The Bopst Show: “What You Is” (Episode 58)

by Chris Bopst

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• The Bopst Show — Episode 58

Title: The Bopst Show: “What You Is” (Episode 58)
Rating: PG (Adult Situations)
Intent: To make Ross Catrow a rich man
Quality Diversion: “What makes Richmond great is it’s underground art & music scene”.
Suggested Absurd News Story Reading by Geographical Region: Richmond, Va.
Request Line: (804) 767-2550
Construction Dates: Wednesday-Thursday, June 3rd & 4th, 2009
Equipment: Mac G4, Free Audio Editor & Recorder Software from Audacity, Frontier US-122 USB Audio/MIDI Interface, Shure SM57 Microphone
Posted: Monday June 8th, 2009
Artists and Groups in order of appearance: Barney Pierce, Chris Bopst, Bent Fabric, Circle Jerks, The Staple Singers, Mississippi John Hurt, Apostle of Hustle, Lack of Afro, Dan Auerbach, Dinah Washington, Wax Tailor (featuring the Others), The Rollers, Carlton The Doorman, Delroy Wilson, Kepone, Tony Allen, Bob Dylan
Mixed by: Chris Bopst
Art: Chris Bopst

Liner Notes:

BEAT! beat! drums! — blow! bugles! blow!
Through the windows — through doors — burst like a ruthless force,
Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation,
Into the school where the scholar is studying;
Leave not the bridegroom quiet — no happiness must he have now with his bride,
Nor the peaceful farmer any peace, ploughing his field or gathering his grain,
So fierce you whirr and pound you drums — so shrill you bugles blow.

Beat! beat! drums! — blow! bugles! blow!
Over the traffic of cities — over the rumble of wheels in the streets;
Are beds prepared for sleepers at night in the houses? no sleepers
must sleep in those beds,
No bargainers’ bargains by day — no brokers or speculators — would
they continue?
Would the talkers be talking? would the singer attempt to sing?
Would the lawyer rise in the court to state his case before the judge?
Then rattle quicker, heavier drums — you bugles wilder blow.

Beat! beat! drums! — blow! bugles! blow!
Make no parley — stop for no expostulation,
Mind not the timid — mind not the weeper or prayer,
Mind not the old man beseeching the young man,
Let not the child’s voice be heard, nor the mother’s entreaties,
Make even the trestles to shake the dead where they lie awaiting the hearses,
So strong you thump O terrible drums — so loud you bugles blow.

–Walt Whitman

The set list for this week’s show is posted here. All previous show set lists (58 as of this writing) are on my blog.

Until Next Time:

Stay Clean,
BOPST

Previous Episodes

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57

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