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Conflux Cornucopia Cerebellum Cocktail Hour Episode #054: In Dah Couch

August 19, 2am

Podcasts

A mellow set of heady songs to relax you and let you sink deep in dah couch.

Set List:
1. Somebody Calling by Robin Trower from In City Dreams (1977)
2. Salt Water Sound by Zero 7 from Simple Things (2001)
3. She’s a Woman by Jeff Beck from Blow By Blow (1975)
4. No Sympathy by Peter Tosh from Legalize It (1976)
5. What Do You Want From Me? By Pink Floyd from The Division Bell (1994)
6. Shambala by the Beastie Boys from Ill Communication (1994)
7. Romany Dagger (Remended) by All Them Witches from Lightning at the Door (2013)
8. The Enchanter by Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation from Mighty ReArranger (2005)
9. A Reminder by Radiohead from Airbag/How Am I Driving? EP (1997)
10. Turn Blue by The Black Keys from Turn Blue (2014)
11. Gerard by Forq from Batch (2015)
12. Strangelight by Fugazi from The Argument (2001)
13. Clouds Are Lie by The Brian Jonestown Massacre from Auftheben (2012)
14. O Green World by Gorillaz from Demon Days (2005)
15. Nobody’s Fault by Rising Appalachia and The Human Experience from Soul Visions (2013)
16. Blue Nile by Mulatu Astake and the Heliocentrics from Inspiration Information 3 (2009)
17. Trouble Man by Marvin Gaye from the Trouble Man Soundtrack (1972)
18. Sun is Shining by Bob Marley and the Wailers from Kaya (1978)
19. All Land Crabs and Divinity Ghosts by The Cave Singers from No Witch (2011)
20. Bees by Warpaint from The Fool (2010)
21. Mami Gato by Medeski, Martin & Wood from End of the World Party (Just in Case) (2004)
22. Blue Jay Way by The Beatles from the Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
23. Ambergis by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard from Omnium Gatherum (2022)
24. Stay Gold by Black Pumas from Black Pumas (2019)
25. With My Own Two Hands by Ben Harper from Diamonds on the Inside (2003)
26. Bo’s Veranda by Morphine from the Get Shorty Soundtrack (1995)
27. It Aint No Use by The Meters from Rejuvination (1974)
28. Beth Krasky by the Incredible Expanding Mindfuck from Arcadia Son (2012)

Conflux Cornucopia Cerebellum Cocktail Hour Episode #053: Distilled in Blood

August 12, 11pm

Podcasts

Tonight’s show is a mixture of rock, blues, metal and folk with a bit a Southern flare to it. Features a few interludes from Clint Eastwood from various films from his career.

Set List:
1. Wanderlust by Baroness from the Red Album (2007)
2. MIC BREAK: Pause by Adrian Belew from Side One (2005)
3. Doom City by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard from Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
4. Mountain by All Them Witches from Lightning at the Door (2013)
5. The Preacher by Jamie N. Commons from Rumble and Sway (2011)
6. Damaged Soul by Black Sabbath from 13 (2013)
7. MIC BREAK: Liberation by Gojira from Magma (2016)
8. Solar Flares by Smokemaster from Smokemaster (2020)
9. The Regulator by Clutch from Blast Tyrant (2004)
10. Wiser Time by The Black Crowes from Amorica (1994)
11. Blackened Waters by Black Label Society from The Blessed Hellride (2003)
12. MIC BREAK: Rouge by Lou Reed from Ecstasy (2000)
13. Legend by Elder from Lore (2015)
14. My Mind is Ramblin’ by The Black Keys from Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough (2006)
15. Cold Irons Bound by Bob Dylan from Time Out of Mind (1997)
16. MIC BREAK: Patterns in the Ivy by Opeth from Blackwater Park (2001)
17. This Old Death by Ben Nichols from the Walking Dead Soundtrack (2014)
18. Got Me Wrong by Alice in Chains from Sap (1992)
19. A Good Woman is Hard to Find by Morphine from The Night (2000)
20. Song for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age from Songs for the Deaf (2002)
21. MIC BREAK: Yellow Theme by Baroness from Yellow & Green (2012)
22. For the Lost Souls by Samsara Blues Experiment from Long Distance Trip (2010)
23. Chimes at Midnight by Mastodon from Once More Round the Sun (2014)
24. MIC BREAK: Rainbow Rhodes by Hiatus Kaiyote from Tawk Tomahawk (2012)
25. Ghost to a Ghost by Hank 3 from Ghost to a Ghost/Gutter Town

Conflux Cornucopia Cerebellum Cocktail Hour #045: The Colt of Rhinoplasty (Up In Your Face & Demanding)

June 10, 7pm

Podcasts

No special theme, just a little word play for the title.

