RADIO BROADCAST #908
08-28–26
Fanatic. I hope you had a positively grand week and made time to play a lot of music. Here’s some of what I got up to in the last few days.
08-20-26
The Welders - EP - BDR
Alternative TV - Best Wishes / Western World - Feel Good All Over
Alternomen Unlimited - Facade EP - Object Music
Bet Lynch's Legs - Some Like It Hot - Absurd Records
Before - Sister Culture - Irmgardz...
08-21-26
Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette - Chiswick
Snakes - I Won’t Love You Till You’re More Like Me - Discard
Snakes - Happy - Adult Swim
UK Subs - Diminished Responsibility - GEM
Before - Silence / Unexpected Emotions - Irmgardz...
08-22-26
The B-52's - Give Me Back My Man (white label one-sided) - Island Records
Bing Selfish - Selfish Works - Hyped To Death
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Train #3 / Train #1 - In The Red
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Son Of Sam / Bent - In The Red
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Shirt Jac / Latch-On - In The Red
08-23-26
In LA for interview
08-24-26
Unrest - Perfect Teeth
U.K. Subs - Party In Paris - GEM
The Fall - Susan Vs Youthclub - Action Records
The Fall - Theme From Sparta FC - Action Records
The Gories - Here Be The Gories - In The Red
08-25-26
XBXRX - Untitled - Narnack Records
The Euge - Welcome Back To The Coast - Big Dog Records
The Eastern Dark - Julie Is A Junkie / Johnny And Dee Dee - Waterfront Records
The Damned - Dozen Girls - Bronze
Gene Defcon - Liz and Other Songs - Look Out! test press
08-26-26
Red Dons & TV Smith – A Vote For The Unknown / This City - Deranged
The Stooges - I Got a Right / Gimmie Some Skin - Bomp! Records
The Stooges - Lost In The Future / Slide (orange vinyl) - no label
Kip Tyler, Kip And His Flips - Jungle Hop - Challenge white label promo
Street Sweeper - Street Sweeper (red vinyl) - Legless
The interview with James Spooner at Skirball last Sunday went well. The newly restored version of his excellent documentary, Afro-Punk was great. James’ new book, It Starts With Anger, is a really good read.
I’m in Kansas City today for a listening event for the Cramps Gravest Gravy album at a place called the Lystening Room. https://www.centerforrecordedmusic.org/listyningroom
I’m doing another one in Memphis in October at the Memphis Listening Lab. Both events are sold out.
I started noticing several days ago that even though it’s hot and humid day after day, leaves are starting to fall off the trees. I became curious as to why this would happen. Being a fan of seasonal change, I thought it might be September sneaking in to start showing August that it’s on the way out. Of course, there has to be a far more reality-based, less poetic reason, although I really do like the idea. After a few seconds of research, I found out that this is often what trees do as a means of survival. By shedding leaves, they don’t use as much water. I saw a phrase that was completely new to me: false autumn. The summer, where I am, has been plenty hot, but it’s also been noticeably dry, so maybe that’s what’s happening.
Fanatic, this is our last summer broadcast. A quick scan of the playlist will show you that we’re double dosing with Charles M. Bogert and his pack of loquacious amphibians. Also, a David Bowie track for each hour, both from his Lodger album. Such an interesting record. Of all his many amazing albums, it’s Lodger and Scary Monsters I have the most questions about. We’ve already started our programming for Fanatic autumn 2026 and will definitely be checking out some Scary Monsters tracks. It’s a great time of the year to listen to a lot of music. I find that I prefer the transitional months of the year to the ones that are peaking. I’m definitely looking forward to earlier sunsets and lower temperatures.
Yesterday, Lain, the man who runs the Radar615 Gallery and I put Alicja Trout’s collection on the walls for eight hours. We went at it nonstop. I learned a lot. It looks great. I was texting Alicja our progress and she likes the look of it. She will be showing up on Saturday. I will be there as well. It’s going to be a good time. If you’re in town, please come by.
Upcoming:
Friday August 28 and Saturday August 29, Alicja Trout’s cool collection of posters, flyers and original artwork will be up for free viewing at
Radar615
516 Hagan Street, suite 100
Nashville TN 37203
The space will be open from 4 pm until 9 pm on both dates.
Also, get ready for another two day event Lain and I are doing at the gallery on November 6 and 7. When we get closer to the dates, I’ll supply you with more information. He and I have been working on this one for months. To say that we’re stoked, is an understatement.
We very much hope you’ll find this last Fanatic Summer 2026 broadcast to be a great soundtrack to start your weekend. Thanks to everyone who showed up at Skirball last week and thanks in advance for attending our very cool event at Radar615 this weekend. We will be back with you in September. Have a fantastic weekend and stay Fanatic.
–– Henry
We’re on Bluesky: henryrollins21361.bsky.social
This show repeats Monday nights at 10 PM PST on KCRW.
Hour 1
01. Charles M. Bogert y Frogs - Mating Call Of The Pig Frog - Sounds of North American Frogs
02. Ramones - Judy Is A Punk (mono) / Ramones - 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
03. Minutemen – Search / The Punch Line
04. Misfits - Hybrid Moments / Static Age
05. 1-800 Mikey - Me And My Only / In Yun
06. Bad Sports - Follow Through / Follow Through EP
07. How Strange It Is - Slime / There Is No Evil
08. The Mall - Turing Machine / Zone
09. Team Work - Piper Has A Flashlight / Somebody's Gotta Do It
10. Mark Stewart + Maffia - High Ideals and Crazy Dreams / Learning to Cope With Cowardice
11. Iggy Pop - Kill City / Original Punks
12. Ty Segall - Black Paint / Chrome
13. David Bowie - African Night Flight / Lodger
14. Wire - 106 Beats That / Pink Flag
15. Spread Joy - Pygmalion / III
16. ViRG - Too Much / Weeks
17. Heather the Jerk - Bahboozay (Ode to a Cat) / Scroll If You Love Devil
18. Mark Robinson - Catalog & Classify / Tiger Banana
19. Scott Walker - Mathilde / Sings Jacques Brel
20. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Moon Is In The Gutter / From Her To Eternity
21. The Fall - Words Of Expectation / Peel Sessions
Hour 2
01. Odor Eater - Defunct / But For Who?
02. U.K. Subs - Public Servant / Brand New Age
03. Angelic Upstarts - I'm An Upstart / Teenage Warning
04. Spacemoth - A Photograph Replaced My Mind / Inward Eye
05. Soccer Team - If You Were Here / Real Lessons In Cynicism
06. Devo - Space Junk / Are We Not Men?
07. Link Wray - Pancho Villa - Missing Links Vol. 1
08. Kilynn Lunsford - Nice Quiet Horror Show / Promiscuous Genes
09. The Sunnyboys - To The Bone / Sunnyboys
10. Cel Ray - Hot Gossip / Cel Rayzer
11. Eddie Gale - Black Rhythm Happening / Black Rhythm Happening
12. Sort Sol - Hurricane Fighter Plane / Fog Things
13. The Jane Does - DC Girl / The Jane Does
`14. XYZ - Welcome Back (To Regular Time) / XYZ
15. Amanar De Kidal - La Paix / Kel Tamasheq
16. Slant 6 - G.F.S. / Inzombia
17. Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - Our Other World / Gorilla Rose
18. David Bowie - DJ / Lodger
19. Charles M. Bogert - Mating call of Eastern Gray Treefrog / Sounds of North American Frogs
20. Rites Of Spring - Drink Deep / End On End