a frog who dreamed of being a king

Touch & Go Records recently launched a digital store, including many hard-to-get gems from their fantastic back catalogue. All releases from the T&G store are 256mbps mp3 format and free of any Digital Rights Management stuff. The mp3 albums are $9.99, which means that listeners in the UK currently get them for the princely sum of a fiver.

The first one I treated myself to was Killdozer's 1989 classic of "musical drudgery", 12 Point Buck!

Killdozer - New Pants and Shirt



Tortuously slow, grindingly relentless, downright hilarious - it's so cool to hear this track again. The lyrics sound to me like the words of a frustrated dandy who's stuck in the middle of nowheresville, where no-one understands his sarcasm or appreciates his dress sense. Born in a pigsty but looking at the stars and dreaming of Broadway, maybe.

The way he despairs of his mother at 2.25 makes me laugh out loud (or ROFLMAO, if you insist) every time. It's all in the delivery and the accent on the ends of words... "beD-uh" is a particular favourite.

I'm hoping that T&G will eventually make For Ladies Only available again - this was the Killdozer cover version album, featuring their glorious take on American Pie. Oxbow had this but he lost it....

Until they do, I'll content myself with the fact 12 Point Buck comes bundled with Little Baby Buntin', including this frightening version of a Neil Diamond song

Killdozer - I Am, I Said [Neil Diamond]



I love the fact that there are times throughout both these albums when you can hear the band really chomping at the bit, naturally wanting to go just a little bit faster, but holding it back. It's like a cartoon where someone's trying to stop a train going off a cliff by digging their heels in and holding on for dear life.

Buy - Killdozer 12 Point Buck / Little Baby Buntin' from Touch & Go
Visit - Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records
Read - Killdozer's 1988 European Tour Diary

domino rally: 306 - 401

We recently went over the 400 mark. I told myself a while back that I'd stop posting after 400 songs but there's a few more tracks to come, don't worry!

As always, most of these tracks are long gone - if you missed anything, let me know.

306) Secret Chiefs 3 - Renunciation
307) Secret Chiefs 3 - The 3 [Ishraqiyun]
308) Secret Chiefs 3 - Anthropomorphosis: Boxleitner [Ur]
309) Marvin Gaye - You Can Leave, But It's Going To Cost You
310) Marvin Gaye - Everybody Needs Love
311) Marvin Gaye - A Funky Space Reincarnation
312) Miles Davis - Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (live, 1970)
313) Unsane - Bath
314) Unsane - 4 Stix (Led Zepellin cover)
315) Genius/GZA - Gold
316) Van Dyke Parks - The Eagle And Me
317) The High Llamas - Sparkle Up
318) The High Llamas - Literature Is Fluff
319) The High Llamas - Peppy
320) The High Llamas - Campers In Control
321) Thin White Rope - Yoo Doo Right
322) Thin White Rope - On The Floe
323) Thin White Rope - Puppet Dog
324) Thin White Rope) Americana / The Ghost
325) More Fiends - Vinyl Grind
326) More Fiends - More Fiends Theme
327) Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man
328) Bobby Darin - Not For Me
329) Bobby Darin - Oo-ee-Train
330) Bobby Darin - Lazy River
331) Spinal Tap - Christmas with the Devil
332) Mary Margaret O'Hara - Christmas Evermore
333) The Handsome Family - So Much Wine
334) John Shuttleworth - The Christmas Ophan
335) Lisa Germano - Messages From Sophia
336) Hanna-Barbera - Dastardly And Muttley [Main Title]
337) Hanna-Barbera - The Flintstones [End Title]
338) Hanna-Barbera - Perils Of Penelope Pitstop [Main Title]
339) Hanna-Barbera - Hair Bear Bunch [Main Title]340) Hanna-Barbera - Secret Squirrel [Main Title]
341) Hanna-Barbera - Hong Kong Phooey [Main Title]
342) Hanna-Barbera - Josie & The Pussycats [Main Title]343) Hanna-Barbera - Josie & The Pussycats [End Title]
344) Hanna-Barbera - Touché Turtle [Main Title]
345) Hanna-Barbera - Wacky Races [Main Title]
346) Hanna-Barbera - Tra La La Song [Banana Splits Theme]
347) Acoustic Ladyland - New Me
348) Tripmaster Monkey - Albert's Twisted Memory Bank
349) Tripmaster Monkey - Pecola
350) Tripmaster Monkey - Depravation Test
351) The Swimmers - It's Time They Knew
352) The Swimmers - Home
353) Funkadelic - Loose Booty
354) Funkadelic - Biological Speculation
355) Funkadelic - Everybody Is Going To Make It This Time
356) Jerry Lee Lewis - Lewis Boogie
357) Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential
358) Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin ' Goin' On
359) The Coconut Monkeyrocket - Juicy Jungle
360) Dialogue - Girl From S. I. N. Trailer (1966)
361) Dialogue - Strange Rampage Trailer (1967)
362) Rocky Roberts & The Airdales - The Bird's The Word (1968)
363) Animal Collective - Who Could Win a Rabbit
364) The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Choir - Kalimankou Denkou
365) Chickasaw Mudd Puppies - Nighttime (Ain't Got No Eyes)
366) Deerhoof - Wrong Time Capsule
367) Deerhoof - The Perfect Me
368) Ella Guru - Noisy Insects
369) Flatt & Scruggs - Pike County Breakdown
370) Flatt & Scruggs - I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime
371) Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - How I Long To Feel That Summer In My Heart
372) His Name Is Alive - The Dirt Eaters
373) His Name Is Alive - Man On The Silver Mountain
374) The Ink Spots - If I Didn't Care
375) The Ink Spots - Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)
376) The Ink Spots - I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
377) Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock
378) Kitchens Of Distinction - The 3rd Time We Opened The Capsule
379) Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Twisted
380) M|A|R|R|S - Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)
381) Nina Nastasia - Ugly Face
382) Oxes - Kaz Hayashi '01
383) Colourbox - Baby I Love You So [12"]
384) Colourbox - Hot Doggie
385) Colourbox - The Moon Is Blue
386) Faces - Pool Hall Richard
387) Liz Phair - Divorce Song
388) Liz Phair - Stratford-On-Guy
389) A Tribe Called Quest - Buggin' Out
390) Rodan - The Everyday World Of Bodies
391) Fu-Schnickens - Breakdown
392) Stereolab - We're Not Adult Orientated
393) Stereolab - The Extension Trip
394) Stereolab - How To Play Your Internal Organs Overnight
395) Tarnation - The Well
396) Uncle Tupelo - Looking For A Way Out
397) Uncle Tupelo - Postcard
398) Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner
399) Uncle Tupelo - New Madrid
400) Chet Baker - Time After Time
401) Thelonious Monk - Everything Happens To Me [Take 3]

