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Beard Hour Playlist 2.16

Homer Quincy Smith - I want Jesus to Walk With Me - American Primitive 2
Sounds from the abyss. An old Beard Hour favorite but one that never disappoints.

Spiritualized - Intro - Live at Royal Albert Hall 1997
Spiritualized - Shine A Light - Live at Royal Albert Hall 1997
Unreal. Look out for the special edition of the Beard Hour marathon show featuring all Spiritualized and Spacemen 3 coming at you at 6 AM at some point in the vaguely near future. Sometimes I fear these bands are going to engulf me like they engulfed Joe, but I'm ultimately not one for melodrama, which is kind of like Jay Spaceman's primary mode of being as far as I can tell. This whole record is absolutely fantastic though.

Psychic Ills - January Rain - Dins
Why did I sleep on this band a year ago? This song is amazing and their guitarist sounds like he should be playing in a 1970s Nigerian highlife band.

Spiritualized - On Fire - Let It Come Down
Psychic Ills - I Knew My Name - Dins
Spiritualized - Don't Just Say Something - Let It Come Down
Woah too much.

Black Eyes - Deformative - s/t
I miss seeing this band all the time.
Oneida - Treasure Plane - Secret Wars

DJ Screw - Intro (Da Brat - Mind on my Money) - Headed 2 Da League Tape
Fuck, y'all. This is seriously so good. A lot of the time the Screwed and Chopped thing doesn't really do it for me, but this song kills it. The Nas version on this tape is pretty good also, as well as the 22 minute (!!) big pokey jam.

Trae ft. Pimp C, Fat Pat (RIP), Hawk (RIP) - Swang - Restless
Maybe the hip hop song of 2006 that I didn't hear at all during 2006, although Pimp C's verse sounds a little out of place. This shit is tragic in a profound sense, especially when you remember that Hawk and Fat Pat were brothers.

DJ Shadow ft. David Banner - Seein' Thangs
Mannie Fresh - Nothing Compares to Love - Mind of Mannie Fresh
Cedric Brooks - Words of Wisdom - Light of Saba
Star Band de Dakar - Malagena - African Serenades Vol. 1
Fred Mcdowell - Fred Mcdowell's Blues

Silver Jews - Punks in the Beer Light
Silver Jews - There is a Place
Silver Jews - K-Hole
Silver Jews - Trains Across The Sea
Silver Jews - Death of an Heir of Sorrows
Silver Jews - Room Games and Diamond Rain
Silver Jews - New Orleans
Silver Jews - Etc. Etc. Etc.