Is That Pedantic Enough For You: Transmission 197, 2015 April 11

Here is a fill-in appearance I did for "The Magic Womb." I didn't know it at the time, but I would get in trouble for spinning records on this night. Just like old times, I think. Anyway, after listening back to this recording, it is a pleasant surprise, so I guess it was worth it. Here's hoping I'm not dwelling on it a couple of decades from now.

Sometimes I fear that someone who's been out of touch with me for 25 years or so will stumble upon a show like this, hear me playing a bunch of On-U Sound / This Mortal Coil / Cocteau Twins stuff [by the way, why are April and May always so dark?] and think, "man, he's really stuck in that time." Of course, as with extraterrestrials who never manage to land in big cities, this hypothetical person from the past couldn't find a program where I only play new stuff. This is how my mind works.

Finally, I'm going to congratulate myself on finding the one thing you could accidentally cue on top of a Colourbox song and not have it pass unnoticed. Congratulations to Nisennenmondai, as well.

BOMBAST playlist, 2015 April 11, 1900-2100:

1. "Sixteen Days - Gathering Dust" | This Mortal Coil | Sixteen Days - Gathering Dust | 4AD
2. "Throughout the Dark Months of April and May" | Cocteau Twins | Victorialand | 4AD
3. "Middle Mass" | The Fall | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
4. "A'" | Nisennenmondai | N' | Bijin - Blast First Petite | "Physical Evidence"
5. "Justice" | Colourbox | Colourbox | 4AD
6. "Of One Skin" | Skids | Winters of Discontent | Strange Fruit
7. "Temples" | Goitia Deitz | MODE | Cut Mistake
8. "diskhat ALL prepared1mixed 13" | Aphex Twin | Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP | Warp
9. "5 Beat" | System 7 | N + X | A-Wave
10. "My Favourite Dress" | The Wedding Present | George Best [reissue] | Edsel
11. "The Places We Go" | Mark Gardener and Robin Guthrie | The Places We Go | Soleil Apres Minuit
12. "B-1'" | Nisennenmondai | N' | Bijin - Blast First Petite | "Physical Evidence"
13. "Gathering Dust" | Modern English | Natures Mortes - Still Lives | 4AD
14. "Pearl" | Loscil | For Greta | Bandcamp self-release
15. "Learning to Cope with Cowardice (flexi version)" | Mark Stewart & The Maffia | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
16. "Bora" | Lake People | Purposely Uncertain Field | Permanent Vacation
17. "Body" | 18+ | Dry | Houndstooth
18. "In This World..." | Cindytalk | In This World (2) | Midnight
19. "Flight Risk" | Kinski | 7 (or 8) | Kill Rock Stars
20. "Engines of Truth" | Brian Harris | On My Knees | self-released
21. "Nuclear Weapon" | Prince Far-I | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
22. "The Traveller" | Node | Node 2 | DiN
23. "y 0 why" | John Tejada | Signs Under Test | Kompakt

next time: losing touch with my mind. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis