WFMU: Tony Coulter: Playlist from August 26, 2014

Listener comments!
	🥁 12:01pm listener james from westwood: Whoo! Back in from the deli just as the theme started. Howdy, Tony and all!!
	12:01pm DCE: hey fellow rhinoceri!
	12:01pm Doug Schulkind: The Hissing of summer Tapes!
	12:03pm Tony Coulter: Hello all! I am currently experiencing difficulties with the stream -- hopefully they won't be experienced on your end. May make it hard for me to comment today.... (Fingers crossed.)
	12:04pm Rich in Washington: Are you upstreaming without a paddle? Greetings, Tony, Listener James, DCE, Doug, fellow listeners!
	12:05pm Kay: Incommunicado desifinado
	12:07pm DCE: did you say Fred Frith was in this group? or did I mishear?
	12:11pm Tony Coulter: Hello again, everybody! Still dealing with problems over here -- hopefully not for much longer. @ DCE: Yes, Frith was in this group....
	12:11pm steve: hey Tony and friends. 10 seconds in, i like where this is going.
	12:12pm Rich in Washington: This is great. I have woefully little of Skeleton Crew in my collection - mainly on compilations.
	12:12pm DCE: yes, I can hear that now.
	🥁 12:23pm listener james from westwood: It's entirely new to me and I'm happy to make its acquaintance!
	12:25pm cklequ: This is reminding me a track on this old Eugene Chadbourne record i used to have on constant rotation. Come to think of it, Fred Frith may have made an appearance or two on that album.
	12:26pm Gary: Hola, Tapeheads
	12:46pm DCE: good use of samples
	12:48pm Tony Coulter: OK -- things seem to be calming down on the technical difficulties front. So, greetings again, everyone!
	12:52pm DCE: you mean you got the tape back INTO the cassette, Tony?
	12:55pm Tony Coulter: Yes! It was touch and go, but I managed to jam it in there.
	🥁 12:59pm listener james from westwood: There was probably a point at which scattered, shattered CDs overtook strands of discarded tape as the audio detritus one saw while creeping along a highway in heavy traffic. Now it's probably Microsoft Zunes.
	1:10pm DCE: this is really good!
	1:11pm Tony Coulter: @ Listener James: I used to see cassette tape hanging from trees -- can't get that with CDs.
	1:12pm Tony Coulter: @ DCE: Glad you like it! Their two studio albums are well worth seeking out.
	🥁 1:12pm listener james from westwood: Tony: Not hardly! Not unless you hang 'em as holiday ornaments!
	1:24pm Carmichael: OK, nice to finally listen to some hiss after a long time gone.
	1:24pm Tony Coulter: Debile Menthol broke up way back in '84, but there were some excellent offshoots that were much more long-lived, like L'Ensemble Rayé and Nimal
	1:25pm Tony Coulter: Heya Carmichael!
	1:27pm MrFab: Durn, it's still cutting out on me. Maybe you can re-run this episode, Sir Tony.
	1:28pm Carmichael: Me too, unfortunately.
	1:28pm maestroso: Me three. And in the middle of such an interesting piece.
	1:29pm Carmichael: My iPhone just says "connecting ..."
	1:29pm Tony Coulter: Yikes! Sit tight. I'm crossing fingers left and right....
	1:29pm DCE: yeah, I don't think anything is playing right now, actually
	🥁 1:30pm listener james from westwood: Regular stream for WFMU was also giving me grief when I experimentally tried that, too.
	1:31pm Tony Coulter: I am awaiting word form central command, as the problem doesn't seem to be on my end.
	1:32pm Rick from SC: I can't work in this silence
	1:32pm Carmichael: Could the whole station be down?! No wonder the wind started blowing and kraken filled the skies!
	1:33pm Tony Coulter: Should I whistle a tune?
	1:33pm DCE: PLEASE
	1:34pm MrFab: Let's all listen to/comment on Duet For Theremin & Lap Steel til Tony comes back: http://duetonline.net/samples
	1:35pm Tony Coulter: So no one's hearing anything? The tape is still playing....
	1:36pm Tony Coulter: I'm back!!! (I think.)
	1:36pm Rick from SC: all better now
	🥁 1:37pm listener james from westwood: There we be! Excellent!
	1:37pm maestroso: Yes, it's back.
	1:37pm MrFab: Yes! But I had to close the Pop-up and open it again for it to play.
	1:37pm Tony Coulter: Ah, good. I think I will re-air this show at some point nonetheless.
	1:39pm Doug Schulkind: If you re-start your iTunes or pop-up players, the show is still running on the stream.
	1:40pm Doug Schulkind: Whatever problem is occurring, it is station-wide. People lost the audio for Joe Belock's show running over on the Mothership.
	1:44pm Rich in Washington: Yay! You're back!
	1:45pm Doug Schulkind: Our mighty Tech Buddha Jeff Moore is on the case. All praises to the TBJM!
	🥁 1:48pm listener james from westwood: Om mani padme TBJM!
	1:51pm Tony Coulter: Funny thing about these lo-fi live recordings -- if you listen to them long enough, the ear adjusts and they start to sound just fine (to moi, at least). That's one reason I decided to play all live recordings today.
	2:05pm northguineahills: @Tony: I just found some crappy mix tapes of mine from the 90s that baked in the sun and probably had drinks spilled on them, and except for the worst examples, they still sound ok by me.
	2:08pm Tony Coulter: That'll be my next show: Tapes drenched in soda or maybe cat piss.
	2:12pm Rich in Washington: @Tony: the Missus and I were talking about that very thing: your brain becomes the filter/descrambler of less-than-optimal media. I grew up in a distant, rural area and television reception and sometimes radio was wretched. I have tapes that are virtually unlistenable today but my mind can filter and optimize it internally.
	2:16pm Tony Coulter: The only kind of sound I can't deal with is low-quality mp3's -- they hurt my ears, quite literally. They sort of create unpleasant vibrations in my inner ear. Other than that, I'm good.
	2:16pm Dean: The hi-fi/lo-fi theme here makes me think of Ward Marston, who has transcribed from 78s to digital numerous vocal recitals and operas from the turn of the 20th century. I wouldn't characterize the CDs as "hi-fi," but the sound is resplendent, not despite but because of the fidelity to the original media from which they were transcribed.
	2:23pm Tony Coulter: Many of those early 78s seem to capture vocals in a very lifelike way -- orchestras, not so much, maybe.
	2:23pm Rich in Washington: bad analog media doesn't seem to do that but, like you say, bad digital media seems really bad to my ears, too. I wonder if youngsters who cut their teeth on Napster, etc. feel the same way.
	2:24pm Rich in Washington: Bad, lo-rez MP3s or other digital files give me this weird resonant vibrational feeling in my neckbones. I have no idea why.
	2:28pm Tony Coulter: Neckbones are the tuning forks of the soul, maybe?
	2:32pm Doug Schulkind: The neckbone is connected to the hissbone.
	2:38pm Tony Coulter: Just checked, and the club where this tape was recorded is still in business. So, next time you're in Poznan, remember to check out Nurt.
	2:39pm Dean: "Next time you're in Poznan, remember to check out Nurt." If I had a nickel for every time I was given that advice...
	2:40pm Tony Coulter: ... you'd be five cents richer?
	2:40pm Dean: More cowbell?
	2:54pm Ike: Cool show, at least the parts where the stream wasn't cutting out. (Also had a bit of trouble towards the end of Trouble's show.) Maybe you could rerun those tapes eventually.
	2:55pm Tony Coulter: Hey Ike! I think I will do just that....
	🥁 3:01pm listener james from westwood: Many thanks, Tony, for the Tuesday hissage!
	3:02pm northguineahills: Thanks Tony, another great tape hiss!
	3:02pm Tony Coulter: You're welcome, Sir James! Many thanks for tuning in, everyone -- see you next time!
	3:03pm Tony Coulter: ... and Sir NGH .....
	3:05pm Stanley: Heh heh. I was listening all the time!

