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Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza

121 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 11 ratings

Live improvised sound collage experiment, weaving mesmerizing loopy layered found soundscapes, riding the liminal spaces between waking and dreaming. https://lastever.org

Music Society & Culture Philosophy experimental collage sound collage remixes mashup samples call-in phone freeform loops
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Container Entrainment (intentional possibility understructure) | DownloadMP3 from Aug 23, 2021

August 24, 2021 00:47 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Container Entrainment (intentional possibility understructure)" - Show #619, from Oct. 24, 2018 [Augmented live today in 2021 List of source samples follows:] Thomas Park - One Minute Vacations Ambrose Pottie - "Petting Zoo" - One-Minute Vacations Stars of the Lid - "Articulate Silences" - And Their Refinement Of The Decline Aaron Ximm - "Tradewinds in Palm" - One-Minute Vacations Simon Hampson - "Walking near Poh's House" - One-Minute Vacations ...

New/live improvised sound collage this week! | Download MP3 from Apr 26, 2021

May 12, 2021 20:58 - 115 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Live sound collage improvised right now" [List of sources sampled follows, not in order:] Nine Inch Nails - "Hurt (instrumental)" Ween - "I'm Dancing In The Show Tonight" - The Mollusk Ween - "The Mollusk loops" - The Mollusk Weezer - "My Name is Jonas loops" Weezer - "Undone (The Sweater Song) live multitrack mixing" Weezer - "Undone (The Sweater Song) loops" Simon & Garfunkel - "Sound of Silence live multitrack mixing" R.E.M. - "Superman live ...

Hang Onto a Dream (America), with bonus 2021 mixing from Jan 18, 2021

April 05, 2021 21:32 - 1 hour - 193 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Hang onto a dream (America)" - Show #469, from Aug. 28, 2013 (1/16/17 edit) Neil Diamond - "America" - Jazz Singer Unknown IT Corporation - "I Have A Dream" - IT Anthems [of 2 CPU's] Noam Chomsky - "Class War" - Class War Brian Reitzell & Roger J. Manning Jr. - "Shibuya (field only)" - Lost In Translation s.t. Brian Reitzell & Roger J. Manning Jr. - "Shibuya (field only)" - Lost In Translation s.t. George W. Bush - "Address to Congress 9/20/01" J...

All Over the Place (Show #510) plus New 2021 mix (Show #749)

March 10, 2021 03:36 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "All over the place" - Show #510, from 9/24/16 [With live 2021 talking] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "New live mix now" - Show #749, from Jan. 4, 2021 Barrington Pheloung - "The Farmhouse (peaceful flock of sheep) a la Spiegel im Spiegel" - Hilary and Jackie [Arvo Part remake] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Live stream from an hour ago" Ken - "Time fold check" Barrington Pheloung - "The Mapmaker: Closing Titles" - The Mapmaker Barrin...

Classicalish noise and many endings (Show #748)

February 02, 2021 02:01 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "New live noise: Classical cut ups, kiddo, TMBG, Portsmouth Sinfonia, How Do You Learn" - Show #748, from Dec. 14, 2020 [Including: Clair de Lune, Mozart's Magic Flute overture, Beethoven's 5th loops, KLERE This Must Be the Beginning, Lullatone, Portsmouth Sinfonia, Random Rab, Scolastic, Strauss's Blue Danube, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, They Might Be Giant's Why Does the Sun Shine and Mrs. Train, previous WTJU DJ] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza -...

Triple sound collage from 2003-2004 (Show #262,263,336 as #729) from Aug 3, 2020

January 11, 2021 22:32 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Karen's Dead (give her the goddamned camera!)" - Show #262, from 7/23/03 Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8" - Show #263, from 7/30/03 Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "A Carousel Ride after Too Much Soup" - Show #336, from Oct. 5, 2004 Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Children's Television Voteshop (2007 edit)" - Show #324, from July 27, 2004 [Behavior Modification. (The 7-minute edit)] https://lastever.org/show/20...

