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Gulls Window Circus

Aug 25, 2020 5:00 PM β€“ 7:00 PM

Specialty

With Carl Thien

In the same way that a seagull locates the one good piece of food inside of a crumpled up brown bag blown underneath a car after a worker’s lunch break, Carl finds the one good

song hidden at the end of side 2 on a dusty record in a forgotten corner of a record store,

and brings new finds to you every week on Gulls Window Circus, weaving a story that

never repeats itself as it ebbs and flows through time, geography and genre.

#431

LP tracks show of what I am calling fuzzy/fringe. That is, what stated as a paunk show, upon closer examination, became a melange of bands slightly outisde the typical boundaries of that sound. They had a fuzzy connection to punk, and were all fringe members of the punk community. So there you go, fuzzy/fringe. Many tracks I loved so much listinging to over and over as I prepared this. I will especially draw attention to Eddie Criss Group, with their track that reminded me of 'The In Crowd' as interpreted by Bryan Ferry, SF's House Of Pants, Richmond VA's Prevaricators from their critically despised second LP, and to cover star Bill Case, who proves that you don't have to look effeminate to be glam!

Gulls Window Circus
5:07 PM
The Bleak Engineers - Multidimensional Way (Deviant Version)
The Bleak Engineers Multidimensional Way (Deviant Version)
New Frontiers Six Tonnes De Chair Records 2020
5:07 PM
Pagans - Final Solution
Pagans Final Solution
Pirate's Cove 9/24/79 Thermionic Records 2015 LP
5:12 PM
Whirlywirld - Boys Of The Badlands
Whirlywirld Boys Of The Badlands
Complete Discography 1978 80 HoZac 2020 Rock
5:21 PM
The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good And Evil
The Pop Group She Is Beyond Good And Evil
She Is Beyond Good And Evil Radar Records 1979
5:21 PM
Senyawa & Stephen O'Malley β€Ž - Bima Dan Ular Naga, Part I
Senyawa & Stephen O'Malley β€Ž Bima Dan Ular Naga, Part I
Bima Sakti iDEAL Recordings 2020
5:22 PM
Snuky Tate - My Girl
Snuky Tate My Girl
Babylon Under Pressure Animal Records 1982
5:28 PM
Dick Taylor & The Red Squirls - Edith Groove
Dick Taylor & The Red Squirls Edith Groove
Rolling Stone: Life And Death Of Brian Jones MVD Audio 2020
5:32 PM
Eddie Criss Group - Killer
Eddie Criss Group Killer
Undertaker HoZac Archival 2020
5:35 PM
14th Wish - 14th Wish
14th Wish 14th Wish
14th Wish HoZac Records 2020
5:39 PM
Wipers β€Ž - Just A Dream Away
Wipers β€Ž Just A Dream Away
Land Of The Lost Jackpot Records 2019
5:45 PM
Mission Of Burma - Peking Spring
Mission Of Burma Peking Spring
Peking Spring Taang! Records 2019
5:50 PM
The Reducers - Screaming Too
The Reducers Screaming Too
Cruise To Nowhere Rave On Records 1985
5:53 PM
Bill Case - I'm Your Hero
Bill Case I'm Your Hero
Bootboy Discotheque You Better Run Records β€Ž 2020
5:56 PM
Sunflower Bean β€Ž - Come For Me
Sunflower Bean β€Ž Come For Me
King Of The Dudes Mom+Pop 2019
6:03 PM
Signals - Gotta Let Go
Signals Gotta Let Go
Rodney On The ROQ Vol. III Posh Boy 1982
6:04 PM
The Chicks - I Feel Fine
The Chicks I Feel Fine
The Sound Of The 'Chicks' Sundazed 2020
6:07 PM
Personal Effects β€Ž - I Had Everything
Personal Effects β€Ž I Had Everything
This Is It Earring Records 1984
6:10 PM
The Scruffs - Never Too Late
The Scruffs Never Too Late
Teenage Tragedies 1974​​-​​1979 Pop SupΓ©rette 2020
6:14 PM
House Of Pants - Scenes
House Of Pants Scenes
Pressed Amorous Records 1984
