Previously our Zercon Pt. 1 Episode, enjoy a reworked stroll through the history and works of singer Scott Walker up to his album Bish Bosch, where our “Zercon” analysis takes up. More Scott talk to come, including a chat the lovely Jeanne Hospod of the online Scott Walker community. But for now we sleep! Bells and whistles on soonest.

Our redux and reimagining of the 2018 boondoggle review of Scott Walker’s epic 21-minute “Zercon: A Flagpole Sitter (SDSS 1416+13b),” a song equally about a Moorish dwarf of Attila the Hun’s late kingdom as it is a reflection on cynicism, striving, and the artistic struggle to not go up a tall pole and never be heard from again. There are jokes and moving moments throughout, and valuable lessons to be learned. Grease on up and come on down, the air is fine.

Attributions/Sources

An exploration of the sonic/magic/esoteric works of Sweet Wreath via a blessed conversation with founder Jasper Lee. We talk about the recent Vernal Scuzz album, his late friend Nancy Richmond and their collaboration, cut-up technology, transcendental-collective social activity, and many things besides. Be merry and explorative with links below for they contain many treasures of this most excellent creative person.

Sweet Wreath Bandcamp
https://sweetwreath.com/

Vernal Scuzz

Nancy Richmond: Cheaha Mountain Rainbows write-up by Jasper

Two friends of local music delighted me with their presence and fielded my questions with aplomb. Their Vernal Scuzz tracks will be sounded and beckoning fates re-beguiled. You can hear more from Vernal Scuzz in this interview with Sweet Wreath founder Jasper Lee, and at links below.

(Available as a video on Youtube)

0:00:00 – Opening Flashback / Monologue
0:08:25 – “Song of Will” (Gale) - Mother Harmony /
0:10:47 – Worst Spills ushers in “People Like Me” (Coley, Nelson) /
0:12:54 – Interview w/ James and Mika (background & experience) /
0:29:00 – “Sickle” - Vernal Scuzz /
0:31:24 – Interview pt 2 (re: Vernal Scuzz, touring NE /
0:50:10 – Informal survey /

Sweet Wreath Bandcamp
https://sweetwreath.com/ (Highly Recommended Browsing)

Article on Wheelchair as Extension of Peripersonal Space and others citing it

Sister Sniffle / Worst Spills / A bit of info on Mother Harmony

A bit of guided experimentation with pleas for self-reported data.

Email us at operatorsdesk@protonmail.com

Studies consulted: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28701912/ … https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39414877/

Thanks to the Monroe Institute as invaluable inspiration and point of departure.

A bit of guided experimentation with pleas for self-reported data.

Email us at operatorsdesk@protonmail.com or comment on our webzone at theearthhotel.org

Studies consulted: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28701912/ … https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39414877/

Thanks to the Monroe Institute as invaluable inspiration and point of departure.

(Contains segments of 256-250Hz (6hz) and 18010-18000Hz (10Hz) Binaural Beats. Do not use while driving, operating heavy machinery, or running for political office. This does not constitute medical or really any other kind of advice and the EH etc are not responsible for effects resulting from this experiment.)

Alternate version of this track and its counterpart with Limited Instruction can be found here— including non-binaural with/out waves, and vocal only.

As part of our re-instituted NSAID word program, this introductory half-hour demonstration of the cut-up method of writing/divination/propaganda sieve/perspective-splitter at the heart of NSAID also serves as a general set of disclaimers, explanations, and political anti-Dixie-whistling (for people) that well-apply to our efforts going forward. Enjoy! You can find a visual aid on our Youtube channel here. Guess we’ll find out how long until this becomes outright illegal.

Saturn Release Show Dec. 22 with Mother Harmony and Flusnoix //

Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund //
AIDS Alabama Housing and Homeless Prevention //

Patreon //
Kofi //

Jacquie Cotillard on Bandcamp //

In this circular return to form, Jacquie discusses Worst Spills’ new albums with bandmate Joel Nelson, among a weathered invocation for our new movement into method. Heart abounds here in the dark Yuletime. You’ll hear again before the year turns.

Albums:
Mister Sweet Whisper (out now) //
Hum Death (available for pre-order) //
Worst Spills (first album) //

Press for Mister Sweet Whisper:
KLOF Magazine //
Pitchfork //

Saturn Release Show Dec. 22 with Mother Harmony and Flusnoix //

Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund //
AIDS Alabama Housing and Homeless Prevention //

Patreon //
Kofi //

Jacquie Cotillard on Bandcamp //
Joel Nelson on Bandcamp (check out his most recent from October, No Name Fair Game) /

00:00:00 – Welcome Back/Involution/Invocation //
00:05:31 – Operator’s Monologue //
00:20:50 – “Club Roma” – Johnny Coley //
00:27:10 – Intro to Interview, Dates //
00:30:47 – “Mama, They Fed Me to the Pig” – Worst Spills //
00:33:33 – Interview with Joel Nelson //
01:07:47 – “Eppes” – Worst Spills //
01:11:26 – Interview pt 2 //
01:24:29 – “Dancing Like An Assassin” – Johnny Coley //

Joel Nelson / Brad Davis / Jasper Lee / Jacquie Cotillard (Saturn Scare Your Face-Off Fest 2021)

Performing pieces by Throbbing Gristle as the outfit Worst Spills:

0.00.00 - “20 Jazz Funk Greats”
0.02.45 - ”Convincing People”
0.06.52 - ”What a Day”
0.12.00 - ”Slugbait (Texas Edit)”
0.20.00 - ”Still Walking”
0.26.33 - ”Discipline”

Many thanks to our hosts, sound engineers, and battered audience.
Intended to be played as close to threshold of pain as possible, preferably outside or in open traffic.

Each word and countersign rings out with love and meta-wisdom.

Welcome to Fall.

Interview and travel-thru with Scott Bazar, progenitor of the Fork and Spoon creation house in Panama City, Florida and of a startling method of music-making that brought this operator to teary thanks. Music from collaborators and eldritch storage wars.

0.00.00 - Welcome to the Fall-ing /
0.03.34 - "Fauna" - Bad Calm Zero + Jeff McLeod /
0.06.47 - "Unit 40" (Short Fiction) /
0.13.20 - Intro to Scott /
0.14.51 - "aq6" - Lewis Perry, DK, Scott Bazar feat. ACAB /
0.18.22 - NSAID Horoscope from Joe Davita /
0.19.12 - "Talking Novelty Trout" - Plutonian Burrito /
0.28.33 - Interview with Scott (feat. Joel Switzer) /
1.05.30 - Electromagnetic Music dEMMo /
1.09.12 - Barkers of the Wrong Tree at the Fork and Spoon /

Welcome to this Fall of All Things, in a season of somethings-new.
Send your mp3s for a Nov. Music Mix to theearthhotel@gmail.com

0.00.00 - Welcome to Fall /
0.11.54 - "Buffet of Sabotage" - Tomato Face (PA) /
0.14.59 - "Kick and Scream" - The Williamson Bros. (BHM) /
0.17.35 - "Check Engine Light" - Past Fashions (WI) /
0.21.31 - "Call It What You Want" - Rude and True (BHM) /
0.24.19 - "Curled Toes" - Alyssa Joseph (NASH) /
0.27.59 - "Black Stars" - Fourth Mansions (ATH) /
0.30.49 - "What's Going Down" - Brotha Josh (Holt) (BHM) /
0.33.46 - "Rising Angel" - Epic Ganesh (TAL) /
0.38.41 - "The Great Calamity" - Challenger Deep (ATL) /
0.44.08 - "The Pixies Should Have Wrote This Song" - Platter of PuPu (BHM) /
0.48.41 - "Talking to Yourself" - Wanda (HSV) /
0.52.09 - "I'm Dangerous" - Calliope Pettis (PCB) /
0.54.57 - "We Danced and It Had Eyes Flat Like Gold Coins" - Serenity Dagger (AL/FL) /

Tonight: "a total observer of Southern culture," Johnny Coley is a poet and a gem in the heart of Birmingham, a lifelong practicioner of the quiet wei that jokes in the open air. He makes us feel like we might be alive, and we like that. Take this trip with us from one May Day, through one June afternoon, and into the recorded past in words and music. Bienvenus.

Our interview was recorded by patron saints Jasper Lee and Joel Nelson, who joined Johnny by the Maypole in the opening live performance, along with the indubitable Jimmy Griffin, (a previous guest of this desk). Joel also provided the astounding music bed that accompanies our interview. Many warm thanks to our West Ambassador for that. Buy Johnny's book -- it's a gorgeous blue and full of unexpected dad laughs you didn't know you had in you.

Suggests Nightfall (2021 book) - https://sweetwreath.bandcamp.com/album/suggests-nightfall
Antique Sadness (album) - https://sweetwreath.bandcamp.com/album/antique-sadness

In which Keith gives plenty of firsthand accounts of power imbalance in Birmingham and we discuss what empowering the underserved communities here actually looks like. A City Council that serves the interests of the people first is very possible -- now it's time to advocate for that to happen and soonest.

VOTE AUGUST 24TH. CITY COUNCIL, SCHOOL BOARD, AND MAYOR.

District 6 includes: Southern half of Graymont, Southern fourth of Smithfield, Five Points South, Mason City, Powderly (all but southwest edge), Titusville, Woodland Park, Arlington West-End, northeast fourth of Oakwood Place, northeast third of West End Manor.

Campaign site: www.keithowilliams.info
Platform source: https://vote-usa.org/Intro.aspx?State=AL&Id=ALWILLIAMSKEITHO&nc=1&X=63762929487
(FBI) Drummond Scandal: https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/alabama-legislator-lawyer-coal-exec-sentenced-in-public-corruption-case-021919
Wet Bulb Effect: https://www.insider.com/us-wet-bulb-heat-can-kill-healthy-people-2021-7
Alabama Crime Stats: https://crime.alabama.gov/Data/LocalCrime
National Crime Stats (2017): https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/clearances
Bham Watch on Policing: https://birminghamwatch.org/birmingham-police-need-the-publics-help-in-solving-homicides-woodfin-says/

My musical friend is here to tell y’all about her new album coming out on April 19, Play Place. It’s really great! We preview the song “It’s All a Dream” (call your local radio and demand it!) and take a look in her toybox of ambient amusements. Join the listening party on Bandcamp at 8pm Apr. 19 and follow her to hear and see more. Thanks everybody! Good job!

(Also Dial Alaska, John Albea’s outfit. Congratulations to the new fiancees!):
https://www.dialalaska.com/about‍ ‍https://dialalaska.bandcamp.com/

We didn’t even talk about her ding-dang musical! MASK ON THE WALL

In which we discuss the benefits of a new vision of Birmingham's City Council -- a collective effort to fulfill their obligation to the citizenry. Could ya even imagine that? Alice and I certainly can. She gives her platform and I try not to talk too much. Enjoy!

VOTE AUGUST 24TH. CITY COUNCIL, SCHOOL BOARD, AND MAYOR.

District 3 is: Glen Iris, Forest Park, South and East Avondale, Highland Park, Crestwood South, Five Points South, and Redmont Park.

You can reach Alice Speake at (205)-282-9214 and at info@speakeforthepeople.com
Campaign site: https://www.speakeforthepeople.com/
The SEAP (Southern Economic Advancement Project) - https://theseap.org/about/
GASP - https://gaspgroup.org/
CAHOOTS model: https://birminghamwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reform-and-Reimagine-Birmingham-Public-Safety.pdf

A long blessed week, one Monday to next, and a Thursday betwixt, music hours to digest.
More sonic from May of a spoopier kind, having two sets of three under languid design.
Welcome back to this house. There's some doors in this house. There's some doors in this house.

