Pat Rock on Jan 11th, 2010Monday Jam: The Shandells - Go Go Gorilla
I think I’ve written before that I like to wake up and race to work like a napalm dropping Super Sabre. This of course requires a certain variety of toe tapping music that really gets the gas pedal feeling juicy. I never know what I’m looking for. I only know when I [...]
Pat Rock on Jan 4th, 2010Monday Jam: Johnny Cash - No Expectation
Maybe an appropriate song for a new year and a new decade. Johnny Cash’s excellent cover of the Rolling Stone’s No Expectations
Take me to the station
And put me on a train
I’ve got no expectations
To pass through here again
Once I was a rich man and
Now I am so poor
Happy new year, happy new decade.
Pat Rock on Aug 18th, 2009Monday Jam: Mohammed Rafi - Jaan Pehechaan Ho
Let’s keep with that India thing by grooving to this swinging hit all the way from the Sub-Continent, Mohammed Rafi’s Jaan Pehechaan Ho. If you recognize this song it’s because it’s the song that Enid (Thora Birch) is dancing to at the beginning of Ghostworld
I need some bouncy faux-rock Bollywood today because I dropped [...]
Pat Rock on Aug 10th, 2009Monday Jam: Shelter - Message of the Bhagavat (and happy birthday to me)
Of all the things that hardcore music gave us in the 90s maybe the thing that stands out most to me is the existence of the band Shelter, a Hare Krishna hardcore band. Which are 4 words that aren’t supposed to be in that exact order, ever.
I’ve owned their album Mantra forever, and still [...]
Pat Rock on Jul 22nd, 2009Monday Jam (On Wed.): Bo Diddley - Mona
More moldy oldies to get you swingin’. Here’s Bo Diddley’s Mona. No particular reason except I’ve always liked this song. And of course it’s Bo Diddley.
Pat Rock on Jul 13th, 2009Monday Jam: Sheriff and the Ravels - Shombolar
Unhinged DooWop, what could be better? Give this a listen, if you don’t tap your feet and snap your fingers then you have a soul of stone, and there’s no hope for you.
Shombolar
Pat Rock on Jun 8th, 2009Monday (Slow) Jam: Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To
This song is a break from our normal format, but I’ve always liked it. I heard it in the background of something the other day so I tracked it down and now here it is for your enjoyment: Love Like Me You Used To.
(I didn’t know this, but according to Tucker’s wikipedia page she [...]
Pat Rock on May 19th, 2009Monday Jam on Tuesday: The Pixies - River Euphrates
I haven’t posted any Pixies for a while so here’s a nice barn burner for you: River Euphrates
Pat Rock on May 11th, 2009Monday Jam: Avail - Scuffletown
It’s a beautiful beautiful day
Yeppers it sure is. The sun is shining over the canal here in beautiful downtown Indy so I thought I’d put up this nice little ditty from Avail’s Over the James.
Clicky to listen: Scuffletown.
Pat Rock on May 5th, 2009Monday Jam on Tuesday: The Pietasters - Factory Concerto
I’ve been watching a lot of classic Looney Tunes cartoons with my daughter lately and of course they include Carl Stalling’s pieces of Raymond Scott’s “Powerhouse” which the Pietasters borrowed for their single Factory Concerto.
You’ll recognize it as soon as you hear it. Enjoy it!
We’re still slowly getting back to a regular posting schedule [...]