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Easy To Kill By Just Sitting Still: Transmission 341, 2017 May 10

Regretfully, this is another "featureless" program. My ability to incorporate "Physical Evidence" and "The Listening Parlour" is declining as I age. We're left with "just" a collection of great tunes here. I apologize. Full refunds are available; just write to my mailing address.

It may be a small consolation, but at one point in this broadcast I do bust out a comically bad Yoda impersonation. No hints as to where it is--you'll have to listen to find it. Another highlight is the Petar Dundov track: let me tell you, as a compulsive cardio enthusiast, this jams on the arc trainer. And I know nothing about Blushing--more South American shoegaze, maybe?--but their track makes me cry. I do that during my workout too.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 May 10, 2100-2300:

1. "Zah Zah, Pt. 2" | Mary Ocher | The West Against the People | Klangbad
2. "Before It All Ends" | Petar Dundov | At The Turn of Equilibrium | Music Man
3. "Chemtrails" | Vermont | II | Kompakt
4. "Hot Heavy Horses" | Ravioli Me Away | Living Is A Myth | Upset the Rhythm
5. "Tourner incessamment dans l'eclatement euphorique de soi - Road Painting Ahead IV" | Avec le soleil sortant de sa bouche | Pas pire pop (I Love You So Much) | Constellation
6. "To Know Evil" | Annie Anxiety | Soul Possession [reissue] | Dais
7. "Rusty Cage" | Johnny Cash | Unchained | American Recordings | "Listening Parlour"
8. "Cheating Dub" | Impact All-Stars | Java Java Java Java - Instrumentals Dubwise Versions | Get On Down
9. "Flist" | Oto Hiax | Oto Hiax | Editions Mego
10. "Black Roses" | Domenico Crisci | Body Punishment | Opal Tapes
11. "Winter" | Peter Gordon & David Van Tieghem | Winter Summer | Foom
12. "SIDE B" | El Mahdy Jr. | Die Before You Die | Boomarm Nation
13. "Visions of LA" | vhs dream | Just for a Life, A Homage to Slowdive | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
14. "Ghost Belt" | You Still Have Friends | The Never Years | M.I.S.T.
15. "Symmetry" | The Veldt | Symmetry | Schoolkids
16. "Tether" | Blushing | New Adventures of TBTCI | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
17. "17p13.2" | Loess | Pocosin | N5MD
18. "Yayela" | Kel Tangawal | Agrim Agadez: Musique Guitare De La Republique Du Niger | Sahel Sounds
19. "John Doe's Carnival of Error" | Blanck Mass | World Eater | Sacred Bones
20. "Aftermath" | Boom Bip | Sun Choke | Lex
21. "Roadblock - Slam Door Dub Mix" | Neville Staple | Return of Judge Roughneck | Cleopatra
22. "Little One" | Tiny Hazard | Greyland | Ba Da Bing!
23. "Kuinka yo" | Tomutonttu | Kevatjuhla | Alter
24. "Draht 8" | Deux Balaines Blanches | Sammlung (Elektronische Kassettenmusik, Dusseldorf 1982-1989) | Bureau B
25. "You Made Me Realise" | Panophonic | Forever and Again, A Tribute to My Bloody Valentine | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
26. "Orpheus Rising" | Julie's Haircut | Invocation and Ritual Dance Of My Demon Twin | Rocket
27. "In Yourself, Believe" | FOAMMM | New Adventures of TBTCI | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
28. "Anthem" | Heinali | Anthem | Injazero

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Post banlieue, post banlieue: Transmission 340, 2017 May 3

Reading today about the "culture of narcissism," I feel compelled to say "it me," as the kids do. Differentiating between myself and the external world is a challenge. Object permanence, which I thought I had mastered once, is a memory (though I guess the fact that I remember it should reassure me). Things exist insofar as they produce feelings in me. Remembering readings from graduate school, I might fancy myself "His Majesty the Baby," but most likely "l'hommelette" is more apt as a description.

Case in point: I've listened to this program twice, and have no idea whether it is great or terrible. Not that I am certain it is something in between: I heard it once and it was terrible, and I heard it another time and it was great. It may be an infinite number of other things--for me it all had to do with how I was feeling at the time I heard it. Give this a try yourself. Perhaps you should do it more than once.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 May 3, 2100-2300:

