But What Do You Expect Me To Do? Transmission 522, 2020 April 15
Welcome to Eighties night! Are you up for some Cocteau Twins? Shriekback? Breathless? Durutti Column? Crass? The Wedding Present? How about two versions of the same R.E.M. song? "Sure," I can hear you...
17 Joulu 20221h 57min
Let the Sirens Sing Out Their Nightmare: Transmission 521, 2020 April 8
"I keep falling asleep during this episode," my notes say, "but I assure you it is quite good." Here's hoping you can (a) stay awake and (b) find this assessment accurate. Despite the distance between...
11 Joulu 20221h 59min
Can You Pretend To Love Chaos? Transmission 520, 2020 April 1
Bless me, listeners, for I have sinned! It has been 575 days since my last post. And to paraphrase the world’s most famous TERF, I solemnly swear I have been up to no good. Serendipity and dialectics:...
5 Joulu 20221h 56min
My Revenge Against the World Is To Believe Everything You Say: Transmission 519, 2020 March 25
Now it can be told! Methods and agendas disclosed in this week's blurb. It's all here. To begin we have to go back to the very early days of this program, when I decided (a) my library was not enough ...
9 Touko 20211h 56min
Everything's Coming to a Grinding Halt: Transmission 518, 2020 March 18
There is a weird symmetry to this post, as it comes (seemingly) at the end of the pandemic era even as I am trying to make sense of how it began. Maybe there was a point in dragging my feet all this t...
8 Touko 20211h 56min
You Try To Give Me Your Money, You Better Save It: Transmission 517, 2020 March 11
For months I left my page-a-day calendar on March 10, 2020. At first it was genuine shock and refusal. I probably thought in the beginning that it would just be a few weeks. After a while it was a mor...
26 Huhti 20211h 59min
No Sex or Records for a Year and a Day: Transmission 516, 2020 March 5
A great show awaits you, and in even better news, it's my show! The only element missing is Lady Catharsis, who has arrived by and by at a grudging respect for The Fall, tonight's featured artiste. He...
24 Huhti 20211h 59min
It's the Beginning of the End: Transmission 515, 2020 March 4
One week to go before time stops. I guess this particular outing is a "grower." It seems forced early on; Kristin Hersh and Mogadisco don’t really go together nicely, for example, nor does Vanitas fol...
21 Huhti 20211h 59min
