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WASTOIDS is a pop cult dedicated to the thrill of the weird. Microdose podcast episodes and videos at WASTOIDS.com. Call us with your strangest story any time at 1-877-WASTOIDS.

From the latest WASTOIDS TV: Former MuchMusic VJ Sook-Yin Lee makes music, art, and movies. Her new film adapts her ex-boyfriend Chester Brown’s 2011 graphic novel about being a john, Paying For It. How did she approach such a personal tale, and how did she recapturing the spirit of ‘90s Toronto in the alternative heyday on a shoestring budget? She walks us through in this WASTOIDS Music News special report. 

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Sook-Yin Lee on Paying For It | Music News Special Report

Somehow The Fall took eight whole months to make “The Chiselers,” but that’s just part of the story. On this episode of The Spindle, Marc and John dig into Mark E. Smith’s modular song cycle tendencies. Nonetheless, Smith is working in a minimalist form here. With faithful collaborators by his side, “The Chiselers” explodes The Fall’s formula, proving his ability to constantly re-invent and re-imagine the band. 

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The Fall Explodes The Formula on "The Chiselers" | The Spindle

Saddle up with one of the wildest bands to ever emerge from the Texas underground: The Butthole Surfers. Sit down with filmmakers Tom Stern and Simon Weinstein and learn how they peered beyond the crazy and into the true heart of the band for their new shock-doc The Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt. It’s an everything butt edition of WASTOIDS TV.

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The Wildest Band Ever to Come Out of Texas | WASTOIDS TV

As a teenager in early '60s France, Françoise Hardy somehow convinced a huge label to put out a debut 7-inch with songs she wrote—and it shot to number one! On this episode of the Spindle, Marc and John delve into the early history that launched Hardy's 60-year career as a French musical icon.

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Françoise Hardy's Chart Busting Debut | The Spindle

This week on WASTOIDS TV, the veil between worlds has grown thin as All Hallow’s Eve blows in on an arcane autumn wind. It’s time for a creature double feature, with psychedelic animator Jamie Wolfe in conversation with our resident Argentinian werewolf, Salvador Cresta, as he presents an eye-bending conversation on Midnight Music Review in the Attic, who shares the secrets to artistic success. But first: With Oni Press’ High Strangeness, Spectrevision steps into the realm of paranormal comics. With Spectrevision co-founder Daniel Noah providing stories, the book features a cast of comic creators like Chris Condon, Dave Chisholm, Valeria Burzo, Cecil Castellucci, Christian Ward, and more. We rang up one of the series writers, Christopher Cantwell, to discuss bringing a human level perspective to potentially cosmic realms—and what he listens to while investigating the phenomenon.

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High Strangeness Author Christopher Cantwell and Animator Jamie Wolfe | WASTOIDS TV

In the late 70's Elvis Costello was on a roll, making hooky, insistent music that didn't compromise on message. The 1979 single "Oliver's Army" b/w "My Funny Valentine" is the most prime example—a scathing indictment of British imperialism that was catchy enough to hit #2 on the British charts. Hear how Elvis pulled this off as Marc and John dive into this controversial classic on the latest episode of The Spindle, a podcast about 7" from WASTOIDS. 

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Elvis Levels The Building with "Oliver's Army" | The Spindle

New Jersey band the Feelies came out of the gate with a fully-formed sound - even if it changed many times after they began. John and Marc delve into their first 7-inch, 1979's "Raised Eyebrows" b/w "Fa Ce La," and launch into the history of this inimitable and uncompromising band.

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Raising Eyebrows with The Feelies | The Spindle

When Cleveland's Rocket from the Tombs split up in the mid-70s, Pere Ubu rose from the ashes as a one-off project, to record the single "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" b/w "Heart of Darkness." But it did so well that they stuck together, with leader David Thomas continuing the group until his death this year. John and Marc delve into this pre-punk classic on the latest episode of the Spindle.

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Pere Ubu's Proto-Punk Classic: "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" b/w "Heart of Darkness" | The Spindle

By 1978, The Who had been pelting the charts with singles for over a decade–but now punk was tearing things down. How would they respond? Marc and John find out by delving into their radio staple "Who Are You" b/w "Had Enough," joined by a special guest: drummer, writer, and major Who fanatic Matt Weston. You're sure to learn something you didn't know about The Who on this episode of the Spindle.

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Rock & Roll is Dead With The Who | The Spindle

In 1972 the British band Hawkwind scored a surprise #3 hit with their semi-live/semi-studio burner "Silver Machine," sung by future Motörhead leader Lemmy Kilmister. On this episode of The Spindle, John and Marc delve into this space-bound tune, and why Hawkwind were awesome and...kind of underrated?

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Hawkwind Takes Flight | The Spindle

We're hopping in the time machine and setting the controls for April 1968, to take a deep dive on Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson," the weird and unsettling world of Tiny Tim, and the format-bending sound of San Francisco's Moby Grape—as well as the ultra-dedicated unofficial archivists like DustyGrooves69 and Vintage Recordings, who make sure we can access it. 

And oh yeah, we're talking about Band Shirt Day 2023, a global fundraising initiative, where artists come together for a single day to sell merchandise on their official sales channels and donate proceeds to charitable organizations of their choice. 2023 is presented by MerchFriends and Spotify, with support from Hello Merch, bandsintown, Rough Trade NYC, and WASTOIDS.

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April 1968: Tiny Tim, Simon & Garfunkel, Moby Grape & More | Click Vortex

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