a place in the sun

marine girls/ lazy ways lp/ cherry red records/ 1983:

hand in glove

the banshee beat this week: "regrets" with an emphasis on body.

listen here then here.

1. Legs- PJ Harvey (Rid of Me)
2. You Can't Put Your Arms Round A Memory- Johnny Thunders (Hurt Me)
3. Berkeley Farms- Blowdriers
4. Putty In Your Hands- The Shirelles (Baby It's You)
5. Hot & Bothered- Loli & the Chones (P.S. We Hate You)
6. Omae Ga Hoshii (One More Time)- Sheena & the Rokkets
7. No Regrets- King Khan & the Shrines (What Is?!)
8. Guilt and Regret- Gun Outfit (Dim Light)
9. A Thousand Regrets- Meth Teeth (Everything Went Wrong)
10. Things You've Never Done- The Manhattan Love Suicides (The Manhattan Love Suicides)
11. Cease to Be- The Mayfair Set (Young One)
12. Wishing Well- The Shangri-Las (Myrmidons of Melodrama: 1964-1966)
13. All That Ever Mattered- The Shop Assistants (Will Anything Happen)
14. Leave All Your Old Loves- The She-Brews (Leave All Your Old Loves/ Scottish Rite Temple Stomp 7")
15. I'll Let You Hold My Hand- The Bootles (Girls in the Garage, Vol. 1)
16. Radio France- Solid Space (Space Museum)
17. Love und Romance- The Slits (Cut)
18. Warm- Family Fodder (Warm 7")
19. Hairwaves- MARS (No New York)
20. I Love Her All the Time- Sonic Youth (Bad Moon Rising)
21. Supernaut- 1000 Homo DJs (Supernaut 12"/Suck NIN bootleg)
22. I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams- Weezer (Pinkerton: Reissue)
23. I Held Her In My Arms- The Violent Femmes (The Blind Leading the Naked)
24. The Love We Could've Had- Rocketship (Singles 1993-96)
25. Everyday Eyes- Razorcuts (R Is For... Razorcuts)
26. I Have Known Love- Silver Apples (Contact)
27. Blackberry Song- Kurt Vile (Childish Prodigy)
28. Cry For A Shadow- Beat Happening (Dreamy)
29. The World Turned Day-Glo- X-Ray Spex (Germfree Adolescents)
30. Waving My Arms- The Birthday Party (The Birthday Party)
31. Hands of Love- Wall of Voodoo (Call of the West)
32. Warm Moving Bodies- The Units (History of the Units)

seconds too late

cabaret voltaire/ "seconds too late" 7"/ rough trade/ 1980:



i feel about as weird as this right now, just so you know.

R.I.P. Poly Styrene

one of my favorite female punk vocalists & personal musical idols, poly styrene, has died.

PUNK LIVES 4EVER, GRRRL

"germfree adolescents" on "top of the pops":


"oh bondage up yours":


"identity":


"warrior in woolworths" on the "old grey whistle test":


all from (one of) the (best punk) album(s) (of all time) "germfree adolescents"

janitor

suburban lawns/ "janitor" single/ suburban industrial records/ 1980:

bus stop

the hollies/top of the pops/1966:

love like anthrax

experience good weather and good moods and good sounds all vicariously through me:

1. All About You- Scars (Author! Author! EP)
2. Here Comes the Grump- Adam Ant (Friend or Foe)
3. I Could Be In Heaven- The Flatmates (Love & Death: 1986-1989)
4. See the Keyhole- Ludus (The Visit)
5. Love Like Anthrax- Gang of Four (Damaged Goods EP)
6. Take Me I'm Yours- Squeeze (Singles: 45's & Under)
7. UFO Dictator- Tampax (Tampax/Hitler SS 7")
8. Schoolgirl Junkie- Screaming Dead (Valley of the Dead 7")
9. Something You Got- Teengenerate (Get Action!)
10. Fuck Books- Times New Viking (Dig Yourself)
11. I Can Destroy All Your Love- Thee Headcoats (The Kids Are All Square)
12. I Could Be Happy- Altered Images (I Could Be Happy 7")
13. Baby It's You- Dolly Mixture (Baby It's You 7")
14. Another Girl- The Beatles (Help!)
15. A Teenager In Love- Dion & the Belmonts (A Teenager in Love 7")
16. Everything That Rises Must Converge- Shriekback (Oil & Gold)
17. So You Want To Go Away Now- The Tourists (Luminous Basement)
18. Sugar- Smashing Orange (Above Ming Gardens)
19. Fantasies- Silver Apples (Contact)
20. Min Dama- Tronics (Love Backed By Force)
21. Grip of Fear- The Blanche Hudson Weekend (The Rats in the Cellar 7")
22. Safe At Home- Eternal Summers
23. Tous Les Garcons et Les Filles- Francoise Hardy (Oh Oh Cheri)
24. Girl on the Run- Honey Bane (You Can Be You 7")
25. Les Armees de la Nuit- Taxi Girl (Seppuku)
26. I Love You Too Much- The Human League (Fascination! EP)
27. Lady Shave- Fad Gadget (Make Room 7")
28. Secrets- Mission of Burma (Vs.)
29. Lazarus- The Boo Radleys (Giant Steps)

SECRETZ NO SECRETZ SHHH