Sordid Details Following: Transmission 258, 2016 January 13

I never know how this program should respond when special people die. Each instance seems like a high-risk balancing act. I don't want to do too much or too little, I don't want to ignore things or use death as an opportunity, and I feel the need to respond in the spirit of the moment, whatever that is, and in line with what I am feeling, which I will immodestly say is indispensable, because without taking this into consideration it isn't clear why *I* in particular should be delivering these two hours of radio. So with all that in mind here is the first program I did after we all found out that David Bowie died.

I'd be lying if I said I was a "fan." I can't speak for Lady Catharsis, who contributes "Heroes" to the program, but I think I'm authorized to say she only has one Bowie record. His music was one of those things that, seemingly, everyone in my high school theatre ensemble was into. Being a contrarian and a jerk, I kept it at arms' length, along with a host of other things dear to the group: Pink Floyd, Dr. Who [these would have been the Colin Baker years], Sgt. Pepper's, and Kate Bush [how many airings of "Babooshka" before brain damage sets in?]. Anyway I have come around, partly, on one or two of these things.

It seems like Bowie helped many a weird listener survive adolescence, and he helped at least a couple of his friends get clean and sober. Plus, he could make life unpleasant for people who deserved it. Whatever you feel about any individual Bowie song, he didn't seem ever to do a thing he didn't want to do in order to please others. The world is undoubtedly a dimmer place in his absence. So there's that.

You were expecting something profound? It's like you don't know me.

Oh, and enjoy the Comsat Angels.

BOMBAST playlist, 2016 January 13, 2100-2300:

1. "Sound and Vision" | David Bowie | The Singles Collection | EMI
2. "Motame en la tormenta" | Mecanica Popular | Noche triler | Names You Can Trust
3. "Dark Parade (John Peel Session)" | The Comsat Angels | Sleep No More | Edsel | "Physical Evidence"
4. "Sequence 2" | Skatebard | CDIII | Balsa Wood
5. "Charity Begins at Home" | Eji Oyewole | Charity Begins at Home | BBE
6. "At Sea (John Peel Session)" | The Comsat Angels | Sleep No More | Edsel | "Physical Evidence"
7. "El sol y la luna (feat. Judah Warsky)" | Pilooski | Isola | Dirty
8. "Locked in Water" | Whore Paint | Ultra Sound | Translation Loss
9. "Goat of the West (Demo)" | The Comsat Angels | Sleep No More | Edsel | "Physical Evidence"
10. "Galactic Center" | Helios Creed | The Color of Noise | Robellion
11. "Be Brave (John Peel Session)" | The Comsat Angels | Sleep No More | Edsel | "Physical Evidence"
12. "Alpine Dawn" | The Orb | Pop Ambient 2016 | Kompakt
13. "Prostrate" | Marshall Applewhite | Dark Acid V | Clan Destine
14. "Mass" | The Comsat Angels | Sleep No More | Edsel | "Physical Evidence"
15. "Scary Munsters and Super Creeps" | Brian Harris | On My Knees | self-released
16. "Heavy Snow" | STL | Message of Sound, Pt. 1 | Echocord
17. "Ashes to Ashes" | David Bowie | The Singles Collection | EMI
18. "What's in Me" | Catz 'n Dogz | Basic Colour Theory | Pets
19. "Rishi (Shit Robot vs. Rino S.)" | Shit Robot | Rishi | Kitjen
20. "Justaposition" | Tellavision | The Third Eye | Karlrecords
21. "Gush" | Co La | No No | Kemado
22. "Heave Ho" | Cows | The Color of Noise | Robellion
23. "Eye Dance (Richard Skinner Session)" | The Comsat Angels | Sleep No More | Edsel | "Physical Evidence"
24. "Heroes" | David Bowie | The Singles Collection | EMI | "Listening Parlour"
25. "Paint Me As a Dead Soul" | Coil | Backwards | Cold Spring
26. "Jah Warble" | Al Lover | Zodiak Versions | Hoga Nord
27. "Ziggy Stardust" | Bauhaus | Spirit | Beggars Banquet

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