The first salvo in a category of spotlighting releases I think are the Bee's honey.

First up is Mission of Burma's 1980 EP signals, calls, and marches. Make sure and get the reissue on Ryko b/c it contains their first 7" Academy Fight Song b/w Max Ernst. I don't have anything particularily novel to say about this EP and I'm not sure how to adequately gush over it in print, so just know it is a must own for any fan of alternative music.

The release contains two classics of the original alternative underground That's When I Reach For My Revolver and the aforementioned Academy Fight Song. Both were written by bassist Clint Conley, while the rest of the songs were written by guitarist Roger Miller. Miller's work is also excellent, but it's Conley's contributions that secure this EP as a favorite.

Here is That's When I Reach For My Revolver.

Buy the EP at Ryko.

Because there just isn't enough content to fill up our days. This podcast is going to go full steam into the nightmare of blogging. So in addition to the podcast, the website will feature various things people might enjoy. Or not.

Stay tuned.

Take a moment today to think fondly of the pioneer of the Bakersfield country sound.

The Yank Sizzler 007
March 24, 2006

"This Machine Kills Fascists"

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles [1972]
Album: Clear Spot
Buy their music here.

Gogol Bordello - Baro Faro [2002]
Album: Multi Kontra Culti vs Irony
Buy their music here.

Washington Phillips - Denomination Blues Pt. 1 [1927]
Album: Key to the Kingdom [2005]
Buy his music here.

The Knife - Silent Shout [2006]
Album: Silent Shout
Buy their music here.

Joy Division - Disorder [1979]
Album: Unknown Pleasures
Buy their music here.

The Avengers - The American In Me [1983]
Album: S/T
The album is out-of-print, but lead singer Penelope Houston is selling CD-R copies.

DJ Shadow - Would You Buy a War From This Man? [2004]
Picture Disc Single
Completely out-of-print.

Amadou & Mariam - Djanfa [2005]
Album: Dimanche à Bamako
Buy their music here.

The Raincoats - Lola [1979]
Album: S/T
Buy their music here.

The Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Miles Away [2001]
EP: S/T
Buy their music here.

Cranebuilders - You're Song [2002]
EP: You're Song
Buy their music here.

The Mountain Goats - Magpie (Peel Session) [2004]
Recorded for John Peel Session April 08, 2004.
Originally broadcast April 28, 2004.
Not available commercially.

Rothko - Red Cells [2002]
Red Cells 7" Too Pure Records
Buy their music here.

Johnny Cash - Mercy Seat [2000]
Album: American III: Solitary Man
Buy his music here.

Woody Guthrie - I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore [1940]
Album: remastered Dust Bowl Ballads [2000]
Buy his music here.

Some awesome Peel fans in Finland have put together a bit torrent at Pirate Bay. You can get dozens of shows from when John was DJ'ing a show called Radio Mafia. It was a hourly broadcast he did bi-weekly for Finnish Radio.

The links below will get you to the torrents. It's broken up into 4 parts.

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

The Yank Sizzler Episode 006

The Pop Music of Scotland. Part 1

Donovon - Colours [1965]
Album: Fairytale
Buy his album here.

Belle & Sebastian - Funny Little Frog [2006]
Album: The Life Pursuit
Buy their album here.

The Vaselines - Oliver Twisted [1989]
Album: Dum Dum / rereleased The Way of the Vaselines [1992]
Buy their album here.

The Jesus & Mary Chain - Never Understand (Peel Session) [1984]
Recorded for John Peel Session 23 Oct. 1984
Album: The Jesus & Mary Chain - The Complete Peel Sessions [2000]
Buy their album here.

ballboy - I've Got Pictures of You in Your Underwear [2001]
Album: Club Anthems
Buy their album here.

Mogwai - Glasgow Mega-Snake [2006]
Album: Mr. Beast
Buy their album here.

The Delgados - Mr. Blue Sky (Peel Session) [2002]
Recorded for John Peel Session 15 Aug. 2002
Released as the B-Side to "All You Need is Hate" Single
Buy their single here.

Sons and Daughters - Awkward Duet [2003]
EP: Love the Cup
Buy their album here.

The Beta Band - Dry the Rain [1997]
EP: The Champion Versions / rereleased The Three EPs [1998]
Buy their album here.

Arab Strap - There is No Ending [2006]
Album: The Last Romance
Buy their album here.

The Vaselines - Son of a Gun [1987]
12" 53rd & 3rd Records / released The Way of the Vaselines [1992]
Buy their album here.

Camera Obscura - O' That I Were Where Helen Lies (Peel Session) [2004]
Recorded for John Peel Session 22 Jan. 2004 Peel Acres
No commercial release available.

ballboy - A Man's a Man for a'That [?]
Unreleased. But the band is offering it for download on their site

Eddi Reader - Charlie Is My Darling [2003]
Album: Sings the Songs of Robert Burns
Buy her album here.

Ivor Cutler - The Railway Sleepers [1974]
Album: Dandruff
Buy his album here.

Sadly there is no reason for it, but the rule of three almost always applies to the passing of iconic people you looked up to.

Fellow Kansan
Gordon Parks
12 Nov. 1912 - 07 March 2006
Photographer, writer, filmmaker, musician.

This photo is
Deathbed, Fort Scott, KS

Gordon won more battles than most.
Important battles for those who couldn't always fight themselves.

Ivor Cutler
15 Jan. 1923 - 03 March 2006
I know St. Peter is a sucker for rambling tales of "Egg Meat". And I imagine God will enjoy them as well.

Note: This isn't a podcast.

On the show I play a lot of music that isn't available commercially for purchase. Most of the time, the only way to obtain it is through bootleg markets. So in a spirit of sharing like it is 1970's Sesame Street, I will sometimes put Zip files on here for download.

The first such download will be for the Marine Girls 1983 John Peel Session. Four songs were recorded for the session on April 16, 1983.

Enjoy,

Michael

Marine Girls Peel Session

All files are MP3.