http://www.wendex.net the online home of Wendex Records, a non-distributed CD custom label Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:16:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've upgraded to WordPress 2.5. If you see anything that makes less sense than usual, please advise. Addendum: And by "2.5" we mean "2.5.1." http://www.wendex.net/2008/04/06/another-step-forward/ Prodded by Both Sides Now, I put together twenty-six songs about fools, of which there have been an abundance during what Mr Kasem calls the Rock Era. The Mothers track is not the original from Freak Out!, but the doo-wop remake from Cruising with Ruben and the Jets. ... http://www.wendex.net/2008/04/06/fools-rush-in/ If you've been through here before, you've probably noticed one or more of the Major Babes series, which includes songs incorporating girls' names. Captain Obvious, more of a purist than I, has restricted his mix tape to songs where the name is the entire title, starting with Dylan's "Delia" (from 1993's ... http://www.wendex.net/2008/03/16/a-treasury-of-ladies/ Once again, we have a small collection of longer-than-average songs, illustrated with some longer-than-average legs. (Bless you, Hanes.) Nine tracks on this disc, minimum six minutes each: a couple of them exceed ten minutes. Track listing for 111139-2: The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today Steely Dan: Deacon Blues Sugarloaf: Green-Eyed Lady The ... http://www.wendex.net/2008/02/10/superlong-3/ This one sounds simple, ends up less so. The idea: create a fake band and their first album. Here's how it works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first article title on the page is the name of your band. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/ The ... http://www.wendex.net/2008/01/08/the-band-meme/ Darrell "Whisky Prajer" Reimer has an eclectic mix to suggest, mostly but not entirely new stuff, from Bettye LaVette to the reconstituted Dinosaur Jr. Definitely worth your attention. http://www.wendex.net/2007/12/25/not-necessarily-of-the-season/ The title, of course, sends up Talking Heads, yet I resisted the temptation to include "Burning Down the House," which qualifies as a song about a building. On the other hand, "Mayonaise," in its Corganized form, isn't really about food at all. Evidently the process of constructing these ... http://www.wendex.net/2007/12/02/fewer-songs-about-buildings-and-food/ Yes, really: Mixaloo is a company which allows you to create mix tapes or playlists from music tracks on the web. You can share these mix tapes in your blogs or social networking profiles, when someone buys these tracks you will get paid from the sale. The current share is 50/50 ... http://www.wendex.net/2007/11/18/a-market-for-this-sort-of-thing/ Long-time sound (and video) guy Marc Wielage once observed that there were dozens of songs containing the words "hold on" or some variation thereof, so it was a relatively simple matter to assemble two dozen or so "hold" songs and then trim off enough to fit CD length. The ... http://www.wendex.net/2007/10/21/youve-really-got-a-hold-on-me/ The Sound Salvation Army, who describe themselves as "a few crazy Canadians who think we know what’s best for rock and roll", have kicked off their inaugural mix tape with four songs on the subject of radio, a phenomenon that you may remember used to be carried on actual radio ... http://www.wendex.net/2007/09/16/perhaps-on-your-wavelength/