The World Of Jeff!: 2020

Saturday, November 21, 2020

Into The Unknown 116 - Lockdown 2: Election, Boogaloo

Alice Cooper - Elected
https://alicecooper.com/home/

MadMadMad - Proper Music
http://www.madmadmad.xyz

Captain Planet - Un Poquito Mas
https://djcaptainplanet.bandcamp.com/

Tizzy Noxa - Quarantine
https://soundcloud.com/tizzynoxa

Mikado Koko - Jo No Mai
https://shangorecords.bandcamp.com/
https://koko.bandcamp.com/

Corb Lund - Oklahomans!
https://www.corblund.com/

Basic Bitches - You Know I'm Right
https://basicbitches.bandcamp.com/album/relatable-content

Comet Gain - We're All Fucking Morons
https://comet-gain.bandcamp.com/album/fireraisers-forever

Mode Moderne - Hounds Of Love
https://604shop.com/collections/mode-moderne
https://lightorganrecords.com/artist/mode-moderne/

Jeremiah Sand - Message From The Mountain
https://jeremiahsand.bandcamp.com/album/lift-it-down

Byenary - Princess Give A Fuck
https://byenary.bandcamp.com/releases
https://www.chucksj.com/byenary

Cale Sexton - Speak Into It
https://buttersessions.bandcamp.com/album/melondrama

Makaya McCraven - Mak Attack
https://www.makayamccraven.com/

The Vacant Lots - Night Nurse
https://thevacantlots.bandcamp.com/

Sterile Monotonie - Impulse
https://sterilemonotonie.bandcamp.com/album/sterile-monotonie-e-p

The Galaxy Electric - Tomorrow Was Better Yesterday
https://www.thegalaxyelectric.com/
https://thegalaxyelectric.bandcamp.com/album/tomorrow-was-better-yesterday-2

The Sewer Cats - Fool
https://hellhathnofuryrecords.bandcamp.com/album/zelda

VV & The Void - Replicant
https://www.vvandthevoid.com/
https://vvandthevoid.bandcamp.com/

~swinton - Plague Of Fantasies
https://swinton.bandcamp.com/
https://tildeswinton.bandcamp.com/

AnnaKate - Who Wants The World? (Stranglers Cover)
https://soundcloud.com/annakateputter

Hillbilly Moon Explosion - Enola Gay
https://www.hillbillymoon.com/

The Notsensibles - I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher
https://notsensibles.com/
https://hartleysplot.com/shop/

Jeff Goldblum - Cantaloupe Island
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCctaDfoHLwP-s2R3FAMOvcw

Bahama Soul Club - No Words (ft. Brenda Boykin)
https://shop.buyu-records.com/album/havana-58

Die Mädchen - Alles Neu Alles Klar
https://diemaedchenmusik.bandcamp.com/

Hallelujah Chicken Run Band - Mudzimu Ndiringe
https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/take-one-2

Hwyl Nofio - Music For Broken Toy Pianos
https://hwylnofio.bandcamp.com/
https://fandf.bandcamp.com/track/music-for-broken-toy-pianos

Mamiffer - All That Is Beautiful
https://mamiffer.bandcamp.com/album/the-brilliant-tabernacle

Public Practice - Extra-Ordinary
https://publicpractice.bandcamp.com/album/disposable-extra-ordinary

Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes - Pueblo
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/heritage-of-the-invisible-ii

Sairie - House Of The Rising Sun
https://fandf.bandcamp.com/track/the-house-of-the-rising-sun
https://sairie.bandcamp.com/

The Corporation - Changes
https://cucarecords.bandcamp.com/album/hassels-in-my-mind

A Certain Ratio - Below The Canal
https://acertainratio.bandcamp.com/

The Mantis DC - Rhetoric
https://versesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-mantis-dc

The Reuters - Bored
https://sejarecords.bandcamp.com/album/incubation
http://www.thereuters.nl/

Tracy Bryant - Between Us
https://tracybryant.bandcamp.com/

Mellow Lizard - Get Enough
https://soundcloud.com/mellow-lizard
https://mellowlizard.bandcamp.com/

No Trend - Teen Love
https://notrend.bandcamp.com/
https://notrend.bandcamp.com/album/too-many-humans-teen-love-2

The Specials - Vote For Me
https://www.thespecials.com/

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Into The Unknown 115 - Halloween 2020

