Lo Finest Radio: History And Radio Shows Archive

Published Friday 28 March 2025

Aural Innovations was a magazine and website on space rock and related genres, offering reviews, interviews, and general articles. It ran from 1998 to January 2016. The website is no longer active, and all articles are being imported into DPRP, to keep everything available for everyone. Read Aural Innovations — A Brief History, written by AI founder Jerry Kranitz.

Jerry Kranitz

Written March 2025.

Shortly after transitioning Aural Innovations from print format to webzine in 2000, I launched my Aural Innovations Space Rock Radio show. I believe the term podcast was still some years away.

As time went on, I began hosting shows created by friends in the music network, the longest running of which was Lo Finest, produced by Charles Rice Goff III. Charles began home recording his uniquely creative brand of experimental music and audio art in the late 1970s and continues concocting a wonderfully bizarre array of audio and video oddities to this day. Charles has recorded under his own name, as a member of various bands, and has been a serial collaborator with homemade musicians around the world.

The debut Lo Finest show went online May 22, 2005, featuring a stellar collection of luminaries from the 1980s-1990s homemade music/cassette culture network. Over the next decade Charles would produce a total of forty shows, showcasing a constellation of creative forces of nature in the experimental music realm. Charles did some interesting theme shows. Show #30 was titled 'Feminine Influences', putting the spotlight on some of experimental music's gifted female artists. One of his most fun shows was #21, which consisted of homemade musicians who recorded creatively wacky Christmas songs. The granddaddy of them all, however, was show #18, a 6-hour behemoth that featured lengthy works rarely broadcast in their entirety.

Taken as a whole, the forty Lo Finest shows stand as important historical documents. Other than my own flagship space rock show, Lo Finest is the one I was most proud to host at Aural Innovations.

March 2025
Jerry Kranitz

PS. All the links on this page have been checked and updated.

Originally published (last updated November 2015) at:
http://aural-innovations.com/radio/lofinest.html

Lo Finest was a program dedicated to the appreciation of homemade recordings that were made and distributed on cassette tapes during the 1980s and 90s, hosted by veteran home recording artist Charles Rice Goff III. Charles produced 40 Lo Finest shows between 2005 and 2015.

Thousands of sonic artists were cranking out cassettes all over the world during the 80s and 90s. The whole cassette explosion took place long before people had home computers, the internet, email, mp3s, and all that. People found out about home-tapers by reading various publications that offered reviews of tapes, by listening to those rare radio broadcasts that would feature home tapes, by sending a letter to a contact address that had been printed on one of the many compilation cassettes that were created and distributed during this period, etc.

Most home-tapers were not approaching their craft as a means to achieving economic success, and this allowed for some incredibly free thinking endeavors to be realized. Trading tapes was common, offering a sort of sonic cultural exchange that had never really been possible before the age of inexpensive home recording technology.

You can contact Charles through his Taped Rugs Productions website.

All shows have been uploaded to archive.org (click to see the full list and have all shows in a single player). Check out the details for each show below. Click on the archive.org icon to download or play the file from archive.org.

Originally published at:
http://www.aural-innovations.com/main/main.html

Lo Finest Show #40 (November 16, 2015)

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[0:00 – 9:15] Doppelwirkung — excerpt from E (from E)
[9:15 – 14:58] Master Slave Relationship — The Impossible Man (from The Desire To Castrate Father)
[14:58 – 18:30] Ken Clinger — Puss 'n Boots / It Must Be (from KC05)
[18:30 – 30:47] Robert Silverman & Steve Schaer — excerpt from Musical Oddities, In Memory of Steve Schaer
[30:47 – 38:31] George Gibson — excerpt from Picks Powder And Pot — Where's My Pen? (from Short Stream Long Dream)
[38:31 – 44:18] If, Bwana — AlMar Variation 2 (from Magnetic Beauty)
[44:18 – 57:35] If, Bwana — Jon Bari Sax (from Live At The Logos Tetrahedron)
[57:35 – 1:06:07] If, Bwana — Row Girls, Row (from Nocrem)

Lo Finest Show #39 (August 18, 2015)

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[0:00 – 8:27] Jeff Chenault — Cosmic Vantage Point (from Sonic Rebirth)
[8:27 – 15:31] Jeff Chenault — Ride The Black Hole Of Destiny (from Sonic Rebirth)
[15:31 – 19:35] C. Goff III/Walls Of Genius — Beautiful Music (from Lodovico Cement)
[19:35 – 32:48] PBK — The Surrounded Shallow/Otherwise, You Forget (from The Killer God)
[32:48 – 37:53] Disco Splendor — excerpt from We Shit Art (from We Shit Art)
[37:53 – 42:10] Post Prandials — excerpt from Hell Jazz (from Hell Jazz)
[42:10 – 52:55] Anton Mobin — Cross Complex (from Split Schema)
[52:55 – 1:03:03] Crystal Awareness And Hal McGee — Energy Exchange Simulation Tool (from Signal Load Patterns)

Lo Finest Show #38 (August 4, 2015)

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[0:00 – 9:15] Dan Susnara — Mid Morning Tra La Las (from Blacklite Forest)
[9:15 – 11:37] Dan Susnara — Yessirr Om (from Blacklite Forest)
[11:37 – 13:55] Spirit Duplicator — Gallows Ditty (from Scripts)
[13:55 – 15:56] Spirit Duplicator — Now I'll Never Learn How It Ends (from Scripts)
[15:56 – 18:41] Spirit Duplicator — Marketplace (from Scripts)
[18:41 – 21:30] Die Hacke Peters — Ende Gut Alles Gut (from Die Hacke Peters' 1st Cassette, 1987)
[21:30 – 26:31] Die Hacke Peters — So Schon (from Die Hacke Peters' 1st Cassette, 1987)
[26:31 – 30:31] Ten Pen Chee — Takanori (from Red/Green RG:01)
[30:31 – 34:12] Falsettos — Hejira (from Red/Green RG:01)
[34:12 – 38:09] GalakUta — GalakUta (from Red/Green RG:01)
[38:09 – 46:35] Ken Clinger — Dream Segment (from KC04)
[46:35 – 48:46] Ken Clinger — Broken Record (from KC04)
[48:46 – 50:27] Ken Clinger — Fast Lane (from KC04)
[50:27 – 53:59] C. Goff III — Barbed Wire Cents (from The Nonfiction Of Glarmen Glamours)
[53:59 – 1:01:52] Don Campau — Bottom 4 (from Tea Ceremony)
[1:01:52 – 1:10:56] Don Campau — Sidedish (from Tea Ceremony)

Lo Finest Show #37 (July 21, 2015)

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[0:00 – 9:16] Ayato — excerpt from Face A Face (from Split Schema)
[9:16 – 13:33] Big City Orchestra — Flugel (from Kapellmeister)
[13:33 – 16:19] Big City Orchestra — Kindich (from Kapellmeister)
[16:19 – 27:12] Rafael Gonzalez — excerpt from Exclusive Cassette
[27:12 – 37:29] Rinus van Alebeek — Already gone, and yet nowhere near to memories — October Songs (from Super 8)
[37:29 – 42:12] International Surrealist Bulletin — Jing Hua Shui Yue (from Thieves And Shadows)
[42:12 – 50:26] International Surrealist Bulletin — Insomnian (from Thieves And Shadows)
[50:26 – 53:48] Jake Rowland — Hot Cold Just Right (from Sky House)
[53:48 – 57:16] Jake Rowland — The Dream (from Sky House)
[57:16 – 1:01:49] C. Goff III — Falling Fired Frozen Flaked (from 1914-2014: Same Game New Targets)
[1:01:49 – 1:11:12] Disism — Eliminate Panic Eliminate Fear (from Bay Side Story)

Lo Finest Show #36 (March 7, 2015)

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[0:00 – 10:52] If, Bwana — Solo Duo Roland Microcomposer (from Tibetan Belles)
[10:52 – 19:38] Ricardo D'Orlando and Captain Mission — excerpt from Electronicus (from The Electric Brains!)
[19:38 – 25:22] George Gibson — excerpt from Solo 96
[25:22 – 35:50] Captain Mission — excerpt from everything that is taken into parts by the acid, the first thing seen is a very small bubble beginning to come out of the matter (from In Order To Bring Back The Original Shapes It Is Necessary For You To Do The Process As Follows)
[35:50 – 41:26] Lumen Kishkumen and Captain Mission — Ye Are Breezes (from Atmaneers)
[41:26 – 49:57] Ryan J. Boyd — excerpt from Experimental Pieces For An Ugly Future
[49:57 – 55:51] Ryan J. Boyd — excerpt from Soviet School Of Noise

