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‘Music from the Fort,’ broadcasting on WVVX 101.1fm on Wednesdays 7-8pm.

‘That’s Not Incredible!,’ broadcasting on WVVX 101.1fm on Thursdays 1-2pm.

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Here is the November 25, 2021 playlist for ‘That’s Not Incredible!‘ LISTEN HERE

Iron Leg – Mickey and the Soul Generation. 7inch Maxwell. 1969
Revolution Rap (Part I) – Cal Green. 7inch. Mutt and Jeff Records. 1971
The Atlanta Boogaloo – Inclines. 7 inch. Gil Records. Unknown year.
Bumping – Tyrone Chestnut. 7inch. Intrepid. 1969
The Funky Donkey – Illusions. Various The Sounds of Funk 8. Goldmine Supply. 2000
Hector – Village Callers. 7inch. Rampart. 1968
Wait A Minute – Xplosions. Tell Me Face To Face 7inch. Funk City 1972
Sagittarius (Pt 1) – Landlord and Tennants. 7inch. Coach Records. 1971
Crazy Legs – Soul Tornados. 7inch. Westwood. 1970
Africana – Propositions. 7inch. Movement. 1973
The Sad Chicken – Leroy & the Drivers. 7inch. Stones Throw. 2001
Geraldine Jones – Soul Encyclopedia. 7inch. Sound of Soul. 1973
Afro Bush – E. Gaunichaux & the Skeptics. 7inch. Mollatic. Unknown year
Funk-1-Tus – Warm Excursion. Phut Ball 7inch. Watts USA. 1970
The Whip Pt 1 – Al Brown. 7inch. BM Records. 1973
The New Bump And Twist – Cleveland Eaton & The Kats. 7inch. Cle An Thair, 1972
House Of Rising Funk – Afrique. Soul Makossa LP. Mainstream. 1973
Theme from 2001 – Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds. 7inch. Dynamite Cuts. 2018
Malcolm X – Hal Singer. Hey Jude. 7inch. Polydor 1969
Hot Wheels – Badder Than Evil. 7inch. Buddha. 1973

Here is the November 24, 2021 playlist for ‘Music from the Fort.’ LISTEN HERE

Karen Dreams In Hardocre – Von Hayes. Evident Eyelid. State Capital. 2008
Esther’s Day – Guided By Voices. Bee Thousand. Scat Records. 1994.
Dodging Invisible Rays – The Ether Family. Bunkytown 2000: The original Soundtrack. Red Nail Music. 2001
Pushkin – Palace Brothers. Days In The Wake. Drag City Records. 1994
The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton – The Mountain Goats. All Hail West Texas. Emperor Jones. 2002
Paranoid – Black Sabbath. Paranoid. Vertigo. 1970
Use It – New Pornographers. Twin Cinema. Matador. 2005
Tainted Love – Gloria Jones. 7”. Champion Records. 1965
Looking for the land – Bojoura. Dream Man. Polydor. 1967
Run For Your Life – Thee Headcoatees. Girsville. Get Hip Recordings. 1993
Till The End Of The Day – Tuesday Blues. Lost Souls Vol3 Compilation. Pysch of the South. 2009
Made My Bed Gonna Lie In It – The Fall Outs. Here I come and Other Hits. Estrus Records. 1993
The Thing – The Dirtbombs. Ultraglide in Black. In The Red Recordings. 2001.
Chicken Walk – Hasil Adkins. Chicken Walk. Dee Jay Jamboree. 1984
Pretty Thing – Bo Diddley. Bo Diddley. Chess Records. 1958
Shake Appeal – Iggy & The Stooges. Raw Power. Columbia. 1973
Clean – The Beatnik Film Stars. Laid Back And English. La-Di-Da Productions. 1993
Rent – Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine. Rubbish. Big Cat. 1990
SKU 22 – Via Fantastica. Trigger Cut Disaster Relief Comp Vol. 2. Unknown Label and Year.
Water – Blonde Redhead . Fake Can Be Just As Good. Touch and Go. 1997
We Don’t Need The Fascist Groove Thing – Poster Children. On The Offensive. Hidden Agenda Records. 2004
Just like Heaven – The Cure. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. Fiction Records. 1987

Here is the November 18, 2021 playlist for ‘That’s Not Incredible!‘ LISTEN HERE

Chains of Love – Dirtbombs. Ultraglide in Black LP. In the Red. 2001
Make It Rhyme – TW Walsh. Songs of Pain and Leisure LP. Graceface. 2011
Ramblin’ Rose – True Believers. Live Harder! Harder! Harder! EP. No label. 1986
Queen Of Cans And Jars – Guided By Voices. Bee Thousand. Scat. 1994
Lord, Can You Hear Me – Low. A Lifetime Of Temporary Relief 10 Years Of B-Sides & Rarities. Chairkickers. 2004
Leaving On A Jet Plane – J Mascis. 7inch. Sub Pop. 2001
Action – Sweet. 7inch. RCA. 1975
Sweet Talk – Spiritualized. Songs in A&E. Sanctuary. 2008.
Talking ‘Bout You – Radio Stars. Songs for Swinging Lovers LP. Chiswick. 1977
I’m Not Sayin’ – Cagney & Lacee. Six Feet of Chain LP. No 6 Records. 1997
Jim’s Room – Nina Nastasia. On Leaving LP. FatCat. 2006
D. – Codeine. 7inch Glitterhouse 1990
Long As I Can See The Light – Creedence Clearwater Revival. Looking Out My Back Door 7inch Fantasy. 1970
Jenny Jenny Dreams Are Ten A Penny – Kincade. 7inch. Penny Farthing. 1972
Neanderthal Man – Hotlegs. 7inch. Capitol. 1970
Daybreak – Cosmic Dealer. Crystallization LP. Pseudonym. 1971
Ride in the Sky – Lucifer’s Friend. ST LP. Philips. 1970
Beware Of Darkness – George Harrison. All Things Must Pass. Apple. 1970

Here is the November 17, 2021 playlist for ‘Music from the Fort, Ladies Night Episode.’ LISTEN HERE

Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White – Las Dilly Sisters. Paloma. Gordo. 1968
Not too soon – Throwing Muses. Not Too Soon. 4AD. 1991.
Do You Love Me Now – The Breeders. Last Splash. 4AD. 1993
Blue Bell Knoll – Cocteau Twins. Blue Bell Knoll. 4AD. 1988
I Know There’s Something Going On – Frida. 7”. Atlantic. 1982
New Resolution – Azure Ray. Hold on Love.Saddle Creek. 2003.
I don’t want to love you now – Bria. Green Rocky Road; Country Covers Vol. 1. Sub Pop. 2021
Heebie Jeebies – The Boswell Sisters. Nothing Was Sweeter Than The Boswell Sisters. Ace of Hearts. 1966
My Life – Iris Dement. My Life. Warner Bros. 1994
We Are The One – Avengers. Avengers. CD Presents Ltd. 1983
Body and Soul – Jo Kennedy. Starstruck. Mushroom. 1982
Boom Biddy Boom – Freschard. Boom Biddy Boom. Where It’s At Is Where You Are. 2013
Plates – Lala Lala & Ben Gibbard. I Want the Door To Open. Hardly Art. 2021
Here Forever Always – His Name Is Alive. Raindrops Rainbows. Silver Mountain Media Group. 2005
You Just Gotta Know My Mind – Karen Verros. 7”. 1965
Get off the road – R. Lewis Band. Songs the Cramps Taught Us Volume 2. Cato Records. Year unknown.
Gary, Please Don’t Sell My Diamond Ring – Wendy Hill. 7” Liberty 1965.
Hazy Shade of Winter – The Bangles. Less Than Zero Soundtrack. Def Jam Recordings. 1987
It Ain’t Me Babe – Nancy Sinatra. This Is Nancy Sinatra. RCA Victor. 1972
Vurba Ima, Vurba Njama – Black Sea Hotel. Black Sea Hotel. Unknown Label. 2008

