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Gulls Window Circus

Jan 19, 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.

#450

Week 3 of the 12-week Brazen Ladies series of 7β€³ singles spun in real time and played alphabetically. Today we go from Cheesecake to The Courettes in the first hour, and Cosmetique to Destroy All Monsters in the second hour. I think of the Persian vampire movie β€˜A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night’, with its use of vampirism as a metaphor for not fitting in to society. The tracks on repeat in my head this week are from Chia Pet and Coping Saw in the first hour, and Courtney Love, Cub and The Delgados in the second hour.

Gulls Window Circus
5:06 PM
Cheesecake - Straight Girl Soundtrack
Cheesecake Straight Girl Soundtrack
Coq Fighters 7" Fistful 1994
5:06 PM
Cherry Vanilla - Foxy Bitch
Cherry Vanilla Foxy Bitch
The Punk RCA 1977 7 Inch
5:11 PM
Chia Pet - Lunch
Chia Pet Lunch
Hey Baby Kokopop US 1992 7 Inch
5:12 PM
Chickita β€Ž - Eight O'Clocker
Chickita β€Ž Eight O'Clocker
Eat When Soft To The Touch 100% Breakfast! β€Ž 1995
5:16 PM
Chicks On Speed β€Ž - Mind Your Own Business (Do You Understand Remix)
Chicks On Speed β€Ž Mind Your Own Business (Do You Understand Remix)
Mind Your Own Business Go Records β€Ž 1993
5:17 PM
Chords - Eat Your Heart Out
Chords Eat Your Heart Out
Eat Your Heart Out Fuel Records 1993
5:22 PM
Cibo Matto β€Ž - Beef Jerky
Cibo Matto β€Ž Beef Jerky
Know Your Chicken El Diablo Records 1995
5:25 PM
Cinnamon - In The Next Life
Cinnamon In The Next Life
In The Next Life Firestation Tower Records 1999
5:31 PM
Cobra Killer β€Ž - Six Secs
Cobra Killer β€Ž Six Secs
Right Into A Kick For More Digital Hardcore Recordings (DHR) 1999
5:33 PM
Cockpit! - Gearhead Girl
Cockpit! Gearhead Girl
Hair Of The Dog K 1994
5:35 PM
Cocteau Twins - Pepper Tree
Cocteau Twins Pepper Tree
Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops 4AD 1984
5:39 PM
Coldwatercrane - Surface
Coldwatercrane Surface
Surface Goldenrod Records 1994
5:47 PM
Coloring Book - Sand In My Shoes
Coloring Book Sand In My Shoes
Sand In My Shoes Queenie 1994
5:48 PM
Come - Yr Reign
Come Yr Reign
In/out Matador 1994
5:54 PM
Coping Saw - Slamina
Coping Saw Slamina
Slamina Mook Records 1995
5:56 PM
Corndolly - Sex Kitten
Corndolly Sex Kitten
A Preview Of Easter Fashions Mud Records 1992
5:58 PM
The Courettes - Won’t Let Go
The Courettes Won’t Let Go
Too Late To Say I’m Sorry Groovie Records 2019
6:01 PM
Cosmetique - Stripper
Cosmetique Stripper
Lady Di, Why Did You Have To Die? PPQ Records 2000
6:05 PM
The Courettes - Too Late To Say I’m Sorry
The Courettes Too Late To Say I’m Sorry
Too Late To Say I’m Sorry Groovie Records 2019 7 Inch
6:08 PM
Courtney Love - Stripmine
Courtney Love Stripmine
Hey! Antoinette Feel Good All Over 1991
6:10 PM
Crash Course In Science β€Ž - Cakes In The Home
Crash Course In Science β€Ž Cakes In The Home
Cakes In The Home GO GO Records 1979
6:14 PM
Cub - New York City
Cub New York City
Come Out, Come Out Mint Records 1995
6:15 PM
Cherie Currie - Leader of the Pack (feat. Leslie Koch Foumberg)
Cherie Currie Leader of the Pack (feat. Leslie Koch Foumberg)
Leader of the Pack (feat. Leslie Koch Foumberg) Cleopatra Records 2019
6:16 PM
Cherie Currie & James Williamson - Leader Of The Pack
Cherie Currie & James Williamson Leader Of The Pack
Leader Of The Pack Cleopatra 2019
6:20 PM
Damon & Naomi & Batoh & Kurihara - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Damon & Naomi & Batoh & Kurihara It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Grimsey Records 1999
6:27 PM
Dangerous Birds - Smile On Your Face
Dangerous Birds Smile On Your Face
Alpha Romeo Propeller Product 1982 7 Inch
6:31 PM
Dame Darcy With The Coctails - The Great Molasses Flood Of 1919
Dame Darcy With The Coctails The Great Molasses Flood Of 1919
Tardvark Hi-Ball Records 1994
6:34 PM
The Delgados β€Ž - Under Canvas Under Wraps
The Delgados β€Ž Under Canvas Under Wraps
Under Canvas Under Wraps Chemikal Underground 1996
6:37 PM
The Delgados - Thirteen Gliding Principles
The Delgados Thirteen Gliding Principles
Cinecentre Chemikal Underground 1996
6:39 PM
Delicate Vomit - She Loves To Sing
Delicate Vomit She Loves To Sing
Little Bird Underwear β€Ž 1996
6:43 PM
Delta 5 - The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
Delta 5 The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
Powerlines PRE Records 1982
6:46 PM
Delta 5 - You
Delta 5 You
Anticipation Rough Trade 1980
6:51 PM
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Morning High
Lizzy Mercier Descloux Morning High
Fire Light In The Attic 2014
6:56 PM
Destroy All Monsters β€Ž - What Do I Get
Destroy All Monsters β€Ž What Do I Get
What Do I Get Cherry Red 1979
Chat is archived.
Carl Thien (host) 5:06:37 PM
welcome to show 3 of the Brazen Ladies series https://www.gullswindowcircus.com/2021/01/10/450/
Carl Thien (host) 5:12:02 PM
love this Chia Pet song, the flip side to 'Hey Baby'
Carl Thien (host) 5:12:39 PM
one of the things I've most enjoyed in this series is checking out the B-sides, many of which I never really gave much of a listen too
Verb Crunch 5:37:02 PM
loved that chia pet song i think.. that was the floaty dreamy sounding track.. ?
Verb Crunch 5:37:23 PM
i have the 7" of Pearly Dew Drops Drops too :)
Carl Thien (host) 5:38:53 PM
yes on the chia pet, and Yay on owning the cocteau 7"
DJ Simon 5:59:41 PM
Courettes! Love them.
Carl Thien (host) 6:02:31 PM
they commented on the gulls window circus FB page - they saw they were getting played today, so good on them!
DJ Simon 6:03:32 PM
Nice!
Carl Thien (host) 6:28:11 PM
Dangerous Birds - Boston goodness
Carl Thien (host) 6:29:41 PM
'The Great Molasses Flood Of 1919' is a song about the Boston incident in the North End
Verb Crunch 6:33:59 PM
just found your Facebook page. I did NOT know you were in Turkish Delight - used to love that band..
Carl Thien (host) 6:34:58 PM
nice, glad you found the page
Kristen Colcord Westhoven 6:36:09 PM
Jeff ~ this shocks me that you didn't know the Turkish delight connection!
Kristen Colcord Westhoven 6:37:16 PM
BTW, I was hanging out with the guys from Pell Mell last night in their plug.dj room. I played "Spin" by TD & mentioned that Carl has this show. Bob Beerman did not know the connection either, but loves this show!
Jamie YBN 6:37:37 PM
great stuff!!!
Carl Thien (host) 6:39:26 PM
excellent! thanks for spreading the word Kristen, and thanks Jamie - remember this is only part 3 in a 12 part series - keep checking back here or https://www.mixcloud.com/gullboy/
Pat Irwin (1) 6:44:11 PM
Loved that COS!
william dowd 6:44:47 PM
So glad to see people connecting to your show Carl, it is warranted!
Carl Thien (host) 6:45:58 PM
Thanks - I'm glad too - I appreciate every listener and every comment
Verb Crunch 6:48:06 PM
@Kristen Colcord Westhoven - Pell Mell people are cool nice guys ! Hope they're doing OK. So when Turkish Delight was around we also had Mistlethrush - they were the two Boston bands I heard the most on ZBC back then.. my fault I didn't make the connection all these years of listening to Gull's Window Circus..
Carl Thien (host) 6:49:12 PM
I was brought up in a DJ culture where you NEVER play your own band, so I never tout it
Carl Thien (host) 6:49:46 PM
Here is a cheat sheet for next week's show to get you psyched - come back next Tuesday for: The Detroit Cobras, Dirt Merchants, Disturbed Furniture, Dog Faced Hermans, Dolores Haze, Dressy Bessy, Driver UFO, Drinking Woman, Eeenie Meenie, Electrelane, Emily’s Sassy Lime, Brian Eno And Snatch, The Erasers, Fifth Column, The Flowers, Ford, Free Kitten, Frenesi, Frumpies, F.U.K., Funky Monkey, Fur Purse, The Gentle Waves, The Geraldine Fibbers, Gilded Lil, Girlfrendo, The Gits, God Is My Co-Pilot
Kristen Colcord Westhoven 6:52:53 PM
@verbcrunch, Yes, the Pell Mell guys are all nice. Bob lives in Cambridge too.
Kristen Colcord Westhoven 6:53:28 PM
I liked your earlier band Gingerbread Men too, Carl.
Carl Thien (host) 6:55:34 PM
we have an LP now I put out on my own Gull Records https://thegingerbreadmen.bandcamp.com/releases
Kristen Colcord Westhoven 6:55:47 PM
I did give it a listen!
Carl Thien (host) 6:55:57 PM
thanks
Kristen Colcord Westhoven 6:56:10 PM
Now you'll have to wipe out this top secret information. LOL
Carl Thien (host) 6:56:27 PM
absolutely! :)
Carl Thien (host) 6:58:28 PM
g'night everyone - thanks for hangin