Art of War

Aired February 25, 2009. Featured chapters from The Art of War (on audiobook) by Sun Tzu, played with King Cobb Steelie and the Leeds-based improvizing trio of Hession/Wilkinson/Fell.

Part 1

1. My American Partner - King Cobb Steelie
2. War - DOA
3. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
4. 12 Minutes for George - Hession/Wilkinson/Fell
5. International Master - King Cobb Steelie
6. Horror of Yig - GWAR

Part 2

1. Vlad the Impaler - GWAR
2. The Alphabet Poised Like Twenty-six Frozen Ducklings - Hession/Wilkinson/Fell
3. Sound Baffle - King Cobb Steelie
4. World War 3 - DOA
5. 48 Hours In A Resolute Atmosphere - Hession/Wilkinson/Fell
6. Deadbeat - King Cobb Steelie
7. Maggots - GWAR
8. Sailin' On - Bad Brains

This Cleaving & this Burning ...

Episode 14 aired February 18, 2009, and featured the poetry of Hart Crane read live in the CJTR studio with Arnold Schoenberg's Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op.16 (1949 Revision), as well as tracks from John Coltrane's Love Supreme, The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines, gypsy punks Gogol Bordello, and The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir.

Part 1

1. Sweet Tooth - King Khan & the Shrines
2. Acknowledgment - John Coltrane
3. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
4. Life is Long - Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
5. Summer Morning by a Lake - Arnold Schoenberg / London Symphony Orchestra -- Legend - Hart Crane, Repose of Rivers - Hart Crane
6. Burnin' Inside - King Khan & the Shrines
7. Peripetia - Arnold Schoenberg / London Symphony Orchestra
8. Taking it Out - Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir

Part 2

1. Torture - King Khan & the Shrines
2. Resolution - John Coltrane
3. Illumination - Gogol Bordello
4. The Obligatory Recitative - Arnold Schoenberg / London Symphony Orchestra -- Possessions - Hart Crane
5. Outta Harm's Way - King Khan & the Shrines
6. Premonitions - Arnold Schoenberg / London Symphony Orchestra
7. Mishto! - Gogol Bordello

Mostly Monsters

Episode 13 concerned mostly monsters, featuring Guerilla Funk Monster's Triptophonic, Monster Magnet from their store of treasures downloadable at http://www.monstermagnet.net, and The Bomboras' It Came from Pier 13. Passages from the anonymous Medieval epic Beowulf were read over several movements from Edgar Varese's Deserts.

Part 1
1. It Came from Pier 13 - The Bomboras
2. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
3. Organic Space - Guerrilla Funk Monster
4. Deserts (1st episode) - Edgar Varese
5. Alone - Guerrilla Funk Monster
6. Live for the Moment - Monster Magnet
7. Deserts (2nd interpolation) - Edgar Varese
8. Break my Bones - Guerrilla Funk Monster

Part 2
1. Interlijeridoo - Guerrilla Funk Monster
2. Pier Thirteen - The Bomboras
3. Deserts (3rd interpolation) - Edgar Varese
4. Unsolid - Monster Magnet
5. Savages - Guerrilla Funk Monster
6. Into the Void - Monster Magnet
7. drunkbot robot jam - Guerrilla Funk Monster
8. Deserts (4th episode) - Edgar Varese
9. Leapin Lizards - Monster Magnet
10. puddle pants - Guerrilla Funk Monster
11. It Came from Pier 13 (Reprise) - The Bomboras

Microorganisms & Explosions

Usually, on this show I have mixed various musical works with spoken or recorded texts. In this episode, that was done for me, because I featured The primeTime sublime Community Orchestra, from London, England, and their dadaist music & spoken word masterpiece, A Life in a Day of a Microorganism. Also featured were some tracks from Canadian Blast & the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

Part 1

1. Introduction – The primeTime sublime Community Orchestra
2. Changed – The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
4. Anarchavid – Lederhosen
5. A Life in a Day of a Microorganism (a) Prelude - the primeTime sublime Community Orchestra
6. Fairweather – Shikasta
7. A Life in a Day of a Microorganism - (b) Morning - the primeTime sublime Community Orchestra
8. No Feelings – Cheerleader 666


Part 2

1. '78 Style - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2. From the Eastern Gate (Haiku 3) – Alexina Louie; Erica Goodman on harp
3. Water Main - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
4. From the Eastern Gate (Haiku 1) – Alexina Louie; Erica Goodman on harp
5. Biological - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
6. A Life in a Day of a Microorganism - (c) Afternoon and Afterlife - the primeTime sublime Community Orchestra
7. Geneve – Raking Bombs
8. Jacques and Madeleine – Run Chico Run
9. From the Eastern Gate (Haiku 2) – Alexina Louie; Erica Goodman on harp
10. Sailin' On – Bad Brains