Psychic TV & PTV3 - Papal Breakdance/Redscroll Records

Last night I finally made it to Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT. Never thought I'd ever be impressed by a record store again but this place is ASTOUNDINGLY GOOD. Tons (3 rooms) of vinyl, cool zine/books section (with 'The City Is Ablaze! - The Story of a Post-Punk Popzine 1984-1994' book that I'm gonna buy as soon as I get some money. Nice Throwing Muses interview as well as The Stone Roses, Pale Saints, Nirvana, My Bloody Valentine, Pavement, Dinosaur Jr., Mudhoney, and loads more!). Staff were nice and helpful, they've got everything, all thousands upon thousands of records, in a database to look up for you. And I was looking for any of Alex Fergusson of Alternative and Psychic TV's solo recordings.

So it was a nice coincidence that the Psychick Videos were playing when I walked in the store. I hadn't heard their Mr. Alien Brain Vs. The Skinwalkers album and I immediately fell in love with 'Papal Breakdance':





so much so that when I got back in the car, I shut off the stereo so I could keep singing it to myself.

Further coincidence being the I had Thee Psychick Bible along with me to read at dinner. Interesting stuff.

Psychic TV - The Orchids...

The Orchids by Psychic TV is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.  Utterly gorgeous.  I kept hearing this for years at different places but never knew what it was until my friend Stefan pointed it out last summer.  And I'm very thankful that he did.



Whenever I interview people, my standard last question is "Say you've stolen a space shuttle and are flying it directly into the sun, for whatever reason, what would the soundtrack be?"  I think I would chose this song. The incongruity between the enormity of the situation, which you'd expect to sound thunderous and bombastic, and the delicateness of The Orchids would amuse me.  But also I'd want to be listening to something beautiful in such a situation.  And the lyrics would be perfect.