MMMmetalmachinemusic...

...in the first of an occasional series, "it's what LESTER would have WANTED", inspired by the writings of a certain LESTER BANGS, we present MetalMachineMusic!!!, over to you, Lou...

"...if a kid saw the cover where i'm standin' with a microphone and said, "wow, a live album!", they'd say "what a RIPOFF!". What they (rca) shoulda had was a DISCLAIMER that said before you buy it, listen to it for two minutes, because you're not going to like it, and i said in the liner notes you're not going to like it"

...and here's the inspirational BANGS himself, TAKE IT AWAY, LESTER...

..."In case you just got here, or think metal machine music refers to something in the neighborhood of Bad Company, let me briefly explain that what we have here is a one-hour two-record set of nothing, absolutely nothing, but screaming feedback noise recorded at various frequencies, played back against various other noise layers, split down the middle into two totally seperate channels of utterly inhuman shrieks and hisses, and sold to an audience that was, to put it as mildly as possible, unprepared for it. Because sentient humans simply find it impossible not to vacate any room where it is playing. With certain isolated exceptions: mutants, mental patients, shriek freaks, masochists, sadists, amphetamine addicts, hate buffs, drug-numbed wierdos too walled off by chemicals to feel anything, other people whose nervous systems are already so bent out of shape that it sounds perfectly acceptable, the last category possibly including the author of this article, who likes metal machine music so much that he acquired (did not buy) an 8 track rca cartridge so that he can listen to it in his car.

1. If you ever thought feedback was the best thing that ever happened to the guitar, well, Lou just got rid of the guitars.

2. I realize that any idiot with the equipment could have made this album, including me, you or Lou. That's one of the main reasons I like it so much. As with the Godz and Tangerine Dream, not only does it bring you closer to the artist, but someday, god willing, I may get to do my own Metal Machine Music. It's all folk music, anyway.

3. When you wake up in the morning with the worst hangover of your life, Metal Machine Music is the best medicine. Because when you first arise you're probably so fucked (i.e., still drunk) that is doesn't even really hurt yet (not like it's going to), so you should put this album on immediately, not only to clear all the crap out of your head, but to prepare you for what's in store the rest of the day.

4. Speaking of clearing out crap, I once had this friend who would say, "I take acid at least every two months & JUST BLOW ALL THE BAD SHIT OUTA MY BRAIN!" So I say the same thing about MMM. Except I take it about once a day, like vitamins.

5. In his excellent liner notes, Lou asserts that he and the other speedfreaks did not start World Wars I, II, "or the Bay of Pigs, for that matter." And he's right. If everybody took amphetamines, all the time, everybody would understand each other. Either that or never listen or bother with the other son of a bitch, because they'd all be too busy spending three days drawing psychedelic lines around a piece of steno paper until it's totally black, writing eighty-page letters about meaningless occurrences to their mothers, or creating MMM. There would be no more wars, and peace and harmony would reign. Just imagine Gerald Ford on speed- he might manifest some glimmer of personality. Or Ronald Reagan- a blood vessel in his snapping-turtle lips would immediately burst, perhaps ridding us of that cocksucker. As is well known by now, JFK enjoyed regular injections of Meth and vitamins from happy croakers. 'Nuff said. Hey may not have actually accomplished anything (except the Bay of Pigs- wait a minute, Lou hasn't been doing his homework), but he had style and a winning smile."

...enrique says - I'LL BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!!! and that's all it is folks, a dollar a side, due to the pricing peculiarities of music downloads, go HERE if you just gotsta buy the other three sides.
...go HERE if you just want the torrent.

Nevermind the BALKANS...

...this one's from DEEP in the vaults of ken's korner here at the rfs lounge, this was HUGE hit on the rfs airwaves in the valley and on the steppes a coupla years back, and NOW, EXCLUSIVELY available HERE at RFSMOJOFILTER...

...it's the best of good ol' gypsy music trawled from the net and beyond by sheppard and enrique, taking it down home and up tempo... it's all dance music to us...
tracklist(incomplete, country of origin replaces artist where applicable)

transylvania - oas dance
serbia - juta
serbia - kopacka
bulgarian women's choir - pilentze pe
serbia - leskovacka cetvorka
bulgaria - kriva sadovsko horo
macedonia - tesko kavadorsko
arti barsamian, armenia - seeroon aghchig
? - nestinarsko horo
spero spyros and his anatolian ensemble - tamsara
? - pajdushkata
nikola parov and friends - pavno makedonsko
bulgarian - sandansko horo spassov
egide kimo, turkey - zirid
novo selo - baba durdija
macedonia - ranila moma
macedonia - indijski chochek
? - yaylalar
voix bulgares - ovdoviala lissitchkata
? - m bufchansko

...for more balkan music and many of the dance steps goto http://www.geocities.com/balkanfolkdances/
...with all this MOJO, we are soiling ourselves...

torrent available HERE

ArePeopleReal?

...looking for the Galactic Force Band!?!, then look no furthur...this one's from SKULL JUICE, a well fook'd up megamix by alex egan and benedict bull, full tracklisting below,
the man from rfs says turn it up LOUD!

01. The Galactic Force Band - Space Dust [Springboard International]
02. 20th Century Steel Band - Heaven And Hell [United Artists]
03. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two [Profile]
04. Dizzee Rascal - Pussyhole [CDR]/Tittsworth & Ayers - T&A Breaks (Extract) [Ammo]
05. Bel Biv Devoe - Poison [MCA]
06. Jackson & His Computer Band - Utopia [Warp]
07. Q - The Voice Of Q [Philly World]
08. Paperclip People - Oscillator [Buzz]
09. La Funk Mob - Motor Bass Get Phunked Up (Richie Hawtin's Electro Funk Mix) [Mowax]/Cajmere - Perculator (Acappella) [Cajual]
10. New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream (Herve Remix) [Modular]/Bjork - Earth Intruders (Extract) [One Little Indian]/Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock (Extract) [Tommy Boy]
11. Sinden & Count Of Monte Cristal - Tamborzuda (Rave New World Mix) [Man]/Duke Dumont - Lean & Bounce (Extract) [CDR]/Tittsworth & Ayers - T&A Breaks (Extract) [Ammo]
12. Hot Chip - My Piano [Studio !K7]
13. Diplo - Money Power Respect [Big Dada]/Metronomy - Peter's Pan (Extract) [Holiphonic]
14. James Brown & The Famous Flames - Night Train (!WOWOW! Mix) [CDR]
15. Klaxons - Golden Skans To Interzone (So Me Remix) [Ed Banger]
16. Chic - Everybody Dance (Extract) [Atlantic]
17. Justice - B.E.A.T (Extract) [Ed Banger]
18. Digitalism - Echoes [Kitsuné]/Tittsworth & Ayers - T&A Breaks (Extract) [Ammo]/Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (Acappella) [Roulé]
19. Bok Bok - Makin' Bread (Extract) [CDR]/Matthew !WOWOW! - Afro Baltimore [CDR]
20. Surkin - Kiss 'n' Horns (Vengeance Edit) [Institubes]
21. Sun Ra - Space Is The Place (Extract) [Impulse!]
22. Del Close & John Brent - Lesson 1/ Chemical Brothers - Galvanise (Switch Mix)[Freestyle Dust] /Santogold - You'll Find A Way (Switch & Sinden Remix) [Lizard King] / Chromactics - In The City [Troubleman Unlimited]
23. Best Fwends - Outtatouch [Micromusic] / Krome & Time - This Is The Sound For The Underground Suburban Base] / Tittsworth - Sardines [T&A] / Klaxons - Gravitys Rainbow (Todd Edwards Dub) [Rinse] / Blaqstarr - Tote It [Mad Decent] / Tittsworth - On And On [T&A]
24. Bamabounce - Wu Tang Slide [T&A] / Chemical Brothers - Galvanise (Switch Remix) [Freestyle Dust] / Armand Van Helden - Hear My Name (Solid Groove's Hear My Dub Mix) [Southern Fried] / DJ Funk - Too Hot For CD [Funk Records] / Debonair Samir - Charlie Brown (DJ Technics Remix) [CDR] / Barry Mann - Who Put The Bomp In The Bomp Bomp Bomp [Unknown] / Codec & Flexor - Crazy Girls [Forte Records] / Acid Horse - No Name, No Slogan [Wax Trax] / Metro Area - Pina (Swag Dub) [Classic]/ Swag - Buzz In The Speaker [Version] / Swag - Crunker [Version]/ MC Luscious - Boom! I Got Your Boyfriend [Avenue Distribution]
25. Diplo feat. Pantera Os Danadinhos - Percao [Big Dada] / Missy Elliot - Pass The Dutch (Serge Santiago Re-Edit) [Showtime Records] / Unknown - Tsunami Riddim (Instrumental) [CDR]
26. Lumidee - Never Leave You (Stanton Warriors Booty Mix) [White] / Shriekback - My Spine is The Bassline [Y Records] / DJ Funk - Work Da Body [Funk Records] / Walter Meego - Through The Keyhole (Solid Groove & Sinden Mix) [Brilliante] / !!! - Pardon My Freedom (Maurice Fulton Instrumental Remix) [Warp] / Busta Rhymes - Light Your Ass On Fire (Switch Mix) [Star Trak] / Outhud - One Life To Leave A Requiem [Kranky]
27. Clipse - Trill [Re-Up Gang] / Curtis Vodka - Black Apple (Le Freak Cow Bell Version) [CDR] / Armand Van Helden - Hear My Name (Solid Groove Remix) [Southern Fried] / Diplo feat Dr. Evil - Mary Jane (Solid Groove Remix) [Mad Decent] / Swag - Buzz In The Speaker [Version] / Buraka Som Sistema - Wawaba / Buraka Som Sistema - Com Respito / Miss Kittten & The Hacker - 1982 (Anthony Rother Remix) [International Deejay Gigolos]
28. Beat Dominator - 1,2,3,4,5,6,Bass [Pandisc] / Thrust Lab - Dance Sweet Dracula [Creative Capitalism] / John Carpenter - The End (Disco version) [Rams Horn Records] / Miss Kittten & The Hacker - 1982 (Anthony Rother Remix) [International Deejay Gigolos] /Lady Sovereign - Hoodie (Brucker & Sinden Instrumental) [Universal Island Records] / Wiley - Bird Tune [Wiley Kat Records]
29. 7 Aurleius Feat. Ashanti - My Number [CDR] / Bauchamp - All Night Long [Viking Music] / Inflagranti - Just Gazing (Robag Wruhme's Wighnomy Brothers Remix) [Kill The DJ Records]
30. Freq Nasty - Amped [Skint] / The Count Of Monte Cristal & Sinden - Beeper [CDR] / Unknown - Need 4 Speed Riddim [CDR] / Ritchie Hawtin - Subphunk [Plus 8]
31. Coco Steel & Lovebomb - Feel It [Instant Records] / Le Dust Sucker - Formerly Known As Satisfaction [Plong!] / Le Dust Sucker - Love Me [Plong!] / New Young Pony Club - Jerk Me [Tirk]
32. The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache [Deram]

