Favoriting Tony Coulter: Playlist from November 11, 2014 Favoriting

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Favoriting November 11, 2014: Tony Coulter Presents Tape Hiss: The Dave, Rascal Reporters, Radio Piece III, and the comp "Soviet Pop" [PLEASE NOTE: "Tape Hiss" shows are not archived.]

Artist Track Album Label Year
The In-Theme  Holger Hiller: Toyshopshoptoy   Favoriting      
 
Aquarium  Tonight Nobody Expects Us   Favoriting V.A.: Soviet Pop  Rē Records   1985 
Aquarium  Dead Certainity   Favoriting V.A.: Soviet Pop  Rē Records   1985 
Primus  Buy Me Some Jeans   Favoriting V.A.: Soviet Pop  Rē Records   1985 
Zoo  Walking   Favoriting V.A.: Soviet Pop  Rē Records   1985 
Zoo  Onwards, Badisadva...   Favoriting V.A.: Soviet Pop  Rē Records   1985 
Kino  Layabout No. 2   Favoriting V.A.: Soviet Pop  Rē Records   1985 
Center  Thirst for Technology   Favoriting V.A.: Soviet Pop  Rē Records   1985 
Center  Dandy   Favoriting V.A.: Soviet Pop  Rē Records   1985 
 
The Dave  side A   Favoriting Poof!  no label  1985 
 
The Dave  side B   Favoriting Poof!  no label  1985 
 
The Rascal Reporters  side A   Favoriting Freaks Obscure  Hebbardesque  1980 
 
The Rascal Reporters  side B   Favoriting Freaks Obscure  Hebbardesque  1980 
 
Radio Piece III  side A   Favoriting Tomato Pie Blues  'Y' Records  1988 
 
Radio Piece III  side B   Favoriting Tomato Pie Blues  'Y' Records  1988 
 
The Out-Theme  Gelbart: My Favorite Vacation [part of] + Die Trip Computer Die: Airborn [part of]   Favoriting      


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Listener comments!

Avatar 1:16pm
Tony Coulter:

BIG BELATED THANKS to Jonathan from Brooklyn, Miles from Baltimore, and Craig from Baltimore for pledging AFTER my last marathon show and putting me well over the top. HOO-RAY!!
Avatar 1:17pm
Tony Coulter:

Thanks also to Thom Jones (DDDJJJ666) for last week's fab fill-in!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:47am
listener james from westwood:

Congrats! Smart move on the station's part to leave the pledge boxes up. I see the station total's higher since then, too.
Avatar 11:52am
Tony Coulter:

Heya, James!!
Avatar 12:01pm
Tony Coulter:

... and greets to everyone else as well....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:01pm
DCE:

and he is back...hey TC!
Avatar 12:02pm
Tony Coulter:

Hola, DCE!
Avatar 12:03pm
fleep:

The documentary screenings, and the TEDx talks should bring a few more converts into the fold, I'm hoping that shakes the cow head and dog tail. And greetings from L.A., Tony.
Avatar 12:03pm
steve:

hey Tony! glad i got here on time for some tape hiss.
Avatar 12:04pm
duke:

Not having a tomato pie is giving me the blues
Avatar 12:07pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey there, fleep, steve, and duke!!!
Avatar 12:10pm
Tony Coulter:

I should mention that the tracklist I have for this Russian cassette, from the magazine the tape came with, seems a bit off. So take it with a grain of salt.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:12pm
Rich in Washington:

Cool tape, Mr. Tony! Greetings!
Avatar 12:13pm
Tony Coulter:

Hola, Señor Rich!
Avatar 12:15pm
Tony Coulter:

Lou Reedski?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:15pm
Doug Schulkind:

Personally, I love the TONYx talks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:15pm
Webhamster Henry:

Hey I think I used to have an AKVARIUM album!
Avatar 12:16pm
Tony Coulter:

Doug!! Doug!!
Avatar 12:17pm
Tony Coulter:

I still don't really understand what TEDx talks are, even after meeting someone who works on preparing them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:17pm
DCE:

pass the salt, please
Avatar 12:17pm
Tony Coulter:

