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Vinyl Junkyard

Flashlite #339: Vinyl Junkyard 12

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Mouthful of ViolenceThis is one a Vinyl Junkyard edition of our show. In Vinyl Junkyard specials I play almost entire LPs that I found dirt cheap somewhere laying in some bargain bin at a record store. Usually the stuff comes from The Blue Arrow Records in Cleveland. This time we have two albums from the nineties. Nineties were a time where LPs were being phased out on the market in favor of CDs. Still, some important record also saw vinyl versions and today we bring you Mouthful of Violence by Big Trouble House and Moontime by Anastasia Screamed. These are not just some random albums from the era, but also some of my favorite records ever. It’s a real pleasure to introduce them to you, since the bands and the records went fairly unnoticed at the time and are often missed by the critics too. Big Trouble House are from Minneapolis, lead by the guitar player Phil Harder. After the band failed to leave much mark on the scene, he moved on into making music videos. Anastasia Screamed were from Boston. They were lead by Chick Graning. This band also failed to make much fuss on the scene, so he formed Scarce which became almost famous with their single All Sideways, but Graning suffered from an aneurysm and had a bad case of amnesia. Scarce reformed recently.

Big Trouble House – Union Feed Grain Mill
Big Trouble House – Mouthful of Violence
Big Trouble House – Cut Him Down;
Big Trouble House – Gal In Black;
Big Trouble House – President Nixon’s Grandpa;
Big Trouble House – Let’s Go To Hell;
Big Trouble House – Push;
Big Trouble House – Black River;
Big Trouble House – Valley of Rin Tin Tin;
Anastasia Screamed – Out Of The Light;
Anastasia Screamed – Stand By;
Anastasia Screamed – One Deep Breath;
Anastasia Screamed – She Must;
Anastasia Screamed – Dead In The Grass;
Anastasia Screamed – 15 Seconds of 5 Days;
Anastasia Screamed – Tricked Into Feel;
Scarce – All Sideways.

Obituaries, Playlist

Flashlite #320

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Vlada DivljanUnfortunately, today’s show dominates with a no less than five obituaries. We pay respects to Vlada Divljan, Andy Fraser (from Free), Sam Andrew (from Big Brother and The Holding Company), Michael Brown (from Left Banke) and Daevid Allen (from Gong).

We also hear new music for Tav Falco, Paul Kelly and Summer Cannibals from Portland OR. Our friends at the Blue Arrow Records bacame a record label. They issued two new singles for Jonathan Richman – so cool!!!

Jennifer – Chelsea Morning;
Free – All Right Now;
Summer Cannibals – Something New;
Le Cinema – Marshall (feat. Vlada Divljan);
Idoli – Nebeska tema;
Gile i Vlada – Pobuna;
Tav Falco – Whistle Blower;
Tav Falco – Bourgeois Blues;
Big Brother And The Holding Company – Summertime;
Gong – You Can’t Kill Me;
Stevie Ray Vaughn – Rude Mood (Blues Alphabet);
Jonathan Richman – Wait Wait;
Paul Kelly and Vika Bull – Sweet Guy;
Paul Kelly – Sweet Guy (Live in CLE);
Lotion – Walk Away Renee;
Left Banke – Walk Away Renee.

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Flashlite #295

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Terry and LouieWe have a couple of interesting new albums today. Bonnie Prince Billy as a new record called Singer’s Grave a Sea of Tongues and it turns out to be a much more accessible version of his older album Wolfroy Goes to Town from three years ago. John Wesley Coleman III also has a new album which is a much more produced ordeal than his previous record (and I think that’s really a good direction for him). Chuck Prophet is back with Night Surfer LP which appears to be influenced by Ian Hunter’s songwriting style. Talking about Hunter, Mott The Hoople issued an excelled new double live record, recorded in 2013. Venerable bluesman Elvin Bishop also has a new record. In our segment Live in Cleveland, we introduce Cleveland band Shale Satans, who had an acoustic live set at our sponsor Blue Arrow Records. Terry Six and King Louie, two surviving members of the Exploding Hearts are back with the new single.

