1937. Animal Gravepools

No. 55, aired December 30, 2009.

This was the final of the 4-part "20th Century Zeitgeist" series. Although the 20th Century Zeitgeist concept will continue in some form, examining moments of rupture & transformation in 20th Century culture, this was the final of the four episodes featuring the string quartets of Arnold Schoenberg. Schoenberg's final quartet was composed around 1937, so the episode also featured some swinging jazz from around that year by Count Basie & poetry published 1936-1938 by Dylan Thomas.

In celebration of the dark limbo between solstice & the new year, the theme of Part 1 was the grave, whereas Part 2 was all about wildness - so I guess combined they describe an animal coming out of hibernation - not quite spring yet, but wtf?

Part 1

1. Dark Rapture - Count Basie
2. The Gravedigger - SNFU
3. Mammal Beats - Les Georges Leningrad
4. Graveyard - Butthold Surfers
5. String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 (Movement 1) - Arnold Schoenberg / New Vienna String Quartet -- Altarwise By Owl-light (I & X) / Twenty-four Years - Dylan Thomas
6. Soup Stain Graves - Rehashed
7. HAY - Butthole Surfers
8. Topsy - Count Basie
9. Bodies In The Wall - SNFU

Part 2

1. Eli Eli Lamma sabacthani - Les Georges Leningrad
2. Wild Life - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3. String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 (Movement 1) - Arnold Schoenberg / New Vienna String Quartet -- How Shall My Animal / On No Work of Words - Dylan Thomas
4. Loser At Life/Loser At Death - SNFU
5. Naval Aviation In Audio - Frank Zappa
6. The O-Men - Butthole Surfers
7. I Wanna Be Your Dog - Stooges
8. Doggin' Around - Count Basie
9. Eli Eli Lamma sabacthani - Les Georges Leningrad