KCRW BERLIN #040
10-04-20
Fanatic! I hope you’ve been holding well. I’ve been busy in edit mode, trying to get a manuscript ready. A great show we have for you.
Also, I wanted to tell you about a show I just did called the Cool Quarantine. Here’s a version of a press release I posted a few days ago that describes it.
Hello, wonderful KCRW listener. Here is a brief description of what we’ll be checking out on this, our first broadcast of the Cool Quarantine!
This is a show free of the constraints you might be accustomed to on regular terrestrial radio.
One of my favorite things about music is that often, there’s a good story about any one album or song. I specifically put tracks into this show so I could tell you the story before we play the song. A couple of examples from this show would include a live Cramps track from 1979 that was recorded by Ian MacKaye and also, the first cassette I ever copied. Another would be a live Led Zeppelin track from the time Ian and I saw them play.
We will be playing different songs from different bands of course but we’ll also be listening to entire albums, EPs and singles. At four hours, this is lonnnnnnnnng form programming!
So, why did we start the Cool Quarantine? Two reasons. The first is that I wanted to make a show that felt like those great hang outs you might have done where you and some friends descend on someone’s house, everyone brings some records and the jam session goes and goes. Also, I know that you might be spending some long spells in your dwelling, so I wanted to make a show that conformed to that.
That’s it, basically. The wheel has not been reinvented, no great breakthrough in broadcasting has been established. It is hopefully, a good time. I’m so glad and thankful that KCRW has allowed Engineer X and myself to do this.
You can check it out here:
https://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/music-special/henry-rollins-radio-longform-joy-division-ian-mackaye
I hope you get a chance to listen.
Below is our show for tonight.
Hang in there and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Hour 1
01. Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - Acción – Vaciar / De Facto
02. Cold Beat – Crimes / Mother
03. XYZ - Hold On / XYZ
04. Primo - 1000 Words / Sogni
05. Damaged Bug – Very / Hot Cold Plumbs
06. The Fall - I'm Going To Spain / The Infotainment Scan
07. The Cravats - Horrahland / Hoorahland
08. Tim Presley's White Fence - Forever Chained / I Have To Feed Larry's Hawk
09. Martin Rev - One Mind / Strangeworld
10. Rites Of Spring - By Design / Rites Of Spring
11. Elly Kasim - Ayam Den Lapeh / Folk And Pop Sounds Of Sumatra Vol. 2
12. ZZ Top - Heaven, Hell Or Houston / El Loco
13. Pete Shelley - Better Off Without A Wife / Step Right Up: The Songs Of Tom Waits
14. Handle - Step By Step / In Threes
15. UK Subs – Teenage / Brand New Age
16. High Tension - Killed By Life / Bully
17. Charlie Parker - Ko-Ko / The Savoy 10-inch LP Collection
18. Black Sabbath - Into the Void / Master of Reality
Hour 2
01. Spaceships - In The Sun / Spaceships 7"
02. The Scientists - You Only Live Twice / When Worlds Collide
03. Le Butcherettes - Take A Step Back MIX V2 / A Raw Youth
04. The Birthday Party - Waving My Arms / The Birthday Party
05. Flin Flon - Leading Tickles / Boo Boo
06. Ty Segall - I Think I've Had It / Singles 2007-2010
07. Patsys Rats - Looking At Your Phone / Typical Girls Vol. 05
08. Scientist - Scientific / Introducing Scientist
09. Revolutionary Corps Of Teenage Jesus - Motor Cross
10. Fats Waller & His Rhythm - Spring Cleaning / Middle Years - Part 1
11. Twisty Cats - My Quiet Fantasy / Our Quiet Fantasy
12. David Bowie - Afraid / Heathen
13. Alex Cameron - Happy Ending / Jumping The Shark
14. Dinosaur Jr. - Been There All The Time / Beyond
15. Edith Crash - Partir / Partir
16. Young Prisms - Eleni / Friends For Now
17. MC5 - Skunk (Sonicly Speaking) / High Time