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The Hour Of Crap is an hour's worth of crap and I make no apologies!

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Favoriting May 31, 2024: Let There Be Xanadu 8-Track Tapes!!
Relive the days of questionable tape formats of yore as we listen to the Xanadu on 8-track! Audio bleeds, songs cut in half, wobbly tape speeds and all! Feel your dream get bent out of shape. My tanks to Robert Porter of Jeff Lynne Song Database (JeffrLynneSongs.com) for his kind contribution. Go to https://oddlystupid.wixsite.com/xanadu/xanadu-8-track for the details. BTW, this weeks 'The _____ Of OTE has nothing to do with with 8-tracks and a lot to do with a young Weatherman from 1981. Hands and ears will be full with this one!!

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Artist Track Album Label Format Approx. start time
Deacon Coleman  8-Track Memories #2   Favoriting 8-Track Mind #100 video tape version    MP3  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Mr. F. Le Mur  PR Gnus 1901 – 9016   Favoriting     MP3  0:02:33 (Pop-up)
Noah Creshevsky  Strategic Defense Initiative (1986)   Favoriting The Tape Music of Noah Creshevsky, 1971 – 92  Bandcamp  MP3  0:12:34 (Pop-up)
Juliana Hattfield  I’m Alive   Favoriting   Bandcamp  MP3  0:23:20 (Pop-up)
ONJ & ELO  Xanadu (Acceleration 5 Percent Mix)   Favoriting     MP3  0:26:43 (Pop-up)
 
Olivia Newton-John  Magic   Favoriting Xanadu OST  MCA Records  MP3  0:35:40 (Pop-up)
Olivia Newton-John & Cliff RIchard  Suddenly   Favoriting Xanadu OST  MCA Records  MP3  0:40:33 (Pop-up)
Olivia Newton-John & The Tubes  Dancin’ (parts 1 & 2)   Favoriting Xanadu OST  MCA Records  MP3  0:43:58 (Pop-up)
Olivia Newton-John  Suspended In Time   Favoriting Xanadu OST  MCA Records  MP3  0:49:18 (Pop-up)
Olivia Newton-John & Gene Kelly  Whenever You're Away From Me (parts 1 & 2)   Favoriting Xanadu OST  MCA Records  MP3  0:54:07 (Pop-up)
Electric Light Orchestra  I’m Alive   Favoriting Xanadu OST  MCA Records  MP3  0:57:51 (Pop-up)
Electric Light Orchestra  The Fall   Favoriting Xanadu OST  MCA Records  MP3  1:01:25 (Pop-up)
Electric Light Orchestra  Don’t Walk Away (parts 1 & 2)   Favoriting Xanadu OST  MCA Records  MP3  1:05:00 (Pop-up)
Electric Light Orchestra  All Over The World   Favoriting Xanadu OST  MCA Records  MP3  1:09:44 (Pop-up)
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra  Xanadu   Favoriting Xanadu OST  MCA Records  MP3  1:13:52 (Pop-up)
Brandan DeVallance  8-Track Memories #1   Favoriting 8-Track Mind #100 video tape version    MP3  1:17:21 (Pop-up)
 
Galactic Symposium  Baker Street   Favoriting     MP3  1:21:29 (Pop-up)
Negativland  The Perfect Cut (Canned Music)   Favoriting Hilter Stupid  Seeland Records  MP3  1:26:08 (Pop-up)
The B-52's  Rock Lobster   Favoriting The B-52's  Warner Bros.  MP3  1:28:35 (Pop-up)
Mr. F. Le Mur  PR Gnus #1928 - Game Show   Favoriting     MP3  1:35:23 (Pop-up)
Noah Creshevsky  Great Performances (1978)   Favoriting The Tape Music of Noah Creshevsky, 1971 – 92  Bandcamp  MP3  1:37:30 (Pop-up)
The Evolution Control Committee  We WILL Rock You   Favoriting Double The Phat and Still Tasteless    MP3  1:43:39 (Pop-up)
8-Track Gorilla  8-Track Memories #4   Favoriting 8-Track Mind #100 video tape version    MP3  1:45:46 (Pop-up)
The Evolution Control Committee  All Over The World (Live at DNA Lounge, San Francisco 5/9/2009 excerpt)   Favoriting     MP3  1:47:12 (Pop-up)
 
Negativland  (excerpt)   Favoriting Negativland Live Mix (1981)    MP3  1:56:56 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
WR:

Pee You?
Avatar 6:05pm
Don-O:

↳ WR @6:04
Hello Good, WR!
Avatar 6:07pm
Don-O:

Anybody looking forward to this Xanadu 8-track will have to go through a lot of crap right now.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:12pm
Aitch:

↳ Song: "PR Gnus 1901 – 9016" by "Mr. F. Le Mur"
I put PR Gnus on sometimes when unsuspecting people come around.
I blame you Don-O!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:14pm
WR:

↳ Aitch @6:12
Ha. Aitch. Converting people from unsuspecting to suspecting you.
  6:15pm
A➡B:

Hi-Ho, Don-O!
I'm revelling in this crap, so this'll make the wait worth it!
Avatar 6:15pm
Don-O:

↳ Aitch @6:12
.....in THAT case, also blame The Hour Of Slack, too! Hello Good, Aitch!!
Avatar 6:15pm
Don-O:

↳ A➡B @6:15
A - B, live the crap.....in a good sense....
Avatar 🎸 6:23pm
Roberto:

↳ Song: "I’m Alive" by "Juliana Hattfield"
Crap, this is not!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:24pm
dale:

hey now. juliana hatfield came on an 8-track? never mind, that sounded dirty.
Avatar 6:25pm
Don-O:

↳ Roberto @6:23
It's a soft blow to the 8-track mess....
Avatar 🎸 6:26pm
Roberto:

↳ dale @6:24
Dirty, yet...alluring.
Avatar 6:27pm
Don-O:

Hello Good, dale and Roberto!!
  6:33pm
A➡B:

Gah! I step out to make dinner for just a minute and miss out on the Xanadu! (That'll teach me!)
Avatar 6:34pm
Don-O:

↳ A➡B @6:33
Don't worry too much. Things go seriously crappy after the third track. You won't miss much.
Avatar 🎸 6:36pm
Roberto:

↳ Song: "Magic" by "Olivia Newton-John"
YOU FKNG CKSCKR!
  6:38pm
A➡B:

↳ Song: "Magic" by "Olivia Newton-John"
This earworm has been in my head ALL DAY! Not gonna if that's a good or bad thing, though...
  6:39pm
A➡B:

↳ A➡B @6:38
Not gonna SAY...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:39pm
dale:

i really didn't care for juliana's ONJ album. like she discovered her and needed to bring her to people's attention, but the covers were not inspiring.
Avatar 🎸 6:40pm
Cp304:

Hey Big Crapper and craps.. relapsing to Xanadu 24 thon is not so bad when it's 8trac and your on call.
  6:41pm
A➡B:

↳ dale @6:39
I felt the same way about her ELO covers album.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
dale:

thought this was andy gibb all these years. man - he was doing victoria principal!
Avatar 🎸 6:42pm
Cp304:

↳ dale @6:42
Gibb was on the other song I think
Avatar 🎸 6:43pm
Roberto:

↳ Song: "Suddenly" by "Olivia Newton-John & Cliff RIchard"
Rik Mayall's dead ears just pricked up!
Avatar 6:43pm
Don-O:

↳ Cp304 @6:40
Hey, Cp304. Welcome to the questionable value of 8-tracks!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:43pm
dale:

↳ A➡B @6:41
yeah, kinda lazy to me. like rod stewart or bryan ferry doing american standards.
Avatar 6:44pm
Don-O:

↳ dale @6:42
I have yet to hear Ms. Principal sing.....better for worse than Cheryl Ladd?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:45pm
dale:

fee waybill and gene kelly in the same vehicle - nuts.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:45pm
dale:

↳ Don-O @6:44
don't think i have heard cheryl ladd's country album. or lynda carter's
Avatar 6:46pm
Don-O:

↳ Song: "Dancin’ (parts 1 & 2)" by "Olivia Newton-John & T...
+click+
  6:46pm
Dean:

Creshevsky, ELO, and Olivia Newton-John...quite a playlist already.

Ferry's covers are hit or miss; Rod's are generally excessive.
  6:46pm
A➡B:

The Tubes was quite a lucky catch for the movie's producers! At least it made for one good reason to buy the soundtrack & watch the movie.
Avatar 6:47pm
Don-O:

↳ Dean @6:46
Welcome to my head, dean. I'm so all over the place, I give myself a headache!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:47pm
dale:

ha ha! my wife said 'don't stop it there! that was stupid...i'm annoyed.'
Avatar 🎸 6:47pm
Roberto:

I did NOT know the Tubes were on this soundtrack.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
dale:

at least she's paying attention.
Avatar 6:49pm
Don-O:

I just discovered that there is no 8-track button on the format selection. Disappointed, FMU!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:49pm
Asheville Jon:

howdy all you crapsters
Avatar 6:50pm
Don-O:

↳ Asheville Jon @6:49
Welcome to the world of 8-tracks, Ashville!! don't mind the sound bleeds.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:51pm
Asheville Jon:

i love 8 tracks. wish i still had some of mine
Avatar 6:51pm
Don-O:

↳ Asheville Jon @6:49
Ashville, I'll reply to your offer on that Athur Feidler tape later today. Things have been busy this week.
  6:51pm
Dean:

I attended a Tubes concert, festival style (whatever the fark that means) at which there was a riot. Got my money's worth.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:52pm
Asheville Jon:

↳ Don-O @6:51
no worries, i've been beyond slammed here, so whenever. it's not gonna go anywhere else.
  6:55pm
Dean:

I'll never forgive Gene Kelly for inspiring that horrible scene in A Clockwork Orange.
  6:55pm
A➡B:

I still remember the 8-tracks I bought around theturn of the 80's, mostly Chrysalis albums: Blondie's "Eat To The Beat" & "Autoamerican", Pat Benetar's "Precious Time", and Jethro Tull's "Stormwatch" (considered one of their worst by JT fans). Also had Gerry Rafferty's "Night Owl" and Bowie's "Lodger", both of which are now in my younger brother's possession.
Avatar 6:56pm
Don-O:

↳ Dean @6:55
Gene Kelly wasn't pleased about that scene either.....
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
dale:

this is that era when seeing stars from the post- depression era like fred astaire in cheesy polyester and apache scarves was common.
Avatar 6:56pm
Don-O:

+ clink +
  6:57pm
Dean:

So he says...

I had at least two 8-tracks: David Jones/Bowie's first, and a collection of Genesis records from the early '70s.
Avatar 6:57pm
Don-O:

↳ Song: "Whenever You're Away From Me (parts 1 & 2)" by "O...
The real Magic starts!!!!
Avatar 6:59pm
Don-O:

↳ Song: "I’m Alive" by "Electric Light Orchestra"
BTW: this popped up on YT today: from Louis Clark Jr.'s channel: www.youtube.com...
Avatar 🎸 6:59pm
Roberto:

↳ Don-O @6:57
And sharts.
  6:59pm
Dean:

Saw ELO three times, despite never owning an album theirs other than a bootleg that I wish I'd kept.
  7:01pm
Dean:

I think that bootleg saw official release out of Germany, a show at Long Beach.
Avatar 7:02pm
Don-O:

↳ Dean @6:59
I saw ELO once in 2000 at the CBS TV studios. It wasn't bad, got deaf in one ear for weeks. Better than hearing ELO Part 2 on FM radio.
  7:02pm
Dean:

The shows I saw were '70s, maybe early '80s. Marvelous.
  7:04pm
Dean:

I was selling records when this Xanadu thing emerged. We played it, but I barely remember even hearing it. It's just such tedious, plodding, boring shit.
  7:07pm
A➡B:

The worst part about 8-tracks is, whenever you play one that hasn't been played in years, there's a good chance the silver element that switches the player head to a new track would detach. so you'd be left with a spooled and mangled mess of tape the moment you took the cartridge out. It's happened to me up to 3 times in all the time I've used the format.
Avatar 7:07pm
Don-O:

↳ Dean @7:04
= click =
Avatar 7:08pm
Don-O:

↳ Dean @7:04
What can I tell ya, from "The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644)" to this. It's a nasty muddy slide
  7:12pm
Dean:

Is that from the first or second album?

