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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Back at it, friends. Felt good to knock the dust off and spin by whim. www.mixcloud.com/Zig_Zag_Wand...

Image lists the setlist for Zig Zag Wanderer 30sep26 show:

Jeff Parker - Miles' Mode (feat. Chris Speed, Kaveh Rastegar & Aaron Steele)

Endangered Blood - Blues In C Flat Minor

Anbessa Orchestra - Le'b + Zelel Zelel

Nadav Peled - Summer 1

Underground Spiritual Game - No End

Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex - Yegenet Musica

The Ex + Tom Cora - State of Shock

Dog Faced Hermans - Bella Ciao

Dog Faced Hermans - Virginia Fur

Smoke Bellow - Friendly Fire

Crying Laughing - When They Come to Town You Must Exile

Crying Laughing - Bass Alarm

Blonde Redhead - Missile ++

Blonde Redhead - Odiata per le Sue Virtú

Pit Er Pat - Swamp

Lithics - Beat Fall

Godzik Pink - Hide or Children

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Socket

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Hurricane

Vulture Feather - Pleasant Obstacle

Lungfish - Sphere of Influence

The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Yesterday's show wound up being mostly jazz: Satchidananda at 55 into some Pharoah, a block of heat from the Cohran family, new Chad Taylor Quintet, full Perseverance Flow from NIS, and a few tracks from the new Gold Bolus comp. www.mixcloud.com/Zig_Zag_Wand...

Photo is of the zig zag wanderer setlist for 4feb26 which goes as follows:

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda

Pharoah Sanders - Lumkili (Live at the East, NYC, 1971)

Pharoah Sanders - Love Is Here (Part 3) [Live]

Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy - White Nile

Philip Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble - Unity

Kelan Philip Cohran & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Spin

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Sankofa

Sons Of Kemet - In The Castle Of My Skin

Steve Reid - Lions of Juda (feat. The Legendary Master Brotherhood)

Sun Ra - Island In the Sun

Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra - Spiral Parable 1a (Live)

Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra - Future Shaman

Chicago Underground Duo - Two Concepts for the Storage of Light

Chad Taylor Quintet - Paradise Lawns/October 29th

Bark Culture - Slippy's Tune

Jason Adasiewicz - River Blindness (Trio)

Natural Information Society - Perseverance Flow

Mikel Patrick Avery - igewansi

Icy Demons - Hold the Air Inside

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

3dec25 show now on mixcloud. New heat from: Cunningham/Cooper, Fussell/Elkington, Michael Beach, Church Car, The Early (ft P Shiroishi), Winged Wheel, Jessica Moss, Natural Info Society, Animal Surrender!, and [ahmed]. Plus a grip of tunes from Sahel and covers of David Allan Coe & the Minutemen.

Image lists playlist for this show:

Tara Cunningham & Jack Cooper - When Reaching
Jake Xerxes Fussell & James Elkington - Chile Roast Waltz
Michael Beach - No One Knows Any Better
Bill Callahan - Drover
Dirty Three - Indian Love Song
Ghost - RabiRabi
The Dwarfs of East Agouza - Neptune Anteater
Alvarius B. - Forgive me, my Love
Rising Shotgun - Spotlight
Sunwatchers & Eugene Chadbourne - The Price of Paradise
Eugene Chadbourne - Knock On the Door
Dog Faced Hermans - The Rain It Raineth
Jeff Tobias - Political Solution
Church Car - Goat Studies
The Early - Chopaghetti (ft Patrick Shiroishi)
Winged Wheel - Beautiful Holy Jewel Home
Jessica Moss - until all are free
Natural Information Society - Perseverance Flow (Jump Rope Edit)
75 Dollar Bill - I.New New II.The Worm III.Like Laundry
Fatou Seidi Ghali - Migrid Noulhawan
Les Filles de Illighadad - Inssegh Inssegh
Mamman Sani - Lidda
Animal, Surrender! - A Boot for Every Bane
أحمد [Ahmed] - Farah 'Alaiyna [Joy Upon Us]
Ipek Eginli - Clouds are whatever you make them out to be.

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

26nov25 now on mixcloud. New heat from Chad Taylor Quintet, Underground Spiritual Game, and Asher Gamedze. A block of Chad Taylor drum work to open, a grip.of Akron/Family to close and all sorts goodness in between - including a brass band cover of Moondog. www.mixcloud.com/Zig_Zag_Wand...

Playlist for this episode is:

Chad Taylor Quintet - Broken Horse

Hearts & Minds - Particle Field

Hearts & Minds - Step'n

Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra - Spiral Parable 1a (Live)

The Eternals - Blackout!

HiM - Arrival

Underground Spiritual Game - No End

Getatchew Mekurya - Cofèré - Antichi Hoyé

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Rabbit Hop

Kelan Philip Cohran & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Cuernavaca

Asher Gamedze - Following Up

Asher Gamedze - Siyabulela

Jessamine - Continuous

Fontanelle - The Telephone Fade

Can - Thief

Faust - Jennifer

Jackie-O Motherfucker - Nice One

Akron/Family - Italy

Angels of Light & Akron/Family - Future Myth

Angels of Light & Akron/Family - I Pity the Poor Immigrant

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

5nov25 show now on mixcloud. Feat new and new-ish from: Gwenifer Raymond, Sir Richard Bishop, Wilde Vier, Jeff Tobias, Verity Den, & Winged Wheel. Plus 15mins on Sharrock bliss in support of Herbie Mann & Wyatt's take on The Internationale for the NYC mayor-elect. www.mixcloud.com/Zig_Zag_Wand...

