tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58173672024-03-08T04:10:28.920-06:00Five O'Clock RockTie-loosening, stubble-scratching reading.<br>
Oh, and Whitesnake.Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-4998538045999133322011-01-01T10:18:00.002-06:002011-01-01T10:30:24.965-06:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 079)</strong><br /><br />The faces that launched a thousand gym memberships.<BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_079_BeItResolved.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="FOCR # 079: Be It Resolved"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_079_BeItResolved.mp3" width="300" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><br /><font size="2">Intro<br />Turn Over A New Leaf / John Lee Hooker<br />Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (From Now On) / Lee Dorsey<br />Take It As It Comes / The Doors<br />No More Mr. Nice Guy / Alice Cooper<br />Stay Positive / The Hold Steady<br />I Will Dare (Live) / The Replacements<br />Promises, Promises / The Viceroys<br />You Hurt Me For The Last Time / Inez Foxx<br />Next Time / Johnnie Taylor<br />I'll Never Do You Wrong / Joe Tex<br />Thankful N' Thoughtful / Sly & The Family Stone<br />Try Again / Big Star<br />My One Bad Habit / Dave Brubeck & Carmen McRae<br />Just A Little While To Stay Here / Rebirth Brass Band<br /></BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Week's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_079_BeItResolved.mp3" TARGET=_blank>Be It Resolved</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-45524191266689697202010-12-23T22:44:00.007-06:002010-12-23T23:31:07.465-06:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 078)</strong><br /><br />Feel free to be openly merry.<BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_078_DontAskDontJingle.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="FOCR # 078: Don't Ask, Don't Jingle"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_078_DontAskDontJingle.mp3" width="300" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><br /><font size="2">Intro<br />Swingin' Them Jingle Bells / Fats Waller and His Rhythm<br />Back Door Santa / Clarence Carter<br />Soulful Christmas / James Brown<br />Kung Fu Christmas / National Lampoon<br />The Wildest Christmas / The Boy Next Door<br />Run Rudolph Run / The Outlaws<br />Sleigh Bell Rock / Three Aces & a Joker<br />Christmas In Jail / The Youngsters<br />Christmas Day / Ral Donner<br />Joy to the World / Staple Singers<br />Slick Nick, You Devil You / Fishbone<br />White Christmas / Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters<br />Christmas In New Orleans / Louis Armstrong<br />I'm Your Private Santa Claus / Eddy Arnold<br />Blues For Christmas / John Lee Hooker<br />The Christmas Song / Stevie Wonder<br />Silent Night / Phil Spector and Artists<br /></BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Week's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_078_DontAskDontJingle.mp3" TARGET=_blank>Don't Ask, Don't Jingle</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-39914620255815258162010-11-05T17:02:00.005-05:002010-11-05T17:51:23.831-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 077)</strong><br /><BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_077_BigBottoms.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="FOCR # 077: Big Bottoms"><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_077_BigBottoms.mp3" width="300" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><font size="2">Intro <br />Rock 'N' Roll Children / Cactus<br />Academy Award / Jo Jo Gunne<br />Sweet Thang / LTD<br />Something's Wrong With This Picture / Galactic<br />Holy Ghost / The Bar-Kays<br />Catch Up To My Step / Junkie XL<br />Crystalline Green / Goldfrapp<br />Them Changes / Buddy Miles<br />Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get / The Dramatics<br />Funky, Yeah / Curley Moore & The Kool Ones<br />Get the Funk Out Ma Face / Brothers Johnson<br /></BLOCKQUOTE></font><br /><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_077_BigBottoms.mp3" TARGET=_blank>Big Bottoms</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-30536652230165805312010-09-07T00:43:00.003-05:002010-09-07T01:23:18.807-05:00<strong>Been a Long Time Since I Blogged and Polled</strong><br /><br />Here's the thing. Lately, this blog/podcast hasn't been easy to keep up, both in terms of technical abilities (which can always be addressed) and time/effort (less can be done there). Also, I haven't been buying as much new music, which was always the raisin detritus for doing this. <br /><br />But I do miss it.<br /><br />Here are my questions, for the maybe seven readers who might see this, about resumption:<br /><br /><li>Would you play the audio directly on this site or via the RSS feed?</li><br /><li>Would you listen on a Friday around 4-5pm your time (the original intent) if it were ready then? Or does it not matter?<br /></li><br />I await the words you send to me, your poison letters, your telegrams. And I *will* give a damn.<br /><br /><strong>Today's FOCR:</strong> "<a href="http://shempire.com/focr/media/20100907_Since%20You%20Been%20Gone.mp3">Since You've Been Gone</a>," Head EastJasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-52124361429995467342010-04-02T06:54:00.008-05:002010-11-05T17:39:00.468-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 076)</strong><br /><br />This theme was delayed by opponents who felt its lyrics provide support for federal funding of rock.<BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_076_Reconciliation.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="FOCR #076: Reconciliation"><br /><embed src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_076_Reconciliation.mp3" width="300" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><br /><font size="2">Intro<br />Take What You Can Get / Sam The Sham <br />Won't Take No For An Answer / The Electras<br />Don't Fight It / Kenny Loggins<br />Take, Take, Take / The White Stripes<br />First It Giveth / Queens Of The Stone Age<br />The Spirit Of Giving / The New Pornographers<br />The Negotiation Limerick File / The Beastie Boys<br />Time To Get It Together / Marvin Gaye<br />Give It Up or Turnit a Loose / James Brown<br />Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough / Michael Jackson<br />Do the Push & Pull, Part 1 / Rufus Thomas<br />Together / The Raconteurs<br />Won't Give In / Finn Brothers<br />You Sure Drive A Hard Bargain / Albert King<br />Workin' Together / Ike & Tina Turner<br />Sing This All Together / The Rolling Stones<br />Feudin' and Fightin / Bing Crosby</BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_076_Reconciliation.mp3" TARGET=_blank>Reconciliation</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-65325824101504601172010-03-05T12:32:00.002-06:002010-11-05T17:41:56.692-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 075)</strong><br /><br />When you reach 75, you have to treat yourself. Twice daily. External use only. Ask your doctor if diamonds are right for you.<BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_075_DiamondJubilee.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="FOCR # 075: Diamond Jubilee"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_075_DiamondJubilee.mp3" width="300" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><br /><font size="2">Intro<br />Four Little Diamonds / Electric Light Orchestra<br />Minnie The Moocher / Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen<br />Old Chunk Of Coal / Billy Joe Shaver<br />Fourteen Carat Mind / Gene Watson<br />Let Me Ride / The Allman Brothers Band<br />Betty And Dupree / Cookie & The Cupcakes<br />Good Morning Little Schoolgirl / Mississippi Fred McDowell<br />Black Diamond / Kiss<br />Blue Collar / Bachman-Turner Overdrive<br />Showdown / Thin Lizzy<br />Be Thankful for What You Got / William De Vaughn<br />Chevrolet / Taj Mahal<br />Black Diamond Bay / Bob Dylan<br />Diamond In Your Mind / Solomon Burke<br /></BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_075_DiamondJubilee.mp3" TARGET=_blank>Diamond Jubilee</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-60766725897249352142009-11-06T17:15:00.002-06:002010-11-05T17:55:12.696-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 074)</strong><br /><br /><BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_074_ThemelessTransition2.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="Themeless Transition 2"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_074_ThemelessTransition2.mp3" width="300" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><font size="2">Intro<br />Original Love / The Feelies<br />Up In Heaven (Not Only Here) / The Clash<br />That's The Way / Led Zeppelin<br />It’s Not Funny Anymore / Hüsker Dü<br />Short Change Hero / The Heavy<br />Maybe So, Maybe No / Mayer Hawthorne<br />Disconnected / RJD2<br />My Mind is at Ease / West Coast Revival<br />I Am The Resurrection / The Stone Roses<br />Hallucinations / The Raveonettes<br />You Make A Fool Out Of Me / Brendan Benson<br />Overs / Simon & Garfunkel<br /></BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_074_ThemelessTransition2.mp3" TARGET=_blank>Themeless Transition 2: Eclectic Boogaloo</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-24253093400138969272009-09-27T08:49:00.005-05:002009-09-27T09:02:56.977-05:00<strong> <br />Thinking Turnout Might Be Light</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiveoclockrock/3958139661/" title="Census Job Fair by fiveoclockrock, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2425/3958139661_66ddafee9b.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Census Job Fair" /></a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-17983203783352791942009-09-11T00:19:00.006-05:002010-11-05T18:06:52.339-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 011)</strong><br /><br />I've never used this theme before. It's true.<BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_011_CantNotTellALie.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="Can't Not Tell a Lie"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_011_CantNotTellALie.mp3" width="310" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><br /><font size="2">Intro<br />Don't Lie To Me / Big Star<br />Love Is Lies / Buzzcocks<br />I Can Tell (When You're Telling Me Lies) / John Wesley Harding<br />Was It a Lie? / Sleater-Kinney<br />You Lie / The Muffs<br />Lyin' Ass Bitch / Fishbone<br />You Gonna Lie / Little Charlie & The Nightcats<br />Menteur [Liar] / Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys<br />Liar / The Meters<br />Lies / The Black Keys<br />Why Do I Lie? / Luscious Jackson<br />Lie To Me / Brook Benton<br />Running Out Of Lies / Etta James<br />Lies / J.J. Cale<br />That's A Lie / Too Much Joy<br />To Tell The Truth [Theme from the Game Show]<br /></BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_011_CantNotTellALie.mp3" TARGET=_blank>Can't Not Tell a Lie</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-4373455173004875052009-07-24T13:16:00.005-05:002010-11-05T18:14:21.427-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 073)</strong><br /><br />Five your July Rock O' 24 Clock 2009 for. Songs fifteen random at.<BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_073_Shuffleupagus.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="Shuffleupagus"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_073_Shuffleupagus.mp3" width="300" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><br /><font size="2">Mavis Staples, "My Own Eyes"<br />Dr. Dog, "The Old Days"<br />Cri Cri, "El Comal Y La Olla"<br />The Second City: Scott Adsit & Adam McKay, "Gump"<br />Sugarman Three, "Turtle Walk"<br />Jean Ritchie, "The Unquiet Grave"<br />Daniel Martin Moore, "Stray Age"<br />Lisa Loeb and Elizabeth Mitchell, "Big Rock Candy Mountain"<br />Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, "Pick It Up, Lay It in the Cut"<br />Hurray for the Riff Raff, "Skin and Bones"<br />Dollar Brand/Abdullah Ibrahim, "Adhan & Allah-O-Akbar"<br />Andrew Bird, "Yawny at the Apocalypse"<br />Cowboy Junkies (w/ John Prine), "If You Were the Woman and I Was the Man"<br />The Juan MacLean, "Tonight"<br />M/A/R/R/S, "Pump Up the Volume (USA 12" Mix)</BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_073_Shuffleupagus.mp3" TARGET=_blank>Shuffleupagus</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-84112503099273017862009-05-22T15:49:00.005-05:002010-11-05T18:15:42.567-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 20)</strong><br /><br />A North Star State of mind.<BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_020_DuckDuckGreyDuck.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="Duck Duck Grey Duck"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_020_DuckDuckGreyDuck.mp3" width="310" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><br /><font size="2">Intro<br />Kids Don't Follow / The Replacements<br />Chemistry Set / The Suburbs<br />The Land of Clear Blue Radio / The Soviettes<br />Ship Of Fools / Soul Asylum<br />Love Is All Around / Hüsker Dü<br />Toolmaster Of Brainerd / Trip Shakespeare<br />Empire Builder / Mason Jennings<br />All The Rock Star Jobs Are Taken / Dylan Hicks<br />Red Dye No. 40 / Honeydogs<br />Funkytown / Lipps, Inc.<br />Cry 4 Help / Har Mar Superstar<br />Something For Nothing / Heiruspecs<br />Always Coming Back Home To You / Atmosphere</BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_020_DuckDuckGreyDuck.mp3" TARGET=_blank>Duck Duck Grey Duck</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-62410567272200179572009-05-15T00:11:00.003-05:002010-11-05T18:16:38.325-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 72)</strong><br /><br />It just wants your attention.<BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_072_IsForHorses.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="Is For Horses"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_072_IsForHorses.mp3" width="310" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><br /><font size="2">Intro<br />Hey Tonight / Creedence Clearwater Revival<br />Get Off of My Cloud / The Rolling Stones<br />Hey Hey What Can I Do / Led Zeppelin<br />Treat Her Right / Roy Head & The Traits<br />Loose Booty / Sly & The Family Stone<br />Hey Pocky A-Way / The Meters<br />Hey / Pixies<br />Hey Now! / Oasis<br />Hey Joe / Tahiti 80<br />Hey You! Get Off My Mountain / The Dramatics<br />Hey Mama / Kanye West<br />Hey, Boy! Hey, Girl! / Louis Prima & Keely Smith<br />Hey Now Baby / Professor Longhair</BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Friday's Mix </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_072_IsForHorses.mp3" TARGET=_blank>Is For Horses</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-46186700376876672752009-05-08T10:30:00.003-05:002010-11-05T18:17:39.253-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 71)</strong><br /><br />If I've told you once, I've told you seventy-one times.<BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_071_MamaDoneToldMe.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="Mama Done Told me"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_071_MamaDoneToldMe.mp3" width="310" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><br /><font size="2">Intro<br />Always On The Run / Lenny Kravitz<br />Mama Said Knock You Out / LL Cool J<br />Mama Told Me Not To Come / Wilson Pickett<br />Mama Used To Say / Junior<br />Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) / Sly & The Family Stone<br />Blues In The Night / Cab Calloway<br />My Mama Told Me / Barbara Lewis<br />Mama Said We Can't Get Married / Warren Lee<br />Too Many Fish In The Sea / The Young Rascals<br />Mama Don't Allow / Julia Lee<br />Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call) / Stevie Wonder<br />I Asked My Mom / The Blacks<br />Don't Take Your Guns To Town / Johnny Cash</BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_071_MamaDoneToldMe.mp3" TARGET=_blank>Mama Done Told Me</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-52114324105129739232009-05-01T23:34:00.003-05:002010-11-05T18:19:25.141-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 10)</strong><br /><font size="1"><i>More fun this time around!</i></font><br /><br />It's how I roll.<BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_010_SevenTenSplit.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="Seven-Ten Split"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_010_SevenTenSplit.mp3" width="310" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><br /><font size="2">Intro<br />Seven Nation Army / The White Stripes<br />Ten Year Plan / Therapy?<br />Seven Day Weekend / New York Dolls<br />Ten Lbs. / The Delta 72<br />Seven Seas of Rhye / Queen<br />Ten Percenter / Frank Black<br />Seven Seas / Echo And The Bunnymen<br />Ten to One / The Bats<br />Seven / David Bowie<br />Ten Second News / Son Volt<br />Seven Long Years / The Guess Who<br />Ten O'Clock / ? & The Mysterians<br />Seven Days / Cracker<br />Ten Men / Morcheeba</BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_010_SevenTenSplit.mp3" TARGET=_blank>Seven-Ten Split</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-61208676967630097552009-04-17T11:30:00.003-05:002010-11-05T18:21:10.632-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 70)</strong><br /><br />When you squint, <i>Facebook</i> even looks like <i>Flashback</i>.<BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_070_WhatsUp1994.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="What's Up, 1994?"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_070_WhatsUp1994.mp3" width="300" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><br /><font size="2">Vasoline / Stone Temple Pilots<br />Milquetoast / Helmet<br />Queen for a Day / Jesus Lizard<br />Rebel Girl / Bikini Kill<br />Sweat / Jon Spencer Blues Explosion<br />Orange Moon / Eleventh Dream Day<br />Cut Your Hair / Pavement<br />People in the Sky / Sloan<br />Haze of Love / Cake<br />Put Your Teeth up on the Window Sill / Southern Culture on the Skids<br />Twiggy Twiggy / Twiggy vs. James Bond / Pizzicato Five<br />Brother Sister / Brand New Heavies<br />May Queen / Liz Phair</BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_070_WhatsUp1994.mp3" TARGET=_blank>What's Up, 1994?</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-16989085474391279642009-04-03T15:30:00.003-05:002010-11-05T18:25:15.075-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 69)</strong><br /><br />Just what's at hand today. But sometimes patch works.<BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_069_ThemelessTransition.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="Themeless Transition"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_069_ThemelessTransition.mp3" width="300" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><br /><font size="2">Intro<br />I Got Mine / The Black Keys<br />Good To Me / Brendan Benson<br />Get It Together (Live) / Grand Funk Railroad<br />Concrete Reservation / Syl Johnson<br />Getting Nearer / The Rascals<br />Mexican Candy / The Iguanas<br />Dreamer / Dennis Wilson<br />Whatever Side You're On / Shawn Lee<br />I Believe To My Soul / Donny Hathaway<br />Broken World / Shemekia Copeland<br />Murder in the City / The Avett Brothers<br />Song Of Orfeo Negro / The Fabulous Jokers<br /></BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_069_ThemelessTransition.mp3" TARGET=_blank>Themeless Transition</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-66991263228198870412009-03-06T15:08:00.006-06:002010-11-05T18:27:06.463-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 68)</strong><br /><br />I got nothing.<BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_068_Sheesh.