Things in Light Podcast #22: Impression Mix

Things in Light is pleased to present our twenty-second podcast, Impression Mix, featuring recordings by bands from New Mexico's recent and long-ago past — Luxo Champ, The Drags, The Scrams, The Strawberry Zots, Era of Sound, The Kreeg, Saddlesores, and The Rondelles. See the full track listing below.

TiL #22: Impression Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ on 8tracks.

1. Luxo Champ - Block Mover
2. The Drags - Dirty Little Bird
3. The Scrams - BHJ
4. The Strawberry Zots - Little Latin Lupe Lu
5. Era of Sound - Girl in the Mini Skirt
6. The Kreeg - Impressin'
7. Saddlesores - Me and Raul Julia Down By The Graveyard
8. The Rondelles - Pay Attention to Me

Continue Reading..

Things in Light Podcast #11: Moon-bleached Mix

 

Ansel Adams'  Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

Things in Light's eleventh podcast, Moon-Bleached Mix, features recordings by Alan George Ledergerber, William Fowler Collins, Vomit the Void Volume, Alchemical Burn, Venus Bogardus, Dan K., The Scrams, DÆRK, and Chemtrail Pilot. See the full track listing below. 

1. Alan George Ledergerber - Soft Despotism

2. William Fowler Collins - Foothills' Ghost

3. Vomit the Void Volume - I'm Lost

4. Alchemical Burn - When Doves Cry

5. Dan K. - Dying Sunshine

6. Venus Bogardus - The G-Boys

7. The Scrams - La Llorona (Speak Onion Remix) 

8. DÆRK - INFÆRNO

9. Chemtrail Pilot - Somnambulism 

Continue Reading..

Things in Light Podcast #7: Spookasem Mix

The Scrams are almost dead. Burque's warehouse rocanrol darlings are holding a raucous wake for their beloved band at the final Scrams show on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. [Click here for deets on The Scrams' last show.] In their final act, the boys got the folks at Immigrant Breast Nest to remix six of their tunes. Since we really dug the resulting recordings, we created a podcast around our favorites, "Chimp Necropsy (Seismologist Remix)" and "Steve Sangre (FluiD Remix)." We call it the Spookasem Mix, because, like the Akfrikaans word for cotton candy -- which literally translates to "ghost breath" -- our time listening to this project was super-sweet and unspooling the last gloriously sticky strands is more than a little bittersweet. Dear Scrams, thanks for the memories and, perhaps more importantly, the recordings.

The below podcast is dedicated to Scrams past and present: Joe Cardillo, Nate Daly, Dan Eiland, Kenta Henmi, J.J. Papadopoulos, Juan Carlos Rodriguez, and Matthew Vanek. Heart-hug. See the full track listing below.



1. The Scrams - Chimp Necropsy (Seismologist Remix)
2. Chemtrail Pilot - Legion of Wolves
3. Occasional Detroit - Freek
4. Discotays - Goldtooth
5. The Scrams - Steve Sangre (FluiD Remix)
6. Glad as Knives - Tears of Fire
7. Autopoesis - Love and Electroshock
8. Mama Coma - Can't Stand the Rain
9. Discotays - Cheii

Continue Reading..

Things in Light Podcast #1: Summer Vacation Mix

Enjoy eight excellent tracks from active Nuevomexicano artists, including Leeches of Lore, Occasional Detroit, and The Scrams. See full track listing below.



1. Bud Melvin – 62 Miles
2. Baby Shampoo – Live 2010-07-10 at Titwrench Fest, Denver, CO
3. Leeches of Lore – Cenozoic Death Waltz
4. Great White Buffalo – Handful of Darkness
5. The Scrams – Steve Sangre
6. Venus Bogardus – Motorman
7. The Gatherers – Dark Triangle
8. Occasional Detroit – Cellular Cousin

Continue Reading..

As Nasty As Y'all Wanna Be: Burning Paradise Launches Web Show, Zine

I can regularly be found haunting the DVD aisles of UNM's Fine Arts Library. I wander, ghostlike, past videodisk remnants of Alphaville. In these overwhelmingly digital times, these visits always remind me of the precarious position of locally owned video stores when so many humans -- including myself -- regularly access film via the internet. As a fellow obsessive cinephile, I know it's utterly unrealistic to expect y'all to hit up your local video store every time you're itching for a cinematic fix. But buying -- and renting -- locally is more than an overused marketing cliché. Supporting your locally owned video store has a discernible impact on the culture of a city.

Burning Paradise Video has been serving Albuquerque's cult video needs since the summer of '03. While Burning Paradise still has your cult film needs copiously covered, the video outlet has branched out into mainstream video, as well. The best of both worlds, one might muse. So, whether you're in the mood for El Angel Exterminador, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! or Jackass 3, Burning Paradise has what you crave.

Join the Burning Paradise crew and fellow cinephiles tonight for an evening of food, discounts, prizes, and live music, in celebration of Burning Paradise's new aptly titled web show and zine, Video Nasty. Watch a webisode below. Then, scroll on for the Video Nasty Launch Party deets.

New Mexican garage rocanrol institution (and personal favorite!) The Scrams and self-described "Super Punk Rock" upstarts Domestic Violence perform for the love of all that is holy, sacred, and, er, profane. Festivities begin at 7 p.m. All-ages. Food! Prizes! Free! At Burning Paradise's new location, 115 Harvard Dr. SE #2.

Continue Reading..

Bloodlust and New Mexico Garage Punk/Rock

Normally, I wouldn't share my narcissistic e-jaying with y'all, but the podcast I made this evening features music by two New Mexico garage institutions, The Drags (R.I.P.) and The Scrams. It also features music by Houston's Sugar Shack (R.I.P.), Hermosa Beach's Descendents (Re-reanimated), San Francisco's J Church (R.I.P.), and Ann Arbor's The Stooges (Real wild zombies). Listen to tracks by all of 'em below. Children of the night. What music they make.

Bloodlust by Mercybuckets on Mixcloud

Continue Reading..