Episodes
Tuesday Jul 11, 2017
Obnoxious Actions, Obnoxious Results: Transmission 347, 2017 June 7
Tuesday Jul 11, 2017
Tuesday Jul 11, 2017
You can glimpse into the past, not merely through the magic of recording, but by virtue of the content in this program. Lady Catharsis and I each produce a chestnut from our respective adolescences, separate but joined together by birthday magic. LC tells me that she saw Tom Jones perform once upon a time (in Tahoe, if I recall correctly), and that, apart from a joke in poor taste, he WAS love. Regrettably, I never saw Prince perform (except on TV during the best Super Bowl halftime in history), but his music was a strong point of identification during my sensitive years. (Have they ended?) Eschewing him for Morrissey seems, looking back, unnecessary, not to mention a mistake. Oh well. I will add it to the list.
Again, a small mistake seems to derail the whole thing, about halfway through. But Brian Harris salvages the program (and perhaps the future of British Democracy?) with his timely piece, which I played as a sort of wish, to be fulfilled by The Absolute Boy the following day.
BOMBAST playlist, 2017 June 7, 2100-2300:
- "Patellaluxation" | Monopohl | Stiff Little Spinners, Vol. 8 | Audiolith
- "Hey Jude" | Tom Jones | This Is Tom Jones | Parrot | "Listening Parlour"
- "A Song For Kylie Minogue" | CTMF | A Song For Kylie Minogue | Damaged Goods
- "Bucolica" | Shelter | Zon Zon Zon | International Feel
- "Let's Do It" | SJOB Movement | Friendship Train | Cultures of Soul
- "ForwardTheBass" | Seekers International | Presents the RaggaPreservation Society EP | Diskotopia
- "(Something)" | Planning For Burial | Below the House | Flenser
- "Justforu" | Mya Gomez | Mono No Aware | PAN
- "ADSR Eugraph" | Gnoomes | Tschak! | Rocket
- "You Are My Enemy" | ANOHNI | Paradise | Rough Trade
- "Linguistics" | Adrian Younge | The Electronique Void | Linear Labs
- "Up the Down Escalator" | The Chameleons | Script of the Bridge [reissue] | Blue Apple
- "Something In Between" | Adriatique | Siamese Anthology I | Siamese
- "Speck of Dust" | CANNIBALE | No Mercy for Love | Born Bad
- "Anxiety" | The Sorry Shop | Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, A Ramones Reverence | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
- "When You Were Mine" | Prince | Dirty Mind | Warner Bros.
- "F.I.N.I" | Baloji | 64 Bits & Malachite | Bella Union
- "In The Back Of A Car" | Cyanide Pills | Sliced and Diced | Damaged Goods
- "Rise Again" | Deadbeat | Roots and Wire | BLKRTZ
- "Space Movement Section 1" | Creation Rebel | Starship Africa [reissue] | On-U Sound
- "Tuning Bell" | Marc Barreca | Aberrant Lens | Palace of Lights
- "Blood That Ran the Rapids" | High Plains | Cinderland | kranky
- "Der Konig und der Vogel" | Rampue | Stiff Little Spinners, Vol. 8 | Audiolith
- "Open Invitation" | ADR | Mono No Aware | PAN
- "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Cornbread
- "Martyrdub" | Saint Abdullah | The Sounds of Evil - Vol. 1 | Boomarm Nation
- "(I'm So Bored With) Theresa May" | Brian Harris | Washed Up Man | self-released
- "Streets" | Dag Rosenqvist / Matthew Collings | Hello Darkness | Denovali
- "Extreme SAT" | Shed | The Final Experiment | Monkeytown
Time itself was his demeanor
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Thursday Jul 06, 2017
Thursday Jul 06, 2017
It seems like the sensible way to follow a Coil night would be to do a Medway night. Sometimes (regrettably?) I exhibit some sense. So here it is--god knows how many of these we've done. I crack myself up referring to Still Talking 'Bout...Milkshakes! as a "reunion record," but it is (was) the truth. Frequently I forget that it is no longer 1992 or shortly thereafter; that, or the realization of it, must produce the comedy. I can't figure it out.
