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Question Sessions over Cakes and Coffee: Transmission 373, 2017 October 4

Another week, another well-executed program. That is a rare thing for me to be able to say, so you know damn well I am going to say it. I did well on this night. Was it well-conceived, though? That is a tougher call. The "vintage rave-type stuff" feels quite dated, but then so am I, and self-expression is one of the station's stated values. The exception is "Palatial," which is, forgive me, majestic. I do believe this is the third time I have played it, which might be enough, unless you think 1 spin per 124 episodes is ok, in which case, see you at transmission 500 or so.

I managed to cut down on the "dad jokes" and pedantry, at least a bit, but I do complain seriously about not knowing how I am getting my hands on the Lost Horizons album. (It could be any album--there's a backlog of exquisitely-packaged reissues waiting vainly for me to buy them.) Money is tight, yo. I am getting by on freebies and internet magic. In other news, my mental health professional is referring to me as "an object of therapeutic fascination," which I think is a fancy and nice way of saying I am a piece of work. Where is the lie, I ask you? I wonder if there is publishing in this; it would be nice to wind up in print.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 October 4, 2100-2300:

1. "The Places We've Been" | Lost Horizons | The Places We've Been | Bella Union
2. "One Train" | Kristin Hersh | Cats and Mice | Kitten Charmer | "The Listening Parlour"
3. "Warm Fuzzy Feeling" | Bauri | Vinkelvolten | FireScope
4. "La Folle" | The Schmutz Sisters | Now and Then | Optimo Music So Low
5. "Rocket Fire" | Il Est Vilaine | La Regla Del Juego | Lumiere Noire
6. "Tones of Incorporation" | Love Corporation | Tones | Creation | "Physical Evidence"
7. "Intermission / News / The Voice of Energy" | Kraftwerk | 3-D (The Catalogue) | Parlophone
8. "Love Puppets" | The Legendary Pink Dots | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
9. "Lid.sw" | Bleak Fiction | Late Notes | M.I.S.T.
10. "Rinse Repeat" | Thrupence | Ideas of Aesthetics | Future Classic
11. "Vacuum Pump (Ejector)" | Si Begg | Blueprints | Shitkatapult
12. "1000" | Benni | I & II | Goner
13. "Palatial" | Love Corporation | Tones | Creation | "Physical Evidence"
14. "Labyrinth of Reflections" | X.Y.R. | Labyrinth | Not Not Fun
15. "Bottle Rain Smoke" | Crewdson | Toys | Slowfoot
16. "Monserrate (Le K's Gut Dub Remix)" | Klangwart | Monserrate | Cougouyou
17. "Lovetones" | Love Corporation | Tones | Creation | "Physical Evidence"
18. "Black Monk Theme" | The Fall | The Fontana Years | UMC / Fontana
19. "This Quiet" | Whore Paint | Ultra Sound | Translation Loss
20. "A Fallen Tree" | CTMF | SQ 1 | Damaged Goods
21. "Donald Unpleasance" | Orange Crate Art | Quantum Distortion in Empty Space | self-released
22. "World" | Love Corporation | Tones | Creation | "Physical Evidence"
23. "The History of Fishes" | MIS+RESS | S/T | Somewherecold
24. "Arguments From Opposites (Interlude)" | Gerra and Stone | Polarism | Dispatch
25. "Dabke91" | Ko Shin Moon | Ko Shin Moon | Akuphone
26. "Love and the Devil" | Fushara | Techmosphere 02 | Scientific

the land of friendship

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Noodle and Man Are Separated by a Comma: Transmission 372, 2017 September 27

Can retirement be far off? I wonder about this in more than one context. On the attached sound file, I sound at times like I'm making Dad jokes, for which I am qualified, but the execution is nevertheless poor. Elsewhere, I wax extremely "pedantic" about men, noodles, and love. At least I know at the time that I am going off the rails. That's something, right?

To think I fancied writing a book a little over a year ago! God, would I need an editor, and I am not in a position to hire one. You're stuck with these diary entries. The universe is merciful to us all.