Triple sound collage from 2003-2004 (Show #262,263,336 as #729)

January 11, 2021 22:32 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Karen's Dead (give her the goddamned camera!)" - Show #262, from 7/23/03 Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8" - Show #263, from 7/30/03 Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "A Carousel Ride after Too Much Soup" - Show #336, from Oct. 5, 2004 Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Children's Television Voteshop (2007 edit)" - Show #324, from July 27, 2004 [Behavior Modification. (The 7-minute edit)] https://lastever.org/show/20...

The Decadence of Obsolescence + 2013 lost episode (Show #432/#483 as #728)

October 12, 2020 22:05 - 116 MB

Set: The Decadence of Obsolesence Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "The Decadence of Obsolesence" - Show #432, from May 11, 2012 [Live in a garage across from a park, summerish afternoon in Charlottesville. Playlist follows:] Fleetwood Mac - "Sara" - Tusk [Loop] Valentino Sound Effects Library - "Air - Air conditioner" - Volume 8 Fridge - "Harmonics" - Happiness Dufus - "Anouk" - In Monstrous Attitude La Dusseldorf - "Rheinita" - La Dusseldorf / Viva Michael Crichton - "TV cap...

The Decadence of Obsolescence + 2013 lost episode (Show #432/#483 as #728) | Download MP3 from Jul 27, 2020

October 12, 2020 22:05 - 116 MB

Set: The Decadence of Obsolesence Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "The Decadence of Obsolesence" - Show #432, from May 11, 2012 [Live in a garage across from a park, summerish afternoon in Charlottesville. Playlist follows:] Fleetwood Mac - "Sara" - Tusk [Loop] Valentino Sound Effects Library - "Air - Air conditioner" - Volume 8 Fridge - "Harmonics" - Happiness Dufus - "Anouk" - In Monstrous Attitude La Dusseldorf - "Rheinita" - La Dusseldorf / Viva Michael Crichton - "TV cap...

New! Regenerative Memory Feedback (When did you start losing your mind?) (Show #727) from Jul 20, 2020

July 21, 2020 03:50 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Regenerative Memory Feedback" - Show #727, from July 20, 2020 [(When did you start losing your mind?)] Set: Samples used, in no particular order, and not quite complete: Clem Leek & Jannick Schou - "Pimlico" - Pimlico Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "You Can't Separate Them Later, + (As long as you don't choose, everything remains possible.)" - Show #664, from July 31, 2019 [with 12:01 PM sample: The rest of you are doomed to repeat the same hou...

New! Regenerative Memory Feedback (When did you start losing your mind?) (Show #727) | MP3 from Jul 20, 2020

July 21, 2020 03:50 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Regenerative Memory Feedback" - Show #727, from July 20, 2020 [(When did you start losing your mind?)] Set: Samples used, in no particular order, and not quite complete: Clem Leek & Jannick Schou - "Pimlico" - Pimlico Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "You Can't Separate Them Later, + (As long as you don't choose, everything remains possible.)" - Show #664, from July 31, 2019 [with 12:01 PM sample: The rest of you are doomed to repeat the same hou...

This Must Be the Beginning (you have to speak truth) (Show #719) | Download MP3 from Jun 10, 2020

June 27, 2020 03:06 - 1 hour - 216 MB

Previous DJ - "Brings up remote feed" Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Live stream feedback loop" Claude Debussy - "Clair De Lune" Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Live stream feedback loop" Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Live radio feedback loop" Ken - "All the loops need to work" Keith Holzman - "Small clock ticking" Daft Punk - "Outlands, part II" - TRON Legacy Soundtrack Ken - "Warming up loops" Sound effect - "Ringer" George Freeman - "Fully Fashioned" Alan ...

