Pledge Drive! He-yah!

We must inform you that the station which so kindly hosts our experiments, WORT 89.9 FM in Madison, is a community driven entity which accepts no forms of paid advertising from businesses. In order to keep the station running, and free of the taint of commercialism, from time to time we must ask for donations of money from our listeners. This is called a "pledge drive". If you would like to hear our experiments continue by helping to maintain the existence of our host station, you should click here to link up to WORT where you can donate money securely.


Thank you!
Psychoacoustics Collective

White City, Chocolate Show

It's the shortest month of the year, and you all know what that means...Black History Month!! Everybody's doin' specials!

Anyway this experiment was attended by Bad Sister Heidi.
Cymande - The Message -Back to Black
Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter #23 - Greatest Hits
Parlement - Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight - How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?
Incredible Moses Leroy - Beep Beep Love - Electric Pocket Radio
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Your Love Is A Drag - Naturally
Big Boi w/ Sly & The Family Stone - Runnin' Away - Different Strokes for Different Folks
TV On The Radio -King Eternal - Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
Cody Chestnutt - The World Is Coming To My Party - Headphone Masterpiece
Jimmy Castor Bunch - Troglodyte - Its Just Begun
Atomic Fireballs -Starve a Fever - Torch This Place
Q-Tip - Hey - Slam Soundtrack
Fishbone - It's a Wonderful LIfe (Gonna Have A Good Time) - Party at Ground Zero

ND@9 = Here Come The Mummies - 1,2,3,4,8,9,12 - Eternal Party

J Dilla - Tracks 4 & 5 - Jay Dee Donuts
Kool Keith - I'm Seein' Robots - Black Elvis/Lost In Space
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Am The Cool - Best of the Bizarre Sessions -1990-1994
Blackalicious - World of Vibrations - The Craft
Clouddead - Rifle Eyes - Ten
The Church of the SubGenius - HOS #?

Two...two...TWO IN ONE DAY!

Two posts in ONE DAY!!! Huzzah! You are indeed lucky.
This is today's experiment. All members of the collective participated, and it consists of the "best" of 2005.

Devendra Banhart - Long Haired Child - Cripple Crow
Petra Haden - I Can See For Miles - Petra Haden Sings The Who
Of Montreal - I Was Never Young - The Sunlandic Twins
The Raveonettes - Love in a Trashcan - Pretty In Black
Dungen - Bortglömd - Ta Det Lugnt
Dirtbombs - Broke In Detroit (again) - If You Don't Already Have A Look
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - This Land Is Your Land - Naturally
Moussa Doumbia - Keleya - Love Is A Real Thing - Love's A Real Thing: The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa
Brian Jonestown Massacre - God Is My Girlfriend - We Are The Radio
Messer Chups - Anton La Vey 66.6FM - Crazy Price
The Fleshtones - You Don't Know - Beachhead
The Greenhornes - Patterned Skys - Sewed Soles
White Stripes - The Nurse - Get Behind Me Satan
Tipsy - Popcorn - Dimension Mix: The Music of Bruce Haack and Esther Gordon
Screamin' Cyn Cyn and the Pons - Lonely Creepy - Babysit
Leslie & The Lys - Gold Pants - Gold Pants
Negativland - Keep Rollin' - No Business
Andy Ewen - A Call for the Seperation of Church and God - No Camouflage
Black Mountain - Druganaut - S/T
The Psychic Paramount - Echoh Air - Gamelan Into The Mink Supernatural
M.I.A. - Pull Up The People - Aurlar
Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple - Underdog World Strike
The Knitters - In This House That I Call Home - The Modern Sounds of ...
Gang Of Four - Natural's Not In It - Return The Gift
The Fall - I Can Hear The Grass Grow - Heads Roll
Sleater-Kinney - What's Mine Is Yours - The Woods
The Church of the SubGenius - HOS #1032

The long promised Barfday Experiment play list

As you may or may not know WORT 89.9, the host entity for the Psychoacoustics collective, turned 30 on December 1, 2005 at 8pm. We were lucky enough to have that time coincide with our weekly experiment!