0.01.47 - "Met a Witch" - Vericose
0.09.25 - "Meth Addict at Midnight" - Oyster Guard
0.14.58 - "I Still Forget Your Fuck'n Gone" - AM Radio
0.22.23 - "Nest" - Vericose
0.29.40 - "Real Eyes Realize the Gelatin of My Dull Cow Eyes" - Oyster Guard
0.35.59 - "The Whole of Humanity in a Blanket" - AM Radio

https://vericose.bandcamp.com/
https://oysterguard.bandcamp.com/

Our feature presentation comes from a May Day celebration, courtesy of Jasper Lee at Sweetwreath for hosting and Paul Wilm of Psychic Tuesday for recording. The companion episode, Swarming Nights at the Nick, can be found here.

0.00.00 - All Having Said That
0.01.46 - Silica Gel Trio - Invocation

Noble:
0.06.06 - “Yellow Blood”
0.08.58 - “Sun’s Goin’ Down”
0.12.49 - “Will I?”

Cleers:
0.18.55 - “How Bad I Miss You’
0.24.59 - “Chrome Electric Chair with Face”

0.30.32 - Silica Gel Trio - “Convincing People”

Were you planning on sleeping tonight? An inside look at the spooky pictures that make us remember where we are.

The Society of the Spectacle

Solar Sands:
“Liminal Spaces (Exploring an Altered Reality)”
”Fake Liminal Spaces”

Jacob Geller’s Youtube Channel

PBS Idea Channel “Are All Hotels the Same Place?”

Kitty Horrorshow

I invite you inside a more virtual room, in this case J167 – a conversation between myself and an esteemed entertainer in Birmingham, Jermaine “Funnymaine” Johnson. Links to all of his projects in the description, including his podcast available on Facebook called “We Got Bills,” with B Brian Crawford. He is the comedian who took a stand last summer which led to the removal of the Confederate Statue in Linn Park, and we open up the windows and air out some information for you to consider.

Funnymaine is Funnymaine in all the social platform rooms

We Got Bills:

v94.9 (The Think Tank)

HB 445: https://www.billtrack50.com/BillDetail/1328243

Senate Judiciary Committee is:

Rodger Smitherman Ranking minority member
Linda Coleman-Madison
Vivian Figures
Malika Sanders-Fortier
Bobby Singleton
Cam Ward Chair
Will Barfoot Vice chair
Greg Albritton
Sam Givhan
Arthur Orr
Larry Stutts
Tom Whatley (Send Whatley my sloppy regards, that fiendpig.)

Jacquie jumps into the propaganda contest and we dissect some lines from the Mayor's Office.

Magic City Spotlight Podcast:
https://magiccitymondays.libsyn.com/website

Episode 5? 15? "Superpowers and Storytelling":
https://magiccitymondays.libsyn.com/website/superpowers-and-storytelling

Woke Vote: https://wokevote.us/

A music mix from our friends in this between time. Happy Solstice.

0.00.00 - David's Welcome & About the Music /

0.07.38 - “Behold” - Mother Harmony /

0.10.41 - “Dahlia” - Mel Crozby and Richard Daniel /

0.12.12 - “Marina” - Osla /

0.15.27 - “frozen iguanas, bless their hearts” /

- J Hamilton Issacs /

0.16.38 - “This is Not a Carol” - Anne LeBaron /

0.19.05 - “Inauguration Day” - Black Plastique /

0.22.40 - “No More Heroes” - ethos /

0.24.57 - “No Feeling Is Final” - The Tape Recorders /

0.27.54 - “Winter’s Feelings” - Sweet Wreath /

0.31.45 - “Piano Jolt” - Mems /

0.37.38 - “Dopamine” - Atomic Subculture /

0.43.01 - Julianna the Ubersecretary on Herman the Trashman /

0.43.32 - “No Resolve” - Future Trees /

0.48.53 - “Skink Song” - Colamo /

0.52.08 - “Jive Stick” - Jordan Glenn /

0.56.11 - Noble @ Lestat's West /

1.01.57 - “Clocked” - No Radio /

1.05.12 - “Words Drums” - Paganomuzak /

1.10.49 - “I’m Not Afraid of the Dark” - The Murder of Jane Crow /

1.14.01 - “Cash Out” - Joel Nelson /

1.28.48 - “Seven Parkas” - Plutonian Burrito /

Appendices A and B for NSAID Report 80-01

In which I read the source text, article “Comment and Correspondence,” and the cut-render versions of the text before translation without sound cues to indicate cuts.

A: “Notes from Paris” from source text, The Antiquarian
B: “Paris Notes”, Mark Twain, cut from A Tramp Abroad

Appendix C, operator notes, are available soon on Patreon as part of this month’s bonus content. I will link here when it is uploaded there. Doing this a bit piecemeal, f’give me.

Join us for this watchdog conversation detailing the unusual budget process that has defunded Birmingham City Services for the profit of investment firms. People across the city are suffering due to the Mayor’s apparent manipulation of this process and his alleged misleading of the City Council and the People. The research and diligence of these grassroots heroes in piecing this story together is a service that must not go unheard.

Follow Peoplebudgetbirmingham on Instagram and Facebook to learn more in the upcoming days bout the Orwellian facial recognition software going before the City Council on Oct. 13.

Sources:

Raymond James Website on Pensions and Credit Rating

Woodfin Way Strategic Plan 2018 - 2018 Update - 2019 Update

Original Black Agenda

Woodfin’s Self Report Card, June 2020

Article on Grassroots Coalition refuting Woodfin’s Report

Independent Article from Donald Watkins on Woodfin

0.00.00 - On Carlo Gesualdo /

0.03.46 - "Chiaro Risplender Suole" /

0.08.09 - State of Birmingham and Future Magick /

0.19.21 - "Fat Mama Kick" (by the Walker Brothers) - JC and JMW at the Nick /

0.28.18 - Support the Magick - Night Hunting Pt 2 Redux /

“Chiaro Risplender Suole” performed by l’Ensemble Métamorphoses de Paris

0.00.00 - Welcome to Your Very News Cycle /

0.04.30 - NSAID Headlines /

0.07.19 - "Unfair" by Nabeel /

0.09.49 - Interview /

0.57.17 - Improv - "Ways of Seeing" /

More music from friends around the dark, and part two of our five-week ritual of Night Hunting.

