Mostly Awful, With Occasional Reprieves When It Was Purely Terrifying

No.135, aired August 24, 2011, featuring more passages from C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters, as re-enacted by Focus On The Family on audiobook. Most of Part 1 constituted a “Sandwich Bloody Sandwich,” 2 meaty slabs from the Dayglo Abortions’ Feed Us A Fetus plus bonus wedges of Prime Time Sublime and King Cobb Steelie like so much cheese, all stacked between two thick slices of Black Sabbath.

Part 1

1. Irrational – King Cobb Steelie
2. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
3. Sabbra Cadabra – Black Sabbath
4. Scared Of People – Dayglo Abortions
5. Erectile Cognitive Bop Bits – The Prime Time Sublime Community Orchestra
6. Black Sabbath – Dayglo Abortions
7. Doomed Thinking Man v. Stupid Action Man – King Cobb Steelie
8. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath

Part 2

1. You Should Be Getting Something – King Cobb Steelie
2. Stay Clean – Motorhead
3. Pomp And Vindaloo – The Prime Time Sublime Community Orchestra
4. I’ll Be Your Sister – Motorhead
5. Air Traffic Control – Tristan Psionic

The Hammer Without A Master

No.134, aired August 17, 2011. This was the fifth installment of the Orgazo-Cozmic Ascension series, featuring Pierre Boulez’s Le marteau sans maître (The Hammer Without a Master). Included a live reading of Comp.II (July 28/06) by Winnipeg’s POORTREE, a performance poetry duo consisting of Christoff Engbrecht and David Albert Streit.

Part 1

1. Before the Furious Craftsmanship – Pierre Boulez
2. Lashed Out & Gashed – Pericardium
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. First Commentary On The Hangman Of Solitude – Pierre Boulez
5. Super Banana – Lungbutter
6. The Furious Craftsmanship – Pierre Boulez
7. Bodies – Pericardium
8. Second Commentary On The Hangman Of Solitude – Pierre Boulez
9. Mother Earth – Lungbutter
10. Stately Building & Presentiments, 1st version – Pierre Boulez

Part 2

1. Lost Cause – Royal Red Brigade
2. The Hangman Of Solitude – Pierre Boulez
3. After the Furious Craftsmanship – Pierre Boulez
4. Sewage Missile – Lungbutter
5. Third Commentary On The Hangman Of Solitude – Pierre Boulez
6. Vampire Prom Queen – Royal Red Brigade
7. Stately Building & Presentiments, Again – Pierre Boulez
8. Exit Plexit – Simply Saucer

The Horror Of The Same Old Thing Or Fresh Excesses Of Lasciviousness

No.133, aired August 10, 2011, featuring further passages from The Focus On The Family presentation of The Screwtape Letters. This will be a candidate for “Best Episode Ever.”

Some of the serendipitous highlights included Augury’s Faith Puppeteers being introduced with the words “I don’t think we have to worry about pagens anymore” and D.O.A.’s Unchained Meldody, from The Nutwrencher Suite, introduced with “by suppressing one side of Jesus’ teaching and emphasizing another.”

Part 1

1. Bogg-Marsh Boogie – Evil Dick
2. Faith Puppeteers – Augury
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. The Nutwrencher Suite: Bound For Glory – D.O.A.
5. Little Pink Gibson – Evil Dick
6. The Nutwrencher Suite: Unchained Melody – D.O.A.
7. Klismaphilia Funk – Evil Dick
8. The Nutwrencher Suite: Cut Time – D.O.A.
9. They Can Make It Rain Bombs – Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
10. Demons Out! – Art Brut

Part 2

1. What Is It Now? – Evil Dick
2. Blindman – D.O.A.
3. "Mode D – Trio and Group Dancers" ("Stop! Look! And Sing Songs of Revolutions!") / "Mode E – Single Solos and Group Dance" ("Saint and Sinner Join in Merriment on Battle Front") / "Mode F – Group and Solo Dance" "Stop! Look! And Sing Songs of Revolutions!" ("Of Love, Pain, and Passioned Revolt, then Farewell, My Beloved, 'til It's Freedom Day") – Charles Mingus
4. Sovereign Unknown – Augury
5. Madam, Your Grave Is Ready – Forbidden Dimension

Saturday Night Punks & Funk

No.132, aired August 3, 2011. This episode commemorates my Saturday Night of live entertainment. Unfortunately, SNFU called in sick to their concert, but the remaining four bands on the bill were all great. I picked up bargain-price CDs by Regina’s Royal Red Brigade and Red Dear’s Kroovy Rookers. I will have to pick up CDs by the Delinquents and Clusterfucks at a later date.

Then, on my stumble home down Albert St., I heard somewhere a band playing Neil Young’s Down By The River, with a Pink Floyd song, Comfortably Numb I think, mixed in. I located the venue and was treated to an amazing funky set of originals & covers by the Root In Fluents on a patio under the lights. An exquisite finish to my night out!

Also read some poetry by J.H. Prynne.

Part 1

1. Frozen Eyes – The Root In Fluents
2. Five Songs, Op.3, IV – Anton Webern
3. Search The City – Royal Red Brigade
4. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
5. Nights Like This – Kroovy Rookers
6. Five Songs, Op.3, I – Anton Webern
7. Down By The River – Neil Young -- The Numbers – J.H. Prynne
8. Five Songs, Op.3, II – Anton Webern
9. Beguiled Ambiguity – The Root In Fluents
10. Five Songs, Op.3, III – Anton Webern

Part 2

1. Mystic Voyage – The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble -- A Night Square – J.H. Prynne
2. Blackout City Nights – Royal Red Brigade
3. Five Songs, Op.3, V – Anton Webern
4. Electrocutie – The Root In Fluents
5. Derf - The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble -- A Night Square (con’t) / Day Light Songs – J.H. Prynne
6. Breakin’ At Twelve – The Root In Fluents
7. No More Boring Crap – Kroovy Rookers
8. Room For Rent – Lungbutter
9. Here Comes The Judge – Kroovy Rookers

1-2-SNFU!!

No.131, aired July 27, 2011. This was a primer episode for the SNFU concert that was supposed to have taken place Saturday Night – see August 3 for details. Spoken word component was from Steven R. Covey’s 7 Habits.

Part 1

1. Broken Toy - SNFU
2. Valse De Chopin – Arnold Schoenberg
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. She’s Not On The Menu – SNFU
5. The Alphabet Poised Like 26 Frozen Ducklings – Hession / Wilkinson / Fell
6. You Can’t Take It With You – Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson
7. I’m Real Scared – SNFU
8. 48 Hours In A Resolute Atmosphere – Hession / Wilkinson / Fell
9. Money Matters – SNFU
10. Circle With Tangets I – John Beckwith

Part 2

1. Too Tired – Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson
2. Ochre Ringlet – Eugene Chadbourne
3. Get Off Your Ass – SNFU
4. The Walking Dead – Eugene Chadbourne
5. Loser At Life/Loser At Death – SNFU
6. Madonna – Arnold Schoenberg
7. Bodies In The Wall – SNFU
8. Circle With Tangets II – John Beckwith
9. This Is The End – SNFU
10. Exit Plexit – Simply Saucer