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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At the End of My Tether, I Destroy Years of Hippie Craft: Transmission 217, 2015 July 1
Situations Arise, Irrational and Cruel: Transmission 216, 2015 June 28
U_D_M Detour 13, 2014 October 17
Cruising Altitude Departure 12, 2014 October 25
Olympic Mess: Transmission 215, 2015 June 24
Don't Hang Around Wondering What To Do: Transmission 214, 2015 June 17
U_D_M Detour 12, 2014 October 3
Chasing Voices He Receives in His Head: Transmission 213, 2015 June 10
He Employs All Chances to His Own Advantage: Transmission 212, 2015 June 5
Another Day Is Done, And We're Eating Our Wages Again: Transmission 211, 2015 June 3
The Disappointment of Positive Thinking: Transmission 210, 2015 June 2
Bear With Me, or Continue to Enjoy This, Whichever You're Doing: Transmission 209, 2015 May 31
If You're Looking for Me, Thank You: Transmission 208, 2015 May 30
Like Hypnotizing Chickens: Transmission 207, 2015 May 26
Unruly Boys Who Will Not Grow Up Must Be Taken in Hand: Transmission 206, 2015 May 22
Elitism for the People: Transmission 205, 2015 May 19
Cruising Altitude Departure 11, 2014 September 27
You Take Your Pension in Loneliness and Alcohol: Transmission 204, 2015 May 12
Read Some Pictures and Look At Some Words: Transmission 203, 2015 May 7
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