Here is the November 11, 2021 playlist for ‘That’s Not Incredible!‘ LISTEN HERE

Keep the Car Running – A Giant Dog. Neon Bible LP. Merge. 2019
These Strings – Murder Gloves . Digital Single. No label. 2021
The Greatest – Cat Power. The Greatest LP. Matador. 2006
So Long, Savannah – Eric Bachmann. To The Races LP. Merge. 2006
Sign the dotted Line – Jeff Mangum. Stroke Songs for Chris Knox Compilation LP. Merge. 2009
Triplets – Principal Edwards Magical Theatre. Round One LP. Deram. 1974
Grab It – Olympic Runners. 7inch. London. 1974
Likewise – Conrado Scuderi Montanari. Bass Modulations LP. Octopus. 1973
The Stop And Go – Hamilton Bohannon. Stop and Go LP. Dakar. 1973
Mighty Mighty – Baby Huey. The Baby Huey Story – The Living Legend LP. Curtom. 1971
Barstool Blues – Feelies. CD Single. A&M. 1990
Out – Home. Elf Gulf Bore Waltz LP. 1996
Charmed Life – Half Japanese. Greatest Hits LP. Safe House. 1995
Funny Like A Clown – Six Finger Satellite. Pigeon is the Most Popular Bird LP Sub Pop. 93
Better Go Home Now – Dirty Three. ST LP. Touch and Go. 1995
Ungst Func Slag Collision – Soul Junk. 1957 LP. Sounds Are Active. 2002
Point That Thing Somewhere Else – Kinski. Semaphore EP. Sub Pop. 2002
Secret – Jessamine. ST LP Kranky 2007
Lather – Red Red Meat. Jimmywine Majestic LP. Sub Pop 1993

Here is the November 10, 2021 playlist for ‘Music from the Fort.’ LISTEN HERE

My Companjera – Gogol Bordello. Trans- Continental Hustle.American Recordings. 2010
My Friend Stan – Slade. 7” Polydor. 1973.
Bobby Brown – Queen of Japan. Nightlife in Tokyo. Erkrankung Durch Musique. 2001
Public Animal #9 – Alice Cooper. School’s Out. Warner Bros. 1972
Aneurysm – Nirvana. From The Muddy Banks of the Wishka. DGC. 1996
Canada – Shellac. Terraform. Touch and Go. 1998
Steambreather – Mastodon. Emperor of Sand. Reprise Records. 2017
13 Ways to a Cavity – Karp. Mustaches Wild. K. 1994
All Souls Day – Unwound. New Plastic Ideas. Kill Rock Stars. 1994
Hot Blonde Cocktail – Chrome Cranks. Love in Exile. Konkurrent. 1996
Debaser – Pixies. Doolittle. 4AD. 1989
Felo-De-Se – Bedhead. Bedhead. Trance Syndicate. 1996
Atomic Power – Uncle Tupelo. March 16-20, 1992. Rockville. 1992
Leaving on A Jet Plane – John Denver. Greatest Hits. RCA Victor. 1972
Waiting’ Around To Die – Townes Van Zandt. Townes Van Zandt. Poppy. 1969
Let’s Kill Saturday Night – Robbie Fulks. Let’s Kill Saturday Night. Geffen Records. 1998
I never Cared For You – Willie Nelson. Teatro. Island Records. 1998
Hey – Butthole Surfers. Butthole Surfers. Alternative Tentacles. 1983
Defenseless – Alec K. Redfern & The Eyesores. May You Dine On Weeds Made Bitter By The Piss Of Drunkards. Magic Eye Singles. 1999

Here is the November 4, 2021 playlist for ‘That’s Not incredible!‘ LISTEN HERE

Superman – The Clique. ST LP. White Whale. 1969
A deeper shade of soul – Ray Barretto. 7inch. Fania. 1969
Stop! – Spring Fever. Stop! 7inch. Capitol. 1968
Shake A Tail Feather – James & Bobby Purify. The Best of LP. Sundazed. 2005
Tainted Love – Gloria Jones. My Bad Boy’s Coming Home 7inch. Champion. 1965
Get out of my Life, Woman – Q65. Revolution LP. Decca. 1966
Elevator Operator – Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers. ST LP. Columbia. 1967
New York’s A Lonely Town – Dave Edmunds. 7inch. Swan Song. 1976
Talking To The Flowers – Rick Price. Talking to the Flowers LP. Gemini. 1971
My Sweet Potato – Butterwick. 7inch. MAM. 1972
Shake Some Action – Flamin Groovies. Shake Some Action LP. Sire. 1976
It Don’t Come Easy – Wil Malone. Peephole In My Brain Comp. Grapefruit. 1971
Eggy in a Bready II – Heavy Vegetable. Amazing Undersea Adventures LP. Headhunter. 1994
The Wrath Of God – The Simple Ones. Worth the Weight LP. Shangri La. 1995
Bipolar Girls – Frenzy of Tongs. Digital single. No Label 2021
Fine Line – Monument Thief. Little Boxes LP. 75orLess 2017
Wilderness – Invisible Hours. Wake the Ghosts of Night. No Label. 2016
Walls – David Bazan. Bazan #2 2021. No label. 2021
Theme from Kidbug – Kidbug. ST LP. Joyful Noise. 2020
Melodica Bounce Version – Selector Dub Narcotic. Bounce It out EP. K Records. 2018
Ohm – Yo La Tengo – Ohm. Ohm EP Matador 2013
Blaze (instrumental) – Firehose. Lowflows LP. Columbia. 2011

Here is the November 3rd, 2021 playlist for ‘Music from the Fort.‘ The Dr. Demento Homage episode. LISTEN HERE

Reveille Rock – Johnny and the Hurricanes. 7”. Warwick. 1959.
Born on the Bayou- X’lents. Strangers from a strange land. Not on a label. 1991
Hang up and Drive – Sentimental Favorites. Unreleased recording. Not on a label. 2007
Love – Ron Warren Ganderton & Sound Ceremony. Guitar Star. Celestial Star. 1978
Raining Tacos – Parry Gripp. Mega-Party. Parry Gripp Records. 2013
The Empire Strikes Back – Meco. 7”. RSO. 1980
Oh Centra – Javelin. 7”. Lal Lal Lal. 2006
I want to Live In A House – Ross O’Donovan. Star Struck (Movie soundtrack). A&M Records. 1982
Doctor Worm – They Might Be Giants. Dial A Song: 20 Years of TMBG.Elektra/ Rhino Records. 2002
(She Got A) Nose Job – Dellwood’s. Mad Magazine 5” Flexi. Mad Magazine. 1963
Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron – The Royal Guardsmen. Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron. Laurie Records. 1967
I’m Free No Dope For Me – The Dynamics. Afterschool Special: The 123s of Kid Soul. Numero Group. 2016
Stout Hearted Man – Shooby The Human Horn. The Human Horn. WFMU. 2001
Dating Game Theme – Chuck Barris. Themes From TV game Shows. Friends Records. 1974
The Phantom Saloon – Doctor Gasp. Halloween Special. Spider Bites Records. 2003
The Turkish Bean Spell For Tender Love – Louis Huebner. Seduction Through Witchcraft. Warner Bros. 1969
Dr, Kitch – Judge Dread. 7”. Trojan Records. 1973
Grits Ain’t Groceries – Little Milton. Grits Ain’t Groceries. Stax. 1984.
They’re Coming To Take Me Away – Napoleon XIV. 7” Warner Bros. 1966
Here Comes the Streaker – High Voltage. 7”. Drive. 1974.
Burobu – Bob’s Burgers. The Bob’s Burgers Music Album Vol. 2. Sub Pop. 2021

Here is the October 28, 2021 playlist for ‘That’s Not Incredible!’ LISTEN HERE

No Comfort – Adapter Adapter. Digital Single. No label. 2021
Painted Rock – Cultsongs. Two Covers EP. No label. 2020
Into the Dark – Old Town Crier. I’m Longing for You Honey in Middleboro, Mass EP. No Label 2021
News Cafe – Stubborn Hearts. What Fresh Hell EP. No label. 2021
Can We Leave Now – Department of Teleportation. Self-titled EP. No label. 2021
That’s My Girl – Sourpunch. ST EP. No label 2012
Howl – Papas Fritas. Passion Play EP. Minty Fresh. 1995
Are You Cautious Design Flaw – Unbunny. Moon Food LP. Hidden Agenda. 2010
Double Life – The Cars. 7inch. Elektra. 1979
Cryin’ Rooster – Boom Chick. Show Pony LP. Cool Clear Water Records. 2010
That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate – Mission of Burma. ST LP. Ryko. 1988
Rebound – Sebadoh. CD Single. Sub Pop. 1995
Younger Bums – Big Dipper. Boo Boo EP. Homestead. 1987
Garden – Dinosaur Jr. Sweep It Into Space LP. Jagjaguwar. 2021
Superabound – Frank Black. Teenager of the Year LP. 4AD. 1994
Dabbler – Lloyd’s Llamas. Cool the Burn LP. 75orLess. 2014
Levitate Me – Pixies. Come On Pilgrim. 4AD. 1987
Dreaming – Plug. Block Out the Sun EP. 75orLess 2019

Here is the October 27, 2021 playlist for ‘Music from the Fort.’ LISTEN HERE

Swimsuit Issue – Sonic Youth. Dirty. DGC. 1992
Sleep Donor – Mac McCaughan. The Sound Of Yourself. Merge. 2021
Such Great Heights – Postal Service. Give Up. Sub Pop. 2003
We Did It again – The Soft Machine. The Soft Machine. Probe/Command/ABC Records. 1968
Good Guys (Don’t Wear White) – Minor Threat. 7”. Dischord. 1985
I Won’t Look Back – Dead Boys. We Have Come For Your Children. Sire. 1978
Automatic Lover – The Vibrators. Unpunked. Vibrators Records. 1996
On A Rope – Rocket From The Crypt. Scream Dracula Scream. Interscope. 1995
Cornfield – His Name Is Alive. Mouth By Mouth. 4AD. 1993
The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore – Bria. Country Covers Vol 1. Sub Pop. 2021
Unknown track – Tian Niu. Unknown album. TONY. 1979
Love To Know – Unrest. Isabel Bishop. 4AD. 1992
Hi Five Lo Five – Six Star General. Six. 75orLess Records. 2010
Undecided Voters – Kiwi Jr. Cooler Returns. Sub Pop. 2021
Big Mouth Strikes Again – Treepeople. Something Vicious For Tomorrow. C/Z Records. 1992
Baby – Of Montreal. Cherry Peel. Bar/None Records. 1997
Feel The Pain – Dinosaur Jr. Without a Sound. Sire. 1994
Afghani Dub – The Mothmen. Pay Attention. U Sound. 1991
When I met You – Daniel Johnston. Fun. Atlantic Records. 1994

Here is the October 21, 2021 playlist for ‘That’s Not Incredible!‘

Taqueria Girl – Fishboy – Albatross LP. Fishstick Records. 2011
Answering Machine – Five Eight. Sorry Ma Forgot to Let the Cat Out Comp. No label. 1995
Think It Over – Flat Duo Jets. In Stereo EP. Sky Records. 1992
Will Work for Food – Halo Benders. God Don’t Make No Junk LP K Records. 1994
I get a strange kind of pleasure from just hanging on – John Vanderslice. John, i can’t believe civilization is still going here in 2021! EP. No label. 2021
Reunion – Bobbie Gentry. The Delta Sweete LP. Capitol. 1968
Children of the Sun – Misunderstood. 7inch Fontana 1969
Hipsville 29 BC – Sparkles, The. I Want to be Free 7inch. Hickory. 1968
(Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me – Small Faces. ST LP. Immediate. 1967
My White Bicycle – Tomorrow. 7inch. New Voice Records. 1967
You Can’t Hide – NRBQ. ST LP. Columbia. 1969
Don’t Believe A Word – Thin Lizzy. Johnny the Fox LP. Mercury. 1976
Keep On Knockin – Death. Politicians in my Eyes 7inch. Tryangle. 1976
Grey Lagoons – Roxy Music. For Your Pleasure LP. Island. 1973
Seeds and Stems – Plainsong. Self Titled LP. Water Records. 2005
I Predict – Sparks. Angst In My Pants LP. Atlantic. 1982
Fade in Hong Kong – Video Liszt. Photoflex 7inch. Epic. 1981
Independence Day – Comsat Angels. Land LP. Jive. 1983
Food Fight – Village People. Renaissance LP. RCA. 1981
Walk Don’t Run – JFA. Valley of the Yakes LP Placebo 1983

Here is the October 20, 2021 playlist for ‘Music from the Fort,’ Live from the 5th Annual WVVX Music Festival.

Do You remember Rock and Roll radio (live) – The Ramones. Live at US festival. Taken off of YouTube. 1982
Gates of Steel (Live) – DEVO. Live on Fridays. Taken off of YouTube. 1980
Cabwaylingo (live) – Songs: Ohia. Me Sei Appears Come Un Fantasma. Paper Cup. 2001
Crackity Jones (live) – Pixies. Doolittle 20th Anniversary Live Sampler. Self released. 2009
Fingers to the Bone (live) – Brown Bird. Live at the Newport Folk Festival, PASTE Magazine. Taken Off of YouTube. 2012.
Heart of Gold (live) – Blitzen Trapper. Live Harvest. Vagrant. 2015
You Were Cool (Live) – The Mountain Goats. Live At Carnegie Hall. Taken off of YouTube. 2013
The Birth of True (Live) – Aztec Camera. Specially Cut Cassette. Sire. 1985
Strange Powers (live) – The Shins. Strange Powers. Transgressive Records. 2014
Corona (live) – Calexico. Recording unknown. 2004
Still Rock and Roll to me (live) – Plymouth Rock. Unreleased live recording. Year unknown.
Bellowing – The Doors. Bright Midnight Live In America. Midnight Records. 2001
Trash (Live) Morrissey. Unreleased recording. Year unknown.
Wood Bee (live) – Coctails. Live at The Lounge Ax. Carrot Top 1996
Cemetery Polka (Live) – Tom Waits. Live in Atlanta. Taken Off Of YouTube. 2008
I Wish I was Eighteen Again (live) – Jerry Lee Lewis. Unknown 1969 live recording
Lake of Fire (live) – Nirvana. MTV Unplugged In New York. DGC. 1994
The Guns of Brixton (live) – The Clash. Unknown Live recording. Year Unknown.

Here is the October 14, 2021 playlist for ‘That’s Not Incredible!‘

Blue Eyes You’re Not – Rex. Waltz EP Southern Records. 1996
Razorback – Joel RL Phelps and the Downer Trio. Inland Empires. 12XU. 2001
Holocaust – Sunset Strip. Holocaust EP. Au go go. 1989
Rikki Don’t Lose That Number – Turin Brakes. Xerox EP. The Complete Atomic. 2011
One For The Road – Ronnie Lane. Just for a Moment 1973-80 LP. UMC. 2019
Learning The Game – Jonathan King. King of Hits LP Pinnacle. 2001
Bay City Rollers We Love You. Tartan Horde – 7inch. Liberty. 1975
Groovin’ With Mr. Bloe – Mr Bloe. 7inch. DJM Records. 1970
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow – Ronnie Spector. Soul Siren LP. Polish Records. 1980
Green Shirt – Tremblers. Twice Nightly LP. Johnston Records. 1980
Stoned In The Bathroom – Chubby Checker. ST LP London Records. 1971
The Little Black Egg – Nightcrawlers. The Little Black Egg LP. Kapp Records. 1967
Jet – Iron Virgin. 7inch. Deram. 1974
Over Fire Island – Brian Eno. Another Green World LP Island. 1975
No Regrets – Black Devil. Disco Club LP. RCA. 1978
Back in NYC – Genesis. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway LP. Atco. 1974
Waltz in Orbit – Ray Cathode. Time Beat 7inch. Capitol. 1962

Here is the October 13, 2021 playlist for ‘Music from the Fort.’

Scrape You Off – Laurels. Burn 7”. Herparin. 1991
Killing – The Rapture. Echoes. Universal Records, Strummer Recordings. 2003
Bingo – MIA. Arular. XL Recordings. 2005
Sea Lion – Sage Francis (Feat. Will Oldham). Sea Lion. 12”. Epitaph. 2005
On The Rise – Cave. Neberendless. Drag City. 2011
Tragic Carpet Ride – Polvo. Celebrate The New Dark Age. Merge Records. 1994
Kill Surf City – Jesus & Mary Chain. Barbed Wire Kisses. Warner Bros. Records. 1988.
New #1 – Sugar. File Under Easy Listening. Rykodisc. 1994
One Chord Complaint – Drag City Supersession. Tramps, Traitors & Little Devils. Drag City. 2001
Gypsies, Tramps, & Thieves – Cher. 7”. MCA Records. 1974
Sound Asleep – Turtles. 7”. White Whale. 1968
Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground – White Stripes. White Blood Cells. Sympathy For The Record Industry. 2001
’Til The End of the Day – The Kinks. 7”. Reprise Records. 1965
Yesterday – Gravel. 7”. K Records. 1991
Back To The Lake – Guided By Voices. 7”. Fading Captain Series. 2002
Senses Working Overtime – XTC. English Settlement. Epic. 1982.

Here is the October 7, 2021 playlist for ‘That’s Not incredible!’

(Today is) Blackie’s Birthday – Urge Overkill. The Supersonic Storybook. Touch and Go. 1991
Full Blast – Hands Down Eugene. Madison LP. No label. 2006.
I’ll Be Late for Tea – Blossom Toes. We Are Ever So Clean LP. 1967
We’re a Bad Trip – Camper Van Beethoven. II & III LP. Pitch a Tent. 1986
King Mixer – Music Machine, The. Point Of No Return 7inch. Sundazed. 1966
The Singularity – Admiral Radley. ADRAD Radio Vol. 1 EP. No Label. 2020
Baby Britian – Elliott Smith. 7inch Dreamworks. 1999
Through With People – Portastatic. Bright Ideas LP. Merge. 2005
Pauline – The Minders. Hooray For Tuesday LP. SpinArt. 1998
Oh, Don’t Come Crying Back To Me – Something Young. 7inch. Fontana. 1966
Do the Blue Beat – Dinah Lee. Introducing LP. Viking. 1964
Taking My Shapes Away – Reservoir. Pink Machine LP. Zero Hour. 1997
Oscillations – Jessamine. Another Fictional History LP. Kranky. 1997
Kevin’s Gate – Glowing Cloud. All My Psychic Childen. No Label 2021
Big City – Terrifying Experience. 7inch. Arena Rock. 1996
Mr. Wilson – Optiganally Yours. Spotlight On LP. Headhunter. 1997
All Rise – Bob Kendall – Digital single. No Label. 2021
They Don’t Know – Tracey Ullman. 7inch. Stiff. 1983
Superstar – Cher. 7inch. Atco. 1970
Intermission – Combustable Edison. I, Swinger LP. Sub Pop. 1994

Here is the October 6, 2021 playlist for ‘Music from the Fort.’

Nothing’s Gonna Stop The Flow – Folk Implosion. Natural One. London Records. 1995
Bannerman – Brown Bird. Axis Mundi. Supply & Demand Music. 2015.
Clarity – Dump. A Plea for Tenderness. Brinkman Records. 1997
All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
Observer – Gary Numan. The Pleasure Principle. ATCO Records. 1979
Ice Age – Joy Division. Still. Factory. 1981
Go Freaks Go – Brainiac. Internationale. Touch & Go. 1995
The Man Who Sold the world (Brian Eno Remix) – David Bowie. Is It Any Wonder E.P. Parlophone Records. 2020
Fire in Cairo – Luna. A sentimental education. Double feature records. 2017
Merchant’s Square – Candy Machine. Candy Machine. Skene! Records. 1993
Suck – The Wedding Present. Seamonsters. RCA. 1991
King of Nails – Sparklehorse. It’s a Wonderful Life. Capitol Records. 2001
Out on The Weekend – Neil Young. Harvest.
Holding Back the Year – Lou Barlow. Emoh. Merge Records. 2005
Spotlight – East River Pipe. Mel. Merge. 1996
A Leaf – Okkervil River. Julie Doiron/ Okkervil river Split. Acuarela. 2003
Last Bongo In Belgium – Incredible Bongo Band. Bongo Rock. Pride. 1973

Here is the September 30, 2021 playlist for That’s Not Incredible!

