Supplemental Reading.

Wednesday, June 30th, 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 to graffiti artist and masked hip hop icon Rammellzee.

Saxaphonist Fred Anderson passed away last week at the age of 81. Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune reports on overflow crowd for the funeral.

Will you be heading to Las Vegas for the Matador Records 21st birthday celebration?

Download all five 1980 “The Empire Strikes Back” hotline recordings here.

6/30/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Misfits – Hybrid Moments – Legacy Of Brutality – For ABS & LCS.
Tartufi – Hole Or Space – Nests Of Waves & Wire – N
Rammellzee – Quack – Bi-Conicals Of The Rammellzee – RIP.
Easter Monkeys – 14th Floor – Splendor Or Sorrow – N – One of 2010′s best reissues.
The Fred Anderson Quartet – Birdhouse – Birdhouse – RIP.
Orthrelm – Redun 1-3 – S/T – N
Digital Dinosaurs – Eyes Front – Extinction: 1979-82

The Ruffed Grouses – USA Belongs To Me – American Terrace Anthems – Take that, Cock Sparrer!
Emma Tricca – Cobblestone Street – Minor White – N
Rammellzee vs. K.Rob – Beat Bop – New York Noise – C – RIP.
Clyde & The Nightswingers – The Enormous Midnight – 45 – N – 1967.
Fred Anderson – On The Run – On The Run: Live At The Velvet Lounge – RIP.
Go-Go’s – Skidmarks On My Heart – Beauty And The Beat
Worn In Red – When People Have Something To Say – In The Offing – N

We Are Scientists – Goal! England – mp3 – World Cup fever.
Pell Mell – New Saigon – Rhyming Guitars – R
C-3PO / Darth Vader / Han Solo / Luke Skywalker / Princess Leia – 1980 Phone Messages – The Empire Strikes Back
Mount Carmel – Hear Me Callin – S/T – N
Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake – Leap Forward – Back Together Again – RIP.
The Christmas – Hand – Vortex
Boston Spaceships – You Satisfy Me – Brown Submarine

Crom – The Usurper – The Cocaine Wars 1974-1989
Marilyn Crispell/Fred Anderson/Hamid Drake – Destiny 1 – Destiny – RIP.

Supplemental Reading.

Wednesday, June 23rd, 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.

Read this powerful piece from the Kansas City Star about the late Manute Bol, then download a song about the lanky center from Wizznutzz.

You can find my friend Will’s incredible simultaneous play of Codeine and the Bulgarian State Television Female Choir here.

Gang opened up for Lil’ Kim in Baltimore. The Couch Sessions and True Genius Requires Insanity were on the scene.

6/23/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Electrelane – The Greater Times – No Shouts No Calls – Actual chills.
Snack Truck – Grave-Thorn – Spacial Findings 1-7 – N
Public Enemy – Timebomb – Yo! Bum Rush The Show
Michael & The Mumbles – I Need Her – S/T – N – 1966.
The Bats – Valley Floor – Silverbeet
Harlem – Spray Paint – Hippies – N
The Fall – Theme From Sparta F.C. – Country On The Click

J.D. Buhl & The Believers – Kiss & Tell – Teenline no. 107 – C – Oakland 1982.
Kenn Kweder – Ballad Of Maute Bol – Kwederology Volume 2 – RIP, big man.
For Against – The Tenebrists – Never Been – N
Gang – The Stranger – mp3
Carlton Melton – Call & Response – Split Lp with Empty Shapes – N
Codeine + Voix Bulgares – D Bulgare – Effluvium – Played at the same time by my friend Will.
The Wellis Band – Bindiga – Ghana Special – C
Audible – Five Pirates – Weekend – Happy anniversary, Mike & Kris.

Mclusky – The Gift Of Slight – She Will Only Bring You Happiness – R
Nina Nastasia – You’re A Holy Man – Outlaster – N
Zombi – Legacy – Surface To Air
Shoes – Side A – Eccentric Breaks & Beats – N
Barcelona – Kasey Keller – Zero One Infinity – What twee group will be the first to honor Tim Howard in song?
Anodyne – Philosophy Of Failure – Lifetime Of Gray Skies

Young Livers – Of Misery & Toil – Of Misery & Toil – N
Fauz’t – Wurstsalat I – From The Frozen South – Members of Faust & Z’ev.
Mogwai – Time And A Half – Zidane – R
Marc Edwards / Weasel Walter Group – Red Stream – Blood Of The Earth – N

Supplemental Reading.

