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The show: 2011-01-22 (Reprise)

 

Radio New Zealand said "Fuck Fuck Buttons", apparently.
Radio New Zealand said "Fuck Fuck Buttons", apparently.

In light of the fact that there will be 33% less of The Joint for the foreseeable future, we’ll increase our on-line only content to try and redress the balance with a series of exclusive (add heavy air quotes around that last word) mixes, interviews, other podcasts and assorted oddities.

First up we’re boldly going to go where Radio New Zealand fears to tread. David Klein is both a friend of The Joint and the Wednesday Drive host on RDU. He also occasionally moonlights as a contributor to Music 101, the additional income helping him to indulge his secret penchance for chinchilla fur accessories.

Only once has the national radio station declined to broadcast one of his interviews – the one he conducted with Ben Power from the magnificent Fuck Buttons. We’re sure David explained to us at the RDU Christmas Party at Goodbye Blue Monday as to why his submission was returned to him, but we were paying more attention to trying to score another free pint of Bodgie Beer. However, we still agreed to post the item so it wasn’t lost forever.

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The show: 40 is not the new 30

Sydney Morning Herald gets all misty eyed about Primal Scream: Primal Scream still reverberates

RIP Trish Keenan. The singer from Broadcast dead at the age of 42 from pneumonia.

Best lyric I heard today: “Back in my reefer days, selling you parsley” Ghostface Killah from “How do you like me baby?” on the new Apollo Kids LP.

And here’s the playlist in full…

12pm – 1pm

+ Download 12pm – 1pm – 78MB

1pm – 2pm

+ Download 1pm – 2pm – 83MB

2pm – 3pm

+ Download 2pm – 3pm – 88MB

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The Show: This is the Christmas special

Thanks to Dangerous Minds for pointing us to The Divine David clip

It’s a small drop in an ever expanding ocean of Christmas compilations (“mix” does seem too professional a word for this collection of tunes), but after ten years it seemed as good a time as any to add another 2 hours to the sum total of festive mp3 collections.

You can play or download it below with total peace of mind at whatever family gathering you have planned today, it’s guaranteed elderly relative friendly (well, apart from The Toilet track and maybe The Rebel stuff).

If you don’t trust us help yourself instead to some presents from The Klaxons and Gorillaz, who are both releasing new material later today and / or Christmas Day UK time. In the case of former it’s a free download, in the case of the latter it’s an online stream only (unless you fork out to join the Sub Division Fanclub).

Klaxons – Landmarks Of Lunacy EP

Gorillaz – The Fall Album

+ Download The Joint Christmas Mix 2010 – 110Mb

  • T-REX-Xmas Flexi Message (Fan Club 45)
  • BASEMENT 5-Last White Christmas
  • MICROPENIS-Happy Christmas Stalin
  • SOUL SAINTS ORCHESTRA-Santa’s Got Bag Of Soul
  • THE VICHY GOVERNMENT-Christmas Is Cancelled
  • SAINT ETIENNE-Christmas 1936
  • ASOBI SEKSU-Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)
  • WAX AUDIO-Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
  • PSYCHIC TV-White Nights
  • SUFJAN STEVENS-Come On! Let’s Boogey To The Elf Dance!
  • KURTIS BLOW-Christmas Rappin’
  • THE TOILET-All I Want For Christmas Is Shit
  • GO HOME PRODUCTIONS-Carpenters Christmas (Karen Meets Roots Radics Uptown)
  • WEIRD TAPES-Christmas Break
  • THE FALL-No Xmas For John Quays (John Peel Session)
  • GRANDADDY-Alan Parsons In A Winter Wonderland
  • THE WAITRESSES-Christmas Wrapping (Original 12″ Long Version)
  • THE O’JAYS-Christmas Ain’t Christmas, New Years Ain’t New Years Without The One You Love
  • THE LOVELY EGGS-Tyrannosaurus Rex For Christmas
  • THE REBEL-Christmas Every Day
  • CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE-Cold White Christmas
  • JOY ZIPPER-Christmas Song
  • CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND-There Ain’t No Santa Claus On The Evenin’ Stage
  • WILD BILLY CHILDISH AND THE MUSICIANS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE-Christmas Lights
  • THE GOLDEN FILTER-White Nights
  • SWEAR-All I Want For Christmas
  • POLY STYENE-Black Christmas
  • THREE BLIND MICE-Merry Christmas
  • WALKMEN-No Christmas While I’m Talking
  • C.W. STONEKING-On A Christmas Day
  • FLEET FOXES-White Winter Hymnal
  • JAMES BROWN-Let’s Make Christmas Mean Something This Year Pts 1 & 2
  • THE WILD SWANS-The Coldest Winter For A Hundred Years
  • VINCE GUARALDI TRIO-Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental)
  • WILD MAN FISCHER-I’m A Christmas Tree
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I ♥ Service Records

Service RecordsLong story (not so) short…

Two months ago I decided to treat myself and buy some Lake Heartbeat and Ikons vinyl from the wonderful Service Records in Sweden.

I’m not a vinyl purist by any stretch of the imagination but I’ve developed the expensive habit of trying to buy my favourite singles / EPs / albums on vinyl – more as souvenirs you understand.

Anyway, several weeks ago I noticed that the records hadn’t arrived. The World Cup had distracted me. I emailed Ola at Service and we decided to give the postal system a chance just in case the records were held up (by the World Cup), but no joy.

Somewhere in the world is a freight handler with an epic record collection. F*cking c*nt.

Last week I emailed Ola, kicking myself that I hadn’t paid insurance, but Ola was a true gentleman and sent me a replacement package when he could easily have told me to shove off (I imagine that record companies get scammed all the time for freebies).

Lo and behold my package arrived a few days ago.

Lake Heartbeat (the “Trust in Numbers” LP is on white vinyl!!!) is Janne Kask and Kalla Kaks produced by Dan Lissvik (of Studio). Imagine Prefab Sprout’s Paddy McAloon hanging out in Gothenburg during a long hot summer and then hooks up with Johnny Marr for some quiet akvavits and oysters. It’s not to everyone’s taste but I love it. Its sweetness makes my heart melt.

Ikons are from Gothenburg, Sweden and are a trippy, psychedelic, wall of sound. You could forgiven for thinking that “Slow Light” is the highlight but the whole album pins you to the wall wanting more. Like the perfect loud gig that you never want to end.