Thursday Random Eight (06/25/2009)

Tom Waits - Gospel Train / Orchestra: It seems like The Black Rider is a favorite of the shuffle play lately. This is a odd assortment of percussion and crazy horns and strings, likely meant to support part of the stage show that the iPod doesn't display very well.

Archers of Loaf - South Carolina: Again? Two weeks in a row? Weird.

The Flaming Lips - Moth in the Incubator: I do miss the raw energy the Lips had with songs like this.

Rush - Mystic Rhythms: A total earworm for me. I put it on the iPod a few months ago and played it over and over again until it decayed in my memory. I bet this brings it back to life.

Butthole Surfers - Dust Devil / Something: Combined track from one of the many live shows available for download from the BH website. Something is one of my favorite BH songs for the anguish that seems to exude from the guitars.

Twink - Ten Thousand Words in a Cardboard Box: I have a feeling the Butthole Surfers listened to this band a bit back in the day.

The dB's - Ups and Downs: One of the faster, and maybe sillier, songs from the Repercussion release.

Isis - The Beginning and the End: and eight minutes of noise and screaming like a bear in between.