EPISODE 5: ‘68 & Feeling Grate w/Special Guest: Richard Youngs
Welcome to episode five of Feeling the Space, broadcast from Omaha, Nebraska and the cluttered offices of Grapefruit Records. As always, our show is divided into three sets. The first set is free form, tracks culled from our record collections. The second set features an interview and live performance from a musical guest. This episode’s special guest is Richard Youngs, the ever-evolving underground artist who has been releasing incredible music since the 1980’s on various independent labels in whatever style or manner fascinates him at the moment. A chameleon, a tireless experimenter, a true hero and inspiration. It was an honor to speak with him about his music, his collaborations, lattes at Starbucks with Jandek, and his feelings about Frank Zappa and the great middle eight in pop music! And he performs four songs for us a capella from his cupboard in Glasgow. Check it out and please enjoy his extensive discography, there is something for everyone in his world. And finally, in our third set which we call Inherent Vibes (the part of our show where we play songs that all share a commonality), we feature songs this time from our bin of recently acquired albums, old and new. It aint much of a theme but it’s yours to enjoy or reject, nonetheless.
[simplecast-embed error="Could not get iframe html"]FIRST SET: Dubster Diving & Thrift Store Factor Tunes
- Betty Davis – “Hangin’ Out” from The Columbia Years 1968-1969 [Light In The Attic, 2016]
- Veyrouz Mint Seymali – “The Li Aazeyt” from Music From Saharan WhatsApp 09 [Sahel Sounds, 2020]
- Y Pants – “Love’s A Disease” from Beat It Down [Neutral, 1982]
- Treasury Of Puppies – “Ljug Mig Ut” from Self-Titled [Forlag For Fri Musik, 2020]
- Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band – “Claudy Banks” from No Roses [Pegasus, 1971]
(mic break) - David Nance – “July Sunrise” from Staunch Honey [Trouble In Mind, 2020]
- Alton Ellis – “Darling It’s True” from Daydreaming [Silver Camel, 1983]
- Jim Ford – “She Turns My Radio On” from The Sounds of Our Time compilation [Bear Family, 2007]
- The City – “I Wasn’t Born To Follow” from Now That Everything’s Been Said [Ode, 1968]
- Karen Beth – “Come December” from The Joys of Life [Decca, 1968]
(mic break) - Medium Medium – “Hungry, So Angry” from The Glitterhouse [Cherry Red, 1981]
- Derrick Harriott – “Solomon” from 14 Chartbuster Hits [Crystal, 1973]
- Hole Class – “Wrong Mirror” from Self-Titled [Meds, 2009]
- Hearts & Flowers – “Second-Hand Sundown Queen” from Of Horses, Kids, And Forgotten Women [Capitol, 1968]
- Butch Hancock – “Just One Thunderstorm” from West Texas Waltzes & Dust-blown Tractor Tunes [Rainlight Records, 1978]
SECOND SET: Never Wacky, Always Human – Interview & Live Music with Richard Youngs
1. Interview
2. “Mountains Into Outerspace” live performance
3. “Collapsing Stars” live performance
4. Interview continued
5. “Retrace” live performance
6. “I Wasn’t Alone” live performance
7. Interview continued
Website
Richard Youngs/No Fans Records bandcamp
Link to purchase upcoming album Holograph!
THIRD SET: The Long Good Buy – Inherent Vibes (Recent Acquisitions Edition)
- Slapp Happy – “The Drum” from Slapp Happy or Slapp Happy – Acnalbasac Noom [Recommended/Our Swimmer, 1980/2020]
- Caetano Veloso – “The Empty Boat” from 2nd Self-Titled [Philips, 1969]
- Bitter Funeral Beer Band – “Chetu” from Live In Frankfurt ‘82 [Black Sweat, 2018]
- John Lee Hooker – “Walkin’ The Boogie” from House Of The Blues [Chess/DOL, 1960/2017]
(mic break) - Les Rallizes Denudes – “Untitled 2” from Oz Days Live 1973 [Alternative Fox, 2019]
- Brother Ahh/Robert Northern – “Enthusiasm” from Move Ever Onward [Divine/Manufactured, 1975/2016]
- Jan Dukes De Grey – “Mice And Rats In The Loft” from Mice And Rats In The Loft [Transatlantic/Trading Places, 1971/2020]
(mic break) - Annette Peacock – “My Mama Never Taught Me How To Cook” from X-Dreams [Tomato, 1979]
- Effluvium – Suze (ft. Blood Tower) from Répétition Finale [Moonworshipper, 2020]
(mic break) - Richard Youngs – “Soon It Will Be Fire” from Sapphie [Oblique/Jagjaguwar, 1998/2006]
We would like to thank James Schroeder for providing our theme song, Sean Pratt for instrumental segue music, and Todd Fink and Jason Meyer for the outro echo chant from Joshua Tree. Thanks also to Allyson Gibbs for allowing us to use her artwork for our FTS logo. Thanks to our spiritual guru, keeper of The Archive (and therefore the flame), Herr Christopher D. Deden.
Additional thanks to all of our friends far and wide who shared their voices for our FTS introduction, including: Noah Sterba, Sean Pratt, Megan Siebe, Frances Joyner, Liz Huffman, Donovan Quinn, Jeffrey Lewis, Ryan McKeever, Jerry David DeCicca, Robb Nordstrom, David Nance, Adam Ostrar, Sara Adkisson-Joyner, Zach LaGrou, Kevin Donahue, Brad Smith, George Peek, James Schroeder, William Thornton, Gillian Welch, Bill MacKay, Michael Krassner, Tim Kasher, David Rawlings and Ryan Jewell.