Anyway, this is the best-executed program we have had in a while, so that is also something. PLUS, I actually did my research during the program! Though I must concede that I am only about 80% sure that Robbie Shakespeare actually plays on the Revolutionaries album. And to think I used to consider Factory Records less than forthcoming with personnel credits on their records.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 September 27, 2100-2300:

1. "Poultice" | Terminal Cheesecake | Dandelion Sauce of the Ancients | Box
2. "Spangle" | 14 Iced Bears | 14 Iced Bears [reissue] | Optic Nerve
3. "Untitled (B3)" | The Revolutionaries | Satta Dub | Well Charge | "Physical Evidence"
4. "Crushed Velvet" | The Legendary Pink Dots | The Maria Dimension | Soleilmoon
5. "Lady Street Racer" | Scott Gilmore | Subtle Vertigo | International Feel
6. "Truth Theme" | SofaTalk | Youandmusic, Vol. 1 | YAM
7. "In Search of New Realities" | Cindytalk | The Labyrinth of the Straight Line | Editions Mego
8. "Untitled (B4)" | The Revolutionaries | Satta Dub | Well Charge | "Physical Evidence"
9. "Girlsoul" | Salvation | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
10. "Vazio" | Farmacopeia | Come On Feel The NoiZe, BraZil Class '17 | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
11. "Untitled (A1)" | The Revolutionaries | Satta Dub | Well Charge | "Physical Evidence"
12. "Get the Funk" | Orlando Julius & Ashiko | Love Peace & Happiness | Hot Casa
13. "Untitled (A3)" | The Revolutionaries | Satta Dub | Well Charge | "Physical Evidence"
14. "Sista station" | Bandhagens Musikforening | Protokoll A | Northern Electronics
15. "Perfidia" | The Llamps | Mon tour / Perfidia | Cougouyou
16. "Dubbing in the Ghetto" | King Tubby & The Aggrovators | Dubbing in the Backyard | Pressure Sounds
17. "(The Vermont Hotel Lift)" | Fieldhead | We've All Been Swimming | Home Assembly
18. "Hidden Passage" | Videodrones | Mondo Ferox | El Paraiso
19. "back in the studio game" | The Mole | I love the spicy noodle, man | Maybe Tomorrow
20. "Butterflies 4 Brains" | The Fall | The Fontana Years | UMC / Fontana
21. "Nocturne 4 (Tim Hecker Remix)" | Ben Lukas Boysen | Golden Times I | Erased Tapes
22. "Untitled (A4)" | The Revolutionaries | Satta Dub | Well Charge | "Physical Evidence"
23. "My Valuable Hunting Knife" | Les Big Byrd | Two Man Gang | PNK SLM
24. "A Numb Gas to the Future - DJ Tennis Pimiento Drive Version" | Rebolledo | Mondo Re-Alterado | Hippie Dance
25. "Perserverencia" | Man Power | Compilation 05 | Correspondant
26. "From Back Then" | Arce | Lapsus EP | M.I.S.T.
27. "Amongst the Hemlock" | Oxossi & Malleus | Amongst the Hemlock EP | Innerverse
28. "Untitled (B5)" | The Revolutionaries | Satta Dub | Well Charge | "Physical Evidence"

warm fuzzy feelings

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One of the Perks of Being a Radio Personality: Transmission 371, 2017 September 23

Here is the penultimate broadcast of a very busy September, in which we used up our allotted memory at ye olde podcast site, and then some! Junior is my copilot on this night, though she declined to spin a record and retreated to "mere" commentary. I fear that she is growing bored with radio, and/or with me. This saddens me, not just because my daughter is growing up, but because she is a good radio person and getting better. It's about CONTENT.

DJ Midwife (aka Kristi) may or may not have been "doing good things in the world" on this night, which gave us the opportunity to synth you out here. However, I can find no confirmation of any "good things" in my email. I must have had her confused with somebody else! But surely it is a good sign that I think the best of other people.

Oh, and Hoga Nord is from Sweden, of course.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 September 23, 1900-2100:

