Initiative

KAFM Grand Junction, 9pm - 12am

by Julius C. Lacking Julius C. Lacking
Shopping Shopping

The topologist carefully unfolded the graph depicting prime number frequencies. Across the scrub, the baker was returning from the Unimog, having concluded the search, and from the looks of their empty hands, unsuccessfully. They must have left it in the cab back in Calabar. Wonderful. Together, they considered the placement of the carved stone monoliths before them, their geometric arrangement random to the average visitor, but a clear reflection of order to the ancient people of Alok Ikom, and apparently, also related to the graph before them, with cataclysmic mathematical consequences.

In this episode: Architecture In Helsinki, Arto Lindsay, Atomic 7, Baby Shakes, Belle & Sebastian, Best Coast, Black Lips, The Blue Rags, Born Ruffians, Caribou, Cheo, Cornershop, Courtney Barnett, David Bowie, Feist, The Frights, G. Love & Special Sauce, Great Grandpa, Greg Dulli, The Growlers, Habibi, Ida Maria, Isobel Campbell, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Kruder + Dorfmeister, Mad Professor, Gaudi, Macka B, Margaret Glaspy, Mojo Nixon, The Mountain Goats, Olivia Jean, Peter Bjorn and John, The Postal Service, Professor Elemental, Queen, Shopping, The Sugar Oaks, Superdrag, Tennis, This Is The Kit, Ty Segall, Waax, Waxahatchee, The Wood Brothers, Zach Uncles

  Song Artist Notes
1 Initiative Shopping Meet the new gang
2 Sexyactioncool Atomic 7 Tooshortbutwayfun
3 A Ghost Greg Dulli Grim understatement
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5 Aulon Raid The Mountain Goats Savage times
6 Stay With Me Margaret Glaspy Sweet and smoky
7 Oxbow Waxahatchee Stately pace
8 Wasurenai Wa Baby Shakes Fast rewind
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10 Carnaval Cheo Tropical feels
11 Oh My God Ida Maria Very very urgent
12 Greyhound The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Accelerando
13 Hooker Jon Black Lips Hootin’ and whoopin’
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15 Shine On Moon (feat. Keb' Mo') G. Love & Special Sauce For the librarians
16 We Will Become Silhouettes The Postal Service Remembering exactly when
17 St. Marie Under Canon Cornershop Sounding hopeful
18 Young Americans David Bowie Vocal arrangement by Luther Vandross
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20 Early in the Morning Ty Segall Gravelly rumble
21 The Blues Are Still Blue Belle & Sebastian Unfailing
22 The Poet [Can't Jam] Born Ruffians Quite unfortunate
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24 Just for Today Isobel Campbell In the moment
25 Echoes Tennis Back and forth
26 Alabaster The Wood Brothers A slow drawl
27 Somebody To Love Queen Heavenly chorus
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29 Idiosyncrasy Peter Bjorn and John Stilted riffing
30 Truly The Growlers An unveiling
31 It's Almost A Trap Architecture In Helsinki Hide in the cupboard
32 Afraid of the Dark The Frights Nervous fun
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34 Human Condition Great Grandpa Highly dynamic
35 Dawned On Me Courtney Barnett Originally by Wilco
36 The Story of One Chord Mojo Nixon All the music history you need
37 Dub on Camera Mad Professor, Gaudi, Macka B Silently nods
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39 Jaan Pehechaan Ho Olivia Jean cf. Ghost World
40 Angel Eyes Habibi Retromatic
41 Jack The Ripper Zach Uncles Originally by Link Wray
42 Wave Of Mutilation Superdrag Drove my car into the ocean
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44 Sister Caribou Modulations
45 Simply Beautiful Arto Lindsay Supremely subtle
46 Los Rebeldes The Sugar Oaks Whatever happened to
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48 Master Of My Own Mind Best Coast Straight ahead
49 My Moon My Man Feist Steady beat
50 Bye Bye The Blue Rags Shuffle through
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52 Labrador Waax You were right
53 Hotter Colder This Is The Kit Unbalanced measures
54 Fighting Trousers Professor Elemental Not my time-traveling trousers
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56 Deep Shit Parts 1 + 2 Kruder + Dorfmeister The deepest