And the sounds keep coming. Podcast number 15 contains 5 mixes from 3 nights ā and that equals 15ā¦ Three summer nights from 1988 to be exact. Listening in to these old radio shows again has been enjoyable. Iām actually impressed with how contemporary these sound collages sound. Maybe the noise in this world is finally catching up to the way the world sounded like to me back then. Listen in for spacey ethereal feedbackery, crazed dialog and a completely over the top homage to William Shatner performed by Capān Caffeine himself, an irregular regular caller-in to the show if there ever was one.
Welcome to the twelfth Technological Retreat podcast. The original broadcast dates of these four mixes were from March and June of 1988, and overall give me the feeling of Celestial Chatter. AKA, what the world sounded like to me back then. Imagine if you will, on your cosmic radio the badly tuned-in music of the spheres passing through and passing out of our solar system, riding sound waves on an audio cycle always heading out. Or imagine whatever you like while you stay tuned and listen in.
Here is episode number 11, and like the number 11, these ones are fun. These recordings are from January 11th, 23rd, and February 22nd, 1988. The set of voices beginning the second mix belong to Graham and Steve, the hosts from “Baghead Dreams”. Later on in this episode Iām joined by my very good friend Alice Phoenix. Alice hosted and DJād KFAIās first radio show focused on local, Minneapolis punk rock and all the variations thereof. It was called “New Day Rising”, after the Husker Du song, and it is such a treat to be able to hear her voice coming out of speakers again. This picture appeared in City Pages. That’s her in the center and me on the right at a Husker Du show.Ā RIP Alice.
This is the tenth podcast in the series. Technological Retreat was 5 hours long and I spent a lot of time playing great music by itself, which isnāt the focus of these podcasts. Iām interested in the sound collage mixes that I think are worth listening to. The two included here are from January 11th, 1988, and are each about half an hour long. I was having fun that night and the mixes go all over the place. Thanks for coming back and stay tuned, weāre just scratching the surface.
Podcast number 9 contains the final recordings from 1987. The first two mixes are from April 13th and were made for and given to my Mom for her birthday that year. Using a lot of the music she enjoyed from light jazz to classical to Broadway show tunes, with a lot of messing around in between. I canāt imagine what her reaction could have been: āThatās really nice Greg. How about next year getting me another cat or a video tape recorder, hmm?ā The other three mixes are from June 21st, and almost sound like what a bunch of drunk robots on laughing gas in the studio might have sounded like. Almost.
Within the 100 or so cassettes I have from this show, there are only 6 tapes from 1987, and mixes from three of those tapes are here with a special bonus prize included. Hold onto your ears for the first mix from Feb 16th! Mixes two through six in this podcast are all from one night, March 28th, giving a nice example of different places I could go in one evening. Mix seven, the last in this episode is an unknown date and was featured on my first home made CD of this material, called āMusic to Vacuum Byā. Named for all those old, schmoozy orchestrated records, like āMusic for Diningā or āMusic to Sleep Toā, well, mine was Music to Vacuum By.
Proceed with Caution! Episode 7 contains volatile and unstable recordings from a significant part of KFAIās history, covering the time that we first went Station 2 Station. The first recording is from May 26th of 1986, and was my last broadcast from KFAIās first physical home, which was in the tower of the Walker Church. The next two recordings are from June 1st, and are from my first show in our then new home on Lake Street, which was known at the time as the Butler Drug Building. The last two recordings are from November 30th.Ā I have no tapes from June through November except for this one.Ā Iām surprised to still have as many of these tapes as I do, but donāt worry kids ā thereās still 1987 – 8 and 9 to listen through.
Welcome to another Technological Retreat podcast, available now in convenient travel size packages. This is the sixth trip into what the world sounded like to me, a melodic noise. This episode features mixes from two nights in May of 1986, the 5th and the 12th. What many people donāt realize is that May 5th is Shoe Day, and we are fortunate enough, perhaps, to have this aural documentation of what a typical, late 20th century shoe day celebration sounded like.