1. "SAUDADE" | Kangding Ray | HYPER OPAL MANTIS | Stroboscopic Artefacts
2. "Space Talk" | Cass. | Youth Sessions | Emotional Response
3. "Virile Poetry" | Glider | New Adventures of TBTCI | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
4. "Da Gone" | Mahatma X | A Mobtown Suite Vol. 1 | Home Assembly
5. "64 Bits" | Baloji | 64 Bits & Malachite | Bella Union
6. "Slag" | Nash the Slash | And You Thought You Were Normal | Artoffact
7. "ChannelTwo(MurderousDub)" | Seekers International | Presents the RaggaPreservation Society EP | Diskotopia
8. "Memorabilia" | Soft Cell | Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing | Sire | "Listening Parlour"
9. "African Communication" | Phil Pratt | Star Wars Dub | Burning Sounds
10. "New Life" | Swindle | Purple Walls | Butterz
11. "Llullaillaco" | Kairon; IRSE! | Ruination | Svart
12. "Classic NU Shit" | No UFO's | NU LP For RS | Root Strata
13. "Gender Balance" | Pool Art | New Adventures of TBTCI | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
14. "Descendants" | Esteban Adame | Descendants | EPM
15. "Insects" | Thornucopia | Four Lips From One Mouth | Lather | "Physical Evidence"
16. "Headzdropa" | Will Guthrie | People Pleaser | Black Truffle
17. "Weird Time" | The Mighty Strangers | Four Lips From One Mouth | Lather | "Physical Evidence"
18. "Fr3sh" | Kareem Lotfy | Mono No Aware | PAN
19. "Locust" | JUPITER-C | 001 | Invada
20. "Geheimes Wissen" | Le Petit Mort | Sammlung (Elektronische Kassettenmusik, Dusseldorf 1982-1989) | Bureau B
21. "Mass Ignorance Culture" | Jack Ketch and the Crowmen | Brimfull of Hate | M'Lady's
22. "At Last, At Last" | Xiu Xiu | FORGET | Polyvinyl
23. "Bloom" | Jaws | Object Dom | Hundebiss
24. "Firstling, Pt. 2" | Mary Ocher | The West Against the People | Klangbad
25. "The Moon Is Not A Yellow Sow" | Buick | Four Lips From One Mouth | Lather | "Physical Evidence"
26. "Construct Conduct" | Odeko | Digital Botanics / Construct Conduct | Gobstopper
27. "Delta-V" | Shobaleader One | Elektrac | WARP
28. "When I Fall" | Zombie Motorcade | Four Lips From One Mouth | Lather | "Physical Evidence"
29. "Baby How Strong Are" | Egyptrixx | Pure, Beyond Reproach | Halocline Trance
30. "Time Hole (Scene)" | Hand Habits | Wildly Idle (Humble Before The Void) | Woodsist
31. "The Soniferous Garden - Radio Edit" | Auntie Flo | The Soniferous Garden | Sofrito Super Singles
32. "Lysander" | Mark Barrott | Music for Presence | International Feel
33. "Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose" | James Brown | Star Time | Polydor
34. "Skinshaped - Outro" | Moodprint | The Gold Play | Tangram

I'm asking myself, i'm the only one here

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Hissing Under the Floorboards: Transmission 339, 2017 April 26

Back to regularly-scheduled content come we. Here is a "full-featured program" with both Physical Evidence and a Listening Parlour entry, because it is what I like to imagine you are here for. (I like to imagine many things.) ((I routinely find it difficult to avoid saying "full-figured program," which, in a way, all of my programs are.)) True to form, it...perhaps could have gone better than it did.

Eventually I settle into a groove, but it takes a while to get there. I am quite fond of Prophette, tonight's special record (and of Afriqua generally), but on listening (and re-listening) it's awfully...dynamic (or maybe just quiet?). Audio purist that I am (or that I fancy myself), I never thought I'd find myself arguing for more compression, but "life comes at you fast," as the kids say. Try this program out for yourself--and then buy the Afriqua record so you can listen to it outside of anyone else's context.

Elsewhere I upset Lady Catharsis with some of my commentary--this takes me back to the "halcyon" days of the late 1980s, when I used to do this with other friends, some of whom seem not to have stuck around. Thank goodness LC has build up a tolerance. I really need to stop doing the things I used to do when I was 18 or 19. They were dumb then and dumber now.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 April 26, 2100-2300:

1. "No Life Child" | The Fire Dept. | L'Oeuf D'Or | M'Lady's
2. "Nothing Happens" | Afriqua | Prophette | Cure Music | "Physical Evidence"
3. "Tempelhof" | Albrecht La'Brooy | Emissary | Night Tide
4. "Head Expanded" | AIR LQD | Remain Neutral | Unknown Precept
5. "Geldenes Herz Menz" | The Brian Jonestown Massacre | Dropping Bombs On The Sun | A Records
6. "Mary Jane (feat. Tenor Youthman)" | Alter Echo & E3 | Mary Jane | Moonshine
7. "Larynx" | The Horse He's Sick | Oz Waves: Compiled By Steele Bonus | Efficient Space
8. "Mischkin" | Afriqua | Prophette | Cure Music | "Physical Evidence"
9. "Lady On The Train" | Irena Xero | Oz Waves: Compiled By Steele Bonus | Efficient Space
10. "Tegel" | Gudrun Gut | Instrumentals for Sirens | Moabit
11. "Tape 27 Track 3, Pt. 2" | Ahmed Malek / FLAKO | The Electronic Tapes | Habibi Funk
12. "Fiction" | Afriqua | Prophette | Cure Music | "Physical Evidence"
13. "Slowdive" | Whimsical | Just for a Life, A Homage to Slowdive | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
14. "Jack The Ripper [Acoustic Version]" | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | B-Sides & Rarities | Mute | "Listening Parlour"
15. "Someone" | Afriqua | Prophette | Cure Music | "Physical Evidence"
16. "Ginza District" | Marconi Union | Tokyo+ | Just Music
17. "Waves" | Berlina | Just for a Life, A Homage to Slowdive | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
18. "Decontroit" | Afriqua | Prophette | Cure Music | "Physical Evidence"
19. "Squids Can Fly" | Xerox Dreamflesh | Oz Waves: Compiled By Steele Bonus | Efficient Space
20. "Ascension" | Tadeo | The Pit | Token
21. "Kaoz" | Kings of Tomorrow | Kaoz | Poker Flat
22. "Inveighed" | Afriqua | Prophette | Cure Music | "Physical Evidence"
23. "Trail Mix" | Simon Fisher Turner | Giraffe | Editions Mego
24. "Cinder" | You Still Have Friends | The Never Years | M.I.S.T.

You tremble in your boots and your fingers start to break

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I'm Careful and I'm Always True: Transmission 338, 2017 April 23

Here is a fill-in program that I did not too long ago, geologically speaking. (Never mind that in our current time, it seems like every week is an epoch.) As I alluded to a few posts ago, April 23 came and went, featuring airtime by me, and I didn't do anything to honor or even observe David Gedge, whose records have given me much joy. I should at least have done a "Physical Evidence" thing--anything more than that would probably require a visit to Ithaca by Friend of Bombast Jeremy, and that's not on the agenda. Nevertheless, as we found out in the previous episode, sometimes it's good not to have "compulsory" items on the playlist.

Filling in here for "Fellow Traveler," I find myself once again being super-apologetic about it. I do imagine that some people tuned in hoping for something else and have no evidence that they enjoyed what they found instead. Trying here to keep myself grounded. On the other hand, they should have enjoyed this program, but it is quite good! Early on it's a bit soupy, but it rewards patience with electric unpredictability, if I do say so.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 April 23, 2100-2300:

1. "Birds in 6/8" | Terminal Cheesecake | Dandelion Sauce of the Ancients | Box
2. "Seed" | Sevendeaths | Remote Sympathy | LuckyMe
3. "Deceiver" | Loscil | Monument Builders | kranky
4. "Her" | Sigha | Metabolism | Token
5. "Voyage De La Planete" | Marc Romboy | Monde Futuriste | Hyperharmonic
6. "Above the Clouds" | Earthen Sea | An Act of Love | kranky
7. "Be Away" | Versus People | New Adventures of TBTCI | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
8. "Terrorize My Heart (45 Edit)" | 79.5 | Terrorize My Heart Pt 1 & 2 | Big Crown
9. "Last Train To Expo 67" | The Melodians | First Class Rock Steady | VP
10. "Away" | Heinali | Anthem | Injazero
11. "Splanish Air" | Seatemples | Just for a Life, A Homage to Slowdive | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
12. "Son" | Andrew Broder | Wertheimer EP | Lex
13. "Count Your Fears" | Meatbodies | Alice | In The Red
14. "The River Returns" | Alpha Steppa Meets High Public Sound | The River (feat. I-Sarana) | Steppas
15. "Protection Cloak" | Zavala | Fantasmas | Fake Four
16. "Compound Dub" | Jay Glass Dubs | New Teeth for an Old Country | Bokeh Versions
17. "Leave Ya Dub" | Vibronics Meets Conscious Sounds | Half Century Dub...Five Decades in the Mix | Scoops
18. "Almost In Motion" | You Still Have Friends | The Never Years | M.I.S.T.
19. "Barracuda - Outro" | The Clamps | Blend, Shake, Swallow | Heavy Psych Sounds
20. "Some Baffled Stranger" | G.S. Schray | Gabriel | Last Resort
21. "Held" | Whore Paint | Ultra Sound | Translation Loss
22. "Cold Sweat" | Errol Brown | Orthodox Dub | Dub Store
23. "Fall" | A Thousand Hours | New Adventures of TBTCI | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
24. "come thru" | Mahatma X | A Mobtown Suite Vol. 1 | Home Assembly
25. "V" | Mere | Mere II | Home Normal
26. "The Tigris - Cassie Version" | Jacob Yates and the Pearly Gate Lock Pickers | The Gospel According To The Selfish Gene | VaVa
27. "Hundi Conga" | Ninos Indigo | Vuduwave | Phonica Special Edition
28. "Fabrik" | Pete Bassman | Lost In Space | Hoga Nord
29. "Outro" | Carsten Jost | Perishable Tactics | Dial

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Dreamy Harmer: Transmission 337, 2017 April 19

"The Catharsis Family Circus" had been promised in the previous episode, but it did not come to town on this night. I forget why, exactly, but it's probably best kept secret anyway. This was Spring Break for Junior, too, which is a shame, since she has expressed an interest in guesting on this program; maybe this summer, if things are not too insane. Having my two ladies join me on this night had originally been my way of avoiding yet another "observance" of an Important Date, this one resonating only with me; being shorn of this option, I had tried to make some kind of positive substitution in the form of "Physical Evidence," but that too fell through. So we're left with just me and a random assortment of decent tunes.

It was indeed a "melancholy" evening, as DJ Andrea had intimated prior to signing off--at least my part of it was. Lots of atmospheric stuff in this playlist. And some bleep-bloop. A bit of rock at the beginning and end--my own version of the "horseshoe theory," let's call it. Can't be debunked if it doesn't try to explain anything.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 April 19, 2100-2300:

1. "The Touch I Crave" | Alice Bag | Alice Bag | Don Giovanni
2. "I Still Dream" | Letta | Redemption | Coyote
3. "Open Minds Now Close" | The Brian Jonestown Massacre | Open Minds Now Close | A Records
4. "Bwanawe" | Wells Fargo | Watch Out! | Now-Again
5. "Immortality" | Desto | Immortality | Signal Life
6. "Vivere, Pt. 5" | Mondkopf | They Fall but You Don't | In Paradisum
7. "Knife On Top" | Pro-D | Oz Waves: Compiled By Steele Bonus | Efficient Space
8. "Signs Of Change - Bambounou Dub Mix" | Landside | Uncharted Remixes EP | Just This
9. "Nine" | The Golden Filter | STILL // ALONE | Optimo
10. "Einklang" | Pfad der Tugend | Sammlung (Elektronische Kassettenmusik, Dusseldorf 1982-1989) | Bureau B
11. "NGC1265" | Ghost Culture | Nucleus | Phantasy Sound
12. "Electric Dub - Edit" | Juan Atkins & Moritz Von Oswald | Dreamy Harbor | Tresor
13. "The Beginning" | Frigorex | Sammlung (Elektronische Kassettenmusik, Dusseldorf 1982-1989) | Bureau B
14. "On Distant Fields" | Gailes | Seventeen Words | Ba Da Bing!
15. "Frightening Thoughts" | Noumen | White Silence | Central Processing Unit
16. "Caterpillar" | CANNIBALE | No Mercy for Love | Born Bad
17. "Thing" | Aquarian Blood | Last Nite in Paradise | Goner
18. "Gun Court" | K. Leimer | Land of Look Behind | Palace of Lights
19. "None" | LAARS | LYSaR/NONE | Full Pupp
20. "Take A Walk In The Sun" | Moral Fibro | Oz Waves: Compiled By Steele Bonus | Efficient Space
21. "The Strollers' Memorial" | Brokeback | Illinois River Valley Blues | Thrill Jockey
22. "Apenas" | Humberto Polar | Anatema | Discos Mono
23. "Apropos Nancy" | Marc Barreca | Aberrant Lens | Palace of Lights
24. "Koan" | Julie's Haircut | Invocation and Ritual Dance Of My Demon Twin | Rocket
25. "Hardly Exist" | Invisible Days | New Adventures of TBTCI | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
26. "Coil" | Multicast Dynamics | Continental Ruins | Denovali
27. "Father" | Paul Woolford | Father, Son & Holy Ghost | Aus

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Got Aqua Net Bangs, Got Amplifier: Transmission 336, 2017 April 12

Here I am again, trying out this new "actually writing posts" thing, seeing how it works. Feels good so far, so let's continue. This broadcast was one iteration of "our weekly time together" that was made "extra Bombastic" by DJ Andrea's early departure to see a Howie Gelb show. Humbly and accurately I suggested that listeners scoot down to that concert rather than listening to me (I am, after all, on every week, and then some) but this program turned out pretty well! It's an odd mismash of "new" music and "leftovers" from the program two nights prior, but that is kind of the dream, after all: connections between the current and the dated, which only I understand, and not even always.

