Friday, October 30, 2009

Cash Money!

So next week is KXLU's Fundrazor.  I hope you like me talking, because we have four hours of it coming.  In the meantime, I offer as a warmup to the what promises to be the lovechild of a Jerry Lewis Telethon and a the riots at Attica, an entire episode dedicated to money.  Hope you enjoy!



But first,


New Adds
Jay Reatard - I'm Watching You *
Vialka - 100% Hello *
Desolation Wilderness - Boardwalk Theme *
The Dry Spells - Black Is The Color *
Bill Frisell - Little Girl *
Steve Shiffman - Ready For You Now *
The Nocturns - Curran *
Gobble Gobble - Misericordia *
At - For a Long Way Through *
Warpaint - Stars *
Looping Jaw Harp Orchestra -  Elephant Road *
A Hawk and A Hacksaw - Kertesz *
Foot Village - Take *
Health - Before Tigers *
Cale Parks - Running Family *

Money

Patty Smith – Free Money
Mission of Burma – Fame and Fortune Bad Brains – Pay To Cum
The Vindictives - Money Changes Everything (Cyndi Lauper Cover)
The Boys - No Money
The Slits - Spend Spend Spend
The Sonics - Money
Big Black - Bad Penny
Primal Scream - Blood Money
Little Richard - Money Honey
The 3rd Generation Band - Because Of Money (Band is from Ghana 1973!)
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
Beat Kondukta (Madlib) - Get Dollaz (Dilla Tribute)
Madvillian - Money Folder
Wu Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M. +
Request By Erica
Bessy Smith - Money Blues
The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money
Radiohead - Dollars and Cents
Suicide - Fast Money Music
Gang Gang Dance - God's Money IX
Talking Heads - Love For Sale
David Bowie - Red Money
Deerhoof - Blue Cash
Minor Threat - Cashing In
Fugazi - Cashout
Morphine - Murder For The Money
Blur - The Debt Collector
Gram Parsons - $1,000 Wedding
Califone - Million Dollar Funeral
Weem's String Band - Greenback Dollar
Swan Lake - Spanish Gold, 2044
Woody Guthrie - Do-Re-Mi +
Request by Juan
Modest Mouse - Bankrupt on Selling
Kingston Trio - M.T.A.
Throbbing Gristle - Ten Pence
Beck - Get Real Paid
Ween - Help Me Scrape The Mucas Off My Brain +
Request by Sam
Causey Way - Money + (Now Playing)
Request By Lysistcata
Winehead Willie & Sweet Lucy Brown - The Last Of The Big Time Spenders Pt. 1

A Show In Honor of My Spontaneously Combusted Car: Cars and Fire

Photo



I feel I owe everyone an explanation for my absence last week. After leaving the Troubadour and walking to where my car had been parked, I discovered it was missing. I called the police, only to find it had been towed because it was a "traffic hazard". I figured they towed me for being too far from the curb (which I wasn't and proceeded to tell them). It was then brought to my attention that perhaps it was too close to a hydrant, there had been a car fire and if I blocked the path to the hydrant I would have been towed. Considering my car was at a meter, it seemed that if I was too close to a meter it was the fault of the city for putting the meter too close to the hydrant. However, with a bit more research into the actual situation, it was discovered that it was my car that had been on fire...which I had to concede, was a traffic hazard deserving of being towed (I might not be so willing to roll over on this had my insurance company not covered the tow).





Here's where it gets even crazier, apparently, the guy who called 911 is friends with my friend Matt. I had told Matt about my car and a day or two later his friend calls him and tells him about this crazy car fire he saw and even took pictures of. This is how I am able to include the above photo of my car on fire. Insanity!



So, today, in honor of my former car the theme of this show is Cars and Fire.

But first, New Adds:

Jay Reatard - There Is No Sun * (in honor of the brown clouds that infest our skies and lungs as the mountains to the east are consumed)
Yacht - Don't Fight The Darkness *
Rainbow Arabia - Harlem Sunrise *
Foot Village - Raggae Warzone *
Health - Die Slow *
The Polyamorous Affair - Satellite of Love *
Success Planetaire International - 100% Hello *
The Vampires of Dartmoore - Ende Eines Killers (Killer's End) *
A Hawk and a Hacksaw - Kertesz *
The Cinematic Orchestra - The Awakening of A Woman *
Jaw Harp Orchestra - Soft Metal Tongue *
Warpaint - Elephants *
The Black Drumset - A Dangerous Drive *
Cale Parks - Eyes Won't Shut *
Steve Shiffman - Everyone's Getting Married * (In highest honor to one of my very best friends, Ryan Lee Crosby who married his lady, Nicoline on Sunday) *
Ryan Lee Crosby - Nicoline *

And now - onto the theme: CARS AND FIRES
Harry Nillson - Jump into the Fire
Brian Eno - Baby's On Fire
Liars - Mr. Your on Fire Mr.
Beck - Rental Car
Atilla The Stockbroker - Burn it Down +
Request By Art Guy in Boston check out his website and radio show here
Les Rallizes Denudes - Ice Fire
Ween - Cover It With Gas And Set It On Fire +
Didn't catch the name of the guy who requested this one. Let me know and I'll correct this.
Commander Cody - Hot Rod Lincoln +
Request by my father
Chuck Berry - Maybellene
The 13th floor elevators - fire engine
Serge Gainsbourg - Ford Mustang
The Gun Club - Fire Spirit
Big Black - Kerosine +
Blood Brothers - Burn Piano Island Burn
Lightning Bolt - On Fire
The Dead Milkmen - Bitchin Camaro +
Request by...Damn it, don't have their name either!
The Trashmen - My Woodie
Serge Gainsbourg - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
David Bowie - Always Crashing In The Same Car
Animal Collective - Two Corvettes +
Request By Riley
Randy Newman - Let's Burn Down The Cornfield
Leonard Cohen - Joan of Arc
Spiritualized - Soul On Fire
Wolf Parade - This Heart's On Fire
The Normal - Warm Leatherette +
Request By Lisa
ESG - Parking Lot Blues
Silver Daggers - Burn The World
Blood Brothers - Set Fire To The Face On Fire +
Request By Niesha
El-P - Delorean
Arthur Brown - Fire +
Request By John
Johnny Cash - One Piece At A Time +
Request By Julian
Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon - Let's Go Burn Ole Nashville Down
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Fear Factory feat. Gary Numan - Cars (remix) +
Okay, here is a good way to slip in this request for Gary Numan's Cars by Vince
T. Rex - Cadillac
Kraftwerk - Morgenspaziergang
Mitch Rider and The Detroit Wheels - Jenny Take A Ride
Spoon - Take A Walk
Harry Nilsson - Driving Along
Big Star - Big Black Car

* New Add
+ Request

This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us...And It Ain't Me Who'se Gonna Leave

Good morning.  Today, I have a very special guest.  I often reference him on the show, largely because we share a music pool that gets taken to the station and made into my show each week.  Danny Gabai is my best friend, DJ partner, roommate and after buying a new house in Silverlake, he is soon to be my landlord.



Despite the fact that we are best friends, an important dynamic of our relationship is that on a cosmic level, we are attempting to destroy each other.  Frankly, we are only as close as we are because our antlers are locked.



This week, Danny is on staycation (recessions provide such catchy terms) and announced that he was available to come on the show.  We decided to celebrate us in the only way we know how...battle to the death.  This week's theme is songs challenging a showdown, songs about battles, songs about each other and songs about fighting words in general. 



Check out Danny's blog HERE.  It will blow your mind, I promise.



Here are the songs:



Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us



Josh Set 1
Pink Floyd - One Of These Days
Joy Division - The Kill
Ariel Pink - Bloody (Bagonias)
The Pixies - There Goes My Gun

Elvis Costello - wave a
white flag



Danny Set 1
The Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You
Bonnie Prince Billy - Beware Your Only Friend
The Beach Boys - Heroes and Villains 
Boris - My Neighbor Satan
Lou Reed - Vicious



Josh Set 2



Louis Jordan - You Run Your Mouth And I'll Run My Business Brother
Louis Armstrong - (I'll be glad when you're dead) You Rascal, You
Brian Eno - Dead Finks Don't Talk
Richard Swift - The Bully
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatry 



Danny Set 2
Prince - Strange Relationship
Quasimoto - Put A Curse On You
Pavement - The Hex
Joe Strummer - Love Kills
Nick Cave - Death Is Not The End



Josh Set 3



Dead Kennedys - Let's Lynch the Landlord
Liars - If You're a Wizard Then Why Do You Wear Glasses
Friends Forever - Carnisaur Vs. Unicorn
Lightning Bolt - Duel In Deep
Harry Nilsson/Van Dyke Parks - It's Not Easy Being Me



Danny Set 3



Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
Gill Scott Heron - Home Is Where The Hatred Is
Minutemen - Storm In My House
New Order - Leave Me Alone
Harvey Milk - One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong



Pitchfork - Burn Pigs Burn +
Played by Naheed who donated tickets to Modest Mouse/Night Marchers



Josh Set 4



Aesop Rock - Abandon All Hope
Cannibal Ox - Tippin Dominoes
Company Flow - Definitive
Mad Villian - Raid
Deltron 3030 - Battlesong



Danny Set 4



The Homosexuals - Hearts In Exile
Husker Du - Chartered Trips
Japandroids - The Boys Are Leaving Town
No Age - My Life's Alright Without You
Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free



Josh Set 5



Stone Roses - Shoot You Down
The Pretty Things - Death
Madlib (Beat Konducta) - The Rumble
Prince Buster - Hard Man Fe Dead
Islands - Pieces Of You



Danny Set 5



King Geedorah - Fazers
The Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Woody Allen - Bullet in my Breast Pocket
Grizzly Bear - Knife
The Flaming Lips - The Gash
Guided By Voices - Smothered In Hugs



Josh Set 6



Stiff Little Fingers - I Don't Like You
Night Sun - Plastic Shotgun



Bodies Of Water And Those Who Choose To Cross Them

Today's theme is all about the oceans, seas, rivers and lake that cover our planet and the intrepid souls who navigate their expanses for adventure, pillage, escape and trade.



First thing is first, though it has been a while since I have played the station's new adds (let's face it, I have had a lot of ground to cover over the last few shows).  Here are some new adds for this week...then onto the theme.  Enjoy:



New Adds



Dama Dam Masi Qalandar - M. Ashraf *
The Black Drumset - 3 and 33rd *
Church - Crab Magic *
Yacht - I'm In Love With A Ripper *
Rainbow Arabia - Kabukimono *
Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Untitled *
Warpaint - Stars *
Mount Eerie - The Hidden Stone *
These Are Powers - Silver Lung *
Ganglians - Lost Words *
Gobble Gobble - Mountain of Flesh *
Health - Death+ *
Sunn O))) - Big Church *
The Polyamorous Affair - Satellite of Love *
DM Stith - Around The Lion Legs *



Bodies Of Water And Those Who Chose To Cross Them
Neil Young - Cortez The Killer +
Request By Mike Berlin and Jason Smith (requested separately...two minds one heart)
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea +
Request By Hanna
Charles Trenet - La Mer
Deerhoof - Odyssey
Brian Eno - By This River
David Byrne/Brian Eno - The River
Asobi Seksu - Red Sea
Future Islands - Beach Foam
Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
Baby Gramps - Old Man of The Sea
Tom Waits - Singapore
Randy Newman - Sail Away
Ralph Stanley - Lonesome River
Harry Nilsson/Van Dyke Parks - I Yam What I Yam (Popeye The Sailor)
Harry Nilsson/John Lennon - Many Rivers To Cross
Liars - Sailing To Byzantium
Silver Jews - Trains Across The Sea +
Request By Nick
The Velvet Underground - Ocean
Wooden Shjips - Down By The Sea
Comets On Fire - Whiskey River
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues +
XTC - Statue +
Request By Alexis
Jaybird Coleman - I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan - Some O' These Days
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Inland S ea



The Decemberists - The Mariners Revenge Song +
Request By Albert
Becky Stark - Ocean and Ground (Live on KXLU.  For full audio of the interview and more songs click here) (For the LA Weekly Article on The LA Women's Choir click here
Joanna Newsom - Bridges and Balloons
Built To Spill - Cortez The Killer +
Requested by lots of people that I play both this and the Neil Young version



* New Add
+ Request (except the Health song, which actually has the "+" in its title)

Krautrock or Kosmische Musik?

(Songs from the playlist are in pink)



This Episode is dedicated to German rock music from the years spanning roughly from 1968 – 1977.  By connecting each song to the next through shared musicians, studio staff or narrative I hope to paint a broader picture of the music movement labeled by the British music press, pejoratively, as Krautrock. It must be noted that many, if not most, of the bands involved in the ‘Krautrock’ scene despise the term.  Out of respect for the musicians, beyond a catchy blog title that is easily found on Google (its like that!), I will refrain from using this term to describe the movement, instead using the term coined by Tangerine Dream, Kosmische Musik.



In order to understand why the German scene was so unique to the rest of the world, it is important to identify where it had grown from.  The prolific composer, Karheinz Stockhausen was, along with such visionaries as Varese, Berio, Pousseur (a personal favorite) and especially Boulez, a definitive contributor to the ‘Darmstadt School’.  Like Krautrock, the term ‘Darmstadt School’ was a derisive invention by its critics but is now used affectionately by some of its admirers.  The ‘Darmstadt School’ is a reference to the Internationale Ferienkurse fur Neue Musik, Darmstadt.  The Ferienkurse (Summer course) was an annual (it is now every two years) summer school which presents the premier composers of “New Music”, a specific term for post 1945 serial composition.  A great deal of the pieces composed as part of the ‘Darmstadt School’ were either organically rooted Musique Concrete or fell under the category Elektronische Musik, utilizing the new invention of synthesizers.  Stockhausen’s early masterpiece, Gesang der Junglinge, became one of the first works to successfully merge both approaches.



Listening to this piece one notices the meticulous composition of what might seem like noise to some.  There is a sense of minimalism as well as a machine-like precision that would become staple sounds of Kosmische Musik.  In 1968, two of Stockhausen’s students, Holger Czukay and Irmin Schmidt would form the band Can.  It is with this in mind that I begin this show with two pieces.  First, Karlheinz Stockhausen’s seminal work, “Gesang der Jünglinge”.  This is followed by Can’s “Sing Swan Song”.  It seems that even the water recording that opens “Sing Swan Song” sounds a bit like the synthesized notes of “Gesang der Junglinge”, yet the organic sound would be more aptly described as Musique Concrete: almost a mergence of Elektronische and Musique Concrete in and of itself.  Radiohead has often cited Can as an enormous inspiration and “Sing Swan Song” illuminates just how indebted they truly are.



1) Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang der Jünglinge
2) Can – Swing Swan Song



Fast forward to 1975, Can’s album Landed introduced Olaf Kubler as a member, which brings us to our transition.  On one of Popol Vuh’s most highly regarded albums, Einsjäger & Siebenjäger, Olaf Kubler is again featured on flute on the song Würfelspiel.  Kubler, however is most famous for his band, Amon Duul II.



Popol Vuh are responsible for one of the most important contributions to German rock music, the introduction of the moog synthesizer.  Founding member Florian Fricke was among the first musicians in all of Germany to own the Moog synthesizer.  While Walter Carlos’ (Soon to be Wendy Carlos) Switched on Bach was the first album to popularize the Moog synth, Popol Vuh’s Affenstunde was the first Moog album to feature original works.  Popol Vuh’s music is especially well known as the soundtracks for Werner Herzog’s Aguirre: The Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo.



The name Popol Vuh comes from an ancient Mayan text containing mythological narratives and the story of creation. Fricke was quoted as saying, "When I read the book for the first time, I got ideas all of a sudden by which I was able to define other old books. I found a key in the book of ‘Popol Vuh.' I was able to understand the way people in the very early days described the creation of Earth and the way of human evolution. I was touched like by a thunderstorm."  This quote seems particularly apt to describe the song Vuh from the album In Den Garten Pharaos.



