#18 - "B."

"B." - LLR's favorite records by artists or bands whose names start with the letter B. Bad ass. Second verse – same as the first. In the early 1970s, legendary collaborator and self-proclaimed non-musician Brian Eno famously designed a deck of 115 cards containing elliptical imperatives to spark in the user creative connections unobtainable through regular modes of work. He called his creation "Oblique Strategies." For nearly one half of a century, countless artists and professionals across the globe have benefited from utilizing the oblique strategies technique when attempting to overcome a lull in creative output. In 2021, idiot basement-dwelling hobby podcasters and self-proclaimed Lightnin' Lickers Jay and Deon found themselves uninspired when contemplating the potential themes of their upcoming eighteenth episode. Together, they decided... to default back to the alphabet. Because they knew the alphabet pretty good. They already used the letter A. So they proceeded to the letter B. Genius is as genius does. Mixtape brought to you by the number 33-1/3, the color blue, and the letter B: [SIDE B1] (1) Eric Burden & War – Gun (2) Belfegore – All I Wanted (3) Big Grams featuring Run The Jewels – Born To Shine (4) The Bluebells – I’m Falling (5) Baby Charles – Invisible [SIDE B2] (1) Beats International – Tribute To King Tubby (2) Blue In Heaven – Rolling In The Crowd (3) Brick – Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody (4) Betty Boo – Boo Is Boomin’ (5) Bon Iver – Blood Bank (live) Additional (non-mix) sonic contributions to episode 18 of Lightnin’ Licks Radio podcast include: Lee Moses / Brothers Johnson / Holland-Dozier-Holland / L.L. Cool J / Chet Baker / B.L.O. / Brand Nubian / Boogie Down Productions / Blowfly / Count Von Count / Jerry Nelson / the Beetles, that is Sesame Street’s Fab Four parody group of insect puppets / Night Flight / Beavis & Butthead / Fatboy Slim / The Animals / Bob Seger / Betty Boop / James Brown / Clyde Stubblefield / Bobby Bloom / Phantogram / Outkast / Sleepy Brown / Run The Jewels / El-P’s Blue Series Continuum / The Jackson 5 / Ludacris / De La Soul / Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers / Kid-N-Play / Bobby Brown / Big Thief / Charles Bradley / Blaksmith / The Clockers. Recorded: 11/14/2021 Released: 11/18/2021 Cover Art: Brendon Baranek