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[Soundtrackage] Fred Karlin - Westworld (1973)

I first saw Westworld when I was a small boy and, boy, did Yul Brynner, with his eerie shimmery silvery eyes, scare the living shit out of me.

That film is still fantastic and takes a premis that's pretty silly if you read it on paper (and see it during the first half of the film..) but is also one of the more relentless 'chase thrillers' you'll find.

Part of the greatness of the film is Fred Karlin's soundtrack - to be fair, most of the soundtrack isn't that interesting, consisting mainly of warbling Ye Olde Wilde West-y country tracks, but when Karlin allows the electronics to come in, he hits a new level.

Here are my two favourite tracks. The first is used in the film as a sort of 'theme of the gunslinger' (as Brynner's character is called), and is just as relentless as the character is, building and building, persevering, never letting go. The second track appears during the strangely peaceful and sort of unnerving scenes when the shot or otherwise broken robots are collected by engineers to be repaired behind the scenes. It's a floaty little number, the easiest comparison might be to something like early Boards of Canada.

The Gunslinger:

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Robot Repair:

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And here's the whole thing, if you're interested.

highlights from The Best Show last night

Spike On Michael Jackson


The 10th Annual Gathering Of The Juggalos (with Paul F. Tompkins)

Perfect Unpop - Peel Show Hits & Long-Lost Lo-Fi Favourites Vol.1 1976-80

this compilation is so fucking amazing you won't believe your ears. enjoy

The Wasps - Teenage Treats


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Flipper - In The Garden

flipper is one of my all-time favorite bands. this is one of my favorite flipper songs, taken from the lovely 1983 Gone Fishin' Demos bootleg. the song was unfortunately never officially released. :( (sad face) but you can hear this lost gem RIGHT NOW

Angra - Wuthering Heights

I love Kate Bush and her music. No, I LOVE Kate Bush and her music. This is non-negotiable. I'm leaving the table now, we're done here. LEAVE IT.

Anyway, I came across this metal cover of her song Wuthering Heights, by Angra and it's fantastic. The song is just perfect for the wailage of classic metal.

I always feel that the true test of any song is for it to be covered. A truly great song can survive almost any genre-related sludge a band can smear all over it.

Cue Kate and Angra!


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Cheap Trick - Surrender

Cheap Trick - Surrender (1978)



Steel Pole Bath Tub - Surrender (1995)



Sick To The Back Teeth - Surrender (2009)

Nauseacast revisited

the legendary Nausea blog (pretentiousblogtitle.blogspot.com) featured a weekly podcast called Nauseacast. it was hosted by a computer voice and featured freeform music and bizarre audio. here is your chance to get all the half-hour episodes at once, including the very rare later episodes!

01. nauseacast #1 - a certain sadness (30:04)
02. nauseacast #2 - paws off (30:10)
03. nauseacast #3 - whistlin dixie (30:21)
04. nauseacast #4 - cabin man (30:28)
05. nauseacast #5 - who are you? (30:23)
06. nauseacast #6 - cupcake (30:31)
07. nauseacast #7 - teenage time-killer (30:15)
08. nauseacast #8 - ordovician (30:00)
09. nauseacast #9 - property is theft (30:20)
10. nauseacast #10 - hank williams (29:43)
11. nauseacast #11 - n is for nausea (30:39)
12. nauseacast #12 - litanies (30:02)
13. nauseacast #13 - comes a time (30:03)
14. nauseacast #14 - cobain's killer (30:09)
15. nauseacast #15 - france (30:27)
16. nauseacast #16 - stress builds character (30:14)
17. nauseacast #17 - the sound of fun (30:45)
18. nauseacast #18 - south by southwest (30:06)
19. nauseacast #19 - when the top comes off (30:23)
20. nauseacast #20 - coat (30:28)
21. nauseacast #21 - terrorist (30:04)
22. nauseacast #22 - 808 snares and orchestra stabs (30:41)
23. nauseacast #23 - ottoman (30:08)
24. nauseacast #24 - la terre (30:06)
25. nauseacast #25 - at giza (30:27)
26. nauseacast #26 - aminals (30:35)
27. nauseacast #27 - superheroes (30:37)
28. nauseacast #28 - vampires (30:33)
29. nauseacast #29 - halloween (30:19)
30. nauseacast #30 - apache (30:21)
31. nauseacast #31 - mistress (29:41)
32. nauseacast #32 - metal (30:37)
33. nauseacast #33 - name that tune (30:17)
34. nauseacast #34 - jagged time lapse (30:31)
35. nauseacast #35 - free (30:00)
36. nauseacast #36 - christmas special part one (31:01)
37. nauseacast #37 - christmas special part two (30:57)
38. nauseacast #38 - the french connection (30:35)
39. nauseacast #39 - tokyo drifter (30:22)
40. nauseacast #40 - bad lieutenant (30:00)
41. nauseacast #41 - demons 2 (30:34)
42. nauseacast #42 - cherry red (30:23)
43. nauseacast #43 - the beast must die (30:29)
44. nauseacast #44 - valentine's day (30:18)
45. nauseacast #45 - sister street fighter (30:25)
46. nauseacast #46 - a tiny book (30:34)
47. nauseacast #47 - the bird with the crystal plumage (30:40)
48. nauseacast #48 - all number sevens on the astral plane (29:57)
49. nauseacast #49 - public service announcement from your dreams (30:36)
50. nauseacast #50 - set the controls for the heart of the sun (30:30)
51. nauseacast #51 - pins are the lords of the amusement machine (30:46)
52. nauseacast #52 - see you later alligator (30:50)

broken up into four gigantic zip files:

nauseacast episodes 1-11
nauseacast episodes 12-24
nauseacast episodes 25-37
nauseacast episodes 38-52

totaling 1.38 gb.. each zip includes the full tracklist and index file.

In Heaven

i don't know of any movie scenes that have been covered or referenced more often by bands than the singing chipmunk-faced lady scene in Eraserhead.

"In Heaven", the song sung by the Lady in the Radiator, has been covered by Bauhaus, Devo, Norma Loy, WC3 (à trois dans les WC), Haus Arafna, Miranda Sex Garden, Annie Christian, Pankow, Pixies, The Sherrysa-Whore, Desolation Yes, Bang Gang, Helios, Donny Who Loved Bowling, Forgotten Sunrise and Tuxedomoon. Indie rockers Modest Mouse borrowed lines from "In Heaven" for "Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'", as did the anarcho-punk band Rubella Ballet for their song "Slant and Slide". Scottish 1980s band Win! covered the Lady in the Radiator's song as a B-side on their 1986 hit single "You've Got the Power".

here are just a few examples:

Tuxedomoon - Heaven (From The Film Eraserhead), (1981)


Rubella Ballet - Slant + Slide, (1981)


The Pixies - In Heaven (Lady In The Radiatior Song)


Zola Jesus - Lady In The Radiator, (2009)

Swans - Children Of God

today's classc album is children of god by the swans. it's one of their best albums; it's their transitional phase between heavy sludge metal pounding post-everything and their epic pop period. it's also the super-scary christian themed record. you know it, you love it - if you don't then you must hear it.

i will hook you in with this deep cut from the very end:

I'll Swallow You



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Love - Bummer In The Summer

this song is much better than Summertime Blues... partly because it mentions fucking.

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