SUPERLATIVE SUNDAY! Capsule reviews by Doctor B.

SUPERLATIVE SUNDAY!
August 30, 2020
Capsule Reviews by Doc Bartlemania.

Dr. Hamburger
https://soundcloud.com/drhmbrgr

Monotonal, mesmerizing electro-noise from this Rochester, NY act, with psychoactive black-and-white and color video imagery to match.

Tungsten Lungs
https://tungstenlungs.bandcamp.com/

Melodic, processed-sample-salted danceable electronic music emanating from a bedroom studio. Two guys, two PDJs and like the song says, a whole lotta shakin' goin' on. The man in the interesting print shirt brings the vibes while the other cracks open a can of something and dances to the music.

Ruckzuck
https://ruckzuck.bandcamp.com/

Saw these guys (2 women and a man, actually) perform at the Sacred Root Kava Bar in Ithaca last winter. They weren't too shabby! The band apparently takes its name from an early Kraftwerk tune. They now hail from the mountains of Northeastern PA, where they are working on among other things, their fifth album.

Steady, psych-y, slightly spacey guitar/keyboard-driven rock with synth and nicely-reverberated vocals. The keyboard player has a nice singing/warbling voice!

Without A Chord
https://www.withoutachord.com/

Goes from dark, doomish but danceable electronic music to light, soothing stylings and back at the drop of a hat. Analogue and digital synth sounds with heavily-processed out-of-the-basement vocals.

Deluxe Ultra
https://deluxeultra.bandcamp.com

As this one-person act's name implies, danceable beats, lovable melodies and interesting vocal samples, all of which morph and change as the performance progresses. Rock those PDJs!

Panther Smoothie

Now, this has to be the spaciest performance of the evening! Atonal synth riffs intermixed with one another with some old-fashioned oscillations thrown in for good measure! The wall of space gets heavier and denser as the set progresses. A musical smoothie, indeed! Things get considerably more chill toward the end of the set, which is no less engaging.

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June 25, 2014 - Danny Kalb interview

Elvis Costello
San Jose Civic Auditorium
San Jose, CA
April 16, 1987

Danny Kalb Interview

The Blues Project (unless otherwise noted)

Danny Kalb - Death Letter Blues (live) - Moving In Blue (Sojourn)
Wake Me, Shake Me - Live At Town Hall (Verve)
Danny Kalb - You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover - I'm Gonna Live The Life I Sing About (Sojourn)

Danny Kalb - It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry - Moving In Blue (Sojourn)
Endless Sleep - Planned Obsolescence (Verve)
Who Do You Love - Live At The Cafe Au Go Go (Verve)
Steve's Song - Projections (Verve)
Cheryl's Going Home - The Best of the Blues Project (Verve)
The Flute Thing - Projections (Verve)
Danny Kalb - Waitress at the Troubadour - Moving In Blue (Sojourn)
Two Trains Running - Projections (Verve)
Danville Dame - Blues Project (Capitol)

Jimi Hendrix - Intro/Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? - BBC Sessions (MCA)
Led Zeppelin - The Girl I Love - The Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions (Atlantic)
Rodriguez - Crucify Your Mind - Searching for Sugar Man (Light In The Attic)
Joe Jackson - (Do The) Instant Mash - Look Sharp (A&M)
Regressive Aid - Anti-Chair - Effects Upon Exposed People (Rhesus)

MX-80 - Follow That Car - Out of Control (Atavistic)
MX-80 - Das Love Boat - Das Love Boat (Atavistic)
MX-80 - It's Not My Fault - Out of Control (Atavistic)
MX-80 - Halloween - Always Leave 'Em Wanting Less (Atavistic)

The Kinks - Superman - Low Budget (Arista)
Funkadelic - Uncle Jam - Uncle Jam Wants You (Priority)

Too Much Joy - Starry Eyes - Mutiny (Giant)

Podcast Available HERE!

December 18th, 2013

Beatles Xmas Record 1967

Beatles - I've Got A Feeling - Let It Be (Apple)
MIJ - Grok (Martian Love Call) - Yodeling Astrologer (ESP)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Ramble Tamble - Cosmo's Factory (Fantasy)
Bob Dylan - Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat - Greatest Hits Vol II (CBS)

The Numbers Band - Jimmy Bell - Jimmy Bell's Still In Town (Exitstencil)
Jimi Hendrix - Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne - 7-inch (Reprise)
Jerry Jeff Walker - She Left Me Holding - Collectibles (MCA)
Mushroom Tabernacle Choir - 12 Drugs of Xmas - Tanks for the Mammaries (TAKRL)
Tom Waits - Shore Leave - Beautiful Maladies (Island)
Johnny Cash - Bird On A Wirw - American Recordings (American)

Jerry Jeff Walker Interview

Jerry Jeff Walker -

The Christmas Song - Christmas Gonzo Style (Ryko)
Mr. Bojangles - Mr. Bojangles (Atco)
Will There Be Any? - Collectibles (MCA)
Stoney - Bein' Free (Atco)
Up Against The Wall Redneck - Best of Jerry Jeff Walker (MCA)
The Ballad of the Hulk - Mr. Bojangles (Atco)
Hill Country Rain - The Best of Jerry Jeff Walker (MCA)

Vince Guaraldi - Christmas Time Is Here - A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy)
Neil Young - Driftin Back - Psychedelic Pill (Reprise)

Burned - Veruca Salt - Cinnamon Girl (American Laundromat)
Rolling Stones - Still A Fool - Trident Acetates, 1969
Kaki King - Until We Felt Red - Until We Felt Red (Velour)

Podcast Available HERE!

June 5, 2013

John Fahey
The Jabberwock
Syracuse University
1975

Bevis Frond - 1970 Home Improvements - Bevis Through the Looking Glass (bevisfrond.bandcamp.com)
Rolling Stones - Sing This All Together (See What Happens) - Their Satanic Majesties Request (Abkco)

Freddie Roulette - Cause & Effect - Sweet Funky Steel (Janus)
Frank Zappa - The Purple Lagoon - Lather (zappa.com)

Neil Young - Words - Harvest (Reprise)
Timothy Leary - Live & Let Live - You Can Be Anyone This Time Around (Ryko)

DJ Food - The Aging Young Rebel - Kaleidoscope (Ninja Tune)
Steve Hillage - Pentagrammaspin - V (Virgin)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon Pt I - Rubycon (Virgin)

The Cheebacabra - Exile In The Woods - Exile In The Woods (Mackrosoft)

May 29, 2013

Frank Zappa
Broome County Arena
May 1, 1974 (excerpt)

Dan Deacon - Trippy Green Skull - Spiderman of the Rings (Carpark)
Dr. Alimantado - Conscious Man - Jah Love Forever (Ital Sounds)
Dub Syndicate - Shout It Out - Strike the Balance (On-U Sound)
Grace Jones - Walking In The Rain - Compass Point Sessions (Island)

Silicon Teens - TV Playtime - Music For Parties (Sire)
Mad Professor - A Dose of Diseases - A Feast of Yellow Dub (RAS)
Pecker - Mystical Electro Harakiri - 21st Century Dub (ROIR)
Flo & Eddie - Those Guys - Rock Steady with Flo & Eddie (Epiphany)

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Want Fi Go Rave - Independent Intahvenshan (Island)
Augustus Pablo Meets The Upsetter - Vibrate On - In The Red Zone (Shanachie)
The Specials - A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You - Today's Specials (Virgin)
Augustus Pablo - Scud Hitile - Dub Store 90s (RAS)

Herbie Mann - Push Push - Push Push (Embryo)

David Bowie - Dirty Boys - The Day After (ISO)
James White & The Blacks - That Old Black Magic - Sax Maniac (Animal)
Alex Chilton - Take Me Home and Make Me Like It - Bach's Bottom (Line)
Beck - I Just Started Hating Some People Today - 7-inch (Third Man)

