Obscuro! Mixtape #14...'fucked.'

That title should clue you in....this is a trip to the weirdo side. Fans of the Trash Radio and Obscuro programs will definitely want to check this one out. Basically, I went digging in the Obscuro! archives and came up with the strangest shit I could find, that I hadn't yet played to death on the radio. Some of this stuff never even made it into radio programs because I just forgot about it or whatever...ran out of time...y'know. So, it was kind of surprising to find so much bizarre stuff.

You'll hear oddball religious nonsense, vanity recordings made by reality TV stars, private press stoner sludge, and lots of mind-fuck ambient stuff. Anyhow. See for yourself. It's pretty cool.

Obscuro! Mixtape #14 - 'fucked.' by Bizarrojerry on Mixcloud

'Former Fetus - A Rock Opera'

More downloadable weirdness for ya....

...By the way...at least some of the older links should work now...made my Rapidshare stuff public again since those dick-biters made it private. New links will be 4shared, which seems to be the best free file-sharing site out there now...ya might have to make an account, but it's worth it.

On to today's release:

I can't find any info on this whatsoever. Sorry. I must've found it from somebody's music blog years back, because I have it, and it exists, but beyond that, I have no idea. I remember the description on whatever site I got it from called it 'Neil Young meets hardcore,' which is semi-accurate...it's got some country-rock twang, and it's definitely punk rock, but that leaves out the glaring fact that it's a religious rock opera against abortion, probably made by one guy, which puts it squarely in the realm of OUTSIDER MUSIC, which I know is why y'all come here.

I think this came out sometime in the mid-90's...96 maybe? Sounds like these guys/guy listened to a LOT of Minutemen/Meat Puppets/Husker Du 80's psych-punk stuff. The singing especially sounds like Husker Du, and the concept lyrics remind me of 'Zen Arcade' a bit, but there's definitely something off here....I mean, generally speaking, most punks AREN'T pro-lifers, but the lyrics are so so so angry, it's almost ridiculous.

Anyhow. Give it a shot. It's a very creative, sloppy, inventive punk record if nothing else.

'Former Fetus - A Rock Opera'

Tracklist:

1. Overture
2. Former Fetus
3. I'm Free
4. Live and Nesting
5. Under the Bridge
6. Twilight Zone
7. I'm a Mom
8. Love
9. After the Rapture
10. Acoustic Nerve
11. Former Fetus (reprise)

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Bleeding Skull film reviews

Apparently a treasure trove of no-budget 80's trash films, which is something I am quite fond of. If you thought 'Street Trash' or 'Slime City' were too high-budget, check out some of these flicks. I already know I'm going to be wasting a fair amount of time looking these releases up.

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Episode 42 - 11-6-09 INCREDIBLY STRANGE METAL, BASEMENT FUNK AND HARD ROCK ODDITIES

Obscuro 11-6-09 Incredibly Strange Metal, Basement Funk and Hard Rock Oddities by Bizarrojerry on Mixcloud

Tracklist:

Dwarr - Electric Shock
Dwarr - That Deadly Night
Dwarr - Evil Lures
Dwarr - Chocolate Mescaline
Killer Fox - Running Blade
Killer Fox - The Sign
Killer Fox - Killer Fox
Legion - Hold On
Black Hole - All My Evil
Black Hole - Land of Mystery
Damien Storm - Raven in the Courtyard
Faxed Head - Teachers
Gore - Back Home
Oblachnyj Kraj - Sazhaj Korneplody, Vyrschlvaj Luk!
Wicked Witch - Vera's Back
Rick Mason and Rare Feelings - Rare Feelings
Konrad - My Girl
Jr. and His Soulettes - Pimp
Gary Wilson - 6.4 = Make Out
Smokin' Willie - Hot Blooded Mama
Hot Poop - Let Me Loose
Edgar Broughton Band - Crying
Hampton Grease Band - Hey Old Lady/Bert's Song
High Tide - Futilist's Lament
YaHoWa 13 - Man the Messiah

NOTE: The first of a brief run of 'theme' shows I did...each focusing on a specific genre covered on the program. I think I came back to these maybe half a year later? We'll see eventually...

Episode 43 - 11-13-09 ELECTRONIC PIONEERS

Obscuro 11-13-09 Electronic Pioneers by Bizarrojerry on Mixcloud

Tracklist:

Silver Apples - I Have Known Love
This Heat - Paper Hats
Gal Costa - Pulsars E Quasars
Cromagnon - Caledonia
Clara Rockmore - Requiebros
Nightshadow - The Hot Dog Man
White Noise - Love Without Sound
Debris - Witness
Perrey-Kingsley - The Mexican Cactus
Gong - Perfect Mistery
Residents - Blue Rosebuds
Fifty Foot Hose - Rose
United States of America - I Wouldn't Leave My Wooden Wife for You Sugar
Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves
Pekka Airaksinen - Suvarnabhasagarbha
King Crimson - Dig Me
Joe Meek and the Blue Men - Magnetic Field
Cardiacs - Arnald
Bruce Haack - Motorcycle Ride
Pere Ubu - Caligari's Mirror
Lucifer - The Ride of Aida (Voodoo)
Silver Apples - Anasazi Noodle
The Screamers - Punished or Be Damned

Episode 44 - 11-20-09 THE LOST YEARS OF ALEX CHILTON AND RELIGIOUS CURIOSITIES

Obscuro 11-20-09 The Lost Years of Alex Chilton and Religious Curiosities by Bizarrojerry on Mixcloud

Tracklist:

Big Star - Kizza Me
Big Star - Kanga Roo
Alex Chilton - All of the Time
Alex Chilton - I'm So Tired (Parts 1 and 2)
Alex Chilton - Bangkok
Alex Chilton - Walking Dead
Alex Chilton - Riding Through the Reich
Alex Chilton - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Alex Chilton - My Rival
Alex Chilton - Alligator Man
Alex Chilton - Like Flies on Sherbert
Alex Chilton - Hey! Little Child
Alex Chilton - September Gurls (Live)
Alex Chilton - The Letter (Live)
Alex Chilton - Thank You John
Alex Chilton - Lost My Job
Alex Chilton - Volare
Alex Chilton - Under Class
Liberal Religious Youth - Nuns of Carmelite
The New Beginning - Jesus Never was a Sinner
The New Beginning - Hey
Countryside Unitarian Fellowship - No Room for You
The New Creation - Sodom and Gomorrah
The New Creation - Status Quo Song
Dave Bixby - 666
Concrete Rubber Band - Passover
Captain Hook and His Crew - Phone Call/Stowaway
Sons of Thunder - Carpenter Man
Dandelions - It's a Long Way to Heaven
For Heaven's Sake! - For Heaven's Sake!
Little Marcy - A Talk with the Animals
Countryside Unitarian Fellowship - Goin' to Bethlehem
His Kids - It's Contagious/What's God Look Like?
Concrete Rubber Band - Christian

Episode 45 - 11-27-09 LONG SONGS

Obscuro 11-27-09 Long Songs by Bizarrojerry on Mixcloud

Tracklist:

Hampton Grease Band - Hendon
Jandek - When the Telephone Melts
Mr. Bungle - Dead Goon
Armand Schaubroeck Steals - The Queen Hitter
Emmanuel Dilhac - Un Piege
Jim O'Rourke - Untitled 2
Residents - Hitler was a Vegetarian
Vermonster - Children of the Sun

Playlist for 11-20-09, "The Lost Years of Alex Chilton and Religious Curiosities"

Third in a series of 'theme shows,' where I break down all the music I play on the program into nice, neat little boxes. This one was kinda different, since half the program focused on one musician. That said, Alex Chilton is basically a genre all his own. Since his first and only hit single at the age of 16 with the Box Tops (the excellent tune "The Letter,") he has influenced countless alternative rock and 60's throwback groups with Big Star and then destroyed all traces of that influence with his solo career.

More or less, these records feature a band of musicians that probably first heard the tunes a day before recording them (if at all,) Chilton's "I-don't-give-a-fuck" mentality regarding quality, and countless covers of obscure blues tunes. Aside from that, he developed a habit of pissing people off on purpose during this part of his career, as is evident in tunes like "Riding Through the Reich," and scummily deranged covers of his own beloved discography.

Basically, he's my hero, so I devoted an entire hour to these rarely-heard recordings. Of course, I played a few later Big Star tunes because those are basically the same type of thing.

The second half of the program dealt with obscure religious records from the 1960's and 70's. Mostly private-press home-recorded type deals with a psychedelic bent, but also some oddball kid tunes. Pretty self-explanatory, though not like much other religious music you're likely to hear.




Alex Chilton portion:

Nov 20 - 12:55 AM	Alex Chilton	Under Class	Stuff EP		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 12:52 AM	Alex Chilton	Volare	High Priest		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 12:49 AM	Alex Chilton	Lost My Job	Feudalist Tarts EP		No	Bizarro Jerry	e/d
Nov 20 - 12:46 AM	Alex Chilton	Thank You John	Feudalist Tarts EP		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 12:41 AM	Alex Chilton	The Letter	Live in London		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 12:38 AM	Alex Chilton	September Gurls	Live in London		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 12:34 AM	Alex Chilton	Hey! Little Child	Like Flies on Sherbert		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 12:32 AM	Alex Chilton	Like Flies on Sherbert	Like Flies on Sherbert		No	Bizarro Jerry	e/d
Nov 20 - 12:30 AM	Alex Chilton	Alligator Man	Like Flies on Sherbert		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 12:26 AM	Alex Chilton	My Rival	Like Flies on Sherbert		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 12:21 AM	Alex Chilton	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Live on KUT 1978		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 12:20 AM	Alex Chilton	Riding Through the Reich	Live on KUT 1978		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 12:17 AM	Alex Chilton	Walking Dead	Bach's Bottom		No	Bizarro Jerry	e/d
Nov 20 - 12:15 AM	Alex Chilton	Bangkok	Bach's Bottom		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 12:12 AM	Alex Chilton	I'm So Tired (Parts 1 and 2)	Bach's Bottom		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 12:09 AM	Alex Chilton	All of the Time	Bach's Bottom		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 12:02 AM	Big Star	Kanga Roo	Third/Sister Lovers		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 12:00 AM	Big Star	Kizza Me	Third/Sister Lovers		No	Bizarro Jerry	e/d

Religious Curiosities portion:

Nov 20 - 1:55 AM	Concrete Rubber Band	Christian	Risen Savior		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 1:53 AM	His Kids	It's Contagious/What's God Look Like?	S/T		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 1:49 AM	Countryside Unitarian Fellowship	Goin' to Bethlehem	Hey Jesus Christ Welcome to This World		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 1:47 AM	Little Marcy	A Talk With the Animals	Little Marcy Talks to the Animals		No	Bizarro Jerry	e/d
Nov 20 - 1:42 AM	For Heaven's Sake!	For Heaven's Sake!	For Heaven's Sake!		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 1:42 AM	For Heaven's Sake!	For Heaven's Sake!	For Heaven's Sake!		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 1:40 AM	Dandelions	It's a Long Way to Heaven	S/T		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 1:37 AM	Sons of Thunder	Carpenter Man	Day Follows Night		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 1:33 AM	Captain Hook and His Crew	Phone Call/Stowaway	S/T		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 1:29 AM	Concrete Rubber Band	Passover	Risen Savior		No	Bizarro Jerry	e/d
Nov 20 - 1:25 AM	Dave Bixby	666	Ode to Quetzacoatl		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 1:20 AM	The New Creation	Status Quo Song	Troubled		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 1:17 AM	The New Creation	Sodom and Gomorrah	Troubled		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 1:15 AM	Countryside Unitarian Fellowship	No Room for You	Hey Jesus Christ Welcome to This World		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 1:11 AM	The New Beginning	Hey	People Who Walk in Light		No	Bizarro Jerry	e/d
Nov 20 - 1:08 AM	The New Beginning	Jesus Never Was a Sinner	People Who Walk in Light		No		e/d
Nov 20 - 1:01 AM	Liberal Religious Youth	Nuns of Carmelite	The L.R.Y. Record		No		e/d

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