On HU

I talked about artists in their work in 24, Fanny Hill, Yuichi Yokoyama, and more.

Russ Maheras reviewed Dale’s Comic Fanzine Price Guide.

I reviewed James Loewen’s book about northern segregation Sundown Towns.

Caroline Small talked about the Cold War, Soviet anti-racist propaganda, and the Civil Rights movement.

Sean Michael Robinson argued with his grandmother about magicians and architects.

I posted a download mix of country weepers.

I talked about R. Crumb’s love/hate relationship with blackface and the blues.

And Vom Marlowe praised the BBC show New Tricks.
 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At the Atlantic I reviewed Beneath the Blindfold, a new documentary that looks at the effects of torture on those who survive it.

At Splice Today I reviewed the autobiography of Charlie Louvin, part of the great country duet the Louvin Brothers.
 
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Conor Fridedersdorfer talks about Obama’s crappy civil liberty record.

A country weepers mix. Download My Heart Was Trampled on the Street.

1. Twenty Years and Two Husband Ago — Lee Ann Womack
2. The Chill of An Early Fall — George Strait
3. Promises — Randy Travis
4. That’s the Way Love Goes — Lefty Frizzell
5. I Never Go Around Mirros — Willie Nelson
6. Half AS Much — Patsy Cline
7. I Don’t Hear You — Buck Owens
8. It’s All In My Mind — George Jones
9. These Two — Tammy Wynette
10. You Don’t Have Far to Go — Merle Haggard
11. The Richest Fool Alive — Patty Loveless
12. My Heart Was Trampled on the Street — The Louvin Brothers
13. Heartbreak Avenue — Don Gibson
14. That’s What Lonesome Is — Jean Shepard
15. A World So Full of Love — Faron Young
16. The Little Things — Dolly Parton
17. The Long Black Limousine — Wynn Stewart
18. I Just Can’t Let You Say Goodbye — Porter Wagoner
19. It Won’t Be Long (And I’ll Be Hating You) — Johnny Paycheck
20. Fifteen Years Ago — Conway Twitty

A Bollywood mix. Download Dard-E-Disco here.

1. Aa Jane Jaan — Lata Mangeshkar
2. Deewana Hai Dekho — Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam & Kareena Kapoor
3. Ruk Ja Dil Deewane — Udit Narayan
4. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai — Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik
5. Touch Me — K.K. & Alisha Chinai
6. Teri Yaad — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Anu Malik, Bally Sagoo
7. Dard-E-Disco —Sukhwinder Singh, Marianne, Nisha & Caralisa
8. Jawani Jan-E-Man — Asha Bhosle
9. Mehbooba Mehbooba — Rahul Dev Burman
10. Ellelu Preethi (Love Is Everywhere) — Vijaya Anand
11. Tera Jasia Pyara Koi Nahin — Usha Khanna
12. Aap Jaise Ko — Nazia Hassan

A mix of women singers form around the world. Download International Diva here.

1. Haenim (Korea) — Kim Jung Mi
2. Virus (Iceland) — Bjork
3. Gham Hai Ya Khushi (India) — Alka Yagnik
4. Yah Luem Kon Klai (Thailand) — Duangjan Suwannee
5. Amores Extranos (Puerto Rico) — Olga Tanon
6. I Love Paul (Germany) — Nina Hagen
7. Life’s Gone Down Low (Nigeria) — Lijadu Sisters
8. Ix-Xieh U Ix-Xieha (Malta) — Rosina Xiberres
9. Na Gamhna Geala (Ireland) — Triona
10. Byyatt Turk (Iran) — Dowleh Helen
11. La Molina (The Mill Song) (Peru) — Yma Sumac
12. The Predatory Herd (Australia) — Murkrat
13. Negrume Da Noite (Paulinho Do Reco) (Brazil) — Virginia Rodriguez

This is the last death metal mix for a while, I promise. You can download Final Death here.

1. Dethroned Emperor — Celtic Frost
2. Where the Slime Live — Morbid Angel
3. Rotting Spiritual Embodiment — Incantation
4. Embalmed — Autopsy
5. Away From God — Immolation
6. Dying — Obituary
7. Jesus Wept — Suffocation
8. Christ Denied — Deicide
9. Sarcastic Existence — Sepultura
10. Into the Acid — Cancer
11. Revel in Flesh — Entombed
12. Excoriating Abdominal Emanation — Carcass
13. Erecshyrinol — Demilich
14. Graves of the Fathers — Cryptopsy

A merengue download mix. Download Corazón Duro here.

1. Cierra Tu Puño — Johnny Ventura
2. Ay Cuca — Felix del Rosario y Sus Magos
3. Ya Me Canse — Olga Tañón
4. Desde Que La Vi — Los Hermanos Rosario
5. Cabecita Loca — Gisselle
6. El Jarro Pichao — Wilfrido Vargas
7. Un Dia En New York — Los Hermanos Rosario
8. Dime — Ashley
9. Corazón Duro — Alex Bueno
10. Soy Un Hombre Felix — Fernando Villalona
11. Mi Amor Campesino — Milly Y Los Vecinos
12. Yo Se Lo Que Quiere El Negro — Belkis y Las Chican
13. Cojelo Ahi — Anthony Santos

Get your doomy death mix here.

1. Cremated Remains — Coffins
2. Hole in the Head — Autopsy
3. The Sickening Dwell — Aphyx
4. ‘Til Death — Obituary
5. Suffer Life — Morgoth
6. After My Prayers — Immolation
7. Ancient Entity — Tiamat
8. Who’s Bleeding — Doughnuts
9. Dead Skin Mask — Slayer
10. God of Emptiness — Morbid Angel
11. Funeral Dawn — Marduk
12. Extremely Rotten Flesh — Grave