Vacation

I'm going on vacation! I will be spending the next week in Mexico, Cabo to be exact. Close enough to California that I don't need to worry about being beheaded, but far enough that I still can't drink the water. I'm not counting on an Authentic Mehican experience, but I am looking forward to some sun and water, baja style eats, reading an e-book about Native America and getting away from the daily grind for a moment. I would assume there is also going to be some Mariachi sounds at some point. I hope everyone appreciates it as much as this li'l guy.

There may or may not be any posts for the next few days, I can't be certain, but if you have yet to catch up, now would be a good time to do so. Enjoy the week! suckers...

Long Beach Dub Allstars - Rosarito

EDAS To Go

PEEP THE NEW QR CODE SUCKAS

What is a QR Code you may ask? A QR code is basically a unique internet based barcode that can be scanned in through your SmartPhone's camera using Apps or Programs such as RedLaser or Google's App. You are instantly transported to the website, so tap on over to your local app store, pick up a reader and scan away. This one takes you straight to the brand new MOBILE VERSION of EDAS!

If you happen have a regular-ol' non-smart phone and you don't have the foggiest idea of what I'm talking about then don't even bother, just look up from your game of Snake, and go to www.everydayanothersong.com the old fashioned way... First by using Al Gore's Telenet Protocol System, followed by squeezing through a series of tubes, to finally arrive at your Online Musical Destination.

Before you go scanning every Code you see, be forewarned that you probably don't want to be subject to the internet suggestions of the average Perverted Nerd; stick to the Perv-Nerds you trust, like yours truly. Enjoy the new ability to keep Every Day Another Song in your pocket and take it to go.

A Tribe Called Quest - Lyrics To Go

Gay is OK

I have been busy as of late with some meaty projects including, but not limited to: 

1. My Filligar Interview
2. My photos from the Callers and Colin Stetson show from last Friday at 92YTribeca (One of my first legit Rock-Photog Gigs, Stay tuned for Details!)
3. A million more posts repping my boys JEFF The Brotherhood
4. All my regular Clark Kent work before I go on Vacation next week
5. A fanciful and gay post today to help keep my mind off of how much real sh*t I have to do.
6. Haircut

Well at least I have the second to last bullet point covered. 

Clark Kent work to be resumed tomorrow...

Have a gay and mellow Mon-Day.

The Gaylettes - Take a Chance (On Me)

ROD

Pic via HC

What did you think I was going for? 

Love him or hate him, Rod Stewart is one of the best selling artists of time. If you, like me, were born after 1975, you wouldn't know that Ol' Roderick used to wail with the best of them in one of the hardest rocking, hardest partying bands England has known, Faces. Before his catalog became saturated with 80's Soundtrack Ballads and he started trying to bang everybody's Mom (and getting his haircut like them too); he was touring the world in his wrestling-style leotard, blacking out, eating grapes and ruining entire towns of women.

In listening to him as a lead singer I really got to separate him from his reputation and hear how good of a frontman he actually is. Despite his enshrinement in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, his voice projects a gritty timbre that certainly came from the early years of RnB and singers like Otis Redding. Maybe it came from his early days digging graves, but Rod Stewart's soulful sound ranks up there with the best of them.

In Rod We Trust

Rod Stewart & Faces - Miss Judy's Farm

So Help Me

Get your funk on with this great 1969 jam by little known songstress Joyce Jones off the old timey ATCO label. Help me close out the week tomorrow, if you've been following along, you already be able to guess what's in store.

Sidebar: I'm pretty sure this album cover takes place directly outside my office. I'm positive the chick in the Che Shirt gave me a look on my way in this morning.

Joyce Jones - Help Me Make Up My Mind

Nothing But The Truth

I’m sick and tired of hearing things

From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics

All I want is the truth

Just gimme some truth

I’ve had enough of reading things

By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians

All I want is the truth

Just gimme some truth

No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky

Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me

With just a pocketful of hope

Money for dope

Money for rope

No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky

Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me

With just a pocketful of soap

Money for dope

Money for rope

I’m sick to death of seeing things

From tight-lipped, condescending, mama’s little chauvinists

All I want is the truth

Just gimme some truth now

I’ve had enough of watching scenes

Of schizophrenic, ego-centric, paranoiac, prima-donnas

All I want is the truth now

Just gimme some truth

No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky

Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me

With just a pocketful of soap

It’s money for dope

Money for rope

Ah, I’m sick and tired of hearing things

From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocrites

All I want is the truth now

Just gimme some truth now

I’ve had enough of reading things

By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians

All I want is the truth now

Just gimme some truth now

All I want is the truth now

Just gimme some truth now

All I want is the truth

Just gimme some truth

All I want is the truth

Just gimme some truth

Nothing I can say can follow the genius of this man, and THAT is the truth.

John Lennon - Gimme Some Truth

The Whole Truth

Turning yesterday's song into an impromptu theme, here's another Truth from Queens Native, Pharoahe Monch featuring Brooklynite Talib Kweli and Chi-town boy Common. Can you handle it?

Pharoahe Monch w/ Talib Kweli & Common - The Truth

The Truth

Today we return to an #EDAS tradition, Rasta Mon-Day. Let's start this week off right with some vibes from the GFOR (Godfather of Rocksteady), Alton Ellis.

