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Horrid 70's Radio

Some unbelievably weird-but-true 70's hits.
I grabbed all these off of SeeqPod from memory. Just the odd songs that got lots of airplay when I was a lad.

Enjoy, if possible.

SeeqPod - Playable Search

Seeqpod Test Post

If this works, you should see a single player holding a playlist of Hasil Adkins.
If not, this will be purged shortly.
That is all.

Haunted Jukebox

I actually got through most of October without making a Halloween playlist, can you believe it?
I haven't had the time to do any fancy assemblage or mixing, so instead spent nearly as much time mucking around with SeeqPod and selecting songs.
As much as I like gathering my own songs from my CD, record, tape and MP3 library, it was fun to select only things I could find on the web, as available via SeeqPod.
Plus, my playlist is much less dark and ugly as previous years and much more fun and perhaps party friendly. But then, I assembled it, so it may not be for every taste.

Happy Halloween!

SeeqPod Music beta - Playable Search

Don't get too excited, kids....

This is a test.
For the next sixty seconds, this blog will be testing the Seeqpod playlist system.
This is only a test.

SeeqPod Music beta - Playable Search

I moved most activity to my new home here.

Since Wordpress and SeeqPod don't seem to like each other, I will post playlists in this post from time to time.

Other than that, there's not a whole helluva lot going on here.
Requests for re-ups to this blog fall in my spam filter. I would advise you to visit the new, improved Kill Ugly Radio.
Thanks for listening.

KILL UGLY RADIO HAS MOVED

The namesake for Kill Ugly Radio was a generic boombox of indeterminate manufacture specially modified to play two tape loops simultaneously and also receive electromagnetic interference from power tools and electronic toys. It was used as a performance instrument in audio experiments until it had a catastrophic power source failure and had to be terminated. It is on permanent display in the Larch Mountain Absurdatory.

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Various Artists

Faster and Louder Vols. 1 & 2

Rhino Records

An absolute top-drawer series from Rhino with an emphasis on hardcore circa the eighties. An unflinching look at the seamy underbelly of American and British punk. What's nice about the collection here is that many songs are culled from singles or in otherwise seldom heard versions. There's also a lot of inclusion of bands that were big back in the day, yet have faded into relative obscurity - and many I've never heard of before. Another nice thing is the very extensive liner notes and biographical info on each band included and Gary Panter's swell wrap-around cover art. If you can find them (I believe they are out of print), get them - you won't be sorry.

Faster and Louder Vol. 1

Tracks:

1. Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia
2. Bad Brains - Pay To Cum
3. Circle Jerks - World Up My Ass
4. Suicidal Tendencies - I Saw Your Mommy...
5. The Dicks - Dicks Hate The Police
6. Angry Samoans - Lights Out
7. Meatmen - One Down Three To Go
8. SSD - Get It Away
9. Redd Kross - Linda Blair
10. D.O.A. - World War 3
11. Really Red - Modern Needs
12. The Stains - John Wayne Was A Nazi
13. Government Issue - Fun And Games -
14. Mission Of Burma - That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate
15. Husker Du - Statues
16. The Urinals - I'm A Bug
17. Bobby Soxx - Scavenger Of Death

Download Volume 1

Faster and Louder Vol. 2

Tracks:

Zero Boys - Civilizations Dying
Husker Du - In A Free Land
Wire - 1. 2. X. U.
The Subhuman - Firing Squads
The Germs - Lexicon Devil
Fear - I Love Living In The City
X - We're Desperate
Agent Orange - Bloodstains
Negative Approach - Nothing
Naked Raygun - Rat Patrol
The Dils - You're Not Blank (So Baby We're Through)
Stranglehold - She's Not Leaving
Wipers - Romeo
DYS - Wolfpack
Black Market Baby - Potential Suicide
GG Allin - You Hate Me And I Hate You (Public Animal No.1)
CH 3 - Fear Of Life

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Various Artists

Punk University Vols. 1 & 2

Oglio Records

Another nice pair of punk comps cds, this time from a specialty imprint of Capitol. These offer a mixed bag of British and American punk and a wider chronology - from really early (Ramones) to eighties punk. Could've done without the lesser Iggy Pop tracks, - including the one he whored out to a bourgeois sea cruise line! All in all, a pretty nice mixed bag of early punk music. There's probably nothing here that would turn the heads of most punk collectors, but it is nice to have Suicidal Tendencies best song (maybe only) alongside something by The Toy Dolls, any day.

I think the Punk University motif was an attempt to cash in on the mid-nineties generi-punk resurgence, but thankfully, like a lot of similar comps, doesn't include any Green Day or Offspring, et al.

Punk University Vol. 1:

Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized
Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict
999 - Homicide
The Ramones - Beat On The Brat
Vandals - Ladykiller
Adolescents - Amoeba
Circle Jerks - Wild In The Streets
Redd Kross - Annette's Got The Hits
X - Los Angeles
Fear - New York's Allright If You Like Saxophones
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
Killing Joke - Eighties

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Punk University Vol. 2:

X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage, Up Yours!
The Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant
The Germs - Lexicon Devil
The Buzzcocks - Something's Gone Wrong
The Dickies - Gigantor
X - White Girl
Iggy Pop - I'm Bored
T.S.O.L. - Dance With Me
Circle Jerks - When The Shit Hits The Fan
Agent Orange - Bloodstains
G.B.H. - No Survivors
Generation X - One Hundred Punks

Download Vol. 2

Various Artists

Dangerhouse Volumes 1 & 2

Frontier Records

Nice pair of compilation CDs from Frontier (released in 1991 and 1992) of the complete run of Dangerhouse punk singles from 1977 to 1980. Some of the artists involved are The Avengers, The Dils, Black Randy The Metrosquad, The Weirdos and X, as well as some lesser known bands such as The Randoms, Howard Werth and Rhino 39.
It's interesting to hear the genesis of LA punk, which seemed richer in variety and artfulness than it would later become. Many bands seem to feature interchangeable members. This is good music to listen to while reading We Got the Neutron Bomb, a great testimonial, Studs Turkel-type tome about the birth and death of LA punk.