Mining the Audio Motherlode, Volume 42 (MP3s)

Give the Drummer Some's
6 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere

CASH FOR SPELUNKERS EDITION

We here at Mining the Audio Motherlode know a little something about economic hard times. Why, your very own Miner has gone eight long months without a paycheck ever since getting laid off back in March (smack dab in the middle of WFMU's fundraising marathon).

But did he curl up in a fetal position with one thumb in his mouth and the other jabbing the keyboard for those online unemployment benefits? Hell no! The Miner saw all that new-found free time as an opportunity to spend quality time in the murky deep of MP3Land, excavating free music for the masses. (Talk about turning gators into Gatorade!) And you, dear reader, have been the beneficiary. Over the past 42 weeks, this column has served up a massive free-form mix—over 350 amazing selections in all—of free full-album downloads.

As you take a moment to ponder all the cash Mining the Audio Motherlode has saved you this year, it's crucial that you take some of those beaucoup bucks and make a pledge RIGHT NOW to support WFMU, which finds itself in a major pickle. (For the first time in many years, the station's annual marathon missed reaching its fundraising goal—by over 10%—and that shortfall has left the station in an extremely precarious position.) Until 7:00pm this evening, WFMU is broadcasting an Emergency 24-Hour Marathon to pull in an infusion of desperately need dollars.

Before delving into the half-dozen audio doozies offered below, please take a moment to give a little something to WFMU by calling 800-989-WFMU or making a secure online pledge.Thanks a ton!

What Would MC 900 Ft Jesus Do?
MC 900 Ft Jesus w/DJ Zero  ~  "Too Bad" (and 2 other singles)
(Blog: Look What the Twat Dragged In)
From the single "Too Bad": Shut Up (mp3)

Out on the Urban Prarie
Souled American  ~  "Around the Horn"
(Blog: The More You Think About It...)

Incendiary Sonny
Huey Simmons  ~  "Burning Spirits"
(Blog: Ile Oxumare)
From the album: New Newk (mp3)


 

Hopa!
Petros Pandis  ~  "Songs of the Greek Resistance"
(Blog: A Blog About Post Punk, Anarcho/Peace Punk, Militant Entertainment
and Radical Politics)

   

Dog Gone It!
Riz Ortolani  ~  "Mondo Cane" (O.S.T.)
(Blog: Singers Saints)
From the soundtrack: Hong Kong Cha Cha Cha/Colazione al Colony (mp3)

Mariachi Schmaltz
Various  ~  "La Revolucion y Sus Cantares"
(Blog: Música Popular Mexicana)

Listen for music from these and other incredible finds on
Give the Drummer Some, Fridays on WFMU, 9 to Noon (ET).

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Comments

[2000s]

WWMC900FJD?

[K.]

Whatever He wants to do. Who could stop Him?

[M Morlaine]

One of the first great vinyl finds I ever made was a 25-cent copy of Mondo Cane when I was 16. Good god, what a phenomenal record.

[Freeedom]

thanks! your posts are top shelf! and i'm a huge snob! so...thanks!

[Mogambo]

Yowza! That top link took me to not only thepromised single but (check the blog, y'all!) virtually ALL the MC 900 I didn't already have! I now lack only a couple singles...

PS, I'm a bigger snob than Freedom... I heard they have family members who (gasp!) work for a living. Positively plebeian.

[Icastico]

Two more from my mining:

http://madrottersecondblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/egon-bondy-plastic-people-of-universe.html

http://dogscanreadyourmind.blogspot.com/2009/11/madrotter.html