#William Henry Meung

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Heavy Rotation in 2023

Troth, “Days Became a Circle” (2023, Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox)

Yfory, “Baled Y Dolmen” (2023, Static Age)

Yo La Tengo, “Aselestine” (2023, Matador)

Tresa Leigh, “I Miss You” (1971, Great World of Sound/Efficient Space)

William Henry Meung, “Airport Song” (2023, Horn of Plenty)

Maxo, “Free!” (2023, Def Jam)

Marcellus Pittman, “Facid Trunktion” (2023, Acid Test)

billy woods & Kenny Segal, “Rapper Weed” (2023, Backwoodz)

Mal Waldron, “The Call” (1971, Japo)

Earl Sweatshirt, “Making the Band (Danity Kane)” (2023, Tan Cressida/Warner)

Jon Collin & Niclas Anderstedt Lindgren, “12:48” (2023, AKTI)

Purelink, “We Should Keep Going” (2023, Peak Oil)

K-Group, “Settings / Extension Pack” (2023, Knotwilg)

Laura Not, “Still Wading” (2023, phncrs)

Maxine Funke, “Cherry Blossom Gin" (2023, Disciples)

As always, art by MB.

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De Algemene Verwarring #104 - 8 January 2024

Episode one hundred and four of De Algemene Verwarring was broadcast on Monday, January 8, 2024, and you can listen to it by clicking on the link below that will take you directly to the Mixcloud page:

Pictured below is the Swiss all girl punk-pop band Chin-Chin, I just recently got to know them and I think I heard them first in one of Erika Elizabeth's curated Maximum Rock'n Roll radio shows (who arz, by the way, highly recommended if you're into that kind of edgy post-punk and girly pop and all). Erika used to host the Futures And Pasts podcast, and is also a member of the band Collate. Chin-Chin was formed in 1982 in Biel, Switzerland and released two singles and a full length (reissued by Slumberland Records and Mississippi Records), and now there's also a compilation released by Sealed Records, which includes the unreleased four track Janice Long Session recorded for the BBC from 1988, never released before. I'm playing the song Cheat Boy Cheat in this episode (it has a Ramones bass riff yes!). Other tracks in this episode come from a few of the records that I listed in my best of 2023 posts last week (Sheaves, Famous Mammals, Blod, Drifting, and the anarcho punk compilation on Optimo Music) and older and newer tracks from DAF, Suburban Lawns, Violent Change, Maan, Current Affairs, The Shapiros, and a brand new single from Swedish legends Brainbombs! And beneath the photo you can find the playlist for the show. Enjoy!

Playlist:

The Weedons: Shimmy Shimmy (LP “The International Vicious Society Vol. III” on University Of Vice Records, 2016, originally released on a 7” in 1964)

Brainbombs: Hello From Hell (7” “Blackout Ripper” on Skrammel Records, 2023)

Suburban Lawns: Flying Saucer Safari (LP “Suburban Lawns” on Superior Viaduct, reissue 2021, originally released in 1981 on IRS Records)

Honey Bane: Girl On The Run (2LP “Cease & Resist - Sonic Subversion & Anarchy Punk In The Uk 1979-1986” on Optimo Music, 2023, originally released on a 7” in 1979 on Crass Records)

Chin-Chin: Cheat Boy Cheat (LP “Cry In Vain” on Sealed Records, 2023)

Flux Of Pink Indians: Tube Disasters (2LP “Cease & Resist - Sonic Subversion & Anarchy Punk In The Uk 1979-1986” on Optimo Music, 2023, originally released on a 7” in 1981 on Crass Records)

The Suburban Homes: I-Phone Suicide (12” “…Are Bored” on Total Punk, 2017)

Current Affairs: Right Time (LP “Off The Tongue” on Tough Love Records, 2023)

DAF: Liebe Auf Den Ersten Blick (LP “Gold Und Liebe” on Virgin, 1981)

The Sheaves: Mid English Perversion (LP “Excess Death Cult Time” on Minimum Table Stacks, 2023, originally released on cassette in 2022 by Moone Records)

Famous Mammals: Comets For Poets (LP “Instant Pop Expressionism Now!” on Siltbreeze Records, 2023)

Violent Change: McCartney The Fox (LP “Starcastle” on Sloth Mate Productions, 2023)

The Shapiros: Gone By Fall (LP “Gone By Fall: The Collected Works Of The Shapiros” on World Of Echo, 2022)

William Henry Meung: Airport Song (LP “Hiraeth And Limerence” on Horn Of Plenty, 2023)

Maan: Love Lost (LP “Manifold” on Kraak Records, 2013)

Blod: Ondskans Frö (LP “Ondskans Frö”, self-released, 2023)

Drifting: Sun Sings A Song For No-One But You (LP “Dream Autopsy” on Förlag For Fri Music, 2023)

Jef Mertens: Hapering (LP “No Mathematics” on Kraak Records & Feeding Tube Records, 2023)

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Tuesday, 8 August 2023

Yet Another Pop Song About Infatuation by William Henry Meung

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✰ BEST OF THE BEST REASONS TO WRITE FUCKIN’ RECORD REVIEWS IN 2019 ✰        

It’s that time again: let’s feast from 2019′s Grapevine That Is Never Pruned with 21 (+ approximately 277 more) of the BEST OF THE BEST REASONS TO WRITE FUCKIN’ RECORD REVIEWS IN 2019!    ✰ 7th ANNIVERSARY ✰ 

<All long playing vinyl records unless otherwise noted...& many cassettes>

✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ TOP 21 ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰

✰ TAIWAN HOUSING PROJECT  Sub-Language Trustees  (ever/never) ✰

✰ SAMANTHA RIOTT  Bloodletting download (self-released)

✰ PAULA GARCIA STONE  Undercurrent  cd (Linear Obsessional, UK) 

✰ POSSIBLE HUMANS  Everybody Split (Trouble In Mind)

✰ WILLIAM HENRY MEUNG cassette FMerror (chemical imbalance., Australia)

✰ LEILA BORDREUIL  Headflush  (Catch Wave Ltd)

✰ LEIGHTON CRAIG Diamond Eye (Bruit Direct Disques, France) 

✰ KNITTED ABYSS   Bad Lassies (Paradise Daily, Australia)

✰ WEAK SIGNAL  LP1  (Mag Mag)

✰ TOM OF ENGLAND  Sex Monk Blues (L.I.E.S.)

