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