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On this episode of The Spindle, Marc and John break down A Taste of Honey's "Boogie Oogie Oogie." They describe how Janice-Marie Johnson and Perry Kibble brough this disco—or is it funk?—classic into being. 🎧 Subscribe to Wastoids for more deep dives with The Spindle ...one seven inch at a time.

From the latest WASTOIDS TV: Former MuchMusic VJ Sook-Yin Lee makes music, art, and movies. Her new film adapts her ex-boyfriend Chester Brown’s 2011 graphic novel about being a john, Paying For It. How did she approach such a personal tale, and how did she recapturing the spirit of ‘90s Toronto in the alternative heyday on a shoestring budget? She walks us through in this WASTOIDS Music News special report. 

Somehow The Fall took eight whole months to make “The Chiselers,” but that’s just part of the story. On this episode of The Spindle, Marc and John dig into Mark E. Smith’s modular song cycle tendencies. Nonetheless, Smith is working in a minimalist form here. With faithful collaborators by his side, “The Chiselers” explodes The Fall’s formula, proving his ability to constantly re-invent and re-imagine the band. 

Saddle up with one of the wildest bands to ever emerge from the Texas underground: The Butthole Surfers. Sit down with filmmakers Tom Stern and Simon Weinstein and learn how they peered beyond the crazy and into the true heart of the band for their new shock-doc The Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt. It’s an everything butt edition of WASTOIDS TV.

As a teenager in early '60s France, Françoise Hardy somehow convinced a huge label to put out a debut 7-inch with songs she wrote—and it shot to number one! On this episode of the Spindle, Marc and John delve into the early history that launched Hardy's 60-year career as a French musical icon.

New Jersey band the Feelies came out of the gate with a fully-formed sound - even if it changed many times after they began. John and Marc delve into their first 7-inch, 1979's "Raised Eyebrows" b/w "Fa Ce La," and launch into the history of this inimitable and uncompromising band.

When Cleveland's Rocket from the Tombs split up in the mid-70s, Pere Ubu rose from the ashes as a one-off project, to record the single "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" b/w "Heart of Darkness." But it did so well that they stuck together, with leader David Thomas continuing the group until his death this year. John and Marc delve into this pre-punk classic on the latest episode of the Spindle.

By 1978, The Who had been pelting the charts with singles for over a decade–but now punk was tearing things down. How would they respond? Marc and John find out by delving into their radio staple "Who Are You" b/w "Had Enough," joined by a special guest: drummer, writer, and major Who fanatic Matt Weston. You're sure to learn something you didn't know about The Who on this episode of the Spindle.

In 1972 the British band Hawkwind scored a surprise #3 hit with their semi-live/semi-studio burner "Silver Machine," sung by future Motörhead leader Lemmy Kilmister. On this episode of The Spindle, John and Marc delve into this space-bound tune, and why Hawkwind were awesome and...kind of underrated?

Thomas Dolby's 1982 smash "She Blinded Me With Science" might've been seen as a novelty hit, but the man behind it had a fascinating music career, both before the song hit the charts and and after—including playing keyboards on Def Leppard's Pyromania! Hear John and Marc dig deeper into the Dolby Mysteries on this episode of The Spindle.

It’s time for Music News with Decoy Deloy! Up first: Phoenix all-ages venue The Trunk Space is hosting its belated 21st birthday at Hello Lincoln on May 17! Plus: retro pop hero Ginger Root releases a limited VHS! And Death By Romy celebrates the release of Hollywood Forever with a Hello Merch drop! 

Hardcore heads probably know Milwaukee's Die Kreuzen, but their importance to the genre doesn't always get enough play. John and Marc get into why their 1983 debut six-song 7-inch, Cows and Beer, is a vital slice of Midwest hardcore whose influence persists.