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Cruising Altitude Departure 11, 2014 September 27

[GUEST POST]

Halcyon here. The last time out, I was in quite a mood. This show brings nothing but [hic] happy memories.

We are currently experiencing fall-like weather, perfect for flying, but alas I do not have the time. I thought I would post this to remind you that I still exist. I do.

Kid Catharsis, who graciously allows me to post here, informs me that Heidi Berry is a "legend" of some sort. I don't doubt it! Nice tune.

I see from the playlist that I was more or less living in the past on this outing. That's fine; I don't have the same problems with that as others do.

Cruising Altitude playlist, 2014 September 27, 1400-1500:

1. "On The Wrong Side of Relaxation" | Barry Adamson | Moss Side Story | Mute - Restless
2. "Below The Waves" | Heidi Berry | Below The Waves | Creation
3. "Exotica" | Throbbing Gristle | 20 Jazz Funk Greats | Industrial - Mute
4. "Ananda" | Durutti Column | Chronicle XL [2011 pre-release] | Kooky
5. "Lacuna" | Swallow | Blow | 4AD
6. "Probate" | Biting Tongues | Trouble Hand | Factory
7. "Mas" | Labradford | A Stable Reference | kranky
8. "Billy Bee Song" | Unknown Artist | Potatoes | Ralph
9. "Les Professionels" | Air | Premiers Symptomes | Virgin
10. "Sargasso Sea" | C.V.O. | Natures Mortes - Still Lives | 4AD
11. "Deep, Transcendent Waves of Golden Light" | Naked Island | Naked Island | Peak Oil
12. "Western Test Range (Vandenberg)" | Kora et le Mechanix | Irritating Music for Discerning Snobs Desperate to Impress Their Jaded Friends | Soleilmoon
13. "Roseland" | Rocketnumbernine and Four Tet | Roseland / Metropolis | Text

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You Take Your Pension in Loneliness and Alcohol: Transmission 204, 2015 May 12

Like a fine ratatouille, this program made for better listening the next day. Except for Lady Catharsis' unfortunate absence, which made Billy Squier's inclusion in the program really weird, this is a mixtape with few flaws--host and selection notwithstanding. (I find I am doing well with this "demanding better from myself" business.)

On that subject--did I really say "we're mostly current tonight," or something like that, and then proceed to play the following sequence--Joy Division / Oyster Band / Billy Squier / Ian Dury / Section 25 / Headcoats? Yes, yes I did. Would you be willing to consider reissues as a mitigating factor? Do you believe, as I think I do, that if something never becomes "spectacle" it is as if it never happened, and is therefore new? That's what I managed to glean from Greil Marcus, anyway, although my scholarship is, as always, "cause for concern." [Guy, if you're paying attention, I could use your help.]

I did suffer a temporary bout of wishing-away-the-present in music. I hated the 90s, most everything about it: alternative as a genre; lumberjack singing; rave; the end of Factory and Rough Trade; the drawn-out death spiral of 4AD; the pretense of lo-fi; cuddlecore. If it weren't for turntablism, jungle, and Stereolab, I might have gone full-bore jazz/classical. Only recently have I begun to piece together the good bits from that time, thinking that it couldn't have been as bad as it felt back then. (It was close).

BOMBAST playlist, 2015 May 12, 2100-2300:

1. "Love Vigilantes" | New Order | Low-life | Qwest
2. "Waterfalls" | Andrea Balency | Volcano | Bataille
3. "Virtual America" | Strategy | Seeds of Paradise | Idle Hands
4. "Colony - High Wycombe Town Hall Live 13 July 1979" | Joy Division | Still - Collector's Edition | London
5. "Love Vigilantes" | Oyster Band | Love Vigilantes | Cooking Vinyl | "Physical Evidence"
6. "Everybody Wants You" | Billy Squier | Everybody Wants You | Capitol | "Listening Parlour"
7. "Blackmail Man" | Ian Dury | New Boots and Panties!! | Demon
8. "Dirty Disco" | Section 25 | Always Now | Factory Benelux
9. "Double Face" | Thee Headcoats | The Good Times Are Killing Me | M'Lady's
10. "Nueva Cancion" | Dave DK | Val Maira | Kompakt
11. "Between the Wars (Live)" | Oyster Band | Love Vigilantes | Cooking Vinyl | "Physical Evidence"
12. "This Is Not Me" | A Projection | Exit | Tapete
13. "Kicks" | Aerosol | Leave | n5MD
14. "Jingle N. 1" | Piero Umiliani | Tra scienza e fantascienza | We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want
15. "Rebecca" | Rival Consoles | Odyssey / Sonne | Erased Tapes
16. "Bowline" | Snow Ghosts | A Wrecking | Houndstooth
17. "Get Me" | John Tejada | Dramamine | Palette
18. "Under the Weight" | Blind Idiot God | Before Ever After | Indivisible
19. "Polish Plain" | Oyster Band | Love Vigilantes | Cooking Vinyl | "Physical Evidence"
20. "Love $$$" | Helium | Pirate Prude | Matador
21. "Jack the Damned" | Exploring Jezebel | On a Business Trip to London | Blackest Ever Black
22. "I Fought the Law (Live)" | Oyster Band | Love Vigilantes | Cooking Vinyl | "Physical Evidence"
23. "Coq" | Turzi | C | Record Makers
24. "Christine" | The House of Love | Live At the Lexington | Cherry Red
25. "Fernandez" | Moscoman | The Orange Collection | Eskimo
26. "Lies (Ancient Methods Edit)" | Bourbonese Qualk | Lies (Ancient Methods Edit + Remix) | Mannequin
27. "First World Citizen" | Gang of Four | What Happens Next | Metropolis
28. "Two Birds" | Kolsch | Speicher 84 | Kompakt
29. "The Means" | Wetdog | Divine Times | Upset the Rhythm

next time: mean time. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

Read Some Pictures and Look At Some Words: Transmission 203, 2015 May 7

Often enough, people want to occupy the airwaves without occupying the station. Not being able to do the show on a given week, a host will wonder if a previous episode will suffice. Usually the answer is "no." Here's a rationale, lest anyone think I'm just "squashing everyone's good ideas" in accordance with my role as one of the "three white guys" who "run the station": because we need live humans at the station as often as possible, and why not commandeer the booth if the airtime isn't claimed; because previously aired episodes don't reward those "repeat listeners" we all like to think we have; because new djs need to get learned; because letting djs appear at different times of day, to different crowds, helps publicize existing programs. One glance at my facebook page will let you take in the evidence that I am on the path to world domination, by following this latter plan.

At any rate Joe of Joe Show fame was out on this Thursday evening--how nice it must be to have people wanting to celebrate your birthday!--so I couldn't pass up a prime-time opportunity. Did I do anything remotely resembling Joe's show? Apparently not--no themes, no dance parties, no musing (no one cares what I think, at least that is a deeply held belief). A cassette, for god's sake, as the "Physical Evidence"--thank goodness fusion music is better than fusion cuisine. And lest anyone confuse our programs, a 24-minute Croix de Bombast at the end of it all. "You are really separating the wheat from the chaff," General Manager Felix tells me as he settles in to do his program. All the time, son, all the damn time.

BOMBAST playlist, 2015 May 7, 1900-2100:

1. "Love Your Hair - Hope You Win!" | Shit and Shine | 54 Synth-Brass, 38 Metal Guitar, 65 Cathedral | Rocket
2. "New Horizon" | Section 25 | Always Now | Factory Benelux
3. "Force and Fire" | Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman | Songs From the Victorious City | China - TVT | "Physical Evidence"
4. "Long Range Cruise" | Lars Leonhard | Solar Flares | self-released
5. "Next-Door Beauty" | Mia Omorfi Gitonopoula Polyxeni and Kalliopi Litou | Five Days Married & Other Laments: Song and Dance from Northern Greece (1928-1958) | Angry Mom | "Listening Parlour"
6. "Immer Gut" | Dave DK | Val Maira | Kompakt
7. "Hannah" | Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman | Songs From the Victorious City | China - TVT | "Physical Evidence"
8. "Born Bad" | The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015 | Mom + Pop
9. "Standing" | good guy mikesh | Year of the Horse | Riotvan
10. "Habebe" | Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman | Songs From the Victorious City | China - TVT | "Physical Evidence"
11. "Octopus" | Wire | Wire | pinkflag
12. "Antiquity" | Blind Idiot God | Before Ever After | Indivisible
13. "In a Timeless Place" | Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman | Songs From the Victorious City | China - TVT | "Physical Evidence"
14. "So Tender" | Magic Island | Wasted Dawn | Mansions and Millions
15. "Like a Daydream" | Ride | OX4 | Sire
16. "A Survivor's Tale" | Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman | Songs From the Victorious City | China - TVT | "Physical Evidence"
17. "Honne" | Feonix | Feonix (LP Sampler) | Uprise
18. "Virus B-23 (Cities of the Red Night)" | William S. Burroughs | William S. Burroughs - In Dub (Selected by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill) | Echo Beach
19. "MARCHROMT30a Edit 2b 96" | Aphex Twin | MARCHROMT30a Edit 2b 96 | Warp
20. "Black and Gold" | Hey Colossus | In Black & Gold | Rocket
21. "Tokyo Knots" | Oren Ambarchi | Live Knots | PAN

