Episodes
Monday Jul 25, 2016
Gun For Hire, No Business Attire: Transmission 286, 2016 June 29
Monday Jul 25, 2016
Monday Jul 25, 2016
This was an odd(er than usual) program, but a good one. The Senior Catharses gave this one their hearty approval, for reasons which are not clear. But after the summer I have had, I am not one to look sideways at any kind remarks. What is it about summer?
I heard Captain Halcyon over the weekend. He did a tremendous program. Why can't that happen to me? It's been nothing but sloppiness, wall to wall, for about two months now. We haven't scratched the surface.
For some reason I decided that I would play 31 songs on this night, which seems way too many, although "Trace" and "Among Wolves" are worth the price of admission. (Admission is free, but you know what I mean.)
BOMBAST playlist, 2016 June 29, 2100-2300:
- "Ocean Girl" | Ummagma | Frequency | Moon Sounds
- "Shine" | Bailter Space | Still In a Dream - A Story of Shoegaze | Cherry Red
- "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" | The Smiths | The World Won't Listen [reissue] | Sire
- "Ex Cop" | The Rattler Proxy | Follow | Lurid Music
- "All Alone" | Prince Buster | I Feel The Spirit | Dynamite! | "Physical Evidence"
- "Re-Entry" | Ramleh | Circular Time | Crucial Blast
- "Among Wolves" | Tim Green | Among Wolves | Cocoon
- "Rinky-Dink" | Booker T. & The M.G.'s | Green Onions | Rumble
- "Soul of Africa" | Prince Buster | I Feel The Spirit | Dynamite! | "Physical Evidence"
- "Mazda - Killing Sound Version (feat. Rider Shafique & Bogues)" | Aisha Devi | Of Matter and Spirit (Remixes) | Houndstooth
- "Trace" | Little Annie | Trace | Tin Angel
- "We Shall Overcome" | Prince Buster | I Feel The Spirit | Dynamite! | "Physical Evidence"
- "Dancing" | Bauhaus | Mask [reissue] | Beggars Banquet - Hostess
- "Scarlet" | Lush | Origami | 4AD
- "Funky Cowboy" | Goober & The Peas | The Complete Works of Goober & The Peas | Kinetic | "Listening Parlour"
- "Wash All Your Troubles Away" | Prince Buster | I Feel The Spirit | Dynamite! | "Physical Evidence"
- "No Doubt" | Grand Pianoramax | Soundwave | Mental Groove
- "The Miry Verge" | Garry Bradbury | Yakovlevian Torque | No.
- "Satellite 581" | CB-R | DRSL | Cut Mistake
- "Last Train to London" | Prince Buster | I Feel The Spirit | Dynamite! | "Physical Evidence"
- "Outlands" | The Orb | The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld [reissue] | WAU! Mr. Modo - Island
- "Naadiis Orbit" | Dagir Du | Uriel Wavv | Seagrave
- "Hold Them" | Prince Buster | I Feel The Spirit | Dynamite! | "Physical Evidence"
- "Hiraeth" | Lone | Levitate | R & S
- "The Ryan Factor" | Jack Ketch and the Crowmen | Brimfull of Hate | M'Lady's
- "I Feel the Spirit" | Prince Buster | I Feel The Spirit | Dynamite! | "Physical Evidence"
- "Self Portrait" | The Durutti Column | LC [reissue] | Factory Benelux
- "E.T. Special" | Impact All-Stars | Java Java Java Java - Instrumentals Dubwise Versions | Get On Down
- "Statistical Order" | Dalhous | The Composite Moods Collection, Vol. 1: House Number 44 | Blackest Ever Black
- "In the Courtyard" | CFCF | On Vacation | International Feel
- "A Bluish Shadow" | Kowton | Utility | Livity Sound
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Wednesday Jul 20, 2016
Feel Like A Soldier, Look Like A Thief: Transmission 285, 2016 June 22
Wednesday Jul 20, 2016
Wednesday Jul 20, 2016
Wow wow wow, you guys, I was getting nostalgic for a minute, as I am prone to do when the heat scrambles my brain, and I came across this post. It is sort of an anniversary--anniversaries, for me, are big things--and I thought I'd just, you know, check in with the past. ALMOST NEVER A GOOD IDEA.
