so far, so real

A new year, a new quarter of my radio show, THE BANSHEE BEAT. Catch it live Saturdays 2-4 PM and anytime at the website for Rainy Dawg Radio. Here's the playlist for this week!

1. So Far So Real- Gray (Downtown 81 Soundtrack)
2. Gut Feeling (Slap Your Mammy)- DEVO (Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are Devo!)
3. Green Light- Sonic Youth (Evol)
4. Damaged Goods- Gang of Four (Damaged Goods EP)
5. Copy- Plastics (Copy 7")
6. Contort Yourself (First Version)- James White and the Blacks (Off White)
7. Dance This Mess Around- The B-52's (The B-52s)
8. Blood & Lipstick- Pink Military (Blood & Lipstick 7")
9. La Truita- Aias (A La Piscina)
10. What the Water Gave Me- Cub (Betti-Cola)
11. Motorcycle Boy- Courtney Love (Uncrushworthy 7")
12. Soon- Rhythm of Life (Soon 7")
13. Animal Crackers- Kid Creole and the Coconuts (Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places)
14. Tell Me- The Termites (Girls In the Garage Vol. 1)
15. Upside Down- The Jesus & Mary Chain (Upside Down 7")
16. This Sex- Kicking Giant (International Pop Underground Convention)
17. The Politics of Time- Minutemen (Double Nickels On the Dime)
18. Daddy Is My Pusher- TITS (Daddy Is My Pusher 7")
19. Tenth Planet- Solid Space (Space Museum)
20. Michael Who Walks By Night- Strawberry Switchblade (Let Her Go 7")
21. Baby's On Fire- Absolute Body Control (Absolute Body Control)
22. Way Out of Living- Linear Movement (Minimal Wave Tapes Vol. 1)
23. New Machine- Tuxedomoon (Desire EP)
24. Crib Death- Dark Day (Exterminating Angel)
25. Codex- Pere Ubu (Dub Housing)
26. They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore- Shadowy Men on A Shadowy Planet (International Pop Underground Convention)
27. Stumble- R.E.M. (Chronic Town EP)
28. Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Love Theme- Man or Astroman? (Destroy All Astromen!!)
29. My Cherry Is In Sherry- Ludus (The Visit EP)
30. Sarah- Ween (Pure Guava)
31. Main Man- T.Rex (The Slider)


Fun fact: I am going to start dressing like this.

is there an exit?

I have been hard at work sifting through the year in reissues (R thousandz 4 real) to bring you the most mega dope reissue offerings of the year. Reissues that you missed, reissues that you didn't (YEAH RIGHT), reissues to make your heart (&ears) soar.

Until this fine day of LIST UNVEIL arrives, you should investigate this track from a band that may (OR MAY NOT) make the cut. It's pretty damn, grrrl, if ya know what I mean. (and you don't)

shadow of a doubt

This week's episode of THE BANSHEE BEAT saw the theme of frustration-- inspired by finals week and maybe even the song "Frustration" by Family Fodder, which I played last week. Maybe even other inspirations.

Listen to the stream anytime until next Saturday at rainydawg.org!

FUCK:

1. High Pressure Days- The Units (History of the Units: The Early Years 1977-1983)
2. Anything- Suburban Lawns (Suburban Lawns)
3. I Could Be Happy- Altered Images (Pinky Blue)
4. White & Green Place (12")- Maximum Joy (Unlimited 1979-1983)
5. Smittad- Mizz Nobody (Smittad 7")
6. Is There Life After Breakfast?- Los Microwaves (Life After Breakfast)
7. Being Boiled (Original Single Version)- The Human League (Being Boiled 7")
8. Nag Nag Nag- Cabaret Voltaire (Nag Nag Nag 7")
9. Egyptian Reggae- Jonathan Richman (Egyptian Reggae 7")
10. Hate to Say I Told You So- The Shangri-Las (1964-1966: Myrmidons of Melodrama)
11. Cool Frenesie- Les Rita Mitsouko (Best of Les Rita Mitsouko)
12. Little Trouble Girl- Sonic Youth (Washing Machine)
13. Every Day- Buddy Holly (Greatest Hits)
14. Why Do Fools Fall In Love?- Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (Why Do Fools Fall In Love? 7")
15. Hungry- Lil' Daggers (King Corpse 7")
16. We Go On- The Shivas (Freezing to Death)
17. Dystopic Vision- Fungi Girls (Seafaring Pyramids)
18. Blind Muslim Girl- Fergus & Geronimo (Swallow This Turd)
19. Absolutely Anything- Brilliant Colors (Introducing)
20. Nervous Energy- Unwound (Fake Train)
21. Edith Nylon- Edith Nylon (Edith Nylon)
22. Allergy- The Petticoats (The Petticoats 7")
23. Human Fly- The Cramps (Human Fly 7")
24. Neon Noose- Golden Triangle (Double Jointer)
25. Hotel Bloedel- The Fall (Perverted By Language)
26. Adult Books- X (Adult Books 7")
27. Where Did Our Love Go?- The Supremes (Where Did Our Love Go? 7")
28. This Is Love- The Gist (This Is Love 7")
29. Shadow Of A Doubt- Sonic Youth (Evol)
30. The Past Between Us- An Experiment On A Bird In the Air Pump (These Sins EP)
31. The Survivor- St. Vitus Dancers (Bullshit Detector Vol. 2)
32. Marin- Inflatable Boy Clams (Inflatable Boy Clams EP)
33. Turning Japanese- The Vapors (New Clear Days)

