Utility Fog

OK, Kit Brash (as he likes to be known) did a sterling job of Utility Fog last week, and here finally is the playlist! He’s formatted it in his own sweet way, so let’s go:

Message From Our Sponsor/Object-Subject – Jello Biafra & Keith LeBlanc – Terminal City Ricochet OST [Alternative Tentacles]
Freak Up Look Sharp � Nicotinic – .mp3 [mash-up: LFO vs Dizzee Rascal]
…In The Charts Again – DJ Scud – split 7″ with Killout Trash [kool.POP]
11 years old and timely as ever:
The Gun & The Bible – Negativland – Free [Seeland]
Secrets 4 Sale – Kid 606 f. Mike Patton – Down With The Scene [Ipecac]
three recontextualisations of songs written by O’Shea Jackson; firstly the previous artist’s cutting-up/processing/reconstruction of his verse from the titular NWA track:
Straight Outta Compton – Kid 606 – Attitude 3″CD compilation [Tigerbeat6]
then an unauthorised update of Kill At Will’s Jackin’ For Beats:
Jackin’ (It Got Ugly) – Rhymefest – mixtape fodder � unreleased
and finally a schmindie cover of Eazy E’s debut single: Boyz ‘N The Hood – Dynamite Hack – Superfast [Universal]
I Wonder Why The Wonderfalls – Andy Partridge � TV show theme song
from the partridge perch jump-off, a batch of tracks about sex in some form; self-celebratory masturbations, longing masturbation, illegal but clean, in the back of a van but not Ballardian, and frankly Ballardian:
Making Plans For Vinyl – Go Home Productions – .mp3 [mash-up: Tweet vs XTC]
Warm Leatherette – The Normal – 7″ [Mute]
Dude (Sticky Refix) – Beenie Man f. Ms Thing � remix on 12″ [Virgin]
I Touch Myself – Scala & Kolacny Brothers � Dream On [Play It Again Sam]
Sex Crime – Derek & Clive � b-side of Squatter & The Ant 7″ [Island]
a trio of Berlin-based Candian ex-pats not collaborating with each other, for a change:
Mushaboom (demo) – Feist – from 12″ [Arts & Crafts]
Return Of The Sugar Plum Fairy – Gonzales – b-side to Take Me To Broadway 12″ [Kitty-Yo]
How Will I Know You – Mocky f. Jamie Lidell � 12″ [Four Music]
Losing My Affection – Future Bible Heroes – Eternal Youth [Instinct]
Everything (But The Wah!) For Dennis Wilson – Pete Wylie & Wah! The Mongrel – b-side to Long Tall Scally…And The Good Guys Don’t Die CD5 [Siren]
special dedication for Peter:
Holiday In Spain – Machine Translations – Holiday In Spain [Way Over There]
Dollar Sign – Lady Stush – 12″ [Social Circles]
Velouria – the Bad Plus – Give [Columbia]
speaking of which hey! did you know the first new Pixies track in 13 years came out this week?
Motherbanger – Chris Morris � from flexidisc in June 1992 issue of Select Magazine [EMAP]
ha ha but no really, the first new Pixies track in 13 years did come out this week!
Bam Thwok – Pixies – .aac [iTunes download]
Britain Is Shit – Selfish Cunt � 7″ [Horseglue]
The Pitman And Her – Pitman – It Takes A Nation Of Tossers [Son]
speaking of Kim Deal and uncleared samples:
Disco Machine Gun – Lo-Fidelity Allstars – 12″ [Skint]
Gasoline Dreams – Outkast – Stankonia [Arista]
Sciew Spoc – Gescom � from Gescom 12″ [Skam]
the above mixed with the following two:
Because (acapella) – the Beatles – unreleased
Mistakes (In The Key Of Orange) – Ben Lee – b-side on Something Borrowed, Something Blue CD5 [Modular]
Gin & Juice – MC Hawking – .mp3 [unreleased]
Kill All DJs – Beats For Beginners � .mp3 [unreleased]
Requiem For Usher � Doppelbanger – .mp3 [mashup: Clint Mansell vs Usher vs Lil Jon vs The Kronos Quartet not, sadly, vs Ludacris]
Babylon (demo) – Pop Will Eat Itself � unreleased [but you can get it here]
Squidgeman – Spod – b-side on Let’s Dance CD5 [Architecture]
King Kong – Regular Fries – Accept The Signal [Junior Boys Own]
Free Now – Paul McCartney, Beatles, Super Furry Animals – Liverpool Sound Collage [Hydra]
Hot Computer (Cornelius remix) – Gerling – CD5 [FMR]
Fifteen Teenage Girls – James Kochalka Superstar – Monkey Vs. Robot [Tarquin]
Hoki Mono – Single Tear – .mp3 [unreleased]
Rude Bwoy Thug Life – Ce’cile � split 7″ on the Cure riddim with Dr. Ring-Ding [Germaican]
Candlefire – Dawn Of The Replicants – 10″ [East West]
In The End – Neil Gaiman & Robin “Adnan” Anders – Telling Tales [Dreamhaven]
three KLF-related covery type things:
Born Free – the KLF – soundtrack to the unfinished film The White Room [unreleased]
We Used To Be Friends (The Dandy Warhols Inhale Black Smoke) – Dandy Warhols – commissioned but unused remix [unreleased]
In The Ghetto – the Blizzard King – from 7″ EP [Kalevala]
Greatest Hits – Laptop – Opening Credits [Trust Me]
In Da Pub – 50 Pence – .mp3 [from fictional album Get Rich Or Claim Benefit]
G. W. Willis � collage of U.S President and deceased schizophrenic – .mp3 [it’s less than a minute long]
Come Together – Grievous Angel vs Primal Scream – .mp3 [bootleg remix]
Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet (Tramp and Tom Waits with full orchestra) – Gavin Bryars – Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet [Point Music]