The March 5 Huxley vs. Orwell Match at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Ended in a Draw, With Both Pugilists Conceding Victory on the Grounds the Planet's Doomed, Visions for the Origins of this Be Damned by Leif Averageson

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The March 5 Huxley vs. Orwell Match at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Ended in a Draw, With Both Pugilists Conceding Victory on the Grounds the Planet's Doomed, Visions for the Origins of this Be Damned


Artist	Song
Calexico/Cast/Transglobal Underground	"'64 Ford Fairlane" from Aerocalexico (1991)/"Overture" from Chicago: The Musical (1997)/"Sentinel" from Impossible Broadcasting (2005)

The Ruins	"L'Homme a la TOte De Chou" from Great Jewish Music: Serge Gainsbourg (1997)

Stan Kenton	"Ride of the Valkyries" from Kenton/Wagner: Innovations on Great Wagnerian Themes (1964)

Albert Ayler	"Ghosts: First Variation" from Spiritual Unity (1964)

Leroy Anderson	"The Typewriter" from Leroy Anderson: Greatest Hits (1992)

J.J. Johnson & Al Grey	"Things Are Getting Better All The Time" (1984)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Riccardo Chailly	"Jazz Suite Polka #1 - 2. Polka" from Shostakovich: The Jazz Album (1992)

Count Basie	"The Late Late Show" from the Complete Atomic Basie (1957)

Sun Ra	"Overtones Of China" from Sun Ra Visits Planet Earth/Interstellar Low Ways (1956/1958)

Booker T. & The MGs	"Chinese Checkers" from The Very Best of Booker T. & The MGs (1994)

Bela Fleck	"Fugue From Prelude & Fugue No. 20 In A Minor, BWV 889" from the Hidden Land (2006)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin, conductor	"Gun Battle" from Aaron Copland's "Billy the Kid"

Ry Cooder	"We Shall Be Happy" from Jazz (1978)

John Renbourn and Stefan Grossman	"Resurrection Of Blind Joe Death/Four For The Roses/Montagu's Pact/Rights Of Man" from Under the Volcano (1980)

Comment:

We still talk in terms of conquest. We still haven't become mature enough to think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a vast and incredible universe. - Rachel Carson

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musicgnome
Date: 3/5/2006

Wonderful and sophisticated.

Nomates
Date: 3/5/2006

I suppose a draw is a fair result for a face-off between such pessimistic, yet excellent challengers for the title. This may be a contender for the "most dramatic mix" award. It's certainly deserves to be leather-bound.

Salman1
Date: 3/5/2006

High class.

Curtis_Burns
Date: 3/5/2006

Judging by my bookcase, my money's on Huxley. Wonderful mix. Love the Ruins -> Kenton -> Ayler and Basie -> Sun Ra -> Boooker T. bits especially. And the first track smash-up is quite the teaser.

Dead Man
Date: 3/6/2006

Now this is high concept. I'd love to hear it. Will there be a rematch?

gobi
Date: 3/6/2006

Wow ! Great stuff . . . and sophisticated! Unlike moi!

Orchid
Date: 3/6/2006

Only a tiny part of a single universe? Rachel, dear, you need to expand your horizons. These days we're in the midst of multiple universes, not just one. But mark my words, we shall stick our glorious American flag through every last layer. Nice Ayler pick.

jonpoi
Date: 3/6/2006

No matter what Rachel thinks about us, what she says about us makes me think she would still rather have the top bunk. And this mix is top shelf.

hemizen
Date: 3/7/2006

While my bookshelf says Orwell is the winner, I'm with Curtis on the rest.