The Horror Of The Same Old Thing Or Fresh Excesses Of Lasciviousness

No.133, aired August 10, 2011, featuring further passages from The Focus On The Family presentation of The Screwtape Letters. This will be a candidate for “Best Episode Ever.”

Some of the serendipitous highlights included Augury’s Faith Puppeteers being introduced with the words “I don’t think we have to worry about pagens anymore” and D.O.A.’s Unchained Meldody, from The Nutwrencher Suite, introduced with “by suppressing one side of Jesus’ teaching and emphasizing another.”

Part 1

1. Bogg-Marsh Boogie – Evil Dick
2. Faith Puppeteers – Augury
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. The Nutwrencher Suite: Bound For Glory – D.O.A.
5. Little Pink Gibson – Evil Dick
6. The Nutwrencher Suite: Unchained Melody – D.O.A.
7. Klismaphilia Funk – Evil Dick
8. The Nutwrencher Suite: Cut Time – D.O.A.
9. They Can Make It Rain Bombs – Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
10. Demons Out! – Art Brut

Part 2

1. What Is It Now? – Evil Dick
2. Blindman – D.O.A.
3. "Mode D – Trio and Group Dancers" ("Stop! Look! And Sing Songs of Revolutions!") / "Mode E – Single Solos and Group Dance" ("Saint and Sinner Join in Merriment on Battle Front") / "Mode F – Group and Solo Dance" "Stop! Look! And Sing Songs of Revolutions!" ("Of Love, Pain, and Passioned Revolt, then Farewell, My Beloved, 'til It's Freedom Day") – Charles Mingus
4. Sovereign Unknown – Augury
5. Madam, Your Grave Is Ready – Forbidden Dimension

My Dear Wormwood ...

No.112, aired March 2, 2011.

This is the first episode in a series to feature the Focus On The Family dramatization of C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters, a cosmic psycho-drama in which a young aspiring demon is tutored by a severe master in the corruption of an innocent human.

Part 1

1. Rattletrap – Forbidden Dimension
2. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
3. Little Demon – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
4. Regrets – Cancer Bats
5. Seventh Arrow – Weather Report
6. Glad Your Whiskey Fits In My Purse – Little Miss Higgins
7. One Tooth For The Time Train – Buckethead
8. Circle 2 – John Beckwith
9. Around The Corner – Evil Dick

Part 2

1. Invisible Dimension – Forbidden Dimension
2. Umbrellas – Weather Report
3. Heat Distraction – Women
4. I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
5. Coprophagism – Evil Dick
6. Meat Is Meat - Forbidden Dimension
7. Madam, Your Grave Is Ready - Forbidden Dimension
8. Moanin’ At Midnight – Howlin’ Wolf

GWAR’s Bloody Pit Of Horror

No.99, aired December 1, 2010.

This show was a primer for the GWAR concert at U of R’s Riddell Center on December 3 (see setlist below). Part 1 featured four songs from the classic Scumdogs Of The Universe album, and Part 2 included the entire Bloody Pit Of Horror suite from GWAR’s spanking new album of that title.

But what words? What spoken word component to set alongside the unspeakable violence that is GWAR? Hmmm ..... what else but the Holy Bible? What but the wrath of Yahweh could be bloody or arbitrary enough go head to head with the wrath of GWAR? So select passages from the crazy prophetic book of Ezekiel (see chapter nos. below) were played along with instrumental tracks between GWAR selections.

As far as the serendipitous sonic adventures that characterize Naval Aviation In Audio go, this GWAR episode turned out to be quite memorable, even more than most - so I can’t resist inserting below some (unplanned) quotes from Ezekiel that by chance provided perfect introductions to outrageously violent GWAR songs.

