Freedom Of Obsession

No.114, aired March 16, 2011. Second episode to feature the Focus On The Family dramatization of C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters.

Part 1

1. Freedom Of Obsession – Dog Eat Dogma
2. Beaten With Sledges – Buckethead
3. Tarabos – Soft Machine
4. The Man Who Never Was – Sheavy
5. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
6. Freedom Of Obsession – Dog Eat Dogma (played 2nd time by mistake)
7. Snodland – Soft Machine
8. Penny Hitch – Soft Machine
9. Art Of The State – Dog Eat Dogma

Part 2

1. Imitation Of Christ – Sheavy
2. Nouvelle Axe – Ana Marie Avram / Hyperion Ensemble
3. Block – Soft Machine
4. Kaos Rex – Dog Eat Dogma

Hank Markus

No.113, aired March 9, 2011.

I am transient. I will die.
Before I die, I will change history.
I will give rise to a superior religion,
One that will assure human success.
No one can stop me.
Phenomena are no hindrance.
Conditions are no hindrance.
History is no hindrance.
Everything conspires to help me.

- Hank Markus

Hendrik (Hank) Markus, Regina poet & Buddhist scholar, passed away on November 20 2010 & this episode is a tribute to his memory, featuring live readings from his book Phenomena No Hindrance.

Part 1

1. Haiku III – Alexina Louie (comp.) / Erica Goodman (solo harp)
2. Life Is Long – Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Meeting Of The Spirits – Mahavishnu Orchestra -- The Messianic Heart / This Mountainous Reality / Mountain Poem / Three Meditations – Hank Markus
5. Breathless – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
6. Birds At The Mountain Temple - Alexina Louie (comp.) / Erica Goodman (solo harp) -- The Myth Of Fan / The Foreman’s Monologue – Hank Markus
7. 10,000 Years - Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
8. A Lotus On Irish Streams - Mahavishnu Orchestra -- poems from pgs.87-92 of Phenomena No Hindrance – Hank Markus

Part 2

1. Supernaturally – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2. Sleep – Godspeed! You Black Emperor – Invitation / The Poetic Verge / Midnight Hours / The Word Of The World? / Among The Gems / On Earth And In Heaven / Open The Gates / In Space / Reality Writ Small / That Flare Of Demon Tongue / No Longer Moved / Under The Eternal Sun – Hank Markus
3. Comas – Pink Mountaintops

My Dear Wormwood ...

No.112, aired March 2, 2011.

This is the first episode in a series to feature the Focus On The Family dramatization of C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters, a cosmic psycho-drama in which a young aspiring demon is tutored by a severe master in the corruption of an innocent human.

Part 1

1. Rattletrap – Forbidden Dimension
2. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
3. Little Demon – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
4. Regrets – Cancer Bats
5. Seventh Arrow – Weather Report
6. Glad Your Whiskey Fits In My Purse – Little Miss Higgins
7. One Tooth For The Time Train – Buckethead
8. Circle 2 – John Beckwith
9. Around The Corner – Evil Dick

Part 2

1. Invisible Dimension – Forbidden Dimension
2. Umbrellas – Weather Report
3. Heat Distraction – Women
4. I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
5. Coprophagism – Evil Dick
6. Meat Is Meat - Forbidden Dimension
7. Madam, Your Grave Is Ready - Forbidden Dimension
8. Moanin’ At Midnight – Howlin’ Wolf

Candy-Bright Discs Trundled All Ways Thru Electric Air

No.111, aired February 23, 2011, featuring on air readings of the poetry of Margaret Avison.

Part 1

1. Jim & Tammy’s Upper Room – Frank Zappa -- Snow – Margaret Avison
2. Peeler – Red Hot Lovers
3. Camino Real – The Ramblin’ Ambassadors -- Perspective – Margaret Avison
4. Mastermind – Monster Magnet
5. Ass Ass Or Ass – Red Hot Lovers
6. Fratres For Strings And Percussion – Arvo Part -- The Iconclasts / Butterfly Bones / Meeting Together Of Poles And Latitudes (In Prospect) / Thaw – Margaret Avison
7. Broomstick – L7

Part 2

1. Redline – Red Hot Lovers
2. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
3. Wo Xiang Tanbai – Immaculate Machine
4. Black Errors & Errors In Construction – Tim Hodgkinson -- Voluptuaries
And Others / Intra-Political – Margaret Avison
5. 100 Million Miles – Monster Magnet
6. Sunrise Redeemer – Frank Zappa -- Waking Up - Margaret Avison
7. Midnight Show – The Horribles

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

The Horror ... The Horror ...

No.109, aired February 9, 2011, reached end of Heart Of Darkness.

Part 1

1. Death Drone II – George Crumb
2. Heart Of Darkness – Headstones
3. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
4. I’m Real Scared – SNFU
5. Allegro Grazioso from 6 Bagetelles for Wind Quintet – George Ligets
6. Soul Dressing – Booker T. & The MGs
7. La Vocabulaire – Lederhosen Lucil
8. Silenzio II – Sofia Gubaidulina
9. Cannibal Cafe – SNFU
10. Tales (8 Whisps) – Cecil Taylor

Part 2

1. Danger Zone – Capleton
2. Beta – Jorgen Plaetner
3. Wykydtron – 3 Inches Of Blood
4. Shaker Loops, A Final Shaking – John Adams
5. Boot-leg - Booker T. & The MGs
6. This Is The End – SNFU
7. Herr Noit – Lederhosen Lucil
8. Room For Rent – Lungbutter
9. The More Dem Try – Capleton

Weird Incantations

No.108, aired February 2, 2011. Second-last episode to feature Joseph Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness.

Part 1

1. Pray For Darkness – Cancer Bats
2. In C – Terry Riley
3. Baby Please Don’t Go – Muddy Waters
4. Lunchmeataphobia (‘Think! It Ain’t Illegal Yet’) – Funkadelic
5. Naval Aviation In Art? – Frank Zappa
6. No Productivity – Subhumans
7. Wherever I Go – Eric Dolphy
8. Macrosolutions To Megaproblems – Voivod

Part 2

1. Firing Squad – Subhumans
2. Love Me – Eric Dolphy
3. Mannish Boy – Muddy Waters
4. Deserts, 3rd Interpolation – Edgard Varese
5. P.E. Squad / Doo Doo Chasers – Funkadelic
6. Broken Ship – Immaculate Machine
7. Pissed Off ... With Good Reason – Subhumans
8. Sailin’ On – Bad Brains