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In 1970s Burma, a quietly innovative music scene emerged during a time of increasing political isolation and state censorship. Despite limitations, local artists found creative freedom through cassette culture, using tape as a tool to explore and share a rich blend of sounds—traditional Burmese melodies interwoven with the influences of Western rock, soul, and psychedelic music. Many musicians engaged in copy thachin, adapting foreign songs with new Burmese lyrics, creating something both familiar and entirely their own. My Final Answer to Life, compiled by Gary Sullivan (Bodega Pop) for Radio Is a Foreign Country, offers a glimpse into this era through a selection of tracks from 1970 to 1978—music that reflects a culture in motion, reshaping outside influences into something deeply personal and resonant. Selected & mixed by Gary Sullivan (Bodega Pop).  

TRACK LIST
Bobohan – I Love You (1970)
Sai Sai Maw – My Final Answer to Life (1977)
Sai Kham Thi – Victim of Ambiguity (1970)
Min Min Lat – Darleray Lone Aung Pone (1971)
Pearl – I Won’t Call Anymore (1975)
Sai Sai Maw – Don’t Want to Be Like You (1977)
Tin Min Tun – The Passe 20th Century
Sai Kham Thi – Don’t Say Hurtful Words (1970)
Phyu Thi – Not Looking to Get Hurt (1978)
Sai Htee Saing – Taste of Love (1975)
Twan Tay Thein – Preliminary Introduction (1970)
Cho Pyone – One-on-One Love
Saii Htee Saing – There Is One (1975)
Za Chi Lin – Very Shy Ballet Dancer (1970)
Pearl – My Love (1975)
Sai Htee Saing – Last Song (1970)



MY FINAL ANSWER TO LIFE: BURMESE ROCK, POP, PSYCHEDELIC, AND COPY THACHIN 1970-78 (RIAFC152)

In episode one of Committed, Clare and Rivkah meet imprisoned Just Stop Oil activists who took direct action against the climate crisis and faced dire consequences.

By blocking roads, climbing bridges and throwing soup at paintings, they made headlines – and became national hate figures in the process. We find out how four ordinary young people ended up as convicted criminals, at the sharp end of the government’s crackdown on protest.

Episode 2 coming on 24 April.

1. What Kind of Person Goes to Prison for Their Politics?

"American Extremists Aiding Radicals Across Border," trumpeted the Detroit Free Press in 1919. "707 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Checkpoint Crackdown," reported the Los Angeles Times in 1987. "87 Bronx gang members responsible for nine years of murders and drug-dealing charged in largest takedown in NYC history," announced the New York Daily News in 2016. "'Top secret' Hamas documents show that terrorists intentionally targeted elementary schools and a youth center," claimed NBC News in 2023. 

Each of these headlines includes a label for a certain type of Bad Guy. Whether it’s the "Extremist," the "Illegal Alien," the "Gang Member," or the "Terrorist," these terms—and their cousins—seek to exceptionalize the alleged transgressions of their targets, separate them from both the law and history and dehumanize them, all while priming media audiences for crueler laws, harsher policing, longer incarceration and sometimes even extrajudicial punishment. The terms, of course, don’t have clear, universally accepted definitions—nor are they supposed to—their use is often heavily racialized and, by their very nature, subject to the whims and ideologies of the Security State and the media doing its bidding. 

What effects, then, do these Bad Guy Labels have on public perceptions? How do they serve to foreclose critical thinking about who is deemed inside the bounds of due process and humanization and who is categorically an other in urgent need of disappearing and punishment?

On this episode, we examine four thought-terminating Bad Guy labels, analyze their origins, why they rose to prominence and explain how they are selectively evoked in order to turn off people’s brains and open up space for quick and cruel state violence.

Our guest is attorney and author Alec Karakatsanis.



Episode 220: The Power of Thought-Terminating Bad Guy Labels

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Late Seating 266 - Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

NTS hosts since early doors, Loose Bones take you on a freewheeling trip through filmic soundscapes, psychedelia, vintage experimentalism, fuzzed out rock and other esoteric surprises. Every single month.  
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The Voices of East Harlem – Hey Brother 
Joint Effort – Then I Grew Up 
Brother’s Rap – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 
Mod Singers – I’ve Got To Space 
Larry Williams – Cant Find No Substitute for Love 
Willie Tee – Walking Up A One Way Street 
Johnnny Hendley – My Baby Came From Outta Nowhere 
Hank Levine and His Orchestra – Image Part 1 
Exuma – You Can’t Always Get What You Want 
Nina Simone – Rich Girl (live) 

 

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Introducing The Early Bird Show - our radio offering for morning people, hosted by Maria Somerville (Mondays and Tuesdays), Spirit Blue (Wednesdays and Thursdays) and Jack Rollo (Fridays). Weekday mornings, 7-9am. 
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Delilah - 28 July 2025

Hyped to announce a brand new collaboration between Antoni Maiovvia & Hyetal on Insult to Injury Records - an alchemy that blurs the boundaries between dystopian EBM, raw electro and the UK’s lineage of bass driven music, their creative collision has crystallised into Votives. Check out first single POSSESSOR here! xx

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Possessor

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Citations Needed is a podcast about the media, power, PR, and the history of bullshit. It is hosted by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson, and produced by Florence Barrau-Adams.

Episode 220: The Power of Thought-Terminating Bad Guy Labels

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