VERSION OF THE WEEK-GET THY BEARINGS

THIS WEEK'S VERSION IS A SLIGHTLY DARKER AND HEAVIER INSTRUMENTAL TAKE ON DONOVAN'S GET THY BEARINGS.I LOVE THE ORIGINAL SO MUCH I POSTED IT AS WELL.(DOWNLOAD THAT ONE FIRST)



GET THY BEARINGS-DONOVAN
GET THY BEARINGS-CONNIE PRICE & THE KEYSTONES

MORNING SOBRIETY

SO THIS IS WHAT MORNING LOOKS LIKE? I MEAN IV'E HEARD OF IT,SURE,I SEE IT ON TV AND IN MOVIES,MY MOM TALKS ABOUT IT SOMETIMES,BUT IT'S KINDA LIKE ALOE VERA JELLO OR KANGAROO MEAT,YOU KNOW IT'S REAL BUT IT SEEMS A LITTLE RIDICULOUS.SOMETHING ONLY AN ELITE FEW HAVE EXPERIENCED.NOT REALLY TANGIBLE.
YET HERE I AM,AWAKE WITHOUT THE AID OF AN ALARM..
LOOK! THERE ARE PEOPLE OUTSIDE,WALKING.WHAT ARE THEY DOING? WHAT IN GOD'S NAME COULD THEY POSSIBLY BE DOING UP AT 9:30 AM? HOW DID I GET HERE? THIS IS NOT A CIRCLE IN WHICH I TRAVEL.MORNING,YOU ARE A STRANGE AND UNKNOWN PLEASURE.
YOU SEE,MY BODY SHUT DOWN YESTERDAY AFTER A 16 DAY BENDER,DURING WHICH I WAS KEEPING MYSELF ALIVE ON A DRIP OF ALKA SELTZER,IMMODIUM.AIRBOURNE AND ZANTAC.OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID,MY LIVER HAD HAD ENOUGH AND GOT THE REST OF THE ORGANS TOGETHER AND WENT ON A STRIKE.WITH NO POSSIBLITY OF HAVING A DRINK,EVEN TO QUELL THE RAPID AND THREATENING PACE OF DRUMMING IN MY CHEST,I ATE FOOD, AND DRANK WATER.I WATCHED MOVIES AND CARTOONS IN MY BED AND FELL ASLEEP LIKE YOU WOULD IF YOU WERE THE KIND OF PERSON WHO COULD "FALL ASLEEP".
SO HERE I AM.AWAKE.IN THE MORNING.I FEEL THE NEED TO REGALE MY NOCTURNAL FRIENDS WITH TALES OF THIS STRANGE AND UNKNOWN LAND."YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHERE I WAS!","THEY HAD BAGELS! LOTS OF THEM!".I CAN PICTURE THE LOOK ON GREGG FOREMAN'S FACE WHEN I BLOW HIS MIND WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MORNING SUN."THE SUN? IN THE EAST YOU SAY,AND YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THIS MADNESS!?".
YES.IT'S TRUE.THE MORNING EXISTS.THERE ARE CHILDREN HERE.PEOPLE WALKING DOGS.OLD LADYS WITH SUN UMBRELLA'S.I JUST SAW A BUTTERFLY! ARE BUTTERFLIES EVEN ALLOWED ENTRANCE INTO PHILADELPHIA? WAIT...A BIRD JUST LANDED ON MY SHOULDER AND TOLD ME WHAT BILL MURRAY SAID TO SCARLETT JOHANSSON AT THE END OF LOST IN TRANSLATION.
I THINK I SHOULD LIE DOWN.

HELD THE HAND

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS FROM THE SCHIZOPHRENIC GENIUS AND FELLOW CASPER THE GHOST LOVER, DANIEL JOHNSTON. REALLY SAD AND VERY BEAUTIFUL.


DANIEL JOHNSTON-HELD THE HAND

CRAMSKE IS GETTIN FUTURETROISTIC

HERE'S A NEW (all vinyl) MIX FROM THE ONE THEY CALL CRAMSKE.IT'S ON SOME BOOGIE DOWN FUNK TYPE ISH.DOWNLOAD AND FREAK OFF!

FUTURETROISTIC

VERSION OF THE WEEK

HERE IS A WEIRD AND AWESOME VERSION OF ARCHIE BELL AND THE DRELLS,TIGHTEN UP. JAPANESE GENTLEMAN STAND UP PLEASE!!

YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA - TIGHTEN UP

THE WHO - I'M FREE (ISL - ONLY THE FREE EDIT)

HERE'S ANOTHER ONE..




