'L'étranger' : Show #72, December 26th 2006



Presented by a cabal of precocious calvinists and broadcasting to the masses (and missa) every Tuesday 15h30-16h30 on Radio Panik, 105.4FM, Brussels.

Played was the the arty chic of the following evil pseuds :

1. Dick Annegarn - Bébé Eléphant
from Sacré géranium LP (Polydor, 1973)
2. Dr. Bruce L. Thiessen - Black Santa
from web site mp3, 2006
3. Pigz - Bloody Belgium
from Bloodstains Across Belgium, Volume 1 LP (Atomium, Belgium) 1997
4. Limp Wrist - Cheap Art
from Complete Discography CD (Paralogy, USA) 2004
5. Deep Donkey Crew - Communism
from web site mp3, 2006
6. Mark Perry - Dear, Dear
from Perspectives and Distortion LP (Cherry Red, UK) 1981
7. Subhumans - Death To The Sickoids
from Death to the Sickoids 7" (Subhumans, Can) 1978
8. Herbert Eimert - Epitaph für Aikichi Kuboyama Part 5
from Epitaph für Aikichi Kuboyama CD-R (Creel Pone, USA) 2005
9. Flipper - Flipper Blues
from Unreleased Studio Session Cassette (Bootleg, 1983)
10. Air Conditioning - Frustrating Ice Princess
from Catneck 7" (Electric Human Project, USA) 2005
11. Miscarriage - Gutter Lathe Society
from one-sided flexi 7" (Chondritic Sound, USA) 2004
12. Pseudo Code - Hunger in Progress
from Assemblee Generale #4 Cassette (Ptôse Production Présente, France) 1984
13. The Futurians - I Built a Rocket
from 267 Purkkia Liimaa CD-R (267 lattajjaa, Finland) 2004
14. Sawaadyja - Invoking Ancient Electricity
from Three Circles And A Haruspex (Rural Faune, Norway)2006
15. Mon Cousin Belge - Lola Lives Large
from web site mp3, 2006
16. Skull Kontrol - Mater Dolores
from Zzzzzz CD (Touch & Go, USA) 2000
17. Vernon & Burns - Naughty Boy
from Magical Music Hall CD-R (Meager Resource) 2006
18. Chumbawamba - Rich Pop Stars Make Good Socialists
from Rich Pop Stars Make Good Socialists Flexi 7" (No Label, UK) 1986
19. Barton Smith - Roland #119
from Reelizations LP (Folkways Records, USA) 1980
20. Paul Dasken - Wichita Lineman (metal rod, coke bottle)
from web site mp3

plus segments from "The Incredibly Corporate Whorish Big Black Interview Album" LP by Big Black (Touch & Go, USA, 1987) overlaid and between tracks 14-20/

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'L'étranger' : Show #71, December 19th 2006



This week the show was entirely comprised of music from various formations, led by Rob Murphy (we are told not his real name), of Laboratories / Murphy Federation over the last 25 years.

Some words :

Founded in the dark ages of the eighties, the Murphy Foundation has since materialised in many formations and a multitude of styles, whilst never straying far from that most basic tool of communication: the pop song. Comic and poetic, with a diversity that makes them difficult to categorise, Laboratoires Murphy are one outcome of the realisation that 'we can do anything'.

"Runs against the grain and yet reiterates the possibilities of communication that the pop song embodies: music that speaks of a locale, we might even say (unfashionably) a community. Laboratories Murphy provide useful ammunition for those whose faith in the marginal and the progressive is not entirely spent" - Wire Magazine

From the material played below, only 'Smut' CD is still available and the rest is out of print (as far as i can see). But check the Laboratories Murphy My Space site for new releases and of whisky rumors of rich goalkeepers who decide to put the old stuff out again. Also do not forget Bing & Bob project of Selfish & Murphy and Club Integral, "London's premier venue for the uncategorisable", which i believe is organized by Laboratoires Murphy.

Playlist :

1. Murphy Working Stiffs - Working Stiff
from Rer Quarterly LP (ReR, UK) 1989
2. The Murphy Federation - Aches & Pains
from 12 Minutes at the Hot Club Murphy 12" (no label, UK) 1982
3. The Orchestre Murphy - Bad Day At Babbling Brook
from Smut CD (Alcohol, UK) 1999
4. The Orchestre Murphy - Colerain
from Bogtrotting Cassette (No Label, UK) 1994
5. The Orchestre Murphy - Day Dream Of A Marriage-Guidance Counsellor
from Frankincense CD (Out Of Depression, CH) 1992
6. Murphy Orchestra - Hero Worker
from Up Murphy Street LP (No Label, UK) 1985
7. Murphy Federation -Fed Up Skank (Bing Selfish - vocals)
from 12" (London Madras, UK) 1981
8. Plain People Of England - Group Sex
from The Gab - Cure Or Curse? CD (No Label, UK)
9. Murphy Orchestra - History Lesson
from Up Murphy Street LP (No Label, UK) 1985
10. Murphy No Geisha - La Japonaise
from NaZo Nazo CD (Murphy No Geisha) 2002
11. The Orchestre Murphy - Meanwhile Back At My Lair
from Frankincense CD (Out Of Depression, CH) 1992
12. The Murphy Federation - Health & Happiness (Bing Selfish - vocals)
from 12 Minutes at the Hot Club Murphy 12" (no label, UK) 1982
13. Plain People Of England - An Irish Airhead Foresees His Death
from The Gab - Cure Or Curse? CD (No Label, UK)
14. Miners Of Banal - Life on Us
from Miners Of Banal CD (No label, CH)
15. The Orchestre Murphy - Press Gang
from Bogtrotting Cassette (No Label, UK) 1994
16. The Orchestre Murphy - Purgatory
from Smut CD (Alcohol, UK) 1999
17. Murphy Federation - Smile
from Music For Pressure Cassette (Fuck Off Records, UK) 1982
18. Murphy Working Stiffs - Vandals
from Metamurphosis casette (Noise Method, UK) 1986

note : Any corrections on the dates of these releases or any other info welcome.

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'L'étranger' : Show #70, December 12th 2006



It's not punk just pure junk every Tuesday (unless circumstances dictate otherwise) on Radio Panik 105.4FM, Brussels, 15h30-16h30.

This week Icelanders Palli Banine & Erling T.V. Klingenberg took over L'étranger to present one hour of 'Rock From Reykjavík'. The backbone of the show coming from the soundtrack of 1982 film 'Rokk í Reykjavík' with tracks from Purrkur Pillnikk (early band of Sugarcubes Einar), Tappi Tíkarrass (first band of Bjork), Bodies, Þeyr . Other material by Bubbi Morthens, Singapore Sling, The Funerals, Apparat Organ Quartet, Mugison, Kolrassa Krókríðandi.

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