Right, here's the mailout....

Yay! Rah! etc. etc. Sunday is here again, and so are the downloads..........
Where do we start? With one of those posts where you say to yourself "Jesus, what happened to THEM?" (providing you can remember them in the first place)
So, from the era of The JoBoxers and The Stray Cats, here's some Roman Holiday........
http://lostinthe80s.blogspot.com/2006/12/stilletto-heels-and-split-skirt-youre.html
More of that "best of the year" action.....worth it for the Joanna Newsom and M.Ward..............
http://sand-is-overrated.blogspot.com/2006/12/2006-is-overrated-part-2-tracks-of_16.html
Oh, i'm loving this one.........how about a Ramones album............FOR YOUR KIDS? :)))))))))))))
http://music.for-robots.com/archives/001766.html
Here's a HUGE post of Xmas songs (you can get the lot as a zip file) but in amongst them all is my favourite Xmas song ever, the only one ever to bring a tear to my eye: "I'm Getting Pissed For Christmas" by Peter And The Test Tube Babies
http://somethingold-somethingnew.blogspot.com/2006/12/have-something-something-christmas_15.html
How about some live Oasis? Oh go on then................
http://mainstreamisntsobad.blogspot.com/2006/12/oasis-in-snow.html
If you haven't got the Soulwax/Gossip remix, you haven't lived...and the squeakeklean remix of Teddybears is THE FUCKING KNOCK as well :))))))
http://www.sandwichclub.fm/blog/2006/12/thom-yorke-black-jellybean-in-remix.html
This next tune is another one of those ones which is never far from my ipod....."Shine a Light" by Wolf Parade...
http://memo57.blogspot.com/2006/12/light-candle.html
Here's something i've not heard for ages............
Awesome stuff from Isaac Hayes inc full 18 minute (!!) version of "Ain't No Sunshine"
http://floodwatchmusic.com/blog2/2006/12/15/five-covers-for-a-friday-vol-4-isaac-hayes/
Monster post (in German) which has got some great stuff: Richard X/Jarvis Cocker...Decemberists/Hard-Fi
http://www.mr-brightside.net/wp/2006/12/15/verlieren-wir-keine-zeit/
One of my favourite Punk bands of the 80's, The Subhumans...(FYI, the lead singer used to work in my local garage in Wiltshire)
http://www.7inchpunk.com/?p=846
Mixed bag, with Beck, Morphine ("Thursday" is just INCREDIBLE)
http://staergetaleht.blogspot.com/2006/12/random-friday-post-good-week.html
Mash-up time.....a whole slew of versions of Jay-Z's "Encore"
http://feedmegoodtunes.blogspot.com/2006/12/tired-tired.html
Ok, here's another one of my obsessions, Old School Hardcore....some classic Moving Shadow stuff from DJ Trax.....
http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1035
Actually, while we're at it, here's some more QUALITY hardcore, from my favourite Old-School outfit EVER, the amazing 2 Bad Mice.......they are the soundtrack to every great memory I have of raving Si...if you're listening today, much love, hold it down.
http://www.thewhitenoiserevisited.co.uk/2006/12/freaky-dancin.html
And to finish? One of my tips for the top again........Bird And Bee are signed to Blue Note (!) but don't think it's just jazz.......
http://womenfolk.net/archives/2006/11/27/high-notes-vol-5/
do follow the links to the myspazzz page for more stuff as well.....
Howzat? More next week, with a bumper Xmas special :))))))
love,
iain
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