25 years ago in August of 1993 I arrived in Olympia, Washington and began a new radio show at KAOS 89.3 FM centered around experimental music and named What’s This Called? The show would run for a decade at that station until I moved to Portland in 2003. It then took me two years to find a new home at KPSU where it has now lived for another 13 years. While the Olympia show was a late night affair, What’s This Called? at KPSU has always been on Saturdays from Noon to 1 Pacific Standard Time.
This episode was an all cd affair, just like it was when it launched in ’93!
Playlist: Artist – “Song/Piece/Track” – Album
Noggin – “Love Song” – Hajex from the Light
Greg Segal -“Part IV” – 33
Sun City Girls – “At The Base Of The Mountain Of Noise” – Piasa…Devourer of Men
Chrome – “Future Ghosts” – Third from the Sun
Sun Ra – “Somebody Else’s World” – My Brother the Wind Volume 2
Sonic Youth – “”Mieux: De Corrosion”” – SYR 1
Edward Ka-spel – ”Harvester” – Dream Logik Part One
Hawkwind – “Adjust Me” – In Search of Space
Tim Walters – “For Want of a Nail” – The Dry Well
Orbit Service – “Start Dreaming” – Twilight
What's This Called? - Listening Center 