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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PST, Channel 35)

Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.

34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .

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James Yorkston :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

Songwriter James Yorkston answers questions from Aquarium Drunkard, Simon Raymonde of the Cocteau Twins and crime novelist Ian Rankin, concerning his spontaneous new folk rock album The Wide, Wide River, and beyond . . .

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Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection

With Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection, the Nashville musician did not set out to simply craft a solo debut in the "singer/songwriter" mold. Originally hailing from Essex in southeast England, Cullum intended to bring musicians together and strongly invoke the spirit of influences such as the loose knit Canterbury music scene, as well as local institutions like London's famed UFO Club . . .

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Richard Swift :: March 20, 2009

Recorded a dozen years ago at the Mohawk in Austin, TX during SXSW, the half-hour performance finds Swift (backed by a full band) running through material from Dressed Up for the Letdown and the (then) soon-to-be released lp, The Atlantic Ocean. The night was crisp, the atmosphere buoyant, and the performance joyous . . .

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Bandcamping :: Winter 2021

A new year is here and there’s a world of sound to sink into over on Bandcamp. See below for some recent recommendations — and don’t forget that Bandcamp Fridays, during which the platform waives its standard fees, are still a thing in 2021 . . .

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The Weather Station :: Atlantic

A taste from the forthcoming Weather Station album Ignorance, the video for "Atlantic" finds Tamara Lindeman shimmering in a suit of mirrors, stilled by both dread and beauty . . .

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Aquarium Drunkard Book Club :: Chapter Two

In his 2011 book Mutants & Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal, Jeffrey J. Kripal writes: "Reality, if you will, comes to be in the space between the properly trained reader and the revealed text...Reading is mysticism." With that in mind, welcome to the second chapter of the Aquarium Drunkard Book Club, a recurring series of reading recommendations . . .

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Reverend Dan J. Smith :: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

As a young man, Reverend Dan J. Smith had to give up the harmonica after it, and a life in music, "led to some bad breaks in the South." But by 1970, he was back, having lived a life and ready to sing about it, with his platter of unrestrained country-gospel-blues . . .

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Shintaro Quintet :: Evolution

Out later this month, BBE Music's seventh installment in their archival Japanese jazz series highlights the Shintaro Quintet’s lp, Evolution–an album originally released in 1984 via the independent label Streetnoise Records.

A modal affair led by bassist Shintaro Nakamura, the session was cut in New York City and comprised of a Japanese-American band featuring pianist Jeff Jenkins, trumpet player Shunzo Ohno, saxophonist Bob Kenmotsu, and drummer Fukushi Tainaka . . .

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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PST, Channel 35)

Auld Lang Syne. Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.

34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .

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The Aquarium Drunkard Radio Holiday Nog Spectacular

Go ahead and dip heavily into that Charles Mingus eggnog. It’s the holidays, you’ll need it. Tonight, suit up, it’s Aquarium Drunkard’s annual seasonal spectacular . . .

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Transmissions :: North Americans

Our guest this week is Patrick McDermott of North Americans. His latest is called Roped In and its blissed out guitar-scapes. This is the final episode of this season. We're going to take a break but don't you sweat it, we'll be back early in 2021 with more strange conversations for our strange times . . .

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Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: December 20

Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab, every third Sunday of the month. Our December broadcast airs December 20, from 4—8 PM PT. Our guest this month is Phish designer Julia Mordaunt . . .

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Aquarium Drunkard :: 2020 Year In Review

Here it is, our Year in Review. As always, unranked and sprawling . . .

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Transmissions :: Psychic Temple

This week, we're joined by returning guest Chris Schlarb of Psychic Temple and Big Ego, his studio in Long Beach. His latest is called Houses of the Holy, a four-sided double-album, featuring a different band on each side: Cherry Glazerr with garage pop, the Chicago Underground Trio with their jazz inflection, psych warriors the Dream Syndicate, and rapper and producer Xololanxinxo. Schlarb took some time out of his holiday season to speak with us about the creative ethos driving his work . . .

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