0.00.00 - Thanks to Substrate Radio /
0.02.22 - "Naming My Boat" - Colamo /
0.05.22 - "Purge for All Explosives" - Davey Williams + Joel Nelson /
0.07.18 - "The Cactus" - Flesh Narc /
0.13.11 - "Zoooooted" - Rumin8 /
0.16.39 - "I Don't Mind" - Future Trees /
0.20.56 - "Metro (full wash)" - BlipVert /
0.23.49 - "The Dirty Hit" - Poly Action /
0.27.11 - "Cradle" - Social Circle /
0.30.01 - "System Error" - Fuiste /
0.34.30 - "The Concealed Diner" - False Jasmine demo /
0.38.34 - "Sequestering Agents" - Dylan Houser + Joel Switzer /
0.53.40 - Night Hunting Ritual Pt 2. - The Squatter's Symbol /

A tour of the sound halls from new and old friends of the podcast

00.00 - Welcome and Invocation of Euterpe /
02.32 - Report from the Operator /
05.33 - "You Should've Been There Too" - Vira Tuis Spunyarn /
10.34 - Introduction to Music 1 /

(All music listed can be found at "artist's name" .bandcamp.com unless otherwise noted)

12.12 - "Mama, I'm Coking Again" - Condor Club /
16.21 - "Could You Lie Out of Lips Like That?" - Oyster Guard (coming soon) /
20.41 - "Pneumatic Orgone House" - Moth Face - mothface1.bandcamp.com /
25.20 - "Upper Wind" - Holly Waxwing - noumenalloom.bandcamp.com /
27.10 - "Septillion Reptilians" - Sevish /
32.13 - "Porcelain Escalator" - Dorudon (releasing Sept 8 on Oakland label Caverns) /
37.58 - "hard house" - Dylan Burchett + Matt Robidoux - objectform.bandcamp.com /
40.23 - "4 Twins" - Joel Nelson + Joel Switzer (unreleased) /
44.07 - "Static Temple" - The Bouquets - earthlibraries.bandcamp.com /
47.03 - "Key" - Tony Hernandez /
51.30 - "P R I N T E R" - Young Robot /

The working-class mayoral candidate for Huntsville, AL joins us to discuss his platform and the nature of control leading up to the election on August 25.

Learn more about his platform and support the campaign if you wish at Andy4thepeople.com

0.00.00 - Lines from the Lobby /
0.02.22 - Message from the Operator /
0.04.02 - "Objections and Answers Respecting the Administration" - Alexander Hamilton /
0.08.43 - NSAID News Review /
0.17.29 - "Take Curse, Go Back" /
0.23.28 - NSAID Report: Words from Mayor Battle and Huntsville Police Chief McMurray /
0.26.40 - Introduction to Guest /
0.30.37 - Interview with Andy Woloszyn /
0.56.54 - "Mother to Son" - Langston Hughes via MLK /
0.59.08 - Intro to Local Music /
1.00.57 - "Protest Song" - Dylan Coffee /
1.04.44 - "Something Good" - Tony Hernandez /

Content Links:
Alexander Hamilton
Mayor Tommy Battle (NSAID)
Police Chief Mark McMurray (NSAID)

Andy Woloszyn Interviews:
In Tune with TMill
Valley Labor Report
LGBTQ+ Town Hall

Music Links:
Dylan Coffee
Tony Hernandez
(Tony on EH 53)

0.00.00 - "Exclaves of Beligum" - TOTM /

0.04.07 - "Darb's Whistle TRACK" - LoFi /

0.09.51 - "Hellacious RAM Pt 1" (JC and TOTM) /

0.21.02 - Three Leo Tarot /

0.28.12 - "LIMBS" - TOTM /

https://www.rumin8erade.bandcamp.com

https://www.treesonthemoon.bandcamp.com

https://www.joelnelson.bandcamp.com

https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/davey-williams

0.00.00 - Cheerful Welcome /

0.01.50 - "Earth Hotel Sonata v178" /

0.02.47 - Substrate Schedule /

0.03.55 - NLS Bumper /

0.05.04 - NSAID Headlines Aug 1-8 /

0.06.41 - Newsletter Promo /

0.07.54 - Five Giant Local Release Steps /

0.09.00 - "Hopeless Curtains at the Wrong Time" - Joel Nelson and Davey Williams /

0.15.28 - "The Dream-Ritual of the New Nacirema" /

0.29.36 - "Dinosaur Teeth" - TOTM /

0.34.45 - Interview with TOTM /

https://www.rumin8erade.bandcamp.com

https://www.treesonthemoon.bandcamp.com

https://www.joelnelson.bandcamp.com

https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/davey-williams

Put on your lead-lined party hats and let’s be a solemn number. 75 years after we let the demon core do the dirty work, we hold this brief moment to reflect and listen into the dark.

0.00.00 - This is Not a Test (Welcome) /
0.03.17 - "Earth Hotel Sonata v287 (Steep Decision)" /
0.05.49 - Journada Del Muerto - Necessary Evil /
0.14.28 - Equipment test /
0.15.16 - Thanks to Substrate Radio /
0.15.40 - NSAID Headlines (Sponsored by SYZYGY Grp) /
0.18.35 - "You've Got the Action, Jackson, But I Have Got the Plan" - Oyster Guard /
0.22.30 - Report from the Operator's Desk /
0.24.36 - Substrate Radio Schedule /
0.27.24 - "Identity Crisis" - Trees on the Moon /
0.32.05 - NSAID Special Report /
0.53.56 - "COVID-19 Fugue" - Sotto Voce Quartet /
1.03.19 - Audiobook Promo /
1.05.24 - Russell-Einstein Manifesto (NYE) /
1.13.45 - Nuclear New Year's Eve Countdown /
1.17.28 - "Minutes to Go" (Words by Brion Gysin) /
1.22.26 - Nuclear Footnote /

COVID-19 Fugue

Trees on the Moon

Substrate Radio

0.00.00 - Introduction /
0.07.09 - Curse Go Back /
0.08.56 - A Word from our Sponsor /
0.09.36 - Introduction to Brad
0.10.43 - "Placid Small Thoughts" - Brad Davis and Joel Nelson /
0.14.45 - Interview with Brad Davis /
0.51.57 - "Twin Titanics" - Spinflex M /
0.55.13 - Closing Spurious Monologue /
1.03.01 - "The Earth Hotel Sonata" (v285) /

Cut-up performed on 1931 article in The Antiquarian magazine, regarding that year’s Colonial Exhibition in Vincennes, France which hosted an exact replica of Mount Vernon surrounded by pavilions depicting American imperial holdings.
Cut was done in 2015, commenting on later events such as the attempted insurrection in South Korea and the 2026 Potomac Sewage spill. Extended annotation has been attempted in order to explore and trace hermeneutic possibilities across three stages of translation, resulting in a dramatic final reading of our result text.

