Irresistable Ruby Oso

My girlfriend got me into these guys… the only song that was ever on my radar was Circles but I specifically remember hearing a radio DJ talking about them in the 90’s I remember where I was and where I was going but I have no clue what he said about them. maybe that was their bigger problem.. people just not paying enough attention.

Anyway, they wrote beautiful music and these are some strange tunes I found in a lovely torrent of basically all of their b-sides.. which I actually own most of from their original sources. They have some others like the Sinatra cover they did and something with a needle in the title but whatever, I found these and wanted to share them with you.

I excluded one track that I thought was a strange addition, the song M. Doughty did with BT. if anyone's interested I'll throw up the single for that with like 5 or 6 different mixes I just don’t think it necessarily belongs on a Soul Coughing b-sides collection cause the rest of the dudes didn’t have anything to do with it. Also, if your going to include that one on the b-side compilation why not the song he did with 808 State? ENJOY!

Soul Coughing “Beside” (i gave this some cover art and a better title then “studio b-sides”)

As Real as Mary Lou Lord

So while searching for cassettes at awesome record stores in Boston earlier this year Helen & I came across this crazy find in a little shop called In Your Ear which had an interesting selection or used vinyl, cds, cassettes and whatever else. I remember we found some awesome stuff like Heatmiser, Wallflowers (unsure if this is was awesome), and of course the find on our left Mary Lou Lord’s extremely hard to find first album only ever released on cassette “Real”. Today I felt like seeing if the soundcard on my computer was gonna be friendly and let me easily transfer it to my iTunes and SUCCESS! This album is really a great collection of songs and the only place I’ve ever seen her cover a nirvana song. Like most of Lord’s releases this contains a few originals like “Not Necessarily the Bubonic Plague” & “Memories of You” but its also riddled with covers (and one song that might’ve been written for her???? – “Walkin’ On Air”) a good amount of these covers have ended up on her live album or compilations but there is also a fair share that are exclusive. So enjoy this lil’ blast down memory lane on multiple levels.

Mary Lou Lord “Real” cassette Andalucia (john cale) Smells LIke Teen Spirit (nirvana) Thirteen (big star) Not Necessarily The Bubonic Plague St. Swithens Day (billy bragg) Eternal Circle (bob dylan) Memories of You Can You Fool (allman brothers band) Please Be With Me (scott boyer) Only Business (rain parade) Walkin’ On Air (schulman) That’s The Way (led zeppelin) London Bridges