The Spartacus Roosevelt Hour

"Waltz for M.P.B." by Food Brain from A Social Gathering; "Oram" by Fridge from The Sun; "The Self Deploying Flower Entity Decomposes int Quietude" by Vorpal from The End; "Missle Defense" by Poly.Sci.187 from Mansbestfriend; "Black River Apples" by GHQ from Cosmology of the Eye; "Rollga Timmen (Boring Machines)" by Port-Royal from Afraid to Dance; "Geyser" by Artanker Convoy from Cozy Endings; "Yellow Mellow Magic" by La Otracina from Tonal Eclipse of the One; "Effervescing the Nether Sphere" by Tuxedomoon from Bardo Hotel; "Barry Dub" by Milanese from Adapt; "Donderwalk" by Machinefabriek from Weleer; "The Universe is Designed to Break Your Mind" by Burning Star Core from Blood Lightning

This seems like a bunch of Summer songs to me. Sort of. Maybe a strange fever dream sort of Summer. Here at the thirty-second parallel, it is always like a fever dream. "Toumast" by Tinariwen from…

"Toumast" by Tinariwen from Iman Aman; "Rainbow" by Boris and Michio Kurihara from the CD Rainbow; "Emseepee" by Growing from Vision Swim; "Toothsub" by Video Hippos from Unbeast the Leash; "Leivonen" by Shogun Kunitoki from Tasankokaiku; "Following Electro Acoustic Theory" by MGR and SirDSS from Impromptu; "Boiled Peanuts" by Blues Control from their self titled CD; "Lobby" by Kilimanjaro Dark Jazz Ensemble from their self titled CD; "Meteor Shower Geel" by Astro Can Caravan from 21st Century Drifting Episode; "Tram 21" by Electrelane from No Shouts, No Calls. Courtesy of the artist; "Superpositions" by Nathan Fake from Drowning in a Sea of Love; "Ce N'est Pas Les Jardins du Luxembourg" by Feu Therese from their self-titled CD

The swap is winding down. I will be contacting everyone next week to make sure that CDs were sent and received like they should be. One of the swappers sent me a great package, including an…

"The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter" by Blue Sky Black Death from A Heap of Broken Images; "A Debra Modern Ken" by Aidan Baker from Broken and Remade; "Watercolour" by Qua from Painting Monsters On Clouds; "Mouvement - The Flesh is Weak" by The Angelic Process from Coma Waering; "Crempogsmultron" by Mugstar from their self-titled CD; "Not Right" by Smegma from 33 1/3; "Forever Heavy" by Black Moth Super Rainbow from Dandelion Gum; "Providence" by Deerhunter from Cryptograms; "This One Will Kill Us" by Slaraffenland from Private Cinema; "Feed the King" by Dredd Foole from Daze on the Mounts; "Race Out" by Battles from Mirrored; "Witch Hunt of the Sun People" by Expo 70 from Exquisite Lust

When I was young I came to believe that the natural lifespan for a human was 72 years old. Anything after that was extra you lucked into. "Gum" by Cornelius from Sensuous. Courtesy of Everloving…

"Gum" by Cornelius from Sensuous; "Drawn Curtains" by Grails from Burning Off Impurities; "Raspberry" by Caribou from the 2005 Tour EP;"Black Horse" by Pharoah Overload from Live in Suomi Finland; "Erotica" by Aavikko from Back From The Futer; "The Storm Before the Calm" by Thavius Beck from Thru; "Delucid" by Pest from All Out Fall Out; "Kingdom of Ends" by Axolotl from Memory Theatre; "Thought Seeds" by DJ Frane from Electric Garden of Delights; "Tijuana Destruction Derby" by Dialing In from Ketalysergicmetha Mother; "And Hell is Behind Me" by Part Chimp from Cup.

Montana Wildhack gets 24hr coverage from Cable "News" but the passing of Billy Pilgrim is barely noticed. Sigh. "Ghost in the Graveyard" by A Sunny Day in Glasgow from Scribble Mural Comic Journal.…

"Ghost in the Graveyard" by A Sunny Day in Glasgow; "Ponytail" by Panda Bear from Person Pitch;"Wax Window" by Syndrone from Triskaideka; "Weird" by Menomena from Friend or Foe; "Chlorophyll" by Boxcutter from Oneiric; "Ilmaa Virtaa" by Paavoharju from Yh� H�m�r��;"Funhouse" by Earthmonkey from Be That Charge; "Call of the Flute" by Dilip Roy from Namaskaar: Melodies From India; "Geography (Donkey Dancing In The Bath)" by SJ Esau from Wrong Faced Cat Feed Collapse; "'taker" by The Gersch from their self-titled CD; "Mirth Script" by Ben Reynolds from Book of Beyond; "Radio Shitmat" by Shitmat from Hang the DJ.

It is true. My first ipod, a 4G bought mere moments before the release of Generation 5 has bit the dust. I am trying to Frankenstein one together until I get a new one so if you have a dead 4G laying…