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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Supposing We're All Wished Right Out Of Space: Transmission 302, 2016 September 21
U_D_M Detour 22, 2015 December 18
Here Am I, Your Special Island: Transmission 301, 2016 September 14
Running Towards Nothing: Transmission 300, 2016 September 7
U_D_M Detour 21, 2015 November 30
Something Might Happen, But I'm So Tired of That Word: Transmission 299, 2016 August 31
U_D_M Detour 20, 2015 October 30
You Say You Love the Shadow: Transmission 298, 2016 August 24
A Cheap Affair, A Sordid Truth: Transmission 297, 2016 August 19
When I Considered Chaos a Career: Transmission 296, 2016 August 17
Then They Expect You To Pick a Career: Transmission 295, 2016 August 10
It All Comes Down to Girls That Break My Heart: Transmission 294, 2016 August 8
Walk Me Down the Lane Where Shadows Will Be: Transmission 293, 2016 August 3
I Know That You Would Like Me If Only You Could See Me: Transmission 292, 2016 July 27
Gold Is the Sky in Concentrate: Transmission 291, 2016 July 20
Why the Grass Is Green and Why the Wind Is Never Seen: Transmission 290, 2016 July 16
A Discontinuous Continuity: Transmission 289, 2016 July 13
Hustlers Rustle and Pimps Pimp the Beat: Transmission 288, 2016 July 9
We'll Do Better Next Time, I Promise: Transmission 287, 2016 July 6
Gun For Hire, No Business Attire: Transmission 286, 2016 June 29
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