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The New Abnormal

Aug 19, 2022 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

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7:01 AM		Kay Gardner Awakening: Solar Plexus Chakra A Rainbow Path Ladyslipper Records 1984 Kay Gardner (February 8, 1941 - August 28, 2002), also known as Cosmos Wonder-Child, was an American musician, composer, author, and Dianic priestess known for using music for creative and healing purposes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Gardner_(composer)
7:06 AM		Set Break: over “Her First Rain” by Jon Hassell
7:08 AM		Kadef Abgi Sahel, Pt. II N Diva of Deva Loka Akuphone 2022 The album has its roots in each musician’s sonic experience: this includes Arabic music —including most notably Moroccan Gnawa— as well as rock ‘n‘ roll, jazz and the avant-garde. Bandcamp
7:14 AM		Tonto's Expanding Head Band Riversong Zero Time Rhino Atlantic 1971 The band is Malcom Cecil and Robert Margouleff. The only way out of a circle is through the center. Leap into stillness, grasp with empty hand. Heaven lies close upon earth, Where an endless stream flows forth, Embracing. The space between world and beyond, Is like space between soul and another: Nothing and everything. As a blink shut nor open sees between. As the breath rise and falling forms valleys between. That river runs down from sky to the ground, without making a sound. I am the river and rise into form to speak, fly, suffer, why? I am the river. I am the river, but I am not the current. I am stuff what life is made of. I am color but not canvas. I carry life with me wherever I go. And there′s no end or beginning, Though I am not a circle.
7:22 AM		Cluster & Eno Ho Renomo Cluster & Eno Bureau B 2009 Cluster is the multi-instrumental and electronics duo of Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius formed in 1971 in Berlin. They were joined on this release by Brian Eno.
7:27 AM		Ketil Bjørnstad, David Darling, Terje Rypdal & Jon Christensen The Sea V The Sea ECM Records 1995 Norwegian pianist, composer and author, born 25 April 1952 in Oslo.
7:33 AM		Set Break: over 🤑 “Loving Tongues” by Bill Nelson
7:37 AM		Ideal jingle vintage ad from the 1970s-1980's nothing but a quonset hut...
7:39 AM		The Avalanches Frontier Psychiatrist Since I Left You XL Recordings 2001 The Avalanches are an electronic music group from Melbourne, Australia, best known for their live DJ sets and debut album Since I Left You, which was assembled from approximately 3,500 vinyl samples.
7:43 AM		Jean Pascal Boffo Jeux de vils nains Jeux de nains Musea 1986 Jean-Pascal Boffo is a French musician, guitarist and composer. He has been a sound engineer at Studio Amper in France since 1990.
7:45 AM		Gyeongsu After Diner Not Yet Deficiency Gyeongsu 2021 https://gyeongsu.bandcamp.com
7:47 AM		Elephant Gym Dear Humans N Dreams Topshelf Records 2022 大象體操 (Elephant Gym) is a math rock band from Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It was formed in February 2012. Siblings KT and Tell were taught classical music by their mother before meeting drummer Chia-Chen in high school through a music club. Bandcamp
7:50 AM		High Pulp Chemical X N Pursuit of Ends Anti/Epitaph 2022 It’s difficult to pin down Seattle’s High Pulp. This instrumental band has dabbled in everything from avant-garde jazz to beat-driven R&B to psychedelic synthesizer-heavy electronica.
7:54 AM		Nils Petter Molvær Vilderness (Pt. 1) Solid Ether ECM Records 2000 Composer, producer and trumpet player. He was born in 1960 in Sula, Norway.
8:01 AM		Set Break: over “Darkside 2” by Sensations Fix
8:05 AM		Änglagård Sista Somrar Prog På Svenska - Live In Japan Änglagård Records 2014 Symphonic progressive rock band founded in 1991 in Stockholm, Sweden. Disbanded in 1994, reformed briefly in 2002/03 and active since 2008.
8:20 AM		Area Acrostico in memoria di Laio (Remastered Version) 1978: Gli dei se ne vanno, gli arrabbiati restano! (Remastered Version) WM Italy 2018 AreA - International POPular Group, is an Italian progressive rock, jazz fusion, electronic, experimental group formed in 1972 and led by singer Demetrio Stratos.
8:26 AM		SFF (Schicke, Führs & Fröhling) Solution Symphonic Pictures Brain 1975 Progressive rock band from Germany existing in the mid 1970's.
8:29 AM		Terje Rypdal Midnite Odyssey ECM Records 1975 Norwegian jazz guitarist, longtime fixture at ECM records.
8:46 AM		Marty Fogel Through the Screen Many Bobbing Heads, At Last Creative Music Productions 1989 Solo release by saxophonist from the Everyman Band.
8:50 AM		Marc Johnson, Bill Frisell, John Scofield & Peter Erskine Resolution Bass Desires ECM Records 1986 Jazz bassist and composer, born 21 October 1953 in Omaha, Nebraska.
8:59 AM		Set Break: over “Montana Realty Company” by McGill Manring Stevens
9:04 AM		Mars Everywhere Zone of Twilight Industrial Sabotage Random Radar Records 1980 Washington DC-area space-rock band from the late-1970s/early-1980s.
9:08 AM		Heldon Stand By Stand By Bureau B 2020 Heldon is a progressive/space rock band from Paris, France, that was formed in 1974 and led by Richard Pinhas.
9:22 AM		Gordian Knot Muttersprache Emergent Sensory 2003 Gordian knot was fronted by Sean Malone (12 April 1970 - 9 December 2020) from Delran NJ. He played fretless bass guitar and Chapman Stick.
9:29 AM		Plini Away Sweet Nothings - EP Plini 2013 Plini is a guitarist and composer based in Sydney, Australia. His main genre influences are Instrumental rock, djent, and Progressive metal.
9:32 AM		Set Break: over “Takk…” by Sigur Rós
9:34 AM		Sleepytime Gorilla Museum The Creature Of Natural History Web of Mimicry 2004 Oakland, California-based group which includes members of Idiot Flesh, Thinking Plague, Charming Hostess and Skeleton Key. Now disbanded, two members went on to form Rabbit Rabbit Radio. Bandcamp
9:39 AM		David Torn Brave Light Of Sun Door X Windham Hill 1990 Guitarist (and effects wizard) born in 1953 in Amityville NY. Wikipedia
9:44 AM		David Sylvian Some Kind of Fool Everything & Nothing UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2000 The core of the song was recorded in 1980 during the sessions for Japan's 'Gentlemen Take Polaroids', but was not released. David Sylvian embellished and finished it in 2000 and released it as part of his 2-CD compilation 'Everything and Nothing'.
9:51 AM		Set Break: over “The Clearing” by Janel and Anthony
9:53 AM		Andrea Braido Blessed Relief 2017 Italian guitarist born in 1964, he plays all the instruments on this Zappa cover. Despite my announcement, this is NOT the version on the Zappa tribute CD, but a newly recorded version made to promote Tribe Guitars.

Chat is archived.

𓁝 We begin our broadcast day. 𓁜

Good morning sir.

Good morning, TAndy.

Dave, I heard a song earlier last night that made me think you would enjoy it or play it at some point if you hadn't already.

Do you recall the name of the song?

Mambolindoquilombo by Arraigo, an Argentinian Folk Metal band.

I am unfamiliar. Thanks for the tip!

They have a small discography, only two albums and two LPs. I listened to their 2012 album, Fronteras Y Horizontes. Really good stuff, even though I don't understand Spanish :(

Sometimes it's best if we don't understand the lyrics.

I did find the lyrics (google translated) for the song I mentioned, it's pretty simple. Nothing profane.

Hello, DJ DaveTheObscure! Swell selections to start the show!

Good day, MrM!

KADEF ABGI 💜

I agree and concur.

Good morning MrM

me too as well in addition also

HeyOoo, TAndyO

>:)

moving pieces 🎵🎶🎼

Good morning Dave the Obscure 😶‍🌫️, TAndy 😎, MrMalcontent 💀 & all

♟️pawn to bishop 5

Right on time, Christine! The next piece is for you!

🧩🧩🧩

Oh hi, Christine!

& ENO❣️

Good morning DJ DaveTheObscure. I am enjoying the beginning of the show.

Nice! *puts kettle on*

Good morning, Rob F! I hope you continue to enjoy the remainder of the show.

Dang; I missed Kadef Abgi.

BAMORNIN!!!!

Hey, Chef!

Usually, I am at the gym at 7am and miss the first 1/2 of the show. Today, I am going later and will miss the second 1/2.

Good morning Christine, Chef, and Rob!

the early bird get the extra mins with DaveTheObscure

Oh well...

Yeah early bird special includes an extra cup of coffee

Ideal!

omg

I thought the Philly locals might enjoy that old ad.

Classic. I visited there before they closed back in the 90s. It WAS a Quonset hut!

FRONTIER PSYCHIATRY!

‘Frontier Psychiatrist’ 💟

Crazy as a 🥥

The man with the golden 👁

I’m BoNkErS in the Brainz

Classic. an avalanche of sounds

Yes you are MrM. Good morning Brian!

Good morning, Brian D.

>:)

Good morning Chef 🍳, Rob, and Brian

[face]

Yes, I, are, TAndy, 🆗❔❕

Good morning TAndy, Christine and All other Obscurists

©🅾©🅾♌⛎✝💲

I like groups that are hard to 📍down.

Nice segue, DJ.

🙏

These are great selections

🙏 Thanks, Chef.

Who?

Hahahaha

It's a quonset hut

Sadly out of business. The building is still there, but under new ownership.

I shopped at Ideal! 🛍 One time, a couple years before they went defunct.

Your regular insecticide will also kill the spotted lanternfly

Mornin' Mok

Good morning everyone

True, Mokxine. Just be careful that it doesn't also kill beneficial insects.

👍

I douse my backyard because I have three dogs

And the ticks are insane this year

Off to the post office, then UPS, then home. See you all later

Thanks for hanging out this morning, TAndy. Have a good day.

Very Crim adjacent. Very nice

True, Brian D.

Was that....a bleep?

It was indeed a beep. The record was issued that way.

Censored for the Italian audience.

Ah. I thought you needed to bleep out some rudeness in Italiano. 🤬

I have not figured out what the offensive word is.

Speaking of bleeps...

I MEAN IT!!

A favored station ID! ✨️ 📻

Kind of a slide whistle! Beeeuiiipppp!

Now THAT offensive word I bleeped out myself. Not a slide whistle, though. More of a whoosh.

I agree, MrMalcontent 💀. Weeeooooeeeeooopp!

It’s outstanding, DJ DaveTheObscure! Cheers!

This track has a 9-beat rhythm cycle (for those counting along).

Let's all count along at home. 💯 By the way, I stumbled across something yesterday that might interest The New Abnormal listeners. There is most of a French concert from 1973 from Peter Gabriel-era Genesis that was restored in 4K on YouTube. The quality is stunning, and it makes it look like it was recorded yesterday.

☕️🍞🧈

Thanks, Christine!

Good morning, DSM!

Howdy! I'm reading the chat and I see the bit about the bleep. I'm wondering where in the song the bleep is?

It really captures some intensity. The audience is weird, though: they just seem immobile. Maybe they were hypnotized. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/genesis-concert-film-4k-1157723/amp/

Good morning, Rob F. It was the part right where it goes "bleep".

Hey Dave, always enjoy Terje Rypdal in the morning

L0LZ

I wasn't listening to the station then. Was it at the very beginning, or somewhere else?

And haha

:-)

@ Rob, closer to the end. I'll try to get a time stamp for you.

Imma check that out, Christine! Thanks Boo!

I am asking because I found the lyrics and ran them through Google translate. Plus I studied Italian in high school when my father was stationed overseas

Thanks!

@ Rob, 'bleep' is at 4:14 into the song. If you understand Italian, maybe you can tell by context.

@MrM Anytime, boo. 👻

Good morning DSM 🍩 and Rob 🦀!

@DSM, I always prefer Rypdal at night. But this is my shift, so...

🖤👻

When Rypdal’s on a bagel, you can have Rypdal anytime

Hi Christine!

Hey Christine! 🍩

For me, Rypdal goes better with red wine. 🍷 Not exactly a morning beverage.

SANGRIA!!!

@Dave, the bleeped word is adottato, adopted. Adottato is in parentheses in the genius.com lyrics I found.

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"finally, the text of Acrostic in memory of Laius is taken from On the theory of symbolism by Ernest Jones and Function and field of speech and language by Jacques La."

Google translated from https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_gli_dei_se_ne_vanno,_gli_arrabbiati_restano!