Lo Finest Show #35 (February 20, 2015)

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[0:00 – 14:53] The Untanned Hide Of A Young Cow — various 1990s cassette productions
[14:53 – 23:31] Ryan J. Boyd — selections from Somnambulance Stomp
[23:31 – 37:33] Farces Wanna Mo — selections from Failure Misery & Bee-Reavement
[37:33 – 42:08] The Whimsical Icebox — selections from In The Age Of Lunacy
[42:08 – 48:29] C. Mehrl Bennett/John Bennett — excerpt from A Hamster In Your Sandwich
[48:29 – 55:21] Rafael Gonzalez — excerpt from Aterrizaje Magnetico
[55:21 – 1:06:32] Ryan J. Boyd — excerpts from Bohemian Bowtie

Lo Finest Show #34 (February 6, 2015)

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[0:00 – 12:59] Walls Of Genius — Invocation To Mania (from Sunday, Monday, Or Always)
[12:59 – 18:07] Walls Of Genius — Sister Schizo (from Before... and After)
[18:07 – 29:43] Anne Laplantine — selections from Selected Internet
[29:43 – 38:33] Sack und Sheffield — selections from Sack und Sheffield
[38:33 – 45:36] Walls Of Genius — Red Meat/Throbbing Earthworm (from Sunday, Monday Or Always)
[45:36 – 49:41] Magic Moments At Twilight Time — Spirit (from Flashbax Volume 4)
[49:41 – 54:31] Magic Moments At Twilight Time — Pandora (from Flashbax Volume 4)
[54:31 – 1:02:30] Ken Clinger — Freud (from KC03)
[1:02:30 – 1:08:16] Ken Clinger — Do It (from KC03)

Lo Finest Show #33 (January 23, 2015)

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[0:00 – 10:28] The Tobacconists — Limits (from The Ultra Eczema Sessions)
[10:28 – 13:50] The Tobacconists — Waiting (from The Ultra Eczema Sessions)
[13:50 – 20:51] George Gibson — excerpt from George's Experiments 97-98
[20:51 – 28:24] Andrew Chadwick — Andrew Chadwick (from Apartment Music 27)
[28:24 – 43:19] A.J. Herring — A.J. Herring (from Apartment Music 27)
[43:19 – 50:16] Jay T. Yamamoto — excerpt from Dirty Mary's Acid Test in Scissors Land (from In Order To Bring Back The Original Shapes It Is Necessary For You To Do The Process As Follows)
[50:16 – 59:29] Koobaatoo Asparagus — Circuit Circus (from Welcome To The Party)

Lo Finest Show #32 (August 16, 2014)

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[0:00] Dave Fuglewicz — Nuclear Destiny (from Industrial Strength #1)
[7:19] Dave Fuglewicz — Sly Dr. Fermento's Holiday (from Industrial Strength #2)
[15:19] Captain Mission — Southern tier (from Analog Space)
[23:46] Captain Mission — Nova Libertatia (from Analog Space)
[25:38] Charles Rice Goff III — Tomb Of The Unknown Textile Worker (from Bare Arms On Public Streets)
[36:11] Walls Of Genius — Flying Cluck (from Now Not Then)
[39:41] Walls Of Genius — Warning System Test (from Now Not Then)
[43:50] Walls Of Genius — All My Loving (from Now Not Then)
[50:30] Introspectral — excerpts from AGFA LNS 90
[53:22] Jack Hurwitz (Jack Hertz) — Open Wide (from Pointillism)
[58:27] Jack Hurwitz (Jack Hertz) — excerpt from A Thin Drone Silence
[1:01:42] Jack Hurwitz (Jack Hertz) — excerpt from A Thin Drone Silence

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[0:00] Ken Clinger — Computer (from KC01)
[6:10] Ken Clinger — The Mind (from KC01)
[9:56] Ken Clinger — 11:32 (from KC01)
[11:34] Ken Clinger — Three Of Us (from KC02)
[15:03] Ken Clinger — Framework (from KC02)
[16:02] Ken Clinger — Started So Long (from KC02)
[17:54] Linda Smith — Do You Know The Way To San Jose (from Do You Know The Way...)
[22:11] Linda Smith — Figment Of Your Imagination (from Put It In Writing)
[27:04] Linda Smith — All I Did (from Do You Know The Way...)
[29:47] Linda Smith — Girl On The Train (from The Space Between The Buildings)
[33:21] Ryan J. Boyd — My Soul Realized (from Happy Returns From The Dark Night Of The Soul)
[35:45] Ryan J. Boyd — Kurt Cobain In A Rocking Chair (from Happy Returns From The Dark Night Of The Soul)
[37:09] Ryan J. Boyd — What Do You Do (from Happy Returns From The Dark Night Of The Soul)
[38:25] Ryan J. Boyd — Invokation (from The Other Side)
[40:10] Ryan J. Boyd — You Are An Idea (from The Other Side)
[41:51] Ryan J. Boyd — Open Your Door (from The Other Side)
[52:27] Mind Skelp-chur — Mannequin Hands
[56:36] Vraxoin — Loop Chain (from Impact)
[1:04:05] Vraxoin — Tensile (from Tensile)

Lo Finest Show #31 (March 27, 2014)

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[0:00 – 11:26] Die Rache — Waffenbruder (from Die Rache)
[11:26 – 23:51] Das Freie Orchester — Storfall (from 1. Programm)
[23:51 – 26:28] Viscera — Changing Minds (from A Whole Universe Of Horror Movies)
[26:28 – 29:56] Tetsuya Fukyui — Introduction To Exhalation (from Best Text Of Japan)
[29:56 – 34:25] Solomonoff and Von Hoffmannstahl — 10 (from The Joke Project)
[34:25 – 36:43] Post Prandials — excerpt from Julia's Holiday (from Julia's Holiday)
[36:43 – 39:30] Skin Graft — excerpt from Psychodelia (from Psychodelia)
[39:30 – 54:51] Mark Phillips and Robert Lawrence — Automation (from The Dadacomputer)
[54:54 – 58:51] Rinus van Alebeek — Don't Talk At The Disco (from Don't Talk At The Disco)
[58:51 – 1:02:57] Rinus van Alebeek — excerpt from Ranch (from Ranch)
[1:02:57 – 1:05:48] Disism — Unintelligible Stream (from Boney Baloney)
[1:05:48 – 1:10:46] Rebekah's Tape — Cow Spit (from Make Shift 14)
[1:10:46 – 1:14:24] Amalgamated — excerpt from No Way Out (from No Way Out)
[1:14:24 – 1:33:54] Dog Hallucination — Fawn Sight At Bottom Road (from The Moon Is Hungry)
[1:33:54 – 1:38:04] Ca Qui Parle! — excerpt 7 from Ca Qui Parle! (from Ca Qui Parle!)
[1:38:04 – 1:47:21] Human Flesh — Fifth Mirage (from A Collection Of Ambiant Music Volume 1)

Lo Finest Show #30: Feminine Influences (April 16, 2013)

