Tonight’s live album is ‘Hanx!’ by Stiff Little Fingers. Before then, we’ll be checking out a bunch of cool shit, starting out with some tracks by all of the guys I saw last Friday at the Playing Field.
UPDATE: The setlist is available now! Click here to download it, and rock out to some mighty fine music at your leisure.
Setlist:
Purgatory Hill – Drinkin’ Or Drivin’
Purgatory Hill – Reset Me, Lord
Purgatory Hill – Shut Up
Gerry Thompson – Sally Was a Whore
Gerry Thompson – Sportin’ Life
Gerry Thompson – Allison Tells Me
The Magnificent Bastards (Wes Freed and Jon Brown – Live Performance from 11/08/09 (feat. Louis Ledford)
The Shiners – Night Owl
Dirtball – 3 AM
The Shiners – Conjureman
Dirtball – Whiskey Go Away
The Shiners – The Rodeo Clown
Drive-By Truckers – Shut Up and Get On the Plane
The Fall – Cowboy George
The Chills – Doledrums
At 2:15 AM, the FM stream began receiving Stiff Little Fingers‘ album ‘Hanx!’:
- Nobody’s Hero
- Gotta Gettaway
- Wait And See
- Barbed Wire Love
- Fly the Flag
- Alternative Ulster
- Johnny Was
- At the Edge
- Wasted Life
- Tin Soldiers
- Suspect Device
The webstream heard an edited encore edition of the show from 03/01/2010, spotlighting a number of bands related to Lynchburg, Virginia, due to DMCA restrictions on what we can stream over the web.
— devlocke
Tonight, we’re cleaning up the scraps from the past month or two. Some gems, and perhaps some shouldn’t-have-beens. It’s gonna be a surprise for everyone, me included. Also, the live album for tonight – the final Murder By Death show on their 2008 tour – will be playing on the FM broadcast, but that’s illegal on the webstream, so I’m multitasking like a mofo tonight. TWO MOTHER’S MILKS AT ONCE!
UPDATE: Podcast is available here! For the record, it does not include the second hour of either the FM broadcast OR the webstream broadcast, as one would be illegal under the DMCA and I couldn’t record the other. I’m still working out the kinks on the new Live Album Month.
Setlist:
Jimmy Catlett – The Truth About Angels
Hayes Carll – She Left Me For Jesus
Beer Dawgs – Jose, Grand Marnier, and the Ju-Ju Queen
Stroh’s Beer Commercial
Mikey Jr. – Whiskey By the Glass
Sharon Shannon – Courtin’ In the Kitchen
Johnny Rivers – Whiskey A-Go-Go
The Fisticuffs – Liverpool Judies
Social Distortion – Mommy’s Little Monster
Ween – Little Miss Mandy (Whiskey Frisky Prick)
The Sharktopus – Conversations and A Maker’s Mark
George Hamilton IV – Beer, Whine, and Whiskey
Codeine Velvet Club – Hollywood
Eclextic Suntaraporn – (Habitually) Drunk
FM Only:
Murder By Death – Bootleg of 11/22/2008 performance (FM Broadcast Only)
Webcast Only:
Scotch Greens – Drinkin’ By the River
Eddie Spaghetti – Carry Me Home
The Supersuckers – I Like It All, Man
Frank Turner – Imperfect Tense
Frank Turner – The Road
Frank Turner – The Ballad of Me and My Friends
Octane Saints – Drinkin’
Octane Saints – Jailbait
Octane Saints – S.O.B.
The Fisticuffs – God Bless Ya, Rosie
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies – Irish Whiskey
The Pogues – Sally Maclennane
The Tossers – Everything’s Bad
Whiskey & Co. – Empty Bottle
Nick Cave – Death Is Not the End
Steve Earle – Johnny Come Lately (feat. The Pogues)
— devlocke
Here are Mother’s Milk’s recommendations for local events in the month of March. If you like drinking in public, you’d be well-advised to check ’em out.