All members of the collective participated. Here is the play list.
Marion Rosette - Our Birthday Party - Tunes for the Lollypop Set
The Billy Nayer Show - Party - The American Astronaut
The Wolfgang Press - Mama Told Me Not To Come - Everything is Beautiful
James Intveld - Lets Go Sexin' - A Dirty Shame sndtrk.
Squirrel Nut Zippers - You Are My Radio - Roasted Right
Morningwood - Nth Degree - S/T
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz - The Best of Sweet
International Male - The Chicken Dance - Anita & Joe Present Chicken Dance
MC Honky - Sonnet No. 3 (Like a Duck) - I am The Messiah
DeLaSoul - Magic Number - 3 Ft. High and Rising
Fannypack - So Stylistic - So Styilistic
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Smell of Incense - Vol. 2
Buck 65 - Wicked and Weird - This Right Here Is...

ND@ - Ween - 1,2,6,7,9,11 - Shinola, Vol. 1

Jesse Mae Hemphill - Bullyin' Well - She-Wolf
? - Track 13 - Rare Mexican Cuts from the 60's
Kiss - Do You Remember Rock'n'Roll Radio - A Tribute to the Ramones
Blues Explosion - Damage - Damage
Princess Superstar - We Got Panache - Is
Church of the Subgenius - HOS
Moist Boyz - I Don't Give a Fuck Where The Eagle Flies - IV
Rage Against the Machine - Gurella Radio - Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
Andre Williams -Pussy Stank - Black Godfather
Peaches - I Don't Give A Fuck - Fatherfucker
Bling Kong - Be Aggressive/We Got the Bling - Do the Handsome
Church of the Subgenius - HOS

Whaaa???? A heads up?!

I am from the future and just wanted to forewarn you that we will be doing our Best of 2005 show on Thursday, February 9. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, all members of the collective will attend.

Review the winter holiday gift buying guide for some clues as to what will be played. Visit individual member blogs and websites for more clues!

Whoo.

Mid-January Blahs...

We're all beat as hell and not used to this crazy weather, so this is going to be a very blaaaahg entry....Rev. Velveteen

Tonight's show has no particular theme, just a mix of good music old and new with Fr. Angus at the helm. (Hi, kids! This is Father Angus, and I'm at the helm. And a mighty, mighty fine helm it is, too.){I'm Bad Sister Heidi - I typed in the playlist because I'm adiquate like that}

On the musical smorgasbord for tonight:

Genesis - Happy the Man - Genesis Archives
The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow - Lola Vs. Powerman
The New Standards - All the Young Dudes - S/T
Ween - How High Can You Fly? - Shinola
The Beta Band - Human Being - Hot Shots II
Sound Directions - The Funky Side of Life - The Funky Side of Life
Mysteriosos - Now -S/T
High Violets - Sun Baby - To Where You Are
Nouvelle Vague - I Melt With You - Nouvella Vague
Jodi Jett - Pretty Girl - Revelations
Jah Wobble - Universal Dub - Mu
16 Horsepower - Bad Moon Risin' - We Have Sound

ND@9 = (The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope - 1,3,4,6,7,11 - S/T

Blue Oyster Cult - Cities On Flame With Rock'n'Roll - S/T
Procol Harum - Whiskey Train - The Best Of...
Straight To Your Brain - Massachusetts or Bust - Before It Eats You
BellFea - No Reply - This is a Care Package: A Benefit Compilation for Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive

Psychic T.V. - The Politics of Ecstacy - 12" Pure Acid DJ Mixs

Show keeps us jerkin' back and forth.

Wheee...still slacking on recording past experiments. Consider yourself lucky that you even get the current experiments. We must start a new routine.

