You Know That Time's Not Kind: Transmission 437, 2018 December 12

Is there a difference between "radio magic" and straight-up cheating? Thanks to the absence of a WRFI Studio Cam, you'll have to rely on your ears to discern it, if you can. That and many other topics get a robust airing on this haphazard, mostly enjoyable broadcast. We came to play the 12-inch single on this night, not to praise or bury it, and (thank goodness) not to discuss it a whole lot, as I was seemingly even worse than usual with facts.

It turns out that David Byrne did not "produce" the Fun Boy Three song that we played, though he is credited with "mixing" the flipside of that record. The OMD single we played (how OMD persists!) is not pristine, skipping at least twice, so I should not have agreed with Lady Catharsis's assessment there (though it looks to be in lovely shape). Most egregiously, I get the Negativland U2 story almost completely wrong, forgetting that they did at least one whole book about it. Not having visited their website in "god knows how many years" should have shut me up about it, but of course things transpired differently.

Venturing into the realm of opinion and feelings, I do somewhat better, but not much. 1980 and 2018 were bad years, and we were alive and aware for both. Bela Lugosi's Dead may be the "ultimate" 12-inch, "arguably," but I feel sorry for whoever is spending time on that argument. New Order's carrying on without Peter Hook--I do keep coming back to this, don't I? Are there not greater injustices in the world? By the end of the program I am somewhat incoherent, claiming to be "enjoying myself" but also expressing sadness about all the records we didn't get to. Or is that just "nuance" and "complexity?"

At least we found screeching (squealing?) tires, as we hoped to do, and I fulfilled a request for the first time in nearly a year (you're welcome, Keith!), so this was not a total bust.

BOMBAST playlist, 2018 December 12, 2100-2300:

1. "The Precinct of Sound" | The Dub Syndicate | Classic Selection Volume 2 | On-U Sound
2. "Say You" | Colourbox | Say You | 4AD
3. "Armageddon" | Culture | The Peel Sessions | Strange Fruit
4. "Harley Davidson (Francais / Deutsche)" | Gina X | Harley Davidson (100 M.P.H. Mix) | Statik
5. "Talking Loud and Clear - Extended Version" | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Talking Loud and Clear | Virgin
6. "Don't Stop the Dance - Todd Terje Remix" | Bryan Ferry | Don't Stop the Dance | The Vinyl Factory
7. "The Perfect Kiss" | New Order | The Perfect Kiss | Base Record - Factory
8. "Don't Let Go" | Pink Industry | Don't Let Go | Cathexis
9. "Fizzing Human Bomb" | Danielle Dax | The BBC Sessions | Dutch East India Trading - Strange Fruit
10. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (1991 A Capella Mix)" | Negativland | U2 | SST
11. "Any Second Now" | Depeche Mode | Just Can't Get Enough (Schizo Mix) | Mute
12. "The Lunacy Legacy" | Fun Boy Three | The Tunnel of Love | Chrysalis
13. "The Prince" | Madness | The Peel Sessions | Dutch East India Trading
14. "Bela Lugosi's Dead" | Bauhaus | Bela Lugosi's Dead | Small Wonder
15. "Thoughtforms" | Lush | Mad Love | 4AD
16. "Waves" | Blancmange | Waves | London

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