Saturday, February 25, 2012

Sonic Overload 2/13/12

I wanted a pleasant birthday weekend so I couldn’t bring myself to put sift through the various reports from the annual CPAC (Conservative Political Action Committee) convention in DC. It’s basically a Klan rally with people wearing business suits instead of white robes. Think I’m joking? A couple of years ago, it was co-sponsored by the racist John Birch Society and there were appearances by white nationalists. What little I did catch was completely stomach-turning. This is a group of people who want to turn back the clock on any progress that’s happened in this country for at least the past 100 years. I don’t think I want to discuss it any further. Besides, I just ate.

Yes, I weigh in on Whitney Houston’s death. You’ll probably be able to figure out where and I hope I’ve articulated things the way I meant to because I sometimes have a tough time talking off the cuff on this show. That’s why I don’t talk that much and just stick with music, for the most part. I was never a fan of Whitney Houston—not one note, in fact—but I also don’t take the “good riddance, she was a druggie loser” stance. My wife works in human services and knows about the debilitating grip of drug addiction. I also know that it’s another celebrity death that people will pay way too much attention to. I’m done with it. If there’s a report on a show I’m watching, I’ll change the station or shut it off.

And, oh yeah, Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s a pretty fast-paced show this week. Those of you who’ve been missing the hardcore lately will be pleased...

Sonic Overload 2/13/12

TRACK 1

THE DAMNED-Love Song (Chiswick)

CAREER SUICIDE-Cherry Beach (Dirtnap)
TV FREAKS-Never Finish What You Started (Schizophrenic)
UX VILEHEADS-My Path (Sorry State)
SHITTY LIMITS-Future Mantra (Sorry State)

DEATH CRISIS-Problem Reaction Solution (Too Old To Die)
RAPID LOSS-Self Inflicted (self-released)
TINO VALPA-The Last Step (Kangaroo/Way Back When)
NEO CONS-High Anxiety (Deranged)
CHAOTIC NEUTRAL-Strangers (Lawful Evil)
DEADFALL-It’s Okay (Six Weeks)

FU’S-What You Pay For (Taang)
AGENT ORANGE-A Cry For Help In A World Gone Mad (Posh Boy)
ARCTIC FLOWERS-Vexed (Inimical)
KIM PHUC-Razorblades (Iron Lung)
NUCLEAR FAMILY-Believer’s Voice Of Victory (Loud Punk)

TRACK 2

UNWOUND-Valentine Card (Kill Rock Stars)
MY BLOODY VALENTINE-Feed Me With Your Kiss (Sire)
ROYAL HEADACHE-Really In Love (RIP Society)
SLITS-Love Und Romance (Island)

ED GEIN’S CAR-Boo-Fuckin’-Hoo (self-released)
NERVE AGENTS-War Against (Hellcat)
NERVES-Red Night (Thrill Jockey)
THE SERMON-Luzerne County (Alternative Tentacles)

7 YEAR BITCH-You Smell Lonely (C/Z)
SMEARS-Honey Jar (Headhunter)
HUMPERS-Plastique Valentine (Epitaph)
DEAD BOYS-What Love Is (Sire)
PAGANS-What’s This Shit Called Love? (Drome)
BUZZCOCKS-Love You More (IRS)

TRACK 3

ALTERED IMAGES-Dead Pop Stars (Epic)

TSOL-Love Story (Frontier)
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES-Won’t Fall In Love Today (Frontier)
DIE KREUZEN-This Hope (Touch and Go)
HEART ATTACK-Victim’s Inquisition (Serious Clown)
FUNERAL ORATION-Kill Kill (Gummopunx)

TAKE WARNING-You Are What You Buy (PurePainSugar)
THIS SHIP WILL BURN-So Frowned The Mighty Combatants (Thrashbastard)
BREATHE IN-Amygdala (Bridge Nine)
TRUE NORTH-Rocknroll (No Idea)
DOUBLE NEGATIVE-Endless Disappointment (Sorry State)

OVER MY DEAD BODY-Patriotic Cattle Call (Indecision)
CLASSACTION-Stop Making Punk Rock Suck (Rodent Popsicle)
BLOODKROW BUTCHER-Tribes Of Survivors (Total Fucker)
KROMOSOM-Swine Control (Hardcore Victim)
LOST CAUSE-Spike The Gears (Love The Music, Hate The Scene)
FUNERAL-Overnight Delivery (Funeral)

