Saturday, July 03, 2021

White Blood Cells, Blue & Shows # 889, 888 & 887

On June 22nd, 1971 Joni Mitchell released her fourth full-length album Blue. The album has since gone on to be named one of the best albums of all time from many musical critics and was a commercial breakthrough. It went to number nine on the Canadian RPM Album Charts, number three on the UK Album Charts and number fifteen on the Billboard 200 Charts. Musically, Mitchell produced an album that was open, honest and not afraid to go to darker places. The personal honesty displaced by Mitchell on Blue was a reflection of the happenings in her life at the time. Mitchell had by this point in her career stopped touring and decided to travel overseas which in part inspired the songs that would make up Blue. Recorded at A&M Studios in Hollywood, California, Blue is notable for its simple musical accompaniments and arrangements. Several of the songs feature just piano, guitar and Appalachian dulcimer. On the album Mitchell works through relationships, her life, pain and grief. in 2021, Blue celebrated its 50th anniversary.  This album is now identified as a classic, but it continues to have a profound effect on fans and listeners. 


Originally released on July 3rd, 2001 White Blood Cells was the third full-length album released from The White Stripes. This was also the first critically acclaimed album from the band. Featuring breakout singles such as “Fell In Love With A Girl” and “Dead Leaves On The Dirty Ground,” the album also featured songs such as “We’re Going To Be Friends,” “This Protector,” “Hotel Yorba” which showcased Jack White’s songwriting abilities. This was the band’s commercial breakthrough record and was also the first album that the band recorded outside of Detroit. White Blood Cells was recorded at Easley-McCain Recording in February 2001 in less than four days. The album would go on to sell over one million copies. The innocence and rawness that is displayed on this album mixes with the simplicity of the band’s dynamic which contrasted with the complexities of the lyrics that White expressed. The Michael Gondry Lego themed music video for “Fell In Love With A Girl” also helped quite a bit. In 2021, this album celebrated its 20th anniversary. Third Man Records released White Blood Cells XX as part of its Vintage Vault series featuring demos, outtakes and a live concert. It was also reissued digitally featuring a live concert from the Gold Dollar in Detroit from 2001 and also on vinyl through Third Man Records.   

Show 889 (Originally Aired On July 3rd. 2021)(Joni Mitchell's Blue, The White Stripes White Bloodcells Anniversaries):

1.  Sloan - A Case Of You
2.  Universal Honey - Carey
3.  Arc Isis - Little Green
4.  The Supremes - All I Want
5.  Cat Power - Blue
6.  Beth Orton - River (Live Radio Broadcast)
7.  Joni Mitchell - Hunter (Demo)
8.  Neil Young (Ft. Joni Mitchell) - Raised On Robbery
9.  Neil Young - Everybody's Alone
10. Ed Kuepper - Spratch The King of Eurodisco
11. Desperate Journalist - Personality Girlfriend
12. Yoo Doo Right - Presto Presto, Bella's Dream
13. Packs - Clingfilm
14. Julien Baker - Ringside
15. Mononegatives - Living In The Age
16. Aversions - Famous Last Lines
17. Dean Marino - Devil's Day
18. The Routes - Society
19. Night Beats - Hell In Texas
20. The White Stripes - Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground (Peel Session)
21. The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl (Alternate Take)
22. The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
23. The White Stripes - The Union Forever
24. The White Stripes - We're Going To Be Friends
25. The White Stripes - I Think I Smell A Rat
26. The White Stripes - This Protector

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the July 3 file to download/stream the episode.

Show 888 (Originally Aired On June 26th, 2021)(Guest Hosts Brady & Carley Part II - Shoobies, Dragsville, Mudhoney, The Garrys, Evaporators):

1.  Shoobies - Surfin' Surgeon
2.  Dragsville - Royal Drag
3.  Avantis - Gypsy Surfer
4.  Link Wray - Dinosaur
5.  Amyl & The Sniffers - 70s Street Munchies
6.  Viagara Boys - In Spite of Ourselves
7.  Dry Cleaning - John Wick
8.  Dale Crover - The Bowie Mix
9.  Mudhoney - An Ounce of Decption
10. Chad VanGaalen - Golden Pear
11. CHAI - Action
12. Century Egg - Do You Want To Dance?
13. Bachelor - Stay In The Car
14. The Garrys - Get Thee To A Nunnery
15. Childbirth - Siri, Open Tinder
16. Shadow Show - What Again Is Real?
17. Habibi - Detroit Baby
18. TEKE::TEKE - Yori Ni
19. Fitness - December '98
20. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson - Head of the Lake
21. The Mountain Goats - The Slow Part in Death Metal Songs
22. Lucy Dacus - VBS
23. Man Or Astro Man - Defcon 5
24. Damaged Bug - Smile For A While
25. Oblivians - Pinball King
26. The Amino Acids - The Amino Acids vs The Space Bettys 
27. Amyl & The Sniffers - Gacked On Anger
28. Cellos - Bury Me On Highway 3
29. Los Plantronics - Plantrosaurus
30. Tough Age - My Life's A Joke and I'm Throwing It Away
31. The Evaporators - I Can't Be Shaved
32. The Evaporators - I Can't Puke
33. The Evaporators - I Say That On Purpose To Bug You
34. Paul Jacobs - Your Last Words

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the June 26 file to download/stream the episode.

Show 887 (Originally Aired On June 19th, 2021)(Guest Hosts Brady & Carley Part I - Cub, METZ, Linda Lindas, Black Country, New Road, Parquet Courts):

1.  Cub - Go Fish
2.  The Exbats - Try Burning This One
3.  The Rolling Stones - Connection
4.  Catl. - Get Outta My Car
5.  The Highest Order - I'd Ask You To Stay
6.  Daniel Romano - Green Eye Shade
7.  Shotgun Jimmie - 401
8.  The Blasters - I'm Shakin'
9.  The Ventures - The In Crowd
10. NOV3L - Group Disease
11. Squid - Houseplants
12. METZ - Slow Decay
13. The Linda Lindas - Big Mouth
14. Colleen Green - You're So Cool
15. No Joy - Hare Tarot Lies
16. Black Country, New Road - Instrumental
17. Black Country, New Road - Athens, France
18. Godspeed You! Black Emperor! - Fire at Static Valley
19. Women - Grey Skies
20. Neil Jarvis - Time
21. Lightman Jarvis Ecstatic Band - Elastic Band
22. Faux Fur - Rough Palms
23. Sarcasm - (Above The) People Wall
24. Autogramm - Anxiety
25. Souvenir - Holding Pattern
26. PONY - Chokecherry
27. Tommy & The Commies - Devices
28. Pardoner - Spike
29. Parquet Courts - Hey Bug
30. Parquet Courts-  Outside
31. Parkay Quarts - Uncast Shadow of a Southern Myth

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the June 19 file to download/stream the episode.

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