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Favoriting February 2, 2016: Tony Coulter Presents Tape Hiss: Eugene Chadbourne, Costes, and Steve Roden [PLEASE NOTE: "Tape Hiss" shows are not archived.]

Artist Track Album Label Year
The In-Theme  Holger Hiller: Toyshopshoptoy   Favoriting      
 
Eugene Chadbourne  side A   Favoriting Wombat on the Way  no label  1985 
 
Eugene Chadbourne  side B   Favoriting Wombat on the Way  no label  1985 
 
Costes  Younki [English Version]   Favoriting Younki  Sound of Pig  1985 
 
Costes  Younki [French Version]   Favoriting Younki  Sound of Pig  1985 
 
Steve Roden  The Secret of Happiness   Favoriting The Secret of Happiness  Starfish Music  1990 
Steve Roden  Fragment of Gold   Favoriting The Secret of Happiness  Starfish Music  1990 
Steve Roden  Frost on the Wings of an Angel   Favoriting The Secret of Happiness  Starfish Music  1990 
 
Steve Roden  And Go the Great Man   Favoriting The Secret of Happiness  Starfish Music  1990 
 
Pierre Bouchet  Hopscotch   Favoriting Sale Timbale  Editions Suicide Commercial  1998 
The Out-Theme  Gelbart: My Favorite Vacation [part of] + Die Trip Computer Die: Airborn [part of]   Favoriting      


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Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02pm
Gary:

Yay!
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V Priceless:

Heya, Tony!
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listener james from westwood:

Howdy, Tony, and all!!
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Tony Coulter:

Hey ho, VP and Gary!!
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Tony Coulter:

... and LJ too!!
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V Priceless:

wish I still had my Spiro Agnew punching bag...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
JtotheK:

hello all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
Doug Schulkind:

Groovings, groovings, groovings, Dr. Coulter and all outpatients!
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Tony Coulter:

Hola hay haloo, JtotheK & Doug!!
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Cecile:

hola! The stream's the thing
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Cecile:

something something king
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Tony Coulter:

The manic collage-y nature of this Chadbourne tape makes it tough to do blow-by-blow tracklisting, so I'm wimping out -- but you can follow along here, should you wish: www.discogs.com...
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Tony Coulter:

Greets, Cecile!
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listener james from westwood:

I am 100% here for manic collages.
  12:12pm
Dean:

History's weird. Agnew was alive and (as) well (as can be) in '85, didn't die until '96. For some reason I imagined him long gone by the time of this tribute.
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Tony Coulter:

Today's mystery under-the-cassettes LP is hardly a mystery if you've ever seen it -- it's this thing, by the great British band Blah Blah Blah: www.discogs.com...
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Tony Coulter:

Hey, Dean!
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βrian:

Thunder and snow on the isthmus right now. Good day.
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Tony Coulter:

Ahoy, βrian!
Avatar 12:17pm
βrian:

Nattering nabobs, all, today?
Avatar 12:18pm
Tony Coulter:

So, the cover of this Chadbourne cassette (seen on the left in the photo above the playlist) is a paper pouch that you drop the cassette into, from the top.
Avatar 12:19pm
Tony Coulter:

Nattering Nabobs of Chadbournetivity
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Carmichael:

Fuckin' Christ, it took me 19 minutes to figure out how to get here. Will somebody please fix the piece of shit homepage??

And hi Tony ...
Avatar 12:21pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey, Carmichael! Sorry for the frustration -- which I share....
  12:22pm
Dean:

Get with the program, Carmichael. This is the wave of the future! Now, everybody kneel and pay homage to our lord and savior, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He woulda kicked Gutenberg's ass.
  12:23pm
Mark Williams:

he just mixed in some Prince Far I dub during this "rugged sports" bit. Ha.
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Tony Coulter:

Hi, Mark! I was wondering what that was!!
  12:24pm
Mark Williams:

hey Tony. Sorry for the long absence. Work... yeah it's from Cry Tuff 3. Steve Beresford played on portions of that, interestingly enough.
  12:26pm
Dean:

See the link to discogs Tony provides to this cassette, the image of the tape and the typed notes. There's reference to a "Mondale/Van Halen duo," "Elvis Presley, rap," etc.
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βrian:

@Carmichael: This help?
upload.wikimedia.org...
  12:28pm
Mark Williams:

@Dean. Aha. So it's Presley who likes it rugged. Of course he did.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:33pm
Jeff Golick:

Ninth wonder of the world: Tony C.
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Tony Coulter:

Hey, Jeff! You must be the 8th wonder then, I guess....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:36pm
Jeff Golick:

Shit, I thought there were 8! You're 8 and your collection is 9, then.
  12:41pm
Dean:

That's why they're called "wonders." You're never certain how many there are.
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Tony Coulter:

I wonders....
  1:04pm
Dean:

Lemme direct your attention to a post by a friend who ordinarily blogs about law and philosophy stuff. Here he takes an interesting detour: http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2016/01/the-best-late-60searly-70s-rock-n-roll-album-youve-never-heard-of.html
Avatar 1:10pm
Tony Coulter:

Don't know that Universe -- tho I like the American band of the same name: rateyourmusic.com...
  1:12pm
Dean:

I don't know the latter, but "progressive rock" is compelling. In fact, the Polish Universe resembles a contemporaneous German prog band, Epitaph. Leiter is right, too, that they sound like early Tull. Weirdly, on the day before Leiter posted this I listened to "Stand Up" for the very first time in my life.
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Tony Coulter:

A Costes/Chadbourne collaboration would be quite a thing to behear, methinks....
  1:14pm
Dean:

Behear now.
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Tony Coulter:

"Stand Up" is my fave Tull album, I think.
  1:18pm
Dean:

Well, mine, too, inasmuch as it's the only one I've heard beginning to end.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:19pm
coelacanth:

greetings Tony and others
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Tony Coulter:

Hiya, coelacanth!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:20pm
coelacanth:

this tape is great!
Avatar 1:26pm
Tony Coulter:

Glad you like it. Costes for president!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:27pm
coelacanth:

that, or benevolent ruler of the universe...either one.
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Chris from DC:

I can safely say I will never forget seeing Costes.
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Tony Coulter:

Heya, Chris! Hope you weren't spattered with bodily fluids....
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Chris from DC:

Fortunately no
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:35pm
coelacanth:

hey Tony, how do you compare jethro tull's "this was" and "benefit" to "stand up"? This Was,together with Aqualung (even despite its overplayedness and commercial acceptance) are my 2 favorite 'tull albums; but i acquired stand up & benefit right as i was diving into punkrock, so they never got comparable attention.
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Tony Coulter:

I like Benefit too -- probably my second favorite. I also like Aqualung, but the radio overplay does get in the way.... "This Was" I haven't heard in years.
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Tony Coulter:

I wonder if Chadbourne has ever covered any Jethro Tull numbers....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:49pm
coelacanth:

thanks! benefit and this was are here. 'give 'em a spin later. (stand up in storage, not in alphabetical order)...i remember loving "this was".
...did Chadbourne cover songs? i only caught the tail-end of that tape.
Avatar 1:50pm
Tony Coulter:

Yeah, there were some drive-by covers in there -- and on most of his albums.
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Flash Strap:

Hi Tony! This is some wackadoo scene
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Tony Coulter:

Heya, Flash Strap! Calmness and order will be restored with today's last tape (the Steve Roden one)
  1:56pm
Dean:

No love for "Thick As a Brick" or "Passion Play"? I don't know them, but I wonder...
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Tony Coulter:

Never warmed up to either -- but I'm open to the idea that one day they'll grab me.
  1:58pm
Dean:

In any event, listen to Universe. The last track, a 1970 acetate, includes a riff on one of Holst's "Planets."
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Tony Coulter:

Will do. Here be the other Universe: www.youtube.com...
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coelacanth:

i like thick as a brick, but it's a big step down from aqualung,in my opinion; and each album to follow a step down from the previous one...then,for some reason, i like "songs from the wood"! it's very "pop" but the arrangements are excellent.
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Tony Coulter:

So maybe this French side of the Costes tape is basically the same (text-wise) as side A, but with some twists here and there. Dunno....
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coelacanth:

i'm getting that impression too.
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listener james from westwood:

Wild stuff today and glad to have it; where else would I ever have heard these?
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coelacanth:

(...actually Dean, "passion play" is as good as "...brick".)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:06pm
Jeff Golick:

I peeked ahead at today's assignment, and found this Roden (about whom I know nothing) interview: bombmagazine.org... Very enlightening!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:06pm
Guido from Cologne:

Hello Tony!
Sound Of Pig ... Al Margolis ... you know him in person, right?
I have this Blah Blah Blah, also the golden record.
Any idea who this is?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:07pm
coelacanth:

i recognise all 3 of these names, but i don't know where from.
  2:08pm
Dean:

It would help if Tull would produce a box set of early releases, maybe up to PP. I'd buy it, maybe. I'm loving the Hawkwind set of early stuff through "Hall of the Mountain Grill." It includes the Greasy Truckers Party material, which I once had on vinyl, but no more.
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Tony Coulter:

Thanks for that link, Jeff! My impression is that Roden is better known in the "art" world than in the music world....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:09pm
Jeff Golick:

This was my sole Tull jam: en.wikipedia.org... - total neophyte.

