Detonation Radio three: A million little detonations.
Obviously I've been really lax with what was supposed to be a weekly podcast. This is episode number three in about six weeks, the thought occured to me that raher than doing four thirty minute podcasts a month, how about two one hour podcasts a month? So that is the new, revised Detonation Radio plan.
As always, Detonation Radio can be had by directing your iTunes or other podcast catcher to http://totale.libsyn.com/rss, or by direct-downloading at the link that I've helpfully posted over to the right on this very page. Previous episodes are available there as well, so download away.
This week's Detonation Radio is dedicated to Big Jim Frey. If you don't understand how a given track relates to Mr. Frey and/or his work, that is your fault.
1. The Fall - "No Xmas for John Quays": I'm surprised this is The Fall's first appearance on DR1, as I've easily spent more money acquiring their recordings than I have on any other band. This is from their first Peel Session, which can of course be found on the six-disc box set collecting all of the band's sessions for the late BBC DJ.
2. The Dicks - "Dicks Hate the Police": Texas punk from 1980 to 1983 or so may be my favorite all-time period for any type of music, and the Dicks were arguably the best of the bunch. This song was far better known back in the '90s as a staple of Mudhoney's live sets, but I think we can safely forget about that now.
3. Pissed Jeans - "I'm Sick": Allentown, PA upstarts who put me in the mind of two other favorites from the aforementioned glory days of Texas punk, Scratch Acid and Stickmen with Rayguns. Utterly bugfuck, as Harlan Ellison might say.
4. Skip James - "Drunken Spree"
5. Clinic - "Porno"
6. Codeine - "Jr"
7. Beat Happening - "Black Candy"
8. The Magnetic Fields - "Take Ecstasy with Me"
9. Cab Calloway - "The Man from Harlem": This is taken from Dope and Glory, a Trikont compilation of marijuana songs from the '30s and '40s. Two discs of jazz songs about pot.
10. Lifter Puller - "Roaming the Foam"
11. The Louvin Brothers - "The Drunkard's Doom"
12. Peter Laughner - "Calvary Cross": It's entirely possible that this will try your patience, but I feel that the power of the performance is such that concerns about length and recording fidelity are largely misplaced. And of course, it fits thematically; if you're not familiar with Mr. Laughner, he was an original member of Pere Ubu and the co-writer of many of the group's best songs. He never recorded a proper album after being kicked out and descending into the depths of the smack addiction that killed him; this track, a cover of one of my favorite Richard Thompson songs, is taken from the demos-and-live-tracks compilation Take the Guitar Player for a Ride.
13. The Gun Club - "She's Like Heroin to Me": Maybe a little obvious.
14. The Reverend I.B. Ware - "You Better Quit Drinking Shine"
15. Macha + Bedhead - "Never Underdose"
16. Hank Williams - "You Caused It All By Telling Lies": I think this was first released in the mammoth Hank Williams box set from a few years ago, then included on the compilation Alone with His Guitar. The abrupt start is presumably due to its nature as an acoustic demo.
And there you go. Happy MLK Day, everyone. Hope you didn't have to work.
1 As was almost immediately pointed out to me, not only is this not the first Fall song to grace Detonation Radio, but the previous one was in the second episode. This is why it's not good for me to wait so long between installments.
As always, Detonation Radio can be had by directing your iTunes or other podcast catcher to http://totale.libsyn.com/rss, or by direct-downloading at the link that I've helpfully posted over to the right on this very page. Previous episodes are available there as well, so download away.
This week's Detonation Radio is dedicated to Big Jim Frey. If you don't understand how a given track relates to Mr. Frey and/or his work, that is your fault.
1. The Fall - "No Xmas for John Quays": I'm surprised this is The Fall's first appearance on DR1, as I've easily spent more money acquiring their recordings than I have on any other band. This is from their first Peel Session, which can of course be found on the six-disc box set collecting all of the band's sessions for the late BBC DJ.
2. The Dicks - "Dicks Hate the Police": Texas punk from 1980 to 1983 or so may be my favorite all-time period for any type of music, and the Dicks were arguably the best of the bunch. This song was far better known back in the '90s as a staple of Mudhoney's live sets, but I think we can safely forget about that now.
3. Pissed Jeans - "I'm Sick": Allentown, PA upstarts who put me in the mind of two other favorites from the aforementioned glory days of Texas punk, Scratch Acid and Stickmen with Rayguns. Utterly bugfuck, as Harlan Ellison might say.
4. Skip James - "Drunken Spree"
5. Clinic - "Porno"
6. Codeine - "Jr"
7. Beat Happening - "Black Candy"
8. The Magnetic Fields - "Take Ecstasy with Me"
9. Cab Calloway - "The Man from Harlem": This is taken from Dope and Glory, a Trikont compilation of marijuana songs from the '30s and '40s. Two discs of jazz songs about pot.
10. Lifter Puller - "Roaming the Foam"
11. The Louvin Brothers - "The Drunkard's Doom"
12. Peter Laughner - "Calvary Cross": It's entirely possible that this will try your patience, but I feel that the power of the performance is such that concerns about length and recording fidelity are largely misplaced. And of course, it fits thematically; if you're not familiar with Mr. Laughner, he was an original member of Pere Ubu and the co-writer of many of the group's best songs. He never recorded a proper album after being kicked out and descending into the depths of the smack addiction that killed him; this track, a cover of one of my favorite Richard Thompson songs, is taken from the demos-and-live-tracks compilation Take the Guitar Player for a Ride.
13. The Gun Club - "She's Like Heroin to Me": Maybe a little obvious.
14. The Reverend I.B. Ware - "You Better Quit Drinking Shine"
15. Macha + Bedhead - "Never Underdose"
16. Hank Williams - "You Caused It All By Telling Lies": I think this was first released in the mammoth Hank Williams box set from a few years ago, then included on the compilation Alone with His Guitar. The abrupt start is presumably due to its nature as an acoustic demo.
And there you go. Happy MLK Day, everyone. Hope you didn't have to work.
1 As was almost immediately pointed out to me, not only is this not the first Fall song to grace Detonation Radio, but the previous one was in the second episode. This is why it's not good for me to wait so long between installments.
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