next time: in all honesty, "oh I flew threw the sky" is a phrase worthy of a toddler. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

U_D_M Detour 11, 2014 September 26

[GUEST POST]

Guy LeBatard here, turning in a circle in the night to be consumed by the internet. It's May, which can only mean that I am fattening myself on a diet of whiskey and Cheez-its and stupefying myself watching the ice hockey playoffs. My team is no more, so my only interest is in making sure Les Habitants lose (though I do love Ginette Reno).

Here is a program from a leaner autumnal time. Did I see that Kid Catharsis had some thoughts on memory? As usual he's an egg short of a croque madame. Dead time: who needs it? The past is a terrible thing to hoard. This particular detour was outstanding, if you are the sort who needs others to entertain you, and I don't need to recall a thing about it to assert that.

U_D_M playlist, 2014 September 26, 1900-2000:

1. "Isla" | Panthera Krause | Laika | Riotvan
2. "Damdamm" | Basti Grub | Asante Sana | Desolat
3. "Control" | Mumbai Science | Deja Vu | Lektrolov
4. "All The Lights" | Throwing Snow | Mosaic | Houndstooth
5. "Midnight Blue (instrumental)" | Mr. Flash | Midnight Blue | Ed Banger - Because
6. "Submarine" | Benotmane | Somewhere | fenou
7. "Serenity in a Forbidden Place (Fudge Fingas Remix)" | Esa | Serenity in a Forbidden Place | Burek
8. "I Hold From You" | Anton Pieete | Loner | Rejected
9. "Unified Movement" | Reference | Isolated Rhythm | 200

vivant avec plaisir.

Smokin' 'Em While I Got 'Em: Transmission 202, 2015 May 5

The first Bombastic hours of May were near-perfect, and here is the evidence. Execution trumped segues on this night, although there were a couple of nice moments. I'm finding Medway nights difficult in this regard; I am sure that somewhere in these archives I have wondered "aloud" whether that was a sign of greatness. I begin to doubt that it is, but Childish & co. do not need me to certify them.

As a seeming influx of djs, coupled with my increasing reluctance to do late nights, diminishes the frequency of my transmissions I have time to reflect on things. This week I turn to my own schtick. Last time out I said that I impress myself; despite that being a change of pace and a much-needed affirmation, I will point out some areas where I make myself tired. (a) Not Remembering, e.g. the innumerable "something must have gone wrong, but I don't recall what it was" / "this program was so long ago the details are lost on me" excuses. It's not cute. No one cares. (b) Honoring Mistakes As a Sign of Liveness: ugh, you're not John Peel, son, tighten up your game. (c) Threatening to Quit Over Some Radio Drama. "Don't you ever quit," a wise person told me very early in this adventure, and she was right. If I quit, the cocks win. They might do so anyway, but they'll have to kill me.

Here's hoping we see no more of that.

BOMBAST playlist, 2015 May 5, 2100-2300:

