0:00:01) Gila Copter by Revolting Cocks off of Linger Ficken’ Good
0:05:50 (Rev. Interruption background music 1 Sail Along Silvery Moon by Billy Vaughn off of 50s Jukebox Hits)
I’m not sure if you recognized that old wackadoo’s voice. It’s the man who is credited with singlehandedly ruining hallucinogens for clinical research. Timothy Leary. The band behind him is the industrial super-group you may remember from The First of May, Revolting Cocks, of who Ministry’s Al Jourgensen was a seminal member. For more than 20 years Mr. Jourgensen was a world class, and world famous junkie. During those dark days Leary let him stay with him when no one else would – if Al would let him experiment on him with all the weird shit people mailed their “drug-guru” from around the world. From the snippets I read from Jourgensen’s autobiography it sounds like Hell.
If Leary’s voice sounds familiar it maybe because Tool used it at the beginning of Third Eye when playing it live. I remember seeing them in the late 90s. They opened with that song. And the sample of Leary saying “Think for yourself” “Question Authority” over and over again. It’d repeat until everyone in the crowd starting chanting, in unison “Think for yourself” “Question Authority” over and over again. Yes even I fell for it. Well played Tool. What a way to start a show – with a bruised ego.
Anyway, here’s a song called Anxiety by a man who got his stage -and album name from his skin abnormality. This is Krizz Kaliko from Vitiligo.
0:07:55) Anxiety by Krizz Kaliko off of Vitiligo
0:11:45) Paranoid by Shel Silverstein off of Songs And Stories
0:13:10) Over Paranoid Over Privleged Blues by Viva Le Vox off of Luv Hungry Part 2
0:17:20) Nerve Quake by Lubricated Goat off of The Great Old Ones
0:19:45 (Rev. Interruption background music 2. Life Is Shorter by Ui off of State Of The Union)
When I made this play-list, for World Mental Health Day it wasn’t to treat “crazy” like it was a fun place to go, like so many songs do, or to poke fun at it, or – if I’m being completely honest, take it too seriously either.
Anyway, the noise we just got done getting drilled by was a tune called Nerve Quak by perhaps my favorite band name Lubricated Goat. Before that was Over Paranoid Over Privileged Blues by Viva Le Vox an insanely fun band, especially to see live. And before that was Shel Silverstein being Paranoid. Now to use the magics of technology and music to see if we can call up some lighter emotions.
0:20:55) My Pain Keeps Me Regular by Edward Thomas Herrera off of Grand Slam! Best Of The National Poetry Slam – Vol. I
0:23:15) Your Worries Ain’t Like Mine by Sweet Honey In The Rock off of Live at Carnegie Hall
0:27:45) My Poor Friend Me by Bad Religion off of Recipe For Hate
0:30:25) Hurt Like Mine by The Black Keys off of Thickfreakness
0:33:50 (Rev. Interruption background music 3. Frotting with Ennio by Lubricated Goat off of The Great Old Ones)
I bet when you heard the first few moments of that first track you were wondering “How is this any better?!” Well, as they say, pain is mandatory, suffering is optional. Viktor Frankl, a holocaust surviver said “The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.” Sometime we can only say that to Life itself, and have to respond with a little humor. Anyway, that funny track, about the mental trap we all’ve fallen into was from an album called Grand Slam! Best Of The National Poetry Slam – Vol. I. A fun one if you’re into that sort of thing. And the artist was Edward Thomas Herrera. After that we had some Sweet Honey In The Rock, Live at Carnegie Hall telling us how Your Worries Ain’t Like Mine. Then came Bad Religion singing about My Poor Friend Me. And finally we heard Hurt Like Mine from the Black Keys’ album Thickfreakness.
Ya know, it does feel strange to use World Mental Health Day as an excuse to celebrate, but here we are, together yet again, you and I, In My Head.
0:35:15) In My Head by Tech N9ne off of Everready: The Religion
0:39:40) Demon Tied To A Chair In My Brain by Dax Riggs off of We Sing Of Only Blood Or Love
0:41:50) Where Is My Mind? by Pixies off of Wave Of Mutilation: Best Of Pixies
0:45:30) Help Me From My Brain by Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers off of Cock A Doodle Don’t
0:47:45) (Rev. Interruption background music 4. The Magic Flute: Theme & Variations Op.9: II. Var.5 and Coda by Georgi Moravsky off of 66 Must-Have Spanish Guitar Masterpieces)
We started that tangle of tunes off with a song calledIn My Head by Mr. Tech N9ne. After which we heard an offering from Dax Riggs’s pretty perfect record We Sing Of Only Blood Or Love. That was of course the very cool titled Demon Tied To A Chair In My Brain. Then was the Pixies wondering Where Is My Mind? And lastly we heard from Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers (who put absolutely amazing, staggering, live shows) with Help Me From My Brain off of Cock A Doodle Don’t.
This next song is one I remembered from my youth and went out in search for especially for this show, and boy I’m glad I did. It’s a modernized version of a popular old Vaudeville routine where a person is triggered by a specific word or phrase. See if you can guess what it is for the gentlemen from Scatterbrain, in this ballad entitled Don’t Call Me Dude.
0:49:10) Don’t Call Me Dude by Scatterbrain off of Here Comes Trouble
0:54:20) Insane Asylum by Koko Taylor off of The Chess Box
0:58:35) Institutionalized by Brak off of Dr. Demento Covered In Punk
1:02:55) (Rev. Interruption background music 5: Little or No Concern by Zavala off of The Dark Time Sunshine Vessel Instrumentals)
That never gets old – for me. If you don’t like it you can skip ahead to the next song, that’s why I put the start-times on the site. To those out there wondering what that was, that was the alien super-villain Brak from the old Space Ghost cartoon re-enovating the Suicidal Tendencies classic, Institutionalized. I loved that angsty anthem as a teen. Now, the grown part of me thinks “Geeze, stop acting like a little punk, you’re family loves you just wants to help.” I guess I’m getting old. Before Brak we heard the Insane Asylum by Koko Taylor. What an amazing piece of sound-craft. That came from an wonderful box set from Chess Records dedicated to the wordsmith Willie Dixon. All songs he wrote preformed by; Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Little Walter. It’s a beautiful thing. And as I mentioned we began that chunk of uproar off with Scatterbrain from their 1990 release Here Comes Trouble asking us please “Don’t Call Me Dude.” So now I’m going to play some stuff than then play the same song twice to make you start to wonder if your losing you mind.
1:06:20) We’re All Mad by The Circus Contraption Band off of The Half-Wit’s Descent
1:09:35) Lookin Out My Back Door by Creedence Clearwater Revival off of Cosmo’s Factory
1:12:05) Crazy Kids by Ke$ha off of Warrior
1:15:50) Crazy Kids by Who’s On First?
1:19:35 (Rev’s Interruption music 6: Papers (Hades Finds Out) by Anais Mitchell off of Hadestown)
Tiz I, here once aging to answer all those questions you’ve been afraid to ask – in spite of how much you think you don’t want to know the answer! For instance, “what would a revival of the Ke$ha classic Crazy Kids sound like if done by a French Metal band?” Well, my love’s, there you have it.Tthat was Who’s On First? Before that we had Creedence Clearwater Revival called Lookin Out My Back Door. And as I mentioned we stomped our way into that set with The Circus Contraption Band Assuring us that We’re All Mad from the awe-inspiring recording The Half-Wit’s Descent. Speaking of which
1:21:00) Jacob by Insane Clown Posse off of Action Figure Limited EP
1:26:00) I’m Going Slightly Mad by Queen off of Greatest Hits II
1:30:50) Crazy by Gnarls Barkley off of St. Elsewhere
1:33:00) Mind Of The Monkey by Imani Coppola off of The Protagonist
1:35:00) (Rev’s Interruption music 7: Ode To Favouritism & Corruption by Merlin Shepherd Kapelye off of The Rough Guide To Klezmer Revival)
Back when I was into meditating, a lot of what the masters spoke about was “quieting your chattering monkey mind” The monkey mind is the voice inside your head that hates silence and just talks and talks loud without saying nothing. A lot of beginning meditation is about learning how to take control of the monkey mind. Anyway, that was just Mz. Imani Coppola with Mind Of The Monkey. Before that of course we had that fun old radio hit Crazy by Gnarls Barkley. And immediately preceding that we had the Queen with I’m Going Slightly Mad. Those two were kinda an apology for those who hate the Insane Clown Posse so much they did their damndest to try and not to laugh at Jacob.
