AFS v. 177 ~ We Wrecked Your Car!

Keep both hands on the wheel this week. The 2nd half of this road gets has some bumpier stretches than we've seen in previous weeks. So much misanthropy and cynicism this week...You'd think I was in some kinda miserable mood! Well, it does suck when it's 100°F (that's 37°C for you canucks (can you imagine??)), but truly, it was a great week of CDR ephemera scores and record hauls.

You can download this week's show AT THIS LINK HERE! @ 192kbps
(archived for ~10 weeks)

Or, also AT THIS LINK (@ 320 kbps!!!)
(archived for ~10 weeks)

ANTEENAGERS M.C. // (Illusions of the) Teens // (Illusions of the) Teens 7" // Plastic Idol *new
LE FACE // Salvador Dali // Salvador Dali 7" // Rich Bitch *new
POP HORROR // Dime n Dash // Child of Modern Times 7" // Rich Bitch *new
LARMO CUSACK // Sea of Noise // Amateur Philosophy CDR // Existential Crisis *new
BLANK ITS // Divorce // Windows Are Dirty 7" // Sweet Rot *new
HANK IV // Drive the Whip // Spring 2008 Demos CDR // no label *new
DE JEUGD VAN TEGENWOORDIG // Wij // v/a: Bloodstains Across Belguim // Atomium 1997 (orig 1984)
RED NURSE // Truckstopper/Tolstoy on My Mind // Live @ Stork Club // no label *new
SAMSONKNIGHT FEATHERGUN // Spider Walk // unreleased // no label 2005
FRANCIS HAROLD & THE HOLOGRAMS // The Eagle Can't Fly With One Wing // 7" // Going Underground *new
DRUNKS WITH GUNS // D.W.I. // Second Verses // Intellectual Convulsion 1990
TRACTOR SEX FATALITY // Stereo Fucked // Early Years II // ??? *forthcoming
TRACTOR SEX FATALITY // Mouth on the Wall // Bloodeagle // Big Neck *forthcoming
THE JAGUAR // When Hunger Strikes // Bag of Jag CDR // Wild Tangent 2002
CHEATER SLICKS // Possession // Whiskey // In the Red 1993
THEE OH SEES // The Coconut // The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In // Tomlab *new
VIVIAN GIRLS // My Baby Wants Me Dead // Wild Eyes 7" // Plays With Dolls *new
ELECTRIC BUNNIES // The Stranger // Chewing Gum 7" // Florida's Dying *new
FLU FAKER // An Older Home // Satan Sajak CDR // self-released *new
DEAD HEAT // Damnée Petite Sophie // v/a: IVG // Poutre Apparente *new (orig 1981)
SCATTERED TONGUES // Celluloid Movement // v/a: Moon Boot Boutique vol. 1 CDR // self-released *new
NOTHING PEOPLE // I-5 // Anonymous // S-S Records *new
RUSSIAN TSARLAG // Don't Worry, Baby [Beach Boys] // split LP w/ Blue Shift // Rare Youth *new
RUSSIAN TSARLAG // "Blind Spot" Fragment
RUSSIAN TSARLAG // Let Ponvinon Care
CAR COMMERCIALS // The Investigation // Judy's Dust // Cenotaph *new
LAMP PUFFER & BAD TABLES // Dead Lights of I.T. // BAAAA CDR // self-released *new
HEXLOVE/FAULOUAH // Grump Up the Volume // Free Jazz from Slavery 2xLP // Weird Forest *new
HEXLOVE/FAULOUAH // Exits Very Damp
CHROME // Pygmies in zee Dark // Alien Soundtracks // Siren 1977
CHROME // Zero Time // Half Machine Lip Moves // Siren 1979
T.V. COAHRAN // Jerry's Eyes Are Black // 2: This is Where the Grossest Lions Live // self-released *new


And best of all, there's a new Anteenagers M.C. record. I said before that this band (along with Hank IV) make the best 4-minute songs in punk rock, but now it's been fully two records fulla future-classics clocking in under 3:00. This just means you get more ingenious riffs. I'm all for that!

Is it just my imagination, or do these young L.A./O.C. bands on Rich Bitch bringing exciting new jams with the style and taste of the collector-scum schooled on the Dangerhouse discography? Incredible! I gotta ask these young'uns if they've been boppin' to the Bags and Black Randy since birth.

AFS v. 176 ~ Kustom Moonboot Fitting

In the AFS news this week: This breezy, splendid new Dan Melchior album is thee superb all-purpose moodlifter of 2008 so far. Get it ASAP! Also, Eugene is back on the map for reals now. The band known as Spaghetti & Moose Balls is now called Hanging Corpses, and they appear with two other Eugene bands on the whacked-out Moon Boot Boutique vol 1 compilation. Damaged synthpunk and minimal-wave has swum up to the MacKenzie to spawn!

You can download this week's show AT THIS LINK HERE! @ 192kbps
(archived for 10 weeks)

Or, also AT THIS LINK (@ 320 kbps!!!)
(archived for ~4 weeks)

SO COW // Exclamation Mark // I'm Siding With My Captors // Covert Bear *new
THE NYMPHETS // Bekki Anne // Feels Like Motherfuckers 7" // Psychic Handshake *new
BOX ELDERS // S & M Party [Redd Kross] // Hole in My Head 7" // Grotto *new
TRADITIONAL FOOLS // The River // I Got a Baby 7" // Chocolate Covered *new
SUPERSTITIONS // I Don't Wanna Die Tonight // split CS w/ Ty Segall // Wizard Mountain *new
DAN MELCHIOR UND DAS MENACE // Stacked Sally Plummer // v/a: The World's Lousy With Ideas vol 5 7" // Almost Ready *new
DAN MELCHIOR UND DAS MENACE // Jerusalem // Christmas for the Crows // Daggerman *new
DAN MELCHIOR UND DAS MENACE // Dirt
BLANK DOGS // Meltdown Cloud // On Two Sides // Troubleman Unlimited *new *request
UZI RASH // River of the Crocodile Men // Fatal Rash CDR // The Church & the Commune *new
UZI RASH // The Coronation // Reptile Musik CDR // The Church & the Commune *new
HANGING COFFINS // One Horse Town // v/a: Moon Boot Boutique vol. 1 CDR // no label *new
OCTAGON CONTROL // No Glass // Fuck You, Ellen! CS // Ick Ick *new
SCATTERED TONGUES // Exhibit in a Martian Zoo // v/a: Moon Boot Boutique vol. 1
FNU RONNIES // Ugly // Meat 7" // Richie/Testostertunes *new
THE ELKS // Iodine Arthropod // v/a: Moon Boot Boutique vol. 1
BIG EATS // Blood Diamonds for Oprah // v/a: Killer Workout Mix // CNP *new
UNHOLY TWO // Kutter // Kutter 7" // Columbus Discount *new
BILLY BAO // My Life Is Shit // Dialectics of Shit // Parts Unknown *new *request
BILLY BAO // Putrefied Egos/Broken Mirror *request
A.H. KRAKEN // Kevin Costner est un Acteur Américáin // A.H. Kraken // In The Red *new
XYX // Microvibraciones // Sistema de Terminacion Sexual 7" // SS Records *new
SOFT SHOULDER // Temperary // Hit Single 7" // Gilgongo *new
DIVINE FEUD // Streets // demo CDR // no label *new
VAPID // Victim // Do the Earthquake 7" // Nominal *new
SLANT 6 // What Kind of Monster Are You? // 7" // Dischord 1993 *request
GOLDEN ERROR // Reverse the Curse // Golden Error 12" // Shandi/ Mind/No Mind *new
O VOIDS // Scratch Test // split 7" // Don't Hit Record *new
DAILY VOID // B1 // Man/Machine 7" // Florida's Dying *new
DAY CREEPER // Day Creeper II // I Fuck the Body Electric CDR // self-released *new
WELFARE MOTHERS // Bloodsucker // Long Brown Hair 7" // self-released *new
THE TOUCHED // Jelly Beans // v/a: The World's Lousy With Ideas vol. 4 7" // Almost Ready *new
AUDACITY // What Not to Do // Juvajive // unreleased *new
TY SEGALL // The Happy Farmer // split CS w/ Superstitions // Wizard Mountain *new
CHEVEU // La Cerise // split 7" w/ Crash Normal // Rococo *new
THE FEELING OF LOVE // Hammer Boy // split 10" w/ Movie Star Junkies // Rijapov/Bibimbap *new
EAT SKULL // Waiting for the Hesitation // Sick To Death // Siltbreeze *new *request
FLU FAKER // You've Always Had it in For Me // Satan Sajak CDR // self-released *new
NO AGE // Cappo // Nouns // Sub Pop *new
MYTHICAL BEAST // Coal Is Better Than Diamonds // split LP w/ Cloudland Canyon // Not Not Fun *new

AFS v. 175 ~ Now I'm My Own Boss!

Thanks again to everyone who donated to the KDVS fundraiser. $60,000+ is enough for us to continue being one of the handful of really excellent radio station on the air and on the internet. Everyone who paid already should start receiving their thank-you gifts beginning next week. Now I can get back to the business of doing what I like to do...that is blitzing you with taste-tests of all the gnarliest new vinyl, shitty spray-painted CDRs, and hopelessly obscurist cassettes! I've accumulated three weeks' worth to drop on you, so enjoy!

You can download this week's show AT THIS LINK HERE! @ 192kbps
(archived for 10 weeks)

Or, also AT THIS LINK (@ 320 kbps!!!)
(archived for ~4 weeks)

XYX // Anel & Her Problem // Sistema de Terminacion Sexual 7" // SS Records *new
HIROSHIMA ROCKS AROUND // The Matter of Facts // The Matter of Facts 7" // SS Records *new
A.H. KRAKEN // Ahmed // A.H. Kraken // In The Red *new
SWITCHED ON VULTURES // Paint a Happy Cloud // demo CDR // no label 2006
MAYYORS // Fatigre // Marines Dot Com 7" // Waste of Oil *new
DAILY VOID // Man/Machine // Man/Machine 7" // Florida's Dying *new
FLU FAKER // You've Always Had It in for Me // Satan Sajak CDR // no label *new
PINK REASON // Scared Shitless // Borrowed Time 7" // Fashionable Idiots *new
NIGHT OF PLEASURE // Thru the Legs of Ilgauskas // 2008 Tour CDR // self-released *new
LEATHER NUN // No Rule // Slow Death 7" // Industrial 1979
CPC GANGBANGS // I Want Blood/Life Support // Mutilation Nation // Swami *new
CHEAP TIME // Trip to the Zoo // Cheap Time // In The Red *new
SHIT EAGLE // So Sad // Girls in School 7" // Florida's Dying *new
ELECTRIC BUNNIES // Love Radiation // Chewing Gum 7" // Florida's Dying *new
THE INTELLIGENCE // Chateau Bandit // Debt & ESP 7" // Plastic Idol *new
SO COW // Normalcy // I'm Siding With My Captors // Covert Bear *new
DAY CREEPER // In Tune // I Fuck the Body Electric CDR // self-released *new
EAT SKULL // Stress Crazy // Sick To Death // Siltbreeze *new
THE HOSPITALS // This Walls // Hairdryer Peace // self-released *new
LITTLE CLAW // Look Down the Drain // Why/Why Not 7" // Physical Sewer *new
TICKLEY FEATHER // Night Chant // Tickley Feather // Paw Tracks *new
GREEN GREEN // Stores Close // demo CDR // no label *new
HANDGLOPS // The First Party // demo CDR // no label *new
HEARTS OF ANIMALS // Stop Talking // Stars Say No 7" // Dull Knife *new
BLANK DOGS // The Crystal Ladies // On Two Sides // Troubleman Unlimited *new
ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB // Monster Mittens // Monster Mittens 7" // Dirty Knobby *new
LAZER CRYSTAL // Hot Pink BMX // Hot Pink BMX 12" EP // HBSP-2X *new
HARD GOSPEL WITH CHILD // Robot Jox/Deadtime Stories // Hard Gospel With Child CDR // Layaway Butch *new
BLACK PUS // Kharma Burn // 4 // self-released *new
INDIAN JEWELRY // Hello! Africa // Free Gold! // We Are Free *new
FRUSTRATION // She's So Tired // Relax // Born Bad 2008
CRASH NORMAL // untitled // split 7" w/ Cheveu // Rococo *new
THE PINK NOISE // New World // v/a: The World's Lousy with Ideas vol 2 7" // Almost Ready *new
OCTAGON CONTROL // No Glass // Fuck You, Ellen! CS // Ick Ick *new
PEEPHOLES // Milk and Honey // Stop Picking on Aretha Pudding CDR // self-released *new
YOUNG LASSES // Imagined Out the Smelling Salts // Sad Fur Peak // Oldwire *new
ZANO // Apple Fuzz // Ass Birth 7" // Rob's House *new

The two newest SS 7"es continue the label's reputation of infallibility and international purview. Los Llamarada described their hometown of Monterrey, Mexico, as a fertile ground only for bad ripoffs of Modest Mouse, so perhaps this XYX is just as miraculous. Rhythms are strong, supple, and very aggressive, and clever effects bolster the bass sound and add intrigue to the strident female vocals. This reminds me of the punkest, most panicked, and most sharply focused moments of the early-80s Brazilian all-female group As Mercenárias, but a little more ragtag and a lot noisier. And by "clever effects," don't think I mean that this is striving for supremacy of intellect; what I mean is...This band has achieved an excellent full-range sound. Hiroshima Rocks Around have been one of the finest noisy neg-vibe rockers from Italy for a few years now, and regular AFS listeners should remember hearing different cuts about a couple years ago from their HRA 666 LP, and about a year back, an even meaner set of unreleased tracks which were a little more straightforward rhythmically, but still mean and surly mutant blues with muscular low-end, slotting in somewhere between Feedtime and Billy Bao. I knew a shrewd label would swoop in on that new stuff. And there's still more where that came from!

A.H. Kraken spews from France with relentless gut-churning negativity, and all their many influences do coalesce pretty brilliantly on the choicest moments of this debut LP. You can hear a strand of this (e.g., Brainbombs) and a shred of that (Arab on Radar), but they're dissimilar enough from all of these bands to stake out their own unique niche. As AIDS Wolf have become more focused on songsmithing, they are surely in territory adjacent to A.H. Kraken. Both bands flirt with oblong rhythms and dual guitars weaving weird sideways riffs like a pair of charmed cobras, which is something other bands do, but while most such bands are happy merely to spazz out in this style, A.H. Kraken and AIDS Wolf are not content to be neo-no-wave gimmicky mimicries. They have become more focused on proper songsmithing. Where they diverge on the path to righteousness is that AIDS Wolf in the past year have begun to tickle the third eye psychedelically with their sound nearly as much as their graphic art, and A.H. Kraken are just inhumane punishers. I don't understand French, but the criminal profiler in me thinks this vocalist has a delightful dissociative disorder. I might have liked this record more as a 10" with the six or seven best songs because it hits a flat spot in the middle and plays a bit overlong. But as a band, it's a great idea, and as a record, this is a promising preview with some choice cuts that I'll surely revisit regularly.

A couple years ago, the Sacto/Davis supergroup was Switched on Vultures, but after a handful of shows and a recording session that produced this demo, their tenure was all too brief as one by one the members around ex-Sexy Prison singer John Pritchard moved or got doctor's notes saying that holding a guitar is too strenuous an activity. But that's okay because now John is fronting The Mayyors, whose second 7" is just around the corner, and Sexy Prison will be reconvening for a few weeks in July when bassist/programmer Robert Pickle flies in during a break from east coast grad studies. S.O.V. was very 90s-sounding, and not just because this demo was recorded by Tim Green.


I've loved all the Daily Void records so far, but after consuming their LP and string of 7"es, I was beginning to wonder if they could only play in a hurry. "Man/Machine" is the calculated plodding slow-burner that puts that to rest. It's all crawling pace, scrawlin' scratchy guitars, and dystopian bleakness, but before you think they've gone all Billy Bao on us, just know that they're still having fun on this record. Big ups to Florida's Dying for the best 7" packaging I've seen since the last S.I.D.S. record. The inner label of Side A fills in the voidspace of the blank window of the outer sleeve to complete a picture of a post-apocalyptic Pompeii that is home only to a few creepy bats.