✰ DRY CLEANING  Boundary Road Snacks And Drinks & Sweet Princess LP (It’s OK, UK)

✰ 75 DOLLAR BILL  I Was Real  double LP (Thin Wrist Recordings) 

✰ DARK BLUE Victory Is Rated (12XU)

✰ KALI MALONE  The Sacrificial Code 3 cd (iDEAL Recordings, Sweden)

✰ SHABAZZ MYSTIK Chant D’Lâme (Off, Belgium)

✰ LONG HOTS Give And Take 7” (Third Man)

✰ AMIRTHA KIDAMBI & LEA BERTUCCI  Phase Eclipse cassette (Astral Spirits)

✰ CHRIS BROKAW  End Of The Night (VDSQ)

✰ SPIRAL WAVE NOMADS Spiral Wave Nomads (Twin Lakes/Feeding Tube)

✰ HAMA Houmeissa (Sahel Sounds)

✰ YL HOOI  Untitled  cassette (Altered States Tapes, Australia)

JEANINES Jeanines (Slumberland)

ARTEFACTOS DE DOLOR  La Niña double LP (Pain Artifacts)

U-BAHN  U-Bahn  (Future Folklore, France)

MDOU MOCTAR Ilana: The Creator (Sahel Sounds)

STEFAN CHRISTENSEN The Upcoming Flame (bruit direct disques, France) 

TYSHAWN SOREY & MARILYN CRISPELL  The Adornment Of Time cd (Pi Recordings)

ALE HOP Apophenia (Buh Records, Peru)

TIM PANARETOS  Submergence cd-r (chemical imbalance., Australia) & Opposites End download (self-released, Australia)

KATE CARR City Of Bridges download (Longform Editions, Australia)

WRITHING SQUARES  Out Of The Ether (Trouble In Mind)

MY NORTH EYE  (My) North Eye (2011) cd-r  (Reverb Worship, France)

PINOCCHIO  Pinocchio ep (Toxic State)

BRIDGET HAYDEN Soil And Song cassette (Synchronise Witches, UK) [comes with Karen Dalton fanzine!]

The COWBOYS The Bottom Of A Rotten Flower  (Feel It Records)

OLUMPUS  Caucus & Surplus downloads (both stabbies, etc., New Zealand)

CHUCK CLEAVER  Send Aid (Shake It!)

JOSÉ DIAS  After Silence, Vol. 1. cd (Clean Feed, Portugal)

KNIFE WIFE  Family Party cassette (Sister Polygon)

TRAMPOLINE TEAM  Trampoline Team (HoZac)

KATE CARR  Heatwave cassette (self-released, UK)

SEBASTIEN STH BISET  Islæd cd (Mnóad, Belgium)

PHAROAH CHROMIUM  Eros + Massacre  (Scum Yr Earth, France)

JOSEPH ALLRED Aspirant cassette (Garden Portal Tapes) & O, Meadowlark (Feeding Tube)

ANDREA BORGHI Tistre cassette (Dinzu Artefacts)

MOPE GROOVES Desire (See My Friends Records)

JOSHUA ABRAMS & NATURAL INFORMATION SOCIETY  Mandatory Reality (Eremite)

SOFIE BIRCH  Island Alchemy cassette (Constellation Tatsu) 

VOYAGE DATA  Voyage Data cassette  (Econore, Germany)

JONNY COUCH  Mystery Man  (Damages Sofa)

FISCHERLE  Gmatwacz cassette (Czaszka, UK)

ROCKET 808  Rocket 808 (12XU)

LINDA TRIP  Sad Bangers cassette (Superdreamer) 

MATTHEW J. ROLIN  Matthew J. Rolin (Feeding Tube Records)

STEKKERDOOS  Kalendar cassette (No Rent)

IAN HAWGOOD  光 (Home Normal, Japan)

ÀLEX REVIRIEGO • DISCORDIAN STRING ENSEMBLE  Incerto For Doublebass And Strings download (Discordian, Spain)

JULIA KENT Temporal cd (The Leaf Label, UK)

NAPS  Better To Give cassette (Gertrude Tapes)

TERROR OF THE DEEP  The A-Team cassette (Melted Ice Cream, New Zealand)

CLAIRE ROUSAY Friends cassette (Never Anything)

ANNA SUBIRIANA • POL PADRÓS • JOAN ANTONI PICH Brull’s Bet download (Discordian, Spain)

HAKOBUNE  A Fan, Strings, and Two Guitars cassette (Patient Sounds)

LORI GOLDSTON Things Opening (Second Editions, Germany)

The RESONARS  No Exit (Trouble In Mind)

MARCIA BASSETT • MANUEL MOTA • MARGARIDA GARCIA  Here They Rest Immobile (Yew)

URANIUM CLUB The Cosmo Cleaners: The Higher Calling Of Business Provocateurs (Fashionable Idiots/Static Shock, UK)

THE COOL GREENHOUSE  “Crap Cardboard Pet” 7” (Hidden Bay Records, France)

ROB NOYES “You Are Tired”/“Nightmare Study”  7” (Market Square Recordings, UK)

TOM LÖNNQVIST  Häviävän Pieni Osa (Guggenhavn Archive, Sweden)

GOTOBEDS  Debt Begins At 30 (Sub Pop)

GREG KELLEY/ROB NOYES  Greg Kelley/Rob Noyes split cassette (self-released)

DEAD SEA APES  The Free Territory  double LP (Feeding Tube Records) 

DRAGGS  Draggs cassette (Slime Street, Australia) 

SPRAY PAINT Into The Country (12XU)