PDF of Operator’s Report, NSAID80-01; contains photographs, all versions of text, annotations, and appendices.

Our man of the daytime night this time is your friend and mine Tony, who’s been heard on the show with his band Rollo, and has now released his first solo record, Pimp Ice. This marvelous album gets a workout in this episode, alongside new music from the EH house band, the Dizzy, and a special NSAID report from our friend Jony Cashe. Featuring words by E. E. Cummings in his own voice, and a short interview with a bizarre creature in the Hotel.

0.00.00 - Ahistorical Welcome

0.00.56 - A Message from Autopilot & NLS

0.03.14 - Guest Intro

0.04.18 - "An Ever Hour Mother" by Jony Cashe (an NSAID song)

0.06.28 - Support the Structure

0.07.37 - "I Could Sample Up" (T.H.)

0.10.57 - Interview with the Abstract Beast in Room 18B-4

0.14.03 - N-Lobby Sounds Grand Opening

0.17.29 - "Metal Perfect" (T.H.)

0.19.53 - "A Poet's Advice to Students" by E.E. Cummings

0.22.58 - "I Think I Figured It Out" (T.H.)

0.24.51 - Interview with Tony Pt. 1

0.47.13 - "When I'm Downtown" (T.H.)

0.49.17 - Interview Pt. 2

1.16.39 - Operator's Korner (On Rituals and Self-Direction)

1.25.26 - "If You Could See the Road" (T.H.)

1.28.37 - Intro to Outro Music

1.32.51 - "Danger Floor (Nude, Is He? Remix)" by the Dizzy

1.35.03 - "Evocation (Comment/Commence) Live!" by JC

1.37.47 - "Thru the Obstacle"

https://tonyhernandez.bandcamp.com/album/pimp-ice

https://nlobbysounds.bandcamp.com/releases

Our friend on the mic this week is Andy, a painter and instructor who joins me in a conversation about the purpose of art and happiness, what down time is for, and why cats are a gift to us all.

0.00.00 - A Message from NSAID, Your Surreal News Service/Episode Introduction
0.05.37 - “Dig to China” - Early James and the Latest
0.09.25 - Interview with Andy Jordan
0.49.54 - ”Dumps Like a Truck” - The Dirty Lungs
0.59.49 - Interview Pt. 2
1.48.18 - “Bundle’s Bolero” - Okapi

Andy Jordan - http://www.pigmentpusher.com/

Early James and the Latest - http://earlyjamesandthelatest.com/
The Dirty Lungs - http://communicatingvessels.com/dirty-lungs/
Okapi - https://okapiband.bandcamp.com/
musicBham - https://www.musicbham.com/

The Earth Hotel/Jacquie Cotillard:
https://facebook.com/earthhotelpodcast/
https://facebook.com/deadjellies
Tw: The_Earth_Hotel
IG: @jc_operator

Youtube: https://youtu.be/py1N5fDgtuE

This is a magical and inspiring interview with a man who is of the bravest of hearts I have had the pleasure of knowing. Bob McKenna operates the Clubhouse on Highland, an elegant wedding destination in Southside Birmingham, which, we come to find out, also serves as a nexus of loving and expansive endeavors of all kinds during the week. Bob has worked as a clinical psychologist, and according to an unbiased review of one of his wedding clients, is a “prince of a man,” a sentiment I will enthusiastically second. In this interview we talk of struggle, compassion, our pervasive curiosity and hope for the future, and how to form a business and a life around the mission of love. Book your wedding or art show or function of any sweet kind at the Clubhouse on Highland, with links below.

Music for this episode comes courtesy of my bill-mates at the Nick back in March, the esteemed Polly Panic (Asheville), and Poly Action (Austin). Murder of Jane Crow also joined us, and you can hear all about their work on our own Episode 27. First is Poly Action with their eponymous song recorded live at DZ Studios outside of Chicago in Hickory Hills, IL. After the interview we’ll ride out the feelings with Polly Panic’s cello-monium in the track “Purpose.”

Thank you for listening, as we rejoin you in the interview room at last. To progress, to purpose, to the future. Semper paratus. Welcome back to the Earth Hotel. See you back in the Lobby on Sunday.

https://pollypanic.bandcamp.com/ + + +

https://polyaction.bandcamp.com/

Introduction - 0:00:00

“Poly Action” Live at DZ Studios - 0.01.44

Interview with Bob McKenna - 0.04.14

Polly Panic - “Purpose” - 1.11.40

Harbin Hot Springs - https://harbin.org/

Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA - https://www.esalen.org/

Clubhouse on Highland - http://clubhouseonhighland.com/

Our blessed and plentiful thanks to Bob for being a part of our experience here. Mahalo.

From the Desk - #1 (III-23-74_2019)

I didn't go away, friends. . . .

As I bring this operation back into equilibrium, I hope that you remain open to the transition. I seek to sew up the gaping wounds in the body of our operation, and help them heal and reform. I have a few practical changes to make:

As we re-establish this remote base of operations, we will be finding active agents and recalling previous contacts to join us in extended conversation, which we will air as independent installments. I want these conversations to be open-ended and untethered from the previous constraints of being the focus of a full episode. There are many people to talk to, and we will release these as they occur, hopefully at a rate of several a month.