Tony Coulter: Playlist from August 26, 2014

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August 26, 2014: Tony Coulter Presents Tape Hiss: Live recordings from Skeleton Crew, Débile Menthol, and Reportaż [PLEASE NOTE: "Tape Hiss" shows are not archived.]

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year
The In-Theme	Holger Hiller: Toyshopshoptoy

Skeleton Crew	side A (1982) "side A (1982)" by "Skeleton Crew"	Live	RecRec	1984
	a song
Skeleton Crew	side B (1982) "side B (1982)" by "Skeleton Crew"	Live	RecRec	1984

Débile Menthol	side A "side A" by "Débile Menthol"	Live en Europe, 1982–84	Unbeirrt eu D	1984

Débile Menthol	side B "side B" by "Débile Menthol"	Live en Europe, 1982–84	Unbeirrt eu D	1984

Reportaż	side A (1983) "side A (1983)" by "Reportaż"	Stay at Home	A.R.S.	1984

Reportaż	side B (1983) "side B (1983)" by "Reportaż"	Stay at Home	A.R.S.	1984

Plastic People of the Universe	Slavna Nemesis (1979)	Jak Bude Po Smrti	Globus	1998
Out-Theme	Gelbart: My Favorite Vacation [part of] + Die Trip Computer Die: Airborn [part of]

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Listener comments!
	🥁 12:01pm listener james from westwood: Whoo! Back in from the deli just as the theme started. Howdy, Tony and all!!
	12:01pm DCE: hey fellow rhinoceri!
	12:01pm Doug Schulkind: The Hissing of summer Tapes!
	12:03pm Tony Coulter: Hello all! I am currently experiencing difficulties with the stream -- hopefully they won't be experienced on your end. May make it hard for me to comment today.... (Fingers crossed.)
	12:04pm Rich in Washington: Are you upstreaming without a paddle? Greetings, Tony, Listener James, DCE, Doug, fellow listeners!
	12:05pm Kay: Incommunicado desifinado
	12:07pm DCE: did you say Fred Frith was in this group? or did I mishear?
	12:11pm Tony Coulter: Hello again, everybody! Still dealing with problems over here -- hopefully not for much longer. @ DCE: Yes, Frith was in this group....
	12:11pm steve: hey Tony and friends. 10 seconds in, i like where this is going.
	12:12pm Rich in Washington: This is great. I have woefully little of Skeleton Crew in my collection - mainly on compilations.
	12:12pm DCE: yes, I can hear that now.
	🥁 12:23pm listener james from westwood: It's entirely new to me and I'm happy to make its acquaintance!
	12:25pm cklequ: This is reminding me a track on this old Eugene Chadbourne record i used to have on constant rotation. Come to think of it, Fred Frith may have made an appearance or two on that album.
	12:26pm Gary: Hola, Tapeheads
	12:46pm DCE: good use of samples
	12:48pm Tony Coulter: OK -- things seem to be calming down on the technical difficulties front. So, greetings again, everyone!
	12:52pm DCE: you mean you got the tape back INTO the cassette, Tony?
	12:55pm Tony Coulter: Yes! It was touch and go, but I managed to jam it in there.
	🥁 12:59pm listener james from westwood: There was probably a point at which scattered, shattered CDs overtook strands of discarded tape as the audio detritus one saw while creeping along a highway in heavy traffic. Now it's probably Microsoft Zunes.
	1:10pm DCE: this is really good!
	1:11pm Tony Coulter: @ Listener James: I used to see cassette tape hanging from trees -- can't get that with CDs.
	1:12pm Tony Coulter: @ DCE: Glad you like it! Their two studio albums are well worth seeking out.
	🥁 1:12pm listener james from westwood: Tony: Not hardly! Not unless you hang 'em as holiday ornaments!
	1:24pm Carmichael: OK, nice to finally listen to some hiss after a long time gone.
	1:24pm Tony Coulter: Debile Menthol broke up way back in '84, but there were some excellent offshoots that were much more long-lived, like L'Ensemble Rayé and Nimal
	1:25pm Tony Coulter: Heya Carmichael!
	1:27pm MrFab: Durn, it's still cutting out on me. Maybe you can re-run this episode, Sir Tony.
	1:28pm Carmichael: Me too, unfortunately.
	1:28pm maestroso: Me three. And in the middle of such an interesting piece.
	1:29pm Carmichael: My iPhone just says "connecting ..."
	1:29pm Tony Coulter: Yikes! Sit tight. I'm crossing fingers left and right....
	1:29pm DCE: yeah, I don't think anything is playing right now, actually
	🥁 1:30pm listener james from westwood: Regular stream for WFMU was also giving me grief when I experimentally tried that, too.
	1:31pm Tony Coulter: I am awaiting word form central command, as the problem doesn't seem to be on my end.
	1:32pm Rick from SC: I can't work in this silence
	1:32pm Carmichael: Could the whole station be down?! No wonder the wind started blowing and kraken filled the skies!
	1:33pm Tony Coulter: Should I whistle a tune?
	1:33pm DCE: PLEASE
	1:34pm MrFab: Let's all listen to/comment on Duet For Theremin & Lap Steel til Tony comes back: http://duetonline.net/samples
	1:35pm Tony Coulter: So no one's hearing anything? The tape is still playing....
	1:36pm Tony Coulter: I'm back!!! (I think.)
	1:36pm Rick from SC: all better now
	🥁 1:37pm listener james from westwood: There we be! Excellent!
	1:37pm maestroso: Yes, it's back.
	1:37pm MrFab: Yes! But I had to close the Pop-up and open it again for it to play.
	1:37pm Tony Coulter: Ah, good. I think I will re-air this show at some point nonetheless.
	1:39pm Doug Schulkind: If you re-start your iTunes or pop-up players, the show is still running on the stream.
	1:40pm Doug Schulkind: Whatever problem is occurring, it is station-wide. People lost the audio for Joe Belock's show running over on the Mothership.
	1:44pm Rich in Washington: Yay! You're back!
	1:45pm Doug Schulkind: Our mighty Tech Buddha Jeff Moore is on the case. All praises to the TBJM!
	🥁 1:48pm listener james from westwood: Om mani padme TBJM!
	1:51pm Tony Coulter: Funny thing about these lo-fi live recordings -- if you listen to them long enough, the ear adjusts and they start to sound just fine (to moi, at least). That's one reason I decided to play all live recordings today.
	2:05pm northguineahills: @Tony: I just found some crappy mix tapes of mine from the 90s that baked in the sun and probably had drinks spilled on them, and except for the worst examples, they still sound ok by me.
	2:08pm Tony Coulter: That'll be my next show: Tapes drenched in soda or maybe cat piss.
	2:12pm Rich in Washington: @Tony: the Missus and I were talking about that very thing: your brain becomes the filter/descrambler of less-than-optimal media. I grew up in a distant, rural area and television reception and sometimes radio was wretched. I have tapes that are virtually unlistenable today but my mind can filter and optimize it internally.
	2:16pm Tony Coulter: The only kind of sound I can't deal with is low-quality mp3's -- they hurt my ears, quite literally. They sort of create unpleasant vibrations in my inner ear. Other than that, I'm good.
	2:16pm Dean: The hi-fi/lo-fi theme here makes me think of Ward Marston, who has transcribed from 78s to digital numerous vocal recitals and operas from the turn of the 20th century. I wouldn't characterize the CDs as "hi-fi," but the sound is resplendent, not despite but because of the fidelity to the original media from which they were transcribed.
	2:23pm Tony Coulter: Many of those early 78s seem to capture vocals in a very lifelike way -- orchestras, not so much, maybe.
	2:23pm Rich in Washington: bad analog media doesn't seem to do that but, like you say, bad digital media seems really bad to my ears, too. I wonder if youngsters who cut their teeth on Napster, etc. feel the same way.
	2:24pm Rich in Washington: Bad, lo-rez MP3s or other digital files give me this weird resonant vibrational feeling in my neckbones. I have no idea why.
	2:28pm Tony Coulter: Neckbones are the tuning forks of the soul, maybe?
	2:32pm Doug Schulkind: The neckbone is connected to the hissbone.
	2:38pm Tony Coulter: Just checked, and the club where this tape was recorded is still in business. So, next time you're in Poznan, remember to check out Nurt.
	2:39pm Dean: "Next time you're in Poznan, remember to check out Nurt." If I had a nickel for every time I was given that advice...
	2:40pm Tony Coulter: ... you'd be five cents richer?
	2:40pm Dean: More cowbell?
	2:54pm Ike: Cool show, at least the parts where the stream wasn't cutting out. (Also had a bit of trouble towards the end of Trouble's show.) Maybe you could rerun those tapes eventually.
	2:55pm Tony Coulter: Hey Ike! I think I will do just that....
	🥁 3:01pm listener james from westwood: Many thanks, Tony, for the Tuesday hissage!
	3:02pm northguineahills: Thanks Tony, another great tape hiss!
	3:02pm Tony Coulter: You're welcome, Sir James! Many thanks for tuning in, everyone -- see you next time!
	3:03pm Tony Coulter: ... and Sir NGH .....
	3:05pm Stanley: Heh heh. I was listening all the time!

Tony Coulter: Playlist from August 26, 2014

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