Nightflight To Venus!

No.90, aired September 29, 2010, continuing the celestial voyage to the planet Venus, with a live reading of Canto VIII of Dante’s Paradiso. No I didn’t play Boney M.

Part 1

1. Speed Load’er – Red Hot Lovers
2. Dancing In The Sun – Sun Ra
3. Rocket Number Nine – Sun Ra
4. Shivers Down My Spine – King Khan & The Shrines
5. Negasonic Teenage Warhead – Monster Magnet
6. The Planets, Op.32, No.2, Venus, The Bringer Of Peace – Gustav Holst (composer) / Lost Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra)
7. I Wanna Be A Girl – King Khan & The Shrines

Part 2

1. Vegas Knights – Red Hot Lovers
2. Venus – John Coltrane
3. Destination Venus – Man ... Or Astroman?
4. Big Eyed Beans From Venus – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
5. Exit Plexit – Simply Saucer
6. Venus In Furs – Monster Magnet

A Trip To The Moon

No.89, aired September 22, 2010, with readings from Cantos II & III from Dante’s Paradiso, where he visited the Moon and talked to the Spirits that live there.

Part 1

1. Moondrunk (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
2. Moonshine (Friend Of Mine) – Five Man Electrical Band
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Moonlight On Vermont – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
5. Colombine (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
6. Moonlight Instrumental – David Vanervelde
7. Beyond The Moon – Max Webster
8. The Dandy (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
9. Distracted By The Moon – Blah Blah 666

Part 2

1. Light Reflected Off The Oceans Of The Moon – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
2. A Chlorotic Laundery Maid (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
3. Ghoul Next Door – Forbidden Dimension
4. Duke Of Prunes / Amnesia Vivace / The Duke Regains His Chops – The Mothers Of Invention
5. Wolves And Werewolves – The Pack A.D.
6. Valse de Chopin (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
7. Werewolf - Five Man Electrical Band
8. Blah Overture – Blah Blah 666
9. Annabel – Forbidden Dimension

Babylonion Nod Scene

No.88, aired September 15, 2010, featuring Chapters 17 – 21 of the book of Ezekiel from the Commuter’s Audio Bible.

Part 1

1. Pill Shovel – Monster Magnet
2. A Vaquero’s Dream – Freddie Pelletier
3. Feel Good Hit Of The Summer – Queens Of The Stone Age
4. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
5. One Sin – Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
6. Our Prayor – Albert Ayler
7. Medicine – Monster Magnet
8. Change Has Come – Albert Ayler

Part 2

1. The Slippery Slope – Bob Evans
2. Nod Scene – Monster Magnet
3. Truth Is Marching In – Albert Ayler
4. Neighbourhood Butcher – Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
5. Sailing - Ripcordz

Songs Of Innocence

No. 87, aired September 8, 2010, featuring live readings of William Blake’s Songs Of Innocence.

Part 1

1. Haiku I – Alexina Louie / Erica Goodman (harp) -– Introduction To Songs Of Innocence (“Piping down the valleys wild”) – William Blake
2. Pied Piper – Not Going To Vegas
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Jacques And Madeleine – Run Chico Run
5. Hyperprism – Edgar Varese -- The Shepherd / The Echoing Green / The Lamb – William Blake
6. Mr. Highway Man – Howlin Wolf
7. Prophesy – Eugene Chadbourne -- The Little Black Boy / The Chimney Sweeper – William Blake
8. Fairweather – Shikaska

Part 2

1. On Permanence - Alexina Louie / Erica Goodman (harp) -- Little Boy Lost / Little Boy Found / Lauging Song – William Blake
2. Howlin Wolf Boogie – Howlin Wolf
3. No Feelings – Cheerleader 666
4. Noon Harras – Derek Bailey with John Zorn & William Parker -- Cradle Song / The Divine Image / Holy Thursday / Night / Nurse’s Song - William
Blake
5. Sweet Little 16 – Chuck Berry
6. Ceremonial Music - Alexina Louie / Erica Goodman (harp) -- A Dream / On Another’s Sorrow – William Blake
7. A Real Mother For Ya – Johnny Guitar Watson

Half A Heart

No.86, aired September 1, 2010

This episode was cut short due to a family medical emergency. An interesting episode all the same, featuring segments from Chapter 2 of Heart Of Darkness with Xenakis & Arab-Canadian punks The Sarcastic Mannequins - a morbid serendipity was acheived as the Mannequins were heard yelling "Tandoori!" as Marlowe (the narrator of Heart Of Darkness) contemplated why his shipmates were not eating him.

Music heard between 11:25 and midnight were supplied by Phil, CJTR’s most flexible DJ.

Part 1

1. Rule No.1 – Sarcastic Mannequins
2. Things I Lack – Pillar
3. Kai – Iannis Xenakis
4. Teufelskind – Dog Eat Dogma
5. 4 Arabs In A Red Fury - Sarcastic Mannequins
6. Meganegativity - Dog Eat Dogma
7. Magic – Alien Sex Fiend

Visions Of A(Nightare)ica

No.85, aired August 25, 2010. Featuring on-air readings of the poetry of Winnipeg’s Werner “Van” Harder.

Part 1

1. Hungry Freaks, Daddy – The Mothers Of Invention
2. My American Partner – King Cobb Steelie -- The Unwelcome Critic – Werner “Van” Harder
3. Wake Up America – Dayglo Abortions
4. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
5. America The Beautiful – D.O.A.
6. Hatian Fight Song – Charles Mingus -- I Am Dick Dick / Afghanistan; Iraq; Iran (?): Some (Viet)Nambulism (we’ve sleepwalked through this nightmare before) - Werner “Van” Harder
7. Everything I Touch – American Flamewhip

Part 2

1. American Society – L7
2. Sad Statue – System Of A Down
3. It Can’t Happen Here – The Mothers Of Invention
4. Ronald McRaygun – Dayglo Abortions
5. Americanized – GWAR
6. Once Upon A Time There Was A Holding Corporation Called Old America – Charles Mingus -- Jumping Jingoism: Flag-nostic / Calamity Gain - Werner “Van” Harder
7. American Dream – Cat Rapes Dog