Last week was the last ever show on Human FM, and probably the last ever anywhere. Thanks to everyone who listened, contributed, read these posts, came in to host a show with me etc. Most of all, thanks to Human FM for giving me/us a show in the first place. You can and should still tune in to them at www.humanfm.co.nz. Goodnight, and good luck.

There won’t be a show tomorrow (Oct 12) because I’m going to the All Whites vs Paraguay. Back next week with a match report and some guest hosts.

Leave Everywhere – Toro Y Moi

Back tomorrow with another show and DJing on Wednesday at Watusi from 9. Tune in and come along.

Last week’s show playlist

ecstasy – jj
Go Outside – Cults
Far Away – Junip
Glitter – No Age

Man, I remember promising I was going to update this a lot more only recently, then didn’t do anything about it. Maybe I should hire an intern…

Anyway, here’s Tuesday’s show playlist:

Lust For Life – Girls
Heart Of Sadness – Sonny & The Sunsets
Pinecone – Kelley Stoltz
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) – The Arcade Fire
No Cars Go – The Arcade Fire
Modern Man – The Arcade Fire
Bloody Knuckles – Apache

and the week before…

Guilt – Caddywhompus

Whatever

SAN DIMAS OASIS – COOLRUNNINGS
Hole In My Head – Box Elder
Jesus – Dom
Strange Love – Sonny & the Sunsets
Causers Of This – Toro Y Moi
Surfin – Memory Cassette
Jacuzzi Limo Explosion – Rayon Beach
Creepy Crawlin’ – The Boo Jays
7 and 7 is – Charlie and the Moonhearts
OMC – Apache

Tune in next week, I’ll play a bunch of witch-house and be trendy ‘n shit

Right then.

I first heard of Father Yod and his cult-collective Ya Ho Wa 13 when reading about the late Sky Saxon (The Seeds) and was intrigued by the story of the religious cult/psychedelic band. Formed by Father Yod (health food store owner and leader of the Source Family cult/commune) in Los Angeles in 1973 they released 9 self-pressed LPs of varying quality until Yod’s death following a hang-gliding accident (yes, really) in Hawaii in 1975. It was rumored that up to 65 full albums were recorded, but much of these were likely nothing more than jam sessions that were never pressed.

Included in this flurry of recording was 1974′s Savage Sons Of Ya Ho Wa, in my opinion one of the best psychedelic garage rock albums ever, “lost” or not. Taped before morning prayer sessions between 3-5am, Father Yod himself did not appear on the album, not  necessarily a bad thing considering the albums I have heard his distinctive grunt on, instead ceding the microphone to someone who clearly enjoys Neil Young and another with a very Captain Beefheart-esque delivery. The band, also influenced by Neil Young conjured up some of the spookiest sounding garage rock I’ve ever heard, it really is quite a trip.

Somewhere between 500-1000 copies of Savage Sons were pressed, making it very difficult to track down. A Sky Saxon helmed box-set was released in 1999, but even that is next to impossible to find. Luckily, we live in the internet age. Here are some sample tracks:

Edge Of A Dream

1. Squirtle
2. Primeape
3. Psyduck
4. Koffing
5. Scyther

Deanna’s choices

1. Clefable
2. Eevee
3. Chansey
4. Dragonair
5. Lickitung