Supplemental Reading.


Trying something new. Here’s a batch of links/videos/items of interest based on things discussed during last night’s radio show. I’ve tried to post them in the order they were played on-air.

Bela Koe-Krompecher’s blog about Jerry Wick & Jenny Mae.

Danzig and Van Halen, sped up.

A gallery of Bruton Music library albums.

Human Switchboard member Bob Pfeifer has been both the president of Hollywood Records and served time in prison for for illegal possession of explosives.

The Choo Choo La Rouge video for “Here Come The Guns”:

My guest host for the week, Greg L. has a radio show called “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly”.

Finally, Royal Trux stumbling through a series of station IDs:



Live performance #192 – Choo Choo La Rouge.


Engineered 8/18/09.

 

Choo Choo La Rouge web site

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9/2/09 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Gaunt – Now I Know Why – Sob Story – http://belakoekrompecher.wordpress.com
Jenny Mae – David’s Allergies – Don’t Wait Up For Me – See above link.
Brown Recluse – Contour & Context – The Soft Skin – N
Migala – El Caballo Del Malo – Arde
Hermit Thrushes – Ceci – Slight Fountain – N
Danzig – Mother (sped up) – mp3
Crash Course In Science – Cakes In The Home – Homework #105 – C – Philly, 1979.

The Outlets – Knock Me Down – Mass Ave. – C
Ben Reynolds – How Day Earnt Its Night – How Day Earnt Its Night – N
Bruton Music – Pedal On The Metal – Technocraft
Human Switchboard – (Say No To) Saturday’s Girl – Who’s Landing In My Hanger
Jandek – Whose Mister Is This – Portland Thursday – N – C
Naked Raygun – Managua – Throb Throb – Playing in this area Sept. 10-13. Wahoo!

Adam Arcuragi – People & Private Music – I Am Become Joy – Live next week on this radio show!
Bopchords – Castle In The Sky – The Golden Groups part 55 – C – The Best of Holiday Records.
Cyclones – Face To Face – Out In The Crowd
Not The 9 O’Clock News… – Confontation Song – S/T
The Starvations – This Is What You Wanted? – Get Well Soon

Choo Choo La Rouge – Live on WPRB – 17:33 – http://www.choochoolarouge.com

Ike Yard – Infra-ton – 1980-82 – Greg L. takes over the show at this point. – JS
The Units – History of the Units – The Early Years: 1977-1983 – Dirk Dirksen + Cannibals – N
The Spits – Wouldn’t Wanna Be Ya – The Spits (4) – N
Finally Punk – Manatee + Redneck Gout Club – Casual Goths – N
The Mice – Downtown – For Almost Ever
20/20 – Going Up with My Girl – 7″ – N

The Flesh Eaters – Digging My Grave – A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
Polvo – Dream Residue/Work – In Prism – N
Royal Trux – Love Is… – Singles, Live, Unreleased
Reigning Sound – If I Can’t Come Back – Love and Curses – N
Pissed Jeans – Request for Masseuse – King of Jeans – N
Bastro – I’ve Ben Brown – Rode Hard and Put Up Wet

Tavil-Nadasvaram Group – Ensemble – Music from South India
The New South – Sally Goodin – S/T



8/26/09 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Spits – Rip Up The Streets – S/T – N
X-Clan – Grand Verbalizer (clean) – mp3
Polvo – Dream Residue/Work – In Prism – N
The Daktaris – Voodoo Soul Stew – Soul Explosion
Finally Punk – Henry – Casual Goths – N
James Brown – Super Bad – Disco Rap – Sex Machine
The Units – Warm Moving Bodies – History Of The Units – N – “The Early Years: 1977-1983.”

