After the bay area woke up (3:30 am local time) to the biggest quake felt in 25 years, people were quickly reminded how we “Californians” still live in a volatile area. Despite the tech industry’s cultural bulldozering approach to SF or the on going drought that is slowly paralyzing our resources, Mother Earth is awake underneath and will have the last word. (not) An Irwin Allen production.

Playlist:

Earthquake by 13th Floor Elevators from Easter Everywhere (1967)
First Thing In The Morning by Wilko Johnson’s Solid Senders from Solid Senders (1978)
I’m Shakin’ by The Blasters from The Blasters (1981)
Dance This Mess Around by B-52’s from The B-52’s (1979)
Loose Booty by Funkadelic from 45 single (1972)
The Bump by Commodores from Machine Gun (1974)
Shake the Devil by Tommy Bolin from Private Eyes (1976)

Feel Like Jumping by Marcia Griffiths from Studio One Rockers (1968/2001)
Stamping Ground by Moondog from Moondog (1969)
Alligator Bogaloo by Lou Donaldson from 45 single (1967)
Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker from I’m In The Mood (1968)
Don’t Split It by Vic Godard and the Subway Sect from A Retrospective 1977-1981 (1984)
Splitting In Two by Alternative TV from The Image Is Cracked (1978)
She Cracked by Modern Lovers from The Original Modern Lovers (1972/1981)
Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth by Sparks from 45 single (1974)

Earthquake by Deerhunter from Halcyon Digest (2010)
Flying On The Ground Is Wrong by Neil Young from Neil Young Archives – Vol. 1, 1963-1972 (2009)
Shake It by Tom Waits from Real Gone (2004)
Primitive by African Head Charge from Environmental Studies (1982)
Trench Warfare by Holger Czukay, Jaki Liebzeit, Jah Wobble from Full Circle (1982)
Theme For Kinetic Ritual by Klark Kent from 45 single (1980)

I Gotta Move by Richard Hell and The Voidoids from Destiny Street (1982)
Dangerous Rhythm by Ultravox from Ultravox! (1977)
My Little Underground by The Jesus and Mary Chain from Psychocandy (1985)
Man Vs. Nature by Killdozer from Twelve Point Buck (1989)
Goodbye by Pere Ubu from New Picnic Time (1979)