Slumberland orgy this week!

So I've been just terrible at keeping this up lately- I didn't even post the last two PRDCT playlists. Well, my excuse is that school sucks. I'm writing a thesis, so until March 1, this blog probably won't see too much action. Maybe winter break will see an update.

Well, there's a little bit of good news to go along with this...

The last Cheeky show was awesome. Obviously, I'm sad to see them go, but I'm really excited to get the 12" in the mail (order one from Freedom School!), and I picked up a tape of a live recording of theirs which is cool.

I'll be doing a show with Christa next semester, which will rule. I haven't done a show with anyone for almost two years at this point, and Christa has gotten to hear me rant nearly every day for the past couple months about how excited I am that we're teaming up.

And in the more immediate future, I'm putting together a Slumberland orgy this week to help celebrate its incredible twenty years of indie pop.



As always, if you're in Boston, listen in at 95.3 fm; anywhere else you can steam live at whrb.org.

The Machines, 1990-1993

Coming this May I'll be doing a Simple Machines orgy on the Record Hospital.


This is Jenny & Kristin taken from the Simple Machines site.

Simple Machines was a DC area (Arlington, Virginia to be exact) label run by Kristin Thomson & Jenny Toomey from 1990-1998. Its first releases centered around the very basic concept of the simple machine: wedge, wheel, pulley, screw, lever, & inclined plane. The first, Wedge, was released in April 1990, featuring Geek (one of Jenny's bands), the Hated, Lungfish, & Edsel. From there, the series expanded. Wheel came out in September of the same year with a press twice as large. Holy Rollers & the Juliana Experience contributed to that one. Pulley came out in June '91 with Bricks (a pre-Superchunk, pre-Tsunami project), My New Boyfriend, the Nation of Ulysses, & Mommyheads. Screw ensued the following month with Geek (the band's last hurrah), Velocity Girl, Jawbox, & Candy Machine. It was again a slightly larger press with 2500 total up from 2000 of the previous two. Lever followed in January 1992 with Autoclave, Severin, Circus Lupus, & Scrawl. Inclined Plane finished off the Machines series in January 1993 after Simple Machine's 1992 was occupied largely by the Fortune Cooke Prize comp, the Neapolitan Metropolitan box set, & Tsunami's Deep End. 4500 of this one were pressed with songs by Tsunami, Superchunk, Rodan, & Unrest. All of these 7"s were eventually compiled onto one CD, which is what I'm posting.



While putting out this six 7" series, Simple Machines managed to stay true to its goal of supporting their "peers' efforts by working with other small labels, bands, and local businesses to sustain a productive, self sufficient punk/la la network." You can check out some more of their mission statement of sorts along with lots of other goodies (like a comprehensive discography) at their website.

The series obviously features some big names of 1990s indie rock (Superchunk, Nation of Ulysses for example) and some personal favorites of mine (Tsunami, Rodan). I like that Jenny & Kristin always thought about projects thoroughly, piecing them together in creative, cool ways (like the Working Holiday series). I'm really stoked to do a Simple Machines orgy and am excited to get to interview the two women who ran such an awesome label.

The Machines, 1990-1993 compilation
Get it from Dischord

Corin Tucker Orgy playlist

NIGHT ONE
Heavens to Betsy
Demo
These Monsters Are Real 7"
"She's the One" from Julep comp
Calculated LP
Direction 7"
"Axe Men" (live) from Yo Yo a Go Go comp

Interview with Corin Tucker

Heartless Martin
Tonight Tape EP

Sleater-Kinney
You Ain't It 7"
"Write Me Back Fucker" & "More Than a Feeling" from Move into Villa Villa Kula comp
Sleater-Kinney 10"
Call the Doctor LP
"Big Big Lights" from Free to Fight comp
Dig Me Out LP
"Dance Song '97" (live) from Yo Yo a Go Go, Another Live Compilation

Cadallaca
Introducing Cadallaca LP

Sleater-Kinney
The Hot Rock LP
Get Up CD single
"Banned from the End of the World" (live) from Yo Yo a Go Go 1999

Cadallaca
Out West CD-EP

Sleater-Kinney
All Hands on the Bad One LP
You're No Rock'n'Roll Fun CD single

The Go-Betweens- "Going Blind" from Friends of Rachel Worth

NIGHT TWO
Sleater-Kinney
One Beat LP
Off with Your Head CD single
"Angry Inch" featuring Fred Schneider from Wig In A Box: Songs From and Inspired by Hedwig and the Angry Inch comp
The Woods 2xLP
Entertain CD single
Live tracks from The Woods bonus DVD

Heavens to Betsy
Live at Speedboat Gallery

Sleater-Kinney
Assorted live rarities & covers
Last show live at Crystal Ballroom, August 12, 2006

I interviewed Corin Tucker this afternoon

It was awesome. It'll be airing along with the rest of the orgy. I'll post it online after it airs.

Dig Me Out

Friday and Saturday were completely weird days. I spent my entire Friday listening to Des Ark and then decided on Saturday that I needed something a bit emotional enough but also kind of upbeat. Corin Tucker's voice has always resonated with me, and I found just was I was looking for in Sleater-Kinney's Dig Me Out.



I kept dragging the needle back on "One More Hour," which always slays me. The song was written by Corin and Carrie Brownstein about their break-up. Dig Me Out is their third album and came out in 1997.



A past interview in Give Me Back with sound engineers pointed out that Sleater-Kinney used a different engineer on each of their albums- I think you can always notice their different textures.

Sleater-Kinney- Dig Me Out
Get It from Kill Rock Stars

THE SMELL playlist

Night One
v/a- Under 21: Los Angeles! A Compilation of Rad Youth (get it from Ol Factory's snazzy new webstore)
Bad Dudes- Eat Drugs
Upsilon Acrux- Volucris Avis Dirae-Arum
The Sads- Deux Pas 7” (get it at FAMILY)
No Age- Eraser 7”
BARR- What Would the Second BARR?
Apathetic Ronald McDonald- Where My Money At Ho?
Foot Village- Friendship Nation (buy it)
Pocahaunted + Robedoor- Plays Berkley
Polar Goldie Cats
Lucky Dragons- Widows (get it at OOGA BOOGA)

Night Two
Mika Miko CD (666 EP + 7” + rare)
Sissy Spacek- Pow Wow 7”
No Age- Nouns
Bipolar Bear- Man Mountain
Robedoor- Shining Smoke
Child Pornography/Quem Quaeritis split
The Mae Shi- Terrorbird
Captain Ahab/Toecutter- Drunk on the Blood of Other Men (get it from Deathbomb Arc)
Kevin Shields- The Death of Patience (from DBA)
Goliath Bird Eater- Blood Venus (get it from Not Not Fun)

Night Three
Silver Daggers- New High & Ord
John Wiese- Soft Punk
Ima Gymnist- So Freakin’ Juicy! 7” (from Ol Factory)
Hello Astronaut Goodby Television- Pixelated Math Costumes (from Ol Factory or NNF)
Health- Health
Books on Tape- Dinosaur Dinosaur
The Sharp Ease- Going Modern (from Ol Factory)
Lucky Dragons- Nortenas (from Oooga Booga)
John Wiese- Arrhytmia Wave Burst and Panner Crash
Rainbow Blanket with Brian Miller
The Sads LP (from Family)
Bad Dudes EP

Night Four
Wives & John Wiese- split with Moving Units
Lucky Dragons- Dream Island Laughing Landscape
Abe Vigoda- Animal Ghosts 7"
Rose for Bodhan- Then Everybody Hugged. "Racism Is God."
BARR- Summary
Apathetic Ronald McDonald- split with Final Draft
Laco$te
NASA Space Universe
John Wiese- Magical Crystal Blah Vol. 3
Friends Forever/Gang Wizard
Captain Ahab- After the Rain My Heart Still Dreams
Kevin Shields
Knit Witch

Night Five
Abe Vigoda- Kid City
No Age- Dead Plane
Foot Village- Bones 7"
The Sharp Ease- Remain Instant
The Mae Shi- Heartbeeps
Pocahaunted- split with Orphan Fairytale
No Age- Get Hurt
Books on Tape- Throw Your Down Laptops
Child Pornography- She's Got Legs
Metalux & John Wiese- Exoteric
Captain Ahab- Snakes on the Brain
The Mae Shi- HLLYH
Pocahaunted- Native Seduction
Robedoor- Free Buried
Pocahaunted- split with Christina Carter
Robedoor- Shrine to the Possessor
Pocahaunted- Peyote Road
Pocahaunted- What the Spirit Tells Me
Pocahaunted- Neon Commune 3" CDR

Night Six
Wives- split with Kit
Mika Miko- C.Y.S.L.A.B.F.
Abe Vigoda- Sky Route/Star Roof
No Age- Weirdo Rippers
Silver Daggers- Art School No Bleed
Foot Village- Fuck the Future
BARR- Beyond Reinforced Jewel Case
BlackBlack
Pocahaunted + Robedoor- Hunted Gathering
Lucky Dragons- Mini Dream Island
Abe Vigoda- split with Mikaela's Fiend
John Wiese- California Box Set
Abe Vigoda & Mika Miko tracks from the Treasure Tropics 7"
Pocahaunted- Island Diamonds

Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend's Too Stupid to Know About: the Orgy

January 13 & 14, 2008
Based on the Tullycraft song of the same name, this show features Heavenly, Nothing Painted Blue, the Crabs, Lois, the Halo Benders, the Pastels, Allen Clapp, the Bartlebees, Neutral Milk Hotel, and, of course, Tullycraft.

The line up:
Night One
Tullycraft- The Singles ("Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend's Too Stupid to Know About")
Heavenly- Heavenly vs. Satan ("Cool Guitar Boy")
Neutral Milk Hotel- On Avery Island ("Song Against Sex")
Allen Clapp & His Orchestra- One Hundred Percent Chance of Rain ("Why Is Sting Such an Idiot?")
The Crabs- Jackpot ("Iron Curtain")
Lois- Butterfly Kiss ("Press Play and Record")
Nothing Painted Blue- Emotional Discipline ("Up w/ Upland")
Neutral Milk Hotel- Everything Is EP ("Everything Is")
The Pastels- Up for a Bit With.... ("Crawl Babies")
The Halo Benders- Don't Tell Me Now ("Phantom Power")

Night Two
Tullycraft- Old Traditions, New Standards ("Mental Obsession")
Heavenly- Le Jardin de Heavenly ("C Is the Heavenly Option")
The Bartlebees- From Path of Pain to Jewels of Glory ("You're Still Beautiful")
The Halo Benders- The Rebels Not In ("Lonesome Sundown")
Lois- Strumpet
Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane over the Sea ("The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1")
The Pastels- Sittin' Pretty
Tullycraft- "Twee" & "The Punks Are Writing Love Songs"
Heavenly- P.U.N.K. Girl EP
The Crabs- Brainwashed ("Anything & Everything")
Tullycraft- "Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend's Too Stupid to Know About"
Nothing Painted Blue- A Baby, A Blanket, a Packet of Seeds