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Are You Appreciated?

Romeo Sid Vicious — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:39:58 +0000

I got a call the other day, the details of which I will not share, from my good friend Ryan. It was a good phone call despite the topic we discussed because I hadn’t heard from him in a while and the last time he reached out I dropped the ball and never got back to him. Regardless of that I knew he wasn’t upset with me because he ain’t like that. Our conversation inspired this little compilation, my longest mix tape so far if I remember correctly, but I didn’t have all the music I needed at the office so I couldn’t toss it real quick yesterday morning and my remote connection to home was sketchy and then from home to the server was even more sketchy so I decided to just complete it from the house. As fate would have it the upload didn’t finish, if it finished on schedule, until around 0500 (thanks Comcast. I don’t think we use Comcastic to mean what you think it means) so I couldn’t post until this morning. As if to thumb its nose at me the compilation’s ID3 tags were all funky, likely due to using a Windows program to set them, so this morning I had to download everything, re-tag, re-archive, and the upload everything again. It’s almost as if this compilation didn’t want to be posted. I prevailed in the end and stomped the damn thing into submission. So while the title is private joke and this whole thing is for Ryan I do hope you will all enjoy the music.

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A/V Club Post

Romeo Sid Vicious — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:16:29 +0000

Some of my favorite bands have new videos out so while I am writing my Friday life management post, which is looking like a bear of a post, I’d toss up some videos for you to enjoy…

Lucero, possibly my favorite band in the world, has commissioned fans to create videos for each track on the new album 1372 Overton Park and so far two have been posted. As a side note I received e-mail notification that my copy of the new album has shipped, got a tracking number, and am waiting less than patiently for it to arrive along with the hoodie…

Lucero – Darken My Door

Darken My Door from Lucero on Vimeo.

Lucero – Johnny Davis

Johnny Davis from Lucero on Vimeo.

While I don’t watch the show if you are a Lucero fan you might want to catch the premier of the CW’s One Tree Hill this Monday because Mom off of 1372 Overton Park is being featured in the show. It’s my favorite song off the new album and I will be recording the show so I can support the boys by watching it. Who knows it may add a new show to my list…

Apart from Lucero my second highest played artist recently would be Tim Barry and he has a video out for his new song Prosser’s Gabriel. Autopsy IV over at Nine Bullets, which I write for as well, explains that Gabriel Prosser was a slave blacksmith who led a rebellion in VA around the summer of 1800. Montclair State University has a great piece on the rebellion. While I am not as cool as AIV and didn’t get to go the Suburban Home Records anniversary party and hear Tim sing this live the video is awesome.

Tim Barry – Prosser’s Gabriel

Tim Barry – “Prosser’s Gabriel” from TCSG on Vimeo.

And last but certainly not least is Two Cow Garage which is another of my top five artists with a video for a new song called American Static.

Two Cow Garage – American Static

Two Cow Garage – “American Static” from TCSG on Vimeo.

That’s all for the videos. Now I am off to work on my Friday life management post and hope I can get it done today, unlike my Wednesday political post which ended up on Thursday…

Always Trust Your Cape – An RSV Joint

Romeo Sid Vicious — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:15:42 +0000

This is one of those mixes where I heard a song and wanted to build around it. It ended up being pretty short but good listening nonetheless. It’s also one of three that I am moving here instead of having it’s own subdomain…

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The Lucero Message Board Summer ’09 Mix Tape

Romeo Sid Vicious — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:51:42 +0000

The Lucero Message Board Summer ’09 Compilation
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I don’t get any credit for this other than converting some files to mp3, retagging, and slapping the pretty cassette tape interface on it. Those kids over the the Lucero message board put this all together. Drop by and give them some props.

Liner Notes from the the board read:

The Fox Hunt – Better Than This (Lucero Cover) “The boys recorded this for the long overdue Lucero tribute album..I heard them play this version when they were here playing Surf Bar on Folly Beach…took some cajoling but I got MK to send me the mp3…here it is.” – JacksonDavis

Lucero – Live 1/4/2002 – American Girl “Sticking with the 4th of July theme. Just for fun.” – Boston Twang

Deer Tick – Born on Flag Day – Houston, TX “The first song that jumped out at me on the new record. Haven’t decided what I think of the new record yet but I like this song.” – Plank10

Cory Branan – Ardent Studios recording – Karen’s Song “I had never heard this prior to hearing it on the streaming file released by Rachel and The City when he was in studio earlier this year…cannot wait for his new album…he and Snodgrass kicked major ass in ATL and Savannah.” – JacksonDavis…thanks to Down South for the editing Wink

Ha Ha Tonka – Novel Sounds of The Nouveau South – Close Every Valve to Your Bleeding Heart “Roaring out of the Ozarks with a bottle in one hand and a bible in the other” – ColoradoAlan

William Elliott Whitmore – Animals In The Dark – Old Devils “My current favourite tune from my favourite album of the year to date.” – JacksonDavis

Hoots & Hellmouth – The Holy Open Secret – What Good Are Plowshares If We Use Them Like Swords “There is something about this band I find deeply interesting. I can’t quite put my finger on it but whatever it is this song has it.” – Autopsy IV

The Only Sons – Steel Hearts – Lay Back Down “This song is eerily relevant for a friends situation right now..” – ColoradoAlan

The Evening Rig – Is Doin’ Stuff – Goddamn, I Could Use A Drink “If you haven’t listened to these guys yet, you probably should.” – algwalcz

Jon Snodgrass w/ Cory Branan – Alone and Distanced “Too bad this isn’t being released on CD or digital download…but…I was able to pry this from someone who had been way late in getting Season 5 of The Wire back to me Cool” – JacksonDavis”