Lost episodes! "Outside" & "Studio Movements" (#387/#499/#695) from Jan 15, 2020

May 07, 2020 00:21 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Outside" - Show #387, from Aug. 2, 2008 [Outdoor show, under a large tree, as sun went down. At Hot Mama's in Austin.] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Studio Movements" - Show #499, from Aug. 3, 2014 [Collaboration w/Fire in the Belly's improv dancing. Warming up for Southern Cafe stage show in Charlottesville.] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/90829

Present Toward the Future (marking it in pencil on the wall) (Show #694)

March 12, 2020 00:21 - 1 hour - 217 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Present Toward the Future (marking it in pencil on the wall)" - Show #694, from Jan. 8, 2020 Mogwai - "Kicking a Dead Pig (Surgeon remix)" - Kicking a Dead Pig: Mogwai Songs Remixed + Mogwai Fear Satan Remixes Harry Nilsson - "Everybody's Talkin'" Mogwai - "Kicking a Dead Pig (Surgeon remix)" - Kicking a Dead Pig: Mogwai Songs Remixed + Mogwai Fear Satan Remixes The Moody Blues - "The Morning - Another Morning (1967 stereo mix)" - Days Of Future Pas...

Just When I Needed You Most v2 (Show #692) | Download full MP3 from Dec 25, 2019

March 03, 2020 11:01 - 1 hour - 216 MB

Clem Leek - "Mystery Moor" Ken - "We don't know what will happen" The Art of Noise - "Metaforce (loops)" - The Seduction Of Claude Debussy Sam Pottle & Jim Henson - "The Muppet Show Closing Theme (loops)" Keith Forsey, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez - "The Breakfast Club loops" The Kinks - "Nothing in this world loops" Lullatone - "My Second Favorite Song in the World loops" [Brief] Bob Dylan - "A Series of Dreams loops" David Wingo, Michael Linnen - "Hottub loops" - All the Real Girls...

Vault classics: Redefining Freedom + None of This is What I Intended (Shows #364/365/689) | Download full MP3 from Dec 11, 2019

December 12, 2019 12:06 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Redefining Freedom" - Show #364, from May 10, 2005, live on KOOP Austin ["We are a great society because we are free society; on the other hand, it is very important for there to be limits." - George W. Bush] Set: Aram Khachaturian - "Gayanne Ballet Suite (Adagio)" - 2001: A Space Odyssey s.t. [Armenian composer. Backwards, layered with forwards copy] Aram Khachaturian - "Gayanne Ballet Suite (Adagio)" - 2001: A Space Odyssey s.t. [Armenian compose...

Fleeting: A wake (I haven't told you lately) (Show #638/688) from Dec 4, 2019

December 05, 2019 00:09 - 1 hour - 215 MB

Garth Stevenson - "The Southern Sea" - Flying Jared Leto - "Did I fall asleep? Sometimes I don't sleep" - Mr. Nobody Garth Stevenson - "The Southern Sea" - Flying Mirah - "We don't have that sticker in this book" Meg Ryan - "It's off in the distance, it came into the room, it's here in the circle" - In the Cut Cliff Martinez - "Death Shall Have No Dominion" - Solaris Ken - "It's all so fleeting" In the Cut - "Street sounds" - In the Cut In the Cut - "Street sounds, footsteps" - In t...

You Can't Separate Them Later, + (Show #664) | Download full MP3 from Jul 31, 2019

September 04, 2019 23:31 - 1 hour - 214 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "You Can't Separate Them Later" - Show #609, from Aug. 22, 2018 [(as long as you don't choose, everything remains possible)] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "New Whirled Symphony" - From 1/10/18 The Police - "Every Breath You Take (Kenzo ambient guitar mix)" Ken - "Intro from "New Whirled Symphony" 1/10/18" Ken - "Intro "today" talking to intro January" The Beatles - "Eleanor Rigby (Strings Only)" Radiohead - "Let Down loops" [Not the leaked o...

