Saturday, May 7, 2011

ROBOT RADIO (#59)

Source here. Originally recorded on June 5th, 1997.

First off I must profusely apologize for the missed weekend. I spent the whole weekend (and I mean the whole weekend and almost every bit of it. I just finished languishing laundry. That is how busy it is) at a computer security / hacker conference. The weather was wonderful and I saw not a bit of it (except when it was dark out).

THIS IS OUR ROBOT SHOW. Meaning we stick with music and sounds that either directly or indirectly reference robots. Lots of computer noise, mechanical noise, synthesizers of voice and music. A few robot/robot inspired bands. NO ACTUAL ROBOTS WERE IN THE STUDIO. We did get out the aluminum foil and make little hats, though.

The first 26 minutes are filled with a ping-pong noise that gets annoying even to me, which might have been the initial point. There is stuff that goes on around it, but after a while THAT IS ALL YOU HEAR. Then there is real ping-pong for 20 minutes or so later on.
  1. Every Robot Show Must Start With Kraftwerk
  2. Ping Pong or Radar?
  3. A Murmur of Droids
  4. Desperately trying to drown out the pinging with early synthesizer music
  5. Starting to count in German now
  6. Real actual ping pong now.
  7. Do not tell me this real ping pong lasts the rest of the show
  8. INCOMING ROBOT DATA TRANSMISSION
  9. The grandfather clock is reporting in
  10. Wait, Circus?
  11. Mellow Lounge Robot Time Interrupted
  12. The Big Arpeggiated Reveal
  13. Ending with Disque 9