bernie connor presents 'the sound of music'

The spectacle is not a collection of images, but a social relation among people, mediated by images. The spectacle grasped in its totality is both the result and the project of the existing mode of production. It is not a supplement to the real world, an additional decoration. It is the heart of the unrealism of the real society. In all its specific forms, as information or propaganda, as advertisement or direct entertainment consumption, the spectacle is the present model of socially dominant life. It is the omnipresent affirmation of the choice already made in production and its corollary consumption. The spectacle’s form and content are identically the total justification of the existing system’s conditions and goals. The spectacle is also the permanent presence of this justification, since it occupies the main part of the time lived outside of modern production. In a world which really is topsy-turvy, the true is a moment of the false. The concept of spectacle unifies and explains a great diversity of apparent phenomena. The diversity and the contrasts are appearances of a socially organized appearance, the general truth of which must itself be recognized. Considered in its own terms, the spectacle is affirmation of appearance and affirmation of all human life, namely social life, as mere appearance. But the critique which reaches the truth of the spectacle exposes it as the visible negation of life, as a negation of life which has become visible. To describe the spectacle, its formation, its functions and the forces which tend to dissolve it, one must artificially distinguish certain inseparable elements. When analyzing the spectacle one speaks, to some extent, the language of the spectacular itself in the sense that one moves through the methodological terrain of the very society which expresses itself in the spectacle. But the spectacle is nothing other than the sense of the total practice of a social-economic formation, its use of time. It is the historical movement in which we are caught. Where the real world changes into simple images, the simple images become real beings and effective motivations of hypnotic behavior. The spectacle, as a tendency to make one see the world by means of various specialized mediations (it can no longer be grasped directly), naturally finds vision to be the privileged human sense which the sense of touch was for other epochs; the most abstract, the most mystifiable sense corresponds to the generalized abstraction of present-day society. But the spectacle is not identifiable with mere gazing, even combined with hearing. It is that which escapes the activity of men, that which escapes reconsideration and correction by their work. It is the opposite of dialogue. Wherever there is independent representation, the spectacle reconstitutes itself. The spectacle is the existing order’s uninterrupted discourse about itself, its laudatory monologue. It is the self-portrait of power in the epoch of its totalitarian management of the conditions of existence. The fetishistic, purely objective appearance of spectacular relations conceals the fact that they are relations among men and classes: a second nature with its fatal laws seems to dominate our environment. But the spectacle is not the necessary product of technical development seen as a natural development. The society of the spectacle is on the contrary the form which chooses its own technical content. If the spectacle, taken in the limited sense of “mass media” which are its most glaring superficial manifestation, seems to invade society as mere equipment, this equipment is in no way neutral but is the very means suited to its total self-movement. If the social needs of the epoch in which such techniques are developed can only be satisfied through their mediation, if the administration of this society and all contact among men can no longer take place except through the intermediary of this power of instantaneous communication, it is because this “communication” is essentially unilateral. The concentration of “communication” is thus an accumulation, in the hands of the existing system’s administration, of the means which allow it to carry on this particular administration. The generalized cleavage of the spectacle is inseparable from the modern State, namely from the general form of cleavage within society, the product of the division of social labor and the organ of class domination.
The spectacle is capital to such a degree of accumulation that it becomes an image.

this week: last week. next week.

WE WILL NOT SHY AWAY FROM POP MUSIC.

eddie's my name.....eddie holman.
just can't leave it alone.....neon jung.
cannonball.....the breeders.
out of touch.....lotus plaza.
lovin' machine.....wynonie harris.
dub the saxingham one.....sargasso trio.
my mind comes from a high place.....chubby checker.
the thrill of it all.....roxy music.
10.....dean blunt & inga copeland.
the day walk.....the byrds.
bader sontag.....bader motor.
a murderous dub.....king tubby.
take five.....dave brubeck quartet.
magic table (welcome strangers' t dance dub).....spike.
say you love me.....fleetwood mac.

