Sitars, theremin and mellotron, backwards guitar, phasing and fuzz, fringes and mohawks, paisley, black, velvet and leather, feedback, bass and drone, beads, berets and safety-pins, Shindig! and Creem, 3 chord wonders, teenage symphonies and snarl, Rickenbacker, Farfisa and 4-track recorders... onstage at CBGB's, Max's Kansas City or the Trip, the Roundhouse, the 100 Club or the Crystal Ballroom, Catcher's, Big Daddy's or the Squatters Arms.... and the Cat and the Brat on 3D Radio!
Three D Radio announcer, MeganCat (up until recently with her husband, the late Peter Brat)lives in "The BratHaus" a rural seaside home about 100km from Adelaide on South Australia's scenic Fleurieu Peninsula. Veteran musician Peter, and artist/musician Megan, were long-time DJs onThree D Radio 93.7fm, Adelaide's eclectic independent music station. Together Peter & Megan, known as "The Cat and The Brat" created this blog to allow listeners to review the playlists of their radio show, "Technicolour Dreaming", watch clips of selected songs and simply join them in the enjoyment of their favourite music... psychedelia, 60's garage, surf, punk/post-punk, pop, folk-rock, glam, 'Krautrock', goth, 80's electro... and much more!
But The Cat is carrying on the tradition, with guest co-presenters, and "Technicolour Dreaming" will continue in the same format, drawing from the huge "Cat & Brat" music collection, with the addition of new releases and reissues to keep things current. The Brat is hugely missed, but the show must go on, as he wanted...
Wow, how time flies when you have to catch up on blog entries ... I'm so far behind it's not funny! But catch up I will, so enough of my dribbling, here's the show from way back in early October... and onto the next one, post-haste...!
KAK - Trieulogy - I. Golgotha II. Mirage III. Rain ("KAK" LP 1969 Davis, California USA)
The Animated Egg - Sock It My Way ("Animated Egg" LP 1968 USA)
Sullivan - Hashish Faction (7" single 1966 France)
Les Papyvores - Le Papyvore (7" single 1967 France)
Stu Phillips - Skip To My Mary Lou ("Hell's Angels on Wheels" LP 1966 USA)
Crimson Shadows - Even I Tell Lies (7" single 1985 Vallingby, Sweden)
Dolkows - Silent Woods ("Story of Robi & The Nudes" LP 1987 Sweden)
We began the
show with one of our favourite recent earworms, the wonderful “Persuaded” by Groovy
Uncle which features the Shirley Bassey-style
voice of new recruit, Miss Modus... great
stuff! From there we ventured into the usual mix of old and new, soft and loud,
here and overseas, plus a few semi-obscurities such as Sapphire
Thinkers , Space Yacob and the Giant Yeti
and the Glass Familyto shake
things up. We also said “Vale!” to Kim Fowley and Leonard
Nimoy aka Mr Spock who both passed
away recently, before moving on with our “Compilation
[boxset] of the Week”, namely “Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from
the Second Psychedelic Era, 1976–1995”, the third in the “Nuggets”
4-CD boxset series put out by Rhino Records,
from which we played a selection of faves, including the
Church, which featured a very young Richard
Ploog [ex-Brats] on drums... but only
in the film-clips, since the song had already been recorded using the drummer
he replaced. Richard of course went on to
play for almost a decade with the Church
during their heyday years, notching up many “best
drummer” awards in the process. We finished with a trip back to the
mid-70’s to the second Roxy Music LP and an
instrumental from DavidBowie’s brilliant “Low”
album.... and regular listeners will know how much the
Cat & the Brat love a good instro!! So until next time....
..... here is the playlist plus
moving pictures, including that first “Countdown”
TV appearance of Richard in the
Church, plus Bowie
playing “Warszawa” live in Japan in 1978, and the Times’
nod to cult TV show “The
Prisoner” – enjoy!
Groovy
Uncle featuring Suzi Chunk and Miss Modus - Persuaded (Vocal version)
("Persuaded"
LP 2014 UK)
Moon Duo - Animal (digital
single 2015 USA)
the
Watchmakers - To Be
Part of You (7" single b-side [to Before
Questions Became] 2014 UK)
Sapphire
Thinkers - From
Within ("From Within" LP 1968
USA)
the Glass
Family - Guess I'll Let You Go
("Electric Band" LP 1967 USA)
the
Citradels - Another
Dream Theme ("Nepenthe" 2014
Melbourne, Australia)
the
Murlocs - Adolescence
(digital single 2015 Geelong, Australia)
the
Liminanas - La
fille de la ligne 15 (7”single 2013 France –
taken from "I've Got Trouble in Mind : 7" and Rare Stuff -
2009/2014" anthology 2014 France/USA)
the
Amazing - Defect
("Wait For A Light To Come" EP 2010 Sweden)
ZX+ - She's a Rainbow [Rolling Stones cover] (“Fruits de
Mer present ‘Strange Fruits and Veg’" promo compilation 2015 UK)
the
Chemistry Set - We Luv
You [Rolling Stones cover]
("This Day will Never Happen Again" 2011 UK)