1.19.06 attended by all members of the collective.
Skip Spence - War in Peace - Oar
The Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas - 12" EP
The Sound of Kaleidoscope - Suite-T - S/T
Brian Jonestown Massacre - I've Been Waiting - Strung Out In Heaven
Shanghan 5 - Love is a Racket - Under A Tent, Under the Full Moon
The Coctails - Dom Casual - Here Now Today
Donovan - There Is A Mountain - Try for the Sun
Captain Yonder - Soon I Will Sail - S/T
John S. Hall & Kramer - Hide The Knives - Real Men
Lord Sitar - I Can See For Miles - The Who Covered from MOJO
Jimi Hendrix - Hound Dog - BBC Sessions
The Dirtbombs - I Started a Joke - If You Don't Already Have a Look

ND@9 = Devo Tribute - 2,3,4,6,7,12,16,21 - Not Necessicarly Beautiful...But Mutated

(Devoobsesso)

Kujo - Fatass Joint - Adventures in Foam
Le Hammond Inferno - Try to Overcome Your Speech Defect -
The Flaming Lips - The Wand - I-tunes
Lovewhip - Virtual Booty Machine - Virtual Booty Machine
Jackofficers - Love-o-maniac - Digital Dump

The Church of the SubGenius - HOS #1028

Hey, what does WORT mean to you? Call 441-0439 by February 1st, 2006 to record your statement for possible broadcast. Let your freak flag fly, bretheren.

Get back on the horse...and ride.

Okay, it's time we get back on our horse, Experiment, and ride it back to the ol' monkey board. Yeehaw!

Tonight the experiment was driven by Reverend Velveteen and Bad Sister Heidi. We were particularly influenced by the Reverend's trip to Memphis for New Years, and the wonderful Leslie & The Ly's show on Tuesday night. Man, she rocked the house and is one hot momma to boot.

Mavis Staples - Respect Yourself - Soul Comes Home
Carl Sims - I Wanna Do Wrong With You - Ecko Records Sampler 2005
R.L. Burnside - Well, Well, Well -Raw Electric 79-80
Jean Knight - Mr. BIg Stuff - Soul Comes Home
Cat Power - Could We - The Greatest
The Junkers - That's Why I Take Pills - Hunker Down
Blue Hawaiians - Hot Rods to Honolulu - Live at the Lava Lounge, Vol. 2
Asylum St. Spankers - Pakalolo Baby - Spanker Madness
Truckstop Honeymoon - Waffle House Booth - Delivery Boy
The Wilders - Night Train To Memphis -
The Fiery Furnaces - The Wayward Granddaughter - Rehearsing the Choir

ND@9 - Leslie & the Ly's - 1,2,4,6,7,9, 10, 11,12,13 - Gold Pants

Brother Cleve - School for Robots - Dimension Mix
The GO! Team - The Power is On - Thunder, Lightning, Strike!
Bling Kong - Bling Kong Girls - Do the Awesome!
Robo Sapien - Circus - S/T
Har Mar Superstar - I Admit - S/T
The Set Ups - Through Being Cool - Not Beautiful...but Mutated: Devo Tribute
The Punk Group - That's Good - " "
That's Good - The Punk Group - Not Necessarily Beautiful...but Mutated

As we experiment...

we are blogging....all members of the collective participated.
There is no theme.
Botanica - Fancy - Malediction
Paul Duncan - Tired & Beholden - Be Careful What You Call Home
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - I'm Looking Through You - This Bird Has Flown (tribute to Beatles' Rubber Soul)
Badfinger - Take It All - Straight Up
Benji Cossa's Vault - Love Is Like Lightning - Volume 1
Dungen - Stadsvandringar - Stadsvandringar
The Dead Science - Drrrty Magneto - Frost Giant
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Concerts
Guitar Wolf - Jett Beer - Golden Black
Jon Langford & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts - Gallows Pole - The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 2&3
Everything Is Fine - Cold Click - Ghosts Are Knocking On Walls

ND@9 = Galaxie 500 - all tracks - Peel Sessions

The Frogs - Gather 'Round for Savior #2 - It's Only Right and Natural
Negativland - Keep Rollin' - No Business
Diamond Nights - The Girl's Attractive - Popsicle
The Dramatics - The Devil Is Dope - Feed Your Head: 16 Mind-blowing Classics (MOJO magazine compilation)
Church of the Subgenius - HOS #1023

What the hell were we thinking?