made on the other side of love (just about) by that lovely sike and bernie people. x

a continuous wave radio-frequency signal (a sinusoidal carrier wave) has its amplitude modulated by an audio waveform before transmission. The audio waveform modifies the amplitude of the carrier wave and determines the envelope of the waveform. In the frequency domain, amplitude modulation produces or DSB "double-sideband suppressed-carrier" (DSB-SC) signal. A suppressed-carrier AM signal is three times more power-efficient than AM. If the carrier is only partially suppressed, a double-sideband reduced-carrier (DSBRC) signal results. For reception, a local oscillator will typically restore the suppressed carrier so the signal can be demodulated with a product detector. Let m(t) represent an arbitrary waveform that is the message to be transmitted, and let the constant M represent its largest magnitude:m(t) = M\cdot \cos(\omega_m t + \phi).\,The message might be n,This produces a reduced-carrier transmissio just a simple audio tone of frequency: a signal with power concentrated at the carrier frequency and two adjacent sidebands. Each sideband is equal in bandwidth to that of the modulating signal, and is a mirror image of the other. Amplitude modulation resulting in two sidebands and a carrier is called "double-sideband amplitude modulation" (DSB-AM). Amplitude modulation is inefficient in power usage; at least two-thirds of the power is concentrated in the carrier signal, which carries no useful information (beyond the fact that a signal is present)increase transmitter efficiency, the carrier may be suppressed. \omega_m / (2\pi).\,It is assumed that \omega_m \ll \omega_c\, and that \min[ m(t) ] = -M.\,Amplitude modulation is formed by the pro y(t)\, = [1 + m(t)]\cdot c(t),\,= A.[1 + M\cdot \cos(\omega_m t + \phi)]\cdot \sin(\omega_c t).A\, represents the carrier amplitude, which is a constant that demonstrates the modulation index. The values A=1 and M=0.5 produce y (t), depicted by the top graph (labelled "50% Modulation") in Figure 4. In this example, y(t) can be trigonometrically manipulated into the following (equivalent) form. y(t) = A\cdot \sin(\omega_c t) + \begin{matrix}\frac{AM}{2} \end{matrix} \left[\sin((\omega_c + \omega_m) t + \phi) + \sin((\omega_c - \omega_m) t - \phi)\right].\the modulated signal has three components: a carrier wave and two sinusoidal waves (known as sidebands), whose frequencies are slightly above and below \omega_c.\, Phase modulation (PM) is a form of modulation that represents information as variations in the instantaneous phase of a carrier waveUnlike its more popular counterpart, frequency modulation (FM), (both modulation types sound very similar, but PM is usually easier to implement in this area). This shows how m(t) modulates the phase - the greater m(t) is at a point in time, the greater the phase shift of the modulated signal at that point. It can also be viewed as a change of the frequency of the carrier signal, and phase modulation can PM is not very widely used for radio transmissions. This is because it tends to require more complex receiving hardware and there can be ambiguity problems in determining whether, for example, the signal has changed phase by +180° or -180°. PM is used, however, in digital music synthesizers such as the Yamaha DX7, even though these instruments are usually referred to as "FM" synthesizers thus be considered a special case of FM in which the carrier frequency modulation is given by the time derivative of the phase modulation.

The mathematics of the spectral behaviour reveals that there are two regions of particular interest:

this week: and.....yer back in the room.

WE WILL NOT SHAY AWAY FROM POP MUSIC.

(i am always touched by your) presence, dear.....blondie.
love vibrator.....johnny walker.
old and grey.....maps & atlases.
the days of pearly spencer.....david mcwilliams.
one for kenny.....idjut boys.
deck of cards.....prince far-i.
elegia (full version).....new order.
age of consent.....grant lee phillips.
get a job.....the silhouettes.
heathen child (andrew weatherall remix).....grinderman.
stuck with you.....zones.
govt.....bobby conn.
main theme from sitting target.....stanley myers.
queen of fools.....barbara mills.
bubblegum.....kim fowley.
john taylor's month away......king creosote & jon hopkins.

made in the direct opposite of a rush by the sike and bernie. we are definitely back. thanks. x

due to essential engineering work being carried out in this area, this week's sound of music will now be available next week. thanks for your patience and understanding. in the meantime, here's a little music.

the sike & bernie. x

Hope lovely surprises are coming your way
To make your Birthday a wonderful day
Smiles and laughter, joy and cheer
New happiness that stays throughout the year
Hope your birthday brings all these and more
Filling life with surprise and joys galore!
So on this very special day
I would like to say to you
I hope you'll always find happiness
In whatever you may do.
Another candle on your cake
Well there's no need to pout
Be glad that you have strength enough
To blow them all out!
Wishing you your happiest birthday yet
A birthday too special To ever forget.
So many wishes
So many smiles
Too many memories
Too few words
With one big Birthday
Happy Birthday!
It's your birthday and I can't be there
But I'll send you a special birthday wish and a little prayer
Have a happy birthday
I hope that all of your birthday wishes come true
May you have a great time today and find happiness in everything you do.
Happy Birthday form the heart
Cause that's where all great wishes start

happy birthday, james osterberg. still alive, man. far out.

WE WILL NOT SHY AWAY FROM POP MUSIC.

get sown with it-satisfaction.....mac kissoon.
russian boat commander.....den haan.
k-jee.....the nite-liters.
our old centre back.....cats on fire.
mrs prout.....fuzzy duck.
army dreamers......kate bush.
suburban drean (justin robertson's deadstock 33s dub).....the stepkids.
greenwood mississippi.....little richard.
us 80's-90's.....the fall.
reflections of you.....bearin heaven.
mama didn't lie.....jan bradley.
party time (extended version).....the heptones.
bohemian soul (with laidback).....kasper bjorke.
into a game.....van der graaf generator.

made by the sike and bernie in an unusual space. here come the spoon! x

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you.

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.

this week: sprung.

WE WILL NOT SHY AWAY FROM POP MUSIC.

what goes on?.....the velvet underground.
the chase.....king britt.
i'd rather be with you.....terry callier.
com touch.....clark.
conscious man.....jolly brothers.
walking through my dreams.....the pretty things.
candil de la calle (apparat dub mix).....apparat.
slow motion.....ultravox!
holding nails.....weird dreams.
what am i living for.....chuck willis.
paper cuts.....the boy least likely to.
who'd she coo?.....ohio players.
trans-pennine express (the deadstock 33's mix).....warm digits.
can you please crawl out your window?.....bob dylan.

made. unsurprisingly, by the sike and bernie fulltimeheavyrevolutionthang. for you. and you....and you. with love. x

Bedoin tribes ascending
From the egg into the flower,
Alpha information sending
State within the heaven shower
From disciples the unending
Subtleties of river power
They slip inside this house as they pass by

If your limbs begin dissolving
In the water that you tread
All surroundings are evolving
In the stream that clears your head
Find yourself a caravan
Like Noah must have led
And slip inside this house as you pass by.
Slip inside this house as you pass by.

True conception, knowing why
Brings even more than meets the eye
Slip inside this house as you pass by.

In this dark we call creation
We can be and feel and know
From an effort, comfort station
That's surviving on the go
There's infinite survival in
The high baptismal glow.
Slip inside this house as you pass by.

There is no season when you are grown
You are always risen from the seeds you've sown
There is no reason to rise alone
Other stories given have sages of their own.

Live where your heart can be given
And your life starts to unfold
In the forms you envision
In this dream that's ages old
On the river layer is the only sayer
You receive all you can hold
Like you've been told.

Every day's another dawning
Give the morning winds a chance
Always catch your thunder yawning
Lift your mind into the dance
Sweep the shadows from your awning
Shrink the fourfold circumstance
That lies outside this house don't pass it by.

Higher worlds that you uncover
Light the path you want to roam
You compare there and discover
You won't need a shell of foam
Twice born gypsies care and keep
The nowhere of their former home
They slip inside this house as they pass by.
Slip inside this house as you pass by.

You think you can't, you wish you could
I know you can, I wish you would
Slip inside this house as you pass by.

Four and twenty birds of Maya
Baked into an atom you
Polarized into existence
Magnet heart from red to blue
To such extent the realm of dark
Within the picture it seems true
But slip inside this house and then decide.

All your lightning waits inside you
Travel it along your spine
Seven stars receive your visit
Seven seals remain divine
Seven churches filled with spirit,
Treasure from the angels' mine
Slip inside this house as you pass by.
Slip inside this house as you pass by.

The space you make has your own laws
No longer human gods are cause
The center of this house will never die.

