Friday, July 31, 2009

Dr. Dyer Gets A Job

Episode 33 featured a number of bands sounding off in various ways about the workplace including 2 tracks from Eric Dolphy's modern jazz masterpiece Out To Lunch. And to add a confrontational element I employed Dr. Wayne Dyer's audiobook, How to be a No-Limit Person, once again bringing stuff together that maybe outta be kept apart but it's interesting & fun so what the fuck? Aired July 29, 2009.

Part 1
1. Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - Frank Zappa
2. I Don't Give a Shit - DOA
3. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
4. Abolish Work - (International) Noise Conspiracy
5. Wendall's Work Week - Johnny Rockstar
6. Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy
7. The Things That Some People Do For Fun - Lungbutter
8. Job - Lungbutter
9. Black Napkins - Frank Zappa

Part 2
1. M11 - Derek Bailey
2. Flipping Off My Dirty Dishes - Lungbutter
3. Slaves - Pink Mountaintops
4. Best Dishwasher I Ever Had - Lederhosen Lucil
5. Wind Up Workin' In a Gas Station - Frank Zappa
6. Gazzelloni - Eric Dolphy

Friday, July 24, 2009

Western Movie

Episode 32 was the soundtrack to a nonexistent Western Movie, featuring live readings from Book 1 of Ed Dorn's modern epic Gunslinger, accompanied by the theme music to various classic Westerns.

Part 1
1. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly - Morricone
2. Shoot You in the Back - Motorhead
3. Blah Overture - Blah Blah 666
4. Paso - Blah Blah 666
5. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
6. Lonesome Bulldog - Butthole Surfers
7. Hang 'Em High - Frontiere
8. Gold Rush - The Pack A.D.
9. Cielito Lindo - Blah Blah 666
10. Love You Like a Reptile - Motorhead
11. Lonesome Bulldog II - Butthole Surfers

Part 2
1. Mexican Hat Dance - Blah Blah 666
2. The Green Leaves of Summer - Tiomkin/Webster
3. Big Teepee - Blah Blah 666
4. Fast and Loose - Motorhead
5. Lonesome Bulldog III - Butthole Surfers
6. Stray - The Pack A.D.
7. Mexican Caravan - Butthole Surfers
8. The Man With the Harmonica - Morricone
9. La Cucaracha - Blah Blah 666
10. Live To Win - Motorhead
11. Lonesome Bulldog IV - Butthole Surfers
12. Bonanza - Livingstone/Evans

Friday, July 10, 2009

King Dream Fisher

Episode 31 featured the words of Regina poet, artist & one-time gallery curator Robert Betteridge. Recordings of Betteridge's readings were played with music by Charles Mingus, Derek Bailey, and Eugene Chadbourne.

Part 1
1. M5 - Derek Bailey -- King Dream Fisher - Robert Betteridge
2. Strawberry - Butthole Surfers
3. Meine Augen - Lederhosen Lucil
4. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
5. Sigh About This - Lederhosen Lucil
6. Rothko Lumberjack - Eugene Chadbourne -- The Be's B-B-B-Bs - Robert Betteridge
7. M6 - Derek Bailey -- The Be's ... (continued)
8. Donnybrook - DOA

Part 2
1. From the Eastern Gate (Haiku 6) - Erica Goodman
2. Dancing Fool - Butthole Surfers
3. Meditation on Inner Peace - Charles Mingus -- Dommmmmme Dome; A Betteridge in {Swim Spring / Spring Swim / Swim Spring}; Aquerie'n Aquarian Gypsy - Robert Betteridge
4. E.D.G.A.R. - Butthole Surfers
5. La Vocabulaire - Lederhosen Lucil
6. Sailin' On - Bad Brains

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Canadadaday

July 1, 2009 Canada Day episode, featuring live readings of E.J. Pratt's Towards the Last Spike, F.R. Scott's The Canadian Social Register and Scott's brief retort to Pratt, All the Spikes But the Last. Readings were accompanied by orchestral works by various Canadian composers.

Part 1
1. Oh Canaduh - Subhumans
2. Canadian Customs - Frank Zappa
3. Divertissement for String Quartet - Pierre Mercure
4. The Only Junior Fiction - Godfried & Soy
5. Inquisition Day - Subhumans
6. Carnival Overture for Orchestra - Oskar Morawetz
7. Surfin' Canada - Lungbutter
8. Look at the Dawn - Subhumans

Part 2
1. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
2. Ronald McRaygun - Dayglo Abortions
3. Concerto For Piano & Orchestra: Allegro - Michael Conway Baker
4. Staggering Into the Night - Swelter
5. So Fine - The Real Slow Drag
6. Canadian Mosaic, Suite for Orchestra: The Contented House - Jean Coulthard
7. Elan for Orchestra - Linda Bouchard
8. Proud To Be a Canadian - Dayglo Abortions
9. Broken Ship - Immaculate Machine