00:01 Weird to be Back by Firewater off ofThe Golden Hour
0:03:50 (Rev talking over Defender by Zavala off of The Dark Time Sunshine Vessel Instrumentals)
Weird to be back indeed, and so rusty you might lockjaw from my jagged old voice. But I am Revived, revamped, and revitalized and here to bring you that old irreverent revelry and to reveal some new revolutionary reverberations right down through your auras. And to revisit some oldies we still revere, and perhaps even some you’ve found revolting, but upon review might revise or reverse that revilement. That is to say if you forgot, you can call Rev.
Anyway, that was Weird to be back off of The Golden Hour sung by Mr.Tod A. of Firewater, formally of Cop Shoot Cop. Maybe we’ll hear some of that good old 90s industrial sound this episode. But, I guess, technically, I just played them on December 31st show.
But now, let’s begin in earnest with some advise, from our fellow Codefendants to all us Suckers who didn’t have an OG to give it to us.
0:06:30 Suckers by Codefendants off of This Is Crime Wave
0:09:30 Second Chance Saloon by World/Inferno Friendship Society off of Comix
0:12:25 Ammo Box by B.R.O.K.E off of B.R.O.K.E
0:13:50 Lucky interlude by World/Inferno Friendship Society off of The True Story of The Bridgewater Astral League
0:14:35 Cop Killer by Body Count off of Body Count
0:19:15 Rev’s BS 2 – Talking over God Save the Queen by Queen, Riot in Thunder Alley by Eddie Beram, and Outskirts of Beatrice by Lenny Kaye
A year before Cop Killer came out a video-tape surfaced of several cops in a circle brutally beating an unarmed, man on the ground. Recording something like that was big news at the time. People felt that now there was photographic evidence people would finally have to listen about the abuse from the police. And there was even going to be a trial. From all of this a protest song was born.
Cop Killer became the News! There were death threats, boycotts, shows were canceled, CDs were recalled, some cops said they wouldn’t even respond to any calls coming from stores that sold the Body Count record “should something happen.” The president criticized the song, the New Zealand commissioner of police even tried to bar ICE-T from entering the country. All for “promoting anti-police sentiment.”
Meanwhile, that poor man who got beat by LA PD’s name was Rodney King. At trial the police were acquitted. Then LA burned to the ground.
Before Cop Killer was a tune from B.R.O.K.E’s self titled album called Ammo Box. Before that was World/Inferno Friendship Society with Second Chance Saloon. A single that came with a World/Inferno comic I ordered. Or the comic came with the record. I guess it depends on your priorities.
0:24:20 Ask a P’liceman or If You Want to Know the Time Ask a Policeman
0:25:15 (Don’t) Wanna Kill a Cop by Sister Wife Sex Strike off of Sister Wife Sex Strike
0:27:35 Cops by H20 off of SHOW & TELL – A Stormy Remembrance Of TV Theme Songs
0:30:00 I.R.S. Bust by Bill Hicks off of Rant In E-Minor
0:31:05 Sound Of Da Police by KRS-One off of Return of the Boom Bap
0:35:10 Babylon by Skindred off of Babylon
0:38:35 Rev’s BS talking over Objects Are Falling (Instrumental) by Ceschi off of Same Old Love Song.
Happy National Lay Enforcement Appreciation Day everybody. We started that cell block of music off with an old Music Hall number first preformed in 1888 called Ask A P’liceman. After that came the amazing Sister Wife Sex Strike from their self titled album. Then we had H2O doing the Cops Theme off a fun and punked-up compilation called SHOW & TELL – A Stormy Remembrance Of TV Theme Songs. Then we heard a Rant In E-Minor from Saint Bill Hicks called I.R.S. Bust. Which we followed up with the classic, Sound Of Da Police by KRS-One. And we closed it all out with the title track off of Babylon from Skindred.
All this has got me thinking about how pernicious Copaganda is. Whether it’s the news, or movie actors, or directors, or writers looking for ideas for the countless police-procedurals, before police give the media access to their information and to themselves, they’ve got to promise to show cops in a practically perfect light. So now we all have subconscious misconceptions about everything from; crime rates to police misconduct, to minority groups, to how violent their jobs are. And we were all raised on that. And now we have a little cop that lives in our brains.
0:43:00 Kill The Cop Inside Your Head Head by YAKKIE off of Kill The Cop Inside Your Head
0:45:40 Everybody Hates The Cops by Sole & DJ Pain 1 off of Vault 1312
0:48:40 The Cops!! By That Handsome Devil off of Drugs & Guns for Everyone
0:52:30 Free Country? By Doug Stanhope off of Deadbeat Hero
0:55:45 Daloy Polizei! By Geoff Berner off of Victory Party
0:59:00 Rev’s BS 4 – Talking over Jasco by Sepultura off of Roots
We started off with Kill The Cop Inside Your Head by a band called YAKKIE. That was the first single and title track off an album coming out in February. After that we heard a rebuttal from Sole & DJ Pain 1 entitled Everybody Hates The Cops from their Vault 1312. 1-3-1-2. Then came That Handsome Devil with one from his Drugs & Guns For Everyone record. Then some caustic words of wisdom from our Deadbeat Hero, Doug Stanhope. And lastly, from Geoff Berner’s album Victory Party came Daloy Polizei!
1:01:00 Bad Apples By Lambrini Girls off of Who Lat the Dogs Out
1:03:30 6up 5oh Cop-Out (Pro Con) by Will Wood and the Tapeworms off of Everything Is a Lot
1:07:10 I’m Not a Cop By Laura Jane Grace off of Hole In My Head
1:09:30 Prison Sporks by Ceschi off of Ceschi / Pat The Bunny split 12″
1:11:40 Fuck The Police by NWA off of Straight Outta Compton
1:17:25 Rev’s BS 5 – Talking over Pay the Price (Instrumental) by Deltron 3030 off of Event II (Deluxe Version)
You knew that was coming. From 1989, and Straight Outta Compton, that was NWW with Fuck the Police. Before that classic we heard the one, the only, Julio Ceschi Ramos. That was one called Prison Sporks he wrote whilst locked up – in prison – for a year and a half – for weed. Anyway, before that we heard one from what I think is Laura Jane Grace’s latest album called Hole In My Head. So if you were wondering what she’s doing when she’s not fronting Against Me!, she’s busy being Not a Cop. And we staggered into her on the back of Will Wood and his Tapeworms with a fun number called 6up 5oh Cop-Out (Pro Con) Off of Everything Is a Lot. And we road into all that with the Lambrini Girls chucking out Bad Apples from their Who Let the Dogs Out record…
…Well, we are now entering the second half of the program. So let’s begin with another from the UK, but this time with a new take on that old British classic Ask A P’liceman called On the Beat.
0:01:50 On the Beat by George Formby off of It’s Turned Out Nice Again!
0:05:05 They Can’t KIll Us All by Apes of the State off of They Can’t Kill Us All
0:07:40 You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison by My Chemical Romance off of Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
0:10:35 Corrupt Vision by Leftover Crack off of Constructs of the State
0:12:00 Nobody’s Biz by Four Fists off of 6666
0:14:55 Rev talking over Billy Vaughn’s version of Sail Along Silvery Moon
When your own two fists aren’t enough do like Astronautalis and P.O.S, enlist a like-minded individual, because Four Fists are always better and it’s Nobody’s Biz. That was from their 6666 album. Before that we were blistered by Leftover Crack’s Corrupt Vision of Constructs of the State. And then, for all you… something-or-others out there we heard from My Chemical Romance with a tune called You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison. Then a moment back in time before that swung in Apes of the State with the title track of a split EP they did with Sister Wife Sex strike called They Can’t Kill Us All. And we began it all off with On the Beat by comedian George Formby from a 1940 film “Spare A Copper” also know as “Call a Cop.” To paraphrase Flavor Flav from 911 is a joke, I’d rather call a cab.
0:17:05 Call ACab by Sam Stone off of Call ACab
0:19:15 Trust No Cops by Ludlow off of Destroy What Destroys You
0:23:05 Save a Life by Daze n Daze off of Crustfall
0:25:20 Police Truck by Dead Kennedys off of Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
0:27:40 No Hostages by FEVER 333 off of DARKER WHITE
0:30:40 Rev talking over The Return (Instrumental) by Deltron 3030 off of Event II (Deluxe Version)
Against; social inequality, fascism, racism, imperialism, capitalism, authoritarianism, etc that was Fever 333 taking No Hostages. Before that we had the all-mighty Dead Kennedys with Police Truck. Which was inspired by real life incidents that happened in Oakland in the late 70s. And speaking of one of the greats, also at the top of their game, and genera, we had we Daze n Daze from their Crustfall album telling us a way we can Save a Life. And before them we heard from Ludlow giving us some more timeless advice Trust No cop, off of Destroy What Destroys You. And we began it all with Sam Stone snd Call ACab.
0:33:30 A Front Row Seat to Hear Ole Johnny Sing by Shel Silverstein off of Freakin’ at the Freaker’s Ball
0:37:20 Johnny Law by Robber’s Roost off of Rage & Reason
0:40:30 Don’t Kill My Baby by Tigerman WOAH off of Red Bait
0:43:25 Prison Shoe Romp by 16 Horsepower off of Sackcloth ‘N’ Ashes
0:46:35 Johnny Law by William Elliott Whitmore off of Animals in the Dark
0:50:55 Rev Talking over If You Stayed Over (Instrumental) by Bonobo off of Days to Come
We started that mass of auditory emotion off with what I’m going to call a She/ Silverstein tribute maybe, to how cool Johnny Cash was for going around and doing so many concerts at prisons. He has at least 4 live albums recorded in different ones. From Freakin’ at the Freaker’s Ball that was A Front Row Seat to Hear Ole Johnny Sing.
Then along came a whole Robber’s Roost full of Rage & Reason hiding from ole Johnny Law. After which we heard from Tigerman WOAH with a heart breaking song from a mother to a cop called Don’t Kill My Baby. Then we had another sorrowful sounding pretty little gothabilly ditty full of Sackcloth ‘N’ Ashes from 16 Horsepower. I’ve never had any idea what he was saying in that song so I looked up the lyrics, and I still have no idea what he’s saying, but I know it’s entitled Prison Shoe Romp. Then along came Johnny Law by Mr. William Elliott Whitmori. Now back to your regularly scheduled folk-punk and hiphop.
0:53:05 Thanks, Bastards by Mischief Brew off of Songs From Under the Sink
0:56:20 Film The Police (ft. Toki Wright & Jasiri X) by B. Dolan off of House Of Bees Vol 2
1:02:00 Cops/America So Straight By MDC off of Millions of Dead Cops
1:03:55 Which side are you on? by The Homobiles off of Which side are you on?
1:06:45 Rev. talking over If You Stayed Over (Instrumental) by Bonobo off of Days to Come again
We hacked our way into that slab of sound with a song we found Under the Sink, by a band taken from us too soon called Mischief Brew. Thanks, Bastards. Next we had some more good advice, this time from B. Dolan and friends. Film The Police. Then we took a hard turn with MDC and their 1981 release Millions of Dead Cops, with the track Dead Cops/America So Straight – which led nicely into The Homobiles version of Which side are you on?. A traumatic flashback to anyone who stayed all the way to the end of our Labor Day episode. Anyway, here are a couple of songs I’ve had stuck in my head for a thousand and one forevers.
1:09:05 Jailbreak by AC/DC off of’74 Jailbreak
1:13:40 Escape From The Prison Planet by Clutch off of Clutch
1:18:05 Rev talking over Road Trip by Zavala off of The Dark Time Sunshine Vessel Instrumentals
I unironically unapologetically love old Bon Scott AC/DC. Jailbreak and Clutch’s Escape From The Prison Planet was definitely get embedded in my head.
Thanks for sharing my first day back with me. Until next time (or never, whichever comes first) take care of yourselves. Take care of each other. And let others take care of you. I’ve been Rev. you’ve been perfect, and we are Aurally Fixated.
And I’ve got one final song to you. More And Codefendants in the Prison Camp
1:19:40 Prison Camp by Codefendants off ofThis is Crime Wave