12.21.2012

PROGRAM 33: THIS WORLD OVER / ENDLESS WALTZ [12.20.12]

All day I had the words "this world over" floating in my head, and only after doing this show did I remember that's a song title on my least favorite XTC record.* So it was left out of this impromptu apocalyptical set.

A few months ago while reading about Kaoru Abe, I learned about his exploitative biopic. At the time, I joked that I should try to get the movie and play it on the air. And then I found the movie, and the Grouse stands by his word. It's a "Sid & Nancy for the free jazz set." The Lady Katie, listening from Shaw, asked if the movie was just sex and crying; and indeed it is. But also a few dust-ups, an amputated toe (for love's sake), and some blistering improv. As far as I can tell, the real Keiji Haino and Fushitsusha play themselves, on and off stage. My knowledge of the Japanese free jazz scene is extremely limited; with the exception of the lead actor, they all looked like real players giving semi-real performances.

The entire movie audio was broadcast on 97.5 FM on 12.20.12. The entire audio is again presented here... because, what the hell. The full video is out there if you're really interested. Good luck finding subtitles! While on the air, I did my best to live tweet some visuals, and I've collected them at the bottom of this post.

While typing these notes, I learned that the director of "Endless Waltz," Koji Wakamatsu, died in October. Let's just pretend, ex post facto, that this whole thing was a belated tribute to a director I'd never heard of. For podcasting purposes, I cannot link to anything above my audio link below. But click on his name in the playlist for the New York Times obituary. Rest in peace, Koji.

The original plan for today was 1:44 to "Endless Waltz," 4 minutes to a late tribute to Ravi Shankar (the appropriate "I Am Missing You"), and 4 minutes for Bird's rendition of White Christmas. I hadn't planned to give in to the zeitgeist and do an end of the world set. But then the Lady Katie requested the Ted Leo track that we open with. I also showed up early for the first time in a great while, so bonus world-ending radio for all!

*It would have made a good segue piece in this set too; from XTC to Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her (the band, named after the XTC song on "The Big Express"), to Kaoru Abe.

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  • Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - "Last Days" (from The Brutalist Bricks)
  • Talulah Gosh - "My World's Ending" (from Backwash)
  • Jenks "Tex" Carman - "End of the World" (from Chippeha! (1947-57))
  • Ohm-A-Revelator - "World's End" (from Windswept Trees & Houses)
  • Silmaril - "Song of the Apocalypse" (from The Voyage of Icarus)
  • Grouse introduces this ridiculous episode. And proceeds to screw everything up.
    • Sun Ra - "Mayan Temple" (from The Singles)
    • Charlie Parker - "White Christmas" (from Charlie Parker - Archive of Folk & Jazz Music)
  • "Endless Waltz" (Koji Wakamatsu, 1995)
  • Ravi Shankar - "I Am Missing You" (from Shankar Family & Friends)
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