The Mercy Of Your Lies: Transmission 143, 2014 August 5

Torn between doing an "easy" program and a great one--because greatness does not come easily to me--I opted for lazy heroism, in this lamest of all months. Still recovering from my move, which has been more painful than I care to recount right now, I reached for something in plentiful supply at Chez Catharsis [Lady C has christened the new place "The Warren," for reasons she hasn't yet shared with me]: a Durutti Column disc. It was, depending upon whom or what you believe, Vini Reilly's birthday a night or two before. "Always do your best," as the dude says.

Random notes: Brian Harris's Hawkwind cover really did get some random love in real time, which was nice; "Leaving the Physical World" really did seem a capital idea in the moment [see above]; "Maniac" was and is, on further listening, a Michael Sembello homage of a sort, and all the better for it.

BOMBAST playlist, 2014 August 5, 2100-2300:

1. "Anatomy" | DJ Tennis | Local | Life And Death
2. "The Crowned Goddess" | The Durutti Column | Red Shoes | Materiali Sonori | "Physical Evidence"
3. "Born To Kill" | Bleached | For The Feel | Dead Oceans
4. "Enter Return" | Steve Hauschildt | S/H | Editions Mego
5. "005" | Christian Lisco | Thoughts | Komisch
6. "III.IIII" | Papir | III + IIII | El Paraiso
7. "For Rebecca" | The Durutti Column | Red Shoes | Materiali Sonori | "Physical Evidence"
8. "King Of Illusion" | Jah Wobble Presents PJ Higgins | Inspiration | Sonar Kollektiv
9. "If" | Panthera Krause | Laika | Riotvan
10. "When The World" | The Durutti Column | Red Shoes | Materiali Sonori | "Physical Evidence"
11. "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" | Brian Harris | Can Yu Hear Me? | self-released
12. "Tzenni" | Noura Mint Seymali | Tzenni | Glitterbeat
13. "She's Got A Strange Attractor" | Thee Headcoats | Beached Earls | Crypt
14. "Reaper" | Sean Pineiro | Saved Once Twice | KI
15. "Nothin'" | Rowland S. Howard | Pop Crimes | Fat Possum
16. "For Madeline (II)" | The Durutti Column | Red Shoes | Materiali Sonori | "Physical Evidence"
17. "Motherland" | The Royal Family And The Poor | The Temple Of The 13th Tribe | Mannequin
18. "Chapter 1" | Joakim | Tropics of Love | Tigersushi - Because
19. "Reality We Make" | Steven Tang | Leaving The Physical World | Smallville
20. "Copy This & Copy That" | Lee "Scratch" Perry | Back On The Controls | Rolling Lion - Upsetter
21. "Red Shoes" | The Durutti Column | Red Shoes | Materiali Sonori | "Physical Evidence"
22. "Maniac" | Soft Pink Truth | Why Do The Heathen Rage? | Thrill Jockey
23. "Pumpkin Soup And Mashed Potatoes" | The Fall | The Unutterable | Let Them Eat Vinyl
24. "For Zinni (III)" | The Durutti Column | Red Shoes | Materiali Sonori | "Physical Evidence"
25. "Indigo" | Imaginary Softwoods | The Path of Spectrolite | Archives Interieures
26. "Transitions" | Beastie Boys | The In Sound From Way Out | Grand Royal - Capitol

next time: breaking even. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis