Radio What Wave Playlist Oct 11/2012

1. Nick Curran...Kill My Baby...from the Reform School Girl from 2010....Nick passed away last weekend, only 35 and WAAAAYY too young. A guy who actually understood rock'n'roll and was playing it in 2012!! And one of the blackest sounding white guys ever!!!

2. Hank And Frank...Nancy Sinatra...demo from the late 80's and was also on a What Wave cassette back then. Possibly the greatest song (Ok, one of my faves) to ever come out of London!! Hank is the Singing Bookman, Frank is from Uranus, Sci-Phonics and currently solo around London Ontario. This is the beginning of our all London show to help promote the Graphics Underground London 1977 to 1990 show and exhibit happening on Oct 26th weekend. And we'll be releasing WW 24, the all London issue that weekend as well. It comes with a 90m cassette of London only combos from about 1978 to 1992.

3. Uranus...Secret Agent Man...from a live to air on CFNY in May 1980. Uranus are one of the 4 bands re-uniting on Oct 27th at Call The Office.

4. Uranus...Uranium Rock...recorded live at The Embassy Hotel, 3/22/82 and broadcast on CHRW back then.

5. The Sci-Phonics...I'm Ready...recorded live at The Key West Cafe, 3/11/87. The Sci-Phonics included a couple of members of Uranus and used to gig all around town from about 1984 to the early 90's. They reunite every few years and always put on a good show. The Key West was located on the west side of Talbot, right around where the Nite Owl presently is. Key West hosted a TON of cool bands...ie Gruesomes, Deja Voodoo, Plan 9, Cheepskates, Flying Squad, The Fuzztones, Hysteric Narcotics, Flaming Lips, UIC, Purple Toads, Shadowy Men and many many more.

The Sci-Phonics, mid 80's, looks like Key West Cafe.

6. Sci-Phonics...Marie Marie...recorded live at Wortley Roadhouse and featured both Jerry Fletcher and Jack Whiteside on guitars, a very rare occurrence as Jack replaced Jerry many years prior to this performance.

7. Uranus...You're So Square...1980 single that made it into the top 10 charts across Canada.

8. Uranus...53 Buick...from their very first self released single.

9. The Mongrols...The Day She Died...1987 demo of this 3 piece that opened for many touring bands in their 3 year existence. Led by Trelvis and they morphed through many name changes; Royal Mongrels, Ungone and a couple other names. Not to be confused with the present day Mongrels from London...who are also quite cool!

10. The Mongrols..Play My Guitar...as above. This song was on a WW cassette back then.

11. The Mongrols...Plastic Girls...from the 7" EP, Four Whom The Bell Tolls, 1988, which came with WW # 16.

12. Drowned Hampsters...Politix...from the 1984 LP, The 'P' is For Political. London Ontario band with no connections to any other band in this city...a mystery band that released an LP and disappeared.

13. Nihilist Spasm Band...Test Recording...from probably the longest lasting band in London history, having formed in the mid 60's and still going to this day. Noise that you love or hate.

14. Hot House...Burn It Down...from the 1978 LP of the same name. They used to play the Cedar Lounge a fair bit and would call themselves aggressive rock. They self released this LP back in 1978.

15. Redline...IRA...Sept 1983 demo. Commercial new wave band from London that played around the bars...this original showed they could do a lot more than just cover tunes.

16. The Demics...New York City...from the Talk's Cheap EP. Probably the most well known punk tune to come out of sleepy London Ontario. And ironically, the song is about trying to escape sleepy London...

17. The Demics...Grey and Black...from the NYC CD on OPM records which collects a bunch of live and demo Demics recordings.

18. The Demics...400 Blows...as above.

19. The Demics...Blue Boy...recorded in Toronto in 1980.

20. Jack Whiteside...I Won't See You No More...from the Demics Covers CD that original drummer Nick Perry released back in 1998. Jack was in Uranus and many other bands.

21. Keith Whittaker...I'd Kiss You Honey...from his solo CD, Drink To Me that came out in 2007 on Bullseye Records.

22. The Hippies...How You Gonna Live...from their only single which came out around 1983.

23. The Hippies...9th...1983 demo when they had renamed themselves Tenement 13.

24. The Hippies...CanTeens...as above. This song will be on the cassette that comes out with WW #24.

25. Boy From Nowhere....What It Is...recorded live somewhere...Boy From Nowhere evolved out of The Hippies, with Jon Traut taking over the vocal duties....had to shorten this one as Ryan In The Red was about to start his Freakout show.

Next week we continue with more local noise from the late 70's up to the early 90's.

Graphic Underground London 1977-1990 is happening in London on Friday Oct 26th with the art opening at Forest City Gallery. Bell time is 7PM and it will be a licensed event. On display will be posters and zines from London from that era.

Then on Saturday Oct 27th, at Call The Office, will be the official opening night party. Featuring 4 London bands from that era, re-uniting for one night only....Uranus, NFG, The Zellots and The Enemas. Bands should be starting around 9:30 PM. We'll also have some big screens showing pictures from the time period.

Here's a link to the archived show:

http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWThu1800.mp3

http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWThu1830.mp3

http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWThu1900.mp3

Hey Adam- Yeah, I saw The Buff Medways at Cavestomp 2001 at the Warsaw in Brooklyn.  What a night... just a few weeks after 9/11.  The Buffs were great, obviously.  The Downliners Sect played as well, and the Buffs came back out to sing along to some tracks and shake maracas, etc.  I have some photos, I think (I'll have to get them out of storage).  I saw Thee Headcoats a few years earlier in Manhattan (I've forgotten the venue) The Makers opened up for them.

       Yeah, I could scan those zines for ya, in the spirit of research.  Just give me some time to dig 'em up and warm up the scanner! Best, Matt

Adam Kemp said:

So jealous you got to see those bands Matt, especially The Buff Medways. Where did you see them? Do you think there's any chance you could scan the copies of that zine into the computer? I would love to read them and I'm sure they would help. I'd never heard of it before you said.

And Jon, I'm not sure where it'll be available, I've only just started on the project but I'll definitely let you know.

Cheers.

In a three band line-up, sticking the out of town group first or last is always a shitty thing to do and should be avoided at all costs -- even pissing off somebody local that thinks they've earned a better slot.

As a touring band merch sales can make or break your night and I can't tell you how many times we've juuuuuust barely had enough gas to make it to the next town. Door money almost always sucks and is nowhere near what you need (ESPECIALLY in a donation only scenario) and so getting as many eyeballs on that band that drove all day should be the primary goal of the lady/guy booking the show.

As far as I'm concerned.

Sad news.

Allmusic has a good obituary.

Everything Joe said above is totally true!!  When i got that Reform School CD it BLEW my mind...this guy had the perfect late 50's guitar tone, great selection of songs and musical styles (all in the late 50's/early 60's mode) and those screams remind me so much of Little Richard!! I love screamers!! And there's so few good ones and it's such a shame we lost one of the best at such a young age!! Just a kid!!

I only own Reform School Girl, his most recent release, but that record alone is more than enough to convince anyone what incredible talent this guy had, and what the rock 'n roll community has lost.

His death is a grievous loss...

just 35...So unfair!

That messenger looks pretty freaking cool man. That green is doing it for me. The one concern I'd have is the placement of the pickup selector. I'm a reeeeal sloppy undisciplined strummer and I'd be whacking that thing back and fourth all day long. Those F-holes look freaking cool though!

That's basically what I was worried about -- build quality and road readiness. I almost went with the Hagstrom Viking II, but after reading a couple things about the cheap craftsmanship of the sub 600 dollar Hagstroms I started looking at Eastwood.

well i play the drums, but our guitatist has an eastwood, the mosrite clone, he uses it regularly for gigs without any issues of tuning and the sound well, it is a killer! can not help you about this model, though I know some other people who use eatwood models and they are all happy with their value for money...

i have the eastwood messenger and love it. i've had it for almost a year and find myself playing it more than my tele which i hadn't really put down in ten years. the messenger is extremely durable with a muddy rumble. i've never had a tuning issue. a very solid semi-hollow option if you don't want to spend $5,000. when i bought it, the action was really low, i still have to fix it, and the input jack was a little loose - but both those "issues" are an easy fix.