I know there are countless songs that make being “crazy” sound fun or “funny” but It’s not, I’ve seen it close-up as far back as my memories go. It can be torturous and heartbreaking even to watch. So if you know someone with serious mental illness, try and be there for them whenever they need you, as much as you can. Even today there’s still way too much stigma around it. But if you do need help don’t be afraid to ask. There are people out there who do care and who can help, just give them a chance. And I know that may sound strange from the person using World Mental Health Day as and excuse for a holiday to play songs that contradict much of what I just said, and I make no excuse for my actions, because there are none.
1:36:50) Boom Boom (Ain’t It Great To Be Crazy) off of The Chicken Dance & Other Silly Songs
1:39:10) Blow Up Your Mind by The Cramps off of Look Mom No Head
1:43:30) The Annoying Song by Butthole Surfers off of Independent Worm Saloon
1:46:10) TV II by Ministry off of Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
1:49:10) (Rev’s Interruption music 8: Live It Up by LowDown Brass Band off of LowDown Breaks)
Do you remember that Tim Leary story I told back at the start of the program? That song came from the twisted mind of that guine-pig Al Jourgensen. From a classic and influential album from my youth; Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs, that was Ministry with TV II. Imagine my young surprise when I coincidentally found Chapter 69 in an Aleister Crowley book called The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs. And it wasn’t until thinking about it just now that I get the joke. Suck-seed and suck-eggs. 69. He always had a surprising sense of humor – for a devil. And to ease you into that devil music we had another tune from an album from around that time, from the Independent Worm Saloon that was Butthole Surfers with The Annoying Song. And remember that Tim Leary story I just reminded you of, that song came from another one of his guine-pigs Gibby Haynes. And before The Annoying Song we had the one and only Cramps with Blow Up Your Mind. I can’t believe I have’t played them since International Fetish Day back in January! And we started it all off with a CD I found at a garage sale for 50 cents, It’s Silly Songs by Fisher Price and from that we heard Boom Boom (Ain’t It Great To Be Crazy).
Now, from freshman year. This is Hop Along, Queen Ansleis Singing Of My Brothers and the Bear.
1:53:50) Of My Brothers and the Bear by Hop Along, Queen Ansleis off of freshman year
1:57:35) All The Madmen by David Bowie off of The Man Who Sold The World
2:03:05) My Mind Playin Tricks On Me by Geto Boys off of We Can’t Be Stopped
2:08:15 (Rev’s Interruption music 9: (A Ride With Satan’s Little Helpers by
Lords Of Acid off of Farstucker (remastered band edition) )
That was My Mind Playin Tricks On Me by the Geto Boys a track describing the loneliness, paranoia, PTSD, and suicidality in the life of a gangster. Before that was David Jones. From The Man Who Sold The World that was All The Madmen. And we started it all off that that fun, strange, and beautiful number Of My Brothers and the Bear.
That just about does it or this episode of Aurally Fixated. Just one more song and since I haven’t played enough electric dance music so far on this show I’ll leave you with Infected Mushroom and their particular flavor of lunacy, explaining how they’re Becoming Insane.
So until next time, or never, whichever comes first. Try and take care of yourselves. Try and take care of each-other.
2:09:45 Becoming Insane (Album Mix) by Infected Mushroom off of Vicious Delicious
The Last Words Of Dutch Schultz (This Is Insane) by William S. Burroughs & Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy off of Spare Ass Annie And Other Tales