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Derange and Disengage Everything: Transmission 308, 2016 November 16

As I write this, we are about four hours into the Trump era. And we're still here! This is a victory, no matter what anyone thinks. Ages ago, on the night of the program I attach here, I could not have anticipated such euphoria. But life takes you to some funny places.

This is a solid program, well-executed. Depending on your perspective, it is a stunningly eclectic mix or emotionally all over the place. Is there a space for both to co-exist? Sure! But, on re-listening, I am quite pleased. I was making good radio at this time. I think the real "key" to the program is the last 20 minutes, though--not so much "giving up" as feeling like we are about to make it out of this thing alive and wanting to do just one big, basic thing.

BOMBAST playlist, 2016 November 16, 2100-2300:

1. "Starsign" | Tonemirror | TBTCI loves TFC | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
2. "Allo Rechte" | Vox Populi! | Aither | Emotional Rescue
3. "No Id - Fleck Remix" | Zion Train | Versions | Universal Egg
4. "Heavy Metal II" | Celestial | TBTCI loves TFC | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
5. "Heart Divided" | Psychic Twin | Strange Diary | Polyvinyl
6. "The Drumpet Show" | H.O.S.H. | 10 Years Diynamic | DIYnamic
7. "Where You Are" | Twwth | Dislocation | Signal Life
8. "What You Should Know About Me" | Jan Jelinek & Masayoshi Fujita | Schaum | Faitiche
9. "Ordine Pubblico" | Starfuckers | Sinistri | Parachute
10. "Come Back" | Theodore Nemy | Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock, Vol. 2 (1972-1977) | Now-Again
11. "In The Field With Brian" | Datach'i | System | Time Signal
12. "The Concept" | Fir Cone Children | TBTCI loves TFC | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
13. "Diddy Wah Diddy" | Thee Headcoats | Brother Is Dead...But Fly Is Gone! | M'Lady's
14. "A Short Term Effect" | The Cure | Pornography | Rhino
15. "Echo Party" | Pussy Mothers | The Number 1 | Optimo
16. "Flying" | JAGUWAR | Anticipating Nowhere, A Homage To The Telescopes | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
17. "Statue With Eyes" | The Cyrillic Typewriter | Your True Emblem | Jaz
18. "...and why not?" | Higher Authorities | Neptune | Domino
19. "Brimfull of Hate" | Jack Ketch and the Crowmen | Brimfull of Hate | M'Lady's
20. "The Concept" | Champanes | TBTCI loves TFC | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
21. "Know How" | Camberwell Now | The EP Collection | Modern Classics
22. "I Beat As I Sleep As I Dream" | Tomorrow The Rain Will Fall Upwards | Wreck His Days | Blackest Ever Black
23. "Forjados no Sistema" | Wonder Dark | The Darkside of TBCTI | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
24. "Pass and Go (Demo Version)" | Colder | The Rain | Bataille
25. "Born Under A Good Sign" | Day Trip | TBTCI loves TFC | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
26. "German Trained Unit 4" | N.M.O. | Nordic Mediterranean Organization / Numerous Miscommunications Occur | Diagonal
27. "Close To Me" | Novanta | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
28. "Tendre goeland" | Youkounkoun | Tendres Tenebres | Crudites Tapes
29. "Clouds Into Midnight" | Matt Carlson / Michael Stirling / Doug Theriault | Aakash | Root Strata

my time is water down the drain

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Just You and Me and Our Conspiracies: Transmission 307, 2016 November 9

The Wednesday prior to this program, something had happened that set me off--not being an actual diarist, I don't even remember anymore what it was. Having reached what I feel is Old Age for Radio, and no longer feeling I *have* to seize every moment of available airtime, I recused myself from the scheduled Bombastic extravaganza. "No way I'll feel this badly a week from now," I thought. The universe is hilarious in its cruelty sometimes.

Is it all my fault, then, the end of democracy? Might things have gone differently in the Rust Belt had listeners heard Alt-Right Frog in time for it to influence their choices? Surely, in at least one multiverse, this must be what happened. I wonder what it's like there. Here, at least on this night, things seem mostly "normal," perhaps with a bit more humor mixed into the darkness than usual. There is a Milkshakes reissue, because daddy likes the Milkshakes and we're going to hear what daddy wants to play, and like it.

