I Need To Cling to Something: Transmission 389, 2018 January 3

Please find attached the first Bombast program of 2018, and I must say it is an inauspicious start. "My voice is shot," as I say toward the end of the program when I am giving up on backannouncing, and that's no exaggeration. Elsewhere you will find me experiencing Sean McDonough-worthy adolescent voice cracks, and other indignities. This is on account of a cold I was trying unsuccessfully to fight off, one which would have me convalescing in a Manhattan hotel room a couple days later, during a business trip I was not looking forward to anyway. "A program of many moods and energies?" Not exactly, on this night.

Anyway, we have an elusive 4AD-related piece of Physical Evidence to feature in this program, so that is something. Back in the day, this Garlands compact disc was one of a small handful of reasons why I finally "went digital." It was an expensive medium to jump into, and I had to be convinced, you see. What were the other reasons? As I recall, the cd combining the first two Felt LPs and a 3" (!) cd single by Trisomie 21. For you younger readers and listeners, you have to understand what a novelty it was, in the 1980s, to hear dead silence preceding the onset of music, instead of crackle or hiss. Friend of the program Mr. D. had the cassette of Garlands, which also featured these bonus tracks, and the A/B comparison was mind-blowing. I suppose my mind was easily blown.

BOMBAST playlist, 2018 January 3, 2100-2300:

1. "Stuck in the Track at Salford Priors" | Fret | Over Depth | KarlRecords
2. "Dear Heart" | Cocteau Twins | Garlands | 4AD | "Physical Evidence"
3. "Chile's Crimson Tide" | Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement | Ambient Black Magic | Hospital Productions
4. "Something in My Brain" | The Telescopes | As Light Return | Tapete
5. "Ripleys" | Spectrasoul | How We Live | Ish Chat
6. "Perhaps Some Other Aeon" | Cocteau Twins | Garlands | 4AD | "Physical Evidence"
7. "Java Dub" | Impact All-Stars | Java Java Java Java - Instrumentals Dubwise Versions | Get On Down
8. "Time to Sell the Golden Teeth" | El Mahdy Jr. (feat. Hamorabi 13th imam) | Time to Sell the Golden Teeth | Boomarm Nation
9. "Dead Fly Disguise" | Brian Harris | My Sister's Wedding | self-released
10. "Guitar" | Hisato Higuchi | She (Reissue) | Family Vineyard
11. "Stretch Out And Wait" / "The Boy With the Thorn In His Side" / "Cemetry Gates" / "Rubber Ring / What She Said / Rubber Ring" - Live in Boston | The Smiths | The Queen Is Dead [box set] | Rhino
12. "Sa Ou Che" | Cristobal and the Sea | Exitoca | City Slang
13. "Stannum" | Kemper Norton | Lessons | Front and Follow
14. "Speak No Evil" | Cocteau Twins | Garlands | 4AD | "Physical Evidence"
15. "Tom at the Library" | West Norwood Cassette Library | Lessons | Front and Follow
16. "Brexit Jazz - New Version" | Brexit Jazz | Brexit Jazz Remix EP | Compost
17. "The Garden" | Carla dal Forno | The Garden | Blackest Ever Black
18. "Hazel" | Cocteau Twins | Garlands | 4AD | "Physical Evidence"
19. "Healthcare" | Ben Frost | The Centre Cannot Hold | Mute
20. "Blind Dumb Deaf" | Cocteau Twins | Garlands | 4AD | "Physical Evidence"
21. "Release the Bats" | The Birthday Party | Silhouettes & Statues - A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 | Cherry Red
22. "Dan Dare" | The Wedding Present | Singles 1989-1991 | Manifesto | "The Listening Parlour"
23. "Island Fanfare" | Off World | 2 | Constellation
24. "Friendship Train" | SJOB Movement | Friendship Train | Cultures of Soul
25. "The Mighty 8th" | July Skies | The English Cold [reissue] | Caroline True
26. "Hearsay Please" | Cocteau Twins | Garlands | 4AD | "Physical Evidence"
27. "Alaska Cruisin" | Walter TV | Carpe Diem | Sinderyn
28. "Voices" | Belia Winnewisser | PE-010 | Prasens Editionen
29. "Pregame" | Blue Hawaii | Tenderness | Arbutus
30. "The Opening" | Spotlights | Seismic | Ipecac
31. "Madeira II (Mae Terra)" | Marco Bosco | Outro Tempo | Music from Memory
32. "Dragou mig" | Hogni | Two Trains | Erased Tapes
33. "Theta v2 (Repetir)" | Existente | Theta Series | Arctic Dub (Sursumcorda)

it could be now

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