MonkeyBeat 44: What's That Sound?

This episode is all over the map with live cuts from Ronnie Dawson, The Fleshtones & (Dictator) Andy Shernoff. I also read listener mail, and blindly play music sent in from one of them.

Songs played:
  1. Ronnie Dawson - Monkey Beat City
  2. Nick Curran & the Lowlifes - Filthy
  3. The Ding-Dongs - Until I Die
  4. John Schooley & His One Man Band - Factory Dog
  5. Dash Rip Rock - Call of the Wild
  6. Thee Attacks - Love In Disguise
  7. The Loons - Diamonds, Garbage and Gold
  8. Outrageous Cherry - Self-Made Monster
  9. The Reigning Sound - Is It True?
  10. The Biggest Bird You've Ever Seen - Postcard From Paraguay
  11. Thee Headliners - Whatchagonnado?
  12. Andy Shernoff - Master Race Rock
  13. The Fleshtones - The Dreg
  14. Los Straitjackets - Twist and Slide
  15. Impediments - Le Ann
  16. Riverdales - Crash Of The Moons
  17. Mind Spiders - Ripped
  18. Junior Astronomers - Fox and the Hound
  19. Danzig - Deth Red Moon
Show Notes:


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MonkeyBeat 43: Helping Johnny Remember

The rambling returns! I take time off from setting up my new studio, and explain my recent absence from the "podcasting game".

Songs played:
  1. Blood Red Shoes - It Is Happening Again
  2. Paul Collins - Doin' It For The Ladies
  3. King Louie's Missing Monuments - Black Rainbow
  4. The Len Price 3 - Mr Grey
  5. The Booze - Hate City Nights
  6. Ronnie Dawson - Sucker For A Cheap Guitar
  7. Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
  8. The Sticks - Night Of Pleasure
  9. Walter Daniels with Chili Cold Blood - Mystery Beer
  10. JJ & The Real Jerks - Hooky
  11. Davila 666 - Alerez
  12. Dirtbombs - Secret Code
  13. White Mystery - Switch It Off
  14. Night Birds - Prognosis; Negative
  15. The Dirty Sweets - Teenage Jerk
  16. The Overnight Lows - Last Meal For The Underachiever
  17. The Swanton Bombs - Waistland
  18. Shonen Knife - Economic Crisis
Show Notes:
  • The opening bit was taken from the educational film "Helping Johnny Remember". Ashleigh Nankivell did and hilarious re-edit of it that can be found here.
  • I forgot to say anything about The Sticks when I played them on this episode. They are a trio from Brighton, U.K. and list The Keggs as one of their influences. What more do you need to know, to know that they are worth lending your ears to?
  • Listen to White Mystery perform a great live set on The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T. or download it from the Free Music Archive.
  • On the show, I falsely said that "Teenage Jerk" was by Dirty Sweet. It's actually by the Austin, TX band The Dirty Sweets and can be found on their "Bubblegum Damaged" CD on Rip-Off Records. Their guitarist now plays in the band Love Collector which is also worthy of your listening time.
  • Here's a site that shows you how to perform The Swanton Bomb as made famous by pro-wrestler Jeff Hardy. You'll most likely break your back or cripple your little brother doing it, but give it a try anyways. It will give you a good story to tell when people ask why you can't sit up straight on a bar stool.



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Welcome to My Jungle


Hey, I've been noticing a huge upswing in traffic to the site lately & figured I'd post a hello note to all the first time visitors (welcome back returning visitors, too). Please leave a comment on this post and tell me how you found the site, so I can thank those who help spread the word on MonkeyBeat.
Enjoy your stay here.
-John
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Stream Roky Erickson and Okkervil River : True Love Cast Out All Evil

Bucketfull Of Brains hipped me that Relix is hosting a stream of the complete Roky Erickson and Okkervil River album "True Love Cast Out All Evil". It's not due to hit the street until Tuesday, but it's already garnering favorable reviews from Spin & Pitchfork, but don't hold that against the album. Listen to it for yourself here.



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MonkeyBeat 41: Get Up On That, Monkey!


The show takes a bit of a country bend, as I discuss attending a country music battle of the bands and play some music by one of the competing bands. Also I sing the praises of Rankoutsider Records by featuring a few of the great artists on their roster. Along the way I throw in a bunch of new music & a number one hit song (in Holland).

Songs played:
The Neighborhood Bullys - Spin It
The Black Tongued Bells - Rattle Some Bones
Scott Kempner - Blame Me
Dan Reeder - Food and Pussy
The Elk River Tree Fort Army - Maryanne
The Tripwires - Drawing A Blank
The Plimsouls - Zero Hour
The Baseball Project - Cubs 2010
Mark Sultan - Go Berserk
The Dirty Shames - You're A Drag
Sonic Avenues - I Want You Now
Hacienda - You're My Girl
The 75's - I Wanna Kill My Boyfriend
Brimstone Howl - End Of The Summer
Tijuana Hercules - A Boiling Pot Shows No Mercy
Danko Jones - Full Of Regret

Show Notes:




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Otis Gibbs - Joe Hill's Ashes

I mentioned on the last show how much I've been enjoying Otis Gibbs' latest album "Joe Hill's Ashes". I can't state strongly enough how good it is, so I decided to post the stream of it here on the site.
<a href="http://otisgibbs.bandcamp.com/album/joe-hills-ashes">Joe Hill's Ashes by Otis Gibbs</a>
If you like it, you can download it at Bandcamp.com for $9.99 in 320kbs MP3 or FLAC lossless formats.
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MonkeyBeat 40:The Seventy Minute Power Hour

Way too much new music this week to pack into a 60 minute hour, so I invented the 70 minute hour!

Songs played:
Royal Pendletons - Glendora
Black Francis - Dead Man's Curve
Roky Erickson - John Lawman
Nick Curran & the Lowlifes - The Lowlife
Otis Gibbs - Kansas City
Hoodoo Gurus - What's In It For Me
The Master Plan - Get Over Yourself
The A-Bones - Shallow Grave
Dion 'N' the Little Kings - Stay With Me
The Baseball Project - All Future and No Past
Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks (Live Acoustic)
Boston Spaceships - The Way Out
Left Arm - Electric Babies
Personal & the Pizzas - Pepperoni Eyes
The Nevermores - Tell-Tale Heart
The Barreracudas - New York Honeys
The Organ Beats - Sleep When We Are Dead

Show notes:
  • The Andy Shernoff episode of Three Chord Monte can be found at http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/35150
  • I was wrong on the title of Otis Gibbs' previous album. It's actually Grandpa Walked a Picketline
  • I tried to record this show using WavPad & MixPad. WavPad worked fine for the recording, but when I tried to mix everything using MixPad I got an endless series of crashes. In the end I went back to using Reaper to mix the show.




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