Finally, the band that has acted as our transition, Amon Duul II.  Amon Düül was a German political art commune formed out of the student movement of the 1960s.  Civil unrest had swept youth culture across Europe in 1968, most notably resulting in the riots in France. Amon Düül was the German counterpart to this political angst.  The commune became known for its free form musical improvisations. Out of this reputation came two groups, Amon Düül (sometimes known as Amon Düül I) and the more famous Amon Düül II.  Another link between Amon Düül II and Popol Vuh is that after the death of Amon Düül II's drummer Peter Leopold in 2006, he was replaced by Popol Vuh’s Daniel Fichelscher who had played on and off with Amon Düül II as far back as 1972.



3) Popol Vuh -  Wurfelspiel
4) Popol Vuh – Vuh
5) Amon Duul II – Wolf City



Looking further at 1968, the two most important events in the foundation of Kosmische Musik took place: The German Rock Festival in Essen and the foundation of the Zodiak Free Arts Lab.  The Zodiak Free Arts Lab, or "Zodiak Club" was only open for a few months but proved the birthing ground for Kosmische Musik.  The venue’s importance is immediately evident by the names of the founders.  The club was started in what was then West Berlin by German artists/musicians Conrad Schnitzler, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Boris Schaak.  Performances at the club were advertised by fliers promoting, simply; “Noise”.  Anyone was welcome to create sound.  Musicians would work together having never met before.  Often two bands would play at the same time, playing against each other.  The prevailing attitude at Zodiak was that "songs were considered bourgeois."  It was here that Conrad Schnitzler, who had also studied with Stockhausen, first began working with Klause Schulze and Edgar Froes founding the band Tangerine Dream when they were actually cool.  Possibly even more importantly, Schnitzler and Roedelius would begin sound and musical experimentation along side Dieter Moebius under the name Kluster.  It was after the departure of Conrad Schnitzler in 1971 that Kluster changed their name to Cluster.



Another band founded by Schnitzler was Eruption featuring musicians whom he had played with at the Zodiak Free Arts Lab.  Eruption featured Klaus Schulze, Manuel Göttsching, and Hartmut Enke, who would go on to form the trio Ash Ra Tempel, Dieter Serfas of the jazz band Embryo, Michael Gunther and Lutz Ulbrich of Agitation Free, and members of Amon Düül.  Unfortunately, I do not have any music by Eruption to play.



I do, however have plenty of music by the group that formed out of Eruption, Ash Ra Tempel. Interesting sidenote: Acid Mothers Temple (prominently featured in my show about music from Japan) named themselves in reference to Ash Ra Tempel.



Walter Wegmuller is not a musician, per se.  He is more of a spiritualist, obsessed with the Tarot (and friends with H.R. Giger, who’s phallic poster got the Dead Kennedys in trouble with Tipper Gore over the Frankenchrist album).  Wegmuller’s friend Timothy Leary convinced him to create an album based on the Tarot.  Wegmuller decided to dedicate one track to every card in the deck.  To create the album he brought on board Manuel Göttsching and Klaus Schulze from Ash Ra Temple as well as musicians from Wallenstein.  While Wegmuller is Swiss, this album remains an acme of Kosmische Musik.



The Cosmic Jokers are not really a band as much as they are a bunch of guys jamming at an acid party.  These recordings come from that party…seriously.



6) Ash Ra Tempel – Amboss (Klaus Schulze, Manuel Göttsching, and Hartmut Enke)
7) Walter Wegmuller – Der Wagen (Featuring Manuel Göttsching and Klaus Schulze from Ash Ra Temple as well as musicians from Wallenstein)
8) Cosmic Jokers – Galactic Joke (a) (Manuel Göttsching and Klaus Schulze of Ash Ra Tempel, Jurgen Dollase and Harold Grosskopf of Wallenstein)
9) Klaus Schulze – Comphära
10) Tangerine Dream – Ashes To Ashes  (Edgar Froese, Conrad Schnitzler, and Klaus Schulze)
11) Conrad Schlitzner – Krautrock
12) Kluster - Klopfzeichen, Part Two (Dieter Moebius, Conrad Schnitzler and Hans-Joachim Roedelius.  Engineered by Konrad Plank)



Konrad “Conny” Plank might be the single greatest piece to the six degrees game of Kosmische Musik. While performing in countless bands including Guru Guru, Cluster, Mobius and Plank and others, he engineered or produced EVERYTHING.  Plank began his career as soundman for Marlene Dietrich became one of the most important figures of experimental music.  One of the very first albums he worked on as an engineer was for a band called Organisation.  The album was called “Tone Float”.  Organisation’s lineup included Florian Schneider and Ralf Hutter…Kraftwerk.  Other bands/albums he worked on include Ash Ra Tempel, Cluster 71, Kraftwerk 1 (With Michael Rotter and Klaus Dinger) all Kraftwerk records (ending with Autobahn in 1974), Neu!, Brian Eno’s Before and After Science and Music For Airports, Devo: Q: are we not Men? A: We Are Devo.  He produced The Eurythmics’s “In The Garden” and Killing Joke’s “Revelations”.  He crosses paths with Schnitzler as engineer on Klopfzeichen, from which we just heard Klopfzeichen part II.



Konrad Plank was idolized (and befriended) by Brian Eno.  He and Eno worked together throughout the Berlin Period.  Listening to his work, it becomes clear just how much influence Plank had over Eno.  When albums such as LCD Soundsystem’s “Sound of Silver” are attributed (often by me) as love letters to Brian Eno, one can not understate what a testament to Conny Plank that statement is.  Funny aside: Eno's tried to convince Plank to produce U2’s "The Joshua Tree" instead of him. Shortly after meeting the band Plank refused the job saying, "I cannot work with this singer".



12) Organisation (1969) – Milk Rock (Florian Schneider and Ralf Hutter Engineered by Konrad Plank)
13) Kraftwerk – Ruckzuck  (Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter, Klaus Dinger, Michael Rother.  Engineered by Plank)



After the first Kraftwerk album Klaus Dinger (along with his brother Thomas) and Michael Rother split from the group and formed Neu! Neu! Was highly influential, especially for the use of repetitive 4/4 drum beats later termed “Motorik”, a defining feature of Kosmische Musik.  The band Negativeland is named after the Neu! song of the same name and John Lydon cites the song Hero (playing next) as a major influence on PIL, a fact that becomes evident immediately upon listening to the track.



14) Neu! – Hero  (Dinger, Rother.  Produced by Plank)
15) Faust –Jennifer (Faust toured with Guru Guru bassist Uli Trepte who had also played with Neu!)
16) Guru Guru – Woman Drum  (Konrad Plank (band member), Bruno Schaab (who took over bass duties from Uli Trepte on this record) Zodiak Club founder and Cluster member Roedelius was also an on and off member of this band)
17) Night Sun – Crazy Woman  (Bruno Schaab from Guru Guru produced by Plank)



The album Material by Mobius and Plank is basically the father of Techno music.  The extent of the influence of this pairing is impossible to overstate.



18) Mobius and Plank – Tollkuhn (Mobius from Cluster and Plank from EVERYTHING)
19) Cluster – Fur Die Katz (Mobius and Roedelius.  Produced by Plank)
20) Harmonia – Deluxe (Dieter Moebius, Michael Rother, Hans-Joachim Roedelius.  Engineered/Produced by Konrad Plank)  (Eno joined the band after this album)



The next two songs are notable less in the musicians they have, but the separations that they represent.  While Harmonia contained Neu! Guitarist Michael Rother, La Düsseldorf finds his partners Klaus and Thomas Dinger without him.  Finally, The album Trans-Europe Express, while one of the most important albums of the genre is notable for the absence of Conny Plank.  The band and producer last collaborated on 1974’s Autobahn.  Two albums and three years later Kraftwerk released this record, which was later sampled by Afrika Bambaataa for Planet Rock and thereby eternally connected Kosmische Musik with Hip Hop.



21) La Düsseldorf  - Düsseldorf 
22) Kraftwerk - Franz Schubert



Thus ends the narrative section of the show.  For the last 45 minutes I'm going to return to actually being a DJ and just play German tracks that sound good next to each other.  Send in your requests.  Hope you liked the show! 



23) Can - Mushroom +
Request By Cody
24) Amon Duul II - Deutch Nepal
25) Walter Wegmuller - Der Narr
26) Night Sun - Nighmare
27) Jah Wobble and Holger Czukay - How Much Are They
28) Neu! - Hallogallo
29) Guru Guru - Der LSD Marsch (This is the song that Japanese Psych-rock band LSD March got its name from (click here for link to my Japrock Episode Blog))
30) Cluster - Holywood +
Request By Danny Gabai
31) Harmonia - Monza (Rauf Und Runter)




Wednesday's Show Is Going To Be The Best Yet

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Image:  Holger Czukay (Can) and Konrad "Conny" Plank



This weekend has been the best in a long time.  I decided to take a full day to put together a show on one of my favorite subjects:  German Rock...or as the British press derided it, "Krautrock".  To make it even harder I am going to connect each song to the next by shared musicians or engineer and in so doing (hopefully) paint a decent picture of the story of a movement that forever changed the musical aesthetics of everything that followed from Rock to Hip Hop to Techno.



In case you can't tell, I'm really excited about this one!



Prost!

Animals and Manimals: with Manymal Vinyl's Paul Beahan and The Polyamorous Affair

The Polyamorous Affair - Like Animal




Postscript:  Here is the audio of the interview segments with Paul Manimal and The Polyamorous affair (which is one band as well as one man whose name I have taken liberties with, but the combination sounds like the best band name ever!)




Introducing Polyamorous Affair




Talking about Manson, Kenneth Anger and Disney



Upcoming Events, Hells Angels, Bolshevik Disco



Charles (RIP) and Eddie, Faith No More, Two Live Crew and TomTom Club





Today's theme is Animals and Manimals.  My guests are Manimal Vinyl founder Paul Beahman  It will be
an aural exploration of worldly species, cryptozoology, and
EuroDiscoElectroGlam (I think I just invented cryptomusicology). 



There's only one way to kick off a show like this: 8 Songs by 8 bands with "Wolf" in their name.



Wolf and Cub - Kingdom
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
Aids Wolf - M.T.I.
Wolf Eyes - Dead In A Boat
Guitar Wolf - Planet of The Wolves
Wolf Mother - Mind's Eye
Wolfgang - Angel Eyes
Patrick Wolf - Damaris



Okay, enough warm up.  Here is the Animals set
Devendra Banhart - Hey Mama Wolf
Dirty Projectors - Two Doves
Deerhoof - This Magnificent Bird Will Rise
Mika Miko - With My Ducks
Captain beefheart - Ant Man Bee
AU - Are Animals
Islands - Swans (Life After Death)
Talking Heads - Animals
Quinn Walker - Lion Land
Pink Floyd - Sheep
Daniel Johnston - Like A Monkey At The Zoo
Echo And The Bunnymen - Monkeys
13th Floor Elevators – Monkey Island
Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
Rolling Stones - Monkey Man
Toots And The Maytals - Monkey Man
The Stranglers - The Raven +
Request By Chris
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs +
Request By Ana
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
999 - Wolf
The Polyamorous Affair - Babayaga
Antony and The Johnsons - Bird Gehrl
Featherbeard - Whale Song ++
Ariel Pink - Howling at The Moon ++
The Polyamorous Affair - Like Animals (Special Audio from YouTube)
Link Wray - Run Chicken Run
The Nighthawks - Chicken Grabber
Charles Manson - Look At Your Game Girl +++
Holy Modal Rounders - If You Wanna Be A Bird
Ramsey Lewis - Blues For The Night Owl ++
Glass Candy - The Chameleon++
The Polyamorous Affair - Eastern
Gangi - Animals
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin - Orang Outang
Lou Reed - Last Great American Whale
Brian Eno - Needle in The Camels Eye
The Unicorns - I Was Born (A Unicorn)
Rainbow Arabia - Kabukimono +++
Jimmy Hendrix - 1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be) ++
Next Door Neighbors - The Werewolf Song
Pram - Track of the Cat (Now Playing)




+ Request



++ Pick by Polyamorous Affair



+++ Pick By Paul Beahan

If You Were Cool You Would Go To This On Friday: Soul Clap LA - DJ Jonathan Toubin

I swear I would never post a flyer for an event I didn't believe in, but this is going to be amazing.  It's a huge deal in NYC and now my friend Kelsey (DJ Short Shorts) has told me that it's coming out here.  Hope I see you there!



Soulclapla



featuring DJ JONATHAN TOUBIN and judges DON BOLLES (germs), JENNIFER
HEREMMA (RTX), HOWIE PYRO (INTOXICA RADIO) , and RANDY RANDALL (NO
AGE)



Friday, July 24, 2009 at 10:00pm
NOMAD GALLERY
1992 Blake Avenue
Los Angeles, CA



Fri, July 24 LA Record presents Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr. Jonathan
Toubin and judges Don Bolles (Germs, 45 Grave, 3-Day Stubble, etc),
Howie Pyro (Intoxica Radio, ex-Danzig, D-Generation, Blessed, etc.),
Jennifer Herrema (RTX, ex-Royal Trux), Randy Randall (NO AGE), Nomad
Warehouse (Los Angeles, CA), 10pm - ?, ALL AGES, $5



What is it?
The Soul Clap and Dance-Off is not only New York Night Train’s biggest
and most famous party, but one of the NYC underground’s more popular
monthly nightlife institutions. The first all-soul night of
subterranean maximum rock and soul DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin, the concept
is elegant - all night dancing to wild amazing 45s and a dance contest
in the middle. The party has grown to sell out every month - draw
nearly 500 paid patrons while remaining true to its DIY aesthetics -
garnering acclaim in practically every NYC publication, featuring
judges from every edge of music from Wire to Quintron and Ms. Pussycat
to Monotonix to MGMT to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and now, as Mr.
Toubin becomes an international name, growing in demand the last
couple of months far beyond local markets and into the global arena.



What’s different about the Soul Clap than other soul nights?
Because New York Night Train and Mr. Jonathan Toubin emerged not from
the soul scene but the punk, post-punk, and general independent
rock’n’roll underground, Soul Clap grew as a uniting force for various
subcultural groups. Toubin began playing obscure soul 45s for these
social circles rather than soul fans - converting non-believers to the
religion of the raw power of his favorite genre of music. Thus by both
necessity and personal aesthetics, the selections were faster, louder,
grittier, and weirder than the typical fare of a soul, funk, northern
soul, or other retro specialty night. Also featuring plenty of
selections either covered by or covering rock bands, these carefully
selected records are frantically pitched up, EQ-ed low down, and
strung together and chopped up with immediate turns, gospel screaming,
and other momentum builders and tension devices. The sound and feel of
this new format, standing in direct contrast to dusty museum collector
nights or gratuitous hit nights, is so fresh and immediate that it
pulls unlikely combination of folks from all over the cultural and
subcultural rainbow who holler and clap, sometimes mosh, and, even
riot (well… once). While Soul Clap has aided the New York Night Train
mission of getting the rock underground dancing to raw immediate
music, it’s simultaneously breathing new life back into these superior
underappreciated recordings.



Who?
New York Night Train Conductor and Soul Proprietor Mr. Jonathan Toubin
has shattered the face of nightlife in the wormy apple the last couple
of years with his revolutionary parties and wild and wooly approach to
his trademark 45rpm “maximum rock and soul” sound. Tirelessly chugging
deep into morning after morning everywhere from dive bars to
underground live music venues to art spaces to giant discos to
festivals like SXSW, CMJ, NXNE, Pop Montreal, Sled Island, Fun Fun
Fun, and Ponderosa Stomp, from Mexico to Israel, averaging over 25 DJ
gigs per month coast to coast the last couple of years both alone and
with the likes of Black Lips, Deerhunter, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Butthole
Surfers, The Melvins, Genesis P-Oridge and Ian Svenonius, and
producing dance party events/shows featuring live performances by the
likes of King Khan and the BBQ/Shrines, Oh-See, and HEALTH plus a
variety of locals like Blank Dogs, Crystal Stilts, Andrew W.K., and
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion/Heavy Trash. While Mr. Toubin’s Soul Clap
and Dance-Off party/contest is his most popular, he has also been key
to the re-emergence and revision of “The Happening” - a spectacular
multimedia approach to nightlife uniting prerecorded music, live
bands, performance, visual art, and, of course, the dance party. As
technological dance music becomes passé, New York Night Train’s
high-speed DIY punk aesthetic employs these classic vinyl tools in a
nostalgia-free manner to whip up a post-modern 45rpm beat collage that
is decidedly fresh and alive enough to exist outside of the retro
world - but rather where the wild things are – NOW!



http://www.newyorknighttrain.com

Covers

Today's theme is covers. This seems like a pretty self explanatory one, so let's just launch into it...after the new adds:

Greater California - Them The Downs *
Gobble Gobble - Ash Fountain *
Ty Segall - It #1 *
Duke Garwood - Confidence Makes Love *
The Fiery Furnaces - Even In The Rain *
Tremellow - Fewter *
Pterodactyl - Share The Shade *
Oneida - It Was A Wall (With guest vocals by Zach Lehroff from Pterodactyl...see what I did there?)*
Church - Hidden Tone * Peter Project
Peter Project - Fair And Square *
Yacht - I'm In Love With A Ripper *
Ganglians - Lost Words *
Dirty Projectors - Useful Chamber *
AA Kismet - Smellpop *

Cover Songs
DM Smith - Be My Baby (Ronettes) *
Beck - Waiting For The Man (Velvet Underground) Guest Musicians include Giovanni Ribisi and Nigel Godrich
Psychic TV /PTV3 - Foggy Notion (Velvet Underground)
Abe Vigoda - Wild Heart (Stevie Nicks)
The Decemberists - Bridges And Balloons (Joanna Newsom)
Sid Vicious - My Way (Frank Sinatra - written by Paul Anka)
Against All Authority - Centerfold ( J. Geils Band)
Dropkick Murphys - Career Opportunities (The Clash)
The Clash - I Fought The Law (Sonny Curtis)
X - Wild Thing (The Troggs) +
Request By Ty
David Watts - The Jam (The Kinks)
Dirty Projectors - Gimme Gimme Gimme (Black Flag)
Zeke - Rhiannon (Fleetwood Mac) +
Request by Wayne
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - It Was A Very Good Day (Frank Sinatra)
Boris w/ Merzbow - Walrus (The Beatles)
Psychic TV/PTV3 - No Good Trying (Syd Barrett)
Califone - The Orchids (Psychic TV) +
Request By Danny Gabai
Beach Boys - Never Learn Not To Love (Charles Manson. Originally Titled Cease To Exist)
David Bowie - See Emily Play (Pink Floyd) +
Request By Noah
Bruce Springsteen - Dream Baby Dream (Suicide)
13th Floor Elevators - It's All Over Now Baby Blue (Bob Dylan) +
Request By James
Brian Ferry - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (Bob Dylan) +
Request By Steve Ace Frehley - New York Groove (Hello) +
Birthday Request for a friend of an anonymous yet dedicated listener
Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Lead Belly)
Arcade Fire - Brazil (Ary Barroso)
Siouxie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence (The Beatles)
Otis Redding - Day Tripper (The Beatles)
Request By Dustin Sussman
Walkmen - Subterranean Homesick Blues (Cover of John Lennon and Harry Nilson covering Bob Dylan)
Devo - Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
Faces - Maybe I'm Amazed (Wings)
Eater - Sweet Jane (Velvet Underground) +
Request By Zach
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Avalanche (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) +
Request By Danny Gabai as well as Pete
Talking Heads - Take Me To The River (Al Green)
Grace Jones - Night Clubbing (Iggy Pop) +
Request By Erica
Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds) +
Request By Cindy

* New Add
+ Request

Nothing But Vinyl: Trading Ones with Jason Smith

Today isn't as much a theme as it is an exercise. My guest is my occasional live DJ partner, Jason Smith. While bored at home we decided to pull out some vinyl and alternate song for song as an interesting challenge. I then decided that I should not be the only one tortured by waking up at 4:30 am to get to the station, so I invited him along (in all fairness, he has been a guest when I was on the 2-6am slot). So here we are, two crates of vinyl and no idea how this is going to work.

First...New Adds:
Pterodactyl - Share The Shade *
Oneida - The River *
Peter Project (featuring More or Les) - Repetitive Stress Injury *
Meteor & Demjen Ferenc - Kivanj te is nekem szep, jo ejszakat *
Coolhaven - Locker Flockig Flott *
Fiery Furnaces - Cut The Cake *
The Builders and the Butchers - Golden and Green *
Dirty Projectors - Useful Chamber *
God Help The Girl - Funny Little Frog * (aborted due to lameness)
Peggy Sue - Revision *
Sam and The Plant - henbane beer *
Duke Garwood - I Bared My Chest *
Ganglians - Voodoo *
Greater California - Five Senses *
She Said - Knives of the official Disappointment *

The Main Event: Jason vs. Josh
Brightblack Morning Light - Hologram Buffalo (Jason)
Can - Sing Swan Song (Josh)
Louvage - Strangers on a Train (Jason)
The Projects - Accidents Will Happen (Broadcast Remix) (Josh)
Glass Candy - Rolling Down the Hills (Jason)
Holy F*ck - Lovely Allen (Josh)
El Guincho - Palmitos Park (Jason)
The Muslims - Walking With Jesus (Josh)
The Damned - New Rose (Jason)
Death - Rock 'N Roll Victim (Josh)
Nirvana - Love Buzz (Jason)
Pere Ubu - Non-Alignment Pact
Silver Apples - Oscillations (Jason)
Captain Beefheart - Zig Zag (Josh)
The Dukes of Stratosphere - You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Jason)
The Fugs - Slum Goddess (Josh)
The Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne (Jason w/ Alice intro)
Psychic TV - Pickles and Jam (Josh)
Those Poor Bastards - Hoist that Skirt (Jason)
Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow (Josh)
Scroobis Pip Vs. Dan Le Sac - Thou Shall Always Kill (Jason)
A Certain Ratio - Flight (Peel Session) (Josh)
The Tubes - Boy Crazy (Jason)
David Bowie - It Ain't Easy (Josh)
Roxy Music - Edition of You (Jason)
Sparks - Thank God It's Not Christmas (Josh)
Enoch Light - What The World Needs Now Is Love (Jason)
The Mohawks - Mony Mony (Josh)
Mayer Hawthorn - Just Ain't Working Out (Jason)
Funkadelic - Can You Get To This (Josh)
Bruce Haack - Electyric Turn Me On (Jason)
Captain Ahab - Health/Foot Village (josh)
Sega Archive - Golden Axe - Turtle Village (Jason)
Devo - Mongloid (For Ludlow) (Josh)
Killing Joke - The Requiem (Jason)
WowWow - Jungle Boy (Josh)
The Flying Lounge Lizards - Money (Jason)
Harry Belafonte - Jump In The Line (Josh)
Johnny Socko - They Know Us at the Spa (Jason)
Desmond Dekker - Beautiful & Dangerous (Josh)
Max Romeo & the Upsetters (Lee Perry) - Chase the Devil (Jason)
Liars - Sailing to Byzantium (Josh)
Tom Waits - 16 Shells from a 30.6 (Jason)
The Meters - Good Old Funky Mnusic (Josh)
Rufus Thomas - Breakdown (Jason)
ESG - Dance (Josh) (Bankrupting 99 Records Now)
Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out (Jason)
Liquid Liquid - Cavern (Josh)
Prinzhorn Dance School - 5 O'Clock Shocker (Jason)
Iggy and The Stooges - Gimme Danger (Josh)
The Cramps - Bikini Girls with Machine Guns (Jason)
The Sonics - Psycho

The Epics

Okay, today's theme is long songs. Nothing under 8 minutes. Normally when you hear songs this long it's because the DJ is running to the bathroom (industry secret).

New Adds
Missing Persons - Sign of The Times *
Our Brother The Native - All Grown *
Ganglians - Voodoo *
Dirty Projectors - Useful Chamber *
Hungaria - Vegallomas *
Pterodactyl - February *
Battlehooch - Take The L-Train *
The Fiery Furnaces - Cut The Cake *
Ty Segall - IT #1 *
The Woggles - Get Tough *
The Woggles - Push *
39 Clocks - Aspettando Godot *
Sam And The Plant - Kawai Kry *
Bike For Three - All There Is To Say About Love *

The Epics
Land Of Kush - Against The Day * 8:36
Acid Mothers Temple - Pink Lady Lemonade 10:15
Dan Deacon - Snookered 8:04
Fuck Buttons - Sweet Love For Planet Earth 9:41
Animal Collective - Chocolate Girl 8:29
!!! - Get Up 9:48
LCD Soundsystem - Yeah (Crass Version) 9:22
Primal Scream - Come Together 10:21
New Order - Temptation 8:47
Can - Yoo Doo Right + 20:20
Request by Christy
Iggy Pop - Mass Production + 8:26
Request by Noah
Thurston Moore - Elegy For All The Dead Rock Stars + 19:48
Request by Eddy
Built To Spill - Cortez The Killer + 20:30
Request by Jake and also Mel (sort of)
The Velvet Underground - Sister Ray 17:31 (Now Playing)


*New Add
+ Request

I am DJing Tuesday Night at The Roosevelt

I have finally confirmed that I am definitely DJing poolside at the Roosevelt on Tuesday night from 10-11pm.  I hope people can make it out.

Songs About Death and Other Musings On Mortality

Todays show is inspired by the passing of my grandmother the day after my girlfriend's grandmother passed away.  There have obviously been a number of high profile deaths this week including Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Sky Saxon.  There were a number of songs that ran through my head all week, particularly Leadbelly's Little Children's Blues, so I thought that I would put together a show based on encounters with death and struggles with mortality.  Each band brings a different perspective to the subject, some mourning another, some initiating their own passage, some taking stock of life and some questioning what's next.  




Okay, here's the set, starting with New Adds:


Dirty Projectors - Temecula Sunrise *
Bachelor of Arts - Beethoven, Freedom & A Hard Place *
Dave Cloud & The Gospel of Power - Fever *
Metro - A Penz *
Health - Die Slow *
Mochipet - It Ain't Trickin' If You Got It *
Don Simon, Klimperei + Telefunken - Trumpet To Eustacchius *
Corvina - A Tuz *
DinoWalrus - Electric Car, Gas Guitar *
39 Clocks - You Can't Count The Bombs (It's Zero) * 
Theo Angell - A Crime From The Vine * 
Wand - Arriving *
Theo Angell - The Shadow Ring * 
Sam And The Plants - Board Snore *
Our Brother The Native - Someday *


Songs About Death and Other Musings On Mortality
The Seeds - Can't Seem To Make You Mine (Sky Saxon RIP) 
Pendrecki - Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima 
Yoko Ono – Mrs. Lennon 
Eels –
Going to Your Funeral Part 1 
Abe
Vigoda – The Reaper 
Nick Cave - Dig Lazarus Dig 
Glenn
Branca – The Ascension 
Jens Lekman –
Jens Lekman’s Farewell Song To Rocky Dennis 
M.
Ward - Dead Man 
Son House - Death Letter Blues 
Nirvana – Lake
of Fire
 
Elliot
smith - A Fond Farewell 
Modest
Mouse - Lives 
Band
of Horses - Funeral 
Pixies
- Monkey Gone To Heaven
Psychic TV –
Papal Breakdance
 
 “I love you as I fall apart / I love you
and your sacred heart.”
Talking
Heads - Heaven 
Randy
Newman - Old Man  
Lead Belly – Little Children’s
Blues 
Ralph
Stanley/Keith Whitley - Oh Death 
David Bowie
- Five Years 
New
Order - Procession 
LCD
Soundsystem - Someone Great 
Loretta
Lynn - Little Red Shoes 
Lou Reed – The Bed 
Walter
Wegmuller – Der Tod 
Neil Young - Tonight's The Night  
Spiritualized
– Death Take Your Fiddle 
Iggy
pop – Tonight 
Neutral
Milk Hotel – Ghost 
Shangri Las –
Leader of The Pack 
One
Way Streets – We All Love Peanut Butter 
Jay
Reatard – An Ugly Death 
Beat
Konducta (Madlib) – In Jah’s Hands (Dilla’s Lament) 
Leonard
Cohen - Death of a Ladies Man 

A Day Without A Theme

Hey everyone. Today I am sick and have been insanely busy. Any free time I have had has been spent trying to sleep, which has been punctuated by bizarre dreams that mash up Arrested Development and Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (true story). By the way, Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (with Dennis Hopper) may be one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Anyhow, that said, I have not been able to put together a theme show for today, so its just good old fashioned off the cuff programming for today.

Okay, here's some music:

Sunn O))) - Big Church
Brian Eno - By This River
Arthur Russell - Goodbye Old Paint
Big Star - Kangaroo
Black Angels - Deer-Ree-Shee
Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love *
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
Ian Drury and The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick +
Request by Chuck
Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven
Mochipet - Turbo Thizz Petnation *
Quasimoto - Come On Feet
EL-P - Delorean
Jaylib - The Red
ODB with Macy Grey - Don't Go Breakin My Heart
The Faction - Cokebash +
Request By Mitchell
Mika Miko - Sex Jazz *
Big Black - Bad Penny
Brimstone Howl - We Have Come In Peace
Bauhaus - Antonin Artaud
Arrington De Dionyso - All Is On !
Johnny Cymbal - Mr Bassman
Frantic Johnny Rogers - Sassy
Nite Hawks - Chicken Grabber
Earthworm! - Mo' Taters
Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is The Move
David Byrne & Brian Eno - One Fine Day
Can - Sing Swan Song
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori Part II
The Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
The Fugs - Supergirl
Holy Modal Rounders - If You Want To Be A Bird
Animal Collective - Chocolate Girl (Dublab Version)
Sunset Rubdown - I'm Sorry I Sang On Your Hands That Have Been In The Grave
Nordon Bombsight - Four On The Lawn
Asobi Seksu - Strawberries
The Cramps - Psychotic Reaction +
The Queers - Teenage Bonehead
Jakobinarina - His Lyrics Are Disastrous
Jay Reatard - An Ugly Death
The Murder City Devils - Idle Hands
Horses - Father
The Space Elevator - Intergalactic Noise +
Built To Spill - Conventional Wisdom
Band of Horses - The Funeral
The Sugarcubes - Birthday (Happy Birthday Peter Choyce!!!)
Cibo Matto - Birthday Cake (Happy Birthday My Shimoda)
Bright Eyes - At The Bottom of Everything
The Veils - A Birthday Present (Now Playing)

* New Add
+ Request

Far East Family Show

Today's show (after the new adds, of course) is all music from Japan.  This does not mean songs about Japan - meaning I am not playing Turning Japanese by The Vapors.  This also does not mean non-Japanese bands recording live from Japan - There will be no live at Budokan.  This show is completely dedicated to underground music from the far east. 



If you want to learn more about Japanese Psych Rock, the definitive place to start is Julian Cope's book JAPROCKSAMPLER.  He also has a website up based on the book www.japrocksampler.com.  Check it out if you want a crash course in some of the most mind altering music the world has ever known.



New Adds
Health - Die Slow *
Hecuba - Tom & Jerry *
Xu Xu Fang - Seven Days Now *
Pink Mountaintops - *
Dirty Projectors - Temecula Sunrise *
Are you fucking serious?  I can't believe the Dirty Projectors are writing songs about this Riverside County vacuum.  They have clearly spent some time there considering they mention the housing developments and car dealerships.  This is more surprising than when Clapton name dropped Escondido.  What is going on in the world?
Elfin Saddle - Hammer Song *
Mochipet - Marshall Bass Stacks *
Wand - Chrome *
Purple Duck - Get in Shape *
Divisadero - Lefty Goes Soft *
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Born On A Day The Sun Didn't Rise *
Savath Y Savalas - Adeu *
Gastr Del Sol - Black Horse *
Blake Miller - A Golden Bird, A Wooden Floor, A Box of Skulls *
Our Brother The Native - Someday *



JAPANESE THEME!!!
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori Part I
Far East Family Band – Kokoro
Acid Mothers Temple – Good-Bye Ice Cream
Merzbow – Intro
Merzbow – Munchen
Keiji Haino (From Fushisusha) – I Don’t Want To Know
OOIOO – UMA
OOIOO (EYE Remix) – EYE MIX 1 
Boredoms - Chocolate Synthesizer
Boredoms - Acid Police
Melt Banana - Get the Head Back
Melt Banana - About
Melt Banana - Neck on B1
5.6.7.8’s – Green Onions +
Guitar Wolf  - Wild Zero +
Nagisa Ni Te – Threads of Souls
Maher Shalal Hash Baz – Kamakura
Shonen Shojo – A Walk In A Dream/Overleaf
Speed, Glue and Shinki – Mr. Walking Drugstore Man
LSD March – Dare Ga Hoera
Fushisusha – This Is
Les Rallizes Denudes – People Can Choose
Boris – Rafflesia
Ghost – Piper
Michio Kurihara – Twilight Mystery of A Russian Cowboy
Blues Creation – Sooner or Later
High Rise – Outside Gentiles
Cornelius – Bird Watching At Inner Forest
YMCK - Magical 8bit Tour (Now Playing)





