Record Store Day has come, and now we are all here to worship at the altar of tangible music (which kinda doesn't make sense). Anyhow, these very important stations--record stores--that we grew up going to and hanging around are going down like Hollywood Videos, so today is a day to go and support these places. A lot of cool bands are releasing limited records and playing at these shops, so it's an easy day to drag yourself out and participate.

This also concludes our 2-part episode that celebrates this "holiday." With open arms Sam and I accepted this little mission to explore the bins of record stores and find some cool stuff that we not only wanted to have in our collections, but that we could play for our listeners. It's a win-win-win-win-etc. situation.

As we mention at the end of this episode, Sam and I are retooling the format and will debuting this May 10, 2010. Consider it the premiere of our 2nd series. Just like Uncle Accordion says, "That's OK, 'cause it's still Two Dudes," but it'll be slightly different.

For now, go buy records:

1) Brave Belt "Waiting There For Me"
2) Dottie West "Lesson in Leavin'"
3) Silver Jews "I'm Getting Back Into You"
4) XTC "A Dictionary of Modern Marriage"
5) Gilberto Gil "Aquele Abraço"
6) Os Mutantes (pictured above) "Jogo De Calcada"
7) Gilberto Gil w/ Os Mutantes "Marginalia II"
Background) Roland Kirk With Jack McDuff Kirks Works



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Today we give you part 1 of another 2-part show, Record Store Day Celebration. The idea Sam and I had was to go to a record store of our choosing, buy a bunch of stuff, and play some hot picks from our finds. See below? Those are them. Seeing that we do this very thing (go and buy music) quite often, this show was a literal no-brainer to fulfill. (My brain basically goes into cruise control when I step foot into Amoeba. Whatever I recall that I want, it goes in the basket.)

Please go support your local record store. If it's up to us, these musical meccas will never go obsolete. But, if we're being realistic, they will; we're just here to make sure they go later rather than sooner.

Here's what we bought:

Intro) My Morning Jacket "Off the Record"
1) Bad Sports "Last Cigarette"
2) Woody Allen "Introduction to Flick"
3) The Lovin' Spoonful "Pow"
4) Hot Dogs "Feel Real Fine"
5) Squarepusher "Iambic 9 Poetry"
6) Budos Band "Origina of Man"
7) Love "Everlasting First"
8) Ted Leo/Pharmacists "Where Was My Brain"
9) Derek & Clive "Nurse"
10) The Specials "Blank Expression"
Background) Miles Davis Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants



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As we mention in this week's broadcast, this episode not only honors party music, but for all aspiring DJs out there, you may copy and paste this as your set. You're welcome. We did it for you. The hard work is done. Sit back and watch people go nuts for your gig. Again, you're welcome.

Sam and I may not be the most happening dudes (in a way, we are, though), but we like to think we'd know how to party if called upon to do so. To test our mettle, we bravely present this program of party and slow jams. There's room for tearing up the carpet,, making out during a slow jam, or blitzing the dance floor. We give you that variety and then some.

Come back when you're done sweating:

Intro) Drag the River "Having a Party"
1) Grandmaster Flash "Freedom"
2) The Marvelous Darlings "I Don't Wanna Go to the Party"
3) Spoon "You Gotta Feel It"
4) A Tribe Called Quest "Can I Kick It?"
5) The Murder City Devils "Boom Swagger Boom"
6) Scientist "The Mummy's Shroud"
7) Bobby & James Purify "I'm Your Puppet"
8) M.I.A. "Boyz"
9) The Specials "Monkey Man"
10) Kanye West "Champion"
11) Northern State "At the Party"
12) Gorillaz "White Flag"
13) Marvin Gaye (pictured above) "Got to Give It Up (Part 1)"



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As we mention in this week's broadcast, this episode not only honors party music, but for all aspiring DJs out there, you may copy and paste this as your set. You're welcome. We did it for you. The hard work is done. Sit back and watch people go nuts for your gig. Again, you're welcome.

Sam and I may not be the most happening dudes (in a way, we are, though), but we like to think we'd know how to party if called upon to do so. To test our mettle, we bravely present this program of party and slow jams. There's room for tearing up the carpet,, making out during a slow jam, or blitzing the dance floor. We give you that variety and then some.

Come back when you're done sweating:

Intro) Drag the River "Having a Party"
1) Grandmaster Flash "Freedom"
2) The Marvelous Darlings "I Don't Wanna Go to the Party"
3) Spoon "You Gotta Feel It"
4) A Tribe Called Quest "Can I Kick It?"
5) The Murder City Devils "Boom Swagger Boom"
6) Scientist "The Mummy's Shroud"
7) Bobby & James Purify "I'm Your Puppet"
8) M.I.A. "Boyz"
9) The Specials "Monkey Man"
10) Kanye West "Champion"
11) Northern State "At the Party"
12) Gorillaz "White Flag"
13) Marvin Gaye (pictured above) "Got to Give It Up (Part 1)"



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Winter's over. So, like Two Dudes, many of you are shedding your skin and starting anew. This might mean heartbreak for some of you, and, if that were the case, we finally have a show for you. A bunch of songs that sound as sad you are. It's a heartbreaking show. Spring has sprung, though, and now we all can look forward to being born again: a mind cleared up, a heart recharged, a spirit renewed. Sound too optimistic? Listen to the show, then, and live the pain one more time!

