The Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard in my Backyard (1985)

If there's anything in the world that gives music a run for its money as one of my personal best's it would be comedy. Well, wait a minute. Girls are pretty awesome as well. Eh, music gear is always rad. No wait, my dogs and cats are the best. Where was I?

The Dead Milkmen were there in middle school teaching me two vitals lessons in life. How to make great music and how to be hilarious. Seriously, this is definitely a soundtrack to a chapter in my life and thanks to Fun Fun Fun Fest here in Austin, Tx., I recently saw them live for the first time 20 plus years later. I literally got watery for a couple of classic choruses. Yeah, call me a romantic. Call me a pussy. This was a completion of a huge circle in my life. This made my whole youth flash before my eyes. The most minute details made so much sense. To put it simply, it was a moment of enlightenment.

Oh wait, maybe it was all that LSD I ate.


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XOXO

Sandy Bull - Still Valentine's Day Live (1969)

Sandy Bull is a poster child for bohemian genius. Mastering numerous stringed instruments, Bull would perform solo accompanied only by tape machines in which he played over himself, his own overdubs. Think 1960's folk revialism meeting a more sophisticated compositional outlook.





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Petet Sarstedt - S/T

Here's one from the dusty drives of my collection. Ever since Wes Anderson used one of his songs in one of his movies, there has been a rediscovery of Sarstedt's work. Definitely a psyche-pop gem right here folks.







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eXCLUSIVE - eL Stinkeyes - "Soul Power Mix" (2010)

It's been real busy around these parts. I don't call. I don't write. Bad.

Here's my soundtrack to July. (not pictured)


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Pacho Galan - El Rey de Merecumbe

Once again, good ole' fashioned Colombian Brass Band music from the Discos Fuentes label. Basically Merecumbe is "a mixture of native cumbia merengue with the department of Magdalena, and Dominican merengue." That's what this guy said and he invented the genre. 



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Suicide - Suicide (1977)

Here's another classic "rock" record that forever changed my musical scope. Suicide rules. They claim they recorded this in 4 hours. Now that's punk. Even though the were never received until much later in their career because of a.) their sound and b.) their oh so weird live performances (look below) Suicide will forever be regarded as pioneers for so many genres and various art mediums.


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Fun fact: "The Boss" himself encored with his rendition of "Dream Baby Dream" during his "Devils and Dust" solo tour in 2005.

Julio Jaramillo - Pasillos para el Mundo (circa 1950's-1960's)

One time during one of my Mexico explorations, I was on the beach in Oaxaca. It was mother's day. I was hanging out in the shade at the cabana I was renting, surrounded by a bunch of little old Mexican women. All of the men were running around cooking, working, serving, etc. The ladies just sat back and relaxed enjoying their day, retelling stories of their youth and the soundtrack for the day was endless cassettes of this man.

Julio Jaramillo is to Ecuador as Frank Sinatra is to New Jersey. King of the pasillos and boleros with a birthday as a national holiday. He leaves behind at least 20 legitimate and illegitimate children. If I was in Latin America in the 50's with a talent like this, I would be getting mad trim as well.

Aqui