Commie Francis (host)
8:06:26 PM
yow!
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Uneasy Listening
Jan 27, 2024 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Music
With Commie Francis
Music from all different genres from the 1910s to the 2020s. On a lyrical theme for the first two hours, FREEFORM MADNESS for the last hour.
House Parts!
Image: Moomin house concept art, 1990
Here is songs about parts of a house! This was a surprisingly fertile topic with a decent number of songs and a very high proportion of really good songs, so there will be a part 2 some day! And I've already done shows about doors, windows, underground things and rooms so I used up a bunch of songs that way! Isn't music great, now really.
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| Bay City Rollers Saturday Night Rollin' Arista 1974
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| 8:08 PM |
| Irma Thomas These Four Walls In Between Tears Fungus 1973
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| 8:12 PM |
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DJ speaks over Brad Linde, Patrick Booth, Aaron Quinn and Jonathan Taylor - Housetop | |
| 8:14 PM |
| Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise / You Remind Me Of My Mother Victor 1922
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| 8:17 PM |
| Public Enemy Raise the Roof Yo! Bum Rush the Show Def Jam 1987
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| 8:22 PM |
| K.U.K.L. Open the Window and Let the Spirit Fly Free The Eye Crass 1984
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| 8:25 PM |
| Emitt Rhodes With My Face on the Floor Emitt Rhodes Dunhill 1970
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| 8:28 PM |
| Dislocation Dance Roof Is Leaking Music Music Music New Hormones 1981
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| 8:30 PM |
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DJ speaks over Delia Derbyshire - Door to Door | |
| 8:32 PM |
| Men Without Hats Ideas for Walls Rhythm of Youth Statik 1982
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| 8:35 PM |
| The Shangri-Las Footsteps On the Roof Take the Time / Footsteps on the Roof Mercury 1967
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| 8:38 PM |
| Crass Walls (Fun in the Oven) Stations of the Crass Crass 1979
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| 8:40 PM |
| Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges Paisagem de Janela Clube de Esquina Odeon 1972
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| 8:43 PM |
| Viagra Boys Down in the Basement R Street Worms YEAR0001 2018 requested by Charles from Northampton MA
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| 8:47 PM |
| The Toms The Door The Toms Feel It Records 2023 orig 1979
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| 8:50 PM |
| Dropdead Foundation Dropdead / Systematic Death Split - Single Armageddon Label 2013
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| 8:52 PM |
| BEIRUT SLUMP Staircase split with Bobby Berkowitz Cherry Red 1979
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| 8:54 PM |
| Come On Don't Walk On the Kitchen Floor Don't Walk On The Kitchen Floor / Kitchen In The Clouds self released 1978
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| 8:57 PM |
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DJ speaks over The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale - Batman and Robin Over the Roofs | |
| 9:01 PM |
| Fugazi Shut the Door Repeater & 3 Songs Dischord 1990
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| 9:06 PM |
| Cleoma Breaux Leve Tes Fenetres Haut Cajun Dance Party: Fais Do-Do orig 1920s
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| 9:09 PM |
| Sprung aus den Wolken Auf dem Boden Stampfen Sprung Aus Den Wolken Das Cassetten Combinat 1981
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| 9:11 PM |
| Lithics A Highly Textured Ceiling Tower of Age Trouble In Mind Records 2020
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| 9:13 PM |
| Rat Cage Spitting on the Ceiling Savage Visions La Vida Es Un Mus Discos 2023
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| 9:14 PM |
| Plastic People Of The Universe Okolo Okno Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Band Globus 1978
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| 9:16 PM |
| Eighth Route Army Outside My Window Outside My Window 1 Dimensional Records 1985
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| 9:20 PM |
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DJ speaks over Blue Oil - Free Fleas on the Roof | |
| 9:24 PM |
| Tactics Standing by My Window Long Weekend Folding Chair Records 1979
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| 9:27 PM |
| Hassisen Kone Seinat R Harsoinen Teräs Poko Rekords 1982 requested by Mikko in CA
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| 9:31 PM |
| Litige Sur les toits Fuite en avant DESTRUCTURE 2017
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| 9:33 PM |
| Eddie & Ernie Who's That Knocking at My Door Who's That Knocking at My Door / It's a Weak Man That Cries Nightingale 1963
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| 9:35 PM |
| Sophie Pascal Je ne Frapperai a Ta Porte Je Ne Frapperai Plus A Ta Porte Palette 1964
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| 9:37 PM |
| Stranger Cole Stranger At the Door Bangarang - The Best of Stranger Cole (1962-1972) Trojan 2003 orig 1963
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| 9:40 PM |
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DJ speaks over Lithics - Cricket Song Through Open Window | |
| 9:43 PM |
| Dianah Kelderbeat Kelderbeat - Single CNR 1966
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| 9:47 PM |
| Überspannung Boden Holzwege Mangel 2023
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| 9:50 PM |
| Beakers I'm Crawling (on the Floor) Life Elsewhere V/A Mr. Brown Records and Tapes 1980
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| 9:52 PM |
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DJ speaks over The Living Strings - When Love Comes Knockin' at Your Door | |
| 9:55 PM |
| Gogol Bordello Through the Roof 'n' Underground Multi Kontra Culti vs Irony Cooking Vinyl 2002
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| 10:01 PM |
| Freddy Cannon Transistor Sister Transistor Sister - Single Swan Records 1961
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| 10:04 PM |
| X The Unheard Music Los Angeles Rhino/Slash 1980
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| 10:08 PM |
| The Exploited Dangerous Visions Horror Epics Dojo 1985
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| 10:11 PM |
| Poison Girls Hole in the Wall (Thisbe's Song) Chappaquiddick Bridge Crass 1980
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| 10:15 PM |
| ZANJEER زنجیر Nakhair نخیر Parcham Buland Ast بارشام بولاند أست - EP Neon Nile 2023
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| 10:17 PM |
| Grazia Thistle N In Poor Taste - EP Feel It Records 2024
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| 10:20 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (instrumental) | |
| 10:25 PM |
| HELLCO Swiss Cheese Brain N Hellco SRA Records 2023
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| 10:29 PM |
| T.N.T. Fight I Remember 77 / Fight Off Course Records 1977
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| 10:31 PM |
| Planet On A Chain Algiers Point Deprogram Revelation Records 2022
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| 10:32 PM |
| Mercenarias Labirintos Cadê as Armas? Baratos Afins 1986
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| 10:35 PM |
| Dark Harvest Commandos Live in Peace N Dark Harvest Commandos Sanctus Propaganda 2024
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| 10:36 PM |
| Koridor Kroz Pukotine N Koridor Doomtown Records 2024
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| 10:39 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (instrumental) | |
| 10:45 PM |
| Lloyd Cheechoo Winds of Change Native North America (Vol. 1) : Aboriginal Folk, Rock, And Country 1966-1985 V/A Light In The Attic 2014
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| 10:48 PM |
| Dancer When I Was a Teenage Horse N 10 Songs I Hate About You Meritorio Records 2024
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| 10:51 PM |
| Yonic South All the Small Twix N Devo Challenge Cup - EP Wild Honey Records 2023
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| 10:53 PM |
| Negative World Status Obsolete Demo 2023 - Single Negative World Records 2023
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| 10:55 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (instrumental) | |
| 10:57 PM |
| Chumbawamba The Day the Nazi Died Uneasy Listening smash fascism thank u v much
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Chat is archived.
DSM
8:23:32 PM
wow wow!
DSM
8:23:45 PM
would be cool to live in the Moomin house
Commie Francis (host)
8:24:02 PM
it would be my dream!
Rob from snowless Maryland 🦅
8:25:44 PM
Hello everyone
DSM
8:26:10 PM
Howdy Rob!
Commie Francis (host)
8:27:05 PM
hi Rob! and DSM!
DSM
8:27:54 PM
Happy Saturday Commie
jimbooooooo
8:35:07 PM
Yeoooodoodleydooooooooodeedooooo
Commie Francis (host)
8:36:11 PM
an excellent saturday indeed!
DJ Tenderloin
8:39:37 PM
Good evening Commie Francis! Good evening listeners! I am greatly enjoying parts of a house.
TAndy
8:39:46 PM
This song that you're playing right now absolutely kicks ass
Commie Francis (host)
8:40:38 PM
its CRASS!
DSM
8:40:41 PM
hell yeah Crass
DSM
8:40:48 PM
TAndy wuzzup
DJ Tenderloin
8:41:26 PM
I suppose it's too late to request "Under the Floor Again" by The Damned? I'm always behind on knowing the theme!
Commie Francis (host)
8:42:00 PM
dj tenderloin have you signed up for the email list? i usually remember to email my themes in advance!
Commie Francis (host)
8:42:26 PM
i played that damned song in my underground show i think
DJ Tenderloin
8:43:15 PM
sad I missed it - yes I should sign up for that - bad at signing up for things, joining things, things in general...
Ambrose Hughes (1)
8:50:37 PM
Evenin' Commie F.!
Commie Francis (host)
8:54:37 PM
Hi Bo!
Rob from snowless Maryland 🦅
8:58:09 PM
Commie, would you be playing "A Song From Under The Floorboards" by Magazine by any chance?
Rob from snowless Maryland 🦅
8:59:54 PM
Or Gilla Band "Why they hide their bodies under my garage"
Commie Francis (host)
9:01:43 PM
oh man i forgot garages
Commie Francis (host)
9:02:07 PM
i need to check underground songs for magazine! but i'm doing part 2 of this theme some day
Rob from snowless Maryland 🦅
9:02:56 PM
alright, part 2!!
jimbooooooo
9:10:24 PM
Cleoma 💕
Commie Francis (host)
9:11:14 PM
love her! lot of sentimental favorites of mine tonight for some reason
Commie Francis (host)
9:12:09 PM
i'm still haunted by choosing a malaria record over a nice cleoma collection when i was in portland 5 years ago
jimbooooooo
9:13:55 PM
Life is all about choices...
jimbooooooo
9:15:56 PM
I'm haunted by the fact that I neglected to buy a 7" promoting the 1989 US Census featuring George Takei this week in a thrift store
jimbooooooo
9:16:22 PM
1980 census excuse moi
Commie Francis (host)
9:16:25 PM
i'd probably feel the same if i'd chosen cleoma. really i should have gotten both
Commie Francis (host)
9:16:59 PM
i was at the social security office once and they had signs promoting... social security i guess. featuring george takei and i think patty duke? with a star trek theme
Commie Francis (host)
9:17:20 PM
go boldly into social security or something. i took a picture even though you're not allowed to take pictures in there
jimbooooooo
9:17:55 PM
Nice!
DJ Tenderloin
9:22:24 PM
Life from A Window - The Jam? s'good one.
Commie Francis (host)
9:27:37 PM
i LOVE that song but definitely played it in my windows show!
Colin
9:30:47 PM
i was hanging my head out the window when commie said "people love a hole in a wall" during that last mic break. I was like, we sure do.
jimbooooooo
9:37:28 PM
All glory to the wall holes 🙌🏻
Ambrose Hughes (1)
9:38:03 PM
@Colin lmfao!
Ambrose Hughes (1)
9:38:33 PM
Jimboooo!😆
jimbooooooo
9:39:34 PM
Yeoooo Bo!
jimbooooooo
9:40:43 PM
I've been reading about "witch windows" today https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_window
Commie Francis (host)
9:44:10 PM
good band name
jimbooooooo
9:46:12 PM
Zamrock cover band
richard lyons:)
9:50:16 PM
I can never seem to get my broomstick through tilted windows!
Commie Francis (host)
9:50:46 PM
so they are witchproof windows?
Commie Francis (host)
9:50:53 PM
i assumed they were windows for witches
jimbooooooo
9:52:19 PM
Witches cannot fly at an angle, apparently.
jimbooooooo
9:52:46 PM
At least thru a window
Commie Francis (host)
9:56:46 PM
ok who wants to guess what my first 2 punk cassettes were
Commie Francis (host)
9:58:42 PM
1 is from the US, 1 is from the UK, they might not be the most obvious bands but they are not super obscure either
jimbooooooo
9:59:20 PM
Hmmm...
jimbooooooo
10:00:07 PM
Minutemen and the Damned?
Commie Francis (host)
10:00:42 PM
nope! right general geographic area for the american one
DJ Tenderloin
10:01:23 PM
black flag / Discharge
Commie Francis (host)
10:01:30 PM
nope!
jimbooooooo
10:01:38 PM
TSOL?
jimbooooooo
10:01:55 PM
Germs? Flag?
DJ Tenderloin
10:02:13 PM
germs
jimbooooooo
10:02:24 PM
Agent Orange!
DJ Tenderloin
10:02:40 PM
descendents
Commie Francis (host)
10:02:44 PM
no one has gotten it yet!
Commie Francis (host)
10:02:57 PM
big hint they were in a movie with the germs and flag
jimbooooooo
10:03:08 PM
Fear!
DJ Tenderloin
10:03:10 PM
dickies!
DJ Tenderloin
10:03:21 PM
dickies!
jimbooooooo
10:03:30 PM
X?
Commie Francis (host)
10:04:03 PM
ok i just changed my playlist order because jimbo got it
DJ Tenderloin
10:04:10 PM
alice bag band?
Commie Francis (host)
10:04:13 PM
now they're in the order i got the tapes
Commie Francis (host)
10:04:52 PM
a hint for the other one might make it easy? but i dunno maybe it won't. they are from scotland
DJ Tenderloin
10:05:35 PM
saw x a few times - such a great live band
Rob from snowless Maryland 🦅
10:05:39 PM
Oi Polloi
Commie Francis (host)
10:05:51 PM
nope!
Rob from snowless Maryland 🦅
10:06:02 PM
Rezillos?
DJ Tenderloin
10:06:07 PM
Exploited
Commie Francis (host)
10:06:11 PM
nope although they were in there pretty early
Rob from snowless Maryland 🦅
10:06:18 PM
Exploited?
Commie Francis (host)
10:06:18 PM
dingdignding dj tenderloin
DJ Tenderloin
10:07:00 PM
my next guess woulda been the skids
jimbooooooo
10:07:00 PM
X/Clash/Ramones are prob my first...from Columbia House record club!
Rob from snowless Maryland 🦅
10:07:31 PM
My first punk album was by the Ramones
Commie Francis (host)
10:07:51 PM
i did have a teacher in 7th grade who loaned me her ramones lps
DJ Tenderloin
10:08:04 PM
the first punk record i bought was the stranglers rattus norvegicus
Rob from snowless Maryland 🦅
10:08:28 PM
DJ T, that was one of my earlier ones
Rob from snowless Maryland 🦅
10:08:38 PM
*as well
Commie Francis (host)
10:08:40 PM
here comes some weird exploited. this is the album where they tried to go.... industrial? i love it
Commie Francis (host)
10:08:50 PM
my friend greg taped it for me. it's so echoey
Rob from snowless Maryland 🦅
10:08:52 PM
What a cool teacher, Commie
Commie Francis (host)
10:08:59 PM
and the gated drums!
Colin
10:09:00 PM
one of my first punk tapes was the exploited lets start a war. that may have been tape 3. number one was walk among us
Commie Francis (host)
10:09:41 PM
was it a dream or dangerous vision????
DSM
10:10:34 PM
I love the drums on Horror Epics
Commie Francis (host)
10:11:05 PM
i wish this lady did more stuff, as far as i can tell she didn't. her name is dee!
Colin
10:11:33 PM
long live dee
Colin
10:13:24 PM
that was great. I never heard that exploited song
Commie Francis (host)
10:14:06 PM
it's a good album! it has some regular punk records but it's all recorded weird and it has a bunch of jams like that
Commie Francis (host)
10:14:37 PM
i mean regular punk songs. it has maggie
richard lyons:)
10:16:32 PM
great set!
richard lyons:)
10:20:03 PM
Love this Grazia!!
jimbooooooo
10:20:29 PM
Yessssssss richard
DSM
10:24:50 PM
horror epics DUB versions would be a record store day release I could get excited about
Commie Francis (host)
10:26:25 PM
seconded! both those things!
richard lyons:)
10:32:29 PM
nice transition
Commie Francis (host)
10:33:39 PM
how bout THAT transition
richard lyons:)
10:34:14 PM
woo
stevie p
10:34:41 PM
hi Commie & my PRB Pals!
richard lyons:)
10:34:47 PM
can't find info about T.N.T. "fight"?
richard lyons:)
10:35:44 PM
hey hey SP!
Rob from snowless Maryland 🦅
10:35:45 PM
richard, here's something from Discogs about the record: https://www.discogs.com/release/1437808-The-TNT-I-Remember-77
Colin
10:35:52 PM
richard, only the deep cuts on transistor sister!
richard lyons:)
10:36:08 PM
hell yeahhhh
Commie Francis (host)
10:36:12 PM
https://www.discogs.com/master/2284342-The-TNT-I-Remember-77
richard lyons:)
10:37:20 PM
thank you, thank you
Commie Francis (host)
10:38:25 PM
their bass player is in the great current three (now two) swiss bass player band ONETWOTHREE
Ambrose Hughes (1)
10:38:45 PM
Transition sister
Colin
10:40:30 PM
yeah man that koridor band
Commie Francis (host)
10:46:01 PM
yep wrong song! oh well!
Brian F
10:47:32 PM
Great show tonight
Rob from snowless Maryland 🦅
10:48:39 PM
Yes, a great show tonight
richard lyons:)
10:49:16 PM
third it
Commie Francis (host)
10:50:45 PM
thanks, hopefully everyone doesn't change their minds with the next song!
DSM
10:51:19 PM
Thanks CF, have a great night everyone!!
stevie p
10:53:26 PM
Great show, as per usual! Thanks CF!
stevie p
10:54:05 PM
wrong song was still good
Commie Francis (host)
10:54:35 PM
yeah you can't really go wrong with that comp
Ambrose Hughes (1)
10:55:45 PM
Agreed! Top Show Commie, many thanks!
Colin
10:58:17 PM
wprb!!
richard lyons
10:58:34 PM
gn!
stevie p
10:59:00 PM
love this