Favoriting Tony Coulter: Playlist from July 14, 2015 Favoriting

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Favoriting July 14, 2015: Tony Coulter Presents Tape Hiss: Randall Kennedy, plus the comps "L.A. Mantra" and "Absolute Elsewhere" [PLEASE NOTE: "Tape Hiss" shows are not archived.]

Artist Track Album Label Year
The In-Theme  Holger Hiller: Toyshopshoptoy   Favoriting      
 
If-Then-Else  Hey Big Oil   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
Stillife  Rubrica   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
Afterimage  Afterimage   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
Randall Kennedy  Enorma Jones   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
Debt of Nature  L.A. Weekly Is God   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
Rich Evac  A Scanner Darkly   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
Tunneltones  Last Line for Love   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
Mark Bucholtz  Winds from Nowhere   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
A Produce  Erosion   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
 
An Bene & Pierre Lambow  Robot Jungle   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
Savage Republic  Attempted Coup: Madagascar   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
If-Then-Else  The Wedge   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
Fat & Fucked Up  Fugue B   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
Chas Smith  October '68   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
Randall Kennedy  Smith's Room   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
Afterimage  Idol   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
Michael Le Donne-Bhennet  Vaporous Architecture   Favoriting V.A.: L.A. Mantra  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
 
Randall Kennedy  side A   Favoriting Scenes from Redemption  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
 
Randall Kennedy  side B   Favoriting Scenes from Redemption  Trance Port Tapes  1983 
 
Positronics  Pac Man   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
Tiny Holes  Flying in an Airplane   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
Tiny Holes  Russian Satellites   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
Tiny Holes  Guitar Song   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
John Foster's Pop Philosophers  Candy Store   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
John Foster's Pop Philosophers  Say It Isn't So   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
Westside Lockers  No Time   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
Westside Lockers  Passenger   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
Beakers  Funkytown   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
Beakers  4 Steps Toward the Cultural Revolution   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
 
P.S. O'Neill  So Far   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
Beakers  Bones   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
Beakers  3 Important Domestic Inventions   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
John Foster & Steve Fisk  Enthusiasm & Genuine Belief   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
Steve Fisk  Pet Dub   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
Cool Rays  Wonderful   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
Cool Rays  Lovely World   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
Little Bears from Bangkok  Exile   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
Little Bears from Bangkok  Dog Pack 202   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
Steve Fisk  Answering Machine   Favoriting V.A.: Absolute Elsewhere  Mr. Brown Records & Tapes  1982 
 
The Out-Theme  Gelbart: My Favorite Vacation [part of] + Die Trip Computer Die: Airborn [part of]   Favoriting      


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Listener comments!

Avatar 11:58am
Carmichael:

Good morning Tony and soon-to-be listeners.
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Tony Coulter:

Hey ho, Carmichael!
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listener james from westwood:

How do, Tony and all!!
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Tony Coulter:

Greets, Listener J!
  12:02pm
Dean:

Not *the* Absolute Elsewhere? The one *not* from Olympia & Seattle, WA?
  12:03pm
Dean:

For that matter, not *the* Randall Kennedy? The one at Harvard Law?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
Webhamster Henry:

All swabbed and demagnetized for today's show?
Avatar 12:03pm
V Priceless:

It's Tony's Tuesday Tape Tunes Time! Hey Tony & Hisstorians!
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Tony Coulter:

Hey, Dean! Nope, not that prog band with Bruford!
  12:05pm
Dean:

My copy of the Bruford Absolute Elsewhere LP, the concept album based on von Däniken's UFO theories, is quadraphonic. Remember those?
Avatar 12:08pm
Tony Coulter:

Heya, Webhamster Henry & V Priceless!

Today's show has been all swabbed down, but not demagnetized. Never replaced my old demagnetizer's battery, so it is now kaput.
Avatar 12:09pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Dean: My copy is quad as well. Wonder if it came any other way?
Avatar 12:12pm
Tony Coulter:

Free trip to Flumdiddle for anyone who can ID the LP underneath today's cassettes.
  12:14pm
Dean:

I'm certain I first heard it in normal stereo. Pretty sure I bought mine used in 1976 at Cheapo Cheapo Records, Rupert St., in London.

That LP under the cassettes looks a lot like a Greg Goodman record with George Cremaschi and Garth Powell, Woody Woodman's Circus of Constructions ... but not exactly the same.
Avatar 12:18pm
Tony Coulter:

It's not Greg Goodman -- but you're getting close, style-wise. It's a weirdo improv type LP.
  12:19pm
Dean:

Well, wow. L.A. Mantra includes a track by Fat & Fucked Up, L.A.'s "punk" string quartet! Never saw 'em, never even heard 'em. This'll be a treat! They'd play punk venues, e.g,. Al's Bar.
  12:20pm
Dean:

Heard Evan Parker play with Goodman at Goodman's house, which is walking distance from my place in Berkeley.
Avatar 12:20pm
Tony Coulter:

The L.A. Weekly must have given Debt of Nature a bad review.
Avatar 12:22pm
Tony Coulter:

Fat & Fucked Up put out a split release with Le Forte Four on the other side -- have always wanted to hear that.
  12:24pm
Dean:

And Savage Republic enjoyed a mildly popular career. I was half expecting to see Vivabeat on this sampler, although they're nowhere near as "out there" as the tracks so far have been. They were active around this time.
Avatar 12:26pm
Tony Coulter:

Here is today's mystery LP: www.discogs.com...
Avatar 12:28pm
Tony Coulter:

Bruce Licher of Savage Republic designed the cover of "L.A. Mantra" (the silver one with the eye on it), as well as the cover of the Randall Kennedy tape (the red one).
  12:41pm
Susan:

Great show today, Tony!
Avatar 12:42pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey, Susan!! Thanks!
Avatar 12:43pm
Tony Coulter:

A Produce on gee-tar now
Avatar 12:48pm
Tony Coulter:

(on the An Bene & Pierre Lambow track, I mean)
Avatar 12:54pm
Tony Coulter:

Chas Smith (on now) has many fine releases on Cold Blue: www.discogs.com...
Avatar 12:55pm
βrian:

My, how you bend my strings!
Avatar 12:56pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey, βrian!
  12:56pm
Dean:

It is an existential truth, my missing FAFU. For fugue's sake! Was it the jittery scramble?
Avatar 12:58pm
Tony Coulter:

Jittery scramble, yes -- with female vocals (and strings, of course). It's a short track.
Avatar 12:58pm
βrian:

Large looms loom large.
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listener james from westwood:

If I can't find the jittery scrambles of my dreams here, where will I find them?
Avatar 1:01pm
Tony Coulter:

One jittery scramble, with cheese and green peppers, please.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:01pm
Rich in Washington:

Nice show, Tony!
Able to actually listen all the way, so far.
The good news is that I once again have an office to myself. The bad news is that one of the coolest people I've ever shared an office with has moved on.
Avatar 1:02pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey, Rich! Glad your ears are back!
  1:04pm
Dean:

Only a nervous chef can make a right proper jittery scramble.
  1:11pm
Dreamweaver:

G. Wright Handles up on a Jittery Scramble/OU new Work Scrambled! is Italian with Amy Denio.
Avatar 1:13pm
Tony Coulter:

Ell-Ho, Dreamweaver!
  1:14pm
Dean:

Admit it. You didn't do the back announce because you don't want to say "fucked up."
Avatar 1:14pm
βrian:

There's that large loom again!
Avatar 1:15pm
Tony Coulter:

@ βrian: Yep, his two tracks from L.A. Mantra are on this thing as well.
Avatar 1:16pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Dean: No, no: I love saying Fat & Fucked Up.
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Tony Coulter:

I said it over and over while the tape was playing.
Avatar 1:19pm
βrian:

It's Tony's mantra.
Avatar 1:28pm
Tony Coulter:

Fat & Fucked Up is a fine band name. On the other hand, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is the single most annoying band name I have ever come across. It would pain me greatly to have to say that out loud.
  1:29pm
MrFab:

Hey, an actual album I have! Just got in so don't know if Tony mentioned this, but If/Then/Else is actually The Weirdos in their industrial guise.

Debt of Nature features a then-teenaged avant guitarist to the stars Brad Laner. Seeing them and the great Savage Republic on the same bill opening for Wall of Voodoo made quiet an impression on my young self.
  1:30pm
MrFab:

QUITE an impression. Wasn't quiet at all.
Avatar 1:31pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey, MrFab!! Did not mention the Weirdos connection (or Brad Laner) -- so thanks for filling in the blanks!
Avatar 1:36pm
Chris from DC:

Yeah, I had no idea about that side of the Weirdos, cool!
  1:37pm
Dean:

Had no idea I/T/E was Dix and the boys, but I vaguely recall hearing them on LA radio back in "the day." I also remember first hearing the name Fat & Fucked Up (couldn't have been on air...) and thinking, "This is the greatest band name ever." Foster the People and Walk the Moon vie for worst band names, and WtM's "Shut Up and Dance" for worst song name. Also worst song.
Avatar 1:38pm
Tony Coulter:

The sax player on this Randall Kennedy tape is Doug Wieselman, who ended up being part of the NYC Downtown scene.
Avatar 1:39pm
Tony Coulter:

Heya, Chris from DC!
  1:39pm
Dean:

One of my horribly bad bands (but I repeat myself), M (not the British synth-pop guy), was invited by Wall of Voodoo to open for a show at Madame Wong's in LA's Chinatown. Can't remember if it was Marc or Stan who called me. But we broke up that week.
  1:46pm
MrFab:

Well dang, if Wall of Voodoo wanted you to open for 'em, you all couldn't have been that bad. Unless they really did think you were those "Pop Muzik" boys.
Avatar 1:47pm
Tony Coulter:

Wasn't there a Chinese restaurant in Berkeley that bands also played at? Something "Gardens"?
  1:47pm
MrFab:

Mabuhay Gardens was in Frisco
Avatar 1:48pm
Tony Coulter:

Oh yeah -- that's it. This East Coaster (until 6 years ago) thanks you.
  1:50pm
Dean:

There was SF's Mabuhay Gardens, Philippine.

M's sole claim to quasi-fame is being the first band to appear on Flipside records. Our 7" was recorded at my garage on a rainy morning. ATV's Alex Ferguson was staying with Flipside's photographer and hinted he might show up to play on the record, but no.

Flipside tends not to include the record in its catalog, with good reason.
  1:52pm
MrFab:

Yep, legendary spot. Everyone from Devo to Dead Kennedys played there. Maybe this guy could have collaborated with 'em: The Dead Randall Kennedys?
Avatar 1:53pm
Tony Coulter:

Ha!
  1:55pm
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Penelope Houston, another Mabuhay stalwart, is due to appear on Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine a week from this Thursday. She works with my wife, so I prodded her to contact Diane. No kidding.
  1:56pm
Dean:

That's me ^.
Avatar 1:59pm
Tony Coulter:

As I said, side A of this tape is live, side B, studio.
  2:08pm
clayton s:

Hi Tony, always wanted to hear the Absolute Elsewhere tape. This rules. Dean, I have the M 7"! It's a great one.
Avatar 2:08pm
Tony Coulter:

John Foster was the publisher of the great Op Magazine.
  2:08pm
Dream/Deceiver:

Is the image /persona holding/grabbing their junk or what?@ Absolute Elsewhere.
Avatar 2:09pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey Clay!!
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Tony Coulter:

@ Dream/Deceiver: No junk-grabbing, no.
Avatar 2:18pm
Tony Coulter:

... though it is pretty blurry down there.
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Doug Schulkind:

GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO PROGRAMMING ALERT...
Hey everyone, don't forget to stay tuned to the Drummer Stream for a brand-new mix from the mighty STEINSKI, immediately after Tony Coulter's show. It will begin around 3:04 and run for 75 minutes.

The program is called THE KNOWLEDGE: A ROUGH MIX. Here is Steinski's description:

"Sharpen your chakras, speak fluent Broken English; a further exploration of spoken word audio, containing excerpts from over 80 instructional recordings, covering topics from skeet shooting and handwriting analysis to multi-level marketing and penis enlargement. With musical instructions from Bonnie Raitt, Dinah Washington, Dr. John, Redman, Andre Williams, Ray Bryant, and Shirley Ellis."

I have heard it and think it is brilliant, hypnotic, transfixing. Please continue the amiable chatter over on Steinski's playlist page at the conclusion of Tony's show: wfmu.org...
  2:18pm
Dean:

@clayton s: You are the first person I've met, virtually or otherwise, who owns the thing! We pressed 200, I recall. It's a scarce commodity. Thanks for the props.

An aside to Tony: one of the guys in M is the prog-in-a-pristine-language guy whom I recently mentioned to you. Another is his twin brother, the painter.
Avatar 2:19pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Dean: Really?!? Now I definitely want to hear it.
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Chris from DC:

Best Funkytown ever.
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JtotheK:

whoa, great Funkytown... and great show today, Tony!
Avatar 2:24pm
Tony Coulter:

Greetings, JtotheK!!
Avatar 2:26pm
Chris from DC:

Curious as to which of these bands are from DC as the tape cover mentions. Not familiar to me.
  2:28pm
MrFab:

Wrong Washington, Chris.
  2:28pm
Dean:

@TC: A couple possibilities here. I can try to locate the handful of remaining copies I have and send one to you. I can also rip a CD-R produced by the prog-guy, including the full single (three tracks) as well as sundry outtakes by the band and an earlier group, The Twits (proclaimed "the ultimate in embarrassment rock" by KROQ's Rodney Bingenheimer when he introduced us at Van Nuys' Rock Corporation). Either M or Twits did a reggae version of "Sonic Reducer," for instance.
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Chris from DC:

Ha, that would explain it!
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Chris from DC:

I didn't scroll far enough right.
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Tony Coulter:

@ Dean: Whatever's easier for you -- though the more music the merrier, of course. Thanks very much!!!
Avatar 2:31pm
northguineahills:

Hadn't looked on the playlist the last two.5 hours, and thought it was weird I was listening to a symphony of Morse code breakers, and found my iTunes jumped to free103point9's stream. (sometimes it jumps to the main WFMU stream).
  2:31pm
Dean:

M challenges the "more the merrier" truism, trust me.
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Tony Coulter:

@ NGH: Did you at least crack the code? (Greeting, btw.)
Avatar 2:36pm
northguineahills:

Unless I'm insane (always a good guess), I believe it was a bunch of SOSs.
I have a Steve Fisk cassette on SST recs I found at a thrift store, always thought he was a curious fit for SST.
Avatar 2:39pm
Carmichael:

Dean your wife works with Penelope Houston?? Wow, never pictured her having a job. I think she's great.
  2:41pm
Mark Williams:

Fisk was at a friend's tribute event some months ago. Not as active as he used to be, I don't think. Wonder if he has this cassette.
Avatar 2:43pm
Tony Coulter:

Hiya, Mark W!
  2:44pm
Jeff g.:

Listening, not typing, and enjoying muchly, Tony!
  2:45pm
Dean:

Yes, indeed, Carmichael, one cubicle away. She has a gig that gives her a modicum of flexibility to record and tour. In early August she and The Avengers will tour Europe via Brooklyn, hence the WFMU interview later this month.
Avatar 2:45pm
Tony Coulter:

"Listening, Not Typing" -- the follow-up to "Waving, Not Drowning"?

Hola, Jeff G!!
Avatar 2:46pm
Carmichael:

Wow, Dean ... I practically lived at Mabuhay way back then.
  2:48pm
Dean:

Precisely when I didn't quite practically live at the Masque and Al's Bar, where I would stop in to do homework over a beer some nights. Of Mabuhay bands I heard in LA, I remember most vividly The Offs, Crime, and Sleepers. Ironically, I never heard The Avengers live!
Avatar 2:52pm
Chris from DC:

Man I wish I could have seen Crime.
  2:53pm
MrFab:

Really like this tape, but alas, can find no trace of it on the inter-webs.
  2:54pm
Dean:

Crime live delivered the promise of their records 100%. They played with The Screamers and The Weirdos. This is the show: https://lapunkandhardcore.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/screamersweirdos.jpg
Avatar 2:55pm
Tony Coulter:

SO, don't forget to stick around for the new Steinski mix, which will begin airing minutes after this show ends (around 3:04).
  2:56pm
Stanley:

haha Tony, I've been listening and digging big time the music in between eating Indian snacks and drinking beer. l love your show and I'm not afraid to say it. Stay cool man.
Avatar 2:56pm
Tony Coulter:

I mean his mix will start at 3:04 -- my show will end when it ends.
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V Priceless:

cool show, Tony - thanks!
Avatar 2:56pm
Tony Coulter:

Thanks, Stanley!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:56pm
Doug Schulkind:

Steinski's new mix here at 3pm: wfmu.org...
Avatar 2:57pm
Tony Coulter:

... and V Priceless!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:57pm
Doug Schulkind:

3PMish, I mean
  2:58pm
listener james from westwood:

Great stuff, Tony! Thanks muchly for the Hiss!
Avatar 3:00pm
Tony Coulter:

Thanks, James ... and everyone else too!!

See you next week....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
Jeff Golick:

Belated thanks, Tony C.!
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