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[0:00 – 9:34] Robin O'Brien/David Mitros — Lie Here (from Tree Of Life)
[9:34 – 12:12] Tara Cross — PK-15 (from The Heterodox Conclusion)
[12:12 – 15:55] Nadine Bal — La Somnifère De L'Eternité (from The Heterodox Conclusion)
[15:55 – 20:44] Roberta Eklund — Obsession (from The Heterodox Conclusion)
[20:44 – 22:45] Audio Leter — About The Culture Of Sleep (from The Heterodox Conclusion)
[22:45 – 25:05] Zouka Dzaza — Le Pays Du Charmant (from The Heterodox Conclusion)
[25:05 – 27:58] Sylvie (Martineau) — Chanson d'hiver (from The Heterodox Conclusion)
[27:58 – 31:29] Julie Frith — Developing The Answers (from The Heterodox Conclusion)
[31:29 – 44:05] Debbie Jaffe — Denial (from The Heterodox Conclusion)
[44:05 – 49:08] Big City Orchestra — excerpt from Long & Healthy (from Headache Remedy)
[49:08 – 51:35] Heather Perkins — Sir Dan In The City Of Steel (from The Hamster Wheel)
[51:35 – 55:16] Heather Perkins — Lone Tribe II (from The Hamster Wheel)
[55:16 – 57:44] Amy Denio — Clam Reprise (from No Elevators)
[57:44 – 1:01:22] Amy Denio — Sometimes A Great Valentine (from Never Too Old To Pop A Hole)
[1:01:22 – 1:04:02] The Rabbit's Hat — Listen (from Shrike Food)
[1:04:02 – 1:10:45] The Rabbit's Hat — Sunrise (from Shrike Food)
[1:10:45 – 1:14:03] -Ing — Whirring During (from Eternity Is Now)
[1:14:03 – 1:17:12] Christina Guiney/C. Goff III — Radial (from previously unreleased cassette)
[1:17:12 – 1:20:23] Debra Kay Burger — Something Special (from Jazzteaze)
[1:20:23 – 1:23:27] Herd Of The Ether Space — The Downfall Of Nabbage (from Remnants From Magic Carpets)
[1:23:27 – 1:33:25] Disism — Walk Into The Sunset (from Remnants From Magic Carpets)
[1:33:25 – 1:38:40] Viviane Marc & Associates (selections from custom cassette for Herd Of The Ether Space)
[1:38:40 – 1:51:25] Quintet De L'Art (several short selections from Hemoglobine)

Lo Finest Show #29: A Tiny Touch Of 21st Century Cassette Culture (January 15, 2013)

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[0:00 – 8:41] Activity Universal — Exercise Theme For Gray Sweatshirt (from Flee)
[8:41 – 13:37] Fiver's Stereo — Closet Skeleton Key (from Connection Cassette 5)
[13:37 – 17:28] Luxurious Dagger — Things I Tell Myself (from Connection Cassette 5)
[17:28 – 20:09] M. Ferguson — Ricky's Bologna Habit (from Connection Cassette 6)
[20:09 – 24:43] Disism — Bicycle Tire On Fire (from Connection Cassette 6)
[24:43 – 28:18] Freaks With People Behind Them — Marmaducks (from Connection Cassette 6)
[28:18 – 37:19] Hal McGee — Toxic Landscape (excerpt, from My New Tape)
[37:19 – 42:12] Otolathe — The Grizzly Atoms (excerpt)
[42:12 – 45:18] Aaron Zarzutzki/Joshua Manchester — Furniture Songs (excerpt)
[45:18 – 49:36] Tea Man With Tea Gum — Battery Based Sputnikk (from Cat In The Bag)
[49:36 – 53:28] Candi Nook & Paul Harrison — Tea Gum Suck Dry (excerpt)
[53:28 – 1:02:27] Stars And Butter — First Steps (excerpt)
[1:02:27 – 1:05:09] The 120 Days — New Body (from Heroin)
[1:05:09 – 1:09:02] Kei Yokota — Invader From Mars (excerpt)
[1:09:02 – 1:11:47] Flutwacht — Keramik Splitter (from Tonband #4)
[1:11:47 – 1:14:54] Nova-Sak — Guillotia (excerpt)
[1:14:54 – 1:23:59] Rat Face — The Salton Sea, Volume 9 (excerpt)

Lo Finest Show #28 (September 15, 2012)

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[0:00 – 6:08] Andrew Szava-Kovats — When Hell Freezes Over (excerpt)
[6:08 – 10:33] Andrew Szava-Kovats — The Parasite (from Parade Of Sinners)
[10:33 – 16:23] Jorg Thomasius — Dentified Flying Object (from Tomato)
[16:23 – 23:05] Comando Bruno — Fete Mauresque (Zambra) (from La Chair Entre Les Lignes)
[23:05 – 37:19] Hideg Roncs — 1st Movement (from A Hang / The Voice)
[37:19 – 40:39] Mental Anguish — Pleasure And Pain (from Time Stands Still)
[40:39 – 46:46] Hal McGee & Dave Prescott — excerpt from Ridden Hard And Hung Up Wet (from A Fish Devoid Of Memory)
[46:46 – 59:39] Alien Planetscapes — Atom Bomb Blues (from Everybody's Mad At Amerikkka)
[59:39 – 1:02:32] Etat Des Stocks — Overload (from Galactic Gigolo)
[1:02:32 – 1:07:03] Etat Des Stocks — Operation Coup De Poing (2 excerpts)
[1:07:03 – 1:17:45] M. Nomized — The Golozos (from Live October 27th, 1990, Anderlecht, Belgium)

Lo Finest Show #27: Another Compilation Of Compiliations (July 7, 2012)

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From Crazy But Chic, Harsh Blend:

[00:00 – 5:44] Big City Orchestra — Fiend Master Freak
[5:44 – 8:15] Costes — Carnage Menu
[8:15 – 10:07] Y Create — Alcohol
[10:07 – 12:08] Urovisions — Twisting Earthworm Song
[12:08 – 13:47] Kaoru Todoroki — Dial L For Laughing

From Absolute Musique'S Schizofrene Festsamler:

[13:47 – 17:25] Marie-Therese Gymnasium and Erlangen — In Memoriam Anaick
[17:25 – 20:03] A Place To Pray — Sabat Mater
[20:03 – 22:43] Johnny Hazard — Phostice
[22:43 – 24:06] Det Glade Vanvidd — Min Venn Poeten
[24:06 – 24:24] Coalmine 5 — Jeg Vet Hvor
[24:24 – 26:58] Brt — Tomheten Er Der
[26:58 – 35:40] Bene Gesserit — L'Araignee

From: Opulence! Pawn

[35:40 – 46:39] The Flying Shelsons — The Best Day I Ever Had
[46:39 – 48:09] Phil Brulia — The Piranha Story
[48:09 – 49:13] Okaniwa Fumihiro — The Dr. Key GB Recordings
[49:13 – 1:04:02] Audio Explorations — Untitled #1

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From: Gears = Sexfour

[0:48 – 2:17] Sack — Plastic Blume
[2:17 – 5:44] The Grey Wolves — None Filled Wolves
[5:44 – 10:57] Siegmar Fricke — Sky Bikes
[10:57 – 15:14] Saint-Tin — Stop Me Mountain
[15:14 – 24:00] No Unauthorized — Il A Reussi

From: Loopy But Chic, Harsh Blend

[24:00 – 25:30] Architect's Office — X 0145 C
[25:30 – 27:24] If, Bwana — A Condensed History Of Religion
[27:24 – 28:59] Voidkampf — Loopy But Chic
[28:59 – 30:53] Vivenza — Theorie De La Contradiction 1
[30:53 – 32:52] Gros Phoque Sergio — ERE cherche GOLO
[32:52 – 34:50] Radio Prague — Ode A La Photographie
[34:50 – 41:46] Tom Furgas — The Damn Thing Bit Me On Purpose

From: Nice Noise, Volume 1

[41:46 – 46:12] Minoy — Etude (Le Monstra)
[46:12 – 51:57] John Hudak — Garbage Air
[51:57 – 59:00] Mortuary Attandant — Undelant
[59:00 – 1:07:50] Big City Orchestra — Fred Lamatre

Lo Finest Show #26: Taped Rugs Shaken By The World (May 4, 2012)

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[0:00 – 8:21] C. Goff III — Texas Two Step (from People Make The World Go Round, 1992)
[8:21 – 17:59] C. Goff III — excerpts from Doublespeak (from Doublespeak, 1984)
[17:59 – 26:15] C. Goff III — Family Values (from People Make The World Go Round, 1992)
[26:15 – 32:08] Herd Of The Ether Space — South Central Three Step (from Riot Via Satellite, 1992)
[32:08 – 37:45] Herd Of The Ether Space — excerpt from Macabre Curiosity (from Suicide Driver, 1994)
[37:45 – 41:46] Disism — excerpts from Sleep In Unheavenly Peace (from Down The Chimney, 1988)
[41:46 – 46:01] Herd Of The Ether Space — excerpt from Feel Good About America (from Liberty, 1986)
[46:01 – 55:08] Disism — God Bless America (from Disism, 1986)
[55:08 – 58:55] C. Goff III — excerpt from Rationalizing Bloody Gore (from Desert Foxtrot, 1998)
[58:55 – 1:16:28] Herd Of The Ether Space — Mourning Breaks (from Noises Of War, 1991)

Lo Finest Show #25 (February 28, 2012)

