With Mr Trick Disneyland-bound on the Eurostar it was uncertain whether Tom would be able to maintain the usual standard of technical hiccups, spurious factoids and shameless name-drops but fortunately a young raconteur by the name of Ed Zed stepped in to assist. Cue a slew of synth heavy material from the arp-punk of San Fran’s Units to the alien-reggae odyssey of Harry J’s U.F.O, the sound of various drum kits being chucked down the stairs whether that be in the name of free jazz or outsider-garage or even a country torch-song lamenting the sorry demise of a puppy, yes despite Mr Trick’s absence this show won’t disappoint in the schizophrenic selection department.
Ed’s also not one to shy away from the microphone as he joined in with Tom’s aimless patter, discussing the birth of techno despite neither of them really knowing anything about it, paying tribute to a listener’s dead cat and of course shedding some light on what differentiates crap-punk from simply shit punk.
As for the technical side it was all being handled with an alarming panoply of professionalism, at least until the last few moments when the studio was suddenly shy one engineer, and for a show hosted by 2 guys who once met a member of the Zombies at the Muswell Hill festival (and donkey derby), this one’s somewhat light on the sycophancy, well it was til then anyway.
Harry J. Allstars “U.F.O.”
Units “High Pressure Days”
A Number Of Names “Sharevari”
Teddy & The Frat Girls “Club Nite”
Earl 16 “Batman & Robin”
The Stick Men “Set Back”
Betty Everett “You’re No Good”
The Revolutionary Ensemble “Ponderous Planets”
The Table “Do The Standing Still
Leyton Buzzards “Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees”
and the soundbed contained a few Soft Machine tracks including “Down The Road” “The German Lesson” and “The French Lesson”.
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Here is the featured video for this week, which Ed explains: “it’s The Units Training Film *1 – a ‘promotional’ short the band assembled in the early days which was often screened before or during their gigs at places like the Mabuhay Gardens and the Deaf Club”:
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Many would argue that with a 2 week break under our belts we would be back rested, keen and generally spry; ready to pounce on the airwaves like proverbial FM ninjas to deliver some programming finesse. Sadly, as we commence with Trick playing entirely the wrong track, we can once again prove that if the “many” in question were referring to us they’d be sadly mistaken.
Gaffes aside, we return augmented by 50% with the additional presence (and no doubt hotly anticipated return) of one Edward Zed, Esq. Since his last show he has been present as the rather disembodied voice of our “number to text in on” sting, but now he returns body-and-all with a couple of his own fine selections to let loose on you, our dear listeners. Music covered includes Coati Mundi, Jason Crest, Herma Puma and Reggie Stepper, and topics take in anything from Toyah, Vicki Michelle in panto, the merits of tampons over skincare products and, most pressingly, exactly which curry our listener Josh had just ordered from over the road.
Only here, dear listener, only here…
Tracklisting:
Herma Puma “Psych Out”
Jason Crest “Black Mass”
Bob “The Things That You Do”
Coati Mundi “No More Blue”
Hudson Mohawke – Rising 5
Aksak Maboul “(Mit I) Saure Gurke (Aus I Urwald Gelockt)”
Reggie Stepper “Little Miss”
The soundbed started with Clint Mansell’s “Moon” soundtrack, then moved on to 4 Hero’s “Expansions” disc…
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The featured video for this could only be this – someone’s vid tribute to Jason Crest’s “Black Mass” track doubling as an homage to b-movies of yesteryear…
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