SPF Paul’s McCartney 

2 CHEVRONS No Rules In Outta Space cassette (Albert’s Basement, Australia)

DARK TEA Dark Tea (Fire Talk)

TERRINE  Live At Home cassette (Econore, Germany)

The SNAKES  The Snakes (Anti Fade, Australia)

LIVE SKULL  Saturday Night Massacre  (Bronson Recordings, Italy)

ELKHORN  Sun Cycle/Elk Jam 2 LP (Feeding Tube)

MESSRS  Messrs 12” (Heel Turn Records)

VIRGINIA PLAIN  Strange Game (All Hands Electric)

JEN KUTLER  Dismbodied (EyeVee)

MOR AIR  Life Behind Glass cassette (Genot Centre, Czech Republic)

CIA DEBUTANTE  The Landlord (Siltbreeze)

JOSÉ DIAS  After Silence, Volume 1 cd (Celan Feed, Portugal)

LAURA LUNA CASTILLO  Folksonomies cassette (Cudighi Records)

THE GIRL IN TIMES NEW VIKING  The Girl In Times New Viking (The Fah-Q Catalog)

43 ODES  43 Odes cassette (Eiderdown)

OOF Vanity Plate cassette & EGO cassette  (both Fuzzy Warbles cassettes)

ORGUE AGNÈS A Une Gorge (three:four, Switzerland; Standard In-Fi - 2018)

MICHAEL MORLEY Heavens Idleness Awaits 2 LP (Thin Wrist Recordings)

CHRISTINA KUBISCH  Schall Und Klang cd (Fragment Factory, Germany)

HUNTED CREATURES Sleep Weed cassette (White Reeves Productions)

UNITED WATERS  Coma To Coma (Drawing Room Records)

JULIUS MENARD  Hr  cassette (Econore, Germany)

GEE TEE Chromo-Zone download (self/released, Australia)

AARON RUSSELL  Coral Music cassette (Gertrude Tapes)

9TH HOUSE  Planetary EP 12” (Hot Haus, UK) 

SCAN  Scan 7” ep (Drugfront)

The HECKS  My Star  (Trouble In Mind)

ALINA PETROVA & KIRA WEINSTEIN  Sad Ko cassette (Never Anything)

HIEROPHANTS  Spitting Out Moonlight (Anti Fade, Australia) 

NOTS  3  (Goner)

P WITS The Desire and Pursuit of The Whole cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia)

GOLDEN PELICANS Grinding For Gruel (12XU)

TOPDOWN DIALECTIC  Vol. 2 (Peak Oil)

M. SAGE  Catch A Blessing (Geographic North)

ECHO OHS  Wild Weeds 12” (1:12 Records, New Zealand)

CIVIC  Selling, Sucking, Blackmail Bribes 7"  (Total Punk)

WENDY EISENBERG & SHANE PARRISH  Nervous Systems (Verses) 

KNEELING IN PISS  Tour De Force cassette (The Fah-Q Catalog)

s.soo Tyman download (New York Haunted, Netherlands)    

WSCHÓD  Wschód cd (Clean Feed, Portugal)

PREENING Gang Laughter (Digital Regress) 

CLARICE JENSEN  Drone Studies  cassette (Geographic North)

MARBLED EYE  Beat Sessions, Vol. 8 cassette (Shout Recordings)

STEVE MOORE  Steve Moore 12” (L.I.E.S)

The SELVA  Canícula Rosa cd (Clean Feed, Australia)

PROGRAM Show Me 12” (Anti Fade, Australia)

SLUMB PARTY Spending Money (Drunken Sailor, UK)

EUN-JUNG KIM & CHARLIE COLLINS  Shining Days cd (Linear Obsessional, UK)

NEON  Neon 12” (Square One Again)

CUCINA POVERA Zoom (Night School, Scotland)

PAULA SHOCRON & PABLO DÍAZ with GUILLERMO GREGORIO Díalogos cd (Fundacja Słuchaj, Poland)

MY NORTH EYE / LE GOÛT ACIDE DES CONSERVATOURS  MNE • L / G / A / D / C split cassette ([Equilibre Fragile], France)

The WOOLEN MEN Human To Human (Dog’s Table)

PIERCE WARNECKE & LOUIS LAURAIN  

Phonotypic Plasticity cassette (Astral Spirits)

BIG QUIET Interesting Times (Unblinking Ear)

SEAN ALI • LEILA BORDREUIL • JOANNA MATTREY I Used to Sing So Lyrical cassette (Astral Spirits)

POWDER  Powder In Space cd (Beats In Space)

MUKQS Jaki Crush cassette (No Rent)

DENNIS GONZALEZ & DEREK ROGERS Certain Aspects cd (Marginal Frequency) 

PONT-À-MOUSSON Bye Bye Mirello! cassette (ABrecords, France)

AKI  ONDA  A Method To Its Messiness (Thalamos, Greece)

ALEXANDER  Untitled cassette (Garden Portal)

BRANDY  “Clown Pain”/“Rent Quest” 7” (Total Punk)

MAJOR STARS  Roots Of Confusion, Seeds Of Joy  (Drag City)

LORI GOLDSTON & JUDITH HAMANN Alloys cd (Marginal Frequency) 

PAINT THINNER The Sea Of Pulp (ŌBLĒK)

JEANS BEAST  Unearthly Gardens Of The New Gods cd-r (Econore, Germany) & Attrition cassette (self-releases, Germany)

SKULL PRACTITIONERS  Skull Practitioners 12” (In The Red)

UROCHROMES  Trope House (Wharf Cat)

LIVINGDOG & MIKE JOHNSON CRO$$ cassette (Constellation Tatsu)

HEADROOM  New Heaven 12” (ever/never)

JEFF HENDERSON  The Charming Clarinet download (III Records, NewZealand)

GRAHAM DUNNING & EDWARD LUCAS End Of A Cable cassette (tsss tapes, Italy)

VILDE CHAYE Demos cassette (Brainplan)

