The Beginning Of A New Era (Phase I Episode 107)

First 9 PM Wednesday Show! New Time! In honor of this momentous occasion, I decided to pull out a lot of improvisational music, probably partially motivated by the Noise Jam we had on Sunday (still available for download here and here). Again, this show was too good to do sitting down. Since I’m surrounded by such good DJs before and after, it was tough going at first, but once I got the first song blasting, I knew it was gonna be alright. Token Coachwhips and Hospitals songs aside (I just can’t get enough of them), this show has a little bit of everything, which is probably a good place for new listeners to start with. Here’s to the beginning of a wonderful new era in The Church’s History! Praise Earl!

01.) Overture * Crispin Hellion Glover * THE BIG PROBLEM ≠ the solution. The Solution = LET IT BE.
02.) The Legend Of The Golden Arches * The Mothers Of Invention * Uncle Meat
03.) Lake Of Fire Memories * Nels Cline / Wally Shoup / Chris Corsano * Immolation / Immersion
04.) Blow * Glen Hall / Lee Ranaldo / William Hooker * Oasis Of Whispers
05.) Pig Cheese * Last Exit * Noise Of Trouble: Live In Tokyo
06.) Demon Sanctuary * John Zorn * Naked City
07.) Pearl Bomb * Melvins * Houdini Live 2005: A Live History of Gluttony and Lust
08.) Moving / Shaking * The Hospitals * I’ve visited the Island of Jocks and Jazz
09.) UFO, Please Take Her Home * Coachwhips * Get Yer Body Next Ta Mine
10.) You Give Me Hard-On * Little Fyodor * The Very Best Of Little Fyodor’s Greatest Hits!
11.) Joyful Noises * Hunger Artists * Cruisin’ In Zargon
12.) The Kids Are Insane * Pink Mountain * Pink Mountain
13.) Shoplifting * The Slits * cut
14.) Ritual * New Bloods * Live @ Dekum Manor
15.) Droppin’ In Like It’s Hot Again * Voltage * Nice Watch Mix Tape
16.) Uncle Steve * Jandek * Foriegn Keys
17.) Final Distance * The Homosexuals * Astral Glamour
18.) Burial Waltz * The Fugs * It Crawled Into My Hand, Honest
19.) Caveman 5000 * Mr. Quintron * “These Hands Of Mine”
20.) Phreddy * Cold Pizza * I’m More Like I Am Then, Than I Was Now
21.) Rocktrall * Träd, Gräs Och Stenar * Mors Mors

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Another Math-ternoon of Rock (Phase I Episode Episode 105)

I just can’t seem to get enough of the rock lately, and so this week I knocked over all the chairs and had a solo dance-party in the booth amped up on nothing more than the summer sun and a few cups of coffee. Interjected long enough to do Hella ticket giveaways, I cracked up the stereo and blasted out everything that sounds good LOUD. Obligatory Coachwhips, Hospitals and Men’s Recovery Project aside, this is another math-ternoon of rock, complete with ass-shaking, belly achin’, and groin-waggin’ of the most extreme degree. This is the one you’ll want blastin’ at that house party this weekend, or from the boom box tied to your bike as you cruise through the park. Can I get a hell yeah?

Playlist:

01.) Digitalis * Zombi * Surface to air
02.) Gendarme * Chevreuil * Capoeira
03.) Savage Composition * Don Caballero * World Class Listening Problem
04.) The Drop * Stinking Lizaveta * Slaughterhouse
05.) Hello Great Architect Of The Universe * Hella * The Devil Isn’t Red
06.) Longstockings * Lightning Bolt * Wonderful Rainbow
07.) I Gotta Move * Coachwhips * Double Death
08.) 08 * Voltage * Building The Bass Castle Vol. I
09.) Snatch * Yoshida Tatsuya * Drums, Voices, Keyboards & Guitar
10.) Airplanes There * The Hospitals * I’ve visited the Island of Jocks and Jazz
11.) Bruce Lee Is God * Hunger Artists * Crusin’ In Zargon
12.) I’m With Tipper * Men’s Recovery Project * Immense Ovary Reject 7″
13.) Satan Jeans * Messer Chups * Crazy Price
14.) Magic Blood * Man Man * The Man In A Blue Turban With A Face
15.) 08 * Sote * Dastgaah
16.) Cat Barrels * Zach Hill And Mick Barr * Shred Earthship
17.) Schvostess * Ruins * Pallaschtom
18.) We Multiply * AIDS Wolf * The Lovvers LP
19.) The Drop * Stinking Lizaveta * Slaughterhouse
20.) 06 * ocrilim * anoint

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Block of Rock (Phase I Episode 104)

It’s Finals Week here on the PSU campus, and while I’ve been cramming for my WWII final Thursday morning, I decided I needed a good soundtrack to help make sense of everything. With that in mind I immediately reached for everything I could find that ROCKED THE FUCK OUT, pausing only briefly to insert a few weird dance tunes, and then wrap things up with a Math-tacular Block of Rock. If you need a soundtrack that’ll help you keep all the names, dates, equations, formulas, and anything else you’re being tested on afloat in your pretty little head, then this is the show for you. This show also includes brilliant excerpts from the most peculiar album ever released, “Astro Sounds From Beyond The Year 2000,” guaranteed to make you go… “Hmmmmmm?”

Playlist:

01.) Space Odyssey (Excerpt) * 101 Strings Orchestra * Astro Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000
02.) Stone Woman & Record * Acid Mothers Temple SWR * SWR
03.) Eye-Shaking King * Amon Düül II * Yeti
04.) Wolf Eyes (Middle Version) * Comets on Fire * Invaders Compilation
05.) Where Were You In 1982? (Excerpt) * 101 Strings Orchestra * Astro Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000
06.) Reddleman * Thrones * Day Late, Dollar Short
07.) Hooch * Melvins * Houdini Live 2005: A Live History of Gluttony and Lust
08.) Father’s Song * Stinking Lizaveta * …hopelessness and shame.
09.) Orbit Fantasy (Excerpt) * 101 Strings Orchestra * Astro Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000
10.) I’m A Human Person * Nice Nice * Yesss!
11.) Swamp Buggy Badass (Clean) * Quintron & Miss Pussycat * Swamp Tech
12.) Desert Search For Techno Allah * Mr. Bungle * Disco Volante
13.) New Smooth Lunch * Debris * Static Disposal
14.) Jack * Danava * 2004 Demo
15.) Trippin’ On Lunar 07 (Excerpt) * 101 Strings Orchestra * Astro Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000
16.) Facts-Facts * MX-80 * Hard Attack
17.) The Smell Of Burning Wires Every Astronaut Fears * Men’s Recovery Project * Thank You For Killing Me 7″
18.) Afronegro * Chevreuil * Capoeira
19.) The Mother Could Be You * Hella * The Devil Isn’t Red

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A Math-ternoon of Rock (Phase I Episode Episode 102)

Given that my show has largely become an outlet for live performances in recent months, I found myself showing up at the station today with no band to speak of! With Pledge Drive under our belt, this gave me the opportunity to pull out and play a lot of the new stuff I’ve been groovin’ to lately that I’ve had to put on hold in recent weeks for one reason or another. With a can of Sprite in one hand and a large bowl of Pad Thai in the other, I tear through a math-ternoon or Rock and showcase the strangeness that’s been making my ass move lately, with quick stop into some of the psyche and punk that always hits the spot. With the weather looking as good as it does today, it’s recommended to pop this show into your listening device of choice and hit the streets as the joys and beauty of the impending summer tantalize you visually, too.

(Update: Apparently, this show was so powerful, that KPSU shut down and could not broadcast for several hours afterward. Immediately after I finished my show this week, there was a power surge [or, as I like to think of it, a “Rock” surge] that shut down the entire station. When we came back up again moments later, we were unable to establish a connection with our tower, and couldn’t broadcast for some time afterward. Yet again, it just goes to show the power of the Church. Praise Earl!)

Playlist:

01.) Challenger Deep * Zombi * Surface to air
02.) If I Die * Drums & Tuba * Battles Olé
03.) And And And, He Lowered The Twin Down * Don Caballero * World Class Listening Problem
04.) Cannibal Lover * Chevreuil * Capoeira
05.) Welcome To The Jungle Baby, You’re Gonna Live! * Hella * The Devil Isn’t Red
06.) Haloes * Orbit Service * Songs of Eta Carinae
07.) Walking Song * Fred Frith * Cheap At Half The Price
08.) Work Zombie * Stinking Lizaveta * …hopelessness and shame.
09.) Barbee Doll Lust (Oct/ Nov 1979, Hong Kong Cafe) * Catholic Discipline * Underground Babylon
10.) Come Out Of Her * Fraction * Moon Blood
11.) Träd, Gräs och Stenar * I Ljuset Av Din Dag * Rock För Kropp Och Själ
12.) Drum And The Uncomfortable Can * Liars * Drum’s Not Dead

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Dance The Afternoon Away (Phase I Episode Episode 096)

This week, I decided to dance the afternoon away, Blasphuphmus style! We brought out all the hits, new and old, and rock the fuckin’ house… for an hour. I literally scare my co-workers by dancing in the booth, and even manage to find a groove to …Worms and Jandek, strangely enough (who was awesome live, by the way). Highlights include me missing my cue transitioning between the first two songs, mis-pronoucing the name of a Hungarian band, and working the Minutemen into a show where they would otherwise feel severely out of place. Guaranteed to keep your booty shakin’ and your brow heavily furrowed.