At nearly three hours in length, this program is a real exercise in doing what I used to do 30 years ago, which Monday's program could not be. 180 minutes is a long time to do radio, you guys. I am totally happy with two hours (even that feels like a lot sometimes). I am well tired by the end of this program, even though it's no later than usual. There's probably some unpacking to do there. Anyway--I can't believe I didn't get to Sisters of Mercy, or Smersh, or (a non-interstitial tune by) zoviet:france on Monday night, so the extra time gave me a chance to rectify these horrible oversights.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 April 12, 2000-2300:

1. "Let Me Be The One (feat. La Femme D'Argent)" | Behind The Name | Confession | Fauxpas
2. "Under Glass" | The Legendary Pink Dots | Under Glass | Play It Again Sam
3. "Blue Moon" | Breathless | Blue Moon [reissue] | Tenor Vossa
4. "Le Mur Mur Nu" | Soviet France | Fight! | Cathexis
5. "Longue Attent de la Mort" | Mirco Magnani + Ernesto Tomasini | Madame E. | Undogmatisch
6. "Friends Of Mine" | Buzzcocks | Spiral Scratch | Domino
7. "Stop" | Quince | Rif | Something Happening Somewhere
8. "Papal Breakdance" | Psychic TV | Magick Defends Itself | Temple
9. "Throbbing Gristle" | The Brian Jonestown Massacre | Groove Is In The Heart | A Records
10. "Autocrat" | For Against | Echelons | Independent Project
11. "Dronz 1 - Ketter" | Richard Pinhas | Reverse | Bureau B
12. "Lights" | The Sisters of Mercy | Reptile House EP | Merciful Release
13. "Golden Hair" | Intenna | Just for a Life, A Homage to Slowdive | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
14. "Farmers and Villagers Living Within the Shadow of Aerodromes" | July Skies | The English Cold [reissue] | Caroline True
15. "Birdsong (feat Merely)" | Mythologen | Mythologen | Hoga Nord
16. "Four Paths" | K. Leimer | Land of Look Behind | Palace of Lights
17. "Atlantic Verticode" | Babe, Terror | Ancient M'ocean | Phantasy
18. "Untitled" | Charles Noel & Archetype | The Transformation | Indigo Aera
19. "Herman" | Smersh | The Part of the Animal That People Don't Like | Dead Man's Curve
20. "Sicktone - Version 2" | Zos Kia / Coil | Transparent | Cold Spring
21. "Amaris" | Ulrich Schnauss / Jonas Munk | Passage | Azure Vista
22. "Pretty" | Love Tractor | Athens, GA - Inside Out | I.R.S.
23. "Vivid Flu" | Michael Vallera | Vivid Flu | Denovali
24. "The Room" | Marcel Dettmann / Ben Klock | Phantom Studies | Ostgut Ton
25. "Honey Power" | Ceremony feat. Candy | Forever and Again, A Tribute to My Bloody Valentine | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
26. "French Morning" | Specimens | Sculptures | First Terrace
27. "Blackwell Dynonetics" | Jesse Osborne-Lanthier | Unalloyed, Unlicensed, All Night! | Raster Noton
28. "Morning Fog" | Mordecai | Abstract Recipe | Richie Records / Testostertunes
29. "Valerie Verb" | Sparrow Steeple | Steeple Two | Richie Records / Testostertunes
30. "2.36am" | Grey Hairs | Serious Business | Gringo
31. "For David Robert Jones" | William Basinski | A Shadow in Time | Temporary Residence Limited

I am the light, or the idea of it

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Most of the Time I'm Somebody Else's Problem: Transmission 335, 2017 April 10

Welcome to the 30th birthday party for my extremely non-lucrative radio career. I pointed out a few weeks ago that it had occurred to me that this anniversary must be approaching, and that I had sussed out when it had to be (more on this in a minute). But I had not anticipated, at that brainwave's first appearance, that I would actually have a chance to observe the anniversary on air, seeing as how it fell on a Monday night instead of "our regular weekly time together." I was more or less prepared to just post that old show tape and be done with it, but then fate decided to send Roger somewhere other than the Kenny Ritter Memorial Studio on this particular evening, so--as it often happens--I "stepped in." Aside from being a special night, numerically, this is also a rare confluence of circumstances: (a) having access to Surprise Airtime and Knowing What To Do With It--I notice that on the last TWO iterations of April 23, I have filled in for someone without managing to do anything for David Gedge's birthday (or William Shakespeare's, for that matter); and (b) having the aforementioned Surprise Airtime at a suitable hour for me to drag my old-ass body down to the station and actually conduct whatever needed to be conducted (still feeling guilty about flaking on Andrew Eldritch).

I started to write this post, and then abandoned it for nearly a month. This probably deserves unpacking, but the time will never come. Odds are, I wanted to discuss circumstances and atmosphere, since, aside from a handful of actual records that I used to play, that's what I carry with me from Spring Quarter 1987. You might think this constituted "traveling light." You would be wrong.

As I mention during the program, the first dozen or so broadcasts I did at KDVS were from 3 to 6 in the morning, that being the standard "debut" slot for a new DJ. Even this undesirable shift resulted from a six-month process of dues-paying, attrition, "extreme vetting," and a bit of training and soundchecking here and there. I have no recollection of how I stayed awake until 3am, and would have to guess that it was 99% "being 18 years old" that did the trick. I do recall the oddity of having a key to Freeborn Hall (the student union, effectively) but not to the station itself (I guess we took security more seriously than the University for some reason). If I'm not mistaken I still have that Freeborn key. Wonder if it still works.

A persistent memory: leaving the building after my program and being greeted by sunlight, which was super-weird. Going back to my dorm room and crashing for several hours (perhaps I didn't have class on Fridays? It probably wouldn't have mattered). Already I was becoming isolated from people--maybe on account of my radio activities, or trying to do music of my own. I don't remember, other than that fights and silences that I didn't understand were piling up quickly, and that this three hours a week of panicked improvisation was really the closest thing to "fun" that I was having. Sometimes I think it was ever thus!

Since I didn't plan this anniversary program either, other than picking the records I brought down to the station, there were some oversights, which I would address in the next regular Wednesday broadcast. There are probably many stories to tell about individual songs and the people of whom they remind me, but it's all gossip. I'll make a general observation sandwiched in between two specific ones. First, it really upsets me that I botched the beginning of the LKJ tracks. That's a thing that never used to happen when I was 18 and competent, and I commit these errors all the time now. Representationally--this broadcast isn't nearly as Wax Trax-y as the first KDVS programs were, which is sort of a beautiful lie; it's also devoid of 4AD content, which is also nice--that would soon be an obsession of mine, but not yet. Finally, Cabaret Voltaire--I can't tell you how much time I spent in the listening rooms, during my "probationary" period, spinning Cabs records. Particularly Voice of America, though for my programs I tended to prefer the ones with heavier drums. I have a very clear memory of listening to VOA while weaving a "friendship bracelet"--but for whom? Did I ever even give it away? Seems like a pretty loaded image.

Thanks for being my friend.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 April 10, 1900-2100:

1. "Clustering Train" | The Golden Palominos | Visions of Excess | Celluloid
2. "Michael Jackson" | Negativland | Escape from Noise | SST
3. "Qaf Harpy" | Click Click | Fight! | Cathexis | "Physical Evidence"
4. "The Human Jungle" | The Jazz Butcher | The Human Jungle | Glass
5. "Dance of Framin" | Tiokoala | Fight! | Cathexis | "Physical Evidence"
6. "Reality Poem" / "Wat About Di Workin Claas?" | Linton Kwesi Johnson | In Concert with the Dub Band | LKJ Records
7. "Hazey Daze" | Chris & Cosey | Reflection | Wax Trax!
8. "Amputate" | Project GK | Fight! | Cathexis | "Physical Evidence"
9. "The Milkman of Human Kindness" | Billy Bragg | Life's a Riot / Between the Wars | Cooking Vinyl
10. "Out on Your Own" | Easterhouse | Contenders | Columbia
11. "The Pilgrims Progress" | Clair Obscur | Fight! | Cathexis | "Physical Evidence"
12. "Kundalini" / "Vegas El Bandito" | 23 Skidoo | Seven Songs | Ronin
13. "Bela Lugosi's Dead" | Bauhaus | Bela Lugosi's Dead | Small Wonder
14. "Thumbs of a Murderer" | Shockheaded Peters | Fight! | Cathexis | "Physical Evidence"
15. "Israel" | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Nocturne | Polydor
16. "Teen Love" | No Trend | Teen Love | No Trend
17. "T.V. Mind (It's In My Brain Version)" | Revolting Cocks | Fight! | Cathexis | "Physical Evidence"
18. "Uncorrected Personality Traits" | Robyn Hitchcock | I Often Dream of Trains | Midnight Music
19. "Get Out of My Face" | Cabaret Voltaire | 2 x 45 | Rough Trade

sweat and dirt and sloping shoulders

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Break Every Chain and Relieve All Your Pain: Transmission 334, 2017 April 5

I've been feeling existential about the program for the last couple of months. It's been longer than most such phases, or so it seems to me. Aging probably has much to do with it--increased consciousness, sadness, and anger about the passing of time, and questioning which uses of time are really worthwhile, whatever that means. THE age probably has a bit of influence here--wondering whether I am accomplishing anything with these weekly hullabaloos, or if the escape-ism is enough, or if any escape could be. Nevertheless, I press on.

