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Wednesday, Feb 03, 2010

continental drift (we'll all be gone in 100 years)

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gondwanaland is named after the upper paleozoic and mesozoic formations of the gondwana district of central India, which display a number of shared geologic features. in the late nineteenth century, on the basis of comparative geological evidence, the austrian geologist, edward suess, suggested that the continents of africa, south america, australia and india were once part of a single supercontinent, which he called "gondwanaland". as these continents only began to break up some 130 million years ago, this great supercontinent had a life of around 520 million years; making it perhaps the most important geological structure of the last billion years.

and then time passed and SMASHED BLOCKED found a new brand new evening timeslot, thursdays 10pm-12am starting thursday, february 11. this will be our last morning transmission, as we reassemble the continents for the weirdest, wooliest & booliest wad of psyche, punk, jazz, & rock & roll this side of prehistory...

100 years - alex keleher & sleepyhead
continental drift - shinjuku mad
chin chin & muck muck - devendra banhart
how long - elephant stone
gods will be gods - echo & the bunnymen
i can't stand it (live) - the velvet underground
rip my heart out - devil eyes
get away from me - the nasties
everywhere i go - the telecasts
get on the road - hot kid
running gun blues - david bowie

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Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010

my little underground

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as warned, stay tuned for changes in yer fave psychedelic soundsystem's operating hours as we juggle some unfortunate schedule shifting of ye aulde tectonic plates. in the meantime we've got some junky funky rhythmsounds from tune yards, the government, mama quilla ii, smog & cold cave. we got some stoner folk & psyche weirdness from white magic, kensignton market, devendra banhart & white denim. we got some post-punk-psychedelia from jesus & mary chain & echo & the bunnymen, and we cap it all off with a snap of supergrass.

hatari - tune yards
dat rosa mel apibus - white magic
natural decline - smog
rats - devendra banhart
cebe & me - cold cave
dorian - kensington market
my little underground - jesus & mary chain
crocodiles - echo & the bunnymen
zipper on fire (live) - the government
mama quilla (live) - mama quilla ii
mirrored & reverse - white denim
mansize rooster - supergrass

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Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010

in with the prim

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yer in with the prim this week for another SOCAN canadian content audit for CFMH, so we let all the weirdos hang out with celine and co. and drink all the punch and puke on michael buble's best party shoes. don't let them quasi-governmental extortionists bleed canadian culture dry in their efforts to pay the paunchiest of pipers while the real weird bleak culture rumbles on beneath their feet...

the people look like flowers at last - tony wilson sextet
shredder - zoe trio
catapillar - elevator
memories of you - elevator
the signal - construction and destruction
silverline - more plastic
making angels - more plastic
trouble will soon be over - the schomberg fair
the last inquisition pt. v - the sadies
sunset to dawn - the sadies
blue bell - andre ethier
in with the prim - andre ethier
too expensive to wear - the patients
lady of the wind - tricky woo

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Monday, Jan 11, 2010

1, 2, 3, party!

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with some potential scheduling changes coming in this here new year for yer fave psychedelic soundsystem, let's keep the meager post-holiday party eeking along with some weird bleak proto-to-post punk & psyche rock sounds, ranging from kraftwerk's 1970 debut up to the present day port city's own reigning power trio the telecasts...

ruckzuck - kraftwerk
for so long - wooden shjips
1, 2, 3, party! - mission of burma
man of steel - jay reatard
over the wall - echo & the bunnymen
it's just the past - rick white
do the strangle - the action
party in paris - uk subs
ignite - the damned
jet boy - new york dolls
same place - the telecasts

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Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009

beyond the pale: rat patrol from fort bragg pt. 2

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part 2 of ol' sir lord bobby's suggested sequencing of the clash's unfinished 'rat patrol from fort bragg' record finds the group entering their strangest musical territory yet, showing the full strengths of their synthesis both musically and chemically as a group. it is ironic that the music created during this time comes from such great unrest as the clash find themselves so overworked, emotionally and creatively manipulated by manager bernie rhodes, and generally in need of a vacation. nonetheless, with tracks compiled from various remote recording locations in the far east, as well as studio dates in new york and london, the group cobbled together its boldest statement yet. consider both the plotting of the beatles' 'white album; as well as the clash's own multi-disc records 'london calling' and 'sandinista!' in how this record may have played out. as such, the second disc tends to be for the more dutiful listener. with singles and more beat oriented material making up disc 1, the albums latter portion explores the groups interests in jazz and genre-bending, anchored still by corkers such as 'overpowered by funk,' 'inoculated city' (with its litany of samples originally responsible for the record being pulled from store shelves when 'combat rock' did finally see light of day) and the unreleased calypso carnival of 'kill time'.

otherwise, the cuts included for context in both episodes feature post-'combat rock' singles from the clash (their final, great single 'this is england') and big audio dynamite ('the bottom line,' originally queued up as the next clash single before mick was sacked and formed B.A.D.). included in today's podcast we find 'mustapha dance,' mick's instrumental remix of 'rock the casbah,' as well as mick and joe strummer's collaboration on B.A.D.'s sophomore record 'no.10 upping st.' the cut featured here, 'beyond the pale,' is note-perfect clash material, from its mid-tempo rock a la 'somebody got murdered' or 'spanish bombs,' to its multicultural musings on the foundations of modern england and 'the dark side of london that's way beyond the pale.'

mustapha dance - the clash
overpowered by funk - the clash
sean flynn - the clash
inoculated city - the clash
long time jerk - the clash
first night back in london - the clash
kill time - the clash
midnight to stevens - the clash
walk evil talk - the clash
death is a star -the clash
beyond the pale - big audio dynamite

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Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009

the future is unwritten: rat patrol from fort bragg pt. 1

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we'll let the platter handle the chatter today kids, but i will fill you in on what you're sampling with this week's special. the album we know as 'combat rock' was once a very different record, entitled 'rat patrol from fort bragg'. originally mixed by clash guitarist and chief tunesmith mick jones, 'rat patrol's original aesthetic was one of swampy, sweaty jazz, big beat rockabilly, disorderly dub poetry and post-punk calypsos. running at 2 full LPs, 'rat patrol' was a more seamless progression from the roots rock explorations of 'london calling' and the global musical lexicography of 'sandinista!'. this week's special presents my own sequencing of the record as it could have been, culled from numerous bootlegs, b-sides and more, suggesting the potential musical landscape the clash were setting out to explore were it not for meddlesome manager bernie rhodes' reductionist tendencies.

find sides 1 and 2 featured here today, with 3 and 4 coming next episode. suffice to say, each track here is either largely transformed or altogether unreleased, making for a dramatically different listening experience - horns and hollering adorn 'should i stay or should i go', 'know your rights' is a cold public address, and 'the beautiful people are ugly' is wiry afro-carib psychedelia. included for context are post-'combat rock' singles from both the clash and mick jones' big audio dynamite, as an indication of where the group members did go. we also observe today the passing of joe strummer in his home at age 50, victim of a congenital heart defect seven years ago on dec. 22, 2007.

the bottom line - big audio dynamite
know your rights - the clash
car jamming - the clash
the beautiful people are ugly - the clash
red angel dragnet - the clash
atom tan - the clash
should i stay or should i go? - the clash
rock the casbah - the clash
cool confusion - the clash
ghetto defendant - the clash
straight to hell - the clash
this is england - the clash

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Thursday, Dec 17, 2009

shopping for blood

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i live in the merchant city, it tastes of nothing
raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
brown paper packages tied up with strings
so I'm shopping, shopping for blood
oh I'm shopping, shopping for blood
so I'm shopping, shopping for blood
oh I'm shopping, shopping for blood

travelin' band - the heart attacks
marie marie - lars frederiksen & the bastards
you want it, you got it - rancid
zona rosa - the action
shopping for blood - franz ferdinand
new drug queens - pink mountaintops
tension - vivian girls
chase the tear - portishead
the singularity - the shinjuku mad
be a bee - air
soft skull (in my room) - crocodiles
she's so high - riot river
no one likes this city - the telecasts
garageland - the clash

public service announcement... with guitar! tune in next week, dec. 22 & 24, to remember the passing of joe strummer, as well as to hear in its entirety, sir lord bobby's own sequenced offering of the second great clash double-album-that-almost-was, mick jones' original mix of 'combat rock' - the wailing, weird and wired far-east-free-jazz, cod-fascist spoken word and carib-raga-rockabilly of 'rat patrol from fort bragg'...

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Ladies and gents, lay to rest your wearied souls each Thursday evening, and tune in to CFMH 107.3fm's premier pulp art, imploding/exploding psychedelic soundsystem SMASHED BLOCKED, brought to you by your erstwhile reggaematic selecter Sir Lord Bobby Babylon. Shifting rhythm focus, Sir Lord's new heady brew brings you the sounds of psyche, punk, folk-rock, blues, jazz, pop, garage, glam, R&B, country, rockabilly and more mutant orphans from the weird, bleak rock & roll underbelly. Arise ye paunch Port City, Thursday nights from 10pm-12am on CFMH 107.3fm, and break to a mighty, monolithic sound!
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