Ain’t No Right Time Or Place: Transmission 83, 2013 December 11

WO' NOW. This program is a mess, in content and technique, but it seems "truer" than the conceit of the last program. I figured out a year ago that "themed" shows are not my thing--why I turn to them, other than laziness, I don't know--so I happily present the usual grab-bag of styles, energies, and periods.

There are many Billy Childish records that might serve as "Physical Evidence"--brace yourselves--but we had to begin here. It was "Friend of Bombast" Jen's birthday, and her loan of this record to me was the catalyst for a lifelong fascination with The Medway Sound. Oddly, I don't even know if Jen still likes Billy Childish's music. People change. She did tell me once that she couldn't get into The Jazz Butcher because he was "too English." What, then, is BC? But anyway--I wonder if I've ever done that, inadvertently getting a person hooked on something and then moving on. Who am I kidding? I influence no one. Whatevs.

The Pop Rivets had tried to "obey the time" [see my comments about "bad rock and roll" in the previous post], which I suppose is ultimately why I fast-forward to this band and pretend they are "the beginning." The Milkshakes made decidedly unfashionable music in the early 1980s, so of course the world decided they were fashionable for a brief period. Billy and company chugged along, not caring, which is why this and all his subsequent bands have been so great. Like the output of The Fall, or James Brown, or Fela Kuti, or The Durutti Column, the records are always the same, and always different. Every few years he accidentally becomes "hip" again, and continues not to give a damn. That's how it's done. LEGEND.

As for Kevin Supremo: there's nothing I can tell you that the song doesn't. Rock on, KCB.

BOMBAST playlist, 2013 December 11, 2100-2300:

1. "? (Modern Industry)" | Fishbone | Fishbone | Columbia
2. "Cadalina" | The Milkshakes | Fourteen Rhythm & Beat Greats | Wall City | "Physical Evidence"
3. "Ghosts" | Japan | Ghosts | Virgin - Universal
4. "The Long Walk Home" | Madlib & Freddie Gibbs | Deeper | Madlib Invazion
5. "Back N Forth" | Myron & E | Broadway | Stones Throw
6. "There You Go" | Johnny Cash | I Walk The Line | Pickwick | "Listening Parlour"
7. "The Devil Went Down To Kevin" | Kevin Supremo | The Devil Went Down To Kevin | Bandcamp self-release
8. "Send the Pain On" | Chrome Sparks | Sparks | Future Classic
9. "Black Sails in the Moonlight" | The Milkshakes | Fourteen Rhythm & Beat Greats | Wall City | "Physical Evidence"
10. "Aftermath" | Tricky | Maxinquaye | Island
11. "Clancy" | Moin | Murphy | Blackest Ever Black
12. "Ampersands" | Steve Hauschildt | S/H | Editions Mego
13. "Take You Home Tonight" | The Milkshakes | Fourteen Rhythm & Beat Greats | Wall City | "Physical Evidence"
14. "No One Gets Left Behind - Guy J Remake Remix" | DJ Yellow & Flowers & Sea Creatures | Black Label 105 (No One Gets Left Behind) | Compost Black
15. "In Shape to Escape" | Extrawelt | The Inkling | Traum
16. "Fairy Tale" | Genevieve Pasquier | Irritating Music for Effete Snobs Desperate to Impress Their Jaded Friends | Soleilmoon
17. "Red Monkey" | The Milkshakes | Fourteen Rhythm & Beat Greats | Wall City | "Physical Evidence"
18. "Annex" | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Enola Gay | Virgin
19. "There You Go" | Bongwater | Double Bummer | Shimmy Disc | "Listening Parlour"
20. "Lupine" | Mister Lies | Mowgli | Lefse
21. "I Want You" | The Milkshakes | Fourteen Rhythm & Beat Greats | Wall City | "Physical Evidence"
22. "Burn the Flames" | Roky Erickson | Don't Slander Me | Light in the Attic
23. "Wave Trace" | Conforce | 100DSR/VAR2 | Delsin
24. "She's Wicked" | Craig Moore & Davie Allan | In Fuzz We Trust | Stag-O-Lee
25. "Highway at Night" | Ozka | Tiny Pleasures - Part II | Wolfskuil
26. "Wo' Now" | The Milkshakes | Fourteen Rhythm & Beat Greats | Wall City | "Physical Evidence"

next time: riding on a bison sleigh. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis