4/6/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


Designed by Doctor Cosmo.

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Burnout – Lounge – 45
Liquid Liquid – Optimo – New York Noise – C – R
Beaters – They Don’t Really Care About Us – 6 x 2 x 12″ – C – N
Animal Man – Do You Feed? (The Curry Song) – David’s Town – C
Associates – Message Oblique Speech – 45 – Scottish.
Roots Radics – Christmas Dub – 12″
Exploding White Mice – Without Warning – 45

OBN III’s – Do My Thing – Casual Victim Pile II – C – N
Dead Rider – Mothers Meat – The Raw Dents – Ex-US Maple.
Buzzmuscle – Assembler – 7″ – Bacon vinyl.
Doctor Cosmo – Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came – Live on WPRB – RIP.
Gutbucket – d0g Help Us – Flock – N
Legitimate Reason – He Steals – 7″

Che Arthur – 27:05 – Live On WPRB – http://www.chearthur.com

Kids For Cash – Society – First Cassette
Ale Mania – Lustful Fistful – 45
Thin White Rope – Eye – 45 – Poster Children cover.
L.U.N.A.R. Revolt – We Told You Not To Come Back (Don’t Make Me Have To Tell You Again) – Cassette – Local.
Cavemen From Oklahoma – Psychic Reason – Pittsburgh Punk Ain’t Dead…But It’s Burning Up Pretty Quickly! – C
White Wires – Letter To G – Under The Covers Vol. 2 – C – N
The New Christs – I Saw God – 45

Rhys Chatham – Die Donnergotter – An Angel Moves Too Fast To See – RIP Doctor Cosmo.
Bardo Pond – Waynes Tune – S/T – N



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My appearance on The Takeaway.


I was asked back on WNYC’s national morning program The Takeaway earlier today, talking about “One Shining Moment” as part of a piece titled “When Bad Music Happens to Good Sports.” You can listen to my appearance here.



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Supplemental Reading.


Here’s this week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show. As always, I’ve attempted to post them in the order they were played on-air. Here’s video of The Mountain Goats covering Silkworm’s “Plain.”

Download a free protest song by Ron House & Moviola. Then grab the new Wizard Smoke album.

RIP Grand Ulena drummer Danny McClain.

Live on next week’s show, Past/Futures recording artist Che Arthur.



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3/30/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Moving Targets – Underground – Burning In Water – R
The Feelies – When You Know – Here Before – N – Picks right up where they left off.
McCarthy Commission – Mind Set – Advanced Calculus – C
Ron House & Moviola – Fire Tressel, Not Teachers – mp3
The Grifters – Tat – So Happy Together – R
Creeping Weeds – Outsiders – See Through
Parts & Labor – Hurricane – Constant Future

Obits – Everything Looks Better In The Sun – Moody, Standard & Poor – N
The Modern Lovers – Affection – Back In Your Life – Happy birthday, Julia Factorial!
Defektors – Not The One – 6x2x12″ – N – C
Silkworm – Plain – Lifestyle
Eleventh Dream Day – Away With Words – Riot Now! – N
Jean Paul Sartre Experience – Elemental – The Size Of Food – R
Cola Freaks – Mig Mig Mig – 45 – N

Government Issue – Blending In – Joyride – R
Kurt Vile – Runner Ups – Smoke Ring From My Halo – N
That Petrol Emotion – Everybody’s Goin’ Triple Bad Acid Yeah! – Split 7″ with The Membranes
Grand Ulena – Grand Arsenal – Gateway To Dignity – RIP Danny McClain.
Wizard Smoke – Growing – The Speed Of Smoke
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears – Livin’ In The Jungle – Scandalous – N
Wire – Surgeon’s Girl – Pink Flag – R

Simple Circuit – Sattrash – Casual Victim Pile II – N – C
Wild Carnation – Dodger Blue – 45
Matthew Shipp Trio – The New Fact – Art Of The Improviser – N
Seam – Kernel – Kernel – R
Harem Scarem – Sweet Thing (new version) – 45
Audacity – Ears & Eyes – 45 – N
Agent Orange – Everything Turns Grey – Living In Darkness – R