1. "The Evening's Young" | Yello | 1980 - 1985 The New Mix In One Go | Vertigo
2. "Excerpts (The Cat Inside)" | William S. Burroughs | William S. Burroughs - In Dub (Selected by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill) | Echo Beach
3. "We Mix At Six" | Dave DK | Val Maira | Kompakt
4. "Walk of the Lost" | Thee Headcoats | The Good Times Are Killing Me | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
5. "Years in Repair" | Ssleeping Desiress | Ssleeping Desiress | Onderstroom
6. "LAX - Rough Mix" | Outros | not on album | self-released
7. "Teardrops" | Noze | Come With Us | Circus Company
8. "House on the Water" | Thee Headcoats | The Good Times Are Killing Me | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
9. "Maid of the Mist" | Noahlewis' Mahlon Taits | Gift from Noahlewis' Mahlon Taits | EM
10. "Ain't No Sunshine" | Wovenhand | Wovenhand | Bang!
11. "A Life With Clarinet" | Gonno | Obscurant | International Feel
12. "70" | Causa | LBL002 | LBL
13. "Picket Fence" | Thee Headcoats | The Good Times Are Killing Me | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
14. "IV" | Hecq | Mare Nostrum | Hymen
15. "Ain't No Sunshine" | Horace Andy | Ain't No Sunshine: The Best of Horace Andy | Clocktower
16. "I Wasn't Made for This World" | Thee Headcoats | The Good Times Are Killing Me | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
17. "Camera" | A Projection | Exit | Tapete
18. "Arp Choir" | Luna Semara | The Pink Room EP | Herzblut
19. "Strychnine" | Thee Headcoats | The Good Times Are Killing Me | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
20. "Bush Society" | Mark Barrott | Bush Society | International Feel
21. "Man Next Door" | The Slits | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
22. "Isobelle" | H. Hawkline | In the Pink of Condition | Heavenly
23. "She'll Keep You on Standby" | Thee Headcoats | The Good Times Are Killing Me | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
24. "Do It Clean (Live)" | Echo and the Bunnymen | Echo and the Bunnymen EP | Sire

next time: I guess it is my destiny to mar Section 25 songs. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

Give Up, Give Up: Transmission 201, 2015 April 28

We begin our third century with an "only slightly imperfect" episode. I've been on a good run lately. The real downer on this night was that our planned "Physical Evidence" release finally managed to surface on iTunes, about 15 years after the fact. I believe that's twice Tim Cook has defeated me now; he's making a game of it. Still, Lady Catharsis contributes the track "Christianity Is Stupid," sure to irritate friends and family alike.

Confession: my favorite place to listen to these mixtapes after the fact is the treadmill. They are surprisingly good for the purpose. If I cannot impress anyone else with this program, I will at least impress myself. This is my affirmation for the day. I need these things--I've been considering taking a break lately, having just seen two other programs do just that and seeing their hosts seemingly dropping substantial spiritual weight.

There are two more programs recorded and in the pipeline. That's as much as I can promise. I could always get run over by a bus, you know.

BOMBAST playlist, 2015 April 28, 2100-2300:

1. "Destroy the Heart" | The House of Love | Live At the Lexington | Cherry Red
2. "Hungry, So Angry" | Medium Medium | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
3. "The Narcotic Comforts of the Status Quo" | Kinski | Sandrider + Kinski | Good to Die
4. "Shadow of a Doubt" | Sonic Youth | EVOL | DGC
5. "Back in Town" | H. Hawkline | In the Pink of Condition | Heavenly
6. "C.P" | Section 25 | Always Now | Factory Benelux
7. "Torn Calendar" | The Wake | Here Comes Everybody | Factory Benelux
8. "Miss Teardrop" | Felix Laband | Dark Days Exit | Compost
9. "Betty vs. the NYPD" | The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015 | Mom + Pop
10. "Look Up in the Sky (Negro Nature)" | Francis the Great | Ravissante Baby (Negro Phasing) | Hot Casa
11. "White Sands Pt 1" | The Fabulous Three | The Best of the Fabulous Three | Truth & Soul
12. "Black Harmony Killer" | Jah Stitch | If Deejay Was Your Trade | Blood and Fire
13. "Better than Be4" | Magic Island | Wasted Dawn | Mansions and Millions
14. "Please Fall" | Andrea Balency | Volcano | Bataille
15. "Neat Neat Neat" | The Damned | Up Yours! (Punk's Not Dead) | Mojo Magazine
16. "What's Wrong With You" | The Vanguards | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 1 | Crypt
17. "Electric Pony 2" | Shit and Shine | 54 Synth-Brass, 38 Metal Guitar, 65 Cathedral | Rocket
18. "You Are Now Poison" | Prefuse 73 | You Are Now Poison | Temporary Residence
19. "Never Met a Girl Like You Before" | The Es Shades | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 1 | Crypt
20. "Where the Nightingale Sings" | Gang of Four | What Happens Next | Metropolis
21. "Averoigne" | James Blackshaw | Summoning Suns | Important
22. "Christianity Is Stupid" | Negativland | Escape From Noise | SST | "Listening Parlour"
23. "Neat Neat Neat" | Thee Mighty Caesars | Caesars Pleasure | Big Beat
24. "Mountain Song" | Sandrider | Sandrider + Kinski | Good to Die
25. "Partial to Your Abracadabra" | Ian Dury | New Boots and Panties!! | Demon
26. "Chusan" | Oorutaichi | Drifting My Folklore | Streamline
27. "Just Say Who" | Horace Andy | Ain't No Sunshine: The Best of Horace Andy | Clocktower
28. "Unconditional Love" | LTJ Bukem | Journey Inwards | Kinetic
29. "Down Solitude Beat / Trying to feel alright" | You Still Have Friends | #Back to School - VVAA | SPD / M.I.S.T.
30. "Indian Summer of Benazir Bhutto [excerpt]" | Muslimgauze | Zul'm | Extreme

next time: moving off the land. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

Cruising Altitude Departure 10, 2014 September 13

[GUEST POST]

Halcyon reporting. Days are warmer and longer, and skies are clearer; it was for these climes that we created this program. This particular episode, however, aired when looming equinox forced me into afternoon duty.

Initially I tried posting this on soundclod, but apparently Siinaii's people thought a bit-starved .mp3 of their tune threatened copyright. When people are 90 years old, wondering why it didn't work out for them and their music, why people ultimately never heard of them or didn't care, I hope they have some nice fables to tell themselves. I mean that. Stories are great fun.

Thank goodness this program is a "mere" pop-up; I'd hate to feel like anything about it "had" to happen.

CRUISING ALTITUDE playlist, 2014 September 13, 1400-1500:

1. "En-trance" | Siinai | Supermarket | Splendour
2. "Control Through Prohibition or Supply" | Campbell Irvine | Removal of the Six Armed Goddess | Infrastructure New York
3. "Vapourware 01" | Donato Dozzy | Plays Bee Mask | Spectrum Spools
4. "Dilankex" | Oberman Knocks | Dilankex | Aperture
5. "Baillon Rose" | Opera Mort | Dedales | Alter
6. "Essene" | Mark Barrott | Sketches From An Island | International Feel
7. "Imperial" | Unrest | Imperial f.f.r.r. | Teen Beat - Guernica
8. "Emocor (feat. Hana Kobayashi)" | Oval | Voa | EOVA
9. "Petra Marina [excerpt]" | Lussuria | Industriale Illuminato | Hospital Productions
10. "Loose Joints" | This Mortal Coil | Blood | 4AD
11. "Polyphony of a Metropolis" | Fake the Facts | Soundtrack | Trost
12. "Kolik" | Kaboom Karavan | Hokus Fokus | Miasmah

deep, transcendent waves of golden light.

U_D_M Detour 10, 2014 August 29

[GUEST POST]

LeBatard ici, and I will leave you to guess where "here" is. I took a much-needed vacation from the relentless schedule of doing shows, posting shows, etc., but I have returned to dead, cyclical time, for now. For some reason the people at WRFI made me a regular fixture last summer, and here is one of those shows. IIRC this was just after Kid Catharsis's birthday, which was a disaster. It's a shame we can't fuel our motorbikes with the terrible behavior of other people, for it is a limitless resource.

Anyway--this is a truly arbitrary collection of tunes. Grab-bags and adventure are how I roll. If you want planning and care, you'll have to go somewhere else.

U_D_M playlist, 2014 August 29, 1900-2000:

1. "Dream Sequence" | Talbot Wood | Dream Sequence | Curle - N.E.W.S.
2. "Love Inc" | Booka Shade | Love Inc | Blaufield - Embassy One
3. "Ritual Dub" | Stojche | Excess Depth | Subwax
4. "No Fool" | Call Super | No Episode | Throne of Blood
5. "Blackened - Sons of Tiki Remix" | Avatism | Adamant Remixes #1 | Vakant
6. "Come Easy - Dave Aju Remix" | High Heels Breaker | Come Easy | Drumpoet Community
7. "The Pursuit - Good Guy Mikesh & Filburt Remix" | The Blaxploited Orchestra | The Pursuit | Compost Disco
8. "Hofbahn" | Decay | Correspondant Compilation 02 | Correspondant
9. "We Used To" | Abstraxion | Break of Lights | Hakt

all the lights.