Photo containing the show's playlist which is as follows:
Jason Meagher - Row Row Row Row (2 Finger Blues)

Gwenifer Raymond - Bleak Night in Rabbit's Wood

Sir Richard Bishop - They Shall Take up Serpents

Sir Richard Bishop - Esoterica of Abyssynia

Paper Jays - Complex Premonition

Pullman - FLT

Tim Barnes - Inside Energy

Wilde Vier - Map of 33rd Dream

TONE - the guitar ensemble - Milhous

Trans Am - Cologne

Need New Body - Tittiepop

Icy Demons - Jump Off (Power is Made by the Sun and Love)

Icy Demons - Jantar Mantar

Pit Er Pat - Big Pants (Surprise You on a Cliff)

Pit Er Pat - Bird

Jeff Tobias - Political Solution

Thee Reps - Espadrilles

Nick Millevoi - Mower

Henry Cow - Viva Pa Ubu

Robert Wyatt - The Internationale

Soft Machine - Hope for Happiness

Matching Mole - No 'Alf' Measures

Mayo Thompson - Worried Worried

verity den - highway fifty four

Winged Wheel - Speed Table

Polvo - Colonial Arms

Polvo - Fractured (Like Chandeliers) (live)

New Radiant Storm King - MIsdirected Energy

Versus - Sunburned (Life’s a Beach)

Spatula - Dinghy

Ohio Penitentiary 511 Ensemble - Psych City

Herbie Mann - Ooh Baby

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

22oct25 show is up on mixcloud. A bit truncated due to the day job. New tracks from Melvin Gibbs, Jeff Tobias and the West Virginia Snake Handler Revival recording in Sublime Frequencies. A live banger from Broadcast. A Floyd cover from Libya. Etc www.mixcloud.com/Zig_Zag_Wand...

Image depicts the shows playlist:

Ahmad Jamal Trio - The Awakening

Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (Live)

Lounge Lizards - Epistrophy

The Golden Palominos - Clean Plate

Ui - Drive Towards The Smoke

Body Meπa - Adnan

Melvin Gibbs - O.G. Dreams of Lost Love

Artifacts - Song for Joseph Jarman (feat. Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid & Mike Reed)

Wendy Eisenberg - If an Artist

Broadcast - Unchanging Window / Chord Simple (live)

Smoke Bellow - Friendly Fire

Jeff Tobias - END IT

Icy Demons - Bunny's

Bablicon - Chunks of Syrup Amidst Plain Yoghurt

Khaled Al Reigh - Zannik

Can - Dead Pigeon Suite

Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism (Clean-Ex Version)

West Virginia Snake Handler Revival - Don’t Worry It’s Just a Snakebite (What Has Happened to This Generation?)

Willy Mitchell - Call of the Moose

Jonathan Richman - Shameless, Shameless

Holly Golightly & Dan Melchior - I'm Feeling Good

Holly Golightly - All Around the Houses

El Michels Affair - Detroit Twice

Fela Kuti & Afrika 70 - Open & Close

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

8oct25 now is up on mixcloud. New tunes from Sun Ra, Chad Taylor Quintet, Jeff Tobias, Dave Ruder, Stereolab, Tortoise, Underground Spiritual Game, and Mulatu Astatke. Tracks from Neneh & Don but, alas, no eagle eye....

Photo displays setlist for 8oct25 show:

Can - Paris 73 Zwei

Los Piranas - Los pendencieros del Latin

Anna Butterss - Shorn

The Eternals - Makeshift Satellite

Sun Ra - Retrospect - The World is Not My Home

Chad Taylor Quintet - Broken Horse

Bark Culture - Slippy's Tune

Brahja - Qwikness

Wendy Eisenberg - In the Pines

Neneh Cherry & The Thing - Dream Baby Dream

Jeff Tobias - Political Solution

Dave Ruder - James Worthy

Robert Wyatt - Dondestan

Stereolab - Vermona F Transistor

Laetitia Sadier - Panser L’inacceptable

Tortoise - Works and Days

Jeff Parker - Max Brown

Underground Spiritual Game - Hella's Room

Mulatu Astatke - Yèkèrmo Sèw

Hailu Mergia & The Walias - Tche Belew

Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble - Drum Dance

Don Cherry - Untitled Summer House Session 3

Eric Dolphy - Epistrophy

Marguerite at the Hammond - Alaska's Flag Song

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

17sep25 up on mixcloud. Featuring new heat from Underground Spiritual Game, Mulatu Astatke, The Dwarfs of East Agouza, Dave Ruder, Jeff Tobias, Animal Surrender!, Zachary Cale, and Modern Nature. No show next Wednesday as I'll book out on the water for work

Playlist for this show is as follows:

Billy Mohler - Tsunami (feat. Jeff Parker, Damion Reid & Devin Daniels)

KVL - North Branch

Ben LaMar Gay - Sometimes I Forget How Summer Looks on You (feat. Ohmme)

The Eternals - Blackout!

Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble - From a Spark to a Fire

Underground Spiritual Game - Above Ground

Anbessa Orchestra - Aynotche Terabu

Mulatu Astatke - Kulun

Mulatu Astatke - Nètsanèt

Hailu Mergia - Musicawi Silt

Getatchew Mekurya - Ambassel

Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Friends - Ambassel

The Ex & Brass Unbound - Theme from Konono No. 2

The Dwarfs of East Agouza - Neptune Anteater

Land Of Kush - Bilocations

Thee Reps - Exit A

Dave Ruder - James Worthy

Jeff Tobias - Gimme Coherence

Icy Demons - Desert Toll - Spirit Guide

Animal, Surrender! - Misswanderer

Zachary Cale - Fixing A Fire On Hope Island

Vague Plot - Cyclic

Modern Nature - Totality

Robert Wyatt - The United States of Amnesia

P.G. Six - Crooked Way / Farewell To Music (Live at The Unitarian Meeting House, Amherst)

Aerial M - Dazed and Awake

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I'm out of town for work this week, so there'll sadly be no zig zag wanderer tomorrow morning. If I were on air, though, I'd definitely spin some [crime jazz music]

Picture of Number 6 from The Prisoner with the caption "crime jazz music"

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

27aug25 up on mixcloud. Birthday props for Coltrane and Sharrock. A block featuring the late Jim Kimball (RIP). New tunes from Chris Cochrane, Motherfuckers JMB & Co, Michael Beach, Jim White, Winged Wheel, and Prolapse. Etc etc www.mixcloud.com/Zig_Zag_Wand...

Picture of the shows setlist which is as follows:
Alice Coltrane -- Journey In Satchidananda (Live)

Alice Coltrane - Blue Nile

Joe Henderson & Alice Coltrane - Earth

Sonny Sharrock - Bialero

William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra - Anast Crossing The Lake of Light

Dustin Laurenzi - Lament I (Bird's Lament)

Chris Cochrane - When Just Paying Attention is Not Enough

Chris Cochrane / Collapsible Shoulder Big Band - Interdependence

Motherfuckers JMB & Co - Strange Planet

Pärson Sound - Tio Minuter

The Denison & Kimball Trio - Walk Away

The Denison & Kimball Trio - Blueball Avenue

Laughing Hyenas - Here We Go Again

Mule - Mississippi Breaks

State Champion - Bottom of the Bleak

Michael Beach - The Sea

Springtime - Will To Power

Jim White - Inner Day

Beings - Flowers That Talk

Winged Wheel - August 6, 2024

Jessamine - Ordinary Sleep

Prolapse - On the Quarter Days

Pitchblende - Mercator Projection

Polvo - Can I Ride

New Radiant Storm King - Froglegs (I Suppose)

New Radiant Storm King - Go Back and Start

Savak - Tomorrow And The Day After

Jeff Tobias - Gimme Coherence

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Attention morning commuters & heads in our radius with tuners

A note to listeners informing them that the radio station is unable to broadcast FM signal, but that shows are still streaming via the website: outnorthradio.com

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

13aug25 up on mixcloud. Tons of new heat on this one from the likes of Tim Barnes, Chris Cochrane, Thee Reps, Jeff Tobias, Zachary Cale, Wolfgang Perez, Sir Richard Bishop, Editrix, Wombo, Chad Taylor, and Melvin Gibbs. And that's just the brand new stuff.... www.mixcloud.com/Zig_Zag_Wand...

Playlist for 13aug25 is:

James Blackshaw - Dexter

P.G. Six - Come In/The Winter it is Past (Live at Dwars Festival, Amsterdam)

Tim Barnes - I Know You Walk in the Wilderness

Chris Cochrane - When Paying Attention is Not Enough

Thee Reps - Mr. Telephone Thrower

Jeff Tobias - Gimme Coherence

Modern Nature - Alpenglow

Zachary Cale - Northwestern

Wolfgang Pérez - Tristeza

Paper Jays - Complex Premonition

Sir Richard Bishop - Pass the Juggernaut

Sir Richard Bishop - Franklin Street

Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet - On the horizon (Live)

Editrix - No

Wombo - A Dog Says

Wombo - Common Things

Edith Frost - Cars and Parties

Jessica Risker - Camera Obscura

Robert Wyatt - The United States of Amnesia

Dragons 1976 - Canopy

Chad Taylor Quintet - Broken Horse

Bark Culture - When I Look Over

Asher Gamedze - Wynter Time

Melvin Gibbs - Felonious Monk

Body Meπa - Scout

Brent Cordero & Peter Kerlin - Decolonize This Place

Marguerite at the Hammond - Alaska's Flag Song

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

23jul25 now up on mixcloud. New tracks from The Sorcerers, Sir Richard Bishop, Gwenifer Raymond, Steve Gunn, Eli Winter, Thee Reps, and Prymek/Fuchs/Rose. An obligatory Ozzy tune (RIP). The best 'Me & Mrs Jones' cover. Bonus shot of the longest my hair has been in nearly 2 decades

Playlist for 23jul25:

Hailu Mergia - Eti Gual Blenai

The Sorcerers - Echoes of Earth

The Sorcerers - The Viking of 5th Avenue

Kaunas Baltic Connect - Baby, I Don't Care (feat.The Sorcerers)

Los Piranas - Despectiva caridad

La Clave - Baila Mi Guaguanco

Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go (Live)

Lee Moses - She's a Bad Girl

Black Sabbath - War Pigs (Live)

Stone Axe - Slave of Fear

Hellstorm - Cry For the Newborn

Fadoul - Al Zman Saib

Koes Barat - Kisah Sedih Di Hari Minggu

Alvarius B. - Forgive me, my Love

Sun City Girls - Me and Mrs Jones

Sir Richard Bishop - They Shall Take up Serpents

John Fahey - Poor Boy

Gwenifer Raymond - Requiem for John Hurt (John Fahey)

Gwenifer Raymond - Jack Parsons Blues

Six Organs of Admittance - Bar-Nasha

Steve Gunn - Slow Singers On The Hill

Eli Winter - Black Iris on a Burning Quilt

Thee Reps - Life Mask

Thee Reps - Ghost Story

Prymek, Fuchs, Rose - Test Footage

Brahja - Bushido

Primitive Art Group - Artic Waltz (Live)

Marguerite at the Hammond - Alaska's Flag Song

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

9jul25 now up on mixcloud (link/bio). Featuring new heat from Tim Barnes, Sir Richard Bishop, Gwenifer Raymond, ENSEMBLE NIST-NAH, Hearts & Minds, and Cheer-Accident. Plus:

Setlist for 9jul25:

Tim Barnes - Day Goes All the Time (feat. Joshua Abrams, Roberto Carlos Lange & Chad Taylor)

Tim Barnes - At the Threshold (feat. Darin Gray, Glenn Kotche & Jim O'Rourke)

On Fillmore - Foli Ke

Oren Ambarchi - Tre

Jim O'Rourke - Please Patronize Our Sponsors

Chris Corsano - I Don't Have Missions

Rangda - Tres Hambres

Sir Richard Bishop - Barbary

Sir Richard Bishop - They Shall Take up Serpents

Gwenifer Raymond - Jack Parsons Blues

Ofir Ganon - Miel

ENSEMBLE NIST-NAH - Pasang

Eberhard Schoener - Gong-Gede

Horse Lords - Law of Movement

Sunwatchers - Ape Phases

Hearts & Minds - Horizon

Eric Dolphy - Burning Spear (Alternate Take)

John Coltrane - When Lights Are Low (with Eric Dolphy) [Live]

Los Piranas - El nuevo Prometeo

U.S. Maple - The State Is Bad

Dead Rider - Two Nonfictional Lawyers

Bill Callahan & Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Our Anniversary (feat. Dead Rider)

Azita - It's Understanding

Cheer-Accident - Gold-Plated Savior

Shannon Wright - The Caustic Light

World Of Pooh - Dominance & Submission

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Change Your Mind

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Hurricane

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

jul25 is up on mixcloud. Featuring new ish from Orcutt Shelly Miller, Tim Barnes, Stereolab, Cheer-Accident, Savak, Activity, Wombo, Modern Nature, and Thee Reps.

Setlist for zig zag wanderer 2jul25:

Joe Chambers, Kevin Diehl, Chad Taylor - A Meta Onilu

Kyle Crabtree - To Drown Is to Live

Bill Orcutt - The Wild Psalms

Sir Richard Bishop - Beans and Slop

Baligh Hamdi - Gazairia

Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian - Improvisation Based on Shushtari (feat. Behzad Varastev)

Orcutt Shelly Miller - A Star is Born

Tim Barnes - The Year of the Rabbit (feat. Licht, O'Neil & Vandermark)

Jungle Boogie - Phase Space

Singer - Oh Dusty

D. Rider - Body to Body (To Body)
5feb25
Shop Regulars - Emerson Run Down

The Velvet Underground - What Goes On

Stereolab - Esemplastic Creeping Eruption

Los Piranas - El aguazo de Javier Felipe

Pit Er Pat - Bird

Cheer-Accident - Cold Comfort

Flowers Destroy - Hawks Listen

New Radiant Storm King - The Correct Liar

Savak - Hitting Therapy

Activity - In Another Way

Jessamine - (I'm Not Afraid of) Electricity

Swirlies - Two Girls Kissing

Wombo - Neon Bog

Modern Nature - Pharaoh

Thee Reps - Fluency

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Missed last week cuz my mom was visiting and I took her to our property deep in the woods north of Talkeetna for a few days. 18Jun25 show is up on mixcloud though, featuring new tracks from Spiritual Jazz 18, The Sorcerers, Stereolab, Nightshift. Wombo, and Gwenifer Raymond. Plus...

Setlist for 18jun25:

Herbie Hancock - Ostinato (Suite for Angela)

Golstain-Nosov Quintet - Rosinent In Toledo

Sons Of Kemet - My Queen Is Angela Davis

Christopher Hoffman - Discretionary

Bark Culture - Tempered

Jason Adasiewicz - River Blindness (Trio)

The Dylan Group - Avila

Brahja - Qwikness

The Sorcerers - Ancestral Machines

The Sorcerers - Moth

Los Piranas - Los pendencieros del Latin

Stereolab - Transmuted Matter

Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Nightshift - Dice

Smoke Bellow - Vaso

Wombo - Neon Bog

Wombo - Wolfe Ave 40

Seluah - Signals You Still Know When to Send

The For Carnation - A Tribute to

Dead Rider - Not a Point on a Scale (feat. Mr. Paul Williams)

U.S. Maple - Open a Rose

Bunnies - Homunculus

Enon - Cruel

Gwenifer Raymond - Jack Parsons Blues

John Fahey - Medley: Interlude; the Portland Cement Factory

Cul de Sac - The Portland Cement Factory at Monolith, California

Speed Stick - Fringe Matter

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

11:30 pm in the land of the midnight sun

Photo of a trio of highway lights in front of an obscured sun sitting low on the Anchorage horizon

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

No show this morning as my car's in the shop. Think I'm gonna drop down into a 90s underground boxset hole for the rest of the day...

Photo of CD boxsets by Teenbeat Records, Galxie 500, Guided by Voices, and Shrimp Boat

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

4jun25 now up on mixcloud. Featuring new tracks from Cosmic Ear, Heat On, Ty Segall, Thee Reps, Modern Nature, Wombo, and Tropical Fuck Storm. Two of my favorite trumpeters sing covers of Jim Pepper and Meat Puppets tunes. Etc, etc

Tracklist for 4jun25:

Cosmic Ear - Traces of Brown Rice

Don Cherry & Jean Schwartz - Doussn' Gouni part 2

Don Cherry's New Researches - Elixir Reprise / Witchi Tai To

Jaimie Branch - The Mountain (feat. Jason Ajemian)

Heat On - RSJ

Primitive Art Group - Charles Mungbean

Barnacled - Title

SWRM - Salamander

Ukandanz - War Pigs

The Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You

Ty Segall – Possession

SRC - Black Sheep

The Zombies - Care of Cell 44

Parson Sound - Sov Gott Rose-Marie

Thee Reps - Fluency

Jeff Tobias - Ghost Story

Modern Nature - Pharaoh

Tara Jane O'Neil - Curling

Blonde Redhead - This Is Not

Wombo - Danger in Fives

Wombo - Sneakers (Snakey)

Tropical Fuck Storm - Dunning Kruger's Loser Cruiser

Tropical Fuck Storm - Rubber Bullies

Black Carrot - Toctic

Dragon or Emperor - Fast Apache

Gospel of Mars - Coup

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Sheriff of Hong Kong

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Mirror Man

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

28may now up on the ol' zzw mixcloud. New heat from Cosmic Ear, Tim Barnes, Thee Reps, Stereolab, Wombo, and Shannon Wright. Also featuring World of Pooh & TFUL282 reissues via Bulbous Monocle. Not featured: roughly 2 mins of dead air I edited out.

Tracklist for 28may25 show:

Cosmic Ear - Father and Son

Billy Mohler - Those Who Know

Bark Culture - When I Look Over

Tim Barnes - At the Threshold

Bablicon - Chunks of Syrup Amidst Plain Yoghurt

Thee Reps - Fluency

Thee Reps - Punisher

Kronos Quartet - Lonely Woman

Tom Cora - Deciding to Live in Houses

Chris Cochrane / Collapsible Shoulder Big Band - Insomnia

Brahja - Keepers

Sun Ra - Moonship Journey

Jaimie Branch - Simple Silver Surfer

Stereolab - Transmuted Matter

Smoke Bellow - Friendly Fire

Wombo - Danger in Fives

World Of Pooh - I'm On the Wrong Side

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Heavy Head

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Sister Hell

Pitchblende - Mercator Projection

Polvo - Bombs That Fall from Your Eyes

Silver Scrolls - Crow's Nest

Shannon Wright - Mountains

Cat Power - Good Clean Fun

Two Dollar Guitar - Turnaround

David Thomas and The Accordion Club (v.4.0) - Friends Of Stone

David Thomas & Two Pale Boys - Habeas Corpus

Paper Jays - Complex Premonition

Animal, Surrender! - Led By The Bit

Dianogah - Shogun

Aerial M - Vivea

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

#NowSpinning - Warfaring Strangers : Darkscorch Chronicles. Killer collection of underground fantasy-leaning hard rock from the 70s courtesy of @numerogroup.bsky.social

Photo of the lp Warfaring Strangers : Darkscorch Chronicles.

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

7may25 up in mixcloud. Featuring new ish from Natural Information Society/Bitchin Bajas, Eli Winter, Bill Orcutt Guitar IV, Los Pirañas, Billy Mohler, and Jolie Laide. Plus, some Fahey love from Medeles & Raymond, some live Gospel of Mars, etc etc

Playlist for this show is:

Mind Maintenance - Slack Water

Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas - Clock No Clock

Paper Jays - Asbestos Quote

José Medeles - The Paper Snake (feat. Marisa Anderson)

Gwenifer Raymond - Requiem for John Hurt (John Fahey)

Rangda - Bull Lore

Eli Winter - Arabian Nightingale

Captain Beefheart - Alice In Blunderland

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby (Instrumental)

Horse Lords - May Brigade

Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet - Only at dusk (Live)

Los Piranas - Los pendencieros del Latin

Godzik Pink - Eternal Cobwebs

Black Carrot - Blackmail

Dragon or Emperor - Part of Me Says

Gospel of Mars - Hamish

Gospel of Mars - Space Flaps

Bablicon - Sitcom / Bucktown

Bablicon - Bahamut

The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis - Boatly

Billy Mohler - Tsunami (feat. Jeff Parker, Damion Reid & Devin Daniels)

Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - Freakadelic

Nina Nastasia - Cry, Cry, Baby

Jolie Laide - Murder Ballad

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

#nowspinning this underrated gem from Dragon or Emporer on Pickled Egg. I'd played a track after my David Thomas block on Wed because Brackley's vox always gave off Crocus vibes. Been a minute since I've listened to the full album but it definitely holds up.

Photo of front and back covers of self-titled Dragon or Emporer CD

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Flying the "Pere Ubu Pirate Flag" for the 30apr show. Feat. about an hour of tunes scattered across various projex* from the inimitable David Thomas. New heat from The Ex, Bunnies, Deerhoof, and Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet. A block of vibes. Etc etc

Pere Ubu Pirate Flag with setlist for 30apr25.

Marion Brown & Gunter Hampel - Improvisation

Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown - Dagger

Bobby Hutcherson - Black Circle

Eric Dolphy - Gazzelloni

Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu (Stereo Master)

The Sorcerers - Pinch of the Death Nerve

The Sorcerers - Bebaynetu

Getatchew Mekurya - Yegenet Muziqa

Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Friends - Ambassel

The Ex - Monday Song

Pere Ubu - Heart of Darkness

Rocket from the Tombs - 30 Seconds over Tokyo (Live)

Pere Ubu - Street Waves

Pere Ubu - Birdies

David Thomas and The Pedestrians - Whale Head King (live)

David Thomas and The Pedestrians - A Day at the Botanical Gardens

David Thomas & The Pedestrians - Enthusiastic

David Thomas and the Accordion Club - Montana

David Thomas & Two Pale Boys - Bus Called Happiness

David Thomas & the Wooden Birds - Monster Walks the Winter Lake

Dragon or Emperor - Never Know What To Say

Bunnies - Realm At The End Of The Horror Spectrum

Deerhoof - Ha, Ha Ha Ha, Haaa

Deerhoof - I Will Spite Survive (live)

Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet - Out of the corner of the eye (Live)

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

23apr25 up on mixcloud. New heat from Water Damage, Chris Cochrane Collapsible Big Band, Alvarius B, Los Pirañas, Stereolab, and Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas. A killer Homeward Bound reworked for the current era by the inimitable Eugene Chadbourne. Etc etc

Setlist for 23apr25 show:

Water Damage - Music Box Village 032525
Lungfish - Ann the Word
Chris Cochrane / Collapsible Shoulder Big Band - Decay
Ostraaly - Salty Dog Tears
Love Child - Cigarette Ash
Shop Regulars - Mischief
Honey Bucket - Don't Pass Me By
Lithics - Hands
Eugene Chadbourne - Homeward Bound
Sunwatchers & Eugene Chadbourne - Joe Mccarthy's Ghost (S)
Alvarius B. - Forgive me, my Love
The Invisible Hands - Death Zoo
Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian - Improvisation Based on Sahari Suite and Sama-e Sejaran Suite (cut)
Gunn-Trucinski Duo - Live Text
Los Piranas - Los pendencieros del Latin
Stereolab - Aerial Troubles
Stereolab - Metronomic Underground
Laetitia Sadier - Panser L'inacceptable
Th' Faith Healers - Mother Sky
Can - Paperhouse (Live: Soest, Germany Nov 1970)
Emergency Group - Westbeth III
Cave - WUJ
Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas - Clock no Clock
Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas - Sign Spinners
Maalem Houssam Guinia - Jangari جانگري
Marguerite at the Hammond - Alaska's Flag Song

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

2apr25 is now up. Feat. new tracks from Macie Stewart, Ed Kuepper & Jim White, Chris Cochrane/Collapsible Shoulder Big Band, Los Pirañas, and Hearts & Minds. Plus, a dip into late 60s Cambodia, a small block of bass clarinet, etc etc

Tracklist for 2apr25:

Macie Stewart - I Forget How To Remember My Dreams (feat. Lia Kohl)

Bill Orcutt - How to Rescue Things

Captain Beefheart - I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby (Full length Version)

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - The Buggy Boogie Woogie

Ed Kuepper & Jim White - The Year of the Bloated Goat

Dirty Three - Killy Kundane

Charles Rumback - K10

Brent Cordero & Peter Kerlin - White Supremacy In Black Face (feat. Jessica Pavone)

Sunwatchers - For Sunny

Drunken Foreigner Band - Farang Mao

Pan Ron - Rom Jongvak Twist (Dance Twist)

Ros Serey Sothea - Don't Be Angry

Ros Sereysothea - Please! Shave Your Beard

Dengue Fever - Tiger Phone Card

Wat Phnom Orchestra - Sronos Kantong Khiev (Blue Basket instrumental)

Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly - INVOCAÇÃO

Heather Trost - The Devil Never Sleeps

Stereolab - Three-Dee Melodie

Chris Cochrane / Collapsible Shoulder Big Band - The Fall of Saigon / Rain

This Heat - Horizontal Hold

FACS - Talking Haunted

Tripod Jimmie - Long Walk Off a Short Pier

Television - Elevation (Live at CBGB's, 1978)

Los Piranas - Despectiva caridad

Low – Starfire

Hearts & Minds - Horizon

Hearts & Minds - Step'n

Eric Dolphy - Come Sunday

Elvin Jones & Richard Davis - Raunchy Rita

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

26mar25 us up on mixcloud (link/bio). New heat from Los Pirañas, Takaat, Ahmed Ag Kaedy & Will Guthrie, Willie Lane, and Ofir Ganon. A block dopeness from ATA Records. Etc etc

Playlist for this 26mar25 show:

Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian - Improvisation Based on Shushtari (feat. Behzad Varastev)

Ahmed Malek - Thème Djalti Feat. Aïda Guéchoud

Fadoul - Sid Redad

Los Piranas - Champeta de la Corrupción y la Desgana

Los Piranas - Con Mi Burrito Sabenero voy Directo al Matadero

Juaneco Y Su Combo - Ya Se Ha Muerto Mi Abuelo

Willie Colón & Héctor Lavoe - Qué Lío

Takaat - Amidinin

Ahmed Ag Kaedy & Will Guthrie - Amidinin

Mdou Moctar - Imouhar

Fatou Seidi Ghali - Migrid Noulhawan

Les Filles de Illighadad - Irriganan

John Cale and Terry Riley - Ides of March

John Cale - You Know Me More Than I Know

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms

The Handsome Family - So Much Wine

Willie Lane - No-count Blues

Ofir Ganon - Neilah

Swim Ignorant Fire - I Don't Know How Much Longer I Can Hold This

Powers/Rolins Duo - Overgrowth

Thee Reps - Ghost Story

The Sorcerers - The Viking of 5th Avenue

The Sorcerers - Moth (Bass, Drum & Percussion Demo)

The Sorcerers - Moth

Work Money Death - We Are the People

Pharoah Sanders - Harvest Time

Can - Future Days

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

19Mar25 up on mixcloud. With new juice from Billy Mohler, Los Piranas, Tropical Fuck Storm, Flowers Destroy, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Chris Cochrane/Collapsible Shoulder Big Band, and BASIC; covers of Free and R&L Thompson; etc etc

Setlist for 19Mar25 show is:

Billy Mohler - Those Who Know
Silvia Bolognesi/Dudu Kouate/Griffin Rodriguiz - Mademba
Jaimie Branch - the mountain
Fadoul - Al Zman Saib
Los Piranas - El nuevo Prometeo
Don Caballero - Room Temperature Suite
Polvo - Vibracobra
Oneida - Anthem of the Moon
Oneida - All Arounder
Black Mountain - Modern Music
The Clean - Anything Could Happen
Tropical Fuck Storm - Booodsport
Dog Faced Hermans - The Rain It Raineth
Tortoise and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Calvary Cross
Boas - Ghetto Pond
Mayo Thompson - Horses
Tom Herman - Steve Canyon Blues
Flowers Destroy - Hawks LIsten
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Swimming Hole
Shop Regulars - Mischief
Chris Cochrane / Collapsible Shoulder Big Band - Interdependence
BASIC - Dream City
Brokeback - Name's Winston, Friends Call Me James
KVL - Interconnectivity Suite Pt 1-5

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

New one from Los Pirañas is getting all the spins today. Don't sleep on this one!

Album artwork for Una Oportunidad music de triunfar en la Vida by Los Pirañas

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Been a while, friends! New show w/ new heat from Natural Info Society & Bitchin Bajas, Hearts & Minds. Billy Mohler, FACS, Chris Cochrane's Collapsible Shoulder Big Band, Alvarius B., Ahmed Ag Kaedy & Will Guthrie, Ofir Ganon, and Gunn-Trucinski.

Playlist for 5mar25:

Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas - Clock no Clock

Joe Chambers, Kevin Diehl, Chad Taylor - Sora

Hearts & Minds - Can't / Won't

Endangered Blood - Blues In C Flat Minor

Billy Mohler - Hawk Wind (feat. Jeff Parker, Damion Reid & Devin Daniels)

Gil Scott Heron - Washington D.C

Gang of Four - What We All Want

Shop Regulars - Emerson Run Down

FACS - Talking Haunted

Sky Furrows - Koba Grozny

Chris Cochrane / Collapsible Shoulder Big Band - Interdependence

Ex Orkest - Meer Nieuws

Charlie Haden, Carla Bley, et al. - Els Segadors

Cheer-Accident - Wordless All Over (unlocked 2/21)

Bill Fay - Maxine's Parlour

Plush - More You Becomes You

Gastr Del Sol - Dictionary of Handwriting (Live)

U.S. Maple - Lay Lady Lay

Alvarius B. - That's How I Got to Memphis

Animal Piss, It's Everywhere - Beach Song

Paper Jays - Complex Premonition

75 Dollar Bill - WZN#4 (matinee set)

Ahmed Ag Kaedy & Will Guthrie - Mani Mani

Etran de L'AÏr - Iban Mano D'lkya

Ofir Ganon - Miel

Gunn-Trucinski Duo - Live Text

Oren Ambarchi – En

Kyle Crabtree - To Drown Is to Live

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Reminder that you can have a lasting impact on your community in many different ways and that some of them are ridiculously easy with regard to the weight of their impact. For instance, when I donate platelets & plasma, I basically ...

Image of a thank you text from the Blood Bank of Alaska

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

5feb25 now up on mixcloud. Featuring brand new goods from Damon Locks, Chambers/Diehl/Taylor, Emergency Group, Alvarius B, FACS, Whitney Johnson & Lia Kohl, Gunn-Trucinski, and Maalem Houssam Guinia. www.mixcloud.com/Zig_Zag_Wand...

Tracklist for the show:

Work Money Death - We Are the People

Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra - Spiral Parable 1a (Live)

Damon Locks - Holding the Dawn in Place (Beyond, Pt. 2)

Joe Chambers, Kevin Diehl, Chad Taylor - Grasta Maol

Oren Ambarchi - Tre

Bundy K Brown, Doug Scharin, James Warden - Untitled Track [4]

Emergency Group - Bag of Waters

Chris Corsano - The Full - Measure Wash Down

Alvarius B. - Forgive me, my Love

Dr. West's Medicine Show & Junk Band - You Can't Fight City Hall Blues

Jimmy Cliff - Struggling Man

BASIC - New Auspicious

Chris Forsyth - Mystic Mountain (feat. Garcia Peoples)

Television - Little Johnny Jewel (Live at CBGB's, 1978)

Sunwatchers - Sunwatchers vs. Tooth Decay

FACS - Wish Defense

FACS - North America Endless

90 Day Men - From One Primadonna to Another

Lake Mary & Daniel Wyche - The Lost Tapes

Whitney Johnson and Lia Kohl - 73/74 (Excerpt)

Gunn-Trucinski Duo - Fin

Maalem Houssam Guinia - Jangari جانگري

Natural Information Society - Stigmergy

Marguerite at the Hammond - Alaska's Flag Song

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

29jan25 show now up. A belated celebration of Robert Wyatt's 80th (solo, matching mole, news from babel, halvorson's code girl, raincoats). New Primative Art Group and Shane Parish. Coupla tunes penned by zzw fave, Grachan Moncur III. Etc. Etc.

