No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: The late, great “Brother” Wayne Kramer.

You know, youth has certainty. When you’re nineteen years old you’ve got it all figured out. You know what’s coming, how it’s going to play out; you’ve got all the answers. And if you’ve got a few people who agree with you, you’re really certain. And that’s what MC5 and our community—we were all in total agreement about things like politics, the country was heading in the wrong direction. About art and culture. The music we liked was the most advanced and forward. That our band was the cutting-edge band of all bands; we were doing stuff that was more forward. And if you achieved some recognition, that reinforces it. There’s very little self-criticism and looking inward. And very little criticism around us. We weren’t good Marxists; we weren’t that dogmatic. We smoked a lot of weed, dropped a lot of acid, and were having a ball doing what we were doing. Everything was hitting as it was supposed to hit. The politicization came as a result of just living in America in those years, the sixties. We just wanted to be a great rock band; I wanted to be a world-class guitar player, song writer, and performer. When I was younger my goal was just to be able to work in nightclubs. Just have this nighttime world, late-night musicians—that was living to me. In those days there were a lot of clubs to play in. The auto factories went 24/7, so there were clubs open seven days a week, five sets a night, forty-five minutes on fifteen off. We quickly came to the conclusion that we wanted to be the band on the radio rather than the bands playing those songs in the clubs. We wanted to write our own songs, and then we realized we could go on tour and play big venues. Once we saw the model—the British band model once they started touring—we realized it was doable.

— Wayne Kramer, from Steve Miller’s Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock’n’Roll in America’s Loudest City.

LISTEN TO EPISODE 382 OF NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT:

DOWNLOAD EPISODE 382 OF NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT BY CLICKING ON THE THREE DOTS /\

Here’s what we played in Ep. 382 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Hidden Cost — “Bo Did It” — MFSB – Mutha Funkin Sonofabitch: The Truth Behind The Philly Legend

The Uhuru Dance Band — “Yahyia Mu” — Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-1981

Gene “The Draggin’ King” Moles — “Burning Rubber” — Lost Legends of Surf Guitar Vol. 2: Point Panic!

Papi Brandao Y Sus Ejecutivos — “Viva Panamá” — Panama!: Latin, Calypso and Funk On the Isthmus

The Storey Sisters — “Bad Motorcycle” — Scratchin’: The Wild Jimmy Spruill Story

I Roy — “The Drifter” — Trojan Reggae Rarities Box Set

Mike Pedicin — “Burnt Toast and Black Coffee” — Northern Soul All Nighter

Cem Karaca + Mogollar — “Obur Dunya” — Turkish Freakout 2 (Psych-Folk 1970-1978)

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Cramps — “Burn She-Devil, Burn” — Big Beat From Badsville

THE SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Upsetters — “Cold Sweat” — Return of Django

ESG — “Dance” — Come Away With ESG

Dara Puspita — “A Go Go” — 1966-1968

James Brown — “Get on the Good Foot [Mono]” — Star Time: The Godfather of Soul

Al Massrieen — “El Sobhiya” — Habibi Funk 006: Modern Music

Reigning Sound — “Your Love Is A Fine Thing” — Too Much Guitar

Ros Sereysothea, Sinn Sisamouth And Friends — “Maxy Maxy (Pretty Woman)” — Cambodian Psych-Out

Red Beard and The Pirates — “Go On Leave” — Keb Darge And Cut Chemist present The Dark Side: 28 Sixties Garage Punk and Psyche Monsters

Blo — “We Gonna Have A Party” — Chapters and Phases (The Complete Albums 1973-1975)

THE THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Checkerboard Squares — “Double Cookin’” — Double Cookin’: Classic Northern Soul Instrumentals

Willpower — “People Won’t Change” — Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay

Steve Mancha — “Friday Night” — Groovesville 45rpm

Rungfah Puping — “Puyai Lee Santana (Chief Lee Santana)” — Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk: Zudrangma Vol. 3

Mental Institution — “In The Heat Of The Night” — Lost Innocence: Garpax 1960s Punk & Psych

Bappi Lahiri — “Discotheque Music” — Bombay Disco 1 (Disco Hits from Hindi Films 1979-1985)

Muddy Waters — “I Got My Mojo Working” — Mod: The Early Years Vol. 1

Inner Circle & The Fatman Riddim Section — “Rock For Ever” — Killer Dub

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Wayne Kramer — “Kick Out The Jams” — LLMF

Pamelo Mounka — “Mbala liboso” — L’Incontournable

The Daily Flash — “Jack Of Diamonds” — Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968

Blue Rhythm Combo — “I’m Too Old (To Go Through Your Changes)” — B.R.C’s Groove

The Axcents — “Hold It Mary” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 3

King Tubby And Friends — “Bag A Wire Dub” — Dub Like Dirt 1975-1977

Chips & Co. — “Let The Winds Blow” — Tougher Than Stains

Manna Dey & Chorus — “Aao Twist Karein” — The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Bollywood

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Jack Nitzsche — “Carolyn’s Theme” — Heartbeat OST

Get your CHARMING DEVIATIONIST lapel pin (& Purple Bat Lounge membership card) HERE.