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The Hall of Legends - The Dub Syndicate: Transmission 67, 2013 October 19

We herewith induct The Dub Syndicate into the BOMBAST Hall of Legends, where they join A.R.Kane, Little Annie, Dif Juz, Prince Far I, Coil [part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4], Billy Childish, Stereolab [charter members], and The Fall [charter members]. Here is a hastily-assembled program, thrown together on account of DJ Helen Stride's sudden illness. As I mention during the show, it's been a while since I've done this sort of thing. The madness of this past summer exhausted my "reserve" of tunes, at least those which had been sorted into "coherent" programs [LOL-ed.]. The Dub Syndicate are definitely Hall-worthy and were very much in the proverbial pipeline for induction. It was a good night for dub--when is it not?--so when opportunity knocked, I opened the door.

I'ma go off on a tangent for a sec., but I'll return to the point soon enough. I don't know if this "Arthur Parker" fellow who wrote the liner notes for Lonely Is An Eyesore was really Tom Friedman in disguise, but sure enough, he deploys a fictional "cab driver" to share this bit of wisdom: "The only incandescent pearls of light within a mile radius of the Cocteau Twins...are in their music. Not your gob, mine, or anyone else's." I was recently reminded by Rudy Tambala that this is true of any great band. SO--getting back on topic--I have nothing to say regarding The Dub Syndicate's music that the music can't tell you itself. I'm happy to reiterate, perhaps needlessly, that L.V. "Style" Scott is an absolute monster drummer, and that I can't think of any percussionist-led bands that are even in The Dub Syndicate's league. [Sorry, Genesis and Rush fans.] Come to think of it, African Head Charge is close at hand, but that's another program for another day.

Anyway, my life would be much emptier had I not stumbled upon Tunes From the Missing Channel in my local record store, during my first term at college. "Friend of Bombast" Mr. D will attest that we used to blast "Ravi Shankar" and "The Show is Coming" from our dorm room, much to the consternation of the Eddie Money and Van Halen fans living close by. When I attend a party, I usually arrive late, and this case is no exception: TFTMC was my first On-U Sound record, and what a gateway it proved to be. The Pounding System seemed like ancient history then, but still sounds like the future now. As do the other Dub Syndicate records. So much for not saying anything.

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I've figured out something about the Hall of Legends. Would you like to know what that is? Of course you would. It struck me, around the time of our last induction, that we had played about 800 different musical acts on the program, and that we had inducted 8 acts into the Hall. That seems to me a good ratio. And here we are, on our ninth induction, having played about 900 different musical acts at this point. [If we're not careful, we'll break the 1000-act barrier before the show's first birthday--how great does that "anti-rotation policy" look now?] Bill James has observed that roughly 1 out of every 10 plate appearances in the history of Major League Baseball have been taken by a Hall of Fame player, so let no one accuse us of having low standards. At any rate, doing an induction special at or around the time we pass each of these milestones feels about right. Bombast: a program for the musical 1%.

Also--I was excited to receive, around the time of our last induction, our first listener nomination for the Hall of Legends. How awesome is that? Very awesome IMO. I won't give it away, but let's just say the label which released this act's records begins with "4" and ends with "AD." And not one of the obvious choices either. Anyway, that is a thing that will happen sooner or later--probably later, as I am hoping to digest this book before going down that path again, and I don't want to be pigeonholed as "that guy" who rhapsodizes about all "those bands." We are mostly a "current music" program, after all.

That said, Dub Syndicate, you're still going, right? Feel free to swing through Ithaca, anytime.

BOMBAST playlist, 2013 October 19, 2000-2200:

1. "Train to Doomsville" | Lee Perry & Dub Syndicate | Pay It All Back Volume 2 | On-U Sound - Nettwerk
2. "Humourless Journalist Works to Rules" | The Dub Syndicate | The Pounding System | On-U Sound
3. "10K at 0 VU - 60Hz - Mind Boggles!" | The Dub Syndicate | The Pounding System | On-U Sound
4. "Stoned Immaculate" | The Dub Syndicate | Stoned Immaculate | On-U Sound
5. "Lighthouse" | The Dub Syndicate | Night Train | Industrie Discografiche Lacerba
6. "Chapter 4" | The Dub Syndicate | Pay It All Back Volume 4 | On-U Sound
7. "The Precinct of Sound" | The Dub Syndicate | Classic Selection Volume 2 | On-U Sound
8. "African Landing" | The Dub Syndicate | Murder Tone | On-U Sound
9. "Haunting Ground" | The Dub Syndicate | Pay It All Back Volume 2 | On-U Sound - Nettwerk
10. "Ravi Shankar" | The Dub Syndicate | Live At The T + C - 1991 | On-U Sound
11. "93 Struggle" | The Dub Syndicate | Echomania | On-U Sound
12. "Shout It Out" | The Dub Syndicate | Strike the Balance | On-U Sound
13. "The Show Is Coming" | The Dub Syndicate | Tunes from the Missing Channel | On-U Sound
14. "Can't Stop Dancing" | The Dub Syndicate | Classic Selection Volume 2 | On-U Sound
15. "Mafia" | The Dub Syndicate | Strike the Balance | On-U Sound
16. "Man of Mystery" | Dr. Pablo & The Dub Syndicate | North of the River Thames | On-U Sound
17. "Dr. Who?" | Dr. Pablo & The Dub Syndicate | North of the River Thames | On-U Sound
18. "Vibrate On" | Lee "Scratch" Perry | From My Secret Laboratory | Island Jamaica
19. "Over Board" | The Dub Syndicate | Tunes from the Missing Channel | On-U Sound
20. "Forever More" | The Dub Syndicate | Tunes from the Missing Channel | On-U Sound
21. "2001 Love" | The Dub Syndicate | Echomania | On-U Sound
22. "I'm the Man for You Baby" | The Dub Syndicate | Strike the Balance | On-U Sound

next time: shutting [TF] up. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

Trouble Every Day - I'm Working On It: Transmission 66, 2013 October 16

Tonight, we forgo "The Listening Parlour" and "Junior Selector," but we do see the return of "Physical Evidence" in the form of the new Fuzztones tribute record. This brings the tally in our contest against iTunes to a gazillion to one, give or take a few, in our favor. Someone actually called and asked what year one of the songs was recorded, and it delighted me to be able to answer, "2013." In the beginning, the dream was to play "old" music that sounded new. New music that sounds old, though? I guess that is a corollary, and I should be happy about that. Also, I did manage to stay away from the salty snacks. More or less. I had three pita chips on my way out. Don't you judge me.

Indeed we had staged a party the previous evening, following a tumultuous station meeting that involved a stunt--and not a friendly one. Let's just say for now that both program directors were this close to quitting this week. That's quite an achievement for the hijacking troll in our midst. I'm sure there's room for improvement, though. WRFI is a young station. We're just learning, and there are growing pains. I don't think our meetings are up to snuff. We haven't yet matched the notorious Park Slope food co-op meeting, or the WBAI station meeting--look that stuff up yourself, I'm not doing your homework for you--but we're close. Yay? I've said it before, but it bears repeating: radio attracts crazy people, and it brings out the crazy in sane people.

Speaking of which, I don't receive many phone calls during the show. Sometimes I am sad about this, and feel jealousy toward those hosts who seem to get more love [the peeps in Ithaca really adore their righteous, pre-electric, "nu-Mennonite" folk music, make of that what you will]. However, just last night I was in the studio with a DJ duo who were receiving their sixth call of the evening from the same drunk guy. I thought to myself, "thank goodness the people who like my show aren't messed up." Quality over quantity. I was happy to get a reasonable request on this program, and even happier to fill it. Good times.

BOMBAST playlist, 2013 October 16, 2100-2300:

1. "In Times" | The Blue Angel Lounge | 10 Years 8MM Music | 8MM
2. "Nine Months Later" | Vagrants | In Fuzz We Trust | Stag-O-Lee | "Physical Evidence"
3. "Air" | Talking Heads | Fear of Music | Sire - Rhino
4. "Fevered" | Whore Paint | Swallow My Bones | Load
5. "Inner Place" | Laura Jones | Rebel Rave 3 | Crosstown Rebels
6. "Taste" | Ride | Original Album Series | Rhino UK
7. "Smoke" | Dapayk & Padberg | Smoke | Mo's Ferry
   
8. "Ward 81" | The Pretty Things (w/ Zacherley & Plasticland) | In Fuzz We Trust | Stag-O-Lee | "Physical Evidence"
9. "M.B. Williams" | Response Pirituba | Daora: Underground Sounds of Urban Brasil | Mais Um Discos
10. "Heartbeat" | Night Plane | Heartbeat | Soul Clap
11. "Trouble Everyday" | Tumbleweed | Daddy Long Legs | Waterfront
12. "Black Box" | Vanilla Fudge | In Fuzz We Trust | Stag-O-Lee | "Physical Evidence"
13. "Night Stalker (Lauer Remix)" | New World | Night Stalker | Riotvan
14. "Kether Hot Knives" | A Certain Ratio | Sextet | Universal Sound
15. "Black Octagons" | Call Super | Black Octagons | Houndstooth
16. "Serenity 021" | Esa | Serenity in a Forbidden Place | Burek
17. "Romilar D" | Shy Guys | In Fuzz We Trust | Stag-O-Lee | "Physical Evidence"
18. "Aching Bones" | Nadine Shah | Love Your Dum and Mad | R & S - Apollo
19. "I See It" | Sauce81 | All In Line | Catune
20. "Avalanche" | Dave Allan & The Arrows | In Fuzz We Trust | Stag-O-Lee | "Physical Evidence"

next time: a surprise induction to the Hall. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

Very, Um, Very Cute: Transmission 65, 2013 October 9

This time out, BOMBAST goes from being a show about features to being "merely" a show about segues. These transitions work out quite well, all things considered. It has been one of those weeks, and I have had it up to here with people, which probably explains why I was eager to play that Vedagor record. I enjoyed this episode, and was pleased to give Archie Bester and Whore Paint a spin [it seems a shame that time and geography prevented them from collaborating--what a great band name that would be]. I can say with confidence that we will hear from them in the future.

BOMBAST playlist, 2013 October 9, 2100-2300:

1. "FFF" | Public Image Ltd. | Compact Disc | Elektra
2. "Cookie Road" | The Julie Ruin | Run Fast | The Julie Ruin
3. "Broadway" | The Clash | Sandinista! | Sony UK
4. "One Smile" | múm | Smilewound | Morr
5. "Weightless" | John Daly | One More City | SecretSundaze
6. "Para Mulatu" | Amabis and Criolo | Daora: Underground Sounds of Urban Brasil | Mais Um Discos
7. "Train Song" | 14 Iced Bears | Hold On Inside | Cherry Red
8. "Energy Fools the Magician" | Brian Eno | Before and After Science | Virgin Japan
9. "More Evil Ways - Senking Remix" | Guido Möbius | Though The Darkness Gathers | Karaoke Kalk
10. "Malunguinho" | Abayomy Afrobeat Orquestra | Daora: Underground Sounds of Urban Brasil | Mais Um Discos
11. "Seadance" | Saroos | Return | Alien Transistor
12. "Scattah" | Etch | Keysound Allstars 2 | Keysound
13. "This Body" | Whore Paint | Swallow My Bones | Load
14. "Euporie" | Causa Sui | Euporie Tide | El Paraiso
15. "Floating" | Nadine Shah | Love Your Dum and Mad | R & S - Apollo
16. "Shining O and Jupiter ∞" | Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno | Doobie Wonderland | Parallax
17. "Untitled III" | Vedagor | Untitled | Burek
18. "Mulato" | Iconili | Daora: Underground Sounds of Urban Brasil | Mais Um Discos
19. "Jurte" | Larkin & The S.K.Y. | Polyrhythmic Series #2 | SVS
20. "all made up" | Pinkcourtesyphone | Foley Folly Folio | Boomkat Editions
21. "Reach for the Skylon" | Archie Bester | Soundcloud self-release

next time: the return of at least one feature. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

I Made It Through the Wilderness: Transmission 64, 2013 October 2

Like The World's End, which I reference at some point in the program, this show takes us back to 1990-91, albeit inadvertently, and the Creation sound, which was dominant then. Teenage Fanclub supplies the "Physical Evidence" with a single too good to have been a promotional freebie, although that is what it was. [Does anyone else remember when SPIN Magazine named Bandwagonesque the best album of 1991, and everyone thought they were just trolling us in what was most assuredly Nirvana's year? Does anyone else now think they were on to something?] Lady Catharsis drops the tune that "began" Primal Scream as we now know them, and as they apparently want to be remembered. And the mighty Ride chime in with another reissued song from that golden time. Oh, and there's a bunch of high-quality new stuff too.

There's another song I really wanted to play, one that also uses that soundbite from Wild Angels, but it turns out that Mudhoney are pottymouths, so the best I can do is embed it here:

Also, if you don't get the Guy LeBatard reference, you need to be part of the Bombast facebook experience. You'll never miss a reference again!

BOMBAST playlist, 2013 October 2, 2100-2300:

1. "What You Do to Me (Satan Version)" | Teenage Fanclub | What You Do to Me | DGC | "Physical Evidence"
2. "Dance with Space Gypsy Queen" | Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno | Doobie Wonderland | Parallax
3. "Motel Show" | Pierre Bachelet | Cosmic Machine | Because | "Junior Selector"
4. "Paper and Pen" | The Dub Club | Foundation Come Again | Stones Throw
5. "Loaded" | Primal Scream | Screamadelica | Creation - Sire | "Listening Parlour"
6. "Teasel - tobias. remix" | Hiver | Blue Aconite | Curle
7. "Dreary Town" | Nadine Shah | Love Your Dum and Mad | R & S - Apollo
8. "Life's a Gas" | Teenage Fanclub | What You Do to Me | DGC | "Physical Evidence"
9. "Lonely Ritournelle XIII" | rRoxymore | Precarious / Precious | Human Level
10. "Be Right Too" | White Fence | White Fence | God?
11. "Kaleidoscope - Psychemagik Remix" | Mirror People | Discotexas Picnic II | Discotexas
12. "Maharishi Dug the Scene" | Teenage Fanclub | What You Do to Me | DGC | "Physical Evidence"
13. "Privatise the Air" / "Privatise the Air Pt. 2" | Gary Clail & On-U Sound System | End of the Century Party | On-U Sound
14. "Force" | Ozgur Can | Folkets Hus | We Manage With Love
15. "Send the Ark - Daniel Padden Remix" | Guido Möbius | Though the Darkness Gathers | Karaoke Kalk
16. "We Walk Around the Streets" | Colourbox | Colourbox | 4AD | "Listening Parlour"
17. "Envoye (live)" | The Young Gods | The Young Gods | Two Gentlemen
18. "Long Hair" | Teenage Fanclub | What You Do to Me | DGC | "Physical Evidence"
19. "Dreams Burn Down" | Ride | Original Album Series | Rhino UK
20. "Electric Guitar" | Talking Heads | Fear of Music | Sire - Rhino
21. "The Magnificent Seven" | The Clash | Sandinista! | Sony UK
22. "Like a Virgin" | Teenage Fanclub | What You Do to Me | DGC | "Physical Evidence"

next time: at long last, I genuinely have no idea. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

Under Attack from Some Kind of Malware: Transmission 60, 2013 September 7

The season's final "test pattern" gives us an opportunity to play some neglected tunes, uncluttered by "Listening Parlour" and "Physical Evidence," love those features though we do. As one would expect, BOMBAST detritus is every bit as good as a regular BOMBAST selection, whatever that might say. I was definitely "up" for this one, and I sound it.

Since there's no reason to cloud the experience with additional words, I won't. Au revoir!

BOMBAST playlist, 2013 September 7-8, 2300-0100:

1. "No Guns to the Wedding" | Fanfara Tirana & Transglobal Underground | No Guns to the Wedding | World Village
2. "Dinosaurs (Wareika Remix)" | Alex Flatner & Lopazz | Burnin | Formresonance
3. "Yuba Reprise" | Date Palms | The Dusted Sessions | Thrill Jockey
4. "Squash" | Soft Drinks | The Thing from the Crypt | Dark Entries
5. "Lover" | TG Mauss | Dear Stranger | Karaoke Kalk
6. "Eyes" | 14 Iced Bears | Hold On Inside | Cherry Red
7. "The Mysterious Ashley Bickerton" | Gray | Shades Of... | Plush Safe
8. "Wicked Babylon Must Go Down" | Horace Andy | Broken Beats | Echo Beach
9. "Isabelle" | Boom Bip & Charlie White | Music for Sleeping Children | Lex
10. "Spirit" | Frederic Mercier | Sadar Bahar Presents Soul in the Hole | BBE
11. "Nostalgia" | The Chameleons | Dreams in Celluloid | Blue Apple
12. "Potential Light" | Steven Tang | Disconnect to Connect | Smallville
13. "Lullaby (live)" | The Durutti Column | Treatise on the Steppenwolf | Factory Benelux
14. "Spicy Stick" | Red Axes | Caminho de Dreyfus | Correspondant
15. "Campestral" | Greg Davis | Kompilation | Kranky
16. "Dream When It's Wrong" | Pulshar | Different Drum | Desolat
17. "Walking on the Streets" | Beach Day | Trip Trap Attack | Kanine
18. "Too Big to Fail" | Dub Spencer & Trance Hill | Live in Dub | Echo Beach
19. "Supermoon" | The Men | New Moon | Sacred Bones

next time: an honest-to-goodness current show. 'Bout damn time. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

p.s. the vault is now empty!

