RADIO BROADCAST #888 04-10–26

RADIO BROADCAST #888

04-10–26

Fanatic! I hope you had a great week and got some records listened to. I very much enjoyed hearing the new Continuals album on vinyl and have the new album by Sunn 0))) lined up for the weekend. 

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been recommending a lot of new records to you. I hope you don’t mind.

There’s a band called Season 2 that is definitely worth checking out. Australian Fanatics can find the record on the Spoilsport label and those in the UK can find it on Upset! The Rhythm. That might be a little closer to your locale.

Here is the Australian address.

https://season-2.bandcamp.com/album/power-of-now-aus

And here is the UK address.

upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/power-of-now

First time on our show tonight is a band called Knights of Molino. This is their Bandcamp address. 

https://knightsofmolino.bandcamp.com/track/take-back-control

Fanatic, I must say, I am grateful to be able to work with Engineer X and Engineer Am-Rock every week. I am grateful that there is still work to be done and that every day I wake up a bit behind schedule. It keeps the blood thin and adds urgency to my existence. Larry and I are working on yet another project and we are set to master in a few days. I’m really looking forward to this session. I think this one is going to bring out the best of myself and the excellent engineer Pete Lyman. I’ve come to really enjoy the challenge of mastering. I think we’re going to be able to get great results. After that’s over, I have yet another high caloric expenditure project that I’m looking forward to starting. The rest of this year will be extremely busy. All of these efforts will be object-oriented, and I’ll be able to report to you on release dates for all of them. There are now projects going into next year that will require quite a bit of application. I am grateful and excited for all of it.

I’m sure you’re well aware of what’s happening in the world currently. Humans can really let you down, but music rarely does. We’re very lucky to have access to it. Tonight’s show is a testament to that. Thank you so much for tuning in. Have a great night of listening, an excellent weekend, and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. Dee Dee Ramone - Hop Around / Hop Around

02. Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want / Check Your Head 

03. The Jesus & Mary Chain  - Far Gone And Out / 21 Singles 

04. Continuals - Some Little Agony / Never Sleep 

05. Lost Sounds - What'd I Say / Black Wave 

06. Hammered Hulls - Bog People / Careening  

07. Damaged Bug - Rare Lights / Zuzax 

08. Robert Fripp - You Burn Me Up I'm A Cigarette / Exposure

09. Knights Of Molino - Take Back Control / First Album  

10. Brian Eno - Blank Frank / Here Come The Warm Jets 

11. Joey Ramone - Stop Thinking About It / Don't Worry About Me 

12. Station Model Violence - Drip Away / Station Model Violence 

13. Scientist - Don't Rush The Dub / Dub In The Roots Tradition 

14. Romania - Life Is Rebuilding / Remodel 

15. Star Party  - Push You Aside / Meadow Flower 

16. Staccato Du Mal - Plea Bargain / Sin Destino 

17. Staff Benda Bilili - Avramandole / Très Très Fort 

18. Monty Python - What Have The Romans Ever Done For Us? / Life Of Brian

19. Mark Stewart and The Maffia - The Weight / The Lost Tapes 

Hour 2

01. Unrest - Cath Carroll / Perfect Teeth 

02. Upchuck - Freaky  / Bite The Hand That Feeds 

03. Iggy Pop - Chains / New  Values

04. Heather The Jerk - My Dumb Brain / Scroll If You Love Devil  

05. UK Subs - Brand New Age / Brand New Age

06. The Saints - This Perfect Day / Eternally Yours  

07. Patterns - Late Show / Kim Fowley: One Man's Garbage - Lost Treasures From The Vaults 1959-69 Vol. 1

08. The Germs - My Tunnel / Germs Complete  

09. Keith West - She / Tomorrow 

10. Added Dimensions - You Got My Number / Added Dimensions 

11. The Damned - Melody Lee / Machine Gun Etiquette 

12. Deerhoof - Halfrabbit On A Stick / Halfbird 

13. Shop Talk - SOS / Shop Talk

14. Bratmobile - Some Special / Pottymouth 

15. Escape-ism - Beneath The Underground / Charge Of The Love Brigade

16. Snooper - On Line / Worldwide Demos 

17. Soft As Snow - All Our Beasts / Glass Body  

18. Sort Sol - Abyss / Dagger And Guitar 

19. Radio Birdman - Connected / Zeno Beach 

20. Yasuhito Ohno - Clone Dance / Music in DNA

RADIO BROADCAST #887 04-03–26

RADIO BROADCAST #887

04-03–26

Fanatic. I hope you had a tremendous week and are gearing up for an even better weekend. I’ve been slightly off my game over the last few days as far as getting time in front of the speakers. That’s not to say I haven’t been doing music-oriented work. We just cut the lacquers on a project Larry Hardy and I have been working on for the last several weeks. The parts are all at the pressing plant and we are eagerly awaiting test pressings. Of course, I will keep you in the loop on the progress of this project. I can say that I think you’re going to really dig it. So, that’s some good news and there’s even more good news. We just started preliminary work on yet another incredibly cool project. We are set to master in a couple of weeks. No idea when this one’s coming out, but it will, and I think you’re going to find it very much to your liking. 

If you are a fan of SUNN 0))), their new album came out today. Can’t wait to hear this one.

https://sunn.bandcamp.com/album/sunn-o-2

Here’s information on the very cool Dion Lunadon album that’s coming out soon. Not soon enough for my liking! https://dionlunadon.bandcamp.com/album/rare-gems-volume-one

I just got word that Bettina Köste of the great German band Malaria passed away last month. The first time I went to Berlin, when it was still called West Berlin, at the beginning of 1983, I was immediately fascinated by the city and what I understood the music scene. Several records and many hours of listening later, I became a huge fan. Malaria was one of the first bands, I heard. I Bettina in Berlin on a later tour. We’ve listened to Malaria a few times on the show. Really great music and part of an amazing music scene. 

Stephanie Chernikowski, the excellent photographer, who documented the music scene in NYC for decades, passed away two days ago. She was an amazing artist and a truly good person. There’s a very good chance you’ve seen her photos. You need look no further than the cover of the Cramps’ Gravest Hits 12”. Years ago, I was working on a record for Alan Vega. We needed press photos. I knew that Alan, while extraordinarily photogenic, was not exactly a fan of sitting still for a photo session. That’s why I asked Stephanie if she would do it. She photographed Suicide many times and I knew that Alan liked her and that we would get great shots between her talent, and Alan being relaxed around her. She asked me if I had any requests. I said beyond her doing her thing, I would like to get some shots with the lighting was such that she made Alan look like a silent film star. The portrait is my absolute favorite of Alan. Her photos of Roky Erickson are amazing. She made a book of her photographs called Dream Baby Dream Images From The Blank Generation that’s worth finding. 

Several days ago, music producer extraordinaire Nick Launay contacted me and said he’d just finished a record with the Gang Of Four. No way! He sent me some tracks. They’re really good. There’s no set date for release yet. He asked if I wanted to play the track No Kings Here on the show. You will find it in our second hour. Big thanks to Nick and the band for letting us play the song for you. 

I just got sent in advance of an album that’s coming out in June. It’s a collaboration with Lee Perry and Mouse On Mars, called Spatial, No Problem. You can hear a track now. We’ll start it in May. 

https://mouseonmars.bandcamp.com/album/spatial-no-problem

A reissue of the Sheriff Lindo album Aftershock Dubs comes out in May. Very cool record.

https://emrecords.bandcamp.com/album/aftershock-dubs-2026-repress

We hope you enjoy tonight’s gathering of tunes and that you have a splendid and safe weekend. Be good and stay Fanatic 

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. Hanoi Rocks - Up Around The Bend / Two Steps From The Move 

02. David Bowie - Look Back in Anger / Lodger 

03. Black Flag - Jealous Again / The First Four Years 

04. Misfits - Static Age / Static Age 

05. Continuals - Shy / Never Sleep

06. Electric Eels – Cyclotron / Their Organic Majesty's Request  

07. Damaged Bug - Sike Witch / Zuzax

08. The Damned - Noise, Noise, Noise / Machine Gun Etiquette 25th Anniversary Edition  

09. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (mono) / Singles Collection 

10. Station Model Violence - Falling Down / Station Model Violence 

11. Ian Shoales - Temp Work / I Gotta Go 

12. Oog Bogo - Giddy Up / Cowgirls

13. The Fall - Shift-Work / Shift-Work

14. Birthday Party - Kiss Me Black / Junkyard

15. Dog Chocolate - So Inspired, So Done In / So Inspired, So Done In  

16. The Ruts - Give Youth A Chance / Ruts Box  

17. Scientists - Blood Red River / Blood Red River 

18. Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots / Paranoid 

Hour 2

01. Bad Brains – I / Banned In D.C.: Bad Brains Greatest Riffs  

02. Deerhoof - Plastic Thrills / The Magic   

03. Rondelles - It's Neverending / The Fox  

04. Gang Of Four - No Kings Here / new 

05. The Cruel Sea - Better Get A Lawyer / Better Get A Lawyer  

06. Holland - French Grass / Love Fluxus 

07. The Grand Prees - Jungle Fever / Mad Mike Monsters - Vol. 02   

08. Raymond Scott - Vicks: Formula 44 / Manhattan Research, Inc. 

09. Death - Freakin Out / ...For The World To See

10. Hannah Lew - Replica / Hannah Lew 

11. J. Zunz - Lux II / Silente 

12. Tee Vee Repairmann / Bus Stop - #887  What's On TV?  

13. Season 2 - Becomes a Dream / Power Of Now  

14. Rāde - Stop It / Rāde 

15. Snooper - Company Car / Worldwide Demos  

16. John Coltrane – Countdown / Atlantic Recordings 

17. The Clash - Gates of the West / Black Market Clash  

18. Cliquey Bitches - Caveat Emptor / Scorpio Scorpio 

19. Devo - Wiggly World / Duty Now For The Future 

20. Sheriff Lindo - Yout Dem a Suffa / Aftershock Dubs

RADIO BROADCAST #886 03-27-26

RADIO BROADCAST #886

03-27-26

Fanatic! I hope you had a great week. I’ve been getting some good listening in. Here are a few titles. I just heard.

Stephen R Smith – Olive

The Stooges – Metallic ‘KO 

Continuals – Never Sleep

Vague Rituals – Vague Rituals

Station Model Violence – Station Model Violence

The new Continuals album, Never Sleep, is great. It came out last week. We have a track from it in the show tonight. https://continualsdc.bandcamp.com/album/never-sleep

The new Kim Salmon 7”Is out. We have a track from it for you in our first hour.

https://kimsalmon.bandcamp.com/album/freudian-slippers

The project that Larry Hardy and I are working on is moving forward. Liner notes have been approved, label, copy and front cover sticker approved as well. We will cut the lacquers next week as well as master a 7” related to the album, to come out later. This is all very exciting stuff. This record, that I’m not telling you anything about, will be out this year. As soon as we can announce, I will tell you all about it. 

Spring is very much under way and we’re working with great enthusiasm to prepare excellent shows for April. Engineer X, Engineer Am-Rock and I are putting the finishing touches on next week’s show right now. 

We hope you dig tonight’s gathering of tunes and that you have a superb weekend with a lot of music. As the temperatures tick up, remember to maintain good hydration levels and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene / Bug  

02. Sonic Youth - Starpower / EVOL

03. The Gun Club - Eternally Is Here / The Las Vegas Story 

04. Heather the Jerk - Nothing Changes / Scroll If You Love Devil 

05. Slant 6 - Click-Click / Inzombia  

06. Dion Lunadon - Dead Or Alive / Rare Gems Volume One  

07. New York Dolls - Bad Girl / New York Dolls 

08. The Clash - Rock The Casbah / Combat Rock 

09. Snooper - Guard Dog / Worldwide Demos 

10. Ausmuteants - Stadiums Order Of Operation 

11. Smoked Salmon - Seein' Spots / Freudian Slippers 

12. Shop Talk - Saltillo / Shop Talk 

13. Ryan Reidy - The Girls in My Hometown / Fringe Body Parts 

14. The Fall - City Dweller / Middle Class Revolt

15. Dad Jokes - Party Goblin / Hopeless Vacation 

16. Trouble Funk - So Early In The Morning / Singles

Hour 2

01. The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog / The Stooges 

02. Devo – Blockhead / Duty Now For The Future  

03. Cheech And Chong - Earache My Eye / Greatest Hit 

04. Continuals - Second Floor Tom / Never Sleep 

05. Eddie Gale - Black Rhythm Happening / Black Rhythm Happening 

06. Bikini Kill - New Radio / Singles

07. Motivations - The Birds / Mad Mike Monsters Vol. 03   

08. Sun Ra - We Travel The Spaceways / Soundtrack To The Film: Space Is The Place  

09. Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated / Road To Ruin 

10. 2m8o - Wishy Washy / Popcorn Ceilings  

11. Jaguar 777 - Velvet On The Razor's Edge / Jaguar 777   

12. New Race - Gotta Keep Movin' / The First And The Last 

13. Station Model Violence - Immolation / Station Model Violence 

14. Rāde - She Came From Under The House / Bandcamp dl 

15. Ros Sereysothea - Tonight, Dance / Groove Club Vol. 2 - Cambodia Rock Spectacular 

16. Upchuck - In The Wire / Sense Yourself  

17. One Last Wish - Sleep Of The Stage / 1986  

18. Freak Genes - Give Way / Qwak Qwak

19. Angry Angles - Blockhead / Angry Angles

20. Miles Davis - Rated X / Get Up With It

RADIO BROADCAST #885 03-20–26

RADIO BROADCAST #885

03-20–26

Fanatic. I would like to note the passing of Tim Harrison, a man I knew for decades. He drove the bus on many tours I did all over North America. I got the word he was in hospice several hours down the road from me. As I was heading to him, he slipped away. We had a lot of laughs and some great times out there. 

I’m doing my best to catch up on listening. Quite often I’ll get a record as soon as it comes out, but it will take me a while to actually listen to it. There are a lot of records here, waiting to hit the turntable. There is an amazing musician, a multi instrumentalist, whose records I get just because his name is on them. He never lets me down. His name is Oren Ambarchi. Late last year, I got a record of his that at the time, had just come out called Dragon’s Return. I finally got it listened to a couple of nights ago. It’s really good. Mr. Ambarchi is quite prolific and seems to always be onto the next thing. He can be hard to keep up with sometimes. You can go to Bandcamp and check out what he’s been getting up to. https://orenambarchi.bandcamp.com/album/dragons-return

The new Continuals album Never Sleep comes out today. This is a great record and I’m so glad the band was able to turn it around for release so quickly. You might remember we listened to their previous self-titled album quite a bit. We have a track from that record early in tonight’s show. Continuals features, Ryan Nelson, who you might remember from the cool band Soccer Team. Fellow soccer teammate, Melissa Quinley, features prominently on Never Sleep. They work so well together. It’s great to hear them again. In my opinion, Fanatic, this is excellent warm-to-hot weather listening. We will start in on it next week. https://continualsdc.bandcamp.com/album/never-sleep

You might remember last week, I told you about a test pressing that Larry and Ian had listened to, that I had not yet heard. A few days ago, I listened to it, and as Ian and Larry testified, it sounds great. We put the order in and as soon as we have records back, we will let you know. On even more cool things that we can’t tell you much about yet, a few days ago, I mastered a record with Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound. The results were incredible. He is a truly amazing engineer. We just finished the liner notes and the sticker for the cover. All that wrapped earlier today. I’m waiting for Larry to give me the command and Pete will get the lacquers cut. I will, of course, be in attendance to do real time Fanatic documentation. In my decades as an amateur music hyper-fan, this particular project eclipses anything I’ve ever been involved with. We can’t wait for you to hear this one. 

There’s a new release by that cool band Optic Sink. The Bandcamp page says there were only 80 pressed. I haven’t heard anything but the one track you get on the pre-order. You can check it out here. https://opticsink.bandcamp.com/album/relentless-metamorphosis

The new Damaged Bug album, Zuzax, is out today. We have a track from it on the show tonight. https://damagedbug.bandcamp.com/album/zuzax

We have, for you tonight, Fanatic, a “veritable cornucopia” of tunes that will hopefully gratify your Epicurean palette of music appreciation. We aim to please. Have a great night of listening, and a tremendous, music-filled weekend. When in doubt, put a record on and no matter what, stay Fanatic.  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. Rites Of Spring - Hain's Point / Rites Of Spring 

02. Continuals - Flying Cross / Continuals  

03. David Bowie - Suffragette City / Ziggy Stardust 

04. Damaged Bug - Hoak / Zuzax 

05. The Carpettes - How About Me And You / Small Wonder : Vol. 2-Punk Singles Collection 

06. Subsonics - I'm a Blur / Subsonics 

07. Heather the Jerk - Said What I Said / Scroll If You Love Devil  

08. Shop Talk - Mirage Of Love / Shop Talk  

09. Roky Erickson - I Have Always Been Here Before / Gremlins Have Pictures  

10. Ryan Reidy - The Scrubbed Summer of Love / Fringe Body Parts  

11. Minutemen - '99 / What Makes A Man Start Fires? 

12. Mosquito Ego - Glomb IV / Glomb

13. UK Subs - Party In Paris / Diminished Responsibility

14. Station Model Violence - Leisure / Station Model Violence

15. The Fall - Popcorn Double Feature / Extricate 

16. Quix*O*Tic - Make All The Ghoul Girls Cry / NIght For Day 

17. Deerhoof - Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back / Offend Maggie 

18. Black Beach - Dream Shake / Mail Thief 

19. Les Tambours De Brazza – Ahaando / Ahaando Le Griot Rap Compte!

Hour 2

01. Slayer - Stain Of Mind / Diabolus in Musica 

02. Misfits - Lullaby (1977 rehearsal) / Manny Martinez Tapes 1977 

03. Public Enemy – Rightstarter / Yo! Bum Rush The Show 

04. Added Dimensions - What's The Hurry / Added Dimensions  

05. Artificial Go – Aphrodisiac / Hopscotch Fever 

06. Pere Ubu - Free White / Lady From Shanghai  

07. Frank Thayer - Long Grey Highway / El Paso Rock Vol. 05: The Troubled Streets - Border Town Rock N' Roll 1958-64 

08. The Cramps - Red Headed Woman (feat. Jimmie Dickinson) / Off Air

09. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Taste The Floor / The Complete John Peel Sessions 

10. Host Family – Dromedary / Extended Play 

11. Nick Cave & Gallon Drunk - The Big Hurt / Mojo - Original Soundtrack

12. Mod Vigil - Free Range / Mod Vigil 

13. Snooper - Pom Pom / Worldwide Demos 

14. The Searchers - Popcorn Double Feature / Hearts In Their Eyes  

15. Monty Python - Wonderful World Of Sound / Monty Python's Previous Record   

16. The Saints - Know Your Product / Eternally Yours 

17. Tom Waits - Goin' Out West / Bone Machine  

18. Einstürzende Neubauten - Neun Arme / Drawings Of O.T.  

19. King Crimson - Sleepless Bob Clearmountain Mix) / Three Of A Perfect Pair

RADIO BROADCAST #884 03-13-26

RADIO BROADCAST #884

03-13-26

Fanatic! I hope you had a great week. I just finished driving a van full of things for 30 hours and 44 minutes, with a break of 10 minutes of sleep at a truckstop in Oklahoma. Upon arrival, unfolding my body from the shape of the seat and getting out of the van was a small victory, but having to unload the van and then return it to the airport, all in one go, bordered on the miraculous. 

On the way, I listened to the tracks for tonight’s show twice. I do believe we have a great gathering of tunes. Standouts that occurred to me as I was driving include the great phrasing of Scott Walker, the sheer awesomeness of the Beastie Boys track, how I’ve got to listen to all the Soccer Team records yet again, and how perfectly Paul Weller of the Jam snapshots the frustrations of a young person in the track we’re playing tonight, The Modern World. 

Also, perhaps selfishly, I want to include that while the miles went by, I came up with what I think is a great idea for a bit of music writing to do. I’m going to have to find some time to get into it over the next few months. Writing about music, on the glaringly sub-amateur level I do it on, is at best, hyperbolic and likely almost completely enthusiasm-based. I know this. I wish I had the cool sophistication of the music writers I admire, but I simply don’t. At some point over the summer, I’ll put in a mercifully abbreviated version of this idea, complete with a reference discography, into our weekly show notes and write a far more painfully expanded version to go elsewhere at some point. 

You might remember several weeks ago, I told you I was mixing some tracks with our good pal and sonic ally, Ian MacKaye at Inner Ear Studios. It took some time to make people understand that neither Ian or I were on any of the tracks, that we were merely mixing old tracks from a multitrack tape that I’d retrieved weeks before. So far, I haven’t told you who the band is. I didn’t want to do that until we knew we were going to be able to release it. Here’s an update: the test pressings are back from the plant. Larry Hardy at In The Red Records says it sounds great, as does Ian. I have a copy that I’ll listen to over the weekend. If those two say it’s good to go, then I’m 100% sure it is. That means, we’ll get the record pressed up and to you as soon as possible. We can’t wait for you to hear it.

Century, after century, humans, despite so much available history to learn from, keep perpetrating catastrophic and horrible campaigns that create unimaginable misery and generational trauma. The contorted logic they use to justify such madness is as transparent as it is obscene. I know you don’t need me to tell you any of this. Music is one thing humans created, in its best examples, that’s absolutely perfect. No matter how heartbreaking and disappointing the actions of people in power can be, we still have music. Engineer X, Engineer Am-Rock and myself are so glad to be able to provide you with some every week. To say we’re into it is an understatement. Thank you so much for tuning in.

