I am 22 today, and it is time to set things straight with a certain archive. 200 contributors, 730 days, yet collapsed into one long, shapeless stream. That is, I am waging a double war on WFMU's 'The 365 Days Project.'
The confusion of the project, which promises one 'cool and strange and often obscure' audio selection for each of the days of the years 2003 and 2007, is already evident from the 'about page'. What are 'cool,' 'strange,' and 'obscure' but a mess of overlapping aesthetic, epistemic, and formal categories? Moreover, of the two seperate years, the historical moment expressed in each of them is all jumbled up. We have selections that obviously exemplify 2007 placed in 2003, and -- what's worse -- november songs placed in february. It's shameful.
My task, then, is twofold. First, to clarify the tendencies expressed in 2003 and 2007 respectively. Second, to restore temporal coherence by placing each selection within its proper month and year. Order is at stake.
April 29
2003: Omo The Lobo - Omo The Hobo Song/Vitamin Juice Puts Lead In My Snoot
It is correct that this belongs to 2003 rather than 2007. Hobo music has the gesture of fall(ing down on one's luck & finding peace there). Thus, we might select of the numberered months of fall - say september - rather than april. However 'Lobo,' or 'wolf' in spanish, bolstered by the Snoot or Snout, points us elsewhere, namely to Janurary the month of the wolf. For this reason, I suggest splitting this selection into its two constituent songs. Omo the Hobo Song shall go in September, and Vitamin Juice Puts Lead In My Snoot is at home in January.
2007: Avon - Campaign 13: Your Special Sales Meeting Record
Modern, corporate, a clear 2007 example. Opens with suggestions for summer equipment, placing it in early summer at the latest. It is worth considering the alternative: are we in summer itself, or perhaps in late May, merely preparing for summer? The sun-bleached and sandy recording artifacts suggest the former. June.
April 30
2003: Walter Brennan - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
This is another 2003, as 2003 is both older and more homicidal than 2007. It is well placed in april.
2007: Kay Martin - At Las Vegas
Raunchy kitsch: February (temporal home of st. Valentine), 2007.
May 1
Obvious 2007 pick, it is frankly inexcusable that this ended up in 2003. Norman Rockwell's Freedom from Want. November.
2007: Edmond S. Bordeaux & Norma Jean Nilsson - Meditation Music played on Chamberlin (Mellotron), ca 1965 *
This has not been touched by the decandance of 2007, and therefore must be 2003. It belongs in the intercalary 13th month Undecimber, which is the most hermetic month.
May 2
2003: Sam The Drummer (Sam Ulano) - Little Red Rhumbahood/S.S. Rhythm
Boisterous, zany, youthful exuberance. 2007. Late March bordering on april.
2007: American-Standard - The Bathrooms Are Coming!
Generally clips of a corporate nature belong in 2007. This is an exception. The delirious plumbing themed appropriation of second wave feminism can't have happened any later than 2003, by which time it is already behindhand. 2003 June, for Juno.
May 3
2003: G.W. Manning, M.D., Ph.D. - The Art of Heart Auscultation
2003 forms a heart like < 3 . February, the month of the heart.
2007: Sindy Meets The Dollybeats
2007. December, for Dolly wow!
May 4
2003: Ronald K. Wells & The Youth Choir - Entrance/God Is Dead/If God Is Dead
Theological debates are about as old fashioned and quaint as it gets. Capital doesn't trouble itself with such things anymore. Decisively 2003. November for the festival of reason.
2007: Tony Richards - Three Cheers for General Ike
1,2,3,4! 1,2,3,4! Patriotism and militaristic zeal marches this one directly into March 2003.
May 5
2003: The Central High School Cafeteria Band - First Rhapsody For Knives, Forks & Spoons parts 1 & 2
Months, like all things, are overdetermined. July, for Ice Cream Month, for Canada Day (July 1), and for many other reasons too. 2007.
2007: The Nordine Groop - Topsy-Turvy House *
October (for education), 2003.
May 6
2003: Bill Dibella Mrs. D-raindrops - Family Recordings (1969)
2003, december (for 12 years old).
2007: Dreams
Subliminality is definitely 2003. Kislev, the month of dreams.
May 7
2003: Dana Drake - Ahoy, Columbus!/Happy Happy Birthday
Was it already unfashionable to celebrate Columbus Day in 2007? Maybe. October 2003.
2007: Various Vinyl Vanity Pressings
I've been a doing a lot googling for this project. (See my other google work .) Generally the search terms take the form of "most reasonable month", "month with food associations," things of this nature. February is a hit for both "most various and disparate month," and "most vain month," making it a clear winner for this selection. It goes without saying that 2007 is more vain than 2003.
May 8
2003: Arcesia - White Panther *
2003. December, the panther month in the Choctaw calendar.
2007: Katie Lee - Songs of Couch and Consultation
Psychoanalysis is more 2003 than 2007 unfortunately. May, for Freud's birthday.
May 9
2003: Dora Hall - Introduction/Hang On Sloopy
2003. Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio, placing this pick in May the "Older Ohioans Month." Sloopy solo, older ohio. This is my new mantra.
2007: Tortura: The Sounds Of Pain And Pleasure
October 2007.
May 10
2003: John Wells, Jill House [UCL] - Trills, and Non-Pulmonic Airstream
ɗɪˈsɛmɓɚ 2003.
2007: Barbara Cartland's Album of Love Songs
February 2007, for valentines of course.
May 11
2003: The Humbards with the four year old twins, Drusilla and Susanna - I've Found a Hiding Place *
Horrible, puerile, an evil only possible in the youngest of children. January 2007.
2007: Don Reed & His Orchestra featuring The Voice Of Love - Nature Boy *
Hippie mysticism, churchy verbs, and crunchy recording. October 2003.
May 12
2003: Fred Astaire - Attitude Dancing
Disco is July. 2003.
2007: B.O.S.S. - Beethoven's Fifth
Also July 2003.
May 13
2003: Stag Party Record 9 - Winnipeg Whore
2007. July, for canada.
2007: ????????????????????????????
This entry has been redacted for copyright reasons: 2007. "January is the Quietest Month." HuffPost UKJanuary Is A Month Of 'Quiet Coping', Survey Finds. January, with the end of the calendar year, brings the legal expiration of intellectual property.
May 14
2003: Marigail and Don Moreland - Reputation (1953) & Reputation (1957) *
October, the most well-reputed month, 2003.
2007: Directions. 101 Records
Bleak stuff. 2007, November.
May 15
2003: Boruk - To Know Him Is To Love Him
October 2003.
2007: Co-Star - The Record Acting Game - Fernando Lamas
June, birth month of Thespis. 2003.
May 16
2003: Disney - Queue (Born to Be Wild)/Exit Music (World of Creativity)
2007, December for Walt's Birth and Death.
2007: Daniel Aliangana - From Eldoret to Sighthill *
2003, August. Sweat, heat, a tiredness.
May 17
2003: Henry and Mom - Home Sweet Home *
May 2003, mothers day.
2007: Goodyear Argument
August, Goodyear's founding, 2007.
May 18
2003: Bob Larson - Bob's Advice To Mandy
October 2003. Deeply upsetting.
2007: This Is Joe Cutajar
May, Malta, Eurovision. 2007.
May 19
2003: Bolivar Blues Band - Testing 1...2...3... (Side A) *
July (Simon Bolivar's birth), 2003.
2007: Charlie's Tune
2007, March.
May 20
2003: Assagai - Hey Jude *
April 2003, for the end of apartheid and the birth of Julian Lennon (Jude).
2007: Wilmoth Houdini - Calypso Capers
Calypso history month, 2003.
May 21
2003: Music To Get C6th By - And I Love Her *
2003, month 6 i.e. June.
2007, December for "dingle dangle doll."
May 22
2003: Camp Akiba 1976 - Swanee/Old Man River
2003, July (prime summer camp season).
2007: If The Bomb Falls, A Recorded Guide To Survival
2003, October for the cuban missile crisis.
May 23
2003: Hilario Arreguin - I Have Everything
October 2007, for Hilarion the Great.
2007: Sexual Education 101: Sex And Your Daughter/Son
May 2003, sex ed for all month.
May 24
2003: The Phi Mu Washboard Band - Love Hurts *
February (Valentines) 2003.
2007: The Moonbillies / Brett & Lori / Listen To The Quiet *
Cheshvan (the month of silence) 2007. Lectronic.
May 25
2003: Darwin Gross - Oh, How I Love The Blessed Sugmad
October, Eck Spiritual New Year. 2007.
2007: America In World War II
September, for the end of WWII, 2003.
May 26
2003: International Fabricare Institute - Dryclean When You Care
2007, March (national dry cleaning day).
2007: C John Taylor - Islands Of Beauty / The Song of Argyll
2003, November for Samhain.
May 27
2003: Unknown - Ben I Miss You/Ben *
A 2003 sentimentality, August (national dog month, international dog day).
2007: C John Taylor - Islands Of Beauty / The Song of Argyll
2003. July (canada day).
May 28
2003: The Reverend Glen Armstrong - Even Squeaky Fromme Loves Christmas
September (Gerald Ford Assassination attempt) 2007.
2007: Roger Hallmark - A Message to Khomeini / Maharishi
Topical, delightfully vulgar propaganda. July (4th) USA! USA! USA! 2007.
May 29
2003: Bruce and Miss Nelson - Soul Transportation *
Trippy! 2003, April (Bicycle day).
2007: My Insurance Man
2007, June (for National Insurance Day).
May 30
2003: Unknown - Carry On My Wayward Son
2007, October.
2003, August.
May 31
2003: Barbie and Ken (Charlotte Austin & Bill Cunningham) - Nobody Taught Me
March, Barbie's BDAY, 2007.
2007: HollyWood Polka *
January 2003, for new beginnings, of which this song has many, and for national polka month.
June 1
2003: Leslie Harris and The House Of Fire - Jogging For Jesus *
2003, December (christmas).
2007: Jeff Briggs - A Stranger's Just A Friend / Memories
2007, December (christmas).
June 2
2003: Steve Fisk - Donna Summer On The Radio *
Hypnotic. Donna's December 2003.
2007: Dairy Council of California - Nutrition With Nelson *
The beeping is terror and awe inspiring. Nutritious November, 2007.
June 3
2003: Sneakers & Lace - Sidewalk Convoy/Skate Talk*
Has a certain crystalline sweetness. The air between the gaps in your teeth, or ball bearings rattling from the grit on the sidewalk. October 2007, national pedestrian safety month.
2007: High Society December 1982 - Busting My Cherry
A shrill surprise. Did not sign up for this. 2007, November.
June 4
2003: Darrell Sisters Studio Arts Dance Center - The Sole Parade
An early piece of theft-music. January for IP. 2003 for the style of theft. (see 2007 #133 above).
2007: Learn to Speak Hawaiian*
Floored. Sibilance par excellence. Anticipates the YTP by about two decades. "No Au Contraire - rAIRE" March 2003 for national corndog day.
June 5
2003: Peter Pan Orchestra And Chorus - Four Hygiene Songs & The Good Habit Song
October, national dental hygiene month, 2007.
2007: Three Pea's In A Podd *
May 2007, pea harvest time. Some sweet tunes here, often surpassing schmaltzy sources with strange songmaking selections. Thanks the Tod.
June 6
2003: Cerrito the Italian Cowboy - I'm Into Something Good
How romantic. February. 2003.
2007: Art Linkletter - Where Did You Come From
May 2003, for sex ed for all.
June 7
2003: 1963 Radio Commercials Festival
2007, February.
2007: Radio Specials: Telly Savalas / Burt Reynolds
2003, February, for world radio day.
June 8
2003: Christine Wyrtzen - Obedience
Hellish, cold, christian. December, 2007.
2007: Billy Joel ??? Demo Tape - Cages
April 2003, for the treachery of april fools, since we have an impersonation here.
June 9
2003: Two Unknown Girls - Time Of My Life
From december it came and to december it shall go. Innocent, like 2003.
2007: Laura Huxley - Recipes for Living and Loving
June (late spring), 2003.
June 10
2003: Metamorpho Theme Song
There! Yeah! There! Yeah! February (containing National Periodic Table Day), 2003.
2007: Tour Guide "Reggie" Presents A Tour Of Chicago
March, Chicago's Bday, 2007.
June 11
2003: John Lotas Productions - Sound Effects
April 2003, for the birth of Jack Donovan Foley.
2007: Glen Armstrong and the Dirty Clergy - Under A Van Gogh Sky
A story about gogh-ing insane, gogh-ing crazy. March, 2003.
June 12
2003: The Saturday Night Suit
December is the month most alligned with Saturday, due to the festival of Saturnalia. 2007.
2007: Badger Theatre Movie Phone - The Sequel
October harbors National Badger Day. Normally advertisements are of a 2007 nature, but there is something cold and past about this one. Verdict? 2003.
June 13
2003: Mike Wallace - The Zenith 2G Micro-Touch Tonearm
February, for 2G, and also a zenith of sorts. 2007.
2007: Strawberry Shortcake - Shortcake Hits Vol. 2! *
February, for love, shrill love! A 2003 softness.
June 14
June 2003, for pride.
2007: Keope - The King And I
March 2003, easter.
June 15
2003: Princess Ramona - Then I Start To Yodel
November, 2003, for the arrival of the Mayflower. We learn about Princess Ramona in primary school.
2007: Who Am I? Part I - Chris Stines (?)
July, for French-American heritage month, and the dissapearance of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Cool and mysterious, like 2007. Make sure to stop by the last track and sniff the stutters.
June 16
2003: Bonnie Prudden - Leg Exercises: 319 La Cienega
September 2007, for restless legs syndrome awareness day.
2007: Stanley Z. Daniels, M.D. - Sex For Teens (Where It's At)
May 2003, sex ed for all.