Show 84 - Playlist 9/21/2014

The forecast for the balance of 2014. Summer - Fall - Summer - Fall - BIG FREEZE!!! Oh man, you know it will strike quickly. For now it is extra nice and so is this weeks playlist which I would describe as dreamy and (bonus) no profanity. The first set of tunes is by a Brighton (UK) band influenced by early electronic music named TOY. Up second is Pond, ie the bastard child of Tame Impala. Pond is a Psychedelic Rock band from Perth and one of my new found favorites. Temples are an English Psych Rock band endorsed by some as the best new band in Britain. The final artist is Øresund Space Collective delivering Psych/Space jams from the Sweden/Denmark hinterland. Mellow my mind and yours TOO. [115 minutes, 110.4 mb, 128kbps]

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00:00 Intro
00:25 Toy, Drifting Deeper
05:16 Toy, When I Went Back
09:55 Toy, Make It Mine
13:45 Toy, As We Turn
17:51 Toy, Motoring
22:21 Toy, Clock Chime
28:17 Pond, Corridors of Blissterday
35:43 Pond, Sun and Sea and You
39:39 Pond, Moth Wings
42:58 Pond, Aloneaflameaflower
47:17 Pond, Dig Brother
51:45 Pond, Giant Tortoise
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55:51 Pond, Greens Pool
59:29 Temples, Mesmerise
1:07:00 Temples, Keep In The Dark
1:10:41 Temples, Ankh
1:14:47 Temples, Prisms
1:17:38 Temples, The Golden Throne
1:21:40 Temples, Shelter Song
1:24:54 Øresund Space Collective, My Heel Has A Beard
1:30:47 Øresund Space Collective, Grab A Cab
1:37:43 Øresund Space Collective, Fondle The Frequency
1:44:58 Øresund Space Collective, Good Planets Are Hard To Find
1:54:31 Exit

Show 83 - Playlist 8/24/2014

A spatter of garage sound fits the scene around my estate these days and that calls for some lo-fi atmosphere. Maybe that might fit wherever or whatever you are doing. So turn it up a notch and groove on the stark, cruel, blasting beat which serves as an intro to the heavy vibe of NOW. All the bands in today's show are intertwined in various ways. The noteable artists in this collage are John Dywer, Mikal Cronin and Ty Segall. They all live southern California and move comfortably between Garage, Noise, Pop and Rock genres. As what's her face would say, "It's a good thing." Another good thing is Monday's release of Manipulator by Ty Segall. Manipulator will be in many 2014 top album lists and maybe the best of the year. Note: f bomb at 15:12.

[93 minutes, 89 mb, 128kbps]

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00:00 Intro
00:36 Coachwhips, We Can't Go Back To My Place
02:03 Coachwhips, Untitled
03:32 Coachwhips, OK Next Day
04:53 Coachwhips, When I Go
06:51 Coachwhips, Look Into My Eyes When I Come
08:47 Coachwhips, G A R Y
10:03 Coachwhips, That Bitch Is Gonna End Up Dead
11:32 Coachwhips, Sex Like A See Saw
13:39 Coachwhips, By The Way
15:12 Coachwhips, White Lights
16:58 Charlie & The Moonhearts, O Pretty
19:23 Charlie & The Moonhearts, Of Robbing Banks (pt. I + II)
22:44 Charlie & The Moonhearts, Next Train
25:14 Charlie & The Moonhearts, Shucka Shucka
26:54 The Hospitals, This Walls
29:29 The Hospitals, BPPV
31:52 The Hospitals, Me, A Ceiling Fan
32:47 The Hospitals, Animals Act Natural
36:25 The Hospitals, Hairdryer Peace
40:04 Thee Oh Sees, Penetrating Eye
43:22 Thee Oh Sees, Encrypted Bounce
48:59 Thee Oh Sees, Savage Victory
53:00 Thee Oh Sees, Put Some Reverb On My Brother
55:27 Thee Oh Sees, King's Nose
58:49 Thee Oh Sees, Transparent World
1:02:34 Ty Segall, The Connection Man
1:04:48 Ty Segall, Don't You Want To Know? (Sue)
1:07:20 Ty Segall, Mister Main
1:10:02 Ty Segall, Who's Producing You?
1:12:50 Ty Segall, It's Over
1:15:45 Ty Segall, The Hand
1:20:23 Ty Segall, Feel
1:24:36 Ty Segall, The Singer
1:28:48 Ty Segall, The Feels
1:31:49 Exit

Show 82 - Playlist 08/10/2014

Doves sit on the telephone pole and purr as I manipulate the landscape. The flowers sing, especially when it rains. I crawl around in my lawn searching for misfits and find them. Sometimes traffic honks. I see jealous eyes. They miss crawling in their own grass. I stare at things which have suffered for years living in a corner of my yard. I guess they are lucky and tough. I wonder what changes the coming season will bring and hope I agree with whatever happens. I should put the blue jar inside my garage, but it will be interesting to see if it can survive another winter.

[122 minutes, 117 mb, 128kbps]


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00:00 Intro
00:25 Kikagaku Moyo, Semicircle
03:37 Om, Sinai
13:32 Sonic Youth, Improvisation Ajoutée
16:18 Kikagaku Moyo, Hem
20:08 Sonic Youth, Anagrama
29:32 Sonic Youth, Mieux: De Corrosion
36:22 Kikagaku Moyo, White Moon
44:35 Om, Gethsemane
54:21 Kikagaku Moyo, Streets of Calcutta

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58:14 Sonic Youth, Tremens
1:01:30 Kikagaku Moyo, Kodama
1:05:48 Kikagaku Moyo, Smoke and Mirrors
1:12:59 Om, Addis
1:18:20 Om, State of Non-Return
1:24:16 Ravi Shankar, Raga Ahir Bhairav
1:39:39 Om, Haqq Al-Yaqin
1:50:33 Ravi Shankar, Raga Simhendra Madhyamam
2:01:17 Exit

Show 81 - Playlist 6/22/2014

I was in my kitchen washing vegetables when the President of Adventure stopped by. He knew I had been working on a longterm project and needed some encouragement. I was not filled with chaos or chanting a dirge. I just needed a positive image to smooth out the rough edges. It was the kind of project that empties thoughts onto the ground. As I worked I watched a raven circle. Eventually he roosted on a telephone pole. Kaw, kaw, kaw. A bird praying for a big truck sonic killer to throw a lunch bag on the asphalt. Kaw, kaw, hoping for a smashed wad of fries to swoop down on and carry away. A raven interacting with the landscape. Meanwhile I was in no great hurry. Coffee mixed with thoughts working on a project taking me away or bringing me back? I just can't decide which is what. I glanced up to the top of the pole and said thanks to the President of Adventure for stopping by. Kaw, kaw. Now is now.

[108 minutes, 103 mb, 128kbps]

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00:00 Intro
00:25 Vibravoid, Do It Allright
04:29 Vibravoid, Lost Intensity
07:16 Vibravoid, Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun
28:53 Naam, Beyond
37:04 Naam, On The Hour
40:43 Naam, Pardoned Pleasure
45:41 The Paperhead, He's Mirrored
47:42 The Paperhead, Back To Those Days
50:13 The Paperhead, Let Me Know
55:50 Night Beats, Catch A Ride To Sonic Bloom

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1:00:43 Night Beats, The Seven Poison Wonders
1:05:25 Night Beats, The New World
1:13:03 Clinic, Seesaw
1:18:34 Clinic, Seamless Boogie Woogie
1:22:05 Clinic, Miss You
1:27:35 Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, Music For Dozens
1:30:51 Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, Dead Leaves
1:36:16 Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, Sealed Scene
1:40:19 The Holydrug Couple, Willoweed
1:42:16 The Holydrug Couple, Wondered
1:43:26 The Holydrug Couple, Red Moon
1:46:50 Exit

Show 80 - Playlist 5/25/2014

In the urban meadow east of the mountains tornado sirens blare a sinister drone, so naturally I get thisshow going with a drone by Zomes. A storm begins with billowing clouds and progresses to swirling  chaos. Look for that storyline as this playlist develops. The Japanese psych group Kikagaku Moyo can deliver blue sky or chaos. They just completed a west coast tour which included performances in Denver, plus the L.A. Psych Fest and the Austin Psych Fest. Their Denver performance at Rhinoceropolis was incredible as is their latest LP, Forest of Lost Children. The pivotal tune in this weather forecast is by Electric Wizard which proves they are more than a doom metal act. A duel of U.S. and Japanese artists whirl and push toward the final tone/tempo Merzbow [Masami Akita, artist in noise] mayhem. Don't head for the storm shelter without grooving to the 80th episode of Vitamin Fuzz Radio.

[117 minutes, 111.6 mb, 128kbps]

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00:00 Intro
00:25 Zomes, No. 3 [excerpt]
03:06 Ilyas Ahmed, Dirty Thinner/Outstanding/For What We See
30:04 Peter Walker, Road To Marscota
35:40 Kikagaku Moyo, Dawn
41:52 Indian Jewelry, Nonetheless
45:00 Swell Maps, The Stairs Are Like An Avalanche
47:55 Electric Wizard, Ivixor B/Phase Inducer
56:37 The Stars, Electron Spin Carnival

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59:40 Sleep, From Beyond
1:09:59 Kyuss, Freedom Run
1:17:33 High Rise, Outside Gentiles
1:22:41 Kyuss, Mondo Generator
1:28:52 Earth, Dissolution 1
1:35:58 Yura Yura Teikoku, 無い!! [Nai!!]
1:46:56 Merzbow, Promotion Man
1:55:49 Exit

Show 79 - Playlist 5/4/2014

Relax and sit face-to-face with the clear light (リラックスして、クリア光で対面に座る) just as Peter Walker, John Lennon and Brian Jones witnessed long ago in the 60's. The Sufi trance floated from a dusty Moroccan village, as it had for 1200 years, then burst from the experimental Folkie Beats along the streets of Harvard Square and maybe rode all night along forsaken Grapes of Wrath highways or clinging to windy freight cars hoping to boom from Brighton Boulevard warehouse walls. Experience the trance, the drone, the repetition, the Timothy Leary Void. (haha!) "Whenever in doubt, turn off your mind, relax, float downstream," Nietzsche, 1954. Transcend the industrial complex. So goes the 79th episode of mirky sinTHetik Vitamin Fuzz. Is now really now?

note: wear life preserver while floating downstream, Kikagaku Moyo on tour now
        アメリカは恋している 幾何学模様 (America is in love with Kikagaku Moyo)

[124 minutes, 118.9 mb, 128kbps]

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00:00 Intro
02:20 Peter Walker, Mixture
09:57 The Master Musicians of Jajouka, 55 (Hamsa Oua Hamsine)
10:51 Psychic Ills, Transmute
15:58 The God Machine, The Sunday Song
24:31 Circuit Des Yeux, Crying Chair
28:14 LSD March, The Lamp - Tomorrow's Godard
31:33 Up-Tight & Makoto Kawabata, Where Does She Go
42:58 Yellow Swans, Psychic Secession

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50:19 Goat, Goatlord
53:22 Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., In Z
1:12:01 Gate, Have Not
1:24:21 LSD Pond, Hikari Naki Sekai
1:47:16 Galaxie 500, Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste
1:53:55 Spacemen 3, Revolution
1:59:58 The Beatles, Tomorrow Never Knows [June 6th 1966 - Studio 3]
2:02:52 Exit Dialogue

Show 78 - Playlist 4/6/2014

Been a while since my last show. Got caught up in decisions and winter and phlegmy sickness. A combination of the mercury aligning near zero and vague word maps kept me confined behind the binary barricade. But now is now and I've put together some music to usher in my new interval of liberty. The first half of this show is dedicated to my friend Flaco. You will notice that the music selections differ greatly once Minimal Man is cued up which begins the part of the show dedicated to Charles. Don't get too cryptic about the lyrics or the style when you listen. Just enjoy it. Let the music grease those neurological gears, knowing you have a transmission to adjust for the terrain you travel.  And now Vitamin Fuzz presents the mirky sinTHetik broth of show 78.

[119 minutes, 114.2 mb, 128kbps]

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00:00 Intro
02:20 Sebadoh, Old Daze
03:46 Ramones, Now I Want To Sniff Some Glue [demo]
05:27 Boris, Ano Onna No Oryou
11:38 Wiht, And The Thunder Rolls
20:43 Bardo Pond, Walking Stick Man
30:32 Spacemen 3, Losing Touch With My Mind
35:46 Black Mountain, Faulty Times
44:19 Sonic Youth, Against Facism
47:53 Nirvana, Sifting
53:13 Flipper, Full Speed Ahead
56:48 Black Sabbath, Warning

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62:36 Minimal Man, Rue de Cinema
65:42 Bowery Electric, Beat
72:49 Nels Cline, X Change(s)
77:04 Seefeel, Sway
85:55 Coil, Where Even The Darkness Is Something To See
88:58 Vladislav Delay, Huone
111:02 Shackleton, Busted Spirit
115:36 Devo, Snowball
118:02 Exit Dialogue