No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Tura Satana in Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!

It is Tura’s portrait of Varla in Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! that stopped the clock forever. With her trademark Germaine Monteil eyeliner and Max Factor pancake, a Frederick’s of Hollywood bra with specially made cups that ensured even cleavage with no unexpected pop-outs, and leather gloves—one of which inevitably holds a slim Nat Sherman cigarette—Varla’s a gender-bending femme fatale who still packs a wallop nearly forty years later. Tura didn’t have to do any research for the part. The tragic events of her childhood gave her a grim insight into the role that couldn’t be begged, borrowed, or stolen. “Varla is the most honest, maybe the one honest portrayal in the Meyer canon,” writes critic Richard Corliss. “Certainly the scariest.”

— Jimmy McDonough, Big Bosoms and Square Jaws: The Biography of Russ Meyer

 

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 202 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

MFSB w/The Three Degrees — “T.S.O.P. [The Sound of Philadelphia]” — Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia

Orchestre Abass — “Soo Soo Mungha” — De Bassari Togo

The Road Runners — “Quasimoto” — Strummin’ Mental! Volume 5

Tommy McCook — “Glorious Lion” — Blazing Horns / Tenor In Roots

Toni & The Hearts — “Back To School” — Eccentric Soul: The Path Label

Saadet Gürses — “Ay Bir Tane” — Saz Beat Vol. 3: Turkish Rock, Funk, And Psychedelic Music Of The 1960s And 1970s

The Mothers Of Invention — “No. No. No. (Original Mix)” — Cruising With Ruben & The Jets

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Bert A. Shefter/Paul Sawtell — “Three Weirdos” — Motor Psycho/Mudhoney/Finders Keepers

THE SECOND SET

Los Destellos — “El Boogaloo Del Perro” — The Rough Guide To Los Destellos

Nelson Sanders — “Mojo Man” — Souvenirs Of The Soul Clap Vol. 5

Mahmoud Ahmed — “Belomi Benna” — Ethiopiques, Vol. 7: Ere Mela Mela 1975-1978

The Episode Six — “Slow Down” — The In Crowd: UK Mod R&B Beat 1964-1967

Wareika Hill Sounds — “Africa Freedom March” — Wareika Hill Sounds

The Undertones — “True Confessions (Keyboard Version)” — The Undertones

Eddie Palmieri — “Revolt/La Libertad Logico” — Vamonos Pa’l Monte

Musical Linn Twins — “Indian Rock” — Sin Alley Vol. 3

The Youngsters (Brazil) — “Abertura” — Ain’t Nothin’ ‘Bout ‘Gator Huntin’!

THE THIRD SET

The Purple Underground — “Count Back” — Garage Beat ’66 Vol. 3: Feeling Zero

Wganda Kenya — “El Nativo” — The Afrosound Of Colombia, Vol. 2

Phil Manzanera — “Frontera” — Diamond Head

The Aggrovators — “Jammie in the Arena” — Jammies in Lion Dub Style

The Francettes — “Late in the Evening” — Beche 45rpm

Sornpetch Pinyo — “Luek Rao Dume Nom” — Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk: Zudrangma Vol. 3

The Rolling Stones — “Come On” — Beat Beat Beat At The Beeb 1963-1965

La Playa Sextet — “No Me Dejes” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica

Booker T. & The MG’s — “You Can’t Sit Down” — That Cat Was Clean! The Mod Side Of Jazz

Buddy Pipp’s Highlifers — “Ghana Special” — Highlife On the Move: Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings from London & Lagos 1954-66

THE FINAL SET

Ervin Rucker & The Blues Nighthawks — “Done Done The Slop” — At The Party Too!: Too Much Goin’ On!

Asha Bhosle — “Ankhen Meri Maikhana” — Doob Doob O’ Rama 2: More Filmsongs From Bollywood

Fleetwood Mac — “Tell Me All The Things You Do” — Kiln House

Matata — “Wanna Do My Thing” — Afro Funk Explosion: Motherload From The Motherland

MC5 — “Looking At You (Instrumental Version)” — Power Trip

Attarazat Addahabia & Faradjallah — “Aflana” — Al Hadaoui

The Rhythm Surfers — “502” — Surfer’s Mood Vol. 2

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Jonathan Richman — “Outside O’ Duffy’s” — Ishkode! Ishkode!