03/09/10 – The Fisticuffs, Pedals On Our Pirate Ships, Sundials @ McCormack’s Irish Pub
03/09/10 – Dropkick Murphy’s @ 930 Club (SOLD OUT)
03/10/10 – Boondock Saints (Movie) @ Capital Ale House
03/11/10 – They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Coulton @ The National
03/11/10 – Jet @ The Hat Factory
03/11/10 – WRIR Benefit featuring The Moonbees, Hot Lava, The Way of the Sun, Microjoy @ The Camel
03/11/10 – Strike Anywhere @ Plaza Bowl
03/12/10 – Jet, Andrew WK, Carbon Leaf @ 930 Club (FREE, but it’s at 8AM)
03/12/10 – Nyxe @ The Element Lounge
03/13/10 – Jimmy Catlett Group, The Dregs @ The Playing Field
03/13/10 – Black Liquid @ The Camel
03/13/10 – Black Cash & the Bad Trips @ Cary St. Cafe
03/13/10 – Bermuda Trianbles @ The Triple
03/15/10 – Megadeth, Exodus, Testament @ 930 Club (SOLD OUT)
03/15/10 – Good Luck @ The Camel
03/16/10 – Good Luck @ Black Cat
03/17/10 – St. Patrick’s Day (no bands as far as I know, but a damn good time) @ McCormack’s Irish Pub
03/20/10 – David Bazan (Pedro the Lion guy) @ Alley Katz
03/20/10 – Anvil, Misstallica @ 930 Club
03/21/10 – Ben Folds @ The National
03/22/10 – The Jim O’Ferrell Band @ The Camel
03/26/10 – A Good Natured Riot @ Capital Ale House
03/26/10 – Oregon Hill Funk All-Stars @ Bogart’s
03/27/10 – Oregon Hill Funk All-Stars @ Bogart’s
03/28/10 – Foxy Shazam @ Canal Club
03/29/10 – Wilco @ The National (SOLD OUT)
03/30/10 – Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine @ Black Cat
03/31/10 – Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine, Landmines @ Canal Club
Jesus. It appears that concert season has started, eh? This is going to take a while. Okay, first off, The Fisticuffs, Pedals On Our Pirate Ships, Sundials show at McCormack’s: Fucking A, Mac’s having shows again. All three bands kick ass, and since Dropkick Murphys are a.) in DC and b.) sold out, it’s the only game in town or out. I’ll be there – will you? Then comes a showing of Boondock Saints, which is just a mighty fine movie to get drunk to – especially with a crowd. If you’re into watching movies in bars, that will probably kick some serious ass. Thursday has They Might Be Giants and Jonathan Coulton at the National, thoroughly awesome geektastic music, as well as Jet at the Hat Factory (radio rock, but solid), the WRIR Benefit(lots of local bands, including bands featuring WRIR DJs) at the Camel, AND Strike Anywhere – local hardcore heroes – at Plaza Bowl. WTF? They shouldn’t have so much awesome shit happening on the same day. I will be at They Might Be Giants, but I should probably encourage everyone else to go the WRIR benefit. We need the money more than TMBG does.
On Friday, there’s Andrew WK at eight in the morning – he’s totally awesomely kick-ass live; sort of a punk-rock Meatloaf, if you’re not familiar with him. You should be. Nyxe is doing a set at Element Lounge. I have no idea what her drum n’ bass sounds like, but she’s got quite a following in Florida, and I dated her for a few months, fourteen years ago, so she gets a shout-out. Saturday’s got Jimmy Catlett Group and The Dregs at the Playing Field – they are awesome; JCG is my favorite local straight-up rock band; sounds like everything awesome about 80s/90s pop-rock plus extra goodness unique to them, to me. Also, Black Liquid is playing the Camel – if you’re into hip-hop and getting drunk, he’s a good call. OMFG! Black Cash that day too? This is ridiculous. Black Cash is awesome – I’ll be at Jimmy Catlett because I missed him the last time he played Plaza Bowl, but fuck, man, if you like Johnny Cash, and you’d like to see him sort of channelled through a Nick Cave-vibe, then… well, then you have good taste, and you like Black Cash. This is so unfair. If you don’t go to at least ONE show on this day, you don’t like music. Bermuda Triangles are also on Saturday. They’re a CNP band, which probably tells you all you need to know. So that’s what, four good shows? We are truly blessed. And I’m annoyed I can’t go to all of them.
Megadeth is playing the 930 on the 15th, but it’s sold out so it doesn’t matter. Same day, only here in RVA, not sold out, and cheaper, is Good Luck at the Camel. Pop-punk goodness with kick-ass guitar-work; they are much beloved by Dan, so you hear them on Salad Days pretty regularly. I’ll be at that one too, prior to doing Mother’s Milk. They’re playing the next day in DC at the Black Cat. On St. Patrick’s Day, there is nowhere you want to be that isn’t McCormack’s Irish Pub. It’s the best bar in the city – I would argue, the state – every day of the year, but it transcends itself on St. Pat’s. On the 20th, the guy from Pedro the Lion is playing. Kinda whiny and he likes jesus, I think, but I hear well of him from tons of people, and he has a few songs I’ve played on the show before. Same day in DC? Sort of the opposite vibe, with Anvil and Misstallica, an all-girl Metallica tribute. Obviously, they’re both quite metal.
Ben Folds is playing the National on the 21st. Everyone knows Ben Folds, and thinks his single Brick was very pretty, right? Apparently, he is playing piano. The Jim O’Ferrell Band is playing the Camel on the 22nd. I am giving them a shout-out not because they’re particularly good – I’ve only heard one or two tracks, and they were decent, but they didn’t change my life – but because the first weekend they moved to RVA happened to be a fund-drive weekend. And they were really drunk and kept calling the station during my phone shift, requesting themselves. It was awesome and a bit sad, at the same time, but they had fun and so did I. They’re rock, and least one of them’s an Iraq War veteran, because they have a bunch of songs that deal with that.
On the 26th, you’ve got A Good Natured Riot at Capital Ale. They’re sort of bluegrass/country type stuff, if I recall correctly. I remember they kicked a lot of ass at the last fund drive, but uhmm… I was drinking, so I don’t remember them very well, now. I was surprised that I liked them as much as I did, at the time – I should probably see them again so I can firm up my conception of their sound. YOU, on the other hand, might want to see them just because they’re good. The Oregon Hill Funk All-Stars are playing that day and the following, at Bogart’s. They’re a rousing good time; feel-good funk that people would dance to in any city but Richmond, and sometimes even do here. On the 28th, Foxy Shazam‘s playing the Canal Club. I can’t remember where they’re from, but I saw them with Tubring and they were great. Glammy punky fun-times, and I recommend ’em.
Wilco is playing on the 29th. I know lots of people who like them, but I find them kinda mediocre, so I don’t mind at all that they’re sold out. Maybe you care. Maybe you have a friend at the National that can get you inside. More power to you, buddy. Last but not least, Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine (!!!!!!!) is playing the Black Cat on the 30th, and playing here in RVA at the Canal Club on the 31st. It’s Jello Biafra – a living legend, he’s sort of like punk rock’s Noam Chomsky. You may have heard of his former band, the Dead Kennedys. The other bands at the Canal Club show are also quite good; I think they’re all local, cuz’ I know all the names.
There ya have it. This month has a shit-ton of kick-ass shows.
MUST SEE SHOW: There are a bunch, but I have to go with Jello Biafra at the Canal Club. He hasn’t played this town since I moved here, I don’t think, and he really is a straight-up legend. If you miss that show, and you like punk-rock, you’re a dick.
— devlocke
What’s up, guys? I just finished two hours of Haberdashery, and now I’m ready to hop off the wagon and into a river of booze. Hopefully, you’ll join me there. Let’s drink!
UPDATE: Click here to download the podcast, if you missed the live airing (or just want your own personal copy).
Setlist:
Stormwind – Too Young To Die, Too Drunk To Live
Fisticuffs – Quittin’ Time
Pedals On Our Pirate Ships – Good Friends, Good Times
Sundials – It Stands A Ground
You’ve Got Foetus On Your Breath – I Am Surrounded By Incompetence
The Fall – Couldn’t Get Ahead
Love and Rockets – Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man)
Warren Zevon – Lawyers, Guns, and Money (Live)
Fear – I Believe I’ll Have Another Beer
Rehab – Sittin’ At A Bar
Nick Cave – Brother, My Cup Is Empty
Tom Waits – The Piano Has Been Drinking (Live)
Kirsty MacColl – Teenager In Love
Frank Turner Interview – Part One
Pyrates Royale – Drink Old England Dry*
Frank Turner Interview – Part Two
Frank Turner In-Studio Performance
Joe Swank and the Zen Pirates – Sittin’ Here Drinkin’ A Beer
Old 97s – Barrier Reef
Morphine – Thursday
Third Eye Blind – God of Wine
Pulp – The Fear
* – If you listen to the interview, this interlude will make sense. I wasn’t just interrupting the awesomeness to be arbitrary, I promise!
— devlocke
Sup, y’alls? I am sick as a dog. How are you? Hopefully, better. Speaking of hopefully, it is my fondest hope and most earnest ambition that I will be able to maintain my voice for the duration of the show. Wish me luck! We’re starting out with a little spotlight on the many bands that have been populated by former members of the populace of Lynchburg, VA. That’s going to cover most, if not all, of the first hour.
For the second hour, I am delighted to present episode one of the Rum Doings podcast. Rum Doings is an absolutely fantastic podcast from England that has been entertaining me for months. In an attempt to share my joy with the rest of the world, I’ll be playing an episode of Rum Doings on the first Mother’s Milk of each month, from here on out. I hope you dig it! (if you decide you can’t get enough of it, check out Botherer.org for the full production run to date).