Bad Nite At The Moustache – Comet Gain. Fireraisers, Forever! LP Tapete 2019
Landslide – Cabaret Voltaire. Red Mecca LP Rough Trade. 1981
My Zero – Ezra Furman. 7inch Bar None 2013
Mean People – The Benjis. Digital single. No Label 2021
It’s About Time – Beach Boys. Sunflower LP. 1970
Hurt Me If You Will – Mark Four. 7inch. Decca. 1965
Zabadak! – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich. Attention! LP. Fontana. 1973
Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep – Mac & Katie kissoon. ST LP. Hallmark. 1975
O Dreaded C Town – Frankie Cosmos. Next Thing LP. Bayonet. 2016
Love Intervene – Lou Barlow. Reason To Love LP. Joyful Noise. 2021
The Photo Song – Holger Czukay. 12″ Virgin. 1984
No One Wants Me – Actioneers. 7inch Shane. 1965
You Get Everywhere – The Chefs. Records & Tea LP. Damaged Goods. 2012
Another Girl, Another Planet – The Only Ones. 7inch. No label. 1978
Dot Dash – Wire. 7inch. Harvest. 1978
I Can Hear The Grass Grow – The Move. 7inch. Deram. 1967
Does Your Heart Go BOOOOOOOMM – Helen Love. Love And Glitter, Hot Days And Muzik LP. Damaged Goods. 2001
I Can See Your Beeper – Droplets. We’re not doctors, but we’ll take a look EP No Label 2021
Flux = Rad – Pavement. Wowee Zowee LP. Matador 1995
Brush – Bitchin Bajas. ST LP. Drag City. 2014

Here is the September 29, 2021 playlist for Music from the Fort.

Children of the Train – Jet’s Can’t Land. As the Earth Shakes. 75orLess. 2018
Better Hallway Vision – Shuteye Unison. Our Future Selves. Parks & Records. 2010
Give me the Cure – Fugazi. Fugazi. Dischord Records. 1988
Th’ Moona Ina Joona – Th’ Faith Healers. Lido. Elektra. 1992
Pig Calling Contest goes Metal! – Andre Antunes. Self released on YouTube. 2021
Cars that go Boom – LTrimm. 12” single. Essential Media Group. 2008
Alec Eiffel – The Pixies. Trompe Le Monde. 4AD. 1991
She’s Telling Lies – Apples in Stereo. Velocity of Sound. SpinART Records. 2002
Sex Education Ghetto Style – Gil Scot Heron. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Flying Dutchman. 1971
Nobody – Jerms. 7”. Honor Brigade. 1969
Power Lunch – Har Mar Superstar. 7”. Record Collection. 2003
Mesopotamia – B-52’s. Mesopotamia. Warner Bros. 1982
Army of Me – Bjork. CD Single. One Little Indian. 1995
Black Magic Starter Jacket – Al Lover. Satanic Tambourines. Impose Records. 2011
Tamborine – Prince. Around the World in A Day. Prince & The Revolution. Paisley Park. 1985
Auntie Mary’s Dress Shop – Tomorrow. Tomorrow. Sire. 1968
Seven Minutes – his Name Is Alive. Detrola. Silver Mountain Media Group. 2006
Lion – Motrik. Safety Copy. Jealous Butcher Records. 2017

Here is the September 23, 2021 playlist for That’s Not Incredible!.

We Don’t Sleep – Har Mar Superstar. Bye Bye 17 LP. Cult Records. 2013
What Deaner Was Talkin’ About – Ween. Chocolate and Cheese LP. Elektra. 1994
20 Ways to Belong – Zebra Hunt. City Sighs LP. Tenorio Cotobade. 2015
Indian Summer – Pedro the Lion. Control LP. Jade Tree. 2002
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere – Neil Young with Crazy Horse. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere LP. 1969.
Math. Supernova. Ages 3 and Up LP. Amphetamine Reptile Records. 1995
The Engineer – Tre Orsi. Devices + Emblems LP. Works Progress. 2010
Black Fuel Incinerator – Grifters. Crappin’ You Negative LP. Shangri-La Records. 1994
Slow Soft Wind – Department of Teleportation. Self-titled EP. Self released. 2021
Watch The ‘Tractor – Gone. Let’s Get Real, Real Gone for a Change LP. SST Records. 1986
Revolution – Zeke. Kicked In The Teeth LP. Epitaph. 1998.
Vitamin C – Stephen Malkmus. Ege Bamyasi Played by SM LP. Matador. 2013
Bye Bye Kitty Cat – The Mice. Scooter LP. St. Valentine’s 1986
Hot Chocolate Boy – Beat Happening. Dreamy LP. Sub Pop. 1991.
Juno – Throwing Muses. House Tornado LP. Sire. 1988.
Walking Away – Malojian. Humm LP. Style Records. 2020
Paint – Lemonheads. Different Drum 7inch. Atlantic. 1990.
Throw Silver. Mecca Normal. Dovetail LP. K Records. 1992.
Rasal – Morgans. 7inch. Phillips. 1966
Before I Lose My Style – Space Needle. Voyager LP. Zero Hour. 1995
LL Bonus Beats #2 – Tommy Roe. Various Ultimate Breaks and Beats. Street Beat Records. 1989

Here is the September 22, 2021 playlist for Music from the Fort.

Sheela-Na-Gig – PJ Harvey. The Peel Sessions 1991-2004. Universal Island Records. 2006
555 – Fastbacks. Win Lose or Both. Pop llama. 1998
Water’s Edge – Tsunami. Deep End. Simple Machines. 1993
Snik – Grenadine. Nopalitos. Teenbeat. 1994
Turning Japanese – Liz Phair & Material Issue. Juvenilia. Matador. 1995
Kappa Extract – Shonen Knife. Pretty Little Baka Guy. Subversive. 1986.
Meet Jacqueline – Thee Headcoatees. Girlsville. Hangman Records. 1991
Needles and Pins – Jackie DeShannon. 7”. Liberty. 1963
Gouge Away – The Pixies. Doolittle. 4AD. 1998
Big New Prinz – The Fall. Big New Prinz. Beggar’s Banquet. 1988
Hippy Dippy – Junior Varsity Arson. Junior Varsity Arson. 75orLess Records. 2013
Bricks – Black Oil Incinerator. Live at Dusk. 75orLess Records. 2015
Song of All – Will Oldham & Rian Murphy. All Most Heaven. Drag City. 2000
Trains Across the Sea – Silver Jews. Starlite Walker. Drag City. 1994
The View – Modest Mouse. Good News For People Who Love Bad News. Epic. 2004
All The Negatives have been Destroyed – Spoon. 7” Matador. 1996
How High the Moon – Les Paul & Mary Ford. Capitol Records. 1951
Keep It Dark – Genesis. 7”. Vertigo. 1981

Here is the September 16, 2021 playlist for the debut episode of That’s Not Incredible!.