Two Cow Garage – Humble Narrator – Speaking in Cursive “I’ve had this CD for a while but just REALLY started to listen to it, and this song was the first one I kept repeating. ” The sun has a way of making us pay for our revelry filled nights” Amen Brother.” – Hecticeyes

Chad Rex & The Victorstands – Songs to Fix Angels – Build a Rocket “I only recently realized how good Chad Rex is. Besides, it’s the time of year for rockets.” – Boston Twang

Flogging Molly – Swagger – Salty Dog “Irish punk rock is great and good for hanging out in the summer listening to full blast.” – Lennon Medvick

Michael Dean Damron – Father’s Day – Angels Fly Up “It seems like I am always pimping this guy’s music and my work isn’t done until he’s got a platinum award on his wall…or something like that. Father’s Day is a strong contender for the Best of ’09 as far as I’m concerned. I can’t really pinpoint why this song means so much to me, but it affects me somewhere in the guts.” – Bone Machine

Austin Lucas – The Common Cold – Kith and Kin “If you’ve only heard Austin’s new album, definitely check out The Common Cold. Yay for the upcoming tour with Two Cow!” – TheOtherBrit

The Lemonheads – Varshons – Waitin Around to Die “Evan Dando revisits a Townes Van Zandt classic” – ColoradoAlan

Cheap Trick – The Latest – Sick Man Of Europe “Of all the music from my childhood, Cheap Trick are the band that I still enjoy with the intensity of my youth. It’s good to know that they’re still out there plugging away and have a catalog much richer than the classic rock staples (I Want You To Want Me, Surrender, The Flame…). This tune is from their new one, lovingly entitled The Latest, and is further proof that Robin Zander has one of the finer voices in rock some 35 years into his career.” – Bone Machine

The Dexateens – Singlewide – Can You Whoop It “If you like the Dexateens, keep an eye out for Arkadelphia, Lee Bains III’s new band. They’ve even more amazing!” – TheOtherBrit

Trampled by Turtles – Duluth – Empire “These guys are one of my favorite bands that I’ve discovered because they were a Lucero opener. Go see them live if you get the chance.” Boston Twang

Matthew Dean Herman – Blackbird – Blackbird “Fantastic debut album produced by Evan Phillips of The Whipsaws. RIYL: Drive-By Truckers” – Autopsy IV

Lyle Lovette – I Love Everybody – Fat Babies “I’ve been on a Lyle Lovette kick lately. “I don’t like hippies and I don’t like cornbread.” I’m confused that he doesn’t like cornbread.” – Plank10

Ray LaMontagne – Gossip in the Grain – Let it Be Me Submitted by corduroy

Uncle Tupelo – March 16-20 1994 – Moonshiner Submitted by corduroy

Kingston Trio – We’ll Sing in The Sunshine “A fun summertime sing-a-long…” – Nicole

Against Me! – As The Eternal Cowboy – You Look Like I Need Drink “Against Me! has been my sound track all summer, and this is one of my favorites.” – Lennon Medvick

Enter: Two Cow Garage

Romeo Sid Vicious — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:00:35 +0000

I haven’t been a fan of Two Cow Garage for that long, which is a travesty, but they have taken a rightful place among most played artists. I went a different route with this intro as, much like Cory, I was working with a limited selection of releases only this time I had but a single bootleg recording with which to supplement. So instead of walking through the Columbus, OH rockers’ career in chronological order I decided to slap down one tape of my favorites from all of their albums and give you the only concert I have in full and un-cut. While seemingly limited two tapes is more than enough to show anyone who’s tastes cross mine that Two Cow Garage is an awesome band. I advise listening to these tapes while point you browser at Suburban Home Records and buy their three albums as quickly as you can.

Tracks 01, 08, and 11 are from Speaking In Cursive
Tracks 02, 03, 05, 12, and 15 are from III
Tracks 04, 07, 09, and 13 are from The Wall Against Our Back
Tracks 06, 10, ad=and 14 are from Please Turn The Gas Back On

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This is a show I found linked on the Drag The River message board. It was formerly hosted on cotapers.org but isn’t in their database anymore. Thankfully there were two seeders for the torrent and it took about eight hours. I’ll probably never know who the seeders were but I owe them a debt of thanks. Also thanks to the original taper: James Freeman for making this available for us. I did convert the FLACs to MP3 for this tape but it’s always nice having FLACs of concerts laying around. And there you have it….

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Well folks that’s all for this intro. I have one more in the alt-country vein then I am going to bring in some Texas/Red Dirt music to fill out the intros series. I may have two or three more months of weekly intros in me. If you have heard me mention a band and would like to request an intro please feel free to drop me a line on twitter and I’ll see about taking care of it for ya’.

A Hallmark Frickin’ Moment

Romeo Sid Vicious — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:00:27 +0000

This one was put together on St. Valentine’s Day while I was laid off with no sign of work in sight. It has that feeling to it while being mostly love songs of a kind. Probably not the most romantic V-Day mix ever but it ain’t too shabby even looking back.

That’s the last of the opentape mixes…

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Tape

Romeo Sid Vicious — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:43:29 +0000

This is one I made before I started using mixwidget (the cool tape thing that plays the compilations) and posted on facebook. I am in the process of converting all of the ones I did back then to the neat-o widgety thing since it lets other people embed them other places and to top it off looks really cool.

So there you have it. A couple of the bands on here aren’t around anymore. They were bands that friends of mine played in so there’s some history on this one but for the most part it was put together just to share the alt country genre with a few friends on facebook.

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