Favoriting Tony Coulter: Playlist from November 27, 2018 Favoriting

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Favoriting November 27, 2018: Tony Coulter Presents Tape Hiss: Jonathan X and Black Heat, Jim E. Barfart, Cal, Banana Head, Death Light [PLEASE NOTE: "Tape Hiss" shows are not archived.]

Artist Track Album Label Year
The In-Theme  Holger Hiller: Toyshopshoptoy   Favoriting      
 
Jonathan X & Black Heat  Ass Backwards   Favoriting Venus Needs Men  no label  1985 
Jonathan X & Black Heat  Love Love Love   Favoriting Venus Needs Men  no label  1985 
Jonathan X & Black Heat  Die Bitch Die   Favoriting Venus Needs Men  no label  1985 
Jonathan X & Black Heat  Retroactive   Favoriting Venus Needs Men  no label  1985 
Jonathan X & Black Heat  I Hate It   Favoriting Venus Needs Men  no label  1985 
Jonathan X & Black Heat  Power Struggle Back   Favoriting Venus Needs Men  no label  1985 
 
Jonathan X & Black Heat  Black On Black   Favoriting Venus Needs Men  no label  1985 
Jonathan X & Black Heat  Abort No More   Favoriting Venus Needs Men  no label  1985 
Jonathan X & Black Heat  No Love Is the Last Love   Favoriting Venus Needs Men  no label  1985 
Jonathan X & Black Heat  Church Is State   Favoriting Venus Needs Men  no label  1985 
Jonathan X & Black Heat  Sexless Machine   Favoriting Venus Needs Men  no label  1985 
 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  Blah   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  Playing Along with Mother Goose   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  Sublime   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  Ego Die   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  The End of Nothing   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  21   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  Joker   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  Want   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  Intermission   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  What Happen   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  T. C-W   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  Horn   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  The Salesman   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  Stalemate   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  Music Master   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  Depression Is a Four Letter Word   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
Jim E. Barfart ‎  I Hate Today   Favoriting Blah  Small Tools Tradition  1986 
 
Cal  Same   Favoriting Cal  no label  1986 
Cal  ... And After   Favoriting Cal  no label  1986 
Cal  Right   Favoriting Cal  no label  1986 
Cal  Min. Sin   Favoriting Cal  no label  1986 
 
Cal  Degeneration   Favoriting Cal  no label  1986 
Cal  Strength   Favoriting Cal  no label  1986 
Cal  Blind   Favoriting Cal  no label  1986 
 
Banana Head  Desk Man   Favoriting In the Tubs  Goaty Tapes  2009 
Banana Head  In the Tubs   Favoriting In the Tubs  Goaty Tapes  2009 
Banana Head  Phone Call   Favoriting In the Tubs  Goaty Tapes  2009 
Banana Head  You're Mine   Favoriting In the Tubs  Goaty Tapes  2009 
Banana Head  Eat to Death   Favoriting In the Tubs  Goaty Tapes  2009 
 
Banana Head  Gang Tough   Favoriting In the Tubs  Goaty Tapes  2009 
Banana Head  The Sisters   Favoriting In the Tubs  Goaty Tapes  2009 
Banana Head  Monday   Favoriting In the Tubs  Goaty Tapes  2009 
Banana Head  Take It Back   Favoriting In the Tubs  Goaty Tapes  2009 
 
Death Light  Empty Brains   Favoriting In the Chamber  Goaty Tapes  2010 
Death Light  Next Sickness   Favoriting In the Chamber  Goaty Tapes  2010 
Death Light  Snake Palace   Favoriting In the Chamber  Goaty Tapes  2010 
 
Death Light  Hawaii 80   Favoriting In the Chamber  Goaty Tapes  2010 
Death Light  Sucker Dimension   Favoriting In the Chamber  Goaty Tapes  2010 
Death Light  Late Nite Memorium   Favoriting In the Chamber  Goaty Tapes  2010 
 
The Out-Theme  Gelbart: My Favorite Vacation [part of] + Die Trip Computer Die: Airborn [part of]   Favoriting      


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Listener comments!

Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:01pm
listener james from westwood:

Good Tuesday, Tony and all a' y'all!
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Rich in Washington:

I just had my head demagnetized for this show.
Avatar ♥ 12:01pm
βrian:

Pulling up a folding chair.
Avatar ♥ 12:02pm
Tony Coulter:

Hello, all. Don't see how anyone would be able to recognize today's LP-under-the-cassettes, so I'll just spill the beans straight off. It's this thing: www.discogs.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:02pm
steveo:

salutations!
Avatar ♥ 12:02pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey, hey, hey, James, Rich, βrian, and Steveo!!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:02pm
Yvang:

Hi Tony and all! Five promising cassettes today! Yeah!
Avatar ♥ 12:03pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Rich: Congrats on your new FMU show!
Avatar ♥ 12:03pm
Tony Coulter:

Hiya, Yvang!!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:04pm
JtotheK:

hi Tony, hello everyone!
Avatar ♥ 12:06pm
Tony Coulter:

Hola, JtotheK!
Avatar ♥ 12:09pm
Tony Coulter:

Thanks to my Portland compadre Dane for the loan of this Jonathan X tape.
  12:11pm
Dane:

Hey just got here
Avatar ♥ 12:12pm
Tony Coulter:

Dane! I guess I summoned you by mentioning your name!
  12:12pm
ike:

Hi! Today’s random letters are: CVHDFJSGJF
Avatar ♥ 12:13pm
Tony Coulter:

Hola, Ike! I will try to put those letters to good use.
Avatar ♥ 12:14pm
Tony Coulter:

As you may have deduced by now, Jonathan X is African American, which very much colors his lyrics.
  12:15pm
Dane:

Venus needs men that drive semi trucks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:17pm
Rich in Washington:

Thank you, Tony! Preparing for it is one of my excuses for my relative unavailability lately.
I am simultaneously psych'd and terrified.
  12:22pm
Dean:

Musique Plastique moved across the corridor. Picked up four LPs for almost nothing. Fun store.
Avatar ♥ 12:23pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey, Dean! Yes, great store -- I'll be heading there today after the show.
  12:24pm
Dean:

Well, don't expect to find the Bee Gees' Trafalgar for a buck. I grabbed it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:24pm
Rich in Washington:

They moved across Alberta? Bigger space?
Avatar ♥ 12:25pm
Tony Coulter:

No, same building, but different room.
  12:25pm
Dean:

They moved from the NE end of the corridor in the building to the SW end.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:26pm
Rich in Washington:

Ah. Haven't been there in a while. I kind of liked it, just haven't gone back.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:26pm
Rich in Washington:

oh. Literally across the corridor.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:27pm
Rich in Washington:

This is pretty cool, Tony! Not a lot of stuff like this in the cassette scene, let alone 80s underground.
Avatar ♥ 12:29pm
Tony Coulter:

Yeah, there wasn't too much funk in the cassette underground scene.
Avatar ♥ 12:33pm
Tony Coulter:

(funk as in these bass lines)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:35pm
Rich in Washington:

Yikes!
Lucky I didn't step out of my office just now. I had it up really loud.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:36pm
Ike:

So that'll be a new show on the Sheena's Jungle Room stream, then?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:37pm
Webhamster Henry:

Hi Tony and K7 Culturists.
Avatar ♥ 12:38pm
Tony Coulter:

Hola, Henry Hamster!
  12:39pm
Mark R.:

I only heard "Sexless Machine," but I like it. Pretty out there.
  12:39pm
Mark R.:

Rich, what sort of things might we expect to hear on your show, and when does it start?
Avatar ♥ 12:39pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey, Mark!
  12:41pm
Mark R.:

Hey Tony!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:44pm
Rich in Washington:

Hmmm. So far, random records and tapes and CDs from the fringes of my collection. A lot of moldy, Pacific NW thrift store finds. I'm kind of excited about it. I think it will be a bit less artsy fartsy than my KBOO radio show and a bit more about recorded oddities.
  12:46pm
Mark R.:

Sounds cool. Never got to hear your KBOO show--what city was that?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:46pm
Rich in Washington:

But who knows? I'm doing it even more by the seat of my pants than most shows I've done. I hope people don't hate it!
I feel like I'm in good company on the Sheena stream. It seems to be strange record heaven.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:47pm
Rich in Washington:

I wonder if it's that guy's real name?
Avatar ♥ 12:47pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Rich: You mean: Barf Art / Bar Fart?
  12:48pm
Mark R.:

If your show is "polarizing," that means for every person who hates, it, there's someone else who loves it. Just play what you like, as if you're among friends, which you are (mostly).
Avatar ♥ 12:48pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Mark: KBOO is in Portland, OR. It's an official sister station of FMU.
  12:49pm
Mark R.:

Yes, that name sounds made up, Tony! Oh cool, "official," eh? That means we can travel there without a passport!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:49pm
Rich in Washington:

Thanks! I appreciate the encouraging words!
  12:50pm
Mark R.:

And Tony, you're in Portland, but you were once on FMU out of Jersey City, is that correct?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:50pm
Rich in Washington:

Barfart. And then his label name! He must have name taunting trauma issues!
Avatar ♥ 12:51pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Mark: Yes, I did the show at the station for years, from 1990 to 2009. Then I moved out west.
  12:52pm
Dean:

One of my favorite real names belongs to a Renaissance Hungarian composer, Bálint Bakfark.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:54pm
Rich in Washington:

@Mark R: Oh. I didn't see your comment @12:46. I am on KBOO on 2nd and 4th Thursday nights. You can listen online outside the Portland area at kboo.fm/listen or m.kboo.fm
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:54pm
Rich in Washington:

I used to crack up that there's an instrument called a Sackbutt.
  12:55pm
Mark R.:

I didn't move to NJ til 2012, and was ignorant and naive of the wonders of FMU before that. Cool Rich, thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:56pm
Rich in Washington:

What would we do without WFMU? My virtual dial's been glued here since I can't remember when.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:58pm
Rich in Washington:

I daresay Freeform Portland comes close to WFMU's musical spirit. KBOO, while I love it and remain loyal, is a bit split in its devotion to music, vs its hybrid of news and public affairs programming with music in the late afternoon/evening/overnight shift. A bit like KPFA.
  1:00pm
Mark R.:

Well it sounds like an NPR station, yes? FMU's lack of affiliation with anybody, even a university since whenever Upsala College went bankrupt, is truly unique.
Avatar ♥ 1:01pm
Tony Coulter:

It's more like a WBAI type station.
Avatar ♥ 1:04pm
Tony Coulter:

Meaning, not as slick and corporate as NPR.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:05pm
steveo:

This weekend I discovered WPKN while driving near Bridgeport, CT (I'm surprised I never noticed it before). It is also an independent non-profit formerly associated with a university. Heard some far out/good stuff on it too. They spell it "free-form" on their About Us page.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:10pm
Ike:

I think Dave the Spazz is orig. from WPKN, yes?
Avatar ♥ 1:11pm
Tony Coulter:

Not sure.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:11pm
steveo:

yeah! and he blogged about it! blog.wfmu.org...
  1:13pm
Mark R.:

Cool. I grew up in the radio wasteland of Detroit, wish we'd had the internet in those days!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:18pm
Rich in Washington:

@Tony: I thought you wrote 'a WBIA type situation' and I about spittake'd my coffee!
Let's hope not!
Avatar ♥ 1:19pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Rich: You mean the way they imploded? Nah, wasn't trying to hint at that!
  1:19pm
Dean:

Oh, man, WPKN is such a cool station. I used to stay with a friend in Fairfield in late May, when WPKN has an annual Zappa marathon. I'm no huge Zappa fan, but that one morning per year was always a delight.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:21pm
Ike:

Maryland and D.C. were also near-total radio wastelands before the days of streaming (a 10-watter from College Park and some bluegrass shows on WAMU pre-bluegrass-purge notwithstanding) and probably still are, which accounts for why FMU has so many fans who stream there. I've always wondered what qualities caused NJ, NY, MA, and much of CA to have so much better radio than, say, DC, MD, Las Vegas, etc., or if it was just mostly institutional accidents of fate.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:21pm
Rich in Washington:

KBOO used to do an all night Zappa/Mothers marathon on the Friday before Mother's Day. All the P Town Zappa collectors would come out of the woodwork and spin for an hour or so. It was amazing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:25pm
Webhamster Henry:

KBOO was part of the KRAB nebula of community stations set up by Lorenzo Milam. KXRY "X-Ray" in Portland is also fun, Greasy Kid Stuff was there in its last incarnation.
My old friend Alec Cumming does shows on WPKN, they are fun!
Avatar ♥ 1:27pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Ike: Mark Farre (who did a great FMU show during the '90s) started out on a Washington, D.C., station that I think was once pretty good: WGTB, the Georgetown University station.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:28pm
Rich in Washington:

Yes, the KRAB Nebula indeed. Also, one of the founding fathers was also Ernest Hood, now famous for his weird little LP called Neighborhoods. The FCC filing and other paperwork were all filled out and signed in Ernie's living room.
Avatar ♥ 1:29pm
Tony Coulter:

Wow! Didn't know that. Love that Ernest Hood LP.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:30pm
Rich in Washington:

Ernie's son is KBOO's head engineer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:36pm
Rich in Washington:

This is spooky. Almost reminds me of early Cabaret Voltaire.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:36pm
Michael 98145:

i was a KRAB subscriber from the donut shop days. met Mr Milam a few times. there is an archive in the Jack Straw studio in the University district.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:37pm
Michael 98145:

... probably why i loves this station
Avatar ♥ 1:37pm
Tony Coulter:

Heya, Michael 98145!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:37pm
Ike:

WGTB, as an FM station, was before my time. The Catholics at Georgetown didn't like its "strong left-wing sentiments, especially ads for the Washington Free Clinic", and sold it to the Univ. of DC for $1 in 1979 to get rid of it. Then UDC sold it to C-SPAN. So yes, now you can hear the *scintillating* sounds of C-SPAN Radio on what should be a good college station's frequency! The "real" WGTB exists online, though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:39pm
Michael 98145:

first time i've ever heard any of this
Avatar ♥ 1:40pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Ike: I mostly know of WGTB as a station where bands like the Muffins and Happy the Man often played live. Never heard the station back then, though -- only later on, via the tape-trader network
Avatar ♥ 1:46pm
Tony Coulter:

Oh, this Cal cassette is the one w/ the bowtied kiddie.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:47pm
steveo:

wacky-parsed as "bowtied kittie" and I'm like, that cat doesn't have a bowtie! (don't worry, I got it now)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:47pm
Stanley:

Joy arises in the fortunate working man's heart on a Tuesday evening on WFMU.
Avatar ♥ 1:49pm
Tony Coulter:

Stanley! Heya!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:49pm
Ike:

@steveo: www.businesscatual.com
(From Portland, no less.)
Avatar ♥ 1:49pm
Tony Coulter:

Joy is not a big component of today's tapes.
Avatar ♥ 1:51pm
Tony Coulter:

One of our neighbor's cats, who's frequently in our house, wears a sporty blue bowtie.
Avatar ♥ 1:52pm
Tony Coulter:

Tho it often looks pretty disheveled.
Avatar ♥ 1:53pm
Tony Coulter:

(the bowtie, I mean -- not the cat.)
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steveo:

i was thinking of "business cat" but that's a regular necktie, unfortunately (knowyourmeme.com... )
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:55pm
Ike:

I'm surprised any cat will put up with that. Maybe it's a Portland thing?

Oh, right, Business Cat. I love Business Cat. Best meme ever.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:58pm
steveo:

I like Cal. Probably because of the bowtie.
Avatar ♥ 1:59pm
Tony Coulter:

I suppose wearing a bowtie is no more annoying for a cat than wearing a collar.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:02pm
Michael 98145:

... or a camera
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:04pm
crateslinger:

I think cal was listening to When Doves Cry in 1986
Avatar ♥ 2:04pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey, hey, crateslinger!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:06pm
crateslinger:

buenos dias
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:14pm
crateslinger:

or should i say buenos meows
Avatar ♥ 2:15pm
Tony Coulter:

Talking of meows, the Banana Head cassette (on now) is the one with the cat on the cover.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:16pm
crateslinger:

you mean the young jazz cat in the bowtie?
Avatar ♥ 2:16pm
Tony Coulter:

Nah, that cat is Cal.
Avatar ♥ 2:30pm
Tony Coulter:

It's funny how this 2009 cassette is so intentionally lo-fi -- unlike '80s cassettes, where the lo-fi-ness was mostly an unavoidable offshoot of having super-basic, cheap equipment.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:36pm
Rich in Washington:

I remember there being a lot of tonal loss and - you guessed it - TAPE HISS - from bouncing multitracks to stereo in order to accomodate more tracks. Every time you did it, it sounded more lo-fi. But we never said "kids are gonna dig this sound in the 2000s!".
Avatar ♥ 2:37pm
Tony Coulter:

I guess in general the whole lo-fi thing began just as better home-recording equipment finally became affordable.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:37pm
Rich in Washington:

I sure want another 4 track cassette machine but they're going for ridiculous prices now.
Avatar ♥ 2:37pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Rich: This tape definitely added in tape hiss and noise.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:38pm
crateslinger:

I have an old fostex four track around here somewhere....
Avatar ♥ 2:39pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Rich: Well, not so much hiss, I guess, but extraneous noise. I do get and appreciate the lo-fi aesthetic, tho.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:39pm
steveo:

every cat is a criminal, all the sinners saints
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:39pm
crateslinger:

Isn't it mostly the vocals that are crumbled on this? Guitar sounds like it's in the room with me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:41pm
Rich in Washington:

Mine was a Fostex! I foolishly gave it to my sons, thinking I would never use it again and they more or less destroyed it.
Avatar ♥ 2:43pm
Tony Coulter:

@ crateslinger: True -- I was thinking of the added crackly noise most hearable at the beginning of some of the Banana Head tracks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:48pm
crateslinger:

Yeah it was there. This conversation reminds me of the new Jonathan Richman song about how the old world sucks and why does everybody want to go back there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:55pm
crateslinger:

@Rich - that sucks but don't feel bad. You did a good dad thing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:56pm
David D:

Here's that subway transfer: wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:57pm
Michael 98145:

thanks again, Tony C
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:57pm
steveo:

thanks Tony!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:57pm
Rich in Washington:

Thanks, Tony! Wonderful show!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:57pm
listener james from westwood:

Jam packed! Thanks, Tony!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:57pm
David D:

Thanks, Tony!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:58pm
crateslinger:

awesome show - never to be heard again...
Avatar ♥ 2:58pm
Tony Coulter:

Thanks for showing up, everyone! See you next week!!

(Heya, David D!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:59pm
steveo:

just realized that "Die Trip Computer" is not German....
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