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Paul A. Ciminero
A journey beyond conventional radio boundaries with host Paul Ciminero. Each week I'll blend various styles of music, (psychedelic, electronica, progressive, jazz, rock, alternative, old fashioned, folk, blues, classical, experimental, ect.) into seamless segues and cohesive sets. Throughout the program you will hear a selection of new releases coupled with choice rarities from the "musical vault." All of these elements will be mixed occasionally with spoken word, comedy, and movie and TV dialogue into a set with a particular theme or left alone on their own merits.
Welcome to another edition of Transmusic Airwaves! It’s unconventional freeform radio. Hosted by Jeff Wootton…we have 2 flowing sets mixed by John Wasylko to enjoy here!
(John Wasylko Mix) Set #1
1.) The Teardrop Explodes - The Great Dominions / Wilder (1981)
2.) Siouxsie & The Banshees - Voodoo Dolly / Juju (1981)
3.) Crack The Sky – We’re All Dead / Machine (2010)
4.) Permanent Clear Light - Iron Gate / Right as Rain (2023)
5.) Calibro 35 - Extraordinaire / Nouvelles Aventures (2023)
6.) Comus - The Return / Out of the Coma (2012)
7.) Faust - It's a Rainy Day (Sunshine Girl) / Faust So Far (1972)
8.) Yes - Sound Chaser / Relayer (1974)
(John Wasylko Mix) Set #2
1.) Bill Nelson - Deeply Dazzled / After the Satellite Sings (1995)
2.) Procol Harum - Simple Sister / Broken Barricades (1971)
3.) The United States of Existence - Anything Goes / The Collection (1994)
4.) Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over The Sea / Title Cut (1998)
5.) Circulatory System - Yesterday's World / Circulatory System (2001)
6.) Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse / Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (2007)
7.) The Apples in Stereo - The Silvery Light of a Dream / Tone Soul Evolution (1997)
8.) Propaganda - Dream with a Dream / A Secret Wish (1985)
9.) Fleetwood Mac - Bermuda Triangle / Heroes are Hard to Find (1974)
10.) Magna Carta - Parliament Hill / Songs from Wasties Orchard (1971)
11.) Al Di Meola - Paradiso / Orange and Blue (1994)
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Transmusic Airwaves… it’s unconventional free-form radio, with guest host: Mark Orlandi
…with a tip of the hat to Labor Day and the labor movement.
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Set 1
Billy Bragg & The Blokes - NPWA / England, Half English (2002)
Bryan Ferry - Bf Bass (Ode to Olympia) / Olympia (2010)
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly / Super Fly (1972)
The War And Treaty - Jeep Cherokee Laredo / Healing Tide (2018)
Marty Stuart - Lost Byrd Space Train (Scene 1) / Altitude (2023)
Sunflower Bean - Human Ceremony / Human Ceremony (2016)
Daniel Rossen - The Last One / You Belong There (2022)
Väsen - Shapons Vindaloo / Whirled (1997)
Rob Fetters - Salamander / Lefty Loose Righty Tight (1998)
Brooklyn Rider - Suite from Bent for String Quartet - 1997 Movement I / Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass (2011)
Tank And The Bangas Feat. Lalah Hathaway - Easy Goes It / Red Balloon (2022)
Adrian Belew - Good Morning Sun! / Elevator (2022)
Robert Klein - Continental Steel / New Teeth (1975)
Neil Young - Union Man / Hawks & Doves (1980)
Set 2
M - Working For The Corporation / The Official Secrets Act (1980)
The Antlers - Parentheses / Burst Apart (2011)
John Cale - Noise of You / Mercy (2023)
Robin Trower - Bluebird / In City Dreams (1977)
Wynonie Harris - Tell A Whale Of A Tale / B-side (Destination Love) (1956)
Kronos Quartet - Misirlou Twist / Caravan (2000)
Lenny Breau - Visions / Five O'Clock Bells (1979)
Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm / Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
Set 3
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night / A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Eilert Pilarm - Jailhouse Rock / Songs In The Key Of Z (2000)
Blossom Toes - Look At Me I'm You / We Are Ever So Clean (1967)
Dispatch - Skin the Rabbit / America, Location 12 (2017)
Gerycz/Powers/Rolin - Lamplighter / Lamplighter (2021)
The AmpFibians - Under My Thumb / Surfin' Jack Flash (The Surf Instrumental Bands Of The World Perform The Music Of The Stones) (2014)
Matt Berninger - My Eyes Are T-Shirts / Serpentine Prison (2020)
Thee Sacred Souls - Easier Said Than Done / Thee Sacred Souls (2022)
Tom Waits - I Can't Wait To Get Off Work (And See My Baby On Montgomery Avenue) / Small Change (1976)
Welcome to another edition of Transmusic Airwaves! It’s unconventional free form radio. I’m your guest host, Jeff Wootton and on this show we have 2 flowing sets of music mixed by John Wasylko. The second set is steeped in the tea of the late 60’s while the first set is almost all from new releases this year. Together a great set of mixes lies ahead, so let’s start off with Ben Howard.
(John Wasylko Mix) Set 1:
1.) Ben Howard - Interim of Sense / Is it? (2023)
2.) Donny McCaslin - Stria / I Want More (2023)
3.) Joe McAlinden - Light / Where The Clouds Are (2023)
4.) Kristen Roos - Universal Synthesizer Interface Vol. 2 / Universal Synthesizer Interface Vol. 2 (2023)
5.) Samuel Sharpe - Suffolk Moon / Consequential (2023)
6.) Joanna Sternberg - Drifting on a Cloud / I've Got Me (2023)
7.) Danny O'Keefe - Square Sun / The Global Blues (1979)
8.) Beaver & Krause - Another Part of Time / In A Wild Sanctuary (1970)
9.) CPR - Time is the Final Currency / CPR (1998)
10.) S.A.W. - Master of Time / Hydragate (2023)
11.) Nina Simone - Sinnerman / Nina at the Village Gate (1962)
(John Wasylko Mix) Set #2:
1.) Circus 2000 - Must Walk Forever / Circus 2000 (1970)
2.) Dukes of Stratosphere - 25 O'Clock / Chips from the Atomic Firefall (1987)
3.) Tomorrow - My White Bicycle / Tomorrow (1967)
4.) United States of America - American Metaphysical Circus / United States of America (1968)
5.) Syd Barrett - Dominoes / Barrett (1970)
6.) Henry Cow - Industry / Western Culture (1979)
7.) Tin Huey - Poor Alphonso (Live) / EP Single (1977)
8.) The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band / Smell of Incense - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Vol. 2 (1967)
9.) Lamagaia - Lamagius / Lamagius (2015)
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Welcome to another edition of Transmusic Airwaves. It’s unconventional freeform radio. I’m your guest host, Jeff Wootton…and here I go again with two long sets that flow through a couple of moods and maybe give you a few surprises along the way. Starting off with a Beatles cover from Bardo Pond.
(Jeff Wootton Mix) Set # 1
01.) Bardo Pond – Cry Baby Cry / Ticket Crystals (2006)
02.) Kevin Ayers – Decadence (early mix from 30 year re-master) / Bananamour (2003)
03.) Sproingg - Hirnkäse / Hirnkäse (2023)
04.) Half Cleveland - Cheap Mechanic's / Live At The WiFi Café (2014, Bandcamp.com)
05.) Ace Of Wands - You Know What I Do / (1980, self-released for broadcast)
06.) Balmorhea – Days / Stranger (2012)
07.) Les Deux Love Orchestra - The Moth & The Flame / Ecstasy (2008)
08.) Freq-Out - Wild NightS / Circuit Bender 3 (2022, Soundcloud)
09.) Laika – Shut Off, Curl Up / Lost In Space (2003)
10.) Peter Gabriel – Mercy Street / So (1986)
11.) Stuart Dempster – Standing Waves / In The Great Abby Of Clement VI (1976)
(Jeff Wootton Mix) Set #2 (continues)
12.) Stuart Dempster – Standing Waves / In The Great Abby Of Clement VI (1976)
13.) National Lampoon – Humpback Whales / That’s Not Funny That’s Sick (1977)
14.) Firesign Theater - The Path Of Science / I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus (1971)
15.) Reverse K – Part 15 / III (2013, Hungary via http://reversekmusic.bandcamp.com)
16.) Pat Metheny – It’s For You / As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (1981)
17.) National Health – Tenemos Roads / National Health (1978)
18.) Jeff Wootton – Sonik Drips / The Way The Light (2016)
19.) Japanese Breakfast - Savage Good Boy / Jubilee (2021)
20.) Nico – Evening Of Light / The Marble Index (1968)
21.) Aphex Twin – Ageispolis / Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992)
22.) Thomas Fehlmann – Next To The Field / (Various Artists) Pop Ambient 2007 (2006)
23.) SuperSister – She Was Naked / Present From Nancy (2008 re-master bonus track)
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Welcome to another edition of Transmusic Airwaves: It’s unconventional free-form radio.
Inspiring music to watch the stars fall…
Settle in for a night of star gazing with Transmusic Airwaves! Expect to hear familiar and some unknown music to explore the heavens by.
Enjoy the Perseid meteor shower, active between July 17 to August 24, with a peak around August 13th and Transmusic Airwaves anytime, anywhere!
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Set #1 - Jeff Wootton mix
Porcupine Tree - Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled / Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Mike Oldfield - Incantations Parts 2 & 4 (edit) / Incantations (1978)
Armageddon - Silver Tightrope / Armageddon (1975)
Spiritualized - I Think I’m In Love / Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (1997)
Steve Miller Band - Baby’s Callin’ Me Home / Children Of The Future (1968)
Les McCann - Beaux J. Poo Boo / Invitation To Openness (1972)
Sacred Spirit - Winter Ceremony / Chants & Dances of Native Americans (1994)
Steve Reich - Section 11 / Music for 18 Musicians (1978)
Set #2 - Jeff Wootton mix
Steve Reich - Section 11 / Music for 18 Musicians (1978)
Miles Davis - So What / Kind Of Blue (1959)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer / Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
Tom Rapp - Stardancer / Stardancer (1972)
Don McClean - Vincent / American Pie (1971)
Michal Urbaniak’s Fusion - Butterfly / Atma (1974)
Star Wars - Comlink / National Public Radio Membership Spot (1981)
Set #3 - Mark Orlandi mix
Vangelis - Spiral / Spiral (1977)
Edgar Froese - Stuntman / Stuntman (1979)
Floom - Failed Lunar Etude / Floom (2004)
Hawkwind - Chronoglide Skyway / Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music (1976)
Paul Kantner - Have You Seen The Stars Tonight / Blows Against The Empire (1970)
Vangelis - Albedo 0.39 / Albedo 0.39 (1976)
Set #4 - Mark Orlandi mix
Synergy - On Presuming to Be Modern I / Cords (1978)
Ozric Tentacles - Stretchy / Jurassic Shift (1993)
John Williams – Wild Signals / Close Encounters Of The Third Kind [OST] (1977)
Ken Nordine - Manned Satellite / Next! (1959)
Leroy Powell And The Messengers - Weightlessness / The Overlords Of The Cosmic Revelation (2015)
Steve Hillage - U.F.O. Over Paris / Green (1978)
Moby - We're All Made of Stars / 18 (2002)
Deep Purple - Space Truckin' / Machine Head (1972)
William Shatner - Rocket Man / Seeking Major Tom (2011)
StarDate - The Perseids (2018)
Set #5 - Paul Ciminero mix (from Sept 18, 2015)
Tommy Glazer & Dottie Evans - Zoom a Little Zoom / Space Songs (1959)
Kronos Quartet - Sun Rings: One Earth, One People, One Love / Sunrise of the Planetary Dream
Collector: Kronos Plays Terry Riley (2002)
Chrome - Moonchild / Schizoid Dimension - A Tribute to King Crimson (1997)
Tin Huey - Reliable Sources / Disinformation (1999)
The Electric Flag - M 23 / The Trip (1967)
Brian Eno & Karl Hyde - The Satellites / Someday World (2014)
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This show celebrates the 50th anniversary of Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s tour de force live album: Bright Moments – hosted by Mark Orlandi.
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Set 1
Intro -> Pedal Up - Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Bright Moments (1973)
Flotsam And Jetsam - Steely Dan / You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It: Or You'll Lose That Beat (Soundtrack) (1971)
Blue - Kristine Leschper / The Opening, Or Closing Of A Door (2022)
Swim & Sleep (Like a Shark) - Unknown Mortal Orchestra / II (2013)
Lil' Victa - SMV / Thunder (2008)
The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines - Joni Mitchell / Mingus (1979)
Set 2
Talk -> Bright Moments Song - Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Bright Moments (1973)
Happiness Is Just Around the Bend - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express / Closer to It! (1973)
Destination You! (1975) - Shuggie Otis / Wings Of Love (2013)
Go For Broke - Bo Diddley / Another Dimension (1971)
Native Sense - Chick Corea, Gary Burton / Native Sense: The New Duets (1997)
Set 3
Avalon - The Bryan Ferry Orchestra / The Jazz Age (2012)
69 Freedom Special – The Buddy Miles Express / B-side "Miss Lady" single (1969)
For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers) - Frank Zappa / The Grand Wazoo (1973)
Snake Oil - Tony Williams / Believe It (1975)
Whatever Happened to Gus - Medeski, Martin & Wood / Combustication (1998)
Talk -> Jitterbug Waltz -> Second Line Jump - Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Bright Moments (1973)
Two more sets from John Wasylko to wile away your summer days and nights…
(John Wasylko Mix) Set #1
1.) Judee Sill - Lady-0 / Judee Sill (1971)
2.) Ben Folds - Back to Anonymous / What Matters Most (2023)
3.) Susan James - Ay Manzanita / Sea Glass (2015)
4.) Beck - Heart is a Drum / Morning Phase (2014)
5.) Tony Banks - Reveille / Five (2018)
6.) Whatitdo Archive Group - The Black Stone Affair / The Black Stone Affair (2021)
7.) Fifty Foot Hose - Red the Sign Post / Cauldron (1968)
8.) The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine & Roses / The Days of Wine & Roses (1982)
9.) Wire - Drill / Snakedrill (EP 1986)
10.) Tom Waits - Step Right Up / Used Songs, 1973-80 (2001)
11.) Les Baxter & 101 Strings - Bahia Blanca / Les Baxter Conducts 101 Strings (1970)
12.) Wendy Martinez - Rapanui / Rivages du Monde Flottant (2023)
(John Wasylko Mix) Set #2 “Drive-In Movie Set”
1.) Welcome to the Drive-In (Australia)
2.) Carl Stalling - There They Go Go Go (Excerpt) 1956 / Carl Stalling Project Vol. 2 (2017)
3.) Soul Coughing - Bus to Beelzebub / Ruby Vroom (1994)
4.) Jazz Butcher Conspiracy - Peter Lorre / Dr. Cholmondley Presents (2021)
5.) Yo La Tengo - Tom Courtenay / Elect-O-Pura, (1995)
6.) David Bowie - Cracked Actor / Aladdin Same (1973)
7.) Bernard Hermann - Psycho Prelude / Psycho (1975)
8.) Beastie Boys - Egg Man / Paul's Boutique (1989)
9.) Stephen Malkmus - Jo Jo's Jacket / (Title cut of album) (2001)
10.) Nirvana - Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle / In Utero (1993)
11.) Intermission (Can’t you just picture those dancing weenies?)
12.) Popcorn - Gershon Kingsley (1969) Remix
13.) New Order - Blue Monday / Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)
14.) Ennio Morricone - Carriage of the Spirits / The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (1966)
15.) Balhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead / Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape (1982)
16.) The Doors - The End / The Doors (1967)
17.) Drive-In Closing
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This show includes a set with tracks from artists originating with the band Genesis – hosted by Mark Orlandi.
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Set 1
The B-52's - Planet Claire / The B-52's (1979)
Danny Gatton - The Simpsons / 88 Elmira St. (1991)
The 101'ers - Letsgetabitarockin / Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited (2005)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - The World (Is In Trouble Now) / World Record (2022)
Badfinger - I've Been Waiting / Magic Christian Music (1970 / 2010 bonus track)
Diga Rhythm Band - Razooli / Diga Rhythm Band (1976)
Miles Davis/Carlos Santana - It's About That Time / Evolution of the Groove (2007)
Riverside - Saturate Me / Love, Fear And The Time Machine (2015)
Robyn Hitchcock - Sounds Great When You're Dead / I Often Dream of Trains (1984)
Set 2 - Beyond Genesis
Peter Gabriel - Down to Earth / WALL-E [OST] (2008)
Tony Banks - Thursday the Twelfth / Bankstatement (1989)
Phil Collins - The West Side / Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
Steve Hackett - Camino Royale / Genesis Revisited II (2012)
Phil Collins - Droned / Face Value (1981)
Mike Rutherford - Out into the Daylight / Smallcreep's Day (1980)
Anthony Phillips - The Geese and the Ghost, part II / The Geese and the Ghost (1977)
Peter Gabriel - Secret World / Us (1992)
Set 3
Television - Friction / Marquee Moon (1977)
Captain Beefheart - Hot Head / Doc at the Radar Station (1980)
Syd Barrett - Rats / Barrett (1970)
John Scofield - Acidhead / Uberjam (2002)
Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra - Some Velvet Morning / Lightning's Girl: Greatest Hits 1965-1971 (1990)
Rodriguez - Establishment Blues / Cold Fact (1970)
Misty Mountain Consort - What Is and What Should Never Be / Chamber Maid: The Baroque Tribute to Led Zeppelin (2004)
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - This Kind of Music / Jonathan Sings! (1983)
Jim Henry & Brooks Williams - Gender Bender / Golden Age: 25 Years of Signature Sounds (2021)
Quiet Signals - Quiet Signals / Quiet Signals (2023)
Willie Nelson - Energy Follows Thought / A Beautiful Time (2022)
Image Credit – “The Iron Man” A Novel by Ted Hughes, Illustrated by Chris Mould, Faber and Faber Ltd. 1968
Audio Credit – Patricia Neal, “Gort, Klaatu Barada Nikto” - “The Day The Earth Stood Still” – 20th Century Fox Film Corp, 1951
I'm Evan Smith and who doesn't LOVE Robots? But remember the three words.......
Track # / Artist / Song / Album / Time
Track #1 / Andy Summers & Robert Fripp / I Advance Masked / I Advance Masked / 1982 / 5:04
Track #2 / Jeff Beck / THX138 / Who Else! / 1999 / 6:14
Track #3 / John Lee Hooker / I Eat Heavy Metal / The Iron Man – The Musical by Pete Townshend / 1989 / 3:57
Track #4 / Blue Man Group / Robots / Three / 2016 / 5:10
Track #5 / Eno Moebius Roedelius / The Belldog / After The Heat / 1978 / 6:19
Track #6 / Badly Drawn Boy / S.P.A.T. / About a Boy / 2002 / 3:23
Track #7 / David Byrne & St. Vincent / Who / Love This Giant / (2012) / 3:53
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More explorations in music ahead offered by John Wasylko! Jeff Wootton hosts at least until John can find a microphone! Sheesh. Please enjoy this path John has taken.
(John Wasylko Mix #1)
- ) XTC - Garden of Earthly Delights / Oranges & Lemons (1989)
2.) Modern Cosmology - The Source / Summer Long (2017)
3.) Chris Potter – Rumples / Ultrahang (2009)
4.) Teke Teke – Garakuta / Hagata (2023)
5.) Plank - Volta Do Mar / Future of the Sea (2023)
6.) The Limeliters - Only 18 / Time to Gather Seeds (1968)
7.) Peter – Caroline / Time To Move On (2021)
8.) Gia Margaret – Juno / Romantic Piano (2023)
9.) Unachica - Life in Orange / (single 2021)
10.) Susanne Sundfor - Leikara Ljoo / Blomi (2023)
11.) Kate Bush - A Sky of Honey / Aerial (2005)
12.) Groundhogs - Earth Shanty / Hogwash (1972)
(RIP Tony "TS" McPhee - the TS stood for "Tough Shit". Seriously...) John Wasylko
(John Wasylko Mix #2)
1.) Blue Oyster Cult - Dominance and Submission / Secret Treaties (1974)
2.) Nektar - Fidgety Queen (featuring Robert Calvert as Circus Conductor voice) / Down to Earth (1974)
3.) Chris Squire - Silently Falling / Fish Out Of Water (1975)
4.) Josh Clayton Felt - Waiting to Be / Spirit Touches Ground (2002)
5.) Donovan - Jennifer Juniper / The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
6.) Prefab Sprout - Mysterious / Crimson/Red (2013)
7.) Merchants of Venus - Run with the Ancients / Merchants of Venus (1991)
8.) Monkees - The Good Earth / The Monkees Present (1969)
9.) Jellyfish - Russian Hill / Spilt Milk (1993)
10.) Talk Talk - Desire / Spirit of Eden (1988)
11.) Pere Ubu - Love is Like Gravity / Trouble of Big Beat Street (2023)
12.) Martha & The Muffins - Casualties of Glass / This Is The Ice Age (1981)
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NEWS: John McLaughlin & Shakti are on tour
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Set 1
Anteloper - Inia / Pink Dolphins (2022)
Phil Manzanera - Frontera (instrumental version) / Primitive Guitars (1982) Bonus
Adrian Quesada Feat. Marc Ribot & Money Mark - Hielo Seco / Boleros Psicodélicos (2022)
Bill Laswell & Carlos Santana - A Love Supreme / Love Devotion Surrender, Divine Light: Reconstructions & Mix Translation (2001)
Love and Rockets - Sweet Lover Hangover / Sweet F.A. (1996)
Shadows Of Knight - The Behemoth / Jon Savage's 1967: The Year Pop Divided (2017)
Jazz Is Dead - Dark Star / Blue Light Rain (1998)
Set 2
Harvey Mandel - Baby Batter / Baby Batter (1971)
Pat Pace - Improvisation II / Pacific (1978)
Patti Smith - Up There Down There / Dream Of Life (1988)
Leland Whitty - Awake / Anyhow (2022)
John McLaughlin/Shakti - Face to Face / Natural Elements (1977)
James McMurtry - Cold Dog Soup / This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark (2011)
DeVotchKa - Curse Your Little Heart / Curse Your Little Heart (2006)
Set 3
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - The Hot City Symphony (Pt. 1: Vambo & Pt. 2: The Man in the Jar) / The Impossible Dream (1974)
Cian Nugent & The Cosmos - Hire Purchase / MOJO Presents: Black Mountain Sides (2018)
Jethro Tull - Three Loves, Three / The Zealot Gene (2022)
Avey Tare - Saturdays (Again) / Cows On Hourglass Pond (2019)
Iggy Pop - You Want It Darker / Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen (2022)
Kenny Endo, Kaoru Watanabe - Chigen / Convergence (2013)
Boubacar Traoré - Horonia / African Garden: The World of African Grooves (2005)
Transmusic Airwaves…it’s unconventional free-form radio.
Four sets - four themes - assembled by Carl Deaver.
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Set 1 - Marimbas
Steve Reich - Six Marimbas / Sextet / Six Marimbas (1986)
Pierre Moerlen Gong - Ard Na Greine / Time Is the Key (1979)
Señor Coconut and his Orchestra - Trans Europe Express / Fine Songs And Rare Versions (2006)
Set 2 - Prog
Giles, Giles & Fripp - I Talk To The Wind / The Brondesberry Tapes (1968)
Papercuts - Poor and Free / Mockingbird (2004)
Yes - We Have Heaven / Fragile (1972)
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Ohmerica / Monolith Of Phobos (2016)
Nektar - Desolation Valley / A Tab In The Ocean (1972)
Gentle Giant - In A Glass House / In A Glass House (1973)
Set 3 - Fast / Loud
The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting for the Man / The Velvet Underground & Nico [Deluxe Edition] (1967)
Rock Sugar - Shout At The Devil Dog All Night / Reinventinator (2021)
Smashing Pumpkins - Zero / Zero (1996)
A Frames - Calculator / A Frames (2002)
Ra Ra Riot - Boy / The Orchard (2010)
TAB The Band - Secretary's Day / Pulling Out Just Enough To Win (2008)
Trances Arc - Birds Collide / XOXOX (2007)
Pere Ubu - Golden Surf II / Carnival Of Souls (2014)
Set 4 - Feelings
Matador - Some Days It's Dark - Death Lurks / Brain Candy: Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996)
Mamas And The Papas - Glad to be Unhappy / Star Profile (2000)
House of Freaks - I Got Happy / Cakewalk (1991)
The Legend! - I'm Not Like That / Tracks & Fields (2004)
Pere Ubu - Not Happy / Warning bells are ringing (1996)
The Shames - Feel So Sad / The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (2006)
Dan Zanes & Friends with Joan Osborne - Everybody's Gonna Be Happy / Little Nut Tree (2011)
David Byrne - Sad Song / David Byrne (1994)
They Might Be Giants - Why Must I Be Sad? / John Henry (1994)
Beat Farmers - Happy Boy / Tales of the New West (1985)
Welcome to another edition of Transmusic Airwaves. It’s unconventional free-form radio. I’m your guest host, Jeff Wootton.
Not enough stress in your life? Or just looking to soothe your soul with some disruptive disturbance…on this episode of Transmusic Airwaves we’ll explore some “Difficult Music”, some unintentional, and some just strange enough to walk you safely just a little past the edge…oops. Like music for the night, this show may best be heard in a darkened room drenched by candle light. But it’s not all dark in here! You might just find yourself tiptoe tapping to a familiar beat…but the foundation may crumble at any moment.
Groundless music, sounds without a foundation…step off the edge and float … or sink! Hold on to the railing…if there is one. Some of this music is like a five alarm fire in slow motion…monkeys with a gun trying to stop all the noise. Listen up, because hear we go!
(Jeff Wootton Mix) Set 1:
01.) Porcupine Tree – Voyage 34 Phase One / Voyage 34 (1992)
02.) Laurie Anderson – Difficult Listening Hour / United States Live (1985)
03.) David Sylvian & Robert Fripp - 20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song) / Damage (1994)
04.) Matching Mole – Gloria Gloom / Little Red Record (1972)
05.) Throbbing Gristle – Hamburger Lady / D.o.A. The Third And Final Report (1978)
06.) Peter Hammill – Fogwalking / A Black Box (1980)
07.) Colin Townes – Magnus The Unwelcome Intrusion / Full Circle (1978)
08.) Jan Hammer – Sixth Day The People / The First Seven Days (1975)
09.) Aurora – Churchyard / Live on KEXP from the KEX Hostel in Reykjavik 11-8-2018 (YouTube)
10.) Sacred Spirit – Brandishing The Tomahawk / Chants And Dances Of The Native Americans (1994)
(Jeff Wootton Mix) Set 2 (continues):
01.) Terje Rypdal – Speil / Descendre (1980)
02.) John Cale - Mercy / Mercy (2023)
03.) Richard & Linda Thompson - Did She Jump or Was She Pushed / Shoot Out The Lights (1982)
04.) Lady June (with Brian Eno, Kevin Ayers & Others) – Everythingsnothing & Tunion / Lady June’s Linguistic Leprosy (1974)
05.) Lou Reed - The Gun / The Blue Mask (1982)
06.) Radiohead – Climbing Up The Wall / OK Computer (1997)
07.) Casket Cassette – Decay / Chainless (EP, Soundcloud, 2023)
08.) Barnes & Barnes (Billy Mumy & Robert Haimer) - Something’s In The Bag / Voobaha (1980)
09.) Dennis Oppenheim - Broken Record Blues / (Various Artists) Airwaves (1976)
10.) The Soft Machine – We Did It Again / The Soft Machine (1968)
11.) Ivor Cutler – Go And Sit Upon The Grass / Velvet Donkey (1975)
12.) Robin Trower – Bridge Of Sighs / Bridge Of Sighs (1974, 2007 remaster)
13.) White Noise – Your Hidden Dreams / An Electric Storm (1969)
14.) Joe Byrd & The Field Hippies - You Can Never Come Down / The American Metaphysical Circus (1969 Sundazed Bonus Tracks)
15.) Tangerine Dream – Invisible Limits (segment) / Stratosfear (1976)
16.) Lenny White – Prince Of The Sea / Venusian Summer (1975)
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This show is a celebration and tribute to Juneteenth - hosted by Mark Orlandi.
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Set 1
Jimi Hendrix - The New Rising Sun / Voodoo Soup (1995)
Kamasi Washington - Ooh Child / Heaven and Earth (2018)
Makaya McCraven - So Ubuji / In These Times (2022)
Ranky Tanky - Freedom / Good Time (2019)
Joshua Redman - Stoic Revolutions / Beyond (2000)
Gil Scott-Heron - Running / We're New Again: A Reimagining By Makaya McCraven (2020)
Esperanza Spalding - Earth to Heaven / Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science - Bells (Ring Loudly) / Waiting Game (2019)
Abdullah Ibrahim - Ishmael / Autobiography (1998)
Angélique Kidjo - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) / Oremi (1998)
Set 2
Gregory Porter - Free / Liquid Spirit (2013)
Mavis Staples - Down In Mississippi / We'll Never Turn Back (2007)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up / Burnin' (1973)
Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! / Stand! (1969)
The Pharaohs - Freedom Road / The Awakening (1971)
Nina Simone - Revolution, Pt. 1 - To Love Somebody (1969)
Ambrose Akinmusire - Free, White And 21 - Origami Harvest (2018)
Sharon Jones - This Land Is Your Land / Naturally (2005)
Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway / Freedom Highway (2017)
Curtis Mayfield - We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue / Curtis (1970)
Michael White - The Blessing Song / Pneuma (1972)
Ray Charles - Lift Every Voice and Sing / Ray Charles Sings for America (2002)
Solomon Burke - None of Us Are Free / Don't Give Up on Me (2002)
The Blind Boys of Alabama - Free at Last / Down in New Orleans (2008)
Transmusic Airwaves…it’s unconventional free-form radio.
This show includes a set titled "Babel On" with vocals in fictional tongues – hosted (in English) by Mark Orlandi.
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Set 1
Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Apache / Bongo Rock (1973)
California Guitar Trio - Zundoko Bushi / CG3+2 (2002)
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Jack Shit George / Mr. Love Pants (1998)
Cal Tjader - Soul Sauce (Guachi Guaro) / Soul Sauce (1964)
Eberhard Weber - Bird Out Of Cage / Pendulum (2007)
The Incredible String Band - Way Back In The 1960s / The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion (1967)
The Ironsides - Sommer / Colemine Records Presents: Brighter Days Ahead (2021)
Michael Hedges - Jitterboogie / Oracle (1996)
The Moody Blues - The Best Way to Travel / In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
Genesis - Here Comes The Supernatural Anesthetist / The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974)
Xylox - Dawn Is A Dagger / Xyloxophonic Sound (1999)
Set 2 - Babel On
Sproingg - Ggniorps 2 / Hirnkäse (2023) (pronounced Heern – kay – zeh)
Sproingg - And her name was 'Jo-Jo, the Dog-Faced Boy', part 2 / Hirnkäse (2023)
Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook / Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (2008)
Ekova - Siip siie / Space Lullabies And Other Fantasmagore (2000)
Floom - Ghi Terakita / Floom (2004)
Love Spirals Downwards - I'll Always Love You / Flux (1998)
The Kindred Circle - White Lily Black Water / Bandcamp (2021)
Magma - Kreuhn Kohrmahn Iss De Hundin / Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh (1973)
Set 3
Tegan & Sara - Whatever That Was / Crybaby (2022)
Pentangle - Bells / The Pentangle (1968)
Hawkwind - The Aubergine That Ate Rangoon / Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music (1976)
Quartet San Francisco - Powerhouse / Whirled Chamber Music (2007)
Frank Zappa - Flambay / Sleep Dirt (1979 / 1991 re-mix)
Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs / Come To My Garden (1971)
Vangelis - The Long March / China (1979)
Richard Wright - Drop in from the Top / Wet Dream (1978)
William Shatner - What Have You Done / Has Been (2004)
Bo Hansson - Migration Suite / Music Inspired By Watership Down (1977)
Richard Thompson - The Ghost of You Walks / you? me? us? (1996)
I’ve been anxiously awaiting the arrival of several new additions to my ever evolving musical library and this week, lo and behold, their finally here! That means that on the latest edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #492) I’ll incorporate them into the first hour of the shows program.
From THE BEATLES new ‘Super Deluxe Edition’ of Revolver I’ll begin the show with the very first ‘take’ of ‘Tomorrow Never Knows.’ Following that I’ve got ‘Mo’ed,’ the new track from GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET who continues it’s mind-blowing quest to interpret John Zorn’s ‘Masada’ songbook. Next up is an ethereal melody from STUART COPELAND & RICKY KEJ, a ‘vault’ classic from CARAVAN, then more new material from Java’s SAMBASUNMDA QUINTET, SURYA BOTOFASINA, and finally returning to The Beatles with the new stereo mix of TNK.
During the second set, I’ve got CHRIS BUTLER’S latest piece ‘I Promise, But…’ surrounded with new music from GUIDED BY VOICES, PIXIES, GUERRILLA TOSS, and ADRIAN BELEW.
Then, in the final hour you’ll hear more new music from GERALD CASALE and BIG THIEF, plus other great cuts from DEERHOOF (covering Velvet Underground and Laurie Anderson), PETER HAMMILL, CAN, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, and SWOLLEN MONKEYS.
Playlist published late today!
By the time 'Black Friday' rolls around, you’ll have been ‘stuffed’ for the past 24 hours (just like Thursday’s main course) so right about now it’s time to digest the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #491) with two hours worth of great music, interesting sets, and a twist and turn (or two) that’ll bring your brain back from that tryptophan induced stupor you’ve been stuck in.
Let’s just pick up where we left off last week and get this show started with another track from ANDY PARTRIDGE’S ‘My Failed Christmas Career Vol. 1’ (EP), then throw in some GODLEY & CREME, a sprig of HENRY MANCINI, a dash of JIM WHITE, and the plop plop, fizz, fizz of DAEVID ALLEN, THE MUFFINS, and TOM WAITS. Sometimes, music is the best ‘bromo’ you can grab from your medicine cabinet.
There’s a tasty new morsel from DEVO’S GERALD CASALE, a rare new reissue from STEREOLAB with NURSE WITH WOUND and a variety of other new treats from TODD RUNDGREN, PIXIES, BRIAN ENO, and MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER. Add to all that a sumptuous selection of ‘vault’ goodies from ANNETTE PEACOCK, JIM PEPPER, NICK DRAKE, and a seldom heard instrumental track from THE BEATLES ‘Help’ soundtrack and several pieces that’ll hark back to your childhood, sitting in front of the TV on a Saturday morning in your p.j.’s with a bowl of cereal.
And that’s only half of it. Enjoy!
SET #1
ANDY PARTRIDGE Through This Winter World My Failed Christmas Career Vol. 1** 3:04
BRUCE COCKBURN Bright Sky Further Adventures Of 4:03
GODLEY & CREME Out In The Cold Birds Of Prey 4:53
HENRY MANCINI & HIS ORCHESTRA The Heist Breakfast At Tiffany’s (OST) 3:10
JIM WHITE Jailbird Transnormal Skiperoo 5:45
DAEVID ALLEN & EUTERPE 5 & 20 Schoolgirls Daevid Allen & Euterpe: Studio Rehearsal Tapes 1977 – Banana Obscura Vol. 1 3:58
THE MUFFINS Why Pursue It? Secret Signals 1 2:08
TOM WAITS Step Right Up Small Change 5:43
SET #2
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE Have You Seen The Saucers Early Flight 3:38
BRIAN ENO Icarus & Bleriot For Ever And Ever No More 4:23
PIXIES Vault Of Heaven Doggerel 4:00
TODD RUNDGREN Eco Warrior Goddess (feat Steve Vai) Space Force 5:31
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Roman Candles Asphalt Meadows 2:10
PINK FLOYD Childhood’s End Obscured By Clouds (OST) 4:33
GROUPE MAZAGAN Sogui Belati Tajine Electrik 4:13
SET #3
DEVO’S GERALD CASALE The Invisible Man (Deconstructed Version) The Invisible Man (EP) 4:31
STEREOLAB & NURSE WITH WOUND Simple Headphone Mind Switched On Volume 5: Pulse Of The Early Brain 10:46
HOLGAR CZUKAY Rhonrad Rome Remains Rome 1:38
RANDY NEWMAN Sail Away (Early Version) Sail Away (Expanded Edition) 3:15
SALVATION More Than It Seems Salvation 3:24
RINGLING BROTHERS CALLIOPE The Greatest Show On Earth Clown & Midway Calliope Music Vol. 1 2:27
VIOLENT FEMMES I Can Be Anything We Can Do Anything 3:42
DIALOGUE Hey Rocky – Rocky & Bullwinkle Rocky & Bullwinkle Show 0:04
JAY WARD Rocky & Bullwinkle Theme Television’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2 1:32
BUTTHOLE SURFERS Underdog Theme Saturday Morning: Cartoon’s Greatest Hits 3:56
SET #4
ANNETTE PEACOCK Pony I’m The One 6:22
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Fog (Desert Island Mix) Nautilus (EP) 5:10
JIM PEPPER Comin’ And Goin’ Comin’ And Goin’ 4:40
ADRIAN BELEW Beauty Elevator 2:37
THE BEATLES The Bitter End/You Can’t Do That (Instrumental) Help (OST) 2:25
MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER Where The Water Clears The Illusion Emotional Eternal 3:03
STEVE HACKETT The Hermit Voyage Of The Acolyte (UK Remaster) 4:53
NICK DRAKE Road Pink Moon 2:02
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
On this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #490) as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday. I’ve got another entertaining two hours assembled for you with more new tracks, vintage ‘vault’ cuts, a seasonal song or two, and several surprises that ‘ll warm up these cold days ahead.
We’ll start with the latest from the PIXIES, followed by an early BECK song, then THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, the obscure Texas band MALLARD, San Francisco’s MAD RIVER, and a solo cut from former Bonzo VIVIAN STANSHALL.
Next up it’s another gem from TODD RUNDGREN’S latest (this time accompanied by SPARKS), then a birthday greeting to WENDY CARLOS, an homage to Hawkwind’s NIK TURNER on his passing, and RICKIE LEE JONES covers ‘The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys.’
Suddenly we’ve arrived at the second hour where the JAMES GANG, THE BREEDERS, and THE BLACK KEYS all get together (just like they did in concert last week), before things get a bit quirky with LES CLAYPOOL’S DUO DU TWANG, LEON REDBONE, THE RESIDENTS, KEN NORDINE, and TINY ALICE.
It all ends up with ANDY PARTRIDGE singing a winter melody from his latest EP (My Failed Christmas Career, Vol. 1) after another eclectic set. What’s there not to like?
SET #1
PIXIES Nomatterday Doggerel 4:11
BECK Fourteen Rivers, Fourteen Floods One Foot In The Grave 2:41
THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE Tombes Qubliees The Brian Jonestown Massacre 4:27
MALLARD Old Man Grey/Texas Weather A Different Climate 4:35
TRAMPLED BY TURTLES All The Good Times Are Gone Alpenglow 3:29
MAD RIVER Amphetamine Gazelle Love Is The Song We Sing; San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 2:55
DUNGEN Brallor Skit I Allt 3:14
VIVIAN STANSHALL Terry Keeps His Clips On Teddy Boys Don’t Knit 3:42
SET #2
TODD RUNDGREN Your Fandango (feat SPARKS) Space Force 4:24
STEREOLAB Yes Sir, I Can Moogie! Switched On Volume 5: Pulse Of The Early Brain 1:04
WENDY CARLOS Country Lane A Clockwork Orange (OST) 4:56
BRIAN ENO Sherry For Ever And Ever No More 3:25
NIK TURNER Calling The Egyptians The Final Frontier 4:37
SZUN WAVES Atomkerne Earth Patterns 6:10
SONA JOBARTEH Saya Putumayo Presents: World Yoga 3:54
RICKIE LEE JONES The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys Its Like This 5:13
SET #3
JAMES GANG Collage Yer Album 4:01
THE BREEDERS SOS Last Splash 1:31
THE BLACK KEYS Same Old Thing Attack & Release 3:12
ADRIAN BELEW Back To Love Elevator** 3:36
LES CLAYPOOL’S DUO DU TWANG Booneville Stomp Four Foot Shack 5:00
THE RESIDENTS Red Rider The Commercial Album (Special Edition) 1:04
LEON REDBONE Lazy Bones No Regrets 3:19
KEN NORDINE A Whistler The Best Of Word Jazz Vol. 1 3:03
TINY ALICE Whistle Poem Tiny Alice 1:21
LEO KOTTKE When Shrimps Learn To Whistle Dreams And All That Stuff 3:30
SET #4
OREGON Canyon Song Distant Hills 5:04
MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER The Hypnotist Emotional Eternal 3:51
BEIRUT Autumn Tall Tales Artifacts 3:34
PIERRE MOERLEN’S GONG Pentanine (Part One) Pentanine 3:28
KHAC CHI ENSEMBLE On The Mountain Top Moonlight Over Vietnam 3:05
MICKEY HART & PLANET DRUM Endless River Supralingua 2:50
IGNORE THE FOREST FLOOR Clue To Kalo Delivery Room: A Leaf Label Sampler 4:00
ANDY PARTRIDGE Let There Be Snow My Failed Christmas Career Vol. 1** 3:32
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
I’ll start off this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #489) with a cut from TODD RUNDGREN’S new ‘Space Force’ album that has Thomas Dolby backing him up, then, during the remainder of that first set, add KRONOS QUARTET (interpreting Terry Riley), CURVED AIR, THE MEKONS, JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS, and the legendary SILVER APPLES all in as part of the opening festivities.
More new pieces from BETH ORTON, MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER, SZUN WAVES, and DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE are added to that bubbling musical cauldron in the second set before serving up a hot set with wine, soup, and other food themes using songs from the PIXIES, FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, GRAHAM PARKER, ROBERT WYATT, RUPERT HINE, and TAJ MAHAL and the COODERS in the third.
That leaves one set to go and I’ll give you a couple of hints as what you’ll hear there: BRIAN ENO, PERE UBU, and STEREOLAB. Hungry? There’s plenty here to satisfy your musical appetite.
SET #1
TODD RUNDGREN I’m Not Your Dog (feat Thomas Dolby) Space Force 5:49
ED PALERMO BIG BAND The Solemn Z-Men Credo/Absolutely Free The Adventures Of Zodd Zundgren 4:51
KRONOS QUARTET Terry Riley: One Earth, One People, One Love (Pt 1) Sunrise Of The Planetary Dream Collector 3:45
CURVED AIR Whose Shoulder Are You Looking Over Anyway? Phantasmagoria 3:23
THE MEKONS Dickie, Chalkie, And Nobby Natural 3:05
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS Techno D Day Rock Art & The X-Ray Style 4:07
ANTIBIOTIC ORANGE Cicada Dream Resonant Frequencies – The Downtempo Collection 2:55
SILVER APPLES I Don’t Care What People Say The Garden 3:09
SET #2
BETH ORTON Friday Night Weather Alive 5:32
THE SPACE LADY Somewhere Over The Rainbow The Space Lady & Burnt Ones 5:37
SZUN WAVES Willow Leaf Pear Earth Patterns 4:09
CALIFONE Romans Echo Mine 4:30
COUNTRY SUN The Colour Is Blue Dust On The Nettles – A Journey Through The British Underground Folk Scene Of 1972 2:58
MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER Personal Message Emotional Eternal 4:00
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Rand Mcnally Asphalt Meadows 4:06
SET #3
PIXIES Dregs Of The Wine Doggerel 3:29
RON SEXSMITH Winery Blues Hermitage 2:32
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Mexican Wine Welcome Interstate Managers 3:22
GRAHAM PARKER Bad Chardonnay Songs Of No Consequence 4:45
TAJ MAHAL, RY & JOACHIM COODER Cornbread, Peas , Black Molasses Get On Board: The Songs Of Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee 3:43
RUPERT HINE Hamburgers Unfinished Picture 3:17
ERNIE HAWKINS Voodoo Soup Mean Little Poodle 4:01
ROBERT WYATT Soup Song Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard 4:03
ADRIAN BELEW 70 Going On 17 Elevator** 2:26
SET #4
CENGIZ OZKAN Deniz Dalgaziz Olmaz The Rough Guide To Turkish Cafe 3:21
BRAVE COMBO Nothing Is Permanent No No No Cha Cha Cha 4:29
STEREOLAB Symbolic Logic Of Now! Switched On Volume 5: Pulse Of The Early Brain 4:06
PERE UBU Thoughts Go By Steam Song Of The Bailing Man 3:50
CRISPY AMBULANCE The Wind Season Plateau Phase Live On A Hot August Night, Nexus 5:29
BRIAN ENO Inclusion For Ever And Ever No More 4:55
JEROME FROESE Mrs. Misty Kiss Precooked Munchies 6:35
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
‘Like clockwork.’ You’ve all heard that expression. I use it a lot to describe the task at hand as in, each Friday at noon I release the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (This week it’s Episode #488) like clockwork. And each Thursday prior to that show I write the program synopsis and email it to many of my friends in hopes that some of them will find the musical selections interesting enough to check out the show.
This week my synopsis will tell you that there’s ‘vault’ goodies from JOHN MARTYN (‘Call Me Crazy’), JADE WARRIOR, HORSLIPS, and JOE BYRD & THE FIELD HIPPIES with more recent cuts from CRACKER, BUTTHOLE SURFERS, TOM ZE, GALAXIE 500, and DENGUE FEVER.
MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER, MILES DAVIS and a compilation of rare material from STEREOLAB mark the latest additions to my ‘new’ release category that will also feature more pieces from BRIAN ENO, ADRIAN BELEW, BETH ORTON, SZUN WAVES, and DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
I hope that this description provided above will convince you to tune in for another week, ‘like clockwork.’
SET #1
MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER Pyramids In The Clouds Emotional Eternal 3:31
JULIAN LAGE Chavez(W/ Bill Frisell) View With A Room 4:19
OMAR SOSA Meinfajria An East African Journey 3:57
TOM ZE Defect 5: O Olho Do Lago Com Defeito De Fabricacao 2:05
BUTTHOLE SURFERS Creep In The Cellar Rembrandt Pussyhorse 2:05
DENGUE FEVER Vacant Lot The Deepest Lake 4:13
BRIAN ENO Garden Of Stars For Ever And Ever No More** 4:18
TUNE-YARDS Look Around Nikki Nack 4:25
SET #2
PEEL DREAM MAGAZINE Too Dumb Agitprop Alterna 3:01
THE HU The Gereg The Gereg 4:54
HORSLIPS Fantasia (My Lagan Love) Book Of Invasions A Celtic Symphony 3:55
ADRIAN BELEW Backwards And Upside Down Elevator 3:44
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Foxglove Through The Clearcut Asphalt Meadows 5:15
GALAXIE 500 Leave The Planet On Fire 2:41
SZUN WAVES Exploding Upwards Earth Patterns 5:05
BURNING OF ROME Why Can’t I Stop Killing My Friends With Us 4:45
SET #3
JOHN MARTYN Call Me Crazy Sunday’s Child 7:32
TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO The Longing Opening 2:35
JOE BYRD & THE FIELD HIPPIES Moonsong;Pelog The American Metaphysical Circus 3:46
CRACKER Brides Of Neptune Forever 4:57
BETH ORTON Forever Young Weather Alive 5:39
MILES DAVIS Minor Ninths’ (Pt. 1) That’s What Happened 1982 - 1985 The Bootleg Series Vol. 7** 3:12
JADE WARRIOR Windweaver Jade Warrior 3:43
SET #4
PORCUPINE TREE Of The New Day CLOSURE/CONTINUATION 4:42
JOSEPH ARTHUR Face In The Crowd The Graduation Ceremony 4:25
DAVID BYRNE Gasoline And Dirty Sheets American Utopia 3:19
PIXIES Get Stimulated Doggerel 3:18
STEREOLAB Robot Riot Switched On Volume 5: Pulse Of The Early Brain 2:56
LAIKA Fish For Nails Whatever I Am I Am What Is Missing 3:17
HARISH RAGHAVAN Circus Music In Tense** 4:24
FRANK ZAPPA (Feat. Ensemble Modern) Be Bop Tango The Yellow Shark 2:35
TOM WAITS The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours At Napoleone’s Pizza House) The Heart Of Saturday Night 3:16
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
It’s a HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL weekend on this year’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES and I’ve got two Halloween shows from the ‘vault’ (from 2013 and 2014) already available for your listening pleasure so now all that remains is TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES 11th Annual Halloween Special (Episode #487).
It’s arrived! IT’S Arrived! IT’S ARRIVED! (just like Dr. Frankenstein exclaimed when the monster stirred from the table...although come to think of it, 'ALIVE' was the term he used). Now go to your favorite listening device and press those dirty nubby little fingers on PLAY… and start listening!
Today’s show will feature a vast assortment of new music released over the recent past. You’ll hear new music from BRIAN ENO, THE EELS, THE MARS VOLTA, BETH ORTON, T-BONE BURNETT (and friends), plus slightly older goodies from GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET, ALLEN RAVENSTINE, and THE BREAKERS, with even older cuts from THE CRAMPS, BLACK SABBATH, FAIRPORT CONVENTION’S ‘After Halloween’ (sung by Sandy Denny), and VINCE GUARALDI ‘S ‘It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.’ There’s a variety of orchestral soundtracks from films like Poltergeist, Beetlejuice, and the ‘Transylvanian Lullaby’ from Young Frankenstein mixed throughout as well.
Now grab those Kit Kat’s, popcorn balls, and boxes of milk duds, as start passing them out because your entertainment has been taken care of!
SET #1
BERNARD HERMANN Alfred Hitchcock Presents Theme Television’s Greatest Hits Vol 1 1:00
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Here To Forever Asphalt Meadows 3:26
THE CRAMPS Lonesome Town File Under Sacred: Early Singles 1978-1981 3:05
MANSUR Lament Oscuras Flores 3:15
DANNY ELFMAN Beetlejuice (Main/Ending Themes) Now That’s What I Call Halloween 3:41
MARIUS CONSTANT Twilight Zone Theme Television’s Greatest Hits Vol 1 0:29
MICHAEL MANTLER Sinking Spell (w/ Robert Wyatt) The Hapless Child 5:05
DIALOGUE Haunted House (Andy Griffith/Don Knotts) The Andy Griffith Show (S4,E2) 0:15
CALEXICO Constellation El Mirador 3:03
THE SPACE LADY Ghost Riders In The Sky The Space Lady’s Greatest Hits 4:56
HAWKWIND Space Chase Levitation 3:09
SET #2
CITY OF PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC Poltergeist Main Theme The Definitive Horror Music Collection 4:20
BRIAN ENO These Small Noises (w/ Clodagh Simonds) For Ever And Ever No More 3:22
BETH ORTON Haunted Satellite Weather Alive 4:37
DEADBOLT Psychic Voodoo Doll Halloween Hootenanny 3:44
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET Mehalael golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 3:10
SKUGGSJA Intro – Ull Kjem Skuggsja – A Piece For Mind & Mirror 2:17
THE FLAMING LIPS One Night While Hunting For Faeries And Witches And Wizards To Kill Oczy Mlody 6:03
WE ARE KING Don’t Be Scared Ocean Child – The Songs Of Yoko Ono** 3:09
SET #3
NIC RAINE & CITY OF PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC Young Frankenstein: Transylvanian Lullaby The Definitive Horror Music Collection 4:08
COLONEL CLAYPOOL’S BUCKET OF BERNIE’S BRAINS The Big Eyeball In The Sky The Big Eyeball In The Sky 4:31
ADRIAN BELEW A 13 Elevator 3:16
ENNIO MORRICONE Inseguimento Mortale (From La Tarantola Dal Ventre Nero) Segreto 1:27
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Open Season Rue Du Poisson Noir 5:01
JACK WHITE Into The Twilight Fear Of The Dawn 4:41
LOW Disappearing HEY WHAT 3:31
THE MARS VOLTA Graveyard Love The Mars Volta** 3:14
SET #4
VINCE GUARALDI The Great Pumpkin Waltz It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (OST) 1:57
FAIRPORT CONVENTION After Halloween (feat. Sandy Denny) Rising Of The Moon 3:38
JOHN SCOFIELD My Old Flame John Scofield 2:36
T-BONE BURNETT, JAY BELLEROSE, KEEFER CIANCIA Itopia Chant/A Better Day (Reprise) The Invisible Light: Spells 4:55
THE SPECIALS Ghost Town Now That’s What I Call Halloween 3:40
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS First Blood Bleed Out 3:05
SERATONES Kingdom Come Get Gone 3:00
THE HU Yuve Yuve Yu The Gereg 4:42
BLACK SABBATH Zeitgeist 13 4:37
THE BREAKERS Strange Shores Strange Shores: Old Singles & New Hits 2:06
JOHN ZACHERLE Happy Halloween Halloween Hootenanny 0:46
EELS Grandfather Clock Strikes Twelve Extreme Witchcraft 3:22
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
It's DAY #2 of the TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR WEEKEND!
Transmusic Airwaves Presents (From The Vault) The 2014 Halloween Special (Episode #89) which aired on October 31, 2014 over SFCR/KUSF-In-Exile. Below is the program notes and complete playlist!
Ladies and Gentlemen!! Step Right Up! Step Right Up!
Presenting TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#89) – The HALLOWEEN SPECIAL – 3rd Edition
Featuring:
(in the Center Ring):
Three Hours of Spooky Music mixed with motion picture and television dialogue and a LETHAL dose of humor.
You’ll Hear:
Songs about creepy neighbors, witches and witch doctors, dungeons and missing persons, and that brain melting device found in every home: television.
You’ll Experience:
A trip to The Twilight Zone, a voyage to the Forbidden Planet, and be terrorized by Killer Klowns From Outer Space.
It’s three hours of freaky fun. Musical selections from Bernard Hermann, Louie and Bebe Barron, The Dickies, Alice Cooper, Chrome, John Carpenter, Pere Ubu, Tom Waits, and The Monks of Doom are just a few of the artists included in today’s show.
Set#1
Bernard Hermann Alfred Hitchcock Presents Theme” from Television's Greatest Hits (Volume 1)
Joost Visser “It's Halloween” from Better Than the Beatles: A Tribute to The Shaggs
Charles Azanavour “Haunted House” from You And Me
Sam Fonteyn “Spooky Scherzo” from Ren & Stimpy Production Music
Pere Ubu “Dr Faustus” from Carnival of Souls
Various Artists “Scary Music: Pipe Organ and Ghost” from Scary Sound Effects & Nightmarish Noise for Halloween
Tom Waits “What's He Building?” from Mule Variations
David Bowie “Neukoln” from Heroes (expanded reissue)
Dialogue (Scream Motion Picture) “What's Your Favorite Scary Movie?” from Halloween Favorites
John Carpenter “Halloween: Main Title” from Halloween Motion Picture Soundtrack
Set #2 - TVOD (Television Overdose)
The Normal “T.V.O.D.” from single
Space Ghost “The TV” from Space Ghost's Musical Barbeque
Vic Mizzy & His Orchestra “The Addams Family Theme” from The Addams Family
Jack Marshall “The Munsters Theme” from Halloween's Gravest Hits
Hawkwind “TV Suicide” from Space Bandits
Dialogue (Twilight Zone) “There is a 5th Dimension” from Halloween Favorites (Disc 2)
Bernard Hermann “The Twilight Zone Theme” from Television's Greatest Hits (Volume 1)
Golden Earring “Twilight Zone” from The Continuing Story of Radar Love
Dialogue (Twilight Zone) “What Was That?- The Wind” from Halloween Favorites
Godley & Creme “The Wind” from Consequences
Boards of Canada “Sherbet Head” from The Campfire Headphase
Set #3: Mosquitoes, Ghosts, and Voodoo Magic
Lambert, Hendricks And Ross “Halloween Spooks” from Spooky Tunes & Scary Melodies
Dialogue (Gilligan's Island) “Ghosts” from Halloween Favorites
John Cale “Fear Is a Man's Best Friend” from Fear
Ron Geesin “Freedom for Four Voices and Me” from A Raise of Eyebrows
Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Mosquito” from Mosquito (Deluxe)
Cabaret Voltaire “In The Shadows” from The Crackdown (Remastered)
Various Artists “Witchcraft: The Witch Doctor” from Scary Sound Effects & Nightmarish Noise for Halloween
Alice Cooper “Black Juju” from Love It to Death
Monks Of Doom “Voodoo Vengeance” from The Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company
Set #4 The Forbidden Planet meets Killer Clowns from Outer Space
Various Artists “A Visit to the Bat Caves” from Scary Sound Effects & Nightmarish Noise for Halloween
Louie & Bebe Barron “Main Title (Overture)” from Forbidden Planet (Original Soundtrack)
Ken Nordine “Outer Space” from How Are Things in Your Town?
Louie & Bebe Barron “Robbie, The Cook, and 60 Gallons of Booze” from The Forbidden Planet (Original Soundtrack)
Dialogue (Twilight Zone) “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” from Halloween Favorites
Steve Hillage “Light In The Sky” from Motivation Radio (Remastered)
Dialogue (Twilight Zone) “We're On a Monster Kick” from Halloween Favorites
Fifty Foot Hose “You Ruuuined Me” from Sing Like Scaffold
(Various Artists) Killer Klowns From Outer Space “Original Theater Trailer” from Killer Klowns from Outer Space (Motion Picture DVD)
1912 National Calliope “Hinky Dinky Parlez Vous” from The Circus is Coming
Joe Byrd & The Field Hippies “Kalyani” from The American Metaphysical Circus
Various Artists “The Martians Are Coming: Saucer Wars in Hyperspace” from Scary Sound Effects & Niighmarish Noise For Halloween
Moe. “Chromatic Nightmare” from What Happend to La Las
The Dickies “Killer Klowns” from Killer Klowns from Outer Space - EP
The Pineapple Thief “Resident Alien” from Variations On a Dream (Remastered)
Louie & Bebe Barron “Overture (Reprise)” from Forbidden Planet (Original Soundtrack)
Set #5 Dungeons, Spiders, and Missing Persons
They Might Be Giants “Spider” from Apollo 18
The Who “Boris The Spider” from A Quick One (Happy Jack) [Remastered]
Brian Eno “Swanky” from The Drop
Frank Zappa “The Torture Never Stops” from Zoot Allures
Gnarls Barkley “Would Be Killer” from The Odd Couple
I'm Not Jim “Missing Persons” from You Are All My People
Ramin Djawadi “Fright Night” from Fright Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Set#6 The Witches Brew
Various Artists “Witchcraft: A Haunted House/Witches Brew” from Scary Sound Effects & Nightmarish Noise for Halloween
Mort Garson (LUCIFER) “Witch Trial” from Black Mass
Tangle Eye “HangMan” from Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Remixed
Leonard Nimoy “A Visit to a Sad Planet” from Spaced Out
Aphrodite's Child “The Seventh Seal” from 666
Chrome “ST 37” from Half Machine Lip Moves / Alien Soundtracks
The Gothic Archies “The World Is a Very Scary Place” from The Tragic Treasury: Songs from a Series of Unfortunate Events
John Williams “Land of the Giants (Finale-Season 1)” from The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (Box Set)
Boris Karloff “Finale” from An Evening With Boris Karloff and His Friends
Transmusic Airwaves Presents (From The Vault) The 2013 Halloween Special (Episode #36) which aired on October 25, 2013 over SFCR/KUSF-In-Exile. Below is the program notes and complete playlist!
It’s that time of year again dear FIENDS....er...I mean Friends. Time to grab the shovel, a rusty pick axe from the shed, mama’s favorite carving knife, 30 feet of bailing wire, a roll of duck tape, and lubricate the chain saw for some fall “trimmings.”
Now invite over that bothersome family member; you know, the one that’s always nagging you about “this and that,” and sit back and enjoy the 2013 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL on this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#36).
We’ll begin the festivities with scenes from the horror classic “Motel Hell” and,intersperse it with “pieces” of music from PINK FLOYD, DANIEL KNOX, PORK TORNADO, and THE BOBS before sauntering over to that haunted “House on theHill,” and taking a “short-lived” shower while listening to BERNARD HERMANN’S score from “Psycho.” Gives you goose bumps just thinking about it, doesn’t it?
Later on we’ll force “old blabber mouth” to listen to music inspired by “Night of the Living Dead” (and dialogue too!), be attacked by “Blood Sucking Monkey’s from West Mifflin, Pennsylvania” (courtesy of SCTV’s Count Floyd), before turning into a Werewolf with songs by HAWKWIND, THE FRANATIC’S, and FRANK ZAPPA to help in the transformation.
And what about that annoying family member? Well you’ve got over half the show left by now so why not make sure the bindings made with that bailing wire are really tight and that cool lime green duck tape is securely slapped over the “pie hole.” Now where did you put that large plastic “drop cloth?” Things could get really messy ya know.
The grusome playlist is below:
Set#1
Alfred Hitchcock Presents “Title TV theme” from NBC: A Soundtrack of Must See TV
The Misfits “Halloween” from The Misfits - Collection 2
Various Artists “Motel Hell Movie Trailer” from Motel Hell DVD
Daniel Knox “To Make You Stay” from Single
Pork Tornado “Chained To A Stump” from Pork Tornado
Dialogue “Farmer Vincent's Fritters (Part 1)” from Motel Hell Movie DVD
Pink Floyd “One Of These Days” from Meddle (Remastered)
Dialogue “Farmer Vincent's Fritters (Part 2)” from Motel Hell Movie DVD
Various Artists “"You'll Make a Wonderful Mince Meat Pie" from Voices of Terror
The Bobs “Helter Skelter” from Sing the Songs Of...
Vincent Price “(Party At The) House On Haunted Hill” from The House On Haunted Hill
Audience “The House On the Hill” from The House On the Hill
Dialogue “Norman Bates:"We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes" from Psycho Movie DVD
Alice Cooper “The Ballad of Dwight Frye” from Love It to Death
Dialogue “Norman Bates: "A Boy’s Best Friend is His Mother” from Psycho Movie DVD
Bernard Hermann “The Murder” from Psycho (Complete Original Soundtrack Alfred Hitchcock)
Bernard Hermann “Main Title Theme” from Psycho: Alfred Hitchcock (Complete Original Soundtrack)
Bruce Cockburn “You've Never Seen Everything” from You've Never Seen Everything
Set #2 "Nightmares/Bad Dreams"
Angelo Badalamenti “Main Title” from Twin Peaks
Kevin Ayers “It Begins with a Blessing/Why Are We Sleeping?” from The Confessions of Dr. Dream
People Under the Stairs “Creepshow” from Carried Away
Various Artists “Have Some Candy” from Voices of Terror
Violent Femmes “Country Death Song” from Hallowed Ground
Silver Apples “A Pox On You” from Contact
Set #3 "Night of the Living Blood Sucking Monkey's"
Throbbing Gristle “Maggot Death (Studio Recording)” from The Second Annual Report of Throbbing
Gristle (Remastered)
Various Artists “Welcome to Fright Night” from Fright Night Original Soundtrack
Count Floyd Dialogue “Blood Sucking Monkeys of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania (Part 1)” from SCTV TV
Series DVD Box Set
Various Artists “Flying Monkeys” from The Wizard of Oz Movie Soundtrack
Count Floyd Dialogue “Blood Sucking Monkeys of West Mifflin Pennsylvania (Part 2)” from SCTV TV Series DVD Box Set
Jerry Goldsmith “Planet of the Apes (Main Theme)” from The Essential Hollywood
Dialogue “Night of the Living Dead (Television Report-Part 1)” from Night of the Living Dead Movie DVD
Roky Erickson and The Aliens “I Walked with a Zombie” from Roky Erikson and the Aliens
Dialogue “Night of the Living Dead (Television Report -Part 2)” from Night Of The Living Dead
Chrome “Zombie Warfare (Can’t Let You Down)” from Half Machine Lip Moves / Alien Soundtracks
Dialogue “Night of the Living Dead (Television Report - Part 3)” from Night of the Living Dead Movie DVD
Jan Davis “Watusi Zombie” from Creepy Halloween- 25 Howling Hits
Dialogue “Night of the Living Dead (Television Report-Part 4)” from Night of the Living Dead Movie DVD
Ultravox “Saturday Night In The City Of The Dead” from Ultravox!
The Neutrons “Doom City” from Black Hole Star
Set #4: "The Electrician and the Werewolf"
Allen Ravenstine & Robert Wheeler “Spark Test” from City Desk
A Guy Called Gerald “Survival” from Black Secret Technology
Dialogue “"A Slash on the Side of His Throat"” from I Was a Teenage Werewolf Movie DVD
Hawkwind “Steppenwolf” from Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music (Remastered)
The Franatics “WereWolf” from Halloween's Gravest Hits
Frank Zappa “Dear Jeepers” from For Collectors Only
Various Artists “Igor Bring Some Candy for the Children” from Voices of Terror
Dominic Frontiere & His Orchestra “Outer Limits (Main Title)” from The Outer Limits OST
Dialogue “Welcome to the Twilight Zone” from The Twilight Zone OST
Aphrodite's Child “The Four Horsemen” from 666
Set #5 "A Foot (or two) in the Grave"
David Bowie “Please Mr. Gravedigger” from Images
Alien Sex Fiend “Dead and Re-Buried” from Acid Bath
Bela Legosi “The Invisible Guest (Dialogue)” from Voices of Terror
Stems “She's A Monster” from Halloween A Go Go
Godley and Creme “The Burial” from Consequences
Boris Karloff “The Snake People (Dialogue Excerpt)” from Voices of Terror
The Ramones “Pet Sematary” from Hey Ho Let's Go!
Johnny Pearson “Graveyard” from Ren & Stimpy TV Production Music
John Zacherle “Dinner With Drac, Pt. 1 ” from Monster Mash
Various Artists “Don't Leave Yet Dracula Hasn't Had His Dinner” from Voices of Terror
Set #6 "The final...Stretch"
Don Harper “Dr. Who Theme” from Homo Electronicus
Mr. Quimby's Beard “The Fraility of Man” from The Definitive Unsolved Mysteries
Bernard Hermann “Gort-The Visor-The Telescope-” from The Day the Earth Stood Still (OST)
Afkura Ifukube “Godzilla (Movie Main Theme)” from Best of Godzilla 1954-1975
The Flaming Lips “Godzilla Flick” from Hear It Is
The Five Blobs “Beware Of The Blob” from The Blob (OST)
Boards of Canada “Telepath” from Tomorrow's Harvest
Peter Hammill “Fogwalking” from A Black Box
Grimms “FX” from Rockin' Duck
NEW PROGRAM LENGTH BEGINS THIS WEEK!
After over a decade, this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #486) will mark a significant change in the length of the program, as I’ve decided to reduce it by an hour so I can continue to bring you great ‘freeform’ podcasts in a timely manner. As I get older it’s become more difficult to make these programs up to my own high standards for the full three hours and I want to continue to do what I love to do, without adding undue stress on myself in the process.
You’ll still get everything you expect from me, with new releases, nuggets from the ‘vault,’ and assorted genres ranging from world music to spoken word all blended into thirty minute sets (just four of them from now on).
For new releases this week I’ve got BRIAN ENO, THE MARS VOLTA, BETH ORTON, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, SZUN WAVES, JULIAN LAGE, PORCUPINE TREE, ADRIAN BELEW, BIG THIEF, BEIRUT, and more from the Tuvan folk metal band THE HU.
From the ‘vault’ there’s CAN, XTC, KEVIN AYERS, AUDIENCE, and PAUL KANTNER with GRACE SLICK, and DAVID FRIEBERG, folk styling’s from JOHN HARTFORD and Hungary’s VIZONTO, plus other great tracks from THE MEKONS, PERE UBU, and MICHAEL BROOK.
SET #1
ADRIAN BELEW Good Morning Sun Elevator 3:40
XTC Wake Up The Big Express 4:40
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW When The Sun Grows On Your Tongue Dandelion Gum 2:40
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Wheat Like Waves Asphalt Meadows 3:38
JULIAN LAGE Fairbanks (W/ Bill Frisell) View With A Room 4:28
NEIL YOUNG Don’t Let It Bring You Down Royce Hall 1971 (Live) 2:31
SET #2
BRIAN ENO We Let It In (w/ Darla Eno) For Ever And Ever No More 3:28
SZUN WAVES New Universe Earth Patterns 4:37
THE MEKONS Flip Flop Me 4:29
BETH ORTON Fractals Weather Alive 5:49
AUDIENCE In Accord Lunch 4:59
BEIRUT Die Treue Zum Ursprung Artifacts (Disc 2 ) Early Works & B-Sides 4:32
VIZONTO Ezustmuzsika The Rough Guide To The Music Of Eastern Europe 3:40
SET #3
JOHN HARTFORD Turn Your Radio On (Reprise) Aereo – Plain 2:18
GONG Shapeshifter Shapeshifter 4:53
TALL DWARFS Dare To Tread Fork Songs (Plus Dogma) 4:41
BRAVE COMBO Move Humansville 4:02
NEGATIVLAND Announcement Escape From Noise 1:51
BARBARA GOGAN/HECTOR ZAZOU Your Radio’s On Made On Earth 5:59
PERE UBU Dark (excerpt) The Radio Will Set You Free/St. Arkansas 5:15
SET #4
THE MARS VOLTA Flash Burns From Flashbacks The Mars Volta 2:38
MICHAEL BROOK The Kicker Albino Alligator (OST) 1:28
THE HU Wolf Totem The Gereg 5:28
PORCUPINE TREE Rats Return CLOSURE/CONTINUATION 5:40
T-BONE BURNETT, JAY BELLEROSE, KEEFER CIANCIA Mother Cross (We Think We Think) Reprise The Invisible Light: Spells 4:15
PAUL KANTNER, GRACE SLICK, DAVID FREIBERG Your Mind Has Left Your Body Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun 5:47
THE SMILE Free In The Knowledge A Light For Attracting Attention 4:12
BIG THIEF Blurred View Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You 4:06
CAN Sing Swan Song Ege Bamyasi 4:48
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
On this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES I’ve decided to revisit my early programming from the past and make available a program from June 1, 2012 that was heard over the internet radio station KUSF-In-Exile in San Francisco.
The program at the time was called Vicotin Popsicle’s and it’s ‘freeform’ concept was beginning to jell into what it would later become by combining new releases, various selected items out of the ‘vault,’ and several songs covering a specific theme (in today’s case, the telephone) appearing occasionally.
On this edition there’s music from BRIAN ENO, THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, JACK WHITE, D’GARY, MODEST MOUSE, and GLENN GOULD plays a movement from Bach’s ‘Goldberg Variations.’ The final set centers around the telephone theme with pieces from URBAN VERBS, KALI BALHU, LOVE, and JAMES WHITE & THE BLACKS. The playlist is provided below:
SET #1
Blind Boys of Alabama "PEOPLE GET READY" from "Higher Ground"
Pere Ubu "I Hear They Smoke the Barbecue" from "Worlds In Collision"
One eskimO "Hometime (Single Version)" from "Hometime"
Hugh Hopper "The Moon in a Bottle" from "Parabolic Versions"
Trey Gunn "The Night Air" from "One Thousand Years" (1993) on Discipline Records
James "White Boy" from "Hey Ma"
SET#2
D'Gary "Mbo Hahita Avao" from "Horombe"
Monty Python "Farewell to John Denver" from "Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album
(Remastered)"
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention "Call Any Vegetable" from "Absolutely Free"
Brian Wilson "Vega-Tables" from "Smile"
Albert Collins "Don't Go Reaching Across My Plate" from "Frostbite"
Todd Rundgren "Sidewalk Cafe" from "Todd"
Iggy Pop "Candy" from "Brick by Brick"
SET#3
Glenn Gould "Variation #2" from "Glenn Gould Vol. 1 : Variations Goldberg / Concerto Pour Piano N° 1 /
Concerto Pour Piano N° 5"
Wendy Carlos "Title Music from Clock Work Orange" from "A Clockwork Orange Soundtrack"
Brian Eno "2 Forms of Anger" from "Small Craft on a Milk Sea"
Q-Burns Abstract Message "JENNIFER" from "Feng Shui"
Arturo Stalteri "St. Elmo's Fire" from "Coolaugustmoon: The Music Of Brian Eno"
SET#4
Talking Heads "Seen and Not Seen" from "Remain In LighT"
Joi "Journey" from "We Are Three"
The Ventures "Walk Don't Run" from "'65 Surf Classics"
Annette Peacock "Love Me Tender" from "I'm the One"
Modest Mouse "Fly in a Jar" from "We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank"
Gibby Haynes and His Problem "Superman" from "Gibby Haynes and His Problem
SET#5
Urban Verbs "Ring-Ring (My Telephone's Talking)" from "Urban Verbs"
Kali Balhu "A Cosmic Telephone Call From The Angel LIesle And The Buddah (exerpt)" from "Cosmic
Rememberance"
Lady June "Touch Downer" from "Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy (Remastered)"
Love "The Red Telephone" from "The Forever Changes Concert... And More"
Ivor Cutler (Phyllis April King) "The Wasted Call" from "Jammy Smears"
James White And The Blacks "Stained Sheets" from "Off White"
It’s time for another weekly TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #485) as we head straight on into October’s second week with shorter days, cooler nights, and fall festivities all settling into place. There’s playoff baseball in Cleveland with one of MLB’s youngest and most exciting teams taking center stage, a bustling local music scene, and carved pumpkins beginning to appear everywhere. I’ve got a great program to compliment everything as well.
In the new release category I’ve added DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, SZUN WAVES, NEIL YOUNG (live at Royce Hall 1971), JULIAN LAGE (with Bill Frisell), PORCUPINE TREE, and MAPACHE to the current list with ADRIAN BELEW, BIG THIEF, GLENN LAZEAR, BEIRUT, THE SPACE LADY, and LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS already on it.
From the ‘vault’ there’s PETER GABRIEL, RICHARD THOMPSON, HUGH HOPPER, ULTIMATE SPINACH, and everyone’s favorite, TIN HUEY, intermixed with the new pieces. There’s oddly intriguing tracks from MOONDOG, SHPONGLE and NEGATIVLAND, plus international items from JUSTIN ADAMS & JULDEN CAMARA, Sudan’s ABDEL GADIR SALIM, and ZULYA KAMALOVA (Tarter/Tasmania).
Just get yourself a beverage, something to snack on, and plug the show in between all your other activities for added enjoyment!
Photo from ABQ Balloon Fiesta 'splash and dash' October 4, 2014.
