Last night Peter Hammill played guest DJ on 89.5 WKPN, an independent radio station from Bridgeport, Connecticut over in the U.S. Peter took over DJ duties on a show called Pure. Normally hosted by Howard Thompson. Hardcore PH/Van der Graaf Generator fans may well remember Howard’s designation as “Brightest Hope” in the liner notes of the Pawn Hearts album. Howard turned over hosting duties to Peter Hammill for the show last night, Friday November 21st. Catch the show here via this link
This episode was broadcast on WPKN.org and will be available for 2 weeks via the station’s website archives. It will also be available as a podcast (permanently) which can be accessed via the ‘podcasts’ tab on the WKPN website if it stops working here on this page. Do go explore the station though, go support them.
Here’s the playlist…
(intro) Van Der Graaf Generator: Theme One
Isildurs Bane & Peter Hammill: Aguirre
Kazue Sawai, Takahashi Ayuo, Peter Hammill, Sarah Jane Morris, James Warren & Guy Evans: A Song to Fallen Blossoms
Wolfram Huschke: Black Rose
Peter Hammill: Favorit
Herbert Grönemeyer: Airplanes in My Head
Peter Hammill: Jour Apres Jour
PFM: Sea Of Memory
Alice: Now and Forever
Saro Cosentino: The Joke (feat. Peter Hammill)
Tim Bowness: We Feel
Tim Bowness & Peter Chilvers: Sleeping Face
Nic Potter: A Whiter Shade of Blue
Echo City: A Shirtful of Ice
David Jackson Aloerotic
Hugh Banton: Neptune
Peter Hammill & Guy Evans: Bounced
Roger Eno & Peter Hammill: Fall
Gary Lucas & Peter Hammill: Spinning Coins
Robert Fripp: Chicago
Peter Gabriel: Digging In the Dirt
Random Hold: Silver Spoons Golden Tongues
Notopia: Connect (feat. Peter Hammill)
The Pale Orchestra (conducted by David Thomas): Morbid Sky
Ayuo Air
Peter Hammill w/the Orchestre National de Lille: Traintime
Isildurs Bane & Peter Hammill: The Day Is Done
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