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Gulls Window Circus

Jan 5, 2021 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.

#448

This week begins the grandest project of Gulls Window Circus ever. Week 1 of a 12-week series I’m calling Brazen Ladies – the idea was conceived independently, but expanded exponentially after reading the graphic novel β€˜Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World’ by Penelope Bagieu. The shows are spun in real time on turntable. All tracks are from 7β€³ singles, played alphabetically.

Gulls Window Circus
5:01 PM
The Action Time β€Ž - Don't Sell Your Soul
The Action Time β€Ž Don't Sell Your Soul
Don't Sell Your Soul The Action Time 1999 7 Inch
5:03 PM
Adjustable Boy β€Ž - Bean Flower
Adjustable Boy β€Ž Bean Flower
Bean Flower, Polite Song / Saybe Prospective Records 1995
5:06 PM
ADULT. β€Ž - Suck The Air
ADULT. β€Ž Suck The Air
The Controlled Edition Ersatz Audio 2003
5:10 PM
Adventures In Stereo β€Ž - Nobody's Scared
Adventures In Stereo β€Ž Nobody's Scared
A Brand New Day Bobsled Records 1997
5:14 PM
Jane Aire And The Belvederes β€Ž - Nasty Nice
Jane Aire And The Belvederes β€Ž Nasty Nice
Yankee Wheels Stiff Records 1978
5:16 PM
Alkaline - She Speaks
Alkaline She Speaks
Soon Remora 1994
5:23 PM
Altered Images β€Ž - A Day's Wait
Altered Images β€Ž A Day's Wait
Greatest Original Hits - 4 Track E.P. Epic 1982
5:23 PM
Angel Corpus Christi β€Ž - Pull Girl (Love Letter 2H)
Angel Corpus Christi β€Ž Pull Girl (Love Letter 2H)
Little Surfer Girl The Next Big Thing 1994
5:28 PM
Angie - Peppermint Lump
Angie Peppermint Lump
Peppermint Lump Stiff UK 1979 7 Inch
5:31 PM
Annex - Cleansing
Annex Cleansing
Cleansing Girlfriend Records 1993 7 Inch
5:34 PM
Ashes - Flood
Ashes Flood
Flood Network Sound 1993
5:38 PM
Au Pairs - Diet
Au Pairs Diet
Diet Human Records 1980
5:43 PM
Avengers β€Ž - Uh-Oh
Avengers β€Ž Uh-Oh
The American In Me Superior Viaduct β€Ž 2019
5:46 PM
Azalia Snail β€Ž - Into Your World
Azalia Snail β€Ž Into Your World
Into Your World Prospective Records 1993
5:51 PM
Baby Tooth β€Ž - The Explosive Crescent Man
Baby Tooth β€Ž The Explosive Crescent Man
Jet Lag Remora 1993
5:55 PM
Bananarama β€Ž - Don't Call Us...
Bananarama β€Ž Don't Call Us...
Shy Boy London Records 1982
6:02 PM
Bardo Pond - Blues Tune
Bardo Pond Blues Tune
Dragonfly (Lying On The Floor) Compulsiv Music 1994
6:05 PM
Sandra Bell - Angel
Sandra Bell Angel
Angel Zabriskie Point β€Ž 1995
6:11 PM
The Belle Stars - Sweet Memory
The Belle Stars Sweet Memory
Sweet Memory Stiff Records β€Ž 1983
6:14 PM
The 'B' Girls β€Ž - "B" Side
The 'B' Girls β€Ž "B" Side
Fun At The Beach BOMP! β€Ž 1979
6:21 PM
Bikini Kill β€Ž - Anti-Pleasure Dissertation
Bikini Kill β€Ž Anti-Pleasure Dissertation
The Anti-Pleasure Dissertation Kill Rock Stars 1995
6:21 PM
Bimbo Shrineheads - Implosion
Bimbo Shrineheads Implosion
Bimbo Shrineheads Tulpa Productions 1990
6:23 PM
Bis β€Ž - Conspiracy A Go-Go
Bis β€Ž Conspiracy A Go-Go
Disco Nation 45 Chemikal Underground 1995
6:26 PM
Bis - This Is Fake D.I.Y
Bis This Is Fake D.I.Y
Bis vs. The D.I.Y Corps Teen-C Recordings 1996
6:29 PM
Bite - Dandelion
Bite Dandelion
Canker Derivative Records 1993
6:32 PM
Bite - Memphis
Bite Memphis
Funbuns Derivative Records 1994
6:37 PM
Black Barbie - Brat
Black Barbie Brat
Brat Wounded Knee Records 1995
6:40 PM
Black Tambourine β€Ž - Drown
Black Tambourine β€Ž Drown
By Tomorrow Slumberland Records 1991
6:40 PM
Black Tambourine - Drown
Black Tambourine Drown
Black Tambourine Slumberland Records 2010 Rock
6:43 PM
Blast Off Country Style - Comet Song
Blast Off Country Style Comet Song
Giggles 'n' Gloom Teenbeat 1993
6:45 PM
Blast Off Country Style β€Ž - The Boy Whose Head Exploded (Meets Electric Girl)
Blast Off Country Style β€Ž The Boy Whose Head Exploded (Meets Electric Girl)
Pretty Sneaky Sis' Teen-Beat 1993 Rock
6:48 PM
The Bloods β€Ž - Button Up
The Bloods β€Ž Button Up
Button Up 021 Records 1982 Rock
6:51 PM
Bratmobile β€Ž - No You Don't
Bratmobile β€Ž No You Don't
Kiss And Ride Homestead Records 1992
6:53 PM
Brown Velvet Couch β€Ž - Soft October
Brown Velvet Couch β€Ž Soft October
Once In A Very Blue Moon Roof Bolt β€Ž 1994
Chat is archived.
Carl Thien (host) 5:01:23 PM
Welcome to the first of 12 shows of Brazen Ladies! https://www.gullswindowcircus.com/2021/01/03/448/
Carl Thien (host) 5:10:36 PM
cover of Subway Sect - good choice of song to cover!
Hipster Police, precinct 45 5:16:02 PM
All 7" singles?! H.P. approves.
Carl Thien (host) 5:16:17 PM
yes, all 7" singles. period.
Carl Thien (host) 5:16:44 PM
the police are on my side for once, nice!
Hipster Police, precinct 45 5:17:53 PM
Keeping an eye on you.
Carl Thien (host) 5:17:34 PM
I count on it
Hipster Police, precinct 45 5:21:10 PM
On your next (*cough* ZZ Top *cough*) offense, just tell the judge your song choice was "ironic" and you'll go scott free.
Carl Thien (host) 5:22:19 PM
ok, I own up ZZ. (smiling) you won't believeΒ the next 12 weeks.Β  This is EPIC.Β  I have been putting in mucho time and LOVING it as I prepare the shows. I think this series may permanently influence my present tastes
Hipster Police, precinct 45 5:24:36 PM
ZZ's 7" single is alphabetically the last one on the 12th show, no?
Carl Thien (host) 5:29:13 PM
the final song in the series is by Zuzu's Petals :)
Origami Girl 5:37:54 PM
This is epic! Thank you, Carl! LOVE your show every week, but could tell right away this was extra special! -Wish I could still hear your birds!
Carl Thien (host) 5:39:13 PM
you can hear the birds, positively. I have already done a few more shows in this series, and they are there (thanks for mentioning them - I love them lots)
Carl Thien (host) 5:40:35 PM
I love the tug between creativity and limitations - that is why I enjoy alphabetical shows so much. It is a REAL limitation, but with careful selection of tracks, I've found I can ALWAYS get it to work
Origami Girl 5:50:38 PM
Yay! I had a budgie parakeet for nine years - he learned our family's whistles! Creativity can thrive with such limitations and I've seen this as an art teacher for kiddos. Rock on!
Carl Thien (host) 5:51:51 PM
good story, thanks for sharing
Carl Thien (host) 6:02:48 PM
what color budgie? Blue? One of my birls is a Blue Quaker
Benjamin Beckwith 6:36:42 PM
You in the shell before you can you give me a rare long stretch of punk rock - Both shows all women! Thank you!
Carl Thien (host) 6:38:19 PM
can't guarantee there won't be interruptions to long stretch of punk rock (it IS alphabetical), but yes, mostly you have many weeks to come of good punk rock
Katia Hamamoto 6:45:16 PM
So far, so so good. THANK YOU!
Carl Thien (host) 6:46:07 PM
thanks for caring. It means a lot to me!
Origami Girl 6:52:48 PM
It was a blue budgie! SO sweet, and SO smart! - missing bird friends now, so I'm grateful to hear yours! Any chance there might be some Mecca Normal later in the playlist?
Carl Thien (host) 6:54:46 PM
yes, there is! I have several of their singles in hand - haven't worked out which song yet, but 100% they will appear when their alphabetical spot arrives