Instigator Video Jukebox

Instigator Jukebox 150 - MONO

2008-03-18T16:18:00.003-05:00

MONO. Mono are from Japan. If you want to see what post-rocking sweetness the Japanese can come up with, dig up some Mono albums. You will not be disappointed.

MONO

Yearning (Live in Leipzig)

*****

Moonlight (live)

*****

The Kidnapper Bell (live)

*****

Halo (fan vid)

Instigator Jukebox 149 - BORIS

2008-02-29T15:11:00.002-06:00

BORIS. Boris is from japan. Boris will pummel you with rock. Named after a fabulous Melvins tune. Boris makes great albums. Boris is the shit!

BORIS

Ibitsu

*****

Korosu

*****

Furi

*****

Heavy Friends

*****

Statement

Instigator Jukebox 148 - CHARALAMBIDES

2007-12-12T15:58:00.000-06:00

CHARALAMBIDES. Ahhh, Houston breeds some weird motherfuckers. These two used to be a couple, married and all, the they split up, and divorced, but they still play and perform as Charalambides. Thanks to SOZAVAC for introducing me to them about 6 years ago when he gave me one of their self-produced CD's.

CHARALAMBIDES

The Eye (Part 1)

*****

The Eye (part 2)

*****

The Eye (part 3)

*****

Hope Against Hope (live)

Instigator Jukebox 147 - PT 2 HEADBANGER'S BALL MEMORIES

2007-11-30T10:53:00.000-06:00

HEADBANGER'S BALL MEMORIES PT. 2. More trips down memory lane.

SACRED REICH - The American Way

*****

D.R.I. - Beneath The Wheel

*****

ACCEPT - Balls To The Wall

*****

MEGADETH - Holy Wars

*****

JUDAS PRIEST - Painkiller

You've Got Another Thing Coming

*****

DIO - Rainbow In The Dark

*****

VOIVOD - Astronomy Domine

*****

MINISTRY - Stigmata

Jesus Built My Hot Rod

Burning Inside

Instigator Jukebox 146 - HEADBANGER'S BALL MEMORIES PT. 1

2007-11-29T11:06:00.000-06:00

HEADBANGER'S BALL MEMORIES PT. 1. Oh man I used to watch headbanger's Ball religiously. MTV used to not shoe metal videos at all, until they started a daily 30 minute program called Hard 30, which was popular and expanded into Headbanger's Ball. Every Saturday night there would be two full hours of metal music on the TV and no one could stop me from soaking it all in. Ahhh, teenage years. Here are some of my favorites, good, or nostalgic, or otherwise, from the Headbanger's ball era.

HEADBANGER'S BALL MEMORIES

HELLOWEEN - I Want out (I always liked this goofy video! These guys had a great sense of humor about their metal)

*****

DEATH ANGEL - Seemingly Endless Time (Phillipino rockers who idolized Black Sabbath!)

I'm Bored

*****

ANTHRAX - Got The Time (These were some hairy guys)

Indians

I'm The Man (live)

*****

NUCLEAR ASSAULT - Brainwashed (NYC Thrash, looking like redneck trash.)

*****

TESTAMENT - Nobody's Fault (video filmed in Houston. Note the old Summit of Rocket's legend, now Lakewood Church run by Osteen fuck. Also, the club they go to is the Axiom in Houston TX. many great shows at the Axiom!)

*****

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES - Waking The Dead ("I don't care that they already died. That's not enough to make me satisfied." I used to love this band so much. I like songs about the dead.)

Trip At The Brain

*****

OVERKILL - Elimination (the single worst singer ever in metal)

*****

EXODUS - Toxic Waltz (Nope, this was the worst singer in metal)

*****

KING DIAMOND - Welcome Home (I never understood this video. he wanted to do something bad to his grandma. King Diamond was a weird weird dude who was fueled by Satan, or so he thought.)

*****

MOD - True Colors (this was kind of like a supergroup)

Instigator Jukebox 145 - MICHAEL JACKSON

2007-11-29T10:43:00.001-06:00

MICHAEL JACKSON. Oh Michael. So talented. So gifted. So crazy. I'm not gonna stop until I get enough, Michael.

MICHAEL JACKSON

Beat It

*****

Don't Stop Till you Get Enough

*****

Bad

*****

PYT (fan vid)

*****

Smooth Criminal

*****

Rock With You

*****

Leave Me Alone

*****

Dirty Diana

*****

Billie Jean

*****

Off The Wall (fan vid)

Instigator Jukebox 144 - HOOD

2007-11-27T15:45:00.000-06:00

HOOD. These guys are from Leeds England, and they are fucking awesome. I have listened to their music evolve over the past decade. No one else I know is into them. That is a shame. I love their lo-fi shit.

HOOD

You Show No Emotion At All

*****

The Lost You

*****

I've Forgotten How To Live

*****

The Negatives

Instigator Jukebox 143 - QUIET RIOT

2007-11-26T15:42:00.001-06:00

QUIET RIOT This was my favorite band when I was but a young lad of 9-10 years old. Their singer died this past weekend, Kevin DuBrow. I do not know why just yet. Here are some of the songs that struck me at a formative age, and made me the bad-ass you see before you now.

QUIET RIOT

Cum On Feel The Noize

*****

Mama We're All Crazeee Now

*****

Slick Black Caddilac (live)

*****

Metal Health (song only)

Instigator Jukebox 142 - MOTORHEAD

2007-11-26T15:34:00.000-06:00

MOTORHEAD. There is no better band out there if what you want is loud fast in yr face rock n roll. Lemmy is GOD. That bastard's voice gets me rockin' instantly. Long live the evil pox upon humanity that is Motorhead.

MOTORHEAD

Iron Fist

*****

Ace Of Spades

*****

Killed By Death

*****

Bomber

*****

Eat The Rich

Instigator Jukebox 141 - THE CULT

2007-11-20T10:55:00.000-06:00

THE CULT. These guys just wanted to ROCK. As Vernon Reid of Living Colour said once, The Cult "put the bombast back in RAWK". Indeed they did. They had a very odd look when they started but their songs rocked much ass. Ahhh, memory lane.

THE CULT
Rain

*****

Edie (Ciao Baby)

*****

Fire Woman

*****

Wild Flower

*****

She Sells Sanctuary

*****

Love Removal Machine

Instigator Jukebox 140 - ANTHONY JOSEPH LANMAN

2007-11-20T10:31:00.000-06:00

ANTHONY JOSEPH LANMAN. Anthony Joseph Lanman is a composer and musician I have known for almost half my life. He is extremely talented and hopefully will contribute greatly to modern composition. He is so bad-ass he can make the ladies in the back row cream by playing a Lute, of all things! ha ha! Here are some of his pieces performed by other musicians.

ANTHONY JOSEPH LANMAN

Sonata 46

*****

Seven Lamentations for John Dowland (Alto Flute Concerto)

Instigator Jukebox 139 - TENACIOUS D

2007-11-13T15:23:00.000-06:00

TENACIOUS D. It's TENACIOUS D TIME YOU MOTHERFUCKER, GO!!!! They're schooled by Satan. tenacious D had what, to me, is the single funniest TV show ever in the history of television. that woudl be their Tenacious D shorts on HBO. HOLY FUCK. To this day I have never laughed so hard. They play the songs live on two acoustic guitars, and they fucking rule all. They're album sucked MAJOR ASS though, having lost their magic by adding actual metal players and plugged in guitars. Oh Well. FUELED BY SATAN! "Double Team Supreme" is the pinnacle of funny songs.

TENACIOUS D

Double Team Supreme

*****

Explosivo!

*****

Kielbasa (live)

*****

Cosmic Shame

*****

History

*****

The Greatest Song In The World (episode plus song)

*****

Warning

Instigator Jukebox 138 - DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979

2007-11-12T13:47:00.000-06:00

DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979. I hate it when bands break up. These two guys (bass and drums) were so fucking amazing. I love their record "You're A Woman, I'm A Machine." Great title. They did some truly heavy shit and some fucking great songs. I wish they were still around to make another album. Check out these bad-asses.

DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979

Black History Month

*****

Blood On Our Hands

*****

Pull Out

*****

Romantic Rights

*****

Dead Womb (live)

Instigator Jukebox 137 - KRAFTWERK

2007-11-12T13:24:00.000-06:00

KRAFTWERK. Music for robots? Music BY robots? Music for people who think they are robots, or would prefer to be robots? Either way these fucking guys are groundbreaking genius motherfuckers. I like guys who make up their own instruments and then figure out how to create music they love with those instruments.

KRAFTWERK

Autobahn

*****

Trans Europe Express

*****

We Are The Robots

*****

The Model

*****

Radioactivity

*****

Neon Lights

*****

Tour De France

Instigator Jukebox 136 - THE STOOGES

2007-11-09T15:44:00.000-06:00

THE STOOGES. The Stooges are primal rock n roll. They are the epitome of "Fuck you, we do not care if we can play, or if you like us, or if we are pretty enough. We are going to rock your asshole open." They stripped rock n roll to it's basic, most debased constituent parts, thank goodness, and showed the world the truth of it all. Long Live The Stooges.

THE STOOGES

No Fun

*****

TV Eye/1970 (live)

*****

Search & Destroy (fan vid)

*****

I Wanna Be Your Dog (song only)

*****

Gimme Danger (fan vid)

Instigator Jukebox 135 - REGINA SPEKTOR

2007-11-07T14:25:00.000-06:00

REGINA SPEKTOR. Going to see her perform tonite. The show is sold out, and I am glad I got tickets for myself and Elizabeth last week! Damn! Regina is beautiful. Her music is weird. She is Russian, by way of NYC, and I may fall in love with her tonite, or I may not. Who knows? Does she like fanboy groupies? Hopefully.

REGINA SPEKTOR

Fidelity

*****

Samson

*****

Us

*****

Better

*****

Somedays (fan vid)

*****

On The Radio

Instigator Jukebox 134 - GANG STARR

2007-10-26T13:58:00.000-05:00

GANG STARR. Guru & DJ Premier. Mike Grayum got me into Gang Starr. He was the hugest fan, and Guru was his favorite MC for the longest, and with good reason. The motherfucker can lay some ill rhymes with a smooth flow a la Rakim. Great fucking songs man!

GANG STARR

Mass Appeal

*****

Full Clip

*****

You Know My Steez

*****

Code Of The Streets

*****

Moment Of Truth (song only)

*****

Skillz

Instigator Jukebox 133 - DIGABLE PLANETS

2007-10-26T13:41:00.000-05:00

DIGABLE PLANETS. They dig some sounds boomin' outta Jeeps where they're from. These three rappers, collectively known as Digable Planets, were fucking awesome. There were several MC's playing off of Jazz, notably A Tribe Called Quest, Guru & GangStarr, and De La Soul, but Digable Planets had their own thing going on. I remember sitting in the back of Jaime Instigator's mom's car as him and this girl Erin (sp?) and I drove to Savers to get some clothes. Jaime was playing the first Dig Plans album (Reachin, a New Refutation of Time and Space) and I fucking loved it. It was great.

DIGABLE PLANETS

Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)

*****

Nickle Bags

*****

Blackitolism

*****

Where I'm From (remix)

*****

Instigator Jukebox 132 - HAPPY MONDAYS

2007-10-19T14:25:00.000-05:00

HAPPY MONDAYS. Hoodlums from Manchester England. The only band worth anything from those early ecstacy-soaked days. They're twistin' my melon, man.

HAPPY MONDAYS

Kinky Afro (fan vid)

*****

Step On

*****

Hallelujah

*****

Wrote For Luck

Instigator Jukebox 131 - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

2007-10-19T10:08:00.000-05:00

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS. Man I used to love these cats. I listened to their first four albums endlessly, especially Freakey Styley and Uplift Mofo Party Plan. Fuck I loved it! Then they lost the funk. They lost it and once lost it can never be regained. For that very reason I am including none of their shit videos on this jukebox, just the funky stuff. FUCK they suck so bad now.

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

Suck My Kiss

*****

Give It Away

*****

Higher Ground

*****

Rollercoaster of Love

*****

Show Me Your Soul

*****

Knock Me Down

*****

Fight Like A Brave

*****

True Men Don't Kill Coyotes

*****

Catholic School Girls Rule

*****

Subway To Venus (live)

*****

Instigator Jukebox 130 - MAGIK MARKERS

2007-10-19T09:52:00.000-05:00

MAGIK MARKERS. Oh the beauty of the noise and the noise rock. In honor of my main man Sozavac's FOR YOUR WEEKEND ROCKIN', and his post on the Markers, I have put up some of their videos here. I love to noise rock. These guys used to be straight up NOISE and their new album has headed into more song structures. Good for them!

MAGIK MARKERS

Taste

*****

(live in Iowa)

*****

(live 2005)

*****

(live in London)

Instigator Jukebox 129 - THE RAMONES

2007-10-18T13:06:00.000-05:00

THE RAMONES. It all started with the Ramones. Do not let anyone tell you that punk music was started by Television, or Patti Smith or The Sex Pistols. Punk Music was begun by the RAMONES, NYC's own bastard children. They wanted to bring rock back from the brink of pompous, over-wrought, overly produced crap that was suffusing the airwaves at the time of their formation. They rightfully HATED this shit. They went back to Chuck Berry riffs, but they wanted to hear fast music so they played as fast as they could. Bow down you fucking peasants!

THE RAMONES

Pet Sematary

*****

I Wanna Be Sedated

*****

Blietzkrieg Bop

*****

Rock N Roll High School

*****

Do You Remember Rock N Roll Radio?

*****

Judy Is A Punk

*****

The KKK Took My Baby Away

*****

Teenage Lobotomy

Instigator Jukebox 128 - AC/DC

2007-10-17T17:01:00.000-05:00

AC/DC. The very definition of high wattage rock n roll. These Aussies blew the lid off of rock and have never allowed it to be put back on. I do not know of a single man, woman, or child that does not start rockin' the very moment that You Shook Me All Night Long starts up. You gotta love the fat riffs Angus Young comes up with.

AC/DC

It's A Long Way To The Top If You Wanna Rock n Roll

*****

Hells Bells (song only)

*****

T.N.T. (live)

*****

Highway To Hell

*****

For Those About To Rock (live)

*****

Back In Black

*****

You Shook Me All Night Long

Instigator Jukebox 127 - MEN AT WORK

2007-10-17T16:37:00.000-05:00

MEN AT WORK. These were also some zany guys. Since we seem to be on a zany kick here in the Instigator Video Jukebox, what with Madness in the mix, I decided to put up one of my childhood MTV faves. That song, Who Can It Be Now?, is a fucking genius song. Thank you Australia.

MEN AT WORK

Down Under

*****

It's a Mistake

*****

Who Can It Be Now?

*****

Be Good Johnny

*****

Overkill

Instigator Jukebox 126 - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

2007-10-17T13:30:00.001-05:00

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND. It all started with The Velvet Underground. Without them and Black Sabbath, the music I love would not exist. The velvet Underground sang about things that were real to them, not the hippie bullshit of the times. They added drones, ussually through John Cale's viola, and free noise as music. They were amazing and their music still holds up and influences countless bands.