"The Killing of America": it me, I'm helping to do it.

Serendipitously, I find myself playing a tune called "empty rituals." "It hasn't been for me," I say, perhaps thinking wishfully? I can't imagine not doing this week after week. It must mean something.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 April 5, 2100-2300:

1. "InterOuterNational" | Seekers International | Presents the RaggaPreservation Society EP | Diskotopia
2. "Must Be A Dream / Dreaming (Dub)" | Bim Sherman Meets Horace Andy and U. Black | In A Rub-A-Dub Style | Original Music | "Physical Evidence"
3. "DRY" | Robert G Rough | WET|DRY | digitalDIZZY
4. "Bright Red" | December | Bright Red | Mannequin
5. "Lamb of Judah / Judah (Dub)" | Bim Sherman Meets Horace Andy and U. Black | In A Rub-A-Dub Style | Original Music | "Physical Evidence"
6. "Double Edge Sword Dub" | Jay Glass Dubs | New Teeth for an Old Country | Bokeh Versions
7. "Off Your Face" | Power Pyramid | Forever and Again, A Tribute to My Bloody Valentine | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
8. "Sailor Moon" | Gudrun Gut | Instrumentals for Sirens | Moabit
9. "Unruh" | Vermont | II | Kompakt
10. "Dread Pan Some / Dread (Dub)" | Bim Sherman Meets Horace Andy and U. Black | In A Rub-A-Dub Style | Original Music | "Physical Evidence"
11. "The Killing of America" | Uniform | Wake in Fright | Sacred Bones
12. "Waiting For The Fun" | Annie Anxiety | Soul Possession [reissue] | Dais
13. "In The Park" | The Ludvico Treatment | Colors Compilations - Red "Shoegaze" | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
14. "TT" | Jaws | Object Dom | Hundebiss
15. "Power Chant / Chant (Dub)" | Bim Sherman Meets Horace Andy and U. Black | In A Rub-A-Dub Style | Original Music | "Physical Evidence"
16. "Eseme Ikpong" | Chief Inyang Henshaw & His Top Ten Aces | Calabar-Itu Road: Groovy Sounds from South Eastern Nigeria (1972-1982) | Comb & Razor Sound
17. "Mogador Moon" | Eric Random & The Bedlamites | Ishmael | Klanggalerie
18. "Take A Chance On Me" | Abba | The Definitive Collection | Polar / UTV | "Listening Parlour"
19. "The Burning Fields" | Meatbodies | Alice | In The Red
20. "In The Darkest Night" | Plasticstatic | Colors Compilations - Grey "Post Punk" | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
21. "Excerptz" | Snad | Psychic Advisor | Smallville
22. "If I Can Make It / Make It (Dub)" | Bim Sherman Meets Horace Andy and U. Black | In A Rub-A-Dub Style | Original Music | "Physical Evidence"
23. "Empty Rituals" | Naaahhh | Themes | Blackest Ever Black

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U_D_M Detour 23, 2016 November 6

[GUEST POST]

Guy LeBatard here, after a long absence, about which I can say I hope we didn't miss each other too much. In the fall, I somehow drifted once again into a semblance of "commitment" to a radio program at a certain time. So here I present the first such excursion. It certainly has the feel of a different time, one might say a "lost time," but nothing compared to the current "lost time." If that means anything.

Things are difficult south of the border, I know--you should (always) already know that you are welcome in my squat up north any time, that is, if you can find it. Or you can stay put and listen to this "podcast." Or you can listen while traveling. On this date I was obsessed, seemingly, with "Deep Love." It was a question in a bygone time: how deep is my love? As shallow or as deep as you like. It's not for me to say.

U_D_M playlist, 2016 November 6, 1700-1800:

1. "Go (Loco Dice Mo' Strings Remix)" | Moby | Go (Loco Dice Remix) | Desolat
2. "Act 2 / Dominas" | Carl Craig | More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art | SSR
3. "Tori Karaage" | Detroit Swindle | Deep Love 100 | Dirt Crew
4. "Boiling" | good guy mikesh | Deep Love 100 | Dirt Crew
5. "Heaven & Earth - Part 1" | Paul Woolford | Heaven & Earth | Aus
6. "Chemicality" | La Fleur | Cocoon Compilation P | Cocoon
7. "Casino - Trev'dub" | Trevino | Casino | Aus
8. "Ice Fractions 1B - Remix" | Silvershower | Ice Fractions 1 Remixes | Montage
9. "Blvd." | Huerta | Deep Love 100 | Dirt Crew

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What He Knows You Ain't Had Time To Learn: Transmission 333, 2017 March 29

Unlike the previous program, I do remember why I did this one. It was my regular time slot. No, but really, I quivered with anticip-p-pation for this program, because I was featuring one of my favorite records, the Audio-Visual compilation on the mighty Sweatbox label. Why the record is so special is something of a mystery, but I will endeavor to unravel it (WARNING: in the unravelling, there might come learning, which I promise is unintentional).

