This week, I did away with themes and decided to just do a random 20 song selection from my hard drive. Strangely, there’s a good chunk of Japanese music. There’s everything from the Blood Brothers to Tainted Love to 70s Japanese pop singers. It’s going to be an all-around good time!

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 39.5 - In No Particular Order [1:13:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (82)

Playlist:

This is the final music podcast of our weeklong podcast series. This time, Tony plays a bunch of awesome punk songs and ends the episode, and our week of shows with an incredibly epic song. I know that word gets tossed around a lot these days, but I really mean it. Also bonus points if you get what the title is referencing. The banner should help you.

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 38.5 - I'm Punk Rock... [54:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (600)

Playlist:

Avenue D – Punk Rock Song
Intro [2:20]
Black Flag – Rise Above [2:54]
Dead Kennedys – California Über Alles [5:18]
Bad Brains – Attitude [8:17]
Agent Orange – Everything Turns Grey [9:37]
Subhuman – Mickey Mouse Is Dead [11:36]
Hüsker Dü – Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely [14:20]
Midtro [17:42]
Bad Religion – Skyscraper [18:38]
The Clash – White Riot [21:13]
Descendents – I’m Not A Loser [23:11]
Minor Threat – I Don’t Wanna Hear It [24:36]
Big Black – Bad Penny [25:48]
Refused – Refused Are Fuckin’ Dead [28:19]
Outro [33:25]
NOFX – The Decline [36:02]

In this music podcast, Tony and Andrew chose to play only one song! The song is from Alvin Lucier and it is called “I Am Sitting in a Room”.

We suggest setting aside 40 minutes in a dimly lit environment to play this show. This is not really a “song”, it’s more of a musical ‘installation’ of sorts. You’ll want to be in a quiet environment so you can listen to the changes and eventual decay. It really is quite beautiful.

For those who might be against the thought of listening to the same thing over and over again, please be reminded that it doesn’t sound the same each time. (Besides, people listen to rap and techno amirite? hurr durr)

Perhaps a quote from John Cage will be of some inspiration:

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.

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 37.5 - I Am Sitting in a Room [48:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (210)

According to wikipedia:

I am sitting in a room (1969) is one of composer Alvin Lucier’s best known works, featuring Lucier recording himself narrating a text, and then playing the recording back into the room, re-recording it. The new recording is then played back and re-recorded, and this process is repeated. Since all rooms have characteristic resonance or formant frequencies (e.g. different between a large hall and a small room), the effect is that certain frequencies are emphasized as they resonate in the room, until eventually the words become unintelligible, replaced by the pure resonant harmonies and tones of the room itself. The recited text describes this process in action—it begins “I am sitting in a room, different from the one you are in now. I am recording the sound of my speaking voice,” and the rationale, concluding, “I regard this activity not so much as a demonstration of a physical fact, but more as a way to smooth out any irregularities my speech might have,” referring to his own stuttering.

Lucier had also specified that a performance need not use his text and the performance may be recorded in any room. The composer himself has recorded the piece in at least one room he did not find aesthetically acceptable.

Also, here’s a video version of the same concept:

This day I play for you many songs of an orchestrated nature. Some are futuristic, some are normal, and some are dada. If you’re expecting Bach and Beethoven, this isn’t for you.

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 36.5 - Orchestrated Madness? [45:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (197)

Playlist:

Steve Reid and Kieran Hebden – Morning Prayer [0:00]
intro [6:27]
Carl Orff – O Fortuna [7:07]
Henryk Górecki – String Quartet No.2 Op.64 ‘Quasi Una Fantasia’ – II. Deciso -Energico; Furioso, Tranquillo – Mesto [9:40]
Edgard Varese – Deserts 2. First Electronic Interpolation (beginning) [16:24]
Dancers of Bali Gamelan Orchestra – Angklungan [19:22]
Luigi Russolo – Veglio di una Citta [26:11]
Camille Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre [30:01]
outro [37:33]
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche – Edes titok [38:51]
John Cage – in the name of the holocaust I [40:46]
Karlheinz Stockhausen – Kontakte, Struktur XV [44:17]

As you might glean from the title, this episode of BFM is dedicated to the songs that will make up your summer, hopefully, if my big wand of influence has power over you.

