Intergalactic Wasabi Mix – Ep 1044 – 2024/03/02

Tracklist:

00:00 Mark Lane – Halcyon Sentimental
03:43 Moss Garten – Moderna Kvinnor
07:25 The Actor – Seit Wir Uns Kennen
11:17 Opera Multi Steel – Ils s’eloignent
13:47 Oviformia SCI – Hablamos de nosotros
18:41 Circuit 7 – The Force
25:01 Atelier du Mal – Back To Taiwan
30:05 El Deux – Computer Mädchen
34:35 Experimental Products – Aviation
39:37 Near Paris – Ceiling
43:23 Deco Faction – Echoes of the Past
48:07 Kremlyn – Rutinas
53:03 Artificial Organs – Every Night A Party
56:09 Art Style – Factory Life

ASFO 2024–03–02

The anodyne syrup of the “solar–hydrogen economy” keeps mankind suckling at the fossil–fuel teat when we should long since have moved on to adult foods. Also, computer programmers once again prove unable to deal with intercalation, even when it comes on a regular schedule, and has for centuries past ; congratulations to Georgia Power on first synchronization of Vogtle 4 ; and, who are your heroes?

Cutaway model of a General Electric BWR-6 nuclear power reactor, mounted on a wooden plinth, with a plaque reading "Clinton Power Station Initial Criticality February 27, 1987".
Coming soon to a display near you

№4472 Flying Scotsman

Steam railway locomotive noises from an LP? Yes! But not just any steam locomotive, one of the most famous in the world, the last surviving non–streamlined “Pacific” (4–6–2 wheel arrangement) of the Gresley A3 class. Undoubtedly it was the great love for the Flying Scotsman that made possible the brand new “Pacific”, 60163 Tornado of the A1 class, which was funded by rail fans and completed in 2008.

Archive recording (By error, the 2024–03–01 broadcast included only side A of the record, played twice, so I ran a corrected version at the next opportunity.)

Steam shunting locomotive moving three "Excellox 3" nuclear fuel flasks. Ad from ATOM 265 (1978 November)
“From steam power to nuclear power” indeed!
Greenpeace poster advertising a U2 concert in Manchester, part of the "React" campaign against the Sellafield THORP reprocessing plant project.
Of the text on this poster, the location, time, and ticket purchase information is probably truthful. The rest? Nobody cares!