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  Wounds Over Muzak by Chris La Vigna ( @Chris La Vigna ) "A warm spring sun Shines down on Earth Yet you’re blind To its radiance You’re busy bleeding In a malfunctioning elevator Frozen between floors Held betwixt hallways These God damned doorways Thresholds of potential Limitless and limited Portals of paradox That mock you so What are you going to do about it? Nothing Do as you are Absolutely nothing Embody deficiency Exemplify entropy A legacy of mediocrity Stumbling towards its zenith Spilling so much red liquid tissue Onto the cold linoleum floor In your final sputtering fragments Recall a joke Laugh, forget, let go With a free heart And voided bowels  Embrace a silent cacophony." © Chris La Vigna 2021

 TERMINAL TRANSMISSION #57:   KILLER TRUCK! by Chris La Vigna ( @Chris_La Vigna ) Try not to get run over! Today's broadcast of TERMINAL TRANSMISSION was fun as hell. The playlist rocked hard and had some solid variety, I felt totally in control when I was on air, and I had some new listeners hangin' with me in the chat, keeping me company and giving me the energy I needed to give it my all while I was live. My "Bandcamp Pick Of The Week" for today's program was the rockin' tune " Pay Yer Taxes " by The Fucktons, a two-man surf/garage/punk band from Peekskill, NY. That's right, I'm still out here representing the 914 scene everybody! And now that live music is starting to come back, I can't wait to start promoting upcoming shows on T.T. Speaking of which, on June 25th 2021, The Fucktons are gonna be playing alongside NYC rockers The Nuclears at the Green Growler in Croton-On-Hudson, NY. if you're in the area, check it out! It's g...

  TERMINAL TRANSMISSION #56:   TALES FROM THE DOCKSIDE by Chris La Vigna ( @Chris_LaVigna ) Pictured: The Boneheads, live @ Portland Lobster Company on 5/17/2021 Today's episode of TERMINAL TRANSMISSION was a certified blast, man. It felt so good to be back behind the mic live, interacting with friends and listeners in chat, just doing my thing as I like to do. This show was centered around all the fun I had during a recent trip to Portland, Maine, and I hope I managed to successfully convey the cool aura that city exudes. Maybe I'll move there some day! Who knows... My "Bandcamp Pick Of The Week" for today's show was the cool, weird, and wholly unique noise track " I'm Trash " by  id m theft able, a prolific experimental musician from Maine whose work I stumbled upon when I decided to search for tunes using the "Portland, Maine" tag on Bandcamp. The cool, off-the-cuff energy of this particular song drew me in, and has already got me siftin...

 TERMINAL TRANSMISSION #55:  A GODDESS AMONG WOLVES by Chris La Vigna ( @Chris_LaVigna ) Step aside, boys... On May 18th, 2021, I was on vacation Portland, Maine with my girlfriend, and we were driving up to Bangor so we could visit every horror lover's mecca, Stephen King's house. Because of this, I pre-recorded episode fifty-five of TERMINAL TRANSMISSION that prior Saturday. In terms of quality, I'm not sure the episode would rank on the higher end. I say that because as I was recording it, I realized that it felt off kilter because I've become so accustomed to the energy of doing the show live and interacting with listeners and my fellow Kpiss DJs in the chat. So my vibes as a host are definitely off, but the songs still rock, so there's that at least! My "Bandcamp Pick Of The Week" for this show was the new single from Old City, " Class Act. " It's an awesome  song that features Shawna Potter from War On Women on the hook, along with Tré ...

  TERMINAL TRANSMISSION #54:   WHEN THE IRON CHEF HITS THE IRON  by Chris La Vigna ( @Chris_LaVigna ) EAT IT UP YOU HOGS! Today's broadcast of TERMINAL TRANSMISSION was fun, if not a "pretty standard" (please read that in your best Dr. Evil impersonation) show. No major hiccups, nothing about it was super insane or "one for the ages," just a solid, middle-of-the-road show. I know that might sound like I'm damning it with faint praise, but in reality what I'm trying to say is that it was a good show, and I should feel good about it, so I do! One notable part of it was that Himiko, one of the DJs from the Kpiss.fm show PARADISE OF REPLICA , tuned in today and chatted with me a bit during the broadcast. That was a great way to keep my momentum and spirits up, because PoR has been one of my favorite shows on the station for a while now, so to have him tune in and say some kind words made me feel great. My "Bandcamp Pick Of The Week" is the song ...

 TERMINAL TRANSMISSION #53:  TERRACOTTA SPOOK HOUSE by Chris La Vigna ( @Chris_LaVigna ) I know man, I don't get it either, I just know it's creepy. (Credit: Abroad In Japan ) Today's broadcast of TERMINAL TRANSMISSION was fun, if not perhaps a bit disjointed. As I mentioned while I was on the air, I scrambled to get this playlist together in time for the show. Usually I have my episodes assembled well in advance, sometimes with two or three weeks' worth of playlists ready, but due to a host of factors, I fell behind and assembled today's show the night before.  To be clear though, I don't consider that some sort of massive broadcasting sin or anything like that. I love really thinking out a show's concept and creating a fun theme, but a lot of cool and creative things can emerge from the pressure that forces you go off-the-cuff with whatever your particular medium is. A rather raunchy definition of the term "spook house" that I'd never heard o...

  TERMINAL TRANSMISSION #52:   TIME MARCHES ON by Chris La Vigna ( @Chris_LaVigna )/ Featuring a review from Ray Berly ( @autopsyturvy ) This is a tough image for me to look at... Greetings and salutations, my loyal Satanic minions! Today's broadcast of TERMINAL TRANSMISSION was yet another frighteningly fun bout of sonic revelry. I opened with a brief tribute to Rock Opera Maestro and all-around songwriting legend Jim Steinman (R.I.P. King). I then played a cool mix of electronica, heavy metal, and of course a little J-funk/J-rock to spice it up nice. In other words, it was all the usual goodness regular listeners should come to expect from T.T. I started off the episode with a recording of a poem I wrote titled "Wounds Over Muzak," backed by a Clown Core instrumental track. It was really fun to do, and at the risk of wading too deep into the waters of artistic pretension, I'm thinking about incorporating more of my own poetry/spoken word into the show. As if I don...