It Can Be Simple (witnessing) (Show #662) | Download MP3 from Jul 17, 2019

July 24, 2019 23:09 - 1 hour - 215 MB

Pythagoron - "Untitled (1)" - Pythagoron Pythagoron - "Untitled (2)" - Pythagoron Ken - "So simple today" Brian Eno - "New Space Music" - Neroli (Thinking Music Part IV) (Expanded Edition) Ken - "Young lovers monologue" [Everywhere I go, people are talking. They're just talking. I'm not sure if they're talking about anything. Last night, they talked and talked, up into an almost frenzied anxiety. And suddenly, there wasn't any talking. Suddenly, it was very sudden, no talking at all. ...

The World Opens Up when you Take Structure Away (Show #440/648) | Download full MP3 from May 15, 2019

July 17, 2019 23:33 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "The World Opens Up when you Take Structure Away" - Show #440, from 8/30/2012 Dan Deacon - "Rail" - America Eduard Artemiev - "Side One" - Solaris OST Joe Frank - "Bad Karma" The Evan "Funk" Davies Show - "don't sleep on adventure" - From 8/1/2012 David Cronenberg, Jeff Goldblum - "We're having synchronization problems" - Into the Night Trevor Timm, Parker Higgins - "Pwn the Drones: A Survey of UAV Hacks and Exploits" - HOPE conference 9/2012 Ches...

Emptying Our Boxes (What's he doing in there?) (Show #647) | Download full MP3 from May 8, 2019

June 12, 2019 23:03 - 1 hour - 215 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Emptying Our Boxes" Stanley Kubrick's Boxes - "Boxes" - Stanley Kubrick's Boxes Ken - "We'll open some of the boxes" Jon Brion - "Jimmy's Breakdown" - Magnolia OutKast - "B.O.B. loops" Jon Brion - "Jimmy's Breakdown" - Magnolia Ole Jensen and his Music - "Exotica" - Chappell Recorded Music (LPC 1047) Ole Jensen and his Music - "Bach-Style" - Chappell Recorded Music (LPC 1047) [Thanks to Explorers Room with Flash Strap] Jeff Lynne - "Every Little...

Mommy? (Scary hypnotic weaving, with three-year old niece as glue.) (Show #257/645) | Download full MP3 from May 1, 2019

May 08, 2019 23:22 - 2 hours - 110 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Mommy?" - Show #257, from Feb. 6, 2002, live at Chama, East Village, NYC https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/85627

Smoking: Isn't it about Dads? (Show #163/635) | Download full MP3 from Feb 27, 2019

April 10, 2019 22:45 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Smoking: Isn't it About Dads? (Part 1: The PSA cut-ups)" - Show #163, from Jan. 16, 1998 [From 21 years ago: Public Service Announcement fest, spliced, collaged and reinterpreted in real time. Later participation via telephone nonsense, and ambient noises.] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Smoking: Isn't it About Dads? (Part 2: The live call-ins)" - Show #163, from Jan. 16, 1998 [The first caller called in and changed the format forever. I never t...

Fleeting: A wake (I haven't told you lately) (Show #638) | Download full MP3 from Mar 13, 2019

March 13, 2019 23:32 - 1 hour - 215 MB

Garth Stevenson - "The Southern Sea" - Flying Jared Leto - "Did I fall asleep? Sometimes I don't sleep" - Mr. Nobody Garth Stevenson - "The Southern Sea" - Flying Mirah - "We don't have that sticker in this book" Meg Ryan - "It's off in the distance, it came into the room, it's here in the circle" - In the Cut Cliff Martinez - "Death Shall Have No Dominion" - Solaris Ken - "It's all so fleeting" In the Cut - "Street sounds" - In the Cut In the Cut - "Street sounds, footsteps" - In t...

It's Possible (twisted branches) (Show #631) | Download full MP3 from Jan 30, 2019

February 13, 2019 20:13 - 1 hour - 214 MB

W. G. Snuffy Walden - "Angela Smiled" - My So-Called Life Armin van Buuren feat. Aaelyn - "In and out of love" Bart & Baker feat. Lolly Wish - "Downloaded (Rogan remix)" W. G. Snuffy Walden - "My So-Called Life theme" - My So-Called Life [Layers] Olivia Newton-John & ELO - "Xanadu" - Xanadu [Loops] Ken - "Nobody knows, we're all alone" [Recorded on cell phone camera (live during show)] Olivia Newton-John & ELO - "Xanadu" - Xanadu [Loops] W. G. Snuffy Walden - "Angela Smiled" Live ph...

These Documents + Now (Rippling Water) + The Coming Storms + Coincident Symphony from Jan 23, 2019

January 30, 2019 02:22 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "These Documents" - Show #300, from Mar. 16, 2004 [These documents clearly show. The White House Press Secretary's unrelenting assertions about Bush's military service records, how clear the documents are, and how proud the President was. No looping was necessary! Ably assisted by Vangelis, Alan Watts, and Noam Chomsky. Sources: White House with Press Secretary Scott McClellan 2/10/04 Vangelis: Chariots of Fire main titles (1981), 12 O'Clock, Blade Ru...

Everything has always been there (Show #628) | Jan 16, 2019

January 17, 2019 00:12 - 1 hour - 218 MB

Acousmatique Recordings - "Breathe in through tightly pursed lips" David Byrne - "What time is it? No time to look back" - True Stories [over Acousmatique Recordings] Acousmatique Recordings - "Breathe in through tightly pursed lips" Bea T'cha - "If you ask nicely" [over Acousmatique Recordings. Includes French monologue] Neil Amsterdam - "Neutral Strings #2" - Magic Kingdom WEDway Peoplemover Music Loop [over Bea T'cha, Acousmatique Recordings] George Bruns - "Monorail Song" - Magic K...

Thank You For Making Noise & Sheep's Clothing (Shows#306/320) from Jan 9, 2019

January 10, 2019 00:47 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Thank You For Making Noise" - Show #306, from 4/17/04 [Emmersively environmental loopy pop, rich, perfectly drifty. Live on KOOP Austin. (Out-of-sequence playlist here.)] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Sheep's Clothing" - Show #320, from 6/29/04 [One of my assistants was eating a great-looking salad, so I asked her to order one for me. Live on KOOP Austin.] The Party Party (rx) - "imagine...walk on the wild side" [George W. Bush + John Lennon +...

Just when I needed you most (Show #625) | Download full MP3 from Dec 19, 2018

December 25, 2018 10:04 - 1 hour - 212 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Just when I needed you most" - Show #625, new! Clem Leek - "Mystery Moor" Ken - "We don't know what will happen" The Art of Noise - "Metaforce (loops)" - The Seduction Of Claude Debussy Sam Pottle & Jim Henson - "The Muppet Show Closing Theme (loops)" Keith Forsey, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez - "The Breakfast Club loops" The Kinks - "Nothing in this world loops" Lullatone - "My Second Favorite Song in the World loops" [Brief] Bob Dylan - "A Seri...

Container Entrainment (intentional possibility understructure) (Show #619) Download full MP3 from Oct 24, 2018

December 19, 2018 17:09 - 1 hour - 216 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Container Entrainment (intentional possibility understructure)" - Show #619, new! Thomas Park - One Minute Vacations Ambrose Pottie - "Petting Zoo" - One-Minute Vacations Stars of the Lid - "Articulate Silences" - And Their Refinement Of The Decline Aaron Ximm - "Tradewinds in Palm" - One-Minute Vacations Simon Hampson - "Walking near Poh's House" - One-Minute Vacations - "Creek Frogs, Panoche Valley CA" - One-Minute Vacations Ken - "I think you ...

Dreams, impossibility, love (Show #533/616) | Download full MP3 from Oct 10, 2018

December 13, 2018 00:07 - 1 hour - 266 MB

Ken - "Countdown" East Forest - "10 Laws" - The Education of the Individual Soul [Loops] Ken - "Everything is impossible, and it's going to happen anyway" East Forest - "10 Laws" - The Education of the Individual Soul [Always rest whenever you can] - "Phone dial tone test" Owl City - "Fireflies" [Loops] Miranda July - "WSNO" - The Binet-Simon Test David Weinstein - "Brief moment" - Ridgewood Radio on WFMU's GTDR 6/21/17 God Body Disconnect - "Rise of the Dormant Host" - Dredge Porta...

