5/5/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Big Nurse – Burning Tea – Demo
Opotopo – Agboho – Nigeria Special: Volume 2 – N – C
Unrest – Cherry Cherry – Imperial F.F.R.R. – Reunited!
Cinco De Gatos – Ireland – Ground Rule Double – C
Ernie Harwell – The Game For All America (A Definition Of Baseball) – Baseball’s Greatest Hits – Let’s Play II – RIP.
Jane Weaver – Europlum Alluminate Suite – The Fallen By Watch Bird – N
Commandos – You’re Not The First – Big Hits Of Mid-America Vol. 3 – C

Brujeria – Grito de los Soldados Poseidos – Machetazos! – Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Lazer Crystal – 2029 – MCMLXXX – N – Members of Mahjongg.
Tim Midgett – Young – It Goes Like This
The Menahan Street Band – Make The Road By Walking – Daptone Gold – N – C
The Man Suits – Spirit, Oh Spirit – Shaking Through 2010 – Members of Dr. Dog, BC Camplight & The Silver Ages.
Zia – Kofriam – Pomegranates – N – C
Vision – Two Wishes – The Kids Still Have A Lot To Say

Naked Lady Wrestlers – Accidents – Killed By 7 Inch Vol 1 To 5 – C
Busses – House Fire – S/T – N
Sludgehammer – ??? – Baxter – Members of Karl Hendricks Trio & Don Caballero. Unreleased.
Twinkranes – Fizz Nor Feedback – Spektrum Theater Snakes – N
Breadwinner – Kisses Me On The Mouth On The Mountain – The Burner
Comateens – Dangerzone – Teenline no. 107 – C – New York City, 1979.
Crucial Youth – Youth Of The World – The Posi-Machine

Sleep – Dopesmoker – Dopesmoker



Live performance #210 – Detention.


Engineered 4/13/10.

Rt. 35 South / Calling The Kremlin / 60’s Casualties / Chaos In New Jersey / Out Of Control / Paranoid Boy / Dead Rock ‘N’ Rollers



Supplemental Reading.


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.

Above, a song by The Necessaries. Thanks to WPRB’s own Maria T. for introducing me to this record.

Heavy on the free downloads this week: Grab a demo of a new song by Jennifer O’Connor. Then get yourself the third offering by Philadelphia’s Thangs. Follow that with new music by the reformed 1.6 Band. Finally, a few tracks by former members of the Defoliants and Tar calling themselves Sirs.

The latest by Alien Father is available in pay-what-you-like fashion.

A comprehensive Dahlia Seed web site.

In closing, here’s the Gary Numan record insert I was describing:



4/28/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Battalion Of Saints – Cops Are Out – Someone’s Gonna Get Their Head To Believe In Something
The Necessaries – Driving & Talking At The Same Time – Big Sky – With Arthur Russell.
Dr. Dog – Shame, Shame – Shame, Shame – N
Gary Numan – This Wreckage – Living Ornaments ’80
Saxon Lee & The Shadows International – Mind Your Business – Nigeria Afrobeat Special – N
Jennifer O’Connor – How I Will Get By – mp3 – Demo.
Colors – Popstar – Teenline no. 108 – 1982.

Alien Father – Bed In – Sunday At The Speedway – N
Jackie Mittoo – In Cold Blood – Champion In The Arena 1976-1977
Twitch Hazel – Nowhere – Something Pretty Beautiful
Thangs – Yankee Dollar – Break Up – Free download!
1.6 Band – An Awful Jerk – The Checkered Pasts Of All Kings Present – New single.
Bird Show Band – Quintet One – S/T – N – Members of Tortoise.
Breakers – College Students – Teenline no. 107 – 1982.

Detention – Live on WPRB – 16:43 – NJOK!

The Wildhearts – Wild Zero – I Love Guitar Wolf Very Much – GW cover.
Indigo Jam Unit – Charlie – 2×2
Crazy Dreams Band – Life Is The Knife – War Dream – N
Sirs – Illegal Criminal Crimes (Against The Law) – mp3
Drink Up Buttercup – Doggy Head – Born & Thrown On A Hook – N
Dahlia Seed – Lux Perpetua – Survived By

Child Abuse – Hold This – Cut & Run – N
Soltero – Bleeding Hearts – Hell Train
Schande – Out Of You – I Scored An Ocean
Sollubi – At War With Decency – At War With Decency – Hold on to the hope.



Supplemental Reading.


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.

Above, my birthday drawing from good friend Julia Factorial.

Rest in peace, Malcolm McLaren.

A tribute to Guru from Gang Starr aired on March 3rd. Sadly, the great MC passed away yesterday. DJ Premier has released a statement on the death of his former partner.

Get ready for a live appearance by New Jersey jokecore legends Detention on next week’s show!

Finally, I referenced eating pizza 75 times in the past 365 days. Here’s a photo essay capturing all these delicious pies!



4/21/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Home Blitz – Perpetual Night – 45 – N
Vicki Anderson – Message From The Soul Sisters – Favorite Grooves – C
Disappears – Pearly Gates – Lux – N
Malcolm McLaren & The World Famous Supreme Team – Do You Like Scratchin’? – Buffalo Gals – RIP Malcolm McLaren.
Harlan T. Bobo – Bad Boyfriends – Sucker – N – “Bad boys make bad boyfriends.”
Malcolm Clarke – The Sea Devils – Doctor Who: The Music
JEFF The Brotherhood – Mind Ride – Heavy Days – N

O Level – We Love Malcolm – Messthetics Greatest Hits – C – RIP Malcolm McLaren.
Gang Starr – Code Of The Streets – Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr – RIP Guru.
So Cow – Dunno – Meaningless Friendly – N
Comets On Fire – Dogwood Rust – Casual Nostalga Fest – C – Live at SP20.
Joe Quarterman & Free Soul – How High – Golden Classics
Leatherface – Belly Dancing Stoat – The Stormy Petrel – N
Lemonheads – Hate Your Friends – Hate Your Friends – Thanks, Julia.

Craig Bevan & The Tourists – Modern Boy – Teenline no. 108 – C
Bow Wow Wow – C30. C60. C90. G0 – Twelve Original Recordings – RIP Malcolm McLaren.
Minutes – Never National – 7″ – N
Eleventh Dream Day – For Martha – Zeroes & Ones
The Victims – She’s Always Bored – Take It As It Comes – N
Lefties Soul Connection – The Chank – Skimming The Skum
Dianogah – You Might Go Off – Qhnnnl

Detention – NJOK – Expelled – Live next week on this show!
DJ John Doe – Untitled 28 – Fused Funk Vol. 3 – C
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Barstool Blues – Year Of The Horse
S Prcss – This Geometric Is Written Is: – MNML
Angelo Badalamenti – Jones & Truman – Twin Peaks – Released to celebrate the show’s 20th anniversary.
Martin Bisl – A Story (true) In Brooklyn – Sirens Of The Apocalypse – N
Th’ Faith Healers – Spin 1/2 – Lido – R

Personal & The Pizzas – Toss That Pie – Raw Pie
Didier’s Sound Spectrum – Composition #6 – 45
Kurt Vile – Invisibility: Nonexistent – Square Shells – N – Forthcoming.
Gang Starr – Soliloquy Of Chaos – Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr – RIP Guru.
Arthur Russell – Arm Around You – Calling Out Of Context 2×12″
Alexandre Caparroz – Pixoxo en Lua de Mel – Sexy 70
Blight – Armageddon – Detroit – 1982.



Supplemental Reading.


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.

Did you know there’s a Drive Like Jehu tribute band called Rome Plows?

Download the unreleased T.W. Walsh song “Badge” here.

All you could want to know about The Fall’s cover of “I’m Going To Spain.”



4/7/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Drive Like Jehu – Super Unison – Yank Crime – In my head.
Billy Green – Stone Is A Trip – Stone – N – Original soundtrack.
The Loud Family – Slit My Wrists – Slouching Towards Liverpool – Live on WNUR.
Coconuts – Silver Lights – S/T – N
The Fall – I’m Going To Spain – The Infotainment Scan – Steve Bent cover.
Strange Boys – Night Might – Be Brave – N
Fuck Attack – Motivational Speaker – S/T

Tre Orsi – Manumission – Devices + Emblems
Ofege – You Say No – Try & Love – N – Nigeria, 1973.
Birds Of Maya – Regulation – Regulation – Double album with three songs. Makes sense.
Saturnine – The Clear – Mid the Green Fields
Faux Island – The Illinois – S/T – N
Nice & Nasty 3 – The Ultimate Rap – Big Apple Rappin’ – C
Boy’s Life – Cloudy & 47 – S/T

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – Gimmie The Wire – The Brutalist Bricks – N
Bongos Ikwue & The Groovies – Otachikpokpo – Nigeria Afrobeat Special – N – C
Horseback – The Invisible Mountain – The Invisible Mountain
Saravah Soul – Nao Posso Te Levar A Serio – Shapes – C
Human Adult Band – Schizophrenics Control Th’ Weather – Mugwort & Sage – N
Party Photographers – Let The Red Lights Riot – 7″ – Local.
Angry Samoans – Lights Out – Faster & Louder – C – Never been so delighted to queue up the wrong song.

Point Line Plane – Give The Future A Break – The Necessary Effect: Screamers Songs Interpreted – C
Jad Fair – Samantha (song poem) – Split 7″ with Human Adult Band – N
TW Walsh – Badge – mp3 – With David Bazan. Unreleased.
Burning Star Core – I – Papercuts Theater – N
Nosferatu D2 – A Footnote – We’re Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On
Chico Hamilton – Final Reflections/Charlie Parker Suite – 88 Years Of Foreststorn – N
Cringer – For The Workers – Sasquatch & Other Nasty Little Freaks – C

Husker Du – Chartered Trips – Zen Arcade – R
Rhythm Funk Masters – Enormous Introduction – Afro-American-Arctic
Benjamin Shaw – Thanks For All The Biscuits – Thanks For All The Biscuits
Eldad Tarmu Chamber Jazz Ensemble – Song For The Queen Of Bohemia – Songs For The Queen Of Bohemia – N



Supplemental Reading.


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.

Much of this show featured music by the late Alex Chilton.

Steve Scariano of Prisonshake shares some great stories about Chilton from over the years.

Paul Westerberg remembers his mentor in the New York Times.

You can download the Minutes single for free.

Read more about the Joel Phelps demos I was discussing.



3/31/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Replacements – Alex Chilton – All For Nothing – RIP Alex Chilton.
Eric Showboy Akaeze & His Royal Ericos – We Dey Find Money – Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound In 1970s Nigeria – N – C
Alex Chilton – Hey Little Child – Document – RIP Alex Chilton.
Family Plann – Come On Let’s Do The Breakdown – Absolute Funk 4 – C – 1971.
Black Tambourine – For Ex-Lovers Only – S/T – N
Big Star – Kizza Me – 3rd – RIP Alex Chilton.
Titus Andronicus – …And Ever – The Monitor – N

Double Dagger – Imitation Is The Most Boring Form Of Flattery – Masks – N
Mahmoud Ahmed – Aynotche Terabu – Ethiopiques 1 – C
TFT – Age Of Consent – Teen Beat No. 1 Record Label – N – C – New Order cover.
The Cramps – What’s Behind The Mask – Songs The Lord Taught Us – RIP Alex Chilton.
Soli – Negar – Pomegranates – N – C – “Persian pop, funk, folk & psych of the 60s and 70s.”
Big Star – Mod Lang – Radio City – RIP Alex Chilton.
Minutes – I Was 19, You Were 20 – 7″

Naked Raygun – Mein Iron Maiden – 7″ – New!
The Mebusas – Return-Pada – Blood Brothers – N
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) – …commemorates the life of Alex Chilton – U.S. House of Representatives – RIP Alex Chilton.
Alex Chilton – Take Me Home & Make Me Like It – Bach’s Bottom – RIP Alex Chilton.
Mi Ami – Harmonics (Genius Of Love) – Steal Your Face – N
Joel RL Phelps – Have You Seen – Basement Demos 1995
Comsat Angels – Lost Continent – Chasing Shadows
Notekillers – Papers – Cdr – N

Big Star – Nightime – 3rd – R – RIP Alex Chilton.
Eluvium – Cease To Know – Similes – N
The Sound Stylistics – The Players Theme – Play Deep Funk
Humphreys & Keen – La Vie! – The Overflow – Members of Able Tasmans.
Love Is All – Repetition – Two Thousand And Ten Injuries – N
Ed’s Redeeming Qualities – Lawn Dart – 7″ – R – Long delayed.
Nothing People – Remember How Cold It Was (part one) – Soft Crash – N

Seam – Petty Thievery – Are You Driving Me Crazy? – R
New York Art Quintet – Rosmosis – Old Stuff – N – 1965.
Excepter – Knock Knock – Alternation
The Silence Kit – Let There Be No Hurt – Dislocations – N
Alex Chilton – Bangkok – Alex Chilton’s Lost Decade – RIP Alex Chilton.