(Like last month, here’s another older one. Sorry for not having all the links to the songs and albums but I don’t have the internet in hy home, and am not allowed any of the places I used to steal it from. Thanks for understanding, Rev.)  

0:00:01-0:01:09) Sex Education 1950s – Instruction record off of Devil’s Jukebox: Taboo 60s

0:01:10-0:05:14)First of May by Jonathan Coulton off of Joco Looks Back

0:05:15-0:06:19 (Rev. Interruption 1 Background music: Heliotrope Bouquet by Pink Martini off of Get Happy)

Greeting and welcome to the May edition of Aurally Fixated.If you somehow missed Jonathan Coulton saying it a half-dozen times, it is the First of May. And if that’s not warning enough, you should know that this episode is all about spring fever. When people come across others they’re attracted to and… wanna to a little interior decorating together. You know what I mean… join giblets. Yeah, that sounds sexy. And speaking of sexy, now we have a live one from CocoRosie called Turn Me On. 

0:06:20-0:10:54) Turn Me On by CocoRosie – Live in Munich 14-11-05

0:10:55-0:15:34)Nasty Naughty Boy by Christina Aguilera off of Back To Basics

0:15:345-0:20:14) Hot Sex by Vanilla Ice off of Bi-Polar

0:20:15-0:21:54 (Rev. Interruption 2. Background music: I Dig Jazz by Hillbilly Hellcats off of Rev It Up With Taz)

That right there was Rob VanWinkle better known as  Vanilla Ice with an offering off his Bi-Polar record called Hot Sex. Before that were the sultry tones of Ms. Christina Aguilera steaming up a little number called Nasty Naughty Boy, off her Back To Basics album. I know I said this, but it is the first of May and the Spring Fever is  rolling through the air. And in keeping with that timeless theme, this next song was recorded almost 100 years ago by Eddie Cantor. This is off a compilation called The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 1. This is Makin‘ Whoopee.     

0:21:55-0:25:04) Makin’ Whoopee by Eddie Cantor off of The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 1

0:25:05-0:28:49) Super Sex by Morphine off of Yes

0:28:50-0:33:29) Scrood Bi U by Lords of Acid off of Farstucker

0:33:30-0:34:39 (Rev. Interruption 3 Background music: The Trembler by Duane Eddy off of Natural Born Killers Soundtrack) 

That right there was the Lords of Acid with their beautiful love song Scrood Bi U off their classic Far-Stucker. And before that was the one and only Morphine doing Super Sex. And up next we have a romantic little ditty with Ms. Nicki Minaj. It’s a song recorded in 2009 but was never released so instead of letting her verse rot on the vine, in 2012 Ms. Minaj reused it in a song called Whip It. This song right here though, where it all started, is called Fuck U Silly.

0:34:40-0:37:39) Fuck U Silly (Feat. Nicki Minaj) by Cassie – Unreleased 

0:37:40-0:40:39) I Just Want To Make Love To You by Etta James off of The Chess Box

0:40:40-0:45:14) Rev 22:20 by Puscifer off of Don’t Shoot the Messenger – EP

0:45:15-0:46:59) (Rev. Interruption 4 Background music: Send Help by Paper Tiger off of False Hopes)

That of course was Puscifer with Rev 22:20 off their Don’t Shoot the Messenger EP. As you may’ve guessed, the Rev in the title is short for Revelations, Chapter 22 verse. 20. “And they who testify to these things sayith, ‘Yes I an coming quickly! Amen! So Lord Jesus please, come soon.”

Sandwiched in between the Cassie/Nicki Minaj duet and the Puscifer hymn was Etta James doing I Just Want To Make Love To You. Which was written by the prolific songwriter Willie Dixon who worked with folks from Muddy Waters to Howlin Wolf, to Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, The Grateful Dead, Los Lobos, Led Zeppelin, and Bob Dylan, to name a few. And his songs have been covered by everyone. Including Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos and here they are, doing his song Violent love. 

0:47:00-0:49:54) Violent love by Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos off of Hotel Child

0:49:55-0:53:19) Fuck Boy by Mark Growden off of Live at the Odeon

0:53:20-0:57:09) Sexbomb (Peppermint Disco Radio Edit) [feat. Mousse T.] by Tom Jones off of Reload

0:57:10-0:58:24 (Rev. Interruption 5. Background music: Gumbo (Dirty) by Zion I off of The TakeOver)

According to my calculations we’re right around the one hour mark,  which means I should cut the chit-chat and get on with it. What you just heard was Tom Jones from his album Reload, an album of duets with; Portishead, Barenaked Ladies, Van Morrison, and the Cardigans. That was Sexbomb. Before that was the woefully underrated Mark Growden with Fuck Boy. That was off his Live at the Odeon album. If you ever hear of him playing anywhere that doesn’t involve an airplane to get to, I suggest you run and bowl over anyone who’s not smart enough to get out of you way… Actually, it’d probably just be easier to take a car – and run the dumb bastards down.

0:58:25-1:03:54)  Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? by Revolting Cocks off of Linger Ficken’ Good

1:03:55-1:06:14) Fuck Me by Maggie Estep off of No More Mister Nice Girl

1:06:15-1:09:04) Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (Part 1) by James Brown off of Number 1’s

1:09:05-1:09:54 (Rev. Interruption 6 Background music: Don’t Start (Too Late) by Black Sabbath off of Sabotage) 

What collection of songs about carnal-acquaintances would be complete without the Sex Machine himself, James Brown? Before that was the wonderful, and unfortunately passed on, Maggie Estep with Fuck Me off her No More Mister Nice Girl album. And we started off with a song off their Linger Ficken’ Goo album, that was the industrial super-group, Rev.Co. covering Rod Stewart’s Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? The video for that song is the stuff wet… nightmares are made of.

1:09:55- 1:13:19) Fuck on Cocaine (Face Down Ass Up) by DJ Caffeine off of Volume 4

1:13:20-1:14:14) (Rev. Interruption 7. Background music: Toxiod by Sadistik & Kristoff Krane off of Prey for Paralysis) 

Well that about does i. As always that you for your time and allowing me to penetrate your earholes with my voice and my musical selection. It feels like a sin though, not having Sexual Healing on here. Or anything from those folks that are moulded from pure sex like Prince, Betty Davis or Berry White. Anyway, I’ll leave you with one last song that seems appropriate. And I guess I don’t really need to tell you anything about it because they say the name of the song, the band, and the guest singer, all within the first dozen seconds. So, till next time, or never, whichever comes first.

1:14:15-17:04) I Just Had Sex [feat. Akon] by The Lonely Island off of Turtleneck & Chain

 

Bonus Track: Dirty Love (Feat. Iggy Pop) By Kesha off of Warrior

(The day I’d chose to “celebrate” and was halfway through recording got rescheduled because of the pandemic. Fortunately I still had an old unreleased demo from an April a couple years back. So hear ya go. Hope you are well, Love Rev.)

0:00:01-0:01:35) Shel Silverstein by BassNectar off of Beatfreak Bohemia

0:01:36-0:07:44) Revelation (Mother Earth) by Ozzy Osbourne off of Blizzard Of Ozz

0:07:44-0:09:10 (Rev. interruption 1 background music: Fred Of Ballaroy by Hazmat Modine off of Bahamut)

Hello and welcome to Aurally Fixated. Let’s get right down to it. Starting off the show today was BassNectar with the appropriately named Shel Silverstein off of their mixed-CDs Beatfreak Bohemia. That was followed by that old hippie Ozzy Osbourne singing about how us silly humans have got to stop destroying the planet, with Revelation (Mother Earth). And I hope you don’t mind getting preach at like that,  because today is April 22 – Earth Day. And I’ve corralled a gaggle of tunes all about this spinning blue/green marble we’re hurtling through infinity on. Up next is one of my all-time favorite chunks of lyrics that’s ever been stuck together. If you don’t own Astronautalis’s album This Is Our Science, I’m sorry but your life ins’t complete. I give to you, The River, The Woods.  

0:09:11-0:12:29) The River, The Woods by Astronautalis off of This Is Our Science

0:12:30-0:15:35) Walk Or Ride by The Ditty Bops off of The Ditty Bops

0:15:36-0:20:55) Back To The Earth by Rusted Root off of When I Woke

0:20:56-0:22:04 (Rev. interruption 2 background music: A Violet Fluid by Nine Inch Nails off of March of the Pigs)

What you just got done hearing was Rusted Root with their song Back To The Earth. Before that we had The Ditty Bops deciding weather to Walk Or Ride. And of course we started the whole thing off with Astronautalis poeting at us about The River, The Woods. And from one amazing lyricist to a trio of them here are the CunninLynguists with their song Earth’s Essence.   

