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America! Who doesn't love America? (Well, okay. Yeah, I know.) America is a unique country—each of the fifty states that comprise the country has its own beauty and personality. I've had the good fortune to visit forty-six states (Hawaii, Alaska, North Dakota, and New Mexico, in case you're wondering) and have seen some gorgeous sunsets, awe-inspiring mountains, farmland as far as the eye can see, and the bustle and diversity of its cities. Although I'm by no means a nationalist and despite its contentious political stands, I still love living in a country that has so much variety (although it's still impossible to find a good burrito east of Chicago). So all that being said, the theme this time around is songs with American state names in the titles. Hope you hear something you like! –Kurt welcometoflavorcountry@gmail.com To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #211 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: Leatherface, “Colorado Joe/Leningrad Vlad” (Cherry Knowle, BYO) --- We Versus The Shark, “See Carolina's Fastest Trees” (Maserati / Cinemechanica / We Versus the Shark split, Hello Sir) In The Face Of War, “Indiana Jones” (Everything You've Heard Is True, Init) The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, “Bringin' It Straight from Alabama” (Self-titled, Corrosive) --- Grey Area, “Tennessee” (Fanbelt Algebra, Victory) Youth Brigade (LA), “Sink with California” (Sound and Fury, BYO) Traluma, “Montana Slim” (Seven Days Awake, Caulfield) --- Johnny Cash, “‘T' for Texas” (Unearthed, American) Old Canes, “Taxi on Vermont” (Early Morning Hymns, Second Nature) Superchunk, “Connecticut” (Incidental Music 1991-95, Merge) --- Public Enemy, “By the Time I Get to Arizona” (Apocalypse 91…The Enemy Strikes Back, Def Jam)

Manson Lamps. (ˈman(t)-sən 'lamps). Noun. 1. My eyes; especially when talking about murder and serial killers and Satan. –Donna Ramone To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #210 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: “Ave Satani,” Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen soundtrack, Tattoo) --- Kominas, “Ayesha” (Wild Nights in GuantanamoBay, Poco Party) Horror Squad, “Walking Eagle” (Horror Squad/Dudes Night Split 7”, On The Real) Hail Seizures, “Last Transmission” (For the Ruin, Black Powder) Dead To Me, “No Lullabies” (12th & G Compilation, On The Real) --- Hidden Spots, “Postcards from Paradise” (Hundred Million Voices, Mauled By Tigers) Midnite Snaxxx, “Guy Like That” (Guy Like That/Jackie 7”, Total Punk) Eddie And The Hotrods, “Teenage Depression” (Teenage Depression, Captain Oi! or Rock ‘N' RollHigh School Soundtrack, Sire) The Fleshtones, “I Was a Teenage Zombie” (I Was a Teenage Zombie soundtrack, Enigma) --- Fifteen, “Welcome to Berkeley” (SubCity) Sweet Baby Jesus, “Baby I Love You / At the Movies” (Lethal Noise Vol. 2, Very Small) Sexy, “Crows” (Por Vida, Thrillhouse) Bent Outta Shape, “Greyhound Bus” (Stray Dog Town, Recess) --- Cyndi Lauper, “What a Thrill” (The Goonies ‘R' Good Enough, B-side, single, Portrait) Ramones, “You're Gonna Kill That Girl” (It's Alive, Japanese press)

Picking records to play on a podcast is fucked! Should I play all my pals' bands to be cool? Do I try and find the most obscure shit that makes me seem hip and relevant? Hell, I could have taken the payola from Adam Alive and played a whole set of “It's Alive Records” crap. But the allure of an Adam blowjob has lost all the zing. Last time I had one from him, he didn't even cry once during the whole process. Looking at my vinyl, I decided to bring out some records that inspired me to play music as well as got me into this punk called rock. The process of picking fifteen records or so was also a tedious task. I like to say that I am really into power pop from the ‘70s and early ‘80s and I felt like I had abandoned my roots as I pulled out some of these oldies and blew dust off each cover. A few of these licorice pizzas haven't been spun in years. It really brought me back listening to them and picking what tunes I would play. My only problem with this was sharing the limelight with a gal who claims Bruce Springsteen is the voice of his generation (Christina) and a known terrorist (Donna) I know that I am on some friggin' list because of this. There goes my easy through the airport security white male ticket I used to have. It's worthless now..... The good that came from all this was that I was able bring the bad out of Todd. I have high hopes you people will see now him for the racist he really is. Bless his big bigoted heart. -Matt Phuzz To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #208 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: Mrs. Miller, “Downtown” Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits. 1966 first release Redd Kross, “Peach Kelli Pop” Neurotica, 1987 (Big Time Records) The Chords, “Maybe Tomorrow” Live at the Rainbow, 1980 (Unicorn Records) The Jam, “Standards” This Is The Modern World, 1977 Secret Affair, “Time for Action” Glory Boys, 1979 Ramones, “I Wanna Be Well” Rocket to Russia, 1977 The Undertones, “Male Model” The Undertones, 1979 The Beat, (Paul Collins) “Different Kind Of Girl” The Beat, 1979 Toy Dolls, “Blue Suede Shoes” Dig That Groove Baby, 1983 (Volume Records) Teenbeats, “I Can't Control Myself” Uppers on the South Downs, 1980 (Safari Records) Squire (Anthony Meynell), “September Girls” September Girls, 1984 (Hi-Low Records) Purple Hearts, “Jimmy” (Beat That!) 1979 (Fiction Records) The Muffs, “New Love” New Love, single, 1991 (Sympathy For The Record Industry) The Three O'Clock, “Jet Fighter” Sixteen Tambourines, 1983 (Frontier Records) The Jetset, “Once in a Lifetime” Go Bananas!, 1986 (The Dance Network) Cheap Trick, “Voices” Dream Police, 1979

Was gonna write this long, heavy rap about the role of music in my life, “how I rarely go three minutes without either listening, playing or even thinking about some band, album or song; how I've driven most of the people I know batshit at one point or another with all my blathering of facts, tidbits and so on about shit most sane people could care a fig about; and how, contrary to popular belief, each and every release I pull from Razorcake's review bins is met with the thought that it's surely gonna be the greatest danged thing anyone's ever heard in the history of sound waves. But no, suffice to say I think music is mighty swell, we'll leave it at that and let the tunes do the heavy lifting here. A lot of different styles from different eras this time 'round, partly to keep things from becoming one long, boring blur of soporific sonic blah, partly 'cause these are songs I've been diggin' a lot lately. The obscurity hounds will note the Membranes track from their 1983 demo. As mentioned in the podcast, this is not the UK band, but rather the one that hailed from Hollywood that released (to the best of my knowledge) only two tracks on vinyl, “a version of Rick James' “Super Freak” on Mystic's Covers comp, and the tune “Hollywood Girl” on the Mystic Sampler #2 comp, “and included members that went on to figure prominently in Dead Lazlo's Place, I believe. A band I was in played Dollar Night at the Cathay de Grande with them, Mad Parade, the Steps and the Factor back in 1983, we became instant fans and as you can tell by the sound of the recording, that demo got a helluva lot of radio time. Speaking of covers, I think you'll find the cover of Stevie Wonder's “La La La” by East Los legends will indeed, “tear you up.” Music, man. In the words of the prophet Flava Flav, “Rock that shit, homie.” –Jimmy To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #207 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: The Magnificent, “1981” (1981 7”, Drunken Sailor) Angst, “Neil Armstrong” (Self-titled 12”, Happy Squid) Noodle Muffin, “I'm Ashamed” (Karmic Bitchslap CD, Fyoog State) Red Transistor, “Not Bite” (New York Noise Vol. 2, Soul Jazz) --- Night Beats, “Puppet On A String” (Self-titled, Trouble in Mind) Man…or Astro-Man?, “f =gmM” (moon)” (Your Weight on the Moon, Overground) Blendells, “La La La” (The Eastside Sound comp, Dionysus) Wall of Voodoo, “Back in Flesh” (Dark Continent, IRS) Somnambulist, “Things I was Due to Forget” (Minimal Wave comp, Stones Throw) Suburban Lawns, “Unable” (Self-titled, IRS) --- Teenage Popeye, “Life is Cheap” (Modern Problems 7”, Alien Nation) Smogtown, “I'm a Jerk” (Smog on 45, Hostage) Social Task, “Don't Detain” (1979 Studio Recordings 7” EP, Artifix) Cannomen, “No Sex” (Sex on the Bleach 7” Ep, Self-released) Step Dads, “I Hate Haiti” (Déjà Vu 7” EP, NMG) Membranes, “White House” (1983 Demo) --- Art Yard, “The Law” (The Law 7”, Ride the Snake) Mystery Girls, “The Magic is Gone” (Incontinopia, In the Red)

