Fredericks MIND Thing

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  • Bird Pile
    A Fredericks Foundscape
    Intro     The bells of St. John's       Avian speculation       Avian observations       Slow flying objects
    16 min
  • Touch Me, AP Mike

    Touch Me, AP Mike


    A spur of the moment Skype gathering. We welcome some new people, reacquaint ourselves with some newer people and talk to some old people.


    Jeff  and D.C. Pat.         Mike is done eating.      Randy Newman’s prescient. 


    John Waters movies,      Mike hates Robert Christgau’s memoir.     


    Dougald popped his Canadian head in.     Mike’s job situation.      


    Writing books: Blood Trail, Lamentations and The Manny.       Bootlegging.         Bibliophiles.       


    Corporate scams.     Shoplifting.     Early deaths.      Massa’s update.     Best Show talk.    


    Skype thing excluded!     Dead Dad’s Club review.     Black comedians.     Dock Ellis.    


     WFMU Record Fair.   

       

    Pat Byrne talks music:  Ian Svenonius (Nation of Ulysses) and Chad Clark (Beauty Pill).


    Book talk.        Mike’s possible new career path.          Politics.     


     Stan shows up and Dougald rejoins conversation.      Weather talk.     Back to Randy Newman.


    Wildlife: deer and coyote.        Sneaking around at Massa’s doesn’t work.       Touch Me, AP Mike.


    Fair Use discussion.     Canadian idioms.       Euphemisms. 

        

    59 min
  • On Time
    Time has been a topic I find myself coming back to frequently. I am about halfway through Douglas Rushkoff's fascinating new book Present Shock and felt inspired to create this piece.
    Analog vs digital clocks.                  The relativity of time.                      Perception of time.         Time on my hands. 
          The Bicameral Mind.         Consciousness changes over time.       Analog vs. digital music.     
    An inappropriate transference of hostility.              Under the control of something else.
    25 min
  • You're a Good Guy, AP Mike

    The Best Show was delayed. So we pulled the gang together on short notice. Mike dishes about his experiences during the recent live shows. Climate change in Florida is banned. We spend quite a bit of time talking about music and The Jinx.





    Stan knows how to think.     Where’s Mike?         Static.       Mike on stage.


    Kevin Corrigan.      Jack White/Elvis.     Mike’s Deemployment.  


    Can’t Say “ Climate Change” in Florida.     Dougald and the Kids.     


    Box Sets.      The Best Show.        Tech Problems.     WFMU Marathon- Clay Pigeon, Frangy.    


    Backstage Stories.     Mike’s Stalker.     FOT @ Massa”s.       The Jinx.


    Serial.       Roky Erickson.     Electro Shock Therapy.    Austin.     


    End.

    1 hr 5 min
  • You’re a Good Guy, AP Mike








    The Best Show was delayed. So we pulled the gang together on short notice. Mike dishes about his experiences during the recent live shows. Climate change in Florida is banned. We spend quite a bit of time talking about music and The Jinx.





    Stan knows how to think.     Where’s Mike?         Static.       Mike on stage.




    Kevin Corrigan.      Jack White/Elvis.     Mike’s Deemployment.  




    Can’t Say “ Climate Change” in Florida.     Dougald and the Kids.     




    Box Sets.      The Best Show.        Tech Problems.     WFMU Marathon- Clay Pigeon, Frangy.    




    Backstage Stories.     Mike’s Stalker.     FOT @ Massa”s.       The Jinx.




    Serial.       Roky Erickson.     Electro Shock Therapy.    Austin.     




    End.

    1 hr 5 min
  • Bad Connections

    According to Pew Research Group 91% of adult Americans have a mobile phone of some sort. We are more connected than ever. 


    Using that information I mixed in ideas inspired by Brion Gysin’s cut up technique and Steve Reich’s Violin Phase and created this piece.

    Consider this an auditory argument that increased connections do not correspondingly increase the quality of communication.

    16 min
  • An Uncivilized Gorilla: Mike's Emergency Skype Thing

    Faced with Tom Scharpling’s unexpected absence, Mike hastily convened an emergency Skype chat. We welcome some new folks and jump into our old routine as best we can.


    Pat Walsh fails to join.     Corey’s Scharpling and Wurster talk.       Losing my touch.


    Mike’s work and snow talk.     Pat makes it in.     


    More work talk includes "You gotta be devious" and "Stair etiquette.”     


    Movie Talk! Birdman and Inherent Vice. 


    Brian shows we talk about the Toby Dammit, the Swans and Einstruzende Neubauten/

                        

    Best Show talk.  Massa’s Movie Talk: Interstellar, Top Secret, Let It Ride, Burt Reynolds movies.


    The Super Bowl.     FrancesaCon.         Gambling.             Girl Scout cookies.        


    Fredericks and P.C. on Cigarettes and Whiskey ep. 93.      Cigarette people.


    Paul Thomas Anderson.     Pynchon spotting.      Jon Wurster teases American Airlines.


    More movie talk: The Master.       Audience watching.      Meandering. 

    1 hr 1 min
  • An Uncivilized Gorilla: Mike’s Emergency Skype Thing






    Faced with Tom Scharpling’s unexpected absence, Mike hastily convened an emergency Skype chat. We welcome some new folks and jump into our old routine as best we can.




    Pat Walsh fails to join.     Corey’s Scharpling and Wurster talk.       Losing my touch.




    Mike’s work and snow talk.     Pat makes it in.     




    More work talk includes "You gotta be devious" and "Stair etiquette.”     




    Movie Talk! Birdman and Inherent Vice. 




    Brian shows we talk about the Toby Dammit, the Swans and Einstruzende Neubauten/

                        


    Best Show talk.  Massa’s Movie Talk: Interstellar, Top Secret, Let It Ride, Burt Reynolds movies.




    The Super Bowl.     FrancesaCon.         Gambling.             Girl Scout cookies.        




    Fredericks and P.C. on Cigarettes and Whiskey ep. 93.      Cigarette people.




    Paul Thomas Anderson.     Pynchon spotting.      Jon Wurster teases American Airlines.




    1 hr 1 min
  • Cycling
    I had planned on doing a show about circles, Pi, spheres, domes, ovals and other things roundish, but things became cyclical so I rolled with it.. This is an abbreviated episode due to Tom Scharpling's not showing up for work. We had an emergency Mike Skype Thing chat instead- excerpts coming soon.

    He was a bright kid.       Pi is infinite.       Hillary Today offer.      Where were you?         
    P.C. Mike learns ten seconds is a long time.     Whiskey and Cigarettes (We're getting famous).
    Mike Skype Thing talk: What happened to Stan and Kormodd?        
    Listening to The Best Show.          Calling The Best Show.      Not right but didn't fall down.
    Emergency Skype Chat?        To be continued...
    13 min
  • Scavenging
    This episode was created by filtering though notes from my work table, old Tascam recordings, the newspaper and Glenn Beck propaganda. Oh, and the Jeff Perlman interview conducted by the Skype group as well as a seasonal poem. Florida seasonal anyways.


    Charles C. Alexander.       Astrological Billiards.         Ambiguous sentences.        
    Notes from the work table.     Gun myths.   Glenn Beck cut up.    
    Crazy cat lady.      Trapped in the backyard.
    16 min

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