I want to step across (Show #470/614) | Download full MP3 from Oct 3, 2018

December 06, 2018 00:03 - 1 hour - 158 MB

Hal Hartley - "End Credits, Simple Men" - True Fiction Pictures [a.k.a. Ned Rifle] Joachim Holbek - "Piano sound (reversed)" - Riget (The Kingdom) [Lars von Trier TV series] Joachim Holbek - "Piano sound" - Riget (The Kingdom) [Lars von Trier TV series] Ken - "There are things that you just cannot see" Hal Hartley - "End Credits, Simple Men" - True Fiction Pictures John Lawrence - "We are living in an artificially induced state of consciousness" - John Carpenter's They Live Ken's Last...

Decisions, Gratification, Escape (Show #535/613) | Download full MP3 from Sep 19, 2018

November 15, 2018 23:45 - 1 hour - 270 MB

PSA - "Be a teacher" Ken - "The beginning of the show" Random Rab - "Apparently" - Visurreal [Many loops] Ken - "I think I just made it (just this much time)" Random Rab - "Apparently" - Visurreal [Many loops] Ken - "I'm preparing (a portal for the present moments)" Random Rab - "Apparently" - Visurreal [Loops] David Weinstein - "Promo Ken's Last Ever last week" - Ridgewood Radio on WFMU's GTDR 7/19/17 Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Dreams, impossiblity, love (with East Fores...

Sleep Away: Forgotten episode from the lost 2012 vaults! | Download full MP3 from Sep 12, 2018

November 08, 2018 00:01 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Lost collage from 2012" - Show #446, from Dec. 13, 2012 [Unnamed and unknown, never published until now. Includes: Brian Eno, Jonny Greenwood, Kyle, Technology Excess snowmen phone callers, Arturo en el Barco, They Might Be Giants, Leon, Andre Gregory, Donald Sutherland, Fridge, Being There, Ghana Post Office workers, more] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/81345

Loops in Isolation & Inside of the Ending | Download full MP3 from Sep 5, 2018

November 02, 2018 03:44 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Loops in Isolation" - Show #337, from 10/19/04 [Pretty, aimless, self referential] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Inside of the Ending" - Show #360, from 3/29/05 [I won't dream any further than my own backyard. What do we mean when we differentiate work from play? (Full playlist here) Contains bits of: Clint Mansell with Kronos Quartet, Requiem for a Dream, The Who, Tommy, Girl Interrupted, The Wizard of Oz, Barry Lyndon, Return to Oz, David Sh...

Terminal Sunshine & Uncertainty is OK (Shows 333/357) | Download full MP3 from Aug 15, 2018

October 17, 2018 00:40 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Terminal Sunshine (Like a Rainbow Canon)" - Show #333, from 9/7/04 [What was it you were thinking about? Contains live looped and layered fragments of: Ordinary People (Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland, Robert Redford, Judith Guest, Alvin Sargent) - choir, what was it you were thinking about, how was the show, I think we should stick to the plan, have you thought about calling that doctor, the month's up, silence of our souls, conte...

Everyone is Leaving (I love you, I forgive you, forgive me, thank you, goodbye) (Show #606) | Download full MP3 from Aug 8, 2018

October 09, 2018 20:16 - 1 hour - 214 MB

Radiohead - "Exit Music (for a film) loops" Ken - "You are here" Radiohead - "Exit Music (for a film) layered loops forward and backward" Four Tet - "Hands (layered)" Anna Pacquin - "Hey hey hey hey, c'mon geese!" - Fly Away Home Airhead - "South Congress" The Residents - "The Festival of Death" Negativland / KROB - "Over the Edge 7/20/18 with Star Trek samples" [Spock! Spock....!] Dustin O'Halloran - "An Ending, A Beginning" Constant Smiles - "Sea of Birds" - Lost Shlohmo - "Plac...

3 Spooky sound collages! | Download full MP3 from Aug 1, 2018

October 03, 2018 16:27 - 116 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "George & Adolf (Someone Who Has a Job to Do / I'm a Loving Guy)" - Show #270, from 9/24/03 [First hour. Full source listing (playlist) here] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "2001: A War Odyssey" - Show #272, from 10/1/03 [First half of second hour. George & Adolf on a space carousel. Tiny playlist here. Contains: Gyorgy Ligeti's Requiem from 2001: A Space odyseey (various copies speedshifted, reversed, layered), Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza...

Karen's Dead and other Austin favs (Shows #262-266/#602) | Download full MP3 from Jul 25, 2018

September 19, 2018 04:01 - 118 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Karen's Dead (give her the goddamned camera!)" - Show #262, from 7/23/03 [Soundtrack to the beautiful unending experience of Ordinary People. Contains: Ordinary People, Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Elizabeth McGovern, Scott Doebler, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Numbers 1-4, Aimee Mann, Wise Up, Magnolia, Johann Pachelbel, Canon in D Major, Marvin Hamlisch, Robert Redford, Alvin Sargent, Judith Guest, Brian Eno, Variation...

Reinventing the Wheel (Show #542/601) | Download full MP3 from Jul 18, 2018

September 12, 2018 20:44 - 1 hour - 215 MB

Tori Amos - "Frog on My Toe" Ken - "Intro" Tori Amos - "Frog on My Toe" [Layers] Vangelis - "Tears in Rain" - Blade Runner s.t. Jerry Lewis - "You have to follow your instinct" - Interview by Dick Caviett Saint-Saens - "The Aquarium" Stone Roses - "It takes time for people to fall in love with you, but it's inevitable" - Made of Stone documentary Manhattans - "Shining Star" Taylor Kitsch - "Absolutely everything around me was false" - The Grand Seduction [Everybody was telling me li...

Other Shapes are Possible (fish dances, before it's too late) (Show #461/599) | Download 100-minute MP3 from Jun 27, 2018

September 05, 2018 22:11 - 1 hour - 187 MB

Ken - "Identification" Johann Sebastian Bach - "Mir Hat Die Welt Tr Blich Gericht" - Mattus Passion 2 Johann Sebastian Bach - "So Ist Mein Jesus Nun Gefangen" - Mattus Passion 2 George Lucas, Walter Murch - "How shall the new environment be programmed? It all happened so slowly that most men failed to realize that anything had happened at all." - THX-1138 Live stream feedback echo chamber - "Give the Drummer Radio live stream" Ken - "Check" Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Ken's ...

Back In The Light (Show #597) | Download full MP3 from Jun 20, 2018

August 22, 2018 17:11 - 1 hour - 216 MB

Bloc Party - "The Pioneers (M83 Remix)" Ween - "The Mollusk" [Loop] Ken - "We're here now" Live phone caller - "Introducing, from The Bronx" Generationals - "Avery" [Loops] Gary Oldman - "Bring me everyone. Everyone!" - Leon: The Professional movie Anois - "A Noise" War On Drugs - "You Don't Have to Go" [Loops] Beach Fossils - "This Year" [Loops] - "If You Believe in Yourself (I feel happy of myself)" [You will get the hang of it, I know it! (I feel, I feel, I feel...)] Derek Sive...

There's So Much Left to Do (Show #435) | Download full MP3 from Jun 13, 2018

August 15, 2018 20:45 - 1 hour - 197 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "There's So Much Left to Do (what's the secret? finding out by doing)" - Show #435, from June 21, 2012 Graham Chapman - "I'd like to tell you about a minority group of people who have never been deprived" - Monty Python's Flying Circus John Carpenter - "Escape From New York" 3-2-1 Contact - "You do have the tendency to regard the computer as your friend. Do you ever throw your coffee cup at your computer?" Ken Dr. Seuss - "Yertle the Turtle" Disney...