TRACK 4

HALO OF FLIES-No Time (Amphetamine Reptile)
URINALS-I’m A Bug (Warning Label)
REACTIONARIES-The Big Lie (Water Under The Bridge)
GIANT HAYSTACKS-Life Goes On (Mistake)
YOUNG OFFENDERS-Big Cities (625)
SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAHS-Sweet Water Pools (Elektra)

WHITE WHALE-Get Down (Feral Kid)
WYMYNS PRYSYN-Let It Snow (Scavenger Of Death)
DC SNIPERS-Criminal Dog (Dead Beat)
MIND SPIDERS-Neurotic Gold (Dirtnap)
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS-Onwards To The Wall (Dead Oceans)

MAGAZINE-I Love You, You Big Dummy (IRS)

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Sonic Overload 2/6/12

I've been sick all weekend and it’s carrying into the new week and, no, it’s not because the Patriots lost to the Giants in the Super Bowl. So I imagine I sound a bit congested. Ah, well—no one listens to this show to hear me talk, just play music. By the way, I didn’t put together any audio clips from the past week’s political events. I suppose I could have but why make myself feel sicker?
   
Sonic Overload 2/6/12

TRACK 1

THE TROUBLE-We Are The Blood (Flat)

DIRECT CONTROL-Ronnie’s Dead (Kangaroo)
JFA-Jodie Foster’s Army (Alternative Tentacles)
L’AMICO DI MARTUCCI-Non Val Saper A Chi Fortuna Contra (625)
FPO-Fortress (ThirdxParty)
RAW POWER-Fuck Authority (from “Welcome To 1984,” Maximum Rocknroll)
DECLINO-Inutile Trionfo (from “P.E.A.C.E./War,” New Red Archives)

UV RACE-Dog Tired (AARGHT!)
HYGIENE-Polytechnic St. (La Vida Es Un Mus)
TY SEGALL-Skin (Goner)
CRYSTAL ANTLERS-Tentacles (Touch and Go)
GUIDED BY VOICES-Laundry and Lasers (Guided By Voices Inc.)

TAKE WARNING-Let It Down (PurePainSugar)
SUNSHINE SS-Another Day, Another Dolor (Sacred Plague)
JED WHITEY-We Used Your Record As A Beer Coaster (Busted Heads)
REO SPEEDEALER-Screamer (Royalty)
JAKKPOT-You Ain’t Shit (Twenty Stone Blatt)
CRUCIFUCKS-Hinkley Had A Vision (Alternative Tentacles)

TRACK 2

COLD SWEAT-Fuck and Smile (Rock & Roleplay)
GOD BOWS TO MATH-The Ship That Sank A Thousand Faces (Muzai)
KAMIKAZE TRIO-Are You Going To The Protest? (P.Trash)
BLANK ITS-Mommy’s Dead (Empty)
BLOWTOPS-Mad Monk Medication (Big Neck)
PLATES-Arrows (Big Neck)

IDOLS-You (Ork)
NEIGHBORHOODS-No Place Like Home (Ace of Hearts)
LA PESTE-I Don’t Know Right From Wrong (Matador)
SEX PISTOLS-My Way (Virgin)
RESIDENTS-Bach Is Dead (Ralph)
CRIME-Frustration (Swami)

TRACK 3

UNRULED-Time Is Running Out (Schizophrenic)
THOSE UNKNOWN-Cries Of A Nation (TKO)
SHAM 69-Angels With Dirty Faces (Polydor)
TRAITORS-Catholic Boy (Johann’s Face)
NO EMPATHY-Agrippa (Johann’s Face)
GUNS N’ ROSES-It’s So Easy (Geffen)

CEREMONY-Sick (Bridge Nine)
MONORCHID-A Was For Anarchy (Touch and Go)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAS-Fading In And Out (self-released)
PULSES-Make The Right Choice (Dirtnap)
KUDGEL-Neo-Nozzle (Super 8)

TRACK 4

INFA RIOT-Kids Of The 80’s (Captain Oi)
SATAN’S RATS-You Make Me Sick (Overground)
ALBERTO Y LOS TRIOS PARANOIAS-Fuck You (Stiff)
DIGITAL LEATHER-Deliver (Crash Symbols)
EXPLODING HEARTS-Your Shadow (Dirtnap)
FM KNIVES-I Live Alone (Broken)

USELESS EATERS-The Moves (Jolly Dream)
VIDEO-Images (Play Pinball)
TV FREAKS-Hobby (Schizophrenic)
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING-You Let Me Be Honest With You (Goner)
B-52’S-6060-842 (Warner Bros.)

