The Beginning (1998 Retrocast) (Originally broadcast on 15 April 1998 on KWVA.)
This was my first ever radio broadcast. 4 A.M. – 7 A.M. on KWVA. What follows is a recreation, based on playlists, recordings, and memories from that evening. This is an approximation of what it was like to listen to my show this evening.
The Beginning
HOUR 1
01.) Strychnine * Strychnine * Born to Loose * Industrial Strength Records 02.) Millionaire * ?? * ?? * ?? 03.) Teenagers From Mars * Misfits * Collection * Caroline Records 04.) Christine * The Con Men * Live In-Studio * KWVA Radio 05.) Dicks Hate The Police * The Dicks * 1980-1986 * Alternative Tentacles Records 06.) Stereo Phasing Test / Television * Man… Or Astro-Man? * Experiment Zero * Touch & Go Records 07.) Cramp Stomp * The Cramps * Big Beat from Badsville * Epitaph Records 08.) Selector Pt. 2 * Dub Narcotic Sound System 09.) Buenos Tardes Amigos * Ween 10.) Fade In / Fade Out * Red Aunts
11.) Forest Fire * Dead Kennedys * Plastic Surgery Disasters * Alternative Tentacles Records 12.) BluBlud * KARP 13.) KWVA In-Studio Performance * The Outclass 14.) My Novel * Oswald 5-0 15.) Let’s Go Away * The Wipers 16.) Neat Neat Neat * The Damned * Damned Damned Damned * Stiff Records 17.) Justification * Against All Authority 18.) Streamline Yr Skull * New Bomb Turks
HOUR 2
19.) Embryodead (Aghast View Remix) * :wampscut: 20.) Shaved Women * Crass 21.) Praying Hands * Devo 22.) Caught In My Eye * Germs 23.) Smokin’ Banana Peels * Dead Milkmen 24.) Hexenzsene * Unwound 25.) Metanoia * King Missile 26.) The Way Of The World * Flipper
27.) Happy Hero * Negativland * Dispepsi * Seeland Records
28.) Kill All The White Man (Live) * NOFX * I Heard They Suck Live!! * Fat Wreck Chords 29.) Germfree Adolescents * X-Ray Spex 30.) Universal Corner * X 31.) Hustler * Blatz 32.) Gargoyle Waiting * …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead 33.) Persistent Vision * Rites of Spring 34.) Whirling Hall Of Knives * Butthole Surfers 35.) Treat Me Right * The Con Men * Live In-Studio * KWVA Radio
HOUR 3
36.) Titanium Expose * Sonic Youth * Goo * DGC Records 37.) Birthday Sandwhich * godheadSilo 38.) Theme * Los Mex Pistols * Unreleased Radio Promo Tape
39.) Runnin’ Through My Bones * Tight Bros. From Way Back When 40.) Ain’t No Woman Gonna Make A George Jones Outta Me * Daniel Johnston * 41.) This Is Radio Clash * The Clash * The Story of The Clash, Volume I * Epic Records 42.) Egg Raid On Mojo * Beastie Boys
43.) Excuse Me, But Pardon My French * Unwound * The Future of What * Kill Rock Stars Records 44.) Balalaika Gap * Camper Van Beethoven 45.) Born To Do Dishes * The Queers 46.) Sidewalk Warrior * Screeching Weasle 45.) Jello Biafra * Wesley Willis 46.) Hangin’ Tough * New Kids On The Block * Hangin’ Tough * Columbia Records
47.) False Start * Bikini Kill 48.) In My Mind * Crimpshrine 49.) Kasimir S. Pulaski Day * Big Black
04.) Tennessee Stud * Jimmie Driftwood * The Wilderness Road * RCA / Victor Records
Album “from ‘Sleep'” je na određeni način sažetak Richerove osmerosatne epopeje ‘Sleep’, koja u trajanju prosječnog ljudskog sna neprimjetno zadire u dubine snovidnih krajolika kakve nam nudi REM faza. Ali, istinska je svrha ovog albuma preslušavanje u budnom stanju, kojim će, nadajmo se i ova ‘okrnjena’ verzija izvornika polučiti sličan efekt. Uostalom, u trenucima velikih previranja i nezvjesnosti, upravo su uspavanke ono što nas, spavali mi ili ne, transformira u projekcije vlastitih snova!