1. "Resistance" | Superpitcher | The Golden Ravedays 6 | Hippie Dance
2. "A Calm But Steady Flow" | Quaeschning & Schnauss | Synthwaves | Azure Vista
3. "Thirst" | Quaeschning & Schnauss | Synthwaves | Azure Vista
4. "Flare" | Quaeschning & Schnauss | Synthwaves | Azure Vista
5. "Prism" | Quaeschning & Schnauss | Synthwaves | Azure Vista
6. "30HZ Dub Prelude" | Gaudi | Magnetic | Rarenoise
7. "Opus 12, No. 7" | Gaudi | Magnetic | Rarenoise
8. "Memories in my Pentagram" | Gaudi | Magnetic | Rarenoise
9. "Nocturnal Sonata" | Gaudi | Magnetic | Rarenoise
10. "Usb" | Ultra Satan | Usa / Usb | Hoga Nord
11. "Your Silent Face" | New Order | Power, Corruption & Lies | Factory
12. "Ultraviolence" | New Order | Power, Corruption & Lies | Factory
13. "Ecstasy" | New Order | Power, Corruption & Lies | Factory
14. "Leave Me Alone" | New Order | Power, Corruption & Lies | Factory
15. "Train Song - Different Version" | 14 Iced Bears | 14 Iced Bears [reissue] | Optic Nerve
16. "Lie to Choose" | 14 Iced Bears | 14 Iced Bears [reissue] | Optic Nerve
17. "Like a Dolphin" | 14 Iced Bears | 14 Iced Bears [reissue] | Optic Nerve
18. "Blue Suit" | 14 Iced Bears | 14 Iced Bears [reissue] | Optic Nerve
19. "Cut - Different Version" | 14 Iced Bears | 14 Iced Bears [reissue] | Optic Nerve
20. "Inside" | 14 Iced Bears | 14 Iced Bears [reissue] | Optic Nerve

everybody makes mistakes, even me

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Mundane by Day, Inane at Night: Transmission 370, 2017 September 20

Welcome to the final Bombast of the "summer." I'm flying solo on this regular Wednesday night broadcast--I fear that this disclaimer becomes more urgent with every guest appearance by Junior. (It would be nice if someone were to say whether they still enjoyed the "basic" thing I do every week). Seemingly, I was enjoying myself on this night, and it comes through! That story about Anthony the Resident Advisor, which I share after the Sisters of Mercy tune, had to come out--it's been bugging me for 30 years that only I could spot the resemblance.

Are there any other unresolved grudges that I use this program to solve, you wonder? No, although the chronic issue--maybe Junior has something to do with this too--is What It All Amounts To. I have speculated about this before, and felt confidence in at least one prior theory, but the doubt is strong. It doesn't help when my therapist asks me what the value of self-expression is and I don't have an answer. Is that Buddhist? Or am I just really, really slow in figuring it out?

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 September 20, 2100-2300:

1. "Segue" / "Fol De Rol" | The Fall | New Facts Emerge | Cherry Red
2. "Dhajij Doux" | Simon Hold | NT | Vlek
3. "Hermetica" | Concealed Identity | Hermetica | Narratives
4. "This Daze" | Kill West | Gush | Stolen Body
5. "Late Crossing" | Love Theme | Love Theme | Alter
6. "Floorshow" | The Sisters of Mercy | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
7. "One Step Closer To The End" | A Wire Around Your Neck | One Step Closer to the End / A Sea of Snakes | M.I.S.T.
8. "524 Fidelio (German Version)" | The Wedding Present | Back a Bit... Stop! (German Version) | This Will Be Our Summer | "Physical Evidence"
9. "Les Halles" | Mirco Magnani + Ernesto Tomasini | Madame E. | Undogmatisch
10. "Absent" | Baaz | Two (For You) | Office
11. "Conditioning (Camp Century 5)" | You Still Have Friends | The Never Years | M.I.S.T.
12. "Nothing Yet" | Lives of Angels | Hole in the Sky | Dark Entries
13. "Copenhagen" | Orbital | Copenhagen | ACP
14. "Shadow" | Mohican Sun | Fixation | Integral
15. "You Can't Reach What You Hunger" | The Telescopes | As Light Return | Tapete
16. "The Girl From The DDR (German Version)" | The Wedding Present | Back a Bit... Stop! (German Version) | This Will Be Our Summer | "Physical Evidence"
17. "Sub / Antarctic / H20" | Richard H. Kirk | Dasein | Intone
18. "Careful" | LTO | Storybook | Injazero
19. "Welcome To An Altered Future" | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Murder of the Universe | Heavenly
20. "Intimacy" | Artificial Intelligence | Reprisal | Metalheadz
21. "Planet" | Four Tet | Planet | Text
22. "Back a Bit... Stop! (German Version)" | The Wedding Present | Back a Bit... Stop! (German Version) | This Will Be Our Summer | "Physical Evidence"
23. "Burning Stars" | Secret Shine | There Is Only Now | Saint Marie
24. "In Shreds" | The Chameleons | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
25. "Black Noise" | Adrian Younge | The Electronique Void | Linear Labs
26. "Think" | Spirit | Think / Bounty Killer | Inneractive
27. "Nabta Playa" | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | Two Orb Reel | More Than Human
28. "Think Too Much - Unloved David Holmes Remix" | Phil Kieran | Blinded By The Sun (Remixes #2) | Hot Creations
29. "Before We Meet" | Astral TV | Chrystal Shores | El Paraiso
30. "Stille horen" | Der Plan | Unkapitulierbar | Bureau B
31. "Lag 7" | Biogen | Halogen Continues | trip

