TKDF : Tris-kai-deka-phobia

Episodes

1. 25

   Ten Minute Bursts (#129)

   Source file found here. Originally broadcast on this day 16 years ago(!), October 8th, 1998. I can only faintly remember the idea for this show--to parcel out the show into 10-minute chunks, trying to cut ourselves off in mid-stride once the timer goes off, to keep from getting stuck into long...

   Oct 8, 2014
2. 24

   Buffer (#128)

   Source file found here. Originally broadcast on October 1st, 1998. "Buffer" because the number 128 reminded me of old computer systems? An aural dumping ground, the shows built up around whatever got picked up, following patterns and relationships not discernible to the distant listener. Some...

   Dec 16, 2012
3. 23

   No Theme (#127)

   Source found here. Originally broadcast on September 24, 1998. I just found an old flyer for a house party that happened two days after this show was originally broadcast. It claims a start time of "about 10 P.M." Knowing laughs all around from the aging peanut gallery. This show is another...

   Nov 29, 2012
4. 22

   Untitled (#126)

   Source found here. Originally broadcast on September 17, 1998. An energetic workout of the unthemed genus. Featuring crackly records, French whispers, zany whirling, violent spoken word poetry courtesy Attaboy, rushing digital effects, melodic polyrhythms, tinny cheesy tunes, unprepped tape…

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   Sep 19, 2012
5. 21

   Panic Movement (#122)

   Source file found here. Originally broadcast on August, 20, 1998. I'm not sure how we came up with this variant on the "scored" shows, but I think the idea was build slowly from a calm passage with more and more "panicked" outbursts at opportune times. Kind of the sonic equivalent of climbing an...

   Aug 5, 2012
6. 20

   Ob-strats (#118)

   Source file here. Originally broadcast on July 23rd, 1998. Being music geeks—not music nerds, who hold their special knowledge over others to feel powerful—we here at TKDF want everyone who doesn't already know about Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategies to hear the good word....

   Jun 18, 2012
7. 19

   TKDF Vampires (#114)

   Source file here. Originally broadcast on June 25th, 1998. Ah, vampires. They get a lot of attention, as ghouls go. Why did we never do a show about yeti or Frankenstein's monster? They don't generate the raw material in media that vampires do. Also, zombies. Among the movies heard here are the...

   Apr 29, 2012
8. 18

   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…

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   Apr 23, 2012
9. 17

   Gradual Brightening, pt 3 (#56)

   Source can be found here. Originally broadcast on May 18, 1997. This is Part 3 of a four-part, six-and-a-half hour show that we performed one morning during a gap in the programming between spring and summer schedules at the radio station. Part 1, Part 2 This segment of this show features a lot…

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   Apr 8, 2012
10. 16

    Gradual Brightening, pt 2 (#56)

    Source can be found here. Originally broadcast on May 18, 1997. This is Part 2 of a four-part, six-and-a-half hour show that we performed one morning during a gap in the programming between spring and summer schedules at the radio station. Part 1 This one is getting going with full-force…

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    Apr 1, 2012
11. 15

    Gradual Brightening, pt 1 (#56)

    Source file found here. Originally broadcast on May 18, 1997. This is Part 1 of a four-part, six-and-a-half hour show that we performed one morning during a gap in the programming between spring and summer schedules at the radio station. The idea was to begin quietly in the dark of early morning...

    Mar 25, 2012
12. 14

    OUIJATKDF (#98)

    Source file is here. Originally broadcast on March 5, 1998. This was my favorite show score we came up with. Supposedly, the idea came to us that we could give up decision-making during show's performance. Who would decide for us? The spirit world, of course. There are two production studios...

    Mar 18, 2012
13. 13

    A Fate That Must Come To Us All (Death) (#76)

    Source is in two files, here and here. Originally broadcast on October 2, 1997. Perhaps the oldest topic we could have dealt with. Like previously posted shows, the subject is treated less philosophically and more in the juvenile, macabre sense of DEAD BODIES and the grisly details. We are...

    Mar 11, 2012
14. 12

    May Flowers May Day (#53)

    Source is found here. Originally broadcast on May 1, 1997. This is another fun show I remember listening to repeatedly. I think the title here is purely nominal and doesn't relate to any springtime or labor-related content. The energy level starts pretty high and active. There is a prevalance of...

    Mar 4, 2012
15. 11

    Wax Snd Trk (#42)

    Source to be found here. Originally broadcast on February 13, 1997. This show features decorative and distracting sounds surrounding the audio from David Blair's feature-length film Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees. Wax is a surreal allegory involving a beekeeper who skips across...

    Feb 19, 2012
16. 10

    Potluck Dinner (#106) (Ian and Jason)

    Source here. Originally recorded on April 30th, 1998. This was supposed to be a sort of potluck of a show, giving each of the current members a chance to explore a theme in a smaller space of time but a larger sphere of influence (either unencumbered by or freed from other members' wills). What...

    Feb 12, 2012
17. 9

    Guitar (#104)

    Source here. Originally recorded on April 16th, 1998. If you look at the absurdly brief history of rock music, you'll notice that it both starts and ends with the acquisition and abandonment of the electric guitar. Barely an eyeblink in our cultural history, and yet it commandeers an exalted...

    Feb 5, 2012
18. 8

    Untitled (#96)

    Source here. Originally recorded on February 20th, 1998. I kind of like the unlabeled ones. There's a complete lack of setup, and so it makes for a kind of choose your own adventure listening. It's also clearly a choose your own adventure creation, as the lack of an overarching theme allows for...

    Jan 29, 2012
19. 7

    XmasShowXDU (#87)

    Source here. Original Airdate December 18, 1997. We did a number of Christmas shows in 1997, mostly because we got lots more time to fiddle around during the holiday break due to many people being simply gone. This seems like a practice run for the longer show a week later. That said, the source...

    Jan 22, 2012
20. 6

    Computer Error! / Sick Technology (#85)

    Source here. Originally recorded on December 12, 1997. This one is all about those blasted computers and how they're always either completely taking over the world or breaking down and leaving us stranded in the median of the Information Superhighway. Lots of talk in this one. Talk about…

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    Jan 1, 2012
21. 5

    The Nuclear Family (#82)

    Source here. Originally aired on 11/13/1997. Let me start by saying I totally love Ian's announcement at the beginning that WXDU is a peace-loving organization and does not condone the use of nuclear weaponry, despite the contents of the show. That totally makes my day each time I listen to it,...

    Dec 28, 2011
22. 4

    TKDF Reports Live News (#77)

    Source here. Originally broadcast on October 9, 1997. 80% of any blog is apologizing for infrequent posting, so I'll forgo that there and hope you have us in your automatic reader and this just pops up as a pleasant surprise. I'll try and knock out a few of these over the break, and send them out...

    Dec 28, 2011