0:00:01-0:02:50) Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) by Tex Williams off of Smoke That Cigarette
0:02:51-0:08:15) Smoking by Bill Hicks off of Dangerous
0:08:16-0:10:19 (Rev. Interruption Background song 1: Leave-Taking by Rocket Juice & The Moon off of Rocket Juice & The Moon)
Greetings sisters and brothers, and all shades on the spectrum between, and welcome to the last day of the merry merry month of May. Unless you’ve somehow accidentally stumbled across our little shrine of strange sounds you already know that this is Aurally Fixated, And I’m Rev. The voice you’re just using for my sundry selection of songs. (Thank you for that by the way. What would I do without you?) But what you might not know is that since 1987, today May 31st, has also been World No Tobacco Day. Hence opening the show with Tex Williams song Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette). And that was followed up by the late, great (of pancreatic, not lung cancer – No relation) Bill Hicks. From his 1990 Dangerous album talking about Smoking.
It’s supposed to be 24 hours without smoking, so naturally, just to be the tall, graying child I am, I’m smoking whilst I record this. And I don’t usually smoke, just when I’m drunk. So buckle up, this might be a sloppier show than usual. Yes, It should tell me something, that I need to retard my mental processes before intentionally inhaling smoke seems like a good idea – but what can I say, Some things just go too well together.
0:10:20-0:12:49) One Cup Of Coffee And A Cigarette by Glen Glenn & Lonesome Spur off of Psychobilly Box
0:12:50-0:16:39) Cigarettes And Coffee by Otis Redding off of Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding [Box Set]
0:16:40-0:20:39) Drinkin’ and Smokin’ Cigarettes by Reverend Horton Heat off of Laughin’ And Cryin’ With The Reverend Horton Heat
0:20:40-0:22:50) Booze, Tobacco, Dope, Pussy, Cars by Butthole Surfers off of Piouhgd / Widowermaker!
0:22:51-0:23:54 (Rev. Interruption Background song 2: As Long As You’re Inside by Tom Schmidt off of State Of The Union)
You can always count on Butthole Surfers to be – interesting. From Widowermaker! that was Booze, Tobacco, Dope, Pussy, Cars.
Before Surfing the Butthole we were Drinkin’ and Smokin’ Cigarettes with my fellow Reverend, Horton Heat. And just prior we were graced with one of the best, most soulful, voices ever recorded, Mr. Otis Redding giving us Cigarettes And Coffee. And we began with One Cup Of Coffee And A Cigarette brought to us by Glen Glenn & Lonesome Spur. I wonder what makes lyricists so often tie smoking to relationships. The Enjoyable self-destruction? The Stockholm syndrome of addiction? Or maybe its just the oral fixation?
0:23:55-0:28:45) Pink Cigarette by Mr. Bungle off of California
0:28:46-0:31:31) Let Me Be Your Cigarette by Dax Riggs off of Say Goodnight To The World
0:31:32-0:35:00) AshTray Heart by Placebo off of Battle for the Sun
0:35:01-0:37:20) Smoke Rings (Up Your Ass Tray) by The Shocker off of Up Your Ass Tray
0:37:21-0:39:15 (Rev. Interruption Background song 3: Miso by Sadistik & Kristoff Krane off of Prey for Paralysis)
Welcome back to A-u-r-a-l-l-y Fixated, where this episode’s theme is about that more common type of o-r-a-l fixation, because today is World No tobacco day. Speaking of which, we started this set off with Mr. Mike “Bungle” Patton singing a tale of dark obsession, with the person who left a lipstick-kiss on their cigarette filter. There’s an amazing video for that song, and I believe it’s fan-made. It’s probably the first thing that comes up on YouTube when you type in Mr. Bungle Pink Cigarette. After that we heard from Dax Riggs begging Let Me Be Your Cigarette From Say Goodnight To The World. Then came Placebo with AshTray Heart. And we ended with a band called The Shocker. And the song, Smoke Rings (Up Your Ass Tray)
A friend once told me my ability to blow perfect smoke-rings was “the sign of a waisted youth.” I don’t think “waisted” – misspent definitely. And now I’m working on my misspent middle-age, still smoking cloves and blowing Smoke Rings.
0:39:16-0:42:07) Smoke Rings by The Mills Brothers off of Paper Doll
0:42:08-0:45:14) Don’t Smoke In Bed by Nina Simone off of Nina Simone Her Greatest Hits
0:45:15-0:47:54) Lazy Mary (Lune Mezza Mare) by Lou Monte off of The Very Best of Lou Monte
0:47:55-0:50:29) Smokers’ Song by Imelda May off of Love Tattoo
0:50:30-0:52:36 (Rev. Interruption Background song 4: Etudes No.1 in E Minor – Allegro non troppo by Simeon Simov off of 66 Must-Have Spanish Guitar Masterpieces)
One time I was standing outside a venue, smoking one of my “goth-fag cigarettes,” when a guy came out, sniffed the air, and said “It smells like bad poetry out here.” I exploded with laughter and offered him one. He was a funny, nice guy… No point to this story – just one of those random encounters with strangers that brightens my moments whenever I remember it. We all have those, or at least, we can all be those.
Anyway, back at the beginning of that block of sound were The Mills Brothers with Smoke Rings off their thoroughly enjoyable record Paper Doll. Then came that great advice Don’t Smoke In Bed from Ms. Nina Simone. In a kinda sweet song – even though she’s leaving, she doesn’t want us to immolate ourselves to the gods of tobacco and affordable-bedding. Then a melody I’m sure you recognized if you’ve ever been to an Italian restaurant. Lazy Mary (Lune Mezza Mare) my Luigi Monte. A fun, coming-of-age tale about a young lady trying to find the right suitor. An old and oft covered song, going back to the 1830s. It’s a bawdy tune, laced with innuendos. And we rapped it all up with a song about a young lady trying to find the right suitor by Imelda May simply called Smokers’ Song, from Love Tattoo. And now, on with the love songs to Nikateen by another Twiztid Monoxide-Child.
0:52:37-0:53:40) Nikateen by Twiztid out of The Green Book
0:53:41-0:55:37) Smoking by Bill Hicks off of Flying Saucer Tour, Vol. 1
0:55:38-0:57:59 One More Smoke by Reverend Glasseye off of Black River Falls
0:58:00-1:00:35) Get Smokes (Ft. Jessy Greene) by P.O.S off of Never Better
1:00:36-1:02:59 (Rev. Interruption Background song 5: Shotgun (Re-Recorded) by Billy Preston off of Cool Men Of R&B, Vol. 3)
I hope you appreciate me tarring my airways for you! And since I only smoke when I drink, I’m also infusing my organs with alcohol… (But I am sure that you do not) This is of course my way of thanking you for listening and keeping an opened mind (if you are still here) and apologizing for the slurry-sloppiness of this episode. Now, back to business.
The punk-friendly rap, or rap-friendly punk that just got done reverberating your brain-meats was, of course P.O.S with a Get Smokes off Never Better. Right before that we heard another from the one and only good Reverend, no great Reverend GlassEye from one of the few absolutely perfects albums I’ve owned, Black River Falls. That was One More Smoke. And before then we heard about Smoking again from the Sainted Bill Hicks. But this time it was off his Flying Saucer Tour, Vol. 1. Recorded 6/20/91, Pittsburgh, PA. The tour, so Called, because much like Flying Saucers he only appeared in small southern towns – in front of small hand-fulls of hillbillies – so much so he began doubting his own existence.
Now that we’re all feeling good and up, maybe it’s time to continue that trend of twangy tunes, and play a Patsy Cline number. Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray. But don’t worry, we’ll follow it up with a little more upbeat Masseduction called Smoking Section by, the absolutely astounding, St. Vincent.
1:03:00-1:05:09) Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray by Patsy Cline off of Greatest Hits – Crazy
1:05:10-1:08:37) Smoking Section by St. Vincent off of Masseduction
1:08:38-1:09:24 (Rev. Interruption Background song 6: My Buddy @julps by Mexican Institute Of Sound off of Politico)
Well, my lovely, smoldering souls, according to my handy dandy pocket watch we’ve been at this for over an hour now, which means it’s time we start preparing to go our separate ways. Hopefully I didn’t alienate too many non-smokers out there. But don’t worry, next month is a whole new collections of songs, with not single twang or hint of cigarette smoke. But, before we drift apart, I leave you in the very capable (nicotine stained) hands of the Chain Smoker, Chance The Rapper.
1:09:25-1:12:52) Chain Smoker by Chance The Rapper off of Acid Rap
1:12:53-1:15:14) Drive Thru by Monoxide Child off of ChainSmoker
1:15:15-1:17:50) Che La Luna by Louis Prima off of Angelina
Next Episode Will Be Up On The First Sunday In June
