Rob Conroy

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Member Since: 1/22/2001
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  • Submit Date: 3/14/2008
  • Format: Cassette
  • Category: Theme

"That's what you get for having a hobby." (Discs 3 & 4)

Side A
Artist Song
Lightning Bolt  Ride the Sky

[Ride the Skies, 2001] 

James Brown  Super Bad, Pts. 1 & 2

[Star Time, 1991 (original single released 1970)] 

Sparks  Amateur Hour

[Kimono My House, 1974] 

Television  Friction

[Marquee Moon, 1977] 

David Crosby  Tamalpais High (At About 3)

[If I Could Only Remember My Name, 1971] 

Happy Mondays  Wrote for Luck

[Bummed, 1988] 

Wooden Wand and the Omen Bones Band  Candace, Queen of Witchcraft

[Horus of the Horizon, 2006] 

John Cale  Paris 1919

[Paris 1919, 1973] 

Nico Muhly  Clear Music

[Speaks Volumes, 2006] 

LCD Soundsystem  Losing My Edge

[LCD Soundsystem, 2005 (original single released 2002)] 

Beans  Phreek the Beet

[Tomorrow Right Now, 2003] 

Minutemen  Working Men Are Pissed

[The Politics of Time, 1984 (recorded 1981)] 

The Monkees  You Told Me [mono]

[Headquarters, 1967] 

Public Image Ltd  Swan Lake (a.k.a. Death Disco)

[Metal Box, 1979] 

Richard Youngs  Soon It Will Be Fire

[Sapphie, 1999] 

Judee Sill  Jesus Was a Cross Maker

[Judee Sill, 1971] 

John Fahey  America

[Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes, 1967 (re-recording)] 

Side B
ArtistSongBuy
The Brian Jonestown Massacre  Whoever You Are

[Give It Back, 1997] 

Wu-Tang Clan  Bring da Ruckus

[Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, 1993] 

Unrest  Suki

[imperial f.f.r.r., 1992] 

Black Flag  Revenge

[Jealous Again e.p., 1980 (compiled on The First Four Years, 1983)] 

The Libertines  Vertigo

[Up the Bracket, 2002] 

Soft Cell  Sex Dwarf

[Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, 1981] 

Pulp  Babies

[His 'n' Hers, 1994 (original single released 1992)] 

Elvis Presley  Baby Let's Play House

[The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters, 1992 (original single released 1955)] 

The Meters  Little Old Money Maker

[Look-A Py Py, 1970] 

Derek Bailey  What's New

[Ballads, 2002] 

Pink Mountaintops  Plastic Man, You're the Devil

[Axis of Evol, 2006] 

Laura Nyro  You Don't Love Me When I Cry

[New York Tendaberry, 1969] 

Os Mutantes  Panis et Circenses

[Os Mutantes, 1968] 

Cut Chemist feat. Hymnal  What's the Altitude

[The Audience's Listening, 2006] 

The Pogues  The Sickbed of Cuchulainn

[Rum, Sodomy & the Lash, 1985] 

Dexys Midnight Runners  Thankfully Not Living in Yorkshire It Doesn't Apply

[Searching for the Young Soul Rebels, 1980] 

Gil Scott-Heron  Whitey on the Moon

[Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, 1970] 

X  White Girl

[Wild Gift, 1981] 

Muddy Waters  Rollin' Stone

[The Anthology, 2001 (original single released 1950)] 

The Jesus and Mary Chain  Cut Dead

[Psychocandy, 1985] 

Kris Kristofferson  Me and Bobby McGee

[Kristofferson, 1970] 

Joanna Newsom  Bridges and Balloons

[The Milk-Eyed Mender, 2004] 

Randy Newman  Marie

[Good Old Boys, 1974] 

American Music Club  Firefly

[California, 1988] 

Comment:

Part II of a specially-comissioned project for the lovely and talented talia j, one of my earliest supporters here at my AotM Home Away from Home. Her request (she called it a "proposition"): "an educational mix--in this case, artists you suspect I'm not listening to/familiar with and should be, using tracks off whichever albums of theirs you think I should start with." More extensive notes can be found on Discs 1 & 2. There could still be more on the way.... Thanks again to SQ for re-awakening my interest in Os Mutantes and for introducing me to that Cut Chemist track via one of her wonderful romantic mixes.

