Andre Blames Obama

It's been a few months since the last Andre Williams album, but he's got another on the way.

Alive/NaturalSound will release a new Andre studio album Life on Oct. 2.

The company is offering a free MP3 of a song called "Blame Obama" from the venerable R&B codger.

Listen or  download below.



And here's another song from the upcoming album. There's no download, but you can play it.

The Death of Music Blogs?

Lord, I hope not, but this article in the Free Music Archive blog makes a good argument that  the MP3 blog has seen it's day -- thanks partly to the evil Recording Industry Association of America and federal law enforcement.

The article, by Casey Rice, brings up cases in which music blogs have gotten in trouble by posting MP3s sent to them by record label publicists.

I didn't get seriously riled until I came to this paragraph:

MP3 blogs have also come under fire from law enforcement. Take for example, the hip-hop site Dajaz1, which was seized by the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigrations and Customs Enforcement division at the prompting of the RIAA. Dajaz1 is exactly the kind of blog that is serviced by major label promotions departments, yet it found itself in the crosshairs of government enforcers with little understanding of the contemporary music industry and the tastemakers who help power it. How is it possible that the labels’ legal guns have no clue what its promotional division is up to? How can Homeland Security shutter a site for an entire year with no apparent recourse? Few would argue that seizing sites that traffic in illegal pharmaceuticals or tainted baby formula isn't a good thing, but there are serious issues raised when the US government suppresses speech on the mere accusation of infringement. Policies to combat commercial piracy are one thing. The haphazard shutdown of blogs that exist to expose people to new music, and which receive countless MP3s from the major labels, is another. It’s easy to imagine this kind of overreach contributing to a decline in MP3 blogs — is a tussle with the G-men really worth it?

Have I told you lately how much I hate the RIAA?

And what's with Homeland Security doing their bidding? Is some hip-hop blog really a serious security threat?

This site, in its eight years of existence, has not been primarily an MP3 blog, though I often post both stream and downloadable music. And I'll keep doing it until Homeland Security drags me away.

In fact, here's a cool show from the Live Music Archive by The BellRays.

Free Pussy Riot!

Here's a new single from the recently convicted Russian punk band Pussy Riot. "it's called "Putin Lights Up the Fires."

Three members of the band last week were found guilty of "hooliganism driven by religious hatred" and sentenced to two years in jail for filming a video in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior earlier this year.

 This video was put together by The Guardian.


PUSSY RIOT "Putin Lights Up the Fires" lyrics: 
(translation credit: @Russian_Market)

This state may be stronger than time in jail.

The more arrests, the happier it is.
Every arrest is carried out with love for the sexist

Who botoxed his cheeks and pumped his chest and abs.

But you can't nail us in the coffin.
Throw off the yoke of former KGB!

Putin is lighting the fires of revolution
He's bored and scared of sharing silence with the people
With every execution: the stench of rotten ash
With every long sentence: a wet dream

The country is going, the country is going into the streets boldly
The country is going, the country is going to bid farewell to the regime
The country is going, the country is going, like a feminist wedge
And Putin is going, Putin is going to say goodbye like a sheep

Arrest the whole city for May 6th
Seven years isn't enough, give us 18!
Forbid us to scream, walk and curse!
Go and marry Father Lukashenko

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, August  19, 2012 
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M. 
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time 
Host: Steve Terrell
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101.1 FM
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 OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Shake 'em Off Like Fleas by The Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band
The Mad Daddy by The Cramps
Lightnin's Girl by Lydia Lunch
European Girls by BBQ
CCCP by The Hydes
Adolescent Wet Dream by Pussy Galore
The Freak Was Clean by The Oh-Sees
Trouble Everywhere I Go by Memphis Slim & Canned Heat
Hodad Makin' the Scene with a 6 Pack by The Silly Surfers

Get Your Hat by Don & Dewy
Do You Swing? by The Fleshtones
Deserted Town by The Movements
Gimme Gimme Gimme by Figures of Light
I Love You Peggy by Butthole Surfers
Take Your Clothes Off by Wayne Kramer
The Devil's Chasing Me by Rev. Horton Heat
Lilly's 11th by The Nevermores
13 Men by Ann-Margret

Love Buzz by Nirvana
Psycho Lover by The Things
Crane's Cafe by TAD
Rolling Stone by The Immortal Lee Country Killers
I Hate the Blues by Dead Moon
High Noon Blues by The Night Beats
Hammer I Miss You by Jay Reatard

Break the Spell by Gogol Bordello
If You Want to Go, Go by Kult
Little Red Rooster by Sam Cooke
Talking at the Same Time by Tom Waits
Dark Age Tail Spin by Dan Melchior
Borracho by Mark Lannegan
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis
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THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, August 17, 2012 
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM 
Webcasting! 
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time 
Host: Steve Terrell 
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrel(at)ksfr.org
 OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll by Rosie Flores
Sam Hall by Tex Ritter
Earthquake Blues by Country Blues Revue
(Interview with Gwen Spatzier & Richard Hall about Night at The Lensic -- Aug. 25 at the Lensic)
Hiding Out in Espanola by The Broomdust Caravan
Up Above My Head by Lydia Clark

Swampblood by Legendary Shack Shakers
Cheap Hotels by Southern Culture on the Skids
Dirty Old Town by Frank Black
Tell Me by The Texas Tornados
Backstreets of Town by Husky Burnette
Red Badge of Courage by Ray Wylie Hubbard
Rockin' Dog by Ronnie Dawson
Honky Tonk Man by Johnny Horton
Turnip Greens by South Memphis String Band

St. James Infirmary by Dad Horse Experience
Out on the Barge by Al Duvall
Blue Days, Black Nights by Mystic Lizard
I Wish I Was Back in Las Vegas by Stevie Tombstone
Ghost in My Boot by Johnny Foodstamp
My Religion's Not Old Fashioned (But It's Real Genuine) by Hank Snow
I Wonder by Paula Rhea McDonald
The Girl on Death Row by T.Tex Edwards & Out on Parole
Rip This Joint by The Rebel Surfers

Cornbread 'Lasses (And Sassafrass Tea) by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Missouri Girl by Big Sandy & The Fly Rite Trio
Christian Life by The Byrds
Nobody to Love by The World Famous Headliners
Barefoot on the Courthouse Lawn by The Coal Porters
Hold My Head by Slim Cessna's Auto Club
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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