Let’s Form One Continuous Chain Of Ourselves

Murray Saul “Give Me That Weekend Salute!” – Many of you will remember Murray Saul from the bizarre “It’s Friiiiiidaaaaay!” mp3 that I’ve posted here a few times in the past. On June 16th, WFMU’s Aircheck aired a full hour of Saul’s insane drug-fueled rants about his intense love of the weekend and deep loathing for “the slavedrivers,” including this ‘new’ clip. I’m not sure whether I’m more relieved or disturbed by the fact that much of the old “It’s Friday!” clip is revealed to be shtick by these other recordings. On one hand, it is sorta nice to know that it wasn’t simply the result of an on-air breakdown as I had originally suspected, but on the other, it’s a little unnerving to realize that Saul could serve up these unhinged, totally surreal diatribes at will. This particular clip starts off in a relatively mellow place for Saul, but it eventually gathers some momentum once he goes off on a tangent encouraging people to turn their “sweetie” into a tossed salad with French dressing, croutons, and a bit of parsley in their navel.

Meadow House “My Window Cleaning Days Are Over” – Despite the character’s creepy disingenuousness and poor judgement, I still kinda feel bad for him losing his job as a custodian at a porno theatre. Meadow House is the recording alias of British DJ/songwriter Dan Wilson, formerly of Resonance FM’s strangely compelling The Exciting Hellebore Shew. (Click here to buy it from Resonance FM.)

Also: Speaking of high quality high concept radio programming, I strongly recommend Ed Shepp‘s new show on WFMU, The Ed Shepp Radio Experiment. The program is extraordinarily difficult to explain, but if you’re a fan of Jeff Koons, Andy Warhol, and Madonna, it will probably seem like some kind of miracle. Definitely start with the first episode, “Celebrity” – it could very well be one of the best hours of radio ever produced.