Other Radio Shows...

Oops, forgot to post these. Here's a link to the last two radio shows I did this summer!

Trashies new record & tour

The Trashies are currently on tour with Shannon and the Clams and also have a new record out called Space Jam on Minor Bird Records! It rules! Go buy it!

Hermit Tunes Episode 6

Here we are, episode 6! There are some great tracks including a fun song from the Nightingales that I re-stumbled upon in the stacks at KDVS on the great Cherry Red Records. There's also an awesome cover by Tuxedo Moon, the mystery band Poor Girls, and my favorite Buzzcocks song. Enjoy!

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PLAYLIST

Nightingales - Paraffin Brain - Paraffin Brain - Cherry Red 1981
Swell Maps - Let's Build a Car - Let's Build a Car - Rough Trade

Algebra Suicide - Please Respect Our Decadence - Little Dead Bodies – Buzzerama - 1986
Tuxedo Moon - I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Pinheads on the Move – Cramboy 1987
Poor Girls - Collision of Thots - S/T - Self Released 1985
XMasEve - Indestructable Man - Paint it Red EP - Self Released 1982
Higher Primates - Taking in the Summer - Taking in the Summer - Tekno Tunes1980
The Normal - T.V. O.D. - Warm Leatherette – Mute 1978

Buzzcocks – Promises - Singles Going Steady – IRA 1979
Barracudas - She Knows - Hear Me Calling - Dog Meat
Mr. Curt - Write Down Your Number - Write Down Your Number - Euphoria Records 1978
Undertones - (She's a) Runaround - S/T – Sire 1979

The Creation - Painter Man - How Does it Feel to Feel - Edsel Records
The Kinks - Don't Ever Change - Kinda Kinks! - Essential
The Byrds - Don't Make Waves - Have Your Seen Her Face – Columbia 1967
The Grodes - I Won't Be There - V/A Let's Talk About Girls! - Bacchus Archives

The Castaways – Sam - V/A The Big Hits of Mid-America: The Soma Records Story 1963-1967

Hermit Tunes Episode 5

I know better than to drink coffee at night...anyways, here's the playlist and link from tonight's show up early for you! Most of it was from the show that didn't make it on last week due to the transmitter being down because of electrical issues at UC Davis.

It has some great songs including one of my favorite cover's of "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" originally by the Kinks.

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PLAYLIST

Yard Trauma - I'm Not Like Everybody Else - V/A Sounds of Now! – Dionysus 1987

Lyres - How Do You Know? - How Do You Know? - Sounds Interesting - 1979
Pacers - I Want You Back - V/A Wyld Canada Vol. 2: Shake Yourself Down - Bosshoss66
A Passing Fancy - I'm Losing Tonight - V/A Searching in the Wilderness - Muziek Express
Glass Candle - Keep Right on Living - V/A Fuzz Flaykes & Shakes Vol. 5 - Bacchus Archives
Main Line - Don't Wait Around - V/A Wyld Canada Vol. 4: Rotten to the Core - Bosshoss66
Pleasure Seekers - What a Way to Die - V/A Friday at the Hideout – Norton 2001

Richard Strange - International Language - International Language - Cherry Red 1979
Elements of Style – Electricity - Sacred Objects – Gyro 1981
Units - High Pressure Days - Digital Stimulation – 415 - 1980
Human League - Life Kills – Travelogue – Virgin - 1980

Gang of Four - What We All Want - What We All Want – EMI 1981
15 Minutes - That's What You Always Say - That's What You Always Say - Down There 1981
Fans – True – Deathwish - Self Released - 1980
What Now - The End - Small Record with Four Songs – INCAS 1985

Alley Cats - Too Much Junk - V/A Yes L.A. - Dangerhouse
Simpletones - Tigerbeat Twist - V/A Beach Blvd - Posh Boy

Satan's Rats - In My Love For You - V/A Year of the Rats!

Hermit Tunes Episode 4

This episode of Hermit Tunes features early soul, doo-wop and pop music. The first half is all girl groups and lady vocalists, and the rest continues the soul vibe. All this music was recorded in the late 50s through the 60s. I love this era of music and am very proud of this show. Enjoy!

