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Uneasy Listening

Mar 23, 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.

Mutants!

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songs about mutants and mutations and heroic turtles? 8-10

then from 10-11, songs by artists who are playing the Malas Artes fest next month in Barcelona (SPAIN)


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Uneasy Listening
8:01 PM
Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
Bay City Rollers Saturday Night
Rollin' Arista 1974
8:04 PM
Devo - Nu-Tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man)
Devo Nu-Tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man)
New Traditionalists (Deluxe Edition) Warner Records 2010
orig 1981
8:05 PM
Bona Dish - Mutation
Bona Dish Mutation
On C30 In Phaze Records 1981
8:08 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Nervous Triggers - Radiation Suit (Blankside Chiptune version)

8:10 PM
Devo - Going Under
Devo Going Under R
New Traditionalists Warner Records 1981
requested by Dana K!
8:13 PM
Stereo Total - Party anticonformiste
Stereo Total Party anticonformiste
Juke-Box Alarm Stereo Total 1998
8:16 PM
Superchunk - City of the Dead
Superchunk City of the Dead
Wild Loneliness Merge Records 2022
8:20 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Nervous Triggers - Radiation Suit (Blankside Chiptune version)

8:24 PM
The Glands - Mutants on Motorcycles
The Glands Mutants on Motorcycles
Don't Call Me / Mutants on Motorcycles Some Records 1980
8:27 PM
Career Suicide - Jonzo's Leaking Radiation
Career Suicide Jonzo's Leaking Radiation
Career Suicide Kangaroo Records 2003
8:29 PM
Charol - El Mutante
Charol El Mutante
Héroes de los 80. Charol WM Spain 1980
8:33 PM
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Christine
Siouxsie & The Banshees Christine R
Kaleidoscope Polydor 1980
requested by Theresa from Western Mass
8:36 PM
Dave Davies - 7th Channel
Dave Davies 7th Channel
Glamour Legacy Recordings 1981
8:39 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Nervous Triggers - Radiation Suit (Blankside Chiptune version)

8:43 PM
St. John Green - 7th Generation Mutation
St. John Green 7th Generation Mutation
St. John Green Flick-Disc 1968
8:46 PM
Big Boys - Mutant Rock
Big Boys Mutant Rock
Frat Cars Big Boys Records 1980
8:49 PM
Glorium - Mutant Lover Special
Glorium Mutant Lover Special
Cinema Peligrosa Undone Records 1994
8:53 PM
The Fall - The Man Whose Head Expanded
The Fall The Man Whose Head Expanded R
The Man Whose Head Expanded Rough Trade 1983
requested by Ben in London
8:57 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Nervous Triggers - Radiation Suit (Blankside Chiptune version)

8:59 PM
Radio Birdman - New Race
Radio Birdman New Race
Radios Appear Trafalgar 1978
9:04 PM
Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark - Evolution Of Species
Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark Evolution Of Species N
Bauhaus Staircase White Noise 2023
9:07 PM
Men's Recovery Project - Frank Talk About Mutants
Men's Recovery Project Frank Talk About Mutants R
Frank Talk About Humans Vinyl Communications 1995
requested by Noelle from Philly
9:09 PM
Cinecyde - Radiation Sickness
Cinecyde Radiation Sickness
Positive Action Tremor Records 1979
9:11 PM
Daisuck & Prostitute - Mutant Pubへようこそ
Daisuck & Prostitute Mutant Pubへようこそ
死ぬまで踊りつづけて ~ Keep Dancing Until I Die Japan Record 1981
9:15 PM
Snõõper - Fitness
Snõõper Fitness
Super Snõõper Third Man Records 2023
9:18 PM
Fault 151 - Radiation Man
Fault 151 Radiation Man
Household Shocks V/A Stark Products 1980
9:19 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Nervous Triggers - Radiation Suit (Blankside Chiptune version)

9:24 PM
David Bowie - Future Legend
David Bowie Future Legend
Diamond Dogs Parlophone UK 1974
9:25 PM
Simply Saucer - Dance the Mutation
Simply Saucer Dance the Mutation R
Cyborgs Revisited In The Red 2018
orig late 70s. requested by Dana K
9:30 PM
Borsig Werke - Mumien, Monoton, Mutationen
Borsig Werke Mumien, Monoton, Mutationen
Stars Aus Der Steckdose Cassetten Combinat 1981
9:33 PM
The Snobs - Mutans
The Snobs Mutans
The Snobs - 1996 - 2000 NEMART Records 2003
9:34 PM
The Mistakes - Radiation
The Mistakes Radiation
Radiation / 16 Pins Twist and Shout Records 1981
9:39 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Nervous Triggers - Radiation Suit (Blankside Chiptune version)

9:42 PM
Venom - To Hell and Back
Venom To Hell and Back
Black Metal Neat Records 1982
9:45 PM
Aviador Dro - Nuclear Sí
Aviador Dro Nuclear Sí R
Nuclear Sí La Vida es en Mus Discos 2019
orig 1982. requested by Anna from Philly
9:48 PM
Graham Parker - (Too Late) The Smart Bomb
Graham Parker (Too Late) The Smart Bomb
The Real Macaw Lemon Recordings 1983
9:52 PM
Count Vertigo - I'm a Mutant
Count Vertigo I'm a Mutant
X Patriots Cool Records 1979
9:55 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Nervous Triggers - Radiation Suit (Blankside Chiptune version)

9:58 PM
The Vores - Love Canal
The Vores Love Canal
Love Canal Family Only 1978
10:01 PM
Hogar - Serpiente
Hogar Serpiente
Todos Contra Todos Mata La Música Records, Flexidiscos 2020
https://flexidiscos.bandcamp.com/album/todos-contra-todos
10:04 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Ana Curra - Lágrimas

10:08 PM
Ana Curra - Aprendiz de Bruja
Ana Curra Aprendiz de Bruja
Huaca - EP Ana Curra 2019
10:11 PM
TETAS FRÍAS - vuelve a casa
TETAS FRÍAS vuelve a casa N
OTRA CAMISETA Industrias MDA 2023
https://industriasmda.bandcamp.com/album/frigodemos
10:14 PM
Accidente - Colgado de ti (Alarma)
Accidente Colgado de ti (Alarma) N
split LP with Nightwatchers V/A Stonehenge Records 2023
https://nightwatcherspunk.bandcamp.com/album/accidente-nightwatchers-split-lp
10:16 PM
Phosphore - L'Ultimatum
Phosphore L'Ultimatum
Phosphore Dirty Slap 2023
https://phosphore-bdx.bandcamp.com/album/phosphore
10:18 PM
El Nucli - Cor
El Nucli Cor N
Ferro - EP Industrias MDA 2023
https://industriasmda.bandcamp.com/album/ferro
10:19 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Ana Curra - Lágrimas

10:24 PM
Spirito Di Lupo - Canzone Della Foresta
Spirito Di Lupo Canzone Della Foresta
Vedo La Tua Faccia Nei Giorni Di Pioggia Iron Lung Records 2023
https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/vedo-la-tua-faccia-nei-giorni-di-pioggia
10:26 PM
Perifèria Nord - Frenesí
Perifèria Nord Frenesí N
Perifèria Nord - EP 6149754 Records DK
https://periferianord.bandcamp.com/album/perif-ria-nord
10:29 PM
Zounds - More Trouble
Zounds More Trouble
The Curse of Zounds! Broken Rekkids 1997
orig 1982https://lazydogrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-curse-of-zounds-the-singles
10:31 PM
Tozcos - ¿Quién Te Va Enterrar?
Tozcos ¿Quién Te Va Enterrar? N
Infernal Quality Control HQ Records 2023
https://tozcos.bandcamp.com/album/infernal-2
10:33 PM
Igual nos vamos a morir - No siento amor, lo siento amor
Igual nos vamos a morir No siento amor, lo siento amor
Igual nos vamos a morir - EP Igual nos vamos a morir 2023
https://igualnosvamosamorir.bandcamp.com/album/igual-nos-vamos-a-morir
10:36 PM
Manuela Iwansson - Dead Weight
Manuela Iwansson Dead Weight
Dark Tracks Echo Three 2022
https://manuelaiwansson.bandcamp.com/album/dark-tracks
10:39 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Ana Curra - Lágrimas

10:44 PM
La URSS - Fe
La URSS Fe
+ Humo Internacional 2022
https://laurssmaldita.bandcamp.com/album/-
10:45 PM
TÀRREGA 91 - Tu Ets Un Pank
TÀRREGA 91 Tu Ets Un Pank
Fill De La Merda - EP La Vida Es Un Mus Discos 2023
https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/fill-de-la-merda
10:47 PM
Galería Interior - Sue​ñ​o de la raz​ó​n
Galería Interior Sue​ñ​o de la raz​ó​n
Sue​ñ​o de la raz​ó​n 2022
https://galeriainterior.bandcamp.com/track/sue-o-de-la-raz-n
10:50 PM
ASPHALT - Chômage
ASPHALT Chômage
Goudron sessions Bitume Rugueux 2018
https://asphalttoulouse.bandcamp.com/album/asphalt-goudron-sessions
10:53 PM
Suicidas - No Volveran
Suicidas No Volveran
Los Primeros Sabotage Records 2015
https://sabotagerecords.bandcamp.com/album/suicidas-los-primeros-seven-inches-12
10:55 PM
Aihotz - Gris
Aihotz Gris
Matar Al Superhombre - EP Discos Enfermos 2021
https://aihotz.bandcamp.com/album/matar-al-superhombre
10:56 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Ana Curra - Lágrimas

10:58 PM
Chumbawamba - The Day the Nazi Died
Chumbawamba The Day the Nazi Died
Uneasy Listening
11:00 PM
The Plugz - Reel Ten
The Plugz Reel Ten
Repo Man (Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Geffen* 2015
11:03 PM
Belgrado - Na Szlak
Belgrado Na Szlak
Intra Apogeum La Vida Es Un Mus Discos 2023
11:07 PM
Contropotere - La Chiave del Tempo
Contropotere La Chiave del Tempo
Il Seme Della Devianza Skuld 1991
Chat is archived.
Commie Francis ☭ 8:01:51 PM
Hi everyone!
jimbooooooo 8:05:16 PM
hellOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO000
Richard Lyons 8:06:04 PM
hellOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO00
jimbooooooo 8:06:39 PM
RRRRRichardddddddddddd
Richard Lyons 8:07:32 PM
jjjjjimbooooooo00000
Commie Francis ☭ 8:07:45 PM
Richboooooooo
krizzz 8:09:42 PM
radiation!
Commie Francis (host) 8:17:57 PM
yeah krizzz!!!
David Shortell 8:28:40 PM
Nervous Triggers will play next Saturday at Ghost Hawk Brewing (321 River Road, Clifton, NJ). Then on Easter they’ll open for the Pist at Salty’s Beach Bar (1212 Main Street, Belmar, NJ).
krizzz 8:29:14 PM
more radiation!
Scooter France 8:30:52 PM
It's hard to believe that Career Suicide record came out 21 years ago.
Rob from Maryland 🦅 8:30:52 PM
Hi Commie! Aquest festival sembla molt interessant. (The first hit I got on my search was in Catalan... 😇) It would be great if you were able to attend!
Rob from Maryland 🦅 8:30:58 PM
And hi everyone
Commie Francis (host) 8:31:37 PM
https://industriasmda.com/malas-artes-2024/
Richard Jefferson 8:32:14 PM
Hi Francis. I’ve been gone but hopefully not forgotten. If you think yer gonna run out of songs then go with Big Eyed Beans From Venus by the irrepressible Captain Beefheart. I appreciate your
Rob from Maryland 🦅 8:32:27 PM
Thanks Commie! I did find that in my search too
Richard Jefferson 8:32:36 PM
*you
Commie Francis (host) 8:33:10 PM
i added a link to the chat rob, that was helpful! hi richard!
Commie Francis (host) 8:33:16 PM
er jeff
David Shortell 8:35:49 PM
Did Siouxsie ever state that Christine is in fact a mutant?
Commie Francis (host) 8:36:05 PM
no but i will explain shortly
Richard Jefferson 8:36:31 PM
I identify as a Jeff from Flemington. Guess user name switched
Rob from Maryland 🦅 8:36:57 PM
Here's an English-language link for the Paral-lel62 night on April 27: https://paral-lel62.cat/en/programacio/malas-artes-festival/
krizzz 8:45:01 PM
preach it venus
Commie Francis (host) 8:45:21 PM
lotta space/mutant crossover
R G J 8:53:08 PM
CF do you b-cast from Princeton anymore?
krizzz 8:53:43 PM
is C.H.U.D. the best mutant movie?
Commie Francis (host) 8:53:44 PM
yes we are back in princeton, but at an auxiliary studio
R G J 8:53:54 PM
Okay now I’m RGJ identifying as Jeff
R G J 8:54:54 PM
On me phone so it’s quirky with accounts and whatnot
Brian D 8:55:20 PM
FALL!
Brian D 8:56:19 PM
The Da Da Da basic track in this
R G J 9:00:55 PM
If your new studio is closer to PJ’s pancakes house on Nassau than it’s a win-win
David Shortell 9:01:26 PM
While on the subject of freakish heads, how about Robyn Hitchcock’s “The Man With the Lightbulb Head” or Richard Hell’s “The Kid With the Replaceable Head”?
Ambrose Hughes (1) 9:03:15 PM
Hi Commie! Chat!
Commie Francis (host) 9:03:51 PM
hi bo!
Christine 9:05:42 PM
💜 OMD
Christine 9:05:52 PM
Hey Commie & chat!
Commie Francis (host) 9:05:58 PM
from their NEW ALBUM!
Christine 9:06:36 PM
This is exciting...! 🆕️ This is a first listen for me.
Noëlle Burke 9:11:25 PM
Thanks for playing MRP!! I love that you played Dave Davies too.
Commie Francis (host) 9:12:15 PM
you're welcome! sorry for leaving our your umlaut!
Commie Francis (host) 9:12:39 PM
Christine that's the first song I've heard from this album myself, it's shockingly good!
Noëlle Burke 9:14:35 PM
Oh, haha! It's a pain. Never offended by that! Always enjoy your show when I catch it.
DJ Pup 9:14:40 PM
This track’s wonderful 😎🔥
R G J 9:17:05 PM
Umlauts o’plenty
DJ Hog 9:17:58 PM
listening at the gym — how fitting!
R G J 9:18:40 PM
Girl punk. My weakness
Commie Francis (host) 9:19:04 PM
FITNESS
Christine 9:23:50 PM
This set is FIT 🏋🏽‍♂️ 🏋‍♀️ 🏋🏿‍♀️
Ambrose Hughes (1) 9:25:24 PM
@Commie, got room for 99% Of All Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd by Half Man Half Biscuit?
Noëlle Burke 9:25:53 PM
That MRP story is hilarious. I love that. I'm listening to your show and making soup for Neil, because he's sick. I'll have to go tell him. (I also can't stand Green Day, so I found it particularly funny.)