Have a great weekend and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. Rites Of Spring - Deeper Than Inside / Rites Of Spring 

02. Devo - Secret Agent Man / Hardcore Devo Vol 3 

03. Ramones - Carbona Not Glue / Leave Home 

04. Damaged Bug - The End Of The War / Zuzax 

05. Minutemen - Faith/East Wind / What Makes A Man Start Fires? 

06. Reatards - Listen To My Heart / Bedroom Disasters 

07. Black Beach - Secret World / Mail Thief 

08. Wire - Three Girl Rhumba / Pink Flag 

09. Einstürzende Neubauten - Tanz Debil / Kollaps 

10. Station Model Violence - Cliffs / Station Model Violence 

11. Scott Walker - The Girls And The Dogs / Sings Jacques Brel 

12. Added Dimensions - Default Mode / Added Dimensions 

13. The Beastie Boys - The Sounds Of Science / Paul's Boutique 

14. The Fall - Pumpkin Head Xscapes / Ed's Babe 

15. Buzzcocks - Harmony In My Head / Singles Going Steady 

16. Shop Talk - Love, Dart / Shop Talk 

17. John Coltrane - Vilia / Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album 

Hour 2

01. Misfits - Hollywood Babylon (1977 Rehearsal) / Manny Martinez Tapes 1977 

02. Pure Hell - No Rules / Noise Addiction 

03. Soccer Team - Friends Who Know / Real Lessons In Cynicism 

04. Aquarium - White House / The Aquarium 

05. Host Family - Vanity Plate / Extended Play 

06. Deerhoof - Heart Failure / Apple O' 

07. Oog Bogo - Giddy Up / Cowgirls

08. Morty Shann & The Morticians - Red Headed Woman / Kicksville! - Raw Rockabilly Acetates Vol. 02.

09. The Jam - The Modern World / No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion 

10. UK Subs - She's Not There / Brand New Age  

11. Snooper - Worldwide / Worldwide Demos 

12. The Stevens - Lost And Found / A History Of Hygiene 

13. Rāde - Koi Fish / Is There A Doctor In The House? 

14. King Sunny Ade - Kajo Mamu Lo / Classics Volume 6 

15. GØGGS - Future Nothing / GØGGS

16. Minor Threat - Seeing Red / First Demo 

17, Slant 6 - Don't You Ever? / Soda Pop * Rip Off 

18. Unrest - Cath Carroll / Cath Carroll promo CD 

19. The Sunnyboys - Tomorrow Will Be Fine / This is Real

20. MC5 - Call Me Animal / Back In The USA 

21. Dee Dee Ramone - Bad Horoscope / Zonked 

22. The Misfits - Hollywood Babylon / Box Set 

23. Sonic's Rendezvous Band - City Slang / City Slang

RADIO BROADCAST #883 03-06–26

RADIO BROADCAST #883

03-06–26

Fanatic! I hope you had a tremendous week. It looks from all the budding trees in my neighborhood, that spring is underway. I don’t mind having the cold weather behind me.

Last night, I listened to an album by our good pal and sonic ally Stephen O’Mally, released last year called But Remember What You Have Had. If you’re a fan of his guitar assault unit SUNN 0))), this is a slightly more Avant offering. I dig all of his solo records and this is yet another great installment.

https://stephenomalley.bandcamp.com/album/but-remember-what-you-have-had

Back in February, Heather The Jerk released a new collection of music called Scroll If You Love Devil. She’s great. We’ll be starting tracks soon. https://heatherthejerk.bandcamp.com/album/scroll-if-you-love-devil

Snooper has seen fit to release the demos they made for their Worldwide album. Really good.

https://snooper7.bandcamp.com/album/worldwide-demos

On March 13, Shop Talk will release their self titled 12”. We’ll start tracks soon.

https://shoptalk.bandcamp.com/album/s-t

On March 20, the new album by Damaged Bug, a.k.a. John Dwyer called Zuzax will be released.

https://damagedbug.bandcamp.com/album/zuzax

On April 24, Optic Sink has a new release called Relentless Metamorphosis. I pre-ordered mine yesterday. This band is always interesting. https://opticsink.bandcamp.com/album/relentless-metamorphosis

There are a lot of great records coming out this year. We’ve got some great listening to look forward to. 

Tonight we have what you hopefully will find to be a great soundtrack to start your weekend. The last few weeks, I found myself listening to a lot of Dion Lunadon’s music. I never get tired of him. I thought tonight we should go back to that great track he put out a few months ago. We have it in our first hour. Oh, that reminds me, you will see the Smoked Salmon track in hour one. That’s none other than the great Kim Salmon. Definitely worth checking out. The record was released today. https://kimsalmon.bandcamp.com/album/freudian-slippers

We hope you have a great weekend and that you get a lot of music listened to. As is the usual, we are finishing up work on next week’s show and it’s going to be great. Please tune in if you can. Have a fantastic night of listening and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. Rites Of Spring - Spring / Rites Of Spring 

02. UK Subs - Same Thing / Brand New Age 

03. Wire - Sand In My Joints  Chairs Missing 

04. Dion Lunadon - Gold Standard Love / dl 

05. The Sonics - Strychnine / Nuggets  

06. Generation X - Shakin' All Over / Valley Of The Dolls 

07. TV Colours - The Kids Are All Grown Up / Purple Skies, Toxic River 

08. Smoked Salmon - Freudian Slippers / Freudian Slippers 

09. XYZ - Drum Machine / XYZ 

10. Public Figures - Landed In A Trap / Figure It Out! 

11. Dee Dee Ramone - I Am Seeing UFOs / Zonked  

12. Party Dozen - Mad Rooter / Mad Rooter / Ghost Rider  

13. T.Y. - Murder Bank / WE R TY

14. The Stooges - Real Cool Time / The Stooges

15. The Fall - Free Range / Code: Selfish

16. Rondelles - Please Shut Up / The Fox

17. David Bowie - Hang On To Yourself / Bowie At The Beeb 

18. David Chesworth - Its All Done With Headphones / 50 Synthesizer Greats

19. TAKAAT - Ijit N’elwan 4 / TAKAAT - Is Noise, Vol. 3 

Hour 2

01. Ryan Reidy - Impossible to Love / Fringe Body Parts 

02. Saturday Looks Good To Me - Liquor Store / Encore Records

03. Ween - Springtheme / Pure Guava 

04. 2m8o - Subliminal Spring / Popcorn Ceilings 

05. Saccharine Trust - We Don't Need Freedom / Paganicons

06. Soccer Team - Problems With Prolonged Youth / Lessons In Cynicism 

07. Jimmie Volk - Springtime Rock / Everybody's Boppin' - Early Northwest Rockers & Instrumentals Vol. 1

08. The Calico Wall - I'm A Living Sickness / Trash Box Vol. 3 

09. Ramones - It's a Long Way Back / Road To Ruin 

10. Added Dimensions - Slow Shifting / Jane From Preoccupied America 

11. Den - Restaurant / Post Pink

12. Banshees - They Prefer Blondes / Back From The Grave Part 1

13. Earth Tongue - Ritual / Dungeon Vision 

14. Revolutionary Corps Of Teenage Jesus - Puzz Puzz / Righteous Lite 

15. Martin Rev - Black Ice / To Live

16. Liz Lamere - Strike / One Never Knows

17. Radio Birdman - Murder City Nights / Radios Appear 

18. David Boring - Martyr #1 / Liminal Beings And Their Echoes

RADIO BROADCAST #882 02-27–26

RADIO BROADCAST #882

02-27–26

Fanatic! I hope your week was stellar. I got some great listening in when I wasn’t proofreading. These three stand out.

Boris - Live Noise Alive (red, black glitter swirl Japanese online store 100 pressed) 

Damaged Bug – Zuzax

Unissued Sixties Garage Acetates Vol. 05 Five - You Tore My Brain! 

We’re playing a track from an interesting record tonight. The band is called the Glass Cage. This is from the band camp page.

“In the summer of 1968, five BC teenagers recorded an exciting six-song demo of West Coast garage psych. Cut to an acetate then lost to time for 50+ years. Until now.”

Apparently, the record took about 10 years to finally get a release after the acetate was found. It’s a worthwhile listen. https://supremeecho.bandcamp.com/album/the-glass-cage

Looking forward to playing the new Damaged Bug album Zuzax on the show later next month.

https://damagedbug.bandcamp.com/album/zuzax

New music by our good friend and sonic ally Kim Salmon.

https://kimsalmon.bandcamp.com/album/freudian-slippers

I just got a record by a band called Station Model Violence. I don’t know anything about them yet. I listened to some tracks and they sounded cool. We’ll put a track of theirs in the March 13 show. The record came out today. https://staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com/album/station-model-violence

Our good pal and sonic ally, Michael Mulholland, who resides and broadcasts out of beautiful Melbourne, Australia gave me the heads up that there is a new album by the great band EXEK called Prove The Mountains Move. Michael is a great source for excellent music. I do my best to always give him credit, but I must say, a lot of music that we listen to on our show is from his recommendations. Thanks, Michael!  https://exek.bandcamp.com/album/prove-the-mountains-move

Damn, albums are so expensive now. It’s an incredible buzz kill but that’s how it is.

Fanatic, as we edge ever closer to Fanatic spring 2026, I can say, with the access to upcoming records that I have access to, some of which I’m intricately involved with, that we have some incredible music to look forward to this year. I think you’re going to be beyond stoked, you find yourself in a state of temporary disbelief. 

I just got an email from someone named Ian MacKaye. Decade after decade, he keeps writing me. One of these days, I’m going to figure out who this person is. Apparently he has a record label called Dischord. He said that he went and saw Kid Congo play last night and that El Kid, one of my favorite people in the history of humankind, was coming by to visit today. I am beside myself with jealousy and will have to find some way to cope. Reportedly, Kid and his incredible band are going to be doing dates in Europe with Liz Lamere opening. WOW! That’s a double bill I would like to see. 

Engineer X, Engineer Am-Rock and I will be putting the finishing touches on next week’s show over the weekend. I’m listening to the tracks as I’m writing this. Really cool show we’ve got lined up.

If you take a look below, you will hopefully find tonight’s gathering of great jams to be to your liking. The Ryan Reidy tracks we’ve been playing from his album Fringe Body Parts are really rocking our second hour. https://ryanreidy.bandcamp.com/album/fringe-body-parts.

As far as I’m concerned, winter is on its last legs and spring will soon be upon us. Have a great weekend and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody / The Best Of Eddie Cochran 

02. Ruts - Staring At The Rude Boys / Peel Sessions 

03. The Sonics - Psycho / Nuggets Disc 3 

04. Public Figures - Honeycomb / Figure It Out! 

05. Jay Reatard - Haunting You / Singles 06-07 

06. The Urinals - Ack Ack Ack Ack / Negative Capability...Check It Out!

07. Gun Club - Richard Speck / Divinity

08. 2m8o - Angle Numbers / Popcorn Ceilings 

09. Linda Guilala - Accidente / Psiconáutica 

10. Lime Crush - Connective Tissue / Sub Divide 

11. T.Y. - Break It / WE R TY 

12. MC5 - Call Me Animal / Back In The USA  

13. The Stooges - Not Right / The Stooges 

14. Discharge - Does This System Work? / Why

15. Dog Chocolate - No Pavement Story / So Inspired, So Done In  

16. The Fall - Disney's Dream Debased / The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall  

17. Tyler Jon Tyler - Old Enough / Tyler Jon Tyler 

18. TV Ghost - A Maze Of Death / Disconnect  

19. UK Subs - T.V. Blues / Another Kind Of Blues 

20. TAKAAT - Ijit N’elwan 1 / TAKAAT - Is Noise, Vol. 3 

21. Trouble Funk - Say What / Singles 

Hour 2

01. György Ligeti - Allegro Molto Capriccioso / György Ligeti Edition 3: Works for Piano 

02. Misfits - In The Doorway (1977 Rehearsal) / Manny Martinez Tapes 1977 

03. Wire - Outdoor Miner / Chairs Missing 

04. The Scientists - I Wasn't Good At Picking Friends / Negativity  

05. Glass Cage - I Think I Love You / Where Did The Sunshine Go? 

06. Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - Lux, Lumina / De Facto

07. Minutemen - Cut / Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat  

08. Four Frogs - Mr. Big / El Paso Rock, Vol. 9: Sand Surfin' - Border Town Rock N' Roll 1964-67  

09. Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - Flypaper / Gorilla Rose  

10. BB Bomb - Drunken Ass / Practice Songs

11. Jaguar 777 - Arrest Me / Jaguar 777  

12. Earth Tongue - Orbit Of A Witch / Dungeon Vision

13. Dion Lunadon - Insurance, Rent And Taxes / Dion Lunadon 

14. Caution - Your Boss Sucks / Peripheral Vision 

15. Total Control - The Hammer / Henge Beat

16. Ryan Reidy - Positions / Fringe Body Parts

17. Dean Ween Group - Showstopper / Rock 2 

18. EL Guapo - I Don't Care / Fake French 

19. David Boring - Martyr #1 / Liminal Beings And Their Echoes

RADIO BROADCAST #881 02-20–26

RADIO BROADCAST #881
02-20–26
 
Fanatic! Happy Friday. I hope you’ve been able to listen to great music since last week. I’ve been doing marathon proofreading and editing sessions that go from when I wake up until well into the night. This has kept me from the turntable, but this is work that must be done. This regimen will be in place for the next several days.
 
