Toadcast #63 – Sprrring is Here!
Spring makes a fucking colossal difference, doesn’t it. People have been tripping around Edinburgh with a spring in their step for the last week, when the sun has come out and the air, whilst it may still be a little chilly, is notably warmer. It’s gentler, I suppose, is the main difference. There’s something of a release about Spring, as if all the uncomfortable restraint of Winter no longer has to be acknowledged. Does anyone remember that episode of Northern Exposure when the ice melted? Everyone went nuts, and the relieved exhalation we all express on the coming of the sunshine does remind me in many ways of a tame version of the exact same mania depicted in that episode of, erm, a serialised drama from the, er, mid ah nineties… anyone still reading? Never mind.
In any case, this is a purposeless but musically excellent podcast which is something of a lazy one, if I’m honest. Frankly though, I think I deserve it after the effort put into the Pictish Session, so fuck you if you have an issue with that. Tee hee. There’s a lot of new release stuff on here, a couple of bands reviewed recently on the site, and a couple who are going to be reviewed later this week. Next week I’ll think of a theme. Promise.
Toadcast #63 – Sprrring is Here!
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01. The Soft Pack – Right & Wrong (01.33)
02. Maxwell Panther – A Shade Away (08.24)
03. Phil & the Osophers – They Threw a Shoe at You (11.16)
04. The Felice Brothers – The Big Surprise (15.34)
05. The Empty Set – Alice & Bob (Forlorn Photo Love) (24.01)
06. The Van Allen Belt – The Revolution Will be Merchandised (27.24)
07. Meursault (no, not that Meursault) – Blindfolds (33.31)
08. Outlaw Con Bandana – Rainy Season (37.16)
09. Dame Satan – Ghost Dance (39.25)
10. Peter Doherty – 1939 Returning (49.30)
The other Meursault sounds like Ross Clarke and the Scarfs
A super-looking track list to be sure. Just bagged my copy of the new Felice Brothers, and I’m really counting on it. Come on boys, do your magic.
Kudos on all the hard work with the Pictish Trail Session. I haven’t had a chance to listen properly yet, but now the weekend’s here I’m all over it.
So here’s the news from my hometown this week:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/nyregion/04hostage.html?_r=1&hp
Fuck.
i saw that, it is being reported over here that it was done under orders from some Mullah in Pakistan in revenge for the drone bombings.
and in your words…..Fuck
Oh Christ. Another one of those cases where all you can really say is, erm, fuck.
And needless to say, I write a post about Spring and by the time it goes live it’s pissing down with rain outside. Rainy Saturday afternoons with Ella on the record player. Vinyl is made for these sorts of days.
i think days like these are also made for footie in the radio…..only saying that cos thats what i’m doing
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!!!!!!!!!
Great PD song. He’s not bad…he’s ALL BAD! NYUK NYUK!
Seeing as the next ‘cast is LXIV, why not try, in light of John Humphreys’ new book on moriphobia (death-fear), meditations on death and the elderly, all the more pertinent as the Christians celebrate the death and undeath of their Messiah next week.
Best.