Before I talk about today's show and our musical selections I just have to get this off my chest -- a fact that caused me pause enough to do a double take upon initial discovery.
More than 9 million pet owners buy gifts for their pets for Valentine’s Day.
I'm talking animal pets, not the girl in the far cubicle who laughs at all your stupid jokes just to get a few free lunches each week. Cancel my reservations and let me check out for the day. Please? I wanted to put a BIG RED X on my calendar for February 14th, but that's the day that "Arrow" by Heartless Bastards drops. So I can't. And I won't. More on that in a minute.
True Fact #1 -- The deadliest of all holidays is St. Valentine's Day. Don't believe me? Allow me to submit to you the following Valentines Day details three:
1. Saint Valentine (in Latin, Valentinus) is the name of several (14 in all) martyred saints of ancient Rome. Martyred, as in somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause.
2. According to legend it was St. Valentine himself who sent the first valentine in the form of a letter to his jailer’s blind daughter with whom he had fallen in love. Just before he was put to death at the hands of King Claudius II for marrying the kings soldiers without the king’s permission he penned a note to his love and signed it: From your Valentine.
3. In 1929 at the height of prohibition Al Capone ordered the killing of members of a rival gang run by Bugs Moran in Chicago on Valentines Day. Authorities were unable to find any real evidence to tie Capone to the crime and he was never arrested or tried for the murder of these seven men.
Make sure you sign that Hallmark Card in your own blood.
I didn't want to sound like a total Valentine Scrooge so when I put today's playlist together I tried to include some love-centric choices. Whether or not they have the same effect as a laced arrow fired by a naked cherub is just as beauty is defined: in the eyes (or ears) of the beholder. Still, you may find theme commonality in the following selections: Whole Love by Wilco, Smile by Lily Allen, Knocked Up by Kings Of Leon (just kidding -- that was funny though), If Love Was A Train by Michelle Shocked, Soul Meets Body by Death Cab For Cutie, As Long As I Have You by The Detroit Cobras, Reason Why by Rachel Yamagata, Romance by Wild Flag, How Beautiful You Are by Lovers and Stranded In Your Love by Sharon Jones & Lee Fields, a song that probably resembles Valentines Day booty calls for a lot of us.
I also included Christmas Katie by Widespread Panic because here we are smack dab into the middle of February and some of my Mequonian neighbors still have their outside Christmas decorations lit up and displayed each night. My groundhog didn't see his shadow on February 2nd, but he did flip the bird to those nameless, shameless neighbors. That's True Fact #2.
There ought to be a law.
#Mequonian -- someone who lives in Mequon, WI. That's True Fact #3.
Hey, did you see the Grammy Awards last night? I didn't, because I knew Adele would win and win big and I had no desire to see that. But I did DVR it, I just fast-forwarded to watch only the musical performances and acceptance speeches by The Foo Fighters & The Civil Wars. And the commercials. Gotta love modern technology.
I've included songs by Grammy Award Winners Civil Wars & The Foo Fighters on today's Monday Mix. And as always -- sorry, no Adele. You'll see that it plainly says that below in the show description. I know she won six Grammy Awards. Good for her.
That being said, I want you to pay close attention to three songs in today's Monday Mix.
- Serpents by Sharon Van Etten
- Not Aware by The Maybenauts
- Parted Ways by Heartless Bastards
The first two are great songs by artists you may not have heard of but ones you should genuinely check out. That's me telling you what to listen to again.
Here I am now enforcing my opinion using my raised and italicized voice: THE FIRST TWO ARE GREAT SONGS BY ARTISTS YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF BUT ONES YOU SHOULD GENUINELY CHECK OUT.
Parted Ways is the new single by Heartless Bastards off their album "Arrow" that actually drops on Valentine's Day. Oh the ironic symmetry just oozes in that statement, right?
But that's not why I mentioned it. I mentioned it because the album is my early pick for next years Grammy Award for Album Of The Year. I know, we are virtually one full calendar year away. But I am going to champion this effort until my two index fingers bleed from overuse.
And that's me admitting I am a two finger typist in my hushed, italicized voice.
In all seriousness......"Arrow" is THAT GOOD and Parted Ways is a perfect debut single. You can watch the video at the end of this post and I believe you can still get the MP3 for free -- start the process by friending the band on Facebook, get on their mailing list and then go from there.
Make sure you tell them Mike from Jivewired sent you >>>>> Heartless Bastards on Facebook
Then go to http://www.theheartlessbastards.com and order the CD (or digi-pak, whichever is your preferred format -- JUST GET IT).
(Heartless Bastards at Fun Fun Fun Fest - 2011)
ABOUT THE MONDAY MIX:
The Monday Mix airs from 12:30PM to 5:00PM CDT each Monday and is designed to help you get through that brutal after-lunch, energy-sucking span that kicks off every work week. This particular will be a mix of old, deep album cuts and new indie music with a lot of genre crossover. No Adele. Sorry.
What else does The Monday Mix do? Well, it helps you discover new indie music by combining some really great under the radar tracks with more established songs that were, once in fact, under the radar as well. The hope here is that the culture shock of discovering your next favorite band won't be so enormously imposing if we surround the new stuff with some of your old, familiar friends.
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Monday Mix Playlist For 13 February 2012
01. Whole Love by Wilco
02. Sure Thing by St. Germain featuring Gil-Scott Heron
03. I Need A Dollar by Aloe Blacc
04. Bright Lights Bigger City by Cee-Lo Green
05. Soul Education by Jamiroquai
06. Debra by Beck
07. Parted Ways by The Heartless Bastards
08. Serpents by Sharon Von Etten
09. Free by Ben Kweller
10. Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye featuring Kimbra
11. Etherclock by Ozric Tentacles
12. Knocked Up by Kings Of Leon
13. Christmas Katie by Widespread Panic
14. One Time Too Many by Phoenix
15. Smile by Lily Allen
16. Beast For Love by Dance Hall Pimps
17. Boy Of Nine by Buxton
18. Motorcycle Emptiness by Manic Street Preachers
19. Not Aware by The Maybenauts
20. Lost Weekend by Tiny Victories
21. Laundry Room by The Avett Brothers
22. If Love Was A Train by Michelle Shocked
23. Dust by Chamberlin
24. The Sound Of Sunshine by Michael Franti & Spearhead
25. Jealous Girl by Ben Kweller
26. Dashboard by Modest Mouse
27. The New Pollution by Beck
28. 20 Years by The Civil Wars
29. You Can't Do Me by Madeleine Peyroux
30. Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine
31. Tree By The River by Iron & Wine
32. Stay Useless by The Cloud Nothings
33. The Warmth Of The Sun by Rumer
34. Soul Meets Body by Death Cab For Cutie
35. Learn To Fly by The Foo Fighters
36. As Long As I Have You by The Detroit Cobras
37. Friends Of Friends by Hospitality
38. Bear by Grace Woodroofe
39. Reason Why by Rachel Yamagata
40. California by EMA
41. That Old Black Hole by Dr. Dog
42. Boy With A Coin by Iron & Wine
43. The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot by Brand New
44. Always by Blind Pilot
45. Little Talks by Of Monsters And Men
46. Lost In The Light by Bahamas
47. The Fool I've Been by Whitney Mann
48. Buick City by Whitey Morgan & The 78's
49. I Get's My Boogie On by T-Bird & The Breaks
50. Can't Change Me by Lydia Loveless
51. On This Side by Tiny Vipers
52. Crystal Ball by Keane
53. Up On The North Side by The Sea & The Cake
54. Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys
55. Lonely Boy by The Black Keys
56. Two by The Antlers
57. Romance by Wild Flag
58. My Body by Young The Giant
59. How Beautiful You Are by Lovers
60. Stranded In Your Love by Sharon Jones & Lee Fields
61. Ain't It Fun by Rocket From The Tombs
62. Congregation by The Afghan Whigs
63. Dakota by Stereophonics
64. Such Great Heights by The Postal Service
Video Of The Day All Y'all
Parted Ways by Heartless Bastards
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