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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By Similar I Mean Good: Transmission 84, 2013 December 15
Ain't No Right Time Or Place: Transmission 83, 2013 December 11
Let Your Juvenile Impulses Sway: Transmission 82, 2013 December 10
The Photograph Seemed To Stare As If In Disagreement With A Recent Event: Transmission 81, 2013 December 7
The Night the Music Died: Transmission 80, 2013 December 4
Cruising Altitude, Transmission 2: 2013 September 8
Also Known As The Mysterious Moody Man*: Transmission 79, 2013 December 3
I Think the Sunlight Is Confusing Me: Transmission 78, 2013 December 1
I Love To Hear Your Sweet Voice, But Not All The Time: Transmission 77, 2013 November 28
Parlour of Evidence: Transmission 76, 2013 November 27
Not an Aversion to Wrecking Things Up: Transmission 75, 2013 November 26
And Then Shoot Out The Lights: Transmission 74, 2013 November 22
The Whole Thing Is Fairyland: Transmission 73, 2013 November 20
Cruising Altitude, Departure 1: 2013 September 1
An Enraged Man With An Epic Combover: Transmission 72, 2013 November 13
All DJ Pretense and Radio Magic: Transmission 71, 2013 November 10
Laika and the Luddite Machine: Transmission 70, 2013 November 6
Everybody Had to Pay and Pay: Transmission 69, 2013 October 30
U_D_M, Transmission 1: 2013 August 30
Weird Party Aftermath: Transmission 68, 2013 October 23
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