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PLAYLIST

Shirelles - Can't We Be Sweethearts - Remember When - Scepter Records
The Soul Sisters - I Can't Stand it - I Can't Stand it - Collectables
Shirelles - Big John - Remember When - Scepter Records

The Dixie Cups - I'm Gonna Get You Yet - Chapel of Love - Collectables
Connie Francis - Lipstick on Your Collar - The Very Best Of - MGM
The Dixie Cups - Another Boy Like Mine - Chapel of Love - Collectables
The Ronnettes - Keep on Dancing - V/A Phil Spector Wall of Sound Vol. 6 Rare Masters - Phil Spector International
Leola and the Lovejoys - He Ain't No Angel - V/A The Daisy/Tiger Records Story: Everybody Clap Your Hands! - Sundazed
The Soul Sisters - Think About the Good Times - I Can't Stand it - Collectables

Chuck Wright - The Palm of Your Hand - V/A Birth of Soul Vol. 3 - Kent
Billy Butler - Right Track - V/A It's Okeh Up North - Sony
Bobby Freeman - Mary Ann Thomas - Do You Want to Dance? - Collectables
Ty Karim - You Just Don't Know - The Complete Ty Karim - Kent
The Parliaments - Heart Trouble - V/A Groovesville Review - Unreleased Detroit 60s Soul - Goldmine Soul Supply
James Brown - Out of the Blue - The Singles Vol. 3 1964-1965 - Hip-o Select
Dee & Don - Mr. Fortune Teller - V/A The Heart of Southern Soul - Ace Records

Major Lance - The Beat - V/A It's Okeh up North - Okeh
The Gambrells - You Better Move - V/A Detroit Gold Vol. 2 - Solid Smoke
Otis Redding - That's How Strong My Love is - The Best of Otis Redding - ATCO

Jimmy Ruffin - Don't Feel Sorry for Me - V/A Birth of Soul Vol. 3 - Kent

Hermit Tunes Episode 3

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PLAYLIST

Zero Le Crash - Last Years Wife - V/A In Goth Daze - Cleopatra

Puppies - Mechanical Beat - Mechanical Beat – Stiff 1981
Voice Farm – Elevate - Double Garage - Systematic
Soft Cell - The Girl with the Patent Leather Face - V/A Some Bizzare Album - Celluloid
Deotoy - Thanks a lot – Single - Self Released1983
Come On - Don't Walk on the Kitchen Floor - Don't Walk on the Kitchen Floor - Self Released
Factual - Your Way - Your Way - A Faction Record
Fast Set - King of the Rumbling Spires - V/A Some Bizzare Album - Celluloid

Prefects - Things in General - Amateur Wankers - Acute
Tall Dwarves - The Brain that Wouldn't Die - V/A Tuatara - Flying Nun
14 Iced Bears - Balloon Song - Precision Singles Collection 1986-1989 - Thunderball
The Clean – Oddity – Anthology – Merge 2003

Boys – Weekend – Weekend – Safari 1980
Necessaries - Runaway Child - V/A Back Seat Love Vol. 2
Boys - Soda Pressing - Sick on You - Vinyl Japan
Lost Kids - Cola Freaks - V/A Killed by Death #8 - Redrum

XL Capris – Skylab - V/A Why March When You Can Riot? - Ripost

Hermit Tunes Episode 2

In the midst of a crazy summer storm comes episode two of Hermit Tunes. Mostly 60s tunes, it was a lot of fun.

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PLAYLIST

Nerves - When You Find Out - 4 Song EP - Nerves Record Company 1976
Velvet Underground - I Can't Stand it – VU – Verve 1984
TV Eye - Stevie's Radio Station - V/A What a Nice Way to Turn 17 – Rather Records

June Brides - No Place Called Home – No Place Called Home EP – In Tape 1985
Black Tambourine – Throw Aggi Off the Bridge - Complete Recordings 10in - Fantastic / Slumberland
Beat Happening - Hot Chocolate Boy - S/T - Sub Pop 1991
Dreamdate – Pyramids - Melody Walk - Tic Tac Totally 2011

Cookies - The Old Crowd - The Absolute Complete (and oh so sweet!) - Chocolate Chip Records
Darlene Love - He's a Rebel - The Sound of Love – Legacy/Phil Spector Records 2011
The Shangri-las - Give Him a Great Big Kiss - V/A Wonder Women Vol. 2 - Rhino Records 1984
Chymes - Quite a Reputation - V/A Girls in the Garage Vol. 1 - Romulan
Emy Jackson - You Don't Know – V/A Hot Nips Vol. 1 – Dolemite

Monty - Le College - V/A Pop a Paris Vol. 1 - Sunnyside Les Pollu sToi Qui Connais Les Filles - V/A Infernal World - Martian Records
The Grains of Sand - That's When Happiness Began - V/A What a Way to Die - Satan Records
Buzz Benett - Chimney Sweeper - V/A Pre-Kraut Pandaemonium Vol. 10
Turtles - Eve of Destruction - It Aint Me Babe - White Whale
Herman's Hermits - I Know Why - Can't You Hear My Heartbeat – MGM

Kaleidoscope - P.S. Come Back - S/T - La Ciruela Electra

Hermit Tunes Episode 1

Here it is! Episode 1 of Hermit Tunes, my radio show on KDVS. I'm back on the air after taking a few years off. Since the show has a new name (it was previously Live in the Warzone) and for simplicity, I'm going to start the numbering at 1, but if I was really counting from when I previously had a show, it would be in the hundreds.

The playlist is below. Please don't worry if you've never heard of the bands. I play a lot of underground/independent music and many tracks are weird gems from bands that only released a couple of singles or an album and then disappeared. KDVS has been around for over 40 years and has a massive collection of great stuff including the obscure.

This show was a lot of fun. I meant to play more new stuff, but instead I played a bunch of my favorites including some great power pop tracks from bands like the Purple Hearts and Protex, as well as punkier stuff like the Detours and synthy fun from Art Interface and Dementia Precox. We even got two great covers. The Raincoats did their awesome cover of the Kinks "Lola", and the Hates did "Houston", originally by Lee Hazelwood.

Enough yammering. Please enjoy the show!

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PLAYLIST

King Tuff - Dancing on You - Was Dead 2011

Art Interface - Wardance -Wardance Single - If Records 1984
Finesse - Nervous Time - V/A Up Another Octave Transmission - Up Another Octave Records and Tapes 1981
D-Day - Everytime I Ask You Out - Too Young to Date - Moment 1979
Protex - I Can't Cope - V/A Made in Britain - Polydor 1979
Accidents - Blood Splattered with Guitars - V/A This is Mod - Get Back
The Letters - Nobody Loves Me - V/A This is Mod Get Back
Jack & The Rippers - I Think It's Over - V/A Swiss Wave - Off Course 1980

The Detours - Hang Ten in East Berlin - V/A Up Another Octave Transmission - Up Another Octave Records and Tapes 1981
The Hates - Houston - Panacea 12" EP
Dow Jones & the Industrials - Can't Stand The Midwest - Can't Stand the Midwest - Family Vineyard Reissue 2011
Purple Hearts - Frustration - Frustration Single - Fiction1979
Kleenex - Hedi's Head - Aint You - Rough Trade 1978
Raincoats - Lola - Raincoats - Rough Trade 1979

Dementia Precox - Maladie D'esprit - SCHP - Prehensile Records
What Now - Anthem - Small Record with Four Songs - Incas1985
The Jam - Disguises - Funeral Pyre - Polydor 1981
Slight Seconds - Building Bridges - V/A Waiting Room Object Music 1980

Napalm Beach - Why Do Parties Have to End? - V/A Trap Sampler - Trap / Zeno 1981/2004

Welcome to 2011!

2010 was a pretty shitty year. I'm tired of hearing about the dumpy economy, sluggish job rates and end of the world.

We saw no records released on Out of Order last year, and sorry about that! It's been hard scrounging the money together to put something out, and that may change this year, we'll see.

Thanks for sticking around to check on the blog. Only 7 blog posts for last year...yikes! If I'm not putting out records, I might as well be nerding out about music as I'm not reviewing music like I had been doing for Midtown Monthly a while back. I'll try and make that happen more.

Anyways, the Green Green 7" is still available and getting low, so if you haven't purchased it yet, the paypal button is on the right. If you're in the shopping mood, check out my Etsy Store for 1" buttons, prints and other arty stuff. I also make custom buttons if you're in need.