...to download full show, go HERE

DangerBeck - Chemtrails

...what with the scientology association n' all, i must confess, beck has of late slipped off the rfs radar,
but this is GOOD NEWS!!! Now, he's working with dangermouse, and the first blips are forming...
and yes, the man from rfs says YES!...
...and great subject...thanx twolegs for the head up

del.icio.us

...still looking for the ideal podcast/playlist hosting solution (any suggestions?)
trying ODEO at the mo, here's a selection of the best (and worst) of today's mashups found on del.icio.us via ODEO...
...listen, laugh, love...

under the INFLUENCE...

...in the first of an occasional series on the essential and influential here at the rfs lounge, i strongly urge you to take a dose of TROPICALIA, torrent HERE
for your own minty fresh copy, go HERE

The Tropicália movement was born in 1968, a momentous year around the world. It was the year of the Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy assassinations, the Prague Spring, the Chicago Convention, the Tet Offensive in Vietnam and the anti-war movement, the student rebellion in France, civil rights, the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union and the birth of the women’s movement.

In Brazil, army violence that killed three protesters in the opening months of 1968 failed to keep students from protesting the four-year-old repressive Brazilian military dictatorship. It was against this extraordinary backdrop that Tropicália arrived. As a coherent movement allied to worldwide political and cultural unrest, Tropicália lasted little more than a year, yet it had – and continues to have – a profound effect on Brazilian society.

Mixing psychedelic rock, avant-garde musique concrete (tape loops, sound experiments), samba, funk and soul, Tropicália was so radical – and its social implications so politically profound - that its leading protagonists, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, were arrested, imprisoned and finally exiled in 1969.

Tropicália’s unique ideology mixed high art with mass culture. Tropicália created musical and cultural anarchy, a revolution in Brazilian sound with a legacy later to be internationally championed by such diverse artists as David Byrne, Beck, Kurt Cobain, Stereolab, The Bees and Tortoise.
Tropicália artists loved the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix. They loved such forgotten Brazilian musical radio heroes as Dorival Caymmi, Luis Gonzaga and Orlando Silva as much as they were interested in the avant-garde of John Cage and Stockhausen.

TESTIFY!!!

...BROTHERS and SISTERS,
NOW is the TIME to TESTIFY
and i wanna know,
are you ready to testify,
are you ready to testify,
are you ready to testify,
i give you a testimonial...
...the third installment in WUNDERKIND director mungo shoddy's AMERIKAN TRILOGY series, stars supersoul, lynn collins, john sinclair, mario savio, and a cast of thousands in a veritable call to arms, and is the trailer for the long awaited forthcoming radio free st*rfucker production - revolution NOW!!! - available SOON EXCLUSIVELY HERE at rfsmojofilter...
...meanwhile, here's the AMERIKAN TRILOGY in FULL...
...another QUATILY product...shop as usual...

EVERYTHING is UNDER CONTROL!!!

...it's a riot on the radio another QUATILY product from the vaults here at radio free st*rfucker, produced by enrique che pelligro and featuring guest speaker jello biafra...



... this show brings you the music of RFS - coldcut - the dead 60s - the ruts - primal scream - bad brains - dean gray - bootsy - !!! - underworld - pink floyd - simple kid - splodgenessabounds - willy mason - daft punk - the crimea - joseph arthur and funkadelic

...for torrent go HERE

SuperSoulSister!!!

...trawling the net at Pirate Bay today and found a concert which has gone straight into heavy rotation here at the rfs lounge, it's SHARON JONES and the DAP KINGS live from seattle's very own KEXP VIP club concerts, torrent available HERE,
enjoy...

WAR IS OVER...

...if you want it, it's here, fresh off the turntables of DJ(burts)TWOLEGS, a stomping dance way out there through house via dafunk with your guest speaker Phil Ochs, taking it WAAAY back!!! it's the GILLYMIX(war is over), another QUATILY product, full tracklisting below

part 1 house :-
Instant Exposure - I need a little more (instrumental)
X-press 2 - London X-press
Pollitix of Dancing - Be Free
Sandy B - Notice Me
South Street Players - Who keeps Changing Your Mind
Black Magic - Freedom (make it funny)
Barbara Tucker - Beautiful People

Part 2 disco funk
Patti Labelle - Music is my life
First choice - The Player
A Taste of honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
Brothers Johnson - Get the funk outa my face
Zapp - More bounce to the ounce

Part 3 out there...
KC & the sunshine band - i get lifted
Dennis Coffey - Outrageous (the mind excursion)
The Galactic Force Band - Space Dust
Jimmy Caster Bunch - Its just begun
The Coasters - Down in Mexico
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Hold Tight
Joe Tex - I Gotcha
Gil Scott Heron - B Movie
Headhunters - Watermelon Man

This is RADIO FREEDOM...

...if we could have devised an arrangement for providing everybody with music in their homes, perfect in quality, unlimited in quantity, suited to every mood, and beginning and ceasing at will, we should have considered the limit of human felicity already achieved and ceased to try for furthur improvements.
Edward Bellamy 1888

Well forget Annie Mac, it's all GRAVY...but where's the MASH?!? BlipHop, HipHouse, Handbag n Bass, but where's the BEEF?!? Mashup, Cashup, Flog'em n Fleece!

...well at last it's HERE, from the vaults at radio free st*rfucker we bring you the first in a now legendary series of revolutionary radio mashups featuring the beast in merged musics trawled from the net and beyond, all put through the patent applied for rfsmojofilter.
Putting the Schmooz with the Schmazz for this debut is enrique che pelligro with guest speaker Terence McKenna, featuring the musical stylings of leftfield -fatboy slim - public image limited - front 242 - lemonjelly - bill of rights band - ry cooder - the melvins - evolution control committee - underworld - tom petty - michael hedges - public enemy - kylie - scissor sisters - depeche mode - thomas newman - tom waits - dead kennedys and more...

For FREE mp3 DOWNLOAD of FULL SHOW, go THERE, or HERE

To BUY FULL CD go

another QUATILY product 2008

...and here's the eagerly awaited mungo shoddy directed promo for the show...

Albert Hoffman R.I.P.

AT THE GRAND OLD AGE OF 102,
albert takes his celestial bike ride for the last time,
so long, and thanx fer all the MUSIC!!!
(and the art, and the scientific breakthroughs, and
on and on...)