Your pain is ours:

Intro) Tegan & Sara "Don't Confess (This Thing That Breaks My Heart)"
1) Descendents "I'm the One"
2) Reigning Sound "Brake It"
3) Chairmen of the Board "Give Me Just a Little More Time"
4) The Artistics "I'm Gonna Miss You"
5) Johnny Hartman "Our Time"
6) Toussaint McCall "Nothing Takes the Place of You"
7) Murs "The Pain"
8) Red House Painters "Grace Cathedral Park"
9) Badfinger "It's Over"
10) Azure Ray "November"
11) Lloyd Price "Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day?)"
12) Bouncing Souls "Quick Check Girl"
13) Billy Joel "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
Tribute) Big Star "Watch the Sunrise"
Background) Duke Ellington "The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse"

Note: When you load the player to listen to this episode, or download it, you may notice the length is a bit longer than our usual shows. There is about 45 minutes extra that never plays at the end, i.e. The show actually ends and the file stops playing where it should, 45 minutes less than what the player will show.



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Time to go around the world again. Were you to go back to Episode 9, you'd see we started our musical trek and cleaned up a large handful of countries. This week, we've got another large handful for you. Remember: Our aim is, in time, to play a song from every country out there. Will we do it? We plan to. Does it seem impossible? Yes. But so did invisibility, and now we have cloaking technology. Google it. Wait, no, don't Google it; listen to the show. Then, Google it.

You're now cultured, you're welcome:

Intro) Daft Punk "Around the World"
1) Mystery Jets "Veiled in Grey" (England)
2) Blond "Six White Horses" (Sweden)
3) Sugarcubes "Deus" (Iceland)
4) The Cardigans "Pikebubbles" (Sweden)
5) S.E. Rogers (pictured above) "Toomus Meremereh Nor Good" (Sierra Leone)
6) Os Mutantes "Panis Et Circensis" (Brazil)
7) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds "Rock of Gibraltar" (Australia)
8) Thin Lizzy "Randolph's Tango" (Ireland)
9) The Witch "Little Clown" (Zambia)
10) Can "I'm So Green" (West Germany)
11) Gabor Szabo "Lou-ise" (Hungary)
12) Black Collection "Mandry Ve Ny Ao An-Tanana" (Madagascar)
Background) Eric Dolphy Live at the 5 Spot, Vol. 1



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Today, dropping by are our friends, Brent, Mariana and Rob. We've mentioned them all one time or another on the show, and we hope you enjoy their presence. Up 'til now, we've never had to mic up so many people, so our amateur setup may sound a little rougher than the Two Dudes audience is used to. Next time we have more than 2 in the studio, we'll fix that. (It's back down to 2 next week, in case you're worried.)

I guess we also have a show to introduce. This week we went over some songs that came from bands' final albums/output. It's a break-up show, of sorts, and we've got all the final documents to prove it. It's kind of difficult, because I found myself wanting to play something from the Clash, but then you might remember what a steaming pile Cut the Crap is. So, as usual, we scoured our collections and found stuff that not only brought bands to the brink of their careers, but also worthy final statements for your listening pleasure.

So please enjoy. We had a fun time with our friends. Support the artists.

This is the end:

Intro)
1) Q & Not U (pictured above) "Wonderful People"
2) McLusky "She Will Only Bring You Happiness"
3) Piebald "Getting Mugged and Loving It"
4) Uncle Tupelo "We've Been Had"
5) Neutral Milk Hotel "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
6) The Promise Ring "Bread and Coffee"
7) Operation Ivy "Bombshell"
8) Germs "What We Do is Secret"
9) Palatka "If You're Not Satisfied with Our Current Arrangement"
10) S.O.A. "Girl Problems"
11) Sleater-Kinney "What's Mine is Yours"
12) The Cyrkle "Please Don't Ever Leave Me"
13) Whiskeytown "East Hearts"
14) Wicked Farleys "Feathered"
15) Guided by Voices "Huffman Prairie Flying Field"
16) The Monks "Shut Up
Background) Tadd Dameron Fontainbleau



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The biggest mistake you've ever made was assuming Two Dudes only know about music. Not true. We also know about art, culture, food, bicycling, professional wrestling, and literature. Well, this show's about literature. To properly explore this subject, we'll go ahead and choose music as our means.

Here we have for you all a show of poetry readings, anti-poetry reading diatribes, songs about literary figures, maybe some bootlegged audio from Salinger's funeral--whatever we can find. Your job is to relax and enjoy. Keep listening, keep reading, and we'll see you next time.

I've read these songs are good:

Intro) The Deep City Band "Masterpiece"
1) Cleveland Bound Death Sentence "Rumble Seats & Running Boards"
2) Elvis Costello & the Attractions "Everyday I Write the Book"
3) Bill Hicks "Smoking"
4) The Gaslight Anthem "Great Expectations"
5) Jack Kerouac "The Subterraneans"
6) F*cked Up (pictured above) "Vivian Girls"
7) Rudimentary Peni "Night Gaunts"
8) Todd Barry "Big Bookstores"
9) Marnie Stern "Letters From Rimbaud"
10) Monsters of Folk "Baby Boomers"
11) Charles Bukowski "'Love,' He Said"
12) Talking Heads "The Book I Read"
13) The Shins "Saint Simon"
14) Henry Rollins "Death to Poets"
15) Saul Williams "List of Demands"
16) XTC "Books are Burning"
Background) Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane



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