Playlist for

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
July 25, 2008

Hosted by Greg Lyon on FRIDAYS at 2-4 pm
on WPVM Asheville (103.5 FM and www.wpvm.org)

– How did Peter Frampton get away with what has to be the most ridiculous album title ever? "I’m In You"?????????? Incredibly weak song, too. We were going to play it straight, but I couldn’t do it, so we did our best Mystery Science Theater 3000 imitation and gave commentary. Check out that outfit–and the chest hair. 1977 was weird. Just think about crap coming out and shooting up the charts at the same time that the Sex Pistols were ushering in a new universe. Thank you, Johnny Rotten.

– Had a nice drug commentary set with Sonny Bono’s "Pammie’s on a Bummer," which Shaina knows all the lyrics to from her childhood (her dad had the record). Bill Cosby’s "Dope Pusher Song" is a fun and funky scare-tactic song. Holy Modal Rounders sang the "Cocaine Blues"; WPVM just got an incredible shipment of new CDs from the rejuvenated ESP-Disk, including two Holy Modal Rounders reissues and a slew of great jazz (Milford Graves, Giuseppi Logan, and Don Cherry). For more of this stuff, you should listen to Tenor to Tabla, Wednesday nights on WPVM from 8-11 pm, hosted by Jonathan. It’s dope.

– I played two of the three releases on the newly created Assophon Records out of Seattle: an imaginary soundtrack by Factums and a great skronky jazz set by the Spider Trio. You’ll hear the third disc, by The Sea Donkeys, in an upcoming show, I promise, as it may be the best of the three. Great new label!

Artist Song Album Label Comments New
Swell Maps Midget Submarines Collision Time Revisited Mute  
Pumice Sick Bay Duvet Quo Soft Abuse

New Zealand

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Factums Lotus A Primitive Future Assophon 2008, new one  
Awesome Color Eyes of Light Electric Aborigines Ecstatic Peace! *
Great American Desert The Still Lake Split CD with Drear

from Martha Hurley’s WFMU premium

 
The Shadow Ring Put the Music In its Coffin Put the Music in Its Coffin Siltbreeze 1994  
Bruce Haack Mean Old Devil The Electric Lucifer Book QDK Media 1979  
Black Devil Disco Club Coach Me 28 After Lo Recordings we have somebody at WPVM requesting this album constantly  
Flying Lotus Beginner’s Falafel Los Angeles Warp *
Sonny Bono Pammie’s on a Bummer Inner Views Atco 1967  
Bill Cosby Dope Pusher Song Talks to Kids About Drugs Uni 1971  
Holy Modal Rounders Cocaine Blues Indian War Whoop ESP-Disk 1967 *
The Dutchess and the Duke Back to Me She’s the Dutchess, He’s the Duke Hardly Art *
John Terrill Lazy Day Frowny Frown Family Vineyard *
Peter Frampton I’m in You I’m in You A&M 1977  
Andre Williams Can’t Take ‘em Off Can You Deal With It? Bloodshot *
Asie Payton Skinny Legs & All Worried Fat Possum  
Thee Minks Lust for You Songs About Boys Steel Cage Philadelphia  
The Cute Lepers Nervous Habits Can’t Stand Modern Music Blackheart *
The Shaggs My Pal Foot Foot Philosophy of the World  
Skip James I’m So Glad 1931 Mississippi  
The Yardbirds I Ain’t Done Wrong Live at the BBC  
Spider Trio [Side 2 Track 2] Rendezvous Assophon  

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