Part 1

1. Horror Of Yig – GWAR
2. Blah Overture – Blah Blah 666
3. The Salaminizer – GWAR
4. Dune – Bob Evans -- Ezekiel (Ch.21)(!)
5. Dogs – Blah Blah 666 – Ezekiel (Ch.21 con’t, Vlad The Impaler introduced with “Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end” 21:29)
6. Vlad The Impaler – GWAR
7. The Girl With The Mechanical Neck Movements – Evil Dick -- Ezekiel (Ch.22, Maggots introduced with “As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof” 22:21)
8. Maggots – GWAR -– Commercial break introduced with “These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword” 23:10).

Part 2

1. Cielito Lindo – Blah Blah 666
2. Bloody Pit Of Horror, Pt.1, Zombies, March! – GWAR
3. Home Sexuality – Blah Blah 666 -- Ezekiel (Ch.24)
4. Bloody Pit Of Horror, Pt.2, Come The Carnivor – GWAR
5. Caffeinated Coffee – Bob Evans -- Ezekiel (Ch.25, Gathering Of Ghouls introduced with “I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen” 25:7)
6. Bloody Pit Of Horror, Pt.3, Gathering Of Ghouls – GWAR
7. Expt. In 5:1 – Evil Dick -- Ezekiel (Ch.25, beginning with “I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD” 25:7)
8. Paso – Blah Blah 666 -- Ezekiel (Ch.25 con’t)
9. Bloody Pit Of Horror, Pt.4, Storm Coming – GWAR
10. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
11. Sick Of You – GWAR


GWAR setlist at Riddell Center, December 3/10

1. Horror Of Yig
2. Damnation Under God
3. Hail to Genocide
4. Let Us Slay
5. Vlad the Impaler
6. Decay of Grandeur
7. The Private Pain of Sawborg Destructo
8. Crack In The Egg
9. Maggots
10. Bring Back the Bomb
11. Metal Metal Land
12. Pure As The Arctic Snow
13. Beat You To Death
14. Salamanizer
15. Encore: Zombie March / Come The Carnivor / A Gathering of Ghouls / Storm is Coming
16. Sick of You

Notes: This was my fourth GWAR concert, and with each one it gets more difficult to enjoy both the music and the visual spectacle on stage because of the larger crowds. I usually forgo the visual component wherever it interferes with enjoyment of the music. I leave my glasses at home & find a good spot towards the fringes of the pit for dancing. So I didn’t always follow the onstage drama very closely, I think there was some elaborate plot involving the enormous Sawborg Destructo & Bonecrusher. A funny moment was Lady Gaga appearing with some crappy dance music then the band exuberantly pumped out their demonic-utopic ode to Metal Metal Land - & killed Lady Gaga, I assume - I probably still have her blood on my shirt. I could never even name a highlight from this set – I love all of these songs & relished every riff, every solo, every word of Oderous’s lovely poetry & every spurt of vile fluids. I loved Cuttlefish of Cthulhu’s long ejaculation during (I think) Zombies March & there is something absolutely sublime about hearing, after all the metal, the classic rock sing-along of Sick Of You in a thick crowd of bloodied GWAR fans while being shot with a blood cannon (presumably filled with the blood of the victims of previous concerts).

Radiothon Spectacular

No.91, aired October 6, 2010. With words from Dr. Wayne Dyer’s audiobook Peace For All Of Us, which provided a few moments of nightmarish serendipty, particularly as Dr. Dyer discussed war-time xenophobia to the tune of Les Georges Leningrad’s horror-shrieks in Ennio Morricone.

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Part 1

1. Dang – Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2. That Ol’ G Minor Thing Again – Frank Zappa
3. Skulls In The Closet – Les Georges Leningrad
4. Here’s To The Punks – Ripcordz
5. Great Day – Storm Inc.
6. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
7. Captain Fortune – Eugene Chadbourne & Henry Kaiser
8. Stop And Listen – Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir

Part 2

1. Man-Size Sextet – PJ Harvey
2. No More Headcheese – Hanson Brothers
3. Dun Pressed On – Evil Dick
4. 50 FT Queenie – PJ Harvey
5. Ditch - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
6. Ennio Morricone - Les Georges Leningrad
7. Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus – Frank Zappa
8. Hardcore Jollies – Funkadelic
9. Sailing – Ripcordz

Heart Of Darkness, Heart Of Pain

No.81, a double episode (10pm – 12am) featuring more passages from Chapters 1 & 2 of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Aired July 28, 2010.

Part 1

1. Doo’s – Evil Dick
2. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. 6:00 News – Thinktank Fish
5. Feio – Miles Davis
6. Hatred – Queasy

Part 2

1. Oh My God! – Headstones
2. From The Seven Days: Set Sail For The Sun – Karlheinz Stockhausen

Part 3

1. How Many More Years – Howlin’ Wolf
2. Losing Control – Headstones
3. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down – Miles Davis
4. From The Eastern Gate 6 – Alexina Louie (comp.) / Erica Goodman (harp)
5. Children Of The Grave – Black Sabbath

Part 4

1. Heart Of Darkness – Headstones
2. From The Seven Days: Communion – Karlheinz Stockhausen
3. Moanin’ At Midnight – Howlin’ Wolf
4. Sailing - Ripcordz

Dead Poets II

No. 71, aired April 21, 2010 – picks up where No.69 left off, in the early 20th Century literary zeitgeist, featuring historic recordings of poets reading from their work.

Part 1

1. Resume – Dorothy Parker
2. Death To The Sickoids - Subhumans
3. Zenooner – Evil Dick -- Song For The Last Act – Louise Bogan
4. I Don’t Love You - Dishrags
5. Naval Aviation in Art? – Frank Zappa
6. The Marching Song – Pointed Sticks
7. Syrmos (for 18 Strings) – Iannis Xenakis / Ensemble Resonanz -- anyone lived in a pretty how town / as freedom is a breakfastfood – E.E. Cummings / Childhood Is The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies – Edna St. Vincent Millay
8. Kill, Kill, This Is Pop – D.O.A.

Part 2

1. Big Shot – Exxotone
2. Snog With My Drums – Hession, Wilkinson, Fell -- Afternoon – Dorothy Parker
3. Wirehead – Wasted Lives
4. Ballad Of Otis Twelvepersons - Hession, Wilkinson, Fell –- The Dream – Louise Bogan / Dark Symphoney V & VI / An Ex-Judge At The Bar – Melvin B. Tolson
5. Fun While It Lasts – Active Dog
6. Doo’s – Evil Dick -- Resume – Dorothy Parker
7. Sailin’ On – Bad Brains

DADA

Episode #52 continues where #50 left off in the 20th Century Zeitgeist, this time featuring Schoenberg's Second String Quartet, composed in 1909, along with Tristan Tzara's 1918 DADA Manifesto, Mamie Smith's That DA DA Strain, and a handful of contemporary artists that exemplify dadaesqe tendencies in their own way.

Part 1

1. Little Pink Gibson - Evil Dick
2. That DA DA Strain - Mamie Smith
3. Bogg-Marsh Boogie - Evil Dick
4. No More Trading Clothes - Lungbutter
5. Ooo ... OMG - Lederhosen Lucil
6. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 (1. MaBig) - Arnold Schoenberg (comp.) / New Vienna String Quartet
7. Free Kill Pass - Lungbutter
8. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
9. What Is It Now? - Evil Dick

Part 2
1. It's Only Life! - Blah Blah 666
2. I Think His Name is Something (I Don't Know) - Lungbutter
3. Council Wife - Evil Dick
4. Doin' the Ganglion - Lederhosen Lucil
5. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 (2. Sehr rasch) - Arnold Schoenberg (comp.) / New Vienna String Quartet
6. PCB Polka - Lungbutter
7. Klismaphilia Funk - Evil Dick
8. The Darktown Flappers' Ball - Mamie Smith