Wednesday, June 16th, 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.

In celebration of the World Cup, three videos:

RIP trumpeter Bill Dixon.

Get well soon Fred Anderson, who suffered cardiac arrest on Monday morning.

6/16/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Coliseum – Punk/Money – House With A Curse – N
Air Miami – World Cup Fever – Me, Me, Me – R
Damien Jurado – Beacon Hill – Saint Bartlett – N
Mariachi El Bronx – I Would Die 4 U – Purplish Rain – C – Prince cover.
Naked On The Vague – These Days – Heaps Of Nothing – N
Pisces – Like A Hole In The Wall Where The Rat Lives – A Lovely Sight – 1967.
Great Plains – Letter To A Fanzine – Length Of Growth – Why do punk rock guys go out with new wave girls?

Naked Raygun – Growing Away – 7″
Amy Annelle – Miss It More Than You Know How – The Cimarron Banks – N
Mark E. Smith & Shuttleworth – England’s Heartbeat – mp3
Trans Am – Heaven’s Gate – Thing – N
The Undertones – My Perfect Cousin – Hypnotised – R
Ron House – Twenty Or Thirty People – Blind Boy In The Backseat – N – Moses Carryout recording.
Baroness – The Gnashing – Blue Record

The Wedding Present – Something And Nothing – George Best – R
Fred Anderson – Fougeux – Back At The Velvet Lounge – In poor health. Get well soon, Fred!
Zelienople – Can’t Stop – Give It Up – N
Colourbox – Official Colourbox World Cup Theme – mp3
Yo La Tengo – Here To Fall (De La Soul remix) – Here To Fall Remixes – N
Cinderella Backstreet – White Light/White Heat – Cinderella Backstreet’s Last Show 8/73 – With Peter Laughner.
The Minutemen – June 16 – Double Nickles On The Dime – Happy Bloomsday.

The Bill Dixon Orchestra – Sinoplia – 17 Musicians In Search Of A Sound: Darfur – RIP Bill Dixon.
Allo Darlin’ – The Polaroid Song – S/T
Upsilon Acrux – Transparent Seas (Radio Edit) – Radian Futura – N

Live performance #212 – Tender Trap.

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

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Tender Trap web site

Dansette Dansette / Fireworks / Girls With Guns / Talking Backwards / Do You Want A Boyfriend?

6/2/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

This Moment In Black History – About Last Night – Public Square – N
T.O. Jazz – Osaman Ba – Ghana Special – C – Bonus Lp-only track.
Screaming Females – Zoo Of Death – Singles – N
Death – Keep On Knocking – For The Whole World To See – R
Dragon Turtle – Hourglass – Almanac – N
The Micronotz – Feels Like – Smash! – R
The Cute Lepers – Dirty Baby – Smart Accessories – N

Dynamic Truths – I’ve Got Your Psychic Friend – Understanding Is Overrated – N – Members of Coral and Fudge! Woah.
The Dead Texan – The Struggle – S/T – Adam Wiltzie from Stars of the Lid.
Shortstack – Lamborghini Nights – Please Leave My Mind – N
Los Roller – Un Consejo – Absolute Belter – C
Yellow Swans – Opt Out – Going Places – N – Mixed with…
Barry J. Schiff – Side 1 – On Course, On The Glide Path…
Mono Men – Hate Your Way – Have A Nice Day, Motherfucker

Tender Trap – Live on WPRB – 16:13 – http://www.myspace.com/tendertrap

Team Dresch – Freewheel – Personal Best – R
Om – Thebes – God Is Good
Noun – Outerspace – Holy Hell – N
X_X – Untitled – 7″
Mutants – New Dark Ages – Fun Terminal
Zia – Heleyos – Pomegranates – C
My Life In Rain – Zero Tolerance – Slowburn

Mouserocket – I’m Just Blushing – S/T – Alicja Trout of Lost Sounds.
Ken Camden – New Space – Lethargy & Repercussion – N
New Bad Things – Josh Has A Crush On A Femme From Reed – Freewheel!
Ame Son – Je Veux Justre Dire – The BYG Deal – N – C
Richard DeVos – Selling America – Selling America – Mixed with…
Various Artists – N/A – RRR 500 – C
Led Bib – Zone 4 – Sensible Shoes – N