you've caught me at a bad time, so why don't you...

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Send Flowers, Please: Transmission 369, 2017 September 16

The attached program is what people call a "grower." I remember it being fun to do, but it took a couple of playbacks for me to appreciate its merits, "properly." Perhaps the vault doesn't beckon, but if this were your only mixtape from me, you'd prefer it over silence, unless you wouldn't. It doesn't even have "Physical Evidence" or a "Listening Parlour" interlude, and yet it still features wild stylistic swings and changes in tempo and rhythm. And, of course, the usual mistakes.

I had spent the day editing sound files, shopping for records, and watching the "juggalos vs nazis" event down in DC unfold on Twitter--not that any of this is necessarily audible in the program. But I thought you might like subtext. I don't often think about what others might like! Appreciate this.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 September 16, 2100-2300:

1. "Immortality (Peel Session)" | The Fall | The Fontana Years | UMC / Fontana
2. "Arrival" | Udmo | Luba Loft | Analogue Attic
3. "Forgiven" | Bungle | Techmosphere 02 | Scientific
4. "V" | Iguana Moonlight | Wild Palms | Not Not Fun
5. "The Berlin Friend" | Modern Cosmology | Summer Long | Elefant
6. "Creation" | Actifed | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
7. "Baie de la Sagesse" | Canada Effervescent | Crystalline | Not Not Fun
8. "Eti Eyeneka" | Isadico Dance Band | Calabar-Itu Road: Groovy Sounds from South Eastern Nigeria (1972-1982) | Comb & Razor Sound
9. "Organ Mantra" | The Myrrors | Hasta La Victoria | Beyond Beyond Is Beyond
10. "Rain on Dry Concrete" | Quaeschning & Schnauss | Synthwaves | Azure Vista
11. "Half Way Home" | Olim | Recursively | NoMad
12. "North West Plaza" | 18 Rays | 18 Rays | Antinote
13. "Arrow 3" | Damien Dubrovnik | Great Many Arrows | Posh Isolation
14. "Mirepoix" | Magnus International | Synths of Jupiter EP | Full Pupp
15. "Eliminator" | Helm | Mono No Aware | PAN
16. "Oceanic" | Z Lovecraft | Youandmusic, Vol. 1 | YAM
17. "Circuitry" | Discrete Circuit | Road Force EP | Astray
18. "Planning and Execution" | cloud seeder | not on album | Soundcloud self-release
19. "Tribal Dreams" | DJ Boring | Sunday Avenue | LPH White
20. "Sandy Ground" | Porter Ricks | Anguilla Electrica | Tresor
21. "Anonymity" | Dance Chapter | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
22. "Strangers in Our Lanes" | July Skies | The English Cold [reissue] | Caroline True
23. "Nadando con Itzel" | Prince of Queens | The Scene Over | Ocean Parkway
24. "In Voice 1" | Bulkhead | Lunch Truck EP | 2MR
25. "Earth" | Deskai | Techmosphere 02 | Scientific

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My Skin Is Deeper Than Is Thought: Transmission 368, 2017 September 13

Here is what I call a "featureless" program: no "physical evidence," no visit to "the listening parlour." It's just a collection of great tunes (or is it "good tunes" that I promise? I can't remember whether I was selling my selection short on this outing). Feels like pretty good flow! And more synthy than the previous program, though there is a mini "rock block" in here somewhere, "sonic trail mix" be damned.

What was it like to be me, or in Ithaca, on this particular day? (A new feature.) I believe I spent a good deal of time blocking brands on various social media platforms. One day I will get them all. Boring, you say? You try operating on as little sleep as I was having this week. Also, I started to mourn as a local pizza/music venue's owners announced they were selling their building and lot to retire, and surely the space will be given over to yet another high-rise of student housing at Ivy League prices.

