Sonic Overload 12/10/12

Sarah Kirsch (born Mike Kirsch) passed away last week from Fanconi anemia, a genetic disorder that can cause bone marrow failure or leukemia. She was only 42. Sarah had played in a number of bands for over the past two decades. Rather than rehash, here’s a link to an excellent tribute to her. R.I.P.

Yesterday (12/9) was the 25th anniversary of the death of Flipper’s Will Shatter, from a heroin overdose, at the age of 31. One always wonders if he could have been helped or if he even wanted to help himself. Some people take the attitude that heroin addicts or anyone afflicted with those sorts of demons get what they deserve, that they only have themselves to blame. But having a wife who has worked in human services for over 20 years means that I’ve learned, a bit at least, that things are a bit more complicated than that. I’ve heard countless stories about the difficulty her clients have had in overcoming the diseases of drug addiction, alcoholism, etc. And I think that people who have the “good riddance’ attitude need to look themselves in the mirror and wonder what caused them to be so callous and hard-hearted... Frankly, people with those attitudes are individuals I really don’t want in my life...

Sonic Overload 12/10/12

TRACK 1

BREAD AND CIRCUITS-Trophy Room (Ebullition) in memory of Sarah Kirsch

BAADER BRAINS-Year Zero (Clean Plate)
NAVIO FORGE-Hate Machine (Shadow Catcher)
TORCHES TO ROME-Life Led Idle (Ebullition)
PLEASE INFORM THE CAPTAIN THIS IS A HIJACK-Robot Rampage In Luxury World (Empire)

KICKER-Not You (Tankcrimes)
SLUGZ-Suit and Tie (Feel It)
NASA SPACE UNIVERSE-Holy Methography (self-released)
METZ-Get Off (Sub Pop)

IN DEFENCE-United Farces (Profane Existence/Rodent Popsicle)
APPALACHIAN TERROR UNIT-Lost In The Darkness (Profane Existence)
TRUNCHEONS-Kill The Fraud (Distort Reality)
CLEANSING WAVE-Snakes (Prgnt)
DUMBSTRUCK-Jehovah’s Bastards (625)
BGK-Arms Race (Alternative Tentacles)

TRACK 2

PONX ATTAX-Ponx Vacation (from “Welcome To Minneapolis,” Profane Existence)
THE SHAME-The World Is Ours (Profane Existence)
BOILS-When The Sun Goes Down (Creep)
86 MENTALITY-Life Trap (Grave Mistake)

IN SCHOOL-Apocryphal Scum (demo)
CONVERSIONS-Consolation Prize (Ride The Snake)
SOLITARY NEGLECT-Systematic Indoctrination (demo)
CIVIL CRISIS-Catch On (demo)
SELF DEFENSE-Freedom Fighter (Uncle Slam)
AMDI PETERSENS ARME-Stalinjugend (Kick n’ Punch)

USELESS EATERS-Malfunction (Manimal)
PRICHARD-Personal Holiness/Social Holiness (self-released)
RANK/XEROX-Helpless (Make A Mess)
POP. 1280-New Electronix (Sacred Bones)
FRANTIC ELEVATORS-Every Day I Die (TJM)

TRACK 3

HELMET-Bad Moon (Alternative Tentacles)
RETOX-Thirty Cents Shy Of A Quarter (Ipecac)
SAILBOATS ARE WHITE-Unfair Nitemare (from “Destroy Music, Start Your Own Band,” Schizophrenic)
YEAR ONE-Colony Collapse Disorder (from “Noise Ordiance,” Maximum Rocknroll)
SAGGER-Cranium (from “920 Blues,” Trick Knee)
A FRAMES-Futureworld (S-S)

SPIRIT-I Got A Line On You (Ode) in memory of Ed Cassidy
ESCROTO DE RATA-Enamorado De Un Espectro (La Vida Es Un Mus)
WEIRD PARTY-Sarah Palin (Sex & Death)
REPORTS-Turnaround (Ride The Snake)

TV FREAKS-Upper Hand (Schizophrenic)
DIVORCED-Stupid Shit (Untapped Resources)
SUNSHINE SS-Banned From The Record Store (Sacred Plague)
ANGEL SLUTS-Radio (Wrecked-Em)
LOVE TRIANGLE-Didn’t Die (Dire)

TRACK 4

PLAGUE RATS THROUGHOUT HISTORY-Molecular Dramaturgy (Primitive Air Raid)
BLOODY HAMMER-Hysteria (Cutthroat)
FYP-Ian Stuart As A Crash Dummy (Recess)
MANSON YOUTH-Saw Tomorrow (Dr. Strange)
SLUTS-Fuck You (Spread ‘Um)
ARTLESS-We Want Nuclear War (Placebo)
TH’INBRED-Hardcore Inc. (Alternative Tentacles)

FUEL-Remains To Be Seen (Sixth International)
EVERYTHING FALLS APART-Give Up (Art Of The Underground)
DISPARO-Tras El Cristal (Trabuc)
NO PROBLEM-What Have I Become (Debt Offensive)

FLIPPER-Get Away (Subterranean)
PIL-Public Image (Virgin)
BABY’S ARM-I’m Just A Wimp (demo)
BUZZCOCKS-You Know You Can’t Help It (IRS)

WARFARE-Burn The Kings Road (Neat)