01.) Meet Me At The Club House * Quintron * “The Hands Of Mine”
02.) Untitled * Danny And The Nightmares * EP
03.) 3 Judit, 4 Zsuzsa * Európa Kiadó * Love ’82
04.) Hold Back The Daylight * Gary Wilson * Mary Had Brown Hair
05.) The Loge * The Fucking Champs * Invaders Compilation
06.) You’re Not Alone * MX-80 * Hard Attack
07.) One Word * Tony Williams Lifetime * Turn It Over
08.) Starless * Jandek * Interstellar Discussion
09.) Rainforest * This Heat * This Heat
10.) 04 * Speechless Brothers * (demo recordings)
11.) Where Is My Car * …Worms * …Worms, a 7 inch
12.) 253-425 * Behead The Prophet No Lord Shall Live * Making Craters Where Building Stood EP
13.) DTRT * EFS * Down In Front: Outtakes + Unreleased
14.) Restraining Order * Men’s Recovery Project * Immense Ovary Reject 7″
15.) The Protest Song * Cold Pizza * Now Buying Souls By Appointment Only
16.) Mary Magdalene, Part II * Childhood Friends * Everything Is About To Change
17.) Punk In My Version? * Dub Narcotic Sound System * Hand On The Dial Cassette
18.) Slag, Sklag * The Memphis Goons * While Elvis Slept EP
19.) #1 Hit Song * Minutemen * Double Nickles on the Dime
20.) Instant Hit * The Slits * Cut
21.) Love Dance Of The Saroo * Joe Meek & The Blue Men * I Hear A New World

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Cuidado (Phase I, Episode 087)

Today’s show was all about rock: I picked out the rockin’-est songs I could think of (most of which have been stuck in my head this week for various reasons), and cranked up the volume at KPSU. This also features my all-time new favorite band ever (The Reigning Sound), and my all time favorite song by them (“Time Bomb High School”). This show was pretty much designed to keep me dancing and bopping while I hung out at the station for an hour, and that’s no small feat. If you need to shake your ass, try this show on for size.  5 P.M. – 6 P.M.

Playlist

01.) Cuidado * Mundt
02.) Playland * Mission Of Burma
03.) The Power Of Independent Trucking * Big Black
04.) The Little Baby * Dinosaur Jr.
05.) 106 Beats That * Wire
06.) (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures * The Rezillos
07.) Jet Star 19 * Zolar-X
08.) The Jay * Last Of The Juanitias
09.) Pablo Picasso * The Burning Sensations
10.) Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidenally Saves The World * The Flaming Lips
11.) Messenger * Wipers
12.) Carnival (Bruello Del Montalcino) * Tom Waits
13.) Ernest Goes To Porkys * Dub Narcotic Sound System
14.) Because I Do * X
15.) (She Thinks She’s) Edith Head * They Might Be Giants
16.) In This Town * The Murder City Devils
17.) Approaching Zero * Nomeansno
18.) Afraid Of The Russians * Stiphnoyds
19.) I Am Not A [Voice Activated Child Identicon] * Servotron
20.) I Accuse My Parents * Riverdales
21.) Hain’s Point * Rites Of Spring
22.) Time Bomb High School * Reigning Sound

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Feeling Frisky (Phase I Episode 083)

Today I was feeling a little frisky, so all the songs are ones I think of (or want to listen to) when I’m in the mood. I think it worked pretty well, and I had some of the best transitions I’ve done in quite a while. I’m thinking about cutting out the voice overs and commercials and trying out this show the next time I get a pair of bedroom eyes from someone.  5 P.M. – 6 P.M.

