Radio Discordia podcast 012: The Botanist - About Ghosts EP

What was originally a collaborative side project of instrumental jams, The Botanist is structurally redefined in 2009 with the assemblage of Kyle Comeaux, Mike King, Tim Hebert and Jesse Lasala. Along with prevailing riffs and lyrics of imagery, The Botanist brings to the table a psychedelic/stranded sense of rock with a flavorful hint at sex and devilish nature. The self-produced debut EP “About Ghosts” containing vocals captured in a closet under a set of stairs.

The Botanist - About Ghosts EP.mp3

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Radio Discordia podcast 011: DJ DangerMouse - The Grey Album

The Grey Album is a mashup album by Danger Mouse, released in 2004. It uses an A'cappella version of rapper Jay-Z's The Black Album and couples it with instrumentals created from a multitude of unauthorized samples from The Beatles' LP The Beatles (more commonly known as The White Album). The Grey Album gained notoriety due to the response by EMI in attempting to halt its distribution.

The album quickly became popular and well-distributed over the Internet because of the surrounding publicity. It also came to the attention of the critical establishment; it received a very positive write-up in the February 9, 2004 issue of The New Yorker and was named the best album of 2004 by Entertainment Weekly.

Grey Tuesday was a day of coordinated electronic civil disobedience on February 24, 2004. Led by Downhill Battle, an activist group seeking to restructure the music industry, participating websites posted copies of Danger Mouse's The Grey Album for free download on its sites for 24 hours in protest of EMI's attempts to prevent any distribution of this unlicensed work. This protest was provoked by the opinion that the sampling is fair use and that a statutory license should be provided in the same manner as if a song had been covered.

Hundreds of Web sites participated and roughly 170 hosted the album for download. Over 100,000 copies were downloaded on that day alone.

The legal repercussions of the protest were minimal; a number of the participants received cease and desist letters from EMI, but no charges were filed in connection with the event.

DJ DangerMouse - The Grey Album.mp3

WATCH THE GREY VIDEO/"ENCORE" HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zJqihkLcGc

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Radio Discordia Podcast 010: Elvis Of Letters - WS Burroughs & Gus Van Sant

Just four tracks of old-school Burroughs sound-bites (cut up, even!) over guitar/drum/bass folky jazziness by Van Sant the future filmmaker. Unlike most of the work WSB did with Bill Laswell et al., these are less about the content of his writing and more about its effects. They demonstrate cut-ups and repetition and inching and can launch endless psycho-sensory experimentation. The man's voice lends itself remarkably well to musical accompaniment, even when cut-up - it's amazing that any kind of verbal flow can remain after cut-and-paste, much less normal-sounding speech! You've never heard anything like this before, though it seems as familiar as a remembered dream.

1. Burroughs Break
2. Word Is Virus
3. Millions Of Images
4. The Hipster Be-Bop Junkie

Elvis Of Letters - WS Burroughs & GusVanSant.mp3

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Radio Discordia podcast 009 Howard Zinn - Stories Hollywood Never Tells

Howard Zinn (Aug 24, 1922 – Jan 27, 2010) was an American historian, author, activist, playwright, intellectual and Professor of Political Science at Boston University from 1964 to 1988. He wrote more than 20 books, which included his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States. Zinn also wrote extensively about the civil rights, civil liberties and anti-war movements. His memoir, "You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train," became the title of a 2004 documentary about Zinn's life and work.

Howard Zinn-Stories Hollywood Never Tells.mp3

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Radio Discordia presents: The Firesign Theatre - Everything You Know Is Wrong

The Firesign Theatre is an American comedy troupe consisting of Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman and Philip Proctor.The troupe began as live radio performers in Los Angeles on radio stations KPPC-FM and KPFK during the mid-1960s

Like the group's other albums, Everything You Know Is Wrong is made up of a series of surreal skits that make satiric comments on contemporary culture. This album addresses and parodies pseudoscientific beliefs of the mid-1970s. The skits are connected to, or occurring in, "Nude Age Enterprises", the recording studio inside the trailer home of "Happy" Harry Cox in the fictional town of Hellmouth, California. Cox (played by Phil Austin) records seminars and assorted reports, similar to books by such authors as Erich von Daniken, which he calls his "mind-breaking records", to promote the "New Age" and other counterculture beliefs ("Dogs flew spaceships! The Aztecs invented the vacation! Our forefathers took drugs! Your brain is not the boss! Yes! That's right! Everything you know is wrong!").

FireSign Theatre - Everything You Know Is Wrong.mp3

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Radio Discordia 007 - Hardkiss - Delusions of Grandeur

Hardkiss: Delusions of Grandeur
Original Release Date: April 17, 1995

Scott, Gavin and Robbie, the Hardkiss brothers, ruled the underground San Francisco club scene during the 1990s with a mixture of acid, trance and breakbeat techno. World-class DJs all, the brothers also run their own Hardkiss label, releasing material as themselves plus myriad other artists, including Rabbit in the Moon and Scott's God Within project.

It was Scott and Gavin who formed the group in the early '90s after experiencing Britain's 1989 Summer of Love first hand while studying in Europe. Returning to the States, the two began promoting and organizing massive raves on the East Coast, but later moved out to San Francisco to share the vibe with the West as well. Hooking up with old friend Robbie and christening themselves Hardkiss, the trio began recording material for their eponymous label. Though few releases appeared on anything other than vinyl, the label compilation Delusions of Grandeur serves as a good primer to the Hardkiss sound.

01 Out of Body Experience - Rabbit in the Moon
02 Drums Are Dangerous (Drugs Are Dangerous) - The Drum Club
03 Raincry (Spiritual Thrist) - God Within
04 Phoenix [Riverandrain] - God Within
05 Top Secret Song by ??? - Hardkiss
06 Out of Body Experience [Burning Spear] - Rabbit in the Moon
07 Phoenix [Throw Your Guns Edit] - God Within
08 3 Nudes (Having Sex on Acid) - Hawke

Hardkiss - Delusions Of Grandeur.mp3

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Radio Discordia: Axis of Justice #43 - Noam Chomsky

"It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies." - Noam Chomsky

The Axis of Justice Radio Network is a weekly radio program that combines music, passion, politics and activism.

System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello weave together 60 minutes of "rebel music," discussion and interviews about our world and the struggle for justice.

Each program features passionate dissident songs from artists like Public Enemy, Bob Marley, and the Clash, while Tom and Serj explain the political messages and motives behind the music, as well as their relationship to the political and social issues we face today. Shows also feature interviews with courageous activists fighting the power and making a difference.

Axis of Justice Radio Network - Show #43
Friday, January 13, 2006

GUEST: Noam Chomsky
MUSIC INCLUDES: System of a Down, Public Enemy, Rage Against the Machine, Evan Greer, the Sex Pistols, and the Clash.

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