It’s been a bit of a rough stretch since I last posted our playlists here. In that time, we lost two of our favorite songwriters in Daniel Johnston and David Berman. I can still remember the first time I heard Daniel Johnston’s music. It was in January of 1995 when Pearl Jam took over the local airwaves for what they called Self-Pollution Radio. Sprinkled within the live sessions, interviews, and Seattle-centric playlist was this rickety, but catchy-as-hell song called “Walking the Cow” that I couldn’t get out of my head for months on end. It took a while to track down his music in those days, but it was made easier once I figured out it was Daniel Johnston and not Danielle Johnson. I’ve been a fan ever since and find his music as moving today as it was when I first heard that song over 25 years ago. I also discovered the Silver Jews music during the mid-90’s through their connection to Pavement, who I was a big fan of at the time. I recall picking up The Natural Bridge album at Roadrunner Records in Minneapolis, taking it back to my shared apartment, and being immediately struck my David Berman’s lyrics and deadpan humor. I was lucky if I could afford even a few CDs & records each month back in those days, so I listened to that one constantly and continued to return to Berman’s music over the years. I feel like his recent Purple Mountains release, though, may well be the best album he ever produced, and that’s saying something. I’m saddened by the loss of these two immensely talented artists, but I’m so very grateful that they left behind a wealth of music, art, and writing that we can continue to turn to and that will surely maintain their legacy for years to come.
FFFreakout #681 (Aired on 9/12/19): Holly Herndon “Eternal” from Proto Daniel Johnston “Walking the Cow” from Hi, How Are You? Daniel Johnston “True Love Will Find You in the End” from 1990 Rob Noyes “Soft As Lights” from The Feudal Spirit Matthew ‘Doc’ Dunn “Grant Me Flight” from Upper Canada Blues Tom Phillips “Lesbia Waltz (OP XV)” from Words and Music The For Carnation “On The Swing” from Marshmallows Chris Adams & Oliver Doerell “Ni Maitri Ni Diea” from Thesis 14 Sunburned Hand of the Man “Untitled #1” from Jaybird Big Blood “Little Lungs” from Night Terrors…In the Isle of Louis Hardin Donato Epiro “Fiume Nero” from Sounding the Sun Pumice “Battersby” from Worldwide Gullet Jad and Nao “Hot Water” from Half Monster Daniel Johnston “Some Things Last A Long Time” from 1990 Panabrite “Citadel in the Sky” from Omni Center
FFFreakout #680 (Aired on 9/5/19): Vibrant Thigh “Walking Away” from Plastic Dance 2 Moth Eggs “Cartoons” from Adventures Away Matthew ‘Doc’ Dunn “Catching Wave” from Lightbourn Pumice “Where You Helmet Ladd” from A Lowride Rising… Moin “The Boxer” from Alert! The Heavy Set “Reciprocity Blues” from The Highway and The Moon Mother of Fire “Tortoise and the Snake” from Feral Children The Renderers “Timebomb” from That Dog’s Head in the Gutter Gives Off Vibrations Stereolab “Miss Modular” from Dots and Loops Greg Kihn “Jeopardy” from Kihnsolidation: Best of The Creation “Making Time” from Nuggets II Led Zeppelin “Communication Breakdown” from S/T The Damned “Neat Neat Neat” from Damned Damned Damned Buzzcocks “Everybody’s Happy Nowadays” from Singles Going Steady The Fall “Bingo Master’s Breakout” from 77-Early Years-79 Joe Jackson “(Do the) Instant Mash” from Look Sharp! New York Dolls “Trash” from Rock ‘N’ Roll
FFFreakout #679 (Aired on 8/29/19): Yasuaki Shimizu “Suiren” from Kakashi 1982 Peter Laughner “Down at the Bar” from Box Set Frank Hurricane & The Hurricanes of Love “Sneedville Blues” from Life Is Spiritual Matthew ‘Doc’ Dunn “Only Love Can Guide Us” from Some Horses Run Marks & Lebzelter “Trouble” from Rock and Other Four-Letter Words Erykah Badu “… & On” from Mama’s Gun Big Thief “Orange” from U.F.O.F. Tennis “My Emotions Are Blinding” from Yours Conditionally Purple Mountains “All My Happiness Is Gone” from S/T Tower Recordings “Population One” from Furniture Music For Evening Shuttles Turning Jewels Into Water “Dark Waters Rushing In” from Map of Absences Antibalas “Big Man” from Who Is This America? Escape-ism “(I’m Gonna) Bite the Hands That Feeds” from Hi. I’m the Lost Record Black to Comm “Musil Fur Alles” from Alphabet 1968
FFFreakout #678 (Aired on 8/22/19): Beacon “Be My Organ” from Gravity Pairs Clay Cantrell “See Rock City” from Barren Form Purple Mountains “Margaritas at the Mall” from S/T Taiwan Housing Project “Downy Hump” from Sub-Language Trustees Teenage Jesus and the Jerks “Burning Rubber” from No New York The Pheromoans “Ultra Skies” from County Lines Shonen Knife “Parallel Woman” from Burning Farm Animal Collective “Lying in the Grass” from Painting With Luna “Slash Your Tires” from Lunapark The Jesus and Mary Chain “Rollercoaster” from Honey’s Dead Violent Femmes “American Music” from Why Do Bird’s Sing? Blur “Parklife” from Parklife Beastie Boys “Jimmy James (single version)” from Jimmy James single The Afghan Whigs “Be For Reals” from Beautiful Girls O.S.T. Elvis Costello “What’s So Funny Bout Peace, Love & Understanding” from Armed Forces
FFFreakout #677 (Aired on 8/15/19): Matthew ‘Doc’ Dunn “The Beast” from Upper Canada Blues Silver Jews “Death of an Heir of Sorrows” from Bright Flight Peter Laughner “Solomon’s Mines” from Box Set Peter Laughner “Please Mrs. Henry” from Box Set Silver Jews “Smith & Jones” from American Water Avery R. Young “Lil Lillie” from Tubman. Perfume Genius “Slip Away” from No Shape Reptile Ranch “Saying Goodbye” from S/T Grandaddy “The Crystal Lake” from The Sophtware Slump Bob Mould “I Fought” from Sunshine Rock The 13th Floor Elevators “You’re Gonna Miss Me” from The Psychedelic Sounds of… The Beatles “Helter Skelter” from The White Album/Esher Demos Elliott Smith “Baby Britain” from XO Beach Boys “All Summer Long” from All Summer Long Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band “Express Yourself” from Express Yourself/Best of Scatman Crothers “Hound Dog” from Rock ‘n’ Roll with Scat Man
FFFreakout #676 “Blues Day on KMSU” (Aired on 8/8/19): Skip James “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues” from Heroes of the Blues Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band “Sure ‘Nuff ‘N Yes I Do” from Safe As Milk Moby Grape “Mr. Blues” from Listen My Friends The Black-Eyed Snakes “Smokestack Lightnin'” from It’s The Black-Eyed Snakes Marianne Faithfull “Spike Driver Blues” from The Harry Smith Project Mississippi John Hurt “Stack O’ Lee” from Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings Ali Farka Toure “Untitled” from Ni Foli The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion “Dynamite Lover” from Now I Got Worry Son House “John the Revelator” from Father of the Delta Blues Billie Holiday “Stormy Blues” from Billie’s Best Big Mama Thornton “Little Red Rooster” from Best of the Blues James Brown w/ Rev. James Cleveland Choir “The Old Landmark” from The Blues Brothers The Blues Brothers “Everybody Needs Somebody To Love” from The Blues Brothers Howlin’ Wolf “Cuz of it All” from Howlin’ Wolf Boogie Robert Johnson “Traveling Riverside Blues” from The Complete Recordings Mississippi Fred McDowell “61 Highway” from Heroes of the Blues
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