Supplemental Reading.

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

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 Cotton Candy record on Teen Beat makes no sense, but watch the above commercial for it anyway.

Matablog has a preview for the new Ted Leo album.

Whatever happened to the members of Life Without Buildings?

Rob Warmowski transcribed a 1989 interview with Iain Burgess.

The web site of the very nice bodybuilder who called tonight’s show.

2/24/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Constantines – Love In Fear – Tournament Of Hearts
Cotton Candy – Hot Wieners (All The Way) – Top-Notch & First-Rate – N – This record makes no sense.
Evergreen – Klark Kent – S/T
Strapping Fieldhands – Arrogant Flower – Discus – N – Reissue.
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – The Mighty Sparrow – The Brutalist Bricks – Forthcoming.
Linear Movement – Way Out Of Living – Minimal Wave Tapes Vol. 1 – N – C
Fishsticks – Suck City – Cry Now, Cry Later Volumes 1 & 2 – C

Bloodsport – Rhymes Of Reason – I Am The Game – RIP Iain Burgess.
Quasi – Little White Horse – American Gong – N
So Cow – International Waters – Meaningless Friendly – Forthcoming.
The Champagne Socialists – Blue Genes – 45 – Ex-The Royal We & Bricolage.
Jason Willett – Late Night Moisturizer – Split 45 with Jason Urick – N
Life Without Buildings – PS Exclusive – Any Other City
The Stuffies – No One’s Gonna Miss You – Casual Victim Pile – N – C

Keelhaul – Pass The Lampshade – Kellhaul’s Triumphant Return To Obscurity
Wadada Leo Smith – Umar At The Dome Of The Rock, Parts 1 &2 – Spiritual Dimensions – N
Moe Tucker – Hey Mersh! – Hey Mersh!
The Verlaines – Driftwood – Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox
Creedle – Kundalini Oh! – Silent Weapons For Quiet Wars
Measles Mumps Rubella – Hollow Bodies – Fantastic Success
Religious As Fuck – Cher’s Son Part II – Fest 8 – N – C

Creeps On Candy – Life War – Wonders Of Giardia
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Nightime Rainbows – Nightime Rainbows – N
Marble Sheep – From The Centre – Message From Oarfish
Sic Alps – Superlungs My Supergirl – 45 – Donovan cover.
Maximo Rodriguez y Las Estrellas Panamenos – Chevere Que Chevere – Panama! 3 – N – C
Nervous Sex – An Intolerable Lightness Of Unbeing – Split 12″ with Drums Like Machine Guns
Medications – Safe & Sorry – S/T

Charles Mingus – Better Git It In Your Soul (Alt Tk) – Mingus Ah Um – Legacy Edition – N
The Tinklers – Hank Greenberg & Jackie Robinson – Crash
Versus – Eskimo – Hurrah – R

Supplemental Reading.

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

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 Iain Burgess, engineer extraordinaire.

Burgess died February 11th from a pulmonary embolism.

The Power Of Independent Trucking has a memorial and a mix to download of songs Burgess recorded.

On the Electrical Audio message board, Steve Albini remembers his friend fondly.

The Chicago Sun Times and Chicago Reader have published obituaries.

Burgess had a spare web site with pictures of the studio he built in France, Black Box.

On Facebook there is a page where you can pay your respects.

2/17/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Bhopal Stiffs – Bottle It Up – (1985-1989) – RIP Iain Burgess.
Title Tracks – Every Little Bit Hurts – It Was Easy – N – Ex-Q & Not U.
Uzeda – Sleep Deeper – 4 – RIP Iain Burgess.
Kink Gong – Vous Ecoutez De La Musique? – Electronic World – N
Jack Rose – Blues For Percy Danforth – Luck In The Valley – N
Tar – Jurbo – Roundhouse – RIP Iain Burgess.

Jawbox – Cutoff – Novelty – RIP Iain Burgess.
K. Frimpong & His Cubanos Fiestas – Kyenkyen Bi Adi M’Awu – Ghana Special – N – C
Poster Children – Modern Art – Flower Power – RIP Iain Burgess.
Dangerbird – No Hope On Hope Street – Homestead – N
The Defoliants – The End – Hog Butcher For The World – C – RIP Iain Burgess.
Johann Johannsson – IBM 1403 Printer – IBM 1401, A User’s Manual
Pegboy – Strong Reaction – Strong Reaction – N – RIP Iain Burgess.

Naked Raygun – I Remember – All Rise – RIP Iain Burgess.
18th Dye – Dive – Done – RIP Iain Burgess.
The Distant Seconds – Akron Bureau – Casual Victim Pile – N – C
Nina Nastasia – While We Talk – Run To Ruin – RIP Iain Burgess.
AFCGT – Legged Dog – S/T – N – A-Frames & Climax Golden Twins!
Rifle Sport – Complex – 12″ – RIP Iain Burgess.
Get Smart! – Gold To Rust – Swimming With Sharks – R – RIP Iain Burgess.

The Effigies – Bright Ice – Fly On A Wire – RIP Iain Burgess.
God’s Acre – 7 Things To Do On Speed – Ten Gospel Greats – RIP Iain Burgess.
Retribution Gospel Choir – Poor Man’s Daughter – 2 – N
Cows – The Woman Inside – Cunning Stunts – RIP Iain Burgess.
Breaking Circus – Song Of The South – The Ice Machine – RIP Iain Burgess.
Hulk Smash – 21st Century Schizoid Man – The Mynah Bird, The Mockingbird & The Magpie – N
Big Black – Cables – Bulldozer – RIP Iain Burgess.

Rapeman – Dutch Courage – Budd – RIP Iain Burgess.
Leatherface – Box Jellyfish – Horsebox – R
Maserati – A Border Dispute… – 37.29:24
Naked Raygun – Managua – Throb Throb – R – RIP Iain Burgess.

Supplemental Reading.

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

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.

Detention have reunited and they’re playing at The Record Collector in Bordentown with Vision on May 1st! Watch a “reunion trailer” above.

Also back together, according to a member who called in on his way to practice, Bound Brook’s own Cyanamid!

The Village Voice has a compelling interview with Andre Williams.

The Sentence Diagrams single ain’t easy to find but you can mailorder it here.

2/3/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Fucked Up – Dangerous Fumes – Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2009 – N
Damien Jurado – Wedding Cake – Waters Ave. S.
3Ds – First Church – Fish Tales/Swarthy Songs For Swabs
Land Of Kush – Iceland Spar – Against The Day – N
Detention – Too Noisy/El Salvador – Live In New Jersey, 1983 – Playing The Record Collector on May 1st!
Vis a Vis – Obi Agye Me Dofo – Ghana Special – N – C
Verbal Assault – Personal Edge – The Masses & Learn

Polysics – Bero Bero – Absolute Polysics – N
Arthur Russell – That’s Us / Wild Combination – Calling Out Of Context – R
The Wynona Riders – Drownded – J.D. Salinger – RIP.
Beastie Boys – Shadrach – Paul’s Boutique
Ergo – Vessel – Multitude, Solitude – N
Andre Williams – Only Black Man In South Dakota – Silky
Tre Orsi – The Engineer – Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010 – N – C

The VSS – Silt, etc. – 21:51
Tickley Feather – Trashy Boys – Hors D’Oeuvres – N
Alemayehu Eshete – Tedesteshal Wey? – Ethiopiques 9 – C
The Terminals – Quicksand – Little Things – N – Reissue.
Paper Masques – On Front Street Walk – Tell The Ghosts It’s Suppertime
VXPXC – Forget My Name – Porchmass
The German Measles – What Are You Going To Do – Wild – N

Unnatural Helpers – Death Door Knock – S/T
Lettuce Prey – Red Dress Of Power – On The Cessation Of The Charismata – R
Little Francisco Greaves – Moving-Grooving – Panama! 3 – N – C
Leviathan – It Comes In Whispers – Verrater
Follow That Bird – In The Trees – Cdr – N
Gemini Wolf – Sudseyfuss – Synchronized Eyes – Local.
Sentence Diagrams – Always Try Your Best At Stuff – 7″

So Cow – Laundry Service – So Cow In The Sitting Room – N – Local Living Guy cover.
Wee – Put It In Real Good – You Can Fly On My Aeroplane
The Black Drumset – A Dangerous Drive – S/T – N
Young Canadians – Automan – No Escape