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Favoriting December 28, 2021: The Drummer Stream Parties Likes It's 1981! (the journey begins) – Side A: Post-punk, Industrial, and Experimental Music

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Artist Track Album Label Year Approx. start time
The In-Theme          0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Normal Brain  M-U-S-I-C   Favoriting Lady Maid  Vanity  1981  0:01:58 (Pop-up)
The Lounge Lizards  Do the Wrong Thing   Favoriting The Lounge Lizards  Editions EG  1981  0:06:12 (Pop-up)
Laughing Hands  Six   Favoriting Dog Photos  Adhesive  1981  0:08:51 (Pop-up)
Crawling Chaos  The Mongolian Steak Bar   Favoriting Homunculus Equinox  Foetus Products  1981  0:11:22 (Pop-up)
The Durutti Column  Messidor   Favoriting LC  Factory  1981  0:13:55 (Pop-up)
Matt Johnson  Another Boy Drowning   Favoriting Burning Blue Soul  4AD  1981  0:16:23 (Pop-up)
Operating Theatre  Austrian   Favoriting 7"  CBS  1981  0:22:12 (Pop-up)
A Certain Ratio  Loss   Favoriting To Each...  Factory  1981  0:25:43 (Pop-up)
Josef K  Drone   Favoriting Sorry for Laughing  Postcard  1981  0:29:06 (Pop-up)
The Flying Lizards  Hands 2 Take   Favoriting Fourth Wall  Virgin  1981  0:32:10 (Pop-up)
 
Performing Ferret Band  Fallen Tyrant   Favoriting Performing Ferret Band LP  Pig  1981  0:39:34 (Pop-up)
Carlos Perón  Impersonator   Favoriting Impersonator  Konkurrenz  1981  0:42:53 (Pop-up)
Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons  (-)   7"  Castor  1981  0:46:57 (Pop-up)
Totsuzen Danball  ゆっくり立つ　ゆっくり座る   Can I?  Pass  1981  0:50:19 (Pop-up)
Amos & Sara  Totem of 1,000 Dolls   Favoriting Sing the Private World of Amos  It's War Boys  1981  0:53:33 (Pop-up)
Instant Automatons  Invertebrates   Favoriting V.A.: We Couldn't Agree on a Title  ICR  1981  0:55:06 (Pop-up)
Lizzy Mercier Descloux  Room Mate   Favoriting Mambo Nassau  Philips  1981  0:57:15 (Pop-up)
Suburban Lawns  Green Eyes   Favoriting Suburban Lawns  I.R.S.  1981  0:59:58 (Pop-up)
Jowe Head  Cake Shop Girl   Favoriting Pincer Movement  Hedonics  1981  1:02:52 (Pop-up)
A Tent  No Way of Knowing   Favoriting Six Empty Places  Cherry Red  1981  1:05:27 (Pop-up)
Die Partei  Guten Morgen in Köln   Favoriting La Freiheit des Geistes  Tausend Augen  1981  1:08:56 (Pop-up)
Kevin Harrison  Some Aspect of Music   Favoriting Inscrutably Obvious  Cherry Red  1981  1:12:46 (Pop-up)
 
The Residents  Voices of the Air   Favoriting Mark of the Mole  Ralph  1981  1:20:27 (Pop-up)
Pere Ubu  The Vulgar Boatman Bird   Favoriting Song of the Bailing Man  Rough Trade  1981  1:23:21 (Pop-up)
The Mekons  Frustration   Favoriting 12"  Pure Freude  1981  1:26:09 (Pop-up)
Lemon Kittens  ...In Wooden Brackets   Favoriting V.A.: Perspectives and Distortion  Cherry Red  1981  1:29:01 (Pop-up)
The Makers of the Dead Travel Fast  Into the Arc   Favoriting The Vessels  M Squared  1981  1:33:20 (Pop-up)
Monitor  I Saw Dead Jim's Shade   Favoriting Monitor  World Imitation  1981  1:36:05 (Pop-up)
Colin Newman  This Picture   Favoriting 7"  Beggars Banquet  1981  1:41:27 (Pop-up)
Blah Blah Blah  Wayo Wayo   Favoriting Blah Blah Blah  Trans Universal  1981  1:44:52 (Pop-up)
Slugfuckers  Dolphins Aren't Fish   Favoriting Transformational Salt  Dogfood Production System  1981  1:47:24 (Pop-up)
Art & Technique  Just   Favoriting Clima-X  Hi-Tec  1981  1:51:56 (Pop-up)
Phew  Aqua   Favoriting Phew  Pass  1981  1:54:54 (Pop-up)
 
Cabaret Voltaire  Jazz the Glass   Favoriting 7"  Rough Trade  1981  2:00:54 (Pop-up)
Fred Frith  Navajo   Favoriting Speechless  Ralph  1981  2:03:56 (Pop-up)
Art Bears  (Armed) Peace   Favoriting The World As It Is Today  Rē Records  1981  2:06:59 (Pop-up)
Dome  Jasz   Favoriting Dome 3  Dome  1981  2:09:26 (Pop-up)
Material  Dark Things   Favoriting Temporary Music 2  Red  1981  2:13:12 (Pop-up)
Glenn Branca  Lesson No. 2   Favoriting The Ascension  99 Records  1981  2:18:19 (Pop-up)
FIve or Six  Another Reason   Favoriting 7"  Cherry Red  1981  2:23:09 (Pop-up)
Snowy Red  Sinkin' Down   Favoriting Snowy Red  Dirty Dance  1981  2:26:24 (Pop-up)
Pseudo Code  Moon Effect   Favoriting 7"  Sandwich  1981  2:29:44 (Pop-up)
Clock DVA  White Cell   Favoriting Thirst  Fetish  1981  2:34:56 (Pop-up)
 
SPK  Stammheim Torturkammer   Favoriting Information Overload Unit  Side Effects  1981  2:41:59 (Pop-up)
Malaria!  Dabo   Favoriting Malaria!  Marat  1981  2:46:35 (Pop-up)
Kontakt Mikrofoon Orkest  Do the Residue   Favoriting 7"  MCCB  1981  2:48:41 (Pop-up)
The Homosexuals  Prestel   Favoriting 7"  Black Noise  1981  2:53:06 (Pop-up)
 
The Out-Theme  Gelbart: My Favorite Vacation [part of] + Die Trip Computer Die: Airborn [part of]   Favoriting       2:57:58 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:01pm
Bas NL:

Hello Tony! Ready for some '81 goodness!
  12:01pm
listener phillip (in the bronx):

I am here "let's rock"
Avatar 12:01pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey there, Bas!
Avatar 12:02pm
ARB:

Release me!
  12:02pm
listener phillip (in the bronx):

Waiting all week to hear this
  12:02pm
listener phillip (in the bronx):

Happy Post Festivus every one
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
listener james from westwood:

Howdy Tony and all! Here for today's GTDR 1981 mega-prom!
Avatar 12:03pm
Tony Coulter:

Hiya, heya, Phillip & ARB!

@ARB: Is that your head I see emerging?
  12:03pm
JtotheK:

Hi! Seasonal Greeting to all!
Avatar 12:03pm
Constantly Choking:

anyone have any good tips for eliminating anxiety induced Tinnitus and also Hello!
  12:04pm
listener phillip (in the bronx):

I loved my speak and spell as a kid. But my father broke it😔😔😔
Avatar 12:04pm
Tony Coulter:

Greets, James, JtotheK, and Constantly Choking!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
chresti:

It's 1981, okaaaayy
Hi Tony and forks and spoons!
Avatar 12:05pm
Tony Coulter:

Ahoy, chresti!
Avatar 🥁 12:05pm
Julie:

yay party time!
Avatar 12:07pm
Tony Coulter:

Julie! Glad you're here! I'm looking forward to your 1981 shift!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:07pm
Yvang:

Hey Tony and 1981+ people!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:08pm
Webhamster Henry:

1981 in the house.
Avatar 12:08pm
Tony Coulter:

Heya, Yvang!
Avatar 12:08pm
Tony Coulter:

... and Hamster Henry too!
Avatar 12:10pm
ARB:

Yes, ha! I'm crowning!
Avatar 12:10pm
Tony Coulter:

By the way, I'll be listing the original 1981 release info for everything today, even if I play a reish. Seems more period faithful.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:11pm
Webhamster Henry:

I was living on East 15th st near 3rd Avenue and Styuvesant Square back then.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:12pm
solo mon:

Good morning ☀️ ❄️ Tony and friends
Avatar 12:12pm
Tony Coulter:

Morning, solo mon!
Avatar 12:13pm
Tony Coulter:

From one snow-covered Portland resident to another....
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:13pm
WR:

only 12 minutes late and you are already on the 4th track. I guess I don't know 1981.
Avatar 12:13pm
Constantly Choking:

yolo son ☀️ ❄️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
solo mon:

Constantly!
Avatar 12:14pm
Tony Coulter:

Hiya hoya goya, WR!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:15pm
listener james from westwood:

Ahhh, no mistaking Durutti Column! Always so calming in my odd mind.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:15pm
solo mon:

Tony how much snow you got in SE? It’s about 3 inches over here.
Avatar 12:16pm
Tony Coulter:

Probably about the same -- not that I've ventured out yet today.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:17pm
solo mon:

I took my cat outside, he loves the snow. Digs around in it like crazy.
Avatar 12:17pm
MISHMASHWBCR:

Hi!
Avatar 12:17pm
Tony Coulter:

Greetings, MISHMASHWBCR!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:19pm
solo mon:

The The ❤️
Avatar 12:19pm
Tony Coulter:

The The, Yes Yes!
  12:21pm
rw:

Good morning and Merry Post-Christmas-Pre-New-Year!
  12:22pm
rw:

Oh and Happy '81!
  12:23pm
F8TLSTK:

hey tony tony! nice show man.
Avatar 12:23pm
Tony Coulter:

Hiya, rw! Happy '81 (and everything else) to you too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:23pm
chresti:

1981 we rented an apartment on Melrose near Virgil Avenue in LA, where we could hear beer bottles breaking throughout the night and a little girl would steal our mail by bringing a chair so she could reach the mailbox.
Avatar 12:23pm
Tony Coulter:

F8TLSTK! Heya! Thanks!
  12:24pm
rw:

In 1981 I had a pretty big crush on a girl named Bridget.
  12:25pm
rw:

She was a Laura Nyro fan.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:26pm
Webhamster Henry:

These sound pretty good for 40 year old records.
Avatar 12:26pm
ARB:

Ahh, Tony you're making me feel like an infant again
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:27pm
Bas NL:

Gah.. 1981 was all school & school assignments to me. But things progressed quickly from that year. :)
Avatar 12:27pm
ARB:

A Certain Ratio was my favorite band when I was 18 weeks
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:27pm
Little Danny:

hi tony hi homunculi
Avatar 12:28pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey, Danny! Maybe you can burp ARB.
Avatar 12:28pm
HollyRT:

Hi Tony and all!
Avatar 12:29pm
ARB:

I still need a little help
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:29pm
Little Danny:

baby arb is my new nativity scene centrepiece
Avatar 12:29pm
Tony Coulter:

Holly!! Hey there!
Avatar 12:30pm
HollyRT:

I was 12 in 1981, so missed all of this on the first go-round.
Avatar 12:33pm
Constantly Choking:

so much good !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:33pm
solo mon:

Ok I was 9 years old in 1981, but this flying lizards was my favorite record in 1986?
  12:33pm
rw:

Holly, I was 19 and listening to progressive musics but still missed most of today's playlist.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:33pm
chresti:

Iwas 23-24 in 81
Avatar 12:34pm
HollyRT:

Funny, I just heard this Flying Lizards tune recently...had no idea they sampled Nyman. This Nyman piece
(theme from The Falls, I think) is a favorite...
Avatar 12:34pm
HollyRT:

"Bird List Song" is the name of the Nyman piece for anyone interested
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:34pm
solo mon:

I heard this record on kboo along w thick pigeon and my life was changed forever haha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:35pm
Asheville Jon:

howdy!
hope everyone has a safe and happy new year!
  12:36pm
Jeff B Cali:

Hi from Calfornia listeners
  12:37pm
Jeff B Cali:

Oh dang I so love 1981
  12:37pm
listener phillip (in the bronx):

OH WOW!!! 12 HOURS😱😱😱
  12:38pm
listener phillip (in the bronx):

I miss him already. Jessie Kaminsky and neighborhood noise😔😔
Avatar 🥁 12:38pm
Julie:

that set was so good
Avatar 12:40pm
Tony Coulter:

Thanks, Julie!!
Avatar 🥁 12:40pm
Julie:

i was in the other room listening so I missed what was what, I heard something that was vaguely pink floyd like
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:40pm
Franco Twinkie:

Hey Tony! I look forward to re-living this truly rotten year.
  12:40pm
David in London:

Evening Tony and all Coultards.
Digging this set Tone.
Avatar 12:41pm
Tony Coulter:

Greetings, Jon, Jeff, Franco, and David!!
Avatar 12:41pm
Tony Coulter:

Thanks, David!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
Doug Schulkind:

Maybe you're like me and you have always regarded 1981 as the year that killed the '70s.
  12:44pm
David in London:

1981 was a dark and gloomy year in the U.K., but it sure did wonders for the musical output.
Hope This Heat might put in an appearance..
Avatar 12:44pm
Tony Coulter:

Doug! Another way to look at it is that the '80s started in 1978 (and ended in 1986).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:46pm
Doug Schulkind:

That's why you get the big bucks, Tony.
  12:48pm
yello fella:

dig carlos peron track
Avatar 12:48pm
Tony Coulter:

Hiya, heya, yello fella!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:49pm
chresti:

⭐⭐⭐for Kitchen and the Plastic Spoon
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:50pm
chresti:

*minus in parentheses
  12:52pm
David in London:

I second that emotion Chresti(kins), they were great.
Also: hello!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:54pm
chresti:

Hello Davidkins in Londonkins!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:56pm
Franco Twinkie:

In the summer of 1980 I went to see X, The Dead Kennedys, The Cramps and Chrome. For the first time in my life, I thought - what the hell am I doing here? The thrill was gone. Did that stop me from hanging out in clubs and bars? Hardly. The next year was a big smear of misery.
Avatar 12:58pm
ARB:

Poor Franco, what a pity
Avatar 12:58pm
HollyRT:

Mambo Nassau def one of the best albums of 81
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:00pm
Asheville Jon:

YAY for the Suburban Lawns!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:01pm
Franco Twinkie:

I did see the Suburban Lawns with Geza X in 1981. It relieved the suffering briefly.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 1:02pm
Bas NL:

These tracks are all amazing!! Where these to be heard on WFMU at the time?
Avatar 1:05pm
Tony Coulter:

Some of them, I'm sure. I didn't "join" FMU until 1990, and only first heard the station around '87 or so, so I don't really know. The first DJ's I heard were R. Stevie Moore and Fred Frith!
  1:05pm
Dane Peterson:

Jowe Head a huge part of the Swell Maps sound!
Avatar 1:06pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey, Dane!
  1:09pm
Dane Peterson:

Midget Submarines!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 1:09pm
Bas NL:

Such a shame the 80ies are in the pre-archives years..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:09pm
Webhamster Henry:

1981 was also before my WFMU time, roughly contemporaneous with Tony's.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:09pm
spodiodi:

aloha, Tony and all!
diggin the '81 sounds
Avatar 1:10pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey, spodi!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:11pm
Webhamster Henry:

This show is fun - I should have been recording off the air for a mixtape.
  1:13pm
David in London:

Franco, why did you say “the thrill had gone”? Was that a personal rubicon or musical disappointment at what was on offer?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:15pm
Franco Twinkie:

It was the former I'd say. You have to realize, I had been at it for years. It was something I worked through by continuing to go out and see bands constantly.
  1:22pm
Dane Peterson:

Are you a Vileness Fats fan, Tony?
  1:23pm
Dane Peterson:

the soundtrack
Avatar 1:24pm
Tony Coulter:

Yep, I am. Those are earlier recordings, tho, despite being released in '84.
  1:24pm
Dane Peterson:

👍
  1:27pm
Dane Peterson:

Song of the Bailing Man, underrated Ubu
Avatar 1:28pm
Tony Coulter:

Agreed. I like Mayo Thompson's contribution.
Avatar 🥁 1:30pm
Julie:

YES!
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Constantly Choking:

man, 81 was super nice for music apparently
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:32pm
Webhamster Henry:

I do suspect there weren't a lot of radio shows like this one in 1981. But really, what do know?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:36pm
Franco Twinkie:

I can't remember what year it was, 79-80? but I did see Pere Ubu at The Whisky a go-go in Hollywood. David Thomas beat on a piece of metal with a hammer, creating a hypnotic effect. It was a very hot summer night, and after the show the entire audience it seemed, went to the record flea market in the parking lot at Capitol records, which started at mid-night and went till sun up.
Avatar 1:37pm
ARB:

