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Favoriting March 30, 2017: 1987

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Artist Track Album Year Comments Approx. start time
The Group  Warm Valley   Favoriting Cambridge 1987.01.21  1987    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Mekons  (Sometimes I Feel Like) Fletcher Christian   Favoriting So Good It Hurts  1987    0:08:16 (Pop-up)
Algebra Suicide  Tuesday Tastes Good   Favoriting The Secret Like Crazy  1987    0:12:47 (Pop-up)
Tall Dwarfs  Waltz Of The Good Husband   Favoriting Dogma  1987    0:15:36 (Pop-up)
Kastrierte Philosophen  I Call It Just   Favoriting Between Shootings  1987    0:18:20 (Pop-up)
Live Skull  Slugfest   Favoriting Dusted  1987    0:21:51 (Pop-up)
Laughing Hyenas  That Girl   Favoriting Merry Go Round  1987    0:24:05 (Pop-up)
Volcano Suns  Magic Sky   Favoriting Bumper Crop  1987    0:29:14 (Pop-up)
No Trend  Without Me   Favoriting Tritonian Nash Vegas Polyester Complex  1987    0:32:05 (Pop-up)
Dinosaur Jr.  The Lung   Favoriting You're Living All Over Me  1987    0:35:33 (Pop-up)
The Bevis Frond  Now You Know   Favoriting Bevis Through The Looking Glass (The Great Magnet Disaster)  1987    0:39:21 (Pop-up)
Sonic Youth  Pacific Coast Highway   Favoriting Sister  1987    0:42:31 (Pop-up)
Swans  Children Of God   Favoriting Children Of God  1987    0:46:48 (Pop-up)
Wire  Ahead   Favoriting The Ideal Copy  1987    0:51:05 (Pop-up)
 
Drunks With Guns  Wonderful Subdivision   Favoriting Drunks With Guns  1987    1:00:49 (Pop-up)
Happy Flowers  The Sun That Burns   Favoriting My Skin Covers My Body  1987    1:06:11 (Pop-up)
Confuse  Spending Loud Night   Favoriting Spending Loud Night  1987    1:09:16 (Pop-up)
S.O.B.  Raging In Hell   Favoriting Don't Be Swindle  1987    1:13:10 (Pop-up)
Plague  City Life   Favoriting Just Say No  1987    1:14:40 (Pop-up)
Inzest  Endless Money War   Favoriting Another Religion Another Violence  1987    1:15:35 (Pop-up)
Napalm Death  Polluted Minds   Favoriting Scum  1987    1:17:11 (Pop-up)
Raped Teenagers  S-Märkt   Favoriting Kalas Puffar  1987    1:18:08 (Pop-up)
Melvins  Leeech   Favoriting Gluey Porch Treatments  1987    1:19:24 (Pop-up)
Neurosis  Life On Your Knees   Favoriting Pain Of Mind  1987    1:21:51 (Pop-up)
Death  Infernal Death   Favoriting Scream Bloody Gore  1987    1:24:13 (Pop-up)
Bathory  Woman Of Dark Desires   Favoriting Under The Sign Of The Black Mark  1987    1:27:02 (Pop-up)
NON  Sunset   Favoriting Blood & Flame  1987    1:31:06 (Pop-up)
Test Dept.  Long Live British Democracy Which Flourishes And Is Constantly Perfected Under The Immaculate Guidance Of The Great, Honourable, Generous And Correct Margaret Hilda Thatcher. She Is The Blue Sky In Th   Favoriting A Good Night Out  1987  e Hearts Of All Nations. Our People Pay Homage And Bow In Deep Respect And Gratitude To Her. The Milk Of Human Kindness.  1:34:39 (Pop-up)
Death In June  Touch Defiles   Favoriting Brown Book  1987    1:41:36 (Pop-up)
Edward Ka-Spel  The Qa' Spell   Favoriting AaΔzhyd China Doll  1987    1:43:54 (Pop-up)
Momus  The Gatecrasher   Favoriting The Poison Boyfriend  1987    1:47:44 (Pop-up)
 
Loop  Straight To Your Heart   Favoriting Heaven's End  1987    1:59:38 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson And The Explosives  The Wind And More   Favoriting Casting The Runes  1987    2:05:51 (Pop-up)
DZ Lectric  Melancolies   Favoriting Be Eclectic!  1987    2:12:03 (Pop-up)
Bailter Space  I'm In Love With These Times   Favoriting Nelsh Bailter Space  1987    2:15:42 (Pop-up)
Cows  Redhouse   Favoriting Taint Pluribus Taint Unum  1987    2:18:59 (Pop-up)
My Bloody Valentine  Never Say Goodbye   Favoriting Strawberry Wine  1987    2:21:31 (Pop-up)
The Wedding Present  My Favourite Dress   Favoriting George Best  1987    2:23:58 (Pop-up)
Big Dipper  Loch Ness Monster   Favoriting Heavens  1987    2:28:12 (Pop-up)
The Crucifucks  Artificial Competition   Favoriting Wisconsin  1987    2:30:52 (Pop-up)
Miracle Legion  All For The Best   Favoriting Surprise Surprise Surprise  1987    2:34:07 (Pop-up)
No Unauthorized  Suicidez-Moi Pas!   Favoriting Desperately Seeking Suicide  1987    2:39:13 (Pop-up)
Coil  Cardinal Points   Favoriting Gold Is The Metal (With The Broadest Shoulders)  1987    2:41:23 (Pop-up)
Celtic Frost  One In Their Pride (Porthole Mix)   Favoriting Into The Pandemonium  1987    2:45:37 (Pop-up)
Sly, Robbie, Cat Coore And The Gang  Dub In Carnegie Hall   Favoriting Bad Boy Patrol / Dub In Carnegie Hall  1987    2:48:26 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

Avatar 12:06pm
Mister Dobalina:

This is a nice track to listen to while live watching these ISS astronauts go to work on the station. www.nasa.gov...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:08pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

Afternoon, ya'll!

Feeling this.
  12:11pm
mary:

thank u for MEKONS
  12:13pm
Listener142985:

Please sir may we have more Mekons
Avatar 12:13pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

helloooo chris and imaginary friends
Avatar 12:14pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Good lord. Ain't heard Algebra Suicide in a seahorse's momma's age.
Avatar 12:17pm
Chris M.:

hello and good afternoon ladies and gentlemen
  12:18pm
mary:

oh how I miss the days of MEKONS performances around nyc and area...and seeing belinda and hova there most of the time.
  12:19pm
mary:

Love the show, Chris!
  12:19pm
Tanner:

Hey ervyone what's up gamboys
  12:23pm
Canada:

Tuesday tastes gooooooooood
  12:23pm
Blix:

1987...I always love these "year" sets that you make. Hopefully I have better sense today than I did back then.
Avatar 12:25pm
Chris M.:

thanks @mary and @Blix!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:26pm
chris:

hey, Chris M. all i can remember from 1987 is license to ill... what's wrong with me?
  12:28pm
Marie:

Loving this Lauging Hyensa!
Avatar 12:29pm
Chris M.:

@chris: you've got to fight for your right to remember things good. try doing crossword puzzles regularly.
Avatar 12:31pm
KellTX:

Imaginary Radio is my favorite day of the week!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:32pm
coelacanth∅:

greetings Chris and imaginary friends
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:32pm
drr:

Yay, Volcano Suns!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:32pm
drr:

That was a very cool comment.
Avatar 12:33pm
Chris M.:

thanks @KellTX!
Avatar 12:34pm
upstate chris:

this programme totally rocks up the airwaves for Thursday radio
  12:35pm
bill:

George Harrison's comeback year!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:36pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

All hail 1987!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:36pm
coelacanth∅:

-and the pixies' first (& best) album?
Avatar 12:37pm
ant brain:

SICK
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:38pm
blee:

Dino!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:39pm
drr:

oh yeah, 1987...I worked for Copy Cop in Boston so I had Peter Prescott and Roger Miller as co-workers (different branches though).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:40pm
coelacanth∅:

[mission of burma guys?]
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:42pm
drr:

yes, and Volcano Suns.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:47pm
Polyus:

Missing all the Good Things here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:48pm
chris:

thanks for dislodging some cobwebs, Chris M. i'll pop on down to my local crossword puzzle purveyor right after the show.
Avatar 12:49pm
ant brain:

this playlist is making me realize how many records I love from 1987...what a great year for tunes
  12:49pm
mary:

oh 87 sigh
  12:50pm
mary:

great show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:50pm
joe mulligan:

What a year!! Only the hits Chris! could you play U.S.S.A. ??
  12:51pm
bill:

Debbie Gibson vs. Tiffany, I still can't decide
Avatar 12:53pm
Cheri Pi:

just in time!
  12:54pm
Brian Turner:

I would like to hear C'est la Vie by Robbie Nevil please.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:54pm
Polyus:

I think this is my favorite 80s Wire song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:58pm
drr:

I thought Robbie Nevil was 1986, and I would not like to hear it. Again.
  1:01pm
Brian Turner:

YOURE RIGHT. Was a hit in 87. OK. I rescind. Mony Mony by William Idol then please.
  1:01pm
david in davis ca:

such a great play list.
  1:02pm
PJ:

The Replacements, Husker Du, Tom Waits, and R.E.M. were in heavy rotation on my turntable
Avatar 1:02pm
Chris from DC:

Th'Drunks!
Avatar 1:02pm
Chris M.:

trying to get to each and every one of these song requests
Avatar 1:03pm
Chris from DC:

Got any Band of Susans?
  1:04pm
Listener142985:

Mom/Dad seem touched by the dedication.
  1:08pm
bill:

Pls play Inna Gadda da Vida by Slaye - never mind, they suck
Avatar 1:10pm
Chris M.:

@bill: Bodycount cover Slayer on their new album. in case you want to hear Ice T sing Reign In Blood
  1:12pm
bill:

Chris thx for the tip! and the tinnitus (jeez this Confuse is noisy)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:14pm
drr:

That was one of the more musical Happy Flowers numbers.
  1:16pm
r i s k y:

LETS GO! Owwwww
Avatar 1:22pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

1987 = quite the flashback year over here. Did my best to attend every hardcore gig in DC, & probably nearly succeeded..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:22pm
chris:

one of my fav Melvins... didn't realize it was '87. sick.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:23pm
rsj:

looking forward to hearing RAW
Avatar 1:23pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

...home listening was all HC, nerdy cosmic synth, & spacerock. Not a bad life, in hindsight.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:24pm
Polyus:

Flaming Lips - Oh My Gawd. When they were still cool, man.
Avatar 1:28pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

A little DEATH never hurt anybody.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:30pm
Michael 98145:

ten years after the Summer of Love
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:30pm
Michael 98145:

make that TWENTY
Avatar 1:31pm
KRYPT:

I still miss Quorthon, rest his black soul.
Avatar 1:33pm
Mister Dobalina:

During this set of heavy hitters, I can't help but to think of Kramer at his auditions moshing around.
Avatar 1:33pm
KellTX:

I'm doing that in my office right now!
Avatar 1:34pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Knee-deep in the reagan administration at this time. Interesting hindsight (hindsound?)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:47pm
Michael 98145:

Loved those Dots.
Avatar 1:50pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

[after the NON/Test Dept., enters a swooning flashback of 2nd-wave industrial music, wonders whatever became of Sink Manhattan, googles, finds that the pic on discogs was one I took at an outdoor gig here, circa 1988 (evidently had scanned & posted somewhere) -- th'internet is creepy weird.]
Avatar 1:51pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

@rev: woah
Avatar 1:51pm
Chris M.:

@Rev. Turnip Druid: link?
Avatar 1:54pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

It was a gig at P Street Beach; awesomely loud. Two bassists, drums, & two dudes banging on septic tanks. A fine day in the sun. www.discogs.com...
  1:54pm
bill:

whew, that set almost killed everybody
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:54pm
Michael 98145:

great show !!
Avatar 1:56pm
KellTX:

@bill...Hahahaha! No doubt!
  1:56pm
uk79rip:

MT empty
Avatar 1:57pm
Chris from DC:

RTD, how the hell did I miss that?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:58pm
Michael 98145:

BTW, The Tear Garden is about to release new music
Avatar 1:59pm
upstate chris:

A lot of good books from 1987 too
Avatar 2:00pm
Chris from DC:

YES!
Avatar 2:01pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Toad: I think it was a Positive Force show, so it was a weird mix with Ignition, Fidelity Jones, etc..

[stops short] ... th'LOOOOOOOOP!
Avatar 2:01pm
MenfussMike:

freaking love LOOP
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:01pm
Polyus:

I do love Loop, you're right Chris.
Avatar 2:02pm
Chris M.:

@Rev. Turnip Druid: wow. i've seen that photo many times before. nice one!
@Michael 98145: exciting news! link?
Avatar 2:02pm
MenfussMike:

saw the LOOP tour a few years ago or so in Knoxville. did not disappoint
Avatar 2:04pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

@Chris M : alternate capture from that set: www.flickr.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:04pm
Michael 98145:

@ChrisM : www.pledgemusic.com...
Avatar 2:04pm
Chris from DC:

Loop and Jowe Head was a great package deal.
Avatar 2:05pm
Chris M.:

thanks guys
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:06pm
Polyus:

That Loop tour was one of only two instances in which I grabbed the setlist at the end. It was displayed proudly on my fridge for a long time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:08pm
drr:

I was hoping for some Go-Betweens but I hear this show going in a different direction.
Avatar 2:08pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

love roky so much
  2:13pm
bill:

yay Roky
  2:15pm
mto:

aneurysm riff
Avatar 2:17pm
Chris from DC:

Another YES!
Avatar 2:20pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

pre-amrep COWS!
Avatar 2:20pm
Marshall Stacks:

Isn't Bailter Space an NYC band these days?
Avatar 2:21pm
Chris from DC:

They were for a while, not sure if they went back to NZ.
Avatar 2:23pm
KellTX:

Man, I used to get all kinds of stupid at Cows shows. So much FUN
Avatar 2:25pm
Chris from DC:

Oh, my favourite Wedding Present.
Avatar 2:25pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

@KellTX: absolutely. Favorite shows ever. The Cows/God Bullies tours were brain-enders.
Avatar 2:27pm
KellTX:

@Rev.Turnip, soooo much debauchery. *sigh*
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:28pm
drr:

I've never been able to enjoy The Wedding Present much because I think their records are mixed to accentuate the frequencies where my hearing loss is most pronounced, but this is great.
Avatar 2:32pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

th'FUX!
  2:32pm
Marie:

Ccccchhhhhhhrrrrrrriiiiiiisssssss!!!!! Great show! Thanks.
Avatar 2:32pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

BEST VOCALIST OF ALL TIME FOREVER AMEN.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:33pm
Rich in Washington:

INDEED! Hail Doc Corbin Dart!
Avatar 2:33pm
KellTX:

Yesssssss
Avatar 2:33pm
Chris from DC:

So good.
  2:33pm
Anonymous Coward:

OMG - my college town punk group. Doc Dart for Mayor!
  2:33pm
Bob:

awesome show today!
  2:33pm
Blix:

Chris, I've had to miss most of your shows since you moved to this later time slot, but glad that I was able to get in here today. Much enjoyment. Hard to believe that all of this great music was happening "underground" but the industry still felt they needed to invent Milli Vanilli in 1988.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:33pm
Rich in Washington:

recall reading an article about a dozen years ago about his current state, whereabouts, etc. Probably not much improved by now.
Avatar 2:33pm
Wild Neil:

PEACE all....WOW that was THIRTY YEARS AGO. jeez I'm old....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:34pm
drr:

This is recorded really well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:34pm
psysci:

better old than dead
  2:35pm
jfloater2000:

god bless you for playing the crucifucks
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:35pm
Michael 98145:

at least we can still remember most of this
  2:36pm
r i s k y:

One of my favorite songs of all time right here.

Thanks Chris
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:36pm
drr:

now this (Miracle Legion) is the 80s drum sound I remember!
  2:37pm
dinatekno:

Every minute of this show has been perfect. Thank you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:39pm
Michael 98145:

we can assume almost all of this was recorded to multi-track tape
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:41pm
Michael 98145:

Syndrums!
  2:43pm
brat cabin:

Smalltown, Wisconsin. 1987. Tortured-as-fuck moody skaterboy. Listening to SY's Sister and BB's Headache on perpetual repeat. Preparing myself to fully appreciate today's show. All the black hearts to you, Chris. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Avatar 2:43pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

WHOA. Had that Desperately Seeking Suicide comp ages ago. Brain essplodes. There may have been a rare Psychodrama sighting on there, even (?)
  2:47pm
Listener142985:

what a thoroughly excellent show this was
Avatar 2:47pm
Chris M.:

thanks a lot for all the nice comments today. glad to hear from you all
  2:47pm
Matt in Hillsborough:

O-O-ONE IN THEIR PRIDE
Avatar 2:48pm
PKNY:

Aw yeah, Celtic Frost! Saw them on this tour, glad to have caught them before they went glam/acid wash on the next record.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:48pm
Michael 98145:

that was a lot of work. thanks again, Chris M.
  2:48pm
bill:

disappointed there weren't more hell's angels shout outs. otherwise OUTSTANDING SHOW CHRIS M!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:52pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

This show has substantially renewed my faith in 1987. Hopefully, the 2017 retrospective in thirty years will have the same effect.
Avatar 2:53pm
Chris from DC:

Did someone add theremin to this loop?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:55pm
steveo:

Was wondering same, ChrisDC, thought I was possibly only losing it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:55pm
G:

Nice
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:55pm
chris:

what a great show, Chris M. thank you!
Avatar 2:56pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

large yay.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:56pm
steveo:

I think the sign at the post office only says "no pedestrians" so skateboards are fine.
Avatar 2:56pm
KellTX:

Thank you, Chris M!
Avatar 2:57pm
Chris from DC:

Yeah
  3:00pm
whomp:

So much great music from 1987. This show is awesome!
  3:00pm
whomp:

So much great music from 1987. This show is awesome!
Avatar 5:32pm
Fox (Rā-chul):

Hooray for Virgil Finlay!
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