Set List
1. Battle Hymn of the Technics Republic/Get Up Punk 0200 Hours by General Patton Vs. The Executioners from Joint Special Operations Task Force (2005)
2. A Shot in the Dark by John Zorn from Naked City (1990)
3. Left Behind by the Modern Sons from Moon Raccoon (2015)
4. Bubblegum Infinity by the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets from Night Gnomes (2022)
5. Palo Alto by Radiohead from Airbag/How Am I Driving? (1997)
6. Mesolow by Rocket Moth from Mesolow (2016)
7. Cadaver Dog by Oh Sees from Orc (2017)
8. Sidewinder by Dizzy Twin from Kaleidoscope (2016)
9. Flutterbutter by Fishbone from Crazy Glue (2011)
10. Predator X by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard from Omnium Gatherum (2022)
11. Planet Eaters by Voivod from Synchro Anarchy (2021)
12. Dawn of the Hive by Killing Joke from Pylon (2015)
13. Panic in Babylon by the Brian Jonestown Massacre from Auftheban (2012)
14. Mr. Howard by Purson from Desire’s Magic Theatre (2016)
15. Want Me Too by the Eric McFadden Trio from Delicate Thing (2009)
16. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret by Queens of the Stone Age from Rated R (2000)
17. Force of Nature by KnightressM1 from Dreams and Devastation (2020)
18. Driftmix by Coil from the Snow EP (1991)
19. Love Zombi by Jess and the Ancient Ones from Vertigo (2021)
20. No Hassle Night by the Dead Weather from Horehound (2009)
21. This Is Not Your Day by En Minor from When the Cold Truth Has Worn Its Miserable Welcome Out (2020)
22. Transdermal Celebration by Ween from Quebec (2003)
23. Black Noise by Nine Inch Nails from Hesitation Marks (2013)
24. Cybernetic Pillow by Riverside from Rapid Eye Movement (2007)
25. Pirate Jet by Gorillaz from Plastic Beach (2010)
26. Noses in Roses, Forever by the Desert Session from Vol. 11 & 12 (2019)
27. Thorazine by M.I.R.V. from Dancing Naked in a Minefield (2000)
28. Angry Candy by Autolux from Future Perfect (2004)
29. Romany Dagger (Remended) by All Them Witches from Lightning at the Door (2013)
30. All Apologies by Nirvana from In Utero (1993)
31. If Not a Rock Musician Then What from the Movie This is Spinal Tap (1984)

Conflux Cornucopia Cerebellum Cocktail Hour Episode #038: Alchemy in Wonderland

April 28, 10pm

Welcome back fellow Alchemists. Tonight we are going down the rabbit hole to explore some of the newer music in my collection including some tracks that are less than a week old.

Podcasts

SET LIST

1. Conspiranoia by Primus from Conspiranoia (2022) 11:31
2. SIGN ON MIC BREAK: Penny by Odd Logic from Penny For Your Thoughts (2017) 1:12
3. The Dripping Tap by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard from Omnium Gatherum (2022) 18:17
4. Ear of the Universe by Smokemaster from Smokemaster (2020) 10:24
5. MIC BREAK: Shatner’s Lament by Thank You Scientist from Terraformer (2019) 1:13
6. Gates of Dawn by KnightressM1 from Dreams and Devastation (2020) 5:31
7. Width of a Circle by Opeth from Width of a Circle Single (2019) 5:31
8. Acid Dent by the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets from Night Gnomes (2022) 3:41
9. The Children of Coyote Woman by All Them Witches from Nothing as the Ideal (2020) 3:36
10. No Return by Craig Wedren & Anna Warnoker, Main Theme Single from Showtime TV Series Yellowjackets (2022) 1:33
11. MIC BREAK: Doom Saloon by Clutch from Psychic Warfare (2015) 1:13
12. Strange Earth Illusion by Jess and the Ancient Ones from Vertigo (2021) 11:35
13. He Walked In by Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds from Swinging from the Sean DeLear (2021) 14: 09
14. MIC BREAK: Interglacial by The Mercury Tree from Spidermilk (2019) 1:45
15. End of Forever by Samsara Blues Experiment from End of Forever (2021) 7:56
16. Savage Lands by Mastodon from Hushed & Grim (2021) 4:25
17. The Silent Revelation by Leprous from Aphelion (2021) 5:45
18. Days of Future Past by Iron Maiden from Senjutsu (2021) 4:04
19. SIGN OFF MIC BREAK: The End of Everything by Trivium from Ascendency (2005) 1:21
20. Into the Storm by Gojira from Fortitude (2021) 5:02

Conflux Cornucopia Cerebellum Cocktail Hour: Ep 035: Allied Forces Ep #3: The Atrocities of War

April 9, 7pm

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Allied Forces Episode #3: Skeevy and the Alchemist combine forces with the added splendor of Jonny Boudlt Reynolds and special contribution from Deathwish on the topic of War (and Hardcore) with a couple side tracked tracks for, well, the hell of it.

