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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

figure out an environmentally friendly way to get there

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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

pass an orange to daddy

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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

only living this instant

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We Smoked in Heaven and We Laughed Off Hell: Transmission 363, 2017 August 23

Feels like regular service for the first time in nearly a month. I was in my usual time slot--following "the Fre(ida) Pile"--and Junior was in town, so the bit didn't have to be delivered via Apple voice memo. This program gives me pleasure, more than I expected (if only I could feel this in real time!), despite segues about which I can only say that I must have understood at some point what I was trying to do. A listener phoned in to give kudos, which is distressingly rare.

And, "finally," Happy Mondays provided the featured disc--heavy, I can report, on the Squirrel and G-Man era tunes. (Hot take: that album is better than Bummed.) Early entries in the "Physical Evidence" series included anecdotes about the actual disc played--who was the person who found himself able to write these??? I'm not up to it, other than to say that the aforementioned Squirrel got me through a very tough time. This (John) Peel Sessions disc doesn't ring a bell in terms of when I acquired it, though I just implied why I did so.

The Sound have made appearances in some recent playlists, I think because The Blog That Celebrates Itself put out a tribute and I decided I would rather hear the originals. Poor Adrian Borland: his band, like the Chameleons and the Comsat Angels, was something that simply missed me when it was happening. Blame it on radio, or record distributors, or whatever. White Postpunk Guys, all--playing them to see if they can make me feel anything. At times they do.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 August 23, 2100-2300:

1. "VII" | Mere | Mere III | Home Normal
2. "Freaky Dancin'" | Happy Mondays | The Peel Sessions | Strange Fruit | "Physical Evidence"
3. "Stay Loose" | Phil Pratt | Star Wars Dub | Burning Sounds
4. "Alghoroub" | Abdou El Omari | Nuits de Printemps avec Abdou El Omari | Radio Martiko
5. "Kuff Dam" | Happy Mondays | The Peel Sessions | Strange Fruit | "Physical Evidence"
6. "Saunton" | London Modular Alliance | Home Grown EP | Hypercolour
7. "Sanctuary - Dub" | Dele Sosimi meets Prince Fatty / Nostalgia 77 | You No Fit To Touch Am In Dub | Wah Wah 45s
8. "Mad Cyril" | Happy Mondays | The Peel Sessions | Strange Fruit | "Physical Evidence"
9. "Killing Time" | Moon Duo | Killing Time [reissue] | Sacred Bones
10. "Olive Oil" | Happy Mondays | The Peel Sessions | Strange Fruit | "Physical Evidence"
11. "Soulful Dub" | Impact All-Stars | Java Java Java Java - Instrumentals Dubwise Versions | Get On Down
12. "17. October - Eomac Remix" | Rotkeller | Atheos | Threnes
13. "Do It Better" | Happy Mondays | The Peel Sessions | Strange Fruit | "Physical Evidence"
14. "Song" | Iona Fortune | Tao Of I | Optimo
15. "steal" | Brian Harris | Washed Up Man | self-released
16. "Inside" | 14 Iced Bears | 14 Iced Bears [reissue] | Optic Nerve
17. "Cob 20" | Happy Mondays | The Peel Sessions | Strange Fruit | "Physical Evidence"
18. "Misophonic" | Grey Hairs | Serious Business | Gringo
19. "Mirage" | Mefjus | Critical Music Presents: 15 Years of Underground Sonics | Critical Music
20. "Total Recall" | The Sound | Heads & Hearts | Statik
21. "I Like You So Much Better When I'm Down" | Mieta | Come On Feel The NoiZe, BraZil Class '17 | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
22. "Capture" | Baloji | 64 Bits & Malachite | Bella Union
23. "3:11" | Inventing Masks | 2nd | Error Broadcast
24. "Mix Zwei - Tolouse Low Trax Mix" | Ogoya Nengo / The Dodo Women's Group | On Mande Versions | Tal
25. "Mary Jane Dub" | Alter Echo & E3 | Mary Jane | Moonshine
26. "5th Dimensions" | The Orb | COW / Chill Out, World! | Kompakt
27. "Tart Tart" | Happy Mondays | The Peel Sessions | Strange Fruit | "Physical Evidence"

hills you don't take and roads you can't climb

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Everybody Tests the Membrane, But No One Pushes Through: Transmission 362, 2017 August 16

