Early Wednesday evening someone called the radio program and asked to hang out in the studio.
Bat Guano told them no. He doesn’t like people in the studio. He doesn’t like being around people much at all. You can tell he has a hard time with basic human interaction, from listening to the first hour. He begins SwaG! as a children’s show starting with the disturbing “Uncle Pockets” by Danny Kaye, about a creepy old man who tricks children into grabbing for “toys” in his pockets. He plays more music for “children,” but the first hour devolves until he’s got some blasphemous German -- Reverend Beat-Man -- croaking about the “Jesus Christ Twist.” We’re very surprised that he didn’t play any Gary Glitter.
Inspired by the crisis in Georgia, Green Slime takes a look at the Cold War, anxiety and madness.
The third hour dives straight into the comfort food of punk rock. Buzzcocks, “What Do I Get?” Wasn’t that used in some car commercial? Oh, Bat Guano, you old wanker. Then New Wave, Captain Beefheart, country, calypso, jugband music...
Then The Doctor, host of the following program, walked in with this threatening note and brown brownie-like substance in a drug baggie. It had been left at the studio door. The Doctor said he saw some black-clad figure sneaking around outside. We sealed the items and sent them off to be analyzed by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security.
