Cat Power... Sun

Released August 29, 2012
Recorded 2007–12 in Malibu; The Boat Studio, Silverlake; South Beach Studios, Miami and Motorbass Studio, Paris
Length  48:50
Label Matador Producer Cat Power


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As Chan did with this album there is not a set timeline no matter how hard you try. With that being said that's what makes this album jump out at me. I had heard of Cat Power years before, so I had an appreciation of her work. So when I heard the track Ruin on KCRW I had to Sound hound this song, because it blew me away as most most the songs I've heard of Cat Power were acoustic and these song felt deeper. Not that she wasn't deep before(in my opinion most songs that are intimate and acoustic are deeper than electric). But hearing her in electric is almost like the third dimension going 4D... straight fucking trip.

every time that i turn on my stereo in the work truck or my mp3 player Cat Power's Manhattan is always playing and it always seem's fitting for every moment, which is rare for anything and especially that seems like  an accusation of not having enough to be a proper lie. She's so subtle but so obvious of common themes.

During plenty of time when I've been floating between tracks I get caught on a track that makes me stop. And in of those moments recently I was caught by Cat Power's Nothing But Time... not because Iggy Pop is on this track. But because of Chan's soul she gives in this song. She's screaming about fighting to keep above water long enough to breath and to enjoy what matters aside from every expectation. She is a poet that can inspire beyond me, I wish I could be as great with my words.

So with that being said I wish you would give this album a chance and I would wish that you would
PASS IT ON and don't forget to listen to my friends on http://www.skidrowstudios.com/ LIke LEE on the PInata Hour or my Friend Mindee from the hotbox
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1."Cherokee" 4:45
2."Sun" 3:19
3."Ruin" 4:33
4."3,6,9" 4:00
5."Always on My Own" 2:23
6."Real Life" 2:37
7."Human Being" 3:28
8."Manhattan" 5:16
9."Silent Machine" 4:00
10."Nothin' But Time" 10:55
11."Peace and Love"

Black Love... Afghan Whigs

 
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Released: March 12, 1996
Recorded: August/September 1995
Length: 51:56
label: Elektra (CD)Sub Pop (vinyl) Mute
Producer:Greg Dulli

I guess this one comes from a darker place. I don't know why it's like that, but I feel like I need to actually write about something isn't always life affirming. Somethings are easy to write about, that way. I guess that's why, I choose the Afghan Whigs Black Love... I guess at this point in my life I can really look back at relationship and lifestyle as an adult. There's nothing wrong with how things have been to this point, but listening to songs like Double Day I can see where I came up short. Obviously there's anger in some of the outcomes in life, but you learn to with things as they happen... and sometimes that outcome is better.

Aggression comes in many forms, frustration is one of the ways it comes out. The realization of wasting time is one that's always been my trigger. That's when I make I usually move, like when I feel a relationship is going nowhere and I'm wasting my time. I've been there in the past and I know when things are gonna end up that way, from this point in my life. And that's were the song Honky's Ladder comes in, its because its about taking charge of the short comings and making it your own.

And when all is over and the dust settled in your lungs, you understand something about where you failed and where you need to grow. So when I hear the song Faded it sounds like an understanding of how things went but that there is a hope you don't understand now, but sometime in the future you'll appreciate that pain.

I know this is another 90's album but I think this is an album that should not be forgotten, not just because its part of me growing up, but because it speaks to more people than myself so that's why I say PASS IT ON... so at this point I'd to shout out my Homie Mindee @ The Hot Box
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All tracks composed by Greg Dulli.
 "Crime Scene Part One" – 5:59
 "My Enemy" – 3:10
 "Double Day" – 4:40
 "Blame, Etc." – 4:11
 "Step into the Light" – 3:40
 "Going to Town" – 3:16
 "Honky's Ladder" – 4:15
 "Night by Candlelight" – 3:40
 "Bulletproof" – 6:37
 "Summer's Kiss" – 3:55
 "Faded" – 8:25

Fishbone...Chim Chim's Badass Revenge

Released: May 21, 1996
Recorded: at Indigo Ranch Studios In Malibu,California
Length: 68:32
Label: Rowdy Records/Arista Records
Producer: Dallas Austin and Fishbone
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I've been sitting on this one for a while Chim Chim's Badass Revenge... or least I have been in my head. Fishbone is one of those bands that I'm not really a fan of their style, I'm talking about Ska people. But Fishbone has always been more than a Ska band to me because they mix all kinds of crazy stuff.

For example listen to "In The Cube" and if you don't hear the obvious Funk in it, your some kind of moron. Even the lyrics strike me as something that Parliament-Funkadelic would write. Funky lyrics and something of a higher message about life. It reminds me of the Funkadelic line that goes "What is soul?, I don't know, Huh, uh Soul is a joint rolled in toilet paper".

More Funk came to me in the track "Psychologically Overcast", that's the soul of the whole song. Even the hook sounds hella Funky and it only gets better when Busta Ryhmes. That part right there really caught me off guard, because it didn't seem like something would ever happen. But then you think about it, both Fishbone and Busta Ryhmes were both doing bigger things when this one came out, way back in 1996.

Sometimes a funny line in a song makes the song for me, like the song "Alcoholic" where they say "scratch the record" followed a few lines later with "burn the spaghetti". Those two lines make me laugh every time I hear them.

So again I'm gonna leave you with an album that is great and that you should "PASS IT ON"


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1. "Intro" 1:41
2. "Chim Chim's Badass Revenge" 4:27
3. "In The Cube" 8:32
4. "Beergut" 3:39
5. "Interlude 1" 1:57
6. "Psychologically Overcast" 5:06
7. "Alcoholic" 4:43
8. "Love...Hate" 6:44
9. "Interlude 2" 1:08
10. "Riot" 0:56
11. "Monkey Dick" 4:35
12. "Sourpuss" 7:14
13. "Rock Star" 5:09
14. "Pre Nutt" 3:11
15. "Fight For the Nuttmeg" 10:30