The Needle Exchange

Jim Jewell
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The Needle Exchange

Hosted by Jim Jewell with his partner-in-crime MF Beige (José Amador), The Needle Exchange invites interesting people to curate, share, and discuss playlists built on a common theme. Hang out in the breakroom of our imaginary record store and talk s***.

  1. 06/10/2024

    "Wildcard"

    Read our Substack newsletter: https://www.theneedleexchange.com/ Jim's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3bk0zD1ANQzwodE0Qr6wNH?si=3b8390b6c0774586 Alice Cooper | Feed My Frankenstein | Hey Stoopid | 1991 Eels | My Beloved Monster | Beautiful Freak | 1996 Jonathan Coulton | Re: Your Brains | Thing a Week Two | 2006 David Bowie | TVC15 | Station to Station | 1976 Michael Jackson | Thriller | Thriller | 1982 Reckless Love | Monster | InVader | 2016 Gwar | Gor-Gor | America Must Be Destroyed | 1992 Monster Magnet | Negasonic Teenage Warhead | Dopes to Infinity | 1995 Blue Öyster Cult | Godzilla | Spectres | 1977 The Edgar Winter Group | Frankenstein | They Only Come Out At Night | 1972 José's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0eqtWqGRJQkZkhLBlFML37?si=d52849e3c71b43c3 Momus | I Want You, But I Don't Need You | Ping Pong | 1997 The Magnetic Fields | God Wants Us to Wait | Love at the Bottom of the Sea | 2012 Henry Nilsson | Cuddly Toy | Pandemonium Shadow Show | 1967 Ezra Furman | Driving Down to L.A. | Driving Down to L.A. | 2018 The Monkees | Love Is Only Sleeping | Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd. | 1967 Damaged Bug | Heavy Cathedral | Bunker Funk | 2017 Morphine | Souvenir | The Night | 2000 Bong Water | What Is? | The Power of Pussy | 1990 Gustaf | Best Behavior | Audio Drag for Ego Slobs | 2021 R.E.M. | I Don't Sleep, I Dream | Monster | 1994

    44 min

  2. 05/06/2024

    A Brief Interlude

    Jim Jewell and José Amador take a few minutes to talk about the future of The Needle Exchange.

    6 min

  3. 05/06/2024

    "Rigidity is Death"

    Read our Substack newsletter: https://www.theneedleexchange.com/ Cristóbal's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2LgOppqpt6cQNoRox4Ex9i?si=afc0b4895228497e Johann Sebastian Bach, Virgil Fox | Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 "Little" | Organ Works: Bach | 1988 Frank Loesser | Fugue For Tinhorns | An Evening With Frank Loesser | 1994 The Beatles | Help! | Help! | 1965 Bob Marley & The Wailers | Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) | Natty Dread | 1974 Takénobu | Toki Doki | Conclusion | 2019 Anthrax | Antisocial | State Of Euphoria | 1988 Coleman Hawkins | Under Paris Skies | The Hawk In Paris | 1956 Ryuschi Sakamoto, Jaques Morelenbaum, Everton Nelson | Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence | 1996 | 1996 Hermanos Ayala | Yayabo | Bomba De Loiza | 2006 Dirty Revival | Dirty Love | Dirty Revival | 2015 Zach's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3A1beddTcxw0p2SiLPmhOz?si=4d88c5f5845d4ba4 Little Comets | A Little Open | Life Is Everywhere | 2013 The Smiths | The Headmaster Ritual | Meat Is Murder | 1985 The Kinks | The Hard Way | Schoolboys in Disgrace | 1975 Dead Kennedys | Take This Job and Shove It | Bedtime For Democracy | 1986 The Clash | Career Opportunities | The Clash | 1977 Todd Rundren | Bang the Drum All Day | The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect | 1982 Erasure | Chains of Love | The Innocents | 1988 Radiohead | House Of Cards | In Rainbows | 2007 From Monument To Masses | Comrades and Friends | The Impossible Leap in 100 Simple Steps | 2003 Dario Marianelli | Evey Reborn | V For Vendetta (Music From The Motion Picture | 2006 José's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0LiMQeIWGMl87Ew7xPiUBz?si=d549522a74fd476f David Bowie | A Small Plot of Land | 1. Outside (The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper Cycle) | 1995 Odd Nostum | Freakout 3 | Level Live Wires | 2007 Saul Williams, Cristian Scott aTunde Adjuah | Encrypted & Vulnerable (feat. Cristian Scott aTunde Adjuah | Encrypted & Vuylnerable | 2019 Karima Walker | One Moved Slowly Through This Place | Hands in Our Names | 2017 Danger Mouse, Sparkle Horse, David Lynch | Dark Night of the Soul (feat. David Lynch) | Dark Night of The Soul | 2010 Nurse With Wound | Ketamineaphonia | Huffin' Rag Blues | 2008 Sun Ra | I Am Strange | I Am Strange / I Am An Instrument | 2009 Mount Eerie | I Know No One | No Flashlight | 2015 Cristobal Tapid Da Veer | What's Gonna Happen To Us? | The White Lotus: Season 2 | 2022 Ben von Wildenhaus, Von Wildenhaus | Aluminum | Anna Sonata - Von Universe 1 | 2023

    1h 15m

  4. 04/15/2024

    "Your Birth Year Hot 100"

    Read our Substack newsletter: https://www.theneedleexchange.com/ José's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/52EMd6zDuyQmpx5HjqsJLZ?si=5d544ae0463f4a39 The Temptations | Psychedelic Shack | Psychedelic Shack | 1970 Chicago | 25 or 6 to 4 | Chicago II | 1970 Freda Payne | Band Of Gold (Single Mix) | Band Of Gold | 1970 Eric Burdon and War | Spill The Wine | Eric Burdon Declares "War" | 1970 Shocking Blue | Venus | At Home | 1969 The Pipkins | Gimme Dat Ding | Gimme Dat Ding! | 1970 Dionne Warwick | I'll Never Fall in Love Again | I'll Never Fall in Love Again | 1970 Ronnie Dyson | (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? | (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? | 1970 The Five Starships | O-o-h child | Stairsteps | 1970 Four Tops | Still Water (Love) | Still Waters Run Deep | 1970 Jim's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0fxBKDTZBs8nzbVElRdsGq?si=1f0f0c7248734fa3 War | Slippin' Into Darkness | All Day Music | 1971 Alice Cooper | School's Out | School's Out | 1972 T. Rex | Bang a Gong (Get It On) | Electric Warrior | 1971 Elvis Presley | Burning Love | Elvis (Fool) | 1972 Redbone | The Witch Queen of New Orleans | The Witch Queen of New Orleans (aka Message from a Drum) | 1971 Todd Rundgren | I Saw the Light | Something / Anything? | 1971 Jim Croce | You Don't Mess Around with Jim | You Don't Mess Around with Jim | 1972 The Main Ingredient | Everybody Plays the Fool | Bitter Sweet | 1972 Bill Withers | Lean on Me | Still Bill | 1972 Three Dog Night | Never Been To Spain | Harmony  | 1972 Rob's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0q3tE8Vtbogk577ZfN0cRX?si=3d7fd03628574698 Walter Murphy | A Fifth of Beethoven | A Fifth of Beethoven | 1976 Boz Scaggs | Lowdown | Silk Degrees | 1976 Diana Ross | Love Hangover | Diana Ross | 1976 Donna Summer | Love To Love You Baby - Single Version | Love to Love You Baby | 1975 KC & The Sunshine Band | That's the Way (I Like It) | KC & The Sunshine Band | 1975 Andrea True Connection | More, More, More | More, More, More | 1976 Rufus, Chaka Khan | Sweet Thing | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan | 1975 Rhythm Heritage | Theme From S.W.A.T. | Disco-fied | 1975 Wild Cherry | Play That Funky Music | Wild Cherry | 1976 Parliament | Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) | Mothership Connection | 1975 Zach's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2nDGL5ai03DvX61ztxTdeu?si=033db46387584099 Marvin Gaye | Got To Give It Up, Pt. 1 | Got To Give...

    1h 39m

  5. 03/25/2024

    "School"

    Read our Substack newsletter: https://www.theneedleexchange.com/ José's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2cZ5FCq4zWKHKfRr7PxxNH?si=cfc935468b774462 Komeda | Blossom (Got To Get It Out) | Kokomemedada | 2003 x2 The Dead Milkmen | Violent School | Big Lizard In My Backyard | 1985 Finnolia Sound Effects | Handbell Ring (Hand Bell Ringing) [Version 3] | Bell Sound Effects | 2012 They Might Be Giants | Meet James Ensor | John Henry | 1994 Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders | The Game Of Love | The Game Of Love | 1965 John Linnell | Oregon | State Songs | 1999 Finnolia Sound Effects | Bell Ring (Bell Ringing) [Version 3] | Bell Sound Effects | 2012 The Donnas | Do You Wanna go out with Me | The Donnas | 1997 The Suburbs | Cows | In Combo | 2001 x2 Finnolia Sound Effects | Handbell Ring (Hand Bell Ringing) [Version 2] | Bell Sound Effects | 2012 Sound Ideas | Heavy Applause with Cheering from Children in School Auditorium | Cround: Large | 2014 David Byrne | Now I'm Your Mom | Uh-Oh | 1992 De La Soul | My Brother's a Basehead | De La Soul is Dead | 1991 Peaches | Boys Wanna Be Her | Impeach My Bush | 2006 The Magnetic Fields | When My Boy Walks Down the Street | 69 Love Songs | 1999 Finnolia Sound Effects | Handbell Ring (Hand Bell Ringing) [Version 3] | Bell Sound Effects | 2012 The Coup, Justin Sane | Your Parents' Cocaine | Sorry To Bother You | 2012 Stereo Total | Amo amor a tres | No controles | 2009 Rob's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6kW1ZEPSHC6RueenJFvcII?si=e4b3cb73ecaf4421 Os Mutantes | Panis Et Circensis | "Os Mutantes" | 1968 Gal Costa | Vou Recomeçar | Gal Costa | 1969 Gilberto Gil | Volks-Volkswagen Blues | Gilberto Gil | 1969 Caetano Veloso | Tropicália | Caetano Veloso | 1967 Tom Zé | Não Buzine Que Eu Estou Paquerando | Grande Liquidação | 1968 Os Versateis | Ponteia | Os Versáteis e o Festival | 1967 Nara Leão | Quem Te Viu, Quem Te Vé | Vento De Maio | 1967 Jorge Ben Jor | Take It Easy My Brother Charles | Jorge Ben | 1969 x2 Gal Costa, Caetano Veloso | Baby | Gal Costa | 1969 Gilberto Gil | Cérebro Eletrônico | Gilberto Gil | 1969 Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes, Caetano Veloso | Hino Do Senhor Do Bonfim | Tropicália Ou Panis Et Circensis | 1968 Zach's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/00HpoKQXiYjmhFg818IIXY?si=76b25a4ac8c34fe3 Supertramp | School | Crime Of The Century | 1974 The Spencer Davis Group | Waltz For Lumumba | I'm A Man / Waltz For Lumumba | 1970 Dr. Timothy Leary Ph.D. | Part 10 | L.S.D. | 1966 Rage Against The Machine | Bullet In The Head | Rage Against The Machine | 1992 Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, John Raitt | The Pajama Game: Hey There | The Pajama Game (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | 1954 Jon Secada | Otro Día Más Sin Verte | Jon Secada | 1992 x2 The Immortals | Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat) | Mortal Kombat: The Album | 1994 Pearl Jam | Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town | Vs. | 1993 Eric Clapton | Wonderful Tonight | Slow Hand | 1977 Led Zeppelin | Ramble On | Led Zeppelin II | 1969 Sarah McLachlan | I Will Remember You | Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff | 1996

    1h 48m

  6. 03/04/2024

    "Cities"

    Read our Substack newsletter: https://www.theneedleexchange.com/ Jim's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5vWU4zpqntPpvi6EZV2WRC?si=f61ac0c018db4c12 Wax Tailor | Street Scent | In the Mood for Life | 2009 Wax Tailor | No Pity | In the Mood for Life | 2009 Ryan Gosling | City Of Stars | La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 2016 Steering Jets | Cruising | Cruising | 2022 J. Cole | Trouble | Born Sinner | 2013 Nina Simone, Sofi Tukker | Sinnerman - Sofi Tukker Remix | Sinnerman (Sofi Tukker Remix) | 2021 50 Cent | In Da Club | Get Rich Or Die Tryin' | 2003 King Von | 2 A.M. | Levon James | 2022 Tove Lo | Habits (Stay High) | Queen Of The Clouds | 2014 Tom Waits | Little Drop Of Poison | Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards | 2006 G. Love & Special Sauce | This Ain't Living | G. Love And Special Sauce | 1994 Zach's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1D3LcyKSi1xYKt9G1TeKCg?si=c0da9be85ab84fd3 Dawes | Time Spent in Los Angeles | Nothing Is Wrong | 2011 James Taylor | Looking For Love On Broadway | JT | 1977 Little Feat | Oh, Atlanta | Feats Don't Fail Me Now | 1974 Low Cut Connie | Boozophilia | Call My Sylvia | 2012 Nina Simone | Baltimore - Live At Vine St. Bar & Grill/1987 | Let It Be Me (Live) | 1987 Pulp, Jarvis Cocker, Steve Mackey | Sheffield: Sex City | Intro: The Gift Recordings | 1993 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | By the Time I Get to Phoenix | Kicking Against the Pricks | 2009 Randy Newman | Burn On | Sail Away | 1972 Pretenders | My City Was Gone | Learning to Crawl (US Release) | 1984 Souxsie and the Banshees | Cities In Dust | Tinderbox | 1986 José's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0KJrwbxLX5k30UbNzvtcCO?si=f9035ae9928a47c0 Pet Shop Boys | West End Girls | Please | 1983 Roni Size, Reprazent | Watching Windows | New Forms | 1997 Flavien Berger | La féte noire | Léviathan | 2015 Dorothy Collins, Raymond Scott | Lightworks | Mahattan Research, Inc. | 2000 The Rolling Stones | Miss You | Some Girls | 1978 Black Pumas | Sauvignon | Chronicles of a Diamond | 2023 Tom Waits | Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson) | Nighthawks At The Diner | 1975 Black Sheep | Go To Hail | A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing | 1991 Tangerine Dream | Bonding By Candlelight | Three O'Clock High (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 1987 Kae Tempest | Perfect Coffee | Let Them Eat Chaos | 2016 Bad Colours | Maybe I Should Move To LA | Always With U | 2022

    1h 22m

  7. 02/05/2024

    "Dedicated to the One I Love"

    Read our Substack newsletter: https://www.theneedleexchange.com/ José's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0hEnDqC4ZWOft2hPH9isnx?si=ee7087a652d64407 The Flamingos | I Only Have Eyes for You | I Only Have Eyes For You | 1959 the xx | Chained | Coexist | 2012 Honeycut | Butter Room | The Day I Turned To Glass | 2006 Aretha Franklin | Day Dreaming | Young, Gifted and Black | 1972 Khruangbin, Leon Bridges | Doris | Texas Moon | 2022 N. Hardem, Briela Ojeda | Volcán | Verdor | 2021 Mal Devisa | if I were to fall asleep in your arms | Shade and the little Creature | 2015 Jon Bap | Don't Run Into The Dark So Quick | What Now? | 2016 Gorillaz, Little Dragon | Empire Ants (feat. Little Dragon) | Plastic Beach | 2010 The Coup, Silke | BabyLet'sHaveABabyBeforeBushDoSomethin'Crazy | Pick A Bigger Weapon | 2006 Rob's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5wdz9OqRjuzOEvr5gZiYpr?si=2ff5a097c9bd460c Tom Tom Club | Genius of Love | Tom Tom Club | 1981 Bootsy Collins | I'd Rather Be with You | Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band | 1976 Silk Sonic | Skate | An Evening With Silk Sonic | 2021 DOMi & JD BECK | SNiFF | NOT TiGHT | 2022 Louis Cole | Park Your Car on My Face | Quality Over Opinion | 2022 Thundercat | Dragonball Durag | It Is What It Is | 2020 Childish Gambino | 3005 | Because the Internet | 2013 Parliament | Wizard Of Finance | Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome | 1977 Queen Latifah, Lil' Kim, Macy Gray | Cell Block Tango (feat. Lil' Kim & Macy Gray) | Chicago - Music From The Miramax Motion Picture | 2002 Giaccomo Puccini, Nicole Heartseeker, Mulo Francel | Muesetta's Waltz | That's Amore | 2022 Zach's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7IYcwrQv9HtMLmvupUztEJ?si=22e5c65757fc4baa Donny Hathaway | A Song for You | Donny Hathaway | 1971 Eva Cassidy | Songbird | Songbird | 1998 Clem Snide | I'll Be Your Mirror | I'll Be Your Mirror | 2017 Jeff Buckley | Mama, You Been on My Mind - Studio Outtake - 1993 | Grace | 1994 John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman | Dedicated To You | John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman | 1963 Cat Power | Sea of Love | The Covers Record | 2000 The Magnetic Fields | The Book of Love | 69 Love Songs | 1999 Radiohead | I Promise | OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 | 2017 Richard Ashcroft | You On My Mind In My Sleep | Alone With Everybody | 2000 Gustav Mahler, Weiner Philharmoniker, Leanard Bernstein | Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto | Mahler Symphony No. 5 | 1988