THE JAM-Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (Polydor)

Monday, February 6, 2012

Sonic Overload 1/30/12

At the top of the third segment, there’s about a minute of audio taken from a YouTube video entitled “The GOP’s Racial Politics,” posted by ThinkProgress.org. The video’s about 3 ½ minutes long and features despicable comments from the likes of Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and others, along with analysis by other pundits. It’s a tirade against food stamps, social welfare programs and, of course, the current occupant of the White House. That’s just for starters. As I say on the show, a lot of these people aren’t even putting up the pretense of tolerance anymore. I was trying to come up with a good song to follow the clip. “Voodoo Economics” seemed like an appropriate choice, since it’s about the supply side voodoo/up by your bootstraps/you’re on your own crap that’s been foisted on this country for the past 30-plus years and often delivered with not just a single race card but the whole fucking deck. I’ve discussed it before. As I’ve also said, it’s going to be a long year. But I won’t let it consume the show.

Sonic Overload 1/30/12

TRACK 1

REPLACEMENTS-Kids Don’t Follow (Twin/Tone)

FERAL BABIES-Violent Boredom (Rigid)
USELESS EATERS-Plague Is Vague (Jolly Dream)
TRUST FUND BABIES-Up To No Good (Radio)
HANGOUTS-A.D.D. Generation (Cutthroat)
SICK ON THE BUS-Braindead (Go-Kart)

FLYIN’ TRICHECOS-Tri-Tri-Tricheco (Distort)
SLICES-Nightmare Man (Iron Lung)
GENOCIDE-Syphilis (Smoke Seven)
DEPROGRAMMER-Instant Passion (At Last)
DETOURS-Hang Ten In East Berlin (from “The Up Another Octave Transmission, Up Another)
WARSONG-Step Away (ThePression)

POISON PLANET-Menace (ThirdxParty)
ANCIENT FILTH-Macho Man Savage (Shock To The System)
ERGS-I Shot The Devil’s Son (Grave Mistake/Firestarter)
ORGANIZED SPORTS-Entertain Me (Bulkhead)
CAUSTIC CHRIST-Immaculate Deception (Havoc)
CELTIC FROST-The Usurper (Noise)

TRACK 2

UXA-Tragedies (Posh Boy)
JUGGLING JUGULARS-Addicted (Kämäset Levyt)
CRIATURAS-Anarkia (Trabuc)
FOREIGN OBJECTS-Fast Asleep (Vinyl Rites)
THIS IS MY FIST-I’m Not Even Trying (No Idea)
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY-Reanimate (Residue)

KILLDOZER-Hi There (Touch & Go)
CRUDDY-Slow News Day (12XU)
URBAN BLIGHT-Two Days In The Week (React)
FEEDTIME-Shovel (Rough Trade)
HAMMERHEAD-Zesta (Amphetamine Reptile)
TELEVISION-See No Evil (Elektra)

TRACK 3

THE PROLETARIAT-Voodoo Economics (Taang)

RAMONES-53rd and 3rd (Sire)
SAINTS-Private Affair (Sire)
BEAT BEAT BEAT-Sinking Slow (Dirtnap)
STEPMOTHERS-If I Were You (Posh Boy)
DIODES-Time Damage (CBS)
TYRANNA-Back Off Baby (Boppa Do Down)

A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS-I Lost You (Dead Oceans)
POP. 1280-New Electronix (Sacred Bones)
C.AARMÉ-Assuan (Spegel)
LOCAL HEROES SW9-Stabbed In the Heart Again (Oval)

TRACK 4

DISORDER-More Than Fights/Daily Life (Anagram)
GORDON SOLIE MOTHERFUCKERS-Tears Of A Clone (625)
ANTI-YOU-A Sign (Six Weeks)
JELLYROLL ROCKHEADS-Dull Face, Bright Eyes (625)
MIA-Modern Way (Alternative Tentacles)

M-M Factor (Sire)
CELIBATE RIFLES-Sometimes (Hot)
OUTSIDERS-Out Of Place (Gift Of Life)
RECIPIENTS-Constitution (from “Hyped To Death #1”)

AC/DC-Rocker (Atlantic)

Sonic Overload 1/23/12

A long show today, over 2 hours and 15 minutes. And I probably could have gone longer since I have more records already put aside for next week. No complaints there. I often wonder if I should make the show longer, go an extra set but I kind of like the flow of the four set format and not every show will go as long as this one.

