PROGRAM 26.2: GROUSATORIO, A FREEFORM CIRCUS ON A SIGNIFICANT GRAVITAS SHORTFALL [09.06.12]

From Kollywood and Bollywood to a calypso boogaloo, with some artier stops in between, this hour long sojourn tries to make amends to everyone who tuned out on the first hour. But you're still gonna have to hear Steve Reich and Philip Glass and you're going to like it! Can my new nom de guerre be "Messiagh of roaratorios"?

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• Genesis - "In the Cage" (from The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway)
• King Grouse attempts to explain the thinking behind ____,____ ____ circus on ____
  • Noble Watts - "Teen-Scene" (from Cats Got These Cats' Tongues - 26 Rarities From Mr. Fine Wine's Vaults)
• Ilaiyaraaja - "Raja Rajadhi Raja (Raja the Emperor)" (from Fire Star)
• Kalyanji Anandji - "Khaike Paan Banaras Wala" (from Don)
• The Kinks - "I'm On an Island" (from The Kink Kontroversy)
• Moondog, Steve Reich, Philip Glass & Jon Gibson - "I Came Into This World Alone" (from Moondog, The Viking Of 6th Avenue: The Authorized Biography)
• Ray Barretto - "From Russia With Love" (from Señor 007)
• Willie Rosario - "Calypso Blues" (from Boogaloo Pow Wow)
• Dolphins Into the Future - "Azul. Primeira Trova" (from Canto Arquipélago)
• Can - "Millionenspiel" (from The Lost Tapes)
• The Grouse sounds sort of smug, doesn't he?
  • A Sunny Day in Glasgow - "Nitetime Rainbows (Acid Wash Edit By Benoît Pioulard)" / "Nitetime Rainbows (Ezekiel Honig Remix)" (from Nitetime Rainbows)
• Apache Dropout - "Quaaludes '68" (from Bubblegum Graveyard)

PROGRAM 26.1: GROUSATORIO, A FREEFORM CIRCUS ON A SIGNIFICANT GRAVITAS SHORTFALL [09.06.12]

On the spur of the moment, I decided that EASGS would unofficially take part in the John Cage Centennial Festival by airing Cage's ROARATORIO in its entirety. I swear it isn't because I forgot to plan this week's show (these back to back 5th and 1st Thursdays always sneak up on me!). For this program, I'm trying something different. I have a sneaking suspicion that some of you might not feel like listening to an hour-long Irish circus. Rather than making you hold down fast-forward (and risk skipping me entirely!) I've split the first half of the show off as Program 26.1. The podcast you can dance to is Program 26.2. Note, if you're the sort of weirdo who ONLY wants to listen to avant literary sound effects, my further discussion of the piece extends into the beginning of 26.2.

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• Stereolab - "John Cage Bubblegum" (from Why Popstars Can't Dance)
• The Grouse dutifully introduces the Circus.
  • Stereolab - "Three Women" (from Chemical Chords)
• John Cage - "Roaratorio, an Irish circus on Finnegans Wake" (from Roaratorio)

PROGRAM 25: SLEEPING THROUGH AUGUST [08.30.12]

The dreaded fifth Thursday of the month, when all ideas run dry! Join the Mighty Grouse for songs long and short, and much much longer. Quiet and loud. Serious and not. Skronk and pop. I'm out of things to say. Back on the air the Thursday after Labor Day!

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• Godspeed You Black Emperor! - "Sleep" (from Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!)
• WIM Fanfare - "FM 84" (from WIMproveen)
• The Mighty Grouse and the Confessions of Ignorance.
  • Stereolab - "Les Yper-Sound" (from Emperor Tomato Ketchup)
• Sunn O))) - "Bathory Erzsebet" (from Black One)
• Teething Veils - "You Write on My Face" (Live on Radio CPR)
• Don Preston - "Analog Heaven #4 (1975)" (from Filters, Oscillators and Envelopes 1967-75)
• The Mighty Grouse and the Shameless Promotions
  • Teenage Fanclub - "Is This Music?" (from Bandwagonesque)
• John Cage - "Water Walk" (from I've Got a Secret / YouTube)
• John Cage - "4'33" (from YouTube)
• Oneida - "Sheets of Easter" (from Each One Teach One)
• The Curtains - "Go Lucky" (from Calamity)
• Deerhoof - "You Can't See" (from The Runners Four)
• Chris Cohen - "Don't Look Today" (from Overgrown Path)
• Grouse says goodnight. But spends 20 minutes plugging the show websites first.
  • Ike Bennet & The Crystalites - "Illya Kuryakin" (from Trojan Rocksteady Box Set)
• Duke of Iron - "Take Me" (from RCA Victor DJ-89)
• Duke of Iron - "Prisoner Arise" (from RCA Victor DJ-89)
• Lou Monte - "Calypso Italiano" (from RCA Victor DJ-89)
• Lou Monte - "Someone Else is Taking You Home" (from RCA Victor DJ-89)