My first radio cohost - at my college radio station - was named Ian Anderson. This *still* makes me giggle a little, because I am 6.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:09pm
Guido from Cologne:

Ah, just found:
www.discogs.com...
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Tony Coulter:

Hiya, Guido! Yes, Al Margolis is a good and old friend....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:10pm
Rich in Washington:

Dammit! I missed the Chadbourne! And it's a tape I don't have!
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Flash Strap:

Enjoyed the anarchy of Costes but this restoration of order is utopian
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Tony Coulter:

Hey, Rich! Wish these shows could be archived....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:12pm
Rich in Washington:

It's kinda magic that they're not, but my schedule makes listening to shows random and difficult these days.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:14pm
Guido from Cologne:

If Sound Of Pig did not release Amy Denio's tapes, I never would have been introduced to one one of my most favorite ever performers. Unbelievabe, Amy says those "cheesy" tape releases kind of hepled to kick her profesional career.
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Tony Coulter:

For some stupid reason, I didn't keep my Amy Denio tapes, much as I like her -- wish I had. Some of that stuff was reissued on CD, though....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:17pm
Rich in Washington:

I think Amy's put a lot of her stuff on BandCamp, if that's yr cup o' tea....
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Tony Coulter:

@ Rich: Ya know, it kind of isn't. Not because I'm a format snob, but simply because I tend to lose track of my digital-only music. I need tangible packaging for something to make an impression on my poor brain.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:20pm
Guido from Cologne:

The CD reissues are definetely top-notch sound-wise.
Guess the original reel-to-reel masters must have been pretty good already.
Just the artwork sufferes.
Yes, on Bandcamp she returs to her old multi-track-way-of working from the 80ies.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:21pm
JtotheK:

this tape is quite relaxing.
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Tony Coulter:

I figgered we all needed to calm down....
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Kay:

I missed the Chadbourne for a meeting. Hope you can rerun the show someday like you've done for some Tape Hiss shows.
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Tony Coulter:

Heya, Kay. Yep, I will definitely consider rerunning this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:32pm
JtotheK:

that's the great thing about TV dinners - whatever isn't finished are not leftovers -- they are RERUNS!!! /krusty the clown joke...
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northguineahills:

I gotta to run in a sec, but I've been here since the beginning of Steve Roden, haven't heard his earlier stuff, very nice!
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Tony Coulter:

Hello (and goodbye too), NGH! I haven't heard his later stuff, so we're even.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:45pm
Jeff Golick:

Which tape cover is the Roden, Tony?
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Tony Coulter:

@ Jeff: The gold and off-white one in the lower righthand corner.....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:49pm
Jeff Golick:

Thx.
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V Priceless:

thanx TC!
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Tony Coulter:

Jeez, I'm an idiot. Picked up the Roden tape just now, and of course, wouldn't you know it, the title is actually "The Secret of Happiness." Sorry for the brain fart.....
  2:52pm
Dean:

Do tell. What is that secret?
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Tony Coulter:

He just told us -- but I was too busy pursuing it to notice.
  2:54pm
Dean:

Maybe it's a breath mint. You know, the sucret of happiness.
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Tony Coulter:

And, one more correction to add to the ever-expanding list of corrections: Turns out Jesse is out today. Kurt Gottschalk will be filling in -- don't miss it!
  2:55pm
Dean:

Immediately following the close of this program I'm hitting Play on that 1977 Universe record...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:56pm
JtotheK:

enjoyed the show, thanks Tony!
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Tony Coulter:

You're welcome, JtotheK!
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coelacanth:

i would too Dean,but i have to head out.
i've got 3 new bookmarks and 2 jethro tull albums to follow up on now.
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Tony Coulter:

Thanks for showing up, everyone!! See you next week....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:59pm
Rich in Washington:

Thaaaaaannnkkkssss Toooonnnyyyy!!!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:59pm
coelacanth:

Thank you Tony! really Great stuff today!
ciao all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:59pm
Jeff Golick:

Thanks, Tony!
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listener james from westwood:

Many thanks, Tony!
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