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11 May 2000 | Striking a chord

Song | ARTIST | Source
(VA = various artists) (*** = new & recommended)

The Rhythm Modulator | RAYMOND SCOTT | Manhattan Research Inc. ***
Lesson 6: The Lecture | CUT CHEMIST | Deep Concentration (VA)
Take 95 | D MAN, DIETZNER, LANGGUTH, EHRINGER | Vorfilters (VA)
She's Gone Again | DIZZY GILLESPIE | The Bebop Singers (VA)
Jim Clark Was Driving Recklessly | LES MALEDICTUS SOUND | (self-titled)
The Magic Number | DE LA SOUL | 3 Feet High and Rising
Aluminum Man | MOTOR HUMMING | Musical Aluminum

Hairy Globe | STOCK, HAUSEN & WALKMAN | Organ Transplants, Vol. 2
Mustard | THE DAN EMERY MYSTERY BAND | Natural Selection
Worst Record Ever Made | ALTHEA & THE MEMORIES (KIM FOWLEY) | Girls In the Garage (VA)
What Time Is It? | MARSHALL CRENSHAW | Field Day
Experiment In Terror (Twist) | HENRY MANCINI | Experiment In Terror (soundtrack)
No Love (instrumental) | THE CREATORS | The Hard Margin (12-inch single)
T.K. | CLINIC | Internal Wrangler ***

Nothing Man | THE DEVIANTS | Ptoof!
Baldheaded Woman | STAFFAN & MARTIN | LSD: Real Garage Punk From Sweden 1966 (VA)
(track 1) | KOJI ASANO | Preparing For April
Ring Of Fire (demo) | GRACE JONES | Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
The Day I Found Myself | HONEY CONE | Soul Hits Of the 70's, Vol. 8 (VA)

Mariana | FANFARE CIOCARLIA | Baro Biao ***
I'm the Guy Who Found the Lost Chord | JIMMY DURANTE | In Person
The 286 Ten-Note Chords | TOM JOHNSON | The Chord Catalogue
Piano Piece #13: Carpenter's Piece (George Maciunas) | SONIC YOUTH | Goodbye, 20th Century
Morning prayers | JAPANESE TENDAI BUDDHIST PRIEST | The World Of Man, Vol. 2: Religions (VA)
Can You Picture That | DR. TEETH & THE ELECTRIC MAYHEM | The Muppet Movie (soundtrack)
Saint Fido | ANNIE GALLUP | Courage My Love
Jimmy Durante | WILD MAN FISCHER | Wildmania
Don't Test | SUGA BANG BANG | Ghost Dog (soundtrack)
Sophisticated Boom Boom | THE SHANGRI-LAS | Shangri-Las '65

Side2Side | SONIC YOUTH | NYC Ghosts and Flowers
The Morning After | CHICO HAMILTON QUINTET | (self-titled)
Sandor 21 | COYLE AND SHARPE | On the Loose
M Is For the Million Things | GREGORY WHITEHEAD | Tellus #25: Site-Less Sounds (VA)
Rule Number One | SAMUEL BECKETT | "...the whole thing's coming out of the dark"
Slurp; Handjob | PEOPLE LIKE US | Hate People Like Us (VA)
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey | PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY | Ram
I'm Losing | BAD LIVERS | Blood & Mood
I Lose | DANIEL JOHNSTON | Rejected Unknown ***

Jenni (from Son Of WINO) | GEORGE CARLIN | FM & AM
Catapult | GIANT SAND | The Rock Opera Years (official bootleg series, Vol. 2) ***
Use Me | HOLLY GOLIGHTLY | God Don't Like It
Circuit Breaker | OLD TIME RELIJUN | La Sirena de Pecera
Oh Daddy | THE TURTLES | Present the Battle Of the Bands
Carmela Dame La Llave | MARC RIBOT Y LOS CUBANOS POSTIZOS | Muy Divertido!
Buffalo Springfield Again | NEIL YOUNG | Silver and Gold

Canned Chicken | KEN FIELD | Pictures Of Motion
Iron Man | THE CARDIGANS | First Band On the Moon
GTO | SONYA HUNTER | Finders Keepers
Little Honda | YO LA TENGO | I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
Going Quietly Mad | AL KOOPER | New York City (You're a Woman)

You know how hard it is to yell into a microphone for two and a half minutes? It's pretty hard. It shows you how desperate we all are. And it shows you how desperate you are to be listening to all this.
(Kim Fowley | The Worst Record Ever Made)
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