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So I have been meaning to write and fill ya'll in with what's going on in
with this coast, well at least what's going on in my race-guilt
neighborhood in the Southside of Williamsburg, (yes that dirty world
that is in direct connection with the other dirty word on everyone's
lips like MAC lipgloss "hipster") Anyways, I'm checking back into
Phetasy per The Boss to talk about some stuff I have been listening
too...
The only way I know how....
Some of the songs orginally on this playlist we were unable to find on Playlist.com. In order to preserve the integrity of the DOC's playlist, the names are included below.
ChicagoThe Cobbler's Daughter - Kate Rusby
The Fairest Of All Yarrow - Kate Rusby
Four Fingered Fisherman (Modest Mouse cover) - Sun Kil Moon
House Carpenter - Bob Dylan
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [Alternate Take] - Bob Dylan
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues [Alternate Take] - Bob Dylan
Live Long - Kings Of Convenience
Making Pies - Patty Griffin
Man Of Constant Sorrow [TV-Show] - Bob Dylan
Sweet Bride - Kate Rusby
The Weight Of My Words (Four Tet Remix) - Kings Of Convenience
When The Ship Comes In [Live] - Bob Dylan
The Wild Goose - Kate Rusby
This Playlist is Dedicated to Jackie Sisson
- By Director of Cool (DOC)
- Published 05.12.08
 Taken By Trees: Open Field (2007)
This is Victoria Bergsman solo project, you may know home girl from the Stockholm Indie Giant Peter Bjorn and John, and lesser known group The Concrete's. This Swedish group released Open Field in July of 2007. It took me a while to actually find this disc, but once I did it proved to be special. But don't take my word for it, check it out yourself.
- By Director of Cool (DOC)
- Published 04.21.08
Albums get overlooked all the time. Here are a few I think you should know about.
DOC Rx: New Year Immunizations - Just go get them
Bob Dylan – No Direction Home (The Soundtrack) The Dylan stuff is all mostly bootleg, alternate takes, live recordings...
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves This album is great, rock ‘n roll with some real folk and southern overtones.
American Iron Man – Shawn Carter (Jay-Z) vs. Tony Starks (Ghostface Killah) - It's a mixtape that blends both HOV and GFK... I love this!
Wu-Tang Clan - 8 diagrams Their newest release to date... RZA gives you the dark-ass feel of this album. Method Man is a BEAST! on this album, but of course he is. If Meth releases a solo project it’s WAK, but if Method Man is on someone else's record he kills it and almost dominates any track he is on. Example: Campfire - feat. Method Man, Ghostface Killah, and Cappadonna.
Patty Griffin - 1000 Kisses She is amazing! This album is pretty sad, but we all need her songwriting and her powerful voice. And in the words of Ram Doss "The light we are headed towards also embraces the darkness".
Peace & Love
DOC
 Danger Mouse - From Man To Mouse (Import)
Phetasy has that FIRE! The 30 year old New Yorker dropped quite the teaser album on us, before he's willing to give us Gnarls Barkley’s follow up album to St. Elsewhere; Atlantis is due out at some point. (Don't worry I'll remind you about that one.)
In the past few years Danger Mouse had been keeping pretty busy with acts like The Good, The Bad and The Queen, Gorillaz and the King himself, MF Doom. In From Man to Mouse you get more of the DJ side of D.M., with remixes like Big L over Rhode Island’s Non-Prophets’ - Bounce (Sage Francis and Joey Beats make up Non-Prophets). I would say my favorite track is easily To Be a Black Boy performed by L.A.'s very own Murs. Murs tells the story of Marcus Dixon, a Georgia teenager unjustly charged with raping a white girl (if you don't know the story I suggest you check it out). And last but not least the stars aligned for just a moment and two of my favorite musical acts did a track together, that’s right you guessed it, MF Doom and Zero 7 drop Somersault (Danger Mouse Remix) on us. The best parts of both acts shine in this one.
Danger Mouse does amazing job as usual. He shocked the world with The Grey Album (Jay-Z's Black Album and The Beatles' White Album... actually, do I really have to explain this? Seriously....) He made you dance on Demon Days and St. Elsewhere, and on this little teaser I think Danger Mouse wants to affirm his hip-hop roots. We here at Phetasy honor that.
P.S. - A little birdie told me he is also producing The Black Keys’ new album Attack and Release which is supposed be released in 2008.... we will have to wait and see.
Peace for now class, make sure ya'll do your homework.
DOC
Favorite tracks
To A Black Boy – Murs
Somersault (Danger Mouse Remix) – Zero 7 feat. Mf Doom
Baby Did You Hear (Danger Mouse Remix) – Verve
- By Director of Cool (DOC)
- Published 01.20.08
The DOC's music prescriptions.
Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab
Tony Starks a.k.a Ghostface Killah has done it again. Back with a follow up to his so-so release earlier in 2007 More Fish which really should have been an album for his entourage instead of being labeled a GFK album. Nevertheless, Pretty Toney has delivered a monster for Def Jam and the Carter Administration (President Shawn Carter). The Big Doe Rehab has some real grit and anger from Staten Island’s favorite son. With songs like The Barrel Brothers, featuring the fresh-out-of-jail Beanie Sigel and Styles P (formally of the LOX), as well as a classic storybook-style track Yolanda's House, featuring Wu-Tang brothers, Method Man and Raekwon. This album was very much needed in the hip-hop community. With so much "hip-pop" as of late, it’s nice to hear that classic 90's rap sound. Thanks Tony we needed this.
DOC
Favorite tracks
Yolanda's House - feat. Method Man and Raekwon
Supa GFK
Killa Lipstick – feat. Method Man and Masta Killa
December
Some Old:
Tom Petty - Wildflowers He just gets it!
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde The art of song writing
Hector Lavoe - El Cantante Classic Salsa music…(Marc Anthony just redid this album and is no longer called a Guero or Gringo... He's Latin again.
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker It’s just really well written and the harmonica is great on this album
Some New:
Madlib - The Beat Conductor, Vol.3 Live in India. Just listen to it
Oh No - Dr. No’s Oxperiment It's Madlib’s younger and much cleaner sounding brother. AMAZING. Right up there with J Dilla - Donuts
The Audible Doctor - Brownies Exclusive from Fat Beats 6 Ave. btw 10th and 9th. I think the album is great
Some Recent:
Midlake - Trials of Van Occupanther Really great sound. Easy listening
The National - Boxer These boys are from Brooklyn and they put on quite the show
Kevin Drew - Spirit If Lead singer from B.S.S. Canada, who knew?
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil GREAT ROCK N ROLL
Blockhead - Uncle Tony’s Coloring Book The guy that makes Aesop sound so bad ass all these years
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass His best work ever. Maybe not….
Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild I know I know, but it’s good, Sunday morning stuff
If I have to tell anyone about Radiohead - In Rainbows, then get off this site right now and never come back.
THANK YOU
DOC
#22: Playlist of the (Random) Month - September
Makin' Moves
"You got any boxes?"
There was one song originally on this playlist I couldn't find:
Gem Intro - The Love Child
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