Outside His Circled Limpid World

No.160, aired February 29, 2012 – a double (2-hour episode).

This episode contrasted two texts – a live reading of Sean Bonney’s Happiness: Poems After Rimbaud, and an audiobook of H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine. Wells envisions a class-bassed society polarized to the point of total segregation, as observed from the top down by Wells’ detached, alien narrator. Bonney registers the effects of class society on subjectivity, the tortured imagination of participants in the struggle at street level, in a whirl of sensation – there is no privileged place to look down from.

Part 1

1. The Fifty Minute Hour – Hylozoists
2. Ghosts Of Griffintown – Ripcordz
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Corrupted – Pericardium
5. Kuilenn – Iannis Xenakis
6. 25th Century Quaker – Captain Beefheart

Part 2

1. Lunchmeatophobia – Funkadelic
2. Tear Ya Down – Motorhead
3. Elementary Particles – Hylozoists
4. Gimme That Harp, Boy – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
5. Phlegra – Iannis Xenakis

Part 3

1. Everything Pisses Me Off – Sarcastic Mannequins
2. Smiley Smiley – Hylozoists
3. The Opportunist – Pericardium
4. Ittidra – Iannis Xenakis
5. Kandy Korn – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
6. No Class – Motorhead

Part 4

1. Lashed Out And Gashed - Pericardium
2. Maggot Brain – Funkadelic
3. Charlie Don’t Surf – Sarcastic Mannequins
4. Kai – Iannis Xenakis
5. Punk Nation – Ripcordz
6. Strait Is The Gate – Hylozoists
7. Moanin At Midnight – Howlin Wolf

The Mystery Of The Reality And The Reality Of The Mystery Of Our Cosmic Existence

No.150, aired December 21, 2011 – the Winter Solstice special, featuring a playing of Regina poet Robert Betteridge’s Trilogy #2, from the great cerebral orb contesting the primitive coconut to the final invocation of the Sun’s Power in The Second Coming Scam, an incredible text to be played on the darkest day of 2011.

Part 1

1. Incantation – Voivod
2. Permeability – Hylozoists -- Prologue – Robert Betteridge
3. 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op.16, no.1 – Arnold Schoenberg
4. Helldriver – Voivod
5. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
6. There Ain’t No Santa Clause On The Evenin’ Stage - Captain Beefheart
7. 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op.16, no.2 – Arnold Schoenberg -- Trilogy #2 (a) Premoe Moe And Humoe - Robert Betteridge
8. Quo Vadis – King Cobb Steelie -- Trilogy #2 (a) (continued)

Part 2

1. 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op.16, no.3 – Arnold Schoenberg
2. 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op.16, no.4 – Arnold Schoenberg -- Trilogy #2 (b) All One – One All (SiFi) A Temporary Myth - Robert Betteridge
3. Voivod – Voivod
4. 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op.16, no.1 – Arnold Schoenberg – Trilogy #2 (c) The Second Coming Scam - Robert Betteridge
5. Reprise – Hylozoists -- Trilogy #2 (c) (continued)
6. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (version from Hendrix in the West)

Round Things Are Boring

No.119, aired April 20, 2011, featuring the entirety of the Lumpy Gravy album, composed by Frank Zappa & performed by Zappa & the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra in 1967.

Part 1

1. Prayor to Pierrot (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
2. Ella Guru – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Lumpy Gravy, Part 1 – Frank Zappa
5. I Can Tell – Ugly Ducklings
6. Loot (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
7. She Danced For Gordie Howe – Tim Postgate
8. Black Summer – Youthinasia

Part 2

1. Dali’s Car – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
2. Lumpy Gravy, Part 2 – Frank Zappa
3. My Human Gets Me Blues – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
4. Terminator – Tim Postgate
5. Midnight Show – The Horribles
6. Moanin’ At Midnight – Howlin’ Wolf

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

A Trip To The Moon

No.89, aired September 22, 2010, with readings from Cantos II & III from Dante’s Paradiso, where he visited the Moon and talked to the Spirits that live there.

Part 1

1. Moondrunk (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
2. Moonshine (Friend Of Mine) – Five Man Electrical Band
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Moonlight On Vermont – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
5. Colombine (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
6. Moonlight Instrumental – David Vanervelde
7. Beyond The Moon – Max Webster
8. The Dandy (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
9. Distracted By The Moon – Blah Blah 666

Part 2

1. Light Reflected Off The Oceans Of The Moon – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
2. A Chlorotic Laundery Maid (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
3. Ghoul Next Door – Forbidden Dimension
4. Duke Of Prunes / Amnesia Vivace / The Duke Regains His Chops – The Mothers Of Invention
5. Wolves And Werewolves – The Pack A.D.
6. Valse de Chopin (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
7. Werewolf - Five Man Electrical Band
8. Blah Overture – Blah Blah 666
9. Annabel – Forbidden Dimension

1967! Drums Of Passion

No.84, aired August 18, 2010, featuring avant-garde, jazz & rock music from 1967, plus the 22-minute Drums Of Passion by Stefan Jaworzyn & Alan Wilkinson, an incredible exploration of the percussive capabilities of the electric guitar & baritone sax. Also continued with Joseph Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness on audiobook.

Part 1

1. Rimb Nugget – Ugly Ducklings
2. 1967 – Dayglo Abortions
3. Song 1 (from Stimmung, for Soloists & 6 Microphones, No.24) – Karlheinz Stockhausen
4. Eyes – The Collectors
5. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
6. Leo – John Coltrane
7. Nothin’ – Ugly Ducklings
8. Song 2 (from Stimmung, for Soloists & 6 Microphones, No.24) – Karlheinz Stockhausen
9. Song 3 (from Stimmung, for Soloists & 6 Microphones, No.24) – Karlheinz Stockhausen
10. Song 4 (from Stimmung, for Soloists & 6 Microphones, No.24) – Karlheinz Stockhausen

Part 2

1. Abba Zaba – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
2. Drums Of Passion - Stefan Jaworzyn & Alan Wilkinson
3. Listen To Me – One Way Street

Utilitarian Donuts (part 2)

No.80, featuring more readings from Utilitarian Donuts No.1. For information on how to order a copy, go to http://utilitariandonuts.com/.

Part 1

1. Hylozoists – Hylozoists -- Drifting – Donna Burks
2. Pachuco Cadaver – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
3. Think Locally Fuck Globally – Gogol Bordello
4. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
5. Gasoline – American Flamewhip
6. Jan Jan – Grant Greene -- RAW Manifesto (Pts.1&2) – Michael Bell, David Cawood, Donna Burks, et al.
7. Mammal Beats – Les Georges Leningrad

Part 2

1. Pena - Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
2. 903/2 – ISKRA -- RAW Manifesto (Pt.3) / Regina Eats Itself – Zink Oxeye
3. Here’s To The Punks – Ripcordz
4. Sangue Puro - Les Georges Leningrad -- and DNA – W.B. Yonder / Salvolutionary Frivolatry: Being anAbOvoriginal SinThesis – Paul Friesen
5. Oh No! Bruno! - Nomeansno

1937. Animal Gravepools

No. 55, aired December 30, 2009.

This was the final of the 4-part "20th Century Zeitgeist" series. Although the 20th Century Zeitgeist concept will continue in some form, examining moments of rupture & transformation in 20th Century culture, this was the final of the four episodes featuring the string quartets of Arnold Schoenberg. Schoenberg's final quartet was composed around 1937, so the episode also featured some swinging jazz from around that year by Count Basie & poetry published 1936-1938 by Dylan Thomas.

In celebration of the dark limbo between solstice & the new year, the theme of Part 1 was the grave, whereas Part 2 was all about wildness - so I guess combined they describe an animal coming out of hibernation - not quite spring yet, but wtf?

Part 1

1. Dark Rapture - Count Basie
2. The Gravedigger - SNFU
3. Mammal Beats - Les Georges Leningrad
4. Graveyard - Butthold Surfers
5. String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 (Movement 1) - Arnold Schoenberg / New Vienna String Quartet -- Altarwise By Owl-light (I & X) / Twenty-four Years - Dylan Thomas
6. Soup Stain Graves - Rehashed
7. HAY - Butthole Surfers
8. Topsy - Count Basie
9. Bodies In The Wall - SNFU

Part 2

1. Eli Eli Lamma sabacthani - Les Georges Leningrad
2. Wild Life - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3. String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 (Movement 1) - Arnold Schoenberg / New Vienna String Quartet -- How Shall My Animal / On No Work of Words - Dylan Thomas
4. Loser At Life/Loser At Death - SNFU
5. Naval Aviation In Audio - Frank Zappa
6. The O-Men - Butthole Surfers
7. I Wanna Be Your Dog - Stooges
8. Doggin' Around - Count Basie
9. Eli Eli Lamma sabacthani - Les Georges Leningrad

The Flowers of Evil

Episode 42 featured an on-air reading of Sean Bonney's Baudelaire in English (Veer Books, 2008), according to many the best ever English renderings of the French poet.

Part 1
1. The Black Forest - Buckethead -- O Carib Isle - Hart Crane (on-air reading by host)
2. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
3. Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4. Naked - Ballroom Zombies
5. Please Hang Up - Dog Eat Dogma
6. Hair Pie: Bake 1 - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band -- Baudelaire in English - Sean Bonney (on-air reading by host)
7. Necropolis - Dog Eat Dogma
8. M1 - Derek Bailey -- Baudelaire in English - Sean Bonney
9. Bills Corpse - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
10. Fountains of the Forgotten - Buckethead

Part 2
1. Sweet Sweet Bulbs - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2. Fleuves (pt.1) - Gilles Tremblay -- Baudelaire in English - Sean Bonney
3. Impotent Fantasies - Ballroom Zombies
4. Fleuves (pt.2) - Gilles Tremblay -- Baudelaire in English - Sean Bonney
5. Sailin' On - Bad Brains

Evil

Aired August 26, 2009, featuring Arnold Schoenberg's Erwartung, a monodrama (in German) about a woman wandering in a forest at night searching for her lover. To this nightmarish setting was added Howlin' Wolf (for a fairy-tale aspect), as well as several monstrous heavy metal anthems by The Muscle Bitches, Monster Magnet, and Anvil. Three different versions of the Willie Dixon-penned blues classic Evil were heard, as performed by Howlin Wolf, Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, and Monster Magnet.

Part 1
1. Sonata Tragica - Blah Blah 666 -- The Wolf Talks 2 - Howlin Wolf
2. I'm the Wolf - Howlin' Wolf
3. Erwartung, Sc.III - Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / Ensemble InterContemporain
4. Cyclops Revolution - Monster Magnet
5. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
6. Evil - Howlin' Wolf
7. Mothra - Anvil
8. Erwartung, Sc.I - Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / Ensemble InterContemporain
9. Peek Through the Pines - Muscle Bitches -- The Wolf Talks 3 - Howlin' Wolf

Part 2
1. Dogs - Blah Blah 666 -- The Wolf Talks 1 - Howlin' Wolf
2. Evil - Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
3. Erwartung, Sc.II - Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / Ensemble InterContemporain
4. 666 - Anvil
5. Erwartung, Sc.IV, pt.1 - Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / Ensemble InterContemporain
6. Balls To the Wall - Muscle Bithches (originally performed by Accept)
7. Erwartung, Sc.IV, pt.3 - Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / Ensemble InterContemporain
8. Evil - Monster Magnet
9. Cielito Lindo - Blah Blah 666
10. Wolf At Your Door - Howlin' Wolf

Electricity

This electric-charged episode Aired March 18, 2009, featuring music from AC/DC's High Voltage, April Wine's Electric Jewels, 2 pieces of electronic music from Frank Zappa & the Mothers' We're Only In It For the Money, Stefan Jaworzyn & Alan Wilkinson, & electric guitar rock by Vancouver's The Northwest Company & Long Time Comin'. Passages were read from Tom McNichol's AC/DC: The Savage Tale of the First Standards War & from David Bodanis' Electric Universe. The chapter from McNichol's book entitled Killing an Elephant provided the perfect textual accompaniment to the cathartic shocks of Stefan Jaworzyn's electric guitar with the painful wail of Alan Wilkinson's baritone sax.

Part 1
1. Electricity - Captain Beefheart
2. Live Wire - AC/DC
3. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
4. Part of the Season - Long Time Comin'
5. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
6. Electric Jewels - April Wine
7. Are You Hung Up? - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
8. Paper Rose - Long Time Comin'

Part 2
1. Eight Hours - The Northwest Company
2. David Murray dons a cunning Alan Wilkinson Disguise and blags his way onto a bill at the Termite club - Stefan Jaworzyn & Alan Wilkinson
3. Hard to Cry - The Northwest Company
4. The Band Has Just Begun - April Wine
5. High Voltage - AC/DC
6. Electricity - Captain Beefheart
7. Just Like That - April Wine

Ecstatic Lamentations

This fourth episode featured passages from the Lamentations of Jeremiah taken from the Commuters Audio Bible played simultaneouly with works by modern Canadian composers John Jacob Weinzweig, François Morel, Harry Freedman, and Marcelle Deschênes. The ecstatic part was supplied mainly by John Coltrane's late 1965 Sextet on the Meditations LP and a couple of tracks from Captain Beefheart's 1969 masterpiece Trout Mask Replica. Aired December 3/08

Part I

1. Intro -- Quarks (from 15 Pieces for Harp) - John Jacob Weinzweig -- Lamentations Ch.4
2. Frownland - Captain Beefheart
3. Naval Aviation in Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Lisa Run – Bob Wiseman
5. Étude de sonorité for piano No 2 - François Morel -- Lamentations Ch 3
6. China Pig – Captain Beefheart
7. Compassion – John Coltrane
8. The Dust Blows Forward 'N the Dust Blows Back – Captain Beefheart

Part II

1. Dachau Blues – Captain Beefheart
2. Big Bang II for Tape & Mulitimedia Installation - Marcelle Deschênes -- Lamentations Ch.1
3. Row the Boat – Bob Wiseman
4. Toccata for Flute & Soprano - Harry Freedman
5. The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost – John Coltrane -- Lamentations Ch.2
6. Outro -- Quarks - John Jacob Weinzweig (brief reprisal)