Over the Edge
12:00 AM (Midnight) PST: Fridays
Themed mixes are made live and spontaneously on the air from a variety of formats and equipment. There is a plan and there is no plan. The mix consists of found sound of many kinds and from many sources, old and new, put together on the run as the continuous audio collage continues. OTE sometimes employs “Receptacle Programming,” which means you.
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Over the Edge – “Universe” Part 16 What About The 60’s? F”
Mark Hosler, Don. (Almost Negativland) Mark Hosler, founder of Negativland, joins me for an electronics-heavy mix of past and present. Together, we delve into the hip side of the early 60’s with “How To Speak Hip,” and beat poets and ranters like Kerouac, William Borroughs, and Lord Buckley. Jean Shepherd returns on location, covering the … Continued
Over the Edge – “Universe” Part 15 What About The 60’s? E”
Jean Shepherd, a notable radio presence in 60s N.Y. radio, tells about his youthful trials and tribulations trying to become a class A ham radio operator, accompanied by our real ham radio jammers recorded from the amateur air. In ’63, a real disc jockey actually locks himself in his studio, refuses to leave or open … Continued
Over the Edge – “Universe” Part 14 What About The 60’s? D”
We spread out for 5 hours as we bring early 60’s comedy and sex together, including some extensive ramblings by Lenny Bruce, Helen Gurley Brown (“Sex And The Single Girl”) addressing a live audience in ’64, all but the forbidden words from “The Sensual Woman,” and a lot of “Sex Dirt” from The Weatherman. Though … Continued
Over the Edge – “Universe Part 12 What About The 60’s? B”
As NASA’s Mercury Program continues to launch in the early 60’s and UFO sightings continue unabated, our radio goes top 40 and our music goes surfing and then romantically pop. Also, comedy from Jonathan Winters and acid parties with Timothy Leary and Alan Watts. 3 Hours.
Over the Edge – “Universe” Part 11 “What About The 60’s?”
We begin a sub-series on space in the 60’s which also focuses heavily on the music of the decade. This one is all about the early 60’s, including NASA’s Mercury Program launches from Cape Canaveral which put America’s first men in space while music became folk-inspired and psychedelic drugs began to appear. 3 Hours
Over the Edge – “Freddy’s Back”
Ann McGuire, Wobbly, Don. Crosley Bendix hosts songstress (with an emphasis on stress) Ann Mcguire, appearing with Wobbly as Freddy McGuire, for a night of her poems set to improvised music. Will this be the show that finally puts her over the top of fame and fortune? Crosley is convinced but all of entertainment is … Continued