Does it really get better?

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 September 13, 2100-2300:

1. "Faith, Luck, and Music" | The Apostles | Banko Woman | Cultures of Soul
2. "Sunset Vertigo" | Kaap | Somewhere III | Something Happening Somewhere
3. "M.B.T." | Beate Bartel & Werkstatt | Monika Werkstatt | Monika
4. "Hey Schmetterling - Nacht" | 2raumwohnung | Nacht und Tag | It Sounds
5. "The Beatles Hate Me" | Mark Wynn | More Singles: But They're Not Really Singles I Just Sent Them To The Screen & Said They Were Singles | Harbinger Sound
6. "Jong - Nuno dos Santos & Quince Remix" | Eefje de Visser | Somewhere III | Something Happening Somewhere
7. "Alamba - Dolph Remix" | Herrhausen & Treindl | Fluchtfink | Acker Dub
8. "To Light Alone I Bow" | S U R V I V E | Survive | Holodeck
9. "Obituary" | Carpenter Brut | TRILOGY | Caroline
10. "SoundDedication" | Seekers International | Presents the RaggaPreservation Society EP | Diskotopia
11. "Mek We March (Step by Step)" | Alpha Steppa | 3rd Kingdom | Steppas
12. "This System" | Kurt Baggaley | Somewhere III | Something Happening Somewhere
13. "Angels - Live Version" | Dark Sky | The Passenger / The Walker (Roman Flugel Remix) | Monkeytown
14. "I Feel Voxish" | The Fall | Perverted By Language | Superior Viaduct
15. "Frequencies Different" | Terrence Dixon | Like a Thief in the Night | Tresor
16. "Contact the Fact" | The Sound | From the Lion's Mouth | Korova
17. "Vaguely Human" | Flesh For Lulu | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
18. "Megazine" | Shobaleader One | Elektrac | WARP
19. "Keithii" | Sigward | Somewhere III | Something Happening Somewhere
20. "Sternhagen" | Pilocka Krach & Werkstatt | Monika Werkstatt | Monika
21. "Rift Valley" | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | Two Orb Reel | More Than Human
22. "Between Two Worlds" | Sonae & Werkstatt | Monika Werkstatt | Monika
23. "Pelagic Zones" | Quince | Somewhere III | Something Happening Somewhere
24. "Power of Touch" | Modern Cosmology | Summer Long | Elefant
25. "Grow" | Barbara Morganstern & Werkstatt | Monika Werkstatt | Monika
26. "Auf der Hut" | Desmond Denker | MDF03 | Modularfield
27. "Petty Passion" | Lapalux | Ruinism | Brainfeeder
28. "Desert Fruit" | Danielle De Picciotto & Werkstatt | Monika Werkstatt | Monika
29. "Limehouse" | Sebastopol | Assassin | Correspondant
30. "Tag2Neu" | Werkstatt | Monika Werkstatt | Monika
31. "XY Autostream" | Claude Speeed | Infinity Ultra | Planet Mu

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Deep Into the Empire's Ear: Transmission 367, 2017 September 6

If it's true that "we always get what we deserve," then you, listener, must have earned a dark, rocking, and solid program. Only a few brief bursts of light--and Wanda Jackson--provide relief the intensity. THIS IS THE GOOD CONTENT: sort of what I envisioned out of this program in the beginning, and also kind of reminiscent of the first year. Not that we are in decline or anything. Are we? "SHUT YOUR FACE," I tell myself, "THEN YOU'LL BE HAPPY."

Admittedly I never really "got" Ham and I probably still don't (it doesn't matter). I owned this record, and then I didn't, and now I do again and probably always will; that's how things go sometimes. The other day I tried "explaining" their "thing" to Lady Catharsis and had one hell of a time trying to find the words. Alternative Rock, you say, Discogs? Heavy Metal? Neither of those seem...adequate. Somehow we missed out on one of the best-ever ABBA covers, but we have played that before, and ther "rules" that need observing.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 September 6, 2100-2300:

