Meanwhile, Uptown, The Deejay Play: Transmission 169, 2014 December 2

This program marks a return to Tuesday evening normalcy, which also means a return to the world of mistakes. I'd suggested a few weeks ago that anger gave me a focus, and I was not feeling that way on this particular night. The snow was falling, and I was full of holiday cheer, if you know what I mean. I'd met up with an old friend from a previous life, and despite the fact that she thinks there are child-labor violations in my use of Junior as voice-over talent (AS IF THE GIRL DOESN'T GET PAID IN CANDY AND PANCAKES), a good time was had.

Nevertheless it's rough going at times. In my defense, I think, looking back, that it was mostly the machines' fault. The CD player only wanted to play about a minute and a half of Los Straitjackets, for some reason, and the turntable needed forcing to yield a Mutabaruka song. Oh yes, on the subject of friends--it was an old comrade, Ben, who introduced me both to Mutabaruka and Augustus Pablo one "winter" evening--probably at a solstice party or something. Precious memories!

BOMBAST playlist, 2014 December 2, 2100-2300:

1. "Misirlou" | Agent Orange | Bitchin' Summer | Posh Boy
2. "Happy Idiot" | TV On The Radio | Seeds | Harvest
3. "Hard Time Loving" | Mutabaruka | Check It! | Alligator | "Physical Evidence"
4. "Superstar-Watcher" | Yo La Tengo | Extra Painful | Matador
5. "Miserlou" | Los Straitjackets | Deke Dickerson Sings The Great Instrumental Hits | Yep Rock
6. "De System" | Mutabaruka | Check It! | Alligator | "Physical Evidence"
7. "Can't Stand It (feat. Warrior Queen)" | Mungo's Hi Fi | Serious Time | Scotch Bonnet
8. "Teenage Exorcists" | Mogwai | Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1. | Rock Action
9. "Give Us A Kiss" | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Give Us A Kiss | Bad Seed Ltd
10. "King Kong" | Tom Waits | Orphans | ANTI- | "Listening Parlour"
11. "Every Time A Ear De Soun'" | Mutabaruka | Check It! | Alligator | "Physical Evidence"
12. "when you get home" | Felicita | Frenemies | Gum
13. "Roehre" | Camera | Remember I Was Carbon Dioxide | Bureau B
14. "Gaping Void - ANTI Remix" | Korablove | Gaping Void | High-Jack
15. "Winter Wonderland (Xmas Remix 2014)" | The National Jazz Trio Of Scotland | not on album (Soundcloud release) | Karaoke Kalk
16. "Butta Pan Kulcha" | Mutabaruka | Check It! | Alligator | "Physical Evidence"
17. "Procession" | New Order | 1981-Factus 8R-1982 | Warner
18. "Juvis Priestly" | Sloath | Deep Mountain | Riot Season
19. "Check It" | Mutabaruka | Check It! | Alligator | "Physical Evidence"
20. "Schneid Ein Stuck Aus Der Zeit" | Schlammpeitziger | What's Fruit? Remixes | Pingipung
21. "Mechanical Turk (Courtesy of Karpov not Kasparov)" | Mehmet Aslan | Mechanical Turk | Huntleys + Palmers
22. "El Pirata" | Tarkus | Tarkus | Vinilisssimo
23. "Avarice" | Throwing Snow | Avarice | Houndstooth
24. "Dead (Peel Session)" | Pixies | Doolittle 25 | 4AD
25. "Avion Central" | Mark E | Avion | Spectral Sound
26. "Whey Mi Belang?" | Mutabaruka | Check It! | Alligator | "Physical Evidence"
27. "Machine Conspiracy" | Conforce | Machine Conspiracy | Delsin
28. "In/Flux" | DJ Shadow | Preemptive Strike | FFRR
29. "Naw Give Up" | Mutabaruka | Check It! | Alligator | "Physical Evidence"

next time: Krampusnacht! Enjoy the music. --kid catharsis