Running a Temperature Revival

11/01/09 • 51 min

Running a Temperature Revival is not a podcast, a mix, set, session, cassette, or cd-r. It is a correspondence from one person to several, however many, or few. Not to be numbered or finite, but dated for it's place in time and unclear how strong and for how long this communique can endure. 10 songs (no more, no less) appropriated from their original composers and pieced together into an interpretive narrative as told from the rooftops of Brooklyn to any number of unique and diverse geographic locales, and the climates they inhabit. Back to basics.
1. The Birthday Party- 'The Friend Catcher' (Live 1981-'82. 4AD)
2. EDMX- 'You Can't Hide Your Love (Hidden Love Mix)' (26 Mixes For Cash (Aphex Twin), Warp)
3. Bo Diddley- 'Pollution' (Another Dimension, Chess)
4. Les Rallizes Dénudés- 'Black Sad Straw Raincoat' (High or Die, bootleg)
5. Sugarbelly- 'Shake Up Adinah' (Sugar Merengue, Port-O-Jam)
6. The Liverbirds- 'Leave All Your Old Loves' (Star Club Show Vol. 4, Star Club)
7. Bogshed- 'Can't Be Beat' (Step On It, Shelfish)
8. The Honeymoon Killers- 'Fonce a Mort' (Les Tueurs De La Lune De Miel, Crammed)
9. Tracy Thorne- 'Seascape' (A Distant Shore, Cherry Red)
10. Art Ensemble of Chicago- 'Bye Bye Baby' (Certain Blacks, America)

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Kitchen Sounds #3

Stew is back with another smashing selection of punk/DIY/pop classics and rarities. Unfuckwithable!
1. THE BACHELOR PAD country pancake (live. - from the "Frying Tonight" 7inch EP, Egg Records, 1989
2. SPARKLE MOORE skull and crossbones - Fraternity Records 7inch, 1956
3. THE BUFF MEDWAYS archive from 1959 - from the 3 X LP "Archived From 1959", Damaged Goods, 2009
4. SOFT PAWS desperate idealism - from the self titled, self released debut LP, 2009 available from myspace.com/softpawsband
5. THE MAGGOTS lets get, lets get Tammy Wyynette - from the 7inch EP reiusse on Discourage Records, 2007
6. AMY AND THE ANGELS i hate being in love - from the compilation LP "Making Waves", Girlfriend Records 1980.
7. BEATNIK FILMSTARS crushed - from the 7inch on Satisfaction Records, 2009
8. JOSEF K heart of song - from the LP "Young And Stupid/Endless Soul", Supreme International Editions, year unknown
9. CRABSTICK treacle - from the LP "Discoverooster", 555 recs 2001.
10. THE MONKS pretty suzanne - from the "Black Monk Time" double LP reiusse on Light In The Attic Recs, 2009.
11. KIRSTY AND THE HUSBANDS sitting in a disco - from "8 from 80" 7inch EP, Matchbox Classics 1980.
12. THE HOMOSEXUALS slow guns - from the 10inch EP "Love Guns?" on Serious Business Records, 2008.
13. LUSTY GHOSTS doing the undoing - from the Cassette "Lusty Ghosts Two" on Refill Records, 1981.
14. ELVIS COSTELLO change partners - from the double LP "Secret Profane and Sugarcane" on Speciality Records, 2009.

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Heaven Is Above Your Head #12

Heaven Is Above Your Head was a weekly radio show and podcast while I was living in New Zealand. For the second hour of every show my friends and I would all play exactly what we wanted and maybe have a dance. They have kept the slot and you can now listen to Simply Thrilled (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118285020973) every Saturday on non-commercial station Fleet FM (http://fleetfm.co.nz/), at 9pm local time or 9am GMT. If you happen to miss it they usually post a link on the Anorak forum afterwards. The previous episodes of HIAYH can all be found on my blog (http://heavenisabove.blogspot.com/). So the theme for this is 60s music, but avoiding the collectors scenes of garage and northern soul. What I ended up with was this great set of soft pop, haunted by the spirit of the Pye and Immediate labels. I was going to make it like an ordinary radio show at first, with spoken links, cause I felt I had a lot to say about the songs at the time. That was a couple of months ago though, so now I just mixed them together as they are. I hope you will appreciate the blending of some proper hits with more obscure would-be hits. Like the British group Thursday's Children who only released one single in 1965. And "Among the First to Know" which is one of my all-time faves, and has been covered by The Happy Balloon. The Mascots was a Swedish Hollies-styled group, here showing off their freakbeat side with a track from their great and only lp *EELPEE*. The American Breed had a couple of hits, but this string-laden ballad can't keep me from thinking of Belle & Sebastian. The Chants are notable for being a black vocal group from Liverpool, whose live debut took place in 1962 with The Beatles backing them. Read their story here: http://www.triumphpc.com/mersey-beat/a-z/chants.shtml! The group The Missing Links here is not the Australian one, but an American with one single to their name. Harmony Grass was a late 60s mutation of the Beach Boys-influenced Tony Rivers & the Castaways. And The Raindrops was of course the pseudonym used by the late great Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry for their own recordings. Enough talk.
1. The Outsiders - Gimme Some Lovin'
2. Marc Eric - Just Passing By
3. The Ivy League - A Girl Like You
4. The Missing Links - You Hypnotize Me
5. The Two of Each - Trust
6. The Happenings - Crazy Rhythm
7. The Exciters - Tell Him
8. The Scots of St. James - Tic Toc
9. The Macots - Close Your Eyes
10. The Searchers - Have You Ever Loved Someone
11. Dino, Desi & Billy - Not The Lovin' Kind12. The Gentle Touch - Among The First To Know
13. Lee Hazlewood - She Comes Running
14. The Critters - Come Back On A Rainy Day
15. Chris Montez - What A Difference A Day Made
16. The American Breed - Sometime In The Morning
17. Thursday's Children - Just You
18. The Poets - I'll Come Home
19. The Raindrops - That Boy Is Messing Up My Mind
20. Harmony Grass - My Little Girl
21. The Chants - She's Mine
22. The Miracles - The Tracks of My Tears