This transmission marks our return to the (all too) regular Wednesday night time, after a terrible but mercifully brief hiatus. Lady Catharsis and Junior were still out of town--both had to "phone in" their voiceovers--and I was still helping myself to multiple courses of dessert every night. August is usually a rough month for me, for numerous reasons, but this one set a new standard. I felt bad about this program on the night, but as usual it is actually quite decent and good in places.

Since this was Charlottesville / sheetcake week and we were all learning (or relearning) how to deal and not deal with Nazis, it seems fitting that I'm featuring a record firmly rooted in the Reagan era. Because of Bitburg and other things we used to tell ourselves that the Nazis were among us then--who knows, they might have been--such an innocent time! If nostalgia is all I have to offer, we might as well make it interesting.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 August 16, 2100-2300:

1. "Tragedy Storm" | Typhoon | Bite the Drum | Bikini | "Physical Evidence"
2. "Slit" | Mythic Sunship | Land Between Rivers | El Paraiso
3. "Brixton" | Autocreation | Mettle. | Medical
4. "Outer Space" | Typhoon | Bite the Drum | Bikini | "Physical Evidence"
5. "Desire" | The Sound | Jeopardy | Korova
6. "Please" | Blanck Mass | World Eater | Sacred Bones
7. "Red Girl" | Dollkraut | Holy Ghost People | Dischi Autunno
8. "The Source" | Causa Sui | Live in Copenhagen | El Paraiso
9. "Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back to Leeds" | The Mountain Goats | Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back to Leeds | Merge
10. "Azabache Necklace Brought to Protect My Daughter" | The Horoscope | Misogyny Stone | Wharf Cat
11. "Phobia" | Typhoon | Bite the Drum | Bikini | "Physical Evidence"
12. "Days of Silver" | The Terminals | Antiseptic | Ba Da Bing!
13. "Red Cabin" | Justin Walter | Unseen Forces | kranky
14. "Arakis" | Typhoon | Bite the Drum | Bikini | "Physical Evidence"
15. "I've Been Wrong" | Jack Ketch and the Crowmen | Brimfull of Hate | M'Lady's
16. "Israelites" | Desmond Dekker | Monkey Business | Trojan
17. "Animal Pen" | American Music Club | United Kingdom | Demon | "Listening Parlour"
18. "Blyth" | Ben Frost | The Wasp Factory | Bedroom Community
19. "Operaatio satamassa" | Tomutonttu | Kevatjuhla | Alter
20. "ShowtimeBaby" | Seekers International | LoversDedicationStation | Bokeh Versions
21. "Way, Way Out" | Shadow | Sweet Sweet Dreams | Analog Africa
22. "Does It Hurt" | Typhoon | Bite the Drum | Bikini | "Physical Evidence"
23. "Moon's Milk (Eternal Phase)" | Electric Sewer Age | Moon's Milk in Final Phase | Soleilmoon
24. "Subtemple" | Burial | Subtemple / Beachfires | Hyperdub
25. "Black Lighter" | Schilling | Hella | Apparel Tonic
26. "Miracle Steps" | Jon Hassell | Miracle Steps (Music from the Fourth World 1983-2017) | Optimo
27. "5th Dimensions - Jorg Burger Dschungeloper Mix" | The Orb | The Cow Remixes - Sin In Space, Pt. 3 | Kompakt

now you're wising up

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I Don't Want To Hear About Your Doom: Transmission 361, 2017 August 12

As I warned in the prior episode, I was flying solo for this one. I daresay I was already desperately lonely, though I had dropped off Lady Catharsis and Junior at the airport a mere 12 hours earlier. What can I tell you? I am not a strong person, I guess. Fortunately, even the weak can make decent radio.

Re. "the opinion portion of the program": I feel compelled to say it does seem weird, first of all, for anyone to release a five-cd set in 2017. Probably even weirder to think that the world was thirsty for a rambling goth retrospective. Though I am known to wear black and listen to Bauhaus I have never had a membership card, so (not even perhaps) I am not in the best position to comment on this. Would love to hear some testimony on how, say, The Bolshoi exemplify this genre. Or is it a case wherein if I have to ask I will never know?

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 August 12, 1900-2100:

1. "9 Elms Over River Eno - The Field Remix" | The Orb | The Cow Remixes - Sin In Space, Pt. 3 | Kompakt
2. "RND21" | I Kill Kane | Come On Feel The NoiZe, BraZil Class '17 | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
3. "PUSH" | Kolsch | Speciher 97 | Kompakt Extra
4. "Dead and Re-Buried" | Alien Sex Fiend | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
5. "D'Hardest" | Shadow | Sweet Sweet Dreams | Analog Africa
6. "I Always Wanted To Be an Ostrich" | Lava Divers | Come On Feel The NoiZe, BraZil Class '17 | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
7. "Who Could Be Proud" | Jack Ketch and the Crowmen | Brimfull of Hate | M'Lady's
8. "Bittersweet" | Stellamaris | Come On Feel The NoiZe, BraZil Class '17 | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
9. "Pop Makossa Invasion" | Dream Stars | Pop Makossa - The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984 | Analog Africa
10. "Poisoned Seed" | Alice Bag | Alice Bag | Don Giovanni
11. "Cracked Soil" | The Dead Suns | Come On Feel The NoiZe, BraZil Class '17 | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
12. "Gallery of Shame" | Lowlife | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
13. "High Tide" | Mythic Sunship | Land Between Rivers | El Paraiso
14. "Страсть" | Bleak Fiction | Late Notes | M.I.S.T.
15. "Less than Human" | The Chameleons | Script of the Bridge [reissue] | Blue Apple
16. "Freaks" | Winter Waves | Come On Feel The NoiZe, BraZil Class '17 | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
17. "Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven" | Love and Rockets | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
18. "Chapado Pra Fazer Pose (Jesus Saves)" | Duelectrum | Come On Feel The NoiZe, BraZil Class '17 | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
19. "Vahana" | Pisetzky | Tears of a Rough Machine | Just This
20. "Deslizes" | Venus in Fuzz | Come On Feel The NoiZe, BraZil Class '17 | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
21. "Watch Your Time" | The Fire Dept. | L'Oeuf D'Or | M'Lady's
22. "Queen of the North" | The Sorry Shop | Come On Feel The NoiZe, BraZil Class '17 | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
23. "Cay" | You Still Have Friends | The Never Years | M.I.S.T.

never is a dream

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Here Comes the Bishop's Daughter: Transmission 360, 2017 August 5

Surprise! You probably thought you were rid of me for two weeks, but fate and jetBlue Airlines have made you their bitch. Because here I am, along with Junior, in Ithaca when we should be in California, and delivering an unfavorable substitute to a very in-favor program.

Notes: at one point in the show I use the phrase "hotel airport," of which I am sure there is one somewhere, but Syracuse is not such a place. We got an almost-free meal out of it, and that is the absolute best that can be said. We also discussed libertarian eclipse preparation, about which I seem to have been wrong, at least locally: eclipse glasses were given out freely at the local observatory, while in stock (nevertheless I missed out). I'll be damned, though, if there isn't some backwater town somewhere in the "path of totality" where you had to pay for them. I'd bet money on it, if I had money. ALSO I haven't bothered to fact-check that eclipse in '93 or '94 that I referred to, so I'm not sure whether El Paso was "in the path" or not. Waiting to sit with that embarrassment, when it comes, as it surely will. Finally, I will never understand the fascination with female voices on the radio--some listener wrote in asking Junior's age, while mine, to my knowledge, has never been a matter for speculation among our listeners. At any rate, Junior delivers the perfect answer; you will just have to listen for it.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 August 5, 1900-2100:

