Favoriting Tony Coulter: Playlist from March 19, 2013 Favoriting

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Favoriting March 19, 2013: Tony Coulter Presents Tape Hiss: The Shining Net, Squirm Rhymes w/ Germ, Mystery Tape Laboratory, and The Strawberry Zots (PLEASE NOTE: "Tape Hiss" shows are not archived.)

Artist Track Album Label Year
THE IN-THEME  Holger Hiller: Toyshopshoptoy   Favoriting      
 
THE SHINING NET  The Grass Is Singing   Favoriting The Shining Net  Mu Music  1991 
THE SHINING NET  Light in the Leaves   Favoriting The Shining Net  Mu Music  1991 
THE SHINING NET  That No Net Can Catch   Favoriting The Shining Net  Mu Music  1991 
THE SHINING NET  The Way Is Not a Way   Favoriting The Shining Net  Mu Music  1991 
THE SHINING NET  Myriad Lives Unseen   Favoriting The Shining Net  Mu Music  1991 
 
THE SHINING NET  Oak Leaf Memories   Favoriting The Shining Net  Mu Music  1991 
THE SHINING NET  A Thousand Cranes   Favoriting The Shining Net  Mu Music  1991 
THE SHINING NET  Summer Ghosts   Favoriting The Shining Net  Mu Music  1991 
THE SHINING NET  Marching Towards Morning   Favoriting The Shining Net  Mu Music  1991 
THE SHINING NET  Always Coming Home   Favoriting The Shining Net  Mu Music  1991 
 
SQUIRM RHYMES W/ GERM  Clementine   Favoriting Strata / Papercuts 2  no label  1991 
SQUIRM RHYMES W/ GERM  Tug   Favoriting Strata / Papercuts 2  no label  1991 
SQUIRM RHYMES W/ GERM  Fix   Favoriting Strata / Papercuts 2  no label  1991 
SQUIRM RHYMES W/ GERM  Brute   Favoriting Strata / Papercuts 2  no label  1991 
SQUIRM RHYMES W/ GERM  Mesa   Favoriting Strata / Papercuts 2  no label  1991 
SQUIRM RHYMES W/ GERM  Lunge   Favoriting Strata / Papercuts 2  no label  1991 
SQUIRM RHYMES W/ GERM  Cracker   Favoriting Strata / Papercuts 2  no label  1991 
 
SQUIRM RHYMES W/ GERM  Papercuts 2   Favoriting Strata / Papercuts 2  no label  1991 
 
MYSTERY TAPES LABORATORY  Untitled 1   Favoriting Sampler  Mystery Tapes  198? 
MYSTERY TAPES LABORATORY  Untitled 2   Favoriting Sampler  Mystery Tapes  198? 
 
THE STRAWBERRY ZOTS  To Whom It May Concern   Favoriting To Whom It May Concern  Continuum/Acid Test Records  1991 
FRANK ZAPPA  Lumpy Gravy, Part Two   Favoriting Lumpy Gravy  RE: Rykodisc  1968 
THE OUT-THEME  Gelbart: My Favorite Vacation [part of] + Die Trip Computer Die: Airborn [part of]   Favoriting      


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Listener comments!

  11:50am
Kay:

True story, I once captured some Strawberry Zots in a Shining Net, then subjected them to Squirm Rhymes w/ Germ in a Mystery Tape Laboratory.
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Tony Coulter:

Ha! Hi there, Kay!!
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listener james from westwood:

good morning tony, and congrats to the stream and the station for hitting their goals
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Uncle Michael:

Hello one and all.
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Doug Schulkind:

@Kay
Same damn thing happened to me (though w/o germ).
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Tony Coulter:

Hey James and Michael! Congratulations to all, yes! And, before I forget, BIG THANKS to three people who pledged to this show after the last show finished, and so didn't get thanked: Tara from Butler, NJ, John from Brooklyn, and Fredrik from Los Angeles. THANKS!!
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Tony Coulter:

Heya Doug!
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Rich in Washington:

Yay, hiss!
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Tony Coulter:

Yay, Rich!
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Lewis:

hello stream folks - and well done on that Marathon thing!
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Tony Coulter:

Hola, Lewis!
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Doug Schulkind:

Hey Lewis! Thanks a ton for everything!
  12:10pm
Tower:

Thought I'd give this show a listen. I'm listening to the replay of the Rangers/Carolina game at the same time. The grass is singing while the pucks are flying, very interesting juxtaposition.
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Tony Coulter:

Hey, Tower!
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listener james from westwood:

goodness, this is lovely.
  12:16pm
Tower:

Light in the leaves reminded me somewhat of Michael Brook. Not a sound alike, just an association.
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glenn:

(the rangers won in the shootout) don't tell tower.
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Kay:

@james I agree, netherworldly!
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Tony Coulter:

Hey there, Glenn!
  12:20pm
Tower:

It's still tied right now. If only they still broadcast Rangers games on WNBC I could listen live, even here in MD. Ah, the good old days. Now back to The Shining Net.
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Hugo:

Ssssss(h)
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fleep:

First time here. Wandering the roads less traveled. Avoiding TurboTax. Lovely music, sprinkled with Windham Hill and Pentangle accents. Greetings, Tony.
Avatar ♥ 12:22pm
Tony Coulter:

Hiiiiiiiiii Hugoooooooooo!
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Tony Coulter:

And greetings fleep!
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listener james from westwood:

howdy, fleep!
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glenn:

can americans subscribe to t.s.n.?
the only thing better is c.b.c., but then my opinion on all things hockey is somewhat biased.
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Doug Schulkind:

Wow, the singing on the previous Shining Net tracks sounded very Laura Veirs-ish to me. And that's a good thing.
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Tony Coulter:

I usually hate this kind of '90s breathy digital-synth sound, but somehow The Shining Net make it work for me.
  12:35pm
Tower:

I like the closer guitar work on Oak Leaf Memories and the rhythm on A Thousand Cranes better than the far back ethereal tracks, but it's all very good.
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listener james from westwood:

"clementine" sounds like a fitting follow-up thus far.
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Tony Coulter:

Agreed. The tape will soon veer off in other directions, though!
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Uncle Michael:

I'm back. What's the score?
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Tony Coulter:

Nets 10; Germs 1.
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Uncle Michael:

Go team.
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fleep:

@listener james howdy, I orig. thought you were in UCLA territory, but your Westwood is NJ? Westwoods must be like Springfields.
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Tony Coulter:

Side B of this cassette, coming up later, is totally different from this side -- it's chock full of collage/cut-up madness.
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SID AVARICIOUS:

Oh shit,
I'm late for the TC tape piss show.
Never mind those bollocks I forget US changed its cocks (eh clocks) a couple of weeks ago and have mistimed my listening to the show!
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Tony Coulter:

Hey, Sid!
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listener james from westwood:

i am indeed in the nj westwood. california's is indeed the one that comes more readily to mind.
this is superlative proofreading music.
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Doug Schulkind:

I originally thought Listener James was a upstanding UCLA professor, too!
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Loren:

How do I listen to this show? Sorry...
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listener james from westwood:

hah! nope, just a lowly east coast b.a.!
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Tony Coulter:

Hi Loren -- did you click on the link that says "here" at the top of the playlist?
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Rich in Washington:

That's my favorite car crash sound effect.
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Loren:

I get a .pls file... what can i do?
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Uncle Michael:

Definitely in my top-ten.
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Uncle Michael:

Loren, you can configure many applications to open that, such as Winamp. If you don't have an app set up, you can try the flash player www.wfmu.org...
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Tony Coulter:

Thanks, Uncle Michael -- was just going to say the same thing!
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Uncle Michael:

Germs have cut the lead to two!
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Uncle Michael:

If you don't have Winamp and download it and install it, it will likely automatically make itself the default program for that type of file/link.

My pleasure, Tony.
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Loren:

hey hey! thnak you Uncle Michael! Tony!

Last time I said "thank you, uncle Michael" was on my 13th birthday. He wasn't really my uncle, so I don't know why he was there. My parents just told me to say thank you and address him as uncle. I knew hs name was Michael, he once came to see me play baseball, and I really liked the video game he gave me, but I never saw Uncle Michael again after that day. He didn't have any cake. I thought I saw him tearing-up, but it was a blustery day. Maybe he was my father... I've only a gold watch with the intials MS... Schwartz? Shuemaker? Smith?
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Uncle Michael:

It wasn't me. I swear.
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Uncle Michael:

Headline of the day: "Bankruptcy judge OKs sale of Twinkies, Ding Dongs"

I guess sell-by dates are just guidelines and unenforceable.
  1:59pm
Tower:

Gotta gotta go work outside for a while. See some of you for Charlie's show, Busy Doing Nothing, on Thursday. Enjoyed the music.
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Tony Coulter:

Cheers, Tower!
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northguineahills:

Been here for a half hour, just realized that Tony is playing relatively recent recordings for this tape-hiss.
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Tony Coulter:

Hey NGH! 22 years ago is relatively recent?!? I will say, apropos of nothing, that '90s cassettes tend to sound a little better sound-quality-wise than ones from the '80s.
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Uncle Michael:

XLII-*S*, babeeee!
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northguineahills:

Usually Tape Hiss focuses on the late 70s - early 80s (from my recollection.)
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Tony Coulter:

Umm -- yes, I guess the '90s is relatively recent for "Tape Hiss"!
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Tony Coulter:

Overall, the '80s were the "golden age" for cassette underground–type stuff, hence the show is weighted '80s, I guess.
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Loren:

I stumbled back in... is this Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra... sounds pretty cool.
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Loren:

Is it possible these recordings are from 1989, but not committed for release until 1991?
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Tony Coulter:

@ Loren: That is possible! Whew....
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Rich in Washington:

Seems like it was the early nineties when really good cassette technology was much more accessible.
I remember when a dual cassette deck was sort of an exotic, relatively unobtainable item.
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northguineahills:

Curious, I recognize a decent chunk of these samples.
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Rich in Washington:

There's some African Funeral music in there that I recognize from a strange compilation I have.
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Doug Schulkind:

Did anyone ever buy into the whole "metal" thing with the higher-end cassettes? I was always happy enough with the chrome.
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Tony Coulter:

I did buy metal cassettes for a while there for really important stuff, but never noted a dramatic difference.
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Uncle Michael:

I don't think tape culture even starts to end till CD burners in home computers became standard equipment.

@Doug, I tried 'em. I pretty much stuck to Maxell XLII-S and TDK SA toward the end...or whatever they were continually re-branded to be called.
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Rich in Washington:

It seemed to me that I had bad luck with metal cassettes. It seemed like they didn't last long, started having problems in terms of shelf life.
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Rich in Washington:

I have many, many TDK SAs that have been stored in less-than-ideal ways and they still sound pretty good.
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Ike:

Doug, I could never discern a quality difference between type IV ("metal") and type II blank cassettes. IIRC, Consumer Reports said the same.
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Tony Coulter:

@ Uncle Micheal: Agreed that tape culture continued well into the '90s and even beyond, and of course has a second life these days. Just meant that the '80s was the really groundbreaking era, and that a lot of people switched from cassette to vinyl or CD by the late '80s.
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northguineahills:

When I was in high school. I'd sometimes nick my father's metal cassettes (he used for work), but normally, whatever was available at Turtles worked for me.
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Rich in Washington:

I remember there was this no-name brand of cassettes that my brother and I would tape stuff on (we taped a lot of stuff off of the radio) and they sounded really good for the price and lasted a long time. We would buy up every one we'd see in stores.
We called 'em 'rainbow tapes', because they had a rainbow on the label. The only thing they said on them was 'Low Noise'.
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Uncle Michael:

@Tony, I was speaking from the home-recordist, mix-tape, tape-trading perspective.
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Tony Coulter:

Ah, I gets you!
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Uncle Michael:

I went from Cassette to DAT to CD-R and was a pretty early CD-R adopter, wrestling with SCSI controllers. Ugh.
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Doug Schulkind:

I was always a TDK-SA guy. Don't know why. I have hundreds of them stashed in the closet, but nothing to play them with.
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Rich in Washington:

We had a lot of Sony UCXs for some reason. It seems like they had dropout problems, though.
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Uncle Michael:

When I first encountered cassette shells held together by screws I was so delighted. It's like someone knew I'd been repairing "eaten" tapes with scotch tape since 1972 and was finally taking pity on me.
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fleep:

I still have a Denon DRM-550 cassette deck, my reissued Impulse jazz collection is on tape. And ditto on the metal, it never made much difference.,
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Uncle Michael:

I love the kung fu rhythm track.
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Rich in Washington:

You could also make tape loops out of tapes that you could take apart.
  2:37pm
Vartkes B.:

Regarding the metal tape issue: I never noticed a difference either. I'm guessing if you had high-end equipment it might have mattered. Those TDK SAs bring back memories of heading to Uncle Steve's on Canal St to get a bunch for the (at the time) bargain price of $3.99 each!
PS- did anybody use the "Dolby" setting?
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Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

TDK-SA was great, until I moved to the metal ones. Dolby C, Dolby S...
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Tony Coulter:

Vartkes!!!! Great to see you here!
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Tony Coulter:

and Kenzo too! Hola!
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Loren:

Tony, these Mystery Tapes Lab finds are killer... thank you!
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Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Mmm, TDK D-C90... blog.wfmu.org...
  2:41pm
Vartkes B.:

Great to hear your voice Tony. I am usually working on Tuesdays and thus unable to tune in. This is a blast from the past!
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Ike:

DJ Vartkes, formerly of FMU? Cool.
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listener james from westwood:

wow, howdy, vartkes! and hey there, kenzo!
i know i had a fave brand of tape, but i can't recall which was my go-to. i do remember i didn't like anything over 90 min as the tapes didn't hold up well.
many thanks, tony, for the superfine tape hiss session!
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Tony Coulter:

You're welcome, James -- 15 more minutes to go!
  2:49pm
Vartkes B.:

Wow. It's been 16 years since I last did a regular show. I am flattered that you guys remember me. It's great to participate on the comments page!
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fleep:

Got Lumpy Gravy on vinyl, it was in a cut-out bin with a dime sized hole punched in the album cover. No one appreciated it then, it has some beautiful passages on it.
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Tony Coulter:

You are definitely remembered, Vartkes!
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Tony Coulter:

So, again, I'll be off next week -- Thom Jones, aka DDD JJJ 666, will be filling in. His theme will be "antipodal music" -- make of that what you will.
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Uncle Michael:

Wow, a DSOTM tribute show!
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Loren:

This has been excellent!
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks for the final hissing of winter lawns, Tony.
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fleep:

Thanks for a fine show, Tony.
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Tony Coulter:

You're welcome, fleep! Thanks much for showing up, everybody! See you in two weeks!!
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Rich in Washington:

thanks, Tony!
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Tony Coulter:

Thanks, Loren and Uncle Michael! Ciao!
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Tony Coulter:

... and Rich too. Cheerio -- for realz.
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