No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Haruomi Hosono.

[Tengo] went home, went to bed, and dreamed. He hadn’t had such a vivid dream in a very long time. He was a tiny piece in a gigantic puzzle. But instead of having one fixed shape, his shape kept changing. And so—of course—he couldn’t fit anywhere. As he tried to sort out where he belonged, he was also given a set amount of time to gather the scattered pages of the timpani section of a score. A strong wind swept the pages in all directions. He went around picking up one page at a time. He had to check the page numbers and arrange them in order as his body changed shape like an amoeba. The situation was out of control. Eventually Fuka-Eri came along and grabbed his left hand. Tengo’s shape stopped changing. The wind suddenly died and stopped scattering the pages of the score. “What a relief!” Tengo thought, but in that instant his time began to run out. “This is the end,” Fuka-Eri informed him in a whisper. One sentence, as always. Time stopped, and the world ended. The earth ground slowly to a halt, and all sound and light vanished.

When he woke up the next day, the world was still there, and things were already moving forward, like the great karmic wheel of Indian mythology that kills every living thing in its path.

— Haruki Murakami, 1Q84.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 453 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

O’Jays — “Put Your Hands Together” — Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia 

Sookie — “Choco Date” — African Disco Experimentals (1974 to 1978)

The Intrepides — “Golash” — The Surf Creature

Claudio y su Combo — “Como Sea” — Edna Martinez Presents Picó: Sound System Culture From The Colombian Caribbean

Misty Bonner — “I Can’t Sit Still” — Atlanta 45rpm

Pat Kelly — “Workman Song” — Trojan Mod Reggae Box Set Vol. 2

Muvva ‘Guitar’ Hubbard — “Congo Mombo” — Dr. Boogie Presents Bear Traces: Nugget’s From Bob’s Barn 

Charif Megarbane — “Chou Ostak” — Hawalat = حوالات

MC5 — “The Pledge Song” — Power Trip

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — “Hold Tight” — Fontana 45rpm

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Action 13 — “More Bread to the People” — Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria

Moe Koffman Quartet — “Koko Mamey” — Jubilee 45rpm

Farrokzhad — “Avazekhan Na Avaz” — Sedayeh Del: Funk, Psychedelia And Pop From The Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation

Cannibal & The Headhunters — “Land Of 1000 Dances” — Land Of 1000 Dances

El Combo Cienaguero — “Fiesta De Cueros” — Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!! Vol. 2

The Only Ones — “Trouble In The World” — Baby’s Got A Gun

Malavoi — “Ti Nain L’en Morue” — Mano Césaire Et La Formation Malavoi: La Naissance De La World Music Antillaise En 1969

The Egyptians — “Party Stomp” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 4

Bunny Lee & The Aggrovators — “Shalin Temple Dub” — Super Dub Disco Style

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Coati Mundi — “Que Pasa / Me No Pop I (12′ Mix)” — Ze/Island 12” 45rpm

Magazine — “Shot By Both Sides” — Virgin 45rpm

Erkin Koray — “Sevdigim” — Mechul: Singles & Rarities

The Modern Lovers — “Dignified & Old” — The Modern Lovers

African Stone ( a.k.a. Dennis Bovell) — “Choose Me (12″ Mix)” — The Dubmaster: The Essential Anthology

Fleetwood Mac — “Tell Me All The Things You Do” — Kiln House

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Latin Quarters — “Mira Mira” — Red Bird 45rpm

San Remo Golden Strings — “Get Ready” — A Cellarful of Motown! Vol. 3

Jo Tongo — “Dig It Babe (Part 2)” — African Funk Experimentals (1968-1982)

Pink Floyd — “Arnold Layne” — The First 3 Singles

The Techniques — “Gambling” — Techniques In Dub

Young-Holt Unlimited — “Wack Wack” — The Definitive Young-Holt Unlimited

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Haruomi Hosono & Tadanori Yokoo — “Hum Ghar Sajan” — Cochin Moon

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