1. Dazzle Ships monthly “listening” “party” takes place this Wednesday, December 17th. Guest DJ is Bumrocks who will be celebrating the release of the first Bumrocks album, El Bum. It is described thusly:

Bumrocks presents a full length album of bootlegs, re-edits, slow-downs, and bonus beats. Features holy-grail cosmic rarities, late night extended disco breakdowns, brand old balearic, minimal electronic and…a Yello medley.

We will not have any for sale, but you can purchase from Phonica in the UK. This will also be a “holiday” “party”, says Jeremy, so expect that Paul Mccartney xmas jam, Christmas Rapping by the Waitresses and the Tuxedomoon song from the Crepuscule christmas record.

9 pm at Heathers, 506 e 13th St at ave A, alphabet city. Same info here.

2. My guest appearance on WNYU for the (Make the) Product show, as discussed, has been archived and is available for streaming or download for your listening pleasure, or displeasure here. (Make the) Product presents the best in underground DIY releases every week and for WNYU’s 35th anniversary, host Jacqueline thought it’d be fun to look back at some aspects of DIY from the past. I brought a box filled with DIY and self-released stuff from the punk/post-punk days. Let me tell you, DJing just 7″s comprised mostly of 2 minutes or less songs is a bit more harrowing then putting on E2-E4 followed by Trans-Europe Express and taking a nap, which is how I used to dj in college. There were some technical problems in the beginning (which by the way is my new DJ name…DJ Technical Problems), but I got the hang of it after a bit.

Unfortunately I didn’t get to play everything I brought and had to cut out two little mini-sections, one was all electronic/industrial type stuff…Throbbing Gristle, The Normal, Robert Rental, Thomas Leer etc, the other was 3 of the releases from the rather absurd label called Absurd Records. Still, I played some good stuff, some old faves and some new old faves, some standards I always play and some stuff I’ve never really played. Here’s the playlist:

1. The Styrenes “Drano in Your Veins” (Mustard) 7″
2. Pere Ubu “Heart of Darkness” (Hearthen) 7″
3. The Twinkeyz “Aliens in Our Midst” (Grok) 7″
4. Buzzcocks “Breakdown” Spiral Scratch (New Hormones) 7″
5. Desperate Bicycles “Smokescreen” (Refill) 7″
6. Desperate Bicycles “Medium Was Tedium” (Refill) 7″
7. Evening Outs “Channel” (Refill) 7″
8. Scritti Politti “Is and Ought the Western World” (St. Pancras) 7″
9. One Gang Logic “Alienate” (Stark) 7″
10. Funboy Five “Life After Death” (Cool Cat Daddy-O) 7″
11. Metropak “OK Let’s Go” 7″
12. The Homosexuals “Prestel” (Black Noise) 7″
13. Sir Alick & the Phraser “In Search of the Perfect Baby” (Black Noise) 7″
14. L Voag “Beauty Spreads” (Black Noise) 7″
15. Happy Refugees “Warehouse Sound” (Gymnasium) 7″
16. Garage Class “Terminal Tokyo” (Gymnasium) 7″
17. The Lines “On the Air” (Linear) 7″
18. Metabolist “Identify” (Dromm) 7″
19. Spherical Objects “Seventies Romance” (Object Music) 7″
20. Grow Up “River” (Object Music) 7″
21. IQ Zero “Quirky Pop Music” (Object Music) 7″
22. Contact “Someone Like You” (Object Music) 7″
23. Art Yard “The Law” (Propeller) Cassette
24. Dangerous Birds “Smile on Your Face” (Propeller) 7″
25. Neats “Six” (Propeller) 7″
26. Lori Green “She Won’t Hear You” (Propeller) Cassette