Noëlle Burke 9:26:36 PM
Thanks for being my chicken soup making soundtrack tonight. It's perfect.
Christine 9:26:46 PM
💎 🐩 🐕 🦮
Richard Lyons 9:26:58 PM
📻🎶🔥
Commie Francis (host) 9:32:28 PM
excellent, i love soundtracking cooking!
R G J 9:33:46 PM
Speaking of soundtracking This the soundtrack of me resigning my last teaching position
David Shortell 9:41:05 PM
I considered requesting something by Brazil’s Os Mutantes or San Francisco’s The Mutants, but I don’t think they ever actually sang about mutants.
Commie Francis (host) 9:43:07 PM
when i was searching around i learned that sepultura once covered os mutantes!
Commie Francis (host) 9:43:26 PM
weirdly, they translated the lyrics to english and also added a lot of swears
Commie Francis (host) 9:43:45 PM
but yeah i actually did a little check of both bands and i don't think they did sing about mutants
Ossy 9:44:00 PM
Evening Commy, nice sounds, especially the 8bit rock setbreak !!!
Commie Francis (host) 9:45:39 PM
thanks ossy! not surprised you like that part!
Noëlle Burke 9:47:08 PM
Funny that you mentioned that record (and I did NOT know that was Ian Gillen) but that's where the name Born Against came from, via Neil...
Commie Francis (host) 9:47:49 PM
really??? i figured it was just a reference to the general expression born again
Noëlle Burke 9:48:14 PM
I have actually never listened to Born Again. I think we have it on tape. It took me a while to even get into the Dio version, but I'll have to give that one a go.
Commie Francis (host) 9:48:29 PM
also i'm putting 2 and 2 together now. i guess neil would know!
Noëlle Burke 9:48:38 PM
Haha
Noëlle Burke 9:49:08 PM
He named it, and was in it for about 5 minutes...
Noëlle Burke 9:50:11 PM
I recorded your break with the pottery class story. He got a kick out of it.
Commie Francis (host) 9:50:33 PM
now i feel bad for only mentioning sam
Noëlle Burke 9:52:29 PM
Nooooo! It's totally cool. We both love your show.
Richard Lyons 9:58:37 PM
Love tonight’s show
TAndy 10:05:59 PM
Sounds like I made it just in time for transistor sister. Good evening everyone :)
Richard Lyons 10:08:17 PM
Hell yes
Richard Lyons 10:08:23 PM
https://industriasmda.com/malas-artes-2024/
TAndy 10:13:19 PM
Blasting this on my car stereo rn as I want for the machine to warm itself up
Rob from Maryland 🦅 10:17:04 PM
The more I'm hearing, the more I want to go to the Malas Artes fest
Commie Francis (host) 10:17:52 PM
right???
Commie Francis (host) 10:18:31 PM
there are a few bands i won't be able to fit in tonight but besides one band that doesn't appear to have recorded anything they are ALL GOOD
Rob from Maryland 🦅 10:19:48 PM
Commie, which is the band that hasn't recorded anything?
Commie Francis (host) 10:20:18 PM
pryca i think?
Rob from Maryland 🦅 10:20:28 PM
ty
Commie Francis (host) 10:25:00 PM
yeah pryca. i was giving their name from memory and i wasn't sure if i got it right
Rob from Maryland 🦅 10:27:11 PM
ty!
R G J 10:28:03 PM
Nice bass intro. Que bueno! Eso es!
David Shortell 10:44:48 PM
Zounds is a contraction of “God’s wounds”--yet it doesn’t rhyme with “wounds”, but rather with “sounds”. I discussed this with the Zounds frontman when they played at the Brighton Bar. That led to us speculating the proper pronunciation of the birth name of David Bowie’s son, which is moot because Zowie changed his name to Duncan Jones (he directed “Moon” and “Source Code”).
Jim Otter 10:46:12 PM
I remember seeing La URSS in Philly but I forget where
Commie Francis (host) 10:46:25 PM
vanishing point? they've toured more than once though
Commie Francis (host) 10:46:34 PM
warehouse in greys ferry
Jim Otter 10:50:05 PM
I bought "Sonidos de un derrumbe" so it was probably wherever they played on the tour where that was the newest one. Like them a lot despite my hazy memory
Rob from Maryland 🦅 10:55:15 PM
This last hour has been great, thanks Commie! Goodnight everyone
Commie Francis (host) 10:55:25 PM
night rob!
TAndy 10:56:32 PM
Super great third hour, glad I was able to tune in! Just noticed the sick TMNT picture at the top. Have a good night!
Ossy 10:58:59 PM
Rocking metaly game sound broadcast Commy!!!
Jim Otter 10:59:35 PM
Yup, thanks Commie!
Commie Francis (host) 11:05:48 PM
well i'm still here for a bit i guess!
Commie Francis (host) 11:13:27 PM
ok done now byeeeeee