Episode 098: A New Coat of Paint
(Featuring a meditation on the color of music these days, with a little help from Ken Nordine.)

I discovered Ken Nordine a number of years ago, through Negativland mostly, though my en-co-host DJ Revolting Earwig was the first to direct my attention specifically to this particular album, Colors.  Nordine has a wonderfully sleepy, and atmospheric tone to his voice, and as you explore his other work, you’ll find that while his primary instrument is the human voice, his verbal meanderings are fun to follow, or let wash over you.  However you enjoy it, his attempt to create music around the idea of colors is so completely ludicrous, it is perfect for radio.

I must confess that I had little belief that this show was going to be recorded or archived for the future, and so I put very little thought into what I would play.  In many ways this is an accidental show: by not thinking about it too much, I ended up liking it a lot.

Enjoy

A New Coat Of Paint

01.) Begin The Beguine * Art Tatum
02.) Harmonium * Stereolab * Refriend Ectoplasm
03.) Olive * Ken Nordine * Colors
04.) Fourth Shot * Cabaret Voltaire * Mix-Up
05.) Electric Atlamira * Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic
06.) Maroon * Ken Nordine * Colors

07.) Rosetta * Art Tatum
08.) Hundreds of Years * Thinking Fellers Union Local #282
09.) Chartreuse * Ken Nordine * Colors
10.) Ella Guru * Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
11.) The Admiral * Shellac
12.) Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride * Steel Pole Bath Tub
13.) Crimson * Ken Nordine * Colors

14.) Indiana (Back Home Again In) * Art Tatum
15.) ?? * Don Caballero
16.) Blue * Ken Nordine * Colors
17.) Simian Fever * Six Finger Satellite
18.) Shaking Hell * Sonic Youth
19.) Magenta * Ken Nordine * Colors

20.) Wee Baby Blues * Art Tatum
21.) Bodies * Nomeansno * You Kill Me
22.) Flesh * Ken Nordine * Colors
23.) Hey Cops * Crain *
24.) The Fixed Orbit * Antioch Arrow * In Love With Jetts
25.) Booby Trap * godheadSilo * Skyward In Triumph
26.) Tron * Rodan * Half-Cocked Soundtrack
27.) Brown * Ken Nordine * Colors

28.) Stompin’ At The Savoy * Art Tatum
29.) Life * Flipper
30.) Meet Me In Lacey * KARP * Suplex
31.) Disappoint * Unwound * The Future Of What
32.) Black * Ken Nordine * Colors
33.) Last Goodbye Blues * Art Tatum
34.) Soul Giver * Opal * Happy Birthday Nightmare