Tuesday, July 28, 2020

PASST BLASST: Episode 13 (6/4/17)

TRACKLIST
1. The Screamers - "122 Hours of Fear"
2. The Justified Ancients of MuMu - "Whitney Joins The JAMS"
3. Le Butcherettes - "Stab My Back"
4. Hawkwind - "Brainstorm"
5. Outer Spaces - "Mint on the Sill"
6. Sonic Youth - "Schizophrenia"
7. NARB - "Tight Spaces"
8. Uranium Club - "The Clown's Got A Gun"
9. feedtime - "Ha Ha"
10. Chromatics - "Hannah's Song"
11. Mugwort - "Flowers"
12. Coma in Algiers - "For What"
13. X - "The World's A Mess, It's In My Kiss"
14. Crooked Bangs - "Evil Eye/Le Mauvais Œi"
15. Big Boys - "Which Ways To Go"
16. Alice Bag - "Programmed"
17. Frankie Cosmos - "On The Lips"

NOTES

Today's episode is a throwback to June 2nd, 2017. Donald Trump had only been president for a few months, and he was already wreaking all sorts of havoc. The music selections are excellent and eclectic - as this show has always intended. Unfortunately, following the events of Hurricane Hanna, a few things needed to be tended to at home (nothing tragic, thankfully, but important nonetheless). I hope everyone out there is safe and has shelter of some kind. A lot of people, including friends, are at-risk of losing their homes if they haven't already, and some definitely have. Things are really fucked up in the Valley right now. They always are when hurricanes and big storms with a lot of wind and rain hit us from any angle. Our local governments have yet to invest in proper infrastructure to give communities proper drainage systems, proper access to power as well - as it stands, AEP will not be able to return power to nearly half of the entire Rio Grande Valley for at least a week, some will have to wait two weeks. It's just a nightmare. But there is hope on the horizon! A group of local activists and organizers have put together a mutual aid fund to raise money for people in need. 

They're calling it the RGV Mutual Aid, and are accepting donations via this link

https://www.phly.co/public/hG8KPf8aGCjCZDZQg?fbclid=IwAR38y-2MhNnzUmOA0QAoUMmq_gIGHbTTwHLIe-uCow4giDYPm4sIyy6lYq0

If you or someone you know need to request funds, you may do so with this Google Form

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KzzLfznzCEt_rw4kFA18XpvaAiYKLdtpMnVxMp9TpYs/viewform?edit_requested=true&fbclid=IwAR0TuOEMYAHqqoYsGwgQV4Ab0YvB9sWnbkbhX6YqzsviY-yl7psegA_GUII

The fund has already raised over $10,000 and already redistributed a large part of it to families in need! Please spread this as far as you can.

As always, take care of each other, take care of yourselves, and be safe. We'll see you next week.

AS

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