Fanatic! I hope you had a great week. All around me leaves are exploding back into existence and the temperature is rising.

Some cool records are coming out soon.

There’s a new record by our good pal and sonic ally Teri Gender Bender. It’s really good. You can find more information on it right here.

There’s another great record coming out next month. I can’t find any mentions of it on the label’s site or on Bandcamp. I can’t talk about a record before the label or the band announces but hopefully next week the label will have posted something and I can let you know. More to look forward to!

Otherwise, we have a great gathering of tunes for you that hopefully you will find to be the perfect soundtrack for the weekend. Otherwise, we have a great gathering of tunes for you that hopefully you will find to be the perfect soundtrack for the weekend.

Thanks so much for tuning in and STAY FANATIC!!! 

–– Henry

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Fanatic! I hope you had a tremendous music-filled week. 

For the last several nights, I’ve been on a Kim Salmon and Scientists deep dive. Kim’s new album Smoked Salmon is really good. I played the vinyl for the first time last night. https://kimsalmon.bandcamp.com/album/smoked-salmon

We’re moving one of our methods of communicating with you to Bluesky. We’ve set up an account there. You can find us here: henryrollins21361.bsky.social

Hopefully you find tonight’s gathering of tunes a good dose for what ails ya. We’re almost done with next week’s show as we prepare our April programming.

Have a great night of listening and STAY FANATIC!!!  

–– Henry

Hour 1

Hour 2

Fanatic! I hope you had a tremendous week with lots of music and good health. Tonight’s show is definitely a “spring oriented” gathering of tunes. I think it’s a good one.

We’re finishing up our shows for March and looking forward to starting to build our April broadcasts. As I sometimes tell you in these notes, I was able to hear a new album that’s not out yet but when it arrives, we will be getting into it. Yet another was sent to me a few days ago and it’s going to be another great one to look forward to. Not wanting to put the proverbial cart in front of the horse, that’s all I can say about it for now. I think you’re really going to like this one.

Don’t forget about these cool releases

Unrest – Perfect Teeth

Escape-ism – Charge Of The Love Brigade

Agender - Berserk

Also, please see the below mention and if you can, check us out.

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We hope you have a great night of listening and thank you so much for taking the time to tune in.

From your front door to the Gulf of Mexico hang in there and STAY FANATIC!!! 

–– Henry

I hope you had a great week. I’m not sure if you’re aware but the great Brian James of the Damned has passed away. If you were a fan of the first two Damned albums, that’s the lineup of the band he was in and he was the primary songwriter. This is tough news.

To make sure we never miss a show, as best we can. we try to work in advance. When we got the news about Brian, we had already made tonight’s show. I apologize for not having any tracks with Brian’s great guitar work and a show that acknowledges his passing.

I’m glad that the original line-up of the band featuring Captain Sensible on bass, Dave Vanian on vocals, Rat Scabies on drums and Brian on guitar had a chance to tour recently. In a statement issued by the Captain, they had planned more shows with Brian.

Over the years, I carefully saved everything Brian ever sent me from the emails, the records, to the packages because they featured his handwriting. He was an amazing player and this is a true loss.

Joey Molland of Badfinger has also passed away. I interviewed him many years ago and we kept in touch. They wrote some great songs.

We have prepared a great show for tonight that reflects the change of seasons, and hopefully the buoyancy and effervescence of the tracks will provide an excellent soundtrack for the rest of your weekend.

Thank you so much for tuning in. Have a great night and stay Fanatic

–– Henry

Hour 1
01. Rites Of Spring - Deeper Than Inside / Rites Of Spring
02. Hammered Hulls - Hardest Road / Careening
03. The Teen Idles - Get Up And Go / 20 Years Of Dischord
04. Escape-Ism - Last Of The Sellouts / Charge Of The Love Brigade
05. Unrest - Cath Carroll / Perfect Teeth
06. The Snakes – Happy / Happy
07. Horsegirl - Switch Over / Phonetics On And On
08. Say Sue Me - Sorry That I'm Drunk / Say Sue Me
09. Shrapnel - Turning The Knife / Sedan Crater
10. The Fall - Free Range / Code: Selfish
11. Otoboke Beaver - Bakuro Book / Itekoma Hits
12. Hunger Anthem - Battles / Lift
13. Leatherman - Heartbeater Cheetah / New dl
14. Oddly - Artificial / Swerve
15. FACS - Desire Path / Wish Defense
16. Arndales - No Existent / Shops 2:39
17. The Clash - Gates Of The West / Black Market Clash
18. Jack Nitzsche - The Lonely Surfer / Lux And Ivy's Favorites Vol 3
19. Molly Nilsson - Red Telephone / Un-American Activities

Hour 2
01. Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays / Singles Going Steady
02. Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated / Road To Ruin
03. Lambrini Girls - No Homo / Who Let The Dogs Out
04. Dax Riggs - Pagan Moon / 7 Songs For Spiders
05. Jealous Yellow - Conscious Zero / Sugarweeper
06. Heather The Jerk - Parasites / Not Very Motorcycle
07. The Birthday Party - Riddle House / The Birthday Party
08. Drinking Boys And Girls Choir - Even If I Don't Like It, That's Me / Keep Drinking
09. Patrol - Breakout / ST 7" EP
10. The Ghoulies - Self Help / Shafted By The Algorithm LP
11. Spencer P Jones - Negative / The Last Gasp
12. Jay Reatard - Fading All Away / Blood Visions
13. Romero - Talk About It / Turn It On!
14. Corker - Anomie / Falser Truths
15. Bermuda Squares - Mortality / Outsider
16. Chrissy Zebby Tembo - Lonely Night / My Ancestors
17. Sick Bags - You Gotta Go / Only The Young Die Good
18. Wire - Sand In My Joints / Chairs Missing
19. Hildegard Knef - From Here On It Got Rough / The In-Kraut
20. Devo – Blockhead / Duty Now For The Future
21. Holger Czukay, Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit - Twilight World / Full Circle

Fanatic. You might remember in the show notes from our February 15 broadcast, we included a site address where a Fanatic could send some funds to help David Johansen and his family. Thanks to your kind contributions David’s remaining days were made as comfortable as possible. He passed away yesterday at 75 years of age.

Somewhere in the early 1980s I saw that David was coming to Los Angeles to play at the Roxy as his persona Buster Poindexter. I had never seen David on stage before and was determined to get to the show. I carefully saved enough money for a ticket and took the long bus ride from Redondo Beach into Hollywood. The show was great and I was so glad I had gone through all the twists and turns to be there. I didn’t have a way back from the show and have no memory of how I made it to the beach. Many years later, I was able to meet David a few times and he was always great. I think he knew he meant a lot to a lot of people and he, as they say, "wore it well” and was extremely cool, charismatic and funny. I believe it was Dez from Black Flag who played the New York Dolls album before band practice one day. I’d never heard the entire record, but as soon as I did, I liked it immediately. When I was on tour in England in 1984, one of the chain record stores in London had a big sale on catalog records and I was able to buy the first New York Dolls album for really cheap. I think at this point we’ve listened to every track from that record on our show. It’s a great Rock ‘n’ Roll album.

David is survived by his amazing wife, Mara and his extremely talented stepdaughter Leah Hennessy. Her super cool song 8 Men Have All The Money starts our second hour.

Fanatic, I know that officially spring doesn’t start for a couple of weeks, but for me, spring starts on March 1. I’m officially done with winter and I’m ready for a change of season. We weren’t anticipating the sad news of David passing, so our show tonight is for the most part buoyant, effervescent, and hopefully, spring-minded. 

As always, the show is designed for your maximum enjoyment and we hope to have succeeded in that pursuit yet again. Thank you so much for tuning in no matter when or where or how you do. Getting this great music to you is what it’s all about. 

Until next week, hang in there and stay Fanatic.

–– Henry

Fanatic! Just my opinion, but on the first day of March Fanatic spring officially starts. While I’m sure the calendar as we know it says different, I’m holding firm! I’m done with winter and I’m ready for something else.

I don’t think tonight’s gathering of top tier tunes is necessarily a “goodbye” to winter but it’s a good mix all the same. We will not be visiting Joy Division again for quite a few months and soon we’ll be starting in on the new Horsegirl album, Phonetics On And On and other new releases as the labels permit.

https://thisishorsegirl.bandcamp.com/album/phonetics-on-and-on

I’m not sure exactly when they’ll be coming out, but I know for a fact there are some great records to look forward to this year. One of our favorite pals and sonic allies just sent me a batch of new recordings, due out this year. As it is always my policy, not to announce before the artist or band, I must keep this information to myself but I will say that we definitely have another great record to explore whenever the official release date is announced.

If you scroll down towards the bottom of the Lambrini Girls site page, you’ll see a lot of tour dates. By May of this year, if all goes according to plan, they should be in the USA.

https://www.lambrinigirlsband.co.uk

Apparently, some of these shows will be done with that excellent Australian band Party Dozen.

https://party-dozen.bandcamp.com/merch

Now THAT is a double bill. Wow! Party Dozen’s most recent album, Crime In Australia is excellent. I would recommend any of their albums without hesitation.

We’ve been listening to a lot of music from that cool label out of the UK, Damnably. Here’s their site page on Bandcamp in case you want to check it out.

https://damnably.bandcamp.com/music

Next week, get ready to get set for the new album by Escape-ism. It’s called Charge Of The Love Brigade. I’ve listened to it three times now. I believe we’re starting in on that one next week, a day after it’s release on March 7.

https://escape-ism.bandcamp.com/album/charge-of-the-love-brigade

Tonight, we have for you what you will hopefully find to be a pleasing mix of tunes, providing a most excellent soundtrack for your party-on weekend.

Keep rocking the jam session and STAY FANATIC!!!

–– Henry

Hour 1
01. The Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack / Can't Stand the Rezillos
02. Heldon - The Return Of The Flying Saucers / Heldon Ⅵ: Interface
03. Billy Lee Riley - Flying Saucers Rock 'N' Roll / Lux And Ivy's Favorites Vol. 8
04. Heather The Jerk - Last Night / Not Very Motorcycle
05. Cold Beat – Chainmaille / Chaos By Invitation
06. Otoboke Beaver - Leave Me Alone! No, Stay With Me! / Super Champon
07. Lost Sounds - Blackcoats Whitefear / Rats Brains And Microchips
08. Drinking Boys And Girls Choir - There Is No Spring / Marriage License
09. Sex Faces - O My Dima / Young Team Demos
10. Molly Nilsson - Naming Names / Un-American Activities
11. Hunger Anthem - Sun / Lift
12. The Fall - Green Eyed Loco Man / The Real New Fall Album
13. Helen - Motorcycle / The Original Faces
14. Chain And The Gang – Stuck In A Box / Minimum Rock ‘N’ Roll
15. Bob Dylan - Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? / Biograph
16. Joy Division - Insight / Unknown Pleasures
17. David Lynch & John Neff - 911 / Bluebob
18. Roy Orbison - In Dreams / The Legendary Roy Orbison
19. Julee Cruise - Rockin' Back Inside My Heart / Floating Into The Night

Hour 2
01. Dax Riggs - Ain't That Darkness / 7 Songs For Spiders
02. Scott Walker - Six / Climate Of Hunter
03. Jimi Hendrix - Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? / BBC Sessions
04. Delivery - Digging The Hole / Force Majeure
05. Mandalay Sein Mottah - Lover Of Smiling Girls/ Princess Nicotine: Folk And Pop Sounds Of Myanmar Vol. 1
06. Patrol - Cold Blood / ST EP
07. Spencer P Jones - Show I Care / Sobering Thoughts
08. Corker - Lice / Falser Truths
09. Lambrini Girls - Bad Apple / Who Let The Dogs Out
10. Quix*O*Tic - A Premonition Or The Reason / Night For Day
11. The Misfits - I Turned Into A Martian / 12 Hits From Hell
12. Horsegirl - Live And Ski / Versions Of Modern Performance
13. Cliquey Bitches - Mono Stereo / Scorpio Scorpio
14. The Royal Holidays - Down In Cuba / Herald Records Pt. 2
15. The Ghoulies - Four Decisions Every Minute / Shafted By The Algorithm
16. Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning / The Cowboy & The Ladies
17. Say Sue Me - I Know I'm Kind of Boring / Say Sue Me
18. Monty Python - Baxter's / Monty Python's Previous Record
19. Xiaowang - Stasii / Kachakacha
20. Mdou Moctar - Ilana / Ilana: The Creator