KCRW Broadcast 817

Fanatic! I understand that the Thanksgiving holiday can sometimes be intense for some people who have to gather with members of their family who they might have strong disagreements with, spend hours with them, ending with a grand meal set at a table before all parties are allowed to stagger away fuming and go back to their respective dwellings. The angry parties, all swearing vengeance, promise to do it all over again around this time next year. Sounds crazy to me but humans are highly complex creatures.

Tonight’s show is ever so slightly conceptual. If you notice, Generation X tracks start both hours. We are doing this because it is Billy Idol's birthday. Happy birthday, Billy!

I did some great listening over the last few days, here are a few of the records I checked out.

Sun Ra – Ra To The Rescue

Eric Dolphy – Out There

Eric Dolphy – Outward Bound

Corker – Hallways Of Grey

Boris / Coaltar Of The Deepers 12”

Doe St – Doe St

J Mascis - What Do We Do Now

Joy Division – Pictures In My Mind

Des Demonas – Apocalyptic Boom! Boom!

The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned – Music For Pleasure

Iggy Pop – The Idiot

The new Des Demonas album Apocalyptic Boom! Boom! came out yesterday. It’s really good.

https://intheredrecords.com/collections/store/products/des-demonas-s-t-copy

Cool bands you might never have heard of but are easily checked out on Bandcamp.

David Boring

https://davidboring.bandcamp.com/album/unnatural-objects-and-their-humans-remastered-2020-2

Otoboke Beaver

https://otobokebeaver.bandcamp.com/album/okoshiyasu-otoboke-beaver-remastered-2018

Xiaowang

https://xiaowang.bandcamp.com/album/kachakacha

Drinking Boys And Girls Choir

https://band-dbgc.bandcamp.com/album/marriage-license

Say Sue Me

https://saysueme.bandcamp.com/album/where-we-were-together

I really like the lyrics of Old Town

All of these bands are on the Damnably label out of the UK. Worth checking out.

We’ll be getting tracks from these bands into upcoming shows.

https://damnably.bandcamp.com

Fanatic, tonight’s show I do believe is a happening mix of new and old that you’ll hopefully find enjoyable. Taleen Kali’s cover of Cupid Come by My Bloody Valentine is really good. We’re playing a track from the new Des Demonas album, a cool live version of the great Roland S Howard channeling Billy Idol’s classic track White Wedding and we finish the show with David Bowie doing Wild Is The Wind from Station To Station which I think is one of his greatest vocal performances. And somehow the Misfits and the Gun Club also found their way into the show as well. You can chalk that up to good planning.

We wish Billy Idol the happiest of birthdays and hope you have a great time digging tonight’s show. Until next week, keep finding humor in situations you previously couldn’t imagine it existed and STAY FANATIC!!!

–– Henry

Hour 1

1. Gen X - Dancing With Myself / Kiss Me Deadly

2. False Start - Bikini Kill / Reject All American

3. Devo - Blockhead / Duty Now For The Future

4. Lothario - G.E.N.E / Hogtied

5. XYZ - It Ain't Fair / Artificial Flavoring

6. Taleen Kali - Cupid Come (My Bloody Valentine cover) / dl

7. Prison Affair - I'm Leaving Broken / Demo IV

8. Miles Davis - Générique / Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud

9. Ekko Astral - Somewhere At The Bottom Of The River Between L'enfant And Eastern Market / Pink Balloons

10. Street Sweeper - Don’t Wait / New

11. The Adverts - Back From The Dead / Punk Singles Collection

12. Des Demonas - Obsession / Apocalyptic Boom! Boom!

13. The Fall - Mess Of My / Complete Peel Sessions: 1978-2004

14. Kosmetika - Eighty Four / Illustration

15. Kraftwerk - It's More Fun To Compute / Computerwelt

16. Rowland S. Howard - White Wedding / Mandarin Club 18 June 18 2005

17. The Misfits - Teenagers From Mars / Box Set

18. Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - Datura (Memorials remix) / Remezcla

Hour 2

1. Generation X - Night Of The Cadillacs / Valley Of The Dolls

2. Conrad Schnitzler - Blau Bonus / Blau

3. Control Top - Tooth / Control Top

4. Khana Bierbood - Fi Rak Senae-ha / Monolam

5. Lost Sounds - Soon This Tomb / Black Wave

6. Delivery - New Alphabet / Force Majeure

7. Mr. Teenage - The Loser / Automatic Love

8. The Gun Club - The Breaking Hands / Mother Juno

9. Pôle - Osiris / Kotrill

10. Autobahns - Tellin' Ya / First LP!

11. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Lowlife / The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides And Rarities

12. Aus - 1000 Umdrehungen / Aus

13. Kuupuu - Pahan Lintu / Lumen Tähden

14. Oog Bogo - Culprit / Plastic

15. Iggy Pop - Baby / The Idiot

16. David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind / Station To Station