Playlist:

01.) Green Onions * Booker T & The MGs
02.) Bikini Girls With Machine Guns * The Cramps
03.) New Rose * The Damned
04.) Love Can’t Buy You Money * Motörhead
05.) Prince Of The Rodeo * Turbonegro
06.) Dancing Shoes * Murder City Devils
07.) Uncontrollable Urge * Devo
08.) Under The Milky Way * The Church
09.) Breathless * X
10.) I Put A Spell On You * Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
11.) Pictures Of Lilly * The Who
12.) Rumble * Link Wray & His Wray-Men
13.) Jack On Fire * Gun Club
14.) Madonna, Sean & Me * Sonic Youth
15.) Fun House * The Stooges

Feeling A Little Odd (KPSU Phase I Episode 079)

I think I’m hitting my stride, as this (again) made me really happy while I was broadcasting. I guess it’s hyperbole to say this is one of my faves, and since I’ve never been prone to using such statements, I won’t break the streak. Suffice it to say, I think you can tell I was really enjoying this one as I was going.  5 P.M. – 6 P.M.

Playlist:

01.) Sweat Loaf * The Butthole Surfers
02.) Pulp * Nice Nice
03.) In The Stars I Can Sizzle Like A Battery * Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
04.) Pulp * Nice Nice
05.) Igazi Hos * Európa Kiadó
06.) Frank Talk About Mutants, Also * Men’s Recovery Project
07.) Jo To Se Ti To Spi * Plastic People Of The Universe
08.) Breath And Length * The Residents
09.) Lapis Baitulous * Secret Chiefs 3
10.) Return Of The Butthole Surfers * Danny & The Nightmares
11.) Making Craters Where Buildings Stood * Behead The Prophet No Lord Shall Live
12.) Listen To The Painters * The Ex
13.) Hot Stenographer * Kinski
14.) Caress * Drive Like Jehu
15.) Doomsday * June Of 44
16.) Devil PSI * Last Of The Juanitas
17.) 40 Sec. * Ewa Braun
18.) No Comply * Enemy Mine

Weird Rock (KPSU Phase I Episode 076)

I have to admit, this is one of my more schizophrenic shows, and I had an extremely fun time doing this one. If you can imagine, me rockin’ out for the entire hour, by myself, then that’ll give you an idea of what I’m talking about. A highly-recommended show for people curious about what kind of show I do.  5 P.M. – 6 P.M.

Playlist:

01.) Oh Dear, Our King Has Gone Missing * Cornflake Mandala
02.) Overture * Crispin Hellion Glover
03.) Yeti [Live] * Dabney Coleman Knife Fight
04.) Whole Steppin’ * The Cosmos Group
05.) Silver Shock * Danava
06.) Spit Me Out * The Spits
07.) Smart Patrol / Mr. DNA * Devo
08.) Valmont’s GoGo Pad * Ennio Morricone
09.) Nightclubbing * Iggy Pop
10.) Extra Man * The Fucking Champs
11.) Paint My Brain * Hunger Artists
12.) Hammerhead * John Zorn
13.) Recyclable Body Fluids In Human Form * The Locust
14.) No Way To Hear * Melt Banana
15.) Too Far Gone * My Dad Is Dead
16.) Move On * The Rentals
17.) All The Colors In The Rainbow * Hunger Artists
18.) Repaint My Brain * Hunger Artists
19.) Everything’s Impossible * Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
20.) Oh, Never Mind, We Found Him * Cornflake Mandala

Rock (KPSU Phase I Episode 074)

5 P.M. – 6 P.M.

Playlist:

Voice Overs:
01.) Endoradiosonde * Hovercraft
02.) Benzedrine * Hovercraft

03.) Get Over It, Eve, Those Paw Tattoos Aren’t That Hot * Book Of Maps
04.) Pretty Chords For Evil Sleep People * Bishop Of Battle
05.) By The Mark * Danava
06.) Royal March * The Oxes
07.) untitled * Ciccone Youth
08.) Polykacz Wezy * Ewa Braun
09.) Burnsome * The Ex
10.) Ez A Varos * Európa Kiadó
11.) Deseret * The Cosmos Group

A Request Show (KPSU Phase I Episode 072)

5 P.M. – 6 P.M.

Playlist:

01.) Cavemen * Oxes
02.) Novena Without Faith * …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
03.) Chasing For Young Blood * Messer Chups
04.) Exhibit A Burns A Hole In The Sky WIth Her Death Stare * Book Of Maps
05.) Gold Cross * xbxrx
06.) Sleeping While Driving Prevents Old Age * By The End Of Tonight
07.) Spray * Can
08.) Amlak abét abét * Assèlèfètch Ashiné & Géténèsh Kebrèt & Army Band
09.) Batman 2 * The Advantage
10.) Egyptian Assasin * Men’s Recovery Project
11.) Wired For Sound * The Bugs Of Lightning
12.) Malalauma * Deerhoof
13.) Light Darkens The Light * Bishop Of Battle

Nuggets (KPSU Phase I Episode 059)

5 P.M. – 6 P.M.

Playlist:

01.) Make Love Not War * The Arrows
02.) I’m Not Satisfied * The Mothers Of Invention
03.) Monkey Island * 13th Floor Elevators
04.) Everybody Knows You’re Not In Love * The Electric Prunes
05.) Pictures of Lily * The Who
06.) Hey Boy * Os Mutantes
07.) Sac O’ Woe * The Wailers
08.) Fun House * The Stooges
09.) Yellow Brick Road * Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
10.) Dixie-Doodle * Link Wray & His Wray-Men
11.) In The Past * Chocolate Watch Band
12.) Tom Tom * The Creation
13.) Remember Thomas A’beckett * John’s Children
14.) Clara Clairvoyant * Donovan
15.) Murphy The Surfie * The Surfaris
16.) Claude Pelieu And J.J. Lebel Discuss The Early Bread Crust Fragments * The Fugs
17.) Pulsating Dream * Kaleidoscope
18.) I’ve Got A Woman * The Barbarians
19.) The Yella In Me * The Troggs

Nuggets (KPSU Phase I Episode 043)

5 P.M. – 6 P.M.

Playlist:

01.) Tioga * The American Dream
02.) Rat’s Revenge Part One * The Rats
03.) Don’t Fall Down * 13th Floor Elevators
04.) Alone Again Or * Love
05.) I Ain’t Got No Heart * Mothers Of Invention
06.) Antique Doll * Electric Prunes
07.) Riot On Sunset * The Standelles
08.) Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow * Strawberry Alarm Clock
09.) No Escape * The Seeds
10.) No Way Out * Chocolate Watch Band
11.) There Is A Mountain * Donovan
12.) Sure ‘Nuff ‘N Yes I Do * Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band
13.) The Kinks * You Really Got Me
14.) Shake * The Small Faces
15.) Point Of No Return * The Music Machine
16.) Psycho * Sonics
17.) Astronomy Domine * Pink Floyd
18.) I’m Five Years Ahead of My Time * Third Bardo
19.) Ave, Lucifer * Os Mutantes
20.) Rumble * Link Wray
21.) You Ain’t Tuff * Uniques

Feeling A Little Funky (Phase I Episode 029)

4 P.M. – 6 P.M.

Playlist:

01.) Overture * Crispin Hellion Glover
02.) In Vacuum * Sinking Body
03.) Jimi / Ricky * Butthole Surfers
04.) (untitled) * Ciccone Youth
05.) Whole Steppin’ * The Cosmos Group
06.) It’s A Black Day * Godzik Pink
07.) Green Eyed Lady * Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
08.) Fork * Neutered Prunes
09.) Shine On Sweet Jesus * The Flaming Lips
10.) Another Land (Rumors, Arrival, Deployment, Saturation) * The Residents
11.) Track 6 * Negativland
12.) Ode To A Centipede * Buckner & Garcia
13.) Frank Talk About Mutants, Also * Men’s Recovery Project
14.) Abracadabra * Bruce Haack & Esther Neson
15.) Chemical Marriage * Mr. Bungle
16.) Overture * Crispin Hellion Glover
17.) Manner Of Holding The Chisel When Cutting A Groove Through Bone * Sinking Body
18.) History Repeats Itself * Buddy Starcher
19.) Naked Sailor * Men’s Recovery Project
20.) 15 Laffs (Live) * MX-80
21.) Beef Flavored Island * Pleaseeasaur
22.) Strap On That Jammy Pac * Ween
23.) Agent Oranges (Fancy Mix) * Replikants
24.) Born In Xixax * Nina Hagen
25.) Grope Need (Part I) * The Fugs
26.) Tuli, Visited By The Ghost Of Plontinus * The Fugs
27.) More Grope Need (Grope Need – Part II) * The Fugs
28.) San Antonio Desert * The Memphis Goons
29.) Penguin In Bondage [Live] * The Mothers Of Invention
30.) Bestia * A.E. Bizottsag
31.) What Should I Do? * The Shaggs
32.) Jo Lesz * Europa Kiado
33.) The Bublight * Joe Meek
34.) You And I * Silver Apples
35.) Naked Sailor II * Men’s Recovery Project
36.) Poledo * Dinosaur Jr.