I play a bunch of pretty new songs to help kick off your summer. I also got some songs from upcoming albums by Big Boi, M.I.A., The Roots, Kanye West, and Arcade Fire that are hotly anticipated this summer. Think of it as a guide to the hottest new music and what you will be talking about in the next couple months or something like that. However that would be pretentious and assume that you like the same music I do. So just think of it as a bunch of random songs that some internet asshole threw together.

By the way, that banner for the episode was made entirely with MS Word ClipArt, except the . and the text.

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 35.5 - Summertime Blues [42:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (160)

Le Playlist:
Guitar Wolf – Summertime Blues
Intro [2:35]
Lady Gaga – Alejandro [3:11] (That start time is not a reference to that shitty band BTW)
Japandroids – Younger Us [7:41]
Major Lazer & La Roux – Tigerlily (DYWHAP Blend) (feat. Rusko) [11:13]
Sleigh Bells – Riot Rhythm [14:04]
Midtro [16:40]
Big Boi – General Patton [17:34]
Kanye West – Power [20:46]
The Roots – Doin’ It Again (feat. John Legend) [25:34]
M.I.A. – Steppin’ Up [27:55] (Sorry about the clean version, it was the only one on the net when I put the show together)
Outro [32:01]
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs [33:06]

Black Flower Music Podcast Episode 34.5 brings you some of the hippest korean (mostly) female hip hop around. A bit of Rainbow, Girls Generation (SNSD), T-ara, and some of the classics like Lee Jung Hyun.

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 34.5 - Got Seoul? [40:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (396)

재생 목록

The TRAX – Paradox [0:00]
intro [3:46]
Girls’ Generation – Run Devil Run [4:15]
(fx) – NU ABO [7:35]
Seo In Young – Hit [11:18]
Rainbow – Gossip Girl [15:00]
T-ara – Bo Peep Bo Peep [18:04]
Lee Jung Hyun – Ba kkwo [21:47]
Kara – Lupin [25:02]
outro [28:11]
G-Dragon – Heartbreaker (Feat. Flo Rida) [29:23]
T-ara – Tic Tic Toc [32:46]
HALCALI – Twinkle Star [36:01]

This week, we got you covered. That’s right, the oft-talked about “cover” edition of BFM Podcast is finally here. We have normal covers, zany covers, short covers, and long covers.

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 33.5 - We Got You Covered [59:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (210)

PUFFY – Girls Just Want To Have Fun [Cyndi Lauper][0:00]
INTRO [3:30]
Becky – SK8ER BOI [Avril Lavigne][4:15]
Andrew W.K. – Monica [Koji Kikkawa] [8:21]
Worm Is Green – Love Will Tear Us Apart [Joy Division][12:05]
Chk Chk Chk – Take Ecstacy With Me [The Magnetic Fields][16:11]
I, MIDTRO.[23:45]
Yurayura Teikoku – Frankie Teardrop [Suicide][24:24]
Kittie – Run Like Hell [Pink Floyd][29:17]
MO’SOME TONEBENDER – Very Ape [Nirvana][33:28]
Type O Negative – Summer Breeze [Seals & Crofts][36:12]
II, MIDTRO.[41:05]
Inkubus Sukkubus – I Just Can’t Get You Out of My Head [Kylie Minogue][41:48]
Fiction – In The Flat Field [Bauhaus][47:07]
AFI – The Last Caress [The Misfits][51:48]
Rank Sinatra – Take On Me [A-ha][53:51]
OUTRO [57:23]
BBQ CHICKENS – Pretty Woman [Roy Orbison][58:15]
BBQ CHICKENS – I Want It That Way [Backstreet Boys][58:28]
Gerogerigegege – boys don’t cry [The Cure][59:27]

Ever heard of this site called Know Your Meme? I hate that site because they think they’re like a school of internet culture, when in reality they just take things 4chan and other places come up with and make money off it (like ebaumsworld). The people that read that site are often undrerage kids and become those annoying assholes they constantly spout off stuff like “IT’S OVER 9000! BE AN HERO NEWFAG LULZ” and I hate shit like that. I don’t want that to happen with BFM, so I decided to take action and do this music episode based on bands that we joke about often on the show and get you all up to speed. Better you hear it from the source than some assholes out to make a profit on other people’s work.

So, take a listen, won’t you? You might learn a thing or two.

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 32.5 - Know Your BFMeme [61:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (194)

This week’s EPIC playlist! I’ve linked select videos on YouTube for some of the songs if they’re particularly memorable.

Ke$ha – Tik Tok
Intro [3:20]
Brokencyde – Freaxxx [5:01]
EAR PWR – Future Eyes [8:39]
Unicorn Basement – This Life [12:18]
1-800 Zombie – I’m A Unicorn [14:31]
Folerio – You’re So Precious [16:22]
Segway Unul [19:35]
Passenger of Shit – Nail My Dick To Your Face [23:40]
Rank Sinatra – Take On Me [28:30]
Suicidal Rap Orgy – Decapitated Fetus Bangin’ [32:11]
DJ Rainbow Ejaculation – Time To Call In The Carpet Cleaning Professionals [36:41]
Segway Două [39:41]
Avenue D – My Dirty South [41:30]
Millionaires – Just Got Paid, Let’s Get Laid [45:15]
DOT DOT CURVE : ) – RocketShipToTheMoon [48:24]
Hannah Montana – The Best Of Both Worlds [51:28]
Segway Trei: La Sfârşitul Anului [53:20]
Miley Cyrus – Party In The U.S.A. [58:25]

This week’s episode is a little on the long side. I just had so many  songs I couldn’t cut down the playlist or else it wouldn’t be a complete experience!

Like the name says: it starts out slow, then builds up, then gets slow, then builds up, then…there’s some metal type stuff at the end! How crazy is that!? Not very, but you get the idea. In other words, this is a giant post-rock sandwhich and the buns for your luscious meat are obviously *not* post-rock.

Yeah. Or something.

Man.

 31.5 - lowHIGHlowHIGH [92:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (203)

Bro notes:

Intro – 0:00
Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat – All Movements Are Targets in the Minds of Tigers – 1:08
Women of the SS – Iron Skirt – 4:08
Lotus Eaters – Alienist On A Pale Horse 4 – 8:00
Randy Greif – The Rabbit Hole – 13:55
Toe – tremolo+delay – 17:31
eksperimentoj – piano sustained – 20:31
Downy – Meiteii Freak – 23:05
a picture of her – now i’m weaving hundred words – 25:52
Folio – Minuet – 29:16
Red Sparowes – A Hail of Bombs – 33:08
The American Dollar – Red Letter – 37:30
OVUM – reflection – 42:07
LITE – Tomato – 47:12
Rururu – & – 52:25
Ef – Longing For Colors – 58:17
Robedoor – Hall of Skulls – 1:07:15
Abandon – Somnambulistic – 1:13:48
Mastodon – Blood And Thunder – 1:20:42
Isis – Hall of the Dead – 1:24:30

Programme Total Running Time: 1:32:10

Sorry about the lateness of this show. I totally forgot it was my week to do it. You see, my last “.5″ was not official, I only did it as something to fill the void until our post MGC show. Regardless, I’ve got a pretty strong lineup of music this time around. Mostly rock based music this time around, but this being me, I have to throw in a little variety here and there. Also, I’m featuring a set by artists I’m going to be seeing live in the next month which is really exciting. So yeah, download it. I think you’ll enjoy the musical journey.

 30.5 - Reel Legendary Tone Fiasco [52:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (200)

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Totally awesome playlist bro:
LCD Soundsystem – Drunk Girls
Intro [3:39]
Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat [4:33]
The Stooges – Search and Destroy [7:17]
Romanes – Teenage Lobotomy [10:38]
Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant [12:23]
Midtro 1 [15:39]
Reel Big Fish – The Set Up [16:44]
The Legendary Stardust Cowboy – Paralysed [21:02]
The Fleshtones – All Around the World [23:17]
Lupe Fiasco – Daydreamin’ (feat. Jill Scott) [26:32]
Midtro 2 [30:24]
RX Bandits – My Lonesome Only Friend [31:12]
De La Soul – Potholes In My Lawn [35:03]
Erykah Badu – Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY) [38:47]
Funkadelic – Hit It And Quit It [44:13]
Outro [48:00]
Deftones – Diamond Eyes [49:06]