Do you know Michael de Albuquerque's We May Be Cattle But We've All Got Names? We'd spin that one, too, but I can't remember whether or not I enjoyed it.
  7:13pm
Dean:

Shoot, Ollie Halsall is on that album! I need to revisit it.
Avatar 7:14pm
Don-O:

I was about to link to a page on the old 8 Track Heaven about a WFMU that played nothing by 8 track tape, but the site is sadly gone. Seems the guy who ran it died. Good thing I save the crappy MP3 of the show from that site.
Avatar 7:15pm
Don-O:

↳ Dean @7:12
The Battle of Marston Moor was from the first album, and it was written and sung by Roy Wood....which should tell ya something...
  7:17pm
Dean:

What's the URL to the www.8trackheaven.com page with WFMU? Archive.org has a bunch of snapshots.
Avatar 7:17pm
Don-O:

↳ Song: "8-Track Memories #1" by "Brandan DeVallance"
www.youtube.com...
  7:18pm
Dean:

https://web.archive.org/web/20060125013443/http://www.8trackheaven.com/index2.html
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
dale:

jerrky rafferty.
  7:23pm
A➡B:

↳ Don-O @7:14
I know who & what you're talking about. He was interviewed decades ago on WFMU (either on Irwin's or Tony Coulter's show, iirc). I remember hearing all or most of it.
Avatar 7:24pm
Don-O:

↳ Song: "Baker Street" by "Galactic Symposium"
UT! Make that Baker Street!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
Feldy:

Damn I missed Xanadu! Hey Don-O!
Avatar 🎸 7:26pm
Roberto:

Maury Bund Muzik!
Avatar 7:27pm
Don-O:

↳ Feldy @7:25
Beware of repeats, Feidy! Hello Good!
Avatar 🎸 7:33pm
Roberto:

↳ Song: "Rock Lobster" by "The B-52's"
Gettin' moribund up in here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
Feldy:

↳ Song: "Rock Lobster" by "The B-52's"
I don't remember what provoked it, but I went on a little
trip through the B-52's catalogue this week
  7:33pm
A➡B:

↳ Song: "Baker Street" by "Galactic Symposium"
Reminds me of some alternative act I used to hear on college radio, but can't quite put my finger on which one. A likely candidate for Darryl W. Bullock's World's Worst Records!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
Asheville Jon:

↳ Song: "Rock Lobster" by "The B-52's"
great to hear this
  7:36pm
A➡B:

↳ Song: "Rock Lobster" by "The B-52's"
You know summer is officially here when you hear this playing on the radio!
Avatar 7:36pm
Don-O:

↳ A➡B @7:36
We're at the half way mark!!
Avatar 7:37pm
Don-O:

↳ Feldy @7:33
I'm becoming obsessed with early B-52 stuff!
Avatar 7:38pm
Don-O:

↳ A➡B @7:36
....in a good way.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
dale:

great grape? or goofy grape?
  7:40pm
A➡B:

↳ Song: "PR Gnus #1928 - Game Show" by "Mr. F. Le Mur"
I've been hearing this "Wait, Don't Tell Me!" radio quiz show every odd weekend. (Matter of fact, I was hearing it last Sunday!)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:40pm
WR:

↳ Dean @7:18
here is the archive org page with info on WFMU show (hosted by Fabio) on May 10, 1998 of all 8 track.
8trackheaven.com...

The MP3 download links actually still work.

Bucks Burnette died in late September 2023. Seem the website was still up until just a few months ago.
  7:42pm
A➡B:

↳ WR @7:40
Thank you! Yes, that must be the show I was talking about earlier!
Avatar 🎸 7:46pm
Roberto:

↳ Song: "We WILL Rock You" by "The Evolution Control Commi...
A classic!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
Kat in the chat:

[feigns dismay] Oh, darn. i missed Xanadu.
  7:51pm
A➡B:

↳ Roberto @7:46
I dl'ed the entire "All Rights Reserved" album once. Don't have it anymore, sadly (or maybe it's lost somewhere in one of my hard drives).
Avatar 7:52pm
Don-O:

↳ Kat in the chat @7:51
....but I'm sure you're glad you missed the '8-track' part. Hello Good, Kat!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
Asheville Jon:

thanks Don!
Avatar 🎸 8:01pm
Roberto:

↳ Kat in the chat @7:51
I, too, am feigning dismay, but in having not missed Xanadu.
  8:02pm
A➡B:

Negativland is playing tonight at The 19th St. Theater in Philly. And as much as I would've wanted to see them, previously planned duties for the day prevented me from making the trip.
Avatar 8:02pm
Don-O:

↳ Roberto @8:01
Hurr....hurr....hurr......
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:03pm
Kat in the chat:

↳ A➡B @8:02
They were in Philly on Tuesday at PhilaMOCA. I was there. Not sure where you are getting your info?
Avatar 8:04pm
Don-O:

↳ A➡B @8:02
Oh, yea. That drive-In gig. Joe Bob Brigg should have introduce them. I suspect I'll miss it as my time zones setting is beyond f'ed up.
  8:04pm
A➡B:

↳ Kat in the chat @8:03
Straight from the website.
Correction: They're in Allentown tonight.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
Kat in the chat:

No they already played Allentown too. I know the gig tonight is at a drive-in venue but I don't know the city.
  8:06pm
A➡B:

↳ Kat in the chat @8:05
It's somewhere in upstate NY, around the Poughkeepsie area.
Avatar 8:06pm
Don-O:

↳ Don-O @8:04
wavefarm.org...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
Kat in the chat:

↳ Don-O @8:06
oh right that's on now. With Matmos and somebody else. I should check that out in a bit.
Avatar 8:14pm
Don-O:

Imagine Buddy's face plastered across that Drive-In screen!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:14pm
WR:

↳ Don-O @8:06
Now you've got me streaming 3 audio feeds. 2 WFMU and that one.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:15pm
Kat in the chat:

I have some pix from Buddy's call on Tuesday up on my insta. He really liked my picture of the Butternut Sqweem in the oven and shared it around a bit.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:18pm
Kat in the chat:

↳ WR @8:14
I'm hopping between this and WGXC right now. My laptop audio jack is broken so the only audio I have where I'm sitting is my phone streaming to my stereo.
Avatar 8:19pm
Don-O:

↳ Kat in the chat @8:15
Coolness......
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:23pm
ike̶̬̕:

Nice.
  8:25pm
A➡B:

The "booper" sounds can get annoying after a while, but it wouldn't be a Negativland performance without all that racket!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
Kat in the chat:

I made a pickle-heavy potato salad on Memorial Day, it was yummy. I saved a bunch of potato salad recipes from NYT Cooking and I'm going to try a new one every week till I get tired of potato salad.
  8:27pm
A➡B:

↳ Kat in the chat @8:26
Did you use dill or bread & butter?
Avatar 8:27pm
Don-O:

↳ ike̶̬̕ @8:23
iky, good hello crap to the show!
Avatar 🎸 8:27pm
Roberto:

↳ Song: "(excerpt)" by "Negativland"
Ah, the days when it wasn't necessary to specify an area code when giving out a phone number over the air.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:28pm
Kat in the chat:

↳ A➡B @8:27
I had a jar of dill chips from a local pickle purveyor in the fridge, so I cut up a bunch of those.
Avatar 8:33pm
Don-O:

↳ Song: "(excerpt)" by "Negativland"
Sing along everybody.........?
  8:35pm
A➡B:

↳ Kat in the chat @8:28
It just occurred to me that the bread & butter ones could make a plausible addition to fruit salads, along with those tomato/orange hybrids I once saw at the local Shop-Rite.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:49pm
WR:

↳ Kat in the chat @8:26
Nice. I too am a fan of potato salad. Made one yesterday. used Persian cucumbers and pickle juice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:52pm
ike̶̬̕:

I've never made potato salad, but the idea of potato salad with lots of pickles and pickle juice sounds pretty good. I might have to try it.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:53pm
Kat in the chat:

Potato salad is easy! Even I can make it!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:54pm
Kat in the chat:

Thanks, Don-O! Sounds like Matmos is starting on Wave Farm so I'm gonna check that out. See ya next week!
  8:56pm
A➡B:

Thanks for tonight's return to Xanadu, Don-O!
Avatar 8:57pm
Don-O:

We're heading to the 5 minute mark till destruction of this weeks show. My thanks to all fer show up and joining in on the 8-track fun. 'Till the tape breaks!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
WR:

Thank you! Don O!
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