Che Arthur – Dead Trajectories – Iron – Live on next week’s show!
Steel Pole Bath Tub – European Son – 45 – Velvet Underground cover.
Friends Forever – Winners – Killball
The Feud – There Is No Sleep/Desized – Language Is Technology
Nikki Sudden – Crossroads – Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc – R
Reading Rainbow – Stand Back & Take A Good Look – Under The Covers Vol. 2 – N – C – Nerves/Plimsouls tribute.
Home Blitz – Sliding Decks – R



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3/23/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Strike Under – Elephant’s Graveyard – You Weren’t There – C – R
Arc In Round – Spirit – Diagonal Fields – N
Treacherous Three – Action – 12″
Edsel – Our Drunken Friend – The Everlasting Belt Company
McDonalds – By Halves – 45 – N – Ex-Oxford Collapse.
Pullman – To Hold Down A Shadow – Turnstyles & Junkpiles
Mean Jeans – Steve Don’t Party No More – Dirtnap Records SXSW Sampler – C

Cruddy – Incendiary – Casual Victim Pile II – C – N
Eric B. & Rakim – Paid In Full (Derek B. remix) – 12″ – My 21 year search is over.
The Bigger Lovers – Private Party – How I Learned To Stop Worrying – N – Non-album bonus track.
Hank Williams – You Win Again – The Ultimate Collection
Mi Ami – Echo – Dolphins – N
The ‘Mericans – Slow Down – Failed Tribute Bands – C – Feelies cover.
The Left – Attitudes – Jesus Loves The Left

Mission Of Burma – Secrets – Vs.- R
Buddy Holocaust – Sometimes You Have To Be Mean (Kill For Your Dreams) – Live, 1981
MGR – IV – Nova Lux
Rick Rizzo & Tara Key – Insanity Stomp – Double Star – N
Birdbrain – Stop It – I Fly
Idyll Swords – Steep Creek – II
Trap Them – The Facts – Darker Handcraft – N – Forthcoming.

I Hate Myself – Destroy All Monsters – S/T
Yung Wu – Aspiration – Shore Leave
The Glass Bees – Because Tomorrow Disaster May Come – mp3
Howard & Tim’s Paid Vacation – That Won’t Make You Love Me – Never Met A Girl I Didn’t Like
Ike Yard – We Are One – 1980-82 Collected
Fun At The Zoo – Grow Up! – 45
Hypnotics – Sick Of Work – Everyone Gets Their Nanosecond Of Fame

The Humpers – This Measly Dimension – Journey To The Centre Of Your Wallet
The 13 Ghosts – Pediculus Porentosus – Pediculo Desperandum Est – Legend Of The Blood Yeti – With Derek Bailey.
Zoogz Rift – With The Neccesary Changes Having Been Made – Looser Than Clams – RIP.
Ed Hall – Reading – Albert – As promised.
Aerial M – AASS – S/T
Alva – Sharch Of Tearry – Slattery For Ungdom
The Jai-Alai Savant – When I Grow Up – Flight Of The Bass Delegate

Ass Ponys – Thank You For The Roses – Mr. Superlove



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Supplemental Reading.


Here’s this week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show. As always, I’ve attempted to post them in the order they were played on-air. For the five of you who haven’t seen it yet, a video for The New Pornographers’ “Moves” is above.

Download a crazy assortment of Hurl singles and live recordings.

Congratulations to former Mocket member Audrey Marrs on winning an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

The new Per Mission single is available for free.

Contrary to what has been written elsewhere, the 1983 Squirrel Bait demo exists!



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3/2/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Mortal Micronotz – They’ve Got It All – S/T – R
My Disco – Young – Little Joy – N
Hurl – White Collar Shame (Noah Leger remix) – Unreleased.
Skull Defekts – Peer Amid – Peer Amid – N – With Daniel Higgs of Lungfish.
Mocket – New Maps Of Hell – Fanfare – Congratulations to Academy Award winner Audrey Marrs!
Trained Attack Dogs – Friend Larry – 45 – R
Squirrel Bait – Silence Is Golden – 1983 Demo

Ruin – Twilight – Songs Of Reverie & Ruin – R
Arbouretum – Song Of The Nile – The Gathering – N
Per Mission – Through The Reeds To The Place That You Can’t See – Through The Reeds
The Gizmos – Regular Dude – Amerika First
The New Pornographers – Moves – Together
Blank Dogs – Blurred Tonight – Land & Fixed – N
Phantom Tollbooth – Valley Of The Gwangi – The Wailing Ultimate – C – R

The Reatards – Sour & Vicious Man – Not Fucked Enough – C
Labradford – Skyward With Motion – Prazision
Lou Reed – Crazy Feeling – Coney Island Baby – R – Happy birthday!
Liturgy – Glass Earth – Aesthethica – N – Forthcoming.
Ruins – Gold Stone – 1986-1992
Apex Manor – Teenage Blood – The Year Of Magical Drinking – N
Homostupids – Apache Fashion Dream -The Intern

Tad – 3-D Witch Hunt – 8-Way Santa – R
Chromelodeon – One – Thrilladelphia 3 – C
Holy Rollers – Changeling – Fabuley
Sadgiqacea – Carpe Noctem – Submerged In Manichea
The Undertones – You’ve Got My Number (Why Don’t You Use It?) – Hypnotized
Hong Kong Stingray – Her Smile – A Little Broken Isn’t Bad – Local.
Surgery – D-Nice – Peel Sessions

King Khan & The Shrines – Land Of The Freak – What Is?! – R
Earth – Omens & Portents 1: The Driver – The Bee Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull – R
Maximum Joy – Silent Street / Silent Dub – Disco Not Disco Volume 3 – C
Zdrastvootie – Hana No Kana – S/T
Zonic Shockum – Lugy – S/T



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2/23/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Reigning Sound – Straight Shooter – Time Bomb High School – R
Implodes – Marker – Black Earth – Forthcoming.
Akron/Family – Fuji I (Global Dub) – S/T II: The Cosmic Birth & Journey Of Shinju TNT – N – Oh, hippies.
Negative Element – Anti-Pac Man – You Weren’t There – C – R
Chain & The Gang – Livin’ Rough – Music’s Not For Everyone – N
Soul Asylum – Sometime To Return – Hang Time
Rael Rean – Weakdays – 45

Great Plains – Rutherford B. Hayes – Length Of Growth – Happy belated Presidents Day!
God – Headin’ For The Id / My Pal (live) – S/T – July 30, 1989.
Danielson – People’s Partay – Best of Gloucester County – N
Laddio Bolocko – The Going Gong – The Life & Times Of…
Gang Of Four – I Can See From Far Away – Content – N
The Forgery Series – You Won’t Be Happy – Nerves Tribute Lp – C
The Spits – Don’t Shoot – S/T – R

Butterglory – Come On! – Rat Tat Tat
William Tyler – Terrace Of The Leper King – Behold The Spirit
Captain Sensible & The Softies – Jet Boy, Jet Girl – The Best Of The Damned – R
The Chills – Pink Frost – Kaleidoscope World – R – Be well, Christchurch.
Archers Of Loaf – Harnessed In Slums – Vitus Tinutus – R – Live in Cambridge, MA.
Stars Of The Lid – Be Little With Me – Gravitational Pull vs. The Desire For An Aquatic Life – R
Unwound – Here Come The Dogs – The Future Of What – R

Mors Ontologica – Don’t Lead Don’t Follow – Don’t Cry
Steven Jesse Bernstein – More Noise Please – Prison – R
Tsunami – Water’s Edge – Deep End – R – My Dad Is Dead cover.
Trinitron – A Quiet Echo – A Quiet Echo – N
Hula Hoop – The 20th Black Hole – The Loveliest Ring Of Saturn
Screeching Weasel – What We Hate – My Brain Hurts

Swell Maps – Ammunition Train – Train Out Of It – R
The Twilight Singers – Be Invited – Dynamite Steps – N – With Mark Lanegan.
Psychedelic Horseshit – Bleak Vacations – Acid Tape
Birds Of Maya – Regulation – 7″ – N
Royal Shoals – Dirty Water – Dirty Water – Local.
Cloud Nothings – Forget You All The Time – S/T – N
Nile – User-Maat-re – Annihilation Of The Wicked

The Hunches – Let Me Be – Yes. No. Shut It.
Ray Pate & The Rhythm Rockets – The Slide – Kicksville! – C
Heros Severum – A Better Man – Wonderful Educated Bear



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2/16/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Call Me Lightning – Pizza Party – The Trouble Were In – One more from Wisconsin.
Wire – Two Minutes – Red Barked Tree – N
The Fluid – Static Cling – Punch ‘N’ Judy – R – RIP Rick Kulwicki.
Syl Johnson – Annie Got Hot Pants Power – Complete Mythology – N
Rollins Band – Move Right In – Hot Animal Machine – Lou Reed tune. Happy birthday, Hank.
Eleventh Dream Day – Satellite – Riot Now! – Forthcoming.
Lazy Cowgirls – Time – S/T – R

Idle Times – Working On Something – S/T – N
Atlas Sound – Answers Me (Arthur Russell remix) – mp3
The Bigger Lovers – I’m Not The Sort – Little Giant Maxi Single – N
Falling Man – So Many Years – A Christening
The Dishes – I’m A Bug – S/T – Urinals cover.
Mogwai – Mexican Grand Prix – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will – N
State Of Alert – Draw Blank – 20 Years Of Dischord – C – Happy birthday, Hank.

Crucial Youth – 29:24 – Live on WPRB – January 7, 1987.

Obits – You Gotta Lose – Moody, Standard & Poor – Forthcoming.
Purling Hiss – Passenger Queen – Hissteria – N
The Fluid – On My Feet – Purplemetalflakemusic – R – RIP Rick Kulwicki.
Mohamed Abdelwahab – Khada’ouha – Les Archives De La Musique Arabe – Egyptian.
The Psychic Paramount – DDB – II – N
Ty Segall – Girlfriend – Melted
The Che Arthur Three – Crisis Wrapped Cast – Like Revenge

The Frantix – Car – Local Anesthetic – C – RIP Rick Kulwicki.
Bohemian Vendetta – Enough – Ear-Piercing Punk – C
Suisho No Fune – A Rose Bloomed – Where The Spirits Are
Weekend – Youth Haunts – Sports – N
Hum – Diffuse – Feast Of The Sybarites – C
Kurt Vile – Early Dawnin – 45 – R
Coffin Break – Diane – Rupture – R – Husker Du cover.



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2/9/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


“A tribute to Wisconsin.”

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Shemps – The Pack Will Be Back – The Pack Will Be Back
Wereworm – Cave Painter – Live at Klas Restaurant
Oil Tasters – Get Out Of The Bathroom – S/T
Killdozer – Good Lovin’ Gone Bad – For Lovers Only – Bad Company cover.
Dis- – Macedonian Phalanx – M386.D57 1994
The Shivvers – Teen Line – S/T
Mistreaters – Personal Space Invader – Playa Hated To The Fullest

Die Kreuzen – Man In The Trees – October File
Appliances-SFB – The Glory Days – Green Door
Sixto – The Jackals, The Cocks – S/T
Brief Candles – The Patron Saint Of Hopeless Ones – They Live We Sleep
The Frogs – (Thank God I Died In) The Car Crash – It’s Only Right & Natural
Tar Babies – Rockhead – Honey Bubble
IfIHadAHiFi – Success! Success! Success! – Fame By Proxy

Couch Flambeau – Psycho In The House – I Did A Power Slide In The Taco Stand
Casino vs. Japan – Summer Clip – Whole Numbers Play The Basics
Plasticland – Gloria Knight – Wonder Wonderful Wonderland
Vocokesh – Still Standing In The Same Garden – 12″ – RIP Milton Babbitt.
Boris The Sprinkler – Screamin’ Demon Martians Ridin’ Go-Karts In My Head – Saucer To Saturn
Sometimes Sweet Susan – Crush – Fuse
Fuckface – L.A. Song – S/T

Amazement Co. – Miss Crash Head – Homework #104 – C
Pele – Hospital Sports – Enemies
Compound Red – Goodbye To Contrast – Always A Pleasure
Boy Dirt Car – What Never Ends Begins Today – Winter
Bon Iver – Skinny Love – For Emma, Forever Ago – R
The Munitonettes – Spastic Plastic – Fast Jurassic
Zebras – Field / Noise – Cdr

Travis – L dot Y – 45
Old Skull – Get Outta School – Get Outta School
Canyons Of Static – Water Worn – mp3
F/i – Stop At The Left…Look To The Right – Badger-a-go-go – C
The Promise Ring – We Don’t Like Romance (instr.) – 30 Degrees Everywhere – R
The Crucifucks – Wisconsin – Wisconsin – R – An exception.

Killdozer – Knuckles The Dog (Who Helps People) – Uncompromising War On Art Under The Dictatorship Of The Proletariat



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