Escape From Noise

Is there any escape from boys? Not this week, as Greg and George come back to hit the books. We read & chat about a couple short stories, and all fall in love with Helen.

Greg and George come back on the program to discuss the life and work of David Graeber, who recently passed away.  You can find much of David's work on the Anarchist Library Website, and many good talks on Youtube. Graeber on Government Debt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxJW7hl8oqM&list=LLPdrJfARLr6-9TpGgPTXwuA&index=69 Essays on Flying Cars, and Dead Zones of the Imagination: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-the-utopia-of-rules Bullshit Jobs: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-bullshit-jobs Graeber on a Future Economy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YynqVvgZYI A funny, looser talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn78MhPmbCc

This month we discuss Pharaoh Sanders, a man who's spent the last 60 years playing free jazz, spiritual jazz, and collaborating with musicians from around the world. We also get sidetracked talking about the history of jazz being used as cultural propaganda during the Cold War, and how the author Ishmael Reed teaches us that the roots of all our problems lie in a disagreement between Moses and the Egyptian court.

George and Greg (the Boys) come over to share their favorite beats, and we talk about what's so special about them. Paul's microphone is much louder throughout, this isn't a sign of inflated self-importance--in fact exactly the opposite--just one of many technical problems demonstrating his incompetence. Sound quality is bad--deal with it! We're going back to the golden days of AM radio, and we're taking you with us * * * SETLIST * * * Escape From Noise - Negativland Jack Treese - Le Petit Bois Wheels Within Wheels - Penguin Cafe Phillip and Steve's Furniture Removal Company - The Divine Company Bach & Born a Worm - Dan Reeder Joe By The Book - Buck Meek Yolanda - Robert Wyatt Intrasport - King Gizzard Eye Nyam Nam A Mensuro (Henry Schwarz Blend) - Ebo Taylor Pat Thomas Apricots - Bicep All My Happiness is Gone - Purple Mountains Landscape for Future Earth - Keith Jarrett It's Gonna Rain - Reverend Milton Brunson Pink Footpath() [Back to Instrumental Mix] - Loui$ Black Woman - Sonny Sharrock Transcendental Access Point - Eris Drew The Pink Chiffon Tricycle Queen - William Ackerman

Avant-garde composer, Communist (Marxist-Leninist), graphic designer, "the moral centre of the British avant-garde", polemic music critic, free improviser, possible victim of a political assassination, and possibly the worst songwriter of all time.

In what should have been the first episode, we take a step back and lay down the rules of the game we're going to play. What noise, why is it bad, and what would an escape even look like?

In our first episode, we take a look at the life and work of Pauline Oliveros. Can her programs of Sonic Meditation and Deep Listening give us an Escape From Noise?