WFMU: Bodega Pop with Gary Sullivan: Playlist from May 22, 2024

Listener comments!
	6:40pm Dean: Ultravox?
	6:48pm Gary: Not sure I've got any for tonight, oddly enough!
	🇰🇷 7:02pm Listener Gregory: The weather has dried and cooled, making it a great time to take a stroll down to the corner bodega and say hi to the cat.
	7:02pm listener james from westwood: Evening, Gary and all!
	7:05pm Gary: Gregory and James and Dean!
	🇰🇷 7:05pm chresti: Hi Gary bodega!
	7:06pm Gary: and Tha Chresti!
	7:06pm Carmichael: Heya Gary and Bodegans
	7:06pm tim abdellah: Hi Gary and y'all!
	7:07pm Gary: and Theee Carmichael!
	7:07pm Gary: Plus Tim!
	7:07pm Carmichael: Hey Chresti, have you heard of a town called Pearblossom?
	7:09pm peter: Hey all! Sorry to hear about your illness Gary, hope you mend quickly!
	7:09pm Gary: And Peter, too! I'm feeling a lot better, thank you
	7:10pm solo mon: hello there
	7:11pm Gary: Hey, man, it's Solo Mon!
	🇰🇷 7:12pm chresti: ↳ Carmichael @7:07 I have.
	7:12pm tom tom the pipers son: hello gary...people...
	7:13pm Gary: Son of a piper, it's Tom!
	7:13pm solo mon: ↳ chresti @7:12 what's it smell like in Pearblossom?
	7:14pm Gary: " It's the ornamental pear tree, with beautiful white blossoms and smell that is reminiscent of, well, fetid pool water."
	7:16pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "What Good's a Hit Song" by "Tone Set" not to be confused w/ the drone band from the 90s, Tone, or the Fluxus musician/artist, Yasunao Tone....
	🇰🇷 7:16pm chresti: ↳ solo mon @7:13 Peaches? There's a peach grower there, I can't remember if I've been there.
	7:17pm Gary: NGH!
	7:18pm solo mon: We have something in oregon called bradford pear and it smells so nasty: like a port a potty at a street fair.
	7:18pm Carmichael: I was reading an article on SF Gate about a French couple who opened a taco stand there. Called Gourmetaco.
	7:25pm northguineahills: ↳ solo mon @7:18 not even durian fruit good/bad?
	7:26pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Warning Signs" by "The Floor" not to be confused w/ the 90s miami stoner rock band, floor?
	7:27pm solo mon: ↳ northguineahills @7:25 it's a flowering pear with no fruit...
	7:27pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Last Decide" by "Suicide" and, not to be confused w/ ..... nevermind.....
	7:27pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Last Decide" by "Suicide" to be confused with70's synth outfit...well you know
	7:28pm northguineahills: ↳ solo mon @7:27 ahhhh, not familar....
	7:28pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:27 we made the same joke....
	7:34pm tom tom the pipers son: moulin rouge...immortalized by "no time" toulouse lautrec
	🇰🇷 7:43pm chresti: I like bosc pears with cream cheese
	🇰🇷 7:45pm Listener Gregory: ↳ Song: "Performance" by "Club Tango" Excellent two-note lead guitar riff!
	7:46pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ chresti @7:43 i think i'll try that ,but i'm seeing raisins/currants on top of cream cheese...(?)
	7:47pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Life" by "Passing Smiles" quite a bit flock of seagulls
	7:48pm Gary: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:47 What was their MTV video song? I only remember the amaze-hair
	7:49pm mackeral: what's up folks I have just given up on cleaning a pot that is clearly ruined. don't leave a stove unattended. take it from me
	🇰🇷 7:49pm chresti: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:46 no
	7:49pm Gary: Mackeral!
	7:49pm tim abdellah: ↳ Gary @7:48 "I Ran" or "Space Age Love Song"
	7:50pm mackeral: ↳ tim abdellah @7:49 I loved Flock of Seagulls as a kid
	7:50pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Gary @7:48 "i ran", but i'm thinking. of another song
	7:50pm tim abdellah: ↳ mackeral @7:49 Back away from the pot!
	7:51pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ chresti @7:49 that's a very firm no...but i think i might experiment
	7:51pm mackeral: ↳ tim abdellah @7:50 I backed away from the pot, all the way into the back of the house, into work reverie, until I smelt smoke...
	7:51pm Ike: Greetings, humans!
	7:53pm Gary: Ike!
	7:54pm Gary: ↳ tim abdellah @7:49 I Ran! Thank you, Tim
	7:55pm Dean: mackeral: I did that, too, a couple nights ago! Simmered Brussel sprouts too long in a saucepan. But you know what? I don't care. I left a quarter inch of vinegar in the pan and removed most of the blackening. It's just fine.
	7:57pm Dean: I mean, Ultravox's third album was Systems of Romance. Is that the advent of this conglomeration of genres?
	7:57pm Gary: ↳ Dean @7:57 That's a question for the blog owner(s)!
	7:58pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @7:55 this pot "belongs" to my beloved, so I'm online shopping this problem into the past
	8:01pm Dean: I am reminded of my first semester Torts class in law school 23 years ago. "We do not want individuals cathecting upon personal property." So proclaimed the sublime Prof. Rachel Moran during a lecture about infliction of emotional distress. The class was unsettled by the verb she used, but I knew exactly what she meant. The law is reluctant to compensate for damage to objects we claim to love. For example, my turntable and amplifiers.
	8:04pm peter: Can’t believe I didn’t know this blog before! Definitely taking a guided tour once the show wraps
	8:05pm tim abdellah: ↳ peter @8:04 Same - looks amaaazing!
	8:07pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Yassassin" by "Litfiba" bowie
	8:07pm Dean: It appears the blog only refers incidentally to Ultravox. Odd...
	8:07pm Gary: Okay, I just put the link in the title, but I'll put it here too: www.systemsofromance.com...
	8:08pm mackeral: ↳ Gary @8:07 this looks amazing
	8:08pm Gary: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:07 Lodger was one of my favorites -- thrilled to find this cover version
	8:09pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Gary @8:08 yes, v nice...
	8:09pm Dean: The blog acknowledges Voice Farm. Nice.
	8:10pm Carmichael: I had to go fish out my skinny tie and hair frizz stuff
	8:13pm tim abdellah: ↳ Dean @8:09 Voice Farm! Don't think I ever saw them - I remember them being on the local scene here in the 80s
	8:13pm tom tom the pipers son: do people remember electro clash? i think a lot of the music here was summoned to fuel that trend...visuals too
	8:15pm Gary: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:13 The name was familiar, but I had to google it
	8:18pm Dean: I saw them once, tim, at Madame Wong's (or was it Hong Kong Cafe?). They were great. The show started with lights out, and the two guys from VF walked through the crowd taking Polaroid photos of the audience.
	8:18pm Dean: "Johnny Belinda," funny song.
	8:19pm tim abdellah: ↳ Song: "Your Carousel" by "Primitive Pleasure" Sweet - this sounds a bit like The Church, for whom I am a shameless sucker.
	8:19pm tim abdellah: ↳ Dean @8:18 Nice!!
	8:20pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Gary @8:15 peaches was electro clash...perhaps it was ciombined with a berlin element...reminds me there were these little "strip" kniepes in berlin were the dancers woud have little on ant do these absurd dances with loads of ribbon like rhythmic gymnastics in the olympics
	8:20pm Dean: I had the same thought, tim! The Church. When they were recording hits, I would have nothing to do with them. But now I feel I need to hear their discography.
	8:21pm Dean: I've had a hankering all day to hear Skinny Puppy, too.
	8:22pm mackeral: ↳ tim abdellah @8:19 I listened to Heyday in full yesterday
	8:22pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @8:21 I loved Skinny Puppy hard for a brief moment
	8:22pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:20 was actually a combination of something like bauhaus/schlemmer and olympics
	8:23pm Gary: ↳ mackeral @8:22 I am about 84% certain I blurted out "Hey, did you like Skinny Puppy?!?" to Peter when we were hanging out last summer
	8:24pm tim abdellah: ↳ mackeral @8:22 😮 Nice! I listened to/watched a full 1982 concert of theirs I found on the hard drive yesterday.
	8:24pm Dean: Same here, Skinny Puppy hit the spot for a moment, but no longer. Now I can revive that moment when I play Skinny Puppy!
	8:26pm Dean: Please advise: What's Heyday?
	8:26pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @8:26 www.discogs.com...
	8:26pm Dean: NM. The Church.
	8:26pm tom tom the pipers son: this is "tell me where the flowers are"
	8:28pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Glass Lady" by "Marty Flynn" "glass underwear"...?
	8:30pm Gary: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:28 Marty has quite the imagination!
	8:31pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Gary @8:30 indeed...
	8:32pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Nobody's Bride (instrumental)" by "Peggy & The Pi... this sounds like that 80's jackson browne hit
	8:34pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:32 somebody's baby...
	8:35pm tim abdellah: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:32 Somebody's Baby lol!
	8:35pm tim abdellah: ↳ Dean @8:20 They've got a lot of records. Early stuff sorta power pop/new romantic. 90s and forward more psychedelic and jammy. Starfish is great, Blurred Crusade, Priest=Aura, Forget Yourself. The Hypnogogue was pretty great last year, though you'll want the liner notes too cos it's a concept album
	8:35pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tim abdellah @8:35 was it in "fast times..."
	🇰🇷 8:36pm Listener Gregory: Sorry to hear about your throat, Gary, but I DID warn you against those Tuvan singing lesssons…
	🇰🇷 8:37pm Listener Gregory: Also, maybe unwise to enter the Tom Waits Vocal Competition, even though you were a finalist.
	8:37pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:35 yes it was...
	8:41pm tom tom the pipers son: and what's wrong with "somebody's baby"?
	8:43pm tim abdellah: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:41 Nothing at all! It was a LOL of delight!
	8:43pm tom tom the pipers son: shades of laurie spiegel
	8:43pm Dean: My clearest recollection of a The Church moment was from standing in a beloved Orange County record store, Beggar's Banquet (famous for having been an early target by Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen's legal campaign against bootleggers). The Church's biggest hit was playing, and I was then willing to admit privately an attraction to it. Liner notes and concept albums: Yes, Tales From Topographic Oceans. I didn't get Jon Anderson's notes, so I read the Paramahansa Yogananda's autobiography. Can't say I got it then, either.
	8:44pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tim abdellah @8:43 oh, gotcha
	8:47pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Eternal Performance" by "The Sophist" nice bass synth...
	8:47pm Dean: Do Sensation's Fix fit this bill? Kinda sorta?
	8:51pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:43 w/ some suzanne ciani thrown in
	8:55pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Eternal Performance" by "The Sophist" digging this now...
	8:55pm Dean: Do I assume correctly that The Sophist are a response to Bernstein's book?
	8:58pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Dean @8:55 looked up bernstein and can see how it applies...the date too
	9:00pm mackeral: ↳ tim abdellah @8:35 good info, Tim. I'm saving it for later. I dropped off after Starfish, which I loved.
	9:01pm Listener Gregory: I have left my post-synth phase and entered my post-post-synth phase, so I have to leave now. Thanks, Gary! Hope you feel better.
	9:03pm Dean: I suppose that The Screamers do not qualify as Systems of Romance.
	9:08pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Dean @8:18 I did the flyer for the show. It was at The Hong Kong Cafe. They opened for The Human Hands.
	9:08pm Gary: The Franco!
	9:09pm Franco Twinkie: Hi Gary!
	9:09pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Another Beer" by "The Silence Cries" i'm easily suggestible....
	9:11pm Jill B.: Hi Gary.....you have been sick? What's up?
	9:13pm Gary: Hi Mom! Yeah, for quite a while, ever since the Sunday of R's graduation. So, almost two weeks, although it was last weekend that was the worst
	9:13pm Gary: How have you been? I'll give you a call tomorrow
	9:15pm Jill B.: I finally have gotten my energy back, and the intestinal discomfort has stopped. I'm so sorry you have not been well. Yes. lets talk tomorrow if you have time.
	9:16pm Gary: I'm glad you're better, Mom. Yes, I'll call around lunchtime my time since I'll be working
	9:17pm Mike W.: je m’appelle mike
	9:17pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Fleurs D'Hiver" by "Les Fleurs D'Hiver" the bass sounding pylon-sh....like it
	9:17pm coelacanth∅: good evening Gary and all
	9:19pm Dean: Yep, Franco. I was there.
	9:19pm Gary: Coelacanth and Mike W!
	9:20pm Carmichael: Franco, was Nervous Gender also there?
	9:22pm Dean: Saw Nervous Gender at Al's.
	9:22pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Carmichael @9:20 Yes they were!
	9:23pm Dean: Musta saw them at HKC, too!
	9:23pm Carmichael: http://www.synthpunk.org/nervous_gender/6-27-80_2.jpg
	9:24pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Loop" by "Dawn Fades" digging
	9:24pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Dean @9:23 You did. Unless you went outside to hang around in the plaza, which was always 'a thing' at The Hong Kong.
	9:25pm Carmichael: Is that your flyer?
	9:25pm Franco Twinkie: It's my flyer.
	9:25pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "Loop" by "Dawn Fades" much like pornography-era cure, with a touch of killing joke
	9:26pm coelacanth∅: ...and i guess "dawn fades" is a joy division reference?
	9:26pm Carmichael: Sweet
	9:27pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Franco Twinkie @9:25 especially good typography
	9:27pm peter: yeah so much of this stuff reminds me of this great comp, "Undergrowth Vancouver 84" that I got obsessed with when I was living up there.. all from the scene that Skinny Puppy (who another commenter invoked) emerged from
	9:28pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @9:27 I could always write like a cholo, because I grew up on the Eastside.
	9:29pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Franco Twinkie @9:28 ah that's the trick... ; )
	9:31pm Dean: I have never been into "things," Franco. I did not hang out.
	9:31pm Dean: Actually, the track is called, "Love Me Do."
	9:31pm Franco Twinkie: Unlike me.
	9:32pm tom tom the pipers son: nirvana...?
	9:34pm mackeral: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @9:32 definitely. Killing Joke before that?
	9:35pm coelacanth∅: reminds me of young marble giants
	9:35pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ mackeral @9:34 true, was thinking how many have this opening bassline
	9:36pm Dean: Killing Joke, love 'em. Saw YMG at a Czechoslovakian meeting space in LA. They opened for Cabaret Voltaire. Monitor opened for them! Quite a night.
	9:37pm Franco Twinkie: Sokal Hall on Western.
	9:38pm Dean: Precisely, Franco.
	9:38pm Franco Twinkie: I saw Destroy All Monsters there.
	9:38pm Dean: Vivabeat belongs in this program.
	9:39pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Every Sad Night" by "Living Links" i dig this post teen angst
	9:45pm tom tom the pipers son: jealous of all these west coast shows seen. i saw one in l.a. and the vibe is different after show when you're let out in the night air...
	9:46pm Gary: Hey Kids! Stick around after this mess for the always-already ready Sam Segal and If You Lose Your Horse! Tonight's episode "I Lay Tiny Under Horse-Purple Stars" wfmu.org...
	9:47pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Kid Talk" by "The Bell Jar" sounding a little luna and also sp[aceman 3
	9:49pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @9:47 then turned spin goctors
	9:50pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @9:45 This is true, especially back then. But I think it's an age thing. Everyone was young and full of sass.
	9:52pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "GG Man" by "Underjordiska Lyxorkestern" thanks, gary, fun stuff, almost all i haven't heard before!
	9:52pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Franco Twinkie @9:50 yes i forgot about the sass. but when i saw a show in l.a. was not a young un and still felt different vibe
	9:54pm Franco Twinkie: Describe to me what you felt.
	9:54pm tom tom the pipers son: thanks gary...interesting show...
	9:56pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Franco Twinkie @9:54 well in ny you're either blasted with cold wind or heat and humidity...in l.a. the air is just sweeter and by and large made the people that way too
	9:57pm mackeral: another brand new window into the world of sound. thanks Gary! night all
	9:57pm Franco Twinkie: You're spot on.
	9:57pm tim abdellah: This was great fun Gary - thanks for the tour!
	9:57pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @9:56 i think there's more "personal space" in the west
	9:58pm Franco Twinkie: That too.
	9:58pm Gary: Thanks all and have a great night!
	9:58pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @9:57 more leeway between people
	9:58pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Don't Reduce My Heart (To Beating Meat)" by "Biki... ok, i know this band (not to be confused w/ bikini kill)
	9:58pm Franco Twinkie: Yup.
	9:59pm tom tom the pipers son: thanks franco
	10:00pm Franco Twinkie: Thanks Gary. I heard the whole show.
	🇰🇷 10:00pm WR: time flies..... Thank you! Gary!
	10:08pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Gary! be well soon!
	🇰🇷 10:09pm chresti: Attention thanks Gary!

Bodega Pop with Gary Sullivan: Playlist from May 22, 2024

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May 22, 2024: On the DL: Systems of Romance
Active since 2007, Systems of Romance self-describes as "a dumping grounds for all great things coldwave, minimal synth, post-punk, synthpunk, industrial, synthpop ..." Tonight, we'll hear a few of our favorite tracks

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Artist	Track	Album	Year	Approx. start time
Music behind DJ: Bodega Pop	Introduction "Introduction" by "Bodega Pop"	Bodega Pop	2024	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Ultime Possibilité	Coute Que Coute	Orcades Machinales Volumes 1 & 2	1988	0:04:45 (Pop-up)
Urutu	Neon Nightlife "Neon Nightlife" by "Urutu"	Young Blood	1984	0:09:55 (Pop-up)
Tone Set	What Good's a Hit Song "What Good's a Hit Song" by "Tone Set"	Calibrate	1983	0:13:20 (Pop-up)
The Blessed	Rubbernecking "Rubbernecking" by "The Blessed"	Taboo	1985	0:16:56 (Pop-up)
The Limp	Humans Beware "Humans Beware" by "The Limp"	Marked Man	1981	0:20:11 (Pop-up)
The Floor	Warning Signs "Warning Signs" by "The Floor"	Doll	2003	0:22:13 (Pop-up)
Suicide	Last Decide "Last Decide" by "Suicide"	Celebration	1985	0:25:22 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Superdude	Face the Music "Face the Music" by "Superdude"	Face the Music	1983	0:28:34 (Pop-up)
Moulin Rouge	Pamela "Pamela" by "Moulin Rouge"	Essentials	1986	0:32:00 (Pop-up)
Karen Marks	Cold Café "Cold Café" by "Karen Marks"	Cold Café	1981	0:37:29 (Pop-up)
Club Tango	Performance "Performance" by "Club Tango"	Performance	1981	0:40:17 (Pop-up)
Passing Smiles	Life "Life" by "Passing Smiles"	Life	1981	0:45:43 (Pop-up)
Sally Patience	Buried in My Boots	The Triangle Man	1984	0:49:55 (Pop-up)
Again & Again & Again	Dreams Are Never Enough	Dreams Are Never Enough	1982	0:54:18 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Madame Edwarda	Ferris Wheel 大観覧車	Illuminé	1986	0:58:37 (Pop-up)
The Heart Throbs	Naked Bang "Naked Bang" by "The Heart Throbs"	Bang	1987	1:03:29 (Pop-up)
Litfiba	Yassassin "Yassassin" by "Litfiba"	Yassassin	1984	1:06:08 (Pop-up)
Lama	Love on the Rocks "Love on the Rocks" by "Lama"	Love on the Rocks	1983	1:13:08 (Pop-up)
Primitive Pleasure	Your Carousel "Your Carousel" by "Primitive Pleasure"	Jupiter Remote	1987	1:16:22 (Pop-up)
Tableau Noir	La Mort des Amants "La Mort des Amants" by "Tableau Noir"	Correspondances	1986	1:19:46 (Pop-up)
Courage of Lassie	Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind	The Temptation to Exist	1986	1:23:30 (Pop-up)
Marty Flynn	Glass Lady "Glass Lady" by "Marty Flynn"	Glass Lady	1985	1:27:10 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Peggy & The Pills	Nobody's Bride (instrumental)	Nobody's Bride	1985	1:30:56 (Pop-up)
The Sophist	Attention All People "Attention All People" by "The Sophist"	Subliminal Control	1987	1:35:02 (Pop-up)
The Sophist	Eternal Performance "Eternal Performance" by "The Sophist"	Subliminal Control	1987	1:35:59 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Sophist	Baby "Baby" by "The Sophist"	Subliminal Control	1987	1:58:31 (Pop-up)
Christiana	Suechtig "Suechtig" by "Christiana"	Final Church	1982	2:01:07 (Pop-up)
Nick Haward	Grey Day "Grey Day" by "Nick Haward"	Grey Day	1983	2:04:37 (Pop-up)
The Silence Cries	Another Beer "Another Beer" by "The Silence Cries"	Silent Eyes	1987	2:08:06 (Pop-up)
Razor Penguins	Indifference "Indifference" by "Razor Penguins"	Paris	1981	2:12:14 (Pop-up)
Les Fleurs D'Hiver	Fleurs D'Hiver	Fleurs D'Hiver	1984	2:15:18 (Pop-up)
Underjordiska Lyxorkestern	GG Man	PrärieRomanser	1982	2:19:17 (Pop-up)
Dawn Fades	Loop "Loop" by "Dawn Fades"	Nine Thorns	1997	2:21:55 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Fru Aut	Superglu "Superglu" by "Fru Aut"	Fru Aut	1988	2:26:59 (Pop-up)
Indifferent Dance Centre	Flight & Pursuit	Flight & Pursuit	1981	2:32:04 (Pop-up)
Living Links	Every Sad Night "Every Sad Night" by "Living Links"	Every Sad Night	1983	2:37:18 (Pop-up)
Quite Simply	Unknown Stranger "Unknown Stranger" by "Quite Simply"	Unknown Stranger	1989	2:40:39 (Pop-up)
The Bell Jar	Kid Talk "Kid Talk" by "The Bell Jar"	Beginnings of Ends		2:45:05 (Pop-up)
Persian Rugs	Poison on the Airwaves	Burning Passion Pain	1981	2:49:28 (Pop-up)
Ear Trumpet	The Smell You Get From Old Books	Bring on the Dirt		2:52:23 (Pop-up)
Bikini Atoll	Don't Reduce My Heart (To Beating Meat)	Don't Reduce My Heart (To Beating Meat)	1981	2:56:20 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Catrina Paslaru	Hei La Bodega "Hei La Bodega" by "Catrina Paslaru"	Hei La Bodega - Carnaval!	2000	2:58:55 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:40pm Dean: Ultravox?
	6:48pm Gary: Not sure I've got any for tonight, oddly enough!
	🇰🇷 7:02pm Listener Gregory: The weather has dried and cooled, making it a great time to take a stroll down to the corner bodega and say hi to the cat.
	7:02pm listener james from westwood: Evening, Gary and all!
	7:05pm Gary: Gregory and James and Dean!
	🇰🇷 7:05pm chresti: Hi Gary bodega!
	7:06pm Gary: and Tha Chresti!
	7:06pm Carmichael: Heya Gary and Bodegans
	7:06pm tim abdellah: Hi Gary and y'all!
	7:07pm Gary: and Theee Carmichael!
	7:07pm Gary: Plus Tim!
	7:07pm Carmichael: Hey Chresti, have you heard of a town called Pearblossom?
	7:09pm peter: Hey all! Sorry to hear about your illness Gary, hope you mend quickly!
	7:09pm Gary: And Peter, too! I'm feeling a lot better, thank you
	7:10pm solo mon: hello there
	7:11pm Gary: Hey, man, it's Solo Mon!
	🇰🇷 7:12pm chresti: ↳ Carmichael @7:07 I have.
	7:12pm tom tom the pipers son: hello gary...people...
	7:13pm Gary: Son of a piper, it's Tom!
	7:13pm solo mon: ↳ chresti @7:12 what's it smell like in Pearblossom?
	7:14pm Gary: " It's the ornamental pear tree, with beautiful white blossoms and smell that is reminiscent of, well, fetid pool water."
	7:16pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "What Good's a Hit Song" by "Tone Set" not to be confused w/ the drone band from the 90s, Tone, or the Fluxus musician/artist, Yasunao Tone....
	🇰🇷 7:16pm chresti: ↳ solo mon @7:13 Peaches? There's a peach grower there, I can't remember if I've been there.
	7:17pm Gary: NGH!
	7:18pm solo mon: We have something in oregon called bradford pear and it smells so nasty: like a port a potty at a street fair.
	7:18pm Carmichael: I was reading an article on SF Gate about a French couple who opened a taco stand there. Called Gourmetaco.
	7:25pm northguineahills: ↳ solo mon @7:18 not even durian fruit good/bad?
	7:26pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Warning Signs" by "The Floor" not to be confused w/ the 90s miami stoner rock band, floor?
	7:27pm solo mon: ↳ northguineahills @7:25 it's a flowering pear with no fruit...
	7:27pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Last Decide" by "Suicide" and, not to be confused w/ ..... nevermind.....
	7:27pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Last Decide" by "Suicide" to be confused with70's synth outfit...well you know
	7:28pm northguineahills: ↳ solo mon @7:27 ahhhh, not familar....
	7:28pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:27 we made the same joke....
	7:34pm tom tom the pipers son: moulin rouge...immortalized by "no time" toulouse lautrec
	🇰🇷 7:43pm chresti: I like bosc pears with cream cheese
	🇰🇷 7:45pm Listener Gregory: ↳ Song: "Performance" by "Club Tango" Excellent two-note lead guitar riff!
	7:46pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ chresti @7:43 i think i'll try that ,but i'm seeing raisins/currants on top of cream cheese...(?)
	7:47pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Life" by "Passing Smiles" quite a bit flock of seagulls
	7:48pm Gary: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:47 What was their MTV video song? I only remember the amaze-hair
	7:49pm mackeral: what's up folks I have just given up on cleaning a pot that is clearly ruined. don't leave a stove unattended. take it from me
	🇰🇷 7:49pm chresti: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:46 no
	7:49pm Gary: Mackeral!
	7:49pm tim abdellah: ↳ Gary @7:48 "I Ran" or "Space Age Love Song"
	7:50pm mackeral: ↳ tim abdellah @7:49 I loved Flock of Seagulls as a kid
	7:50pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Gary @7:48 "i ran", but i'm thinking. of another song
	7:50pm tim abdellah: ↳ mackeral @7:49 Back away from the pot!
	7:51pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ chresti @7:49 that's a very firm no...but i think i might experiment
	7:51pm mackeral: ↳ tim abdellah @7:50 I backed away from the pot, all the way into the back of the house, into work reverie, until I smelt smoke...
	7:51pm Ike: Greetings, humans!
	7:53pm Gary: Ike!
	7:54pm Gary: ↳ tim abdellah @7:49 I Ran! Thank you, Tim
	7:55pm Dean: mackeral: I did that, too, a couple nights ago! Simmered Brussel sprouts too long in a saucepan. But you know what? I don't care. I left a quarter inch of vinegar in the pan and removed most of the blackening. It's just fine.
	7:57pm Dean: I mean, Ultravox's third album was Systems of Romance. Is that the advent of this conglomeration of genres?
	7:57pm Gary: ↳ Dean @7:57 That's a question for the blog owner(s)!
	7:58pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @7:55 this pot "belongs" to my beloved, so I'm online shopping this problem into the past
	8:01pm Dean: I am reminded of my first semester Torts class in law school 23 years ago. "We do not want individuals cathecting upon personal property." So proclaimed the sublime Prof. Rachel Moran during a lecture about infliction of emotional distress. The class was unsettled by the verb she used, but I knew exactly what she meant. The law is reluctant to compensate for damage to objects we claim to love. For example, my turntable and amplifiers.
	8:04pm peter: Can’t believe I didn’t know this blog before! Definitely taking a guided tour once the show wraps
	8:05pm tim abdellah: ↳ peter @8:04 Same - looks amaaazing!
	8:07pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Yassassin" by "Litfiba" bowie
	8:07pm Dean: It appears the blog only refers incidentally to Ultravox. Odd...
	8:07pm Gary: Okay, I just put the link in the title, but I'll put it here too: www.systemsofromance.com...
	8:08pm mackeral: ↳ Gary @8:07 this looks amazing
	8:08pm Gary: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:07 Lodger was one of my favorites -- thrilled to find this cover version
	8:09pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Gary @8:08 yes, v nice...
	8:09pm Dean: The blog acknowledges Voice Farm. Nice.
	8:10pm Carmichael: I had to go fish out my skinny tie and hair frizz stuff
	8:13pm tim abdellah: ↳ Dean @8:09 Voice Farm! Don't think I ever saw them - I remember them being on the local scene here in the 80s
	8:13pm tom tom the pipers son: do people remember electro clash? i think a lot of the music here was summoned to fuel that trend...visuals too
	8:15pm Gary: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:13 The name was familiar, but I had to google it
	8:18pm Dean: I saw them once, tim, at Madame Wong's (or was it Hong Kong Cafe?). They were great. The show started with lights out, and the two guys from VF walked through the crowd taking Polaroid photos of the audience.
	8:18pm Dean: "Johnny Belinda," funny song.
	8:19pm tim abdellah: ↳ Song: "Your Carousel" by "Primitive Pleasure" Sweet - this sounds a bit like The Church, for whom I am a shameless sucker.
	8:19pm tim abdellah: ↳ Dean @8:18 Nice!!
	8:20pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Gary @8:15 peaches was electro clash...perhaps it was ciombined with a berlin element...reminds me there were these little "strip" kniepes in berlin were the dancers woud have little on ant do these absurd dances with loads of ribbon like rhythmic gymnastics in the olympics
	8:20pm Dean: I had the same thought, tim! The Church. When they were recording hits, I would have nothing to do with them. But now I feel I need to hear their discography.
	8:21pm Dean: I've had a hankering all day to hear Skinny Puppy, too.
	8:22pm mackeral: ↳ tim abdellah @8:19 I listened to Heyday in full yesterday
	8:22pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @8:21 I loved Skinny Puppy hard for a brief moment
	8:22pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:20 was actually a combination of something like bauhaus/schlemmer and olympics
	8:23pm Gary: ↳ mackeral @8:22 I am about 84% certain I blurted out "Hey, did you like Skinny Puppy?!?" to Peter when we were hanging out last summer
	8:24pm tim abdellah: ↳ mackeral @8:22 😮 Nice! I listened to/watched a full 1982 concert of theirs I found on the hard drive yesterday.
	8:24pm Dean: Same here, Skinny Puppy hit the spot for a moment, but no longer. Now I can revive that moment when I play Skinny Puppy!
	8:26pm Dean: Please advise: What's Heyday?
	8:26pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @8:26 www.discogs.com...
	8:26pm Dean: NM. The Church.
	8:26pm tom tom the pipers son: this is "tell me where the flowers are"
	8:28pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Glass Lady" by "Marty Flynn" "glass underwear"...?
	8:30pm Gary: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:28 Marty has quite the imagination!
	8:31pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Gary @8:30 indeed...
	8:32pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Nobody's Bride (instrumental)" by "Peggy & The Pi... this sounds like that 80's jackson browne hit
	8:34pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:32 somebody's baby...
	8:35pm tim abdellah: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:32 Somebody's Baby lol!
	8:35pm tim abdellah: ↳ Dean @8:20 They've got a lot of records. Early stuff sorta power pop/new romantic. 90s and forward more psychedelic and jammy. Starfish is great, Blurred Crusade, Priest=Aura, Forget Yourself. The Hypnogogue was pretty great last year, though you'll want the liner notes too cos it's a concept album
	8:35pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tim abdellah @8:35 was it in "fast times..."
	🇰🇷 8:36pm Listener Gregory: Sorry to hear about your throat, Gary, but I DID warn you against those Tuvan singing lesssons…
	🇰🇷 8:37pm Listener Gregory: Also, maybe unwise to enter the Tom Waits Vocal Competition, even though you were a finalist.
	8:37pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:35 yes it was...
	8:41pm tom tom the pipers son: and what's wrong with "somebody's baby"?
	8:43pm tim abdellah: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:41 Nothing at all! It was a LOL of delight!
	8:43pm tom tom the pipers son: shades of laurie spiegel
	8:43pm Dean: My clearest recollection of a The Church moment was from standing in a beloved Orange County record store, Beggar's Banquet (famous for having been an early target by Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen's legal campaign against bootleggers). The Church's biggest hit was playing, and I was then willing to admit privately an attraction to it. Liner notes and concept albums: Yes, Tales From Topographic Oceans. I didn't get Jon Anderson's notes, so I read the Paramahansa Yogananda's autobiography. Can't say I got it then, either.
	8:44pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tim abdellah @8:43 oh, gotcha
	8:47pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Eternal Performance" by "The Sophist" nice bass synth...
	8:47pm Dean: Do Sensation's Fix fit this bill? Kinda sorta?
	8:51pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:43 w/ some suzanne ciani thrown in
	8:55pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Eternal Performance" by "The Sophist" digging this now...
	8:55pm Dean: Do I assume correctly that The Sophist are a response to Bernstein's book?
	8:58pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Dean @8:55 looked up bernstein and can see how it applies...the date too
	9:00pm mackeral: ↳ tim abdellah @8:35 good info, Tim. I'm saving it for later. I dropped off after Starfish, which I loved.
	9:01pm Listener Gregory: I have left my post-synth phase and entered my post-post-synth phase, so I have to leave now. Thanks, Gary! Hope you feel better.
	9:03pm Dean: I suppose that The Screamers do not qualify as Systems of Romance.
	9:08pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Dean @8:18 I did the flyer for the show. It was at The Hong Kong Cafe. They opened for The Human Hands.
	9:08pm Gary: The Franco!
	9:09pm Franco Twinkie: Hi Gary!
	9:09pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Another Beer" by "The Silence Cries" i'm easily suggestible....
	9:11pm Jill B.: Hi Gary.....you have been sick? What's up?
	9:13pm Gary: Hi Mom! Yeah, for quite a while, ever since the Sunday of R's graduation. So, almost two weeks, although it was last weekend that was the worst
	9:13pm Gary: How have you been? I'll give you a call tomorrow
	9:15pm Jill B.: I finally have gotten my energy back, and the intestinal discomfort has stopped. I'm so sorry you have not been well. Yes. lets talk tomorrow if you have time.
	9:16pm Gary: I'm glad you're better, Mom. Yes, I'll call around lunchtime my time since I'll be working
	9:17pm Mike W.: je m’appelle mike
	9:17pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Fleurs D'Hiver" by "Les Fleurs D'Hiver" the bass sounding pylon-sh....like it
	9:17pm coelacanth∅: good evening Gary and all
	9:19pm Dean: Yep, Franco. I was there.
	9:19pm Gary: Coelacanth and Mike W!
	9:20pm Carmichael: Franco, was Nervous Gender also there?
	9:22pm Dean: Saw Nervous Gender at Al's.
	9:22pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Carmichael @9:20 Yes they were!
	9:23pm Dean: Musta saw them at HKC, too!
	9:23pm Carmichael: http://www.synthpunk.org/nervous_gender/6-27-80_2.jpg
	9:24pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Loop" by "Dawn Fades" digging
	9:24pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Dean @9:23 You did. Unless you went outside to hang around in the plaza, which was always 'a thing' at The Hong Kong.
	9:25pm Carmichael: Is that your flyer?
	9:25pm Franco Twinkie: It's my flyer.
	9:25pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "Loop" by "Dawn Fades" much like pornography-era cure, with a touch of killing joke
	9:26pm coelacanth∅: ...and i guess "dawn fades" is a joy division reference?
	9:26pm Carmichael: Sweet
	9:27pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Franco Twinkie @9:25 especially good typography
	9:27pm peter: yeah so much of this stuff reminds me of this great comp, "Undergrowth Vancouver 84" that I got obsessed with when I was living up there.. all from the scene that Skinny Puppy (who another commenter invoked) emerged from
	9:28pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @9:27 I could always write like a cholo, because I grew up on the Eastside.
	9:29pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Franco Twinkie @9:28 ah that's the trick... ; )
	9:31pm Dean: I have never been into "things," Franco. I did not hang out.
	9:31pm Dean: Actually, the track is called, "Love Me Do."
	9:31pm Franco Twinkie: Unlike me.
	9:32pm tom tom the pipers son: nirvana...?
	9:34pm mackeral: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @9:32 definitely. Killing Joke before that?
	9:35pm coelacanth∅: reminds me of young marble giants
	9:35pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ mackeral @9:34 true, was thinking how many have this opening bassline
	9:36pm Dean: Killing Joke, love 'em. Saw YMG at a Czechoslovakian meeting space in LA. They opened for Cabaret Voltaire. Monitor opened for them! Quite a night.
	9:37pm Franco Twinkie: Sokal Hall on Western.
	9:38pm Dean: Precisely, Franco.
	9:38pm Franco Twinkie: I saw Destroy All Monsters there.
	9:38pm Dean: Vivabeat belongs in this program.
	9:39pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Every Sad Night" by "Living Links" i dig this post teen angst
	9:45pm tom tom the pipers son: jealous of all these west coast shows seen. i saw one in l.a. and the vibe is different after show when you're let out in the night air...
	9:46pm Gary: Hey Kids! Stick around after this mess for the always-already ready Sam Segal and If You Lose Your Horse! Tonight's episode "I Lay Tiny Under Horse-Purple Stars" wfmu.org...
	9:47pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Kid Talk" by "The Bell Jar" sounding a little luna and also sp[aceman 3
	9:49pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @9:47 then turned spin goctors
	9:50pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @9:45 This is true, especially back then. But I think it's an age thing. Everyone was young and full of sass.
	9:52pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "GG Man" by "Underjordiska Lyxorkestern" thanks, gary, fun stuff, almost all i haven't heard before!
	9:52pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Franco Twinkie @9:50 yes i forgot about the sass. but when i saw a show in l.a. was not a young un and still felt different vibe
	9:54pm Franco Twinkie: Describe to me what you felt.
	9:54pm tom tom the pipers son: thanks gary...interesting show...
	9:56pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Franco Twinkie @9:54 well in ny you're either blasted with cold wind or heat and humidity...in l.a. the air is just sweeter and by and large made the people that way too
	9:57pm mackeral: another brand new window into the world of sound. thanks Gary! night all
	9:57pm Franco Twinkie: You're spot on.
	9:57pm tim abdellah: This was great fun Gary - thanks for the tour!
	9:57pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @9:56 i think there's more "personal space" in the west
	9:58pm Franco Twinkie: That too.
	9:58pm Gary: Thanks all and have a great night!
	9:58pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @9:57 more leeway between people
	9:58pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Don't Reduce My Heart (To Beating Meat)" by "Biki... ok, i know this band (not to be confused w/ bikini kill)
	9:58pm Franco Twinkie: Yup.
	9:59pm tom tom the pipers son: thanks franco
	10:00pm Franco Twinkie: Thanks Gary. I heard the whole show.
	🇰🇷 10:00pm WR: time flies..... Thank you! Gary!
	10:08pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Gary! be well soon!
	🇰🇷 10:09pm chresti: Attention thanks Gary!

Bodega Pop with Gary Sullivan: Playlist from May 22, 2024

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