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Off The Charts
Monday January 3rd, 2011 with Chris Ikonomopoulos

French Tickler
Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves - 1998 - My So Called Records
You Trip Me Up
Jesus and Mary Chain - Psycho Candy - 1985 - Reprise
Sweetly abrasive. Major emphasis on treble and sugar with frequencies that have actually hurt my ears.I've said it before but worth mentioning again for this delightful, mind-bogglingly noisy LP.
Jennifer's Veil
Birthday Party - Mutiny - 1983 - Mute
Sitting at the upper levels of scary music, this EP sees drugs, paranoia and degeneracy provide the vibe.
Lady Day
Lou Reed - Berlin - 1973 - RCA
Don't Bring Me Down
Jades of Fort Worth - V/A - Hits of the 60s - Cascade
Treat Me Bad
The Heart - 45 - 1967 - Sir John A Canadian
Ottawa's own from a past decade.
Turn it On
The Skeptics - V/A - Fuzz, Flakes and Shakes Vol. 6 - 2002 - Dionysus / Originally 1968 - Sho-boat
L.S.D.
Pretty Things - Closed Restaurant Blues - Bam-Caruso
Birdman of Alkatrash
Strawberry Alarm Clock - 45 - 1967 - Uni
Gritty freak-out-ish B-side to Clock's best known hit single.
Brainwashed
David Clayton Thomas and the Bossmen - 45 - 1966 - Roman Records Canadian
Double Yellow Line
The Music Machine - 45 - 1966 - Original Sound
'8' teen
? and the Mysterians - 45 - 1966 - Cameo
Not Something
Weapons of Mass Seduction - Thank You For Your Daughters - 2004 - Music For Cats
Ottawa's own from the present decade.
90% of Me is You
Gwen McCrea - Rockin' Chair - 1975 - RCA
Not The Worrying Kind
OC Smith - For Once In My Life - 1968 - Columbia
Ursalena
Bill Cosby - Hooray for the Salvation Army Band - 1968 - Warner
Bill Cosby keeps it musical for this LP as he sings his way through some classics. Backed up by Charles Wright's Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.