Listening to this episode, I tried something other than the gym, which, I am gradually figuring out (after a dozen or so years), is a place of intense self-loathing. I reviewed this mostly walking around town. It was quite glorious! Ithaca in summer reminds me of my beloved D-town (as it could only do at this time of year), sunny, quiet, parched, deadly. I like what I like! Regarding the content itself, there weren't too many mistakes here, just a misplaced fader and some slightly abrupt or ill-timed cues. Nothing drastic. A couple of timely references, which seem inevitable these days--"Kid Covfefe" and the timeliness of The Orb. Not quite one for the vaults, but a good use of two hours.
BOMBAST playlist, 2017 May 31, 2100-2300:
- "Groove Is In The Heart" | The Brian Jonestown Massacre | Don't Get Lost | A Records
- "Medicine Man" | Thee Milkshakes | Still Talking 'Bout...Milkshakes! | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
- "Ters Okyanus" | Gevende | Kinnardi | Shalgam
- "The Ballad of Johnny Burma" | Mission of Burma | Vs. | Matador
- "Held" | Malibu | Mono No Aware | PAN
- "Canceled" | Hatti Vatti | SZUM | Most
- "Snooker Club" | Schilling | Hella | Apparel Tonic
- "Tempest" | Dapayk & Padberg | Harbour | Fenou
- "Who'll Be Next In Line" | Thee Milkshakes | Still Talking 'Bout...Milkshakes! | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
- "Lost Unfound" | Cindytalk | The Labyrinth of the Straight Line | Editions Mego
- "Open Universe" | The Solid Doctor | How About Some More Ether: Collected Works 90-95 | Declasse
- "Toenail" | Scott Franka | The Gym | Quartet Series
- "Insomnia" | Bioshi | Bedroom Tales | Original Cultures
- "Stretch Deep - feat. Eve Essex" | James K | Mono No Aware | PAN
- "Time's Against You" | Thee Milkshakes | Still Talking 'Bout...Milkshakes! | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
- "Somnium" | Mario Batkovic | Mario Batkovic | Invada
- "4am Exhale - Dave DK Accellerator Mix" | The Orb | The Cow Remixes - Sin In Space, Pt. 3 | Kompakt
- "Some of us (Camp Century 4)" | You Still Have Friends | The Never Years | M.I.S.T.
- "Babylon" | Booka Shade | Babylon | Blaufield
- "The Girl That Radiates That Charm" | Thee Milkshakes | Still Talking 'Bout...Milkshakes! | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
- "Pocket Calculator" | Kraftwerk | Computer World | Warner Bros. | "Listening Parlour"
- "Limerence" | Yves Tumor | Mono No Aware | PAN
- "Sad Drummer - Bird of Paradise Remix" | Roe Deers | Sad Drummer EP | Nein
- "Toxicity" | Evan Caminiti | Toxic City Music | Dust Editions
- "Pilgrim Trade" | Wire | Nocturnal Koreans | Pinkflag
- "Dancing Girl" | Thee Milkshakes | Still Talking 'Bout...Milkshakes! | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
- "Falling Again" | Secret Shine | There Is Only Now | Saint Marie
- "Minute Man" | Thee Milkshakes | Still Talking 'Bout...Milkshakes! | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
- "Airborne" | JFDR | Brazil | White Sun
- "Loving Is Believing" | Thee Milkshakes | Still Talking 'Bout...Milkshakes! | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
- "Versatile Dub" | Jay Glass Dubs | New Teeth for an Old Country | Bokeh Versions
- "See You Shining" | Magic Castles | Starflower | A Recordings
Is it really my fault that i just don't know
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Tuesday Jul 04, 2017
Tuesday Jul 04, 2017
Recently I promised only really good or really bad programs, and this is a really bad one. What makes me say that? One mistake, early on, which I blame on the computer but is really attributable to my being stupid. I have listened back to this moment three times or so and it makes me cringe. Supposedly you will have an easier time with it, provided you do not easily get embarrassed for other people. But this is the way I think--an otherwise decent show can run aground on one error.