BOMBAST playlist, 2016 November 9, 2100-2300:

1. "Dormir" | Nicolalala | Tendres Tenebres | Crudites Tapes
2. "Mauser" | Sonic Deception | Ghost Army | Radio Bongo
3. "Goodbye Girl" | The Milkshakes | After School Session | Upright | "Physical Evidence"
4. "Cave of Brahma" | The Sorcerers | Beyond Addis Vol.2 (Modern Ethiopian Dance Grooves Inspired by Swinging Addis) | Trikont
5. "Let's Stomp" | The Milkshakes | After School Session | Upright | "Physical Evidence"
6. "Section 1 - Our Generation" | Penny Rimbaud's L'Academie des Vanites | Yes Sir, The Truth of Revolution | Cold Spring
7. "Ten Sleep" | The Wedding Present | Going, Going... | Scopitones
8. "Three Imaginary Boys" | Lautmusik | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
9. "You Can Only Lose" | The Milkshakes | After School Session | Upright | "Physical Evidence"
10. "Shot By Both Sides" | Swayzak | In Flanders Field EP | Curle
11. "Falling Forward" | John Chantler | Which Way to Leave? | Room 40
12. "It's Not Funny Anymore" | Corrosive Water | These Important Years, Husker Du Revisited | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
13. "Cadillac" | The Milkshakes | After School Session | Upright | "Physical Evidence"
14. "Seraphin" | Portable | Alan Abrahams | K7
15. "OverGirlX" | Seekers International | LoversDedicationStation | Bokeh Versions
16. "Consequences of Love - Chris and Cosey Remix" | Death in Vegas | Consequences of Love | Drone
17. "Shimmy Shake" | The Milkshakes | After School Session | Upright | "Physical Evidence"
18. "40 Bears" | Thom Sonny Green | High Anxiety | Infectious
19. "I Think I Am" | Sky H1 | Motion | Codes
20. "Alt-Right Frog: Act One" | Vinny's Vipers | Alt-Right Frog: A Rock Operetta | Bandcamp self-release
21. "Fantome" | Ray Yours & The F | Tendres Tenebres | Crudites Tapes
22. "Hunted" | Vortex | Moloch | Cyclic Law
23. "Keep On Moving" | The Hygrades | Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock, Vol. 1 (1972-1977) | Now-Again
24. "Harvest" | IX Tab | The Blow, Vol. 1 | Front & Follow
25. "Tell Me Child" | The Milkshakes | After School Session | Upright | "Physical Evidence"
26. "Dreader Than Dread" | Honey Boy Martin | First Class Rock Steady | VP
27. "Little Minnie" | The Milkshakes | After School Session | Upright | "Physical Evidence"
28. "Lullaby" | LUR LUR | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
29. "I Need a Horse" | Roger Damawuzan & Les As Du Benin | Wait For Me | Hot Casa
30. "Alt-Right Frog: Act Two" | Vinny's Vipers | Alt-Right Frog: A Rock Operetta | Bandcamp self-release

sweet darkness of sleep

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As We Push Back the Frontiers of Science: Transmission 306, 2016 October 26

No one outside Russia could have foreseen this at the time, but here is my final program from another universe that is now closed down. On air, I chuckle to myself (and whoever else is listening) about the final presidential debate, which had pre-empted me on the prior Wednesday night (more on this momentarily). What an innocent time that was. The mood of the show seems to reflect it--all over the place but not caring, and happy, if you squint your ears really hard. At least it lands this way on me.

I have been pre-empted somewhat often, you know--at least relative to other WRFI personalities. It's also true that I have done a LOT of radio here, which I guess increases the odds. But Wednesday seems to be either the night on which a lot of special things happen (like my show, usually) or a night the Universe does not want me to occupy. I do feel targeted by the universe sometimes. Most of the time. All the time.

BOMBAST playlist, 2016 October 26, 2100-2300:

1. "Linger a While" | Mystic Eyes | Mysterious | Burning Sounds
2. "Mystery of the Fence" | Camberwell Now | The EP Collection | Modern Classics
3. "What's Going On" | L.A. Drones! feat. Bruce Moreland (Wall of Voodoo) | These Important Years, Husker Du Revisited | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
4. "- They Can Be Stopped" | Penny Rimbaud's L'Academie des Vanites | Yes Sir, The Truth of Revolution | Cold Spring
5. "Nana Chan" | Lahun | Slow Love EP | Apollo
6. "Lies" | Tale of Us | Realm of Consciousness | Afterlife
7. "Subterranean Homesick Alien (feat. Junior Jazz)" | Easy Star All-Stars | Radiodread | Easy Star
8. "The Deer Song" | Sweet Williams | Please Let Me Sleep On Your Tonight | Gringo
9. "Topiary" | Xeno & Oaklander | Topiary | Ghostly International
10. "The Ploughs & Machines" | Hoofus & IX Tab | The Blow, Vol. 1 | Front & Follow
11. "Lonely Heartaches" | The Claendonians | First Class Rock Steady | VP
12. "Ridge B ~76(degrees) S ~94.75(degrees) E ~3750m" | Aria Rostami & Daniel Blomquist | Wandering Eye | Glacial Movements
13. "Terms of Psychic Warfare" | Sonder | These Important Years, Husker Du Revisited | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
14. "E Go Betta - Dub" | Dele Sosimi meets Prince Fatty / Nostalgia 77 | You No Fit To Touch Am In Dub | Wah Wah 45s
15. "Want" | Pipe's Not Dead ! feat. Krissy Vanderwoude (Whimsical) | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
16. "Sacrifice" | Thisquietarmy | The New Testament | Discolexique
17. "Advent" | Dead Can Dance | Spleen and Ideal [reissue] | 4AD
18. "Fast Moving Cars" | Carla dal Forno | Fast Moving Cars | Blackest Ever Black
19. "Mwana Wa" | Afriquoi | Beating Heart - Malawi | Beating Heart
20. "Karma No Kusari" | Kiki Hitomi | Karma No Kusari | Jahtari
21. "Over My Dreams" | Doric | Sleep of Reason | Peripheral Minimal
22. "DinnerScene" | Seekers International | LoversDedicationStation | Bokeh Versions
23. "Early Mafia" | The Dub Syndicate | Sherwood At The Controls Volume 2: 1985-1990 | On-U Sound
24. "Fallen to Earth, Pt. 1" | Paul H. Williams | Fallen to Earth | The Wormhole
25. "Four Guitars" | Ex-Easter Island Head | Twenty-Two Strings | Low Point
26. "That Day" | Fany Havest | Space Echo (The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed) | Now-Again
27. "Moon Dust" | Magic Castles | Starflower | A Recordings
28. "Spinner" | Flanger | Spinner | Nonplace
29. "New Pastoral Life" | Minami Deutsch | Tunnel / New Pastoral Life | Hoga Nord
30. "Africable" | Luke Vibert | Beating Heart - Malawi | Beating Heart

every day I gather flies

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We Move Like Children Think Sometimes: Transmission 305, 2016 October 12

Hhhhokay, I am trying to rebuild this habit of posting, semi-regularly. With luck, this will be two shows posted since my last program. This pace would allow us to catch up...sometime later, maybe in the spring. I am doing my best, honestly. You do have other stuff to listen to, yes? I am thinking you do.

Listening back to this episode, I don't have many "deep thoughts" about what happened. Indeed, what *did* happen? Sounds like the usual, e.g. nothing much. But what a good program this is! I have actually been making some fine radio in this otherwise silent time. "Dark and sad" is the phrase that comes to mind about this program, but you will probably find that not to be the case all the way through.

BOMBAST playlist, 2016 October 12, 2100-2300:

1. "I Sense" | Concrete Twin | Anticipating Nowhere, A Homage To The Telescopes | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
2. "Ninni" | Karen | Tendres Tenebres | Crudites Tapes
3. "Sycamore" | Express Rising | Fixed Rope | Numero Group
4. "Merchandise" | Sunshine and the Rain | Steady Gaze of Nothing - A Reverence to Fugazi | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
5. "Rinse Out All Contaminants (with Ernesto Tomasini)" | Shackleton | Devotional Songs (with Ernesto Tomasini) | Honest Jon's
6. "Machines" | Fontan | Polar Star EP | Hoga Nord
7. "It Bleeds" | One Unique Signal | Anticipating Nowhere, A Homage To The Telescopes | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
8. "Devil May Care" | Terence Fixmer | Beneath the Skin | Ostgut Ton
9. "Woody Echoes" | nebulo | Safari Suites, Vol. II | Seagrave
10. "Drama" | 18+ | Collect | Houndstooth
11. "Please Tell Mother" | The Orange Kyte | Anticipating Nowhere, A Homage To The Telescopes | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
12. "Beautiful People - Alternative Instrumental 1" | Mark Pritchard | Beautiful People | WARP
13. "Hardly Getting Over It" | Super Napkin | These Important Years, Husker Du Revisited | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
14. "Eehpyroc" | Faten Kanaan | The Botanist & The Archaeologist | Polytechnic Youth
15. "Wave 6" | Matthew Styles | Metro | Ostgut Ton
16. "A Night Like This" | Static Daydream | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
17. "Drowning Time" | Eluvium | False Readings On | Temporary Residence Limited
18. "Soledad" | Jazzdefector | VA Compilation #4 | Assembly Field
19. "Four Pipes" | Gain Stage | Elevated Noise | Portals Editions
20. "Hybrid" | Sky H1 | Motion | Codes
21. "White Sparks" | Marielle V Jakobsons | Star Core | Thrill Jockey
22. "#6 - Chris Carter Remix" | Nisennenmondai | #6 | On-U Sound
23. "The Indicator" | The Cobra Lamps | The Cobra Lamps EP | A Records
24. "One" | The Dead C | Trouble | Ba Da Bing!