Part one occurred during the Skeevy Side show from 8pm to 10 pm on 4/6/2012
Part two occurred during the Conflux Cornucopia Cerebellum Cocktail Hour from 10-Midnight on 4/6/2012

SET 1:
1. War Pigs-Sacred Reich
2. God’s Zoo-Death Cult
3. Look Back and Laugh-Minor Threat
4. Ezekiel 25:17-Samual L. Jackson
5. Jihad-Slayer
6. It’s an Action-Poison Idea
7. Man In Blue-State of Alert
8. Psy-Ops Dispatch-Thee Oh Sees
9. Wardance-Killing Joke
10. New York City Tonight-GG Allen and the Jabbers
11. The Prisoner-D.O.A.
12. Too Many Puppies-Primus
13. Bulls-All Them Witches
14. No More War-Burning Spear
15. Who Am I?-Void
16. Annihilation-Crucifix
17. Indians-Anthrax
18. Rise of the Fall-Faith No More
19. Anti-Warfare-U.K. Dubs
20. You’re Just a Joke-Admit You’re Shit
21. Unity-Operation Ivy
22. Turn the Other Way-Fishbone
23. They Saved Hitler’s Brain-Unnatural Axe
24. Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition-Impatient Youth
25. Ashes of the Wake-Lamb of God
26. War?-System of a Down
27. Vengeance-The Fix
28. Abolish Government-T.S.O.L.
29. Make the Leaders Fight-Special Forces
30. Masters of War-Bob Dylan
31. For What It’s Worth-Buffalo Springfield
32. Tooling for Anus-The Meatmen
33. War Games/New Breed/Live for Now-Iron Cross
34. Baby, Baby-The Vibrators
35. It’s a Mistake-Men at Work (carries over into next Podcast)

SET 2:
1. It’s a Mistake-Men at Work (carry over from first set)
2. When the Tigers Broke Free-Pint Floyd
3. Rockets and Penises in the Persian Gulf-George Carlin
4. Dad’s Gonna Kill Me-Richard Thompson
5. War Again-Oingo Boingo
6. Can I Sit Next To You Girl-AC/DC
7. Gimme Shelter-The Rolling Stones
8. The Unknown Soldier-The Doors
9. Hollywood-999
10. Spanish Bombs-The Clash
11. Zombie-The Cranberries
12. The Stray Cat Strut-The Stray Cats
13. Jean Vibrato-The Marauders
14. Resistance-Muse
15. White Flags-Fates Warning
16. Justice For All-Social Distortion
17. Race War-The Unaware
18. Battle Creek-Bent Knee
19. Psalms Alive-Baroness
20. War/No More Trouble-Bob Marley & The Wailers
21. The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth-Bad Brains
22. The Rooster-Alice in Chains
23. Eyes of the Insane-Slayer
24. World War III-D.O.A.
25. Cheap Tragedies-The Avengers
26. Let’s Have a War-Fear

Conflux Cornucopia Cerebellum Cocktail Hour: Ep #034=A Little Mischief

April 1, 6pm

Welcome back my fellow Alchemical Adepts. Episode #034 of the Conflux Cornucopia Cerebellum Cocktail Hour: A Little Mischief. Not really a set theme, just some cool tunes and a few guests including: Deathwish, Skeevy, Bolt Reynolds, Li Po and Gatsby.

Podcasts

SET LIST:

Feet Don’t Fail Me Now by Queens of the Stone Age from Villains (2017)

MIC BREAK: Pause by Adrian Belew from Side One (2005

One Step Beyond by Madness from One Step Beyond (1979)

Corazon of Doubt by Project NFidelikah from Project NFidelikah (2016)

Cocainium by Baroness from Yellow & Green (2012)

Too Numb by O.R.k. from Soul of an Octopus (2017)

Once We Were…by Monkey3 from The 5th Sun (2013)

MIC BREAK: Interglacial by The Mercury Tree from Spidermilk (2019)

Peach by Slothrust from the Pact (2018)

Westminster by The Bob Lazar Story from Ghost of Foodstool (2014)

Detachable Penis by King Missile from Happy Hour (1992)

Born Stupid by Paul Leary from Born Stupid (2021)

Monday’s Ain’t Free by DäG from We’re Pretty Sure We Know What We’re Doing (2022)

Do Ya Like Dags? From the Movie Snatch (2000)

Thirsty Dog by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds from Let Love In (1994)

MIC BREAK: Rising Son by Steve Kilbey from Unearthed (1987)

Chase the Devil by Lee “Scratch” Perry, Max Romeo and the Upsetters from Super Ape/Return of Super Ape Reissue (2012) Originally released by Max Romeo on War Ina Babylon (1976)

Hideaway by John Mayall and the Blues Breakers from Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966)

The Golden Lady by John Medeski’s Mad Skillet from Mad Skillet (2018)

Southern Sunset by Samsara Blues Experiment from End of Forever (2021)

