No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Max Raabe.

Through much of 1919, Berlin waged a war against the promoters of popular dance. But the universally reviled campaign was doomed from the start. A delirium for social dance (Tanztaumel) had swept the city and much of Germany since the cessation of fighting. Klaus Mann, the son of the Nobel Prize laureate, recalled the choreographic outbreak as “a mania, a religion, a racket.” Secret dance parlors, hidden in the Friedrichstadt and in Berlin North, became the craze. In workers’ quarters, Apache-like tango dances, cake- walks, and foxtrots played out under streetlights and in parks. Life in postwar Berlin had become bizarrely eroticized and dance-madness was its improbable visible symptom.

— Mel Gordon, “The Collapse,” Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 300 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Love Unlimited Orchestra — “Satin Soul” — The Best Of Love Unlimited Orchestra

Dizzy K. Falola — “Excuse Me Baby” — Brand New Wayo: Funk, Fast Times & Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979-1983

The Rhythm Masters — “Exotique” — That’s Swift! Instrumentals from the Norman Petty Vault

D’4 Ever — “Mungkir Janji” — Steam Kodok : 26 A-Go-Go Ultrarities from the 60’s Singapore & Southeast Asia Underground

Lizzy Mercier Desclous — “Funky Stuff” — Mutant Disco: A Subtle Discolation Of The Norm

Lester Sterling & Stranger Cole — “Bangarang” — Jamaican Funk Experience

Reigning Sound — “Drowning” — Too Much Guitar

IT’S MADISON TIME…

B.W. Souls — “Marvin’s Groove” — Funky Crimes

THE SECOND SET

Juaneco y su Combo — “Selva, Selva” — Cumbia Beat Vol. 2: Tropical Sounds from Peru 1966–1983

Les Fleur De Lys — “Circles” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

Les Loups Noirs D’Haiti — “Jet Biguine” — Afro Tropical Soundz Vol. 1

Funkadelic — “Red Hot Mamma” — Standing on the Verge of Getting It On

Fela Ransome-Kuti & His Koolalobitos — “Se E Tun De” — Lagos Baby 1963-1969

Bob Seger & the Last Heard — “Persecution Smith” — Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967

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

Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers — “One Track Mind” — L.A.M.F. (The Lost ’77 Mixes)

The Slickers — “Every Wolf” — Break Through

THE THIRD SET

The MC5 — “Looking at You” — A Square (Of Course): The Story of Michigan’s Legendary A-Square Records

Vaudou Game — “Be My Wife” — Noussin

The Creations — “In the Dark” — A Cellarful of Motown! Vol. 2

P.M. Pocket Music — “Kack Toi Mor” — Shadow Music Of Thailand

Bobby Fuller Four — “Never to Be Forgotten [mono]” — LA Gemstones: The Rock Box

The Psychedelic Aliens — “Gbomei Adesai” — Psycho African Beat

Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant — “Speedin’ West” — Stratosphere Boogie: The Flaming Guitars of Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant

Grupo Almendra — “Tutti Frutti” — Color De Trópico Vol 2 (Compiled By El Dragón Criollo Y El Palmas)

THE FINAL SET

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

Cook E. Jarr & His Krums — “Ain’t No Use” — Hot Dance From Philadelphia

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

The Velvet Underground — “Run Run Run [Alternate Mix]” — Scepter Studios Sessions

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou — “Se Tche We Djo Mon” — The Vodoun Effect: Funk And Sato From Benin’s Obscure Labels 1972-1975

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

Ali Hassan Kuban — “Hela Houb (Let’s Do It)” — Real Nubian: Cairo Wedding Classics

Dicky Doo & The Don’ts — “Flip Top Box” — Magnificent: 62 Classics From The Cramps’ Insane Collection

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Max Raabe (feat. Palast Orchester) — “Fahrrad Fahr’n” — MTV Unplugged