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Cruising Altitude, Transmission 3: 2013 December 4

[GUEST POST]

Greetings, friends and lovers of Bombast. It's Captain Halcyon, once again. Do you remember me? Hopefully you do, but it's alright if you don't. I am but an occasional presence.

This is a thing I do: I disappear for long periods, and then return, as if nothing has happened. Usually nothing has happened. This appears to be one of those times.

Daylight ambience is my thing, and I love December ambience. "Do While" is one of my all-time favorites, and I attach it to this time of year, for reasons I can no longer clearly remember. Due to my inability to "get it together," this act of paying it forward may attach it to January for you. Sorry--or, should I say, you're welcome?

I am now set to disappear again, at least from this platform. Until next time!

CRUISING ALTITUDE playlist, 2013 December 4, 1500-1600:

1. "The Devil Is in the Details" / "A Is to B As B Is to C" / "Over the Horizon Radar" | Boards of Canada | Geogaddi | Warp
2. "Do While" | Oval | 94diskont | Thrill Jockey
3. "Biding the Storm with Gaze" | Fear Falls Burning | Irritating Music for Discerning Snobs Desperate to Impress Their Jaded Friends | Soleilmoon
4. "The Indian Summer of Benazir Bhutto" | Muslimgauze | Zul'm | Extreme
5. "Dominic Sunset" | Ken Camden | The Space Mirror | Kranky
6. "In 'D'" | The Durutti Column | The Return of the Durutti Column | Factory Benelux

bye for now

Cruising Altitude, Transmission 2: 2013 September 8

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Friends and lovers of Bombast, I waggle at you once again. Please find attached the second program that I did, on another day when there was a spare hour to fill at WRFI. I can hardly believe they allowed me on the air again, but these things happen.

I cannot get it together to assemble a website like this one, where Kid Catharsis generously allows me to post my archived programs. Like many others, I try to live within Soundcloud's limitations. Right now I can only post two hours' worth of material there, and, wonder of wonders, I have done a couple of broadcasts in the past two weeks, so room must be made.

It's been such a long time since I've heard this set that I have no idea how much, or what kind of, joy it might contain. I do hope you find some in it!

CRUISING ALTITUDE playlist, 2013 September 8, 1500-1600:

1. "Wires" | Christoph Heemann and Andreas Martin | Brain in the Wire | Brainwashed
2. "Only Love" | The Durutti Column | Return of the Sporadic Recordings | Kooky
3. "X-tacy Symphony" | Spacemen 3 | Losing Touch With Your Mind | Munster
4. "They Sat Quietly" | Thomas Nola et son Orchestre | Irritating Music for Discerning Snobs Desperate to Impress Their Jaded Friends
5. "Insomniac" | Frank Martiniq | Insomniac | Curle
6. "Primitive Associations / Great Mass Above" | Growing | Kompilation | Kranky
7. "Baby Food" | Coil | Unnatural History III | Threshold House
8. "Reversing" | Four Tet | There Is Love in You | Domino USA
9. "Double Vision" | Cabaret Voltaire | The Crackdown | Some Bizarre - Virgin
10. "For Good" | Ulrich Schnauss | Goodbye | Domino USA

Hopefully you'll get to hear the more recent programs in less than 3 months' time!

Cruising Altitude, Departure 1: 2013 September 1

[GUEST POST]

Hello to all lovers of BOMBAST. I have a podcast I'd like to share with you. This won't be a regular feature, just a thing that happens now and again.

My DJ handle is Captain Halcyon. "Halcyon" is made up, but "Captain" is real. I was booted from the Air Force for a series of...let's call them indiscretions. In the flight simulator. That, and a general unwillingness to complete my mission logs. Let's just say that strange stuff happens up there.

At any rate I spend most of my time in a reverie, pondering blue skies and puffy clouds. Occasionally Kid Catharsis will drag me out of it and I'll do a show. This is the first one.

I apologize for lacking Guy LeBatard's philosophical insights, and for lacking--whatever Kid Catharsis's strengths are! Thanks for reading, and for listening.

CRUISING ALTITUDE playlist, 2013 September 1, 1600-1700:

1. "The Morality of Altitude" | 400 Blows | Look | Concrete Productions
2. "Shatter" | Liz Phair | Exile in Guyville | Matador
3. "Come Here My Love" | This Mortal Coil | Come Here My Love | 4AD
4. "Walking Field" | Peals | Walking Field | Thrill Jockey
5. "Celestial Flutes" | 23 Skidoo | The Gospel Comes to New Guinea | Ronin
6. "Otterley" | Cocteau Twins | Treasure | 4AD
7. "Trembling" | Windy & Carl | Brain in the Wire | Brainwashed
8. "Be Still" | Felt | Space Blues | Creation
9. "Always" | Flying Saucer Attack | Chorus | Drag City
10. "Southern Orchards" | July Skies | Dreaming of Spires | Rocket Girl
11. "Deep Journey" | Suns of Arqa | Land of a Thousand Churches | Arka Sound
12. "Dark Melt" | Simon Turner | A Palace in the Sun | Creation

There's been one other program so far; I'll post it when time allows!