No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Suicide vocalist Alan Vega.

It was a tremendous influence on me, but all the guys who knew Alan and couldn’t escape (the bartenders, Mark who worked the door) would all be holding their ears and saying, “Oh, man, fucking Suicide is too fucking loud!” I think they all wore earplugs. I was transfixed, but it was certainly true that they emptied the bar except for about five of us hardcore survivors and that included a couple of scary obsessive types who stood right next to the PA (which was totally impossible). Alan ended up covered in blood as usual from hitting his head on the mic – he always had these cuts on the side of his face from the mic at every gig I ever saw him at. I was speechless – here’s this rather kindly older guy who used to buy me drinks and let me crash at his loft turned into an awesome, intense howling, screaming monster, bleeding on stage. It was the most punk thing I’d ever seen. I was really awestruck. I didn’t know what to say to him afterward, it really was one of the few times in my life I have EVER been completely speechless.

— Marcia Schofield, quoted in David Nobakht’s Suicide: No Compromise.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 360 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The Three Degrees — “Dirty Ol’ Man” — Philadelphia International Records: 40th Anniversary

Marijata — “Mother Africa” — Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk & Fusion In ’70s Ghana

Johnny & The Volumes — “Blowout” — Strummin’ Mental! Part Three

Dave Barker — “Do Your Thing” — Africa’s Blood

Marvin Gaye — “Doing My Thing” — Funky Nation: The Detroit Instrumentals

Tafo feat. Nahid Akhtar — “Kad Ley Way” — The Sound Of Wonder!

Reparata & The Delrons — “Panic” — Casino Classics: Chapter One 1979

Chantana — “Changwah Disco” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 3: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Don Epperson — “Revenge” — Malamondo 6

THE SECOND SET

Mac & Party — “Kiss To Kiss” — Mzuri 45rpm

Tom Verlaine — “Red Leaves” — Tom Verlaine

Le Grand Kalle — “La Vida Africa” — Congo: Rumba On The River

Morphine — “Super Sex (Live)” — At Your Service

Polibio Mayorga y Su Conjunto — “Cumbia Totorana” — Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969​-​1981

The Rocks — “Love City” — Ho-Dad Hootenanny Too!

Yabby You — “Fire Fire” — Chant Down Babylon Kingdom: King Tubby’s at His Best

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

Tito Puente And His Orchestra — “Hit De Bongo” — Explosivos: Deep-Soul From The Latin Heart 1966-70

THE THIRD SET

Kid Creole And The Coconuts — “Dancin’ At The Bains Douches” — I, Too, Have Seen The Woods

Black Sugar — “The Dawn Of My Madness” — Black Sugar II

The Ramones — “Oh Oh I Love Her So” — Leave Home

Ali Hassan Kuban — “Maria-Maria” — Nubian Magic

Apostolic Intervention — “Madame Garcia” — Immediate Mod Box Set

Dengue Fever  (feat. Ros Serey Sothea & Sin Sisamouth) — “New Year’s Eve” — Sleepwalking Through the Mekong

The Coasters — “Along Came Jones” — 50 Coastin’ Classics

THE FINAL SET

Matata — “Wanna Do My Thing” — Africa 100

The Turtles — “Almost There” — White Whale 45rpm

Shorty The President — “Control Dub” — DJ Jamaica: Inna Fine Dub Style

Constellations — “I Don’t Know About You” — Gemini 45rpm

Jimmy Sabater — “Times Are Changin’” — I Gotta New Dance

The Distorters — “Distortion” — High School Rumble Vol. 1: 18 Explosive 50’s/60’s Instrumentals

Malavoi — “Baye La Voix” — Mano Césaire Et La Formation Malavoi (La Naissance De La World Music Antillaise En 1969)

Bryan Ferry — “Heart On My Sleeve” — Let’s Stick Together

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Hany Mehanna — “Damat Alam” — Music for Airplanes: A Collection of Instrumental Showpieces and Scores for Egyptian Films and TV-Series 1973-1980

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