Sonic Overload 11/3/14

As I say at the top of the second segment, former Boston Mayor Tom Menino was one of a kind. He passed away last week at the age of 71, following a long battle with cancer. He kept up a busy schedule until near the end of his life, going on a tour to promote his new book up until a few weeks before his passing. During his 20 year tenure as the city’s mayor (before stepping down last January), Boston continued to evolve as a world-class city.

Menino had his detractors, including the cruel, venal hack columnist Howie Carr, who tagged him with the nickname Mumbles Menino, due to his sometimes difficult to understand diction and frequent malapropisms.  I used to joke he could probably use subtitles—but that doesn’t mean I didn’t hold him in high regard. And despite some people’s impression of him as a buffoon-like character, Menino was sharp and always on top of his game—and he truly cared about the city, about the neighborhoods, about the people. He could have been mayor as long as he wanted but finally left office after his record-long term. The new Mayor, Marty Walsh, has some really big shoes to fill. R.I.P. Mr. Mayor...

Sonic Overload 11/3/14

TRACK 1

GORDON SOLIE MOTHERFUCKERS-Tears Of A Clone (625)

RAT BASTARDS-Fate (Beer City)
COLDSWEAT-Dumbed Down (Manic Ride)
DS-13-Dengenerated Generation (Deranged)
NEEDLES-Not Losing Faith (Iron Lung)
SYSTEMATIC DEATH-Ashitawa Omaeda! (Armageddon)
VIVISICK-Liberty Of Sensation (Sound Pollution)
GAUZE-Neurosis (JPC)

FLESH WORLD-Church Of Flesh (La Vida Es Un Mus)
KATHERINE-Nothing (demo)
PINK PILE-Fourth Meal (demo)
DEAD WIFE-Choke (from “City Limits,” High Anxiety)

NAZTI SKINZ-Race War (Youth Attack)
SWIZ-Toon (Sammich)
PORTRAIT OF POVERTY-Portrait Of Poverty (from “10 Things Jesus Wants You To Know”)
GUS-Short Cop Buzzed (Wrong)
WOLVES-9 (Coalition)

TRACK 2

DROPKICK MURPHYS-In The Streets Of Boston (Cyclone) in memory of Tom Menino

PLATES-Under Suspect Tutelage (Big Neck)
C.AARMÉ-Aimless (Burning Heart)
GIT SOME-Fabric Eyes (1-2-3-4, Go!)
CROSS STITCHED EYES-Suffer (Alternative Tentacles)
PSYCHIC BLOOD-Drrrty (self-released)
DESTRUCTION UNIT-Warm Leatherette (Empty)

DOMINO THEORY-Scare (from “Not So Quiet On The Western Front,” Alternative Tentacles)
VANDALS-Urban Struggle (Time Bomb)
METAL URBAIN-Hysterie Connective (Byzz)
4 SKINS-Low Life (Captain Oi)

TRACK 3

SEX DWARF-Din Gud (Konton Crasher)
EEL-Combat Amputee Victim (Mind Cure/Konton Crasher)
WEBCAM TEENS-Out Of Time (demo)
KROMOSOM-Swine Control (Hardcore Victim)
VARIX-Let Down (Fashionable Idiots)
INFEKZIOA-Ez Duth Nahi (Blindead)

BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY-Turn On The Light (Polydor)
SWINGIN NECKBREAKERS-Take Your Life (Telstar)
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION-2Kindsa Love (Capitol)
BLACK FORK-Total Eclipse Of The Brain (Lookout)

DiE-Ready To Rot (Sonic Terror)
RED DEATH-Already In Hell (demo)
OBLITERATIONS-The Narcissist (Southern Lord)
ASYLUM-Continue To Hide (Vinyl Conflict)
SHAVED CHRIST-Fight Back (Bakery Outlet)
KONTAMINAT-Why I Grew Up Loving Israel (Lengua Armada)

TRACK 4

HOUSEWIVES-Lick The Pip (RIP Society)
QUANGO-Fatality (First World Problems)
DEAD FUTURE-Broken Wire (demo)
COCADICTOS-Pereceremos En La Depresion (Bazophia)
URO-I Dag Der Staten (from “København I Ruiner,” Kick n’ Punch)
FRAU-Nada (demo)

PATTI SMITH GROUP-Pumping (My Heart) (Arista)
SHIRTS-Poe (Capitol)
DC SNIPERS-Electric Chair From Saigon (Dead Beat)
THE PATTERN-Happy Sarong (Lookout)
LIVEFASTDIE-Camero Shit The Bed (Dead Beat)

THREATS-Writing On The Wall (Doctor Strange)