Monday, 17 April 2017

HA!

My wife ordered mushrooms today and they came in a garden trowel. This is why we need nuclear war. pic.twitter.com/UEtm515OTT
— Wefail (@wefail) April 15, 2017

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Inglan Is A Bitch

Cassius (ft Cat Power & Pharell Williams) - Go Up

Vic Godard: Interview Excerpts from Big Gold Dream and Teenage Superstars

Women of Punk (The Reunion BBC Radio 4)

Sue MacGregor reunites five musicians who embraced the anarchy of punk music and created a unique style of their own.
For many young people, Britain in the late 1970s was a place without hope. Unemployment was high. The value of the pound was low and, despite the feminist activity of the early 1970s, the most many girls aspired to was to marry well and look good.
Female role models were hard to fine - especially in music. The only all-girl troupes on Top of the Pops were Legs and Co.
Then punk happened.
Women could dress how they liked, behave how they wanted and develop their own sound without being manipulated by the mostly male gatekeepers of the record industry. Young women who didn't fit the traditional mould of femininity found a new tribe in punk. A place where they could finally be themselves. But the movement attracted fear and aggression from straight society. And few made much money from the short-lived scene.
Sue MacGregor brings together five female punk pioneers.
Gaye Advert, bass player in The Adverts, was described as the first female punk star. But the industry focus on her looks caused animosity in the band.
Toyah Willcox, an aggressive tomboy, found her emotional rebellion in punk and appeared in Derek Jarman's cult punk film Jubilee.
Gina Birch of The Raincoats played her first gig in November 1977 a few weeks after forming her all-female band.
Tessa Pollitt abandoned her A levels to join all girl punk band, The Slits.
Vivien Goldman was in the The Flying Lizards and Features Editor on the weekly music paper, Sounds. She is now a Professor of Punk in New York.
The guests discuss the impact and legacy of their movement.
Producer: Karen Pirie
Presenter: Sue MacGregor
Series Producer: David Prest
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4
Listen
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Oh BOY!

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The start of a beautiful thing. Sleazy to Jonh Balance (3/3/82)

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Political analysis 2017

Well, that's a chilling state of political analysis. pic.twitter.com/p96VmFpTKz
— Michael Williams (@mmccwill) April 16, 2017

Tackhead - Live Town & Country Club Kentish Town London (9/03/89)

Guitar - Skip McDonald
Bass - Doug Wimbish
Drums - Keith LeBlanc
Keys + Vox - Bernard Fowler
Mix - Adrian Sherwood

Set List
Rochester
Dangerous Sex
Malcolm X - No Sell Out
Ticking Time Bomb
Crosstown Traffic
Mind At The End Of The Tether
Red Hot Mama
Airborne Ranger
Body To Burn
Love Kills Pain On Contact
The Game
Class Rock
Stormy Weather
King Of The Beat

"Why does it have to be so damn tough?"

A Fifth Way (Fear of Numbers) Mix

Tracklist:
1 Last Night The Moon Came by Jon Hassell
2 Before & Afterlife by Arve Henriksen
3 Sober by Nils Petter Molvær
4 Exile by Loren Mazzacane Connors
5 Waterflower 1 by Kristof Hahn
6 La Fotografie by Ennio Morricone
7 Cruise by Holger Czukay & Rolf Dammers
8 Morning In Berlin by Irmin Schmidt
9 Shadows by Cliff Martinez
10 Haiku 10 by Dalot
11 Moslem Satellite Channel by Muslimgauze
12 Pleasure Centre (Pharaoh's Remix) by CFCF
13 Border State Collapse by Kuedo
14 Dark Days by MLZ
15 Yermande (Prophet 5 Mix) by Mark Ernestus’ Ndagga Rhythm Force