You might remember, months ago, when I told you that I had mixed some songs with Ian MacKaye at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia. Probably, due to my mediocre writing skills, I wasn’t clear enough in my reportage and some folks were left under the impression that Ian and I were creating new music. We were actually mixing tracks from an old demo tape from 1979 that I located months before. The reason I’m bringing this up is the tracks came out sounding really good and two days ago, our good pal, the very talented engineer Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound, cut the lacquer for the record these tracks will be released on. He even cut an acetate for me so I could listen to the tracks at home. I sat in front of the speakers in his editing room, listening back to the tracks, while sending Ian and Larry Hardy at In The Red Records short videos so they could listen. It was very exciting to hear these tracks sound so good. The cover art, liner, notes, and labels are all done. The lacquer has been cut. It’s going to be the four tracks pressed on both sides of a 12”. That was Larry’s idea, very cool. The parts went off to the pressing plant and hopefully, we will have test pressing and vinyl to follow. So, what band is this? I’ll let you know when we get the records back. I will say this: it’s really good and we can’t wait for you to hear it. Stay tuned.
 
Our good pal and sonic ally, Hannah Lew of the band Cold Beat, has a solo record coming out on April 10. Looking forward to this one. We are playing a track from it tonight. https://hannahlew.bandcamp.com/album/hannah-lew-2
 
I’m really liking the Fringe Body Parts album by Ryan Reidy. You will find one of his tracks in the second hour. https://ryanreidy.bandcamp.com/album/fringe-body-parts
 
Also, I was able to secure the Misfits tracks from the Manny Martinez Tapes and a really cool version of their excellent song Hybrid Moments will start hour two. Glenn Danzig was an amazing singer right out of the box. I encourage you to find these tracks. We will be playing them in the weeks going forward.
 
The new Takaat 10” Is Noise, Vol. 3 is really good. We will listen to a track from it tonight.
https://takaat.bandcamp.com/album/takaat-is-noise-vol-3
 
Heather The Jerk has just repressed her new cassette titled Scroll If You Love Devil.
https://heatherthejerk.bandcamp.com/album/scroll-if-you-love-devil
 
Tonight’s offering by The Fall is from the band’s album The Unutterable, released in 2000. I wanted to remind you that this record just got the cool Cherry Red Records reissue treatment. Really worth checking out. https://thefallmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-unutterable
 
Fanatic, we really hope you enjoy tonight’s gathering of tracks and that you have a tremendous weekend. Thank you for listening and STAY FANATIC!!!  
–– Henry
                        
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Hour 1
01. The Damned - I Just Can't Be Happy Today / Machine Gun Etiquette 
02. Iggy Pop - Funtime / The Idiot 
03. Upchuck - Reaper / Bite The Hand That Feeds 
04. Public Figures - Cut It Out / Figure It Out! 
05. Dax Riggs - Truth In The Dark / We Sing Of Only Blood Or Love 
06. Caution - Dancing / Peripheral Vision 
07. Aztex - I Said Move / Back From The Grave Part 2  
08. The Living Eyes - Outta Doubt / The Living Eyes
09. Earth Tongue - Watchtower / Dungeon Vision 
10. Occult Chemistry - Earth / TV Dinner #06  
11. Hannah Lew - Sunday / Hannah Lew 
12. Added Dimensions - See Through / Jane From Preoccupied America 
13. The C.I.A. - Under / Surgery Channel 
14. The Aquarium - Performer / 2-song Single 
15. The Fall - Way Round / The Unutterable  
16. Boris - Farewell / Pink 
 
Hour 2
01. Misfits - Hybrid Moments (tk 2) (1977 Rehearsal) / Manny Martinez Tapes 1977 
02. Descendents - Ride the Wild / Fat EP +  
03. Make-Up - Substance Abuse / I Want Some  
04. T.Y. - Ride My Bike / WE R TY. 
05. Takaat - Ijit N’elwan 3 / Takaat - Is Noise, Vol. 3  
06. Crystal Fairy - Chiseler / Crystal Fairy 
07. Knights Of The Round Table - Big Tears / Kim Fowley: King Of The Creeps (Lost Treasures From The Vaults 1959-69 Vol. 3)  
08. Cate Le Bon - I Was Born On The Wrong Day / Crab Day  
09. Tumbleweave - My Tan / Happiness Music Compilation Vol. 1 
10. Orange Whip - Fake Ghost Video / Orange Whip 
11. Ryan Reidy - Rainbow Mountain / Fringe Body Parts 
12. Peak Body - Feelings / Community 4 - A Compilation Of Hobart Music 
13. Jaguar 777 - Upstairs In My Mind / Jaguar 777 
14. Dillinger – Ital Fighting / Bionic Dread 
15. Fugazi - Reprovisional / Repeater + 3 Songs 
16. Bikini Kill - Distinct Complicity / Reject All American 
17. Kate Fagan - I Don't Wanna Be Too Cool / I Don't Wanna Be Too Cool (Expanded Edition) 
18. Hennessey - 8 Men Have All The Money / dl 
19. Dr Sure's Unusual Practice - Thoughts & Prayers (From The Deckchair) / Scomo Goes To Hawaii

RADIO BROADCAST #880 02-13–26

RADIO BROADCAST #880

02-13–26

Fanatic! I hope you had a tremendous week and had a chance to listen to some good records. Here are a few to look forward to.

Ekko Astral has a new album called The Beltway Is Burning, out April 22. 

https://ekkoastral.bandcamp.com/album/the-beltway-is-burning

A new archival release from Les Rallizes Dénudés called Disque 4 -'76 Studio et Live, coming out on May 8. https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/disque-4-76-studio-et-live

This release has a really cool story behind it. We will start tracks from this record very soon. Definitely worth checking out. The band is called the Glass Cage. They cut an acetate in 1968. The tracks are only seeing release now. https://supremeecho.bandcamp.com/album/the-glass-cage

Otherwise, we have a tremendous grouping of tunes for you. That will hopefully start your weekend off in grand fashion. Have a wonderful night of listening, make sure to maintain good hydration levels and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. Bad Brains - Pay To Cum / Banned In DC: Bad Brains Greatest Riffs 

02. Black Flag - Fix Me / The First Four Years 

03. Negative Trend - How Ya Feelin' / Negative Trend EP  

04. The Stooges - Down On The Street / Fun House Sessions 

05. The Damned - Neat Neat Neat / Damned Damned Damned 

06. Joy Division - No Love Lost / Substance 1977-1980 

07. Orange Whip - Wash My Hair / Orange Whip

08. Roky Erickson - Two-Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer) / Click Your Fingers Applauding The Play 

09. Apagya Show Band - Kwaku Ananse / Ghana Soundz: Afro Beat, Funk and Fusion in 70's Ghana 

10. Added Dimensions - Take It / Jane From Preoccupied America 

11. The Misfits - London Dungeon / 12 Hits From Hell 

12. Jimi Hendrix - Love Or Confusion / BBC Sessions 

13. Earth Tongue - 1000 Curses / Dungeon Vision 

14. Slug Guts - Town Tied / Howlin' Gang 

15. The Fall - Kimble / Complete Peel Sessions: 1978-2004 

16. Pere Ubu - Swampland / 20 Years In A Montana Missile Silo  

17. Ween - Birthday Boy / God Ween Satan - Anniversary Edition  

18. Grow Rich - Cat Flag / Frantic Semantic EP 

19. Black Sabbath - Into The Void / Master Of Reality 

Hour 2

01. Ryan Reidy - Death of Pleasure / Fringe Body Parts 

02. The Moving Sidewalks - Need Me / The Complete Collection 

03. Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand - Mojo Hand 

04. Jaguar 777 - Collinwood Yard / Jaguar 777 

05. The Minutemen - Search / The Punch Line 

06. Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Beatle Bones 'n' Smokin' Stones / Strictly Personal 

07. Jet City Five - Huh / Work It On Out! - Northwest Killers Vol. 3  

08. The Horrors - Excellent Choice / The Horrors

09. The Bobby Lees - Monkey Mind / Bellevue 

10. Horsegirl - Anti-glory / Versions Of Modern Performance 

11. Sam Cooke - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen / Sam Cooke's Night Beat 

12. The Screamer - Human Rights / The Screamer 

13. Caution - Mind Like A Tool / Peripheral Vision

14. Catatonic Suns - Plastic Dream / Aphelion 

15. Devo – Faster And Faster / Recombo DNA  

16. Public Enemy - Louder Than A Bomb  / It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back 

17. David Bowie With Queen - Under Pressure / Fifty-Two Years - The Complete Singles

18. David Boring - Earth Song / Liminal Beings And Their Echoes

RADIO BROADCAST #879 02-06–26

RADIO BROADCAST #879

02-06–26

Fanatic! Happy February. I hope the weather isn’t giving you too much hassle. Depending on where you are, you might be baking, listening to your teeth chattering or something far more hospitable. I’m in spring-like weather, surrounded by fallen trees, sheared branches, and melting snow. 

Our good pal and sonic ally Hannah Lew, who you might know from the excellent band Cold Beat, has a solo record coming out in April. We’re going to play a track from it next week. 

https://hannahlew.bandcamp.com/album/hannah-lew-2

In news that at this point  might not necessarily surprise, John Dwyer has another record coming out. This time around, it’s his excellent outfit Damaged Bug. This is such a cool band. We have to wait until March 20 but of course it will be worth it. I’m listening to the pre-order track and it’s really good. On Bandcamp at least, the vinyl looks like it’s sold out but hopefully, that’s a temporary situation. Can’t wait to hear this one. https://damagedbug.bandcamp.com/album/zuzax

This band T.Y. seems good. I’m on the Under The Gun Records mailing list and got the heads up on the group last night. We’ll start tracks from the record next week. https://utgrecords.bandcamp.com/album/we-r-ty

Also, another band on Under The Gun I think is worth checking out is 2m8o. We’ll get a track from them into next week’s show. https://utgrecords.bandcamp.com

We have a gathering of tunes for tonight that we hope you will greatly enjoy. Without a great amount of effort, you can scroll down and see what we’ll be serving up. Have a great night of listening, a tremendous, music-filled weekend and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. The Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker / Rocket To Russia 

02. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (single version) / Superfly 

03. The Birthday Party - Sonny's Burning / Peel Sessions 

04. Orange Whip - Drippy City / Orange Whip

05. Devo - Explosions / Oh No! It's Devo 

06. El Guapo - Laser Eyes / Super/System

07. Added Dimensions - Self Improve / Jane From Preoccupied America 

08. Mr. Teenage - The Loser / Automatic Love 

09. Lee Perry - Kimble / Joe Gibbs & Friends: The Reggae Train 1968-1971 

10. Earth Tongue - Demon Cam / Dungeon Vision 

11. Grooms - Sharing / Prom  

12. Dax Riggs - Radiation Blues / We Sing Of Only Blood Or Love

13. Caution - The Wheel / Peripheral Vision 

14. Pan Ron - I Will Marry You / Dengue Fever Presents Electric Cambodia  

15. Buzzcocks - What Ever Happened To...? / Singles Going Steady 

16. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Write Record Release Blues / The Power Of Negative Thinking 

17. The Fall - The Legend Of Xanadu / Code: Selfish

18. Sonic Youth - Starpower / EVOL 

19. John Coltrane - Dearly Beloved - Sun Ship  

Hour 2

01. X-Ray Spex - I Am A Poseur / Germ-Free Adolescents 

02. Pere Ubu - Flicking Cigarettes At The Sun / The Long Goodbye 

03. Daniel Johnston - Poptunes / Songs of Pain 1980-81 

04. Jaguar 777 - 68 Bullet / Jaguar 777 

05. The Misfits - Cough/Cool / Box Set 

06. Ervin Rucker - Done Done The Slop / Mad Mike Monsters Vol. 03 

07. Stud Cole - Burn Baby Burn / Burn Baby Burn 

08. White Fence - Arrow Man / For the Recently Found Innocent  

09. Dog Chocolate - Green Stuff / So Inspired, So Done In  

10. Jay Reatard - We Who Wait - Blood Visions 

11. Total Control - Retiree / Henge Beat 

12. Mark Stewart – Radio Freedom / Edit 

13. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - The Legend Of Xanadu / If No-One Sang  

14. Thee Oh Sees - Ship / Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion 

15. The Stooges - Open Up And Bleed / Head On  

16. The Velvet Underground – What Goes On / The Velvet Underground  

17. SUNN O))) - Glory Black / SUNN O)))

RADIO BROADCAST #878 01-30–26

RADIO BROADCAST #878
01-30–26
 
Fanatic! I’m going to apologize in advance for the brevity of these notes. I am well into day number five of no electricity. Snow, fallen trees, downed powerlines, etc. I’m going to dash off these brief notes, then get into my car and try and find Internet access. I’m thinking of a strip mall parking lot down the road. I will send these notes off to those who know what to do with them and scurry back to my freezing abode before the slush turns back to ice and makes the roads treacherous.
 
In big news, I went to the supermarket last night just to remember what heat felt like I was able to secure a can of coffee. I saved it for today to have something to look forward to. It doesn’t taste good, but I remember something David Lynch once said in an interview about even bad tasting coffee being good enough. He was of course, correct. Sleeping in below freezing temperatures is interesting. Fleece-lined sweatpants were a wise purchase. 
 
Below you’ll see the tracks for tonight’s marvelous gathering of tunes. I’ve played these tracks at the gym a few times now and I think we definitely have a good show lined up for you. Please enjoy it, stay warm and STAY FANATIC!!!  
–– Henry
 
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Hour 1
01. The Ramones- Outsider / Subterranean Jungle 
02. The Cramps - Five Years Ahead Of My Time / How To Make A Monster 
03. Dax Riggs - A Spinning Song / We Sing Of Only Blood Or Love  
04. Caution - Patri Blues / Peripheral Vision  
05. Gun Club - Ghost On The Highway - Fire of Love 
06. Ruts - Babylon's Burning / Peel Sessions  
07. Alicja Trout - Bite Back - by Val Allgood  
08. BB Bomb - Fatty Fat Cat / Practice Songs  
09. Spizz - Virginia Plain - Where's Captain Kirk? 
10. Screensaver - Context Is Everything / Three Lens Approach  
11. Tee Vee Repairmann - Backwards / What's On TV? 
12. The Lord † Petra Haden - Rise To Diminish / Devotional 
13. These Immortal Souls - Open Up and Bleed / Get Lost (Don't Lie!) 
14. Chain & The Gang - Free Will / Best Of Crime Rock 
15. Jilted John / Jilted John (single version) / True Love Stories...Plus 
16. John Cale - Waiting For Blonde / 5 Tracks 
17. The Fall - Everything Hurtz / Code: Selfish 
 
Hour 2
01. Orange Whip - Horse Phase / Orange Whip
02. Onuma Singsiri - Mae Kha Som Tam / The Sound Of Siam 
03. RPG - Eye Witness / Me Lost Me  
04. Jaguar 777 - Falling / Jaguar 777  
05. Ed Schrader's Music Beat - Radio Eyes / Party Jail 
06. Jay Reatard - All Wasted / Singles 06-07 
07. Castells - That's Where They Meet / Work It On Out! - Northwest Killers Vol. 3 
08. MC5 - I Just Don't Know / The Big Bang! Best Of The MC5
09. Mdou Moctar - Inizgam / Ilana The Creator
10. Doe St - Figure It Out / Same Day 
11. Lamps - Bob The Cat / Lamps 
12. Slant 6 - Don't Censor Me / Soda Pop * Rip Off 
13. The Misfits - London Dungeon / 12 Hits From Hell 
14. Dog Chocolate - Employee / So Inspired, So Done In 
15. David Boring - Machine#4 / Liminal Beings And Their Echoes 
16. The Damned - The Turkey Song / Chiswick Singles 
17. The Prids - Sore / I Only Care About You and Me 
18. Grey Factor - 12XU / 1979-1980 A.D. - Complete Studio Recordings  
19. The Present Moment - The Start / Loyal To A Fault 
20. Monty Python - Here Comes Another One / Contractual Obligation Album  
21. Public Enemy – B-Side Wins Again / Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos

RADIO BROADCAST #877 01-23–26

RADIO BROADCAST #877

01-23–26

Fanatic! It looks like parts of the USA might be in for some rough weather over the weekend. Depending on where you live, you might find yourself in the supermarket, looking at empty shelves as people purchase with great concern for their very survival over what could be one or two days of inclement weather. In some cities, it’s an emergency. In others, it’s just winter. An hour ago, I saw men grimly pushing their shopping carts full of Gatorade, and frozen pizza, towards their trucks. Getting ready. 

In other news, Alan Vega’s early albums have been reissued. 

https://alanvega.bandcamp.com/album/alan-vega

https://alanvega.bandcamp.com/album/collision-drive

Orange Whip from Boston is worth checking out.

https://orangewhip.bandcamp.com/album/orange-whip

The new David Boring album is really good.

https://davidboring.bandcamp.com/album/liminal-beings-and-their-echoes

We have a good show lined up for you tonight which we hope you will enjoy no matter what temperature you are presently enduring. Have a great weekend, a tremendous night of listening and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. The Ramones - Time Bomb / Subterranean Jungle

02. The Third Bardo - Five Years Ahead Of My Time / Trash Box  

03. Dax Riggs - Forgot I Was Alive / We Sing Of Only Blood Or Love  

04. Caution - God / Peripheral Vision 

05. Gun Club - Humanesque / Pastoral Hide & Seek 

06. The Ruts - I Ain't Sofisticated / The Crack box set

07. Added Dimensions - Midtempo Mind / Jane From Preoccupied America 

08. Tony Allen - Ewa / Film Of Life

09. New York Dolls - Trash / New York Dolls  

10. Suicide - Johnny / Suicide 

11. Metal Boys - Be Bop Dee Zee Bop / Tokio Airport 

12. Loose Lips - Good By Johnny / Last Laugh

13. The Son Of P.M. - Plaeng Yiepoun / The Shadow Music Of Thailand  

14. The Four Strangers - Sad & Lonely / Ugly Things 

15. The Fall - Look, Know / Peel Session Of The Fall

16. Joy Division - New Dawn Fades / Unknown Pleasures 

17. The Damned - Noise, Noise, Noise (Ed Hollis version) / Machine Gun Etiquette 25th Anniversary Ed.  

18. Alan Vega - Hammered/ Dujang Prang 

Hour 2

01. Black Sabbath - The Wizard / Black Sabbath 

02. Prehensile Monkeytailed Skink - I'm A Spy / Bulb Singles #1 

03. Die Katapult - Kristall Reinheit / Kristall Reinheit

04. Screensaver - Telepathic Apathy / Three Lens Approach 

05. The Saints - Demolition Girl / (I'm) Stranded box set

06. The Imposters - Wipe In / El Paso Rock, Vol. 9: Sand Surfin' - Border Town Rock N' Roll 1964-67  

07. The Cramps - Human Fly (Richard Robinson's Demo, Bell Sound, NYC, April 1977) / bootleg

08. Cosmic Jokers- The Electronic Scene / Sci Fi Party 

09. Via - How We Got This Way / Via 

10. MC5 - The American Ruse / Back In The USA 

11. Ngozi Family - We Were Not Told / Day Of Judgement 

12. David Boring - Visit Me (Body Song) / Liminal Beings and Their Echoes 

13. The Birthday Party - Bully Bones / Peel Sessions 

14. Molly Nilsson - Get A Life / Amateur

15. Upchuck - Boss Up / Sense Yourself 2024 Remix 

16. Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - Medicine to Cure Medicine Sickness / 7" 

17. Partyline - Girls Like Me / Girls With Glasses 

18. Liz Lamere – One Moment / One Never Knows

RADIO BROADCAST #876 01-16–26

RADIO BROADCAST #876

01-16–26

Fanatic! Finally, it can be told. Several weeks ago, our good pal and sonic ally, not to mention one of my heroes for decades, the one and only Gaye Advert wrote to tell me she had found an Adverts tape on her shelf but she didn’t know what was on it. She asked if I was interested in checking it out, to which, of course I replied in the Fanatic affirmative.

Days later, the tape arrived. I took it to Infrasonic Sound. The great Pete Lyman carefully baked and transferred the tracks. Luckily, the tape was in pristine condition and contained two classic Adverts songs: We Who Wait and New Boys. They were produced by Larry Wallis, he of Pink Fairies fame, at Pathway Studios in London on March 20, 1977. As you might know, both of these songs eventually found themselves on proper Adverts releases, but not these versions. As far as we know, they have never been released until now. Pete sent the transferred tracks to both myself and Ian MacKaye. I sent them to Larry Hardy at In The Red Records and Gaye. Everyone thought they sounded great. I came up with sleeve and label ideas and sent all the information to our excellent layout person, Jon Krop. He got to work. Pete mastered the tracks and days later, everything was sent to the pressing plant. Weeks after that, test pressings came back. Ian, Larry and I all thought the tracks sounded excellent. We put in the order and became we who wait. Hey now! We got happy news yesterday that the records have arrived and are ready for mail order. 

We cannot explain how stoked we are to release another Adverts record. Please check it out if you can. 

Fanatic, I’ve been on the treadmill with the tracks from tonight’s show for a few days now and I think it is a very cool gathering of tunes. Engineer X, Engineer Am-Rock and I have almost finished work on next week’s show and we think you’re going to like it. 

Until next week, have a great weekend and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. The Beastie Boys - Egg Man / Paul's Boutique 

02. Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind / Another Music In A Different Kitchen  

03. Eater - Outside View / Eater - Album, Singles +  

04. Caution - Forever / Peripheral Vision  

05. Sinn Sisamouth - Sound Of The Drums / Cambodian Rocks Volume 1   

06. Mikabomb - Snake And Crane / The Fake Fake Sound Of Mikabomb

07. Added Dimensions - What's Gonna Happen / Jane From Preoccupied America

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

09. Tèshomè Meteku - Gara Ser Nèw Bétesh / Ethiopiques 1: Golden Years of Ethiopian Music 1969-‘75  

10. The Horrors - Do You Remember / Primary Colours 

11. Monty Python - Baxter's / Monty Python's Previous Record  

12. Alan Vega Trio - The Werewolf / Cubist Blues 

13. The Fall - Room To Live / Room To Live 

14. Babs Gonzales - 1280 Special / Babs Gonzales 1947-1949 

15. King Tubby - Sly Want Dub / Dub Like Dirt 1975 

16. Dr. Sure's Unusual Practice - Escalator Man / Total Reality 2024 

17. Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl / The Singles 

18. The Damned - Ballroom Blitz / Chiswick Singles 

19. Jac Berrocal - Atlantic / Hotel Hotel 

Hour 2

01. Snooper - Online / Worldwide

2. Girl Friday - Headstones / Fashion Conman  

03. Spizz - Cold City / Where's Captain Kirk?  

04. Loose Lips - Inside / Last Laugh 

05. Molly Nilsson - All The Way / Amateur 

06. The Ruts - Babylon's Burning (7" version) / The Crack Ruts Box  

07. David Chesworth - Forbin Project / 50 Synthesizer Greats 

08. The Aqua-Nites - Carioca / A Minute with Miriam - Mad Mike's Monsters Vol. 1 

09. Cosgrove - They're There / Never Kept A Diary  

10. The Who - Pinball Wizard / Tommy 

11. BB Bomb - Itchy / Practice Songs  

12. Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - La Araña / La Araña Es La Vida

13. The Noblemen - Short Time / Back From The Grave Volume 4 

14. Laurie Anderson - White Lily / The Ugly One With The Jewels And Other Stories 

15. Screensaver - Executive Function / Three Lens Approach

16. Blue Zero - Don't Be Long / Confusion EP 

17. The Prize - Reaction / In The Red 

18. Cypress Hill - Break 'Em Off Some (clean) / Black Sunday 

19. J Mascis - Every Morning / Tied To A Star

20. John Coltrane - After The Rain / Impressions

RADIO BROADCAST #875 01-09–26

RADIO BROADCAST #875

01-09–26

Fanatic! Here we are, together again for the second time this year with what you will hopefully find to be a fantastic gathering of tunes.

I am momentarily sidelined as I’m waiting on a couple of replacement tubes for my right channel amplifier. Luckily, I have back up playback but I’m looking forward for the tubes to arrive. I want to finish listening to that great Velvet Underground box that I told you about a few weeks ago as well as check out some great 7” records that have recently arrived. 

Looking forward to this record.

Itchy and the Nits – Greetings From

https://totalpunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/greetings-from

Thanks to Fanatic Brandon for the heads up on this cool band Orange Whip.

https://orangewhip.bandcamp.com/album/orange-whip

There are a few other records I’ve been sent that are coming out soon, but I can’t find any listing for them on Bandcamp, so I will wait for the respective labels to announce. As I’ve said to you a few times in the last several weeks, there are some really cool records to be looking forward to this year.

We very much hope you have a great time listening to tonight’s program. Thank you so much for tuning in and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. The Velvet Underground - The Black Angel's Death Song (mono) / The Velvet Underground & Nico

02. Alan Vega - Be-Bop-A-Lula / Collision Drive

03. Twisty Cats - Start & Continue / Our Quiet Fantasy 

04. Via - The Other / Via 

05. BB Bomb - Mommy Thumb / Practice Songs

06. Jonny Telafone - Down In The Valley / Jonny Telafone 

07. Bad Brains - You're a Migraine / Black Dots 

08. Caution - Black Sky / Peripheral Vision 

09. Iggy Pop - China Girl (7" edit) / Iggy and Bowie RCA Years 

10. David Bowie - Black Country Rock / The Man Who Sold The World 

11. Devo - Be Stiff / Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology 

12. Holland - French Grass / Love Fluxus 

13. Loose Lips - Too Late To Call / Last Laugh 

14. The Fall - Surmount All Obstacles / Middle Class Revolt  

15. Joy Division - Candidate / Unknown Pleasures 

16. Panadda Chayapark - Yoong (Mosquito) / Thai Funk - Zud Rang Ma Vol. 2

17. Minutemen - Search / The Punch Line 

18. Escapism - I'm A Lover At Close Range / The Lost Record

19. Roy Orbison - In Dreams / The All-Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison 

20. The Misfits - Horror Business / Box Set 

Hour 2

01. Added Dimensions - Pay Away / Jane from Preoccupied America

02. Machines - Evening Radio / Machines  

03. Joe Jackson - Got The Time / Look Sharp!   

04. Draculina - The Lie / Draculina & Kid Congo Powers 

05. Die Katapult - Schweinsteiger / Kristall Reinheit  

06. Cliquey Bitches - Catch And Release / Scorpio Scorpio  

07. Fender Benders - XKE / Missing Links Vol. 3

08. Rings & Things - Strange Things Are Happening / Rubble - Vol. 4 

09. Heldon - The Return Of The Flying Saucers / Heldon Ⅵ: Interface  

10. Heather the Jerk - Anxiety / Very Motorcycle EP 

11. Anno - Trust Love / Anno 

12. The Prize - Reaction / In The Red  

13. Robert Johnson - Little Queen Of Spades / The Centennial Collection 

14. Ruts – Out Of Order / The Crack   

15. Den - Presence of Mind / Post Pink   

16. Molly Nilsson - Fatal Distraction / Amateur   

17. The Gun Club - The Lie / Death Party

18. Screensaver - Permanence / Three Lens Approach 

19. David Boring - Jenny Rotten / Liminal Beings And Their Echoes

RADIO BROADCAST #874 01-02–26

RADIO BROADCAST #874

01-02–26

Fanatic! Here we are, right at the beginning of the new year. There are lots of good records coming out over the next several months and when the time is right, we will be checking them out. 

Winter for me, has turned into a bit of a holding pattern. I stay active, but my thoughts are forward facing, with spring and summer in mind. For now, I endure.

I think we’ve put together an interesting show to start 2026. Always trying to stay slightly ahead of schedule, in case something comes up, we have almost completed the work for next week’s show. More to look forward to!

Have a great weekend and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. Joy Division - Transmission / Substance  

02. The Birthday Party - Loose / Peel Sessions 

03. The Heartbreakers - One Track Mind / L.A.M.F. Definitive Edition The Track LP Restored  

04. Added Dimensions - Preoccupied / Jane From Preoccupied America 

05. Black Sunday - Torture Torture / Tronic Blanc  

06. David Bowie - Let's Dance / Let's Dance 

07. Madonna - Material Girl / Like A Virgin 

08. The Stooges - Tight Pants / Heavy Liquid 

09. Heather the Jerk - Song For You / Very Motorcycle EP 

10. The Son Of P.M. - James Bond Theme / Thai Beat A-Go-Go Vol. 01

11. Minutemen - One Chapter In The Book / What Makes a Man Start Fires?

12. The Fall - Smile / Perverted By Language  

13. Raymond Scott - And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon / The Secret 7: "The Unexpected"  

14. Scott Walker - Seven / Climate Of Hunter  

15. Miles Davis - On The Corner / The Complete On The Corner Sessions  

16. Woody Guthrie - New Found Land / Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3) 

Hour 2

01. Via - 1,000 MPH / Via   2:25

02. Solid Space - Destination Moon / Space Museum 

03. The Velvet Underground - Run Run Run (mono) / The Velvet Underground & Nico  

04. Caution - Brightshinylife / Peripheral Vision 

05. The Damned - The History of the World Part 1 / Chiswick Singles 

06. Scotty McKay - Don't Wait / Kicksville! - Raw Rockabilly Acetates Vol. 04 

07. Hal Blaine - Secret Agent Man / Mission Accomplished: Themes For Spies & Cops 

08. Molly Nilsson - Valhalla / Amateur 

09. BB Bomb  Newborn Me / Practice Songs  

10. Tee Vee Repairmann - Bad News / Only A Memory / Bad News 7"  

11. Memo PST - Platform Damage / Combat LSD Demo 

12. Screensaver - The Wear And Tear Of Living / Three Lens Approach  

13. Blue Zero - Slip Away / Confusion EP  

14. Chain & The Gang - I Hate Winners / Experimental Music  

15. Tinariwen - Amidinin / Amassakoul 

16. The Courettes - Killer Eyes / Misfits & Freaks 7"  

17. Jac Berrocal - Black label / Hotel Hotel 

18. Tom Waits - Big In Japan / Mule Variations

RADIO BROADCAST #873 12-26–25

RADIO BROADCAST #873

12-26–25

Fanatic! I think the holiday season means different things to different people. I didn’t see any humans today and the weather was unseasonably warm, so it was more of an overcast September atmosphere. Some of my neighbors light their houses up. It looks like a lot of work. There is a car I’ve seen twice in the last few days that was wrapped in Christmas lights. The car was white, and the lights were multicolor and at night it looked really cool. The first time I saw the car, It was ahead of me turning onto the highway and the second time I saw it, the occupant was getting out to go into the gym as I was getting into my car. I wish I could’ve gotten a photo.

I can’t possibly know if you have any days away from your usual tasks as we march towards the end of the year, but if you do, I hope you get some good listening in. I’ve been checking out the Velvet Underground reissue box set, a lot of Stooges, David Bowie and tracks for our upcoming shows. Engineer X and I are a little over halfway done with our first show for next year. I think it’s going to be a great one.

I believe I mentioned last week or the week before, there are some really great records coming out next year, a few of them. I’ve been lucky enough to receive in advance. Others, I’ll have to wait for, but they will arrive eventually. I think we’re going to have some great listening coming up.

Fanatic, we finish another year of music appreciation together. On behalf of myself, Engineer, X and Engineer Am-Rock, thank you so much for tuning in. We hope we’ve put together shows that have been interesting and worth your while. We are going to do our Fanatic best to maintain this level of sonic good times into next year. 