Apart from these recorded instances and curated programs such as the long-delayed continuation of the Scott Walker analyses, we are continuing to illustrate and collect our experiences and those of others on the collective plane.

The Inner Lobby is a currently living project, and the workable details are coming together. The first three stories, if you happened to catch them in the last three episodes, served as a quality Alpha test and proof of concept. We maintain that the entries are accurate and they remain to be explored as we return to them. However, we must begin from where we currently find ourselves.

Our fourth entry in the Inner Lobby story was lost prior to broadcast, and must be re-constituted before it is re-released. We would like to check in periodically with these stories, on a nearly-weekly basis, as the stories are collected, verified, and transmitted. Once our equipment and full operative capacities are restored, we aim to provide a feature episode once a month with significant heft, most likely centered around a musical or extensively creative guest with whose work we can spend substantial time, as we've tried to do with previous interview episodes. This leaves plenty of time to include the fiction experiments, further forays into cut-ups, dramatic or serialized fiction and performances from outside sources, and the wealth of new music from our local quarter and abroad.

In short, we'll be staying engaged in frequent, manageable installments.

Consider this the prologue to the Inner Lobby proper, with more to come. In the future, if I have announcements, dates, or news otherwise, I will be making shortened versions of this type of address From the Desk, generally early in the week. By the time you're hearing this transmission, I'll be sitting down with a brave soul to break down their efforts in artistic autonomy in painstaking detail for your depraved entertainment.

3t-6h-8t-(1h-2h)-4t-7h-5t

0.00.00 - Introduction to the Podcast & “The Inner Lobby 3: Rabbits Part 1 (X 8/73)” //
0.02.54 - “The Earth Hotel Sonata (translated) v130” //
0.07.07 - Opening Monologue: “Imaginary Solutions” //
0.09.16 - “Evil” - Joel Nelson et al //
0.14.13 - News from the EH //
0.21.23 - Dates //
0.26.13 -“The Cost of It All” - Flag Day (Brad Davis, Joel Nelson) //
0.30.34 - Interview with Joel Nelson, recorded post Pataphysical Freakout Tour, early July 73//
01.10.04 - (break): “Kinetic Irony (for Davey Williams)” - Joel Nelson //
01.13.40 - Interview continues //
01.45.15 - Post-interview music: “Amazing Grace,” Transmuseq Live, 2007 LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams, Anne LeBaron //
01.48.15 - Reading: “Magic and Loss - The Summation” - Lou Reed //
01.51.28 - “Forgotten” - Dylan Burchett Duo //

“Evil” Joel Nelson, performed at Mills College, Littlefield Concert Hall, V 73. Players are Naomi Harrison-Clay (sax), Timothy Russell (Drums), Lee Hodel (Bass), Maia Ziaee (Synthesizer)

Henry Cow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cow_discography
Ubu Roi - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ubu-roi
Alfred Jarry - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-Jarry
Bob Ostertag - https://bobostertag.bandcamp.com/
Expression (John Coltrane) - https://www.allmusic.com/album/expression-mw0000197323
Interstellar Space (John Coltrane) - https://www.tinymixtapes.com/delorean/john-coltrane-interstellar-space
A Power Stronger Than Itself - https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo5504497.html
Roscoe Mitchell - Nonaah for solo sax - https://www.allaboutjazz.com/roscoe-mitchell-nonaah-by-clifford-allen.php

Surrealism and Pataphysics in the South - FIND IT!

Bibliography

Bailey, Derek, “Improvisation: its nature and practice in music”, (New York: Da Capo Press, 1993), 132

Choucha Nadia, “Surrealism & the Occult Shamanism, Magic, Alchemy, and the Birth of
an Artistic Movement”, (Destiny Books One Park Street Rochester, Vermont 05767, 1992)

Hagberg L. Garry, “Ensemble Improvisation, Collective Intention, and Group Attention”,
in vol. 1 of The Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies, eds. George E.
Lewis and Benjamin Piekut, (New York: Oxford University, 2016), 481

LeBaron Anne, “Reflections of Surrealism in Postmodern Music”, in Postmodern Music
Postmodern Thought, eds. Judy Lochhead and Joseph Auner, (Routledge 29 West 35th
Street New York, New York 10001, 2002), 41, 43, 37

Lewis E. George, “Gettin’ To Know Y’all: Improvised Music, Interculturalism, and the
Racial Imagination”, in The Improvisation Studies Reader Spontaneous Acts eds. 51

Rebecca Caines and Ajay Heble, (Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon,
Oxon OX14 4RN, 2015), 297

MacDonald Raymond and Wilson Graeme, “Billy Connolly, Daniel Barenboim, Willie
Wonka, Jazz Bastards, and the Universality of Improvisation”, in Vol. 2 The Oxford
Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies, (New York: Oxford University, 2016) 116 -117

Shattuck, Roger. "Introduction", in Exploits & Opinions of Doctor Faustroll,
Pataphysician. A Neo-Scientific Novel (Exact Change Boston, 1996), ix

Smith, Ladonna. “Improvisation as Prayer. (n.d.)”, October 6, 2004
<http://theimprovisor.org/web%20ARTICLES/Improvisation_as_Prayer.htm>

Suarez, Juanita. “The Improvisor Festival Review”, 2010. <http://theimprovisor.org/improvfestsitemap.html>

Whitehead, Kevin “Davey Williams: Dancing about the Architecture”, 2010
<http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD39/PoD39DaveyWilliams.html>

Williams, Davey, Solo Gig, “Essential Curiosities in Musical Free Improvisation”.
(Birmingham Alabama: Birdfeeder Edition, 2011), 10

The seat across the from the Operator desk is filled this week by Calliope Pettis, a songwriter and performer from the old Montevallo days who has come into her own since those Eclipse Open Mic nights. To recap after a joint gig at Tropicaleo in Birmingham, and in preparation for her appearance at Fork and Spoon Recordings in Panama City Beach, we sat down and had a vibrant chat about music, creativity, and breaking into new expressive territory.

