Bowie :: “Life on Mars?”
Def Leppard :: “Photograph”
Dire Straits :: “Romeo & Juliet”
Joe Cocker :: “With A Little Help From My Friends”
Wang Chung :: “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” - Inspired by Sasha Frere-Jones’ tweet.
Paula Abdul :: “Straight Up” - Yup. That’s right.
The Romantics :: “Talking in Your Sleep”

WINNERS ANNOUNCED - CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS

The Outfield :: “Your Love”
Asia :: “Heat of the Moment”
John Waite :: “Missing You”
Nada Surf :: “Blizzard of ‘77”
The National :: “Fake Empire”
Soul Coughing :: “Screenwriter’s Blues”
Haley Bonar :: “Queen of Everything”
The Rolling Stones :: “Tumbling Dice”
The Allman Brothers Band :: “Melissa”
Halloween, Alaska :: “The Ends”
Handsome Furs :: “Talking Hotel Arbat Blues”

… and good night. It’s been a pleasure.

The Laborial Day Anthem by Greg Reese of Yer Cronies.

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:51:37 -0500

The Laborial Day Anthem by Greg Reese of Yer Cronies.

This guy makes me look wicked amateur

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:09:00 -0500

This guy makes me look wicked amateur:

Max Tannone (formerly Minty Fresh Beats) already made a whole album of Radiohead vs. Jay-Z stuff (which you can find on this site as well), but this five-song EP is even better than the first thing. Highly recommended.

http://jaydiohead.com/?jh=ENCORE

Video

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:08:49 -0500

Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 07.05.09

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:27:00 -0500

Clem Snide :: “Joan Jett of Arc”
Buddy Holly :: “Everyday”
13th Floor Elevators :: “You’re Gonna Miss Me”
Cream :: “Tales of Brave Ulysses”
Jimi Hendrix :: “Hear My Train A Comin’” — from Jimi Hendrix Concerts, which may be out of print but is well worth tracking down. Best version ever.
The Red Devils :: “Tail Dragger”
Tower of Power :: “What Is Hip?”

LET THE TRIVIA BEGIN!

Mos Def :: “Twilite Speedball”
Wilco :: “Bull Black Nova”
LCD Soundsystem :: “Someone Great”
Jurassic 5 :: “The Influence”
Camp Lo :: “Krystal Karrington”
The Breeders :: Cannonball
The Bangles :: “Hazy Shade of Winter”
Mr. Mister :: “Kyrie”
Neon Neon :: “Dream Cars”
Liquid Liquid :: “Cavern”
Braid :: “Always Something There To Remind Me”
The Get-Up Kids :: “Mass Pike”
King Crimson :: “In the Court of the Crimson King”
Steely Dan :: “Your Gold Teeth II”
Badalamenti/Lynch :: “Just You” — This is from “Twin Peaks.” Anyone know who actually performs it?

SOUND ROUND (AMERICAN PRIDE!)

Jackson 5 :: “Mama’s Pearl”
Radiohead :: “Street Spirit (Fade Out)”
Metric :: “Stadium Love”
Led Zeppelin :: “Fool in the Rain”
Spoon :: “The Fitted Shirt”
Living Colour :: “Cult of Personality”
Justice :: “Phantom”
The Knife :: “We Share Our Mothers’ Health”
Wyclef Jean :: “We Trying to Stay Alive”
Jay-Z w/ Dr. Dre + Rakim :: “The Watcher 2”
Freeway :: “It’s Over”
Small Sins :: “Stay”
Lateef the Truth Speaker :: “The Wreckoning”
Department of Eagles :: “Nobody Does It”
The Beta Band :: “Dry The Rain” — “I’m about to sell five copies of The Beta Band’s Three EPs.”
Dr. Dog :: “The Rabbit, The Bat, & The Reindeer”
Friends Like These :: “7th Street Queen” — Featuring Craig Finn!
Death Cab for Cutie :: “Title Track”
Dr. Dre and Eminem vs. Radiohead :: “Forgot About D.R.E.” vs. “Idioteque”
Mos Def, Kanye West, + Freeway vs. RJD2 :: “Two Words” vs. “Ghostwriter”
Cut Chemist :: “Lesson 6: Lecture”
Erik B. & Rakim :: “Follow the Leader”
Ghostface Killah :: “Be Easy”

ANSWERS (CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS!)

Hall & Oates :: “Private Eyes”
Big Star :: “The Ballad of El Goodo”
Cap’n Jazz :: “Take On Me”
Prince :: “Kiss”
Cheryl Lynn :: “Got To Be Real”
Robyn :: “Konichiwa Bitches”
Sunny Day Real Estate :: “J’Nuh”
Snowden :: “Like Bullets”
TV on the Radio :: “Dancing Choose”
The White Stripes :: “Doorbell”
Those Bastard Souls :: “Telegram”
Talk Talk :: “Ascension Day”
The Mountain Goats :: “This Year”
Calexico :: “Sunken Waltz”
Brakes :: “What’s In It For Me?”
Blitzen Trapper :: “Furr”
Bundy K. Brown, Doug Scharin, & James Warden :: “Untitled” — from Directions in Music (Tortoise side project)

… and goodnight. It’s been a pleasure.

Mashup of the Week: Mos Def, Kanye West, & Freeway vs. RJD2

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:38:17 -0500

Mashup of the Week: Mos Def, Kanye West, & Freeway vs. RJD2

Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 06.21.09

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:31:00 -0500

T-Bone Walker :: “Call It Stormy Monday”
Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats :: “Rocket 88” - First song with distorted guitar
Little Walter :: “Mean Old World”
Son House :: “Death Letter”
Professor Longhair :: “Big Chief”
Oliver Nelson :: “Stolen Moments”
The Ink Spots :: “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” - Yes, Fallout 3
Big John Patton :: “Bermuda Clay House”
James Buckley Trio :: “Newer”
Johnny Osbourne :: “Ready Or Not”
Duke Ellington :: “Jack the Bear”
Nina Simone :: “Here Comes the Sun”
Freddie King :: “Palace of the King”

LET THE TRIVIA BEGIN!

Lord Rhaburn :: “Boogaloo a la Chuck”
The Meters :: “Just Kissed My Baby”
The Five Stairsteps :: “Danger! She’s a Stranger” - sampled by Outkast for “Two Dope Boyz in a Cadillac”
Outkast :: “Two Dope Boyz in a Cadillac”
Tobacco :: “Side 8 (Big Gums Version)”
Jaylib & Frank-N-Dank :: “McNasty Filth”
DJ Shadow :: “The Numbers Song (Cut Chemist Remix)”
LCD Soundsystem :: “North American Scum”
Feist :: “Secret Heart (Radio Edit)”
Aimee Mann :: “Deathly”
The New Pornographers :: “These Are The Fables”
Veruca Salt :: “Seether”
Estelle feat. Kanye West :: “American Boy”
Missy Elliott :: “Get Ur Freak On”
Little Brother feat. Carlitta Durand :: “Sirens”
Scarface :: “On My Block”
P.O.S. :: “I Play the Matador (Original Redo)”

SOUND ROUND: Name that superhero or supervillain

Death Cab for Cutie vs. Jay-Z :: “Dirt Off Your Hotel Bed”
The Notwist :: “One with the Freaks” - Best drum entrance of all time. There, I said it.
Love-cars :: “My Shoestring”
Blackalicious :: “Swan Lake”
RJD2 vs. Mos Def, Kanye West, + Freeway :: “Ghostwords”
Steely Dan :: “King of the World”
Tom Waits :: “Way Down in the Hole” - Theme from The Wire. Go watch it now!
Steely Dan :: “Kid Charlemagne” - By request
King Crimson :: “21st Century Schizoid Man”
Ride :: “Vapour Trail”
Mary J. Blige & Method Man :: “I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need”
T.I. feat. Jay-Z, Kanye West, & Lil’ Wayne :: “Swagga Like Us”
Digable Planets with Lester Bowie :: “Flying High In The Brooklyn Sky”
David Bowie :: “Life on Mars?”
Guns ‘n’ Roses :: “Paradise City”
The Outfield :: “Your Love”
Os Mutantes :: “Minha Menina”
Unit 4+2 :: Concrete & Clay - From the “Rushmore” Soundtrack
Procol Harum :: “Shine On Brightly”
Spirit :: “I Got A Line You”

SHEETS COLLECTED

The Chromatics :: “I’m On Fire” - Bruce Springsteen cover
The Puppini Sisters :: “Crazy In Love” - Beyonce cover
Beyonce :: “Crazy In Love”
Gwen Stefani :: “Hollaback Girl”
Justin Timberlake :: “What Goes Around … / … Come Around”
French Kicks :: “Said So What”
Fugazi :: “Waiting Room”
McLusky :: “To Hell with Good Intentions”
Parts & Labor :: “Long Way Down”

WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Congratulations!

Hall & Oates :: “Private Eyes”
The Plastic Constellations :: “East Cleveland”
Eddy Grant :: “Electric Avenue”
Jimi Hendrix :: “Burning of the Midnight Lamp”
M.I.A. :: “Amazon (Diplo Mix)”
Boards of Canada :: “Sixtyten”
Squarepusher :: “My Sound”
Boris :: “決別”
Fever Ray :: “If I Had A Heart”
James Hardway :: “Velocity Curves”
Burial :: “Archangel”
Portishead :: “Machine Gun”
Carissa’s Wierd :: “Die” - For Billy C.
Brakes :: “What’s In It For Me?”
Built to Spill :: “Car”
Cotton Mather :: “My Before And After”
Metric :: “Gimme Sympathy”
Low :: “Hatchet (Optimimi Version)”
Neko Case :: “This Tornado Loves You”

… And goodnight. It’s been a pleasure.

Mashup of the Week: Death Cab for Cutie vs. Jay-Z

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:47:10 -0500

Mashup of the Week: Death Cab for Cutie vs. Jay-Z

A hilarious Twitter exchange

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:18:00 -0500

commongoodbooks: I was just telling my co-workers about seeing Living Color and Stereo MCs in Berlin in 1990. Feel old. Really old. And lame as well.

steventurous (that’s me): @commongoodbooks I saw Living Colour at UMass in 1991. My now-wife was 9 at the time. THAT makes me feel old.

commongoodbooks: @steventurous Even though I’m pretty sure I’m older than you, I think you win this one.

livingcolour: @steventurous think how we feel! haha