MIC BREAK: Translation 1 by Sex Mob from Dime Grind Palace (2003)

Of the New Day by Porcupine Tree from Closure/Continuation (2022)

Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard from Polygondwanaland (2017)

Eracist by Mr. Bungle from the Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny (2020)

Micro Aggressions by Animals as Leaders from Parrhesia (2022)

MIC BREAK: Rematch by Scar Tissue from Obscurity (2010)

Acid Rain by Riverside from Wasteland (2018)

Burn by the Cure from the Crow Soundtrack (1995)

Lights Out by All Them Witches from Nothing as the Ideal (2020)

MIC BREAK: Asahi by Animals as Leaders from Parrhesia (2022)

Seeing Red by Killing Joke from Killing Joke (2003)

Conflux Cornucopia Cerebellum Cocktail Hour: Episode #024: Fashionably Late for Tea Time with Half Baked Goods

January 15, 4pm

Hello fellow Alchemites and Confluxians.
News: Contest: Tickets for Dr. Madd Vibe @ the Bottom of the Hill, SF on 1/29/22
I am giving away a pair of tickets, contact me @ thealchemistofradiovalencia@gmail.com
Or on Facebook find the Friends of the Alchemist Group.
I will randomly select a winner from those who want the tickets.

Podcasts

This week’s show is a collection of very heady tracks to put your mind in a deep reflective state. Put on the headphones and immerse yourself in the music.

Set List:

1. Useful Idiot (0:39) by Tool from Aenima (1996)
2. Breaking Alchemy (0:12)
3. Everything in its Right Place (4:11) by Radiohead from Kid A (2000)
4. Elk.Blood.Heart (5”52) by All Them Witches from Our Mother Electricity (2012)
5. MIC BREAK: Vein Melter (9;10) by Herbie Hancock from Head Hunters (1973)
6. MIC BREAK: Stonehenge (1:58) by Black Sabbath from Born Again (1983)
7. Little Fishes (6:06) by the Claypool Lennon Delirium from South of Reality (2019)
8. Long and Lonesome Road (3:10) by Jess and the Ancient Ones from Astral Sabbat
9. Spirals (11:19) by Monkey3 from Sphere (2019)
10. MIC BREAK: Prepare Yourself (1:59) by Porcupine Tree from The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)
11. Start of Something Beautiful (7:40) by Porcupine Tree from Deadwing (2005)
12. Smoke Room (8:13) by Automatism from Immersion (2020)
13. MIC BREAK: Sphinx Gate (1:59) by Hiatus Kaiyote from Tawk Tomahawk (2013)
14. Pas a Pas (6:42) by Alco Frisbass from Alco Frisbass (2015)
15. Snickersnee (3:46) by the Oh Sees from Face Stabber (2019)
16. MIC BREAK: Spaced (2:24) by the Smashing Pumpkins from Pisces Iscariot (1994)
17. Hannah (5:26) by Robin Trower from Twice Removed from Yesterday (1973)
18. Feathers (6:41) by the Black Crowes from Lost Crowes (2006)
19. Suture Up Your Future (4:37) by Queens of the Stone Age (2007)
20. MIC BREAK: Chili at Airport (Part III) (1:32) by John Lurie from the Get Shorty Soundtrack (1995)
21. Hudson (10:57) by Jack DeJohnette, Larry Grenadier, John Medeski, John Scofield from Hudson (2017)
22. Arcadia Son (7:50) by I.E.M. (Incredible Expanding Mindfuck) from Arcadia Son (2002)
23. FAREWELL MIC BREAK: Democratic Chorale (1:42) by Bent Knee from Shiny Eyed Babies (2014)
24. Help (6:01) by Deep Purple from Shades of Deep Purple (1968)

Conflux Cornucopia Cerebellum Cocktail Hour: Episode 20: Dive Bar on the Dusty Edge of Nowhere

December 21, 9pm

Podcasts

Hello fellow Alchemists and Confluxians: My apologies for the delay in posting this blog. Life has been a bit hectic. Missed a week after this show and am just now getting around to posting a blog, although I did put the show up a couple weeks back for the podcast.
This show is a trip to a dive bar on the dusty edge of nowhere. More of a feeling than a place….you know the feeling; you know the place.
Sit back and let the darkness envelope you as you drift into a dangerous place where strangers are sizing you up for a good way to use you, but not before you use them first.

