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my playlists (2002)
11 June
18 June
25 June
02 July
09 July
16 July
23 July
30 July
06 August
13 August
22 Sept


11 June: The Well-Prepared Piano

Charles Ives: "They Are There! (Fighting For The People's New Free World)" (1951, 3:01) | recording accompanied by the The Kronos Quartet | Black Angels, Elektra Nonesuch, 1990 | Henry Cowell: "Aeolian Harp" (1923) & "Sinister Resonance" (c. 1930) | 3:41 | Piano Music, Smithsonian Folkways, 1993 | John Cage: "Bacchanale" (1940, 6:38) & "Daughters of the Lonesome Isle" (1945, 8:51) | Margaret Leng Tan: piano | Daughters of the Lonesome Isle, New Albion Records, 1994 | Aphex Twin: "junweythek" (2:18) | "kladfvgbung micshk" (2:00) | "hy a Scullyas lyf adhagrow" (2:09) | "ruglen holon" (1:45) | "beskhv3epnm" (1:59) | drukqs, Sire/Warner, 2001 | Tori Amos: "Bells for Her" (5:20) | upright piano prepared by John Philip Shenale & Eric Rosse | Under the Pink, Atlantic, 1994 | Wilco: "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" (6:58) | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Nonesuch, 2001 | Karlheinz Stockhausen: "Takt 109 - 120" (1970, 2:27) | "Takt 262 - 281" (1970, 1:46) | Andreas Grau and Götz Schumacher: pianos | Mantra, Wergo, 1995 | Tom Waits: "More Than Rain" (3:49) | Francis Thumm: prepared piano | Frank's Wild Years, Island, 1987 | Carson Kievman: "The Temporary & Tentative Extended Piano" (1976-7, 10:16) | David Arden: piano | The Temporary & Tentative Extended Piano, CRI, 2000 | Sorrel Hays: "Bits for piano, DX7 synthesizer tuned 1/4 tone higher, drum machine and tape" (1987, 14:55) | Loretta Goldberg: piano, synthesizer | Tone Over Tone: Microtonal Keyboard Works, Opus One, 1987 | Björk: "It's Not Up to You" (5:06) | "Frosti" (1:40) | "Aurora" (4:39) | "Undo" (5:35) | Jack Perron: music boxes | Vespertine, Elektra, 2001 | Sonic Youth: "Silver Rocket" (3:47) | "Eric's Trip" (3:44) | Daydream Nation, Blast First, 1988 | George Maciunas: "Piano Piece #13 (Carpenter's Piece) for Nam June Paik" (1962, 3:49) | performed by Sonic Youth | Goodbye Twentieth Century, Sonic Youth Recordings, 1999

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18 June: Noise

Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band: "Why" (5:37) | Plastic Ono Band, Apple, 1970 | Melt-Banana: "Plot in a Pot" (1:19) | "Scratch or Stitch" (1:00) | "Stick Zip Everywhere" (1:51) | Scratch or Stitch, Skin Graft, 1996 | John Zorn: "Allegro" (4:32) | Cobra--Studio Version, Hat Hut Records Limited, 1991 | John Cage: "Williams Mix" (1952, 4:24) | The Nihilist Spasm Band: "Stupidity" (4:00) | Live in Japan, Alchemy, 1996-7 | Karyo Tengoku: "Hiroshima" | The Red Krayola: 35 One-Second Pieces (~3:00) | Coconut Hotel, Drag City, 1967 | The Jesus and Mary Chain: "Upside Down" | Barbed Wire Kisses | Atari Teenage Riot: "Revolution Action" (4:10) | 60 Second Wipe Out, DHC, 1999 | Merzbow: "Emission" (4:05) | Tau Machine, Relapse Records, 1998 | The Boredoms: "Pukuri" | Microcosmos: "Gouma" (5:16) | Pilgrimage, Tzadik, 1999 | Pierre Henry: "Automne" (3:50) | intérior/extérior, Philips, 1996 | Naked Raygun: "Jettison" | Tetsu Inoue: "All Natural" (2:30) | Psycho-Acoustic, Tzadik, 1998 | Christmas in the Stars: The Star Wars Xmas Album: "What Can You Get a Wookie for Xmas?" | Yasunao Tone: "Solo for Wounded CD: Part I" (14:18) | Tzadik, 1997 | Maryanne Amacher: "Dense Boogie 1" (4:19) | Sound Characters: Making the Third Ear, Tzadik, 1999 | Fantomas: "Rosemary's Baby" | Musica Elettronica Viva: "The Sound Pool: Part 2" (1969, 3:43) | Spalax, 1998 | Caspar Brötzmann Massaker: "Schlaf" (11:15) | Koksofen | Glenn Branca: "Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus): 1st movement" (1981, 11:40) | Reachout International, 1998

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25 June: Hymnen & Indeterminacy

unknown artist: song about Santa Claus | Karlheinz Stockhausen: "Hymnen" (1967, 113:00) | Deutsche Grammophon | Erase Errata: "How to Tell Yourself from TV" | Kammerflimmer Kollektief: "Rand" | Richard Hell: "Love Comes in Spurts" | John Cage & David Tudor: "Indeterminacy" (1959, 90:00) | Smithsonian/Folkways, 1952 | Bratmobile: "Shop for America" | The Breeders: "Full on Idle" | Casket Lottery: "What I Built Last Night" | The Get Up Kids: "Overdue" | The Mooney Suzuki: "Electrocuted Blues" | Nillah: "It Hasn't Been My Year" | Ultimate Fakebook: "Forever, Forever"

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02 July: Process Minimalism

Steve Reich: "Pendulum Music (I)" (4:38) | performed by the Ensemble Avantgarde | Phase Patterns - Pendulum Music - Piano Phase - Four Organs, Wergo, 1999 | György Ligeti: "Poème Symphonique for 100 Metronomes" (1962, 19:53) | Steve Reich: "Pendulum Music (II)" (5:01) | performed by the Ensemble Avantgarde | Phase Patterns - Pendulum Music - Piano Phase - Four Organs, Wergo, 1999 | Alvin Lucier: "I Am Sitting in a Room" (45:23) | Steve Reich: "Pendulum Music (III)" (4:38) | performed by the Ensemble Avantgarde | Phase Patterns - Pendulum Music - Piano Phase - Four Organs, Wergo, 1999 | Michael J. Schumacher: "The Resolution Chord from 'Frances'" (23:13) | Fidicin Drones, Colorful Clouds for Acoustics, 1998 | Steve Reich: "Pendulum Music" (1968, 5:56) | performed by Sonic Youth | SYR 4: Goodbye 20th Century, 1999 | Arvo Pärt: "De Profundis" (6:50) | performed by the Hilliard Ensemble | Arbos, ECM, 1987

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09 July

The Slits: "Typical Girls" (3:55) | Cut, 1979/2000, Island | Kleenex/LiLiPUT: | "Split" (2:00) | LiLiPUT, 1980/2001, Kill Rock Stars | The Raincoats: "Fairytale in a Supermarket" (2:59) | The Raincoats | The Cure: "Catch" (2:44) | Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, 1987, Elektra/Asylum | The Smiths: "Half a Person" (3:35) | Louder Than Bombs, 1987, Rough Trade | David Bowie: "Cactus" | Heathen, 2002, ISO/Columbia | The Pixies: "Gigantic" (3:54) | Surfer Rosa, 4AD, 1988 | Carla Bozulich: "Blue Boys" (3:01) | Fields and Streams, 2002, Kill Rock Stars | Chicks on Speed: "For All the Boys in the World" (2:21) | Will Save Us All!, 2000, EFA | Miranda July & IQU: "Girls on Dates" (10:48) | Girls on Dates, 1999, K Records | Cibo Matto: "Birthday Cake" (3:15) | Viva! La Woman, 1996, Warner Bros. | Elvis Costello: "tear off your own head (it's a doll's revolution)" | When I Was Cruel, 2002, Island | They Might Be Giants: "She's An Angel (live)" (3:19) | R.E.M.: "There She Goes Again (live)" (2:36) | Live at Tyrones, 1981 | The Red Krayola: "Dad" (3:35) | Hazel, 1996, Drag City | Mecca Normal: "What About the Boy (live)" (5:17) | The Family Swan, Kill Rock Stars, 2002 | His Name Is Alive: "Can't Go Wrong Without You" (3:14) | Mouth By Mouth, 1993, 4AD | Nirvana: "Verse Chorus Verse" (3:24) | No Alternative, 1993, Arista Records | Deerhoof: "Gore in Rut" (2:20) | The Man, The King, The Girl, 1997, 5 Rue Christine/Kill Rock Stars | DAAU: "Hot Shades (my medina)" (5:17) | We Need New Animals, 1998, Sony | von Frickle: "Exploring the Lunar Surface" | Sounds from Inside the Mind of Von Frickle, 2000 | Belle & Sebastian: "Legal Man" | Legal Man, 2000, Matador Records | Arsonick Scum: "The Easy Cure" | Xiu Xiu: "I Broke Up" (2:20) | Knife Play, 2002, 5 Rue Christine | Pere Ubu: "Dark" (9:16) | St Arkansas, 2002, Cooking Vinyl/spinART | Sonic Youth: "Rain on Tin" (7:52) | Murray Street, 2001, Geffen | Jim O'Rourke: "Fuzzy Sun" | Tom Waits: "Hold On" (5:33) | Mule Variations, 1999, Epitaph