THE WHO - I'M FREE (ISL - ONLY THE FREE EDIT)

LIFE OF THE PARTY - J5 (ISL DUB)

HERE IS A NEW RE- EDIT OF JACKSON FIVES, LIFE OF THE PARTY I DID FOR OPALROCK'S NEW SUMMER MIX.
ENJOY.


LIFE OF THE PARTY - J5 (ISLDUB)

THE PRETENDERS - MY CITY WAS GONE (ISL SHAPEUP)

HERE IS AN EDIT OF MY FAVE PRETENDERS SONG,MY CITY WAS GONE.
ENJOY..


MY CITY WAS GONE - (ISL SHAPEUP)

VERSION OF THE WEEK

THIS WEEK WE HAVE CAROL GRIME'S RASPY U.K. VERSION OF FREDERICK KNIGHT'S FUNK- SOUL BANGER, UPHILL PIECE OF MIND.



UPHILL PEACE OF MIND - CAROL GRIMES

UNITY JAM 09 !!

THIS SATURDAY (june 14th) CELEBRATE THE UNITY (AND THE LOVE AND THE HAVING OF FUN) WITH I.S.L AND HIS OLD FRIEND AND NYC BROTHER FROM ANOTHER, ACID TEST DJ , SPIRIT BEAR.TOGETHER WE ARE AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE,A TSUNAMI OF DJ GREATNESS,A CRAZY TRAIN ON A ONE WAY TRIP TO DISCO NIRVANA.
EACH SONG THAT IS SELECTED WILL IMPLODE IMMEDIATELY AFTER ITS PLAYED,NEVER TO BE HEARD AGAIN,ONLY ITS SOUL WILL LINGER IN THE HEARTS OF THE FEW BLESSED VESSELS WRITHING IN ECSTASY ON THE MAGIC CARPET THAT IS THE 700 CLUB DANCEFLOOR!

SEE THE MUSIC IN A BLINDING TECHNICOLOR EXPLOSION.FEEL THE LIGHT MAKING LOVE TO YOUR INSIDES AS YOUR SOUL IS TRANSPORTED TO AN ALTERNATE DIMENSION WHERE EVERYTHING RULES.EXPERIENCE THE WHITE MAJICK AND WIZARDRY OF..
UNITY JAM 09...

TAKE A BITE OF PEACH ...
ACIDTEST DJ'S - FOR YOUR MENTAL (mixtape)

AMANDA BLANK -MIGHT LIKE YOU BETTER (ISL REMIX)

A NEW REMIX FROM YOURS TRULY...



AMANDA BLANK - MIGHT LIKE YOU BETTER (IAN ST LAURENT REMIX)

ZOMBIE VS. SHARK

FOR FANS OF THE ZOMBIE GENRE ( LIKE MYSELF ) THIS IS THE STUFF DREAMS ARE MADE OF.IT'S A SCENE FROM LUCIO FULCI'S 1980 CLASSIC,ZOMBI.WHY DON'T WE KNOW THIS MAN'S NAME? WHERE IS HIS STATUE? DID HE RECEIVE AN AWARD? THE NEXT HORROR CON I GO TO I'M TAKING UP COLLECTIONS FOR JUST THAT.HOLDING YOUR BREATH UNDERWATER IN ZOMBIE MAKEUP WHILE WRESTLING A BIG ASS SHARK AND THEN FEEDING YOUR TUNA FILLED ZOMBIE ARM TO HIM MAY BE THE SINGLE BEST THING ANY ONE PERSON HAS EVER DONE IN THE HISTORY OF ZOMBIE MOVIES OR ITALIANS OR THE WORLD.

BREAKING NEWS PHILADELPHIA!! SKINNY JEANS

IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME I TRY AND READ ANYTHING (MOVIE REVIEWS,COVER STORYS,OBITUARIES) IN THE PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY I AM BOMBARDED WITH SKINNY JEANS REFERENCES. SEE,I AM A NORMAL HUMAN WHO ISN'T THREATENED BY CLOTH ON LEGS, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE LIKE DIFFERENT THINGS.I THINK TIE DYES ARE GROSS,HOWEVER, I DON'T WORK THEM INTO EVERY CONVERSATION I HAVE AND EVERY SENTENCE I WRITE.JEANS DO NOT SPEAK.THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY INHERENT POWERS OF THEIR OWN,WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF THEY ARE JUST PANTS.LET ME REPEAT THAT.THEY- ARE- JUST -PANTS.DO YOU PEOPLE GET BONUSES FOR USING THE WORDS "SKINNY JEANS"? DO YOU HAVE WORKSHOPS ON HOW TO MAXIMIZE THE ANTI TIGHT PANTS ANGLE IN EVERY STORY? "BOB,THIS STORY ABOUT DARFUR IS GREAT BUT WHERE IS THE SKINNY JEANS ANGLE? I MEAN REALLY?!"
AT WHAT POINT DO YOU STOP WRITING ABOUT THEM? WHEN THEY ARE OUT OF STYLE? HOW FICKLE OF YOU! IF YOU WERE REAL TRENDY PANTS HATERS YOU WOULD BE WRITING A HATE PIECE ON BUGLE BOYS RIGHT NOW,SURE THAT WAS AGES AGO,BUT REMEMBER HOW INFURIATING THEY WERE!? REMEMBER HOW THEY KEPT YOU UP AT NIGHT,TOSSING AND TURNING, THINKING ABOUT THOSE DAMN SIDE POCKETS?! IT WAS LIFE ALTERING, WASN'T IT?

