Tight As Slow Motion But Crazed With Devotion: Transmission 304, 2016 October 5

How...how have you been? Much has happened since we last "spoke." There's been a coup, apparently; you've probably heard about that. I've been up and I've been down; I'm supposed to go back "up" on the advice of my counselor and nurse; maybe this means more posting? We'll have to see. Anyway, here is a program, from a different time and universe.

Perhaps the most surprising inclusion in this night's program is the Vakula tune--and it is a tune. Proficiency! Such a rare thing in my life. So refreshing to hear what sounds like a decent guitar decently played through a decent amp. Personally I am too obsessed with texture to actually get good at playing, so mired am I in the search for the holy grail(s) of "good sound." Steve Albini calls such people "tone lawyers." I confess that I am one. More like "tone support staff," driving to work in a Honda CRV instead of a Benz, but you get the idea. I recall friend of Bombast / former bandmate Mr. D saying to me once, "you always seemed to view the guitar less as an instrument than as something to make noise with." It was true! Now that I know a few technical facts I can amend this to say, "not so much an instrument as a source of voltage."

This night continues an extended flirtation with compilations from "The Blog That Celebrates Itself." I don't know what to tell you--I am a sucker for a) compilation albums b) cover versions and c) free stuff. Oh, and also d) "shoegaze," whatever that is--strangely it does not exhibit much interest in tone-lawyering. Why I find this noteworthy I'm not sure. I probably still carry the sense memory of fearing the suspicion of the program directors at my old station: "you seem only to play stuff from four different labels." I'm not even sure anyone ever said this! (Though it would not have been unfair). Thinking makes the world.

BOMBAST playlist, 2016 October 5, 2100-2300:

1. "Snake Charmer" | The Senior Service | The Girl In The Glass Case | Damaged Goods
2. "1977" | Thee Headcoats | Brother Is Dead...But Fly Is Gone! | M'Lady's | "Physical Evidence"
3. "Tommasi Planet" | Vakula | Cyclicality Between Procyon and Gomesia | Dekmantel
4. "Applepie Dreams" | Wolf Muller & Cass. | The Sound of Glades | International Feel
5. "Become Zero" | Helen Money | Become Zero | Thrill Jockey
6. "High on Fire" | Bialogard | Anticipating Nowhere, A Homage To The Telescopes | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
7. "Boredom" | Thee Headcoats | Brother Is Dead...But Fly Is Gone! | M'Lady's | "Physical Evidence"
8. "Return Home" | Alva Lewis | First Class Rock Steady | VP
9. "Plastic Knife" | April Larson | VA Compilation #4 | Assembly Field
10. "Grace" | The 7th Plain | Chronicles I | A-TON
11. "Jimmy Dub" | Bixiga 70 | The Copan Connection: Bixiga 70 Meets Victor Rice | Glitterbeat
12. "Beyond Beyond / I and Thou" | Medicine Voice | I and Thou | Provenance
13. "Kuhl II" | Chi | The Original Recordings | Astral Industries
14. "The March" | Ramleh | Circular Time | Crucial Blast
15. "Darling, Let's Have Another Baby" | Thee Headcoats | Brother Is Dead...But Fly Is Gone! | M'Lady's | "Physical Evidence"
16. "10:15 Saturday Night" | Arirang | The Cure in Other Voices | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
17. "Makes No Sense At All" | Never | These Important Years, Husker Du Revisited | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
18. "Love Comes In Spurts" | Thee Headcoats | Brother Is Dead...But Fly Is Gone! | M'Lady's | "Physical Evidence"
19. "Perfect Needle" | Astral Lite | Anticipating Nowhere, A Homage To The Telescopes | The Blog That Celebrates Itself
20. "Intergalafrica" | Applebottom & Petar Rabbit | Beating Heart - Malawi | Beating Heart
21. "I Don't Need It" | Weval | Kompakt: Total 16 | Kompakt
22. "StillYuhDub" | Seekers International | LoversDedicationStation | Bokeh Versions
23. "Mass Migration (dub)" | Wareika Hill Sounds | Mass Migration | Honest Jon's
24. "D-Train" | The Legendary Pink Dots | Pages of Aquarius | Metropolis
25. "Cipher" | Setaoc Mass | Cipher | Figure
26. "Deposition" | Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart | Everything Is No Thing | Jah Wobble
27. "Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot!" | Thee Headcoats | Brother Is Dead...But Fly Is Gone! | M'Lady's | "Physical Evidence"
28. "Wicked Dem Wicked" | Tippa Lee | Cultural Ambassador | Stones Throw
29. "Don't Gimme No Lip" | Thee Headcoats | Brother Is Dead...But Fly Is Gone! | M'Lady's | "Physical Evidence"
30. "Happy Piece for Happy People Piece" | Voiski | I'll Be Your Maple Pecan Tonight | Dekmantel
31. "Pendle By Night" | Tin Man, Josef K & Winter Son | Acid Test 11 | Acid Test

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