Don't Freak!

I learned Shut Up, who Ralph Newman was, and how-to Behead Myself all in one night. This is part 2 of the episode with the legendary Athens, GA band Five Eight.  I talked with singer/songwriter/guitar player Mike Mantione after a show. He talked about the stories behind a few key songs.  I meander through the bands discography and play a few key tracks.  It's another hour plus episode full of rare tracks lo-fi and hi-fi.  

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Back in March of this year (2014).  I met up with drummer Patrick Ferguson of the Athens band Five Eight.  We talked about the Athens music scene, a zine he did, and a lot about Five Eight.  Sit back and listen to some rare tracks as well as some of the classics from a fans perspective.  This is Pt 1 of the series. 

Since the recording of this episode, The Weirdo Remix will be released on Chicken Ranch Records (Austin TX) in 2015....

Here is a band's record from the NYHC scene (circa 1984).  The band is called RING OF FIRE and they RULE!  Who else sings a song about George "the Animal" Steele?  The record is called Common Enemy MLP and was origanly released on vinyl with only 100 copies pressed (wish I had one).  If you would like to download a copy it is availble on a blog called System//Sabotage//Chaos.

Host: Adriaan Mol

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It's time to sit back and listen to a side of an album.  This time it's from the collection of cartoonist Charles Treadwell (ep. 4 and 13).  St John Green (self titled LP) is the pick of the evening.  It's a genuine nugget from 1960's psychedelic culture. 

Host: Adriaan Mol
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playlist:

7th Generation Mutation

Canyon Woman

Devil and the Sea

Let's hang out at the lifeguard shack down by the jetty with cartoonist Charles Treadwell.  We'll talk shop and throw back some Old Tire beer and listen to a record from his collection of psychedelic garage rock. .  Today's choice is The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators from 1966.  

host: Adriaan Mol

Sites of interest:

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Do you like a good prank call?  Do you remember the time when one could make a prank phone call? If you do let's take a ride back to the mid-80's with this compilation cassette of prank phone calls from the legendary Mark Knoplfer, Pranks for the Memories, and The Pittsburgh Calls. We'll play some excerpts from a tape called OUT OF MIND (somewhere in space a all-star crank call compilation tape).  It is wise-ass humor in it's trues...

It's not all just punk rock and metal around here.  Sometimes just a little R-n-R that will do.  If you are a Rush nerd you'll love this bootleg cassette from the 1980 Permanent Waves tour.  You'll also appreciate the TV interview.  Geddy mentions his production credit for an album called No Static by fellow Canadian band, Wireless.  We'll play a few tracks of of that release.  So sit back and Don't Freak! 

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28th Years ago a tongue-in-cheek heavy metal band called Dead Serios hit the stage for the first time in Melbourne, FL.  They went at it for many years fronted by Dead Lee Serios (aka Christopher Long).   Along the way approximately 12 albums were released on his DIY label Long Song Records.  Sit back and have a cup of coffee with Christopher as he talks about the early days of the band.  As well as his days after as a published Au...

Let's hang out at the helm of Ink 19 and talk about the early day.  Ian Koss will tell us his story and give a sneak peek at his cassette tape collection.  We'll listen to East Your Paisley by The Dead Milkmen, pet a cat, and learn about the AFOL.  It will be a short but sweet visit and hopefully lead to more.  

Host: Adriaan Mol

Music:

Dead Milkmen (Eat Your Paisley/Restless CD ) KKSucks2, Two Feet Off The Ground, Beach Party Viet...

Let's head on over to Barnes and Noble for a cup of coffee with Craig Chapman from Outback Magazine and Outback Records. We'll listen to some of the hardcore punk rock and other bands from the label. While touching base on his newer efforts with music media company LX-Goods.com as well as TV Show/magazine Real Food Real Kitchens. It's a success story that formed from a lifetime of positive DIY ethics...

It's time to pick another tape from the collection of cartoonist Dave Mitchell. Bob wins again and we let a cassette called The Ear of Bob (1985) roll.  The Ear of Bob is a compilation tape containing all kinds of DoktorBands including Doctors For Bob, Buck Naked and the Jaybirds, Mark Mothersbaugh, and many more.  Church of the Subgenius, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, Cassette Culture, fanzine culture, tape trading, preinternet underground cu...