Jon Solomon : WPRB DJ

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.

I was a guest on the latest episode of the Used Wigs podcast. A great “cultural roundtable,” and I don’t think I embarrassed myself too badly while talking about WPRB, comedy records, professional wrestling and many other disparate topics. Please download and let me know what you think.

Funkadelphia is the great label that put out “The Philly Sound You Never Heard Volume Two” and other excellent collections of lost local soul.

Download the new Gang ep “The Electronic” for free!

Did you know that former Born Against drummer Brooks Headley is now the head pastry chef at Del Posto?

Sailing Records is where you can find the Ben Lorber Cdr as well as many other limited edition hand-made releases.

I mentioned it last time out, but since I pulled a song from it for this week’s show as well – Beyond Failure has downloads of the entire Martians discography.

The great musician Chris Knox (Toy Love, Tall Dwarfs, The Enemy) was named a New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate. You can buy the tribute record “Stroke,” proceeds from which go to Knox’s mounting medical bills after his stroke in June, here.

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11/25/09 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Home Blitz – Two Steps – Out Of Phase
Claudine Clark – Do You Do Loving – The Philly Sound You Never Heard Vol. 2 – N – C
Savage Republic – The Birds Of Pork – Customs
The Black Hollies – Run With Me Run – Softly Towards The Light – N
Gang – Why Can’t You Just Be – The Electronic – Download at http://www.myspace.com/xgangx.
Jad Fair & Naofumi Ishimaru – Dead Man – Half Monster
North Lincoln – My Summer Spent Indoors – Midwestern Blood – N

Lightning Bolt – Funny Farm – Earthly Delights – N
Bill Laswell – Zen’s Theme – Crooked: The Original Score – C
Tijuana Panthers – Red Headed Girl – The Golden Hour Box Set – N
Polvo – D.D. (S.R.) – Shapes
The King Khan & BBQ Show – Animal Party – Invisible Girl – N
Fela – Sorrow Tears & Blood – The Best Of The Black President
Bullet Lavolta – Mother Messiah/Birth Of Death – The Gun Didn’t Know I Was Loaded – Happy 50th birthday, Corey “Loog” Brennan.

Stolen Power – Little White Lies – Messthetics #107 – N – C – 1981.
The Evens – Mt. Pleasant Isn’t – S/T
The Mountain Goats – Psalms 40:2 – The Life Of The World To Come – N
The Shags – Breathe In My Ear – Don’t Press Your Luck: Garage & Psych Howlers From The Vaults Of Trod Nossel Studios ’66-’68 – C
Ben Lorber – From Afar – Etchings – N
Emperor Penguin – The Very Atractive Audio Engineer/The Cruise – Shatter The Illusion Of Integrity, Yeah
Born Against – Movin’ On Up – The Rebel Sound Of Shit & Failure – Drummer now head pastry chef at Del Posto!

The Martians – Bad Luck – mp3 – RIP Jerry Fuchs.
Cold Cave – The Trees Grew Emotions & Died – Love Comes Close – N
Chris Knox – Engaged – Yes! – Laureate Award winner!
Pants Yell! – Cold Hands – Received Pronounciation – N
Ahleuchatistas – Brilliant Danderkovs – Even In The Midst…
The Woolen Men – Land Of Laughs – Pavilion – N
The Chosen Few – T.A.L.O.I.G.A. – Root & A Beer

Caterpillar – Opus – A 1,000 Million Micronauts – R
C. Spencer Yeh & Paul Flaherty – Untitled – New York Nuts & Boston Beans – N
Strand Of Oaks – New Paris – Leave Ruin
Crunt – Black Heart – S/T
The Mealworms – Cod’ine – Radio Cabinet Rabbit Hutch – Buffy St. Marie tune.
Clues – Ledmonton – S/T – N
Wreck’n Crew – Give’em A Fight – Hyped To Death #4 – C – 1980.

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(more) 2009 Membership Drive performances.

In addition to the nine live sets I engineered for my “opening ceremonies” program during the 2009 WPRB Membership Drive, there were a bunch of performances I recorded for other fine WPRB shows.

