November On The Way

The CD is on the way, sorry for the delay.


happy tanks given

June Drops

US Postal Service has them in their possession. I apologize for the delay. Its been a weird summer.
Anne

The July/May CD Which was Really May

Cast Anchor- Hanne Hukkelberg

Work Song - Ray's Vast Basement

Under the Waves - Pseudosix

Dead Queen - Espers

Fairy in My House - Ponies in the Surf

Poison Cup - M. Ward

Rotten Hell - Menomena

Amsterdam - Peter Bjorn and John

Omaha - Tapes 'n Tapes

Always for You - The Album Leaf

Traffic - Chad VanGaleen

The Desert - Benjy Ferree

Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping - Air

New York I Love You - LCD Soundsystem

On a Neck, On a Spit - Grizzly Bear

Eight Cognition / All You've Left - 6 Organs of Admittance

Swedish Purse - Woven Hand

"Invasion" cd

Dearest Clubbers,

That's a cicada on the cover .... that might not be obvious if you don't live in the midwest and didn't go through the recent emergence of billions of cicadas this summer.

Don't miss The Coup (track 3)!

~Dianna


1) Jussass Finish First (Jurrassic 5)
2) You Got Me (The Roots & Erykah Badu)
3) My Favorite Mutiny (The Coup)
4) All About the Music (Z-Trip)
5) Feel Like Makin Love (D'Angelo)
6) Tramp (Carla Thomas and Otis Redding)
7) Be (Common)
8) All Caps (Madvillain)
9) Intrigued (EPMD)
10) I Wish (Skee-Lo)
11) Who Will Love Me in Winter (Van Hunt)
12) Wear Clean Draws (The Coup)
13) Any Day (Typical Cats)
14) The World Is Yours (Nas)
15) Barney's Girl (Mike Ladd)
16) The Corner (Common)
17) Once Again (Have to Kick One For You) (Handsome Boy)
18) Dust (Van Hunt)
19) Thinking of You (Tony Toni Tone)
20) Georgia on My Mind (The Mills Brothers)

Jim Krewson's Liner Notes!!!

1. Are You Ready For the Summer? (Meatballs soundtrack of course)
1a. various dialog- Motel Hell, Blue Sunshine
2. Dynamite Masters Blues Quartet, can't remember the song title
3.I'm Gay, from the musical "Let My People Come"
4. dialog from "The Gay Deceivers"
5. Pink Fairies "I Wish I Was a Girl"
6. dialog from the Manson girls
7. Surprise Symphony "the Lion's Song"
8. Serena from Bewitched "The If'n Song"
9. The Honeybees "You Need Us"
10. Michael Nesmith& Mickey Dolenz fucking up a Monkees sketch
11. Redd Kross "Citadel"
12. Amon Duul 2 Live in London, 1970, can't remember song title
13. dialog from "Heavy Metal Parking Lot"
14. Rush "The Spirit of Radio"
15. Meatballs soundtrack "We are the Northstar CIT"

May CD

"It's all about Meatballs & Manson!!! & smokin dope at the Rush concert....the soundtrack to my late and frustrated puberty" -Shunkle Ebunkle

April CD

The cds went out this morning. Sorry to everyone for being late!

The cd is devoted to a DJ named Diplo (http://www.myspace.com/diplo). I suspect that mix-cd purists will frown at my decision to feature one artist, but I'm banking on Diplo's skills and clever mixes to make it all better.

1* mad decent worldwide radio #5 - a tribute to New Orleans, and especially bounce. be ready for some salty language, the R rating wasnt a joke!
2* mad decent worldwide radio #1 - holler to baltimore djs. who knew?
3** Two Bit Rhythm (M.I.A. mix) - there's no way your ass will sit still. really. NO WAY.
4*** never scared - missy and the clash (huh?). time for some 80's synth R&B
5*** don't get it twisted - more like DO get it twisted!
6*** thikck jawns - hilarious and anthemic
7*** real jawns - yep, that's bjork

*podcast mad decent radio (http://www.maddecent.com/radio/).
**Piracy Funds Terrorism, Volume One, a complete remix of M.I.A.'s cd Arular.
***Never Scared done under the name Hollertronix (Diplo & Low Budget).

******DISCLAIMER******
The cd is great for the gym, the car, bbq, party, etc, but not really if kids are in earshot, not that it's all dirty dirty, but spare yourself embarrassing moments at gran's when junior is overcome with the catchiness of phrases like "where the big dicks at?".

Enjoy - Meggan

March CD

I mailed out the second batch of CD's yesterday. I think there's about a 4 percent chance that I missed one of you. Drop me a line if you don't have it by Thursday, 4/5.

Hope you like it.

Tom

February CD

I'm digging the Feb mix. I belong to another CD club, and i had to do February...I put a Jim O'Rourke and a Jackson Frank on mine too! Different songs but still...cosmic...

You can see some of the people who have covered Jackson Frank songs here. Counting Crows!

Stuff i like and never heard until this mix: The Books are cool. Papa M. Panda Bear. Nice opener...

A

Niner Lotes

Making this CD was like giving birth! I hope you enjoy it. Special thanks to Mighty Baby for the cover photo. Love, -Betsy

1. Larry Williams & Johnny “Guitar” Watson with Kaleidoscope – Nobody – If you’re driving on a nice day with the windows down you’ll belt this one out no matter what. Yes, even the extremely corny hippie breakdown! Squares just don’t understand his bag, that’s why they put him down.

2. Lee Hazelwood – No Train to Stockholm – From the “Cowboy in Sweden” film soundtrack.

3. Chris Darrow – Cocaine Lil – A cautionary tale for kids.

4. The Screaming Gypsy Bandits – Path of Light – These days, Caroline Peyton sings for Disney movies like The Little Mermaid, and Mark Bingham produces gospel and R&B bands in New Orleans. But in 1968, Caroline performed songs like this topless in Bloomington, Indiana gymnasiums, while Bingham played guitar like Richard Thompson behind her.

5. Bongwater – The Drum – Bongwater’s version of this Slapp Happy song is even better than the original.

6. These Trails – Rapt Attention – To play at your next Wicca event.

7. The Pacific Rim Dulcimer Project – Living in the Country – These dudes love dulcimer.

8. Jerry Yester – Love Lie Down – WARNING: If you put this on a mixed tape for a girl you fancy, and you tell her “This song makes me think of you,” the girl will fall irreversibly in love with you and her love will last f-o-r-e-v-e-r. Be careful!!!

9. Ellen McIlwaine – Can’t Find My Way Home – Gorgeous cover of Blind Faith by Cambridge, Mass folkie lady.

10. The Famous Jug Band – Can’t Stop Thinking About It – A good one!

11. The Byrds – Full Circle – WARNING: Sticks in your head big time.

12. Sandy Denny – Ballad of Easy Rider – Sandy Denny’s voice and Richard Thompson’s guitar are like old friends on this Byrds cover.

13. Townes Van Zandt – I’ll Be Here in the Morning – A drink of water in the desert.

14. Dale Hawkins – L.A., Memphis, and Tyler, Texas – A good one!

15. Small Faces – Eddie’s Dreaming – The best Small Faces stuff is pre-Stewart. Steve Marriott sings like a bird.

16. Michael Hurley – Midnite Rounder – Snocko rides again. This tune is from the Snockgrass album.

17. The Bunch – My Girl the Month of May – Some folks from Fairport Convention got together, called themselves “The Bunch,” and covered a few golden oldies, including this one by Dion. It’s extremely fun to walk in place like the R. Crumb “Keep on Truckin” guy while listening to this. Try it!

18. John & Beverly Martyn – John the Baptist – A hymn for non-believers. Nick Drake wanted Beverly Martyn to leave John Martyn and marry him instead, but she said no.

19. Dillard & Clark – Out on the Side – I once had a staring contest with a deer while listening to this song.

20. Mickey Jupp’s Band – Heather on the Hill – Yup Jupp.

21. Michael Chapman – Among the Trees – I saw this guy live once. If you ever get the chance, see him live.

22. Linda Lewis – What Are You Asking Me For? – Britain’s Minnie Ripperton.

23. The Youngbloods – Sugar Babe – Another one to sing along with in the car. Windows down!

24. The Kaleidoscope – Life Will Pass You By – What a song should be.

25. The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – High Coin – A Van Dyke Parks joint.

26. The Jim Kweskin Jug Band – Turn the Record Over – The what?

Wha's my month?

January - Betsy
February - Kristin
March - Tommy
April - Meggan
May - Stacey/Krewmeister
June - Anne
July - Diana
August - Tony
September - Brian
October - Cynthia
November - Shannon
December - Gloria

Sandy

The Kaleidoscope hard at work

Epistles to paradise...

Diana Berry
1810 W School St
Chicago, IL 60657

Kristin Blank and Brian White
18 Day St, #302
Somerville, MA 02144

Tony Goddess
14 Carlisle St
Gloucester, MA 01930

Gloria Hedlund
101 Bellevue Hill Rd
West Roxbury, MA 02132

Shannon Ketch
6 Glenwood Ave
Northampton, MA 01060

Jim Krewson
122 North St
Catskill, NY 12414

Anne Lozier
3 Gaugh St, #1
Easthampton, MA 01027

Cynthia Meadows
61 Clark Ave
Northampton, MA 01060

Thomas Meadows
37 Sutton St
Brooklyn, NY 11222

Betsy Nichols
60 Pleasant St, #2
Cambridge, MA 02139

Dave Stacey
18 Farragut Ave
Somerville, MA 02144

Meggan Todd
475 Massachusetts Ave, #3
Arlington, MA 02474

Welcome to the world's best CD club!!!!!

Hello everyone, and welcome to our top-shelf, can't-touch-this, exquisite CD club! If you are reading this blog, congratulations. Your otherworldly and mindblowing musical knowledge has finally paid off! You have gained entree into a parallel universe of brilliant music afficianados much like yourself. We've probably all seen each other before - an occasional glance at a flea market, a near miss at a Goodwill, the awkward "criss-cross" over the bins at a record store...But, despite our close proximities, we never dared glance at the piles of moldy nuggets in each others' arms, and simply ask "Is their stuff any good?" Well, now you don't have to ask. Ye shall simply RECEIVE! Once per month, you'll get a CD in your mailbox, lovingly prepared by a kindred spirit. Treasure them, one and all!!!!! -B