Strong Columbus content remains a key element at AFS this week. The solo work of J.P. Herrmann has been a big hit here at Freeform KDVS for the last several months, and now we've just received the first CDR of Flu Faker which is J.P.'s family affair with (I can only assume) two siblings and a friend. And it's great, too! How is none of this stuff on vinyl yet? Flu Faker is mostly duskier, noisier, and aside from the one keyboard-driven song, not nearly as immediately catchy as his solo stuff, but it's some truly superb dark meat that you can really sink your teeth into. More sarcastic than oppressively bleak or agonizing, this splits the difference between Easter Monkeys and Cleaning the Mirror. And speaking of Pink Reason...Of course, I totally dig all the various sides and faces of Kevin's output., but this new 7" is surely the closest thing to a full live band sound so far. That might surely rein one some of the naysayers who want more immediacy from this band. So, if you're one of those slack-jawed punks who must pinch your nose to swallow the desperado 'Tussin-blues damage, then try this 7" straight for once. And from their most recent tour-edition CDR, Night of Pleasure prove that Times New Viking ain't the only band in town that likes talk basketball. Now, if only Coach Brown would mix up the play-calls to keep Boston from throwing three guys at Lebron, maybe we can see this overrated green giant come up short. 2-for-18 won't happen again regardless.

Leather Nun's "No Rule" is some powerful shit. It makes this do-gooder daydream about how fun a crime-spree would be. Listening to it gives me some kinda Highlander quickening reaction. I felt the same way when I first heard this new CPC Gangbangs album that finally came out. This segueway was in order. I should check the crime logs for the moments immediately following 10:40 last night.

Standard Tribesmen live in Studio A

The Standard Tribesmen first burst on the scene in 2006 with a 7" record on Borox Records. They hadn't even played a show publicly when this mysterious, muddy, but alluring record in a crude spraypainted cardboard sleeve began to circulate among friends. The band was then just a permutated lineup of The Sores with drummer Julian Elorduy (now of The Mayyors) taking over the vocals, guitar, and songwriting, and Martin Heroin switching to drums. The record received some acclaim from DJs and WFMU and KDVS and TermBos.

I can't remember this lineup ever playing a show, but Standard Tribemen was soon a regular live act in Davis and Sacto with Julian flanked by a rotating cast of friends. But this cast was mostly carless characters bikebound to Midtown Sac, so one day, with a showtime fast approaching at the Delta of Venus in Davis, Julian rigged up his drums to play as a one-man-band. With only enough rehearsal to test the jimmyrigging, HE SLAYED!

Now he's got a regular band of radiogeeks and record-nerds from KDVS backing him up, and now there's a saxophone in the lineup, and they've been actively gigging in this current incarnation for a couple months. More info here: http://www.myspace.com/thestandardtribesmen

Have a listen to their Live on KDVS set recorded just moments ago...

DOWNLOAD @ 192kbps

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It makes me think of the Gories or King Khan if they'd seshed with Adrian Hornblower, while some of the less standard songs hint a little at Feedtime.

setlist (as best I can read it):
Headache
Picture Take
Record Plur (?)
Young Lovers
Killed Her
Murdoch
Love in the Car
Nightwave
Weed
Waiting
Last One

AFS v. 174 ~ Thanks, Everybody!!!

Thanks to everyone who has pledged to support the Freeform KDVS 2008 on-air fundraiser!

You can download this week's show AT THIS LINK HERE! @ 192kbps
(archived for 10 weeks)

Or, also AT THIS LINK (@ 320 kbps!!!)
(archived for ~4 weeks)

No playlist this time....It was just some familiar hits you already know, but mostly just Todd (from "Hometown Atrocities") and I talking up a storm about why you should donate, thanking people who pledged, and occasional tangents like Time/Life soft rock anthology infomercials.

I'll be gone next week while Pre is in town from the UK, but Calamity Janie will be filling in, so give her a listen.

You can still donate to get the "Live on Art for Spastics" compilation between now and Sunday, April 26.

You won't be able to Paypal anymore. I only wanted that payment option to be available for people who wanted to pledge BEFORE my show last night. But snatchfukels, I gotcha...You're the last Paypaller. You will need to PM or email me your full name and mailing address, though.

If you wanna get "Live on AFS," you will need to go to http://www.kdvs.org/ and pledge online. If you're a student or not livin' too high on the hog (I'll let you decide), say you're a student as you begin to pledge. If you are livin' the life, say you're not a student. Be honest, please.

Students pledge $25 to get a thank-you gift (a.k.a. "premium"). Non-students must pledge $40.

Then go pick up the "Live on Art for Spastics" compilation. It will be set up as a freebie, so then you can pick up something else like a t-shirt or a music package.