Jay Reatard – Wounded – Watch Me Fall – N
The Novenas – Search Engine – S/T – Happy Birthday, Amy!
The Clean – All Those Notes – Mister Pop – N
Blatant Dissent – My Hands Are Tied – Hold The Fat – Recently reunited.
Pinhead Gunpowder – Find My Place – Kick Over The Traces – N – Greatest hits record.
Roxanne Shante – Wack Itt – In Control, Volume 1 – Dr. Shante, PHD!
Soul Side – Problems Faced When Traveling – Soon-Come-Happy

Eddy Current Suppression Ring – It’s All Square – S/T
BC Camplight – Your Daddy Is A Little Girl – mp3 – Download at weathervanemusic.org!
The Entrance Band – Grim Reaper Blues (Pt. 2) – S/T – N
Charlie Palmieri – Either You Have It Or You Don’t – El Bario: Gangsters, Latin Soul & The Birth Of Salsa 1967-75 – C
Suffacox – Snake River – mp3 – RIP Wayne Hamilton.
Jean Mpia – Tika Koseka – The World Is Shaking: Cubanismo From The Congo, 1954-55 – N – C
New Bomb Turks – So Long, Silver Lining – WFMU Presents: The Free Music Archive Sampler Vol. 1 – C

Tanks – March Of The Slugs – Homework #102 – C – San Francisco, 1981.
She Trinity – Climb That Tree – Destroy That Boy: More Girls With Guitars – N – C
Breather – Miami/Dank Ashes – Loves & Disloves
Miss Violetta Beauregarde – The Man Who Shot At The Squirrels (A Tribute To Glenn Benton) – Odi Profanum Vulgus Et Arceo
Run-D.M.C. – Hollis Queens – 12″
Girls – Hellhole Ratrace – 10 – N
Cub – It’s True – Betti-Cola

Brother J.T. & Vibrolux – Comet – Music For The Other Head – RIP Wayne Hamilton.
Naomi Shelton (featuring Cliff Driver) – Wind Your Clock – 45 – N
Steve Lacey – Let’s Call This – Reflections: Steve Lacey Plays Thelonious Monk
Stuart Dahlquist – New World Order Rising – Esopus Number Eleven: Advice – C



Live on WPRB in September!


I’ll be airing a new, exclusive live set every Wednesday in September leading up to the 2009 WPRB Membership Drive starting with a performance by Kiam recording artist Choo Choo La Rouge (pictured).

The full schedule is below. All sessions air around 8:00 pm ET.

Wed. 9/2 – Choo Choo La Rouge
Wed. 9/9 – Adam Arcuragi
Wed. 9/16 – Whales & Cops
Wed. 9/23 – Wild Carnation
Wed. 9/30 – Best of 2007 & 2008 Membership Drive

Then…

Wed. 10/7 – 2009 Membership Drive! (ridiculous details forthcoming)



8/19/09 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Tar – Les Paul Worries – Roundhouse – RIP Les Paul.
Boniface Koufoudila – Bino Boton, Bosele – The World Is Shaking: Cubanismo From The Congo, 1954-55 – N – C
Th’ Faith Healers – Reptile Smile – Lido
The Twin Atlas – Pink House – Good Light – N
Kinski – Shelly Winters Overdrive – WFMU Presents: The Free Music Archive Sampler Vol. 1 – C
The Replacements – I.O.U. – Pleased To Meet Me. – RIP Jim Dickinson.
Reigning Sound – If I Can’t Come Back – Love & Curses – N

Mission Of Burma – Innermost – 45 – N
Young Marble Giants – Zebra Trucks – Colossal Youth & Collected Works
Sirconical/Misty Dixon/Alfie – Gone/No More Too Long Ago/Montevideo – Twisted Nerve: Tenth Anniversary Mix – N – C
Captain America – God Bless Les Paul – E.P. – RIP Les Paul.
The Bats – Empty Head – Spill The Beans
Sian Alice Group – Vanishing – Troubled, Shaken Etc. – N
Mudhoney – Butterfly Stroke – March To Fuzz – RIP Jim Dickinson.

Static Static – Frantic – Psychic Eyes – N
Rashied Ali/Peter Kowald/Assif Tsahar – Deals, Ideas & Ideals – Deals, Ideas & Ideals – RIP Rasheid Ali.
Toni McCann – No – Destroy That Boy: More Girls With Guitars – N – C
Big Star – Kizza Me – 3rd – RIP Jim Dickinson.
Indian Jewelry – Zing Zang – Split 12″ with Future Blondes – N
Rappin’ Is Fundamental – Rapping Is Fundamental – The Doo-Hop Legacy
Steel Pole Bathtub – Decline – Scars From Falling Down

Choo Choo La Rouge – It’s Gonna Happen Fast – Black Clouds – N – Live on this radio show in two weeks!
Rape-X – Twat Cancer – False – How about some power electronics?
Ewa Braun – Ptaki Czuja Jesien – Cdr
Califone – Don’t Let Me Die Nervous – Sometimes Good Weather Follows Bad People – R
Water Shed – American Sales & Service – 7″ – R
John Clyde-Evans – Star Trualx – S/T – N
Standing Waves – No Judy – Homework #102 – Austin, 1979.

