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February 24, 2006
Radio MXUT Vol. 2 - Electricity!
 | Radio MXUT returns to the Internet with a new frantic mega-mix podcast based on the theme of "electricity." Over the course of 49 minutes, hosts marxy and u.t. (Kiiiiiii) bring you twenty-five energetic musical selections: obscure pico pico Japanese electro-pop, digital beats, analog blurts, vintage electro-rock, and a "mashup" of (Lil') Bow Wow and Architecture in Helsinki - delivering the final nail in the coffin for that early Aughts trend. Contractually-obligated pun-laced copy: Radio MXUT deliver another shocking selection of current material! T.G.I.Faraday!File: mp3 |
| Credits: marxy - amperes, volts, mixing u.t. - ohms, coulombs, narration |
Track list after the jump.
1. Yukari Fresh "Ykr Plys th Gtr & Drms"
2. The B-52's "52 Girls"
3. LCD Soundsystem "Movement" + "Beat Connection"
4. MacDonald Duck Eclair "The Eyes Just Like a Fawn's"
5. Metalchicks "Fast and Furious"
6. Panda "Project Material"
7. Plus-Tech Squeeze Box "Fiddle-Dee-Dee!!"
8. Sylvia 55 "Life"
9. Fredo "Teenage Monster"
10. Shugo Tokumaru "Abante"
11. Digiki "Desktop Music"
12. Nobuko Hori "xtoyourmilkyhair"
13. Plamo Million Sellers "Hustle Chumy"
14. DJ Jin "MAIN STREET ELECTRICAL PARADE Back-in-the-dayz Remix"
15. Handsome Boys Technique "Miami Radio Flash"
16. Utrecht "Natt!"
17. The Electronic Tomato "Amoureux Solitaires"
18. Liquid Pegasus "R.O.B.O.T."
19. Motocompo "Discotheque Murder"
20. Kiiiiiii "(The World According to) Carp and Sheep" + lo-fi-fnk "unighted"
21. Action Biker "la conjugaison pour tous" + Bow Wow "Like You" + Architecture in Helsinki "Frenchy, I'm Faking"
22. Plamo Million Sellers "Tsubuyori no Yomaigoto"
23. Sonic Coaster Pop "Summer in the Pool"
24. Citrus "Wispy, No Mercy"
25. Yellow Magic Orchestra "Cosmic Surfin'"
Posted by marxy at February 24, 2006 1:13 PM
Comments
Snagglepuss - I was thinking about that guy during Christmas break. What's up with him. He's a gay stereotype, right? Why.
Posted by: Carl at February 24, 2006 2:40 PM
Oo, I just got to the Metalchicks sample. That's good, too.
Posted by: Carl at February 24, 2006 2:42 PM
The two seconds of "Great Five Lakes" and "Destron" really took me back to high school. I was totally in love with those songs.
Posted by: Carl at February 24, 2006 3:13 PM
I hope this mix entertains those who get all the references - like Carl - and those who have no idea what in the world is going on.
Posted by: marxy at February 24, 2006 5:23 PM
He's a gay stereotype, right?
He's not gay. He's a thespian.
Posted by: marxy at February 24, 2006 5:23 PM
snagglepuss was a parody/copy of a formerly popular hollywood figure, like a lot of hanna-barbera's early hits (yogi bear, fred flintstone, top cat, jabberjaw, etc). the simpsons made a joke to that effect a while back.
in this case, bert lahr, best known as the cowardly lion, is the inspiration.
These days we just edit sith-finger-lightning onto an ecstatic tom cruise.
Posted by: nate at February 24, 2006 7:09 PM
So I should compare James Murphy to Bert Lahr?
Posted by: marxy at February 24, 2006 9:12 PM
Great, thanks for reminding me of that horrible Tokyo Disney parade. I fear it will give me nightmares again.
Posted by: adamu at February 25, 2006 5:50 AM
Dude! I'm squarely in the bracket that only understands like 25%. Lovely, lovely, lovely.
Posted by: Emmanuel at February 25, 2006 9:25 AM
Amazing. Can't stop listening long enough to look for the track list.
Posted by: scott at February 26, 2006 6:32 AM
I hope you'll do another intentionally terrible yet totally danceable mix like Vol. 1 (I was just telling someone about the time-travelling Wild Wild West anti-request, and thinking about how dope it would be to drop Been Caught Stealing and Jump at a party). But this one is excellent on its own, legitimately listenable, terms.
Posted by: channing at February 27, 2006 2:28 AM
Channing, you perfectly described the essence of both mixes. I'm not sure I can pull off another Vol. 1 "ironic" mix for a while. That took almost 9 months to put together and a lot of soul-searching. This one is infinitely more listenable and includes "good songs" instead of "hey, Primal Scream ripped off George Michael, no?"
Posted by: marxy at February 27, 2006 10:38 AM
heat.
Whats the short housey bit around 9:40?
Posted by: Rory P. Wavekrest at February 27, 2006 2:44 PM
Wait, is it being implied that Maddona's Hung Up On You is 'legitimately listenable'?
Posted by: Carl at February 27, 2006 7:08 PM
The first few seconds are.
Posted by: marxy at February 27, 2006 7:16 PM
"I'm loving" this
Posted by: Martin Webb at February 27, 2006 11:20 PM
Anyone else notice that the McDonalds "I'm lovin' it" campaign cups in Japan have every language but Japanese. I guess they couldn't find a decent translation.
Posted by: marxy at February 27, 2006 11:42 PM
I'm also lovin' the podcast story in today's JT.
Is the above comment an admission that you visited a McDonalds?
I seem to remember Thai posters also showing the slogan in the English original.
Posted by: Martin Webb at February 28, 2006 2:22 PM
I'm not sure it's possible to "love" my podcast story, unless you are being sarcastic. I'm not sure I have a future in "just-the-facts-ma'am" newspaper reporting.
Posted by: marxy at February 28, 2006 4:59 PM
Anyone else notice that the McDonalds "I'm lovin' it" campaign cups in Japan have every language but Japanese. I guess they couldn't find a decent translation.
Went home in Christmas 2004. Go to McDonalds with my brother. Point at the cup. "Can you find the Japanese slogan?" He points at the Chinese one. I point at "I'm loving it." Exeunt.
Posted by: Carl at February 28, 2006 6:42 PM
It was indeed a labored compliment. Meant as amicable encouragement. No sarcasm intended. Far more scope than just-facts writing, just need to find a better page. Pitch features.
Posted by: Martin Webb at March 1, 2006 1:39 AM