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
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