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Bennett Theissen

The Chill Room , 11 June 2017 at 00:00 ET on Radio Free Brooklyn 256k VBR, 118 minutes, I'd love to turn you on So the Chill Room is music to chill you out, but it's also history and science and sometimes philosophy mixed in with comedy. This week we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' masterpiece, Sgt Pepper. It was impressive when it first appeared. Fifty years later, it's even better. But I feel weird about listing the tracks as I do not wish to steal this music, while giving you the finest sounding Sgt Pepper I can. So anyway, it's a lot of collage circling around my notes on Pepper, and then a deep listen. Then back to collage to end with Bill Burroughs. Who was on the cover of Sgt Pepper. What more would you want? Set list : Laurie Anderson-Sharkey's Day ( Mister Heartbreak ) / Ryoji  Ikeda-Headphonics / Possibly in Michigan ( 1983 film by Cecelia Condit,  recently rediscovered on Reddit) / Bulent Arell-Electronic Music No. 1  ( 1960 ) / taTu-How Soon Is Now? stretched / David Crosby-She's Gotta Be  Somewhere ( Jimmy Fallon Show 17 May 2017 ) / The Beatles Show notes on  Sgt Pepper, full album and first singles / George Carlin-Stupid  People ( 1991 ) / Charles Manson-Look at Your Game Girl / The  Stooges-Little Doll take 5 / Bjork-Possibly Maybe / Bulent  Arell-Stereo Electronic Music No. 2 / I Keep On Going / The Zombies-A  Rose for Emily ( alternate mix with cello ) / Parliament-I Can Feel the  Ice Melting ( 7" 1967 ) / Lana Del Rey-Shades of Cool ( Ultraviolence ) /  Laurie Anderson-Sharkey's Night ( with William S Burroughs ) A splendid time is guaranteed for all. The Chill Room thanks killradio.org, Radio Free Brooklyn, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, the Internet Archive and wfmu.org for providing materials and opportunities. Extra special thanks to Professor David Pichaske, whose Beowulf to Beatles has been so helpful. He taught at Bradley University when I was a student there, yet we never met. Thanks always to any live listeners. This particular show I had four stream drop outs during recording, so I gave up on a live audience and built the show from there. So in fact the show premiered Saturday night on Radio Free Brooklyn! Thanks Tom and Rob. No rights reserved. Please, somebody comment.  If I could only remember my dreams. I know they're trying to tell me something...