Episode 3: Don’t Let Life Pass You By w/Special Guest: The Renderers (Part 1 of 2)
Welcome to episode three of Feeling the Space, broadcast from Omaha, Nebraska and the offices of Grapefruit Records. Our special guests in the second set are Brian and Maryrose Crook of the legendary New Zealand band, the Renderers, discussing over thirty years of making music and art together. They invite us to move to the desert which sounds especially nice right now since it was -17F while we edited the episode. They spin some great stories of the early days of the NZ scene of the 80’s and 90’s including their experiences in Max Block, The Terminals, Above Ground, Scorched Earth Policy, and their family band, the Renderers. They also play us a couple of songs from their house near Joshua Tree. This is part one of a two-part interview, we’ll have them back in episode 4 for part two!
FIRST SET: Moaning the Boos
1. Mike Cooper – “Hope You See” from Trout Steel [Dawn/Paradise Of Bachelors, 1970/2014]
2. Ann Peebles – “Make Me Yours” from Part Time Love [Hi Records, 1970]
3. Monokultur – “För Sent” from Ormens Väg [Ever/Never / Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox, 2021]
4. Midori Takada – “Trompe-l’œil” from Through The Looking Glass [RCA Red Seal/We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records/Palto Flats, 1983/2017]
5. Happy & Artie Traum “Mama, It’s Such A Long Ride Home” from Self-Titled [Capitol, 1970]
(Mic Break)
6. Frank Lowe “A Ballad” from Tricks Of The Trade [Marge, 1977]
7. Life In The Fridge Exists “Have You Checked The Children?” from **** (Four Stars) Compilation [Sausage/Swineken, 1980/2020]
8. Charlie Tweddle – “Turkey Club” from Midnight Plowboy [Mighty Mouth Music, 2012]
9. Lydia Lunch & Roland S. Howard – “I Fell In Love With A Ghost” from Hysterie [Widowspeak Productions, 1986]
10. Strange – “The Last Song” from Souvenir Album [Yantis/Shadoks, 1976/2008]
(Mic Break)
11. Peter Walker – “Me And My Lady” from Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms [Delmore Recording Society, 2013]
12. Charles Lloyd – “T M” from Waves [A&M, 1972]
13. Iris DeMent – “Calling For You” from My Life [Warner Bros./Plain Recordings, 1994/2013]
14. Willie Wright – “Son, Don’t Let Life Pass You By” from Telling The Truth [Hotel/Numero, 1977/2011]
SECOND SET: Far Out – Interview & Live Music from The Renderers
1. Interview
2. “All Around The World” live performance
3. “Artificial Light” live performance
4. Interview continued
This is half of our interview, tune into episode 4 for Part 2.
Peruse The Renderers discography here and follow them on Instagram at the.renderers.music.
Visit Maryrose’s website here to learn more about her visual art and follow her art on Instagram at maryrosecrookart.
THIRD SET: Here Comes Mike’s 19th Nervous Breakdown – Inherent Vibes (7” Edition)
1. Refrigerator – “Car Alarm” [Shrimper, 1992]
2. Métal Urbain – “Lady Coca Cola” [Cobra/Alternative Tentacles, 1977/2016]
3. Josef K – “Sorry For Laughing” [Les Disques Du Crépuscule, 1981]
4. Cro Magnon – “Wash” [Bruit Direct Disques, 2008]
5. Staffers – “From The Attic” [Self-Released Lathe, 2014]
6. Moviola – “Roebuck” [Anyway, 1994]
(Mic Break)
7. 3Ds – “Outer Space” [Flying Nun, 1992]
8. The Freeze – “Don’t Forget Me Tommy” [Rebel/Schizophrenic, 1980/2006]
9. Long Hots – “Nickel & Dime” [Third Man, 2019]
10. The Static – “My Relationship” [Theoretical/Atavistic, 1979/1995]
11. Simply Saucer – “I Can Change My Mind” [Pig/Schizophrenic, 1978/2018]
12. East River Pipe – “Axl Or Iggy” [Hell Gate, 1991]
13. L. Eugene Methe – “Hey Jack” [Unread, 2009]
(Mic Break)
14. The Great Plains – “Dick Clark” [Shadowline, 1987]
15. Horsey – “I’m Not The Best” [Trackshun Industries, 1993]
16. Sapat – “Halcyon Daze/Mystikal Stupors” [Black Velvet Fuckere Recordings, 2006]
17. Love Child – “Know It’s Alright” [Trash Flow, 1990]
18. Swearing At Motorists – “Barbwire Sweater” [Recordhead, 1997]
(Mic Break)
19. The Renderers – “A Million Lights” [Merge, 1993]
NOTE: We accidentally failed to name the Simply Saucer song during the show but it’s there between The Static and East River Pipe.
We would like to thank James Schroeder for providing our theme song, Sean Pratt and The Renderers 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.