in the hour of darkness

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Tight As Slow Motion But Crazed With Devotion: Transmission 304, 2016 October 5

How...how have you been? Much has happened since we last "spoke." There's been a coup, apparently; you've probably heard about that. I've been up and I've been down; I'm supposed to go back "up" on the advice of my counselor and nurse; maybe this means more posting? We'll have to see. Anyway, here is a program, from a different time and universe.

Perhaps the most surprising inclusion in this night's program is the Vakula tune--and it is a tune. Proficiency! Such a rare thing in my life. So refreshing to hear what sounds like a decent guitar decently played through a decent amp. Personally I am too obsessed with texture to actually get good at playing, so mired am I in the search for the holy grail(s) of "good sound." Steve Albini calls such people "tone lawyers." I confess that I am one. More like "tone support staff," driving to work in a Honda CRV instead of a Benz, but you get the idea. I recall friend of Bombast / former bandmate Mr. D saying to me once, "you always seemed to view the guitar less as an instrument than as something to make noise with." It was true! Now that I know a few technical facts I can amend this to say, "not so much an instrument as a source of voltage."

This night continues an extended flirtation with compilations from "The Blog That Celebrates Itself." I don't know what to tell you--I am a sucker for a) compilation albums b) cover versions and c) free stuff. Oh, and also d) "shoegaze," whatever that is--strangely it does not exhibit much interest in tone-lawyering. Why I find this noteworthy I'm not sure. I probably still carry the sense memory of fearing the suspicion of the program directors at my old station: "you seem only to play stuff from four different labels." I'm not even sure anyone ever said this! (Though it would not have been unfair). Thinking makes the world.

BOMBAST playlist, 2016 October 5, 2100-2300:

1. "Snake Charmer" | The Senior Service | The Girl In The Glass Case | Damaged Goods
2. "1977" | Thee Headcoats | Brother Is Dead...But Fly Is Gone! | M'Lady's | "Physical Evidence"
3. "Tommasi Planet" | Vakula | Cyclicality Between Procyon and Gomesia | Dekmantel
4. "Applepie Dreams" | Wolf Muller & Cass. | The Sound of Glades | International Feel
5. "Become Zero" | Helen Money | Become Zero | Thrill Jockey
6. "High on Fire" | Bialogard | Anticipating Nowhere, A Homage To The Telescopes | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
7. "Boredom" | Thee Headcoats | Brother Is Dead...But Fly Is Gone! | M'Lady's | "Physical Evidence"
8. "Return Home" | Alva Lewis | First Class Rock Steady | VP
9. "Plastic Knife" | April Larson | VA Compilation #4 | Assembly Field
10. "Grace" | The 7th Plain | Chronicles I | A-TON
11. "Jimmy Dub" | Bixiga 70 | The Copan Connection: Bixiga 70 Meets Victor Rice | Glitterbeat
12. "Beyond Beyond / I and Thou" | Medicine Voice | I and Thou | Provenance
13. "Kuhl II" | Chi | The Original Recordings | Astral Industries
14. "The March" | Ramleh | Circular Time | Crucial Blast
15. "Darling, Let's Have Another Baby" | Thee Headcoats | Brother Is Dead...But Fly Is Gone! | M'Lady's | "Physical Evidence"
16. "10:15 Saturday Night" | Arirang | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
17. "Makes No Sense At All" | Never | These Important Years, Husker Du Revisited | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
18. "Love Comes In Spurts" | Thee Headcoats | Brother Is Dead...But Fly Is Gone! | M'Lady's | "Physical Evidence"
19. "Perfect Needle" | Astral Lite | Anticipating Nowhere, A Homage To The Telescopes | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
20. "Intergalafrica" | Applebottom & Petar Rabbit | Beating Heart - Malawi | Beating Heart
21. "I Don't Need It" | Weval | Kompakt: Total 16 | Kompakt
22. "StillYuhDub" | Seekers International | LoversDedicationStation | Bokeh Versions
23. "Mass Migration (dub)" | Wareika Hill Sounds | Mass Migration | Honest Jon's
24. "D-Train" | The Legendary Pink Dots | Pages of Aquarius | Metropolis
25. "Cipher" | Setaoc Mass | Cipher | Figure
26. "Deposition" | Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart | Everything Is No Thing | Jah Wobble
27. "Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot!" | Thee Headcoats | Brother Is Dead...But Fly Is Gone! | M'Lady's | "Physical Evidence"
28. "Wicked Dem Wicked" | Tippa Lee | Cultural Ambassador | Stones Throw
29. "Don't Gimme No Lip" | Thee Headcoats | Brother Is Dead...But Fly Is Gone! | M'Lady's | "Physical Evidence"
30. "Happy Piece for Happy People Piece" | Voiski | I'll Be Your Maple Pecan Tonight | Dekmantel
31. "Pendle By Night" | Tin Man, Josef K & Winter Son | Acid Test 11 | Acid Test