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[0:00 – 8:10] Odal — Spicatto (from Desintegration)
[8:10 – 15:45] Merrick — excerpt from AAM Left To Right
[15:45 – 20:43] Post Prandials — excerpt from Umbabayee
[20:43 – 35:03] No — Auftakt (from Zelebrating The Last Daies)
[35:03 – 42:03] Random Noise Generation — TH #27 (from Music From The Future)
[42:03 – 57:27] 60 Cycle Hum — excerpt from Space I/O
[57:27 – 1:00:23] Roadkill — Mental Intercourse (from Guitar Vomit)
[1:00:23 – 1:04:03] The Magician — excerpt from OK OK
[1:04:03 – 1:18:54] Teen Lesbians And Animals — 2 X 4, #23 (from Dog On)

Lo Finest Show #24: Don Campau Special (October 26, 2011)

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Part 1 Playlist

From Variety Show (1985)

[0:00 – 8:48] Easter Day 1984
[8:48 – 11:55] The Great Problem Solver

From One Sided Story (1990)

[11:55 – 13:57] One Sided Story
[13:57 – 16:03] Both Hands On It

From Pinata Party (1987)

[16:03 – 17:08] Stupid Stinkin' Day
[17:08 – 22:21] Promise Dollars
[22:21 – 24:55] Joey Roo Goes Dancing
[24:55 – 26:20] Midnight In Suburbia

From Heartbeat 'N Loopy (1998)

[26:20 – 32:14] Homage To Dubuffet
[32:14 – 34:20] Balcony
[34:20 – 39:53] Ignition Sense

From Goodbye And Hello (1990)

[39:53 – 45:34] I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain

From Alphabetical Odor (1981)

[45:34 – 47:40] Penalty For Early Withdrawal
[47:40 – 51:04] Exotic Improvisation
[51:04 – 54:43] Spiro Agnew Dance
[54:43 – 1:00:24] Frozen Vegetables

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Part 2 Playlist

From Paralyzed By The Very Thought (1986)

[0:00 – 4:49] Crowning Jewel
[4:49 – 8:40] I Want To Be The Drone
[8:40 – 11:52] Blissando
[11:52 – 14:25] Ali Was A Bomber

From Pen Pals (Volume One, 1988)

[14:25 – 18:45] Somebody Slow Me Down
[18:45 – 22:11] Where Is Johnny?

From New Monterey Road Sounds, The Songs (1985)

[22:11 – 24:14] Call Of The Wild
[24:14 – 26:22] Buddhist Ceremony At The Burger Joint
[26:22 – 29:29] I Know A Guy
[29:29 – 39:19] Lonely Whistle

From New Monterey Road Sounds, The Instrumentals (1985)

[39:19 – 42:01] Potato Bowling
[42:01 – 46:51] Possible Plan #5
[46:51 – 52:40] Possible Plan #6

From Mixed Messages (1991)

[52:40 – 55:17] It Didn't Matter
[55:17 – 1:04:52] Don't Play With Matches

From Separate But Equal (1987)

[1:04:52 – 1:05:56] Abstract Nitrousetude
[1:05:56 – 1:06:31] An Engaging Item

From Guaranteed Injection Comfort Or Your Money Back (198?)

[1:06:31 – 1:16:23] Schools, Shopping, Structure and Design

Lo Finest Show #23 (July 30, 2011)

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Playlist

[0:00 – 6:56] Don Campau & Eric Muhs — I'll Be Your Pen Pal (from Don't Be So Serious)
[6:56 – 12:16] Illusion Of Safety — Idealism After Six/Diseased Mind (from Violence And Geography)
[12:16 – 14:14] Dog Food — Remember Yogi Trumpet/One Foot In The Grave (from Beware The Polythene Monster)
[14:14 – 21:45] Don Campau & Eric Muhs — Believe (from Don't Be So Serious)
[21:45 – 31:39] MCH Band — Discussion (from 198Four Well)
[31:39 – 37:03] Eel O — Rifles And Reefers (from Celluloid Kali)
[37:03 – 42:18] Brain Discipline — excerpts from World!
[42:18 – 53:18] Mikadams — Family Home Evening / Skwonch (from Uh Oh! Here She Comes!)
[53:18 – 59:33] Gerbil Bliss — Viscous Inertia (from Idle Tunes For Busy Hands)
[59:33 – 1:04:32] Doug Harrison — Hrmncs (from Company Vs. Solitude)
[1:04:32 – 1:17:57] Big City Orchestra — Ruminate/Ovis (from And When We Wake Up, There Is Sheep In Our Eyes)
[1:17:57 – 1:21:39] Mikadams — Tunnels (from Music From The Film The Anthill)
[1:21:39 – 1:27:22] Gerbil Bliss — excerpt from Minimal Collection

Lo Finest Show #22: The Lo Finest Lord Litter Special (March 24, 2011)

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Playlist (all songs by Lord Litter):

[0:00 – 7:07] Lost (from Torn Between Temptations, 1991)
[7:07 – 11:27] Help Me (from Quite Naturally, 1989)
[11:27 – 13:12] Signed To EMI (from Back To The Basics, 1998)
[13:12 – 17:12] Cyberland (from In The Afterglow, 1994)
[17:12 – 21:07] Givin' You A Helping Hand (from Hypertonia Sampler, 1989)
[21:07 – 25:53] Charlie...This Is Sharon (from Watching Satan, 1992)
[25:53 – 30:58] The Sun Shines In New York Tonight (Lord Litter Band, from Outbreakers, 1993)
[30:58 – 32:58] If I Had A Pershing II (from Take The Trash, 1984)
[32:58 – 36:20] My Friend Charles (from No More Rock N Roll, 1987)
[36:20 – 43:23] Charlie Goodbye (from No More Rock N Roll, 1987)
[43:23 – 55:23] Poem (from A Bad Case Of True Love, 1992)
[55:23 – 58:25] Doog's Boogie (from Torn Between Temptations, 1991)
[58:25 – 1:01:32] You Couldn't Dance This Rhythm, Baby (from Death Of The Giant Killer Ant, 1984)
[1:01:32 – 1:06:09] My ABC (from Death Of The Giant Killer Ant, 1993)
[1:06:09 – 1:17:22] Questions (Das Freie Orchester, from Brain Salad, 1990)
[1:17:22 – 1:38:22] 15 Minutes (Das Freie Orchester, from Lost Demo, 1990)
[1:38:22 – 1:42:03] The Easter Bunny (from Litter's Reel All Itty, 1990)

Lo Finest Show #21: The Cassette Culture Christmas Special (November 26, 2010)

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Playlist

[0:00 – 10:39] Joe Menichetti — Silent Night (from Hyper Christmas Compilation Vol. 2)
[10:39 – 11:45] Beverly Slade & Joe Menichetti — A Special Christmas (from Hyper Christmas Compilation Vol. 2)
[11:45 – 14:38] Cleaners From Venus — Christmas In Suburbia (from Hyper Christmas Compilation Vol. 2)
[14:38 – 16:17] Ellen Miz Ellen And Ken Clinger — Jingle Bells (from Making Cow Pies)
[16:17 – 18:29] Rufus And Shot My Mom — More Presence (from Hyper Christmas Compilation Vol. 2)
[18:29 – 22:48] Charles Rice Goff III — Spacey Jingle Bells (from Laughing All The Way)
[22:48 – 24:44] Steven Clark — Santa Dog (Disco Dog) (from The Residents Unmasked)
[24:44 – 25:35] Steve Schaer — Rudolf The Head Cocaine Dealer (from The Steve Schaer Christmas Album)
[25:35 – 28:25] Farces Wanna Mo — Christmas Time Et All (from Unroyal Nonagons)
[28:25 – 30:14] Kevyn Dymond & Mark Protus — Oh No, It's Christmas (from Hyper Christmas Compilation Vol. 2)
[30:14 – 34:33] To Trotte Typer — Christmas Elephants (from Hyper Christmas Compilation Vol. 1)
[34:33 – 38:55] John Bartles — Jingle Bell Rock (from Black Santa)
[38:55 – 39:35] Nicole Campau — Snowflakes (from Hyper Christmas Compilation Vol. 1)
[39:35 – 48:36] Herd Of The Ether Space — Silent Ether (Previously Unreleased)
[48:36 – 50:48] Beverly Slade & Joe Menichetti — Holiday Fruitcake (from Hyper Christmas Compilation Vol. 1)
[50:48 – 54:26] X-Ray Pop — Christmas Bong (from Hyper Christmas Compilation Vol. 2)
[54:26 – 1:00:19] Steve Schaer — It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (from The Steve Schaer Christmas Album)
[1:00:19 – 1:06:55] Jaws Of The Flying Carpet — Mohawk Santa Clause (from Solar Dreamscape)
[1:06:55 – 1:08:37] Areknuteknyterne — Christmas Tune (from Hyper Christmas Compilation Vol. 2)
[1:08:37 – 1:09:35] Steven Clark — Santa Dog (Funky Dog) (from The Residents Unmasked)
[1:09:35 – 1:14:14] No Unauthorized — Happy Christmas (from Hyper Christmas Compilation Vol. 1)
[1:14:14 – 1:15:53] Ellen Miz Ellen And Ken Clinger — We Wish You (from Making Cow Pies)
[1:15:53 – 1:19:31] Injuryen — Glaaaade (from Hyper Christmas Compilation Vol. 1)
[1:19:31 – 1:22:04] Costes — He Is Dead (from Hyper Christmas Compilation Vol. 1)
[1:22:04 – 1:24:49] Beverly Slade & Joe Menichetti — Favorite Christmas (from Hyper Christmas Compilation Vol. 1)
[1:24:49 – 1:34:30] Charles Rice Goff III — Noel Porter's Holiday Collection, Part 4