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="FOCR #068: Sheesh"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_068_Sheesh.mp3" width="310" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><br /><font size="2">Intro<br />Daniella / Hurray for the Riff Raff<br />Skinny Love / Bon Iver<br />From / Dr. Dog<br />The Concubine / Beirut<br />Streetlights / Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit<br />Can’t You See / The Marshall Tucker Band<br />Calvary / Levon Helm<br />Mighty Ship / Angela Desveaux<br />Beautiful Drug / Thievery Corporation<br />Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall / Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald<br />Grandma's Hands (Live) / Bill Withers<br /></BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_068_Sheesh.mp3" TARGET=_blank>Sheesh.</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-61926870102308368802009-02-14T02:22:00.004-06:002010-11-05T18:28:26.834-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 67)</strong><br /><br />Ten songs that I, and any clones thereof, can't live without.<BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_067_InCaseOfEmergency.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="FOCR In Case of Emergency"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_067_InCaseOfEmergency.mp3" width="310" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><br /><font size="2">Intro<br />Frankenstein / The Edgar Winter Group<br />Big Bird / Eddie Floyd<br />Mothership Connection (Star Child) / Parliament<br />Do the Funky Chicken / Rufus Thomas<br />Scenario / A Tribe Called Quest<br />Shake Your Rump / The Beastie Boys<br />Can't Hardly Wait / The Replacements<br />That's Where It's At / Sam Cooke<br />Southern Nights / Allen Toussaint<br />Harbor Lights / Sammy Kaye</BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_067_InCaseOfEmergency.mp3" TARGET=_blank>In Case of Emergency</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-73798371550919050732009-01-23T13:12:00.006-06:002009-02-14T13:24:52.489-06:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 66) <i>Addendum</i></strong><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/23/asia/AS-Asia-Year-of-the-Ox.php" target="_blank">Year of the Ox looking very un-bullish, seers say</a> (IHT)<br /><i>[Four is] a number the Chinese deem extremely unlucky, because "four" is pronounced the same as "death" in Chinese.</i></span></blockquote><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>Movies That Presumably Flopped in China</strong></span><br /><ul><li>Fantastic Death</li><li>Death Weddings and a Funeral</li><li>Lethal Weapon Death</li><li>Death Wish Death: The Crackdown</li><li>Deathest Gump</li><li>Pay It Deathward</li><li>North Dallas Deathy</li><li>Nineteen Deathy-Death</li></ul><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>Album That Presumably Flopped in China</strong></span><br /><ul><li>Huey Lewis and the News, <i>"Death!"</i></li></ul>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-49665106022562011262009-01-23T13:06:00.002-06:002021-02-12T13:48:53.625-06:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 66)</strong>
Ah, crap.<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="2"><a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/23/asia/AS-Asia-Year-of-the-Ox.php" TARGET=_blank>Year of the Ox looking very un-bullish, seers say</a> (IHT)
<i>Chinese soothsayers see a deepening recession, millions more losing their jobs, and stocks and home prices continuing to fall. ... [S]ome fortunetellers are throwing in other dire predictions — massive earthquakes, rising U.S.-Russian tensions and trouble for President Barack Obama. ... Obama, born in the Year of the Ox, is taking office in a particularly bad year for his Chinese astrological sign. ... Obama also is the 44th president, a number the Chinese deem extremely unlucky, because "four" is pronounced the same as "death" in Chinese.</i></font>
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Rocks Off / The Rolling Stones<br />
The Ox / The Who<br />
Brainbox Pollution / Hawkwind<br />
"B" Movie Box Car Blues / The Blues Brothers<br />
Looking For A Fox / Clarence Carter<br />
When My Boy Walks Down The Street / The Magnetic Fields<br />
Fort Knox, King Solomon / Bob Mould<br />
The Boxer / Waylon Jennings<br />
Knocks Me Off My Feet / Stevie Wonder<br />
Glory Box / Portishead<br />
Wild Ox Moan / Taj Mahal<br />
Evel Talks Of The Future/Reprise: Ballad of Evel Knievel / Evel Knievel</BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_066_YearOfTheOx.mp3" TARGET=_blank>Year of the Ox</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-16195040706736176352009-01-16T11:30:00.006-06:002020-11-07T10:51:38.738-06:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 65)</strong>
Here's to fresh faces.<blockquote><img alt="Change of Personnel" border="0" height="300" src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_065_ChangeOfPersonnel.jpg" width="300" />