SET #1
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE I Don’t Know How I Survive Asphalt Meadows 3:40
THE SMILE The Opposite A Light For Attracting Attention 3:06
GONG Magdalene Zero To Infinity 3:58
COLONEL CLAYPOOL’S BUCKET OF BERNIE’S BRAINS Buckethead The Big Eyeball In The Sky 5:55
DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO Aces I Told You So 4:41
DUNGEN C Visar Vagen Tio Bitar 4:28
JULIAN LAGE Auditorium (W/ Bill Frisell) View With A Room 4:28
SET #2
ZULYA (KAMALOVA) Saginou Music From The Tea Lands 4:16
MANSUR Yaga Oscuras Flores 5:39
LAU Dear Prudence Mojo Presents: The White Album Recovered 4:29
SZUN WAVES In The Moon House Earth Patterns 4:43
PORCUPINE TREE Walk The Plank CLOSURE/CONTINUATION 4:27
PETER GABRIEL Only Us Us (Remastered) 6:32
JON BALKE Linea Oscura Siwan – Hafla 3:42
SET #3
NEIL YOUNG See The Sky About To Rain Royce Hall 1971 (Live) 3:32
RICHARD THOMPSON Wheely Down Henry The Human Fly 3:04
THE HU Shoog Shoog The Gereg 4:01
SHPONGLE The Epiphany Of Mrs. Kugla Museum Of Consciousness 6:37
SONIC YOUTH Candle Daydream Nation 4:59
BIG THIEF Flower Of Blood Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You 4:24
LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS Fairground Handclaps & Tambourines 3:16
SET #4
T-BONE BURNETT, JAY BELLEROSE, KEEFER CIANCIA You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back The Invisible Light: Spells** 5:35
GARY NUMAN My Jesus Pure 5:45
HUGH HOPPER Hopper Tunity Box Hopper Tunity Box 3:35
JOHN ZORN Snagglepuss Naked City 2:20
TIN HUEY Otis Says No Disinformation 3:54
MONKS OF DOOM The Sinking Of The Essex The Bronte Pin 3:39
THE FLAMING LIPS Flight Test Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 4:14
SET #5
ADRIAN BELEW The Power Of The Natural World Elevator 2:56
DEAD CAN DANCE Enigma Of The Absolute A Passage In Time 4:12
JUSTIN ADAMS & JULDEH CAMARA Subuhanalaii Soul Science 3:59
ABDEL GADIR SALIM Lemon Bara The Rough Guide To North African Cafe 5:02
BEIRUT Napoleon On The Bellerophon Artifacts 3:36
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT Bean’s Sweet Cider Cellar Fantastic Mr. Fox (OST) 2:06
ULTIMATE SPINACH Fragmentary March Of Green Behold & See 6:01
MAPACHE Asi Es La Vida Roscoe’s Dream** 3:26
SET #6
THE SPACE LADY Synthesize Me The Space Lady’s Greatest Hits 4:35
MOONDOG Coffee Beans Moondog 2 2:09
NEGATIVLAND Time Zone Escape From Noise 5:26
DEVOTCHKA Contrabanda 100 Lovers 3:54
GLENN LAZEAR When You Go, You Go Away Restland 4:00
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
On this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #484) I’ve got several special segments throughout the program guaranteed to snap those neurons in the back of your brain stem to attention.
It all begins with NICK MASON’S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS doing the Pink Floyd anthem, ‘Astronomy Domine,’ and serving it three different ways. First, of course, there’s Nick’s version, followed by other songs by PAVEMENT and THEE OH SEES, then GARY LUCAS’ version (followed by material from PJ HARVEY and THE BEACH BOYS (from ‘Smiley Smile’), and finally THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM’S version, preceded by the band SLOWDIVE.
You’ll have barely caught your breath when the second set arrives with ADRIAN BELEW and Can’s HOLGAR CZUKAY both storytelling in song, THE SPACE LADY (covering ‘I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night’), instrumentals from SUFJAN STEVENS, STEREOLAB, and BEIRUT, and finishing up with CAMEL’S ‘Song Within A Song.’
I’ll play music from local bands GLENN LAZEAR and LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS, honor the legacy of PHARAOH SANDERS and ANTON FIER, and return in the final hour to serve up another legendary song three ways.
That song, ‘I Talk To The Wind,’ will be played by KING CRIMSON (but with Fairport Convention’s JUDY DYBLE on vocals), ASTRALASIA, and CAMPER VAN CHADBOURNE in the fifth set, with new tracks from THE SMILE, YO LA TENGO, and CHRISSIE HYNDE, and finishing with, appropriately, THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION from (what else?) ‘We’re Only In It For The Money.’
I’ll stop here and let you be surprised by the rest of it.
Photo Of Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets At The Akron Civic Theater on September 29, 2022 courtesy of Ames.
SET #1
NICK MASON’S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS Astronomy Domine Live At The Roundhouse 4:11
PAVEMENT Grounded Quarantine The Past 4:15
THEE OH SEES Encrypted Bounce Drop 5:31
GARY LUCAS Astronomy Domine Gods And Monsters 3:05
PJ HARVEY The Sky Lit Up Is This Desire? 1:52
THE BEACH BOYS Fall Break And Back To Winter Smiley Smile 2:17
SLOWDIVE Souvlaki Space Station Souvlaki 5:59
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM Astronomy Domine Lime & Lipid Green (EP) 5:55
SET #2
ADRIAN BELEW The Saturday Morning Roar Of The Lawnmowers Elevator 3:41
HOLGAR CZUKAY The Invisible Man Good Morning Story 4:55
THE SPACE LADY I Had To Much To Dream (Last Night) The Space Lady’s Greatest Hits 4:20
SUFJAN STEVENS Movement V: Self-Organizing Emergent Patterns The BQE 3:44
STEREOLAB Pop Molecule (Molecular Pop) Chemical Chords 2:15
BEIRUT Irrlichter Artifacts** 4:08
CAMEL Song Within A Song Moonmadness (Remastered) 7:14
SET #3
LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS Last Days Of Summer Handclaps & Tambourines 3:02
SUZANNE VEGA 12 Mortal Men Lover, Beloved: Songs From An Evening With Carson McCullers 2:47
MANSUR Invictus Oscuras Flores 3:16
THE HU The Great Chinggis Khaan The Gereg 4:32
T-BONE BURNETT, JAY BELLEROSE, KEEFER CIANCIA Casting A Spell The Invisible Light: Spells 6:17
GLENN LAZEAR Look Inside Yourself Restland 5:38
BRIAN ENO St. Elmo’s Fire Another Green World 3:02
TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO Findings/Visa Fran Rattvik Opening 3:22
SET #4
PHARAOH SANDERS Astral Traveling Thembi 5:50
KEN NORDINE Quatrains Of Thought Devote Catalyst 4:23
ROBERT WYATT/STEVE NIEVE La Plus Jolie Langue Different Every Time (Disc 2) Benign Dictatorships 3:30
BIG THIEF Wake Me Up To Drive Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You 3:43
THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS (ANTON FIER) Break In The Road Pure 4:24
JOE RAINY Ch. 1222 Nineta 3:24
THOM YORKE Truth Ray Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes** 5:13
SET #5
KING CRIMSON I Talk To The Wind (w/Judy Dyble) A Young Persons Guide To King Crimson 3:16
THE PEOPLE’S RHYTHM Fengtong Drums Of Manglai The Rough Guide To The Music Of Yunnan 2:20
THE SMILE We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings A Light For Attracting Attention 3:16
ASTRALASIA I Talk To The Wind Schizoid Dimension: A Tribute To King Crimson 4:37
YO LA TENGO There’s No Goodbye’s Between Us Ocean Child – Songs Of Yoko Ono 3:35
TINARIWEN Aghregh Medin (Hassan’s Song) Emmaar 4:16
CHRISSIE HYNDE Tomorrow Is A Long Time Standing In The Doorway-Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan 3:33
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Lonely Little Girl/Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance/What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?(Reprise) We’re Only In It For The Money (2012 Remaster) 3:39
SET #6
TUNE-YARDS Cannonball Bills & Aches & Blues 3:09
THE KINKS Second Hand Car Spiv Preservation Act 2 4:01
THE HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS Euphoria Too Much Fun! 2:52
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Bones Don’t Rust Bleed Out 2:34
JON BALKE Enamorado De Jupiter Siwan – Hafla** 3:03
THE BYRDS 2-4-2 Fox Trot (Lear Jet Song) The Fifth Dimension 2:21
MICHACHU Turn Me Well Jewellery 2:57
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
As we begin the first week of fall I’ve planned another great three hours of music on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #483) to help you settle in for cooler weather, changing colors, and translucent skies. A great pumpkin, an echo of a distant sun, and plenty of sonic surprises are all in store for you today via a multitude of new releases, a legendary ‘vault’ masterpiece, and more musical moves than you can rake into a pile.
I’ll start off with the BONZO DOG BAND’S ‘Intro And Outro,’ then surround it with new tracks from ADRIAN BELEW, BEIRUT, BIG THIEF, and THE SPACE LADY who’s rendition of ‘Fly Like An Eagle’ is on it’s own worth tuning in for.
A rarely heard version of VINCE GUARALDI’S ‘Linus And Lucy’ from ‘It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ starts the next set, with an eclectic mix of music from THE GERMS (space punk), DUNGEN (Swedish Prog Metal), JOE RAINY (Native American electronica) and WOOD AND FIRE (Yunnan Acid Folk) moving the music along.
By the fourth set it’s time for that ‘vault’ masterpiece as I’ll present PINK FLOYD’S ‘Echoes’ and have pieces from HENRY COW and THOM YORKE immersed into it in honor of Nick Mason’s upcoming show at the Akron Civic Theater.
There’s a whole slew of new stuff as well from the likes of MANSUR, GLENN LAZEAR, LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEY'S, JON BALKE, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE (doing a Yoko Ono track), T-BONE BURNETT & FRIENDS, and CHRISSIE HYNDE (covering Dylan).
SET #1
BONZO DOG BAND Intro And Outro History Of The Bonzos 3:05
ADRIAN BELEW A Car I Can Talk To Elevator 3:08
BEIRUT Scenic World Artifacts 2:51
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW Jump Into My Mouth & Breath The Stardust Dandelion Gum 2:33
THE SPACE LADY Fly Like An Eagle The Space Lady’s Greatest Hits 3:06
THE HU Shireg Shireg The Gereg 5:47
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE Late Nineties Bedroom Rock For Missionaries You Forgot It In People 3:46
BLACKALICIOUS FEAT. LATEEF Smithzonian Institute Of Rhyme Nia 4:24
BIG THIEF Time Escaping Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You** 3:48
SET #2
VINCE GUARALDI Linus And Lucy It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (OST) 2:00
DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO Fo Sho I Told You So 4:10
THE GERMS Richie Dagger’s Crime (GI) 1:56
BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD Track X MOJO Presents: The Best Of 2021 4:40
DUNGEN Brallor Skit I Allt 3:14
WOOD AND FIRE Sixty-Four Generations The Rough Guide To The Music Of Yunnan 4:39
JOE RAINY Can Key Nineta 4:25
IMMANUEL WILKINS Feat. ELENA PINDERHUGHES Witness The 7th Hand** 3:38
VINCE GUARALDI Linus And Lucy (2nd Reprise) It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (OST) 0:51
SET #3
MOTHER NATURE Orange Days And Purple Nights Dust On The Nettles 3:58
GLENN LAZEAR To Be Honest Restland 3:46
WUSSY Conversation Lags Funeral Dress 3:10
BRANDON COLEMAN QUARTET Orb Infinite Loop 2:44
ELLIOT SMITH Shooting Star From A Basement On The Hill 6:01
ROBERT PLANT Embrace The Fall Lullaby And...The Ceaseless Roar 5:52
NENEH CHERRY Fallen Leaves Broken Politics 3:19
SET #4
PINK FLOYD Echoes (Part 1) Meddle (Remaster) 11:43
HENRY COW Ruins Unrest 12:11
PINK FLOYD Echoes (Part 2) Meddle (Remaster) 11:51
THOM YORKE Guess Again Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes** 4:23
SET #5
T-BONE BURNETT, JAY BELLEROSE, KEEFER CIANCIA I’m Starting A New Life Today The Invisible Light: Spells 6:46
MANSUR Relics Oscuras Flores 5:30
GALAXIE 500 Blue Thunder (W/ Ralph Carney) Uncollected 3:46
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Waiting For The Sunrise Ocean Child – Songs Of Yoko Ono 3:01
THE SMILE Speech Bubbles A Light For Attracting Attention 4:16
CLARA ROCKMORE Stravinsky: Berceuse The Art Of The Theremin 3:12
JON BALKE Mirada Furtiva Siwan – Hafla** 3:07
SET #6
THE SPIDERS Wipeout GS I Love You: Japanese Garage Bands Of The 1960’s 2:33
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Incandescent Ruins Bleed Out 2:28
DAVID BOWIE You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving (Alternative Mix) Toy (Box Set) 4:49
LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS Stumbling Down Memory Lane Handclaps & Tambourines 3:10
CHRISSIE HYNDE Every Grain Of Sand Standing In The Doorway- Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan 4:15
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
You know you’re getting older by the day when you get so involved in one project that you completely forget a weekly task that involves writing up the program description for this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #482). Here’s what’s planned on this show.
During today’s first set, I’ve got the amazing new T-BONE BURNETT project, ‘The Invisible Light: Spells’ (with JAY BELLEROSE & KEEFER CIANCIA) to get things started. It’s electronica meets beat poetry and unlike anything he’s ever done so I’ll start the show with it, then follow it with THE SLITS, THE ROLLING STONES (doing Gomper’), acknowledge the passing of jazz great RAMSEY LEWIS with his interpretation of The Beatles ‘Blackbird,’ then follow that with the latest from MANSUR (Netherland mystic electronica) and finish the set with GLENN LAZEAR’S latest.
The second set combines SIGUR ROS with WAS (NOT WAS), ANGELO BADALAMENTI, and two version’s of John Zorn’s ‘Hutriel,’ one from GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET and the other from BANQUET OF THE STARS, plus another new track from THE MOUNTAIN GOATS.
And if your not drooling from those first two sets then you will be when I devote the fourth set to some of my favorite compositions of ‘world music’ from such artists as GEOFFREY ORYEMA, MORY KANTE, BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA, D’GARY, and TELEK.
There’s more new tracks from THOM YORKE, OUTRONAUT, DAVID BOWIE, and ADRIAN BELEW, local works by THE NEPTUNE'S, and ROBERT WHEELER & ALLEN RAVENSTINE, and vault goodies from THE DOORS, ALBERT COLLINS, and CAPTAIN BEEFHEART.
SET #1
T-BONE BURNETT, JAY BELLEROSE, KEEFER CIANCIA Realities.com The Invisible Light: Spells 4:50
THE SLITS Animal Space/Spacier Return Of The Giant Slits 6:41
THE ROLLING STONES Gomper Their Satanic Majesties Request 5:09
RAMSEY LEWIS Blackbird Plays The Beatles Songbook 4:32
MANSUR Ritua Oscuras Flores 3:07
HUUN-HUUR-TU Oske Cherde Sixty Horses In My Herd 2:25
WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN Banjo Guzhing Pickin’ Girls Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn 2:23
GLENN LAZEAR After The Wave Restland** 4:51
SET #2
SIGUR ROS Inner Mer SyngurVitleysyngur Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust 4:05
WAS (NOT WAS) Green Pills On The Dresser (w/ Khris Kristoferson) Boo 3:11
ANGELO BADALAMENTI The Bookhouse Boys/Into The Night Twin Peaks (OST) 3:29
MANHU & JENNY AND THE HOG DROVERS Banquet Dance The Rough Guide To The Music Of Yunnan 4:37
BANQUET OF THE SPIRITS Hutriel Caym: Book Of Angels Vol. 17 4:27
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET Hutriel golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 4:36
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Mark On You Bleed Out 2:21
MOEBIUS, CONNY PLANK, MAYO THOMPSON Taras Bulba Ludwig’s Law 5:06
SET #3
THAO NGUYEN Yellow Girl (Stand By For Life) Ocean Child – Songs Of Yoko Ono 3:26
VARIETY LIGHTS (David Baker) Oh Setting Sun Central Flow 5:20
THE SMILE Thin Thing A Light For Attracting Attention 4:30
PRIMAL SCREAM Requiem For The Russian Teahouses More Light 3:14
JAN HAMMER & JERRY GOODMAN Earth (Still our Only Home) Like Children 3:59
DAVID BOWIE Silly Boy Blue (Tibet Version) Toy (Box Set)** 5:12
PETER GABRIEL Listening Wind Scratch My Back 4:22
SET #4
GEOFFREY ORYEMA On This Night Night To Night 4:21
KOKOKO! Tongos’a Fongola 3:48
AYUB OGADA Kronkronhinko En Mana Kuoyo 3:24
BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA Madou Jama Ko 3:44
D’GARY & JIHE Mbo Hahita Anao Horombe 5:16
MORY KANTE Deni Akawaba Beach 3:49
OMAR SOSA Elrababa An East African Journey 4:19
TELEK Boystown Serious Tam 4:47
SET #5
YOCHK’O SEFFER Larma Ghilgoul 2:48
THE DOORS Do It The Soft Parade (50th Anniversary Edition) 3:09
THE NEP TUNES Jazz Mixer Last Jam At Snuggle Inn 2:37
ROBERT WHEELER & ALLEN RAVENSTINE Vapor Phase Farm Report 2:56
THOM YORKE A Brain In A Bottle Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes 4:41
GARY NUMAN Splinter Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind) 5:25
TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO Ritual Opening 3:56
SAMANDTHEPLANTS Spider The Eft 1:13
PARQUET COURTS Black Widow Spider Sympathy For Life** 2:50
SET #6
OUTRONAUT Poison Hero Godfinger (EP) 5:03
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND Dirty Blue Gene Doc At The Radar Station 3:51
ALBERT COLLINS A Good Fool Is Hard To Find Cold Snap 4:07
ADRIAN BELEW Taking My Shoes for A Walk Elevator 3:38
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For a copy of Glenn Lazear's Album 'Restland:
https://glennlazear.bandcamp.com/album/restland
There’s plenty to crow about on this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #481) with local artists GLENN LAZEAR , THE BLACK KEYS, (both from their new releases), CHRIS BUTLER, 15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND), and DAVID THOMAS & TWO PALE BOYS all incorporated into a different set today and surrounded by a diverse selection of other artists they’d probably enjoy actually hanging out with.
The Black Keys get comfy with FAIRPORT CONVENTION, STOMU YAMASH’TA’S GO PROJECT, and another new track from THE MOUNTAIN GOATS. Chris Butler gets to chill with BIG WALNUTS YONDER, FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS (from ‘Overnight Sensation’ no less), EUGENE CHADBOURNE, and THOM YORKE’S latest.
Glenn Lazear gets chummy with THE BEATLES and XTC (who wouldn’t if given the chance), 15-60-75 (The Numbers Band) holds their own with GILLI SMYTH, JOHN CALE, and MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD and David Thomas & Two Pale Boys raises a ruckus with CRACKER, JAMES, and NICK DRAKE.
You want to know who plays on the other great music you’ll hear today? Well, a little birdie told me there’s more new DAVID BOWIE, OUTRONAUT, and DEERHOOF (from the Yoko Ono tribute album), plus pieces from FUTURE ISLANDS, PETER BLEGVAD, and THE FIXX. I’ve even got the Chinese folk metal band, MOQUI, from the latest ‘Rough Guide To The Music Of Yunnan’ to start everything off. Put on your spats and knickers, harness your buggy, and wander your way into another three hours of musical goodness.
SET #1
MOQUI Mountain Village The Rough Guide To The Music Of Yunnan** 4:27
PHIL MANZANERA Verdadero Vozero 4:09
SERGIO DIAS Vida De Cachorro Tribute To Os Mutantes, El Justiciero Cha Cha Cha 2:52
RICKIE LEE JONES Atlas’ Marker Flying Cowboys 5:58
MCKENDREE SPRING Light Up The Skies Tracks 5:20
YO YO MA & THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE Briel A Playlist Without Borders 3:58
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS Forbidden City Rock Art & The X-Ray Style 4:46
SET #2
FAIRPORT CONVENTION Journeyman’s Grace Angel Delight 4:34
PUNCH BROTHERS No More, Yet The Wireless (EP) 4:31
THE BLACK KEYS How Long Dropout Boogie 3:21
STOMU YAMASH’TA Air Over/Crossing The Line Stomu Yamashta’s Go 7:32
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Extraction Point Bleed Out 5:20
BRUCE COCKBURN Bone In My Ear Dart To The Heart 3:46
PETER BLEGVAD I Miss You Go Figure 2:58
SET #3
DEERHOOF No No No Ocean Child – Songs Of Yoko Ono 2:09
BIG WALNUTS YONDER Ready To Pop! Big Walnuts Yonder 2:36
DUMMY Punk Product #4 Mandatory Enjoyment 2:38
CHRIS BUTLER Nicotine Weather Got It Togteher 3:20
FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS Fifty Fifty Over-Nite Sensation 6:12
EUGENE CHADBOURNE Castro’s Surgery Is A Mystery Country Music in The World Of Islam 4:35
KING CRIMSON Radio I/One Time THRAK 6:05
THOM YORKE Interference Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes** 2:48
SET #4
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) She Becomes The Jones Numbers Blues 3:15
PETER HAMMILL Red Shift The Silent Corner & The Empty Stage 8:11
THE FIXX These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ When Pigs Fly: Songs You’d Never Thought You’d Hear 5:42
JOHN CALE The Jeweller Slow Dazzle 5:07
GILLI SMYTH O.K. Man, This Is Your World Mother 4:54
MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD Hickory Dickory Dock Let’s Go Everywhere 1:02
FUTURE ISLANDS A Song For Our Grandfather Singles 4:54
SET #5
DAVID THOMAS & TWO PALE BOYS Weird Cornfields Erewhon 3:52
JAMES Born Of Frustration The Best Of James 4:36
OUTRONAUT War In The Heavens Godfinger (EP) 3:00
CRACKER Sweet Thistle Pie The Golden Age 5:01
THE SMILE Pana-Vision A Light For Attracting Attention 4:08
ROKIA KONE & JACKNIFE LEE N’yanyan BAMANAN 3:36
DAVID BOWIE Conversation Piece (Disc 1 Version) Toy (Box Set)** 3:53
NICK DRAKE At The Chime Of The City Clock Bryter Layter 4:45
SET #6
GLENN LAZEAR Your Secrets Restland** 4:12
THE BEATLES I Want To Tell You Revolver 2:09
XTC Great Fire Mummer 3:48
WIRE Unrepentant Hive Mind 5:02
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For a copy of Glenn Lazear's Album 'Restland:
https://glennlazear.bandcamp.com/album/restland
This week as I was assembling TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #480) I received notice that a dear friend and WKSU-FM ‘Fresh Air’ radio alumni, Lois Wootton, had passed away due to complications from a recent surgery. All of us who knew her were stunned by this news, and my heart goes out to her husband Jeff, their daughters, and their entire family. Lois was an integral part of our college radio team at Kent State in the 1970’s. She and her husband Jeff first met there and have remained lifelong friends of mine, and their musical passion from those days has continued for over four decades. I am forever grateful for being part of their extended family and will miss her dearly.
During the final hour on the show today, I’ll devote the time to playing music that she loved, artists that she turned me on to, and even play excerpts from a ‘Fresh Air’ program from an early morning in June of 1981, where Lois and I actually substituted for Jeff, on what was to be his final show as a program host. Among the artists she selected that day were KRAFTWERK, NICO, and ROBERT WYATT. I, in turn, will play some of her all time favorites including LAURIE ANDERSON, DAEVID ALLEN, PATTI SMITH, BRIAN ENO, and IMOGEN HEAP.
The first two hours today will contain my usual eclectic selections from new releases (THOM YORKE, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS), to ‘vault’ goodies (JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, PEARLS BEFORE SWINE), and there’s even a set where I’ll weave music from KEN NORDINE, WENDY CARLOS, DEAD CAN DANCE, and others into the epic YES piece ‘Close To The Edge.’
Lois's arrangements are listed at the bottom of this page.
SET #1
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Training Montage Bleed Out 4:28
THE AFGHAN WHIGS Arabian Nights In Spades 4:59
OUTRONAUT Godfinger Godfinger (EP) 4:41
MEI-ROCK As Good As Meat The Rough Guide To The Music Of Yunnan 5:53
THE SMILE The Save A Light For Attracting Attention 4:30
BRYAN SCARY I Saw Birds Flocking Birds 3:10
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE I Saw The World Balaklava 3:27
SET #2
RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK Night In Tunisia Kirkatron 4:57
BEIRUT Bratislava Gulag Orkestar 3:17
MITCHELL FROOM Fruta Prohibida Dopamine 3:15
FSK Lonely River Rhine The Sound Of Music 3:26
SPROINGG Lovebird Dogbane Receives Higher Education Clam 7:54
SNAKEFINGER Don’t Lie Greener Postures 3:33
THE BOOKS Chain Of Missing Links The Way Out 4:30
SET #3
THE FLAMING LIPS Mrs. Lennon Ocean Songs – Songs Of Yoko Ono 3:23
DAVID BOWIE The London Boys – Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix Toy (Box Set) 3:45
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE How Do You Feel Surrealistic Pillow 3:34
SUFJAN STEVENS Carlyle Lake The Avalanche 3:15
OHIO STATE MARCHING BAND Fight Song (Battle Cry) Game Day Fav’s – Ohio State Classics 1:29
PERRY – KINGSLEY Swan’s Splashdown Incredibly Strange Music Vol. 1 2:14
TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO Findings/Visa Fran Rattvik Opening 3:22
THOM YORKE The Mother Lode Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes 6:06
SET #4
DEAD CAN DANCE Act II – Part 1 – The Mountain Dionysus 5:25
YES Close To The Edge (Part 1) Close To The Edge 8:35
KEN NORDINE You Were So Crazy A Transparent Mask 2:31
YES Close To The Edge (Part 2) Close To The Edge 5:20
WENDY CARLOS Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major (2nd Movement) Switched On Bach (Remaster) 2:52
YES Close To The Edge (Part 3) Close To The Edge 3:15
FOREST SWORDS Border Margin Barrier Compassion 3:08
LINDISFARNE Passing Ghosts Fog On The Tyne 2:30
SET #5 Remembering WKSU Host Lois Wootton Part 1 – Fresh Air – June 30,1981
LOIS WOOTTON Air Check – Back Announce June 30, 1981 2 AM 0:39
PAUL CIMINERO Air Check - Set Intro June 30, 1981 2 AM 0:35
JACO PASTORIUS Chromatic Fantasy Word Of Mouth 2:19
FRANCISCO Heal Yourself Cosmic Beam Experience 4:24
WKSU RADIO SPOT This Is Fresh Air June 30, 1981 2 AM 0:17
SAMLA MAMMAS MANNA Minareten Maltid 8:19
NICO The Falconer Desertshore 5:36
LOIS WOOTTON Air Check – Back Announce June 30, 1981 2 AM 1:58
K. LEIMER A Little Figure & The Weather Closed System Potentials 3:05
WKSU RADIO SPOT WKSU Generic (David Roden) June 30, 1981 2 AM 0:10
KRAFTWERK Home Computer Computer World 5:59
ROBERT WYATT At Last I Am Free Single (A – Side) 4:13
SET #6 Remembering WKSU host Lois Wootton Part 2
JOHN MARTYN Bless The Weather Bless The Weather 4:32
BRIAN ENO This Another Day On Earth 3:33
IMOGEN HEAP Goodnight And Go Speak For Yourself 3:52
LAURIE ANDERSON Slip Away Life On A String 5:50
JOHN CALE & BOB NEUWIRTH Old China Last Day On Earth 3:13
PATTI SMITH Mosaic Banga 4:12
DAEVID ALLEN Garden Song Dreamin’ A Dream 6:32
DAVID BYRNE & BRIAN ENO Life Is Long Everything That Happens Will Happen Today 3:42
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Lois's obituary and arrangements are listed below.
https://www.billowfuneralhomes.com/obituary/Lois-WoottonCrane
This week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES I’ve decided to celebrate over 45 years of radio with three separate archive gems from my days at WKSU-FM and it’s legendary late night progressive radio program Fresh Air which I was a weekly host on from 1976-1981.
The first is a one hour segment captured on August 22, 1977 of an early version of the program’s ‘Artist Of The Week’ feature focusing on the band GENTLE GIANT. This is the oldest recording of any of my shows at WKSU.
The remaining two and a half hours contain two more shows, the second hour is from March 31, 1980 of what was the “Domestic Album Premiere’ of the band D’OA as well as the programming prior to the feature.
The final hour and a half segment contains a program segment from one of my final recorded broadcasts on ‘Fresh Air,’ before my graduation from KSU and subsequent move to Chicago that fall. That program aired on July 2, 1981 during and ends at 4:30 am prior to the start of NPR’s ‘Morning Edition.’
I joined the WKSU-FM staff in the fall of 1976 as a studio engineer, program host, and publication assistant for their program guide. As with many college radio stations, there was a continuous turnover of the student personnel which the station used to oversee the network programming of both recorded and live feeds (we were the NPR affiliate), certain prerecorded classical, jazz, folk, blues, and public service programs hosted by local volunteers and a small full-time staff.
By early 1977, infused with a slew of new hosts for ‘Fresh Air,’ the staff brainstormed about ways of getting the show out to a wider audience. What made the show unique was it’s ‘underground/freeform’ roots, an eclectic mix artists and genres, plenty of imported albums, sprinkled in with comedy pieces and spoken word all serving as an alternative to what had become commercial AOR radio.
It was all about educating the audience about who we were playing and to do this we began the ‘Artist Of The Week’ special which eventually would air five nights a week. An ‘Import Album Premiere,’ Industrial Wasteland’ Interview program, ‘Domestic Album Premiere’ and ‘Reel Live Music’ shows all would follow and help build listener-ship over the next four years.
Today’s program covers three different shows within the Fresh Air program.
SET #1 Part 1: GENTLE GIANT ‘Artist of The Week’ – August 22, 1977
GENTLE GIANT A Cry For Everyone Octopus 4:00
GENTLE GIANT In A Glass House In A Glass House 7:22
SET #2
GENTLE GIANT The Face The Power And The Glory 10:32
GENTLE GIANT Free Hand Free Hand 6:11
SET#3
GENTLE GIANT Empty City Interview 4:13
SET #4
GENTLE GIANT Funny Ways Live – Playing The Fool 8:28
BE BOP DELUXE Shine Live! In The Air Age 9:18
SET #5 Part 2: Featuring D’OA ‘”Domestic Album Premiere – March 31, 1980
STEVE HILLAGE The Glorious Om Riff Green 7:43
HORSLIPS King Of Morning, Queen Of Day The Book Of Invasions, A Celtic Symphony 4:30
JEAN LUC PONTY Renaissance Aurora 5:41
MAN Something Is Happening The Welsh Connection 5:43
THE WHO 1921 (You Didn’t Hear It) Tommy 2:45
SET#6
BILL BRUFORD Gothic 17 Gradually Going Tornado 4:56
JOHN FOXX Blurred Girl Metamatic 3:46
PETER HAMMILL The Cut The Future Now 3:34
SET#7 D’OA – Ornament Of Hope – Domestic Album Premiere – Side 1
D’OA Zenith Ornament Of Hope 8:02
D’OA Crystal Streams Ornament Of Hope 3:29
D’OA Song Of The Dove Ornament Of Hope 3:51
D’OA Oneness Ornament Of Hope 2:57
D’OA Village Earth Ornament Of Hope 4:03
SET#8 D’OA – Ornament Of Hope – Domestic Album Premiere – Side 2
D’OA Ornament Of Hope Ornament Of Hope 5:46
D’OA Dance Of The Children Ornament Of Hope 3:01
D’OA The Valley Of Search Ornament Of Hope 11:36
SET #9 Part 3: – July 2, 1981 4:30 – 6:00 AM
EBERHARD WEBER Bali Little Movements 12:01
GROBSCHMITT Anywhere Rockpommel’s Land 4:03
THE CHIEFTAINS The Session The Chieftains 8 4:28
HICKORY WIND Morrison’s Jig Crossing Devil’s Bridge 3:39
SET #10
PASSPORT Abracadabra Doldinger Jubilee ‘75 7:20
KEVIN AYERS The Lady Rachel Joy Of A Toy 5:15
URBAN VERBS For Your Eyes Only Early Damage 4:31
JOE WALSH County Fair So What 6:31
SET#11
KEN THORNE Preface (Main Theme) Superman II (OST) 0:49
RON DANTE & THE WEBSPINNERS Peter’s Nightmare Spider Man From Beyond,The Grave – A Rockomic 3:05
LAURIE ANDERSON O Superman (For Massenet) O Superman (EP – Single) 8:21
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Scorched Earth Godbluff 9:36
JIMI HENDRIX Astro Man The Cry Of Love 3:18
APHRODITE’S CHILD Break (WKSU-FM Sign Off) 666 3:04
OST = Original Soundtrack
It’s been one of those weeks where I’ve really struggled to assemble music but the good news is that I’ve figured out things over the last couple of days and as a result, this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #479) looks to be quite an enjoyable listen.
I’ve got plenty of ‘vault’ gems from the likes of KEVIN AYERS, ROBERT FRIPP & THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN, THE ROCHES (now there’s a name you haven’t heard in ages), FERMATA (Slovakian 70’s Prog), FLASH AND THE PAN, and THE DOORS, ‘covers’ from PATTI SMITH (The Beatles) and THE FLYING LIZARDS (‘What’s New Pussycat’), and a rarity from Akron’s own TIN HUEY (‘Larry’s In The Cutout Bin’).
There’s more new tracks from DAVID BOWIE, OUTRONAUT, THE SMILE, and STEPHEN MERRITT (interpreting Yoko Ono), worldly music from Romania’s SHUKAR COLLECTIVE, Finland’s MILLA VILJAMAA, and Argentina’s JUANA MOLINA, and other great selections from WILCO, FIONA APPLE, XTC, JON HASSELL, and MATERIAL.
Now that I’ve given you a glimpse of what’s in store, Go ahead and give it a listen!
Playlist published later today.
Sheesh! Another week has already flown by and we’ve nearly reached the midpoint of yet another month so it’s time to describe what’s in store on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #478).
I had a hankering for some music with sitar in it as I began assembling the show so I’ll start off with some vintage OREGON (Colin Walcott using it) and include COLIN JOHN (on electric sitar), the WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND, and OKKO BEKKER (covering The Beatles) and incorporate other music from RHIANNON GIDDENS & DANIEL LANOIS, THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM, and THE FLAMING LIPS to round everything out.
From there on out it’s ‘expect the unexpected’ with new music from KENDRICK LAMAR, OUTRONAUT, THE SMILE, and DAVID BOWIE, ‘covers’ from SUDAN ARCHIVES (Yoko Ono), TURTLE ISLAND STRING QUARTET (Jimi Hendrix), and MIKE BATT (Dueling Banjos on Moog synthesizer), and ‘vault’ treasures from HOT TUNA, EUGENIO FINARDI, JOHN GREAVES (Kew Rhone), and BO HANSSON.
In addition to all that there’s international cuts from HABIB KOITE, and CHLOPCY KONTRA BASIA, local fair from THE BEYONDERERS and PERE UBU, and other great pieces from IMOGEN HEAP, BELA FLECK, and LAURIE ANDERSON (the later channeling Dolly Parton).
SET #1
OREGON Grazing Dreams Friends 3:37
RHIANNON GIDDENS & DANIEL LANOIS Mountain Hymn The Music Of Red Dead Redemption 2 4:02
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM Cricket Chronicles Revisited Part I/Ask Your Doctor Part II/Psyche Effects South Of Reality 6:23
THE FLAMING LIPS Haven’t Got A Clue At War With The Mystics 3:25
COLIN JOHN Twin Peaks Electric Lotus 2:42
WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND Smell Of Incense Part One & Vol. 2 5:56
OKKO BEKKER A Day In The Life Sitar & Electronics 4:42
SET #2
JESCA HOOP The Lost Sky Memories Are Now 3:51
IMOGEN HEAP Cycle Song Sparks 2:24
CHLOPCY KONTRA BASIA Jerzy (Jerry) OJ Tak! 3:40
DAVID VORHAUS Mainframe Blues Electronic Toys 2:51
MIKE BATT Duelin’ Moog (Duelin’ Banjos) Moog At The Movies 1:43
BELA FLECK Backwards Galaxy Tales From The Acoustic Planet Vol. 1 4:23
NAVIGATOR A Little Astronomy Burning Shed Sampler 4:29
THE SMILE Open The Floodgates A Light For Attracting Attention 4:29
DAVID BOWIE A Hole In The Ground – Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix Toy (Box Set) 3:42
SET #3
MARK ALLENDER The Roof Is Made Of Bones Piano Ditties From The Time Of The Plague 1:59
PAT METHENY Tell Her You Saw Me The Orchestrion Project 5:17
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI Abantwana Belanga In The Spirit Of Ntu 6:52
BO HANSSON Legend And Light Music Inspired By Watership Down 3:40
EUGENIO FINARDI Zucchero Diesel 2:35
SUDAN ARCHIVES Dogtown Ocean Child – The Songs Of Yoko Ono 3:19
JOHN GREAVES Kew Rhone Songs 5:26
EELS Steam Engine Extreme Witchcraft 3:14
SET #4
OUTRONAUT The Tritone Suite Part 1 & 2 Godfinger (EP)** 4:50
BEYONDERERS Incursion At O’Hare Estimate Of The Situation 2:43
DOMINIC FRONTIERE The Outer Limits (Main Theme) The Outer Limits (OST) 1:24
KRONOS QUARTET Lawless Things Howl, U.S.A. 3:43
DARCY JAMES ARGUE’S SECRET SOCIETY Trust No One Real Enemies 5:21
GONG How To Stay Alive 2032 8:05
TURTLE ISLAND STRING QUARTET 1983...A Merman I Should Turn To Be Have You Ever Been? 3:20
PERE UBU Chinese Radiation The Modern Dance 3:32
SET #5
THE LA’S Callin’ All Mojo Presents: Mersey Paradise The Fab Sounds Of Liverpool 4:12
KENDRICK LAMAR Mr. Morales (feat Tanna Leone) Mr. Morales & The Big Steppers 3:30
LAURIE ANDERSON Walk The Dog Big Science (25th Ann. Edition) 5:50
VARIOUS ARTISTS Chihuahua Dog Songs – Songs By & About Your Favorite Dogs 1:42
PINK FLOYD Seamus Meddle 2:14
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN The Day That Lassie Went To The Moon Popular Songs Of Great Enduring Strength & Beauty 3:15
JACK WHITE That Was Then, This Is Now Fear Of The Dawn 3:10
HOT TUNA Hit Single #1 America’s Choice 5:14
SET #6
HABIB KOITE Khafole Soo 4:01
BRUCE COCKBURN Mon Chemin Bone On Bone 5:28
BILL FRISELL Where Have All The Flowers Gone (feat Petra Hayden) Harmony 3:09
FLORA PURIM Doris + Doris = Tres If You Will** 5:36
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
This week’s first set on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #477) took it’s inspiration from a cartoon character’s fictional birthday, the passing of a groundbreaking television actress, and a new concert announcement that will feature Ohio bred musicians raising money for veterans.
The program begins with HOYT CURTIN 'Jetsons Theme,’ celebrating George Jetsons birthday (7/31/2022) and is followed by several ‘Star Trek’ inspired pieces by SPIRIT, in honor of the legacy of Nichelle Nichols, Lieutenant Uhuru of that famous TV series, who passed away several days ago. DAVID BYRNE & YO LA TENGO ‘cover’ Yoko Ono and members of the MONKS OF DOOM ‘cover’ John Fahey before THE BREEDERS (one of the four Ohio bands appearing in concert) play ‘Space Woman’ followed by NINE INCH NAILS, THE JAMES GANG, and THE BLACK KEYS.
It was lots of fun assembling that first set but even more rewarding putting together the remaining two and a half hours. In it there’s new tracks from DAVID BOWIE, NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS, NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI, THE SMILE, and FLORA PURIM, ‘vault’ tidbits from NICHOLAS GREENWOOD (his rare ‘Cold Cuts’ LP), ALICE COOPER (School’s Out), POPUL VUH (Aguirre), BOB DYLAN (Greatest Hits, Vol, II), and ROXY MUSIC (Manifesto).
There’s also JOHN ZORN (covering Ennio Morricone) and RICKIE LEE JONES (covering Steely Dan), SUN RA & HIS ARKESTRA with SALAH RAGAB (In Egypt), and a seldom heard piece from HARRY PARTCH.
Playlist to be published as soon as I type it up.
Every week I complete an exercise in prose in an attempt to entice you into tuning in to my latest broadcast and like previous attempts, this week is no different. I’ve assembled another new TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #476) for you so why should you listen to it? Here are two artists that I’ll just throw out there, each beginning a set during the first hour, that may likely have a bearing on your decision to listen to this show: JONI MITCHELL and IGGY AND THE STOOGES.
My work is done here. Boy, that got right to the point now didn’t it? Then suddenly, that lingering question creeps into the back of my brain. ‘What if?’ What if ‘they’ aren’t a fan of one or both. ‘Not possible’ says another voice in my head. (So he’s hearing ‘voices’ now huh? Better get help there Paulie!) Just to be on the safe side (and to get all the voices up there to stop arguing with each other) here’s a few more artists you’ll hear music from:
JOHN CALE, DJ KOZE, PETER GABRIEL HUUN-HUUR-TU, and TUNE-YARDS all surround Iggy & The Stooges, then there’s a loosely based theme in the third set with CALEXICO, THE BYRDS, SUPERSISTER, PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY, and the latest from NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE.
Need a few more ‘references?’ DEVO, BRIAN ENO, HAL WILLNER, ARTHUR BUCK (Joseph and Peter), and DAVID PARSONS, and more new tracks from SHANE CURRY, MARK ALLENDER, and the NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS.
SET #1
JONI MITCHELL Hejira Hejira 6:42
MIDLAKE Children Of The Grounds The Courage Of Others 3:54
EELS Flyswatter Daisies Of The Galaxy 3:20
BEIRUT No No No No No No 2:50
SAN FERMIN Torero San Fermin 3:42
WAPASSOU Musillusion Wapassou 3:57
OMAR SOSA Che Che An East African Journey 2:56
FLORA PURIM If You Will If You Will** 4:11
SET #2
IGGY & THE STOOGES Gimme Danger Raw Power 3:30
JOHN CALE Tell Me Why Walking On Locusts 5:25
THE SMILE Hairdryer A Light For Attracting Attention** 5:17
PETER GABRIEL Mother Of Violence II 3:13
DJ KOZE Track I.D., Anyone? (Feat: Caribou) Amygdala 5:03
TUNE-YARDS Riotriot Who Kill 4:13
HUUN-HUUR-TU Sagly Khadyn Turu-La Boor (It’s Probably Windy On Sagly Steppe) Where The Green Grass Grows 3:47
SET #3
CALEXICO Cumbia Peninsula El Mirador 3:57
CLINT EASTWOOD Sierra Nevada Rawhide’s Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favorites 2:51
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD O.N.E. L.W. Explorations Into Microtonal Tuning Vol. 3 3:43
THE BYRDS Space Odyssey The Notorious Byrd Brothers 4:02
SUPERSISTER Mexico/Eight Miles High Present From Nancy (Remaster) 4:42
PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY Living Dream The Great Conspiracy 4:20
ARTHUR/BUCK Are You Electrified? Arthur/Buck 5:10
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE Standing In The Light Of Love Toast** 4:18
SET #4
SHAKTI WITH JOHN MCLAUGHLIN Mind Ecology Natural Elements 5:47
MONOSWEZI Kuwonererwa Shanu 3:13
MANU DIBANGO Wakafrika Wakafrika 4:48
SAMLA MAMMAS MANNA Svackorpoangen Maltid 3:14
MARK ALLENDER A Modern Day Tess d’Ubervilles (But With A Happy Ending) Piano Ditties From The Time Of The Plague2:47
BRIAN ENO Taking Tiger Mountain Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) 5:32
JAH WOBBLE & MARCONI UNION The Rain Has Stopped Anomic 3:57
DAVID PARSONS Yatra Yatra 3:51
SET #5
DEVO Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA Duty Now For The Future 6:08
MELLOW Kites Are Fun (The Free Design) The Now Sound Redesigned 4:35
HENRY MANCINI & HIS ORCHESTRA Orange Tamoure Charade/Experiment In Terror 1:56
AUDIOWHORE It’s Good But It’s Not Right! Tracks For Horses 2:53
JACK WHITE What’s The Trick? Fear Of The Dawn 3:34
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS Juicy Juice Set Sail 3:32
MORPHINE Take Me With You The Night 4:53
HAL WILLNER If I Had Known Whoops I’m An Indian 3:15
SET #6
SHANE CURRY PSX Girl PSX Girl + Game Boy** 2:51
SHAWN PHILLIPS Believe In Me Do You Wonder? 5:50
VILLAGERS Hazey Jane II Mojo Presents Green Leaves: Nick Drake Covered 3:51
KEVIN AYERS Friends And Strangers The Unfairground 3:35
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
On this extra special 'rewind' edition of Transmusic Airwaves I'm extracting from my archives the long hidden very first 'Character Study,' that of legendary artist Kevin Ayers, which debuted on Episode #3 on March 8, 2013, three weeks after his passing. Now after nearly a decade, it is available once again for your enjoyment. Below is the synopsis and playlist from this program. Enjoy!
Today on the 3rd installment of Transmusic Airwaves and I’ll be DEBUTING a new segment within the show called “Character Study,” a monthly feature that devotes two hours to an artist or band that has made significant contributions to the world of modern music.
In today’s premiere, a look at the life and music of legendary songwriter KEVIN AYERS. Ayers who was a cornerstone in the British Psychedelic movement and it’s progressive offshoot, “The Canterbury Scene,” was a gifted modern troubadour, who passed away on February 18, 2013.
This feature will include music from his work in the groundbreaking bands Wildeflowers and Soft Machine, his rather sizable solo output (including rare live recordings from his numerous BBC sessions, hard to get studio recordings, and other goodies), and will be interspersed with biographical information about his life. This “Character Study” will be aired in the final two hours of today’s show.
In the first hour today, new songs from the Animal Collective, Eels, Pere Ubu, and a special airing of the limited release from tUnEyArDs; their latest offering, a collaboration with Yoko Ono from an MP3 download.
Today's Setlist:
Set#1
Frank Zappa “The Torture Never Stops” from Zoot Allures
Eels “Bombs Away” from Wonderful, Glorious
Animal Collective “Wide Eyed” from Centipede Hz
Bonzo Dog Band “Noises for the Leg (Remastered)” from A Dog's Life - The Albums 1967-1972 (Remastered)
Monty Python “Tiger Brand Coffee” from Monty Python's Flying Circus
Frank Sinatra “The Coffee Song” from Ring a Ding Ding
Unsung Heroes & Ty “Right Here In Front Of You” from Rough Guide to African Rap
Set #2
Tuneyards as Yoko “We're All Water” from 7" (Vinyl)
Dick Dale & The Del-Tones “The Victor” from Greatest Hits
Crack The Sky “Techni Generation” from White Music
Matronik “Maximum Drum Formula” from Reich - Remixed 2006
Charlie Haden, Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti “Equilibrista” from Folk Songs
Pere Ubu “Thanks” from Lady from Shanghai
Fiona Apple “Jonathan” from The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
CHARACTER STUDY: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF KEVIN AYERS
The Wildeflowers “She's Gone” from Tales of Canterbury (Box Set)
Soft Machine “Feelin', Reelin', Squealin'” from The Soft Machine
Soft Machine “We Did It Again” from The Soft Machine
Kevin Ayers “Song for Insane Times” from Joy of a Toy
Kevin Ayers (with Syd Barrett) “Religious Experience (Singing a Song In the Morning)” from Joy of a Toy
Kevin Ayers “The Oyster and the Flying Fish” from Shooting At the Moon
Kevin Ayers “Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes” from Whatevershebringswesing
Kevin Ayers “All This Crazy Gift of Time” from BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
Kevin Ayers (with Archie Leggett-Duo) “Butterfly Dance” from Singing the Bruise (BBC Radio Sessions 1970-1972)
Kevin Ayers “Shouting In a Bucket Blues” from Bananamour
Kevin Ayers “It Begins With a Blessing / Once I Awakened / But It Ends With a Curse” from The Confessions of Doctor Dream and Other Stories (Bonus Track Version) [Remastered]
Kevin Ayers/John Cale/Eno/Nico “May I ?” from June 1, 1974
Kevin Ayers “Didn't Feel Lonely 'Til I Thought of You (BBC Radio One's ''John Peel Show'' 30/7/74)” from The First Show in the Appearance Business (BBC Sessions 1973-76)
Lady June “Bars” from Linguistic Leprosy (Remastered)
Kevin Ayers “Guru Banana” from Sweet Deceiver (Bonus Track Version)
Kevin Ayers “Caribbean Moon” from Odd Ditties
Kevin Ayers “The Ballad of Mr. Snake” from Yes We Have No Mañanas (Bonus Track Version)
Kevin Ayers “Love's Gonna Turn You Round (BBC Radio One's ''John Peel Show'' 22/7/76)” from The First Show in the Appearance Business (BBC Sessions 1973-76)
Kevin Ayers “The Ballad of a Salesman Who Sold Himself” from Rainbow Takeaway
Kevin Ayers “Where Do the Stars End” from That's What You Get Babe
Kevin Ayers “Champagne and Valium” from Deià... Vu
Kevin Ayers “Flying Start” from Falling Up
Kevin Ayers “Feeling This Way” from Still Life With Guitar
Kevin Ayers & The Wizards of Twiddly “Beware of the Dog II (Live)” from Turn the Lights Down!
(Live In London 1995)
Kevin Ayers “Only Heaven Knows” from The Unfairground
Kevin Ayers “See You Later” from Alive in California
Each week as I prepare to get going on another upcoming show, a new release, movie or TV show, event, or person can serve as an inspiration to get the creative juices flowing and on this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #475 ) it was a combination of those elements that played out. Upon learning of the passing of Monty Newman, the composer of perhaps the world’s most recognizable spy movie theme (James Bond) I decided to incorporate that theme with other spy music themes interpreted by a variety of artists during today’s first set.
The program begins with the new offering by THE SMILE (featuring members of Radiohead), then tracks by MODEST MOUSE and SLAPP HAPPY, before transitioning into Bond-like themes from PROPELLERHEADS, BOB CRANE & HIS ORCHESTRA (Get Smart), THE SURF CHAMPLERS (Bond), ORANJ SYMPHONETTE (The Pink Panther), and THE VENTURES (Secret Agent Man). NANCY SINATRA adds her own take on the subject with the song ‘The Last Of The Secret Agents’ along the way.
The diversity of the five other sets is what you’d expect as a regular listener to this broadcast and today is no exception. More new pieces are heard from FLORA PURIM, MARK ALLENDER, and DAMON ALBARN, there’s ‘vault’ material from PETER HAMMILL, THE BEATLES, CAN, and TALKING HEADS, indie rock with MONKS OF DOOM, DENGUE FEVER, and WIRE, plus tracks from WILCO, ANGELO BADALAMENTI, DAVID CUNNINGHAM, ADRIAN BELEW, and JOHN KIRKPATRICK.
SET #1
THE SMILE This Thing A Light For Attracting Attention 4:31
MODEST MOUSE Fly Trapped In A Jar We Were Dead Before The Ship Ever Sank 4:29
SLAPP HAPPY/HENRY COW Giants Desperate Straights (2004 Remaster) 1:57
PROPELLERHEADS On Her Majesties Secret Service (Pt. 1) Drumsanddecksandrockandroll 3:25
BOB CRANE/HIS DRUMS AND HIS ORCHESTRA Get Smart Theme (w/Don Adams) Plays The Funny Side Of TV 1:54
NANCY SINATRA The Last Of The Secret Agents Come Spy With Us – The Secret Agents Handbook 2:45
THE SURF CHAMPLERS The James Bond Theme The Rough Guide To The Music Of Japan 3:04
ORANJ SYMPHONETTE The Pink Panther Theme Plays Mancini 4:44
THE VENTURES Secret Agent Man Legendary Masters Series 2:16
SET #2
TOTO BONA LOKUA Ghana Blues Toto Bona Lokua 3:04
MONOSWEZI Hwiri Hwiri Hwiri Shanu 3:48
TALKING HEADS Double Groove (Unfinished Outtake) Remain In Light (Remaster) 4:27
CALEXICO Rancho Azul El Mirador 2:57
MONKS OF DOOM Unexplained Murders The Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company 3:08
GIBBY HAYNES & HIS PROBLEM Superman Gibby Haynes & His Problem 3:10
BARNEY BIGARD SEXTET Sweet Marijuana Brown Reefer Songs 2:58
WIRE Blessed State 154 (Remaster) 3:27
ROKIA KONE & JACKNIFE LEE Soyi N’Galanba BAMANAN** 5:56
SET #3
BRUCE COCKBURN The Mines Of Mozambique The Charity Of Night 6:14
DENGUE FEVER Sui Bong Escape From Dragon House 4:26
D’NOTE (Steve Reich) Piano Phase (D’Notes Phased & Konfused Remix After Steve Reich) Reich Remixed 5:08
MARK ALLENDER Swagger Piano Ditties From The Time Of The Plague** 1:23
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER Age Of Age Of 3:24
HECTOR ZAZOU & BONEY BIKAYE It’s A Man’s World Guilty 4:44
SET #4
FLORA PURIM 500 Miles High If You Will 6:29
STEREOLAB Cybele’s Reverie Emperor Tomato Ketchup (2018 Remaster) 4:42
PETER HAMMILL Tapeworm In Camera 4:19
WILCO On And On And On Sky Blue Sky 4:03
DAMON ALBARN Giraffe Trumpet Sea/Polaris The Nearer The Fountain More Pure The Stream Flows 6:33
THE BEATLES Dear Prudence (2018 Mix) The Beatles 50th Ann. Deluxe Edition 3:55
SET #5
CAN Deadlock (from Deadlock) Soundtracks 3:27
DAVID CUNNINGHAM Error System (C Pulse Group Recording) Grey Scale 3:25
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI Nyonini Le? In The Spirit Of Ntu** 6:02
LITTLE FEAT On Your Way Down Dixie Chicken 5:34
MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD Cat Creeps Let’s Go Everywhere 2:46
ANGELO BADALAMENTI A Real Indication Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me 5:37
ADRIAN BELEW Beach Creatures Dancing Like Cranes Desire Caught By The Tail 3:18
SET #6
JOHN KIRKPATRICK Dan The Dustman Going Spare 3:08
DAVID THOMAS My Town Blame The Messenger (Disc 4) Monster (Box Set) 3:07
1912 NATIONAL CALLIOPE The Twelfth Street Rag The Circus Is Coming (Old Fashioned Calliope Music) 1:23
POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE So Long Honeybee, Goodbye Middle Of Everywhere 3:06
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT The Private Dining Room Of The Police Commissioner The French Dispatch (OST) 5:10
UKULELE CLUB DE PARIS Java Javanaisse The Rough Guide To Paris Cafe 1:42
LE VENT DU NORD Le Diable Et Le Fermier Tromper Le Temps 3:38
JONATHAN RICHMAN Sa Voix M’atisse Oh Moon, Queen Of Night On Earth 2:51
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
A Special 'Tuesday Rewind' from the Archives is today's selection for July 19, 2022 as I am releasing my '4th Anniversary Show' of Transmusic Airwaves (Episode #174) from July 29, 2016. Here's the details:
Boy oh boy, I’ve been at it so long now that I’ve almost let an important anniversary date slip by that commemorates my return to radio. In the case of today’s program, TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#174), I nearly forgot that this show marks the start of my fourth year at SFCR/KUSF-in-Exile. That realization came about midway through today’s program and as a result, I’ve decided to “double down” on some of the things that make this show what it is.
There’s plenty of music from the “vault” today including pieces from The Grateful Dead, Gil Scott Heron, Snakefinger, Tin Huey, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Lene Lovich, and Parasites of the Western World.
You’ll also hear jazz from Charles Mingus and Bill Frisell, world music from Geoffrey Oryema and The Khac Chi Ensemble, classically inspired work from Matt Haimovitz &Uccello and Phillip Glass, and more great cuts from Laurie Anderson, Fred Frith, and David Bowie.
There’s plenty of signature segues that give this show it’s sense of “flow” so please tune in and don’t miss a minute!
Set #1
Fred Frith “Walking Song” from Cheap At Half the Price
Esquivel “Music Makers” from Space Age Bachelor Pad Music
William Shatner “Space Truckin'” from Seeking Major Tom
Snakefinger “Personal Universe/Life on Nebulov” from Manual Of Errors
Tin Huey “Otis Says No” from Disinformation
Tinariwen “Tenere Taqhim Tossam (feat. Kyp Malone & Tunde Adebimpe)” from Tassili
Set #2
Julia Holter “In the Green Wild” from Loud City Song
Jon Hassell/Farafina “Nicht Moves (Fear)” from Flash of the Spirit
Laurie Anderson “Kokoku” from Mister Heartbreak
Bill Frisell “Farewell to Cheyenne” from When You Wish Upon A Star
Bob Dylan “On a Little Street in Singapore” from Fallen Angels
Parasites of the Western World “Flying” from Parasites of the Western World
Ron Geesin “We're All Going to Liverpool” from A Raise of Eyebrows
Phillip Glass “A Gentleman's Honor (Act 1)” from The Photographer
Set #3
KMFDM “Dogma” from Xtort
Los Lobos “Revolution” from Colossal Head
Gil Scott-Heron “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” from Pieces Of A Man
Deerhoof “The Devil and his Anarchic Surrealist Retinue” from The Magic
Matt Haimovitz & Uccello “Open Country Joy” from Meeting of the Spirits
The Kinks “God's Children” from Percy (Bonus Track Edition)
The Mountain Goats “Southwestern Territory” from Beat the Champ
Manfred Mann's Earth Band “Father of Day, Father of Night (Edited Version)” from Solar Fire
Set #4
Khac Chi Ensemble “T'rung Stream” from Moonlight in Vietnam
Mari Boine Persen “Vilges Suola” from Gula Gula
Sky Cries Mary “Ringing” from Moon Bathing On Sleeping Leaves
Grateful Dead “Born Cross-Eyed” from Anthem of the Sun
Phil Manzanera “Verdadero” from Vozero
Meat Beat Manifesto “# Zero” from Answers Come In Dreams (Deluxe Edition)
10CC “The Worst Band in the World” from Sheet Music
Set #5
The Claypool Lennon Delirium “Breath of a Salesman” from Monolith of Phobos
The Burning of Rome “Little Piranhas” from With Us
David Sylvain & Ryuichi Sakamoto “I Won't Be Disappointed (Long Version)” from World Citizen
Robert Kidney “Back to Disaster” from Jackleg
Charles Mingus “Prayer for Passive Resistance” from Charles Mingus's Finest Hour
Patti Smith “Distant Fingers” from Radio Ethiopia
Set #6
David Bowie “Lazarus” from Blackstar
The Shins “The Rifle's Spiral” from Port of Morrow
Chrome “Pygmies In Zee Dark” from Alien Soundtracks
Hugh Hopper “Hopper Tunity Box” from Hopper Tunity Box
Super Furry Animals “Bass Tuned to DEAD” from Radiator
Lene Lovich “Egghead” from Flex
Geoffrey Oryema “Gari Moshi” from Night to Night
Camper Van Beethoven “Shut Us Down” from Camper Van Beethoven
History was made this week as the James Webb Space Telescope sent back it’s first photos with clarity and depth, allowing us to gaze further back in time towards the origin of the universe so on this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #474) I’ll dedicate an entire set to that monumental achievement. You’ll hear music from DONOVAN, HAWKWIND, PRIMAL SCREAM, THOMAS NEWMAN (from Wall-E), LEONARD NIMOY, GONG, and several others to begin the programs final hour.
There’s plenty of other ‘goodies’ to get to beforehand, including my usual preferences of ‘vault’ material, new releases, and ‘worldly’ music from far and wide.
I’ve even added Native American elements to the second set influenced by a TV series I’m currently obsessed with. You’ll hear songs from ROBBIE ROBERTSON, GERONIMO BLACK, MANFRED MANN’S PLAIN’S MUSIC, and PEACEPIPE surrounded by other pieces from SUFJAN STEVENS, SHANE CURRY, and KEN NORDINE.
In another segment, local artists HOME AND GARDEN and CHRIS BUTLER get blended in with new cuts from CATE LE BON, JACK WHITE, and ROKIA KONE & JACKNIFE LEE and ‘vault’ stalwarts BRIAN ENO and FRANK ZAPPA.
I could go on but I’ll stop here. I think you’ve got plenty of great reasons to listen today.
SET #1
FLORA PURIM This Is Me If You Will 5:27
CALEXICO El Mirador El Mirador 3:38
SPACCANAPOLI O’Munachino Lost Souls 3:35
MONOSWEZI Paya Shanu** 2:11
3 LEG TORSO According To Chagall Animals And Cannibals 5:29
TUCKER SMITH/THE JETS Cool West Side Story (OST) 4:22
VIOLENT FEMMES Out The Window Add It Up 1981-1993 2:52
THE ROLLING STONES Factory Girl Beggar’s Banquet 2:12
SET #2
FROU FROU (IMOGEN HEAP) Breathe In Details 4:37
SUFJAN STEVENS City Of Roses The Greatest Gift 2:14
SHANE CURRY (Sleep Day) This Guitar PSK Girl + Game Boy** 2:43
MANFRED MANN’S PLAINS MUSIC Sikelele II Manfred Mann’s Plains Music 4:02
ROBBIE ROBERTSON The Code Of Handsome Lake Contact From The Underworld Of Red Boy 6:12
KEN NORDINE The Guru A Transparent Mask 1:49
NUSRAT FATAH ALI KHAN & MICHAEL BROOK Longing Night Song 5:35
GERONIMO BLACK Gone Geronimo Black 3:11
PEACEPIPE The Sun Won’t Shine Forever Peacepipe 2:49
SET #3
CATE LE BON Cry Me Old Trouble Pompeii 5:04
HOME AND GARDEN Para Uds History And Geography 3:11
BRIAN ENO Everything Merges With The Night Another Green World 3:59
ROKIA KONE & JACKNIFE LEE Shezita BAMANAN 5:03
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD See Me L.W. Explorations Into Microtonal Tuning Vol. 3 4:04
FRANK ZAPPA Tunnel Into Muck/Why Not?/Put A Little Motor In Em Civilization Phase III 3:30
CHRIS BUTLER The Devil Glitch (Short Version) The Devil Glitch 5:09
JACK WHITE The White Raven Fear Of The Dawn 2:43
SET #4
SUNDAY ALL OVER THE WORLD Sunday All Over The World Kneeling At The Shrine 4:07
IBIBO SOUND MACHINE Electricity Electricity 4:48
SUPREME BEINGS OF LEISURE Truth Or Fiction Supreme Beings Of Leisure 4:07
ANDY PARTRIDGE The Day They Pulled The North Pole Down Take Away: The Lure Of Salvage 3:05
KRAFTWERK Radioactivity (William Orbit Hardcore Remix/Kling Klang Edit) Kraftwerk Remixes 5:37
PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE SOUND Promise Of The Electric Glid No Wonderland 0:40
JOHN ZORN Lacrimosa (W: Medeski/Frisell/Marcella/Wollesen) Perchance To Dream** 6:44
JOHN LURIE Nose Punch (Short Version) Get Shorty (OST) 1:07
SET #5
DONOVAN Cosmic Wheels Cosmic Wheels 4:11
EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS The Ballad Of Yaya PersonA 5:00
HAWKWIND Spiral Galaxy 28948 Warrior On The Edge Of Time 3:41
LEONARD NIMOY Follow Your Star Mr. Spock’s Music From Outer Space 2:37
THOMAS NEWMAN Fixing WALL-E WALL-E (OST) 2:08
PRIMAL SCREAM Out Of The Void Vanishing Point 4:00
GONG Selene Angel’s Egg: Radio Gnome Invisible Pt. 2 3:38
SPIRITS BURNING I’ll Give You Cumulus Reflections In A Radio Shower 2:39
TOM GLAZER & DOTTIE EVANS Why Go Up There? Space Songs 1:48
JIMMY CREASEY 2000 Light Years From Home Surfin’ Jack Flash: (The Surf Instrumental Bands Of The World Perform The Music Of The Stones) 3:23
SET #6
IMARHAN Derhan Aboogi 3:33
M Mayday The Official Secrets Act (Remaster) 5:26
GNAWA DIFFUSION Istikhbar & Ombre Elle Arabesque 5:14
PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE Moucha V Rannim Pive Hovezi Porazka 3;28
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI Mlilweni In The Spirit Of Ntu 4:58
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
It's vacation time folks so this week I've decided to forgo another new program and instead, resurrect an early program from my first year back into radio with the program 'Vicotin Popsicle's'. Today I've selected ' Episode #16 which initially aired on August 10, 2012 over San Francisco internet radio station KUSF-In-Exile on a Friday morning from 6-9 AM (PST).
Themed sets, cartoon and movie dialogue, spoken word, and a variety of musical styles all melded together into the early shows during this time period as I was finding my way and honing my skills along the way. Below is a synopsis of the program as it appeared in 2012. Enjoy!!!
On today’s three hour edition there's newly released music from The Flaming Lips, Sigur Ros, and Garbage; plus several themes including Bugs Bunny’s dialogue from the classic “Long Haired Hare" (LEOPOLD..LEOPOLD...Leopold..) cartoon blended together with rare vault finds and an orchestral gem from Fantasia.
There’s a New York based themed set as well featuring Jim’s Big Ego, Lou Reed and Elliot Murphy with dialogue from the movie “Goodfella’s” scattered throughout.
You'll also hear jazz cuts from Ramsey Lewis, Brian Auger, and Django Reinhardt and a “Spanish” themed set featuring cuts from Carla Bley, Nat King Cole, and the Tubes (yes that’s right..the Tubes!)
Program Set List:
Set #1
Brand X “Smacks of Euphoric Hysteria” from Unorthodox Behaviour
Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps” from Fever To Tell
Django Rheinhardt “I Got Rythmn” from Djangology
Hector Zazou & Sandy Dillion “Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles” from 12 -Las Vegas Is Cursed
Captain Beefheart “Light Reflected Off the Oceans of the Moon” from A Carrot Is As Close As a Rabbit Gets To a Diamond
Daniel Knox “Debt Collector” from Everyman For Himself
Syd Barrett “Late Night” from The Madcap Laughs
Set #2
Ramsey Lewis “Dancing in the Streets” from Greatest Hits
Balafon Marimba Ensemble “Jamaica” from Harare to Kisangani
Jim's Big Ego “Feelin’ Groovy” from Don't Get Smart
Lou Reed “Dirty Boulevard” from New York
Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham “Threw it Away” from L'Aventura
Elliot Murphy “White Middle Class Blues” from Aquashow
Asleep At the Wheel & Dixie Chicks “Roly Poly” from Ride With Bob
Stuffy and his Frozen Parachute Band “Space Ranger” from Space Ranger - EP
Set #3
Dissidenten “Cairo By Night” from Out Of This World
The Flaming Lips “Is David Bowie Dying? (feat. Neon Indian)” from The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
Garbage “Control” from Not Your Kind of People (Deluxe Version)
Gang Of Four “Satellite” from Mall
Sam And The Plants “Spider” from The Eft
Yo La Tengo “Superstar-Watcher” from Painful
Daryl Hall “North Star” from Sacred Songs
Man “Hard Way to Die” from Slow Motion (Bonus Track Version)
Set #4
The Midnight Revelers “When Yuma Does The Rhumba On The Tuba Down In Cuba” The Revelers When Yuma does the Rhumba on the Tuba down in Cuba (33 1/3 Vinyl LP)
Dialogue: Bugs Bunny “Long-Haired Hare (dialogue exerpt) from 'Long Haired Hare' Cartoon
Leopold Stokovski,& The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra “Tchaikovsky- Russian Dances-Nutcracker Suite” from Fantasia Motion Picture Soundtrack (Remastered)
Dialogue: Bugs Bunny (Dialogue excerpt) from 'The Long Haired Hare' Cartoon
Brian Auger's Oblivion Express “Happiness Is Just Around The Bend (Alternative Take)” from Closer To It/Straight Ahead
Stuart Moxham “Unit Of Desire” from Signal Path
Geoffrey Oryema “Medieval Dream” from Night to Night
Donovan “Wild Witch Lady” from Cosmic Wheels
Set #5
Brave Combo “Jeepers Creepers Cha Cha Cha” from The Hokey Pokey-Organized Dancing
Monty Python “The Spanish Inquisition (dialogue excerpt)” from Another Monty Python Record
Carla Bley “Reactionary Tango” from Social Studies
Monty Python “The Spanish Inquisition (dialogue exerpt)” from Another Monty Python Record
Nat 'King' Cole “El Bodeguero” from Colección 5 Estrellas: Nat King Cole, Vol. 1
Dialogue “Zoolander” from Zoolander (OST)
Sting/Antonio Carlos Jobin “So Insensitive” from Red Hot & Rio
The Tubes “Malaguena Salerosa” from The Tubes
Peter Rapp “Punta” (with Senor Coconut) from Senor Coconut Presents Coconut FM
Grace Jones “Nightclubbing” from Nightclubbing
Set #6
Leo Kottke “June Bug” from Mudlark
Can “Mother Upduff” from Anthology (Remastered)
Sigur Ros “Dauðalogn” from Valtari
Ultravox “The Wild, the Beautiful & the Damned” from Ultravox
OST = Original Soundtrack
Brand new music from SHANE CURRY (also known as ‘Sleep Day’) and legendary vocalist FLORA PURIM gets it all started on this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #473) during the first thirty minutes in a program filled with ‘vault’ classics, eye popping ‘covers,’ and others assorted tasty tidbits.
There’s high octane additives to that first set today with JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS, the weirdly unique a capella meanderings of FLOOM, THE RIVINGTON’S ‘Papa-Oom-Mow Mow,’ THE RESIDENTS channeling ‘Elvis,’ and more new worldly tracks from IMARHAN and ROKIA KONE & JACKNIFE LEE.
Interested in ‘covers’ today? Well there’s FRED SCHNEIDER (Nilsson), BRAVE COMBO (The Doors), and JIM WHITE (The Beatles) plus more from TAJ MAHAL with RY & JOACHIM COODER, and a bevy of ‘vault’ classics from PAUL KANTNER and GRACE SLICK (‘Million’), PINK FLOYD (‘Set Your Controls For The Heart Of The Sun’), and THE ENID (‘Space Surfing’). In the ‘boy I haven’t heard this in ages’ category there’s AMY RIGBY, JAM NATION, and DIRTY PROJECTORS and I’ll throw in ROBERT WYATT and PIERRE MOERLEN’S GONG for good measure.
After everything I’ve described, you have NO REASON to miss this show!
SET #1
SHANE CURRY (Sleep Day) Scary Enough PSK Girl + Game Boy 3:10
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS Yalla Yalla Rock Art & The X-Ray Style 6:56
IMARHAN Laouni Aboogi 3:09
ROKIA KONE & JACKNIFE LEE Mayougouba BAMANAN 4:26
FLORA PURIM Newspaper Girl If You Will 4:55
FLOOM The Ribbentrop- Richthofen Sphinx Floom 2:22
THE RIVINGTON’S Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow B-Side of Single Blue Water (45 RPM) 2:22
THE RESIDENTS Blue Suede Shoes The King & Eye 2:36
SET #2
JADE WARRIOR Bride Of Summer Released (2005 Remaster) 3:17
AMY RIGBY The Summer Of My Wasted Youth Middlescense 3:22
JOHN G. PERRY Birds And Small Furry Beasts Sunset Wading 3:21
JIM WHITE All Together Now Mojo Presents: Yellow Submarine Resurfaces 3:16
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD Ataraxia L.W. Explorations Into Microtonal Tuning Vol. 3 5:17
FRED SCHNEIDER Coconut (just Fred) 3:48
MARK ALLENDER Metatron Ditties For Piano From The Time Of The Plague 3:11
RIMITTI Maheyni Maheyni (w/ Robert Fripp) Sidi Masour 6:08
SET #3
JOSEPH BYRD Yankee Doodle Boy Yankee Transcendoodle 1:39
BRAVE COMBO People Are Strange Musical Varieties 1:35
PETER BLEGVAD God Doctor Go Figure 2:48
JOHN SCOFIELD You Win Again John Scofield 3:30
JACK WHITE Shedding My Velvet Fear Of The Dawn 3:41
CALEXICO Caldera El Mirador 4:27
THE ENID Space Surfing Journey’s End 4:57
CATE LE BON Moderation Pompeii 4:04
MONOSWEZI Um Pouco Shanu** 5:29
SET #4
PAUL KANTNER & GRACE SLICK Million Sunfighter 4:06
JONNY GREENWOOD Home/Lacrimosa Spencer (OST) 4:19
PINK FLOYD Set Your Controls For The Heart Of The Sun A Saucerful Of Secrets 5:27
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Java Head Nautilus 3:07
WUSSY Better Days Forever Sounds 3:39
DAMON ALBARN Esja The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows 3:40
ROBERT WYATT The United States Of Amnesia Compilation 5:50
SET #5
DIRTY PROJECTORS Break-Thru Lamp Lit Prose 3:47
PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA Simon’s Dream Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Remaster) 1:49
DARCY JAMES ARGUE’S SECRET SOCIETY Invitation Brooklyn Babylon 2:38
DANNY ELFMAN True Big Mess 4:24
JAM NATION Harmonix Way Down Below Buffalo Hell 5:09
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI Unonkanyamba In The Spirit Of Ntu 9:10
PIERRE MOERLEN’S GONG Jin-Go-Lo-Ba Downwind 3:29
SET #6
TAJ MAHAL/RY COODER/JOACHIM COODER The Midnight Special Get On Board: The Songs Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee** 3:25
LEO KOTTKE & MIKE GORDON Ants Noon 4:40
NICK DRAKE Cello Song Five Leaves Left 4:48
NEIL ARDLEY Fair Mirage (Part 2) Harmony Of The Spheres 7:20
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
It’s time once again for another weekly edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES and today it’s Episode #472 with the usual, unusual suspects all assembled into six sets, each with their own unique attributes of diverse musical styles. It’s an adventure for your ears where at every turn I hope to surprise you, bring a smile to your face, and have readily receptive to what might be forthcoming as the program progresses.
Here’s a smattering of what to expect this week. I’ll start off with DEERHOOF from ‘Apple O’ followed by a new cut from KING GIZZARD & THE WIZARD LIZARD, then Japan’s quirky power trio SHONEN KNIFE, the lounge styling's of ESQUIVEL, more edgy mischief from Japan with KARIN and CORNELIUS, JACK WHITE (riffing on Cab Calloway) from his latest, CHRISTI HAYDEN (covering ‘Boris The Spider’), and KRAFTWERK doing another classic cut from their latest ‘Remixes.’
I’ve got interesting ‘covers’ from OKKO BEKKER (playing The Beatles on sitar and synthesizer), ELADES OCHOA (Bob Dylan), and FRED FRITH (‘Dancing In The Street’), new recordings from CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE (acoustic blues), NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI (Cape Town jazz), and local musician MARK ALLENDER, ‘vault’ finds from LIQUID SOUND COMPANY, TOM RAPP, and VINCE GUARALDI, and a whole lot of other goodies like XTC, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, PHIL MANZANERA, and JEAN LUC PONTY.
It’s another show well worth your listening investment.
SET #1
DEERHOOF Panda Panda Panda Apple – O 2:41
KING GIZZARD & LIZARD WIZARD Shanghai Butterfly 3000 4:00
SHONEN KNIFE Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaners Theme Let’s Knife 1:43
ESQUIVEL Surfboard Spaceage Bachelor Pad Music 3:01
KARIN Uiteruyo? The Rough Guide To Avant-Garde Japan 3:15
JACK WHITE Hi-De-Ho (feat Q-Tip) Fear Of The Dawn 3:56
CORNELIUS Count Five Or Six Fantasma 3:01
CHRISTI HAYDON Boris The Spider Sparks – Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins Bonus Disc 3:43
KRAFTWERK Home Computer (2021 Single Edit) Kraftwerk Remixes 4:45
SET #2
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI Amathongo In The Spirit Of Ntu 6:26
LIQUID SOUND COMPANY Cubehead Inside The Acid Temple 3:12
DANNY ELFMAN Dance With The Lemurs Big Mess 4:14
PHIL MANZANERA 6pm 6pm 3:36
CALEXICO El Paso El Mirador 2:33
REBOLU Cumbia Sambrosa (Savory Cumbia) Mi Herencia (My Heritage) 3:01
MONOSWEZI We Crown You Nehandra Shanu 3:12
DUMMY Aluminum In Retrograde Mandatory Enjoyment 2:39
SET #3
OKKO BEKKER If I Needed Someone Sitar & Electronics 3:19
ROKIA KONE & JACKNIFE LEE Dunden BAMANAN 4:48
DAMON ALBARN Particles The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows 3:20
MOTORCYCLE As The Rush Comes (Gabriel & Dresden Chill Mix) As The Rush Comes 6:21
TOM RAPP For The Dead In Space Stardancer 4:01
DEVOTCHKA Transliterator A Mad & Faithful Telling 4:31
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN June Key Lime Pie 4:25
SET #4
CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE When The Frisco Leaves The Shed Mississippi Son 2:44
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART The Smithsonian Institute Blues Lick My Decals Off Baby 2:10
THE BLACK KEYS Happiness Dropout Boogie 3:44
JEAN LUC PONTY Tarantula Imaginary Voyage 4:10
IMARHAN Imaslan N’Assouf Aboogi 5:04
ULF IVARSSON Agrun (Pt. 2) (w/ Bill Laswell) Nammu 4:53
XTC Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian) Go 2 4:32
WET LEG Ur Mum Wet Leg** 3:21
SET #5
IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE Oyoyo Electricity 3:02
KOKOKO! Tokoliana Fongola 3:46
DAVID BYRNE In The Future The Knee Plays 6:35
LAURIE ANDERSON The Beginning Of Memory Homeland 2:51
I’M NOT JIM Walks Into You Are All My People 3:58
ANDRE PREVIN’S TRIO JAZZ (w/ Carmen McRae) Coffee Time The Best Of The Beat Generation 2:46
TAJ MAHAL/RY COODER/JOACHIM COODER What A Beautiful City Get On Board: The Songs Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 4:11
RICKIE LEE JONES Rorschachs (Theme For The Pope) The Magazine 3:20
SET #6
MARK ALLENDER This Domestic Bliss Ditties For Piano From The Time Of The Plague** 3:01
VINCE GUARALDI Treat Street The Best Of Vince Guaraldi 3:03
ELADES OCHOA All Along The Watchtower From Another World: A Tribute To Bob Dylan 4:29
OS MUTANTES Tempo E Espaco Zzyzx 3:41
AL DIMEOLA Cascade Elysium 5:06
FRED FRITH Dancing In The Streets Gravity 2:59
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
These are the days one dreams about when it’s near zero and snowing in late January so I’ll always take heat over freezing for my old bones and enjoy this week’s weather. (it doesn’t hurt to have AC either, as the days of sitting in front of a fan while suffocating inside my home as some of my siblings still do have long since passed for moi). Have said that, I’ve got plenty of great music to chill out to on this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #471) and prepare you for the gorgeous days ahead.
I’ll start off with TAJ MAHAL and his collaborators, RY & JOACHIM COODER doing ‘Hooray, Hooray’ from their new ‘Get On Board’ release and follow it with JIM WHITE’S ‘Wrong Kind Of Love,’ KEN NORDINE & TOM WAITS’ word poem ‘A Thousand Bing Bangs,’ then head off for other sonically interesting pieces from L. VOAG, DAMON ALBARN, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, DANNY ELFMAN, and a hard to find 10CC classic.
The next thirty minutes bring more new material from ROKIA KONE & JACKNIFE LEE, two ‘vault’ masterpieces from JOHN MARTYN and LED ZEPPELIN followed by THE MEKONS, PJ HARVEY, DAEVID ALLEN, and a MARK MOTHERSBAUGH percussion piece all that seamlessly flow into a new BLACK KEYS track.
Later on there’s more ‘vault’ delights from RARE BIRD, the Swiss band NAUTILUS, MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA, and GRACE JONES, plus locals PERE UBU, JOHN BASSETTE (‘Hessler Street’), 15-60-75, and MARK ALLENDER, and plenty of new material from WET LEG, JOHN ZORN, IMARHAN, and CATE LE BON to keep you engaged.
SET #1
TAJ MAHAL/RY COODER/ JOACHIM COODER Hooray Hooray Get On Board: The Songs Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 4:19
JIM WHITE The Wrong Kind Of Love No Such Place 6:32
KEN NORDINE Thousand Bing Bangs (w/ TOM WAITS) Devout Catalyst 3:50
L. VOAG The Way Out The Way Out 2:44
DAMON ALBARN Combustion The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows 2:52
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Dilaudid The Sunset Tree 2:10
DANNY ELFMAN Happy Big Mess** 4:33
10CC Iceberg How Dare You 3:47
SET #2
ROKIA KONE & JACKNIFE LEE Anw Tile BAMANAN 5:32
JOHN MARTYN Outside In (Bonus Track) Inside Out (2005 Remaster) 7:49
LED ZEPPELIN The Song Remains The Same Houses Of The Holy 5:30
THE MEKONS Blow Your Tuneless Trumpet The Mekons Rock’N’Roll 3:56
PJ HARVEY The Glorious Land (Demo) Let England Shake Demos 3:21
DAEVID ALLEN The Turkeybirds Breakfast N’ Existe Pas 2:11
PETER JARVIS & HIS DRUM CORPS Camp Ivanhoe Cadence Medley (Mark Mothersbaugh – Composer) Moonrise Kingdom (OST) 1:37
THE BLACK KEYS Your Team Is Looking Good Dropout Boogie** 3:05
SET #3
MARK ALLENDER Pie (Symbol) Anna Ditties For Piano From The Time Of The Plague 3:04
JUANA MOLINA Un Dia Un Dia 5:35
CALEXICO Liberada El Mirador 3:17
JOHN SCOFIELD Trance De Jour John Scofield - Solo 4:23
AMAMIAYNU Kyuramun Rimse Rough Guide To The Best Japanese Music You’ve Never Heard 3:41
NATIONAL LAMPOON Monolithic Oil That’s Not Funny That’s Sick 1:44
REBOLU Dame Agua (Give Me Water) Mi Herencia (My Heritage) 4:12
BEIRUT St. Apollonia Flying Club Cup 2:58
SET #4
PERE UBU I Hear They Smoke The Barbecue Worlds In Collision 4:08
HAWKESTREL The Future Is Us The Future Is Us 4:38
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA Sanctuary Birds Of Fire 5:05
JONNY GREENWOOD Crucifix Spencer (OST) 3:36
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) The Dance Of Nearness 20 5:10
THE FEELIES For Awhile It’s Only Life 4:05
WET LEG Supermarket Wet Leg 3:10
SET #5
NAUTILUS Like A Bird 20,000 Miles Under The Sea 4:19
RARE BIRD Epic Forest Epic Forest 9:10
JOHN BASSETTE Hessler Street This Time Around 3:41
IMARHAN Assossam Aboogi 2:57
JACK WHITE Eosophobia (Reprise) Fear Of The Dawn 3:58
HOLGAR CZUKAY Good Morning Story Good Morning Story 3:52
IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE 17 18 19 Electricity** 3:08
GRACE JONES Warm Leatherette Warm Leatherette 4:26
SET #6
CATE LE BON Remembering Me Pompeii 4:34
WILCO Before Us Ode To Joy 3:22
HAL WILLNER Presents Freedom Weird Nightmare: Meditations On Mingus 3:36
JOHN ZORN Tenderness (feat: Medeski/Frisell/Marsella/Wollesen) Perchance To Dream 5:04
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Boat Of Millions Of Years (Bonus) The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other 3:50
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
They say that eventually as you age you become more like your parents and if that’s the case, then I’ve become more like mom especially when it comes to her obsession with all things maple. Lately it’s been maple frosted cinnamon rolls (mom had issues with maple cremes and every box of assorted chocolate candies would have her tell tale marks where she had jammed her thumb into each piece in attempt to locate her confectionery treasures).
I have those same issues with music for this program as I search relentlessly for specific treasures to play for you each week and on today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #470) they’ll show up just like those sugary nuggets of goodness.
I’ve got new pieces from WET LEG, KING CRIMSON (live), MARK ALLENDER (his ‘Ditties For Piano From The Time Of The Plague’ release), DANNY ELFMAN, and JACK WHITE incorporated with older tracks from JOHN ENTWISTLE, PJ HARVEY, and GRYPHON to start the show off today.
You’ll hear covers from LUFF (Neil Young) and JOHN SCOFIELD (‘Not Fade Away’), another pile of great international material (IMARHAN, MUTSUMI ARAGAKI, REBOLU, and IBIBO SOUND MACHINE), vintage ‘vault’ tracks (from DAEVID ALLEN, HUGH HOPPER, THE RESIDENTS, and THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION), local flair from BOB ETHINGTON and RALPH CARNEY) plus other tasty treats from DON CHERRY, BRUCE COCKBURN, ELVIS, and PORTISHEAD.
Mmmmm....Tasty!
SET #1
PJ HARVEY Let England Shake (Demo) Let England Shake Demos 3:31
WET LEG Angelica Wet Leg 3:52
JACK WHITE Taking Me Back Fear Of The Dawn 3:58
KING CRIMSON One More Red Nightmare Music Is Our Friend (Live In Washington And Albany 2021) 6:08
DANNY ELFMAN Serious Ground Big Mess 5:00
MARK ALLENDER Walking On The Great Razor Ditties For Piano From The Time Of The Plague 2:22
JOHN ENTWISTLE I Found Out Whistle Rhymes 3:51
GRYPHON Fontinental Version Raindance 5:34
SET #2
MOTH WRANGLERS Let Go, Let Me Never Mind The Context 4:45
THE BEATLES Flying Magical Mystery Tour 2:16
LUFF Tell Me Why Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity 3:27
HUGH HOPPER Minipax II/Minitrue 1984 4:37
JOHN SCOFIELD Not Fade Away John Scofield - Solo 5:43
IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE Casio (Yak Nda Nda) Electricity 3:05
CALEXICO Then You Might See El Mirador 3:05
ENNIO MORRICONE Rene La Canne (from Rene La Canne) Morricone Segreto 2:57
BEIRUT The Penalty Flying Club Cup 2:22
SET #3
JONNY GREENWOOD Partita In Five For Two Organs Spencer (OST) 1:37
COCKROACH EATER Saboten No Wakusei Rough Guide To The Best Japanese Music You’ve Never Heard 4:20
JOHN ZORN Hekate (feat: Medeski/Frisell/Marsella/Wollesen Perchance To Dream 5:57
KING GIZZARD & THE WIZARD LIZARD Minimum Brain Size K.G.: Explorations in Microtonal Tuning Vol. 2 4:18
BRUCE COCKBURN A Montreal Song The Further Adventures Of 4:07
TAJ MAHAL/RY COODER/ JOACHIM COODER Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Get On Board: The Songs Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 3:15
REBOLU Mi Mulata (My Mulatta) Mi Herencia (My Heritage) 2:44
JEAN-PIERRE DJEUKAM Africa Iyo Cameroon Garage Funk 1964-1979 3:51
SET #4
DAEVID ALLEN She Doesn’t She Good Morning 2:39
RALPH CARNEY Far Oud I Like You (A Lot) 4:34
IMARHAN Taghadart Aboogi 3:52
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION America Drinks Absolutely Free 1:53
ROKIA KONE & JACKNIFE LEE Mansa Sotari BAMANAN 5:00
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Royal And Desire Time Skiffs 5:46
CATE LE BON Pompeii Pompeii 4:35
SET #5
ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER Beautiful Steven Sideways To New Italy 3:48
DAVID BOWIE Boss Of Me The Next Day 4:08
THE BREEDERS Night Of Joy Mountain Battles 3:25
MUTSUMI ARAGAKI Nankuru Nankuru Rough Guide To Avant-Garde Japan 5:10
LOU HARRISON (American Gamelan Orchestra/UC Berkeley Chorus) La Koro Sutra: Kunsono Kaj Gloro La Koro Sutra 2:31
DON CHERRY Multikulti Soothsayer Multikulti 5:30
GEOFFREY RICHARDSON On The Beach Viola Mon Amour 3:06
BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) Choo Choo Boogaloo 3:18
SET #6
THE RESIDENTS Elvis And His Boss Duck Stab 2:29
ELVIS PRESLEY As Long As I Have You King Creole (OST) 1:51
ROBERT ETHINGTON Listening To Elvis Black Collar 4:25
PORTISHEAD Over Portishead 4:00
HECTOR ZAZOU & BARBARA GOGAN Dangerous Made On Earth 6:19
MONOSWEZI Where’s My Mbira? Shanu** 3:31
BERTRAND BERGALAT Jour J The Genius Of Bertrand Bergalat 3:03
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
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Here is a special rewind from my radio archives of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #166) from June 3, 2016 literally one month following my move from Chicago to Akron, Ohio in 2016. The synopsis for this program is detailed below! Enjoy!
It’s crazy how I’ve adapted to my new surroundings and used it for inspiration on the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#166). A new garden and my attending the opening of Mark Mothersbaugh’s
“Myopia” multimedia exhibit at the Akron Art Museum this past weekend helped in the creative
process.
So what’s in store as a result you ask? Devo’s “Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA” starts off the show and
afterwards you’ll hear from Holgar Czukay, Richard & Linda Thompson, traditional music from Greece &
Tibesti (Chad), Sonic Youth, PFM, the latest from Brian Eno and each of the Kidney brothers releases,
Ken Nordine, the Japanese cast of “Hair,” Weather Report, Henry Kaiser, Bob Dylan, R.L. Burnside, and
the Stills-Young band.
Grab a folding chair and a cool glass of water because this shows going to heat up the airwaves for three full hours.
Cheers!
Photo of Booji Boy at the Akron Art Museum courtesy of Dolli Gold.
Set#1
Devo “Smart Patrol / Mr. DNA” from Duty Now for the Future (Deluxe Version) [Remastered]
The Nep Tunes “Sea Funk” from Last Jam: Snuggle Inn
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band “Eighteen Is Over the Hill” from A Child's Guide to
Good and Evil
Field Report “Cups and Cups” from Marigolden
Henry Kaiser “Bright Promises, Dismal Performance” from Lemon Fish Tweezer
R. L. Burnside “Shuck Dub” from Come on In
Stereolab “Baby Lulu” from Sound - Dust
Jack Kidney “Without You” from Sealin up the Past
Set #2
Richard and Linda Thompson “I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight” from I Want to See the
Bright Lights Tonight
Daevid Allen Weird Quartet “Under the Yumyum Tree Cafe” from Elevenses
Hair (Japanese Cast) “The Flesh Failure ( Let the Sun Shine In )” from Hair -The Original Japanese Cast Recording
Deerhoof “L'Amour Stories” from Apple O'
M “Keep it to Yourself” from The Official Secrets Act
Animal Collective “On Delay” from Painting With
Dixie Dregs “Northern Lights” from Free Fall
Bob Dylan “Simple Twist of Fate” from Blood On The Tracks
Set #3
Dionisis Savopoulos & Sotiria Bellou “Zeibekiko” from The Rough Guide to the Music of Greece
Buster Poindexter & His Banshees of Blue “Castles in Spain” from Stay Awake;Various
Interpretations from Vintage Disney Films
David Thomas and the Pedestrians “What Happened to Me” from More Places Forever
The Hampton String Quartet “White Rabbit” from What If Mozart Wrote "Born to Be Wild"
Brian Eno “Fickle Sun III: I'm Set Free” from The Ship
Weather Report “The Moors” from I Sing the Body Electric
Teda - Monique Brandily “Deux tambour Et Choeur Des Femmes, Digidel” from Tchad: Musique Du
Tibesti (Chad: Music from Tibesti)
Holgar Czukay “Dancing in Wide Circles” from Good Morning Story
Set #4
The Stills-Young Band “Fountainbleau” from Long May You Run
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys “Roly Poly” from The Essential Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Ken Nordine “I Love A Groove” from Devote Catalyst
Randy Newman “You Can Leave your Hat On (demo)” from Sail Away (expanded edition)
Gentle Giant “Free Hand” from free hand
The Dead Weather “Lose the Right” from Dodge And Burn
Larry Coryell “After Later” from The Essential Larry Coryell
Set #5
Hector Zazou “Lies Will Flow (featuring Caroline Lavelle)” from L'absence
Robert Kidney “Blue Collar” from Jackleg
Van Der Graaf “Lizard Play” from The Quiet Zone The Pleasure Dome (Deluxe Edition)
Alexandre Desplat “The Threat of War” from The King's Speech (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Steve Hackett “Wolfwork” from Wild Orchids
Oneohtrix Point Never “Child of Rage” from Garden of Delete
Laurie Anderson “Three Ghosts” from Heart of a Dog
Huun-Huur-Tu “Tarlaashkyn” from Where Young Grass Grows
Set #6
Sonic Youth “Marilyn Moore” from EVOL
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) “Old Rain” from Photos of Ghosts
Sufjan Stevens “Introductory Fanfare for the Hooper Heroes” from The B.Q.E. (Deluxe Version)
Jah Wobble “Bananas” from The Inspiration of William Blake
Another glorious weekend is upon us as we finally have the weather we’ve waited all winter for in our midst so grab your sunscreen, shorts, and plenty of fluids along with either the portable speakers or your earbuds and take along the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #469) to enjoy the days with. I’ve got quite a spectacular show lined up to keep you entertained.
In honor of the GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANTS first video release featuring their newly minted song ‘Mehalalel,’ I’ve got the entire first set surrounding it with other selections from ROKIA KONE & JACKNIFE LEE, PETER GABRIEL (singing in German), THE BREAKERS, JOHN SCOFIELD and SPIKE JONES (both interpreting ‘My Old Flame’), THE SURF CHAMPLERS (using Japanese traditional instruments while doing a mind blowing take of ‘Misirlou’), and French 60’s sensation DELPHENE.
The second set pays homage to KRAFTWERK’S recent Cleveland appearance with a track from their new album of remixes, plus other out-worldly pieces from IBIBO SOUND MACHINE, KING GIZZARD & THE WIZARD LIZARD, JACK WHITE, and JONNY GREENWOOD (all new), plus ‘vault’ goodies from JAKI LIEBEZEIT’S PHANTOM BAND and CHROME.
I’m just getting started with four more amazing sets to follow featuring NEW pieces from DANNY ELFMAN, CATE LE BON, EBERHARD WEBER, CALEXICO, and PABAN DAS BAUL, and more ‘vault’ gems from FAIRPORT CONVENTION (a Sandy Denny song), CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND, ROBERT PALMER, and BEAVER & KRAUSE.
Photo of Kraftwerk at the Palace in Cleveland on 5/29/22 courtesy of Carl Palmer.
SET #1
ROKIA KONE & JACKNIFE LEE Kurunba BAMANAN 4:25
PETER GABRIEL Mundzumundbeatmung (Kiss Of Life) Deutsches Album 4:50
BEIRUT Forks And Knives (Le Fete) Flying Club Cup 3:33
JOHN SCOFIELD My Old Flame John Scofield - Solo 2:28
SPIKE JONES My Old Flame The Best Of Spike Jones 3:35
THE BREAKERS The Moldau (Reprise) Strange Shores: Old Singles & New Hits 4:30
THE SURF CHAMPLERS Misirlou Rough Guide To The Best Japanese Music You’ve Never Heard** 3:08
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET Mehalalel www.golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 2:47
THE POLICE De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da Japanese Single/Lyrics 3:58
DELPHINE Le Fermeture-Eclair Tres Chic! More French Girl Singers Of The 1960’s 2:37
SET #2
KRAFTWERK Expo Remix (Orbital Mix) Kraftwerk Remixes 4:57
IBIBIO SOUND SYSTEM Protection From Evil Electricity 4:38
CHROME The Mandela Effect Petal Techromacy 3:14
KING GIZZARD & THE WIZARD LIZARD Static Electricity L.W.: Explorations in Microtonal Tuning Vol. 3 5:49
JONNY GREENWOOD Calling The Whipper In Spencer (OST) 2:53
PHANTOMBAND (Jaki Liebezeit) This Is The Rule Nowhere 2:29
JACK WHITE Morning, Noon, And Night Fear Of The Dawn** 4:44
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK The Punishment Of Luxury The Punishment Of Luxury 3:24
SET #3
PABAN DAS BAUL Kala Re Rough Guide To Spiritual India 4:52
RUSSKA ROMA Khop Khop The Rough Guide To The Music Of Russian Gypsies 1:41
TAJ MAHAL/RY COODER/ JOACHIM COODER Hooray Hooray Get On Board: The Songs Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 4:19
SOTHO SOUNDS Mobopong Junk Funk 3:42
SONIC YOUTH Out & In (Part 1) In/Out/In 4:59
DAMON ALBARN The Tower Of Montevideo The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows 4:18
CATE LE BON Wheel Pompeii** 5:28
SET #4
EBERHARD WEBER Air Once Upon A Time – Live In Avignon 3:08
NEU! Seeland Neu! 75 6:54
CALEXICO Cumba Del Polvo El Mirador 3:35
AKRON/FAMILY Dylan Pt. 2 Akron/Family & Angels Of Light 4:36
FAIRPORT CONVENTION Stranger To Himself Rising For The Moon 2:52
CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND Voyage Of The Trieste The Inner Mystique 3:41
DANNY ELFMAN In Time Big Mess** 4:27
JOHN ZORN Midnight Vespers (feat: Medeski/Frisell/Marsella/Wollesen) Perchance To Dream** 4:39
SET #5
SPIRITUAL TO THE BONE Go Down Moses Spiritual To The Bone 2:55
IMARHAN Asof Aboogi 2:50
MARCO BELTRAMI Warrior Mentality Free Solo (OST) 1:29
MONOSWEZI Zvorema Shanu 4:59
BEAVER & KRAUSE Fountains Of The Dept. Of Water & Power Ragnarok 2:45
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Passer-By Time Skiffs 4:18
PARQUET COURTS Trullo Sympathy For Life 3:01
ROBERT PALMER Spanish Moon Some People Can Do What They Like 6:02
BELLE STARS The Clapping Song Born Stiff – The Stiff Records Collection 3:14
SET #6
SETI THE FIRST The Defenestration Of Yan Masaryk Melting Cavalry 3:42
PETER HAMMILL Unready/Always Is Next This 4:42
LAURIE ANDERSON/KRONOS QUARTET We Learn To Speak Yet Another Language Landfall 3:06
REBOLU Mama He! (Oh Mom!) Mi Herencia (My Heritage)** 3:47
STEVE HOROWITZ Morgan’s Happy Eating Theme Super Size Me (OST) 2:28
MATERIAL (feat. William S. Burroughs) Words Of Advice Hallucination Engine 3:38
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
An extended weekend is upon us as we welcome in the holiday that signifies summer’s arrival with outdoor gatherings,, picnic’s, school graduations, concerts, and other events so on this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #468) I’ve got all your musical needs covered with a wealth of NEW releases, surprising ‘covers,’ ‘vault’ treasures, and a few unexpected twists and turns that should peak your interest.
Throughout the program I’ll add material from the late VANGELIS at various points from his career including his film score work, solo offerings, and his groundbreaking work with APHRODITE'S CHILD.
The show gets started with a track from the VANGELIS album ‘Earth’ and is followed with all ‘new’ pieces from SONIC YOUTH, JONNY GREENWOOD (from the ‘Spencer’ film), CATE LE BON, BEIRUT, IBIBO SOUND SYSTEM, DUMMY, and DANNY ELFMAN. So what else is ‘new’ today you ask? From the ‘world’ category there’s ROKIA KONE & JACKNIFE LEE, MONOSWEZI, REBOLU (Columbia via NYC), and IMARHAN, and from everywhere else there’s DAMON ALBARN, CALEXICO, THE BREAKERS, JOHN ZORN, and JACK WHITE.
‘Covers’ include a song from TAJ MAHAL, RY COODER & JOACHIM COODER’s tribute (to Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee), ARTURO STALTERI (Eno), SUFJAN STEVENS (John Fahey), BISON CHIPS & SWINGLE SINGERS (The Beatles), TIN HUEY and the PLASTICS (The Monkees), and SENOR COCONUT (Kraftwerk), plus ‘vault’ gems from TOM WAITS, BONZO DOG BAND, GRATEFUL DEAD, and SUN RA.
The plate is really full today (just like that paper one which will be bending from all the food stuffed on it from your gathering this weekend).
SET #1
VANGELIS Let It Happen Earth 4:21
SONIC YOUTH Machine In/Out/In 3:37
JONNY GREENWOOD Frozen Three Spencer (OST) 1:56
CATE LE BON Dirt On The Bed Pompeii 4:28
BEIRUT Guyamas Sonora Flying Club Cup 3:31
IBIBIO SOUND SYSTEM Afo Ken Doko Mein Electricity 4:49
DUMMY H.V.A.C. Mandatory Enjoyment 5:38
DANNY ELFMAN True Big Mess** 4:34
SET #2
SUFJAN STEVENS Variation On Commemorative Transfiguration & Communion At Magruder Park I Am The Resurrection: A Tribute To John Fahey 4:18
APHRODITE’S CHILD It’s Five O’Clock It’s Five O’Clock 3:31
DAMON ALBARN Darkness To Light The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows 3:00
KEVIN AYERS Girl On A Swing Joy Of A Toy 2:49
JOHN ZORN A Secret Twilight (feat: Medeski/Frisell/Marsella/Wollesen) Perchance To Dream 5:00
GRATEFUL DEAD Weather Report Suite (Part 1) Wake Of The Flood 5:37
REBOLU Los Herederos (The Heirs) Mi Herencia (My Heritage)** 4:15
SET #3
DENGUE FEVER Ethanopium Dengue Fever 4:36
YMA SUMAC Gopher Mambo Ultra-Lounge Vol. 9, Cha-Cha De Amor 2:17
BONZO DOG BAND Look At Me, I’m Wonderful Keynsham 1:46
JACK WHITE Into The Twilight Fear Of The Dawn 4:40
BISON CHIPS/SWINGLE SINGERS/METRO POLICE MALE CHOIR When I’m 64 Party In Your Pants 2:57
BENT FABRIC Alley Cat Ultimate Party Survival Kit 2:31
TOM WAITS The One That Got Away Small Change 4:07
THE BREAKERS Steppin’ Porpoise Strange Shores: Old Singles & New Hits 4:08
TAJ MAHAL/RY COODER/JOACHIM COODER Packing Up Getting Ready To Go Get On Board: The Songs Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee** 2:49
SET #4
GROUPE MAZAGAN Allah Allah Tanjine Electrik 3:09
SUN RA Tiny Pyramids Angels & Demons At Play 3:40
VANGELIS Main Titles Music From The Motion Picture ‘Blade Runner’/Blush Response (Excerpt) Blade Runner Trilogy 25th Anniversary Edition 5:40
SENOR COCONUT The Robots El Baile Aleman 5:11
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Prester John Time Skiffs 6:29
MONOSWEZI Tsika Dzako Shanu 4:26
IMARHAN Adar Newlan (feat. Gruff Rhys) Aboogi** 5:27
SET #5
TIN HUEY I’m A Believer Contents Dislodged During Shipment 3:16
PLASTICS Last Train To Clarksville Welcome Plastics 3:05
DEVOTCHKA El Zopilote Mojado Curse Your Little Heart (EP) 2:45
CALEXICO Turquoise El Mirador 2:53
VANGELIS Albedo 0.39 Albedo 0.39 4:21
PINK FLOYD The Riot Scene (Zambriskie Point Remix Us & Them – Piano/Bass Only) Cre/ation: The Early Years 1967-1972 1:39
ARTURO STALTERI Another Green World coolAugustMoon 2:58
ROKIA KONE & JACKNIFE LEE Bambougou N’tji BAMANAN 4:21
FREQ OUT (Uduguru) Like NO Other Freq Out 3 Circuit Breaker 2022 2:52
EELS Learning While I Lose Extreme Witchcraft 2:44
SET #6
BOB DYLAN You’re A Big Girl Now More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 4:20
ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSE Trouble With My Lover Raise The Roof 4:03
PUNCH BROTHERS Orphan Annie Hell On Church Street 5:00
APHRODITE’S CHILD Break 666 2:59
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Another week has flown by so as I prepare you for yet another synopsis of what’s in store for the show I just completed working on (TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES Episode #467) I began wondering about that existential element (time) and how it’s changed since the fourth grade when I would sit in study hall during the moments before my next period (lunch or otherwise) and watch those clock hands click by, second by second, for what always seemed like eternity only to be snapped back to attention to the tasks at hand by a nun’s ruler across my knuckles.
Now, in my later years, it’s ‘Oh crap, where did the day go’ as each day draws me closer to the final ones. Life is really not fair, it’s just inevitable.
Now that you’ve heard what the voices in my head have to say, here’s what to expect musically from the forthcoming program. In the ‘new’ release category I’ve got JACK WHITE, CALEXICO, SONIC YOUTH, and the multicultural group, MONOSWEZI, whose members hail from Mozambique, Norway, Sweden, and Zimbabwe. Still new but slightly older are THE BREAKERS, IMARHAN, ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSE, DAMON ALBARN, and Uniontown’s own FREQ OUT.
From the ‘vault’ there’s very early SOFT MACHINE, plus MIROSLAV VITOUS, THE LAST POETS, HAPPY THE MAN, SYD BARRETT, and GEORGE HARRISON (Wonderwall Music). Slightly younger (weren’t we all once?) there’s HARVEY GOLD, SIGUR ROS, CRACKER, THE SHINS, and ENO & HYDE. The show was scheduled for noon on Friday and was late. (Again) Adding music from BOB NEUWIRTH (with John Cale) and VANGELIS at the last minute because of both having just 'passed away' is my excuse this week.
Will I ever get a show 'up' on time? Only time will tell!
SET #1
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Forever Falling Do Not Disturb 5:39
THIS HEAT Twilight Furniture This Heat 5:11
DAMON ALBARN Daft Wader The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows 3:28
SIGUR ROS Rafstraumur Kveiker 4:57
CALIFONE Snow Angel V2 Echo Mine 3:48
CALEXICO Constellation El Mirador 3:03
JACK WHITE Eosophobia Fear Of The Dawn 3:41
JETHRO TULL The Betrayal Of Joshua Kynde The Zealot Gene 4:05
SET#2
MONOSWEZI Woshanda Shanu 4:58
PARQUET COURTS Zoom Out Sympathy For Life 3:02
ENO & HYDE A Man Wakes Up Someday World 4:17
SONIC YOUTH In & Out In/Out/In 7:35
IMARHAN Laouni Aboogi 3:10
THE SHINS Pressed Into A Book Oh, Inverted World 2:55
SYD BARRETT Here I Go The Madcap Laughs 3:13
SET #3
SOFT MACHINE Save Yourself/Priscilla/Lullaby Letter Vols 1 & 2 7:38
JOE STRUMMER The Cool Impossible Joe Strummer 001 4:34
JUKKA TOLONEN Silva The Cat Hysterica 4:49
PUNCH BROTHERS One More Night Hell On Church Street 1:49
CRACKER Tonight I Cross The Border Berkeley To Bakersfield 4:19
THE BREAKERS Strange Shores Strange Shores: Old Singles & New Hits 2:06
HARVEY GOLD The Fence It’s Messy Vol. 1 3:38
SET #4
1912 NATIONAL CALLIOPE In The Good Old Summertime The Circus Is Coming: Old Fashioned Calliope Music 1:57
BRAVE COMBO Limbo Rock Group Dance Epidemic 3:32
THE BEARS (ADRIAN BELEW) We Never Close Eureka! 3:19
OS MUTANTES Into Limbo Fool Metal Jack 3:37
DUMMY Cloud Pleaser Mandatory Enjoyment 3:44
CUNNINGHAM/GREAVES The Frost Cunningham/Greaves 2:55
BEIRUT A Sunday Smile Flying Club Cup 3:35
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Then The Kids Took Over Why? 2:25
JOSEPH BYRD Tramp, Tramp, Tramp Yankee Transcendoodle 0:56
VIOLENT FEMMES I Could Be Anything We Can Do Anything 3:42
SET #5
JON HASSELL Club Zombie Dressing For Pleasure 3:35
FREQ OUT (Uduguru/The Denominator) SounD waVe Freq Out 3 Circuit Breaker 2022 3:35
PROPELLERHEADS Bigger Decksanddrumsandrockandroll 2:20
MIROSLAV VITOUS Synthesizers Dance Magical Shepard 5:09
BUCKETHEAD & FRIENDS Three Fingers Enter The Chicken 2:57
THE LAST POETS True Blues The Best Of The Last Poets 2:12
ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSE Somebody Was Watching Over Me Raise The Roof 5:04
R.L. BURNSIDE Got Messed Up Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down 5:06
SET #6
ARMAN FAKIR Dillite Nizamuddin Rough Guide To Spiritual India 4:43
GEORGE HARRISON Wonderwall To Be Here Wonderwall Music 1:27
HE JINHUA Xiq Dvq Bee (Transplanting Song) Songs Of The Naxi Of Southwest China 4:58
KEITH JARRETT Hourglass Part I Staircase Sundial Hourglass Sand 4:39
HAPPY THE MAN Service With A Smile Crafty Hands 2:44
MOGWAI Scrap Kin (OST) 2:50
APHRODITE’S CHILD The Seventh Seal 666 1:30
JOHN CALE & BOB NEUWIRTH Old China Last Day On Earth 3:13
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
This week’s airing of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #466) debuts on Friday the thirteenth and as luck would have it, I didn’t realize until I began writing the description for this show that I had already programmed two versions of the ‘Screamin’ Jay Hawkins classic ‘I Put A Spell On You’ (interpreted by BRYAN FERRY and AUDIENCE) during the programs first set. That in itself shows you how my subconscious mind works.
Those versions are included along with new material from THE BREAKERS and DUMMY along with other tracks from DARKSTAR, THE POLYPHONIC SPREE and an obscure ‘vault’ nugget from a band called THE THIRD BARDO.
The following set has the TALKING HEADS, DIZZY GILLESPIE, THE FLAMING LIPS, PERE UBU, HENRY COW, and RY COODER blended in with a few more pieces and by the end of this first hour, I think you’ll be ready for more.
‘More’ includes new material from SPARKS, DAMON ALBARN, PARQUET COURTS, PUNCH BROTHERS, and Algeria’s IMARHAN. From the ‘vault’ there’s PENTANGLE, JERRY GARCIA, CODONA, THE MODERN LOVERS, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, and GODLEY & CREME. You will also hear international selections from FARAFINA, ANANDI BHATTACHARYA, and SAMUEL YIRGA and I’ve even got a ‘cover’ of ‘White Rabbit’ by...wait for it...BLUE MAN GROUP.
SET #1
THE BREAKERS Rotation Strange Shores: Old Singles & New Hits 4:04
BRYAN FERRY I Put A Spell On You Taxi 5:26
THE THIRD BARDO I’m Five Years Ahead Of My Time Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era Vol. 3 2:16
DARKSTAR You Don’t Need A Weatherman News From Nowhere 5:16
DUMMY Atonal Poem Mandatory Enjoyment 5:47
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE Light & Day/Reach For The Star The Beginning Stages Of 3:23
AUDIENCE I Put A Spell On You House On The Hill 4:08
SET#2
TALKING HEADS Born Under Punches Remain In Light (Remastered) 5:48
DIZZY GILLESPIE Ungawa The Dizzy’s Diamonds: The Best Of The Verve Years 3:22
JACO PASTORIUS Okonole y Trompa Jaco Pastorius 4:24
THE FLAMING LIPS What Is The Light? The Soft Bulletin 3:16
THE GOASTT (The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger) Jardin Du Luxembourg Acoustic Sessions2:34
BEIRUT Cliquot Flying Club Cup** 3:51
PERE UBU Wasted Story Of My Life 2:38
HENRY COW Extract From ‘With The Yellow Half-Moon & Blue Star’ Legend 2:24
RY COODER Muy Fifi Chavez Ravine 4:05
SET #3
IMARHAN Derhan Aboogi 3:33
MIDLAKE Ages Antiphon 4:39
DAMON ALBARN Royal Morning Blue The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows 3:11
SPARKS She’s Out Of This World Annette (OST) (Cannes Edition) 2:22
PARQUET COURTS Sympathy For Life Sympathy For Life 2:50
MORCHEEBA Bullet Proof Big Calm 4:12
BATTLES Sweetie & Shag Gloss Drop 3:50
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND Clear Spot Clear Spot 3:41
SET #4
PENTANGLE Let No Man Steal Your Thyme The Pentangle 2:48
ANANDI BHATTACHARYA In Between Us Rough Guide To Spiritual India 4:22
ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSE The Price Of Love Raise The Roof 4:50
SKUGGSJA (Ivar Bjornsson/Einar Selvik) Vitkispa Skuggsja: A Piece For Mind & Mirror** 5:21
ALPHA CAT Every Day You Break My Heart Thatched Roof Glass House 4:13
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Dark In Here Dark In Here 3:22
THE MODERN LOVERS Old World The Modern Lovers 1972-1976 4:02
SET #5
SAMUEL YIRGA Abet Abet (Punt Mix) Guzo 5:13
BLUE MAN GROUP White Rabbit The Complex 2:54
KING CRIMSON B’boom THRAK 4:11
JERRY GARCIA Bird Song Garcia (Remastered) 4:26
PUNCH BROTHERS The Gold Rush Hell On Church Street** 2:45
CODONA (Colin Walcott, Don Cherry, Nana Vasconcelos) Codona Codona 6:16
FARAFINA Dounounia Faso Denou 5:22
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT Mr. Fox In The Fields Fantastic Mr. Fox (OST) 1:02
SET #6
TUNE-YARDS Sink – O Nikki Nack 3:16
SLEATER-KINNEY No Knives Path Of Wellness 1:16
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Royal And Desire Time Skiffs 5:46
GODLEY & CREME Business Is Business L/Freeze Frame 4:32
DAEVID ALLEN’S UNIVERSITY OF ERRORS Money Doesn’t Make It Money Doesn’t Make It 4:20
THE BEATLES You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36) Abbey Road 50th
Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Session Disc 1) 5:17
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Each week at a certain point it becomes time to start hunting and gathering for another shows musical provisions so on today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #465) I’ll proudly step back and share sonically the assembled results of my latest labors. There’s plenty of tasty new cuts, unexpected ‘vault’ tracks, a surprising ‘cover’ (or two), and an unlimited assortment of genres to keep your ears happy. And after all, that’s what I hope keeps my listeners coming back from week to week, inventing another unique show every single time.
This week SPARKS gets the ball rolling with a track from ‘Annette,’ their recent rock opera film soundtrack followed by THE MEKONS, new songs from Algeria’s IMARHAN and ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSE, then CALEXICO, another new track from the band DUMMY, and a ‘vault’ piece from STEVE HILLAGE .
I’ve put together a set with nautical themes to start the second hour with songs from MARC ALMOND, STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, BRYAN SCARY, PETER BLEGVAD, THE PUNCH BROTHERS (a cover), MCKENDREE SPRING (‘Flying Dutchman’), and HECTOR ZAZOU (featuring John Cale and Suzanne Vega).
There’s international pieces from JUANITA EUKA, SUBHASIS BHATTACHARYA, OMAR SOSA, and China’s HE JINHUA, jazz from JAMIE CULLEM (a cover of ‘The Wind Cries Mary’) and OLIVER LAKE, ska from OINGO BOINGO and SKANKIN’ PICKLE, psychedelic meanderings from U.S. 69, and genuine ‘old timey’ crooning’s from R. CRUMB & HIS CHEAP SUIT SERENADERS.
SET #1
SPARKS So May We Start? Annette (OST) 3:43
THE MEKONS Lawrence Of California Deserted 4:38
IMARHAN Achinkad Aboogi 4:17
ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSE It Don’t Bother Me Raise The Roof 5:06
CALEXICO Two Silver Trees Carried To Dust 3:49
DUMMY X-Static Blanket Mandatory Enjoyment 2:16
STEVE HILLAGE Palm Trees (Love Guitar) Green 5:20
SET#2
SUBHASIS BHATTACHARYA Blood Of Two Oceans Rough Guide To Spiritual India 3:50
GAUDI & NUSRAT FATAH ALI KHAN Mainoo Ole Bai Ke Pee Lain De Dub Qawwali 5:14
SKUGGSJA (Iva Bjornsson/Einar Selvik) Rop Fra Roynda - Malt Fra Minne Skuggsja: A Piece For Mind & Mirror 5:43
STEVE HACKETT Circus Of Becoming To Watch The Storms 3:48
BEIRUT Un Dernier Verre (Pour La Route) Flying Club Cup** 2:51
TOM WAITS You Can Never Hold Back Spring Orphans, Brawlers, Bawlers, & Bastards 2:26
JAMIE CULLEM Wind Cries Mary Twentysomething 3:35
SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry) Crowded Rooms There’s Always Something Wrong With Everything 4:36
SET #3
STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS Cast Off Sparkle Hard 2:55
MARC ALMOND Ship In Distress Sons Of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads Sea Songs, & Chantey’s 2:29
BRYAN SCARY Sky Birds 4:12
PETER BLEGVAD Man Overboard Hangman’s Hill 3:51
PUNCH BROTHER Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Hell On Church Street** 4:45
PETER HAMMILL Ophelia Sitting Targets 3:09
MCKENDREE SPRING Flying Dutchman 3 6:16
HECTOR ZAZOU The Long Voyage (Feat. John Cale/Suzanne Vega) Songs From The Cold Seas 5:52
SET #4
ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER Cameo Sideways To New Italy 4:06
AKRON/FAMILY Fuji I (Global Dub) S/T II: The Cosmic Birth And Journey Of Shinju TNT 2:23
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL 10 In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 2:16
TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA True Heart Glorious 2:19
OINGO BOINGO Nasty Habits Anthology 4:08
SKANKIN’ PICKLE Onyonghasayo Sing-A-Long With Skankin’ Pickle 1:30
DAVID THOMAS Semaphore Variations On A Theme (Monster Box Set) 5:12
ESQUIVEL Whatchamacallit Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music 2:35
HE JINHUA Kail Guegueq (Plucked Jaw Harp) Songs Of The Naxi Of Southwest China 2:01
HARRY PARTCH Castor & Pollux: Ring Around The Moon Fourth Phase – Mumbo Jumbo Hocus Pocus Plectra And Percussion Dances 1:29
R. CRUMB & HIS CHEAP SUIT SERENADERS Mysterious Mose Chasin’ Rainbows 3:17
JOHN HARTFORD Because Of You Aereo-Plain 1:00
SET #5
JUANITA EUKA Suenos De Libertad Mabanzo 4:33
OMAR SOSA Eretseretse An East African Journey 3:40
OLIVER LAKE Life Dance Of Is Life Dance Of Is 2:49
FREQ OUT (Carl Palmer) In The Moment Freq Out 3 Circuit Breaker 2022 2:55
U.S. 69 2069 – A Space Oddity Yesterday’s Folks 10:27
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Car Keys Time Skiffs** 4:35
SET #6
BROADCAST The Book Lovers Work And Non Work 4:49
HUMAN SWITCHBOARD (I Used To) Believe In You Who’s Landing In My Hangar? 3:58
PARQUET COURTS Pulcinella Sympathy For Life** 6:44
LUNA California (All The Way) Bewitched 4:16
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
This week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #464) marks our annual transition into May, so on today’s program I’ll look back at one of the most pivotal moments in modern American history, the shooting of unarmed students protesting the Vietnam war at Kent State on May 4, 1970 and incorporate music from local artists who were affected by that event with other songs as part of today’s programming.
The show begins with WILCO playing ‘War On War’ followed by THE LEAVES doing ‘War Of Destruction,’ then songs from JOE WALSH, DALA (doing ‘Ohio’), MODERN NATURE, MARTIN CARTHY & DAVE SWARBRICK, and PATTI SMITH’S anthem ‘Gandhi.’ Later on there’s music from CHRIS BUTLER, DEVO, and GLASS HARP all interspersed throughout other sets.
Other programming notes today include a set that transitions from Native American themes into Nordic elements with music from JOHN TRUDELL, Canada’s Inuit band TUDJAAT, Norway’s SKUGGSJA, and Finland’s WIMME.
There’s new tracks from YA TSEEM, JUANITA EUKA, JOHN HARDIN (Tin Can Luminary), BEIRUT, PARQUET COURTS, and FREQ OUT, and ‘vault’ finds from STANLEY CLARKE (featuring JEFF BECK), HATFIELD & THE NORTH, PHIL MANZANERA & SERGIO DIAS, and ROBERT CALVERT.
I’ll finish the show with a ‘space’ themed set honoring the late KLAUS SCHULZE with music from TOMITA, STOMU YAMASHTA’S GO PROJECT, SUFJAN STEVENS’ ‘Planetarium’ collective, and MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND.
SET #1
WILCO War On War Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 3:49
THE LEAVES War Of Destruction Hey Joe 2:13
JOE WALSH One And One/Giant Behemoth Barnstorm 5:38
DALA Ohio Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity 3:57
MARTIN CARTHY & DAVE SWARBRICK Such A War Has Never Been Skin + Bone 3:33
MODERN NATURE Mayday Mojo Presents: The Colours Of Spring 15 Songs For A New Season 2:13
PATTI SMITH Gandhi Trampin’ 9:20
CLOWN Lord Of The Ringside Beyond The Pale Horizon – The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1972 3:00
SET#2
ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSE Quattro (World Drifts In) Raise The Roof 4:33
PHIL MANZANERA & SERGIO DIAS Brazilla (exerpt) Mato Grosso 5:38
BEIRUT Cherbourg Flying Club Cup 3:33
DIMITRI FROM PARIS Monsieur Dimitri Joue Du Stylophone/ Une Very Stylish Fille Sacrebleu (La Edition Speciale) 4:25
KLO PELGAG Insomnie L’e’toile Thoracique 4:37
GLASS HARP Just Always Synergy (Remastered) 5:01
DUMMY Unremarkable Wilderness/Magnolias Mandatory Enjoyment 3:50
DEERHOOF Con Sordino Mountain Moves 3:07
SET #3
GREG LISHER Gambling Reservation Trains Change 3:03
JOHN TRUDELL All Night Cafe Blue Indians 4:09
TUDJAAT Qingauiit Putumayo Presents: A Native American Odyssey - Inuit To Inca 2:38
SKUGGSJA (Ivar Bjornsson/ Einar Selvik) Kvervandi Skuggsja: A Piece For Mind & Mirror 6:26
BJORK Future Forever Utopia 4:47
DR. DIDG Dreaming Dust Devils 4:17
JOHN HARDIN (TIN CAN LUMINARY) Green Beyond Words 5:14
WIMME Texas Texas 3:42
SET #4
PARQUET COURTS Just Shadows Sympathy For Life 3:56
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Walker Time Skiffs 3:47
FREQ OUT (Carl Palmer) The Groove Freq Out 3 Circuit Breaker 2022** 2:36
ROBERT CALVERT Phase Locked Loop Lucky Lief & The Longships 1:56
NEGATIVLAND #2 Negativland 1:25
MODEST MOUSE Satellite Skin No One’s On First And You’re Next 3:59
CHRIS BUTLER My Hometown Easy Life (2016 Edition) 3:35
THE HOUSE OF SECTIONALS Ghostwalk The Kent State May 4th CD Project 3:50
WIRE Internal Exile Nocturnal Koreans 3:28
DEVO Ohio When Pigs Fly: Songs You’d Never Thought You’d Hear 3:21
SET #5
HATFIELD & THE NORTH Share It The Rotter’s Club (Expanded Edition) 3:03
STANLEY CLARKE Hello Jeff (feat. JEFF BECK) Journey To Love 5:16
EELS What It Isn’t Extreme Witchcraft 3:48
MICKEY HART Evening Samba Planet Drum 4:30
JUANITA EUKA Alma Seca (Acoustic Version) Mabanzo 4:08
GEGGY TAH Whoever You Are Luaka Bop: Twenty First Century Twenty First Year 4:36
YA TSEEM At Tunagi Indian Yard** 2:17
SET #6
TOMITA Star Wars Theme Kosmos 3:09
SUFJAN STEVENS/BRYCE DESSNER NICO MUHLY/JAMES MCALISTER Pluto/Kuiper Belt Planetarium 6:26
STOMU YAMASHTA’S GO Solitude/Nature (w/Steve Winwood) Go 5:33
KLAUS SCHULZE Study For Terry Riley Le Vie Electronique 5:13
MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND Earth The Circle (Part 1) Solar Fire 3:48
SPARKS Stravinsky’s Only Hit A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 4:10
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
On this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #463), you’ll hear plenty of old friends from the ‘vault,’ more new tracks from my latest musical finds, plus a range of international styles, and even an attempt to overlay a classic cut into one of those new pieces showing how similar the song structures are in the process.
In the old friends department I’ve got HORSLIPS, KEVIN AYERS, DAEVID ALLEN, JIMI HENDRIX, and MUDDY WATERS lined up back to back during the second set surrounded by the PUNCH BROTHERS and CRACKER on each end. WES MONTGOMERY covers a Mary Poppins tune and MORT GARSON does the same with Hair’s ‘Good Morning Starshine’ plus there’s more classics from THE TRASHMEN, GENESIS (from ‘Lamb’), KEN NORDINE, and GURU GURU.
Indie bands BUTTHOLE SURFERS, ASHTRAY BOY, and GANG OF FOUR provide added flavor to today’s mix, with international artists OLIVER MTUKUDZI, JUANA MOLINA, and DENGUE FEVER offered as well. The latest releases from EELS, BEIRUT, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, and FREQ OUT also make appearances today.
And what about incorporating that classic track into a new piece as mentioned earlier? Hint: It involves the middle portion of CURVED AIR’S ‘Metamorphosis’ and a track from KLO PELGAG’S new release.
To top everything off, I’ll finish the show with THE NUMBERS BAND (15-60-75) and the track ‘Risk Of Love’ which you can find, newly remastered, on their album ‘20,’ on their website. Oh, yeah and go see them at Jilly’s on Saturday while you’re at it. I will!
Show Running Order....
SET #1
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Strung With Everything Time Skiffs 6:55
SKUGGSJA (Ivar Bjornson/ Einar Selvik) Tore Hund Skuggsja: A Piece For Mind & Mirror 6:36
ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSE High And Lonesome Raise The Roof 4:33
TOY Lose My Way TOY 4:21
COCHEMEA GASTELUM Mescalero All My Relations 2:08
BEIRUT Guyamas Sonora Flying Club Cup 3:31
JETHRO TULL Shoshana Sleeping The Zealot Gene** 3:40
SET#2
PUNCH BROTHERS Cattle In The Cane Hell On Church Street** 3:31
HORSLIPS March Into Trouble/Trouble With A Capital ‘T’ Book Of Invasions A Celtic Symphony 4:15
KEVIN AYERS Beware Of The Dog Bananamour 1:27
DAEVID ALLEN Stoned Innocent Frankenstein Bananamoon 3:27
JIMI HENDRIX Night Bird Flying Cry Of Love (2014 Remaster) 3:55
MUDDY WATERS Good Morning Little School Girl The Anthology 3:15
CRACKER Sidi Ifni Greenland 6:05
LAMB Traveler’s Observation A Sign Of Change 5:07
SET #3
MORT GARSON Good Morning Starshine Electronic Hair Pieces 2:42
FRANK ZAPPA Synth Track II/I’m Stealing The Towels (Basic Tracks Alternative Take) 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition 4:13
PARQUET COURTS Plant Life Sympathy For Life 5:50
PRIMUS Eyes Of A Squirrel Green Naugahyde 5:32
GANG OF FOUR Damaged Goods Entertainment! 3:26
TON STEINE SCHERBEN Macht Kaputt Was Euch Kaputt Macht Auswahl (1970-1981) 3:41
ASHTRAY BOY Tourist Living In A World Of Pain The Everyman’s Fourth Dimension 3:08
SET #4
OLIVER MTUKUDZI Hazvireve Nhava 5:53
JUANA MOLINA !Que Llueva! Segundo 3:51
GURU GURU At The Juncture Of Light And Dark Dance Of The Flames 3:12
KLO PELGAG Au Muse’e Gre’Vin (Pt.1) L’e’toile Thoracique 0:43
CURVED AIR Metamorphosis (excerpt-middle bridge) Air Cut 2:08
KLO PELGAG Au Muse’e Gre’Vin (Pt.2) L’e’toile Thoracique 1:10
GENESIS The Chamber Of 32 Doors The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 4:46
DUMMY Protostar/Fissured Ceramics Mandatory Enjoyment** 4:46
SET #5
WES MONTGOMERY Chim Chim Cheree (From Mary Poppins) Goin’ Out Of My Head 4:51
KEN NORDINE What Time Is It? The Best Of Word Jazz 3:52
THE RESIDENTS Times Up Subterranean Modern 2:57
THE PANTHER PLAYERS The Timekeeper We Give You Paws (LP) 3:28
THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR What In The World? Chips From The Chocolate Fireball 5:50
FREQ OUT (Carl Palmer) Sock It To Me Freq Out 3 Circuit Breaker 2022** 2:25
THE TRASHMEN Bird Dance Beat Tube City! The Best Of The Trashmen 2:10
DAN PETERS & THE WEST SIDE WINDERS The Spookey Surfer Chicago Surf Rally 3:00
BUTTHOLE SURFERS Cough Syrup Electriclarryland 4:33
SET #6
ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER Sunglasses At The Wedding Sideways To New Italy 3:32
EELS Stumble Bee Extreme Witchcraft 3:37
PAUL MCCARTNEY That Would Be Something McCartney 2:42
DENGUE FEVER Made Of Steam Escape From Dragon House 5:54
MORPHINE Hanging On A Curtain Like Swimming 3:48
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) Risk Of Love 15 60 75 Twenty 3:29
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more info about 15-60-75 (The Numbers Band) and to purchase their music:
https://www.numbersband.com/
This weekend signals the beginning of Passover and the conclusion of Easter festivities so during today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #462), you’ll hear relatable music throughout the program all loosely tied together by a different track during each set from everybody’s favorite psychedelic surf/John Zorn Masada songbook inspired band, the GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET, including the international debut of their latest piece, ‘Mehalalel’ during the shows fourth set.
The Golems previous offering, ‘Paschar Tzofeh,’ is their first piece played and it’s surrounded by other tracks from BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE, Mali’s TINARIWEN, DEVOTCHKA, LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII, and newly unearthed pieces from FRANK ZAPPA’S 200 Motels (50th anniversary box set) during the opening set.
The second half hour has the Golems’ composition ‘Hadrial’ immersed with WIRE, SALVATION, BECK, HECTOR ZAZOU & SANDY DILLON, and more new material from PARQUET COURTS, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, DUMMY, and the EELS.
Additional new pieces are heard today from FREQ OUT, ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSE, NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE, SHUGGSJA, and BEIRUT, ‘vault’ tracks are played from DUKE ELLINGTON, THE CARAVELLES, STOMU YAMASH’TA, TOM WAITS, and OREGON, with other music from PATTI SMITH, JOSEPH ARTHUR, and THEE OH SEES all included as part of this program.
Today's Set List:
SET #1
CHLOPCY KONTRA BASIA Mam Ja Meza (I Have A Husband) OJ Tak! 3:46
TINARIWEN Tenere, Taqqim, Tossam Tassilli 4:14
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET Paschar/Tzofeh www.golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 2:47
BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE Mea Culpa My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (Remaster) 4:57
FRANK ZAPPA Scene 94 – He’s Always Watching Me/ Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You? (Mix Outtake)/ Dental Hygiene Dilemma (Part II – Basic Tracks) 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition 5:10
BEIRUT In The Mausoleum Flying Club Cup 3:10
SID BECKERMAN & HOWIE LEESS Ot Azoy The Rough Guide To Klezmer Revival 3:57
DEVOTCHKA Lunnaya Pogonka How It Ends 5:18
LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII Moldavian Neptune’s Daughter 3:50
SET#2
DUMMY Tapestry Distortion Mandatory Enjoyment 3:39
WIRE Brio Silver/Lead 3:37
PARQUET COURTS Marathon Of Anger Sympathy For Life 4:34
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET Hadrial www.golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 4:01
HECTOR ZAZOU & SANDY DILLON Sombre (Le Submarine) 12 – Las Vegas Is Cursed 4:23
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE We Go Back Time Skiffs 3:23
SALVATION Handles Of Care Gypsy Carnival Caravan 5:49
BECK Sissyneck Odelay 3:52
EELS Grandfather Clock Strikes Twelve Extreme Witchcraft 3:22
SET #3
SPONGE Go Speed Racer Go Saturday Morning Cartoon’s Greatest Hits 3:07
RESONNANCE (Pierre Bachelet/Mat Camison) OK Chicago Shake Sauvage: French Soundtracks 1968-1973 2:32
STOMU YAMASH’TA Superstar (exerpt) One By One (OST) 4:33
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET Ziphim www.golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 3:22
PINK FLOYD Crumbling Land Zabriskie Point (OST) 4:16
ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSE Last Kind Words Blues Raise The Roof 4:06
KLO PELGAG Les Ferrofluides-Fluers L’Etoile Thoracique 2:43
PATTI SMITH Mosaic Banga 4:17
SET #4
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET Mehalalel www.golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 3:10
THE CARAVELLES Don’t Blow Your Cool Don’t Blow Your Cool More 60’s Girls From U.K. 2:10
HOLGAR CZUKAY Rhonrad Rome Remains Rome/Der Osten Ist Rot 1:38
JETHRO TULL Mine Is The Mountain The Zealot Gene 5:39
SKUGGSJA (Ivar Bjornson/ Einar Selvik) Skuggsja Skuggsja: A Piece For Mind & Mirror 6:36
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE Tumblin’ Thru The Years Barn 3:19
JOSEPH ARTHUR The Ballad Of The Boogie Christ The Ballad Of The Boogie Christ 4:13
SET #5
KLEZROYM Fel Shara Putumayo Presents: A Jewish Odyssey 2:51
DUKE ELLINGTON Caravan The Essential Duke Ellington 2:41
SANTANA Tales Of Kilimanjaro Zebop! 3:26
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET Hazor www.golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 3:10
KRONOS QUARTET Nihavent Sirto Floodplain 3:16
JAH WOBBLE & TEMPLE OF SOUND Mountains Of The Moon Shout At The Devil 5:43
TIMBA MM Respiro Outstanding!** 4:39
OREGON Elevator Moon And Mind 3:54
SET #6
FREQ OUT (Carl Palmer) Only HZ When I Laugh Freq Out 3 Circuit Breaker 2022** 2:00
DAVID THOMAS & TWO PALE BOYS Golden Surf 18 Monkeys On A Dead Man’s Chest 4:34
THEE OH SEES Lupine Ossuary Mutilator Defeated At Last 4:17
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET Hutriel www.golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 4:36
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Inspiration can come from many sources and for those of you who know how I operate, it, at it’s core, is what drives this weekly program.
One source who’s always inspired my creative juices is multimedia artist, composer, and innovator LAURIE ANDERSON, who just last week was profiled on 60 Minutes so I thought I’d get my latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #461) going by incorporating three lesser known pieces from her ‘Big Science’ album into the programs first set. Surrounding those melodies are songs from ROBERT WYATT, SKY CRIES MARY, NICK DRAKE, CARAVAN, and a brand new offering from the band BEIRUT.
There’s a ‘mountain’ of new material, ‘vault’ gems, and delicious musical soundscapes assembled throughout the shows remaining sets today. New releases abound from numerous artists including FREQ OUT, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSE, New York’s PARQUET COURTS, Houston’s KHRUANGBIN (with LEON BRIDGES), NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE, DUMMY, and more from PUNCH BROTHERS, KLO PELGAG, EELS, and ALT-J.
The ‘vault’ is anchored with THE CRAMPS, ULTIMATE SPINACH, SNAKEFINGER, and vintage PINK FLOYD while just about every musical style is covered from English folk (MARTIN CARTHY & DAVID SWARBRICK), classical/electronic (WENDY CARLOS), jazz (DELTA SAXOPHONE QUARTET), and international (Norway’s SKUGGSJA) and there’s even a classic comedy song from MONTY PYTHON.
SET #1
LAURIE ANDERSON Sweaters Big Science (25th Anniversary Edition) 2:23
BEIRUT A Call To Arms/Nantes Flying Club Cup** 4:08
LAURIE ANDERSON Walking & Falling Big Science (25th Anniversary Edition) 2:13
ROBERT WYATT Master Of The Field Winged Migration (OST) 3:22
SKY CRIES MARY Ocean Which Humanity Is A Return To The Inner Experience 5:21
CARAVAN He Who Smelt It/ Memory Lain, Hugh For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night 4:41
NICK DRAKE Man In A Shed Bryter Layter 3:56
LAURIE ANDERSON Born, Never Asked Big Science (25th Anniversary Edition) 4:58
SET#2
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Dragon Slayer Time Skiffs 3:56
FREQ OUT (Carl Palmer) Wild Nights Freq Out 3 Circuit Breaker 2022 3:07
CATE LE BON Miami Reward 5:17
DELTA SAXOPHONE QUARTET Epilogue Dedicated To You...But You Weren’t Listening 2:56
OINGO BOINGO Insanity (Medium Version) Anthology 4:56
SKUGGSJA (Ivar Bjornson/ Einar Selvik) Introi Ull Kjem Skuggsja: A Piece For Mind & Mirror 2:17
DUMMY Final Weapon Mandatory Enjoyment 3:03
ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSE You Led Me To The Wrong Raise The Roof** 4:17
ALPHA REV Lonely Man Bloom 4:22
SET #3
KHRUANGBIN & LEON BRIDGES Doris Texas Moon (EP) 3:49
PARQUET COURTS Application/Apparatus Sympathy For Life 4:36
TOM HERMAN Slim Wait For It 3:58
ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER Cars In Space Sideways To New Italy 4:58
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE Human Race Barn 4:12
EELS The Magic Extreme Witchcraft 3:12
PEDRO THE LION Keep Swinging Achilles Heel 2:53
ALT-J Hard Drive Gold The Dream 2:38
SET #4
KLO PELGAG Samedi Soir A La Violence L’Etoile Thoracique 4:07
JETHRO TULL Where Did Saturday Go? The Zealot Gene 3:52
MARTIN CARTHY & DAVID SWARBRICK Perfumes Of Arabia Skin + Bone 3:10
PUNCH BROTHERS Last Thing On My Mind Hell On Church Street 4:25
JAKE SHIMABUKURO A Day In The Life (w/ Jon Anderson) Jake & Friends 4:26
PINK FLOYD The Narrow Way (Pt, 1 & 2) Ummagumma 6:30
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Futique Beauty 4:08
SET #5
CHRIS RECCARDI Ren & Stimpy Show Theme Toon Tunes: Funny Bone Favorites 2:22
SNAKEFINGER Trashing All The Loves Of History Greener Postures 3:11
THE CRAMPS Goo Goo Muck Psychedelic Jungle 3:06
MONKS OF DOOM Door to Success Meridian 4:11
ULTIMATE SPINACH Mind Flowers Behold & See 8:30
ROBIN TROWER United States Of Mind United States Of Mind** 3:37
SHAWN PHILLIPS Landscape Faces 4:19
HAL WILLNER We Travel The Subways Whoops! I’m An Indian 2:25
SET #6
DANIEL LANOIS Out Of Sight Heavy Sun** 3:45
MAPS & DIAGRAMS Maykasaharaspointofview Split 3:15
BRIAN ENO Disturbed Being Nerve Net 6:12
CORNELIUS 2010 Fantasma 2:03
WENDY CARLOS Bach: Two-Part Invention In D Minor Switched On Bach 0:53
MONTY PYTHON Decomposing Composers Monty Python Sings 2:44
CLASSICAL REVOLUTION Waves Of Mutilation Pixies Doolittle Tribute 2:51
THE STRING QUARTET The Immigrant Song The String Quartet Tribute To Led Zeppelin 2:36
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Information for Laurie Anderson Exhibition At The Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden:
https://hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/laurie-anderson-the-weather/
This week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #460) signifies the start of another new month (as I put my hand up to my nose and wiggle it, saying good riddance to March) and with it, the second week of my new noon program premiere slot. So how did that work out last week? I was still ten minutes late getting the show released. This week I actually thought I’d have to grab another show from the archive because of that most dreaded element that anyone even vaguely creative stumbles upon; writers block (or in my case music indecision).
By Monday I had a wonderful first set assembled with music from FRED FRITH, KLO PELGAG, JESCA HOOP, HANNE HUKKELBERG, RALPH CARNEY, THE MARCH FOURTH MARCHING BAND, CALIFONE, MAPS & ATLASES, and the PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA all lined up and then...48 hours of frustration followed. I spent the remainder of Monday and most of Tuesday trying in vain to forcefully surround the artist I picked to start the second set with other selections until I finally replaced him with the DAVID PIKE SET covering ‘Mother People’ and voila, the music flowed effortlessly once again.
The Dave Pike Set anchors that set followed by songs from PRIMUS, SPARKS, GONG, THE KINKS, and several others before concluding with a track from David Bromberg and Vassar Clements’ HILLBILLY JAZZ collaboration.
Other noteworthy items on this weeks program include ‘vault’ ditties from CLUSTER, KEN NORDINE, YUSEEF LATEEF, LOUNGE LIZARDS, and SOFT MACHINE (a request), worldly cuts from ETRON FOU LELOUBLAN, VIEUX FARKA TOURE, OS MUTANTES, and RADIO TARIFA, and more new pieces from ALT-J, JOHN ZORN & BILL LASWELL, and the PUNCH BROTHERS. There’s even a ‘cover’ of a David Bowie song and an obscure melody from the DARK SHADOWS television soundtrack. Tune in!
SET #1
FRED FRITH The Greeting Cheap At Half The Price 2:28
KLO PELGAG L’Instants D’e’quilibre L’Etoile Thoracique** 3:09
JESCA HOOP Havoc In Heaven Kismet 4:09
HANNE HUKKELBERG Displaced Little Things 2:05
RALPH CARNEY I Like You I Like You (A Lot) 3:43
MARCH FOURTH MARCHING BAND Yiddish Blues March Fourth Marching Band (EP) 4:06
CALIFONE Bandicoot Echo Mine 2:55
MAPS & ATLASES Remote & Dark Years Beware And Be Grateful 2:49
PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA In the Back Of a Taxi Broadcasting From Home 3:22
SET#2
DAVID PIKE SET Mother People Noisy Silence Gentle Noise 4:23
PRIMUS I Want It Now Primus & The Chocolate Factory With The Fungi Ensemble 4:09
SPARKS Goofing Off Introducing Sparks 4:25
GONG White Doves Shapeshifter 5:24
BILL FRISELL Lift Off Guitar In The Space Age 2:14
EELS Strawberries And Popcorn Extreme Witchcraft** 3:42
THE KINKS Tired Of Waiting For You Ultimate Collection (Sanctuary) 2:34
HOT TUNA 99 Year Blues Burgers 3:59
HILLBILLY JAZZ (David Bromberg/Vassar Clements) Vassar’s Boogie Hillbilly Jazz 4:09
SET #3
VIEUX FARKA TOURE Ma Hine Concore Vieux Farka Toure 4:00
HUKWE ZAWOSE & MICHAEL BROOK Awuno Mgagna Ndeje Assembly 4:20
BRUFORD LEVIN UPPER EXTREMITIES Cobalt Canyons Bruford Levin Upper Extremities 4:30
JOHN ZORN/BILL LASWELL Austin Osman Spare (excerpt) The Cleansing** 2:30
ETRON FOU LELOUBLAN Pas’ L’Sou Les Poumons Gonfles 3:14
OS MUTANTES Trem Fantasma Os Mutantes 3:15
ROBERT COBERT The Ghost Of Damion Edwards Dark Shadows Vol. 2 1:49
THE FIERY FURNACES Leaky Tunnel Gallowsbird’s Bark 3:33
SET #4
WALTER MARTIN Breaking Glass Let All The Children Boogie: A Tribute To David Bowie 2:57
MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD House Mop Friday Afternoon In The Universe 3:46
PUNCH BROTHERS Streets Of London Hell On Church Street 4:22
XTC Boarded Up Wasp Star – Apple Venus Vol. 2 3:23
KEN NORDINE Silly Ideas I Used To Have You’re Getting Better – The Word Jazz Dot Masters 4:48
GODLEY & CREME Random Brainwave L & Freeze Frame 2:40
LOOM (Poland) Prywatny Raj Tkanina 4:31
ALT-J The Actor The Dream 4:00
SET #5
OSIBISA African Jive Osibirock 4:02
RADIO TARIFA Patas Negras Cruzando El Rio 4:14
KRONOS QUARTET Washishijay (W/ Obo Addy) Pieces Of Africa 4:56
DANIEL LANOIS Power Heavy Sun** 3:18
LOUNGE LIZARDS Tango #3 Determination For Rosa Parks No Pain For Cakes 4:13
SOFT MACHINE Out Of Seasons Softs 5:32
CLUSTER Breitengrad 20 Grosses Wasser 4:00
SET #6
THE GOASTT (The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger) Dark Matter White Noise Acoustic Sessions 5:17
WHITE NOISE My Game Of Loving An Electric Storm 4:10
YUSEEF LATEEF Strange Lullaby Part Of The Search 4:34
WILDMAN FISCHER Outside The Hospital The Fischer King 3:37
PETER HAMMILL Handicap And Equality Ph7 3:56
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
After nearly a decade I’ve finally decided that it’s time to give myself more time to produce my weekly freeform radio program so beginning with today’s latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #459), each show, from now on, will be released at NOON every Friday. This came about more from necessity than anything else as lately I’ve been unable to get everything completed in post-production without literally killing myself and as my routines changed, these extra hours will allow the process to become a little less STRESSFUL.
During today’s first set I’ve got new music from the EELS, JOHN ZORN & BILL LASWELL, and KLO PELGAG to start and then I’ll turn to GEOFFREY ORYEMA’S haunting ‘Bombs Are Falling,’ PETER GABRIEL’S ‘Rhythm of The Heat’ (where I’ve blended his English and German versions of that song into one song), JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS ‘Burnin’ Streets,’ and the WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND’S ‘Suppose They Gave A War And No One Comes’ into a musical statement that needs no explanation.
Moving forward there’s music from locals 15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND), GLASS HARP, and GLENN LAZEAR, ‘vault’ treasures from THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS (‘Time Has Come Today’ – the rejected single), BATDORF & RODNEY, JEAN LUC PONTY, CAN, and TOMITA; more new pieces from ALT-J, DRY CLEANING, and TIMBA MM; African rhythm’s from TOURE TOURE and MANU DIBANGO, and even a ‘cover’ of ‘These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ from PARQUET COURTS.
Set your clock ahead to noon on Friday’s and enjoy what’s coming from now on. It’s definitely worth the extra wait!
SET #1
EELS Better Living Through Desperation Extreme Witchcraft 2:30
GLENN KOTCHE Anomaly Mvt. II Adventureland 2:31
JOHN ZORN/BILL LASWELL The Cleansing The Cleansing 3:40
KLO PELGAG Au Bonheur d’Edelweiss L’Etoile Thoracique** 2:59
GEOFFREY ORYEMA Bombs Are Falling From The Heart 5:10
PETER GABRIEL The Rhythm Of The Heat (English)/ Security
(combined with) Der Rhythmus Der Hitze (German)/ Deutsches Album 5:18
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS Burnin’ Streets Streetcore 4:32
WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND Suppose They Gave A War And No One Comes Part One & Vol. 2 3:47
SET#2
JAN HAMMER Darkness/Earth In Search Of A Sun The First Seven Days 4:31
PUNCH BROTHERS Pride Of Man Hell On Church Street 3:53
ALT-J Losing My Mind The Dream 4:41
SLEEP DAY (SHANE CURRY) Kiss Me Like A Little Yellow Bird Then Top Me Kiss Me Like A Little Yellow Bird 3:52
DRY CLEANING Scratchcard Lanyard New Long Leg 4:07
GLASS HARP Children’s Fantasy Glass Harp (Remastered) 4:11
BIG RED MACHINE Hoping That How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? 3:57
SET #3
TOURE TOURE African Woman Ladde 3:28
MANU DIBANGO Soul Makossa Wakafrika 5:40
BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE Poor Boy Everything That Happens Will Happen Today 4:16
CHAMBERS BROTHERS Time Has Come Today (Single Version #1 – Rejected One) Greatest Hits 2:41
CAN The Empress & The Ukraine King Unlimited Edition 4:41
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN Opie Rides Again /Club Med Sucks Popular Songs Of Great Enduring Strength & Beauty 3:53
JOHN CALE Fear Is Man’s Best Friend Fear/The Island Years 3:52
PALBERTA Surfing With Berry Roach Goin’ Down 1:17
SET #4
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND It’s In Imagination Pere Ubu: Datapanik In The Year Zero, Disc 4 Cleveland Rarities – Terminal Drive 4:45
DEERHOOF L’Amour Stories Apple O 2:42
URBAN VERBS Promise Early Damage 5:28
SUFJAN STEVENS The Vivian Girls Are Visited In The Night By Saint Dargarious And His Squadron Of Benevolent Butterflies The Avalanche 1:49
TALL DWARFS Lurlene Bayless Fork Songs (plus Dogma) 3:53
SPROINGG Homunculous Funkulous Sproingg 4:32
ROBERT FRIPP Ny3 Exposure 2:18
PARQUET COURTS These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ Contact Nausea 3:51
SET #5
TOMITA Debussy: Snowflakes Are Dancing (Children’s Corner, No. 4) Snowflakes Are Dancing 2:15
JEAN LUC PONTY Wandering On The Milky Way Imaginary Voyage 1:51
DAVID BOWIE Girl Loves Me Blackstar 4:51
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE Hold Yourself Up Yes It’s True 4:22
THE FLAMING LIPS The Slow Motion The Soft Bulletin 4:01
BATDORF & RODNEY Home Again Batdorf & Rodney (Remastered) 6:29
GLENN LAZEAR Only One Glenn Lazear 4:04
JOE WALSH Pavane So What 1:56
TIMBA MM Fiesta En La Playa Outstanding** 4:50
SET #6
TIM BUCKLEY Happy Time Merry-Go-Round At The Carousel Live June 1968 3:11
FIONA APPLE Waltz (Better Than Fine) Extraordinary Machine 3:45
RANDY NEWMAN Dayton, Ohio 1903 Sail Away (Expanded Edition) 1:51
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (JOE BYRD) Stranded In Time The United States Of America 1:49
POKEY LAFARGE Hard Times Come And Go Riverboat Soul 3:45
BELA FLECK Cheeseballs In Cowtown Tales From The Acoustic Planet 4:53
LITTLE FEAT Roll Um Easy Dixie Chicken 2:34
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Each week I try to keep your listening experience unique by adding new releases, interesting sets with a specific theme, surprises out of the musical ‘vault,’ or songs that somehow reflect reflect current events and today, on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #458) you can add taking you on an international journey of Eastern Europe, the Far East, and parts of the Middle East during the final hour.