Finally, you can choose to pay with VISA or MC or you can mail us a check.

You don't hafta email me separately with your name and address. Only pre-pledging Paypallers had to bother with that. But it might be cool if you email me to let me know that you pledged. That way I can be aware of the packing/shipping progress of your premium.

THANKS AGAIN!

My Own Damn Review of "Live on AFS" comp

This review of these tracks is meant to remind you that this Live on Art for Spastics is a one-time deal, and this is happening on Monday night; this review is not to blow smoke up your ass about how incredibly awesome beyond belief this compilation is...I mean, it is awesome, but I don't wanna overstate that, y'know.

These Little Claw, Psychedelic Horseshit, and Pink Reason songs are from their live on KDVS sets recorded on November 17, 2007. Who knew my 34th birthday would be the special one when three of my absolute favorite bands would be playing on my radio show? I've culled the strongest moments of these sets so that you may be at least 80% as stoked as I was. And believe me...That will be stoked enough because I was very, very stoked.

I don't think Little Claw has been as brutal or savage as they were on this version of "Feeding You." This band has always made me glad to be in their presence, but they never crushed my sternum like they did then. And "Race to the Bottom"...That's probably my favorite song that they do, if not the first one on that new 7". It's kinda got a little bit o' hoedown flavor to it with the relentless fiddlesawing and cleaner guitar sound than other Little Claw moments. Possibly their catchiest tune.

I excised most of the between-song banter of all the bands, but some of the Tyvek banter was too good/funny to cut out, especially Larry's enthusiastic station identifications and Kevin's play-by-play of Matt Z's antics. But what makes this session really special is that it's the only high-quality recording of the full touring lineup including Damon's psycho guitar that I've heard. This makes all those songs totally new again no matter how many times you've heard the 7"es or Fast Metabolism over and over. Damon comes off like a cross between Steve Treatment's guitarist and the dude from High Rise/Mainliner. I think it most likely qualifies as "Tampaxian," but I defer to Soriano as the arbiter of what is "Tampaxian" for the final word.

"Hello, Friends" is my favorite Cheveu song, perhaps because it's got that keyboard line that's ripped from "No Tears" by Tuxedomoon. The LP version of it is rather crushing, but this one goes far when David loses all vocal restraint. We could not keep those screams outta the red, so this is admittedly the lowpoint of the comp in terms of fidelity. There was like a 10dB loss when David uncorked these histrionics. But it's still pretty great because Etienne and Olivier prove how sturdy the song is, as they plowed through. The whole band was much more composed for this masterfully rendered "Sacha," which is a song that you have not heard on a record yet. It's got the same kinda cool strut to it as other Cheveu songs you may know well, like "Dog" and "Hot," and it is just as rockin' as those, too.

After disappearing from the studio for a massive hotbox sesh, Psychedelic Horseshit came back and played it appropriately loose and fancy-free with maybe even some extra hilarity. The low-tech beatbox intro to "New Wave Hippies" gets extended, and just when you begin to think that there's no way they coulda pulled it together, they kick in the rock gear and tunnel into the groove...that is, until Matt proclaims "I sang the wrong lyrics!" The ad-lib bail-out is supreme for barely veering off the rhythm before getting it back on track and locked-in and smellin' like roses. It's like if Biz Markie was frontin' a rock band. They flowed right into "Rather Dull," which is faithful to the version you already know. But "Both Sides Now" is a treat as some instrument shifting happens midstream for the free-sax-squallin' finale.

Los Llamarada were the most locked-in of any band that played at KDVS in the last year, only missing perfection by one mistimed snareshot which was excerpted out. The guitar sound of "I Remember the Rest" is swirlin' yet snarly surfadelica, almost like if early Savage Republic had even a faint streak of blues in it. Michael Yonkers has achieved that sound a few times, too. This is a driving song sung by a shouting Sagan, then a bit more meandering beauty with Estrella's plaintive voice, and finally another more seductive Estrella-led song. The whole session should be released on an LP, though. It was hard for me to choose only three tracks from it.

We've talked about Pink Reason's "Bloodstains" cover before. I especially love how the song's lyrics seem to take on a whole different meaning when the urgency of the Agent Orange original is replace by hopelessness and despair on Kevin's writhing version. The lyrics were indeed timeless and versatile. This take on "Motherfucker" is absolutely filthy, though. Rich Horseshit picks up the sax again for the finale and almost hints at step one in a series of twelve. Just when you get sucked into the hopelessness in Kevin's guitar and voice, you get the feeling that he's gonna let himself fall of the face of the earth, but then Rich's desperate sax makes these cries for help, making this a song as round as any of Homer's heroic characters.

Eternal Tapestry phones home from a psychedelic journey to the center of thee infinite riff...rather Hendrixian.

Now, if you wanna get your own, please read the previous blogpost for instructions on how to get it.

AFS v. 174 ~ Live Compilation

This compilation of exclusive performances is my extra thank-you gift to everyone who donates $25 or more to the KDVS fundraiser during the next "Art for Spastics" broadcast, Monday, April 21 from 10:00 to 12 midnight Pacific time. You can stream it live from http://www.kdvs.org/ or listen at 90.3 FM in the Sacramento Valley. You can call in or donate online. All the how-to information will be right there at the website during the broadcast. You can pay by VISA/MC or mail in a check.

If you know that you can't be awake to listen live, but you wanna donate and get this compilation, then you can email me your full name and mailing address, and then we will enter your pledge at the appropriate time. Hit me up at rickele (at) gmail (dot) com. You can go ahead and Paypal $25 to bendjohnson (at) gmail (dot) com. Ben is the GM of KDVS and will collect all KDVS fundraiser payments via Paypal. It's on the up and up. If you pledge early by email proxy, tell me your shirt size and maybe a couple color preferences. We will send you a KDVS t-shirt in addition to the "Live on AFS" compilation.

I'm hoping to raise $1000 toward the $75,000 goal of the KDVS fundraiser. This is the only week every year that we ask for listener support, and it's very important because it provides over 2/3 of our operating budget. We believe that we rate this $$$ because we are one of a small handful of really great radio stations left in this world, and we're arguably the best at finding the newest music before anyone in the terrestrial or online radio game. 200+ volunteers of all walks of life, 120+ regular on-air personalities, and it's student-managed. It's quite the miracle that we've been so damn functional and accomplished so much in our 45 years with this diverse group managed by students. You might only ever listen to the AFS download, but if you've come to enjoy it weekly, please don't think of this as buying this comp for $25. You're supporting something that's really tremendous, and I'd invite you to listen to more of our programming. I would've sacked the show and moved away years ago if it weren't for KDVS. This is the best thing about living here...that I get to pay tribute to all the bands that inspire me and keep blowing my mind, and that I can spread this disease to all kindsa people all over the globe. And finally, compared to many other fundraisers, the value of our thank-you-gifts is pretty damn close to dollar-for-dollar....This ain't your typical tote-bag for $100 kinda thing. We love our listeners more than that!

Now, as for this compilation, what more can I tell you that you don't already see on the tracklist?

Sound quality ranges from "plenty fine" to "really good." How about "vinylworthy"? It won't disappoint.

Performances are all superb. There's some really exceptional moments of spontaneity here, such as Matt Horseshit's lyrical flub and awesome adlib bailout during the loosey/goosey take on "New Wave Hippies," or all the splattery psych-squalls that Damon a.k.a. TEETS pulls off during these tremendous Tyvek songs. I'm not sure if you've ever had that caught on a recording of any kind. Surely, it makes a song as familiar as "Mary Ellen Claims" become a whole new beast. I think that this version of "Feeding You" is Little Claw's most aggressive recorded moment. Lock up the razorblades for Rich Horseshit's sax solo on Pink Reason's despairing denouement. Los Llamarada is entrancing and totally masterful. And some of these songs, like Cheveu's "Sacha," aren't on any of the bands' records.

We appreciate having you as a listener regardless, now please....

(Thanks, Charles, for the awesome artwork!)

OH…P.S.!

Since someone else asked, maybe others are wondering....

You don't hafta pay by PayPal if you wanna pre-email your pledge. Just email me your full name and mailing address, and if you wanna pay by check, I'll give you the mailing instructions. If you wanna pay by VISA or MC, you will need to send me the # and expiration date, so you'll need to have trust in me if you do that.

All information we collect will remain private and never sold.

Thanks!!!