Fanatics!
Here we are, once again all together. As many of you probably know, I am already on the road again and this is a pre-taped show that Engineer X, Will “The Double B” Bentley and I have put together in the Auxiliary Wing of the Jasonic Temple.
Tonight, we start with some great artists either singing about the radio or having Radio in their group’s name. The concept is mediocre but the music is really happening.
As you can see, we are still inside the German music world. Having seen that Kraftwerk documentary recently and having just spent a bit of time in Germany, I am thinking about all those bands quite a bit and listening to all of it in a different context. Last night, I was listening to a Conrad Schnitzler album called Rot. It’s one of his early works and extremely intense. I don’t know how easily procured that one is but perhaps you can find it somewhere. Often the pieces on his albums are quite long for radio standards but perhaps we can try to run one of these pieces at some point this year. I think it would be great if we moved the show into some wild new places. I know you can handle it, so I guess there’s nothing to stop us.
Damn, even if I do say so myself, Fanatic, this set seems to hit all the major food groups and then some. I hope you enjoy it.
Some of you wrote in, asking about the dedication we made to our boss, leader and Big Toe, Jason 'J-Money' Bentley. Here, for your enjoyment, is the transcript from last week’s bow to our most exalted leader:
Monday through Friday
Nine to noon
Turn your dial to 89.9
And hear the J Bomb go boom!
Fanaticos y Fanaticas, Mullahs & Mullettes
West siiiiiide!!!
Jason Bentley on Morning Becomes Eclectic!!!
Engineer X, drop it!
Engineer X starts audio.
HR: Aww yeah, Double B, tell em who I’m talkin about!!!
YWB: Jason Bentley
HR: Eclectic Brother Number One in Riyadh!
YWB: Jason Bentley
HR: Eclectic Brother Number One in Damascus!
YWB: Jason Bentley
HR: He’s Eclectic Brother Number One in Sana’a!
YWB: Jason Bentley
HR: Also, Eclectic Brother Number One in Amman
YWB: Long Beach?
HR: Number one!
YWB: Bakersfield?
HR: Star time!
YWB: where is Godot?
Engineer X hits pause on audio – cold stop.
HR: what do you mean, where is Godot?
YWB: It feels like we have been waiting here in the Jasonic Temple for days.
HR: Existentialism? Now?
YWB: Bro, where is Godot?!
HR: You know, Sartre said that hell is other people.
YWB: I think that hell is this show.
HR: Bingo bango the hits just keep coming!
YWB: Someone kill me.
HR: Engineer X?!!!
Engineer X hits play on audio
HR: Morning becomes what?!
YWB: Eclectic.
HR: What?!
YWB: Eclectic.
HR: With?
YWB: Jason Bentley
HR: Where?
YWB: 89.9 FM KCRW
Engineer X fades down audio to zero
HR: please join Jason Bentley this Monday on Morning Becomes Eclectic when he welcomes Justin Bieber to the show. Justin will take your calls and play tracks from his new album, Bitch Keyed My Lexus.
And now a song that is torn . . . from the pages of Young Will Bentley‘s true life story.
Engineer X hits play on Ween - Taste The Waste.
Yes, we are absolutely ridiculous but we are trying our best to keep you with us . . . every step of the way. Hopefully, I will see you at one of the many shows coming up. Thanks for listening tonight and STAY FANATIC!!! ––Henry
E–mail address for me: Henryontheradio@gmail.com
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01. Jimi Hendrix - Radio One / BBC Sessions
02. Young Marble Giants - Radio Silents / Singles & Salad Days
03. Kraftwerk - Radio Sterne / Radio-Aktivität
04. Lockjaw - Radio Call Sign / Raw Records -The Punk Singles Collection
05. Radio Birdman - Murder City Nights / Radios Appear
06. David Thomas & Foreigners - The Radio Talks To Me / Bay City
07. Coley Jones - Army Mule In No Man's Land / Bloody War : Songs 1924-1939
08. Blind Willie McTell (Harris & Harris vocal) - This Is Not The Stove To Brown Your Bread / Complete Works Vol. 1
09. Buddy Holly - Oh Boy! / Let’s Go!
10. Elly Kasim - Ayam Den Lapeh / Folk And Pop Sounds Of Sumatra Vol. 2
11. Suicide - A-Man / The First Rehearsal Tapes
12. Harold Lee - Blond Headed Woman / Automatic Bop - Volume 2
13. Iggy Pop - Loco Mosquito / Soldier
14. Heatrbreakers - Chinese Rocks / LAMF
15. The Ramones - Carbona Not Glue / Live 03-31-77 CBGB’s
16. Hans Joachim Roedelius – Freudentanz / Wenn Der Südwind Weht
17. Roaring Lion - Suzi Q / Sacred 78's
18. Clara Rockmore – Summertime / Clara Rockmore's Lost Theremin Album
19. Schnitzler & Thomasius - Flangi / Tolling Togglle
20. Scientists - Frantic Romantic / Pissed On Another Planet
21. Viki - You Think You're Cool (A Reminder) / Viki
22. Vivian Girls - Tension / Everything Goes Wrong
23. The Very Things - The Gong Man / It's A Drug, It's A Drug, It's A Ha Ha Ha, It's A Trojan Horse Coming Out Of The Wall
24. Wire - 106 Beats That / Pink Flag
25. Minutemen - Dreams Are Free, Motherfucker! / Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat
26. The Birthday Party - The Friend Catcher / Drunk on the Pope's Blood
27. Tracy + The Plastics – Dog / Forever Sucks EP
28. Popol Vuh - In The Realm Of The Shadow / Tantric Songs / Hosianna Mantra
29. Funkadelic - America Eats Its Young / America Eats Its Young
30. Bud Powell - Dance Of The Infidels / The Complete Bud Powell on Verve
31. The Damned - Neat Neat Neat / Peel Session (11-30-76)
32. Group Inerane - Awal September / Guitars From Agadez
33. Gun Club - The Great Divide / Pastoral Hide & Seek
34. Purple Trap - Only Half Of An Imitation Or Your Imitation Of Yourself / Decided - Already The Motionless Heart Of Tranquility, Tangling The Prayer Called "i"
35. Johnny Hartman - Love Is Here To Stay / Unforgettable