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16 July: Tonight Will Be A Quiet Night

Luciano Berio & Cathy Berberian: "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (2:36) | Tetsu Inoue: "Inter Link" (10:31) | World Receiver | Robert Ashley: "Automatic Writing" (1979, 46:00) | Automatic Writing, Lovely Records | Gavin Bryars: "Woodblocks" (11:39) | The Sinking of the Titanic Brian Eno: "Discrete Music 1 & 2" (30:30) | Discrete Music Jim O'Rourke: "Finger Light" (8:21) | Terminal Pharmacy, Tzadik | Meredith Monk: "Dusk" (2:37) | "Eva's Song" (0:50) | Book of Days

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23 July: Mostly Xmas

Henry Rollins: "Twas the Night Before Christmas" | Bratmobile: "Chicken or the Egg" | Imperial Teen: "Ivanka" | The Breeders: "Full on Idle" | Killdozer: "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" | Mono Puff: "Careless Santa" | Fugazi: "Little Debbie" | Bob Mould: "Roll Over and Die" | Naked Raygun: "Rat Patrol" | The Dead Kennedys: "Kill the Poor" | The Ramones: "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight)" | The Waitresses: "Christmas Unrapping" | Pedro the Lion: "Indian Summer" | His Name is Alive: "The Waitress" | Ani Difranco: "Angry Any More" | Elliott Smith: "Oh, Well, OK" | Christmas in the Stars: The Star Wars Christmas Album: "The Odds Against Christmas" | PSA: Before You Drive in Winter Weather | Darlene Love: "Marshmallow World" | Joseph Spence: "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" | Fantomas: "The Godfather" | The Melvins with Mike Patton: "G.I.Joe" | Space Needle: "Silent Night" | Rocket from the Crypt: "Carne Voodoo" | Beat Happening: "Our Secret" | Le Tigre: "Mediocrity Rules" | The Peechees: "New Moscow Woman" | Spiderbait: "Jesus" | Big Star: "Jesus Christ" | unknown artist: song about Santa Claus | DJ Shadow: "Disavowed" | Stereolab: "Barock-Plastik" | Peggy Honeyell: "All Shook Up" | Sebadoh: "Flame" | Al Hanisim: "Shudder to Think" | Mike Watt and the Crew of the Flying Saucer: "The Little Drummer Boys" | Etta James: "Little Drummer Boy" | Modest Mouse: "Worms vs. Birds" | Husker Du: "Pink Turns to Blue" | The Apples in Stereo: "Signal in the Sky" | PSA: Winter Driving Tips

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22 Sept: guest host

PSA | Sonic Youth: "Nevermind (What Was it Anyway)" | Xiu Xiu: "Jennifer Lopez (The Science Version)" | Peggy Honeywell: "All Shook Up" | Frank Black and the Catholics: "The Black Rider" | Mudhoney: "Where the Flavor Is" | CUBaNS List promo | Bangs: "Sweet Revenge" | Comet Gain: "Why I Try to Look So Bad" | Sleater-Kinney: "All Hands on the Bad One" | Buzzcocks: "I Don't Mind" | Tight Bros. from Way Back When: "Gimme the Key" | Slumber Party: "I Don't Mind" | Deerhoof: "Holy Night Fever" | Mecca Normal: "Ice Floes Aweigh" | Free Kitten: "Teenie Weenie Boppie" | Wire: "Comet" | David Bowie: "Heroes" | "Cactus" | Station ID: Atom and His Package | Beat Happening: "Foggy Eyes" | Dub Narcotic Sound System: "Basemess" | Calvin Johnson and Mirah: "Ode to St. Valentine" | Peggy Honeywell: "Sympathy Date" | Dillinger Four: "All Rise for the National Anthem" | Mclusky: "The World Loves Us and Is Our Bitch" | Meta-Matics: "Thanks to Capitalism Pt. 1" | Imperial Teen: "Lipstick" | Radiohead: "Idioteque" | Bratmobile: "Eating Toothpaste" | Le Tigre: "Sweetie" | Zeke: "Punk Rock Records" | Wayne Kramer: "Back When Dogs Could Talk" | Björk: "Pagan Poetry" | Station ID | Tenacious D: "Tribute" | The Breeders: "Full on Idle" | Mirah: "Cold Cold Water" | Peggy Honeywell: "All Shook Up"

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