No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: The Raybeats.

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino sought to revitalize the hardboiled style with his upcoming film, to which he had given the working title Black Mask (after a popular pulp mystery magazine). He conferred with two friends about the music he would use in it. One of them, a devout surf music chronicler named Chuck Kelley, suggested injecting some early instro-surf classics and made Tarantino a compilation tape. Tarantino, who seems to have believed at the time that surf music began and ended with the Beach Boys, accepted the tape — and the challenge. Over the years, rumors surfaced that Tarantino was listening to this tape of surf instrumentals in an Amsterdam hashish den when he envisioned the entire plot of [Pulp Fiction]. In fact, the script for the film had been floating around Hollywood since the early ’90s.

— Kent Crowley, Surf Beat: Rock’n’Roll’s Forgotten Revolution.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 373 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Rose Royce — “Fire In The Funk” — Stronger Than Ever

Afro National — “Push Am Forward” — African Experimentals (1972-1979)

The Raybeats — “The Calhoun Surf” — Guitar Beat

Baksey Cham Krong — “B.C.K.” — Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll

The Underdogs — “Don’t Pretend” — Friday At The Hideout: Boss Detroit Garage 1964-67

The La Playa Orchestra — “Olvidate De Mi” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica

Question Mark & The Mysterians — “Girl (You Captivate Me)” — Action

King Tubby — “Girl I Want to Dub You” — Dub Too Much Vol. 3

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Kip Tyler & The Flips — “She’s My Witch” — Godfathers Of Psychobilly

THE SECOND SET

Remi Kabaka — “Sure Thing” — Son of Africa

The Equals — “Green Light” — Greatest Hits

Bossa 70 — “Si Voce Pensa” — Peruvian Funk

Billy Preston — “Shotgun” — Vampisoul: In Search of the Cool

Los Escorpiones — “Igual Me Da” — Chicha for The Jet Set

Dave & the Detomics — “Detomic Orbit” — Instro Inferno 7: Action Planet!

Boris Gardiner & The Love People — “Darkness” — Trojan Reggae Rarities Box Set

Whitefield Brothers — “Buster” — In The Raw

Ira Maya Sopha — “Kawanku” — Indonesia Pop Nostalgia: Pan-Indonesian Pop, Folk, Instrumentals & Children’s Songs 1970s-1980s

The Mar-Keys — “Last Night” — In The Beginning: The Mod Story

THE THIRD SET

Carlos Hayre y Su Orquesta — “Me Gusta Boogaloo” — Ritmo Salvaje! Vol. 1 : Latin And Salsa Rhythms From Peru

Roxy Music — “Both Ends Burning” — Siren

Ros Sereysothea, Sinn Sisamouth And Friends — “Enjoy Now While You’re Young” — Cambodian Psych-Out

Ron Nagle — “Marijuana Hell” — Bad Rice

Gussie Clarke & The Revolutionaries — “Hot Steppers” — Dread At The Controls Dub

Favourite Sons — “Walkin Walkin Walkin” — A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds Of 1966

Sadistic Mika Band — “Hei made Hitottobi” — Kurofune (Black Ship)

THE FINAL SET

The Torquays — “Journey To The Stars” — A Date With …

4 Étoiles — “Luila” — 4 Stars

Television — “In World” — Television

Raphael Green & Dr. Alimantado — “Rasta Train (Previously Unreleased Alternate Mix)” — Arkology Reel II: Dub Shepherd

Jimmy Mcquade & The Unique Echos — “Booga-Ka-Do” — Downtown Soulville! 24 Solid Blasts Of 60s Soul

Michi Sarmiento — “Suena Ahora” — Aqui Los Bravos! The Best Of Y Su Comba Bravo 1967-77

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Dr. John — “Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya [mono]” — Gris-Gris

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