Ballrooms of Mars - Episode VIII: Unleashing the Love

Summertime is for lovers, which may help explain BoM's absence during most of this hottest-summer-on-record-in-the-making.

--Not that we don't love; we indeed love too much. We've been loving so much during these last few months, in fact, that we routinely - and sadly - ran out of time to drop our semi-monthly BoM.

But we're back, and we like to think that we're keeping good company...


...even if it's not entirely true.


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P.S. - Don't call it a comeback!


Setlist
Intro:
Love - "Bummer In The Summer"

Peter:
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - "Summertime"
The UMC's - "Blue Cheese"

Jud:
The Bobby Fuller Four - "Let Her Dance"
Phil Seymour - "Let Her Dance"
Pere Ubu - "The Modern Dance"
Black Sabbath - "St. Vitus Dance"

Michael:
Neil Young - "Revolution Blues"
Neil Young - "On the Beach"

Peter:
Animal Collective - "Summertime Clothes"
Stereolab - "Wow & Flutter"
Dum Dum Girls - "Jail La La"

Jud:
The Dwight Twilley Band - "I'm On Fire"
John Paul Young - "Where the Action Is"
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - "Midnight Moses"

Michael:
The Beach Boys - "All I Wanna Do"
The Beach Boys – “’Til I Die”
The Beach Boys - "Surf's Up"

Peter:
Bomba Estéreo - "Cosita Rica"
Roots Manuva - "Witness Dub"
Robyn - "Dancehall Queen"

Jud:
Kai Winding - "Time Is On My Side"
Howard Tate - "Ain't Got Nobody To Give It To"
Irma Thomas - "The Hurt's All Gone"

Michael:
John Prine - "Way Down"
John Prine - "Angel From Montgomery"
John Prine - "Mexican Home"
John Prine - "Far From Me"

Ballrooms of Mars give June a miss (updated)

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n. pl. hi·a·tus·es or hiatus

1. A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break: "We are likely to be disconcerted by . . . hiatuses of thought" (Edmund Wilson).

2. Linguistics A slight pause that occurs when two immediately adjacent vowels in consecutive syllables are pronounced, as in reality and naive.

3. Anatomy A separation, aperture, fissure, or short passage in an organ or body part.

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It's an overrated month, anyway. But we shall return.

Update: July sucks, too.

The Official Potato Chip of Episode VII

Ballrooms of Mars - Episode VII: Cross-Training

Cross-training (also known as conditioning) refers to training in different ways to improve overall performance. It takes advantage of the particular effectiveness of each training method, while at the same time attempting to neglect the shortcomings of that method by combining it with other methods that address its weaknesses - e.g., effectively combining distance-running, pop, krautrock, rap, electronic and hip-hop.

Proper conditioning in preparation for the BoM7-Produkt includes Kraftwerk:



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Setlist
Intro:
Toy Love - "Don't Ask Me"

Michael:
Iron Maiden - "The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner"
Belle and Sebastian - "The Loneliness of a Middle-Distance Runner"

Peter:
Teenage Fanclub - "Sparky's Dream"
Guided By Voices - "Glad Girls"
The Broken West - "You Can Build an Island"

Jud:
Cluster - "Zum Wohl"
Neu! - "Neuschnee"

Michael:
George Harrison - "Beware of Darkness"
Galaxie 500 - "Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste"

Peter:
Cymande - "Fug"
Funkadelic - "Nappy Dugout"

Jud:
Ten and Tracer - "Yellows Home"
Dan Deacon - "I Will Always Have Juice Today"
Christ. - "Skylab One"

Michael:
Devendra Banhart - "Freely"
Ron Sexsmith - "Right About Now"
Palace Music - "West Palm Beach"

Peter:
People Under The Stairs - "The Double K Show"
DJ Vadim featuring Abstract Rude - "Soundcatchers"
De La Soul - "Simply"

Jud:
King Kong Ding Dong - "Hot Train"
A Sunny Day In Glasgow - "Track 03"

Ballrooms of Mars - Episode VI: Stripped Down, Naked & Outside (aka For Mom)

We kick off springtime in the Northwest, recording BoM on location.

That is, in the backyard.

Production quality reflects our natural surroundings, so please bear with road noise, air traffic, birds, neighbors, and as always, us.

And Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there.

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Setlist
Intro:
Zero Boys - "Mom's Wallet"

Jud:
Ernie K-Doe - "Mother-In-Law"
Funkadelic - "Music For My Mother" (1969 version)
Sparks - "Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth"

Peter:
Gang Starr - "Much Too Much (Mack a Mil)"
Digable Planets - "Borough Check"

Michael:
Jay-Z - "Empire State of Mind"
Jay-Z - "D'Evils"
Jay-Z - "Politics as Usual"

Jud:
Silvio Rodríguez - "Canción del Elegido"
Hannes Wader - "Trotz alledem (Daß sich die Furcht in Widerstand wandeln wird)"
Hans Söllner - "Hey Staat!"

Peter:
The Bats - "Made Up In Blue"
The Chills - "Heavenly Pop Hit"
Chris Knox - "Half-Man/Half-Mole"

Michael:
The New Pornographers - "If You Can't See My Mirrors"
The New Pornographers - "Streets of Fire"
The New Pornographers - "Myriad Harbour"

Jud:
Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys - "In The Pines"
Flatt & Scruggs - "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
Rusty York & the Kentucky Mountain Boys - "Banjo Breakdown"
Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers - "Pitkin County Turnaround"

Peter:
The Soft Boys - "I Wanna Destroy You"
The Chords - "Something's Missing"
The Rich Kids - "Ghosts of Princes In Towers"

Michael:
Broken Social Scene - "7/4 (Shoreline)"
Broken Social Scene - "Art House Director"
Broken Social Scene - "Forced To Love"

Update
An Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge Pilgrimage
(fulfilled April 30, 2010)

As if New Orleans sleeps...

Ballrooms of Mars - Episode V or "I Bet You They Won't Play this Podcast on the Radio"

Podcast fünf (V) is currently undergoing a facial and mixdown treatment, and shall be available for full public presentation shortly.

Update

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Lest we forget those who trod before us:


Setlist
Intro:
Monty Python - "I Bet You They Won't Play This Song On The Radio"

Peter:
Earth, Wind & Fire - "Bad Tune"
Diamond and The Psychotic Neurotics - "Feel The Vibe"

Michael:
João Gilberto - "De Conversa en Conversa"
João Gilberto - "Ela E'Carioca"
João Gilberto - "O Sapo"

Jud:
Gene Pitney - "I'm Gonna Be Strong"
Tim Rose - "I'm Gonna Be Strong"
Tim Hardin - "Black Sheep Boy"
Fred Neil - "Blues On The Ceiling"

Peter:
Shabba Ranks - "Respect"
Louie Rankin - "Typewriter"

Michael:
Erykah Badu - "Window Seat"
Sade - "Soldier of Love"

Jud:
The Boswell Sisters - "Rock & Roll"
Wild Bill Moore - "Rock & Roll"
The Velvet Underground - "Rock & Roll"

Peter:
Rick James - "Bustin' Out"
Parliament - "One Of Those Funky Things"

Michael:
John Lewis & Sacha Distel - "Dear Old Stockholm"
The Bill Evans Trio - "Nardis"

Jud:
Exhorder - "Anal Lust"
EyeHateGod - "Godsong"