Favoriting Brian Turner: Playlist from February 10, 2015 Favoriting

Order and disorder in a freeform haze of terribly-played guitars, shorted-out electronics, found audio detritus, strange sounds from strange lands all around. Psych-punk-junk, collage, even pop. Lots of in-studio live performances to boot.

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Favoriting February 10, 2015: w/ live set from TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SPLEEN (Henry Kaiser / Chris Pitsiokos / Weasel Walter)

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Topography of the Spleen live in the studio today (Chris Pitsiokos: sax, Henry Kaiser: acoustic guitar, Weasel Walter: drums)

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Artist Track Album Label Comments New Approx. start time
Laube  Pewter Gray Metallic   Favoriting Laube  Small Doses    *   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Badger Theater  Excerpts   Favoriting Movie Phone  No Label      0:09:25 (Pop-up)
Justin Marc Lloyd  Justice Trap Universe and/or Party   Favoriting Your  Love Earth Music    *   0:11:18 (Pop-up)
Wendy's  The Corporate Office   Favoriting 12"  No Label    *   0:13:32 (Pop-up)
Bongloads of Righteous Boo  The Mona Lisa   Favoriting Blast Off With B.O.R.B.  Twisted Village      0:18:18 (Pop-up)
Sadaka  African Violet   Favoriting Various: Spiritual Jazz 5  Jazzman    *   0:23:17 (Pop-up)
Chug  Horses   Favoriting Kisser  Flying Nun      0:27:22 (Pop-up)
The Sunday Painters  Rebel Rebel   Favoriting In My Dreams  Terminal    *   0:30:56 (Pop-up)
Monoshock  You Must Be A Witch   Favoriting Lost Shock Vol. 1  Silver Currant    *   0:41:34 (Pop-up)
Cal & the Calories  Pain In the Ass   Favoriting 7"  Total Punk    *   0:44:31 (Pop-up)
Paul Johnson  Give Me Ecstasy   Favoriting Various: Dance Mania: Ghetto Madness  Strut    *   0:47:45 (Pop-up)
New Mixage  Badaboum (Rock Francais au Calvados)   Favoriting   No Label      0:53:23 (Pop-up)
Los Siquicos Litoralenos  No Sabemos Nada   Favoriting Sonido Chipadelico  Sham Palace / Annihaya    *   0:56:30 (Pop-up)
Tartu Popi Ja Roki Instituut  Reis Umber Maalima   Favoriting 7"  Mpls Ltd    *   0:58:17 (Pop-up)
Venom  The Death of Rock and Roll   Favoriting From the Very Depths  Spinefarm    *   1:05:56 (Pop-up)
Tank  Shellshock   Favoriting Filth Hounds of Hades  Kamaflage      1:08:58 (Pop-up)
Dead Gum  Regain   Favoriting Gainer  Phasegun    *   1:12:34 (Pop-up)
Duplexx  Planeta Terra   Favoriting Various: Three Squares Swing On Fire  QTV    *   1:15:56 (Pop-up)
Aine O'Dwyer  Return To Fugue   Favoriting Music For Church Cleaners 1 & 2  MIE    *   1:18:57 (Pop-up)
Trevor Wishart  Part 2   Favoriting Red Bird: A Political Prisoner's Dream  Sub Rosa    *   1:23:03 (Pop-up)
Alec Cheer  Curved Walls   Favoriting Defuse You  No Label    *   1:37:46 (Pop-up)
Letha Rodman Melchior  Southern Highlands   Favoriting Shimmering Ghost  SIltbreeze    *   1:46:56 (Pop-up)
Tolerance  Excerpt   Favoriting Anonym  No Label    *   1:50:29 (Pop-up)
Dedo  Quarto Quente   Favoriting Rainha  QTV    *   1:55:29 (Pop-up)
Topography of the Spleen  Live in the WFMU Studio   Favoriting Engineered by Gil Shuster    Top form trio improvisation live on Brian's show today to celebrate legendary guitarist Henry Kaiser's residency at The Stone. Kaiser, who has been putting out a wildly diverse musical output since 1979, has played solo and with a stunning variety of musicians including Derek Bailey, Richard Thompson, David Lindley, Jim O'Rourke, John Oswald, and Fred Frith. In the last decade he's also dedicated a great amount of time deployed as a research diver in the Antarctic and has provided underwater camerawork to two Werner Herzog films to Oscar-nominated acclaim. Today on air, drummer Weasel Walter (Flying Luttenbachers/Cellular Chaos and currently of Lydia Lunch's Retrovirus) and saxophonist Chris Pitsiokos join in, playing as Topography of the Spleen; catch this lineup live also February 5th during Henry's Feb 3-8th Stone stint (located on Avenue C and 2nd Street). Download this session via The Free Music Archive!    2:02:01 (Pop-up)
Henry Kaiser & Ray Russell  Gukten Limpo   Favoriting The Celestial Squid  Cuneiform    *   2:34:06 (Pop-up)
Henry Kaiser  No Trouble With the Tromba   Favoriting Garden Of Memory  Self-Released    *   2:42:17 (Pop-up)
Henry Kaiser  Outside Pleasure   Favoriting Outside Aloha Pleasure  Dexter's CIgar      2:50:11 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 3:05pm
Mugsy:

Good afternoon Brian.
Avatar 3:06pm
sphere:

hey brian
Avatar 3:07pm
steve:

can someone tell me what this sound bite is from
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
ironybread:

Heh! Took me 60 seconds. "Spaced" FTW.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:08pm
DCE:

Hi Brian, nice to see you've tidied up the place
  3:09pm
BriJet:

Hey Brian!!!!!
Avatar 3:11pm
Sandy:

I want to hear Henry Chris and Weasel. !@!
Avatar 3:11pm
Andy M.:

Good afternoon.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:13pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

We are the Monochrome Avatars. & it's great to be here in NewJersey. 1-2-3-4...
Avatar 3:16pm
Lopez:

Oy! Gut afternoon party people! Love this Corporate Horrorscape
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:17pm
Stanley:

This recording is excruciating. But in a good way.
Avatar 3:17pm
Chris from DC:

yay, Justin Marc Lloyd!
Avatar 3:18pm
kuriousornj:

Brian, what r u doin' to us !!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:20pm
coelacanth:

hi Brian; fellow masochists.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:21pm
common:

yea, noise! ello!
Avatar 3:22pm
Lopez:

A little pick-me-up for those in search of sweet melodies and karaoke ides!
Avatar 3:23pm
Andy M.:

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Avatar 3:23pm
sphere:

editing music par exellence,
Avatar 3:23pm
Mugsy:

bullshit in a china shop, very nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:24pm
coelacanth:

hey!
  3:24pm
clav:

bring on the skronk
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:25pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...nah - you gotta hear the mono vinyl pressing...now that's a catharsis...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:25pm
ironybread:

Did the Gary Kail / Zurich 1916 ‎"Creative Nihilism" LP I rescued from eBay ever arrive? PayPal shows in my transaction history that I sent the seller a payment on 12/10, but eBay has no record that I bought it. I think eBay is smoking crack. Anyway, I hope it showed up in your PO Box.
Avatar 3:26pm
sphere:

@ironybread: perhaps a time traveller snagged it.
Avatar 3:26pm
Brian Turner:

It sure did, and it's back in the library, severe thanks for that rescue operation!
Avatar 3:27pm
Mugsy:

You know you have the greatest listeners in the world BT
  3:29pm
Ike:

Beautiful racket BT, thanks
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:30pm
coelacanth:

Mugsy was that,a few posts ago, to me? (or should i be worried?!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:35pm
ironybread:

Sweet, now it can make its way slowly back into the avant-garde hit parade!
Avatar 3:37pm
Mugsy:

Yeah it was.
Avatar 3:41pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Running between meetings, missed JML's track, weeh!
  3:41pm
Dean:

The Screamers were at least as impressive as the legend has it. And we miss Weasel Walter here in the Oakland area.
Avatar 3:42pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Whoa., that Gary Kail LP would be worth a rescue operation. Thanks to all concerned.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:46pm
coelacanth:

Thank you Mugsy (unless it was sarcastic! -eh,it's okay if it was)...i was worried that that title wasn't just mine!
  3:51pm
billybumpus:

total punk!
Avatar 3:51pm
Lopez:

Paul Johnson is a GENIUS
Avatar 3:53pm
Mugsy:

No sarcasm.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:56pm
DCE:

man this guy needs to calm down
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:00pm
estimo:

Wow, Tartu the town where I am from! Greets from Tartu! Also Muuro the Dalmatian is from here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:01pm
coelacanth:

huh,i thought this was (maybe early) stereolab.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:03pm
chris:

I was getting a Stereolab hit, too... Now Tartu is on the travel destination list... If it spawns this and Muuro, it has to be groovy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:04pm
estimo:

well our couch is always open for the password wfmu!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:05pm
chris:

Oh, and hello, All! Been lurking most of the day, when not in meetings...

BT, the last 65 minutes have been pure radio gold!

Thanks, estimo!
Avatar 4:07pm
Mugsy:

Wow!
Avatar 4:08pm
Andy M.:

Are Venom the boys who do all that ridiculous between song banter live that people love to play with?
  4:09pm
clav:

^ oh you know it !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:09pm
Andrew Waterloo:

they have it in for Kid Creole?
Avatar 4:10pm
steve:

what does this guy have against Kid Creole
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
Polyus:

Did he say "we're killing Kid Creole?"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
efd:

What did Kid Creole do to Venom, I wonder.
Avatar 4:10pm
Andy M.:

@clav I thought so.
  4:10pm
Dean:

Ask not what Kid Creole did to Venom, but what Venom can do to Kid Creole.
Avatar 4:12pm
Cheri Pi:

here!
Avatar 4:15pm
MenfussMike:

Venom and then Tank?!?!?! wow! I feel 14 again.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:35pm
ironybread:

Your guide to trends on today's Brian Turner playlist: #KidCreole #ButNotCoconuts #Venom #ButNotNickBougasPresentsCelebritiesAtTheirWorst #Tartu #ButNotTallinn #Sarcasm #ButNotIrony #Trends
Avatar 4:38pm
Carmichael:

Just rolled up, folks. That Mona Lisa song, was that an Atlas Sounds cover or no? Oh, hi Brian. Waiting for that nutty kooky Henry Kaiser.
  4:38pm
OxyWolf:

Beautiful. Knew I..I should've checked the expiration date.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:43pm
common:

purdy
Avatar 4:44pm
northguineahills:

Nice Wishart and Alec Cheer.
Avatar 4:44pm
Lopez:

outstanding atmospheres BT
Avatar 4:52pm
Cheri Pi:

woooo swellsmappy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
Guido from Cologne:

in time
  5:01pm
Dean:

Henry was sighted at Freight & Salvage last month for the Nels Cline and Julian Lage show, too.
  5:02pm
Dean:

Plane Crash!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:09pm
Uncle Michael:

I'm trying to let one of Henry's one-time collaborators know that this set is happening.
Avatar 5:10pm
Sandy:

I played guitar with all these guys but not all at the same time.
Avatar 5:12pm
Sandy:

soundcloud.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:12pm
Uncle Michael:

Sandy, do you know Gary Lambert? That's who I sent word to.
Avatar 5:15pm
Sandy:

I don't think I've met him.
Avatar 5:15pm
northguineahills:

Thanks Sandy!
  5:19pm
Dean:

Band name's a riff on Evan Parker, no?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:20pm
coelacanth:

totally digging this but unfortunately must be working too and am not hearing the quieter passages.
Avatar 5:20pm
Lopez:

Today has been a sweet divergence I have to say. I love full-throated metal and punk as much as anybody, but this whole set has been great!
Avatar 5:26pm
Sandy:

Good work Weasel Chris & Henry. very nice. good recording, too!
Avatar 5:27pm
Carmichael:

Dean, are you in Berkeley?
  5:28pm
Dean:

Yes, Carmichael.
Avatar 5:29pm
northguineahills:

Henry's playing is reminding me of when Kurt did his Derek Bailey tribute a few weeks ago and did a track where Henry was playing homage to Derek, even his talking while playing style.
Avatar 5:29pm
Carmichael:

Shit, all this time I thought you were an East Coaster. I'm a Sacramento/Davis/Winters type of guy.
  5:32pm
Dean:

That's wild. I'm SoCal born and bred, NoCal for the last fourteen years. Maybe a couple comments I've made over the years about, aptly, Downtown Music Gallery, and trips to Victo gave the mistaken impression? I used to spend more time in Sacramento when friends lived there, but they're now in D.C. and Berkeley.
Avatar 5:33pm
Carmichael:

Henry's guitar appears to be an Anderson? It's a real beaut.
  5:33pm
Dean:

Now there's a Bay Area roster!
Avatar 5:34pm
Sandy:

I went to this recording session. Fantasy Records. Back in April I think.
Avatar 5:38pm
Sandy:

Hey Dean there's going to be Plane Crash 2
  5:41pm
Dean:

Great news, Sandy! The first one was a doozy.
Avatar 5:41pm
Carmichael:

Sandy, were you in Berkeley as well? And Billy Jam was just in Oakland a few weeks ago. I seem to be just up the freeway from where all the fun is.
Avatar 5:43pm
Sandy:

Yeah, back in April. I was in the Bay Area a second time last year for Outsound New Music Summit back in July or August.
Avatar 5:45pm
Lopez:

Can anybody identify the black metal shirt Weasel Walter's wearing in the pics? I love that this music is being performed by someone with that brutal a shirt!
Avatar 5:47pm
Mugsy:

ha pitfall
Avatar 5:47pm
Brian Turner:

Mayhem
  5:54pm
Fredericks:

Kaiser sounds like if John McLaughlin and Eugene Chadbourne had a baby.
  5:55pm
Fredericks:

Has anyone said that before?
  5:57pm
Fredericks:

It felt weird.
  5:57pm
Dean:

If you mean John McLaughlin the TV host, then yes, it has been said before.
Avatar 5:57pm
Lopez:

Good call on the shirt BT, and great show today! @Fredericks - your comment is amazing (and actually on point completely)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:59pm
coelacanth:

Thank you BT Thank you Topography of the Spleen
ciao people
Avatar 5:59pm
Carmichael:

Thanks, Brian. Excellent show! And thanks to the lads for a glitterin' display!
  5:59pm
tino:

this dude should jam with dave hill
  2:46pm
Rosana:

DEDO!!! quarto quente is a place inside ilhas de calor
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