As to what is "otherwise decent" about this broadcast--well, it is a Coil night, to begin with. In another of those "this will probably work better for you than for me" instances, these tunes are pretty chill, especially the first two lengthy ones. Recently I made the mistake of trying to listen to these on the cross-trainer, during a period of acute self-loathing. It was not very "chill!" But I know these have had what I think is their intended effect on me in the past. There is also the somewhat legendary Ramleh, who underscored the self-loathing quite nicely.
BOMBAST playlist, 2017 May 24, 2100-2300:
- "A Space Between" | The Legendary Pink Dots | The Maria Dimension | Soleilmoon
- "Coming Apart" | Sigha | Metabolism | Token
- "Gianna Anna - Sundrenched Remix" | Andi Otto | Via (Remixed) | Pingipung!
- "Cadillac" | CTMF | SQ 1 | Damaged Goods
- "The Mothership And The Fatherland" | Coil | Astral Disaster | Acme / Prescription | "Physical Evidence"
- "Hell A" | The Bug / Earth | Concrete Desert | Ninja Tune
- "City" | Acre | City / You Know | Brainmath
- "Kambowa" | Mokoomba | Luyando | Out Here
- "The Greatest Fear" | Safar | In Transit | Ruptured
- "The Sea Priestess" | Coil | Astral Disaster | Acme / Prescription | "Physical Evidence"
- "Intervention Stjerner" | Ulrich Schnauss / Jonas Munk | Passage | Azure Vista
- "Just Let Them Kill Each Other" | Byul.org | Selected Tracks for Nacht Damonen | Alien Transistor
- "Darkblue Seagrey" | Kyo | I Musik | Posh Isolation
- "Solar Xub" | Herva | Hyper Flux | Planet Mu
- "Colourful Flight" | Monolog / Subheim | Conviction | Denovali
- "Best Time of My Life" | Pat Kelly | Lonely Man | Burning Sounds
- "Any Lyfe" | Yen Towers | Love Means Taking Action Remixes | Posh Isolation
- "Orthodox Dub" | Errol Brown | Orthodox Dub | Dub Store
- "I Don't Want To Be The One" | Coil | Astral Disaster | Acme / Prescription | "Physical Evidence"
- "Floating on Salt Water" | A Sagittariun | The Magick Box | Elastic Dreams
- "Ndiguel" | Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force | Yermande | Ndagga
- "2nd Son Syndrome" | Coil | Astral Disaster | Acme / Prescription | "Physical Evidence"
- "Entropy" | Ramleh | Circular Time | Crucial Blast
To escape from time forever
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Sunday Jul 02, 2017
From Pre-Eternity to Post-Eternity: Transmission 344, 2017 May 21
Sunday Jul 02, 2017
Sunday Jul 02, 2017
True story: I told myself at around this time that I couldn't do "fill-in" appearances because (a) I was behind on posting the regularly-scheduled broadcasts that I do and (b) I was entering a really busy work period (where we are now). Like most things I promise myself, I bailed on this one. Aron called in sick, on this day, and so I found myself in the Kenny Ritter Memorial Studio a mere 24 hours after my previous fill-in appearance. I used to call stunts like this "hero time." I don't know what to call them now.
HOWEVER, whether in spite of an absence of planning or because of it, this is an excellent program. I am leaning toward the latter. Though mostly current and non-nostalgic except for the Kevin Shields birthday observance, this "mixtape" feels like the spirit of what I used to do in the olden days--long, trippy tunes with excellent segues, not the bite-size "trail mix" and rapid-fire changes I am "into" now. I am frequently reminded that young me had it together in more ways than current me does.
BOMBAST playlist, 2017 May 21, 2100-2300:
- "Loomer" | My Bloody Valentine | Loveless | Creation - Sire
- "Let's Play Doctor" | Superpitcher | The Golden Ravedays 2 | Hippie Dance
- "A1" | Convextion | Acido 22 | Acido
- "Zeolites" | Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald | Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald Present Borderland: Transport | Tresor
- "Don't Come Any Closer" | OKADA | Floating Away from the World | N5MD
- "SIDE A" | El Mahdy Jr. | Die Before You Die | Boomarm Nation
- "Tactus Tempus - Tonal" | A Pulse Train | Tactus Tempus | Geej
- "Dronz 3 - Nefesh" | Richard Pinhas | Reverse | Bureau B
- "Och Solen Sankte Sig Rod" | Hills | Alive at Roadburn | Rocket
Breakfast with a sea priestess
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Saturday Jul 01, 2017
Semi-Emergency Saturday: Transmission 343, 2017 May 20
Saturday Jul 01, 2017
Saturday Jul 01, 2017
Here is what I thought at the time would be a "rare" substitute appearance on the radio. "As Always I Was Wrong Again." Regardless, we are in good form on this night, even though it is early, and even though we sound like "The Magic Womb" only in places. We Are What We Are. It does feel nice to listen back to a program with few, if any, errors.
I have been looking at "memories" recently on a social-media platform that shall go unnamed. Seeing my program posts from 2016, at around this time, I note that I was panicked and error-prone then, too. (Differently, I have to say, from the 2017 version of My Self.) Well--I have to say that as of this writing I am actually feeling pretty good, some clouds have recently lifted, and I am breathing for the first time in about 8 months. So this means either some high-proficiency programs or some absolute trainwrecks to come. Nothing middling on the horizon.
BOMBAST playlist, 2017 May 20, 1900-2100:
- "Love Thirteen (Island Step)" | Why Be? | Love Means Taking Action Remixes | Posh Isolation
- "Hover - Guitar Beatless Mix" | Amberoom | Rhit EP | Ovum
- "Journey to Luna" | Bustic Kingley Bassey's Anansa Engineers | Calabar-Itu Road: Groovy Sounds from South Eastern Nigeria (1972-1982) | Comb & Razor Sound
- "Pasadena Jam" | Louis' Band | Taste Me | Mondo Groove
- "The crown on our heads" | Saint Abdullah | The Sounds of Evil - Vol. 1 | Boomarm Nation
- "The Knife" | Scorpion Violente | The Stalker | Bruit Direct Disques
- "Folle" | Mirco Magnani + Ernesto Tomasini | Madame E. | Undogmatisch
- "Atomic Wrist Watch" | cloud seeder | not on album | Soundcloud self-release
- "Howard Hughes Under The Microscope" | Jarvis Cocker / Chilly Gonzales | Room 29 | Deutsche Grammophon
- "Karlie" | Gimmix | Stiff Little Spinners, Vol. 8 | Audiolith
- "L'eternite" | Vilains Bonshommes | L'eternite Retrouvee | Hospital Productions
- "Akananwan Isong Idung" | Monica Isaac | Calabar-Itu Road: Groovy Sounds from South Eastern Nigeria (1972-1982) | Comb & Razor Sound
- "Love" | Drew McDowall | Love Means Taking Action Remixes | Posh Isolation
- "Nyong Eyen Unen" | Cross River Nationale | Calabar-Itu Road: Groovy Sounds from South Eastern Nigeria (1972-1982) | Comb & Razor Sound
- "This Perfect Day" | The Fall | The Marshall Suite [reissue] | Let Them Eat Vinyl
- "Kilter" | Dark Sky | Kilter / Acacia | Monkeytown
- "Starship Africa Section 3" | Creation Rebel | Starship Africa [reissue] | On-U Sound
- "ICO130" | Ghost Culture | Nucleus | Phantasy Sound
- "Counterfeit Worlds" / "Zulawski" / "Roaming Empire" / "Altar Natives" / "Confessional Method" | UBEK | Ubek | Sucata Tapes
All the regular business
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