On August 7th, 1990, Herd Of The Ether Space members Charles Goff III, Killr “Mark” Kaswan and Robert Silverman joined John Gullak at the KPFA studios in Berkeley, California, to promote their first public performance. Gullak’s weekly “No Other Radio” program was legendary for showcasing avant garde composers and performers, and this was the second time HOTES had been invited onto the show (the first time is documented in Excerpt One of this podcast series).

Goff, Kaswan, and Silverman gave Gullak’s radio audience a verbal preview of their upcoming performance, enticing listeners with tales of a Dadaist tribute to Sammy Davis, Jr., a psychotic square dance, an audience-participation/paper-tearing marathon, and a lesson on performing Kegels exercises. They also presided over a couple of twisted trivia contests and the premier broadcasts of three recordings: “At The Space Bar,” “Happy Home,” and “Shaken By A Wild Hallucination.”

The actual performance that HOTES was promoting during this radio show was held on August 11th, 1990, in Oakland, California. The members of HOTES refined their presentations for this performance during a few rehearsals held in the weeks preceding it. Several of the recordings made during these rehearsals were later included on the cassette album, “Dada’s Little Psycho” (which was introduced in the previous podcast). As with all things Ether Space, chaos colors the production of this cassette album. “Shaken By A Wild Hallucination” was later renamed: “At The Space Bar,” and served as the opening piece on Dada’s Little Psycho. The piece presented here as “At The Space Bar,” retained its name and was released as an out take version in 1993 on the Taped Rugs compilation album entitled: “Fjaern” (along with the remixed version of Happy Home which was featured in Excerpt Six of this podcast series).

Just to throw a few more threads into this tangled mess:

The Dada’s Little Psycho version of “At The Space Bar” was recorded on July 22nd, 1990, and features Goff, Kaswan, Silverman, George Gibson, and tapes created by Vivianne Marc of Quintet De L’art (from France).

The Fjaern version of “At The Space Bar” was recorded on August 5th, 1990, and features Goff, Kaswan, Silverman, George Gibson, and Ric E. Braden.

A third version of “At The Space Bar” was publicly performed at the Oakland show on August 11th, 1990, by Goff, Kaswan, Silverman, Gibson, and Braden.

Here Taped Rugs presents the entire HOTES radio interview from August 7th, 1990.

The next podcast will feature more recordings from the Dada’s Little Psycho album.