Setlist:
1. OPENING MIC: Zed’s Dead/Bullwinkle Part II (2:31) by Bruce Willis & Maria de Medieros/The Crusaders from the Pulp Fiction Soundtrack (1994/1963) Movie Dialogue/Surf Rock
2. If You Run (4:00) by Dessert Sessions from Vols. 11 & 12 (2019) Alternative Rock
3. All Out of Catastrophes (2:13) by Marissa Nadler from For My Crimes (2018) Americana
4. I See a Darkness (3:42) by Johnny Cash from American III: Solitary Man (2000) Country
5. MIC BREAK: Red Bats with Teeth (2:57) by Angelo Badalamenti from The Lost Highway Soundtrack (1997) Alternative Jazz
6. Faze Wave (3:29) by The Cave Singers from No Witch (2011) Alternative Rock
7. Pseudo Culture (4:18) by Slothrust from Everyone Else (2016) Alternative Rock
8. The Great Chain of Being (4:50) by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard from Gumboot Soup (2017) Psychedelic/Garage Rock
9. MIC BREAK: Wing Run (2:06) by Thee Oh Sees from Protean Threat (2020) Psychedelic/Garage Rock
10. Mr. Splitfoot (3:59) by Paris Motel from Mr. Splitfoot (2010) Alternative Rock
11. The Sky Parade (5:16) by Purson from Desire’s Magic Theatre (2016) Psychedelic Rock
12. Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) (4:40) by David Bowie from Blackstar (2016) Alternative Rock
13. There There (The Boney King of Nowhere) (5:24) by Radiohead from Hail to the Thief (2003) Alternative Rock
14. MIC BREAK: Doom Saloon (1:13) by Clutch from Psychic Warfare (2015) Hard Rock
15. On the Floor (5:22) by En Minor from When the Cold Truth Has Worn Its Miserable Welcome Out (2020) Alternative Rock
16. Ghost Riders (7:16) by Jess and the Ancient Ones from Jess and the Ancient Ones (2016) Metal
17. Don’t Bring Me Coffee (3:10) by All Them Witches from Sleeping Through the War (2017) Alternative Rock
18. MIC BREAK: A Final Hit (3:16) by Leftfield from the Trainspotting Soundtrack (1996) Electronica
19. Get Behind the Mule (6:52) by Tom Waits from Mule Variations (1999) Alternative Rock
20. Island of the Dead (O Mi, O My) (4:31) by Rykarda Parasol from Against the Sun (2013) Alternative Rock
21. Carrion (5:44) by Fiona Apple from Tidal (1996) Alternative Rock
22. MIC BREAK: Blankets of Ash (1:04) by Baroness from Gold & Grey (2019) Metal
23. So Many Ways (4:01) by Morphine from The Night (2000) Alternative Rock
24. Too Afraid to Love You (3:25) by The Black Keys from Brothers (2010) Alternative Rock/Blues
25. After Dark (4:11) by Tito & Tarantula from the From Dusk Til Dawn Soundtrack (1996) Alternative Rock/Blues
26. MIC BREAK: Transitions (2:32) by The Beastie Boys from Ill Communication (1994) Rap/Funk
27. Three Dollar Hat (3:24) by The Dead Weather from Dodge and Burn (2015) Alternative Rock
28. Karmageddon (4:29) by Hank William III from Rebel Within (2010) Country
29. The Preacher (3:41) by Jamie N. Commons from Rumble and Sway (2011) Alternative Rock
30. FINAL MIC BREAK: Rouge (1:01) by Lou Reed from Ecstasy (2000) Alternative Rock
31. Sister Morphine (5:35) by the Rolling Stones from Sticky Fingers (1971) Classic Rock

Conflux Cornucopia Cerebellum Cocktail Hour: Episode #010: A.P. Alchemy Session #2.

September 17, 11pm

Podcasts

Hello fellow Confluxians! I’ve made it to episode #10. Woohoo!! Another A.P. Alchemy session where I bring you a short list of long songs….with an even shorter list of short songs that act as sound beds for me to talk over. I introduced something during the middle of the set where I posted the lyrics of the songs. That will now be part of the blog set list. Having something to read while you listen can be fun…like liner notes…..remember those.
Tune in next week for my ORIGIN STORY….yes…how I got to be as strange as I am has beginning….but for now. This week’s set list. Lyrical content will be below the set list.

1. Third Eye (13:47) by Tool from Aenima (1996) Progressive Metal
2. Mic Break: MK2 (0:53) by Radiohead from In Rainbows (2007) Electronica
3. The Death of Coyote Woman (8:12) by All The Witches from Lightning at the Door (2013) Stoner Blues Rock
4. Mic Break: Station II (0:47) by Paul McCartney from Egypt Station (2018) Rock
5. Home Invasion/Regret #9 (11:30) by Steven Wilson from Hand.Cannot.Erase. (2015) Progressive Metal
6. In the Shadows of Our Pale Companion (14:45) by Agalloch from The Mantle (2002) Death Metal
7. Mic Break: Away (1:28) by Múm from Summer Make Good (2004) Indie Rock
8. Change (15:59) by Oingo Boingo from Boingo (1994) Rock
9. Mic Break: Untitled (0:53) by Fugazi from The Argument
10. Thoughts Under a Dark Blue Light (16:33) by Sun Ra from The Lost Sun Ra Albums (Disc 1: Cymbals) (1973) Jazz
11. The Struggle to Survive (9:32) by Riverside from Wasteland (2018) Progressive Metal
12. Mic Break: Gold Distance (1:02) by Between the Buried and Me from Automata ! (2018) Progressive Metal
13. Separate Realities (11:27) by Trioscapes from Separate Realities (2012) Jazz Fusion
14. Mic Break: Spöksonat (0:56) by Ghost from Meliora (2015) Metal
15. Desolation Row (11:24) by Bob Dylan from Highway 61 Revisited (1965) Classic Folk Rock)
Lyrics: Third Eye
See, I think drugs have done some good things for us, I really do
And if you don’t believe drugs have done good things for us
Do me a favor:
Go home tonight and take all your albums
All your tapes, and all your CD’s and burn em’
‘Cause you know what? the musicians who’ve made
All that great music that’s enhanced your lives throughout the years
Were Real fuckin’ high on drugs.”
Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to aslow vibration
That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively
There is no such thing as death
Life is only a dream
And we are the imagination of ourselves
Here’s Tom with the weather.”
It’s not a war on drugs, it’s a war on personal freedom
Keep that in mind at all times.” (Credit Bill Hicks with Comedy Routine….RIP Bill)
Dreaming of
That face again
It’s bright and blue
And shimmering
Grinning wide
And comforting me with it’s three warm and wild eyes
On my back
And tumbling
Down that hole
And back again (back again)
Rising up
And wiping the webs and the dew from my withered eye
In
Out
In
Out
A child’s rhyme stuck in my head
It said that life is but a dream
I’ve spent so many years in question
To find I’ve known this all along
“So good to see you
I’ve missed you so much
So glad it’s over
I’ve missed you so much
Came out to watch you play
Why are you running away?
Came out to watch you play
Why are you running?
Shroud-ing all the ground around me
Is this holy crow above me
Black as holes within a memory
And blue as our new second sun
I stick my hand into his shadow
To pull the pieces from the sand
Which I attempt to reassemble
To see just who I might have been
I do not recognize the vessel
But the eyes seem so familiar
Like phosphorescent desert buttons
Singing one familiar song
So good to see you
I’ve missed you so much
So glad it’s over
I’ve missed you so much
Came out to watch you play
Why are you running away?
Came out to watch you play
Why are you running away?
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
So good to see you once again
I thought that you were hiding
And you thought that I had run away
Chasing the tail of dogma
I opened my eye
I opened my eye
I opened my eye
I opened my eye
I opened my eye
I opened my eye
I opened my eye and there we were
So good to see you once again
I thought that you were hiding from me
And you thought that I had run away
Chasing a trail of smoke and reason
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Keenan Maynard James / Jones Adam Thomas / Carey Daniel Edwin / Chancellor Justin Gunner
Third Eye lyrics © Bmg Gold Songs, Emi Virgin Music Inc., Toolshed Music

Lyrics: Death of Coyote Woman
How have I been chased for so long
So long, so long
Every time heart beats I’ve grown strong
Grown strong, grown strong
All these things are brought up to me
Head on, bright on
All these things are brought up to me
Bright on, bright on
Bright on.
How have I been chased for so long
So long, so long
Every time heart beats, I’ve grown strong
Grown strong, grown strong
All these things are brought up to me
Bright on, bright on
All these things are brought up to me
Bright on, bright on
Bright on.
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: James Robert Staebler / Allan Barret Van Cleave / Benjamin Mcleod / Charles Michael Parks

Lyrics: Home Invasion/Regret #9
Download sex and download God.
Download the funds to meet the cost.
Download a dream home and a wife.
Download the ocean and the sky.

Another day of life has passed me by.
But I have lost all faith in what’s outside.
They only are the stars across the sky
And the wreckage of the night.

Download love and download war.
Download the shit you didn’t want.
Download the things that make you MAD.
Download the life you wish you had.

Another day of life has passed me by.
But I have lost all faith in what’s outside.
They only are the stars across the sky
And the wreckage of the night.

Writer(s): Steven John Wilson

Lyrics: In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion
Through vast valleys I wonder
To the highest peaks
On pathways through a wild forgotten landscape
In search of God, in spite of man
‘Til the lost forsaken endless
This is where I choose to tread
Fall. so shall we fall into nihil?
The nothingness that we feel in the arms of the pale
In the shadow of the grim companion who walks with us
Here is the landscape
Here is the sun
Here in the balance of the earth
Where is the god?
Has he fallen and abandoned us?
As I’m stalked by the shadow of death’s hand
The fire in my heart is forged across the land
Here at the edge of this world
Here I gaze at a pantheon of oak
A citadel of stone
If this grand panorama before me is what you call God
Then God is not dead
I walked down to a river and sat in reflection of what had to be done
An offering of crimson flowed into the water below
A wound of spirit from which it floated and faded away
Like every hope I’ve ever had
Like every dream I’ve ever known
It washed away in a tide of longing, a longing for a better world
From my will, my throat, to the river, and into the sea
Wash away
Fade away
Here is the landscape
Here is the sun
Here at the edge of the earth
Where is the god?
Has he fallen to ruin?
As I’m stalked by the shadow of death’s hand
My heathen pride is scarred across the land
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: John Haughm

Lyrics: Change
Don’t you ever wonder why, nothing ever seems to change
If it does it’s for the worse, seems it’s just a modern curse
Sometimes when I take a peek outside of my little cage,
Everyone looks so asleep, will they die before they wake
And, hey. . . Don’t you know? We’re just products of our time and Hey . . .
What d’ya say? Show me yours, I’ll show you mine
Better dumb and happy than smart and without any friends
Better cute and better loud, better join up with the crowd
Keep up or be left behind, there’s a dust storm in my mind
Seems I can’t see straight these days, doesn’t matter anyway
Hey . . . Don’t you know? We’re just products of our times and
Hey, what d’ya say? Show me yours, I’ll show you mine
Hey, what d’ya say? Hey, what d’ya say? Please don’t ever –
Oh God, here’s that question now. The one that makes me go insane
I’d gladly tear my heart out if you never, never, never, never change
Do you want to change? Do you want to change right now?
Do you want to change . . . I like my stupid life, just the way it is
And I wouldn’t even change it for a thousand flying pigs
And I like you just the way you are, I like your face just the way it is
And I wouldn’t even change it for a herd of screaming kids
And I like you just the way you are, I like you though you may not like me back
I would dazzle you with brilliance, if I only had the knack
‘Cause I like you just the way you are, I like this life just the way it is
And the castles all around me, have been melting now for years
And it kills my brain to think of all the time I wasted here
All the efforts, sweat, and broken hearts, the screaming and the tears
And I’m dreaming again . . . Floating in a pool of mud
Try to get back where I was and I don’t really care
Got a little talking to, by the mirror in my room, and I don’t really care . . .
Whispering voices from the dead, come from underneath my bed
And I don’t really care . . .
I like my stupid life just the way it is
And the chaos that surrounds me like a flock of screaming pigs
And it hurts my brain to think of all the stupid things I’ve said
And if I could change the future I would change the past instead
And I’m dreaming again . . . and I’m dreaming again . . .
Baby – sometimes I worry about you
Sometimes you’re so far away, tell me what to do
I say, Baby . . . sometimes I worry about you
Sometimes I just can’t believe everything you do
I say, Baby . . . sometimes I worry about you
Every day I feel the same, don’t you feel it too
I say, Baby . . . sometimes I worry about me
Seems I’m falling down a lot, in between the scenes
I say, Baby . . . sometimes I worry about me
Getting harder all the time, harder now to see
I say, Baby . . . sometimes I worry about me
Light another cigarette, have another dream
It’s the same thing every day, nothing ever seems to change and I . . .
Do you really want to change?
Testaments and growing pains. Tranquilizers for the soul.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained – evolution’s cruelest joke
Why is everyone upset? I once knew but I forget. Something happened,
Something strange, something it appears has changed
Hey . . . Don’t you know? We’re just products of our times
And hey, what d’ya say? Show me yours, I’ll show you mine
Hey, what d’ya say? Hey, what d’ya say? Please don’t ever –
Oh God, here’s that question now, the one that makes me go insane
I’d gladly tear my heart out if you never, never, never, never change
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Daniel Elfman
Change lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Lyrics: Desolation Row
They’re selling postcards of the hanging, they’re painting the passports brown
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors, the circus is in town
Here comes the blind commissioner, they’ve got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker, the other is in his pants
And the riot squad they’re restless, they need somewhere to go
As Lady and I look out tonight, from Desolation Row
Cinderella, she seems so easy, “It takes one to know one, ” she smiles
And puts her hands in her back pockets Bette Davis style
And in comes Romeo, he’s moaning. “You Belong to Me I Believe”
And someone says, “You’re in the wrong place, my friend, you’d better leave”
And the only sound that’s left after the ambulances go
Is Cinderella sweeping up on Desolation Row
Now the moon is almost hidden, the stars are beginning to hide
The fortune telling lady has even taken all her things inside
All except for Cain and Abel and the hunchback of Notre Dame
Everybody is making love or else expecting rain
And the Good Samaritan, he’s dressing, he’s getting ready for the show
He’s going to the carnival tonight on Desolation Row
Ophelia, she’s ‘neath the window for her I feel so afraid
On her twenty-second birthday she already is an old maid
To her, death is quite romantic she wears an iron vest
Her profession’s her religion, her sin is her lifelessness
And though her eyes are fixed upon Noah’s great rainbow
She spends her time peeking into Desolation Row
Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood with his memories in a trunk
Passed this way an hour ago with his friend, a jealous monk
Now he looked so immaculately frightful as he bummed a cigarette
And he when off sniffing drainpipes and reciting the alphabet
You would not think to look at him, but he was famous long ago
For playing the electric violin on Desolation Row
Dr. Filth, he keeps his world inside of a leather cup
But all his sexless patients, they’re trying to blow it up
Now his nurse, some local loser, she’s in charge of the cyanide hole
And she also keeps the cards that read, “Have Mercy on His Soul”
They all play on the penny whistles, you can hear them blow
If you lean your head out far enough from Desolation Row
Across the street they’ve nailed the curtains, they’re getting ready for the feast
The Phantom of the Opera in a perfect image of a priest
They are spoon feeding Casanova to get him to feel more assured
Then they’ll kill him with self-confidence after poisoning him with words
And the Phantom’s shouting to skinny girls, “Get outta here if you don’t know”
Casanova is just being punished for going to Desolation Row”
At midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew
Come out and round up everyone that knows more than they do
Then they bring them to the factory where the heart-attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders and then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles by insurance men who go
Check to see that nobody is escaping to Desolation Row
Praise be to Nero’s Neptune, the Titanic sails at dawn
Everybody’s shouting, “Which side are you on?!”
And Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot fighting in the captain’s tower
While calypso singers laugh at them and fishermen hold flowers
Between the windows of the sea where lovely mermaids flow
And nobody has to think too much about Desolation Row
Yes, I received your letter yesterday, about the time the doorknob broke
When you asked me how I was doing, was that some kind of joke
All these people that you mention, yes, I know them, they’re quite lame
I had to rearrange their faces and give them all another name
Right now, I can’t read too good, don’t send me no more letters no
Not unless you mail them from Desolation Row
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Bob Dylan
Desolation Row lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Universal Music Publishing Group

