RA#18 Barely Legal Canterbury Show

At Left, a scene from "The Prioresses Tale", the most endearing of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"- if you're into that sort of ritual-murder type bloodletting and such. Nothing to do with the show, of course, except a shared name and I needed an illustration for this short essay. Yep, I'm bigtime lazy this week.

Radio Anthrocide is now Legal- albeit Barely- and while this happy turn of events of reaching the age at which men well into their 50's can now legally violate this once pristine flower of austere virginity...very little will change with this raucous whore called RA whom I have guided to her special day with a combination of whipcord discipline and shockingly rebarbative tender mercies. In short, RA is now a big girl- and she'd better to learn to act like one.

The celebration for this special day consisted of four solid hours of Canterbury sounds- and some relatively associated Jazzrock that I really, really like, and- of course- the obligatory oddball moments of strangeness without a home. While most of this music should be very familiar to the kind of person who listens to Radio Anthrocide, there were a few surprises to go along with the obligatory Egg, Hatfield And The North, Caravan, and Soft Machine- those bands being, quite obviously, my very favorite Canterbury practitioners. As a note before my general comments- Yes, it is true, there was no National Health, Gong, Khan or Camel played on this particular inventory of Canterbury sounds. The reason is simple- I really don't care for those bands all that much. While I'm sure this is an outrage to some readers, all I can say is- it's my show, I play what I want. And I don't have a lot of time to waste trying to be all things to all people. So, sorry but...Camel is a band so lame even Richard Sinclair couldn't help them. That's really, really saying something.

Anyways, show highlights of obscure and little-known bands included Finnish saxophonist Eero Koivistoinen, whose 1973 album The Original Sin is a real gem of 70's Jazzrock. The title cut showcased definite Canterbury sensibilities, though on balance he's really not Canterbury. The same with Franch keyboardist Marc Moulin, who opened the last set of the evening with some really gorgeous quasi-improvisational Electronics, and The Muffins, who are more RIO than anything, but forced me to play them when I realized how solid a track "Hobart Got Burned" is- and it's pretty Jazzy. "Love Robots" from Belgian avant-popsters Cos probably was a stretch but...I just am enamored with that song. So there.

Next week there's going to be a really outrageous night of bizarre and maniacal music, most of which you're going to hate and you probably shouldn't tune in. However, if you do, I shall see you on Radio23.org at 8pm sharp, so...Cheers, - TKR

Playlist For Radio Anthrocide#18 Barely Legal Canterbury Show

1) Egg- "A Visit To Newport Hospital"

2) Caravan- "L'Auberge Du Sanglier" (Live at the BBC)

3) Soft Machine- "Hibou, Anemone and Bear"

4) Steve Hillage- "The Salmon Song"

5) Kevin Ayres- "Song For Insane Times"

6) Hatfield And The North- "Son Of 'There's No Place Like Home'"

7) Keith Tippett Group- "Thoughts To Geoff"

8) Supersister- "Present From Nancy: a) Introductions; b) Present From Nancy"

9) Delivery- "Miserable Man"

10) Quiet Sun- "Rongwrong"

11) Eero Koivistoinen- "The Original Sin"

12) Soft Machine- "Eamonn Andrews"

13) Matching Mole- "Marchides"

14) Caravan- "Memory Lain - Hugh Headloss"

15) Egg- "Germ Patrol"

16) Hatfield And The North- "Mumps"

17) Centipede- "Septober Energy Part 1"

18) Travelling- "Voici La Nuit Tombee"

19) Marc Moulin- "From"/"La Blouse"

20) Cos- "Love Robots" :)

21) Moving Gelatine Plates- "Astromonster"

22) The Muffins- "Hobart Got Burned"

23) Picchio dal Pozzo- "La Citta"

24) Recreation- "Nothing's Holy 1"

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