Black Flag - TV Party - Damaged (SST)
Slow Hand Motem - Age - You & Yours (Burnt Oak)
Ween - Pork Roll Egg & Cheese - The Pod (Shimmy Disc)

Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo - The Grand Wazoo (Bizarre)

April 6, 2011

Firesign Theatre
Dear Friends #15
Duke of Madness Motors

The Phantom Surfers - High Wall - The Phantom Surfers Play the Music From The Big Screen Spectaculars (Estrus)
The Raincoats - No Side To Fall In - The Raincoats (Rought Trade)
Simon & Garfunkel - Keep The Customer Satisfied - Bridge Over Troubled Water (deluxe reissue)(Columbia)
The Fall - Copped It - The Wonderful & Frightening World Of (Beggars Banquet)
Soul Coughing - Misinformed - El Oso (Warner Bros)

Xyra - Liquid Light - Through The Dark Glass Shining (xyra.net)
Lene Lovich - Home - Stateless (Stiff)
Bevis Frond - African Violet - A Gathering of Fronds (Reckless)
Smashchords - Caveman - 12-inch (Smash Trade)
Sonic Youth - The World Looks Red - Confusion Is Sex (DGC)

David Bowie - Heroes/Helden - 12-inch (RCA)
The Dead C - T Is Never Over Pt 1 & 2 - Vain Erudite & Stupid (Badabing)
Savage Republic - The Year of Exile - Ceremonial (Independent Project)
The Pixies - Monkeys Gone To Heaven - Wave of Mutilation (Elektra)
The Slits - FM - Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit) *
Happy Flowers - Get Me Off The Brioler Pan - I Crush Bozo (Frontier)

Rachel Sage - Bravest Fear - Ballads & Burlesque (Mpress) *
Death - The Change - Spiritual Mental Physical (Drag City)
Marc Barrecca - Linear Breathing - Subterrane (Palace of Lights)

A sophisticated space swirl by Doc Sonic

* - by request

Playlist for November 3, 2010

Introducing my noble apprentice (albeit a week after his debut), Doc Sonic! His set happens in the second hour of this week's podcast. Enjoy!

John Cale Stockholm, Sweden 11-3-75

Jackie Lomax - The Eagle Laughs at You - Is This What You Want (Apple)
Dead Meadow - Seven Seers - Old Growth (Matador)
Rhinoceros - Along Comes Tomorrow - Rhinoceros (Elektra)
Zephyr - Sail On - Zephyr (ABC)
Margaret Cho - Calling In Stoned - Cho Dependent (Clownery)
Terry Reid - Season Of The Witch - Bang Bang, You're Terry Reid (Epic)
Elvis Costello - All These Strangers - National Ransom (Concord)
Conan O'Brien - Polk Salad Annie - Live at Thirdman Records (Third Man)

Sursiks - Why Don't You Try The Martial Arts? - I Didn't Know I was Singing (Housecore)
Sursiks/Laurie Anderson - Only An Expert
Yello - Night Flanger - Solid Pleasure (Ralph)
Rosa Yemen - Herpes Simplex - Rosa Yemen (Ze)
Weird Paul - May I Sit On Your ICe Chest - Simulating the Act of Love (Rocks & Rolling Records)
The Yachts - Don't Call Us - Yachts Without Radar (Radar)
Daniel Francis Doyle - Learning Things at School - We Put Our Money On You (Responsible Songs)
Pierre Henbry - Psyche Rock (Psyched Out Mix) - CD5 (Philips)
Kid Koala - Temple of Gloom - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Ninja Tune)

Doc Sonic's Set

Kid Koala-Drunk Trumpet-Live @ the Short Attention Span Theatre Tour
Mark Ronson & The Business Intl-Lose It In The End-Record Collection
Ratatat-Party With Children-LP4
DOM-Living In America-Sun Bronzed Greek Gods
Caribou-Odessa-Swim
Herbaliser-Gadget Funk
Dzian & Kamien-After
Dizzy Gilespie-Manteca (Funky Lowlives Remix)-Verve Remixed

Letta Mbulu - Mahalela - The Chisa Years 1965- 1975 (chisa)

Janet Burgan - No Frackin' Way

Playlist for October 27, 2010

Captain Beefheart
Knebworth Festival
July 5th, 1975

Can - All Doors Open - Inner Space (Mute)
Dub Syndicate - Dubaddisababa - Echomania (On-U)
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds - UF Off (Island)
The Orb w/David Gilmour - Spheres - Metallic Spheres (Columbia)
Suicide - Rocket USA - Suicide (Red Star)
Bassnectar - Fun With Synthesizers - Wildstyle (Amorphous)
David Bowie - Space Oddity (Demo) - Sound & Vision (Ryko)
The KLF - Chill Out (excerpt) - Chill Out (Wax Trax)
Free Kitten w/DJ Spooky - DJ Spooky's Spatialized Chinatown Express Mix - (12-inch) (Mindswerve)
Sufjan Stevens - Vesuvius - The Age of Adz (Asthmatic Kitty)

Jello Biafra - If Voting Changed Anything... - I Blow Minds For A Living (Alternative Tentacles)

Doc Sonic's Set

The Royal Fingers-VooDoo King (7"Estrus)
The Royal Fingers-Ski A Go-Go (7" Estrus)
Reverend Horton Heat-(Zombie A Go-Go records)
Insatiable- The Munsters Cues (Beloved Recordings)
Vic Mizzy/Addams Family soundtrack-Uncle Fester's Blues (RCA Victor)
Swamp Rats-Psycho (Crypt Records)
Cords-Ghost Power (Crypt Records)
Howlin Wolf-Evil (Chess Records)
Mojo Nixon-I'm Gonna Dig Up Howlin Wolf (Enigma records)
Cramps A'int Nothing But a Gorehound-Smell Of Female (Vengance/Restless)
Southern Culture On The Skids-Werewolf - Halloween Hootenany (Zombie A Go-Go)

Rufus Thomas - Bear Cat Blues - Sun Records 25 Blues Classics (Varese Sarabande)

Playlist for March 31, 2010

Led Zeppelin February 28, 1975 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA source: soundboard recording Hour
1: 01.Rock And Roll
02.Sick Again
03.Over The Hills And Far Away
04.In My Time Of Dying
05.The Song Remains The Same
06.The Rain Song
07.Kashmir

Silver Apples - Fantasies - Contact (Kapp)
The Glitterhouse - Times Are Getting Hard - Color Blind (Dynovoice)
David Bowie - Karma Man - Bowie at the Beeb (Virgin)
Haare (Hair) - Luft (Air) - original German cast album (Polydor)
The Pretty Things - Cries from the Midnight Circus - Real Pretty (Rare Earth)

Beatles - Love You To - Revolver (Capitol)
Electric Sandwich - China - Electric Sandwich (Brain)
The Elastik Band - Spazz - Nuggets (Rhino)
Petra Haden - Relax - Petra Haden Sings The Who Sell Out (Bar None)
Elephants Memory - Old Man Willow - Elephant's Memory (Buddah)

Traffic - You Can All Join In - Traffic (Island) (by request)
Was/Not Was - Sam's Interesting Week - Boo (Ryko)
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Kissin' & Cussin' - Genuine Negro Jig (Nonesuch)

Jimmy Castor Bunch - You Better Be Good - It's Just Begun (RCA)
The Revelons - Red Hot Woman - 12 X 5 (Red Star)
Suicide - Rocket USA - Suicide (reissue) (Mute)
Ministry - Jesus Built My Hot Rod - CD-EP (Sire)

Television - Marquee moon - The Blow Up (ROIR)

Bootsy Collins - The Pinocchio Theory - Back In The Day (WB)
Onness if juju - Got To Be Right On It - Space Jungle Luv (Strut)
Parliament - Up For the Down Stroke (alt mix) - Up For the Down Stroke (Casablanca)
The Fabulous Counts - Get Down People - Jan Jan (Cotillion)
John S. Hall - A Little Restraint - The Body Has A Head (Manufatture Criminale)
The Orb - Toxygene - Orblivion (Island)