Fathers and Sons (and Daughters)

Maybe after this week I'll give up trying to find quirky shit to post a mix. Right now I'm too tired to really care. So here's my post for the weak. It's pretty week, really. As I type this I'm listening to the Tim Buckley part of the mix, and thinking, "I couldn't come up with anything better than this?" Oh well, such is life.

Been bogged down lately by the minutae of education. Kind of pisses me off. So now I'm listening to the Jeff Buckley part of the mix, "Hallelujah," which is kind of cool. So it not a total waste of a week. There are profound moments in life. We just really have to look for them. (By the way, I've had a bottle plus of wine at this point, so fuckin' bear with me. I'm having a James Joyce, stream of consciousness moment here.)

So, okay, back to the seriousness of this post. Who is the son...or daughter who has best lived up to the expectation of being the offspring of his or her father? In case you haven't been paying attention that's what this post is about. Let's do away with the obvious "no fucking way" choices...Ziggy Marley and Jakob Dylan. Don't get me wrong...I love me some Wallflowers, but Jake is not living up to Bob...as if anyone could. And as for Zig...Stephen is much more of the Marley brother who got the reggae roots of mom and dad. Since I included both Marley brothers, it would have only been fair to include both Lennon brothers, but poor Julian...poor Julian. I mean Sean Lennon is just as weird and fucked up as you would expect a son of Yoko to be. But at least he's been jammin' with Cibo Matto. (Yeah, you know what I'm sayin'.) And then there's Jeff Buckley who did his best by drowning to death...not quite living up to the smack O.D. by dad, but you know. P.S.: sorry I put such a sad Tim Buckley cut here. And I have two daughters here. Roseanne Cash and Bebel Gilberto. I guess I should have put up Bebel Gilberto's dad and mom here, but sorry 'bout that Astrud.

1. "Maggie's Farm," Bob Dylan, Bringing It All Back Home

2. "Girl From Ipenema," Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto

3. "The Motorcycle Song," Arlo Guthrie, Arlo

4. "Dead Meat," Sean Lennon, Friendly Fire

5. "Rosie Strikes Back," Roseanne Cash, King's Record Shop

6. "Song for Janie," Tim Buckley, Tim Buckley

7. "Hallelujah," Jeff Buckley, Grace

8. "If You Never Got Sick," The Wallflowers, Red Letter Days

9. "Chase Dem," Stephen Marley, Mind Control

10. "Ballad of Ira Hayes," Johnny Cash, Bitter Tears

11. "Dust Bowl Refugee," Woody Guthrie, Dust Bowl Ballads

12. "School Days," Loudon Wainwright III, Album I

13. "Tomorrow People," Ziggy Marley, Dragonfly

14. "Samba da Benção" Bebel Gilberto, Tanta Tempo

15. "Punky Reggae Party," Bob Marley, Babylon by Bus

16. "God," John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band

Click on Bebel for the link to the mix.

For the full album I'm posting a little Ronny Wood. I've been listening to quite a bit of Small Faces latley, and have come to appreciate the true genius of Ronny. I really like this album, and who can beat the title. Hope you like all this. I'll try to be more regular about posting this week.