David Lynch - Crazy Clown Time
https://www.davidlynch.com/

The New Fools - Witch
https://www.thenewfools.co.uk/

Chelsea Wolfe - Sheena's In A Goth Gang (Cramps cover)
https://chelseawolfe.net/

Stranglers - Waltzinblack
https://www.thestranglers.co.uk/

Rasputina - Transylvanian Concubine
https://rasputina.com/

Bottin - Horror Disco
https://www.bottin.it/

Violent Femmes - Country Death Song
https://vfemmes.com/

Mudhoney - Halloween (Sonic Youth cover)
http://www.mudhoneysite.com/

Hot Chip - Dark & Stormy
https://www.dominomusic.com/artists/hot-chip

Lykke Li - Jerome
https://www.lykkeli.com/

Tricky - Pumpkin (with Alison Goldfrapp)
https://www.trickysite.com/
https://www.goldfrapp.com/

Peter, Bjorn and John - The Chills
https://www.peterbjornandjohn.com/

TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
http://www.tvontheradio.com/

Venom - War Against Christ
http://www.venomslegions.com/

Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
https://oingoboingo.org/

Bessie Smith - Blue Spirit Blues
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Smith

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dead Man In My Bed
https://www.nickcave.com/

Outkast ft. Kelis - Dracula's Wedding
https://outkast-shop.com/

Glass Candy - Halloween
https://italiansdoitbetter.com/
https://www.facebook.com/GLASSCANDY/

Grace Jones - Corporate Cannibal
https://www.gracejones.com/

Jill Tracy - Evil Night Together
https://jilltracy.bandcamp.com/

Jack Off Jill - Lollirot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Off_Jill

Collide - Lucky 13
https://www.collide.net/

Lydia Lunch - Spooky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Lunch

The Desert Sessions - Dead In Love
https://desertsessions.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Desert_Sessions

The Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack
http://www.rezillos.rocks/

Tragic Tantrum - The Silent
https://thetragictantrum.bandcamp.com/releases

Chris Isaak - Voodoo
https://www.chrisisaak.com/

Tracy Jordan - Werewolf Bar Mitzvah (from 30 Rock)
https://laist.com/2018/10/23/30_rocks_werewolf_bar_mitzvah_an_oral_history.php

Halloweens - Trophies For Pain
https://halloweens.bandcamp.com/album/maserati-anxiety-designed

999 - Everyday Is Like Halloween
https://punkrockhalloween.bandcamp.com/album/punk-rock-halloween-loud-fast-scary

David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
https://livemap.davidbowie.com/

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Whistling Past The Graveyard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamin%27_Jay_Hawkins

Teenage Halloween - SMH City
https://teenagehalloween.bandcamp.com/album/teenage-halloween

Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages - 'Til The Following Night
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Lord_Sutch

David Lynch - I Know
https://www.davidlynch.com/

Friday, October 16, 2020

Into The Unknown 114

AnnaKate - Are Friends Electric?
https://soundcloud.com/annakateputter
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgxr11jt6nwacUjx0Mnf-Ig

Polar Bears In Purgatory - Antibiotics
https://polarbearsinpurgatory.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.facebook.com/polarbearsinpurgatory

TIJ - Reward
https://sejarecords.bandcamp.com/album/gig-economy

Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Fire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzy_Mercier_Descloux

Mustelide - Telo Ogon
https://mustelide.bandcamp.com/

FACS - Casual Indifference
https://wearefacs.bandcamp.com/

The Humachine - Changes In My Life
https://soundcloud.com/the-humachine
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0J2xHuKdU8CcVZwgI739_A

Deerhoof with Marc Ribot - Who Sleeps Only Dreams
https://deerhoof.net/
https://marcribot.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/northernspyrecs

Hierophants - Nothing Neu
https://thehierophants.bandcamp.com/

Psamtik - House Flipper (BassHouse Edit)
https://soundcloud.com/djpsamtik

Remi L - Flying Standard Tuning Banana Part 1
https://craberecords.bandcamp.com/

The Beths - Uptown Girl
https://thebethsnz.bandcamp.com/album/future-me-hates-me

The Blue Up - Through The Sun
https://soundcloud.com/recordturnover/the-blue-up-through-the-sun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Voog

Lindsay Schoolcraft - Blood From A Stone
https://www.lindsayschoolcraft.com/

Brett Newski - Fight Song
https://brettnewski.bandcamp.com/

Civic Center - Parceling The Sky
https://chicagoresearch.bandcamp.com/

Cucina Povera - Anarkian Kuvajainen
https://cucinapovera.bandcamp.com/album/tyyni

Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini - Enter Exit
https://danielavery.bandcamp.com/album/illusion-of-time

Mt. Mountain - Interceptor
https://mtmountain.bandcamp.com/album/golden-rise

Sex Gang Children - Oh Funny Man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Gang_Children

Otalgia ft. Ted Chippington - Is That Squirrel Relevant
https://otalgia.bandcamp.com/album/is-that-squirrel-relevant-ep

Pokey LaFarge - End Of My Rope
https://www.pokeylafarge.net/

Sweat Shop LSD - This Isn't Me
https://sweatshoplsd.bandcamp.com/album/dead-soul-collage

Trevor Something - You Are My Obsession
https://trevorsomething.bandcamp.com

Vanishing Twin - Gunky
https://vanishingtwinmusic.bandcamp.com/

Xqui - Virus
https://xqui.bandcamp.com/

~swinton - cascadian
https://tildeswinton.bandcamp.com/album/on-faraway-beaches

Anteloper - Bubble Under
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/track/bubble-under

Charodey Jeddy - ShureShot Heat
https://vobr.bandcamp.com/track/charodey-jeddy-shureshot-heat

Corb Lund - Grizzly Bear Blues
https://corblund.bandcamp.com/album/agricultural-tragic

Hologram Teen - Okandjambameya
https://hologramteen.bandcamp.com/album/pizza-conspiracy

Peter Ulrich - Lammas Dance
https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/the-forme-to-the-fynisment-foldes-ful-selden-csr252cd

Selfish Limbs - Missing Voices
https://fandf.bandcamp.com/track/missing-voices

The Dollyrots - Babbling Idiot
https://thedollyrots.bandcamp.com/

The Uplifting Bell Ends - Super Giant
https://sixtonnesdechairrecords.bandcamp.com/album/super-giant-world-music-oddities

Friday, September 4, 2020

Into The Unknown 113

Monday, May 25, 2020

Recently I posted a little quiz, and now i think sufficient time has passed to reveal the answers. Here we go. Answers are in red.

GREEN SONGS

I give you the artist name, and the year. You give me the song titles, all of which contain the word 'green'.

1. Tom Jones, 1966 Green Green Grass Of Home

2. The Kinks, 1968 Village Green Preservation Society

3. Kermit The Frog, 1978 Bein' Green

4. The Lemon Pipers, 1968 Green Tambourine

5. Shakin' Stevens, 1981 Green Door

6. Booker T. & The M.G.'s, 1962 Green Onions

7. Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler, 1966 Ballad Of The Green Berets

8. New Order, 1981 Everything's Gone Green

9. Green Day, 1990 Green Day

10. Fleetwood Mac, 1970 Green Manalishi With The Two-Pronged Crown

IT'S ALL FOR CHARITY

Questions related to charities and charitable causes

1. Which concert starring Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar, George Harrison and Ringo Starr took place in Madison Square Garden in 1971 and was subsequently released as a concert film?

The Concert For Bangladesh

2. The Comic Relief single "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" was credited to Mel & Kim - but WHICH Mel and WHICH Kim?

Mel Smith and Kim Wilde

3. Which organisation hosted the Secret Policeman's Ball? Amnesty International

4. During 1981's The Secret Policeman's Other Ball, to whom did an audience member shout, "I thought you were dead!"? Donovan. His response was "Not yet!"

5. The 1987 version of 'Let It Be' was recorded by Ferry Aid. What was it in aid of, exactly?
Zeebrugge Disaster Fund

6. Which Comic Relief single exhorted you to "put on your dancing trousers and get down to the total utter king of rock'n'roll"? "Livin' Doll" by Cliff Richard and The Young Ones

7. Which charitable organisation held a series of concerts in the American Midwest, organised largely by country legend Willie Nelson? Farm Aid

8. What percentage of all new cars sold in the UK are bought by Motability?
Is it: a) 2 percent, b) 6 percent, c) 8 percent or d) 10 percent

b) 6 percent

GREEN FILMS

Movies with an environmental theme or sub-plot.

1) A metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant. Silkwood

2) The families of children who died sue two companies for dumping toxic waste: a case so expensive to prove, it could bankrupt their lawyer, played by John Travolta.

A Civil Action

3) A young man moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls. Hoot

4) Documentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of three years on all seven continents. Winged Migration

5) An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply. Erin Brockovich

6) When the man he was hired to follow is found dead, a hard-boiled detective in 1937 L.A. is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply. Chinatown

7) The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them. Gorillas In The Mist

8) An animated story in which the inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home that is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus. FernGully, The Last Rainforest

9) A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide. An Inconvenient Truth

10) A paleoclimatologist for NORAD must make a daring trek across America to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age. The Day After Tomorrow

Monday, May 11, 2020

Bend Your Brain

Yes folks, I'm back with more brain teasers - try this lot on for size.

GREEN SONGS

I give you the artist name, and the year. You give me the song titles, all of which contain the word 'green'.

1. Tom Jones, 1966

2. The Kinks, 1968

3. Kermit The Frog, 1978

4. The Lemon Pipers, 1968

5. Shakin' Stevens, 1981

6. Booker T. & The M.G.'s, 1962

7. Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler, 1966

8. New Order, 1981

9. Green Day, 1990

10. Fleetwood Mac, 1970

IT'S ALL FOR CHARITY

Questions related to charities and charitable causes

1. Which concert starring Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar, George Harrison and Ringo Starr took place in Madison Square Garden in 1971 and was subsequently released as a concert film?

2. The Comic Relief single "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" was credited to Mel & Kim - but WHICH Mel and WHICH Kim?

3. Which organisation hosted the Secret Policeman's Ball?

4. During 1981's The Secret Policeman's Other Ball, to whom did an audience member shout, "I thought you were dead!"?

5. The 1987 version of 'Let It Be' was recorded by Ferry Aid. What was it in aid of, exactly?

6. Which Comic Relief single exhorted you to "put on your dancing trousers and get down to the total utter king of rock'n'roll"?

7. Which charitable organisation held a series of concerts in the American Midwest, organised largely by country legend Willie Nelson?

8. What percentage of all new cars sold in the UK are bought by Motability?
Is it: a) 2 percent, b) 6 percent, c) 8 percent or d) 10 percent

GREEN FILMS

Movies with an environmental theme or sub-plot.

1) A metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

2) The families of children who died sue two companies for dumping toxic waste: a case so expensive to prove, it could bankrupt their lawyer, played by John Travolta.

3) A young man moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.

4) Documentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of three years on all seven continents.

5) An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.

6) When the man he was hired to follow is found dead, a hard-boiled detective in 1937 L.A. is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply.

7) The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

8) An animated story in which the inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home that is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.

9) A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

10) A paleoclimatologist for NORAD must make a daring trek across America to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Lyric Quiz - Answers

OK, chaps and chappesses, I know you've all been tearing your hair out with some of these answers, so I am going to put you out of your misery. Here. They. Are.

1) I don't know how much more of this I can take, she's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake

Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Watching The Detectives

2) I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde

Desmond Dekker and The Aces - Israelites

3) I'm celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo

Billy Bragg - Greetings To The New Brunette

4) On the way the paper bag was on my knee, Man, I had a dreadful flight

Beatles - Back In The USSR

5) There's a new sensation / a fabulous creation

Roxy Music - Do The Strand

6) That natty dread drink at the Sheraton hotel, yeah (where'd ya go?)

The Clash - Safe European Home

7) Seen quite a bit in my twenty-three years, I've been manic depressive and I've spat a few tears

Dexys Midnight Runners - Tell Me When My Light Turns Green

8) Mum bought you a fur coat when you were fifteen / You wore it to the disco but everyone was in jeans

The Specials - Hey Little Rich Girl

9) And on the jukebox Johnny sang about a thing called love

The Pogues - A Pair Of Brown Eyes

10) There's a knock on the door and just for a second I thought I remembered you

Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric?

11) Spit jewels like Eastern riches, junkie fixes / Around here we say 'birds', not bitches

The Streets - Let's Push Things Forward

12) Chain-store chain-smoke, I consume you all / Chain-gang chain-mail, I don't think at all

X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours!

13) I can't help about the shape I'm in / I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin

Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well

14) And she's clinging to the nearest passer-by

Joy Division - She's Lost Control

15) Committed for insanity and crimes against the soul / The worst crime that I ever did was play some rock'n'roll

The Stranglers - (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

16) Everybody's coming home for lunch these days / Last night there were skinheads on my lawn

Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling

17) I can get a train / I don't need no hamburgers, no take-away

Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild In The Country

18) It took a tattooed boy from Birkenhead to really really open her eyes

The Smiths - What She Said

19) She did some smack with a Chinese chap / An affair began with Charlie Chan / Well that was just before she really lost her head

Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Plaistow Patricia

20) Jane Fonda on the screen today / Convinced the liberals it's okay

Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor

21) Put another log on the fire for me / I've made some breakfast and coffee

David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things

22) It's got style, it's got class / So strong, I can't let it pass / I gotta tell you all about it / I gotta scream and shout it

Devo - Uncontrollable Urge

23) There’s trouble at the fire station, someone’s had the sack / And the lads are going to launch a scheme, get rid of Captain Flack

Half Man Half Biscuit - Trumpton Riots

24) The rude boys are dancing to some heavy. heavy ska

The Ruts - Staring At The Rude Boys

25) I am angry, I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin / My irritability keeps me alive and kicking

Magazine - A Song From Under The Floorboards

How did you guys score?

Sunday, April 26, 2020

Have A Lyric Quiz, Chums

Hey folks! Bored? Then try this to keep your mind off the situation we're in for a few minutes. Yes, it's

JEFF'S HARD-AS-NAILS LYRIC QUIZ - aka "THE STUMPER"

Artist and song please... no Googling!

1) I don't know how much more of this I can take / she's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake

2) I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde

3) I'm celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo

4) On the way the paper bag was on my knee, Man, I had a dreadful flight

5) There's a new sensation / a fabulous creation

6) That natty dread drink at the Sheraton hotel, yeah (where'd ya go?)

7) Seen quite a bit in my twenty-three years, I've been manic depressive and I've spat a few tears

8) Mum bought you a fur coat when you were fifteen / You wore it to the disco but everyone was in jeans

9) And on the jukebox Johnny sang about a thing called love

10) There's a knock on the door and just for a second I thought I remembered you

11) Spit jewels like Eastern riches, junkie fixes / Around here we say 'birds', not bitches

12) Chain-store chain-smoke, I consume you all / Chain-gang chain-mail, I don't think at all

13) I can't help about the shape I'm in / I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin

14) And she's clinging to the nearest passer-by

15) Committed for insanity and crimes against the soul / The worst crime that I ever did was play some rock'n'roll

16) Everybody's coming home for lunch these days / Last night there were skinheads on my lawn

17) I can get a train / I don't need no hamburgers, no take-away

18) It took a tattooed boy from Birkenhead to really really open her eyes

19) She did some smack with a Chinese chap / An affair began with Charlie Chan / Well that was just before she really lost her head

20) Jane Fonda on the screen today / Convinced the liberals it's okay

21) Put another log on the fire for me / I've made some breakfast and coffee

22) It's got style, it's got class / So strong, I can't let it pass / I gotta tell you all about it / I gotta scream and shout it

23) There’s trouble at the fire station, someone’s had the sack / And the lads are going to launch a scheme, get rid of Captain Flack

24) The rude boys are dancing to some heavy. heavy ska

25) I am angry, I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin / My irritability keeps me alive and kicking

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Into The Unknown 112 - Isolation

Lola Demo - Love Is A Virus
https://lolademo.bandcamp.com/

Flaming Schwarzkopf Experience - Music for Quarantines Part 7
https://www.facebook.com/flamingschwarzkopfexperience/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUV5RHjhdxXGT9Y7paGkOVw

Fanny - Blind Alley (Live on Beat Club)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_(band)

Joe Publick - 40K Followers
https://www.facebook.com/joepublickofficial/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9n_ZoP67jvLw3ijdy6VZYQ

The Sturmey Archers - Back To Mono
https://www.facebook.com/The-Sturmey-Archers-207886152583980/
https://soundcloud.com/paddyconner

Wildwood Jack - Rosemarie
http://www.wildwoodjack.com/

Special Interest - Don't Kiss Me In Public
https://night-school.bandcamp.com/track/dont-kiss-me-in-public?fbclid=IwAR3_CK4MiJcMAcb45I28nXJ_LkwB51LrUoyeUNCqFYYfvY8BD1pC2ntMvuw
https://omg.blog/omg-a-qa-with-special-interest/

Josephine Foster - Sugarpie i'm Not the Same
https://josephinefostermusic.bandcamp.com/album/im-a-dreamer

Steve Earle & The Dukes - The Devil Put The Coal In The Ground
https://steveearle.bandcamp.com/

Throwing Muses- Dark Blue
https://throwingmuses.bandcamp.com/album/sun-racket

Brett Newski - What'd Ya Got to Lose
https://brettnewski.bandcamp.com/album/dont-let-the-bastards-get-you-down

Free Soil - Black
https://versesrecords.bandcamp.com/track/black

King Sporty - Safari
https://emotional-rescue.bandcamp.com/album/safari

Lowell Brams & Sufjan Stevens - The Runaround
https://music.sufjan.com/album/aporia

Marc Rebillet - Another Idea
https://marcrebillet.bandcamp.com/album/loop-daddy-ii-ep

Collate - Communication
https://soundcloud.com/market-square-recordings
https://collate.bandcamp.com/

Nebula Rosa - Don't Say
https://soundcloud.com/nebularosaband
https://www.facebook.com/nebularosaband/

Marc Riley & The Creepers - Shirt Scene (Peel session 1984)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creepers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Riley

Sammy Brue - Teenage Mayhem
https://sammybrue.bandcamp.com/

Sugarloaf Beach - Casablanca
https://sugarloafbeach.bandcamp.com/

Viva Non - Disorder
https://vivanonngp.bandcamp.com/

Chip Taylor & The New Ukrainians - Fuck All The Perfect People
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Taylor
https://www.trainwreckrecords.com/fk-all-the-perfect-people.html#

Stack Waddy - Sure Nuff 'N' Yes I Do
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Waddy
https://louderthanwar.com/stack-waddy-so-who-the-hell-is-stack-waddy-album-review/

Nauchnyy Sotrudnik - Усадьба В Сочи (Usad'ba V Sochi(Manor In Sochi)) (feat. Холод (Kholod))
https://sotrudnik161.bandcamp.com/track/feat

Holger Czukay & U-She - Longing
https://claremont56.bandcamp.com/track/holger-czukay-u-she-longing

Jon Panther - Joyce Of The Xtabay
https://strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/mighty-giant-pinky-tribute-to-satanicpornocultshop

Koova - Isolation (Joy Division cover)
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/koova
https://www.facebook.com/LondonModularAlliance

Monday, March 23, 2020

Let Us Entertain You During Lockdown!

During this period of isolation I see many people posting about how bored they are and asking for suggestions of things to watch, listen to, and read in order to keep themselves entertained. Seeing as I am currently working on editing two podcasts, one a new edition of Into The Unknown, and the other a new episode of Fundamentals (featuring Clark Brooks), I thought I would take the opportunity to big up my friends and their projects as well as my own. The following links should provide weeks and weeks' worth of entertainment possibilities.

PODCASTS

https://www.mixcloud.com/jeff-hickmott/ - here you will find every show I've ever done.

https://spacemules.com/ - Assault of The 2-Headed Space Mules - Home of my friend Douglas Arthur's podcast from the fringes of pop culture!

https://dimlandradio.podbean.com/ - Jim "Dr. Dim" Fitzsimons' radio show concerning science, pedantry and skepticism, among other things.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cheese-wine-and-creatives/id1496330190 - My buddy Giles Thornton hosts this entertaining show where he sits down with artists, musicians, composers etc. over a good bottle of wine and some delicious cheeses and put the world to rights.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-and-nothing/id1451984342 - Portland, Oregon based show in which Rainbow Electric band members Joshua H. Metz and my son Charlie Hickmott are joined by Kris Cox and other random types to chat about, well, Everything And Nothing.

http://femininehijinxpodcast.com/ - My friends Angie Bailey-Rennie and Susie Shubert join forces in a show about rockin' out the 'other side of 40' with sass, crass, and kickin' ass!

http://www.spikeonthemic.com/ - The Spike On The Mic show hosted by the amazing Spike Slater and featuring "Captain" Clark Brooks!

BLOGS

https://jeffie2k.blogspot.com/ - The World Of Jeff!, the blog you're reading right now. It is usually used now to post hyperlinks to the tracks played on my podcast Into The Unknown, but delve into the archives for some entertaining rants.

http://the-unbelievables.blogspot.com/ - The Unbelievables, a humorous blog about the fictitious adventures of three altruistic ass-kickin' crimefighting playboys, written between 2012 and 2017 by Michael Noble, Clark Brooks and myself.

https://hotchka.com/ - Movies, TV, Music and more reviewed by a team of writers including my buddy Michael Noble.

http://frolickryredux.blogspot.com/ - One of the several blogs by Michael Noble.

http://clarkjbrooks.blogspot.com/ - Ridiculously Inconsistent Trickle Of Consciousness, a blog written by my other writing buddy Clark Brooks between 2006 and 2017.

https://tampanewsforce.com/ - Tampa News Force do news. Written by John Jacobs and Clark Brooks, among others.

http://www.clarkbrooks.com/ - Clark Brooks, comedian, writer, actor, renaissance man.

MUSIC

https://polarbearsinpurgatory.bandcamp.com/ - My friend Nigel's son Zach is in a band called Polar Bears In Purgatory. Listen, enjoy, purchase.

https://firenuns.bandcamp.com/ - Fire Nuns, from Portland, OR. Loud and very cool.

https://www.soundtradition.co.uk/ - My lovely friend Catherine Legg is a member of this a capella folk foursome.

http://www.vileelectrodes.com/ - My buds Jane and Martin are wonderful electronic twiddlers.

https://www.reverbnation.com/rainbowelectric - My son Charlie's band Rainbow Electric. Psychedelic-jazz-rock-ish.

https://www.ninaclarkmusic.com/ - The lovely and talented Nina Clark.

https://www.facebook.com/barrysnaithsoundscapes/ - Hub for all projects by Barry Snaith including TIJ - The Inconsistent Jukebox and m1nk.

https://www.lolademo-music.com/ - Erika Bach is lola demo.

https://jessicabell.bandcamp.com/ Jessica Bell is a writer and musician, and also the daughter of Erika Bach. this is her Bandcamp page for her older material.

https://www.bruno-music.com/ Bruno is Jessica Bell's current musical project.

https://www.iamjessicabell.com/

https://www.kellybournemusic.com/ - local musician and friend Kelly Bourne.

https://lukepauljackson.com/ - The website of Luke Jackson, whose track "Hung My Head" was the first ever played on my podcast.

https://www.fredclark.co.uk/ - Maidstone singer-songwriter Fred Clark.

http://www.wildwoodjack.com/ - my mates Jayne and Adam, otherwise known as Wildwood Jack, play a unique blend of rootsy folk with a pop sensibility.

OTHER STUFF

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLfkhy3nBa47z5dL_DIBfUw - Angie Bailey and Nicky Bailey Westbrook created a great comedy series called 82 South St., and here you can find all the episodes.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dean-M.-Drinkel/e/B00TKF1OXI?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vu00_tkin_p1_i1 - My friend Dean M. Drinkel is a gifted horror writer, and here's a link to all his goodies on Amazon.

I'll update this list as and when I think of more. That should give you literally months worth of entertainment - as well as Netflix and all those DVDs that you haven't watched in years!

HAPPY LOCKDOWN!

Friday, March 6, 2020

Into The Unknown 111

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Into The Unknown 110

King Coleman - The Boo Boo Song (Pt. 1)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Coleman

The Aquaerials - Great Dictator
http://www.aquaerials.com/

Kathy Freeman - I Don't Believe In Christmas
http://www.kathy-freeman.de/Biography.html
https://kathyfreeman.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/KathyFreemanRocks/

Man Jumping - Aerotropics
https://emotional-rescue.bandcamp.com/album/jumpcut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Jumping

Lunar Twin - Electric Lights
http://lunartwin.com/

The Tuesday Night Machines - Post Pasta Perfetto
https://nightmachines.tv/
https://strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/roof-tent-rhythms

Zombierella's Tentative Reels - Suicide Commando
https://sixtonnesdechairrecords.bandcamp.com/album/suicide-commando

Воллны (Vollny) - Руки (Ruki)
St. Petersburg
Felix Bondarev
Waves - Hands
https://soundcloud.com/inclub/v9ceh4ru5tbo
https://www.facebook.com/vollnymusic/

Freddie Barrett - It's Impossible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtiTrGyPIzw
https://www.discogs.com/artist/5340274-Freddie-Barrett
https://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/04/365_days_108_fr.html
http://www.45cat.com/artist/the-many-voices-of-freddie-barrett

Diary - Uni
https://diarytheband.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Diarytheband/

Flaming Schwarzkopf Experience - Antlers On The Roof Of My Mouth
https://www.facebook.com/flamingschwarzkopfexperience/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUV5RHjhdxXGT9Y7paGkOVw