Heavy Space Records - Anthology Volumes I & II cassettes (Ikuisuus, Finland)

KYLE EYRE CLYD Eggshell cd (Yew)

NEUTRALS  Kebab Disco (Emotional Response)

FREDDIE DOUGGIE Freddie Douggie: Live on Juneteenth cassette (International Anthem)

AGUSTÍ FERNÁNDEZ • WILLIAM PARKER • SUSIE IBARRA  One Night At The Joan Miró Foundation cd (Fundacja Słuchaj, Poland)

HUGO MASSIEN  Dance Trax Vol. 21 (Unknown To The Unknown) 

RRILL BELL Vagabond Laws cassette (Gertrude Tapes)

GAMARDAH FUNGUS  Natural Storm cd (Hidden Vibes, Ukraine)

WAYNE ROGERS  The Air Below (Twisted Village)

UNKNOWN SENDER Unknown Sender  (Colonel Records) 

BLUES LAWYER  Something Different (Mt.St.Mtn) 

DURA  Reverberation Hymns cassette (Garden Portal)

JODIE LOWTHER  The Cat Collects download (self-released)

WOLKOROTS Dan Manialogism cassette (Magma Tones, Finland)  

CEREAL KILLER  The Beginning And End Of Cereal Killer (Anti Fade, Australia)

COLIN WEBSTER/MARK HOLUB Nadir (Raw Tonk, UK)

The CAVEMEN  Lowlife 7” EP (Slovenly) 

FRANCISCA GRIFFIN  The Spaces Between cd (CocoMuse, New Zealand)

ANDY HUMAN & THE REPTOIDS  “Psychic Sidekick” 7” (Total Punk)

SEI A Mode Static 12” (Aus Music, U.K.)

JOHN SAINT PELVYN  Improvisation 7.7.18 download (Southern Jukebox Music) 

REBEL SCUM The Descent cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia - 2018) 

S. ARAW TRIO XIII Activated Clown cassette (NNA Tapes)

FERRAN FAGES & VASCO TRILLA  Gestell cd (Raw Tonk, UK)

HUA LUN  Wanderlænd + 2 cassette (Katuktu Collective)

VIRVON VARVON  Mind Cancer cassette (Girlsville)

PHILIPP OTTERBACH  The Rest Is Bliss (Knekelhuis, Netherlands)

EDITRIX Talk To Me download (self-released)

PAVLOV’S PUSS  Comfort Food  (Melted Ice Cream, New Zealand) 

NATHALIE STERN  Nerves And Skin cassette (Cruel Nature, UK)

AKI TAKASE  Hokusai  cd (Intakt, Switzerland)

MOORDDROOM  Deep VR Edits bandcamp DL (New York Haunted, Netherlands)

EXEK Some Beautiful Species Left (Digital Regress)

CLAIRE BIRCHALL  “Dead Air” bandcamp DL (it, Australia)

JUDY & The JERKS  Bone Spur cassette (Earth Girl) & Music For Donuts ep  (Thrilling Living) 

POWER STEERING  Power Steering cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia)  

RASMUS TIETCHENS  HOBOTPAHC cd-r (New York Haunted, Netherlands) 

UTINUTIN  Black Cat, Anyeurism, And Simian Politics download (no label)

GUY BIRKIN  Yemen Data Project cassette (New York Haunted, Netherlands)

LINUS VANDEWOLKEN  Het Vlier Een Hommel Op Aarde 10”x 2 (Okraïna, Belgium)

JOHN CHANTLER  Tomorrow Is Too Late  (Room40, Australia)

JENNIFER VANILLA  J.E.N.N.I.F.E.R. EP 12” (Beats In Space)

WOW  Come La Notte  (Maple Death, Italy)

KATE MOHANTY  Disappear Here  cassette (Friendship Tapes) 

ASTRO SOCIAL CLUB & GRUMBLING FUR  Plasma Splice Trifle (vhf)

SANR  Kesif cd (Flaming Pines, UK)

ANDREW TASSELMYER & PATRICK SPATZ  Interior Currents cassette (Constellation Tatsu)

AHMEDOU AHMED LOWLA Terrouzi cassette (Sahel Sounds)

SKRU  Count Zero cassette (Bedouin, UAE)

PUGILIST Blue 06 12” (Whities, UK)

ULAAN  KHOL  Collapsing Hymns cassette (Worstward) 

L.$.D. FUNDRAISER  No Peace Without Tranquility (no label, New Zealand)  

COCHONNE  Cochonne (self released)

LE POUFS À CORDES Le Poufs À Cordes cd (Pagans, France)

FRET!  A Vanity Spawned By Fear cassette (Cruel Nature, UK) 

UNWAR  Other People cd-r (Magma Tones, Finland)

WOJCIECH RUSIN  The Funnel (Akashic, Scotland)

SLEEPER AND SNAKE Junction And High (Aarght, Australia)

The OILIES Psychic Dog (Fruits & Flowers)

ELI KESZLER Empire 12” (Shelter Press, France)

HAIDER 10961 12” (Aus Music, UK)

FOSTER CARE El Abuso (Total Punk)

TORN HAWK Time Is A Scam 2x 12” (L.I.E.S.)

