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earthlings? – Saving Up For My Spaceship
earthlings? – Tea Glitter
Goatsnake – IV
Orquesta Del Desierto – Above the Big Wide
Desert Sessions – Cake (Who Shit on the -)
Dinosaur Jr. – Raisans
Fu Manchu – King of the Road
Blue Cheer – Doctor Please
Orange Sunshine – Hush Hush
Farflung – The Raven that Ate the Moon

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The Whip – Freelance Liaison
The Whip – Sheep & Goat Judgement
Karp – Forget the Minions
Big Business – Grounds for Divorce
Melvins – Dog Island
Death from Above 1979 – Romantic Rights
Om – Meditation is the Practice of Death
Wormwood – Soundtrack
Saint Vitus – Born Too Late
Meat Puppets – Magic Toy Missing
Kyuss – Spaceship Landing

SECRET BONUS TRACK: Queens of the Stone Age – "Feel Good Haha of the Summer"

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Rollo – Disappeared Pieces
Boris – My Machine (LP Version)
Brant Bjork – Fly to Haiti
Jesu – Lifeline (Alternate Version)
Desert Sessions – Making a Cross
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter – The Air is Thin
deadboy and the Elephantmen – No Rainbow
Faith No More – Take This Bottle
R.E.M. – Pilgrimage
Sunn O))) & Boris – The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep)

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From now on, I’ll just post the song list instead of annotations. If you have a question, just email me at dudeman888@gmail.com

Black Sabbath – Into the Void
Black Cobra – The Sapphire Falcon
Boris – Huge
Los Natas – Alohawaii
High on Fire – Baghdad
Melvins – Hooch (Live)
Clutch – Profits of Doom
Wino – Smilin’ Road
Sunn O))) – Aghartha

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BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY
BROADCAST #3

Year Long Disaster – Leda Atomica
With a line-up this weird, you’re bound to get something interesting.  You have the son of The Kink’s Dave Davies, the bassist from seminal instrumental stoner rock band Karma To Burn, and the drummer from…Third Eye Blind.  That last one throws me for a loop every time.  Anyways, great band.  Will report how their debut LP sounds.

Screaming Trees – Anita Grey (Alt. Version)
It’s a damn shame this album never officially saw the light of day; it looked like the Trees were going in a great direction.  Rumor has it that Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, who was the Trees’ live rhythm guitarist at the time, provided backup vocals for this release.  If you listen closely, you can hear him (or someone that sounds like Homme).

The Black Keys – Something On Your Mind
As interesting as it is to see where this duo is going musically, I honestly miss their lo-fi, bare bones production of the past.  It made the blues rock sound that they were going for sound amazing.  Still, their latest release, Attack and Release, is quite the album, and BlakRoc is going to knock everyone on their asses.  Just watch.

Mos Def – Hip Hop
We don’t listen to enough hip hop on this station.  Probably because I don’t listen to a lot of hip hop.  Anywho, don’t know much about Mos Def’s music career, but I digg him as an actor.  Black on Both Sides is a great album that shouldn’t be missed.

Mark Lanegan – Museum
Seems appropriate to play some Lanegan after his band Screaming Trees.  This is off his debut album The Winding Sheet and there’s not a single bad song on it.  The melancholic, bluesy sound is quite different from the Tree’s psychedelic grunge offering, which I imagine took fans by surprise.  I found it cool that Cobain (who provided guest vocals on the album) and the gang decided to look to this album for influence while doing their Unplugged album.

Kyuss – Space Cadet
Here’s an odd offering from Kyuss.  They put down the fuzzed-out guitar for a few minutes and jammed acoustically.  This is off their fantastic Welcome to Sky Valley album, one that bands are still trying to top to this day but end up coming short.

Acid Bath – Scream of the Butterfly
This is another odd offering from an otherwise heavy band.  Acid Bath, for those who don’t be knowin’, were an amazing sludge metal band that hailed deep within Louisiana’s dank, nasty swamps.  Now the lead singer, Dax Riggs, has a few solo albums out that should be checked out immediately.

Jesu – Lifeline (Alternative Version)
Justin Broadrick never ceases to impress me.  After a long career with his band Godflesh, Broadrick decided to tone down the hate and start up his Jesu project.  Named after the last song on the last Godflesh album, Jesu manages to stay pretty heavy, while keeping an optimistic tone both instrumentally and vocally.  I guess a person can’t hate the world forever.

Gonga – La Pique
Despite only releasing two full-length albums so far, these guys have gone through three bassists and a vocalist.  The sixteen minute song we heard tonight featured the original vocalist, Joe Volk, who sounds quite Homme-esque.  The new vocalist, Matt Williams, had better have the voice of an angel because I’m seriously missing Volk.

Harvey Milk – In The Ground
As rough as the vocals sound, I’ve been listening to this song nonstop lately.  This song is from a limited 7″ split between Harvey Milk and Wildildlife that was just recently put out.  Be sure to grab yourself a copy or two if you can find some.

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BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY
BROADCAST #1

Suicide – Ghost Rider
These guys have influenced numerous genres throughout the years and many bands have covered their songs.  Hell, even Bruce Springsteen is a fan, often covering their material live.  This might have been a no-brainer pick, but hey, it’s a great song to introduce people to the band.

Sunn O))) & Pan Sonic – Che
Very good, yet faithful Suicide cover.  A little too faithful to be honest, but a great song nonetheless.  Was not expecting Sunn O))) to play as fast as they did on this track.  Joe Preston (Earth, Melvins, High on Fire, Sunn O))), solo work, etc (THIS GUY IS ALL OVER THE PLACE)) provides some grave and haunting vocals.  Pan Sonic provides all the miscellaneous, yet vital sound effects.

The EP that this track came on also included a crushing live song by Alan Vega (one-half of Suicide) and an acoustic track by a man by the name of Stephen Burroughs.  Don’t know much about Mr. Burroughs other than he fronted an industrial band called Head of David with a pre-Godflesh Justin Broadrick back in the 80s and hasn’t done much since.  Save It For Your Kids Dept.: I’m incredibly glad I grabbed this 10″ EP when I did as it was limited to 3000 copies.  Prices on eBay are sure to skyrocket in the next few months.

Boris – Rattlesnake
Off of their must-have, yet out-of-print (what a combination, am I right?) Heavy Rocks album.  I cannot talk enough good things about this band.  Musically, they are all over the place, and that’s not a bad thing in the least.  Their catalogue features spastic psychedelic rock, dreamy ambient music, in-your-face crust punk, meandering post rock, and some of the heaviest drone doom the genre has to offer.  You can’t go wrong with any of their releases.  Start out with Heavy Rocks or Pink and work your way from there.

Fatso Jetson – Light Yourself on Fire
Fatso Jetson is a fine blend of Canned Heat, the lonely desert, and a dash of cannabis.  Most of their discography is scattered and about half of their stuff is out of print, but it is all good.  The album that contains this song, Cruel & Delicious, was put out by Josh Homme’s (of Queens of the Stone Age) label Rekords Rekords and has let it go out of print for one reason or another.  SHAME ON YOU MR. HOMME.

Yawning Man – Perpetual Oyster
Rock Formations is such a solid album.  After forming in the mid-80s and recording two demos, not much was heard from this instrumental trio until the release of their LP and Pot Head EP, both in 2005.  Since then, the members have contributed to several other Yawning Man-like projects, all of them solid, but they only make me crave another Yawning Man recording more.

The United States of America – Hard Coming Love
Don’t know much about this band other than they practically pioneered the use of electronics in psychedelic rock and rock in general to some extent, which is kind of a big deal I guess.  I always love it when a rock band kicks it without the use of an electric guitar; shit like that always catches my attention.

The Wellwater Conspiracy – The Ending
Don’t even get me started on these guys; I’ll never stop.  This song was on their solid, if not criminally ignored debut Declaration of Conformity back in 1997.  Production is minimal, which only complements their psychedelic throw-back sound.  At this point, the line up consisted of Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden on vox, Matt Cameron of Soundgarden on drums and vox, and John McBain of Monster Magnet on guitar and bass.  By the time DoC was released, Shepherd had left the band, but Cameron and McBain went on without him, releasing three more amazing albums.

Wellwater Conspiracy – In Pursuit of Gingerbread Man
Back again, minus the “The”!  This instrumental track was the b-side to the Compellor 7″ single back in 1997 with Josh Homme of the Queens of the Stone Age fame on bass.  This track was touched-up and reused on Wellwater Conspiracy’s second album, this time with Homme on vocals as well, and was retitled “Ladder to the Moon”.  Still, quite cool to hear the original.

Blue Cheer – Summertime Blues
What can I say that hasn’t already been said?  These guys were heavy like the great Black Sabbath before Black Sabbath even existed.  Every stoner rock band owes their sound to their debut album Vincebus Eruptum.  NEEL DOWN AND BOW BEFORE THE MIGHTY BLUE CHEER!

Nebula – Sonic Titan
This rockin’ power trio is a kickback to the greats such as Blue Cheer, Black Sabbath, and The Stooges.  Their handful of early EPs and first two albums are golden and should not be looked over.  You Lazy Bastards Dept.: Nebula’s latest album, Heavy Psych, is not bad in the least bit, but is nothing more than an EP of the same name (and cover art!) released back in 2008 plus three more tracks.  I’m glad I bought this album, but damn, the people who bought the EP must feel a tad ripped off.

Minutemen – Viet Nam / My Heart and the Real World/ The Roar of the Masses Could Be Farts
D. Boon, you were taken from us far too early.  There’s no telling what else these guys could have accomplished if it wasn’t for D. Boon’s untimely death.  This is another trio, featuring one of the strongest rhythm sections in punk rock.  All three of these tracks come from the seminal Double Nickels on the Dime album.  If you have yet to hear this one, run, do not walk, to the record sto…wait, what is a record store again?  What I meant to say is buy it online because Walmart is too full of Nickelback CDs to stock anything else.

Goatsnake – Slippin the Stealth
Love the crushing, slow sounds of doom metal but can’t take the silly, over-exaggerated vocals?  You’ve come to the right place.  Pete Stahl, another vocalist who’s all over the place, takes up the mic in Goatsnake and does a damn good job.  Also featured is Sunn O)))’s Greg Anderson, playing the fastest he’ll ever play in his life.  I know it sounds like I’m ripping on the guy, but I’m not.  Once out of print, Goatsnake’s debut album has been rereleased by Southern Lord with bonus tracks.  Muy bueno.

Queens of the Stone Age – Better Living Through Chemistry
Named the show after this track, so you know it’s good stuff.  You’d be hard pressed to find a better QOTSA track than this one.  It just all comes together so well.  Hell, I’ll go so far as to say QOTSA will never make an album better than this one.  Rated R is just tops in my book.  Close Your Eyes, Kids! Dept.: Here’s a fun fact.  While the album was called Rated R on CD, the LP version was named Rated X.  It was the same album save for a bonus track; however, inside the gatefold was pornography.  Good thing kids don’t buy records these days.