1. "I Can't Escape Myself" | The Sound | Jeopardy | Korova
2. "Egg Ya Humme" | Ham | Buffalo Virgin | One Little Indian | "Physical Evidence"
3. "Choppy Night" | CANNIBALE | No Mercy for Love | Born Bad
4. "Africa" | Clement Djimogne | Pop Makossa - The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984 | Analog Africa
5. "People" | Gnod | JUST SAY NO TO THE PSYCHO RIGHT-WING CAPITALIST FASCIST INDUSTRIAL DEATH MACHINE | Rocket
6. "Q Quarters" | The Associates | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
7. "Death" | Ham | Buffalo Virgin | One Little Indian | "Physical Evidence"
8. "Away" | Julien Villa | Away | Sodasound
9. "Illusory Sun" | Ulrich Schnauss | No Further Ahead Than Today | Scripted Realities
10. "Run for Your Life" | Lara & The Trailers | Girls in the Garage (Oriental Special Edition) | Past & Present
11. "Slave" | Ham | Buffalo Virgin | One Little Indian | "Physical Evidence"
12. "D for Desire" | All About Eve | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
13. "Forbidden Lovers" | Ham | Buffalo Virgin | One Little Indian | "Physical Evidence"
14. "Yaounde Girls" | Mystic Djim & The Spirits | Pop Makossa - The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984 | Analog Africa
15. "Euthenics" | Modern Eon | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
16. "Slide M2959" | Si Begg | Blueprints | Shitkatapult
17. "Follow the White Rabbit" | Camille Claudel | Come On Feel The NoiZe, BraZil Class '17 | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
18. "Svin" | Ham | Buffalo Virgin | One Little Indian | "Physical Evidence"
19. "In Our Angelhood" | Cocteau Twins | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
20. "Водка" | Bleak Fiction | Late Notes | M.I.S.T.
21. "Linda Blair" | Ham | Buffalo Virgin | One Little Indian | "Physical Evidence"
22. "Heroin (Live at the Batcave)" | Tabathas Nightmare | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
23. "Tabletalk" | Adam & The Ants | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
24. "Youth" | Ham | Buffalo Virgin | One Little Indian | "Physical Evidence"
25. "Tweedlee Dee" | Wanda Jackson | There's a Party Goin' On | Rumble | "The Listening Parlour"
26. "The Littlest Rebel" | The Fall | The Fontana Years | UMC / Fontana
27. "Whole Lotta Love" | Ham | Buffalo Virgin | One Little Indian | "Physical Evidence"
28. "Let's Do It" | Pete Bassman | Lost In Space | Hoga Nord

vodka, appropriately enough

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For Reasons That Are Not Going To Be Disclosed: Transmission 366, 2017 September 2

Here is one of those shows that might make you think, had you known me 30 years ago, "ah yes, he is still on his bullshit." Noisy self-released English pop! African compilations! New Order! Discussion of Burning Airlines Mail Order! Boring the hell out of my guests! It is all here, champ.

Junior, though finding many things dull here (sorry, Dan!), is giving the thumbs up to most of the content, so that's good. And I discover an increased appreciation for a Rolling Stones recording, which is also nice. I happen to agree with Junior that Muzak is not relaxing. Nor is dedicated Easy Listening--I associate it with visiting the doctor's office as a child, to get my allergy shots every single fucking week. At least the nurses were kind!

I'm also struck by how much more melodic New Order are than everything else I'm into on this night. Goodness gracious what a terrific record PCL is.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 September 2, 1900-2100:

