The show aimed for a charmingly sinister vibe and mostly pulled it off. There was a few recursive themes throughout the show, as I opened and closed with a combination of records I've searched for based on MP3's I've held tight for years. The DJ Food/Ken Nordine opener was a 10" gatefold I found recently with at least one additional gem on side D I should play later on. The Gordon's War soundtrack was recently re-pressed and includes the mighty Hot Wheels/The Chase, which I played in a lossy digitized format during one of my soul show fill-ins back before I had the wax.
Another bit of recursion included Mylo's and Diplo's tunes that loving sampled Kim Carnes' defining take on Bette Davis Eyes. And wedged in the middle were the early Daft Punk songs, which sound like they ruled 1994 with an iron fist and sound a wee bit, well, daft now. That set was bound by a song that they've sampled and a song that one of the Punks recently produced.
Hopefully I didn't sound too out of breath at the beginning since I was (pardon the Ontario slang) givin' 'er to the station in the rediscovered summer heat after working BC Day and stopping by to see the friendly rematch of the loosely affiliated CITR softball team versus the Vancouver Public Librarians. I even managed one at bat before zipping away: a solid single up the middle before getting a force out at third.
The mysterious gremlins that precede my show once again changed the settings on the console, which accounted for the moment of silence after the Mylo track. At least I know what the Program Mono buttons do now; put sound from device to mixer. I could insert the standard argument about people not resetting the equipment to as they found it, but those people likely have mothers already to remind them.
Playlist followeth:
DJ Food featuring Ken Nordine: The Ageing Young Rebel (A Dub Plate of Food Vol. 2, 2000) Ninja Tune
Mylo: In My Arms (Destroy Rock & Roll, 2004) Breastfed
Neon Blak: Super Sexy Song (MySpace, 2007) Indie
Maethelvin: My Favourite TV Show (MySpace, 2007) Indie
Jupiter: Chip (MySpace, 2008) unsigned
Gui Boratto: Terminal (Chromophobia, 2007) Kompakt
Peaches: Downtown [Simian Mobile Disco Remix] (Downtown single, 2006) XL
Little Anthony & the Imperials: Can You Imagine (Who's Gonna Love Me single, 1977) Power Exchange
Darlin': Darlin' (Shimmies in Super 8, 1993) Duophonic
Daft Punk: Assault (The New Wave 12", 1994) Soma
Sébastian Tellier: Divine (Sexuality, 2008) Record Makers
Tiga: Far From Home [Digitalism Remix] (Far From Home single, 2006) Different
Badder Than Evil: Tell That Man to Go to Hell (Gordon's War OST, 1973) Buddah
Badder Than Evil: Child of Tomorrow (Gordon's War OST, 1973) Buddah
Sister Goose & the Ducklings: Super Shine #9 (Gordon's War OST, 1973) Buddah
Badder Than Evil: Hot Wheels (the Chase) (Gordon's War OST, 1973) Buddah
Diplo: Betty (Hollertronix #7, 2007) Money Studies
Richie Hawtin: Concept 1 [reinterpretation 1 by Akufen] (Forcept 1, 2004) Minus
In the background during the hasty concert listings was Vitalic's Polkamatic, and towards the end of the show, I spoke over Barbara Mason's closing credits version of the theme from Gordon's War. You also get a bit of the Yeah Yeah Yeah's Maps at the beginning from the tail end of Some Sound, the program before me.
You can download Precocious and ferocious as a fun-filled, treasure-packed MP3 [83.0 Mb, 90:36]
