Feels Like Murder But That's Alright: Transmission 432, 2018 November 7

Can you feel the excitement in the air? It's alright, I can't either. This is a fundraising program, and if it isn't obvious from my voiceovers on this episode, let me tell you that I hate fundraising. I truly believe that people should just give their money freely to WRFI, year-round, without our having to ask for it. Is that unrealistic? There are some "inside baseball" stories I could tell, but I don't want to upset anyone. It is Christmas, after all.

To compound the "issue," I wasn't in a great mood on this night. Lady Catharsis had a "family obligation" (though I don't remember what it was, probably a rehearsal for Junior) and couldn't make it to the studio like we planned. Plus, the Ithaca Vegans had done their normal bit and complained about our social media postings having to do with "Ithaca Sheepskin," the donors of this evening's prize. Vegans! You are free to support the station and then we will post nice things about you one day! Another thing that aggravates me, after the fact: apparently I mispronounced "toque," saying "toke" instead of the "correct" "took." But at the risk of doubling down--Canadians! Surely you are wrong about this. Someone please explain to me the rule of pronunciation that brings us to this awful place.

Anyway, about the music--it is tough to go wrong with "Legends Night," though circumstances did their best to take me there. That Durutti Column record is "well-loved," and there is a bad skip in the Singers and Players record, though it went well with the song's tempo and I handled it deftly, I have to say. On the plus side--that This Mortal Coil record is truly wild (and for the most part doesn't even sound like a 4AD record to me anymore). I will never understand why their reception was as poor as it was.

Co-host Josh and I do our best on this demoralizing evening where we didn't happen to make any money. At least we didn't refer to the WRFI hat as a "beanie." We have that going for us. There's a very convoluted discussion of the concept of "local," after which Josh admits that he is slipping (transparency is part of WRFI's mission statement). "Anything goes...pretty much," I offer. Sigh. I am not an anarchist and, let's face it, I have stopped pretending.

BOMBAST playlist, 2018 November 7, 2100-2300:

1. "Hu / Re" | Dif Juz | Huremics | 4AD
2. "Green Hazed Daze" | A.R. Kane | Love-Sick | Rough Trade
3. "Happy Cycling" | Boards of Canada | Peel Session | WARP
4. "The Snow" | Coil | Love's Secret Domain | Threshold House
5. "Spanish Reggae" | The Durutti Column | Obey the Time | Factory
6. "Ravi Shankar" / "The Show Is Coming" | The Dub Syndicate | Tunes from the Missing Channel | On-U Sound
7. "Quante Jubila" | Singers and Players | War of Words | On-U Sound
8. "Alone" / "Mama K II" / "The Horizon Bleeds and Sucks Its Thumb" / "Drugs" / "Red Rain" / "Thais II" | This Mortal Coil | Filigree & Shadow | 4AD
9. "Behind the Light" | Breathless | Behind the Light | Tenor Vossa
10. "Animal or Vegetable [A Wonderful Wooden Reason...]" | Stereolab | Refried Ectoplasm [Switched On Volume 2] | Drag City

Green means go

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