Playlist for this program:

Grachan Monchur III - When

Clifford Thornton - Pan African Festival

Archie Shepp - New Africa

Primative Art Group - Artic Waltz

Bablicon - Rhinoceros

Matching Mole - March

Robert Wyatt - Alliance

Robert Wyatt - Sea Song

Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding

Fountainsun - Sweep the Temple

Shane Parish - Journey in Satchidananda

Shane Parish - I Hate the Capitalist System

Barbara Dane - I Hate the Capitalist System

Abner Jay - I’m So Depressed

The Ink Spots - I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire

Bill Orcutt - How to Rescue Things

Thee Reps - Ghost Story

Jeff Tobias - Holiday Music, Pt. 2

Swell Maps - Full Moon In My Pocket

The 'Fronts - Barbados BBQ

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Strange Mail

News From Babel - Waited / Justice

Mary Halvorson's Code Girl - Bigger Flames

The Raincoats - And Then It's OK

The Raincoats - No One's Little Girl

Smoke Bellow - Vaso

Stereolab - Lo Boob Oscillator

Can - Paris 73 Drei

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

22jan25 now up. Had to cut a track from the small tribute to Garth Hudson to post, though, which is dumb.

Playlist for zig zag wanderer 22jan25:

Ofir Ganon - Belville

Swim Ignorant Fire - Verdita

Japancakes - Now Wait for Last Year

The Band - Chest Fever

The Band - The Genetic Method (Live)

Captain Beefheart - White Jam

Brother JT - The Sea (feat. Vibrolux)

Cass McCombs - Anchor Child

Songs: Ohia - An Ace Unable To Change

Silver Jews - Trains Across the Sea

James & The Giants - I Wanna Go Down To the Basement

Aerial M - Skrag Theme

June of 44 - The Dexterity of Luck

HiM - A Verdict Of Science

Chicago Underground Duo - Access and Enlightenment

Joe Chambers, Kevin Diehl, Chad Taylor - A Meta Onilu

Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - Freakadelic

SML - Three over Steel

Malik Abdul-Rahmaan - Kampung Baru Stroll

Augustus Pablo - Stop Them Jah

Errol Brown - First World Dub

Jackie Mitoo - Freak Out

Jackie Mitoo - Juice Box

Tommy McCook - Tunnel One (Instrumental)

Sound Dimension - Real Rock

Marguerite at the Hammond - Alaska's Flag Song

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Love it when a record arrives on the eve of the show and, man, what a cover!

Photo of the album Onilu by Joe Chambers, Kevin Diehl, and Chad Taylor

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

15jan25 opens with a grip of tunes featuring Richard Davis on bass. There's new ish from Gunn-Trucinski and The Taxpayers. Then I realize it's Don Van Vliet's bday and piece together a block from the good Captain before going out on some jazz funk guitar brought to you by the colors Brown & Green...

Tracklist for zig zag wanderer 15jan25:

Brother Jack McDuff - Oblighetto

Elvin Jones & Richard Davis - Raunchy Rita

Andrew Hill - New Monastery

Eric Dolphy - Hat and Beard

Van Morrison - Madame George

Gunn - Truscinski Duo - Fin

Gunn - Truscinski Duo - Banh Mi Ringtones

The Fall - New Face in Hell

The Taxpayers - Evil Everywhere

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Zig Zag Wanderer

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Obeah Man (1966 Demo)

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Kandy Korn

Captain Beefheart - Clear Spot (Instrumental)

La Clave - Sally Go Round the Roses

Mel Brown - Greasy Spoon

Grant Green - Now’s the Time (Live)

Marguerite at the Hammond - Alaska's Flag Song

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Back in the saddle after a holiday hiatus. This one's got new heat from the killer all-percussion trio of Chambers/Diehl/Taylor; Ashcan Orchestra; Hearts & Minds (full album drops Monday). A couple tracks from the late Ed Askew (RIP). Some toe-to-toe Koes, etc, etc.

Playlist:

Joseph White - Waking

Ashcan Orchestra - Anthem Post-National

75 Dollar Bill - Intro/WZN#3 (evening 1st set)

Willie Dunn - I Pity the Country

Ed Askew - My Love Is a Red, Red Rose

Ed Askew - Oh, All the Gold and Gray Eyes

Josephine Foster - Crackerjack Fool

Pentangle - The Cherry Tree Carol (2017 Remaster)

Ryley Walker - Telluride Speed

Joe Chambers, Kevin Diehl, Chad Taylor - Mainz

Joe Chambers, Kevin Diehl, Chad Taylor - Estuary Stew

Jason Adasiewicz - River Blindness (Trio)

Hearts & Minds - Particle Field

Chris Corsano - I Don't Have Missions

Tripod Jimmie - Mirror on the Wall

Tom Hermans - Steve Canyon Blues

Pere Ubu - Heart of Darkness (Live)

Koes Barat - And to the So-Called "The Guilties"

Koes Bersaudara - Poor Clown

The Submissives - He Wanted Her

The Casual Dots - Bumblebee

Neneh Cherry & The Thing - Dream Baby Dream

Marguerite at the Hammond - Alaska's Flag Song

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

#nowspinning The Cherry Thing - S/T (Smalltown Supersound 2012) Their cover of Dream Baby Dream stuns me every single listen

Picture of the self-titled lp by The Cherry Thing in front of a stereo

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

18Dec24 show is up mixcloud. New tracks from Bill Orcutt, Des Demonas, and Damon Locks; a big block of Ohioan oddballers; some Maurice White Kalimba magic; Lee Moses with one of the greatest covers ever dropped; etc

Setlist for 18Dec24 show:

Bill Orcutt - Not Reconciled
Bill Orcutt - Out of the Corner of the Eye
U.S. Maple - Go to Bruises
Sapat - Dark Silver
Enon - Rubber Car
Brainiac - Pu55yfoot1n'
Scarcity of Tanks - Craven Adults
Tripod Jimmie - Autumn Leaves
David Thomas and The Pedestrians - The Rain
David Thomas and The Pedestrians - Whale Head King
David Thomas and The Pedestrians - A Day at the Botanical Gardens
The Fall - My New House
Des Demonas - The Duke Ellington Bridge
Sky Furrows - Shopping Bags
Earth, Wind & Fire - Evil
Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below (Live)
Curtis Mayfield - We Got to Have Peace
Baby Huey - Hard Times
Lee Moses - California Dreamin'
Herbie Hancock - Hidden Shadows
Larry Young - Khalid Of Space (Part Two) Welcome
Larry Coryell - Tyrone
Damon Locks - Click
Rob Mazurek - Helments of Our Poisonous Thoughts #16/Awaken the World #41
Rob Mazurek and Black Cube SP - Oh Mother (Angel's Wings)
The Handover - The Handover Part One (excerpt)

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Surprise mystery package from @iheartnoise.bsky.social showed up today. Thanks, fellas!

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

11Dec24 show (link/bio) feat. new tracks from: Bill Orcutt, Primitive Art Group, Melos Kalpa, Yo La Tengo, Edith Frost, Powers/Rolins Duo, Thee Reps, Emergency Group, FACS & Yesness; covers of Alice Coltrane and Lou Reed; Can & Mission of Burma bootlegs; etc

Playlist for 11Dec24 show:

Bill Orcutt - Not Reconciled

Shane Parish - Journey in Satchidananda

Gwenifer Raymond - Worn Out Blues

Eddie Head and His Family - Down on Me

Cheer-Accident - The Autumn Wind Is a Pirate

Primitive Art Group - Charles Mungbean

David Thomas & The Pedestrians - Song of the Bailing Man

Melos Kalpa - Motion Parallax

Yo La Tengo - Leaving Home

Edith Frost - Hold On

A Drag City Supersession - Charly's Girl

Astrid Sonne - Do you wanna

Zomes - At Husking Time

Helium - Sunday

Tara Jane O'Neil - Curling

Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly - MESTIZX

Power/Rolins Duo - Overgrowth

Thee Reps - Ghost Story

Mike Reed - A Low Frequency Nightmare

Kel Tangawal - Yayela

Etran de L'AÏr - Agrim Agadez

BASIC - For Stars of the Air

Emergency Group - Improvisation 1 (2024-07-16 TV EYE)

Can - Paperhouse (Live: Soest, Germany Nov 1970)

Mission of Burma - This Is Not a Photograph [Live]

FACS - Wish Defense

Copiers - Atypical Thug

Yesness - Horror Snuggle (feat. Macie Stewart)

Animal, Surrender! - King Panic

Marguerite at the Hammond - Alaska's Flag Song

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

David Thomas & The Pedestrians - More Places Forever #NowPlaying

Picture of David Thomas and The Pedestrians- More Places Forever lp

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

4Dec24 now up (link/bio). New heat from Ashcan Orchestra, James Blackshaw, Papa M/Ryley W, Squanderers, Swim Ignorant Fire & Primitive Art Group. A grip of tracks from Wm Cullen Hart(RIP). A preview of a few tracks off Manadatory Liberation Vol. 1- a comp out this Fri w proceeds supporting Palestine

Zig Zag Wanderer setlist for 4Dec24:

Ashcan Orchestra - Anthem Post-National

Dewa Alit - Ngejuk Memedi

Unknown Artist - a2

Thee Reps - Ghost Story

Butt Dialers - An Indictment

Bunnies - Lucky Larry's Lullaby to Lilith and Lucifer

Alvarius B. - Mark Twain August

Alvarius B. - Saz Nicotine

James Blackshaw - Why Keep Still?

Gwenifer Raymond - Requiem for John Hurt (John Fahey)

Papa M /Ryley Walker - Three

SQUANDERERS - Theme for Silent Cowboys

Swim Ignorant Fire - Verdita

Bushman´s Revenge - Toten

Heather Trost - Blue Fish

The Olivia Tremor Control - The Same Place

The Olivia Tremor Control - Garden of Light

The Olivia Tremor Control - Jumping Fences

Circulatory System - Mosaics within Mosaics

Smoke Bellow - Marm & Toast

Can - Dizzy Dizzy

News From Babel - Moss

The Ex & Tom Cora - State of Shock

Ex Orkest - Kokend Asfalt

Getatchew Mekurya & The Ex - Musicawi Silt

Hailu Mergia and the Walias - Musicawi Silt

Tsehaytu Beraki - Hadarèy

Daniel Wyche - The Elephant-Whale II

Supreme Dicks - Synaesthesia

Primitive Art Group - The Gander

Sun Ra - Synthesis Approach

Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra - Spiral Parable 1a

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

27Nov24 show now up on Mixcloud. Killer new tracks from Jeff Parker ETA IVtet & Work Money Death bliss out most of the 1st hour. There's new heat from Bondo, Can & Kinski; Mirrors cover Floyd, Animal, Surrender! covers N. Drake & Shane Parish covers A. Coltrane...(link/bio)

Playlist for Zig Zag Wanderer 27Nov24:

Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - Freakadelic

Work Money Death - Fast Flowing River (demo)

Elmo Hope Ensemble - Trippin'

David Thomas - Monster Walks the Winter Lake

Tripod Jimmie - Long Walk Off a Short Pier

Television - Friction

Mirrors - Astronomy Domine

Aerial M - Vivea

Bedhead - The Unpredictable Landlord

Bondo - Harmonica

Ticonderoga - High Score

Animal, Surrender! - One of These Things First

Shane Parish - Journey in Satchidananda

Steve Gunn - Spring Garden

Beings - Flowers That Talk

Smoke Bellow - Friendly Fire

Nightshift - Sure Look

Melenas - 1000 Canciones (Tim Gane Remix)

Stereolab - Lo Boob Oscillator (live)

Can - Keele 77 Drei

Kinski - Do You Like Long Hair?

The Bevis Frond - Dry Rain

Cul de Sac - Death Kit Train

Marguerite at the Hammond - Alaska's Flag Song

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The Underwhelmed Helmsman @hatandbeard.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Saw the artwork and reached for The Emotional Plague instead

CD version of The Emotional Plaque by Supreme Dicks

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