this machine kills fascists

No tunes today, just a request. I'm assuming y'all are good people and that we're all enjoying this sharing thang we've got going here. So this is a request that I received from my brother-in-law.

According to the stats we have around 300 visitors everyday, so it'd be pretty cool if some of you got on board with this and helped smudge out a little bit of grimy, small-minded thuggery, thereby making the world a better place, if only for a short while. Thanks.

Over to you, Marcus:

Afternoon.

The British National Party are planning on holding a "Red White and Blue" day in Denby [a small village outside Derby, just down the road from me] next month and are anticipating a crowd of 2,000. One of the organisers says that the event will be "peaceful", yes of course, those BNP gatherings are well known for being peaceful affairs aren't they?

We don't want the fascist BNP congregating en masse in Derbyshire.... anywhere, so I am appealing to people to do their bit to stop this from going ahead and reminding the Nazis that, despite a small-scale level of support in some villages near the M1, their presence is not wanted here. All you need to do is email Amber Valley district council and tell them you are opposed to the plan - you don't even need to live in the area to do this.

[so you can see why I thought about posting this on here...]

Remember Bradford in 2001 and the mayhem that was triggered by the BNP and National Front? There's a very real chance of this happening in either Derby or Nottingham - remember the BNP instigated all the trouble because the police gave them a free-reign on the city. We don't want this to happen again.

Here's a newslink: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/6902933.stm

Email: enquiry@ambervalley.gov.uk and tell them that you heard about the plans for the event. Even though it is to be held on private land, if the council receive enough complaints they can (and hopefully, will) stop it from taking place.

Please forward this to anyone else who you think ought to know about this, particularly people who live nearby.

Thanks a lot!

the wedding present

Well, it's been quite a week!

First up an engagement party for some friends in Derby, which was fabulous. Then the next day we (Mrs Domino and I) headed over to France for the wedding of our good friends Holly & Richard in a château near Bergerac...

[a brief pause to allow UK readers of a certain age to reminisce about John Nettles and George Fenton's evocative theme tune...]

... which was every bit as cool as it sounds.

The day after we got back it was time for another wedding, this time for my cousin. Always a pleasure to see Mr & Mrs Oxbow.

What with bloggers getting spliced across the oceans (congrats SVC!) coupled with all of the above PLUS a final-minute announcement of more impending nuptials, it seemed an opportune moment to post the soundtrack Mr & Mrs Domino's 1st dance, nearly one year ago...

Chet Baker - Time After Time

There's something for everyone here - beautiful lyrics and a gorgeous melody for all the smug marrieds (hi there!) and - for anyone hating this trip to thirtysomething country - horrible stories about Chet's startling fall from grace, from matinee idol to toothless smackhead. With terrible balance. Just Say No, kids.

But what a voice!

Frankosonic has always been a big fan and he's currently hosting a great Chet Baker take on "Everything Happens To Me". So here's a fantastic solo version from the mighty Thelonious Sphere Monk.

Thelonious Monk - Everything Happens To Me [Take 3]

I've always loved the way he tried to approximate the way that string and woodwind players bend the notes by mashing out great clusters of sound - playing between the keys, indeed. The person who bought me this CD thought it sounded like Les Dawson... we don't talk anymore.

If you're in any doubt as to why he was a true original and a great visionary, get The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings and listen to his rock-steady left hand - he has the best rhythm!

Buy - The Best Of Chet Baker Sings
Buy - Thelonious Monk, The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings