WZBC 90.3 FM Newton

Boston College Radio, Chestnut Hill, MA

Student-run radio station at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass. USA

Sound Syrup

Jul 22, 2020 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

ZBC Rock

With JeffB

Swirly gooey post punk adventures, drenched in reverb. Stored in Giant Vats.

Not suitable for industrial applications

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1:00 PM		The Slits In The Beginning (There Was Rhythm) In the Beginning There Was Rhythm Y UK 1980 7 Inch
1:05 PM		Emily Reo One Eye On The Sky One Eye On The Sky WMG - Carpark Records 2020
1:09 PM		I Break Horses The Prophet Warnings Bella Union 2020
1:16 PM		The Waitresses Slide The Akron Compilation Stiff 1978 LP
1:18 PM		Flat Worms Condo Colony Antarctica GOD? 2020
1:21 PM		Bnlx 1929 LP Susstones 2012 Rock
1:24 PM		Pylon Beep Chomp More DFA Records 1983
1:28 PM		Adwaith Diafol a Fi Melyn Libertino Records 2018
1:32 PM		Zebra Katz IN IN IN IN IN IN ZFK Records 2019
1:35 PM		New Fries Ploce Ploce Telephone Explosion 2020
1:38 PM		Mint Julep White Noise Stray Fantasies Western Vinyl 2020
1:40 PM		Rancho Relaxo What You Want White Light Fever Trout as Lubrication Records 2015 Rock
1:44 PM		Kingdom of the Holy Sun Buffalo Byrds In the Shadows Dead Bees records 2019
1:49 PM		Iggy Pop I'm a Conservative Soldier Buddha Records 1980 Rock
1:52 PM		L.A. WITCH I Wanna Lose I Wanna Lose Suicide Squeeze Records 2020
1:56 PM		Alison May Jon Loved / Dark Alison May 2014
1:59 PM		PAINT Land Man Spiritual Vegas Mexican Summer 2020
2:03 PM		Perennial Divide Beehead BeeHead 12" Sweatbox U.K. 1987 12 Inch Band name is now "Purged".
2:09 PM		Soft Palms Baddy Soft Palms Everloving 2020
2:13 PM		FACS Casual Indifference Void Moments Trouble In Mind Records 2020
2:17 PM		Pinkshinyultrablast Songs Songs - EP Club AC30 2020
2:31 PM		Luxúria Redneck (Single Edit) Unanswerable Lust / Beast Box (Remastered) Beggars Banquet 2011
2:36 PM		The Vacant Lots Station Interzone Fuzz Club Records 2020
2:38 PM		The Pop Group Citizen Zombie Citizen Zombie Freaks R Us 2015
2:42 PM		Slow Pulp Idaho Moveys Winspear 2020
2:46 PM		Les Rita Mitsouko C'est comme ça (Remix by Tony Visconti and Les Rita Mitsouko) Re Parlophone France 1987 12 Inch
2:54 PM		I Break Horses Baby You Have Travelled For Miles Without Love In Your Eyes Warnings Bella Union 2020
2:58 PM		Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds Don't Pull Your Love Greatest Hits Digital Distribution Vietnam 1994
2:59 PM		Aperture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratories Still Alive Portal 2: Songs to Test By (Collectors Edition) Ipecac Recordings 2015

Chat is archived.

jeez forgot to open the gates to chat ! sorry

love the old vinyl .. and the new music too! thanks again jeff

Are the archives up yet?

@Peter thanks! Yeah wish I got this cartridge years ago.. it's particularly good on full albums and 45 singles.

@pat you mean zbconline.com ? I think those go up after the hour is over..

Not last I checked :/

@Pat check again, hit "refresh" ? 12 noon hour today is up, along with the rest of today, archive appears to be functioning normally

OK thx

beep beep

beep is playing from a crappy old 45RPM big hole vinyl I've had for almost 40 years.. :)

checking in post Zoom

Hey @Kevin! You've got another set coming up in the next few minutes..

couple songs i didn't play last week..

Yay Pylon! I knew this show was going to be great from the get-go. Hence question ref. archives. Now if it'll only download :/

I played M-train last week....I am not missing the vinyl era..

Vinyl is good! That Slits 45 I opened the show with - I can't find that digitally - all the versions available are completely different and watered down.

@Pat here's the secret: if you wanna listen to a file on the archive, right click on the file and try to "copy link address". Paste it into a new tab in your browser, change the .m3u at the end to .mp3. Then you can play directly, download.

oh geez, this set will be a surprise to me too then

I *just* finished hooking up my new turntable today; about to start into ripping like 300 "punk & new wave" singles

over the next 3 months at least

That rings a bell. Thanks!

@Kevin you have a good cartridge i hope? I just got a new one, amazing difference.

looking for recommendations, so far only have what came in box

@jeff...yeah that is true..the early digital remasterings pretty much sucked..But digital doesn't skip

I got the Ortofon 2M Blue cartridge pre mounted on a headshell. Can swap back with the old Stanton I was using in 5 seconds, handy for really crusty old records I'm worried might shred the Ortofon.. I still have 78RPM discs the Stanton's more suited for..