What a strange mix of anger and naivete was there! And if only calm and wisdom had taken their place! But, for real, things are much better now that I can observe things at the station from afar. I do almost feel like a sage at times, though cynicism and self-concept will not permit it fully. I have also taken to calling myself "emeritus."
Re. the endgame of the program: nope, not happening any time soon. it's fine. Everything's fine.
BOMBAST playlist, 2016 June 22, 2100-2300:
- "Freeway" | K-X-P | III, Pt. 2 | Svart
- "Story" | Dieter Moebius | Nurton | Bureau B
- "Slimer Smile" | Sequoyah Tiger | Ta-Ta-Ta-Time | Morr Music
- "Locked-in Syndrome" | ^L_ | The Outsider | Antime
- "Copper Wire" | The Range | Potential | Domino
- "Hyper Martino" | Michele Mininni | Hyper Martino | Les Temps Perdu
- "Jimmy Jazz" | The Clash | London Calling [reissue] | Columbia - Sony
- "Bell Blender" | Phon.o | Afterglow | Tectonic
- "Cold World / Dear John" | Little Annie | Trace | Tin Angel
- "This Purgatory (Stuart Braithwaite - Mogwai Remix)" | Spectres | This Purgatory (Stuart Braithwaite - Mogwai Remix) | Sonic Cathedral
- "Evacuate" | Dextro | Into the Crossing | 16k
- "Untitled" | Youngsta & DJ Distance | Tempa Allstars, Vol. 8 | Tempa
- "Backtail Was Heavy" | Lone | Levitate | R & S
- "Rendezvous" | Princess Century | Rendezvous | Paper Bag
- "Fixed Rope" | Express Rising | Fixed Rope | Numero Group
- "Young Freedom" | Francis Lai | Cosmic Machine: The Sequel (Remixes) EP | Because Music
- "Switchblade Smile" | Whipping Boy | Still In a Dream - A Story of Shoegaze | Cherry Red
- "Imidiwan Ahi Sigidam" | Tinariwen | Live in Paris | Wedge
- "Naab Dub" | Konrad Wehrmeister | Cosmos #1 | SVS
- "No Handle" | Visuals | The State of Things | Thesongsays
- "Hair of the Dog" | Bauhaus | Mask [reissue] | Beggars Banquet - Hostess
- "Ain't No Rock 'n' Roll Rookie" | Johnny Moped | It's A Real Cool Baby | Damaged Goods
- "The Earl of Suave" | Thee Headcoats | Elementary Headcoats [reissue] | Damaged Goods
- "Candyman" | Siouxsie & The Banshees | Classic Album Selection Volume Two | Polydor
- "Things Will Never Be The Same" | The Fire Dept. | L'Oeuf D'Or | M'Lady's
- "Inchworm" | Battles | Gloss Drop | WARP
- "Op De Laatste Rij, Daar Zwijgt Ge Niet" | Daghraven | #1 | Consouling Sounds
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Wednesday Jul 20, 2016
Breakfast At Eric's: Transmission 284, 2016 June 18
Wednesday Jul 20, 2016
Wednesday Jul 20, 2016
This episode is another instance of life giving me just about what I deserve. I was filling in for "Exterior Realms" (as I do way too often these days) and DJ Midwife, whose show preceded mine, took it upon herself to spin my first record. This is standard operating procedure at the station by the way, and applies to everyone's program but mine, this exception being a source of confusion and bemusement to all. Launched into the the world without asking to be, I had no choice but to improvise my way forward. It WAS midwifery.
It was mostly going pretty well until I miscued a Smiths record, and after that I kind of didn't want to know. I'm not sure how many mistakes I made--after the first one it more or less doesn't matter. That is a DEEP PERSONAL ISSUE and I should get it examined.
A historical note: that Tinderbox album by Siouxsie and the Banshees is just really, really great. I remember this one falling through the cracks, as it were--the hardcore Siouxsie fans thinking it was too "pop," pop enthusiasts finding it too weird and depressing ("she doesn't even sing in tune," etc). Punk Rockers! Squares! You were all wrong about this! I am doing it right! Be more like me!
BOMBAST playlist, 2016 June 18, 2100-2300:
- "Bitter" | Lush | Origami | 4AD
- "Weya" | Manu Dibango | Africafunk: The Original Sound Of 1970s Funky Africa | Harmless | "Physical Evidence"
- "Grey Melody" | Microworld | Orange Sun | Curle
- "The Sweetest Chill" / "This Unrest" / "Cities in Dust" | Siouxsie & The Banshees | Classic Album Selection Volume Two | Polydor
- "Alpha Wheel" | Lone | Levitate | R & S
- "Hail the King" | Walli & The Afro Caravan | Africafunk: The Original Sound Of 1970s Funky Africa | Harmless | "Physical Evidence"
- "Circle VIII (Fraud)" | Pact Infernal | The Descent Chapter II | Samurai Horo
- "One Dub - Mix II" | MM Studio | Good Star Dubs | Album Label
- "Skype" | Suzanne Kraft | DJ-Safety | Kitjen
- "The Camera" | Karl Bartos | Communication | Trocadero
- "Larry" | Kevin Hewick | All Was Numbered | Hacienda
- "Fresh" | Alex Gopher | Back to Basics EP | Go 4 Music
- "XTC" | DJ Koze | Hamburg Elektronisch 3 | hafendisko
- "Phase Out" | MMOTHS | Luneworks | Because Music
- "Don't Go" | Yaz | Upstairs At Eric's | Mute - Sire | "Listening Parlour"
- "Aruca" | Medicine | Still In a Dream - A Story of Shoegaze | Cherry Red
- "235" | Pearl River Sound | Somed Tapes, Vol. 1 | Seagrave
- "Shakespeare's Sister" | The Smiths | The World Won't Listen [reissue] | Sire
- "Megaton" | Vecchio | Africafunk: The Original Sound Of 1970s Funky Africa | Harmless | "Physical Evidence"
- "She Has A Way" | Little Annie | Trace | Tin Angel
- "Easy Window" | Lust For Youth | Compassion | Sacred Bones
- "Saturday Night" | HQFU | HQFU Mini Album | Instinctive Racoon
- "Ajo" | Peter King | Africafunk: The Original Sound Of 1970s Funky Africa | Harmless | "Physical Evidence"
- "Body" | Anenon | Petrol | Friends of Friends
- "Somebody Up There Likes You" | Simple Minds | New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) | Virgin
- "Charly stories" | Whizz Kid | A Warmer Welcome | digitalDIZZY
- "Splendid Nausea" | Extrawelt | Hamburg Elektronisch 3 | hafendisko
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Monday Jul 18, 2016
Come Inside And Be All You've Dreamed Of: Transmission 283, 2016 June 15
Monday Jul 18, 2016
Monday Jul 18, 2016
It seems a lifetime ago, but at some point in early-mid June I was scheduled to do a show on a Saturday evening, but I was meant not to. I don't mean to alarm anyone, but ever since then my programs have been a bit...erratic. This was the first such program.
Retreating into the familiar territory of the Volume series felt good; honestly, though, I never thought I would inhabit this place. I felt things took a downward turn at around issue 6, but it's probably 1993's fault and not the publication's.
"The Mirror" is probably my soundtrack for the summer and beyond, in case you were wondering. No? Well, you're welcome, regardless.