Cheap Trucker Speed: Transmission 200, 2015 April 21

Here is a milestone episode, if you are into that sort of thing. Unlike #100, IIRC, this one happened in the "alpha" [i.e. regular] timeslot. The US Postal Service made things really "dramatic" by waiting until the last possible moment to deliver this night's "Physical Evidence," but sure enough they "came through" and we got to hear a selection from Sub Pop 200, an understated & underrated compilation whose best tracks don't seem to come from the usual suspects.

Those who "know me well" may actually recall that I owned this back in the day and may wonder why I had to procure it by mail order. Do you ever make mistakes with your music collection, e.g. think that you are "finished" with something, and sell it, and then later miss it, and decide that you need it again? If you appreciate this program I know that you do this. That's why, and enough said.

Anyway the fortuitous timing spared me from having to roll with Plan B, which was some Physical Evidence by the Cure, this being Robert Smith's birthday. And I probably would have been forced to include this tune, which I kind of didn't think I should do, and Lady C told me there was no way I could do. And I think I was prepared not to. Is this cowardice? It's purely academic, because I'm fine with cowardice as cowards have a way of surviving. But whose fault is it if people don't read Camus? Are there any other songs like this? Meaning: songs whose meaning used to be understood clearly and universally, but are now deliberately misunderstood, by people who know better, as part of the social contract? If I get a long enough list of these I'll make a whole show out of them. I need some kind of bang with which to go out, besides this one tune, which I know will be part of my final program (whenever that is).

BOMBAST playlist, 2015 April 21, 2100-2300:

1. "Waken to the Night" | Mugstar & Damo Suzuki | Start from Zero | Important
2. "Arterial" | Lusine | Arterial Reworks | Ghostly International
3. "I Was Fooling Around with These Tapes in Hotels, Pt. 2" | William S. Burroughs | William S. Burroughs - In Dub (Selected by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill) | Echo Beach
4. "The Message" | Stiff Little Fingers | The Message | Rhino
5. "The Outback" | Blood Circus | Sub Pop 200 | Sub Pop - Tupelo | "Physical Evidence"
6. "To Compensate, While The Average Lifespan Of A Male Will Be About 70 Years, Medical Advancements Will Make The Average Lifespan Of A Woman To Be About 750 Years" | Exploring Jezebel | On a Business Trip to London | Blackest Ever Black
7. "Careless Love" | Our Gang | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt
8. "Big Cigar" | Cat Butt | Sub Pop 200 | Sub Pop - Tupelo | "Physical Evidence"
9. "I Need Your Lovin'" | Ronnie D with the Casuals | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt
10. "No Fun" | The Stooges | The Stooges | Elektra
11. "Crocodile Rock" | The Tea Jennies | With Mike But No Mic | self-released
12. "A Swift One" / "Refreshment Break" / "Night Touch" / "Racing Poodles" | Martin Chambers / Bob Cobbing & Henri Chopin / Dave Vanian / Metabolist | Miniatures 1 | Megaphone / Knock 'Em Dead
13. "Swallow" | Wire | Wire | pinkflag
14. "Gonna Find a Cave" | Girl Trouble | Sub Pop 200 | Sub Pop - Tupelo | "Physical Evidence"
15. "Fragments" | The Cannanes and Steward | Communicating at An Unknown Rate | Chapter
16. "Love or Confusion" | Screaming Trees | Sub Pop 200 | Sub Pop - Tupelo | "Physical Evidence"
17. "The Second House from the Corner" | Yeah Yeah Noh | Anatomically Saturday | Cherry Red
18. "Walk On By" | The Stranglers | Walk On By | Rhino - Parlophone
19. "Love or Confusion" | Jimi Hendrix Experience | BBC Sessions | MCA
20. "Infantry" | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Join Hands | Polydor - Universal
21. "Kule Kule Reprise" | Konono No. 1 | Congotronics | Crammed Discs
22. "Dead Is Dead" | Terry Lee Hale | Sub Pop 200 | Sub Pop - Tupelo | "Physical Evidence"
23. "Witch Doctor" | Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces | Dedication of Love | Jazzman
24. "I Love You So" | Bo Diddley | Have Guitar Will Travel | Checker
25. "I Love U" | Maestro | Mountains of Madness | Tigersushi
26. "Swallow My Pride" | Fastbacks | Sub Pop 200 | Sub Pop - Tupelo | "Physical Evidence"
27. "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" | Husker Du | Sheena Is A Punk Rocker | Rhino - Sire - Warner
28. "I Am Damo Suzuki" | The Fall | This Nation's Saving Grace | Beggars Banquet
29. "You Lost It" | Thrown Ups | Sub Pop 200 | Sub Pop - Tupelo | "Physical Evidence"
30. "A Forest" | The Cure | Concert: The Cure Live | Fiction
31. "hat 2b 2012b" | Aphex Twin | Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP | Warp
32. "Siren" | Edanticonf | Highway of Thoughts EP | Cinematic

next time: Tim Cook reminds me that he exists. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

