Monday, December 19, 2011

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 21

Test Dept. - Kick To Kill (Beating A Retreat, 1984)
This Heat - Twilight Furniture (This Heat, 1979)
The Flying Lizards - Hands 2 Take (Fourth Wall, 1981)
The The - Black and White (4AD Records 7", 1981)
Suicide - I Remember (Live at CBGB's, 1978)
Tasaday - Presenza Impossibile (L'Animale Profondo, 1986)
Psychic TV - Starlit Mire (Allegory & Self, 1988)
Swans - Like A Drug (Sha La La La) (Children of God, 1987)
Tsunematsu Masatoshi - Be Your Slave (Live at Shinkeishitsu Na Niwatori, 1981)
Butthole Surfers - To Parter (Cream Corn From The Socket Of Davis 12'' EP, 1985)
Lemon Kittens - Paper-thin Religion (Spoonfed And Writhing, 1979)
Chrome - Isolation (Red Exposure, 1980)
SPK - Metal Field (Auto Da Fe, 1983)
Circle X - Current (Prehistory, 1984)
The Pop Group - Snowgirl (Y, 1979)
The Raincoats - You're A Million (The Raincoats, 1979)

Stabbing Suspense! Shear Shock!

Thursday, December 08, 2011

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 20

Cheech & Chong • Rebuttal: Speaker Ashley Roachclip
Pink Fairies • Right On, Fight On
The New Order • Rock 'n' Roll Soldier
Hawkwind • Urban Guerilla
Wicked Lady • I’m a Freak
Orang-Utan • Chocolate Piano
Flower Travellin’ Band • 21st Century Schizoid Man
Kingdom Come • Space Plucks Dem Bones
Sam Gopal • Grass
The Pretty Things • Defecting Grey
The Bevis Frond • Medieval Sienese Acid Blues
Monster Magnet • Nod Scene
Pentagram • 20 Buck Spin
Funkadelic • Super Stupid
Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band • Zig Zag Wanderer
Phil Phillips • The Evil Dope

You're world's about to explode

Monday, November 28, 2011

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 19

Warsaw • No Love Lost
Josef K • Radio Drill Time
Section 25 • After Image
Big in Japan • Suicide A Go Go
Crispy Ambulance • Deaf
Second Layer • Courts or War
The Diagram Brothers • Bricks
Blue Orchids • The House That Faded Out
The Passions • I Radiate
Sad Lovers and Giants • Colourless Dream
Royal Family and the Poor • Dominion
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark • Messages
Cabaret Voltaire • Do The Mussolini (Headkick)
Minny Pops • Time
The Comsat Angels • Independence Day
The Names • Calcutta
The Durutti Column • Lips That Would Kiss
Dalek I Love You • Heat
Maximum Joy • In The Air
A Certain Ratio • Do the Du
Fire Engines • Candyskin
The Monochrome Set • The Etcetera Stroll

post-punk/pre-junk

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 18

Melvins • I’m Dry
Boris with Michio Kurihara • Starship Narrator
Lee Renaldo • New Groove Loop
High on Fire • 10,000 Years
Tetsuo • Heschbag
Dinosaur jr • Bulbs of Passion (John Peel session)
Lemon Kittens • Chalet D'Amour
Elliot Sharp/Carbon • Pnambic
Pterodactyl • Safe Like a Train
US Maple • Letter to ZZ Top
Xtatika • Immolation
The Dead C • Truth
End Result • Slash
The Pop Group • Trap
Boredoms • Bore Now Bore
Hair Police • untitled [track 3 from ‘Drawn Dead’]
Flipper • Life

