Jangling Discords

No.158, aired February 15, 2012. This episode began with thediscovery of the poem Ode to Bartok by Hungarian poet Gyula Illyes, astranslated by Canadian poet Margaret Avison from a literal translation by IlonaDuczynska. The poem was read on-air with music by Bartok.

Also featured accidental passages from Ovid’s Metamorphoses onaudiobook – which turned out to be fortuitous as the accidently-selectedpassage told of the daughter of Cecrops who bargained with the god Mercury for gold to help him seduce her sister. This ancient drama was rudely interruptedby the Pack A.D.’s Gold Rush, which begins “I’m gonna find my gold.”
Part 1

1. Yikes – Facepuller
2. I.Lassu: Moderato – Bela Bartok
3. Bucketfull – Tandoori Knights
4. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
5. String Quartet No.2, B.B.75: II Allegro molto capriccioso – Bela
Bartok
6. Gold Rush – The Pack A.D.
7. String Quartet No.5, B.B.110: III Scherzo – Bela Bartok

Part 2

1. The Tower – Nomeansno
2. Allegro Barbaro, BB63: III – Bela Bartok
3. Dress On – Tandoori Knights
4. String Quartet No.5, B.B.110: I Allegro – Bela Bartok
5. La Cucaracha – Blah Blah 666
6. String Quartet No.4, B.B.95: III Non troppo lento – Bela Bartok
7. Snow – The Pack A.D.