Bakaka Band - Geesiyada Halgamayow (Brave Fighters)
https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/mogadisco-dancing-mogadishu-somalia-1972-1991

Ben Lee - Goldheart Mountain Top Queen Directory
https://benleenwr.bandcamp.com/album/quarter-century-classix

Ben Sheers - Cut Loose
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChj21Btau3Czs7Rc9CY8m7Q/videos
https://www.facebook.com/phantom51red/about/

Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble - The Colors that You Bring
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/where-future-unfolds

DIAT - Only My Own
https://habitualnourishment.bandcamp.com/album/positive-disintegration

Eartha Kitt - Angelitos Negros
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eartha_Kitt

Eyes Of The Nightmare Jungle - Shadow Dance
https://www.last.fm/music/Eyes+Of+The+Nightmare+Jungle/+wiki

Field Music - Money Is A Memory
http://field-music.co.uk/

Flat Worms - Motorbike
https://www.castlefacerecords.com/products/flat-worms
https://flatwormsmusic.bandcamp.com/

Gauche - Boom Hazard
https://g-a-u-c-h-e.bandcamp.com/

Hvosch - To Ananke
https://hvosch.bandcamp.com/

Islet - Good Grief
http://islet.wales/
https://islet.bandcamp.com/

JD McPherson - Holly, Carol, Candy & Joy
https://jdmcphersonjr.bandcamp.com/album/socks

Killing Joke - Good Samaritan
https://www.killingjoke.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/killingjokeofficial/

Josephine Foster and the Supposed - All The Leaves Are Gone
https://josephinefostermusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-leaves-are-gone

Laundry - Shimmy
https://mylaundryboys.bandcamp.com/album/worm

Bruno - My Art Is Martian
https://www.bruno-music.com/

FSE - Neon Piledriver
https://www.facebook.com/flamingschwarzkopfexperience/

СiРОП (Sirop) - Глянец (Glyanets) (Gloss)(feat. Trubetskoy)
https://siropminsk.bandcamp.com/

The Funk Hunters & A.Skillz - Body Move
https://westwoodrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/the-funk-hunters-a-skillz-body-move

The Spinners - Kick The Cat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spinners_(UK_band)

Jane Weaver - Shard Of Glass
https://janeweavermusic.com/

Hattie Cooke - Something's Watching you
https://spunoutofcontrol.bandcamp.com/album/the-sleepers

Alex MacFarlane - Maypole Syrup
https://hobbiesgalore.bandcamp.com/album/cassette-2019
https://hobbiesgalore.bandcamp.com/music

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

FUNDAMENTALS: A Sort of A to Z of What Makes Us Laugh

Fundamentals Episode 1: A Is For...

Featuring Angie Bailey-Rennie and Susie Shubert from Feminine Hijinx Podcast

Fundamentals is a podcast about comedy, from A to Z. In the first episode, host Jeff Hickmott is joined by Angie Bailey-Rennie and Susie Shubert from the Feminine Hijinx podcast, and discuss Alternative comedy, American humour vs. British humour, Anti-Humour and Anecdotes, as well as their comedy heroes and inspirations. Along the way we hear comedy clips from comics both well-known and obscure. Oh, and we go off topic a little bit.

Tracklisting:

Alexei Sayle - What's On In Stoke Newington

Tina Fey - Americans Know So Much About Canada

Amy Poehler - Weekend Update clip

Robin Williams - Fatherhood

The Young Ones - Laundry (clip from "Bambi")

Rik Mayall - Poetry

Christopher Guest & Rob Reiner - Goes Up To 11 (from "This Is Spinal Tap")

Jason Bateman & Jeffrey Tambor - Arrested Development clip

Paula Poundstone - Driving

Not The Nine O'Clock News - Game For A Laugh

Stephen Fry - The Difference Between American Humour and British Humour

Ricky Gervais - David Brent clip

Steve Carell - Michael Scott clip

Bea Arthur - Golden Girls clips

Arnold Brown - Hello Mum/Jokes I Have Known

Amy Sedaris & Stephen Colbert - At Home With Amy Sedaris

Norm MacDonald - Smoking

George Carlin - Religion

Jim Gaffigan - Hot Pockets

Eddie Izzard - Cake Or Death

Ellen DeGeneres - The Beginning (clip)

Tim Vine - Jokes

Ted Chippington - Jokes

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