for always and ever is always

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I Lose Myself in the Rituals of Bad Art and Failure: Transmission 303, 2016 September 28

It feels terrific that posting a broadcast six days after it happened feels "late," and I need terrific feelings this week. I've been sick, healthy, sick again. I've forgotten my "homework" for therapy, as I realized only one day before my session. Early in the program's history, I put out a public call for an unpaid intern; that position is still available!

The night on which the broadcast happened was more or less the beginning of all of this. I began with a tired feeling and it went downhill from there. These things happen. Sarcasm got the better of me in places (apologies, Slaughtered Saint), sloppiness in others (I'll let you decide whether John Tejada segue-ing into Iggy Pop provides enjoyment). I do think that the Jenny Hval song makes it all worth it, though.

BOMBAST playlist, 2016 September 28, 2100-2300:

1. "First Light" | Kidnap Kid | Beating Heart - Malawi | Beating Heart
2. "Apex" | Merrin Karras | Apex | A Strangely Isolated Place
3. "Celeste" | Teleporter 4 | Anticipating Nowhere, A Homage To The Telescopes | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
4. "The Big Hand" | Plasticstatic | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
5. "I Against I" | Bad Brains | Omega Sessions | Victory
6. "Nailed It - Tunnel Signs Remix" | Roe Deers | Sad Drummer EP | Nein
7. "Wolfgang" | YES SET | Wolfgang | Glyk
8. "El Amor Es Mas Frio Que La Muerte" | Slaughtered Saint | Odio y Desprecio | La Notte di Architetto
9. "Isotropofunk" | Daniele Baldelli | Cosmic Temple Chapter 3 | Mondo Groove
10. "Flying Buttress" | Setaoc Mass | Cipher | Figure
11. "End of Earth" | The Comet Is Coming | Channel The Spirits | Leaf
12. "Integrator" | John Tejada | Kompakt: Total 16 | Kompakt
13. "Neighborhood Threat" | Iggy Pop | Lust for Life | 4 Men With Beards
14. "The Biz" | The Transgressors | Beyond Addis Vol.2 (Modern Ethiopian Dance Grooves Inspired by Swinging Addis) | Trikont
15. "Llaman a la Puerta" | Alex Under | Kompakt: Total 16 | Kompakt
16. "Conceptual Romance" | Jenny Hval | Musik Zur Zeit | Spex
17. "Mesmerism" | Dead Can Dance | Spleen and Ideal [reissue] | 4AD
18. "Come Near Me (feat. Ghostpoet)" | Massive Attack | The Spoils / Come Near Me | Melankolic
19. "Alcaline" | Mais | Bass Tension | Antipod
20. "Ba Ba Boom" | The Jamaicans | First Class Rock Steady | VP
21. "Let Me Sleep" | Map.ache | Permanent Vacation 4 | Permanent Vacation
22. "Ascension / Ascension (Instrumental)" | David J. & Tim Newman | The Day That David Bowie Died | A Records
23. "Strange Attraction" | Bloom Waves | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
24. "Mirameko" | Sonna | Keep It Together | Temporary Residence Limited
25. "Rising Light" | Marielle V Jakobsons | Star Core | Thrill Jockey
26. "Side Walk Rider" | Phil Pratt | Star Wars Dub | Burning Sounds
27. "Slow Light" | Immersion | Analogue Creatures | swim

you think it can't go on forever

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Supposing We're All Wished Right Out Of Space: Transmission 302, 2016 September 21

Having, admittedly, taken more radio shifts than have been my share, I am finding four years on that I have done radio on many days of the year. Almost any given day is the "anniversary" of some broadcast or other. This is very convenient for social-media "memories" and "throwbacks." HOWEVER, September 21 was terra nova--until last week, when I FINALLY had the opportunity to play that Earth, Wind & Fire song on the night it describes.

This was indeed a program of only blue talk and love. As usual my segues (which I do actually plan) surprised me with their strangeness at times, which I guess means that my conscious planning is the equivalent of blindfolding myself and reaching into a record bag. Is following "Charlotte Sometimes" with "September" insanity or genius? It's a fine line, as an old acquaintance of mine would say.

BOMBAST playlist, 2016 September 21, 2100-2300:

1. "Acirfa" | New Adventures in HiFi | TBT003 | Truth Be Told
2. "Forty Four" | Biting Tongues | Libreville | Paragon | "Physical Evidence"
3. "Scene d'amour" | Pierre Vassiliu | Ils (Bande originale du film de Jean-Daniel Simon) | Born Bad
4. "Into the Fourth Dimension" | The Orb | The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld [reissue] | WAU! Mr. Modo - Island
5. "Charlotte Sometimes" | Walk Onto Sun | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
6. "September" | Earth, Wind & Fire | Earth, Wind & Fire: Greatest Hits | Columbia - Legacy
7. "The Presence of Your Grace" | Linda Guilala | Anticipating Nowhere, A Homage To The Telescopes | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
8. "First Use All the G's" | Biting Tongues | Libreville | Paragon | "Physical Evidence"
9. "ABC Rocksteady" | The Gaylads | First Class Rock Steady | VP
10. "The Exploding Boy" | Creation Myth | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
11. "Spreepark" | Hi & Saberhagen | Permanent Vacation 4 | Permanent Vacation
12. "Smash the Strategic Hamlets" | Biting Tongues | Libreville | Paragon | "Physical Evidence"
13. "Got to Get Away" | The Paragons | First Class Rock Steady | VP
14. "Sentado na Pracinha" | Americo Brito | Space Echo (The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed) | Now-Again
15. "In Between Days" | Scene Noir | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
16. "- Sweet Jesus, Have Mercy On Them" | Penny Rimbaud's L'Academie des Vanites | Yes Sir, The Truth of Revolution | Cold Spring
17. "Live It" | Biting Tongues | Libreville | Paragon | "Physical Evidence"
18. "Long Time Me No See You Girl" | The Sensations | First Class Rock Steady | VP
19. "Grey Sedan - Kim Gordon Version" | Wild Style Lion | Wild Style Lion | I'm Single
20. "B1" | Convextion | Acido 22 | Acido
21. "SHC Burn" | Flavor Crystals | Anticipating Nowhere, A Homage To The Telescopes | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
22. "It from Bit" | Flanger | Spinner | Nonplace
23. "You Don't Care" | The Techniques | First Class Rock Steady | VP
24. "The Toucanostra" / "Doctor Restore He Sight" | Biting Tongues | Libreville | Paragon | "Physical Evidence"
25. "I Am Confessing" | R Elizabeth | Rough Imaginary | Home Normal

like fireworks and heaven

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U_D_M Detour 22, 2015 December 18

[GUEST POST]

Guy LeBatard "checking in." At long last, and after many boring pleas and threats, I am posting the most "recent" radio diversion in my series. I should say "my" series because it technically belongs to no one, but up to and including this time of writing I am the only one willing to drive this bus. THE HIGHER, THE FEWER. The question is, drive the bus where? And through what?

The answer is a hedonistic safespace existing within the dimension of audio, where "beats and stuff" liberate your consciousness from the prison of thought. And "through" meritorious programs such as The Slow Drift (which I replaced on this night), which invite the experience of actual art. BORING.

After a nine-month hiatus (so far) it may seem as though I am eulogizing the program, but there will be more opportunities for us to escape together.

U_D_M playlist, 2015 December 18, 1900-2000:

1. "Too Many Circuses, Not Enough Freaks" | Kabale Und Liebe | Sammy Hoboken EP | Soweso
2. "The Arpeggio" | Steve Bug | Simple, Thick & Raw | Poker Flat
3. "I" | Folamour | Chapeau Rouge | Fauxpas
4. "Lolita - Warehouse Mix" | Special Request | Soul Music | Houndstooth
5. "Typeface / Greyscale - Vatican Shadow's The World Is Complete" | Akkord | HTH030 | Houndstooth
6. "Constellation" | Rafael Cerato | Four to the Floor 01 | DIYnamic
7. "Night Rider (feat. Undo)" | Metope | Black Beauty Remixes | Areal

wasted, empirically

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Here Am I, Your Special Island: Transmission 301, 2016 September 14

I don't know if I was anyone's maple pecan on this night, but I was in good spirits. Having resolved to speak more words, I powered through unexpected frogs in the throat and impromptu references to people such as "Dennis Provell." I insisted multiple times, without actually knowing, that Y Records was "out of Bristol"--this turned out to be true!--and that people "didn't like" The Birth of the Y (I have no idea about this other than what I've concluded from seeing this record, ready to be had for the price of a cheap cocktail, just about everywhere). How I wound up with this record in my collection, not thoroughly enjoying it myself for many years, until just now, I really couldn't tell you. But there it is. You're welcome.

This morning I sat with Catharsis Junior as she finished a homework assignment. She was mired in self-criticism and paralysis. I told her that she should just write fearlessly. It seems to have worked. So there is your free bit of wisdom for the day. Now, to learn how to follow my own advice.

BOMBAST playlist, 2016 September 14, 2100-2300:

1. "Musical Mob" | Shenoda | Chromatics EP | Aus
2. "Searching for a Feeling" | Maximum Joy | Birth of the Y | Y Records | "Physical Evidence"
3. "In Your House" | The Infinite Seas | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
4. "Turnover" | Evvolves | Steady Gaze of Nothing - A Reverence to Fugazi | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
5. "Infinite Floor" | Dylan Cameron | Infinite Floor | Holodeck
6. "After the Romance" | Chris Reeves | Birth of the Y | Y Records | "Physical Evidence"
7. "Silent Water" | Closing Eyes | Anticipating Nowhere, A Homage To The Telescopes | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
8. "Mantra de Sombras" | Dead Procession | Rituals e Mantras do Meodo + Demos | Dunkelheit Productions
9. "Bali Ha'i" | Disconnection | Birth of the Y | Y Records | "Physical Evidence"
10. "Remnants / Shadow Scheme" | Marconi Union | Ghost Stations | Just Music
11. "Fates Unknown" | Tin Man, Josef K & Winter Son | Acid Test 11 | Acid Test
12. "Amai Ndiwulule" | Ibibio Sound Machine | Beating Heart - Malawi | Beating Heart
13. "Guns, Bombs, Handgrenades" | R.A.P.P. featuring Archie Poole | Birth of the Y | Y Records | "Physical Evidence"
14. "Channel 10 - Live Dub" | Isan | Rough Imaginary | Home Normal
15. "Acidalia" | Inland | Infrastructure Facticity | Infrastructure New York
16. "Some Passions (Version)" | Colder | Goodbye | Bataille
17. "The Presence of the Abnormal (Collapsing Circuit Mix)" | Oppenheimer Mk II | Another Nightmare | Peripheral Minimal
18. "Acteon" | Vakula | Cyclicality Between Procyon and Gomesia | Dekmantel
19. "Ungawa Pt. 2 (Way Out Guyana) Remix" | Pulsallama | Birth of the Y | Y Records | "Physical Evidence"
20. "Little Boy Blue" | Pat Kelly | First Class Rock Steady | VP
21. "StillUgly!" | Seekers International | LoversDedicationStation | Bokeh Versions
22. "Lullaby" | Coloring Electric Like | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
23. "Too Pieces" | Yaz | Upstairs At Eric's | Mute - Sire | "Listening Parlour"
24. "Had to Have His Grass (Cloud Dub)" | Dubblestandart | Dub Realistic | Echo Beach
25. "Rough Imaginary" | R Elizabeth | Rough Imaginary | Home Normal
26. "Last Train To Ecstasy" | The Melodians | First Class Rock Steady | VP
27. "Sorry, Somehow" | Monographic | These Important Years, Husker Du Revisited | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
28. "Island Charm" | Plantman | To the Lighthouse | Arlen
29. "Go to a Mountain & Cry for a Vision" | Voiski | I'll Be Your Maple Pecan Tonight | Dekmantel

