more lost time

If only there were truly such a thing as a head cleaner, at the very least for the heads of rock and roll fans. More Lost Time is back after a hiatus, though perhaps that one could hardly be faulted for saying that about all of its recent installments. This one includes rare cuts by Angst, the Bongos, the Shots and names you've heard of. The show is sponsored by Needle in a Haystack Video, keeping my father's VCR up and running so that he can watch Jerry Lewis movies. If you enjoy the podcast, tell a friend.

To More Lost Time host Ric Dube, 'Document' will always be the new, disappointing R.E.M. record that he does not ever want to hear again. They have seemingly dozens of releases he has not heard of. So it may seem unnecessary to remember the band upon news of their breakup -- news heard, by the way, on the Today Show by his mother. Also on this installment, hearty congratulations to Jeff Breeze, ten-year host of Pipeline!, Boston's live rock radio performance show, as well as little-heard lost garage vinyl by Hipster Image and Jack Bedient and the Chessmen. Yes, *that* Jack Bedient and the Chessmen.

The music is so good in this installment of NAC Radio's More Lost Time you won't care that it sounds like host Ric Dube sounds as if he has brain damage. How could anyone who knows to share gems from his record collection by the Shirts, the Richard Kent Style, Sicko, Soltero and France Gall have a debilitating head injury? It's simply not possible. You'll just have to look to other reasons to explain the complete breakdown in Dube's usual skills as a broadcaster here -- particularly given the long anticipated return of sponsor Modern Age Brownies. Subscribe through iTunes, leave kind words and tell a friend.

Record collector Ric Dube plays more rarities from his collection including "LSD 25 Ou Les Metamorphoses De Margaret Steinway," a 1966 psychedelic punk single from France's Les 5 Gentlemen, power pop by the Reruns and the Model Rockets and shamefully forgotten soul by the Broadways. Also, a new sponsor is welcomed to the program.

Typically, rare music archivist Ric Dube is not up on current trends in popular music, so a periodic update of news headlines is in order. Following that, rare recordings are heard  by funkster Jimmy Bee, RnB popster Tammi Terrell, an extremely rare '80s indie single by the Law, '70s glam man Jimmy Jukebox, French chanteuse Annie Phillippe, '60s Chicago garage punks the Rooks, and a legendary punk anthem by the Youth Brigade. It's the most eclectic and potentially offensive More Lost Time ever.

This installment of More Lost Time features music by Boston's highest profile reunion act, the Pixies, as well as its members and affiliated acts including Frank Black, the Breeders, the Amps, and the Martinis. No time is wasted, except for a little bit on a ridiculous new sponsor. If you only like boring music you probably won't like this.

Brian Eno supposedly said that even though hardly anybody bought records by the Velvet Underground when they were first released, everybody who did started a band of their own. Undoubtedly most of those bands sucked. Fortunately, the Rain Parade and the Long Ryders did not. It's also fortunate that the members of those acts bought a lot of other records too, and had styles of their own. In an installment of More Lost Time that showcases the so-called Paisley Underground, music includes rare tracks by those bands as well as Steve Wynn, Green on Red, True West and others. The program is brought to you by Crash Landing, the combination energy drink and sleep-aid.

Every new More Lost Time is like a different perspective, a new beginning -- like the very first time. One way to look at it is that it's a fresh take on what's potentially a stale topic: rare rock and roll records. Another way to look at it is that the program has no discipline. On this installment, record collector Ric Dube remembers rock and roll radio not quite as fondly as it is generally portrayed by just about everybody, but gives a fair shot to recreating a half-hour of decent broadcasting, featuring rare, out-of-print vinyl by the Boyz, the Shame Idols, the Pop, Velvet Crush, the Celibate Rifles and others.

Returning following the program's annual springtime sulking hiatus, music archivist Ric Dube works to control his enthusiasm for California-based '80s act Game Theory, limiting himself to playing just two tunes from the band in order to leave enough time for cuts by Death of Samantha, the Moondogs and others. The show is sponsored by Modern Age Brownies, a promotional announcement from whom details why the company is down on royal weddings in general and recent ones in particular.

Rare recordings by singer/songwriter Charlie Chesterman and Boston-based '80s act Scruffy the Cat are heard; also discussed is a benefit scheduled for Saturday, April 9 at 7:30 at the Hotel Kirkwood (4th and Walnut), Des Moines, IA, to fund the performer's treatments for cancer. After that date send donations to Charlie Chesterman Benefit; P.O. Box 71522; Clive, Iowa 50325.