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The Radio Is Broken is a three-hour spelunk through the canyons and fissures of humanity's collective unconscious. It sounds as if a field recording of the Culture Industry were a sonic juggernaut barreling down a rickety track—except that tunnel ahead is just painted onto a sheer cliff wall. With occasional forays into what might pass for "normal" music. Prerequisite journey: Cratedigger's Lung
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Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | Images | Approx. start time | |||
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Brother Russell |
All Of My Friends Are Dead
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Melba Comes Alive | Vinyl Communications | 1991 | 0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
National Hardwood Floor Association |
Jesus Shift
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Savage Vigilance For A Rug-Free America | Electro-Motive | 1994 | 0:02:22 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
an distended intro | ||||||||||
Gene Hackman, Francis Ford Coppola |
"I'm not afraid of death..."
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The Conversation | Paramount | 1974 | RIP Gene Hackman (1930 - 2025) | 0:03:38 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
David Shire |
Dream Sequence
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The Conversation OST | Silva Screen | 2023 | 0:06:09 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
David Shire |
Plumbing Problem
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The Conversation OST | Silva Screen | 2023 | 0:08:37 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Julian Barratt, Charlie Brooker, Chris Morris |
Rise Of The Idiots (Dan Ashcroft)
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Nathan Barley | BBC Television 4 | 2005 | Have you seen Nathan Barley? | 0:11:27 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
Public Image Ltd. |
The Order of Death
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This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get | Virgin | 1984 | 0:13:40 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Strom Und Klang |
Der Zivilization
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Laibach | Nika Records | 1999 | 0:17:51 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
S.P.K. |
Die Elektrischen Vorspeil
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S.P.K. Dokument (Recordings 1979-1983) | Vinyl-on-demand | 2017 | 0:22:29 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Diamanda Galás |
O Death
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At Saint Thomas The Apostle Harlem | Intravenal Sound Operations | 2017 | 0:27:27 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Gov. JB Pritzker |
How To Spot An Idiot
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YouTube | 2025 |
“Empathy and compassion are evolved states of being. They require the mental capacity to step past our most primal urges. This may be a surprising assessment because somewhere along the way in the last few years, our society has come to believe that weaponized cruelty is part of some well-thought out Master plan.
Cruelty is seen by some as an adroit cudgel to gain power. Empathy and kindness are considered weak. Many important people look at the vulnerable only as rungs on a ladder to the top. I’m here to tell you that when someone’s path through this world is marked with acts of cruelty, they have failed the first test of an advanced society.”> |
0:42:06 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
The Firesign Theatre |
Disney/Retrotonin/Ostrich
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Give Me Immortality Or Give Me Death | Firesign | 2025 |
Superb blown out reissue of this 1999 classic. Bandcamp link |
0:45:25 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
Arkie Shibley And His Mountain Dew Boys |
Hot Rod Race
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Hot Rod Race b/w I'm Living Alone With An Old Love | Gilt-Edge | 1950 | 0:47:55 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Charley Ryan |
Hot Rod Lincoln
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Hot Rod Lincoln b/w Hank Williams Goodbye | Souvenir | 1958 | 0:50:18 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Charlie Ryan And The Timberline Riders |
Hot Rod Hades
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Hot Rod Hades b/w Hot Rod Guitar | 4 Star | 1961 | 0:53:13 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Southern Culture on the Skids |
Roadside Wreck
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Too Much Pork For Just One Fork | Moist Records | 1991 | 0:55:35 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Reverend Horton Heat |
The Devil's Chasing me
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The Full Custom Gospel Sounds of The Reverend Horton Heat | Sub Pop | 1993 | The Reverend played in Portland last night. Did I go? No, I did not. I was doing my stupid other radio show. | 0:58:44 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
Isolrubin BK |
The Dynamics Involved In An Injury By Mechanical Force
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Crash Injury Trauma | Soleilmoon Recordings | 1993 | a side project of Brian Lustmord | 1:04:11 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
Laibach |
Warme Lederhaut
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An Introduction To... Laibach (Reproduction Prohibited) | Mute | 2012 | cover of The Normal's Warm Leatherette. | 1:09:36 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
Grace Jones |
Warm Leatherette
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Warm Leatherette | Island | 1980 | 1:12:25 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Sleep Chamber |
Warm Leatherette
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Warm Leatherette | Inner-X-Musick | 1985 | I think I played the recently. Oh well. | 1:16:48 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
The Normal |
Warm Leatherette
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T.V.O.D. b/w Warm Leatherette | Mute | 1980 | Broken Radio mix | 1:20:38 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
