Sharks & Beaches

No. 64, aired March 3, 2010, the fourth episode to feature the audiobook presentation of Moby Dick (chapter numbers listed below, see also episode nos. 58, 59, 62)

Xenakis’s Rebonds B was played in full in Part 1 but was also used at various points as percussive backing to the text & other music.

Part 1

1. A Dark Chapter – Disembarkation
2. Hawaii – Huevos Rancheros
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Theme From Masterburner – Monster Magnet -- Ch.63 (The Crotch)
5. Mindless Aggression – Maow
6. Day’s Eye – Soft Machine -- Ch. 62 (Stubb Kills A Whale)
7. Rebonds B Pour “set” de percussions – Iannis Xenakis (composer) / Pedro Carneiro (percussion) -- Ch. 62 (cont’d)
8. D.I.S. – Soft Machine -- Ch. 62 (con’t)
9. Are U Ready – D.O.A.

Part 2

1. Lemme Take You To The Beach – Frank Zappa
2. Beach Blanket Blackout - Huevos Rancheros -- Ch. 64 (Stubb’s Supper)
3. Into The Vortex – Helios Creed -- Ch. 64 (con’t)
4. King Of The Monsters - Man Or Astroman? -- Ch. 64 (con’t)
5. Friendly Love I – Sun Ra -- Ch. 64 (con’t)
6. Illumination – Gogol Bordello (dedicated to Aleks)
7. Sailing - Ripcordz

Bad Brains & Wild Rumours

No. 62, aired February 17, 2010.

This episode plunged further & deeper into the darkness that is Herman Melville’s Moby Dick (see also nos. 58 & 59).

Part 1

1. Hearst - King Cobb Steelie -- Ch.41 (Moby Dick)
2. I - Bad Brains
3. Dark Chi – Atomic Bitchwax
4. Son Of Heldenleben – Murray Schafer (composer) / Orch. Symphonique de Montreal -- Ch.41 (con’t)
5. I Against I – Bad Brains

Part 2

1. F.V.K. (Fearless Vampire Killers) – Bad Brains
2. East – Murray Schafer (composer) / National Arts Centre Orch. -- Ch.41 (con’t)
3. Big Takeover – Bad Brains
4. Destroyer – Atomic Bitchwax
5. La Vendetta – King Cobb Steelie -– Ch.52 (The Albatross)
6. Voyage Into Infinity – Bad Brains
7. In Memoriam Alberto Guerrero – Murray Schafer (composer) / Vancouver Symphony Orch. -- Ch.59 (The Squid)
8. Sailing - Ripcordz

Conquistador

No. 59, aired 10pm - midnight, January 27, 2010. First ever Double Episode!

And fittingly, this 2-hour epic episode featured more chapters from Herman Melville's epic novel Moby Dick (see #58), with each of the four 30-minute segments featuring at least one epic-length musical track.

Part 1

1. M10 - Derek Bailey -- Ch.14 (Nantucket)
2. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
3. Broken Ship - Immaculate Machine
4. Because Because Because - Escapade -- Ch.24 (The Advocate), Ch.19 (The Prophet)

Part 2

1. Deadly Sinners - 3 Inches of Blood
2. Rasas I - Norma Beecroft -- Ch.35 (The Mast-Head)
3. Telephone Song - Tim Postgate -- Ch.35 (con't)
4. M1 - Derek Bailey -- Ch.35 (con't)
5. Two Went To Sleep - Norma Beecroft

Part 3

1. Time We Left This World Today - Hawkwind -- Ch.37 (Sunset)
2. Conquistador - Cecil Taylor -- Ch.36 (The Quarter Deck)
3. Revenge Is A Vulture - 3 Inches of Blood

Part 4

1. Air Traffic Control - Tristan Psionic -- Ch.48 (The First Lowering)
2. Pathways to Unknown Worlds - Sun Ra -- Ch.48 (con't)
3. Filthy Habits - Frank Zappa -- Ch.48 (con't)
4. M11 - Derek Bailey
5. Destroy The Orcs - 3 Inches of Blood

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)