Marsden Hartley once wrote of the challenges of inhabiting New Mexico in a letter to Alfred Stieglitz. "This country is very beautiful and also difficult... It is not a country of light on things. It is a country of things in light, therefore it is a country of form, with a new presentation of light as problem." New Mexico remains a beautiful, difficult land.
Things in Light is pleased to present our twenty-fifth podcast, Monkey Business Mix, featuring Nuevo Mexicano recordings — old and new, covers and originals — by Treadmill, Veery, Whiteshell Girl and Turquoise Boy, The Glass Menageries, Fort Hobo, Chinese Love Beads, The Drags, and Luxo Champ. See the full track listing below.
1. Treadmill - Shock the Monkey (Peter Gabriel)
2. Veery - Too Late for Love (Def Leppard)
3. Whiteshell Girl and Turquoise Boy - VI
4. The Glass Menageries - River of Secrets
5. Chinese Love Beads - Ballad of a Brown Beret
6. Fort Hobo - Sandman
7. The Drags - Iron Curtain Rock
8. Luxo Champ - Monkeytime!
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.
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
Things
in Light's eighteenth podcast, Tarantula Mix, features
recordings by The Drags, Leeches of Lore, Venus Bogardus, Mrdrbrd, These Charming Cobras, Austin Morrell & the Alchemists, Trilobite, Mono-Stereo, and Vomit the Void Volume.
See the full track listing below.
Enjoy eight songs from the relatively recent past by New Mexico artists like Gingerbread Patriots, Veery, and The Drags. See the full
track listing below.
1. Karen - Strength for the Weaker Ones (Sink or Swim Pt. II)
New Buffalo Commune, Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico, 1967
Enjoy eight stellar tracks from past Nuevomexicano artists, including Karen, Potty Mouth Sherry's, and The Drags. See full track listing below.
1. Trilobite - Pumpkin Farmer
2. The Drags - I Like to Die
3. Potty Mouth Sherry's - Superstar Cowboy
4. The Morticians - Little Latin Lupe Lu
5. Karen - Chinese Ghost
6. The Chob - We're Pretty Quick
7. The Rondelles - Safety in Numbers
8. The Drags - Iron Curtain 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.
American Modernist painter Marsden Hartley once wrote of the challenges of inhabiting New Mexico in a letter to Georgia O'Keeffe's husband, photographer and promoter Alfred Stieglitz. Hartley wrote: "This country is very beautiful and also difficult... It is not a country of light on things. It is a country of things in light, therefore it is a country of form, with a new presentation of light as problem." While time has passed since Hartley penned these words, New Mexico remains a beautiful, difficult land.
TIL Publisher Samantha Anne Carrillo
TIL Editor Rudolfo Carrillo
Things in Light Editor in Chief Rudolfo Carrillo currently serves as music & news editor for Weekly Alibi. Carrillo earned his bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the University of New Mexico. His work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including daily newspapers, literary magazines and alt-weeklies. His personal weblog, Infinity Report, was recognized as one of the best blogs in New Mexico in 2007. At the latest Southwest Popular/American Culture Association conference, Carrillo chaired the experimental writing workshop.
