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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....

Sorry


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




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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.



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 DylanNo 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 ManShawn 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


DOC Rx: Danger Mouse




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 BoyMurs
Somersault (Danger Mouse Remix)Zero 7 feat. Mf Doom
Baby Did You Hear (Danger Mouse Remix)Verve


BEATS OFF

The DOC's music prescriptions.

COOL VIOLATIONS

What they are and how to mock them.

DOC Rx: Ghostface Killah




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


There is this reoccurring term I’ve been using to describe a certain sect of people lately. “Yo-Pro’s” (short for young professionals). You know the ones: suit not normally tailored well, NEVER WITHOUT THE BLACKBERRY/IPHONE/PALM hands-free device bullshit...