#97 The Faux Tapes IV: Faux IV

It might seem like we're on a kick, theme-wise, but we're really just still mixing tapes from when we actually were on a kick. Here's Faux IV, for what it's worth. The fourth in our series of Faustian escapades... or rip-offs, say some. We must not be big in Germany, or we surely would have gotten more complaints by now. The epic medley, "COMPLETE The Epic Medley Piece #3,” plays uninterrupted on the streamer. But, we’ve also included the medley's individual tracks, for those who prefer such things. Over 30 minutes that are - technically - unaccounted for. Maybe we'll do something different next time. If you've been here before, you know what we expect of you... Free 320s are below, but those with Kal-El-esque super hearing can get high-brow file formats like AIFF, FLAC, WAV and others from Bandcamp (& their players) for a single greenback.

Listen:

Side One

1. THE EPIC MEDLEY PIECE #3 (13:53)

    00:00 - Soundcheck (0:29)

    00:29 - She Had The Kind Of Body That'd Make A Bishop Kick Out A

                  Stained-Glass Window (1:43)

    02:12 - Chronic Fatigue (Night & Day) (4:12)

    06:26 - Santini's Canasta Hand (2:20)

    08:46 - Napoleon's Retreat (5:07)

2. And This... Is Blue Noise (Live On Armed Forces Radio) (4:17)

Side Two

3. Overture (Long Version) (3:11)

4. Kurty's Toothbrush, Pts. 1 & 2 (11:19)

(PLUS "The Epic Medley Piece #3" is also included as individual tracks.)

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#96 The Faux Tapes III: Chunnelfaust

Just imagine a raging claustrophobic forced to endure an agonizing - and seemingly endless - journey from France to Kent beneath the English Channel… via The Chunnel. Now imagine that this is the only music available for the ride. The horror… the horror. The single track, “The Epic Medley Piece #2,” plays uninterrupted on the streamer, but we’ve also thoughtfully included individual track versions for those of you who question the need for 14 uninterrupted minutes of anything, much less us. Regulars know the drill. Free 320s are below, but those with scientifically engineered and accredited hearing capabilities recognized by US Government agencies can get high-brow file formats like AIFF, FLAC, WAV and others from Bandcamp (& their players) for a price-busting buck.

Listen:

1. Chunnelfaust (Part 1) (10:39)

2. THE EPIC MEDLEY PIECE #2 (14:04)

    00:00 - Sky King Was A $2 Whore (1:23)

    01:23 - Six Tenets Of The Sahara Accord (8:06)

    09:29 - The Last Linoleum Salesman (1:00)

    10:30 - Titling Rights Runoff (2:29)

    12:57 - After The Pink (1:05)

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#95 The Faux Tapes II: 71 Minutes

"WLFC's Faustian masterpiece."
- Uncut

"A creative explosion of sound, effects and ideas."
- Pitchfork

"Far more engaging and inventive than its namesake."
- Billboard

"An analog feast for needy ears lost in exile since the 70's."
- Smarter Than You Are Press

You are aware that you have to take everything we say with a grain of salt, right? The UK's MOJO Magazine actually said that about us... in print! (that's actually true), but it's sound advice, regardless. Here's #95 The Faux Tapes II: 71 Minutes. Our follow-up to #80 The Faux Tapes. Believe it or not, there are actually 71 minutes on this one - providing evidence that we've probably stolen more than just a title. The 24-minute aural albatross, "The Epic Medley Piece," is broken down into sections below for your edification. There's more of this rot in the pipeline, so beware of being encouraging. You might already know that free 320's are found below, while those of you who need more can get FLAC, AIFF, WAV and other elevated file formats from our Bandcamp page (or players) for a lousy buck.

Listen:

1. Adventures In Analog Group Think (Embryo) (8:48)

2. THE EPIC MEDLEY PIECE (23:55)

    00:00 - Soundcheck (0:14)

    00:14 - Flying (Remix) (2:44)

    02:58 - The 'Noids (1:55)

    05:03 - Arigato Barbieri (1:08)

    06:11 - Island (Of Lost Souls) (2:22)

    08:33 - Thrown Face First From A Moving Vehicle (4:01)

    12:37 - Reply From Fornax (4:23)

    17:57 - Areola Borealis (4:58) 

 3. Live (1:35) 

 4. The Monolith Monsters (aka Monster Magnet Remix) (8:19) 

 5. Fury Of The Damned (11:20) 

 6. Untitled (0:37) 

 7. I-Land Generic (4:09) 

 8. Call Out The Chords (Mixed On The Fly) (11:26) 

 9. The 71st Minute (0:59)

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#94 Rank Cosmosis

Please don't believe what the corporate music press has been saying about us. It's not true that we're just padding our catalog in the hopes of eventually selling all our rights for hundreds of millions of dollars, like Dylan, Neil Young and a few others have done. It's called 'fattening the cow' and - truth be told - we're not that cud-worthy. Besides, by our fog-ridden calculations, we'd need at least a few hundred thousand MORE of these so-called releases to make us even appear viable to moneyed investor types. Such is life. We will, however, happily sell out directly to you, our cherished fans (and curious visitors), for a paltry buck... even less. Veterans already know that free 320's are found below, while those of you with advanced, super-human hearing can get FLAC, AIFF, WAV and other elevated file formats from our Bandcamp page (or players) for the aforementioned simoleon.

Listen:

Cosmosis (4:16)

Keepers Of The Secret Guitars (Excerpt) (3:00)

The Duplex In Tampa (3:13)

Elegant Restraint (1:00)

Can We Float In Your Pool? (7:51)

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#93 THE MANIPULATIONATORS III The New Psychedelia...Live In The Studio!

THE MANIPULATIONATORS BIO: Using a syncopated array of re-interpreted themes, pre-organized interruptions, subtly adjusted variations and unrelenting repetition, THE MANIPULATIONATORS re-configure a steady stream of obscure grooves, disguised DNA and questionable invention - meshed with random, magnetically impaled particles, technologically altered waveforms and a few resurrected past glories - into this undeniably trippy collection, boldly trying to establish itself as the spearhead of some rare new cultural movement suspiciously called The New Psychedelia.

3rd is a series, collect them all. As the title suggests, The New Psychedelia... Live In The Studio! is yet another attempt to attach ourselves to a potentially money-making trend that hasn't actually happened yet. It's called being ahead of the curve, which - despite the bragging rights - is really about as lucrative as being behind the curve. But, at least in this installment of the ongoing saga of THE MANIPULATIONATORS, there's an 18-minute plus tripping section, where drug abusers of every conceivable ilk are welcomed to bring their tape machines and capture the atmospherics and music they would probably miss in real time. We've done the preservation for you, here. 320's are below, while those with Special Forces Hearing Accreditation (SFHA) can get FLAC, AIFF, WAV and various other file formats from our Bandcamp page (or players) for a miserly buck.

Listen:

False Identity (6:00) 

Tripping To The New Psychedelia (18:40)

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The Manipulationators I & II

Click The Covers To Collect Them All

#92 A Bucket Of Blood (Original Fictitious Soundtrack Recording)

This is our fictitious soundtrack for Roger Corman’s A Bucket Of Blood. You're invited to paste on a fake goatee, conspicuously leave a half-open book of Elizabethan poetry laying around and prepare yourself to function on 10-to-12 cups of unregulated, re-caffeinated South American coffee as we take you into the bowels of a nondescript underground 1950s bohemian hangout, The Yellow Door. Frequented by murderous busboys, comic relief beatniks, noticeably undercover narcos, verbosely pompous poets and all of the free-wheeling sensory overload we’ve come to know and love as A Bucket Of Blood. 

FOR YOUR ON LINE LISTENING PLEASURE... we've included a "complete" version to quell track changing interruptions and to compliment your carefully cultivated atmospheric mindset. As you're aware, free 320s are below, but those whose audio needs border on elitism, can get FLAC, WAV, AIFF and other high-brow formats from our pals at Bandcamp (or the player below) for a paltry buck.

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FOR YOUR UNINTERRUPTED ONLINE LISTENING PLEASURE...

A Bucket Of Blood (Original Fictitious Soundtrack Recording) (19:31)

INDIVIDUAL TRACKS...

"I Will Talk To You Of Art" (3:03)
A Coupla Hustlers At The Yellow Door (2:17)
Blood Queen Revisited (7:05)
The Interlopers (1:05)
A Bucket Of Blood (feat. Pedro on sax) (3:39)
Epilogue (2:23)
LP Version's Repeating Run-Out Groove (Bonus Track) (1:00)

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#91 Richard Wright Dreams While Crashing On Nick Mason's Boat

True Story. After a tour-ending celebration party that - like Woodstock - was so legendary, more people say they were there than actually were, Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright retired to pal Nick Mason’s boat to wallow in the vessel’s quiet, rocking ambience and expensive catered sushi… and to dream. Like he had never dreamt before. As you know, 320's are below. But those who only want the best can get FLAC, AIFF, WAV and other file formats from our Bandcamp page (and/or player below) for an industry-bucking buck.

Listen:

Pt1 A Night Of Revelry… One For The Ages (5:59)
Pt2 Richard Wright Dreams While Crashing On Nick Mason’s Boat (8:14)
Pt3 The Sea Abided (6:22)


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#90 Rank Hypnosis

No… you don’t have to stare at the animated cover while you listen to this collection of hypnotic, narcotic, psychotic and, frankly, sub-neurotic musical rhetoric. But, it might help. It’ll likely help anything you listen to. Just so you know, “Rank Hypnosis (In Easter Hay)” is a conceptual throwback to #38’s “The Dirge Experience (In Easter Hay)," where we first peddled the idea that no other artist (and especially our future kids) should ever perform a cover version of this tune after we die. Not that anyone actually would. This is really just about marketing. And we’re all about marketing. As much as your average L.A. hair band from the 80s, minus the abs. It’s a cut-throat world for those of us not shackled for life to corporations like Ticketmaster or Live Nation. This is about freedom, independence, the American way. Look at the animated cover… freedom …independence… the American way. Look at the cover again… freedom …indepe… oh, and while you’re at it, eat more greens. 320's are below, but those with discerning ears can get FLAC, AIFF, WAV and other file formats from our Bandcamp page (and/or the player below) for a measly buck.

#89 Concoctions For Stoners & Self-Inflictionists

What do criminals, poets and oddballs like Richard Nixon, Jimmy Swaggart, Christian Bale, Francis E. Dec, Jim Carroll, Gil-Scott Heron, Jesse Jackson, Dr. Noah Young and Sweet Valley High have in common? Don’t ask. But feel free to forward any Cease and Desist letters to our lawyers at Dewey, Cheatem And Howe.

We had planned this to be a short collection of our latest concocted anomalies, but decided to pad this set with a few oldies to plug our back catalog. It’s something we learned from big-time record companies, proving once again that we can be as greedy and self-serving as the best of them. In keeping with time-honored tradition, free 320's are below, while those whose ears are sensitive to the limitations of MP3s, can score FLAC, AIFF, WAV and other file formats from our Bandcamp page (and/or players) for a mere buck.

Listen: 

Soundcheck (1:11) 

I Know (Alt End) (6:13) Original On #66 Jazz From Outer Space, Vol. 2 

“Is This One Of Your Long Playing Records, Chuck? Let’s Hear The ...Other Side” (1:35) 

Ali Ali (Alt End) (4:53) Original On #27 Caravan Psoriasis 

The Ultimate Cover-Up (3:14) 

The Writings Of Francis E. Dec, Esquire (5:12) 

The Stalker (Ronnie Don’t) (Alt End) (3:51) Original On #45 The Stalker 45

Confusion 2020 (6:01) 

Tomorrow In March (Remix) (4:23) Original On #55 The Last Countdown 45 

The Sinner (6:21) 

The Military & The Monetary (5:24)


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#88 THE MANIPULATIONATORS II Birth Of The New Psychedelia

THE MANIPULATIONATORS BIO: Using a syncopated collection of re-interpreted themes, organized interruptions, subtly adjusted variations and unrelenting repetition, THE MANIPULATIONATORS re-configure a steady stream of obscure grooves, disguised DNA and questionable invention - meshed with random, magnetically impaled particles, technologically altered waveforms and a few resurrected past glories - into this undeniably trippy collection, boldly trying to establish itself as the spearhead of some rare new cultural movement suspiciously called The New Psychedelia.