There is no season when you are grown
You are always risen from the seeds you've sown
There is no reason to rise alone
Other stories given have sages of their own.

Draw from the well of unchanging
Its union nourishes on
In the right re-arranging
Till the last confusion is gone
Water-brothers trust in the ultimust
Of the always singing song they pass along.

One-eyed men aren't really reigning
They just march in place until
Two-eyed men with mystery training
Finally feel the power fill
Three-eyed men are not complaining.
They can yo-yo where they will
They slip inside this house as they pass by.
Don't pass it by.

this week: nailed! again.

WE WILL NOT SHY AWAY FROM POP MUSIC.

wandrin' star.....lee marvin.
marienbad.....julia holter.
maybe your baby.....stevie wonder.
sex swarf.....soft cell.
1-2-3-4-5-6......rocket juice & the moon.
california dreaming.....jose feliciano.
toys in the attic.....aerosmith.
basement.....boddika.
walking my cat named dog.....norma tanega.
bustin' out.....material and nona hendryx.
on love.....skip bifferty.
the changing wind.....elfin saddle.
king of the track.....dennis alcapone.
illusion.....poor moon.
hydraulic pump (parts 1 & 2).....p-funk all-stars.

made in the springtime of our lives by the sike and bernie, to make yer lives a little better, y'all. x

Giving material goods is one form of generosity, but one can extend an attitude of generosity into all one's behavior. Being kind, attentive, and honest in dealing with others, offering praise where it is due, giving comfort and advice where they are needed, and simply sharing one's time with someone - all these are forms of generosity, and they do not require any particular level of material wealth. In today’s materialistic world there is a risk of people becoming slaves to money, as though they were simply cogs in a huge money-making machine. This does nothing for human dignity, freedom, and genuine well-being. Wealth should serve humanity, and not the other way around. The practice of patience protects us from losing our composure. In doing that it enables us to exercise discernment, even in the heat of difficult situations. It gives us inner space. And within that space we gain a degree of self-control, which allows us to respond to situations in an appropriate and compassionate manner rather than being driven by our anger and irritation. When each of us learns to appreciate the critical importance of ethics and makes inner values like compassion and patience an integral part of our basic outlook on life, the effects will be far-reaching. Education and knowledge by themselves do not bring inner peace to individuals, families or the society in which they live. But education combined with warmheartedness, a sense of concern for the well-being of others, has much more positive results. If you have a great deal of knowledge, but you're governed by negative emotions, then you tend to use your knowledge in negative ways. Therefore, while you are learning, don't forget the importance of warmheartedness. A lot of the problems we face are essentially man-made, so naturally as human beings we should also be able to reduce them. Natural disasters, of course, are in a different category, but according to environmental scientists even they may owe something to human behaviour. Therefore, if we are optimistic, take a longer view, and we employ realistic methods, we can contribute to making the world a better place.

this week: their hearts were full of spring.

WE WILL NOT SHY AWAY FROM POP MUSIC.

you left the water running(unedited demo version).....otis redding.
ashtray wasp.....burial.
all the way from memphis.....mott the hoople.
turn it around.....the men.
sidewinder.....lee morgan.
reverend black grape.....black grape.
happy in bits.....prinzhorn dance school.
quick joey small.....kasenetz-katz singing orchestral circus.
kissing my love.....bill withers.
explorers.....lone.
and then again.....a certain ratio.
space rock (tom moulton 12" mix).....rockets.
freedom from fear.....megafortress.
bumpin' on sunset.....brian auger & the trinity.

made using precise rules to the rites of spring by the sike and bernie. thanks to that nice bloke, the dalai lama for this week's words of wisdom. let the sun shine in! loads of love. x

My, my, my, I'm so happy,
I'm gonna join the band,
We are gonna sing and dance in celebration,
We are in the promised land.

this week: one year older, none the wiser.

