As The Columns Of Hail Grew Thinner

No.157, aired February 8, 2012, featuring more passages from H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine, with the Back In Time album by James Blood Ulmer’s Odyssey plus other music.

The predominance of the colour white, the columns & arches & garlands in the ruins where the time travellor lands in 802,701 A.D. seem to represent classical culture, as seen through the rear-view mirror of western civilization – the simpleness and innocense, the childishness of the citizens, the fact that the architecture is in ruins, bring to mind Karl Marx’s assessment that the towering achievements of classical culture may represent unreachable standards for modern art, but are in reality the infancy of western culture.

Part 1

1. Science Fiction – Private School
2. Sonatine Baroque: Adagio – Murray Adaskin
3. D.N.I. – Man or Astroman?
4. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
5. Shame I Feel – Corsage
6. Open Doors – Odyssey
7. Hawaii – Young Canadiens
8. Sonatine Baroque: Andante – Murray Adaskin
9. Test Driver – Man or Astroman?

Part 2

1. Baby How Long – Howlin’ Wolf
2. Last One – Odyssey
3. Seen A Fight – Tim Ray
4. Sonatine Baroque: Allegro – Murray Adaskin
5. Principles Unknown - Man or Astroman?
6. How Many More Years – Howlin’ Wolf
7. Happy Time – Odyssey
8. Synchronized Swimming – Popular Front

Songs Of Innocence

No. 87, aired September 8, 2010, featuring live readings of William Blake’s Songs Of Innocence.

Part 1

1. Haiku I – Alexina Louie / Erica Goodman (harp) -– Introduction To Songs Of Innocence (“Piping down the valleys wild”) – William Blake
2. Pied Piper – Not Going To Vegas
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Jacques And Madeleine – Run Chico Run
5. Hyperprism – Edgar Varese -- The Shepherd / The Echoing Green / The Lamb – William Blake
6. Mr. Highway Man – Howlin Wolf
7. Prophesy – Eugene Chadbourne -- The Little Black Boy / The Chimney Sweeper – William Blake
8. Fairweather – Shikaska

Part 2

1. On Permanence - Alexina Louie / Erica Goodman (harp) -- Little Boy Lost / Little Boy Found / Lauging Song – William Blake
2. Howlin Wolf Boogie – Howlin Wolf
3. No Feelings – Cheerleader 666
4. Noon Harras – Derek Bailey with John Zorn & William Parker -- Cradle Song / The Divine Image / Holy Thursday / Night / Nurse’s Song - William
Blake
5. Sweet Little 16 – Chuck Berry
6. Ceremonial Music - Alexina Louie / Erica Goodman (harp) -- A Dream / On Another’s Sorrow – William Blake
7. A Real Mother For Ya – Johnny Guitar Watson

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

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

The Road to Wealth

This 8th episode, aired February 7, 2009, featured Suse Orman's book-on-cd The Road to Wealth played simultaneously with instrumental tracks and on occasion rudely interrupted by Gogol Bordello's World Underdog Strike CD among others. Suse's staccato delivery worked particularly well with Ornette Coleman's mid 70s free jazz fusion on the Science Fiction LP.

Part 1

1. Intro -- Fiesta from Piano Concerto – Claude Champagne; CBC Montreal Orchestra, Neil Chotem on piano
2. How Many More Years – Howlin' Wolf
3. Naval Aviation in Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Sally – Gogol Bordello
5. from Symphony No. 3 (Allegro Vivace – Lento) - Jacques Joseph Robert Hétu; National Arts Centre Orchestra
6. Do the Manic – The Sleepless Knights
7. Civilization Day – Ornette Coleman
8. Not a Crime – Gogol Bordello
9. I, Robot – Turnbull AC's

Part 2

1. Fast and Frenzied (from Flute Concerto) - R. Murray Schafer; Robert Aitken – flute; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
2. Immigrant Punk – Gogol Bordello
3. Law Years – Ornette Coleman
4. Fuck Knob – The Quiffs
5. Thunder Dragon (from Music for Heaven and Earth) – Alexina Diane Louie; Esprit Orchestra
6. I Would Never Wanna Be Young Again – Gogol Bordello
7. Rock the Clock – Ornette Coleman
8. Outro – Fiesta from Piano Concerto – Claude Champagne
9. Moanin' at Midnight – Howlin' Wolf