This should sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 17

David Bowie - Memory of a Free Festival (Space Oddity, 1969)
High Tide - Futilist's Lament (Sea Shanties, 1969)
Mighty Baby - House Without Windows (Mighty Baby, 1969)
Edgar Broughton Band - Chilly Morning Mama (Inside Out, 1972)
Amon Düül II - Green Bubble Raincoated Man (Wolf City, 1973)
Clark Hutchinson - The Summer Seems Longer (Blues, 1968)
Family - Wheels (A Song For Me, 1970)
Tractor - Little Girl In Yellow (Tractor, 1972)
Hawkwind - Brainbox Pollution (Doremi Fasol Latido, 1972)
Andromeda - Turn to Dust (Andromeda, 1969)
Elias Hulk - We Can Fly (Unchained, 1970)
Pink Fairies - Uncle Harry's Last Freakout (Never Never Land, 1971)

Pull up a grassy spot in the park, light a spliff and contemplate the universe while digging the ragged and naive sounds of the free festival scene.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 16

New York Dolls - Courageous Cat Theme
Lost Kids - Født Som Nul (Born To Lose)
Zhang Xiao Feng - I Should Have Known Better
Dennis Coffey - Get Back
Tiny Tim - Nowhere Man
The Kinks - She’ Got Everything
The Roughnecks - You're Drivin' Me Insane
Howlin’ Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
The Banana Splits - I'm Gonna Find a Cave
The Runaways - Is It Day or Night?
The Troggs - Our Love Will Still Be There
Caetano Veloso - Annunciaçao
Four Jacks and a Jill - Master Jack
Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve - Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?
Neil Diamond - Solitary Man
Michael Nesmith and the First National Band - Silver Moon
Serge Gainsbourg with Brigitte Bardot - Comic Strip
The Creation - Biff! Bang! Pow!
The Delmonas - Hello, I Love You
Bob Lenarde with Willie Joe and his Unitar - Cherokee Dance
Terry Manning - Trashy Dog
Swamp Dogg - Total Destruction Of Your Mind
Stalk-Forrest Group - Arthur Comics
The Archies - Inside Out, Upside Down
The Yardbirds - Over Under Sideways Down
The Chicago Loop - This Must Be The Place
George Harrison - Dehra Dun
The Dirtbombs - No Expectations

This very special episode is dedicated to Eric Schmuckler

Monday, October 10, 2011

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 15

Wipers – Youth Of America
Black Flag – Rise Above
Mission Of Burma – That’s When I Reach For My Revolver
Bad Brains – Big Takeover
Flipper – Get Away
Sonic Youth – World Looks Red
Butthole Surfers – Cowboy Bob
Half Japanese – Firecracker Firecracker
Meat Puppets – Split Myself In Two
Big Boys – Baby Let’s Play God
Naked Raygun – I Don’t Know
The Replacements – Color Me Impressed
Killdozer – King of Sex
Minutemen – Toadies
Camper Van Beethoven – Sometimes
Beat Happening – Foggy Eyes
Scratch Acid – Greatest Gift
Big Black – Big Money
Hüsker Dü – The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
Dinosaur jr. – In A Jar
Mudhoney – Touch Me I’m Sick
Pussy Galore – Sweet Little Hi-Fi
The Flaming Lips – Drug Machine
Fugazi – Song #1
Nirvana – Sliver
Sebadoh – Gimme Indie Rock

Twenty years of punk? There must've been ten years when there wasn't anything going on, right? There were a few years at the start, and now. What happened in between?

Mick Jones of the Clash in Musician, 1995

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 14

Sex Pistols – Satellite (Suburban Kid)
Undertones – True Confessions
The Nips – King Of The Bop
Blondie – X Offender
Television Personalities – Part Time Punks
Sham 69 – (There’s Gonna Be A ) Borstal Breakout
The Damned – Stretcher Case Baby
Richard Hell & The Voidoids – (I Belong To The) Blank Generation
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Watching the Detectives
The Stranglers – Choosey Suzy
The Dictators – Master Race Rock
X-Ray Spex – I Am A Poseur
Buzzcocks – Boredom
Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device
Dead Boys – Sonic Reducer
The Saints – (I’m) Stranded
Ramones – Rockaway Beach
Generation X – Wild Youth
The Clash – 1977
Johnny Moped – Incendiary Device
The Slits – Typical Girls
Alternative TV – Love Lies Limp
Swell Maps – Read About Seymour
Heartbreakers – Born To Lose
The Jam – In The City
The Fall – Bingo Masters Breakout
Subway Sect – Ambition
Wire – Dot Dash
The Adverts – One Chord Wonders