UPDATE: Podcast available for download here! If you missed us live on-air, you don’t have to do without…
Setlist:
Red Elvises – Stupid Drinking Song
7 Hearts – Spirits
La Mere Vipere – Survivor’s Guilt
The Amoeba Men – Nazi Strip Club
Eustress Urchin – Joyadayfreedom
Neckbrace – Vomit On God
Battlemaster – This Mead Is Making Me Warlike
Horsehead – Hogtown
Seven Hearts – One More Drink
Leper Colony – Narc
Nellie McKay – The Dog Song
Marc Gunn & the Dubliner’s Tabby Cats – Wild Kitty
Gogol Bordello – Dogs Were Barking
Rum Doings Episode 1
— devlocke
Sean from the Slight Surface Noise Sound System took over the show for tonight He says:
Hello drinkers! i’m sitting in for josh this week armed with his drinking bible and a few extra slabs of vinyl to bring you my version of mother’s milk.
feel free to call in if you have any questions or requests and stay tuned for the podcast…
enjoy!
cisco kid / dj shadow / schoolhouse funk
straight no chaser / thelonious monk / two hours with thelonious
moonshine man blues / peter cleighton with blind john davies / drug songs 1917-1944, high and low
white lightening (i mean moonshine) / james brown / black caesar soundtrack / polydor
outlaw heart / tiger army / tiger army
the purple bottle / animal collective / feels
let me touch you for awhile / alison krauss & union station / live
cantina band / meco / star wars and other galactic funk
better off dead / bill withers / just as i am
salt of the earth / johnny adams / 45
i’m so tired / the beatles / the beatles
lean on sheana / the bouncing souls / the gold record
asleep at the wheel / the bloodhound gang / one fierce beer coaster
buy you a drank / dj sega mix / iheartcomix.com
pissing on your steps / del the funky homosapien / i wish my brother george was here
one beer / mf doom / the food album
proof 187 / spice 1
forest crunk / aesop rock / daylight ep
juke joint jezebel / kmfdm
selection from a sermon / dr jack van impe / the hooked generation
sweet premium wine / kmd
whiskey eyes / dwayne sodahberk
one bourbon, one scotch, one beer / johnny lee hooker
this bottle in my hand / george jones
— devlocke
Tonight, we have Frank Turner, tons of new stuff, a bunch of tracks Dirty Dacoit Dan of Salad Days threw my way, and… well, all of it is liquored up as hell. Sit back, have a beer, and a good time, eh?
UPDATE: The podcast is available here: just because you missed it, doesn’t mean you have to miss it!
Setlist:
Frank Turner – Live Fast Die Old – PLAYING 2/21 @ THE CAMEL and 2/22 @ THE NORVA
Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies – PLAYING 2/22 @ THE NORVA
Frank Turner – Love Ire & Song
Frank Turner – Imperfect Tense
Flogging Molly – Seven Deadly Sins
Frank Turner – This Town Ain’t Big Enough For the Both of Us
The Bottle Rockets – 1,000 Dollar Car
Whiskey Rebels – Whiskey Rebels
Sex Sex Sex – Damn, I Need A Six Pack
Commander Cody – Daddy’s Drinking Up Our Christmas
Jerry Jeff Walker – Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother
Champion Jack Dupree – Whiskey Headed Woman
Little Esther – Cherry Wine
Johnny Wright – Wine Head*
Charlie McCoy – Cherry Berry Wine
Katrina & the Waves – Red Wine and Whiskey
Junkrod Joe & the Cadillac Hearse – Suicyco Baby
The Ultra Twist – No Beer No Fun
Capitol Hillbillies – Go Down Swingin’*
Hayes Carll – She Left Me For Jesus
Mojo Nixon – Ain’t High Falutin’
La Mere Vipere – Survivor’s Guilt – CD RELEASE PARTY 2/26 at The Triple
Winnebago Deal – George Dickel
Volbeat – Danny And Lucy (11 PM)
Gogol Bordello – Tribal Connection
Rev. Horton Heat – Death Metal Guys
Dean Martin – Who’s Got the Action? (With Big Voodoo Daddy)
Immaculate Machine – Small Talk
Elliott Smith – Condor Ave.
Malcolm Middleton – Up Late At Night Again
Everclear – Summerland
Red Elvises – Better Than Cocaine
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* – I couldn’t find a website for these bands.
— devlocke
