From time to time, I receive a recommendation via Friends of Sombrero Fallout, or simply when meeting a friend for a walk. With the latter, I usually forget instantaneously what someone just told me because I’m cleaning up Toby’s poop. (Toby is my dog.)
So, I’ve gone back over various posts from the last few months to remind myself of people’s ideas, to have a listen, and a good old curate. I sometimes wonder why should I impose my tastes on everyone else, so this is a good opportunity to reverse the normal process.
I’ve also had several delightful letters recently, and I’d encourage you to get in touch if you feel like it. I (think I) always reply. It’s great meeting new friends, isn’t it? As I said to Knight Berman, Jr, my dream is to one day have a world tour and visit all my Fallout Friends. Of course, first I’ll need to be permitted travel beyond 5km from my home for more than one hour a day, so that ambition’s a little way off being realised.
Talking of Knight Berman, Jr, he sent me a delightful email mentioning he’d started following the podcast a few months ago, initially because of the title, being a big Richard Brautigan fan. Knight makes music under the moniker The Marble Tea, named after a long-forgotten Brautigan poetry collection. He thought I might find it interesting as we had both named our projects after the same writer.
More than that, Knight, I love the music and ‘I’m Batman’ is included on this episode.
The other band of particular interest on this pod is The Convenience Store. They’re a bunch of young Melbourne lads, friends of my sons, but also FOSF-ers. ‘Time to enjoy’ is an early cut by them and you can find more of their interesting material on Bandcamp.
A very enjoyable episode to assemble.
Tracklist:-
Signal, Automatic
I’m Batman, The Marble Tea
Alv Bye, Melted Ice Cream
Oh Canada, Nadia Reid
The Dial, Squid
Safari Disco Club, Yelle
Lost and found, Taken By Trees
Itsuko got married, Bearsuit
Don’t cling to life, The Murder Capital
Time to enjoy, The Convenience Store
Subways, The Avalanches
James, MGMT
Mystery, The Caretaker
The Waitress Song, Seth Sentry