Links: Meredith Monk //
PCB: Moonlodge Cafe //
Fork and Spoon //
Calliope Instagram //
Youtube //
Andreareally.com
John. E. Funk and the Skunks - theskunks.band //

0.00.00 - NuMusal Retentive Calliope Music in the Wilderness //
0.01.31 - Opening monologue //
0.04.37 - Dates //
0.07.47 - "Strange Little Genius" //
0.11.15 - Interview with Calliope //
1.01.11 - "Syncopation Psychonation" //
1.03.20 - Freddie v. Vicious fact-check and Eclipse reminiscing //
1.14.52 - Bar Sticker "Give It Up" //
1.19.00 - “The Smoke Off” by Shel Silverstein //
1.24.12 - INNER LOBBY #2 - From the Desk of the Operator, Nightwatch (9-15-73) //

Thank you for listening to the Pataphysical Presentation from the Past, with many thanks to our hosting venues and the newly elected President of West Coast Internal Affairs, Joel Nelson. The trio is Joel Nelson, Ryan Brown, and James Elliot, plus JC, that’s me.

Joel Nelson: https://joelnelson.bandcamp.com/
LaDonna Smith: http://ladonnasmith.com/
Jess Marie Walker: https://sweetwreath.bandcamp.com/album/flusnoix
Eamon Griffith: https://autopilot4.bandcamp.com/

The Inner Lobby: CRAYFISH (www.theearthhotel.org/the-inner-lobby)
Submit sound and other media files to theearthhotel@gmail.com

The TOUR WAS:

June 15th - Sanctum Tattoos and Comics
Rodney D. Hasty, Amber Locke Ragsdale, Jess Marie Walker;
Brad Davis and Joel Nelson (Flag Day)
Burning Moon

June 20th - Charm on 2nd
Jacquie Cotillard, Brad Davis + Jess Marie Walker, JNC3+JC

June 23rd - SummerSonic Improvisations at Art Town
LaDonna Smith, Flag Day, Flusnoix

June 23rd - Montevallo Freakout at the Playhouse
Jacquie Cotillard and the Joel Nelson Trio

June 24th - Interstellar Ginger Beer and Exploration Co.
Eamon Griffith, Jacquie Cotillard, Softyglyde, JNC3+JC, Flusnoix

0.00.00- Introduction and Acquiescence
0.02.11 - LaDonna + JNC3+JC: Charm on 2nd
0.09.47 - Flag Day (Joel Nelson +Brad Davis): Sanctum Tattoos and Comics
0.28.26 - JNC3+JC “The 100 Most Psychotic Things Someone Has Searched in 5 Minutes”:: Charm on 2nd
0.32.37 - Invitation to The Inner Lobby
0.33.33 - Ensemble (Joel, Jess Marie, Brad, Jacquie): Art Town
0.48.54 - Eamon Griffith, solo excusions &
(0.54.12 - Thanks)
0.54.37 -JNC3+JC “Fixing the Plumbing”:
Interstellar Ginger Beer and Exploration Co.

The marvelous ladies behind Birmingham's own Top Shelf Burlesque share some time with the Earth Hotel to talk about the art of stage seduction and why Birmingham might have such an interest in the erotic arts. See them Sept 21 at Brennan's Irish Pub and in future spots throughout the Southeast. Follow their Instagram accounts to be kept in anticipation.

Instagram: @TopShelfBurlesque @patsyfineaswine; @theangelalucy @therubylarouge

https://nomoreexcuses.bandcamp.com/

0.00.00 - From the Basement of the Third Floor of the Earth Hotel
0.01.25 - Announcements/Dates
0.05.25 - Bar Sticker Song: “Masks” by No More Excuses
0.08.40 - Interview with Patsy Fine, Angela Lucy, Ruby LaRouge of TSB
0.48.23 - Message from Carl JR + “My Dog Spot” Live from Tropicaleo
0.51.22 - Basement Cut-Up #1
0.53.25 - Reading from Burlesque, Yoga, Sex, and Love (A Memoir of Life Under the Albuquerque Sun) by Anne Key

The Earth Hotel is opening its external doors into the world to bring you an open invitation. As a listener or contributor to any Network program, you are granted operator access on the EH Lobby channel, which begins audio operations on Friday, August 17th. All Lobby presentations are available only on theEarthHotel.org with the password CRAYFISH. (https://www.theearthhotel.org/the-inner-lobby)
The first presentations from the Lobby will be 7 randomized mixes of this minisode, out of chronological order. To submit your own show, creative material, or ideas, email your thoughts to theearthhotel@gmail.com. You have creative control in the Lobby. 

FLUSTOUR, wherein FLUSNOIX were:
0.00.00 - Flying Monkey in Huntsville, AL (Joel Nelson, Rodney D Hasty, Walker Yancey, Jess Marie Walker
0.22.13 - Go Bar in Athens, GA (Joel, Walker, Rodney, Brent Stauffer, JM)
0.42.13 - End Times Outsider Music and Arts Festival in Rocky Mount, NC (Joel, Jasper Lee, JM)
1.17.39 - The Bakery in Atlanta, GA (Joel, Rodney, Majid Araim, Matt Goethe, JM)
1.36.01 - Fork and Spoon Records Panama City, FL (Joel, Rodney, Scott Bazar, Charles Pagano, JM)
02.02.21- Interstellar Ginger Beer and Exploration Co. (Joel, Brent, Rodney, Walker, Nabeel Emaish, JC, JM)
2.23.45 - Surrealist Sympatica Closing Event (Johnny Coley, Brent, Brad Davis, Hunter Bell, Wally Shoup, JC, Jimmy Griffin on Camera, JM)

Mixes 2-8 coming on Friday to https://www.theearthhotel.org/the-inner-lobby with password CRAYFISH. Welcome to the Lobby. 

A kind message came to me which reminded me that this became unavailable when its mother episode was unlisted. Enjoy this re-visitation of Scott Walker’s (marital drama?) song about loss of some kind. I have my thoughts about what kind exactly, hypothetically. Stay around for a similar re-taking of ‘Zercon’ into one lovely chunk so we can add a second chunk after that and stay under 3 hours. With love, Jacquie.

