Before we get to the main subject of tonight's broadcast, let me apologize again for not observing the birthdays of Michael Stipe and Robin Guthrie. As I say to my co-pilot, Lady Catharsis, we certainly could have brought in a stack of Cocteau Twins or R.E.M. records and done two hours on either one. But that's not the way it worked out. Maybe she is right, and there will be other January 4 opportunities. But I have already done my thing on Cocteau Twins, I feel, and I would certainly need at least a year to work out whether an all-R.E.M. show would really be me, even though I am a 1980s "college radio" guy. At any rate, let's hope neither of them are the type to google themselves, or, if they are, they accept my apology. I have run into trouble with the self-googling thing before, though I won't name names.
We were here on this night to observe "the feast of (Saint) Bernard" Sumner, he of the voice that Lady Catharsis describes as "sweet." As I predict, we don't get to very many songs, but that is of course because New Order write such nice long ones, and we are very talkative. There is a lot to be said about our selection, but I don't feel like going into a lot of detail. Grievance night has passed, and we are playing what we like. I give my opinion on bad Eighties mixtapes, and this is not one. It's all quality. Somehow we got through two hours of New Order without even playing "Blue Monday!" (Or "Fine Time," the "newer" song that I couldn't work into a good segue. So be it).
Maybe our commentary will be more pointed when we observe Peter Hook's birthday on February 13 (a regular Wednesday night program). I don't know. In my old age the spiciness of my takes is decreasing, which is probably good for everyone.
That doesn't prevent a whole bunch of loose ends from the program, which seems to be par for the course. The xmas flexidisc doesn't have an "other side." It's single-sided. How did this fact manage to escape me, if we played "it" on the program? Radio magic! There is indeed a version of "Sub-culture" with Debora Iyall, and you can listen to it here. (Spicy take alert: it isn't the best work of anyone involved.) Turns out we do use the same piece of interstitial music for every talking break on the program, and it does seem to go wiith everything New Order does, though of course we'll have another opportunity to test this out soon.
Oh, finally--why does our intro music go on for so long before we speak? In our ongoing series, "early program disasters in 2019," the station's general manager calls me in the control room right at the beginning of the program, of course. We overcome it. This is a good show.
BOMBAST playlist, 2019 January 4, 2100-2300:
This is why events unnerve me
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All of Us Do It, Each Time Asleep: Transmission 401, 2018 April 4
If the Music Is Square, It's Because I Like It Square: Transmission 400, 2018 March 28
Put Death in My Hands and I Will Pay with It For Sure: Transmission 399, 2018 March 21
Kept It Together, Held It Together: Transmission 398, 2018 March 14
Golden Vibrations: Transmission 397, 2018 March 7
Original Phrasing, Dialogue Verbatim: Transmission 396, 2018 February 28
More Dirt, More Germs: Transmission 395, 2018 February 21
Night of Forced Romantic Consumption: Transmission 394, 2018 February 14
See It for Yourself, but Not Through the Eyes: Transmission 393, 2018 January 31
Drink the Long Draught, Dan: Transmission 392, 2018 January 24
Poured Kerosene on Some Bridges: Transmission 391, 2018 January 17
All This Peaceful Wilderness: Transmission 390, 2018 January 10
I Need To Cling to Something: Transmission 389, 2018 January 3
Chatting All the Chat, Now Look at You: Transmission 388, 2017 December 27
We're Going To Touch Part of You That's Never Been Touched: Transmission 387, 2017 December 23
Queueing for a Shuttle into Space: Transmission 386, 2017 December 20
Veering Back into the Usual Unprofessionalism: Transmission 385, 2017 December 19
My Cloudy Brain Remembers: Transmission 384, 2017 December 14
Live in the Light and Breathe the Noise: Transmission 383, 2017 December 13
Snoring Dark Frequencies into the Night: Transmission 382, 2017 December 6
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