Episode 248: The Harry Haller Holiday Special, 2020 Retrospective

We did it kids! We made it! Look for more of the same in the coming months.

I mean that in a lot of ways.

"Caberfae Peaks" by Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band from Nightmare Forever. Courtesy of Castle Face.

"The Splendor That Was Rome" by Hamerkop from Remote. Courtesy of Drag City.

"Run Like Hell" by Nine Inch Nails from Ghosts VI: Locusts. Released with a Creative Commons License.

"Pandemi Pa Handelo" by Ock from II. Courtesy of Rocket.

"Let's Talk About You" by Madeleine Cocolas from Ithaca. Courtesy of Room 40. 

"Floyd's Organ" by Adam Shephard from See. Courtesy of the artist

"Queen of Crickets" by Less Bells from Mourning Jewelry. Courtesy of Kranky.

"A4" by Dungen from Live. Courtesy of Mexican Summer.

"Windows" by Daniel Lopatin from Uncut Gems. Courtesy of Warp.

"Depse" by T Gowdy from Therapy With Colour. Courtesy of Constellation Records.

"You Ain't Takin My Man" by Sparkle Division from To Feel Embraced. Courtesy of Temporary Residence.

"Tess" by Swanox from Jokes About Rain. Courtesy of Not Not Fun. 

May our 2021 be less and more in every way they should. 

Episode 247: Spiritus Mundi

Episode 246: Moody Brits in Eyeliner

Autumn has fallen and we go into the home stretch of 2020. Please survive. 

"Nights Introlude (Live in Chicago)" by Nightmares on Wax from Smokers Delight: Sonic Buds. Courtesy of Warp

"Love's Refrain" by Julie Byrne and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma from Mexican Summer's Looking Glass Series. 

"Rat Snake" by Shit and Shine from Malibu Liquor Store. Courtesy of Rocket Recordings.

"Queen of Crickets" by Less Bells from Mourning Jewelry. Courtesy of Kranky.

"Enemy" by Mosses and Lichens from Piss on the World. Courtesy of Not Not Fun.

"Spirit Refinement Exploder" by Inventions from Continuous Portrait. Courtesy of Temporary Residence.

"Johnny and Mary" by Black Marble from I Must be Living Twice. Courtesy of Sacred Bones.

"Temporal Extravagance" by Pinkcourtesyphone from Leaving Everything to Be Desired. Courtesy of Room 40.

"Angels Pharmacy" by Actress featuring Zsela from Karma and Desire. Courtesy of Ninja Tune.

"Arising and Passing" by Greg Fox from Contact. Courtesy of RVNG, Intl.

"Cinderella Stamps Outside Air" by Ashtray Navigations from Greatest Imaginary Hits. Courtesy of VHF Records.

The Spartacus Classic release for this episode is the ICE album Under the Skin.

Episode 245: Fading Away and Scattering

Nine years into 2020 and another show of meditative music for those locked inside.

"Old Organs" by Tangents from Timeslips. Courtesy of Temporary Residence.

"Peace Place" by Coral Club from Nowhere Island. Courtesy of Not Not Fun.

"Faca De Ar" by GNOD & João Pais Filipe from Faca De Fogo. Courtesy of Rocket Recordings. 

"The Steelyard" by MJ Guider from Sour Cherry Bell. Courtesy of Kranky. 

"Klang" by KRMU from Peel. Couresy of Editions Mego. 

"Planet Caravan" by Moon Duo from the Sacred Bones compilation What is This That Stands Before Me.

"Gong of Catastrophe" by Osees from Protean Threat. Courtesy of CastleFace.

"Approaching" by Sam Prekop from Comma. Courtesy of Thrill Jockey. 

"I Get By" by The Cigarettes from The Sky's Not Blue It's Happy. Courtesy of Mexican Summer. 

"Mark Yourself" by Six Organs of Admittance from Companion Rises. Courtesy of Drag City.  

