RADIO BROADCAST #754
09–16–23
Fanatic! I’m sitting in a tour bus, waiting to leave. It’s early Saturday morning. We’ll be on the road soon and if all goes according to plan, will arrive in Lexington, KY around 1000 hrs. The first show of the tour is tonight.
These are the dates.
https://www.henryrollins.com/tour
On the tour, we’ll have two books, both of them are tour editions. One is a printing of my new book Sic that has a slightly different cover than the regular one. The version of Solipsist we have features a cover that’s a reversal in colors of the regular printing, again, this is just for the tour. I thought it would be cool to make exclusive editions just for the tour.
The television is on in the front where I’m sitting and a Silverado truck ad just came on using Down On The Street from the Stooges album Fun House. I wasn’t watching the screen, it was the music that made my head snap up. It occurred to me only one person who played on that album is alive. I just wrote Iggy’s manager and let him know I saw the ad. That was cool but not as cool as whatever the car ad was that had The Fall track on it. That was surreal! All you need is a music supervisor who thinks differently and this kind of thing can happen.
A few days ago, I was asked to make a list of my favorite ten albums of the year so far. Here they are in no particular order.
Upchuck - Bite The Hand That Feeds - Famous Class Records
Marnie Stern - The Comeback Kid - Joyful Noise
The Bobby Lees - Bellevue - Ipecac
Osees - Intercepted Message - In The Red
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - Datura - Sonic Cathedral
Fake Names - Damage Done - Epitaph
Snooper - Super Snõõper - Third Man
Kid Congo Powers & The Near Death Experience – Live In St. Kilda - In The Red
Melenas - Ahora - Trouble In Mind
Devo - Art Devo 1973-1977 - Futurismo
They’re all great but as far as the release that knocked me out the most was the Devo album. It’s a 3LP 1 7” set of previously unreleased Devo. Some of the tracks have been on bootlegs but these are from the source and they sound amazing. As I was on the third LP, it occurred to me that Devo was not only the bleeding edge of innovation but also the material the edge is cutting through. When you think of what their surroundings were when Mothersbaugh, Casale and the rest started out, it’s like they suddenly appeared. This is the most interesting gathering of early Devo tracks I’ve heard. There are others, like the Hardcore Devo albums, which are great but this is a one stand out. I’ve been a fan since the late 1970s when I first heard them. I dug Devo immediately.
The new Marnie album is such a great return. It had been so long since the last album, I thought she was finished. I thought that was a shame as she’s so talented and her albums are such a blast.
I’ve only had a chance to listen to the new Melenas Ahora album on vinyl one time. Great album. Looking forward to getting another chance to hear it later this year.
I reckon most of not all of these are or will be available to check out on Bandcamp if you feel so inclined. Also, a band I just started listening to I think is cool is Cherry Cheeks. If you go to Bandcamp you can check them out. I’m looking forward to digging into both albums.
Much later. Now on the bus in front of the venue. Beautiful day here in Lexington.
Fanatic, we have a great show lined up for you tonight. Hopefully I have a good show lined up for the audience here. I’m on at 1930 hrs. I’ve been looking forward to starting these shows. Enough waiting.
I hope you like the music!
Have a tremendous weekend and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Hour 1
01. David Bowie - Up The Hill Backwards / Scary Monsters
02. One Last Wish - Break To Broken / 1986
03. Songhoy Blues - Dabari / Résistance
04. The Bobby Lees - In Low / Bellevue
05. Flat Worms - White Roses / Flat Worms
06. Rondelles - Modern Chemical / The Fox
07. YL Hooi - W/O Love / Untitled
08. I Jog and the Tracksuits - Redbox / 7" Up!
09. Gun Club - Fire Spirit / Fire Of Love
10. Oxyjane - Dreams / Mint Condition
11. The Fall - C.R.E.E.P. / Complete Peel Sessions
12. Laut Fragen - Mein Kleines Rädchen (My Little Wheel) / Utopie + Untergang
13. Kraftwerk - Antenne / Radio-Aktivität
14. Upchuck - Crashing / Bite The Hand That Feeds
15. Suicide - Radiation / 2nd Suicide Album
16. Gee Tee - 40K / Goodnight Neanderthal
17. 1-800-Mikey - Repeat Myself / Appreciate It
18. Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - Óvalo / Datura
Hour 2
01. Osees - Stunner / Intercepted Message
02. The Clash - Garageland / The Clash
03. Parsnip - Repeater / Adding Up 7"
04. Water Machine - At The Drive In / Raw Liquid Power
05. The Cheifs - The Lonleys / Chunks
06. Split System - Time Killer / Vol.1
07. Clarko - Let's Be Mean / Welcome To Clarko
08. K Projects - Normal / K Projects
09. Nots - TVOD - Cold Line/TVOD 7”
10. The Lurkers - And Then I Kissed Her / First Demo
11. The Lurkers - I Love The Dark / First Demo
12. The Lurkers - Rat City / First Demo
13. Brian Eno - Blank Frank / Here Come The Warm Jets
14. Girlsperm - 2027 / The Muse Ascends
15. Joy Division - Isolation / Closer
16. Pere Ubu - Satan's Hamster / Trouble On Big Beat Street
17. Kitchen People - Planet Perth / Planet Perth
18. Bosna - Hibernation / You Know Too Much
19. Sweeping Promises - Shadow Me / Good Living Is Coming For You
20. Hawkwind - Orgone Accumulator (new stereo mix) / Space Ritual 50th Anniversary Edition