Conflux Cornucopia Cerebellum Cocktail Hour Episode #006-The Supersonic Alliance of Electric Light vs. The Psycho-Somatic Kung Fu Priestess

August 19, 9pm

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Hello my fellow sonic obsessive friends. Each week gets to be more and more fun as I get to tinker with aural elixirs and bend your mind to see the imagery the sound produces. This week we are exploring the comic book mind, anime, sci-fi, kung fu, head chopping, sword swinging, space swashbuckling action figures. Get into the pseudo Rock Opera vibe.

I would love to hear feedback from you listeners. If you have requests, themes you’d like me to explore, or any comments at all, please post below in the comments section.

This weeks set list.

1. Seven Laws of Woo (5:01) by Praxis from Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) (1992) Funk/Metal/Experimental
2. Queen of the Crime Counsel (0:57) Movie Sound Clip Featuring Lucy Liu from the film Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
3. Astral Sabbat (6:27) by Jess and the Ancient Ones from Astral Sabbat (2013) Psychedelic Rock

4. Our Lady of Electric Light (3:52) by Clutch from Psychic Warfare (2015) Rock
5. Shadow Warrior (5:43) by Blue Oyster Cult from Club Ninja (1986) Rock

6. Supersonic Man (8:10) by Black Bonzo from Guilotine Drama (2009) Rock
7. The End of Dormancy (7:42) by Voivod from The Wake (2018) Metal
8. We found these men in the grave yard….kill them all…uncredited film cut.
9. Animated Violence (5:06) by Oh Sees from Orc (2017) Metal
10. The Professor & the Madman (5:59) by BigElf from Into the Maelstrom (2014) Metal

11. Tempest and the Tide (5:06) by Purson from The Circle and the Blue Door (2013) Rock
12. My Journey to the Stars (6:53) by Hypnos 69 from Legacy (2010) Rock

13. Queens Will Play (5:17) by Black Mountain from Into the Future (2008) Indie Rock
14. Wailing Wintry Wind (5:55) by Baroness from the Red Album (2007) Metal
15. Satori (Enlightenment) Pt. 1 (3:38) by The Claypool Lennon Delirium from Lime and Limpid Green (2017) Psychedelic Rock

16. Sleeping Giant (5:36) by Mastodon from Blood Mountain (2006) Progressive Metal
17. Absolution (4:51) by Ghost from Meliora (2015) Metal
18. You’re My Wicked Life (1:14) Dialogue featuring Uma Thurman from the film Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
19. Die By the Drop (3:29) by The Dead Weather from Sea of Cowards (2010) Rock

20. Surface-to-Air Whistle (6:19) by All Them Witches from Lightning at the Door (2013) Rock
21. Green Rain (5:14) by M.I.R.V. from Feeding Time on Monkey Island (1997) Alternative Rock
22. The War is Over (4:42) by Anekdoten from Gravity (2004) Progressive Rock

23. Well, Everybody’s Fucking in a U.F.O. (2:43) by Rob Zombie from The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser (2016) Metal

Mic Break Music: Guitar, Flute & String by Moby from 18 (1999) Electronica.

Next week…..don’t know yet…it’ll be fun…..see you then.