Tape Loop Bureaucrat (#68)

Source here. Originally recorded on August 7th, 1997.

Another short one and another skipped week. This summer is shaping up to not shape up at all. Still, I care about each one (both) of you and I'm putting in the time. The title implies an oppressive, "normalizing" regime holding court over an army of drones. This moves slowly, so titling was annoyingly hard.

1. Monster Moment
2. Don't go in the Master Control Room!
3. The bugs in the background are chewing on me
4. Slowly ground down
5. Spin Cycle
6. Gravel Driveway
7. Code Talker
8. Falling Apart
9. Scratching the Surface
10. Turning the Crank
11. The Yo-Yo Makes It Work
12. Elliptical Sander
13. Background Murmur Metal Recap

Added by IanF-R: Purely provenance side-note: this show is the next-generation descendent of the previously posted show "Tape Loop Marxist". Is it more distributed, less political, than its parent? Is it half-speed for half as long? I can hardly say. One listener's boredom is another's catharsis.

Drones (#66)

Source here. Originally recorded on July 24th, 1997.

I could say I've been on "Summer Hiatus" and to a certain extent (except for the summer part) that's true. The Big Lazies have gotten to me the past two weekends (in a ROW), and we've all suffered as a result.

Drone music does nothing to shake off the lazy feeling, even enhancing it if you play your cards right. Given that, it's amazing that this is such a short bit. With the abrupt start, it's probably one we started recording somewhere in the middle, or accidentally forgot to flip the tape, or something like that as the music overtook us. This is all muddy (in the good way) resonant ringing drone, and pretty fantastic at that.

1. Gurgle gurgle gurgle puke
2. The spins with a catchy beat
3. Interstellar Autobahn
4. Wrung out all wrong
5. Stop with the shouting!
6. It's thunderous, but it's not applause
7. The drill bottoms out
8. Jimmy Carter Noir
9. Flying away on a robot intermodulator
10. Reference tone manipulation
11. Quiet water-powered xylophone
12. Chewy reverb harmonium sound
13. Phone tone lone drone