WE WILL NOT SHY AWAY FROM POP MUSIC.

thunder and lightning.....deaf school.
look alive.....indian jewellry.
afro punk reggae (dub).....steel an' skin.
i couldn't get high.....the fugs.
banquet.....napolian.
first i look at the purse.....the contours.
genesis.....grimes.
in my time of dying.....led zeppelin.
i need it.....johnny guitar watson.
one second of love.....nite jewel.
hail pleasure.....a mountain of one.
you want it, you got it......the detroit emeralds.
sidewalking (extended version).....the jesus & mary chain.
laughing stars at night.....mark van hoen.
laughing.....pere ubu.
control.....model 500.
open my eyes.....the move.
ja guys.....grace jones.
esp.....hooded fang.
nervous breakdown.....eddie cochran.
buck shot dub.....rupie edwards all-stars.
all in good forms (falty dl remix).....bonobo.
st elmo's fire.....eno.

made by the sike and bernie amid a flurry of celebratory activity.

thanks to everybody who has made this wonderful thing possible over the last three years. particularly to the listeners, who undoubtedly make it all worthwhile and is the sole reason we do it. the people who have made it happen: si kember, wesley storey, robin jackson, r-tone and joe & buddy for putting up with it for so long. and from me, bernie a special thanks. yer all lovely and i couldn't do it without you. x

Style is the answer to everything
A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous
thing
To do a dull thing with style is preferable
to doing a dangerous thing without it
To do a dangerous thing with style, is what
I call art
Bullfighting can be an art
Boxing can be an art
Loving can be an art
Opening a can of sardines can be an art
Not many have style
Not many can keep style
I have seen dogs with more style than men
Although not many dogs have style
Cats have it with abundance
When Hemingway put his brains
to the wall with a shotgun, that was style
For sometimes people give you style
Joan of Arc had style
John the Baptist
Christ
Socrates
Caesar
García Lorca
I have met men in jail with style
I have met more men in jail with style
than men out of jail
Style is a difference, a way of doing,
a way of being done
Six herons standing quietly in a pool of water,
or you, walking out of the bathroom naked without seeing me

this weeek: where have all the boot boys gone?

WE WILL NOT SHY AWAY FROM POP MUSIC.

hey high class butcher.....julian cope.
elizabethan automata.....moon wiring club.
sparkle city.....shuggie otis.
running man.....whomadewho.
sound of silence.....don sebesky.
cuss cuss.....lloyd robinson.
maybe i'm dead.....money mark.
real women.....mount carmel.
radio marrakesch-orient express.....embryo.
turmoil (in falagranti remix).....yan wagner.
i'm in pittsburgh (and it's raining).....the outcasts.
hysteria.....ceremony.
the hills of katmandu.....tantra.

made, along with many others by the sike and bernie. what began as a trickle is now running down our legs. so speak. special bumper 3rd birthday edition next week. place your order now. we'll be here. x

style by charles bukowski. with thanks.

this week: just like last week.

WE WIL NOT SHY AWAY FROM POP MUSIC.

while my guitar gently weeps.....jimmy ponder.
fog.....the mallard.
sail away (aeroplane remix).....the rapture.
ghosts of princes in towers.....rich kids.
drugs (version x).....kool keith.
clean race.....scotty.
new york, usa.....serge gainsbourg.
jack of diamonds.....the daily flash.
when the past was present.....john talabot.
les frissons des vampires.....acanthus.
beach on the moon.....kurt vile.
life in a northern town.....dream academy.
sorry, again mate.....field music.
do ya wanna get funky with me?.....peter brown.
get ot my life, woman.....lee dorsey.

made in some place else by those sike and bernies. with love. from the pit of their collective soles. x

this week: where have all papa's heroes gone. or something.

i wanna be free.

I wanna be free,
Like the bluebirds flying by me
Like the waves out on the blue sea.
If your love has to tie me, don't try me,
Say good-bye.

I wanna be free,
Don't say you love me say you like me,
But when I need you beside me,
Stay close enough to guide me, confide in me,
Oh-oh-oh

I wanna hold yur hand,
Walk along the sadn
Laughing in the sun,
Always having fun
Doing all those things
Without any strings
To tie me down.

I wanna be free,
Like the warm September wind, babe,
Say you'll always be my friend, babe.
We can make it to the end, babe,
Again, babe, I gotta say:

I wanna be free
I wanna be free
I wanna be free.

david jones 1945-2012. WE WANT THE WORLD AND WE WANT IT NOW! a hero of the revolution and the sound of music before either existed. an absolutely essential ingredient of modern pop culture. will be sorely missed round here. so long, davy. x

WE WILL NOT SHY AWAY FROM POP MUSIC.

invaders of the heart (decadent disco mix).....jah wobble.
odvip......my best fiend.
shame......evelyn 'champagne' king.
shit no!.....shit & shine.
television train (platform II).....cage & aviary.
join together.....the who.
once and for all (andrew weatherall remix).....clock opera.
big chief......professor longhair.
hurt so good......susan cadogan.
the right one.....phenomenal handclap band.
step out of your mind......the kool.
my boyfriend's back......the angels.
capricornia......allo', darlin'.
acid trax.....phuture.

made in the name of love by the sike and bernie. love really is all you need. hat's off once more the colossus that davy jones. outta sight, man. just outta sight. love. x

So I rang up British Telecom, I said 'I want to report a nuisance caller', he said 'Not you again'.Beauty (also called prettiness, loveliness or comeliness) is a characteristic of a person, animal, place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure or satisfaction. Beauty is studied as part of aesthetics, sociology, social psychology, and culture. An "ideal beauty" is an entity which is admired, or possesses features widely attributed to beauty in a particular culture, for perfection. A fella walked into hospital and the doctor said: “You’ve got three minutes to live.” The man said: “Can you do something for me?” “Yes,” he said. “I’ll boil you an egg.” I don't think my wife likes me very much. When I had a heart attack she wrote for an ambulance. A fella said to the doctor: “What’s the good news?” “You’ve got 24 hours to live.” He says: “What’s the bad news?” And the doc says: “We should have told you yesterday.”The experience of "beauty" often involves the interpretation of some entity as being in balance and harmony with nature, which may lead to feelings of attraction and emotional well-being.[citation needed] Because this is a subjective experience, it is often said that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder. There is evidence that perceptions of beauty are evolutionarily determined, that things, aspects of people and landscapes considered beautiful are typically found in situations likely to give enhanced survival of the perceiving human's genes. Thus, a ripe fruit (of its time) was considered beautiful, whereas a young woman trying to appear older or an older woman trying to appear younger would not be considered beautiful. In Attic Greek, hōraios had many meanings, including "youthful" and "ripe old age". When he met Pope Benedict XVI, the Pope asked him: "did you ever meet Elvis Presley?" and Frank said "no, I have not but it won't be long now."

this week: lost but not forgotten.

only love can break your heart (a mix of two halves by andrew weatherall).....st. etienne.
the silence.....exitmusic.
the rolling stone.....cloud control.
if not i'll just die.....lambchop.
the dice.....judy nylon.
israel.....ital.
teen love song.....the consumers.
see them a come/natty pass him gce.....culture & shorty the president.
confide in me.....kylie minogue.
wall street (gui boratto remix).....battles.
i'm a believer.....robert wyatt.
right on for the darkness.....willie wright.
jackie blue.....AM & shawn lee.
dolce vita (version maxi).....ryan paris.

made by bernie and wesley in a fever. hotter than a peppered sprout. with love. x

I changed my name in search of fame
To find the midas touch
Oh I wish I’d never wanted then
What I want now twice as much
We crossed the mighty oceans
And we had a few divides
But we never crossed emotion
For we felt too much inside

You know all the tales we tell
You know the band so well
Still I feel, somehow, we let you down
We went off somewhere on the way
And now I see we have to pay
The rock’n’roll circus is in town

Buffin lost his child-like dreams
And mick lost his guitar
And verden grew a line or two
And overend’s just a rock’n’roll star
Behind these shades the visions fade
As I learn a thing or two
Oh but if I had my time again
You all know just what I’d do

Rock’n’roll’s a loser’s game
It mesmerises and I can’t explain
The reasons for the sights and for the sounds
We went off somewhere on the way
And now I see we have to pay
The rock’n’roll circus is in town

So rock’n’roll’s a loser’s game
It mesmerises and I can’t explain
The reasons for the sights and for the sounds
The greasepaint still sticks to my face
So what the hell, I can’t erase
The rock’n’roll feeling from my mind

From my mind...from my mind...from my mind
From my miiiiiind...from my miiiiind...from my miiiiiiiiind
From my miiiiiiiiiiiind

this week: rockin' in the free world.

