Sharp As Hail

No.147, aired November 30, 2011, completes a pair events began in prior episodes. Featured music was the second half of Xenakis’s Kraanerg (first half played in no.143, October 26, as part of the Cosmo-Orgazmic Ascension Series). Words were the remainder of Hart Crane’s Cape Hatteras not read in no.141.

Part 2

1. Kraanerg (continued) – Iannis Xenakis
2. Disaster’s Boring – Buried In The Backyard
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. I’m A Wild Thing – The Wild Things
5. Kraanerg (continued) – Iannis Xenakis
6. Can’t Quit You – Hestons
7. Kraanerg (continued) – Iannis Xenakis
8. No Competition – Insaniacs
9. Fuck Knob – The Quiffs

Part 1

1. Kraanerg (continued) – Iannis Xenakis
2. This Is A Riot – Farrell Brothers
3. Kraanerg (continued) – Iannis Xenakis
4. Do The Manic – Sleepless Knights
5. Kraanerg (continued) – Iannis Xenakis
6. I, Robot – Turnball AC’s
7. Kraanerg (continued) – Iannis Xenakis
8. Robbin’ A Bank – Hot Live Guys
9. Kraanerg (continued) – Iannis Xenakis

Godspeed You CJTR!

No.141, aired October 5, 2011, Special Radiothon 2011 Episode

This episode saw NAIA moving more toward a free-form radio art format, particularly in the second half, where Godspeed! You Black Emperor’s Static formed a foundation onto which was added 3 guitar pieces by Regina’s Bob Evans, spoken word from Stephen R. Covey’s 7 Habits, BBC Sound Effects, and a live reading of the opening of the incredible Cape Hattaras sequence in Hart Crane’s The Bridge.

Part 1

1. Spinning Plates – Radiohead
2. Sally – Gogol Bordello
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Transcendental Medication – Dog Eat Dogma
5. Jelly 292 – Jimi Hendrix
6. Dance Of The Headless Bourgoisie - Nomeansno

Part 2

1. 001 Loser’s Club – D.O.A.
2. Static – Godspeed! You Black Emperor -- Dune / Khamenkule / Yesterday – Bob Evans
3. Midnight Show – The Horribles

1927! Upon These Boiling Seas

Episode 53 aired December 16, 2009. This is part 3 of the 4 part "20th Century Zeitgeist" series featuring the string quartets of Arnold Schoenberg. Schoenberg's 3rd String Quartet was composed in 1927 - & by a stroke of luck I happened to select some Louis Armstrong recordings that date from the same year, & by a second stroke of luck chose an accompanying poetic text, from Hart Crane's The Bridge, that was published in 1927!

While it was tempting to name the episode "Monsters & Robots" after the title of Buckethead's CD and Guerrilla Funk Monster's robot references, the concept of boiling is a better description of the hot, popping funk of much of the music.

Part 1

1. Jump Man - Buckethead -- The Harbour Dawn (from The Bridge) - Hart Crane
2. Kaos Rex - Dog Eat Dogma
3. Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong
4. Fear On The Bridge (Upon The Boiling Sea I) - 3 Inches of Blood
5. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30, 1. Moderato - Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / New Vienna String Orchestra -- Ave Maria (from The Bridge) - Hart Crane
6. Lord Of The Storm (Upon The Boiling Sea II) - 3 Inches of Blood
7. robot love serenade - Guerrilla Funk Monster

Part 2

1. Stick Pit - Buckethead -- The River (from The Bridge) - Hart Crane
2. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
3. Ron Donson - Guerrilla Funk Monster
4. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30, 3. Intermezzo (Allegro Moderato) - Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / New Vienna String Orchestra -- The River (cont'd, from The Bridge) - Hart Crane
5. Isle of Eternal Despair - (Upon The Boiling Sea II) - 3 Inches of Blood
6. burgundy - Guerrilla Funk Monster -- The River (cont'd, from The Bridge) - Hart Crane
7. Revenge of the Double Man - Buckethead -- The River (cont'd, from The Bridge) - Hart Crane
8. Alligator Crawl - Louis Armstrong

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

This Cleaving & this Burning ...

Episode 14 aired February 18, 2009, and featured the poetry of Hart Crane read live in the CJTR studio with Arnold Schoenberg's Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op.16 (1949 Revision), as well as tracks from John Coltrane's Love Supreme, The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines, gypsy punks Gogol Bordello, and The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir.

Part 1

1. Sweet Tooth - King Khan & the Shrines
2. Acknowledgment - John Coltrane
3. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
4. Life is Long - Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
5. Summer Morning by a Lake - Arnold Schoenberg / London Symphony Orchestra -- Legend - Hart Crane, Repose of Rivers - Hart Crane
6. Burnin' Inside - King Khan & the Shrines
7. Peripetia - Arnold Schoenberg / London Symphony Orchestra
8. Taking it Out - Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir

Part 2

1. Torture - King Khan & the Shrines
2. Resolution - John Coltrane
3. Illumination - Gogol Bordello
4. The Obligatory Recitative - Arnold Schoenberg / London Symphony Orchestra -- Possessions - Hart Crane
5. Outta Harm's Way - King Khan & the Shrines
6. Premonitions - Arnold Schoenberg / London Symphony Orchestra
7. Mishto! - Gogol Bordello