Another from Gary Larson.
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Titus
Sunday, 22 March 2026
Porcupine Tree
Phantasmagoria
Wheaton, MD
May 26th 1999
Another show from the PTree archives.
It's a reasonable quality audience recording
albeit with distant chatters audible in the quieter moments.
I'm not that into Porcupine Tree but, as I've said before, I've got loads of their stuff.
This interesting venue is no longer a going concern.
The Tree were opening for Gong.
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Titus
01 Even Less
02 Piano Lessons
03 Waiting
04 Up the Downstair
05 Don't Hate Me
06 Signify
07 Voyage 34
08 Tinto Brass
09 Sky Moves Sideways
10 Radioactive Toy
Saturday, 21 March 2026
The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)
Reposted from September 2021
Now with multiple optional subtitles. Other languages are available on request.
An old favourite based on a 1959 play with the same name by Willis Hall.
It is an early example of a war film that has sympathies with the enemy
as opposed to the usual gung-ho propaganda stuff.
A young David McCallum is part of the cast.
He shot to fame as Illya Kuryakin in The Man from U.N.C.L.E
and, of course, for his role in Colditz.
We can forgive him for Sapphire & Steel.
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Titus
Warning: Parental Advisory (2002)
Reposted from October 2024
OK, it's a bit tacky but interesting in a way.
A made-for-TV dramatization of the efforts to clamp down on "porn rock".
Frank Zappa, Dee Snider and John Denver testified at the congressional hearings.
Worth a watch.
Sorry I couldn't find good quality English subtitles for this one.
Translating back from other languages amplifies the "Chinese whispers" effect.
e.g. When Dee sings "We're not gonna take it"
you end up with something like "This is intolerable" which is, erm, intolerable.
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Titus
Friday, 20 March 2026
Naomi Klein
No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies (1999)
The debut effort by Canadian author Naomi Klein.
A well researched condemnation of the corporate entities
who stain the modern world with their corruption and greed.
We should be more concerned about the treatment of the people
who actually make the products we all buy.
This book will further your understanding of how it all works.
Nike manufacture zero products.
Let that fully sink in for a moment.
All their overpriced goods are franchised out to wherever the cheapest labour can be found.
These contracts are then sub-let to other people
...and so on until the actual production is so far removed from Nike
they are able to throw their hands up in "we had no idea" horror
whenever an unsafe factory burns down or child/slave labour is exposed.
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Titus
Frank Zappa
The Palladium
New York City
October 31st 1981 (late show)
Borrowed from the, rather expensive, box-set.
A treat for those eking out an existence on a modest pension.
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Titus
Disc 1
01 Black Napkins
02 "A Historical Event"
03 Montana
04 Easy Meat
05 Society Pages
06 I'm A Beautiful Guy
07 Beauty Knows No Pain
08 Charlie's Enormous Mouth
09 Fine Girl
10 Teen-age Wind
11 Harder Than Your Husband
12 Bamboozled By Love
13 Sinister Footwear II
14 Stevie's Spanking
15 Commercial Break
Disc 2
01 Cocaine Decisions
02 Nig Biz
03 Doreen
04 Goblin Girl
05 The Black Page #2
06 Tryin' To Grow A Chin
07 Strictly Genteel
08 The Torture Never Stops
09 "The Real Show Keeps Going"
10 Joe's Garage
11 Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
12 The Illinois Enema Bandit
13 "The Halloween Tradition"
14 King Kong
15 Auld Lang Syne
Beat Club
Episode 69
July 24th 1971
Some brilliant stuff here from Beat Club's excursion to the USA.
It seems very poignant as a contrast/mirror(?) to present times.
Wish I had English subtitles for all the Beat Club episodes.
The music is great too.
James Gang probably take first prize.
(Just for Jim Fox's drumming!)
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Titus
Mick Abrahams Band - Greyhound Bus/Why Do You Do Me This Way?
Caravan - Golf Girl
Osibisa - Phallus C
Grease Band - Let it Be Gone
Etcetera - Raga, Lady, Blue/Thursday Morning Sunrise
James Gang - Walk Away
Thursday, 19 March 2026
Roger Waters
Madison Square Garden
New York City
September 12th 2006
Remastered audience recording.
Nick Mason sits in for the second set.