Windows All Open, Chaos in My Hair: Transmission 199, 2015 April 14

Here is a show that will make you wonder if it's past time I stopped playing vinyl records. I think I curate the show pretty well--Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Volume 2 (which helps give the lie to Volume 1's title) is a great collection, but whether I can remember to fade down the turntable channel before the next track begins to play is basically a coin flip. That's not even a passing grade. Also, I was off by a week on Michael Franti's birthday, which will teach me not to look ahead.

Pre- and post-milestone episode I've been thinking about the big picture. (1) Are things different now than in the beginning? Yes--listening to some programs from 2 years ago or so, as I did recently, I got all wistful. Those shows were very nocturnal, and I don't know how well I'm achieving that right now. I found myself missing some bands that seem to have gone inactive, wondering whether they've been replaced by bands as good. I'm not sure about the host of those earlier programs, though. I think "bed music" turned out to be a good idea after all, and less pedantry is always welcome. Isn't it? (2) If the answer to (1) is "yes," and it is, when did things change? It would have to be around the time I became "management," which was never the goal. A graceful retreat, however it might be achieved, has been on my mind a lot lately. This is a human experiment with wild unpredictable swings between success and failure. I have taken to cc-ing someone on all my radio emails just to keep my worst tendencies in check. (3) How about that search for the "unbroken younger self"--how is that going? I begin to think that it was always misguided. I was never unbroken. Maybe it is "always now," as Section 25 would say. Lots of work still to do, I guess.

You know who else I have been listening to, though, and who raises no doubts whatsoever? Cap'n Halcyon. That guy is really good.

BOMBAST playlist, 2015 April 14, 2100-2300:

1. "Private Armies Dub" | Vivien Goldman | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
2. "INS Greencard A-19 191 500 / Socio-Genetic Experiment" | The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy | Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury | 4th & Broadway
3. "Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of My Heart | Tender Prey | Don't Take My Soul / Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of My Heart | Bird
4. "Heidi" | Infinitives | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt | "Physical Evidence"
5. "X-Tacy Symphony (Alternate Mix)" | Spacemen 3 | Losing Touch with Your Mind | Munster
6. "Strange Clues" | Gardening by Moonlight | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
7. "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" | The Smiths | Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now | Rough Trade
8. "Escape Velocity" | Lake People | Purposely Uncertain Field | Permanent Vacation
9. "Let It Take You There" | Maximum Joy | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
10. "Strange Days" | Mind Against | Strange Days | Life and Death
11. "Injected" | Robert Leiner | Duff 80 / Injected | Hoga Nord
12. "Llove" | End Result | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt | "Physical Evidence"
13. "Reaching the Bad Man" | Singers and Players | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
14. "Loving on Borrowed Time" | Half Pint and the Fifths | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt | "Physical Evidence"
15. "Ubersprung - Mano Le Tough Remix" | Vermont | The Other Versions | Kompakt
16. "The Easiest Way" | BELP | BELP feat. Becky Reynolds Band | Schamoni
17. "Do What You Wanta Do" | The Merchants | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 2 | Crypt | "Physical Evidence"
18. "Someday My Caliph Will Come" | Nadjma | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
19. "Drive Blind" | Ride | OX4 | Sire
20. "Your Love Will Die" | Vandals | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt | "Physical Evidence"
21. "Tarhanam (Remix)" | Hama | Torodi | Sahelsounds
22. "Just Can't Wait" | The Prophets of Old | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt | "Physical Evidence"
23. "Otras Dimensiones" | Pfirter | Message 1 | Mindtrip
24. "Got Love If You Want It" | Unknown Group | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt | "Physical Evidence"
25. "Jekyll & Hyde" | Jim Burgett | Chug-A-Lug - Exotic Blues & Rhythm Vol. 8 | Stag-O-Lee |
26. "Leipniz" | Gomila Park | Ununoctium | Raster-Noton

next time: gonna find a cave for me and you. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis