Sunday, August 30, 2009

Evil

Aired August 26, 2009, featuring Arnold Schoenberg's Erwartung, a monodrama (in German) about a woman wandering in a forest at night searching for her lover. To this nightmarish setting was added Howlin' Wolf (for a fairy-tale aspect), as well as several monstrous heavy metal anthems by The Muscle Bitches, Monster Magnet, and Anvil. Three different versions of the Willie Dixon-penned blues classic Evil were heard, as performed by Howlin Wolf, Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, and Monster Magnet.

Part 1
1. Sonata Tragica - Blah Blah 666 -- The Wolf Talks 2 - Howlin Wolf
2. I'm the Wolf - Howlin' Wolf
3. Erwartung, Sc.III - Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / Ensemble InterContemporain
4. Cyclops Revolution - Monster Magnet
5. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
6. Evil - Howlin' Wolf
7. Mothra - Anvil
8. Erwartung, Sc.I - Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / Ensemble InterContemporain
9. Peek Through the Pines - Muscle Bitches -- The Wolf Talks 3 - Howlin' Wolf

Part 2
1. Dogs - Blah Blah 666 -- The Wolf Talks 1 - Howlin' Wolf
2. Evil - Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
3. Erwartung, Sc.II - Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / Ensemble InterContemporain
4. 666 - Anvil
5. Erwartung, Sc.IV, pt.1 - Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / Ensemble InterContemporain
6. Balls To the Wall - Muscle Bithches (originally performed by Accept)
7. Erwartung, Sc.IV, pt.3 - Arnold Schoenberg (composer) / Ensemble InterContemporain
8. Evil - Monster Magnet
9. Cielito Lindo - Blah Blah 666
10. Wolf At Your Door - Howlin' Wolf

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