Turquoise Wisdom: Like A Coat From The Cold (A Mixtape)

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Turquoise Wisdom here with another installment of my Sad Seasons mixtape series for AD. This time around we're thinking about winter. ps- I have officially joined the future and started a 'lil website to regularly post jams from my record collection, that's here: playitasitlathes.com. Onward! zc/tw

1. Terry Callier - Dancing Girl (excerpt) - What Color Is Love - Cadet (w/ a sampled introduction by Gil Scott Heron. RIP to both of you.)
2. Robert Wyatt - Biko - Work In Progress - Rough Trade . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Tashaki Miyaki (The Flamingos / Replacements)

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Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus.

Aquarium Drunkard's Lagniappe Sessions return with  Tashaki Miyaki. Here, the ethereal Los Angeles dream-pop three piece lay down a resonating, haunting rendition of The Flamingos "I Only Have Eyes For You", coupled with a narcotized take on the Mats "Unsatisfied". Drummer and vocalist Lucy Miyaki, in her . . .

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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can be heard twice every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.

SIRIUS 276: Jean Michel Bernard — Generique Stephane ++ Loose Fur - Hey Chicken ++ Fuzz - This Time I Got A Reason ++ Brian Eno - Needles In The Camel's Eye ++ Ghetto Cross - Still ++ Atlas Sound - Doctor ++ Cass McCombs - The Same Things ++ Chris Cohen - Optimist High ++ Pet Politics - The Ghost Mary And Her Friends ++ Jana Hunter - New Orleans . . .

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MV & EE :: Space Homestead

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Space Homestead finds Matthew Valentine (MV) and Erika Elder (EE) continuing their association with taste-making label Woodsist, and offers a fine summation of the group’s distinct brand of naturalist boogie and rural Beat music. Recorded at various locales over an undetermined amount of time and featuring various co-conspirators including Woods’ Jeremy Earl, Sunburned’s John Maloney, and J Mascis, Space Homestead feels like an ideal entry point into an intimidating but rewarding discography.

MV & EE do . . .

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Clover :: Mr. Moon

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Speaking of the Band, here's one from an old mix I put together entitled Band Not Band. In short, the homemade compilation consisted of tunes from stylistically simpatico artists -- most of whom were contemporaries of the Band (e.g. Goose Creek Symphony, shack-era Link Wray, etc). Here's the song that kicked it off, Clover's "Mr. Moon" -- a little slice of country rock, a la The Big Pink,

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The Byrds And Earl Scruggs :: You Ain’t Going Nowhere

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Taken from the excellent Earl Scruggs: The Bluegrass Legend: Family and Friends -- the 1972 flick that captures Scruggs and his two sons playing with the Byrds and Dylan, then taking a pilgrimage to Joan Baez's Laurel Canyon home. Get your mind off the wintertime. words/ m garner

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Mike Cooley :: The Fool On Every Corner

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Mike Cooley was born too late. Had he come of age in the era of Willie and Waylon, there’s little doubt he’d have given the greats a run for their gambling chips, blessed as he is with a booming voice reminiscent of Cash, a distinctive guitar style, and above all, the songs to contend with the legends. This is not to say he hasn’t had at least one lucky break — as a founding member of Drive-By Truckers, he’s had the privilege of playing in one of the greatest rock and roll bands America’s produced . . .

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The Band :: Genuine Bootleg Series 4: Crossing The Great Divide

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Happy New Year -- The Band's Genuine Bootleg Series 4: Crossing The Great Divide.

"3 CD The Band bootleg released in 1997, not to be confused with the official Across the Great Divide box set. This is the third release in The Genuine Bootleg Series, for some reason sub-titled Take 4. The two first bootleg boxes, The Genuine Bootleg Series, and The Genuine Bootleg Series, Take 2, were mainly filled with Dylan material. Take 4 only has a small amount of Dylan content that is available elsewhere. A Take 3 . . .

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New Year’s Eve :: AD Presents Black Lips, New Orleans

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Once again: New Year's Eve with Black Lips. New Orleans - One Eyed Jacks. The Orwells and King Louie's Missing Monuments join the festivities. We're giving away three pairs of tickets to AD readers. To land a pair, leave your name and email address below. Tickets waiting at will-call night of show; winners notified via email . . .

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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can be heard twice every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.

Tis the season. Download the vintage Holiday mixtape, HERE. . .

SIRIUS 274: Jean Michel Bernard — Generique . . .

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A Reflection: Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Charlie Brown Christmas

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There’s loneliness and companionship, joy and despair, truth-seeking and blithe celebration, all during what’s marketed to be the most wonderful time of the year. Your interpretation of the season begets your holiday spirit, whatever version it may be — bah humbug and good tidings. It’s little surprise then that Charlie Brown’s soundtrack, as well as our own, is something just as introspective and shifting. Something like jazz . . .

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Tom Waits :: Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis

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In December of 1978, Tom Waits recorded an episode of Austin City Limits. The now-mainstay music program was in its relative infancy - only its fourth season - and had built a solid fanbase of Americana music enthusiasts. As the ACL website notes:

"...the show came in through the back door, so to speak. Terry Lickona, who became producer in Season 4, was trying to book singer Leon Redbone. Redbone and Waits shared a manager, who promptly requested that Terry book his other . . .

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Christmas With The Louvin Brothers (1961)

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Christmas music: It ain't for everyone. But then, it is for some. In later years, I’ve gravitated more towards the solemn, poetic hymns that predate by a matter of centuries the sentimental oom-pa-pa of most Christmas music. (Though, that being said, I’m a total sucker for “Jingle Bell Rock”; forgive me.), and Christmas With the Louvin Brothers is just as solemn as you’d expect. It’s strange, and compelling, to hear those heavily accented voices chiming . . .

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Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble :: Hard Luck Soul

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Hard Luck Soul, originally pressed in 1971, is the result of a single recording session by the Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble, a group led by Ohio State Penitentiary inmates Reynard Birtha and Logan Rollins, nephew of Sonny. The story goes that the two men — on trumpet and alto sax, respectively — were the lone talents in their ensemble, left to choose from the slim pickings of the prison pit band . . .

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