IN ALL SERIOUSNESS THOUGH,THANKS FOR THE FASHION UPDATE.
don't believe me?

VERSION OF THE WEEK

REMEMBER WHEN THIS SONG CAME OUT AND THERE WERE LIKE A GAZILLION REMIX'S OF IT? I KNOW, I KNOW..MOST OF THEM WERE PAINFUL.THAT'S WHY I GIVE YOU THIS DUB VERSION OF THE WHITE STRIPES FLAGSHIP BANGER, 7 NATION ARMY.IT'S A FRESH TAKE ON A GREAT SONG THAT HAD BEEN SUCKED DRY BY NOVICE TECHNO DJ'S AND SPIT BACK UP IN THE FORM OF A ZILLION BAD "MASH UPS" uhuhuHHuhh..I SHUDDER WHEN I HEAR THOSE TWO WORDS.

THIS WILL ALSO BE ON MY GOTH/DUB MIXTAPE,MIXED UNDER MY "VLAD THE INHALER" MONIKER (JUST IN CASE YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING IT ON YOUR GOTH/DUB MIXTAPE....)


7 NATION ARMY - THE DYNAMICS

THE MONKS PRE PUNK GENIUS...

IN THE MID SIXTIES THESE BOYS WERE FREAKING OUT IN GERMANY, PLAYING GARAGE BANGERS THAT WERE DECADES AHEAD OF THERE TIME.YOU COULD SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT ALOT OF SIXTIES GARAGE AND PYSCH GROUPS,(13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS,AMBOY DUKES,THE SONICS ETC..),HOWEVER,IF YOUV'E EVER REALLY LISTENED TO BLACK FLAG,THE DEAD KENNEDY'S OR EVEN SEEN A PICTURE OF THE HIVES YOU CAN'T DENY THE PROFOUND INFLUENCE THESE GUYS HAD.
MAJOR.



THE MONKS - MONK TIME

VERSION OF THE WEEK

JUUDY! JUDY! JUDY!! JUDY!!! OW!!!!



HERE IS A FUNKY JAZZ TAKE ON THE McCARTNEY CLASSIC...ENJOY.

HEY JUDE - THE OVERTON BERRY TRIO

GREGG FOREMAN'S DEPRIVATION BLUES...

HERE IS A SPACED OUT VOCODER BLUES JAM I JUST PICKED UP @ THE DRUGSTORE

afternoon deprivation blues #1 (moog/vocoder version)

2009 MERC GULLWING ?!

GOOD LORD! YOUR LOOKING AT THE PROTOTYPE FOR THE 2009 MERCEDES GULLWING.A TRULY BEAUTIFUL THROWBACK DESIGN.IF THEY ACTUALLLY PUT THESE INTO PRODUCTION I THINK THIS WILL BE THE BEST OF THE RECENT RETRO REMAKES,( IF THEY REPLACE THOSE RIMS )

SHOEGAZING

I SPENT THE BETTER PART OF MY YOUTH WITH HEADPHONES ON.ON THE SCHOOL BUS,WALKING TO THE SCHOOL BUS,DURING ART CLASSES AND WANDERING THE SCHOOL HALLS HIGH AS A KITE.THESE ARE SOME CHOICE CUTS FROM THE SOUNDTRACK OF MY TEENAGE ESCAPISM.


RIDE - POLAR BEAR

LUSH - DE LUXE

SWERVEDRIVER - RAVE DOWN

MY BLOODY VALENTINE - GLIDER

VERSION OF THE WEEK

THIS IS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL VERSION OF WARS "THE WORLD IS A GHETTO". A MUST FOR A LAZY SUMMER PLAYLIST.


