WFMU: Tony Coulter: Playlist from February 15, 2022

Listener comments!
	🥁 12:01pm listener james from westwood: Good Tuesday, Tony and all! Ready for the sudden surge of oxide!
	12:01pm TDK60: Good morning, DJ Tony.
	12:02pm Nick S.: Hey, Tony!
	12:02pm Tony Coulter: Hey, hey, James, TDK60, and Nick!!!
	12:02pm Sem: Hello, Tony. Needed a fill-up of hiss. Greets from icy Nova Scotia, all.
	🥁 12:03pm Yvang: Hello Tony and fellow cassettomaniaks!
	🥁 12:03pm David (in London): Afternoon Tony and all Coultards here gathered.
	12:03pm Tony Coulter: Hiya, Sem!!
	12:05pm Sem: Hello, DiL.
	12:06pm Tony Coulter: Yvang! David! Greetings, greetings!
	12:06pm TDK60: I really ought to tape some Tape Hiss shows. I'm just unprepared for it today. (I could trade copies with Drummer tape freaks, like those Dead live tapes.)
	🥁 12:06pm David (in London): All hail the Semulator! James, TDK, Nick, Yvang, salutations good people.
	12:07pm TDK60: Hello, London-NE-David.
	12:08pm Tony Coulter: Does anyone recognize today's mystery LP-under-the-cassettes? Here's a hint: It's Mexican, and in a "chamber rock" vein (like, say, Julverne).
	12:08pm Nick S.: Yo, David (in London)!
	🥁 12:09pm Yvang: Hey David (in London)!
	12:11pm chresti: Hi Tony and hissing forks!
	12:12pm Tony Coulter: Hi, chresti!
	12:13pm TDK60: How many drummers were thrown out of work in 1983?! Damn drum machines. Hee..
	12:13pm Tony Coulter: Ha!
	🥁 12:15pm David (in London): Chrestikins! TDK, yeah, some collective madness took hold when everyone suddenly decided that the heartbeat of music could be easily replace by a crappy box. Sigh.
	12:17pm TDK60: Hee, David. Maybe there's a song about that somewhere? A la The Drummer Who Took Up Casio.
	12:19pm chresti: Davidkins!
	12:20pm chresti: Wall of Voodoo was the first band I heard with a drum machine.
	12:22pm Tony Coulter: In defense of drum machines, they do suit some types of music well. I mean, what would cold wave or minimal synth be without drum machines.
	12:22pm chresti: *who then enlisted Joe Nanini to play percussion and drums
	12:22pm TDK60: Hola chresti. Wall of Voodoo was great. Tony, we can still be pals.
	12:23pm Mark Williams: hey Tony and everyone. Managing to listen again!
	🥁 12:23pm Yvang: And boxes didn't manage to kill the human drummers in the end.
	12:23pm Tony Coulter: Hey, Mark! Glad you're here!
	12:23pm chresti: Hola TDK60.\\//
	12:24pm Mark Williams: i'm always on the look out for reggae-influenced post-punk, but this one is mostly straight-up reggae.
	🥁 12:24pm Yvang: The unexpected reggae track...
	12:24pm Mark Williams: so what's the story on this cassette, Tony? UK?
	12:25pm arb: You said it was going to be varied, but this is more varied that I expected, enjoying it! Hi Tony and all!
	12:25pm TDK60: I'm willing to compromise on this drum vs. box thing. It depends on the track, eh? \| David in London: any groups coming up familiar?
	12:25pm Tony Coulter: @ Mark: Yep, it's from the U.K
	12:25pm Tony Coulter: Hey there, ARB!
	12:26pm chresti: Hi arb!
	12:26pm arb: hi chresti!
	12:26pm Tony Coulter: This is mostly reggae ... and mostly in one channel. That's the tape, not my deck.
	12:28pm Mark Williams: is it from a particular region of the UK, do you know Tony? This is a decent reggae tune for the UK at the time.
	12:29pm coelacanth∅: 'morning Tony, all
	🥁 12:30pm David (in London): TDK, not yet, but will pipe up if anything familiar reveals itself. Hey Arb, Coela.
	12:30pm Tony Coulter: @ Mark: Don't think it's a regional comp -- but then again, I'm not really sure. (Everything is from the U.K., though.) Some much-better-known outfits are coming up later in the tape.
	12:30pm Sem: Thought there was a swell in the deeps, Greets, coel.
	12:31pm Mark Williams: @David in London - I got an email from a certain puppeteer named Ted the other day. Made my day.
	12:31pm coelacanth∅: hey David (iL) & Sem
	12:32pm TDK60: Hmmm, been pondering my past relations with drummers. Drum machines might be acceptable /if/ one can turn down the damn cymbals' volume. Human drummers I've known did quite the opposite when asked to cool the tinging and ringing.
	🥁 12:32pm David (in London): Hey Mark. How are you? Yes, he's playing a show here in the spring, so I intend to go!
	12:33pm Mark Williams: hey David. Is that the Elegiac show (w/Graham Lewis) or straight-up Blurt? Man, I'm jealous.
	12:34pm Tony Coulter: Since no one seems to recognize today's mystery LP, I'll give the secret away. It's Musicante's "Buscando un Tesoro," from 1983: www.discogs.com...
	12:35pm Mark Williams: you stumped us, Tony.
	12:35pm TDK60: Laughing, in 1983?!
	12:36pm Mark Williams: Attrition brings to mind the fact that there are a handful of records that I, in my youth, decided to take back to a record store and sell back because I did not like them. Attrition made that list with me.
	12:36pm coelacanth∅: i wanted nothing to do with any music with a drum machine, then i heard the dark continent album
	12:37pm Tony Coulter: Hey, coel! A late hello....
	🥁 12:37pm David (in London): Mark, it's a straight-up show: www.cafeoto.co.uk...
	12:39pm Mark Williams: David - at Cafe Oto, of course. Would love to go. Did you hear the new Blurt 7" "Uzi" yet? Both sides are wonderful. The guys playing with him nowadays are very much in tune with him.
	12:40pm Tony Coulter: @ Mark: Are these Attrition tracks confirming your dislike ... or filling you with regret for records lost?
	12:41pm Mark Williams: Tony, I will confess that they've never lured me back since.
	12:43pm Mark Williams: those early Test Dept gigs must've been something else. I saw them in the early '90s. Not bad, but it wasn't this.
	🥁 12:44pm David (in London): Mark, I haven't but thanks for the prompt. I'm super lucky in that I can walk to Cafe OTO in 15 minutes. Seeing world class freak music and strolling home afterwards is something I am extremely thankful for.
	12:44pm _Ike_: Greetings, humans!
	12:44pm coelacanth∅: in Ray Davies' book, an autobiography that takes place in the future, in which he astutely replaces "the government" with "the corporation", he laments that all drummers have been replaced by drum machines - dehumanizing music. ...which of course it does - but if he'd only seen the shitball coming down the road called "autotune". he must hate it as much as i do.
	12:44pm Tony Coulter: Ike! Ike! Heya!
	🥁 12:47pm David (in London): Have to say, so far this is a bloody great compilation.
	12:49pm Mark Williams: Did anyone hear a recent Ergo Phizmiz release that was directed at Van Morrison and the latter's professed hatred of electronic music?
	12:49pm TDK60: I shoulda taped this show; sigh... (Maybe I could send Tony a blank tape later in the sluggish post.)
	12:50pm Tony Coulter: Methinks the secret of proper drum machine usage is to use it as a unique instrument in and of itself, not as a replacement for a drummer. Just as a mellotron isn't a replacement for a string section. Ikue Mori, for example, is a master at using the drum machine in a unique way.
	🥁 12:53pm David (in London): Ah, Cultural Amnesia, these guys I know. John Balance wrote a few songs for them.
	12:53pm TDK60: Now, you're getting nuanced, Tony! All opinions on hold, until possible enlightenment arrives at end of Side B.
	🥁 12:54pm Yvang: @TDK60: archive.org...
	12:55pm Mark Williams: yeah, I like Cultural Amnesia. The VOD release of their material is the only thing I have by them, but they had lots of cassettes, I believe.
	12:57pm TDK60: Yvang, thanks. Maybe later I'll grab that.
	1:01pm coelacanth∅: Tony (@1250) i agree. i also did grow to appreciate a lot of music with drum machines (wall of voodoo, suicide, wailing souls and lots of other reggae...) but in these cases almost always think it would've been better with real percussion.
	1:03pm Mark Williams: hey now. Do we know if this CTI cut was anthologized later?
	🥁 1:04pm David (in London): The Sisters of Mercy used a drum machine well. They made it part of the sound, in a Suicide way, not a replacement.
	1:04pm Sean from Austin: Is there anywhere to download a digital copy of this compilation?
	1:05pm Mark Williams: @coalacanth - yeah, on the reggae front, I know that Lee Perry got a hold of a drum machine relatively early in the '70s and used it here and there.
	1:05pm Tony Coulter: Hi, Sean! Thanks to Yvang, I can say, yes, there is: archive.org...
	1:07pm Tony Coulter: Apologies: The CTI is just now starting. The Paul Kelday was in two parts, and I jumped the gun, playlist-wise
	1:07pm Sean from Austin: archive.org... found it i think
	1:08pm Mark Williams: on their early '90s releases, Shockheaded Peters used a drum machine that was hooked into a sequencer and they said it would react to other instruments, making it almost disappear into the overall sound
	🥁 1:08pm Yvang: It's on youtube as well but archive.org is a nonprofit organisation.
	1:09pm chresti: Franco is watching the halftime show in the other room.
	1:10pm coelacanth∅: David yes -i think they were expert programmers too. i guess the good machines can be programmed with a lot of subtlety, but it's beyond the ability -or the will of many people
	1:11pm Tony Coulter: @ Mark: A quick discogs search suggests it's only on this tape.
	1:12pm Tony Coulter: (This CTI track, I mean.)
	1:12pm coelacanth∅: Mark, and then Marley snuck it in with no woman no cry. i think many people didn't even notice, even though they weren't common yet then
	1:12pm Mark Williams: alas. Well, it's vintage Chris Carter.
	1:15pm Mark Williams: was just looking up We Be Echo on Bandcamp the other day. He's in Ontario nowadays.
	1:16pm chresti: Drummers were in short supply in LA in the late .70s. The drummers I knew were often drumming for more than one band at any given time
	1:18pm Mark Williams: I think I remember this comp now, or I remember seeing mention of it. It's a solid representation of a lot of the usual suspects of the Industrial music scene, but with a twist (well, Side A to a degree).
	1:22pm Tony Coulter: This tape comes with a booklet, by the way, with a page for each artist. Very zine-style graphics.
	🥁 1:23pm WR: Hi folks, have been listening while working. Wish I could make this be "appointment listening" but alas.
	1:24pm Tony Coulter: Hoya, hiya, WR!
	🥁 1:25pm David (in London): This is definitely the soundtrack to a low-budget but thrilling early 80s BBC production. Artemis '81 or similar.
	1:25pm headcleaner: I call this "cancel all those appointments and just listen" listening
	1:25pm Tony Coulter: And here the tape veers away from the industrial again.
	1:25pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Great show, as ever, Tony!
	1:26pm Tony Coulter: Thanks, Summer and Michael and Sylvia!! (and ... hiya!)
