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:

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Tammi manifests the Motown mystery


Minister's kid and former Moonglow from DC does his best to look collected lip-syncing while his much more streetwise partner does everything she can to break his concentration. Watch her issue blank stares and very goofy dance moves. Watch Marvin look the other way as she issues him the full-court press at about 1:33. Was this rehearsed or could Tammi really have been that hilarious?