The Beard Hour

With Thomas:

Lou Reed - "Vicious" - Transformer
Spacemen 3 - "Big City" - Recurring
Lou Reed - "Walk on the Wild Side" - Transformer
Spacemen 3 - "Walking with Jesus" - The Perfect Prescription
Spacemen 3 - "Things'll Never Be The Same" - The Perfect Prescription
Spectrum - "How You Satisfy Me" - Soul Kiss
Spacemen 3 - "Come Down Easy" - The Perfect Prescription
Lou Reed - "Satellite of Love" - Transformer
Delta-Vikings - "Whispering Bells" - Doo Wop Box
Irma Thomas - "Its Raining" - Simply The Best Live!
Clarence Carter - "Making Love (at the dark end of the street)" - Snatching It Back

Spiritualized - "Cop Shoot Cop" - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

Charlie Rich - "Behind Closed Doors" - The Silver Fox
Willie Nelson - "Crazy" - Crazy: The Demo Sessions
The Band - "Across The Great Divide" - The Band
The Band - "Rag Mama Rag" - The Band
The Band - "When You Awake" - The Band

DJ Quik - "Quik is the Name"

Mountain Goats - "Going to Georgia" - Zopilote Machine
Mountain Goats - "Anti-Music Song" - Ghana
Mountain Goats - "The Last Day of Jimi Hendrix's Life" - Ghana

Townes Van Zandt - "Cocaine Blues" - Roadsongs
Townes Can Zandt - "Dead Flowers - "Roasongs

Lou Reed - "Perfect Day" - Transformer

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Flin Flon - "Cardigan" - Dixie
Bloodthirsty Butchers - "Yamaha-1" - Banging The Drum
CAN - "" - Soundtracks
Residents - "Walrus Hunt" - Eskimo
Rhythm and Sound with Jah Cotton - "Dem Never Know" - See Mi Yah
King Tubby with Lucky Dub All Stars - "Behold A Dub" - Rough Guide To Dub
Spacemen 3 - "Starship" - The Perfect Prescription
Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love" - Best Of, of some sort
Black Sabbath - "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Om - "At Giza" - Conference of the Birds
Pentagram - "Lazylady" - First Daze Here
High on Fire - "Sons of Thunder" - Blessed Black Wings
Blue Oyster Cult - "ME 262" - Secret Treaties
Blue Oyster Cult - "Then Came the Last Days of May" - S/T

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - "You Put the Spell on Me" - Portrait of a Man
Rythm and Sound With Walda Gabriel - "Boss Man" - See Mi Yah
Rhythm and Sound With Rod of Iron - "Lightning Storm" - See Mi Yah
Keith Hudson and King Tubby - "Satia" - Rough Guide to Dub
Rhythm and Sound With Bobbo Shanti - "Poor People Must Work" - See Mi Yah
Upsetters - "Noah Sugar Pan" - Rough Guide to Dub

Black Sabbath - "Spiral Architect" - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

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Attempt at Funk:

Brute Force - "Ye-Le-Wa" - Brute Force
Doc Oliver - "Soul Popcorn Pt. One"
Doc Olver - "Soul Popcorn Pt. Two"
Ofs Unlimited - "Mister Kidneys"
Joana Zacheya - "I Want To Come Home"
Johnny Holiday - "I Feel So Dead and Cold"
General Crook - "What Time It Is Pt. Two"
Blackrock - "Yeah Yeah"
Funkadelic - "Some More" - Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow
Brute Force - "Do It Right Now" - Brute Force
5 Spiritual Tones - "Bad Situation" - Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal
Blackrock - "Bad Cloud Overhead"
Fela Kuti - "Zombie" - Zombie

Flaming Lips - "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
OOIOO - "UMA" - TAIGA
The Fucking Champs - "Thor Is Like Immortal" - IV
OM - "Annapurna" - Variations on a Theme
Espers - "Moon Occults The Sun" - Espers II

Amanda All Stars and King Tubby - "Behold A Dub" - The Rough Guide to Dub
Abysinnians - "Satta Amassagonna" - Reggae Box

Black Sabbath - "Under The Sun / Everything Comes and Goes" - Volume 4
This Heat - "Sleep" - Deceit
Cluster + Eno - "Steinsame" - Cluster + Eno

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Disorganized:

Faust - "Krautrock" - IV
Daft Punk - "Around the World" - Homework
Roy Orbison - "In Dreams" - In Dreams
Daft Punk - "Around the World" - Homework
CAN- "Vitamin C" - Ege Bamyasi
Daft Punk - "Around the World" - Homework
Cluster - "Hollywood" - Zuckezeit
Dead C - "Mark Harris" - Vain, Erudite, and Stupid
Robert Jay - "Alcohol Pt. One" - Searching for Soul
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - "Whammy" - Portrait of a Man
Amon Duul - "Im Garten Sandos" - Psychedelic Underground
OOIOO - UMA - TAIGA
The Fall - "15 Ways" - Middle Class Revolt
Bucks and Gallants - "Hey, Bartleby" - Mark
Bloodthirsty Butchers - "Banging the Drum" - Banging the Drum
Bloodthirsty Butchers - "B2" - Banging the Drum
Daft Punk - "Around the World" - Homework
The Roots - "Game Theory" - Game Theory
Outkast - "Morris Brown" - Idlewild
TV on the Radio - "Blues From Down Here" - Return to Cookie Mountain
Grizzly Bear - "On A Nest, On A Spit" - Yellow House
Roy Orbison - "Running Scared" - Crying
Roy Orbison - "Wedding Day" - Crying
REM - "Begin the Begin" - The Best of the IRS Years
TV On The Radio - "Playhouses" - Return to Cookie Mountain

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Beirut - "The Gulag Orkestar" - The Gulag Orkestar
Drakkar Sauna - "Hello, My Love Has Faded" - Drakkansasauna
Worms - "Early In The Evening" - Pelican Songs
Ostinato - "Monkey Gestures" - Chasing The Form
Akron/Family - "Blessed Force" - Meek Warrior
Ostinato - "Goal of All Believers" - Chasing The Form
Brian Eno - "The Big Ship" - Another Green World
Faust - "Just A Second (Starts Like That" - IV
Oneida - "Happy New Year" - Happy New Year
Faust - "Jennifer" - IV
Bob Dylan - "Girl From the North Country" - Freewheelin'
Clarence Carter - "Patches" - Snatching It All Back
TV On The Radio - "Tonight" - Return To Cookie Mountain

Lord Rhaburn - "Disco Connection" - Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up
Trevor Dandy - "Is There Any Love?" - Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal
5 Spiritual Tones - "Bad Situation" - Good God!
The Harmonettes - "Shame, Shame, Shame" - Cult Cargo
Sam Taylor - "Heaven on Their Minds" - Good God!
Lord Rhaburn - "Boogaloo a la Chuck" - Cult Cargo
Voices of Conquest - "O Yes My Lord" - Good God!
WEB - "Things are Going to Work Out Right" - Cult Cargo
WEB - "The Same Old Me" - Cult Cargo
Cliff Gober - "A Poor Wayfaring Stranger" - Good God!

Smanila and the SBS - "Natural Points" - The Danque! A Collection of West African Funk

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Crass - "Big A Little A Bouncing B" - Best Before
Instigators - "The Blood Is On Your Hands" - Anti-War
Anthrax - "Introduction to War" - Anti-War
Crass - "Mother Earth" - Stations of the Crass
Filth - "The List" - Shit Split with Blatz
Chumbawamba - "Revolution" - Anti-State
Gun Club - "Brothers and Sisters" - Miami

Grateful Dead - "Thats it for the Other One" - Anthem of the Sun
Sonic Youth - "The Burning Spear" - S/T

Juvenile - "Ha" - Four Hundred Degreez
Slimm Cutta Calhoun - Why Ya Smilin'
Cool Breeze - "Watch For The Hook"
Outkast - "N2U" - Idlewild
Dungeon Family - "Crooked Booty"
Outkast - "Morris Brown" - Idlewild
E-40 ft. Big Boi - "Ham Sammiches and Coupe Devilles"

Ostinato - "Goal of the Believers" - Chasing Th Form
Drakkar Sauna - "The Debut of the Tambourine Shoe" - Drakkansasauna
M. Ward - "Right in the Head" - Post-War
Beirut - "The Canals of our City" - The Gulag Orkestar
M. Ward - "Requiem" - Post-War
Gordon Monahan - "Voices Emerging Along High Tension Wires" - Speaker Swinging & Piano Mechanics
Flying Saucer Attack - "Come and Close My Eyes" - Further
Beirut - "The Gulag Orkestar" - The Gulag Orkestar
Beirut - "Prenzlauerberg" - The Gulag Orkestar
Beirut - "Brandenberg" - The Gulag Orkestar
Pink Floyd - "Interstellar Overdrive" - Piper At The Gates of Dawn

Travelling Wilburys - "Handle With Care" - Volume One

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While I'm not entirely sure how Caleb feels about having pictures of himself posted on the internet, I stumbled across this on the Monkeyclaus site and couldn't resist putting it up. Him and the man himself, as it were. As well as John, frequest Beard Hour listener, supporter and participant.



I'm hoping that y'all are listening to the new Akron/Family record because it is really something special. As well as that Good God! compilation. And the new TV on the Radio record. Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes was a little bit of a letdown after Young Liars pretty much knocked me down for quite some time, so this record makes me feel pretty good in a variety of ways. Best of the year, at the very least.

Overground Records recently put out three compilations of early anarchopunk and peace punk. Well worth the effort of tracking them down. Here is a review of the first one:

Anti-War’ is the first in the long awaited series of 1980’s Anarcho-Punk cds that will chronicle this integral part of the punk scene, and serve as the definitive guide to the Anarcho-Punk scene.

Compiled from recordings culled from heyday of the scene (1980-84), the bands include the leading lights of the scene (Zounds/Dirt/Omega Tribe) as well as many of the lesser known bands that were the life-blood of the scene, pro-active in arranging gigs, making fanzines, organizing benefits etc. (Psycho Faction/Political Asylum/Anti-System).

‘Anti-War’ has been lovingly compiled after many years of research and groundwork, not least finding the bands that in most cases split before 1984! So, having listened to over 1000 recordings from vinyl, demo cassettes, unreleased studio recordings and live gigs we finally settled on 23 tracks for the first volume, 10 of which are previously unreleased.

‘Anti-War’ perfectly captures the whole ecstatic energy of the era, with its diverse mix of spiky barbs and intense diatribes all based around the ‘Anti-War’ theme.

The Beard Hour will be guest dj-ing during the day for the next couple of weeks. Tune in on consecutive mondays, the eleventh and eighteenth, and hear how we clean up during the day. I'll be subbing for Black Circle Revolution, and you can always listen online.

Finally, Drakkar Sauna is playing at the Tea Bazaar tonight. You should come.

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Trevor Dandy - "Is There Any Love?" - Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal
Outkast - "Chronomentrophobia" - Idlewild
Sam Taylor - "Heaven On Their Minds" - Good God!
The Roots - "Game Theory" - Game Theory
The Roots - "Don't Feel Right" - Game Theory
The Swinging Machine -"Do You Have To Ask?" - Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things
The Gun Club - "John Hardy" - Miami
Chumbawamba - "Revolution" - Anti-State: An Anarchopunk Compilation
Flux of Pink Indians - "Some Of Us Scream, Some of Us Shout" - Not So Indian
The Mob - "Gates of Hell"- Anti-State
The Rulers - "A Taste of Hysteria" - Anti-State
The Swinging Machine - "Comin' On Back Home" - Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things

Good God! - Whole Album

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