Thursday, December 13, 2007

Okkervil River: Free "Golden Opportunities" Mixtape

Okkerville River - Golden Opportunities mixtape

Okkervil Rvier is offering a digital mixtape called Golden Opportunities as a free download. These guys have excellent taste.

We recorded these songs at radio stations, at shows, in peoples' apartments, in hotel stairways. They were done here and there all around the United States and Europe, with the eventual intention of being rounded up in this collection. You can download artwork for the album from this site for making a physical copy of the CD packaging.

  1. April Anne (John Phillips)
  2. Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear (Randy Newman)
  3. I Want To Know (Charles F. Olsen/Ed Sanders)
  4. Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb)
  5. I Came Here To Say Im Going Away (Serge Gainsbourg/Trans. By W. Sheff)
  6. The Blonde In The Bleachers (Joni Mitchell)
  7. Antarctica Starts Here (John Cale)
  8. Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas (Will Sheff)
  9. Solo (Sandy Denny)

» I Want My MP3s!
» okkervilriver.com

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Stockholm Syndrome: tour dates

Stockholm Syndrome - Dave Schools

Rockband Stockholm Syndrome has reformed for a short USA tour. They perform at the XMAS Jam in Asheville before hitting the road in February 2008.

  • 12/14 Orange Peel Asheville, NC
  • 12/15 Asheville Civic Center Asheville, NC
  • 02/15 Fri The Independent San Francisco, CA
  • 02/16 Sat The Independent San Francisco, CA
  • 02/18 Harry O's Park City, UT
  • 02/19 Belly Up Aspen, CO
  • 02/20 Street Beat in Vail Village Vail, CO
  • 02/22 Fox Theatre Boulder, CO
  • 02/23 Gothic Theatre Denver, CO

MP3: Stockholm Syndrome - Counter-Clock World
(Live at De Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2004/05/11)

» stockholmsyndromeband.com
» myspace.com/stockholmsyndrometheband

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Ike Turner (1931-2007)

Ike Turner has left the planet. His unique guitar tone was first heard on Rocket 88. He will best remembered for the string of classic singles with his then wife Tina (he used to kick he around too).

To all whom who loved and cherished Ike, those who were fortunate to know Ike, the many of you who have supported Ike and connected with Ike through the music it is with sadness and a heavy heart that we announce that Ike passed today at the age of 76.

Watch this clip of I Want To Take You Higher, recorded live in 2002 at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague.

MP3: Ike Turner - Rocket 88
MP3: Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits

» iketurner.com

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