The Komodo Dragon Show is on hiatus for the next three weeks, returning to the air on Wednesday, August 17th with the results of the country (geographical region, not twangy songsters) poll.

The 100th of Marshall McLuhan

Who gave us words to clue in

On the relationship between media and messages

Which were good guessages.

With an assortment of sonic documents from 1966-69 the Komodo Dragon Show celebrates McLuhan's centenary.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:30am

1. Jerry Goldsmith: Seconds: Suite (1966)

William Motzing - conductor, City of Prague Philharmonic

Fantastic Voyage: A Journey through Classic Fantasy Film Music

Silva Screen Records, FILMCD 146

8:00

2. Be-In (A Psychoacoustic Experience) (rec. Central Park, NYC 6 Apr. 1969)

Environments 3

Atlantic, SD 66003

Download from http://rebuilttrannyrecords.com/2011/03/20/syntonic-research-environments-vol-3-be-in-at-central-park-1969-dusk-at-new-hope-pennsylvania-vinyl-320kbps-download-or-copy-that-doesnt-quit/

34:18

3. Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is the Massage (1967)

Marshall McLuhan - narrator

CBS Records, CS 9501

Download from http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/03/marshall_mcluha.html

42:41

Set #2 - 9:30am - 11:00am

4. Timothy Leary: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (1967)

Timothy Leary - narrator, Maryvonne Giercarz - veena, Lars Eric - guitar, Richard Bond - tabla

Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Performance Records, PERF 389CD

36:09

5. Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn: The Far East Suite (rec. NYC 19-21 Dec. 1966)

Duke Ellington Orchestra

Bluebird, 82876-55614-2

45:14

Where to buy CDs featured on today's show:

Fantastic Voyage - Amazon

Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out - Amazon

The Far East Suite - CD Universe

Every Wednesday morning between 8-11am CT I have the pleasure of presenting three hours of music from all over the world.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Raga Bihag (rec. 2009)

Utsav Lal - piano, Suryaksha Deshpande - tabla

Ragas Dance Off Piano Keys

Utsav Lal, n.n.

60:48

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

This week I solicit listeners' input: Where do you want to spend the rest of the summer: Bali, Burma, China, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, or Thailand? Tune in and cast your vote through the usual channels.

2. The Gamelan of Bali

6:58

3. Burma

6:30

4. China

5:41

5. India & Nepal

17:52

6. Sri Lanka

11:32

7. Thailand

5:15

Tracks 2-7

Percussions d'Asie

Playa Sound, PS 65026

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

8. Lubomyr Melnyk: Prelude Nr.2

14:17

9. Lubomyr Melnyk: The SELF-LUMINOUS WAY

7:59

10. Lubomyr Melnyk: The Realm of Synchronicity

30:40

Tracks 8-10

Lubomyr Melnyk - piano

The Self-Luminous Way: Works for Solo Piano

Bandura Records, n.n.

Where to buy CDs featured on today's show:
Utsav Lal - CD Baby
Percussions d'Asie - Amazon
Lubomyr Melnyk - Bandura Records

It's an out-of-body Komodo Dragon Show this Wednesday from 8-11am CT on www.umfm.com

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. La vision de Tondal (12th century)

Katarina Livljanić - conductor, Dialogos

La vision de Tondal: A la recherche des chantres glagolitiques & latins de la Dalmatie médiévale

Arcana, A 329

73:05

(Reconstructed from medieval Croatian manuscripts, this spiritual narrative is sung with an austere serenity in Latin and Church Slavonic by an all-female ensemble. The soul of the knight Tondal, having left his unconscious body, visits both Hell and Paradise accompanied by an angel. Transformed by the experience, his soul returns, and he resolves to lead a more exemplary life. Above right, Hieronymous Bosch's take on Tondal's Vision. Below, Simon Marmion's The Visions of the Knight Tondal (ca. 1470). Read the whole story on the Getty Museum's website.)

Set #2 - 9:00am - 11:00am

For the last two hours of the show chance operations will determine the placement of cuts from the two Russian bell CDs below. Follow the results live on Twitter @vonwichert.

• Chimes of Russian North (rec. Arkhangelsk museum reserve "Malyie Karely" 1990)

Vladimir Petrovsky - bell ringer

Melodiya, SUCD 11-00326

60:58
(Russian concert chimes.)

• Glocken russisch-orthodoxer Kirchen: Originalaufnahmen aus berühmten Kirchen und Klöstern

Christophorus, CHR 4007

46:25
(Slav-Byzantine liturgical Church bells.)

Where to buy CDs featured on today's show:

La vision de Tondal - CD Universe

Chimes of Russian North - Amazon

Glocken russisch-orthodoxer Kirchen - CD Universe