Saturday, August 22, 2009

Monster Spawned

This is the second episode to feature the visionary poetry of Regina's Robert Betteridge. #36, aired August 19, 2009.

Part 1
1. Medicine Men - Tony Oxley & Derek Bailey -- Mary Shepherd Letter - Robert Betteridge
2. Ultimate - Gogol Bordello
3. Flabby Preludes (for a dog) 1 - Erik Satie (composer) / Eve Egoyan (piano)
4. Stranger Than Kindness - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
6. Used To Be In Love - Dayglo Abortions
7. Flabby Preludes (for a dog) 2 - Erik Satie (composer) / Eve Egoyan (piano) -- Micro Mini Duels Macro Max - Robert Betteridge
8. Stop! Look! and Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney! - Charles Mingus -- Micro Mini Duels Macro Max (continued)
9. Haram in Tuscany [Taranta] - Gogol Bordello

Part 2
1. Flabby Preludes (for a dog) 3 - Erik Satie (composer) / Eve Egoyan (piano)
2. Religious Bumfucks - Dayglo Abortions
3. Playroom - Tony Oxley & Derek Bailey -- YET - Robert Betteridge
4. Supertheory of Supereverything - Gogol Bordello
5. Flabby Preludes (for a dog) 4 - Erik Satie (composer) / Eve Egoyan (piano) -- Monster Spawned - Robert Betteridge
6. (Soul Fusion) Freewomen and Oh, This Freedom's Slave Cries - Charles Mingus
7. San Bernardo (1913) - Erik Satie (composer) / Eve Egoyan (piano)
8. I'm My Own God - Dayglo Abortions

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Spokes for the Wheel of Torment

Aired August 12, 2009, featuring a live reading of Chapter 1 of the Book of Ezekiel plus the Commuters AudioBible recording of Chapters 34, 35, 40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48 & 49 of The Book of Isaiah.

Part 1
1. Descent of the Damned - Buckethead
2. Circle, with Tangents Pt.2 - John Beckwith
3. She Danced for Gordie Howe - Tim Postgate
4. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
5. Spokes for the Wheels of Torment - Buckethead
6. Circle, with Tangents Pt.4 - John Beckwith
7. Terminator - Tim Postgate
8. Parannoyed - Dog Eat Dogma
9. Arc of the Pendulum - Buckethead

Part 2
1. Circle, with Tangents Pt.3 - John Beckwith
2. Haven of Black Tar Pitch - Buckethead
3. The Apes of Wrath - GWAR
4. Circle, with Tangents Pt.1 - John Beckwith
5. Animal Farm - Dog Eat Dogma
6. Hoster City - Tim Postgate
7. The Escape Wheel - Buckethead
8. The Wheel - GWAR

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Out of the Storm & Into the Drains

Episode 34, Aired August 5, 2009. Featured a live reading of Issue 11 of Infiltration, "the zine about going places you're not supposed to go", an issue devoted to urban explorations of Storm Drains.

Part 1
1. Crackin' Up - King Khan & the Shrines
2. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
3. Great Day - Storm Inc.
4. Brainless Wonder - Nomeansno
5. I Wanna Be a Girl - King Khan & the Shrines
6. Support-A-Man - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
7. The Tower - Nomeansno
8. Rainstorms In My Knees - Agnostic Moutain Gospel Choir
9. In From the Storm - Jimi Hendrix

Part 2
1. Storm - Godspeed You! Black Emperor -- Infiltration Issue 11: Storm Drains (My First Eight Drains - Ninjalicious -- The Holy Grail of Minneapolis Draining - Peter M. Sand)
2. Water Main - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3. End of the World - Nomeansno

Friday, July 31, 2009

Dr. Dyer Gets A Job

Episode 33 featured a number of bands sounding off in various ways about the workplace including 2 tracks from Eric Dolphy's modern jazz masterpiece Out To Lunch. And to add a confrontational element I employed Dr. Wayne Dyer's audiobook, How to be a No-Limit Person, once again bringing stuff together that maybe outta be kept apart but it's interesting & fun so what the fuck? Aired July 29, 2009.

Part 1
1. Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - Frank Zappa
2. I Don't Give a Shit - DOA
3. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
4. Abolish Work - (International) Noise Conspiracy
5. Wendall's Work Week - Johnny Rockstar
6. Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy
7. The Things That Some People Do For Fun - Lungbutter
8. Job - Lungbutter
9. Black Napkins - Frank Zappa

Part 2
1. M11 - Derek Bailey
2. Flipping Off My Dirty Dishes - Lungbutter
3. Slaves - Pink Mountaintops
4. Best Dishwasher I Ever Had - Lederhosen Lucil
5. Wind Up Workin' In a Gas Station - Frank Zappa
6. Gazzelloni - Eric Dolphy

Friday, July 24, 2009

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

Friday, July 10, 2009

King Dream Fisher

Episode 31 featured the words of Regina poet, artist & one-time gallery curator Robert Betteridge. Recordings of Betteridge's readings were played with music by Charles Mingus, Derek Bailey, and Eugene Chadbourne.

Part 1
1. M5 - Derek Bailey -- King Dream Fisher - Robert Betteridge
2. Strawberry - Butthole Surfers
3. Meine Augen - Lederhosen Lucil
4. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
5. Sigh About This - Lederhosen Lucil
6. Rothko Lumberjack - Eugene Chadbourne -- The Be's B-B-B-Bs - Robert Betteridge
7. M6 - Derek Bailey -- The Be's ... (continued)
8. Donnybrook - DOA

Part 2
1. From the Eastern Gate (Haiku 6) - Erica Goodman
2. Dancing Fool - Butthole Surfers
3. Meditation on Inner Peace - Charles Mingus -- Dommmmmme Dome; A Betteridge in {Swim Spring / Spring Swim / Swim Spring}; Aquerie'n Aquarian Gypsy - Robert Betteridge
4. E.D.G.A.R. - Butthole Surfers
5. La Vocabulaire - Lederhosen Lucil
6. Sailin' On - Bad Brains

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Canadadaday

July 1, 2009 Canada Day episode, featuring live readings of E.J. Pratt's Towards the Last Spike, F.R. Scott's The Canadian Social Register and Scott's brief retort to Pratt, All the Spikes But the Last. Readings were accompanied by orchestral works by various Canadian composers.

Part 1
1. Oh Canaduh - Subhumans
2. Canadian Customs - Frank Zappa
3. Divertissement for String Quartet - Pierre Mercure
4. The Only Junior Fiction - Godfried & Soy
5. Inquisition Day - Subhumans
6. Carnival Overture for Orchestra - Oskar Morawetz
7. Surfin' Canada - Lungbutter
8. Look at the Dawn - Subhumans

Part 2
1. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
2. Ronald McRaygun - Dayglo Abortions
3. Concerto For Piano & Orchestra: Allegro - Michael Conway Baker
4. Staggering Into the Night - Swelter
5. So Fine - The Real Slow Drag
6. Canadian Mosaic, Suite for Orchestra: The Contented House - Jean Coulthard
7. Elan for Orchestra - Linda Bouchard
8. Proud To Be a Canadian - Dayglo Abortions
9. Broken Ship - Immaculate Machine