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