Widge’s Sonic Emporium on Louder Than War Radio – 17 February 2024

Episode 35
“The Ridiculous & Sublime Beneath the Lowered Sky”

There is a standing apology to all the nations and cultures of the world…because I have some kind of neuronal disconnection which gives me difficulty pronouncing things. So if I say something stupidly incorrect (pronunciation-wise), it’s not on purpose.

Welcome. Here are what passes for show notes. The reason the playlist is in the format you find it is because I really need a life. The very overwrought explanation can be found here.

Format is:
Artist/Band Name – “Song Name” – Album Name – (Band’s/Artist’s Country of Origin, Year of Song’s Original Release)

Now with Bandcamp links (where available), and if they’re not, I include Amazon links.

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PJ Harvey — “Highway ’61 Revisited” — Rid Of Me — (1993, USA) – Amazon

Pere Ubu — “I Can Still See” — 20 Years in a Montana Missile Silo — (2017, USA) – Amazon

Crowhea — “Skipped Lines” — Skipped Lines — (2017, Italy?) – Bandcamp

AkashA — “Bourbon Lassi” — Into…AkashA — (2009, UK) – Amazon

As The Poets Affirm — “A Voice Recited the News on the Radio” — The Jaws That Bite, the Claws That Catch — (2004, Canada) – Amazon

Ezéchiel Pailhès — “Hands On Hips” — Divine — (2013, France) – Bandcamp

Bright Moments — “Travelers” — Natives — (2012, USA) – Bandcamp

Instant Cities — “Coping With Shed Fires” — Tender Moments in the Funny Part of Town — (2010, USA) – Bandcamp

Jimmie’s Chicken Shack — “Do Right” — Bring Your Own Stereo — (1999, USA) – Amazon

Lady Sovereign — “A Little Bit Of Shhh (smallstars remix)” — A Little Bit Of Shhh (Smallstars Remix) — (2006, UK) – Amazon

Lords Of The Underground — “Lord Jazz Hit Me One Time (make it funky)” — Here Come The Lords — (1993, USA) – Amazon

Chuck Mosley feat. Jonathan Davis & John 5 — “THE Enabler” — Will Rap Over Hard Rock For Food — (2009, USA) – Bandcamp

Blackbird Blackbird & Pandit — “Lovesick” — Lovesick single — (2011, USA) – Bandcamp

Big Mama Thornton — “Hound Dog” — Hound Dog single — (1953, USA) – Bandcamp

“Little” Esther Phillips — “No Headstone on My Grave” — Mo Jo Hannah b-side — (1964, USA) – Amazon

El Chicano — “Eleanor Rigby” — Viva Tirado — (1970, USA) – Amazon

Darren Hanlon — “Happiness is a Chemical” — Happiness is a Chemical single — (2006, Australia) – Bandcamp

Daymé Arocena — “Oyá” — Sonocardiogram — (2019, Cuba) – Bandcamp

Shoukrallah Ezz Eldin — “Allalah Belil” — Allalah Belil single — (2020, ?) – Amazon

RAAVE TAPES — “k bye” — k bye single — (2017, Australia) – Bandcamp

Said The Whale — “UnAmerican” — Cascadia — (2019, Canada) – Bandcamp

Cursed Crown — “Self-Control” — The Bushido Code — (2020, Japan?) – Amazon

Rumillajta — “Iscanwaya” — Hoja de Coca — (1984, Bolivia) – Amazon

Michael Kiwanuka — “You Ain’t The Problem” — KIWANUKA — (2019, UK) – Amazon

Zimmerman — “I Don’t Want It That Bad” — The Afterglow — (2016, Belgium) – Amazon

George Barnett — “Apocolade” — 17 Days — (2012, UK)

dEUS — “Bad Timing” — Pocket Revolution — (2005, Belgium) – Amazon

Warren Zevon — “I Need a Truck (outtake)” — Exciteable Boy — (2007, USA) – Amazon