No.102, aired December 22, 2010, third annual Winter Solstice special, celebrating imaginative peaks & outer darkness. Featuring further passages from Joseph Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness, audiobook ran simultaneous with mostly Braxton’s Open Aspects, but also with other tracks. Played four Nursery Hymns by W.B. Yonder (a.k.a. Regina’s Patrick Johnson), where he sets nursery rhymes to classical hymns, thus re-uniting once popular (as opposed to classical) tunes with popular (as opposed to religious) content – more info at http://www.wbyonder.citymax.com/firstpage.html.
Part 1
1. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star / Redhead No.76 – W.B. Yonder
2. Overture To A Holiday In Berlin – Mothers Of Invention
3. Dead Christmas – Monster Magnet
4. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep / Melita – W.B. Yonder
5. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
6. The Only Junior Fiction – Godfried & Soy
7. Open Aspect, No.1.2 – Anthony Braxton
8. Eansy-Weensy Spider / Judas Maccabeus - W.B. Yonder
9. The Treeman – Buckethead
Part 2
1. This Old Man / Praise, My Soul - W.B. Yonder
2. All Friends & Kingdom Come – Monster Magnet
3. Open Aspect, No.6 – Anthony Braxton
4. Staggering Into The Night – Swelter
5. A Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown – Mothers Of Invention
6. Sailin’ On – Bad Brains
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Sailing Into Neptune
No.101, aired December 15, 2010.
If Uranus was the “Aviation” this episode brings the “Naval”, the final stop on our interplanetary voyage, landing at last on the seas of Neptune. Ezra Pound’s Canto II was read with the final track from Holst’s The Planets (Canto I was read on December 26, 2008, meaning I will have read all 120 Cantos on air by 2247!) And with the Winter Solstice only a week away we continued with the audiobook of Joseph Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness.
Part 1
1. Gilligan’s Island – Rude Norton
2. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
3. Interplanetary Love - Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO
4. Sea Cruise – Rude Norton
5. Ego, The Living Planet – Monster Magnet
6. The Planets, Op.32, Neptune, The Mystic – Gustav Holst (composer) / Lost Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra)
7. Captain Kirk, Spock, Scotty And Bones – D.O.A.
Part 2
1. 1983 ... (A Merman I should Turn To Be) - Jimi Hendrix
2. The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald – Angels Saints & Demons
3. Moon Turn The Tides ... Gently Gently Away - Jimi Hendrix
4. Neptune (The Planet) – The Bad Plus
5. Anime Eyes – The Awkward Stage
If Uranus was the “Aviation” this episode brings the “Naval”, the final stop on our interplanetary voyage, landing at last on the seas of Neptune. Ezra Pound’s Canto II was read with the final track from Holst’s The Planets (Canto I was read on December 26, 2008, meaning I will have read all 120 Cantos on air by 2247!) And with the Winter Solstice only a week away we continued with the audiobook of Joseph Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness.
Part 1
1. Gilligan’s Island – Rude Norton
2. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
3. Interplanetary Love - Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO
4. Sea Cruise – Rude Norton
5. Ego, The Living Planet – Monster Magnet
6. The Planets, Op.32, Neptune, The Mystic – Gustav Holst (composer) / Lost Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra)
7. Captain Kirk, Spock, Scotty And Bones – D.O.A.
Part 2
1. 1983 ... (A Merman I should Turn To Be) - Jimi Hendrix
2. The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald – Angels Saints & Demons
3. Moon Turn The Tides ... Gently Gently Away - Jimi Hendrix
4. Neptune (The Planet) – The Bad Plus
5. Anime Eyes – The Awkward Stage
Flying Into Uranus
No.100, aired December 8, 2010.
Visited the magical cloud world of Uranus with Man Or Astro-man? (who recorded a live album from Uranus) as featured artist. Spoken word component was KRS Edstrom’s Fly Without Fear: Guided Meditations For A Relaxing Flight.
Part 1
1. Stereo Phase Test – Man Or Astro-man?
2. Zone Of Compass Reliability – Tristan Psionic
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Maximum Radiation Level – Man Or Astro-man?
5. Jeff Starship – CPC Gangbangs
6. Planet Collision – Man Or Astro-man?
7. I’m A Stranger Here – Five Man Electrical Band
8. Evil Plans Of Planet Spectra – Man Or Astro-man?
9. Lucky Star – Tristan Psionic
Part 2
1. Anoxia – Man Or Astro-man?
2. The Planets, Op.32, Uranus, The Magician – Gustav Holst (composer) / Lost Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra)
3. Anus Of Uranus – Klaatu
4. Techno’s Song – GWAR
5. Television Fission – Man Or Astro-man?
6. Attack From Planet Hattifatteners – Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO
7. Television Man – Man Or Astro-man?
8. Air Traffic Control – Tristan Psionic
9. Sailing - Ripcordz
Visited the magical cloud world of Uranus with Man Or Astro-man? (who recorded a live album from Uranus) as featured artist. Spoken word component was KRS Edstrom’s Fly Without Fear: Guided Meditations For A Relaxing Flight.
Part 1
1. Stereo Phase Test – Man Or Astro-man?
2. Zone Of Compass Reliability – Tristan Psionic
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Maximum Radiation Level – Man Or Astro-man?
5. Jeff Starship – CPC Gangbangs
6. Planet Collision – Man Or Astro-man?
7. I’m A Stranger Here – Five Man Electrical Band
8. Evil Plans Of Planet Spectra – Man Or Astro-man?
9. Lucky Star – Tristan Psionic
Part 2
1. Anoxia – Man Or Astro-man?
2. The Planets, Op.32, Uranus, The Magician – Gustav Holst (composer) / Lost Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra)
3. Anus Of Uranus – Klaatu
4. Techno’s Song – GWAR
5. Television Fission – Man Or Astro-man?
6. Attack From Planet Hattifatteners – Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO
7. Television Man – Man Or Astro-man?
8. Air Traffic Control – Tristan Psionic
9. Sailing - Ripcordz
GWAR’s Bloody Pit Of Horror
No.99, aired December 1, 2010.
This show was a primer for the GWAR concert at U of R’s Riddell Center on December 3 (see setlist below). Part 1 featured four songs from the classic Scumdogs Of The Universe album, and Part 2 included the entire Bloody Pit Of Horror suite from GWAR’s spanking new album of that title.
But what words? What spoken word component to set alongside the unspeakable violence that is GWAR? Hmmm ..... what else but the Holy Bible? What but the wrath of Yahweh could be bloody or arbitrary enough go head to head with the wrath of GWAR? So select passages from the crazy prophetic book of Ezekiel (see chapter nos. below) were played along with instrumental tracks between GWAR selections.
As far as the serendipitous sonic adventures that characterize Naval Aviation In Audio go, this GWAR episode turned out to be quite memorable, even more than most - so I can’t resist inserting below some (unplanned) quotes from Ezekiel that by chance provided perfect introductions to outrageously violent GWAR songs.
Part 1
1. Horror Of Yig – GWAR
2. Blah Overture – Blah Blah 666
3. The Salaminizer – GWAR
4. Dune – Bob Evans -- Ezekiel (Ch.21)(!)
5. Dogs – Blah Blah 666 – Ezekiel (Ch.21 con’t, Vlad The Impaler introduced with “Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end” 21:29)
6. Vlad The Impaler – GWAR
7. The Girl With The Mechanical Neck Movements – Evil Dick -- Ezekiel (Ch.22, Maggots introduced with “As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof” 22:21)
8. Maggots – GWAR -– Commercial break introduced with “These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword” 23:10).
Part 2
1. Cielito Lindo – Blah Blah 666
2. Bloody Pit Of Horror, Pt.1, Zombies, March! – GWAR
3. Home Sexuality – Blah Blah 666 -- Ezekiel (Ch.24)
4. Bloody Pit Of Horror, Pt.2, Come The Carnivor – GWAR
5. Caffeinated Coffee – Bob Evans -- Ezekiel (Ch.25, Gathering Of Ghouls introduced with “I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen” 25:7)
6. Bloody Pit Of Horror, Pt.3, Gathering Of Ghouls – GWAR
7. Expt. In 5:1 – Evil Dick -- Ezekiel (Ch.25, beginning with “I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD” 25:7)
8. Paso – Blah Blah 666 -- Ezekiel (Ch.25 con’t)
9. Bloody Pit Of Horror, Pt.4, Storm Coming – GWAR
10. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
11. Sick Of You – GWAR
GWAR setlist at Riddell Center, December 3/10
1. Horror Of Yig
2. Damnation Under God
3. Hail to Genocide
4. Let Us Slay
5. Vlad the Impaler
6. Decay of Grandeur
7. The Private Pain of Sawborg Destructo
8. Crack In The Egg
9. Maggots
10. Bring Back the Bomb
11. Metal Metal Land
12. Pure As The Arctic Snow
13. Beat You To Death
14. Salamanizer
15. Encore: Zombie March / Come The Carnivor / A Gathering of Ghouls / Storm is Coming
16. Sick of You
Notes: This was my fourth GWAR concert, and with each one it gets more difficult to enjoy both the music and the visual spectacle on stage because of the larger crowds. I usually forgo the visual component wherever it interferes with enjoyment of the music. I leave my glasses at home & find a good spot towards the fringes of the pit for dancing. So I didn’t always follow the onstage drama very closely, I think there was some elaborate plot involving the enormous Sawborg Destructo & Bonecrusher. A funny moment was Lady Gaga appearing with some crappy dance music then the band exuberantly pumped out their demonic-utopic ode to Metal Metal Land - & killed Lady Gaga, I assume - I probably still have her blood on my shirt. I could never even name a highlight from this set – I love all of these songs & relished every riff, every solo, every word of Oderous’s lovely poetry & every spurt of vile fluids. I loved Cuttlefish of Cthulhu’s long ejaculation during (I think) Zombies March & there is something absolutely sublime about hearing, after all the metal, the classic rock sing-along of Sick Of You in a thick crowd of bloodied GWAR fans while being shot with a blood cannon (presumably filled with the blood of the victims of previous concerts).
This show was a primer for the GWAR concert at U of R’s Riddell Center on December 3 (see setlist below). Part 1 featured four songs from the classic Scumdogs Of The Universe album, and Part 2 included the entire Bloody Pit Of Horror suite from GWAR’s spanking new album of that title.
But what words? What spoken word component to set alongside the unspeakable violence that is GWAR? Hmmm ..... what else but the Holy Bible? What but the wrath of Yahweh could be bloody or arbitrary enough go head to head with the wrath of GWAR? So select passages from the crazy prophetic book of Ezekiel (see chapter nos. below) were played along with instrumental tracks between GWAR selections.
As far as the serendipitous sonic adventures that characterize Naval Aviation In Audio go, this GWAR episode turned out to be quite memorable, even more than most - so I can’t resist inserting below some (unplanned) quotes from Ezekiel that by chance provided perfect introductions to outrageously violent GWAR songs.
Part 1
1. Horror Of Yig – GWAR
2. Blah Overture – Blah Blah 666
3. The Salaminizer – GWAR
4. Dune – Bob Evans -- Ezekiel (Ch.21)(!)
5. Dogs – Blah Blah 666 – Ezekiel (Ch.21 con’t, Vlad The Impaler introduced with “Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end” 21:29)
6. Vlad The Impaler – GWAR
7. The Girl With The Mechanical Neck Movements – Evil Dick -- Ezekiel (Ch.22, Maggots introduced with “As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof” 22:21)
8. Maggots – GWAR -– Commercial break introduced with “These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword” 23:10).
Part 2
1. Cielito Lindo – Blah Blah 666
2. Bloody Pit Of Horror, Pt.1, Zombies, March! – GWAR
3. Home Sexuality – Blah Blah 666 -- Ezekiel (Ch.24)
4. Bloody Pit Of Horror, Pt.2, Come The Carnivor – GWAR
5. Caffeinated Coffee – Bob Evans -- Ezekiel (Ch.25, Gathering Of Ghouls introduced with “I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen” 25:7)
6. Bloody Pit Of Horror, Pt.3, Gathering Of Ghouls – GWAR
7. Expt. In 5:1 – Evil Dick -- Ezekiel (Ch.25, beginning with “I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD” 25:7)
8. Paso – Blah Blah 666 -- Ezekiel (Ch.25 con’t)
9. Bloody Pit Of Horror, Pt.4, Storm Coming – GWAR
10. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
11. Sick Of You – GWAR
GWAR setlist at Riddell Center, December 3/10
1. Horror Of Yig
2. Damnation Under God
3. Hail to Genocide
4. Let Us Slay
5. Vlad the Impaler
6. Decay of Grandeur
7. The Private Pain of Sawborg Destructo
8. Crack In The Egg
9. Maggots
10. Bring Back the Bomb
11. Metal Metal Land
12. Pure As The Arctic Snow
13. Beat You To Death
14. Salamanizer
15. Encore: Zombie March / Come The Carnivor / A Gathering of Ghouls / Storm is Coming
16. Sick of You
Notes: This was my fourth GWAR concert, and with each one it gets more difficult to enjoy both the music and the visual spectacle on stage because of the larger crowds. I usually forgo the visual component wherever it interferes with enjoyment of the music. I leave my glasses at home & find a good spot towards the fringes of the pit for dancing. So I didn’t always follow the onstage drama very closely, I think there was some elaborate plot involving the enormous Sawborg Destructo & Bonecrusher. A funny moment was Lady Gaga appearing with some crappy dance music then the band exuberantly pumped out their demonic-utopic ode to Metal Metal Land - & killed Lady Gaga, I assume - I probably still have her blood on my shirt. I could never even name a highlight from this set – I love all of these songs & relished every riff, every solo, every word of Oderous’s lovely poetry & every spurt of vile fluids. I loved Cuttlefish of Cthulhu’s long ejaculation during (I think) Zombies March & there is something absolutely sublime about hearing, after all the metal, the classic rock sing-along of Sick Of You in a thick crowd of bloodied GWAR fans while being shot with a blood cannon (presumably filled with the blood of the victims of previous concerts).
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Saturnalia
No. 98, aired November 24, 2010, continuing the interplanetary voyage with a visit to the home planet of Sun Ra, featuring music & poetry by the late modern jazz genius & cosmic explorer. Also, since Saturnalia was the Roman harvest festival, I played tracks from Shredded Wheat, a compilation released by Harvest King records.
Part 1
1. We Travel The Spaceways – Sun Ra
2. Fuck My Life – Rehashed
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Saturn – Sun Ra
5. Go Home Groseph – Kleins96
6. Everything Is Space – Sun Ra
7. Oye! – Chan Chan
8. The Planets, Op.32, Saturn, The Bringer Of Old Age – Gustav Holst (composer) / Lost Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra) -- Heart Of Darkness (continuing from the Audiobook) – Joseph Conrad
Part 2
1. Unquestioned Conspirators – Failed States
2. Celestial Road – Sun Ra -- Cosmic Equation (poem read on air) – Sun Ra
3. Badges – Invasion
4. Saturn – John Coltrane
5. Otherness Blue – Sun Ra -- The Endless Realm / If I Told You (2 poems read on air) – Sun Ra
Part 1
1. We Travel The Spaceways – Sun Ra
2. Fuck My Life – Rehashed
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Saturn – Sun Ra
5. Go Home Groseph – Kleins96
6. Everything Is Space – Sun Ra
7. Oye! – Chan Chan
8. The Planets, Op.32, Saturn, The Bringer Of Old Age – Gustav Holst (composer) / Lost Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra) -- Heart Of Darkness (continuing from the Audiobook) – Joseph Conrad
Part 2
1. Unquestioned Conspirators – Failed States
2. Celestial Road – Sun Ra -- Cosmic Equation (poem read on air) – Sun Ra
3. Badges – Invasion
4. Saturn – John Coltrane
5. Otherness Blue – Sun Ra -- The Endless Realm / If I Told You (2 poems read on air) – Sun Ra
Two-Year Anniversary Special
No.97, aired November 17, 2010, featuring selections (short snippets + some longer tracks) from Frank Zappa’s Lather album (& related material), and only the best of musical artists that I had no knowledge of before the past 12 months of radio programming.
Part 1
1. Lather (Intro, 1st :25 of CD 1, Track 1) – Frank Zappa
2. Ain’t Got Time To Waste – Red Hot Lovers
3. 1,000 Cigarettes – MSTRKRFT – Prophet’s Philosophy / Conscience Ahg Heng Dem – Capleton
4. Whatever Happened To All The Fun In The World – Frank Zappa
5. Crazy Nights – 3 Inches Of Blood
6. Scissorhands – Les Georges Leningrad
8. Wait A Minute – Frank Zappa
9. Imeltime Of The Season – Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice
10. Revised Music For Guitar & Low-Budget Orchestra – Frank Zappa
11. Alpha Punk – Ripcordz
Part 2
1. Lather (alternate intro, 1st :32 of CD 4, Track 5) – Frank Zappa
2. Teenage Crimewalk – CPC Gangbangs
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. The Rook – Sheavy
5. RDNZL – Frank Zappa
6. Midnight Movie Star – The Diodes
7. Eye Of The Vortex – Helios Creed
8. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin (1st :22 of Lather CD1, Track 7, then cut to Sheik Yerboutti version of same song)
9. Sailing - Ripcordz
Part 1
1. Lather (Intro, 1st :25 of CD 1, Track 1) – Frank Zappa
2. Ain’t Got Time To Waste – Red Hot Lovers
3. 1,000 Cigarettes – MSTRKRFT – Prophet’s Philosophy / Conscience Ahg Heng Dem – Capleton
4. Whatever Happened To All The Fun In The World – Frank Zappa
5. Crazy Nights – 3 Inches Of Blood
6. Scissorhands – Les Georges Leningrad
8. Wait A Minute – Frank Zappa
9. Imeltime Of The Season – Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice
10. Revised Music For Guitar & Low-Budget Orchestra – Frank Zappa
11. Alpha Punk – Ripcordz
Part 2
1. Lather (alternate intro, 1st :32 of CD 4, Track 5) – Frank Zappa
2. Teenage Crimewalk – CPC Gangbangs
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. The Rook – Sheavy
5. RDNZL – Frank Zappa
6. Midnight Movie Star – The Diodes
7. Eye Of The Vortex – Helios Creed
8. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin (1st :22 of Lather CD1, Track 7, then cut to Sheik Yerboutti version of same song)
9. Sailing - Ripcordz
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