guest DJ set list (August 5, 2021) - Classic House & Techno

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Thanks to ffog for inviting me to guest-DJ again on his weekly internet radio show, Myocyte.
The mix was "simulcast" on anonradio and tilderadio, and has been archived by anonradio (scroll down to "Ffog - Pleasure & Discomfort Myocyte"). An mp3 version of the mix is here: [1 hr mp3] (The show was broadcast at 1 am on August 6 UTC, which is 8 pm Central, August 5, in the US.)

This was my first time streaming directly from my PC (running Linux) to the tilderadio server.* In previous shows ffog did the streaming of a mix I had previously sent him via FTP. I used the Mixxx software, which installed effortlessly on Linux and connected to the server with no issues.

Dedicated to DJ Jeff K, whose mix show on KDGE-FM in Dallas in the early '90s introduced me to many of these tunes. Also big props to DJ Buttstuff for helping me to identify some of the tracks from my tapes of Jeff K's show. And thanks to ffog for teaching how to livestream using Mixxx.

While the tracks were playing I "announced" via text chat on the #sally and #tilderadio channels on IRC (Internet Relay Chat). Listeners could comment or ask questions. This is an interesting way to DJ, very different from my old FM radio days and a few steps up aesthetically from having everyone's data and souls leeched out on Spotify, Mixcloud, etc.

Set list and notes for the show:

00:00 Psychotropic - Only for the Headstrong (12 inch, 1990)
05:43 Soul Odyssey - Rapture (12 inch, 1993)
10:13 Central Fire - This Is a Shout Going Out (12 inch, 1994)
14:19 Dave Clarke - Zeno Xero - (Red 1 12 inch, 1994)
19:57 Eon - Worlds Beyond (12 inch, 1993)
25:36 Gypsy - I Trance You (12 inch, 1992)
31:23 Those Guys - Tonite (12 inch, 1991)
36:41 Last Session feat. Alton M and Kim - Sometimes I Feel Like (Chicago Vox Mix) (12 inch, 1994)
41:56 Cal-Q-Lator - Dr. Bradford (Urgent Call) (12 inch, 1994)
46:25 DJ Chris Paul - I Love You Dear (Isotonik - The Next Generation EP, 2011)
52:07 Lift - Allright (Tales From The Edge Vol. 7-8 CD, 1993)
57:59 Digital One - Thoratic (Tales From The Edge Vol. 7-8 CD, 1993)

*My mix was uploaded separately to anonradio and programmed to run simultaneously as the tilde broadcast.

"On Screen/Off Screen" exhibition review

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My review of the Dallas exhibition On Screen/Off Screen: Kate Petley, Lorraine Tady, & Liz Trosper at Barry Whistler is currently up on Glasstire, a Texas-based art magazine.
I hope you'll give it a read. I posted some detail shots earlier, which I used as a reference when writing the review.
Below are some more. Kate Petley (the gray strip at the top is the wall behind the canvas):

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Liz Trosper:

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Lorraine Tady (extreme close-up to show a line that may or may not be painted):

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streaming cinema from the other hemisphere

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I watched these on Tubi, using an adblocker. Links are to IMDb, which -- impartial database that it is -- has more suggestions for available streams:

Coma [IMDb]. Russian language, with subtitles. Fairly incredible Inception-esque CGI dreamscapes, or should I say comascapes. Directed by Nikita Argunov.

Attraction [IMDb]. Russian language. Watch with subtitles, if possible. Tubi only had the cheesy dubbed version. Directed by Fedor Bondarchuk. More impressive CGI*, and interesting views of modern Moscow.

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Invasion [IMDb]. Russian language, with subtitles. It's a sequel to Attraction, and Tubi calls it Attraction 2: Invasion. Directed by Fedor Bondarchuk. Again, it's very interesting to see footage of metropolitan Moscow and think of it as a real place, especially in the midst of this pointless Cold War II we are having, ginned up by the usual bad actors (war contractors, CNN, New York Times, Clintons, etc).

All of these are Western-style popcorn pictures but superior in some ways to the stultifying, never-ending Marvel Universe. Coma harks back to Philip K Dick's novels Ubik and A Maze of Death as well as obvious cinematic parallels such as The Matrix, ExistenZ, and Dark City. The art direction echoes the science fiction landscapes of artist Simon Stalenhag, where impossible things loom in the distance, or overhead.

*The second image above comes from a page of concept art from Main Road Post, the CGI studio for Attraction.

guest DJ set list (July 22, 2021) - Soundtracks 3: 1963-2014

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Thanks to ffog for inviting me to guest-DJ again on his weekly internet radio show, Myocyte.
The mix was "simulcast" on anonradio and tilderadio, and has been archived by anonradio (scroll down to "Ffog - Pleasure & Discomfort Myocyte"). An mp3 version of the mix is here: [1 hr mp3] (The show was broadcast at 1 am on July 23 UTC, which is 8 pm Central, July 22, in the US.)

This was my third soundtracks mix. [Part 1 / Part 2] The mix compiles some favorite movie and TV soundtrack excerpts. Most were first heard while watching the film or video and hunted down because they were so ear-grabbing. Some are from soundtrack albums of clips from the films or TV shows.

While the tracks were playing I "announced" via text chat on the #sally and #tilderadio channels on IRC (Internet Relay Chat). Listeners could comment or ask questions. This is an interesting way to DJ, very different from my old FM radio days and a few steps up aesthetically from having everyone's data and souls leeched out on spotify, etc.

Set list and notes for the show:

0:00 Bernard Herrmann - Jason & the Argonauts (1963) - main title

2:32 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Where Is Armo? (1987) - The Last Emperor

4:52 Albert Elms - No. 6 Dances with B (1967) - The Prisoner

6:10 John Carpenter - Doolittle's Solo (1974) - Dark Star

7:16 Ennio Morricone - Scherzi a Parte (1971) - Duck, You Sucker

9:38 Krzysztof Komeda - Skiing/Castle (1967) - The Fearless Vampire Killers

12:19 Disasterpeace - Detroit - It Follows (2014)

13:32 Clint Mansell - Pi (1998) - end titles

16:25 Disasterpeace - Greg/Jay - It Follows (2014)

18:54 Krzysztof Komeda - Alfred Behind Sleigh (1967) - The Fearless Vampire Killers

20:05 Nino Rota - Love for Everybody (1965) - Juliet of the Spirits

21:59 Danny Elfman - Breakfast Machine (1985) - Pee Wee's Big Adventure

24:32 Nino Rota - Shining Faces (1965) - Juliet of the Spirits

26:06 Rolfe Kent - Election (1999) - opening credits

27:59 Bernard Herrmann - Leaving Home (1968) - The Bride Wore Black

28:46 Jürgen Knieper - The American Friend (1977) - main title

30:34 Bernard Herrmann - The Reception (1968) - The Bride Wore Black

33:40 Angelo Badalamenti - Blue Velvet (1985) - opening theme

35:00 Goblin - Deep Red (1975) - childhood flashback

37:23 Bruno Calais - Coraline (2009) - end titles

39:08 Goblin - Deep Red (1975) - main title

40:43 Francis Monkman - The Long Good Friday (1980) - main title

42:35 Krzysztof Komeda - Snowman/Sarah - The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

44:12 Ennio Morricone - Duck, You Sucker (1971) - main title

45:41 "Johnny" Williams - Penelope (1966) - title variation

48:15 Jack Arel, Swell Girl AKA Dreamy Party (1967) - The Prisoner

50:16 Rolfe Kent, Teaching Was My Life/Tracy's Table/Voting - Election (1999)

53:26 Danny Elfman, Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985) - excerpts

57:59 Mark Mothersbaugh - Pee Wee's Playhouse (1986) - end credits

Myocyte - Live Mix 90

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Recommended: Joel Cook's mix for his show last week on tilderadio (streaming internet radio). (His dj name is ffog.)
A downloadable version of the entire mix is here: [.mp3]
He has also posted an annotated version with links to the individual tracks and some background info from discogs and other sources.

Ffog's mixes typically mine the internet for obscurities, heavily but not exclusively in the electronic vein. He does much of his digging on Bandcamp, a motherlode of new music that unfortunately tends to blur and flatten out for the ordinary consumer, with its thousands of uniform squares begging for attention, ranked in quality by more uniform squares ("followers"), mindless robo-filtering, and staff-assisted self-hype. Listening to ffog's mixes is a snapshot of the zeitgeist otherwise unavailable using the site's own tools.

"Live Mix 90" centers around a lesser-known composer of academic computer music, William Schottstaedt (not on Bandcamp but available on YouTube), whose digital musique concrète ranges from eerie, faraway drones to sublime banging and screeching worthy of a Julliard-trained automobile compactor. Several Schottstaedt pieces from the 1980s are interspersed in ffog's mix, which also includes more current avant garde fare, "sound test reels" for timestretched vocals and speaker distortion, 1970s Echoplexed guitar, and the occasional stray pop song.