    1h 28m

  8. 12/05/2023

    "Bass"

    Read our Substack newsletter: https://www.theneedleexchange.com/ José's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50rc8IhdljJDjfGuzLfyNk?si=2dee9138e5954083 Sun Ra | Bassism | The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra | 1962 Charles Mingus | Haitian Fight Song | The Clown | 1957 Tom Waits | Step Right Up | Small Change | 1976 Little Willie John | My Love Is | Sure Things | 1961 Jack Elliot, Allyn Ferguson | The Barney Miller Theme | Barney Miller | 1975 Sugarloaf | Green-Eyed Lady | Green-Eyed Lady | 1970 The Police | Driven To Tears | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 Roxy Music | Love Is The Drug | Siren | 1975 Soul Coughing | Collapse | Irresistable Bliss | 1996 Violent Femmes | Please Do Not Go | Violent Femmes | 1983 SAULT | Think About It | 5 | 2019 Zach's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7a3ApfuFz6VxiPv13aOvYs?si=07675186fb9e4dcf Morphine | Buena | Cure For Pain | 1993 Barry White | I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby | I've Got So Much To Give | 1973 Jaco Pastorius | Come On, Come Over | Jaco Pastorius | 1976 Stanely Clarke | We Supply | ROCKS, PEBBLES AND SAND | 1980 Esperanza Spalding | I Know You Know | Esperanza | 2008 John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman | Lush Life | John Coltrane And Johnny Harman | 1963 Tennessee Ernie Ford | Funny How Time Slips Away | Country Hits...Feelin' Blue | 1964 Leonard Cohen | You Want It Darker | You Want It Darker | 2016 The Fairfield Four | Lonesome Valley | O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 2000 Charles Mingus | Goodbye Pork Pie Hat | Mingus Ah Um | 1959 Rob's list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JY5AjkDzto0UZO9RV54U3?si=83ea9ce4999c47c0 Jaco Pastorius | Portrait Of Tracy | Jaco Pastorius | 1976 The Brothers Johnson | Strawberry Letter 23 | Right On Time | 1977 Kajagoogoo | Too Shy | White Feathers | 1983 Future | Mask Off | FUTURE | 2017 Mungo's Hi Fi, Soom T | Jump Up Quickly | Listening Bug EP | 2013 Bassnectar | Basshead | Timestretch | 2010 GRIZ, LSDREAM | FUNKONAUT | FUNKONAUT | 2022 Rezz, Deathpact | Chemical Bond | Chemical Bond | 2021 Subtronics, Excision | Asteroid | Asteroid | 2023 David Kahn, John D'Amico | over the rainbow | over the rainbow | 2023

    1h 6m
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Hosted by Jim Jewell with his partner-in-crime MF Beige (José Amador), The Needle Exchange invites interesting people to curate, share, and discuss playlists built on a common theme. Hang out in the breakroom of our imaginary record store and talk s***.

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  • Creator
    Jim Jewell
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2024 Jim Jewell
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    The Needle Exchange

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