Episode 38: 4/22/2018

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The was the (mostly) Earth Day special episode, which incidentally was aired at a radio station that uses a solar-powered transmitter—the only one of its kind in the state of Arkansas. We started with industrial; went into a power electronics set; we had a nuclear-themed set; then we heard mysterious sounds recorded in the ocean; and closed with the mysterious sounds of outer space.

Half Machine Lip Moves Episode #38
  1. Throbbing Gristle: Propaganda (Intro) (Assume Power Focus, 1982, Power Focus/Paragoric) [0:00:00 - 0:00:59]
  2. Prurient: Many Jewels Surround the Crown (Bermuda Drain, 2011, Hydra Head Records) [0:00:59 - 0:03:37]
  3. Nahvalr: Chorus of the Blasphemes (Nahvalr, 2008, Enemies List Recordings) [0:03:37 - 0:11:59]
  4. Youth Code: For I Am Cursed (A Place to Stand, 2014, Dais Records) [0:11:59 - 0:16:53]
  5. Skinny Puppy: Hexonxonx (Rabies, 1989, Nettwerk) [0:21:14 - 0:26:36]
  6. Missing Foundation: Burn Trees (1933 Your House is Mine, 1988, Purge/Sound League/Dais Records) [0:26:36 - 0:33:05]
  7. Wumpscut: Soylent Green (Music For a Slaughtering Tribe, 1995, VUZ Records/Beton Kopf Media/Metropolis) [0:33:05 - 0:39:10]
  8. Lard: Volcanus 2000 (We Wipe the World) (‘70s Rock Must Die, 2000, Alternative Tentacles) [0:39:10 - 0:45:23]
  9. Death Squad: Existence (Isolation As Intent, 2000, Spastik Kommunikations) [0:50:52 - 0:52:46]
  10. LAW: Hollow (Vindication and Contempt, 2000, Triumvirate) [0:52:46 - 0:59:14]
  11. Death Squad: Predator At An Airline Crash Site (Theological Genocide, 1997, Spastik Kommunikations) [0:59:14 - 1:05:42]
  12. Pneumatic Detach: Self Medication (Navicon Torture Technologies Remix) ([Parases] Re:Infected, 2003, Hive Records) [1:05:42 - 1:12:49]
  13. Wolf Eyes: Stabbed in the Face (Burned Mind, 2004, Sub Pop/American Tapes) [1:12:49 - 1:16:28]
  14. Chrome: Fukushima (Nagasaki) (Half Machine From the Sun, Lost Tapes From ‘79-80, 20132 King of Spades Records) [1:20:59 - 1:24:31]
  15. L.O.T.I.O.N.: Fukushima Fallout/Goodbye Humans (Legacy of Terror in Occupied Nations, 2014, Self-Released) [1:24:31 - 1:28:37]
  16. Minamata: Niigata Part I (Niigata, 2007, Zone De Confusion) [1:28:37 - 1:32:46]
  17. Geography of Hell: Excerpt from Tchernobyl 1986, Side A (Tchernobyl 1986, 2011, Hospital Productions) [1:32:46 - 1:36:14]
  18. Geography of Hell: Excerpt from Tchernobyl 1986, Side B (Tchernobyl 1986, 2011, Hospital Productions) [1:36:14 - 1:39:12]
  19. Aborym: Chernobyl Generation (With No Human Intervention, 2003, Code666/Mercenary Musik) [1:39:12 - 1:45:17]
  20. NOAA: “The Bloop” (1997) [1:50:13 - 1:52:56]
  21. NOAA: “Upsweep” (1991) [1:52:56 - 2:02:31]
  22. NOAA: “Whistle” (Unknown Year) [2:02:31 - 2:11:20]
  23. NASA Voyager Recordings: Excerpt From Symphonies of the Planets 1 (Symphonies of the Planets 1, 1992, LaserLight Digital) [2:16:45 - 0:24:11]
  24. NASA Voyager Recordings: Excerpt From Symphonies of the Planets 3 (Symphonies of the Planets 3, 1992, LaserLight Digital) [0:24:11 - 2:33:58]
  25. NASA Voyager Recordings: Excerpt From Symphonies of the Planets 5 (Symphonies of the Planets 5, 1992, LaserLight Digital) [0:233:58 - 2:42:00]

Supplemental Material

List of Unexplained Sounds on Wikipedia - Wikipedia article on “The Bloop” and some of the mysterious ocean sounds featured in this episode