From the last tour: On Pillows, Mysteries Going On All The Time, In Between Dates (Shows #501,502,505) from Jun 6, 2018

August 08, 2018 07:23 - 118 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "On Pillows" - Show #501, from Sept. 15, 2014 [Live at Chimney Swift Collective Land Trust, in Ithaca NY] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Mysteries Going On All The Time (keep doing those things)" - Show #502, from Sept. 17, 2014 [Live at The Ninth Ward at Babeville, in Buffalo NY. Playlist/sample listing] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "In Between Dates (choices all around you)" - Show #505, from Oct. 1, 2014 [Live at The Crown, in Baltimo...

Lost Episodes from 2004 (Show #338,343) | Download full MP3 from May 23, 2018

August 01, 2018 19:40 - 2 hours - 275 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Hour 1: Lost episode #1" - Show #338 from Oct. 26, 2004 [Live on KOOP Austin, never heard since] Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Hour 2: Lost episode #2" - Show #343, from Nov. 30, 2004 [Live on KOOP Austin, never heard since] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/79251

Great Green Wall (Show #590) | Download full MP3 from May 16, 2018

July 25, 2018 23:12 - 1 hour - 137 MB

Noel - "Silent Mourning" [Loop] Ken - "We'll slip away" Noel - "Silent Mourning" [Loop] Walter Murch - "Good example of the power of the sound" Walter Murch - "He doesn't have the film in his head, he loves the process of making" Nada Surf - "Blizzard of 77" [Loop] Jack Kornfield - "Loving kindness Part 12" Eumir Deodato - "Also Sprach Zarathustra" [Layers] Walter Murch - "Li, things unlikely to get except by chance" Dustin O'Halloran - "An Ending, A Beginning" Julianna Barwick - ...

schnappi..+Our Jill?(Latter Day Sainthood) (Shows 349/353) | Download full MP3 from May 9, 2018

July 18, 2018 20:19 - 119 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "schnappi schnappi schnappi" - Show #349, from Jan. 11, 2005 [We all live on a stage where many infinities gather. Dance to the music.] Set: Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Our Jill? (Latter Day Sainthood)" - Show #353, from Feb. 1, 2005 [Scary, epileptic hour-long exploration of a Church of Jesus Christ Public Service Announcement. (We're here to listen.)] Set: Keith Fullerton Whitman - "Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (1981)" - Greatest ...

One Step Closer + A Little Scream (of me) (Show #335+#340) | Download full MP3 from May 2, 2018

June 27, 2018 17:45 - 119 MB

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "One Step Closer" - Show #335, from Sept. 28, 2004 [Corporate propaganda, TV, bears: noise. Full source playlist] Emergency Alert System - "Required Weekly Test" Exxon - "Energy For a Strong America" - Commercials from the 80's [For the children on the way, it'll be their world someday. One step closer at the end of every day. Here at Exxon, we pursue a long-range plan.] Lone Star Radio Network - "Tire Pressure" - Texas Clean Air Minute Lone Star Rad...

Limits (taking care) (Show #586) | Download full MP3 from Apr 25, 2018

June 20, 2018 20:54 - 1 hour - 217 MB

Dave Matthews Band - "Crash" - Crash [Loop, forwards] Dave Matthews Band - "Crash" - Crash [Loop, backwards] Ken - "Do something that you knew was you" Dave Matthews Band - "Crash" - Crash [Loop, backwards] Lemon Jelly - "Nice Weather for Ducks" - Lost Horizons Moondog - "What's the Most Exciting Thing" - Moondog 2 [Layers] David Lynch - "Some people love to be lost" Donald Swartz - "TWX in 12 Bars (Wall $treet Week theme)" [Layers of teletypes] Donald Swartz - "Opening to Wall $tre...

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