NOTES: BLASST #53 & BLASST POINT #2

Last night's broadcast began with a segment I haven't used very much called BLASST POINT.

It is a segment in which I address a subject or occurrence or trend that is affecting our community or the world. I provide commentary for the most part. Consider it the Editor's Note at the beginning of this audio magazine.

Anyway, BP#2 addressed the ever-present threat of toxic masculinity by citing the fight that occurred outside Yerberia this past Friday night which began when three men refused to leave a woman alone after she rejected their advances, and ended with two of the woman's friends and bandmates suffering stab wounds after confronting the assailants. These men felt so entitled to this woman's body that they were willing to pull a knife out and use it on anyone that opposed their desires. 

There's no other word for that than EVIL. People could have died. The woman in question, the vocalist for San Antonio's Party Foul, could have been seriously hurt had these men's actions gone unopposed.

RAPE CULTURE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS FIGHT.

Now, following the BLASST POINT was episode #53! 

This episode featured a lot of excellent music from Japan and by bands featuring Japanese members.

Tracks by Ai Aso, OOIOO, Nagisa Ni Te, Minami Deutsch, and much more. 

There just wasn't enough time available for a Les Rallizes Denudes track this time around, though. MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE STUCK TO WRITING POP SONGS.

 BLASST #53 NOTES:

- I mispronounced OOIOO as "ooh-ee-ooh", when their proper pronunciation is a sequence of lone vowel sounds "O-O-I-O-O".
- Keiji Haino's Watashi Dake? album was not released in 1979 as I stated, but in fact, originally released in 1981. The avant-garde new wave had, however, taken parts of Japan by storm by the late 70s, though.

Thanks again for tuning in, and we'll see you next week. 


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7/30/18 - BLASST POINT #2 / BLASST #53

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BLASST #51: TRACKLIST & NOTES

BLASST #51 TRACKLIST
1. BLASST - "Sunrise on a Sunset" (Theme for BLASST)
2. Wax Idols - "Warning (Had It Good)"
3. Haruomi Hosono - "Body Snatchers"
4. Kamasi Washington - "Vi Lua Vi Sol"
5. Lower Dens - "Brains/Stem"
6. Michael C Sharp - "Yes You"
7. Group Anmattaf - "Tinariwen"
8. Yoko Ono - "Walking on Thin Ice" (feat. Jason Pierce of Spiritualized)

NOTES: The Wax Idols show went so well this past Friday. Thanks to all who came out to see them and SRSQ, and especially the folks who got there early to see Cat-Ion. I was completely blown away by their performance that night. They've matured so much and tightened up their sound a lot in the short time they've been a band. There's no reason that Linda, the vocalist, shouldn't be surrounded by people screaming her lyrics at the top of their lungs, huge mosh pits erupting at her feet. I can see it happening in the near future. Even Hether Fortune, leader, vocalist, and guitarist of Wax Idols, told the audience how impressed she was with their set, and urged everyone to continue to support them. I couldn't agree more. Slow Attack did well, we were a little more on the noisier side, which I always enjoy. Not that playing shows with fellow local musicians is a competition or should be competitive, but there's a distinct comfort in knowing you came in second place. As well as Slow Attack did, we were thoroughly handed our asses by the rest of the lineup. So much fun.

The following day, my Patrick, the promoter of the WI/SRSQ show, and I drove the bands into Mexico to meet up with their driver for their Mexican dates, Oscar/Daniel. It was here that the bands' complete lack of Spanish speaking skills became apparent. I think I always assume that everyone in the country knows at least a little bit of Spanish, perhaps because of the privilege I have of coming from a part of the country that is 95% latinx. I provided translation services between the band and immigration employees while the band applied for their migration permits. I think that helped ease whatever tension they had about traveling into Mexico. They seemed quite concerned. I think, if I were in their shoes, I probably would have as well. I've never traveled beyond Reynosa without my family. However, after the band picked up their permits, and we returned to the parking lot where we sat for a couple of sunburnt hours, I felt the anxiety of traveling through the unknown fade. I've been watching episodes of Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown for the first time lately, and it's been quite stimulating for the intrepid side of my personality. Caution should not be an excuse for depriving oneself of experiences. Like any decision one makes, the decision to travel unknown roads should be an informed and researched one. I hope to one day tour throughout the world at least once with any of my bands, present and future. Traveling is one of the few things left that brings me true, unconditional joy.

I'm rambling. Tune in for BLASST #52 Monday 7/23/18. It's going to be a good one. Tune in here.

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EPISODE 50

I just watched the Helvetica documentary so I'm all about using it everywhere right now. I've already had my phase where Helvetica was my be-all-end-all typeface, but dammit if it still doesn't look beautiful in very large uses. If you've seen the doc, my relationship to the typeface is shared with that of the hardworking "power trio" behind the graphic design firm Experimental Jetset featured in the third act. Their perspective is that of growing up in a post-post-Helvetica world. One where the reaction to it has itself become so ubiquitous and "boring" that Helvetica has once again found a use, albeit, in much more creative uses than simple corporate signage.

ANYWAY

I've added a "listen" link to the header of the blog. I really need to put some more time into this thing but--hey, what can ya do when you're juggling a million things at once? 

Well--drop a few, that's for sure. 

Tonight's show will be a good one. Got some more rough around the edges stuff coming up, including an unsuspecting mashup of a jazz legend with some drone legends.

Tune in at the link above.

Cheers,

Andres

BLASST #50 TRACKLIST & NOTES

Today's episode is brought to you by THE TRUMP REGIME IS STILL SEPARATING FAMILIES, INFANTS ARE BEING PUT ON TRIAL, COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR BRIEF, FRAGILE EXISTENCES. THIS COUNTRY IS GARBAGE, OUR LEGISLATORS ARE GARBAGE FOR LETTING THINGS GET THIS FAR, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT OURSELVES. THIS IS A COLLAPSE, AND THE WRITING'S BEEN ON THE WALL FOR DECADES IF NOT CENTURIES. THIS PROGRAM AND IT'S MANAGEMENT FIRMLY REFUSE TO SERVE AS HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN FUEL TO THE NIGHTMARE THAT IS THIS MADNESS MACHINE.

Today's episode is a real good one, plenty of rock and punk goodness featuring eye-popping tracks by Jay Som, Wimps, Heterofobia, Sungod, and so much more.

BLASST #50 TRACKLIST

1. ISS - "The Gov't Is After Me" 00:00
2. Devo - "Nu-Tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man) 01:08
3. Devo - "Watch Us Work It" 02:39
4. Oneohtrix Point Never - "Topline Demo 1 (U sher)" 04:46
5. Jay Som - "Pirouette" 08:03
6. Wimps - "Giant Brain" 12:33
7. Hit Bargain - "Capitulate" 14:18
8. ARSE - "NRVSNRG" 18:01
9. Usufruct - "You, Doorway" 19:44
10. Wax Idols - "Belong" 22:24
11. Heterofobia - "Falsos Aliados" 26:08
12. S.P.O.C.K. - "Dr. McCoy" 27:38
13. Dan LeVine - "Forest Song (w Cool Clouds)" 31:59
14. Hi, Gene! - "Grapeland, TX" 34:56
15. Sungod - "Hypnotism" 37:13
16. George Clanton - "Dumb" 41:39
17. Louis Scheuer - "Co)))ltrane" (mash-up of Sunn O))) & John Coltrane) 45:00
18. Camper Van Beethoven - "The Day That Lassie Went To The Moon"

As I mentioned on the show, Heterofobia & Cremalleras were robbed while touring through Oakland a few days ago and are raising money to replace all their personal belongings that they lost, (INCLUDING THEIR VISAS), if you can, please donate at the link below. Also please donate to RAICES and the Texas Civil Rights Project, they still have so much work to do to reunite immigrant children with their parents down here (and elsewhere, but mostly here). Both BLASST and Universal Punk both firmly believe that borders are tools of the state that are used to enact violence against innocent people. If you want to do something about it, donate to the organizations below to help support the reunion of these immigrant families.

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Liquid Sky - OST (1982)

This film was really interesting to watch. the idea of a malevolent/benevolent alien from some unknown part of the infinite universe draws a lot of parallels to NYC and how expansive it can seem, with all kinds of people and cultures and experiences. Liquid Sky provides a melodramatic slice of late 70s/80s counter-culture, queer culture, drug culture, and a colorfully dystopian style of futurism that gets the catch-all outsider branding of "punk". the soundtrack is anything but punk, but feels just as alien as one can in "the big city".

 

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BLASST #49 Tracklist & Notes

Thanks for tuning in last night. If you would like to donate your time/money to the following organizations helping reunite families of Central-American immigrants that are currently being held in concentration camps in South Texas, click on their names to visit their websites.

RAICES
Texas Civil Rights Project
South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project
Tahirih Justice Center

TRACKLIST 
1. Valee - "Womp Womp (feat. Jeremih)"
2. Tierra Whack - "4 Wings"
3. Tierra Whack - "Fuck Off"
4. Psychic Youth - "Step In Time"
5. Tierra Whack - "Sore Loser"
6. Temani - "Power (prod. Mykal Riley)"
7. MorMor - "Lost"
8. Luke Vibert - "Lover's Acid"
9. Marumari - "Electric Company"
10. The Exploding Thumbs - "Sky Holds The Sun"
11. Suzanne Kraft - "Two Chord Wake"
12. Geinoh Yamashirogumi - "Kaneda" (Akira OST)
13. Them Are Us Too - "Floor"
14. Paradis - "Recto Verso"
15. John Coltrane - "Untitled Original 11383"


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If you would like to donate your time/money to the following organizations helping reunite families of Central-American immigrants that are currently being held in concentration camps in South Texas, click on their names to visit their websites.

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Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project
Tahirih Justice Center