Webhamster Henry!! Greetings, sir!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:18pm
Rich in Washington:

when I saw iTunes announce 'Primus' on my screen, I thought my streaming playlist slipped down a couple of entries.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:19pm
listener james from westwood:

This Primus is known for their hit, "Jerzi Was a Race Care Driver."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
Rich in Washington:

which has happened before. Listening to a completely different station, wondering why playlist and comments are at odds with what I'm hearing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:29pm
Webhamster Henry:

Hi Tony! Cassettes are on the way back!
Avatar 12:31pm
Tony Coulter:

I know! I have mixed feeling about that, actually. For the record, I'm not into cassettes because they're cassettes. It's just that a lot of great music was only released on cassette in the '80s and '90s.
Avatar 12:31pm
Tony Coulter:

It's the message, not the medium.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:36pm
Rich in Washington:

There are things about the medium that's desirable, and not all of it due to simple nostalgia - although I admit that's a big part of it for me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:38pm
Rich in Washington:

I liked how cassettes were the first really viable portable format. You could record a mixtape and play it in your car, give it to a friend, etc.- almost immediately.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:39pm
Webhamster Henry:

They were the cheap way to self distribute music. I have a lot of radio air checks on cassette too. Commercially released ones were often on really thin tape that could gum up and wrap around the capstan, stretch and otherwise self destruct.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:39pm
Webhamster Henry:

Also: Awesome Mixes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:40pm
Rich in Washington:

People like to come back with 'the 8-track was first', etc.. I think the Compact Cassette and the 8-Track were pretty much parallel, timeline wise.
Avatar 12:41pm
steve:

i love the warble of a slightly broken or misaligned tape player, or a crunched up tape, and the specific way old or overplayed tapes can get muffled sounding. lately ive actually been working on a way to digitally control walkman motors so that i can induce different amounts warble at the flip of a switch.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:41pm
Rich in Washington:

Right on, Webmaster Henry: Before the cassette, you just listened to the radio. I have so many tapes from radio shows that I taped as a teenager. It's not even funny.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
Webhamster Henry:

there were a lot of different sized cassettes (made for dictation machines first), and I think 8-tracks came from the cartridges used for commercials at radio stations. Ones that play commercials, that is.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
Rich in Washington:

Yes! to this day, whenever I listen to Ummagumma (CD, vinyl, etc), I expect to hear a ruffled tape where my original tape had become twisted, playing part of it backwards before the untwisted segment.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
Webhamster Henry:

Since this show is not archived, I hope you are taping it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:44pm
Webhamster Henry:

Home taping is killing music.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:44pm
Rich in Washington:

Yes. And there was a portable format using the same shell and tape-looping mechanism that predated the 8 track.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:46pm
Rich in Washington:

Don Joyce of Negativland still uses radio station type cart machines for live mixing on his radio show. I guess they're becoming rarer and rarer. He's stated that when he can no longer find running machines, he'll quit doing his (30+ yr) show.
Avatar 12:47pm
Tony Coulter:

I'm waiting for the wire recording revival to really take off.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:48pm
Rich in Washington:

I'm waiting for that Wire Hiss show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:50pm
Rich in Washington:

Maybe there's some dude in the Alberta district with a big handlebar moustache who's starting an all wire label. Really limited editions. like one.
Avatar 12:51pm
Tony Coulter:

There was a recent release that came out on wire, dude. I'm not kidding, actually, tho I can't remember what it was.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:52pm
Uncle Michael:

So, not just *a* Dave?
Avatar 12:52pm
Tony Coulter:

It was a well known experimental musician. Anyone know?
Avatar 12:52pm
Tony Coulter:

It's THE Uncle Michael!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:53pm
DCE:

this has a certain charm to it
Avatar 12:54pm
Tony Coulter:

Could have been on K Records, maybe?
  12:55pm
Spanish Inquisition:

Raincoats influence?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:55pm
Rich in Washington:

I was thinking the same thing, Tony! Although that track's really high-energy for them.
Avatar 12:56pm
Tony Coulter:

It's the Spanish Inquisition! Possible Raincoats influence, yes.
  12:59pm
Dean:

Colin Newman?
Avatar 12:59pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey Dean! Mayhaps!
  1:00pm
Dean:

(See what I did there?)
Avatar 1:01pm
Tony Coulter:

Aha! A wire recording joke!
  1:02pm
Dean:

Well, an effort at same.
Avatar 1:04pm
Tony Coulter:

The Dave never had anything released on K Records, but they did have a few tracks on a RRRecords comp, which actually seems far less likely.
Avatar 1:16pm
Tony Coulter:

I wonder how often these cassette-only releases were recorded on reel-to-reel first. I'm guessing many skipped that step.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:16pm
Webhamster Henry:

WFMU pal Chris Butler recorded a number of songs on outdated devices including wire recorder, but I don't think he ever released any of them that way.
Avatar 1:18pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Webhamster Henry: Maybe that is what I'm thinking of!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:18pm
Rich in Washington:

Hard to say. I think it was the mid-80s when cassette multitrack machines became really affordable.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:19pm
Rich in Washington:

Before that, you could sort of dump tracks back and forth between cassette decks, achieving something like multitracking, but with degraded sound quality.
Avatar 1:19pm
northguineahills:

Why do I think I've heard The Dave before, sounds really familiar, or maybe I'm just thinking of the Dave song from KITH.
Avatar 1:20pm
steve:

Caroliner did a release that was recorded with a wire recorder. but it was released on LP.
Avatar 1:20pm
Tony Coulter:

Heya, NGH! Perhaps it's because I played them on my all-singles show three weeks back?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:22pm
Webhamster Henry:

I was definitely a reel-to-reel track bouncer myself in high school. Fast forward a few years, and I got my beloved Tascam 246 4-track.
Avatar 1:22pm
northguineahills:

Aye, possibly!
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Uncle Michael:

Angry Birds
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:25pm
Doug Schulkind:

Woo-hoo! WFMU just passed the 92% mark. Woo-hoo!
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listener james from westwood:

Only one thing's gonna make those birds happy: 93%!
Avatar 1:28pm
Tony Coulter:

93% and some poppy seeds.
Avatar 1:29pm
Tony Coulter:

Guns for crawfish....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:32pm
Rich in Washington:

I still have the same old reel-to-reel recorder I've had since high school. It's now just gathering dust. My options are; throw it out/sell it cheap; fix the problem with the drive mechanism; have local guy turn it into a low-watt tube amplifier.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:35pm
DCE:

lotta good experimental music happening with malfunctioning reel to reels!
  1:36pm
Ringo Starfish:

Jolly good !
Avatar 1:37pm
Tony Coulter:

Greets, Ringo Starfish!!
Avatar 1:41pm
Tony Coulter:

I do happen to know that this Rascal Reporters tape was recorded on reel-to-reel, then dubbed onto cassette.
Avatar 1:45pm
Tony Coulter:

Here's what I mean about obvious Residents influence.
  1:45pm
Santos L Halper:

Summer at Camp Brennaduh takes a turn for the weird when young Allan finds the counselor's 'edible wild plants'.
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Rich in Washington:

I don't think the Residential influence is such a bad thing, esp. this era. They were such a revelation back then. Who could blame someone?
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Rich in Washington:

But this IS pretty unabashedly Residential. But I like it.
Avatar 1:46pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Rich: Back then, a Residents influence was a great thing!
Avatar 1:47pm
Tony Coulter:

Heya, Santos!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:47pm
Rich in Washington:

I know this has been discussed here numerous times, but I cannot remember the outcome - have you thought of doing a Residentially influenced show?
Avatar 1:48pm
Tony Coulter:

Not per se -- but I definitely should!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:48pm
Rich in Washington:

I remember seeing lots of promo copy in the early/mid 80s from labels and they'd invariably compare <band name> to The Residents.
  1:49pm
Santos L Halper:

Hiya Fadduh Tony!
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Rich in Washington:

Don't should yourself, Tony! You COULD do a Residents influenced show. Could.
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northguineahills:

