Tracks from 3 CDs by Brooklyn based laptop artist Fuckintosh: Jimi vs. Heino, Tamiflu and Eric Satie vs. Richard Wagner.
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Wavelength – FIRE!
FIRE! from Good Morning Vietnam, recorded in Vietnam by Claude Johner (Folkways 1972); Bang Bang by Vanilla Fudge (1967); Pistol Poem by Brion Gysin from lunapark 0.10; Shoot Out by Playgroup, Epic Sound Battles (On-U 1983); Machine Gun Fighting by David Jackman (Die Stadt DS29); Ultra Q from Ground-Zero plays Standards and another track from Good Morning Vietnam: The Abstract Universe of War.
Wavelength – Felicity Sparrow on Ian Breakwell
Felicity Sparrow, long-time partner of Ian Breakwell, talks about the exhibition The Elusive State of Happiness at the Quad Gallery Derby.
Wavelength – Peter Gidal
Avant-garde filmmaker, theoretician and writer Peter Gidal describes several anxiety inducing incidents involving lost books.
Wavelength – Ian Breakwell and Kevin Coyne
Friday 12th February sees the opening of an exhibition “The Elusive State of Happiness” a retrospective of the works of Ian Breakwell (1943-2005) at the Quad Gallery, Derby. A fellow student of Breakwell’s at Derby College of Art was Kevin Coyne (1944-2004) (as was artist Andrew Greaves). In 1977-79 Breakwell and Coyne made a film together called The Institution. Reading of an unpublished letter from Ian Breakwell to a former teacher asking for a job circa 1970. Poem; The Ape Age by Coyne from a catalogue for their first show after leaving Art School. Tracks from Marjory Razorblade by Kevin Coyne, originally released in 1973 and reissued in 2010 with previously unreleased material: Marjory Razorblade, Marlene, Talking to No One, Do Not Shout at Me Father and Marjory Razorblade Suite live at Hyde Park 1974.
Wavelength – Tick Tock… Bong
This show features a ticking clock with occasional chimes. It could have been thirty minutes long but circumstances meant that the recording was interrupted after twenty minutes so the clock chimes eleven, then one, then twelve then six, with one or two odd glitches and a couple of murmuring voices towards the end. It was midnight in Syston, Leicestershire and the microphone was inside the clock which was awarded to Sandra’s grandfather; William Cross who won a stack of individual and team titles with the army and Castleford Harriers and was presented to King George V and Queen Mary in January 1920 after finishing sixth out of a field of 700 in the army cross-country championship. Sandra’s mother came into the room, noticed the microphone and just said “tick tock” before going back upstairs.
Wavelength – Rodney Graham part 2
Rodney Graham Part Two: Vancouver-based artist Rodney Graham’s musical output; today’s tracks; Sinkin’ in the West from Never Tell a Pal a hard luck story (You’ll only get a hard luck story in return); Ball and Chain, and The Bed-Bug Part II, both from The Bed-Bug, Love Buzz and other songs in the popular idiom; More Music for the Love Scene, Zabriskie Point from the 10 inch vinyl LP Getting it Together in the Country; finally Electric Slim and the Factory Hen from the latest CD Why Look for Good Times?
Wavelength – Maurice Seddon, spillage and slippage
Telephone interview with Captain Maurice Seddon (Royal Signals, retired); hospital appointment, prostate problems, blended food, spillage of apple juice, days spent in bed, update on dog pack issue, pullover sleeves torn off and placed over shoes to prevent slippage on ice.
Wavelength – Rodney Graham part 1
James Tregaskis performs an “announcement” accompanying himself on laptop followed by Part One of music and sound works by Vancouver based artist Rodney Graham: Feelin’ Alright from Getting it Together in the Country, Some Works with Sound Waves, Some Works with Light Waves and Some Other Experimental Works (2000). What is Happy Baby, and So-Called Friends from The Bed-Bug, Love Buzz and other short songs in the Popular Idiom (2000). She Failed to See the Point from Never Tell a Pal a Hard Luck Story (You’ll Only Get a Hard Luck Story in Return) (2002).
Wavelength – Outsiders, Rev. Fred Lane et al
Ron Pate’s Debonairs featuring Rev. Fred Lane play Volare from Raudelunas Pataphysical Revue originally recorded in 1975 and issued in an edition of 200 copies with covers cut from end rolls of pizza box cardboard. This CD reissue dates from 2003 enabled by Ed Baxter. Jack Smith’s Earthquake Orgy from Tony Conrad’s soundtrack for Flaming Creatures, recorded 1962. Wild Man Fischer sings Young at Heart from the CD Wildmania 2004 (1977). Wild Classical Music Ensemble; Rien de Rien and Tears from the Ensemble, sub rosa 2008. McSpeedy; improvisations pour l’emission Implosief sur un truc de dd De Meuter et Mozart Me de Lost (Kris Engelen) from sub rosa CD Musics in the Margin. Ludwin; San Francisco. Philippe; I’ve been looking, and la ballade des gens heureux. Guillaume; ambient, all from Bokan! sub rosa 2006.