Episode 063: What’s This Blasphuphmus Radio Called?
(Featuring a mix of experimental and rock music with a slight religious theme, hosted by Ricardo Wang and myself.)

Ricardo Wang and I are often involved in each others projects; I’m usually his sound man when live acts appear on What’s This Called?, and he regularly keeps me on task when my mind starts to drift away from radio. We make a good pair. So it made sense that we should do more shows explicitly as a team, rather than just in theory. And thus, this episode was born.

The timing was perfect: my 12 Year Anniversary coincided with KPSU’s Pledge Drive, to make for an actual reason to be on the air for two hours solid. It also made sense to do a mere DJ set; as my show has evolved and developed over the years, it began as a place to play records that I loved, and that was our theme for this show. I tried to sneak in a little bit of a “religious / church” theme for the second hour, but on the whole this was about music that we love, that is meaningful, and connects to ourselves and our friends. And I must say, we did a pretty great job.

We did a sort of “trade off” style set-up. For the first hour, Ricardo was the pilot, and I made suggestions for things that would fit where he was going. For hour two, we switched. It was pretty excellent, and I think we both moved a little closer to each others usual sound in our selections. I definitely picked stuff that was more experimental for hour one, and he picked some rockin’ stuff for hour two. Of course, both he and I are all over the map with our tastes, and fortunately that is a map that I love to listen to.

Two things of note with this episode: I included the 9th Life song mostly because they are a Eugene band, and we were re-hashing old ground during the 11 AM hour. I miss those guys, and treasure their recordings immensely. The second hour is also full of a little more King Missile than I have included on my shows in recent years. All I can say is that we’re having a flashback to those early days I was at KWVA, when I was obsessively collecting all their albums. It fits.

Not much else to say for this one, as the music speaks for itself. And if you haven’t already downloaded Thursday Night’s interview with Exene Cervenka, you really need to check it out.

See ya in Seven.

01.) I Like You Too * Jandek * Portland Thursday
02.) Strychnine * Strychnine * Dead Rats And Oakland Dogs
03.) American Coffin * Thurston Moore * Trees Outside the Academy
04.) (Millionaire?) * ?? * ??
05.) Happy Day Scene 2010 * Ilima Considine’s Junkie Logic * MP3
06.) Forest Fire * Dead Kennedys * Plastic Surgery Disasters
07.) Spirit Ditties of No Tone * Deerhoof * The Runners Four
08.) Neat Neat Neat * The Damned * Damned Damned Damned
09.) Spirits Drifting * Brian Eno * Another Green World
10.) (Justify Your Actions?) * ?? * ??
11.) ?? * New Bomb Turks * ??
12.) Queen * Melvins * Stoner Witch
13.) Bad Houses * Big Black * Atomizer
14.) ?? * (Wamp Scut?) * ??
15.) Wait a Minute * The Wipers * Is This Real?
16.) Happy Hero * Negativland * Dispepsi
17.) Kill All The White Man * NOFX * I Heard They Suck Live!!
18.) Buckets of Rain * Wofgang Macivor * MP3
19.) Dance of the Blessed Spirits * Sunroof! * Bliss
20.) Treat Me Right * The Con Men * Live In-Studio
21.) Open Helmut Hurt Toiletooth Montevideo
22.) Titanium Exposé * Sonic Youth * Goo
23.) Theme * Los Mex Pistols Del Notre * ??
24.) What’s This Called? ID * Crank Sturgeon * Exclusive!
25.) This Is Radio Clash * The Clash * The Story Of The Clash
26.) Track 8 * Derek M. Johnson * aileron-Ist wing
27.) The Boy Who Ate Lasagna and Could Jump Over A Church * King Missile * Way To Salvation
28.) Excuse Me… * Unwound * The Future of What
29.) Spirit of Radio * Rush * Permanent Waves
30.) Hangin’ Tough * New Kids On the Block * Hangin’ Tough
31.) Tennesee Stud * The Wilderness Road & Jimmie Driftwood * The Wilderness Road & Jimmie Driftwood
32.) Fire Spirit * The Gun Club * Fire of Love
33.) ?? * Man… Or Astro-Man? * ??
34.) Critics * Tubeway Army * The Plan
35.) Victim of Your Life * Argumentix * Boss of Goth
36.) Time Travel (rough) * Ilima Considine * demo
37.) Zebra Hymn Tattoo * Sun City Girls * Static From The Outside Set: Carnival Folklore Resurrection Vol. 14
38.) Church Key * The Gonzos * Wild Surf!
39.) Side Of The Road * 9th Life * 9th Life
40.) Psalm * Skate Death * You Break It, You Buy It
41.) Spiritual * Dynamite Club * It’s Deeper Than Most People Think
42.) Blasphuphmus Hymn * The Pope Of The Church of Blasphuphmus (Not Jesus) * Disposable Grandparents Cassettee
43.) American Jesus * Bad Religion * Recipe For Hate
44.) Psalm * King Missile * King Missile
45.) Monkeys * Echo & The Bunnymen * Crocodiles
46.) Grapes at Home – Gallery 1412, Seattle 07/08 * L.A. Lungs * Bro-Mantic: L.A. Lungs Live
47.) Hymn For Kali Ma * Charles Gocher * Pint Sized Spartacus
48.) Prophet * Albert Ayler * Spirits Rejoice
49.) Part 2 * King Missile * The Way To Salvation

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