1, 2, Free, Form (#112)

A happy Earth Day to our audience. This week's show source file found here. Originally broadcast on June 11th, 1998. A grubby and unthemed little show. It starts off vocal and voice-based, gets progressively harsher and muddier, ends abruptly, and then starts again. It is well-worn, and thick with dense, chewy layers. My cohort of helpers always preferred to have a thematic guide for the shows, but I tended to not plan very far in advance, so more often than not, this kind of thing is what we got. In my opinion, this is a good example of when it worked. I also can't tell if the two sides of the tape got swapped, or this is a combination recording of a couple of different shows. The break near the middle where our show ends and the hip-hop deejay is baffled by the wall of noise he is following comes at exactly the right time. But that's free form college radio for you—a kind of audio whiplash that is an acquired taste, but can be oh-so-tasty. WHANH WHANH!/Wash ray Abracadabra to you, boss Bells and frothing Epic kung fu battle in crystal bamboo forest Wailing and foam A trick ending Appliance-percussion jazz One big fat hoax Machine breathing/feeling so good Wake up now, the satellite's singing A glitch-beat with tacky synth Japanese Vader Mandarin disco Strauss/abrupt end