The LICE Nancy Spungen download (self-released)

DJ XNX  ATX  (Get Busy!, Russia)

SHITTY LIFE Vinyls Discography (Lo-Fo Lo-Life, Germany)

GONG GONG GONG  幽靈節奏 = Phantom Rhythm (Wharf Cat)

SARAH LOUISE  Nighttime Birds And. Opening Stars (Thrill Jockey)

MYRIAM BLEAU Lumens & Profits (Where To Now?, UK)

TV DUST  Forget (MyOwnPrivateRecords / Occult Gang, Italy)

PRIMORJE Reference Path  cassette (Thalamos, Greece)

JUNE CHIKUMA Ler Archives LP + 7” (Freedom To Spend)

dMyanche  Ergonomie cassette (Indian Redhead, France)

EQUIPMENT POINTED ANKH Live (Sophomore Lounge)

VIV CORRINGHAM  Until I Learn The Language Of Mineral Vegetable  cassette (Linear Obsessional, UK)

JACOB WICK feel (Thin Wrist)

AMATEUR HOUR Framtiden Tillhör Inte Oss (Happiest Place, Sweden)

The FICTIVE FIVE  Anything Is Possible cd (Clean Feed, Portugal) 

DANKETSU 9  Towards A Walk In The Sun cd (Patient Sounds (intl))

IVAN THE TOLERABLE  Rations 2LP (Stolen Body, UK)

DANA  Glowing Auras And Black Money (Heel Turn)

NATE YOUNG  Volume 3: Dance Of The Weeping Babe 12” (Lower Floor)

SHOLTO DOBIE & MARK HARWOOD  The Blue Horse  cd (Penultimate Press, UK)

HEAVY METAL 4  (Statik Age Music, Germany)

WET TUNA  Water Weird (Three Lobed Recordings)

CARRAGEENAN Invisible Design cassette (Czaszka, UK)

PRIVATE ANARCHY  Central Planning  (Round Bale Recordings)  

HIDEO NAKASAKO  Texture Of Days cassette (Muzan Editions, Japan)

PRANA CRAFTER  Bodhi Cheetah’s Choice (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)

PATRICK SHIROISHI & NOEL MEEK  Break Your Eyes cassette (Sploosh)

ANDY HUMAN & The REPTOIDS  Psychic Sidekick (Total Punk)

SLAG QUEENS  You Can’t Go Out Like That (Rough Skies Records, Australia)

ALIAS G Natural Love 12” (Unknown To The Unknown, UK)

NIVHEK  After Its Own Death / Walking In A Spiral Towards The House cd (W.25th)

GARCIA PEOPLES Natural Facts (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)

MARCO SERRATO/FRANCESCO COVARINO Bestemmia cd (Raw Tonk, UK)

HOUSEWIVES Twilight Splendour  (Blank Editions, UK)

CLOUDWATCHERS  Cloudwatchers cd (Unexplained Sounds Group, Italy)

CATHERINE LAMB Shade/Gradient  (Black Pollen Press -2018) 

UNITED BIBLE STUDIES  Porti Sepolti cassette (Sloow Tapes, Belgium)

ÚJ BÁLA Diacritical Marks And Angels cassette (Baba Vanga, Czech Republic)

STRENGTH N.I.A.  Do Televisions, Frankie Moore ritual cassette (Stength N.I.A., UK)

DAVID LIPTAK David Lipton: Dove Songs [Tony Arnold, soprano/Allison D’Amato, piano] cd

ANNĒE ZĒRO  La Coolitude (Indian Redhead, France)

MELENAS “Ya Me No Importa Si Tú Quieres”/“Si Tú Me Quieres” 7” (El Nebula Recordings, Spain)

WHIRLING HALL OF KNIVES  Knukke cassette (Cruel Nature, UK)

PROTRUDERS  Poison Future (Feel It)

MOTHER JUNO  Commit cassette (popnihil)

LEFT HAND CUTS OFF THE RIGHT Purge cassette (Fractal Meat Cuts, UK)

CLAIRE ROUSAY  t4t  cassette (No Rent)

IQ+1  Conversaphone Plus (mappa, Slovenia)

BENOÎT PIOULARD & SEAN CURTIS PATRICK Avocationals (Bacon Sound) 

DELPHINE DORA  Dunkles Zu Sagen (self-released)

SOOT  Pockmarked With...Soot!  cassette (Eternal Soundcheck, Australia) 

DAN MELCHIOR BAND Negative Freedom (In The Red)

TÔLE FROIDE  Tôle Froide (Le Turc Mecanique, France - 2018)

AHMED AG KAEDY  Alkaline Kidal  (Sahel Sounds)

DUNNING & UNDERWOOD The Blow Vol. 5 cassette (Front & Follow, UK)

TAKAHIRO MUKAI Super Annoying cassette (Fort Evil Fruit, Ireland)

ANTONIO  High Voltage! cassette (Altered States Tapes, Australia) 

CUBE Decoy (W.25th)

The PLAINS  The Plains cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia)

KA BAIRD  Respires (Rvng Intl.) 

GINO & The GOONS  Do The Get Around (Drunken Sailor, UK)

VIVIEN LE FAY  Ecolalia  (Boring Machines, Italy)

DUKE  Uingizaji Hewa  (Nyege Nyege Tapes, Uganda)

ARIAN SHAFIEE  Arabic Voice cassette (unifactor)

MOUNT TROUT  Shelter Belt  cassette (Rough Skies, Australia)

OCEAN FLOOR  Vernalis cassette (Eiderdown)

CURRENT AFFAIRS “Buckle Up”/“World In Crisis” 7” (dotx3, Germany)

AARON SNOW  Instrumentals  ‘15-‘19  cassette (Surf Shop)

MELKINGS  Movement Music cassette (Regional Bears, UK)

DECIMUS  DECIMUS 6 (self-released)

SYLVIE COURVOISIER and MARK FELDMAN  Time Gone Out cd (Intakt, Switzerland) 

DANIEL HOLT Daniel Holt 12” (L.I.E.S.)

BEAT DETECTIVES  NYPD Records Volume 3: Nefertiti Abstract Movie cassette (NYPD Records)

STEFAN CHRISTENSEN & FRIENDS Unknown Fortune (C/Site)

DIRE WOLVES  Grow Towards The Light (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)

FAMOUS LOGS IN HISTORY  Memories Of the Space Age cassette (Fuzzy Warbles Cassettes)

HAND & LEG Lust In Peace (Black Gladiator)

DEE DEE & The FUZZ COFFINS Three Golden Hits cassette (Earth Girl Tapes)

RAZORLEGS  Skip Skool cassette (Fadensonnen)

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Neil Morris, speaking to Alan Lomax in 1959:

“Well, when I was just a small boy, Old Uncle Milt Oldfield…Billy Oldfield, the Congressman from Arkansas for so long, it is his father. He and my father are awfully close friends. And they were discussing music. They were music teachers both of them.

“And uh, and they said, dad did and Uncle Milt sanctioned what he said, that MUSIC HAD NO END. That you could learn all the other guy [or girl] learned, and after you got that done they would then, something else would crop up. That uh, that you, that was the reason why that uh, music advanced. That’s why that you would get a better music in one generation maybe that is, uh, IT WOULD FIT THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVED.”

[Lomax: “What about music on the grapevine?”]

“Welllll, they said that MUSIC GREW LIKE THE GRAPEVINE THAT IS NEVER PRUNED. That each year it’d…it’d put on a little bit more. That was what they said, now, about it. Any further questions?”’

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The Scots at the Siege of Orléans 1428-1429.

I'm splitting this post into two parts, as it covers the siege, the Auld Alliance in general and the Battle of the Herrings on February 12th.

At the beginning of the siege, in October 1428, Orleans sheltered a strong Scottish contingent appointed by the French king Charles VII. Among them were up to sixteen landed gentry, with such illustrious Scottish names as Douglas, Crichton, Kennedy and of course Stuarts. 

The friendship between France and Scotland is well known; indeed there had long been an alliance between them more popularly known as the Auld Alliance or Vieille Alliance. The official first accord was signed between the countries in 1295 by King John and it spelled the end of his tenure as our monarch when Edward I of England marched north and stripped him of his Crown.

Charles V was the first king to employ Scotsmen in his bodyguard, but it is principally with Charles VII that the alliance was properly employed by the creation of the first elements of Scots Guards, La Garde Écossaise de Charles VII who were maintained by tradition in the King’s Household until the 18th century and again under the Restoration.

In 1420, a contingent of 6,000 Scotsmen had disembarked at La Rochelle to assist the Dauphin. John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, the son of the Duke of Albany, regent of Scotland, commanded this contingent. John Stewart was made Constable of France in 1423, after his victory at Bauge. He was killed at Verneuil in 1424. He should not be confused with his namesake, John Stuart of Darnley. 

At the beginning of the siege it is noted in French history of the presence of companies commanded by three Scottish knights: William Hamilton, Thomas Houston, John Wischard – alias Oulchard –, and five squires: Thomas Blair, Henry Galoys (Galloway), Edward Lennox, David Melvill and Alexander Norwill.

On today's date, February 8th 1429 important reinforcements led by William d'Albret arrived, with another  strong contingent of 1,000 Scots commanded by the brothers John Stewart of Darnley and William Stewart of Castelmilk.

On 9th February an English supply convoy was sent from Paris towards Orleans under the protection of John Fastolf. A messenger from the Orleans garrison informed Charles de Bourbon, Count of Clermont, who commanded French troops in the region. It was decided that French troops should be assembled to intercept the convoy. The principle commander, Charles de Bourbon ordered that the French captains leaving Orleans should not take independent action without his support. The Bastard of Orleans, Xaintrailles and La Hire, but especially John Stuart, impatient to cross swords, did not wait and ventured forth from Orleans to meet the English, the ensuing battle took place on the 12th, and I shall pick up the story then. 

BLAIR (alias Blar), Thomas. – This Scottish squire was present at Orleans from the beginning of the siege, commanding a company of 20 men-at-arms and 29 bowmen. He was of the old Scottish family Blair of Balthayock (country of Perth, Fife and Angus). Thomas died about 1453.

Coat of arms: Argent a chevron Sable between three tortaux.

CARMICHAEL, John (alias Kirkmichael or in French Jean de Saint-Michel). – Elected in 1426 Bishop of Orleans with the name "Jean de Saint-Michel", John Carmichael of Carmichael, 3rd baron, disembarked in France in 1420, within the army commanded by John Stewart, Earl of Buchan. The bishop was also man at arms; he had bravely participated in the battle of Baugé in 1421 when he unseated the duke of Clarence who was killed by the marshal of La Fayette. John Carmichael was an Ecclesiastical Peer to the Coronation of Charles VII. He was the nephew of John, the 1st baron of Carmichael in 1370, and a son of William, confirmed 2nd baron of the name in 1413. He died in 1436 or 1438.

Coat of arms: Argent, a fess twistled Azure and Gules.

CHAMBER, Cristy (alias in French Cristin de la Chambre). – It is not certain that Cristin Chamber (alias Cristin de La Chambre) fought in the defence of Orleans, but he was in the army that accompanied Charles VII in Reims for his coronation. He was indeed the captain of the King's Scottish Lifeguards from 1427 until 1445 (he was replaced by his son, Nicole or Nicolas de la Chambre). He became established in the French country of Saintonge where he found a new family. He received the seigneury of Villeneuve-la-Comtesse (Charente-Maritime). In 1453, he was doubtless established as a pensioner, caretaker and guard of the King's palace in Paris.

Coat of arms: Azure a chevron Or between three lions’ head Or lampassed Gules.

CRICHTON (alias Criston or Cresson), John. – In April and May, 1429, he commanded a company of Scottish men-at-arms and bowmen. Later he became governor of Châtillon

Coat of arms: Argent a lion Azure armed and lampassed Gules.

DOUGLAS. – Archibald († on 1439), 5th Earl Douglas and Wigtown, Count of Touraine, Lord of Dun-le-Roi, was he present in Orleans in 1429? And in the campaign which followed? He was the son of Archibald, the 4th Earl Douglas, Duke of Touraine, killed during the battle of Verneuil, on August 17, 1424. Archibald 5th Earl Douglas, called Victon by the French chronicles by the name of his Wigtown county, had been made Count of Touraine, this as an honorary title. Unless the knight named Douglas who was present at the siege was another member of this great Scottish family, maybe the Archibald's cousin: William.

Coat of arms: Argent a heart Gules on a chief Azure three stars Argent (the heart is crowned since 1562). Archibald Douglas, Duke of Touraine, bore quarterly, 1st Azure three fleurs-de-lis Or (France), 2nd Argent a heart Gules on a chief Azure three stars Argent (Douglas), 3rd Azure a lion Argent armed and lampassed Gules crowned Or (Galloway), 4th Or a saltire Gules a chief Gules (Annandale).

GALOYS (GALLOWAY), Henry. –This Scottish squire led at Orleans a company of bowmen whose commander was William Hamilton. At the beginning of the siege, this company was made of 10 men-at-arms and 30 bowmen. The name "Galoys" was possibly for "Galloway" in the French chronicles.

Coat of arms of Galloway: Azure, a lion Argent langued, armed and crowned Or.

HAMILTON, William (alias Guillaume Hameton or Hameleton). – This Scottish squire had a company who was led at Orleans by Henry Galois (see above). A member of Hamilton’s family later became Duke of Châtellerault in France, in 1548.

Coat of arms: Gules three cinquefoils Ermine.

HOUSTON, Thomas († after 1439). – This Scottish knight arrived in Orleans in October 1428, commanding a company of 22 men-at-arms and 71 bowmen. He became Lord of Gournay in France, as a reward for his behaviour at the siege of Meaux in 1439.

Coat of arms: Or, a fess (alias a chevron) chequy Sable and Argent between three martlets Sable.

KENNEDY, Hugh Kennedy of Ardstynchar, alias in French "Canède". – Hugh Kennedy of Ardstynchar was one of the sons born from the first marriage of Gilbert Kennedy of Dunure's, who was alive in 1400. He disembarked in France in 1420, within the army commanded by John Stewart, Earl of Buchan. His behaviour at the battles of Baugé (1421) and Verneuil (1424) earned him a reward by Charles VII who allowed him to display a quarter of France on his coat of arms. Hugh Kennedy was one of numerous Scottish troops who fought at Orleans. He will still be at Joan’s side at Lagny, in April 1430, and would defend the city with Ambroise de Loré and Jean Foucault during the siege of 1432. The French called him generally "Canède"! Unmarried and without children, his possessions were passed on to his young brother, Thomas Kennedy of Bargany.

Coat of arms: quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure three fleurs-de-lis Or (France), 2nd and 3rd Argent a chevron Gules between three cross-crosslet fitchy Sable.

LENNOX, Edward of (alias Edouard or Douard de Linaux). – Scottish squire who arrived at Orleans in October 1428 with a big troop of 42 men-at-arms and 108 bowmen.

Coat of arms: Argent four cinquefoils Gules pierced Argent between a saltire Gules.

MELVILL (alias Malvill or Malleville), David. – Scottish squire who arrived at Orleans in October 1428 commanding a company of 12 men-at-arms and 28 bowmen. In January, the company is considerably strengthened when the royal treasurer paid him for 50 men-at-arms and 32 bowmen. This Scottish family were Norman companions of William the Conqueror, native of Malleville, in the Country of Caux.

Coat of arms: Argent a fess Gules.

NORVELL (alias Norvill, Norwill or Normanville), Alexander. – Scottish squire who fought at Orleans at the beginning of the siege with a company of 15 men-at-arms and 29 bowmen.

NORVELL (alias Norvill, Norwill or Normanville), Michael. – Scottish squire who the presence is attest at Orleans in April and May 1429, with company of 20 men-at-arms and 25 bowmen. He can be a brother of the precedent person.

Coat of arms: Argent, on a bend Sable voided of Argent 3 martlets Sable beaked Gules.

OGILVY, Patrick Ogilvy of Auchterhouse, called "le vicomte d’Ecosse". – Ogilvies or O'Gilvies was hereditary Sheriffs of Angus. Patrick Ogilvy, Lord of Auchterhouse, Constable of the Scottish army in France, was councillor and chamberlain of King Charles VII. He commanded the escort of the convoy carrying foods to Orleans with Joan of Arc. His personal company was made up of 60 men-at-arms and 70 bowmen. He fought at Jargeau, Meung, Beaugency and Patay, and then followed the King to his coronation in Reims.

Coat of arms: quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent a leopard Gules armed and lampassed Azure crowned Or (Ogilvy), 2nd and 3rd Argent an eagle Sable beaked and membered Gules (Ramsay of Auchterhouse).

STEWART, John (alias Jean Stuart) († 1429). – Duke of Darnley, Count of Évreux, Lord of Concressault and Aubigny (Aubigny-sur-Nère, see below), John Stewart was the son of Sir Alexander Stewart (1368-1406), Duke of Darnley, and of his first wife, Marguerite. He married in 1408 Elizabeth Lennox († in November, 1429). Constable of Scotland, he disembarked in 1420 with a troop of 6,000 fellow countrymen and came to the Dauphin's help (with a homonym, John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, alias Boucan, who was made Constable of France in 1424). He participated in the battles of Baugé, Cravant and Verneuil, and then contributed to Montargis’s liberation in 1427. He arrived at Orleans on February 8, 1429 with a troop of 1,000 men-at-arms. But he was killed four days later during the disastrous "Battle of the Herrings". He was buried in Orléans’s cathedral.

Coat of arms: quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure three fleurs-de-lis Or (France) within a bordure Gules charged eight buckles Or, 2nd and 3rd Or a fess chequy Azure and Argent a bendlet Gules overall. Crest: a foal’s head proper mantled same colour doubled Azure (see below).

STEWART, William (alias Guillaume Stuart) († 1429). – William Stewart, Lord of Stelemilk or Castlemilk, was the son of Sir Alexander Stewart and of his second wife, Janet Keith. He was also the half brother of John Stewart of Darnley. He accompanied Darnley to Orleans and was also killed on February 12, 1429 during the "Battle of the Herrings".

Coat of arms: Or a fess chequy Azure and Argent a bendlet Gules overall.