I get the political content out of the way right at the top. Mitt Romney, a man who gives plutocrats a bad name, expounds on the politics of class envy or something like that. What a pompous asshole. He lost to Newt Gingrich in the South Carolina primary. Gingrich has his own flaws. Plenty of them. But he has broad-based party appeal—the racists love him, the religious fanatics love him and those who believe in the cruelest sort of social Darwinism love him. I imagine people who cheat on their wives or husbands love him, as well.

But let’s move on and listen to some punk rock...

Sonic Overload 1/23/12

TRACK 1

THE PIST-Your America (Havoc)

CASUALTIES-For The Punx (Punk-Core)
MUNDO MUERTO-Pierde El Kontrol (Charged//Distorted)
AVON LADIES-Hang ‘Em High (Katorga Works)
DISORDERLY CONDUCT-All Talk (Dirge)

HELL CITY KINGS-Hell City Holocaust (Cutthroat)
CHRIS EVIL AND THE TAINTS-Fuckhead (demo)
HOLLYWOOD-Fire & Grits (Big Neck)
ARRIVALS-Analee (Thick)
AMERICAN STEEL-Graveyards (Lookout)

FRONT LINE-Screwed Up (Beach Impediment)
UNSEEN FORCE-Misguided Aggression (Grave Mistake)
UNITED MUTATION-I Know A Place (DSI)
CAUSE FOR ALARM-True Colors (self-released)
ARTICLES OF FAITH-What We Want Is Free (Version Sound)
KRAUT-Don’t Believe (Faulty)

TRACK 2

NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS-Lurking The Loin (Modern Action)
NO-TALENTS-J’Suis Punk (Broken)
MONOSHOCK-Change That Riff (S-S)
THE HUSSY-I’m Me (Slow Fizz)
DISHRAGS-I Don’t Love You (from “Vancouver Complication,” Sudden Death)
ELVIS MCMAN-Bite Me (Asbestos)

VAGINORS-A.D.D. (Hardcore Victim)
LEPROSY-Atomic Age (Hardcore Victim)
FLIPOUT AA-Flipout Song (625)
MERDOSO-Shook Ones Part III (Prank)
FRAMTID-The Total Arse (Black Water)
VAASKA-Los Inocentes (Hardware)

FARTZ-Buried Alive (Alternative Tentacles)
BLACK FLAG-My War (SST)
CIRCLE JERKS-Under The Gun (LAX)
HÜSKER DÜ-Real World (SST)
COCK SPARRER-Take ‘Em All (Taang)

TRACK 3

JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH-Troglodyte (Cave Man) (RCA) in memory of Jimmy Castor

FAMILY CURSE-Last Days (Drawing Room)
CENOBITES-Donation (Discorporate)
MIKA MIKO-The Dress (Kill Rock Stars)
IMPERIAL LEATHER-Hell Is Other People (Profane Existence)
SEVEN FEET FOUR-Auto Emotion (Coalition)
IKARA COLT-Rudd (Fantastic Plastic)

MUDHONEY-Touch Me I’m Sick (Sub Pop)
SWELL MAPS-Real Shocks (Alive)
GUILTY RAZORS-I Don’t Wanna Be A Rich (Seventeen)
EDITH NYLON-Tank (CBS)
RUDE KIDS-Absolute Ruler (Distortion)
PACK-Riots (Vinyl)

TRACK 4

LOOK BACK AND LAUGH-Midwest Train Wreck (Lengua Armada)
TALK IS POISON-Floor (Prank)
VISION/DECAY-Insomnia (from “Barricaded Suspects,” Dr. Strange)
KIM PHUC-Equinox (Iron Lung)
MALE BONDING-All Things This Way (Sub Pop)
REPTILE HOUSE-Mrs. Rain (Druid Hill)

STRANGLERS-Five Minutes (A&M)
THAT PETROL EMOTION-Can’t Stop (Demon)
NEO-Tran-Sister (Jet)
ROBERT JOHNSON-Wreck My Mind (Ensign)
ELVIS COSTELLO-(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding (Columbia)

BIKINI KILL-Rebel Girl (Kill Rock Stars)