Well,
that’s our Summer over, with supermarkets already stocking up on Christmas
cards and the like. So for the next hour I’m going to make it seem like Christmas playing some, in my
opinion, stonkingly good songs. The first track to make you forget the gloomy
weather here in the UK is by The Ramones which has been taken from their debut
40th Anniversary box-set. The track in question is in mono. A band
whose best work was mixed in mono were The Beatles. To celebrate the new
touring film and for the first time “Live At The Hollywood Bowl” on CD, I play
a previously unreleased live Beatles song. Last Saturday saw me and other likeminded
individuals up at The Blackheart for the launch gig for albums by The Role
Models and Brijitte West & the Desperate Hopefuls. Tracks from both records
I obviously air. In the course of the gig, flyers for The Cyanide Pills gig at
The Nambucca towards the end of the month were spotted, with me during, the
course of Sunday, finding out more about them. To whit a track of theirs gets
played. The DeRellas first fruits with new recruits Stevie and Bish is all set
to be released at the beginning of next month in the shape and form of the “Freakshow”
ep. The band are sounding really good as you will hear with the track “Rip It
Up”. And they do. In a case of mistaken identity, it seems my body double was
over at The Underworld whilst I was at The Blackheart. The band I/he was seeing
was Power Quest. Curiosity killed the squirrel and I sort them out on the
interwebs. Interesting, not something I would normally play but I could always
blame my “twin”. After last week’s show I felt bad that I might have done Todd
Youth a disservice. He might not be renowned for long-term comments. However,
what he has produced has really impressed me, that’s why I’m still gutted that
he and Ginger couldn’t have written more together as both The Chelsea Smiles
and The Wildhearts. So to remedy this I play a track by Son of Sam, a band at
this time also features future Michael Monroe drummer Karl Rosqvist. Following straight
on after is Ghost with a track from their new ep “Popestar” which is getting
varying reviews. I personally like it, maybe not in the same league as their
last album but this is just an ep. Cat’s In Space have just released a cover of
Slade’s “How Does It Feel” on 7” only. I only had the briefest of listens to
their debut album but it now looks like I could be seeing them down in Redhill.
As Flame Pilots have a hometown gig tonight and guitarist, friend of the show
and Squirrel Associate Arcwright will be celebrating his Birthday next week I
play a track from the bands last ep. Zen Motel are back in the fray with “Choking
on Chrome (Part 2)” with the threat of Part 3 getting to us before the year is
out. Of course I play something from Pt. 2. The final band of this week’s show
comes courtesy of The Ruts DC featuring Henry Rollins.
