No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Ali Hassan Kuban.

It is a vegetable plague, spreading from tree to tree. Unstoppable, invisible, a hidden rot, unseeing, unseen by the eyes of the world. Was it born of the deep dark earth? Was it brought to the surface by the mouths of the tiniest creatures? A fungus, perhaps? No, it travels faster than spores, it breeds inside tree roots, buried in their wooden hearts. An ancient, crawling evil. Kill it. Kill it with fire. Light it up and watch it burn, torch all those sickly beeches, firs and giant oaks that have stood the test of time, douse their trunks wounded from a thousand insect bites. Dying now, diseased and dying, dead as they stand. Let it burn and watch the flames reach up to the sky, for left alone it will consume the world, feeding on the death of others, nurtured by all the green grass turned grey. Quiet now, listen. Listen to it grow.

— Benjamin Labatut, “The Night Gardener,” When We Cease To Understand The World.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 353 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Eddie Kendricks — “Let’s Go Back To Day One” — Keep On Truckin’: The Motown Solo Albums, Vol. 1

JK Mandengue — “Kosa Mba” — Africa Airways Six: Mile High Funk 1974-1981

The Catalinas — “Banzai Washout” — Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Vol. 2: Point Panic!

Les Abranis — “Chenar Le Blues” — Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973-1983

The Breakers — “Long Green” — Ho-Dad Hootenanny Too!

La Playa Sextet — “Que Buena Baila Usted” — Doing The Boogaloo

Robert Calvert — “Ejection” — Captain Lockheed & The Starfighters

The Chosen Few — “Reggae Stuff (Funky Stuff)” — Funky Kingston: Reggae Dancefloor Grooves 1968-74

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Dennis Coffey — “Theme from Black Belt Jones” — Pulp Fusion 3: Revenge Of The Ghetto Grooves

THE SECOND SET

The Band Of Mercy & Salvation — “Suffering Stink” — Loch Ness Monster

Bo Oliver & His Timers — “Farm Dell Rock” — Dr. Boogie Presents Wasa Wasa: Fabulous Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Shakers on the Dancefloor! 1952-1968

Colomach — “Kpanlongo (Folklore)” — Colomach

Johnnie Morisette — “I’m Hungry” — Ancestors of Rap: A Collection Of Highly Underrated Prototype Rap Songs

Asha Bhosle — “Sambhalo Sambhalo Apna Dil” — Bombshell Baby of Bombay

Brenda Holloway — “Reconsider” — Motown Floorshakers: 40 Northern Soul Classics

Dao Bandon — “Mae Jom Kalon (Slippery Women)” — Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk: Zudrangma Vol. 3

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins — “Little Demon” — The OKeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949-1957

Fruko & Sus Tesos — “María La O” — The Afrosound of Colombia Vol. 1

THE THIRD SET

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

Ziad Rahbani — “Les Gardienne De Clés” — The Groovy Sounds Of 1970s Lebanon

The Outcasts — “I’m in Pittsburgh (And It’s Raining)” — Garage Beat ’66, Vol. 7: That’s How It Will Be!

Roger Damawuzan & Les As du Benin — “Baba Na Ayele” — Wait for Me

Janice Nicholls — “The Wednesbury Madison” — Instro-Hipsters a Go-Go! Vol. 3

King Tubby — “King Tubby Dub” — 400% Dynamite! Ska, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk & Dub In Jamaica

Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band — “I’ll Play The Fool” — Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band

The Bennito Sextet — “Jumping With Me” — The Bennito Sextet Plus One

THE FINAL SET

The Neons — “Tucson” — Mad Mike Monsters: A Tribute To Mad Mike Metrovich Vol. 2

Tala A.M. — “Hot Koki” — African Funk Experimentals 1975 to 1978

Necessaries — “You Can Borrow My Car” — Spy 45rpm

Winstone Jarrett — “Time Dub” — Atra 45rpm

The Young Senators — “Ringing Bells Pt. 2” — Chains & Black Exhaust

Ali Hassan Kuban — “Ali Samra Helwa” — Nubian Magic

The Velvet Underground — “Run Run Run” — The Velvet Underground & Nico [mono]

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Ennio Morricone — “Excuse Me, Let’s Make Love? (from Scusi Faciamo l’Amore?) — Morricone High

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