Wednesday 7-10 P.M.
Show Description:
Overall, the show is geared to take the listener elsewhere…
or to provide a soundtrack that makes the ‘here & now’ a more riveting
experience. It’s moody collage of song, sound, texture, rhythm, and sometimes
words.
The listeners:
I get a lot of calls from artists who say they always
paint, design, sculpt, or whatever they do to the show. I also get calls from
musicians who listen regularly for inspiration or just to hear new ideas.
Stargazers. That’s another one. Rare, but significant, so worth mentioning.
The name:
Something about the “delta” brainwaves and the mental
state they represent—halfway between sleep and alertness. Most of the
music I play seems to live there. I seem to live there quite a bit myself. Alison,
who started the show, named it after an essay by Walker Percy. But I read it
and decided to keep my interpretation of the title.
The show:
The Delta Factor has a soul of it's own. I’m just there
to play records for it.
The music:
I don’t care if it’s high brow or low brow or no brow
(totally obscure), if I like it and fits the theme of the show, I play it. I’m
not into the whole ‘music as fashion’ thing. I just like music. Overall, the
show is for people who feel music several layers below the epidermis.
Frequently played record labels:
Soleilmoon - Thrill Jockey - Factory - Kranky -
Early 4ad - Cherry Red - Kiff – Sedimental - Staalplaat - Earworm - Ant Zen
- Mille Plateau – Novamute - SFZ Recordings - Bubblecore - Caipirinha - Mind
Expansion – many many more, etc, etc,
Some favorite bands/artists often
played (in no order):
Eno - Main - Asmus Teitchens – AMP - Erik Satie
- Steve Reich - Five or Six - Rapoon / Zoviet France - The Rachels - Dome /
Bruce Gilbert - Oval / Microstoria - Robert Wyatt – Pluramon - Bark Psychosis
- Terry Riley – Fuxa – Cineplexx - Flying Saucer Attack – Movietone - Mark Hollis
– Bourbonese Qualk – Mice Parade – Pan American – Birds of Tin – Idea Fire Company
– Muslimgauze – Cranioclast – A.C. Marias – Daniel Lentz – Tuxedomoon – Bill
Nelson – John Cale – Disjecta – O Rang
Best Live Shows Attended:
The Clash - 1982 Cape Cod Coliseum
The Zulus – Reunion show – The Paradise (95?)
Macha – Middle East Upstairs (97?) – First time around
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic / Caleb Sampson / Roger Miller
- WZBC Benefit: The Longwood Theatre -
1984 or 5 (?) (Caleb’s performance nearly levitated
me.)
Tony Bennett – Symphony Hall
Some of the Bands/Artists Interviewed
while at the Z:
Alloy Orchestra
Colin Newman
/ Malka Spigel
Laurie Des
Marais
Other Things about Brian (aka:
The Very):
I discovered WZBC in December of 1981. I used to tape
it whenever he was in Boston and then spend every cent I had on the records
I liked so I could play them on my show, one of the first experimental shows
in Florida (1983-90 Melbourne, FL ) at WFIT. I used to play keyboards in a surf/new
wave/secret –agent music band in Melbourne Beach FL called Locals Only . It
was fun. I also do rock show’s occasionally, when someone else can’t. I’ll also
occasionally fill in for Victor on Lucid Sounds (Saturday AM), or Linda on Craven
Circle (Sunday, 6-8 PM). Oh, me, right. I have a cat who listens from home weekly
and critiques me on segues, music, delivery, etc. I like writing, playing piano/keyboards
(play live occasionally as The Very) , swimming, surfing, waterskiing, movies,
peanut butter cookies, people, coffee, those little plastic cartoon figures
that collapse and dance when you push the button underneath their platform,
and the tingly feeling you get down your spine when a song hits you the right
way.