Radio Lost and Found for May 2013

Here’s Radio Lost and Found for May.

A bit hampered by a non-functioning turntable in the air-room, leaving me with only one, which made me make some interesting last-minute choices over what I had planned. Oh well. I think it turned out OK.

You might notice the archive sounds a little weird – somewhat sonically squashed. Truth told, it’s in mono, due to KBOO’s audio stream only putting out in one channel. I mixed it down to one mono track. Again, oh well.

Hope you enjoy it.

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Here’s the Spinitron playlist:

Radio Lost and Found (Music) with Rich L. 05/10/2013 10:00PM to 12:00AM

10:00PM-10:01PM (1:54) KBOO “Promo Spots” from N/A

10:01PM-10:02PM (0:38) Leonard Pennario “March of the Lunatics” from The Two Pianos of Leonard Pennario

10:02PM-10:03PM (0:42) Mike Patton “Red Mouth, Black Orgasm” from Adult Themes for Voice (1997) on Tzadik

10:03PM-10:04PM (1:03) Brother John Rydgren “The Noise” from Silhouette Segments on Omni Recordings

10:04PM-10:06PM (2:13) Twink “Hot Diggety” from The Broken Record (Rock, 2005) on seeland records

10:07PM-10:10PM (2:42) The Rudy Schwartz Project “Carry Me Back to the Good Ol’ U.S.A.” from Full Frontal Klugman (2013) on Cockroach Media

10:10PM-10:14PM (4:18) The Rudy Schwartz Project “Blood Freak” from Full Frontal Klugman (2013) on Cockroach Media

10:14PM-10:18PM (4:08) The Rudy Schwartz Project “Song of the Coastal Artillery Women” from Full Frontal Klugman (2013) on Cockroach Media

10:18PM-10:21PM (3:02) Toecutter “I Milk Myself” from DJ Shitmat Presents: The Rolf Harris Mashup CD on Wrong Music

10:21PM-10:22PM (0:46) Thomas Griffin “Rolf 2” from DJ Shitmat Presents: The Rolf Harris Mashup CD on Wrong Music

10:22PM-10:26PM (4:13) Cromagnon “Caledonia” from Cave Rock on Jackpot — Reissue of ESP release Orgasm

10:26PM-10:29PM (2:37) Cromagnon “Ritual Feast Of The Libido” from Cave Rock on Jackpot

10:29PM-10:32PM (2:59) Non & Boyd Rice “Turn Me On, Dead Man” from Back to Mono (2012) on Mute Artists

10:32PM-10:35PM (3:26) Non & Boyd Rice “Watusi” from Back to Mono (2012) on Mute Artists

10:35PM-10:39PM (3:54) Sir Richard Bishop “Hill Dwellers” from Graviton Polarity Generator on Social Music and Tape Club of Portland, Oregon — Many things playing simultaneously from this point on

10:39PM-10:40PM (1:28) Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest “Birds And Crickets; Bark-Cloth Hammering With The Voices Of Young Boys In The Background” from Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest on Folkways

10:40PM-10:42PM (1:53) Burkina Faso “Gopir” from Xylophone De Funerailles on Ocara Radio France (France)

10:42PM-10:49PM (6:48) Traditional African Tribe Musicians “Kayamba Dance: Giriama Wedding” from Kenya & Tanzania: Witchcraft & Ritual Music on Elektra Nonesuch

10:49PM-10:50PM (0:55) Sir Richard Bishop “Event Horizons” from Graviton Polarity Generator on Social Music and Tape Club of Portland, Oregon

10:50PM-10:51PM (1:23) Phonequail “Last Meal Request Hotline” from Phonequail Radio Program (excerpt)

10:51PM-10:54PM (2:54) Johnny Paycheck “Pardon Me, I’ve Got Someone To Kill” from 7″

10:54PM-10:57PM (2:51) Mark Wade “Are They Gonna Shoot God?” from Troubled Troubadors on Omni Recordings

10:57PM-11:01PM (3:37) Gary S. Paxton “The Big A = the Big M” from 7″ on Pax

11:01PM-11:07PM (5:56) Peter Thomas Sound Orchest… “Memnon Colossi And The Pyramid Of Cholula” from Chariots Of The Gods? (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2011) on Master Classics Records

11:07PM-11:08PM (1:31) Jed Johnson “Baby thrown out the window scene” from Andy Warhol’s Bad

11:08PM-11:12PM (3:29) Phineas Narco/Brad Sucks “Overreacting (‘Brad Sucks’ Cover)” from Straight Outta Klonopin

11:12PM-11:15PM (3:23) The Timelords (The Jams) “Doctorin’ The Tardis” from 7″

11:15PM-11:20PM (4:46) Gadgetto “Action Doll (Lords of Acid vs Devo)” from Sonneschein Ubermensch

11:20PM-11:23PM (3:27) Will Powers “Adventures In Success” from 7″

11:23PM-11:27PM (3:23) Venetian Snares “Electric Funeral” from Sabbath Remixes

11:27PM-11:29PM (2:32) Human Skab “Screamin’ Demon” from Thunder Hips and Saddle Bags (2006) on Family Vineyard

11:29PM-11:32PM (2:18) Human Skab “Drunk and Staggerin’ Around” from Thunder Hips and Saddle Bags (2006) on Family Vineyard

11:32PM-11:34PM (2:43) Boyd Rice & Daniel Miller “Cleanliness and Order” from Darker Skratcher

11:34PM-11:42PM (7:44) Randy Lewis “Dreams Within a Dream” from 7″ (1981) on Heat Warps

11:42PM-11:47PM (4:59) Jean-pierre Massiera “Space Woman” from Psychoses Freakoïd (1963-1978) (2008) on Tir Groupé

11:47PM-11:49PM (2:04) German Shepherds “Communist Control” from Music for Sick Queers (Bonus Track Version) (2012) on Superior Viaduct

11:49PM-11:52PM (2:46) The Rudy Schwartz Project “Louisiana Pancake Batfish” from Full Frontal Klugman (2013) on Cockroach Media

11:52PM-11:55PM (3:13) The Rudy Schwartz Project “You’re Not Rondo Hatton” from Full Frontal Klugman (2013) on Cockroach Media

11:55PM-11:56PM (1:10) UNKNOWN “Assorted Anti-Drug PSAs” from Assorted Anti-Drug PSAs (Single)

11:56PM-11:59PM (3:20) Shooby Taylor “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from The Human Horn (CD, Album, Private, 1980) on Shooby.com

Radio Lost and Found for April 2013: With Guest Poet Christopher Luna

I’m back after a two-month hiatus with another show, this time with friend and Poet Christopher Luna.

Chris brought some stuff from his amazing collection of spoken word, poetry and music.

About Chris:

…is the Poet Laureate of Clark County, WA where he works as a poet, artist, editor, publisher, and teacher. He is the host of Ghost Town Poetry, a popular open mic poetry series at Cover to Cover Books in Vancouver, WA. Luna is co-founder, with Toni Partington, of Printed Matter Vancouver, a small press that also provides editing and coaching services to writers. He is also the editor of “The Work,” a monthly poetry newsletter created to inform poets about events in Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA. Christopher Luna’s collage art is available through Angst Gallery in Vancouver, WA.

We had a blast cramming in as much stuff within two hours. Hopefully, we’ll do it again soon.

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Here’s the playlist:

Steve Buscemi – Buscemi Tapes
Sekou Sundiati – Shout Out
Miranda Richardson – Reads Pablo Neruda
Sasquatch – Pimp Core with Christopher Luna
Patti Smith – Just Kids – Banga
Susie Asado – Lady With Dog
Kelly – Real Women
Lisa Jarnot – Life Force
Allen Ginsberg and The Clash – Capitol Air
Richard Lewis – Reads Jack Kerouac: America’s New Trinity of Love: Dean, Brando, Presley
Exene Cervenka – Evangelical Hootenanny Alligator Fortune Teller – English As A Second Language (Talking Package)
D. Boon – My Part – English As A Second Language (Talking Package)
Chuck Dukowski –Laughing Sam’s Dice Rolled Thirty Six Times – English As A Second Language (Talking Package)
Joe Nolte – Falling Out – English As A Second Language (Talking Package)
Michael C. Ford – Highway Retrospect – English As A Second Language (Talking Package)
Wanda Coleman – Bad Night – English As A Second Language (Talking Package)
Steven Jesse Bernstein – No No Man pt. 1 – Prison
William S. Burroughs & Tomanandy – Old Western Movies
Anne Waldman (with Mark Miller) – Jack Kerouac Dream
David Meltzer – The Book of In
Married Couple w/Michael Smeler reading Jorge Luis Borges’ Rocketship
Dan Raphael w/The Halleys – The First Car I See Tonight
The Last Poets – King of Pain
Harry Northup – I Kneel Before Santa Monica – English As A Second Language (Talking Package)
Luis Campos – Fruit Cocktail – English As A Second Language (Talking Package)
Dennis Cooper –Seven Poets Chosen By John Ashberry (Dedicated To Tim Dlugos) – English As A Second Language (Talking Package)
Dave Alvin – I Don’t Sweat – English As A Second Language (Talking Package)
Steven Jesse Bernstein – The Sport pt. 1 – Prison
Michael McClure & Terry Riley – Grahhr
Jackson Mac Low – Merzmix
Mike G. – So Much Force
Christopher Luna – Art is Immoral

What Is Weird?

I’m not sure why or how I just discovered this but apparently there’s a website dedicated to weird music called Weirdest Band in the World.

I don’t know. It’s not exactly my cup of tea. It sort of illustrates why I don’t like saying I like ‘weird’ music or use the word when attempting to explain to people what kind of music I’m into.   Maybe it’s like the Groucho Marx saying where I wouldn’t want to belong to a club that would have someone like me in it – to paraphrase haphazardly. It just seems to me that if ‘weirdness’ is the sole criteria to file music, the results can be a mixed bag and – as this site shows – not really that interesting in the end.

We have here a group from Toronto called Barbara – a pair of dudes (I think) in fashionably kooky hipster clothes and grotesque masks vogueing and miming to some pretty ordinary electronic dance music. It’s a somewhat unsettling to see but the music would be virtually unexceptionally ordinary on CD/mp3/etc.

Toronto duo Barbara are weird

There’s another band called Anklepants with someone wearing a mask that looks like it’s from the Star Wars franchise, some puppets, etc. More mask bands, funny clothes, an emphasis on performance art, which is all fine.

I’m not dissing the above groups or even this great site, which is well-written, curated. I’m glad it exists and I applaud their efforts. I’m just saying that it seems to me that bands that are consciously trying to be ‘weird’ don’t seem super interesting to me. They remind me of the otherwise normal kids who wore funny polka-dot sports coats or funny hats all through their junior year in an attempt to appear iconoclastic.

It’s also tough out there for musicians and groups. The sensitive hipster indie rock band thing only has so much of an audience. Post-millenial punk rock is tooth-paste commercial music. It seems like it’s like Let’s Make A Deal, with bands looking and acting as ‘kooky’ as possible in order to get the attention of Monty Hall. It’s hard for bands to get an audience to fling their hard-earned shekels their way these days.

I think authentic ‘weird’ musicians just make music that is by default ‘weird’ because they were following some innate impulse or inspiration. While some people speculate on people like Harry Partch’s motivations and his ego, he was really driven to make music his own way. The Residents made really weird music out of their intrinsic, collective imagination and to some extent, their external non-image sort of eclipsed their art in the end.  They were visually and sonically ‘weird’ in the manner of these bands, but their music could always stand up on its own (although people debate that this stopped happening at various points, depending on various tastes).

I just don’t hear to much genuinely inspired ‘weirdness’ nowadays. Maybe it’s just me. The weird signal to weird noise ration is out of whack, or something.

Or I’m just a cranky, contrarian weirdo doofus.

Thrift Store Musicpocalypse I

Thrift Store Musicpocalypse I – Imgur.

pResident’s Day Special

For forty years, the San Francisco Avant-Garde band The Residents have basked in relative obscurity, much of it self-imposed. Their earliest modus operandi had them creating works under their ‘theory of obscurity‘, first coined by N. Senada, who may or may not be an actual person. One aspect of the theory is that a work is created with the intent of never releasing a work until every participant has forgotten about it – or something like that.

Another aspect of the Residents is that they’ve kept their real identity a secret for many decades, with a few people speaking on their behalf in a business capacity who may or may not be Residents themselves.. Hmmm..

We did, however, manage to get Homer Flynn, The Resident’s creative director and visual Major Domo on the phone, while he was, uh, helping the band on the Eastern leg of their Wonder of Weird 40th Anniversary tour.

Homer was more than generous with his time and lots of questions get answered, including a long-time rumour around KBOO’s history.

Plus, Residents songs both familiar and rare.

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Playlist:
Track – Album – Year
Boots – Meet The Residents – 1974
Numb Erone – Meet The Residents
Guylum Bardot – Meet The Residents
Breath And Length – Meet The Residents
Consuelo’s Departure – The Residents
Smelly Tongues – Meet The Residents
Satisfaction – 7″ – 1976
Constantinople – Duck Stab EP – 1978
Six Things to a Cycle: Part 1 – Fingerprince [Tourniquet Of Roses] – 1977
Six Things to a Cycle: Part 2 – Fingerprince
Six Things to a Cycle: Part 3 – Fingerprince

INTERVIEW pt.1 Homer Flynn

The Festival of Death – Eskimo – 1979
A Spirit Steals a Child – Eskimo
Easter Woman – The Commercial Album – 1980
Perfect Love – The Commercial Album
Picnic Boy – The Commercial Album

INTERVIEW pt.2 Homer Flynn

Diskomo – Diskomo (EP) – 1980
In San Francisco – V.A.-Subterranean Modern – 1979
Dumbo, The Clown (Who Loved Christmas) – V.A.-Subterranean Modern
Would We Be Alive (intermission) – Mark Of The Mole – 1981
Intro: Live At The Appolo – George & James – 1984
I’ll Go Crazy: Live At The Appolo – George & James
Try Me: Live At The Appolo – George & James
Think: Live At The Appolo – George & James
Harry The Head – Freak Show – 1990

INTERVIEW pt.3 Homer Flynn

Burn Baby Burn – Roadworms – 2000
Demons Dance Alone [Radio Edit] – Demons Dance Alone – 2002
The Bunny Boy – The Bunny Boy – 2008
Wonderful – Demons Dance Alone, Live

Radio Lost and Found for February 2013

Here’s this month’s Radio Lost and Found.

Pretty crazy. There were so many records and CDs sprawled over the air room that it’s a miracle I was able to jot them down. Lots of fun visitors, too.

I played a generous chunk of sound from Panos Cosmotos‘ amazing movie Beyond the Black Rainbow, which I highly recommend. I recommend you watch it high(ly). Pretty strange movie that’s a conscious homage to 70s/80s cult cinema – the most apparent influences being Cronenberg, Kubrick, Argento, Tartovsky. Aided and abetted by analog synth fiend Jeremy Schmidt, of Black Mountain and Sinoia Caves, who provides the brooding score that at times is evocative of Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, etc.
The film itself has a bare-bones plot – but what a trip. Critics have been split on this one. It makes one wonder how Eraserhead, anything by Jodowrowski or early David Cronenberg would be received today. I think – pretentious or not – it sort of belongs on the same shelf as any of those (real) cult classics.

Anywho… Here’s the show again.

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Here’s the playlist:
Leonard Pennario – March of the Lunatics – The Two Pianos of Leonard Pennario
Baroness Rowana – Lift Your Face the Natural Way
The Sales Department – Distinctive Condition – Broken Record
Rosicrucian Recordings – The Seeds of Knowledge Must Be Planted Early
Randy Lewis – Mechanized Man 7″
The Sales Department – Boats (Donlands) – Broken Record
Ursula Bogner – – Recordings 1969 – 1988
Brother John Rydgren – The Kite and the News – Silhouette Segments (Omni Recordings)
Brother John Rydgren – Forgiveness – Silhouette Segments
Brother John Rydgren – AWOLs of Life – Silhouette Segments
Brother John Rydgren – The Nasty Picture – Silhouette Segments
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Peter Thomas Orchestra – Theme From Chariots Of The Gods? – Chariots of the Gods?
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Jack Shea/Jackie Vernon – “My Kind of Guys” – The Monitors
Jeremy Schmidt – 1983 (Intro) – Beyond the Black Rainbow
Jeremy Schmidt – Welcome To Arboria – Beyond the Black Rainbow
Jeremy Schmidt – Proselytize – Beyond the Black Rainbow
Jeremy Schmidt – Solace – Beyond the Black Rainbow
Jeremy Schmidt – Sentionauts – Beyond the Black Rainbow
Jeremy Schmidt – Admittance – Beyond the Black Rainbow
Jeremy Schmidt – Genesis 66 – Beyond the Black Rainbow
Jeremy Schmidt & SSQ – End Titles – Beyond the Black Rainbow
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Peter Thomas Orchestra – Memnon Colossi And The Pyramid Of Cholula – Chariots of the Gods?
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G:Nome – Suffocating Rubber Clown Suit of Negativity – Polymorphism (Auricular Records)
Geinoh Yamashirogumi – Osorezan / Do No Kenbai
Hewlitt Packard – Computer Calculator for Math & Science – Prelinger Archives
Sonic Youth & Jim O’Rourke – Invito Al Cielo
Freshly Wrapped Candies – Time Is Passing – Grazing Among While Pretending to Be
Don Preston – Filters, Oscillators & Envelopes
David Byrne & Brian Eno – Breathing Once a Minute – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Demos
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Peter Ivers & David Lynch – Pete’s Boogie – Eraserhead reissue bonus 7″ (Sacred Bones Records)
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New Order – Everything’s Gone Green – 7″
Tim Hecker – Meet Carl Cocks – My Love is Rotten To the Core
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Shooby Taylor – Over the Rainbow – Shooby Taylor, the Human Horn

New album by CutUpSound

If you’re a regular listener to my Kill Ugly Radio and Radio Lost and Found radio programs, no doubt you’ve heard the works of audio cut-and-paste madman Jim Larrance, trading under the nom de plume CutUpSound.

I’m proud to announce that he’s released an album length collection of his tracks to Bandcamp.

Jim’s been making audio collage since the days of razor blades and open reel tape. Some of these tracks go back to the nineties and perhaps earlier.

I helped Jim compile this collection and let me tell you, it was hard – there was so much great material to choose from. Ultimately, I picked tracks that seemed to flow as a cohesive album, had a beginning, middle and end, when taken as a whole.

If there’s sufficient interest, Jim’ll probably release more.

Check it out!

New Episode of Radio Lost and Found

Here’s a new episode of my monthly KBOO show Radio Lost and Found:

Here it is, the first show of 2013.

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Playlist:
(Artist – Song – Album)
Dennis Duck – Intro – Dennis Duck Does Disco
Leonard Pennario – March of the Lunatics – The Two Pianos of Leonard Pennario
Philiip Bimstein – Garland Hirschi’s Cows – Garland Hirschi’s Cows
Bobcat Goldthwait – Office Scene – God Bless America (film)
Firesign Theatre – I Think We’re All Bozos On This Bus (excerpt – I Think We’re All Bozos On This Bus
The Evolution Control Committee – The Future – Unknown
Eclectic Method – The Future – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuWplyBmsmo
The Evolution Control Committee – The Future – Unknown
The Orb – Towers of Dub – UForb
Mystic Moods Orchestra – Cosmic Sea – 7″
UNKNOWN – Last Meal Request Hotline – YouTube
Ethel Barrett – World of the Atom – Gospel Light Science Strips
The Tape Beatles – The Reality of Matter – Good TImes
Negativland – #9 – Negativland
Negativland – #10 – Negativland
Men’s Recovery Project – Man Hole – Make A Baby
John Cooper Clarke – Health Fanatic – Disguise in Love
Tuff Muffin – The Interview – Neighborhood Rhythms
Kana TNT – Hod Hang Kum – Zudrangma: Thai Funk Vol. 2
Soothorn Sajaridchan – Sara-A-Mor-Sara-R (Kee Mao) (D-R-U-N-K: Pissed) – Zudrangma: Thai Funk Vol. 2
National Hardwood Floor Association – Trouble Concentrating When Praying (Only When I Masturbate) – Savage Vigilance For A Rug-Free America
National Hardwood Floor Association – Church Of The Subgenius (Bob) – Savage Vigilance For A Rug-Free America
Jack Shea – The Monitors – The Monitors (1969 film)
UNKNOWN – Optigan Drive-In Concession Reel – YouTube
Bill Cosby – Mom Brings Del Monte Home – Del Monte Radio Spots
UNKNOWN – I Want Some Food – Street and Gangland Rhythms
Rudy Bukhalter – Cheese Day In Monroe – Thrift Store MP3 Project
Pastor John Rydgren – Search It Out – Silhouette Segments
Wayne Pond – Semiotics of Media in the 60s – Found on the web
Scott Johnson – Involuntary Song – John Somebody
James White And The Blacks – White Devil – Off White
Arthur Brown – Animal People – Requiem
Laibach – Le Priviledge des Morts – Kapital
L. Ron Hubbard – Thank You For Listening (excerpt) – Path To Freedom
Starlight Children’s Chorus – E.T., I Love You – E.T., I Love You and Other Extraterrestrial Songs

Here’s the more down-to-the-second Spinitron playlist.

Greedy Grab-Heads vs Mr. Cranky

From this blog’s FAQ:

Where’s all the free music downloads, dude?
During a brief period between creative projects, I used to upload albums to Kill Ugly Radio. People still land here as a result of searching for a download of a particular album. I always tried to make the posts pertain to difficult to find or out of print albums and things from my own collection. Sometimes I was successful in that light and sometimes not. I’ve gotten a few polite requests to remove them and more than one hostile response from copyright owners. To that end, I’ve taken most down. I also believe that artists that have endeavored to extricate themselves from the slimy tentacles of the record industry deserve our financial support. So, unless it’s some really old and out of print record that I’ve found or is in my collection, I won’t be posting any more full albums for download. Don’t ask me to re-up anything that’s on a label or is possibly in print or going to be in print. I don’t need the legal hassles and frankly grew tired of the greedy grabber mentality and lack of gratitude of the ‘sharity community’. It sucked a lot of time out of my life, my sense of good will (people complaining about me not posting a particular album or the quality of bit rate) and also in some cases it unintentionally sucked dimes out of the artist’s coffers.
I’m not doing it anymore. Sorry.

I wrote that a couple of years ago and I still feel that way. It’s a lot of work ripping and posting albums. Often, I’d get hundreds of downloads of a particularly popular album, only to get comments if someone didn’t  like the bitrate, hosting, etc. and more often than not, some posted albums wouldn’t get any comments until the download had expired.  It was like working in a soup kitchen with people complaining about the free soup. I imagine that’s someone’s idea of a good time, just not mine.

On that note,  I’ve re-uploaded an album that, for some  reason, has  gotten an insane (for this blog) number of hits. I’m not sure why. No one will tell me  and there won’t be any comments until the link has expired  (or someone doesn’t  like  the bitrate).

Sorry to be so cranky. I’m nursing a post-Xmas hangover and can feel my misanthropy returning with a vengeance.

Happy New Year!

Radio Lost and Found for December 2012: Mayan Apocalypse Edition

Four-fisted mixing with me and Tommy

Jim Larrance (L) cutting up YouTube videos and Tommy Hollywood (R) at the wheel. Also, dig the time on the clock: 12/21/12 23:23!

Here’s my latest episode of my monthly KBOO program Radio Lost and Found.
We wind down 2012 with a crazy-ass mix show with Tommy Hollywood and I, joined by Matt Clark and Jim Larrance.
There’s really no point in listing what we played. There were a lot of crazy religious records, some real outer space sounds, Skeeter Davis’ by-now cliched song End of the World at various speeds and time-stretched to ridiculous lengths, lots of field recordings, more crazy people, both religious and just plain crazy, we had a live call by Mr. Space, Jim did some cut-up videos live in the studio and people kept coming in. We were also joined by friends SW Conser and film historian Dennis Nyback.
Too much fun!

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