Day 91: The Atomic Age

On this day in 1945, I would argue, America began a course of destructive events that would strip the world of its innocence forever; somewhere in the American Southwest the Trinity Nuclear test laid the groundwork for the technology that would be used in Nagasaki & Hiroshima.

When I say stripping mankind of its innocence, I mean it in the sense of not only an unprecedented capacity for mass destruction, but an ability for that destruction to be completely remote and impersonal. There is no understating the barbarism and brutality of war, but the ability to take the lives of 200,000 people in a single day without setting foot in the city escalated mankind's potential for chaos.

This chaos, this unbridled ability for carnage, permeated nearly every aspect of society, especially music. The loss of innocence and Cold War tensions were manifested heavily in (obviously) metal and punk, but surprisingly in pop music. I've put together a list of 10 songs about nuclear war. Enjoy.

YouTube:
01. Genesis - Land of Confusion
02. Randy Newman - Political Science (Raaaaaaaandy!!!)
03. The Clash - Stop the World (Not the greatest song by any means, but the lyrics are pretty phenomenal)
04. Can - Mushroom
05. Ozzy Osbourne - Thank God for the Bomb
06. Nuclear Assault - Critical Mass
07. Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight
08. Nena - 99 Red Balloons
09. The Specials - Man at C&A
10. The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes

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Duck & Cover,
Erik

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Day 90: Wildcard (19)

Hey folks!!! I know, it's been a while. Hopefully you missed me as much as I missed you. I finally have Internet and some free time, so I am actually able to get back to this a little bit. Today is a Wildcard day.

YouTube:
01. Rakim - Guess Who's Back
02. Michael Jackson - Dapper Dan
03. Huey Lewis & the News - I Never Walk Alone
04. Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
05. Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors
06. Youngblood Brass Band - Human Nature pt. 2
07. Black Crowes - Kickin' My Heart Around
08. AC/DC - Hells Bells
09. The Future of the Left - Arming Eritrea
10. Exhorder - Into the Void
11. Minor Threat - Out of Step
12. The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night
13. Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
14. Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
15. Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes
16. J Dilla - Milk Money
17. The Bird & The Bee - Birthday
18. Belle & Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo
19. Regina Spektor - Dance Anthem of the 80s
20. Dashboard Confessional - Stolen

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RIP MJ
Erik

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Grrr. Sorry Again!

Sorry folks. It's been a hectic couple of weeks, and I still ain't settled enough to fire this bad boy up again. It'll happen soon. Apologies. Apologies.

-Erik

Best of the Week: May 25-29

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See you when I see you,
Erik

Day 89: Rolling Stones

This week's artist spotlight is the Rolling Stones, arguably the greatest rock 'n' roll band of all time. The Stones are awesome, because people can typically be divided into two categories: Stones or Beatles; delineating whether a person favors harder rock or more poppy rock (for the record, I never know how to answer this question. I like them equally, I think).

I've put together a 20-track list of some of my favorite Stones songs. It'd be pretty easy to get bogged down in their greatest hits ("Gimme Shelter" and "Satisfaction" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Start Me Up" are alright, but I'm a little burned out on them [there's a great quote from David Hinckley at the NY Daily News about his best of the Stones list: "The exclusion of 'Satisfaction,' by the way, is not an accident. I know it is to 1960s rock ‘n' roll what a good radio is to a car. I love the story of Keith waking up in the middle of the night, strumming a few chords into his tape recorder and falling back to sleep. I also don't care if I never hear it again."])

I do have some of their biggest songs ("Sympathy..." and "Ruby Tuesday" and "Under My Thumb") because I think it's important to pay some homage to their whole catalog. I've included some deeper cuts, some forgotten gems, that I think you'll like if you've never hear 'em before. Enjoy!

(2 notes: 1.) I apologize for using so many Wes Anderson Rolling Stones songs. He just picks such winners! and 2.) If you have "Start Me Up" on a best of the Stones list, you're a dumb person.)

YouTube:
(All songs by the Rolling Stones)
01. Street Fighting Man
02. Under My Thumb
03. When the Whip Comes Down
04. 19th Nervous Breakdown
05. She's A Rainbow
06. I Am Waiting
07. Sympathy For The Devil
08. Tumbling Dice
09. Brown Sugar
10. Some Girls
11. 2000 Man
12. Sway
13. Blue Turns To Grey
14. She Smiled Sweetly
15. Paint It, Black
16. Rocks Off
17. Play With Fire
18. Citadel (cover)
19. Prodigal Son
20. Ruby Tuesday

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Just Like A Young Girl Should? ...idk Mick
Erik

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