Kosmik Radiation Radio - Mar 9, 2012 Playlist

CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Armand Schaubroeck Steals "A Lot Of People Would Like To See Armand Schaubroeck . . . DEAD." c. 1972-75? (USA)

It's the second week of WORT-FM's winter pledge drive, and so I'm launching a new segment on the show this week, "Two Thirty Theatre", in which we will spin "dramatic" and "episodic" works at 2:30am. For our first selection, over the next six weeks we'll be playing Armand Schaubroeck's autobiographical debut album in its entirity. Mr. Schaubroeck is a notorious oddity from the 70's underground scene, based out of Rochester, NY. He independently recorded five albums between roughly 1972 and 1978, releases that were so underground that no one even seems to be sure what years they were put out (and Armand's rare public statements about his career don't shed much light either). All of these records are highly "conceptual", and at least three could be considered "rock operas" (including the notoriously sleazy album called Ratfucker!) Albeit performed in a dingy Velvet Underground/bar band style and fronted by a proto-punk scumbag who makes Lou Reed seem like a mere hipster! The first of these underground gems is this week's CAOTW, a TRIPLE album which tells the (apparently entirely 100% true) story of how teenage Armand got caught stealing dimes from the ball-polishing machines at the bowling alley and served a year at Elmira State Reformatory. It is an intensely personal album, and one of the most singular works of the rock and roll era: a warts-and-all portrayal of the darkest side of "juvenile delinquency" that is like nothing else. (We'll also be spinning all the tracks from Armand's Live At The Holiday Inn album over these six weeks, a "fake live" double album which consists entirely of remakes of songs from DEAD.)
Armand's only real video appearances are TV ads he made for the business he runs (an instrument and record emporium called House Of Guitars, which might also be where all his albums were recorded?) This site has handy links to just about all the Armand media that there is online (including four of his wacky TV commercials). Other stuff on the show this week: listener requests for Mountain and Faust.

(N) = New Release
(R) = Listener Request

Artist	Song	Album	Year (label)	Country
Captain Groovy & His Bubblegum Army	Captain Groovy & His Bubblegum Army	A-side 7" single	1969	USA
The Monkees	Star Collector	Pisces Aquarius Capricorn & Jones Ltd.	1967	USA/UK
White Fence	Your Last Friend Alive	White Fence Is Growing Faith (N)	2011 (Woodsist)	USA
Ty Segall	The Floor	Goodbye Bread (N)	2011 (Drag City)	USA
Kurt Vile	Puppet To The Man	Smoke Ring For My Halo (N)	2011 (Matador)	USA
Black Bananas	It's Cool	Rad Times Xpress IV (N)	2012 (Drag City)	USA

Armand Schaubroeck Steals	Side 1 of 6 Scene 1: Armand (17 yrs. old) confesses his crimes to a priest - "King Of The Streets" Scene 2: Armand & Dan go down to "Rock A Bowl" to steal dimes from bowling ball polishers (50's live band plays in middle) - "I Don't Care" Scene 3: Out on bail, Armand is alone with Suzie (night before sentencing) - "Love For The Last Time"	A Lot Of People Would Like To See Armand Schaubroeck . . . DEAD. CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	c. 1972-1975?	USA
Armand Schaubroeck Steals	King Of The Streets (not really live)	Live At The Holiday Inn	1978	USA

The Who	Run Run Run	Happy Jack	1967	UK
The Velvet Underground	Run Run Run	The Velvet Underground & Nico	1967	USA/UK
The Third Rail	Run Run Run	A-side 7" single	1967	USA
Sly & The Family Stone	Run Run Run	A Whole New Thing	1967	USA
Love Live Life + 1	Runnin' Free	Love Will Make A Better You	1971	Japan
Dantalion's Chariot	The Madman Running Through The Fields	A-side 7" single	1967	UK

The Blues Magoos	Gotta Get Away	Psychedelic Lollipop	1966	USA
Sweet	Fox On The Run (American 7" single remake)	Desolation Boulevard (US version)	1975	UK
The Guess Who	Runnin' Back To Saskatoon (live - single version)	A-side 7" single	1972	Canada
Mountain (R)	You Can't Get Away	Nantucket Sleighride	1971	USA

DMBQ	Dm	The Essential Sounds From The Far East	2005	Japan
Melvins	Revolve	Stoner Witch	1994	USA
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks	Dragonfly Pie	Real Emotional Trash	2008	USA
Faust (R)	Flashback Caruso	The Faust Tapes	1973	Germany

Sun Araw	All Night Long	Heavy Deeds	2009	USA
Peaking Lights	Marshmellow Yellow	936 (N)	2011 (Not Not Fun)	USA
Gonjasufi	Nikels And Dimes	MU.ZZ.LE (N)	2012 (Warp)	USA

Creedence Clearwater Revival	Ninety Nine And A Half (Wilson Pickett)	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1968	USA
Silver Apples	You're Not Foolin' Me	Contact	1969	USA
The Monkees	Cuddly Toy (by Harry Nilsson)	Pisces Aquarius Capricorn & Jones Ltd.	1967	USA/UK

The Monkees	Sometime In The Morning	More Of The Monkees	1967	USA/UK
The Monkees	Early Morning Blues & Greens	Headquarters	1967	USA/UK