Sunday, January 31, 2010

First show


Hey kiddies,
First show, first blog post. Man I'm excited. 80's hardcore is what I'm all about, it is what I live for. Can you remember the first time you heard "12XU" or "Teenagers from Mars" or "Hate the Police" or how about "Rise Above"? Black Flag is often the poster child of 80's hardcore music; just look at how they're used to review Converge's new album: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13625-axe-to-fall/ and yes asshole we may not "remember" Black Flag but just cause you got to get spit on by Henry Rollins at some show doesn't make you special.
The way my radio show is going to work is that guests will come on and we will talk about a certain band (if they are as influential as black flag) or a certain scene (early d-beat, straight-edge, etc.). Due to the marvelous inventions of Google, Wikipedia, and blogging, I don't really feel a need to provide anything more than interesting tid bits and stories about the band, and instead will focus the show on more personal things. For this show, I'm having Kelly Houck, who is not just a Black Flag fan but also white and a woman. Why do I point these two identities out? Because both being a progressively minded white person ("White Minority") and being female ("Slip It In") can make listening to Black Flag rather awkward, uncomfortable, and even sickening. I want to hear if you can justify, defend, or ignore these songs and the applications of this response to the rest of the Black Flag discography.
This will probably be one of the hardest shows for me to do, considering not only did Black Flag's albums sound consistently good, but there are 6 of them, as well as material pre-Henry Rollins. But here is the set-list I've decided on playing, please consider my 2 hour limit before crucifying me for leaving out a few really great songs:
1. Nervous Breakdown
2. Wasted
3. Revenge
4. White Minority
5. Clocked In
6. Rise Above
7. Spray Paint
8. Six Pack
9. TV Party
10. Thirsty and Miserable
11. Police Story
12. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
13. Depression
14. Room 13
15. Damaged 2
16. Padded Cell
17. Life of Pain
18. Damaged 1
19. My War
20. Can't Decide
21. Beat My Head Against the Wall
22. The Swinging Man
23. Nothing Left Inside
24. Scream
25. Family Man
26. No Deposit-No Return
27. Slip It In
28. Black Coffee
29. Modern Man
30. I'm the One
31. In My Head
32. Drinking and Driving
33. Louie Louie (live from the last show)

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