	1:26pm Tony Coulter: Hey there, cleaner of heads....
	🥁 1:26pm listener james from westwood: @David (in London): Super-here for these vintage documentary/dramatic synth-laced vibes!
	1:28pm Mark Williams: someone's been waiting to get this solo out of their system ALL SONG LONG.
	1:30pm Mark Williams: and back to 400 Blows! Another one of these guys who got in on all this experimental drum-machine/sample stuff in this era, and then at some point just decides to make dance floor music. He made some good ones, mind you.
	1:30pm coelacanth∅: hey WR
	1:30pm TDK60: This is a fairly fun-packed comp tape.
	1:31pm TDK60: Mark W: Was that a common trend, noisier industrial/electronic/etc. bands going more dance oriented?
	🥁 1:36pm David (in London): Well, that was quite a trip.
	🥁 1:36pm listener james from westwood: Wild ride on that Surge tape! Dig it!
	1:36pm TDK60: Was "Sudden Surge" a 135-minute, or longer cassette, Tony?
	1:37pm Mark Williams: i mean, maybe not "common" in the way Beer/400 Blows did, but at some point I noticed that a fair number of acts seemed to naturally grow into a sound that made lots of nods to the "Club." Whether it was 23 Skidoo, ACR, Test Dept, Bourbonese Qualk, Coil, Severed Heads... there's probably more I am not thinking of now (oh, Chris & Cosey, of course). I think there was a certain symmetry in doing so for many.
	1:38pm chresti: A lot of tracks on one cassette!
	1:39pm Tony Coulter: @ TDK60: It's a 90-minute cassette ... and they use every minute.
	1:39pm Mark Williams: 400 Blows stood out for me, though, because he (Andrew Beer) really didn't hang around too long doing tracks like what you just played. He went and got himself a heavier drum machine and did an amazing cover of a disco song ("Movin") and that was that.
	1:41pm Mark Williams: i don't want to meet this boy.
	1:42pm Tony Coulter: When I say this New Kreatures tape is a bit of mystery, I guess all I really mean is that I can't find any trace of it online, and I don't know anything about it other than what I can glean from the tape itself (aka not much).
	🥁 1:42pm David (in London): A bit of mystery is no bad thing sometimes Tony.
	1:44pm Tony Coulter: Agreed. It stimulates the imagination.
	1:47pm Tony Coulter: I file this in my brain alongside Craig Burk and Peter Catham, if those names mean anything to anyone here.
	1:50pm Rich in Washington: Craig Burk the guitarist? He and I used to share a rotating timeslot on KBOO Community Radio. Boy, were we dizzy.
	1:52pm Tony Coulter: Hey, Rich! A different Craig Burk, I think. This guy: www.discogs.com...
	1:53pm Rich in Washington: yes. That's the guy. He lives/d in Portland. He did a sort of world/global music show.
	1:53pm Sem: Enjoying the Hiss, TC. Merci.
	1:54pm Tony Coulter: Hey, Sem! Glad to hear it!
	1:55pm Tony Coulter: @ Rich: Really!? Interesting. Had no idea!
	1:58pm Tony Coulter: If you're playing the show at work, you might want to turn down the volume for this track (if your co-workers are prudes, that is).
	1:58pm Rich in Washington: turning it up. eff you, coworkers.
	2:03pm northguineahills: Rich has the right idea!
	2:04pm Tony Coulter: Hola, NGH!
	2:08pm Tony Coulter: Umm ... anyone know who Andreas Veda is? (I'm not with the mutants, I swear.)
	2:11pm Rich in Washington: this is wonderful
	2:14pm arb: better than the og
	2:17pm Tony Coulter: Don't think I've ever heard the original! I'll have to give it a listen.
	2:24pm coelacanth∅: great. now Tony's going to listen to Bruce Springsteen for the first time and become a big Bruce fan and start playing him every week. i just know it.
	🥁 2:26pm David (in London): Coela, he'll kick off with Dancing in the Dark next week for sure.
	2:28pm Franco Twinkie: Hi Tony. The sky is black and the sun is out over here. This is perfect.
	2:28pm Tony Coulter: Hiya, Franco T!
	2:28pm coelacanth∅: David -Bruce's Greatest song ever
	2:29pm coelacanth∅: Franco when you say the sun is "out", do you mean someone turned it off?
	2:30pm coelacanth∅: ...burned out completely? all i have is an led, do think it'll work?
	2:31pm Tony Coulter: I have been meaning to listen to "Nebraska" -- I gather it's meant to be the Springsteen album for people who dislike Springsteen (like me, so far).
	2:32pm Bossphobe: I dislike Springsteen's music top to bottom, and for me Nebraska is near the bottom.
	2:34pm coelacanth∅: nebraska's good. ...and lest i be misunderstood, i like some Springsteen. and i'd like a lot more of it with different instrumental arrangement.
	2:34pm Tony Coulter: Hiya, Bossphobe!
	🥁 2:35pm David (in London): I know State Trooper' is considered as being 'acoustic Suicide', but his whole oeuvre has always left me completely cold for some reason.
	2:35pm coelacanth∅: ("dancing in the dark"...i don't even know what it's about because it's unlistenable.)
	2:38pm coelacanth∅: well, his vocals are a bit bombastic and there's standard lame pop piano and unimaginative saxophone smothering everything. what's not to love?
	2:39pm coelacanth∅: ...but i think his compositions are often good, and his lyrics sometimes good.
	2:43pm Franco Twinkie: I realize that was a poorly constructed statement Coel, but I was trying to combine looking out the kitchen window and making salmon salad while I was typing. Let me try that again: The sun is shining and there are dark clouds in the sky. It is creating a dramatic effect that the music only underscores. It's quite cinematic really.
	2:45pm coelacanth∅: nah i liked it Franco! and i knew exactly what you meant. i's just fucking with you, sorry!
	2:45pm Franco Twinkie: I know you were, and I love you for it.
	2:45pm coelacanth∅: -and, salmon salad? i'll be right over
	2:46pm northguineahills: Before the super bowl, I saw an ad for said game that used Bruce's cover of Suicide's "Dream Baby Dream". So, is Suicide mainstream?
	2:47pm Bossphobe: misoneism: miss-uh-NEE-ism Dislike of novelty
	2:48pm Tony Coulter: Aha! Thanks!!
	🥁 2:49pm David (in London): Always stay friends with your Vas Deferens.
	2:49pm Stanley: Baaaa!!
	2:49pm solo mon: Right about when I was going to re-organize my vas deferens drawer.
	2:50pm Tony Coulter: Stanley! Solo Mon!
	2:50pm TDK60: Hi Franco.
	2:51pm solo mon: “Keep your frens close and your vas deferens closer.”
	2:51pm Sem: Stanley! Solo/mon! Vas! Hello!
	2:52pm Franco Twinkie: TDK! We're having something that resembles weather right now. How are you?
	2:52pm coelacanth∅: sometimes if i've been sitting on a sofa i have to organize my vas deferens drawers when i stand up
	2:52pm Sem: Love the sheep impression, Stanley.
	2:53pm Stanley: Goat, Sem.
	2:53pm coelacanth∅: Bah! that was a goat?
	2:53pm Franco Twinkie: Me too Coel. I get a kink in the hose if I sit to long.
	2:53pm TDK60: Stanley, hiya. Franco, weather or not, hello. Here, a bit under weather but tolerable. Actually cold. Will go for a walk later.
	🥁 2:53pm Julie: hey! party continues here kids... wfmu.org...
	🥁 2:54pm Julie: I missed all of Tony, archive for me I guess!
	2:54pm Tony Coulter: Hey, Julie!!
	🥁 2:54pm David (in London): Hey Stanley, solo mon.
	2:55pm coelacanth∅: i like when the vehicle wildly strays from the road
	2:55pm Stanley: Julie - sorry for the bad news: [PLEASE NOTE: "Tape Hiss" shows are not archived.]
	🥁 2:56pm David (in London): We will all have to replicate the whole show a cappella for Julie.
	🥁 2:56pm Julie: oh yeah that's right...
	2:56pm TDK60: Send DJ Tony blank tapes.
	2:56pm coelacanth∅: it was all hits today too...Cassingles!
	🥁 2:57pm WR: Thank you Tony!
	2:57pm Sem: May I just say "Obstructive azoospermia?" Thx, Tony. This is show is hisstory.
	2:58pm Stanley: If you must, Sem Thank you Tony for another weird show. Later pals.
	2:58pm TDK60: For the show, thanks, Tony!
	2:58pm Tony Coulter: Thanks everyone! Hope to see you next time!
	🥁 2:58pm Yvang: Thanks thanks Tony!!!
	🥁 2:58pm David (in London): A real ripper today, thanks Tone.
	🥁 2:58pm listener james from westwood: Thanks muchly, Tony!
	2:58pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Tony!
	2:59pm Franco Twinkie: Thanky Tony.

Tony Coulter: Playlist from February 15, 2022

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February 15, 2022: Tony Coulter Presents Tape Hiss: "A Sudden Surge of Power," The New Kreatures, & Pink Bob [PLEASE NOTE: "Tape Hiss" shows are not archived.]

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year
The In-Theme	Holger Hiller: Toyshopshoptoy

Mandible Rumpus	On the Floor "On the Floor" by "Mandible Rumpus"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Mandible Rumpus	Laugh "Laugh" by "Mandible Rumpus"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Mex	Happy Life "Happy Life" by "Mex"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Mex	Veins "Veins" by "Mex"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Gambit of Shame	Gambit of Shame "Gambit of Shame" by "Gambit of Shame"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Section 10	Mr. Parker "Mr. Parker" by "Section 10"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
The Cult of the Supreme	Chlorine Fills My Lungs	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
The Cult of the Supreme	God Is Thicker Than Water	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Attrition	Hang Me "Hang Me" by "Attrition"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Attrition	Monkey in a Bin (Demo) "Monkey in a Bin (Demo)" by "Attrition"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Test Dept.	Shockwerk (Live) "Shockwerk (Live)" by "Test Dept."	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Cause for Concern	Disturbing Visions	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Martin Howard Naylor	Modulation 4/5	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983

Cultural Amnesia	Colorblind "Colorblind" by "Cultural Amnesia"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Cultural Amnesia	The Pigs Are Coming	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Paul Kelday	Angel Hair "Angel Hair" by "Paul Kelday"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
CTI (Chris & Cosey)	Light Fantastic	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
We Be Echo	Survivalist #1 "Survivalist #1" by "We Be Echo"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
We Be Echo	Sex Slave "Sex Slave" by "We Be Echo"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Ramshackle Ammunition	Space Song "Space Song" by "Ramshackle Ammunition"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
400 Blows	Strangeways "Strangeways" by "400 Blows"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Twelve Cubic Feet	Fred's Song "Fred's Song" by "Twelve Cubic Feet"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Red Herring	U.A.B. Advert "U.A.B. Advert" by "Red Herring"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983
Red Herring	Crispy Wrap "Crispy Wrap" by "Red Herring"	A Sudden Surge of Power	Cause for Concern	1983

The New Kreatures	That Boy "That Boy" by "The New Kreatures"	Exhume the Words	no label	1986
The New Kreatures	We Don't Care "We Don't Care" by "The New Kreatures"	Exhume the Words	no label	1986
The New Kreatures	La Prensa "La Prensa" by "The New Kreatures"	Exhume the Words	no label	1986
The New Kreatures	No Age "No Age" by "The New Kreatures"	Exhume the Words	no label	1986
The New Kreatures	Meditory Minute	Exhume the Words	no label	1986
The New Kreatures	Big Boy "Big Boy" by "The New Kreatures"	Exhume the Words	no label	1986

The New Kreatures	Mutants "Mutants" by "The New Kreatures"	Exhume the Words	no label	1986
The New Kreatures	Porno Achievers	Exhume the Words	no label	1986
The New Kreatures	Bruce on Fire "Bruce on Fire" by "The New Kreatures"	Exhume the Words	no label	1986
The New Kreatures	Kitchen Variations	Exhume the Words	no label	1986
The New Kreatures	Indian Song "Indian Song" by "The New Kreatures"	Exhume the Words	no label	1986

Pink Bob	Miracles by the Hundreds	The Light at the End of the Tunnel	Home Recordings	1985
Pink Bob	Point to Point "Point to Point" by "Pink Bob"	The Light at the End of the Tunnel	Home Recordings	1985
Pink Bob	Wasting Our Time "Wasting Our Time" by "Pink Bob"	The Light at the End of the Tunnel	Home Recordings	1985
Pink Bob	Melange "Melange" by "Pink Bob"	The Light at the End of the Tunnel	Home Recordings	1985
Pink Bob	Breviary A "Breviary A" by "Pink Bob"	The Light at the End of the Tunnel	Home Recordings	1985
Pink Bob	Breviary B "Breviary B" by "Pink Bob"	The Light at the End of the Tunnel	Home Recordings	1985

Pink Bob	Rubix Cube "Rubix Cube" by "Pink Bob"	The Light at the End of the Tunnel	Home Recordings	1985
Pink Bob	Repent, Repent (Repeat After Me)	The Light at the End of the Tunnel	Home Recordings	1985
Pink Bob	The Death of Misoneism "The Death of Misoneism" by "Pink Bob"	The Light at the End of the Tunnel	Home Recordings	1985

Vas Deferens Organization	Müz "Müz" by "Vas Deferens Organization"	Queas and Art	Eerie Materials	1998
Music behind DJ: The Out-Theme	Gelbart: My Favorite Vacation [part of] + Die Trip Computer Die: Airborn [part of]

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Listener comments!
	🥁 12:01pm listener james from westwood: Good Tuesday, Tony and all! Ready for the sudden surge of oxide!
	12:01pm TDK60: Good morning, DJ Tony.
	12:02pm Nick S.: Hey, Tony!
	12:02pm Tony Coulter: Hey, hey, James, TDK60, and Nick!!!
	12:02pm Sem: Hello, Tony. Needed a fill-up of hiss. Greets from icy Nova Scotia, all.
	🥁 12:03pm Yvang: Hello Tony and fellow cassettomaniaks!
	🥁 12:03pm David (in London): Afternoon Tony and all Coultards here gathered.
	12:03pm Tony Coulter: Hiya, Sem!!
	12:05pm Sem: Hello, DiL.
	12:06pm Tony Coulter: Yvang! David! Greetings, greetings!
	12:06pm TDK60: I really ought to tape some Tape Hiss shows. I'm just unprepared for it today. (I could trade copies with Drummer tape freaks, like those Dead live tapes.)
	🥁 12:06pm David (in London): All hail the Semulator! James, TDK, Nick, Yvang, salutations good people.
	12:07pm TDK60: Hello, London-NE-David.
	12:08pm Tony Coulter: Does anyone recognize today's mystery LP-under-the-cassettes? Here's a hint: It's Mexican, and in a "chamber rock" vein (like, say, Julverne).
	12:08pm Nick S.: Yo, David (in London)!
	🥁 12:09pm Yvang: Hey David (in London)!
	12:11pm chresti: Hi Tony and hissing forks!
	12:12pm Tony Coulter: Hi, chresti!
	12:13pm TDK60: How many drummers were thrown out of work in 1983?! Damn drum machines. Hee..
	12:13pm Tony Coulter: Ha!
	🥁 12:15pm David (in London): Chrestikins! TDK, yeah, some collective madness took hold when everyone suddenly decided that the heartbeat of music could be easily replace by a crappy box. Sigh.
	12:17pm TDK60: Hee, David. Maybe there's a song about that somewhere? A la The Drummer Who Took Up Casio.
	12:19pm chresti: Davidkins!
	12:20pm chresti: Wall of Voodoo was the first band I heard with a drum machine.
	12:22pm Tony Coulter: In defense of drum machines, they do suit some types of music well. I mean, what would cold wave or minimal synth be without drum machines.
	12:22pm chresti: *who then enlisted Joe Nanini to play percussion and drums
	12:22pm TDK60: Hola chresti. Wall of Voodoo was great. Tony, we can still be pals.
	12:23pm Mark Williams: hey Tony and everyone. Managing to listen again!
	🥁 12:23pm Yvang: And boxes didn't manage to kill the human drummers in the end.
	12:23pm Tony Coulter: Hey, Mark! Glad you're here!
	12:23pm chresti: Hola TDK60.\\//
	12:24pm Mark Williams: i'm always on the look out for reggae-influenced post-punk, but this one is mostly straight-up reggae.
	🥁 12:24pm Yvang: The unexpected reggae track...
	12:24pm Mark Williams: so what's the story on this cassette, Tony? UK?
	12:25pm arb: You said it was going to be varied, but this is more varied that I expected, enjoying it! Hi Tony and all!
	12:25pm TDK60: I'm willing to compromise on this drum vs. box thing. It depends on the track, eh? \| David in London: any groups coming up familiar?
	12:25pm Tony Coulter: @ Mark: Yep, it's from the U.K
	12:25pm Tony Coulter: Hey there, ARB!
	12:26pm chresti: Hi arb!
	12:26pm arb: hi chresti!
	12:26pm Tony Coulter: This is mostly reggae ... and mostly in one channel. That's the tape, not my deck.
	12:28pm Mark Williams: is it from a particular region of the UK, do you know Tony? This is a decent reggae tune for the UK at the time.
	12:29pm coelacanth∅: 'morning Tony, all
	🥁 12:30pm David (in London): TDK, not yet, but will pipe up if anything familiar reveals itself. Hey Arb, Coela.
	12:30pm Tony Coulter: @ Mark: Don't think it's a regional comp -- but then again, I'm not really sure. (Everything is from the U.K., though.) Some much-better-known outfits are coming up later in the tape.
	12:30pm Sem: Thought there was a swell in the deeps, Greets, coel.
	12:31pm Mark Williams: @David in London - I got an email from a certain puppeteer named Ted the other day. Made my day.
	12:31pm coelacanth∅: hey David (iL) & Sem
	12:32pm TDK60: Hmmm, been pondering my past relations with drummers. Drum machines might be acceptable /if/ one can turn down the damn cymbals' volume. Human drummers I've known did quite the opposite when asked to cool the tinging and ringing.
	🥁 12:32pm David (in London): Hey Mark. How are you? Yes, he's playing a show here in the spring, so I intend to go!
	12:33pm Mark Williams: hey David. Is that the Elegiac show (w/Graham Lewis) or straight-up Blurt? Man, I'm jealous.
	12:34pm Tony Coulter: Since no one seems to recognize today's mystery LP, I'll give the secret away. It's Musicante's "Buscando un Tesoro," from 1983: www.discogs.com...
	12:35pm Mark Williams: you stumped us, Tony.
	12:35pm TDK60: Laughing, in 1983?!
	12:36pm Mark Williams: Attrition brings to mind the fact that there are a handful of records that I, in my youth, decided to take back to a record store and sell back because I did not like them. Attrition made that list with me.
	12:36pm coelacanth∅: i wanted nothing to do with any music with a drum machine, then i heard the dark continent album
	12:37pm Tony Coulter: Hey, coel! A late hello....
	🥁 12:37pm David (in London): Mark, it's a straight-up show: www.cafeoto.co.uk...
	12:39pm Mark Williams: David - at Cafe Oto, of course. Would love to go. Did you hear the new Blurt 7" "Uzi" yet? Both sides are wonderful. The guys playing with him nowadays are very much in tune with him.
	12:40pm Tony Coulter: @ Mark: Are these Attrition tracks confirming your dislike ... or filling you with regret for records lost?
	12:41pm Mark Williams: Tony, I will confess that they've never lured me back since.
	12:43pm Mark Williams: those early Test Dept gigs must've been something else. I saw them in the early '90s. Not bad, but it wasn't this.
	🥁 12:44pm David (in London): Mark, I haven't but thanks for the prompt. I'm super lucky in that I can walk to Cafe OTO in 15 minutes. Seeing world class freak music and strolling home afterwards is something I am extremely thankful for.
	12:44pm _Ike_: Greetings, humans!
	12:44pm coelacanth∅: in Ray Davies' book, an autobiography that takes place in the future, in which he astutely replaces "the government" with "the corporation", he laments that all drummers have been replaced by drum machines - dehumanizing music. ...which of course it does - but if he'd only seen the shitball coming down the road called "autotune". he must hate it as much as i do.
	12:44pm Tony Coulter: Ike! Ike! Heya!
	🥁 12:47pm David (in London): Have to say, so far this is a bloody great compilation.
	12:49pm Mark Williams: Did anyone hear a recent Ergo Phizmiz release that was directed at Van Morrison and the latter's professed hatred of electronic music?
	12:49pm TDK60: I shoulda taped this show; sigh... (Maybe I could send Tony a blank tape later in the sluggish post.)
	12:50pm Tony Coulter: Methinks the secret of proper drum machine usage is to use it as a unique instrument in and of itself, not as a replacement for a drummer. Just as a mellotron isn't a replacement for a string section. Ikue Mori, for example, is a master at using the drum machine in a unique way.
	🥁 12:53pm David (in London): Ah, Cultural Amnesia, these guys I know. John Balance wrote a few songs for them.
	12:53pm TDK60: Now, you're getting nuanced, Tony! All opinions on hold, until possible enlightenment arrives at end of Side B.
	🥁 12:54pm Yvang: @TDK60: archive.org...
	12:55pm Mark Williams: yeah, I like Cultural Amnesia. The VOD release of their material is the only thing I have by them, but they had lots of cassettes, I believe.
	12:57pm TDK60: Yvang, thanks. Maybe later I'll grab that.
	1:01pm coelacanth∅: Tony (@1250) i agree. i also did grow to appreciate a lot of music with drum machines (wall of voodoo, suicide, wailing souls and lots of other reggae...) but in these cases almost always think it would've been better with real percussion.
	1:03pm Mark Williams: hey now. Do we know if this CTI cut was anthologized later?
	🥁 1:04pm David (in London): The Sisters of Mercy used a drum machine well. They made it part of the sound, in a Suicide way, not a replacement.
	1:04pm Sean from Austin: Is there anywhere to download a digital copy of this compilation?
	1:05pm Mark Williams: @coalacanth - yeah, on the reggae front, I know that Lee Perry got a hold of a drum machine relatively early in the '70s and used it here and there.
	1:05pm Tony Coulter: Hi, Sean! Thanks to Yvang, I can say, yes, there is: archive.org...
	1:07pm Tony Coulter: Apologies: The CTI is just now starting. The Paul Kelday was in two parts, and I jumped the gun, playlist-wise
	1:07pm Sean from Austin: archive.org... found it i think
	1:08pm Mark Williams: on their early '90s releases, Shockheaded Peters used a drum machine that was hooked into a sequencer and they said it would react to other instruments, making it almost disappear into the overall sound
	🥁 1:08pm Yvang: It's on youtube as well but archive.org is a nonprofit organisation.
	1:09pm chresti: Franco is watching the halftime show in the other room.
	1:10pm coelacanth∅: David yes -i think they were expert programmers too. i guess the good machines can be programmed with a lot of subtlety, but it's beyond the ability -or the will of many people
	1:11pm Tony Coulter: @ Mark: A quick discogs search suggests it's only on this tape.
	1:12pm Tony Coulter: (This CTI track, I mean.)
	1:12pm coelacanth∅: Mark, and then Marley snuck it in with no woman no cry. i think many people didn't even notice, even though they weren't common yet then
	1:12pm Mark Williams: alas. Well, it's vintage Chris Carter.
	1:15pm Mark Williams: was just looking up We Be Echo on Bandcamp the other day. He's in Ontario nowadays.
	1:16pm chresti: Drummers were in short supply in LA in the late .70s. The drummers I knew were often drumming for more than one band at any given time
	1:18pm Mark Williams: I think I remember this comp now, or I remember seeing mention of it. It's a solid representation of a lot of the usual suspects of the Industrial music scene, but with a twist (well, Side A to a degree).
	1:22pm Tony Coulter: This tape comes with a booklet, by the way, with a page for each artist. Very zine-style graphics.
	🥁 1:23pm WR: Hi folks, have been listening while working. Wish I could make this be "appointment listening" but alas.
	1:24pm Tony Coulter: Hoya, hiya, WR!
	🥁 1:25pm David (in London): This is definitely the soundtrack to a low-budget but thrilling early 80s BBC production. Artemis '81 or similar.
	1:25pm headcleaner: I call this "cancel all those appointments and just listen" listening
	1:25pm Tony Coulter: And here the tape veers away from the industrial again.
	1:25pm Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Great show, as ever, Tony!
	1:26pm Tony Coulter: Thanks, Summer and Michael and Sylvia!! (and ... hiya!)
	1:26pm Tony Coulter: Hey there, cleaner of heads....
	🥁 1:26pm listener james from westwood: @David (in London): Super-here for these vintage documentary/dramatic synth-laced vibes!
	1:28pm Mark Williams: someone's been waiting to get this solo out of their system ALL SONG LONG.
	1:30pm Mark Williams: and back to 400 Blows! Another one of these guys who got in on all this experimental drum-machine/sample stuff in this era, and then at some point just decides to make dance floor music. He made some good ones, mind you.
	1:30pm coelacanth∅: hey WR
	1:30pm TDK60: This is a fairly fun-packed comp tape.
	1:31pm TDK60: Mark W: Was that a common trend, noisier industrial/electronic/etc. bands going more dance oriented?
	🥁 1:36pm David (in London): Well, that was quite a trip.
	🥁 1:36pm listener james from westwood: Wild ride on that Surge tape! Dig it!
	1:36pm TDK60: Was "Sudden Surge" a 135-minute, or longer cassette, Tony?
	1:37pm Mark Williams: i mean, maybe not "common" in the way Beer/400 Blows did, but at some point I noticed that a fair number of acts seemed to naturally grow into a sound that made lots of nods to the "Club." Whether it was 23 Skidoo, ACR, Test Dept, Bourbonese Qualk, Coil, Severed Heads... there's probably more I am not thinking of now (oh, Chris & Cosey, of course). I think there was a certain symmetry in doing so for many.
	1:38pm chresti: A lot of tracks on one cassette!
	1:39pm Tony Coulter: @ TDK60: It's a 90-minute cassette ... and they use every minute.
	1:39pm Mark Williams: 400 Blows stood out for me, though, because he (Andrew Beer) really didn't hang around too long doing tracks like what you just played. He went and got himself a heavier drum machine and did an amazing cover of a disco song ("Movin") and that was that.
	1:41pm Mark Williams: i don't want to meet this boy.
	1:42pm Tony Coulter: When I say this New Kreatures tape is a bit of mystery, I guess all I really mean is that I can't find any trace of it online, and I don't know anything about it other than what I can glean from the tape itself (aka not much).
	🥁 1:42pm David (in London): A bit of mystery is no bad thing sometimes Tony.
	1:44pm Tony Coulter: Agreed. It stimulates the imagination.
	1:47pm Tony Coulter: I file this in my brain alongside Craig Burk and Peter Catham, if those names mean anything to anyone here.
	1:50pm Rich in Washington: Craig Burk the guitarist? He and I used to share a rotating timeslot on KBOO Community Radio. Boy, were we dizzy.
	1:52pm Tony Coulter: Hey, Rich! A different Craig Burk, I think. This guy: www.discogs.com...
	1:53pm Rich in Washington: yes. That's the guy. He lives/d in Portland. He did a sort of world/global music show.
	1:53pm Sem: Enjoying the Hiss, TC. Merci.
	1:54pm Tony Coulter: Hey, Sem! Glad to hear it!
	1:55pm Tony Coulter: @ Rich: Really!? Interesting. Had no idea!
	1:58pm Tony Coulter: If you're playing the show at work, you might want to turn down the volume for this track (if your co-workers are prudes, that is).
	1:58pm Rich in Washington: turning it up. eff you, coworkers.
	2:03pm northguineahills: Rich has the right idea!
	2:04pm Tony Coulter: Hola, NGH!
	2:08pm Tony Coulter: Umm ... anyone know who Andreas Veda is? (I'm not with the mutants, I swear.)
	2:11pm Rich in Washington: this is wonderful
	2:14pm arb: better than the og
	2:17pm Tony Coulter: Don't think I've ever heard the original! I'll have to give it a listen.
	2:24pm coelacanth∅: great. now Tony's going to listen to Bruce Springsteen for the first time and become a big Bruce fan and start playing him every week. i just know it.
	🥁 2:26pm David (in London): Coela, he'll kick off with Dancing in the Dark next week for sure.
	2:28pm Franco Twinkie: Hi Tony. The sky is black and the sun is out over here. This is perfect.
	2:28pm Tony Coulter: Hiya, Franco T!
	2:28pm coelacanth∅: David -Bruce's Greatest song ever
	2:29pm coelacanth∅: Franco when you say the sun is "out", do you mean someone turned it off?
	2:30pm coelacanth∅: ...burned out completely? all i have is an led, do think it'll work?
	2:31pm Tony Coulter: I have been meaning to listen to "Nebraska" -- I gather it's meant to be the Springsteen album for people who dislike Springsteen (like me, so far).
	2:32pm Bossphobe: I dislike Springsteen's music top to bottom, and for me Nebraska is near the bottom.
	2:34pm coelacanth∅: nebraska's good. ...and lest i be misunderstood, i like some Springsteen. and i'd like a lot more of it with different instrumental arrangement.
	2:34pm Tony Coulter: Hiya, Bossphobe!
	🥁 2:35pm David (in London): I know State Trooper' is considered as being 'acoustic Suicide', but his whole oeuvre has always left me completely cold for some reason.
	2:35pm coelacanth∅: ("dancing in the dark"...i don't even know what it's about because it's unlistenable.)
	2:38pm coelacanth∅: well, his vocals are a bit bombastic and there's standard lame pop piano and unimaginative saxophone smothering everything. what's not to love?
	2:39pm coelacanth∅: ...but i think his compositions are often good, and his lyrics sometimes good.
	2:43pm Franco Twinkie: I realize that was a poorly constructed statement Coel, but I was trying to combine looking out the kitchen window and making salmon salad while I was typing. Let me try that again: The sun is shining and there are dark clouds in the sky. It is creating a dramatic effect that the music only underscores. It's quite cinematic really.
	2:45pm coelacanth∅: nah i liked it Franco! and i knew exactly what you meant. i's just fucking with you, sorry!
	2:45pm Franco Twinkie: I know you were, and I love you for it.
	2:45pm coelacanth∅: -and, salmon salad? i'll be right over
	2:46pm northguineahills: Before the super bowl, I saw an ad for said game that used Bruce's cover of Suicide's "Dream Baby Dream". So, is Suicide mainstream?
	2:47pm Bossphobe: misoneism: miss-uh-NEE-ism Dislike of novelty
	2:48pm Tony Coulter: Aha! Thanks!!
	🥁 2:49pm David (in London): Always stay friends with your Vas Deferens.
	2:49pm Stanley: Baaaa!!
	2:49pm solo mon: Right about when I was going to re-organize my vas deferens drawer.
	2:50pm Tony Coulter: Stanley! Solo Mon!
	2:50pm TDK60: Hi Franco.
	2:51pm solo mon: “Keep your frens close and your vas deferens closer.”
	2:51pm Sem: Stanley! Solo/mon! Vas! Hello!
	2:52pm Franco Twinkie: TDK! We're having something that resembles weather right now. How are you?
	2:52pm coelacanth∅: sometimes if i've been sitting on a sofa i have to organize my vas deferens drawers when i stand up
	2:52pm Sem: Love the sheep impression, Stanley.
	2:53pm Stanley: Goat, Sem.
	2:53pm coelacanth∅: Bah! that was a goat?
	2:53pm Franco Twinkie: Me too Coel. I get a kink in the hose if I sit to long.
	2:53pm TDK60: Stanley, hiya. Franco, weather or not, hello. Here, a bit under weather but tolerable. Actually cold. Will go for a walk later.
	🥁 2:53pm Julie: hey! party continues here kids... wfmu.org...
	🥁 2:54pm Julie: I missed all of Tony, archive for me I guess!
	2:54pm Tony Coulter: Hey, Julie!!
	🥁 2:54pm David (in London): Hey Stanley, solo mon.
	2:55pm coelacanth∅: i like when the vehicle wildly strays from the road
	2:55pm Stanley: Julie - sorry for the bad news: [PLEASE NOTE: "Tape Hiss" shows are not archived.]
	🥁 2:56pm David (in London): We will all have to replicate the whole show a cappella for Julie.
	🥁 2:56pm Julie: oh yeah that's right...
	2:56pm TDK60: Send DJ Tony blank tapes.
	2:56pm coelacanth∅: it was all hits today too...Cassingles!
	🥁 2:57pm WR: Thank you Tony!
	2:57pm Sem: May I just say "Obstructive azoospermia?" Thx, Tony. This is show is hisstory.
	2:58pm Stanley: If you must, Sem Thank you Tony for another weird show. Later pals.
	2:58pm TDK60: For the show, thanks, Tony!
	2:58pm Tony Coulter: Thanks everyone! Hope to see you next time!
	🥁 2:58pm Yvang: Thanks thanks Tony!!!
	🥁 2:58pm David (in London): A real ripper today, thanks Tone.
	🥁 2:58pm listener james from westwood: Thanks muchly, Tony!
	2:58pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Tony!
	2:59pm Franco Twinkie: Thanky Tony.

Tony Coulter: Playlist from February 15, 2022

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