This podcast was the funnest one I've been a part of as of yet! Enjoy folks! -Xtina! To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #205 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: Weezer "Waiting on You" (Blue Album/Pinkerton B-side) --- Almighty Defenders, "All My Loving" (Self-titled) Guantanamo Baywatch, "Sad Over You" (Portland Mutant Party Vol.2) Nerves, "Hanging on the Telephone" (Hanging on the Telephone 7”) Sass Dragons "She's Got Pills" (Sass Dragons/Prizzy Prizzy Please Split) --- Mean Jeans, "Hangin' Tuff" (On Mars) Tacocat, "Peeps" (Shame Spiral) Madness, "It Must Be Love" (Self-titled) --- The Jam, "A Bomb in Wardour Street" (Snap!) Plastic Bertrand "Ca Plane Pour Moi" (Self-titled 7") Cyclops, "Deny" (Portland Mutant Party Vol.2) Youth Bitch, "Bitch Mouth" (Portland Mutant Party Vol.2) --- Defect Defect "Holygram" (Portland Mutant Party vol.2) Drive Like Jehu "Caress" (Self-titled) Pixies "Head On" (Trompe Le Monde) --- Shang-A-Lang "Commotion" (Waiting for the End 7") Paul Collins Beat "Rock N Roll Girl" (The Beat)

Another podcast of tuneage both old and new submitted for your aural edification, kids. Some quick things of note about the stuff here: - Nervous Gender's Gestalt single is the first formal studio release by both band and label in a loooooong time, and I think most will agree it was well worth the wait. - "Sick" Rick Medina, vocalist for The Dysfunctionals, was killed 9/15/08 while riding his motorcycle to work. He was a natural-born front man” (charismatic, funny as hell, and a consumate showman who took care of business on the mic without ever taking himself too seriously) and a cool homie. Though it's apparently hard to find these days, I highly recommend seeking out anything by this band or his previous band, Sister Morphine. - When you have a few minutes to kill, look up the video for the Monsters' "Blow Um Mau Mau." Hope ye dig it. -Jimmy To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #205 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: Nervous Gender, “Gestalt” (Gestalt 7”, Test Tube) Something Fierce, “Afghani Sands” (Don't Be So Cruel, Dirtnap) Killing Joke, “The Great Cull” (Absolute Dissent, Spineform) --- Snake Corps., “Look East for Eden” (Flesh on Flesh, Midnight Music) Egg Chef, “Opinions are Meaningless in the Void” (Opinions are Meaningless in the Void 7” EP, Apop) Hemendex, “Milk with Satan” (Reset 2 CD EP, Geenger) Yis, “(I Feel) Repulsed” (Kingdom of Fuzz, self-released) Lonesome Sundown, “Gonna Stick to You Baby” (I'm a Mojo Man, Excello) The Monsters, “Blow Um Mau Mau” (Pop Up Yours, Voodoo Rhythm) Thee Headcoats, “By the Hairs of My Chinny Chin Chin” (Knights of the Baskervilles, Birdman) --- Stepmothers, “Push Comes to Shove” (Posh Hits Vol. 1 comp, Posh Boy) Smogtown, “Subdivision End Product” (Incest & Pestilence, Modern Action) Dysfunctionals, “Never Change” (Demo) Sotatila, “Sotatila Tappaa” (Eepee 7” EP, Kämäset Levyt) Kohu-63, “Paavola” (Pelimannimusaa 7'' EP, Poko) --- Hospital Garden, “Rough Year” (Haunter, self-released)

Although it may seem simple, I've made the theme for this podcast songs with colors in the titles. It's one I've been thinking of putting together for a while and I like it because it allows for a wide variety of styles and bands. Hopefully you'll find a few things you like. –Kurt welcometoflavorcountry@gmail.com To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #202 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: Circle Jerks, “Red Tape” (Group Sex, Frontier) GridLink, “Amber Gray” (Amber Gray, Hydra Head) --- No Knife, “The Red Bedroom” (Riot for Romance!, Better Looking) Red Animal War, “Violet” (Polizida, Ice Planet) Pinback, “Blue Harvest” (Autumn of the Seraphs, Touch and Go) Kolya, “Robots Dream Black and White” (Self-titled, Caulfield) --- Bright Calm Blue, “Salt and Black Water” (A Direct Approach for Casual Conversation, Level Plane) Tomahawk, “Red Fox” (Anonymous, Ipecac) Jets To Brazil, “Lemon Yellow Black” (Orange Rhyming Dictionary, Jade Tree) Hum, “Green to Me” (Downward Is Heavenward, RCA) --- Dinosaur Jr., “Green Mind” (Green Mind, Sire)