0:22:05-0:25:15) Earth’s Essence by CunninLynguists off of Sloppy Seconds Vol. 1

0:25:16-0:28:54) On Nature by Matisyahu off of Light

0:28:55-0:33:09) Countdown To Extinction by Megadeth off of Countdown To Extinction

0:33:10-0:33:59 (Rev. interruption 3 background music: The Magic Flute Theme & Variations Op.9 II. Var.4 by Georgi Moravsky off of 66 Must-Have Spanish Guitar Masterpieces)

Friends, thank you for allowing me to provide the soundtrack to whatever it is you’re doing to make the world a better place on this Earth Day. We started that cluster of songs with a track from CunninLynguists off their Sloppy Seconds Vol. 1. Then we followed that up with a tune called On Nature by Matisyahu off Light. And you just got done having your ears penetrated by another hippy band called Megadeth, with their songs about rich folks “Hunting” endangered species on ranches. That song was called Countdown To Extinction off their 1992 album of the same name. Well, now that thinking about that’s got me good and ornery, let’s jump right back into the music and see what happens.

0:33:40-0:40:29) Ænema by Tool off of Ænema

0:40:30-0:41:41) Dance Of The Earth by Igor Stravinsky off of The Rite Of Spring

0:41:42-0:45:15) The Earth Died Screaming by Tom Waits off of Bone Machine

0:45:16-0:46:39 (Rev. interruption 4 background music: Goldberg Variation #5 by Glenn Gould off of Bach: The Goldberg Variations)

We kicked that block of noise off with Tool and their hymn to the end of humanity Ænema. And I’m sure you figured out we ended that set with Tom Waits growling about how The Earth Died Screaming. And sandwiched in between those two, was something called Dance Of The Earth from the ballet The Rite Of Spring by Igor Stravinsky. A show so wild it caused a riot the first time people saw it. Paris 1913. On it’s opening night fancy folks in their tuxedos and evening gowns ripped the theatre apart, menaced the performers, and chased Stravinsky out of town – running for his life.

Back into the music. The next is another I’m sure you’ll recognize. A happier one about how we all share this dizzy little globe, and maybe we’re not so different, or far apart. And maybe, after all is said and done, it truly is just a Small World.      

0:46:40-0:50:25) It’s A Small World by D-METAL STARS off of Metal Disney

0:50:26-0:55:59) Earth Song by Michael Jackson off of Number Ones

0:56:00-0:56:33) GoodBye Blue Sky by System of a Down

0:56:34-0:57:29 (Rev. interruption 5 background music: playing around before the party starts by Childish Gambino off of because the internet)

Brothers, sisters, and those both and neither, I just wanted to thank you for coming to this little temple of tunes. I know it can be bit of an ordeal, the whiplash of going from things like Metal Disney to Michael Jackson to System of a Down. But I have faith in you. You can take it. And don’t worry, it looks like we’re about hitting the hour mark, which means time is getting short. And since it’s Mother Earth’s Day, here are some songs about her, and I guess… her family?      

0:57:30-0:58:09) The Planets by Animaniacs off of Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs: 16 Original Songs From The Hit TV Series

0:58:10-1:02:05) 3rd Planet by Modest Mouse off of The Moon and Antarctica

1:02:06-1:05:54) Earth From Outer Space by Michael Franti & Spearhead off of All People

1:05:55-1:06:25) (Rev. Interruption 6. Background music: Deadman’s Lullaby by Mikelangelo And The Black Sea Gentlemen off of Dead Men Tell a Thousand Tales)

That was Michael Franti & Spearhead with Earth From Outer Space. Before that was the Animaniacs schooling on The Planets. And that just about does it for this Earth Day edition of Aurally fixated. We’ve got just one more track for you, a cheerily pessimistic (nihilistically optimistic?) one from George Carlin from back in 1992 when he was Jammin’ In New York with a bit he called The Planet Is Fine. 

1:06:26-1:20:00) The Planet Is Fine by George Carlin off of Jammin’ In New York

(Sorry for all the incomplete links. I’m in Europe at the moment, and only can/am willing to do so much on my phone)

0:00:01-0:06:40) Better off Without a Wife by Tom Waits off of Nighthawks At The Diner

0:06:41-0:08:35) (Rev. Interruption BackGround Music1: Falcons Landing by The Bombay Royale off of The Island of Dr Electrico)

Welcome all you one-of-a-kind souls. My name is Rev. and I’m Aurally Fixated. And if you’re here with me I can only assume you are too. Music has been a consistent in our lives. It’s been there to lift us up, slow us down, and help us through the hard times. More so than any family, friends, or lovers. A sanctuary in song. And in a way that’s what our episode for today, the 11th of March, relates to.

It’s probably a waste of breath to say that was Tom Waits; from Nighthawks At The Diner. Seeing that today is National Single’s Day, we marched in on Better off Without a Wife. Before you start wishing people “Happy Single’s Day” I’m sorry to tease you, today the holiday is in the United Kingdom, and it won’t make it’s way to the United States until towards the end of September. I’m celebrating today because the UK is where I first heard about it. And what else was I going to do? A show for St. Patrick’s Day? Fuck that and fuck him. But enough beating around the bush, it’s time to get back to the task at hand.

0:08:36-0:12:15) I Touch Myself by Divinyls off of Divinyls

0:12:16-0:14:59)In the Meantime by Betty Davis off of Betty Davis

0:15:00-0:17:25) Me And My Vibrator by Caroline & The Treats off of Dr. Demento Covered In Punk

0:17:26-0:19:23) Cuming InTo My Own by Lunachicks off of Luxury Problem

0:19:24-0:19:29)All Alone By Myself by They Might Be Giants off of Apollo 18

0:19:30-0:19:54) Doin’ Laundry by Nerf Herder off of Short Music For Short People  

0:19:55-0:22:24 (Rev. Interruption BackGround Music 2: Romantic Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 75: III. Allegro appassionato by Bohuslav Matousek and Petr Adamec off of The 99 Most Essential Dvorák Masterpieces)

Thank you for joining me on this journey of self-exploration. Speaking of which, we kicked that clamor off with I Touch Myself by the Divinyls. Then Betty Davis. From her self titled record we heard In the Meantime. Then came Caroline & The Treats covering the novelty classic, Me And My Vibrator. Then were the Lunachicks with the (self)love-song Cuming InTo My Own. After which we had 5 seconds of They Might Be Giants which exploded into a lovely little ditty entitled Doin’ Laundry by Nerf Herder. That’s from a compilation called Short Music For Short People. An album with about 100 different bands and songs, with most landing around the half-minute mark. Bands like; Less Than Jake, Bad Religion, Gwar, The Dickies, Descendants, Circle Jerks, Mad Caddies, Screeching Weasel, The Damned, Vandals, Rancid, The Queers, Black Flag, Anti-Flag, SubHumans, Misfits, the Lunachicks, and many more.

0:22:25-0:28:50) Just By Myself by Greg Brown off of The Live One

0:28:51-0:31:40) I Wish You Love by Frank Sinatra off of It Might As Well Be Swing

0:31:41-0:36:15) They Can’t Take That Away From Me by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong off of Best OF Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

0:36:16-0:37:10) (Rev. Interruption BackGround Music 3: Breathe In, Breathe Out by Between The Buried And Me off of Alaska)

Now there’s something you don’t hear often enough, healthy break-up songs. Not bitter or spiteful, just ready to move on to the next chapter of life. First we heard Greg Brown. From his beautiful, funny, heartbreaking, poignant album The Live One with, that was Just By Myself. Then we had Sinatra singing I Wish You Love. And we topped it all off with Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong dueting They Can’t Take That Away From Me. Yes, though a split can be scary, but often it’s better than Making Up and Breaking Up (And Making Up and Breaking Up Over Again)

0:37:11-0:39:24)Making Up and Breaking Up (And Making Up and Breaking Up Over Again) by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings off of Give the People What They Want

0:39:25-0:42:55)Matches to Paper Dolls by Dessa off of A Badly Broken Code

0:42:56-0:47:24)Heartbeat by Childish Gambino off of Camp

0:47:25-0:49:34) (Rev. Interruption BackGround Music 4: Tap the Kitchen Floor by Trampled by Turtles off of Trouble)

If you’re Single today I hope you find some time to treat yourself right. Meet with friends, or go out and make some new ones. Give yourself a nice gift, or figure out a way to go out into the world and make it a better place. Maybe work on something you wouldn’t have time to if you were in a relationship. But whatever you do, don’t booty-call your ex, it’ll only complicate things – if you couldn’t tell by the frustration in Childish Gambino’s voice. What we just got done listening to was his song Heartbeat. From his Camp. Immediately preceding was Dessa with another one from her perfect record A Badly Broken Code. That was Matches to Paper Dolls. If you haven’t thrown any money at that brilliant independent artist, what are you waiting for? She has 4 solo albums, at least that many with DoomTree, a book, I think a make-up she donated the proceeds to charity, and even a goddamned whisky. 

It just seems too long since I reminded you that all these amazing independent artists and labels will absolutely 100% disappear if we don’t pass the collection plate their way. I’ll hop down from my little soapbox-pulpit for just along enough to say, that we started that whole heap of harmonics off with the late and great Ms. Sharon Jones & her The Dap-Kings. 

Now for something against the grain some might say. (Not me of course, but some might.) Here are some beautiful harmonies from the perfectly delightful record, The Inessential Uncle Bonsai.

0:49:35-0:53:45) A Lonely Grain of Corn by Uncle Bonsai off of The Inessential Uncle Bonsai

0:53:46-0:54:14)Alone by Marianne Faithfull off of Closed On Account of Rabies

0:54:15-0:57:47)Alone Time by Tigerman WOAH off of Boston Sessions, Vol. 1: Beast

0:57:48-0:57:54)Leave Me Alone by They Might Be Giants off of Apollo 18

0:57:55-1:00:50) I Look Alone by The Buzzcocks off of NME C81

1:00:51-1:03:04 (Rev. Interruption BackGround Music 5: O Tempo Samba by Grupo Batuque off of Far Out Recordings-Brazilian Music Sampler)   

What we just heard was I Look Alone by the one-of-a-kind voice of Pete Shelley singing for The Buzzcocks. But Nevermind them. Before that we had another little snippet of They Might Be Giants. And previous to that was one of my favorite bands Tigerman WOAH with their song Alone Time. Right before that we had Alone written by Edger Allen Poe and recited by Marianne Faithfull. That came from a very cool compilation called Closed on Account of Rabies. It had cover-art by Ralph Stedmand, and a bunch of cool people reading Poe’s; Chris Walken, Iggy Pop, Diamond Galas, Jeff Buckley, Dr. John, Debbie Harry and others. Now we have the title track from the Circle Jerks gift to the world, Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45).

1:03:05-1:08:09) Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45) by Circle Jerks off Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45) 

1:08:10-1:10:45) Lucky In Love by Doug Stanhope off of Die Laughing

1:10:46-1:14:10) Pre-nupt by 8Bit Cynics off of May 2010

1:14:11-1:14:55 (Rev. Interruption BackGround Music 6: Riffs And Variations On A Single Note For Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, And The King of Swing, To Name A Few by Sufjan Stevens off of Come On Feel The Illinoise!)

We just heard 8Bit Cynics who you can download all his entire catalogue from BandCamp, for free. That was Prenupt. Before that we heard a bit from Mr. Doug Stanhope called Lucky In Love. But now here are Flight Of The Conchords calibrating being just Friends.

1:14:56-1:16:54) Friends by Flight of the Conchords off of I Told You I Was Freaky

1:16:55-1:19:30)Me – Time (With The Pulmonary Palimpsest) by Busdriver off of Jhelli Beam

0:00:01-0:01:39) Perversion For Profit by George Putnam off of Devil’s Jukebox: Taboo 60s

0:01:40-0:06:29) Wilder Wilder Faster Faster by The Cramps off of Look Mom No Head

0:06:30-0:07:50 (Rev. Interruption 1 BackGround music: The Tormentrix by Sim Cain off of State Of The Union)
Greetings dearest listener and welcome to Aurally Fixated. I’m Rev. and I know I don’t need to hold your hand every step along the way. For instance, I don’t need to spread the gospel of the schizophrenic-surf-rock b-movie sci-fi genius that is The Cramps, but sometimes I just can’t help myself. From their amazing record Look Mom No Head, we ripped into this (the third Friday of the year) with its warning. This episode going to get Wilder Wilder Faster Faster – because today is International Fetish Day. A day that encourages those with more exotic or adventurous sexual appetites to come out of their closets and let their freak-flags fly, and act as inspiration for others to do the same. Like, thankfully, this next artist did. From 1974 here is Ms. Betty Davis telling us how He Was a Big Freak.

0:07:51-0:11:50) He Was a Big Freak by Betty Davis off of They Say I’m Different

0:11:51-0:15:19) The Other Side Hurts so good by Jason Derulo Vs John Mellencamp off of Bootleggers Mashup

0:15:20-0:16:54) Dominated Love Slave by Green Day off of Kerplunk!

0:16:55-0:18:45) Female Of The Species by Satan In High Heels off of Devil’s Jukebox: Taboo 60s

0:18:46-0:20:39  (Rev. Interruption 2 BackGround music: Without Wings by Corrosion Of Conformity off of Deliverance.)
Hello again my unladylike ladies, my gentlemen who aren’t always gentle, and those too interesting to be defined that simply, and welcome back to our (Most everybody’s got em, most nobody talks about them) kink edition of Aurally Fixated. What just finished quivering in your ear holes so nicely was off the soundtrack from the 1962 Sexploitation classic Satan In High Heels. Preformed by actress Meg Myles that was Female Of The Specie. And immediately preceding that we heard twangy track called Dominated Love Slave by Green Day from way back before their breakthrough album. And just before that we had a mash-up of John Mellencamp’s Hurt So Good and Jason Derulo’s The Other Side.

So happy International Fetish Day my friends! And if you’re listening to this early enough you might be interested to know that part of the holiday is Perverts Wear Purple. A little subtle way to signal that you’re a member of a select community at; work, school, PTA, church, or whatever, without damaging your ‘vanilla’ identity. So if you see anyone wearing purple today give them a knowing smirk that says “It’s ok to enjoy what you enjoy.”

0:20:40-0:24:44) Darling Nikki by Prince & The Revolution off of Purple Rain

0:24:45-0:27:44) Nikki by Dante Basco off of Def Poetry Jam

0:27:45-0:31:35) Spank by KidneyThieves off of ZeroSpace

0:31:36-0:33:05 (Rev. Interruption 3 BackGround Music: Check Your Tuning by DoomTree off of False Hopes)
You knew we’d be playing the Prince of Purple somewhere this episode, didn’t you. That of course was off the Purple Rain soundtrack, and the first album he cut with his band The Revolution. The previous half-dozen or so he did all by his lonesome. They must’ve done something right because Purple Rain went platinum 13 times. Then after that we had a piece called Nikki. Back from the old Def Poetry Jam days, that was Dante Basco (who you may remember as Rufio from Hook. And we just heard KidneyThieves singing a siren song called Spank from ZeroSpace. That song almost didn’t make the cut though. I mean, spanking is so common it probably wouldn’t even be considered kinky by a large portion of the population. Nowadays when people have access to literally any kind of perversion at their fingertips, in their pockets, curiosities get piqued – and everyone’s sexual-menu gets expanded. And the question becomes, “how common can something be and still be considered dirty?” What would technically be considered sodomy.

0:33:06-0:34:34) Sodomy by Don Dacus off of Hair (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

0:34:35-0:38:00) Try Sodomy! By Doug Stanhope off of Die Laughing

0:38:01-0:40:50) Do You Take It? By The Wet Spots off of Hello Kinky

0:40:51-0:41:59) Buttplug by Lunachicks off of Jerk Of All Trades

0:42:00-0:43:34 (Rev. Interruption 4 BackGround Music A Ride With Satan’s Little Helpers by Lords of Acid off of Farstucker

And to tie this set back into the last, even though in the 21st century neither spanking or anal are that far out of the norm, I suspect a combination of the two, might be. That, of course was the Lunachicks with theie, I don’t know how tongue in cheek, song called ButtPlug  – off one of my favorite records, Jerk Of All Trades. Before that was the polyamorous husband and wife duo The Wet Spots with their most famous song (though the whole of Hello Kinky is amazing) Do You Take It? I was lucky enough to see them preform in a living-room on Mission Street in San Francisco a lifetime ago. If you ever get to see them… or anything at Mission Control, devour anyone who might be standing in your way. Previous to that we had the perfectly irreverent Doug Stanhope from Die Laughing with a bit called Try Sodomy! And of course we kicked it all off with a number from Hair simply called Sodomy. Speaking of which, another one of those things that’s (thankfully) getting less taboo, is polyamory.

0:43:35-0:47:19) My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend by Type O Negative off of October Rust

0:47:20-0:49:39) You Two by the Original London Cast off of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

0:49:40-0:52:49) Simultaneous by Chef off of South Park: Chef Aid

0:52:50-0:56:09) Super Freak by Rick James off of Street Songs

0:56:10-0:57:39 (Rev. Interruption 5: First Prelude by Factor & The Chandeliers off of Factor & The Chandeliers EP)

I’m sure you probably guessed I’d be playing that Rick James classic this show, the episode dedicated to the Super Freak within us all. I suspect if everyone were honest about their fetishes there wouldn’t be “kinky sex” anymore, their’d just be “sex.” But I should quit babbling and get down to it. Before Super Freak we had Isaac Hayes from South Park: Chef Aid with Simultaneous. And before that a song called You Two from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. And we got it all rolling with the very Ray manzarek-esque track My girlfriend’s girlfriend from Type O Negative. As they said on SchoolHouse Rock!. “Three is a Magic Number.”

Now, growing up I remember this woman constantly singing to me how she loves rock ’n roll, and hates herself for loving me. Then I picked up a completion of hers called Fetish. And I was all “Ms. Joan Jett, I’m shocked at you!. Bless you black little heart.”

0:57:40-1:00:59) Fetish (XXX) by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts off of Fetish

1:01:00-1:02:39) If You’re Into It by Flight Of The Conchords off of The Distant Future

(1:02:40-1:05:29) Toes by The Wet Spots off of Hello Kinky

1:05:30-1:08:35) At A Medium Pace by Adam Sandler off of They’re All Gonna Laugh At You

1:08:40-1:09:59 (Rev. Interruption 6: Papers (Hades Finds Out) by Anais Mitchell off of Hadestown)
Thank you for indulging me and my unorthodox musical selection. You’re what keeps this little pirate-radio-show in my head from being totally insane. I hope it’s not too weird for you, or you at least learn to enjoy it. And that about does it for this episode. Nothing left to do but tie up some loose ends. You may’ve recognized Adam Sandler’s Voice begging us to give it to him At A Medium Pace. And normally I’d never play 2 songs from the same artist in 1 show, but they’ve such an eclectic grope, every song off Hello Kinky feels like a different genre, and of course their perfect for International Fetish Day. So, that was another one from The Wet Spots – proving not all kinks are for everyone with their Toes. And now I’m leaving you with one song from my personal lord a and savior of music Mike Patton called A Perfect Twist. And lastly I’d be horribly remiss if I didn’t play something off Black Tape For A Blue Girl’s hunting album 10 Neurotics.

1:10:00-1:12:39) A Perfect Twist (Vocal) by Mike Patton off of A Perfect Place

1:12:40-1:16:55) The Perfect Pervert by Black Tape For A Blue Girl off of 10 Neurotics

1:16:56-1:20:05) Perversions During Puberty

 

00:001-0:02:33) Everyday People by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts off of Greatest Hits

0:02:34-0:04:29  (Rev.’s First interruption music: Untitled I by Rasputina off of Unknown)

“People Suck.” At least that’s what I hear from; friends, coworkers, folks I randomly eavesdrop on, and of course, Bill Hicks. And I wonder if it’s some original-sin type self-loathing – saying that me is a people so I must suck too. Or a me-against-the-world kinda hyper-elitism and it’s everyone else who’s doing the sucking. Little of Column A and Bit from Column B I suppose. I ask because today, the 20th Day of December, is International Human Solidarity Day. And it’s difficult to feel unity and cooperation when you’re sure the whole world’s out to get you, and that you probably deserve it.

In our lives we’ll physically interact with tens, and tens, and tens of thousands of people. So we must to ask ourselves, is the number who’ve actually, intentionally done us wrong (or we’ve done wrong) really a high enough percentage to justify discriminating against the entirety of humanity?

Yes, tiz I Rev. your Pontificator in Chief, you are my adventurous coconspirators, and we’re once again here to chant strange hymns together, in our little incorporeal sanctuary of sound – Aurally Fixated.

We welcomed you with the help of Ms. Joan Jett (bless her black little hearts.) I played her cover, instead of the 1968 Sly and the Family Stone classic, because sometimes something’s so ubiquitous you take it for granted, like the air, or the original. Her mix was just different  enough to make the words pop and regain their original meaning. But before I expand and expound too much in your ears all at once, I’ll shut up and let RuPaul do some preachifying for me.

0:04:30-0:08:10) People Are People (GoodandEvil) by RuPaul & Tom Trujillo off of People Are People featuring Tom Trujillo (Remixes)
0:08:11-08:45) Don’t Dress Your Cat In An Apron by Billy De Wolfe off of Free To Be…You And Me
08:46-13:00) Born This Way by Lady Gaga off of Born This Way
0:13:01-0:13:34)My Dog Is A Plumber by Dick Cavett off of Free To Be…You And Me
0:13:35-0:17:55) Everybody’s Something (ft. Saba & BJ The Chicago Kid) by Chance The Rapper off of Acid Rap

0:17:56-0:20:30 (Rev.’s Second interruption music: Nine Mile Blubber Pile by Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds off of La Araña Es La Vida)

We cannonballed into that clamor and glamor with RuPaul completely covering Depeche Mode’s People Are People, the GoodandEvil mix. We followed that up with a bit from Free To Be…You And Me. That was Billy De Wolfe reading Don’t Dress Your Cat In An Apron. Then we heard the confession from Lady Gaga – that she was Born This Way. Then another snippet from that afore mentioned grand old children’s book, that was Dick Cavett reciting My Dog Is A Plumber. And we Brought up the rear with Chance The Rapper reminding us that Everybody’s Something, from his free online album Acid Rap.   

Ya know, It’s amazing humanity has survived as long as it has. We weren’t built for fighting. Our “claws” are pathetic, as soon as our nails are long enough they break. We don’t have a thick hide, we get paper-cuts for fuck sakes! Our fangs are so pitiful we can’t even eat most animals without a knife, let alone use them for hunting or fighting. What we do have though, is our tribe. Together we brainstorm, and become smarter, and stronger, through our diversity. Different ways of thinking help us come up with things we might never have – because we are so different. Different strengths and ways of thinking have made us an unstoppable force on a planet where most everything can kill us. The positive aspects of this is what today, International Human Solidarity Day is all about. Celebrating unity in diversity.  I know it sounds trite, but if we work together, we can solve just about any problem – to make the world a better place.  We’re conditioned to think that it’s more sophisticated to be jaded, and hate others, like all the cool kids. But that “us vs them” shit only shoots ourselves in the foot, by reducing the amount of minds, talents, and possibilities that might help us change the world. “Us vs them” is the easiest trap to fall into – and the most dangerous.

0:20:31-0:22:45) Everybody Thinks Everybody Else Is Dead Bad by The Skodas off of Avon Calling

0:22:46-0:26:44) White Nigger by Ill Bill off of The Hour Of Reprisal

0:26:44-0:31:10) Drop the Rock by Figli di Madre Ignota off of Combat Disco Casbah

0:31:11-0:35:55) Union (Ft. Sting) by The Black Eyed Peas off of Monkey Business

0:35:56-0:37:55 (Rev.’s Third interruption music: First Track by Paper Tiger off of Made Like Us)

We started that off with The Skodas, from Avon Calling that was Everybody Thinks Everybody Else Is Dead Bad. Then we heard an offering from Ill Bill’s, second album, The Hour Of Reprisal. Definitely a fun one with guests like; B-Real, Everlast, H. R. and Darryl from Bad Brains, Tech N9ne, Immortal Technique, Max Cavalera, Raekwon, Jedi Mind Tricks and many more! After Mr. Bill we heard from a song with guest vocals from Tod A. (of Cop Shoot Cop and FireWater) That was Drop the Rock by Figli di Madre Ignota. Off the perfect album Combat Disco Casbah. And lastly we heard from The Black Eyed Peas and Sting singing about Union.

Speaking of unions, here’s a hymn about black and white sex workers in New Orleans – over 100 years ago (back before women were even allowed to march in the Mardi Gras parade) realizing there’s strength in power, and coming together to fight sexism and racism. This is Tigerman WOAH! with their Babydolls.

0:37:56-0:42:09) Babydolls by Tigerman WOAH! off of Up South Vol. III – EP

0:42:10-0:44:24) Feminazi by Fea off of Fea

0:44:25-0:46:54) Sisters And Brothers by Sisters And Brothers off of Free To Be…You And Me

0:46:55-0:49:54) Oh No by Gogol Bordello off of Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike

0:49:55-0:52:00) Us by Brother Ali off of US

0:52:01-0:54:14) What’s still in the background tickling your tympanic is the title track off Brother Ali’s Us. Before that, from Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike we heard Oh No! from Gogol Bordello. And yes, when the fit hits the shan people really do band together. There’s even  a book abut it. Paradise Built in Hell: Extraordinary Communities That Arise In Disaster by Rebecca Soinit. And before that, those Brothers and Sisters were more from Free to Be you and me. Then we heard from Fea’s self titled album with a tune called Feminazi. I first heard of them when they just absolutely killed it opening for Agent Orange. And of course we kicked it all off with Tigerman WOAH! I first heard of them when they just absolutely killed it opening for The Goddamn Gallows. Always show up for the openers!

0:54:15-0:56:40) I Ain’t Marching Anymore by Phil Ochs off of I Ain’t Marching Anymore

0:56:41-1:03:05) Anarchy by Ani DiFranco & Utah Phillips off of The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere

1:03:06-1:07:49) Bomb The World (Armageddon Version) by Michael Franti off of Everyone Deserves Music

1:07:50-1:09:25 (Rev.’s Fifth music interruption: Mano De Mono by Corrosion Of Conformity off of Deliverance)

First we heard from Phil Ochs who rallied against; war, racism, big business exploiting workers, and most things worth fighting. Unfortunately it became to much for him though, and he took his life, and his razor sharp wit, and great sardonic sense of humor with him. From him we heard I Ain’t Marching Anymore. We followed that up with Anarchy by the; folk-singer, story-teller, labor organizer, poet-activist, keeper of the hobo histories, and once-upon a time long-term pert-time resident of Caffe Lena, in Saratoga Springs, New York, Mr. Utah Phillips. (With Mz. Ani Difranco setting the musical background) That tune about overcoming war and shame and hate was from their The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere album. And lastly we heard the Armageddon Version of Michael Franti’s Bomb The World – off Everyone Deserves Music. Now, As I say just about every episode, time is short. So let shut the funk up.

1:09:26-1:13:34) One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic off of One Nation Under A Groove

1:13:35-1:16:15) Everything is Awesome by Leo Moracchioli off of Leo Metal Covers Volume 10

1:16:16-1:18:04  (Rev.’s sixth music interruption: Nothing’s Perfect by Sixo off of The Odds Of Free Will)

As you may recognize from World Car Free Day, that was Leo Moracchioli. If you haven’t checked out his YouTube page you’re missing out. Of course, since that show I had to get all twenty-something Leo Metal Covers albums. He usually has sales when he puts out a new one, so it won’t break your bank. And naturally, before that was Funkadelic with the shortest edit of One Nation Under A Groove. In another world I would have just rode out on the 7 or 11 minute one, but I knew I wanted to end with Immortal Technique’s One Remix. 

Ya know, It’s true what they say (too often) “Life’s not fair.” But that’s not a reason to just “look out for number one” No. Use it as an excuse to make it more fair. Try and help each other out every chance you get. The rising tide raises all boats. And we’re certainly in this one together. Enough of that – Till next time or never – whichever comes first. I’ve been Rev. You’ve been perfect, and we’ve been Aurally Fixated together.      

1:18:05-1:21:40) One (Remix) [feat. Akir] by Immortal Technique off of Revolutionary Vol. 2

1:21:41-1:21:45) Free To Be… You And Me (Bonus) by Marlo Thomas & Friends off of Free To Be…You And Me

 

0:00:01-0:06:29) Television The Drug Of The Nation by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy off of Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

0:06:30-0:07:39 (Rev’s First Interruption music: Musica ricercata No. 3, Allegro con spirito by Pierre-Laurent Aimard off of Ligeti: Études; Musica Ricercata)

Hello again and welcome to Aurally Fixated. Today is the twenty-first day of November, and according to the United Nations it is World TeleVision Day. Thats’ why we opened this episode with some very early Michael Franti. In the early 90s, before he joined up with SpearHead he was a Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy. And that was them with Television: The Drug Of The Nation. 

Now, I’m not a fan of TV. I’m kinda addicted to screens, can’t be trusted with them. So, since when I’m dying and my life is flashing before my eyes – I don’t want it to be reruns – I just don’t have one. But enough about me, lets get on with our little TV Party, shall we?     

0:07:40-0:11:50) TV Party by Asylum Street Spankers off of What? And Give Up Show Biz?

0:11:51-0:13:39Ex-Lion Tamer by Henrietta Collins and the Wife Beating Child Haters off of Drive By Shooting

0:13:40-0:16:30) Along Came Jones by The Coasters off of The Great Coasters

0:16:31-0:18:29) T.V. Zombie by The Rondelles off of Shined Nickels And Loose Change

0:18:30-0:21:30) I Should Watch TV by David Byrne & St. Vincent off of Love This Giant

0:21:31-02:23:15 (Rev’s Second Interruption music: Send Help by Paper Tiger off of False Hopes)

Yes, ladies, gentleman, all points in-between, and out-of-bounds, that strange assemblage of sounds was just the brain-child of those two beautiful weirdos David Byrne & St. Vincent. From Love This Giant, that was I Should Watch TV. Before that we had The Rondelles telling us about their T.V. Zombie from their Shined Nickels And Loose Change album. And immediately preceding that was the classic Coasters amusing observation on the formulaic predictability of most television shows, Along Came Jones.

We started this set off with Asylum Street Spankers giving their take on TV Party. And of course we couldn’t hear them channeling the young Mr. Rollins and not follow it up with something by him, so then came Henrietta Collins and the Wife Beating Child Haters covering the old Wire tune Ex-Lion Tamer.

As I said, I’ve never had television, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have any fond memories with it. I remember as a child, staying over my Aunt’s house, who had cable, staying up all night by myself; watching racy movies, cheesy b-horror, and of course MTV.

(02:23:16-0:27:14) MTV Brasil by Diego’s Umbrella off of Viva La Juerga

0:27:15-0:30:33) Video Killed the Radio Star by VV Brown off of Traveling Like the Light

0:30:35-0:34:10) MTV Get Off the Air by Dead Kennedys off of FrankenChrist

0:34:11-0:35:12 (Rev’s Third Interruption music: The Scrap Metal Theme by Annie Gosfield off of State Of The Union)

That was Mr. Jello Biafra, from Dead Kennedys‘s 1985 Release FrankenChrist with MTV Get Off the Air. MTV went on the air just a few years earlier, towards the end of ’81. And the first video they aired was, of course, Video Killed the Radio Star. The version we just heard was a cover, a bonus track from Ms. VV Brown album Traveling Like the Light. Before which we started it all off under Diego’s Umbrella, watching MTV Brasil from their Viva La Juerga record. 

Since MTV started old folks have complained about how it exposes kids to things they’re too young to know about – and it’s general unsavory nature. They seem to think we should all watch something nice, educational, wholesome things, like the news.

0:35:13-0:36:25) CNN by Bill Hicks off of Live in Montreal

0:36:26-0:37:06) Agents Of Repression by Paris off of Sonic Jihad

0:37:07-0:41:10) News At 6 O’Clock by Insane Clown Posse off of The Tempest

0:41:11-0:42:14) New News by George Carlin off of An Evening With Wally Londo

0:42:15-0:46:25) GHN: Elections & Crisis by Dead Prez off of Information Age

0:46:26-0:48:19 (Rev’s Fourth Interruption music: Falcons Landing by The Bombay Royale off of The Island of Dr. Electrico)

Welcome back my fellow Aurally Fixated. And I’m sure many of you probably recognized the voice of our passed on prophet, Bill Hicks from a recording of him Live in Montreal he began that Knott of noise with his take on CNN. Then came a about 40 second clip from Paris’ album Sonic Jihad with a track called Agents Of Repression – which worked at a nice intro into News At 6 O’Clock, by Insane Clown Posse. Then came another late great American treasure George Carlin bringing us some New News. And lastly we had a report from Dead Prez and the Global Hood News. 

News, by its very design, is misleading. By definition, news is only what’s rare. If it’s normal or commonplace it isn’t “news.” The problem’s when we watch a lot of it. Our brains didn’t evolve in the Information Age. So we think if we see something all the time, that must be how life is. Shit. But the fact that people being awful to each other is still “news” proves that we’re not so bad after all. Animals ripping apart smaller ones – not news. Human’s ripping apart  a smaller one national news! And don’t kid yourself, if you were tinier than your kitty or puppy it’d torture you to death for its own amusement. And roll around in your entrails. Not news But a human doing that to an animal – News!

Anyway, I’ll just say that sometimes news can be more trouble than it’s worth. And it never tells us the stuff we really need to know. Like, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.

0:48:20-0:51:19) Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron off of Pieces Of A Man

0:51:20-0:55:05) Fade Away And Radiate by Blondie off of Picture This

0:55:06-1:00:25) TVC 15 by David Bowie off of Station To Station

1:00:26-1:04:40) T.V. Eye by The Stooges off of Fun House

1:04:41-1:06:20 (Music for Rev’s Fifth interruption: Frosti by Björk off of Vespertine)

Hello dear friends, that right there was the one-of-a-kind voice of Mr. David Bowie singing TVC 1-5, a true song about the time he was hanging out with Iggy Pop and a television ate Jim’s girlfriend. Admittedly it isn’t my favorite Bowie song, but that is now one of my favorite sentence. And we followed that up with The Stooges and their song T.V. Eye. I don’t know if they’re about the same experience, there was about 5 years between the release of the two, but I like to think they are.

Before those we heard from Blondie, and how she’ll Fade Away And Radiate in front of the TV. And we charged our way into the din with a phrase that’s become cliché over the years, but comparatively few have heard where it came from. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. By Gil Scott-Heron. 

Ok, now it’s time for me to shut up and play as many great songs as I can. 

1:06:21-1:08:49) 57 Channels (And Nothin’ On) by Bruce Springsteen off of Human Touch

1:08:50-1:12:45) Basic Cable by Aesop Rock off of Float

1:12:46-1:14:03) GHN: Global Hood News by Dead Prez off of Information Age 

1:14:04-1:16:40) 500 Channels by Choking Victim off of No Gods, No Managers

1:16:41-1:18:34 (Music for Rev’s sixth interruption: Miso by Sadistik & Kristoff Krane off of Prey for Paralysis)

From the tippy-top of that little block we had Bruce Springsteen performing 57 Channels (And Nothin’ On). It’s quaint, how that seemed like a lot back then. Springsteen was followed by Aesop Rock singing about Basic Cable. Then we had another news interruption from Dead Prez’s Information Age. And lastly we ended it with a noise anthem. From Choking Victim’s only LP No Gods, No Managers we heard 500 Channels. And aint it quaint how that seemed like a lot of channels back then. 

I tried to keep the music varied, but could’ve done and entire episode of only punk songs about the “learn by example lie” called TeleVision. And I don’t know wether to apologize or say “you’re welcome” for not. What can I say? Not a lot of TV is made about folks who sit around watching Television.

It’s not all bad though, I do believe that seeing people different than us, even if their just actors or characters on shows, portrayed as “real” people with “real” lives, so to speak – helps humanize them. Of course, as that jaded old saying does – if it did any real good it’s probably be outlawed. Or that would be censored instead of; people – wearing only nature’s garb, – or them engaging in –  flesh-sessions. Or saying certain “dirty” words.

Speaking of which I’ll leave you with Carlin’s Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television and Blink-182‘s Family Reunion. 

(1:18:35-1:25:34) Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television by George Carlin off of Class Clown 

(1:25:35-1:26:10) Family Reunion By Blink 182 off of Short Music for Short People

0:00:01-0:02:05) Pumpkin Carving Party by Evil Streaks off of Talk to the Dead

0:02:06-0:03:16 (Rev. Interruption music 1: The Magic Flute: Theme & Variations Op.9: II. Var.3 by Georgi Moravsky off of 66 Must-Have Spanish Guitar Masterpieces)

We tore into this month on Evil Streaks. A Boston band I saw by chance, opening for the godfathers of surf-punk Agent Orange – upstairs at an amazing venue. Ralph’s Rock Diner in Worcester. The moral of the story is show up for the opening bands. Some of my favorites are one’s I’ve accidentally seen. Anyway, from the Evil Streaks’s album Talk to the Dead that was Pumpkin Carving Party. And if you like those dark and swinging, punkabilly kinda tunes, you’d love the rest of their stuff. Any of their songs would’ve been perfect for Hallows Eve. The night you should keep a Look Out, There’s A Monster Coming! 

0:03:17-0:06:05) Look Out, There’s A Monster Coming by The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band off of Gorilla

0:06:06-0:10:09) Frankenstein by Zion I off of Heroes In The Healing Of The Nation

0:10:10-0:12:17) At The House Of Frankenstein by Big Bee Kornegay off of Halloween Garage Rock

0:12:18-0:14:44) Lullaby Bye by Dr. Steel off of Dr. Steel II: Eclectic Boogaloo

0:14:45-0:16:29 (Rev. Interruption music 2: Rumblestrip by Viva Le Vox off of Luv Hungry Part 2)

We just heard – in chronological order, from 1967, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band warning us to Look Out, There’s A Monster Coming! When really, the monster was what he turned himself into, trying to be liked. Then one of those “conscious rappers“ Zion I with a similar tale of how we’re all kinda do the same thing with technology, called Frankenstein. From his beautiful Heroes In The Healing Of The Nation. Than a fun one from Big Bee Kornegay telling us of the party At The House Of Frankenstein. And we topped it all off with a mad scientist bent on world domination with a sing along vlog. No, not that one – the one that came first. Dr. Phineas Waldorf Steel with his back-up band made up make-shift of robots and singing us a Lullaby Bye from Dr. Steel II: Eclectic Boogaloo. 

Those are the kind of stories that plant icy chills in the center of me – humans’ inhumanity – often starting out with the best intentions. But I understand not everyone is like me. For some to really get their fight-or-flight juices flowing they need something more, like, Gods & Monsters.

0:16:30-0:20:21) Gods & Monsters by Lana Del Rey off of Paradise

0:20:22-0:24:03) Monsters by The Scarring Party off of Come Away From the Light

0:24:04-0:25:59) Land of the Dead by Voltaire off of Ooky Spooky

0:26:00-0:32:45) Monsters Ball by Twiztid (ft. the Insane Clown Posse) off of Independents Day

0:32:46-0:35:12) Dead Man’s Party by Hillbilly Hellcats off of Rev It Up With Taz

0:35:13-0:36:54 (Rev. Interruption music 3: Pipes by Mark Growden off of Inside – Beneath – Behind)

Welcome back my friends. That was a band who like; The Scarring Party, and Evil Streaks, and so many other I play are so small they don’t even have a wikipedia page. So when I tell you these bands – independent artists and record labels – need your support to survive, I’m not fucking around. If you like music that’s too unique for the lame-stream, find a way to throw a couple bucks into their offering plate. BandCamp, Patreon, buy their merch, or just go see them live. They need you to keep themselves going. 

Anyway, Those were some Hillbilly Hellcats singing about a Dead Man’s Party from Rev It Up With Taz. Before that was Twiztid featuring ICP telling us what it’s like at the Monsters Ball – from Independents Day. Why Independents Day instead of Halloween? Because It’s full of, and a celebration of, Independent artists. And immediately preceding that was an equally “fantastic” song, Land of the Dead by Voltaire off Ooky Spooky. Then came, the afore mentioned Scarring Party with Monsters. Off Come Away From the Light. And we started it all off with Ms. Lana Del Rey‘s Gods & Monsters. That one, like maybe a lot of these songs might not be too… Hollow Weenie, but these days the holiday is more about adults drinking themselves braindead and children stalking the street looking for candy, like ravenous zombies.  

0:36:55-0:39:18) Zombie Stomp by Danny Ware off of Halloween Rockabilly & Psychobilly

0:39:19-0:42:34) Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back) by Harry Belafonte off of Calypso In Brass

0:42:35-0:46:32) Walk Like A Zombie by HorrorPops off of Bring It On!

0:46:33-0:48:29 (Rev. Interruption music 4: The Bat by Alvino Rey off of Hipster Halloween

From Denmark that was the psychobilly supergroup the HorrorPops telling us that we Walk like a Zombie. Before which he heard Harryiest of Belafontes giving us his take of what it’s like to be at stoned and ready at the Zombie Jamboree. And we started it all of with Danny Ware telling us how to do the Zombie Stomp.

Zombies are a part of traditional Haitian culture. Part of the happy friendly not evil religion of voodoo. (Not to be confused with the darker Hoodoo of places like New Orleans) Though it’s not surprising we demonize another culture’s religion. And as much as I didn’t want to play anything too typically Halloween – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins is amazing and so influential – and I Put a Spell on You is a pretty perfect song

0:48:30-0:50:49) I Put a Spell on You by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins off of At Home with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

0:50:50-0:51:12) Who Do Voodoo We Do by Voodoo Glow Skulls  off of Who Is, This Is?

0:51:13-0:55:39) Voodoo Mon Amour by Diablo Swing Orchestra off of Pandora’s Pinata

0:55:40-0:57:09 (Rev. Interruption music 5: ?Pimps Up, Aces High! 0700 Hrs. Westside Swashbuckling Parade by General Patton V.S. The X-Ecutioners off of Joint Special Operations Task Force)

That was just, from Sweden, the flawless Diablo Swing Orchestra with Voodoo Mon Amour, which was led into by a little fourth wave ska, with an anthem by Voodoo Glow Skulls.