1. "Gangri" | Fontan | Fontan | Hoga Nord
2. "Nautilus" | Fontan | Fontan | Hoga Nord
3. "Sen Sen No Sen" | Fontan | Fontan | Hoga Nord
4. "Shadows" | Fontan | Fontan | Hoga Nord
5. "Sympathy For The Devil" | The Rolling Stones | Beggars Banquet | London
6. "No Expectations" | The Rolling Stones | Beggars Banquet | London
7. "Dear Doctor" | The Rolling Stones | Beggars Banquet | London
8. "Parachute Woman" | The Rolling Stones | Beggars Banquet | London
9. "Jig-Saw Puzzle" | The Rolling Stones | Beggars Banquet | London
10. "C'est Le Vent" | Modern Cosmology | Summer Long | Elefant
11. "The Source" | Modern Cosmology | Summer Long | Elefant
12. "Djakarta 3001 - Short Version" | Komodo Kolektif | Sumantras | Invisible Inc
13. "Relaxing Mood" | King Tubby & The Aggrovators | Dubbing in the Backyard | Pressure Sounds
14. "Adventure" | King Tubby & The Aggrovators | Dubbing in the Backyard | Pressure Sounds
15. "Warm Weather" | King Tubby & The Aggrovators | Dubbing in the Backyard | Pressure Sounds
16. "Summers Eve" | King Tubby & The Aggrovators | Dubbing in the Backyard | Pressure Sounds
17. "Easy Mood" | King Tubby & The Aggrovators | Dubbing in the Backyard | Pressure Sounds
18. "Yawneb Pt. 1" | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | Two Orb Reel | More Than Human
19. "The Crystal World" | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | Two Orb Reel | More Than Human
20. "The Singing Towers" | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | Two Orb Reel | More Than Human
21. "Interzone Bureau Desk" | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | Two Orb Reel | More Than Human
22. "Like Night and the New Sea" | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | Two Orb Reel | More Than Human
23. "The Dead Past" | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | Two Orb Reel | More Than Human
24. "Tanis Ark" | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | Two Orb Reel | More Than Human
25. "Telassar" | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | Two Orb Reel | More Than Human
26. "Yawneb Pt. 2" | Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | Two Orb Reel | More Than Human

for you, America

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U_D_M Detour 31, 2017 February 19

[GUEST POST]

SHEDDING STEWARDSHIP of the Bombastic web archive, it is I, Guy LeBatard, with what is my last ever transmission, for now. Whether I knew it at the time doesn't matter, but it sounds like I did. Boring as it already was to push these sausages through the tube on schedule, apparently the following Sunday was "another dreadful day of sunlight and warmth," so I ghosted. I wonder if Captain Halcyon did a program, but it's not my responsibility. This transmission is "good" where it needs to be and "bad" where it is meant to be. Since there are no endings in nature, and we lack the bravery to face those we construct, let's say that someday I may return spontaneously. kid catharsis has a phrase about this that he is saving for his own time, so as a grudging bourgeois gesture in recognition of his hospitality, I will not steal it.

Fuck sunsets.

U_D_M playlist, 2017 February 19, 1700-1800:

1. "Frankfurt Advice - Heretic Remix" | Andrew Weatherall | Consolamentum | Rotter's Golf Club
2. "Keep Pushin - Session Victim Remix" | Boris Dlugosch | Hamburg Elektronisch 3 | Hafendisko
3. "Moqui Marble" | Bjorn Storig | 10 Years Stil Vor Talent Presented By Oliver Koletzki | Stil Vor Talent
4. "Hang Out" | Steven Wobblejay | Hang Out EP | Quintessentials
5. "Narcotic Luv" | Javi Redondo | Correspondant Compilation 04 | Correspondant
6. "Overview Effect - Luke Hess Remix" | Richard Fearless | Overview Effect Remixes | Drone
7. "Room(s)" | The Friend | Balearic Fisting / Fuck Sunsets | Clan Destine
8. "Decade" | Thyladomid | 10 Years Diynamic | DIYnamic
9. "Floating Pressure" | Niko Schwind | 10 Years Stil Vor Talent Presented By Oliver Koletzki | Stil Vor Talent

conduct around constructs

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