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.
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We Are At Once Nowhere and Everywhere: Transmission 184, 2015 February 3
Stay With Me, You'll See The Hard Times Changing For Better: Transmission 183, 2015 January 27
Hero Time: Transmission 182, 2015 January 25
It's Her Hall of Vengeance, She Does What She Likes: Transmission 181, 2015 January 20
Did I Say Rockstudy? Transmission 180, 2015 January 13
The Hall of Legends - Heidi Berry: Transmission 179, 2015 January 6
Dandies in the Soundtrack: Transmission 178, 2015 January 1
Pipeline to Your Heart: Transmission 177, 2014 December 30
Wasn't Born To Stand In Line, I Like To Sit Around: Transmission 176, 2014 December 26
The Hall of Vengeance: Transmission 175, 2014 December 23
Was It a Mistake Or a Lie? Transmission 174, 2014 December 21
Cruising Altitude Departure 9, 2014 August 22
We Would Go On As Though Nothing Was Wrong: Transmission 173, 2014 December 16
U_D_M Detour 9, 2014 August 15
Things Known and Things Unknown: Transmission 172, 2014 December 11
That's My Headache, Don't You Worry 'Bout Me: Transmission 171, 2014 December 9
Krampus Hasn't Taken You; That's A Good Sign: Transmission 170, 2014 December 5
Cruising Altitude Departure 8, 2014 August 8
Meanwhile, Uptown, The Deejay Play: Transmission 169, 2014 December 2
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