So I'm thinking of pulling the trigger on this lil guy a bit later on this evening and I thought I'd get yall's opinion on Eastwood's Country Gentlemen copy the Classic 6.

Or maybe just Eastwood Guitars -- anybody got one? How do they hold up to serious gigging/touring? Stay in tune? Finish stay all shiny?

Here's some specs form their website:

• Custom Black Finish
• Semi-Hollow Maple Body
• Set Maple Neck
• Rosewood Fingerboard
• 24 Scale
• 1 5/8 Nut
• EW-Retro Humbuckers
• Individual Volume Controls/Master Tone
• Tune-O-Matic Bridge

Many many years ago when I had someone record my two man band's record -- the way we did it was drums in the kitchen all by themselves and a guitar amp in the living room and then a bass amp on the other side of the house. With my Les Paul going through both amps we got a really fat sound.

I gotta say -- I like the way the recording sound came out, but if you wanna clean it up a little bit then I guess it seems like the place to start is with isolating the instruments even just a little bit.

name: sir coyler
sex: male
location: seattle
age: 28
occupation: web dude
hobbies: rainier, refer, 60s punk
fav 60s bands: the creation, the alarm clocks, the monks, painted ship, 13th floor elevators, the sonics, the preachers, matthew moore plus four, the torquays
fav 70s bands: the saints, the ramones, the scientists, the stooges, mc5, the flamin' groovies
fav 90s bands: the gories, the oblivians, the mummies, mono men
my band: sucks

i dig it. very dark but still carries the iconic-MODERN (90s, 00s) stones dance-able licks.

that aint bad man,i fuckin heard worse.

Okay, let me first say that I love the Stones (especially their early stuff), and this song is... good.  It is crafted well. The guitars have a nice crunchy-dirty sound and strut.  The drums are stripped down and basic creating a nice drive to the song.

However....

The verse has the stink of New Nashville all over it.  The meter is eerily similar to Shania Twain's "I Feel Like A Woman".  Is anyone else getting that?  As for the chorus... IT IS THE STONES indeed, and it sounds great!!!

Download or stream the Oct. 12 show right here.

Sleepy Hollow – The Last Word
I’m The Wolfman – Round Robin
The Chooper – Haunted George
Got Me a Monster – Big Vinny & the Cattle Thieves
Lady Blood – Apache Dropout
Dead Man Singing – Angus MacMannus

One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show – Joe Tex
Midnight Express – The Fabulous Falcons
Knock You Down – Jeff Hershey & the Heartbeats
Breakout – Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
Nightmare – Whyte Boots

Collen – Figures of Light
The Bag I’m In – Ty Segall Band
Los Perros – Mesa Coasa
Action Time – Atomic Suplex
Motorbike Driving – Wilmer X
Can’t Pay the Rent – The Long Gones

Local Lunchbox
Earwig – Tentement
Turkatron – The Hussy
Cinnamon Girl – Killdozer
We All Know – Ramma Lamma

My Boyfriend’s in Killdozer – Young Fresh Fellows
Another Ten Reasons – Young Fresh Fellows
E Too D – The 27 Various
My Way of Giving – The Small Faces
I Walk on Gilded Splinters - Johnny Jenkins

You’ll Be Mine – Daddy Long Legs
Have You Ever Spent the Night in Jail – The Saddletramps
Pond Fork River – Hasil Adkins

Let’s Dance – Midnight Woolf
Beat-Nik – J.M. Van Eaton
The Big Break – Walter Daniels
She’ll Be My Death – Bantam Rooster
Por Que Yo – Los Infierno

