FOR SPATIA

Unfortunately for yrs truly, I'll be on a the bad end of that sort of string for most of this weekend. Pop Rawkus is off to the northern midwest and I'm scheduled to project over 20 shitty flicks at the theater over the next two days. Bygones. We can still get funky, even when we get sad. We can still shake our asses even when the bags below our eyes droop down to our ankles!

This week the steez at 811 (TRP's other mansion) is Factory Records circa 82-85, Les disques du Crepuscule, and the LTM circus, particularly NYC oddball duo Thick Pigeon, ACR, Blackpool thugsynth renegades Section 25, and the proto-everything 12"s cut on FAC by the Stockholm Monsters. Considering that I have last mix on next week's Pussy Wallpaper, I figure I may take the opportunity to indulge in another archival style set (last week was a trip thru the disco-house of Larry Levan, West End and the Paradise Garage, maybe next week will be arty FAC dance-rock, its easier to think in themes, guys)


Thick Pigeon lived off liquid bass and the words that came out of the above mouth: Stanton Miranda's. This description is cute: "a walk through the civilisation of your soul." TP songs feel like meticulously arranged vignettes performed effortlessly, with a great deal of tenderness and a cold, proto-house groove that melts you down, freezes you in an instant, and then goes ice-skating all over your face. FAC 85, Too Crazy Cowboys, was the first Factory US record to be mastered digitally, and its a forgotten masterpiece if ever one was (buy the CD from LTM). The first of these two tracks come from that LP, the third is Miranda's pre-TP version of later TP banger Wheels over Indian Trails, a rare take on an indispensible

Thick Pigeon - Troglodytes [alt link]
Thick Pigeon - Babcock + Wilcox [alt link]
Stanton Miranda - Wheels Over Indian Trails [alt link]
Also, check out the always-sublime and hyperactively cosmic Alainfinkelkrautrock from a few days ago to cop "Subway," a chiming chillaxed storytime romp as only Thick Pigeon could do.


Stockholm Monsters? Seriously, I can't say enough about how amazing this band was. Noel Gallagher said he started Oasis after hearing Fairy Tales, and frankly every time I hear Fairy Tales I too want to start Oasis (^_^). Kan Kill! is the epic, the 8 minute experiment that worked, and LORD DID IT WORK! The b-side off their Factory Benelux classic, the How Corrupt is Rough Trade 12", Kan Kill! is a swirling pastiche of Sinatra, depressive polyrhythms, FAC synths, and an ugly organ that predates that of Ada by about 20 years. More tender vocal interplay (its funny how whether people love or hate FAC, the reason they always give regardless is "its the vocals") and oblique detachment with a drum loop. Chune in on the radio next Tuesday, the reason I'm not upping Fairy Tales and Partyline and Miss Moonlight now is because I try to not blog what I play in mixes and vice-versa, and I am playing the fuck out of this band this coming week.

Stockholm Monsters - Kan Kill! [alt link]


Finally, we have some cosmic mixes for your weekend chillouts and discoballing. Pop Rawkus, in absentia, can't contribute, but my personal archives contain the following from the 2.20.07 episode of Pussy Wallpaper, aka "PW 3: Drugula is Dead, Long Live Air Horn Misogyny," which I'd be willing to share in exchange for SOULS. No seriously, I need souls, or I'm going to die.

Steven Surrender - INAMORATOS! (40 min)
Tracklisting:
Mohammed Rafi - Jaan Pehechaan ho
ESG - Chistelle
Asha Bhonsle - Yeh Mera Dil Yaar Ka Dirwana
The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache
The Emotions - Best of My Love
Machine - There But For the Grace of God Go I
Joubert Singers - Stand on the Word (Larry Levan Rmx)
Erot - Song for Annie
Sister Sledge - Lost in Music
Apollo 100 - Joy
Electric Light Orchestra - Livin' Thing
First Choice - Double Cross! (Larry Levan Rmx)
Mohammed Rafi - Chand Mera Dil Chandni Ho Tum
The Pale Fountains - Thank You
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Love Rollercoaster

Count Drugula - Drugula's Droppings III (40 min)
This Heat-Horizontal Hold
Roberto Cacciapaglia-My Time (thanks thanks thanks alainfinkelkrautrock!!!)
Beatrice Tekielski-Faire eclater cette ville
Plaid-Dang Spots
Penguin Cafe Orchestra-The Ecstasy of Dancing Fleas
Dabrye-Bloop
The Exposures-Ein Lied Für Frau Thyssen-Henne
LKJ-Loraine
Fridge-Of (dub)
EFS no. 8-Can