RADIO BROADCAST #741
06–17–23
Fanatic! Hello from beautiful Brisbane, Australia. We’re well into the shows here and things are going great. I got back from the show last night and even though I was pretty beat, I found a vein of cool music and spent awhile listening and downloading. I’ll be putting the tracks into our August shows going forward. I have to work this far in advance because of all the shows I have coming up.
We’ve just announced the shows for September, October and November.
Water Machine is a very cool band, easily checked out on Bandcamp.
https://upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/raw-liquid-power
The new Lorelle Meets The Obsolete album Datura just came out. It’s great.
https://obsoletelorelle.bandcamp.com/album/datura
Touring in Australia, while great, presents its challenges. The geography is such that there are a lot of airports and way too many days off for my liking. Our routine is often an early drive to an airport, return the rental car, get to the gate, onto the flight, get luggage, to the rental car place and onward. It’s a lot of corners to turn before we get to the venue but after a couple of weeks, it’s just what you do. For now, we’re camping out in Brisbane. We have a show tonight, about 90 minutes from here. Tomorrow, we’re back for the third Brisbane show.
Australia is an incredible place, some of the views are not to be believed. It’s winter here now, so the weather is cool and dry for the most part. We were in Darwin, Alice Springs and Cairns recently and it was quite warm but from here on out, it’s going to be like mid autumn in the USA. Interesting weather for June.
As I’m writing this, I’m listening to tracks to our show. I think it’s a good one. As I remember, I worked on this one in Europe in cold backstage areas with summer on my mind. It was an interesting bit of projection to get the mood right but hopefully it will be a good soundtrack.
I have to get packed up and out of here. I'll be back in this room in about twelve hours. Australia on a Saturday night, should be lively.
Have an excellent weekend and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Hour 1
01. Charles M. Bogert LLC - Mating call of the Spring Peeper / Sounds of North American Frogs
02. Devo - S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) / Duty Now For The Future
03. Lost Sounds - Losing And Dreaming / Demos And Outtakes Vol. 1
04. Kilynn Lunsford - Freshest Taste / Custodians Of Human Succession
05. Smarts - Don't Slap The Hand That Feeds / Smart World EP
06. Iggy Pop - I'm Bored / New Values
07. Taleen Kali - Tomorrow Girl / Flower Of Life
08. Raymond Scott - Bendix 2: The Tomorrow People / Manhattan Research, Inc.
09. Wire - The 15th / 154
10. Tee Vee Repairmann - Bad Taste / Patterns
11. The Sunnyboys - Tunnel Of Love / New Kicks
12. Generation X - One Hundred Punks / Generation X
13. Rondelles - Mystery Bleach / The Fox
14. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Take It / Complete John Peel Sessions
15. The Fall - British People In Hot Weather / Extricate
16. Martin Rev - Solitude / Strangeworld
17. Ladrones - Pulsión / Ladrones
18. Plaided - It Is Over Toni / Playdate
19. Negative Trend - How Ya Feelin' / Negative Trend EP
20. Parliament - Chocolate City / Chocolate City
Hour 2
01. Sonic Youth - Catholic Block / Sister
02. Slayer - Warzone / God Hates Us All
03. Scientists - Solid Gold Hell / Tales From The Australian Underground - Volume 2 1977-1990
04. The Trashmen - Bird Dance Beat / Lux and Ivy's Favorites Volume 11
05. Carl Douglas - Dance the Kung Fu / Best Of
06. Civic - Blood Rushes - Taken By Force
07. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Moon Is In The Gutter / B-Sides And Rarities
08. Weirdos - The Hideout / Weird World : V2
09. Kitchen People - Boy From Bassendean / Planet Perth
10. Helta Skelta - Island / Beyond the Black Stump
11. The Teen Idles - Get Up And Go / 20 Years Of Dischord
12. R.M.F.C. - Robot House / Hive Vol. 1
13. Damaged Bug - Rope Burn / Hubba Bubba
14. Ex-Cult - Hollywood Heatseeker / Negative Growth
15. Low Life - Hammer And The Fist / From Squats To Lots: The Agony And XTC Of Low Life
16. Ian Shoales - In And Out / I Gotta Go
17. The Nation Of Ulysses! - Ulythium / 13-Point Program to Destroy America
18. Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand / Mojo Hand
19. Hisato Higuchi - Sister Girl / She
20. Ennio Morricone - Per Un Pugno Di Dollari: Titoli / The Complete Edition - Music For Cinema