This is going to seem like a backhanded compliment but Audio-Visual didn't draw me in too far, unlike a Compilation To Be Named Later which I hope to feature soon. Maybe because I'd already been lured down the rabbit hole by that other compilation, I could appreciate what is absolutely terrific about this record: awesome tunes, that sounded like various permutations of What I Wanted To Be; cool graphics; inspirational reading [the Blurt and A Certain Ratio interviews in the accompanying zine still entertain, three decades later]. I say "absolutely" because I am sure that this comp was good enough to lead some poor souls, god help them, down the aforementioned rabbit hole, where a Label becomes an aspiration or Way of Life. Is it simply a matter of being not quite great enough or not early enough to be formative? Is there some kind of Compilation Laffer Curve whereon a line of Diminishing Return indicates declining lifetime enjoyment of a given collection? There could be a dissertation in this. Is this possibility to be embraced or feared?

Ah, it is probably just baggage.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 March 29, 2100-2300:

1. "Dizzyspells" | Tangible Rays | New Adventures of TBTCI | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
2. "Tearz" | El Michels Affair | Tearz / Verbal Intercourse | Big Crown
3. "They're Biting" | A Primay Industry | Audio Visual | Sweatbox | "Physical Evidence"
4. "Viewpoint" | Multicast Dynamics | Continental Ruins | Denovali
5. "Sea of Lost Hopes" | Cindytalk | The Labyrinth of the Straight Line | Editions Mego
6. "Mma Ama Mbo" | Mari Afi Usuah & The South Eastern State Cultural Band | Calabar-Itu Road: Groovy Sounds from South Eastern Nigeria (1972-1982) | Comb & Razor Sound
7. "They Played in the Harvest Fields At Dusk" | July Skies | The English Cold [reissue] | Caroline True
8. "Come In Alone" | Citrus Clouds | Forever and Again, A Tribute to My Bloody Valentine | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
9. "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" | Mrs. Miller | Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits | Capitol | "Listening Parlour"
10. "Bzw" | Ettinger | Sammlung (Elektronische Kassettenmusik, Dusseldorf 1982-1989) | Bureau B
11. "Slow" | Coloring Electric Like | Forever and Again, A Tribute to My Bloody Valentine | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
12. "Umbwalwa Ne Chamba" | Peace | Black Power | Now-Again
13. "Alison" | Fawns of Love | Just for a Life, A Homage to Slowdive | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
14. "Motor City Nightmare" | Hula | Audio Visual | Sweatbox | "Physical Evidence"
15. "Don't" | Dyr Faser | Trio | Bandcamp self-release
16. "Catch the Breeze" | The City Gates ft. Krissy Vanderwoude | Just for a Life, A Homage to Slowdive | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
17. "Ha (Original Mix)" | The Anti Group | Audio Visual | Sweatbox | "Physical Evidence"
18. "Old No 7" | Hey Colossus | Dedicated To Uri Klangers (2003-2013) | Mie
19. "Healing Feeling" | Tornado Wallace | Lonely Planet | Running Back
20. "Lost Gems" | Silence In The Snow | Colors Compilations - Grey "Post Punk" | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
21. "Gravespit" | Blurt | Audio Visual | Sweatbox | "Physical Evidence"
22. "Side Of Golden You" | AMyn | Best Heard In Shadows EP | Apollo
23. "Digital Botanics" | Odeko | Digital Botanics / Construct Conduct | Gobstopper
24. "Intensidade" | Abrao | Abrao | Garzen
25. "Xanthippe" | Ice Eyes | New Frame | Seagrave
26. "Bearing and Writhe" | Oto Hiax | Oto Hiax | Editions Mego
27. "Sounds Like Something Dirty" | A Certain Ratio | Audio Visual | Sweatbox | "Physical Evidence"
28. "500 Models (Demo Mix)" | Joris Voorn | The Transformation | Indigo Aera
29. "Hatsunori" | Marconi Union | Tokyo+ | Just Music
30. "118 / 2" | Cummi Flu / Raz Ohara | Y | Album Label

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