Friday, September 30, 2011

CKC #2 02.28.11

Episode 2:  In which no, it did not just get a little sexy in here



Cool Kids: Alexandra , Athena, Matt


Laura Nyro – Stoned Soul Picnic
Syl Johnson – I've Got To Get Over
Johnny Rivers – Seventh Son
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Heinz – Questions I Can't Answer
The Crystals – Uptown
Sonny & Cher – It's Gonna Rain
Jackie DeShannon – Needles And Pins
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Derrick Harriott – The Loser
Eddie Head & His Family – Down On Me
The Godz – Turn On
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INXS – New Sensation
Kate Bush – The Big Sky
4 Seasons – Ronnie
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Beach Boys – I Wanna Pick You Up
Frank Sinatra With The Pied Pipers & Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra – Oh Look At Me Now
The Cookies – In Paradise
Ink Spots – Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)
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X-Ray Spex – Identity
Lou Christie – Merry Go Round
Del Shannon - Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun)
Jerry Lee Lewis – Jambalaya
Brenton Wood – Can You Dig It
Frank Zappa – I'm Not Satisfied
Funkadelic – Can You Get To That
Stranger & Patsy – Down The Train Line
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience – May This Be Love
Les Baxter – Rain
Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain

Sunday, September 25, 2011

CKC #1 02.14.11

Episode 1: In which it all begins and we discover that Alex hates banana cream



Cool Kids: Alexandra, Matt

Canned Heat - Goin' Up The Country
The Nutmegs – Story Untold

John Cale – Adelaide
France Gall – Le Temps De La RentrĂ©e
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Jerry Lee Lewis – There Stands The Glass
Mickey & Sylvia – Love Will Make You Fail In School
The Bonzo Dog Band – Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?
Tubeway Army – When the Machines Rock
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Flying Clouds – When They Ring the Golden Bells
Big Audio Dynamite – Sudden Impact!
Gene Krupa And His Orchestra with Anita O'Day – Massachusetts
Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords – I'm So Happy
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McCarthy – The Comrade Era
Kasai Allstars – Koyile / Nyeka Nyeka
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs – Li'l Red Riding Hood
Eddie Head & His Family – Down On Me
Mongo Santamaria – Call Me

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

The Doo-Wop song that TRULY has it all

Ink Spots-esque rap? A little playful Little Richard-style howl here and there? Quasi-occult precognition in a teenage love story? Check! Mr. Barnes sounds as though someone put an ice cube down his collar at the end of the bridge. Hear it for yourself: