Whatever we had bickered about earlier in the week must have resolved itself, because Lady Catharsis joined me on this broadcast, so I invite you to enjoy what is basically a two-hour trip to "The Listening Parlour." We made two observances on this night, and because I had a guest, these were a little out of balance. A little. I try to play whatever Lady Catharsis tells me to; if she brings in a dozen records I will try to play them all. Here she brings in a couple of Tom Jones records and I do the best I can with them. For my part, if I remember correctly the concept was "lounge music." I'm not sure how well I did.
Prince didn't get as much bandwidth as he deserved, though I did save "International Lover" for the all-important coda. I could have played the entirety of 1999 but I think it might have been too much for my wife. A few weeks later I was out with a few #theorycamp-ers at a dreary karaoke bar, and someone asked me what my karaoke song would be. Mind you--it would take a lot for me to do this kind of thing, and I did not have "a lot" in me on this night; but after a decent amount of thought I landed on "Little Red Corvette." I think I could at least give Sandra Bernhard a run for her money? Anyway.
Even so I like the concept of Prince even better than the reality of Prince; maybe, given things I've heard and read about him, that is inevitable. Lady C tells me that Tom Jones told an "off-color" joke at the gig she attended. Maybe we should abjure all of this music. Maybe we have made mistakes. I'm still thinking about this.
You know what isn't a mistake? You know what is a true instance of the divine reaching down and grazing my humble program ever so briefly? Something made me say "deboo" as I remember (maybe not even correctly?) Robert Studley Forrest Hughes saying it. Which led me to this clip, and ultimately the Bryan Ferry track.
Of course, as fate would have it, Hughes did a racism at least one time, and so we are reminded that everything is broken.
BOMBAST playlist, 2019 June 7, 2100-2300:
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Recognize Your Perfection: Transmission 330, 2017 March 15
Can Your Mind Travel Dimensions That Far: Transmission 329, 2017 March 10
I'm Barely Moving, I'm Steady Motion: Transmission -7, 1989 June 30
Have I Hurt You, I Have No Choice: Transmission 328, 2017 March 8
No Thoughts, No Dreams, No Wishes, and No Fear: Transmission 327, 2017 March 5
Your Septic Heart, Your Deadly Hand: Transmission 326, 2017 March 1
Do What You Dare: Transmission 325, 2017 February 22
Cruising Altitude Departure 28, 2016 October 30
Cruising Altitude Departure 27, 2016 October 23
Cruising Altitude Departure 26, 2016 October 16
Cruising Altitude Departure 25, 2016 October 2
Cruising Altitude Departure 24, 2016 September 25
Some Kind of Crude Brutality or Other: Transmission 324, 2017 February 15
Cruising Altitude Departure 23, 2016 September 18
I Hope You Don't Want a Long Explanation: Transmission 323, 2017 February 8
Cruising Altitude Departure 22, 2016 September 11
Tell Me, How Bright That Light Gonna Be: Transmission 322, 2017 February 1
Among Other Reasons, I Was Created To Magnetize: Transmission 321, 2017 January 25
Project from Within the Cosmic Truth Which Is Yourself: Transmission 320, 2017 January 21
Quand les masques tombent: Transmission 319, 2017 January 18
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