Don't believe it for a minute. Although... it's true, we DO have a new release, THE MANIPULATIONATORS II Birth Of The New Psychedelia, and we ARE positing that this is the stuff that inspired a "new psychedelic movement." It's what we do. Spread the word. It's shelf-life is highly questionable. Dubious? Audacious? Call it what you will. We'll ask our tax guy to draw something official up. We humbly appreciate all you supportive types, and we apologize for the unsolicited emails and public shaming that comes with it. As is often the case, 320's are below, while the sonically picky among you can get FLAC, AIFF, WAV and various other file formats from our Bandcamp page (and/or players) for a mere buck.

Listen:


Side 1
Birth Of The New Psychedelia (5:56)
The Complex Complex (1:58)
El Pictorials (2:24)
Stitches (3:21)

Side 2
Vincent & Angie Conversing At A French Cafe: The Beginning (4:56)
Vincent & Angie Conversing At A French Cafe: The End (1:21)
THE OCTET OF ANGER Plays The Buddy Rich Songbook (9:08)

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#87 The Seasonal Care And Feeding Of Tony Conrad's Surviving Cats

What's in a name? Is this psychedelia masquerading as something else altogether? Some might call it a slow-drip water torture. But, whatever you do, don't call it Krautrock... it upsets the cats. Is this piece loosely based on courtroom documentation, officially filed legal paperwork and long established care and feeding principles? How should we know? We're just paid here to play.

Listen:


The Seasonal Care And Feeding Of Tony Conrad's Surviving Cats
...(As Set Forth Herein...) (14:38)
The Nautically Themed FF Champion (7:06)

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#86 Side 3 & Side 4

Is this phase two of Hold On A Second, I Gotta Take A Piss? More raw, live, on-the-fly sessions that tend to be short on brevity. Voted #1 by the "Headphone Abusers" Facebook Support Group. Over 35 minutes that can't be duplicated by one of those random noise generators, for better or worse. It might be psychedelic, but to be sure, you should probably consult your dictionary. Think of this as material that didn't fit on our last one (for acronym enthusiasts, #85HOASIGTAP:DAGRT&TGOFZ). As usual, 320's are below, but you high-maintenance types can get FLAC, AIFF, WAV and various other file formats from our Bandcamp page (and/or players) for a mere buck. Along with our cherished supporters & commenters, some thanks are in order - but, so as not to sully any reputations, we'll keep mum for the moment.

Listen:


SIDE 3
Sounds For Detuned Ensemble
...(w/ The Occasional Psychedelic Suggestion) (7:22)
"Is This Phase 2...?" (Moon Mix) (11:04)

SIDE 4
How Bizarre (5:58)
The Thumb Drum Variations (12:04)

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#85 Hold On A Second, I Gotta Take A Piss: Drum Auditions, Guerrilla Recording Techniques & The Ghost Of Frank Zappa

Most of this was recorded over the course of a couple of weeks in various places... old school, guerrilla-style, hit-and-run-type sessions that took another couple of weeks to edit. It's got a bit of a theme that some might pick up on. Others won't care. A continuous 50 minutes, if that's not a deal-breaker. We do all this for you. We hope you know that. Believe it or not... there are follow-ups. 

Listen:


Side One
200 Motel Room Keys (1:27)
Reptilian Manner (3:25)
Dark Prunes (Edgard's Apocalypto Mix) (2:32)
The Audition/The Curly Howard Tuning Method (3:30)
Nine Types Of Industrial Copyright Theft (5:34)
Glenn Miller's Luggage Is Missing, Too (Remix) (5:34)
Musique Concrète Mixer Pt. 3/Parenthetically Speaking
... (Live At Royal Albert Hall) (4:40)

Side Two
Return Of The Son Of Plywoods In The Dark (22:50)

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