Funeral Pudding

2006-12-12

Live freeform mix

Since I've started torrenting, my CD collection has exploded, mostly pristine live recordings I never imagined I'd own. The premier live music torrent site has got to be Dime A Dozen. Tapers and bootleggers old and new are crawling out of the woodwork and posting their stuff there. If you've got a high-speed connection, you need to get BitTorrent, (or other torrent client/application, although this one's open source) and have patience enough to get an account at Dime (capped at 100,000, always booting those who can't share). I've been downloading a few things for stocking stuffers and decided this would be the perfect time to lay down the freeform gauntlet. I tried to make it so that every single person could find one song they really like, from Diamanda Galas (left) shattering glass alongside Sonny Sharrock to a rare George Strait cover of an old Hank Williams tune.

Last Exit w/ Diamanda Galas "Red Light" (Moers '86)

Ramones "Needles and Pins" (Amsterdam '78)

Sufjan Stevens "The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders" (Portland '06)

Persuasions "Another Night With The Boys" (Upper Darby '74)

George Strait "Jambalya" (Waco '83)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: gotta say - that last exit track is about the craziest thing i've ever heard - thanks!; Tuesday, December 26, 2006

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