Now I’m all hopped up on sugar, caffeine, and music – but before I loose track of the rhythm with my heart murmuring and fluttering me like a bat – with its arrhythmia I need to again thank you for gifting me with these moments of our too-short lives together – After I’m dead and gone, hopefully you’ve saved some of these episodes so I may live on – undead. You bringing me back from the other side every time you listen. And you cant say “don’t be morbid or melodramatic” today – because – come on! It’s Halloween!

What monsters to choose next? Werewolves, demons, the dead – Humans? But I guess I wouldn’t be true to my younger self if I didn’t do a block of vampires.

0:57:10-0:58:24) Vampire by Antsy Pants off of Juno – Music From The Motion Picture

0:58:25-1:00:54) Dracula’s Wedding by Outkast (Ft. Kelis) off of The Love Below

1:00:55-1:02:59) (The Original) Vampire Killa by Skindred 

1:03:00-1:05:14) Vampire X-Mas by Crystal Fairy off of Crystal Fairy

1:05:15-1:06:19) Fearless Vampire Killers by Bad Brains off of Bad Brains

1:06:20-1:07:06) (Rev’s Interruption music 6: Dee by Ozzy Osbourne off of Blizzard Of Ozz)

Time is short so lets get down to it. First you may’ve recognized Kimya Dawson’s Antsy Panty voice singing Vampire. Then we attended Dracula’s Wedding with André 3000 from Outkast. Followed by (The Original) version of Skindred’s Vampire Killa. After which came, another super group, with members of the Melvins, Fantomas, at the drive-in/mars Volta, and led by Teri Gender Bender from La Butcherettes. That was Crystal Fairy with Vampire X-Mas. And finally we ended with Bad Brains from their self-titled album with Fearless Vampire Killers. I guess I can’t give time to one side without doing the same for the other, so some werewolves.

1:07:07-1:09:18) Mister Were-Wolf by The Kac-ties off of 60s Groovy Freaks, Monsters, & Geeks

1:09:19-1:12:21) I Was a Teenage Werewolf by The Cramps off of Songs The Lord Taught Us

1:12:22-1:14:59) Michael Landon’s Ghost by Demonspeed off of Swing is Hell

1:15:00-1:16:09 (Rev’s Seventh Interruption music: Etude in E minor by Rita Honti off of 66 Must-Have Spanish Guitar Masterpieces)

 What just got done beating your ear drums was another one of those openers I immediately fell in love with. From Swing Is Hell, that was DemonSpeed with Michael Landon’s Ghost. As you probably know, Michael Landon stared in the cult classic I Was a Teenage Werewolf, as campy as the DemonSpeed song. Before that we had the saints of psychobilly, The Cramps with I Was a Teenage Werewolf. And we started off with The Kac-ties, pleading with Mister Were-Wolf.   

So that’s it. Till next time or never. As always I’ve been Rev. This has been Aurally fixated. You’ve been perfect, and I leave you, again, with the Ford Theatre Reunion 

1:16:10-1:22:40) Bone Mother by Ford Theatre Reunion off of Famous Monsters

0:00:01-0:00:45) Magic Bus (Intro) by Kottonmouth Kings off of Rollin’ Stoned

0:00:46-0:03:12) Wheels on the Bus by Leo Moracchioli off of Leo Metal Covers Volume 8

0:03:13-0:06:59) Blood! On My Wheels by Cloroform off of Hey You Lets Kiss

0:07:00-0:08:49 (Rev. Interruption background music 1: Sonata #3 by Scatterbrain off of Here Comes Trouble) 

Hey You Lets Kiss is the album that fun and far-out little ditty is from. That was Blood! On My Wheels by Cloroform. Before that, also from the west side – of Norway we had Leo Moracchioli. If you have time to kill I recommend sliding down the ol’ YouTubes and checking him out. The Wheels on His Bus there was from Leo Metal Covers Volume 8. I think he has, like, 28 albums. And we road into this months episode on a Magic Bus from Rollin’ Stoned with the Kottonmouth Kings.

Talk about putting the cart before the horse. I’m Rev, you’re you, and we’re Aurally Fixated together, and Thank you, it just wouldn’t be the same without you. Today is The Twenty-Second day of September. So let’s pick up with a Skittish – Mike Doughty. 

0:09:00-0:11:25) Thank You, Lord, For Sending Me The F Train by Mike Doughty off of Skittish

0:11:26-0:15:40) Subway Train by New York Dolls off of New York Dolls

0:15:41-0:19:07) Takin’ The Train: The Blue Line by Daniel Gray Kontar off of Grand Slam! Best Of The National Poetry Slam – Vol. I

0:19:08-0:22:05) Number 9 Train by Tarheel Slim off of The Fire & Fury Story – Disc Two

0:22:06-0:23:59 (Rev. Interruption background music 2: Sunray by MUTEMATH off of Odd Soul)

Have you noticed the theme to today’s show yet? First up in that (engine) block of music was Mr. Mike Doughty with Thank You, Lord, For Sending Me The F Train. I’ve loved that man’s peculiar voice and words since the first song I ever heard off Ruby Vroom. Then we met up with those porto-punk dragsters New York Dolls. From their self-titled debut, they came on a Subway Train. After which we heard; poet, rapper, teacher and mentor Daniel Gray Kontar with a piece is called Takin’ The Train: The Blue Line. (He has a neat TED talk about deconstructing the power dynamics of the school system called From Problems to Problem Solvers.) And finally we were graced with Tarheel Slim lamenting the Number 9 Train. 

Today is World Car Free Day. A day to encourage us “car addicted” to seek treatment, or at least try and go one day without. If nothing else you’d probably be a little safer. You know how it is, everybody driving slower than you is clearly an idiot, everyone faster is obviously insane. And some just have their own reasons, know only to themselves – if even that.

0:24:00-0:26:14) Maybellene by Chuck Berry off of The Best Of Chuck Berry 20th Century Masters

0:26:15-0:28:39) Transfusion by Nervous Norvus off of Transfusion – Single

0:28:40-0:30:45) Fast Cars by Buzzcocks off of Another Music In A Different Kitchen

0:30:46-0:33:12) Beep Beep (The Little Nash Rambler) by The Playmates off of The Greatest Novelty Songs

0:33:13-0:37:55) Misery Machine by Marilyn Manson off of Portrait of an American Family

0:37:56-0:40:15 (Rev. Interruption background music 3: Opening Theme by Camper Van Beethoven off of Key Lime Pie)

We started off that mound of sound with Chuck Berry in hot pursuit of Maybellene. (who I guess isn’t allowed to ride in other people’s cars?) Then that bit of reckless driving lead to a Transfusion from Nervous Norvus. Which crashed into BuzzCocks and their Fast Cars. I got to see them a few months before Pete Shelley died. Good for him for playing right up until the end. We should all be so lucky. Following perhaps too closely behind the BuzzCocks was The Little Nash Rambler by The Playmates. And I’m sure you noticed that fast song made a comically slow cameo in the one that followed, which of course was Misery Machine by Mary Manson.

Driving is a testament to what people can do when they work together. Every day hundreds of million of people all get on the road and agree to stop and go, and stay within the lines like good crayons. And we all feel relatively safe about it, but really those red-lights and painted lines do nothing to keep cars from slamming into us. Its all just agreement. It’s enough to make a person stick to the sidewalks.

0:40:16-0:42:59) Walkin Up The Road by Betty Davis off of Betty Davis

0:43:00-0:46:34) Tell Your Story Walking by Deb Talan off of A Bird Flies Out

0:46:35-0:49:40) Walking Is Still Honest by Against Me! Off of Crime EP

0:49:41-0:51:40) I’m Walking by Fats Domino off of 50s Jukebox Hits 

0:51:41-0:55:30) Walk The Dinosaur by Was (Not Was) off of The Best of Was Not Was (1980-2010)

0:55:31-0:57:12 (Rev. Interruption background music 4: We Are All Fire (Intro) by cars & trains off of We Are All Fire)

I’m sure I don’t have to tell you, we got that set moving with a national treasure – a gift to the world. Ms. Betty Davis. From her self titled record that was Walkin Up The Road. Then, following, leaving The weepies and heading out on her own for a while, was Deb Talan with Tell Your Story Walking from A Bird Flies Out. Then came the less known, slower, folkier version of Against Me!’s Walking Is Still Honest – from their Crime EP. Then we had the man Chubby Checker was… Inspired to take his name from, Fats Domino with the classic I’m Walking. (I think, I can almost still see Gizmo dancing to that song in Gremlins 2) And we just got done listening to Walk The Dinosaur by Was (Not Was)

So, is World Car Free Day really going to help inspire improvements to mass-transit? Encourage people to spend more time in their immediate communities? Go to the corner-market instead of the-box-stores, who knows? But I will say thinking this much about it has certainly made me reconsider my day, and plan things a little different, and I’m defiantly going to spend more time walking – and maybe even Ride My Bicycle.    

