The Paranoid Squirrel ep 518

Well, that’s our Summer over, with supermarkets already stocking up on Christmas cards and the like. So for the next hour I’m going to make it seem like Christmas playing some, in my opinion, stonkingly good songs. The first track to make you forget the gloomy weather here in the UK is by The Ramones which has been taken from their debut 40^th Anniversary box-set. The track in question is in mono. A band whose best work was mixed in mono were The Beatles. To celebrate the new touring film and for the first time “Live At The Hollywood Bowl” on CD, I play a previously unreleased live Beatles song. Last Saturday saw me and other likeminded individuals up at The Blackheart for the launch gig for albums by The Role Models and Brijitte West & the Desperate Hopefuls. Tracks from both records I obviously air. In the course of the gig, flyers for The Cyanide Pills gig at The Nambucca towards the end of the month were spotted, with me during, the course of Sunday, finding out more about them. To whit a track of theirs gets played. The DeRellas first fruits with new recruits Stevie and Bish is all set to be released at the beginning of next month in the shape and form of the “Freakshow” ep. The band are sounding really good as you will hear with the track “Rip It Up”. And they do. In a case of mistaken identity, it seems my body double was over at The Underworld whilst I was at The Blackheart. The band I/he was seeing was Power Quest. Curiosity killed the squirrel and I sort them out on the interwebs. Interesting, not something I would normally play but I could always blame my “twin”. After last week’s show I felt bad that I might have done Todd Youth a disservice. He might not be renowned for long-term comments. However, what he has produced has really impressed me, that’s why I’m still gutted that he and Ginger couldn’t have written more together as both The Chelsea Smiles and The Wildhearts. So to remedy this I play a track by Son of Sam, a band at this time also features future Michael Monroe drummer Karl Rosqvist. Following straight on after is Ghost with a track from their new ep “Popestar” which is getting varying reviews. I personally like it, maybe not in the same league as their last album but this is just an ep. Cat’s In Space have just released a cover of Slade’s “How Does It Feel” on 7” only. I only had the briefest of listens to their debut album but it now looks like I could be seeing them down in Redhill. As Flame Pilots have a hometown gig tonight and guitarist, friend of the show and Squirrel Associate Arcwright will be celebrating his Birthday next week I play a track from the bands last ep. Zen Motel are back in the fray with “Choking on Chrome (Part 2)” with the threat of Part 3 getting to us before the year is out. Of course I play something from Pt. 2. The final band of this week’s show comes courtesy of The Ruts DC featuring Henry Rollins.