I Live For Buzz – The Swingin’ Neckbreakers
Don’t Give It Up Now – Lyres
Don’t Take Your Bad Trip Out On Me – The Electric Mess
Paye Ta Chatte – Combomatix
This is Not the Way Home – Rainy Day Saints
All That Candy – The Setting Son

Bird – Wlydlife
Music City USA – Million Sellers
Legless – The Legs
I Go to Pieces – Del Shannon
I Will Not Be Lonely – The Fanatics
Party Lights – South Bay Surfers

Hate My Guts – The Flip-Tops
Television Youth – Sonic Avenues
Alright With Me – The White Wires
Stay Away From Downtown – Redd Kross
We’ll Take You Higher – The Live Ones
Part of My Love – The Nervebreakers
Long Island Lolita – Brijitte West & the Desperate Hopefuls

Totally awful, and I'll bet it pulls a big bow in the neck.

The Revox said:

If you want to see ugly stuff check all this woody 5 to 12 strings basses. It s like all the guys who own this stuff have lost their good taste in a accident :-)

Ouch!!!!......I see what you mean.....that is very, very nasty.....and not in a good way.....

The Revox said:

If you want to see ugly stuff check all this woody 5 to 12 strings basses. It s like all the guys who own this stuff have lost their good taste in a accident :-)

If you want to see ugly stuff check all this woody 5 to 12 strings basses. It s like all the guys who own this stuff have lost their good taste in a accident :-)

Show #393: "Bands & Artists Starting With R, Part 5"

Every 3 weeks I do a series of shows I call the "Alphabetical Series" where I randomly draw a letter of the alphabet from a hat. Whatever letter I draw, I take all the bands and artists in my collection (from the 50's, 60's & 70's only) that start with that letter and play them in strict alphabetical order one by one until I run out of time. This week I drew the letter "R". This is the fifth time I've drawn the letter "R", so I will start from where I left off on show #4 (which was with George Romanos). So, tune in tonight (Friday at 10:00pm EST) to hear 3 hours of bands and artists that start with "R" like: The Romans, Rudy Romero, Ron & The Starfires, Ronald & Ruby, The Rondels, The Ronettes, Ronny & The Daytonas, Mick Ronson, 2 different Rooks, The Roomates, The Rooney Brothers, Mickey Rooney Jr, The Roosters, The Roots, The Rose Garden, Biff Rose, Tim Rose, Rosebud, Rosie, Ross, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Ronnie Ross & The Good Guys, Nita Rossi, Rotary Connection, 2 different Rotations, Michael Rother, and many others!!

***To stream The Metaphysical Circus live via the web click this link: http://portsmouthcommunityradio.org/listen ... to listen to past shows, view playlists and more, fan the show on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Metap ... 6748511750 ... Live every Friday night at 10pm to 1am EST on WSCA-LP 106.1 FM, Portsmouth Community Radio!

Watch my playlist unravel before your eyes LIVE here: http://wscafm.radioactivity.fm/

Egg

I didn’t intend to convey any hatred or dislike of females in that statement. 

I meant The Nots played like mature, strong, confident women as opposed to the charming innocence and simplicity of Toxie.  Maybe subconsciously I was thinking of the response in the GF9 Program Guide from Cecilia from Cecilia and the Sauerkrauts.  When asked for a “…tip for girls in rock bands” she replied, “Don’t act like girls.” 

http://www.goner-records.com/gonerfest/GF9ProgramGuide.pdf

In the future, I will be more mindful to choose my words more carefully.  It’s good that you call “bullshit” on things that you see as being wrong and I hope you continue to be diligent in regards to examples of both misogyny and misandry.

“In the past quarter century, we exposed biases against other races and called it racism, and we exposed biases against women and called it sexism. Biases against men we call humor.”

—Warren Farrell, Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say

I got the 3 Canadian 60s 45s and they ROCK! Great sound, nice sleeves...can't wait for the Aussie issues too!

Gun Club, Blowtops, if I think of any more I'll add on.

The Black Lips hands down and then Jay Reatard. Dare I even mention the Strokes at first.