In which we are joined by one of the OG inspirations for Esoterik, esteemed blogger, substacker, brilliant writer and legendary ear-having proprietor of Blastitude, Larry “Fuzz-O” Dolman.
We discuss the economics of the 30-600 split, Utopias and Distopias. The openess of open access. Cassandra Miller vs Cassandra Wilson.
The full EPA scale delivers short form long form. We get over the Robert Wyatt hump by mineralizeing Leon. Fishing with a sausage, an apple and a sandwich lands a Ukrainian architect tipping the Zulawski meter into the red. The vibe shift clause is invoked leading us back to the trucker funk, down the deep history of the ugliest edits to the perfect bpm. Jeff Mills shows up, as he does, to complicate the narrative. After that, we hit the tornado coffee shop bringing the go-go back. We close on the hopeful resilient shimmering pickled herring of 1989.
As usual we get 1/91st of the way to the 6000 cassettes in the kiosk,
It is what it is. There’s no changing it.
Finally, we ask the eternal quesiton: Was RollerDerby 1.95 or 2.95 per issue?
We listend to:
1. Shutaro Noguchi and the Roadhouse Band – Olympic 3.5
2. Bill Orcutt – The Four Louies II
3. Robert Wyatt – Biko
4. Ihor Tsymbrovsky – Bilya Morya (By The Sea)
5. Ron Hardy – Live at the Music Box, 1985 (excerpt)
6. Jeff Mills – Memory Reset 9
7. Reaction Band – Coffee Shop
8. Оселедець – Хто поблагословив незрячі очі
Shout outs:
Gridface's Ron Hardy archives
Arthur Magazine's Jay Babcott's substack
Roller Derby's Lisa Carver's patreon