The Godfather Himself, Alton Ellis

Nowadays when I tell someone about Alton, I introduce him as "possibly the greatest singer in the history of the world."

Do you agree? He seems to think it's true.

Alton Ellis - It's True

MKL

Today's post goes out to a very special lady in my life. She has been an important character throughout the last few chapters of the book of my life, by my side since I was a young idiot many years ago (/still today). My partner in art, (some) business, dogcare, life and love, today is an ode to how much she means to me Every Day. Today on the anniversary of her beautiful and from what I hear, somewhat simian-esque birth, I dedicate this song by the lovely Sir PaulMac to his original soulmate and similarly creative fairer-half Linda, to my soulmate and similarly creative half Katie.  I wish you another happy joyous birthday and many more to come. 

All My Love,

Me

Paul McCartney - Long Haired Lady

Filligar Friday

I spent last night backstage at Bowery Ballroom with Chicago's most rockin' youngins, Filligar. These guys are true students of Rock 'N Roll and have quickly become one of my favorite bands of the day not only because of their timeless sound, but also because they are just cool as hell. We got lost in a one hour interview before they rocked a packed house of schloppy fans into sonic ecstasy, broken leg and all. 

The Boys via Filligar's Flickr

Brothers John (Guitar & Vocals), Pete (Drums), and Teddy (Bass) Mathais as well as childhood friend Casey Gibson (Keys), bring a sound foundation of talent and soul to Filligar's live shows and records a like, leaving a trail of hardcore fans behind them as they tour the country. They make a stop tomorrow at the Escape to New York festival (which takes place on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in the Hamptons) before hitting up another Festival in Maine next weekend. If you can't make it out to either, pick up their newest album, The Nerve, to see where their varied musical influences have taken them at this stage of their career. Don't delay, they way these guys talk, they have no plans on standing still for any amount of time, probably best to get caught up in their whirlwind sooner rather than later. Best of luck to Filligar, especially my boy Pete, and I look forward to hearing much, much more about them in the near (or far) future.

Come back soon for the more of interview and pics from an epic night with Filligar. 

Filligar - Not Gonna Settle

Indian Tattoo

This is the Tattoo I want to get over the entirety of my left upper arm. Other locations I'm considering, Thigh, Calf and Face. Any input??

I'm semi-just kidding, but the above Native illustration is the cover art for a mega under-appreciated album by Full Blooded Kiowa-Comanche Jesse Ed Davis. Davis, who got his start playing guitar for Taj Mahal, but went on to record with such giants as John Lennon, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Jackson Browne and Keith Moon. Initially dubbed a Session Musician, he finally decided to record his self-titled  solo debut in the early 70's. Word on the street is he just brought equal amounts of  recording equipment and contraband and invited Eric Clapton, Gram Parsons and Father Time himself, Leon Russell to join him and just let it rip. The product definitely stands the test of time as you will see below. Jesse Ed Davis, another name in a long line of unsung Native American Musical Heroes.

Jesse 'Ed' Davis - Tulsa County

Heatstrokes

Gosh it's hot out. We just broke a record in Central Park and I'm pretty earlier today I broke a record for fastest getting angry at the heat upon leaving one's house. Let's keep closing out our weeks on a high note with the flavor of the electro-month, SBTRKT. 

This British masked-marauder just dropped his debut album last month to a veritable heatwave of his own considering his white-hot reception from critics and artists alike. The album is a contradiction; beautiful old-world instrument sounds juxtaposed with borderline Dubstep production techniques. The sound SBTRKT is able to lay down is a completely elemental human vibe, one that our ancestors have been jamming on for thousands of years. What sets these apart from most ancient rhythms however, is you probably wont hear any other caveman jams in the Clubs this summer. Here is one of hottest singles off the album, Wildfire. Stay cool all.     

Sbtrkt featuring Little Dragon - Wildfire

Get Your Snifters Up

Ffinally... (see yesterday) Maybe it was just me, but was that not the longest-short week ever?

Yabadaba-DONE

Bringin' it home to quitting time this week is Bop Alloy, the collaboration between Baltimore rapper Substantial and Seattle producer Marcus D. 

This Rap style brings me back to that classic era Long Island/Queens sound from Tribe and De La Soul that has kept hip-hop-heads bouncing for over 30 Years. The beats are sick, the rhymes are great and whole album sounds like it should be listened to with a snifter of brandy in hand. Take whatever you've been working on, put it to bed and get out there and enjoy your weekend.

Bop Alloy - Save The Day

Greetings Mortals

Hat tip to my girl Megan (click her deliciousness here) on this one, but Portland export Unknown Mortal Orchestra is currently supplying my Thursday with it's necessary grooves. You can stream their whole self titled debut on Spin's website right now. It's a really good listen capable of eeking you closer and closer to that glorious Friday. 

Even though they look like the only three people who could be beaten up by Michael Cera, these awk-looking kids pack a serious punch as they hit the scene with this tune, Ffunny Ffriends. Oddly enuff, it's not the ffirst time we've had a Double-F here on #EDAS, (click here to teleport). Catch them in NYC September 14 when they come to Webster Hall with Toro y Moi (tix here). Out of towners, including some dates in Europe, check the rest of their tour dates here.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Ffunny Ffriends