* New Add
+ Request

The Name Game

First, New Adds

1) Corridor - Redux Doze *
2) Blake Miller - This Morning *
3) Land of Kush - Rue du Depart *
4) Hal Onserud - Homespun Yarns *
5) Our Brother The Native - manes *
6) Al Duvall - Mary Mack *
7) Divisadero - The Boxers Daughter *
8) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Born on a Day The Sun Didn't Rise *
9) Mochipet - Sumo Hertz *
10) Prefuse 73 - DEC. Machine Funk All ERA's *
11) Diamond Watch Wrists - Simple Love Notes (5 Years Later) *
12) Xu Xu Fang - Seven Days Now *
13) Bike For Three - All There Is To Say About Love *
14) Fever Ray - When I Grow Up *
15) Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love *

Names Theme
16) Shirley Ellis - The Name Game
17) Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels - Jenny Take A Ride
18) The Axcents - Hold It Mary
19) The Stooges - Ann +
20) Suicide - Cheree +
Request by Erica
21) Ariel Pink - For Kate I Wait
22) Acid Mothers Temple - Sweet Juicy Lucy
23) Fiery Furnaces - Chris Michaels
24) Lifter Puller - Katrina and The K Hole +
request by Ian
25) Randy Newman - Suzanne
26) Desmond Dekker - Get Up Adina
27) Islands - Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby
28) Blackblack - Sophia
29) Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
30) Slowdive - Alison +
Request by Ellie
31) Patty Smith - Kimberly
32) The Pixies - Toni's Theme (live) +
Request by Gabe
33) Brian Eno - Blank Frank
34) The Jam - David Watts
35) Dan Deacon - My Name Is Robert +
Request by My Shimoda
36) Arthur Russell - Eli
37) Joanna Newsom - Sadie
The Replacements - Gary's Got A Boner +
Request by Danny
38) David Bowie - Joe The Lion
39) Brian Jonestown Massacre - (David Bowie I Love You) Since I Was Six
40) Jacques Brel - Jef
41) Belle and Sebastian - Mary Jo
42) Van Dyke Parks - John Jones
43) The Flying Burrito Brothers - Cody, Cody
44) Big Star - Stroke It Noel
45) Jarvis Cocker - Angela
46) The Rakes - Strasbourg
47) Eels - Elizabeth On The Bathroom Floor
48) Blur - Yuko & Hiro
49) Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Madeleine-Mary
50) The Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says +
Request by Danny
51) Charles Spearin Project - Vanessa
52) Siouxie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence
53) Aphex Twin - Ziggy
54) Boards of Canada - Julie and Candy
55) Frank Zappa - The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (now playing)


* New Add
+ Request

New Day - New Show

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Isis Unveiled
Made In Mexico - For Your Own Good *
Mika Miko - On The Rise *
Eu Dirijo O Carro Bomba - Akira S Et Garotas Que Erraram
Double Dagger - Vivre Sans Temps Mort *
Fugazi - Give Me The Cure
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams +
Request by Ludlow
Xu Xu Fang - Fascination Street *
Brightblack Morning Light - Hologram Buffalo *
Land of Kush - The Light Over The Ranges *
Black Dice - La Cucaracha *
Liars - Hold Hands And It Will Happen Anyway +
No Age - Eraser +
Entrance - Grim Reaper Blues +
Ariel Pink - I Wanna Be Young +
M. Ward - Sad, Sad Song +
Bodies of Water - These Are The Eyes +
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - All Around You +
Darker My Love - Rate +
Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us +
Hecuba - Miles Away *+ 
Devendra Banhart - Long Haired Child +
The Living Sisters - How Are You Doing +
Inara George - Dirty White +
Lavender Diamond - When You Wake For Certain +
Minutes Til Midnight - Innocent +
Warlocks - Come Save Us +
Minute Men - It's Expected I'm Gone +
Condo Fucks - Gudbuy T'Jane *
Pink Mountaintops - Axis: Thrones of Love *
So Many Wizards - I'm Just Like You *
Illinois - Old Saloon
Prolapse - Zen Nun Deb
Jackie O Motherfucker - Bonesaw
The Pretty Things - Mr. Evasion
Happy Birthday Danny Gabai!!!
Tones On Tail - Go!
The Soft Pack - Night Life *
39 Clocks - My Tears Will Drown The World *
Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart +*
Request for Erica
Holy Modal Rounders - If You Want To Be A Bird
Jay Bennett (RIP) - Overexcusers
Silkie - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
In honor of all who are denied dignity and justice by the upholding of Prop 8 and Don't Ask Don't Tell.
Diamond Watch Wrists * - One Second Early Late
Swan Lake - Spanish Gold, 2044 *
The Walkmen - Many Rivers To Cross
Adanowsky - Estoy Mal
Rita Pavone - Viva La Pappa Col Pomodoro
Jane Birkin - Orang outan
Amanda Palmer - Leeds United
The Microphones - The Glow pt. 2
Neutral Milk Hotel - Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone
The Geraldine Fibbers - Lilybelle
Lou Reed - Sad Song





* Request
+ New Add

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

The Numbers Show


Hey everyone,

I really want to thank Scott Beibin for coming onto the show.  If you don't know who Scott is I highly recommend googling him and his various activities including The Lost Film Festival, Evil Twin Booking, The Fake New York Times Prank or just reach out to him on Facebook.  It's like that!

Today's theme is numbers.  All songs significantly revolve around numbers (and a few have them in their titles for no apparent reason).  But first...new adds.

Next theme is names which means that 867-5309 Jenny is a song I won't be playing for two theme shows in a row!

Here's the playlist:

Blake Miller - In The Danger *
Black Dice - Earnings Plus Interest *
Hecuba - Miles Away *
The Soft Pack - Future Rock *
Toxic Lipstick - Obsteshun *
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1 - 11 
Mika Miko - Sex Jazz *
X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage (Up Yours)
Xu Xu Fang - Seven Days Now *
Acid Mothers Temple - Sorcerer's Stone Of The Magi *
Elfin Saddle - Hammer Song *
Double Dagger - Camouflage *
The Coathangers - Toomerhead *
Alma Mater - Long *
Funeral Crashers - Disconnected * 
Corridor - T. And <-> *
Swan Lake - Spanish Gold 2044 *

Numbers Numbers Numbers

Be-rational-get-real


Yeasayer - 2088
Avalanches - Two Hearts in 3/4 time +
Request from Mike
Fourtet – High Fives
DJ Shadow – The Number Song
The Grey Album – 99 Problems
The Jaguars – Exit 6
Django Reinhardt – Swing 42
Serge Gainsbourg – 18 – 39
Deerhoof - +81 +
Request by Mike (different Mike)
David Ramos – Count
Dr. Octagon – 3000
Broadcast – Minus 1
Beta Band - Number 15 
The Soviets - 2 and 1 Goes +
Request from Sean was actually for Number One Is Three by The Soviets, but I only had 2 and 1 Goes
Boris – Six three times
Aphex Twin – 4
Pink Floyd – Chapter 24
Suicide - 96 Tears
Wire – The Map Reference 41 degrees N 93 degrees W (Iowa 71 miles outside of des moines)
Toots & The Maytals - 54/46
Desmond Dekker - 007 (Shanty Town)
Waylon & Willie - The Year 2003 minus 25
Violent Femmes - Kiss Off +
Request from Eric, my old friend from college.
Included for the section:
I take one one one cause you left me and
Two two two for my family and
3 3 3 for my heartache and
4 4 4 for my headaches and
5 5 5 for my lonely and
6 6 6 for my sorrow and
7 7 for no tomorrow and
8 8 I forget what 8 was for and
9 9 9 for a lost God and
10 10 10 10 for everything
Everything everything everything

Art Brut - 18,000 Lira
Iggy Pop - Sixteen 
Speaking of Iggy, check out the best blog ever dedicated entirely to Iggy Pop's The Idiot: Idiotlust

David Bowie - TVC 15
Tom Robinson – 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Bow Wow Wow – C30 C60 C90
Stiff Little Fingers – Tin Soldiers
Screeching Weasel - 99
Love - Seven and Seven Is +
Request from...damn it I forgot her name!!!

Dirty Little Secret - Guns Guns Guns
Rap about Pi (Don't know song name) - (Don't know artist, but Dragon Boy Suede has a verse) Video is at the top of this blog.  How amazing is that?
Sesame Street - 12
School House Rocks - 3 Is A Magic Number
Lightning Bolt – 13 Monsters 
Philip Glass - Knee 3

Interview with Scott Beibin

Laurie Anderson - Zero and One

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

CRIME & PUNISHMENT


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Huddie Ledbetter AKA Leadbelly in Prison

I am particularly indebted to Dave Weiner for this episode.  He is the first person to hand me the Leadbelly album "Take This Hammer" which I used in the background as I talked between sets.  Truly a life-changing record for me.


Alma Mater - Marching On *
Mika Miko - Totion *
Double Dagger - Vivre Sans Temps Mort *
Black Dice - Nite Creme *
Prefuse 73 - Regalo *
Hecuba - Miles Away *
Xu Xu Fang - Underground *
The Soft Pack - Right And Wrong *
Swan Lake - Paper Lace *
Bradbury - Nymphs + Shepards *
Dan Deacon - Of The Mountains *
The Nextdoor Neighbors - We Are The Future *
Elfin Saddle - The Bringer *
Crazyhorse - Eric Kuhlmann *
Lotus Plaza - Redoak Way *

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT SET

PART I: THE DESIRE TO COMMIT A CRIME
Van Morrison – Cypress Street
This Bike Is A Pipebomb – Murder Bike
The Ponys – Pickpocket Song
Jarvis Cocker – I Will Kill Again

PART II: COMMITTING THE CRIME
Tommy Collins – Got To Have A License

The Crime: Illegal Substance
Bill Johnson’s Louisiana Jug Band – Don’t Drink It Here
Randy Newman – Guilty
Curtis Mayfield – Pusherman

The Crime: Theft
Serge Gainsbourg – Bonnie And Clyde
The Fall – Petty (Thief) Lout 
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Take It From The Man
The Roots – Don’t Say Nuthin’ 

The Crime: Murder
The Cure – Killing An Arab 
Tom Waits – Murder In The Red Barn 
Nirvana – Where Did You Sleep Last Night 
Throbbing Gristle – Very Friendly

Health – Crimewave

PART III: THE LAW
Elvis Costello – Watching The Detectives
Public Enemy – 911 Is A Joke 
Jay Dee – Fuck The Police 

PART IV: ON THE RUN
The Clash – Police On My Back
Mission Of Burma – Outlaw 
Panther – On The Lam 

PART V: THE TRIAL
Prince Buster – Judge Dread
The Specials – Stupid Marriage
Dangerdoom – Basketcase 
Roky Erickson – Please Judge 

PART VI: PRISON
Leadbelly – Governor Pat Neff
Loretta Lynn – Women’s Prison
Gram Parsons - Medley Live From Quebec 
Islands – Life In Jail
Kid 606 – Juvenile Hall Role Call

DENOUEMENT 
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Mark David Chapman 
Beck – Steal My Body Home
The Streets – The Irony Of It All 
GZA – Investigative Reports

Charles Manson – Don’t Do Anything Illegal 


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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Too much coffee!!! Playlist 4/29/09


Early Sasha Baron Cohen video as part of a Levi's campaign from about 8 years ago. Click here for Super Greg's website, you won't be disappointed!

Hey everyone.  Here is my playlist from today's show.  I don't have too much to talk about, even though I am completely wired on the fake coffee that allows me to stay conscious starting at 4:30 am.  I would write things as I think them, but instead I find myself saying them out-loud to anyone near me who will listen until they stare at me like a dog being shown a card trick and then slowly back away.  For example, "I want to write a comedy sketch about lawyers preparing a wrongful death suit against Willie Wonka"...it's thoughts like these that kept me out of the ivy leagues. 

Oh, my set of songs that are frequently sampled in Hip Hop seemed to go over like hotcakes, so I'll tell you where you have heard some of the samples:

Liquid Liquid's "Cavern" was the primary sample in Grandmaster Flash's "White Lines".  Liquid Liquid's label, 99 Records eventually went bust trying to sue for royalties (which they never received) for use of this sample as well as ESG's UFO (which I played later).  99 records tells the story best here

The Mohawks' "The Champ" is one of the most widely sampled songs and also inspired the "duh duh duh" section of Onyx's opus, "Slam".  Cold Cut also used it in their seminal "More Beats and Pieces".  Other people to use it include Slick Rick, De La Soul, Hammer, DJ Shadow, KRS-One etc.

Bob James' "Take Me To Mardi Gras" is another omnipresent sample.  Probably best known from either" Hold it Now" by the Beastie Boys, "Rock The Bells" by LL Cool J or Run DMC's "Peter Piper".  It is friggin' everywhere; even Massive Attack sampled this one!  Credit is due to Jason Smith and his blog (click here) for revealing this gem in its original form.

Edwin Birdsong's "Cola Bottle Baby" is immediately recognized as Daft Punk's "Harder Better Faster Stronger" and then again as some unlistenable piece of shit by Kanye West.  Dustin Sussman turned me on to this one.

Freddie Scott's "You Got What I Need" is by no means new to this show, but here we are again.  Thank you Biz Markie for making this famous on Just A Friend!

As mentioned earlier ESG's UFO is everywhere from "Sure Shot" by the Beastie Boys to "Night of the Living Baseheads" by Public Enemy.  Often it was sped up from 33 1/3 to 45 when sampled, but there you have it.

Finally:  one of the samples that started it all, "Trans Euro Express" by Kraftwerk dropped krautrock to the South Bronx at the very start of hip hop.  That's why today if you fall asleep on the 5 train and wake up in the middle of the night alone and far from home l have to do is start talking about Florian and no one will fuck with you.  Seriously, try it.  This sample is most famous as "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa, who's name uses so many a's I think he might be partly Scandanavian...wait...he's definitely not.

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Okay, now I'll just jump to the setlist. 

Barr - Complete Consumption of Us Both
Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow
Dungen - Satt Att Se
The Coat Hangers - Time Passing *
Dsico - 70s Classic Hits
!!! - Take Ecstacy With Me
Tarentel - Geneva, Switzerland (track 6) *
Jackie-O Motherfucker - Hey! Mr. Sky
Earth - Rise To Glory
A Tribe Called Quest - Verses From The Abstract +
Hi Red Center - Littlest Giant *
Handglops - The First Party *
Swan Lake - Spanish Gold 2044 *
Sunset Rubdown - Stadiums and Shrines II
Big Whup - Yaaaay! *
Chain and the Gang - Chain Gang Theme *
Aphex Twin - Taking Control
Squarepusher - F-Train
Micachu - Eat Your Heart *
Liquid Liquid - Cavern
The Mohawks - The Champ
Bob James - Take Me To Mardi Gras
Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby
Freddie Scott - You Got What I Need
Breakwater - Release The Beast
ESG - UFO
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
Child Bite - Never-Ending Mountain Slammer
Kittens For Christian - Under The Covers
Wavves - So Bored *
Au - Are Animals
Pretty Things - Mr. Evasion (Credit must be given to Danny Gabai for turning me onto this track!!!)
Love - Seven & Seven Is
Death - Rock
The Sonics - Strychnine
Dan Deacon - Build Voice *
Black Dice - Earings Plus Interest *
New Order - Procession
Belle and Sebastian - Electronic Renaissance
The Nextdoor Neighbors - Greener *
David Byrne with Brian Eno - Wanted For Life
The Muslims (Now Called Soft Pack) - Walking With Jesus *
Apples In Stereo - Shine In Your Mind
The Olivia Tremor Control - Memories of Jacqueline 1906
A Certain Ratio - Do the Du (Peel Session version)
Fellini - Rock Europeu
Jacques Brel - Jef
Adanowsky - Estoy Mal (Now Playing)

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