After School Special: A Country Practice

Howdy, y'all. Country and Western today. More specifically, an ill-prepared and frankly ill-thought-out audio essay on feminism, backed by twangy guitars. Hmm. Doesn't sound particularly promising, does it? Still, have a listen, it's not that bad! A bit rambling, but fun tunes at least! Go on, you know you want to.

After School Special: Week Eight



1. Faith Hill -- Wild One (Take Me As I Am 1994)
2. Carolyn Mark -- Pirate and Shotgun (Nothing is Free 2007)
3. Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs -- You Can't Buy a Gun (You Can't Buy a Gun When You're Crying 2007)
4. Deana Carter -- Strawberry Wine (Did I Shave My Legs for This? 1996)
5. Laura Cantrell -- The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter (Not the Trembling Kind 2000)
6. Emmylou Harris -- Two More Bottles of Wine (Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town 1978)
7. Jamie O'Neal -- There is No Arizona (Shiver 2000)
8. Neko Case and her Boyfriends -- Twist the Knife (Furnace Room Lullaby 2000)
9. Loretta Lynn -- This Old House (Van Lear Rose 2004)
10. Dixie Chicks -- Sin Wagon (Fly 1999)
11. Ronnee Blakely -- Tape Deck in his Tractor (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Nashville 1975)
12. Kelly Hogan -- Dues (A Tribute to Robert Altman's Nashville 2002)

After School Special: The Swedest Thing

Hej! A little Swedish cracker for you today: Swedish pop, Swedish hip-hop, a half-cocked Swedish history lesson, and a real life Swedish guest. Wrap your ears around this, you lovely Scandophiles, you.

After School Special: Week Seven



1. Maia Hirasawa -- Gothenburg (Though, I'm Just Me 2007)
2. Vit Päls -- När Solen Går Ner (Nu Var Det I Alla Fall Så 2010)
3. Nottee -- Control (Kitsuné Maison Compilation 8 2009)
4. Alexis Weak -- Första Svensken i Rymden (single 2007)
5. Makthaverskan -- It's You and I (Makthaverskan 2009)
6. Frida Hyvönen -- Jesus Was a Crossmaker (Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill 2009)
7. jj -- Ecstasy (jj No. 2 2009)
8. Broder Daniel -- Shoreline (Cruel Town 2004)
9. Refused -- Refused Party Program (The Shape of Punk to Come 1998)
1o. Dreamboy -- Stockholm, We Have a Problem (It Means The World to Me 2007)
11. Speech Defect -- Bad vs. Evil (Happy Hunting 2009)
12. Laakso -- Västerbron (Mother Am I Good Looking 2008)

After School Special: Garage Rock Revisited

Yeah! Garage rawk this week. Cracking tunes, slightly out of it DJ. Can't win 'em all. Enjoy, nonetheless. Just about the best hour and a bit of music you'll have heard all week, I can quite confidently say. Click the link, read the tracklist. All that good stuff.

After School Special: Week Six



1. The Monks -- Higgle-Dy-Piggle-Dy (Black Monk Time 1966)
2. The Detroit Cobras -- He Did It (Life, Love and Leaving 2001)
3. The D4 -- Party (6twenty 2001)
4. The Seeds -- Excuse Excuse (The Seeds 1966)
5. Dirty Rainbow -- Six in the Morning (Death, I Was Sure of It 2006)
6. The Good, The Bad -- 019 (From 018 to 033 2010)
7. The Dirtbombs -- The Thing (Ultraglide in Black 2001)
8. The Sonics -- Strychnine (Here Are the Sonics 1965)
9. Black Lips -- Dirty Hands (Los Valientes Del Mundo Nuevo 2007)
10. Heavy Trash -- Outside Chance (Going Way Out with Heavy Trash 2007)
11. The White Stripes -- Hand Springs (single 1999)
12. Soledad Brothers -- Break 'Em on Down (Steal Your Soul and Dare Your Spirit to Move 2002)
13. Guitar Wolf -- Jett Beer (UFO Romantics 2002)
14. The Count Five -- Psychotic Reaction (Psychotic Reaction 1966)
15. The Oblivians -- Talk to Me (Best of the Worst 1999)