I’ll get everything started with SPARKS (who opened their U.S. tour recently), AT-J and DANIEL LANOIS (who both have new releases), RY COODER (who turned 75 this week), and THE LAST POETS (who invented rap as a jazz based idiom). Then I’ll celebrate March 18th (‘Bubble Wrap Day’) with a song from CHRIS BUTLER & RALPH CARNEY, and surround it with songs from THE VIVIANS, THE BREAKERS, MODEST MOUSE, and WIRE.
I’ll celebrate the musical genius of CHARLES MINGUS and encompass that with more new tracks from TIMBA MM, KLO PELGAG, and CAT POWER as well as cuts from ESQUIVEL, STEREOLAB, and CURVED AIR. All of these selections should serve to prepare you for the musical journey that I’ve saved for you during the final hour.
During today’s final sets you’ll hear music from SITI NURHALIZA (Malaysia), ULYTAU (folk/metal from Kazakhstan), CHLOPCY KONTRA BASIA (quirky Polish avant-garde jazz), BUSTAN ABRAHAM (Israeli folkus pocus), ALLA PUGACHEVA (Traditional Russian Pop), along with SEVARA NAZARKHAN (Uzbekistan Prog), ALTIN GUN (Turkish styling’s from the Netherlands), HUUN-HUUR-TU (Tuvan throat singing), and several others. Plus you get to hear how not to pronounce any of the artists and their songs names. (That alone should be very entertaining!).
A detailed playlist is provided.
SET #1
SPARKS All That A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 4:44
ALT-J U&ME The Dream 3:18
WUSSY Acetylene Attica 3:53
DANIEL LANOIS Way Down Heavy Sun 3:45
THE COMET IS COMING Unity Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery 4:13
RY COODER The UFO Has Landed In The Ghetto The Slide Area 5:05
THE LAST POETS Mean Machine Chant/Mean Machine This Is Madness 5:24
SET#2
SKYGREEN LEOPARDS Johnny’s Theme Gorgeous Johnny 2:11
THE BREAKERS Hour Of Darkness Voodoo Treatment 2:14
RALPH CARNEY & CHRIS BUTLER Bubble Wrap Day (March 18) Songs For Unsung Holidays 2:57
MODEST MOUSE Gravity Rides Everything The Moon & Antarctica 4:22
IF THESE TREES COULD TALK Berlin Songs For A Dying World 4:44
WIRE Doubles & Trebles Change Becomes Us 3:50
VIVIANS One Eye CLE Magazine 3X: Big Wave Compilation 3:47
SET #3
TIMBA MM El Son Outstanding 3:26
ESQUIVEL Anna (El Negro Zumbon) Space Age Bachelor Pad Music 2:42
CHARLES MINGUS Cumbia & Jazz Fusion Pt. 1 (Excerpt) Cumbia & Jazz Fusion 6:42
STEREOLAB Ping Pong Ping Pong 3:02
KLO PELGAG Le Sexe Des L’Etoile L’Etoile Thoracique 5:48
CURVED AIR Armin Air Cut 3:50
CAT POWER Unhate Covers** 2:44
SET #4
BOB DYLAN Dark Eyes (Empire Burlesque Alternative Take) Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 16 (1980-1985)4:57
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT Police Cooking The French Dispatch (OST)** 1:48
FSK Unter Dem Doppladler/Under The Double Eagle The Sound Of Music 3:42
BRAVE COMBO Mystery Spot Polka Polkas For A Gloomy World 2:53
INCREDIBLE STRING BAND Water Song The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter 2:50
HOT TUNA Water Song Burgers 5:20
DENT Questa Sunset Verstarker 3:24
KING CRIMSON Waiting Man Beat 4:25
SET #5
SITI NURHALIZA Sindai The Rough Guide To The Music Of Malaysia 4:56
ULYTAU Adai The Rough Guide To The Music Of Central Asia 3:10
JAKE BLUES Dialogue The Blues Brothers (OST) 0:16
CHLOPCY KONTRA BASIA Jerzey Oj Tak! 4:13
ALLA PUGACHEVA Muzykant The Rough Guide To The Music Of Russia 2:52
BUSTAN ABRAHAM Abadai The Rough Guide To The Music Of Israel 3:26
VERETSKI PASS Tatarisher Longa Veretski Pass 1:59
MARI KALKHUN Linda, Linda Illmamotsan 3:41
FULGERICA & THE MAHALA GYPSIES Bate Vintul Frunzele The Rough Guide To The Music Of Romanian Gypsies 4:20
RISA ZVEJNIEKI Vira Mate (Mother-In-Law) Best Of Folk Music From Latvia 3:38
SET #6
SEVARA NAZARKHAN Yor Yor Yol Bolsin 4:15
HUUN-HUUR-TU Sarala Where The Green Grass Grows 3:40
SINKIANG UIGHER AUTONOMOUS REGION SONG & DANCE ENSEMBLE Tink Bostan The Rough Guide To The Music Of China 1:50
HADAG NAHASH Kanti Lazuz 3:53
MICHEL SAJRAWY Tojann The Rough Guide To The Music Of Palestine 5:16
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Over the last decade, I’ve celebrated various milestones on this program and today’s show, TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #457) represents a very significant one. Today marks my 500th radio episode since returning to radio in 2012 after a couple of decades away from the medium.
In the mid-1970’s my career began at WKSU-FM, the Kent State University public radio outlet, doing a freeform/progressive format called Fresh Air. as well as jazz and folk programming. I departed Ohio in 1981 and worked in an entirely different field and by the end of the 80’s began volunteering at WGTD-FM in Kenosha, Wisconsin. My old friend and WKSU alumni Chuck Ruby was the General Manager there and he lured me back to do a half hour program specializing in soundtracks on a part time basis that lasted about a year.
In 2012 I was approached by another WKSU alumni, Bryan Chandler, about doing a show for an internet based radio station he worked at, San Francisco’s SFCR/KUSF In Exile. After five years there (and three program name changes) I began doing the current show independently. So here we are!
Today I’ll play many of my favorite artists and albums including BRIAN ENO, THE BEATLES, DEVO, HARRY PARTCH, AUDIENCE, ROBERT WYATT, and LAURIE ANDERSON to name a few. I’ve got film soundtracks from BERNARD HERMANN and THOMAS NEWMAN (WALL-E), international tracks from D’GARY and JUANA MOLINA, and even comedy bits from NATIONAL LAMPOON an FIRESIGN THEATRE. I’ll start off by saluting the Ukrainian people with GONG’S ‘You Can’t Kill Me,’ plus 10CC, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, and PINK FLOYD, with other music from CORNELIUS, BRYAN SCARY, and SKY CRIES MARY.
That’s just a sampling of the radio magic I’ve got in store. Detail Below!
SET #1
GONG Radio Gnome/You Can’t Kill Me Camembert Electrique 6:48
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE War Movie Bark 4:41
10CC I Wanna Rule The World Sheet Music 3:53
BRYAN SCARY Universal Crane Birds 4:59
PINK FLOYD Corporal Clegg A Saucerful Of Secrets 4:11
CORNELIUS Thank You For The Music Fantasma 4:53
SKY CRIES MARY 2000 Light Years From Home A Return To The Inner Experience 4:43
SET #2
OMAR SOSA Elrababa An East African Journey 4:19
BRIAN ENO The Fat Lady Of Limborg Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) 5:05
LAURIE ANDERSON Example #22 Big Science (30th Anniversary Edition) 2:59
HOLGAR CZUKAY Hit Hit Flop Flop Rome Remain Rome/Der Osten Ist Rot 3:36
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Doff Downie Rue Du Poisson Noir 3:30
KRAFTWERK Numbers Computer World 3:21
DEERHOOF Love Lore Pt. 4 (Tenny/Silver Apples/The Police/Kraftwerk) Love Lore 3:15
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (JOE BYRD) Coming Down The United States Of America 2:37
ALT-J Chicago The Dream 3:55
SET #3
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS Sandpaper Blues Rock Art & The X-Ray Style 4:27
DANIEL LANOIS Every Nation Heavy Sun** 4:00
ROBBIE ROBERTSON The Shadow Sinematic 4:26
STANLEY SILVERMAN You’re On The Radio Elephant Steps 3:26
JOHN HARTFORD Station Break Aereo-Plain 0:15
BERNARD HERMANN Prelude – The Nightmare Vertigo (OST) 5:00
FIRESIGN THEATRE Echo Poem Dear Friends 2:00
NATIONAL LAMPOON Humpback Whale That’s Not Funny That’s Sick 1:23
THE BEATLES All Together Now Yellow Submarine (OST) 2:13
SUPERSISTER Gi, Ga, Go (Gollumble Jefers) Spiral Staircase 4:01
KEVIN AYERS Caribbean Moon Odd Ditties 3:13
SET #4
WEEN So Many People In The Neighborhood Quebec 3:30
THE RESIDENTS Bach Is Dead Duck Stab 1:12
DEVO Goin’ Under E-Z Listening Disc 3:09
ANGELO BADALAMENTI Packards’ Vibration Twin Peaks: Season Two, Music & More 2:39
TOM WAITS Little Drop Of Poison Orphans, Brawlers, & Bastards 3:09
PERE UBU Who Stole The Signpost The Long Goodbye 3:28
HARRY PARTCH The Street (Select Songs From 11 Intrusions) The Harry Partch Collection 2:46
FRANK ZAPPA This Ain’t CNN Civilization Phase III 1:52
JJ BURNELL Deutschland Nicht Uber Alles Euroman Cometh 4:40
SLAPP HAPPY/HENRY COW Europa Desperate Straights (Remaster) 2:48
SET #5
JUANA MOLINA Bicho Auto Wed 21 4:34
ROBERT WYATT Jelly Babies (w/Epic Soundtracks) Different Every Time 3:01
JEFF TWEEDY Warm (When The Sun Has Died) Warm 2:18
AUDIENCE I Had A Dream House On The Hill 4:18
KING CRIMSON Book Of Saturday Larks’ Tongue In Aspic 2:55
TIMBA MM Amor A Tu Manera Outstanding** 4:52
D’GARY & JIHE Miady Mafy Horombe 4:35
SET #6
AMYTHYST KIAH Black Myself Wary + Strange** 3:21
TRANQUILITY BASS 5 Miles High Let The Freak Flag Fly 7:16
THE FLAMING LIPS Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 4:45
DARCY JAMES ARGUE’S SECRET SOCIETY The Tallest Building In The World Brooklyn Babylon 3:44
JOHN MARTYN One World One World 4:12
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
This weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #456), begins with PETER GABRIEL to open the show, followed by BATTLES, ELECTRIC WURMS doing ‘Heart Of The Sunrise,’ JOHN CALE’S updated version of ‘Thoughtless Kind,’ and turns towards the spiritual with DANIEL LANOIS, BEN HARPER & BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, and PRIMAL SCREAM’S ‘Movin’ On Up’ inspired by Villanelle’s opening church scene from the premiere of ‘Killing Eve’s’ final season.
Next up there’s electronica from Congo’s KOKOKO!, THE VENTURES (doing the ‘Twilight Zone Theme’), TIMBA MM, THE B-52’S (‘Private Idaho’), THE MOTHER OF INVENTION (‘Hungry Freaks Daddy’), TALKING HEADS, TIN HUEY (‘Jazz Tune’), and San Francisco psychedelica from SALVATION. Now I’ve done it! I’ve given away the entire first hour (in order no less) and it’s just getting started.
You’ll get CRACKER & LEFTOVER SALMON, MILES DAVIS, STEELY DAN, THE MEKONS, and KEN NORDINE during set three, and I’ve got brand new ALT-J, surrounded by STEELEYE SPAN, CURVED AIR, MICHAEL URBANIAK, PETER HAMMILL, and X-RAY SPEX in the fourth set.
If you’re totally intrigued by now, great! I’ve been on a pretty good roll with this one so don’t miss out!
Program Playlist:
SET #1
PETER GABRIEL Kiss That Frog Us 5:19
BATTLES Leyendecker Mirrored 2:48
ELECTRIC WURMS Heart Of The Sunrise Musik, Die Schwer Zu Twerk 3:52
JOHN CALE Thoughtless Kind Music For A New Society/M-Fans 5:23
DANIEL LANOIS (Under The) Heavy Sun Heavy Sun** 4:20
BEN HARPER & THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA Take My Hand There Will Be A Light 3:54
PRIMAL SCREAM Movin’ On Up Screamadelica 3:51
SET#2
KOKOKO! Zala Mayele Fongola 4:59
THE VENTURES The Twilight Zone The Ventures In Space 2:36
TIMBA MM Kongo Kurbato Outstanding** 4:48
THE B-52’S Private Idaho Wild Planet 3:36
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Hungry Freaks Daddy Freak Out (2012 Remaster) 3:30
TALKING HEADS With Our Love More Songs About Buildings And Food 3:31
TIN HUEY Jazz Tune Before Obscurity: Bushflow Tapes 3:10
SALVATION What’ll I Do #42 Salvation & Gypsy Carnival Caravan 3:58
SET #3
MILES DAVIS Jailbait Merci Miles! Live At Vienne 5:45
AMYTHYST KIAH Fancy Drones (Fracture Me) Wary + Strange 3:37
KEN NORDINE The Bullfighter A Transparent Mask 1:46
STEELY DAN With A Gun Pretzel Logic 2:18
ENNIO MORRICONE Fantasmi Grotteschi (from Stark System) Morricone Segreto 1:47
CRACKER & LEFTOVER SALMON Waiting On You Girl Oh Cracker, Were Art Thou? 5:32
THE MEKONS White Stone Door Natural 3:58
RICKIE LEE JONES Rodeo Girl Flying Cowboys 4:54
SET #4
ALT-J Bane The Dream** 5:09
STEELEYE SPAN Elf Call Commoners Crown 3:54
CURVED AIR Elfin Boy Air Cut 4:10
MICHAEL URBANIAK Rosemary’s Baby (w/Urszula Dudziak) I Remember Komeda 3:28
DANNY ELFMAN Shadows (Reprise) Dark Shadows (OST) 1:07
X-RAY SPEX The Day The World Turned Day-Glo No Thanks! The 70’s Punk Rebellion 2:51
PETER HAMMILL Nadir’s Big Chance Nadir’s Big Chance 3:33
THE DEAD WEATHER Three Dollar Hat Dodge And Burn 3:23
HAWKWIND The Aubergine That Ate Rangoon Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music 3:37
SET #5
BUTTHOLE SURFERS Hurdy Gurdy Man Pioughd 3:59
TOM RAPP The Swimmer (For Kurt Cobain) A Journal Of The Plague Year 3:49
NEIL YOUNG Roll Another Number (For The Road) Tonight’s The Night 3:04
BILL FRISELL Once Upon a Time In The West (Theme) When You Wish Upon A Star 4:09
HER SPACE HOLIDAY The Ringing In My Ears Manic Expressive 5:00
LUMP Curse Of The Contemporary Mojo Presents: The Mojo Machine Turns You On 2018 4:38
CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE Carolina No Valve Bone Woe 4:53
SET #6
LOUIS PRIMA Jump, Jive, An’ Wail Jump, Jive, An’ Wail: The Essential Louis Prima 3:29
SPACCANAPOLI Aneme Perze Lost Souls 4:26
RHIANNON GIDDENS Pizzica Di San Vito (w/Francesco Turrisi) There Is No Other 2:07
PFM (Premiata Forneria Marconi) Viene Il Santo Passpartu 4:36
BANQUET OF THE SPIRITS Matafiel Caym: The Book Of Angels Vol. 17 5:21
ROXY MUSIC Strictly Confidential For Your Pleasure 3:48
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Thank god the final days of February are coming to a close. It seems every bizarre weather phenomena, temperature extreme, and catastrophic disaster from flooding to ice storms have occurred this month so on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #455) let’s celebrate the impending arrival of a new month with three hours of great music, arranged to get us all through February’s final days.
Highlighting this week’s show is another brand new track by GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET, taking psychedelic and surf to a whole new level. Additionally, there’s other recently released gems from SANTANA (accompanied by the late CHICK COREA), WET LEG, DANIEL LANOIS, TIMBA MM, and JAMES.
I’ve dug deep into the ‘vault’ for early GENESIS (from ‘Trespass’) and ALICE COOPER (from ‘Easy Action’), classic 10CC (from ‘How Dare You’), the legendary DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET (from ‘Take Five’), and a haunting melody by NICK DRAKE (from ‘Pink Moon’).
There’s international sounds from HUUN-HUUR-TU, BAHIA BLACK, and MICKEY HART’S PLANET DRUM, quirky melodies from TUNE-YARDS, MICACHU & THE SHAPES, THE RAINCOATS, and PERE UBU, and songs by MCDONALD & GILES (in honor of the late Ian McDonald) and WILCO (celebrating Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’s 20th anniversary).
So settle in and enjoy this three hour musical feast, it’ll distract you from the ever changing elements outside and is a lot more fun than banging your head against the wall while waiting for March to arrive.
Today's Selections:
SET #1
DANIEL LANOIS Tree Of Tule Heavy Sun** 4:20
MCDONALD & GILES Tomorrow’s People – The Children Of Today McDonald & Giles 5:50
BRIAN ENO & RICK HOLLAND Cloud 4 Drums Between The Bells 1:41
LAURIE ANDERSON One Beautiful Evening Life On A String 5:05
JOSEPH ARTHUR Devil’s Broom Our Shadows Will Remain 4:46
BRUCE COCKBURN Ancestors Small Source Of Comfort 3:59
NICK DRAKE Parasite Pink Moon 3:36
SET#2
WET LEG Oh No Wet Leg (EP) 2:30
TY SEGALL The Magazine Emotional Mugger 3:56
WILCO Poor Places Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 5:18
10CC Art For Art’s Sake How Dare You 6:00
BURNING OF ROME Little Piranhas With Us 4:56
JAMES Wherever It Takes Us All The Colours Of You 5:05
PHILLIP GLASS What Time Is Grey 1000 Airplanes On The Roof 2:16
DAVID BOWIE I’d Rather Be High The Next Day 3:44
SET #3
JAGWAR MA Exercise Howlin’ 4:04
LAS TOALLITAS Dry Heat Mayhem Among The Desert Thieves 1:34
MO MAGIC Feelings Drums & Tribe Cyber Jam Vol 1-Asian Breakbeats 4:29
WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN Who Says Women Aren’t As Good As Men Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn 1:21
HUUN-HUUR-TU Kaldak Khamar The Orphan’s Lament 2:36
3 LEG TORSO Csardas Animals & Cannibals 4:28
DEVOTCHKA All The Sand In All The Sea 100 Lovers 4:49
DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET Blue Rondo A La Turk Take Five 6:46
SET #4
XTC Merely A Man Oranges & Lemons 3:27
DRY CLEANING A.I.C. New Long Leg 3:09
ALICE COOPER Below Your Means (excerpt) Easy Action 3:30
MONKS OF DOOM 23rd Century Hard Bop The Bronte Pin 3:42
THE NEUTRONS L’Hippie Nationale Black Hole Star & Tales From The Blue Cocoons 3:31
MCKENDREE SPRING Growing Spring Suite 3:52
SAMANDTHEPLANTS Intro The Eft 1:51
GENESIS Dusk Trespass 4:14
DAMON ALBARN O Spirit, Animate Us Dr. Dee 3:48
SANTANA Angel Choir/All Together (w/Chick Corea) Blessings & Miracles 3:17
SET #5
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET Paschar/Tzofeh www.golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 2:47
THE RAINCOATS Only Loved At Night Odyshape 3:33
TUNE-YARDS Look Around Nikki Nack 4:25
MICACHU & THE SHAPES Eat Your Heart Jewellery 2:21
THE BEEP Dead Pixies Doolittle Tribute 4:20
TIMBA MM The Viking Rhythm Outstanding 4:48
MICKEY HART & PLANET DRUM Damawoo Supralingua 3:05
BAHIA BLACK Capitao Do Asphalto Ritual Beating System 5:32
SET #6
TONY DYNAMITE & THE SHOOTING BEAVERS Mothers Little Helper Surfin Jack Flash: (The Surf Instrumental Bands Of The World Perform The Music Of The Stones) 2:37
PERE UBU George Had A Hat The Tenement Year 4:02
NICK MASON’S FICTITIOUS SPORTS Boo To You Too Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports 3:26
THE JAMES GANG Funk #48 Yer Album 2:46
LOS STRAITJACKETS Icky Thump Rockin’ Legends Pay Tribute To Jack White 3:31
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
This week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES I’ve decided to take a short break from producing a new program and instead will play another excerpt from the groundbreaking freeform college radio program, FRESH AIR, recorded on tape by a listener on January 17, 1980.
I was a host on the Thursday night/Friday morning edition of WKSU-FM's "Fresh Air," the late night, freeform/progressive radio show during one of the most prolific periods in Northeastern Ohio musical history. The area had gained a national and international reputation for it’s groundbreaking work in exposing enthusiastic audiences to an array musical acts in the 1970's and 80's. Today's tape, restored and remastered, comes from an archive of over 400 hours of listener (and programmer) recordings from 1975 to 1981.
The show open’s with elements of spoken word, song, and comedy featuring PORTSMOUTH SINFONIA, LORD BUCKLEY, BONZO DOG BAND, FIRESIGN THEATRE, and JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS in honor of one of the show’s former hosts. Later on there are segments where I use a track from TANGERINE DREAM and mix it in with Marlon Brando’s dialogue from ‘Apocalypse Now’ and FRIPP & ENO’S ‘Evening Star’ gets combined with LOUISE HUBNER’S ‘Seduction Through Witchcraft’ album, creating atmospheric landscapes of late night audio bliss. Other music heard tonight includes cuts from ALICE COLTRANE, CAN, LE ORME, LED ZEPPELIN, SHAWN PHILLIPS, PINK FLOYD, and THE RESIDENTS.
Get comfortable and take a trip back in this radio time machine.
The playlist for Fresh Air on January 17, 1980:
SET #1
PORTSMOUTH SINFONIA The Blue Danube Waltz Op. 314 Plays The Popular Classics 4:36
LORD BUCKLEY Willie The Shake Lord Buckley In Concert 2:42
THE BONZO DOG BAND Tubas In The Moonlight The Beast Of The Bonzos 2:18
THE FIRESIGN THEATRE Police Street (excerpt) In The Next World You’re On Your Own 9:05
JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS Rockin’ Shopping Center Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers 3:33
THE BEATLES If I Needed Someone Rubber Soul 2:16
GENTLE GIANT So Sincere The Power And The Glory 3:46
LOL COXHILL First Movement: Prelude To Familiarity The Joy Of Paranoia 2:10
PINK FLOYD Apples And Oranges Masters Of Rock (Import) 2:58
THE RESIDENTS Satisfaction 7” Vinyl Single 4:30
SET #2
TANGERINE DREAM Movements Of A Visionary Phaedra 6:21
MARLON BRANDO Dialogue – The Horror Apocalypse Now (OST) 3:21
AMON DUUL II Apocalyptic Bore Viva La Trance 6:32
AUTOMATIC MAN I.T.D. (Interstellar Tracking Device) Automatic Man 5:03
SHAWN PHILLIPS Starbright Furthermore 3:49
CAN Vernal Equinox Landed 8:07
LE ORME Vedi Amsterdam Verita Nascoste 4:36
SET #3
PETER HAMMILL Rock And Role Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night 6:05
ALICE COLTRANE Blue Nile Ptah, The El Daoud 6:52
LED ZEPPELIN Black Mountain Side Led Zeppelin I 2:06
POPOL VUH Ja, Diene Liebe Ist suSer Als Wein Das Hohelied Salomos 3:20
FRIPP & ENO Evening Star (excerpt Pt. 1) Evening Star 4:20
LOUISE HUBNER The Emotional Bondage Spell Seduction Through Witchcraft 1:43
FRIPP & ENO Evening Star (excerpt Pt. 2) Evening Star 1:22
PROCOL HARUM Song For A Dreamer Broken Barricades 5:24
FLASH AND THE PAN The Man Who Knew The Answer Flash And The Pan 4:15
SET #4
ELOY Castle In The Air Floating 7:14
PAUL KANTNER AND GRACE SLICK When I Was A Boy I Watched The Wolves Sunfighter 4:55
BO HANSSON Wandering Song Magician’s Hat 3:15
IF Waterfall If 4 5:23
GONG Cat In Clark’s Shoes Shamal 7:38
GLASS HARP Dawn Of A New Day Synergy 2:47
SET#5
KEVIN AYERS Champagne Cowboy Blues Whatevershebringswesing 3:50
ALICE COLTRANE Galaxy Around Olodumare World Galaxy 4:05
STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL The Best Years Of Our Lives The Best Years Of Our Lives 5:39
OST = Original Soundtrack
This week has extra special significance for the lovers of football, music, and the ones you cherish most as Valentine’s Day, the Superbowl and the 52nd anniversary of rock’s greatest ‘live’ album (The Who ‘Live At Leeds’) all occur so on the latest episode of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #454), I’ll cover all those subjects and then some.
The Cincinnati Bengals are in the big game so I’ll get things started with SAM SPENCE and one of his classic NFL film themes followed by ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’ interpreted by Cincinnati’s indie rockers the ASS PONIES, before moving into interesting territory where WIRE, another new piece from WET LEG, and vintage tracks from VAN DER GRAAF, PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE, and finally FAUST (who actually utilized power tools that really cemented their reputation as founders of rock’s industrial music fringe) all converge.
The three sets that follow all establish their own sonic landscapes by combining elements of international (TIMBA MM, TOM ZE, WASIS DIOP, MARI KALKUN) jazz (GARY BARTZ, ARTURO O’FARRILL, JONI MITCHELL (from ‘Mingus’)), vault (JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS, GONG, JOHN RENBOURN GROUP), and the latest releases (JAMES, JAPANESE BREAKFAST, AMYTHYST KIAH).
The final hour honors the legacy of THE WHO ‘Live At Leeds’ which was recorded on February 14, 1970 at the height of the bands unparalleled reputation for muscular, transcending live performances. I’ll approach this segment with interesting background notes about the recording before taking their well known ‘Pinball Wizard’ and deconstructing it with numerous unusual versions of the song from CAMEL, ROGER RUSKIN SPEAR, and THE HILLBENDERS, as well as other relatable tracks from STEREOLAB, HARVEY GOLD, and YELLO before finishing with a song from another ‘Live At Leeds’ recording by JOHN MARTYN recorded exactly five years later.
Don’t miss a minute of this show!
Playlist below:
SET #1
SAM SPENCE Up She Rises The Power & The Glory: Music And Voices Of NFL Films 2:31
ASS PONIES All Tomorrow’s Parties The Okra Years 7:51
WIRE This Time Silver/Lead 4:16
WET LEG Too Late Now Wet Leg (EP)** 3:49
VAN DER GRAAF Chemical World The Quiet Zone, The Pleasure Dome 6:12
PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE Spatna Vec Hoveza Porazka 4:37
FAUST Untitled #14/Stretch Out Time (Do So, Stretch Out) The Faust Tapes 2:42
SET#2
TIMBA MM Interlude Changuisero Outstanding 2:57
TOM ZE Defect 13: Burrice Com Defeito De Fabricacao 2:35
PHIL MANZANERA Complicada (w/ Chrissie Hynde) Corroncho 2:43
DAVID BYRNE & ST. VINCENT The Forest Awakes Love This Giant 4:52
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND Ice Rose Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) 3:39
DRY CLEANING New Long Leg New Long Leg 4:12
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Gulab Jamon Virtual Birdland** 7:11
JONI MITCHELL The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines Mingus 3:22
SET #3
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS Mega Bottle Ride Global A Go-Go 3:32
GARY BARTZ NTU TROOP The Drinking Song Freedom Rhythm & Sound: Revolutionary Jazz & The Civil Rights Movement 1963-82 5:16
GONG I Never Glid Before Angel’s Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible Pt..II) 5:37
JAPANESE BREAKFAST Sit Jubilee 3:07
JAMES Recover All The Colours Of You 4:23
FRENCH/FRITH/KAISER/THOMPSON Begging Bowl Invisible Means 3:22
BEAUTIFY JUNKYARDS Cosmorama Cosmorama 3:00
SET #4
MARI KALKUN Motsavele Mang Ilmamotsan 4:24
WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN The Roving Cowboy/Avarguli Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn 5:57
JOHN RENBOURN GROUP A Maid In Bedlam A Maid In Bedlam 3:57
JETHRO TULL Serenade To A Cuckoo This Was (50th Anniversary Edition) Disc 2 – Further Associated Recordings 3:37
AMYTHYST KIAH Sleeping Queen Wary + Strange** 3:50
WASIS DIOP Samba Le Berger Toxu 4:11
OSAMU KITAJIMA Yesterday And Karma (w/ Minnie Riperton) Osamu 4:58
SET #5
THE WHO Young Man Blues Live At Leeds (30th Anniversary Deluxe Ed.) 5:29
THE WHO Shakin’ All Over Live At Leeds (30th Anniversary Deluxe Ed.) 4:34
THE WHO Eyesight To The Blind Live At Leeds (30th Anniversary Deluxe Ed.) 1:58
PINBALL WIZARD DECONSTRUCTED & COVERED
THE WHO Pinball Wizard Live At Leeds (30th Anniversary Deluxe Ed.) 2:52
STEREOLAB Heavenly Van Halen (Pinball) ABC Music The BBC Radio 1 Sessions 3:09
THE HILLBENDERS Pinball Wizard Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry 3:43
JACK TOOMBS Pinball Fever A Shot In The Dark: Tennessee Jive 1945-1955 2:47
ROGER RUSKIN SPEAR Pinball Wizard Unusual 3:26
YELLO Pinball Cha Cha Claro Que Si 3:40
CAMEL Pinball Wizard Underage 3:56
HARVEY GOLD Silly Idea It’s Messy: Vol 1 3:33
THE BUDOS BAND Peak Of Eternal Light V 3:21
SANDY NELSON Pinball Wizard MOJO Presents: The Who Covered - 15 Track Mojo Tribute 1:27
THE WHO I’m Free Live At Leeds (30th Anniversary Deluxe Ed.) 2:38
THE NEW SEEKERS Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me Then! Totally Oldies 70’s Vol. 6 3:19
SET #6
JOHN MARTYN I’d Rather Be The Devil Live At Leeds 8:54
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Neither rain, nor snow, nor freezing rain, nor sleet, nor grapple (grape nut sized snow pellets) can prevent me from completing this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #453). I’ve got the perfect solution for everyone’s impending ‘cabin fever’ and it’s as simple as listening to this three hour program from start to finish.
The show begins with the debut of a quirky song from the indie band WET LEG called ‘Chaise Lounge,’ and follows with ‘I Am The Walrus’ interpreted by SPOOKY TOOTH, then a Beatlesque like piece from the band THE MOONLANDINGS, followed by THE FLAMING LIPS’ ‘Rainin’ Babies,’ and tracks from THE SLITS, DRY CLEANING, and THE HUMAN SWITCHBOARD.
Now that you’ve settled in, the next set features the ART BEARS, WAS (NOT WAS), THE BONZO DOG BAND, PHILLIP GLASS (in honor of his birthday), MOTHER GONG, new songs from THE KILLERS and VALERIE JUNE, and a classic spoken world piece from TOM WAITS.
Later on we’ll honor Rock Hall nominees BECK and the NEW YORK DOLLS, add more new material from SANTANA, TIMBA MM, JAMES, and AMYTHYST KIAH, sprinkle in ‘vault’ nuggets from BE BOP DELUXE, XTC, LEO KOTTKE, and BERNARD HERMANN, and throw in several international cuts from Mozambique’s DILON DJINDII DILON, Mali’s SONGHOY BLUES (covering Led Zeppelin), and Middle Eastern songstress NATASHA ATLAS.
Since you’ve already stocked up on all the provisions you’ll need from the store, I’ll provide you with great music to get comfy with.
Photo from a similar 'Groundhog Day' week storm on 02/02/2011 in Chicago.
Today's music:
SET #1
WET LEG Chaise Lounge Wet Leg (EP) 3:17
SPOOKY TOOTH I Am The Walrus The Last Puff 6:21
THE MOONLANDINGS Sweet Saturn Mine Mojo Presents: Children Of Pepper, 15 Songs Inspired By The Beatles 1967 Classic Album 3:48
THE FLAMING LIPS Rainin’ Babies In a Priest Driven Ambulance 4:27
THE SLITS Adventures Close To Home Cut 3:28
DRY CLEANING Her Hippo New Long Leg 4:37
HUMAN SWITCHBOARD (I Used To) Believe In You Who’s Landing In Your Hanger? 3:56
SET#2
ART BEARS Thruth The World As It Is Today (Art Box) 2:53
WAS (NOT WAS) Earth To Doris What Up Dog? 2:03
THE BONZO DOG BAND Beautiful Zelda Cornology 2:27
THE KILLERS Desperate Things Pressure Machine 5:16
PHILLIP GLASS Trial 1 – All Men Are Equal Einstein On The Beach 4:30
MOTHER GONG (Gilli Smyth) Back To The Womb Mother 2:01
VALERIE JUNE Two Roads The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers 4:11
TOM WAITS Pasties & A G-String (At The Two O’Clock Club) Small Change 2:32
CHARLES AZNAVOUR J’en Dedris Que Je T’Aime The French Dispatch (OST)** 3:05
SET #3
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Nightfall Virtual Birdland 7:39
NATASHA ATLAS Lahazat Nashwa Mounqaliba 3:04
SONGHOY BLUES Kashmir Mojo Presents: Physical Graffiti Redrawn 5:05
JAMES Hush All The Colours Of You 4:23
LOW There’s A Comma After Still HEY WHAT** 1:51
BERNARD HERMANN North By Northwest Theme Hitchcock 100 Years – A Bernard Hermann Film Score Tribute 3:08
MAZZY STAR California Seasons Of Our Day 5:22
SET #4
BECK Que Onda Guero Guero 3:29
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN Los Tigres Trafficantes/ I Hate This Part Of Texas New Roman Times 5:15
LOS LOBOS Los Chucos Suaves Native Sons 3:24
RY COODER The Girls From Texas Borderline 4:44
ENNIO MORRICONE For A Few Dollars More The Legendary Italian Westerns 2:50
OUTRONAUT A Silent River Of Dogs Kill The Light 3:35
HECTOR ZAZOU Remember (w/ Sarah Jane Morris) Strong Currents 5:52
AMYTHYST KIAH Wild Turkey Wary + Strange 4:31
SET #5
NEW YORK DOLLS Stranded In The Jungle Rock ‘N Roll 4:05
PINK FLOYD Flaming The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 2:46
XTC Another Satellite Skylarking 4:15
SPIRITUALIZED Here It Comes (The Road) Let’s Go And Nothing Hurt 4:41
EUROPA STRING CHOIR Sermon On The Mount Sometimes God Hides: The Young Persons’ Guide To Discipline 3:21
LEO KOTTKE Everybody Lies My Father’s Face 2:51
BIG RED MACHINE The Ghost Of Cincinnati How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?** 3:36
DILON DJINDII DILON Nthantihani Tinponta Dilon Djindii Dilon 3:40
SET #6
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Rear Window Rue De Poisson Noir 2:58
TIMBA MM Outstanding (Pt. 2) Outstanding 4:29
SANTANA Ghost Of Future Pull/New Light/ Santana Celebration Blessings And Miracles** 4:42
FRANK ZAPPA Cheepnis The Roxy Performances (Live 1973) (Box Set) 3:44
SHONEN KNIFE Planet Happy Hour 2:09
BE BOP DELUXE Crying To The Sky Sunburst Finish 3:57
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
As the temperature plummeted, snow continued to pile up, and driving was treacherous (as well as the walkways) last week, my phone decided to ‘crap out’ and picked the most inconvenient time (Sunday morning) to do it. In an attempt to forge ahead and get a new one, I slipped and jammed my leg against the car door running board, receiving a nice abrasion in the process. Welcome another one of winter’s finest moments.
Thanks to helpful neighbors the walks were being cleared when I returned from that expedition, so I began the task of repairing my leg, watching the two amazing NFL playoff games that remained, and procrastinated in my attempt to work on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #452) until late Tuesday night. No matter, the results are well worth waiting for.
Starting everything off is the band LOW, followed by THE POLYPHONIC SPREE, THE MEKONS, MIDNIGHT OIL, ENO & CALE’S masterpiece ‘Spinning Away, before finishing that initial set with PETER GABRIEL and a new track from artist VALERIE JUNE.
The second set is mostly ‘covers’ as interpreted by CLARK TERRY (the Flintstones theme), VIOLENT FEMMES (the Jetsons), THE ART OF NOISE, DEVO, BILL FRISELL, THE RESIDENTS, and LOS LOBOS doing ‘Bluebird/For What It’s Worth’ from their new album.
New material abounds from JAMES, DRY CLEANING, AMYTHYST KIAH, BIG RED MACHINE, and a never before heard track by GEORGE HARRISON (from the ‘All Things Must Pass 50th box). From the ‘vault’ there’s MATCHING MOLE, GODLEY & CREME, RANDY NEWMAN (‘Burn On’), GRYPHON, and DAEVID ALLEN, plus other great tracks from IMOGEN HEAP, VICTOR KRUMMENACHER, BELA FLECK (with Bassekou Kouyate), and locals 15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) and THE HI-FI’S.
Happy Listening!
Today's songs:
SET #1
LOW I Can Wait HEY WHAT 4:02
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE Raise Your Head Yes, It’s True 5:17
THE MEKONS Harar 1883 Deserted 3:09
MIDNIGHT OIL Blue Sky Mine Blue Sky Mining 4:15
ENO/CALE Spinning Away Wrong Way Up 5:26
PETER GABRIEL Love To Be Loved Us 5:17
VALERIE JUNE Within You The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers 4:58
SET#2
CLARK TERRY Meet The Flintstones Having Fun! 4:12
VIOLENT FEMMES Epp Opp Ork Ah-Ah (Means I Love You) (From The Jetsons) Saturday Morning: Cartoons Greatest Hits 3:21
JOHN LURIE Stink (Short Version) Get Shorty (OST) 2:26
THE ART OF NOISE Peter Gunn The Best Of The Art Of Noise 3:37
DEVO Secret Agent Man Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology 3:33
LOS LOBOS Bluebird/For What It’s Worth Native Sons** 6:39
BILL FRISELL Baja Guitar In The Space Age 3:37
THE RESIDENTS Little Sister The King & Eye 2:55
SET #3
GEORGE HARRISON Om Hare Om (Gopala Krishna) (Day 1 Demos/Take 1) All Things Must Pass - 50th Anniversary Box 5:12
TARIF DE HAIDOUKS Corrina, Corrina From Another World: A Tribute To Bob Dylan 5:37
JAMES Isabella All The Colours Of You 4:22
MATCHING MOLE Signed Curtain (Single Version) Matching Mole (2012 Expanded Edition) 3:08
JIM WHITE Buzzards Of Love Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See 7:00
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) From Me To You Inward City 5:49
SET #4
LUNA Four Thousand Days The Days Of Our Nights 4:21
A TRIBE CALLED RED The Virus We Are The Halluci Nation 3:49
A.C. NEWMAN Come Crash The Slow Wonder 3:03
GODLEY & CREME The Wind Consequences 3:54
DRY CLEANING More Big Birds New Long Leg** 4:07
IMOGEN HEAP Neglected Space Sparks 5:15
DAEVID ALLEN Only Make Love If You Want To Now Is The Happiest Time Of Your Life 5:37
SET #5
BIG RED MACHINE Brycie How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? 5:13
THOMAS BARTLETT & NICO MUHLY Taboeh Teloe Peter Pears: Balinese Ceremonial Music 4:44
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT The Berensen Lectures At The Clampette Collection The French Dispatch (OST) 1:51
RANDY NEWMAN Burn On Sail Away (Expanded) 2:34
GRYPHON The Unquiet Grave Gryphon 5:47
ULALI Mahk Jchi A Thousand Roads (OST) 2:40
AMYTHYST KIAH Opaque Wary + Strange** 3:47
THE PINES There In Spirit Above The Prairie 4:01
SET #6
HUKWE ZAWOSE & MICHAEL BROOK Haliko Chijende Assembly 5:17
BELA FLECK Throw Down Your Heart (w/ Bassekou Kouyate & Haruna Samake Trio) Throw Down Your Heart:Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 - Africa Sessions 5:07
THE HI-FI’S Janie Take A Walk The Hi-Fi’s (EP) 4:10
VICTOR KRUMMENACHER’S GREAT LAUGH Water Gone To Mist Out In The West 4:19
PERE UBU Don’t Look Back World’s In Collision (Remaster) 4:06
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
This weeks edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #451) got started later than I’m accustomed to because of a numbers of extraneous factors ranging from the large weekend snowfall to being unable to remove my derriere from the comfy chair while watching hours of mindless television programming. By the time I came out of my self imposed stupor it was already Tuesday, and I realized I’d better get moving if there was going to be new show this week.
I’m amazed at how quick the show began to develop starting with the first set. It begins with the latest from the band JAMES followed by vintage CARAVAN, then a track by Camper Van’s JONATHAN SEGEL, LOU REED (from ‘Magic & Loss’), SHADOWFAX (by request), another new cut from ALLEN RAVENSTINE, before finishing with BILL BRUFORD from his ‘Feels Good To Me’ album. (with an Annette Peacock song).
Satisfied with that first set, the second evolved quickly with THE RESIDENTS, TOM WAITS, the WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND (doing ‘Help I’m A Rock’), EUGENE CHADBOURNE (another request), and several others sonically woven together.
Later on you’ll hear extractions from the ‘vault’ featuring WENDY CARLOS, HORSLIPS, CAMEL and DAVID BOWIE (from Low), more recent pieces from JOSEPH ARTHUR, STEREOLAB, and NENEH CHERRY, worldly sounds from TRIO NORDESTINO, JUANA MOLINA, and UNIVERS ZERO, and healthy heaps of jazz from THE BAD PLUS, MUZZY MARCELLINO, and ARTURO O’FARRILL.
Grab your own comfy chair and settle in for three more hours of great musical selections.
Today's Selections:
SET #1
JAMES All The Colours Of You All The Colours Of You 5:26
CARAVAN If I Could Do It All Over Again I’d Do It All Over You If I Could Do It All Over Again I’d Do It All Over You 3:07
JONATHAN SEGEL People Will Stop At Nothing Scissors And Paper 5:34
LOU REED Power And Glory Magic And Loss 4:23
SHADOWFAX A Pause In The Rain The Odd Get Even 3:53
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Bossa Nova Rue De Poisson Noir 4:04
BILL BRUFORD Adios A La Pasada (Goodbye To The Past) Feels Good To Me 8:41
SET#2
THE RESIDENTS My Window Lonely Teenager 4:18
TOM WAITS The Ocean Doesn’t Want Me Bone Machine 1:51
MITCHELL FROOM Noodletown Dopamine 2:38
WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND Help I’m A Rock Part One & Vol. 2 4:28
EUGENE CHADBOURNE Hippies And Cops Country Music In The World Of Islam 3:33
LOS LOBOS Maricela Colossal Head 3:51
TRIO NORDESTINO Rejeicao Brazil Classics 3 2:11
JUANA MOLINA Estalacticas Halo 4:52
ROY HARPER All In All The Green Man 4:50
SET #3
WENDY CARLOS Bach: Two-Part Invention In A Minor Switched On Bach II 1:24
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT Obituary The French Dispatch (OST) 3:29
HORSLIPS The Snow That Melts The Soonest Drive The Cold Winter Away 4:27
WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN Pretty Bird Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn 3:21
CAMEL Lost And Found Rajaz 5:38
NAYTRONIX Give It Away Other Possibilities** 3:41
ABDEL ALI SLIMANI Habibti Mraya 3:54
JOSEPH ARTHUR Mikel K Big City Secrets 3:54
SET #4
THE BAD PLUS Do Your Sums/Die Like A Dog/Play For Home Give 5:04
EMERSON, LAKE, & PALMER Infinite Space (Conclusion) Tarkus 3:20
PHILLIP GLASS The Beginning Anima Mundi 4:07
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Dreaming In Lions: How I Love Dreaming In Lions** 4:30
DAVID BOWIE What In The World Low 2:24
NENEH CHERRY Black Monday Broken Politics 4:42
THE DANDY WARHOLS Phone Call Tales From Urban Bohemia 4:02
RENALDO & THE LOAF Brittle People Struve And Sneff 2:05
SET #5
EELS That’s Not Really Funny Meet The Eels Vol. 1 (1996-2006) 3:05
VLADIMIR COSMA Bowery Mood Shake Sauvage: French Soundtracks (1968-73) 2:28
UNIVERS ZERO L’Etrange Mixture Du Docteur Schwartz Uzed 3:56
CARAVAN PALACE Ended With The Night Caravan Palace 5:00
ANI DIFRANCO Shrinking Violet Revolutionary Love** 6:17
WIRE No Cows On The Ice The First Letter 4:16
MUZZY MARCELLINO Heap Big Chief Ultra-Lounge Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers 2:07
STEREOLAB Nothing To Do With Me Sound Dust 3:38
SET #6
LOW The Price You Pay (It Must Be Wearing Off) HEY WHAT** 7:07
THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR Little Lighthouse Chips From The Chocolate Fireball 4:30
CAPTAIN BEYOND Bright Blue Tango Sufficiently Breathless 4:13
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #450) is another numerical milestone to check off my broadcast list since this show began with it’s current name in late February 2013. It’s quite a feet that I’ve been able to entertain (and annoy) so many friends and listener’s for that long. I can attribute it’s longevity to a number of things but mostly it has (and has always) adapted over time while keeping my basic vision intact even as my actual vision (and handwriting scribble) have gotten worse.
No matter, the show sometimes manages to get it’s initial inspiration from a news story, history or BBC channel documentary, or celebrity passing. This week it was the 5G roll out vs. airplane landing interference that got my brain going so I’ll start the program with LAURIE ANDERSON’S ‘From The Air,’ followed by THE 1900’S ‘Flight Of The Monowings’ and PHIL MANZANERA/801’s rendition of ‘Flight 19,’ before turning Eastward with STATE OF BENGAL, ADRIAN BELEW, SHAKTI, and Gong’s reed player, DIDIER MALHERBE.
The next set has several short pieces from ALEXANDRE DESPLAT’S ‘The French Dispatch’ soundtrack blended together with two versions of ‘Witchi-Tai-To’ from JIM PEPPER and TOPO D’BILL (the Bonzo Dog Band's Legs Larry Smith under a pseudonym), LA’s psychedelic trio PEACEPIPE, and oriental musings from KHAC CHI ENSEMBLE and WU FEI &ABIGAIL WASHBURN. Pretty eclectic don’t you think?
There’s ‘vault’ selections from JERRY GARCIA & HOWARD WALES, BOB DYLAN, ALICE COOPER, PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, and NICO, Ohio favorites CHRISSIE HYNDE, WUSSY, and MICHAEL STANLEY, worldly pieces from GEOFFREY ORYEMA and SPROINGG, and plenty of current stuff to keep you happy.
Playlist:
SET #1
LAURIE ANDERSON From The Air Big Science (30th Anniversary Edition) 4:34
THE 1900’S Flight Of The Monowings Plume Delivery 1:47
PHIL MANZANERA/801 Flight 19 Listen Now 5:33
STATE OF BENGAL Hectic City Visual Audio 6:00
JAMES Getting Myself Into All The Colours Of You** 3:27
ADRIAN BELEW Matchless Man Side One 2:32
SHAKTI Danse Du Bonheur A Handful Of Beauty 4:52
EDIL HUSEINOV Qara Olu The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan 2:04
DIDLIER MALHERBE Le Bourgeotte Fluvius 3:24
SET#2
PERE UBU Nevada! Cloudland 3:21
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT Kidnappers Lair/A Multi-Pronged Battle Plan/Blackbird Pie The French Dispatch (OST) 4:31
KHAC CHI ENSEMBLE T’rung Stream Moonlight In Vietnam 2:51
WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN Water Is Wide/ Wusuli Boat Song Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn 4:16
TOPO D’BILL (Legs Larry Smith) Witchi Tai To Refugees: An Anthology Of The Famous Charisma Label 1969-78 3:29
JIM PEPPER Witchitai-To (Chant Reprise) Pepper’s Pow Wow 0:33
JON UZONI’S PEACEPIPE Open Your Mind Peacepipe 4:07
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT Commandos, Guerillas, Snipers, Climbers & The Jeroboam/Animated Car Chase/Lt. Nescaffier (Seeking Something Missing…) The French Dispatch (OST)** 5:09
SET #3
DANIEL KNOX Man Is An Animal Chasescene 4:00
PAUL LEARY Too Many People The History Of Dogs 3:23
ORANJI SYMPHONETTE Charade Plays Mancini 3:57
POKEY LAFARGE Drink Of You In The Blossom Of Their Shade 3:42
BOB DYLAN I And I (Infidels Alternative Take) Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 (1980-1985) 4:27
DENGUE FEVER Sleepwalking Through The Mekong Escape From Dragon House 3:38
ALICE COOPER Refrigerator Heaven Easy Action 2:01
WILCO Magnetized Star Wars 3:40
LOW More HEY WHAT** 2:10
THE BREEDERS New Year Last Splash 1:55
SET #4
ST. VINCENT Somebody Like Me Daddy’s Home 3:53
JERRY GARCIA & HOWARD WALES Da Bird Song Hooteroll? (Bonus Edition) 2:41
DEATH BY CHOCOLATE Rainbow With “a” Underneath & An Elephant Death By Chocolate 2:01
CADENCE Drive My Car Come Together: An A Cappella Tribute To The Beatles 3:37
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Dreaming In Lions: Scalular Dreaming In Lions 4:09
HELMUT HATTLER Mirrorman Gotham City Beach Club 4:48
BJORK Enjoy Post 3:56
HECTOR ZAZOU I’ll Strangle You (feat: Gerard Depardieu) Sahara Blue 5:19
SET #5
PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA Penguin Cafe Single Music From The Penguin Cafe 6:20
BRIAN ENO/JON HOPKINS/ LEO ABRAHAMS Emerald And Lime Small Craft On A Milk Sea 3:02
MICHAEL STANLEY Denver Rain Michael Stanley (Debut) 2:38
BEN HOWARD What The Moon Does Noonday Dream 5:20
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE From The Movie Of The Same Name The Use Of Ashes 2:21
NICO These Days Chelsea Girl 3:32
GEOFFREY ORYEMA Ye Ye Ye Exile 4:27
CHRISSIE HYNDE Tourniquet (Cynthia Ann) Stockholm 2:41
SET #6
WUSSY Mountain Of Tires Strawberry 3:34
SPROINGG Krummfutter Sproingg 3:03
DAVID SYLVIAN & ROBERT FRIPP Brightness Falls The First Day 6:06
ROBBIE ROBERTSON Hardwired Sinematic 3:58
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
As I approach the 450th episode of Transmusic Airwaves to begin airing this Friday At 9 am, I thought it would be kind of fun to look back at my very first program under that name which aired after 43 previous episodes under two other program names way back on February 22, 2013. Here are the shows program notes and the playlist from this recently unearthed archive gem. Enjoy!
WHAT?? NOT AGAIN!
Yes, dear friends, listeners, and occasional musicophiles, I’ve finally (I promise) come up with a name (TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES) and concept that I can proudly submit for your listening approval. Well, the name anyway...the concept (unconventional free form radio) remains the same. The execution of the show will not change. You can expect great seamless segues between varying musical styles, comedy drop ins, spoken word snippets, and TV and movie dialogue.
I have been wrestling for MONTHS with the name issue and thanks to two close friends, I finally have a shows name that I can live with for a very long time. TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES is pretty simple to understand, don’t you think?
I’ve been back on the air courtesy of SFCR (San Francisco Community Radio)/KUSF-in-Exile for 10 months now. Today is the first episode as TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES, but the 44th episode since my return to full time radio on April 27, 2012. On today's program, I’ll let everything start with Henry Mancini and his Orchestra, then add some San Francisco psychedelic musings with Fever Tree, and into the new Camper Van Beethoven (“Northern California Girls”), followed by Duke Ellington, a trip to an Ohio convenience store called “Lawson’s,” and other surprises.
New offerings from Divine Fits, Leonard Cohen, Badly Drawn Boy, and Fiona Apple will be played along with the more familiar BEATLES, and less familiar PEG LEG SAM. An entire, slightly twisted set about “farmers” will cover about 45 minutes of today’s program. Robert Wyatt begins it off with a duet with Brian Eno (“Heaps of Sheep”), followed by a piece from the Original Cast recording of OKLAHOMA, then dialogue from “The Big Lebowski” is mixed with more music from Little Feat, The Residents, Pink Floyd, and the NRBQ. Oh and Clint Eastwood sings “Tumblin’ Tumbleweeds” from the TV series “Rawhide.”
That sure beats watching Guinea Pigs driving little cars to mindless trip hop music, doesn’t it?
Here's The Set list
:
Set#1
Henry Mancini and His Orchestra “Golden Gate Twist” from Experiment In Terror
Fever Tree “San Francisco Girls” from Fever Tree
Camper Van Beethoven “Northern California Girls” from La Costa Perdida (Bonus Track Version)
Duke Ellington “Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)” from The Nutcracker Suite
Various Aritsts “Lawson's "Big O" Jingle (TV commercial)” from Cleveland Memory Grenade
Pere Ubu “Mandy” from Lady from Shanghai
Gil Trythall “Yakety Moog” from Country Moog / Nashville Gold
Nash The Slash “19Th Nervous Breakdown” from Children Of The Night
Set #2
Slapp Happy “Powerful Stuff” from Ca Va
Shawn Phillips “Early Morning Hours” from The Best of Shawn Phillips - The A&M Years
Michael Karoli/Polly Eltes “Shouting Stars” from Deluge
Eels “Jelly Dancers” from Useless Trinkets-B Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996-2006 (Audio Version)
Didier Malherbe & Loy Ehrlich “Loukoumotive” from Hadouk
Peg Leg Sam “Peg Leg's Fox Chase” from Kickin It
Various Artists/Hanna Barbara “Dudley Do-Right Theme” from Rocky and Bullwinkle Cartoon TV show Rusted Root “Evil Ways” from Evil Ways - EP
Set #3 - The Farmer Set
Robert Wyatt (with Brain Eno) “Heaps of Sheep” from Shleep
Cast Recording “The Farmer And The Cowman” from Oklahoma!
KGB Chicken “Do You Think I'm Sexy?” from Circus Royale
Sam Elliot dialogue “"Sometimes you eat the bear..."” from The Big Lebowski DVD
Clint Eastwood “Tumbling Tumbleweeds” from Clint Sings Cowboy Favorites Jeff Bridges dialogue “"Nice Marmet"” from The Big Lebowski DVD
The Residents “The Farmer” from Duck Stab
Jeff Bridges/John Goodman dialogue “"Rodent"” from The Big Lebowski DVD Little Feat “Down On The Farm” from Down On the Farm
Jeff Bridges dialogue “"Moron"” from The Big Lebowski DVD
Adrian Munsey “The Lost Sheep” from The Lost Sheep
Pink Floyd “Sheep” from Animals (Remastered)
John Goodman dialogue “"Sippin my coffee"” from The Big Lebowski DVD
Steve Earle/Lucia Micanelli “One More Cup Of Coffee” from Chimes of Freedom-A Tribute to Bob Dylan
Jeff Bridges dialogue “"The Dude Abides"” from The Big Lebowski DVD
NRBQ “Howard Johnson's Got His Ho-Jo Working” from Scraps
Set #4
Divine Fits “Flaggin a Ride” from A Thing Called Divine Fits
I'm Not Jim “After Mild Winter” from You Are All My People
The Beatles “Sexy Sadie” from The Beatles (White Album)
Badly Drawn Boy “Bedside Story” from Have You Fed the Fish?
Nic Potter “Ocean Blue” from The Blue Zone
Fiona Apple “Every Single Night” from The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
Gordon Gano (with They Might Be Giants) “Darling Allison” from hitting the ground
Sam And The Plants “Andy and the Mole” from The Eft
David Sanborn “Concrete Boogie” from Sanborn S
Set #5
Leonard Cohen “Darkness” from Old Ideas
Ekstasis “Heartland” from Wake Up And Dream
Joe Walsh “Pavane” from So What
Kula Shaker “Timeworm” from Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts
Robert Calvert “I Hear Voices” from Test - Tube Conceived
J.J. Burnell “Do the Euroman” from Euroman Cometh
This week marks my first official program of 2022, so on today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #449) I’ll be celebrating surviving the past twelve months and getting to be a year older, playing several artists that due to time constraints didn’t make my ‘Best Of’ special which aired last week, and continuing the ongoing quest to bring you the best that ‘freeform’ radio has to offer.
It all gets started with ‘Right Now Betty White,’ TIN HUEY’S homage to the late entertainer, followed by THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION with ‘The Uncle Meat Variations,’ then LES CLAYPOOL’S DUO DE TWANG, Mali’s ESPOIR DE NIAFUNKE sounding very ‘Hendrix-like.’ Korea’s LUNA LEE doing a Hendrix song on the gayageum (12 string zither), and finishing the set with ANI DIFRANCO and SHAWN PHILLIPS.
I’ll celebrate the upcoming birthday’s of CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, JIMMY PAGE, DAVID BOWIE, SANDY DENNY, and DAEVID ALLEN, have TODD RUNDGREN and JOHN MARTYN ‘cover’ the standards ‘Never, Never land’ and ‘Over The Rainbow,’ sprinkle in music from the ‘vault’ with KEVIN AYERS, SYD BARRETT, and IVOR CUTLER, and play additional ‘new’ songs from ALEXANDRE DESPLAT (The French Dispatch), JAMES, LOW, and M. WARD.
Oh yeah, there’s also tracks from CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, PETER BLEGVAD, PETER GABRIEL & HAMMILL, and SPARKS too boot!
Got earbuds?
You know the drill. Here's the playlist!
SET #1
TIN HUEY Right Now, Betty White Before Obscurity, The Bushflow Tapes 7:14
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION The Uncle Meat Variations Uncle Meat (2012 Remaster) 4:45
LES CLAYPOOL’S DUO DE TWANG Buzzards Of Green Hill Four Foot Shack 4:04
ESPOIR DE NIAFUNKE La Paix Au Nord Du Mali Rough Guide To Mali Blues 3:12
LUNA (Luna Lee) Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Luna 3:57
ANI DEFRANCO Confluence Revolutionary Love 4:52
SHAWN PHILLIPS Keep On Second Contribution 3:29
SET#2
PETER BLEGVAD Bee Dream Just Woke Up 3:12
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN Too High For The Love In La Costa Perdida 5:39
CALLIOPE California Dreamin’ Steamed 3:43
THEE OH SEES Penetrating Eye Drop 3:17
DEERHOOF Divine Comedy Actually, You Can 5:16
JOHN ZORN The Stygian Pool (w/John Medesli, Kenny Grohowski, Matt Hollenberg) Nostradamus The Death Of Satan 4:09
GONG Night Illusion Gazeuse!/Espresso 3:42
THE BEATLES Birthday (Take 2-Instrumental) The Beatles (White Album) 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition 2:40
SET #3
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND Ice Cream For Crow Ice Cream For Crow 4:35
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT The Private Dining Room Of The Police Commissioner The French Dispatch (OST)** 5:10
WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN Weaving Medley: Busy Weaving/Julianne Johnson/Open Little Hand/ Back Step Cindy Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn 3:05
MISTY MOUNTAIN CONSORT Going To California Chamber Maid: The Baroque Tribute To Led Zeppelin 3:36
IVOR CUTLER Rubber Toy Jammy Smears 2:03
PETER GABRIEL A Wonderful Day In A One-Way World II (Scratch) 3:35
PETER HAMMILL The Great European Department Store The Noise 4:58
SPARKS The Amazing Mr. Repeat Hippopotamus 2:59
SET #4
M. WARD Independent Man Migration Stories 4:31
JAMES Zero All The Colours Of You 5:43
LOW All Night HEY WHAT 5:14
TODD RUNDGREN Never Never Land A Wizard, A True Star 1:35
JOHN MARTYN Over The Rainbow Sapphire 3:25
THE FLAMING LIPS All We Have Is Now Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 3:53
CAN Stuttgart 1975 Eins (Part 1) ( Live) Live In Stuttgart 1975 4:07
ORCHESTRE DE NATIONAL BARBES Alaoui (Remix) Arabesque 3:53
SET #5
MONK’ESTRA Implication MONK’estra Plays John Beasley 4:19
DAVID SHRIGLEY The Jist Late Night Tales 3:02
SYD BARRETT Golden Hair Barrett 1:59
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Red Skies Nautilus 3:30
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Despedida: La Llorona Dreaming In Lions 7:52
VIOLENT FEMMES Gone Baby Gone Add It Up (1981-1993) 3:05
KEVIN AYERS See You Later The Confessions Of Dr. Dream & Other Stories 4:39
SET #6
PAUL MCCARTNEY Pretty Boys (feat. KHRUANGBIN) McCartney III (Imagined) 5:48
MADIB The Call Sound Ancestors** 2:05
KOKOLO Mister Sinister Afrobeat Revival: More Consideration 3:48
DAEVID ALLEN Oh Man You N’Existe Pas 2:19
DAVID BOWIE It Ain’t Easy The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (2012 Remaster) 2:57
SANDY DENNY The Ballad Of Easy Rider The Notes And Words 4:54
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
It’s time once again to usher in yet another year and to dwell upon the ‘what if’s’ why’s, and WTF’s while at the same time resolving to do numerous things to either ‘eat healthy and get slimmer,’ become more tolerant of the views of other’s,’ or ‘do that thing(s) you’ve been putting off for the past year.’ Results may vary but usually it’s ‘none of the above’...again.
The one thing you can always count on is the TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES “Best Of’ year end special. This week’s Episode #448 is your look back at some of the best music of 2021.
To name drop some of the highlights:
Locally: COLIN JOHN, LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS, GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET, and favorite sons THE BLACK KEYS and ALLEN RAVENSTINE.
Worldly: OMAR SOSA, ALTIN GUN, MADE KUTI, and BAB L’BLUZ.
Jazzy: DR. LONNIE SMITH, ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-JAZZ ORCHESTRA, JOHN ZORN, and CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS.
Folksy: LEO KOTTKE AND MIKE GORDON, WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN, RHIANNON GIDDENS (with Francesco Turrisi), and THE MOUNTAIN GOATS.
Rocky/Surfy: MODEST MOUSE, THE BREAKERS, CRACK THE SKY, and GARBAGE.
Proggy: TUNE-YARDS, LOW, DEERHOOF, and CARINA MESSIER.
Have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Here the actual playlist in all it's splendorifiness:
SET #1
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET Hadrial https://golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 4:01
ENNIO MORRICONE Jukebox Psyche’de ‘lique (from Peur Sur La Ville) Morricone Segreto 3:06
MOGWAI Ritchie Sacramento As The Love Continues 4:12
BRIAN ENO You Don’t Miss Your Water Film Music: 1976-2020 3:46
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Arguing With The Ghost Of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review Dark In Here 3:57
THE BUDOS BAND Haunted Sea Long In The Tooth 2:35
CARINA MESSIER Out Of Time Nowhere And No When 4:26
BASTIEN KEB Rabbit Hole The Killing Of Eugene Peeps 3:23
SET#2
JAMES XYST All The Colours Of You 4:38
MADE KUTI Hymn (W/Femi Kuti) Legacy + 2:48
LEO KOTTKE & MIKE GORDON From The Cradle To The Grave Noon 3:04
ANI DEFRANCO Do Or Die Revolutionary Love 5:19
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Dreaming In Lions: The Deep Dreaming In Lions 4:38
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Wireless Rue Du Poisson Noir 4:43
BRAD MEHLDAU II. Stepping Outside Suite: April 2020 2:18
DEERHOOF We Grew, And We Were Astonished Actually, You Can 2:41
SET #3
OMAR SOSA Thuon Mok Loga An East African Journey 5:50
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT Police Cooking The French Dispatch (OST) 1:48
HACO Over The Unfinished Bridge The Rouge Guide To Avant-Garde Japan 3:30
WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN Banjo Guzheng Pickin’ Girls Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn 2:23
MODEST MOUSE Walking And Running The Golden Casket 3”01
CRACK THE SKY We Don’t Know Tribes 4:08
LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS Silent Stars Long Overdue 3:07
JOHN ZORN Corinthians II (w/John Medesli,Kenny Grohowski, Brian Marsella, Matt Hollenberg) Chaos Magick 3:42
THE BREAKERS The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Torch Light 3:22
SET #4
THE BLACK KEYS Louise (feat: Kenny Brown & Eric Deaton) Delta Kream 4:23
TUNE-YARDS Nowhere, Man Sketchy 3:29
LOW Don’t Walk Away HEY WHAT 4:06
TERRANCE BLANCHARD Intro/Envisioned Reflections Absence 4:07
MICHAEL STIPE Sunday Morning (w/Bill Frisell) I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico 3:50
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Moonlight Marimbas Nautilus 1:43
SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE The Pillar Of Souls A Beginner’s Mind 3:10
PAUL MCCARTNEY Long Tail Winter Bird (Damon Albarn Remix) III (Imagined) 4:10
RHIANNON GIDDENS Waterbound (w/Francesco Turrisi) They’re Calling Me Home 3:57
SET #5
ALTIN GUN Ordunun Dereleri Yol 4:34
BEN HOWARD Metaphysical Cantations Collections From The Whiteout 4:21
ANANSY CISSE DJam Maganouna Anoura 3:45
KHURANGBIN Pelota Mordechai 2:47
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS As Many Candles As Possible Getting Into Knives 3:24
QUETZEL Fandango Frontierizo (fandango Of The Borderlands) Puentes Sonoros 4:30
BAB L’BLUZ El Watane Nayda! 3:21
BAMBA WASSOULOU GROVE Dankele Bamba Wassoulou Groove 3:33
SET #6
CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS Ramblin’ Tone Poem 4:59
COLIN JOHN Are You Experienced? Electric Lotus 3:19
DR. LONNIE SMITH Sunshine Superman (w/ IGGY POP) Breathe 5:58
GARBAGE Anonymous XXX No Gods No Masters 4:07
FRANK ZAPPA Peaches En Regalia (Live) Zappa 88: The Last U.S. Show 3:30
NAYTRONIX Die Of Love Other Possibilities 3:20
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Season’s Greeting and Happy Holly Daze!
Well it’s finally arrived, that dreaded week where predictable Christmas muzak propagates the entertainment airwaves and there aren’t enough throw pillows around to bury your head in while yelling PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!
I’ve got just the solution for everyone and it comes from someone who truly loathes all the sappy musical excrement that is deposited everywhere you go that your ears are forced to ‘step in’ this time of year. The solution that I am of course speaking of, is myself and my warped sense of Christmas music that you can hear during my 10th Annual Christmas Special on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #447) which can be heard a day earlier beginning Thursday, December 23 at 9:00 am.
Let’s face it folks, where else can you hear a set of holiday music that begins with the BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA (with MAVIS STAPLES) and ends with KLAUS NOMI? In between those completely opposite universes I’ve added RALPH CARNEY (his ‘Happy Solstice Song’) WILLIE NELSON, RY COODER, JOHN CALE (‘Child’s Christmas In Wales’), JOHN ZORN, BRAVE COMBO, and National Lampoon’s CHRISTOPHER GUEST (as Rod Serling describing the first Xmas in the ‘Twilight Zone’). That example is from today’s third set, BTW.
I’ll incorporate other local favorites with their holiday ditties (THE WAITRESSES ‘Christmas Wrapping, ‘ THE HI-FI’S, and GLENN LAZEAR) during the course of the show and sprinkle in a multitude of genres including jazz (BILL EVANS, VINCE GUARALDI, and DAVE BRUBECK), ethnic (THE KLEZMONAUTS, MARI BOINE), folk (DAN HICKS & HIS HOT LICKS, SULTANS OF SWING), progressive (OF MONTREAL, THE POLYPHONIC SPREE, ROBERT WYATT), traditional with a twist (JOSEPH BYRD, PERCY FAITH, ESQUIVEL), and popular (TOM WAITS, ST. VINCENT, SUFJAN STEVENS).
Have a safe and happy holiday my friends!
A playlist will be provided as quickly as Santa's stubby, blistered fingers can type it...Don't make him hurry because he still has time to fill your stocking with something unpleasant.
Here It is!
It's About time (The exhausted over-worked Elf bellowed)
SET #1
ESQUIVEL Jingle Bells/Greetings From Esquivel WFMU’s War On Christmas 2:22
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE Do You Hear What I Hear?/ Carol Of The Drum (Little Drummer Boy) Holidaydream: Sounds Of The Holidays Vol. 1 7:54
ST. VINCENT ...At The Holiday Party Daddy’s Home 4:17
SUFJAN STEVENS Put The Lights On The Tree Hark! Songs For Christmas Vol. II 1:48
WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN Four Seasons Medley: Four Seasons/Dark Ocean Waltz Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn 3:51
SUFJAN STEVENS Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing Hark! Songs For Christmas Vol. II 4:43
JOSEPH BYRD Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming A Christmas Yet To Come 2:17
PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA Brazilian Sleigh Bells Music Of Christmas 2:53
SET#2
THE HI-FI’S Christmas Time Is Coming Around Again https://thehifis.bandcamp.com/ 3:07
BAD RELIGION Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Christmas Songs 1:59
THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND There’s No Lights On The Christmas Tree Mother, They’re Burning Big Louie Tonight Framed 3:46
LOS STRAIGHTJACKETS A Marshmallow World Christmas Tree Warmth Vol. 1 1:59
THE BEATLES 1963 Christmas Message #3 The Beatles Christmas Album (Record Club) 0:37
THE SWINGLE SINGERS Happy Christmas …Unwrapped 3:49
SONOS Coventry Carol The Sing Off: Songs Of The Season 2:05
MARI BOINE Liegga Gokcas Sis’ (In A Blanket Of Warmth) Eight Seasons 5:45
SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA Midnight Sleigh Ride (From The Lieutenant Kije Suite) Isle Of Dogs (OST) 3:01
DEANNA KIRK You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch Christmas Tree Warmth Vol. 1 3:11
DAVE BRUBECK My Favorite Things The Return Of Sampler Claus 2:56
SET #3
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA (w/ Mavis Staples) Born In Bethlehem Go Tell It On The Mountain 6:36
RALPH CARNEY The Happy Solstice Song www.ralphcarney.bandcamp.com 2:13
BRAVE COMBO The Christmas Song (Ska) It’s Christmas, Man! 2:59
RY COODER Footprints In The Snow My Name Is Buddy 3:06
WILLIE NELSON A Dreamer’s Holiday The Classic Christmas Album 3:29
JOHN CALE Child’s Christmas In Wales Paris 1919 (2006 Remaster) 3:29
JOHN ZORN Hail Holy Light (w/John Medesli, Kenny Grohowski, Matt Hollenberg) Nostradamus The Death Of Satan** 2:06
CHRISTOPHER GUEST Rod Serling Explains The First Christmas Nation Lampoon Radio Hour -Funniest Laughs 1:05
KLAUS NOMI Zak Bak Daz Zak Bak Daz 5:26
SET #4
KHRUANGBIN Christmas Time Is Here Christmas Time Is Here** 3:26
VINCE GUARALDI Christmas Is Coming A Charlie Brown Christmas 3:27
PONCHO SANCHEZ What Child Is This? Latin Jazz Christmas 5:19
SULTANS OF SWING A Django Christmas Christmas Caravan 4:23
NOWELL SING WE CLEAR Winter/Spring The Best Of Nowell Sing We Clear 1:42
ROBERT WYATT/GILAD ATZMON/ROS STEPHEN What A Wonderful World ...For The Ghosts Within 4:51
FLEET FOXES White Winter Hymnal Mojo Presents: White Winter Hymnals: 15 Songs For Cold Days And Long Nights 2:26
THE WAITRESSES Christmas Wrapping The Best Of The Waitresses 5:26
SET #5
ROGER KLUG Arabian Dance (Nutcracker) Ring II – A Cincinnati Guitar Christmas 3:12
THE SMOTHER BROTHERS Swiss Christmas Curb Your Tongue, Knave! 4:34
THE KLEZMONAUTS Santa Gey Gezunderheit Oy To The World! 3:05
SHIRIM KLEZMER ORCHESTRA Tants Chinese (Based on Chinese Dance) Klezmer Nutcracker 1:49
THE STARLIGHTS Jing-A-Ling Ultra-Lounge: The Best Of Christmas Cocktails 2:28
DAN HICKS & HIS HOT LICKS Santa Gotta Choo Choo Crazy For Christmas 3:28
TOM WAITS Jesus Gonna Be Here Bone Machine 3:21
CANNED HEAT Boogie Boy (Little Drummer Boy) Christmas Album 4:27
BILL EVANS Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas 3:48
SET #6
MORPHINE Sexy Christmas Baby Mine The Best Of Morphine 2:07
Y LA BAMBA Senor Santa (Mister Santa) Holiday’s Rule! 3:12
GLENN LAZEAR Christmas Inside https://discretespectrum.bandcamp.com/ 2:22
THE CIVIL WARS I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day Holiday’s Rule! 2:34
OF MONTREAL Christmas Isn’t Safe For Animals If He’s Protecting Our Nation, Then Who’s Protecting Big Oil, Our Children? 3:42
THE FLAMING LIPS Christmas At The Zoo Clouds Taste Metallic 3:06
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
‘Twas the week before the night before...’awe come on! There’s plenty of time left before I unleash my warped sense of Christmas music on your earlobes so this week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #446) I’ll go onto other things including remembering one of Akron’s most beloved musical treasures, RALPH CARNEY. Ralph left a hole in the hearts of everyone he knew with his passing in 2017, so during the course of today’s show I’ll play several of his solo pieces as well as his work in projects with less familiar groups like THE ALL ONES and CARNEYBALL JOHNSON.
The first set begins with RALPH CARNEY’S SERIOUS JASS PROJECT followed by the big band jazz of ARTURO O’FARRILL, NICK MASON’S FICTITIOUS SPORTS (with Carla Bley & Robert Wyatt singing about spaceships), GONG, ANI DEFRANCO, and JULIE DYBLE & ANDY LEWIS covering Nick Drake’s ‘Northern Sky.’
Another great new track from the band LOW starts off the second set, followed by THE CLASH, ALLEN RAVENSTINE. OSAMU KITAJIMA, WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN, JAN HAMMER & JERRY GOODMAN, and Louisiana folk artist GINA FORSYTH.
There’s Bossa Nova like melodies from JOE PASS, BUSTER POINDEXTER (crooning Disney’s ‘Castles In Spain’), RALPH CARNEY, OS MUTANTES, and even a Tex-Mex take on it from CALEXICO during the third set. Add all those selections in with other music from TELEK and CODE SANGALA (world), JADE WARRIOR, BRIAN ENO, and GEORGE HARRISON (vault), and BRIAN SANDS and SAD PLANETS (local) and you’ve got quite a show assembled.
Playlist!
SET #1
RALPH CARNEY’S SERIOUS JASS PROJECT Blow Big Ralph a.k.a. Blow Big Jay) Ralph Carney’s Serious Jass Project 2:20
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Dreaming In Lions: Blood In The Water Dreaming In Lions 3:35
NICK MASON’S FICTITIOUS SPORTS I Was Wrong Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports 4:13
GONG How To Stay Alive 2032 8:05
ANI DEFRANCO Metropolis Revolutionary Love 5:32
JULIE DYBLE & ANDY LEWIS Northern Sky Mojo Presents: Green Leaves - Nick Drake Covered 4:13 RALPH CARNEY We Shall Overcome www.ralphcarney.bandcamp.com 2:39
SET#2
LOW White Horses HEY WHAT 5:03
THE CLASH The Street Parade Sandinista! 3:28
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Music Box Rue Du Poisson Noir 3:40
OSAMU KITAJIMA Hear The Rain, See It Fall Osamu 6:02
WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN Ho Hey/Cluck Old Hen Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn** 2:36
JAN HAMMER & JERRY GOODMAN Full Moon Boogie Like Children 4:12
RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/Francesco Turrisi) Niwel Goes To Town They’re Calling Me Home 3:22
GINA FORSYTH Copper Rooster Copper Rooster & Other Tunes & Tales 3:31
SET #3
JOE PASS Fluer d’Ennui The Best Of Joe Pass – The Pacific Jazz Years 2:59
BUSTER POINDEXTER & HIS BANSHEES OF BLUE ( with Yma Sumac) Castles In Spain Stay Awake! Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films 2:35
RALPH CARNEY Hell Week This Is Ralph Carney 2:53
OS MUTANTES Eu Descobri Fool Metal Jack 3:05
CALEXICO Fractured Air (Tornado Watch) Carried To Dust 3:15
NAYTRONIX Gratitude Other Possibilities** 1:14
M. WARD Coyote Mary’s Traveling Show Migration Stories 3:36
LISA GERRARD Rejection/Biking Home Whale Rider (OST) 4:40
TELEK Lili Serious Tam 4:18
SET #4
SAD PLANETS City Ghosts Akron, Ohio 3:05
OPEN ROAD Funny Beyond The Pale Horizon: The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1972** 4:05
JACK LANCASTER & ROBIN LUMBLEY Realization Marscape 6:12
BRIAN SANDS Windmills Of Time Fixation 3:28
JADE WARRIOR 24 Hour Movie 5th Element 5:06
GEORGE HARRISON Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) All Things Must Pass (30th Ann. Edition) 3:53
CODE SANGALA Chosamva Mizu 4:10
SET #5
CARNEYBALL JOHNSON Over, Under, Sideways, Down Carneyball Johnson 7:11
PIXIES Tenement Song Head Carrier 2:57
XTC Earn Enough For Us Upsy Daisy Assortment 2:56
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Mercury Man Centipede Hz 4:18
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Fog (Devil’s Island Mix) Nautilus 5:10
BRIAN ENO Everything Merges With The Night Another Green World 3:59
JORMA KAUKONEN & JOHN HURLBUT Choices The River Flows – Complete Sessions 4:00
SET #6
THE MONKEES Daily Nightly Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones Ltd. 2:33
MOON DUO Sleepwalker Circles 4:55
DEERHOOF Plant Thief Actually, You Can** 3:13
THURSTON MOORE Circulation Demolished Thoughts 4:10
ALL ONES & RALPH CARNEY Welcome To Bollywood (You Midwest Sons And Daughters) All At Once 4:26
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
This week I’ll rave on about JONI MITCHELL’S ‘Kennedy Center’ honors, babble on about SOFT MACHINE’S retiring bassist Roy Babbington, discuss the intricacies of segues between The BONZO DOG BAND and THE WHO, and introduce another ‘wow’ factor where music in NFL films gets mixed into a set with DEVO, TIN HUEY, JACK WHITE, GLENN GOULD, and THE BURNING OF ROME (the band, not the event). Yet that’s only a smidgen of what’s in store on today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #445).
Still skeptical? Looking for a few more examples oh ye of little faith? Howze Bouts (spoken in true N.E. Ohio dialect) ANI DEFRANCO, ARTURO O’FARRILL, WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN, M. WARD and ALLEN RAVENSTINE (all new) blended in with SLAPP HAPPY, SIGUR ROS, and MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND (a bit older) to comprise one set?
Or maybe you’d prefer said SOFT MACHINE surrounded with PHILLIP GLASS, EGG, WIRE, DEERHOOF and JOHN ZORN (both new), GALACTIC and THE JAMES GANG in that order comprising another set.
Additional new releases today include TERRI LYNN CARRINGTON & SOCIAL SCIENCE, NAYTRONIX, and LOW, more ‘vault’ tracks from 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS, CHARLES MINGUS, L. VOAG, and CAN, and the international sounds of AYUB OGADA and STOMU YAMASH’TA. It’s another packed three hour program I’m sure you’ll enjoy.
Playlist available!
SET #1
SEAN LENNON Charlotte’s Theme Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Undead 3:11
THE BOBS The Wind Cries Mary Covers The Songs Of 4:18
LOW Disappearing HEY WHAT 3:31
NAYTRONIX One More Try Other Possibilities 3:54
ADRIAN BELEW The Lone Rhinoceros Desire of The Rhino King 3:59
PHIL MANZANERA Noche De Putas Corroncho 3:34
SET#2
SAM PHILLIPS Wheel Of The Broken Voice Bikini’s & Martini’s 3:59
THE BONZO DOG BAND We Are Normal The History Of The Bonzos 4:49
THE WHO Amazing Journey/Sparks Tommy (Deluxe Edition) 7:08
PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA More Milk Broadcasting From Home 3:11
CHARLES MINGUS Tijuana Gift Shop Tijuana Moods 3:49
L. VOAG We Dress up Our Ideas To Make Them Seem Greater Than They Really Are The Way Out 1:54
NEGATIVLAND Richard Nixon Died Today Thigmotactic 2:24
CAN Laugh Till you Cry, Live Till You Die (O.R.N.) Flow Motion 6:38
SET #3
ANI DEFRANCO Chloroform Revolutionary Love 3:39
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Despedida: Intruso Dreaming In Lions 5:06
SIGUS ROS Flugufrelsarinn Agaetis Byrjum 7:48
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Open Season Rue Du Poisson Noir** 5:01
SLAPP HAPPY Riding Tigers Casablanca Moon/Desperate Straights 1:43
WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN Ping Tan Dance Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn 2:33
MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND Resonance This Is My Hand 4:24
M. WARD Migration Of Souls Migration Stories 3:28
SET #4
SOFT MACHINE Fourteen Hour Dream Hidden Dreams 6:24
PHILLIP GLASS Dressed Like An Egg (Pt. IV) Glass Box: Glassworks 3:12
EGG They Laughed When I Sat Down At The Piano Egg 1:21
WIRE Indirect Inquiries 154 3:28
DEERHOOF Divine Comedy Actually, You Can 5:16
JOHN ZORN The Initiate (w/John Medesli,Brian Marsalla, Kenny Grohowski, Matt Hollenberg) Chaos Magick 3:49
GALACTIC Already Already Ready Already 1:51
THE JAMES GANG Fred Yer Album 4:09
SET #5
LINDISFARNE Lady Eleanor Nicely Out Of Tune 4:15
TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON & SOCIAL SCIENCE Trapped In The American Dream (Feat: Kassa Overall) Waiting Game 7:05
13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS May The Circle Remain Unbroken Bull Of The Woods 2:43
JORMA KAUKONEN & JOHN HURLBUT Across The Borderline The River Sessions 4:08
SUFJAN STEVENS &ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE Murder And Crime A Beginner’s Mind** 3:30
STOMU YAMASH’TA Wind Words Freedom Is Frightening 6:44
AYUB OGADA En Mana Kuoyo En Mana Kuoyo 3:54
SET #6
GOYTE Easy Way Out Making Mirrors 1:58
SAM SPENCE (John Facenda – Voice) A Season Awaits/ Round Up Power And The Glory - Music & Voices Of NFL Films 2:25
DEVO Too Much Paranoias Pioneers Who Got Scalped – The Anthology 1:58
JACK WHITE Everything You Ever Learned Boarding House Reach 2:13
GLENN GOULD Variation #2 (J.S. Bach) The Goldberg Variations 1:10
THE BURNING OF ROME AudreyII With Us 2:35
TOM HEDDEN (John Facenda – Voice) Pain Is Inevitable/ The Equalizer Power And The Glory - Music & Voices Of NFL Films 2:16
TIN HUEY I Could Rule The World If I Could Only Get The Parts Contents Dislodged During Shipment 3:17
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
This week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #444) Ill pay tribute to the new BEATLES documentary, honor the legacy of STEPHEN SONDHEIM, play a series of songs about love and office work, and add music with themes about space and having the blues all assembled into my usual three hour free form adventure.
DEERHOOF, PAVEMENT, CRACKER, and PALBERTA all get installed around other music from JUKKA TOLONEN, CHI-PIG, MAGAZINE, and PETER HAMMILL resulting in the program’s first set today.
The second set combines jazz (JOHN ZORN, GILGAMESH, and ARTURO O’FARRILL), ethnic (ISSA BAGAYOGO), electronic (ALLEN RAVENSTINE), and film scores (ALEXANDRE DESPLAT and STEPHEN SONDHEIM) with another song about a film from SUFJAN STEPHEN & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE.
During the fourth set, I’ll pay homage to THE BEATLES with ‘covers’ of their music from WILLIE NELSON, THE RESIDENTS, BILL WITHERS, and THE RUBY SUNS, surrounded by other music from LOW, FAUST, NAYTRONIX, ANDY PARTRIDGE, and JON BATISTE.
Plus there’s blues from ALBERT COLLINS and KEN NORDINE, bluegrass from BELA FLECK, new wave from GANG OF FOUR, and unusual melodies from HARRY PARTCH, BRUCE COCKBURN, and CAL HAND. Much assembly was required!
Thee Set List:
SET #1
DEERHOOF Be Unbarred, Oh Ye Gates Of Hell Actually, You Can** 3:06
PALBERTA Ziddy Roach Goin’ Down 1:48
PAVEMENT Stereo Quarantine The Past 3:07
CRACKER The Good Life Gentleman’s Blues 3:50
JUKKA TOLONEN Hysterica Hysterica 6:33
CHI-PIG Dismal Dismissal (No Cash, No Sale) Miami 4:07
MAGAZINE Rhythm Of Cruelty Secondhand Daylight 3:05
PETER HAMMILL People You Were Going To Nadir’s Big Chance 5:05
SET#2
ISSA BAGAYOGO Kouloun Sya 6:01
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Despedida: Del Mar Dreaming In Lions 5:42
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Java Head Nautilus 3:07
JOHN ZORN Eregore (w/John Medesli,Brian Marsalla, Kenny Grohowski, Matt Hollenberg) Chaos Magick 4:36
GILGAMESH Darker Brighter Another Fine Tune You’ve Got Me Into 5:40
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT The Society Of Crossed Keys The Grand Budapest Hotel (OST) 2:21
STEPHEN SONDHEIM Something’s Coming (feat: Jim Bryant) West Side Story (OST) 2:34
SUFJAN STEVENS &ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE Fictional California A Beginner’s Mind 2:50
SET #3
KEN NORDINE Credit Card Blues Bits And Pieces Of Word Jazz 3:47
ALBERT COLLINS Cash Talkin’ (Workingman’s Blues) Cold Snap 4:30
DUANE EDDY The Lonely One Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology 1:39
MCKENDREE SPRING The Girl Spring Suite 4:05
CAL HAND They Only Moved The Stage The Wylie Butler 5:34
BOMBADIL When The City Sleeps Beyond The Pale Horizon: The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1972 4:10
OMAR SOSA Ravann Dan Jazz An East African Journey 6:41
SET #4
NAYTRONIX Indigo Other Possibilities 3:19
JON BATISTE Green Hill Zone Hollywood Africans 2:54
FAUST La Poulie Fresh Air 6:37
LOW Days Like These HEY WHAT 5:20
THE RESIDENTS Beyond The Valley Of A Day In The Life The Beatles Play The Residents/The Residents Play The Beatles (7” Single) 3:54
THE RUBY SUNS Martha My Dear The Magical Mystery Psych-Out - A Tribute To The Beatles 3:54
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Brothers Grimm Rue Du Poisson Noir** 2:28
BILL WITHERS Let It Be Just As I Am 2:36
ANDY PARTRIDGE Cairo Take Away – The Lure Of Salvage 1:57
WILLIE NELSON One After 909 Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles 2:48
SET #5
BELLE & SEBASTIAN Step Into My Office, Baby Dear Catastrophic Waitress 4:28
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Hey Julie Welcome Interstate Managers 2:36
10CC Silly Love Sheet Music 4:02
JOHN HARTFORD Do You Have Room? The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet Vol. 2 1:17
BELA FLECK/EDGAR MEYER/MIKE MARSHALL Old Tyme Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology 3:26
BRUCE COCKBURN Boundless Small Source Of Comfort 4:45
HARRY PARTCH Coda (w/American Music Theater Festival) Revelation In The Courthouse Park 3:40
PIERRE MOERLEN’S GONG An American In England Time Is The Key 2:57
SET #6
GANG OF FOUR 5:45 Entertainment (2021 Remaster)** 3:43
THE B-52’S Planet Claire The B-52’s 4:36
ALEWIFE Penetration Chicago Surf Rally 3:30
HAWKLORDS (Only) The Dead Dreams Of The Cold War Kid 25 Years On 3:50
** = New or recent acquisition
(OST) = Original Soundtrack
Today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #443) happens to fall on the busiest shopping day of the year, ‘Black Friday,’ although marketing geniuses over the past decade have morphed that day into nearly a week by adding ‘Small Business Saturday,’ ‘Cyber-Monday’ and ‘Giving Tuesday’ in an attempt to relieve all of you of any remaining cash you’ve been struggling to hold on to for the past year.
And don’t forget to shove another ‘Record Store Day’ in that mix because the one in April isn’t enough, and one should always save room for music (much like pie) when you’ve stuffed yourselves to the gills with everything else.
Which brings me to the point (finally, thank god) of that whole diatribe above. You’re gonna need great music to get you through this marathon so here’s three hours worth to sooth, distract, and motivate you along during your shopping journey.
During the first hour there’s vintage tracks from NINO ROTA, JIM HENDRIX, MOONDOG, and yes, THE MONKEES (from their psychedelic album, ‘Head’), mixed together with ‘covers’ from PATTI SMITH (The Doors) and BROTHER CLEVE’S LUSH ORCHESTRA (Henry Mancini) and other music from BUTTHOLE SURFERS, DEERHOOF, VIOLENT FEMMES, NAYTRONIX, and ALLEN RAVENSTINE.
By the fourth set I’ll take ‘Sari’(Nordic) and Native American chants from WIMME, MARI BOINE, SACRED SPIRIT, and JIM PEPPER and sonically incorporate them around music from PINK FLOYD and ROBBIE ROBERTSON, then a little later I’ll gather NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL, RY COODER, THE NEUTRONS, and POKEY LAFARGE around another musical table who’s centerpiece will be ROBERT WYATT’S ‘Soup Song.”
It’ll be loads of fun and sure beats snoring on the ‘lazy boy’ in front of something on TV you’re not watching.
And yes, the playlist will arrive later today, just like your on line orders.
Here Ya Go!
SET #1
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Doff Downie Rue Du Poisson Noir 3:30
NAYTRONIX Solitude Other Possibilities 2:54
SEVERA NAZARKHAN Yallajonim Yol Bolsin 4:15
THE MONKEES Supplico/Can You Dig It? Head 4:13
MOONDOG No, The Wheel Was Never Invented Moondog 2 1:16
JAY ROZEN Oasis Naked Singularity: Killer Tuba Songs Vol. 2 3:18
DEVOTCHKA Such A Lovely Thing How It Ends 4:40
NINO ROTA La Dolce Vita (Arrivederci Roma) La Dolce Vita 5:43
SET#2
VIOLENT FEMMES Another Chorus Hotel Last Resort 2:38
LES CLAYPOOL Back Off Turkey Of Whales And Woe 2:08
DEERHOOF Scarcity Is Manufactured Actually, You Can** 2:53
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE House Burning Down Electric Ladyland 4:32
BROTHER CLEVE & HIS LUSH ORCHESTRA Dreamsville Shots In The Dark 4:05
BUTTHOLE SURFERS The Last Astronaut Weird Revolution 4:07
KING CRIMSON Inner Garden Parts 1 & 2 THRAK 3:03
THE LOST PATROL Your Own Medicine Redemption (EP) 3:48
PATTI SMITH Soul Kitchen Twelve 3:45
SET #3
TAJ MAHAL Cakewalk Into Town The Essential Taj Mahal 2:35
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Dreaming In Lions/Struggles & Strugglets Dreaming In Lions 5:03
MOTHERS OF INVENTION Igor’s Boogie Phase One/Overture To Holiday In Berlin/Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich/ Igor’s Boogie Phase Two Burnt Weeny Sandwich 7:39
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Moonlight Marimba Nautilus 1:43
OSIBISI Densu (Traditional) Welcome Home 5:22
PETER GABRIEL The Barry Williams Show Up 7:17
HOT BUTTER Popcorn Popcorn 2:34
SET #4
WIMME Weathervane Nordic Roots: A Northside Collection 3:59
SACRED SPIRIT Heal The Soul Sacred Spirit: Chants & Dances Of Native Americans 1:20
PINK FLOYD Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 2-3) Wish You Were Here 2:43
SACRED SPIRIT Brandishing The Tomahawk Sacred Spirit: Chants & Dances Of Native Americans 1:10 ROBBIE ROBERTSON The Sound Is Fading Contact From The Underworld Of Redboy 5:03
PINK FLOYD Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 4-5) Wish You Were Here 5:01
SUFJAN STEVENS &ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE (This Is) The Thing A Beginner’s Mind** 2:48
MARI BOINE PERSEN It Sat Duolmma (Free At Last) Gula Gula 3:56
JIM PEPPER Rock Stomp Indian Style Pepper’s Pow Wow 2:07
SET #5
ROCKY CABBAGE Birds Must Learn To Fly Beyond The Pale Horizon: The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1972 4:33
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL In The Aeroplane Over The Sea In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 3:22
DANIEL KNOX Smartass Everyman For Himself 3:18
LAXULA Soberbia Sounds Of The World 4:32
POKEY LAFARGE Killing Time In The Blossom Of Their Shade 3:43
THE NEUTRONS Dance Of The Psychedelic Lounge Lizards Black Hole Star & Tales From The Blue Cocoons 3:22
RY COODER Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) Jazz 3:36
ROBERT WYATT Soup Song Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard 4:03
SET #6
PFM Svita La Vita Passpartu 3:28
SPACCANAPOLI O’Rinillo O’Rinello Lost Souls 3:51
SPARKS Propaganda/At Home At Work At Play Propaganda 3:28
THE MODERN LOVERS Dignified and Old The Modern Lovers 2:29
THE BREAKERS Guilty As Charged Torch Light** 3:24
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
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What’s in store this week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #442) you ask? For starters, I’ve got a couple of new tracks from ALLEN RAVENSTINE’S just released album, ‘Nautilus,’ the MONKS OF DOOM covering the Soft Machine’s ‘Moon in June’ and ORNETTE COLEMAN & CHARLIE HADEN’S take on the theme from ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,’ PATRICK CARNEY & RALPH CARNEY’S work on ‘Bojack’s Theme,’ and several other surprises along the way.
There’s more new songs from ANI DEFRANCO, NAYTRONIX, ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA, DEERHOOF, TERRANCE BLANCHARD, and JOHN ZORN.
From the ‘vault’ there’s GONG (from Angel’s Egg’), PAUL HORN (from ‘Inside The Taj Mahal’), JADE WARRIOR, THE FLYING LIZARDS and LITTLE FEAT,
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND), MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES, THE MEKONS, BJORK, STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, and DAVID BYRNE all add additional sonics to the festivities.
It all gets started with a classic BRAND X track in honor of the late John Goodsall, the band’s guitarist. Oh, and there’s not a single mention about travel woes, turkey, gas prices, or politics.
Today's Set List:
SET #1
BRAND X Smacks Of Euphoric Hysteria Unorthodox Behavior 4:25
MIDLAKE Antiphon Antiphon 3:16
THE MEKONS Mirror Me 4:32
TUESDAY Sewing Machine Beyond The Pale Horizon: The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1972 3:13
DANGER MOUSE & SPARKLEHORSE Star Eyes (I Can’t Catch It) Dark Night Of The Soul 3:10 NAYTRONIX Stranger Other Possibilities 3:37
MONKS OF DOOM Moon In June What’s Left For Kicks? 6:09
JOHN ZORN Chaos & Eternal Light (feat: John Medeski, Matt Hollenberg, Kenny Grohowski) Nostradamus The Death Of Satan** 3:53
SET#2
YONATAN GAT Cue The Machines Universalists 3:05
COS Sors Ton Petard Johnny Babylon 4:28
PHILLIP GLASS River Run North Star 1:54
BJORK New World Selma Songs 4:17
CINCINNATI POPS ORCHESTRA (John Morris Russell conducting) Buck Rogers In The 25th Century/ Space 1999/Lost In Space 1967 (Season 3) Voyage** 2:33
SAM BEAM & JESCA HOOP Midas Tongue Love Letters For Fire 3:03
LUISA MAITA Ai Vem Ele Lero-Lero 4:12
DAVID BYRNE This Is That American Utopia 4:31
STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS Asking Price Mirror Traffic 2:41
SET #3
DEERHOOF Our Philosophy Is Fiction Actually, You Can 4:27
JAGWAR MA That Loneliness Howlin’ 2:51
THE FLYING LIZARDS Glide – Spin Fourth Wall 3:32
ALLEN RAVENSTINE A Brief History Of The Girl Next Door Nautilus 2:42
LAURIE ANDERSON The Island Where I Come From Life On A String 4:08
PATRICK CARNEY (feat. RALPH CARNEY) Bojack’s Theme Bojack Horseman: Music from the Netfix Original Series 4:24
ORNETTE COLEMAN & CHARLIE HADEN Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (Excerpt) Soapsuds 3:38
TERRANCE BLANCHARD The Elders Absence** 6:02
SET #4
JORMA KAUKONEN & JOHN HURLBUT Hickory Wind The River Flows - Complete Sessions 4:08
MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES El Fantasma Del Toro Way Out West 2:46
JADE WARRIOR The Traveller Jade Warrior 2:40
ANI DEFRANCO Confluence Revolutionary Love 4:52
JAH WOBBLE’S INVADERS OF THE HEART The Bonds Of Love Take Me To God 3:56
COCHEMEA GASTELUM Asatoma All My Relations 4:30
MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER Visions Of Someone Special On A Wall Of Reflections Bon Voyage 5:01
JOHN CALE Entre Nous Walking On Locusts 3:42
SET #5
LITTLE FEAT Down Below The Borderline The Last Record Album 3:45
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) Thunderhead Inward City 5:43
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Meadowlark Nautilus 3:46
PAUL HORN Part XI – Flute Inside The Taj Mahal II 1:41
GONG Oily Way/Outer Temple/Inner Temple Angel’s Egg 7:08
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Despidida: Beauty Cocoon Dreaming In Lions 3:53
FIONA APPLE Fast As You Can When The Pawn… 4:39
SET #6
ANGELIQUE KIDJO Flying High Mother Nature 2:55
MADLIB Loose Goose Sound Ancestors 2:21
IMOGEN HEAP Daylight Robbery Speak For Yourself 3:21
GARY NUMAN Fallen Pure 2:31
SHARON VAN ETTEN Femme Fatale I Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico** 4:42
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
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Each week I look for an event or milestone to initially jump start my artistic process in creating another episode of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES. This week two posts on social media served that purpose; JONI MITCHELL (turning 78 years old ) and the 50th anniversary of JOHN MARTYN’S ‘Bless The Weather’ album both gave the show (Episode #441) it’s initial spark.
Next I began to compile more tracks from new releases, adding ANI DEFRANCO, NAYTRONIX, ANGELIQUE KIDJO, ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA, and POKEY LAFARGE in with other current pieces from DEERHOOF, THURSTON MOORE (from the Velvet's & Nico Tribute), ROBERT PLANT, TERRANCE BLANCHARD, and JOHN ZORN.
Then I reviewed some random releases or bands (THE STRANGLERS from their ‘Best Of,’ ARIEL PINK, SAN FERMIN, BRYAN SCARY), added bits of humor (MONTY PYTHON and FIRESIGN THEATRE), a Pet Sounds cover by THE MAGNETIC NORTH and a King Crimson cover by CONTROLLED BLEEDING, and ‘vault’ extractions from THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND, FAMILY, DAVID BOWIE, and the PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY.
Want to see how this weeks puzzle was assembled? Your ears will thank you.
Today's Selections:
SET #1
THE STRANGLERS (Get A) Grip (On Yourselves) Peaches: The Very Best Of The Stranglers 4:01
BATTLES A Loop So Nice Juice B. Crypts 2:14
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Dreaming In Lions: The Deep Dreaming In Lions 4:38
AL DIMEOLA Babylon Elysium 4:11
JUANA MOLINA Dar (Que Dificil) Un Dia 6:42
JIM WHITE Corvair No Such Place 3:50
ANI DEFRANCO Station Identification Revolutionary Love 4:06
SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE Olympus A Beginner’s Mind** 3:07
SET#2
THE PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY Time Is After You The Great Conspiracy 3:04
JULIAN BAKER Faith Healer Little Oblivions 2:54
DANIEL LANOIS & ROCCO DELUCA Falling Stanley Goodbye To Language 2:21
BRIAN ENO In The Future Panic Of Looking 2:10
DEERHOOF Ancient Mysteries, Described Actually, You Can 3:38
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM Bubble Burst Monolith Of Phobos 4:10
JOHN ZORN Melmoth (feat: John Medeski, Matt Hollenberg, Kenny Grohowski) Nostradamus: The Death Of Satan** 4:38
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR The Hurlyburly Trisector 4:38
THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND Next Next 4:03
SET #3
THURSTON MOORE (w/ Ft. Bobby Gillespie) Heroin I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico 7:24
JONI MITCHELL Turbulent Indigo Turbulent Indigo 3:34
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS The Slow Parts On Death Metal Albums Dark In Here 5:25
BLACK SABBATH Laguna Sunrise Vol. 4 2:57
ROBERT PLANT Ship Of Fools Digging Deep: Subterranea 5:00
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS Minstrel Boy Joe Strummer 001 5:31
HORSLIPS Blindman Dancehall Sweethearts 3:31
SET #4
JOHN MARTYN Go Easy Bless The Weather 4:15
SAN FERMIN Daedalus (What We Have) San Fermin 5:45
BRYAN SCARY Royal Soil Birds 3:29
JOHN G. PERRY Uncle Seabird’s Finest Hour Seabird 3:51
GILES, MUIR, CUNNINGHAM Snake Dance Ghost Dance 2:05
CONTROLLED BLEEDING The Talking Drum Schizoid Dimension: A Tribute To King Crimson 7:00
FLOCK OF DIMES Hard Way Head Of Roses** 3:13
THE MAGNETIC NORTH You Still Believe In Me Mojo Presents: Pet Sounds Revisited 2:30
SET #5
ANGELIQUE KIDJO Omon Oba Mother Nature 2:02
LAKOU MIZIK Pran Ka Mwen Wa Di Yo 4:03
AMERICAN ROCK ORCHESTRA Engu Biko Dream In Red: The Music Of Peter Gabriel 2:03
JOSEPH ARTHUR Mystic Sister Days Of Surrender 2:39
FAMILY Spanish Tide Fearless 4:03
NAYTRONIX Be Aware Other Possibilities 2:57
TERRANCE BLANCHARD When It Was Now Absence 5:22
DAVID BOWIE Rubber Band (Stereo Mix) David Bowie (2010 Edition) 2:20
POKEY LAFARGE To Love Or Be Alone In The Blossom Of Their Shade 3:57
SET #6
ARIEL PINK Jell-O Pom Pom 2:01
THE FIRESIGN THEATRE The Giant Toad (Supermarket) Dear Friends 1:01
THE FLAMING LIPS She Don’t Use Jelly Transmissions From The Satellite Heart 3:40
PINK FLOYD Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast (Pt. 3) Atom Heart Mother 4:30
MONTY PYTHON Spam The Final Rip Off 2:27
TALL DWARFS Mr. Broccoli Weeville 2:11
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
This week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #440) begins with a track from DEERHOOF’S latest release, ‘Actually, You Can’ followed by another piece from the new JOHN ZORN album, ‘Nostradamus, The Death Of Satan.’ Now that the tone has been set, I’ll honor the late founder of THE CHIEFTAINS, Paddy Maloney, with the song ‘Dunmore Lassies’ (which also features RY COODER), then offer your ears music from RHIANNON GIDDENS, the Finnish folk band VARTTINA, a DAEVID ALLEN sonnet, before finally turning to SPIRIT for ‘Nothing To Hide’ and WILCO’S ‘Wishful Thinking.’
Have I gotten your attention yet? Perhaps you need a few more names for encouragement. TIN HUEY, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND, BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD, AMON DUUL II, TODD RUNDGREN, the PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE, and ROXY MUSIC. All of those signify just part of today’s first half of the program.
Later I’ll add a set of music surrounding an ‘ old western cowboy’ theme with music from CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, ENNIO MORRICONE, ROBBIE ROBERTSON, CARAVAN, CLINT EASTWOOD, and TV classics ‘The Rifleman,’ The Virginian,’ and ‘Bonanza.’
Not to be left out, there’s international sounds from REMMY ONGALA & ORCHESTRE SUPER MATIMILA, TINARIWEN, and SENOR COCONUT, ‘vault’ jewels from FAUST and KEVIN AYERS, and a new offering from the JULIAN SEIGEL JAZZ ORCHESTRA. I hope that was incentive enough...Enjoy the show!
Program Playlist:
SET #1
DEERHOOF We Grew, And We Are Astonished Actually, You Can 2:41
JOHN ZORN The Watchers (feat: John Medeski, Matt Hollenberg, Kenny Grohowski) Nostradamus: The Death Of Satan 4:58
THE CHIEFTAINS Dunmore Lassies (W/ Ry Cooder) The Long Black Veil 5:13
RHIANNON GIDDENS (W/ Francesco Turrisi) Brown Baby There Is No Other 5:07
VARTTINA Lehman Tanssi The First Album 4:01
DAEVID ALLEN & EUTERPE Song Of Satisfaction Good Morning 2:16
SPIRIT Prelude/Nothing To Hide The Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus 3:46
WILCO Wishful Thinking A Ghost Is Born 4:41
SET#2
TOUBAB KREWE Hang Tan Toubab Krewe 5:30
DENGUE FEVER No Sudden Moves The Deepest Lake 3:52
AMON DUUL II Archangels Thunderbird Yeti 3:33
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD Everybody’s Wrong Buffalo Springfield (Stereo Remaster) 2:27
PRIMAL SCREAM Keep Your Dreams EXTRMNTR 5:24
TODD RUNDGREN Dogfight Giggle/You Don’t Have To Camp Around/Flamingo A Wizard, A True Star 4:39
ROXY MUSIC Nightingale Siren 4:10
SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE It’s Your Own Body And Mind A Beginner’s Mind** 2:27
SET #3
JULIAN SEIGEL JAZZ ORCHESTRA Tales From The Jacquard (Pt. 2) Tales From The Jacquard 6:30
PHILLIP GLASS ENSEMBLE Knee Play 1 Einstein On The Beach 3:32
HENRY COW Half The Sky Western Culture 5:14
TIN HUEY Closet Bears Before Obscurity, Bushflow Tapes 2:45
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART Sue Egypt Doc At The Radar Station 2:57
SUPERSISTER Fancy Nancy Superstarshine Vol. 3 2:40
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Let Me Bathe In Demonic Light Dark In Here 5:09
LONG JOHN BALDRY Let’s Burn Down The Cornfield It Ain’t Easy 4:16
SET #4
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN Sad Lovers Waltz Popular Songs Of Great Enduring Strength And Beauty 4:06
PERCY FAITH The Virginian (Theme) NBC: A Soundtrack Of Must See TV 0:43
MODEST MOUSE 3 Inch Horses, Two Faces Monsters Everyone And His Nasty Parlour Tricks 4:13
HERSHEL BURKE GILBERT The Rifleman (Theme) Television’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 1:08
CARAVAN Chiefs And Indians Blind Dog At St. Dunstan’s 5:16
ENNIO MORRICONE A Gringo Like Me The Legendary Italian Westerns 2:26
MIKE BATT For A Few Dollars More Moog At The Movies 2:31
DIALOGUE ‘Gale Snoats: So Little Time’ Raising Arizona (OST) DVD 0:05
ESQUIVEL Cherokee Music From A Sparkling Planet 3:09
DIALOGUE Man In A Pickup: ‘Panty’ Raising Arizona (OST) DVD 0:03
CLINT EASTWOOD Tumbling Tumbleweeds Rawhide’s Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favorites 2:48
DIALOGUE H. I. McDunnough: ‘Huggies’ Raising Arizona (OST) DVD 0:04
ROBBIE ROBERTSON & THE RED ROAD ENSEMBLE Words Of Fire, Deeds Of Blood Music For The Native Americans 4:53
AL CAIOLA Bonanza (Theme) Television’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 0:39
RICKIE LEE JONES Flying Cowboys Flying Cowboys 5:04
SET #5
REMMY ONGALA & ORCHESTRE SUPER MATIMILA Nasikitika Songs For The Poor Man 6:21
BANDA IONICA Come l’Aria (Sicily/Italy) Rough Guide’s Off The Beaten Track 4:24
KEVIN AYERS Don’t Let It Get You Down Bananamour 4:04
THE TUFTS BEELZEBUBS I Am The Walrus Come Together – An A Cappella Tribute To The Beatles 4:13
JAKE SHIMABUKURO Let’s Dance Gently Weeps 2:46
TINARIWEN Taqkal Tarha Amadjar 3:59
FAUST It’s a Bit Of A Pain Faust IV 3:08
SET #6
FRANK ZAPPA Sofa #1 Zappa 88: The Last U.S. Tour 2:44
KING PRINCESS There She Goes Again I Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico 3:28
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO Dear Head On The Wall The Boxing Mirror 3:39
TALKING HEADS Paper Fear Of Music 2:38
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Midnight IS ‘the bewitching hour’ so to mark this years 10th anniversary HALLOWEEN SPECIAL on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #439) I’ve released the program at 12:01 am. Friday, October 29, 2021.
Getting the show started is the main title to ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’ followed by NORMA TANEGA’S ‘You’re Dead,’ the theme to TV’s vampire mockumentary, ‘What We Do In The Shadows.’ Following that is PETER HAMMILL with ‘Energy Vampires’ and we’re off, running and screaming, for three more hours of HALLOWEEN madness.
This year has plenty of goodies sprinkled throughout the show including music surrounding dialogue from ‘The Shining’ and ‘Night Of The Living Dead,’ early 60’s horror movie radio spots, and tracks from new releases by COLIN JOHN, SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE, GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET, GARBAGE, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, and JOHN ZORN’S Nostradamus’ album.
I’ve got plenty of nasty bits to quench every vampires blood-lust including THE BREAKERS just released ‘Tubular Bells’ (The Exorcist Theme) during the third set surrounded by MIKE OLDFIELD’S 2003 rendition of his signature tune, as well as BRAVE COMBO and LUNA LEE’S own take on the melody. Surrounding them is music from JOHN HARDIN, RANDOM HOLD, and the LOS STRAITJACKETS surf inspired ‘Munster’s’ cover.
And what would Halloween be without ALICE COOPER’S ‘I Love The Dead,’ VIOLENT FEMMES ‘Country Death Song,’ and other nefarious oddities from IGGY POP, TOM WAITS, THE CRAMPS, JOHN CARPENTER, and PERE UBU. Your haunting has arrived so grab some holy water, a wooden spike, and that old book on how to break spells and your good to go!
Today's Set List:
SET #1
CHARLES GOUNOD Alfred Hitchcock Presents Theme Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 1 0:59
NORMA TANEGA You’re Dead Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog 2:20
PETER HAMMILL Energy Vampires The Future Now 2:56
JOHN CARPENTER The Dead Walk Lost Themes III – Alive After Death 4:24
JOE FLAHERTY (Count Floyd) Intro To Monster Chiller Horror Theater SCTV DVD 0:35
JOHN ZORN Dark Angels (feat: John Medeski, Matt Hollenberg, Kenny Grohowski) Nostradamus The Death Of Satan 2:42
SOMETHING WEIRD Teenage Psycho Meets Bloody Mary (Radio Spot) Spook Show Spectacular A-Go-Go 0:30
VIGGO MORTENSEN & BUCKETHEAD They Ate Your Family PandamoniumfromAmerica 1:22
MX-80 SOUND Theme From Halloween Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Halloween 3:22
OH SEES Flies Bump Up Against The Glass Smote Reverser 4:25
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET Hadrial** http://golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 4:01
SET #2
COLIN JOHN Twin Peaks Theme Electric Lotus 2:42
GARBAGE This City Will Kill You No Gods No Masters 4:35
DIALOGUE Wendy I’m Home (Jack Torrance) The Shining Soundtrack 0:04
JACQUES BREL La Mort Music To Die For – Death Discs 1914-1960 2:52
DIALOGUE Here’s Johnny (Jack Torrance) The Shining Soundtrack 0:02
WENDY CARLOS Main Theme – The Shining The Shining (OST) (vinyl) 3:25
PERE UBU Drag The River Carnival Of Souls 4:03
HANNE HUKKELBERG Do Not Do As I Do Little Things 3:44
BASTIEN KEB Lucky (Old Grave) The Killing Of Eugene Peeps** 4:05
ALICE COOPER I Love The Dead Billion Dollar Babies 5:08
SET #3
THE BREAKERS** Tubular Bells (The Exorcist Theme) http://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com 3:37
LOS STRAITJACKETS The Munsters Theme Halloween Hootenanny 2:53
MIKE OLDFIELD Tubular Bells Pt. 1 (Minor Tune/Blues) Tubular Bells 2003 4:09
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS Werewolf Halloween Hootenanny 2:04
BRAVE COMBO Tubular Jugs Humansville 3:02
SOMETHING WEIRD Monsters Crash The Pajama Party (Radio Spot) Spook Show Spectacular A-Go-Go 0:33
CARAVAN PALACE Midnight Robot (Robot Face) 3:25
JOHN HARDIN (Tin Can Luminary) In Darkness He Waits In Darkness He Waits 2:04
RANDOM HOLD Fear Eats The Soul The View From Here 3:14
LUNA (LUNA LEE) Tubular Bells Luna 4:10
SET #4
FONTAINES D.C. The Black Angel’s Death Song I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico** 3:11
LOOM Wizeciono Tkanina 3:08
THE CRAMPS Don’t Eat Stuff Off The Sidewalk Psychedelic Jungle 2:04
RANDY CALIFORNIA Death Kaptain Kopter & The (Fabulous) Twirly Birds 4:14
THE GOASTT (The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger) Devil You Know Midnight Sun 3:30
SILVERSTUN PICKUPS Bloody Mary (Nerve Ending) Neck Of The Woods 5:10
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE If I Was The Devil Kids In The Street 2:34
MICA LEVY Bothy Under The Skin (OST) 1:22
THE MEKONS Dark Dark Dark Natural 4:57
MIDNIGHT OIL Sell My Soul Diesel And Dust 3:36
SET #5
SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE You Give Death A Bad Name
A Beginner’s Mind** 4:06
DIALOGUE Flesh Eating Ghouls Night Of The Living Dead (1968) 0:46
BRIAN ENO In Dark Trees Another Green World 2:31
DIALOGUE ‘They’re Dead, They’re All Messed Up’ Night Of The Living Dead (1968) 0:50
GANG OF FOUR Dead Souls What Happens Next 3:23
IGGY POP Nice To Be Dead Preliminaries 2:48
PINK FLOYD Heart Beat, Pig Meat Zabriskie Point (OST) 3:12
BELA LAGOSI The Corpse Vanishes (No Fear) Voices Of Terror 0:15
TOM WAITS Buzz Fledderjohn Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, & Bastards 4:12
VIOLENT FEMMES Country Death Song Hallowed Ground 5:03
CHUCK HOLDEN The Cave Mostly Ghostly: More Horror For Halloween 2:48
SET #6
WUSSY Halloween Attica 3:47
TALKDEMONIC Ruins Ruins 3:19
PARQUET COURTS What Color Is Blood? Sunbathing Animal 3:24
SOMETHING WEIRD The Crawly Thing Plus The Creature Of Evil (Radio Spot) Spook Show Spectacular A-Go-Go 0:58
MAGMA Zombies (Ghost Dance) Udu Wudu 4:18
THE CITIZENS OF HALLOWEEN This Is Halloween Now That’s What I Call Halloween 3:16
OMNIBUS WIND ENSEMBLE Sinister Footwear - 2nd Movement Music By Frank Zappa 4:40
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS To The Headless Horseman Dark In Here** 3:53
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Transmusic Airwaves Presents: The 4th Annual Halloween Special originally broadcast on October30, 2015 over SFCR, San Francisco Community Radio, KUSF-In-Exile. Here The brief synopsis, and complete playlist for this program listed below.
Death, Voodoo, Lucifer, and your “ex”...Those subjects can mean only one thing, IT’S HALLOWEEN!!! Welcome to the TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES’ 4th Annual “Halloween Special” featuring three hours of music covering those and other spooky topics.
Pull up a chair or cower under a table while listening to selections from John Carpenter, Dead Can Dance, Lou Reed, The Residents, Oingo Boingo, Lemony Snickets, Black Sabbath, The Arc’s, Johnny Cash, Ken Nordine, and The Beatles just to name a few. There’s plenty of surprises scattered throughout today’s program that are sure to give you goosebumps.
Boo!
Set #1
Charles Gounod “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” from Television's Greatest Hits (Volume 1)
Dead Can Dance “The Song of the Sibyl” from A Passage In Time
Original Cast “Act II: Spooky Mormon Hell Dream” from The Book Of Mormon (Original Cast Soundtrack)
Jimi Hendrix Experience “I Don't Live Today” from Are You Experienced
Ken Nordine “Last Will” from Devote Catalyst
David Arnold & Michael Price “Grimm Fairy Tales” from Sherlock - Series 2 (Soundtrack from the TV Series)
Lou Reed “Harry's Circumcision” from Magic and Loss
James “Of Monsters and Heroes and Men” from Hey Ma (Deluxe Edition)
Set #2
Glenn Kotche “The Haunted Treehouse” from Adventureland
New York Rock and Roll Ensemble “Gravedigger” from Roll Over/Freedomburger
The Ghouls “The Graveyard Shift” from Halloween's Gravest Hits
Black Sabbath “Children of the Grave” from Master of Reality (Deluxe Edition)
John Carpenter “Halloween II (Main Theme)” from The Essential John Carpenter Film Collection
Archie and the Bunkers “You're the Victim” from Archie and the Bunkers
The Fiery Furnaces “The Old Hag Is Sleeping” from Widow City
Peter Hammill “Act II: Within the House of Usher I Shun the Light” from The Fall of the House of Usher (Reworked and remastered)
Set #3
Robert Johnson “Me and the Devil Blues (Alternative Take 2)” from The Complete Recordings
Variety Lights “Sell your Soul” from Central Flow
Pink Floyd “Lucifer Sam” from The Piper At the Gates of Dawn (Remastered)
Arling & Cameron “Hermann” from Music for Imaginary Films
Lemony Snickets (Music by Nathaniel Stookey with the San Francisco Symphony) ) “Decomposing - The Inspector” from The Composer is Dead
Wendy Carlos “Title Music from A Clockwork Orange” from A Clockwork Orange soundtrack
Oingo Boingo “Dead Man's Party” from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo
Set #4
Captain Beefheart “Skeleton Makes Good” from Ice Cream for Crow
The Three Suns “Danny's Inferno” from Soul Bossa Nova (One Mint Julip Lounge 1962 - 1963)
XTC “Poor Skeleton Steps Out” from Oranges And Lemons
The Three Stooges “The Ghost Talks: (excerpt) The Creaking Door” from The Three Stooges Season 16 Episode 1
The Jayhawks “The Creature (from Outer Space)” from These Ghoulish Things
John Cale “Twilight Zone” from Hobo Sapiens
David Bowie “Leon Takes Us Outside/Outside” from Outside (The Nathan Alder Diaries; A Hyper Cycle)
Ramin Djawadi “There's a Lot of Bad People Out There” from Fright Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Residents “Death In Barstow” from Fingerprince
Spike Jones & His City Slickers “Hotcha Corina (Black Eyes)” from Mis-taken Music
Benjamin Booker “Spoon Out My Eyeballs” from Benjamin Booker
Set #5
Brian Eno and David Byrne “The Jezebel Spirit” from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Lucifer (Mort Garson) “The Ride of Aida (Voodoo)” from Black Mass
Marc Barreca “The Urge to Buy Terrorizes You” from Music Works for Industry
Holgar Czukay “Witches' Multiplication Table” from On the Way to the Peak of Normal
Baby Sticks & The Kingtones “Pigmy” from The Best of Golden Crest
Alice Cooper “Sick Things” from Billion Dollar Babies
The Antlers “Putting the Dog to Sleep” from Burst Apart (Deluxe Version)
Set #6
Cash (Johnny Cash) “Thirteen” from American Recordings
The Arcs “Pistol Made of Bones” from Yours, Dreamily,
Virgil Holmes “Ghost Train” from These Ghoulish Things
Pere Ubu “Carnival” from Carnival of Souls
The Beatles “Revolution #9” from The Beatles (White Album)
The United States Of America (Joe Byrd) “The American Way of Love (ending excerpt)” from The United States of America
Nearly every week for nine years I’ve assembled an episode of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (this week it’s Episode #437) and each week I attempt to describe to you what you’ll hear for that show in hopes of enticing you to listen. Sounds relatively easy doesn’t it? Actually, some days it’s harder than actually assembling the show itself and my formula always seems to return to giving you a list of new releases, ‘vault’ selections, local artists, and genre or musical styles that’s in store for the week.
This particular show has NEW material from the ANDREW CYRILLE QUARTET, MODEST MOUSE, TERRANCE BLANCHARD, and MATT BERNINGER sings ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’ from the ‘Velvet Underground & Nico’ tribute album. There’s ‘vault’ tracks from THE BEATLES (Rocky Raccoon), THE WAITRESSES (Clones), THE WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND, THE BYRDS, and GARY NUMAN.
During the course of today’s program there’s also several pairings of musicians beginning with a new cut for SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE’S ‘ A Beginner’s Mind,’ plus RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON (singing ‘I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight’ no less), MARIANNE FAITHFUL & WARREN ELLIS (providing music to the poetry of Lord Byron), JOHN CALE & BOB NEUWIRTH, Mali songwriter HABIB KOITE & BAMADA, OMAR SOSA & PAULO FRESU, and THE CIVIL WARS & T-BONE BURNETT.
Here a few more names to excite you: ROBERT WYATT, SPARKS, JOSEPH ARTHUR, and STEREOLAB. That should be enough to get you interested again for another week.
Playlist:
SET #1
MATT BERNINGER Venus In Furs I Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico 3:43
WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND Queen Nymphet Part One & Vol. 2 2:21
ANDREW CYRILLE QUARTET Baby (feat: Bill Frisell) The News 5:34
SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE Lady Macbeth In Chains A Beginner’s Mind** 3:42
GEOFFREY ORYEMA Medieval Dream Night To Night 6:24
JOSEPH ARTHUR Porcupine Big City Secrets 4:42
THE BEATLES Rocky Raccoon (2018 Mix) The Beatles (White Album) (50th Anniversary. Deluxe Edition) 3:33
SET#2
TERRANCE BLANCHARD Intro to I Dare You/I Dare You Absence** 9:22
PHILLIP SARDE Juke Box Chez Saidani Shake Sauvage: French Film Soundtracks 1968-1973 2:44
STEREOLAB Percolator (2018 Remaster) Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Expanded Ed.) 4:14
THE WAITRESSES Clones The Akron Compilation (Stiff Records) 2:42
KRAFTWERK Electric Cafe Electric Cafe 4:17
BROADCAST Before We Begin Haha Sound 3:22
ADRIAN BELEW Op Zop Too Wah Op Zop Too Wah 3:41
SET #3
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL Naomi On Avery Island 5:13
HECTOR ZAZOU The Workers (feat: Katrina Bedford) L’Absence 4:59
TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND Spellbound Yer Boss Food Corner 5:46
ROBERT WYATT Part Two...Nor There: Lullaloop Cuckooland 2:59
SNAKEFINGER Bring Back Reality Chewing Hides The Sound 5:07
OBNOX Baby Godmother Bang Messiah 1:38
ANDY PARTRIDGE Born Out Of Your Mouth Fuzzy Warbles 1 2:48
SPARKS Left Out In the Cold A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 4:18
SET #4
JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS Modern World The Modern Lovers 1972-1976 3:43
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS When A Powerful Animal Comes Dark In Here 5:26
GRATEFUL DEAD Sage & Spirit Blues For Allah 3:06
MAPS & ATLASES Old And Grey Beware And Be Grateful 5:44
MODEST MOUSE %uck Your Acid Trip The Golden Casket 3:11
COLIN NEWMAN Fish Eleven Provisionally Entitled The Singing Fishes 1:58
OMAR SOSA/PAULO FRESU No Trance Alma 3:35
GARY NUMAN I Dream Of Wires Telekon 5:09
SET #5
RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 3:09
THE BYRDS Renaissance Fair The Byrds (Box Set) 1:53
JOHN CALE & BOB NEUWIRTH Modern World Last Day On Earth 5:53
HABIB KOITE & BAMADA Takamba Baro 5:39
MARIANNE FAITHFULL & WARREN ELLIS She Walks In Beauty She Walks In Beauty**2:38
PORTICO QUARTET Endless Art In The Age Of Automation 4:25
LAMBCHOP Art Lover This Is Where I Belong: The Songs Of Ray Davies & The Kinks 5:05
THE CIVIL WARS & T-BONE BURNETT At The Table A Place At The Table (OST) 1:26
SET #6
MORPHINE Claire Good 3:08
MICHAEL KAROLI & POLLY ELTES Home Truths Deluge 6:03
GARY LUCAS A Pair Of Flowers The Edge Of Heaven 1:20
JOHN GREAVES & PETER BLEGVAD New Liquid Unearthed 3:19
IVOR CUTLER High Is The Wind Jammy Smears 1:26
JOHNNY CASH We’ll Meet Again American IV: The Man Comes Around 2:58
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
‘To boldly go where no man has gone before’ is the phrase that for many ‘boomers’ recalls a childhood memory of 60’s television that can only mean one thing, WILLIAM SHATNER’S iconic portrayal of Captain Kirk in the groundbreaking sci-fi series, ‘Star Trek.’
This week the ninety year old TV star made history by becoming the oldest person ever to go into space so on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #436), I’ll mark that monumental achievement by devoting today’s second set to his accomplishment by combining music (including a track from an early album of his attempt at ‘singing’) with dialogue from his memoir, ‘Shatner Rules,’ and his immediate reaction to that experience upon returning to terra firma after the flight.
You’ll hear other cuts by artists DONOVAN, HAWKWIND, PHILLIP GLASS, GONG, NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE and a couple of other surprises during that set all guaranteed to make this program a must listen! But that doesn’t even come close to describing what’s in store for the remaining two and a half hours today.
There’s another new track from SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE’S latest plus other great additions from the ‘just arrived’ category from TERRANCE BLANCHARD, STURGILL SIMPSON, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO, MODEST MOUSE, JON BATISTE, and JON ZORN (who adds another new album to the mix with his ‘Nostradamus: The Death Of Satan).
Want something a bit older? How about FIONA APPLE, ART BEARS, YUSEF LATEEF, BRYAN FERRY, SALVATION, and LOS LOBOS along with locally grown 15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND, PERE UBU, and California transplant TIN CAN LUMINARY (John Hardin). I’ve got everything covered so mark the calendar and see you at your speakers soon!
Today's Set List:
SET #1
JOHN ZORN Flowers Of Heaven (w/John Medesli,Kenny Nostradamus Grohowski, Matt Hollenberg) The Death Of Satan** 5:42
15-60-75 THE NUMBERS BAND) Didn’t We Rise 20 4:17
MONKS OF DOOM The Harbor Incident Meridian 4:41
LOS LOBOS Jupiter Of The Moon Tin Can Trust 4:22
SALVATION Come On Over Here Gypsy Carnival Caravan 4:27
SKY CRIES MARY Buss To Gate A Return To The Inner Experience 4:32
TOM TOM CLUB Under The Boardwalk (Bonus) Tom Club (Remastered) 5:46
SET#2 'Shatner In Space'
WILLIAM SHATNER Always Pack Spare Underwear Shatner Rules (Audio Book) 0:07
DONOVAN The Intergalactic Laxative Cosmic Wheels 2:54
DIALOGUE Dangerous (Count Me In) -Scott Glenn The Right Stuff (OST) 0:09
WILLIAM SHATNER It Was A Very Good Year Spaced Out – The Best of Leonard Nimoy And William Shatner 3:51
WILLIAM SHATNER Don’t Die Shatner Rules (Audio Book) 0:12
THE FLAMING LIPS Do You Realize?? Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 3:32
WILLIAM SHATNER Beam Me Up Scotty Shatner Rules (Audio Book) 1:31
THE CITY OF PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Main Theme (from Galaxy Quest) 100 Greatest Science Fiction Themes 1:08
WILLIAM SHATNER I Am Canadian (Part 1) Shatner Rules (Audio Book) 0:58
HAWKWIND Hall Of The Mountain Grill Hall Of The Mountain Grill 2:25
WILLIAM SHATNER I Am Canadian (Part 2) Shatner Rules (Audio Book) 0:58
PHILLIP GLASS November 25 – Morning Mishima 4:11
WILLIAM SHATNER After Flight Thoughts (Pt. 1) Shatner 10-13-21 Upon Landing 0:20
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE My, My, Hey, Hey (Out Of The Blue) Live Rust 4:00
WILLIAM SHATNER After Flight Thoughts (Pt. 2) Shatner 10-13-21 Upon Landing 0:49
GONG Robo-Warriors 2032 2:59
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Lizard Suit Dark In Here** 4:15
SET #3
MORT GARSON Never Follow The Yellow Green Road Wozard Of Id 2:49
SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE Back To Oz A Beginner’s Mind 4:12
PERE UBU Over The Moon Worlds In Collision (Remaster) 3:09
LE SOURDELINE J’Ai Vu Le Loup, Le Renard, Le Leivre Le Reine Blanche 3:42
BO HANSSON The Kingdom Brightly Smiles Music Inspired By Watership Down 1:21
STEVE HACKETT The Virgin And The Gypsy (Alternative Mix) Spectral Mornings (Deluxe Edition) 4:26
STURGILL SIMPSON Prologue/Ol’ Dood The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita 3:58
JOHN HARTFORD Airport Floor Morning Bugle 5:06
SET #4
KONSTATIN Aide, Zemi, Tamburata Sound Of The World 4:12
BAB L’BLUZ Africa Manayo Nayda!”” 3:33
BOBBY MCFERRIN Another Night In Tunisia The Best Of Bobby McFerrin: The Blue Note Years 4:14
TIN CAN LUMINARY (John Hardin) The Fruitman (W/ Okra P. Dingle) Collaborations 1:59
FIONA APPLE Tymps (Sick In The Head Song) Extraordinary Machine 4:06
THE GOTHIC ARCHIES Freak Show The Tragic Treasury (EP) 2:56
BECK Derelict Odelay 4:12
ART BEARS Riddle Hopes And Fears 2:46
WILLIS EARL BEAL Nepenenoyka Acousmatic Sorcery 1:48
JESCA HOOP Unsaid Memories Are Now 4:16
SET #5
ANNETTE PEACOCK A Loss Of Consciousness The Perfect Release 3:43
BRYAN FERRY This Island Earth The Bride Stripped Bare 4:55
TERRANCE BLANCHARD Intro/Envisioned Reflections Absence 4:07
GILBERTO GIL Refazenda Red, Hot, + Rio 4:09
PINK FLOYD Julia Dream Relics 2:36
ANDREW BIRD & LUCIUS Venus In Furs I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico 6:55
SET #6
MODEST MOUSE Japanese Trees The Golden Casket 3:05
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Joe Byrd) Do You Follow Me The United States of America (Sundazed Bonus Edition) 2:36
YUSEF LATEEF Big Bass Drum Part Of The Search 2:59
JON BATISTE Adulthood We Are 3:41
GENE RODDENBERRY/ MICHAEL GIACCHINO To Boldly Go/End Credits (Pt. 1) Star Trek Movie (OST) 2:56
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Part of what makes creating this program each week over the past nine years such a joy is that I always seem to surprise myself with the things I come up with while assembling each show and on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #436), there’s a treasure trove of ah-ha moments after several days of brain fog had me wondering if I’d even be able to complete the process.
The musical equivalent of writer’s block? Not me. Take some CAN, sprinkle in new tracks from SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE and THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO Tribute albums, open the ‘vault’ and bring out some vintage BRUCE COCKBURN and JADE WARRIOR, then finish up with DEVOTCHKA and RALPH CARNEY’S SERIOUS JASS PROJECT and voila, the first set is constructed like a Lego piece puzzle of Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
Next up construct a set around ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco’ inspired by the 60 Minutes segment on Tony Bennett’s final Radio City performance using tracks from FRANK ZAPPA’S new ‘Zappa 88: The Final U.S. Show’ and an older MX 80 SOUND cover of the same said song, adding other cuts from ALLEN RAVENSTINE, XTC, THE VENTURES, and GENTLE GIANT to round out that set.
Things really kick into gear when the title of a THE MOUNTAIN GOATS song from the new ‘Dark In Here’ album inspires music from PETER LAUGHNER and LOU REED before moving on with CARAVAN, ROBIN TROWER, and PETER HAMMILL and leading to the ‘piece de resistance,’ an entire thirty minutes where I ‘depreciate classical music’ with unusual interpretations of the genre’s most familiar melodies.
Get out the q-tips and clean out the ear wax for this one folks!
Program Playlist:
SET #1
CAN Give The Drummer Some Rite Time 6:47
ST. VINCENT & THOMAS BARTLETT All Tomorrow’s Parties I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico 4:51
SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE The Pillar Of Souls A Beginner’s Mind** 3:10
BRUCE COCKBURN Silver Wheels In The Falling Dark 4:43
JADE WARRIOR The Last Question Kites 2:37
DEVOTCHKA Let Me Sleep This Night Falls Forever 4:39
RALPH CARNEY’S SERIOUS JASS PROJECT Futuristic Rhythm Ralph Carney’s Serious Jass Project 2:52
SET#2
FRANK ZAPPA Who Needs The Peace Corps?/ I Left My Heart In San Francisco Zappa 88: The Last U.S. Tour** 3:04
MX 80 SOUND In San Francisco Subterranean Modern 1:51
ROBERT FRIPP STRING QUARTET Bicycling To Afghanistan The Bridge Between 3:22
XTC Dance Band White Music 2:40
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Day Shift Waiting For The Bomb 3:11
THE VENTURES Journey To The Stars The Ventures 60th Historical Collection 2:22
FRED FRITH & HENRY KAISER One Of Nature’s Mistakes With Enemies Like Us, Who Needs Friends 2:08
GODLEY & CREME Welcome To Breakfast Television Birds Of Prey 2:34
GENTLE GIANT The Runaway In A Glass House 7:16
SET #3
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Arguing With The Ghost Of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review Dark In Here** 3:57
PETER LAUGHNER Sylvia Plath Peter Laughner (Box Set) 3:42
LOU REED Crazy Feeling Coney Island Baby 2:58
CARAVAN Smoking Gun (Right For Me) The Unauthorized Breakfast Item 5:36
ROBIN TROWER Bridge Of Sighs Bridge Of Sighs 5:01
PETER HAMMILL (No More) The Submariner In Camera 5:46
KARINA DENIKE Silver Pixies Doolittle Tribute 3:56
SET #4
TEREM QUARTET Eine Leine Natchmusik Classical 3:58
CARL STALLING Orchestral Gag Carl Stalling Project, Vol. 2: More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1929-1957 0:44
ISAO TOMITA Dinicu: Hora Staccato For Violin & Piano (or Orchestra) Kosmos 3:34
QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO Raymond Scott: Toy Trumpet Whirled Chamber Music 2:56
WENDY CARLOS Bach: Two Part Invention In B-flat Major Switched On Bach 1:31
PORTSMOUTH SINFONIA Tchaikovsky: From The Nutcracker Suite Plays The Popular Classics 2:20
CARL STALLING Rubber Dog Carl Stalling Project, Vol. 2: More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1929-1957 0:54
BRAVE COMBO Tales From The Vienna Woods Mood Swing Music 1:43
HAMPTON STRING QUARTET Sunshine Of You Love (Cream) What If Mozart Wrote Born To Be Wild? 3:27
ROCKABYE BABY! Dream On (Lullaby Rendition Of Aerosmith) Good Day Good Night 2:57
CARL STALLING Wind Up Doll Carl Stalling Project, Vol. 2: More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1929-1957 0:46
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT The Heroic Weather-Conditions Of The Universe, Part 7: After The Storm Moonrise Kingdom (OST) 3:55
SET #5
PAPE & CHEIKH Yaay Marianna 5:15
OSIBISA Kangaroo Osibirock 2:45
RADIO TARIFA Tagos Del Agujero Rhumba Argelina 3:16
AL DIMEOLA Two To Tango Splendido Hotel 4:14
EUGENE CHADBOURNE Six O’Clock Jump Vermin Of The Blues 2:53
HOT TUNA Highway Song Burgers 3:17
MODEST MOUSE We’re Lucky The Golden Casket 2:44
MARIANNE FAITHFULL & WARREN ELLIS To Autumn (Keats) She Walks In Beauty 3:16
AURTURO STALTERI St. Elmo’s Fire coolAugustmoon 3:43
SET #6
JOHN ZORN Imp Of The Perverse (w/John Medesli,Kenny Grohowski, Brian Marsella, Matt Hollenberg) Chaos Magick 2:51
SOFT MACHINE One Over The Eight Softs 5:29
BE BOP DELUXE Futuristic Manifesto (Bonus) Modern Music (Remastered) 4:32
PARQUET COURTS 'A Sioux, An Apache, And A Mohawk' Light Up Gold 2:19
JIM PEPPER 'Lakota Song' Comin’ And Goin’ 4:31
ANDREW CYRILLE QUARTET 'Go Happy Lucky' The News 5:21
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrac
It’s hard to believe that we’ve arrived at the beginning of October already as temperatures are getting cooler, the sunsets are earlier each day, and the foliage slowly starts a transition to vibrant colors. On this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #435), there’s plenty of cool ‘musical’ colours in the mix as well beginning with MILES DAVIS’S ‘Electric Red’ to start everything off (thirty years since his passing this week is a marker to how quickly time flies).
During the course of this program you’ll hear a piece from SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE’S new offering, a track from the just released ‘I’ll be Your Mirror’ tribute to the VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO (the song ‘Sunday Morning’ performed by MICHAEL STIPE, HAL WILNER, and BILL FRISELL), and other new selections from JON BATISTE, CRACK THE SKY, JOHN ZORN’S ‘Chaos Magick,’ and THE MOUNTAIN GOATS.
There’s several loosely based themed sets on today’s docket including one about the sea with SHADOWFAX, AKRON/FAMILY, BJORK, BRYAN FERRY, and STEELEYE SPAN while another has a ‘cowboy’ feel to it with music by ENNIO MORRICONE, THE MEKONS, CRACKER & LEFTOVER SALMON, and the CHRIS BUTLER classic’ The Idiot Trail.’
If you love ‘vault’ rarities then get ready for ‘The Gospel’ by WILDERNESS ROAD, ‘Interview’ by KEVIN AYERS, and OSCAR PETERSON’S (with CLARK TERRY) ‘Incoherent Blues,’ plus other great more recent songs from PRIMAL SCREAM, WILCO (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot), ALBERT COLLINS, and JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS.
Playlist is FINALLY Here!
.SET #1
MILES DAVIS Electric Red Aura 4:18
DWIGHT PENTACOST (W/ Slim Cessna) Top Yourself Rock Legends Pay Tribute To Jack White 4:55
R.L. BURNSIDE Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down 5:08
CABARET VOLTAIRE Stay Out Of It The Voice Of America 2:46
UDUGURU (Carl Palmer) Oh Siri! Freq Out! 3:37
BAB L’BLUZ Yemma Nayda!** 3:03
TYRANNOSAURUS REX Hot Rod Mama Marc Bolan/T. Rex: 20th Century Superstar 3:09
SAMITE Koko Kolo Discover A Whole New World Of Music 4:35
SET#2
SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE Lost In The World A Beginner’s Mind** 3:10
SHADOWFAX Watercourse Way Watercourse Way 5:43
AKRON/FAMILY Cast A Net The Cosmic Birth And Journey Of Shinju TNT 3:57
THOMAS NEWMAN Mutiny! WALL-E (OST) 1:29
BJORK Earth Intruders Volta 4:49
BRYAN FERRY & ANTONY Lowlands Low Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys 2:36
STEELEYE SPAN Saucy Sailor Below The Salt 5:54
SET #3
MODEST MOUSE We Are Between The Golden Casket 3:52
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Dark In Here Dark In Here 3:23
ENNIO MORRICONE Overture The Legendary Italian Westerns 2:58
THE MEKONS Darkness And Doubt Fear And Whiskey 5:15
CRACKER & LEFTOVER SALMON Ms. Santa Cruz County Oh Cracker Where Art Thou 3:36
UNCLE WIGGLY Irresponsible Pants There Was An Elk 4:23
CHRIS BUTLER The Idiot Trail The Museum Of Me 5:19
SET #4
MICHAEL STIPE Sunday Morning (w/Bill Frisell) I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico3:50
WILCO I Am Trying To Break Your Heart Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 6:57
WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY & TELEFUNK Grun Grun In The Fishtank 8 5:05
PRIMAL SCREAM Inner Flight Screamadelica 5:01
DEAN & BRITTA I Found It Not So 13 Most Beautiful: Songs For Andy Warhol's Screen Tests 4:01
ROCKABYE BABY! Jolene Lullaby Renditions Of Dolly Parton 2:41
SET #5
CRACK THE SKY Dear Leaders Tribes 5:03
KEVIN AYERS Interview Bananamour 4:43
JOHN ZORN Liber M (w/John Medesli,Kenny Grohowski Brian Marsella, Matt Hollenberg) Chaos Magick 2:48
HUGH HOPPER/CAVEMAN HUGHSCORE Splinter Cat/Edorian Caveman Hughscore 2:32
FLOOM Squamas Double Drab Mojo Baby Floom 1:22
WILDERNESS ROAD The Gospel Sold For The Prevention Of Disease Only 7:49
DEVO Jocko Homo Are We Not Men? We Are Devo! 3:39
SET #6
JON BATISTE Whatchutalkinbout We Are** 2:21
DEL CLOSE/JOHN BRENT Basic Hip The Beat Generation 1;11
OSCAR PETERSON TRIO Incoherent Blues (W/ Clark Terry) Oscar Peterson Trio + One 2:44
ALBERT COLLINS But I Was Cool Don’t Lose Your Cool 4:42
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS Cool N’ Out Global A Go Go 4:22
DAVID BYRNE/BRIAN ENO I Feel My Stuff Everything That Happens Will Happen Today 6:24
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Fall arrived on Wednesday afternoon, and as if on cue, the temperature plummeted, the heaven’s opened up, and another deluge of water cascaded from the skies signaling our farewell to summer. All is not as bleak as it seems because on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #434) I’ve got plenty of great sets to warm your ears and get your feet moving.
MODEST MOUSE starts it off with another track from their current release, ‘The Golden Casket,’ then THE SLITS, SILVER APPLES, and JUANA MOLINA all set the musical stage before KEN NORDINE weaves the tale of a stranger with ‘Flibberty Jib,’ followed by relatable songs from CRACK THE SKY and GARBAGE’S latest.
That set served as the warm up, so next up there’s another new track from JOHN ZORN’S ‘Chaos Magick,’ then a couple of awesome goodies from HATFIELD & THE NORTH and TOM WAITS, shifting moods with an ALEXANDRE DESPLAT cut from the ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ soundtrack, LAURIE ANDERSON and KRONOS QUARTET’S somber ‘Landfall’ pieces, with MAGAZINE, DAVID LYNCH, and TANGERINE DREAM all added to finish up the first hour.
Other noteworthy reasons to sit back an enjoy the shows remaining sets include THE BEATLES (an outtake from Sgt. Pepper’s 50th), MICHAEL MANTLER (with Robert Wyatt, Terry Rypdal, and Jack DeJohnette) from ‘The Hapless Child,’ WENDY CARLOS (‘Timesteps’), CURVED AIR, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, and early RY COODER.
There’s even a story in a song about ‘Boogie Woogie’ from LONG JOHN BALDRY mixed together with THE BREAKERS, BLIND JOHN DAVIS, and LITTLE FEAT to complete the program and bring a smile to listeners along the way.
Today's Set List:
SET #1
MODEST MOUSE 'Walking And Running' The Golden Casket 3:01
THE SLITS 'Ask Ma' Trapped Animal 5:36
SILVER APPLES 'Lovefingers' Silver Apples 4:11
JUANA MOLINA 'Salvese Quien Pueda' Tres Cosas 5:58
KEN NORDINE 'Flibberty Jib' How Are Things In Your Town? 4:36
CRACK THE SKY 'We Don’t Know' Tribes 4:07
GARBAGE 'Waiting For God' No Gods No Masters** 4:04
SET#2
JOHN ZORN 'The Servitor (w/John Medesli,Kenny Grohowski, Brian Marsella, Matt Hollenberg)' Chaos Magick** 5:43
HATFIELD & THE NORTH 'Let’s Eat (Real Soon)' Afters 3:16
TOM WAITS 'Ice Cream Man' Closing Time 3:05
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT The Heroic Weather-Conditions Of The Universe, Part 1: A Veiled Mist' Moonrise Kingdom (OST) 3:17
LAURIE ANDERSON (W/ Kronos Quartet) 'Our Street Is A Black River/Galaxies' Landfall 2:26
MAGAZINE 'The Thin Air' Secondhand Daylight 4:08
DAVID LYNCH 'Noah’s Ark' Crazy Clown Time 4:54
TANGERINE DREAM 'Search' Sorcerer (OST) 2:55
SET #3
BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA 'Miri (Dream)' Miri 3:55
JUKKA TOLONEN 'A Passenger To Paramaribo' A Passenger To Paramaribo 5:39
BAB L’BLUZ 'Gnawa Beat' Nayda!** 3:44
THE DEAD WEATHER 'So Far From Your Weapon' Horehound 3:40
JAM NATION 'She Moved Through The Fair' Way Down Below Buffalo Hell 6:58
GORKY’S ZYGOTIC MYNCI' Why Are We Sleeping?' Introducing 4:53
THE BEATLES 'A Day In The Life (Take 1) Disc 2' Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (50th Ann. Deluxe Edition) 4:41
SET #4
MICHAEL MANTLER ( w/Robert Wyatt, Terje Rypdal, Jack DeJohnette) 'The Object-Lesson' The Hapless Child 5:01
MOUNTAINS 'Identical Ship' Centralia 3:04
BECK 'Broken Drum' Guero 4:29
SUFJAN STEVENS 'The Upper Peninsula' Greetings From Michigan 3:23
RHIANNON GIDDENS 'Julie' Freedom Highway 4:29
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND 'Temptation Inside Your Heart' White Light White Heat 45th Anniversary Edition 2:30
ESQUIVEL 'Granada' Music From A Sparkling Planet 4:10
RY COODER 'Tamp ‘Em Up Solid' Paradise And Lunch 3:22
SET #5
WENDY CARLOS 'Timesteps (Part 1)' A Clockwork Orange (Complete Original Score) 5:50
DAEVID ALLEN WEIRD QUARTET 'Transloopthismessage/Imagicknation' Elevenses 5:04
DAVID KRAKAUER 'The Ballad Of Chernobyl' Klezmer Madness 5:19
CURVED AIR 'Not Quite The Same' Phantasmagoria 3:44
PETER GABRIEL 'Ein Normales Leben (Lead A Normal Life)' Ein Deustches Album 4:20
FOREST SWORDS 'Exalter' Compassion 5:36
SET #6
THE BREAKERS 'Guilty As Charged' Torch Light** 3:24
LONG JOHN BALDRY 'Conditional Discharge/Don’t Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie' It Ain’t Easy 6:25
BLIND JOHN DAVIS 'The House Of Blue Lights' The Silverline 1 – My Own Boogie 1:31
LITTLE FEAT 'Old Folks Boogie' Time Loves A Hero 3:32
US3 'Chili Hot' Get Shorty (OST) 5:38
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Yesterday marked the end of Yom Kippur (the Jewish ‘Day of Atonement’) so during today’s third set on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #433) I’ll celebrate musically with Klezmer inspired pieces and include three interpretations of JOHN ZORN’S ‘Masada’ songbook from Akron’s own GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET. You’ll also hear music from THE KLEZMATICS, ROTONDI, BRAVE COMBO, the NEW ORLEANS KLEZMER ALL STARS, and several other surprises along the way.
And speaking of JOHN ZORN (pictured here from the Newport Jazz Festival in 2014), a track from his latest release, ‘Chaos Magick,’ (featuring John Medeski and a trio of other great guests) will be played during the opening set, surrounded by other new cuts from THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, GARBAGE, and MODEST MOUSE. Those in turn, will be augmented by songs from CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, HP LOVECRAFT, SLAPP HAPPY, and SENOR COCONUT (covering The Doors at that).
By now you’re probably asking yourself ‘What other musical madness does he have in store this time?’ There’s a request played by THE MONKEES (from their psychedelic ‘Head’ album) during a set where CALLIOPE covers ‘California Dreamin’ and COWBOY JUNKIES cover THE BEATLES, along with new tracks from LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS and TUNE-YARDS.
And the new songs keep on coming from CRACK THE SKY, THE BREAKERS, and BAB L’ BLUZ to boot. Just to be safe, there’s plenty of ‘vault’ selections from MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS, PINK FLOYD, JOE WALSH, and PHIL MANZANERA to ‘name drop’ a few. So enjoy your ‘break-fast’ post holiday meals with this weeks tasty musical treats!
Today's Sets:
SET #1
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 'The Destruction Of The Kola Superdeep Borehole Tower' Dark In Here 3:20
JOHN ZORN 'Corinthians II (w/John Medesli, Kenny Grohowski, Brian Marsella, Matt Hollenberg)' Chaos Magick 3:42
GARBAGE 'Anonymous XXX' No Gods No Masters 4:07
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND 'My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains' Clear Spot 3:00
MODEST MOUSE 'Back To The Middle' The Golden Casket 3:52
HP LOVECRAFT 'Mobius Trip' HP Lovecraft II 2:44
SLAPP HAPPY 'Moon Lovers' Ca Va3:00
SENOR COCONUT 'Riders On The Storm' Fiesta Songs 5:05
SET#2
GIBBY HAYNES & HIS PROBLEM 'Kaiser' Gibby Haynes & His Problem 2:59
CRACK THE SKY 'Stranger In A Strange Land' Tribes 4:45
JOE WALSH 'Song For A Dying Planet' Songs For A Dying Planet 2:00
PAT METHENY 'Road To The Sun (Part 4) (performed by Los Angeles Guitar Quartet)' Road To The Sun 4:05
PHIL MANZANERA 'Diamond Head' Diamond Head 4:28
SHADY (DAVID BAKER) 'Hey Yeah' World 3:59
CORNELIUS 'The Micro Disneycal World Tour' Fantasma3:37
WASIS DIOP 'Once In A Lifetime' Toxu 3:44
SET #3
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET 'Ziphim' (Mp3) 3:32
BESH O DROM 'Talyata' Hungarian Music (Various Artists) 4:28
NEW ORLEANS KLEZMER ALL STARS 'Not Too Eggy' Fresh Out Of The Past 2:13
SWOLLEN MONKEYS 'Bandera Roja' After The Birth Of Cool 1:54
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET 'Hazor' https://golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 4:00
CRACKER 'Steve’s Hornpipe' Garage D’Or 2:11
THE KLEZMATICS 'Wheel Of Life' Wonder Wheel 5:23
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET 'Hadrial' https://golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 4:01
BRAVE COMBO 'Hungarianella' Box Of Ghosts 2:21
NATIONAL LAMPOON 'Yiddishco' That’s Not Funny That’s Sick 0:26
ROTONDI 'Modern Man In Search Of A Soul' Play On 3:25
SET #4
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA 'On The Way Home To Earth' Visions Of The Emerald Beyond 4:44
STEVE HILLAGE 'Musik Of the Trees' Green 4:52
AKIKO EBI (w/Vangelis) 'Dimitri’s Bar' Blade Runner Trilogy: 25th Anniversary Edition 3:51
THE BREAKERS 'Blue Light Run' Torch Light 3:43
BAB L’BLUZ 'Waydelel' Nayda! 4:42
JIMI HENDRIX 'In From The Storm' The Cry Of Love 3:44
CAN 'Half Past One' Landed 4:39
SET #5
THE MONKEES 'Circle Sky' Head 2:31
CALLIOPE 'California Dreaming' Steamed 3:43
MARTHA & THE MUFFINS 'Cheesies And Gum' Metro Music 3:08
TUNE-YARDS 'Silence Part 1 (When We Say ‘We’)' Sketchy 3:26
COWBOY JUNKIES 'Run For Your Life' This Bird Has Flown, 40th Anniversary Tribute To Rubber Soul 4:07
JAY SHERMAN 'Peabody’s Improbable Truth Theme' Toon Tunes, Funny Bone Favorites 0:23
PINK FLOYD 'Corporal Clegg' A Saucerful Of Secrets 4:12
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Kim’s Watermelon Gun' Clouds Taste Metallic 3:21
LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS 'Obsession' Long Overdue 3:46
SET #6
THE BAD PLUS 'Heart Of Glass' These Are The Vistas 4:47
JESCA HOOP ;Dig This Record' The House That Jack Built 4:01
ART ZOYD 'Simulacres' Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cites 7:55
THE RESIDENTS 'Smack Your Ups (Clap Your Teeth)' The Tunes Of Two Cities 3:56
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
This week marks the 20th anniversary of one of the darkest days in American history so on today's edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #432) I'll remember that day through music during this program's first set as well as my recollection of a concert that same evening by LAURIE ANDERSON that allowed me cope with the tragedy of that day. Surrounding Laurie's song 'Oh Superman (for Massenet)' will be other works from the KRONOS QUARTET, TUNE-YARDS, ALICE COOPER, WAS (NOT WAS), CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, a new track from CRACK THE SKY, and BRIAN ENO (Interpreting Peter Gabriel's 'Mother Of Violence').
The second set will return to my non-theme approach with songs from THE FIREMAN, THE MEKONS, FLO MORRISSEY & MATTHEW E. WHITE, and WILCO, plus more new cuts from MODEST MOUSE AND CARINA MESSIER.
Following that, the third set transitions to songs of an international flair with pieces from VARTTINA (Finland), HUUN HUUR TU (Tuva), BAB L'BLUZ (Morocco), JAN GABAREK (Norway), BARBARA GOGAN & HECTOR ZAZOU (USA & France), FRANK ZAPPA (with a Tuvan throat singer), and PERE UBU (exploring Middle Eastern rhythms).
Other highlights include music from BANQUET OF THE SPIRITS, THE BREAKERS, GARY LUCAS, BOARDS OF CANADA, MORT GARSON, RADIOHEAD, THE KIDNEY ROTHERS, GEOFFREY ORYEMA, and SUPREME BEINGS OF LEISURE.
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
LAURIE ANDERSON 'Oh Superman (For Massenet)' Big Science (25th Anniversary Edition) 8:27
BRIAN ENO 'Mother Of Violence' Peter Gabriel: And I'll Scratch Yours 3:00
ALICE COOPER 'Desperado' Killer 3:30
KRONOS QUARTET 'Perfect Weapon' Howl U.S.A. 1:54
TUNE-YARDS 'My Country' Whokill 3:40
WAS (NOT WAS) 'I Blew Up The United States' Are You Ok? 3:55
CRACK THE SKY 'Another Civil' War Tribes** 5:23
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 'Might Makes Right' New Roman Times 2:46
SET#2
THE FIREMAN 'Sing The Changes' Electric Arguments 3:43
MODEST MOUSE 'Transmitting/Receiving' The Golden Casket 5:40
FLO MORRISSEY & MATTHEW E. WHITE 'Govindam' Gentlewoman, Ruby Man 6:40
THE MEKONS 'The Way Through The Fire' OOOH! (Out Of Our Heads) 2:54
WILCO 'You Are My Face' Sky Blue Sky 4:38
CARINA MESSIER 'Day Of Gold' Nowhere And No When (EP) 2:46
SET #3
PAT METHENY 'Four Paths Of Light, Pt. 1(Jason Vieaux – guitar)' Road To The Sun 4:14
JAN GARBAREK (W/ John Abercrombie & Nana Vasconcelos) 'Snipp, Snapp, Snute' Works 4:31
VARTTINA 'Aijo' Ilmatar 4:21
HUUN HUUR TU 'Tu-Eki Attar' The Orphans Lament 2:22
FRANK ZAPPA 'Calculus (w/ Kongar-ol Ondar) ' Dance Me This 2:49
BARBARA GOGAN/HECTOR ZAZOU 'Cruel Guy' Made On Earth 4:37
BAB L’BLUZ 'Yemma' Nayda! 3:03
PERE UBU 'The Duke's Saharan Ambitions' Pennsylvania 4:56
SET #4
SUPREME BEINGS OF LEISURE 'Under The Gun' Supreme Beings Of Leisure 3:30
THE BREAKERS 'Torch Light' Torch Light 3:57
LINDSTROM 'Further Into The Future' It's A Feedelity Affair 5:12
BROADCAST 'You And Me In Time' Tender Buttons 1:24
THE CHIEFTAINS 'No. 6 The Coombe' The Best Of The Chieftains 3:51
GENTLE GIANT 'Talybont' Free Hand 2:42
BANQUET OF THE SPIRITS (Cyro Baptista) 'Chamiel' Caym: The Book Of Angels Vol. 17 4:27
QUETZEL 'Si Te Conte De Maifren/Las Semillitas (Did I Tell You About My Friend/ The Little Seeds)' Puentes Sonoros 5:38
SET #5
LES CLAYPOOL'S DUO DE TWANG 'Red State Girl' Four Foot Shack 3:02
GARY LUCAS 'The Golem Walks With Famulus' Skeletons At The Feast 1:43
GEOFFREY ORYEMA 'Piny Runa Woko' Exile 3:51
BOARDS OF CANADA 'Melissa Juice' Twoism 1:32
WIRE 'Love Bends' Change Becomes Us 4:01
RADIOHEAD 'Burn The Witch' A Moon Shaped Pool 3:41
PETER HAMMILL 'Scissors' Consequences 5:23
MORT GARSON 'Big Sur' The Wozard Of Id 3:17
SET #6
THE KIDNEY BROTHERS 'You Don't Love Me' Coal Tattoo 3:52
STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS 'Middle America' Sparkle Hard 3:31
DASHBOARD CONFIDENTIAL 'Screaming Infidelities' Punk Goes Acoustic Vol. 3** 4:28
CALEXICO 'Bend To The Road' Carried To Dust 3:17
ROBERT PLANT & THE SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS 'Embrace Another Fall' Lullaby And... The Ceaseless Roar 5:52
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
The best made plans of mice and men..' is the phrase that came to mind while assembling this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #431) as another series of events lead to my postponing of this episode which was scheduled for broadcast last week. No matter, it's 'water under the bridge' as another phrase goes, so here's part of what the original plans were.
The first set has songs about war as we mark our final removal from Afghanistan with TIN HUEY'S 'Soldier Of Fortune,' MODEST MOUSE'S 'Wooden Soldiers' and other relatable pieces from PATTI SMITH, HAWKWIND, ROY HARPER, STEVE LEHMAN, and MARYAM MURSAL.
After that themed related set it's back to my usual efforts of blending various genres together over the course of the remaining program. There's a set in which BRIAN ENO & KARL HYDE are intermixed with the Moroccan band BAB L'BLUZ, YONATAN GAT, SUFJAN STEVENS, the avant garde percussion work of GLENN KOTCHE, the Parisian sounds of BELTUNER, ROBERT WYATT'S crooning, and a work from CARLA BLEY'S masterful ensemble.
And what would a program be without JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS, XTC, and THE BEATLES? Less interesting that's for sure! There's also more new tracks from THE BREAKERS, CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS, QUETZEL, and Mali guitar virtuoso ANANSY CISSE; 'vault' nuggets from CABARET VOLTAIRE, THE WHO, WHITE NOISE, and OS MUTANTES; plus other great cuts from IRON & WINE, THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, and even a song with WILLIE NELSON backed up by DANIEL LANOIS and friends. The wait is over so set your dials!
Today's Musical Selections:
SET #1
TIN HUEY 'Soldier Of Fortune' The May 4th CD Project 3:47
NEIL YOUNG 'After The Garden' Living With War 3:23
MODEST MOUSE 'Wooden Soldiers' The Golden Casket** 5:55
PATTI SMITH 'My Blakean Year' Trampin' 5:16
HAWKWIND 'Hassan I Sabha' Quark, Strangeness, & Charm 5:22
MARYAM MURSAL 'Nin Hun' The Journey 5:06
STEVE LEHMAN 'Akap' Selebeyone 2:16
ROY HARPER 'The Apology ' The Green Man 2:58
SET#2
CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS 'Anthem ' Tone Poem 6:18
WILLIE NELSON (feat. Daniel Lanois) 'Cruel World' The Music Of Red Dead Redemption 2 (OST) 2:31
KING CRIMSON 'Speechless' Three Of A Perfect Pair 5:23
JOY DIVISION 'New Dawn Fades ' Unknown Pleasures (Remaster) 4:46
THE BREAKERS 'Wisconcentration' Torch Light 3:06
CABARET VOLTAIRE 'No Escape' Mix -Up 3:27
THE FOOL 'Fly ' Beautiful Freaks! Waving Our Flags High, When Music Was Counterculture 2:40
THE BEATLES 'Magical Mystery Tour' Magical Mystery Tour 2:51
SET #3
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS 'Nitcomb' Rock Art & The X-Ray Style 4:30
THE BREEDERS 'Dawn, Making An Effort' All Nerve 3:50
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 'Father Time' Centipede Hz 4:33
XTC 'Fruit Nut ' Apple Venus Vol. 1 3:01
PINK FLOYD 'Mudmen (Instrumental)' Obscured By Clouds 4:17
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS 'Road Movie To Berlin' Flood 2:22
SET #4
BRIAN ENO & KARL HYDE 'Slow Down, Sit Down, & Breathe' High Life (Bonus Track) 3:03
BAB L’BLUZ 'El Gamra' Nayda!** 3:23
YONATAN GAT 'Dream Sequence ' Universalists 2:58
GLENN KOTCHE 'The Traveling Turtle' Adventureland 5:26
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Year Of The Dog ' Enjoy Your Rabbit 4:52
ROBERT WYATT 'Part Two...Not There: Insensatez' Cuckooland 4:24
BELTUNER 'Les Violons De Guinguois' The Rough Guide To Paris Cafe Vol. 2 2:22
CARLA BLEY 'Valse Sinistre' Social Studies 4:56
SET #5
KRONOS QUARTET 'Dessner: Little Blue Something; Aheym: Music By Bryce Dessner 7:55
DAVID BYRNE 'Finite = Alright' Feelings 2:24
QUETZEL 'Te Quiero (I Love You)' Puentes Sonoros** 3:04
OS MUTANTES 'Fuga No. II' Everything Is Possible: The Best Of Os Mutantes 3:41
THE FLYING LIZARDS 'Tears ' Top Ten 4:32
WHITE NOISE 'Firebird' An Electric Storm 3:05
THE WHO 'Sunrise' The Who Sell Out 3:05
IRON & WINE 'On Your Wings' Our Endless Numbered Days 3:53
SET #6
ANANSY CISSE 'Tiawo (Education)' Anoura** 5:51
LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY 'Return Of The Super Ape' Reggae Roots 3:33
TODD RUNDGREN 'An Elpee Worth Of Toons' Todd 2:09
THE FLAMING LIPS 'My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion' At War With The Mystics 4:50
THE ROLLING STONES 'Salt Of The Earth' Beggars Banquet 4:51
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
This week my initial plans were to air another new episode of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES to finish up the month but unfortunately, as it seems to happen lately, those plans had to change. Instead of pouting I’ve come up with a novel solution to keep everyone smiling by resurrectingmy ‘Pull Up The Covers’ show, (TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES Episode #158) which originally aired on February 26, 2016 over San Francisco Community Radio (SFCR/KUSF-In-Exile).
And why not? It makes perfect sense to me to pile on the musical blankets during the hottest time of the year, as my liner notes explained during one of the coldest days of the year when the program first aired. On that show I devoted most of the program to ‘covers’ of songs by artists other than the authors who actually penned them. Here some of what you can expect on the program:
You’ll hear MONKS OF DOOM covering the Soft Machine, DEVOTCHKA blanketing The Velvet Underground, Donovan gets tucked in by STEVE HILLAGE, and HELIOS CREED, DAVID BOWIE, and THE FLAMING LIPS (with HENRY ROLLINS) pulling the wool over different Pink Floyd songs. There are also various classical quartets and ensembles (string or otherwise) covering BRIAN ENO, LEONARD BERNSTEIN (from West Side Story), LED ZEPPELIN, and the PIXIES.
International artists interpret a variety of their mentors ranging from GEOFFREY ORYEMA (Talking Heads), VIEUX FARKA TOURE (U2), and SEU JORGE (David Bowie). JOHNNY CASH even tries his hand at ‘Wayfaring Stranger’ while VASSAR CLEMENTS does a bluegrass rendition of Cream’s ‘White Room.’
Plus original cuts are included from John Cale, Daevid Allen’s Weird Quartet, Captain Beefheart, Stanley Clarke, and Holgar Czukay. It’s fun for the whole dysfunctional family.
Program playlist:
Set #1
Captain Beefheart “Run Paint Run Run” from Doc at the Radar Station
Fuzzhead “Heavy Buzz” from Mind Soup
Holgar Czukay “The Photo Song” from Rome Remains Rome/Der Ost Est Rot
The Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs (with Henry Rollins) “Brain Damage” from The Dark Side Of The Moon
Tuxedomoon “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” from Subterranean Modern
The Misty Mountain Consort “What Is and What Should Never Be” from Chamber Maid: The Baroque Tribute to Led Zeppelin
DeVotchKa “Venus in Furs” from Curse Your Little Heart
Classical Revolution “Wave of Mutilation” from Undercover Presents: A Tribute to Pixies Doolittle
Johnny Cash “Wayfaring Stranger” from American III: Solitary Man
Set #2
Daevid Allen Weird Quartet “God's New Deal” from Elevenses
Portico Quartet “Line” from Isla
Stanley Clarke “Power” from Stanley Clarke
Iggy Pop “Real Wild One (Wild Child)” from Blah Blah Blah
Brian Sands “Baby Your a Rich Man” from Reheated Chocolate Tangos
John Cale “Chinese Envoy” from M-Fans/Music for A New Society
Vieux Farka Toure “Bullet the Blue Sky” from In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2
Danielson Famile “Who Are Parents” from Better Than the Beatles: A Tribute to The Shaggs
Set #3
Helios Creed “Pigs on the Wing” from A Saucerful of Pink: A tribute to Pink Floyd
Robert Wyatt “Rangers in the Night” from Miniatures: 51 Tiny Masterpieces Edited by Morgan Fisher
Monks Of Doom “Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening” from What's Left for Kicks Patti Smith “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” from Twelve
Brian Eno “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” from Single
Manu Dibango “Wimoweh (with Ladysmith Black Mambazo)” from Wakafrika
Geoffrey Oryema “Listening Wind” from Spirit
The Roches “The Bells (Poem by Edgar Allen Poe)” from What's That I Hear? The Songs of Phil Ochs
Ry Cooder “Speedo” from Borderline
Set #4
Art Lande, David Samuels, & Paul McCandless “Ente (To Go)” from Skylight
David Thomas “Dan Dan” from Rogues Gallery: Pirates Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chantey's Camper Van Beethoven “Pictures of Matchstick Men” from Popular Songs of Great Enduring Strength and Beauty
Steve Hillage “Hurdy Gurdy Man” from L (Remastered)
The Beatles “Sgt Peppers Bible of Dreams” from The Best of Pataphysical Science
Ramsey Lewis “Back in the U.S.S.R.” from Plays the Beatles Songbook (Great Songs / Great Performances)
The Ramones “Journey To The Center Of Your Mind” from Acid Eaters
The Art of Noise (featuring Duane Eddy) “Peter Gunn Theme (the Twang Mix)” from The Best of the Art of Noise
Rickie Lee Jones “The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys” from It's Like This
Set #5
Jerry Garcia “Russian Lullaby” from Compliments of
Seu Jorge “Rebel Rebel” from The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions
Astralasia “I Talk to the Wind” from Schizoid Dimension: A Salute To King Crimson
Sun Ra & His Arkestra “Pink Elephants on Parade (from Dumbo)” from Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films
Vassar Clements “White Room” from Full Circle
Oranj Symphonette (featuring Ralph Carney) “The Inspector Clouseau Theme” from Plays Mancini
David Bowie “See Emily Play” from Pin Ups
Quartet San Francisco “Gee Officer Krupke” from Whirled Chamber
Set #6
Don Ho “Shock the Monkey” from When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear
Violent Femmes “Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah (Means I Love You)” from Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits
Arturo Stalteri “St. Elmo's Fire” from Coolaugustmoon - From The Music Of Brian Eno
Death By Chocolate “Who Needs Wings to Fly (The Flying Nun Theme)” from Death By Chocolate
Brave Combo “No, No, No, Cha Cha Cha” from No, No, No, Cha Cha Cha
Another week has flown by so quickly my head is spinning so to re-establish my inner ear equilibrium this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #430) has quite a few gems littered along the path of musical bliss in store for you from all parts of the world.
I’ve got new music from the Moroccan band BAB L’BLUZ, followed by a collaboration from Germany’s DISSIDENTEN with Casablanca’s LEM CHALEB, the Spanish rhythm’s of BAHIA BLACK, and Australia’s melodic DEAD CAN DANCE at the start of the program, and several local standouts who will be appearing at Akron’s ‘Highland Square Porchrokr,’ at the finish line. In between there’s plenty to get excited about as well.
You’ll hear tracks from SONIC YOUTH, DEERHOOF, and MODEST MOUSE’S latest, plus PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, and Haiti’s LAKOU MIZIK all gathered for the second set. By the third there’s THE BEYONDERER’S (a ‘Porchrokr’ staple), JIM WHITE, LADY JUNE’S LINGUISTIC LEPROSY, and THE BREAKERS alongside legends LEON RUSSELL and the ROLLING STONES.
And since opposites attract (in my world) there’s KRAFTWERK, BELA FLECK, BUTTHOLE SURFERS, and THE RESIDENTS in a musical mixing bowl with David Bromberg & Vassar Clements’ HILLBILLY JAZZ project. If your still wondering which artists appearing at ‘Porchrokr’ I’m playing during the final set, here’s your answer: LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS, FUNERAL PROPOSALS, and DETENTION.
Today's playlist:
SET #1
BAB L’BLUZ 'Ila Mata' - Nayda!** 4:26
DISSIDENTEN & LEM CHAHEB 'El Mounadi Die Wuste Lesst' - Sahara Elektrik 6:40
BAHIA BLACK (Carlinhos Brown) 'Capitao Do Asfalto' - Ritual Beating System 5:32
DEAD CAN DANCE 'Song Of The Dispossessed' - Spiritchaser 4:55
THE GOASTT (The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger) 'Poor Paul Getty' - Midnight Sun 2:56
GONG 'Heaven’s Gate' - Shapeshifter 4:49
SET#2
MODEST MOUSE 'Leave The Light On' - The Golden Casket 4:19
DAVID THOMAS 'Crickets In The Flats' - The Sound Of The Sand (Monster Box Set) 4:59
PINK FLOYD 'Pow R. Toc H.' - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 4:26
DEERHOOF 'Fraction Anthem' - Future Teenage Cave Artists 2:52
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE 'Translucent Carriages' - Balaklava 4:00
SONIC YOUTH 'Unmade Bed' - Sonic Nurse 3:54
LAKOU MIZIK 'Peze Kafe' - Wa Di Yo 4:12
SET #3
YO LA TENGO 'I’ll Be Around' - Fade 4:47
THESE NEW PURITIANS 'Costumes' - Beat Pyramid 3:36
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA 'Secret Xians' - II 2:43
THE BEYONDERERS 'A Brief History Of The U.S. Military’s Psychic Warfare Program' - Disclosure 2:00
THE BREAKERS 'The Other Side Of The Clock' - Torch Light 3:08
JIM WHITE 'A Perfect Day To Chase Tornadoes' - Wrong-Eyed Jesus! 6:04
LEON RUSSELL 'Out In The Woods' - Carney 3:26
HENRY KAISER & SERGEI KURIOKHUN 'Electricity Vs. Foods' - Popular Science 2:38
LADY JUNE’S LINGUISTIC LEPROSY 'Tunion' - Lady June’s Linguistic Leprosy 4:17
THE ROLLING STONES 'I Just Want To See His Face' - Exile On Main St. 2:51
SET #4
HILLBILLY JAZZ (David Bromberg, Vassar Clements) 'Breakfast Feud' - Hillbilly Jazz 3:51
SWANK MOTEL 'World Up My Ass' - CLE Magazine 3.X – Big Wave Compilation 2:10
BUTTHOLE SURFERS 'Jingle Of A Dogs Collar' - Electric Larryland 3:08
BELA FLECK 'Light Speed (w/ Mike Marshall)' - Double Time 2:33
THE RESIDENTS 'Mr. Bee’s Bumble' - Animal Lover 3:25
ROLAND BOCQUET 'L’Abeille' - Robot Bleu 3:04
KRAFTWERK 'Kristallo' - Ralf & Florian 6:18
JOE VENUTI’S BLUE FOUR 'Cheese And Crackers' - Rough Guide To The Roots Of Jazz** 2:56
SET #5
JOSEPH ARTHUR 'In The Night' - Redemption’s Son 2:20
COLIN JOHN 'Turn, Turn, Turn' - Electric Lotus 1:57
OSAMU KITAJIMA 'Benzaiten - God Of Music & Water' - Benzaiten (2019 Remaster) 3:38
LAURIE ANDERSON 'Monkey’s Paw' - Strange Angels 4:33
SPARKS 'My Other Voice' - No. 1 In Heaven 4:57
BRIAN SANDS 'Baby You’re A Rich Man' - Reheated Chocolate Tango’s 4:07
SOPWITH CAMEL 'Oriental Fantasy' - The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon 4:37
CARINA MESSIER 'Through The Cracks' - Nowhere And No When 4:00
SET #6
MATCHING MOLE 'Starting In The Middle Of The Day We Can Drink Our Politics Away' - Matching Mole’s Little Red Record 2:30
RETURN TO FOREVER 'Where Have I Danced With You Before?' - Where Have I Known You Before? 1:14
MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD .Otis' - Notes From the Underground 4:44
THE DOORS ,Indian Summer' - Morrison Hotel (40th Anniversary Edition) 2:37
JOHN MARTYN 'The Man In The Station, - Solid Air 2:55
JOE BAGALE 'Here Comes Your Man' - Pixies Doolittle Tribute 4:38
FUNERAL PROPOSALS 'Suprsonic' - Funeral Proposals (EP) 2:25
LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS 'Silent Stars' - Long Overdue** 3:07
DETENTION ‘Devil Berries’ - Detention (EP) 2:25
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Get out your boogie board, grab the SPF 50 sunscreen, spread out that large beach blanket, and open up your favorite thermos that you’ve filled with margarita's as this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #429) catches the hottest musical waves with new (and older as well) surf inspired tracks all gathered together during today’s second set.
You’ll hear the premiere of ‘Hadrial,’ the latest interpretation of John Zorn’s ‘Masada’ songbook from GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET, ‘Egyptian Surf’ from THE BREAKERS recently released ‘Torch Light,’ NEMATOAD (surfing The Stones), THE VENTURES (strumming their classic ‘Walk, Don’t Run’) and COLIN JOHN riding a crest on baby sitar. Plus, in stylistically similar fashion RY COODER channel’s Elvis, the MONKS OF DOOM explore Zappa’s ‘Who Are The Brain Police,’ CHIM KOTARI covers ‘Eleanor Rigby’, and MICHEAL BROOK rounds it all out on infinite guitar.
Stick around because that’s just the tip of the proverbial dorsal fin and there’s a whole pod’s worth of great music throughout today’s festivities. Prog freaks get GENESIS, PFM, ROBERT FRIPP (with David Byrne), and HAPPY THE MAN, jazz aficionado's have OREGON and DARCY JAMES ARGUE’S SECRET SOCIETY, a touch of melancholy is provided by NEIL YOUNG and ELLIOT SMITH, and unusual themes are provided by HARRY PARTCH, RON GEESIN, and ROGER RUSKIN SPEAR. Now, where did I leave those flip flop’s?
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
GENESIS 'Dancing With The Moonlit Knight' Selling England By The Pound 8:03
PFM (Premiata Forneria Marconi) 'Just Look Away' The World Became The World 4:01
CARINA MESSIER 'Life Lines' Nowhere And No When** 5:14
THE SHINS 'Weird Divide' Oh, Inverted World 1:58
RUSTIN MAN 'Euphonium Dream' Drift Code 2:02
WENDY CARLOS 'Title Music From A Clockwork Orange' A Clockwork Orange (OST) 2:23
THE ART OF NOISE 'Roundabout 727/Ranson On The Sand' In No Sense? Nonsense! 2:01
CALIFONE 'Apple' Heron King Blues 5:10
SET#2
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET 'Hadrial (Mp3)' https://golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 4:01
MONKS OF DOOM 'Who Are The Brain Police?' The Insect God (EP) 3:25
THE BREAKERS 'Egyptian Surf' Torch Light 2:24
THE LONG HELLO 'Lookin’ At You' The Long Hello 6:17
NEMATOAD 'The Last Time' Surfin’ Jack Flash: The Surf Instrumental Bands Of The World Performs The Music Of The Stones 4:14
RY COODER 'All Shook Up' Get Rhythm 3:30
THE VENTURES 'Walk, Don’t Run' The Best Of The Ventures 2:06
COLIN JOHN 'Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy' Electric Lotus 1:09
CHIM KOTARI 'Eleanor Rigby' Sounds Of Sitar 2:11
MICHAEL BROOK 'Shona Bridge' Cobalt Blue 4:36
SET #3
TELEK 'Tutana Kuraip' Serious Tam 2:43
LEO KOTTKE 'The Banks Of Marble' Try And Stop Me 3:28
OREGON 'June Bug' Roots In The Sky 3:58
GARY LUCAS 'Songstress On The Edge Of Heaven' The Edge Of Heaven 3:32
DENGUE FEVER 'Seeing Hands' Venus On Earth 4:12
MOGWAI 'It’s What I Want To Do, Mum' As The Love Continues** 7:23
ANGELO BADALAMENTI 'Blue Velvet - Main Title Theme' Music For Film And Television 1:26
SET #4
ROBERT FRIPP 'Under Heavy Manners (w/ David Byrne)' God Save The Queen/Under Heavy Manners 4:55
HOLGAR CZUKAY 'Good Morning Story' Good Morning Story 3:52
LOUNGE LIZARDS 'Do The Wrong Thing' The Lounge Lizards 2:42
ESPOIR DE NIAFUNKE 'La Paix Au Nord Du Mali' The Rough Guide To Mali Blues** 3:12
HECTOR ZAZOU 'Indiana Moon (w/ Lisa Germano)' Strong Currents 4:47
ELLIOT SMITH 'True Love' Heaven Adores You (OST) 5:24
NEIL YOUNG 'See The Sky About To Rain' On The Beach 5:02
SET #5
DARCY JAMES ARGUES SECRET SOCIETY 'Grand Opening/Interlude #7 – Aloft' Brooklyn Babylon 5:17
HAL WILNER PRESENTS 'Canon #1/Meditations On Integration/ Canon #2' Weird Nightmare – Meditations On Mingus 7:15
HARRY PARTCH 'The Dreamer That Remains (Part 2)' The Dreamer That Remains 4:10
THE NEUTONS 'Mermaid And Chips' Black Hole Star & Tales From The Blue Cocoons 4:52
HAPPY THE MAN 'Lunch At The Psychedelicatessen' The Muse Awakes 4:59
RON GEESIN 'Positive’s' A Raise Of Eyebrows 2:19
ROGER RUSKIN SPEAR 'Trouble With My Trouser’s' Unusual 4:05
SET #6
MATERIAL 'Heritage' Secret Life 4:01
BUCKETHEAD 'Ovum Prophecy' Chicken Noodles II 4:10
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 'On Delay' Painting With 3:48
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Oczy Mlody' Oczy Mlody 2:53
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For information on The Breakers latest music:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/
For More About Golems Of The Red Planet:
https://golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com/
It’s time for another TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #428) and this week I’ll start it all off with PATTI SMITH’S ‘Summer Cannibals,’ add in some ‘Salt Peanuts’ to snack on courtesy of DIZZY GILLESPIE, and surround those pieces with KEN NORDINE, TALL DWARFS, humor from FIRESIGN THEATRE, and swinging cafe music from RAMNE, RICHARD GALLIANO, DEVOTCHKA, and BRAVE COMBO (taking you to ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’).
Get your toes a tappin’ because we’re just getting started. There are plenty of ‘vault’ classics from the likes of ROXY MUSIC (“Do The Strand’), WEATHER REPORT, PETER HAMMILL, and JOHN CALE, ‘covers’ from ASTRALASIA (King Crimson), MCKENDREE SPRING (Neil Young), and NICK CAVE (T. Rex), plus additional newly released tracks from CARINA MESSIER, COLIN JOHN, MOGWAI, and ANANSY CISSE.
Heck there’s even another musical epic, this time it’s JAMIE BROCKETT’S ‘Legend Of The U.S.S. Titanic,’ surrounded by nautical themes from LITTLE FEAT, CHUCK E. WEISS, STEELEYE SPAN, and THE BREAKERS (their ‘surf’ inspired cover of ‘The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald’).
MIDNIGHT OIL, JUANA MOLINA, and ONE ESKIMO make an appearance in a set that also has ROBERT JR. LOCKWOOD, SPIRITS BURNING, and AKRON-FAMILY in it and SWOLLEN MONKEYS, SUBLIME, CRACKER, and SKANKIN’ PICKLE all get their moment to shine together as well. It’ll be a lot to take in but what else would you expect from me? See you this week!
Today's Set List:
SET #1
PATTI SMITH 'Summer Cannibals' Gone Again 4:09
TALL DWARFS 'Dare To Tread' Fork Songs (Plus Dogma) 4:41
KEN NORDINE 'The Smith Family' You’re Getting Better, The Best Of Word Jazz Vol. 1 2:02
DIZZY GILLESPIE 'Salt Peanuts' Absolutely The Best 3:13
FIRESIGN THEATRE 'The Straight People' Shoes For Industry 1:00
RAMNE 'Swing 98' The Rough Guide To Mediterranean Cafe 2:51
RICHARD GALLIANO 'Nino' Nino Rota 3:08
DEVOTCHKA 'The Clockwise Witness' A Mad And Faithful Telling 4:38
BRAVE COMBO 'Hernando’s Hideaway' No No No Cha Cha Cha 2:28
SET#2
COLIN JOHN 'RunAway' Electric Lotus** 2:51
UTOPIA 'The Last Of The New Wave Riders' Adventures In Utopia 4:22
CRACKER 'Family Tradition' Countrysides 4:42
SUBLIME 'Smoke Two Joints' 20th Century Masters 2:56
SKANKIN’ PICKLE 'Smorgasborgnine' Sing Along With Skankin’ Pickle 2:02
SWOLLEN MONKEYS 'Ralph’s Cheese (Part One -Marlo Thomas)' After The Birth Of Cool 2:00
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND 'Floppy Boot Stomp' Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) 3:51
PROPELLERHEADS 'A Number Of Microphones/ Cominagetcha Decksanddrumsandrockandroll 7:47
SET #3
MICKEY HART 'The Dancing Sorcerer' Planet Drum 2:57
THE FIERY FURNACES 'Sweet Spots' EP 3:35
ROXY MUSIC 'Do The Strand' For Your Pleasure 4:03
WEATHER REPORT 'Barbary Coast' Black Market 3:10
FAUST 'T-Electronique (Remixed by The Residents)' Freispiel 4:25
MOGWAI 'Drive The Nail' As The Love Continues 7:13
ANANSY CISSE 'Nia' Anoura 3:52
SET #4
ROBERT JR. LOCKWOOD 'Stop Breakin’ Down Blues' Delta Crossroads 3:36
AKRON-FAMILY 'Before And Again' Akron/Family 4:35
ASTRALASIA 'I Talk To The Wind' Schizoid Dimension – A Tribute To King Crimson 4:37 CARINA MESSIER 'So Long Away' Nowhere And No When** 4:33
JUANA MOLINA 'El Desconfiado' Segundo 3:07
ONE ESKIMO 'Hometime' OneEskimo 4:50
SPIRITS BURNING 'Retrospectre' Reflections In A Radio Shower 2:47
MIDNIGHT OIL 'Truganini' Earth And Sun And Moon 5:11
SET #5
LITTLE FEAT 'Sailin’ Shoes' Sailin’ Shoes 2:51
THE BREAKERS 'The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald' Torch Light** 3:22
ZUBOT & DAWSON 'Ed’s Wake' Rough Guide To The Music Of Canada 4:53 NEGATIVLAND 'Harry To The Ferry' Points 0:11
JAIMIE BROCKETT 'Legend Of The U.S.S. Titanic' Remember The Wind And The Rain 13:32
CHUCK E. WEISS 'Anthem For Old Souls' Son Of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Shanty’s 4:30
STEELEYE SPAN 'One Misty Moisty Morning' Parcel Of Rogues 3:30
SET #6
LUNA 'Dear Diary' The Days Of Our Nights 4:07
NICK CAVE 'Cosmic Dancer' Angelheaded Hipster:The Songs Of Marc Bolan & T. Rex 5:54
MCKENDREE SPRING 'Down By The River' McKendree Spring 3 5:52
JOHN CALE 'Andalucia' Paris 1919 (2006 - Expanded & Remastered) 3:54
PETER HAMMILL 'A Better Time' X My Heart 5:36
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For information on The Breakers latest music:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/
Transmusic Airwaves presents another 'vault' treasure from my early days at KUSF-In-Exile/SFCR (San Francisco Community Radio). Today's it's Episode #13 of my original freeform radio program called 'Vicotin Popsicle's' which was to air on Friday, July 20, 2012 from 6-8 am but due to unforeseen technical issues, the program never aired. It was put on the station's web page for a limited number of weeks.This two hour program is now finally available for your listening pleasure. Below is the original program description and listing of songs:
Good Morning Campers!!
Now out of those bunks and sleeping bags. (Sleeping Bags??- it’s 110 degrees outside you tool...) Make sure your Scout uniform is clean and your “Timberlines” polished because “YOU’VE GOT LATRINE DUTY THIS MORNING” and what better way to enjoy the superfluous aromas of a hot summer morning than with a hot cup of steaming “Joe”, your favorite book on nautical knot making, and this morning’s edition of VICOTIN POPSICLES!!!
On today’s show..more current offerings from Robbie Robertson, The Flaming Lips, Garbage, Bruce Cockburn, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, and Patti Smith. Plus my first request is played (John in Cleveland gets his chance to hear “CLEARLIGHT”)
Included today are great sets of music with R.Crumb, Tota Bona Lokua, Ween,Robert Wyatt, Leon Russell, and the Black Keys. No themed sets on this show just great “free form” radio so please no "grunting" while your at it in your now spotless latrine because the kid in the next stall might get the wrong idea.
Today's music:
Toto Bona Lokua "Kwalelo" from "Toto Bona Lokua"
Birth Control "Kaulstoss" from "Hoodoo Man"
Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Get A Job" from "Americana"
Crash Test Dummies "When I Go Out With Artists" from "God Shuffled His Feet"
R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders "Fine Artiste Blues" from "Chasin' Rainbows" Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros "Global a Go Go" from "Global a Go Go"
Tomorrow "My White Bicycle" from "Tomorrow"
The Feelies "For A While" from "It's Only Life"
The Flaming Lips "Helping the Retarded Find God" from "Heady Fwends"
Pink Martini "QUE SERA SERA" from "Sympathique"
Ween "Chocolate and Cheese" from "Chocolate & Cheese"
Patti Smith "Tarkosky (The Second Stop is Jupiter)" from "Banga"
Clearlight "Chanson" from "Forever Blowing Bubbles"
Bruce Cockburn "Parnassus and Fog" from "Small Source of Comfort"
Ken Nordine "Thousand Bing Bangs (with Tom Waits)" from "Devote Catalyst"
The Residents "Sinister Exaggerator" from "Duck Stab"
Garbage "SHOW ME" from "Not Your Kind of People (Deluxe Version)"
Robert Wyatt "Cuckoo Madame" from "Cuckooland"
Robbie Robertson "This is Where I Get Off" from "How to Become Clairvoyant"
Daniel Knox "To Make You Stay" from "Single"
The Fiery Furnaces "Asthma Attack" from "Gallowbirds Bark"
The Vivians "One Eye" from "Cleveland 3x"
Pink Floyd "Childhood’s End" from "Obscured By Clouds (Remastered)"
Julie Delpy "Je T'aime Tant" from "Julie Delpy"
The Black Keys "Psychotic Girl" from "Attack & Release"
Tranqiulity Bass "5 Miles High" from "Raise Your Freak Flag"
Leon Russell "Beware of Darkness" from "Leon Russell & the Shelter People"
Can you believe July is at its end already? The older one gets, the faster ones life rushes by. I can no longer slow it down to the point I had in grade school where that clock seemed to barely move for the first hour each day and I couldn’t wait for the day to be over.
Now, it’s always the 50th anniversary of something on a daily basis so today on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #427) I’ll honor that very anniversary of FUNKADELIC’S psychedelic masterpiece, ‘Maggot Brain.’
I’ll surround it with more new music from THE BREAKERS as well as tracks from SUPER FURRY ANIMALS, EUGENE CHADBOURNE (with Camper Van Beethoven members), R. STEVIE MOORE, and another musical legend, DUKE ELLINGTON.
Also on today’s program are choice ‘vault’ cuts from ESQUIVEL, SYD BARRETT, 10 CC, JOE BYRD (his United States Of America debut), and PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA and more new music from CARINA MESSIER, MOGWAI, LOGAN RICHARDSON, and RHIANNON GIDDENS.
There’s songs with a Middle Eastern flair from JOHN ZORN, DISSIDENTEN, and JUSTIN ADAMS, Far Eastern magic from NAMGAR, DAVID SYLVIAN & RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, and LUNA LEE, and good ol’ psyche from MOTHER GONG, MORGAN DELT, PERE UBU, and OS MUTANTES. Added to all this are melodic masterpieces from LEONARD COHEN, NICK DRAKE, and BECK during today’s final set and time once again slows down but in this case you’ll enjoy it more!
Playlist:
SET #1
CARINA MESSIER 'On The Outside' - Nowhere And No When 3:50
10CC 'Don’t Hang Up' - How Dare You 6:18
PERE UBU 'Vacuum In My Head' - Raygun Suitcase 4:21
ESQUIVEL 'Time On My Hands' - Cabaret Manana 2:32
PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA 'Zopf: From The Colonies (for N.R.)' - Music From The Penguin Cafe 1:38
SAMANDTHEPLANTS 'The Sound Of Six' - The Eft 1:25
MORGAN DELT 'Backwards Bird Inc.' - Morgan Delt 3:56
THE BUDOS BAND 'Renegade' - Long In The Tooth 3:08
SYD BARRETT 'Long Gone (Take 1)' - The Madcap Laughs (Bonus Edition) 2:50 SET#2
NAMGAR 'Gaikhamaaraa' - Namgar Hatar – (Hamtap)-Xatap 2:43
LUNA (Luna Lee) 'Tubular Bells' - Luna 4:10
MOGWAI 'Dry Fantasy' - As The Love Continues 5:10
PETER BAUMANN 'Chasing The Dream' - Trans Harmonic Nights 4:40
WIRE 'Playing Harp For The Fishes' - Silver/Lead 3:44
OMAR SOSA 'Tsiaro Tsara' - An East African Journey 4:06
THE BAD PLUS '1979 Semi-Finalist' - Give 5:18
SET #3
THE BREAKERS 'A Trip Through Life' - Torch Light 2:19
FUNKADELIC 'Maggot Brain' - Maggot Brain 10:21
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS 'Furryvision/The Placid Casual' - Radiator 4:15
R. STEVIE MOORE 'Love Is The Way To My Heart' - Nevertheless Optimistic 2:53 CAMPER VAN CHADBOURNE 'Games People Play' - Camper Van Chadbourne 2:07 DUKE ELLINGTON 'Don’t Get Around Much Anymore' - The Essential Duke Ellington 3:20
SET #4
DISSIDENTIN 'Out Of The World' - Out Of This World 4:01
MOTHER GONG 'Zen' - Eye 2:38
IRMIN SCHMIDT 'Yom Tov' - Toy Planet 3:27
JOHN ZORN 'The Night Of Enitharmon’s Joy' - In Lambeth:Vision’s From The Walled Garden Of William Blake 4:55
SYLVAN ESSO 'Radio' - What Now 3:32
DAVID SYLVIAN/RYUICHI SAKAMOTO 'Bamboo Houses' - Forbidden Colours (EP) 5:26 OS MUTANTES 'Querida Querida' - Haih...Ou Amortecedor 4:13
JUSTIN ADAMS 'Desert Roads' - Desert Roads 3:55
SET #5
COLIN JOHN 'Jockey Full Of Bourbon' - Electric Lotus 2:26
JOE STRUMMER 'Generations (w/ Electric Dog House)' - Joe Strummer 001 5:30
THE MEKONS 'Thunder' - Me 5:34
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Joe Byrd) 'Where Is Yesterday' - The United States Of America 3:08
PHILLIP GLASS 'Prologue' - The Passion Of Ramakrishna 2:47
LOGAN RICHARDSON 'According To You' - Afrofuturism 5:35
MONTY PYTHON 'How To Do It' - Monty Python’s Previous Record 1:05
FOUR PIECE SUIT 'Something For Cat' - Shots In The Dark 2:59
SET #6
BEN HOWARD 'Sorry Kid' - Collections From The Whiteout 4:59
NICK DRAKE 'Three Hours' - Five Leaves Left 6:16
RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/ Francesco Turrisi) 'I Shall Not Be Moved' - They’re Calling Me Home** 4:58
LEONARD COHEN 'Come Healing' - Old Ideas 2:53
BECK 'Turn Away' - Morning Phase 3:05
BRIAN ENO 'By This River' - Before And After Science 3:03
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For information on The Breakers latest music:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/
It’s time for another weekly edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #426) and today’s program has plenty of ‘vault’ choices, new releases, and even a theme of sorts all neatly assembled for your listening pleasure.
I’ll start off with DAEVID ALLEN’S ‘French Garden’ from his ‘Good Morning’ album, then follow it with a brand NEW track from THE BREAKERS, a classic Canterbury cut from early CARAVAN followed by BRYAN SCARY, then morph over to LOGAN RICHARDSON, RHIANNON GIDDENS, (both new), JAYME STONE and JOHN HARTFORD, (both banjo driven Bluegrass), and finish with THE INSECT TRUST (banjo laden Psychedelic).
Locally, I’ll celebrate the return of live music to local venues with 15-60-75 (The Numbers Band), COLIN JOHN, and DEAD CAN DANCE, add my own quirky take with a theme about apes (featuring DAVID BYRNE & ST. VINCENT, THE KINKS, and DEVO), play obscure ‘vault’ pieces from JUKKA TOLONEN, JOHN BASSETTE, TOMITA, and EUGENE McDANIELS (his ‘Supermarket Blues’), and blend it all with the latest releases from CARINA MESSIER, ALTIN GUN, and MOGWAI.
Need any more names to peek you interest? How about THE FLAMING LIPS (covering The Beatles), CALIFONE, DEERHOOF, THOMAS NEWMAN (from the WALL-E soundtrack), HUGH HOPPER, and MARY HALVERSON’S QUINTET. Surely there’s something today that’ll keep your ears smiling.
Playlist Below:
SET #1
DAEVID ALLEN French Garden Good Morning 3:23
THE BREAKERS Orphans Of The Storm Torch Light 3:44
BRYAN SCARY The Word Birds 2:53
CARAVAN A Place Of My Own Caravan (Debut) 4:03
LOGAN RICHARDSON Black Wall Street Afrofuturism 4:49
RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/ Francesco Turrisi) Oh Death They’re Calling Me Home 3:13 JAYME STONE I Want To Hear Somebody Pray Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project 3:34
JOHN HARTFORD Up On The Hill Where They Do The Boogie Aereo-Plain 2:42
THE INSECT TRUST Miss Fun City The Insect Trust 5:05
SET#2
MARY HALVERSON QUINTET Mile High Like (No. 16) Saturn Sings 4:48
CALIFONE Howard St. & The Beach Nov. 1988 After 11 Echo Mine 3:36
DEERHOOF Mario’s Flaming Whiskers III Breakup Song 2:30
THE FLAMING LIPS When I’m Sixty Four (w/ Def Rain & Pitchwafuzz) With A Little Help From My Fwends 3:19
ISAO TOMITA Debussy: Children’s Corner; Golliwogg’s Cakewalk, No. 6 Snowflakes Are Dancing 2:53
JOHN CALE & BOB NEUWIRTH Old China Last Day On Earth 3:13
PHIL MANZANERA Desaparecido 50 Minutes Later 4:09
QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO Boy Scout In Switzerland Whirled Chamber Music 4:01
JAN HAMMER & JERRY GOODMAN Topeka Like Children 3:00
SET #3
CRACK THE SKY Techni Generation White Music 4:08
DAVID BOWIE African Night Flight Lodger (2017 Tony Visconti Mix) 2:55
ABDEL ALI SLIMANI Alger Mraya 5:19
ALTIN GUN Yekte Yol 2:26
PETER GABRIEL Before Night Falls Passion (OST) 2:19
MOGWAI Midnight Flint As The Love Continues 6:08
JUKKA TOLONEN Northern Lights Crossection 4:17
SET #4
LARRY GAAGA & UMU OBILIGBO Owo Nikoko Rhythms Of Zamunda: Music Inspired By The Amazon Original Movie Coming 2 America 4:37
THOMAS NEWMAN Repair Ward WALL -E (OST) 2:20
OF MONTREAL Partizan Terminus Daughter Of Cloud 2:00
OMAR SOSA Sabo An East African Journey 3:25
EUGENE MCDANIELS Supermarket Blues Headless Heroes of The Apocalypse 4:06 CHICAGO AFROBEAT PROJECT Other Cuts Nyash UP! 3:28
HUGH HOPPER Extra Lung Caveman Hughscore 3:42
NICK MASON’S FICTITIOUS SPORTS Can’t Get My Motor To Start Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports 3:35
RY COODER Highway 23 The Border (OST) 1:55
SET #5
DEAD CAN DANCE Amnesia Anastasis 6:38
PETER HAMMILL The Comet, The Course, And The Tail In Camera 6:02
COLIN JOHN I’m On Fire Electric Lotus 3:00
ANANSY CISSE Cisse Anoura 4:50
JOHN BASSETTE Homesick This Time Around 3:32
BRUCE COCKBURN Bardo Rush Crowing Ignites 5:01
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) Summer Fever 20 4:48
SET #6
CARINA MESSIER Out Of Time Nowhere And No When** 4:26
THE KINKS Apeman The Ultimate Collection 3:54
DAVID BYRNE & ST. VINCENT I Am An Ape Love This Giant 3:05
DEVO Jocko Homo E-Z Listening Disc 3:37
THE BONZO DOG BAND Humanoid Boogie The Doughnut In Granny’s Greenhouse 3:04 MARTIN DENNY The Donkey Serenade Ultra-Lounge: Bottom’s Up Vol. 18 2:38
MANU DIBANGO Wimoweh Wakafrika 4:20
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For information on The Breakers latest music:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/
On this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #425) the program begins with a track from the latest album by ALTIN GUN (Amsterdam’s Turkish/Psychedelic folk specialist’s) and over the course of the next thirty minutes, covers styles ranging from ethereal (BRIAN ENO, BLACK DUB, and MILOS) to much edgier (DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR, QUILT, THEE OH SEES, and JORMA KAUKONEN). The show evolves for the remaining two and a half hours in the same fashion your used to coming from my programming, by taking twists and unexpected turns over the course of each set that follows.
During the second set, there’s three pieces from film soundtracks (by ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, ENNIO MORRICONE, and MARCO BELTRAMI) mixed in with quirky musical tidbits from LAURIE ANDERSON, NEGATIVLAND, THE RESIDENTS, and Pere Ubu’s DAVID THOMAS, a vintage PINK FLOYD cut, and a deliciously strange tale weaved sonically by JIM WHITE.
I’ve gathered some great picks out of the ‘vault’ by THE DOORS, STOMU YAMASH’TA, LOU REED, PHILLIP GLASS, and the MOTHERS OF INVENTION, more new songs from LOGAN RICHARDSON, RHIANNON GIDDENS, and MOGWAI, world music from ANANSY CISSE and DJIVAN GASPARYAN (with Michael Brook), and ‘covers’ from JERRY GARCIA, THE BOBS, COLIN JOHN, and SALLY TIMMS & JON LANGFORD all to keep your ears perked, and a ROBERT WYATT song to make this show a ‘not to be missed.’
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
ALTIN GUN Ordunun Dereleri Yol 4:34
BLACK DUB Canaan Black Dub 4:13
BRIAN ENO Bottomliners Another Day On Earth 3:59
MILOS (Milos Karadaglic) Sour Times (Portishead) Sounds Of Silence 3:17
THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR 25 O’Clock Chips From The Chocolate Fireball 5:02 QUILT Tired & Buttered Held In Splendor 3:00
THEE OH SEES Poor Queen Mutilator Defeated At Last 2:20
JORMA KAUKONEN & VITAL PARTS Roads & Roads & Barbeque King 4:30
SET#2
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT The Imitation Game (Main Title) The Imitation Game (OST) 2:38 LAURIE ANDERSON Big Science Big Science (25th Anniversary Edition) 6:13 NEGATIVLAND Yellow And Black And Rectangular Escape From Noise 2:13
PINK FLOYD Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 3:06 ENNIO MORRICONE Dramma Su Di Noi (from Spogliati, Protesta, Uccidi!) Morricone Segreto 1:35
THE RESIDENTS Boxes Of Armageddon Lonely Teenager 3:34
DAVID THOMAS & TWO PALE BOYS Morbid Sky Erewhon 5:44
MARCO BELTRAMI Free Rider Free Solo (OST) 3:28
JIM WHITE The Wound That Never Heals No Such Place 4:24
SET #3
SOFT MACHINE LEGACY Pump Room Burden Of Proof 5:19
DENGUE FEVER Only A Friend Cannibal Courtship 4:58
THE DOORS Unhappy Girl Strange Days (Deluxe Edition) 2:00
JOHN LURIE Stink Get Shorty (OST) 2:26
OMAR SOSA Kwa Nyogokuru Revisited An East African Journey 4:09
LARRY CORYELL/ BADI ASSAD/JOHN ABERCROMBIE Seu Jorge E Dona Ica Three Guitars 6:00
LEO KOTTKE You Tell Me Why Ice Water 3:59
SET #4
COLIN JOHN And I Love Her Electric Lotus 3:03
ANANSY CISSE Talka Anoura 4:11
ADRIAN BELEW One Of Those Days Mr. Music Head 3:23
JERRY GARCIA Teddy Bears’ Picnic (w/ David Grisman) Not For Kids Only 4:27
BELA FLECK Sleeping Dogs Lie Left Of Cool 4:02
SALLY TIMMS & JON LANGFORD The Prettiest Star Let All The Children Boogie 3:15 THE BOBS Is That All There Is Covers The Music Of… 4:20
ROBERT WYATT P. L..A. Old Rottenhat 2:25
SET #5
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Andy One Size Fits All 6:04
LOGAN RICHARDSON Sunrays/Alto Afrofuturism 2:54
RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/ Francesco Turrisi) When I Was In My Prime They’re Calling Me Home 4:06
STOMU YAMASH’TA Black Flame One By One (OST) 3:28
PHILLIP GLASS Etoile Polaire (from Analog) The Orange Mountain Music Phillip Glass Sampler Vol. 1 2:38
LOU REED Street Hassle (Part 1) Street Hassle 3:22
DJIVAN GASPARYAN & MICHAEL BROOK Freedom Black Rock 5:29
SET #6
MAPS & ATLASES Fever Beware And Be Grateful 5:05
MOGWAI To The Bin My Friend, Tonight We Vacate Earth As The Love Continues 5:09 BEN HOWARD Far Out Collections From The Whiteout** 4:18
SUFJAN STEVENS All For Myself The Age Of Adz 2:25
CHRIS BUTLER Summer Money Got It Togehter 4:22
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
It’s time for another weekly installment of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #424) and today I’ve got a set that honors ‘World UFO Day,’ another that explores Mediterranean song structures, and one that has at it’s core, some uniquely unusual spoken word pieces intermixed with equally unusual melodies. Intrigued? Here are a few descriptive clues for you.
The first set starts off with the UFO based theme and features the MONKS OF DOOM (doing Steve Hillage’s ‘Light In The Sky’), followed by FIRESIGN THEATRE (‘Army Training Film’), THE BEYONDERERS, JAH WOBBLE, and dialogue from ROBERT CALVERT. Then RALPH CARNEY & CHRIS BUTLER bring you ‘World UFO Day’ followed by LOUIS + BEBE BARRON’S overture from the film ‘Forbidden Planet,’ a galactic surf song from THE BREAKERS, before finishing with THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE.
During the second set Mediterranean influenced pieces are played by ROMANYI ROTA, GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET, Algerian instrumentalist ABDELLI, and SKY CRIES MARY before adding Mali’s ANANSY CISSE, England’s JOHN MARTYN, and the talented FIONA APPLE to the remainder of the set.
Then there’s that whole other matter of uniquely strange pieces from LES CLAYPOOL, TOM WAITS, KEN NORDINE, and CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (‘Fast & bulbous, get it?’), mixed with the German bands FSK and CAN, as well as WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS singing ‘Falling In Love Again’ auf Deutsch.
Today's set list:
SET #1
MONKS OF DOOM Light In The Sky What’s Left For Kicks? 4:57
FIRESIGN THEATRE The Army Training Film Shoes For Industry! 3:14
THE BEYONDERERS Ultra-Terrestrial Disclosure 2:37
JAH WOBBLE Tales From Outer Space Betrayal 3:04
ROBERT CALVERT Ground Control To Pilot Captain Lockheed & The Starfighters 0:53 CHRIS BUTLER & RALPH CARNEY World UFO Day (July 2) Songs For Unsung Holidays 4:19
LOUIS + BEBE BARRON Main Title (Overture) Forbidden Planet (OST) 2:21
THE BREAKERS Galactic Space Trip Transmissions From A Hornet Free Environment 2:43
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE Third Stone From The Sun Are You Experienced? 6:51
SET#2
ROMANYI ROTA Diri, Diri, So Kerdjan! Hungarian Music 5:03
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET Hazor www.golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 4:00 ABDELLI Adarghral (The Blind In Spirit) New Moon 4:09
SKY CRIES MARY Gliding Moonbathing On Sleeping Leaves 4:50
ANANSY CISSE DJam Maganouna Anoura 3:45
JOHN MARTYN Cobbles On The Cobbles 3:52
FIONA APPLE Paper Bag When The Pawn... 3:40
SET #3
MORPHINE Thursday Cure For Pain 3:28
THE BLACK KEYS Louise Delta Kream 4:23
THE BOOKS I Didn’t Know That The Way Out 3:38
NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN Nothing Without You Mustt Mustt 5:07
COLIN JOHN Electric Lotus Lullaby Electric Lotus 4:15
BEN HOWARD Make Arrangements Collections From The Whiteout 4:25
OMAR SOSA Tizeta An East African Journey 5:43
SET #4
FFS Save Me From Myself FFS (Frantz Ferdinand Sparks) 3:57
LES CLAYPOOL Vernon The Company Man Of Whales And Woe 2:32
TOM WAITS Frank’s Wild Years Swordfishtrombones 1:53
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Aus Liebe Eingestellt (Falling In Love Again) Dead City Radio 2:28
FSK Waltzer Fur Charles Sealsfield Original Gasman Band 2:32
KEN NORDINE Faces In The Jazzamatazz The Best Of Word Jazz, Vol. 1 4:44
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND Pachuco Cadaver Trout Mask Replica 4:40 THE RED CRAYOLA If ‘S’ Is The Red Krayola 2:06
CAN In The Distance Lies The Future Rite Time 4:00
SET #5
CHARLES MINGUS Boogie Stop Shuffle (Unedited Version) Mingus Ah Um (Remastered) 5:02
THE BUDOS BAND The Wrangler Long In The Tooth 2:59
LOGAN RICHARDSON Trap Afrofuturism 3:51
SLEEP DAY (SHANE CURRY) Kiss Me Like A Little Yellow Bird Then Top Me Kiss Me Like A Little Yellow Bird 3:53
OLAFUR ARNALDS Unfold Re-Member 3:58
MARI BOINE PERSEN Vilges Suola Gula Gula 4:14
ROBBIE ROBERTSON Akua Tuta Music For The Native Americans 4:53
SET #6
MOGWAI Ritchie Sacramento As The Love Continues 4:12
ENNIO MORRICONE Macchie Solari (Versione singolo/ From Macchie Solari) Morricone Segreto 2:36
STEREOLAB Fiery Yellow Mars Audiac Quintet (Remaster) 4:10
ALTIN GUN Bulunur Mu Yol 3:04
TUNE-YARDS Be Not Afraid Sketchy** 4:26
DIRTY PROJECTORS & BJORK When The World Comes To An End Mount Wittenberg Orca 3:08
THE BEATLES Good Night (2018 Mix) The Beatles (White Album) 50th Ann. Edition 3:17
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
This week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #423) covers a lot of ground as I’ll honor the legacy of musician JON HASSELL and synthesizer pioneer PETER ZINOIEFF (founder of EMS and inventor of the VCS3), play several holiday appropriate tracks, and incorporate several Ohio artists (TIN HUEY, PERE UBU, THE BLACK KEYS, WUSSY, and COLIN JOHN) into various sets along the way.
Jon Hassell starts it all off in a set that includes music from HECTOR ZAZOU, ENNIO MORRICONE, LAURIE ANDERSON, SAM PHILLIPS (covering John Lennon), ALICE COOPER, and another new cut from MOGWAI. The second set features a couple of VCS3 based pieces (from TIM BLAKE and JEAN MICHEL JARRE), plus PETER GABRIEL, BEN HOWARD, THE MEKONS, MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD, and DAEVID ALLEN.
Set four incorporates all of the Ohio artists I mentioned as well as DEERHOOF, DAVID CROSS, and BILL FRISELL. There’s ‘vault’ selections added throughout from HENRY COW, THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, and GODLEY & CREME, and the final set ends in a flourish with Independence Day themes from SPIRIT, PAUL KANTNER, TRANQUILITY BASS, and JOE BYRD.
Stay safe and enjoy your cookout with this week’s musical selections!
Playlist forthcoming.
Sometimes while watching TV an ad will appear with a song that attaches itself to my brain and produces an ‘ear-worm’ that I can’t get out of my head. This week it was an anti-tracking ad by a cell phone maker using an obscure 70’s new wave band (DELTA 5) singing ‘Mind Your Own Business’ so that song leads off today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #422). That song inspired songs by XTC and PETER HAMMILL which follow it and sonically lead into MADE KUTI and other new tracks by MOGWAI, BEN HOWARD, and OMAR SOSA.
The second part of the first hour features NEIL YOUNG doing ‘Helpless’ from his latest archive release, then JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS, Mali guitarist ANANSY CISSE, Canadian guitarist MICHAEL BROOK, and far eastern electronic wizardry from TALVIN SINGH which leads to a bit of laughing from BONZO DOG BAND (‘Slush’), and humorous snippets from NATIONAL LAMPOON (Bill Murray & Christopher Guest), MONTY PYTHON, and ending with PINK FLOYD’S ode to aging, ‘Free Four.’
The flow of music continues from song to song and set to set, where you’ll hear everything from new pieces from THEOLONIUS MONK, THE BLACK KEYS, and MATT BERNINGER, to the upright piano blues of BLING JOHN DAVIS, three remastered tracks from THE BEATLES (Abby Road’), THE GRATEFUL DEAD (part of the ‘Weather Report Suite’), SPARKS, THE FEELIES, and DEVO.
It’s another week’s worth of three hour entertainment provided by yours truly!
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
DELTA 5 'Mind Your Own Business' - Singles & Sessions 1979-1981 3:13
XTC 'Your Dictionary' - Apple Venus Vol. 1 3:14
PETER HAMMILL 'Crying Wolf' - Over 5:12
MADE KUTI 'Your Enemy' - Legacy + 4:48
MOGWAI 'Here We, Here We, Here We Go Forever' - As The Love Continues 4:45
BEN HOWARD 'What A Day' - Collections From The Whiteout 5:16
OMAR SOSA 'Che Che' - An East African Journey 2:56
SET#2
NEIL YOUNG 'Helpless (Live)' - Young Shakespeare 3:39
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS 'Bummed Out City' - Global A Go-Go 5:33
ANANSY CISSE 'Balkissa' - Anoura 4:24
MICHAEL BROOK 'Miscalculation' - Albino Alligator (OST) 1:44
TALVIN SINGH 'Sutrix' - OK 5:55
BONZO DOG BAND 'Slush' - The History Of The Bonzos 2:18
NATIONAL LAMPOON 'Listener Supported Radio #1 (Bill Murray)' - That’s Not Funny That’s Sick 1:05
NATIONAL LAMPOON 'A History Of Neil Young (Christopher Guest)' - Goodbye Pop 1:12
MONTY PYTHON 'Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life' - Life Of Brian (OST) 3:27
PINK FLOYD 'Free Four' - Obscured By Clouds (OST) 4:16
SET #3
RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/ Francesco Turrisi) 'Bully For You' - They’re Calling Me Home 2:40
GRYPHON 'The Last Flash Of Gaberdine' - Midnight Mushrumps 3:56
GENTLE GIANT 'Black Cat' - Acquiring The Taste 3:51
KRONOS QUARTET 'Terry Riley: V. Emily And Alice' - The Cusp Of Magic 4:08
EBERHARD WEBER 'An Evening With Vincent Van Ritz' - The Colours Of Chloe 5:52
SETI THE FIRST 'Moneypenny’s Lament' - Melting Cavalry 1:26
DEVOTCHKA 'The Common Good' - 100 Lovers 4:26
COLIN JOHN 'Twin Peaks (Theme)' - Electric Lotus 2:42
SET #4
ENNIO MORRICONE 'L’Immoralita (from L’Immoralita)' - Morricone Segreto 3:08
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM 'In The Court Of The Crimson King' - Lime & Lipid Green (EP) 6:48
THE FLAMING LIPS 'It’s Summertime' - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 4:20
THE BEATLES Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End' - Abbey Road: 50th Anniversary Edition 4:03
THE FEELIES 'Later On' - Here Before 3:12
BRIAN ENO/JOHN CALE 'Grandfather’s House' - One World (Single – B-Side) 3:08
MATT BERNINGER 'Silver Spring' - Serpentine Prison 3:53
GRATEFUL DEAD 'Weather Report Suite (Pt. 2)' - Wake Of The Flood 7:15
SET #5
BLIND JOHN DAVIS 'How Long Blues' - My Own Boogie 2:04
THELONIOUS MONK 'Don’t Blame Me' - Palo Alto (Live 1968) 6:35
THE BLACK KEYS 'Mellow Peaches' - Delta Kream 3:47
ROBERT PLANT 'Shine It All Around' - Digging Deep: Subterranea 4:03
RENALDO & THE LOAF 'Meanings Of W.E.I.R.D' -. Struve And Sneff 1:55
PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA 'Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shlte' - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (II). 3:01
IVOR CUTLER 'Lemon Flower' - Jammy Smears 1:02
LILIENTAL 'Narchaison' - Liliental 3:00
MADIB 'There Is No Time (Prelude)/The Call' - Sound Ancestors 3:21
SET #6
SPARKS 'Roger' - Sparks (Halfnelson) 2:34
DEVO 'Shrivel Up' - Are We Not Men? We Are Devo! 3:03
WENDY CARLOS 'Timesteps (Excerpt)' - A Clockwork Orange (OST) 4:18
KEN NORDINE 'The Wet Stranger' - You’re Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters 4:02
BRYAN SCARY 'Sky' - Birds 4:12
KEVIN AYERS 'Wide Awake' - The Unfairground 2:53
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrac
Summer Solstice is upon us so what better way to kick it off than with several songs about it to start this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #421). RALPH CARNEY get the festivities going with ‘The Happy Solstice Song,’ then grab your medieval shroud in honor of SPINAL TAP performing ‘Stonehenge’ and HAWKLORDS playing tribute with their song ‘The Ancient Ones.’ Following that I’ll play another new track from COLIN JOHN, two gamelan pieces from Indonesia’s KRT WASITODIPURO orchestra and American composer LOU HARRISON before completing the set with JADE WARRIOR and BRUCE COCKBURN.
Set #2 features choice ‘vault’ cuts from PASSPORT, Cleveland’s own TINY ALICE, and San Francisco’s psychedelic 60’s stalwarts, SALVATION interwoven with new material from MOGWAI, BEN HOWARD, and RHIANNON GIDDENS and slightly older songs from MOTH WRANGLERS and FRED FRITH.
Other new offerings include a track from the legendary THELONIUS MONK live in Palo Alto album, plus the usual suspects OMAR SOSA, CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS, THE BLACK KEYS, TUNE-YARDS, and BEN HOWARD.
Other highlights include two Texas bands (KHRUANGBIN and BUTTHOLE SURFERS), two unusual renditions of ‘Glass Onion’ (from THE BEATLES ‘Love’ album and the band BIG LINDA), plus songs by DIXIE DREGS, FROU FROU (Imogen Heap), ALLEN RAVENSTINE, LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE, FORTHERINGAY (with Sandy Denny), and the FLYING LIZARDS.
Today's sets:
SET #1
RALPH CARNEY 'The Happy Solstice Song' - Mp3 2:16
SPINAL TAP 'Stonehenge' - This Is Spinal Tap (OST) 4:35
HAWKLORDS 'The Ancient Ones' - We Are One 5:21
COLIN JOHN 'Are You Experienced?' - Electric Lotus 3:19
STEVE HILLAGE 'Shimmer (Bonus Track)' - L (Remaster) 3:48
K.R.T. WASITODIPURO 'Bubaran Hudar Mas' - Javanese Court Gamelan From Indonesia 2:08
LOU HARRISON 'La Koro Sutro: Strofo #7' - La Koro Sutro 2:28
JADE WARRIOR 'Moon Tears' - Way Of The Sun 4:04
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Lord Of The Starfields' - In The Falling Dark 3:27
SET#2
PASSPORT 'Ready To Take Off' - Looking Thru 4:46
MOGWAI 'Supposedly, We Were Nightmares' - As The Love Continues 4:36
MADIB 'Loose Goose' - Sound Ancestors 2:21
FRED FRITH 'Ahead In The Sand (w/Etron Fou Leloublan)' - Speechless 3:17
BEN HOWARD 'The Strange Last Flight Of Richard Russell' - Collections From The Whiteout 4:22
RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/ Francesco Turrisi) 'Waterbound' - They’re Calling Me Home 3:57
MOTH WRANGLERS 'Figure-Ground' - Never Mind The Context 3:20
TINY ALICE 'Freeze To Me' - Tiny Alice 3:23
SALVATION 'The Village Shuck' - Salvation & Gypsy Carnival Caravan 2:24
SET #3
THELONIOUS MONK 'Ruby My Dear' - Palo Alto (Live 1968) 6:59
HEDNINGARNA 'The Bear' - Nordic Roots: A Northside Collection 5:04
ROBBIE ROBERTSON 'Dead End Kid' - Sinematic 3:58
THE BEATLES 'Glass Onion' - Love: Special Edition 1:20
BIG LINDA 'Glass Onion' - Mojo Presents: The White Album Recovered 3:33
KHRUANGBIN 'So We Won’t Fight' - Mordechai 4:58
BUTTHOLE SURFERS 'Dracula From Houston' - Weird Revolution 3:42
SET #4
FOTHERINGAY 'The Sea (feat. Sandy Denny)' - Fotheringay 5:32
THE BLACK KEYS 'Goin’ Down South' - Delta Kream 3:49
ANANSY CISSE 'Foussa Foussa' - Anoura 4:35
DIXIE DREGS 'The Great Spectacular' - The Great Spectacular 3:19
DAVID LOWERY 'The Palace Guards' - The Palace Guards 3:40
MATT BERNINGER 'Distant Axis' - Serpentine Prison 4:24
HORSLIPS 'Bon Istgh Ag Ol' - Happy To Meet, Sorry To Part 3:44
SET #5
OMAR SOSA 'Veloma E' - An East African Journey 3:23
DAVID BYRNE 'Glass, Concrete, & Stone' - Grown Backwards 4:13
TANGELA TRICOLI 'Jet Lady' - Songs In The Key Of Z: Vol. 2 3:48
LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE 'It Comes On Anyhow' - This Is It, Machines 3:20
ALLEN RAVENSTINE 'Firefly' - Electron Music/Shore Leave 4:34
TOURMAST 'Ammilana' - Ishumar 5:43
BRIAN ENO 'Put A Straw Under Baby' - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) 3:25SET #6
FROU FROU 'Maddening Shroud (Feat. Imogen Heap)' - Details 3:38
FLYING LIZARDS 'Glide-Spin' - Fourth Wall 3:32
NATIONAL HEALTH 'Squarer For Maud (Pt. 2)' - Of Queues And Cures 5:44
TUNE-YARDS 'Nowhere, Man' - Sketchy 3:29
CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS (w/Bill Frisell)' Peace' - Tone Poem* 3:11
THE PRETENDERS 'When Will I See You?' - Packed! 4:54
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
As we rapidly approach the official start of summer, this week’s latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #420), heats up musically just like the weather (metaphorically) with more smokin’ new tracks, ageless ‘vault’ selections, and other song styling's from around the world.
From the latest offering category, there’s more songs from DR, LONNIE SMITH (with IGGY POP accompanying him on ‘Sunshine Superman’), COLIN JOHN (interpreting the Stones ‘Paint It Black’), OMAR SOSA, THE BLACK KEYS, BEN HOWARD, RHIANNON GIDDENS, CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS, CAN, and TUNE-YARDS.
Out of the ‘vault’ there’s the PENTANGLE, WILDMAN FISCHER, R, CRUMB & HIS CHEAP SUIT SERENADERS, ROGER RUSKIN SPEAR, and JOHN MARTYN.
International sounds are provided by ANANSY CISSE, TOUBAB KREWE, KHAC CHI ENSEMBLE, and TOM ZE, with edgy and unusual pieces from HECTOR ZAZOU, LEO KOTTKE, MICACHU & THE SHAPES, MATERIAL (with William S. Burroughs), JIM WHITE, and everyone’s favorite, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART.
Sit back, sip a cold lemonade and take in the sun along with loads of great music. See you there!
Today's music:
SET #1
COLIN JOHN 'Paint It Black' - Electric Lotus 2:21
OUTRONAUT 'Six String Massacre' - Chicago Surf Rally 4:31
DR. LONNIE SMITH 'Sunshine Superman (w/IGGY POP)' - Breathe 6:38
GURU GURU 'Nightbear' - Tango Fango 5:26
LEO KOTTKE 'Back In Buffalo' - My Father’s Face 3:04
OMAR SOSA 'Shibinda' - An East African Journey 4:47
TOUBAB KREWE 'Salimou' - Toubab Krewe 3:33
JOHN MARTYN 'The Glory Of Love' - Inside Out (2005 Remaster) 1:56
SET#2
CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS (w/Bill Frisell) 'Dismal Swamp' - Tone Poem 6:30
QUILT' Eye Of The Pearl' - Held In Splendor 3:17
JIM WHITE 'Counting Numbers In The Air' - Transnormal Skiperoo 5:20
RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/ Francesco Turrisi) 'Black As Crow' - They’re Calling Me Home 5:22
KHAC CHI ENSEMBLE 'Highland Dance' - Moonlight In Vietnam 3:45
GONG 'The Gris Gris Girl' - 2032 6:29
SET #3
GARY NUMAN 'Splinter' - Splinter 5:25
THE BLACK KEYS 'Sad Days, Lonely Nights' - Delta Kream 5:56
ANANSY CISSE 'Nafa' - Anoura 4:42
PENTANGLE 'Sweet Child' - Sweet Child 5:17
WILCO 'Company In My Back' - A Ghost Is Born 3:46
DAVID THOMAS 'Happy To See You' - Monster (Box) The Sound Of Sand (Disc) 3:33
BRAVE COMBO 'Peanut Vendor (Salt Peanuts)' - Group Dance Epidemic (EP) 3:36
SET #4
BEN HOWARD 'Follies Future' - Collections From The Whiteout 3:59
MONKS OF DOOM 'All In Good Time' - The Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company 4:11
DEERHOOF 'Choco Fight' - Friend Opportunity 3:01
DEATH BY CHOCOLATE 'Ice Cold Lemonade' - Death By Chocolate 1:39
ROGER RUSKIN SPEAR 'I’m A Fly' - Electric Shocks 2:56
R. CRUMB & HIS CHEAP SUIT SERENADERS 'Fine Artiste Blues' - Chasin’ Rainbows 3:07
JOHN HARTFORD 'Julia Belle Swain' - Mark Twang 4:45
JOSEPH ARTHUR 'The Coast Of High Barbary' - Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, And Shanty’s 4:02
TOM WAITS 'Whistlin’ Past The Graveyard' - Blue Valentine 3:17
SET #5
CAN 'Vier(Four)' - Live In Stuttgart 1975 10:23
PREOCCUPATIONS 'Degraded' - Preoccupations 4:00
ALTIN GUN 'Vay Dunya' - Gece 4:18
MATERIAL 'Seven Souls (w/Wm. S. Burroughs)' - Seven Souls 5:45
HECTOR ZAZOU 'Reivax Broie Du Noir' - Reivax Au Bongo 2:29
CUNNINGHAM/GREAVES 'The Frost' - Cunningham/Greaves 2:55
SET #6
TUNE-YARDS 'Sometime' - Sketchy 2:53
TOM ZE 'Defect 11: Tangolomango' - Com Defeito De Fabricacao 2:53
MICACHU & THE SHAPES 'Turn Me Well' - Jewellery 2:57
WILDMAN FISCHER 'Flaming Carrot Theme Song' - The Fischer King 1:22
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND 'Big Eyed Beans from Venus' - Clear Spot 4:23
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To purchase or stream Electric Lotus by Colin John:
https://songwhip.com/colinjohn/electric-lotus?fbclid=IwAR3wY3abTXGjKhHH5UFrZQxe-hi_KG5oGXjAoo5pOIwp8gNT0IRR3TZuME4
Transmusic Airwaves returns this week with Episode #419, a brand new program filled with recent releases from local artists THE BLACK KEYS, COLIN JOHN, and CHRIS BUTLER (his latest song, ‘Beautiful Tail’), a long anticipated live recording by Germany’s legendary CAN (a track from ‘Live in Stuttgart 1975’), and an Ornette Coleman piece covered on the latest album by CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS (with Bill Frisell).
The Black Keys gets the day started with their cover of an R. L. Burnside song from ‘Delta Kream’, and following that Akron’s 15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) picks up the speed with ‘That’s The Way The Railroad Runs,’ before everything explodes with ‘Shakin’ All Over,’ from THE WHO (Live At Leeds). Then Charles Lloyd & The Marvels do their take on Ornette Coleman, the Macedonian group KOCANI ORKESTAR covers Dylan’s ‘Rainy Day Women #12 & 35,’ and BATTLES and THE SACHEL ENSEMBLE add their notes to the first set.
That’s just a snippet of what’s in store as the remainder of the show has more new songs from TUNE-YARDS, OMAR SOSA, RHIANNON GIDDENS, and BEN HOWARD, ‘vault’ magic from THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, THE LAST POETS, GRIMMS, JJ BURNELL, and SOFT MACHINE, and even two songs about Ashtabula (from BOB DYLAN himself and DAVID FRANCEY). Intrigued yet? Well if not, I’ll add a couple of ‘covers’ for good measure with SPARKS (covering Beck) and RALPH CARNEY (Rogers & Hammerstein).
Enjoy amigos!
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
THE BLACK KEYS 'Poor Boy A Long Way From Home' - Delta Kream 4:08
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND 'That’s The Way The Railroad Runs' - Endure: Outliers On Water Street 5:25
THE WHO 'Shakin’ All Over' - Live At Leeds 4:31
CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS (w/Bill Frisell) 'Ramblin’' - Tone Poem 4:59
KOCANI ORKESTAR (Macedonia) 'Rainy Day Women #12 & 35' - From Another World: A Tribute To Bob Dylan 4:33
BATTLES 'Tricentennial' - La Di Da Di 2:57
THE SACHEL ENSEMBLE 'The Sound Of Wonder aka Dama Dam Mas Qalandar' - Song Of Lahore 2:57
SET#2
JAH WOBBLE’S INVADERS OF THE HEART 'The Sun Does Rise' - Take Me To God 4:24
OMAR SOSA 'Elrababa' - An East African Journey 4:19
RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/ Francesco Turrisi) 'Niwel Goes To Town' - They’re Calling Me Home 3:22
BEN HOWARD 'Metaphysical Cantations' - Collections From The Whiteout4:21
KING CRIMSON 'Shidare Zakura (2016 Mix)' - Three Of A Perfect Pair
(40th Anniversary Series) 2:40
GARY LUCAS 'Whip Named Lash' - Gods And Monsters 5:04
J.J. BURNELL 'Deutschland Nicht Uber Alles' - Euroman Cometh 4:40
SET #3
BOB DYLAN 'You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 1, Remake 2)' -The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 More Blood, More Tracks 3:42
DAVID FRANCEY 'Ashtabula' - The Waking Hour 3:12
VIOLENT FEMMES 'I’m Not Gonna Cry' - Hotel Last Resort 2:56
PETER BLEGVAD 'Bee Dream' - Just Woke Up 3:12
PIXIES 'Wave Of Mutilation' - Doolittle 2:04
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ' Are You Hung Up?/ Who Needs The Peace Corps/Concentration Moon' - We’re Only In It For The Money (2012 Remaster) 6:20
DEL CLOSE/JOHN BRENT 'Basic Hip' - The Beat Generation 1:11
THE LAST POETS 'Jazzoetry' - The Very Best Of The Last Poets 3:43
SET #4
CAN 'Funf (Live)' - Live In Stuttgart 1975 9:31
ANANSY CISSE 'Mina' - Anoura 3:47
PETER HAMMILL 'The Institute Of Mental Health Burning' - Nadir’s Big Chance 3:32
LES CLAYPOOL 'Back Off Turkey' - Of Whales And Woe 2:08
RADIOHEAD 'Fitter Happier' - OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997-2017 1:57
GORILLAZ VS. SPACEMONKEYS 'Mutant Genius (New Genious)' - Laika Come Home 4:33
LAIKA 'Black Cat Bone' - Good Looking Blues 4:24
SET #5
SPARKS 'Why Did You Make Me Care?' - Beck Song Reader 4:40
GRIMMS 'The Prophet' - Rockin’ Duck 3:00
SOFT MACHINE 'Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album (For B.O.)' - Six 6:00
PHILLIP GLASS 'Ange Des Orages' - North Star 3:43
JOE BYRD & THE FIELD HIPPIES 'Kayani/You Can’t Ever Come Down' - The American Metaphysical Circus 6:52
YUSEF/CAT STEVENS 'But I Might Die Tonight' - Tea For The Tillerman 2 3:12
TUNE-YARDS 'My Neighbor' - Sketchy 3:26
SET #6
COLIN JOHN 'My Favorite Things' - Electric Lotus 2:48
RALPH CARNEY 'My Favorite Thingzz' - https://ralphcarney.bandcamp.com/ 2:53
MAN OR ASTRO-MAN 'Touch Of Evil' - A Shot In the Dark 2:42
JOHN LURIE 'Small Car' - The Legendary Marvin Pontiac: Greatest Hits 5:44
CHRIS BUTLER 'Beautiful Tail' - https://soundcloud.com/future-fossil-music-cb/beautiful-tail? 3:27
MODEST MOUSE 'The Tortoise And The Tourist' - Strangers To Ourselves 3:40
URBAN VERBS 'Subways' Urban Verbs 3:42
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack.
To purchase or stream Electric Lotus by Colin John:
https://songwhip.com/colinjohn/electric-lotus?fbclid=IwAR3wY3abTXGjKhHH5UFrZQxe-hi_KG5oGXjAoo5pOIwp8gNT0IRR3TZuME4
Greetings Campers,
As we begin the latest Memorial Day festivities this weekend after a year of cocooning (like caterpillar larvae) to avoid the dreaded plague, I thought it would be nice to revisit one of the numerous ‘Character Study’ features that I began producing back in 2013 featuring an in depth look at an artist or group that’s made a significant contribution to modern music. Today, from my program archives, I’ll revisit my look at the life and music of Peter Gabriel, originally broadcast on May 30, 2014 over SFCR San Francisco Community Radio. Below are the original programming notes for that program. Next week I’ll return with another new program for your enjoyment.
Show highlights:
Today on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#67), I’m marking the return of the bi-monthly feature, “Character Study,” with a look at the life and music of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2014 inductee PETER GABRIEL in the programs final two hours.
Included in today’s program will be music spanning Gabriel’s entire career encompassing his work in Genesis, his sizable catalog of solo material, his work on film soundtracks, his collaboration with other artists, and I’ll even mix in a few rare live recordings along the way. The program also looks at Gabriel’s efforts in raising awareness to humanitarian issues, his promotion of world music styles, and his cutting edge efforts in bringing modern digital technologies to fruition.
In the first hour that precedes today’s special you’ll hear more new music from Eno & Hyde, tUnEyArDs, The Black Keys, GOASTT (Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl), The Kidney Brothers, and Angelique Kidjo as well as other great selections in varying musical styles.
Set#1
The Goastt (The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger) “Devil You Know” from Midnight Sun
Phil Manzanera “Para Ti Nengon” from Corroncho
Mulatu Astatqe “Sabye” from The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia
Of Montreal “Obsidian Currents” from Lousy With Sylvianbriar
Jerry Garcia & Howard Wales “Da Bird Song” from Hooteroll?
Chet Atkins “The Poor People Of Paris” from The Best Of Country Music's Fingerpickin' By Chet Atkins
Brian Eno & Karl Hyde “A Man Wakes Up” from Someday World
tUnEyArDs “Rocking Chair” from Nikki-Nack
Set #2
The Black Keys “Turn Blue” from Turn Blue
Wendy Carlos “Theme from A Clockwork Orange” from A Clockwork Orange soundtrack
Alexandre Desplat & London Symphony Orchestra “Sniper” from The Monuments Men OST
Angelique Kidjo “Kamoushou” from Eve
The Kidney Brothers “You Don’t Love Me” from Coal Tattoo
Jon Hopkins “We Disappear” from Immunity (Extended Edition)
Ralph Towner “Piscean Dance” from Solstice
Manu Dibango “Biko (feat. Alex Brown, Peter Gabriel, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Geoffrey Oryema)” from Wakafrika
PETER GABRIEL- "Character Study"
Genesis “In the Beginning (Demo 1968)” from Archive #1 (1967-1975)
Genesis “The Light Dies Down On Broadway (Live)” from Archive #1 (1967-1975)
Peter Gabriel “Solsbury Hill” from Plays Live
Peter Gabriel “Mother of Violence” from II (Scratch)
Peter Gabriel “Keine Selbstkontrolle” from Ein Deutsches Album
Peter Gabriel “Games without Frontiers (Massive DM mix)” from Mantra Mix -Music for Tibetian Refugees (Compilation)
Jimmy Pursey (with Peter Gabriel) “Animals Have More Fun” from 7" single
Peter Gabriel “Schock Den Affen” from Deutches album
Peter Gabriel “This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)” from Back to Front (Live in Chicago) 09.27.12
Peter Gabriel “In Your Eyes” from So
Peter Gabriel “Slow Marimbas” from Birdy (Remastered)
Peter Gabriel “Walk Through The Fire” from Against All Odds OST
Peter Gabriel “Lovetown” from Philadelphia OST
Peter Gabriel “Down To Earth” from Wall-E Soundtrack
Peter Gabriel “It Is Accomplished” from Passion: The Last Temptation of Christ
Peter Gabriel “Come Talk to Me” from Secret World Live
Peter Gabriel “Downside Up (Live)” from Hit/Miss
Peter Gabriel “Cloudless” from Long Walk Home (Soundtrack to the film The Rabbit Proof Fence)
Peter Gabriel “More Than This (Radio Edit)” from Up
Afro Celt Sound System “When You're Falling (feat. Peter Gabriel)” from Further in Time -Volume 3
Peter Gabriel (with Karl Wallinger and Billy Cobham) “Burn You Up Burn You Down” from Big Blue Ball
Peter Gabriel “Listening Wind” from Scratch
Peter Gabriel “Father Son (Live)” from 6.11.03 Dallas, Texas (Smirnoff Center)
Peter Gabriel “That Voice Again” from Back to Front (Live in Chicago)
Spring has finally arrived and the weather is absolutely gorgeous, just as mask restrictions are lifting and vaccinations increase, allowing all of us to become more optimistic about things to come. Music has been an integral part of coping with life over the last year so now it’s role (to me) is to bring that joy we always associate with it back to where it belongs.
This week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #418) I’ll begin the show with RHIANNON GIDDEN’S & FRANCESCO TURRISI'S rendition of ‘Amazing Grace’ from their new release, followed by more new material from ROBERT PLANT and THE BUDOS BAND, then head off into space with tracks from WOODEN SHJIPS, KEN NORDINE, and HAWKWIND before returning with music from KRAFTWERK and THE BAD PLUS.
Twists (musically) abound during today’s third set as JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS ‘Roadrunner’ leads things off, then songs from CRACKER and HAYSEED DIXIE follow into songs about New York city from EUGENE CHADBOURNE, XTC, and LOU REED, before stretching the boundaries with a MOEBIUS, CONNY PLANK, & MAYO THOMPSON cut, and pieces from R. STEVIE MOORE and the BONZO DOG BAND.
More new release pieces are added internationally from OMAR SOSA, MADE KUTI, and QUETZAL, domestically from KHRUANGBIN and LONNIE SMITH, and as soundtracks from BRIAN ENO and JOHN CARPENTER. From the ‘vault’ there’s LOVE, THE CLASH, and PERE UBU, covers from LOS LOBOS (Disney) and SIMPLE KID (The Beatles), plus BLUE MAN GROUP, TEXAS TORNADOES, and GIBBY HAYNES are added for good measure.
Today's set list:
SET #1
RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/ Francesco Turrisi) 'Amazing Grace' - They’re Calling Me Home 3:55
ROBERT PLANT 'Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down' - Digging Deep – Subterranea 4:12
THE BUDOS BAND 'Haunted Sea' - Long In The Tooth 2:32
WOODEN SHJIPS 'Space Clothes' - Wooden Shjips, Vol. 1 3:07
KEN NORDINE 'Manned Space Capsule' - Dot #2 – Son Of Word Jazz 2:20
HAWKWIND 'Seahawks' - Blood Of The Earth 6:14
KRAFTWERK 'Tour De France (Etape 1)' - Tour De France 4:27
THE BAD PLUS '1972 Bronze Medalist' - These Are The Vistas 5:20
SET #2
YUSEF/CAT STEVENS 'Miles From Nowhere' - Tea For The Tillerman 2 4:01
PERRY FARRELL 'Rock On' - Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs Of Marc Bolan & T. Rex 4:13
GLENN KOTCHE 'Anomoly Mvt. III' - Adventureland 4:34
HAMPTON STRING QUARTET 'White Rabbit' - What If Mozart Wrote ‘Born To Be Wild’ 3:44
THE ACID 'Fame' - Liminal 6:01
BLUE MAN GROUP 'TV Song' - Audio 2:09
DAVID BOWIE 'Lazarus (Radio Edit)' - Blackstar 4:08
SET #3
JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS 'Roadrunner' - The Best Of Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers – The Beserkley Years 4:05
CRACKER 'My Life Is Totally Boring Without You' - Gentleman’s Blues 3:17
HAYSEED DIXIE 'You Shook Me All Night Long' - A Hillbilly Tribute To AC/DC 3:32
EUGENE CHADBOURNE 'I Wouldn’t Live In New York City' - Country Music In The World Of Islam 2:14
XTC 'Statue Of Liberty' - Compact XTC – The Singles 1978-1985 2:26
LOU REED 'NYC Man' - Set The Twilight Reeling 4:56
MOEBIUS, CONNY PLANK, MAYO THOMPSON 'Das Apartment' - Ludwig’s Law 4:30
R. STEVIE MOORE '21 Mules And Mutants' - Me Too! 1:31
BONZO DOG BAND '11 Mustachioed Daughters' - The Doughnut In Granny’s Greenhouse 3:49
SET #4
DR. LONNIE SMITH 'Epistrophy (Live)' - Breathe 4:27
JON HASSELL 'Air Afrique (Wind)' - Flash Of The Spirit 3:59
OMAR SOSA 'Meinfajria' - An East African Journey 3:57
MADE KUTI 'Hymn' - Femi & Made Kuti: Legacy + (Disc 2) 2:48
QUETZAL 'Christo Negro (Black Jesus)/San Andres' - Puentes Sonoro 3:44
KHRUANGBIN 'Pelota' - Mordechai 2:47
MICKEY HART’S MYSTERIUM TREMENDUM 'Slow Joe Rain' - Mysterium Tremendum 4:53
LOVE 'Stephanie Knows Who' - The Best Of Love 2:32
SET #5
SIMPLE KID 'Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band' - Mojo Presents: Sgt. Peppers - With A Little Help From His Friends 2:40
LUNA 'Smile' - Lunapark 3:05
JUANA MOLINA 'El Vestido' - Un Dia 4:32
JOHN CARPENTER 'Dripping Blood' - Lost Themes III: Alive After Death 3:54
BRIAN ENO 'Reasonable Question (from We Are As Gods)' - Film Music 1976-2020 2:45
MICHAEL BROOK 'Breakdown' - Cobalt Blue 4:10
SABJILAR 'Kharagay (The Pine Tree)' - The Silk Road – A Musical Caravan 3:28
PERE UBU 'Around The Fire' - Les Haricots Sont Pas Sales 1987-1991 3:15
SET #6
THE CLASH 'Armagideon Time' - The Clash Hits Back 3:51
ABDEL GADIR SALIM & EMMANUEL JAI 'Hadiya' - Ceasefire 4:01
LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII 'Pecto-Rubulii' - Neptune’s Daughter 5:01
GIBBY HAYNES AND HIS PROBLEM 'Letter' - Gibby Haynes And His Problem 3:18
LOS LOBOS 'Heigh-Ho (from Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs)' - Los Lobos Goes Disney 2:37
TEXAS TORNADOES '4 Aces' - 4 Aces 5:36
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
It’s a new music extravaganza on this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #417) as I’m adding the latest from RHIANNON GIDDEN’S & FRANCESCO TURISSI, DR. LONNIE SMITH (with guest vocalist IGGY POP), RODRIGO Y GABRIELA’S ‘live’ album, a previously unreleased track from ROBERT PLANT’S solo retrospective, THE AVETT BROTHERS, Mali guitarist ANASY CISSE, and the astounding new remake ‘Tea For The Tillerman 2’ by YUSEF/CAT STEVENS to this weeks program.
Getting it all started is another diamond from pianist OMAR SOSA, followed by the Madagascar guitarist D’GARY & JIHE, the didgeridoo styling’s of DR, DIDG and INVISIBLE OPERA COMPANY OF TIBET (with DAEVID ALLEN), and an ungodly killer ‘billy’ rendition of ‘Stayin’ Alive’ by LES CLAYPOOL’S DUO DE TWANG (that only he could get away with), before finishing up with more new material from TUNE-YARD’S and BRIAN ENO (with an older DEAD CAN DANCE cut sandwiched between them).
So now that you’ve been informed about the first 30 minutes, here’s some other goodies to look forward to.
New Releases: QUETZAL, FEMI & MADE KUTI, KHRUANGBIN, ENNIO MORRICONE, THE BUDOS BAND.
Covers: THE RESIDENTS, PARASITES OF THE WESTERN WORLD (The Beatles), THE FLAMING LIPS (Pink Floyd).
Jazz: JIM HALL, BRYAN FERRY ORCHESTRA
Vault: JOHN CALE, NEW YORK ROCK N’ ROLL ENSEMBLE, VAN DER GRAAF, NEGATIVLAND, LITTLE FEAT, BRIGETTE FONTAINE.
Indie: DENGUE FEVER, JOSEPH ARTHUR, WIRE
Enough said…see you there! Don’t miss it!
This Week's Playlist:
SET #1
OMAR SOSA 'Ereteseretse' - An East African Journey 3:40
D’GARY & JIHE 'Milamina' - Horombe 5:22
DR. DIDG 'Bendy' - Dust Devils 4:56
INVISIBLE OPERA COMPANY OF TIBET 'G’Day (feat: DAEVID ALLEN)' - Invisible Opera Company Of Tibet 2:38
LES CLAYPOOL’S DUO DE TWANG 'Stayin’ Alive' - Four Foot Shack 4:45
TUNE-YARDS 'Homewrecker' - Sketchy 3:17
DEAD CAN DANCE 'Saltarello' - A Passage In Time 2:36
BRIAN ENO 'Top Boy (from Top Boy Season 1 & 2)' - Film Music 1976-2020 2:30
SET #2
KING CRIMSON 'Vrooom Vrooom' - THRAK 5:49
THE RESIDENTS 'Flying B' - 77 The Beatles Play The Residents,
The Residents Play The Beatles (single) 3:24
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Ore 22 (From San Babila Ore 20:Un Delitto Inutile)' - Morricone Segreto 2:59
DENGUE FEVER 'Clipped Wings' - Venus On Earth 3:48
KHRUANGBIN 'First Class' - Mordechai 4:46
PARASITES OF THE WESTERN WORLD 'Flying' - Parasites Of The Western World 2:43
BRIGETTE FONTAINE 'Le Gourdon' - Beautiful Freaks: Waving Our Flags High, When Music Was Counterculture 4:09
JOHN CALE 'Engine' - Helen Of Troy 2:47
WIRE 'Circumspect' - Object 47 3:13
SET #3
AVETT BOTHERS 'Untitled #4' - Third Gleam 4:04
QUETZAL 'El Rio (The River)' - Puentes Sonoro 4:47
FEMI KUTI 'Set Your Mind And Soul Free' - Femi & Made Kuti: Legacy + (Disc 1) 6:06
ANANSY CISSE 'Tiara' - Anoura 5:11
ROBERT PLANT (feat: The Sensational Space Shifters) 'Charlie Parker Highway (Turn It Up Pt.1)' - Digging Deep – Subterranea 4:20
NEGATIVLAND 'Omnipotent Struggle' - Thigmotactic 2:43
SET #4
RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/ FRANCESCO TURRISI) 'Avalon' - They’re Calling Me Home 3:54
BRYAN FERRY ORCHESTRA 'Avalon' - The Jazz Age 2:23
YUSEF/CAT STEVENS 'Wild World' - Tea For The Tillerman 2 3:46
DR. LONNIE SMITH 'Why Can’t We All Live Together (feat: IGGY POP)' - Breathe 7:44
NEW YORK ROCK & ROLL ENSEMBLE 'Willow Tree' - Roll Over/Freedom Burger 2:30
VAN DER GRAAF 'Last Frame' - The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome (Remaster) 6:17
DARK 'Tamna Voda' - Tamna Voda 3:08
SET #5
SUFJAN STEVENS 'In The Devil’s Territory' - Seven Swans 4:57
THE 1900’S 'Amulet' - Return Of The Century 2:35
JOSEPH ARTHUR 'Big City Secrets' - Big City Secrets 4:37
HECTOR ZAZOU 'Visur Vatnsenda-Rosu (feat: BJORK)' - Songs From The Cold Seas 4:21
LAURIE ANDERSON 'Same Time Tomorrow' - Bright Red 3:50
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Time/Breathe (Reprise) (feat: STARDEATH & WHITE DWARFS)' - Dark Side Of The Moon 4:56
THE ROLLING STONES 'Time Waits For No One' - It’s Only Rock And Roll 6:38
SET #6
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA 'Cumbe?' - 19,10/22 Mettavolution Live – La Trinanon, Paris 4:22
THE BUDOS BAND 'Gun Metal Grey' - Long In The Tooth 3:16
LITTLE FEAT 'Spanish Moon' - Feats Don’t Fail Me Now 3:09
WAS (NOT WAS) 'Sky’s Ablaze' - Pick Of The Litter 1980-2010 2:13
JIM HALL 'Dialogue' - Dialogues 4:37
TOM WAITS 'Swordfishtrombone' - Swordfishtrombones 3:08
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Got a hankering for SANDY DENNY & FAIRPORT CONVENTION? How about BRYAN ENO and THE BYRDS doing the classic country melody ‘You Don’t Drink Your Water’ (separately)? Or maybe you’d prefer some vintage CAMEL and CAN. If so then this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #416) is definitely music to your ears. I’ve got all of what I just mentioned plus a whole lot more on this program.
I’ll get started with another track from THE BUDOS BAND’S latest, follow it with a piece by KALEIDOSCOPE, then THE MEKONS, the aforementioned FAIRPORT CONVENTION, a GEOFFREY ORYEMA piece, then JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS (of course) before finishing up the set with the East L.A. band QUETZAL and a cut from their latest album.
It really gets interesting as TUNE-YARDS, LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS, and OMAR SOSA provide more recent sounds surrounded by CAN, CARAVAN PALACE, and a smokin’ remix of DIZZY GILLESPIE’S ‘Swing Low Sweet Cadillac’ during set #2.
Now that I have your full attention, along comes UNIVERS ZERO, THE ART BEARS, ENNIO MORRICONE, both BRIAN ENO & THE BYRDS, a rarely heard gem by THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (JOE BYRD), plus BRUCE COCKBURN and BLACK PUMAS.
Enough name dropping, there’s plenty more to perk up your ears during the remaining sets. OK, here’s a couple more...RALPH CARNEY, THE BEATLES, CARLA BLEY, and THE B-52’S. I promise you’ll thoroughly enjoy this weeks show.
Program Playlist:
SET #1
THE BUDOS BAND 'Dusterado' - Long In The Tooth 2:50
KALEIDOSCOPE 'Lie And Hide' - Pulsating Dream – The Epic Recordings 2:53
THE MEKONS 'Empire Of The Senseless' - The Mekons Rock N’ Roll 4:35
FAIRPORT CONVENTION 'Si Tu Dois Partir' - Unhalfbricking 2:25
GEOFFREY ORYEMA 'At My Window' - Night To Night 4:16
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS 'Shakar Donetsk' - Global A Go-Go 5:57
QUETZAL 'Fandango Fronterizo (Fandango Of The Borderlands)' - Puentes Sonoro 4:38
SET #2
TUNE-YARDS 'Hypnotize' - Sketchy 4:38
THOMAS BARTLETT & NICO MUHLY 'Dominic' - Peter Pears: Balinese Ceremonial Music 3:43
OMAR SOSA 'Thuon Mok Loga' - An East African Journey 5:51
DIZZY GILLESPIE 'Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Geraldo Frisina Remix)' - Impulse! Revolutionary Jazz Reworked 6:18
CARAVAN PALACE 'Midnight' - Robot 3:25
CAN 'Mother Upduff' - Unlimited Edition 4:29
LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS 'Alex' - Long Overdue 3:55
SET #3
UNIVERS ZERO 'Triomphe Des Mouches' - Ceux Du Dehors 5:34
ART BEARS 'The Dance' - Hopes And Fears 5:07
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Psychedelic Mood (from Lui Per Lei)' - Morricone Segreto 3:06
BRIAN ENO 'You Don’t Drink Your Water (from Married To The Mob)' - Film Music 1976-2020 3:46
THE BYRDS 'You Don’t Drink Your Water' - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo 3:51
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (JOE BYRD) 'Tailor Man (Bonus Track)' - The United States Of America (Sundazed Reissue) 3:08
BRUCE COCKBURN 'The Iris Of The World' - Small Source Of Comfort 3:22
BLACK PUMAS 'Fire' - Black Pumas 4:06
SET #4
CAMEL 'First Light' - Rain Dances 5:00
RALPH CARNEY 'AciD LiNe' - Bandcamp – Mp3 3:15
ZU SPACEWAYS INC. 'Pharmakon' - Radiale 4:26
GORKY’S ZYGOTIC MYNCI 'Meirion Wyllt' - Barafundle 2:48
MGMT 'I Found A Whistle' - Congratulations 3:40
MARK GROWDEN 'House Of Love' - Downstairs Karaoke 5:51
HELA HELA 'Heela Heela' - Rough Guide To Arabic Revolution 3:41
BRAVE COMBO 'Katiusha' - Polkas For A Gloomy World 3:12
SET #5
CARLA BLEY (w/ Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow) 'Life Goes On And On' - Life Goes On 4:10
LAURA MARLING 'The End Of The Affair' - Song For Our Daughter 3:25
MADE KUTI 'Different Streets' - Femi & Made Kuti: Legacy + (Disc 2) 7:42
DARCY JAMES ARGUE’S SECRET SOCIETY 'Interlude #1 Infuse/Interlude #2 Enjoin/Interlude #3 Enthrall/Intelude #4 Bewail' - Brooklyn Babylon 4:48
LAKE STREET DIVE 'Bobby Tanqueray' - Bad Self Portraits 3:32
TALL DWARFS 'All Is Fine' - Fork Songs (Plus Dogma) 3:32
THE BEATLES 'You Won’t See Me' - Rubber Soul 3:22
SET #6
KING KHAN 'I Love To Boogie' - Angelheaded Hipster – The Songs Of Mark
Bolan And T. Rex** 3:30
PARQUET COURTS 'No Ideas' - Light Up Gold 2:37
YO LA TENGO 'Pablo And Andrea' - Prisoners Of Love 4:17
WINTERPILLS 'Train Running Low On Soul Coal (XTC)' - Echolalia 4:09
THE B-52’S 'Quiche Lorraine' - Time Capsule 3:57
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Life is full of lemons or so the quote goes, so get going and make lemonade. After two weeks of addressing production issues, it’s time for a new TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #415), the perfect refreshment for all of the woes I’ve dealt with lately. In fact, this program began right as those hurdles began to appear, and as I continue to address them, I found ways to make this show happen without losing the quality standards I’ve set for myself in the process.
So here’s what’s in store for your eagerly awaiting ears. I’ll start with another song from FEMI & MADE KUTI’S latest release, mix in a bit of STEREOLAB, TALKING HEADS, WILCO, THE POLYPHONIC SPREE, new LAURA MARLING, and JIM GEDI’S cover of a Nick Drake track.
There’s JACK LANCASTER & ROBIN LUMLEY’S ‘Marscape’ to lead off the second round, sprinkling in the latest from the BUDOS BAND, plus THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM (covering Pink Floyd), a DEERHOOF cut, JUANA MOLINA, and the Mali based ALBA GRIOT ENSEMBLE.
And what would life be without ROBERT WYATT so set three begins with ‘Muddy Mouse (A & B), then things get a little ‘higher’ with songs from WITTHUSER & WESTRUPP, BREWER & SHIPLEY (‘One Toke Over The Line’), and JOHN HARTFORD before getting ‘Low’ with CRACKER & LEFTOVER SALMON.
There’s new material from TUNE-YARDS, KHRUANGBIN, LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS, and J.S. ONDARA. From the ‘vault’ I’ve added STOMU YAMASH’TA’S GO, THE STRAWBS, and SUPERSISTER and there’s even THE POLICE singing one of their standards, but slightly differently (In Japanese!). It all should keep your ears entertained!
Today's Playlist:
FEMI KUTI 'No Bigmanism Spoil Government' - Femi & Made Kuti: Legacy + (Disc 1) 4:04
STEREOLAB 'Interlock' - Fab Four Suture 4:10
LAURA MARLING 'Strange Girl' - Song For Our Daughter 3:21
WILCO 'Whole Love' - The Whole Love 3:49
LACKLUSTER & JONATHAN SEGAL 'Grind' - Container 4:26
JIM GHEDI 'Black Eyed Dog' - Mojo Presents: Green Leaves; Nick Drake Covered 3:48
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE 'Soldier Girl' - The Beginning Stages Of... 3:59
SET #2
JACK LANCASTER & ROBIN LUMBLEY 'Olympus Mons' - Marscape 5:21
DEERHOOF 'Secret Mobilization' - Deerhoof Vs. Evil 3:03
THE BUDOS BAND 'Sixth Hammer' - Long In The Tooth 3:16
NOBODY 'Crossover' - The Free Design: Redesigned 0:25
THE DOORS 'Strange Days' - Strange Days (Deluxe Edition) 3:09
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM 'Astronomy Domine' - Lime & Lipid Green (EP) 5:55
JUANA MOLINA 'No Llama' - Un Dia 5:05
ALBA GRIOT ENSEMBLE 'Horonia' - The Rough Guide To Mali Blues 3:53
SET #3
ROBERT WYATT 'Muddy Mouse (A & B)/5 Black Notes And 1 White One' - Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard 6:40
WITTHUSER & WESTRUPP 'Nimm Einen Joint Mein Freund' - Beautiful Freaks: Waving Our Flags High - When Music Was Counterculture 3:32
BREWER & SHIPLEY 'One Toke Over The Line' One Toke Over The Line: The Best Of Brewer & Shipley 3:22
JOHN HARTFORD 'Back In The Goodle Days' - Aeroplain 3:33
CRACKER & LEFTOVER SALMON 'Low' - Oh Cracker, Where Art Thou? 6:26
DAEVID ALLEN 'Something Tells Me' - N’Existe Pas 3:22
SET #4
TUNE-YARDS 'Under Your Lip' - Sketchy 2:49
ENNIO MORRICONE L’incarinco (From Un Umo Da Rispettare) Morricone Segreto 2:03
CAVEMAN HUGHSCORE (Feat: Hugh Hopper) 'Freak Control' - Caveman Hughscore 2:20
BRIAN ENO 'Al’Khwarizmi' - Rams: (Original Soundtrack) 3:49
SPARKS 'Scandinavian Design' - Hippopotamus 4:10
SUPERSISTER 'Psychopath' - Pudding En Gisternen (Remastered) 3:59
JEAN-YVES LABAT 'Takatykitakite' - M. Frog 2:47
TOM WAITS 'Murder In The Red Barn' - Bone Machine 4:29
RHIANNON GIDDENS 'Mama’s Cryin’ Long' - Songs Of Our Native Daughters 2:11
SET #5
KHRUANGBIN 'Father Bird, Mother Bird' - Mordechai 3:05
PETER GABRIEL 'Flotsam & Jetsam' - II (Scratch) 2:22
STRAWBS 'Witchwood' - From The Witchwood 3:25
LUNA (LEE) 'The Great Gig In The Sky' - Luna 4:43
STOMU YAMASH’TA’S GO 'Space Song/Carnival' - Stomu Yamash’ta’s Go 5:10
THE POLICE 'De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (Japanese Version)' - Import Single 3:58
YELLO 'Pinball Cha Cha' - Claro Que Si 3:40
SENOR COCONUT 'Showroom Dummies' - El Baile Aleman 5:29
SET #6
J.S. ONDARA 'Pyramid Justice' - Folk N’ Roll – Tales Of Isolation Vol. 1 4:30
JOHN HURLBUT & JORMA KAUKONEN 'People Get Ready' - The River Flows 3:00
ABDURASHID NADIREV & ABDUGHANI TUKHTIEV 'Sanam' - The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan 4:38
SHADOWFAX '1001 Nights' - The Odd Get Even 4:25
LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS 'That Time Is Now (w/Lisa Mychols)' - Long Overdue** 3:09
WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND 'Here’s Where You Belong' - Part One & Vol. 2 2:49
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
It’s been a rough couple of week's as a technical issue has forced me into dipping into my archival ‘vault’ and pulling out some programs from the past until I can get new programming back to levels you’ve come to expect from this show. As it now stands, new shows will remain on hiatus for the next couple of weeks, so this week I’ll offer up TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #105) from February 20, 2015. Here are the programming notes from that program:
This edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#105) marks the beginning of my third year producing this program under its current name and on today’s show I’ll play several cover versions of popular songs and resurrect a few songs, a comedy bit, and other sundries that are close to my heart to celebrate
.You’ll hear a ‘dub’ version of ‘Hush Little Baby,’ Ananda Shankar’s sitar inspired version of ‘Light My Fire,’ and a Bobby McFerrin and Yo Yo Ma duet of ‘Flight of the Bumble Bee’ blended into the first hour with several others strewn throughout. I’ve added Yusef Lateef’s ‘Strange Lullaby’ and National Lampoon’s ‘Mr. Roberts #1’ (the hilarious interview of the hung over bass player) plus a selection from ‘West Side Story’ to the merriment.
The show is filed with plenty of other choices as well ranging from the obscure stylings of The Insect Trust, Harry Partch, and Lothar and the Hand People to the slightly more mainstream Joe Strummer, The Trashmen, Paco de Lucia, Kraftwerk, Tin Huey, and Bob Willis & His Texas Playboys.
Today's archive playlist:
SET #1
Spirit “Mechanical World” from Spirit
Oneohtrix Point Never “He She” from R Plus Seven
Kraftwerk “Numbers (2009 - Remaster)” from Computer World (Remastered)
Variety Lights “Sell your Soul” from Central Flow
The Horse Flies “Hush Little Baby” from Rainbow Sign
The New Lost City Ramblers “Sal Got a Meatskin” from The Early Years, 1958-1962
Habib Koité “Roma” from Baro
Monks Of Doom “Who Are the Brain Police?” from The Insect God – EP
Set #2
King Crimson “Happy With What You Have to be Happy With” from The Power to Believe
The Trashmen “Bird Dance Beat” from Bird Dance Beat
Lothar and the Hand People “Woody Woodpecker” from Presents
Marc Streitenfeld “Going In” from Prometheus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Midlake “Aurora Gone” from Antiphon
Gong “You See Me” from I See You
The Low Anthem “Music Box” from Oh My God Charlie Darwin
Leonard Bernstein (feat: Russ Tamblyn & The Jets) “Gee, Officer Krupke” from West Side Story
(Original Soundtrack from "West Side Story")
Jefferson Airplane “Good Shepherd” from Volunteers (Bonus Track Version)
Set #3
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros “Bummed Out City” from Global A Go Go
Bobby McFerrin/Yo Yo Ma “Flight of the Bumble Bee” from Hush
Chicago Afrobeat Project “B.Y.O.B.” from Nyash Up!
Hugh Hopper “Mini Pax II” from 1984
Peter Hammill “Val Lentissimo” from ... All That Might Have Been…
Tranh Sao Bao “Ly Con Sao” from The Rough Guide to the Music of Thailand
Alexandre Desplat “Nero's Decree” from The Monuments Men (OST)
Ananda Shankar “Light My Fire” from Ananda Shankar
Set #4
Luminescent Orchestrii “Jarbi” from Neptune's Daughter
Art Bears “The Winter's Wheel” from Winter Songs
Henry Jerome “Soupy Sales Theme” from Television's Greatest Hits- Volume 4
Yusef Lateef “Strange Lullabye” from Part of the Search
Harry Partch “Before the Cask of Wine” from 17 Lyrics of Li Po
Lene Lovich “Bird Song” from Flex (...Plus)
The Flaming Lips “Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds (feat: Miley Cyrus & Moby)” from With a Little
Help From My Fwends
Pixies “Blue Eyed Hexe” from Indie Cindy
Set #5
The United States Of America “Where Is Yesterday” from The United States of America
Stomu Yamash'ta “33 1/3” from Raindog
Imogen Heap “Entanglement” from Sparks (Deluxe Edition)
Miles Davis “Honky Tonk (Remix)” from Evolution of the GrooveNeil (Nigel Planer) “The Gnome” from Neil's Heavy Concept Album
National Lampoon (Bill Murray & Christopher Guest) “Mr. Roberts #1” from That's Not Funny That's
Sick
Elliot Smith “Junk Bond Trader” from Figure 8
Paco De lucia “Que Venga el Alba” from Cositas Buena
Set #6
Tin Huey “Revelations Of Dr. Modesto” from Contents Dislodged During Shipment
St. Vincent “Hysterical Strength” from Strange Mercy
Tom Waits “Goin' Out West” from Bone Machine
Bob Willis & His Texas Playboys “Take Me Back to Tulsa” from Anthology 1935-1973
Brooklyn Rider “String Quartet No. 2 "Company": IV.” from Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass
The Chemical Brothers “One To Many Mornings” from Mantra Mix (Tibetan Refugee Benefit Album)
The Insect Trust “Mountain Song” from The Insect Trust – Remastered
Little Feat “Brides of Jesus” from Little Feat
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrac
Today I'm offering a look back to an earlier time and present a show from my archives, marking the anniversary of my second year back on the air at KUSF-In Exile, San Francisco Community Radio. It's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES EPISODE #61, which originally aired on April 18, 2014. Below is the description of the program and the show's playlist.
Two years...24 months...104 weeks (and episodes)...three different show titles...one GREAT radio station!!
With today’s program, Transmusic Airwaves (#61), I’ve completed two years at SFCR (San Francisco Community Radio)/KUSF-in-Exile. Being part of the bay area’s free form community radio station has been a thrill for me. It hardly seems like yesterday when a former colleague asked me if I’d be interested in returning to radio after three decades of absence to do a show at San Francisco’s legendary station.
Early on I had my doubts if this would work, but thankfully it has. Left with a couple of weeks to prepare back then I decided the show would take on the elements of free form programming that I grew up listening to in the 1970’s in the Cleveland, Ohio area. It was that radio and music scene which has molded my personal tastes ever since.
So here we are, finishing up year two and set to start year three. Today’s program will begin with Mose Allison explaining “My Brain” and cover a multitude of styles over its three hour length.
Program playlist:
Set#1
Mose Allison “My Brain” from The Way of the World
Juana Molina “Eras” from WED 21
John Martyn “Call Me Crazy” from Sunday's Child
Cabaret Voltaire “Jazz the Glass” from The Living Legends
The Animals “Monterey” from Retrospective
Adrian Sherwood + Doug Wimbish “Karma-Cola” from Jukebox Buddha
Gong “Radio Gnome (Live)” from Live On TV
Set #2
Joseph Arthur (sings Peter Gabriel) “Shock the Monkey” from Peter Gabriel; And I'll Scratch Yours
Peter Schickele/P.D.Q. Bach “Gloria” from Portrait of P.D.Q. Bach
Mogwai “The Lord Is Out of Control” from Rave Tapes
PJ Harvey “The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore” from Stories from the City - Stories from the Sea
Jim Pepper “Witchi-Tai-To” from Pepper's Pow Wow
Supreme Beings of Leisure “What's The Deal” from Supreme Beings of Leisure
The Nep Tunes “Off Your Axis” from The Nep Tunes and Other Natural Disasters
The Band “The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show (Live At The Academy Of Music / 1971 / Soundboard Mix)” from Live At the Academy of Music 1971
Set #3
Dilon Djindji “Imani Lwe” from Dilon
Clint Eastwood “Rowdy” from Cowboys Favorites
Pere Ubu “Ubu Dance Party” from Dub Housing
Jerry Douglas “Birdland” from Instrumental Bluegrass - Dobro
Os Mutantes “Look Out” from Fool Metal Jack
The Hollywood Argyles “Long Hair, Unsquare Dude Called Jack” from Hollywood Doo Wop - [The Dave Cash Collection]
Various Artists “Aquarius” from Hair-The Original Japanese Cast Recording
Can “Vitamin C” from Ege Bamyasi
The Beatles “Happy Birthday Dear Saturday Club (Live at the BBC For "Saturday Club" 5th October, 1963)” from On Air - Live at the BBC, Vol. 2
Set #4
Ken Nordine (Pierre Montreux and the Paris Conservatory Orchestra) “The Rite of Spring” from Sounds of Space
Wendy Carlos “What's New Pussycat?” from By Request
Chris Butler “My Hometown” from Easy Life (remastered and reissued)
Dimitri from Paris “Sacré français” from Electro Swing, Vol. 4 (Selected by Bart & Baker)
The Herb Fisher Trio “People Who Have Money Are Funny” from Mellow Cats 'N' Kittens: Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-52
Peter Hammill & Gary Lucas “Black Ice” from Other World
Black Tape for a Blue Girl “Pandora's Dream ('92 W/Lucian)” from The First Pain To Linger
Brian Eno (words of Richard Holland) “Panic of Looking” from Panic of Looking
David Bowie “5 Years” from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Set #5
Beck “Say Goodbye” from Morning Phase
Bruce Cockburn “Nude Descending A Staircase” from Life Short Call Now
Tin Can Luminary “Dreeamtime” from Um..Uh..Gum..Eh?
Hatfield and the North “The Stubbs Effect/Big Jobs (Poo Poo Extract)/Going Up to People and Tinkling/Calyx” from Hatfield and the North
Dialogue “"Yogurt"” from The Road to Wellville OST
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band “A Child's Guide to Good and Evil” from A Child's Guide to Good and Evil
Furnace “Hey You” from A Saucerful of Pink - A Tribute to Pink Floyd
Blossom Dearie “Rhode Island Is Famous For You” from The Complete Verve Albums 1957-1961
Set #6
Wilco “Bull Black Nova” from Wilco (The Album)
Lou Harrison; American Gamelan; UC Berkeley Chorus “Harrison: Le Koro Sutro-Kunsonoro Kaj Gloro” from Le Koro Sutro
Cracker “Brides of Neptune” from Forever
Alain Markusfeld “Le Désert Noir” from Le Desert Noir
OST = Original Soundrack
Greetings campers,
It's time for another weekly foray into the world of freeform radio. This week on Transmusic Airwaves (Episode #414) it's a doozy of a show and I think you'll have a swell time listening to it. Jeepers, maybe I should quit describing it like a nineteenth-century charlatan and actually tell you some of the things you'll be hearing this week
There's songs about Martians by David Bowie(interpreted by The Bad Plus) Marc Bolan (sung by Emily Haines) and of course, the Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers classic 'Here Come The Martian Martians.'
There's a set where I combine elements of Ska, Big Band Punk, New Wave, No Wave, Swedish folk, Soul, and Akron rock. For fun, try and match those descriptions with the bands that I list here: XTC, Shakin' Pickle, Swollen Monkeys, DNA, Varttina, Librarians with Hickeys, and Aretha Franklin.
There's also more new material from Brian Eno, Freq Out (featuring Carl Palmer and his Big Hair), Femi and Made Kuti, and Laura Marling, obscure 'vault" melodies from the Peanut Butter Conspiracy, the Gil Evans Orchestra, the Mothers of Invention, and Nick Drake.
Playlist below:
SET #1
DHANI HARRISON 'The Light Under The Door' - In Parallel 6:43
EMILY HAINES 'The Ballrooms Of Mars' - Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs Of Marc Bolan & T Rex 6:16
THE BAD PLUS 'Life On Mars' - Prog 6:06
JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS 'Here Come The Martian Martians' - Jonathan Richman &The Modern Lovers 3:17
R. STEVIE MOORE 'Back In Time' - Nevertheless Optimistic 4:36
SONIC YOUTH 'Shadow Of A Doubt' -t Evol 3:32
SET #2
BERT JANSCH 'The Wheel' - It Don't Bother Me 1:48
JERRY GARCIA 'The Wheel (Alternative Take #1)' - Garcia (Bonus Edition) 4:04
THE FLAMING LIPS 'A Spoonful Weighs A Ton' - The Soft Bulletin 3:32
MAGOS HERRERA & BROOKLYN RIDER 'Milonga Gris' - Dreamers 3:58
MADISON CUNNINGHAM 'Trouble Found Me' - Who Are You Now 3:15
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Inseguimento Mortale (from La Trantola Dal Ventre Nero)' - Morricone Segreto 1:27
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION 'The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue' - Weasels Ripped My Flesh 6:52
BESH O DROM '9S' - Hungarian Music 5:38
SET #3
LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS 'Obsession' - Long Overdue 3:46
VARTTINA 'Mie Talon Tanssia' - Aitara 3:06
SWOLLEN MONKEYS 'Mystic Umbrella' - After The Birth Of Cool 4:09
SHAKIN' PICKLE 'As Close As You Think' - Sing Along With Shakin' Pickle 2:08
XTC 'Meccanic Dancing (Oh We Go)' - Go 2 2:35
PERE UBU 'West Side Story' - Song Of The Bailing Man 2:51
DNA 'Lionel' - No New York 2:03
ROBERT FRIPP & THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN 'Inductive Resonance' - God Save The King 4:38
? AND THE MYSTERIANS 'Girl (You Captivate Me)' - The Best Of ? & The Mysterians: Cameo Parkway 1966-1967 2:17
ARETHA FRANKLIN 'Chain Of Fools' - The Very Best Of Aretha Franklin Vol. 1 2:48
SET #4
THE BUDOS BAND 'Long In The Tooth' - Long In The Tooth 3:41
BUCKETHEAD & VIGGO MORTENSEN 'They Ate Your Family' - PandemoniumfromAmerica 1:22
JOHN HARDIN (TIN CAN LUMINARY) 'Inside The Particle Accelerator' - Post Apocalyptic Noise Fields For Active Listening 2:38
LARAAJI 'Open The Gift' - Bring On The Sun 2:49
MARSUPALAMI 'Prelude To The Arena (The Undertones Of Violence In A Drifting Generation)' - Arena 5:27
LAURA MARLING 'Only The Strong' - Song For Our Daughter 3:20
NICK DRAKE 'Hazey Jane I' - Bryter Layter 4:29
JOHN ZORN 'Nekashim' - The Dreamers 3:56
SET #5
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR 'All That Before' - Trisector 6:29
RING VAN MOBIUS' Illuminati' - The 3rd Majesty 5:33
STEVE REICH 'You Are (Variations) Shiviti Hashem L'Negdi (I Place The Eternal Before Me)' - Phases (Box Set) 4:15
BRIAN ENO 'Design By Reduction' - Rams: (Original Soundtrack) 4:21
GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA 'A Merman I Should Turn To Be' - The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix 7:32
THE PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY 'Twice Is Life' - Is Spreading 2:50
MADE KUTI 'Free Your Mind' - Femi & Made Kuti: Legacy + (Disc 2) 5:23
SET #6
FREQ OUT (Uduguru, Leon Denominator & Chalupa Roulette) 'Big Hair Day' - Freq Out 2 3:34
DANIEL LANOIS & ROCCO DELUCA 'Time On' - Goodbye To Language 5:07
YO YO MA & KATHRYN SCOTT 'Scarborough Fair' - Songs Of Comfort & Hope 2:32
DAGMAR KRAUSE 'To The Little Radio' - Voiceprint Radio Sessions 4:00
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Carl Palmer's 'Big Hair' photo courtesy of Carl.
To Listen to More of Freq Out 2 and other cool stuff from Carl 'Uduguru" Palmer:
https://soundcloud.com/uduguru?fbclid=IwAR1uAd3EdJKggvQ2Zeze1y5nSoMaUUxsvIzW-Vu2jPji3exye6U8zUN7R0Q
For more info on Librarians With Hickeys or to purchase their music:
https://librarianswithhickeys.bandcamp.com/
There are plenty of great reasons for listening to this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #413). I'll be featuring several selections from both the 'Rough Guide' compilation series and artists from Peter Gabriel's Real World label, playing a slew of Akron artists, and adding more choice cuts from the 'vault' all as part of today's programming.
Both the Rough Guide and Real World labels have been at the forefront of bringing international music from all over the world to a wider audience over the past two decades. Today I'll feature MICHIYO YAGO (Avant Garde Japan), JOHN BOUTTE & CRAIG KLEIN (Voodoo), and SHIMAL (Turkish Cafe) all from the Rough Guide series and SIDESTEPPER (Columbia), TOURMAST (Nomadic), SHEILA CHANDRA (English/Indian), and LONELY DEAR (Swedish) from the Real World label interspersed throughout.
Adding to the merriment is music from several Akron artists including LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS, DEVO (honored with 'Devo Day' in their Akron hometown on April 1st), and TIN HUEY, and 'vault' selections from THE BONZO DOG BAND, KEVIN AYERS, ALAIN MARKUSFIELD, HAWKWIND, CAN, and AMON DUUL II. I'll play a track by TONTO'S EXPANDING HEADBAND in honor of the late synthesist Malcolm Cecil, throw in a couple of covers, one from DEVOTCHKA ('Something Stupid') and another from the surf band FRENCH (covering The Stones), and even play JOSEPH BARBERA'S theme from the Jonny Quest TV cartoon series.
Today's playlist:
SET #1
MICHIYO YAGI 'Rouge' - The Rough Guide To Avant-Garde Japan 5:59
LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS 'Silent Stars' - Long Overdue 3:07
LUNA 'Weird And Woozy' - Romantica 3:12
SIDESTEPPER 'Celestial' - Supernatural Love 2:33
DEVOTCHKA 'Somethin' Stupid' - Curse Your Little Heart (EP) 3:23
DAVID BYRNE 'Wicked Little Doll' - Feeling 2:55
BRYAN FERRY 'Alphaville' - Olympia 4:25
TODD RUNDGREN 'Planet Queen' - Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs Of Marc Bolan & T Rex 4:36
SET #2
AUDIENCE 'Thunder And Lightnin'' - Lunch 3:37
SHIMAL 'Bu Gala Dasli Gala' - The Rough Guide To Turkish Cafe 3:26
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT' Calling The Guardians' - Rise Of The Guardians (OST) 2:08
HAWKWIND 'Hassan I Sabha' - Quark, Strangeness, & Charm 5:22
TOURMAST 'Maraou Oran' - Ishumar 5:31
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 'Cattle (Revised)' - II & III (Bonus Tracks) 2:50
THEE OH SEES 'Camera (Queer Sound)' - Drop 3:11
FRENCH 'Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Dancing In The Shadows?' - Surfin' Jack Flash (The Surf Instrumental Bands Of The World Play The Music Of The Stones) 2:30
SET #3
JOHN BOUTTE/CRAIG KLEIN 'Marie Laveau' - The Rough Guide To Voodoo 6:52
KEVIN AYERS 'Fake Mexican Tourist Blues' - Odd Ditties 4:38
OS MUTANTES 'Nada Mudou' - Haih...Ou Amortecedor... 5:15
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Sinfonia Di Una Citta (IV) (from 'Copkiller)' - Morricone Segreto 2:47
LITTLE FEAT 'Representing The Mambo' - Representing The Mambo 5:56
PROPELLERHEADS 'Winning Style' - Drumsanddecksandrockandroll 5:58
SET #4
LONELY DEAR 'There Are Several Albert's Here' - Lonely Dear 3:13
PRIMAL SCREAM 'Elimination Blues' - More Light 5:48
SHEILA CHANDRA 'Woman And Child' - The Zen Kiss 3:37
BRIAN ENO & RICK HOLLAND 'As If Your Eyes Were Partly Closed, As If You Honed The Swirl Within Them And Offered Me To The World/A Title' - Drums Between The Bells 5:27
JAN HAMMER 'The Animals' - The First Seven Days 6:14
OSIBISA 'Seaside Meditation' - Welcome Home 5:18
SET #5
LEO KOTTKE & MIKE GORDON 'Peel' - Noon 4:36
OREGON 'Dark Spirit' - Distant Hills 5:56
ALAIN MARKUSFIELD 'Fayava' - Platock 3:57
THE BONZO DOG BAND 'The Sound Of Music' - The History Of The Bonzos 1:21
FSK 'Pennylfawnisch Schnitzelbank' - Original Gasman Band 4:09
BRAVE COMBO 'Oh What A Beautiful Morning' - Humansville 1:54
TIN HUEY 'Coronation' - Contents Dislodged During Shipment 2:25
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 'No Sunlight' - Narrow Stairs 2:40
BRYAN SCARY 'Birdy' - Birds 2:32
SET #6
TONTO'S EXPANDING HEAD BAND 'Cameltrain' - Tonto Rides Again 3:53
DEVO 'S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)' - Duty Now For The Future 4:30
CAN 'Turtles Have Short Legs (Non LP B-Side Of The Single 'Spoon')' - Radio Waves 3:06
THE BOBS 'Bird On A Wire' - Cover The Songs Of... 2:18
JOSEPH BARBERA 'Jonny Quest Theme' - Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 1:35
AMON DUUL II 'Telly Vision' - Pyragony X 4:09
THE BUDOS BAND 'Budorian Knight' - Long In The Tooth** 3:03
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
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Transmusic Airwaves presents the EASTER WEEK SPECIAL.
Today I'm returning to the archives and replaying my Easter week special from March 29, 2013 that was broadcast on SFCR - San Francisco Community Radio. Below is the program details and set listing for the this special 'rewind!'
This week I’m devoting the entire second half of my show to what else, EASTER? And for those of you who choose to listen, one fact remains obviously clear: I’m going someplace really, REALLY WARM when I pass on from this life (and it ain’t the Gulf Coast).
The show will blend an irreverent mixture of spoken word (WILLIAM BURROUGHS reading the “Sermon on the Mount”), unusual music (HOLGAR CZUKAY’s “Blessed Easter” and PHIL OCHS’ “The Crucifixion”), comedy (CHEECH & CHONG’S “The Pope Live from the Vatican”), and much more including songs by DAVID BYRNE (“U.B. Jesus”), PATTI SMITH (“Gloria”), BING CROSBY (“The Easter Parade”), and DAVID PEEL (“The Pope Smokes Dope”)
Other great music and comedy bits include JESSE JACKSON reciting “Green Eggs & Ham” (EASTER EGGS – Get it??), NATIONAL LAMPOON, ARCADE FIRE, JON FADDIS, and KING CRIMSON,
Plus: “Music vault” offerings from STOMU YAMASHTA (“Wind Words”), LOTHAR AND THE HAND PEOPLE (“Comic Strip”), and PHIL MILLER (“Dada Soul”).
And: More of the latest recordings by the EELS, CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, RODNEY CROWELL, AND TOY.
Today's playlist:
Set #1:
Flash “The Bishop” from Out Of Our Hands
TOY “Dead And Gone” from TOY
Thurston Moore “Ono Soul” from Psychic Hearts
National Lampoon “The Fabulous Sixties” from Greatest Hits of the National Lampoon
Lother and the Hand People “Comic Strip” from Presents
Jesse Jackson “Green Eggs and Ham (Part 1)” from SNL TV DVD
Various Artists “Fractured Fairy Tales Theme” from Toon Tunes: Funny Bone favorites
Eels “Kinda Fuzzy” from Wonderful, Glorious
Jon Faddis “The Hunters & Gatherers” from Teranga
Jesse Jackson “Green Eggs and Ham (Part 2)” from SNL TV DVD
Set #2
Rodney Crowell “Anything But Tame” from Kin
Talk Demonic “Midcentury Motion” from Ruins
Phillip Glass “Cloudscape” from Koyaanisqatsi (Original Soundtrack)
Arcade Fire “Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)” from Funeral
King Crimson “Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream” from Vroom
African Rhythm Messengers “Omye Ga GBA Egwu” from Bottom Belle
Deerhoof “Believe E.S.P” from Friend Opportunity
Set #3
Black Dub “Love Lives” from Black Dub
Conrad Schnitzler “Contraptual Interstellar Radars” from Space Box
Animal Collective “Moonjock” from Centipede Hz
Various Artists “Mr. Spaceman” from Eight Miles High (A Bluegrass Tribute to the Byrds)
Stomu Yamashta's East Wind “Wind Words” from Freedom is Frightening
Camper Van Beethoven “You Got to Roll” from La Costa Perdida (Bonus Track Version)
Phil Miller “Dada Soul” from Split Seconds
Pere Ubu “And Then Nothing Happened” from Lady from Shanghai
Set #4 — EASTER SONGS (PART 1)
David Byrne “U B Jesus” from Look into the Eyeball
The United States Of America “Where is Yesterday” from The United States of America
Phil Ochs “The Crucifixion” from Pleasures of the Harbor
Tom Waits “Chocolate Jesus” from Mule Variations
Patti Smith “Gloria” from Horses
William S Burroughs “The Sermon on the Mount (Part 2)” from Dead City Radio
Mavis Staples “Step Into The Light” from Have A Little Faith
Set #5 -EASTER SONGS (Part 2)
John Entwhistle “Heaven And Hell” from Smash Your Head Against the Wall
Billy Crystal “Who's your Messiah Now” from MP3
Bing Crosby “The Easter Parade” from Bing, His legendary Years
Blind Boys of Alabama “Wade in the Water” from Higher Ground
Cheech & Chong “The Pope: Live At the Vatican” from Cheech & Chong
Crack The Sky “Holding My Breath” from Ostrich
SET #6 - EASTER SONGS (Part 3)
Quah (Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson) “I Am The Light Of This World” from Quah
Holgar Czukay “Blessed Easter” from Rome Remains Rome/Der Ost Est Rot
David Peel & the Super Apple Band “The Pope Smokes Dope” from John Lennon for President
Rotondi “Modern Man in Search of a Soul” from Play On
Brave Combo “I'm a Bunny Rabbit” from Holidays!
It seems that March has flown by this year and as we complete the first full week of spring, I'll celebrate with music from MCKENDREE SPRING, BRUCE COCKBURN, and DAEVID ALLEN to start off this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #412).
Following those artists, I've assembled another great show with lots of twists (musically) to keep it interesting including completing that first set with a remix of PETER GABRIEL'S 'Games Without Frontiers,' a collaboration from kora virtuoso FODAY MUSA SUSO and composer PHILLIP GLASS, early DAVID BOWIE, and Australia's Prog pioneers SUPER FURRY ANIMALS.
Locally, there's 15-60-75 (The Numbers Band), DAVID THOMAS & TWO PALE BOYS, and THE PRETENDERS, plus 'vault' selections from TOMITA, KALEIDOSCOPE, THE DOORS, TASVALLAN PRESIDENTII , and HENRY COW, and the obscure sonic's of STRING CHEESE (the band not the foodstuff).
As usual I've added international ingredients, this time from Estonia's MARI KALKUN, Italy's CANTAMAGGIO, and Eastern Asia's JOI, more new material from ENNIO MORRICONE, DIEGO URCOLA (with Paquito D'Rivera), and BRUCE HORNSBY, and other pieces from mainstay's JOHN CALE and NEIL YOUNG. I've got plenty of variety on hand, just like what we expect from late March weather around here!
This week's set list:
SET #1
MCKENDREE SPRING 'I Was Born' - Spring Suite 4:16
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Mango' - Breakfast In New Orleans Dinner In Timbuktu 5:00
DAEVID ALLEN & EUTERPE 'Good Morning' - Good Morning 5:17
PETER GABRIEL 'Games Without Frontiers (Massive/DB Mix)' - Mantra Mix 5:16
FODAY MUSA SUSO & PHILLIP GLASS 'Said's Treason' - The Screens 3:00
DAVID BOWIE 'Please Mr. Gravedigger' - The Deram Anthology, 1966-1968 2:39
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS 'Bass Tuned To DEAD' - Radiator 3:20
SET #2
SUNDAY ALL OVER THE WORLD (Robert Fripp & Toya Wilcox) 'Blood Bruise Tattoo' - Kneeling At The Shrine 2:55
BEIRUT 'We Never Lived Here' - Gallipoli 4:12
DAVID THOMAS & TWO PALE BOYS 'Lantern' - Erewhon 3:21
HOLGAR CZUKAY 'Hiss N' Listen' - On The Way To The Peak Of Normal 3:52
JOHN CALE 'Scotland Yard' - Adventures In Nookie Wood 4:58
JOI 'The Holy Side' - We Are Three 6:43
JON HASSELL 'Zeitgeist' - Dressing For Pleasure 3:56
SET #3
THE DOORS 'Yes, The River Knows' - Waiting For The Sun (40th Anniversary Edition) 2:42
THE PRETENDERS 'Hollywood Perfume' - Last Of The Independents 3:55
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Fuggire Lontano (from L'Automobile)' - Morricone Segreto 3:51
REZ ABBASI/BILL WARE/STEPHEN CRUMP/ERIC MCPHERSON 'Medieval Overture' - RAAQ 4:55
MARI KALKUN 'Keelegga-Meelega' - Ilmamotsan 4:59
XTC 'Mermaid Smiled' - Rag & Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts & Leftovers 2:25
BRUCE HORNSBY 'Cleopatra Drones' - Non-Secure Connection 3:54
DIEGO URCOLA 'The Natural (feat. Paquito D'Rivera)' - El Duelo 4:11
SET #4
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER 'The Whether Channel' - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never 6:08
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Mother Please Don't Be Sad' - American Head** 3:36
TOMITA 'The Round Spaceship Landing On The Earth' - The Bermuda Triangle 2:23
HENRY COW 'On The Raft' - Western Culture 4:01
JON HOPKINS 'Afterlife' - Opalescent 4:03
STRING CHEESE 'Crystal' - String Cheese 5:14
SET #5
TASVALLAN PRESIDENTII 'Confusing The Issue' - Milky Way Moses 5:46
NEIL YOUNG 'Danger Bird' - Zuma 6:54
TWEEDY 'Slow Love' - Sukierae 5:32
MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO 'The Tweek' - Actual Sounds + Voices 2:25
CANTAMAGGIO 'Novalia' - Rough Guide To Italia Nova 4:51
PABAN DAS BAUL & SAM MILLS 'Nacho Kali' - Real Sugar 4:39
SET #6
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'In Stride' - Endure: Outliers On Water Street 4:04
GODLEY & CREME 'Hit Factory' - L/Freeze Frame 2:36
KALEIDOSCOPE 'Egyptian Candy' - Pulsating Dream – The Epic Recordings 3:01
PHIL MANZANERA 'Lagrima' - Diamond Head 2:36
JOHN RENBOURN GROUP 'Reynardine' - A Maid In Bedlam 3:23
FARFINA 'Dounounia' - Faso Denou 5:22
CODONA (Don Cherry/Colin Walcott/Nana Vasconcelos) 'Hey Da Ba Doom -' Codona 3 7:13
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
It amazes me sometimes that even a TV commercial can lead to a moment of inspiration and that's exactly what happened on this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #411). Amidst watching a nature program a commercial for a trendy item aired during the break, and there was an element of familiarity in the background music for the ad. Immediately I knew that a track by the artist, the African psychedelic band KOKOKO, was being used. It was a eureka moment, and several of those moments established the groundwork for this weeks show.
The bass line from the song that followed KoKoKo, NILSSON'S 'Jump Into The Fire,' fit perfectly into what became today's first set. From those pieces the puzzle began to assemble with HALL & OATES, ENNIO MORRICONE and BASTIEN KEB (both current offerings), and two string inspired melodies from QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO and YO YO MA & THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE completing the initial thirty minutes.
The fun continued with THE B-52'S, CHRIS BUTLER, and JUANA MOLINA all getting the next segment going. Other noteworthy artists I'll play for you today include 'vault' offerings from RICKIE LEE JONES, THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE, SANTANA, GLASS HARP, SHUGGIE OTIS, and a STEELY DAN number. There's a MONTY PYTHON sketch or two to wet your comedy appetite, international goodies from BAMBA WASSOULOU GROOVE, TRISIAN, and BAABA MAAL, indie legends JOSEPH ARTHUR and ELLIOT SMITH, and several more surprises.
I hope you can drop by and give this week a listen. Maybe, just maybe, it'll lead to a moment of inspiration for you too!
Today's set list:
SET #1
KOKOKO! 'Tokoliana' - Fongola 3:46
NILSSON 'Jump Into The Fire' - Nilsson Schmilsson 7:05
HALL & OATES 'Winged Bull' - Beauty On A Back Street 4:39
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Eat It (Versione Singolo/from Eat It)' - Morricone Segreto 3:50
BASTIEN KEB 'All That Love In Your Heart' - The Killing Of Eugene Peeps 3:43
QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO 'Gee Officer Krupke (From West Side Story)' - Whirled Chamber Music 3:29
YO YO MA & THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE 'Wake The Dead' - A Playlist Without Borders 3:03
SET #2
THE B-52'S' Hallucinating Pluto' - Time Capsule 4:49
CHRIS BUTLER 'Bad Moon Over Mel Bay (Abbey Road ala Beetles Stereo Mix)' - The Museum Of Me 3:05
JUANA MOLINA 'Cosoco' - Halo 4:58
MARY HALVERSON'S CODE GIRL 'Muzzling Unwashed (Excerpt)' - Artlessly Falling 6:54
ALBINO! 'Debaser' - Pixies Doolittle Tribute 6:39
SANTANA 'Shades Of Time' - Santana 3:35
CHICAGO AFROBEAT PROJECT 'B.Y.O.B.' - Nyash UP! 4:35
SET #3
RICKIE LEE JONES 'The Last Chance Texaco' - Rickie Lee Jones 4:08
JIM WHITE 'Static On The Radio' - Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See 6:30
BAABA MAAL 'Senegaale/Ngummee' - Missing You (Mi Yeenii) 5:03
EELS 'Kinda Fuzzy' - Wonderful, Glorious 3:38
WIRE 'The Art Of Persistence' - 10:20 3:46
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE 'Burning Of The Midnight Lamp' - Electric Ladyland 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 3:41
THE BREAKERS 'Big Question Mark' - A Date With Destiny (EP) 2:27
THE RACONTEURS 'Consoler Of The Lonely' - Consoler Of The Lonely 3:25
SET #4
FRANK DAMICO 'Pomp And Ceremony' - Ren & Stimpy Production Music Vol. 1 1:33
MONTY PYTHON 'This Record Has Been Skillfully Crafted/Bells' - The Final Rip Off 2:44
WUSSY 'Hand Of God' - Forever Sounds 3:47
ELLIOT SMITH 'Plainclothes Man' - Heaven Adores You (OST) 3:43
BOOK OF AM 'The Song-Ship Journeys West' - Part One 2:33
GLASS HARP 'Song Of Hope' - Synergy (Remaster) 4:22
JOSEPH ARTHUR 'Morning Cup' - Could We Survive 5:11
SHUGGIE OTIS 'Strawberry Letter 23' - Inspiration Information 3:58
ADRIAN BELEW 'Sunlight' - Side Two 4:32
SET #5
TRISAN 'Big Trouble In Ballymore E' - Trisan 2:34
GILGAMESH 'Darker Brighter' - Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into 5:40
MONK'ESTRA 'Masekela' - MONK'estra Plays John Beasley 5:44
STEELY DAN 'Don't Take Me Alive' - The Royal Scam 4:14
BAMBA WASSOULOU GROOVE Camalinya Denkele 4:15
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM 'Satori' - Lime & Limpid Green (EP) 4:38
MORGAN DELT 'Another Person' - Phase Zero 2:59
SET #6
CHROME 'Planet Strike' - Blood On The Moon 2:25
VANGELIS 'L'Ours Musicien' - L'Apocalypse Des Animaux 1:07
JOHN ENTWHISTLE 'The Window Shopper' - Whistle Rymes 3:28
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO 'Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams' - The Velvet Underground & Nico: 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Version 5:10
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
On this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #410) I'll salute the late Michael Stanley, reminisce about the last live event I attended before the lock-down (the Akron Music Awards) by playing the bands that were honored there, produce a Gamelan inspired set, and in general keep the great music flowing as the light at the end of the tunnel gets brighter these days.
Leading things off this week is STEREOLAB, then a classic ROXY MUSIC track followed by MICHAEL STANLEY from his 1973 debut, and other songs from SPROINGG, LAURA MARLING, XIU XIU, ALLEN RAVENSTINE, and Somali songstress MARYAM MURSAL.
There's the Gamelan stylings of LOU HARRISON, MANI NEUMEIER & PETER HOLLINGER, and DON CHERRY'S 'Brown Rice' mixed into the musical cauldron with ENNIO MORRICONE, SOPWITH CAMEL SUFJAN STEVENS, CRACKER, and SNAKEFINGER all bubbling away during the third set.
Akron Music Award recipients THE BEYONDERERS, FANCY LEGS, and FUNERAL PROPOSALS are heard during the later part of today’s program, plus more 'vault goodies' are spun from THE CLASH, PETER HAMMILL, JOHN MARTYN, CHRIS SQUIRE (his 'Lucky Seven' piece), JOE WALSH, HOPSLIPS, and of course, ROBERT WYATT.
New Guinea’s GEORGE TELEK, Italy's SPACCANAPOLI, and Iceland's JOHAN JOHANNSSON add an international flair to the mix while DEVANDRA BANHART (from 'Angel Headed Hipster'), BASTIEN KEB, and LEO KOTTKE & MIKE GORDEN continue to give you more from their latest works.
