In the autumn of 1983 I witnessed a PBS pledge drive not only go off the rails but also slam into an orphanage and burst into flames.
It’s a story I’m often called upon to tell at parties.
The Five Doctor WHYYs
The May 2025 “RITES of SPRING” Edition of RATYHTL (The Radio Show)
Goodyear?
Frontal Boundary feat. Unter Null: “Hollow“
Intro
EVERYTHING GOES COLD: “Nadir (Waiting For Rex Remix by ISZOLOSCOPE)“
RAY THE BINMAN: “I Hear A New World (Tanz Edit)“
Leaether Strip: “Move Your Body (Marshall Jefferson Cover)“
Break One
BELLHEAD: “Threats“
HALLOWS: “Despite Those Times“
Mari Kattman: “Anemia“
Creux Lies: “Apocalypto“
Break Two
bent: “Liquid Bells (Dance Version by StateMent)“
Espectra Negra: “Entfremdung und Ästhetischer Genuss feat. Ringo Lukas“
TOXIKK DECEPTION: “Knife“
Break Three
Patriarchy: “He Took It Out (live)“
Astari Nite: “Ms Rain on my Parade“
Plague Garden: “The Dirty Dead“
DENUIT: “Nott“
Break Four
Ghost Twin: “Rockin’ Back Inside My Heart“
Kate Bush: “Cloudbusting“
Carl Carlton: “Everlasting Love“
Break Five
Black Asteroid: “Ashes and Dust feat. ACTORS“
Bootblacks: “Wilderness“
LARSOVITCH: “Normal’No“
THEN COMES SILENCE: “We Only Have So Long“
Break Six
spankthenun: “Head and Body (Kopf und Körper)“
Her Noise Is Violence: “No Reply (Original Mix)“
This Party Still Sucks: “Gun – Remix (feat. Smrtdeath)“
Outro
Ashbury Heights: “Hard Week“
The April 2025 “EVERYTHING’S COMPUTER” Edition of RATYHTL (The Radio Show)
White House Tesler Auto Mall
The Cassandra Complex: “ Smoke On The Water“
Intro
DSTRTD SGNL: “REPEAT!“
Sextile: “S is For“
Dark Chisme: “Lost in the Night“
Break One
Phosgore: “Slaves to the Bassline (Chainreactor Remix)“
Phosgore: “Countdown to Destruction“
Eisbrecher: “Kaltfront“
Fatigue: “Agonizing Over The Filth“
Break Two
ULTRA SUNN: “The Beast In You“
Nightcrawler: “MEMORY LANE“
Centhron: “Goettin“
Break Three
Marie Davidson: “Push Me Fuckhead“
Marie Davidson: “Naive to the Bone“
grabyourface: “Feeling Morbid“
The Marvelettes: “Beechwood 4-5789“
Break Four
Devours: “Sports Car Era“
Minuit Machine: “Hold Me“
Divine Shade: “Hate And Oblivion“
Break Five
Korine: “In Your Eyes“
genCAB: “Siren Song“
Philadelphia Five: “Not Leaving Without Jerry (Andi Revamp)“
Grendel: “EPR EDP“
Break Six
Peter Murphy: “Swoon“
Odonis Odonis: “Model (ft. A Place To Bury Strangers)“
Glaring: “Nostalghia“
Fleischkrieg: “I Believe In Gnomes“
Outro
Ashbury Heights: “Hard Week“
Return To The Video Store!
I got to pay a return visit to the VH US Podcast. Once again, a party broke out.
The March 2025 “Very Special Episode” Edition of RATYHTL (The Radio Show)
A Message From Conrad Bain
Pink Floyd: “One of These Days“
Intro
OMD: “Electricity“
Visage: “Fade To Grey“
Soft Cell: “The Girl With The Patent Leather Face“
Break One
Depeche Mode: “Just Can’t Get Enough“
Silicon Teens: “Memphis Tennessee“
A Flock Of Seagulls: “Space Age Love Song“
Gary Numan: “Down In The Park“
Break Two
Sisters Of Mercy: “Lucretia My Reflection“
Duran Duran: “The Chauffeur (2009 Remaster)“
Ultravox: “Mr. X (2008 Remaster)“
Break Three
Yaz: “Don’t Go“
The Normal: “T.V.O.D.“
The Human League: “Empire State Human (2003 – Remaster)“
Heaven 17: “(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang“
Break Four
David Bowie: “TVC15 (1999 Remastered Version)“
Kraftwerk: “The Model (2009 Remaster)“
Skinny Puppy: “Assimilate“
Break Five
New Order: “Bizarre Love Triangle (7″ Remix Edit) [2015 Remaster]“
Shriekback: “Everything That Rises Must Converge“
The United States Of America: “The Garden Of Earthly Delights“
Suicide: “Touch Me“
Break Six
Devo: “Secret Agent Man (2010 Remastered Version)“
Cabaret Voltaire: “Don’t Argue“
Oppenheimer Analysis: “The Devil’s Dancers“
The Bolshoi: “Happy Boy“
Outro
Lately, I’ve Been Watching The Prisoner
What started out as a 5 minute video about my love of the 1960s TV show “The Prisoner” turned into a 23 minute rant about television, parenting, student teachers, Harlen Ellisong, and Canadian honor students. Oh, and I think I also mentioned Dachau and “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman”.
Be seeing you.
The February 2025 “Orthodox Imbolc” Edition of RATYHTL (The Radio Show)
SARIN: “No Anesthetic“
Intro
iamnoone: “Always“
SOFT VEIN: “GRAY SPACE“
NNHMN: “Bring it on“
Haex: “Daggers“
Break One
Kite: “Heartless Places“
Legoheads: “The Ouija Board“
SKREN: “FRAGMENT“
Break Two
Molchat Doma: “Chernye Cvety“
Sextile: “Modern Weekend“
Unboned: “Dependency(live)“
Unboned: “Room of Alters(live)“
Break Three
LLORA: “Sunday“
Carl Carlton: “She’s A Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)“
Minuit Machine: “CENT FOIS“
Break Four
ULTRA SUNN: “Keep Your Eyes Peeled (Sped Up and Reverb)“
Petrified Entity: “Facade“
The English Beat: “Save It For Later“
Ari Mason: “Dim the Lights“
Break Five
SJÖBLOM: “Dead Of Night“
Valhall: “T0W3RS F4LL“
Legendary Pink Dots: “Blood Money : Transitional“
Break Six
INVA//ID: “Immolation“
Ween: “The Blarney Stone (LP Version) [Explicit]“
Clan Of Xymox: “Arcanus“
Outro
Ashbury Heights: “Hard Week“
Bookbinding (in Room) 101: Part Two – Stitching & Customizing
DISCLAIMER: Please note that this video STILL demonstrates MY DAMN method of bookbinding, so get over yourselves and tell us where you dumped Bloffo The Clown’s body so that we can give him a proper burial – jammed into a coffin with 16 other clowns.
Bookbinding (in Room) 101: Part One – Signatures and Covers
DISCLAIMER: Please note that this video demonstrates MY method of bookbinding. There are many, many other methods. In fact, there is over 1,700 years worth of literature available on the art of bookbinding.
Please also note that a sharp object (an awl) makes an appearance in this video. So this is not a hobby for children. In this episode we’ll be preparing the signatures and the covers.
Burrow Awl. Burrow Awl. Burrow Awl.
The January 2025 “Great Music from a Shitty Year” Edition of RATYHTL (The Radio Show)
Anja Huwe: “Exit”
Intro
Actors: “Dead Inside”
Die Sexual: “Need To Sin”
Echoberyl: “The Fortune Teller”
Escape with Romeo: “Black Jaguar In A Police Car”
Break One
Bill Leeb: “Terror Forms (Feat. Shannon Hemmet)”
Clan Of Xymox: “Blood of Christ”
Occults: “Acts of Attrition”
Break Two
Cardinal Noire: “Killshelter”
Dark Chisme: “Beautiful Obsession Killer”
Fluid Ghost: “I Don’t Feel Safe”
GHOST COP: “Problems”
Break Three
Ladytron: “Destroy Everything You Touch (Vector Lovers Lost Version)”
The March Violets: “Hammer the Last Nail”
Stoneburner: “Destroy Devour 2024”
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LEATHERS: “Crash”
Pixel Grip: “STAMINA”
The Four Tops: “Reach Out I’ll Be There”
The Cassandra Complex: “Mouth of Heaven”
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TeknoVore: “Woodchipper feat Grabyourface”
Twin Tribes: “Cauldron of Thorns”
ULTRA SUNN: “Shake Your Demons”
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WINGTIPS: “Let Go”
The Ire: “Bacchic Danse”
Velvet May: “Keep On Falling”
Outro
Ashbury Heights: “Hard Week”