Look, we’re just going to address the elephant in the room right out of the gate: while I was sitting down at the console putting this entire audio block together and getting the levels set up, a sudden, primal hunger hit me. You know the kind—the frantic, middle-of-the-night hunger where you start eye-balling whatever random items might be stashed under your desk. I didn’t have many options, so I figured, screw it. I’ll embrace the pure midwestern cryptid lifestyle and eat a raw hot dog straight out of the fridge. Go ahead and yell at your speakers all you want, but desperate times call for immediate sodium.

The real crime here isn’t even the raw meat; it’s the packaging. I distinctly remember Oscar Mayer having resealable wiener packages back in the 1990s. They had a perfectly good design, and then somewhere along the line, they abandoned it. I don’t know what the fuck they did or why they did it, but it’s fucking annoying. I had to tear the plastic open like a savage and then go hunting across the studio for a stupid Ziploc bag just so the rest of them wouldn’t dry out into leather. If that’s not a stellar backdrop for a late-night radio broadcast, I don’t know what is.

The Agent C Shadow & A Madison Legend

If you take a close look at the Set 3 ledger, we have a unique audio artifact listed as “Agent C” tearing through a track called Gahndi vs Wolfman. The prompt sheet originally said Agent K, but the physical copy reads Agent C. Let’s dig beneath the typography for a second.

This track belongs to a sprawling, deeply legendary local archive. The artist behind it was Agent K’s brother, and he was, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the most crazily inventive, innovative, bizarre, and beautiful musicians to ever emerge from the Madison area. He operated on a completely different frequency than the rest of the local scene. I can’t tell you his name, and I’m intentionally withholding the name of his main band because that project is now defunct—though its echo still rattles the floorboards of anyone who was there to witness it.

He left behind a massive vault of brilliance that goes way beyond that one legendary outfit, and we are absolutely going to be dipping back into his catalog down the line. For now, consider this spin a rare, unfiltered glimpse into a singular creative force that burned incredibly bright. This set fits together perfectly, carrying an incredible, seamless flow that hits exactly where it needs to.

Pledge Drive Gratitude

We also need to send a massive, loud thank you to absolutely everyone who stepped up and pledged during the recent WORT pledge drive. We really do appreciate every single dime, and without your direct financial backing, this absolute circus of a show wouldn’t be able to stay on the airwaves.

If you happened to miss the live broadcast window or forgot to call in while the phones were ringing, don’t sweat it. The station isn’t going to slap you on the hand, call you a disappointment, and say no to your money. They are perfectly happy to take your late capital. If you want to throw some support our way after the fact, you can easily click the shiny button down at the bottom of our website or just guide your browser directly over to Wortfm.org/donate.

Turn it up, soak in the sound, and try not to choke on your snacks.

Set 1, Track 1: The Velvet Underground - Heroin (1969: Velvet Underground Live with Lou Reed, Vol.1, Mercury, 1988)
Set 1, Track 2: Sleep - Nain's Baptism (Sleep's Holy Mountain, Earache Records, 1992)
Set 1, Track 3: Tool - Reflection (Lateralus, Volcano, 1988)
Set 1, Track 4: Om - Thebes (God Is Good, Drag City, 2009)
Set 1, Track 5: Pink Floyd - Embryo (Atom Heart Mother Goes On The Road, Not on Label, 1971)
Set 1, Track 6: Blue Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (00.01.20, The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA, Not on Label, 2000)

Set 2, Track 1: Wadada Leo Smith & Henry Kaiser - Ife (Yo! Miles, Shanachie, 1998)
Set 2, Track 2: Miles Davis - Wili (Dark Magus, CBS/Sony, 1977)

Set 3, Track 1: Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucía - Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho (Friday Night in San Francisco, PolyGram, 1981)
Set 3, Track 2: Agent C - Gahndi vs Wolfman (Songs From A Sad Cafe, Skapheim Media, 2026)
Set 3, Track 3: Michael Hedges - The Jealous Tunnel - About Face (Taproot, Windham Hill Records, 1990)
Set 3, Track 4: Frank Zappa - Eat That Question (The Grand Wazoo, Rykodisc, 1973)
Set 3, Track 5: Marijuana Jazz Band - What I say (99.12.24-2, San Rafael, CA, Not on Label, 1999)
Set 3, Track 6: Parliament - P Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) (Parliament's Greatest Hits: The Bomb, Casablanca, 1984)

Rolling with Scissors airs live every Tuesday from 2–5 AM on 89.9 FM in Madison and streams at wortfm.org. Missed it? You can catch the episode for two weeks after broadcast at archive.wortfm.org or at rwsradio.com.

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