1. "Come Get Me" | 14 Iced Bears | 14 Iced Bears [reissue] | Optic Nerve
2. "Sure To See" | 14 Iced Bears | 14 Iced Bears [reissue] | Optic Nerve
3. "Unhappy Days" | 14 Iced Bears | 14 Iced Bears [reissue] | Optic Nerve
4. "If I Said" | 14 Iced Bears | 14 Iced Bears [reissue] | Optic Nerve
5. "Miles Away" | 14 Iced Bears | 14 Iced Bears [reissue] | Optic Nerve
6. "Balloon Song" | 14 Iced Bears | 14 Iced Bears [reissue] | Optic Nerve
7. "Stupid Girl" | The Rolling Stones | Aftermath | London
8. "Lady Jane" | The Rolling Stones | Aftermath | London
9. "Under My Thumb" | The Rolling Stones | Aftermath | London
10. "Doncha Bother Me" | The Rolling Stones | Aftermath | London
11. "Think" | The Rolling Stones | Aftermath | London
12. "Ye Medjuie" | Emmanuel Kahe et Jeanette Kemogne | Pop Makossa - The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984 | Analog Africa
13. "Mininga Meyong Mese" | Nkodo Si-Tony | Pop Makossa - The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984 | Analog Africa
14. "Sekele Movement" | Pasteur Lappe | Pop Makossa - The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984 | Analog Africa
15. "Second House Now" | The Fall | New Facts Emerge | Cherry Red
16. "O! ZZTRRK Man" | The Fall | New Facts Emerge | Cherry Red
17. "Gibbus Gibson" | The Fall | New Facts Emerge | Cherry Red
18. "Age of Consent" | New Order | Power, Corruption & Lies | Factory
19. "We All Stand" | New Order | Power, Corruption & Lies | Factory
20. "The Village" | New Order | Power, Corruption & Lies | Factory
21. "586" | New Order | Power, Corruption & Lies | Factory
22. "Who Won?" | Laurel Halo | Dust | Hyperdub
23. "Like an L" | Laurel Halo | Dust | Hyperdub
24. "Syzygy" | Laurel Halo | Dust | Hyperdub
25. "Do U Ever Happen" | Laurel Halo | Dust | Hyperdub
26. "Buh-Bye" | Laurel Halo | Dust | Hyperdub

oh what a square, with your diagonal hair

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Are You Patient and Kind with People: Transmission 365, 2017 August 30

My own radio gratification being on a two-week delay--your mileage may vary--I am happy to announce that this is a good-sounding broadcast. This comes as a surprise, not for the usual reasons but because the "Official" Volume Reading Special was always one of the "lesser" Volumes to me, and yet now it brings the enjoyment. Britpop: I was not having it! And, mostly, am still not. Also, it was the mid-90s and my mind was broken. Yes, this is me, now, saying that. Sheesh. Would it be worth mentioning that the tunes that "fit" in this program are somehow not even my favorites from this disc? Talk about "opening oneself up."

Anyway, Kim Fowley makes an appearance alongside Teenage Fanclub in our ongoing (actually, hopefully ending here) series of Tunes By Problematic Individuals. He sounds rather "enhanced" here; it's sad to listen to, knowing what we know (I'm still being "coy about stuff"), but essential.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 August 30, 2100-2300:

1. "O Amargo e o Fim" | Ceus de Abril | Come On Feel The NoiZe, BraZil Class '17 | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
2. "Party of The Mind" | The Sound | All Fall Down | WEA
3. "Festival of Sun Reading '95" | Teenage Fanclub with Kim Fowley | Volume 14 - Reading '95 Special | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
4. "Batt'in" | El Mahdy Jr. (feat. Hamorabi 13th imam) | Time to Sell the Golden Teeth | Boomarm Nation
5. "Odiaria" | SJOB Movement | Friendship Train | Cultures of Soul
6. "Sister Pain" | Electrafixion | Volume 14 - Reading '95 Special | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
7. "1996" | The Crotches | Ein Ahot La Mifasot | Garzen
8. "Pale Blue Eyes" | The Velvet Underground | The Velvet Underground | MGM | "Listening Parlour"
9. "Life Is Not Easy" | Mystic Eyes | Mysterious | Burning Sounds
10. "Careless Dub - Interlude II" | Jay Glass Dubs | New Teeth for an Old Country | Bokeh Versions
11. "Natural Animal" | Echobelly | Volume 14 - Reading '95 Special | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
12. "It's Time" | Martin Rev | Demolition 9 | Atlas Realisations
13. "Depth Charge" | The Senior Service | The Girl In The Glass Case | Damaged Goods
14. "Shag Wild" | Coast | Volume 14 - Reading '95 Special | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
15. "Lead" | The Wedding Present | Going, Going... | Scopitones
16. "Tubular Belles" | Gerry & The Holograms | Gerry & The Holograms | Cache Cache
17. "This One's For Me" | Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine | Volume 14 - Reading '95 Special | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
18. "Have to Believe" | Shit and Shine | Total Shit! | Diagonal
19. "Mist" | Petar Dundov | At The Turn of Equilibrium | Music Man
20. "You Give Me the Creeps" | Mudhoney | Volume 14 - Reading '95 Special | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
21. "Insight" | From Nursery To Misery | Pixies in the Woods | Dark Entries
22. "Oceans Passed" | Talsounds | Love Sick | Ba Da Bing!
23. "Morticiachair" | dEUS | Volume 14 - Reading '95 Special | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
24. "Respite in Albacete" | Maelstrom | Her Empty Eyes | RAAR
25. "Total Recall" | Echodrone | New Dark Age, A Tribute to the Sound | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
26. "Move To Limit Slabs" | Prolapse | Volume 14 - Reading '95 Special | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
27. "We're so Tired" | Spectre Folk | Vol. 4 | Vampire Blues
28. "Charmed I'm Sure" | The Brian Jonestown Massacre | Don't Get Lost | A Records
29. "Delirious" | Peepshow | Volume 14 - Reading '95 Special | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
30. "Like a Dolphin" | 14 Iced Bears | 14 Iced Bears [reissue] | Optic Nerve
31. "Sugar Sugar" | Drugstore | Volume 14 - Reading '95 Special | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
32. "Duskers, After Dark" | G.S. Schray | Gabriel | Last Resort

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You Think It's Over Now, But We've Only Just Begun: Transmission 364, 2017 August 25

Welcome to the first of two consecutive episodes in which I find myself playing "problematic" people. First up is Michelle Shocked, whom I never "got" and certainly don't get now. But what am I to do? Junior was sitting in with me, and as part of our normal "thing," we were playing full sides of records; are the other five artists on Side 2 of Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father to be blackballed? [In all honesty I do think, pace Junior, that I'd be happy with less Courtney Pine, even though I've only played him once!]

One of my goals in doing this whole Bombast program, at least as I faintly remember it, was to see if I could give up a bit of control and open myself up to the authenticity of circumstances and other people. How is that going? I'm probably feeling a bit uncomfortable when I remark, about an hour in, that 20 minutes of Elvis Costello (a birthday observance) followed 20 minutes of the Beatles isn't exactly ON BRAND. And what, for heaven's sake, is Seeming? As I told Alex I am very impressed with his record; I hear new things in it with each listen. I'm afraid it's not exactly my cup of tea and I've never been more convinced by a record that that isn't the record's fault. So that is something!

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 August 25, 1900-2100:

1. "Uncomplicated" | Elvis Costello & The Attractions | Blood & Chocolate | Columbia
2. "I Hope You're Happy Now" | Elvis Costello & The Attractions | Blood & Chocolate | Columbia
3. "Tokyo Storm Warning" | Elvis Costello & The Attractions | Blood & Chocolate | Columbia
4. "Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head" | Elvis Costello & The Attractions | Blood & Chocolate | Columbia
5. "I Want You" | Elvis Costello & The Attractions | Blood & Chocolate | Columbia
6. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Capitol
7. "With A Little Help From My Friends" | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Capitol
8. "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Capitol
9. "Getting Better" | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Capitol
10. "Fixing A Hole" | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Capitol
11. "She's Leaving Home" | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Capitol
12. "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite !" | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Capitol
13. "Within You Without You" | Sonic Youth | Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father | NME
14. "When I'm Sixty-Four" | Courtney Pine Quartet | Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father | NME
15. "Lovely Rita" | Michelle Shocked | Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father | NME
16. "Good Morning Good Morning" | The Triffids | Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father | NME
17. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" | The Three Wize Men | Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father | NME
18. "A Day In The Life" | The Fall | Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father | NME
19. "Mussoliki" | Bernard Ntone | Pop Makossa - The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984 | Analog Africa
20. "Sanaga Calypso" | Pasteur Lappe | Pop Makossa - The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984 | Analog Africa
21. "M'ongele M'am" | Eko Roosevelt Louis | Pop Makossa - The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984 | Analog Africa
22. "Ngon Engap" | Olinga Gaston | Pop Makossa - The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984 | Analog Africa
23. "Doomsayer" | Seeming | Sol: A Self-Banishment Ritual | Artoffact
24. "If I Were You (Transcribed from John Balance's Performance in a Dream)" | Seeming | Sol: A Self-Banishment Ritual | Artoffact
25. "Zookeeper" | Seeming | Sol: A Self-Banishment Ritual | Artoffact
26. "The Unspeaking" | Seeming | Sol: A Self-Banishment Ritual | Artoffact
27. "Stranger" | Seeming | Sol: A Self-Banishment Ritual | Artoffact

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