Lo Finest Show #20: Brian Noring Special (September 28, 2010)

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Playlist

[0:00 – 10:43] EHI — April Snows (from Outbreak Of Uneasiness) 1997
[10:43 – 23:17] 360 Sound — Opus No. 1 (from Five O'Clock Blood Shadow/360 Sound split tape) 1997
[23:17 – 36:24] Mildew — Sixteen Of Fifty Parts from Take 7 1997
[36:24 – 46:57] Brian Noring — Hanging Our Possessions (from Normal Bias Audio Cassette) 1999
[46:57 – 53:37] Dilated Invert — Roots In Nowhere/Dead Wait Of The World (from Admission Ignition) 1996
[53:37 – 59:08] Prototype Earthborne — Fuck Up Burnt To The Electric Fence (from Rosemount) 1999
[59:08 – 1:09:11] Brian Noring and Hal McGee — Overland (from Sonic Holiday) 1997
[1:09:11 – 1:37:07] X Wing Biolet — Breathing My Inside (from Breathing My Inside) 1996

Lo Finest Show #19 (June 20, 2010)

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Playlist

[0:00 – 14:29] Nisus Anal Furgler — Auglsprang Gluhfarbel (from Nisus Anal Furgler)
[14:29 – 19:27] Telepherique — Fernfahrer (from Alltag)
[19:27 – 27:15] Die Vorkriegszeit — Horizonte (from Horizonte)
[27:15 – 34:11] Paradox — Excerpt from Industrial Silence
[34:11 – 47:27] M. Finnkrieg — Selections from Down The Poppy Stairs Of Heaven
[47:27 – 57:07] Kilhets — Excerpt from Concert #4 (from Czechoslovakia Harsh Reality Compilation)
[57:07 – 58:29] E Ucho Debil Accordband — In The Madhouse (from Czechoslovakia Harsh Reality Compilation)
[58:29 – 1:00:03] DG307 — Dar Stinum (from Czechoslovakia Harsh Reality Compilation)
[1:00:03 – 1:12:29] Stefano Barban — Amantide (from Italy Harsh Reality Compilation)
[1:12:29 – 1:15:49] Majorana — L'anti — Destin (from Italy Harsh Reality Compilation)
[1:15:49 – 1:23:52] Crime O' Nautix — Rock The Mussolinis Boys (from Italy Harsh Reality Compilation)

Lo Finest Show #18: The Huge Home Recordings Special (February 23, 2010)

One of the things about cassette tapes that many home recording artists have taken advantage of is that they run continuously for long periods of time. Lots of avant-garde home recordings contain single compositions that run as long as 30 — 45 minutes. Excerpts from these extended pieces have received airplay, but rarely have the entire pieces been played on broadcast radio or even internet radio shows. So this show will feature several of these recordings all played in their entirety. Settle yourselves in for a six-hour show!

All of these artists and more are included in the show: Zan Hoffman, Dave Prescott, Alain Neffe,Conrad Schnitzler, Chris Phinney (Mental Anguish), Gen Ken Montgomery, Little Fyodor, Agog, Nick, Jeff Surak, Nadine Bal, Mike Hovancsek, John Hajeski, Keith Nicolay, Evan Cantor, Hal McGee, Brian Noring, Lord Litter, Mr. Ebu, Mike Shannon, Carl Howard, Dan Fioretti, C. Goff III.

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Playlist

[0:00 – 37:54] Zan Hoffman & Associates — Nick2Agog2SatSak
[37:54 – 1:07:33] Mid-Cult Matrix — Fugitive Squad (from Berkelianism)
[1:07:33 – 1:23:46] Human Flesh — Second Day (from Meditation And Fears)
[1:23:46 – 2:03:32] Mike Hovancsek & Associates — The Plastic Museum Fiasco (from Spheral Tone Theory)
[2:03:32 – 2:48:24] Gen Ken Montgomery and Conrad Schnitzler — Playing With Dinosaur Jam (from Gencon Dramatic)
[2:48:24 – 3:35:48] Post Prandials — Ordinary People In Distress (from Douch Ex Machina)
[3:35:48 – 4:21:11] Lord Litter & Associates — Side Two (from On The Other Hand Part II)
[4:21:11 – 5:09:47] Walls Of Genius — Lingering Household Odours (from Ludovico Treatment)
[5:09:47 – 5:34:53] Brian Noring & Hal McGee — Tunnels Under The Public Road (from Anvil And Stirrup)
[5:34:53 – 6:01:54] Ebu — ...und gab ihr einen Kuss (from Influences From The Luna Canoe)

Lo Finest Show #17: Biotope Art Organization Special (November 15, 2009)

Although still available, the original Biotope Art Organisation MySpace site is no longer in use.

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Playlist

From the BAO compilation Cruel Claw And Hungry Throat:

[0:00 – 8:56] Weird Asylum & Fredo & Ludovikc Handz Weirdz Cutz
[8:56 – 11:49] Lemur de Ojos Tristes Papaito War
[11:49 – 15:49] From Nursery To Misery My Em
[15:49 – 21:35] Flagrants D'eli Infernazionale
[21:35 – 28:10] Herd Of The Ether Space Chewing Gum (from A Goblin Realm Of Fakery)
[28:10 – 30:31] Herd Of The Ether Space Disconsciousness (from Remedies From Roots & Molds)
[30:31 – 41:50] Le Manifeste De L'art Discret Beware The Jabberwock! (from Beware The Jabberwock!)
[41:50 – 47:35] Alvars Orkester Your Legs On Movie (from Nobody Finds Nothing)
[47:35 – 56:50] Alvars Orkester A Library Of Nothing (from Nobody Finds Nothing)
[56:50 – 1:07:20] Eric Lyon Butter (from Electronic Music)
[1:07:20 – 1:16:00] Origami Blatt Rom Zen L'oopera (excerpt) (from Blatt Rom Zen L'oopera)

Lo Finest Show #16 (July 24, 2009)

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Playlist

[0:00 – 13:48] Buzzsaw — Tale Of A Tape (excerpt from very limited edition cassette, unofficial release)
[13:48 – 18:38] Alien Planetscapes — Miles Riff (from Electronic Cottage Volume I)
[18:38 – 22:00] Rotcod Zzaj — No Wage Ballet (from Electronic Cottage Volume I)
[22:00 – 25:15] Minoy — Technostress (from Electronic Cottage Volume I)
[25:15 – 31:22] 60 Cycle Hum — November, 1986 (from Connection)
[31:22 – 36:14] Herd Of The Ether Space — In The Cold Sunlight (from Other Than Random Modulation)
[36:14 – 46:29] Deaf Lions — (2 of 26 pieces from Copia)
[46:29 – 53:17] Astro Epos — (beginning section from Revelation)
[53:17 – 59:06] Bene Gesserit — Little Lady (from Live In Belgium & Holland)
[59:06 – 62:58] Bene Gesserit — Erg Habbania (from Live In Belgium & Holland)
[62:58 – 70:40] De Fabriek — Emulate (from Elegy 3)
[70:40 – 79:01] Yggdrasil — Free Form Mantra (from Elegy 3)

Lo Finest Show #15: Tom Sutter Special (April 7, 2009)

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Playlist

[0:00 – 10:00] Regicide Bureau (from The Rose Of Pentecost)
[10:00 – 14:00] Regicide Bureau (from On A Healing Spree)
[14:00 – 21:00] Regicide Bureau (from The Keening)
[21:00 – 31:00] Regicide Bureau (from Kyudo No Kata)
[31:00 – 51:00] Next Radio (from Apogee Madrigals)
[51:00 – 61:00] Next Radio (from Viewing The Cherry Blossoms, Hokkaido, 1823)
[61:00 – 68:00] Tom Sutter and Jim Curley (from Fizgig)
[68:00 – 1:20:00] Tom Sutter and Hal McGee (from Caesura)

Lo Finest Show #14: A San Francisco Bay Area Thread (December 28, 2008)

This edition of Lo Finest focuses on a small thread of San Francisco Bay Area contributors to avant-garde home recording.

