W9FZ Music of Interest: Negativland & Over The Edge

Thank you Negativland / Over The Edge!

Paying attention to episodes of the KPFA Program "Over The Edge" has turned me on to audio or musical gems. Thank goodness there are playlists published. But that begins the detective work. And some tasty things I hear don't seem to be listed in the playlists. When I copy the artist, track, and album information into a search engine, sometimes I get good leads on You Tube. Amazon, Discogs, and Bandcamp websites sometimes help also.

Over The Edge: Sept 27/28, 2024

This is a rebroadcast of a famous OTE episode called "The Throbbing Zeppelin Story". I googled the phrase "Throbbing Zeppelin" and two uploads to the Internet Archive are found. Apparently, the show originally aired on June 14, 1990. One of the IA versions is only 90 minutes while the other seems to be the full original episode. The rebroadcast on Sept 27/28, 2024 seems to be the full show.

The Internet Archive links are:
OTE_19900614_The_Throg_Zeppelin_Story (3:05:57)
OTE_19900614_Throg_Zeppelin (1:33:40)

Notes while listening:
0:01:45 UMN show title
0:03:00 70s Melange with Robin Robo (kinda sounds like Dick Goodbody)
0:04:10 > 0:07:30 Good Hello. UMN explains the thesis of the show. Good writing. Somewhat repeated 1:47:20 > 1:53:00
0:08:35 Part 2 Formation (Pseudo Documentary Veritae)
at least five more parts over the next 3 hours.
Twice, at 1:46:00 and again 2:36:10, I hear noise that Yo La Tengo used on something of theirs. I'm searching their work for that snippet.
end of show

I've snipped a 8-minute snippet of 1:45 > 1:53 that has the siren like sound that I'm trying to identify at :20, :35, and 1:10 (of this 8-minute snippet). But it also has Don Joyce and Robin Robo explaining to an uninformed caller about the show.
The Throbbing Zeppelin Story (excerpt)

Over The Edge: Sept 20/21, 2024

Wobbly comes on at 0:00:01 and says "Repeat October 10th, 1985". Later, we hear Don at 0:06:20 (and a few other times during the show) that this show is "Media Mystic".

Notes while listening:
0:02:15 Extra NBS second added
0:02:50 UMN
0:03:00 > 0:05:23 song, girl singing
21:30 > 22:30 The Weatherman
0:34:50 Suicide Man calls in
0:35:10~ UMN Grand Symphonic logo
0:36:20 "I gotta go, my rabbit is eating the carpet"
Suicide Man calls in multiple times riffing on the word "media" and other meanings, derivations, etc
0:45:45 DJ announces OTE "Media Mystic"
0:46:30 > 0:47:50 More UMN "Quality is not in Question"
0:49:10 > 0:50:45 This Mortal Coil industrial drone (I forget the track name)
0:54:30 > 0:55:30 Bob Edwards of NPR talking about Jamming Radio Free Europe
WABC Cousin Brucie talking about the Beatles
End of Hour 1
More Beatles
1:02:30 More This Mortal Coil
1:03:10 More UMN
1:03:50 > 1:07:20 More This Mortal Coil "Fond Affections"
1:07:20 > 1:09:40 Jazz Horns
1:13:20 > 1:17:20 Bob and Ray Mary Backstayge
1:30:00 > 1:33:30 Shriekback "Health and Knowledge and Wealth and Power"
1:35:15 UMN
1:36:28 WLS logo and lots more radio jingles
1:39:30 DJ KPFA ID and "Media Mystic"
1:42:00 Don arguing with caller about Boogie Oogie Ooogie by Taste of Honey
1:43:00 Suicide Man takes the helm
1:52:45 more Bob and Ray Mary Backstayge
End of Hour 2
2:09:00 XTC song "Train Running Low on Soul Coal"
2:20:10 "You've found the sound of Found Sound: The Universal Media Netweb"
2:33:30 Don J radio ID and show ends a few minutes later
2:35:00 > 2:52:00 The Weatherman segment from the recent (2024) tour at Greenville, NY Drive-in show.
2:52:00 Song
2:55:15 Nena "Auf Wiedersehen"
End of Hour 3
end of show

Over The Edge: Sept 7/8, 2023

The theme of the show seems to be "Dreams" with focus on lucid dreams. Seems to be a KROB show. Playlist is available here.

Notes while listening:
0:02:30 Luc Ferrari Tu m'écoutes
0:08:30 Simon Rady Choir "Dream" beautiful music 0:15:15 David Shea Dramarama starts underneath (portion)
0:19 Dune ? audio about spice and dreams
0:22 plus/minus Andrea Parker, Daphne Oram, Daz Quayle Frightened of Myself (extract)
0:43 Boris Karloff "Nightmare" of Bell Prison and John Day
0:50:45 Ambrose And His Orchestra Whistling in the Dark (portion) with other audio on top
0:52 What is this?
0:57 snippet of Vangelis 12 O'clock
0:59 under Call letters it's Sound Providers It's Gonna Bee
1:00:00 Amon Tobin All Things Burn starts
1:04 (I think) Kamil Jalilov Mugam starts
1:05:45 Joni Mitchell I's a Muggin' (very short)
1:06 Dewdrop Delay Four
1:09:30 weird "Twin Peaks" like dialogue
1:12:15 Gherasim Luca Son corps léger
1:16:00 (probably) Howard Shore Drawing Hugo (For Your Consideration)

1:29:30 Lisa Gerrard Sleep The Black Opal

1:51:45 KROB SF
1:51:55 Hotei Milk Bar A.M. 3:00
1:53:20 Robert Forster 3am (song) (not on the KPFA playlist)

Hour 2 to 3 bumper PSAs include:
Mr. Scruff Cheeky Keep It Unreal
Santana Europa (Earth's Cry, Heaven's Smile) Les Indispensables

2:00:00 (extract) Klaus Schulze,Pete Namlook,Bill Laswell Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Pt. 3

2:46:28 Laurie Anderson snippit under other audio (ends with applause)
2:48:00 Yes (extract- I Get Up I Get Down and Seasons of Man) begins with some effects (not sure of source for this specific version)
end of show

Over The Edge: May 13/14, 2021

I can't detect a theme for this show but the show and the playlist are available here.

Highlights for me include:
:15 through :17 has DJ Spooky "The Terran Invasion Of Alpha Centauri Year 2794" from the album "Songs Of A Dead Dreamer" as background behind other odd dialogue. YouTube link to the piece.
In the playlist is a listing for a piece where I didn't really find or recognize from within the program but I'll tell you that searching for it on the web has caused me to order the cd. It is Material/William S. Burroughs "The Western Lands" from "The Road To The Western Lands". I listened to it on Amazon. Several other pieces and remixes on the album sound good to me.
:37 through :42 has Tortoise "Blue Station" from the album "A Lazarus Taxon" as background behind other odd dialogue. Bandcamp link to the piece. Gentle, tonic, guitar and atmosphere.
1:17 > 1:22 Daft Punk's "Nocturne" from TRON soundtrack is pretty good.
2:51 > 2:57 (This is unattributed on the playlist.) Tom Jones's rendition of Todd Snider's song "Talking Reality Television Blues". Clearly, it's a Radiohead-esque guitar and rhythym--but I love it. In fact, it's probably the guitar and rhythym that I like the best about this song. Google both versions and you can find them on YouTube.

Over The Edge: August 26/27, 2021

I don't recall the theme for this show but the show and the playlist are available here.