Month: May 2025

ASFO 2025–05–31

No matter how many times I say it, it remains true : international air travel is for the birds! But at least the 6 line of the Munich subway is back in operation. Also I once again criticize the mindset that “nobody ever changed the world working 40 hours a week” — design and engineering decisions made by overworked people in understaffed offices are likely to be bad, or at best, less than good.

Supplementary Show

2025–06–03 More from A Snapshot in Time, mostly an extended description of the corporate structure of Westinghouse PWRSD. Next time we will get to some more interesting material!

Objects In Mirrors Episode 57: “A-1” (2025-05-27)

  • Spiritualized – Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space
  • Yndling – It’s Almost Like You’re Here
  • Whirr – Ease
  • Bailter Space – Shine
  • The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa – Square Wave
  • Moonshake – Gravity
  • Low – Words
  • Deerhunter – Vox Celeste
  • Curve – Nowhere
  • Deafheaven – Near
  • Galaxie 500 – Listen, the Snow Is Falling
  • Slowdive – Souvlaki Space Station
  • The House of Love – Shine On (Band Demo)

Intergalactic Wasabi Mix – Episode 1141 – 2025/05/25

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Audio Only:

Tracklist:

00:33 Detroit Grand Pubahs – Artificial Intelligence
03:48 Umwelt – Factory of Death
08:53 Professor X – StatiX
11:50 Ultradyne – Deconstructing The Immortals
16:10 Model 500 – Testing 1-2
20:37 Gosub – Mind Travel Method
25:24 Modern Rocketry – Space Walk
28:53 Transllusion – Cerebral Cortex Malfunction
33:30 Posatronix – Posatronix
37:08 Assembler Code – Monochrome
40:53 Jensen Interceptor & Assembler Code – 5050
44:50 Djedjotronic – Robot Fall (Djedjotronic)
48:04 DJ Dijital – Bang
50:50 DMX Krew – The Breakin’ Anthem Part 1
53:24 Faster Than Light – Digital Slaves
57:16 Baron Zen – Robot Funk

Intergalactic Wasabi Mix – Episode 1140 – 2025/05/24

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Tracklist:

00:14 Drexciya – Andreaen Sand Dunes
05:54 Jensen Interceptor – Ufology
09:38 Ectomorph – Dada
14:37 Aux 88 – Step Into The Light
18:05 Boris Divider – Remote Operator
25:07 Mr Velcro Fastener – Real Robots
29:53 Volruptus – Alien Transmissions
34:12 Le Syndicat Electronique – Retro Commando
38:24 D.I.E. – Programming
42:05 Mr Velcro Fastener – Electronic Appliances (Original Mix)
47:11 Arpanet – NTT Docomo
51:36 Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express (Remastered)
58:05 Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force – Planet Rock

ASFO 2025–05–24

Looking realistically at the present world situation may not be good for one’s health. It certainly isn’t popular. I give a bit of an after–action report from last week, and try to contrast the Canadian (CNSC) and US (NRC) systems of nuclear–energy regulation. Neither is as good as it could be, but the CNSC model probably works better in practice. And I interrogate the possibility that the Law of Unintended Consequences may be expected, occasionally, to produce unintended benefits.

Supplementary Show

2025–05–30 More of A Snapshot in Time, largely a description of the Pressurized Water Reactor Nuclear Steam Supply System, interlarded with extensive explanations from me.

Objects In Mirrors Episode 56: “National Program Director Of The Chum Group” (2025-05-20)

  • Angel Olsen – Something on Your Mind
  • Beth Orton & Terry Callier – Dolphins
  • Yo La Tengo – Tonight’s Episode
  • Sonic Youth – Shadow of a Doubt
  • The United States Of America – Coming Down
  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Strange Form of Life
  • PJ Harvey – You Said Something
  • Fugazi – Promises
  • LCD Soundsystem – oh baby
  • Chet Baker – Five Years Ago
  • Hüsker Dü – Could You Be the One?
  • The Avalanches – Since I Left You
  • DJ Shadow – Best Foot Forward / Building Steam With a Grain of Salt
  • Gillian Welch – Hard Times

Intergalactic Wasabi Mix – Episode 1139 – 2025/05/18

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Tracklist:

00:40 Vitalic – Fanfares
04:24 David Carretta – My Telephone Is Dead (feat. Tonio)
10:08 The Hacker & Miss Kittin – Life On MTV
13:23 Felix da Housecat & Kristin Velvet – Acid Picky
16:28 Boys Noize & Housemeister – 1988
19:40 Yuksek – Hashram Peplum (feat. Zombie Zombie)
24:19 Mr Oizo – Last Night a DJ Killed My Dog
27:58 French 79 – 1979
32:25 Digitalism – Ausrato
37:22 Simian Mobile Disco – Synthesise
41:25 Alden Tyrell – Disco Lunar Module
46:02 Donna Summer – I Feel Love (Afrojack Remix)
51:16 Gesaffelstein – Control Movement
55:35 Miss Kittin – Bassline
59:00 Birdy Nam Nam – Defiant Order (Breakbot Remix)

Intergalactic Wasabi Mix – Episode 1138 – 2025/05/17

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Tracklist:

00:00 Kraftwerk – Der Telefon Anruf/House Phone
05:09 Master Program – Hallo (KWK Mix)
11:01 Cat Rapes Dog – Fundamental
17:24 The Cage – Do What You Wanna Do (feat. Nona Hendryx) (Dub Version)
22:03 Grey House – New Beats The House
25:38 Technotronic – Come Back
28:46 Konzept – Last Night (N-W-Remix)
34:13 Manufacture – Running Mad
37:33 Red Flag – Russian Radio
42:05 Kraftwerk – Elektro Kardiogram (Entoniu & Agape Remix)
45:50 Kraftwerk – Computerliebe (AE’s Electro Remix)
49:04 Kraftwerk – It’s More Fun To Compute (Busy P Remix)
52:54 Kraftwerk – Robot Nonstop (Kraftwerk Remix)
55:01 Kraftwerk – Boing Boom Tschak (The Parallel Remix)