Love Monitor!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:39pm
Franco Twinkie:

Monitor was one on the best bands in L.A. in 1981. They always played in these weird one-off places, and would have some kind of crazy movie playing in the back round.
Avatar 🥁 1:47pm
Julie:

this stuff is so good, much darker than my show is gonna be!
Avatar 1:49pm
Tony Coulter:

Thanks, Julie. Bring the light!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 2:13pm
WR:

Delurk:
My Japanese practice for today, the Totsuzen Danball recording:
ゆっくり立つ　ゆっくり座る
yukkuri tatsu yukkuri suwaru
slowly stand slowly sit
suggested standard phrasing:
stand slowly, sit slowly

Since these are basic phrases, the Google translate works OK.

:Relurk
Avatar 2:14pm
Tony Coulter:

Thanks, WR!
Avatar 2:36pm
ARB:

Clock DVA was my first word
Avatar 2:37pm
Tony Coulter:

Ha!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 2:37pm
Bas NL:

Clock DVA!!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 2:42pm
Bas NL:

And SPK!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:44pm
chresti:

Been listening while getting stuck in a discogs hole.
Avatar 2:45pm
Tony Coulter:

As we approach the end of the show I just wanted to say: There are a million things I would have played to today if this show had been four times as long. There just isn't time!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:46pm
Franco Twinkie:

Listening to this presented as a curated collection rather than the chaotic mess of real time 1981, it strikes me that lot of artists were suffering from feeling displacement and vertigo. It wasn't just me, but 1981 was horrible for everyone. It was as if a strange cloud of of suspect origin had settled over the entire Earth. Case in point: SPK. You had to be slightly deranged to find them entertaining. I did, but that's because I'm disconnected in a serious way.
Avatar 2:48pm
Tony Coulter:

Alienation seems like a reasonable response to the world, then and now.
Avatar 2:50pm
ARB:

Was certainly my worst year
Avatar 2:51pm
Tony Coulter:

But think of the pain you cause your mother.
Avatar 2:51pm
Tony Coulter:

"causeD"
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 2:52pm
Bas NL:

I guess we were all waiting for the internet. It was hard to find interesting music and things.
Avatar 2:52pm
ARB:

Cause it's appropriate
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 2:52pm
WR:

While I am at it, the picture you have chosen for the playlist says:
In green：
テレビ人気者
Te-Re-bi nin-kimono
TV people popular/favorite

In white on purple：
ポスター
po-su-taa
poster

So can be read as:
TV Celebrity Poster
'81 Calendar
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:52pm
Rich in Washington:

1981 was the year I discovered the weird music programs on my local community radio station. My view of strange music expanded exponentially.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:53pm
Franco Twinkie:

ARB manages to capture the spirit of 1981 perfectly. She walks the walk and talks the talk.
  2:55pm
Dane Peterson:

there's also a determination to embark on experimentations to find something real and new, waking up
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:56pm
Stephen O:

Been listening on a long drive. After 21plus years obsessed with WFMU this is an all time favorite episode. Thank you, Tony! So so great
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:56pm
spodiodi:

great show! thanks, Tony!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:57pm
Stephen O:

Now Julie is going to make me feel the same way
Avatar 2:57pm
ARB:

Thanks Franco, I'm gonna take that as a compliment!
  2:57pm
David in London:

Thanks for a great show as usual Tony.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:57pm
Rich in Washington:

thanks, Tony! See you next year, which is what? 1982?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 2:57pm
Bas NL:

Great show! Thanks Tony!
Avatar 2:57pm
ARB:

Thank you Tony for helping me relive the first 361 days of my life!
Avatar 🥁 2:57pm
Julie:

yay thanks tony!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:57pm
Franco Twinkie:

Thanks Tony! I'm going to go outside and do something healthy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:58pm
chresti:

Thanks Tony!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 2:58pm
Yvang:

Wow! That was good! Thanks Tony! See you next year!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 2:58pm
WR:

Very interesting episode Tony! Very interesting.
Avatar 2:58pm
Tony Coulter:

Thanks, everyone!!! See you all in the future!!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:00pm
listener james from westwood:

Many thanks, Tony—I know it must've been tough to pick only 3 hours' worth!
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