Thanks Tony, off to enjoy the sunshine!
Avatar 1:51pm
Tony Coulter:

There were many groups in the '80s influenced by the Residents. But only Rascal Reporters were also just as influenced by Egg, Henry Cow, and (later on) the Carpenters. Makes for a unique mix!
Avatar 1:52pm
Tony Coulter:

See ya, NGH! Be careful not to get a sunburn -- though with your face covered like that I guess you're OK.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:54pm
Rich in Washington:

One could find press releases from Enigma/Restless from the mid-80s. They seemed to describe virtually anything on their roster that wasn't punk or metal as 'Residential'
  1:55pm
Santos L Halper:

Hearing some Gentle Giant vocal stylings too
Avatar 1:56pm
Tony Coulter:

Very true!!
  2:13pm
Dean:

Richard Sinclair-ish
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Tony Coulter:

Right-o! They were definitely heavily into the whole Canterbury thing (as were Radio Piece III, who are coming up next)
  2:17pm
Dean:

And speaking of the whole Canterbury thing, I just picked up a System 7 record with Rovo that definitely hearkens back to early Hillage, if packaged with all the techno bells and whistles.
Avatar 2:18pm
Tony Coulter:

Radio Piece III were also big on Zappa, as you can hear!
  2:20pm
Dean:

These guys spent some quality time spinning Happy the Man records, too, I'm thinking.
Avatar 2:22pm
Tony Coulter:

See what you mean! I usually hate these kind of digital keyboards, but they somehow make them work (to my ears anyhow).
Avatar 2:22pm
Tony Coulter:

Definitely HTM-ish!
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Webhamster Henry:

I'd say, like slowed down Zappa...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:27pm
Webhamster Henry:

I keep forgetting this show is on, I couldn't listen when I had a job!
Avatar 2:28pm
Tony Coulter:

Well, I'm not glad you don't have a job, but ... I'm glad you can listen now!
Avatar 2:29pm
Tony Coulter:

Of course, Zappa himself was often sped-up Zappa.
  2:32pm
Dean:

Genesis c. W&W
Avatar 2:33pm
Tony Coulter:

with a pinch of Magma!
Avatar 2:34pm
Tony Coulter:

(the previous track, I mean)
Avatar 2:35pm
Tony Coulter:

Now it's HTM-esque again. Don't know why I never thought of them!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:37pm
Santos L Halper:

Loving this Tony! Shoulda been taping...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:39pm
Doug Schulkind:

GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO PROGRAMMING ALERTS...

(1) The Drummer Stream is excited to present a new show: THE MAGIC HOUR with jeff Golick. The program will air 9-10am every Wednesday.

(2) There will be no Kaminsky Kamoutsky with Jesse this evening, but there will be

(3) Give the Drummer Some at 6pm. Tune in for this Veteran's Day special.
Avatar 2:40pm
Tony Coulter:

Of course, a band can be very influenced by other bands and still very much have their own identity.
  2:40pm
Dean:

"...the man on the silver mountain!"
Avatar 2:41pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Santos L Helper: Glad you like it!
Avatar 2:42pm
Tony Coulter:

... I mean "Halper"!
Avatar 2:44pm
Tony Coulter:

Three cheers for Jeff G.'s new show!!!
Avatar 2:45pm
steve:

this is some top shelf noodling!
Avatar 2:47pm
Tony Coulter:

Because I'm so tall people are always asking me to help them grab noodles from the top shelf.
  2:48pm
Dean:

First or second Camel record right here.
  2:52pm
Dean:

A caravan of camels along Inca Road.
Avatar 2:53pm
Tony Coulter:

Ha!
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Uncle Michael:

Good stuff, Tony. Thank you.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 2:58pm
listener james from westwood:

Needed this show today, Tony; thanks a ton for the fine tapes!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:58pm
Rich in Washington:

thanks for a fun show, Tony! It's been the soundtrack to me roving around the house doing last-minute winterizing tasks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:59pm
Ike:

Nice show. See you later, Tony!
Avatar 3:00pm
Tony Coulter:

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