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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Get Ready for That Albini Sound: Transmission 508, 2020 January 29
Songs About Happiness Murmured in Dreams: Transmission 507, 2020 January 15
You Should Know What You Look Like: Transmission 506, 2020 January 11
He Bites on the Neon and Sleeps in a Capsule: Transmission 505, 2020 January 8
Insight, Foresight, More Sight: Transmission 504, 2020 January 1
Five to Twelve, Almost Gone: Transmission 503, 2019 December 31
Let This Evil Season End: Transmission 502, 2019 December 24
Don't Ask Me Why, For I Don't Know Why: Transmission 501, 2019 December 18
What Can We Do To Stop This Insanity? Transmission 500, 2019 December 11
Cruising Altitude Departure 33, 2019 December 7
Can You Guess Which One of Us Does Not Give a Toss: Transmission 499, 2019 December 4
They Don't Call Me Loverboy for Nothing: Transmission 498, 2019 November 27
People Are Telling You, "Be in the Moment": Transmission 497, 2019 November 20
You Can't Arrest Me, I Pay Rent Here: Transmission 496, 2019 November 16
Forget Your Worries, Embrace Abundance: Transmission 495, 2019 November 13
I Seem To Be Saying Increasingly Dangerous Things: Transmission 494, 2019 November 9
All You've Got To Lose Is Your Mind: Transmission 493, 2019 November 6
OK Sister, You Have a Jezebel Spirit Within You: Transmission 492, 2019 October 31
Bodies Up and Bodies Down, Bodies Moving All Around: Transmission 491, 2019 October 30
Hundreds of Miles Going Nowhere: Transmission 490, 2019 October 23
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