Saturday, August 27, 2011

Playlists, etc.

It's been a year (at least or almost) since I have posted any fresh content here. The show is still going on, but playlist-wise things are in a weird transitional phase. Right now, the best place to find my playlists is on the facebook page for my show, The Hidden Capital.

At some point, I will be using trackblaster, but I haven't had or taken the time to get myself all trained-up and approved to use this really awesome resource that WMBR provides.

Still... sorry for the lack of data. Keep tuning in when you can. And thanks for listening!

Saturday, July 3, 2010

took the week off/playlist catch-up

I want to thank Will Kuhlman -- longtime Breakfast of Champions champ and unsung all-purpose behind-the-scenes tech hero at WMBR -- for covering my show yesterday afternoon. I got to tune in to much of it as Becky and I shot south on 128/24 towards Newport for some low-key quality time with my family. Since my plea for a sub was so last minute, I was hoping for nothing more than something that wasn't dead air; when Will said he would do it, I knew it was in good hands, AND he decided to stick to the local theme. The dubiously authorized return of Somerville Speakout was a nice bonus feature. I await feedback from Patrick Bryant's PDX law office.

Not sure if Will is going to post a playlist or not, but in the meantime you can get a streaming archive for the next two weeks if you want to listen to the show by clicking this link for the 7/3/10 edition of The Hidden Capital.

As for my own playlists, I am still in catch-up mode, but I just posted (see below) playlists for two of the three most recent shows I did (6/12 and 6/19). The playlist for 6/26 is coming soon; the streaming archive for that one is available here for just about another week: link.

The Hidden Capital - playlist - 6/19/2010

The Hidden Capital 6/19/2010

artist | song | release | label | year | comments

Moving Targets | Almost Certain/Drone | Burning In Water | TAANG | 1986 |
The Dambuilders | Colin’s Heroes | 7-inch | Pop Narcotic | |
The Serial Thrillers | You Can Say Anything | F5 | self-released | 2010 |

Endless Wave | City Walls | City Walls ep | Fort Point | 2010 |
2x4s | Bridgeport Lathe | s/t CD reissue | Bessemer Process | 1979 |
The Underachievers | Get Out | WMBR tape archives | unreleased | ? |
The Last Second | Hypnotized | 2 song CD | self-released | 2010 |

Triple Thick | Messenger Line | s/t CD | self-released | 2010 |
The Tampoffs | Wasting My Time | s/t CD | self-released | ? |
The Sprained Ankles | Hate To Say I Told You So | Oh snap! It's... | Teenage Heart | 2009 |
Lady | When I Was A Child | Shemale Porn | self-titled CD | self-released | 2010 |

Ghost Box Orchestra | Oh, The Moon Hangs Low | The Only Light On | self-released | 2010 |
Throttle | Warfare | Transporter | COTE | 2000 |
Quintaine Americana | And Then One More | The Dark Thirty | COTE | 2003? |
The F.U.'s | In Deep | Mr. Beautiful Presents: All Hard comp | Modern Method | 1985 |

The Outlets | Best Friends | Rock 1980 | ? | 1980 | orig. on 7-inch
Far From Finished | 21 Guns | Living In The Fallout | Think Fast | 2007 |
The Murder | Here We Go Again | s/t CD | Boston Punk | 2010 |

Barrence Whitfield & The Monkey Hips | Built Like A Rock | forthcoming 7-inch | Q-Dee | 2010 |
The Count Me Outs | Religious Thriller | s/t CD | self-released | ? |
Stranglehold | Cause I'm Gonna | WMBR tape archives | unreleased | ? |
The Murder | Streets of Boston | s/t CD | Boston Punk | 2010 |
Diamond Mines | Another | 1 2 3 4 5 | self-released | 2005 |

The Pernice Brothers | Something For You | Goodbye, Killer | Ashmont | 2010 |
Cotton Candy | Top Notch & First Rate | Top Notch & First Rate | Teen Beat | 2010 |
Spirit Kid | Assumed By You | s/t CD | RPL | 2010 |
Mark Pinansky | As A Child | 4-song s/t CD | self-released | 2010 |
Sodafrog | Dirted | Hang The Moon | self-released | 2010 |

Banditas | Harmony Glass | 5-song demo | unreleased | 2010 |
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Bright Lit Blue Skies | Before Today | ? | 2010 | Rockin' Ramrods cover by LA band
Rockin' Ramrods | You Went Away | CD reissue | ? | 1960s |
Mmoss | Wool Gathering | A. Moss | self-released | 2010 |

Movers & Shakers | Take Your Time | Larabee | self-released | 2009 |

The Hidden Capital - playlist - 6/12/2010

The Hidden Capital 6/12/2010

artist | song | release | label | year | comments

Mission Of Burma | After The Rain | The Sound The Speed The Light | Matador | 2009 |
Miranda Warning | Balancing Act | 12 Speed Pop Blender | ? | 1993 |
Mascara | Carry Me | Veil of Tears | | 2010 |

