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For The Sake Of The Song — Today we congregate to celebrate the 20th anniversary of that landmark lofi label from Upland, California called Shrimper Records. It brought us the Mountain Goats, Diskothi-Q, Refrigerator, Sentridoh and many more interesting pioneers with low bu... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — You do it, Einstein. A nugget from the first psychedelic era. Caretakers Of Deception - X + Y = 13 MP3 read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — "I found your print on a dollar bill,I found your print on an Indian mound,I found your print on the statue at the sound,I found your print on the elephant ground,I found your print in the beautiful mountains,the grass no longer grew around..."Cap... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — A lot of soulful, funky stuff this Wild Weekend , as the ghost in the iPod picked another musical six pack out of the air once again. Featuring the Impromptu Horns, Farmer John´s lovely daughter and much, much more.We´ll start off in Jamaica, with... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — Some Japanese wiseguy named Hokekyo Sho once proclaimed that ´at the third cup, wine drinks the man´. He got pretty famous with that one, and he just may have been right, too. Which hardly ever stops me from pouring said cup, but that´s another st... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — While we´re waiting in nervous anticipation for the World Cup final, let´s play some more music why don´t we. The iPod shuffle picked six winners once again this Wild Weekend, touching base in Christchurch, Russia by way of Kingston, and Washingto... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — Looking forward to an - understatement alert - interesting World Cup final between Holland and Spain in Jo´burg this Sunday, here´s a rather orange colored soundtrack of sorts to get you in the mood. Good luck guys. Let the ´sun become an orange b... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — "May this fire in my soul, dear, forever burn..." Presenting a lovely soul six pack, dedicated to the one I love. Today´s her birthday, you see...Johnny Ace - Pledging My Love MP3The 5 Royales - Dedicated To The One I Love MP3Ann Peebles - Slippe... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — Back to the grindstone for another edition of Wild Weekend... Trying to lure you away from World Cup fever, which sure is mounting here as la naranja non-mecanica continued playing crap football yesterday but nevertheless managed to reach the semi... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — Ready for some nostalgia, Ethiopean style? Tezeta means just that in Amharic, which is the national language of ´dear mother Ethiopia´. And it´s a feeling that definitely shines through in the four exotic jewels below.Mulatu Astatqé - Tezeta MP3Gè... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — Time to remember two of my musical heroes today. On June 29 back in 1975, the great Tim Buckley passed away. If someone would ask me to describe the voice of an angel, I´d simply play him some Buckley. The majestic The River perhaps. "If you come ... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — It´s the silver jubilee of Wild Weekend, which means the ghost in the iPod cooked up a six pack of eclectic tunage for aural advancement twenty five times already. Fifty beckons. Get with it and get down.Let´s start with Gram and his Flying Burrit... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — Off soon to see Dylan tonight, in Poble Espanyol in Barcelona. Umpteenth time, but catching the master live will always be a very special thing to me. Although I´d settle for Blind Willie McTell or Ain´t Talking, what I´m really hoping for is a ra... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — "Gonna buy me a graveyard of my own,kill everyone who ever done me wrong...Gonna buy me a gun just as long as my arm,kill everyone who ever done me harm..."Now that´s what I call a declaration of intent.The Gun Club - For The Love Of Ivy MP3 read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — In the midst of World Cup madness, here´s yet another edition of Wild Weekend. Always aiming to broaden your musical horizon, featuring the grooviest sounds from all around the globe. This week we travel from Paris to the Punjab, from Trinidad to ... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — "Spanish Johnny drove in from the underworld last night..." Oh yes. The Boss has him sittin´ on one of those typical New York City fire escapes in all his bruised glory, watchin´ the kids playin´ down in the street. "Hey little heroes, summer's lo... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — In between watching the first world cup matches in South Africa, and working hard to get rid of that mothball smell coming out of my faithful Orange jersey, I still managed to find a bit of time to put the iPod to work again. The result? Wild Week... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — Was pleasantly struck by the following passage in Peter Matthiessen´s phenomenal travel-meets-Zen book The Snow Leopard today. "It is related that Sakyamuni once dismissed as of small consequence a feat of levitation on the part of a disciple, and... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — Back right at the end of another Wild Weekend, after a week-long hiatus caused both by a short trip abroad and some quite irritating computer problems. My router had re-programmed itself all on its own for some reason, and it took a while to get i... read more »

For The Sake Of The Song — Wild Weekend, edition 21. The iPod shuffle picked a varied bunch of high society tunes once again, and all you gotta do is check ´em out. Surprises await... And easy does it.We´ll start off with the sound of angry LA. "So you marry your daddy, wit... read more »