Until then, enjoy the holiday and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. The Stooges - Search And Destroy / Raw Power

02. David Bowie - Blackout / Heroes  

03. Black Marble - Woods / It's Immaterial   

04. BB Bomb - Ban On Love / Practice Songs  

05. Molly Nilsson - Classified / Amateur

06. Tee Vee Repairmann - Only A Memory / Only A Memory / Bad News  

07. American Lips - Lawsuit / On Strike!

08. King Tubby & Soul Syndicate - East Avenue Skank / Freedom Sounds In Dub  

09. The Prize   Reaction / In The Red

10. Devo - Too Much Paranoias / Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!  

11. Rutland Artists - Stoop Solo / Rutland Times

12. Dee Dee Ramone - Get Out of This House / Hop Around

13. Loose Lips - Out of Time / Last Laugh

14. The Fall - Xmas With Simon / Shift-Work

15. Joy Division - Digital / Substance

16. Buzzcocks - Airwaves Dream / Singles Going Steady  

17. Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' / Those Funky 70's  

18. Birthday Party - Wildworld / Bad Seed EP

Hour 2

01. The Courettes - Misfits & Freaks / Misfits & Freaks 

02. The Ramones - Surf City / Acid Eaters 

03. Dr. Sure's Unusual Practice - Super Speedy Zipper Whipper / Remember The Future? 

04. Chain & The Gang - Never Been Properly Loved / Minimum Rock n Roll 

05. Party Dozen - Ghost Rider / 7" 

06. Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - Let's Go! / Haunted Head  

07. The Pacific Cowboys - Let's Rock / Everybody's Boppin' - Early Northwest Rockers & Instrumentals Vol. 1

08. Sinn Sisamouth & Ros Serey Sothea - Mou Pei Na / Sleepwalking Through The Mekong

09. Why Bother? - Split Personality Crisis - Lacerated Nights

10. Caution - Pleasure Addict / Peripheral Vision 

11. The Clash - Corner Soul / Sandinista!

12. Von Sudenfed - Serious Brainskin / Tromatic Reflexxions 

13. Heather the Jerk - Lie Detector / Very Motorcycle E.P.

14. Automatic - Black Box / Is It Now? 

15. The Saints - This Perfect Day (single version) / (I'm) Stranded 

16. Miles Davis - Big Fun / The Complete On The Corner Sessions 

17. Lalo Schifrin - Mission: Impossible / The Reel Lalo Schifrin 

18. David Bowie - The Secret Life of Arabia / Heroes

19. Billy Tsounis - Psychic Detective Grudge / Pregnant Man Blues

RADIO BROADCAST #872 12-19–25

RADIO BROADCAST #872

12-19–25

Fanatic! I hope you had a great week and if you’re one to celebrate the holidays, I hope you have your travel plans in order. Many tours I’ve been on would end right before Christmas. It makes sense, there’s not a great deal of activity around that time. It would be right around now, I’d be looking at a multiple plane and airport experience. More than once, for some reason, the last show of the year would be in Moscow. I would hit the stopwatch as I walked out of the hotel lobby and stop it when I walked in to my house. As I remember, it was almost 24 hours. So many times, on this day, December 19, I’d be on a plane with hours and hours to go. The airports would often be full of families and inexperienced flyers.

Fanatic, I think last week I told you about that really cool Velvet Underground 5LP box set that was just unleashed by the great Sundazed label. My copy just arrived and I got right into it. My schedule will be one LP a night until I cycle through all five. I had not listened to the first Velvet Underground album in his entirety for a long time. Partway through the first track, Sunday Morning, it was almost as if I was five songs into the album. It was so completely immersive, perhaps due to the sheer amount of times I’ve listened to it. Just my opinion, but I think the album is an example of pure genius. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything like it. Easily one of the greatest albums I’ve ever heard. As I remember, my introduction to the Velvet Underground was administered by brainiac and all-around good guy Chris Hasket, who I was in a band with for many years. One night myself and many of the microscopic DC punk scene were at a show at the legendary Madam’s Organ. I think the Bad Brains and the Teen Idles might have been on the bill. Things would often start pretty late there. It wasn’t always so much of a show, but a party with bands playing now and then. As the show was letting out, Chris suggested that some of us follow him to his place. My car loaded up with people and several minutes later we arrived. We were hanging out in Chris's room and he put on a record. It didn't make any sense to me. He told me it was the Velvet Underground and the album was called White Light/White Heat. I remember hearing the song Sister Ray, and not understanding why a band would play a song for that long. I didn’t dislike the record, I just simply didn’t have a place in my mind to put it. A few years later, I heard the first Velvet Underground record, which I liked immediately and then revisited White Light/White Heat, and somehow understood it differently and really dug it. In early 1983., I got a copy of  the book Uptight: The Velvet Underground Story by Victor Bockris and Gerard Malanga. As I remember, it was very compelling and made me want to hear every record that was mentioned. This book inspired me to listen to the solo albums of Lou Reed, John Cale, and Nico. I loaned the book to someone and never got it back. It was one of two books I loaned to this person. I got the other back, but it took years. Anyway, we’re playing a track from the first Velvet Underground album tonight.

Tonight’s show will hopefully be a mixtape that hits the right notes and keeps you engaged for the entirety. We are almost done with 2025 and if all goes according to plan, we will be charging into 2026 with our usual Fanatic zeal. Engineer X, Engineer Am-Rock and I are now putting the finishing touches on next week’s show and should have it ready for you on time.

We hope you survive the holidays in safety and optimum health. Be careful out there and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. David Bowie - Beauty And The Beast / Heroes

02. Stooges - Gimme Danger / Original Punks

03. The Velvet Underground - I'll Be Your Mirror / Velvet Underground Boxset 

04. Via - JJ / Via  

05. Rodney Dangerfield - Why Tigers Eat Their Young / Caddy Shack 

06. The Gun Club - Araby / Mother Juno  

07. Sistema De Entretenimiento - 300 Noches Sin Dormir / 300 Noches Sin Dormir

08. Skull Practitioners - Leap / Negative Stars

09. The Damned - Rabid (Over You) / The Black Album (CD extra track) 

10. Molly Nilsson - Long Time No See / Amateur 

11. Brigitte Fontaine & Areski Belkacem - Le Brin D'herbe / Vous Et Nous 

12. American Lips - Sleep / On Strike! 

13. Screensaver - Solid Facts / Three Lens Approach  

14. Pascal Comelade-Pierre Bastien-Jac Berrocal-Jaki Liebezeit - Morceau En Forme De Pinces / Oblique Sessions 

15. Einstürzende Neubauten - Neun Arme / Zeichnungen Des Patienten O.T. / Drawings of O.T.  

16. Lee Scratch Perry & The Upsetters - Cloak & Dagger Horns Dub Plate Pressure / Cloak & Dagger  

17. Sonic Youth - Beauty Lies In The Eye / Sister

18. Joy Division - Leaders Of Men / Substance 1977-1980

19. The Fall - Deer Park / Complete Peel Sessions: 1978-2004 

20. Alan Vega - Body Bop Jive / Deuce Avenue  

Hour 2

01. Snooper - Hologram / Wordwide

02. Winged Wheel - Speed Table / Desert So Green

03. Morwan - Moyi Dni / Vse Po Kolu, Znovu 

04. Adele Dazeem - Misère / Metanoia 

05. Martin Rev - Ten Two / See Me Ridin'  

06. Renegades - Black Jack / Everybody's Boppin' - Early Northwest Rockers and Instrumentals Vol. 1 

07. Suomen Talvisota - Tehtaan Vahtimestari/ Psychedelic Phinland

08. Reatards - Stacye / Teenage Hate 

09. Blue Zero - Confusion / Confusion EP 

10. Optic Sink - Don't Look Down / Lucky Number 

11. Thor - Galaxina / Ride of the Chariots 

12. Loose Lips - Nothing That I Want / Last Laugh   

13. Straight Arrows - Turpentine / On Top

14. The Worlocks - I Love You / Back From The Grave Part 3 

15. Goblin Daycare - Godfreaks! / Q: EP? A: EP!! 

16. Why Bother? - Wasted Days / A Year of Mutations 

17. Devo - Going Under / New Traditionalists

18. Walter Steding - Subterranean Escape / Walter Steding 

19. Ramones - Born to Die in Berlin / Adios Amigos! 

20. SUNN O)))- Eternity's Pillars / Eternity's Pillars b/w Raise the Chalice & Reverential  12”

RADIO BROADCAST #871 12-12–25

RADIO BROADCAST #871

12-12–25

Fanatic! I hope you had a great week. I had a chance to listen to the live Boris album Pink Days a couple of nights ago. So far, there was a very limited pressing of it on their website that sold out immediately, and then a larger pressing the band has been selling on tour. I have no idea as to the status of those. I believe the band has completed their North American dates and have headed back to Japan. Unfortunately, for now at least, copies online are expensive. It’s too bad. It sounds so good. I hope Boris will have mercy on people who do not want to pay exorbitant prices and press up some more. I was lucky, my good pal and sonic ally, Fanatic Denise snagged me one at the merch table when she saw them play recently. She’s done this multiple times over the years as I can never seem to find myself in the same city as Boris. Anyway, I hope you get a chance to check it out sometime.

You have a life and things to do, so you might not know this: David Bowie’s amazing album Heroes has been bootlegged and pressed in different colored vinyl. There are a lot of variants. If you want a visual, here are a few.

https://www.discogs.com/release/9125793-David-Bowie-Heroes

https://www.discogs.com/release/10439789-David-Bowie-Heroes

https://www.discogs.com/release/19145542-David-Bowie-Heroes

https://www.discogs.com/release/23008037-David-Bowie-Heroes

A few years ago, these were everywhere. I found eight different variants, including a picture disc. They sound a lot better than records like these usually do. Quite often bootlegs of official albums like these, (and there are plenty of them) use a digital source, like a CD. You can hear it very quickly on the vinyl. There’s a shallowness that’s unmistakable. I find the bootlegs more interesting than the official releases. When I found them, they were really cheap. Last night, I listened to one of them and was surprised at how good it sounded. It’s such a great record. My personal favorite album of David Bowie’s is Scary Monsters. All that Robert Fripp guitar, so high up in the mix. It’s a purposefully in your face record. That being said, I think Heroes is Bowie’s best, as far as composition, execution and the sounds. A serious meeting of the minds on that one: David Bowie, Tony Visconti, and Brian Eno. Wow! 

I watched this documentary about David Bowie again last night. Really cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7JbETQZlJc

A really great record you should be aware of. The Real Janelle by Bratmobile has been out of print for a long time. It’s just been reissued with The Real Janelle tracks on the A side and Bratmobile’s Peel sessions on the B. It sounds great.

CD/Dl here: https://bratmobile.bandcamp.com/album/the-real-janelle-the-peel-session

For vinyl, I saw a lot of them on Discogs. I didn’t see the vinyl listed at the Kill Rock Stars site.

This box sure looks good to me!

https://sundazed.com/velvet-underground-the-the-verve/mgm-albums-5-lp-deluxe-box-set.aspx

There’s a new  Heather The Jerk 7” called the Very Motorcycle EP. The vinyl is gone on Bandcamp.

https://heatherthejerk.bandcamp.com/album/very-motorcycle-e-p

You can still find some copies on Discogs.

https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?master_id=3982822

We’ll start tracks from it soon. 

We have a track from the cool band Adele Dazeem tonight. 

https://adeledazeem.bandcamp.com/album/metanoia

Fanatic, also take note that this is KCRW’s season of giving. Please, if you’re not yet a member, I encourage you to join at KCRW.com/give.

Hopefully, Fanatic, we’ve gathered what you will hopefully find to be a fantastic batch of tunes to spend some time with. Have a great night of listening and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

henryrollins21361.bsky.social

Hour 1

01. David Bowie - Joe The Lion / Heroes 

02. Iggy Pop / James Williamson - Consolation Prizes (no synth / alt vox) / Original Punks 

03. Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers - Get Off The Phone (original mix) / L.A.M.F. Definitive Ed. 