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Playlist

[0:00 – 12:49] Allegory Chapel Ltd. (from Aural Demimonde)
[12:49 – 17:10] DD Downer (from Downer Science Project)
[17:10 – 19:49] Disism — BART In D Lydian (from Disism/DD Downer Live 1987)
[19:49 – 25:15] Iao Core (from Gilman St. Project Nov. 20th 1987)
[25:15 – 30:33] Floating Nude — Cyanide Snack and Death Squad Refugee (from Floating Nude)
[30:33 – 34:30] Pluto — Live At The 1990 Oakland Improv Festival (from Pluto)
[34:30 – 45:35] Big City Orchestra (from Animal Religion)
[45:35 – 51:19] Jeff Carney (2 selections from Jeff Carney-1987)
[51:19 – 56:13] Henry Kuntz — Sound Of Light (from Freeway Improv Compilation Tape)
[56:13 – 1:00:32] Splatter Trio — Inappropriations (from Freeway Improv Compilation Tape)
[1:00:32 – 1:07:35] Eric Muhs/Myles Boisen (2 selections from Notochord)
[1:07:35 – 1:13:25] Perry Kroeger (& Associates) (several selections from Caged Animus)

Lo Finest Show #13 (August 23, 2008)

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Playlist

[0:00 – 14:45] Maybe Mental (from Lotuses On Fire)
[14:45 – 24:41] Ric E. Braden — Pedestrian Subway (from If Then)
[24:41 – 32:27] Herd Of The Ether Space — TV Coverage (from Liberty)
[32:27 – 39:20] Scott Marshall/Burden Of Friendship (from People Telling Lies)
[39:20 – 44:09] The Haters (2 edits from Random Samples circa 1988)
[44:09 – 51:39] Minmae (2 edits from unlabeled cassette, circa 1997-98)
[51:39 – 54:24] Olfakts (from Katacombe Volume 4 Compilation, 1984)
[54:24 – 58:37] Band Bern Crematoire (from Katacombe Volume 4 Compilation, 1984)
[58:37 – 1:02:36] Eglio's Hallucinogenic Plans (from Katacombe Volume 4 Compilation, 1984)
[1:02:36 – 1:05:13] Der 7 Versuch (from Katacombe Volume 4 Compilation, 1984)
[1:05:13 – 1:06:55] Famlende Forsok — Dove Munker Inn (from Herring Tales)
[1:06:55 – 1:11:32] Famlende Forsok — Lei (from Herring Tales)

Lo Finest Show #12: Phil Klampe Special (March 23, 2008)

This edition of Lo Finest is dedicated to Phil Klampe's project called Homogenized Terrestrials, focusing on recordings released from the mid-1980s – late 1990s. Phil's original website was located at https://www.homogenizedterrestrials.com and is no longer active, but the project is now on Bandcamp, where most of the sampled albums below can be found plus a lot more.

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The set consists of selections from the following Homogenized Terrestrials cassettes:

[0:00 – 9:10] More Vomiting, 1986
[9:10 – 13:49] Seriousity, 1991
[13:49 – 19:38] Burns Brothers, 1993
[19:38 – 27:18] HolTH, 1993
[27:18 – 33:38] The Infinity Chip, 1996
[33:38 – 41:02] The Uncharacteristic Jaggedness Of Mental Rehydration, 1997
[41:02 – 46:56] Untitled (split tape with Captain Three Leg), 1999
[46:56 – 1:10:00] The Mysterious Radio Recordings (by Phil Klampe & Brian Noring, 1998)

Lo Finest Show #11: Cover Songs & Tributes (December 8, 2007)

This edition of Lo Finest will bring you a glimpse into how much fun home recording cassette artists had creating cover songs and tributes to their musical heroes during the 1980's and 90's.

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Playlist

From Milk Crate Madness, released by Taped Rugs:

[0:00 – 6:12] So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star by Gerbil Bliss

From His Master's Voice released by RRRecords:

[6:12 – 8:20] Old McDonald by The King
[8:20 – 12:56] Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Due Process
[12:56 – 16:07] I Could Die by La Sonorite Jaune

From The Residents Unmasked released by Ecto Tapes:

[16:07 – 19:49] Godsong by Phil Rhoden
[19:49 – 22:34] Time's Up by Teen Lesbians And Animals
[22:34 – 24:38] Laughing Song by Regicide Bureau
[24:38 – 28:33] Vileness Fats Medley by Fellaheen
[28:33 – 35:05] The Electrocutioner by Simulacra

From Beatles Songs 2000 released by Syberite/Greg Stomberg:

[35:05 – 37:54] Let It Be by G.W. Smith
[37:54 – 41:50] Free As A Bird by Ken Clinger
[41:50 – 43:50] Glass Onion by C. Goff III
[43:50 – 45:19] I Will by Mikadams
[45:19 – 48:52] And I Love Her by Robin O'Brien and Don Campau

From Watching Satan, The Legacy Of Charles Manson released by Hypertonia World Enterprises:

[48:52 – 51:15] Cease To Exist by Dr. Maya
[51:15 – 53:51] They Call Me Charlie by Kevin Dymond
[53:51 – 57:31] Techno Scapegoat by Anus Presley
[57:31 – 64:03] Look At Your Game Girl by Geoff Alexander

From Ode To Samantha Fox released by Insane Music:

[64:03 – 65:57] Samantha Fox by M. Nomized
[65:57 – 67:55] Fou De Fox by Food For The Moon
[67:55 – 69:06] Watashi Wa Sugita Anata Ga Sukita by Yximalloo
[69:06 – 70:09] Sam & Jeanne by A Bao A Quo
[70:09 – 73:31] Into The Zipper Zone by Coalmine 5

From Milk Crate Madness released by Taped Rugs:

[73:31 – 1:18:49] Freebird by Gerbil Bliss

Lo Finest Show #10: The Deprogramming Center (September 9, 2007)

For its 10th installment, Lo Finest offers up an actual on-air broadcast of the Deprogramming Center from June 15, 1997. The Deprogramming Center was a radio show devoted to home-made recordings from around the world. It was broadcast every Sunday on KAW, a non-FCC licensed radio station which served the Lawrence, Kansas, community in 1997 and 1998. (US Government actions led to the station's demise in 1998).

The program was widely enough publicized that every week the program's host, Swami Loopynanda, would receive several tapes in the mail from artists from all over the world. It's only been ten years since 1997, but the world of home recording has altered considerably since then. The US Census reported in 1997 that fewer than 50 percent of America's households had a computer in them, and only about half of those were hooked up to the internet. There was no inexpensive method of recording CDs in 1997. Home-recorded cassettes were the main medium through which avant-garde and experimental sound artists shared their works.

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The program features the following songs in addition to some creative live backing sounds from Gerbil Bliss during its on-air announcements:

Playlist

Hold On by Cock ESP
The Dark Angel' Model Railroad by Turkey Makes Me Sleepy
? by Gerogerigegege
Reign Of Terror by Steel Tooth
THC by Moth
What's on the Grill by Herd Of The Ether Space West
Get Off The Machine Daughter by Xerophyte
Destroying The House by Mind Scan
Little Magnet by -ING
Asterisk by Rotten Piece
Disturbed Trance by Instagon
Technocomputer by Expose Your Eyes
Submitted For Disapproval by Jay T Yamamoto
Weltraumbahnhof by Ampzilla's Delight

Lo Finest Show #9: If Bwana/Al Margolis Special (June 24, 2007)

This edition of Lo Finest is dedicated to Al Margolis' project called If, Bwana. Al was one of the most active members of the cassette underground during the 1980s. He not only personally collaborated with cassette artists from all over the world, but he also distributed over 300 cassette albums of his own and others through his legendary Sound Of Pig cassette label.

You can visit the Sound Of Pig website here.

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Playlist

[0:00 – 4:32] What Martin Et from They Call Me Bwana
[4:32 – 8:16] Invisible Cities from Beware The Sleeping Squid
[8:16 – 10:00] Brain Dead from Radio Slaves
[10:00 – 12:55] Excerpt from If Bwana In Four Parts (produced by Zan Hoffman)
[12:55 – 18:27] Excerpt from Horns & Hard Art (with Brian Charles)
[18:27 – 27:07] Excerpt from No Other Radio show, KPFA Berkeley, September, 1988 (with John Gullak and Das)
[27:07 – 40:28] Excerpt from Another Umbrella Corparation #4 (with David Gardener)
[40:28 – 59:42] Excerpt from XTSW-Radio One (with Don Campau)
[59:42 – 1:14:45] Don't Forget from Bwana Dog Live In Toronto, 10/24/87 (with Hal McGee)

Lo Finest Show #8: EXART Label Special (March 10, 2007)

This edition of Lo Finest is dedicated to the EXART cassette label, which flourished in the Netherlands during the 1980s and run by Hessel Veldman and his partner Nicole.

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Playlist

[0:00 – 5:57] Radio Arts Guild In Trans Missio
[5:57 – 12:52] Gorgonzola Legs Salmon Squeezing In Weird Weirs (Exart 25)
[12:52 – 17:53] Gorgonzola Legs Bunker (Exart 28)
[17:53 – 23:20] Ca Qui Parle (Exart 27)
[23:20 – 30:17] Black Written (Exart 52)
[30:17 – 36:33] King's X Communi Cat Ion S Company (Exart 51)
[36:33 – 41:40] Sempiternels (Exart 34 Side A)
[41:40 – 45:53] Vrischika (Exart 34 Side B)
[45:53 – 56:23] Seemen (Exart 35)
[56:23 – 1:12:44] Radio Times (Exart 37)

Lo Finest Show #7: Cleaning Up Special (December 10, 2006)

All pieces in this show were originally released on the Cleaning Up compilation produced in 1999 by Taped Rugs Productions to ring in the new milennium.

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Playlist

[0:00 – 9:58] Lord Litter — Cleaning Up
[9:58 – 11:41] Don Campau — I Need My Sponge
[11:41 – 16:42] EHI — The Upkeep and Organization of Our Artistic Purchases
[16:42 – 23:16] Stream Angel — Cleaning Stuff
[23:16 – 27:53] Farces Wanna Mo — Used Condoms in the Trash
[27:53 – 30:35] Bodycocktail — Keen to be Clean
[30:35 – 38:25] A 101 Usui Tadashi — Let's Clean Your Hand
[38:25 – 39:57] Nstynk — I'd Like to Teach the World to Clean
[39:57 – 43:00] Wayne Butane — The Myth of Living Comfortably
[43:00 – 46:08] The American Tract Society — What's for Dinner?
[46:08 – 51:02] Glow — Things I Clean
[51:02 – 54:20] Rhythm Boobs — Fun to be Clean?
[54:20 – 1:01:00] Alex King — Bottle of Robots
[1:01:00 – 1:05:09] Liar's Paradise — You Have the Right to Cleansing

Lo Finest Show #6 (September 17, 2006)

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Playlist

[0:00 – 7:10] Billy Joe Winghead, introductory excerpt from Blood Surfer
[7:10 – 10:04] Bret Hart, I'm The Moon (from Maximum Love Vibes)
[10:04 – 16:15] Mental Anguish, Oh Yeah (from Asshole)
[16:15 – 21:20] Human Flesh, Third Mirage (from Ambient Music, Vol. One)
[21:20 – 25:34] Bene Gesserit/Usward, It Is Known (from Secret Mind)
[25:34 – 32:03] UR Kaos, Request (from Insane Music For Insane People, Vol. 16)
[32:03 – 37:24] Chicken 4, Chicken Doctor (from Chicken 4)
[37:24 – 40:53] Shardophonic, medley from Shardophonic
[40:53 – 44:45] Tugboat 3001, The Earth Hangeth Upon Nothing (from Beyond The Solar System, Beyond The Stars)
[44:45 – 48:42] Evolutionary Control Committee, medley from Big Wyoming
[48:42 – 53:15] Cefodie, Seborrhoea (from Cefodie/Jalopy split tape)
[53:15 – 58:06] Labrador, Announcement (from Labrador)
[58:06 – 1:04:29] Dimosioypalliliko Retire, medley from Dimosioypalliliko Retire
[1:04:29 – 1:09:16] Stream Angel, excerpt from Some Strange Fabric
[1:09:16 – 1:17:19] Flow, excerpt from Flow

Lo Finest Show #5: Compilation of Compilations (May 7, 2006)

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Playlist

[0:00 – 7:38] Master/Slave Relationship — Each Grain Of Sand (from Mirage, Cause & Effect, 1986)
[7:38 – 14:15] Controlled Bleeding — A Shelled Earth (from Mirage, Cause & Effect, 1986)
[14:15 – 17:42] Psyclones — Another Bridge (from Mirage, Cause & Effect, 1986)
[17:42 – 21:21] Zanoisect — Fourbowding (from Mirage, Cause & Effect, 1986)
[21:21 – 28:45] Due Process — Fragments Of Life (from Mirage, Cause & Effect, 1986)
[28:45 – 31:20] Katharsis — Slow Down (from Northern California Is A Noisy Place Indeed, Volume II, Sound Of Pig, 1989)
[31:20 – 35:56] Disism — Sammy Hits The Bottle (from Northern California Is A Noisy Place Indeed, Volume II, Sound Of Pig, 1989)
[35:56 – 40:29] 50 Hay 50 — They Feed Themselves (from Northern California Is A Noisy Place Indeed, Volume II, Sound Of Pig, 1989)
[40:29 – 46:38] Eric Muhs, Robert Hinrix, Johnny Calgagno, Charlie Rowan — Untitled
[46:38 – 47:45] XV Parowek — Now's The Time To Find Out If The Gorillas Can Fly (from Project 23, FDR, 1996)
[47:45 – 54:52] Mind Skelp — Cher Of, Relating To, Or Functioning In Excretion (from Project 23, FDR, 1996)
[54:52 – 56:48] Wagstaff — The Lion Of That Mouth (from Project 23, FDR, 1996)
[56:48 – 1:01:30] Crudsocket — Sterio Jack (from Project 23, FDR, 1996)
[1:01:30 – 1:06:35] Skeletal Remains
[1:06:35 – 1:11:32] Minoy
[1:11:32 – 1:19:08] Keona Umberto
Collaborations On A Five Minute Soundpiece (from Take Five Volume One, Ecto, 1990?)

Lo Finest Show #4: Hometapers of Germany Special (January 22, 2006)

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[0:00 – 5:54] Das Freie Orchester, Falstaff (from Freitag Der 13)
[5:54 – 8:20] Jorg Thomasius, Zweite Himmelsmelodie (from Die Gesange Der Komparsen)
[8:20 – 16:01] Lord Litter, excerpt from On The Other Hand, Part II, At The Gates Of Hell
[16:01 – 21:24] Der Pilz, excerpts from Der Kosmos Natur Fuhrer
[21:24 – 25:26] Das Synthetische Mischgewebe, excerpts from Everything Is Nothing
[25:26 – 27:45] Unanitious Anonymous News From The Shopping Bags (from Music From A Divided Germany)
[27:45 – 34:27] Yref & Niclola Opiska (from Music From A Divided Germany)
[34:27 – 38:11] Solanaceae Tau Muzak Ritual (from Music From A Divided Germany)
[38:11 – 45:15] PCR Acteon V (from Music From A Divided Germany)
[45:15 – 49:23] Doc Wor Mirran Bundeswehr Morons (from 3 Into 1, Vol. 5)
[49:23 – 50:51] Harold Sack Zeigler Plastic Blume (from Gears = Sexfour)
[50:51 – 54:31] Tesendalo excerpt from Mache Was Du Willst
[54:31 – 59:15] Kopfschmerztablette excerpts from Kopfschmerztablette
[59:15 – 1:02:02] Olfakts Revolution 9 (from Olfakts 83-87)
[1:02:02 – 1:05:04] P16D4 Distruct Fragment (from Deutschland 1)
[1:05:04 – 1:09:29] Non Toxique Lost Lost For Margaret (from Deutschland 1)
[1:09:29 – 1:13:15] Ritus Birthday Parties (from La Chair Entre Les Lignes)
[1:13:15 – 1:16:06] Swimming Behavior Of The Human Infant Die Muhle (from La Chair Entre Les Lignes)

Lo Finest Show #3: The Song as interpreted by Hometapers (October 29, 2005)

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[0:00 – 5:33] The Rabbit's Hat Wings Of Freedom (from Shrike Food)
[5:33 – 7:39] Tom Bollinger's Fetishes Lavender Dye (from Herbicides Or Pesticides)
[7:39 – 9:49] Michael J. Bowman Never Suffered For Art
[9:49 – 10:52] Michael J. Bowman Get Down
[10:52 – 13:13] Heather Perkins Kitty In Prison (from Dangerous Household Objects)
[13:13 – 15:31] Harold Sack Ziegler Flat Frog/Entenquak (from Doublegum Bubbledub)
[15:31 – 17:28] Harold Sack Ziegler Mine Is The Time (from Schnapp Flop Fetz)
[17:28 – 20:52] Lord Litter Quite Naturally (from Quite Naturally)
[20:52 – 23:03] Don Campau Welcome To My World (from Pen Pals 2)
[23:03 – 29:55] Don Campau I Had To Call Her (from Pen Pals 2)
[29:55 – 32:51] John Bartles KD Lang Is The Only Man In My Life (from Born To Lick Salt)
[32:51 – 35:34] John Bartles Mangia O Mangia (from Heathen Dog Likkers From The New World Order)
[35:34 – 37:39] Farces Wanna Mo Hey Black Cincinnati (from Unroyal Nonagons)
[37:39 – 40:29] Farces Wanna Mo Shampoo Rinse Repeat (from Unroyal Nonagons)
[40:29 – 43:52] Turkey Makes Me Sleepy Padukem (from Live October 31, 1997)
[43:52 – 46:59] Bodycocktail Pick Me Back Up (from Smiling Device)
[46:59 – 54:13] Amy Denio Vomit A Comet (from Never Too Old To Pop A Hole)
[54:13 – 58:21] M. Nomized Logic Music 1 (from Sample 8)
[58:21 – 1:00:14] The Bill Jones Show I Like The Television (from The Goatman Of Maryland)
[1:00:14 – 1:00:56] The Bill Jones Show Wingo The Postcard Man (from The Goatman Of Maryland)
[1:01:56 – 1:04:57] Seiei Jack Get Up And Boogie/1999 (from Insane Music For Insane People Volume 16)
[1:04:57 – 1:10:36] The Cyderbunny Bacteria (from Return Of The Gone)

Lo Finest Show #2 (July 17, 2005)

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[0:00 – 5:58] Amy Denio — Sax Sextet (from No Elevators)
[5:58 – 7:35] C. Goff III show introduction
[7:35 – 9:56] Bene Gesserit — Pussy Pussy (from Hit The Road Cat)
[9:56 – 11:22] Histatic Charge — Too Many Cats In The Kitchen (from Why Do I Always Hafta Do The Dishes?)
[11:22 – 16:39] Quintet De L'art — Medley (from untitled tapes)
[16:39 – 24:09] 360 Sound — Cold Start (from Drowning In A Pool Of Our Own Ignorance)
[24:09 – 28:35] C. Goff III babble (backed by Pleasure excerpt from Etat Des Stocks)
[28:35 – 32:22] Disism — 2 X 2 (from New Hippies Volume 14)
[32:22 – 34:30] Evolution Control Committee — Mighty Hamburger (from Gunderphonic)
[34:30 – 37:10] Evolution Control Committee — The Acid Family (from Gunderphonic)
[37:10 – 43:36] Buzzsaw — The Paper Race (excerpts from The Paper Race)
[43:36 – 46:52] C. Goff III babble (backed by another Pleasure excerpt from Etat Des Stocks)
[46:52 – 54:10] Next Radio — Even Adam (from the Albigensian Sortie)
[54:10 – 58:59] Aioi Usui Tadashi — A Birthmark On The Back Of The Right Hand (from Lasered Eye)
[58:59 – 1:03:37] Onnyk — Grossed Out (from Insane Music For Insane People Volume 22)
[1:03:37 – 1:09:59] Frontline Assembly — Thy Glory (from Insane Music For Insane People Volume 25)
[1:09:59 – 1:14:06] C. Goff III babble (backed by yet another Pleasure excerpt from Etat Des Stocks)

Lo Finest Show #1 (May 22, 2005)

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If Bwana — The Depth of Silence (excerpt) (from Beware The Sleeping Squid)
Don Campau — Meteors and Pickles (excerpt) (from Meteors and Pickles)
Mental Anguish — Chapman's Blues (from Mood Swing Shift)
Dog As Master — Black Body (excerpt) (from Black Body)
Viscera — IDBM (from Bloody But Chic)
F/i — Fetish (from Bloody But Chic)
Merzbow — DDT (from Bloody But Chic)
Big City Orchestra — The 10th Planet (from Daydreams of Night)
Die Rache — -Esterwege (from Die Rache)
FNTC — R.E. (excerpt) (from R.E.)
Xray Pop — Theme From Pilotorrifik Trip (from Hypertonia 1989 Sampler)
Jan Bruun, Manon, Messy, Harold Sack Ziegler — Raahh!! (from Walkman Meltdown 4)
Lord Litter — On The Other Hand (excerpt) (from On The Other Hand Part I)
Here Be Monsters — No Moth Equipped With A Lightning Bug (excerpt) (from No Moth Equipped With A Lightning Bug)

Lo Finest Show #40 (November 16, 2015)

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Lo Finest Show #39 (August 18, 2015)

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Lo Finest Show #38 (August 4, 2015)

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Lo Finest Show #37 (July 21, 2015)

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Lo Finest Show #36 (March 7, 2015)

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Lo Finest Show #35 (February 20, 2015)

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Lo Finest Show #34 (February 6, 2015)

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Lo Finest Show #33 (January 23, 2015)

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Lo Finest Show #32 (August 16, 2014)

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Lo Finest Show #31 (March 27, 2014)

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Lo Finest Show #30: Feminine Influences (April 16, 2013)

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Lo Finest Show #29: A Tiny Touch Of 21st Century Cassette Culture (January 15, 2013)

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Lo Finest Show #28 (September 15, 2012)

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Lo Finest Show #27: Another Compilation Of Compiliations (July 7, 2012)

Lo Finest Show #26: Taped Rugs Shaken By The World (May 4, 2012)

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Lo Finest Show #25 (February 28, 2012)

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Lo Finest Show #24: Don Campau Special (October 26, 2011)

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Lo Finest Show #23 (July 30, 2011)

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Lo Finest Show #22: The Lo Finest Lord Litter Special (March 24, 2011)

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Lo Finest Show #21: The Cassette Culture Christmas Special (November 26, 2010)

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Lo Finest Show #20: Brian Noring Special (September 28, 2010)

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Lo Finest Show #19 (June 20, 2010)

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Lo Finest Show #18: The Huge Home Recordings Special (February 23, 2010)

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Lo Finest Show #17: Biotope Art Organization Special (November 15, 2009)

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Lo Finest Show #16 (July 24, 2009)

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Lo Finest Show #15: Tom Sutter Special (April 7, 2009)

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Lo Finest Show #14: A San Francisco Bay Area Thread (December 28, 2008)

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Lo Finest Show #13 (August 23, 2008)

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Lo Finest Show #12: Phil Klampe Special (March 23, 2008)

Lo Finest Show #11: Cover Songs & Tributes (December 8, 2007)

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Lo Finest Show #10: The Deprogramming Center (September 9, 2007)

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Lo Finest Show #9: If Bwana/Al Margolis Special (June 24, 2007)

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Lo Finest Show #8: EXART Label Special (March 10, 2007)

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