Black Forest Myth

No.155, aired January 25, 2012. This episode began with the arrival of a double-CD live set of Sun Ra from the early 1970s – Black Myth / Out In Space – and from there it was only a matter of finding supporting material from Buckethead’s Cuckoo Clocks of Hell CD, Schoenberg’s psychodrama set in the woods, Erwartung, and a live reading from pages 76-79 of the densest forest in English Literature, Finnegans Wake.

Part 1

1. Erwartung, Scene I – Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / Janis Martin (Soprano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra
2. No End In Sight – Contaminate
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. The Black Forest – Buckethead
5. Black Forest Myth – Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Research Arkestra
6. India Speaks Cryptically To The World – Swelter
7. Erwartung, Scene II – Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / Janis Martin (Soprano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra
8. Numbskull – Contaminate
9. Friendly Galaxy No.2 - Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Research Arkestra
10. Swift Pulls A Fast One – Swelter

Part 2

1. Oblivion Trail - Swelter
2. Erwartung, Scene III – Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / Janis Martin (Soprano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra
3. Deadly Sins – Contaminate
4. Strange Worlds / Black Myth / It’s After The End Of The World - Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Research Arkestra
5. Dismal Land – Swelter
6. Woods Of Suicide – Buckethead
7. Zone Of Compass Unreliability – Tristan Psionic