0:00:01) Welcome to the internet by Bo Burnham off of Inside
0:04.35) I Am Dave He Is Sims by TheMurderChord off of Pattern Seeking Reaction Machine
0:06:40 (Rev talking over Donegan’s Blues by Dorothy Donegan off of The Many Faces Of Dorothy Donegan)
Welcome to Aurally Fixated my A-u-r-a-l Family! Tiz Rev, your host of hosts for the next hour-and-a-half. Still up here taking cover on the under-half ala moon. Transmitting from my temporary Temple of Tympanic Temptations, a tall tin traveling tabernacle on stalks. I usually can only stay quiet through one introductory song, but I don’t usually have two quite so perfect. How could we’ve started with anything but Bo Burnham Welcoming us To the Internet? From Inside.
It’s sad how it reminds me how hopeful we were that the Web would connect people from all different backgrounds and walks of life from around the world. We thought learning how “different” folks were so much like us could end xenophobia, racism and all the evlisms. But with this brand new form of communication people started making up for the lack of body language ( an essential part of interaction since before we were human) with hyperbole. Things weren’t just good or bad, they were the best or worsts things ever! Then Capitalism figured out how to make money off of our attention, and that negative posts got the most. And the Hate Farming Algorithms were born! Oh we were such sweet summer children, us of the last millennium.
But it’s far too early in the show to begin preachifying so I’ll just say that Mr. Burnham only narrowly beat out TheMurderChord. That was the opening track off of their album Pattern Seeking Reaction Machine.
Now allow me to welcome you to the 88th day of the year, (March 29 most, but March 28th every four) and wish you a very happy Piano Day! Yes, the king of Instruments, that beautiful monster that sings and shouts when you tickle it’s teeth. Some say it’s a string instrument, others a percussion, but really the piano only wants to be Everything At Once.
0:10:20) Everything At Once by Lenka off of Two
0:13:00) The World Is Yours by Nas off of Illmatic
0:20:) Choke by I Don’t Know How But They Found Me off of 1981 Extended Play
0:21:00) To Take For Granted. (Live From The Faraday Cage) by Jhariah off of A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO FAKING YOUR DEATH
0:24:55 (Rev. Talking over Stop The World by Dorothy Donegan off of The Many Faces Of Dorothy Donegan)
That one was from Jhariah. I believe he wrote his first masterpiece The Great Tale Of How I Ruined It All when he was still in high-school! This one however was To Take For Granted off his second full-length act of genius A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO FAKING YOUR DEATH which I think he completed before he could drink legally. Check him out you won’t be disappointed. Before the child known as Jhariah we heard from someone who’s constantly overcoming the challenges of Autism, ADHD, and Mormonism to become that productive member of society threatening to Choke you. That was I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME with one from their confusingly titled 2018 EP 1981 Extended Play Then we heard a melody from Nas’s Earth-shattering debut album Illmatic called The World Is Yours. The album, and just about everything off it was an instant classic. What more needs to be said. And we began with a tune from Lenka’s second album entitled Two, (A much more straight-forwardly named one) That was called Everything At Once
0:27:05) The Good Book by Tim Minchin off of Ready for This?
0:31:20) Truth Doesn’t Live In A Book by Ben Caplin off of Old Stock
0:36:00) Hey God by Juke Baritone off of The Salted Man
0:42:40 (Rev. talking overI Just Want To Sing by Dorothy Donegan off of The Many Faces Of Dorothy Donegan)
All the songs I’m talking over this episode are by Dorothy Donegan. She’s wonderful. Right now it’s one called I Just Want To Sing because I believe that previous song Hey God by our friend Juke Baritone owes it a bit of thanks. But we started with the amazingly talented, funny and sweet-hearted Tim Minchin. If you don’t know of him I suggest you spend a little time getting acquainted. The Good Book is but one gem in his treasure-trove of tunes. Then came Ben Caplin also amusingly explaining why he believes Truth Doesn’t Live In A Book. That one was from his Old Stock. And we just heard Juke Baritone with Hey God off The Salted Man, his second perfect album, and to date his last. Right now you can get both of his albums for $0 or more on BandCamp!
Support these artists. Art their job, and probably not their only, or even main one. They can’t do it without you. I figure out who really needs to support by looking at their Spotify page and seeing who has an unfortunately low number of motherly listeners. Make your offerings to the Music Gods or they will whither and die!
But enough of me up on my idolater’s record-crate pulpit. I’ve never been the best at blasphemy. I was even called-out for playing with kids gloves our Blasphemy Day episode! I guess I should try a different sin, one that might come more naturally to me.
0:46:00 ) If It Don’t Fit (Don’t Force It) by Lil Johnson and Barrel House Annie off of Those Dirty Blues Volume 1
0:48:50) One Night Stand Serenade by Sabrina Chap off of We Are the Parade
0:51:20) Filthy habit by Shayfer James off of Haunted Things
0:53:45) True Love by Thoushaltnot off of Land Dispute Addendum
0:58:20 (Rev. talking over Lift Every Voice And Sing by Dorothy Donegan off ofThe Many Faces of Dorothy Donegan)
We started with a bawdy blues hokum song recorded about a century ago by Lil Johnson and Barrel House Annie. That came from Those Dirty Blues Volume 1. Then, carrying on the tradition, from her album We Are the Parade we heard Sabrina Chap giving us the One Night Stand Serenade. Let’s do a quick checks on Spotify to see how she’s doing at the moment… 27 monthly Spotify listeners!? That’s kinda depressing. But it illustrates my point, if you want to hear new stuff from these people, support them.
After Mz. Chap we heard about Shayfer James’ Filthy habit from his collection of Haunted Things. And lastly we heard a melody that defiantly did not make it on the happy break-up songs from our Singles Day episode. That was one called True Love by the band Thoushaltnot
That only 27 listers thing really took it out of me. So I guess in the spirit of that, here is one from Harlequin Jones called Brutally Honest
1:00:20) Brutally Honest by Harlequin Jones off of TRUST YOURSELF
1:04:25) The Light That Comes Through by Sparkbird off of Head Like A Nest
1:07:45) The Wondersmith and His Sons by Astronautalis off of Pomegranate
1:11:22) Monkberry Moon Delight byScreaming Jay Hawkins
1:14:40 (Rev. talking over Willow Weep For Me by Dorothy Donegan off of The Many Faces Of Dorothy Donegan)
Thanks you so much for sharing your most valuable resource with me today, your time. The piano’s an instrument that’s very dear and near to my heart-strings, and beats them with a muffled hammer.
After I was rescued from the prison planet by the trans-constellational circus I had to learn a stupid human trick. I choose the electric piano and picked up enough to impress some beings that had never seen an ape play before. But we’ve come to the end of our show and have no time to get into all that. I’ve still never really been around an old piano. With it’s shiny wood, 88 keys and hundreds of strings. I think I’d like that better than electric. It’s gotta burn cleaner and make a much grander sound when pushed off a roof!
Anyway we just heard from the one, the only, the very prolific (if you now you know) Screaming Jay Hawkins. That’s one of my favorites, even if my dyslexic brain refused to acknowledge it as anything other than Moonberry Monk Delight… And I was a little heartbroken just now whilst researching and learned it’s originally a Paul and Linda McCartney song! Before that Jay Hawkins song, straight outta the Pomegranate, we had The Wondersmith and His Sons by the Astronautalis. Then father back we had The Light That Comes Through, ignited by the Sparkbird. And as I mentioned earlier we began with Harlequin Jones being Brutally Honest.
When I was a much younger fool I’d like to think of myself as brutally honest. Looking back it just seems to’ve been an excuse to be shocking. And to try and convince folks that one can’t be offended if what is said is the Truth. No matter how cruelly they are bludgeoned with it. Now I realize one can tell the exact same thing, from a place of actual caring, in a way the person will be more receptive, and it actually help. Beware those who are brutally honest they often enjoy the brutality at least as much as the honesty.
So yes, tell those you care about the difficult things they need to hear, but say it in a way best for them to hear it.
So ends todays long and winding serpentine sermon. Since back on World Radio Day I spoke of how much this band has changes over the years I’m going to play one off their first EP, China Doll. This is BirdEatsBaby…Actually, I’m going to Add One from IdeaMen too.
1:19:10) I Always Hang Myself by Birdeatsbaby off of the China Doll EP
1:23:20) Add One by Ideamen off of the Progress (EP)