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

Sunday Morning

*****

I'm Waiting For The Man (fan vid)

*****

Heroin (song only)

*****

Venus In Furs

*****

Sweet Jane

*****

Rock And Roll (fan vid)

*****

Run Run Run (song only)

*****

What Goes On? (song only)

*****

White Light/White Heat (fan vid)

Instigator Jukebox 125 - MADNESS

2007-10-17T10:12:00.000-05:00

MADNESS. Nutty cats. White boys from England with an infectious love for the Ska music. Sure they seem like goofy idiots, but they were having fun, and kicking out the second generation ska-tastic sound.

MADNESS

House of Fun

*****

Night Boat To Cairo

*****

One Step Beyond

*****

Baggy Trousers

*****

Driving In My Car

*****

Our House

*****

It Must be Love

Instigator Jukebox 124 - ERIC B. & RAKIM

2007-10-15T13:10:00.000-05:00

ERIC B. & RAKIM. Rakim is one of my favorite MC's ever. He is one seriously talented wordsmith. Rakim was the first to bring heavy-duty rhyme schemes and internal structure to his rhymes, plus he did it in a laid-back manner that belied his amazing flow. He taught everyone what Rap Music could be. The influence is inestimable. Eric B. scratched it up like a motherfucker too. No overdubs and no bullshit, just a world-class hip hop DJ and a world-class hip hop MC.

ERIC B. & RAKIM

Microphone Fiend

*****

I Ain't No Joke

*****

Move The Crowd

*****

I Know You Got Soul (song and pics)

*****

Check Out My Melody (song and pics)

*****

Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em

*****

Eric B. Is President

*****

Don't Sweat The Technique

Instigator Jukebox 123 - THELONIOUS MONK

2007-10-11T11:12:00.001-05:00

THELONIOUS MONK. There is none greater. Monk is my all-time favorite pianist and musical composer. His music strikes a chord in me, a very weird distorted chord. I can listen to his music endlessly, always finding something new, always seeing a different piece of the genius that created such tunes. Monk would have been 90 years old yesterday.

THELONIOUS MONK

Blue Monk

*****

Epistrophy

*****

'Round Midnight

*****

Ruby, My Dear

*****

In my Solitude

*****

Lulu's Back In Town

*****

Off Minor

*****

Nutty

*****

I Mean You

*****

Light Blue

*****

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Instigator Jukebox 122 - AFRICA BAMBAATAA

2007-10-11T10:40:00.000-05:00

AFRICA BAMBAATAA. This man was looking for the perfect beat. He founded Zulu Nation. He laid the groudnwork for all rap to follow, together with the Soul Sonic Force. Long live Africa Bambaataa and his crazy gear.

AFRICA BAMBAATAA

Planet Rock

*****

Looking For The Perfect Beat

Instigator Jukebox 121 - CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN

2007-10-10T13:49:00.001-05:00

CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN. I remember when Xavier Instigator bought their album KEY LIME PIE. It was a long time ago. We would listen to it all the time, and I fell in love with the song "All Her Favorite Fruit." They had an odd way about them, these guys. Cracker sucked ass though.

CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN

All Her favorite Fruit (live)

*****

Take The Skinheads Bowling

*****

Pictures of Matchstick Men (live)

Instigator Jukebox 120 - ZZ TOP

2007-10-10T10:02:00.000-05:00

ZZ TOP. Paying tribute to the biggest band ever to step out of Houston, Motherfucking Texas! "That little ol' band from Texas," ZZ TOP. The guitar. It is all about the guitar. These guys have been putting great rock shows on for the longest fucking time and they are not slowing down anytime soon. I love so many of their fat riffs. "Got no worries cuz my wallet's fat."

ZZ TOP

Jesus Left Chicago (live 1980)

*****

Gimme All Your Lovin' (live)

*****

Legs

*****

Just Got Paid

*****

Sleeping Bag

*****

Sharp Dressed Man

*****

La Grange/Tush (live)

Instigator Jukebox 119 - BAD BRAINS

2007-10-09T16:37:00.000-05:00

BAD BRAINS. The first, and maybe the best, hardcore band around. Fuck, these guys raged through the D.C scene and then ripped up the country showing kids how to fucking DO IT.

BAD BRAINS

Pay To Cum (live)

*****

Attitude (live)

*****

House of Suffering (live)

*****

Big Takeover (live)

*****

I Against I

*****

At The Movies

*****

Soul Craft

Instigator Jukebox 118 - PSYCHEDELIC FURS

2007-10-09T15:58:00.000-05:00

PSYCHEDELIC FURS. I always liked their songs when I heard them on the MTV, but it was not until around 1996 or so that I really began to listen to the Psychedelic Furs and love their songs. Their Greatest Hits collection "All This And Nothing" is bad-ass.

PSYCHEDELIC FURS

Pretty In Pink

*****

Sister Europe

*****

The Ghost In You

*****

Dumb Waiters

*****

Love My Way

*****

All That Money Wants

*****

Heartbreak Beat

*****

President Gas (live)

Instigator Jukebox 117 - fIREHOSE

2007-10-09T14:32:00.000-05:00

fIREHOSE. From the ashes of the Minutemen arose fIREHOSE. While not as hardcore as the Minutemen, they still rocked their asses off. I wish I could find a video of them performintg the most amazing cover song ever of Superchunk's SLACK MOTHERFUCKER. That is one for the ages

FIREHOSE

Brave Captain

*****

Down With The Bass

*****

Hear Me

*****

Walking The Cow (Daniel Johnston cover)

*****

Mannequin (live)

*****

Riddle of The Eighties

Instigator Jukebox 116 - PRIMUS

2007-10-08T16:14:00.000-05:00

PRIMUS. "What if Christmas didn't come this year?" That was the question put forth by Primus into the head of Jean Instigator one acid-fueled night. That refrain kept wafting in the air courtesy of the aforementioned Jean. man, when I first heard Primus they sounded so different, so weird and cool and interesting. they sang about the oddest shit. Their guitarist just flailed away on skronk. I do not like any of their albums after the third one, because they got all nooodley and not rockin' enough. Oh well. Too bad for me. They had the baddest fucking drummer...

PRIMUS

John The Fisherman

*****

My Name Is Mud

*****

Winona's Big Brown Beaver

*****

Too Many Puppies

*****

To Defy The Laws Of Tradition (live)

*****

Tommy The Cat

*****

Pudding Time (live)

*****

Frizzle Fry (live)

*****

Groundhog's Day (live)

*****

Jerry Was A Race Car Driver

*****

Have A Cigar (pink floyd cover - fan vid)

Instigator Jukebox 115 - CYPRESS HILL

2007-10-08T15:56:00.000-05:00

CYPRESS HILL. Oh the days and oh the nights, hanging at Jean's mom's blasting Cypress Hill and Wu Tang and Butthole Surfers and getting up on it. Those were the days. Talk about some flashbacks with these songs.

CYPRESS HILL

How I Could Just Kill A Man

*****

Insane In The Brain

*****

Ain't Goin' Out Like That

*****

I Wanna Get High (fan vid)

*****

Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk

Instigator Jukebox 114 - ORNETTE COLEMAN

2007-10-08T14:00:00.000-05:00

ORNETTE COLEMAN. This is one of my favorite Jazz musicians, of which I have many I do admit. Ornette blew people's minds with his Free Jazz album and continues to make music that is at the far reaches of sound. I love the man. The ass-kickers always seem to be from Texas.

ORNETTE COLEMAN

Live in 1979

*****

School Work

*****

Live 1980

*****

Ramblin' (fan vid)

Instigator Jukebox 113 - LE TIGRE

2007-10-02T10:55:00.000-05:00

LE TIGRE. I remember those stupid ass fucking knit shirts. I also remember that I love Kathleen Hannah more than life itself. I will have to fight my friends for her, and I will, and I will come out the winner, for my love/lust runs deep. This band always makes ya wanna dance, and they do so on the most basic of electronic instruments. They also bash you over the head repeatedly with their politics but that is better to me than some loser fucking band singing endless songs about their last girlfriend/boyfriend. They also have quite possibly the ugliest lesbian in music in the band.

LE TIGRE

Deceptacon

*****

TKO

*****

Well Well Well

*****

Fake French

*****

I'm So Excited (fan vid)

*****

Hot Topic (live)

*****

Deceptacon (live)

Instigator Jukebox 112 - SUICIDAL TENDENCIES

2007-09-27T13:45:00.001-05:00

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES. Yes. I rocked the Suicidal Tendencies hat with the flipped up brim. Fuck yeah. Teachers asked me if I was advertising my mental condition. These guys were like some sort of loco Vato crew. From their early skate-thrash hardcore days to their twisted metal, these guys did what they wanted when they wanted. Mike Muir's voice rules.

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES

Institutionalized

*****

Possessed To Skate

*****

You Can't Bring Me Down

*****

Waking The Dead

*****

I Saw Your Mommy and Your Mommy's Dead (song only)

*****

How Will I Laugh Tomorrow (fan vid)

*****

Trip At The Brain

Instigator Jukebox 111 - VIOLENT FEMMES

2007-09-27T13:04:00.000-05:00

VIOLENT FEMMES. "Why can't I get just one fuck? Why can't I get just one fuck? I guess it's got something to do with luck, but I've waited my whole life for just one..."
"Did you do too many drugs? I did too many drugs. Did you do too many drugs too, baby?"
Hel fuck yeah, the Violent Femmes. I discovered the Femmes for myself one day early in high school when I found a homemade tape that read "violent femmes" in red ink. I was confused. I took it home and listened to it. I had never heard anything like this, but it hit me at just the right time! That tape saved my sophomore year! The B side was suicidal tendencies' first album! ha! What a contrast!

VIOLENT FEMMES

Gone Daddy Gone

*****

American Music

*****

I Held Her In My Arms

*****

Kiss Off (fan vid)

*****

Breakin' Up

*****

Mirror Mirror (I See A Damsel)

*****

Add It Up (live)

*****

Used To Be

*****

Children of The Revolution

*****

Blister In The Sun (live)

*****

Good Feeling (just the song)

Instigator Jukebox 110 - HUSKER DU

2007-09-19T10:51:00.000-05:00

HUSKER DU. I heard mention of Husker Du in my early years and never got into them, mainly because I was busy with other music and bands, but once I settled down and began to collect older music I fell for Husker Du and for their fantastic fucking music. They were a fucking amazing band and I understood why so many people were influenced by them. Three regular dudes, one openly gay, playing hardcore gigs throughout the USA in the Reagan 80's. Nothing more punk that that my friends.

HUSKER DU

Eight Miles High (live)

*****

Could You Be The One

*****

How To Skin A Cat

*****

Don't Want To Know If You're Lonely

*****

Pink Turns To Blue (live)

*****

I Apologize/If I Told You/Folklore (live)

*****

The Girl Who Lives On heaven Hill/I Apologize (live)

*****

New Day Rising (live)

*****

Makes No Sense At All

Instigator Jukebox 109 - ALBERT COLLINS

2007-09-18T13:33:00.000-05:00

ALBERT COLLINS. Willord turned me onto the late, great Albert Collins, bluesman guitarist extraordinaire. What a fantastic fucking guitarist. His music and his guitar tone are ice cold! Gotta love those Texas Bluesmen.

ALBERT COLLINS

I Ain't Drunk

*****

If Trouble Was Money

*****

Master Charge

*****

Black Cat Bone

*****

Frosty

*****

Honey Hush

Instigator Jukebox 108 - CHUCK BERRY

2007-09-17T15:52:00.000-05:00

CHUCK BERRY. Fuck I love listening to the Chuck Berry music. If you find it, get the Great 28, which is an excellent greatest hits package. Chuck Berry did more for Rock N' Roll guitar and rock in general than any of the other early forefathers, yet he gets little praise for it. Without him there would be no one else. His riffing and rock tunes stand tall today, 50 years after they first came out and scared the crap out of the straights. Everyone from Creedence Clearwater Revival in the 60's to the Ramones in the 70's to Mudhoney in the 80's/90's knows that when you want to bring rock back from it's pompous excess, you must return to the roots, to CHUCK FUCKING BERRY.

CHUCK BERRY

You Can't Catch Me

*****

No Particular Place To Go

*****

Oh Baby Doll

*****

Sweet Little Sixteen

*****

Maybellene

*****

Roll Over Beethoven

*****

Reelin' and Rockin'

*****

Johnny B Goode/Carol/Promised Land

*****

Carol

*****

The Things I Used To Do

*****

Johnny B. Goode

Instigator Jukebox 107 - ROBERT JOHNSON

2007-09-14T15:05:00.001-05:00

ROBERT JOHNSON. It is a very rare thing to have someone be so completely and inarguably crucial to the development of a popular musical form. It is even rare when that someone only has about 40+ minutes of recorded music existing. Having lived a very hard life, Robert Johnson died at age 27, slipping into obscurity and then legend. This is the real shit people. Check it out. Country Blues, ladies and germs.

ROBERT JOHNSON

Crossroad

*****

Hellhound On My Tail

*****

Me and The Devil Blues

*****

Walking Blues

Instigator Jukebox 106 - ART BRUT

2007-09-14T14:54:00.000-05:00

ART BRUT. This is one of my new funny faves. These guys not only crack me up but they fucking rock, in a very angular Wire-meets-The Fall kind of way that just makes me feel good. Only the Brits can kick it like this. Check it out Sozavac. They may be your new faves. Ha!

ART BRUT

Good Weekend

*****

Formed A Band (live)

*****

Direct Hit

*****

My Little Brother (fan vid)

*****

St. Pauli (live)

Instigator Jukebox 105 - OUTKAST

2007-09-14T12:55:00.000-05:00

OUTKAST. These two cats from Atlanta made many records before hitting it huge crossover style with Stankonia. I remember seeing their early videos on Street Flava here in Houston Texas (D Solo!) and just digging their sound, their style, their originality. I do not think they get the credit for their music that they get for their lyrics. Bombs Over Baghdad (B.O.B.) is the best fucking song. I thought I was having a flashback when I caught that shit around 12:30 AM one Sunday morning.

OUTKAST

Ms. Jackson

*****

Bombs Over Baghdad

*****

Roses

*****

Hey Ya

*****

The Whole World

*****

Aquemini

*****

Reset (song only)

*****

Rosa Parks

*****

Players Ball

*****

So Fresh So Clean

*****

Ghettomusick

*****

Git Up, Git Out

*****

Spottieottiedopaliscious

Instigator Jukebox 104 - THURSTON MOORE

2007-09-13T15:13:00.000-05:00

THURSTON MOORE. One of my all-time idols, Thurston Moore has branched out from Sonic Youth and recorded two solo albums, and a myriad of collaborative releases with everyone from the free jazz underground, to noise experimentalists, to up and coming young bands. Here are a sampling of them. "No! You are NOT a duck! You are HUMAN! So go....go forth and THRASH!"- Thurston Moore

THURSTON MOORE

Ono Soul

*****

(Ecstatic Peace preview of new solo album)

*****

BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS & THURSTON MOORE - Stroking Piece

*****

Maryka Thunderbunny (live)

*****

See-Through Play/Mate

Instigator Jukebox 103 - DAN DEACON

2007-09-13T15:00:00.000-05:00

DAN DEACON. Dan Deacon is one dude. He gets up on stage with his mass of electronics and starts to play music and sing and he whips the crowd into a frenzy and he is very entertaining. What a one man show. He will be playing in Houston on the 24th of September and I will be there. Yes, it is crazy self-indulgent shit but fuck if it does not make my body move. They call this music Futureshock, and I have no idea if this has anything to do with the Curtis Mayfield song of that name or the Herbie Hancock album named after his cover of the Mayfield song. Baltimore has got some fucked up crazy scene going on!

DAN DEACON

The Crystal Cat

*****

Big Big Big Big Big

*****

Silence Like The Wind Overtakes Me (live)

Instigator Jukebox 102 - BATTLES

2007-09-13T14:42:00.000-05:00

BATTLES. More new music for the people of today. Either keep listening to new stuff or get outta the way cuz it's is blowing through here like a fucking freight train and will stop for nothing and no one. I like what I have heard of Battles. Got turned onto them last year and they sure do kick out the weird jams. Gotta love the weird jams. Too bad they only have a couple of videos out now.

BATTLES

Atlas

*****

Tonto

*****

(short intro to the band)

*****

Empty Bottle

Instigator Jukebox 101 - DEERHUNTER

2007-09-11T16:32:00.000-05:00

DEERHUNTER. Another great new band. FUCK! We are so lucky. I have been listening to their album Cryptograms and it is fucking amazing! GODDAMN I LOVE IT SO!!!!!!!!! Enjoy some Deerhunter!

DEERHUNTER

Strange Lights

*****

Lake Somerset

*****

Hazel Street

*****

Oceans

Instigator Jukebox 100 - THE LIARS

2007-09-11T12:33:00.000-05:00

LIARS. I love these days. There are just so many fucking awesome noisy bands out there doing their thing. The fart-stink of Emo has finally dissipated enough for REAL rock bands to fucking burst forth and spread their own stench. From Animal Collective to Xiu Xiu to Deerhoof to Deerhunter to Parts & Labor to The Liars, all these acts are fucking giving me massive sonic hard-ons. Here are the Liars to blow you away.

THE LIARS

Plaster Casts Of Everything

*****

Let's Not Wrestle Mt. Heart Attack

*****

We Fenced Other Gardens With The Bones From Our Own

*****

Broken Witch (live)

*****

Be Quiet Mt. Heart Attack

*****

There's Always Room On The Broom

*****

The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack

Instigator Jukebox 99 - THE MELVINS

2007-09-07T14:59:00.000-05:00

THE MELVINS. "I'm crawling! On my belly crawling!" Oh the Melvins. The wonderful dirge-like heavyness. The tortured screams from King Buzzo. The magnificently twisted lyrics. The Melvins are heavier than your momma's pussy lips. They rule all.

THE MELVINS

The Talking Horse

*****

Hooch

*****

Honey Bucket

*****

Revolve

*****

Queen

*****

Boris (live)

*****

Lizzy

*****

With Teeth

*****

Zodiac (live)

*****

Oven (live)

*****

(live)

*****

Ft. Lustmord (fan vid)

Instigator Jukebox 98 - TRISTEZA

2007-09-07T14:21:00.000-05:00

TRISTEZA. dreamy melodic atmospheric post-rock at it's finest. When I first heard this band I was struck by how fucking chill they are. Their name meands "sadness" but the music hits all different emotions. All Instrumental Fantasticity! Let Tristeza transport your mind into post-rock paradise.

TRISTEZA

Stumble On Air

*****

Midnight Sun Dub

*****

Lagarta

*****

Utopia Bridge

*****

Abrazo Distante

*****

Lambs

*****

580

*****

Sil

Instigator Jukebox 97 - LUCIANO PAVAROTTI R.I.P.

2007-09-06T15:19:00.000-05:00

LUCIANO PAVAROTTI. In Memoriam.

LUCIANO PAVAROTTI

Schubert - Ave Maria

*****

Piccini - Nessum Dorma

*****

Donizetti - Una Furtiva Lagrima

*****

Verdi - Celeste Aida

*****

Leoncavallo - Vesti La Giubba (from Pagliacci)

*****

Torna a Surriento

Instigator Jukebox 96 - YO YO MA

2007-09-05T13:34:00.000-05:00

YO YO MA. Yo Yo Ma is one bad motherfucker and there's no denying it. I used to play the cello a long time ago, so I loves me a good cellist. Yo Yo Ma has been one of my favorites for so long. He can play anything in the repertoire and do it masterfully. Check out some of his performances here.

YO YO MA

TCHAIKOVSKY - Roccoco Variations

*****

BACH - Prelude, Cello Suite No. 1

*****

ENNIO MORRICONE - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Ecstasy if Gold

*****

DVORAK - Silent Woods

*****

DVORAK - Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E Minor

*****

PAGANINI - Caprice 24

*****

BEETHOVEN - Triple Concerto (with Itzhak Perlman and Daniel Barenboim) Mvmt. 1, Pt. 1

Triple Concerto Mvmt. 1 - Pt. 2

Triple Concerto Mvmt. 2

Triple Concerto Mvmt. 3 - Pt. 1

Triple Concerto Mvmt. 3 - Pt. 2

Triple Concerto Mvmt. 3 - Pt. 3

Instigator Jukebox 95 - FAITH NO MORE

2007-09-05T12:11:00.000-05:00

FAITH NO MORE. Man when I first heard Faith No More and their album The Real Thing back in high school it was so fuckin' great. I saw that first video, From Out Of Nowhere, and I was like "Who the fuck are these guys?" That album was a weird mix of styles and genres and yet it rocked so hard. The dudes in the band were all weird, weird dudes. The drummer was a natty dread. The keyboardist was an openly gay surfer-type. The guitarist looked like a Motorhead fanatic. The bassist could have been in Mudhoney and ended up playing in the very very sick Brujeria. Then, you had Mike Patton, the singer, who did not look in any way like any other frontmen out there at the time. No fake blonde hair. No fancy woman's clothes, and he sang crazy! Plus they did the best cover of Sabath's WAR PIGS! They had several singers before Mike Patton, including Chuck Mosely and, for a short time, Courtney Love.

FAITH NO MORE

Epic

*****

Midlife Crisis

*****

We Care A Lot

*****

Falling To Pieces

*****

Everything's Ruined

*****

War Pigs

*****

Easy

*****

From Out Of Nowhere

*****

A Small Victory

*****

Caffeine (live)

*****

Surprise You're Dead

*****

Jizzlobber (live)

Instigator Jukebox 94 - XIU XIU

2007-09-04T14:25:00.001-05:00

XIU XIU. I love this band. I first heard about them on the Sonic Youth forum and went out and got one of their albums. They truly are some original music making motherfuckers, slightly scary, always noisy, yet melodic, and beautiful, just plain beautiful. They sure got the zeitgeist of today. ha ha! Zeitgeist! I love creepy bands.

XIU XIU

Boy Soprano

*****

Muppet Face

*****

Bishop, CA

*****

Pox

*****

I Love The Valley Oh!

*****

Video

*****

Poe, Poe

*****

The Fox And The Rabbit

*****

Save Me

*****

Apistat Commander

*****

Hello From Eau Claire

Instigator Jukebox 93 - DEERHOOF

2007-09-04T14:18:00.000-05:00

DEERHOOF. This is one freaky act. Their music changes from album to album and gets ever more interesting. From skree and skronk to squalls of beautiful noise to nonsense sing song lyrics, these fuckers bring it. I love their weirdness. It is great to see newer bands bringing the WEIRD. Too many shit-ass bands try to look weird but they bring sonic normalcy. I prefer bands that look normal and bring sonic weirdness.

DEERHOOF

The Perfect Me

*****

Stuffed

*****

Kidz Are So Small (fan vid)

*****

Wrong Time Capsule

*****

+81 (live)

Instigator Jukebox 92 - SISTERS OF MERCY

2007-09-04T14:07:00.000-05:00

SISTERS OF MERCY I first heard the Sisters of Mercy at U of H, hanging with fellow weirdos. They played me Vision Thing and Floodland and I grew to really dig their odd atmospheric yet rockin' goth sound. These fuckers had style. They also had a very distinctive lead singer. Too bad I cannot find the video for Vision Thing.