I belive this is our shortest (longest?) experiment ever.
It was conducted by Father Angus and Bad Sister Heidi.
September 9, 2004
Bjork - Submarine - Medullla
Devendra Banhart - Horseheadedflesh Wizard - Nino Rojo
The Bevis Frond - Fast Falls the Eventide - Hit Squad
Yes - Beyond and Before - Yes
Zolar X - Nativity/ What Is Music? - Timeless
Mark Lanegan Band - Methamphetamine Blues - Bubblegum
Gibby Haynes & His Problem - Charlie - Gibby Haynes & His Problem
Black Sabbath - Electric Funeral - Paranoid
Secret Machines -Lights On - Now Here Is Nowhere
Free - Mr. Big - Vol IV, 1969-75, Electric Currents
David Bowie - Black Mountain Rock - The Man Who Sold The World

ND@9 = Donovan - All selections - Beat Cafe

Church of the Subgenius - Hour of Slack #957

Music, the gift that keeps on giving.

You must buy these for your relatives, friends and maybe even strangers. We already have these albums and will post our personal gift requests later.

1> SLEATER-KINNEY "THE WOODS" Not a 'girl band,' but simply the best album of 2005. Beautiful deluxe vinyl version available!
2> DIRTBOMBS "IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE A LOOK" 2 disc set of covers and originals--Garage rock with a Motown twist. Support the hottness that is Dirtbombs.
3> GOGOL BORDELLO "GYPSY PUNKS UNDERDOG WORLD STRIKE" Combining the best of punk, world and urban music, they prove politics can be danceable and dancing political.
4> THE FALL "Heads Roll" These guys are on a roll, after 30 albums they seem fresh and energized. Nice cover of a song by the Move, for those who remember Jeff Lynne's pre-ELO outfit.
5> Messer Chups "CRAZY PRICE" For anyone who likes sci-fi, surf, Russian spy music, or all three. A collage of sounds with bonus crazy videos for your computer.
6> NEGATIVLAND "NO BUSINESS" A biting parody/critique/expose of fair use and sampling issues. Julie Andrews will never sound the same to you again! With deluxe booklet and "novelty item."
7> SCREAMING CYN CYN AND THE PONS "Babysit" Madison's gender-bending cabaret punks come off just as well in the studio as they do live. So will your clothes, if you listen closely.
8> DUNGEN "TA DET LUGNT" Like the White album, but with lyrics in Swedish!
9> KAIJU BIG BATTEL "SHOCKING TRUTH" (DVD) The newest fad after faux wrestling, oddly costumed monsters 'battel' each other for a chance at world domination to a rockin' soundtrack. Loads of fun for all ages, comes with stickers and pins and other swag. Watch out for the evil Dr. Cube!
10> TARGET VIDEOS OF LIVE CONCERTS such as: "CRAMPS LIVE AT NAPA STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL" (1978), "DEVO" (1982, MC5 (1977), "BELLRAYS IN LONDON" (2005). Raw and unadorned for the most part, sans any boring talking head rock critics and just simply some of the best footage ever filmed.

And one final recommendation from the Psychos researchers...
.....Buy some tickets to see a band at a club or concert hall. They're cheap, and it's fun to go out with folks. A live music experience is a great gift that can not be replicated.

What is happening?

This week on Tuesday, 12.6 from 11pm till 2am, you can hear Bad Sister Heidi sub for Jenni on the Lepord Print Lounge on WORT 89.9FM. This will be an adults show, for adults. YAY!

On Thursday, the experiment will be conducted by Reverend Velveteen and Father Angus. There are no plans yet.

We will be starting the year with a bang on the first Thursday in 2006. It should be a high caliber show.


Here's a super old play list. This experiment was conducted by Reverend Velveteen and Sister Girlfriend. Assisted by Bad Sister Heidi and Mat. Thursday, August 6, 1993 from 11pm to 2am.
Church of the Subgenius - Hour of Slack (HOS) 401
Brother Eye - Song that Doesn't Exist - Sadistic Antennae (?)
Church of the Subgenius - HOS 401
Mercury Rev - There's Spider Eggs in Bubba Yhum - Bronx Cheer
Church of the Subgenius - HOS 401
Bad Livers - Shit Creek - Deliusions of Bonjour
Church of the Subgenius - HOS 401
Devo - Shrivel Up - Are We Not Men?
Jean Paul Satre Experience - Spaceman - Bleeding Star
Frank's Museum - Girl that Glows in the Dark - Make Coffee Not War
Barenaked Ladies - Fight The Power - The Coneheads Soundtrack
Porno For Pyros - Meija - Porno For Pyros
Creedle - The Haunted Poptart - Half Man, Half Pie
Dead Fish Don't Grow Old - Marketing Warfare - Maldopundim
Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly - Ribbed Ticklers
Sister Double Happiness - the Whippin' Song - Uncut
Tripping Daisy - Brown Eyed Pickle Boy - Bill
Engine Kid - Furnace - Astronaut
Engine Kid - the Needle - Astronaut
Soul Asylum - Summer Of Drugs - Summer Of Drugs
Engine Kid - The Needle, Part 2 - Astronaut
Intro 1 - White Noise - Welcome to the Future
(some music titled in sanskrit)
Various Artitsts - Various Cuts - Welcome to the Future
Dinner is Ruined - Tracks 8&9 - Love Songs from the Lubritorium
Din #4 - Track 8 - Real Men, Short Hair
Dinner is Ruined - Carnival of Sole - Love Songs from the Lubritorium


As always, check back. Links are created on an ongoing basis, as some computers we use make it easy to add links, and others make it...not so easy

Psychoacoustics Happy Barfday Experiment

Psychoacoustics had the distinct pleasure of being on the air the very moment WORT turns 30 years old; 8pm, December 1st, 2005. Thusly we can confabulate that WORT went 'on air' in 1975. We received many favorable comments from experiment participants, and would love to post the play list. Unfortunately, Bad Sister left the list somewhere, and even with our collective memory resources we are unable to recreate it.

Until we find it, here's a play list from June 14, 2000. Bad Sister Heidi ran this experiment.
Red Elvises - Everybody Disco - Shake Your Pelvis
Clinton - Welcome To Tokyo, O.C. - Disco is Halfway to Discontent
Fatback - Backstrokin' - Phatt Trax
Curtis Mayfield - Kung Fu - Get Ready, the Curtis Mayfield Story
Bellrays - Testify - Let It Blast
Apples In Stereo - Go - The Discovery of a World Inside the Moon
Dee-Lite - Good Beat - World Clique
Lorenzo's Music - Killin' Me - Schematic
The Cramps - Beautiful Gardens - Psychadelic Jungle
Hostile Omish - Ballad Of Breakfast - Olde Order of Omish
Old 97's - Ray Charles - Early Tracks
Roger Miller - Chug-a-Lug - Golden Hits
Motley Crue- Take Me To The Top - Too Fast For Love

ND@9 - Princess Superstar - 1,2,3,5,6,8,9,10,12 - Last of the Great 20th Century Composers

Nashville Pussy - She's Got The Drugs - High As Hell
Sex Pistols - I'm A Lazy Sod - Welcome To The Sex Pistols
Flock of Seagulls - Telecommunication - Flock of Seagulls
Nitzer Ebb - Lightning Man - Show Time
Marvin Pontiac - Arms & Legs - Greatest Hits
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Hard On for Love - Your Funeral, My Trial
Captain & Tennielle - Muskrat Love - Song of Joy
The Golden Palominos - Prison of the Rhythm - This Is How It Feels
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Spell Bound - Juju
Critters Buggin - Mt. Blasta - Host

Post 2, electric boogaloo

Here's another classic play list.
August 26, 2004. All members of the collective participated. I think you can guess the theme.

Firesign Theater - No Jokes About America - Fugs/Firesign Sampler
The Bush Whackers - Weapons of Mass Distraction - (local - Kenn Lonnquist & Friends)
Piece de Resistance - Fly Bush To The Moon - (CD single, as heard on Democracy Now)
CJ Rad - The Squanderer - (unknown)
Billionaires for Bush - Voting Machine - ...Are in the House
Oysterhead - Army's on Ecstacy - The Grand Pecking Order
Mike Doughty - Move On - Future Soundtrack for Amerika
Swing States - Psycho Cowboy - The Swing States Road Show
The Flying Other Brothers - Dubya 2004 - (demo)
Shamus O'Eukey - Your Cheatin' Heart - Swing State
Steve Earle - Fuck the FCC (edit) - Revolution Starts Now
Elvis Costello - Monkey to Man - (unknown)
Wendy Bugatti - A Man's Got To Be A Man - (from upcoming Killdozer tribute) (http://www.wendybugatti.com/)

ND@9 - Steve Earle - 1,2,3,5,10,11 - The Revolution Starts Now

Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes Back - The Empire Strikes Back
Crass & EP Thompson - The Unelected President - Peace Not War
Rise Against - State of the Union - Siren Song of the Counter Culture
Thought Riot - You're Gonna Die - Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2
Joan of Arc - 80's Dance Parties Most of All - Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain
NOFX - Franco Un-American - The War on Errorism
Ministry - World - Housese of the Mole
Paragraphs - #1 - 3, The War on Terror, The Musical
Public Enemy - Son of a Bush - Peace Not War

Yes! Oh, yes!

It is! It is!

This is our first post.

Welcome to the Psychoacoustics Sound Experiment.
If you would like to experience the experiment in sound, listen to WORT 89.9FM in Madison, WI.
As of this time, if you are outside of our listening area, we are unable to service you.

The hosts of this experiement are as follows:
Reverend Velveteen
Father Angus
Bad Sister Heidi
Soon we will have the capability to perform experiments individually. For now you shall have to be satisfied with the collective.

Now, a play list.
This is a classic experiment from Aug. 12, 2004
Kings of Convenience - "Live Long" - Riot on an Empty Street
Leadbelly - "Take a Whiff on Me" - Reefer Madness
Asylum Street Spankers - "Digga Digga Do" - Live on Winnebago
Galaxie 500 - Them - Uncollected
Gomez - "We Don't Know Where We're Going" - Split The Difference
The Cure - "Labrynth" - The Cure
Secret Machines - "Sad and Lovely" - Now Here is Nowhere
The Fall - "Contraflow" - The Real New Fall
The Coral - "Sorrow of the Song" - Nightfreak...
Steve Earle - "Revolution Starts Now" - Revolution Starts Now
The Hives - "Two-timing Touch and Broken Bones" - Tyrannasaurus Hives
The Dirtbombs - "King's Lead Hat" - Dangerous Magical Noise

ND@9 = Scissor Sisters - Tracks 1,2,3,5,7,8,9,11 - Scissor Sisters

Heaven 17 - "Fascist Groove Thang" - Heaven 17
!!! - "Dear Can" - Louden Up Now
Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Vital Transformation" - The Inner Mounting Flame
Mike Watt - "Boilin' Blazes" - The Secondman's Middle Stand
Eric Idle - "FCC Song" - http://www.pythonline.com/plugs/idle/index.shtml
Steve Earle - "Fuck the FCC" - Revolution Starts Now
Scissor Sisters - "Tits on the Radio" - Scissor Sisters

And that's about all for now.