01 Sep Matador Playlist 8/29/24
It was back to the swampy confines of Ye Olde Matador Lounge on Thursday after a two-week hiatus for a journey up to the Great White North. The occasion for travel was to observe Ink Mum’s birthday—96, if you can believe it!—and to savor some beach/forest/countryside time in America’s Dairyland. A side excursion was made to see a Brewers/Dodgers game in Milwaukee on the 15th. The Ohtani effect was fully evident and a torrential deluge added to the mayhem outside of the former Miller Park. The stadium was packed to the rafters beneath the thankfully retracted retractable roof, but the 3/4 Billion Dollar Man didn’t unleash any fireworks on this day. The Dodgers ended up losing, 6-4, much to the joy of the Brew Crew faithful, splitting a four-game series. I listened to the first two innings on the radio from my rental car as I waited in an endless queue to be directed to a soggy parking spot. I had paid $200 for my third row seat just behind the home on-deck circle, so I figure the Brewers organization owes me about $50. I’ll accept a voucher for a future game, thank you very much.
I also set aside a day for a drive up to Door County via the bucolic back roads to see the sights, take some photos, and enjoy lunch at Al Johnson’s iconic goat-topped restaurant in Sister Bay. It could scarcely have been a more perfect day and Sister Bay was as idyllic as one might hope. After enjoying some of Al Johnson’s famous Swedish pancakes with lingonberry jam I sat on a bench in the marina and savored the sunshine, the mild temps and the gently lapping waters of Green Bay. Blissful is what it was, if but for a lack of some sympathetic company (and you know who you are).
I mentioned that it was ‘swampy’ at the Matador on Thursday—this resulting from the floor drains seeing fit to start working in reverse. Frequent interventions with mop & bucket from stalwart doormen Ian and Don were required throughout the evening. It might have had something to do with all the rain we’ve been getting lately, or (more likely) with the ongoing chaos at the Peters Corp. and its subsidiary Southwest Assets Management—SWAM being the entity what oversees the Plaza Mercado building, in which basement level resides Ye Olde Matador. Regardless of the excessive moisture, we had a solid night, all told.
So, here you have it, Gentle Reader(s), another DJ Inky set for the record books, complete with a nod to the forthcoming Oasis reunion, a reunion singalong of A New England with brother Cubbie, and a special nod to Brother Henry whose latest tome, Stay Fanatic!!! Lessons in Possession and Confessions of Obsession, Vol. 4, had just arrived in the mail.
We shall convene once again on the 5th. Until then…
YouTube full playlist link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtijmREQAWmBtJ3TysXbL12bU2uJcWPQI
Grammar of Life – Charles Bukowski
Quiet Dog – Mos Def
New Rose – the Damned
D’You Know What I Mean? – Oasis
Warm Leatherette – the Normal
Dead Men Tell No Tales – Motörhead
Back Stabbers – the O’Jays
Venus in Furs – the Raveonettes
Breed – Nirvana
Rankin’ Full Stop – the English Beat
I’m Afraid of Americans – David Bowie & Nine Inch Nails
Hanging Tree – Queens of the Stone Age
Johnny Too Bad – the Slickers (request)
When the Levee Breaks – Led Zeppelin
This Ain’t No Picnic – Minutemen
Stir It Up – Bob Marley & the Wailers
El Paso – Marty Robbins
Rebel Girl – Bikini Kill (request)
Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You, Baby – Donna Missal
Cabbage Alley – the Meters
Lips Like Sugar – Echo & the Bunnymen
Red Red Wine – UB40
Fascination Street – the Cure
007 (Shanty Town) – Desmond Dekker
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) – Kate Bush
Sailin’ On – Bad Brains
Who’ll Be the Next in Line – the Kinks
Golden Boys – the Dickies
So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry) – R.E.M.
Touch Too Much – AC/DC
Feel the Pain – Dinosaur Jr.
Little Sister – Elvis Presley
I Got Nothing – Dum Dum Girls
Possum Kingdom – Toadies (request)
Close Up the Honky Tonks – Flying Burrito Brothers
Sugar – System of a Down
Young Lady, You’re Scaring Me – Ron Gallo
Let Yourself Go – James Brown
There Was A Time – James Brown
I Feel All Right – James Brown
Cold Sweat – James Brown
Cut Your Hair – Pavement
Low Self Opinion – Rollins Band
The Passenger – Iggy Pop
Reckoner – Radiohead
Paranoid – Black Sabbath
Long Division – Fugazi
Fame – David Bowie
Open Your Eyes – Lords of the New Church
Sexy Muthafucka – Prince
Icky Thump – the White Stripes
Hey Ma – Pitbull + J Balvin
I’m Gonna Live – Circle Jerks
Blue Monday – New Order
Eternity – White Hills
Honky Tonk Blues – Hank Williams
52 Girls – B-52s
Big Takeover – Bad Brains
Baby, I Love You – Aretha Franklin
I Wanna Be Sedated – the Ramones
Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong – Arctic Monkeys
Margin Walker – Fugazi
Stir Fry – Migos
Rudie Can’t Fail – the Clash
Maps – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
A New England – Billy Bragg (singalong with Bro Cubbie)
Last Caress – the Misfits
The Hippy Hippy Shake – the Swinging Blue Jeans
Looking for a Kiss – New York Dolls
Regalo de Dios – Julion Alvarez y su Norteño Banda
Honky Tonk Women – the Rolling Stones
Mouth – Bush
Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2 – Drake (request)
Tusa – Karol G & Nicki Minaj
Heart Shaped Box – Nirvana
Fight the Power – Public Enemy
Gasolina – Daddy Yankee, Lil Jon, Noriega & Pitbull
Punto 40 – Rauw Alejandro & Baby Rasta
Procura – Chichi Peralta
Baila Morena – Hector y Tito
World Without Tears – Lucinda Williams
Buona Sera – Louis Prima
Happy Trails – Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
Taxi – Bryan Ferry
