RADIO BROADCAST #913
10-02-26
Fanatic! I hope you had a great week. We had a few days of autumn weather, but then like some cruel joke, the temperatures went back up into the low 90s.
Last Saturday, I was at Gonerfest 23 in Memphis. I was the MC for the night shift. I saw some really great bands: Zoh Amba, the Lotts, the Slippers, Ibex Clone, Retail Simps, the Drags, and Death.
Before I went to the site, I spent a cool afternoon with the members of Death at Phillips Studio. It was amazing to stand in the same room where the Cramps recorded Songs The Lord Taught Us. Of course, it’s not the only band that ever made a record there. The list of bands and musicians who have been in that building is incredible. A lot of the inside hasn’t been changed from when it was first put together. It was walking back into the past.
Next month, we’re going to listen to the bands that I saw at the festival. I think you’re going to like them, if you haven’t heard them already. I knew about Death and Ibex Clone, but the others were new to me.
This is going to be really cool. Two great reissues of The Fall: Fall In A Hole, and 77–Early Years–79, are slated for reissue, November 27 on the excellent Superior Viaduct label. Anytime you see anything coming out on Superior Viaduct, just know that it’s going to be excellent quality. Can’t wait for these. I got the files for Fall In A Hole from the label. Apparently, this is the first time the audio has been sourced from the master tape. I compared it to previous masterings and this new one is quite an improvement. How am I not surprised? Superior Viaduct does not mess around. Definitely a label to keep your eye on. https://www.superiorviaduct.com/collections/the-fall-2026
I was able to get the Joy Division Eternal live box set. Apparently it went out of print and now the prices are increasing online. I’m sorry about this. Next month, we’ll start working in tracks from the set. In an effort to make it last, I’m listening to one CD a night, and so far it’s really good. If you’re a fan of the bootlegs, none of the shows are unfamiliar, but the sound quality is very good.
Two nights ago, I listened to the new 7FO album, Hirotta Ishiga Wareta. Really good. My limited skills of description do not enable me to accurately depict how the tracks sound, but you can go to their Bandcamp page and check out the tracks. https://emrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hirotta-ishiga-wareta
I keep coming back to the Toinen Vaihe album by Draamakuu, which is Draama Helmi and Jonna Karanka. Jonna sent me the tracks several weeks ago. It’s a really cool record, and we have a track from it on the show tonight. I’m unable to describe it, but here’s the page on Bandcamp, so you can check it out. https://fonal.bandcamp.com/album/toinen-vaihe
I’ve been putting a lot of work into the Substack page I started last month. It’s been really cool being able to throw images in so easily. I used 78 last month.
Spacemoth at the Moroccan Lounge on October 16. This is a KCRW Presents event.
https://themoroccan.com/tm-event/kcrw-presents-spacemoth/
Hannah Lew at the Moroccan Lounge on October 24. This is a KCRW Presents event.
https://themoroccan.com/tm-event/kcrw-presents-hannah-lew-with-sarah-register/
This is my low-tech attempt at a press release for an event I’m doing in Nashville at the beginning of November.
Henry Rollins: Cool Evidence
Captured Moments From The Last Century
Radar615 Gallery / MZA Architecture and Interiors
November 6 & 7
Hello, Henry Rollins here. I wrote the following in an effort to somehow entice you to come to this event. An incredible amount of time, effort and expenditure has gone into this. I’ve either gotten it extremely right, or catastrophically wrong!
For many years, I’ve been fascinated with historical markers. Physical objects that still remain years after they were created, become irrefutable evidence of time and place. Memories fade and retelling of facts often leads to distortion. However, the genuine article remains unperturbed.
Something I’ve done, which is probably ridiculous, but is quite demonstrative of what’s behind the Cool Evidence exhibit—I’ve anthropomorphized Time. I think Time seeks to obliterate the past and make the future all but completely speculative in an effort to keep us in the present, where it can be the center of attention. This is why carbon-based artifacts turn to dust, and that which came before can completely disappear, unless there are those who choose to be careful and patient guardians of the past. They seek to slow down decay and keep the facts intact. While I don’t consider Time to be my enemy, I’d like to think it considers me a constant and persistent annoyance.
Humans are capable of the worst things the planet has ever endured. I try to focus on the truly great, epically inspired aspects of humanity. Everything in the Cool Evidence exhibit denotes a time and place, be it an event, or just the fraction of a second it takes for a camera to extract an image—forcing a testimony from Time that humans can be exceptional. There’s always an alternative to misery. The Cool Evidence exhibit is the proof.
You could also just say that Cool Evidence is a collection of really interesting items that has taken me decades to assemble, and hopefully those who come to check it out will have a great experience.
On display will be things from the 70s-80s Washington DC music scene, tour posters and photos of Black Flag, the Damned, the Cramps, from Lux and Ivy’s personal collection, Iggy Pop, the Stooges and more.
I’d like to thank Lain York of Radar615 for his unwavering enthusiasm in allowing this project to materialize. When I pitched him on the idea months ago, he didn’t hesitate.
Thanks for reading this,
Henry
The Cool Evidence exhibit is free.
November 6 Friday: 2 - 9 PM
November 7 Saturday: 2 - 9 PM
516 Hagan Street
Nashville, TN 37203
Fanatic, as you know on the show, we consider October to be the month of months. Hopefully, tonight’s gathering of tunes will be a great backdrop for the beginning of the first weekend of the month. Thank you so much for tuning in. Have a great weekend and STAY FANATIC!!!
-- Henry
This show repeats Monday nights at 10 PM PST on KCRW.
https://henryrollins.substack.com/
Hour 1
01. The Damned - Plan 9 Channel 7 / Machine Gun Etiquette 25th Anniversary Edition
02. Wire - Ex Lion Tamer / Pink Flag
03. The Mob - Shuffling Souls / Let The Tribe Increase
04. The Ruts - West One (Shine On Me) / The Punk Singles Collection
05. The Adverts - My Place / Punk Singles Collection
06. The Warmers - Walking Solves It / The Warmers
07. Rites Of Spring - All Through A Life / EP
08. The Misfits - Ghouls Night Out / 12 Hits
09. Buzzcocks - Time's Up / Spiral Scratch EP
10. X-Ray Spex - I Can't Do Anything / Let's Submerge
11. The Teen Idles - I Drink Milk / Flex Your Head
12. David Bowie - Always Crashing in the Same Car / Low
13. Iggy Pop - Funtime / The Idiot
14. The Fall - City Hobgoblins / The Fall Box Set
15. Glaxo Babies - Who Killed Bruce Lee? / Dreams Interrupted: The Bewilderbeat Years 1978-1980
16. Hannah Lew - Replica / Hannah Lew
17. Tilt - Arkade Funk / 12”
Hour 2
01. Bobby Lees - Give / New Self
02. Magic Michael - Millionaire / 7”
03. Devo - Social Fools / Be Stiff EP
04. Feral Means - Pathways / Passaic Tijuana
05. The Sods - Pathetic / Minutes To Go
06. The Lurkers - Bad Times / God's Lonely Men
07. The Busters - Bust Out / Oldies Instrumental LP
08. Otoboke Beaver - Anata Ga Falling Love Shita No Ha Watashi Ga Kirai Na Onnanoko / Okoyashu!!
09. ViRG - This World Is Yours / Why Not Destroy This?
10. How Strange It Is - Holiday Park / There Is No Evil
11. Fungas - Deathstare / Locate 0
12. Draamakuu - Kuuhullu / Toinen Vaihe
13. Spacemoth - Telepathic Butterflies / Inward Eye
14. Lost Sounds - Ophelia / Lost Sounds
15. Le Butcherettes - Demon Stuck In Your Eye / Cry Is For The Flies
16. 1-800-Mikey - Pleasant Morning / In Yun
17. Dorothy Masuka - Zoo Lake - London Is The Place For Me: African Dreams & The Piccadilly High Life
18. The Clash - 48 Hours / The Clash
19. Cramps - I'm Cramped / Songs The Lord Taught Us
20. Joy Division - Day Of The Lords / Unknown Pleasures