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Comment: Once again, your humble host got wired off his ass on coffee prior to stepping up to the plate; the result being the feistiest edition of this program in quite some time. Hope you enjoy...
Comment: I arrived at the station quite early for this program and tried to pretend to Robin and Gaylord that I actually had important work to do prior to my show, but I think they both saw right through that lie. So I scooped up a bunch of new hip hop 12's that I like, brought them up to WFMU's studio C, edited out all the cusswords, and converted them to MP3s suitable for airplay. (And we can view the Foreign Legion and Spectre cuts played this week as examples A and B of my efforts -- two totally smokin' tracks that would otherwise be unavailable for airplay due to language restrictions.)
Comment: This editing process is sort of a pain in the ass. It involves recording the audio directly into the computer where the sound is visually represented by a squiggly line called a .WAV file, then editing out the naughty bits by either bleeping them, removing them, replacing them, or reversing them. I prefer reversing the saucy words, but the problem with doing that is that many FCC-unfriendly terms sound more or less the same backwards as they do forwards. At the end of the day, is there something any less offensive about wanting to 'fuck' someone, or something, than exhibiting a desire to 'kcuf' her, him, or it? It's a one-syllable word, for cryin' out loud! And because it goes by like lightning, it sounds pretty much the same backwards as it does forwards. (To say nothing of the fact that any human with half a nut in their skull can figure out the context, especially if the rest of the sentence is clearly audible.) So in order to remedy this, in certain situations where reversing the truckerspeak doesn't seem like it's quite enough, I've taken to reversing not only the curses, but the surrounding words they modify or are modified by, depending on the part of speech.
Comment: For example, to declare oneself 'all fucked up on liquor and drugs' is a perfectly valid sentiment, but not one that is suited to the tenor of family-oriented radio, which I strive to make Hip Transistor an upstanding example of. (Stop laughing, please.) Since the offensive word ('fucked'), when reversed, becomes 'dekcuf' and only mildly transforms the sentence into 'I'm all dekcuf up on liquor and drugs,' additional words need to be reversed in order to disguise the dastardly agenda of the immoral lyricist. As such, when presented with a challenge such as that described, I would possibly choose to select and reverse the phrase 'I'm all fucked up' -- transforming it into the entirely inaudible and nonsensical 'pu dekcuf lla m'I' which is not offensive because you can't understand any of it, it looks absurd, and because it sounds like a Bob Hund song title.
Comment: Naturally, the need to protect the gentle and meek members of society by hiding certain terms deemed inappropriate by our leaders is utterly banal, but I grudgingly do it because I don't want the station to be fined or lose its broadcast license for obscenity charges. Gotta do what you gotta do, I guess. So thanks for bearing with me, thanks for listening, and I hope you all have a great Memorial Day weekend. Rainy forecasts for the metro NYC area may prevent me from attending a barbecue in Trenton that I was looking forward to, so plans to get pu dekcuf lla on liquor and drugs may be shelved until further notice.
Alice Cooper Is it my Body? The Life and Crimes of...
Pleasure Forever Czarina Alter
All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors I am Where you Were 7'
Lifesavas Head Exercise Spirit in Stone
Neil Michael Hagerty Firebase Ripcord The Howling Hex
Dwarves Dead Brides Lucifer's Crank 7' '88
Testors Tracy McPritchtease Complete Discography 2xCD
Foreign Legion Y'all Ain't Ready Playtight 2xLP
The Cuts Electric Nite 2 Over 10
Go Home Productions UltraThin MP3
Cobra Verde 'til Sunrise Easy Listening
The Bosom Blues Hippie Queen Aliens, Psychos, & Wild Things
George McCrae I Get Lifted Miami Sound
Mu Let's Get Sick Afro Finger & Gee
De La Soul Potholes on my Lawn 3 Feet High & Rising
A Certain Ratio Shack Up In the Beginning, There was Rhythm
Ralph Myerz & the Jack Herren Band Here is Love A Special Album
Six Finger Satellite Human Operator Massive Cocaine Seizure 7'
Soulwax Push it/No Fun The Best Bootlegs in the World, Ever
Archigram Doggystyle MP3
Dead Meadow Babbling Flower Shivering King & Others
Bassholes Changes had to Come 7'
Dramarama Anything, Anything Live in Wonderamaland EP
Damned Anything Anything
GG Allin Radio spot for 1st LP MP3
Renegades Mad Dog Mind Expanders 2
Flaming Fire Fire of Love Songs from the Shining Temple
Sexual Milkshake Bombazzled Space Gnome 7'
Superconductor I'm Gonna Blow your Fuckin' Head Off Teenbeat 50
Stooges Radio spot for live show MP3
Thievery Corporation Un Simple Histoire Indica Brazilica
El Guapo Just Don't Know Fake French
Free Moral Agents Lay Down EP
Spectre w/ Sensational Jamdown Parts Unknown
Early Day Miners New Holland Jefferson at Rest
Six Eye Columbia Rich Girl Frowny Frown
Grifters Contact me Now Full Blown Posession
1929 Green Hornet Last but not Leased
Sosumi The Girl with the Bleach Blonde Hair The Weird Years 2xCD
Grisen Skrikers Ett Tusen Punks Fursta Och Sista + 4 Latar Till
Akrobatik Limelite Balance
Deep Purple And the Address Shades of Deep Purple
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