No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: The Attack.

So far he had been dabbling, but at the 1926 ball, [Gerard Vernon Wallop] Lymington’s first, Harry [Crosby] set the tone of the following three full-throttle orgies. The motif was Incan, and he rubbed himself down with red ocher and wore a red loincloth and a necklace of three dead pigeons. But before the ball there was a supper party—if a champagne punch made from forty bottles of brut, and five each of whiskey, cointreau and gin, may be called supper—given in the library of 19 rue de Lille for eighty students and their girls. Lymington was there, and the Crouchers, and a Foreign Legionnaire, and Harry’s lawyer. Caresse [Crosby, Harry’s wife] wore bare breasts and a turquoise wig, and at the ball won a prize of twenty-five bottles of champagne for the Crosbys’ group by riding around the ballroom in the jaws of a papier-mâché dragon propelled through the Salle Wagram by a couple of dozen drunk students. Harry passed out and woke up next morning stinking of dead pigeons and sticky with paint, in bed with Lymington, Caresse, Lymington’s girl (who was angry that he had not troubled to make love to her) and several others, newly met.

— Geoffrey Wolff, Black Sun: The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosby.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 463 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

The O’Jays — “For The Love Of Money” — Philadelphia International Records: 40th Anniversary

Jimmy Hyacinthe — “Yatchiminou” — Côte D’ivoire Compil, C’est Bon

Sir Frog & The Toads — “Mustang” — It Came from the Beach: Surf, Drag and Rockin’ Instros

Toño Quirazco — “Ritmo Loco a Go Go” — Orfeon EP

The Attack — ”Feel Like Flying (aka Making It)” — About Time! The Definitive Mod-Pop Collection 1967-1968

Charif Megarbane — “Miramar” — Hawalat = حوالات

Flat Duo Jets — “Frog Went A Courtin’” — Go Go Harlem Baby

Augustus Pablo — “King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown” — King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Louis Jordan — “Bullitt” — Pzazz 45rpm

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Joe Di Roma y su Conjunto — “Chin Chin” — Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!! Vol. 3

Cook E. Jarr & His Krums — “Ain’t No Use” — Hot Dance from Philadelphia

Sunil Ganguly — “Rote Huye Aate Hain Sab” — Bollywood Steel Guitar

The Real Kids — “Reggae Reggae” — The Real Kids

Foundars 15 — “God Of My Heart” — Co-operation

T. Rex — “Summertime Blues (Single ‘B’ Side)” — Blue Thumb 45rpm

Dr. Alimantado — “Tribute To The Duke” — Best Dressed Chicken In Town

Ike & Tina Turner — “Prancing” — Instrumentals Soul-Style 1955-1962

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band — “A Tribute To Sun Ra” — Egyptian Jazz

Marvin & Johnny — “Kiss Me” — Rhythm ‘N’ Blues Vol. 2

Ikebe Shakedown — “In Circles” — Ikebe Shakedown

Doug Fowles & The Air-Dales — “Dicla” — Rock’N’Roll Versus Rhythm and Blues: 16 Hits

Noor Hamza & Band Mesra — “Sidia Siapa” — Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970 Vol. 1

The Contours — “Whole Lotta Woman” — Sound of Detroit 1: Original Gems From The Motown Vaults

Carthago — “Alech (Instrumental)” — Alech

Darryl Vincent — “Wild Wild Party” — Sin Alley Vol. 2

The Dynamites — “King Banga” — Sound System International Dub LP

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Velvet Underground & Nico — “All Tomorrow’s Parties (Single Version)” — Peel Slowly and See

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

The Gun Club — “Moonlight Motel” — The Las Vegas Story

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Zion Gate” — African Dub All-Mighty Chapter 3 

The Solitaires — “Big Mary’s House” — Dangerous Doo-Wop 2

Thanh Nam “Tếu” 11 — “Bonanza (Bát Ghen)” — Hồ! #1 Roady Music From Viêtnam

The Stoics — “Hate” — Teenage Shutdown Vol. 10: The World Ain’t Round, It’s Square!

Wganda Kenya — “Bayesa” — Wganda Kenya

The Teardrops — “Here Comes Loneliness” — Girl Zone!

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Alessandro Alessandroni — “Remember” — Romance and Drama

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