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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Give Up, Give Up: Transmission 201, 2015 April 28
Cruising Altitude Departure 10, 2014 September 13
U_D_M Detour 10, 2014 August 29
Cheap Trucker Speed: Transmission 200, 2015 April 21
Windows All Open, Chaos in My Hair: Transmission 199, 2015 April 14
Babylon and Ting: Transmission 198, 2015 April 12
Is That Pedantic Enough For You: Transmission 197, 2015 April 11
Let's Not Upstage Kink Anymore: Transmission 196, 2015 April 7
To Do A Dangerous Thing With Style Is What I Call Art: Transmission 195, 2015 March 31
When Stars Appear and Shadows Fall: Transmission 194, 2015 March 24
Wandering Around the Supermarket, Wondering What Went Wrong: Transmission 193, 2015 March 17
We're Going to Find the Meaning of Feeling Good: Transmission 192, 2015 March 12
Look Forward to More Sloppiness: Transmission 191, 2015 March 10
In Pain, the Body Rearranges: Transmission 190, 2015 March 3
Hear It And Believe, Don't You Grieve Or Look Behind: Transmission 189, 2015 February 24
You Feel the Fear Inside, There's Nothing Wrong: Transmission 188, 2015 February 16
Poison Kills the Weak and Feeds the Best: Transmission 187, 2015 February 15
Boredom Is an Invasion of Time into Your Set of Values: Transmission 186, 2015 February 10
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