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‘the nearly man’ playlist features many of the bands that were on heavy rotation on my radio show at the University of Pittsburgh in the late 80s/early 90s. Enjoy!

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Ear Trumpet – The Nearly Man   -0:00-
Big Black – Bad Penny   -4:17-
Big Black – L Dopa   -7:20-
Sonic Youth – Inhuman   -9:11-
Ethyl Meatplow – Car   -13:05-
Psychick TV – In The Starlit Mire   -15:32-
Steaming Coils – Forth Family   -21:04-
Waldo The Dog Faced Boy – Worship Him   -23:55-
Butthole Surfers – Perry   -26:17-
Minimal Man – Loneliness   -29:47-
Sink Manhattan – Autocratic / Unsung   -33:26-
Dust Devils – The Freeze Whistle   -39:25-
Kilgore Trout – Wayzgoose   -42:31-
A.C. Temple – Mincemeat   -45:32-
Reptilicus – Snakes   -49:31-
Hovercraft – Epoxy   -53:20-
Coil – The Anal Staircase   -58:25-
Virgin Prunes – We Love Deirdre / Rhetoric   -62:23-

640.046 playlist.pdf

An outstanding mix-tape created while on a beachfront vacation in 2011. I’ve been revisiting this collection a lot lately. My apologies for the abrupt beginning on the Enemies track, and the brief chirps between two of the other songs. The originals don’t have those flaws, and the problems exist even after I re-compiled the collection a second time. Time permitting, I’ll work through a third re-mix to see if I can remove the errors.

Please support the bands by buying their records and going to their shows. All of these releases are available to download and/or purchase online.

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Maserati – We Got The System To Fight The System  -00:00-
Enemies – Nag Champa  -04:13-
Waking Aida – Meanwhile…At Lounge Doom  -09:44-
Vessels – Ornafives  -14:43-
Overhead, The Albatross – Flubirds  -22:37-
They Say We’re Sinking – Gimel (The Wandering)  -30:33-
OdeOnDreams – Feel The Fear  -37:13-
Years Of Rice And Salt – Afterglow / Amongst Your Earthiest Words The Angels Stray  -43:57-
Lowercase Noises – A Whole Garden  -51:32-
Giants – Berlin Rooftop  -56:39-
Do Make Say Think – Ontario Plates  -61:15-

640.044 playlist.pdf

This playlist has a really nice relaxed movement – perfect to keep me focused and on-task through these intense work days.

Most of these records are available to purchase online. Please let me know if you need any information about the bands. There are a few rare/limited  items on this playlist, so if you like what you hear, but are unable to find the records, send me an email or contact me via the 6forty FB page.

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Michael Brook – Lakbossa (live)   0:00
Matt Stevens – 8.19   6:12
Fontanelle – Floor Tile   11:40
Broken Social Scene – Love and Mathematics   18:11
Lowercase Noises – A Haunt of Jackals   23:56
The Echelon Effect – Defying Gravity to Reach You   30:55
Fibreforms – Knest (Griffinplate I)   38:13
A Produce – Native Pulse   42:03
Good Weather for an Airstrike – The Beginning of the Rest of Our Lives   46:53
Kiln – Dodecatheon   49:38
Fibreforms – Untitled Bright Format   53:55

Early summer 1990, I had just graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and hadn’t found a job, so my friend Todd and I packed up his Honda Civic and drove around the country. Here’s the long run-on sentence describing the route – We started in Pittsburgh PA, went south, and then all the way across Texas, up into the canyon states, and then across the desert to Los Angeles, up the coast highway to Seattle, down through the pacific northwest and then across the central states, and straight east back to Pittsburgh. I had $300 cash in my pocket, and a credit card (a Discover card – which to my dismay, was a new card at the time, so it wasn’t accepted at many places west of the Mississippi). Most of the days were spent driving between campsites and experiencing the whirlwind of Americana and many of the glorious wonders that Mother Nature and Friends have given us all over the country. Many pictures were taken from the passenger seat of the car (the film canister kind – remember when photos weren’t JPGs?!). ‘Zzyzx Rd’ is one of my favorites. I have a vivid recollection of that day. The weather was perfect, the scenery was perfect (we were driving through the Mojave Desert), great music was playing (many many mix tapes!), the trip had gone really well up to that point, and even though we were constantly driving, we were still having a blast.

Please support the bands by buying their records and going to their shows. All of these releases are available to download and/or purchase online.

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Brontide – Matador   (0:00)
Adebisi Shank – Genki Shank   (6:06)
Listing Ships – Equus Ager   (10:53)
The Fierce And The Dead – 10×10   (15:35)
Explosions In The Sky – Postcard From 1952   (20:00)
Sleepmakeswaves – (Hello) Cloud Mountain   (27:01)
The Picturesque Episodes – Gloom And Doom   (30:22)
Friend? – Slaps   (38:56)
Bleaklow – The Sunless Country III   (44:06)
Russian Circles – Death Rides A Horse   (50:35)
Bardo Pond – Bog   (56:24)

640.041 playlist.pdf

First farmed over 4000 years ago by bronze age settlers, Bodmin Moor is of one the last great unspoiled areas in the South West and much of its prehistoric and medieval past remains untouched by the passing of the centuries.

The Moor is dominated by dramatic granite tors which tower over the sweeping expanses of open moorland. Marshes and bogs on the high moor drain into shallow moorland valleys before the rivers cross onto softer shales around the Moor and carve themselves deep river valleys, providing shelter for rich, damp oak woodland.

Historically, Bodmin Moor was a landscape which engendered fear and awe, but which has also provided inspiration for writers, poets and sculptors. It has generated folklore and legend, with fact and fiction at times blending into one another as tales were passed down over the generations.

source – http://www.bodminmoor.co.uk/

An adventure to the Fox and the Hounds pub on May 8, 2011 allowed a glimpse of Bodmin Moor, one of the many gems of the southwest. Every time I visit Dartmoor, I discover something new and wonderful. It was a perfect day – the celebration of the end of a major work project, a gathering of good friends, beautiful weather, delicious food, and excellent cask-drawn ales.

Once I got back to the hotel, I put together this playlist to remind me of the day. The songs fit perfectly to the landscape…

Please support the bands by buying their records and going to their shows. All of these releases are available to download and/or purchase online.

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Bleaklow – The Sunless Country   (0:00)
And So I Watch You From Afar – Think:Breathe:Destroy   (7:34)
Rumah Sakit – No One Likes A Grumpy Cripple   (12:17)
Kinski – The Wives Of Artie Shaw   (17:25)
Félperc – Chasing False Dreams   (20:42)
Goonies Never Say Die – Monument To A Moment That Never Should Have Passed   (23:43)
Pg.Lost    Pascal’s Law   (29:20)
Years Of Rice And Salt – Portarlington   (37:42)
Thousands – Braille Teeth   (45:52)
Labirinto – Arcabuz   (54:45)

640.039 playlist.pdf