1/3/07 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET
“Best of 2006″ – My favorite releases from the past year.
The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel
Adam Arcuragi – 1981 – S/T
Uzeda – Steam, Rain & Other Stuff – Stella – N
Wire – Heartbeat – Chairs Missing – 1978, reissued.
Oakley Hall – Volume Rambler – Second Guessing – One of two records this band released last year.
Comets On Fire – Sour Smoke – Avatar – N
Armalite – Unfinished Business – S/T – Members of Atom & His Package, Amateur Party, Paint It Black and Kid Dynamite.
Bottomless Pit – Human Out Of Me – S/T – N – www.bottomlesspit.us
Black Time – Shadows – Blackout
Jennifer O’Connor – Turn It Down – Over The Mountain, Across The Valley & Back To The Stars – N
Cold Crush Brothers – Weekend – Big Apple Rappin’ – C – “The Early Days Of Hip-Hop Culture In New York City 1979-1982.”
Parts & Labor – Drastic Measures – Stay Afraid
Home Blitz – Stupid Street – 45 – N
The Soft Drugs – Defending The Paint – In Moderation – N
Rejects – Technique Street – Messthetics Greatest Hits – C – “The Sounds Of DIY 1977-80.”
Battleship – Pressure Pressure – S/T
Oneida – Thank Your Parents – Happy New Year
Espers – Moon Occults The Sun – Espers II
Man Man – Tunneling Through The Guy – Six Demon Bag
The Thermals – Power Doesn’t Run On Nothing – The Body The Blood The Machine – N – Not a great record, but a great song.
LaVice & Company – Thoughs Were The Days – Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal – C – N
Eleventh Dream Day – Dissolution – Zeroes & Ones
Mission Of Burma – Man In Decline – The Obliterati
Mammatus – Dragon Of The Deep Part One – S/T
The Evens – No Money – Get Evens – N
Mountain High – Catholic Cookie Cutters – 45
Dead Moon – 40 Miles Of Bad Road – Echoes Of The Past – N – Retrospective.
Fannie & The Varcells – Inside Of Me – Philly Soul Girls – C
Fucked Up – Two Snakes – Hidden World – N
Solar Anus – Enemy Disappear – Skull Alcoholic – N
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Mose Giganticus – “My Machine” – The Invisible Hand
The Hogan Fam – “Bakers Dozen” – Karma Response Unit Presents…
Steve Yutzy-Burkey – “Emily, I Know You Can’t Hang On” – Town & Country (C)
Interpretations – “Trippin'” – MFSB (C)
Shout Magic – “Branch Davidians” – S/T
Narthex – “Tab A – Slot B” – Twin Cities
Gang – “Navigator” – Guess What You’ll Find…
D.B.L.I.T.Y. – “Just One Night” – A Hard Daze
Thunder Kids – “Chinese Ballet” – Liberation Love Tribe Of The Spider-Haunted Worlds
Phil Moore Browne – “Brazilian Panties” – Motel Moore
Sympathizers – “American Tourister” – Dread At The Control
Northern Valentine – “Holding Us Together” – 4 Songs
Victor Victor Band – “Do” – S/T
Chromelodeon – “One” – Thrilladelphia 3
The Tights – “T.W.O. For Me” – Sweet Sunday
Zelda Pinwheel – “For Safe Keeping Warm Is Diamond Years In Retrospect” – For Safekeeping Warm
Merry Christmas.
Here’s the 19th Annual 24-Hour Christmas Show playlist. Please let me know if there are any edits/typos I might have made in my sleep-free state. Happy Holidays!
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The Local Support Holiday Spectacular, eighty minutes of Christmas music from a wide variety of area acts. New episodes of “Local Support” come your way every two weeks and this program is free to download. Subscribe here. This program is brought to you by Philadelphia City Paper.
