No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Lizzy Mercier Descloux.

Still Violet simply sat leaning out, for a long time looking just at that wallpaper nearest the bed; and Boris could have seen this, perfect host, for he gave her a nosedrop-bottle then, which held a small piece of mercury. And she poured this out into her hand, as a lump of wet mirror, small as the smallest silver coin, though with Violet being so close, it might not have been like that now, and even in letting it move across one palm and onto the other, and back, she must let it fall to the floor. So that while Boris slowly stood to adjust the newspaper light, Violet knelt down very close, as if she might have already made out what loomed there near in the half-light—which it did when the light came, like a soft silver moon, as big as a mountain against a black plateau, and all around, at different and precise distances, were its pieces, shattered, perched glittering and isolate on the same expanse, or down, glinting up half-hidden deep at the bottom of parallel fissures where the surface dropped sharply away, or yet again, over and beyond: one, two, three dark fields away.

— Terry Southern, ‘Put-down,’ Red-Dirt Marijuana And Other Tastes.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 268 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

O’Jays — “Put Your Hands Together” — Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia

Livy Ekemezie — “Delectation” — Wanted Afrobeat: From Diggers To Music Lovers

The Gamblers — “Moon Dawg” — The Birth Of Surf

Bob Destiny — “Wang Dang” — Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection Of Music From The Arab World

The Kinks — “You Do Something To Me” — The Mono Kollectables Volume 1

The La Playa Orchestra — “Olvidate De Mi” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica

Lizzy Mercier Descloux — “Mission impossible 2.0” — Press Color

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Backyard Heavies — “Soul Junction” — Funky Crimes

THE SECOND SET

The Soul Fantastic — “El Mismo” — Panama! 2 Soundway 45rpm

Reigning Sound — “You’re So Strange” — Time Bomb High School

Vaudou Game — “Pas La Peine” — Otodi

Bill Doggett — “Boo-Da-Ba” — Rhythm ‘N’ Blues Vol. 2

Ossie Hibbert & The Revolutionaries — “An Event” — Earthquake Dub

The Modern Lovers — “I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms” — The Modern Lovers

Ricardo Marrero & The Group — “Algo” — A Taste

The Bobby Fuller Four — “Stinger” — The Bobby Fuller Instrumental Album

Atomic Forest — “Mary Long” — Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga!

THE THIRD SET

The T.S.U. Toronados — “The Toronado” — One Flight Too Many (Rare And Unreleased Houston Funk From The Vaults Of Ovide Records 1968-1969)

Sinn Sisamouth — “Hala Hala” — Groove Club Vol 4: Sinn Sisamouth

The Only Ones — “Trouble In The World” — Baby’s Got A Gun

Nana Love — “Talking About Music” — Return To The Mothers’ Garden (More Funky Sounds Of Female Africa 1971-1982)

Mad Hatters — “I’ll Come Running” — Garage Beat ’66 Vol. 7: That’s How It Will Be!

Tesfa-Maryam Kidane — “Yetesfa Tezeta” — Ethiopiques Vol. 8: Swinging Addis

The Mystics — “Jumpin’ Bean” — Let’s Go Down In The Congo

The Congos — “At The Feast” — Build The Ark

THE FINAL SET

Shig & Buzz — “Lost Train” — Double Diamonds

Fruko & Sus Tesos — “El Caminante” — The Afrosound of Colombia Vol. 1

Young-Holt Unlimited — “Dig Her Walk” — The Definitive Young-Holt Unlimited

Heads Funk — “Cold Fire” — Cold Fire

The Bobby Peterson Quintet — “Mama Get Your Hammer” — Mod: The Early Years Vol. 1

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Free The Children” — African Dub All-Mighty Chapter 4

Alan Vega and Martin Rev — “Dance” — Suicide (Second Album)

Ennio Morricone — “Fuga A Cavallo” — The Good, The Bad & The Ugly OST

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Johnny Horton — “North To Alaska” — Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits