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...
I actually managed to stay for the whole 2 hours of this week's show, whichwas a welcome change, while Harry had a well-earned rest. Amongst the bands I played were The Moving Sidewalks, which included Billy Gibbons,later of ZZ Top, as well as The WC Fields Memorial Electric String Band,who were the first band to release Stepping Stone, the classic version of which was made famous by The Monkees not long after. Also featured were a selectionof bands playing at the "Going Steady Festival" at Jive on December 13 2015, such as local acts The Dunes, Black Coral and Glass Skies, and headliners Moon Duo.
...and here's the playlist,moving pictures and all!
Pinkunoizu - Necromancer ("The Drop" LP 2013 Copenhagen, Denmark)
Sudden Death of Stars - I'm Not Among Believers ("Getting Up, Going Down" LP 2011
Rennes, France)
Dead Skeletons - Dead Mantra ("Dead Magick" 2011 Reykjavík, Iceland)
The Moving Sidewalks - 99th floor (7" single 1967 Texas USA)
The Purple Gang - Granny Takes a Trip (7" single 1967 UK)
The Litter - Action Woman (7" single 1967 Minneapolis USA)
The WC Fields Memorial Electric String Band - Hippy Elevator Operator
(7 " single 1966 California USA)
The Rokes - When the Wind Arises (7" single 1968 UK)
The Pretty Things - Defecting Grey (7" single 1967 UK)
Flamin Groovies - Slow Death (7" single 1972 San Francisco USA)
Goat - Gathering of Ancient Tribes ("Commune" 2014 Sweden)
The Night Beats - Outta Mind ("Sonic Bloom" 2013 Seattle USA)
Holy Wave - Spooky Fuckin' Blues ("Evil Hits" LP 2012 Austin, Texas USA)
Wall of Death - Marble Blues ("Main Obsession" LP 2012 Paris, France)
Magician - Fuck for Peace ("Golden State Psychedelia" compilation, late 1960's San Francisco USA)
Wooden Shjips - We Ask You To Ride ("Wooden Shjips" 2007 San Francisco, USA)
Six Organs of Admittance - Actaeon's Fall (Against the Hounds) ("Luminous Night" 2009
California USA)
Espers - Widow's Weeds ("Espers II" 2006)
Black Coral - Please Never (CD Single 2014 Adelaide, Australia)
Moon Duo - In A Cloud ("Shadow of the Sun" 2015 San Francisco, USA)
Glass Skies - Highway ("Glass Skies" EP 2014 Adelaide, Australia)
The Dunes - When You Wake Up ("Live at the Sound Lounge, Three D Radio" 2015 Adelaide Australia)
The Systemaddicts - Black [The Throb] ("Broken Hearted on the Nullarbor" 2015 AdelaideAustralia)
Richard Hell - (I Belong To The) Blank Generation ("Ork Records: New York, New York" compilation 2015 USA)
Alex Chilton - Can't Seem to Make You Mine [Seeds] ("Ork Records: New York, New York"
It's the first day of summer here in Adelaide, but you wouldn't know it - cold, raining and generally miserable! Hopefully I managed to cheer up a few listeners with my choice of music - including Harry, who was taking a well deserved rest to ward off an incipient lurgy!! This weeks show was a bit on the short but sweet side, only lasting for an hour, but I'll be back next week hosting the whole 2 hours for a change. Oh, and a belated congratulations to The Systemaddicts, who have made it to the Number 1 spot on Three D Radio's Top 20+1 chart with their new CD - and it's not even released yet!
Anyway, enough of my rambling - here's what I played ...
Wall of Death - Light My Fire [The Doors] ("A Psych Tribute to the Doors" 2014 USA)
Mr Elevator and the Brain Hotel - Are You Hypnotised? (7" single 2013 Los Angeles USA)
The Red Plastic Buddha - A House is Not A Hotel [Love] ("Songs for Mara"2014 Chicago USA)
Love - Seven and Seven Is ("Da Capo" LP 1967 USA)
Balduin - Shadows of Your Mind ("Post from Mars" LP 2014 Switzerland)
Balduin - In A Better Land ("Post from Mars" LP 2014 Switzerland)
Mick Ronson - Only After Dark ("Slaughter on 10th Avenue" LP 1974 UK)
White Candles - Monolith ("Flowers for Delia" 2014 Philadelphia USA)
The Wondermints - The Party ("Shots In The Dark" compilation 1996 USA)
The Tiki Tones - Monkey Farm ("Shots In The Dark" compilation 1996 USA )
The Playboys - Theme from Dr No (7" single 1965, taken from "Board Boogie - Surf & Twang from Downunder" compilation, 2002)
The Barbarellatones - Electric Pussycat (demo 2014 Hawaii, USA)
Flyying Colours - Running Late ("ROYGBIV" 2015 Melbourne, Australia)
and an acoustic version of Wall of Death's cover of "Light My Fire" - quite a bit different to the album version!
