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Matters relating to Phil Cope’s show, When Big Joan Sets Up, at midnight as Wednesday morphs into Thursday (UK time)

When Big Joan Sets Up 8/10/09 – Passion before Professionalism

The most recent installment of When Big Joan Sets Up saw us fully taking advantage of our nightime slot with records about about what my grandma calls “downstairs business”, records with pointlessly complicated titles, me proving unable to say “Napalm Enema” with lapsing into gibberish , Abba songs in Hindi,and a man with the enviable name of Earl Worthington the Third.

The tracklist which scarcely does justice to how excellent the music was, or how hamfisted my presenting skills are, looks like this:

Deep Street Soul featuring Tia Hunter – “Kick Out The Jams” (7″) (Freestyle)
The Ladies – “Dirty Pictures of Your Mother” (EP- “Hole Sailor”) (NoWay/Black Lung)
Fy Fan – “Kleptokrat Moderat” (EP- “Ah Neji”) (No Way)
Earlyworm – ” The Nile Dread” (EP- “Dub King Killah”) (Voltage)
Hornet Leg – “Wait” (LP- “Ribbon of Fear”) (K)
Acid Elf – “Labby Darkno” (LP- “C-Lab”) (Napalm Enema)
Fairport Convention – “Matty Groves” (LP – “Leige and Lief”) (Island)
Broadcast and the Focus Group – “Make My Sleep His Song” (LP – “Broadcast and the Focus Group Investgate Witch Cults of the Radio Age”) (Warp)
The Archangel – “God is a Retard (Or: Freedom of Choice (Or: God is a Retard))” (LP – “Malachi”) (Celestial Conspiracy)
Morrissey- ” The Never Played Symphonies” (LP – “Swords”) (Polydor)
Horace Andy and Alpha – “Declaration of Rights” (LP – “Two Phazed People”) (Don’t Touch)
DJ Muante – “The Name of the Game” (V/A- EP – “Negative Connections”) (Headfuck)
Salma and Sabina – “Mitha Maze Dar (Dancing Queen)” (Cassette – “Salma and Sabina Sing the hits of Abba in Hindi”) (from www.aprilwinchell.com)
Amusement Parks On Fire – “Motown Ritual” (LP – “Young Fight”) (Filter)
The Gaslamp Killer – “Anything Worse” (EP- “My Troubled Mind”) (Brainfeeder)

When Big Joan Sets Up – Playlist 1/10/09

So what did we learn this week? Polish beer is not to be taken lightly,octogenarians like King Stitt, Bill Oddie might be listening, and there is place for bird impressions in today’s popular beat combos.  Now read on…

Unknown – “Love and Let Die” (12″) (White Label)
Echo and The Bunnymen – “I Think I Need it Too” (LP- “The Fountain”)(Ocean Rain)
Hopeton Lindo - “Rude Boy” (7″) (Maffi)
Customers – “Monsters on the Loose” (7”) (Rob’s House)
Laurel and Hardy- “Trail of the Lonesome Pine” (78 from  http://www.archive.org/details/LaurelAndHardy-TrailOfTheLonesomePine”
Karen O and the Kids -“All Is Love” (LP – “Where the Wild Things Are”) (DSG)
Cheveu – “Kador de Porno” (LP- “Chevau”) (Permanent)
Daniel Haaksman feat. MC Miltinho – “Kid Conga – Rob 3 Remix” (12″ “Gostoso Remix”) (Man Recordings)
Zoebeast – “HN51” (LP-“Vengeance Z- Squad”) (DAC Productions)
Ronnie Ronalde- “In a MonasteryGarden” (LP – “The Magic of Ronnie Ronalde”) (EMI Gold)
Anti-Pop Consortium – “Capricorn One” (LP- “Flourescent Black”) (Big Dada)
Alela Diane and Alina Hardin – “Matty Groves” (EP – “Alela and Alina”) (Rough Trade)
Head Molt – “Hole Full of Skulls” (split 7″  EP with Lazy Magnet) (Flish)
Split Personality – “Debt Collector” (V/A  LP -“Future Stars”) (Dreadnought)
Mark Sultan – “Hold On” (7″) (Sub Pop)
King Stitt and Clancy Eccles – “Dance Beat” (LP – “Sound System International Dub”) (Pressure Sounds)
Chris Hope featuring  Martyn Hare – “A” (EP – “Round 3”) (Battle Kingz)
Richard Hawley- “Don’t Get Hung Up In Your Soul” (LP- “Truelove’s Gutter”) (Mute)

When Big Joan Sets Up Playlist – 24th Sept 2009

The latest episode in the When Big Joan Sets Up saga was foisted upon the unsuspecting people of Bradford on Wednesday at midnight and oh , what fun we had (while you were asleep, probably)

Three tracks from “Butter ” the LP from Warp wunderkind Hudson Mohwake were played, alongside new stuff from Jahdan Blakkamoore, Do Make Say Think, and Simon Joyner. Everybody had a lovely time and went home with a balloon.

The tracklist (or tracklsit as my leaden fingers seem determined to call it) went after this fashion:

Digital Funk – “Vybezin” –  (V/A  EP “MindFood”) (L2s Recordings)
Earthmen and Strangers- ” Bartender” (LP – “Earthmen and Strangers”)(FDH records)
Girls of the Gravitron – “Malthusian Love Song” (7″) (Boom Chick)
Jimmy Yancey – “Bear Cat Blues” (LP – “Complete Recorded Works Volume 2 1940-1943”) (Document)
Buckey Ranks – “Push, Baby Mother, Push” (LP- “The Journey”)(Tendertouch)
Joey Riot vs. Obie – “I Require Filth” (12″) (Lethal Theory)
The Raincoats – “No Side To Fall In” (LP- “The Raincoats”) (Rough Trade)
Fool’s Gold -” Suprise Motel” (CD Single)
Do, Make , Say, Think- “Think” (LP- “The Other Truths”)(Constellation)
Hudson Mohawke – “3.30”
Hudson Mohawke – “Fruit Touch”
Hudson Mohawke feat Nadsroic – “All Hot” (all from LP -“Butter”)(Warp Records)
Simon Joyner – “The Arsonist” (LP- “Out in the Snow”) (Team Love)
Jahdan Blakkamoore feat. 77 Klash – “Dem A Idiot” (LP- “Buzzrock Warrior”) (Gold Dust Media)
Cosmic Spore “Transmission Lima” (V/A LP - “Schranz Me”) (Schlactof)

When Big Joan Sets Up

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Hello all,

When Big Joan Sets Up is BCB’s dirty little secret tucked away on Wednesday nights at midnight like a mad relative trapped in the attic in a 1970’s horror film.  If you, humble blog reader, decide to join the happy band of insomniacs, skiving security guards and burglars that comprise our listenership, you can sample delightful new music in a bewildering variety of genres and one or two old songs as well.

This week’s cavalcade of innocent  fun featured the new tunes from Asobi Seksu, Skream and Wet Hair along with four tracks from the new Topic Records box set.   Tracklist looks like this: Continue reading →