Where the Eye Meets the Pyramid

Episode 14 we take a brief look into Prog and 70's Kraut Rock before sitting down for a chat with Steven Krakow aka Plastic Crimewave and Sara Gossett Spiral Galaxy!  We chat about their music, their various art projects as well as upcoming shows and an almost finished debut album!  In this episode we play 2 new tracks from their upcoming, as yet, untitled debut LP!   Below are bios for the band, Sara and Plastic Crimewave!

Chicago-native Plastic Crimewave aka Steven Krakow is known for being a "psychedelic guru" of sorts, and is the creator of the Galactic Zoo Dossier, a hand-drawn magazine published by Drag City since 2001. Crimewave also: runs the Galactic Zoo Disk reissue label imprint that is manufactured/distributed by Drag City and roving label Galactic Archives, draws/writes the bi-weekly Secret History of Chicago Music comics for the Chicago Reader for over a decade, books/founded the avant/psych festival Million Tongues featuring international musicians, has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary art, and has drawn countless comics, posters, album covers, and branding art for Lush Cosmetics. From 2001-2011, PCW headed up Plastic Crimewave Sound, legendary space-punk ensemble that recorded 5 LPs, toured nationally with Acid Mothers Temple, Comets on Fire and The Ponys, and whom Julian Cope described as "outtasite." PCW currently leads Plastic Crimewave Syndicate (who have opened for Hawkwind, Keiji Haino, Chrome, Loop, Josefus, Purling Hiss, and Woods and have released 2 albums on UK labels); conducts the Plastic Crimewave Vision Celestial Guitarkestra of up to 70 guitarists (performed in NY, Hyde Park Arts Center, and yearly at the Hideout block party), plays banjo/guitar in the spacey duo Spiral Galaxy, and has DJ-ed all over the world--from London to Tokyo.

Plastic Crimewave has tons of cool merch including exclusive 45's with hand made comics, various GZD mixtapes, videos, etc. 
And all can be found at:
http://www.plasticcrimewave.com

Sara Gossett

Born and raised in Texas and a recent transplant to Chicago after 15 years in Virginia, Sara Gossett is an artist/illustrator, musician, and occasional DJ with a lifelong passion for all things related to vintage style and design. Recent projects include album art, posters, textile print design, hand-lettering commissions, spot illustrations for websites and more.
Search here out for commissions or other art needs at:
https://saragossett.com/home.html

https://spiralgalaxychicago.bandcamp.com/

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At My Home- Twenty Sixty Six and Then 

Flissbandbaby, Macheal Tram Ich - Floh De Cologne

Living in a Garden - Trash

2: 

It's a Rainy Day (Sunshine Girl)- Faust

The Sun Song- Embryo

Desolation Valley & Waves - Nektar

Eye Shaking King - Amon Duul II

3:

Short Jam - GAM

Stone In - Guru Guru

Kinder des Alles 1 - Cosmic Jokers

4:

For a Thousand Mothers - Jethro Tull

I Know What I Like - Genesis

Johnny Barleycorn Must Die- Traffic

Supertwister - Camel

Isle of Everywhere - Gong

Hocus Pocus - Focus

5:

D Machine - Spiral Galaxy

(Interview)

Celestial Omen - Spiral Galaxy

Outro:

Temple of the Sun- The Shining Realm 

EPISODE 13: All Night at the Spaceball Prom

For the lucky 13th episode we thought what better way to celebrate than to have a Glam Rock throw down!  Put on your lipstick, shower yourself in glitter, and put on your shiniest pair of tights because we’re having a vamped up prom stomp!

We need to take a moment and talk serious!  The world of glam was full of cross dressers, spaced-out dandies, and girls-who-wereboys-who-were-girls-who-were Space People! Keeping with that frame of mind we also want to remind our listeners about our motto: Be Weird, Stay Strange, and Remember to Take Care of One Another!  We want any of you out there in the LGTBQ community, and other maligned peoples, to know, that in these dark times, where the cruelest hypocrites in the world are making life seem impossible, taking care of yourself, and other humans is a revolutionary act in itself!  If you are struggling under these chances we are providing information on some support groups and suicide prevention hotlines!  It’s important that all the weirdos and losers, the lovers and dreamers, destroyers and builders stick together and do what we can to build a better world!

 
The Trevor Project- 24-Hour Mental Health Text Message Service https://www.thetrevorproject.org

Pride Fund to End Gun Violence- http://patfornm.com/pride-fund-to-end-gun-violence/

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention- https://afsp.org/

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline- https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

National Center for Transgender Equality- https://transequality.org/

Equality Federation- https://www.equalityfederation.org/

The Human Rights Campaign- https://www.hrc.org/

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1.       Hymn for the Dudes- Mott the Hoople

2.       Ladytron- Roxy Music

3.       Baby’s on Fire- Brian Eno

4.       The Six Teens- Sweet

5.       Calling All Destroyers- T. Rex

6.       Cracked Actor- David Bowie

7.       Andy’s Chest-  Lou Reed

8.       Lonely Planet Boy- New York Dolls

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9.       Rock’n’Roll Crazy- Zappo

10.   Saturday Night- Bilbo Baggins

11.   Diversion- The Equals

12.   Good Time Comin- Mustard

13.   Pantherman- Pantherman

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14.   Shake That Fat- Iron Virgin

15.   The Man Who Speeks Evil- Slade

16.   Raggarna- Magnus Ulgga

17.   Dreamin’- The Arrows

18.   Prisoner of Your Imagination- Suzi Quatro

19.   Morning Starship- Jobraith

20.   Hypnosis- Mud

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21.   Hold On- Ipsissimus

22.   Waves- Happy Dagger

23.   Babe, Ya Let My Hand Go- Fredreck Michael St. Jude

24.   Bubblegum Factory- Redd Kross

25.   Lysergic Bliss- Of Montreal

26.   Terr-Fi- Fruit Juice

27.   Queen- Perfume Genius

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28.   Second Coming- Alice Cooper

29.   Angel- Space Waltz

30.   Falling in Love with Myself Again- Sparks

31.   I Pulled My Helmet Off (I’m Going to Love Her)- Zolar X

Sitting by a fire watching the damp, gray clouds pass overhead had Crystal Daze and Reverend Pagan in the mood for some weird folk.  Tune in as they scour the vale and traipse through the vales of their mind, and take winding path through the realms of acid folk.

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1.       Diamond Day- Vashti Bunyan

2.       All Things Quite Silent- Steeleye Span

3.       I Don’t Know Where I Stand- Fairport Convention

4.       Nothing More- Fotheringay

5.       You Know What You Could Be- The Incredible String Band

6.       Light Flight- Pentangle

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7.       Deep Inside - Fantuzzi 

8.       Hiawatha - Simon Finn

9.       Song to Comus – Comus

10.   Ladyfingers - Daughters of Albion

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11.   Blend - Sandy Bull 

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12.   Kulen Natt - Golden Ivy

13.   Fire by the river – Harumi

14.   Dio Mio No - Lucio Battisti

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15.   Hate Street Dialogue- Rodriguez

16.   Drop Out!- Pearls Before Swine

17.   The Witch- Mark Fry

18.   Mannannan I- Loudest Whisper

19.   Mannannan II- Loudest Whisper

20.   Sign on My Mind- Dr. Strangely Strange
 

Outro-

Echo in the Guru- Ghost

The Reverend Charles Pagan comes back to Earth and gathers his thoughts after an epic weekend of mind-expanding music at the Milwaukee Psych Fest VII!  In trying to convey the amazing five day stretch from Des Moines to Wisconsin, the Reverend rambles through his travels and the moments in the week that stretched his brain like spaghetti.  If you look at the playlist for the show before listening you’ll probably be asking the same thing Crystal Daze did when Rev. Pagan sent him the tracks: WTF!  The Reverend swears, though, that by the end of this epic edition all will make some sort of sense.  So sit back, turn down the outside noise and join the Where the Eye Meets the Pyramid crew as they bring you the weirdest episode yet!!!

Chapter One- From Cornfield to Cornfield

1.       Tawine- Yamantaka//Sonic Titan

2.       One- Yamantaka//Sonic Titan

3.       Dark Star Blues- Acid Mother’s Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O

Chapter 2- Easing into Head Space

4.       Coconut- Harry Nilsson

5.       Dubble Dragon- White Mystery

6.       Mushroom Festival in Hell- Ween

Chapter 3- Welcome to the Future: Oblivion

7.       Ancients to the Future- Plastic Crimewave Syndicate

8.       Moonchanges- Sunwatchers

9.       Saturn- Red Mass

10.    Denied Doctrine- Nest Egg 

11.    Tempera- New Candys 

12.    Pink Lady Lemonade (Dancing Queen)- Acid Mother’s Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O

Chapter 4- Lost in Transition

13.    Kiss- Tom Jones (Prince cover)

14.    Cherry Bomb- Runaways

15.    If I close My Eyes- Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford

16.    I’ll Be Around- The Spinners

Chapter 5- Exhaustion is a State of Mind

17.    Poison- The David Nance Group

18.    Snow Tigers- Hot Garbage

19.    Pretty Groovy- Faux Ferocious

20.    Subway Mirror Heart- Elkhorn

21.    Wild Animal part 5- Sunburned Hand of the Man

22.    I Control the Weather- Dire Wolves (Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)

Chapter 6- Wizards in the Blizzard on the Wayward Trails Home

23.    Stone the Pass/Kill the Vibe- Plastic Crimewave Sound

24.    Nite People- Colin Scot

25.    Inside Looking Out- Kurt Vile 

26.    Genius is Pain- National Lampoon’s John Lennon (Magical Misery Tour)

27.    Marcus Say Jah No Dead- Sinead O’Connor

28.    Marcus Garvey- Burning Spear

Epilogue

Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)- First Edition

To celebrate our 10th Episode (the first double digit episode) We give you an episode of songs that are also double digits. 

xhol caravan - raise up high

harmonia - schaumburg

neu - fur immer

Neil Young - Cowgirl in the sand

Janes Addiction- Three Days

Funkadelic - maggot brain

Ween - woman and man

Jimi Hendrix- Machine gun

Flower Travellin band- IV

Frank Zappa - gumbo variations 

Michio Kurihara - The Last Cicada

Les Rallizes Denudes - strung out deeper than night

High Rise - Mainliner

Closer Song
Commanders- Under the Feral Spell

While we were doing last week's episode, Milwaukee Psych Fest's main man, Andrew Shelp, gave us a list of some of his favorite songs.  We turned that list into an episode with 2hrs worth of jamz!  Enjoy!


Set 1: 

Yardbirds - For your love

Relatively Clean Rivers - Easy Ride

The Byrds - Change is Now

Buffalo Springfield - Bluebird

Gene Clark - No Other

 
Set 2:

Relatively Clean Rivers - Hello Sunshine 

Lee Hazelwood – Sand 

Don Nix - Black Cat Moan 

Alexander Spence - Little Hands

Captain Beefheart – Electricity

Set 3:

Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

Silver Apples - Oscillation

Godz- Radar Eyes

Taj Mahal Travellers - 3rd Movement

Set 4:

The Velvet Underground - I’m Gonna Move Right In

Trad Gras Och Stenar- Sanningens Silverflod

Parson Sound - India (sight return)

Set 4 Pt 2:

Agitation Free - You Play For Us Today 

Ash Ra Tempel - Freak and Roll

Amon Duul- Im Garten Sandosa

Closer:

Mdou Moctar- Tarhatazed

We finish out our Milwaukee Psych Fest preview in this part 2!  Go back and listen to part 1, especially the last half, as it features an interview with creator of the fest Andrew Shelp!

Milwaukee Psych Fest will run from April 11th (pre-show), April 12th Day 1 through April 13th
Day 1 is 4pm till 2am
Day 2 is 12pm til 2am!

Enjoy!

Set 1: 

Vokokesh - Texas Asphalt Blues

Sunburned Hand of Man - Serpents Wish

Hot Garbage - Mystic Muffin

Flavor Crystals - Sultan's Orders

Triptides - Throne of Stars

Telescopes - Atoms of the Sea

Night Beats - Playing Dead

Set 2: 

Elkhorn - The Black River

David Nance Group - 110 Blues

Garcia Peoples - Feel So Great

Limber Brain- It'd be nice

Closer : New Candys - Aphrodite in Leather

Extra Special 2 Part Tale:
This week we preview the upcoming Milwaukee Psych Fest VII, one of our favorite shindigs in the U.S.  Reverend Charles Pagan and Crystal Daze begin with 11 songs by 11 bands that happen to be playing this year's festival.  The last half of the episode is an interview with the creator and curator of the festival Andrew Shelp.  In it he and Charles Pagan discuss what makes Milwaukee Psych Fest different from any other in the country and why YOU should be going!

Set 1: 
Nest Egg - Set the GPS for the Heart of the Sun

Brief Candles - Alarm Fatigue

Sunwatchers- The Works

Plastic Crimewave Syndicate - Floating Tomb

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan - Out of Time

Acid Mothers Temple - Interplanetary Love

Set 2:
Magic Shoppe - Fuckstrated

Red Mass - Crooked

Psychic Ills - I Get By

Mr. Airplane Man - Good Time

Dire Wolves - Unfettered and Alive

Spring is here and that means the beginning of Festival season!  Episode 7 finds the Reverend Charles Pagan and Crystal Daze exploring two upcoming music fests before paying homage to one of our favorite pop music icons: Scott Walker.  The second half of the show is a retrospective of the peerless artist's challenging body of work, from his days as a teen heartthrob to his later career as he painted his nightmares in sound.

Set 1: Misson Creek part 1

Jenny Lewis- Black Messiah

Guerilla Toss- Betty Dreams of Green Men

BMSR - Forever Heavy

Set 2: Mission Creek Part 2

Moor Mother - Parallel Nightmare

Makaya McCraven - Tall Tales

Dana T - Ritual of My Earth

Hide - Wear your Skin

Set 3: Milwaukee Small Preview

Faux Ferocious - Price of Progress

Flavor Crystals - Mirror in my Mind

Nest Egg- Denied Doctrine 

Triptides - Visitors 

Set 4 : Scott Walker part 1 (The Younger Years 1966-78)

Walker Bros - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

Walker Bros - After the lights go out

Scott Walker - Montague Terrace

" " - The Plague

" " - Plastic Palace People

" " - The Amorous Humphrey Plug

" " - We Came Through

" " - The Old Man's Back Again 

Set 5: Scott Walker part 2 (1984- current)

Walker Bros - Nite Flights

" " - The Electrician 

Scott Walker - Track Three

" " - Cossacks Are

Scott Walker w/ SunO))) - Brando

Outro- Eulogy

Flower Travellin’ Band- Satori II

Battling flu and icy weather, Rev. Charles Pagan and Crystal Daze look to the weavers of dark arts to save them from the winter malaise.  So join Where the Eye Meets the Pyramid as the travel the yellow brick road, head to Mordor and conjure demons with the nefarious purveyors of the Dark Arts!!!


The Wizard- Uriah Heep

The Wizard- Black Sabbath

Sorcerer- Junction

Tres Brujas- The Sword

Am I Going Up?- All Them Witches

You Must Be a Witch- The Lollipop Shoppe

Wizzard King- Inside

My Girlfriend is a Witch- October Country

Build Your Home- The Black Wizards

The Wizard- Blown Free

Step Through the Portal- Elf Power

Season of the Witch- Donovan

The Wizard- T. Rex

Hang on to a Dream- Gandalf

No Angel or Demon- Witchcraft

Black Wizard- Medusa

We’ll All Ride High (Money Bags)- White Witch

Mystical Machine Gun- Kula Shaker

Mystery Jack- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Dark Sorcerer- Frankie and the Witch Fingers

Crimson Witch- The Moving Sidewalks

Angry Demons- The Warlocks

Cat Black (The Wizard’s Hat)- T.Rex

International Feel- Todd Rundgren

Wizard Staff- Wampire

Outro:  Ballad of Bilbo Baggins- Leonard Nimoy