0:57:13-1:00:09) Want to Ride My Bicycle by Queen off of Jazz

1:00:10-1:01:00) Taxi bit from episode “Elaine’s Strange Triangle”

1:01:01-1:02:45 (Daisy Bell) A Bicycle Built For Two by Nat King Cole off of The Greatest Hits

1:02:46-1:03:59) The Preacher And The Bicycle by Doc Watson off of Doc Watson On Stage

1:04:00-1:06:35) Handlebar Improvisation by Mark Growden off of Saint Judas

1:06:36-1:08:07) Pee Wee’s Big Adventure Bit

1:08:08-1:11:25) Handlebars by Flobots off of Fight With Tools

1:11:26-1:13:04 (Rev. Interruption background music 5: Crow Waltz by The Be Good Tanyas off of Hello Love)

Those where the Flobots here to try and take over the world with their Handlebars. Before that, I couldn’t resist putting in the inciting incident from perhaps the greatest; love story, hero’s journey, road-movie of all time Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. And leading us into that was that mind-blowing musician Mark Growden playing the handlebars of a circa 1980 bicycle. If that’s to hard to image just YouTube it. Immediately preceding that we heard Doc Watson telling us of the parable of The Preacher And The Bicycle. Before that was the velvety voice of Ol’ Nat King Cole singing to (Daisy Bell) about their Bicycle Built For Two. Then there was a little snippet from a 1980 episode of Taxi. And, I’m sure I’m just waisting my breath telling you that we started it all off with Queen.

And now a tune for all my Road Dogs. Those who travel by spanging, hitchin, hoping trains – begging borrowing and sealing transportation from one place to another any way they can get it. From Legends & Landmarks This is the The Ford Theatre Reunion.

1:13:05-1:16:56) Road Dogs by The Ford Theatre Reunion off of Legends & Landmarks

1:16:57-1:19:25 (Rev. Interruption background music 6: New Day by Factor off of Chandelier)

Well, that’s it. I’ve run out of time.  So, thanks for stopping by. Until next time or never, whichever comes first.

 

0:00:01-0:02:29) Just Because by Elvis Presley off of Elvis Presley

0:02:30-0:03:35 (Rev. Interruption BackGround music 1: Beacon Street by Sixo off of Free Floating Rationales)

Greetings and welcome. I am Rev. This is Aurally Fixated, and that was Elvis Aaron Presley – Just because. Today, the 28th day of August, is National ‘Just Because’ Day.

Every day we do things because we’re expected to. Living up to identities either foisted upon us, or we’ve spent a lifetime creating – both can be prisons. But today try and step outside of all of that. Of your definition of yourself. Maybe do something you’d never do. Why? Because it’s Just Because Day. Now, that may sound like some silly made-up holiday – But aren’t they all. So here’s a block of folks I don’t think I’ve played yet.

0:03:36-0:08:24) Baby, Please Don’t Go by AC/DC off of ’74 JailBreak

0:08:25-0:11:25) I wanna be your dog by The Stooges off of The Stooges

0:11:26-0:15:24) Animal by Prick off of Prick

0:15:25-0:18:15) Monster by L7 off of Bricks Are Heavy 

0:18:16-0:20:09) My Beloved Monster by Eels off of Beautiful Freak

0:20:10-0:22:10) Godzilla by Kesha off of Rainbow

0:22:11-0:24:45 (Rev. Interruption BackGround music 2: Graveyard by Phantom Five off of Halloween Garage Rock)

Thank Fucking-Christ for Kesha. She saved that last chunk of racket from making you hear only what I listened to back in high-school.  That of course was her from her practically perfect in every way album Rainbow – that was Godzilla. Just before that we heard from some Eels serenading about My Beloved Monster, from their appropriately named Beautiful Freak. Immediately preceding that was  L7 with a pretty little lust-song entitled Monster. Then, further back in time, we heard from a superbly “out there” band. From their self-titled debut we listened to Animal by Prick. Right before that we heard, howling at us all the way from 1969, The Stooges with the classic, I wanna be your dog. Which, of course, bled into AC/DC. Back before Bon Scott’s famous… “Death by Misadventure.” That of course was them channeling the blues standard Baby, Please Don’t Go.  

Up next we have the absolutely astounding, in every way; folk, blues goddess, Odetta with fellow activist and singer, the King of Calypso, Harry Belafonte, Brought together to sing (There’s A) Hole In the Bucket. Why? Why the hell not? 

0:24:46-0:28:05) (There’s A) Hole In the Bucket (With Odetta) by Harry Belafonte off of Harry Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall

0:28:06-0:33:27) Hole In The Bucket by Michael Franti & Spearhead off of Home 

0:33:28-0:35:55) Fixing A Hole by The Beatles off of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

0:35:56-0:39:25) The Beach by Dr. Dog off of Fate

0:39:26-0:40:47 (Rev. Interruption BackGround music 3: Interlude One by Cunninlynguists off of Southernunderground)

Fate just brought us Dr. Dog with one of my favorite songs, The Beach. There’s just something about the desperation and delicacy in his voice. Before that we had a tune called Fixing A Hole by some group apparently called… Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. And jumping back a track, before that was Michael Franti & Spearhead with a song off, what I think, was their very first album, Home. That was Hole In The Bucket.

Thank you for sharing your valuable time, and hopefully, happily, expanding your musical horizons a smidge. I am honored by your open-mindedness. And if nothing’s tickled your fancy so far, who knows, maybe your song is coming up in this next chunk. 

0:40:48-0:41:40) I’m Against It by Groucho Marx off of Paris Hollywood

0:41:41-0:43:45) I’m Against It by The Ramones off of Road To Ruin

0:43:46-0:45:25) I Don’t Wanna by Sham 69 off of If The Kids Are United: The Best Of

0:45:26-0:48:52) Dr. No by The R.O.C. (feat. Jason Cortez) off of Digital Voodoo

0:48:53-0:52:47) 1996 by Marilyn Manson off of AntiChrist SuperStar

0:52:48-0:56:26) Ride the Fence by The Coup off of Party Music

0:56:27-0:58:19  (Rev. Interruption BackGround music 4: Untitled I by Rasputina off of Unknown)

We started that mound of melodies off with one of the scenes the censors said could stay in the 1932 Marx Brothers classic Horse Feathers. I hear a good chunk of it was hacked out and burned. Anyway, that of course was Groucho singing I’m Against It, which was slammed into a wall of sound by the same name from The Ramones. Then we went from punk to punk and landed on Sham 69 with I Don’t Wanna. Then we jumped tracks a bit with an offering from The R.O.C‘s Digital Voodoo – we heard Dr. No. Then we heard from 1996 from the old AntiChrist SuperStar himself, Mary Manson. And lastly, right there was some Party Music, straight out The Coup that was Ride the Fence.

By my calculations, we are now on the wrong side of the hour mark, which means time is short. I’m a bit heartbroken about it, but it’s not for us complain about our cards, but to just play the hands we’re dealt. 

0:58:20-1:04:07) The Jack by AC/DC off of High Voltage

1:04:08-1:05:23) Little Queen Of Spades by Robert Johnson off of The Ultimate Best of the Blues Collection

1:05:24-1:11:20) Ace of Spades by Drain STH off of Horror Wrestling  

1:11:21-1:15:19) King of Hearts by Esham off of Mail Dominance

1:15:20-1:16:33  (Rev. Interruption BackGround music 5: Communion by Tony Maimone & Yuval Gabay off of State Of The Union)

That number you just heard was King of Hearts by Esham off his Mail Dominance record. Right before that was a cover of the MotörHead classic Ace of Spades by the now defunct Drain STH. Before that, of course, was  the man, the myth, the legend, Mr. Robert Johnson singing to us about the Little Queen Of Spades. And I’m sure the more aurally fixated out there noticed we started off with another classic Bon fire if an old AC/DC track called The Jack – just because. 

And now, I can think of no better way to leave you, than in the old withered hands of William S. Burroughs.         

1:16:33-1:21:05) Spare Ass Annie by William S. Burroughs & Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy off of Spare Ass Annie And Other Tales