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You, yes you, can follow Mr. Randall Roberts on Spotify. Click here, follow him.

FROM THE REAL SOVEREIGN GLORY PUBLICIST, OWEN PHILLIP SOUSA. NOT THE FAKE ONE WINNE SHARP.

Here's a set list for the L.A. Beat Music 2010 Mixtape what can be found at soundcloud here.

Teebs, Double Fifths


Shlohmo, Antigravity


Nobody, Hip$ters


NGUZUNGUZU, GOT U


Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Round & Round (Little Loud remix)


HEALTH, Die Slow (Tobacco Rmx)


Warpaint, Bees


No Age, Life Prowler


Free the Robots, Alternative & Wandering Gypsy


Tremblexy, Delete


Gaslamp Killer and Daedelus, Impulse (Teebs' Neck Feathers Remix)


Kisses, People Can Do The Most Amazing Things


Glasser, Home

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Fright Night (Nevermore)


Nite Jewel, Another Horizon


Baths, Rafting Starlit Everglades


Shlomo, Hot Boxing The Cockpit (Tokimonsta Remix)


The Gaslamp Killer, When I'm In Awe (feat. Gonjasufi


Speculator, Pure Ecstacy


Zola Jesus, Poor Animal


yuk. adept-ation

From Winnie "the Woocher" Sharp,

publicist for the Sovereign Glory "Ministries"


Music. Who needs it? A bunch of racket is what I say. But our Randall Roberts somehow manages to keep this "ministry" afloat due to the organized noise stuff. Me, the only song I can halfway stand is Train's "Hey, Soul Sister," but that's only because the rest of the Sovereignty can stand that shit. They all listen to techno.


Did somebody say techno? I know that's not the clinical term for the music below -- Mr. Roberts advises me to just call it 'beat music' -- but that's what it sounds like to me. Techno. Mr. Roberts made a mix of some of his favorite Los Angeles beat music of 2010, and put it up on Soundcloud. Here it is here:


Los Angeles 2010 (Or Thereabouts) by RandallRoberts

I remain, Winnie the Woocher.

This post comes from Owen Phillip-Sousa, great great grand nephew of the king of marching band music. I am currently recovering from an incident, and as I do this I am staying at Sovereign Glory and serving as its Director of Public Relations, West Coast.

Here is information as we arrive at Christmas time (and Mr. Roberts' birthday). First bit: Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, died this week. It is with extreme sadness that we at Sovereign Glory report this news. Mr. Van Vliet was a sort of patron saint of the ministry. Many times has Mr. Roberts cited Van Vliet's dictatorial skills in the Magic Band practice room as inspiration for some of the so-called "Glory Lessons."

So anyway, Mr. Roberts has written an appreciation of Don Van Vliet. You should read it while listening to "Kandy Korn."

from Vanessa, Chief Executive Director of Public Relations/Stonewalling

Hello from the sunny confines of HOLLYWOOD, California, where we at Sovereign Glory have been recovering from the economic downturn by working THAT MUCH HARDER to put the GRUB on the table.

As CEDPR, it is my responsibility to act as the press secretary for Our Fearful Leader, Randall Roberts, who has been buried in paperwork and busywork vital to the continuing success of Glory Glory Glory. Did we mention he TWEETS? He doesn't do it very well or very often, and usually he's just hawking some stuff he's written or participated in delivering into the (cruel, cruel) world, but he TWEETS nonetheless, and you can follow him.

Not that we do.

The central point: Roberts will be appearing in the year's edition of BEST MUSIC WRITING 2010, which will be available WORLDWIDE but mostly in America in early November. His story on Burma that we're not going to link to because you should read it in book form is in the issue. Here is what the cover looks like:

Mr. Roberts also spent last Sunday weeping in his master bedroom and listening to Solomon Burke's "Cry to Me" on repeat. He wrote about the song for the L.A. Times. He also co-penned the late Mr. Burke's obituary.

Luv,

Vanessa.

from the desk of Richard Emperor,

Publicist for Sovereign Glory.



Things have happened, and I as the new publicist for this ramshackle sham of a "ministry" am responsible for reporting these things with a proper amount of excitement, even if I think that Mr. Roberts could have much better spent his time fixing the exhaust fan in the Glory gymnasium than writing about music and the people who do it.


And yet. And yet. He writes about Joanna Newsom at the Orpheum. He speculates on American Idol. When he's not doing that he's editing other writers' work, many of whom have been crafting brilliant stories left and right that Roberts should thank his proverbial stars he's a part of. But none of that is a humming exhaust fan to cool down our nights, nor has Roberts mowed the lawn.


OH, AND THERE'S THIS. Roberts plays records, records onto hard drive, uploads to Soundcloud, and, bingo,


THE SUMMER JOB MIX '10.


Summer Job Mix '10 by RandallRoberts

from Winnie Sharp, the publicist on duty


In these smaller times, when the workload around the ministry is low because the "donors" are "tightwads" and the wallets are thin, Mr. Roberts must still keep us occupied. So what he does is he has us scrubbing hallways that haven't been trod in decades, repainting study hall ceilings that are as pink now as the day they were painted (according to the research dept., on August 20, 1974). And Mr. Roberts has given us another assignment: reconnect with our vast outreach network and let them know what the heck is happening at the ministry.

Well, for starters, Mr. Roberts recently abandoned his position at the Los Angeles Weekly and moved over to the Los Angeles Times, the city's premiere written record keeper of information, culture and opinion. Here, our guy is the pop music editor, where he tracks the comings and goings for the organized noise section of the paper.

As well, Mr. Roberts has been feeding his Twitter thingy -- what's that called, "tooting?" -- but not as professionally as some of his colleagues. <br> He's also been cooking with shrimps a lot lately while listening to music, has been social without being reckless (only a few times have his minions caught him sneaking into the compound past curfew -- but then, he's the kingpin around here, so he ain't go no curfew). His favorite cocktail place is now officially The Association downtown, though that's only because The Varnish isn't open after work, when he usually takes his "meetings" with "peers."

What else do you want me to say, boss? That it's fun around here? That we like scrubbing tile and painting shit pink? WELL WE DON'T. And while it's awesome that Mr. Roberts has an awesome new gig, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US? Tending to the ministry, writing bullshit press releases for someone who's lost his brimstone and couldn't spit fire if his heart pumped gasoline?

Sorry, that was uncalled for. It's great around here at the Ministry.

Here, read this. It's something that "Mr." Roberts wrote that is better than most of the things that Roberts has written. But it's not "hip" to write about old people who play music in retirement homes, so it doesn't get acknowledged.


Ron Reichard's Sentimental Journey, By Randall Roberts (2007)

Winnie the Publicist of the Week


Randall Roberts now has a frickin' tumblr page, whoop-dee-do. As if he can't just toss that stuff here, he's gotta do it there, too. Anyway, it's a tumblr page, and you can check it out at http://sovereignglory.tumblr.com

Mr. Roberts just released something called The Mississippi Records Barge and Towboat Mix, which features music from guess what label over 72 minutes. We encourage you to pass this along, or give us a shoutout via @liledit.

Mississippi Records Barge and Towboat Mix by RandallRoberts


Oh look here it is:
Clara Rockmore, Ravel (Clara Rockmore, Theremin)
Robert Wilkins - I'll Go with Go (VA: I Woke Up One Morning in May)
Canajas - Danza Mora (VA: Mata La Pena)
Spiritual Singers - Kamia (Ntsamina LP)
Abner Jay - My Mule (True Story of Abner Jay)
George Coleman - Transister Radio (Bongo Joe LP)
Straight Street Group 0 Angels keep watching over me (VA: Life is a Problem)
Marika Papagika -Smirneikos Balos (VA: I Don't Feel At Home in This World Anymore)
The Anglin Brothers - Money Cannot Buy Your Soul (VA: Last Kind Words)
Mike Hanapi's Ilima Islanders - Hilo Hula VA: IDFAHITWA))
George Ku Trio -Keuu Lei (MLP)
Spiritual Singers - U Nungisa
Cecil Barfield - Lucy Mae Blues (South Georgia Blues LP)
Abner Jay - Cocaine
Blue Sky Boys - Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? (IDFAHITWA)
Lottie Kimbrough - Wayward Girl Blues (VA: I Woke Up One Morning in May)
Clara Rockmore - Tchaikovsky
Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy - I Called Youi This Morning (LKW)
Sexteto Bolona - Te Prohibido el Cabaret (IDFAHITWA)
?? - Jagaang Tigang (MDP)
Abner Jay - I Woke Up This Morning
Blind Mannie Forehand - Honey in the Rock (MDP)
Willanette Singers - Pray On (LIAP)