3-14-26 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center

Greetings! Today's program opens highlighting the ambient space music of Robert Scott Thompson, followed by a veritable potpourri of new and classic tracks, ranging from Alec Wilder & Ozric Tentalces to b.mez (a Birdsongs of the Mesozooic spin-off) and Frank Zappa! Listen & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: [email protected] Prior Programs & Playlists: https://envelope.podbean.com/    3-14-26 PTE Playlist Intro Paradigm as Supergenre (Dark Hedges Mix) - Robert Scott Thompson - As First Star Wakes, She Wanders There - Somewhere Cold Records (2021) https://robertscottthompsonswc.bandcamp.com/album/as-first-star-wakes-she-wanders-there    Phase One Ice and Ember / Serenum - Robert Scott Thompson - Ice and Ember - Aucourant Records digital release (2026) https://robert-scott-thompson.bandcamp.com/album/ice-and-ember    Film Still / The Sea - Felicia Atkinson & Christina Vantzou - Reflections Vol. 3: Water Poems - Shelter Press (2026) https://feliciaatkinson.bandcamp.com/album/reflections-vol-3-water-poems    Ledge - b.mez - Under Circuitous Skies - Cuneiform Records (2026) https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/under-circuitous-skies    Big Foot (with intro) - Eric Johnson / Mike Stern / w Leni Stern: n'goni & vocal - Eclectic - Heads Up International (2014) https://concord.com/concord-albums/eclectic/    Invisible - Spock's Beard - The Archaeoptimist - Madfish Music (2025) https://madfishmusic.bandcamp.com/album/archaeoptimist    Phase Two Dissolve: I. Evenly / II. Slowly (2018) - PRISM Quartet / composer: Emily Cooley - XAS digital release (2026) https://prismquartet.bandcamp.com/album/dissolve    Jack, This Is My Husband / Scherzo for String Quartet / It's Silk - Feel It - Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Richard Audon Clark, cond. / composer: Alec Wilder - Neurotic Goldfish - Kleos Classics (2001) https://www.alecwildermusicandlife.com/biography/    Part I: The Pterodactyls Have Landed - Sean Noonan & The London Symphony Orchestra - The Drummer of Tedworth - Neuma Records (2026) https://brewedbynoon.bandcamp.com/album/the-drummer-of-tedworth    The Black Page, Parts 1 & 2 - Zappa Plays Zappa feat. Terry Bozzio & Steve Vai  - Zappa Plays Zappa - Razor & Tie (2008)    Cheepnis - Percussion / Cheepnis - Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Roxy - The Movie (The Soundtrack) - Zappa Records (2015) https://www.zappa.com/movie/roxy-the-movie/#/   Sultana Detrii (live) - Ozric Tentacles - Pyramidion - Snapper Music (2001) https://ozrics.com/