Rat Salad Radio • 12.12.12

	Standing Mandala by Ambarchi/Fox from the album Connected (Kranky) Newest from Oren Ambarchi, collab. with fellow Aussie Robin Fox.
	Last Toast Before Capsizing by Pelt from the album Effigy (MIE Music) Newest from Richmond band
	Take Five by Jon Irabagon's Outright! from the album Unhinged (Irabbagast) Oh the timing. We added this record to our rotation Dec 2nd, and Dave Brubeck died 3 days later. Take Five goes out to him. R.I.P.
	Stones That Only Have by Colin Stetson & Mats Gustafsson from the album Stones (Rune Grammofon) New disc of 4 live improvs by two sax players. Four pieces, inspired in part by the work of Swedish surrealist poet Gunnar Ekelöf.
	Elvis And His Boss by The Residents from the album Duck Stab (Ralph) The Residents are playing in Carrboro in February. This is from 1978.
	Midtown by Tom Waits from the album Rain Dogs (Island) 1985. Happy Birthday last week to Mr. Waits. A short instrumental.
	The Booker Tease by The Residents from the album Duck Stab (Ralph) 'nuther short instrumental
	Clap Hands by Tom Waits from the album Rain Dogs (Island)
	Chinese Afro by Bush Tetras from the album Happy (ROIR) New release, recorded in '98 and shelved.
	Informer by Lady Ann from the album (VA) Dancehall: The Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture (Soul Jazz) 1982
	Orkes Melayu Purnamaa by Bangla Desh from the album (VA) Indonesia Pop Nostalgia: Pan-Indonesian Pop, Folk, Instrumentals & Children's Songs 1970s-1980s (Sham Palace) New comp!
	Nekem Oly Mindegy by Illes from the album (VA) Well Hung: Funk-Rock Eruptions From Beneath Communist Hungary, Volume 1 (Finders Keepers) early 1970s
	Waiting For Go With Normal Dub by Spider John Koerner from the album Music Is Just A Bunch Of Notes (Nero's Neptune) 1972 country-blues-folk gem from Minneapolis featuring some oddball spoken word things like this one.
	I Went Down by Acid Baby Jesus from the album Acid Baby Jesus & Hellshovel Present...Voyager 8 (Slovenly) ABJ and H combined to form V8. Tracks by all three formations.
	Pull Down The Shades by Toy Love from the album Live at the Gluepot 1980 (Goner) NZ
	Sky Sounds by Magic Castles from the album (VA) Opal Vol. I & II (Moon Glyph) 2 CD comp. Download it *free* at the label's website, K?
	Mr. Image by Spider John Koerner from the album Music Is Just A Bunch Of Notes (Nero's Neptune) see above
	Hello Again by Tommy Guerrero from the album From The Soil To The Soul (Quannum Projects) 2006
	The Crying Song by Ralph White from the album The Cuckoo (Ack! Ack! Ack!) New solo acoustic bit from RW (ex-Bad Livers). Some kalimba in the mix (thumb piano).
	Meet Me Tonight by The Stanley Brothers from the album An Evening Long Ago (DMZ/Legacy/Columbia) 1956. Late night spontaneous recording of the brothers singing, late one night at a radio station (tho not a live broadcast). Mandolin player Curly Lambert is still awake at this point in the session. He felt asleep later, on the floor, and disappears from the later tracks. Ralph Stanley at ArtsCenter next month.
	I Saw A Hippie Girl On 8th Avenue by Jeffrey Lewis from the album It's The One's Who've Cracked That The Light Shines Through (Rough Trade) 2003
	Mercury At Dusk by Bitter Resolve from the album The Early Interstellar Medium (self-released) New doomy metal. Local.
	Laundry Service by So Cow from the album Out Of Season (Inflated) split album w/ Squarehead. Both bands from Ireland.
	Strangest Ways by Southern Culture on the Skids from the album Plastic Seat Sweat (Geffen) SCOTS annual throwdown at Cat's Cradle on Friday night.
	Do You Mutilate? by Of Montreal from the album False Priest (Polyvinyl) 2010 album in which Kevin Barnes is sorta in Prince mode. Of Montreal at Cat's Cradle on Saturday.