Here’s a thing about the old fanzine I did in Eric Davidson’s 90s garage punk book “We Never Learn”.
Superdope #2 – download here
As part of this new project I’ve got to re-post the PDF files of my old 1990s fanzine, here’s SUPERDOPE #2 from 1991, plus a bunch of self-recrimination I wrote about my role in making it.
Superdope #1 – download here
I used to do a fanzine in the 1990s called SUPERDOPE, and I’ve posted a full scan of Issue #1 for you to read or download right here.
It’s not easy curating a definitive selection of the best sub-underground, late 70s UK 45s and comp tracks from the heyday of do-it-yourself record making, but I’ve put together a start. I’ve culled my newest 8Tracks mix, “SUB-UNDERGROUND UK DIY” from multiple sources: the “Instant Pop Classics” comps, various internet downloads, “Messthetics” and my own collection. Just like the compilation I posted yesterday of female-fronted riot grrl/garage punk, it’s available right now to listen to on computers, smartphones and tablets.
Outside of the fairly-well-known (such as it is) DIY pioneers like The Desperate Bicycles and Animals & Men, most acts on here are ultra-obscure and maybe only lasted for one 45 or a couple of compilation tracks, sometimes only on cassette. 23 tracks in all. Most given to that tinny, experimental, slipshod and faraway sound that characterizes the best of the best of this posthumously-defined genre.
Come listen to "SUB-UNDERGROUND UK DIY" here.
Tracks:
- DESPERATE BICYCLES – Smokescreen
- ANIMALS & MEN – Don’t Misbehave In The New Age
- MIDNIGHT CIRCUS – The Hedonist Jive
- I JOG & THE TRACKSUITS – Redbox
- DEVIL DYKES – Fruitless
- BEYOND THE IMPLODE – Lassitude
- STEVE TREATMENT – Danger Zone
- METROPAK – OK Let’s Go
- SCISSOR FITS – I Don’t Want To Work For British Airways
- BONA DISH – Mutation
- DESPERATE BICYCLES – The Medium Was Tedium
- ANOREXIA – I’m a Square
- DANNY & THE DRESSMAKERS – Don’t Make Another Bass Guitar Mr. Rickenbacker
- THE PETTICOATS – Normal
- REFLECTIONS – 4 Countries
- SCRITTI POLITTI – Is & Ought The Western World
- SUBVERSE – Chance Romance
- TRONICS – Shark Fucks
- BEARZ – She’s My Girl
- ANOREXIA – Pets
- BASE – One Way Girl
- GERRY & THE HOLOGRAMS – Gerry & The Holograms
- WAVIS O’SHAVE – Mauve Shoes Are Awful
I put this out there several years ago – thought I’d re-blog it here in case you’re interested.
Dynamite Hemorrhage Radio #82
While the political world burns, Dynamite Hemorrhage Radio can remain your sub-underground port in the storm. The 82nd edition of the show brings some top-drawer new material from GROWTH, VELO, CHOOK RACE, CCTV, LIQUIDS, TIM PRESLEY and NO SISTER, along with new archival material from DOW JONES & THE INDUSTRIALS, ZERO CRAG and even MR. SCIENCE himself (pictured).
I also found time to painstakingly flip and sort through my mp3 collection, and pulled up stuff for you by DESPERATE BICYCLES, THE FIX, ½ JAPANESE, GREEN ON RED, ART MUSEUMS and more. Take a peek at this playlist and then push whatever buttons you need to get this thing going into your ear canals.
Download Dynamite Hemorrhage Radio #82 (and many past episodes) from iTunes.
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Track listing:
GROWTH – Amanda
DOW JONES & THE INDUSTRIALS – Ladies With Appliances
MR. SCIENCE – Sociobiology
MARK WYNN – Real Sausages Made By a Real Butcher
CCTV – God’s Will
LIQUIDS – Take the Bait
ANGRY SAMOANS – Are You A Square
THE WHITEFRONTS – Get Out of the House or I’m Calling The Cops
FRICTION – Pistol
TIM PRESLEY – Can You Blame
ART MUSEUMS – Dancing With a Hole in Your Heart
CHOOK RACE – Sun in Eyes
THIRTEENTH FLOOR ELEVATORS – I’ve Got Levitation
GREEN ON RED – Illustrated Crawling
ZERO CRAG – Push-Button Warfare
DESPERATE BICYCLES – Smokescreen
LEAVING TRAINS – Cigarette Motel
METROPAK – OK Let’s Go
POSTURE – Janitor
VELO – Deal With It
½ JAPANESE – I Know How It Feels….Bad
THE FIX – No Idols
NO SISTER – This Heat
We told you how much we liked the Swedish band GROWTH last week, and pointed you toward their brand-new EP.
I’m re-posting this summer 2014 live show they did in Santa Barbara, CA, since it’s excellent and because it’s now gone from the interweb. I think you’ll enjoy it.
I ordered the excellent “Singles – But They’re Not Really Singles, I Just Sent Them to the Screen and Said They Were Singles” CD by Mark Wynn and got it in the mail this week, along with this personal letter from Mr. Wynn himself.
You may have enjoyed his track “Rip Off The Fall” on Dynamite Hemorrhage Radio #81, perhaps. There’s more where that came from.
I believe the Lee Marvin reference is with regard to “Point Blank”, the excellent 1967 film that has several of its key scenes in San Francisco, where I live.
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Happy to have miraculously kept the faith and to have come back a mere 2-3 weeks after the last episode. FINAL SOUNDS RADIO shall henceforth be a thing.
This hour-long episode hues closely to our mission of being about underground folk, American Primitive, acoustic, experimental and outsider music. New stuff is played from MYRIAM GENDRON, WILLIAM CSORBA, ALLYSEN CALLERY & BOB KENDALL, ANDY McLEOD and others – plus a couple of massive tracks from Tompkins Square’s new “Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 8 – The Private Press” compilation of never-heards.
Download it, stream it, and come learn more about what we do at finalsounds.org if you’d like.
Download or stream Final Sounds Radio #6 on Soundcloud.
Stream Final Sounds #6 on Mixcloud.
Track listing:
- PERRY LEDERMAN – One Kind Favor
- WILLIAM CSORBA – Diablo Canyon
- JOSEPHINE FOSTER – Little Life
- ALLYSEN CALLERY & BOB KENDALL – I Gave You
- JIM ED BROWN – Angel’s Sunday
- JACK ROSE – Kensington Blues
- MYRIAM GENDORN – Au Coeur de ma Delire
- SIMON JOYNER – Montgomery
- MATT SOWELL – Minnesota
- C JOYNES – Georgie
- SIBYLLE BAIER – Wim
- ANDY McLEOD – There Is No Time For That Now
- CRYSTALLINE ROSES & THE YANKEE ENTERTAINER – Got To Be Hope Somewhere
- MARIE CELESTE – Prisoner
- JOE BETHANCOURT – Raga
This is the other podcast I’m working on these days. Take a listen if you’re up for some strings.
https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/282846225/stream?client_id=3cQaPshpEeLqMsNFAUw1Q?plead=please-dont-download-this-or-our-lawyers-wont-let-us-host-audio
Wasn’t sure Stockholm’s GROWTH were still together until this new EP just popped up – and it’s fantastic. You fans of Come, Thalia Zedek & Little Claw, this (and their older 45) is in that league.
Dynamite Hemorrhage Radio #81
Broadcasting this time from a hotel room in Seattle, “live and without a net”, it’s Dynamite Hemorrhage Radio.
This 81st edition features much foaming and spouting about new and new-ish material from THE STACHES, LITHICS, VIOLENT CHANGE, THE VITAS, CCTV, THE GARBAGE AND THE FLOWERS, SUSS CUNTS, MARK WYNN and more.
The archival stuff’s nearly as good: THE HUNS, DADAMAH, TAV FALCO’S PANTHER BURNS, SCHUND, THE FLESH EATERS – and more. Let’s see if you think this is the best episode yet.
Download or stream Dynamite Hemorrhage Radio #81 on Soundcloud.
Stream Dynamite Hemorrhage Radio #81 on Mixcloud.
Subscribe to the show and get older episodes on iTunes.
Track listing:
LITHICS – Shees
THE STACHES – Total Commitment
MARK WYNN– Rip Off The Fall
SUSS CUNTS – Anemic Boyfriend
BO-WEEVILS – That Girl
TAV FALCO’S PANTHER BURNS – She’s The One To Blame
RAYS – Model or You?
VIOLENT CHANGE – Unit A
CCTV – Bob-Ee
DADAMAH – Absent and Erotic Lives
TH’ FAITH HEALERS – A Word of Advice
THE VITAS – Roses
VELO – I’m in Hate
THE MORLOCKS – By My Side
THE HUNS – Destination Lonely
SCHUND – Schiesse Drauf
DROP – He Doesn’t Know He’s a Trendy
FLESH EATERS – Twisted Road (demo)
THE GARBAGE AND THE FLOWERS – Henry, Where is Lyon?
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