04. American Lips - Got It Made / On Strike!  

05. Velvet Underground - What Goes On (mono single) / The Velvet Underground - 45th Ann. 

06. Misfits - Hybrid Moments / Static Age 

07. Screensaver - Symptom Check / Three Lens Approach  

08. Dax Riggs - Radiation Blues / We Sing Of Only Blood Or Love 

09. Angry Angles - Apparent – Transparent / Angry Angles 

10. Loose Lips - Nothing That I Want / Last Laugh 

11. King Tubby - Dubbing My Way / Unleashed Dub From King Tubby's Studio Vol. 1 (1970s) 

12. Heather the Jerk - Heather Got A Divorce / Cable Access TV   

13. The Fall - Jawbone And The Air-Rifle / Hex Enduction Hour  

14. Buzzcocks - Autonomy / Another Music In A Different Kitchen

15. Molly Nilsson - My Dream From Last Night / These Things Take Time  

16. The Damned - Lively Arts / Radio One Sessions  

17. The Gun Club - I Can't Explain / Lucky Jim (CD extra track)  

18. Suicide - I Remember / Suicide (CD extra track)  

19. Monty Python - Novel Writing / Matching Tie and Handkerchief  

20. David Boring - Nancy Nightmare / Liminal Beings And Their Echoes

Hour 2

01. Snooper - Opt Out / Worldwide 

02. Devo - Are You Experienced? / Shout  

03. UK Subs - I Couldn't Be You / Another Kind Of Blues 

04. BB Bomb - Morning Call / Practice Songs 

05. Sistema De Entretenimiento - Zona Desconocida / 300 Noches Sin Dormir

06. Memo PST - I Used To Be A Pretty Boy / 7"  

07. Abi Ooze - Run + Hide / Forestdale Sessions  

08. Big Danny Oliver - Sapphire / A Minute with Miriam - Mad Mike Monsters - Vol. 02  

09. The Damned - Born To Kill / Damned Damned Damned 

10. David Bowie - I Can't Explain / Pin Ups 

11. Morwan - Temna, Yak Spogad / Vse Po Kolu, Znovu 

12. Deerhoof - Top Tim Rubies / Reveille 

13. Monty Python - Wasp Club/Tiger Talk / Matching Tie and Handkerchief 

14. The Prize - Say You're Mine / In The Red 

15. Gee Tee - Ain't Dumb / Prehistoric Chrome 

16. Spykes - Track 06 / AM 364 Battle For The Mind 

17. Le Butcherettes - Demon Stuck In Your Eye / Cry Is For The Flies 

18. Automatic - mq9 / Is It Now?

19. Keiji Haino + Shuta Hasunuma - Number / U TA  

20. Wolfmahattan Project - Braid Of Smoke / Wolfmahattan Project 

21. Adele Dazeem - Deep Sea Hand / Metanoia

RADIO BROADCAST #870 12-05–25

RADIO BROADCAST #870

12-05–25

Fanatic! There was a bit of snow in my neighborhood today. I just got a bag of raw shelled peanuts, and left some out on the back porch for the squirrels early this morning. A little while later, I returned to see they were all gone. Hopefully, I’ll help keep their food supply happening so they can get through the winter. 

Fanatic, this is our first show for December. We’ll be featuring songs from David Bowie’s excellent Heroes album. Such an amazing piece of work. I hope you had a chance to avail yourself to some of the Raw Power-era tracks of the Stooges from those records I suggested to you recently. I’ve been checking a few out every night for the last couple of weeks.

I got a chance to listen to the tracks that will comprise an album by an artist we listen to quite often on the show that will hopefully be released next year. It’s not for me to get in front of a band’s release, just remember I told you we’ve got a great record to look forward to. Also, I was given all the tracks for the new album by the great band from Hong Kong, David Boring, called Liminal Beings and Their Echoes. We have to wait until January 12 to play any track we want but if you go to their Bandcamp page, you can check out two songs now. This is a really interesting band and I’m looking forward to getting into these tracks next year. https://davidboring.bandcamp.com/album/liminal-beings-and-their-echoes

We’ve got a track from a cool band called Caution in the second hour of the show. I got the heads up about this group from our good pal and sonic ally, McGinty. The album comes out today. I’m looking forward to getting into the rest of the tracks.

I just got a chance to hear a test pressing of a project Larry Hardy at In The Red Records and I have been working on for weeks. It sounded great and a week ago, we made the order. When the records get to us, I’ll definitely let you know. I think you’re going to like this one. 

Fanatic, I’ve given this set of tunes the run through on multiple days on the treadmill, and I think we’ve got a good show for you tonight. Wherever you are, whatever the climate is, whatever you’re going through, we hope you dig all the songs we’ve gathered for you. Have a great weekend, a great night of listening and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. David Bowie - Helden / Heroes

02. Iggy Pop & James Williamson - Johanna / Original Punks 

03. Dax Riggs - Truth In The Dark / We Sing Of Only Blood Or Love 

04. American Lips - On Strike / On Strike! 

05. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Never Understand / The Complete John Peel Sessions 

06. Sachet - The Source / Taipei Learner

07. Fugazi - Birthday Pony / Red Medicine 

08. UK Subs - Ice Age / The Singles 1978-1982 

09. The Gun Club - Sleepy Time Blues (Nobody´s City) / Mother Juno

10. Ed Schrader's Music Beat - Laughing / Party Jail 

11. The Fall - The Man Whose Head Expanded / The Complete Peel Sessions: 1978-2004 

12. Joy Division - Interzone / Unknown Pleasures 

13. The Birthday Party - Pleasure Avalanche / Peel Sessions  

14. Einstürzende Neubauten - Sehnsucht (Zitternd) / Halber Mensch 

15. Monty Python - String / Contractual Obligation Album 

16. Escape-ism - Crime Wave Rock / Introduction To Escape-ism

17. Jimi Hendrix - 1983 / Naked Ladyland

Hour 2

01. Snooper - Guard Dog / Worldwide 

02. Prince Jammy and Scientist - The Son Of Darth Vader / Scientist and Jammy Strike Back!

03. Sick Bags - Only The Young Die Good / Only The Young Die Good 

04. Caution - Weeds / Peripheral Vision 

05. Bikini Kill - Jigsaw Youth / The C.D. Version Of The First Two Records 

06. BB Bomb - Single Celled Organism / Practice Songs 

07. Rangers & Kim Fowley - Mogul Monster / Technicolor Grease: Lost Treasures from the Vaults 1959-1969, Vol. 4 

08. The Calico Wall - I'm A Living Sickness / Trash Box Vol. 3  

09. Prison Affair - Isolation / Demo IV EP  

10. Loose Lips - Comin' Home / Last Laugh 

11. Den - In a Perfect Way / Post Pink  

12. Miss Destiny - My Destiny / Miss Destiny

13. Lithics - Glass of Water / Mating Surfaces 

14. Morwan - Na Shio / Vse Po Kolu, Znovu 

15. The Galaxies - This Rock And Roll / Automatic Bop - Volume 01  

16. Automatic - The Prize / Is It Now? 

17. Bosna – Miasma / You Know Too Much 

18. The Prize - Looking For A Reason / In The Red  

19. The Firesign Theatre - The Small Animal Administration / Dear Friends 

20. Black Eyes - Break A Leg / Hostile Design

RADIO BROADCAST #869 11-28–25

RADIO BROADCAST #869

11-28–25

Fanatic! I hope you had a great week and weren’t subjected to unwanted holiday intrusions. 

The first memorable Thanksgiving I can remember was in the year of 1980. I was working at a Häagen-Dazs ice cream store on Wisconsin Avenue in a very upscale section of DC called Georgetown. My boss, Steve, gave us the day off. Being the budding overachiever and workaholic, I told him I’d have the shop open from 10 until 4, just in case people needed vanilla ice cream for their Thanksgiving dinners and if there weren’t many or any customers coming in, I would do cleaning, organizing and other tasks to stay busy. He probably thought I was knocking myself out a bit too much for minimum wage, but perhaps appreciated my zeal and abundant intensity. Fanatic is as Fanatic does, I say. As I remember, we got a fair number of customers that day. The part I wanted to tell you about was that Steve had a restaurant down the street from the shop prepare a Thanksgiving meal and bring it over to the shop. I had no idea it was coming. Being low on finances and perpetually hungry, it was a good break. 

While I reject the images of indigenous peoples of the North American continent, grooving with European invaders, as depicted in paintings, I don’t mind the occasion to be thankful. I went to Sprouts and bought another bag of raw walnuts and laid them out in great plentitude for the two gangs of squirrels that run around in my front and back yards. They were all gone a few hours later. There are so many critters around here, I have no idea who made them disappear, but hopefully they were enjoyed.

I’m thankful for too many things to list here, but since we’re on the topic of tonight’s radio show, I’m thankful for the slot at KCRW. Honestly, I’m always surprised that we keep not getting fired. You never know with radio. I’m thankful that there’s so many great bands committing themselves and making such amazing music. I’m thankful that you tune into this show. I’m thankful that Jason Bentley sometimes sends me boxes of clothes he no longer needs so that I can have something to wear. 

The new Party Dozen track that starts our second hour is really cool. You can find it here.

https://party-dozen.bandcamp.com/album/mad-rooter-ghost-rider

Just my opinion, Fanatic, but I don’t think this band has made a record that should be missed. I can’t wait to hear the flip side of this record. 

Have a great night of listening to the marvelous mix we have prepared for you and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

We’re on Bluesky

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Hour 1

01. The Rolling Stones - Hang Fire / Tattoo You 

02. Ivan - Real Wild Child / Magnificent: 62 Classics From The Cramps' Insane Collection 

03. Ruts - In a Rut / Peel Sessions 

04. Blue Zero - Rotten Angel / Confusion EP 

05. Vintage Crop – Friday / New Age

06. Jay Reatard - I Know A Place / Singles 06-07 

07. American Lips - Get On / On Strike! 

08. Scorpions - Hell-Cat / Virgin Killer 

09. BB Bomb - Such A Happy Fortune / Practice Songs 

10. Clash - Brand New Cadillac / London Calling 

11. The Damned - Ballroom Blitz / Chiswick Singles

12. Dax Riggs - Wall Of Death / We Sing Of Only Blood Or Love

13. Wire - Midnight Bahnhof Café / Document & Eyewitness 1979-1980 

14. The Fall - Craigness / The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall 

15. Joy Division - Means To An End / Closer 

16. Buzzcocks - I Need / Another Music In A Different Kitchen 

17. Kraftwerk - Radio Sterne / Radio-Aktivität

18. Klaus Schulze - Die Kunst, Hundert Jahre alt Zu Werden - Loch im Meer / La Vie Electronique 1 

19. David Essex - Rock On / AM Gold 1974 

Hour 2

01. Party Dozen - Mad Rooter / new 7”

02. The Misfits - Cough/Cool (7" version) / Box Set 

03. Raymond Scott - Take Me To Your Violin Teacher / Manhattan Research, Inc.

04. David Bowie - Queen Bitch / Hunky Dory

05. Iggy Pop - The Passenger / Lust For Life

06. The Duvals – Cotton / Mad Mike Monsters Vol. 03 

07. Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Get Off The Phone / L.A.M.F. 

08. Killing Joke - Complications / Killing Joke

09. The Prize - From the Night / In The Red 

10. Kid Congo & Naim Amour - Tucson Safari / Tucson Safari  

11. Snooper - Subdivision / Worldwide  

12. Spencer P Jones – Time / The Last Gasp 

13. Keiji Haino + Shuta Hasunuma - People / U TA

14. Den - Repeating Signs / Post Pink

15. Monty Python - Neville Shunt / Another Monty Python Record 

16. Mark Stewart + Maffia - To Have The Vision / Learning to Cope With Cowardice 

17. Funkadelic - Hardcore Jollies / HardCore Jollies