WE WILL NOT SHY AWAY FROM POP MUSIC.

river deep mountain high.....ike & tina turner.
18/11.....koolAid.
nothing's wrong.....space ranger.
the magic carpet.....pat kilroy.
we are time.....the pop group.
black harmony killer.....jah stitch.
nightfalls.....expensive looks.
i wanna be loved.....elvis costello & the attractions.
stone fox chase.....area code 615.
heart of the congos.....the 2 bears.
train to disaster.....the voice.
heart.....jimmy ruffin.
revolt dx.....conforce.
gloria......patti smith.
ebony eyes.....bob welch.
tragedy.....the fleetwoods.
spacecapades.....dam funk.

made to make the world a better place by the sike and bernie. with love. x

ed sullivan theater, new york city, october 1st, 1993. the david letterman show.

Bill: Good evening! I'm very excited to be here tonight, and I'm very excited because I got some great news today. Iíve finally got my own TV show coming out as a replacement show this fall!

The audience applauds.

Bill: Don't worry, it's not a talk show.

The audience laughs.

Bill: Thank God! It's a half-hour weekly show that I will be hosting, entitled "Let's Hunt and Kill Billy Ray Cyrus".

Audience bursts into laughter and applause.

Bill: I think it's fairly self-explanatory. Each week we let the Hounds of Hell loose and chase the jar-head, no talent, cracker-idiot all over the globe till I finally catch that fruity little ponytail of his, pull him to his chippendaleís knees, put a shotgun in his mouth and "pow".

Audience continues to applaud and laugh.

Bill: Then weíll be back in '94 with "Let's Hunt and Kill Michael Bolton".

Audience laughs and applauds.

Bill: Yeah, so you can see that, with guests like this, our run will be fairly limitless.

Audience laughs.

Bill: And we're kicking the whole series off with our MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, Markie Mark Christmas special ...

Audience laughs and applauds.

Bill: And I don't want to give any surprises away, but the first one we hunt and kill on that show is Markie Mark, because his pants keep falling around his ankles and he can't run away ... Bill mimes a hobbling Markie Mark.

The audience laughs.

Bill: Yeah, I get to cross-bow him right in the abs. Itís a beautiful thing. Bring the family. Tape it. It's definitely a show for the nineties ...

Audience applauds.

At this point I did a line about men dancing. Since it was never mentioned as a reason for excising me from the show, letís skip ahead to the next "hot point" that was mentioned (by the way, the joke about men dancing got a huge laugh).

Bill: You know, I consider myself an open-minded person. But speaking of homosexuality, something has come to my attention that has shocked even me, Have you heard about these new grade school books for children theyíre trying to add to the curriculum, to help children understand the gay lifestyle. One's called Heather's Two Mommies and the other is called Daddy's New Roommate.

(Here I make a shocked, disgusted, face.)

Bill: Folks, I gotta draw the line here and say this is absolutely disgusting. It is grotesque, and it is pure evil.

Pause.

Bill: I'm talking, of course, about Daddy's New Roommate.

Audience laughs.

Bill: Heather's Two Mommies is quite fetching. You know they're hugging on page seven.

Audience laughs.

Bill: (lasciviously) Ooh! Go Mommies, go! Ooh! They kiss in chapter four!

Audience laughs.

Bill: Me and my nephew wrestle over that book every night ...

(Bill mimes his little nephew jumping up and down.)

Bill: (as nephew) Uncle Bill, I've gotta do my homework.

Audience laughs.

Bill: Shut up and do your math! I'm proof-reading this for you ...

Audience laughs.

We move directly into the next "hot point":

Bill: You know whoís really bugging me these days. These pro-lifers ...

Smattering of applause.

Bill: You ever look at their faces? "I'm pro-life!"

(Bill makes a pinched face of hate and fear, his lips are pursed as though he's just sucked on a lemon.)

Bill: "I'm pro-life!" Boy, they look it don't they? They just exude joie de vie. You just want to hang with them and play Trivial Pursuit all night long.

Audience chuckles.

Bill: You know what bugs me about them? If you're so pro-life, do me a favour - don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you're so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries.

Audience laughs.

Bill: Let's see how committed you are to this idea.

(Bill mimes the pursed lipped pro-lifers locking arms.)

Bill: (as pro-lifer) She can't come in!

Audience laughs.

Bill: (as confused member of funeral procession) She was 98. She was hit by a bus!

Audience laughs.

Bill: (as pro-lifer) There's options!

Audience laughs.

Bill: (as confused member of funeral procession) What else can we do? Have her stuffed?

Audience laughs.

Bill: I want to see pro-lifers with crowbars at funerals opening caskets - "get out!" Then I'd be really impressed by their mission.

Audience laughs and applauds.

(At this point I did a routine on smoking, which was never brought up as a "hot point", so let's move ahead to the end of my routine, and another series of jokes that were mentioned as "unsuitable".)

Bill: I've been travelling a lot lately. I was over in Australia during Easter. It was interesting to note that they celebrate Easter the same way as we do - commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus by telling our children a giant bunny rabbit left chocolate eggs in the night.

Audience laughs.

Bill: I wonder why we're so messed up as a race? You know, I've read the Bible - can't find the words "bunny" or "chocolate" in the whole book.

Audience laughs.

Bill: Where do we get this stuff from? And why those two things? Why not "goldfish left Lincoln logs in our sock drawers"? I mean, as long as we are making things up, why not go hog wild?

Audience laughs and applauds.

Bill: I think it's interesting how people act on their beliefs. A lot of Christians, for instance, wear crosses around their necks. Nice sentiment, but do you think that when Jesus comes back, heís really going to want to look at a cross?

Audience laughs. Bill makes a face of pain and horror.

Bill: Ow. Maybe that's why he hasn't shown up yet ...

Audience laughs.

Bill: (as Jesus looking down from heaven) I'm not going, Dad, no, they're still wearing crosses - they totally missed the point. When they start wearing fishes, I might go back again ... no, I'm not going ... OK, I'll tell you what - I'll go back as a bunny ...

Audience bursts into applause and laughter. The band kicks into Revolution by The Beatles.

Bill: Thank you very much! Good night!

(Bill crosses over to the seat next to Letterman's desk. )

Letterman: Good set, Bill! Always nice to have you drop by with an uplifting message!

Audience and Bill laugh. Cut to commercial.

Then closes the show with ...

Letterman: I want to thank our guests tonight - Andie McDowell, Graham Parker, and Bill Hicks ... Bill, enjoy answering your mail over the next few weeks. Goodnight everybody!

The audience and Bill crack up at Letterman's closing line.

... and we're off the air.

cbs, the host network dropped the entire routine from that night's letterman show. free speech was never more alive.

this week: peas for the wicked.

WE WILL NOT SHY AWAY FROM POP MUSIC.

front man (idjut boys girthius maximus mix).....the emperor machine.
cartoon hearts.....the heart strings.
coconut grove.....the lovin' spoonful.
some kind of wonderful.....soul brothers six.
earthscore.....erors.
i see the rain.....the marmalade.
get down.....gene chandler.
bafflin' smoke signal.....lee 'scratch' perry.
the city that never sleeps.....dominatrix.
deja vu.....lindstrom.
meet me at the jailhouse.....wizzard.

made for all the right reasons, but particularly the betterment of mankind. again. by the sike and bernie for the very pitof their collective souls. x

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this weeeeek: love in a strange place.

WE WILL NOT SHHY AWAY FROM POP MUSIC.

paperback writer.....the beatles.
sun god (andrew weatherall remix).....cut copy.
situation (francois k dub).....yazoo.
love thine enemy.....cass mccombs.
little marie.....chuck berry.
earthscore.....errors.
born to be with you.....dave edmunds.
adore.....i:cube.
i'm alive.....johnny thunder.
book of moses.....skip spence.
my broken angel.....atlas sound.
too late to turn back now.....cornelius brothers & sister rose.
animals.....diagrams.
when saturday comes.....the undertones.
tape tape tape.....jeanne-marie sens.
i walked alone (jacques renault remix).....yacht.
cool this dub.....tappa zukie.

made with all the bestest intentions by the sike and bernie love foundation.

happy birthday, loopy 'loops' scribble. tons of love from the sound of music. x

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