Thanks Rob from MD. I cannot understand why they needed to bleep that word.

Unless it was a libelous accusation.

YW, DtO. I think they were being sly? After what seem to be references to Oedipus or about Oedipal desires, adopted might be a road too far?? I dunno, I would have to spend three times as much time as I already have plus my laundry will get wrinkled.

Okay, thanks, Rob from MD. You've done plenty!

Maybe it was, but the 'lyrics' appear to be lifted from someone's writing? Maybe the bleep satisfied Italian copyright laws as regards to lifting/plaigerizing (sp.)?

And now to my laundry

Also plausible.

Screeeeaming online 🗣️

One final thing before I go in search of the locally rare Tricolored Heron (laundry is done): From the wiki for Laius (would be Laio in Italian): In Greek mythology, King Laius, or Laios of Thebes was a key personage in the Theban founding myth. Laius was the son of Labdacus. He was the father, by Jocasta, of Oedipus, who killed him.

So there is definitely and oedipal thing going on in the song. Over and out/ciao a tutti. Have a good weekend everyone!

Thanks, Rob. I had no idea Area's lyrics were that literary.

Have a great weekend, Rob. Hope you have some good sightings!

*an not and

Later Rob!

This song and that station ID...! 🌠

Cool transition from the twilight zone ID to zone of twilight and the referencing guitar at the beginning

DtO: No worries, I had no recollection of Area even as a name, even though I was in Italy at the time and followed the Italian charts via the Ciao 2001 magazine and very infrequent listens to radio. Prog Rock is the best as far as lyrics go, for sure.

Bye for real!

Hi bye rob hi dsm

Unfortunately the post office did not have any Pete Seeger stamps :(

Another great show! Have'nt heard Mars Everywhere in a long long time and certainly not played on the air!

TAndy, usps dot com??

🙏 Thanks, Fusionhead. I'm glad you are able to catch the show.

Hey TAndy. Any Halloween stamps out yet?

There are cool Webb Space Telescope stamps. 🛰

Nah, this was actually my first time ever buying stamps nearly 29 years on this planet and I never once used a stamp before

🤯

Bad ass bass! Love this

Didier Batard was Heldon's bassist on that recording.

LOL @ TAndy

🪢

I have some Star Wars stamps

@ Christine, another demonstration of your emoji ninja skills!

🙂

Plini once again rocking my socks off

The Plini song just flowed right into the end of the Gordian Knot song.

Plini is spectacular.

AAAGH

the TAndy curse

He's going to laugh at me isn't he

Sigurd Rós, recently played The Met in Philly. 🇮🇸

*Sigur*

Another show I missed....😞

Hey, MrM! 🖖🏾 West Siiiidddeeeee

It was extremely, surprisingly loud. Overall, it was an amazing show, but the sudden reversals from extremely quiet to unbelievably loud caught me by surprise. Earplugs came in handy.

I have noticed that Sigur Rós often does that sudden loudness increase.

🐇 🐇 📻

WOW. of course, WestSiiidddeee! ☠️🔑

Too slow

I admit I didn't know enough Sigur Rós going in. And they *do* love to use strobe lights.

Ah there

@ Christine - that's one of the reasons I don't play more of their material. Dynamic range is extreme at both ends.

Thanks Dave, have a great weekend everyone!

🙏 Thanks for keeping me company this morning, DSM.

9 minutes 😔

"oh good" as one might say.

Crying

No tears!

All fears

More appropriate.

Final Seven Mins?! Me RAGE 👺

BRAVO, DJ DaveTheObscure!

🙏 Thanks for listening, and joining the chat!

DJ DaveTheObscure! Many thanks! Big cheers! Kind regards!

I'll throw a few lightweight things. 🎈

🎏 🧦🥥

Cheers to all the Dears, especially those with Big Postage Stamp Ears! 🌃🌇 ✉️📮📬

Thank you, Dave the Obscure! Take care, everybody

Wonderful Zappa. Thanks for the show DTO!

Back just in time for Zappa music

🧠🫁👁👂🦶🤞🫀👃👉✌️

🛰️🛁🚽🛒🗿⚓🚲🦖

🙏 Thanks, folks! See you next week.

one of the greatest guitarists.

😤

🖤💀

AGH