Rashied Ali/Borah Bergman/Joe McPhee/Wilber Morris – For Bill Dixon II – The October Revolution – RIP Rashied Ali.
Carolee – Water The Rocks – Cdr



8/12/09 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Tad – Wood Goblins – Salt Lick
Sole – Crooklyn – The Secret History Of Underground Rap – Crooklyn Dodgers, remixed.
Ilium – Untitled 1 – Plexiglass Cube
Hermans Rocket – Space Woman – Midnight Massiera – N – C
Alan Vega & Oneida – Rocket USA – The Free Music Archive Vol. 1 – C – Suicide song.
Circuit Des Yeux – Fruition…Pop Marvellous – 45 – N
Telefones – Voices – Homework #102 – C – Dallas, 1980.

Pissed Jeans – Human Upskirt – King Of Jeans – N
Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew – Leave It Up To The Cut Professor – Oh, My God
Computer Cougar – Photos That Don’t Exist – Rough Notes On High Stress
Bill Ding – When You’re Vulnerable – The Horrendously Named Ep
Cass McCombs – Don’t Vote – Catacombs – N
Sally Crewe & The Sudden Moves – Call The Police – Your Nearest Exit May Be Behind You
Sorry – Listen – Imaginary Friend – R

20/20 – Going Up With My Girl – 45 – N – Oklahoma, 1980.
??? – Decree 12.10 – The Sounds Of American Doomsday Cults
Bergendy – Hetkoznapi Balladak – Well Hung Volume 1 – N – C
Bundy K. Brown – Drift – Reach The Rock – C – Soundtrack.
Red Holloway – St. Thomas – Go Red Go! – N – Sonny Rollins tune.
Georgina Starlington – Hard Grave – 7″ – Band, not person.
Sic Alps – Strepix – The World’s Lousy With Ideas Volume 8 – N – C

Dogmatics – Everything Went Bad – Everybody Does It – R
Jackie-O Motherfucker – The Cryin Sea – Ballads Of The Revolution – N
Whodini – Magic’s Wand – Grand Theft Auto Vice City – Wildstyle Pirate Radio – C
The And Group – Rooms – Cdr – N
Big Black – Passing Complexion/Big Money – Atomizer – R
Nervous Eaters – Go Get Stuffed – S/T – R

Rhys Chatham – Adagio – Sampler



8/5/09 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Red Eyed Legends – Pretendica – Wake Up, Legend – I am sorry this band broke up.
The Muslims – Inside Job – Esopus 11 – C
Caterpillar – Paunchy Fufkin – E.P.
Tafo – Karye Pyar – The Sound Of Wonder! – N – C – “The first wave of plugged in Pop at the Pakistani picture house.”
Codeine – Pea – Frigid Stars
Little Claw – Human Taste (Below The Tide) – Human Taste – N
Ravens Creed – Panzer Maniac – 7″

Jennifer O’Connor – Hole In The Road – The Color & The Light – Come join JO’C, KPC, myself and Brown Recluse at Whole Foods Princeton tomorrow for Localpalooza starting at 4 pm ET!
Illes – A Bolond Lany – Well Hung Vol. 1 – N – C – “20 Funk-Rock Eruptions From Beneath Communist Hungary.”
Turing Machine – Bleach It Black – Zwei
Pipapelli – Smoke On The Water – mp3 – Bagpipes!
Squirrel Bait – Sun God – Live
Julie Doiron – Oh Heavy Snow – Split 7″ with Calm Down Its Monday – N – Different version of this song than what is on her most recent record.
The Gizmos – The American Dream – Rock & Roll Don’t Come From New York

Rwake – Unleashing Cosmic Destruction – Hell Is A Door To The Sun – N
Brown Recluse Sings – Western Meadowlark – Black Sunday – Come join JO’C, KPC, myself and Brown Recluse at Whole Foods Princeton tomorrow for Localpalooza starting at 4 pm ET!
Basile – Engins Bizarres – Midnight Massiera – N – C
Medicine – She Knows Everything – Sounds Of Medicine
So Percussion – Music For Pieces Of Wood – Live On WPRB – Steve Reich composition. Recorded for Classical Discoveries.
Andrew W.K. – Don’t Sell Hotdogs Tonight – Split 7″ with The Evaporators – N – Leather Uppers cover.
Stroke Band – Fiction/Non-Fiction – Homework #102 – C – Georgia, 1978.

Consonant – Are You Done? – Love & Affliction
Man Man – A Song For Liza Minnelli – Espous 10 – C – Songs inspired by newspaper/magazine articles.
Drug War – I Sold Drugs To Courtney Love – Aim High – N
Tussle – Windmill – Don’t Stop
Happy Ending – The Emptiness Of Life Yeah – Have A Nice Day!
Kill You In The Face – How To Stop An Exploding Man – The Mighty Atlas – N
Yo La Tengo – The Story Of Yo La Tengo – I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass – R

Kongh – Drifting On Waves – Split 12″ with Ocean Chief – N



WPRB and Whole Foods Princeton present Localpalooza!


WPRB and Whole Foods Market Princeton (3495 Route 1 South) will be celebrating with a great, big event on Thursday, August 6th from 4:00 – 7:00 pm ET called Localpalooza!

Localpalooza showcases local vendors and purveyors, local conservation groups, local artists and local museums. Lots of food and fun, not to mention activities for children.

WPRB is curating the music at Localpalooza. WPRB DJs Jon Solomon and KPC and two of our favorite artists – Jennifer O’Connor (NYC, Matador Records), Brown Recluse (Philadelphia, Slumberland Records) – will provide the soundtrack to the night.

Plus, the station will be giving away all sorts of prizes. Hope to see you there!

:: RSVP for this event on Facebook! ::



7/29/09 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Pierced Arrows – Guns Of Thunder – Straight To The Heart
The Trypes – (From The) Morning Glories – The Explorer’s Hold – Would you like to give me a copy of this record?
Future Of The Left – Chin Music – Travels With Myself & Another – N
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Sometimes I Think About You – Split single with The Sunny Street
Jesus – L’Electrocute – Midnight Massiera – N – C
The Karl Hendricks Trio – When Will The Goddamn Poor Wise Up? – Declare Your Weapons
Gallows – Leeches – Grey Britain – N

Polvo – Sense Of It – Cor-Crain Secret – Playing a WPRB-sponsored show tomorrow night at Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia!
M. Ashraf feat. Nahid Akhtar – Good News For You – The Sound Of Wonder – N – C
Pylon – Functionality – Gyrate Plus
Behold! The Living Corpse – The Cask Of Agaroth – S/T – N
Eternal Summers – Secret Language – Split single with Reading Rainbow
Man Is The Bastard – Infibulation – Sum Of The Men (The Brutality Continues…) – R
Jawbox – Cruel Swing – For Your Own Special Sweetheart – R

Sacramento – Sacto Rock City – 45
Pre – New Prints – Hope Freaks – N
Victoria Miguel – Supper With Merce – The Relay Project 1 – C – RIP Merce Cunningham.
Titus Andronicus! – Roadrunner – The Innocents Abroad – N – Modern Lovers cover.
Run D.M.C. – Peter Piper (instrumental) – 12″
Wye Oak – Take It In – The Knot – N
Noosebomb – Man’s Best Friend – 7″

All Night Movies – Bacchus Polka – Homework #104 – C – Michigan, 1980.
Alasdair Roberts – So Bored Was I – Spoils – N
Sarandon – Joe’s Record – Joe’s Record
The New Time – Mississippi Halfster – An Incomplete History – N – Local.
Gun Outfit – On The Beach – 45
Ocean Chief – Freja – Split Lp with Kongh – N

Jackie-O Motherfucker – Pray – Liberation – R
Whales & Cops – Bosuns O’ The Yard – Great Bouncing Icebergs