Industrial Complex

Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert (I)

Benedikt Jahnel - Part of the Game

John Dowland - Pavan a Quatre

Golden Gate Quartet - Come In at the Door

Voices of Liberty - Give Me Your Tired

Alphabetical Four - Walk Right In and Make Myself at Home

Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (a capella)

The Simpsons - Stonecutters Theme (We Do)

Agar Agar - Symbiose

Dennis Brown - Wolf & Leopard

Dennis Brown - Equal Rights

Voices of Liberty - America, The Beautiful

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Tracklist

The Pilgrim Travellers – Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb – Black GospelThe Golden Gate Quartet – Dese Bones Gonna Rise Again – Black GospelTears for Fears – Shout (Acapella) – Songs from the Big Chair (30th Anniversary Edition)The Golden Gate Quartet – Jezebel – Black GospelPauline Oliveros – The Gentle – The Well and the GentleMahalia Jackson – Amazing Grace – Black GospelJohnny Clarke – Crazy BaldheadJohnny Clarke – Declaration of RightsDennis Alcapone – Brixton HallWilliam Basinski – 92982.1 – 92982Brian Eno & Harold Budd – Not Yet Remembered – Ambient 2: The Plateaux of MirrorBrian Eno – Another Green World – Another Green WorldLittle Dragon & Sara Parkman – Eros, Agape, Philia (Little Dragon Remix) – Eros Agape Philia (Little Dragon Remix)Françoise Hardy – Voilà – C’est Chic! French Girl Singers of the 1960’sThe Golden Gate Quartet – Toll the Bell Easy – Black GospelApollo Brown & Guilty Simpson – I Can Do No Wrong – Dice Game

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Tracklist

Agar Agar – I’m That Guy – Cardan [EP]Audiobook – [200] – Donald Trump (1946 – ) – Leaders Who Changed HistoryBangles – Walk Like an Egyptian (A Cappella Mix) – [Unreleased / A Cappella]Cool Notes – Spend the Night (Original 12” Mix) – Now Dance – The 80sCameo – Attack Me With Your Love – Single LifeGrace Jones – Pull Up to the Bumper (Remix) – Now Dance – The 80sJody Watley – Looking for a New Love – Billboard Top 100 of 1987Swing Out Sister – Breakout – Billboard Top 100 of 1987DeBarge – Rhythm of the Night (Dance Mix) – Now Dance – The 80sStevie Wonder – Part-Time Lover – Billboard Top 100 80s Dance Party HitsInja & Level 2 – V Tingz (Extended Mix) – V Tingz (Extended Mix)D-Flex – 911 (Original Mix) – Rasta Lion EPDub Phizix – Juice (Extended Mix) – Senka Mixtape, Vol. 1Ed Solo, Deekline & Crossy – No No No (Crossy Remix) – No No No (Crossy Remix)Levela & Waeys – Gasp (Original Mix) – The Rush EPParticle – That Hz (Original Mix) – 20 Years of Underground SonicsWinslow – Bob & Weave (Original Mix) – Hospital Mixtape: LensMitekiss & Pixie Cola – Seventeen (Original Mix) – Bolivian Hotel BistroTeej, Mtek & Jappa – Hooligan (T>I Remix) – The Construct (Remix LP)Gregory Isaacs – Mr. Cop – Reggae Archives Vol. 1Ability – Rasta Never Give Up – Reggae Chart 1978Leroy King – Mash Down Babylon – Reggae Chart 1978Barry Brown – Politician – Trojan Eighties Box Set (Disc 2)Frankie Paul – Worries in the Dance – 80s Dancehall Essentials (2021)Parcels – Tieduprightnow – ParcelsPrivate – My Secret Lover (Radio Edit) – [Unreleased Single]Robert Palmer – Sulky Girl – CluesRoosevelt – Echoes – Polydans (Deluxe)Gene Farris, Matt Sassari & Maesic – Nothing Is Real (Extended Mix) – Nothing Is Real (Extended Mix)Saison – Say You’re Mine (Extended Mix) – Toolroom Poolside 2020Mambo Brothers – Kasai (Extended Mix) – Toolroom Poolside 2020Jasper Street Co. (feat. Byron Stingily & Norma Jean) – Paradise (Mark Knight & Michael Gray Extended Mix) – Toolroom Poolside 2020Friend Within – Waiting (Extended Mix) – Toolroom Poolside 2020Alex Preston – Toolroom Poolside 2020 – Mix 02 (Mixed by Alex Preston) – Toolroom Poolside 2020Alex Preston – We Have to Be Thoughtful (Extended Mix) – Toolroom Poolside 2020Jayda G – Both of Us (Edit) – Both of Us (Jayda G Sunset Bliss Mix)Terrence Parker – Welcome to Southfield (Original Mix) – Welcome to SouthfieldAudiobook – [200] – Donald Trump (1946 – ) – Leaders Who Changed HistoryBeach Boys – I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times (A Capella Mix) – [Unreleased / A Cappella]A Tribe Called Quest – Buggin’ Out – The Low End TheoryStudio Scratches – Digital Skipless Scratch Record #28 – Ultimate Scratch SamplesINI – Step Up – Underground ClassicsApollo Brown (feat. 87, One Be Lo & A-Minus) – What Up – Sincerely, DetroitSister Rosetta Tharpe – Forgive Me Lord and Try Me One More Time – Black GospelWandering Boys – Lead Me to That Rock – Black Gospel