The Spartacus Classic Release this month is Dots and Loops by Stereolab.

Episode 244: Seams and Scars

This show went through more changes than most. Some bombastic beginnings and low-key endings. 

"Monte Fisto" by Hudson Mohawke from B. B. H. E. Courtesy of Warp.

"Arms to the Sky" by Magik Markers from Isolated from Exterior Time: 2020. Courtesy of Drag City.

"Adam's Apple" by Matmos from The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form. Courtesy of Thrill Jockey.

"Dreams" by Romare from Home. Courtesy of Ninja Tune.

"Detached Living" by Rites Wild from Ways of Being. Courtesy of Not Not Fun.

"Sprites" by Bent Arcana from their self-titled album. Courtesy of Castle Face.

"A Little Way Different" by Moon Duo from Escape (Expanded Edition). Courtesy of Sacred Bones. 

"Sleep" by Adam Shephard from Plague Hymns. Courtesy of the artist. 

"Bororo by Hama from Houmeissa. Courtesy of Sahel Sounds.

"Four Women and Darkness" by J. Zunz from Hibiscus. Courtesy of Rocket Recordings.

"Tomita" by Jaga Jazzist from Pyramid. Courtesy of Smalltown Supersound.

The Spartacus Classic album this episode is Tiemo  by Thomas Koner. 

Episode 243: Shivering Wisdom

Still alive on this end. Hopefully you are the same. Self medicate and chill...

"You Ain't Takin My Man" by Sparkle Division fro To Feel Embraced. Courtesy of Temporary Residence.
"Impressions" by Paint from Spiritual Vegas. Courtesy of Mexican Summer.
"Canone Infinito" by Lorenzo Senni from Scacco Matto. Courtesy of Warp.
"Lowly Ants" by Jack Face from Weird Moon. Courtesy of Castle Face.
"In Light" by Juliana Barwick from Healing is a Miracle. Courtesy of Ninja Tune.
"Floating Island of the Gods" by Autotelia from I. Courtesy of Rocket Recordings.
"Super Pastiche Fantastique - New Sun I" by Avec le soleil sortant de sa bouche from Zubberdust. Courtesy of Constellation Records.
"Silver Lining" by KTL from VII. Courtesy of Editions Mego.
"Type" by Carmen Villian from Both Lines Will be Blue. Courtesy of Smalltown Supersound.
"Run Like Hell" by Nine Inch Nails from Ghosts VI: Locusts. Released with a Creative Commons License.
"Tess" by Swanox from Jokes About Rain. Courtesy of Not Not Fun. 

The Spartacus Classic Album for this episode is Nancy and Lee by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood.

Episode 242: Crystal

June, 2005. I thought I would try podcasting for a little bit. Thanks for sticking around.

"Garden of Eden - 2000 AD" by Sex Swing from Type II. Courtesy of Rocket Recordings.
"A Couple Swim" by Bibio from Sleep on the Wing. Courtesy of Warp.
"The Movie" by Erik Wollo from Sources (Early Works 1986-1992). Courtesy of Smalltown Supersound.
"Land Disasters" by Blanck Mass from the self titled album. Courtesy of Sacred Bones.
"Fanfare for 7.83 Hz" by Photay from Waking Hours. Courtesy of Mexican Summer.
"Gathering" by Jim White and Marisa Anderson from The Quickening. Courtesy of Thrill Jockey.
"Blowin my Mind" by Oceans of the Moon from their self titled album. Courtesy of CastleFace.
"And" by Markus Floats from Third Album. Courtesy of Constellation.
"Chicago Dream Center" by SiP by Leos Naturals. Courtesy of Not Not Fun.
The tile track from Redeemer by Phase Fatale. Courtesy of Hospital Productions.
The title track from Smile, Jesus Loves You. Courtesy of Drag City.

The classic album for this episode is Coil's Unnatural History.