BOMBAST playlist, 2016 June 15, 2100-2300:
- "Working Hard Or Hardly Working" | Killdozer | Volume Six | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
- "No-one Driving" | The Soft Moon | He's a Liquid | Metamatic
- "Ova Nova" | Underworld | Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future | Astralwerks
- "92 Degrees" / "Land's End" | Siouxsie & The Banshees | Classic Album Selection Volume Two | Polydor
- "The Mirror" | Gnod | Mirror | Rocket
- "One Tribe" | The Drum Club | Volume Six | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
- "Such Great Heights" | Vincenzo | Hamburg Elektronisch 3 | hafendisko
- "Break It You Buy It" | Little Annie | Trace | Tin Angel
- "Ultraviolet Love Scene" | Loom | European Heartache | Gobstopper
- "Also With You" | Unmen | Volume Six | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
- "Saturn Inc." | Drab Majesty | Completely Careless: 2012-2015 | Dais
- "Closing Distance" | Robin Lee | The Delaware Road | Buried Treasure
- "Downer" | Lush | Origami | 4AD
- "Keepsake" | Senseless Things | Volume Six | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
- "International" | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Dazzle Ships (Live at the Museum of Liverpool) | White Noise
- "My Machines (featuring Gary Numan)" | Battles | Gloss Drop | WARP
- "The Protectors" | Mikael Seifu | Zelalem | Rvng Int'l
- "Cut Throat (Remix)" | Ultra Vivid Scene | Volume Six | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
- "Star 6 & 7 8 9" | The Orb | The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld [reissue] | WAU! Mr. Modo - Island
- "Why Not" | good guy mikesh | Cookies EP | Spiel
- "Keep Moving On" | Gallon Drunk | Volume Six | Volume | "Physical Evidence"
- "Ardent" | Kangding Ray | Ardent / Swallows | Stroboscopic Artefacts
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Thursday Jul 07, 2016
You Ain't Seen Nothing Till You've Seen the Invisible: Transmission 282, 2016 June 9
Thursday Jul 07, 2016
Thursday Jul 07, 2016
Time was, I would be D.T.B. ("Down To Broadcast"--yes, I know, my life is sad) at any time. Midnight, 7am, mid-afternoon, you name it. Now it seems I'm only comfortable in my "regular" time, late but not too late, nearly full darkness, one foot dangling off the edge of the pier at Safe Harbor. So it feels increasingly adventurous do shake things up and do radio at even a slightly different time, as I did for this dinnertime program.
Also, I used not to care for whom or what I was substituting. Can indifference be tiring? What a shock to my system that would be. Anyway, in some cases I have come to respect given programs and feel the gravity of replacing a certain host, or at least understand that a certain audience expecting a certain thing doesn't necessarily want my thing, and therefore stay away.
"I'm not clever like Joe," I say at one point during this program. If I recall correctly I used to think I was, but the world has taught me otherwise. At least I know good after-dinner dance music when I hear it. So there is some of that here.
Still, I doubt I picked up any new listeners with this program. I can't really be more than what I am.
BOMBAST playlist, 2016 June 9, 1900-2100:
- "Moonbuilding 2073 AD (Wolfgang Voigt Antiretroambientpsycholkamix)" | The Orb | Moonbuilding 2073 AD Remixes / Sin in Space, Pt. 1 | Kompakt
- "Echolana" | Dorian Pimpernel & Forever Pavot | Moonshine, Vol. 1 | Born Bad
- "How To Never Wake Up" | Guido Mobius | Batagur Baska | Shitkatapult
- "Midlife Lazarus" | Little Annie | Trace | Tin Angel
- "Mask" | Bauhaus | Mask [reissue] | Beggars Banquet - Hostess
- "Money Changes Everything" | The Smiths | The World Won't Listen [reissue] | Sire
- "Cycle 6 - Nigel Wiesehan Remix" | Matt Dunkley | Cycles EP | Village Green
- "A1" | Prins Thomas | Principe Del Norte | Smalltown Supersound
- "B-1' - live at Unit, 18 April 2015" | Nisennenmondai | #N/A | On-U Sound
- "Guetta Life" | eMMplekz | Rook to TN34 | Mordant
- "Cooker" | Morgan | Gettin' to Business / Cooker | Funk 45
- "What Time Is Love? (LP Mix)" | The KLF | The White Room | Arista | "Physical Evidence"
- "Make It Rain" | The KLF | The White Room | Arista | "Physical Evidence"
- "3 A.M. Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.)" | The KLF | The White Room | Arista | "Physical Evidence"
- "Church of the KLF" | The KLF | The White Room | Arista | "Physical Evidence"
- "Last Train to Trancentral (Live From The Lost Continent)" | The KLF | The White Room | Arista | "Physical Evidence"
- "9 Movements" | The Julia Sound | Post-Creation | self-released
- "Future Imperfect" | Detroit Swindle | In Reverse EP | Heist
- "Pink Tones" | Laila | Laila | DEEWEE
- "Then Is Now" | Kevin Hewick | All Was Numbered | Hacienda
- "Good Touch (feat. Egle Sirvydyte) [Matthew Herbert Remix]" | Catz 'n Dogz | Basic Colour Theory Remixed | Pets
- "Danny" | The Durutti Column | LC [reissue] | Factory Benelux
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Tuesday Jul 05, 2016
While Your Charm Is Considered Disarming: Transmission 281, 2016 June 8
Tuesday Jul 05, 2016
Tuesday Jul 05, 2016
This one time, I was in the same room as Tony Allen. He was part of a panel at our local Africana Center, and he was giving a "tutorial" on the drums. His kit was set up in the room and everything. It--he--had a massive sound and that is as much as I can say about that. I'm really here to share some quotes.
