The Show: I can’t hear the eulogy, the stream is bad quality

And on with the show…

Direct download: The Joint – 17 June 2023

Notebooks out completists, here’s the playlist in full…

  • PINKY ANN RIHAL – Jabse Dekha Hai
  • SHIT & SHINE – DR+R
  • LIFEGUARD – Alarm
  • TELENIGHTS – COKE
  • CHERYL JOHNSON – pungus
  • FLUX OF PINK INDIANS – Tube Disaster
  • RUTI – Nothing’s Easy
  • A SMALL WORLD – The Life You Lead
  • MOOR MOTHER – STORIES (featuring Sovei)
  • MANDY, INDIANA – The Driving Rain (18)
  • CRIME FRIEND – Darkling
  • BAWO – figured out.
  • KILLER MIKE – Motherless (featuring Eryn Allen Kane)
  • CREEP SHOW – Moneyback
  • WATER FROM YOUR EYES – Out There
  • BEYONCÉ, KENDRICK LAMAR – AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM
  • FAXID – Acid In My Head
  • ROMY – Loveher
  • RVG – Tambourine *
  • JOHN PARISH & ALDOUS HARDING – Three Hours
  • DENZEL CURRY – Endtroduction [cold blooded soul version]
  • CHERYL JOHNSON – all i can do is smile
  • SIGUR RÓS – Blóðberg
  • MANDY, INDIANA – Iron Maiden
  • THE MARY ONETTES, AGNES ALDÉN – Future Grief
  • CYDNEE WITH A C – CRY ALONE
  • THE MARY ONETTES – Forever Before Love
  • PJ HARVEY – I Inside The Old I Dying
  • SKIIFALL – Yuteman Denis
  • MENZI & SCRATCHCLART – Q
  • GRIAN CHATTEN – Last Time Every Time Forever
  • CORNERSHOP X PINKY ANN RIHAL – Disco’s Main Squeeze
  • FLY ANAKIN – Things Change (featuring Demae)
  • MANDY, INDIANA – Love Theme (4K VHS)
  • SHIT & SHINE – BUZZARD BACK TREE
  • DAFT PUNK – Infinity Repeating (featuring Julian Casablancas + The Voidz)
  • BAR ITALIA – changer

* The inspiration for this week’s lyrical heading.

Phone flashing, friends calling, plans forming…

Direct download: The Joint – 10 June 2023

Notebooks out completists, here’s the playlist in full…

  • DIVORCE FROM NEW YORK – Sausalito
  • NABIHAH IQBAL – Gentle Heart
  • PATELLA – Plastic Portal (feat. harvo)
  • LORENZO MORRESI & LE ISOLE – Post Presente
  • THE DU​-​RITES – Funk Monk (feat. Money Mark) (Extended Drum Avalanche Mix)
  • HOORSEES – Charming City Life
  • CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS – Tu sais ce qu’il me faut
  • KLEIN ZAGE – Bored, With You
  • GAYANCE – Clout Chaser’s Anthem (feat. Janette King & Hua Li)
  • M83 – Sunny Boy
  • MANDY, INDIANA – Love Theme (4K VHS)
  • THE TINY DANGERS – Heart Shaped Eyes
  • THE TINY DANGERS – Big Fan
  • THE TINY DANGERS – Grievous Angel
  • THE HEAVY MELLOW – Town State
  • HISS EXPLOSION – Stash
  • BLAIR PARKES – show me a sign
  • NERVOUS JERK – U R
  • ARNAUD REBOTINI – Death Rides A Horse
  • BODY BEAT RITUAL – Disco Ghost
  • KIJI SUEDO – Searcher
  • HIDDEN SPHERES – Mind Over Mate
  • ANDREW MBARUK AND RHYS LANGSTON – A Dial-Up Theology
  • MANDRASSI & ZOLLINGER – Rhythm And Sound N.3
  • TREE THREES – Cassette Memory
  • AKIO NAGASE – Morisyen Acid
  • GREG FOAT & ART THEMEN – Apres Ski

* The inspiration for this week’s lyrical heading.

The Show: Well, Suck. On. This.

Never ceases to amaze us that, 20 years after the fact, media pundits who enthusiastically advocated for the Iraq war are still much sought after for their opinions by the likes of CNN, MSNBC, NYT, FOX ETC.

Thomas Friedman is a case in point.

I wouldn’t necessarily say that this:

disqualifies you from any future public discourse but how about, at the very least, a mea fucking culpa.

For a little bit more detail try RNZ’s Midweek Mediawatch at the 25s mark and the whole of this episode of NPR’s On The Media (but particularly from 11m 10s).

And on with the show…

Direct download: The Joint – 25 March 2023

Notebooks out completists, here’s the playlist in full…

  • CHRIS MORRIS – Bushwhacked
  • NEW ORDER – Procession
  • SLOWTHAI – Selfish
  • DOUBLE WISH – Know It All
  • CAROLINE ROSE – The Doldrums
  • KELVYN COLT – EYE4EYE
  • PAN AMSTERDAM – Rules
  • BAR ITALIA – Nurse!
  • STRAPONTIN & ZILLAS ON ACID – Reading Comments
  • SOFIA KOURTESIS – Madres
  • UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA – Meshugga
  • CHAMBRE DES COULEURS – in this lonely place
  • DAVID SYLVIAN – Late Night Shopping
  • EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL – Run A Red Light
  • THE MARY ONETTES – Pearl Machine
  • KOOL KEITH X REAL BAD MAN – FIRE & ICE (featuring Atmosphere) (with Ice-T)
  • MANDY, INDIANA – Pinking Shears

Thomas Friedman *

  • iSopod Nano – Prismatic Shard
  • CONFLICT AT SERENITY POOLS – Golden View
  • DEENA ABDELWAHED – Dîner
  • SKRILLEX, PINKPANTHERESS & TRIPPIE REDD – Way Back
  • CLARK – Clutch Pearlers
  • LOOSE ARTICLES – Chaos
  • THE JANSEN – Sore di Kebun Raya
  • DARE, THE – Good Time
  • DEPTH CHARGE – Bastard Swordsman
  • LILY ALLEN – The Fear
  • VANESSA WORM – Devils Game
  • BODYSYNC – Rhythm
  • TE’AIRE – AUDREY
  • THE NOMEN – The NoMen’s First Symphony in C Major
  • CHRIS MORRIS – Bushwhacked 2

* The inspiration for this week’s lyrical heading.

The Show: I’ve made a rod for my own back.

Stewart Lee decrying his own CD filing system.

Can we make a case for The Boo Radleys being filed in the Britpop shoebox, alongside such luminaries as Bennet, Jocasta and Thurman? Let’s not just limit them to Liverpool and Post-Punk / C86 / early Creation / Shoegaze. Here’s the proof – a 67% Britpop rating (courtesy of Top Trumps):

boo

And on with the show…

Direct download: The Joint – 2 October 2021

Notebooks out completists, here’s the playlist in full…

  • PIRY REIS – Idade Média
  • DEUCE ELLIS – Spit Acid (featuring Che Noir)
  • CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS – Comme L’Oiseau
  • OPEN MIKE EAGLE · ARMAND HAMMER · MICHAEL EAGLE · BILLY WOODS · ELUCID · QUELLE CHRIS – Burner Account
  • RUN THE JEWELS – Ooh La La (Remix) (featuring Lil Wayne, Greg Nice & DJ Premier)
  • MOONCHILD SANELLY – Undumpable
  • PYROPHORIA – Just A Tad
  • BLAWAN – Fourth Dimensional
  • WATER FROM YOUR EYES – Quotations
  • ZOMBIES – Extraños Juegos
  • RP BOO – Be Of It!
  • SOLEMN BRIGHAM – Left Feet
  • HOLLYWOOD HORSES – Houseworld
  • FLO – Baby
  • WET LEG – Wet Dream
  • RICO NASTY – Rico Nasty Grow Up
  • PULPFUSION – Where is the Money Honey?
  • MANDY, INDIANA – Bottle Episode
  • PARQUET COURTS – Black Widow Spider

[Stewart Lee’s Genre Taxonomy] *

  • HERBIE MANN – Hold On, I’m Comin’
  • AUDIOBOOKS – Black Lipstick
  • SOOFLE – Thrill
  • STILL DREAMS – Last True Love
  • THE GREEN CHILD – Tony Bandana
  • METRONOMY · BRIAN NASTY · FOLLY GROUP – Monday
  • SPACE AFRIKA – Indigo Grit (featuring Guest)
  • WATER FROM YOUR EYES – Monday
  • BAD WITH PHONES – REFRIGERATOR
  • JANELLE MONÁE – Say Her Name (Hell You Talmbout) (featuring Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Chlöe x Halle, Tierra Whack, Isis V., Zoë Kravitz, Brittany Howard, Asiahn, Mj Rodriguez, Jovian Zayne, Angela Rye, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Brittany Packnett Cunningham and Alicia Garza)

* The inspiration for this week’s lyrical heading.

The Show: Can I have a taste of your ice cream?

R.I.P. Julz Sale of Delta 5.

R.I.P. Richard H Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire.

And on with the show…

Direct download: The Joint – 25 September 2021

Notebooks out completists, here’s the playlist in full…

    • DELTA 5 – Mind Your Own Business *
    • CABARET VOLTAIRE – Nag, Nag, Nag
    • MOLCHAT DOMA – Sudno (Boris Ryzhy)
    • ESTER POLY – Pressés
    • MARSHEAUX – Eyes Without A Face
    • MANDY, INDIANA – Bottle Episode
    • KING KHAN – A History of Lies/Lives
    • MAD FRANK – Summoning
    • LANA DEL REY – Wildflower Wildfire
    • HATCHIE – This Enchanted
    • PIP BLOM – You Don’t Want This
    • CHARLOTTE ADIGÉRY & BOLIS PUPUL – Thank You
    • STEELY DAN – Peg
    • PELLEGRINO & ZODYACO – Ué Uagliò (Via da qua)
    • CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE – Laidback boogie (feat. Equalizing Wizard)
    • L’ECLAIR – Concorde
    • DAVID HOLMES – Hope Is The Last Thing To Die (feat. Raven Violet)
    • ASA MOTO – Cacao
    • SUNDAY – Neutron Star
    • CHINASKI – Energy 1
    • TUPPERWAVE – Palace In The Clouds
    • ANZ – You Could Be (feat. George Riley)
    • MOOR MOTHER – Mangrove (feat. Elucid & Antonia Gabriela)
    • LEECH – ATE SHIT (PAVEMENT)
    • DE LA SOUL – Eye Know
    • DAYDRIVER – I just adblocked the trending tab
    • MALI-I – Sunday Feel
    • CARBOY – Reflection
    • PRETTY STOOKED – My Line
    • AREN’T – The Black From The Dark (feat. McKisko)
    • THE FREE POP ELECTRONIC CONCEPT – Chewing Gum Delirium

* The inspiration for this week’s lyrical heading.