Atom & His Package – “What WE Do On Christmas” – The My Pal God Holiday Record (C)
The Bigger Lovers – “For Christ’s Sake” – This Affair Never Happened…
The Young Werewolves – “Werewolf Wonderland” – mp3
King God – “Synthetic Christmas” – mp3
The Lucys – There’s A Dog In That Snowman” – Happy Holidays From Miner Street (C)
The Ray Gradys – “Run Run Rudolph” – Christmas On South Street
Zen Guerrilla – “Little Drummer Boy” – Rainbow Covers The Holidays (C)
Johnny & The High Keys – “The Christmas Game” – Absolutely Allentown (C)
Nate Ruth – “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight)” – Cdr
The Baird Sisters – “Snow” – mp3
Lenola – “Yule Log” – Happy Holidays From Miner Street (C)
Good For Nothing – “Oh Holy Night” – Cdr
Adam Arcuragi – “The Christmas Song” – S/T
Caterpillar – “Winter’s Come” – 45
Eltro – “The Color Of Snow” – Happy Holidays From Miner Street (C)
Conor Meara – “Elvis’ Organ” – mp3
Bullette & Hangnail Phillips – “The Finest Gifts” – mp3
Walleye – “Deck The Halls” – Rainbow Covers The Holidays (C)
Swearing At Motorists – “Inadvertent Christmas Song” – Number Seven Uptown
The Marinernine – “The First Noel” – Happy Holidays From Miner Street (C)
Chiaki – “Empty Christmas” – Cdr
Panda Riot – “The Jesus Demeanor” – Cdr
Los Hombres Mas Mucho Del Mundo Rock – “Jingle Bells” – Rainbow Covers The Holidays (C)
12/13/06 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET
The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel
The Goblins – (The Police Are) Just Doing Their Jobs – Goblin Pride
Silent City – Barely Fisticuffs – S/T – N – With Richard Lloyd.
Phleg Camp – Besides…Why It Tastes Fine – Ya’red Fair Scratch – Canadian.
Hidden Cost – Bo Did It (Long Version) – MFSB – C – N – 1973.
Painted Faces – Don’t Say She’s Gone – Anxious Color
Fine Day – Soot – 45 – R
Red Max – King Of Sex – We Will Bury You – N – Killdozer tribute record.
Love Is All – Busy Doing Nothing – Busy Doing Nothing – N
Rhythm Of Black Lines – Jeep Jackson – Set A Summery Table
P.A.F. – You Know – Fingerprints, Medicine – N
The Philadelphians – Coming Home To You – The Best Of Melron Records – C – “The early Philly sound.”
Polvo – When Will You Die For The Last Time In My Dreams – Exploded Drawing
Scrawl – Major/Minor – He’s Drunk
The Sky Drops – Live on WPRB – 20:37 – www.theskydrops.com
Dead Moon – A Fix On You – Echoes Of The Past – N – Sadly, they’re breaking up.
Greg Weeks – The Pale Shade – Fire In The Arms Of The Sun
Frick The Cat w/ Mark Dagley – El Gato – 45 – N – A man. A cat. A record.
Sedia – Mabuse – S/T
Modulations – This Old World Is Going Down – Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal – C – N
Von – Wedding Dirge – S/T
The Softs – The Poison Tree – S/T – Members of Rodan & For Carnation.
Lee, Jae Won – Whacks On/Whacks Off – The Black Ropes – R – N
Blue Cheer – Second Time Around – Vincebus Eruptus
Cynthia G. Mason – Quit While You’re Misled – Quitter’s Claim – N
The Original Sins – Get You There – Skeletons In The Garage – R
Dead Meadow – Sleepy Silver Door – S/T – N – Reissue of a 1999 album.
The Law – What Did Santa Claus Bring You For Christmas – The My Pal God Holiday Record – See you on Christmas Eve!
Frank Wright – Unity Part I – Unity – N – June 1974.
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Live performance #145 – TK Webb.
Engineered 12/12/06.
O Baby No/The Spade/The Desert/Sunday Nite/You Got Faded/Classy/Which Witch
33:46
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Live performance #144 – The Sky Drops.
Engineered 12/5/06.
Green To Red/The Go Go Go/You Don’t Crawl/Long Way/Stonewhite
20:39
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11/29/06 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET
The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel
The Dirtbombs – Stuck In Thee Garage – Dangerous Magical Noise
DK3 – Monte’s Casino – Neutrons
Mustafa Ozkent – Dolana – Genclik Ile Elele – N
The Crust Brothers – Spanish Harlem Incident – Chokes! – Bob Dylan cover.
Glenn Branca – 6th Movement – Symphony #5 – 1984.
Zuhura Swaleh & Mombasa Party – Tweta – The Rough Guide To The Music Of Kenya – C
Johnny Casino’s Easy Action – Treatin Me Kind – S/T – N
The Vulvettes – Same Dark Clothes – This Is The Science We Believe In
Gang – Dance This Mess Around – Guess What You’ll Find… – N – B-52s cover.
DM Bob & The Deficits – Two Headed Woman – Bush Hog’n Man
Primordial Undermind – Blinding Stars – Loss Of Affect – N
Electroputas – Kaptain Crazy Of The Crazy Crazy Game – 3
Big Nurse – Hey Hey – 7″ – Still great.
Black Taj – Live on WPRB – 30:08 – www.myspace.com/blacktajrock
Suicide – Harlem – Martin Rev – R
The Alarm Clocks – Nobody But You – The Time Has Come – N
Alter Boys – Piles – 45
The Psychic Paramount – Microphone II – Origins & Primitives vol. 1&2 – N
Willie Welch’s Band Feat. Sharron Ellis – What’s Ever Fair – Rare Funk Uncut – C
The Ladybug Transistor – Everybody’s Missing The Sun – Here Comes The Rain – N – Grin cover.
Unsane – Concrete Bed – Singles 89-92
The Sky Drops – The Go Go Go – Clouds Of People – N – Live on this radio show in two weeks.
The Tower Recordings – Harvester – The Galaxies’ Incredibly Sensual Transmission Field Of…
The Shot Heard Round The World – Harvest Bread – Ten Songs For Town & Country – N
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 – 23 Kings Crossing – The Funeral Pudding
Barzin – Acoustic Guitar Phrase – My Life In Rooms – N
Phil Moore Browne – Brazillian Panties – Motel Moore
French Toast – Fork In The Road – Ingleside Terrace – N
Slumber Party – Madeupmind – Musik – R – N
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The Local Support Year In Review, looking back on my favorite bands, records and songs released in 2006 by Delaware Valley artists. Hit after hit. New episodes of “Local Support” come your way every two weeks and this program is free to download. Subscribe here. This program is brought to you by Philadelphia City Paper.
King Kong Ding Dong – “Heya” – S/T
Kenneth Masters & Cramske – “Pop!aganda” – The Urban Legend Complex
Man Man – “Engwish Bwudd” – Six Demon Bag
Sherwoods – “(Broken Hearts Are) Cheaper By The Dozen” – Philly Soul Girls (C)
Armalite – “I Am A Pancreas (I Seek To Understand Me…)” – S/T
National Eye – “Invisible Raincoat” – Roomful Of Lions
Yah Mos Def – “Yah Mos Def Is A Gang” – 12″
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – “The Best Summer Ever” – The Sunniest Day Ever
Mountain High – “Co-op Schmo-op” – 45
Home Blitz – “Stupid Street” – Live Outside
Adam Arcuragi – “1981” – S/T
Handsome & Krash – “Sandwich” – The Hambone Sessions
Espers – “Children Of Stone” – II
Gang – “Rat Poison” – Guess What You’ll Find…
Danielson – “Did I Step On Your Trumpet” – Ships
Bardo Pond – “FCII” – Ticket Crystals
