"Are Chips & Porridge Really That Popular?"

You won't find better Canadian post-punk than Rent Boys Inc.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2012.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Peaking Lights -- MARSHMELLOW YELLOW -- 936 (2011, Not Not Fun Records)
Roxy Music -- AVALON (LINDSTRØM & PRINS THOMAS VERSION) -- Love Is The Drug [single, Todd Terje Disco Dub] (2012, The Vinyl Factory)
Wire -- A FLAT TENT -- Red Barked Tree (2011, Pink Flag)
Aniceto Molina y su Conjunto -- CUMBIA CANDELA -- The Original Sound of Cumbia: The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph, 1948-79 (2012, Soundway)
New Age Steppers -- IZALIZE -- The New Age Steppers (1980, ON-U Sound)
Mark Stewart -- VANITY KILLS -- The Politics Of Envy (2012, Future Noise)
BFA -- POOR BOY -- Poor Boy E.P. (1980?, BFA)
Jah Wobble & Julie Campbell -- FEEL -- Psychic Life (2011, Cherry Red)
Rent Boys Inc. -- PICTISH -- Pictish, 7" single (1982, Rent Boys Music)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong -- THE FRIM FRAM SAUCE -- Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings (1995, GRP) [orig. 1946, Decca]
Lambchop -- THE GOOD LIFE (IS WASTED) -- Mr. M (2012, Merge Records)
The Touré-Raichel Collective -- AZAWADE -- The Tel Aviv Session (2012, Cumbancha)
Rufus Wainwright -- ALONE TOGETHER -- Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall (2007, Geffen)
That Petrol Emotion -- CATCH A FIRE -- Fireproof (1993, Koogat Records)
Minutemen -- I SHOOK HANDS -- The Politics Of Time (1984, New Alliance)
Teen Burger -- POP N CHIPS REMIX -- Burger Time (2011, Droppin Science)
Big Daddy A & The Merves -- CHIPS & PORRIDGE -- We Stole Your Wallet (1997, 1984 Records)
The Wordburglar -- CREAM OF WHEAT -- Burglaritis (2006, Hand'solo Records)
Les Cavemen -- EST-CE UN GARÇON...OU EST-CE UNE FILLE? -- 7"single (1965, ConTact Disques)
Disappears -- HALO -- Guider (2011, Kranky)

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Thanks to Pat for the loan of this vinyl.

"The Vorpal Blade Went Snicker-Snack!"

Cover art for Bjørn Torske's 2010 LP Kokning,
by Kim Hiorthøy, for Smalltown Supersound.

This week The Snark presents a mini-tribute to Norway.  Fine musicians from the land of fjords appear in every set on the list (in purple). (Canadians are, as always, in red.)

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2011.

(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

The Chemical Brothers -- SWOON (LINDSTRØM & PRINS THOMAS REMIX) -- Another World (2010, Parlophone)

Casiokids -- DET SNURRER I MIN -- Top stemning på lokal bar (2010, Polyvinyl)

Leon Spencer -- HIP SHAKER -- Acid Jazz, Volume 1 (1995, Beat Goes Public) [orig. 1972, Bad Walking Woman LP, Prestige]

The Poly Shores -- LLAMA -- CJSW: Now With More Music (2011, CJSW)

Mad Professor & Joe Ariwa feat. U-Roy -- NOTHING IS THICKER THAN DUB -- Old School Dubs (2007, Ariwa)

Rosendo Martinez Y Su Orquesta -- EL ALEGRON -- Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia & Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-72 (2011, Soundway)
Lindstrøm & Christabelle -- SO MUCH FUN (DØLLE JØLLE REMIX) -- Real Life is No Cool (2010, Smalltown Supersound)
Crissi Cochrane -- COMING HOME -- Darling, Darling (2010, Crissi Cochrane)

The Nervous Wrecked -- (YOU'RE RIGHT) (ON TIME) -- Circles (2010, The Nervous Wrecked)
The Interns -- NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE -- Roots Techniques (1995, Pressure Sounds)
Kim Hiorthøy -- TAK -- Fjord Focus: A Norwegian Sampler (2002, Wire)
Johnny West -- SPIDER VENTRILOQUIST -- An Absence of Sway (2009, Tosteestostas)
Minotaurs -- GET DOWN -- The Thing (2010, Minotaurs)

Small Paul -- THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CRYING -- Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg (2007, Numero) [orig. 1967]
Bjørn Torske -- BRYGGESJAU -- Kokning (2010, Smalltown Supersound)
Lopez Walker -- FLY AWAY -- Children Of Jah: The Chantells & Friends 1977-79 {imaginary title: Phase 1 Records: The Music Produced By Roy Francis} (1999, Blood & Fire)
Five Alarm Funk -- INTERLUDE -- Anything Is Possible (2010, Five Alarm Funk)

Annie -- ALWAYS TOO LATE -- Anniemal (2004, Smalltown Supersound)

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The Snark's semi-impromptu feature on some Norwegian artists from the Smalltown Supersound label is entirely due to my friend Pat's record collection. Casiokids appear (yet again) mainly because they actually toured North America in 2010 and we got to see them LIVE! In Detroit! A memorable night.
Special thanks to Pat for the loan of many great CDs from Norway (among other places).
Why no Jaga Jazzist? (Ask not. No reason.)

Kokning inside cover art by Kim Hiorthøy, 2010.

Anonymous comment (see below) points out that Casiokids are touring the south and east of the United States right now, but Detroit is not on the list of destinations. We are used to having our musical hearts broken this way, but we still don't like it. There's a link in the comments that doesn't work. Use this one: http://www.myspace.com/casiokids instead.