Negativland |
Keep 'Em Rollin'
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No Business | Seeland | 2005 | 1:24:01 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Music behind DJ: Daniel Pemberton |
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1:27:08 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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Nurse With Wound |
Great Balls Of Fur
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The Sylvie And Babs Hi-Fi Companion | L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords | 1985 |
A press clipping about cover girl Sabrina: "That same year, Sabrina makes her film debut in Stock Car. It’s the first in a series of movies that showcase her lack of talent as an actress – though she does go on to achieve quasi-iconic status as Virginia in Blue Murder at St Trinian’s, despite (or perhaps because of) not having a single line to speak. But it’s early days and Sabrina’s acting shortcomings are not going to detract from her popularity. When she shows up to open a Sheffield hardware store in February 1956, 4,000 people turn out to see her, resulting in a massive traffic jam. When her dress strap breaks, a near-riot ensues." |
1:34:10 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
German Shepherds |
Communist Control
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Music For Sick Queers | Superor Viaduct | 2012 | Originally issued in 1985 | 1:56:20 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
Freshly Wrapped Candies |
Grandfather's Rug
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I Like You | Ralph/TEC Tones | 1989 | 2:01:34 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Dennis Duck |
One O'Clock Jump
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Dennis Duck Goes Disco | Poo Bah Records | 2006 | Originally released on cassette on LAFMS in 1977 | 2:05:24 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
Negativland |
Don't Fool Me
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Deathsentences Of The Polished And Structurally Weak | Seeland Records | 2002 | 2:13:21 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Gadgetto |
Set #1 [excerpt]
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Live At The Clinton St. Theatre 09/12/13 | KBOO Community Radio | 2013 | Performance as part of a benefit screening of Craig Baldwin's Sonic Outlaws. | 2:18:56 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
Butthole Surfers |
Mark Says Alright
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Rembrandt Pussyhorse | Touch & Go Records | 1986 |
From the 2024 remastered reissue. Extra Broken mix |
2:24:26 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
Reverend Horton Heat |
Gin & Tonic Blues
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The Full Custom Gospel Sounds of The Reverend Horton Heat | Sub Pop | 1993 | A Gibbytronic creation | 2:27:50 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
Music behind DJ: Ennio Morricone |
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2:31:07 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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T.V. Personalities |
Apples & Oranges
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V.A.: Beyond the Wildwood: A Tribute to Syd Barrett | Illusion | 1987 | 2:36:18 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Television Personalities |
I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives
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...And Don't the Kids Just Love It | Rough Trade | 1981 | 2:42:06 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
SS-20 |
Arnold Layne
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V.A.: Beyond the Wildwood: A Tribute to Syd Barrett | Illusion | 1987 | 2:42:12 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Robyn Hitchcock |
Bike
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Robyn Hitchcock Sings Syd Barrett | Ein Stiefelschaft | 2024 | 2:44:45 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
The Green Telescope |
Scream They Last Scream
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V.A.: Beyond the Wildwood: A Tribute to Syd Barrett | Illusion | 1987 | 2:46:51 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Robyn Hitchcock |
Astronomy Domine
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Robyn Hitchcock Sings Syd Barrett | Ein Stiefelschaft | 2024 | 2:51:25 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Shockabilly |
Lucifer Sam
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Vietnam | Fundamental | 1984 | 2:55:36 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
Ashes In The Morning |
Baby Lemonade
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V.A.: Beyond the Wildwood: A Tribute to Syd Barrett | Illusion | 1987 | 2:59:40 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||||
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The Deer Hunter
Dog Day Afternoon
The Godfather Part II
The Conversation
The Godfather
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First time I became aware of trans people, so current now.
Robbing a bank to pay for it
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I'm a BIG Terry Pratchett fan. The book I started with is "Good Omens." A librarian recommended it to me during early lockdown when I called the library and asked the fabulous librarian for a recommendation for a funny book that won't insult my intelligence. And thus began my love affair with Pratchett.
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The actor playing Helly is in a bonkers show called Man Seeking Woman, about a hapless fellow trying to find a girlfriend.
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Paul produced the followup album!
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The drumming sounded Banshees-esque to me.
& now Miss G Jones too,..., TOP!
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I am having a great evening. I'm home in my peaceful house, wearing pajamas, testing out my new colored pencils, and listening to one of my favorite radio shows.
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as for covers, i really like knox's version of gigolo aunt.
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