Rent Me A Gap In The Earth

No.161, aired March 7, 2012. Played the entire 1989 landmark of west coast punk, Last Scream Of The Missing Neighbours by Jello Biafra & D.O.A. Featured texts were further readings from Sean Bonney’s Happiness: Poems After Rimbaud, and more passages from H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine on audiobook. While Bonney and Last Scream have a direct political affinity, The Time Machine interacted with both texts at the levels of concept and image.

Part 1

1. That’s Progress – Jello Biafra & D.O.A.
2. Tchorb - Rake
3. Attack Of The Peacekeepers – Jello Biafra & D.O.A.
4. Functions & Relations – King Cobb Steelie
5. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place – Jello Biafra & D.O.A.
6. Skree – Rake

Part 2

1. Power Is Boring – Jello Biafra & D.O.A.
2. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
3. Beak – Rake
4. Full Metal Jackoff – Jello Biafra & D.O.A.
5. Elan For Orchestra – Linda Bouchard
6. I Wish I Was In El Salvador – Jello Biafra & D.O.A.

The Mystery Of The Reality And The Reality Of The Mystery Of Our Cosmic Existence

No.150, aired December 21, 2011 – the Winter Solstice special, featuring a playing of Regina poet Robert Betteridge’s Trilogy #2, from the great cerebral orb contesting the primitive coconut to the final invocation of the Sun’s Power in The Second Coming Scam, an incredible text to be played on the darkest day of 2011.

Part 1

1. Incantation – Voivod
2. Permeability – Hylozoists -- Prologue – Robert Betteridge
3. 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op.16, no.1 – Arnold Schoenberg
4. Helldriver – Voivod
5. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
6. There Ain’t No Santa Clause On The Evenin’ Stage - Captain Beefheart
7. 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op.16, no.2 – Arnold Schoenberg -- Trilogy #2 (a) Premoe Moe And Humoe - Robert Betteridge
8. Quo Vadis – King Cobb Steelie -- Trilogy #2 (a) (continued)

Part 2

1. 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op.16, no.3 – Arnold Schoenberg
2. 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op.16, no.4 – Arnold Schoenberg -- Trilogy #2 (b) All One – One All (SiFi) A Temporary Myth - Robert Betteridge
3. Voivod – Voivod
4. 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op.16, no.1 – Arnold Schoenberg – Trilogy #2 (c) The Second Coming Scam - Robert Betteridge
5. Reprise – Hylozoists -- Trilogy #2 (c) (continued)
6. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (version from Hendrix in the West)

Sin Is A Good Man’s Brother

No.129, aired July 13, 2011, featuring more from C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters, as re-imagined by the Focus On The Family theatric version on audiobook. High point of this episode was hearing the demons disgust at the idea of falling in love with a virgin during the drugged out guitar jam in Monster Magnet’s Black Mastermind.

Part 1

1. Jesus Sings The Blues – Junkhouse
2. Functions & Relations – King Cobb Steelie
3. Gimme The Love – Junkhouse
4. Snake Dance – Monster Magnet
5. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
6. The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady, Track C – Group Dancers – Charles Mingus
7. Praying For The Rain - Junkhouse

Part 2

1. Looking For God - Fucked Up
2. Black Mastermind – Monster Magnet
3. Vital Transformation – Mahavishnu Orchestra
4. Sin Is A Good Man’s Brother – Monster Magnet
5. The Chemistry Of Common Live – Fucked Up

Times A-Changing / Mission Statement

No.120, aired May 11, 2011 - First ever episode at new 9 - 10 PM time slot.

Featured passages on how to develop a mission statement from Stephen R. Covey's audiobook The 7 Habits Of Highly Successful People, played simultaneously with instrumental tracks by Frank Zappa, Blah Blah 666, Sun Ra, King Cobb Steelie – and just to make sure things didn’t get dull, various animals were heard from a sound effects CD. In lieu of actually developing a "mission statement" for Naval Aviation In Audio," A poem from Sun Ra's Pathways To Unknown Worlds was read on-air.

Part 1

1. The Times They Are A-Changing – D.O.A.
2. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
3. Chico Lympico – Blah Blah 666
4. Packin’ A Rod – L7
5. Pathways To Unknown Worlds – Sun Ra
6. Self Pity – Nomeansno

Part 2

1. What’s Going On – Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson
2. Pass The Goldon Falcon – King Cobb Steelie
3. Shove – L7
4. Untitled Track 2 (from Pathways To Unknown Worlds CD) – Sun Ra
5. Love Thang – Nomeansno
6. Jim & Tammy’s Upper Room – Frank Zappa
7. March Of The Crabs – Anvil -- poem from Pathways To Unknown Worlds CD booklet – Sun Ra
8. Sailing - Ripcordz

The White Anxiety Of Our Sail

No.110, aired February 16, 2011, featuring readings from translations of the poetry of French Symbolist Stephane Mallarme. Unfortunately I had to return the book to the University Library before I got a chance to take down the titles that I had read (my notes only have page numbers).

Part 1

1. Toccata For Violin Player & Piano – Conlon Nancarrow
2. Cut – Headstones
3. The Stinger – King Cobb Steelie
4. Surf Of Syn – GWAR
5. Phone Calls – Vancouger
6. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
7. Fire In The Ocean – The Organ
8. Crush, Kill, Destroy – GWAR
9. Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima – Krzysztof Penderecki

Part 2

1. Absolutely – Headstones
2. Half-Bit Converter – King Cobb Steelie
3. Making Gestures – The Pack A.D.
4. Fire In The Loins – GWAR
5. Piano Concerto 1 – Einojuhani Rautavaara
6. It’s All Over – Headstones
7. Sailin’ On – Bad Brains

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

Visions Of A(Nightare)ica

No.85, aired August 25, 2010. Featuring on-air readings of the poetry of Winnipeg’s Werner “Van” Harder.

Part 1

1. Hungry Freaks, Daddy – The Mothers Of Invention
2. My American Partner – King Cobb Steelie -- The Unwelcome Critic – Werner “Van” Harder
3. Wake Up America – Dayglo Abortions
4. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
5. America The Beautiful – D.O.A.
6. Hatian Fight Song – Charles Mingus -- I Am Dick Dick / Afghanistan; Iraq; Iran (?): Some (Viet)Nambulism (we’ve sleepwalked through this nightmare before) - Werner “Van” Harder
7. Everything I Touch – American Flamewhip

Part 2

1. American Society – L7
2. Sad Statue – System Of A Down
3. It Can’t Happen Here – The Mothers Of Invention
4. Ronald McRaygun – Dayglo Abortions
5. Americanized – GWAR
6. Once Upon A Time There Was A Holding Corporation Called Old America – Charles Mingus -- Jumping Jingoism: Flag-nostic / Calamity Gain - Werner “Van” Harder
7. American Dream – Cat Rapes Dog

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

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

GWAR!!!

This episode aired December 2, 2009, featuring songs from nine of GWAR's eleven CDs of original music, with readings from GWAR Mythos and passages from Oderous Urungus (aka Dave Brockie)'s web-novel Whargoul.

GWAR came to the Riddell Hall in Regina on December 4, slaughtering a few hundred young, healthy Reginans & taking the rest as slaves.

Part 1

1. GWAR Theme - GWAR (from Hell-O, 1989)
2. Studies in Line: Allegretto - Barbara Pentland
3. Sick of You - GWAR (from Scumdogs of the Universe, 1990)
4. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
5. The Morality Squad - GWAR (from America Must Be Destroyed, 1992)
6. Studies in Line: Largo - Barbara Pentland
7. Saddam-A-Go-Go - GWAR (from This Toilet Earth, 1994)
8. Studies in Line: Presto - Barbara Pentland
9. Whargoul - GWAR (from Ragnarok, 1995)
10. Studies in Line: Andante Tranquillo - Barbara Pentland
11. Crush Kill Destroy - GWAR (from Ragnarok, 1995)

Part 2

1. Song of Words - GWAR (from Violence Has Arrived, 2001)
2. Membrane - King Cobb Steelie
3. Immortal Corruptor - GWAR (from Violence Has Arrived, 2001)
4. Womb With a View - GWAR (from War Party, 2004)
5. Busy Bee - King Cobb Steelie
6. Go To Hell - GWAR (from Beyond Hell, 2006)
7. Punished By Funk - King Cobb Steelie
8. Let Us Slay - GWAR (from Lust In Space, 2009)
9. Fight - GWAR (from This Toilet Earth, 1994)

Art of War

Aired February 25, 2009. Featured chapters from The Art of War (on audiobook) by Sun Tzu, played with King Cobb Steelie and the Leeds-based improvizing trio of Hession/Wilkinson/Fell.

Part 1

1. My American Partner - King Cobb Steelie
2. War - DOA
3. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
4. 12 Minutes for George - Hession/Wilkinson/Fell
5. International Master - King Cobb Steelie
6. Horror of Yig - GWAR

Part 2

1. Vlad the Impaler - GWAR
2. The Alphabet Poised Like Twenty-six Frozen Ducklings - Hession/Wilkinson/Fell
3. Sound Baffle - King Cobb Steelie
4. World War 3 - DOA
5. 48 Hours In A Resolute Atmosphere - Hession/Wilkinson/Fell
6. Deadbeat - King Cobb Steelie
7. Maggots - GWAR
8. Sailin' On - Bad Brains