Sodafrog | Dirted | Hang The Moon | self-released | 2010 |
Movers & Shakers | Movin' On | 7-inch split w/The Cold Beat | self-released | 2010 |
Big Barn Burning | Coulter Brook | Acres & Acres | ? | 1988 |
The Pernice Brothers | Jacqueline Suzanne | Goodbye, Killer | Ashmont | 2010 |

Spirit Kid | The World Doesn't Stop | self-titled CD | RPL | 2010 |
Helium | Leon's Space Song | The Magic City | Matador | ? |
The Great Valley | Lucky Me | Whitehaus Family Album comp | Whitehaus | 2010 |
Lockgroove | Only One Time | 7-inch | ? | 2001 |
Doomstar! | Lily Face | Rainbow Bloodsucker | self-released | 2010 |

Major Stars | Better Stay Down | Return To Form | Drag City | 2010 |
Come | German Song | Don't Ask Don't Tell | Matador | ? |
Flower Tamers | United | 7-inch | Dahlia International | 1994 |

Noonday Underground | In Pain | WMBR tape archives | unreleased | ? |
Unnatural Axe | Back To L.A. | 7-inch split w/The Nasties | Lawless | 2010 |

Mutt | Aura | s/t CD | self-released | 2010 |
Kudgel | Over Easy | Chimp Is Dead | Super 8 | 1990-93 |
Bob Evans | I Can't | Adult World | ? | 1991 |
Daughters | The Theater Goer | s/t CD | self-released | 2010 |

The Freeways | I'll Take It | s/t CD | Polk | 2010 |
The Real Kids | Reggae Reggae | Better Be Good | Norton | 1977 orig. | Red Star LP alternate take
The Cavedogs | Midnight Hour | Fall Back In It | self-released | ? |
Bald Guys | Teleport | 7-inch | Stanton Park | 1996 |
Ketman | Picaro | A Go-Go | Lifted & Gifted | 2010 |

Quilt | Pick N Save | March Appropriation | self-released | 2010 |
Christmas | Warhog | Ultraprophets of the Psychik Revolution | ? | 1989 |
Spouse | Impressed By You | Confidence | Nine Mile | 2010 |

Viva Viva | Nothing's Getting Any Easier | s/t CD | self-released | 2010 |


Saturday, June 5, 2010

playlist 6/5/10


artist | song | release | label | year (* if new) | comments

Dredd Foole & The Din | Paralyzed | Take Off Your Skin | PVC | 1988 | 

Bulkhead | Capitol Harris | Gas Giants | Shimmy Disc | 1994 | 

Black Helicopter | None Taken | Don't Fuck With The Apocalypse | Ecstatic Peace | 2010* | 


The Freeways | Shake The Dope Out | self-titled | Polk | 2010* | 

The Five | No Regrets | self-titled | BEM | 1989 | 

Hullabaloo | Retardo Porn | Lubritorium | C/Z | 1991 | 

Major Stars | Run From The Devil | Return To Form | Drag City | 2010* | 


Quilt | Commodity Spectre | March Appropriation | self-released | 2010* | 

Green Magnet School | Kudgel | Revisionist | Sonic Bubblegum | 1994 | request

Condo Pygmies | Dance In The Graveyard Of Love | unreleased |  | ? | WMBR tape archives

Titanics | Draggin' The Line | unreleased |  | ? | WMBR tape archives

Viva Viva | Keep Lookin' Good Lookin' | self-titled | self-released | 2010* | 


66 Breakout | Sam | 6-song ep | self-released | 2010* | 

Needy Visions | Outta Gary | self-titled | BOWAC | 2010* | 

Dogmatics | Everything Went Bad | 1981-86 | Vagrant | 1985 | orig. Everybody Does It record (Homestead)

Willie Alexander & The Boom Boom Band | Dirty Eddie | Willie Loco Boom Boom Ga Ga: 1975-1991 | Northeastern | 1977 | orig. 7-inch (Somor)

V | The Need | The V ep | Propeller | 1982 | 

The Slaves | Streetfighting Man | Boston Gets Stoned | Botown | 1993 | 

Cocked N' Loaded | Turn It Up | Take A Shot | self-released | 2010* | 


Ketman | Coast of Capri | A Go Go | Lifted & Gifted | 2010* | 

Lou Miami & The Kozmetix | New Romantix | self-titled ep | Modern Method | 1982 | request

The Clamdiggers | Quahaug Girl | unreleased |  | 1992 | WMBR Pipeline session

Thick Shakes | (Baby) You're A Starfish | Ooh Mommy | Snugglehead | 2009 | 


Doomstar! | You Can Hide | Rainbow Bloodsucker | self-released | 2010* | 

La Peste | Whites Of Your Eyes |  |  |  | WMBR tape archives

Capture The Flag | Opportunity |  |  |  | WMBR tape archives

Social Circle | on The Run | 7-inch | Way | 2010* | 


The Last Second | They're Gone | 2-song CD | self-released | 2010* | 

X-Ray Tango | X-Ray Tango | In Spy Fidelity | Rerojet | 1998 | request

Barry and The Remains | Don't Look Back | self-titled | Fan Club | 1966 (1985 rel.) | request

Mr. Airplane Man | C'mon DJ | C'mon DJ | SFTRI | 2004 | 


Bullet LaVolta | Before I Fall | Swan Dive | RCA | 1991 | 







Tuesday, June 1, 2010

playlist - 5/29/10

Here is the playlist for the second installment of The Hidden Capital. I will be cleaning up this shitty formatting and posting the playlist for the debut show from a week earlier shortly, but in the meantime I wanted to get something posted. More soon.

Tim


artist

song

release

label

year (* if new)

comments

Busted Statues

Red Clouds

7-inch

Arf Arf

1989

 

Consonant

Blissful

self-titled

Fenway

2002

 

The Crushing Low

Home From The Clouds

ep

Belhaven

2009 *

 

Viva Viva

Valentine

self-titled

self-released

2010 *

 

The Big Disappointments

Guarantee

self-titled

Hot Cave

2007

 

The Statue Factor

She Destroyed Me

A Mission Of Five

Nebulon Community

1999

 

Planet Street

General Hospital

7-inch

Mongoose

1983

request

Apple Betty

Alaska

Streakin' Across The Sky

self-released

2009

 

The Last Second

Hypnotized

2-song cd

self-released

2010 *

 

The Upper Crust

Long Table For Two

Revenge For Imagined Slights

self-released

2010 *

request

Roadsaw

Gotta Go

$1,000,000 

Curve of the Earth

1995

 

Model Sons

Steady Hands

The Story Of My Love ep

Lies/$

2004

 

Cocked N' Loaded

Sex Fight

Take A Shot

self-released

2010 *

 

Mutt

Salt

self-titled

self-released

2010 *

 

Daughters

The Hit

self-titled

self-released

2010 *

 

Smackmelon

Raymond

ep

Cherry Disc

1994

 

21-645

Red Red

Nobody Gets On The Guest List

Throbbing Lobster

1984

request

Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling

Dance Of The Dead

The New Number 2

self-released

2010 *

 

Major Stars

Two Degrees

Return To Form

Drag City

2010 *

 

Human Sexual Response

Beauty Brigade

demo

unreleased

 

tape archives

Mascara

Dragonflies

Fountain Of Tears

Mr. Fibuli's

2010 *

 

Doomstar!

Ronald Raygun

Rainbow Bloodsucker

Grandma & Grandpa

2010 *

 

The Transistors

We're Goin' A Go-Go

A Go-Go!

Melrose

2010 *

 

The Voodoo Dolls

Junk Drawer

Not For Sale

Stanton Park/Helter Skelter

1993

 

Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents

Keeping Time

Keeping Time

Q-dee

2010 *

 

Unnatural Axe

I Am The Way

split 7-inch w/The Nasties

Lawless

2010 *

 

Libyans

Paralyzed

7-inch

 

2010 *

 

Lemonheads

Hate Your Friends

Hate Your Friends

TAANG

1987

request

Riff Cannon

Mercury Mountain

3-song cd

self-released

2008

 

Left Nut

In My Shoes

Bad Attitude…No Apologies

One Way

1999

 

The Losing Kind

No Way Out

3-song cd

self-released

2002

 

Boys Life

It Came From Here

demo

unreleased

 

tape archives

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

The Hidden Capital - new radio show debuts Saturday, 5/22/10 on WMBR

"Boston... the hidden rock and roll capital of the world..." - Peter Zaremba of NYC garage stalwarts The Fleshtones

This Saturday marks the debut of my new radio program on WMBR FM, The Hidden Capital. The show will be driven by new music from the greater Boston area but will also explore the wealth of Boston rock history in WMBR's extensive archives. While there will undoubtedly be plenty of classic Boston rock bands turning up in each week's playlist, my goal is not to make this a mere exercise in nostalgia; I am interested in fitting Boston's current vital crop amidst the great local bands (most now defunct, but a few still kicking) that preceded them.

I also plan to go beyond things that have seen the light of vinyl; in the past year or so, WMBR has taken up the exhaustive task of digitizing a couple of decades worth of rare tape recordings and demos. This project is ongoing, but it has already returned a huge amount of lost material to our fingertips. New local demos will also be welcome.

The Hidden Capital will broadcast every Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. EST on 88.1 FM on the terrestrial dial in the greater Boston area, with live streams and streaming archives available at wmbr.org.

For requests during the show, call (617) 253-8810.

For local demo (mp3, etc.) submissions and comments, email me at: thehiddencapital(at)gmail(dot)com

Or mail recordings to:

WMBR-radio
Attn. Tim Kelly
3 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02142

Thanks, and hope you will tune in!

Tim