FFFreakout #387 (Aired on 11/14/13)

Oneohtrix Point Never "Problem Areas" from R Plus Seven
Sparkling Wide Pressure "Fall Back Into a Sea of Love" from FFFour KMSU
Ornette Coleman "Street Woman" from Science Fiction
Alice Coltrane "Blue Nile" from Ptah The El Daoud
Throbbing Gristle "Distant Dreams, Part Two" from Mission of Dead Souls
Trampled by Turtles "Drinkin' in the Morning" from Live At First Avenue
Talking Heads "Road to Nowhere" (early version) from Little Creatures (deluxe edition)
Faces "Ooh La La" from Ooh La La
Arcade Fire "Flash Bulb Eyes" from Reflektor
Tom Petty "Feel a Whole Lot Better" from Full Moon Fever
Alejandro Escovedo "Always a Friend" from Real Animal

Jandek, "Athens Saturday" review by Bill Shute of Kendra Steiner Editions

Bill Shute of Kendra Steiner Editions, who appeared on a few of our 

Jandek Study Group Overnight shows and whose work was featured on 

our podcast, has been one of the few writers out there to continue to provide 

thoughtful coverage of Jandek's recent output. We've said it time and time 

again, Jandek is producing some of the most ambitious and groundbreaking 

music of his long and storied career, yet there is a surprising lack of commentary 

that goes beyond the tired "outsider-with-a-detuned-guitar" insight. Bill is able 

to contextualize these works in a meaningful and engaging fashion, so we are thrilled 

that, as with The Songs of Morgan, he has kindly allowed us to re-publish his review of 

Jandek's latest live set, Athens Saturday. Like all Corwood Industries releases,

this 2-CD set can be purchased at a reasonable price ($12 U.S./$13 overseas)

from the most reliable mail order service around:

Corwood Industries

P.O. Box 15375

Houston, TX 77220

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Jandek’s appearance at the Orange Twin Conservation Community in Athens, Georgia was of great interest to me, primarily for two reasons: 1) it was the next show after the Austin, TX Jandek concert that I organized/curated in June 2012, so I was excited to see how Corwood would follow-up that stunning performance in Austin; and 2) Orange Twin seemed like a fascinating and unique venue. Here is a brief description (not a recent one, alas) of the concept of OT, quoted from a Google Sites article: 

The Athens, GA based Orange Twin is currently working on an “eco-village” on the northside of the town. The ultimate goal of the eco-village is to create a “pedestrian-based eco-village while preserving 100 acres of woodland five miles from downtown Athens.” Orange Twin’s vision statement is to live with one another and all forms of life, flora and fauna, in a way that respects all life, is considerate, and open to growth. The village would encourage diversity of all types. They hope to be understanding and open-minded to other’s ideas, they hope to learn and grow hand-in-hand, and to offer what they learn to others. They will also support each other, to encourage creativity, and to share their discoveries. They hope to create an integrated community that supports all aspects of life in a way that will not harm, but heal the planet. 

One uncommon aspect of the show’s organization was that ticket prices were lower if you DID NOT bring a car and carpooling was actively encouraged. AND if you bicycled there, you got a voucher for free food! Also, the amphitheater was an old Girl Scout Pavilion. Thus, this was going to be a fascinating venue for the show.

Corwood has now released the recording of the concert on a two-cd set called ATHENS SATURDAY, which has made waves in the Jandek community because for the first time, Corwood has released a show out of recording sequence. Many of us used to joke about Corwood having gotten to the end of 2006 in its schedule of Jandek live albums and how a particular show we enjoyed from 2008 or 2009 or whatever might get released by 2019 if we were lucky. Well, all that is over now…evidently, Corwood will be releasing live albums out of recording sequence…yet another wild card in the full-of-surprises Corwood/Jandek CD catalogue. After all, who was expecting a nine-cd set of solo piano earlier this year?

Of course, any performance titled WAITING TO DIE is probably going to be of a weighty and deep nature. I have previously made analogies to the process of a method actor in my descriptions of Jandek’s lyrics being given life in performance—-an actor finding hidden aspects of his/her psyche and then exploring character within the parameters of those areas. Much like the way in which the sparse but dense and rich dramatic texts of Harold Pinter or Samuel Beckett or late-period Tennessee Williams, which may seem skeletal and minimal on the page, become fully sketched out when inhabited by an actor, it seems to me that Jandek gets into a deep “performance zone” prior to recording or live performance and brings to life, “in character,” the existential monologues and dialogues of his texts. Many early critics of Jandek’s work did not seem to get that. Shakespeare is not “mad” because he wrote King Lear; Jim Thompson was not a murderer because he wrote “The Killer Inside Me.” Jandek explores deep places inside the psyche and explores profound existential questions—-questions about ultimate meaning and about identity and about the meaning of EVERY MOMENT of everyday life, not just the ones we designate as “important.” For many reasons, Jandek is one of my favorite contemporary poets–he just happens to bring his works to life through live performance, as part of a unique music-and-voice collage, whether we are talking about one of his own solo albums with guitar and voice or a live performance, as we have here with an ensemble, where the Rep is one voice, one thread woven through the quilt.

The text here (just google “Jandek, Athens, lyrics” and you can find an excellent transcription of the lyrics by “Greg F” if you want to read along) is a kind of interior monologue that splits into an interior dialogue. Someone once commented that the setting of most of Edgar Allan Poe’s works is the mind, and one could make a similar observation here, although as often happens with a Jandek lyric, it’s full of poetic phenomenological particulars….the matter-of-fact pieces of experience that tend to make up our days and nights: sitting in chairs, debating whether or not to do some mundane activity, wondering about ice chests and naps and baseball games and shoes and peaches. The central section of the piece features either a bickering couple, finding themselves taking the opposite sides out of habit and out of spite, or perhaps more likely an internal dialogue, as we question every move we make and undercut ourselves. Remember the old Warner Brothers cartoons where Elmer Fudd or some similar character has a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other, both whispering into his ear, both trying to influence his behavior? Just imagine both of them INSIDE the narrator’s head, aspects of his own psyche.

The moods of the narrator’s flow of ideas and images is brilliantly mirrored by the musicians–in particular, the cellist and the bass clarinet player set the beyond-time pace early on and create a languid sound-canvas that the other musicians and the Representative himself swim in, sometimes diving to the bottom, sometimes coming to the surface, sometimes treading water, sometimes in pursuit of something in the water, always moving in relation to the other swimmers in a kind of underwater dance. While the tone is in many places solemn, it varies and is in some passages witty, mirroring the nature of the lyric. Jandek himself plays keyboards, set both to “acoustic” and “electric” and moves seamlessly between them. As part of an ensemble, his playing tends to be pointillistic, and he on occasion provides pianistic shading while delivering the lyrics…and often provides a keyboard “commentary” on the text between or right after particular lines. The subtle playing of guitarist Bradford Cox and percussionist Eric Harris should also be praised—though some referred to this as an “all-star” ensemble, there were no star turns at this performance, no showing off…just organic ensemble playing (by musicians who are listeners first), strands in the weave. Overall, this is undulating yet understated music that breathes. Those who liked Jandek’s MAZE OF THE PHANTOM should like the music here, though this lacks the exotica element of PHANTOM.

Except for getting up to change CD’s in the middle of the performance, I lost any sense of time while listening to ATHENS SATURDAY. It took me into its world, almost in a cinematic way, and in a place beyond time, a place beyond time-keeping beats and traditional theme-variation-theme development of ideas, the next thing I knew, the album was over…and I had the sense of walking back into daily reality from some kind of wooded area within the mind…richer for having taken this journey.

WAITING TO DIE? We’re all waiting to die…and those of us who realize that find an incredible freedom once we stare into that void. We also realize that time’s-a-wasting….these dialogues are, in the end, time-killing….it’s best to do, to achieve. I have the feeling that an artist who has released 70+ albums has come to that realization long ago…but we all must keep making the commitment, keep silencing the doubting questions and the dissonant dialogues…

As this piece closes, the final three lines are:

TIME, THE END OF ALL HIS DAYS 
WAS STARING HIM IN HIS FACE 
AND HE SIMPLY COULD NOT LOOK AWAY

The performance WAITING TO DIE is no less than a musical and lyrical deep venturing into the psyche, airing some painful truths and putting the spotlight on aspects of the psyche that are not usually discussed—-not because they are evil or because they are incomprehensible , but because they are taken for granted. Jandek takes nothing for granted.

FFFreakout #386 (Live on 11/7/13)

Palais Schaumburg "Morgen wird der Wald gefegt" from S/T
Sean McCann "Slowly Drinking Shade" from FFFour KMSU
My Bloody Valentine "If I Am" from MBV
Hobo Cubes "Spectral Eyes" from FFFour KMSU
Low "Blowin' in the Wind" from A Lifetime of Temporary Relief
Bob Dylan "If Not For You" [alternate version] from Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10
Arcade Fire "Here Comes the Night Time, Pt. 2" from Reflektor
The Cramps "Bikini Girls with Machine Guns" from Stay Sick!
Gary Numan "Cars" from The Pleasure Principle
Jason E. Anderson "Utilization of a Quartz Crystal (For Dramatic Effect)" from FFFour KMSU
Johnny Cash "A Boy Named Sue" from At Folsom Prison

Thanks to those that took part in our auction on today's show and congrats to Tom for coming out with the top bid at $125. As of this writing, KMSU is about half way to meeting its $20,000 goal for their Fall Pledge Drive. We have been able to raise close to $1,000 for the station through the sales of the FFFour KMSU lathes and digital compilation. All of the lathes are now gone, but we still have a bunch of the Graham Lambkin FFFour KMSU cover art prints available that come with an immediate download of the compilation (plus an extra download card, too). We have marked these down to $10 in an effort to get them into more hands and ears. Please consider picking one up at the FFF Bandcamp site. You can also continue to pledge your support to KMSU by calling the station direct at 507-389-5678 or 1-800-456-7810 or by visiting the KMSU website.
  

Feeling New Feelings - from Hobo Cubes '' A Singular Dream '' - Video by Guillaume Vallée from Groop Index on Vimeo.

KMSU pledge drive auction: FFFour KMSU lathe + original artwork signed by Graham Lambkin

As we already posted on this site a few weeks back, we put together a special 10" lathe cut record and 20-artist digital compilation called FFFour KMSU with original artwork created by the one-and-only, Graham Lambkin. We've made the various options for this release available for purchase through our FFF Bandcamp site, with the proceeds going to help support our station KMSU in their Fall Pledge Drive fundraiser. This Wednesday, November 6th, the Fall Pledge Drive officially gets underway. We, of course, will still be offering this release through Bandcamp and we will also have a limited number of the lathes and art prints (w/ download cards) available at the station for those that call-in to pledge. 

For our regularly scheduled Free Form Freakout Thursday show at 2 pm, though, we will also be offering an exclusive and very special premium. We will be auctioning off what will likely be the last available copy of the FFFour KMSU 10" lathe paired with the original artwork drawn by Graham Lambkin, including the cover and center label images. All three of the drawings are signed by Graham himself.

To give people ample time to respond and take part in this, we are going to start this auction today with a minimum starting bid of $75.00. Here is how you can take part and what you need to know:

*E-mail us your desired bid amount and your contact information at fffreakout[at]hotmail[dot]com

*On Thursday, November 7th, from 2-3 pm (CST), you can also call us at the station with your desired bid amount and contact information at 507-389-5678 or 1-800-456-7810.

*The highest bidder at the end of our show on Thursday, November 7th, will win the auction.

*The winner MUST be able to pay by credit card or Paypal within 3 days of the auction's end; otherwise, the next highest bidder will claim the premium.

*International bidders would have to pay an additional $20 to cover shipping costs.

*We will be updating this post regularly with where the current auction bid stands throughout the week and we will also be posting updates on Facebook and Twitter if you'd like to follow along there.

*Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.

Winning Bid:

$125.00

FFFreakout #385 (Aired on 10/31/13)

Lou Reed "I'm So Free" from Transformer
The Velvet Underground "Pale Blue Eyes" from S/T
Lou Reed & Metallica "Mistress Dread" from Lulu
The Velvet Underground "Femme Fatale" from The Velvet Underground & Nico
Lou Reed "Satellite of Love" from Transformer
Luna "Season of the Witch" from I Shot Andy Warhol O.S.T.
Fred Schneider "Monster" from S/T
Frankie Stein & His Ghouls "Be Careful It's My Throat" from Monster Sounds and Dance Music
Roky Erikson and The Aliens "Creature With the Atom Brain" from The Evil One
"Theme to Dr. Who" from Television's Greatest Hits
Talking Heads "Psycho Killer" (live) from The Name of the Band is Talking Heads
The Misfits "Halloween" from Collection II
Los Straitjackets "The Muenster's Theme" from Halloween Hootenanny
The Fleshtones "Return to the Haunted House" from It's Super Rock Time!: The I.R.S. Years 1980-85
Danny Elfman "The Clown Dream" from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure soundtrack

FFFoxy Podcast #26

Circuit Des Yeux “Some Day” Overdue LP/CD* (Ba Da Bing/Lewis & Lynn)

Scorched Earth Policy “Too Far Gone” Going Thru A Hole in the Back of Your Head LP (Siltbreeze)

Mowis “Where Are You” S/T CS (Pangea Alps)

Matthew DeGennaro “Forty (For Pip Proud)” Chuang Tzu Motherfucker LP* (Soft Abuse)

Russell Hoke “Weird Rachel” Sailor on the Blue LP (Unheard-of Records)

Sparkling Wide Pressure “How She Weaves the Tale” Stream Returner CD-R (Analogpath)

Nathan McLaughlin “Promises” (excerpt) Karen Studies CS (Scissor Tail)

Delicate Flesh “Anything, You’d Please” Bare of Flowers CD-R (self-released)

Senza Testa “Tom” S/T CS (Self-Help Tapes)

Scammers “Planet Earth” Goldrush 2013 Companion Cassette CS (Planted Tapes)

Gerda Taro “Side A (excerpt)” The First Hundred Years CS (Noumenal Loom)

The Meets “As A Period In Which Nothing Happens” It Happens Outside LP (My Idea of Fun)

Dead Neanderthals & Colin Webster “Both Sides Fought Bravely” …And It Ended Badly CD (Gaffer/Raw Tonk)

Justin Marc Lloyd “Declarative//Interrogative” Anxiety Flood Cont. CS (Rainbow Bridge)

Graham Lambkin / Jason Lescalleet “CT20 1PS/Rinsing Through the Shingles” Photographs 2CD (Erstwhile)

.mf “Secular Music of South Minneapolis” FFFour KMSU 10”/mp3 (FFF Bandcamp)

Nikmis “Sree” Nicht Mass CS (Orange Milk)

Vales “Side B (excerpt)” Boreal Head Trip CS (Skell)

Treasure Hunt “Yucky Man” Global Guts CS* (Moon Glyph)

Ø+yn “Desde el artico se exiende hacia el sur” Tentaculeando a la puna CS* (Taping Policies)

The No-Neck Blues Band "Illirikum" Parallel Easters 2CD (S@1#)

Corrections & Clarifications:

*That's "Katie Cruel", not "Karen Cruel", that the Karen Studies' b-side must be referencing.

*Want to grab that Delicate Flesh release? Try this: delicateflesh[at]gmail[dot]com.

*Dusty Groove is one of the few places that carries those Russell Hoke albums. Buy 'em all if you can. 

FFFreakout #384 (Aired on 10/24/13)

Jerry Paper "International Man of Melancholy" from International Man of Misery
Circuit Des Yeux "Nova 88" from Overdue
Sparkling Wide Pressure (feat. Jeremy Braden) "Fall Back In a Sea of Love" from FFFour KMSU
Cream Juice "Bounce With Me OHIO" from FFFour KMSU
Graham Lambkin "Attersaye" from "Abersayne" b/w "Attersaye" 7" single
Jandek "Variant" from Blue Corpse
Piero Umiliani "Attivita" from Problemi D'Oggi
LCD Soundsystem "Losing My Edge" from S/T
Devo "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" from Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
The Rolling Stones "When the Whip Comes Down" from Some Girls
The Folk Implosion "Serge" from One Part Lullaby
Minutemen "This Ain't No Picnic" from Double Nickels On the Dime
Serge Gainsbourg "Requiem Pour Un Con (Bof Le Pacha)" from Comic Strip 

Less Than Two Weeks Away: JANDEK RETURNS TO MN!!

(Photo by Ashkan Soltani)

As I was walking through the neighborhood noticing the skeletons hanging from trees and the fake blood smeared across front windows, I was reminded of how soon it actually is that Jandek will be returning to Minnesota for a very special performance on Halloween evening at The Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis. The doors for this show are open at 7 p.m. and the concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. This is an all-ages show. Tickets are $15 in advance or $18 at the door. Tickets can still be purchased HERE.

FFFour KMSU 10" lathe & compilation now available

You can now purchase the FFFour KMSU lathe, 

prints, and compilation over on our Bandcamp site. 

The money raised from the sale of this release 

will be donated to KMSU for its Fall Pledge Drive.  

FFFour KMSU: A Benefit Release for KMSU's annual Fall Pledge Drive

This Fall marks the third year for us doing the FFF podcast series, and it also happens to be the 50th anniversary of KMSU, our beloved college/community radio station where we produce our show. So, for the station’s annual Fall Pledge Drive fundraiser, where we reach out to our listeners for support, we wanted to put something special together that not only documented what we have been doing on the podcast series, but something that we could use to give back to the station. Through the support and generosity of several talented artists and musicians that have been featured on our podcast in one form or another over the past three years, we were able to put together FFFour KMSU, a limited edition 4-way split 10” lathe and supplementary 20-track digital compilation. 

The 10” mono lathe record, cut in an edition of 30 by the good folks at 2208 Recordings in Minneapolis, features original artwork from Graham Lambkin (formerly of cult favorites, The Shadow Ring) and was printed by Niagara Press (operated by Clint Simonson of De Stijl Records). It includes a hand-numbered insert (formatted by Chris Berry of Soft Abuse Records) and four new and/or previously unreleased tracks from the likes of Sean McCann, Decimus, Rambutan, and Nite Lite. These tracks then flesh out a nearly two-hour long compilation that includes a heady mix of new/unreleased tracks from several key players in the experimental cassette underground, including: Sparkling Wide Pressure, Justin Meyers, Panabrite, Jason E. Anderson, Henry & Hazel Slaughter, Charlatan, Cream Juice, Parashi, Hobo Cubes, Cody Yantis, John Zuma St. Pelvyn, Tilth, Black Eagle Child, .mf (aka Michael Flora), Derek Rogers, and Chapels. The sounds fluctuate wildly, yet form a cohesive and immersive whole: consider it a new podcast show comprised of all exclusive material.

In an effort to get this to people in a timely fashion and to minimize the number of hands it would typically have to travel through, we’ve decided to streamline things a bit and make everything available from our Bandcamp page starting on October 17th. We will, however, set aside a small stash for when we are on-the-air during the pledge drive. There are three options to choose from (while supplies last, of course): 

1) For $40 or more, you can get the 10” lathe (edition of 30) with download code for the complete compilation. 

2) For $20 or more, you can get a limited print (edition of 150) of the artwork by Graham Lambkin with download code for the complete compilation. 

3) For $5 or more, you can just immediately download the complete digital compilation as is at freeformfreakout.bandcamp.com (available on Oct. 17th). Here's a taster:

The money raised from the sales of this release will be donated to KMSU for their Fall Pledge Drive fundraiser, which runs from November 6-17. While KMSU receives some funding from the university and various grants, it relies heavily on listener support to help pay for its annual operating costs, which are getting more-and-more expensive with each passing year. Like many college/community radio stations across the country, annual funding is always a big question mark and the station is often held together “with baling wire and bubblegum” and the enthusiasm of its volunteers. We are incredibly proud (and humbled) to be offering up this release by some of our favorite artists operating right now. We hope you will consider picking up one of these release options and, in the process, helping our station remain a vital part of our community.  

Here is a link to check out some sound samples of the mono lathe cut tracks: 

FFFreakout #383 (Aired on 10/10/13)

Tigger Clarkson Band "Can't Have You" from Patience, Rhythm, & Symmetry
Circuit Des Yeux "Lithonia" from Overdue
Sky Needle "End Games" from Debased Shapes
Mattress "Beautiful Moment" from Fuck the Future
Oxykitten "Avoiding Those Nasty Bad Beats" from Escape From New Amsterdam
Terror of the Deep "I Am Ocean" from The Airport Underneath the Dome
The Jesus Lizard "Puss" from split single w/ Nirvana
The dB's "Black and White" from Stands For Decibels
The Beatles "Baby It's You" from Baby It's You (mono single)
The Blues Brothers "The Old Landmark" from The Blues Brothers O.S.T.
The Time "The Bird" (remix) from b/w "My Drawers" 12"
The Flying Lizards "Money (That's What I Want)" from S/T
Herbie Hancock "Rockit" (long version) from Rockit 12"

FFFreakout #382 (Aired on 10/3/13)

The Breeders "Divine Hammer" from Last Splash

The Flaming Lips "Be My Head" from Transmissions from the Satellite Heart

The Afghan Whigs "Gentlemen" from Gentlemen

U2 "The Wanderer" from Zooropa

Paul Westerberg "Silver Naked Ladies" from 14 Songs

Pearl Jam "Glorified G" from vs.

Possum Dixon "Watch the Girl Destroy Me" from S/T
Urge Overkill "Positive Bleeding" from Saturation
Liz Phair "6'11"" from Exile in Guyville
James "Laid" from Laid
Björk "Human Behavior" from Debut
Nirvana "Scentless Apprentice" from In Utero
Matthew Sweet "Ugly Truth Rock" from Altered Beast
Smashing Pumpkins "Disarm" from Siamese Dream

This week marked the 20th anniversary of Carl's independently-owned record store, Tune Town. So, in honor of this, we decided to play some albums that were either popular-sellers or were regularly heard playing throughout the store back in 1993 when he first opened the doors. It goes without saying that independent record stores are a dying breed these days; but, in our humble (and unashamedly biased) opinion, they remain such an invaluable resource and gathering place in any community - THE place for music fans to convene. Sure, you can access and buy virtually anything you want online, but we couldn't imagine living in a world where the only destination for "real world" music culture is perusing the latest issue of Rolling Stone in the aisles of Target. That is, simply put, a damn NIGHTMARE. Get out and support a record store near you.

FFFoxy Podcast #25

Amen Dunes “Older Girls” Spoiler LP (Perfect Lives)

Cyclops “Untitled #2” The First Year CS (Goaty Tapes)

Good Area “Side B (excerpt)” French Antarctica LP (Kye)

The Bibs “Pure Evil” Workers Comp. CS (All Gone)

Zigtebra “VOLCANO” The Pink Line CS (For Practically Everyone Records)

Nite Lite “Spelunking” Duets II CS (Tranquility Tapes)

Twilight of the Century “Hibernation I” Hibernation CS (Tape Drift)

Sky Needle “Debased Shapes” Debased Shapes LP* (Bruit Direct Disques)

John Davis “Julian Wind” Ask the Dust LP* (Students of Decay)

Anton Heyboer “You Can Make Yourself Healthy by Your Spirit” Rules of the Universe 2LP (Kye)

Federico Durand “Los cristales soñadores” El idioma de las luciérnagas LP* (Desire Path Recordings)

Idea Fire Company “Tokyo” Postcards LP (Swill Radio)

Ákos Rózmann “Part II" (excerpt) Images of the Dream and Death 3LP (Ideologic Organ)

Holly Waxwing “Dolphinpods” Goldleaf Acrobatics CS (Noumenal Loom)

Yong Yong “Side A (excerpt)” Meet Lord Prince “I” Infinito CS (Goaty Tapes)

Mark Bradley “Reality” The First and Last Five Years CS (A Giant Fern)

Warning “021812C” The Master Wave CS (Digitalis) 

Big French “ungungungungone” Downtown Runnin LP* (Wharf Cat) 

The 49 Americans “Tendency To Lie” We Know Nonsense LP (Staubgold) 

Michael Saunders “Dye” Dust – Dye CS (Blue Poles Recordings) 

Ashtray Navigations “Insect Descent Trajectory” Insect Descent CD (Obsolete Units)

Corrections & Clarifications:

*Zigtebra are twee-ish, yes, but they sound nothing like Beat Happening - that's completely off-the-mark. 

*Hibernation is indeed the first available recordings from Twilight of the Century.

*Idea Fire Company's Postcards was originally issued on cassette in 2011 on the No Basement Is Deep Enough label.

*The artwork for the first Noumenal Loom batch was done by Brenna Murphy, the same artist that did those great tapes by Million Mists, Matt Carlson, and, yes, Spare Death Icon on Jason E. Anderson's Gift Tapes label.

FFFreakout #381 (Aired on 9/26/13)

ESG "Dance" from Come Away with ESG
Shahs "Nothing Was Delivered" from Dry Heat/Valley Low
Tommy Jay "Memories" from Tall Tales of Trauma
Songs:Ohia  "Whip-Poor-Will" from Magnolia Electric Co.
Mowis "Where Are You"" from S/T
Miles Davis "Honky Tonk" from Get Up With It
Marvin Gaye "Got To Give It Up" from The Very Best of Marvin Gaye
Prince "Delirious" from 1999
The Beatles "Why Don't We Do It In The Road" from The White Album
The Replacements "Sadly Beautiful" from All Shook Down
Aztec Camera "Jump" from Just Say Yesterday compilation
Southern Culture on the Skids "These Boots Were Made For Walking" from Countrypolitan (bonus disc)

Jandek - Minneapolis Thursday: The Musicians

(Photo taken by Jon Behm of Reviler)

Similar to last year's concert in Mankato, Jandek will be joined by an ensemble made up of Twin Cities-based musicians for his special performance at The Cedar in Minneapolis on Halloween. These musicians come from quite different backgrounds, bringing with them a wide range of musical experiences that should make for an evening of truly captivating sounds. They will be improvising together in that moment for essentially the first time with Jandek, who on this evening will be singing and playing electric guitar.  

Crystal Myslajek - electronic keyboards

(Photo taken from vita.mn)

Tim Glenn - drums/percussion

(Photo taken by Adam Bubolz of Reviler)

Maja Radovanlija - electric rhythm guitar

(Photo taken from Maja's website)

Nelson Devereaux - alto & tenor saxophone/clarinet

(Photo taken from Nelson's website)

Craig Matarrese - electric hollow-body bass

(Photo taken by Jon Behm of Reviler)

Jandek Study Group Overnight: Revisited

If you're looking to brush up on your Jandek for the upcoming concert at The Cedar on Halloween, take a listen to our series of Jandek Study Group Overnight shows that we produced with our friends at Shuffle Function in anticipation of last year's performance here in Mankato. Be on the lookout for some more Jandek Study Group activity in the weeks ahead. 

FFFreakout #380 (Aired on 9/19/13)

The 49 Americans "Imagination" from We Know Nonsense
Venom P. Stinger "Hold Me Closer" from 1986-1991
Yo La Tengo "Paddle Forward" from Fade
John Carpenter "Halloween - Theme (mix 1)" from The Essential John Carpenter Film Music Collection
Jandek "Naked in the Afternoon" from Ready For The House
Russell Hoke "No Expectations" from With An Aching Heart
Jack Rose "Bells" from Dr. Ragtime and His Pals
Stereolab "Miss Modular" from Dots and Loops
Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Born To Run" from Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
The Clash "Straight To Hell" (unedited version) from Clash On Broadway
Otis Redding "Mr. Pitiful" from The Definitive Soul Collection
Sweet Lou Snider "Danke Schoen" from Live Nye's Polonaise Room
Tones On Tail "Twist" from Everything!

Jandek to perform at The Cedar in Minneapolis on Halloween !!!!

This is no trick, only a treat to announce that Jandek will be returning to Minnesota for a very special performance at The Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis on Halloween evening. Jandek will once again be joined by an ensemble made up of local musicians creating music together for the first time within that moment. The concert will be filmed for inclusion in a full-length feature documentary produced by the local filmmakers behind Tuning the Pulse, a short film that captured the intimate rehearsal and performance from last year's historic concert in Mankato, which has been screening at film festivals around the world. This special event is sponsored by KMSU-The Maverick with assistance from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Pre-sale tickets go on sale Friday, September 20th at 12:00 PM at thecedar.org, or by phone (612-338-2674 ext. 0, 12-4pm Mon-Fri). Tickets are also available at the Electric Fetus (2000 4th Ave S, Minneapolis) and at Depth Of Field (405 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis).

Keep posted here on the Free Form Freakout blog or over on the Shuffle Function blog for more details.

FFFreakout #379: (Aired on 9/12/13)

Russell Hoke "Black-Eyed Dog" from With An Aching Heart
Russell Hoke "Song for Rebecca" from Sailor On The Blue
Marble Sheep & The Run-Down Sun's Children "Melted Moon" from Big Deal
Gilded "Tyne" from Terrane
The Bevis Frond "She's Entitled To" from New River Head
Richard Youngs "No Show for the Gloaming" from Barbed Wire Explosion in the Kingdom of Atlantis
The Pretty Things "The Journey" from S.F. Sorrow
The Fastbacks "Waterloo Street" from Give The People What We Want
New Order " Ceremony" from Substance
A Flock of Seagulls "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" from S/T
Material Issue "Very First Lie" from International Pop Overthrow
Mike Watt "Piss Bottle Man" from Ball-hog or Tugboat?
Buddy Guy "Best in Town" from Rhythm & Blues



**Richard, please come to the Midwest next time you're in the U.S.

FFFoxy Podcast #24: Mad Nanna / Alberts Basement feature

Mad Nanna “Deck Song” I Made Blood Better LP (Negative Guest List)

Mad Nanna “My Two Kids” b/w “I’m Not Coming Here” 7” (Soft Abuse)

(Interview Segment)

Mad Nanna “I Wanna See You” b/w “The Nectarine Tree” 7” (Soft Abuse)

Mad Nanna “I Made Blood Better” b/w “I’ve Been Talking” 7” (Little Big Chief)

Mad Nanna “No Title” Realistic Pillow 7” (Kraak)

(Interview Segment)

Mole House “I Don’t Dare To Try” S/T CS (Night People)

Love Chants “Won't Run“ Love Chants EP 12” (Quemada)

(Interview Segment)

Secret Valley “Three Is a Tragic Number” S/T CS (Alberts Basement)

Bruce Tiffany “Riding My Bike” Nestle Up To Me Dear Fool DL (Alberts Basement)

Extrafoxx “To Lift The Weight” Love Is God CS (Alberts Basement)

Sacred Product “Another Shot At Life” Sacred Product EP CS (Alberts Basement)

Muura "Untitled" Untitled 7" (Alberts Basement)

A Band Called Life "With Effortless Grace You Twinkle" A Band Called Life EP 7" (Alberts Basement)

On this week's show, we were fortunate enough to be joined in the studio by Patrick O'Brien and Michael Zulicki of the Australian group, Mad Nanna, prior to their show here in Mankato. Mad Nanna have attracted the attention of fringe music fiends from around the globe for what Volcanic Tongue best described as an, ". . . amazing no-technique downer rock/pop group . . . who slouch around the basement with alla the primitive elan of The Scrotum Poles/The Shaggs et al." Mad Nanna are currently touring the U.S. for the first time and then are heading off to Europe in September for a month-long stint with fellow Aussies, Sky Needle. We chatted with them about some of the background on Mad Nanna, about their various side projects, and about Michael's own micro-label, Alberts Basement. And we spun some corresponding tracks to paint a more complete picture of the Mad Nanna orbit.

Check out the following links for more information:

Mad Nanna tour dates 

Mad Nanna bandcamp  

Alberts Basement

Alberts Basement bandcamp