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<br />Intro <br />Long Time Coming / Aloe Blacc <br />This Land Is Your Land / Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings<br /> Walk Of Life / Shooter Jennings <br />Many Rivers To Cross / The Walkmen <br />Little Wing / Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble<br />Last Train To Clarksville / Cassandra Wilson<br />Iron Man / The Cardigans <br />Superman / Roger Troutman <br />Little Honda / Yo La Tengo <br />I Love Trash / Steven Tyler <br />Straight Out Of Compton / Nina Gordon</blockquote><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_065_ChangeOfPersonnel.mp3" target="_blank">Change of Personnel</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-56999959355702735772008-12-12T11:54:00.009-06:002019-10-11T06:37:54.521-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rod (Episode 64)</strong><br />
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Arrest my governor once, shame on you. Arrest my governor twice, shame on me.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Intro<br />Been Caught Stealing / Jane's Addiction<br />Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap / AC/DC<br />Jailbreak / Thin Lizzy<br />Trust Me To Open My Mouth / Squeeze<br />Wrong Again (Let's Face It) / Rockpile<br />I Take What I Want / Sam & Dave<br />Watch That Man / Lee Fields<br />What Have You Done for Me Lately / Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings<br />Trouble / Frederick Knight<br />Hometown Bust / Cactus<br />Claimin' I'm A Criminal / Brand Nubian<br />Christmas In Jail / The Youngsters<br />Don't Pass Your Judgment / The Memphis Nomads<br />Three-Dollar Bill / Maria Muldaur</span></blockquote>
<strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_064_Blagoje-pinched.mp3" target="_blank">Blagoje-pinched</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-20489362774264512232008-11-07T15:05:00.007-06:002010-11-05T18:32:32.188-05:00<strong>Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 63)</strong><br /><br />Special, special, what do you get? Another year older and deeper in debt.<BLOCKQUOTE><img src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_063_38Special.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="300" alt="38 Special"><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_063_38Special.mp3" width="310" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" ></embed><br /><br /><font size="2">Intro<br />Special / Violent Femmes<br />Nothing Special / Local H<br />Creep / Radiohead<br />The Midnight Special / Creedence Clearwater Revival<br />Walk to Slide / G. Love & Special Sauce<br />Orange Blossom Special (Live) / Johnny Cash<br />A Message to You Rudy / The Specials<br />Brass in Pocket / The Pretenders<br />Special / De La Soul<br />Nothing Special / His Name Is Alive<br />Somebody Special / Bobby Womack<br />Drunkard’s Special / Coley Jones</BLOCKQUOTE></font><strong>This Friday's Mix: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/FOCR_063_38Special.mp3" TARGET=_blank>38 Special</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-64265778116020139192008-11-07T07:11:00.004-06:002020-11-07T11:11:07.221-06:00<strong>
This Quadrennium's Five O'Clock Barack</strong>
Thanks, everybody. It's just what I wanted. You're all right.
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<strong>This Election's Theme: </strong><a href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/ItsANewDay.mp3" TARGET=_blank>It's a new day.</a>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817367.post-43629604634028777632008-11-04T07:07:00.003-06:002009-02-14T15:36:07.785-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/20081104_ElectionTag.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 281px;" src="http://www.shempire.com/focr/media/20081104_ElectionTag.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Arrived at 6:05 a.m. to find 30 people already in line. It took about 40 minutes, and only 39.5 of those were spent on judge retention.<br /><br />Now listen, America. You know my birthday's coming up. You manage to show up every four years or so, making a big deal about the effort you put out in merely showing up at all. I'm not a gift-centered person by any means, and I'm always glad to see you. In fact, I hope we see each other more often. It might help things.<br /><br />But, frankly, when you do show up, what you bring me has generally been crap.<br /><br />And let's not talk about the past two times. I can't even Freecycle that shit away.<br /><br />This time I know I might be asking for a lot. It's not the store where you've shopped your entire life. There might not be parking. It's probably going to take a while to check out. A long-ass while. Maybe you're not entirely sure what it is you'll be taking home.<br /><br />But just this once. Come on. Trust me. It's going to be worth it.Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369176258959379752noreply@blogger.com0