Here we are, at the end of a concept. At least that's what I think, though as always I didn't know it at the time. I did not even "give up" on account of this night's disasters. Earlier in the evening I'd been accosted by the guy on the commons hawking his shitty rap cd; having already made the mistake of buying it a few years ago, tonight I said "no thanks" as I walked by, only for him to tell me to "shut the fuck up." Ok, happy to. It was the dreaded "playlist reporting" period at the station, but when I arrived my laptop "arbitrarily" decided it wasn't doing internet anymore, so that was a neat obstacle. I began recording my show late, as you will hear--apologies to The Durutti Column. And I couldn't give away tickets to Stop Making Sense, from which I can only conclude that absolutely no one was listening.
"What else can go wrong," I ask at one point, though without these disclosures you might not know it from hearing hour 1. Sure, the Slits segue was late, and the Underground Youth segue was too soon. (What would Bombast be, without, etc.). It's not a terrible mixtape. I might well have continued in this vein, had I not been "radicalized," for lack of a better description. But I was, so I haven't.
I'm sure the program will continue to sound just as ragged and haphazard, but maybe more intentional "going forward." And, yes, this is a difference. My therapist says I have more power now--is it because I have changed, or did I change because of it? The forensic analysis is not yet complete. But things are different now.
Was it good, while it lasted? Mostly, sure. I mean let's hope so. I spent more than six years on this.
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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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