Episode 241: The Floral Stage of Evolutionary Development

Going out of quarantine, fully expecting more lockdowns. I hope there is a little sanity on your ends.

The title track from Ballet of Apes by Brigid Dawson and the Mothers Network. Courtesy of Castle Face.
"Rainbow" by White Poppy from Paradise Gardens. Courtesy of Not Not Fun.
"Soar" by France Jobin from Death is Perfection Everything Else is Relative.  Courtesy of Editions Mego.
"Living Room" by Dope Body from Home Body. Courtesy of Drag City.
"Remind U" by Flying Lotus from Flamagra (Instrumentals). Courtesy of Warp.
"Sails Across the Sea" by the compilation Sad About the Times. Courtesy of Mexican Summer.
"Qasan" by Kooba Tercu from Proto Tekno. Courtesy of Rocket Recordings.
"Dusk Tempi" by Field Works with Eluvium from Ultrasonic. Courtesy of Temporary Residence.
"Grace" by Soft Pink Truth from Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase. Courtesy of Thrill Jockey.
"Depse" by T Gowdy from Therapy With Colour. Courtesy of Constellation Records.
"Toejam Boxdrum" by Astral Social Club and Grumbling Fur Time Machine Orchestra from Plasma Splice Trifle. Courtesy of VHF.

The Spartacus Classic album this episode is the Some Bizarre compilation If You Can't Please Yourself, You Can't Please Your Soul.

Episode 240: A Mere Bogy of the Mind

More time inside. Listen to music. Facebook likes me again, so like the show over there.

"Kerosene" by Yves Tumor from Heaven to a Tortured Mind. Courtesy of Warp.
"Kalimboid" by Arp from Ensemble - Live! Courtesy of Mexican Summer.
"Volcans Engloutis" by Vague Imaginaires from L'Ile D'Or. Courtesy of Not Not Fun.
"Empty" by Maserati from Enter the Mirror. Courtesy of Temporary Residence.
"Lessons (Ras G Remix)" by The Cinematic Orchestra from To Believe (Remixes). Courtesy of Ninja Tune.
"Several Bullets in my Head" by Once and Future Band from Deleted Scenes. Courtesy of Castle Face.
"The Mouth" by Hilary Woods from Birthmarks. Courtesy of Sacred Bones.
"Part I - I've Got That Trans-Dimensional Feeling Again" by JOYFULTALK from A Separation of Being.  Courtesy of Constellation Records.
"Runners Knee" by Linstron from Live At Henie Onstad Kunstsenter. Courtesy of Smalltown Supersound.
"Incantation in C" by Kuro from their self-titled album. Courtesy of Rocket Recordings.

The Classic release of this month is Ambient 4: Isolationism.

Episode 239: Requiem for a Dream Which Was not All a Dream

The link above you is for the current show, but this is a weird time. We are all shut down, or should be, the streets are empty, I'm doing a lot of biking. There are lots of problems with the show. Facebook won't let me post direct links and if you are using Chrome on Mixcloud it doesn't play. I am working both issues. But the new show is linked above, and I am linking to a ton of music after the show notes so you can wile away the hours.

"Detroit People Mover" by Squarepusher from Be Up a Hello. Courtesy of Warp.
"Out in the Open: by Nine Inch Nails from Ghosts V: Together. Creative Commons Licensed from the artist.
"Coil" by Helen Money from Atomic. Courtesy of Thrill Jockey.
"A4" by Dungen from Live. Courtesy of Mexican Summer.
"At All Costs" by PBDY from Careworn. Courtesy of Ninja Tune.
"Initial Revelation" by Umberto from Confrontations. Courtesy of Not Not Fun.
"The Splendor That Was Rome" by Hamerkop from Remote. Courtesy of Drag City.
"Pandemi Pa Handelo" by Ock from II. Courtesy of Rocket.
"Last Days" by Daniel Davies from Signals. Courtesy of Sacred Bones.
"Eternal Memories and Reincarnation" by Envy from The Fallen Crimson. Courtesy of Temporary Residence.
"There is a Drone in Griffith Park" by L.A. Takedown from Our Feeling of Natural High. Courtesy of Castle Face.

Here is a lot of music to waste your shelter-in-place time.

To start, a classic Spartacus Classic, recursive as it can be. Randy Greif's Alice is almost 6 hours of music from the turn of the 90s. Greif took a vintage three album set of Alice in Wonderland, and with a good deal of studio wankery turned them into a tour de force of psychedelic weirdness.

Here is a Halloween show that I hid the link to a couple of years ago. You have about two hours of spooky drones.

Here is the earliest show still available. (Show Notes) Start at the end and work forward.

Here are some of the Retrospective Episodes
2019 (ShowNotes)
2018 (ShowNotes)
2017 (ShowNotes)
2016 (entire show retrospective) (ShowNotes)
2015 (ShowNotes)
2014 (ShowNotes)
2013 (ShowNotes)
2012 (ShowNotes)
2011 (ShowNotes)
2010 (ShowNotes)
2008
2007

Episode 238: Driven by Distraction

The year marches on, and this may be the most schizophrenic show in years because of a couple of strange songs that don't fit anywhere.

"Imperial, Blood" by Witchchord from The Southern Hells. Courtesy of the artist.
"Konta Chorus" by The Utopia Strong from their self-titled album. Courtesy of Rocket Recordings.
"It Is Sunday Morning" by Jung Jaeil from the soundtrack to Parasite. Courtesy of Sacred Bones.
"Caberfae Peaks" by Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band from Nightmare Forever. Courtesy of Castle Face.
"Sad Nudes" by Cate Le Bon and Group Listening from Here It Comes Again. Courtesy of Mexican Summer.
"Rivers of Mind" by the Rose City Band from their self-titled album. Courtesy of Thrill Jockey.
"Broken Book" by Oog Bogo from their self-titled EP. Courtesy of Drag City.
"Pink and Blue (Instrumental)" by Tycho from Pink and Blue. Courtesy of Ninja Tune.
"Para La Olimpiada" by Marble from Diego. Courtesy of Not Not Fun.
"Golden Axe" by Flying Lotus from Flying Lotus Presents Infinity "Infinitum". Courtesy of Warp.
"Abyss Forms" by Eluvium from Virga I. Courtesy of Temporary Residence.

This Spartacus Classic album this month is Upstairs at Eric's by Yaz.

Episode 237: A Better Type of Apocalypse

The sixteenth calendar year of the Spartacus Roosevelt Hour. I can't pimp the show on Facebook because they have decided the show is Spam, but I am working on that. Thanks for your continued support.

"Kawasemi Ah" by OOIOO from Nijimusi. Courtesy of Thrill Jockey.
"Neochrome" by Saariselka from The Ground Our Sky. Courtesy of Temporary Residence.
"Anticipation of the Night" by Julie's Haircut from In the Silence Electric. Courtesy of Rocket Recordings.
The title track from Stress by Tycho. Courtesy of Ninja Tune.
"Red Sky Sprawl" by Xander Harris from The New Dark Age of Love. Courtesy of Not Not Fun.
"Windows" by Daniel Lopatin from Uncut Gems. Courtesy of Warp.
"Unknown To The Peacock The Serpent And Scorpion Conspire (Alessandro Cortini Remix)" by Vatican Shadow from American Flesh for Violence. Courtesy of Hospital Productions.
"Love Again" by Mr. Elevator from Goodbye Blue Sky. Courtesy of Castle Face.
"Not This Time" by Andy Stott from It Should Be Us. Courtesy of Modern Love.
"Mise En Abyme" by Joni Void from Mise en Abyme. Courtesy of Constellation Records. 

The Spartacus Classic Album for this episode is in honor of Trent Reznor's admission to the Rock and Roll Hall of fame, Fixed by the Nine Inch Nails.