Too Much Workload: Transmission 56, 2013 August 24

This selection from the archive finds BOMBAST in excellent form on a night that is neither a regular program, nor a "test pattern," but rather a substitute slot for "Hip Hop Don't Stop." Since I more or less gave up on hip-hop 20 years ago [what has it done since?] it is hardly like-for-like, but it's quality stuff from the vault, perfect for "retro August."

In case you can't tell, I'm into those old On-U Sound records. They are a perfect conceptual fit--blending of styles, futuristic yet not current, difficult to pin down in time and space. I would much rather see these records made readily available than languishing in the "Physical Evidence" eligibility pool, but I'm always happy to take advantage of a bad situation.

Also, in case you can't tell, my mood swings regarding the program are pretty wide--I'm feeling pretty philosophical about this program, which isn't supposed to make me unhappy, is it, "Friend of Bombast" Iain? And yet it does, a bit. This was a fun night, as I was in contact with many listeners, both friends and strangers, so the vibe was good. And yet it was the "retro" thing that inspired all of this bonhumeur, not the "usual" thing. The past was a good place to visit on this particular night. I don't want to live there. And yet in a structural sense the program does represent my "living" there. TMI?

I'll stop now and let the tunes take over. They're pretty good.

BOMBAST playlist, 2013 August 24, 2100-2300:

1. "Program for Light" / "Desert" | Section 25 | From the Hip | Les Temps Modernes
2. "Somewhere in China" | Shop Assistants | Will Anything Happen | Overground
3. "Porpoise" | Pale Saints | Flesh Balloon | 4AD
4. "Dungeon" / "Merchant Ship" / "Jah Army Band" | Singers & Players | Revenge of the Underdog | On-U Sound | "Physical Evidence"
5. "Other Side - Stuck Together Remix" | Atoms for Peace | 50 Weapons of Choice #30-39 | 50 Weapons
6. "Chock (Shock)" | Skogen-Brinner | 1st | Subliminal Sounds
7. "Tomorrow (Steve Peck Mix)" | Morrissey | Volume Five | Volume
8. "Too Much Workload" | Singers & Players | Revenge of the Underdog | On-U Sound | "Physical Evidence"
9. "Let's Sail Away" | Honey Tongue | Nude Nudes | Playtime
10. "It's All But An Ark-Lark" | Cocteau Twins | CD Single Box Set | Capitol
11. "Say So" | Augustus Pablo | King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown | Shanachie
12. "You Show Great Spirit" | Prurient | Through the Window | Blackest Ever Black
13. "Oriental Nightmare" | Rodney & The Blazers | Warpaint | TT Shaker
14. "New Blue Noon" | Scarper! | Unfurl | Plexus
15. "Sirens" | oOoOO | Without Your Love | Nihjgt Feelings
16. "Boys" | Beach Day | Trip Trap Attack | Kanine
17. "Holocaust" | Big Star | Nothing Can Hurt Me | Omnivore
18. "Prodigal Son" / "Follower" | Singers & Players | Revenge of the Underdog | On-U Sound | "Physical Evidence"
19. "Freedom" | 400 Blows | The New Lords on the Block | Concrete Productions
20. "Moonlight in Glory" | Brian Eno & David Byrne | My Life in the Bush of Ghosts | Sire

next time: Albanian fanfare and other stuff. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

Literally Can Also Mean Figuratively: Transmission 54, 2013 August 17

Another day, another "Test Pattern" in the style of Bombast. As is common with these "extra" episodes, the "Listening Parlour" is closed--Lady Catharsis is tough to wrangle--but there is some "Physical Evidence" to share, a nice piece of it too. Also, we officially enter "retro August" during this program, for better or worse.

When an episode languishes on the shelf for a long time, as this one has, I have trouble recalling the specific circumstances of the program, unless they were extra special. I know that I'd picked up the habit of following DJ Helen's "Hip Hop Don't Stop" program because she didn't enjoy closing down the building by herself. I tried, regularly, to get someone else to do a shift at this time; surprisingly, there was little interest in a Saturday 11pm slot. Since I wasn't going to show up at that hour just to be an escort, I went ahead and did some full programs.

The Clinton House, for those of you who haven't visited, can be somewhat creepy at that hour. It's a big building--it used to be a hotel--and we're typically its only occupant who is active late at night. The exterior doors do lock automatically at a certain hour, but there are lots of places for people to hide. I was alone in the building one night when the power went out--that was fun! And DJ Helen swears that she has seen a ghost walk through one of the building's walls. I have not witnessed such a thing, which I guess proves that I'm not cool enough to hang with ghosts.

Speaking of--man, does that Doing It For The Kids record bring me back. It should come with a trigger warning!

Also--if you don't own the Buick album, you need to get it, yesterday if not sooner. It's even on iTunes, for god's sake, so no excuses.

BOMBAST playlist, 2013 August 17-18, 2300-0100:

1. "Bubblecloud" | Scarper! | Unfurl | Plexus
2. "Life Ain't Enough for You" | Asia Argento with The Legendary Tigerman | Total Entropy | Nuun
3. "Slowdive (live)" | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Nocturne | Polydor
4. "Drugs" | This Mortal Coil | Come Here My Love | 4AD
5. "Defcon 3" | Man or Astro-Man? | Defcon 5...4...3...2...1 | Communicating Vessels
6. "How Ghosts Affect Relationships" | His Name Is Alive | Livonia | 4AD
7. "Cut Me Deep" | The Jasmine Minks | Doing It For The Kids | Creation | "Physical Evidence"
8. "Child Bride" / "Cheganca" | 17 Pygmies | Jedda By the Sea + Captured In Ice | Les Temps Modernes
9. "A Beautiful Thought (pt. 2)" | The Durutti Column | Treatise on the Steppenwolf | Factory Benelux
10. "S950" | Gold Panda | Half of Where You Live | Ghostly International
11. "High Test" | Chance | In Search | Paradise of Bachelors
12. "Sweet Retreat" | The Creepers | Rock 'n' Roll Liquorice Flavour | Red Rhino
13. "Super Falling Star" | Stereolab | Volume Four | Volume
14. "Cigarette in Your Bed" | My Bloody Valentine | Doing It For The Kids | Creation | "Physical Evidence"
15. "White Tornado" | R.E.M. | Dead Letter Office | I.R.S.
16. Kan Kill! | Stockholm Monsters | All At Once | Les Temps Modernes
17. "Godevil" | The Times | Doing It For The Kids | Creation | "Physical Evidence"
18. "Pandora's Box" | Anne Clark | Changing Places | Red Flame
19. "Stealth Dub" | Blind Idiot God | Blind Idiot God | SST
20. "Lot 49" | The Jazz Butcher | Doing It For The Kids | Creation | "Physical Evidence"
21. "Time Zones" | Negativland | Escape from Noise | SST
22. "Homage to Lucien Freud" | Buick | Sweatertongue | Lather
23. "OSCAR" | Will Saul Presents CLOSE | Closer | Studio K7
24. "Ne Me Fatigue Pas" | Bassekou Kouyate + Ngoni Ba | Jama Ko | Out Here
25. "She Paints" | Biff Bang Pow! | Doing It For The Kids | Creation | "Physical Evidence"
26. "Drugs" | Talking Heads | Fear of Music | Sire - Rhino

next time: moar dub for the people. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

Gonna Put a Reggae in Your Jeggae: Transmission 52, 2013 August 8

A dark and stormy night produces a chill set of tunes, with occasional explosiveness courtesy of Adrian Sherwood and the On-U Sound crew. WRFI was enduring a rough phase with its new transmitter, wherein every patch of rough weather was knocking 88.1 off the air. This particular BOMBAST may always have been a web exclusive, but at least it is now archived.

Listening back through this program, I am well pleased and a bit saddened all at once. Pleased: the selection is tight and makes sense, even for an "overflow" program; good to know that what doesn't "make the cut" for a regular show still passes the quality test. Saddened: it's getting to the point where these "unofficial" programs are actually more fun than the regular show. The regular show is pressure, you guys. I don't know how I managed to do that to myself, but here we are.

Erratum: I was mistaken about Jah Wobble's contribution to the Dub Syndicate track, in that he didn't make one. In my defense, he did play bass on "Overboard," which sits next to it on this record. What's new?

BOMBAST playlist, 2013 August 8-9, 2300-0100:

1. "Connection" | King Tuff | Was Dead | Burger
2. "36 Years Later" | Wild Billy Chyldish and the Chatham Forts | All Our Forts Are With You | Damaged Goods
3. "Stronsay" | Boozoo Bajou | Jan Mayen | R & S - Apollo
4. "Jahovia (E.M.M.A & Will LV Dub Mix)" | EM.MA | Jahovia | Keysound
5. "Swan Lake" | Madness | One Step Beyond | Let Them Eat Vinyl
6. "The Big Dig" | Family Fodder | It's a Crammed, Crammed, Crammed World! | Crammed Discs
7. "Hallelujah" | Maffia | Pay It All Back Vol. 1 | On-U Sound | "Physical Evidence"
8. "Must Be Dreaming" | The Dub Syndicate | Pay It All Back Vol. 1 | On-U Sound | "Physical Evidence"
9. "Loudspeaker" | Loudspeaker | Pay It All Back Vol. 1 | On-U Sound | "Physical Evidence"
10. "Jerusalem" | Mark Stewart & Maffia | Pay It All Back Vol. 1 | On-U Sound | "Physical Evidence"
11. "Beachcombing" | Peter Gordon & Factory Floor | Beachcombing / C Side | Optimo
12. "Divided" | The Durutti Column | Treatise on the Steppenwolf | Factory Benelux
13. "Interstices I (Seiya)" | Illuha | Interstices | 12K
14. "Coal Baron" | People of the Lake | Sub Contra | Thrill Jockey
15. "Detector" | UNER | Nagual | Cadenza
16. "The Slow Fade" | Future Bible Heroes | Memories of Love, Eternal Youth, and Partygoing | Merge
17. "From One Cell (feat. Urzula Amen)" | Stimming | Stimming | DIYNamic
18. "Fuh Fuh" | Voice of Authority | Pay It All Back Vol. 1 | On-U Sound | "Physical Evidence"
19. "Ace of Wands" | Missing Brazilians | Pay It All Back Vol. 1 | On-U Sound | "Physical Evidence"
20. "Akabu Theme" | Akabu | Pay It All Back Vol. 1 | On-U Sound | "Physical Evidence"
21. "Koan 1" | Peals | Walking Field | Thrill Jockey

next time: really depends on when this posts, but probably not a dreaded "regular" BOMBAST. enjoy the music!--kid catharsis

I Got Stuck for Hours, Everywhere: Transmission 63, 2013 September 25

Fresh off the digital recorder, here is last night's episode. The features are plentiful: a side's worth of The Revolutionaries' "Revival Dub" as "Physical Evidence"; two granola-flavored visits to the "Listening Parlour"; and a choice cut from my techno [but not techno] kid. It was a full, satisfying evening.

Notes: it is true, what I say about my history with Mac Davis; I had the computer turned up, to disastrous effect, because of my new fetish for cramming my program into the designated "timekeeper" slots [that's WRFI jargon]; I found that extended set in the second hour a bit jarring--Brian Eno segueing into The Dub Club segueing into Julia Holter sounded much better in the planning stages than in the actual moment. Ah well.

BOMBAST playlist, 2013 September 25, 2100-2300:

1. "Gatsy" | rRoxymore | Precarious / Precious | Human Level
2. "Duck in a Tree" | Vic Chesnutt | Is the Actor Happy? | New West | "Listening Parlour"
3. "Andro Queen" | Pixies | EP1 | self-released
4. ".357 Magnum" | The Revolutionaries | Revival Dub (Roots Now) | Well Charge | "Physical Evidence"
5. "Vapourware 04" | Donato Dozzy | Plays Bee Mask | Spectrum Spools
6. "Disconnect to Connect" | Steven Tang | Disconnect to Connect | Smallville | "Junior Selector"
7. "Lime Tree" | The Cannanes | Howling at All Hours | Chapter
8. "No. 41 Magnum" | The Revolutionaries | Revival Dub (Roots Now) | Well Charge | "Physical Evidence"
9. "I See It - San Soda Remix" | Sauce81 | All in Line | Catune
10. "Mr. Custer Stomp" | The Scouts | Mr. Custer Stomp | TT Shaker
11. "Browning 9m/m Auto" | The Revolutionaries | Revival Dub (Roots Now) | Well Charge | "Physical Evidence"
12. "Nowhere" | Ride | Original Album Series | Rhino UK
13. "Arms MK III Carbine" | The Revolutionaries | Revival Dub (Roots Now) | Well Charge | "Physical Evidence"
14. "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" | Mac Davis | Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me | CBS | "Listening Parlour"
15. "A Little Ticker Tape Never Hurt Anyone" | Kinski | Cosy Moments | Kill Rock Stars
16. "NWYRK" | Kuhn | Kings | Civil Music
17. "Through Hollow Lands" | Brian Eno | Before and After Science | Virgin Japan
18. "Chant Down Babylon" | The Dub Club | Foundation Come Again | Stones Throw
19. "Hello Stranger" | Julia Holter | Loud City Song | Domino
20. "AR - 47 Auto" | The Revolutionaries | Revival Dub (Roots Now) | Well Charge | "Physical Evidence"
21. "Climatic Phase No. 3" | Seefeel | Quique | Modern Classics
22. "Sometimes Things Are Exactly As They Seem" | Shortcircles | Between Waves | Plug Research

next time: another blast from the past of Bombast. Enjoy the music! --kid catharsis

They Even Say You're Insane: Transmission 50, 2013 August 3

This program happened late at night, on a day that followed another late night. I think it was a pretty "on" show, nevertheless. No "Listening Parlour" but a very good "Physical Evidence"--if you had known me in, say, 1988, you might well have guessed that 25 years later I would be spinning a London Underground record after midnight on a radio station in the middle of nowhere, with about 3 people listening. Nothing sad about that.

[Aside: it seems to me--am I alone in thinking this?--that The London Underground, at least on this record, sound like what would happen if you took the "nutty" sound out of Madness and replaced Langer & Winstanley with Martin Hannett. I mean that in the best possible way. I love that first Madness record.]

Also, hey! This is program 50. I'd explained elsewhere--here, I think--that I am superstitious, in a bad way, about programs that end in "zero." So I celebrate quietly--very quietly, once the day rolls over. The program gets weirder and weirder, especially after I find myself with extra time and have to toss in a few unplanned tracks.

Radio is kind of addictive. You are grateful at first for whatever airtime you get, and then you begin...having needs. I had all this extra material sitting around, and "only" the regular Wednesday night program on which to play it. And we have these empty "Test Pattern" time slots just sitting there, and it's August to boot, so people are going on vacation...it's here that I begin to travel down a dark path.

But enough. It's still "good times" for now.

BOMBAST playlist, 2013 August 3-4, 2300-0100:

1. "My Secret Romance" | College | Teenage Color | Invada
2. "Great Expectations" | The London Underground | At Home with the London Underground | On-U Sound | "Physical Evidence"
3. "Yanga (Okungwu)" | Semi-Colon | Ndia Egbuo Ndia (Afro-Jigida) | Comb & Razor
4. "Mata Mata" | Halo Halo | Halo Halo | Upset the Rhythm
5. "Codebreaker Seventy-Eight" | Man or Astro-Man? | Defcon 5...4...3...2...1 | Communicating Vessels
6. "A Life of Crime" | The Weirdos | Destroy All Music | Bomp
7. "In die Zukunft" | Asmus Tietchens | Biotop | Bureau B
8. "You Don't Know" | The London Underground | At Home with the London Underground | On-U Sound | "Physical Evidence"
9. "Take It" | 14 Iced Bears | Hold On Inside | Cherry Red
10. "Mello (live)" | The Durutti Column | Treatise on the Steppenwolf | Factory Benelux
    
11. "Lychee" | Dub Spencer & Trance Hill | Live in Dub | Echo Beach
    
12. "Colerain" | Way Yes | Tog Pebbles | self-released
    
13. "Ridley Road" | The London Underground | At Home with the London Underground | On-U Sound | "Physical Evidence"
14. "Dankou (featuring Zoumana Tereta)" | Bassekou Kouyate + Ngoni Ba | Jama Ko | Out Here
    
15. "Under the Lake" | Ezechiel Pailhes | Divine | Circus Company
    
16. "The Dispossessed" | Kawabata Makoto's Mainliner | Revelation Space | Riot Season
    
17. "Suspicious" | Co La | Moody Coup | Software
    
18. "Westview" | Ike Release | Dream Sequencer | M>O>S
    
19. "Next Time You Fall - Jim Sclavunos Remix" | Breathless | Please Be Happy | Tenor Vossa
    
20. "Sipian Organ" | Jan St. Werner | Blaze Colour Burn | Thrill Jockey
    
21. "Watch Your Step" | The London Underground | At Home with the London Underground | On-U Sound | "Physical Evidence"
22. "Stone Gods of Bimini" | Ixtahuele | Pagan Rites | Subliminal Sounds
23. "Vodka Diet" | Natasha Kmeto | Crisis | Dropping Gems
    
24. "Goldaire" | Memotone | Koma | Black Acre
    

next time: you've probably already heard it, unless I'm super-industrious and get through the latest program, which hasn't yet aired as of this writing. Enjoy the music! --kid Catharsis