No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: The “5” Royales.

We live in an age in which our Caesars no longer write their own speeches, but instead, like hollow actors, enunciate platitudes written for them, like so much vapid advertising copy. It has been so long since they have elucidated their own honest thoughts that honest thought itself is instinctively shunned as taboo, as something that might alienate the consumer. Much of the writing in magazines – not only about rock ‘n’ roll, but about everything – has taken on that same deadening quality, as if writers were ghostwriting their own thoughts to conform to some norm of taste. “Time [magazine] cries and lets you care.” Fuck that shit. “We Are the World” was not rock ‘n’ roll. It was the sound of Time crying. Maybe real rock ‘n’ roll is impossible in an age of safe sex, an age in which the youth of America seem more driven by venality than by venery, an age in which yellow suspenders are regarded as a sign of power rather than of putzhood.

— Nick Tosches, Unsung Heroes of Rock’n’Roll.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 293 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

People’s Choice — “Do It Anyway You Wanna” — Disco 75

Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou — “Abakpé (Afro Beat Bariba)” — The Bariba Sound 1970-1976

Jaguars — “Exit 6” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 4

The Young Ones Of Guyana — “Grenada Girl” — On Tour / Reunion

Mutiny — “Lump” — Mutiny on the Mamaship

Los Destellos — “Cumbia Del Desierto” — Sicodélicos

Finey Mo — “Shake That Thing” — Stompin’ 6

Prasai Jaekankaeo — “Mor Khaen Ha Kho” — Paradise Bangkok: The Album

IT’S MADISON TIME…

John Lee Hooker — “She’s Mine” — Vee-Jay 45rpm

THE SECOND SET

Lito Barrientos Y Su Orquesta — “Kijis Konar” — Very Very Well

Chocolate Moose — “Half Peeled Banana” — Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol. 3

The Jokers — “Carioca” — Guitar Boogie

Poder Del Alma — “Mimo” — Mimo

B.T. Express — “Devil’s Workshop” — Non-Stop

Keith Hudson — “Formula Dub” — Playing It Cool & Playing It Right

Erkin Koray — “Fesuphanallah” — The Best of Erkin Koray

Lord Echo — “What Is That Feeling” — Curiosities

Mei Feng With Tony And The Polar Bear Five — “Secretly Love You” — Singapore A-Go-Go Vol. 1

THE THIRD SET

The “5” Royales — “The Slummer The Slum” — Monkey Hips And Rice: The “5” Royales Anthology

Sadun Jabir — “Ashhad Biannak Hilou (I Admit You Are Beautiful)” — Choubi Choubi: Folk And Pop Songs From Iraq

Elvis Costello — “Pump It Up” — This Year’s Model

Nho Balta — “Posse Bronck” — Synthesize The Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica From The Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988

T-Bone Walker — “Two Bones And A Pick” — Savvy Sugar: The Pure Essence Of West Coast Rock & Roll

King Tubby — “Dub with a View” — King Tubby’s Hometown Hi-Fi Dubplate Specials 1975-1979

Blossom Toes — “I’ll Be Late For Tea” — Love, Poetry And Revolution: A Journey Through The British Psychedelic And Underground Scenes 1966–1972

Los Alegres Diablos — “La Motilona” — Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985

Four Tops — “Bernadette” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971

THE FINAL SET

Horace Andy — “Music Dub” — In The Light Dub

The Parliaments — “Don’t Be Sore At Me” — Testify! The Best of the Early Years

Juaneco Y Su Combo — “Me Robaron Mi Runa Mula” — Leyenda Amazónica

Myron Lee & The Caddies — “Aw C’Mon Baby” — Wild Streak Vol. 2

Tabu Ley — “Sey Sey” — Congo: Rumba On The River

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Michael Nesmith — “Marie’s Theme” — The Prison (Original Mix)