solipsistic NATION No. 113: Koyaanisqatsi

Sometimes it sure feels like everything is going to hell.We’re simultaneously dealing with an economic meltdown, water shortages, the rising cost of food, peak oil, global warming, the sixth wave of mass extinction, dead zones in the ocean, islands of trash the size of Manhattan floating in the sea, terrorism, sanctioned torture, increased government surveillance and much more. It makes me reel to think of it!

I don’t think about that stuff all the time. I’d go crazy if I did. This is what goes through my head on the odd day when it’s two in morning and I can’t get to sleep. I take all that stuff seriously but at the same time I’m somewhat cynical. Just last century we were all concerned that the world would end by the atom bomb, then later ICBMs and then overpopulation, killer bees from South America, AIDs, crack, holes in the ozone, etc. Seems like there’s always something to be afraid about but in the end we’re still here and most of that stuff we didn’t have to be afraid about in the first place. But in our society it’s difficult to maintain that kind of insight because we’re constantly bombarded by the media with horrific stories and images.

Bruce Sterling once said that we’re all on the Titanic. The ship is sinking but hey, the music’s great! I put together this week’s show in that spirit. Maybe everything we’re hearing in the news is overblown, maybe we really are at the end of the world, but I got some tunes to kick out the jams!

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  1. Sebastian “Dog”
  2. Black Light Burns “Forkboy”
  3. Saul Williams “List of Demands (Reparations)”
  4. Tricky “Council Estate”
  5. CX Kidtronik “Council Estate”
  6. Mothboy “Moth F.M.”
  7. Mothboy “Given Away”
  8. Bassnectar “Amorphous Form (Featuring Souleye & E Note)”
  9. The Bug “Warning (featuring Flowdan)”
  10. Roots Manuva “Witness (1 Hope)”
  11. Meat Beat Manifesto “Young Cassius”
  12. Scorn “The Palomar”
  13. Enduser “An Apology”
  14. Burial “Ghost Hardware” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
  15. Bass Science “Transmission from Planet Dub”
  16. OP11 “Feu”