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Rare & Out-of-Print Still Sealed 2 LP Set with 22 Live-on-the-air radio performances culled from recordings of the Drinking From Puddles radio program that airs on KBOO-FM in Portland, Oregon !!

Note: The orange spot in the picture below is just a reflection of the flash.

There's a wide range of artists from the acoustic offering of Elliott Smith to the thunderous Punk of Poison Idea. Even Spoken Word from the formidable tounges of Lydia Lunch, The Germs Band Manager Nicole Panter, and Ringling Sister and early LA Punk Scene Queen Pleasant Gehman !

Awesome backcover illustration by Raymond Pettibon (has also done covers for Black Flag, Sonic Youth etc...) !

Fans of poignant Singer/Songwriters & Indie Rock should enjoy the contributions of the late, great Elliott Smith, the first ever on-air performance from super siren Cat Power (Chan Marshall), former Throwing Muses & current 50 Foot Wave leader Kristin Hersh, and many of the others featured !

Here's a review:

Drinking From Puddles

A Radio History (Kill Rock Stars)

By: Alex Steininger

Since 1982, when he become the first college DJ in Oregon to have an all-punk-rock format radio show, Brandon Lieberman has supported great bands from all over the globe. Celebrating sixteen years of his show, "Drinking From Puddles," Kill Rock Stars and Brandon Lieberman have put together a compilation that goes from the quiet sounds of Elliott Smith to the loud, head-on punk assault of Poison Idea, this compilation covers the eclectic sound "Drinking From Puddles" has embraced since day one.

A live version of Hazel's "Mr. Magazine Man" shows the power this three-piece could, and did, pack into every live performance. The studio version appears on their last release before their demise, the AIRIANA EP (Candy Ass Records), but as good as it is, the live version steps everything up a notch and explodes with Jody Bleyle's patented crashing drums and Brady Smith's slab of bass fury. Of course, Pete Krebs' guitar work and lead vocals aren't to be forgotten, as they were also a driving force.

Another stand out track has to be The Obituaries (Monica Nelson and Rob Landoll) acoustic contribution of "Nobody Else." The queen of Portland punk, Monica always packed enormous talent and beautiful vocals into each song, not to mention the power she brought to the stage when The Obituaries were playing. However, on this track you get a chance to see and feel the acoustic side of the band, as Monica proves her voice is what made the band, and Rob's guitar playing complimented it perfectly.

Then there is Portland's pride, Poison Idea, punk rock legends in the Northwest. From their first live performance in 1981 to their current formation, the band puts on a powerful live show with ferocious tunes and an overwhelming drive to pound out the best punk rock their audience has ever seen. On "Taken By Surprise," their contribution to this compilation, the band pours through their trademark style with no problems at all. If you're hearts not pounding by the time this song ends, there is something wrong with you.

From his critically-acclaimed, major-label debut album, XO, Elliott Smith contributes a live version of "Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands." With the added personality of "This is where I begin to fade out" at the end of this song, and Elliott's surreal voice, this is one of the most heartfelt, sincere numbers on the disc and will have you shaking in joy. If you've heard it on the record, you were amazed. But here, you'll be blown away at the honesty that is captured through Elliott's live voice.

Following that is a live acoustic performance from Gilly Ann Hanner, the former front woman for Calamity Jane. Now playing in Portland's "red-eyed, head-cold, junk-pop" band No. 2, fronted by Elliott Smith's former band mate, Neil Gust, Gilly has been a treasure of Portland for many years. Highly underrated, this girl can play and sing, and this song demonstrates that all to well. "Outta Money" is catchy and will beat around in your head until your next fix, so listen to this one with caution, for it will be in your head from then on (this is good, by the way).

Let's not forget Crackerbash, a true indie punk band that, when Seattle and Portland were all the rage, turned their backs on all major label offers and stayed true to their roots and ideals. A f**ked up version (the lyrics differ drastically) for anyone that's heard the studio cut on TIN TOY (Empty Records), but still a good taste of what this band is all about.

Beyond that though, other amazing bands like Murder City Devils, Kristin Hersh, Dead Moon (legends!), Cat Power, and Bonfire Madigan all grace this compilation and make it one of the best live compilations ever released. I'll give it an A---Alex Steininger, In Music We Trust

and another:

Various artists

Drinking From Puddles | Kill Rock Stars

By Seth Mnookin

"My favorite track on "Drinking From Puddles," a glorious collection of live, in-studio recordings from Portland's KBOO, is dissonant indie stalwarts Come's acoustic rendition of "Hurricane." Which is to say I prefer the softer, more deliciously ominous tracks -- like "Hurricane" or the Velvet Underground-esque urban country of Geraldine Fibbers' "Butch" -- to the raucous cacophony of Seattle's full-throttle punks Murder City Devils or the spoken-word monologues of all-purpose performance poet, artist and rock star Lydia Lunch.

I say that only because I feel a need to create some sense of order out of the 22-track, 74-minute wonder that is "Drinking From Puddles," an album that conveys the endless possibilities and joyous avenues of escape that pop music offers.

A brief history: KBOO is a "listener-supported" station in Portland, Ore. That means it's dirt poor, politically left of NPR and its DJs are allowed to cuss on the air. The atmosphere has spurred, as poverty and a license to curse often does, a startling spirit of innovation and excitement. One of the most exalted products of that spirit is DJ Brandon Lieberman's "Drinking From Puddles" show, which features touring bands playing live songs in the KBOO studio. This album covers an eight-year span of his shows, from Dead Moon's 1990 full-throttle, Cramps-esque performance of "Graveyard" to Sleater-Kinney singer Corin Tucker's old-school riot grrl side-project Cadallaca's churning garage version of "You're My Only One."

Even though the listener only hears Lieberman in several, one-sentence snippets -- instructing the audience to "Turn it up" in one instance -- the DJ's spirit and personality pervade the disc. There's an earnest belief in the possibility of music, a feeling that singing love songs can mend broken hearts, a conviction that playing a really loud guitar can cancel out slights and injustices experienced in high school.

The highlights: cellist Madigan Shive's winsome "Snowfell Summer," which is as chilling as Poison Idea's "Taken By Surprise" is raucous, and Pleasant Gehman's monologue about the delights of Disney's old Monsanto exhibit. ("Their first kiss, or their first hit of windowpane, or the last half of a pint of Southern Comfort or splitting a Quaalude or sweaty 10-minute sessions of unbridled teenage lust with someone you met in line for the Matterhorn.")

Later, Cindy Lee Berryhill chirps with fey insouciance, "When I met you/ I was pretty messed up/ Inside about him," over her Casio on "Aquamarine," and erstwhile indie activist Roger Manning preaches about the "anti-bullshit movement" on "Pacifica Blues." The rest of the tracks, from beginning to end, from conception to completion, the songs and the ideas on "Drinking From Puddles" are anthemic in their belief of the redeeming, cathartic power of music."--Seth Mnookin, Salon.com

You get:

1 Murder City Devils - Dance Hall Music

2 Come - Hurricane

3 Hazel - Mr. Magazine Man

4 Obituaries - Nobody Else

5 Prolapse - Cacophany #A

6 Geraldine Fibbers - Butch

7 Jeffrey Lee Pierce - Lucky Jim

8 Cadallaca - You're My Only One

9 Nicole Panter - F**k

10 Poison Idea - Taken By Surprise

11 Kristin Hersh - Gazebo Tree