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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By Similar I Mean Good: Transmission 84, 2013 December 15
Ain't No Right Time Or Place: Transmission 83, 2013 December 11
Let Your Juvenile Impulses Sway: Transmission 82, 2013 December 10
The Photograph Seemed To Stare As If In Disagreement With A Recent Event: Transmission 81, 2013 December 7
The Night the Music Died: Transmission 80, 2013 December 4
Cruising Altitude, Transmission 2: 2013 September 8
Also Known As The Mysterious Moody Man*: Transmission 79, 2013 December 3
I Think the Sunlight Is Confusing Me: Transmission 78, 2013 December 1
I Love To Hear Your Sweet Voice, But Not All The Time: Transmission 77, 2013 November 28
Parlour of Evidence: Transmission 76, 2013 November 27
Not an Aversion to Wrecking Things Up: Transmission 75, 2013 November 26
And Then Shoot Out The Lights: Transmission 74, 2013 November 22
The Whole Thing Is Fairyland: Transmission 73, 2013 November 20
Cruising Altitude, Departure 1: 2013 September 1
An Enraged Man With An Epic Combover: Transmission 72, 2013 November 13
All DJ Pretense and Radio Magic: Transmission 71, 2013 November 10
Laika and the Luddite Machine: Transmission 70, 2013 November 6
Everybody Had to Pay and Pay: Transmission 69, 2013 October 30
U_D_M, Transmission 1: 2013 August 30
Weird Party Aftermath: Transmission 68, 2013 October 23
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