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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Through A Lovely Analog Console, Which Apparently Doesn't Matter: Transmission 236, 2015 September 16
Before God, What Kind of Thing Is It? Transmission 235, 2015 September 15
Bring Some Good Vibes and Your Nice Sunglasses: Transmission 234, 2015 September 3
Now I Try and Do Things Right: Transmission 233, 2015 September 2
It Seems Like the End of the World When You Smile: Transmission 232, 2015 August 26
The Darkest Night Was the Day: Transmission 231, 2015 August 25
The Freaks and the Misfits Are All That Remain: Transmission 230, 2015 August 19
Witness What My Knuckles Find: Transmission 229, 2015 August 16
A Dream So Pure I Cannot Find a Heart That Will Endure It: Transmission 228, 2015 August 12
He Asked No Questions, He Had Few Conversations: Transmission 227, 2015 August 11
Trying Every Now and Then: Transmission 226, 2015 August 8
How Much Further Do I Need To Go: Transmission 225, 2015 August 5
Dan-U, Dan-U, Goddamn You: Transmission 224, 2015 July 29
Relying Only on Perplexing Intangibilities: Transmission 223, 2015 July 24
Drawing a Crowd and Threatening Everything: Transmission 222, 2015 July 22
Lose Some Sleep and Say You Tried: Transmission 221, 2015 July 15
Fiscal Evidence: Transmission 220, 2015 July 8
I Used To Think in Complicated Ways: Transmission 219, 2015 July 6
Misdemeanors Against Music: Transmission 218, 2015 July 5
At the End of My Tether, I Destroy Years of Hippie Craft: Transmission 217, 2015 July 1
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