This week its back to a dynamic (ha!) duo, armed with music under our respective arms that takes in anything from fake Finnish punk bands to ropey reggae recorder covers. As if that’s not enough, we drop some fine malt blues from the man Screaming Jay and some of the earliest dancehall tracks that were only available as 78s back in the day. Oh, and Uffie and Molly Hatchet… but we won’t dwell on that.
Go get some!
Tracklisting:
Herbie Mann “Kabuki Rock”
Hot Toddy “I Feel Love”
Screaming Jay Hawkins “She Put The Whamee On Me”
Sonny Knight “But Officer”
Willie Royal “General Alarm”
Molly Hatchet “One Man’s Pleasure”
(about all you could take of) Uffie “Pop The Glock (Mirwais Pop Remix)”
The Fuckers “Sexy Roy Orbison”
We The People “Break Down”
Count Lasher and his Calypso Quintet “Dalvey Girl”
Soundbed: the entire “Good Is Good” album by Om.
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Featured video this week could only be one thing: this amazing clip of Screaming Jay Hawkins performing “I Put A Spell On You”:
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AKA “Moog & Willies”. With typical technical finesse and the professional presenting abilities of Alan Partridge, we crash into another week with the erstwhile Ed Zed tucked under one arm to bring you another series of selections and banter as only we can. This week differs from usual shows, as Ed steps into Tom’s shoes to handle selection duties – a situation brought about by Tom originally not planning to appear due to gigging commitments with Pama Int’l, only to have it cancelled due to a support slot with The Specials (Pama, not Tom – he wishes!). So, with Ed stepping up with anything from classic Roxanne Shante to a highly obscure piece from Paul Simon (!), this is… well… much like our usual shows, really. We do also stride into the world of advertising as we force Ed to record a voiceover live on-air. The fame! The fame!!
Tracklisting:
Jaga Jazzist – One-Armed Bandit
Moog Plays The Beatles – Daytripper
Konk – Love Attack
[unknown tune submitted by Craig Leckie - any ideas, please let us know]
Flaming Lips – Convinced Of The Hex
Roxanne Shante – Brothers Ain’t Shit
BlakRoc – Ain’t Nothin’ Like You (Hoochie Coo)
Jerry Landis – The Lone Teen Ranger
Thunderheist – Little Booty Girl (Lunice RMX)
Golden Earring – Kill Me Ce Soir
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Featured video this week was going to be this rather excellent Richard Edson showreel, but sadly we can’t embed it on this site. So, in its place is Ed’s Golden Earring selection, as it got cut slightly short and is rather ace:
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… AKA “The Beatless Special”. Given both myself and Tom are very rhythm-driven in terms of tracks we love – or rather, appreciative of the power of a killer beat – we thought it might be interesting to try a theme special where none of the tracks had beats at all. Well, that was the initial plan, though as you’ll hear something may have been lost in translation resulting in one or two tracks creeping in sporting percussive qualities at best and a bloody huge drum beat at worst (take a bow Ed Zed)…
So, with the Beatles/Beatless puns out the way and joined by our compadre Mr Ed Zed, we sidestep numerous technical disasters including the Resonance CD decks collectively refusing to play Melvins’ “Colossus of Destiny” (a wise move, many might argue) and press on with a series of selections that we hoped might go beyond your obvious choices to deliver something a bit more interesting. Did we succeed? Well, we shall leave that to you to decide, but if the tracklisting might sway you, here it is…
Tracklisting:
Pigbag “The backside”
Grinderman “Grinderman”
Inflatable Boy Clams “I’m Sorry”
Sigue Sigue Sputnik “Atari Baby”
Xela “Creeping Flesh”
Hightower Set “Putting Heads To Bed”
Stephen Duffy “Wednesday Jones”
Morphine “In Spite Of Me”
Social Climbers “Hello Texas”
Galliano “Roofing Tiles (Instrumental)”
As mentioned above, the soundbed was meant to be Melvins’ “Colossus of Destiny” album/track, but thanks to technical hell turned out to be “O Berimbau” by Nana Vasconcelos.
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Featured video this week is a peach of a selection by Tom – a slightly random clip of Martin Degville from Sigue Sigue Sputnik forcing some German TV presenter to dress up SSS-style:
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… AKA “the one for our Mums”. This week we decided to step up with a fair spread of tracks taking in anything from the 90s loveliness of Girls Against Boys to the Gloria Estefan-toting Lindstrøm & Christabelle. We also feature two of Tom’s worst selections ever, namely bogle covers of Bette Midler and Bryan Adams. No, seriously. On top of that we have the sublime stylings of Lorraine Ellison, the Coltrane-covering Red Holt and, despite protestations, the annual revisit of Meshuggah – an airing best summed up by the message we received during the show from listener Jesscapeshop via Twitter: “somehow a year between airings doesn’t seem quite long enough”…
So, as ever, grab your cognac, settle into your oxblood leather armchair, put those slipper-covered feet up on the coffee table and join us as we reprise the Camden Lurch for the next 60 minutes…
Tracklisting:
Girls Against Boys “In Like Flynn”
Lindstrøm & Christabelle “Baby Don’t Stop (Aeroplane Remix)”
Lindstrøm & Christabelle “Baby Don’t Stop (Radio Edit)” (snippet)
Lorraine Ellison “Stay With Me Baby”
Mark Holder “Wind Beneath My Wings” (snippet)
Singing Sweet “Everything I Do (Bogle Lick)” (snippet)
Hot Chip “Tchaparian”
Shrag “Hopelessly Wasted”
Red Holt “Favourite Things”
Meshuggah “New Millenium Cyanide Christ”
Paddy Roberts “The Big Dee Jay”
The soundbed this week was Andrew Weatherall’s remix of Weekender. RIP Liam.
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The featured video this week is also a Flowered Up tribute – part 1 of their awesome Weekender video (check the clip for a link to part 2 as well):
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After the train-wreck of last week’s show when both myself and Tom were rendered dumb and mumbling thanks to too much work and no goddamn sleep, we were keen to make amends this week with some fine selections and a better line in chatter too.
With yours truly fresh from a fine day out at the Jukebox Madness record fair, 45s were high on the agenda, taking in anything from the mighty, marvellous vocal harmonies of Johnny and the Expressions to the rather bizarre 80s rap moments of Dr. John. Tom’s contributions took in something of a synth theme, loosely tying Holger Hiller, Restiform Bodies and even Wilson Pickett into the mix…
Tracklisting:
J.D Alex “Grasshopper”
Johnny and the Expressions “Something I Want To Tell You”
Wilson Pickett “Don’t Knock My Love (Part II)”
Dr. John “Jet Set”
Holger Hiller “Neighbours (Demixed by Steve)”
Richard Hawley “Open Up Your Door”
Restiform Bodies “Recycle America”
Scritti Politti “Flesh and Blood”
The soundbed was various tracks from the new Alberta Cross album.
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Featured video this week is courtesy of Holger Hiller:
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