Having invited members of the audience to come up and play the drums so that he could explain his technique, he gave a listen to this one hipster for about 30 seconds. "You play drums?" he asked, as the dude nodded sheepishly. "For real? In a band?"
Other pearls of wisdom:
"The first time I heard Art Blakey, I asked, 'is someone playing the cymbal for him?'"
"When I said, 'I don't like to play solos,' I didn't mean 'I don't play solos.'"
"It sounds simple. It's not so fucking simple."
"When you play with me, you don't riff. I don't riff. I keep you down there. You sit."
I actually had tickets to see him play that night, albeit with a Local Wannabe Afrobeat Ensemble who shall remain nameless, but my taste for that was soured when members of said Local Wannabe Afrobeat Ensemble, during the talk, put Mr. Allen in the impossible position of having to say complimentary things about Local White Guys Who Appropriate Afrobeat. I didn't want to support that, but then again my ticket was already purchased, so I suppose I did. I am not so smart! At any rate I hope Tony took most of the money.
That's as close as I get to a Fela story, except to say that listening to his music convinced me to change my home listening habits, and in my home studio noodling, my production habits. Keep the EQ flat, let the speakers do the work, things sound best when they sound like themselves. Thank you, Fela.
BOMBAST playlist, 2016 June 8, 2100-2300:
- "La Facon Dont La Machine Vers L'Arriere - Al Lover Remix" | The Brian Jonestown Massacre | La Facon Dont La Machine Vers L'Arriere | A Records
- "Hurricane Malcolm" | Connie Price & The Keystones | Wildflowers (The Expanded Version) | Now-Again
- "St. Vitus Dance" | Bauhaus | 5 Albums | Beggars Banquet - Hostess
- "I Go Shout Plenty" | Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Afrika 70 | I Go Shout Plenty!!! | Kalakuta Sunrise - Knitting Factory | "Physical Evidence"
- "Red Sun in June" | Causa Sui | Summer Sessions, Vol. 1 | El Paraiso
- "Eidfjord" | Dessin Bizarre | Air Frais | Fluttery
- "You Better Run" | Little Annie | Trace | Tin Angel
- "Tide" | La Boum Fatale | Hamburg Elektronisch 3 | hafendisko
- "Russian Glass" | Commodo | How What Time | Black Acre
- "Nano" | The Comet Is Coming | Channel The Spirits | Leaf
- "Night Games" | The KVB | ...Of Desire | Metropolis
- "Some Velvet Morning" | Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood | Fairy Tales & Fantasies: The Best of Nancy Sinatra And Lee Hazelwood | Rhino | "Listening Parlour"
- "Golden Lights" | The Smiths | The World Won't Listen [reissue] | Sire
- "Panes" | Anenon | Petrol | Friends of Friends
- "Raccoon Society" | Maxim Wolzyn & Bartellow | Cosmos #1 | SVS
- "Some Velvet Morning" | Thin White Rope | When Worlds Collide | Munster
- "Hullo" | Kettel | Wingtip | DUB
- "If This Is" | Revbjelde | The Delaware Road | Buried Treasure
- "Partys Fall" | Siouxsie & The Banshees | Classic Album Selection Volume Two | Polydor
- "Cryin' Shames" | The Blue Angel Lounge | In Times 2006-2010 | 8MM Musik
- "Frustration" | Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Afrika 70 | I Go Shout Plenty!!! | Kalakuta Sunrise - Knitting Factory | "Physical Evidence"
- "A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the Ultraworld: Live Mix Mk 10" | The Orb | The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld [reissue] | WAU! Mr. Modo - Island
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