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Titus
Disc 1
01 In the Flesh
02 Mother
03 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
04 Shine On You Crazy Diamond
05 Have a Cigar
06 Wish You Were Here
07 Southampton Dock
08 The Fletcher Memorial Home
09 Perfect Sense parts 1 & 2
10 Leaving Beirut
11 Sheep
Disc 2
01 Speak to Me/Breathe
02 On the Run
03 Time/Breathe (reprise)
04 The Great Gig in the Sky
05 Money
06 Us and Them
07 Any Colour You Like
08 Brain Damage/Eclipse
09 band intros
The Happiest Days of Our Lives
Another Brick in the Wall (part 2)
10 Vera
Bring the Boys Back Home
11 Comfortably Numb
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
Santana/Pat Metheny Group
The Bottom Line
New York City 1978
Remastered FM.
A King Biscuit Flower Hour broadcast.
First aired on December 17th 1978.
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Titus
Santana
October 16th 1978
01 Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
02 Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)
03 Europa
04 Open Invitation
Pat Metheny Group
September 26th 1978
05 Phase Dance
06 April Joy
07 Lone Jack
Roy Buchanan
American Axe Tracks
Volume One - In The Beginning
1957-64
Reposted from September 2024
A remastered overview of Roy Buchanan's early recorded output.
He started his professional career aged 15 in Johnny Otis's rhythm and blues revue.
From home recordings to his first pro slot on 'My Babe'
and onto other tracks which featured his guitar playing.
Sound quality varies, as you can imagine,
but overall it's well worth a listen if you are interested in Roy.
There is more info on the inner CD cover.
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Titus
01 Instrumental Blues
02 Nine Pound Hammer
03 Country Instrumental
04 My Babe
05 Crossties
06 Lulu
07 Loretta
08 Buttercup
09 Roys Guitar Boogie
10 After Hours
11 Whiskers
12 Lovin Bug
13 Further on Up the Road
14 Ruby Baby
15 Mule Train Stomp
16 Pretty Please
17 Hot Toddy
18 Twin Exhaust
19 Twin Exhaust (alt. take)
20 Twist medley
21 Potato Peeler
22 The Jam part 1
23 Route 66
24 Daddy Daddy
25 Country Boogie
26 Instrumental Blues
27 Mary Lou
28 The Shuffle
29 Braggin'
30 Trophy Run
31 I Found You
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Family
Transmissions - (1969-73)
Remastered radio and TV broadcasts.
A compilation I threw together.
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Titus
Playhouse Theatre
London, UK
July 28th 1969
John Peel - Top Gear - BBC Radio 1
broadcast: August 3rd 1969.
01 Drowned in Wine
02 Wheels
03 No Mule's Fool
04 The Cat and the Rat
Beat Club German TV
broadcast: June 7th 1970
05 The Weaver's Answer
Olympic studios - London, UK
Rock en Stock - French TV
broadcast: January 15th 1972
06 A Song For Me
07 In My Own Time
08 Children
09 A Song For Me (reprise)
BBC Studios
London, UK
Bob Harris show
broadcast: October 23rd 1972
10 Coronation
11 Burlesque
12 Ready to Go
13 Dark Eyes
BBC Television Centre
London, UK
Full House TV show
February 10th 1973
14 Top Of The Hill
On January 21st Trump said:
“We’ve never needed them. We have never really asked anything of them.
You know, they’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan, or this or that.
And they did – they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines.”
and on March 7th:
"We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won!”
Comforting to know we are surplus to requirements
and the USA has everything under control.
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Titus
It's St. Patrick's Day so it is.
My parents were both of Irish descent.
The McLuxor's go back a long way.
We were not always welcome on the British mainland:
I was in Dublin, many years ago, studying a map in the street.
An old guy stopped and asked what I was looking for.
He duly pointed out where my desired destination was located
then he asked where I was from.
"England" I replied, to which he said:
"Oh beJesus, I'd better be on my way before you take me over or something"
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Titus
Monday, 16 March 2026
This Island Earth (1955)
A classic 50s Sci-Fi that remains a firm favourite.
Is this dude related to Bill Clinton?
As a kid I was terrified by the mutant seen here off duty:
The film was released in 1955 as a double feature
with Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.
Optional subtitles included:
English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and Tibetan.
Other languages are available on request.
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Titus
Saturday, 14 March 2026
Friday, 13 March 2026
Led Zeppelin
The Old Refectory
Southampton University, UK
January 22nd 1973
Remastered soundboard.
Ripped straight from my old ASDA CDs.
This 'AtticRock special edition' was first shared on Soundaboard
back in 2008 when I was still in short trousers.
