Jangling Discords

No.158, aired February 15, 2012. This episode began with thediscovery of the poem Ode to Bartok by Hungarian poet Gyula Illyes, astranslated by Canadian poet Margaret Avison from a literal translation by IlonaDuczynska. The poem was read on-air with music by Bartok.

Also featured accidental passages from Ovid’s Metamorphoses onaudiobook – which turned out to be fortuitous as the accidently-selectedpassage told of the daughter of Cecrops who bargained with the god Mercury for gold to help him seduce her sister. This ancient drama was rudely interruptedby the Pack A.D.’s Gold Rush, which begins “I’m gonna find my gold.”
Part 1

1. Yikes – Facepuller
2. I.Lassu: Moderato – Bela Bartok
3. Bucketfull – Tandoori Knights
4. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
5. String Quartet No.2, B.B.75: II Allegro molto capriccioso – Bela
Bartok
6. Gold Rush – The Pack A.D.
7. String Quartet No.5, B.B.110: III Scherzo – Bela Bartok

Part 2

1. The Tower – Nomeansno
2. Allegro Barbaro, BB63: III – Bela Bartok
3. Dress On – Tandoori Knights
4. String Quartet No.5, B.B.110: I Allegro – Bela Bartok
5. La Cucaracha – Blah Blah 666
6. String Quartet No.4, B.B.95: III Non troppo lento – Bela Bartok
7. Snow – The Pack A.D.

A Trip To The Moon

No.89, aired September 22, 2010, with readings from Cantos II & III from Dante’s Paradiso, where he visited the Moon and talked to the Spirits that live there.

Part 1

1. Moondrunk (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
2. Moonshine (Friend Of Mine) – Five Man Electrical Band
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Moonlight On Vermont – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
5. Colombine (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
6. Moonlight Instrumental – David Vanervelde
7. Beyond The Moon – Max Webster
8. The Dandy (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
9. Distracted By The Moon – Blah Blah 666

Part 2

1. Light Reflected Off The Oceans Of The Moon – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
2. A Chlorotic Laundery Maid (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
3. Ghoul Next Door – Forbidden Dimension
4. Duke Of Prunes / Amnesia Vivace / The Duke Regains His Chops – The Mothers Of Invention
5. Wolves And Werewolves – The Pack A.D.
6. Valse de Chopin (from Pierrot Lunaire) – Arnold Schoenberg
7. Werewolf - Five Man Electrical Band
8. Blah Overture – Blah Blah 666
9. Annabel – Forbidden Dimension

Hero Going Down

No. 56, aired January 6, 2010.

This was another episode in the "Western Movie" mode, this time the text being a country-tinged reading of Book I of John Milton's Paradise Lost (with the lines I read given below, e.g. PL I:1-13), featuring the ultimate fallen hero ... Satan!

Also featured the World Premier of Ernie Klinger's new song, Hero Going Down.

Part 1

1. The Ballad of Hank McCain (vocal) - John Zorn -- PL I:1-13
2. Country - Muscle Bitches
3. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
4. This Terror - The Pack A.D.
5. Snake Earl - Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice -- PL I:27-75, I:192-224
6. Dust Devil - Butthole Surfers

Part 2

1. Hardtack Saloon #1 - The Pack A.D.
2. The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave
3. Hero Going Down - Ernie Klinger
4. The Big Gundown - John Zorn -- PL I:225-263
5. Siamese Wet Dream - Muscle Bitches
6. Svegliatti & Uccidi - John Zorn -- PL I:264-270
7. The Ballad of Hank McCain (instrumental) - John Zorn -- PL I:315-323

Western Movie

Episode 32 was the soundtrack to a nonexistent Western Movie, featuring live readings from Book 1 of Ed Dorn's modern epic Gunslinger, accompanied by the theme music to various classic Westerns.

Part 1
1. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly - Morricone
2. Shoot You in the Back - Motorhead
3. Blah Overture - Blah Blah 666
4. Paso - Blah Blah 666
5. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
6. Lonesome Bulldog - Butthole Surfers
7. Hang 'Em High - Frontiere
8. Gold Rush - The Pack A.D.
9. Cielito Lindo - Blah Blah 666
10. Love You Like a Reptile - Motorhead
11. Lonesome Bulldog II - Butthole Surfers

Part 2
1. Mexican Hat Dance - Blah Blah 666
2. The Green Leaves of Summer - Tiomkin/Webster
3. Big Teepee - Blah Blah 666
4. Fast and Loose - Motorhead
5. Lonesome Bulldog III - Butthole Surfers
6. Stray - The Pack A.D.
7. Mexican Caravan - Butthole Surfers
8. The Man With the Harmonica - Morricone
9. La Cucaracha - Blah Blah 666
10. Live To Win - Motorhead
11. Lonesome Bulldog IV - Butthole Surfers
12. Bonanza - Livingstone/Evans

Gunshots & Bloodletting

Words in this episode come from Take All of Murphy, a story played from Vincent Lam's Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, an audiobook of true stories from the operating theatre. Lam's descriptions of medical students cutting into their first cadavers were accompanied for the most part by the ethereal instrumentals of The Hylozoists' CD La Nouvelle Gauche, and complemented by the controlled chaos of John Zorn's Naked City, which was itself offset by the low-fi blues groove of The Pack A.D. and violent experimental rock of the Butthole Surfers' Locust Abortion Technician. Aired January 21, 2009.

1. intro -- The Hylozoists - The Hylozoists
2. You Will Be Shot – John Zorn
3. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
4. A Shot in the Dark – John Zorn
5. Bang – The Pack AD
6. Reanimator – John Zorn
7. Newrealmsofvibration – The Hylozoists
8. James Bond Theme – John Zorn
9. Paper Bag – The Pack AD
10. Weber – The Butthole Surfers
11. Hardtack Saloon #1 – The Pack AD

Part 2

1. Bone Handle – The Pack AD
2. Blood Duster – John Zorn
3. Parisianeyes – The Hylozoists
4. The O-Men – The Butthole Surfers
5. Thecrippledgiant – The Hylozoists
6. Demon Sanctuary – John Zorn
7. Graveyard – The Butthole Surfers
8. Graveyard Shift – John Zorn
9. Gold Rush – The Pack AD
10. Igneous Ejaculation – John Zorn
11. Outro -- Human Cannonball – The Butthole Surfers