China Steps?

No.106, aired January 19, 2011, featuring more from Part III of Joseph Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness on audiobook.

Part 1

1. China Steps – Women
2. Chinese Checkers – Booker T. & The MGs
3. Foot Soldiers (Star Spangled Funky) – Funkadelic
4. Steps – Cecil Taylor
5. Baby’s Are Walking On The Water – Sarcastic Mannequins
6. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
7. China Pig – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

Part 2

1. Druganaut – Black Mountain
2. Enter Evening [Soft Line Structure] – Cecil Taylor
3. Don’t Run Our Hearts Around – Black Mountain
4. Drag Open – Women
5. Sailin’ On – Bad Brains

Outward Bound

No. 58, aired January 20, 2010

Featured text was the Classics Library audiobook edition of Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick, originally published in 1851, narrated by Frank Muller. Chapters played are indicated below with their accompanying music.

This episode is titled after Eric Dolphy's 1960 Outward Bound album (from which the 2 Dolphy tracks were played).

Part 1

1. Everything Is Alive - Beef Terminal -- Ch.1 (Loomings)
2. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
3. Who - Brian Jonestown Massacre
4. Les - Eric Dolphy -- Ch.1 (cont'd)
5. Stormy High - Black Mountain
6. the hylozoists - The Hylozoists -- Ch.3 (The Spouter-Inn)
7. Revenge Of The Viper Three - Sheavy

Part 2

1. Lion's Gate - Helios Creed -- Ch.9 (The Sermon)
2. All Around You - Brian Jonestown Massacre
3. Leave A Message - Neon Tetra -- Ch.9 (cont'd)
4. G.W. - Eric Dolphy -- Ch.9 (cont'd)
5. All The Love (instrumental) - Helios Creed -- Ch.9 (cont'd)

Life Is a Series of Presentations

#44, aired October 14, 2009. Featuring the audiobook version of Life is a Series of Presentations by Tony Jeary & several tracks from Amsterdam's modern jazz ensemble Bik Bent Braam's double concert CD Growing Pains. Also featured 3 more tracks from Shredded Wheat, the sample CD of hardcore punk & metal from Harvest King Records.

Part 1
1. Bonsai Bart 5 - Bik Bent Braam
2. Bonsai Peter 4 - Bik Bent Braam
3. Evil Ways - Black Mountain
4. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
5. Goodnight - Invasion
6. Kontakte (Teil 1) - Karlheinz Stockhausen
7. Notes from the Divide - Amour Fou

Part 2
1. Bonsai Angelo 5 - Bik Bent Braam
2. Wucan - Black Mountain
3. Bonsai Michiel 4 - Bik Bent Braam
4. Transmigration - Things Change
5. Bonsai Wilbert 4 - Bik Bent Braam
6. Moanin' at Midnight - Howlin' Wolf

Sailing into Midnight

This second episode featured passages from a book-on-cd version of Conrad's Heart of Darkness mixed-on-radio with musical tracks (aired November 19, 2008).

Part I:

1. (intro) Which One Is It? - Frank Zappa
2. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
3. Cat and Mouse - Downing Turcotte Zubot & Dawson
4. The Regulator - Bad Brains
5. Don't Run Our Hearts Around - Black Mountain
6. Octandre I - Varese / French National Orchestra
7. Don't Need It - Bad Brains
8. Octandre II - Varese / French National Orchestra
9. Attitude - Bad Brains
10. Octandre III - Varese / French National Orchestra
11. Modern Music - Black Mountain
12. Banned in DC - Bad Brains

Part II:

1. Stockholm - Downing Turcotte Zubot & Dawson
2. Druganaut - Black Mountain
3. Offrandes (Chanson de La-haut) - Varese / French National Orchestra
4. No Hits - Black Mountain
5. Offrandes (La Croix du Sud) - Varese / French National Orchestra
6. Muchacho - Downing Turcotte Zubot & Dawson
7. Sailin' On - Bad Brains
8. Republicans - Frank Zappa