Since I’m not on the air this week (a basketball game will preempt my program), I’ve archived these miscellaneous sessions for your enjoyment.

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Live performance #209 – Blues Control:

Live performance #208 – Niagara Falls:

Live performance #207 – Sian Alice Group:

Live performance #206 – Pierced Arrows:

Recorded for “Clean Yr Room.”

Live performance #205 – Kurt Vile:

Recorded for “Clean Yr Room.“

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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.

Jerry Fuchs 1974-2009

Beyond Failure has downloads of the entire Martians discography and the lone Koncak album.

Nuci’s Space is a non-profit health and music resource center created after the suicide of Koncak member Nuci Phillips.

Henry Owings at Chunklet remembers his friend Jerry Fuchs.

Here’s an obituary from the New York Times.

Former Vineland drummer Dave McGurgan wrote an appreciation of Fuchs’ skills.

Andrew Beaujon at Washington City Paper shares some photos, links and stories about Jerry Fuchs.

Here’s a Facebook invitation to Thursday night’s memorial at Enid’s in Brooklyn. There will also be a memorial on Tuesday 11/17 at St. Anns Catholic Church in Marietta, Georgia.

Fuchs playing with MSTRKRFT and John Legend on Late Show with David Letterman.

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11/11/09 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Space Cookie – Rina – Your Cd Collection Still Sucks – RIP Jerry Fuchs.
Bette Renee & The Thrillettes – Your Kinda Love – The Philly Sound You Never Heard Vol. 2 – N – C
Turing Machine – Bitte, Baby, Bitte – Zwei – RIP Jerry Fuchs.
Occult Chemistry – Occult Chemistry – Messthetics #107 – N – C – London, 1980.
The Martians – Pawn Shop – Low Budget Stunt King – RIP Jerry Fuchs.
Curtis Harvey – Borrowed Time – Box Of Stones – N
Knife Skills – Burn & Race – Ep – RIP Jerry Fuchs.

The Dickies – Manny, Moe & Jack – Great Dictations – R
Maserati – Inventions – Inventions For The New Season – RIP Jerry Fuchs.
Buzzer – Teacher’s Pet – 45 – N
The Juan MacLean – Shining Skinned Friend – Less Than Human – RIP Jerry Fuchs.
Hot Guts – Did You Not Go To The Dance Alone? – 7″ – N – Local.
!!! – Get Up – Take Ecstasy With Me – RIP Jerry Fuchs.
The Gears – Don’t Be Afraid To Pogo – Rockin’ At Ground Zero – N

Dog Faced Hermans – Hear The Dogs – Bump & Swing – Live.
Koncak – Organ Grinder – Only When The Right Side Glows – RIP Jerry Fuchs.
Do May Say Think – Make – Other Truths – N
Panthers – Legally Tender – Things Are Strange – RIP Jerry Fuchs.
OOIOO – O O I A H – Armonico Hewa – N
Neu! – Hallogallo – S/T – R
Vineland – Obsidian – 7″ – RIP Jerry Fuchs.

The D.I.s – Mohawk vs. DA – Rare Cuts! – N – 1983. Produced by Billy Zoom.
Turing Machine – (Got My) Rock Pants On – A New Machine For Living – RIP Jerry Fuchs.
Gianmarco Cilli – Hungry Heart – mp3 – Bruce Springsteen cover.
Javelin – Soda Popinski – 12″ – N
Maserati – Monoliths – Passages – RIP Jerry Fuchs.
Sun City Girls – Circus Haddam – Valentines From Matahari
Space Cookie – Grease – Your Cd Collection Still Sucks – RIP Jerry Fuchs.

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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.

The New York Times obituary for actor Lou Jacobi (pictured above).

The bizarre Chuck Biscuits death hoax began with an article on this site.

As promised, here’s video of last night’s guest Andy Kindler at Yankees spring training.

You can make a donation to help cover medical costs for Riverboat Gamblers guitar player Ian Mcdougall, who was hit by a car last month.

Here’s a link to pick up both Spoke compact discs for $2.00 each!

Download REAL COOL TIME: 32 Years of Live Feelies Covers as soon as humanly possible.

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Interview: Andy Kindler

Andy Kindler interview

This is an interview from the November 4th, 2009 show with comedian Andy Kindler.

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11/4/09 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Bomb – The Kids – Speed Is Everything – N – Jeff Pezzati from Naked Raygun’s other band.
Boogie Down Productions – Jack Of Spades – Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Of Hip Hop
Felix – Death To Everyone But Us – You Are The One I Pick – N
Lou Jacobi & Betty Walker – Final Discussion – You Don’t Have To Be Jewish – C – RIP, Lou Jacobi.
Househearts – Path Of The Avalanche – Counting Fifty Problems + Extras – N – 1985.
New Fast Automatic Daffodils – Big (Instrumental) – Manchester – So Much To Answer For – C
Jelly Babies – Roller Skate – Messthetics #107 – N – C – D.I.Y. ’78-81 London III.

Chemicals Made From Dirt – Girls My Age – Ike – “World-class artwave from Long Island.”
Michael Yonkers with The Blind Shake – I Want To Tell You – S/T – N
The Phillies – Phillies Fever ’76 – mp3
Eddie Layton – Bring On The Yankees – mp3
Pastels / Tenniscoats – About You – Two Sunsets – N – Jesus & Mary Chain cover.
Lou Jacobi – The Kidnapping – When You’re In Love The Whole World Is Jewish – RIP Lou Jacobi.
DOA – The Prisoner – Bloodies But Unbowed – Chuck Biscuits = alive!

Andy Kindler – Interview – 30:56 – http://www.andykindler.com

The Riverboat Gamblers – Rattle Me Bones – Something To Crow About – http://helpian.tumblr.com
Rose Melberg – Moon Singer – Homemade Ship – N
Treepeople – Ballard Bitter – Just Kidding
Lou Jacobi & Cast – The Yiddish Are Coming, The Yiddish Are Coming – The Yiddish Are Coming, The Yiddish Are Coming – RIP Lou Jacobi.
Nervous Sex – Birth Crisis – Creep Sea – Local.
Pere Ubu – Act 2 Scene 1 – Bring Me The Head Of Ubu Roi – N – Radio play.
Spoke – Can’t Think Can’t Sleep – All We Need Of Hell

Blumfeld – Ich – wie es wirklich war – L’Etat Et Moi
Eat Your Birthday Cake – Peter Pan – I Know You Can – N – Local.
The Feelies – Fun To Be Happy – Real Cool Time: 32 Years Of Feelies Covers – Love Tractor song.
Lou Jacobi & Betty Walker – Cry For Help – You Don’t Have To Be Jewish – RIP Lou Jacobi.
White Rainbow – Major Spillage – New Clouds – N
Alemayehu Eshete – Tashamanaletch – Ethiopiques 13 – C
God & Texas – Amalgamator – History Volume One

Channel 3 – You Make Me Feel Cheap – To Whom It May Concern: The 1981 Demos
Darrell Banks – Don’t Know What To Do – 45 – N
Ed Hall – Bonus Track – Motherscratcher

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Andy Kindler joins me on Wednesday.

I’m excited to announce that one of my favorite comedians, Andy Kindler, will be stopping by the show on Wednesday, November 4th at 8:00 pm ET. We’ll be talking about his new DVD “I Wish I Was Bitter (sic),” among other topics.

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2009 Membership Drive performances.

At long last, all the sets from the opening ceremonies of the 2009 WPRB Membership Drive. Nine great performances. Thanks to all the bands for making this evening so awesome and thanks to Emily’s Cafe for all the delicious food. Special thanks to Brian McTear and Amy Morrissey from Miner Street for their help engineering the Danielson session.

Live performance #196 – Screaming Females:

Bell / I Believe In Evil / Sheep / Dinosaurs / Sour Grapes / Baby Jesus / Laura & Mary

Live performance #197 – Jennifer O’Connor:

I Hate You (Kim Fowley) / You Can’t Talk To The Dude (Jonathan Richman) / Saturday’s Girl (Human Switchboard) / Change Yr Life / Rockville (REM) / Back On The Chain Gang (Pretenders)

Live performance #198 – Danielson: