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Cosmic Slop Episode 43 – 2/3/10

slop@fancypantsgangsters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:51:08 +0000

Both your heart and your gonads will get a workout this time around, for Cosmic Slop Podcast 43 strikes the perfect balance between action and romance! Headbanging American girls, diminutive German rockers, and wistful Canadian power-poppers share the stage with a keyboard legend in decline, a confounding soul-jazz siren, and a seriously loopy Englishman who once, for about twenty minutes, was the frontman for the Sex Pistols. That’s some wild stuff!

The Runaways – American Nights
Tenpole Tudor – Swords Of A Thousand Men
Betty Davis – Your Mama Wants Ya Back
Gary Wright – Really Wanna Know You
The Scorpions – Steamrock Fever
April Wine – Tonite Is A Wonderful Time To Fall In Love

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Cosmic Slop Episode 42 – 1/20/10

slop@fancypantsgangsters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:37:24 +0000

After an unanticipated, but restorative, holiday interlude, Chuck and Joel finally return with a passel of forgotten gems, some ridiculous, some profound…and some just profoundly ridiculous. Sacrifice is a recurring theme, whether it be impending human sacrifice, maudlin self-sacrifice, or vague and general grousing about the million little sacrifices necessary for a free society. Extended metaphors, from glam-poppers turned pill-poppers, impatient funkateers, and a German doofus with his own special brand of “magic wand,” round out what promises to be one of the most enlightening and thought-provoking sets of Slop yet!

Le Hoodoo Gurus - Leilani
The Rollers – Elevator
Vikki Carr – It Must Be Him
The Quickest Way Out – Tick Tock Baby (It’s A Quarter To Love)
Harry D. Cup – Sick American
ZaZa – Zauberstab

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Cosmic Slop Episode 8 – For Real This Time Edition

slop@fancypantsgangsters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:09:25 +0000

So it came to our attention (thanks to a great listener on our Facebook page) that we posted the wrong episode for this week’s Cosmic Slop. I’ve updated the post, but to make sure people on the feeds and iTunes get the latest release, here it is again. So sorry for the fatfingering of the link.

The ACTUAL Episode 8

Cosmic Slop Rewind – Episode 8

slop@fancypantsgangsters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:03:04 +0000

If you turn 8 on its side, it looks like infinity, which may seem like how long it will be before the dynamic duo of Chuck and Joel come back to the waiting arms of the Fancy Pants Gangsters with a brand new show. Fear not, gentle listener, because there is still a plethora (maybe even 2 plethoras) of old episodes to sate your animalistic desire for flute-rock, 60’s demos and Japanese wierdness. It’s Cosmic Slop: Episode 8!

Songs:

Firefall – Strange Way
Sun Forest – I Wanna Marry A Lighthouse Keeper
The Plastics – Top Secret Man
The Barkays - Holy Ghost
The Turtles – Marmendy Mill (Demo)
Sod – Too Loose To Get Tight

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Cosmic Slop Rewind – Episode 7

slop@fancypantsgangsters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:23:59 +0000

While Chuck and Joel seem to have vanished into the ether (as opposed to the rest of us, which just huff it), we still have a fair amount of shows from the pre-Gangsters days. So if you are in the mood for German anti-fascism, New Orleans funkiness, rare Australian rock and country-ish covers of R&B tunes, this is the show for you.

Songs:

Vivi Bach & Dietmar Schonherr – Molotov Cocktail Party
Allen Toussaint – Touch Of Love
The Big 3 – The Banjo Song
Rita Coolidge – Higher And Higher
Ray Gomez - Make Your Move
Andy Arthurs – I Can Detect You For A Hundred Thousand Miles

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Merry Christmas from Fancy Pants Gangsters!

slop@fancypantsgangsters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:35:40 +0000

You might notice the shows are a bit light this week, as most of the Gangsters are off visiting family, eating too much, and looking back on their lives with regrets. Or as Dave calls it, Tuesday.

Be sure to vote in our Well Fed Guide To Life Listener Choice poll. You can win a night out on us!

On behalf of all of us, have a great holiday and we will get back to putting out shows next week!

Cosmic Slop Episode 41 – 12/9/09

slop@fancypantsgangsters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:45:42 +0000

What’s this? A late entry, from the outlying precincts? Why, I think its…yes! It is! It’s a new episode of Cosmic Slop.

In Cosmic Slop episode 41, tasteful Nineties power pop, angular Eighties new wave, iconic Seventies acid funk, and jaunty Sixties jazz-pop combine to form a powerful brew. But wait, Chuck and Joel also add in a pair of Steely Dan-related rarities… Now how much would you pay? Nothing? SOLD!

Editor’s Note: Since it would be silly to pull down the episode we already posted, enjoy two shows for the price of one! In exchange, however, we would love it if you either joined on our forums or told your friends about Cosmic Slop or Fancy Pants Gangsters. Consider it paying it forward.

Matthew Sweet – Super Baby
Elliott Randall – Brother People
Steely Dan – Dallas
Margo Guryan – Sunday Morning
Skull Snaps – It’s A New Day
Blancmange – Living On The Ceiling

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Cosmic Slop Rewind – Episode 6

slop@fancypantsgangsters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:48:34 +0000

Chuck and Joel can’t be reached now, leave a netcast at the beep.

Another week without new content from the Slop guys, but have no fear. Much like your parents, they had plenty of fun before you came along, bucko. So we give another episode from the pre-Fancy Pants Gangsters era, full to the brim with sticky prog-funk, Billy Joel-alikes, and more requests than you can shake a stick at, provided you can shake at stick at 6 things or less.

City Boy – The Hopkido Kid
The Moon – I Should Be Dreaming
Paul Davis – Superstar
Rasputin’s Stash – Hit It And Pass It
Angie – Peppermint Lump
Johnny “Guitar” Watson – Gangster Of Love

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Cosmic Slop Episode 40 – 12/2/09

slop@fancypantsgangsters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:27:53 +0000

As Cosmic Slop turns forty (episodes, that is,) Chuck and Joel dig extra deep: fully half of the tunes featured have never appeared anywhere on CD…and one of those didn’t even make it to vinyl, either! Starting with an ex-Trip Shakespearean’s cassette-only pop gem,and ending with a shambling rant from the guy who invented black
independent cinema in America, Slop episode 40 positively reeks of quality and distinction (with a little dust and mold thrown in for a good measure.)

Matt Wilson – Raking Service
Colonel Bagshot’s Incredible Bucket Band – Six Day War
James Walsh Gypsy Band – Love Is For The Best In Us
Marshall Crenshaw – Cynical Girl
Cristina – Don’t Mutilate My Mink
Melvin Van Peebles – Love, That’s America

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Fancy Pants Gangsters on turkey-based sabatical

slop@fancypantsgangsters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:06:20 +0000

Hello faithful listeners! Just wanted to leave a quick note that there will be no Cosmic Slop, Yet Another Gaming Show, or F.I.L.M. Army this week as the Gangsters have scattered to the four corners of the Earth (or Oerth, in Courtney’s case. The Klos family are minor celebrities in Western Oerik.)

After the birdmageddon, we will return with bellies full and ‘casting joints well oiled. Have a great holiday!