SISTERS OF MERCY

Lucretia, My Reflection

*****

More

*****

Dominion

*****

1959

*****

Detonation Boulevard

*****

This Corrosion

*****

Doctor Jeep

*****

Marian (live)

Instigator Jukebox 91 - THE METROSCHIFTER

2007-09-04T13:54:00.000-05:00

THE METROSCHIFTER. I know this band mainly through their 7" singles, of which there are plenty. They do not have too many videos and for all I know they are broken up now. That happens in the underground! If you can find it, get their EP Strawberries. Good stuff.

THE METROSCHIFTER

Equation

*****

Why Me?

Instigator Jukebox 90 - INTERPOL

2007-09-04T09:50:00.000-05:00

INTERPOL. Sure this band had style. Sure they dressed in impecable black suits. Sure they made the young girls cream and scream and get wet in places they never got wet before, but they also rocked their asses off. Interpol took their influences and wove them into a great sound. It helped that they wrote some goddamn awesome songs too.

INTERPOL

PDA

*****

NYC

*****

Slow Hands

*****

Evil

*****

Obstacle 1

*****

Mammoth

*****

The Heinrich Maneuver

*****

C'Mere

*****

Untitled (fan vid)

Instigator Jukebox 89 - TORTOISE

2007-08-31T13:40:00.000-05:00

TORTOISE. I first heard this band when Heath played me a Tortoise album he had purchased. man this shit will space you out hardcore. I was lucky enough to see them play live and it was just fucking GREAT! I thouroughly enjoyed myself. I found some extra long live clips of them as well as some videos for your enjoyment.

TORTOISE

Stretch (You Are All Right)/Ten Day Interval/Swung From the Gutters/The Lithium Stiffs/Crest/Seneca (live!)

*****

Salt The Skies

*****

Magnet Pulls Through/Eden (live)

*****

I Set My Face To The Hillside (live)

*****

Galapagos

*****

Ice

Instigator Jukebox 88 - NAKED CITY

2007-08-31T13:25:00.000-05:00

NAKED CITY. John Zorn sure screwed up the Instigators when we used to blast NAKED CITY albums while in the throes of the lysergic, you know? The sounds entering our ears did things to us, things we liked and feared. Naked City! Nothing like it.

NAKED CITY

Speedfreaks (live)

*****

A Night In Tunisia (live)

Sack Of Shit (live)

*****

(live performance)

*****

Batman

*****

Torture Garden/Blood Is Thin (live)

*****

Bone Orchard (live)

Instigator Jukebox 87 - MR. BUNGLE

2007-08-30T16:48:00.000-05:00

MR. BUNGLE. Fuck, everyone knows I love musical insanity. How can I not? When I first heard Mr. Bungle's self-titled debut, after years of hearing their name mentioned, it was a fucking mind-gasm of freak-out. The shit sounded so weird. Their next album, Disco Volante, was darker and scary and warped in every way. Their third album sucks comparably. Fuck it. It's not funny, my ass is on fire.

MR. BUNGLE

Travolta

*****

My Ass Is On Fire (live)

*****

Chemical Marriage (fan vid)

*****

Goodbye Sober Day

*****

Desert Search for Techno Allah (live)

*****

Pink Cigarrette

*****

The Girls Of Porn (live)

*****

None Of Them Knew They Were Robots

*****

Dead Goon

Instigator Jukebox 86 - ROB INSTIGATOR'S BIRTHDAY FAVORITES

2007-08-28T15:25:00.000-05:00

ROB INSTIGATOR'S BIRTHDAY FAVORITES I am 34 years old today. I am almost halfway to 70, and hopefully I will live that long. In honor of the day I came instigatin' out of my momma's Ute I have posted here videos of some of my all-time favorite songs. This will by no means be definitive but fuck it.

ROB INSTIGATOR'S BIRTHDAY FAVORITES

SONIC YOUTH - Teenage Riot

*****

DINOSAUR JR - Thumb

DINOSAUR JR - No Bones

*****

MOTORHEAD - Ace Of Spades

*****

KISS - 2000 Man

*****

PAVEMENT - Parfum V

*****

AFGHAN WHIGS - Conjure Me

*****

MISFITS - We Bite

*****

THE BEATLES - I Want You (She's So Heavy)

*****

SEBADOH - Rebound

*****

SLAYER - Raining Blood

*****

MINISTRY - Stigmata

*****

THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS - Mexican Caravan

*****

PUBLIC ENEMY - Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos

*****

MORPHINE - Thursday

*****

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - Don't Let's Start

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - Ana Ng

*****

SHELLAC - Copper

*****

BIG BLACK - Bad Penny

*****

BIG MOE - Purple Stuff

*****

FEAR - I Love Livin' In The City

*****

THE SMITHS - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before

*****

BABY DAYLINER - Silent Places

*****

MUDHONEY - Suck You Dry

Instigator Jukebox 85 - CODEINE

2007-08-28T15:14:00.000-05:00

CODEINE. Quite possibly the single saddest most depressing band in the history of existance. Just one video people. It is a sad shame. How can loud washes of squallid noise be sad? You just don't know. I love them so. They drum so slow.

CODEINE

Loss Leader

Instigator Jukebox 84 - THE LOCUST

2007-08-27T16:17:00.000-05:00

THE LOCUST. I like when music scares me. When I first heard The Locust a few years ago I got scared. I ran into my room and hid under the covers. I got flashbacks of first listening to Slayer when I was 15. The Locust have some of the greatest song titles in all the land. The Locust will feast upon your cerebral cortex leaving behind naught but the shrivelled husk of your seed. This shit is fierce. Mommy, I'm scared.

THE LOCUST

The Half-Eaten Sausage Would Like To See You In His Office

*****

Twenty-Three Lubed-Up Schizophrenics With Delusions Of Grandeur

*****

Moth Eaten Deerhead

*****

AOTKPTA

*****

Safety Second Body Last

*****

We Have Reached An Official Verdict: Nobody Gives A Shit

*****

Live From The Russian Compound

*****

Teenage Mustache/File Under 'Soft Core Seizures' (fan vid)

Instigator Jukebox 83 - THE SEA AND CAKE

2007-08-27T13:51:00.000-05:00

THE SEA AND CAKE. Have you ever needed music that fit a sun drenched lazy day driving around half-stoned with the windows rolled down? Have you ever needed some not-too-harsh music to play so as to politely wake up a house guest who has overstayed their welcome? I fucking love the Sea and Cake. They are geniuses of the mellow. They are titans of the melodic lethargy.

THE SEA AND CAKE

Parasol (live)

*****

The Colony Room (fan vid)

*****

Sound & Vision

*****

Up On Crutches (live)

*****

Afternoon Speaker (live)

*****

Crossing Line

*****

fan vid

*****

Crossing Line (live)

*****

Coconut (live)

*****

Up On Crutches (live)

*****

Leeora (live)

Instigator Jukebox 82 - ENON

2007-08-27T11:57:00.000-05:00

ENON. When I first heard Enon I though, "what the fuck is happening here?" and I liked it. They are one of the more interesting bands of the past 10 years or so, always exploring new sounds, always making tunes that move ya. The new shit is kickin' on the Instigator Video Jukebox, and it is not some soft wussy bullshit a la new pornographers or joanna newsom!

