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Episode #015 – Punk Rock Reagan

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Quartz City Podcast Episode #015

For election day today: fifty minutes of punk rock songs about Reagan.

  1. Ron and Nancy Reagan – Pro Drugs PSA [00:00]
  2. Government Issue – Hey, Ronnie [01:44]
  3. Minutemen – Fascist [02:49]
  4. Wasted Youth – Reagan’s In [03:45]
  5. Accelerators – Reaganland [04:38]
  6. D.I. – Reagan Der Fuhrer [07:02]
  7. D.O.A. – Fucked Up Ronnie [08:23]
  8. The Damned – Bad Time For Bonzo [09:56]
  9. Sector 4 – White House [13:27]
  10. Crucifucks – Hinkley Had A Vision [14:23]
  11. Ism – John Hinckley Jr. [16:33]
  12. J.F.A. – Jodie Foster’s Army [18:23]
  13. Shattered Faith – Reagan Country [19:39]
  14. The Proletariat – Voodoo Economics [22:52]
  15. D.R.I. – Reaganomics [25:33]
  16. No One Can Decide For You – Reagan Hysteria [26:11]
  17. Stanx – Reagan [28:30]
  18. Toxic Reasons – Destroyer [29:58]
  19. Dead Kennedys – We’ve Got a Bigger Problem Now [32:34]
  20. Suicidal Tendencies – I Shot The Devil [37:01]
  21. T.S.O.L. – Superficial Love [38:50]
  22. Dayglo Abortions – Ronald McRaygun [40:07]
  23. MDC – Bye, Bye Ronnie [41:38]
  24. Lennonburger – Reagum [44:14]
  25. Violent Femmes – Old Mother Reagan [45:23]
  26. Youth Brigade – Moral Majority [45:53]
  27. Ramones – Bonzo Goes To Bitburg [46:57]
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Rugby font in the wild – part 8

Among other things that have backed up here – three different sightings of Rugby font from expert spotter Chris Richardson.

A Lee Hazlewood Australian 7″ EP from 1970.

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The Holy Modal Rounders’ Last Round album from 1978.

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Shocking Blue’s “Mighty Joe” 7″ from 1969.

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And while Other Music in NYC may have closed, Left Of The Dial Records in Santa Ana happily flies the typography of psychedelia.

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Previous Rugby font sightings.

Episode #014

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Quartz City Podcast Episode #014

  1. MJ Guider – “White Alsatian” – http://www.kranky.net [00:03]
  2. The KVB – “Awake” – http://www.thekvb.co.uk [03:31]
  3. Avrocar – “Aethel” – https://www.discogs.com/artist/91087-Avrocar [07:56]
  4. o13 with Tom Carter – “Field Operations” – https://www.facebook.com/o13world [11:31]
  5. All India Radio – “Permanent Revolutions (Early Slow Mix)” – http://www.allindiaradio.com.au [15:15]
  6. The Caretaker – “Lacunar Amnesia” – https://thecaretaker.bandcamp.com [20:01]
  7. Caroline K – “Animal Lattice” – https://klanggalerie.bandcamp.com/album/now-wait-for-last-year [23:25]
  8. Fossil Aerosol Mining Project – “Shopping Center Malfunction 1988” – http://www.fossilaerosol.com [28:18]
  9. Zzzzra – “Conclusion” – http://zzzzra.com [30:08]
  10. The Detroit Escalator Co. – “Gathering Light” – http://detroitescalator.com [40:38]
  11. Driftmachine – “Lost Travelers” – https://www.facebook.com/TherealDriftmachine/ [44:45]
  12. Landing – “Delusion Sound” – http://www.landingsite.net [51:42]
  13. La Femme – “It’s Time To Wake Up (2023)” – http://lafemmemusic.com [1:04:42]

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Episode #013

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Quartz City Podcast Episode #013

Been awhile. Had some stuff to deal with, but it’s all good now.

  1. Davila 666 – “Hanging On The Telephone” – https://www.facebook.com/davila666/ [00:03]
  2. Le Butcherettes – “Shave The Pride” – http://lebutcherettes.net [02:48]
  3. The Flowers – “(Life) After Dark” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flowers_(Scottish_band) [05:21]
  4. Cloudland Canyon – “Where’s the Edge” – https://www.facebook.com/cloudlandcanyon/ [08:41]
  5. Lush – “Demystification” – http://www.lushofficial.com [13:31]
  6. The High Violets – “Ease On” – http://www.thehighviolets.com [16:57]
  7. VUM – “Katrine” – http://vummusic.com [21:31]
  8. The Limiñanas – “Zippo” – http://www.theliminanas.com [25:11]
  9. DTCV – “Capital ennui” – http://dtcvband.com [30:14]
  10. Skip Skip Ben Ben – “Do The R” – https://www.facebook.com/skipskipbenben [33:47]
  11. Mirror Travel – “Fossils” – http://www.mirrortravel.biz [36:53]
  12. The Stargazer Lilies – “Golden Key” – http://www.thestargazerlilies.com [41:44]
  13. The Black Windmill – “Memory Girl” – http://www.blackwindmillmusic.com [46:11]
  14. Kate Jackson – “The End of Reason” – http://katejackson.co.uk [51:08]
  15. Eleventh Dream Day – “View From The Rim” – http://eleventhdreamday.com [56:43]

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Episode #012 – Christmas Cookie Crumbs

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Quartz City Podcast Episode #012 – Christmas Cookie Crumbs

I’ve gotten some requests for a Christmas mix I made years ago and here it is. Just over two hours and will either bring your holidays together or completely blow it apart. Perhaps both.

  1. XTC – “Psychedelic Christmas” [00:00]
  2. The cast of Twin Peaks – “The Twelve Days Of Christmas” [00:33]
  3. Patsy Raye – “Beatnik’s Wish” [04:39]
  4. The Ravers – “Punk Rock Christmas” [07:07]
  5. Tuscadero – “Holidays R Hell” [10:28]
  6. Dead Moon – “Christmas Rush” [13:49]
  7. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – “Big Yule Log Boogie” [16:35]
  8. Shitbirds – “Christmas Is A Comin’ (May God Bless You)” [18:49]
  9. The Chills – “Christmas Chimes” [21:06]
  10. The Wombles – “Wombling Merry Christmas” [24:06]
  11. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 – “Fat Christmas” [27:23]
  12. Sparks – “Thank God It’s Not Christmas” [28:56]
  13. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – “There’s No Lights On the Christmas Tree Mother, They’re Burning Big Louie Tonight” [34:00]
  14. Mystery Science Theater 3000 – “(Let’s Have) A Patrick Swayze Christmas” [37:43]
  15. John Baker – “Christmas Commercial” [41:05]
  16. Man Or Astroman? – “Frosty The Snowman” [41:46]
  17. The Moog Machine – “O Holy Night” [44:07]
  18. August Darnell – “Christmas On Riverside Drive” [46:54]
  19. Hypnobeat – “Jingle Club” [51:54]
  20. The Raveonettes – “The Christmas Song” [56:31]
  21. The Walkmen – “Christmas Party” [58:41]
  22. Martin Mull – “Santa Doesn’t Cop Out on Dope” [1:01:51]
  23. Patty Duke and Norman Vincent Peale – “You Can Keep Christmas” [1:04:10]
  24. Half Man Half Biscuit – “All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit” [1:05:54]
  25. Six Million Dollar Man – “Christmas Lights” [1:09:02]
  26. The Flaming Lips – “Christmas At The Zoo” [1:10:46]
  27. Madness – “Inanity Over Christmas” [1:13:50]
  28. Mark Mothersbaugh – “Rudolph The Space Deer” [1:17:40]
  29. The Go Go’s – “I’m Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek” [1:22:01]
  30. Fountains Of Wayne – “I Want An Alien For Christmas” [1:24:26]
  31. Patty Marie Jay – “Space Age Santa Claus” [1:26:44]
  32. Pink Floyd – “Merry Xmas Song” [1:29:22]
  33. The Dickies – “Silent Night” [1:31:26]
  34. Grandaddy – “Alan Parsons In A Winter Wonderland” [1:33:41]
  35. Katie’s Kitchen – “Cooking A Delicious Holiday Ring Mold” [1:36:33]
  36. James Brown – “Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto” [1:37:15]
  37. Saint Etienne – “I Don’t Intend To Spend Christmas Without You” [1:40:13]
  38. Giant Sand – “Thank You Dreaded Black Ice, Thank You” [1:42:47]
  39. Thin White Rope – “Christmas Skies” [1:46:16]
  40. Calexico – “Gift X-change” [1:49:15]
  41. Martin Mull – “Santafly” [1:52:17]
  42. The Sisterhood – “Rocking Disco Santa” [1:54:47]
  43. Steve Martin & Paul Simon – “Silver Bells” [1:57:00]
  44. Spectrum – “Santa Claus” [2:01:43]
  45. Assistant Manager of the Haybridge – “Merry Christmas” [2:06:18]

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