Author: Chris Barrus

Episode 022

22 tracks for episode number 22 all from 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 releases

Track Listing:

  1. The Blue Aeroplanes – “Waking Up In The Ghost Removal Van” – Culture Gun [00:03]
  2. SCUDFM – “Bigger Boat” – INNIT [03:43]
  3. The Jack Cades – “Something New” – Something New [06:51]
  4. Film School – “Take What You Need” – We Weren’t Here [10:26]
  5. Fleeting Joys – “Change My Sign” – All Lost Eyes And Glitter [15:05]
  6. Cloakroom – “Lost Meaning” – Dissolution Wave [19:18]
  7. Foam Giant – “Green Triangles (Near As Dammit)” – Under the Trees [23:46]
  8. Non Plus Temps – “Continuous Hinge” – Desire Choir [26:41]
  9. Automatic – “Skyscraper” – Excess [31:26]
  10. Neutral – “Du [live]” – Live På Autodidaktik [35:41]
  11. Gloria – “Global Warning” – Sabbat Matters [39:23]
  12. Teri Gender Bender – “Saturn Sex” – Saturn Sex [44:40]
  13. Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – “Go On” – Reset [47:44]
  14. Broadcast – “Pendulum [2003-08-19 John Peel]” – Maida Vale Sessions [52:26]
  15. Unloved – “Now” – The Pink Album [55:49]
  16. The Soundcarriers – “At the Time” – Wilds [59:28]
  17. The Gentle Cycle – “Like December Is Bold” – Landslide Eyes [01:03:29]
  18. Flyying Colours – “Long Distance” – You Never Know [01:07:18]
  19. J. Zunz – “Outsides” – Del Aire [01:11:04]
  20. Thayer Sarrano – “Both Sides of the Door” – Ancient Future [01:16:10]
  21. Lawrence English – “Another Ending (Theme To TraumaZone)” – Themes and Atmospheres for Adam Curtis’s Russia 1985-1999 TraumaZone [01:21:24]
  22. Viagra Boys – “Creatures [live]” – Shrimp Sessions 2 [01:25:48]
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A Limbo, A Way Station

Momentum has been in such sort supply that even acknowledging the scarcity takes a draining amount of effort. I’m relating hard to what Chris D. succinctly posted to Instagram in October:

Feeling an emotional exhaustion I cannot recall ever feeling before. But maybe that’s just being overdramatic. Even though I have had anywhere from 1 to 4 days of fairly continuous work each week since the beginning of the month (here at home), the rest of my days and nights are filled with equivocation with myself, poised between inertia and still feeling constrained by covid. It feels as if I’m in a limbo, a way station (I guess we all are, though, to some degree.) But one feeling that really bothers me is my reticence to follow through on phone calls and messages. Nothing to do with the people at all so much as my feeling of no longer being able to communicate about even the most mundane of matters, unless mandated by outside work. I feel somehow relieved if I return even one phone call or text or email in what most people would consider a timely manner. I’m posting this not out of the need to make excuses, but to explain to people I may not be getting back to as quickly as I should. It’s really beyond procrastination or depression or despair, but more like my psyche is purposely blanking the slate. Although my psyche is not doing a particularly good job of it.

Chris D. on Instagram

If I had to pick one word that delineates the past year it would be this one: “exhaustion.” Nervous apologies to everyone I’ve ghosted on.

Episode 021

Track Listing:

  1. Coyle & Sharpe – “Armored Attack” – The Absurd Imposters [00:03]
  2. Isolation Society – “Hunting Party” – Isolation Society [03:36]
  3. Automatic – “Damage” – Signal [07:35]
  4. UV-TV – “Gold” – Happy [09:52]
  5. Katatonic – “Heatwave” – Katatonic [13:01]
  6. The Grabbeltons – “Make Love” – Inflation 7″ [15:40]
  7. Altin Gün – “Leyla” – Gece [18:56]
  8. ShitKid – “Feels Like The Movies” – Duo Limbo [22:10]
  9. J.P. Shilo – “Mechanical Man” – Invisible You [25:00]
  10. L’Épée – “Lou” – Diabolique [29:02]
  11. Fenella – “Transfiguration Into One” – Inspired by the Marcel Jankovics’ film Fehérlófia [32:41]
  12. Windy & Carl – “Crossing Over” – Allegiance and Conviction [35:09]
  13. Hymnambulae – “Totemdjur” – Nausikaa [40:58]
  14. VUM – “Psychic Wind” – Psychotropic Jukebox [45:52]
  15. Roy Montgomery & Kirk Lake – “London Is Swinging By His Neck” – London Is Swinging By His Neck 7″ [48:13]
  16. Bonnie Dobson – “Winter’s Going” – Bonnie Dobson [53:53]
  17. Purple Pilgrims – “I’m Not Saying” – Perfumed Earth [56:31]
  18. Outrageous Cherry – “What Have You Invented Today?” – Our Love Will Change The World [01:01:04]
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2019 in shows

Some (but not all) of the shows I saw in 2019:

LP at The Observatory, Santa Ana
LP – Jan 25, The Observatory, Santa Ana, CA

Le Butcherettes - Marty's On Newport, Tustin
Le Butcherettes – Feb 5, Marty’s On Newport, Tustin, CA

ShitKid - Zebulon, Los Angeles
ShitKid – Mar 8, Zebulon, Los Angeles, CA

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets – Mar 17, Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

Bush Tetras - Bowery Electric, New York
Bush Tetras – Apr 20, Bowery Electric, New York, NY

Live Skull - Market Hotel, Brooklyn
Live Skull – Apr 25, Market Hotel, Brooklyn, NY

Bikini Kill – May 2, Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA

The Cactus Blossoms - The Troubadour, West Hollywood
The Cactus Blossoms – May 4, The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA

The Hives - The Observatory North Park
The Hives – May 29, The Observatory North Park, San Diego, CA

Sam Phillips - Largo at the Coronet, Los Angeles
Sam Phillips – Jun 6, Largo at the Coronet, Los Angeles, CA

This Is Not This Heat - Regent Theater, Los Angeles
This Is Not This Heat – Jul 25, The Regent Theater, Los Angeles, CA

Katatonic - The LEM HQ, Los Angeles
Katatonic – Sep 5, The LEM HQ, Los Angeles, CA

Stereolab - Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY
Stereolab – Sep 27, Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY

Seefeel - Echoplex, Los Angeles
Seefeel – Nov 3, Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA

The Raincoats – Nov 16, Mono, Glasgow, Scotland

Bauhaus - Hollywood Palladium
Bauhaus – Dec 1, Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA

X - Teragram Ballroom
X – Dec 19, Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA