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The Anti-Voice

Sep 5, 2022 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Music

With Pangaeo

DJ Pangaeo presents the inaugural episode of the new reality singing competition, "The Anti-Voice." He has personally chosen some of his favorite singers to audition to become contestants. The show is hosted by MC Plato with guest judges Heini Krum and Semon Towell.

The auditions

A survey of vocalists who'd (thankfully) never pass the audition to appear on a glitzy TV singing competition.

9:00 AM		Set Break: We open "The Anti-Voice" auditions with a young English singer named Sydney.
9:04 AM		Syd Barrett Feel The Madcap Laughs Rhino 1993
9:06 AM		Tom Waits Lucky Day The Black Rider Island Records 1993
9:09 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
9:13 AM		Beat Happening Foggy Eyes Beat Happening K Records 1985 Heather's audition
9:15 AM		Beat Happening I Spy Beat Happening K Records 1985
9:17 AM		The B-52s Hero Worship The B-52s WB 1979
9:21 AM		Yoko Ono Woman Power Warzone Chimera Music 2018
9:25 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
9:29 AM		Lou Reed Legendary Hearts Legendary Hearts RCA Records Label 1983
9:31 AM		Nico Somewhere There's a Feather Chelsea Girl Polydor 2012
9:34 AM		John Cale and Bob Neuwirth Who's In Charge? Last Day on Earth MCA 1994
9:37 AM		Maureen Tucker Me, Myself and I Life in Exile After Abdication Sky Records
9:40 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
9:44 AM		Bob Dylan & The Band (Quinn the Eskimo) The Mighty Quinn (Live In Isle of Wight) [Remixed] Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 (Deluxe Edition) Columbia 2013
9:48 AM		Johnny Cash Delia American VI: Ain't No Grave Columbia/Legacy 1982
9:49 AM		Lotte Lenya & Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Die Dreigroschenoper: Mack the Knife Lotte Lenya: American Theater Songs Sony Classical 1999
9:53 AM		Chet Baker Just Friends The Best of Chet Baker Sings Blue Note Records 1989
9:55 AM		Nina Simone Don't You Pay Them No Mind Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings: High Priestess of Soul [Disc 4] Verve 2003
9:59 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
10:04 AM		Neil Young Mellow My Mind Tonight's the Night Reprise 1975
10:07 AM		Leonard Cohen Lady Midnight Songs from a Room Columbia Nashville 1969
10:10 AM		Patti Smith Group Distant Fingers Radio Ethiopia Arista/Legacy 1996
10:15 AM		Brian Wilson Saturday Morning in the City Gettin' In Over My Head Brimel 2004
10:17 AM		Biz Markie Friends Weekend Warrior Tommy Boy Entertainment 2003
10:21 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
10:27 AM		Daniel Johnston Love Will See You Through Fun Atlantic Records 1994
10:29 AM		Mecca Normal A Kind of a Girl Flood Plain K Records 1993
10:31 AM		Half Japanese Magic Kingdom Fire In the Sky Safe House 1993
10:33 AM		The Moldy Peaches Ode to Girls Who Write Odes Origin Story 1994-1999 Org Music 2022
10:36 AM		Jonathan Richman New England Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers (Expanded Edition) Sanctuary Records 1976
10:38 AM		Johnny Thunders Endless Party Que Sera Sera Jungle Records 1985
10:41 AM		Kevin Coyne It Hurts Sugar Candy Taxi Ruf Records 2006
10:43 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
10:50 AM		Vic Chesnutt Maiden The Salesman & Bernadette Velocette Records 1998
10:53 AM		The Cure Catch Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Rhino/Elektra 2004
10:56 AM		The Fall Fit and Working Again In: Palace of Swords Reversed Cherry Red Records 2015
10:58 AM		David Thomas and the Pedestrians Bird Town Variations on a Theme Hearpen 1983

Chat is archived.

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This is it. The inaugural and first ever installment of "The Anti-Voice" reality singing competition. It's audition time. DJ Pangaeo has selected the contestants and special guest panelists Semon Towell and Hieni Krum will be judging. You're also encouraged to cast your votes, make your comments and suggest singers you'd like to see audition ....

This is gonna be a tuff one to judge! "All my favorite singers couldn't sing"

That last little Syd part just took won it i think

Hey hey Phlato

Dion is a beautiful singer but one of my favorite songs by him has a super flat note at a very climactic point. "The Majestic"

Leisure Labor Day, Tandy, Commie Francis and DSM

You're pitting Heather against Calvin??!!

hmmm canned heat? the high voiced guy alan wilson - the most obvioyus is neil young and you already have tom waits he is the worst of the worst voice

Hey Rob and Space Cowboy. Heather v. Calvin, beat happening beat down.

The worst of the worst = my fav

I want to vote for Heather but I'm unclear whether that means she's best or worst

I guess I'll vote heather either way

Doesn't matter, Commie Francis. Works either way

Will we be hearing from the Wiggins sisters today?

Hmmmm, could be.

Ooh Canned Heat would be good for this contest

Heather is a godsend

Oh no NOT the Wiggins ;-)

Good morning! My hubby wants to nominate Lou Reed. Don't know how he'd do in this contest, tho

But I'll doubtless be out birding when the Wiggins come on

Good morning Li Maria and Li Maria's husband. Funny you should mention Lou

lou reed- omg he cant sing at all the dirty boulevard is jsut him kinda trying to sing /talk awful voice

Y O K O

Noice!

good one!

*volume knob goes up

I give all these contestants THUMBS UP!

I ab-stain on Semon Towell, tho. Ewww.

Darn--hubby's out walking the dog!

Any Rolling Stones song from the Past 40 years would have a good chance of winning

Good morning jimbeaux. Thanks for the thumbs.

Good morning Carlos Ramone. Brutal statement, but most likely true ...

I'd like a 'we are the world' version with all today's contestants

Perfect, DSM!

Excellent, DSM. You start working on that ...

I question the inclusion of John Cale

I was hesitant, too, Commie Francis. That's why we added Bob Neuwirth to his audition.

Fair!

Almost sounds like Pangaeo guest vocals

Noooooo

Great show.

Speaking of back-up vocals, Gram Parsons is almost un-listenable w/o Emmy Lou

guess that

's more of a duet

Parsons got the heart.

lotta heart, true

you gotta to have a good story too. Right?

Who/what's the worst vocal performance you've seen in concert? Mine was a show by Don "American Pie" McLean

Can’t think of even one.

Any time I've seen Stephen Malkmus live the vocals were pretty underwhelming compared to the recorded performances

good morning! i love all these anti-voices.

Good morning, esoterica! We're all looking forward to your LaborWave show tonight.

thanks, mc phlato!

Tho i worship them, Fred & Toody Cole from Dead Moon can rub some the wrong way. Will trade polish for raw soul any damn day!

this is pretty brutal lol, and I love Brian Wilson

Exactly, jimbeaux. You might say that's the whole point of this pursuit. I Don't want Perfect. Perfect is boring.

Brian Wilson is an undeniable music genius, DSM.

Hgghhgh

Biz Markie kicks ass but this song gives me agita

Second appearance of Jonathan Richman on this LaborWave 2022, and I bet there'll probably be another one or two before it's over

<3 Jonathan Richman, flat notes and all

And I hope his sinuses never clear up

Love just about all of this--thanks Pangaeo and MC Phlato

Thanks Li Maria

and Semon and Heini ;)

So difficult to choose one favorite...

Whoa that two hours flew by! Thanks for playing all the best singers today! Two of my faves didn't even appear, David Berman and Don Van Vliet. My vote is for a round two show! Thanks MC Phlato!

Thanks DSM. I've left a lot of contestants waiting in the wings, but didn't even think of David German and Don Van Vliet. I'll add them for future consideration

The Fall's entry particularly appropriate for Labor Day: Fit and Working Again

*berman