RADIO BROADCAST #801
08–10–24
Fanatic! I hope you had a tremendous and music filled week. I made my way through the three Kosmetika records, Pop Soap, Illustration and Luxury. I thought they were really good.
https://kosme-tika.bandcamp.com
I went for a return listen to Hence by Oren Ambarchi. I’m glad he’s so prolific because he’s always worth checking out.
https://orenambarchi.bandcamp.com/album/hence
The new Osees album, Sorcs 80 is out. We start in on it tonight. Engineer X will have his work cut out for him on this album. There’s all kinds of language the FCC would no doubt find objectionable in the tracks. It’s a great album.
https://ohsees.bandcamp.com/album/sorcs-80
After a ton of work, my new book, Stay Fanatic!!! Vol. 4 is available.
https://www.twothirteensixtyone.com/
I’ve been trying to make all my summer visits with as many of my hot weather favorites as possible. Last night, I played Strawberries by the Damned. I listen to it once a year at some point in the summer. It was the band’s follow up to The Black Album. In June 1983, I was in Washington DC for the Damned / Minor Threat show at the Ontario Theater. This is a poster from the show.
I was lucky to see Minor Threat play a lot of times and they weren’t a band you’d want to follow onto the stage. On this date, MT were laser-sighted. One of the greatest aspects of the band was their incredible precision live. Lyle Preslar, the band’s guitar player was razor sharp. All of them were great players but it was always remarkable to me how exact he was at the speed the band played. Minor Threat was insanely good on this night. I saw Rat Scabies in the lobby before the Damned went on and asked him how they planned to follow up and he said he didn’t know. I kinda felt bad for him. As I remember, the Damned opened with Ignite. They were great as I had last seen them in late 1981 but I don’t think they could overcome the challenge by the hometown band. It was great to see Minor Threat completely hold their own with a band we all loved so much. I’m so glad I got to see this show.
This weekend I’m starting in on the Nation Of Ulysses catalog. I try to cycle through their LPs at least once per summer. The albums got remastered years ago and sound really good.
https://dischord.com/band/nation-of-ulysses
For tonight, we’ve got a great mix you’ll hopefully find to your liking. Next week is our annual Case Of The Punks show. It’s already finished and waiting for you.
Have a great week, stay hydrated, the summer’s not done with us yet and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Hour 1
01. Charles M. Bogert + - Mating call of the Pine Woods Treefrog / Sounds of North American Frogs
02. Iggy Pop - Funtime / TV Eye Live
03. David Bowie - Move On / Lodger
04. Brian Eno - Cindy Tells Me / Here Come The Warm Jets
05. Super X - Without Love / Super X
06. Jay Reatard - My Family / Blood Visions
07. Dion Lunadon - Get Back To You / Memory Burn
08. Nation Of Ulysses! - A Kid Who Tells On Another Kid Is A Dead Kid / 13-Point Program to Destroy America
09. Choncy - Karambit / 20X Multiplier
10. Bratmobile - Panik / Pottymouth
11. Neutrals - How Did I Get Here / New Town Dream
12. Devo - Strange Pursuit / Duty Now For The Future
13. Marnie Stern - You Don't Turn Down / The Chronicles of Marnia
14. Osees - Cassius, Brutus & Judas / Sorcs 80
15. Lee Perry - Kimble the Nimble / The Upsetter Selection: A Lee Perry Jukebox
16. Buzzcocks - Raison d'Être / A Different Kind Of Tension
17. Wire - French Film Blurred / Chairs Missing
18. Billy Lee Riley & His Little Green Men - Flyin' Saucers Rock 'n' Roll / Rockin' Bones
19. Minor Threat - Stepping Stone / Complete Discography
20. The Fall - Kimble / The Complete Peel Sessions
21. Party Dozen - The Big Man Upstairs / Crime In Australia
Hour 2
01. The Ramones - The Return of Jackie and Judy / End of the Century
02. Little Eva - The Locomotion / The Locomotion
03. Blondie - X Offender / Rip Her To Shreds
04. Straight Arrows - Summer Skies / Surface World
05. School Damage - Psykick Damage / New Centre Of The Universe, Vol. 3
06. Freak Genes - It's Not There / Qwak Qwak LP
07. Kosmetika - Pictures Are Gone / Luxury
08. Liz Lamere - Strike / One Never Knows
09. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Fall / The Complete John Peel Sessions
10. Nightshift - Your Good Self / Homosapien
11. Self Deconstruction - No Savior / Wounds
12. Boys Next Door - Brave Exhibitions / Door Door
13. Black Bats - Tell Me / Psychic Retreat
14. The Mark Of Cain - Wake Up / Battlesick
15. Memo PST - Rise Fall Repeat / Memo PST
16. The Ruts - I Ain't Sofisticated / The Crack Box Set
17. The Mallard - Iggy Pop / Yes On Blood
18. Tom Waits - The Return Of Jackie And Judy / Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
19. Miles Davis - Summer Night / Seven Steps Box Set '63-'64