Government Issue videos.


Instead of Supplemental Reading this week, how about a slew of videos from Government Issue’s reunion on Saturday? The audio from the May 1989 GI interview I rebroadcast tonight can be found here.



12/15/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Government Issue – For Ever – Crash
Jazz Ministers – Take Me To Brazil – Next Stop…Soweto Vol. 3 – N – C
Alec Bathgate – Glide – Merge Records 2010 Digital Sampler – C
El Guapo – Glass House – Fake French
Yo La Tengo with Peter Prescott – Cover – mp3 – Volcano Suns song.
Sun Airway – Put The Days Away – Nocture Of Exploded Crystal Chandelier – N
Marginal Man – Friend – Identity – Reunited, kinda.

Tyvek – 4312 – Nothing Fits – N
Breaking Circus – The Imperial Clawmaster’s Theme – The Very Long Fuse
Hurl – Understand – MyOhioActionPalBoyGoldGod300 – C – Government Issue cover.
Sonic Libertation Front – Ochun Libre – …Meets Sunny Murray – N
Real Enemy – On The Literary Volunteers Of America – Life With The Enemy
Kurt Vile – Sad Ghost – In My Time – N
TV Ghost – The Consumption – Cold Fish

Government Issue – Interview on WPRB – 26:18 – From May 1989.

Flying Saucer – Live on WPRB – 37:00 – July 4, 1990.

Kerosene 454 – Man In A Trap – Touring Japan – C – Government Issue cover.
Ex Humans – Reckless Eyes – S/T – N
Unknown Artist – Examining Upstart Art (Light Bulb) – Light Bulb Issue 3 – C
Mary’s Danish – Don’t Crash The Car Tonight – There Goes The Wondertruck
Half Man Half Biscuit – The Trumpton Riots – The Trumpton Riots
Weedhounds – Best Friends – 45 – N
The Gun Club – Ghost On The Highway – Fire Of Love

The Blisters Welcome Mat – Pissed To Meet Me – R
Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell – Time Of The Season – Hawk
Puttin’ On The Ritz – POTR vs. BOP! – Bangin’ Your Way Into The Future
Naked Raygun – Where You Live – Last Of The Demohicans – Government Issue cover.



24-Hour Holiday Radio Show on WPRB, 2010 edition.


Hello everyone!

I wanted to give ample warning that I will be doing my 23rd Annual 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB / wprb.com starting this Christmas Eve at 6:00 pm ET until Christmas day at 6:00 pm ET.

If you would like to submit music for airplay or make some requests, by all means get in touch.

Back to lugging boxes and boxes of cds up from the basement…

Thanks.

Happy Holidays (eventually)!

Jon Solomon
jon@wprb.com

PS. You can RSVP for this show on Facebook.



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.

RIP Leslie Nielsen and Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson.

Stream the new Shipping News album here in its entirety.

More free downloads: The Merge Records 2010 Digital Sampler and a new song from Bardo Pond.



12/1/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Shipping News – Antebellum – One Less Heartless To Fear – N
Buffalo Tom – Hawaiian Baby – Besides – Spinanes cover. Thanks, Jeff.
Skyf – Be There – Next Stop…Soweto – N – C
Bram Tchaikovsky – Robber – Strange Man, Changed Man
Maserati – Oaxaca – Pyramid Of The Sun – N
Nancy Sinatra – Step Aside – Nancy In London
Cheap Time – Woodland Drive – Fantastic Explanations (and Similar Situations) – N

No Age – Fever Dreaming – Everything In Between – N
Throbbing Gristle – Discipline – Rafters – RIP Sleazy.
Giant Sand – Fields Of Green – Blurry Blue Mountain – N
Boards Of Canada – Dandelion – Geogaddi – RIP Leslie Nielsen.
Clockcleaner – Chinese Town – Auf-Wiedersehen – N
Blue Cranes – Ritchie Broseph – Observatories
Bardo Pond – Don’t Know About You – S/T – Forthcoming.

Bryan McCann – 19:40 – Live on WPRB – 7/4/90.

Brainiac – Drag – Smack Bunny Baby
Caribou – Odessa – Swim – Very Arthur Russell.
Sarah Kirkland Snider – And Then You Shall Be Lost Indeed / Open Hands – Penelope – N
Leslie Nielsen – Goodyear? – mp3 – RIP.
Psychic TV – Starlit Mine – Allegory & Self – RIP Sleazy.
Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice – Satya Sai Sweeeetback Plays “Oxblood Boots” – The Flood – Defiantly unfashionable!
The Goblins – Ha-Ha Hannukah – The My Pal God Holiday Record – R

The Bobbyteens – He’s So Dull – Cruisin’ For A Brusin’ – Is this really a Vanity 6 cover?
Sheik Chinna Moulana – Composition: Dhudukulu Gala – Nadhaswaram
Del Rey – These Children That Come At You With Knives – Immemorial – N



11/17/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

No Lie Relaxer – White Eyes – mp3 – This week, it played!
The Monks – Blockhead – Next Stop…Sowetto Vol. 2 – C – N – Not *those* Monks.
Blumfeld – Jet Set – L’Etat Et Moi
Heathern Haints – Oh, Holy Light – mp3
Prowler – Automagically – Wooly Mammoth – N
Dianogah – Time For A Game Of Stick – Battle Champions
The Stiffs – The Creeps – Dance Of The Dead – Reunited. Not *those* Stiffs.

Sorry – Just Making Noise – The Way It Is
Jelly Babies – Candy Bricks – Messthetics Greatest Hiss – C – mp3 bonus track.
Pan American – Amulls – For Waiting, For Chasing – N
Planet Of Pants – Infomercial – Athens Music Project – C
Tom Recchion – Terry Riley In Rome – I Love My Organ
Party Photographers – 21 – Shaking Through Vol. 1 – N
Adrenalin O.D. – Rock & Roll Gas Station – The Wacky Hi-Jinks Of…

Fire In The Kitchen – 38:28 – Live On WPRB – 7/10/1990.

Puffball – Topblower – The Super Commando
Jason Adasiewicz – You Can’t – Sun Rooms – N
X-Ray Spex – Genetic Engineering – Germfree Adolescents – R
Astoveboat – Jonathan Bourne – New Bedford
Babylon Dance Band – Bold Beginnings – Four On One
Alkaloid – Mr. Shell – Burnt & Bent – C
The Lyres – I Really Want You Right Now – The Early Years: 1979-1983

Signal To Trust – God Of The Northern Woods – Folklore
Exploding Star Orchestra – Ascension Ghost Impression #2 – Stars Have Shapes – N
Low & The Dirty Three – I Hear…Goodnight – In The Fishtank
Brian Bennett – Discovery – Music For Dancefloors: The Cream Of The Chappell Music Library Sessions – C
TW Walsh – Behind The Curve – The Holidays Don’t Have To Be So Rotten – N – C



11/10/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Die Kreuzen – Fuckups – S/T
The Grasshoppers – I Am There – Next Stop…Soweto vol. 2 – N – C
Air Miami – Dolphin Expressway – Me. Me. Me.
P.E.D. – The Frog Song – mp3
Artanker Convoy – Caught You Coming Round – 2010 Autumn
The 3Ds – Fangworld – Strange News From The Angels
Jukebox Zeros – Let’s Get Zooed Out – City Of Bother & Loathe – N – Testors cover.

Constantines – Draw Us Lines – Tournament Of Hearts
Nurses – I Will Follow You – Destroy Your Friends (live & demos 1979-1981)
Shellac – Be Prepared – Excellent Italian Greyhound – Happy birthday Bob Weston.
Amy Bezunartea – Rope – Restaurants & Bars – N – Last week’s live guest.
Monsieur Mieurax – Cat Walk – mp3
Ennio Morricone – Rapimento In Camp Aperto – Crime & Dissonance – Happy 82nd birthday! From “The Most Beautiful Wife.”
The Eastern Dark – Whore – Girls On The Beach With Cars

Radio Birdman – Aloha Steve & Danno – The Essential Radio Birdman – R – For James MacArthur.
Glen Branca – Symphony No. 5: 6th Movement – Symphony No. 5 – R
No Lie Relaxer – White Eyes – mp3 – Unreleased
Tight Phantomz – Hash Sisters – Crazy When Wet
Gore – Mean Man’s Dream – Mean Man’s Dream
Lewis Tucker & Coleman Freeman – Mr. Marvelous – mp3 – About Marcus Dupree.
The Effigies – Rather See None – For Ever Grounded – R

Red Eyed Legends – Hamlicus (indoor version) – The High I Feel When I’m Low
Ciccone Youth – Macbeth – 12″ – R
Johnny Wicks – Jockey Jack Boogie – The United Records Story – C
Ron Asheton – Meet The Creeper – Destroy All Monsters
WhiteBuzz – The Return Of Phoenix – Welcome Back To Meteor City – C
Kashmere Stage Band – Thank You (Part B) – Fantastic Soulisticated Music – C
Turing Machine – Swiss Grid – A New Machine For Living – Jerry, you are missed.

Stnnng – I Am An Architect – Dignified Sissy



Live performance #215 – Amy Bezunartea.


Engineered 11/1/10.

Amy Bezunartea web site

Kiam Records web site



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.

Grab Superchunk’s Misfits cover before it is too late!

Drowned In Sound has an oral history of Oneida’s “Each One Teach One.”

RIP Ari Up and Billy Ruane.

Varsity Drag’s song about Ruane is a free download here.

If you want more information about tonight’s live guest, Amy Bezunartea, visit the Kiam Records web site.

Dag Nasty with Shawn Brown on vocals.



11/3/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Superchunk – Horror Business – mp3 – Misfits cover.
S. Quaranta – Hybrid Moments – The Halloween Ep – Misfits cover.
Royal Baths – I Detest – Litanies – N
The Slits – Instant Hit – Cut – RIP Ari Up.
C4AM95 – Dale Bozzio – III – Now is the winter of our discoteque.
3rd Bass – Gladiator (Easy Mo Bee Remix Instrumental) – Cd5
The Demon’s Claws – At The Disco – The Defrosting Of… – N

Dag Nasty – Another Wrong – Dag With Shawn – First album with singer from Swiz.
Reading Rainbow – Always On My Mind – Shaking Through Volume 1
Varsity Drag – Billy Ruane – For Crying Out Loud – RIP Billy Ruane.
Mikrokolektyw – Tiring Holiday – Revisit – N
The Slits – Life On Earth – Return Of The Living Slits – RIP Ari Up.
The For Carnation – Emp. Man’s Blues – S/T
Idle Times – Million Miles Away – Hookup Klub Round One – N – C

Amy Bezunartea – Live on WPRB – 20:07 – http://www.amybezunartea.com

Death Of Samantha – Simple As That – Strungout On Jargon – R
Oneida – Sheets Of Easter – Each One Teach One
The Slits – Or What Is It? – 12″ – RIP Ari Up.
White/Light – Untitled (Galactic Zoo) – From The Ashes Perfect Attainment Shall Be – C
Chris Brokaw & Geoff Farina – Criminals – The Boarder’s Door – N
King G & The J Krew – Sit Calm – Indestructible Songs Of The Humpback Whale – Jeff & Jason of Rodan, rapping.
X – T.V. Glue – At Home With You – R – Australian.

Buzzcocks – Nostalgia – Love Bites – R
Endless Boogie – Empty Eye – Full House Head – N
The Slits – FM – Cut – RIP Ari Up.
Phillip Malela & The Movers – Intandane – Next Stop…Soweto Vol. 2 – N – C
Del Rey – E Pluribus Unicorn – Immemorial
The Eternals – Shot Down! (In The Middle Of Division St.) – Out Of Proportion
Teenage Fanclub – Star Sign – Star Sign – R