Journal

Two hours of the St. Louis Blues in very rough chronological order.

Swing Plus #85
11/17/09 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
http://www.kbrpradio.com

1- St. Louis Blues – W.C. Handy’s Memphis Blues Band 1922
2- St. Louis Blues – Marion Harris 1920
3- St. Louis Blues – Fats Waller (organ)
4- St. Louis Blues – Louis Armstrong Hot 5s & 7s
5- American Symphonic Suite Based on St. Louis Blues – Concordia Orchestra
6- St. Louis Blues – Irving Mills & his Hotsy Totsy Gang
7- St. Louis Blues – Boswell Sisters
8- St. Louis Blues – Washboard Rhythm Kings
9- St. Louis Blues – Ray Noble
10- New St. Louis Blues – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
11- St. Louis Blues – Cab Calloway
12- St. Louis Blues – Billie Holiday w/Benny Carter
13- St. Louis Blues – Mills Brothers
14- St. Louis Blues – Roy Eldridge
15- Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues – Earl Hines
16- St. Louis Blues – Harry James live 4/1946
17- St. Louis Blues – Charles Brown
18- St. Louis Blues – Dizzy Gillespie
19- St. Louis Blues – Babs Gonzales
20- St. Louis Blues – Svend Asmussen 1946
21- St. Louis Blues pt 1 & 2 – Billy Eckstine & The Metronome Allstars
22- St. Louis Blues – Slim Gaillard
23- St. Louis Blues – Lonnie Johnson
24- St. Louis Blues Mambo – Perez Prado
25- St. Louis Blues – Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra live 1968
26- St. Louis Blues – Sun Ra solo
27- St. Louis Blues – Sweet Hollywaiians

This from the HOTTEST FEMALE SONGS!!! Kind-off like Triple J's Hottest 100 of All-time early in the year but only female artists because there was very few women in Triple J's countdown. It's run by a new beer called Hummingbird and some pay TV channel (I don't know which one because I don't watch it). It's a cool idea and I found it so hard to cut it down just to ten in the end so I just made my own 100 tracks from my favourite female artists.


My Top Ten Votes
1. Portishead - Glory Box
2. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
3. Sarah Blasko - {Explain}
4. Nina Simone - Sinnerman
5. Fiona Apple - Fast as You Can
6. Björk - Army Of Me
7. Cat Power - Cross Bones Style
8. Beth Orton - Stolen Car
9. PJ Harvey - This Is Love
10. Magic Dirt - Dirty Jeans

This was very, very, very, very hard (have I made it clear how hard this was?) But I picked songs which I could listen to on repeat which I have done in the past (not here on last.fm yet). Most tracks are from the 90's too (I grew-up in that decade, if you haven't all ready guessed). It seems like last.fm's journals are made up of long lists of songs so I've joined in again with my very, very long short list of songs that didn't make it into the top ten. These songs can be any thing that I love really It's from A to Z (well it's Y really, then V). It's selected from the list of tracks which are on their website but I've added a few of my own ones at the end. If you have no idea what I'm talking about go here and read all about it (there's only 4 days left to vote so hop too it).
http://www.hummingbird100.com/home

Aimee Mann - Save Me
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Beth Orton - Galaxy Of Emptiness
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
Björk - Pagan Poetry
Björk - Violently Happy
Blondie - Union City Blue
Blondie - X Offender
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billy Joe
The Breeders - Cannonball
Cat Power - Living Proof
Carpenters - Close to You
Christina Aguilera - The Voice Within
Clare Bowditch - Lips Like Oranges
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Duffy - Syrup & Honey
Dusty Springfield - Breakfast In Bed
Eartha Kitt - I Want To Be Evil
Ella Fitzgerald - Black Coffee
Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind
Fiona Apple - Never Is a Promise
Fiona Apple - Red Red Red
Gabriella Cilmi - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
Janis Joplin - Tell Mama
Jessica Simpson - Angels
Jewel - Morning Song
Joan Baez - Suzanne
Joanna Newsom - The Book of Right-On
Joni Mitchell - Come in From the Cold
Kasey Chambers - Pony
Kate Bush - How to Be Invisible
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Kylie Minogue - Slow
Loretta Lynn - Fist City
M.I.A - Pull Up The People
Madonna - What It Feels Like for a Girl
Marianne Faithfull - Something Better
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Nico - Femme Fatale
Nina Simone - Feeling Good
Patsy Cline - Life's Railway To Heaven
Patti Smith - Because the Night
Peggy Lee - Don't Smoke In Bed
PJ Harvey - C'mon Billy
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Portishead - Humming
Portishead - The Rip
The Pretenders - I Go to Sleep
The Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu
Regina Spektor - Samson
Renee Geyer - I Scare Myself
Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
Rihanna - Unfaithful
Sarah Blasko - No Turning Back
Sarah Blasko - Perfect Now
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
The Seekers - 500 Miles
Tiffany - I Think We Are Alone Now
Tori Amos - A Sorta Fairytale
Tori Amos - Blood Roses
The Veronicas - 4ever
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control
Yoko Ono - Walking on Thin Ice
Some tracks I think should be on the list but are not so I've added them here:
Alela Diane - White As Diamonds
The Audreys - Lay Me Down
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Resolve
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
Divinyls - Boys in Town
The Drones - Work For Me
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train
Emilíana Torrini - Heartstopper
Emmylou Harris - Every Grain of Sand
Gillian Welch - Everything is Free
Jane Birkin - My Secret
Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea - Better off Dancing
Jolie Holland - Old Fashioned Morphine
Jolie Holland - Mexico City
Karen Dalton - Are You Leaving for the Country
Karen Dalton - Down On The Street (Don't You Follow Me Down)
Lene Lovich - Bird Song
L7 - Shitlist
Martina Topley-Bird - Anything
Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
The Paradise Motel - Bad Light
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Down by the Riverside
The Triffids - Raining Pleasure
The White Stripes - In the Cold, Cold Night
Vashti Bunyan - Rainbow River

So that is it. It wasn't so hard really (but cutting it down to ten was). I've most likely missed something which I'll remember later and be kicking myself about but I'm pretty happy with this mix. It seems my favorite female singer songwriter is Beth Gibbons with my number 1 track in my top ten. Plus two more Portishead songs and one from Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man project album. If you don't know she wrote My Secret for Jane Birkin a few years ago too. That adds up to five tracks out of one hundred which is not many but more that anyone else.

Anyway what do you think??? I liked writing these journal entries but I do like reading you comments and It's also the only way I can tell if anyone has been reading or looking at them. Thanks and bye for now.

While the Fantasy Festival is fun 15 artists is too restricting so this is how it would really be.

Legends Stage

Lou Reed
Patti Smith
Joni Mitchell
Bob Dylan
Led Zeppelin
Neil Young
The Rolling Stones
The Beach Boys
The Doors
Billie Holiday
Nina Simone

Future Legends Stage

Sonic Youth
Tori Amos
Cat Power
Björk
Tegan and Sara
Radiohead
Bright Eyes
Death Cab for Cutie
Rufus Wainwright
Bat for Lashes
Neko Case
Beck
Amy Winehouse
PJ Harvey
Erykah Badu

New Weird America Stage

Vashti Bunyan
Devendra Banhart
Six Organs of Admittance
Joanna Newsom
CocoRosie
Iron & Wine
Antony and the Johnsons
Spleen
Born Heller
Animal Collective
Lightspeed Champion
My Brightest Diamond
Scout Niblett

D.A.N.C.E Stage

Donna Summer
Róisín Murphy
Patrick Wolf
M.I.A.
Justice
Basement Jaxx
Simian Mobile Disco
School of Seven Bells
Santigold
Calvin Harris
Tiësto
LCD Soundsystem

Banding Together (Band Stage)

Bloc Party
Kasabian
Blonde Redhead
Bon Iver
Grizzly Bear
Metric
Love
Final Fantasy
Joy Division
The Cardigans
The Decemberists
Bombay Bicycle Club
Sigur Rós
Camera Obscura
The Arcade Fire
The Fiery Furnaces
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Placebo
The 5,6,7,8's
CSS
Fleet Foxes
Florence + The Machine

One Lonely Girl (Female Solo Stage)

St. Vincent
Alela Diane
Lykke Li
Maria Taylor
Jill Scott
Martha Wainwright
Nerina Pallot
Françoise Hardy
Vienna Teng
Fiona Apple
Chrisette Michele
Norah Jones
Feist
Peaches
Camille
A Fine Frenzy
Regina Spektor

Never Forgotten Stage

Elliott Smith
Jeff Buckley
Laura Nyro
Nico
Aaliyah
Marvin Gaye
Jimi Hendrix
John Lennon

I stumbled upon Annie Sellick while browsing Tommy Emmanuel clips at Youtube.

She's just great, check her out and make her famous by spreading the word ;o)

With Tommy Emmanuel and Pat Bergeson:



With Joey DeFrancesco, Pat Bergeson and Jim White:



Just some more crosslinks to spread the word ;o)
Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Diana Krall, Ella Fitzgerald, Madeleine Peyroux, Jane Monheit

the_red_shoes's top albums (3 months)
1. Azure Ray - Azure Ray (58) 2. Janet Baker, Raimund Herincx, Etc.; Anthony Lewis: English Chamber Orchestra - Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (56) 3. Lou Reed - Ecstasy (48) 4. Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill (48) 5. Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer [Alternate Tracks] (45) 6. The Replacements - Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? (42) 7. Sinéad O'Connor - Gospel Oak (40) 8. Buddy Holly - Greatest Hits (40) 9. Florence and The Machine - Lungs (37) 10. The Battle of Land and Sea - The Battle of Land and Sea (34) 11. Susan Graham, Ian Bostridge, Etc.; Emmanuelle Haïm: Le Concert D`Astrée, European Voices - Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (34) 12. Anne Sophie Von Otter, Lynne Dawson, Etc.; Trevor Pinnock: The English Concert & Choir - Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (33) 13. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (29) 14. Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (29) 15. Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged (28) 16. DJ Earworm - www.djearworm.com" href="http://www.last.fm/music/DJ+Earworm/www.djearworm.com" class="bbcode_album">http://www.djearworm.com nofollow=yes (26) 17. Robyn Hitchcock - Eye (26) 18. Sia - Some People Have REAL Problems (26) 19. Various Artists - Veronica Guerin (25) 20. Billie Holiday - The Complete Decca Recordings Disc 1 (25) 21. Maria Taylor - LadyLuck (25) 22. David Bowie - Best Of Bowie (25) 23. Billie Holiday - The Complete Decca Recordings, Disc 2 (24) 24. Kristin Hersh - Speedbath (24) 25. Tom Waits - Glitter And Doom Live (24) 26. R.E.M. - Eponymous (24) 27. Imogen Heap - Ellipse (23) 28. Tom Waits - Glitter And Doom: Tom Waits In Concert (23) 29. Bud Powell - Ultimate Bud Powell (22) 30. Metric - Black Session #302 - 31.Aug.20 (22) 31. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love (Digitally Rema (22) 32. Sarah Slean - Night Bugs (22) 33. Various Artists - Curse Your Branches (21) 34. Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel (21) 35. William Shakespeare - Richard II - Michael Pennington in ESC (21) 36. Sarah Slean - Day One (21) 37. Martin Carthy - Martin Carthy (20) 38. Marilyn Monroe - The Very Best of Marilyn Monroe (20) 39. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (19) 40. Various Artists - Until the End of the World (19) 41. Eurythmics - Touch (19) 42. Local Natives - Daytrotter Session - 3/12/2009 (19) 43. Warren Zevon - Stand In the Fire: Live At The Roxy (w/Bonus Tracks) (19) 44. The Beatles - Anthology 1 [Disc 2] (19) 45. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads (18) 46. VNV Nation - Futureperfect (18) 47. Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros - Global a Go-go (18) 48. Morrissey - Swords (18) 49. Wye Oak - If Children (18) 50. Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (18)

I enjoy the stats portion of Last.fm more than anything else around here, and I find that some of the tools that are out there for extending the statistics are quite impressive.

Here is something I generated that I found too big for my about me section as I already have a few things there.

It's quite amusing how some completely random listens have found their way into the "milestones".



I also find it a little funny if one does it again with 1000 track steps. Since then it shows a lot of repeated artists:

Two hours of Lester Young & some of the saxophonists he influenced.

Swing Plus #83
11/3/09 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
http://www.kbrpradio.com

1- Oh, Lady Be Good – Kansas City Five
2- I Got Rhythm live – Count Basie
3- Foolin’ Myself – Billie Holiday
4- I Can’t Get Started – Nat King Cole & Lester Young
5- Jammin’ With Lester – Lester Young
6- Polka Dots & Moonbeams – Lester Young
7- Honeysuckle Rose – Charlie Parker with Jay McShann
8- I Found a New Baby – Nat King Cole & Dexter Gordon
9- One For Prez – Wardell Gray
10- Them There Eyes – Gene Ammons
11- Jive at Five – Paul Quinichette
12- Salute to Pres – Flip Phillips
13- Four Brothers – Jimmy Giuffre
14- Five Brothers – Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Allen Eager, Brew Moore
15- The Swinging Door – Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Herbie Steward, Serge Chaloff
16- They Can’t Take That Away From Me – Stan Getz
17- Blowin’ Country – Bud Shank & Bob Cooper
18- Venus De Milo – Gerry Mulligan
19- I Never Knew – Warne Marsh & Ted Brown
20- Blues for Lester – Budd Johnson
21- Blue Lester – Nat Pierce
22- Lament for Lester – Buddy Rich
23- Lester Leaps Again – Dave Pell with Pres Conference

Here are 52 tracks (49 currently streamable, mostly 'full track', from 22 artists), from the top of last week's Swing group track chart. They're the tracks, from Swing's 166 connected artists, where four or more of the group's 614 members have listened, during last week.

I've tagged all the tracks swing connected top tracks 18 oct 09 (globaly here, in my library here).

Subscribers can hear them, as a PTT radio: via Flash, on the webpage or on the Last.FM player.

Please over-tag the tracks you like, to improve the global tag and help make that playable. If you'd like to comment on the artist connections, please do so -> here.

Please let me know hoe you like the list and radios, in general.

Amy Winehouse: Back To Black Rehab Some Unholy War
Artie Shaw: Back Bay Shuffle
Benny Goodman: Body And Soul Bugle Call Rag Goodbye King Porter Stomp Let's Dance Moonglow Sing, Sing, Sing Stompin' at the Savoy

Billie Holiday: All Of Me I'll Be Seeing You
Cab Calloway: Minnie the Moocher
Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode
Dean Martin: Ain't That A Kick In The Head Memories Are Made Of This
Duke Ellington: It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Elvis Presley: Blue Suede Shoes Don't Be Cruel Jailhouse Rock Little Sister Suspicious Minds

Etta James: At Last
Frank Sinatra: Come Fly With Me Fly Me To The Moon I've Got You Under My Skin New York, New York The Lady Is A Tramp

Glenn Miller: In The Mood Moonlight Serenade
Jerry Lee Lewis: Great Balls of Fire
Lionel Hampton: Flying Home
Louis Armstrong: What A Wonderful World
Miles Davis: All Blues Blue In Green Freddie Freeloader Love For Sale So What

Norah Jones: Don't Know Why
Peggy Lee: Fever
Ray Charles: Hit The Road Jack I Got A Woman
The Beatles: Help! Let It Be Ticket to Ride
The Brian Setzer Orchestra: The Dirty Boogie
Thelonious Monk: Evonce Humph Suburban Eyes Thelonious