I particularly like that Kingdom of the HS song

@Kevin you SHOULD... you recommended it:)

like this? https://www.amazon.com/Ortofon-2M-Blue-Phono-Cartridge/dp/B001E0CK3K/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=Ortofon+2M+Blue&qid=1595440090&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyNUYwWTFJNTlaRlJIJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMzU0OTAwMkhDNUE5WVI3VjVOQyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMTM3NTg2M0pHRjM5UEJWRUNUOCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

>>you recommended it yes, yes I did ;)

@Kevin yea that's the cartridge I got

a Nude Elliptical

hmm

@jeff how long does that needle take to break in?

the turntable I mean ;)

They say after 40 hours it'll sound better. Sounded great on first drop to me.

@-bot.. magnetic cartridge fetish?

Just had the pleasantly dislocating experience of driving around Toronto and listening to Jeff Berlin

And kudos for playing LA Witch!

@DJ Ouroboros.. thx! if you drive out to Kitchener or Hamilton, you can hear me there too :) i miss being on "the Edge" though

ZBCs signal must have gotten better..

luxuria - an underappreciated band

what are you guys using for TTs. The tech reissue would probably make me feel right at home if it went that way...

Didn't Luxuria open for the Fall at the Channel in '88?

I'm using a Technics SP10 that was discarded from another radio station. We used to have these at the Z too.

i don't pass the TT snob test, just an Audio Technica AT-LP120XUSB

yes Luxuria + The Fall at the Channel was one of the best shows

Wow.. bummed i missed that ..

sorry but have to tell this story 1 last time; for an encore, Luxuria started into The Light Pours out of Me (Magazine); Noko couldn't get the opening riff right, tried it like 5 times while the band waited; finally he got it and they kicked into the song; serendipity

talk about a build up

this was during the Fall's Brix years, so if you like that (I did) they were great; still most of the original band at that point

funny! worth the wait. Is TLPOoM riff that hard to play?

I have a Rega Planar 3

I have heard you out in KW before! That's where I work

For ttable topic: Project Debut Carbon II, Denon DL110, Bellari tube preamp

how do you like the Rega? I was tempted

I have a few Technics turntables stashed at work but have not retrieved those for too long now

It's excellent! But I am bit disappointed with the Rega amp I have

>> Is TLPOoM riff that hard to play? It was funny and the band and crowd were waiting on him, they kept the beat going while he figured it out; he took over the guitar role in Magazine for their "recent" reunion so I guess he knows all the songs now

The Channel is a venue I miss

even al J could figure out how to play TLPOOM

The Channel was my favourite Boston venure. Saw soooo many good shows there

Yeah, the Channel – lost my shoes at a Butthole Surfers show there once. Had to stay afterward and look for them amongst the post-show detritus.

Channel had a great mix for hardcore shows and "normal" alternative shows, plus other genres too

I only saw the Fall at the Paradise. Figures the venue that survived is the one with giant pillars blocking your view.

Ive stood behind that same post for 40+ years!!!

the first show I saw at the Channel was Black Flag, after the finally kicked off their record label troubles and went back on the road

funny, we probably all stood next to each other at the time but no idea who each other are (at least some of us)

@Kevin SO true !

The channel was my favorite place...I never paid to get in, and I never paid for a drink there ever...My friend Patty booked it for a while and my friend Lisa did all the promo artwork..I'm still in touch with them..

OK geek time if you're listening - this song STARTS with my Stanton cartridge, but switches to the Ortofon when the vocals come in

Missed Luxuria tho'...I was hanging with the fall in the dressing room and no idea it was howard devoto

well you should be forgiven for having a chance to hang out with the Fall; hopefully MES didn't stab you or anything

that scar would have been a badge of honor..

I should just tell work I'm unavailable Wed 1-3 while I burn off a couple hours reminiscing

like, every Wed

same, trying to get work done. did that when live at ZBC too

@JeffB – I was waiting for the Stanton/Ortofon swap out and didn't get to listen closely. Will have to check it out on the archive with the headphones.

what was the thinking for the cartridge swap?

I found Mark to be nice. One night he was sick of giving interviews at the Rat and introduced me as a member of the fall and had me do the interview for some fanzine..They said they didn't see me on stage and mark piped up the I was shy and stood in the back!!

@Simon I listened off the air and heard no difference. Then listened off the stream to take advantage of the delay - the kick drum sounded different.

here is a nice version of Marcia Bella by LRM; kind of touching given that Fred died not long after this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUjne298BdM

@Kevin, playing from a 45 RPM 12" - the Ortofon didn't handle the intro well, the Stanton actually sounded a lot better. So I used both and edited together after..

I have to say I was never skilled enough to change cartridges i the middle of a song!!!!

@PeterC lol It is quite sad how substances ravaged MES as time went on. His last 10 years did not seem very happy

MES = one of those people that you hoped would somehow turn it around but it eventually became clear he was way too far down he road he was travelling

great show today jeff, thanks

@KP....Yeah....

Hey all thx for being here !!

Sorry about that silly filler..

Great show!

Suggested topic for next week: moderately-priced, quality cartridges.

For the unemployed, who can't afford a $200+ unit.

Have the song Want You Gone from this same collection. Video game music is so recognizable.