• Ickmix

    Happy New Year! An Ickmix just for You…

    So how was 2007 for you guys and gals? I can’t complain here. I’m blessed with a beautiful wife and two precious girls, I have a steady job (knock wood), and my family and loved ones are healthy.

    I thought I’d punt the blog into 2008 with my premiere podcast on Ickmusic. I used Garageband for the first time, and it made podcast makin’ a breeze. I’ll have to figure out some of the bells and whistles so I can include sound effects and some DJ action next time. For now though, we stick strictly to music – some tunes that will get you kick started for a great New Year’s Eve, even if it only involves sitting at home. That’s what I’ll be doing! Woo hoo!

    Enjoy, and I’ll see you on the other side.

    Download: Ickmusic’s New Year’s Eve Ickmix (mp3 – about 42MB)

    Playlist (30:35):

    Reverend Horton Heat – “Cruisin’ for a Bruisin'” – from Liquor in the Front
    The Ramones – “Surfin’ Bird” – from Rocket to Russia
    The Clash – “Lose this Skin” – from Sandinista! (Tymon Dogg on vocals, in case you’re wondering)
    Trouble Funk – “Trouble Funk Express” – E Flat Boogie
    Shaggy – “O Carolina” – from Oh Carolina
    Buckwheat Zydeco – “Ma ‘Tit Fille” – from The Big Easy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    Old 97’s – “W. Texas Teardrops” – from Too Far to Care

  • Reggae,  Ska

    Ohhhh Carolina

    Well the beauty of music is there’s always something new to hear, regardless of how long the music has been around. I was perusing one of my regular blog spots, The Suburbs are Killing Us, early this morning, and came across the energizing, booty shakin’, get the day/month/year started right type o’ tune: “Oh Carolina” by Shaggy.

    Most folks know Shaggy by his huge hit “Boombastic” from 1995, or 2000’s “It Wasn’t Me”. But his 1993 debut album, ‘Pure Pleasure’, yielded “Oh Carolina”, a tune originally done by the Folkes Brothers in 1961. The first few seconds of the track is sampled directly from the original, then yer off on a wild Shaggy ride. Enjoy….

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