(#84) A visit from Craig

Source here. Originally recorded on November 27th, 1997.

Thanksgiving happens at or around the same time each year. Relatives come to visit, overindulgence goes from mortal sin to sacrament. This is almost what happened here. I think Ian's brother is the Craig mentioned on this tape, and Lisa and I are absent. However, instead of overindulgence, this set seems almost subdued and restrained, focusing mainly on groovy beats with the occasional intentional background clutter. A delicious diversion. An aperitif. A sorbet.

1. Lozenge
2. Shopping List
3. Exuberationess
4. 1950s Drum and Bass
5. The neighbors are driving me crazy
6. 1-800-mumble-mumble
7. AIR Interlude
8. AM feedback dance party
9. I have amnesia, help me
10. Bass instincts
11. Eat that chicken
12. Devolve into Skronk
13. I tripped over the orchestra.

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(#83) WILD WEST

Source here. Originally recorded November 20th, 1997.

Back on Track?

Roundin' them up in this show, our intrepid artists collected a variety of clips/tunes/effects that represented a particular view of the as-reported Wild West. It's not a unique mythos, but America - as always - buys into this mythos wholesale. Collectivisim be dammed, we're going to Manifest Destiny ourselves all the way to the other ocean using entitlement and guns.

To a certain extent, this mythos lives on today (until you get to the actual West Coast). Landlocked America welcomes you back with open arms and 24-hour Adult Superstores lining the freeway; as long as you're not too funny lookin'.

1. Faintly "Hey Pa!"
2. Citizens' Band and Guns
3. Appalachia Background
4. Crosstalk Hoedown
5. Capture and Display it
6. Dropping Open Plains Science
7. The Carter Family votes Republican
8. Big Sky Country
9. There Were More Gypsy Circuses than One Might Expect
10. Trucker Dirge and Requiem for Rail
    
11. IT'S A TWISTER
12. On Command, Zombie Reagan
13. Dead-End Gulch, pre-Ambush
    

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They're Here (#80) Halloween #1

Source here. Originally recorded on October 30th, 1997.

I suppose I could spin a yarn about trying to wait until Halloween and simply NOT HAVING THE PATIENCE, but in reality I've been a little slack. I'll place the blame squarely where it belongs: the awesome weather.

This is one of the first Halloween shows I did with TKDF, and I think it's in fact one of the first ones recorded, if not the FIRST ACTUAL HALLOWEEN SHOW EVER. There's plenty of spooky fun to be had here, so download and play in the background when the little ones come to visit and ensure you always have a wealth of candy leftover forever and ever again.

1. Someone's at the door
2. Cackling and moaning
3. A Dismemberment Plan
4. That Piano Music
5. INFERNAL MACHINES
6. There's something about an 80's horror movie analog synthesizer
7. Singing around the campfire, hopefully
   
8. Vincent Price grooving with the pict's small furry animals
9. In the bowels of the gypsy calliope
   
10. The chanting the chanting the chanting the chanting
11. GET OUT
12. I can hear the traffic just above the sewer grate
13. Love theme from Halloween #1
    

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A small milestone barely worth mention.

We've had over 100 downloads from our Internet Archive page. That's kind of neat. Thanks to all you folks checking us out.

Animal Farm (#78)

Source is here. Originally recorded on October 16, 1997.

Still buried deep in the heat of the summer (at least right now), I arrive at a fall recording from 1997. Fall around here means the State Fair, and while rides and deep fryers and sham-wows are pretty good, the State Fair is an agricultural event, full of living examples of edible critters from around the state. I was fairly certain that was the intent of this show, until I heard the dog barking.

It's probably still the intent of this show. This show is thick with animal sounds of all shapes, sizes, and demeanors. A cacophony from start to finish, with touches of appropriate music in various places.

1. We fall fubftitute the f for the s
2. I heard the best dogs of my generation baying at the moon
3. Cats, big and small
4. Monkey Business
5. Robot cow flyby unsettles the dogs
6. The scientists converse about birdcalls
7. Grotto
8. Grotto to Beerhall transition
9. Beerhall or Farmhouse Hoedown?
10. Hyenas and Cows
11. Cows and Elephants
12. Birds in the Night
13. The Steel Guitar Carries Me Home

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