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Running Towards Nothing: Transmission 300, 2016 September 7

Welcome to the much-dreaded, and therefore totally downplayed, occasion of our 300th episode. The Oedipal feelings have come and not exactly gone. I'm doing my best to cope with the inevitability of this program/era being the real thing. (But what a loaded "rehearsal" the previous program/era was.) If this seems like "vaguebooking" to you, you must either do some further reading on this website or let it go.

Anyway, because this night was additionally someone else's occasion, we brought back "Physical Evidence" rather abruptly, and with a typically wide-of-the-mark selection. Aside from that there is a lot of "free Bandcamp compilation from Brazil" stuff going on in this episode, and I don't feel the least bit ashamed. Would you?

BOMBAST playlist, 2016 September 7, 2100-2300:

1. "Wise Ol' Man (Instrumental)" | The Fall | Wise Ol' Man EP | Cherry Red
2. "Have Love Will Travel" | Taylor meets Thee Headcoatees | Taylor meets Thee Headcoatees | Lissy's | "Physical Evidence"
3. "I Am The Upsetter" | Lee "Scratch" Perry | First Class Rock Steady | VP
4. "Salvage and Reclaimation" | Hoofus | The Blow, Vol. 1 | Front & Follow
5. "The Rain" | Colder | The Rain | Bataille
6. "I'm So Tired" | Blacksalt | Steady Gaze of Nothing - A Reverence to Fugazi | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
7. "Gifts of the Bloom - Live" | Paco Sala | Rough Imaginary | Home Normal
8. "Shot Down in Flames" | AC/DC | Highway to Hell | Atlantic | "Listening Parlour"
9. "Mouth" | Anenon | Petrol | Friends of Friends
10. "Fire In Cairo" | Mauk e Os Cadillacs Malditos | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
11. "Life and Limb" | Diluvia | Steady Gaze of Nothing - A Reverence to Fugazi | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
12. "Bigmouth Strikes Again" | The Smiths | The World Won't Listen [reissue] | Sire
13. "Green" | Protein | The Secret Garden | Alien Transistor
14. "Pictures of You" | Blankenberge | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
15. "Deep Inside" | Taylor meets Thee Headcoatees | Taylor meets Thee Headcoatees | Lissy's | "Physical Evidence"
16. "Hold Me Tight" | Johnny Nash | First Class Rock Steady | VP
17. "Where Are the Children Hitler Kissed?" | Thee Headcoats | The Messerschmitt Pilot's Severed Hand | Damaged Goods
18. "Section 2 - We Are the Poets" | Penny Rimbaud's L'Academie des Vanites | Yes Sir, The Truth of Revolution | Cold Spring
19. "Meet Jacqueline" / "You Know You Can't Resist" | Taylor meets Thee Headcoatees | Taylor meets Thee Headcoatees | Lissy's | "Physical Evidence"
20. "Left With a Broken Heart" | The Paragons | First Class Rock Steady | VP
21. "Say That You're Mine" | Taylor meets Thee Headcoatees | Taylor meets Thee Headcoatees | Lissy's | "Physical Evidence"
22. "The Fatal Impact" | Dead Can Dance | Dead Can Dance [reissue] | 4AD
23. "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Ken Parker | First Class Rock Steady | VP
24. "Ruined Rig (Contaminated)" | Belarisk | Moments in Shapeshifting | Type
25. "State IIX_Interlude III" | Roger23 | Extended Play | Ilian Tape
26. "Tell Me" | Sky H1 | Motion | Codes
27. "A Forest" | 8 6 S A N D A L S | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
28. "Gagarin" | Tross | The Walrus EP | Hoga Nord
29. "Symmetrical / Asymmetrical" | Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart | Everything Is No Thing | Jah Wobble
30. "Tunnel" | Minami Deutsch | Tunnel / New Pastoral Life | Hoga Nord
31. "Teenage Death" | Puberty | Puberty | Born Bad
32. "Kyra's Vowels" | Taylor meets Thee Headcoatees | Taylor meets Thee Headcoatees | Lissy's | "Physical Evidence"

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