(Originally aired March 71/2017)

FFind “Bouncer See Bouncer” on Tilt (1997), anywhere you get music, you know that part.
I wish I still had the live recording of my version at the Firehouse; the one version before the main instrument — a glass bottle full of rusty nails taped to a long PVC pole, wobbling and jangling like a tightroper’s ballast — gave out. Maybe one day I’ll have a glass bottle again. Toodles~

I speak with the progenitor of the sound operation known as FLUSNOIX, the Birmingham installation of sonic artists who seek to communicate with each other and effect the good folks out there however they choose to be taken by the movement of air.
Jess Marie Walker is the organizer and central cerebral hub of the improvisational group of musicians, and she has served in the ranks of the Southern avant-garde for many years. We discuss her journey from doodling in art class to performing complex multimedia art in galleries and exhibition spaces across the country.

”it ran” and “into” -
Jess Marie Walker : flusdrawxing, flusvoxing
Joel Nelson : guitar
Jasper Lee : bass, cello
Cody Iott : electronics

https://sweetwreath.bandcamp.com/album/flusnoix

”19:19”
Jess Marie Walker : flusdrawxing, flusvoxing
Joel Nelson : guitar, clarinet
Cody Iott : electronics, guitar
Michael Pihakis : guitar
Jasper Lee : bass
Walker Yancey : percussion

Improvisations recorded March - May 2016 in Birmingham, AL
at North Birmingham Savings & Trust, the Nick, Shift & the Kewahatchee Lounge
https://sweetwreath.bandcamp.com/album/two

https://www.facebook.com/flusnoix/

0.00.00 - Welcome to the Show /
0.03.58 - ”On Time” - Khalil Gibran read by Jess Marie Walker /
0.05.53 -Interview Pt. 1 /
0.21.21 - “it ran” - Flusnoix, March 71 /
0.23.47 - Interview Pt. 2 /
0.58.44 - “into” /
01.00.22 - News and Thanks /
01.01.59 - Flusnoix at Monotonia, March 73 /
01.28.11 - A Call to Art Action /
01.30.15 - “19:19” - Flusnoix, March 71 /

We return to the mini-world with music from all over the U.S., our most baffling and myopic home state. Listeners from across the continental sprawl have submitted their recent releases for old-fashioned revue and we send you the sound without too much ado.
Should you want to skip around, timestamps are provided, but we hope you take time to visit the artists' pages and hear more, and support if you can! You can! Thanks, friends.

0.00.00 - Information Desk and Concierge
0.09.42 - Christien Sullivan - “Welcome (Theme from The Amazing Six)”
0.11.52 - Tony Leon - “Tripper”
0.13.42 - Miss Mojo - “Fall Again”
0.18.17 - Joel Nelson - "Just an Afterthought"
0.29.02 - Dylan Coffee - "Fat man/Little boy"
0.30.24 - Jeff Kujan - “Wildfires (Live)"
0.36.38 - Richard Daniel - "Black Vulcan"
0.40.23 - Rollo - "Healthy Mode”
0.41.59 - Dylan Burchett - “Floor-to-Ceiling Corner Shelves”
0.48.42 - Aradaba - "tchotchke"
0.53.06 - Dead Neighbors - “Indifference”
0.59.45 - Lowell Haygood III - "Take Two”

This week's art is titled "Kyleidescope Vortex"from Kyle Weems, (of Cahaba, guest on EH 12)

https://tonyleon.bandcamp.com/releases
https://soundcloud.com/tonyxleon

http://missmojonola.com/
https://www.facebook.com/MissMojoNola/

https://joelnelson.bandcamp.com/

https://dylancoffee.bandcamp.com/

https://jeffkujan.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/jeffkujanmusic/

https://richarddaniel.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/richarddanielraps

https://rolotony.bandcamp.com/

https://dylanburchett.bandcamp.com/album/how-to-make-built-in-furniture

https://soundcloud.com/elephant-race

https://deadneighbors.bandcamp.com/album/less
https://www.facebook.com/DeadNeighbors/

On this most jubilant return to form, I welcome the apple of my eye herself to the show to speak to us about her time at the Vienna Academy of Visionary Art and how the transcendent can be captured on canvas. The future holds much art discussion and outward spiraling from this place.

Sources from the show:
http://academyofvisionaryart.com/
http://www.danielmirante.com
http://amandasage.com

About the Torri seminar: http://academyofvisionaryart.com/seminar/2018-seminar

Sophia - Alex Grey: https://alexgrey.com/art/paintings/sacred-mirrors/

https://kubaambrose.com
http://aloriaweaver.com
http://davidheskin.com

Thunder, Perfect Mind: http://gnosis.org/naghamm/thunder.html
Four Directions Prayer: http://aktalakota.stjo.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8582

The Hubcap Thieves: https://store.cdbaby.com/Artist/HubcapThieves
https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/article/13052707/musician-and-producer-brian-brain-harrison-dies-at-54

0.00.00 - Prayer to the Four Directions (J/J)
0.01.52 - Welcome, Dates, and Episode Rundown
0.12.40 - “Ghosts” - AeonPilgrim ed. Adam Ramsey
0.15.25 - Part 1: Visionary Art & Archetypes
0.30.31 - “All Prayers Answered by Mail” - The Hubcap Thieves
0.34.52 - Part 2: Vienna Academy of Visionary Art
0.54.37 - (Thank You...)
0.55.18 - The Thunder Perfect Mind (JR)
1.06.39 - About TPM and Closing
1.19.06 - “(It Was A) Crispy Dream” - Carl JR at The Hotniss 73

Jacques Brel Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYmejUd9Q2U&t=244s
(from https://www.amazon.com/Jacques-Brel-Comme-quand-etait/dp/B0000AQJPR)

“Pop Music’s Problem with Silence” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUbbNqyLE3Q

Scott Walker BBC Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILJwSNrkofQ&list=PLlq4PAkPvvsYbyf7OoGrPCRAw8iOrkyfP

Mere Mirror (3 Parts on Blackstar): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxMA9A7bYj4&t=20s

“Ne me quitte pas (If You Go Away)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_bq5mStroM