The Joint - 8 April 2023

https://youtu.be/ywrUdtk1JY0 In terms of incongruousness, this is up there with the footage of PiL on America Bandstand we mentioned a few months ago. Same year, 1980, but this time it's Yellow Magic Orchestra wowing Soul Train's audience. It's just sad it took the untimely passing of Ryuichi Sakamoto to bring it to our attention. Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... GEMMA RAY - Come Oblivion ROSALÍA, RAUW ALEJANDRO - VAMPIROS BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT - Nobody ALAN BRAXE - Never Coming Back (featuring Annie) HEARTWORMS - 24 Hours felicita - Spalarkle (Alys) (featuring Caroline Polachek) * MANDY, INDIANA - Injury Detail NAKHANE - Tell Me Your Politik (featuring Moonchild Sanelly & Nile Rodgers) VANESSA WORM - Goodbye GEESE - 3D Country 100 GECS - The Most Wanted Person In The United States DJ GIRL - Get Down DROWNED MEMORIES - Anywhere Beyond The Ocean EL MICHELS AFFAIR & BLACK THOUGHT - I'm Still Somehow HANNAH JADAGU - Warning Sign RAJA KIRIK - Raja Eden FACS - Slogan TYLER THE CREATOR - SORRY NOT SORRY PIGLET - Building Site Outside AQRXVST - 29 THE MARY ONETTES - Easy Hands TEENGENERATE - Six And Change WEDNESDAY - TV In The Gas Pump SPEAKERS CORNER QUARTET - fix (featuring Tirzah) STEFFLON DON - DemDead SONGER - 04:59 (featuring D Double E) COACH PARTY - Micro Aggression ROBERT FFRENCH, CLEMENT IRIE - Bun & Cheese ROGER ROBINSON - Summer THE LEMON TWIGS - Corner Of My Eye CORDAE - Two Tens (featuring Anderson .Paak) DROWNED MEMORIES - Caustique RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence * The inspiration for this week's lyrical heading.