ps.

soft as snow (but warm inside)

Hi guys!

Today's show explored the theme of decomposition... in reference to processes of weathering (ie. snow/rain/ice/melting) and in the broader sense of the word. (what does this mean? listen to find out!) Nostalgia (though this is inherently a weekly theme by virtue of the content of my show) was also very crucial this week, and I played bands that I have personal nostalgic value for (ie. The Gerbils, Electrelane) and songs that had nostalgia for subject matter or was sonically represented (ie. "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye", "Cowboy", "All Day Long").

You can catch my show from 2-4 PM live or stream the previous week's show anytime at the rainydawg radio website!

(Bear with the stream for the first few minutes...)

explore erosion:

1. Cowboy- The Units (History of the Units: The Early Years 1977-1983)
2. Super Tap- Japanther (Dump the Body In Rikki Lake)
3. Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside)- My Bloody Valentine (Isn't Anything)
4. Let It Melt- The Mayfair Set (Young One)
5. Thirsty Again- Grass Widow (Grass Widow EP)
6. Winter Seems Fine- Dolly Mixture (Demonstration Tapes)
7. Warm Hands, Cold Heart- Girls Names (Girls Names EP)
8. Cold Hands- Pants Yell! (Received Pronunciation)
9. Cold Heart- The Jasmine Minks (Cold Heart 7")
10. Long Cold Lonely Night- The Yolks (The Yolks)
11. Block of Ice- Thee Oh Sees (The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In)
12. Ice Drummer- Alan Vega (Jukebox Babe/Collision Drive)
13. Cold- The Cure (Pornography)
14. Living In the Ice Age- Warsaw (Warsaw)
15. Warm Moving Bodies- The Units (History of the Units: The Early Years 1977-1983)
16. So Young But So Cold- Kas Product (So Young But So Cold: Underground French Music 1977-1983)
17. Winter '94- Henry's Dress (Bust 'Em Green)
18. Fluid- The Gerbils (Are You Sleepy?)
19. Frustration- Family Fodder (Coral 7")
20. No Hope- The Vaselines (The Way of the Vaselines)
21. Void- The Raincoats (The Raincoats)
22. Snowgirl- The Pop Group (Y)
23. All Day Long (Long Version)- Shop Assistants (Will Anything Happen?)
24. Drown- Black Tambourine (Black Tambourine)
25. Cut and Run- Electrelane (No Shouts, No Calls)
26. Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (12" version) (edit)- Soft Cell (Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 12")
27. Nothing's Changed- The Zombies (Absolutely the Best)
28. The Love We Could've Had- Rocketship (Singles 1993-96)
29. Atlantis- Box Elders (Alice & Friends)
30. Tous Les Garcons et Les Filles- Francoise Hardy (The Vogue Years)

Sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows!

THE BANSHEE BEAT episode 6.
a great success! listen here under "Saturday 2-4 PM" so you can agree for yourself.