ENON

Carbonation

*****

Natural Disasters

*****

In This City

*****

Window Display

*****

Mikazuki

*****

Come Into

*****

Murder Sounds

*****

Daughter In The House of Fools

Instigator Jukebox 81 - THE DOORS

2007-08-24T15:20:00.000-05:00

THE DOORS. Yeah, the motherfucking DOORS. You heard me. Stop yr shit talking. The DOORS RULE. Yes they do. I think that for many young teens of a certain dark bent and predilection around the age of 12-14, the Doors' music is a gateway of sorts. It opens up the dark highways and byways of rock n roll. From there it is a short step to Sabbath. Me, my brother, and our friend Hernan used to play Doors records till we had them memorized.

THE DOORS

When The Music's Over (live)

*****

Light My Fire

*****

Break On Through

*****

LA Woman

*****

Love Me Two Times (live)

*****

Touch Me

*****

The End (live)

*****

Riders On The Storm

*****

Roadhouse Blues

*****

Unknown Soldier

*****

Moonlight Drive

*****

People Are Strange

Instigator Jukebox 80 - GETO BOYS

2007-08-24T12:10:00.000-05:00

GETO BOYS. Straight Out Da Nickel. These Fifth Ward H-Town rappers took it further and harsher than anyone else out there and continue to this day keeping the Geto Boys alive. Upon first listen many of their early songs are plain scary! I cannot find MIND OF A LUNATIC on YouTube, but fuck, find it yourself and listen to it and see what you think.

GETO BOYS

Do It Like A G.O.

*****

Geto Fantasy

*****

Ain't With Being Broke

*****

G Code

*****

Yes Yes Y'all

*****

I Tried

*****

Six Feet Deep

*****

My Mind's Playin' Tricks On Me

*****

The World Is A Ghetto

Instigator Jukebox 79 - BARDO POND

2007-08-24T09:15:00.000-05:00

BARDO POND. Couch Rock at it's best. There are times when you just want to bust out some fucking tunes that will wash over you and drive you into COUCH LOCK, which Bardo Pond are very good at! I saw them live opening up for Godspeed You Black Emperor and they were amazing. I think they played just 5 songs but their set lasted an hour! ha!

BARDO POND

FUFO (fan vid)

*****

Destroying Angel (live)

*****

Heaven

*****

April Fools

*****

Lost Word

*****

Tantric Porno

Instigator Jukebox 78 - ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

2007-08-23T14:52:00.000-05:00

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE. Crazy live shows. Noise. Bizzarre releases on home spun vinyl. Chaos. Electronic noises. Wholesome americana. Welcome to the future. Fuck, I love the future. Psych Folk Noise Rock.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

Peacebone

*****

Leafhouse

*****

Grass

*****

Winter's Love

*****

Fireworks

*****

Who Could Win A Rabbit

*****

The Purple Bottle

Instigator Jukebox 77 - JAMES BROWN

2007-08-23T10:36:00.001-05:00

JAMES BROWN. The man was able to funk up any concert hall from here to Munich and back again. He kept his band tighter than the hot pants he sang about. If he cannot make you shake your ass then you are either dead, deaf, or hopelessly pathetic. Keep on with your bad self James Brown.

JAMES BROWN

Cold Sweat (live in 68)

*****

Sex Machine/Soul Power (live)

*****

Live In Olympia (1966)

*****

Get On the Good Foot (fan vid)

*****

Ain't It Funky Now (live in Paris 1971)

*****

It's A Man's Man's Man's World

*****

Say It Loud

*****

Popcorn

*****

Papa Don't Take No Mess

*****

The Payback

Instigator Jukebox 76 - PARTS & LABOR

2007-08-21T14:31:00.000-05:00

PARTS & LABOR. Fuck yeah I likes me some noise. Fuck yeah I likes me anthemic noise. Fuck yeah I likes me some violently aggressive anthemic noise. Parts & Labor do not disappoint. They have two albums out now. I was lucky to see them perform on their first nationwide tour late last year. It was fucking great.

PARTS & LABOR

The Gold We're Digging

*****

A Great Divide (live)

*****

Stay Afraid (live)

*****

Drastic Measures (live)

*****

Brighter Days (live)

*****

Unexplosions (live)

Instigator Jukebox 75 - MORRISSEY

2007-08-21T12:12:00.000-05:00

MORRISSEY. When the Smiths disintegrated the world wondered, what will happen? What will the great guitarist and musician Johnny Marr do? What will the great lyricist and singer and frontman Morrissey do? Well, Johnny Marr joined Electronic, then did all sorts of solo crap and finally has joined Modest Mouse about 4 years after they were relevant. Pretty shabby. Morrissey instead went his own way and blew everyone's minds with amazing solo material, which continues to this day. He is a lyrical genius and a fucking amazing vocal arranger. I was fortunate enough to be able to see him rock Houston earlier this year. I love Morrissey. He tells it like it is and he is HILARIOUS.

MORRISSEY

Suedehead

*****

Glamorous Glue

*****

Irish Blood, English Heart

*****

The Youngest Was The Most Loved

*****

Ouija Board, Ouija Board

*****

First Of The Gang To Die (live)

*****

You have Killed Me (live)

*****

The World Is Full of Crashing Bores (live)

*****

My Love Life

*****

Every Day Is Like Sunday

*****

Sing Your Life

*****

Tomorrow

*****

Hairdresser On Fire (live)

*****

November Spawned A Monster

*****

Interesting Drug

*****

Last Of The Famous International Playboys

*****

Houston news report of Morrissey signing at Record Rack in 1992. over two thousand people showed up.

Instigator Jukebox 74 - FEAR

2007-08-20T17:25:00.000-05:00

FEAR. "I don't care about you. Fuck You!" With these words FEAR won my heart. "There's too many of us, there's too many of us, there's too many, there's too many of us. Let's have a war!" Fuck I love FEAR so much. I love their anger and humor and indignation and inability to give a flying fuck what anyone thought of them, especially all the other hardcore punks.

FEAR

Beef Bologna/New York's Allright (live on SNL 1981)

*****

Let's Have A War (fan vid)

*****

I Don't Care About You/Beef Bologna (live at the Fleetwood 1981)

*****

I Don't Care About You

*****

I Love Livin In The City (live 1999)

Instigator Jukebox 73 - SESAME STREET

2007-08-20T13:18:00.000-05:00

SESAME STREET. I remember watching Sesame Street with my younger brother in Puerto Rico (Plaza Sesamo) and when we moved to Houston as well. There were always lots of guest performances and crazy songs on Sesame Street so here are a few choice ones.=

SESAME STREET

Subway

*****

Don Music writes Twinkle Twinkle

*****

Phillip Glass scores SESAME STREET (part I)

PART II

PART III

*****

LOS LOBOS - El Canelo

*****

Meh Na Meh Na

*****

YO YO MA (with the Honkers)

Elmo's Fiddle Lesson

*****

ITZHAK PERLMAN with Telly

*****

Put Down The Ducky

*****

STEVIE WONDER - Superstition

*****

TONY BENNETT - Slimey to The Moon

I Believe In Little Things

*****

THE POINTER SISTERS - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

*****

Rubber Ducky

*****

The Ladybug's Picnic

*****

NORAH JONES - Don't Know Why

*****

JOSE FELICIANO - The Gypsy

*****

It's Not Easy Being Green

*****

Monster In The Mirror

*****

I Love Trash

*****

CAB CALLOWAY - Hi De Ho Man

Instigator Jukebox 72 - RUN DMC

2007-08-20T11:07:00.000-05:00

RUN DMC. They brought the hard rhymes and the attitude and it fucking sucks ass that some pussy bitch assasin murdered Jam Master Jay. To this day the police have no leads and no one is talking. Fucking assholes. RUN DMC used rock samples, hard rock samples, to give their music a rough edge, in your face at a time when hip hop was mostly sampling disco tunes.