Harp Explosion – Lost Railroad;
Eden Brent – Everybody Already Knows;
Elvin Bishop – Let Your Woman Have Her Way;
Mississipi Fred McDowell – Red Cross Store Blues (Blues Alphabet);
The Shale Satans – Get Weird (Live in CLE);
Bonnie Prince Billy – We Are Unhappy;
Golden Boys – Rock With Me Forever;
John Wesley Coleman III – The Love That You Own;
James and The Express – They Didn’t Know About You;
Russ Tolman – Talking Hoover Dam (Blue Arrow Records Feature);
The Exploding Hearts – Thorns In Roses;
Terry And Louie – Looking For A Heart;
Bass Drum of Death – Left for Dead;
The Apache – Hit The Clubs;
Chuck Prophet – Truth Will Out (Ballad of Melissa and Remy);
Mott The Hoople – Saturday Gigs.

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Flashlite #292

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Eden BrentWe start off in a blues mood. First we have a Danish band from Copenhagen, Baby Woodrose. Their sound, half garage, half blues, is a perfect opener. Then we go deeper in blues. Steve Hill is a great guitar player from Canada and Eden Brent is a singer from Mississippi. Then we have Daddy Long Legs, who had a popular album two years ago with Evil Eyes On You and now they’re back with a new one Blood From A Stone. Towards the end we check out some new reissues with Paul Westerberg and The Shivvers and finish things off with a power pop band Ginnels from Ireland and the new record for Robyn Hitchcock which consists half of covers and half of originals. Don’t forget to stop by Blue Arrow Records. Among many cool vintage vinyl you can find one of my favorite records or all times, Tim Lee And Matt Piucci Gone Fishin’. I will try to feature one Blue Arrow LP each week.

The Tunes – New Freedom;
Baby Woodrose – Here Today Gone Tomorrow;
Steve Hill – Still Got It Bad;
Charlie Musselwhite – Cha Cha The Blues (Blues Alphabet);
Tom Waits – Gun Street Girl;
Daddy Long Legs – Long John’s Jump;
Eden Brent – Opportunity;
Tim Lee And Matt Piucci Gone Fishin’ – Charlie Jones (Blue Arrow Feature);
Liquor Store – Live in CLE;
Liquor Store – Keys to the Face;
Paul Westerberg – Silver Naked Ladies;
The Shivvers – No Substitute;
Ginnels – Settle Down;
Robyn Hitchcock – The Ghost In You.

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Flashlite #290

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Pink TilesGreat news today! From this show on, we are underwritten by one of the best record shops in the world, Blue Arrow Records. Visit their location on the historic Waterloo Rd in Collinwood, Cleveland, it’s a great place to be. But let’s go back to the music. We bring a wild variety of tunes today from Chuck Berry and George Jones to wild garage rock of today. We have some new live records on the program, Lucero and White Fence both came up with some recently. White Fence also has a studio record out, which he calls For the Recently Found Innocent. Also a bunch of new names: The Pink Tiles from Melbourne, Faux Killas from Memphis, Dino’s Boys from Atlanta and Connections from Columbus. We finish things off with Waylon Jennings’ son Shooter Jennings who made a tribute to George Jones. He is singing in an effective duet with Katy Cole, who we should keep an eye on. She has a band over in Nashville called Last Daze.

Screaming Trees – Tomorrow Changes;
The Move – Do Ya;
The Pink Tiles – State Of The Nation;
Chris Cacavas And Edward Abbiati – Against the Wall;
Morphine – You Speak My Language;
Faux Killas – Eye on The Eye;
Dino’s Boys – Catapult;
Chuck Berry – Broken Arrow;
Ty Segall – Manipulator;
White Fence – Like That;
White Fence – Pink Gorilla;
Joan Jett and Michael J. Fox – Light of Day (Live in CLE);
Lucero – That Much Further West;
Connections – You Won’t Forget It;
Mud Boy And The Neutrons – Brownsville;
Furry Lewis – I’m Going To Brownsville (Blues Alphabet);
George Jones – If Drinkin’ Don’t Kill Me (Her Memory Will);
Shooter Jennings and Katy Cole – If Drinkin’ Don’t Kill Me.

Announcements, Playlist

DJ Set At The Blue Arrow Records Yesterday

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Once again, I arranged a DJ set at The Blue Arrow Records, my favorite records store in Cleveland. Many thanks for Pete and Debbie who run this store with an amazing enthusiasm. Thanks also those who stopped by. See you again over there soon I hope! This is the entire playlist from that set.

  Pierced Arrows – Paranoia;
Divine Horsemen – Voodoo Idol;
The Replacements – Cruella Deville;
Bob Mould – Stop Your Crying;
Dream Syndicate – Let It Rain;
The Mercy Seat – Let The Curch Roll On;
Think As Incas – Palestine One Mile;
Sweet Apple – I Wish You Coould Stay A Little Longer;
Veronica Falls – Teenage;
Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting For The Man;
Sonic Youth – Within You Without You;
The Dukes Of Stratosphear – Little Lighthouse;
R. Stevie Moore – Compatibility Leaves;
Tyla Gang – Suicide Jockey;
Long Ryders – I Want You Bad;
Tom Robinson Band – 2 4 6 8 Motorway;
Green on Red – Hair of the Dog;
Dr Feelgood – Riot in cell block no.9;
Tim Lee 3 – Devil’s Rope;
Any Trouble – Playing Bogart;
Zeitgeist – Blue Eyes;
Nick Lowe – Cruel To Be Kind;
Redd Kross – Winter Blues;
Sweet – Fox On The Run;
Utopia – Where Does The World Go To Hide;
Big Star – The Ballad of El Goodo;
Mega City Four – Words That Say;
Prefab Sprout – Elegance;
The Rolling Stones – Time Waits For No None;
Grupa 220 – Grad.

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The Little Lighthouse at the Blue Arrow Records DJ Set

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Here’s the playlist from my DJ set at the Blue Arrow Records today. Thanks Pete and Debbie!

The Rolling Stones – Midnight Rambler;
Python Lee Jackson – In A Broken Dream;
Tav Falco’s Panther Burns – Bourgeois Blues;
Moloch – Outta Hand;
The Kinks – I Am Free;
Laura Nyro – Beads of Sweat;
Jackie DeShannon – Sunshine of Your Love;
Yardbirds – Train Kept Rollin’;
Long Ryders – I Had A Dream;
Green On Red – Gravity Falls;
Runaways – Cherry Bomb;
Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated;
Viv Akauldren – Looking At You;
The Things – All Work And No Play;
Eamon McGrath – Signals;
The Spoons – Moonlight Rider;
The Golden Boys – Curtains;
Harlan T Bobo – Bad Boyfriends;
Prljavo Kazaliste – Moderna djevojka;
Elektricni Orgazam – Locomotion;
Tommy James And The Shondells – Moses And Me;
The Spitballs – I Wanna Give You Everything;
Natural Child – She’s Got A Mind;
Nova Mob – Where You Gonna Land;
Redd Kross – Stay Away From Downtown;
Rank And File – Amanda Ruth;
Eamon McGrath – Young Canadians;
Bob Mould – Poison Years;
Mikal Cronin – Again And Again;
Dinosaur Jr – Forget The Swan.

Announcements, Playlist

Flashlite #201

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Shivering TimbersWe start off today with the new single for Sweet Apple. It’s a cover of Alice Cooper’s Elected. Then we check out the new band from Los Angeles, Blackfeet Braves. Los Straitjackets follow with their instrumental version of Nirvana’s Teen Spirit. Then we introduce new band from Australia, The Laurels. Shivering Timbers from Akron are in our Live in Cleveland segment. We also check out the new record for legendary Graham Parker. Some new reissues/archives are out as well. Jacke Deshannon’s final installment of her 60’s singles and Dan Penn’s soulful demos.

If you have time and you’re in Cleveland, stop by the Blue Arrow Records this Saturday where I’ll be playing a DJ set from 4 to 6pm. As usual, visitors will get some CDs with previous shows and a few lucky ones will also get (legal) download codes of some recent albums. There will be no Christmas tunes in the set-list! The rest is a surprise. Stick around, at 6pm there’ll be the Lake Erie comic book release party at the same location.

Paul Kelly – I’m On Your Side;
Sweet Apple – Elected;
Blackfeet Braves – Mystic Rabbit;
Los Straitjackets – Smells Like Teen Spirit;
Los Straitjackets with Sarah Borges – Wild Romance;
The Hi-Risers – Wild Romance;
Roky Erickson – You’re Gonna Miss Me;
The Laurels – You’re Gonna Miss Me;
The Laurels – Run For Cover;
Shivering Timbers – Wayfaring Stranger;
Jackie DeShannon – It’s So Nice;
Dan Penn – Come On Over;
Kriz crvene fuxe – Johnny;
Graham Parker And The Rumour – Three Chords Good;
Graham Parker And The Rumour – Fool’s Gold;
Kursaal Flyers – TV Dinners;
Died Pretty – Final Twist;
Matt Piucci And Tim Lee Gone Fishin’ – Something Happened.

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DJ Set At The Blue Arrow Records

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For those who wonder what I played at The Blue Arrow Records the other day, here’s the complete playlist. Mark * next to the song title means that people came by and asked about them or discussed the songs in one way or another.

Husker Du – Flip Your Wig;
Tony All – New Girl Old Story;
David Bowie – Queen Bitch;
Elektricni Orgazam – Citadel;*
Delfini – Gloria;
Godfathers – Birth School Work Death;*
True West – Lucifer Sam;*
Ducks Deluxe – Fireball;
Any Trouble – Growing Up;
Starry Eyed and Laughing – One Foot in the Boat;*
Eddie And The Hotrods – Do Anything You Want To Do;*
Nesalomivi – 95-52-95;*
John Paul Keith – Lookin’ For A Thrill;
King Tuff – Keep On Moving;
Lotion – Walk Away Renee;
The Barreracudas – Come On Come On;*
The Choir – I’d Rather You Leave Me;*
The Boys – Weekend;
Grant Hart – California Zephyr;
Gentleman Jesse – Black Hole;
Sarlo Akrobata – Mali covek;
Smrts – I Was Born With Torments;*
fIREHOSE – The Riddle of the Eighties;*
Rank And File – Golden Age;
House of Freaks – 40 Years;
The Replacements – I’ll Be You;*
The Steppes – The Real Time;
Mega City Four – Who Cares?;*
Shoes – Too Late;
Big Star – Daisy Glaze;*
American Music Club – Outside This Bar;
Tim Lee and Matt Piucci Gone Fishin’ – Charlie Jones;
Zeitgeist – Blue Eyes;
Gile i Vlada – Pobuna;
Paul Kelly – Leaps And Bounds;
Tav Falco – Endless Sleep;
House Of Freaks – Black Cat Bone;
The Golden Palominos – Diamond.

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Flashlite #122

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LPToday’s show is all about vinyl records in honor of the International Record Store Day, which was officially last Saturday. I stopped by the Blue Arrow Records and bought a couple of used vinyl. I wasn’t particularly interested in any of the special Record day releases, so you won’t find any of those in today’s show. The only brand new thing in today’s show is the B side of the new Fleshtones single which the band dedicated to The Ramones. This show is in honor of the vinyl and also we can only hope that the new records are as good as those that came out in the past. Perhaps I’m just hopelessly nostalgic for the old era, but in any case, it was fun to do a vinyl only show.

The Fleshtones – The Dreg;
The Fleshtones – The World Has Changed;
Eddie and the Hot Rods – Beginning of The End;
Eggs Over Easy – Nightflight;
Jay Ferguson – Everybody Goes From Here;
Lulu – Move To My Rhythm;
Two Nice Girls – Cotton Crown;
Sonic Youth – Cotton Crown;
The Silos – Start The Clock;
Zeitgeist – Without My Sight;
Fetchin Bones – A Fable;
Gunbunnies – Three Days Behind;
The Anti-Nowhere League – We Will Survive;
KUD Idijoti – Mi cemo prezivjeti;
Mike Watt – Thistle Head Man;
The Fleshtones – We Remember The Ramones.