What Kind of Dance Is This, Nothing Happens: Transmission 255, 2015 December 29

This seemed like a "downer" of a program when I listened back to it, but looking at the playlist I can't see why, except for the obvious. More on that momentarily. It probably had something to do with my mood, which proves as always that I am not fit to assess anything. My counselor tells me that we need to do some deep, background work but that my self-esteem is so wrecked that such work will probably make me feel worse about myself instead of better. So--how is your 2016?

Anyway, this is the first of a couple of Comsat Angels-themed episodes, which maybe explains the melancholy atmosphere of this particular audio file. It's weird--these records are so good and yet they just didn't make it into my circle of whatever, back in the day. I'm sure my old radio station had some stuff, but I don't remember anyone playing it; I had no friends who were into this band, never saw their records in a local store, etc. This seems like one of the quaint little things about pre-globalization. I remember having a copy of Surfer Rosa early on, loaning it to someone, having that person loan it to someone else, having an insanely hard time tracking my record down, and not getting it back until nearly a year later, by which point seemingly everyone I knew was a Pixies fan. For many an influential record, the roles were reversed--I depend on others and am by no means a tastemaker, no matter what my twitter bio says--but I can't for the life of me understand why Comsat Angels bypassed all of us. Clearly, though, it's never too late to be an emo kid.

BOMBAST playlist, 2015 December 29, 1900-2100:

1. "Let's Boogie" | The Exorcist GBG | The Exorcist GBG | Hoga Nord
2. "Waiting for a Miracle" | The Comast Angels | Waiting for a Miracle | Edsel | "Physical Evidence"
3. "Chic Psychedelic - X-Port Version" | System 7 | X-Port    A-Wave
4. "Higher than the Sun (A Dub Symphony in Two Parts)" | Primal Scream | Screamadelica [reissue] | Sony
5. "Dark Planet - Modeselektor Remix" | Shed | Dark Planet | 50Weapoons
6. "Loss - Regis Version" | Ike Yard | Manbait | Blackest Ever Black
7. "Waiting for a Miracle (John Peel Session)" | The Comast Angels | Waiting for a Miracle | Edsel | "Physical Evidence"
8. "A Friend Indeed Dub" | The Aggrovators | Bunny 'Striker' Lee & Friends: Next Cut! Dub Plates, Rare Sides & Unreleased Cuts | Pressure Sounds
9. "Real Story" | The Comast Angels | Waiting for a Miracle | Edsel | "Physical Evidence"
10. "Cruisin' the IDR" | Workin' Man Noise Unit | Play Loud | Riot Season
11. "Red Planet" | The Comast Angels | Waiting for a Miracle | Edsel | "Physical Evidence"
12. "77 Emerging Strips" | Little Annie | Trevor Jackson Presents: Science Fiction Dancehall Classics | On-U Sound
13. "Ju Ju Money (John Peel Session)" | The Comast Angels | Waiting for a Miracle | Edsel | "Physical Evidence"
14. "The Unbecoming" | Perils | Perils | Desire Path
15. "Patient Days" | Clay Rendering | Snowthorn | Hospital Productions
16. "Le moi inacheve" | Police des Moeurs | Ceux Qui Restent | Mannequin
17. "Specimen No. 2" | The Comast Angels | Waiting for a Miracle | Edsel | "Physical Evidence"
18. "Configuracion de Ataque" | Leandro Fresco | Pop Ambient 2016 | Kompakt
19. "Deep End" | Pye Corner Audio | In a Moment...Ghost Box | Ghost Box
20. "All of the Time" | Shop Assistants | Will Anything Happen | Blue Guitar / Chrysalis
21. "Independence Day (John Peel Session)" | The Comast Angels | Waiting for a Miracle | Edsel | "Physical Evidence"
22. "Three of Five" | Tapage | Five & Six | Tympanik
23. "Silhouettes" | Thick Pigeon | Chantons Noël - Ghosts Of Christmas Past | Les Disques du Crepuscule
24. "Monkey Pilot" | The Comast Angels | Waiting for a Miracle | Edsel | "Physical Evidence"
25. "Meditation No 2" | Laraaji | Ambient 3: Day of Radiance | Glitterbeat
26. "Postcard" | The Comast Angels | Waiting for a Miracle | Edsel | "Physical Evidence"
27. "Just Like Honey (Demo - Oct 84)" | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Just Like Honey | Blanco Y Negro
28. "Debris" | WSR | Stainless | Contort

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