RUN DMC

King of Rock

*****

Run's House

*****

Down With The King

*****

Hit It Run

*****

Rock Box

*****

My Adidas (fan vid)

*****

It's Like That

*****

Mary, Mary

*****

Raising Hell (fan vid using Hellraiser imagery. Horror! You are warned!)

Instigator Jukebox 71 - DEAD KENNEDYS

2007-08-17T16:12:00.000-05:00

DEAD KENNEDYS. Making money for President Reagan! Making money for President Reagan! And all the friends of President Reagan!!!!!! The fucking awesome Dead Kennedys mixed rage and politics and hardcore and punk and blew everyone out of the fucking water. Jello Biafra may be, along with Lee Ving from FEAR, the epitome of a confrontational punk frontman. Great fucking music.

DEAD KENNEDYS

Police Truck

*****

Kill The Poor

*****

Rawhide

*****

Holiday In Cambodia

*****

California Uber Alles

*****

Nazi Punks Fuck Off (studio session)

*****

Forest Fire

*****

Hyperactive Child (studio session)

*****

Too Drunk To Fuck (fan vid)

*****

Soup Is Good Food

Instigator Jukebox 70 - STEVIE RAY VAUGHN

2007-08-17T10:49:00.001-05:00

STEVIE RAY VAUGHN. This is the real deal. Stevie Ray Vaughn was a motherfucker on the guitar. He could solo inventive and near infinite riffs and melodies out of his beat up old Stratocaster. That mo-fo may have had a skewed fashion sense, but his music will live forever, and outlast all the haters. His sound is distinctive, and beautiful, and forceful and every bit his own. Thanks for the music Stevie.

STEVIE RAY VAUGHN

Texas Flood (live in Toronto)

*****

Little Wing

*****

Pride & Joy

*****

Couldn't Stand The Weather

*****

Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)

*****

Love Struck Baby

*****

Stormy Monday (with Albert King)

*****

Superstition

*****

Crossfire

*****

Cold Shot

*****

Manic Depression

*****

Say What

Instigator Jukebox 69 - MAX ROACH (R.I.P.)

2007-08-16T12:50:00.000-05:00

MAX ROACH. In honor of Mr. Roach's passing this morning at the age of 83, this Video Jukebox will be dedicated to the man who changed the way people drum forever. Max Roach worked with the best and the greatest and the most avant garde and anyone in between. He loved music, and he loved playing and learning and taking cares biz-nass.

MAX ROACH

Max Roach Quartet Live

*****

What Am I Here For (with Billy Taylor)

*****

Freedom Now Suite

*****

Just Max Roach working a hi-hat

*****

Max Roach Quintet with Booker Little

*****

Drum Waltz

*****

The Jazz Invaders Live

*****

Max Roach Quartet plays a blues

Instigator Jukebox 68 - SLINT

2007-08-16T11:25:00.000-05:00

SLINT. Sometimes all you need is one really really great album. Slint proved this with their near-legendary album Spiderland. Fucking A, after several years of hunting down their music I finally managed to purchase Spiderland around 8-9 years ago. I was blown away. Slint was too short lived to create any videos, but luckily people have been recording them during the reunion shows.

SLINT

Breadcrumb Trail

*****

Washer

*****

Good Morning Captain

*****

Nosferatu Man

*****

Charlotte

Instigator Jukebox 67 - OZZY OSBOURNE

2007-08-16T08:06:00.000-05:00

OZZY OSBOURNE. The father of all metal. The psycho bastard you have all seen on TV. While his greatest days were definitely with Black Sabbath, there are a lot of his solo recordings that fucking rock your ass off, especially those recorded with Randy Rhoads. Fuck yeah, trip back in time.

OZZY OSBOURNE

Bark At The Moon

*****

Mr. Crowley

*****

Suicide Solution

*****

Crazy Train (audio from Tribute Album)

*****

I Don't Know

*****

Breaking All The Rules

*****

Flyin' High Again

Instigator Jukebox 666 - KISS

2007-08-15T13:08:00.000-05:00

KISS. Oh yeah. There was a time when my brother, my friend Hernan, and myself were immersed in all things Kiss. Kiss Army, Kiss records, Kiss videos, Kiss Kiss Kiss! Shit yeah. These fuckers did not want to write classic tunes, but they did. They did not want to create musical history, but they did. They wanted to write songs about fucking and chicks and pussy and licking ass and all that good stuff, and they did! They wanted to rock your ass off so hard your balls would drop, and to do it in a way that no one had ever seen before, AND THEY DID! You wanted the best and you got the best...

KISS

Strutter

*****

Detroit Rock City

*****

I Was Made For Loving You

*****

Rock and Roll All Night

*****

Love Gun

*****

God Of Thunder

*****

Lick It Up

*****

I Love It Loud

*****

2000 Man

*****

Calling Dr. Love

Instigator Jukebox 65 - MUDDY WATERS

2007-08-15T09:42:00.000-05:00

MUDDY WATERS. Hell FUCK yeah, there is no other. McKinley "Muddy Waters" Morganfield. Eat shit all you fucking fakers and pretenders. You can all go fucking DIE! Muddy Waters is HERE, and everybody knows he's here. I wish I had gotten to see you perform live Muddy.

MUDDY WATERS

Rolling Stone

*****

Hoochie Coochie Man (live)

*****

Long Distance Call (live)

*****

Got My Mojo Workin' (live)

*****

Kansas City (live)

*****

Please Don't Go (live)

*****

Blow Wind Blow

*****

They Call Me Muddy Waters (live)

*****

Can't Get No Grindin' (live)

*****

Champgane & Reefer

*****

You Can't Lose What You Never Had (live)

*****

Mannish Boy (live)

Instigator Jukebox 64 - URGE OVERKILL

2007-08-15T09:13:00.000-05:00

URGE OVERKILL. Man, when I first started to rock to Ureg Overkill, they were the only band out there drinking martinis and wearing stylish gear and medallions, those fucking awesome U/O medallions. Man I wish I ahd bought one when I saw them play live. I have always rocked out the Urge Overkill. It is a shame not too many of their videos are available on the web.

URGE OVERKILL

Positive Bleeding

*****

Sister Havana

*****

Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon

*****

Faroutski

Instigator Jukebox 63 - A SILVER MT. ZION

2007-08-14T15:58:00.000-05:00

A SILVER MT. ZION. Sometimes they have the Tra La La Choir, sometimes not. These post-rock stalwarts create some of the most haunting and beautiful music out there today. Their vinyl albums are always gorgeous, and I mean GORGEOUS. The kids are digging this crazy shit! ha ha! I love their crazy song titles too!

A SILVER MT. ZION

Stumble Then Rise On Some Awkward Morning

*****

Broken Chord Can Sing A Little

*****

Ring Them Bells (fan vid)

*****

Hang On To Each Other (fan vid)

*****

Sisters! Brothers! Small Boats Of Fire Are Falling From The Sky! (fan vid)

*****

Sit In The Middle of Three galloping Dogs (fan vid)

*****

Sow Some Lonesome Corner So Many Flowers Bloom Moving Outwards Part 02

*****

Triumph of Our Tired Eyes (fan vid)

*****

God Bless Our Dead Marines (fan vid)

Instigator Jukebox 62 - GODSPEED, YOU BLACK EMPEROR!

2007-08-14T13:02:00.000-05:00

GODSPEED, YOU BLACK EMPEROR! We all love the post-rock don't we? I sure as fuck do. GYBE! is one of the premier post-rock groups and I love everything they have ever done. Their live show blew me away as well. Their music strikes a deep chord in me and it helps that they absolutely HATE and DESPISE the state of the world today. I love how they release everything on beautifully packaged vinyl.

GODSPEED, YOU BLACK EMPEROR!

Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls

*****

The Dead Flag Blues

*****

They Don't Sleep Anymore On The Beach (part II)

*****

Moya

*****

9-15-00

*****

Storm