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U_D_M Detour 11, 2014 September 26

[GUEST POST]

Guy LeBatard here, turning in a circle in the night to be consumed by the internet. It's May, which can only mean that I am fattening myself on a diet of whiskey and Cheez-its and stupefying myself watching the ice hockey playoffs. My team is no more, so my only interest is in making sure Les Habitants lose (though I do love Ginette Reno).

Here is a program from a leaner autumnal time. Did I see that Kid Catharsis had some thoughts on memory? As usual he's an egg short of a croque madame. Dead time: who needs it? The past is a terrible thing to hoard. This particular detour was outstanding, if you are the sort who needs others to entertain you, and I don't need to recall a thing about it to assert that.

U_D_M playlist, 2014 September 26, 1900-2000:

1. "Isla" | Panthera Krause | Laika | Riotvan
2. "Damdamm" | Basti Grub | Asante Sana | Desolat
3. "Control" | Mumbai Science | Deja Vu | Lektrolov
4. "All The Lights" | Throwing Snow | Mosaic | Houndstooth
5. "Midnight Blue (instrumental)" | Mr. Flash | Midnight Blue | Ed Banger - Because
6. "Submarine" | Benotmane | Somewhere | fenou
7. "Serenity in a Forbidden Place (Fudge Fingas Remix)" | Esa | Serenity in a Forbidden Place | Burek
8. "I Hold From You" | Anton Pieete | Loner | Rejected
9. "Unified Movement" | Reference | Isolated Rhythm | 200

vivant avec plaisir.

Smokin' 'Em While I Got 'Em: Transmission 202, 2015 May 5

The first Bombastic hours of May were near-perfect, and here is the evidence. Execution trumped segues on this night, although there were a couple of nice moments. I'm finding Medway nights difficult in this regard; I am sure that somewhere in these archives I have wondered "aloud" whether that was a sign of greatness. I begin to doubt that it is, but Childish & co. do not need me to certify them.

As a seeming influx of djs, coupled with my increasing reluctance to do late nights, diminishes the frequency of my transmissions I have time to reflect on things. This week I turn to my own schtick. Last time out I said that I impress myself; despite that being a change of pace and a much-needed affirmation, I will point out some areas where I make myself tired. (a) Not Remembering, e.g. the innumerable "something must have gone wrong, but I don't recall what it was" / "this program was so long ago the details are lost on me" excuses. It's not cute. No one cares. (b) Honoring Mistakes As a Sign of Liveness: ugh, you're not John Peel, son, tighten up your game. (c) Threatening to Quit Over Some Radio Drama. "Don't you ever quit," a wise person told me very early in this adventure, and she was right. If I quit, the cocks win. They might do so anyway, but they'll have to kill me.

Here's hoping we see no more of that.

BOMBAST playlist, 2015 May 5, 2100-2300:

1. "The Evening's Young" | Yello | 1980 - 1985 The New Mix In One Go | Vertigo
2. "Excerpts (The Cat Inside)" | William S. Burroughs | William S. Burroughs - In Dub (Selected by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill) | Echo Beach
3. "We Mix At Six" | Dave DK | Val Maira | Kompakt
4. "Walk of the Lost" | Thee Headcoats | The Good Times Are Killing Me | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
5. "Years in Repair" | Ssleeping Desiress | Ssleeping Desiress | Onderstroom
6. "LAX - Rough Mix" | Outros | not on album | self-released
7. "Teardrops" | Noze | Come With Us | Circus Company
8. "House on the Water" | Thee Headcoats | The Good Times Are Killing Me | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
9. "Maid of the Mist" | Noahlewis' Mahlon Taits | Gift from Noahlewis' Mahlon Taits | EM
10. "Ain't No Sunshine" | Wovenhand | Wovenhand | Bang!
11. "A Life With Clarinet" | Gonno | Obscurant | International Feel
12. "70" | Causa | LBL002 | LBL
13. "Picket Fence" | Thee Headcoats | The Good Times Are Killing Me | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
14. "IV" | Hecq | Mare Nostrum | Hymen
15. "Ain't No Sunshine" | Horace Andy | Ain't No Sunshine: The Best of Horace Andy | Clocktower
16. "I Wasn't Made for This World" | Thee Headcoats | The Good Times Are Killing Me | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
17. "Camera" | A Projection | Exit | Tapete
18. "Arp Choir" | Luna Semara | The Pink Room EP | Herzblut
19. "Strychnine" | Thee Headcoats | The Good Times Are Killing Me | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
20. "Bush Society" | Mark Barrott | Bush Society | International Feel
21. "Man Next Door" | The Slits | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
22. "Isobelle" | H. Hawkline | In the Pink of Condition | Heavenly
23. "She'll Keep You on Standby" | Thee Headcoats | The Good Times Are Killing Me | Vinyl Japan | "Physical Evidence"
24. "Do It Clean (Live)" | Echo and the Bunnymen | Echo and the Bunnymen EP | Sire

next time: I guess it is my destiny to mar Section 25 songs. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

Give Up, Give Up: Transmission 201, 2015 April 28

We begin our third century with an "only slightly imperfect" episode. I've been on a good run lately. The real downer on this night was that our planned "Physical Evidence" release finally managed to surface on iTunes, about 15 years after the fact. I believe that's twice Tim Cook has defeated me now; he's making a game of it. Still, Lady Catharsis contributes the track "Christianity Is Stupid," sure to irritate friends and family alike.

Confession: my favorite place to listen to these mixtapes after the fact is the treadmill. They are surprisingly good for the purpose. If I cannot impress anyone else with this program, I will at least impress myself. This is my affirmation for the day. I need these things--I've been considering taking a break lately, having just seen two other programs do just that and seeing their hosts seemingly dropping substantial spiritual weight.

There are two more programs recorded and in the pipeline. That's as much as I can promise. I could always get run over by a bus, you know.

BOMBAST playlist, 2015 April 28, 2100-2300:

1. "Destroy the Heart" | The House of Love | Live At the Lexington | Cherry Red
2. "Hungry, So Angry" | Medium Medium | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
3. "The Narcotic Comforts of the Status Quo" | Kinski | Sandrider + Kinski | Good to Die
4. "Shadow of a Doubt" | Sonic Youth | EVOL | DGC
5. "Back in Town" | H. Hawkline | In the Pink of Condition | Heavenly
6. "C.P" | Section 25 | Always Now | Factory Benelux
7. "Torn Calendar" | The Wake | Here Comes Everybody | Factory Benelux
8. "Miss Teardrop" | Felix Laband | Dark Days Exit | Compost
9. "Betty vs. the NYPD" | The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015 | Mom + Pop
10. "Look Up in the Sky (Negro Nature)" | Francis the Great | Ravissante Baby (Negro Phasing) | Hot Casa
11. "White Sands Pt 1" | The Fabulous Three | The Best of the Fabulous Three | Truth & Soul
12. "Black Harmony Killer" | Jah Stitch | If Deejay Was Your Trade | Blood and Fire
13. "Better than Be4" | Magic Island | Wasted Dawn | Mansions and Millions
14. "Please Fall" | Andrea Balency | Volcano | Bataille
15. "Neat Neat Neat" | The Damned | Up Yours! (Punk's Not Dead) | Mojo Magazine
16. "What's Wrong With You" | The Vanguards | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 1 | Crypt
17. "Electric Pony 2" | Shit and Shine | 54 Synth-Brass, 38 Metal Guitar, 65 Cathedral | Rocket
18. "You Are Now Poison" | Prefuse 73 | You Are Now Poison | Temporary Residence
19. "Never Met a Girl Like You Before" | The Es Shades | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 1 | Crypt
20. "Where the Nightingale Sings" | Gang of Four | What Happens Next | Metropolis
21. "Averoigne" | James Blackshaw | Summoning Suns | Important
22. "Christianity Is Stupid" | Negativland | Escape From Noise | SST | "Listening Parlour"
23. "Neat Neat Neat" | Thee Mighty Caesars | Caesars Pleasure | Big Beat
24. "Mountain Song" | Sandrider | Sandrider + Kinski | Good to Die
25. "Partial to Your Abracadabra" | Ian Dury | New Boots and Panties!! | Demon
26. "Chusan" | Oorutaichi | Drifting My Folklore | Streamline
27. "Just Say Who" | Horace Andy | Ain't No Sunshine: The Best of Horace Andy | Clocktower
28. "Unconditional Love" | LTJ Bukem | Journey Inwards | Kinetic
29. "Down Solitude Beat / Trying to feel alright" | You Still Have Friends | #Back to School - VVAA | SPD / M.I.S.T.
30. "Indian Summer of Benazir Bhutto [excerpt]" | Muslimgauze | Zul'm | Extreme

next time: moving off the land. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

Cruising Altitude Departure 10, 2014 September 13

[GUEST POST]

Halcyon reporting. Days are warmer and longer, and skies are clearer; it was for these climes that we created this program. This particular episode, however, aired when looming equinox forced me into afternoon duty.

Initially I tried posting this on soundclod, but apparently Siinaii's people thought a bit-starved .mp3 of their tune threatened copyright. When people are 90 years old, wondering why it didn't work out for them and their music, why people ultimately never heard of them or didn't care, I hope they have some nice fables to tell themselves. I mean that. Stories are great fun.

Thank goodness this program is a "mere" pop-up; I'd hate to feel like anything about it "had" to happen.

CRUISING ALTITUDE playlist, 2014 September 13, 1400-1500:

1. "En-trance" | Siinai | Supermarket | Splendour
2. "Control Through Prohibition or Supply" | Campbell Irvine | Removal of the Six Armed Goddess | Infrastructure New York
3. "Vapourware 01" | Donato Dozzy | Plays Bee Mask | Spectrum Spools
4. "Dilankex" | Oberman Knocks | Dilankex | Aperture
5. "Baillon Rose" | Opera Mort | Dedales | Alter
6. "Essene" | Mark Barrott | Sketches From An Island | International Feel
7. "Imperial" | Unrest | Imperial f.f.r.r. | Teen Beat - Guernica
8. "Emocor (feat. Hana Kobayashi)" | Oval | Voa | EOVA
9. "Petra Marina [excerpt]" | Lussuria | Industriale Illuminato | Hospital Productions
10. "Loose Joints" | This Mortal Coil | Blood | 4AD
11. "Polyphony of a Metropolis" | Fake the Facts | Soundtrack | Trost
12. "Kolik" | Kaboom Karavan | Hokus Fokus | Miasmah

deep, transcendent waves of golden light.

U_D_M Detour 10, 2014 August 29

[GUEST POST]

LeBatard ici, and I will leave you to guess where "here" is. I took a much-needed vacation from the relentless schedule of doing shows, posting shows, etc., but I have returned to dead, cyclical time, for now. For some reason the people at WRFI made me a regular fixture last summer, and here is one of those shows. IIRC this was just after Kid Catharsis's birthday, which was a disaster. It's a shame we can't fuel our motorbikes with the terrible behavior of other people, for it is a limitless resource.

Anyway--this is a truly arbitrary collection of tunes. Grab-bags and adventure are how I roll. If you want planning and care, you'll have to go somewhere else.

U_D_M playlist, 2014 August 29, 1900-2000:

1. "Dream Sequence" | Talbot Wood | Dream Sequence | Curle - N.E.W.S.
2. "Love Inc" | Booka Shade | Love Inc | Blaufield - Embassy One
3. "Ritual Dub" | Stojche | Excess Depth | Subwax
4. "No Fool" | Call Super | No Episode | Throne of Blood
5. "Blackened - Sons of Tiki Remix" | Avatism | Adamant Remixes #1 | Vakant
6. "Come Easy - Dave Aju Remix" | High Heels Breaker | Come Easy | Drumpoet Community
7. "The Pursuit - Good Guy Mikesh & Filburt Remix" | The Blaxploited Orchestra | The Pursuit | Compost Disco
8. "Hofbahn" | Decay | Correspondant Compilation 02 | Correspondant
9. "We Used To" | Abstraxion | Break of Lights | Hakt

all the lights.

Cheap Trucker Speed: Transmission 200, 2015 April 21

Here is a milestone episode, if you are into that sort of thing. Unlike #100, IIRC, this one happened in the "alpha" [i.e. regular] timeslot. The US Postal Service made things really "dramatic" by waiting until the last possible moment to deliver this night's "Physical Evidence," but sure enough they "came through" and we got to hear a selection from Sub Pop 200, an understated & underrated compilation whose best tracks don't seem to come from the usual suspects.

Those who "know me well" may actually recall that I owned this back in the day and may wonder why I had to procure it by mail order. Do you ever make mistakes with your music collection, e.g. think that you are "finished" with something, and sell it, and then later miss it, and decide that you need it again? If you appreciate this program I know that you do this. That's why, and enough said.

Anyway the fortuitous timing spared me from having to roll with Plan B, which was some Physical Evidence by the Cure, this being Robert Smith's birthday. And I probably would have been forced to include this tune, which I kind of didn't think I should do, and Lady C told me there was no way I could do. And I think I was prepared not to. Is this cowardice? It's purely academic, because I'm fine with cowardice as cowards have a way of surviving. But whose fault is it if people don't read Camus? Are there any other songs like this? Meaning: songs whose meaning used to be understood clearly and universally, but are now deliberately misunderstood, by people who know better, as part of the social contract? If I get a long enough list of these I'll make a whole show out of them. I need some kind of bang with which to go out, besides this one tune, which I know will be part of my final program (whenever that is).

BOMBAST playlist, 2015 April 21, 2100-2300:

1. "Waken to the Night" | Mugstar & Damo Suzuki | Start from Zero | Important
2. "Arterial" | Lusine | Arterial Reworks | Ghostly International
3. "I Was Fooling Around with These Tapes in Hotels, Pt. 2" | William S. Burroughs | William S. Burroughs - In Dub (Selected by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill) | Echo Beach
4. "The Message" | Stiff Little Fingers | The Message | Rhino
5. "The Outback" | Blood Circus | Sub Pop 200 | Sub Pop - Tupelo | "Physical Evidence"
6. "To Compensate, While The Average Lifespan Of A Male Will Be About 70 Years, Medical Advancements Will Make The Average Lifespan Of A Woman To Be About 750 Years" | Exploring Jezebel | On a Business Trip to London | Blackest Ever Black
7. "Careless Love" | Our Gang | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt
8. "Big Cigar" | Cat Butt | Sub Pop 200 | Sub Pop - Tupelo | "Physical Evidence"
9. "I Need Your Lovin'" | Ronnie D with the Casuals | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt
10. "No Fun" | The Stooges | The Stooges | Elektra
11. "Crocodile Rock" | The Tea Jennies | With Mike But No Mic | self-released
12. "A Swift One" / "Refreshment Break" / "Night Touch" / "Racing Poodles" | Martin Chambers / Bob Cobbing & Henri Chopin / Dave Vanian / Metabolist | Miniatures 1 | Megaphone / Knock 'Em Dead
13. "Swallow" | Wire | Wire | pinkflag
14. "Gonna Find a Cave" | Girl Trouble | Sub Pop 200 | Sub Pop - Tupelo | "Physical Evidence"
15. "Fragments" | The Cannanes and Steward | Communicating at An Unknown Rate | Chapter
16. "Love or Confusion" | Screaming Trees | Sub Pop 200 | Sub Pop - Tupelo | "Physical Evidence"
17. "The Second House from the Corner" | Yeah Yeah Noh | Anatomically Saturday | Cherry Red
18. "Walk On By" | The Stranglers | Walk On By | Rhino - Parlophone
19. "Love or Confusion" | Jimi Hendrix Experience | BBC Sessions | MCA
20. "Infantry" | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Join Hands | Polydor - Universal
21. "Kule Kule Reprise" | Konono No. 1 | Congotronics | Crammed Discs
22. "Dead Is Dead" | Terry Lee Hale | Sub Pop 200 | Sub Pop - Tupelo | "Physical Evidence"
23. "Witch Doctor" | Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces | Dedication of Love | Jazzman
24. "I Love You So" | Bo Diddley | Have Guitar Will Travel | Checker
25. "I Love U" | Maestro | Mountains of Madness | Tigersushi
26. "Swallow My Pride" | Fastbacks | Sub Pop 200 | Sub Pop - Tupelo | "Physical Evidence"
27. "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" | Husker Du | Sheena Is A Punk Rocker | Rhino - Sire - Warner
28. "I Am Damo Suzuki" | The Fall | This Nation's Saving Grace | Beggars Banquet
29. "You Lost It" | Thrown Ups | Sub Pop 200 | Sub Pop - Tupelo | "Physical Evidence"
30. "A Forest" | The Cure | Concert: The Cure Live | Fiction
31. "hat 2b 2012b" | Aphex Twin | Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP | Warp
32. "Siren" | Edanticonf | Highway of Thoughts EP | Cinematic

next time: Tim Cook reminds me that he exists. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

Windows All Open, Chaos in My Hair: Transmission 199, 2015 April 14

Here is a show that will make you wonder if it's past time I stopped playing vinyl records. I think I curate the show pretty well--Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Volume 2 (which helps give the lie to Volume 1's title) is a great collection, but whether I can remember to fade down the turntable channel before the next track begins to play is basically a coin flip. That's not even a passing grade. Also, I was off by a week on Michael Franti's birthday, which will teach me not to look ahead.

Pre- and post-milestone episode I've been thinking about the big picture. (1) Are things different now than in the beginning? Yes--listening to some programs from 2 years ago or so, as I did recently, I got all wistful. Those shows were very nocturnal, and I don't know how well I'm achieving that right now. I found myself missing some bands that seem to have gone inactive, wondering whether they've been replaced by bands as good. I'm not sure about the host of those earlier programs, though. I think "bed music" turned out to be a good idea after all, and less pedantry is always welcome. Isn't it? (2) If the answer to (1) is "yes," and it is, when did things change? It would have to be around the time I became "management," which was never the goal. A graceful retreat, however it might be achieved, has been on my mind a lot lately. This is a human experiment with wild unpredictable swings between success and failure. I have taken to cc-ing someone on all my radio emails just to keep my worst tendencies in check. (3) How about that search for the "unbroken younger self"--how is that going? I begin to think that it was always misguided. I was never unbroken. Maybe it is "always now," as Section 25 would say. Lots of work still to do, I guess.

You know who else I have been listening to, though, and who raises no doubts whatsoever? Cap'n Halcyon. That guy is really good.

BOMBAST playlist, 2015 April 14, 2100-2300:

1. "Private Armies Dub" | Vivien Goldman | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
2. "INS Greencard A-19 191 500 / Socio-Genetic Experiment" | The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy | Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury | 4th & Broadway
3. "Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of My Heart | Tender Prey | Don't Take My Soul / Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of My Heart | Bird
4. "Heidi" | Infinitives | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt | "Physical Evidence"
5. "X-Tacy Symphony (Alternate Mix)" | Spacemen 3 | Losing Touch with Your Mind | Munster
6. "Strange Clues" | Gardening by Moonlight | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
7. "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" | The Smiths | Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now | Rough Trade
8. "Escape Velocity" | Lake People | Purposely Uncertain Field | Permanent Vacation
9. "Let It Take You There" | Maximum Joy | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
10. "Strange Days" | Mind Against | Strange Days | Life and Death
11. "Injected" | Robert Leiner | Duff 80 / Injected | Hoga Nord
12. "Llove" | End Result | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt | "Physical Evidence"
13. "Reaching the Bad Man" | Singers and Players | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
14. "Loving on Borrowed Time" | Half Pint and the Fifths | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt | "Physical Evidence"
15. "Ubersprung - Mano Le Tough Remix" | Vermont | The Other Versions | Kompakt
16. "The Easiest Way" | BELP | BELP feat. Becky Reynolds Band | Schamoni
17. "Do What You Wanta Do" | The Merchants | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 2 | Crypt | "Physical Evidence"
18. "Someday My Caliph Will Come" | Nadjma | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
19. "Drive Blind" | Ride | OX4 | Sire
20. "Your Love Will Die" | Vandals | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt | "Physical Evidence"
21. "Tarhanam (Remix)" | Hama | Torodi | Sahelsounds
22. "Just Can't Wait" | The Prophets of Old | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt | "Physical Evidence"
23. "Otras Dimensiones" | Pfirter | Message 1 | Mindtrip
24. "Got Love If You Want It" | Unknown Group | Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2 | Crypt | "Physical Evidence"
25. "Jekyll & Hyde" | Jim Burgett | Chug-A-Lug - Exotic Blues & Rhythm Vol. 8 | Stag-O-Lee |
26. "Leipniz" | Gomila Park | Ununoctium | Raster-Noton

next time: gonna find a cave for me and you. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

Babylon and Ting: Transmission 198, 2015 April 12

Here I am, filling in for Dusty Visions once again, which has to mean [I guess] that The Orb gets an airing, for reasons unknown. Anyway, I am sure Dusty would have appreciated the Spacemen 3 disc "featured" on the program. I don't care what the geeks at Discogs have to say, this was a Munster release. I was there when it happened. Somehow I always enjoyed the idea of Spacemen 3 more than the actual manifestations thereof, until this one.

Mistakes abound in this program. I know they are proof of liveness but I have to say they have a way of losing their charm. Maybe this is just as good as I get. Sometimes I wonder if this is a reason to stop and then I realize that, trouble not withstanding, this program is not the expression of a mid-life crisis but the solution to it. You're stuck with me. Anyway, by the end of the show I was so exasperated with myself I just said, FTS, let's play some Nurse With Wound, which should probably be the solution more often than it is.

BOMBAST playlist, 2015 April 12, 2100-2300:

1. "Braces Tower Dub" | Augustus Pablo | King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown | Shanachie
2. "Towers of Dub" | The Orb | U.F.Orb | Island Red Label
3. "Bowls" | Caribou Vibration Ensemble | CVE Live 2011 | Caribou Vibration Ensemble
4. "Losing Touch With My Mind (Northampton Demo)" | Spacemen 3 | Losing Touch with Your Mind | Munster | "Physical Evidence"
5. "Das Spiel ist aus" | The Notwist | Messier Objects | Alien Transistor
6. "Midnight Man" | Etienne Jaumet | La Visite | Versatile
7. "Honey (Alternate Mix)" | Spacemen 3 | Losing Touch with Your Mind | Munster | "Physical Evidence"
8. "In a Trap" | African Head Charge | Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1 1979-1984 | On-U Sound
9. "Chameleon" | Herbie Hancock | Autodrive | Columbia
10. "Black Towers" | Roman Flugel | Sliced Africa | Dial
11. "Things'll Never Be the Same (Drum Mix)" | Spacemen 3 | Losing Touch with Your Mind | Munster | "Physical Evidence"
12. "Spark (Remood Remix)" | Douglas Greed & Mooryc | Spark / Noisy | Freude Am Tanzen
13. "Why Couldn't I See (Alternate Mix)" | Spacemen 3 | Losing Touch with Your Mind | Munster | "Physical Evidence"
14. "The Purple Ache" | Nurse With Wound | Brain in the Wire | Brainwashed

next time: all around me was bonfire. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

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

Let's Not Upstage Kink Anymore: Transmission 196, 2015 April 7

Hurtling into the future, relative to our recent posting rate, here is another program, and one from this very month, to boot. I almost remember this night. Feeling under some kind of time constraint to use yet another Shriekback record as "Physical Evidence," I went ahead and buckled. Junior's had a health class, so I didn't feel too queasy hearing her read the title, but still.

I do keep forgetting there's that awkward rap break in "Achtung." Very English, and a good exhibit of why, at the time, it was a really bad idea for white people to make those attempts. Still, I would be sad when Carl Marsh left the band.

Elsewhere: I swear, sometime in my adolescence [my actual adolescence, not my prolonged refusal to grow up] there was a local mattress outlet that used a passage from the end of "Home Computer" as the underscoring. I think that was about as cool as Greater Sacramento ever got.

BOMBAST playlist, 2015 April 7, 2100-2300:

1. "Nerve" | Shriekback | Knowledge, Power, Truth and Sex | Arista | "Physical Evidence"
2. "Rolf & Florian Go Hawaiian" | Blaine L. Reininger | Byzantium | LTM
3. "Intergalactic Spring" | Thyladomid | Interstellar Destiny | DIYNamic
4. "Din Con" | Kriget | Din Con / Sama | Hoga Nord
5. "Barium" | Dodi Palese | Chemtrails EP | What Ever Not
6. "Achtung" | Shriekback | Knowledge, Power, Truth and Sex | Arista | "Physical Evidence"
7. "Blue Ocean" | Mirror System | N + X | A-Wave
8. "Gold Bars" | Schmutz | Peelers EP | Dirt Crew
9. "Anatomy of a Synthesizer" | Etienne Jaumet | La Visite | Versatile
10. "Spiritual Enhancer" | Roman Flugel | Sliced Africa | Dial
11. "Abu Dhabi Joint" | Chuckie | Desolat X-Sampler 2015 | Desolat
12. "Traders II (feat. Rennie Foster)" | Dan Shake | Out of Sight | Black Acres
13. "Nightsteps" | Sascha Ciminiera | Footjob 002 | Footjob
14. "Home Computer" | Kraftwerk | Computer World | Warner Bros.
15. "Direct Experience (Hannes Rasmus Remix)" | Sebastian Mullaert | Direct Experience | Traum
16. "Mistah Linn He Dead" | Shriekback | Knowledge, Power, Truth and Sex | Arista | "Physical Evidence"
17. "Paradise Trilogy I" | Darkness Falls | Dance and Cry | HFN
18. "Fantasia" | Kink | Fantasia | Pets
19. "Phoenix" | good guy mikesh | Year of the Horse | Riotvan
20. "Persona non grata" | La Batteria | La batteria | Penny
21. "Hubris" | Shriekback | Knowledge, Power, Truth and Sex | Arista | "Physical Evidence"
22. "Echo" | Automat & Max Loderbauer | Verstarker / Hall / Kompressor / Echo | Bureau B Selekt

next time: millennium bugs, gathering dust. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis