Saturday, December 29, 2012

French Weirdness #3

Well, it looks like we've got two more installments in the "French Weirdness" series... or at least 1.5... I put together the rest of the artists that I haven't touched upon from the list and it definitely beckons more than a single show, though not an entire second show, so I'll have to come up with something for the last 40 minutes or so of the final French installment to fill with... Oh, and as of next week, I'll be switching to a time slot two hours earlier... that's 10PM Pacific to midnight.
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1. Colette Magny ~ Ras La Trompe: Le Pachyderme, Blues Ras La Trompe, Radio Cornac, Les Militants, Finale (1975) {Transit}
2. Mahjun ~ Les Enfants Sauvages (1973) {Mahjun}
3. Mahogany Brain ~ Wrong Reincarnation (1971) {With (Junk-Saucepan) When (Spoon-Trigger)}
4. Albert Marcœur ~ Qu'Est Ce Que Tu As? (1974) {Albert Marcœur}
5. Philippe Maté / Daniel Vallancien ~ Sanza Salée (1972) {Maté/Vallancien}
6. Moving Gelatine Plates ~ Moving Theme (1972) {The World Of Genius Hans}
7. Thierry Muller (Ilitch) ~ Innerfilmsequences 8 (A Travers Les Fields) (1978/2000) {Periodikmindtrouble}
8. Costin Miereanu ~ Come nebbia al vento (1975) {Luna Cinese}
9. 'Pataphonie ~ Rue Alice (live) (1978) {Le Matin Blanc}
10. Jean-Frannois Pauvros & Gaby Bizien ~ No Man's land (1976) {No Man's land}
11. Michel Portal ~ Walking Through the Land (1969) {Our Meanings and Our Feelings}
12. Red Noise ~ Galactic Sewer Song (1970) {Sarcelles-Locheres}
13. Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes ~ Alpes 2 (1972) {Ame Debout}
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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Women

Women.... AHHHhhh...... wommmen. WHO doesn't love 'em?! So I've decided to give the French Weirdness series a break for a week (only one more left anyway) to explore the WOMEN on the list. And I'm devoting 3 hours to it as well! SO many wonderful voices (exceptyokoono), I didn't even know where to begin! So sit back, relax and enjoy a special 3 hour installment of the show featuring the gobs and gullets of all (or most) of the girls on the list!
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1. The Flying Lizards ~ Move on Up (1981) {The Fourth Wall}
2. Magma ~ Ima Suri Dondai (1973) {Mekanik Destruktiv Kommandoh}
3. Sally Smmit and her Musicians ~ Hangahar Part 2 (1980) {Hangahar OST}
4. Nico ~ Heroes (2003) {Femme Fatale}
5. Henry Cow ~ Beautiful as the Moon (1975) {In Praise of Learning}
6. Sonny (Linda) Sharrock ~ Black Woman (1969) {Black Woman}
7. Alternative TV ~ Alternative TG (1998) {Punk Life}
8. Inner Space (Can) ~ I´m Hiding My Nightingale (1969) {I´m Hiding My Nightingale [single]}
9. Snatch ~ Stanley (1977) {Stanley [single])
10. Colette Magny ~ La Panade (1975) {Transit}
11. The Residents ~ Burn Baby Burn (1999) {Wormwood}
12. Family Fodder ~ Cerf Volant (1980) {Monkey Banana Kitchen}
13. Trans Musiq 7 ~ Giant Gator Play (1983) {White Earth Streak}
14. Poisongirls ~ Uberbitch (1980) {Chappaquiddick Bridge}
15. Crass ~ 10 Notes On A Summer's Day (1986) {10 Notes On A Summer's Day}
16. Deep Freeze Mice ~ Careful With That Axe (1986) {Rain is When the Earth is Television}
17. Brainticket ~ Brainticket part 2 (1971) {Cottonwoodhill}
18. Mama Béa Tekielski ~ Visages (1977) {La Folle}
19. Yoko Ono ~ Song for John (1973) {Approximately Infinite Universe}
20. Mother Gong ~ Balein (1989) {Wild Child}
21. Catherine Ribeiro and Alpes ~ Le Silence de la Mort) {Le Temps De L'autre}
22. Lemon Kittens ~ Small Mercies (1980) {We Buy A Hammer For Daddy}
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Saturday, December 15, 2012

French Weirdness #2

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1. Fille Qui Mousse ~ L'eau Etait Vitale (1972) {Trixie Stapleton 291}
2. Jef Gilson ~ Salagy Jef (1973) {Malagasy At Newport-Paris)
3. Gong ~ Blues for Findlay (1972) {Continental Circus}
4. Grand Magic Circus ~ Le Gateau au Chocolat (1974) {Le Grand Mechant Cochon Et Les Trois Gentils Loups}
5. Pierre Henry ~ Machine Danse (1973) {Machine Danse}
6. Komintern ~ Le Bal Du Rat Mort-Petite Musique Pour Un Blockhaus (1971) {Le Bal Du Rat Mort}
7. Lard Free ~ Acide Framboise (1973) {Lard Free}
8. Magma ~ The Last Seven Minutes (1977) {Attahk}
9. Bernard Lubat ~ Au Bon Livre (Ode to Malcolm Lowry) (1974) {Bernard Lubat And His Mad Ducks}
10. Luc Ferrari ~ Music Promenade A (1969) {Und So Weiter / Music Promenade}
11. Horrific Child ~ Angoisse (1976) {L'Étrange Mr Whinster}
12. Heratius ~ Tajmahalcoco + Gwendolyne Blues (1978) {Gwendolyne}
13. Jean Guérin ~ Reflexion 2 et 1 (1971) {Tacet}
14. Horde Catalytique Pour La Fin ~ Gestation Sonore 3 (1971) {Gestation Sonore}
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Saturday, December 8, 2012

French Weirdness #1

As I was putting together tonight's theme of odd tracks from the Blue, White and Red, I realized that there is about as many French artists on the list as German (50-ish) and many of them are too good to pass up..., so... I've decided to break the French up into multiple iterations... two or three... and this week reveals the 1st. A lot of diversity in the list tonight. Jazzy, proggy, concrete, a good amount of shouting in French (of course) and I've included several tunes with a sub-theme of acts involving Philippe Besombes...
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1. Ame Son ~ Hein, Quant A Toi/Comme Est Morte l'Evocation/Hommage (1970) {Catalyse}
2. Archaia ~ Soliel Noir (1977) {Archaia}
3. Art Zoid ~ Mariée Á La Nuit (1990) {Art Zoyd/J. A. Deane/J. Greinke}
4. Jac Berrocal ~ Police in my Bed (1993) {Fatal Encounters}
5. Arcane V ~ Marron Dingue (1978) {Marron Dingue}
6. Besombes-Rizet ~ Lundi Matin (1975) {Pôle}
7. Pôle ~ In The Maelstrom (1975) {Inside The Dream}
8. Philippe Besombes ~ Geant (1979) {Cesi Est Cela}
9. Hydravion ~ Ligne Equateur (1979) {Stratos Airlines}
10. Birge, Gorge, Shiroc ~ Pourrait Etre Brutal (1975) {Defense De}
11. Raymond Boni ~ Thème Imaginaire (1976) {Rêve en Couleurs}
12. Theatre du Chene Noir ~  La Vieillesse et la Mort (1971) {Aurora}
13. Jean Cohen-Solal ~ Ab Hoc Et (1971) {Captain Tarthopom}
14. Dharma Quintet ~ Tonton S.F.P. (1971) {End Starting}
15. Philippe Doray ~ Dans Le Dedale (1980) {Nouveaux Modes Industriels}
16. Jean Dubuffet ~ L'eau (1961) {Expériences Musicales}
17. Etron Fou Leloublan ~ Christine (1985) {En Public Aux États Unis d'Amérique}
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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Humorous and weird...

A good number of the names on the list have senses of humor... Frank Zappa, Ron 'Pate, Bruce Hampton to name a few. Others are funny because they're.... oh, well... odd. Flying Lizards, Residents and Deep Freeze Mice come to mind. Here's some of my favorite examples of tunes that are more entertainingly silly along these lines.
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1. The Flying Lizards ~ Sex Machine (1984) {Top 10}
2. Family Fodder ~ Monkey (1980) {Monkey Banana Kitchen}
3. Philippe Doray ~ Que Dit Le Chef (1980) {Nouveaux Modes Industriels}
4. Deep Freeze Mice ~ Phylis is a Protozoa No. 2 (1986) {Rain is When the Earth is Television}
5. Negativland ~ I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Special Edit Radio Mix) (1991) {U2 (EP)}
6. Ron Geesin ~ We're All Going to Liverpool (1967) {A Raise of Eyebrows}
7. Fred Lane ~ Fun in the Fundus (1993) {From The One That Cut You + Car Radio Jerome}
8. Hampton Grease Band ~ Maria (1971) {Music to Eat}
9. Frank Zappa ~ Stick it Out (1979) {Joe's Garage}
10. King Crimson ~ Elephant Talk (1981) {Discipline}
11. Roberto Colombo ~ Metronomo 138 (1975) {Sfogatevi Bestie}
12. Velvet Underground ~ The Gift (1968) {White Light/White hHat}
13. Residents ~ Benny the Bouncing Bump (1990) {Freak Show}
14. Free Agents ~ Untitled (B1) (1980) {£3.33}
15. Lemon Kittens ~ Paper-thin Religion (1979) {Spoonfed And Writhing}
16. Glaxo Babies ~ Nine Months To The Disco (1980) {Nine Months To The Disco}
17. Horrific Child ~ L'Etrange Mr. Whinster (track 2) {1980) {L'Etrange Mr. Whinster}
18. Dome ~ Ar-Gu (1982) {Dome 3}
19. Pere Ubu ~ Sentimental Journey (1978) {The Modern Dance}
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Apparently something went awry (for the 1st time) with the recording of this installment, hence it's lost in time.......... :(