No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Najib Alhoush.

They thought I was American and they came up to me and said, “Man we have to score some hash, where can we go?” They asked my name and I told them and Gregory [Corso] said, “That’s a Frog name!” I said, “Yeah, I’m French!” and they couldn’t believe it. Anyway, so we took the Metro and we went to the Bastille. At the Bastille there was a little Algerian place called Chez Madame Ali, and we used to spend a lot of time Chez Madame Ali. Ali was an Algerian fellow, and his wife was French, it was Madame Ali’s place. It was on the Passage Thiere, near the Place Bastille. There was two rooms. The first room was [sic] tables and you would eat couscous and when you entered there you were stoned immediately because the thickness of the smoke was so heavy that you couldn’t breathe without getting stoned, just breathing the air. We would buy little cubes of hash, as thick as a finger, for three francs. It was black stuff, coming specially from Khetama in Morocco, really good stuff. Madame Ali had a dog, and the dog was so stoned, he would always bump himself into chairs. The dog was totally out of his mind, he couldn’t walk straight. To go from here to there he would go around the room. The dog was completely wrecked.

—  Jean-Jacques Lebel, as quoted in Barry Miles’ The Beat Hotel.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 347 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Calender — “Hypertension” — Disco 75

Kris Okotie — “Show Me Your Backside” — Brand New Wayo: Funk, Fast Times & Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979-1983

The Pyramids — “Contact” — Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Vol. 1: Big Noise From Waimea!

Anibal Velasquez y Su Conjunto — “Cecilia” — Mambo Loco

Alvie Self — “Let’s Go Wild” — Let’s Go Wild

Esmeray — “Ölmeden De Yaşamak” — Turkish Ladies: Female Singers From Turkey 1974-1988

Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix — “Kings of Speed” — Deviation Street: High Times in Ladbroke Grove 1967-1975

IT’S MADISON TIME…

East-West Pipeline — “Angels Die Hard” — Savage Pencil presents Angel Dust: Music for Movie Bikers

THE SECOND SET

The Nitty Gritty Sextet — “Say Listen” — Let’s Boogaloo Vol. 6: Explosive Deep Funk, Northern Soul & Dancefloor Jazz En El Barrio

Tony & Tyrone — “Turn It On” — The Jerk Boom! Bam! 2

King Tubby & Thompson Sounds — “Loving Dub” — Whip Them King Tubby! Linval Thompson & Friends

The Light Nites — “Same Old Thing” — Best of Dunwich Records Vol. 2

Georgette Sayegh — “Ya Nassini” — The Groovy Sounds of 1970s Lebanon

Mars — “3e” — New York Noise 2016 Edition: Dance Music from The New York Underground 1977-1982

Ros Sereysothea, Sinn Sisamouth And Friends — “Month After Month Always Busy, Can’t Go Out” — Cambodian Psych-Out

Jack Fascinato — “Happy Medium” — Jack Fascinato Arranges Things

Fela Ransome-Kuti & His Koolalobitos — “Omuti” — Lagos Baby 1963-1969

The Missing Links — “You’re Driving Me Insane” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

THE THIRD SET

Rob — “More” — Funky Rob Way

Monad & The Electrons — “Foam Song” — Screamers, Bangers & Cosmic Synths Vol. II

Alcibiades y Su Banda — “Bomba de Pobres” — Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969-81

Paul Gayten — “Beatnik Bounce” — The Ultimate Beatnik Collection Vol. 2

Black Ark Players — “Rasta Man” — Black Ark In Dub

The Kinks — “Got My Feet On The Ground” — Kinda Kinks [mono]

Henri Guédon — “Eti Yo” — Karma

Tony March & The Rockets — “Show Down” — Instrumental Madness!

THE FINAL SET

Les Djinns — “Nadia” — 1970’s Algerian Folk and Pop

The Detroit Cobras — “Cha Cha Twist” — Mink, Rat or Rabbit

Syran Mbenza — “Vie Ya Moto” — Signé Eddy’Son

Don McGinnis — “Star Light Star Bright” — Travelin’ Light

The Aggrovators and King Tubby’s — “You’re All I’ve Got Version” — Jackpot Dub: Rare Dubs From Jackpot Records 1974-1976

Suicide (Alan Vega and Martin Rev) — “Fast Money Music” — Suicide (Second Album)

Najib Alhoush — “Arb Share’I” — The Free Music (Part 1)

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Del Shannon — “Silently” — Home and Away

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