1. Beelzebub- Even As We Speak (Feral Pop Frenzy)
2. He's So Fine- The Chiffons (Absolutely the Best)
3. Wacky Acky I Aye- The Donkeys (Television Anarchy)
4. Sounds of Silence- The Dickies (Greatest Hits)
5. I Wanna Hurt- The Screamers (Demos 1977-1978)
6. Dynamite- The dB's (Stands for Decibels)
7. Yo-Yo- Pylon (Chomp More)
8. The Horror of Party Beach (Demo)- Razorcuts (R Is For... Razorcuts)
9. Foxy Boy- The Pooh Sticks (Multiple Orgasm)
10. My World's Ending- Talulah Gosh (Backwash)
11. I'm Still Crying- Go Sailor (Go Sailor)
12. A Thing of the Past- The Shirelles (Baby It's You)
13. Never Say Goodbye- My Bloody Valentine (Ecstasy and Wine)
14. Only Snow- The Blanche Hudson Weekend (The Rats in the Cellar 7")
15. Kavaliere- Die Todliche Doris (Kinderringellreihen Für Wahren Toren Des Grals)
16. All Shook Up- The Fresh and Onlys (Play It Strange)
17. Choirboys Gas- Bad Dream Fancy Dress (Choirboys Gas)
18. You Know What I Mean- The Vernons Girls (We Love the Vernons Girls)
19. Been Teen- The Dolly Mixture (Been Teen 7")
20. Albert Parker- Go Gappas (El Records: The Legendary B-Sides)
21. I'm Up Here- Jesse Garon & the Desperadoes (The Rain Fell Down 7")
22. See Me Feel- The Charlottes (Liar EP)
23. Shake the Shackles- Crystal Stilts (Shake the Shackles 7")
24. I Saw You Dance- The Mekons (The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strength)
25. Part-Time Punks- The Television Personalities (Where's Bill Grundy Now? EP)
26. Sneaky Pete- Lou Reed & the Primitives (Lou Reed & the Primitives 7")
27. Goo Goo Muck- The Cramps (Goo Goo Muck 7")
28. I Just Wanna Make Love to You- Thee Mighty Caesars (Caesar's Remains)
29. I'm Dead- The Liminanas (I'm Dead 7")
30. Paralyze- Sex Church (209 7")
31. Kerb Crawler- Au Pairs (Playing With A Different Sex)
32. Cuticles- Househunters (53rd and 3rd: Fun While It Lasted...)
33. Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows- Lesley Gore (Golden Hits of Lesley Gore)
34. Turquoise- Gaze (Mitsumeru)
35. Falling and Laughing- Orange Juice (You Can't Hide Your Love Forever)

ps. this video is nostalgia personified.

Gyrate, plus.

If I do one more show with something going horribly wrong, I might explode. The music, at least, this time, went smoothly. But, I was using the wrong mic-- it was my fault, but I really hope that next time will be free of jarring difficulties. I would reaaally like to have one successful show this quarter. I would recommend at least listening for the ultra-rad tunes, yeaaaah! rainydawg radio.

1. Cool- Pylon (Gyrate Plus)
2. Where's the Boy For Me?- The Revillos (Rev Up)
3. Fa Ce-La- The Feelies (Crazy Rhythms)
4. Toutes Les Nuits- Les Calamites (Toutes Les Nuits 7")
5. Marie France- La Souris Deglinguee
6. Chains- The Cookies (The Complete Cookies)
7. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Grows)- The Siddeleys (Alvin Lives: Live in Leeds)
8. You're Gonna Miss Me (13th Floor Elevators)- Tom Thumb (Wild Things: Wyld Kiwi Garage 1966-1969)
9. Tookie Tookie- Telegraph Avenue (Back to Peru)
10. Fucked On Ketamine- Demon's Claws (Fucked On Ketamine 7")
11. The Ghost with the Most- The Almighty Defenders (The Almighty Defenders)
12. Do You Wanna Be My Girl?- The Unwed Teenage Mothers (Blonde Girls)
13. Harder Than It's Ever Been- Fergus & Geronimo (Harder Than It's Ever Been 7")
14. Christians Drive Like Shit- John Wesley Coleman (Bad Lady Goes to Jail)
15. I Said- Moonhearts (Moonhearts)
16. The World Is A Drag- The Intelligence (Boredom and Terror)
17. You Are A Drag- Matt K. Shrugg (Gone Ashtray)
18. I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms- The Modern Lovers (The Modern Lovers)
19. Johnny- Suicide (Suicide: The First Album)
20. 5 8 6 (edit)- New Order (Power, Corruption, and Lies)
21. Me Untamed- Beat Happening (Dreamy)
22. Thee Only One- Frankie Rose (Thee Only One)
23. Teenage Death Song- The Sunday Reeds (Drowning In History)
24. Desert Kisses- Siouxsie and the Banshees (Kaleidoscope)
25. The Code of Life- Y Pants (Beat It Down)
26. Night Comes Down- Wetdog (Frauhaus!)
27. Chronic Alkie- Wilma & the Wilburs (Chronic Alkie 7")
28. Oblivion- Oblivions (Oblivions/Andre Ethier 7")
29. Clubnite- Teddy and the Frat Girls (I Wanna Be A Man 12")
30. Go Away Girl- Urinals (Negative Capability... Check It Out!)
31. Cadets- Trash Kit (Trash Kit)
32. Shut the Fuck Up- The Coathangers (The Coathangers)
33. Untitled- Sex Hair (Live @ The Hoot House 11/11/10)
34. Untitled- Pony Time (Live @ The Hoot House 11/11/10)
35. Black Engineer- Read (Read)
36. Pop Loser- Velocity Girl (Copacetic)
37. Beachy Head- Veronica Falls (Beachy Head 7")
38. China Blue- Girls At Our Best! (Pleasure)
39. Snakes Crawl- Bush Tetras (Boom In the Night)

I like the taste of straight strychnine!

THE BANSHEE BEAT, episode four.

Notes: When listening to the stream (which you can access anytime at rainydawg radio), please disregard the first approx. five minutes, that is not my doing!! I would never play whatever that was, srsly. The clock in the station was crazy and I had no idea what time it actually was or what was going to be at "2:00" in the archive. Also, LOVE THE CONTINUED TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. Sorry. You may note that only one channel was working for most of my show, so I don't recommend listening on headphones unless you want to get really irritated. Still worth listening though, I swear!

1. White Mice- The Mo-Dettes (White Mice 7")
2. It's Obvious- Au Pairs (Playing With A Different Sex)
3. Mind Your Own Business- Delta 5 (Singles and Sessions 1979-1981)
4. What Do You Take Me For- Y Pants (Beat It Down)
5. Cherry Cherry- The Fizzbombs (Surfin' Winter 12")
6. Negative Push- The Manhattan Love Suicides (The Manhattan Love Suicides)
7. Youth Haunts- Weekend (Sports)
8. Simian- The Gist (Embrace the Herd)
9. Nostalgia- Penetration (Moving Targets)
10. Time to Get Up- Los Microwaves (Time to Get Up 7")
11. The Laughing Policeman- The Suspicions (Laughing Policeman 7")
12. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave- Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (Heat Wave)
13. Gimme Gimme- Nikki and the Corvettes (Nikki and the Corvettes)
14. Let's Go Steady- Dow Jones and the Industrials (Dow Jones and the Industrials 7")
15. Hey!- Home Blitz (Home Blitz)
16. A Girl Like You- The Mummies (Death By Unga Bunga!!)
17. Unreleased- Robot Assassins
18. Strychnine- Thee Headcoatees (Sisters of Suave)
19. Big in Japan- Big in Japan (Brutality, Religion, and A Dance Beat 7")
20. Cheree- Suicide (Suicide: The First Album)
21. Loose- The Birthday Party/Lydia Lunch (Drunk On the Pope's Blood)
22. Delicate Genius Backstage- Dan Melchior und Das Menace (Split 7" w/The Fresh and Onlys)
23. Prison Planet- RHOMBU$ (No Fancy Girlfriends EP)
24. Girlfriend- Ty Segall (Melted)
25. Never Together- Jeffrey Novak (After the Ball)
26. Unemployment Forever- Meth Teeth (Bus Rides 7")
27. Reunion Psicodelica- Los Holy's (Suena Sicodelico)
28. You Don't Know- 13th Floor Elevators (The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Elevators)
29. Runaway- Del Shannon (Runaway 7")
30. Hey Little Girl- Idle Times (Idle Times)
31. It's the Only Time- The Girls At Dawn (The Girls At Dawn)
32. All Things Come to Pass- The Babies (All Things Come to Pass 7")
33. Draft Riot- The Del-Byzanteens (Lies to Live By)
34. Sci-Fi Guy- Strawberry Story (Sci-Fi Guy 7")