Feedback:

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The Misfit
Date: 3/14/2008
Great variety and selections (as always)!
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sport !
Date: 3/14/2008
Great picks, this should cover most of the bases!!
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sammyg123
Date: 3/14/2008
Oh My. I'm speechless. On some days 'Paris 1919' is my favourite song ever. On others 'Panis et Circenses' is. On others it's 'Death Disco'. I could go on, Babies, Amateur Hour, Friction, Kevin Rowlands wonderful falsetto...
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talia j
Date: 3/14/2008
Niiiiiiiiice. There's enough artists on this who I'm very slightly familiar with that I already know I'm really going to dig it. Also, remind me to tell you the story about why my uncle had a falling out with John Fahey, who, if you knew him personally, was apparently kind of a dick ...
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anthony lombardi
Date: 3/14/2008
rob, this is absolutely fucking phenomenal, even better than your first set - so many of these are just some of my all-time favorite artists, period - the james brown, television, happy mondays, LCD soundsystem, wire, minutemen, PIL, wu-tang (probably my favorite song off what is most likely my all-time favorite hip-hop album - going to see them april 18, super stoked about that), libertines, pulp, elvis, pink mountaintops, pogues, JAMC, kris kristofferson, randy newman...shit, i just went & checked off the entire list (& that only begins to cover it). just really superb, rob, one of your best...will al ink be forthcoming?
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French Connection
Date: 3/15/2008
Outstanding, MotW material in my book.
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KathrynandRupert
Date: 3/15/2008
I stand but I'm reeling. That Dexy's song, I won't mention how many times I've sung along to that in a ridiculous voice. And White Girl, how I singed my lungs belting that one out through most of the 80's. Excellent Sparks, Soft Cell, Unrest, Television tracks, I can even tolerate the Presley track. Marvellous.
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hemizen
Date: 3/15/2008
Keep them coming cause we're listening.
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Funky Ratchet
Date: 3/15/2008
Amazing. James Brown, Minutemen, BJM, Meters, Muddy, Kris...this is all over the place, but in a good, good way.
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buglady
Date: 3/15/2008
Nice and eclectic. I'm sure she's going to love this series.
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tornadoZ
Date: 3/15/2008
real nice set, Rob. that Laura Nyro song is one of my favorites.
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p the swede
Date: 3/16/2008
yes, nice stuff, spread all over the place and history
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Moe
Date: 3/16/2008
Even though it's lacking any Gloria Gaynor, this looks like a delightful collection of tunes you've assembled on two shiny CDRs. More songs about Whites, babies and sex dwarves. You're super bad, Mr. Conroy.
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Barrydali
Date: 3/16/2008
If the standard stays this high I request a part 3,4,5,6... Special. P.S I was listening to that Wooden Wand tune before I clicked on this. Spooky.
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G-Sphere
Date: 3/16/2008
Amazing collection.
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Salman1
Date: 3/17/2008
Man, I think I like these two discs better than the other two... and I never that would be possible. talia j should love this.
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bufo alvarius
Date: 3/18/2008
Holy shit, dude! Sorry I missed this musical history lesson. I've been dealing with a bunch of crazy work shit the last few weeks and had to fall off the boards for a while.
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Mark Petruccelli
Date: 3/19/2008
Love the JB, Sparks, Cale, Minutemen, Fahey, Pulp, Meters. Pink Mountaintops, Pogues, Newsom and Newman tracks. You really should be teaching a class.
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Luke79
Date: 3/20/2008
The very best in edutainment. Fab mix.
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SwankQueen
Date: 3/20/2008
Ditto.
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ascott1
Date: 5/6/2008
Nice set. I often forget what a great song "Suki" is (and. for that matter, how great imperial f.f.r.r. is).
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Martin Andersen
Date: 5/17/2008
Great BJM selection.