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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