Revolutionary Plastics Hour

Oh, my friends, my good, good friends! What a time it’s been. We apologize for the break in service & would like to assure you that systems will be fully operational again as soon as possible. Meanwhile, here’s the most recent entry into the Revolutionary Plastics Hour canon; it’s from December 11, 2012, & I don’t have to tell you that I’m thrilled to finally get this out into the world. Dig, if you will, a picture: • A non-album track from Neon Neon, the—well, what do you call a super-group if the members aren’t all that amazing but are still something more than just also-rans? Oh, right!—the Avengers-group of Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) and Boom Bip (that whole Anticon scene from the late nineties), whose album was a concept piece centering around the (high) life & (hot) times of John Delorean. This song brings Johnny Carson into the mix; why? Can’t say for sure, but it’s catchy as feezy, yo. • A song from that single that Prime Minister Louis Farrakhan released, back when he was still going by Louis X. • A song featuring bassist David Hood, a member of the legendary Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the father of Patterson Hood, one of the primary driving forces behind the Drive-By Truckers. • A really fun remix of a great song by Brick, called “Dazz” (which I’ve played on this show in the past) by the also legendary Latin Rascals. It’s from the era when a hell of a lot of high-profile remixes were being done by Arthur Baker, who was certainly cool; but this sounds different, which is great. • A song that Walter Becker & Donald Fagen wrote for Barbra Streisand, back when they were jobbing songwriters-for-hire. • The only song Ice-T & Ice Cube did together (at least, until recently; I don’t know if they’ve made a hott collabo anytime in the last, say, ten years, because I haven’t been checking their albums very closely in that time) (oh, like you have). So—all that, plus even more, ladies & gentlemen. If you want to skip the standard PSA nonsense, start at about 2:50, so you get the setup for the astounding John Oates composition that kicks off this awesome & long-delayed set. Hope you like it. Revolutionary Plastics Hour: Volume Forty-Six Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy—Language of Violence (instrumental) – Hall & Oates—The Emptyness [sic] (live) Helmet Boy—I Know What You Did Last Night Posh—Mermaid Neon Neon—Wheels Louis X—A White Man’s Heaven is a Black Man’s Hell (aka Prime Minister Louis Farrakhan) Witch Queen—Got the Time (ft. David Hood, aka Patterson Hood’s dad) Brick—Dazz (The Def Mix by the Latin Rascals) Richard Pryor and Diana Ross—So You Wanted to See the Wizard (from The Wiz) Barbra Streisand—I Mean to Shine (written by Becker/Fagen, aka Steely Dan) Frank Sinatra—I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night Von Haze—His Love is Fine Ice-T & Ice Cube—Trespass MC Serch—Daze in a Weak – Ronny Jordan—A Brighter Day (instrumental) (prod. by DJ Spinna)

Ghoul afternwhoooooon—it’s the haunted edition of the Revolutionscary Plastics Howl! This week is fundraiser week at the station, so, for your listening pleasure, I’ve eviscerated (without anesthesia!) the chunks of the show that consist of me asking for money, leaving you with a tidy, uninterrorupted half-hour-long mix of seasonally*-appropriate tunes by some of the most highly-respookted names in the (horror) business. I hope this mix will enhance your evening’s enterpainment, and that your Halloween night is an unMittigated triumph. * of the witch Revolutionary Plastics Hour: I Remember Halloween Cinema (recorded music library)—Music Box Disneyland—The Haunted House Kid Koala—Tricks N’ Treats Dictators—Science Gone Too Far The Damned—Video Nasty Glenn Danzig—Spook City, U.S.A. The Misfits—Die, Die, My Darling Samhain—To Walk the Night Turbonegro—Nihil Sleighride Chromatics—Into the Black Poolside—Harvest Moon

This week: a sort of loosely thematic collection of songs about… well, judge for yourself, friends. Revolutionary Plastics Hour: Volume Forty-Four RJD2—Get Off My Spaceship, Bitch – Rose Royce—You Can’t Please Everybody Brooklyn Dreams—That’s Not the Way That Your Mama Taught You to Be Grace Jones—Bullshit Santogold—Shove It Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder—Good-bye Bad Times Active Child—High Priestess The Sweat—Why’d You Have to Lie? Club Nouveau—Jealousy Mark Ronson—Toxic (ft. Tiggers & ODB) Latyrx—Bad News Remy Ma—Whuteva Ghostface Killah—Be Easy (ft. Trife) Apocalypse Now—Dialogue (from OST) Hom—You Won’t Get It (instrumental) (Peter Gabriel/Laurie Anderson sample) Minor Threat—Betray Scrotum Grinder—Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Project Reagan Aeroplane—The Point of No Return

Some awkward novelty rap (ft. Tommy Boy’s Monica Lynch as a sassy Around-The-Way Girl, as well as 3rd Bass’ penultimate release & another Mix-A-Lot gem), some charming country gentlemen, some other assorted items of broadly general interest & that’s a wrap, folks! (I know I’m not really selling it, here, but if you give it a listen, you’ll find that this stuff sells itself.) Revolutionary Plastics Hour: Volume Forty-Three Mike Post—Theme from “L.A. Law” – The Hagers—Break My Mind Roy Clark—Thank God & Greyhound Jack Reno—Barroom Habits Petula Clark—Resist Maxine Sullivan & the Blue Notes—She’s a Rank Chick Nick Gilpin—We’ll Work it Out Bryan Ferry—Kiss & Tell Terminator X—Buck Whylin’ (ft. Chuck D) Hambo—First Rap Part II 3rd Bass—Gladiator Sir Mix-A-Lot—My Hooptie (Still Runnin’ Mix) Montreal Sound—Music (Original Version) Bert Lahr (Wizard of Oz)—If I Were King of the Forest Jennifer Hall—Ice Cream Days – Irene Cara—Flashdance… What a Feeling (remix) (instrumental)

As is becoming standard operating procedure, the run-down on the wrap-up is on its way; in the meantime, here’s the music… Revolutionary Plastics Hour: Volume Forty-Two Stevie Wonder—Part-Time Lover (instrumental) – Foxy—Lady of the Streets Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson & Stevie Wonder—Pops, We Love You M—M Factor Bird & McDonald—The Candy Rapper Lil’ Louis & the World—I Called U Straight Edge—Things You Could Have Said Dead Letter Office—The Girl in the Green Uniform New Model Army—Brave New World The Hanson Brothers—Brad (NoMeansNo “Dad” cover) The ‘Tone—Lost Generation – Michael Jackson—Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (instrumental) Giorgio Moroder—Madeline’s Theme – Cee-Lo Green—Closet Freak Jazze Pha & Cee-Lo Green—Man of the Hour The Faint—The Conductor Duran Duran—A View to a Kill LeToya—All Eyes on Me (instrumental)