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Visiting the Balkans I was fascinated by this phenomenon on TV — televised spiritual mediums or fortune-tellers. One of the better-known platforms is EZO.TV in Croatia, which runs live “advisory / divination” shows. (hr.ezo.tv) Viewers can call in to ask tarot, numerology, astrology, or “fortune telling” questions. This guy is an especially strange example. Seemed like mostly frumpy older women doing this job, a few more dynamic hosts with real schtick, and then super over-the-top fellas like King Tut here.

The calls are premium-rate lines — and the service claims that “these are for entertainment only; not professional advice.” But someone is taking these folks seriously enough to pay for 24/7 TV coverage on multiple cable channels.

It all seems like a much sillier version of American televangelism. I reckon that traditional belief systems, uncertainty about the future, or socioeconomic stress make audiences more receptive. These practices tap into personal anxieties or hopes. Maybe there’s some placebo effect.

Looking into this a little I was interested to learn that the performances are likely not fully spontaneous. There may be prepared prompts (e.g. “Who has the number 4 in their birth year?”) or “test puzzles” (e.g. find a number on your banknote) to force people to engage or stay longer. (Some online commentary suggests this kind of mechanic.) (Reddit)

Another show is Zlatna Zora (“Golden Dawn”), a local nightly show on multiple local TV stations (zlatnazora.hr). It lists tarot, numerology, and “other esoteric arts” as the core of its content. Viewers pick an advisor from the screen and jots down that advisor’s code number to call in. They handle love, money, family, career questions but explicitly avoid giving medical or health diagnoses, which is regulated. There is also Astro24h, which runs a live nightly TV show for tarot / astrology sessions.

These shows effectively monetize mysticism via phone-ins. They tap into a spiritual-interest market combined with late-night TV, when viewers are more likely to call. They occupy a kind of liminal media space at the intersection of entertainment, pseudo-therapeutics, and spiritual aspiration. Coming from the US the closest thing I could remember was Robert Tilton’s phone-in donation lines from the 90s.

If you ignore the exploitation and grift, though, it’s interesting and occasionally very funny. King Tut could be a Dan Aykroyd character.

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Carlo Gesualdo – Feria VI “In Parasceve”: In III Nocturno, Responsorium 9 – Tenebrae

Brian Eno – Unnoticed Planet – Music For Installations

Brian Eno & Harold Budd – The Plateaux Of Mirror – Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror

Carlo Gesualdo – Benedictus – Tenebrae

Alan Watts – Everything About Money, Wealth and Capitalism

Paradis – Miroir (Un) – Recto Verso

James Brown – Stop The War In Babylon

Yukimi – Break Me Down (Original Mix) – Break Me Down

Carlo Gesualdo – Miserere – Tenebrae

Voices Of Liberty – Give Me Your Tired (Voices Of Liberty) – A Slice of A Cappella

Enigma – Sadeness Part 1 (1991) – MCMXC A.D.

Sade – Haunt Me (a capella)

Hot Dad – I Have a Feeling That – Synthdown

Nilufer Yanya – Made Out Of Memory (Original Mix) – Made Out Of Memory

Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson – I Can Do No Wrong – Dice Game

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Turned out to be hip hop and 15th century ecclesiastical music and reggae and funk and electro and 140 and Russian disco and grime and more too

It’s a crazy smorgasbord of unpredictable, topical background music for your day

Come through next time I’m live, have a cocktail, take it eas’.

I saw xɨʍǟ and Travis Leeman and that Batchelor fellow and someone else in there. <3

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There might be a couple accidental jump scares in here and I apologize. I’m still on training wheels.

But I like the idea of a peaceful refuge stream oasis and will probably try this again!

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No, these things don’t have much to do with one another. They just wound up in the same session file. I have no explanation.

So here are some Bulwark moments just because, including Tim Miller’s O Canada first, and then a bit of conversation about the recent right-wing media feud involving Candace Owens, then some corny ass song about immigration, and then 15 minutes of cuts and scratches.

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