Left Unsaid – The Fluid. Clear Black Paper LP. Sub Pop. 1988.
Love Canal – Flipper with David Yow. 7″. Joyful Noise. 2019.
Ghost on the Highway – The Gun Club. 7″. Beggars Banquet. 1982.
You’re Not Patsy – Big Dipper. The Wailing Ultimate Compilation. Homestead Records. 1987.
Box Batteries – Mac McCaughan. 7″. Merge Records. 2015
War Pigs – Quasi. Mole City LP. Kill Rock Stars. 2013.
Crossing – Wooden Shjips. West LP. Thrill Jockey. 2011.
Your God Is Dead To Me Now – Five Eight. Your God is Dead to Me Now LP. Iron Horse Records. 2011.
Surrounded – Richard Buckner. Surrounded LP. Merge Records. 2013
Shelly’s Winter Love – Crooked Fingers. Reservoir Songs II. Foreign Leisure Records. 2010.
Mayday – The New Year. Snow LP. Undertow. 2017.
Metallic Cloud – Damien Jurado. Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son LP. Secretly Canadian. 2014.
Russian Collusion – The Hammer Party. Smashed Hits LP. Psychic Static Records. 2020
Astro-Zombies – Rob Crow. Everybody’s Got Damage LP. No label. 2020.
Coast To Coast – CarCrashLander. Mountain On Our Backs LP. No label. 2009
The New North American Friction – TW Walsh. How We Spend Our Days LP. Tower of Song Records. 1999.
Writes A Letter Home – Eleventh Dream Day. Eighth LP. Thrill Jockey. 1997

Here is the Sept 15, 2021 playlist for Music From the Fort

The Way You Touch Me Makes Me Laugh – John Davis. Blue Mountains. Shrimper. 1996
Wish Fulfillment – Sonic Youth. Dirty. DGCD. 1992
The Guy Who Invented Fire – Shellac. The Rude Gesture (A Pictorial History) 7″. Touch and Go. 1993
All Souls Day – Unwound. New Plastic Ideas. Kill Rock Stars. 1994
Buick MacKane – The Cynics. 7”. Sympathy For The Record Industry. 1990
This Woman’s Work – Kate Bush. 7”. EMI. 1989
That’s All There Is – Nina Nastasia. The Blackened. Touch & Go. 2002
Close Up – Peaches (Featuring Kim Gordon). Rub. I U She Music. 2015
The Moth Joke – Norm MacDonald. The Conan O Brian Show. Off of YouTube. Year Unknown.
Clones (We’re All) – Alice Cooper. 7”. Warner Bros. Records. 1980
Dead and Buried – Alien Sex Fiend. Touched by the Hand of Goth 3. Subterranean. 1997
Laughing Larry – Six Finger Satellite. Pigeon Is The Most Popular Bird. Sub Pop. 1993
Sick Machine – The Chinese Stars. Turbo Mattress. Skin Graft Records. 2003
Heiße Lippen – Cluster. Zuckerzeit. Brain. 1974.
Runners Stand Still – Trans Am. Futureworld. Thrill Jockey. 1999
So Called Dangerous – The Fall. Code: Selfish. Cog Sinister, Fontana. 1992
Tugboat – Galaxie 500. Today. Aurora records. 1988

September 8, 2021 playlist for Music From the Fort.

Neanderthal Man – The Idle Race. 7”. Liberty. 1970
Worthless – The Fall-Outs. Sleep. Super Electro Sound Recordings. 1995
Alex Put Something in His Pocket – Meices. 7”. Empty Records. 1993
King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 3 – Apples in Stereo. Score! 20 Years of Merge Records – The Cover. Merge Records. 2009
St. Elmo’s Fire – UILab. Fires. Bingo. 1998
Ashes to Ashes – Warpaint. 7”. Manimal Vinyl Records. 2010
Tulsa Phone Book (live) – Calexico. Real the Tom T Hall Project. Sire. 1998
Tulsa County – Son Volt. Switchback. Warner Bros. Records. 1997
Things Could Turn Around – fIREHOSE. Ragin’, Full-On. SST Records. 1986.
911 is a Joke – Public Enemy. Fear of a Black Planet.Def Jam Recordings. 1990
Dance For Me (Ultimatum Remix) – Queen Latifah. All Hail; the Queen. Tommy Boy. 1989
I Go To Work – Kool Moe Dee. 12”. Jive records. 1989
Half Time At The Proper Name Spelling Bee – Fishboy. Albatross: How We Failed To Save The Lone Star State With The Power Of Rock And Roll. Fishstick Records. 2011
Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend’s to Stupid To Know About – Tullycraft. The Long Secret. Harriot Records. 1995
Every Saturday – Unbunny. Sensory Underload. Hidden Agenda Records. 2008
Center of The Universe – Built to Spill. Center of the Universe. Warner Bros. 1999
The Bump – 9 Iron. The Make Out King. Safe House. 1995

September 1, 2021 playlist for Music From the Fort.

Destination: Diamonds – Diamond Nights. Once We Were Diamonds. Kemado Records. 2005
Never Stop Hanging Out – Cool Original. I Never Said I Didn’t Care. Underwater Ally. 2019
First Of The Gang To Die – Morrissey. You Are The Quarry. Attack Records. 2004
Your Number or Your Name – The Knack. Get The Knack. Capitol Records. 1979
Venus – Television. Marquee Moon. Elektra. 1977
Back To Gray – The Thermals. More Parts Million. Sub Pop. 2003
Sex Sux (Amen) – The Vaselines. Dum-Dum. 53rd & 3rd. 1989
I Smell A Rat – The Bags. A Night of Corn People & Waiting For Maloney. Helier Skelter Records. 1991
Via Con Me – Paolo Conte. Paris Milonga. RCA Italiana. 1981
I Wish It Was Like Christmas Everyday – Sonic Boom. Almost Nothing Is Nearly Enough. Carpark Records. 2021
Light and Day/ Reach For The Sun – Polyphonic Spree. The Beginning Stages of…Good Records. 2001
The Nitty Gritty – Shirley Ellis. 7”. Kapp Records. 1966
Europe Is Lost – Kate Tempest. Let Them Eat Chaos. Caroline International. 2016
Pictures of Matchstick Men – Status Quo. 7” Pye Records. 1967
Bad Reputation – Joan Jett. Bad Reputation. Blackheart Records. 1980
Square Pegs – Waitresses. 7”. Polydor. 1982
Dreaming – Blondie. 7”. Chrysalis. 1979
Between The Road Signs – Melanie. Stoneground Words. Neighborhood Records. 1972

August 25, 2021 playlist for Music from the Fort.

Manta Ray (Live) – Man Or Astro Man. Live Transmissions From Uranus. Homo Habilis Records. 1995
99 Red Balloons – 7 Seconds. Walk Together Rock Together. Better Youth Organization, Positive Force Records. 1985
Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi – Jacques Dutronc. 7”. Disques Vogue. 1966
Champion – Buju Banton. 12” single. Loose Cannon. 1994
Rebel Without a Pause (Whipped Cream Mix) – Evolution Control Committee. The Whipped Cream Mixes. Eerie Materials. 1996
Daughter – Espers. Espers. Locust Music. 2004
How’s Your News Theme 2003 – How’s Your News Band. Self Released. 2003
First Day of Work – Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston. Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston. 50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Watts Records. 1989
Take Life A Little Easier – Rodney Allen Rippy. Bell Records. 1974
Super Afro Beat – Daktaris. Soul Explosion. Desco Records. 1998
The Champ – The Mohawks. Mama Records. 1968
Subway Joe – Joe Bataan. Subway Joe. Fania Rdecords. 1968
I’m Pop – Hershel Savage & The American Flag. Self Titled. Rockathon Records. 1998.
This Is Not The End – Agent Orange. This is the Voice. Enigma Records. 1986
Mad Doctor – The Peeches. Do The Math. Kill Rock Stars. 1996
I want My Baby on Mars – Bow Wow Wow. Your Cassette Pet. EMI. 1980
Very Rare – Jon Spencer Blue Explosion. Orange. Matador. 1994
Cut Your Hair – Pavement. 7”. Matador. 1994
Wondering’ – Neil Young and The Shocking Pinks. 7”. Geffen Records. 1983
One Fine Day – The Chiffons. 7”. London Records. 1969

August 18, 2021 playlist for Music From The Fort – music to annoy your co-host.

Disorder – Bedhead. 1992-1998. Numero Group. 2014
Push – The Cure. The Head On The Door. Elektra. 1985
Les Capotoes Anglaises – Jane Birkin. Di Doo Dah. Fontana. 1973
7 – Prince and the New Power Generation. Love Symbol. Paisley Park/ Warner Bros. 1992
Oye Como Va – Amrals Trinidad Cavaliers Steel Orchestra. Latin Steel. Calypan. 1974
Two Hearts Beat As One – U2. Two Hearts Beat as One. Island Records. 1983
Moonshake – Can. 12”. Cherry Red. 1983
Gimmie Back My Bullets – Lynyrd Skynyrd. Gimmie Back My Bullets. MCA Records. 1984
You’re Old Enough To Fall In Love – Danny Bonaduce. 7”. Lion. 1972
Gently Johnny – Paul Giovanni. The Wicker Man. Silva Screen. 2015
Slam, Spit, Cut Your Hair, Kill Your Mom – Anarchy 6. Hardcore Lives! Giant Records. 1988
Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen. 7”. EMI. 1978
Simian Fever – Six Finger Satellite. Severe Exposure. Sub Pop. 1995.
Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows – Leslie Gore. It’s My Party! Bear Family Records. 1994
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? – Debbie Burton & Bette Davis. 7”. MGM Records. 1962
Tubthumping – Chumbawumba. 12”. Universal Records. 1997
The Champion – Keith Mansfield. 1976

August 11, 2021 playlist for Music from the Fort – tribute to the 2000’s.

Rhode Island Is Famous for you (edit) – Erin McKeown. Sing You Sinners LP. Nettwerk. 2006
Ap(parenthe)synthesis – Feathers. St EP. Hometapes. 2006
I want it all – Trans Am. Red Line. Thrill Jockey. 2000
Shadows In Vain (Tubeway Army) – Elf Power. Nothing’s going to Happen. Orange Twin Records. 2002
Tiny Cities Made of Ashes – Modest Mouse. The Moon & Antarctica. Epic. 2000
Living Life – Daniel Johnston. Daytrotter Presents No. 12. Daytrotter. 2009
Start Wearing Purple – Gogol Bordello. Gypsy Punks (Underdog World Strike). SideOneDummy Records. 2005
No Fun (Stooges) – Ridiculous Trio. Plays The Stooges. Self Released. 2004
13 Monsters – Lightning Bolt. Ride The Skies. Load Records. 2001
Dub Will Tear Us Apart – Jah Division. Dub Will Tear Us Apart 12″. The Social Registry. 2004
The Dark Don’t Hide It – Magnolia Electric Co. What Comes After the Blues. Secretly Canadian. 2005
How Sad, How Lovely – Connie Converse. Lou Derette Recording. 2009
Dashboard Lazarus – Alec K. Redfearn & The Eyesores. Bent At The Waist. Handsome Records. 2002
Straight is the Gate – Hylozoists. La Fin Du Monde. Boompa Records. 2006.
In Awe Of The Awful – The Ordinary Boys. Over the Counter Culture. B-Unique Records. 2004
Sing Me Spanish Techno – The New Pornographers. Twin Cinema. Mint Records. 2005.
She’s The One – The Fathoms. Fathom This!. MuSick Recordings. 2007

August 4, 2021 Playlist – tribute to the 90’s

Deep Marsh – 5ive Style. 5ive Style. Sub Pop. 1995
Pleasures of the Flesh – Pain Teens. Born In Blood. Trance. 1990
A Kid Who tells on Another Kid Is A Dead Kid – Nation of Ulysses. 13 Point Program To Destroy America. Dischord Records. 1991
Forces – Stringbuilder. Stringbuilder. Self Released. 1999
Learning the Game – LemonHeads. Into Your Arms e.p. Atlantic. 1993
Steve LaRose – The Sad And Lonely(s). Self Titled. Super Electro Sound Recordings. 1991
Nati Bati Yi – Wellwater Conspiracy. Declaration of conformity. Super Electro Sound Recordings. 1997
Shockwave rider – Royal Trux. 7″. Drag City. 1994
Champion Nines – Unrest. Imperial F.F.R.R. Teen Beat. 1992
O How I enjoy the Light ( Live)- Palace Brothers. Live at VPRO, 1994. Unreleased. 1994
Your Dress – Smog. Forgotten Foundation. Drag City. 1992
Make All The Ghoul girls Cry – QuixOTic. Night For Day. Ixor Stix. 1999
Tell Me Have You Ever Seen Me – Gumball. Wisconsin Hayride. Columbia. 1992
Sleep – The Fall Outs. Sleep. Super Electro Sound Recordings. 1994.
I’m Cold – Fastbacks. Answer the phone, Dummy. Sub Pop. 1994.
It’s All Going to end in tears – Plymouth Rock. It’s All Going to end in tears. Self released. 1998
On A Tip – Halo Benders. God Don’t Make No Junk. K Records. 1994
You Guys – Noel The Coward. Scooter Destroys Baltimore. Rockstar Records. 1995
Dodge Vegomatic – Vehicle Flips. Friendly Society A Harriot Records Comp. Harriet. 1998
Stronger than Dirt – The Mummies. Fuck CDS! It’s The Mummies. Hangman Record 1992
Captain Kennedy (radio edit) – Nikki Sudden & The Jacobites. Dead Men Tell No Tales/ Texas. Creation Records. 1990

Motif reviews Jodie Treloar Sampson’s “I Thought I Was Dead”….

04/02
75orLess
· blog · Treloar, Jodie

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Jodie Treloar Sampson — I Thought I Was Dead, but I Was Really Alive (75orLess Records)

The second EP from Jodie Treloar Sampson is absolutely vibrant! “Water” opens like a campfire lullaby then flows into something more. “Cotton Candy Girl” navigates the nostalgia of youth and how time changes us. It kind of reminds me of post-modern ’70s folk. Timeless is probably more accurate, but I get paid the big bucks to make up genres that don’t exist. “Pangea” rocks against the continental drifts of a past relationship with searing lines like, “All I know is what I feel and it’s all too fucking real, going to make this good as a death row meal.” My favorite is the ballad “Fits and Starts” because the sparse instrumentation of the piano and percussion allows one to sway in the glow of Sampson’s vocals. I Thought I Was Dead, but I Was Really Alive is available on all the streaming sites.

Jodie Treloar Sampson Interview in the Pawtucket Times

03/15
75orLess
· blog · Treloar, Jodie

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The most satisfying part of creating a piece of art is when it’s done. This is especially true when the artist is also dealing with multiple diseases during the process of making it. Swansea native and stellar singer-songwriter Jodie Treloar Sampson had to deal with this while writing the music for her latest record, I Thought I Was Dead, But I Was Really Alive. The record was released via the Warren based label 75orLess Records on January 21 and since its release she’s been looking on to the next step. She’s also been managing her time between running her own business and pursuing another creative outlet.

We recently had a conversation about the music she grew up with, having a bunch of people being involved in the making of the album, a commercial she’s recently been a part of, wanting to do a lot of things and being reinvigorated.

Rob Duguay: How would you describe your upbringing with music? Did your parents play records for you when you were a kid or did you get into it on your own?

Jodie Treloar Sampson: It was definitely both. I’m 40, which is not that old but my family did have a record player in the living room when I was growing up. This was before we had CDs or a CD player and my parents had a lot of records, I used to listen to a lot of folk. Stuff like Simon & Garfunkel and Joni Mitchell but I also listened to their rock records, I remember when they had The Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers on vinyl and I’d look at the zipper on the cover and it was crazy. My parents were kind of easy with that stuff, we’d watch bad shit on HBO and do things that we probably shouldn’t have.

We had Led Zeppelin and The Who, I remember really being into The Who’s A Quick One because it had “Boris The Spider” on it. The Beatles were also a big part of me growing up, I remember being really young around six or seven years old when I started with music and I think it was because I’m the baby of the family. My brother and sister are about five years older and they’re only a year apart but I was way younger while always trying to catch up with them and do everything they were doing that I thought was cool. I listened to everything they were listening to with my parents, my sister was obsessed with The Beatles and I’m not even trying to brag but I think I can play every single Beatles song. My brother brought a lot to the table too musically as well and I grew up playing piano probably at age six.

My mom got us all piano lessons, I was always more rebellious though. My siblings were really disciplined and better students, my brother got his master’s in music and he’s actually the band director at B.M.C. Durfee High School in Fall River. He’s a very accomplished musician, when he was in college he was a big brass player but he also played guitar and he’s just phenomenal. His kids are awesome too. My sister stopped after high school but I started playing guitar when I was 20, it was really because I wanted to sing.

I can play piano really well without singing but sometimes it’s not easy for me to play and sing that way so I wanted something that made it easier to do that. To be honest with you, all I ever really wanted to do was sing even as a kid. I think that’s why I’m so adept at harmonies because I was alwaying singing with The Beatles when I was young. I don’t know whether I just have a natural ability for it and it was encouraged by what I was listening to or it was something else. I also love Neil Young and Crosby, Stills & Nash, I like ‘60s and ‘70s folk and rock music.

RD: Those harmonies that you mention are very apparent in your latest album, I Thought I Was Dead, But I Was Really Alive. It’s a mix of folk, dream pop and alternative rock and you also say in the liner notes that it was born of confusion, illness and healing. Do you consider the making of the album to be a very cathartic experience for you?

JTS: Oh my God yeah. It was even more cathartic getting it out because honestly when I was writing some of the songs I was really ill with lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. I was finishing grad school and I was just really tired and ill. Writing the songs wasn’t even the hard part, it was cathartic but I think the most cathartic part was getting everything recorded. I just didn’t have the energy and that’s what I named the record what it is, I really felt that way.

I thought I was dying, both physically and mentally. I didn’t have the same “umph” anymore and I didn’t have the same life force anymore, so now that it’s out I’m much more thrilled. I feel like now I have the space and the freedom to get to work on my next project, which I’m excited about.

RD: Did you make the record before COVID-19 hit and you were just waiting to put it out? Did the pandemic get in the way of everything at all?

JTS: It didn’t get in the way, it was actually good because it gave me some time to try and get my shit together, get the artwork done and do everything that I had to do for it. The pandemic was kind of a relief in a way because I was running around way less. It’s nice because I had a little bit of time to think about what I really wanted to do with it and it didn’t feel rushed. While COVID-19 completely sucks in every possible way it did allow for some more time. I will tell you that I really wasn’t creative during the height of the pandemic, I’ve written a couple of songs and one of those I really like but maybe two, maybe two. It’s been a weird time.

RD: It definitely has been.

JTS: Creatively I don’t feel in touch like I did but to your point, the catharsis of putting the new album out has released me and unburdened me in a big way so that chunk of me is now done and I can move on to the next chapter.

RD: That’s great to hear. You had a lot of people involved in the making of the album including Stephen Demers, your husband Eric Sampson, Tom Chase, Kraig Jordan, Rachel Blumberg and Scott Janovitz on various songs. How were you able to get everyone together? Was it pretty much you emailing everybody and that’s how it came about or did they reach out to you?

JTS: I have a really wonderful relationship with Kraig, he’s my producer, sound engineer and creative partner all rolled up into one person. He runs a recording studio in Providence called Plan Of A Boy and we started working together a long time ago. The first thing I recorded with him was when I was doing backing vocals for a song by Six Star General and that was in 2010. He’s the best, we both have such similar tastes in so many ways and he’s just so open-minded, so enthusiastic and he’s always excited about working. Talk about a prolific musician, he’s put out so much music that it’s unbelievable.

He also has so many people that he loves to work with that he’ll have them jump in on a recording, like how he got Scott to jump in on piano for a few of my songs. I knew I wanted to ask Rachel to do the drums because she’s just so good and I got lucky that she had the time and she could do it. She recorded the drums in 2016 so it was a while ago. I’ve worked with Tom on numerous things over the years and Kraig is really the catalyst for all of these people coming together on the record. He just has all of these different connections and good relationships with different musicians of such high quality and talent.

Tom and I did a commercial together for Bob’s Discount Furniture, the one for the Bob-O-Pedic mattress. It’s on TV right now with me singing “Bob’s Bob-O-Pedic”.

RD: Wow, that’s you? I had no idea.

JTS: Yeah, that’s me and Tom is the gummy bear character. The guy who directed the commercial is connected to Kraig and honest to God, Kraig is the keystone in the bridge of getting all of these people together. I could not be more grateful for him, truly. Of course, Stephen Demers is my guitar player and I’ve worked with him for years. My husband Eric is super easy, I just ask him to play on something and he’ll do it. This record is so special to me, I’m so happy I did it.

RD: I can see why, you had a lot of great people involved and I enjoyed listening to it.

JTS: Thanks.

RD: No problem. You alluded to how after the release of this record you feel motivated to start the next chapter of your music career, so what is it? What do you have in mind so far? Are you still putting things together for your next release? I know a lot of artists are putting out singles on a monthly basis, so perhaps it’s something like that?

JTS: I like what you just said about releasing singles because I’ve never really done that and I think that’s going to be the next little project I’m going to take on. I am putting out a little companion to the new record for all of the people who participated and donated to the GoFundMe for the album, which will have a b-side on it. That’s in the works right now and then I plan on doing at least one single as soon as I can. 75orLess has another compilation they’re putting out and my husband, Kraig and I did a cover of an Aimee Mann song titled “Save Me” which is her really big hit from the film Magnolia. The reason I bring that up is because Eric and I recorded it at our house and we sent the files to Kraig, he just mixes and adds his magic to it.

I’ve been doing voiceover work for the last year too and I’ve learned how to do my own recording at my house so I think my recording will be a lot more accessible to me now. I live on Martha’s Vineyard so I’d have to ferry off the island and drive all the way to Providence. This is definitely an easier way to do it so the next step for me is to definitely get more voiceover work whenever that can happen. There’s so many things that I want to do and I have a full-time acupuncture practice that I run out of my home. I’m actually kind of happy that I took a break from dealing with the pressure of playing live and now I’m longing to get back on stage.

When the pandemic is over that’ll be a really good next step and I might even put together a tiny mini tour of the East Coast. Nothing major but I like to keep it small but also quality so it’s well curated the best I can.