THE WORLD IS A GHETTO - AMRAL'S TRINIDAD CAVALIERS STEEL DRUM ORCHESTRA

ISL GUIDE TO FINE LIVING

IF YOUR LIKE ME, CONGRATULATIONS.YOUR EXTRAORDINARY.YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HIGH THREAD COUNT SHEETS AND SUPERB FLATWEAR.YOU DEMAND OPULANCE IN EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE,LET'S FACE IT.YOU DESERVE IT.YOUR A MOVER AND A SHAKER,A PILLAR OF STYLE AND GRACE.YOU DISCUSS NEW FRANGRANCES AND OFTEN INQUIRE ABOUT RICKSHAW SERVICES WHEN TRAVELING.YOU MY FRIEND ARE SPECIAL,YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING TO YOU AND THERE IS NO BETTER TIME THEN NOW TO START PLANNING FOR YOUR FUTURE LIFE AS A PROFESSIONAL CONNOISSEUR.HERE ARE SOME WEBSITES TO START YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY..



DU PONT REGISTRY IS A FINE PLACE TO START.YOU CAN BROWSE THRU CLASSIC ITALIAN MASERATI'S AND BUGATI'S WITH EASE AND LOOK DOWN UPON THE CUSTOM PAINTED DOMESTIC MONSTROSITY'S.

SOTHEBY'S REAL ESTATE IS A GREAT PLACE TO LOOK FOR THAT CASTLE IN PORTUGAL YOU ALWAYS WANTED.

ROBB REPORT - EXPERT ADVICE IS A FINE PLACE FOR ADVICE WITH INSIGHTFUL ARTICLES LIKE, "SIX CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD PEN" AND "CONNOISSEURS GUIDE TO BUYING A YACHT".

ANASTASIADATE IS A CLASSY PLACE TO FIND THAT CLASSY RUSSIAN LADY WHO IS JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO BUY HER.

VERSION OF THE WEEK

HERE'S A GREAT INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF THE LYN COLLINS CLASSIC,THINK.
ENJOY..
THINK - ESQUIRES

JE T'AIME SERGE..

JUST A REMINDER THE SERGE GAINSBOURG BIOPIC IS COMING OUT SHORTLY.IF YOU DON'Y KNOW ABOUT OUR MAN SERGE.HE IS THE COOLEST CAT THAT EVER LIVED...PERIOD.ACT LIKE YOU KNEW.

ROCK CANDY

HERE ARE A FEW 70'S ROCK GEMS FROM THE VAULTS.DUST OFF THE WIZARD BONG AND GET TO WORK.

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD - GIMME SHELTER

SPOOKY TOOTH - WRONG TIME

POWER OF ZEUS - IT COULDN'T BE ME

RAINY DAYS..PHILADELPHIA

HERE ARE SOME RAINY DAY JAMS FROM YOUR FRIENDS @ WISL TO PASS THE TIME AT HOME IN YOUR RAINY PHILADELPHIA TOWN.
ENJOY..


THE REPLACEMENTS - ANDROGYNOUS

FUGAZI - AFTERTHOUGHT

CAETANO VELOSO - EMPTY BOAT

SAROLTA ZALATNAY

1960'S/70'S HUNGARIAN POP STAR SAROLTA ZALATNAY HUNG WITH THE BEE GEE'S AND MADE FUNKY POP ROCK SONGS, PACKED WITH BREAKS + HOOKS.LATER IN LIFE SHE DID A MILF SPREAD FOR HUNGARIAN PLAYBOY AND WENT TO PRISON FOR A YEAR AND A HALF FOR FRAUD.
YEP,GET TA KNOW HER!

SAROLTA ZALATNAY - EGYSER

VERSION OF THE WEEK

HERE'S A SULTRY NUMBER FROM YER GIRL SHIRLEY BASSEY.WAY MORE SWAGGER THAN MORRISON IF YOU ASK ME.

LIGHT MY FIRE - SHIRLEY BASSEY

REPULSION!

THIS IS A TRAILER FROM ONE OF ROMAN POLANSKI'S EARLIER FILMS "REPULSION",STARRING THE AMAZING CATHERINE DENEUVE.THIS WAS THE COOLEST HORROR FILM OF ITS TIME IN MY OPINION.TRULY JARRING.CHECK OUT THE OVER THE TOP JAZZ DRUMS A'LA CHICO HAMILTON.

VERSION OF THE WEEK

HERE'S A FACES VERSION OF THE McCARTNEY JAM 'MAYBE I'M AMAZED'.HERE WE SEE THAT ROD STEWART IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BEST SINGERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.DON'T ARGUE WITH IT.YOU CAN'T.HE IS A GOD.DID YOU KNOW THAT ROD STEWART WILL ONLY RIDE IN LIMO'S WITH ALL WHITE LEATHER INTERIOR.HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HIM CHECK OUT HIS OWN ASS? IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO.

VERSION OF THE WEEK

HERE IS A GREAT, SELDOM HEARD MINISTRY VERSION OF THE MOST COVERED DYLAN SONG (maybe) EVER.
MINISTRY - LAY LADY LAY