Radio - Sunday, December 12th, 2016

Last night, I watched Toronto FC lose to the Seattle Sounders in the MLS Cup Final. Toronto played better and came closest to winning but the game was decided by penalty kicks, however a significant contributor to the lose was a past Toronto FC player by the name of Stefan Frei. Frei was a starting keeper and in the end he was treated terribly by MLSE. Frei made the save of the game that kept Toronto FC from winning and I wish I could say this is the first time that a former Toronto FC player has lead to this team's undoing but it is more often the norm. People in Toronto who follow pro sports teams from this city refer to a curse on the city's team. However we thought this team we could beat the curse. In our lose, I kept singing the line "This is as good as it ever gets", a line from Problem Children's "On the Air". So we started tonight's show with that very song. I participated in a podcast for Red Nation On-line called East Side Stand up where you can hear a more through analysis of the lose. Listen to tonight's radio show on the player below of download an MP3 file here.



PROBLEM CHILDREN – On the Air (Problem Children Wrekords)

B-GIRLS – Fun at the Beach (Bomp)
NOBUNNY – I am a Girlfriend (Mooster)
PATSY'S RATS – Rock and Roll Friend (La Ti Da)
BIZNAGA – Mediocridad y Confort (Slovenly)
THE BARRACUDAS – I Can't Pretend (Bomp)

Interestingly, Trump is voted "Person of the Year" by Time Magazine. In the cover of the piece the sub title is "President of the Divided States of America" which makes the Mood of Defiance song appropo. There is a good article on the cover by Haaretz.

SUBURBAN LAWNS – Gidget Goes to Hell (Suburban Industrial)
MOOD OF DEFIANCE – The Divided States of America (New Underground)
U.X.A. - Social Circle (Dangerhouse)
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS – I Want You (Blackhearts)
45 GRAVE – Consumers (Restless)

This studio 3 session was recorded back in mid-October with Sabotage. They are organizing and playing a benefit show this coming Friday and we wanted to get this on before their show. 

SABOTAGE – Bang Bang Bang (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Interview (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – STI (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Interview (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Que Mierdero (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Interview (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Mucjeras (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Interview (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – It doesn’t have to be this way (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Interview (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Watching TV (CIUT)

Tonight's demo feature is a new band from Boston called Pandemix. Their demo was reviewed in December's issue of MRR. You can download their demo at bandcamp. 

PANDEMIX – Second Opinion (Self-Released)
PANDEMIX – Total Immersion (Self-Released)
PANDEMIX – Faultless (Self-Released)