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Saturday August 3rd, 2013 with Steve Kirkland
RIP Mick Farren

Brainwashed (excerpt, musical bed)
the NO MEN - Scraps of Reality - 2013, Topplers New
Fiction Section
DOT DASH - Half-Remembered Dream - 2013, the Beautiful Music New
Lady
KING TUFF - King Tuff Was Dead - 2013, Burger, originally released
String Pull Job
JOHN HIATT - Two Bit Monsters - 1980, MCA
Neko Loves Rock'n'Roll
GIRL TROUBLE - Thrillsphere - 1990, Popllama
HIgh Town Nocturne
the KNOCKOUTS - Chinese Guiness - 2012, Topplers
Give Up the Sun
GUN CLUB - the Las Vegas Story - 1984, Passport
Heartbreak Hotel (comp Mae Axton)
the CRAMPS - Rockin'andReelin'inAucklandNewZealand - 1986, Vengeance
Haunted Head
KID CONGO POWERS and the PINK MONKEYBIRDS - Haunted Head - 2013 In the Red
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Brainwashed (excerpt, musical bed)
the NO MEN - Scraps of Reality - 2013, Topplers New
Do You Kow Thee Enemy
SLIM CESSNA's AUTO CLUB - Unentitled - 2011, Alternative Tentacles
Ye Sleeping Knights of Jesus
ROBYN HITCHCOCK - I Often Dream of Trains - 1984, Midnight
Presence of the Lord
STEVE WINWOOD - Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert - 1973, RSO
Elimination Blues
PRIMAL SCREAM w Robert Plant voc - More Light - 2013, First International New
Living with Ghosts
SMOKE FAERIES - Ghosts - 2011, 453 Music
Blues Runs the Game (Jackson C. Frank cover)
NICK DRAKE - Family Tree - 2007, Fontana, originally recorded in 1968
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Brainwashed (excerpt, musical bed)
the NO MEN - Scraps of Reality - 2013, Topplers New
On July 27, Mick Farren collapsed and died onstage at the Borderline in London, while performing "Cocaine and Gunpowder". Social activist in the late 60's, prominent in the underground English press (International Times, Oz), respected music journalist, published author of a couple dozen -- mostly sci-fi -- novels and cultural non-fiction, he lived a fairly long and very interesting life, which is worth looking into and, in the case of his musical output, listening to...
Jamie's Song
the DEVIANTS - Disposable - 1968, Stable
Charlie
the SOCIAL DEVIANTS - Ptoof! - 1967, Decca
Mona (Bo Diddley cover)
MICK FARREN - Mona (Carnivorous Circus) - 1970, Transatlantic
Screwed Up
MICK FARREN & the DEVIANTS - Screwed Up 7-inch ep - 1976, Stiff
Lost Johnny
MICK FARREN - 7-inch B-side - 1976, Ork
People Call You Crazy
MICK FARREN - Vampires Stole My Lunch Money - 1978, Logo
Arts of Darkness
DEVIANTS ixvi - Eating Jello with a Heated Fork - 1996, Alive
When the World Was Young
MICK FARREN & JACK LANCASTER - the Deathray Tapes - 1995, Alive
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Brainwashed (excerpt, musical bed)
the NO MEN - Scraps of Reality - 2013, Topplers New
Who Shot You Dutch
MICK FARREN & WAYNE KRAMER - 12-inch A-side - 1987, Spectre
the Seven Thousand Names of Wah!
WAH! (Pete Wylie) - Nah-Poo the Art of Bluff - 1980, Eternal
Slow Death
the FLAMIN' GRROVIES - 7-inch single - 1972, United Artists