
Fanatic! I hope your week was buoyant and full of music. I’ve been getting in good vinyl sessions after work every single night. It’s been Joy Division bootlegs, the Bratmobile reissues, Station To Station, The Idiot, Machine Gun Etiquette, Music For Pleasure, the Cramps Live at Max's Kansas City bootleg and some of the more recent Wolf Eyes albums, to name but a few. The listening has been premium. Or as the Necros used to say, “choice!”
The new Des Demonas LP Apocalyptic Boom Boom! is coming out at the end of the month on In The Red and it’s really good. We’ll start tracks from it later this month.
https://intheredrcords.com/collections/des-demonas/products/des-demonas-s-t-copy
Every once in a while, an old person can do what a young person does and not look ridiculous. Listening to music is one of those things. I think music is one of the better deals we humans ever got. In fact, maybe it’s the best. Maybe we should invest as much of our time in health, music, art, and culture as we can and leave the mediocre content to the squares. Just an idea.
Fanatic, we hope you will find tonight’s selection of tunes to be an excellent soundtrack no matter when or how or from where you’re listening. We cannot thank you enough for taking the time to tune in. I’m about 100% sure you have quite a few options so it means a lot that you’re checking out the show.
Just yesterday, Engineer X and I put the finishing touches on next week’s show and it’s a great one. We hope you’ll dig what we’ve got lined up for you tonight. Until next week, remain healthy, defiant, curious and of course STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Hour 1
Iggy Pop - The Passenger / Lust For Life
Kraftwerk - Computerwelt / Computerwelt
Scott Walker - The Girls And The Dogs / Sings Jacques Brel
Einstürzende Neubauten - Aufrecht Gehen / Kalte Sterne
The Fall - It's The New Thing / Live At The Witch Trials (CD extra track)
Barbiturates - Double Happiness / Shades
Ekko Astral - Buffaloed / Pink Balloons
Freak Genes - Deliria / Delirik
Autobahns - Ciapa Male / First LP!
Omar Souleyman - Don't Wear Black - Green Suits You Better / Highway To Hassake
The Green Child - Private Laugh / Look Familiar
Cherry Cheeks - Gone / Cherry Cheeks
Wire - A Flat Ten / Red Barked Tree
Bratmobile - Cheap Trick Record / Ladies, Women And Girls
Kosmetika - Opaque / Illustration
Edward Hazelton - Hard Rock Is My Pillow / One String Blues
David Bowie - Hang On To Yourself / Bowie At The Beeb
Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds - Conjure Man / Conjure Man
Les Vampyrettes - Menetekel / Les Vampyrettes 12”
Hour 2
Sex Mex - We're So Nice (Now) / Sex Mex '23
Eggy - Begin At The End / With Gusto
Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata / Pata Pata
The Beatles - I Am The Walrus (mono) / Magical Mystery Tour
Jackie Lomax - Is This What You Want? / Is This What You Want?
Split System - The Blues / Vol. 2
Robert Sotelo & Mary Currie - Dream States / Dream Songs
Ruts DC - Psychic Attack / Music Must Destroy
Prima Donnas - Yr. So Cool / Drugs, Sex And Discotheque
Chain And The Gang - For Practical Purposes (I Love You) / Music's Not For Everyone
Joy Division – Shadowplay / Unknown Pleasures
Prison Affair - Quizás / Split w/Snooper
Terrible Truths - See Straight / Terrible Truths
Slim Gaillard - Atomic Cocktail / Cement Mixer Putti Putti
The Prize - One Day At A Time / The Prize / The Unknowns Split
Birthday Party - Kewpie Doll / Junkyard
The Open Mind - The Magic Potion / The Psychedelic Snarl
Ornette Coleman - Check Out Time / Love Call
Thomas Dolby drops original mixes just for KCRW. Every Friday in December.