Why would anyone want to listen to music that makes you hate when you can listen to music that makes you love? - Dr. R. Quincey, ME

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 13

The Jaguars - Dancing Lonely Night
The Spiders - Upside Down
The Cupids - Heaven
The Terrys - Stop Dance
The Beavers - Why Baby Why
Reiko Mari - Kiss K-I-Double-S
The Carnabeats - Chu! Chu! Chu!
The Golden Cups - Hiwa Mata-Noboru
Runa Tamaki - Down Ginza
The Playboy - Shevidevi De Yuko
The Blue Comets - Psychedelic Man
The J Girls - The World Of Yellow
The Youngers - Hanashitakunai
The Out Cast - Everything’s Alright
Katsuko Kanai - Summer Love
The D'Swooners - Please Please Trina
The Bunnys - Taiyo No Hana
Mieko Hirota - Koi No Angel Baby
The Savage - Space Express
Kaoru Hibiki - The Star It Is Distant Month
The Swing West - Kokoro No Tokimeki (Ajoen Ajoen)
The Tempters - Himitsu No Aikotoba
Ayumi Ishida - The Sun Cries
The Mops - Haiku
The Blue Jeans - One More Please

Groovy Group Sounds

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 12

The Flying Luttenbachers - The Fishook And The Eyeball (Retrospektiw IV, 2002)
Black Swan Network - The Late Music II (Serotonin Ronin, 1998)
The Incredible String Band - Born in your Town (The Chelsea Sessions 1967, 1997)
Yuzo Iwata - [untitled (side A track 6)] (Drowning In The Sky, 1999)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The City (Strangelands, 1969)
F/i - Zombie Theme 2 (Why Not Now?... Alan!, 1987)
Monoshock - Astral Plane (Take Me Away) (Walk To The Fire, 1996)
Daisuck & Prostitute - Storm in a Test Tube (Dance to Death, 1981)
Furze - A Life About My Sabbath (UTD, 2007)
Doug Snyder & Bob Thompson - Soul and Universe (Daily Dance, 1972)
Goblin - Sighs (Suspiria OST, 1972)
Bruce Loose - Waking to Sleep ('What's Your Name' 7", 1983)
Ignatz - The Radiant Sheen (Ignatz, 2006)
The Door & The Window - Red Sash (Dr. Egg: Live Recordings 1983-1987, 2003)
Loosers - Daeh Sti No Cigol ('Logic In Your Head' 10", 2007)

End of times are here

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 11

The Birthday Party - Release The Bats
The Cure - The Hanging Garden
Flesh for Lulu - Subterraneans
The Rose of Avalanche - Too Many Castles in the Sky
The Cult - Resurrection Joe
Cocteau Twins - Peppermint Pig
Specimen - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Test Dept - Pulsations
Alien Sex Fiend - Ignore The Machine
Killing Joke - Wardance
X-mal Deutschland - Incubus Succubus
Joy Division - She’s Lost Control
The Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love
The March Violets - Snakedance
Siouxsie and The Banshees - Spellbound
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 10

The Missing Links - Wild About You
The Remains - You Got A Hard Time Comin’
The Troggs - 66-5-4-3-2-1
The Flamin’ Groovies - Shake Some Action
The Pretty Things - Can’t Stand The Pain
Alice Cooper - Caught In A Dream
Ramones – 53rd & 3rd
The Monkees - Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)
The Chosen Few - Let Me Down Easy
David Johansen - You Fool You
The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking In The Sand)
The Purple Hearts - I’m Gonna Try
Iggy & The Stooges - Gimme Danger
Roky Erickson & Bleib Alien - Two Headed Dog
Mike Furber & The Bowery Boys - You Stole My Love
The Seeds - No Escape
The Rolling Stones - Empty Heart
Heartbreakers - Can't Keep My Eyes On You
The Animals - I'm Going To Change The World
Masters Apprentices - War or The Hands Of Time
The Ventures - Stop Action
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Clear Spot
The Cramps - Voodoo Idol
MC5 - I Just Don’t Know
The Sonics - He’s Waitin’
The Easybeats - Who’ll Be The One
Sex Pistols - Did You No Wrong
The Dictators - Young, Fast and Scientific

Another volume in no need of refurbishing. I think the theme here had something to do with artists/songs that influenced or were covered by Australian punk bands.

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 9

The Move - The Last Thing On My Mind (Shazam, 1970)
Be Bop Deluxe - Jet Silver and the Dolls of Venus (Axe Victim, 1974)
Hawkwind - Fable of a Failed Race (Extended Version) (Quark, Strangeness And Charm, 1977)
Edgar Broughton Band - There's No Vibrations But Wait! (Sing Brother Sing, 1970)
White Witch - You're The One (White Witch, 1972)
Ava Cherry and the Astronettes - I Am Divine (People from Bad Homes, 1995)
Sparks - Fletcher Honorama (Sparks, 1971)
Debris - Leisurely Waiting (Static Disposal, 1976)
Doctors of Madness - Out (Figments of Emancipation, 1976)
Brian Eno & The Winkies - The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch (John Peel Session, 1974)
Sadistic Mika Band - Arienu Republic (Sadistic Mika Band, 1974)
Nick Gilder - Runaways in the Night (You Know Who You Are, 1977)
Piper - Telephone Relation (Piper, 1976)
Ace Frehley - Snowblind (Ace Frehley, 1978)
Sweet - Yesterday's Rain (Give Us A Wink, 1976)
Ultravox - When You Walk Through Me (Systems of Romance, 1978)
Van Der Graaf Generator - The Sphinx in the Face (The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome, 1977)

Man, it sucked being the only kid in my grade school into these bands.

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 8



"Frankenstein" mix project from the old Art of the Mix days (ca. 2005). Gave it a recent spin and didn't see any reason to change my picks for the following catagories:
A song from the last record you bought
Midnight Evils - Beat You Down
A blues: not necessarily a blues record but a song that is labelled (something) blues
Chiefs - Blues
A song that gets you going in the morning
The Syndicats - Crawdaddy Simone
A song that you think is romantic
Vom - I’m In Love With Your Mom
One of the earliest records that you can remember listening to
The Banana Splits - I’m Gonna Find A Cave
A song that you discovered from a film
The Plugz - Hombre Secreto
A song from your favourite band / artist
The Rolling Stones - It’s Not Easy
A song from an artist band that you otherwise don’t like, but like this one
Skrewdriver - You’re So Dumb
A Lullaby
Sleep - Jerusalem (excerpt)
A song that makes you laugh / you find funny
T. Valentine - Hello Lucille, Are You A Lesbian?
A really good cover version
Superchunk - I’ll Be Your Sister
A song that reminds you of school days
The Runaways - School Days
A song from an artist that you are embarrassed to admit you like
g.g. allin - Drink, Fight & Fuck
Whatever it is, it’s got to be funky
Bad Brains - The Big Take Over
A song for those quiet rainy days
Lee “Scratch” Perry - Free Up The Prisoners
A song that no matter when you hear it makes you ‘Feelgood’
Dr. Feelgood - She Does It Right
A song with the word ‘Look’ in the title
The Bonzo Dog Band - Look Out, There’s A Monster Coming
From a member of the ‘Dead Rockers Society’
The Exploding Hearts - Boulevard Trash
Your favourite Elvis song
El Vez - Maria’s The Name
Wildcard(s)
New York Dolls - Frankenstein
Screaming Lord Sutch - She’s Falling In Love With The Monster
Electric Frankenstein - Annie’s Grave

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 7

Reading Rainbow - White Noise
Nobunny - Live It Up
The Busy Signals - Do What You Want
TV Ghost - Sleep Composite
Nervous Eaters - Loretta
The Ponys - How Does It Taste?
Black Lips - Dirty Hands
Idle Times - I'm Gone
Oblivians - No Time
The Paybacks - Just You Wait
Eric & the Happy Thoughts - Back of the Line
Mickey - She's So Crazy
Testors - Together
Outer Minds - Ordinary
Timmy's Organism - Give It to Me Babe
The People's Temple - Keeper (of Souls)
Dead Moon - Fire In The Western World
Puffy Areolas - Deathcraze
Tyrades - I Am Homicide
The Real Losers - Whatcha Know About Me
Baseball Furies - Desperate Pleasures
CoCoComa - (Tryin' To) Read My Mind
The Brides - Get To You
Pagans - Street Where Nobody Lives
The Spits - Dumb
The Dirtbombs - Fox Box
Tutu & The Pirates - I Wanna Be A Janitor
The Reatards - You Got So Much Soul
K-Holes - Short Zippers
Tav Falco's Panther Burns - Dateless Night
Heavy Times - Ice Age
Clone Defects - Shapes of Venus
M.O.T.O. - The Chicks Can Tell

Past and present luminaries from the HoZac Blackout Fest.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 6

Hüsker Dü - Statues
Strike Under - Elephant's Graveyard
Yard Trauma - Eyes
The Trend - Band Aid
Cinecyde - Don't Come Crying To Me
The Maids - Back To Bataan
Ghost Dance - Shrunken Heads
Bad Brains - At The Atlantis
Tsunematsu Masatoshi - Ki Wo Tu Ke Ro
Really Red - Suburban Disease
The Viletones - Rebel
Rock Bottom & The Spys - Death Trap
Dieter Meier - Cry For Fame
Vast Majority - I Wanna Be A Number
X-X - You're Full Of Shit
Child Molesters - Hillside Strangler
Kriminella Gitarrer - Vardad Kladsel
The Necessaries - You Can Borrow My Car
Non Compos Mentis - Ultimate Orgasm
The Freeze - I Hate Tourists
The Absentees - Tryin' To Mess With Me
Black Market Baby - Amarica's Youth
The Eat - Communist Radio
Psycho Surgeons - Horizontal Action
Active Dog - Rat Race
The Users - Sick Of You
The Suicide Commandos - You Can't
Nervous Eaters - Just Head
The Flesh Eaters - Pony Dress
Gasoline - Killer Man
Ice 9 - Out Out Out
The Dils - You're Not Blank
The Normals - Almost Ready
Desperate Bicycles - Sarcasm

you're just a statue or are you a victim?

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 5

Kanjincho - Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys (Seichô Takeuchi-Bushi, 1967)
Me, You, One Means I Love You - Bob Pinado and His Soul Creators (Ghana Soundz: Funk And Fusion From 70's Ghana - Vol. 2, 2004)
Pop, Popcorn Children - Eldridge Holmes (What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves: 1967-1977, 2006)
Day and Night - The Drag Set (Perfumed Garden - Vol. 2, 1983)
Choque Que Queima - Luizinho e seus Dinamites (Selvagens: Brazilian 60's Punk Artyfacts - Vol. 1, 2009)
Pleasent Valley Wednesday - The Len Bright Combo (It's Combo Time, 1986)
Freedom Street - Ken Boothe (Tighten Up - Vol. 3, 1970)
Open Up Baby - George "Wild Child" Butler (Open Up Baby, 1966)
This Gun Don't Care (Who It Shoots) - Wanda Jackson (Country Fuzz Spectacular, 2007)
Whom I'm Gonna Talk To - Pop Music Team (Society is a Shit, 1969)
Follow The Leader - The Saints (Out in the Jungle..., 1982)
So Is The Sun - The World Column (The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter … Ever!, 2001)
Sheldon Church Yard - Larry Jon Wilson (Country Got Soul - Vol. 1, 2004)
Baby, Can I Wear Your Clothes - The Spike Drivers (Spike Drivers: 1965 - 1968, 2002)
Uruma Island - The Hoptones (Ryukyu Rare Groove: Shimauta Pops in 60's-70's, 2006)
Lasting Forever - Gruppo Sportivo (10 Mistakes, 1977)
French Connection - Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters (Lee Perry & Friends: 1968-1979, 2002)
Another Place - Champion Doug Veitch (Peel Session, 04-09-1984)
Only You Know - Dion (Born To Be With You, 1975)
The Old Curiosity Shop - The Direct Hits (Blow Up, 1984)
C'est La Mode - Annie Philippe ('C'est La Mode' 7", 1966)
Break Away - The Next Exit (My Mind Goes High: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets From The WEA Vaults, 2005)
Tantalize - Nick Gilder (You Know Who You Are, 1977)
Let Me Know - Blue (Blue, 1973)

think pink

Monday, January 10, 2011

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 4

I Travel - Simple Minds (Empires and Dance, 1980)
Gentleman Take Polaroids - Japan (Gentleman Take Polaroids, 1980)
Touch - Lori & The Chameleons (Zoo Records 7", 1979)
Framework - Berlin Blondes (Berlin Blondes, 1980)
VCL XI - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (Organisation, 1980)
Frightened In France - Kissing the Pink (Naked, 1983)
Shadazz - Suicide (Suicide, 1980)
Pretty Day - Mary Möör (AAAA Records 7", 1982)
Empire State Human - The Human League (Reproduction, 1979)
Trapped - Dalek I Love You (Compass Kum'pas, 1980)
Seconds Too Late - Cabaret Voltaire (Rough Trade 7", 1980)
The Girl With the Patent Leather Face - Soft Cell (Some Bizzare Album, 1981)
Burning Car - John Foxx (Metamatic, 1980)
Swing-Shift - Nash the Slash (Cut-Throat Records 7", 1980)
Fragment - Phew (Phew, 1980)
Keys of Life - Klaus Nomi (Klaus Nomi, 1981)
United - Throbbing Gristle (Industrial Records 7", 1978)
Coitus Interuptus - Fad Gadget (Fireside Favourites, 1980)
Holland Tunnel Drive - impLOG ('Holland Tunnel Drive' 12" EP, 1980)

Future Now

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 3

The Flamin’ Groovies – You Tore Me Down (1974)
Poppees – Love Of The Loved (1975)
Snatch – IRT (1977)
DMZ – Busy Man (1977)
Iggy & the Stooges – I Got A Right (1977)
Zeros – Don’t Push Me Around (1977)
Weirdos – Life Of Crime (1977)
Shoes – Okay (1977)
20/20 – Giving It All (1978)
Stiv Bators – The Last Year (1979)
Paul Collins – Walking Out Of Love (1979)
Nikki & the Corvettes – Just What I Need (1980)
The Last – She Don’t Know Why I’m Here (1980)
Crawdaddys - I Can Never Tell (1980)
Lipstick Killers – Hindu Gods Of Love (1980)
Romantics – Running Away (1980)
The Modern Lovers – She Cracked (1981)
Vertebrats – Left In The Dark (1981)
Barracudas – Surfers Are Back (1982)
Plimsouls – A Million Miles Away (1982)
Miracle Workers – Already Gone (1985)
Pandoras – Hot Generation (1985)
Tell-Tale Hearts – Just A Matter Of Time (1986)
Spacemen 3 – Honey (1989)
Green Pajamas – Walking In The Rain (1990)
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Evergreen (1993)

Who Put the Bomp?