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Titus
Disc 1
01 Rock and Roll
02 Over the Hills and Far Away
03 Black Dog
04 Misty Mountain Hop
05 Since I've Been Loving You
06 Dancing Days
07 The Song Remains the Same
07 The Rain Song
09 Dazed and Confused
Disc 2
01 Stairway to Heaven
02 Whole Lotta Love (medley)
- Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
- Boogie Chillun'
- Baby I Don't Care
- Let's Have a Party
- I Can't Quit You Baby
03 Heartbreaker
04 organ solo
05 Thank You
06 How Many More Times?
07 Communication Breakdown
Roy Buchanan
American Axe Tracks Volume Ten (Disc 2) - Rarities II
More from the Roy vaults.
These rarities CDs are for devoted fans only although there's always some gems.
'Don't call Me Nigger' sounds like a very Zappa-esque title
and the song lives up to that expectation.
I fixed a major drop-out on that track and likewise for Barefootin'
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Titus
Carnegie Hall, 6/21/72
01 Roy's Band Intro
02 Color Him Father
03 Together Again
Heinz Hall, Pittsburg, 12/17/72
04 Tribute to Elmore
05. Linda Lu
06 The Thrill Is Gone
07 Suzie Q
08 CC Ryder
Billy Roberts demo for Roy 73-74
09 Good God Have Mercy
Austin, 2/22/74
10 Don't call Me Nigger
Boston 5/17/74
11 CC Ryder
12 Change My Mind
Boston 5/18/74
13 Barefootin'
14 Bring it on Home to Me
Town Hall 11/27/74
15 You Sure Look Good to Me
Thursday, 12 March 2026
Titus Luxor
Misfit (circa 1985)
Reposted from December 2023 (new rip)
Another song salvaged from an old cassette.
I can tell I was obsessed with Zappa when I wrote this.
Not a bad attempt at emulating Frank's 70s SG/wah-wah sound.
If I tried to sing this now I'd burst a blood vessel.
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Titus
Linda's having trouble with her social life
Everybody's telling her so
Living day to day on the edge of a knife
And she doesn't want her Daddy to know
She had a lot of fun and a real good run but it's over
If ever there was a misfit she's the one
Linda couldn't handle what the future may bring
Everything was out of control
Searching through the numbers for somebody to ring
To say "Lucifer has taken my soul"
She did her final deed and her wrists did bleed so it's over
If ever there was a misfit she's the one
Someone throw a lifeline
Answer all these questions of mine
Tell me what it's all about
Help me find the real way out
Cut me from the gallows
Save me from these bows and arrows
Catch me when I'm falling
Can anybody hear me calling?
Can you offer hope for me?
Can you make the blind to see?
Give me your tuition
Guide me through this superstition
Give me your conclusion
Save me from confusion
Open up my mind's eye
Help me watch the world go by
Tommy's having trouble with the boys in blue
Now he'll go to prison for sure
The Doctor says "There's nothing anybody can do"
Nobody can offer a cure
He's on the way to jail but he's out on bail in the meantime
If ever there was a misfit he's the one
When Tommy was at school he was so cheerful and bright
Always he was greedy for more
Stealing grew in time to be his greatest delight
A habit he could never ignore
And now he's past his prime and a life of crime was his downfall
If ever there was a misfit he's the one
Hawkwind
Cosmic Driftwood
(1972-1974)
Reposted from December 2021
This is an mp3 compilation.
It's a mix taken from single edits/b-sides and the Greasy Truckers Party cuts.
All the tracks overlap slightly to create a continuous flow.
Most Hawkheads will have heard this stuff before
but I like having them all together in one place.
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Titus
01 Urban Guerilla
02 Brainbox Pollution
03 Lord of Light
04 Ejection
05 Master of the Universe
06 Born to Go
07 You'd Better Believe It
08 The Psychedelic Warlords
09 Paradox
10 It's So Easy
11 Seven By Seven
Theodore Sturgeon
More than Human (1953)
Sturgeon was a talented American author and poet.
He also wrote some of the best scripts for the original Star Trek series
including the fabulous 'Shore Leave' episode:
More Than Human is a masterpiece which envisions the next stage
of human evolution as it attains a gestalt collective consciousness.
Theodore (Ted) was interviewed for a radio poetry show in 1954.
I've uploaded that short audio for those who may be interested.
He's very well spoken...for a Yank! :)
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Titus
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