Lashed By The Eyebrows Of The Surge

No.183, aired August 29, 2012, with readings from Book 2 of Le Compte de Lautreamont’s Maldoror.

Part 1

1. Meditation II – Pericardium -- Maldoror II-3 - Lautreamont
2. Gravedigger – SNFU
3. Untitled Dream – Secret Saucer -- Maldoror II-3 (cont’d)- Lautreamont
4. Oculus  Cursus – Forbidden Dimension
5. Memorial/Alterances – Iancu Dumitrescu -- Maldoror II-15 – Lautreamont
6. Salaminizer – GWAR

Part 2

1. Haywire Hannah – Forbidden Dimension
2. Moaning Wolf – Burro -- Maldoror II-8 – Lautreamont
3. Gag Order – Forbidden Dimension -- Maldoror II-8 (con’t) – Lautreamont
4. Womb With A View – GWAR
5. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
6. I’m Real Scared – SNFU
7. Disintigration – Secret Saucer -- Maldoror II-14,16 – Lautreamont
8. Tor Johnson Mask – Forbidden Dimension
9. Invisible Dimension – Forbidden Dimension

Spun Out The Fabric Of The Word

No.182, aired August 22, 2012. The rest of Chain 1 of Book 5 of bpNichol’s The Maryrology was read on air.

Part 1

1. The Holocaust – Exciter

2. 2 Songs For Soprano & Ensemble, Op.8, No.1 – Anton Webern

3. Garbage – Pigment Vehicle

4. 903/2 – Iskra 1903

5. Schizopolis – Metallic Taste Of Blood

6. Stand Up And Fight – Exciter

Part 2

1. Fake Rescope – Pigment Vehicle

2. 2 Songs For Soprano & Ensemble, Op.8, No.2 – Anton Webern

3. 903/1 – Iskra 1903

4. Sleep – Pigment Vehicle

5. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa

6. 1,000 Cigarettes – MSTRKRFT

To Know A NO That Is NONE

No.181, aired August 15, 2012, featuring readings from the vast visionary word-horde of Regina poet Robert Betteridge, with particular emphasis on the riff that runs out of the tragic abyss of knowing a NO that is NONE, the ground source out from which all life springs, buttressed by multiple thematically resonant tracks by jazz-punk-poetry trio Nomeansno.

OH AERODYNE GOOSE

SLICING THROUGH WITH SQUAWK

THOSE SLEET BLASTED

WINDS OF SPACE

SO CALMLY

SEARCHING A POLAR STAR

WITHIN THE DARK NIGHT

WHERE THE “NO”

IS KNOWN

AS “NONE”

-Robert Betteridge (n.50/1)

Part 1

1. Octandre II – Edgar Varese / Orchestre National de France -- n.96 – Robert Betteridge

2. 0 + 2 = 1 – Nomeansno

3. Outer Nothingness – Sun Ra -- n.70/1,77,86,87 – Robert Betteridge

4. The Valley Of The Blind – Nomeansno

5. Octandre I – Edgar Varese / Orchestre National de France -- n.89,15a – Robert Betteridge

6. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa

7. No Competition – Insaniacs

8. Octandre III – Edgar Varese / Orchestre National de France -- n.98,102 – Robert Betteridge

Part 2

1. Heliocentric – Sun Ra -- n.70/1,77,86,87 – Robert Betteridge

2. The Fall – Nomeansno

3. The Cosmos – Sun Ra -- n.98,102 – Robert Betteridge

4. The Night Nothing Became Everything – Nomeansno

5. When Something Stands For Nothing – Headstones

6. Room For Rent – Lungbutter -- n.115 – Robert Betteridge

7. Hyperprism – Edgar Varese / Orchestre National de France -- n.61/2 – Robert Betteridge

Into The Bluer Straits

No.180, aired August 9, 2012. Straight/Street-themed episode, with readings from bpNichol’s The Martyrology (Book 5, Chain I) and Hart Crane’s The Bridge (The Tunnel).

Part 1

1. 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op.10, No.1 – Anton Webern / London Symphony Orchestra

2. Bring It To Jerome – Bo Diddley

3. Look At Me – Streetheart

4. 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op.10, No.2 – Anton Webern / London Symphony Orchestra

5. Straight Life – Freddie Hubbard -- readings from Book 5, Chain I of bpNichol’s The Martyrology

6. G.A.D. – Kleins96

Part 2

1. 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op.10, No.3 – Anton Webern / London Symphony Orchestra

2. Pressure – Streetheart

3. 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op.10, No.4 – Anton Webern / London Symphony Orchestra

4. Role Models – Kleins96

5. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa

6. Straight On Til Morning – Don Stevens -- reading of “The Tunnel” from Hart Creane’s The Bridge

7. Streetwalker – Streetheart

8. 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op.10, No.5 – Anton Webern / London Symphony Orchestra

9. Bo’s Guitar – Bo Diddley

10. Sailing – Ripcordz

Who Are You? Or Mirror Man Part 2

No.179, aired August 1, 2012, including a reading of the remainder of Stephane Mallarme’s Herodiade.

This was the second part of a critical exercise that began July 18 (see below). In this episode, I expressed a clarified version of the critical concepts I have been grappling with, using examples by Butthole Surfers, Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, and Frank Zappa. Of course, the correct approach to music criticism is an accurate reporting of what music does to you, how it makes you feel. If generic classification and technical analysis aid in that description, great, but the most important task is to locate the music that actually gratifies a bodily need. But that is only the beginning. Equally important is to attempt to understand what in you relates to the song, because we are not merely private individuals with possessions, but are composed of contradictory social forces. Music gratifies different things.

Part 1

1. March Of The Crabs – Anvil

2. Cherub – Butthole Surfers

3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa

4. Safe As Milk – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

5. Sectile – Metallic Taste Of Blood

6. Shove It Right In – Frank Zappa

Part 2

1. My American Partner – King Cobb Steelie

2. Mexican Caravan – Butthole Surfers

3. Beatle Bones ‘N’ Smokin’ Stones - Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

4. Swing Theory – John Korsrud

5. Ain’t Got Time To Waste – Red Hot Lovers

6. VAP DIST, mvt.1 – John Korsrud

7. High After Death – Red Hot Lovers

8. Swing Thing – Anvil