6:17 PM
Coloured Balls - Flash
Coloured Balls Flash
Liberate Rock Singles and More 1972-1975 Just Add Water 2020
6:23 PM
Short Dogs Grow - Schoolhouse
Short Dogs Grow Schoolhouse
Matt Dillon Rough Trade 1988
6:26 PM
Prevaricators - Slowlife
Prevaricators Slowlife
Detente Disrupted Records 1986
6:31 PM
Roger C. Reale & Rue Morgue - I Can't Control Myself
Roger C. Reale & Rue Morgue I Can't Control Myself
Radio Active Big Sound 1978
6:36 PM
Running From Daylight - Coffin For Two
Running From Daylight Coffin For Two
Missing Fink Records Presents: A Spooktacular Christmas Missing Fink Records 2019
6:38 PM
Faz Waltz - Rock'n'Roll Is Tough
Faz Waltz Rock'n'Roll Is Tough
Rebel Kicks Spaghetty Town Records 2020
6:41 PM
The Radiators - Confidential
The Radiators Confidential
Ghostown Chiswick Records 2020
6:45 PM
The Exploding Hearts - Shattered (You Left Me)
The Exploding Hearts Shattered (You Left Me)
Shattered Dirtnap Records 2007
6:50 PM
The Last - She Don't Know Why I'm Here
The Last She Don't Know Why I'm Here
L.A. Explosion! BOMP! 1979
6:53 PM
Zac - Superhero
Zac Superhero
Zac Damaged Goods 2019
6:56 PM
E. Coli - Monsters
E. Coli Monsters
To Drool Triple X Records 1996
Chat is archived.
Carl Thien (host) 5:29:26 PM
Would good if Pip was listening as Dick Taylor is in his fave band The Pretty Things
Pat Irwin (1) 5:34:53 PM
Loved that Final Solution cover almost better than the original!
Carl Thien (host) 5:36:38 PM
agreed. To bad the song before it was cut off due to a stream glitch - the two tracks were meant to be heard together
DJ Simon 5:36:55 PM
Enjoying the fuzzy/fringe theme today, Carl!
Carl Thien (host) 5:40:43 PM
thanks. The beginning of the show got cut off - check it on gullswindowcircus.com for an explanation of the fuzzy/fringe thing
Carl Thien (host) 5:42:37 PM
This Wipers LP was always off my radar
Carl Thien (host) 5:52:48 PM
Bill Case is the cover star of this week's online show. His track 'I'm Your Hero' is pretty good too!
Carl Thien (host) 5:56:41 PM
Sunflower Bean just keep getting better and better
Pat Irwin (1) 6:01:34 PM
If 'FNX were still around, that Sunflower Bean track would be under heavy rotation
Carl Thien (host) 6:03:48 PM
agreed. When it came out I passed on it as I thought same, but the 4 tracks on that 12" started to catch in my brain
Pat Irwin (1) 6:04:28 PM
Always a good thing
Carl Thien (host) 6:06:44 PM
You KNOW I love Personal Effects...
Pat Irwin (1) 6:07:45 PM
Love the retro synths
Carl Thien (host) 6:10:39 PM
probably they thought they were oh-so current when they recorded in 1984
Carl Thien (host) 6:11:08 PM
Memphis-power: The Scruffs
Pat Irwin (1) 6:11:34 PM
Great name!
Carl Thien (host) 6:13:12 PM
which? The Scruffs?
Carl Thien (host) 6:13:47 PM
don't we have a current band of the same name in Boston?
Carl Thien (host) 6:14:26 PM
House Of Pants is a pretty neat band with some good tracks
Pat Irwin (1) 6:16:16 PM
Both are great names!
Carl Thien (host) 6:17:10 PM
agreed
Carl Thien (host) 6:17:45 PM
I think House Of Pants is pretty good name too
Pat Irwin (1) 6:18:51 PM
Yeah
Carl Thien (host) 6:20:08 PM
the next 2 songs (by Short Dogs Grow and Prevaricators) are so spot on 'fuzzy/fringe' they define the show. Prevaricators are very much underdogs. The only online review of this LP trashes it embarrasingly
Carl Thien (host) 6:31:26 PM
superior Troggs cover with extended rave-up at the end
Carl Thien (host) 6:53:51 PM
E. Coli track is like a dark dark The Only Ones