WISHART, John of (alias Wischard, Wischart, Ouschart or Oulchart). – John Wishart of Pittarow, a Scottish knight, was doubtless the son of the 5th baron of this name. He arrived at Orleans in October 1428, with 48 men-at-arms and 105 bowmen. He returned to France in 1436 to accompany Princess Margaret of Scotland who marry the Dauphin Louis (future King Louis XI). John Wishart was still alive in 1443.

Coat of arms: Argent three piles Gules meeting in point.

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Dusted and Social. 2020, Mix #01

Pictured: Reymour

01. Linda Trip - Passport Expired 02. Faux Départ - Merci pour vos services 03. Pista - Reis da Montanha 04. Ostraaly - struggling 05. Nick Malkin - Some KJAZZ Eternity 06. MoE/Pinquins - Atlantis 07. Flogging A Dead One Horse Town - Meteorite Debris 08. Fotbal - Inside 09. DJ Speedsick - A4 Untitled 10. Rich Ruth - Hazrat Nizamuddin 11. Reymour - S.P.O. 12. Krypton 81 - Tranquility Base 13. Terra Soror - Troglodyte 14. Kneeling In Piss - Clear Your Mind 15. Satan - Le Sang Des Bêtes 16. ------ - WET 17. Giraffe - Deception 18. Gravespit - Blue Roses 19. Paolo Tecon - Dis-moi pourquoi 20. NEW Injuries - Leave Site 21. Arabia Saudade - Le petit Senegallia 22. OOF - Relevance 23. Taxidermists - Back on the Ranch 24. Reece McLean - Food Allergy Flattery 25. Guerrinha - Uma Coisa de Cada Vez 26. Christophe Clébard - Soif 27. Club Sieste - LOCAL OU ESCAPE GAME? 28. ASSID - Accès aux infinies resources quantiques 29. Posset - World Worry 30. Wonderbach - Ficus religiosa 31. Mesa Of The Lost Women - The Blacktop 32. Sarah Louise, Sally Anne Morgan & Kryssi B - Skullcap 33. William Henry Meung - Autumn Sunday 34. Charlène Darling - Mon jeu préféré 35. Plake 64 & the Hexagrams - The One Who Laughs

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[manorclubsix]

An afternoon of noise/ambient/experimental/improvised/electro-acoustic/ music blending into an evening of rocking party vibes. Afternoon performers: William Henry Meung--Smith--Joanna Osborne--Motoko Kikkawa--radio cegeste--Residue--LSD Fundraiser--Sevartone--Electric Fence Evening performers: Maryland--Sewage--Opposite Sex--Acid Police--Pychic Maps--

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De Algemene Verwarring #99 - 16 October 2023

The ninety-ninth episode of De Algemene Verwarring was broadcast on Monday, October 16, 2023, and you can listen to it by clicking on the link below that will take you directly to the Mixcloud page:

Pictured below is Brooklyn, NY, based band The Rogers Sisters. And you know what, they are actually sisters: Laura Rogers and Jennifer Rogers, and there is als vocalist and bass player Miyuki Furtado. The band didn't exist for that long and as far as I know the two sisters aren't actively involved in music making anymore. I saw the band when I was in New York, they played a gig under the Brooklyn Bridge together with Enon and Telepathe, and I thought they were a really great band. They also got a spot on the Rough Trade Shops "Post Punk" compilation on Rough Traden that's actually where I first heard them and I honestly thought they were an early eighties band somehow. Their debut album 'Purely Evil' that was released by Troubleman Unlimited is still a classic in my eyes. There's more post punk in this episode, new and older, from Family Fodder, Magazine, The Toads, and The Cure, yes. Also some quiet music from Roy Montgomery, Mist and the great new album by Maxine Funke. And a long awaited brand new release from Swedish underground loving and Gent based label B.A.A.D.M.. And beneath the photo you can find the playlist for the show. Enjoy!

Playlist:

The Orphans: Hey Gyp (LP V/A Back From The Grave 10” on Crypt Records, 2014, originally released on a 7” in 1967 on Herbst Records)

The Mirrors: Hands In My Pockets (2LP V/A “Punk 45 - Extermination Nights In The Sixth City, Cleveland Ohio: Punk and the Decline of The Mid-West 1975-1982” on Soul Jazz Records, 2015, originally released somewhere in 1977)

A-Frames: Frankenstein (7” “Complications” on S-S Records, 2004)

Dan Melchior’s Broke Revue: Loveyougirl (LP “Heavy Dirt” on In The Red Records, 2001)

The Cure: World War (LP “Boy’s Don’t Cry” on Fiction Records, 1979)

The Rogers Sisters: Zero Point (LP “Purely Evil” on Troubleman Unlimited, 2002)

Family Fodder: Debbie Harry (2CD “Rough Trade Shops (Pfresh ost Punk 01)” on Rough Trade, 2003, originally released on a 7" by Fresh Records in 1980)

The Toads: Ex-KGB (LP “In The Wilderness” on Upset The Rhythm, 2023)

Magazine: Definitive Gaze (LP “Real Life” on Virgin Records, 1978)

Terry: Miracles (LP “Call Me terry” on Upset The Rhythm, 2023)

Children Maybe Later: Jane Birkin’s Basket (LP “What A Flash Kick” on Slothmate Productions, 2023)

Roy Montgomery: Pranged (LP “That Best Forgotten Work” on Grapefruit Records, 2021)

Maxine Funke: Willow White (LP “River Said” on Disciples, 2023)

William Henry Meung: Foxhole Blues (LP “Hiraeth And Limerence” on Horn Of Plenty, 2023)

Mist: Mist Stream (12” “Glowing Net” on Amethyst Sunset, 2010)

CIA Debutante:  The New Season (LP “Down, Willow” on Siltbreeze, 2023)

Continuity: The Neon God (LP “Continuity” on B.A.A.D.M., 2023)

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Manor Music: Winter One

An afternoon of Electroacoustic, Ambient, Drone, Noise, and gothic piano music. Featuring performances from: William Henry Meung Smith Nick Graham chemicals Lucy Hunter 2pm ---  

11/07/2015