Nomeansno - with a Vengence

No.103, aired December 29, 2010. No theme, except correcting the woeful lack of Nomeansno played on this program over the past 12 months with four tracks by Nomeansno at their violent jazz-punk-apocalyptic best from Dance Of The Headless Bourgeoisie. Also featured a live reading from Keston Sutherland’s Antifreeze.

Part 1

1. Entflieht auf leichen Kahnen, op.2 – Anton Webern
2. Safesurfer – Julian Cope -- Slits In Three Odes 1 – Keston Sutherland
3. Five Songs, Op.3, II – Anton Webern
4. The Rape – Nomeansno
5. Five Songs, Op.3, I – Anton Webern
6. The World Wasn’t Built In A Day – Nomeansno
7. Partner – Lungbutter

Part 2

1. Five Songs, Op.3, III – Anton Webern
2. Give Me The Push – Nomeansno
3. Zacotic – Jon Ballantyne -- Slits In Three Odes 2-7 – Keston Sutherland
4. Fast Money Blessing – King Cobb Steelie -- A Bang Covers Me / Sex Crater – Keston Sutherland
5. Five Songs, Op.3, IV – Anton Webern
6. I’m An Asshole – Nomeansno
7. Five Songs, Op.3, V – Anton Webern
8. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
9. Moanin’ At Midnight – Howlin’ Wolf
10. Midnight Show – The Horribles

Ezekiel's Wheels

No.82, another double episode, this time featuring the first 15 chapters of the Book of Ezekiel on audiobook (chapters indicated below), including the opening prophetic vision of cherubim on wheels - the theme of motors, driving & speed followed from there. Aired August 4, 2010.

Part 1

1. Spokes For The Wheel Of Torment – Buckethead -- Ch.1
2. Theme From Peter Gunn – Bob Evans -- Ch.1 (con’t)
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Til The Wheels Fall Off – L7
5. Circle With Tangents 1 – John Beckwith -- Ch.6
6. The Wheel – GWAR
7. Ornithology – Jon Ballantyne -- Ch.2-3
8. Son The Father – Fucked Up -- Ch.3 (con’t)

Part 2

1. New Realms of Vibration – Hylozoists -- Ch.5
2. Devil’s Speedway – D.O.A.
3. Golden Seal – Fucked Up -- Ch.4
4. I’ll Drive – Motocaster
5. R.S.V.P. - Jon Ballantyne -- Ch.7-8
6. The Hammer – Motorhead

Part 3

1. Angelicus – Delerium –- Ch.10
2. Fast And Frightning – L7
3. Circle With Tangents 3 – John Beckwith -- Ch.11
4. Fast And Loose – Motorhead
5. The People Is Never Corrupt – Hylozoists -- Ch.9
6. Oblivion – Motocaster
7. Circle With Tangents 2 – John Beckwith -- Ch.12
8. Circle With Tangents 3 – John Beckwith -- Ch.12 (con’t)

Part 4

1. Escape Wheel – Buckethead
2. Circle With Tangents 4 – John Beckwith -- Ch.13
3. Right On Thru – L7
4. Serenity - Jon Ballantyne -- Ch.14-15
5. Fire, Fire – Motorhead
6. M4 – Derek Bailey
7. Immortal Corrupter - GWAR

The Mountain Ash Is Covered With Spawn

Episode no.75, aired June 2, 2010.

Featured an on-air reading of How I Know The Sky Is A River: selected and new shorter poems 1978 – 1998 by Saskatchewan poet Allan Safarik. To obtain copies of recent books by Allan & other great Hagios Press poets, visit http://hagiospress.com/.

Part 1

1. Write A Song – Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2. Journey To The End Of Night – Hylozoists
3. Telluride – Motocaster
4. Hearst – King Cobb Steelie -- poems by Allan Safarik (see below)
5. T.I.M.E.B.O.M.B. – (International) Noise Conspiracy
6. Alternate Vision – Jon Ballantyne -- poems by Allan Safarik (see below)

Part 2

1. Plants And Rags – PJ Harvey
2. From The Eastern Gate 3 – Alexina Louie (comp.) / Erica Goodman (harp)
3. Rachel – Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
4. Joe – PJ Harvey
5. Sacred Love – Bad Brains
6. Bad Information – King Cobb Steelie -- poems by Allan Safarik (see below)
7. Dogs Part 2 – Motocaster
8. Sailing – Ripcordz

Poems read on-air from How I Know The Sky Is A River:

Crab / Saskatoon / Octopus / Mad Dogs Are Beautiful / Red Parrots In the Blue Jungle / The Human Factor / The Afterthought / Icarus / Between a Man and a Woman Was a Sail of Skin / Yellow and the Grave Sea / Two Eyes of the Faithless Dog / Deer / Tale of the Firefly / After the Rainbow / Rock River Poem / Meat in the Silo / Horticulture / The Duality of One / Pastoral / God Loves Us Like Earthworms Love Wood / Tree in Moonlight / The Debt / Yellow Bird / Mimicry of Birds at War

Buying In

Episode 27 explored the relation between what it is and what it buys, with help from Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are, an audiobook written by Rob Walker and performed by Robert Fass. All music played was purchased by myself at the annual CJTR garage sale. Naval Aviation in Audio strives to create tension & conflict with audio material, not unity & identity. It therefore refuses the marketing drive to create identity through purchase. As Samual Beckett wrote, "The danger is in the neatness of idenfications." Notes towards a manifesto.

The greatest "finds" at the sale were two CDs by Dog Eat Dogma, the earlier of which, Dogmachine, represented with 4 tracks in this episode, was given to me as a casette tape by the band's lead singer after their set opening for DOA in 1998, in gratitude for the energy I exhibited in front of the stage, because they seriously rocked. And by a lovely coincidence this show also aired the night before DOA played the Distrikt in Regina once again - which is why the hour ended with 3 DOA classics.

Aired June 10, 2009.

Part 1
1. Courage of the Morning - Bob Evans
2. Bad Seed - Dog Eat Dogma
3. Madison 22 - C. R. Avery
4. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
5. Broken Ship - Immaculate Machine
6. Placenta Soup - LungButter
7. Transcendental Medication - Dog Eat Dogma
8. The Loose - Jon Ballantyne

Part 2
1. Wholisticism - Barry Whitmore
2. No Such Thing As the Future - Immaculate Machine
3. Bill Hicks - C. R. Avery
4. Political Prisoner - Dog Eat Dogma
5. East Van Business Plan - C. R. Avery
6. Mon Dieu - Dog Eat Dogma
7. Search - Jon Ballantyne
8. Liar For Hire - DOA
9. America the Beautiful - DOA
10. Waiting For You - DOA