One of the first things you probably noticed when you opened up our webpage is the new design. You might think I decided to switch for easier editing. That’s not the case, I had a very quick and painless way of editing my old site. The reason was searchability of the site on the Internet crawlers and also within the site itself. I hope it will not be too confusing. Also, I will slowly transfer some of the old articles and perhaps this will make me want to write more. We’ll see. In any case, the eight episode of the Flashlite edition is ready for your downloads. We have a brand new album The Evangelist for the former Go-Betweens member Robert Forster. In some ways it’s a return to the quirkiness of his nineties solo efforts. Another quirky artist, Jonathan Richman is also back with a new record called Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild. Check it out, he’s again fascinated by painters. The Nits from Netherlands continue 30 years of steady record making with the new album called Doing The Dishes.
Bettye Lavette – It Ain’t Easy;
Wayne County And The Electric Chairs – Fuck Off;
Coachwhips – That Bitch Is Gonna End Up Dead;
Thee Oh Sees – Quadrospazzed;
Kak – Lemonaide Kid;
Kak – Flight From The East;
Jonathan Richman – I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar;
Jonathan Richman – No One Was Like Vermeer;
Rickie Lee Jones – It Hurts;
Pieta Brown – Sonic Boom;
Bob Dylan – Lay, Lady, Lay;
Robert Forster – Tell Me That It Isn’t True;
Robert Forster – Demon days;
Go-Betweens, The – Wait Until June;
The Nits – Tutti Ragazzi;
The Nits – Five & Dime;
The Nightingales – Paraffin Brain;
Umjetnici Ulice – Humana revolucija.
We have two bands with exciting new albums for the first time in The Little Lighthouse: Thee Oh Sees and The Intelligence. Another thing that ties the two bands together is also the song Block of Ice, which appears on both LPs. We also have Slavic Soul Party for the first time in our show with a cover of Toussaint’s Occapella fusing the Gypsy brass sound with New Orleans, which is something I always wanted to hear. Also, while we’re waiting for the new Ian McLagan’s album, we check out three different versions of the Faces standard Glad and Sorry.
Blondie – Dreaming; Cobra Verde – Don’t Burden Me With Dreams;
Willie Nile – She’s So Cold;
Iron City Houserockers – I Can’t Take It;
Golden Smog – Glad & Sorry;
Ian McLagan & The Bump Band – Glad and sorry;
Billy Bragg – Glad & Sorry;
Thee Oh Sees – Block of Ice;
The Intelligence – Block of Ice;
Blossom Toes – Peace Loving Man;
Salvation – Think Twice;
Salvation – GI Joe;
Michal Kahan – Baby Escapo;
Lee Dorsey – Occapella;
Slavic Soul Party – Occapella (Have a Beer);
Bluto’s Revenge – Good Friday.
This time we bring you Dirtbombs with the new album We Have You Surrounded. Mark Lanegan takes the front page. We feature him in two fresh incarnations, as a member of band/project entitled Soulsavers and in duet with Isobel Campbell.
Steaming Beast – Jesus, Satan, Gene Beeman, His Car and Pizza Hut;
Compulsive Gamblers – Bad Taste;
Reigning Sound – Drowning; Dirtbombs – I Hear The Sirens;
The Sirens – High School;
MC5 – High School;
Jackie DeShannon – Too Far Out;
Soulsavers – Kingdom of Rain; Mark Lanegan – Back Burner;
DR John – Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya;
Evangelista – Lucky Lucky Luck;
Waylon Jennings – She’s Looking Good;
Chuck Prophet – She’s Looking Good;
True West – Throw Away The Key;
Pylon – Feast On My Heart;
Death of Samantha – Roses Rejoice;
Hosnfefer – K.M. (Give Me Some Air).
In this episode, we heard one song from the new album by Chuck Prophet where he covers Waylons Jennings’ Dreaming My Dreams song by song. It’s a very interesting project in which Prophet not only celebrates Waylon’s songwriting talent, but also twists musical genres and brings out surprising arrangements in each and every song. We quickly flip through the Manchild 3, graphic novel by Brian Walsby and hear songs by his band Double Negative and from the Melvins CD that comes free with Brian’s new book. We also have a brand new album out of Cleveland area, Introducing… by Living Stereo. Today’s show is dedicated to Jim Jones, Cleveland musician who was responsible for the mid-eighties sound of Pere Ubu. Jones died on February 25 in his home after a cardiac failure.
Metak – Ona voli strip junake;
The Rings – I Wanna Be Free;
Tarbox Ramblers – Hey Mr Straight;
Chuck Prophet – Bob Wills Is Still The King;
Danny and Dusty – Cast Iron Soul;
Quiet Melon – Engine 4444;
Double Negative – Techincally Disfigured;
Melvins – My Small % Shows Most;
Melvins – The Ballad of Dwights Frye;
Alice Cooper – The Ballad of Dwights Frye;
Dream Syndicate – The Ballad of Dwights Frye;
Living Stereo – Stop Now;
Pere Ubu – Race The Sun;
Willy DeVille – So So Real;
Paul Kelly – Right Outta My Head;
Textones – Vacation;
The Stems – Get So Bad.
The new Little Lighthouse (Flashlite) announces a brand new cd for Scott Reynolds, former vocalist of All. This time Scott is accompanied with members of Mercury Rev and Flaming Lips in a new band called The Steaming Beast. We also have a brand new recording from our Utah favorites, The Rubes. Another cool CD for this week is a gorgeous compilation record of Rijeka rock scene, one of the most consistent and most productive rock scenes in 80s Yugoslavia. In this episode, we sample some obvious and some not so obvious choices from that CD.
King Khan and The Shrines – I Wanna Be A Girl;
King Louie & the Loose Diamonds – Gypsy Switch;
The Rubes – I’ll Try Anything Once;
Scott Reynolds And The Steaming Beast – The Boy Who Stole Your Heart;
All – Sex In The Way (live);
Das Damen – Somewhere Sometime;
David Johansen – She;
The New York Dolls – Lonely Planet Boy;
Ian McLagan – Casualty;
The Rolling Stones – Lies;
Lou Ann Barton – The Mean Mean Man;
The Moaners – When We’re Dead And Gone;
Termiti – Vjeran Pas;
Istocni Izlaz – Hladne ruke vruca ljubav;
Xenia – Vjetar u kosi;
Slovenly – Running For Public Office;
Todd Rundgren – Healing;
Cheap Trick – Need Your Love.
Today’s Flashlite edition of The Little Lighthouse brings several new albums: brand new Fleshtones rocking like they never did before, new North Mississippi Allstars and new Paul Kelly’s album. Paul will play live in Cleveland on March 1st at the House of Blues, so it’s a great opportunity for me to finally see a guy who wrote some really important albums when I was a teen. We also present a brand new demo of the My Buddy Moose member V(atroslav)! Also, checkout a beautiful Eckman, Race and Brokaw song with some important Baton Rouge toponyms!
The Damned – Smash It Up;
REM – Circus Envy;
The Fleshtones – American Beat;
The Fleshtones – Back To School;
Dax Rigs – Didn’t Know Yet What I’d Know when I Was Bleedin;
North Mississippi Allstars – Rooster’s Blues;
Defunkt – In The Good Times;
Chocolate Watchband – No Way Out;
Chocolate Watchband – Are You Gonna Be There;
Mona Lisa Overdrive – Are You Gonna Be There;
V (The Fire Escapes) – Sweet Sunshine;
Slapp Happy – The Drum;
Ian and Sylvia – January Morning;
Paul Kelly – Forty Miles To Saturday Night;
Paul Kelly – Keep On Driving;
Eckman, Race and Brokaw (Dirtmusic) – Panther Hunting;
Jesse Winchester – Mississippi You’re On My Mind;
Willy DeVille – Stars That Speak.
The second Flashlite brings you a brand new band from Australia, Mona Lisa Overdrive, new songs by Mad Dukes, James Luther Dickinson and Willy DeVille. Also, checkout our “lecture series” on Blackburn and Snow. Today’s show is dedicated to John Stewart who passed away in January.
Action Now – All Your Dreams;
Sonic Chicken 4 – Sexiest;
Mona Lisa Overdrive – Obviously Sally Mae;
James Luther Dickinson – You Better Rock Me Baby;
The Blasters – Border Radio;
The Tonys – Border Radio;
Rank And File – Sound of The Rain;
Mad Dukes – Sound of The Rain;
The Monkees – Daydream Believer;
John Stewart – Razorback Woman;
John Stewart – Friend of Jesus;
John Stewart – Armstrong;
Blackburn and Snow – Stranger In A Strange Land;
Blackburn and Snow – Stand Here;
NRBQ – Sittin In The Park;
Willy DeVille – Been There Done That;
Mink Deville – One Way Street;
Donovan – Sleep;
Game Theory – White Blues.
Here we go again! Welcome to the Flashlite – podcast/web-stream edition of the Little Lighthouse. We’ve lost some precious time, so we have a lot to catch up. The first episode after a long long break introduces new band Trolleyvox, new project for Chris Eckman (of Walkabouts) and Chris Brokaw (of Come) and new album for Carla Bozulich. The new show will be available weekly on this website and on web-streams of Zagreb’s Radio SC every Thursday from 10-11pm Central European Time.
The Monkees – Pleasent Valley Sunday;
Rich Hopkins And Luminarius – Shooting Star;
The Idle Wilds – You Are All Forgiven;
Trolleyvox – I Know That You’re High;
Trolleyvox – I Call On You;
Bash & Pop – Tiny Pieces;
The Geraldine Fibbers – You Doo Right;
Evangelista – Smooth Jazz;
Stray – Right From The Start;
The Savage Resurrection – Thing in E;
The Savage Resurrection – Expectations;
Come – Dead Molly;
The Walkabouts – The River People;
Eckman, Race and Brokaw – The Other Side;
Azra – Odlazak u noc.
Podcast made in Cleveland, Ohio. Syndicated by Prvi Prvi na Skali in Kragujevac, Serbia. Sponsored by Blue Arrow Records and Baby Next.