Today's playlist:
SET #1
STEREOLAB 'Supah Jaianto' - Not Music 5:07
ROXY MUSIC 'A Really Good Time' - Country Life 3:45
MICHAEL STANLEY 'Resurrection' - Michael Stanley 4:19
SPROINGG 'And Her Name Was Jo-Jo, The Dog-Faced Boy, Part 1' - Clam 3:06
LAURA MARLING 'Soothing' - Semper Femina 4:16
XIU XIU 'Laura Palmer's Theme' - Xiu Xiu Plays The Music Of Twin Peaks 5:03
ALLEN RAVENSTINE 'Bombay Tar' - Waiting For the Bomb 3:17
MARYAM MURSAL 'Somali Udiida Ceb' - The Journey 5:36
SET #2
BELLE & SEBASTIAN 'Piazza, New York Catcher' - Dear Catastrophe Waitress 3:03
THURSTON MOORE 'Mina Loy' - Demolished Thoughts 4:01
JOE WALSH 'Wolf' - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get 3:10
LEO KOTTKE & MIKE GORDON 'Noon To Noon' - Noon 2:54
CHRIS SQUIRE 'Lucky Seven' - Fish Out Of Water 6:54
RUSSIAN CIRCLES 'Asa' - Guidance 4:00
DANNY ELFMAN 'Main Title (Edward Scissorhands)' - 100 Greatest Film Themes 2:54
THE FLAMING LIPS 'God And The Policeman' - American Head 2:28
SET #3
LOU HARRISON 'Concerto In Slendro: III. Allegro, Molto Vigoroso' - Music Of Lou Harrison 2:16
CRACKER 'Guarded By Monkeys' - Forever 4:22
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Fantasimi Grotteschi (from Stark System)' - Morricone Segreto 1:47
SOPWITH CAMEL 'The Great Morpheum' - Sopwith Camel 2:32
MANI NEUMEIER & PETER HOLLINGER 'Garudas Dance' - Meets The Demons Of Bali 3:55
SUFJAN STEVENS 'The Henry Buggy Band' - The Avalanche 3:16
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Stark System (from Stark System)' - Morricone Segreto 2:13
DON CHERRY 'Brown Rice' - Brown Rice 5:15
SNAKEFINGER 'Beatnik Party' - Manual Of Errors 3:42
SET #4
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 'To The Ground' - The Blues (EP) 5:15
FUNERAL PROPOSALS 'Supersonic' - Funeral Proposals (EP) 2:29
THE BEYONDERERS 'Incident At Rendelsand Forest' - Estimate Of The Situation 4:14
THE CLASH 'Death Or Glory' - London Calling 3:56
PETER HAMMILL 'Two Or Three Spectres; - Nadir's Big Chance 6:21
NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS 'Bike' - Live At The Roundhouse 2:23
NEIL (Nigel Planer) 'Cosmic Jam' - Neil's Heavy Concept Album 2:29
SET #5
BASTIEN KEB 'Lucky (Old Grave)' - The Killing Of Eugene Peeps 4:05
JOHANN JOHANNSSON 'Principle Of Least Time' - Arrival (OST) 1:20
ROBERT WYATT 'Shrinkrap' - Dondestan 3:54
SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry) 'Home Intro/Home' - There's Always Something Wrong With Everything 3:29
DEVENDRA BANHART 'Scenesof' - Angelheaded Hipster:The Songs Of Marc Bolan & T Rex** 2:36
HAROLD BUDD/RUEBEN GARCIA/DANIEL LENTZ 'Sonos Tres' - Music For Three Pianos 2:33
SPACCANAPOLI 'Miezzo A Festa' - Lost Souls 3:56
HORSLIPS 'Daybreak' - The Book Of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony 2:30
DOMINIC FRONTIERE 'Hang 'Em High' - The Great Western Themes 2:04
RICHARD THOMPSON 'No Matter' - 13 Rivers 3:46
SET #6
JOHN G. PERRY 'A Rhythmic Stroll' - Sunset Wading 3:35
GEORGE TELEK 'Abele' - Putumayo Presents - South Pacific Islands 2:52
JOHN MARTYN 'Dreams By The Sea' - Solid Air 3:18
CHARLES LLOYD 'Pyramid' - Waves 7:08
FANCY LEGS 'Slow Saturday' - Fancy Legs 3:52
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Today's cover photo is from the Barong dance with Gamelan orchestra from Batabulan, Bali taken in July 2000.
It's time for another weekly tour through my 'musical mindscape' with the latest edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #409). Each week's journey varies widely as a program evolves based on several loosely formed outlines from song choices I've compiled and thrown into a specific show's folder. That folder always includes new releases, tracks I've initially chosen from the 'vault,' a group or track mentioned by a friend(s), and relatable songs that those original choices inspire.
This week a conversation with a friend initiated my search for something from OINGO BOINGO, and I chose their cover of 'You Really Got Me' which rhythmically lead to a track by DEVO, following that with a cut by NEW YORK GONG, which as the song waned, flowed nicely into THE MAGNETIC FIELDS, JESCA HOOP, and finished up with another new piece from THE MOUNTAIN GOATS.
It's that thought process which always keeps the show interesting for me. The idea that artists that are polar opposites and yet can be blended together effortlessly is another goal I strive for. This week's show begins with PERE UBU then following them is a song from STEELEYE SPAN, then other choices from THE STRANGLERS, BJORK, ARTURO STALTARI (a classically inspired Brian Eno piece), ROMEO VOID, and a TODD RUNDGREN instrumental.
Here's a few other names you can look forward to hearing this week: 'vault' selections from TOM RAPP, NICK DRAKE, FAUST, and CARAVAN, new material from ENNIO MORRICONE, BAMBA WASSOULOU GROOVE, and BASTIEN KEB, and music from contemporary artists DEERHOOF, BELA FLECK, and MODEST MOUSE. It's a wonderful array of music to keep your ears occupied.
Today's Tracks:
SET #1
PERE UBU 'Navvy' - Dubhousing 2:42
STEELEYE SPAN 'Seven Hundred Elves' - Now We Are Six 5:17
GILBERT ARTMAN'S LARD FREE 'In A Desert/Alambic' - I'm Around About Midnight 5:41
THE STRANGLERS 'Just Like Nothing On Earth' - The Gospel According To Me 3:54
BJORK 'Mouth's Cradle' - Medulla 3:59
ARTURO STALTERI 'Here Come The Warm Jets' - coolAugustMoon 2:59
ROMEO VOID 'Going To Neon' - Instincts 3:31
TODD RUNDGREN 'Drunken Blue Rooster' - Todd 3:00
SET #2
GEORGE HARRISON 'Glass Box' - Wonderwall Music 1:07
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Jukebox Psyche'de lique (from Peur Sur La Ville)' - Morricone Segreto 3:06
OSAMU KITAJIMA 'Frost Flowers' - Osamu 5:24
BASTIEN KEB 'Main Theme' - The Killing Of Eugene Peeps 1:47
MONKS OF DOOM' Boar's Head' - The Bronte Pin 5:10
FAUST 'Flashback Caruso (aka Silver Machine)' - The Faust Tapes 4:06
PRIMUS 'Cheer Up Charlie' - Charlie And The Chocolate Factory & The Fungi Ensemble 3:35
THE RESIDENTS 'My Second Wife' - Commercial Album 1:04
SLAPP HAPPY 'Silent The Voice' - Ca Va 4:03
SET #3
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO 'Teenage Luggage' - The Crossing 3:25
PASCAL COMELADE/PIERRE BASTIEN/JAC BERROCAL/JAKI LEIBEZEIT 'Rock N' Roll Station' - Oblique Sessions 5:12
DEERHOOF' Behold A Marvel In The Darkness' - Deerhoof Vs. Evil 3:29
LEO KOTTKE & MIKE GORDON 'I Am Random' - Noon 3:55
THE BOOKS 'Free Translator' - The Way Out 3:50
TOM RAPP 'Stardancer' - Stardancer 5:32
NICK DRAKE 'Way To Blue' - Five Leaves Left 3:11
SET #4
BELA FLECK (W/ Afel Bocum) 'Buribalal (Friendship)' - Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet Vol. 3 – Africa Sessions 4:32
BAMBA WASSOULOU GROOVE 'Bamba Wassoulou Groove' - Dankele 3:33
OINGO BOINGO 'You Really Got Me' - Only A Lad 4:37
DEVO 'It's Not Right' - Freedom Of Choice 2:23
NEW YORK GONG 'Materialism (feat. Bill Laswell)' - About Time 3:14
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS 'Never Again' - 50 Song Memoir 3:19
JESCA HOOP 'Havoc in Heaven' - Kismet 4:09
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 'Rat Queen' - Getting Into Knives** 4:09
SET #5
SETI THE FIRST 'New Brass Bird' - Melting Calvary 3:42
MAPS & ATLASES 'Bugs' - Beware & Be Grateful 3:11
CARAVAN 'Be Alright/Chance Of A Lifetime' - For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night 6:33
AYUB OGADA 'Kothbiro' - En Mana Kuoyo 5:37
SAN FERMIN Bar San Fermin 4:30
PAUL KANTNER & GRACE SLICK 'Sunfighter' - Sunfighter 3:56
SET #6
MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD 'Anonymous Skulls' - End Of The World Party (Just In Case) 4:24
MORPHINE 'Buena' - Cure For Pain 3:21
LOUNGE LIZARDS 'Incident On South Street' - The Lounge Lizards 3:26
ORANJI SYMPHONETTE 'The Inspector Clouseau Theme' - Plays Mancini 2:56
MODEST MOUSE 'Perpetual Motion Machine' - No One's First, And You're Next 3:10
DEATH BY CHOCOLATE 'Salvador Dali Murder Mystery' - Death By Chocolate 2:44
BILL FRISELL 'Blues Dream' - Blues Dream 2:31
TANGLE EYE 'Holler' - Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Remixed 5:24
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
On this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #408) I'll celebrate the eighth anniversary of this program under it's current name as I continue to bring the listener my vision of freeform radio. That concept has always involved various musical genres, spoken word, and comedy seamlessly blended and intergrated into six sets over the course of three hours.
Things get started today with WILCO (from 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'), moving next to GAVIN FRIDAY'S take on another Marc Bolan gem from the 'Angel Headed Hipster' album, following those with a KING CRIMSON request before setting off with additional tracks from AUDITORY SCULPTURE, THE GOASTT, BRIAN SANDS, WHITE NOISE, and a cut from the new ENNIO MORRICONE release.
I've placed plenty of 'vault' melodies from the likes of VANGELIS, PHIL MANZANERA'S 801, LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE, and the MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA into various sets surrounded by new material from BAMBA WASSOULOU GROOVE, MONK'ESTRA, WIRE, and ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, film soundtrack pieces from THOMAS NEWMAN (WALL-E) and ALEXANDRE DESPLAT (The Shape of Water), and tracks from local legends 15-60-75 and TIN HUEY.
There's even a series of songs from DAVID BOWIE, RY COODER, TOM WAITS, BASTIEN KEB, and LEO KOTTKE & MIKE GORDON tied together thematically during today's fourth set. All in all it's another show worthy of your attention so keep listening and I'll do my part to keep you surprised and entertained.
This Week's Playlist:
SET #1
WILCO 'Pot Kettle Black' - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 4:00
GAVIN FRIDAY 'The Leopards' - Angelheaded Hipster:The Songs Of Marc Bolan & T Rex 4:18
KING CRIMSON 'Cirkus (Including Entry Of The Chameleons)' - Lizard 6:27
AUDITORY SCULPTURE 'Intercepting A Transmission' - Lagom 2:58
BRIAN SANDS 'Orangutango' - Reheated Chocolate Tangos 3:30
THE GOASTT (The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger) 'Great Expectations' - Midnight Sun 4:39
WHITE NOISE 'Love Without Sound' - An Electric Storm 3:07
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Rene La Canne (from Rene La Canne)' - Morricone Segreto 2:57
SET #2
LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE 'Today Is Only Yesterday's Tomorrow' - This Is It! Machines 5:21
TIN HUEY 'Cheap Mechanics' - Disinformation 5:00
KARL WALLINGER 'Big Blue Ball' - Big Blue Ball 4:52
THOMAS NEWMAN '72 Degrees And Sunny' - WALL-E (OST) 3:12
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA 'Celestial Terrestrial Commuters' - Birds Of Fire 2:54
BAMBA WASSOULOU GROOVE' Donzo Djine' - Dankele 4:32
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA 'Nerve Damage!' - Unknown Mortal Orchestra 2:14
WIRE 'Underwater Experiences (10:20 Version)' - 10:20 2:19
SET #3
MONK'ESTRA 'Sam Rivers - MONK'estra Plays John Beasley 4:00
PHIL MANZANERA/801 'Initial Speed' - Listen Now 4:44
MUSICA ORBIS 'Against The Night' - To The Listeners 3:09
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 'Pez Dorado' - Getting Into Knives 4:56
CALIFONE 'Wingbone' - Heron King Blues 3:45
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT 'The Creature' - The Shape Of Water (OST) 1:48
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER 'Nothing's Special' - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never 4:38
VANGELIS 'Free Fall' - Albedo 0.39 2:15
SET #4
DAVID BOWIE 'Always Crashing In The Same Car' - Low 3:33
RY COODER 'Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)' - Borderline 5:06
TOM WAITS 'The Pontiac' - Orphans, Brawlers, Bawlers, & Bastards 1:54
BASTIEN KEB 'Street Clams' - The Killing Of Eugene Peeps 3:12
LEO KOTTKE & MIKE GORDON 'Alphabet St' -. Noon** 4:07
UDUGURU (Carl Palmer) 'Dial Up' - Underground 3.0 3:01
LAURIE ANDERSON 'New York Social Life' - New Music For Electronic Media 3:30
PATTI SMITH 'Amerigo' - Banga 4:36
SET #5
GONG 'Wingful Of Eyes' - Shamal 6:20
MONTY PYTHON 'Farewell To John Denver' - The Instant Monty Python CD Collection 0:16
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION 'I'm Not Satisfied' - Freak Out (2012 Remaster) 2:38
10CC 'The Hospital Song' - The Complete UK Recordings 1972-1974 2:43
VIOLENT FEMMES 'Issues' - We Can Do Anything 2:58
AKRON/FAMILY 'Many Ghosts' - Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free 4:04
15-60-75 (The Numbers Band) 'Spinning Around' - 20 3:43
SET #6
DAWN OF MIDI 'Nix' - Dynsomia 3:38
MARK GUILIANA 'Bloom' - Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! 4:24
SILVER JEWS 'Aloysius, Bluegrass Drummer' - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea 1:53
VASSAR CLEMENTS 'Phonograph Blues' - Livin' With The Blues 4:46
HOT TUNA 'Sunny Day Strut' - Burgers 3:15
PETER HAMMILL 'Trappings' - The Future Now 3:30
OS MUTANTES 'Time And Space' - Fool Metal Jack 3:57
NEIL YOUNG 'Here We Are In The Years' - Neil Young 3:19
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Transmusic Airwaves presents a special 'rewind' from my radio archives originally broadcast on March 8, 2013 on KUSF-In-Exile, San Francisco Community Radio. It's the debut of my very first 'Character Study,' featuring the life and and music of KEVIN AYERS, shortly after he passed away in 2013. Here are the program notes and the playlist from that program. Enjoy!
Today on the 3rd installment of Transmusic Airwaves and I’ll be DEBUTING a new segment within the show called “Character Study,” a monthly feature that devotes two hours to an artist or band that has made significant contributions to the world of modern music.
On today’s premiere, a look at the life and music of legendary songwriter KEVIN AYERS. Ayers who was a cornerstone in the British Psychedelic movement, it’s progressive offshoot, “The Canterbury Scene,” and a gifted modern troubadour, passed away on February 18, 2013. This feature will include music from his work in the groundbreaking bands Wildeflowers and Soft Machine, his rather sizable solo output (including rare live recordings from his numerous BBC sessions, hard to get studio recordings, and other goodies), and will be interspersed with biographical information about his life. This “Character Study” will be aired in the final two hours of today’s show.
In the first hour today, new songs from the Animal Collective, Eels, Pere Ubu, and a special airing of the limited release from tUnEyArDs; their latest offering, a collaboration with Yoko Ono from an MP3 download.
Today's set list:
Frank Zappa “The Torture Never Stops” - from Zoot Allures
Eels “Bombs Away” - from Wonderful, Glorious
Animal Collective “Wide Eyed” - from Centipede Hz
Bonzo Dog Band “Noises for the Leg (Remastered)” - from A Dog's Life - The Albums 1967-1972 (Remastered)
Monty Python “Tiger Brand Coffee” - from Monty Python's Flying Circus
Frank Sinatra “The Coffee Song” - from Ring a Ding Ding
Unsung Heroes & Ty “Right Here In Front Of You” - from Rough Guide to African Rap
Set #2
Tuneyards as Yoko “We're All Water” - from 7" (Vinyl)
Dick Dale & The Del-Tones “The Victor” - from Greatest Hits
Crack The Sky “Techni Generation” - from White Music
Matronik “Maximum Drum Formula”' - from Steve Reich - Remixed 2006
Charlie Haden, Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti “Equilibrista” - from Folk Songs
Pere Ubu “Thanks” - from Lady from Shanghai
Fiona Apple “Jonathan” - from The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
Set #3 CHARACTER STUDY: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF KEVIN AYERS
The Wildeflowers “She's Gone” - from Tales of Canterbury (Box Set)
Soft Machine “Feelin', Reelin', Squealin'” - from The Soft Machine
Soft Machine “We Did It Again” - from The Soft Machine
Kevin Ayers “Song for Insane Times” - from Joy of a Toy
Kevin Ayers (with Syd Barrett) “Religious Experience (Singing a Song In the Morning)” - from Joy of a Toy
Kevin Ayers “The Oyster and the Flying Fish” - from Shooting At the Moon
Kevin Ayers “Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes” - from Whatevershebringswesing
Kevin Ayers “All This Crazy Gift of Time” - from BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
Kevin Ayers (with Archie Leggett-Duo) “Butterfly Dance” - from Singing the Bruise (BBC Radio Sessions 1970-1972)
Set #4 CHARACTER STUDY (Continued)
Kevin Ayers “Shouting In a Bucket Blues” - from Bananamour
Kevin Ayers “It Begins With a Blessing / Once I Awakened / But It Ends With a Curse” - from The Confessions of Doctor Dream and Other Stories (Bonus Track Version) [Remastered]
Kevin Ayers/John Cale/Eno/Nico “May I ?” - from June 1, 1974
Set #5 CHARACTER STUDY (Continued)
Kevin Ayers “Didn't Feel Lonely 'Til I Thought of You (BBC Radio One's ''John Peel Show'' 30/7/74)” - from The First Show in the Appearance Business (BBC Sessions 1973-76)
Lady June “Bars” from - Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy (Remastered)
Kevin Ayers “Guru Banana” - from Sweet Deceiver (Bonus Track Version)
Kevin Ayers “Caribbean Moon” - from Odd Ditties
Set#6 — CHARACTER STUDY (Continued)
Kevin Ayers “The Ballad of Mr. Snake” - from Yes We Have No Mañanas (Bonus Track Version)
Kevin Ayers “Love's Gonna Turn You Round (BBC Radio One's ''John Peel Show'' 22/7/76)” - from The First Show in the Appearance Business (BBC Sessions 1973-76)
Set#7 - CHARACTER STUDY
Kevin Ayers “The Ballad of a Salesman Who Sold Himself” - from Rainbow Takeaway
Kevin Ayers “Where Do the Stars End” - from That's What You Get Babe
Kevin Ayers “Champagne and Valium” - from Deià...Vu
Kevin Ayers “Flying Start” - from Falling Up
Set #8 — CHARACTER STUDY
Kevin Ayers “Feeling This Way” - from Still Life With Guitar
Kevin Ayers & The Wizards of Twiddly “Beware of the Dog II (Live)” - from Turn the Lights Down! (Live In London 1995)
Set #9 CHARACTER STUDY (Continued)
Kevin Ayers “Only Heaven Knows” - from The Unfairground
Kevin Ayers “See You Later” - from Alive in California
It was with great sadness that we learned last week of the passing of jazz legend CHICK COREA, so in honor of his legacy, on today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #407) I'll incorporate a composition from various points in his career (including his work on Miles Davis's 'Bitches Brew') into each of today's six sets. It all starts off with 'You're Everything' from the RETURN TO FOREVER album, 'Light As a Feather,' and later includes other RTF staples 'The Sorceress,' and 'Beyond The Seventh Galaxy,' plus tracks from his solo and duet (with Gary Burton) albums.
Other highlights from this program include choice 'vault' cuts from CRACK THE SKY, LADY JUNE'S LINGUISTIC LEPROSY, SPIRIT, CAMEL, and the LITTLE FEAT instrumental 'Day At The Dog Races,' electronic music from synthesist's MORT GARSON, BOARDS OF CANADA, and WENDY CARLOS, BRIAN ENO'S 'By This River' from 'Before And After Science,' and songs from indie bands PARQUET COURTS, POP WILL EAT ITSELF, and THE WEATHER PROPHETS.
As usual, I've included more new material from ENNIO MORRICONE, MONK'ESTRA, BAMBA WASSOULOU GROOVE, WALTER TROUT, and LEO KOTTKE & MIKE GORDON, plus LUCINDA WILLIAMS interpreting Marc Bolan from the 'Angel Headed Hipster' tribute album.
It's another show that's chock full of goodness musically, so sit back and enjoy it!
This Week's Playlist:
SET #1
RETURN TO FOREVER 'You're Everything' - Light As A Feather 5:14
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Vita E Malavita (from Storie Di Vita E Malavita)' - Morricone Segreto 2:40
BO HANSSON 'Wandering Song' - Magician's Hat 3:16
WALTER TROUT 'Up Above My Sky' - Ordinary Madness 4:39
CRACK THE SKY 'Animal Skins' - Animal Notes 3:33
THE MEKONS 'In The Sun/The Galaxy Explodes' - Deserted 4:53
SPIRIT 'Life Has Just Begun' - The Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus 3:30
SET #2
THE BEATLES 'Cry For A Shadow' - In The Beginning; The Early Tapes 2:25
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 'Corsican Mastiff Stride' - Getting Into Knives 2:20
LEO KOTTKE & MIKE GORDON 'Flat Top' - Noon 2:20
CHICK COREA 'The Woods' - The Mad Hatter 4:25
BASTIEN KEB 'Theme For An Old Man' - The Killing Of Eugene Peeps 3:27
THE ACID 'Ra' - Liminal 3:22
CAMEL 'End Of The Day' - Harbour Of Tears 2:33
KRONOS QUARTET 'Gallop Of A Thousand Horses For String Quartet, Kamancheh, & Tombak' - Caravan 4:43
AURI 'Videni Juras (In The Middle Of The Sea)' - Best Of Folk Music Of Latvia 2:38
SET #3
PARQUET COURTS 'I Was Just Here' - Human Performance 1:48
JOHN GREAVES & PETER BLEGVAD 'Bottle' - Unearthed 2:55
RETURN TO FOREVER 'Sorceress' - Romantic Warrior 7:33
BOARDS OF CANADA 'The Color Of The Fire' - Music Has A Right To Children 1:45
LADY JUNE CAMPBELL CRAMER 'Touch Downer' - Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy 1:59
SPARKS 'This Town Ain't Big Enough' - Kimono My House 3:07
THE WEATHER PROPHETS' Almost Prayed' - MOJO Presents: There's A Light That Never Goes Out; Indie Classics 1982-1987 2:37
LITTLE FEAT 'Day At The Dog Races' - Time Loves A Hero 6:30
SET #4
LUCINDA WILLIAMS 'Life's A Gas' - Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs Of Marc Bolan & T Rex 4:03
BRIAN ENO 'By This River' - Before And After Science 3:03
MORT GARSON 'Pisces-Peace Piper' - Zodiac Cosmic Sounds 3:26
RETURN TO FOREVER 'Beyond The Seventh Galaxy' - Where Have I Known You Before 3:14
POP WILL EAT ITSELF 'Shortwave Transmission/Satellite Ecstatica' - This Is the Day...This Is The Hour...This Is The Lifestyle 4:35
GORILLAZ (Feat: slowthai & Slaves) 'Momentary Bliss' - Gorillaz Presents: Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez 3:43
BAMBA WASSOULOU GROOVE' DJarabi' - Dankele 4:12
ALEWIFE 'War Of The Satellites' - Chicago Surf Rally 2:25
SET #5
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER 'Long Road Home' - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never 3:32
THE FLAMING LIPS 'My Religion Is You' - American Head 3:33
MONK'ESTRA 'Monk's Mood' - MONK'estra Plays John Beasley 3:26
STEVIE WONDER 'Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)' - Songs In The Key Of Life 3:56
CHICK COREA & GARY BURTON 'Armando's Rhumba' - Native Sense: The New Duets 3:48
JAH WOBBLE'S INVADERS OF THE HEART 'The Bonds Of Love' - Take Me To God 3:56
XTC 'Frivolous Tonight' - Apple Venus: Volume 1 3:10
WENDY CARLOS 'Biblical Daydreams' - A Clockwork Orange: Complete Original Score 2:06
SET #6
CAN 'Dizzy Dizzy' - Soon Over Babaluma 5:38
JIM WHITE 'God Was Drunk When He Made Me' - No Such Place 2:51
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 'She Divines Water' - Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart 3:52
DEVOTCHKA 'One Last Vow' - Una Volta 4:56
DEVENDRA BANHART 'Now All Gone' - Ma 3:37
STEVE LEHMAN & SELEBEYONE 'Origine' - Selebeyone 4:49
MILES DAVIS 'John McLaughlin' (feat: Chick Corea)' - The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions 4:23
To hear more of Alewife and other Chicago Surf Bands
(And to obtain copies of the 'Chicago Surf Rally' album):
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
It's mid-February already and there's no telling when this bone chilling cold snap will release it's grip so why not just settle in with that giant quilt you pulled from the closet weeks ago, grab a hot beverage, and listen to my latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #406). I've got my usual bag of goodies (new releases, international tracks, jazz, psychedelic, and 'vault' classics to name a few) lined up to tickle your ears.
Out of the 'vault' there's an old Cleveland radio standard, KEVIN AYERS' 'Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes,' (recently remastered), plus SUPERSISTER, DAVID SANBORN, MCKENDREE SPRING, JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS, and BRUCE COCKBURN'S 'Giftbearer' all sprinkled throughout the program.
New material is played from ENNIO MORRICONE, WALTER TROUT, ELYSIAN FIELDS (covering a song from the Marc Bolan tribute album, 'Angelheaded Hipster'), as well as LEO KOTTKE & MIKE GORDON (doing 'Eight Miles High'), and cuts from THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, GORILLAZ, and J.S. ONDARA.
If you're looking for jazz there's PAUL HORN, MONK'ESTRA, and BRAD MEHLDAU, international offerings from BAMBA WASSOULOU GROOVE, HUUN-HUUR-TU, AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM, and ANANDA SHANKAR, and psychedelic sounds from THE FLAMING LIPS, SYD BARRETT, KING CRIMSON, and SHADY. I'll even get your 'groove' going with WAS (NOT WAS) playing 'I Feel Better Than James Brown,' a TALKING HEADS outtake from 'Remain In Light,' and trippy sounds by the SUPREME BEINGS OF LEISURE. It'll make the whole weekend toasty as everything outside shivers.
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
BAMBA WASSOULOU GROOVE' Kelekou' - Dankele 3:42
TALKING HEADS 'Double Groove (Unfinished Outtake)' - Remain In Light (Expanded Ed.) 4:27
GENTLE GIANT 'Free Hand' - Free Hand 6:12
PERE UBU 'Misery Goats' - The Art Of Walking 2:40
HUUN-HUUR-TU 'Ezertep-Le Bereyin Be (Do You Want Me To Saddle You?)' - Where The Young Grass Grows 4:01
ANANDA SHANKAR & THE STATE OF BENGAL 'Love & Passion' - Walking On 6:12
SHANTI 'We Want To Be Free' - Shanti 3:16
SET #2
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Vie-Ni (from Quando L'amore E Sensualita)' - Morricone Segreto 4:35
SUPERSISTER 'Cookies, Teacups, & Buttercups' - Spiral Staircase Sass 3:11
AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM 'Whirl-Y-Reel 2 (Folk Police Mix)' - Volume 1: Sound Magic 5:23
MONK'ESTRA 'Steve-O' - MONK'estra Plays John Beasley 5:25
LOS PO-BOY-CITOS 'Jive Samba' - Putumayo Presents: New Orleans Mambo 2:36
WAS (NOT WAS)' I Feel Better Than James Brown' - Are You Ok? 4:08
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 'Get Famous' - Getting Into Knives 3:19
KEVIN AYERS 'Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes' - Whatevershebringswesing (Remaster) 3:25
SET #3
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Mother I've Taken LSD' - American Head 3:48
KING CRIMSON 'The Power To Believe III' - The Power To Believe 4:09
WALTER TROUT 'Ordinary Madness' - Ordinary Madness 6:45
SYD BARRETT 'Octopus (Take 11)' - The Madcap Laughs 3:47
J.S. ONDARA 'Mr. Landlord' - Folk N' Roll Vol. 1: Tales Of Isolation 3:36
BASTIEN KEB 'Rabbit Hole' - The Killing Of Eugene Peeps 3:23
SHADY 'Hey Yeah' - World 3:59
SET #4
LEO KOTTKE & MIKE GORDON 'Eight Miles High' - Noon 5:16
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Giftbearer' - In The Falling Dark 4:39
PAUL HORN/STEPHEN HALPERN 'Fantasy Flights (Solo Golden Flute W/ Echoplex)' - Connections 4:24
MCKENDREE SPRING 'Lani' - Second Thoughts 3:02
JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS 'Abdul & Cleopatra' - Back In Your Life 3:16
DIDIER MALHERBE & LOY EHRLICH 'Lokoumotive' - Hadouk 4:04
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO 'A Pile Of Time' - Beauty 5:34
DAVID SANBORN 'Flight' - Taking Off 4:06
SET #5
GORILLAZ (feat. Octavian) 'Friday The 13th' - Gorillaz Presents: Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez 3:37
ELYSIAN FIELDS 'The Street And The Babe Shadow' - Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs Of Marc Bolan & T Rex 3:19
SUPREME BEINGS OF LEISURE 'Nothing Like Tomorrow' - Supreme Beings Of Leisure 4:43
HECTOR ZAZOU & SANDY DILLON 'Sandwiched 1' - 12: Las Vegas Is Cursed 4:46
THE BREEDERS 'Spacewoman' - All Nerve 4:21
WIRE 'German Sheperds (10:20 Version)' - 10:20 4:28
TUNE-YARDS 'Hammer' - I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life 3:15
SET #6
BRAD MEHLDAU 'I. Waking Up/II. Stepping' - Outside Suite: April 2020 3:32
JAN HAMMER 'The Seventh Day' - The First Seven Days 6:12
SUFJAN STEVENS/NICO MUHLY/BRAD DESSNER/ JAMES MCALISTER 'Mercury' - Planetarium 5:13
NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS 'See Emily Play' - Live At The Roundhouse** 3:03
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
On this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #405) I'll delve into how I go about creating each program and the realization that the very first artist that I pick to lead off each show usually determines the overall success of that show. That may seem like I've oversimplified it to some of my listeners so I'll actually walk you through the entire process of this program as it's assembled.
I decided to start today's show with JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALERO'S, following it with HARVEY GOLD'S homage to him with 'In Consideration of Joe Strummer,' then adding a rollicking number from the XTC offshoot, THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR, which ends in such a way that it seamlessly transitions into a track from the 'vault' by the band KHAN (from Space Shanty). That then morph's into the jazz tinged number, 'Blue Turk,' from ALICE COOPER'S 'School's Out' which blends itself into a track by ANGELO BADALAMENTI from the 'Twin Peaks' soundtrack, before finishing the set with RALPH CARNEY'S 'Funhouse' piece.
With me it's all about how certain notes or keys or even the style of a guitar riff allows a light bulb to go off above my head as the program progresses. During the set that follows, SEAN LENNON & CHARLOTTE KEMP MUHL perform a track from the Marc Bolan tribute album, 'Angelheaded Hipster' to begin, then a cut from the new album by THE MOUNTAIN GOATS is played and, inspired by the guitar and organ interlaced throughout the piece, it's followed by the GRATEFUL DEAD'S 'China Cat Sunflower' from 'Europe '72,' then new material from LEO KOTTKE (with MIKE GORDON), RY COODER, BILL FRISELL (from his 'Guitar in The Space Age' release), and finally a cut from DAEVID ALLEN.
Later on there's a bluesy ALBERT COLLINS song followed by the BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD, then a jazz standard by the CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND and numerous other selections that run from DAVID SYLVIAN and DEAD CAN DANCE, to FIRESIGN THEATRE, LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S 'West Side Story' and the RAMONES.
Join me and discover how the thought process used to assemble a show evolves and hear great music that results from it!
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS 'All In A Day' - Streetcore 4:55
HARVEY GOLD 'In Consideration Of Joe Strummer' - It's Messy, Vol. 1 3:31
THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR 'My Love Explodes' - Chips From The Chocolate Fireball 3:47
KHAN 'Stranded (including Effervescent Psych Novelty No. 5)' - Space Shanty (Remaster) 6:37
ALICE COOPER 'Blue Turk' - School's Out 5:33
ANGELO BADALAMENTI 'Dance Of The Dream Man' - Twin Peaks (OST) 3:41
RALPH CARNEY 'Funhouse' - I Like You (A Lot) 3:10
SET #2
SEAN LENNON & CHARLOTTE KEMP MUHL 'Mambo Sun' - Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs Of Marc Bolan & T Rex 4:16
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 'Harbor Me' - Getting Into Knives 4:07
GRATEFUL DEAD 'China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider' - Europe '72 10:35
LEO KOTTKE & MIKE GORDON 'From The Cradle To The Grave' - Noon 3:04
RY COODER 'Flathead One More Time' - I Flathead 3:10
BILL FRISELL 'Tired Of Waiting For You' - Guitar In The Space Age 6:02
DAEVID ALLEN 'They Say, They Say' - N'Existe Pas 2:29
SET #3
BAMBA WASSOULOU GROOVE 'Dankele' - Dankele 4:33
THEE OH SEES 'Unwrap The Fiend, Pt. 2' - A Weird Exit 4:27
HELDON 'Un Drole De Journee' - Stand By 4:01
KRAFTWERK 'Radio Stars/Uranium' - Radioactivity 5:02
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER 'Shifting/Wave Idea' - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never 5:15
WIRE 'He Knows' - 10:20 4:40
BIG THIEF 'UFOF' - UFOF 3:08
SET #4
ALBERT COLLINS 'Iceman' - Iceman 5;02
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD 'Everydays' - Buffalo Springfield Again (New Stereo Mix) 2:43
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND 'Night Train' - For Jimmy, Wes, And Oliver 5:21
JOHN LURIE 'Bo At The Airport' - Get Shorty (OST) 1:15
TALL DWARFS 'Lowlands' - Fork Songs (Plus Dogma) 3:05
LUNA 'Lost In Space' - Penthouse 3:44
PEACE ORCHESTRA 'The Man (Part 1)' - Peace Orchestra 4:48
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS 'Ah Pook The Destroyer/ Brian Gysin's All Purpose Bedtime Story' - Dead City Radio 2:45
TINO CONTRERAS 'Brazil' - Ultra-Lounge Vol. 17: Bongo Land 3:40
SET #5
DAVID SYLVIAN 'Pop Song' - Everything And Nothing 4:31
DEAD CAN DANCE 'Spirit' - A Passage In Time 4:59
KRONOS QUARTET 'Lullaby (W/ RHIANNON GIDDENS)' - Folk Songs 3:35
BEAVER & KRAUSE Walkin' Gandharva 2:43
JOHN HARDIN (TIN CAN LUMINARY) 'Indigenous Beliefs (w/ Amy Gustin)' - Collaborations 2:04
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR 'Refugees' - The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other 6:23
EELS 'Are We Alright Again' - Earth to Dora 3:43
SET #6
NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS 'The Nile Song' - Live At The Roundhouse 3:25
DENGUE FEVER 'One Thousand Tears Of A Tarantula' - Escape From Dragon House 6:41
FIRESIGN THEATRE 'Ersatz Bros. Coffee/High School Madness (Excerpt)' - Shoes For Industry 1:53
LEONARD BERNSTEIN 'Quintet (W/ Betty Wand, Jim Bryant, Marni Nixon, The Jets)' - West Side Story (OST) 3:25
RAMONES 'When I Was Young' - Acid Eaters 3:16
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
It's hard to believe the entire month of January is nearly over as I prepare yet another weekly foray into the world of freeform radio, but here we are, and I remain as excited as I've ever been with this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #404). Assembling the show has become almost second nature to me, but like everyone else, I hit a couple of creative road blocks this time and spent some additional hours reorganizing sets until I was satisfied with the finished product of my efforts.
During today's first half hour there's new music from the CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND and a MARC ALMOND rendition of another Marc Bolan song from the late Hal Willner produced Bolan tribute album, 'Angelheaded Hipster.' Surrounding those bookends are tracks from HUGH HOPPER'S 'Caveman Hughscore' album, Czech psych stalwarts THE PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (playing 'Sun Zoom Spark'), another new ONEOHRIX POINT NEVER cut, and THE ART OF NOISE.
My second set took a while to reassemble but the results should please everyone. It begins with NUSRAT FATAH ALI KHAN, then a late 60's psychedelic raga by the obscure band SHOCKING BLUE, then DWEEZIL ZAPPA'S interpretation of 'Tomorrow Never Knows,' which flows into a Middle Eastern laden piece from NATACHA ATLAS, before changing direction with BRAD MEHLDAU, KAMIKAZE GROUND CREW (featuring Ralph Carney), a BRAVE COMBO cover of 'Little Bit Of Soul, and finishes with a rarely heard song by DEVO.
Other things to look forward to today: More new material from LEO KOTTKE (with MIKE GORDON), WIRE, and THE MOUNTAIN GOATS; a BRAND X cover of a King Crimson song during a percussive driven set with music from CHICO FREEMAN, GUY EVANS (of Van Der Graaf), RENALDO & THE LOAF, and GEOFFREY ORYEMA, plus spoken word from KEN NORDINE and humor from NATIONAL LAMPOON.
It's a show worthy of your ears!
Today's Set List:
SET #1
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND 'Milestones' - For Jimmy, Wes, And Oliver 3:47
HUGH HOPPER & CAVEMAN HUGHSCORE 'Scooter Trash' - Caveman Hughscore 3:20
ALARM WILL SOUND 'Le Ray Au Soley!' - a%2Frhythmia 2:49
PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE 'Co. Znamena Vesti Kone' - Co. Znamena Vesti Kone 4:18
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND 'Sun Zoom Spark' - Clear Spot 2:13
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER 'Bow Echo' - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never 2:11
THE ART OF NOISE 'Rapt – In the Evening Air (Edit 2)' - The Abduction Of The Art Of Noise 4:20
MARC ALMOND 'Teenage Dream' - Angelheaded Hipster:The Songs Of Marc Bolan & T Rex 5:54
SET #2
NUSRAT FATAH ALI KHAN 'Taa Deem' - Mustt Mustt 4:53
SHOCKING BLUE 'Acka Raga' - At Home 3:07
DWEEZIL ZAPPA 'Tomorrow Never Knows' - Abbey Road: A Tribute To The Beatles 3:08
NATACHA ATLAS 'Batkallim' - Mounqaliba 5:58
BRAD MEHLDAU 'X: In The Kitchen' - Suite: April 2020 2:57
KAMIKAZE GROUND CREW (w/ Ralph Carney) 'Baby Doll Lounge' - Madame Marie's Temple Of Knowledge 4:30
BRAVE COMBO 'Little Bit Of Soul' - Mood Swing Music 2:21
DEVO 'Praying Hands' - Are We Not Men, We Are Devo 2:47
SET #3
LOU REED & JOHN CALE 'Open House' - Songs For Drella 4:18
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Watching The Lightbugs Glow' - American Head 2:53
NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS 'A Saucerful Of Secrets' - Live At The Roundhouse 9:17
PANDA BEAR 'Token' - Buoys 3:37
NATIONAL LAMPOON 'Shakespeare Knock Knocks' - White Album 2:09
DELIVERY 'Home Made Ruin (Alternative Take)' - Fools Meeting 2:57
MIDLAKE 'Aurora Gone' - Antiphon 4:37
SET #4
JOHN MARTYN 'Black Man At Your Shoulder' - Another World: Collector's Series Vol. 1 5:55
BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE 'Number 8 Mix' - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (Bonus Ed) 3:30
FUNKADELIC 'Holly Wants To Go To California' - Uncle Jam Wants You 4:25
LEO KOTTKE & MIKE GORDON 'How Many People Are You' - Noon 4:01
KEN NORDINE 'Lesson Number 1' - You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters 1:34
DEIGO URCOLA 'Stablemates (w/ Paquita D'Rivera)' - El Duelo 5:02
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 'Bell Swamp Connection' - Getting Into Knives 5:51
SET #5
SLAPP HAPPY 'Paradise Express' - Sort Of 2:38
GUY EVANS 'The Finger Points' - The Long Hello Vol. 4 2:19
RENALDO & THE LOAF '120 Before Zero' - Struve & Sneff 4:24
BRAND X (EAST) 'Neil And Jack And Me' - Schzoid Dimension: A Tribute To King Crimson 4:33
CHICO FREEMAN 'Kings Of Mali' - Kings Of Mali 10:01
GEOFFREY ORYEMA 'Passage At Dusk' - Night To Night 5:24
SET #6
WIRE 'Boiling Boy (10:20 Version)' - 10:20 6:22
SKY CRIES MARY 'Nowhere' - Moonbathing On Sleeping Leaves 5:38
SECRET OYSTER 'Oysterjungle' - Sea Son/Straight To The Krankenhaus 3:02
RETURN TO FOREVER 'Medieval Overture' - Romantic Warrior 5:14
ULTRAMARINE (with ROBERT WYATT) 'Happy Land' - United Kingdoms 4:41
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack.
There's a few new things that arrived this week (in addition to the new occupant in the White House) so during the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #403) I'll add those musical gifts to my usual programming while doing my best to unify a diverse array of musical style's into six cohesive sets over the course of today's program.
LEO KOTTKE* (with MIKE GORDON) from his latest offering 'Noon' gets the ball rolling and following that is BETH ORTON'S take on the Marc Bolan song 'Hippie Gumbo' from the late Hal Willner produced Bolan tribute album, 'Angelheaded Hipster.' Then I'll add BADFINGER, CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, GOMEZ, and PAUL KANTNER & THE JEFFERSON STARSHIP to round out the first set.
I'll lead off the second set with a cut from the latest by WIRE and more from GORILLAZ , then sprinkle in additional new material from THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS and BRAD MEHLDAU surrounding it all with other music from FILA BRAZILLIA, PHILLIP GLASS, and the song 'Sweet January' by the band IF.
Another stellar track from J.S. ONDARA (about losing his restaurant job because of the virus) gets the next set going, followed by JOHN LENNON'S 'Working Class Hero,' then tracks from PETER BLEGVAD, THE FEELIES, SAN FERMIN, and LAURIE ANDERSON all sonically add to the mix.
During the fifth set, in celebration of the Cleveland Browns foray into the playoffs for the first time in ages, there's songs about Ohio from JOHN BASSETTE ('Hello Cleveland'), THE BLACK KEYS, THE LOW ANTHEM, PETE TOWNSEND,THE PRETENDERS, MODEST MOUSE, and several others.
I hope that you can join me for today's show as I, and the rest of this nation, begin to get back to some sense of normalcy after all the chaos.
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
LEO KOTTKE & MIKE GORDON 'Ants' - Noon 4:40
BETH ORTON 'Hippie Gumbo' - Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs Of Marc Bolan & T Rex 3:05
BADFINGER 'Crocadillo' - Say No More 4:29
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 'Northern California Girls' - La Costa Perdida 7:17
GOMEZ 'Drench' - In Our Gun 4:37
PAUL KANTNER & THE JEFFERSON STARSHIP 'Let's Go Together
(Alternative Lyrics)' - Blows Against The Empire (Remaster) 4:22
SET #2
WIRE 'Wolf Collides' - 10:20 4:05
GORILLAZ (feat. Leee John) 'The Lost Chord' - Gorillaz Presents: Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez 4:03
FILA BRAZILLIA 'Billy Goat Groupies' - Luck Be A Weirdo Tonight 3:36
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS 'You'll Be Mine' - Made Of Rain 4:47
PHILLIP GLASS 'Ave; - North Star 4:45
BRAD MEHLDAU 'III. Keeping Distance' - Suite: April 2020 2:52
IF 'Sweet January' - If 3 5:04
SET #3
J.S. ONDARA 'Pulled Out of The Market' - Folk N' Roll Vol. 1: Tales Of Isolation3:55
JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND 'Working Class Hero' - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band3:50
PETER BLEGVAD 'Powers In The Air' - Go Figure 3:02
THE FEELIES 'Been Replaced' - In Between 3:09
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 'Tidal Wave' - Getting Into Knives 5:25
SAN FERMIN 'Two Scenes' - Jackrabbit 4:11
LAURIE ANDERSON/KRONOS QUARTET 'The Dark Side' - Landfall 1:10
TALKDEMONIC 'Midcentury Motion' - Ruins 2:44
77:78 'If I'm Anything' - Jellies 3:13
SET #4
FIONA APPLE 'Under The Table' - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 3:21
BAABA MAAL & MASOUR SECK 'Salminanam' - Djam Leelii (Mango) 4:31
7 YEAR RABBIT CYCLE 'Kali, Impeach Him!' - Wind Machines 3:44
ENSEMBLE MODERN/FRED FRITH 'Traffic Continues: Traffic III/Taffic I' - Traffic Continues 2:17
FRANK ZAPPA 'The Pigs' Music/A Pig With Wings' - Civilization Phase III 4:16
HELIOS CREED 'Pigs On The Wing Pt. 1' - A Saucerful Of Pink: A Tribute To Pink Floyd 2:25
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER 'Answering Machine/Imago' - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never 4:46
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Flowers Of Neptune 6' - American Head 4:31
SET #5
JOHN BASSETTE 'Hello Cleveland' - Weed & Wine EP (7” Vinyl) 3:09
PETE TOWNSEND 'Sheraton Gibson' - Who Came First (45th Anniversary Edition) 2:38
THE LOW ANTHEM 'To Ohio' - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin 3:18
LAMBCHOP 'Ohio' - OH (Ohio) 2:24
PERE UBU 'Wine Dark Sparks' - Cloudland (2007 Remaster) 3:12
MODEST MOUSE 'Ohio' - This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About 6:01
TIN HUEY 'The Tin Huey Story (Pt.1)' - Disinformation 2:32
THE BLACK KEYS 'Ohio' - Mp3 – Single 4:19
THE PRETENDERS 'My City Was Gone' - Learning To Crawl 5:24
SET #6
PORTISHEAD 'Mysterons' - Dummy 5:04
WHITE NOISE 'Your Hidden Dreams' - An Electric Storm 4:58
NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS 'Arnold Layne' - Live At The Roundhouse 3:15
THE BREAKERS 'Galactic Space Trip' - Transmissions From A Hornet Free Enviroment 2:43
DAVID BEDFORD' Wagner's Ring In One Minute' - Miniatures: 51 Tiny Masterpieces Edited By Morgan Fisher 0:58
DAVID BOWIE 'I'm Afraid Of Americans (Radio Edit)' - Nothing Has Changed 4:25
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
- Photo of Leo Kottke taken at the Kent Stage on May 24, 2018.
We've reached the middle of January already surrounded by unprecedented events that include an insurrection and riot, a second impeachment, and the forthcoming inauguration of a new president, all while cases of 'Covid' continue to ravage the country. With all the uncertainty swirling around us, I'm going to continue to do my part in bringing some relief to your overloaded senses by presenting the latest edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #402).
Among today's program highlights will be the premiere of the latest piece of music from the GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET (their rendition of John Zorn's 'Hutriel') during the final set as well as a track by CAPTAIN BEEFHEART in honor of his 80th birthday.
Those two reasons alone should make this show a must listen, but add to that two versions of 'Shock The Monkey' (one from JOSEPH ARTHUR and the other, PETER GABRIEL'S version in German), anchored into a set with cuts by THE BEATLES, ANANDA SHANKAR, WILLIS EARL BEAL, and another phenomenal new piece from J.S. ONDARA. I'll sprinkle additional new material throughout the show from BRAD MEHLDAU, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, and the live version of 'Atom Heart Mother' by NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS.
There's 'vault' goodies from THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, SANTANA, STEVE HILLAGE, and THE SEEDS, international styling's from KOTOJA, DAVID BYRNE & MARISA MONTE, and THE TRANSYLVANNIANS, and more recent material from WILCO, ROBERT WYATT, and TOM WAITS.
I'll also honor the departure of the evil orange one with CHRIS BUTLER'S 'Charlie Tan' and the arrival of a new day by playing 'Unite Your Nation' from new wave popsters, M, so gather round that ole transistor and settle in for some great music and hopes for better days.
Today's tracks:
SET #1
M 'Unite Your Nation' - New York - London – Paris – Munich 5:44
MEREDITH MONK 'Walking Song' - The Big Lebowski (OST) 2:55
THE SLITS 'Life On Earth' - Return Of The Giant Slits (Remaster) 6:34
BRIAN ENO & KARL HYDE 'When I Built This World' - Someday World 5:43
SPARKS 'So Tell Me Mrs. Lincoln, Aside From That, How Was Your Play?' - Hippopotamus 4:00
SILVER APPLES 'Mad Man Blues' - The Garden 3:15
MAGMA 'Lirik Necronomicus Kant (In Which Our Heros, Urgon & Gorgo Meet)' - Attahk 5:06
SET #2
BROKEN BELLS 'Your Head Is On Fire' - Broken Bells 3:06
THE SEEDS 'Travel With Your Mind' - Future 3:14
JOSEPH ARTHUR 'Shock The Monkey' - Peter Gabriel: And I'll Scratch Yours 5:46
PETER GABRIEL 'Schock Den Affen' - Peter Gabriel IV: Deutsches Album 5:47
THE BEATLES 'Flying' - Magical Mystery Tour 2:17
ANANDA SHANKAR 'Renunciation' - Ananda Shankar And His Music 4:22
WILLIS EARL BEAL 'Bright Copper 'Noon' - Acousmatic Sorcery 3:35
J.S. ONDARA 'Lockdown On Date Night Tuesday' - Folk N' Roll Vol. 1: Tales Of Isolation5:03
SET #3
NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS 'If/Atom Heart Mother/If (Reprise)' - Live At The Roundhouse 11:02
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Dinosaurs On The Mountain' - American Head 3:38
STEVE HILLAGE 'Crystal City' - Green 3:35
BRAD MEHLDAU 'Don't Let It Bring You Down' - Suite: April 2020 2:06
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 'Wolf Count' - Getting Into Knives 3:49
RICKIE LEE JONES 'The Horses' - Flying Cowboys 4:50
SET #4
VAN DER GRAAF 'The Sphinx In The Face' - The Quiet Zone, The Pleasure Dome 5:58
DIEGO URCOLA 'Pekin (w/ Paquito D'Rivera)' - El Duelo 3:21
VARTTINA 'Itkin' - Ilmatar 5:20
DARCY JAMES ARGUE'S SECRET SOCIETY 'Apocalypse Is A Process' - Real Enemies 5:47
ROBERT WYATT' Part One: 'Neither Here...' Old Europe' - Cuckooland 4:15
DELTA SAXOPHONE QUARTET 'Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening' - Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening 3:24
WILCO 'Normal American Kids' - Schmilco 2:47
SET #5
KOTOJA 'Vami Duwe' - One World 5:21
SANTANA 'Se A Cabo' - Abraxas 2:51
THE TRANSSYLVANIANS 'Akasztos' - The Rough Guide To Hungarian Music 3:56
BUTTHOLE SURFERS 'Ghandi' - Humpty Dumpty LSD 2:28
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER 'Cross Talk II/I Don't Love Me Anymore' - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never 3:43
DAVID BYRNE & MARISA MONTE 'Waters Of March' - Red Hot + Rio 3:14
TOM WAITS' In The Colosseum' - Bone Machine 4:50
CHRIS BUTLER 'Charlie Tan' - Mp3 3:53
SET #6
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET 'Hutriel' - Mp3 - golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 4:36
THE MERMEN 'Slipping The Glimpse' - Songs Of The Cows 5:50
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND 'Here She Comes Now' - Peel Slowly & See 2:04
SAM PHILLIPS 'Fighting With Fire' - Martinis & Bikinis 3:00
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND 'Candle Mambo' - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) 3:26
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
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This week I'm returning to my regular Friday time slot as I've finally caught up with all the issues which lead me to be a day late over the holidays. On this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #401) I've got a fun packed show in store with several artists who share the same week of my birth as I do.
There's Daevid Allen (GONG) and Wayne Coyne (THE FLAMING LIPS) (January 13) and Jimmy Page (LED ZEPPELIN) (January 9) all incorporated into the first hour of the program. The two mentioned first appear during the first set and are accompanied by new tracks from ONDARA and GORILLAZ as well as older material from HECTOR ZAZOU (with Barbara Gogan), MARI BOINE, and BECK.
LED ZEPPELIN'S instrumental version of 'No Quarter' anchors a second set with additional music from BRAD MEHLDAU, TERJE RYPDAL, MITCHELL FROOM, and a cover of 'Norwegian Wood' by THE FIERY FURNACES. And all that merely lights the candles for the final two hours.
There 'vault' selections from SPIRIT, SUPERSISTER, and THE WHO with more new stuff from RICK HROMADKA and THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS in the third set, then new material from THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, and NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS in the fourth blended into music from KEVIN AYERS, PERE UBU, and WASIS DIOP.
Add in THE KINKS, CAN, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, and MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND with recent acquisitions from SUFJAN STEVENS and the EELS and it's, to beat another metaphor to death, 'Icing on the cake.' Hope you can pull up a chair, grab a fork, and listen!
This weeks playlist:
SET #1
GORILLAZ (feat. Fatamata Diawara) 'Desole' - Gorillaz Presents: Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez 5:33
MARI BOINE 'Beaivelottas/Butterfly' - Gavcci Jahkejuogu/Eight Seasons 4:19
BARBARA GOGAN & HECTOR ZAZOU 'Cradle Your Soul' - Made On Earth 5:17
GONG 'Hymnalayas' - Shapeshifter 7:37
J.S. ONDARA 'Isolation Anonymous' - Folk N' Roll Vol. 1: Tales Of Isolation4:05
BECK 'Novacane' - Odelay 4:37
SET #2
WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND 'High Coin' - Part One & Vol. 2 2:09
TERJE RYPDAL 'Dancing Without Reindeer' - If Mountains Could Sing 3:27
BRAD MEHLDAU 'VII: The Day Moves By' - Suite: April 2020 1:57
LED ZEPPELIN 'No Quarter (Rough Mix With JPJ Keyboard Overdubs – Instrumental)" - Houses Of The Holy (Deluxe Edition) 7:03
EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS 'Uncomfortable' - PersonA 3:46
MITCHELL FROOM 'I'd Better Not' - Dopamine 3:13
THE FIERY FURNACES 'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)' - This Bird Has Flown: 40th Anniversary Tribute To Rubber Soul 2:56
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Assassins Of Youth' - American Head 4:12
SET #3
RICK HROMADKA 'I'm Here To Entertain' - Better Days 3:36
RANDY NEWMAN 'Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear' - Sail Away (Deluxe Edition) 2:05
SUPERSISTER 'Sylvers Song (Groan, Stamp, Shock, Hoot)' - Spiral Staircase 3:09
SPIRIT 'Dream Within A Dream' - Family That Plays Together 3:02
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS 'Ash Wednesday' - Made Of Rain 5:37
BO HANSSON 'Day And Night' - Attic Thoughts 4:33
THE WHO 'Naked Eye' - Odds And Sods : 5:27
SET #4
WASIS DIOP 'Mori' - Toxu 4:09
KEVIN AYERS 'Red Green And You Blue' - Shooting At The Moon 3:52
PERE UBU 'Sleep Walk' - Story Of My Life 4:25
NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS 'Remember A Day' - Live At The Roundhouse 3:32
ADRIAN BELEW 'Laughing Man' - Desire Caught By The Tail 5:35
THE COMET IS COMING 'Super Zodiac' - Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery 4:01
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER 'Cross Talk IV/Radio Lonelys/Lost But Never Alone' - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never 5:26
SET #5
MY BLOODY VALENTINE 'Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside)' - Isn't Anything 2:21
MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND 'Nightingales And Bombers' - Nightingales And Bombers 4:55
CARNEYBALL JOHNSON 'Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White' - Carneyball Johnson 5:44
BRAVE COMBO 'Sixteen Tons' - Musical Varieties 2:41
DIEGO URCOLA 'Con Alma (w/ Paquito D'Rivera)' - El Duelo 4:53
CAN 'Soul Desert (From Madchen Mit)' - Soundtracks 3:50
JESCA HOOP 'Ode To Banksy' - The House That Jack Built 4:05
SET #6
THE KINKS 'Living On A Thin Line' - Come Dancing With The Kinks: The Best Of The Kinks 1977-86 4:11
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Run Away With Me' - The Ascension 4:07
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 'Getting Into Knives' - Getting Into Knives 5:14
CRACKER 'Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out With Me' - Sunrise In The Land Of Milk & Honey 4:11
THE MEKONS 'Winter' - OOOH! (Out Of Our Heads) 3:07
EELS 'Earth To Dora' - Earth To Dora** 3:43
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** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
The new year has arrived and as we begin anew, so does another milestone as TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES celebrates it's 400th episode. I'll do it in a variety of ways today as I honor some of the musicians we lost last year, add several more releases to my 'Best Of' list that didn't make it on to my previous show, and surround compositions by FRANK ZAPPA and electronica wizards ALLEN RAVENSTINE, ROBERT WHEELER, & CHRIS STEPHENS with great music from other artists.
I'll start off the program by honoring the late Kent State wounded student and activist Alan Canfora with NEIL YOUNG'S acoustic version of 'Ohio' from his latest EP, and follow it with tracks by JOHN PRINE, HAL WILLNER (with Ralph Carney) KENNY ROGERS, and KRAFTWERK'S FLORIAN SCHNEIDER, (all who left us last year) interspersed with new cuts from MARY HALVERSON'S CODE GIRL and THE FLAMING LIPS.
Two excerpts from FRANK ZAPPA'S ' 'Lumpy Gravy Pt. 1' are surrounded with new cuts from ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, GORRILAZ (with Robert Smith), NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS, and the EELS during today's third set. During the shows final hour, ALLEN RAVENSTINE, ROBERT WHEELER, & CHRIS STEPHENS' new electronica piece gets blended in with music from DAEVID ALLEN, SHAWN PHILLIPS, PETER HAMMILL & GARY LUCAS, KRONOS QUARTET, and LENE LOVICH.
I'll also pay homage to the legacy of MANU DIBANGO, LITTLE RICHARD, ENNIO MORRICONE (with a John Zorn version of one of his pieces), and MONTY PYTHON'S TERRY JONES ( with their classic 'Spam' sketch) as well as add WIRE and BOBBY RUSH songs to the 'Best Of' category.
Today's playlist:
SET #1
NEIL YOUNG 'Ohio' - The Times (EP) 2:49
JOHN PRINE 'The Lonesome Friends Of Science' - The Tree Of Forgiveness 4:41
MARY HALVERSON'S CODE GIRL 'Artlessly Falling' - Artlessly Falling 7:17
HAL WILLNER 'Hal Sings The Fatal Glass Of Beer While Ralph Honks (w/ Ralph Carney)' - Whoops! I'm An Indian 2:20
KENNY ROGERS 'Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)' - The Big Lebowski (OST) 3:20
KRAFTWERK 'Elektrisches Roulette' - Ralf & Florian 4:23
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Brother Eye' - American Head 4:23
SET #2
MANU DIBANGO 'Diarabi (Feat. Bonga, Toure Kunda)' - Wakafrika 4:59
DIEGO URCOLA 'La Yumba/Caravan (w/ Paquito D'Rivera)' - El Duelo 6:12
LAS TOALLITAS 'Mr. Twist' - Mayhem Among The Desert Thieves 3:14
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT 'The Hero Pack/First Crash Landing' - Isle Of Dogs (OST) 2:04
JOHN ZORN 'Battle of Algiers' - The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays The Music Of Ennio Morricone 3:56
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 'As Many Candles As Possible' - Getting Into Knives 3:24
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE 'Cemetery Guns' - Sky Full Of Holes 2:53
GENTLE GIANT 'As Old As You Are Young' - The Missing Piece 4:23
SET #3
MORGAN DELT 'The System Of 1000 Lies' - Phase Zero 2:48
FRANK ZAPPA 'Lumpy Gravy (Excerpt Pt. 1 – The Way I See It, Barry, Duodendum)' - Lumpy Gravy 1:38
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER 'Cross Talk III/Tales From The Trash Stratum' - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never 3:40
GORILLAZ (feat. Robert Smith) 'Strange Timez' - Gorillaz Presents: Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez 3:48
NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS 'Lucifer Sam' - Live At The Roundhouse 3:12
FRANK ZAPPA 'Lumpy Gravy (Excerpt Pt. 1 – The Way I See It, Barry, Duodedum, Oh No, Bit Of Nostalgia, It's From Kansas (Umrk Remix)' - The Lumpy Money Project-Object 5:06
BRIAN ENO 'How Many Worlds' - Another Day On Earth 4:47
EELS 'Anything For Boo' - Earth To Dora 3:24
SET #4
WIRE 'Hung' - Mind Hive 7:54
STEVE HACKETT 'Descent' - At The Edge Of Light 4:24
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Death Star' - The Ascension 4:04
BOSNIAN RAINBOWS 'The Eye Fell In Love' - Bosnian Rainbows 4:19
THE BREAKERS 'Quid Pro Quo' - A Date With Destiny (EP) 3:44
LITTLE RICHARD 'Keep-A-Knockin' ' -The Essential 2:18
VIOLENT FEMMES 'I Get What I Want' - Hotel Last Resort 2:30
SET #5
JOHN HARTFORD 'Holding' - Aereo-Plain 1:45
DAEVID ALLEN 'High Points' - Dreamin' A Dream 3:05
SHAWN PHILLIPS 'Looking At The Angel' - Do You Wonder 4:51
ALLEN RAVENSTINE, ROBERT WHEELER, & CHRIS STEPHENS '40 Years (Part 1) (Excerpt- Noah Heyman Mix)' - Point Cloud Noise4:07
KRONOS QUARTET 'What Would Have Happened' - Howl U.S.A. 2:19
ALLEN RAVENSTINE, ROBERT WHEELER, & CHRIS STEPHENS '40 Years (Part 2)(Excerpt- Noah Heyman Mix)' - Point Cloud Noise2:57
PETER HAMMILL & GARY LUCAS 'Built From Scratch' - Other World 4:27
ALLEN RAVENSTINE, ROBERT WHEELER, & CHRIS STEPHENS '40 Years (Part 3)(Excerpt- Noah Heyman Mix)' - Point Cloud Noise1:00
LENE LOVICH 'I Think We're Alone Now' - Stateless 2:48
STANLEY CLARKE 'Hot Fun' - School Days 2:55
SET #6
JOAO GILBERTO 'Falsa Biana' - Joao Gilberto 3:45
MONTY PYTHON 'Spam Sketch/Spam Song' - Another Monty Python Record 2:23
GURU GURU 'Spam Spam' - Psy 5:49
POLI STYRENE JASS BAND 'Drano In Your Veins' - Punk 45: Extermination Nights In The Sixth City, Cleveland, Ohio: Punk And The Decline Of The Midwest 1975-82 1:49
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS 'Minstrel Boy' - Joe Strummer 001 5:39
BOBBY RUSH 'Sometimes I Wonder' - Rawer Than Raw 4:46
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Ring out the old and ring in the new is the understatement of the year during these covid times and what better way to finish off what remains of 2020 than by recognizing all the great music from amazing artists that helped us all cope with the turmoil that surrounded us. Here then is the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #399), my Best Of 2020 Special, with my selections of favorite releases to grace our ears and bring a smile to our faces.
I'll start off the show with BRYAN SCARY (from his 'Birds' release) and next turn to SPARKS (from their stellar album, 'A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip') then follow with a rhythmical cut from MARK GUILIANI, later adding two newly acquired tracks from ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER and THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, and cuts from SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS, THE DISTRICTS, and OS MUTANTES.
There's plenty to choose from musically this go round with locally bred artists 15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND), HARVEY GOLD, CHRIS BUTLER, ALLEN RAVENSTINE, LONG TALL DEB & COLIN JOHN, and GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET all making musical statements, internationally based sounds from SPROINGG, SOAUD MASSI, and CODE SANGALA, 'live' cuts from NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS and PERE UBU, and Chicago 'surf' from THE BREAKERS and OUTRONAUT.
Add to all this jazz from MARY HALVERSON'S CODE GIRL (with Robert Wyatt), DIEGO URCOLA, and THUMBSCREW, plus anything but mainstream pieces from FIONA APPLE, SLEEP DAY, CALIFONE, DEERHOOF, and RICK HROMADKA and I'll still have great material left to numerous to mention here.
Program playlist:
SET #1
BRIAN SCARY 'I Saw Birds Flocking' - Birds 3:10
SPARKS 'Sainthood Is Not In Your Future' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 4:12
MARK GUILIANA 'Roast' - Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! 4:35
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER 'Cross Talk I/Auto & Alto' - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never3:44
SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS 'What It Takes' - Aporia 3:23
THE DISTRICTS 'My Only Ghost' - You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere 3:08
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 'The Great Gold Sheep' - Getting Into Knives 5:03
OS MUTANTES 'Tempo E Espaco' - Zzyzx 3:41
SET #2
SPROINGG 'Z'Morgele' - Clam 7:09
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET 'Ziphim' - Mp3 - golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com3:22
SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry) 'You Should Just Shut Up And Let Me Like You' - Kiss Me Like A Little Yellow Bird 3:48
THE FLAMING LIPS 'You N Me Sellin' Weed' - American Head 4:57
BILL FRISELL 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone' - Harmony 3:09
ALLEN RAVENSTINE 'Firefly' - Electron Music (EP) 4:34
THUMBSCREW (Halverson, Fujiwara, Formanek) 'Composition No. 79' - The Anthony Braxton Project 3:39
SET #3
CODE SANGALA 'Tithana' - Mizu 4:37
OUTRONAUT 'Kill The Light' - Kill The Light 3:49
BOB DYLAN 'Black Rider' - Rough And Rowdy Ways 4:12
STEPHEN MALKMUS 'ACC Kirtan' - Traditional Techniques 6:19
FIONA APPLE 'Shameika' - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 4:08
DEERHOOF 'O Ye Saddle Babes' - Future Teenage Cave Artists 3:32
GORILLAZ (feat. BECK) 'The Valley Of The Pagans' - Gorillaz Presents: Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez 3:01
MAKAYA MCCRAVEN 'The Crutch (feat. Gil Scott Heron)' - We're New Again: A Reimagining 2:33
SET #4
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'Blue Collar' - Endure: Outliers On Water Street 7:24
THE PRETENDERS 'Lightning Man' - Hate For Sale 2:56
THE BREAKERS 'Drops Of Third Eye' - Voodoo Treatment 4:49
NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS 'Let There Be More Light- ' Live At The Roundhouse 3:32
PERE UBU 'Caligari's Mirror' - By Order Of Mayor Pawlicki (Live In Jarocin) 3:38
CALIFONE 'Romans' - Echo Mine 4:30
HARVEY GOLD 'Your Side Of The Room' - It's Messy Vol. 1 3:36
SET #5
DIEGO URCOLA 'Sacajawea (w/ Paquito D'Rivera)' - El Duelo 4:49
808 STATE 'Huronic' - Transmission Suite 4:46
ROGER ENO & BRIAN ENO 'Iris' - Mixing Colours 2:54
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Video Game' - The Ascension 4:16
BATTLES 'Ambulance' - Juice B Crypts 4:20
THE MEKONS 'In The Desert' - Deserted 4:50
SOUAD MASSI 'Pays Natal' - Oumniya 3:17
RICK HROMADKA 'Better Days' - Better Days 4:10
TRACEY THOMAS 'Sorry Mister' - My Roots Are Showing 1:31
SET #6
JUANA MOLINA 'Paraguaya Punk' - For Fun (EP) 2:00
LONG TALL DEB & COLIN JOHN 'Deflection Blues (with Chris Butler)' - Mp3 5:02
IGGY POP 'If You're Going To The City' - If You're Going To The City:
A Tribute To Mose Allison 3:50
LES AMAZONES D”AFRIQUE 'Smooth (feat: Mamani Keita)' - Amazones Power 4:31
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS 'Hide The Medicine' - Made Of Rain 3:40
MARY HALVERSON'S CODE GIRL 'Walls And Roses (with Robert Wyatt)' - Artlessly Falling 3:34
CHRIS BUTLER 'Gotta Vote Him Out' - Mp3 – chrisbutler1.bandcamp.com 3:50
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Greeting from snowy Akron, Ohio! As 2020 drags us all kicking and screaming towards it's final weeks, I have been working my tail off to finish the 9th annual TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#398) Christmas special. So in keeping with everything else around us that we've had to adjust to as the 'New Normal,' I was forced to delay this years program by a single day. Well it's finally arrived (just like all your Christmas presents from out of town this year).
I'll begin the show with several songs about snow from FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, GALAXIE 500, and CLAUDIA SCHMIDT, before segueing into SAM BUSH'S rendition of 'Let It Snow, ' ZEE AVI'S take on the song 'Frosty The Snowman,' the late DANIEL JOHNSTON'S cover of 'Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer,' before completing the set with songs from THE BEACH BOYS and THE PERSUASIONS.
Later on there's a set with spoken word pieces from the PAUL KANTNER WINDOWPANE COLLECTIVE (a spacey version of 'Twas The Night Before Xmas') and ROBERT MIRABEL ('Christmas Eve' at Taos Pueblo), both interwoven with pieces from JOE BYRD, JORMA KAUKONEN, SUFJAN STEVENS, CALEXICO, and BRUCE COCKBURN.
Akron's own GLENN LAZEAR anchors the fourth set with their new holiday song, 'Christmas Inside,' followed by locals PHIL KEAGGY, THE JAMES GANG ('Collage'), THE PRETENDERS (singing a Xmas classic), and finishing up with THE HIFI'S ('Christmastime Is Coming Around Again'), RALPH CARNEY'S 'The Happy Solstice Song,' and THE WAITRESSES 'Christmas Wrapping.'
Plus I've got ELLIS MARSALIS, MARS WILLIAMS & FRIENDS (doing 'Oh Tannenbaum' from 'An Ayler Xmas Vol. 2), LOS STRAITJACKETS (doing 'Feliz Navidad'), BRAVE COMBO, and during today's final set, THE BEATLES FAN CLUB CHRISTMAS MESSAGE (1964), surrounded by PAUL COURTRIGHT (a Beatles/Vince Guaraldi mash up), THE SHINS, and a rare Christmas song by XTC.
It may be a day late, but it's not Aunt Ida's frozen fruitcake from 1999 that you just discovered at the bottom of your basement freezer.
Today's Set List:
SET #1
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE 'Valley Winter Song' - Welcome Interstate Managers 3:34
GALAXIE 500 'Snowstorm' - MOJO Presents White Winter Hymnals:
15 Songs For Cold Days And Long Nights 5:09
CLAUDIA SCHMIDT 'Five Kinds Of Snow' - Hark The Dark 4:21
SAM BUSH 'Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!' - A Very Special Acoustic Christmas 4:15
ZEE AVI 'Frosty The Snowman' - This Warm December; A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 2 2:29
DAN CRAY 'Santa Baby' - Holiday Guitar 4:25
DANIEL JOHNSTON 'Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer' - You Sleigh Me:
Alternative Christmas Hits 3:30
THE BEACH BOYS 'The Man With All The Toys' - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album 1:32
THE PERSUASIONS 'This Time of Year' - You're All I Want For Christmas 3:13
SET #2
ELLIS MARSALIS 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' - Putumayo Presents:
New Orleans Christmas 3:07
MARS WILLIAMS PRESENTS 'O'Tannenbaum/Spirits (Part 1' - An Ayler Xmas Vol. 2 5:43
MARTY GOLD & HIS ORCHESTRA 'March of The Toys' - Christmas Memories 2:26
MARS WILLIAMS PRESENTS '12 Days Of Christmas (Pt. 2)' - An Ayler Xmas Vol. 2 4:29
JIMMY MCGRIFF 'The Christmas Song (TONAL Remix)' - Christmas Remixed Vol. 2 3:25
JOHN SCOFIELD & THE WILD MAGNOLIAS 'Go Tell it on The Mountain' - World Christmas 5:23
SULTANS OF SWING 'Sing For Kwanzaa (w/ Richard Bona & Waleed Abdulhamid)' - Christmas Caravan 3:28
SET#3
JORMA KAUKONEN 'Journey Of The Three Wise Men' - Christmas 4:35
PAUL KANTNER WINDOWPANE COLLECTIVE 'Twas The Night Before Christmas' - A Martian Christmas 4:44
JOSEPH BYRD 'E La Don Don Verges Maria' - A Christmas Yet to Come 1:57
ROBERT MIRABEL 'Christmas Eve (Spoken Word)' - Pueblo Christmas 4:41
SUFJAN STEVENS 'We're Goin' To The Country!' - Noel: Songs For Christmas Vol. 1 2:15
CALEXICO 'Green Grows The Holly' - Holidays Rule 3:59
BRUCE COCKBURN 'I Saw Three Ships' - Christmas 4:20
SET #4
GLENN LAZEAR 'Christmas Inside' - Mp3** - discretespectrum.com 2:22
PHIL KEAGGY 'Village Bells' - Welcome Inn: A Phil Keaggy Christmas 5:26
JAMES GANG 'Collage' - Yer Album 4:06
THE PRETENDERS 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' - A Very Special Christmas 4:30
MIKE BAIARDI '2000 Miles' - Rockabye Baby: Lullaby Renditions of Christmas Rock Classics 4:06
THE HI-FI'S 'Christmastime Is Coming Around Again' - thehifis.bandcamp.com 3:03
RALPH CARNEY 'The Happy Solstice Song' - Mp3 Single 2:16
THE WAITRESSES 'Christmas Wrapping' - The Edge of Christmas 5:26
SET #5
JOSHUA BELL 'Nutcracker Medley (with Straight No Chaser)' - Musical Gifts From Joshua Bell & Friends 3:40
THE SWINGLE SINGERS 'A Christmas Medley: Carol Of The Bells/Melodies For The Day/O Sanctissimo' - Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas 3:10
TAJ MAHAL & THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA 'There's A Reason They Call It Christmas' - Talkin' Christmas 3:17
BRAVE COMBO 'Jolly Old St. Nick' - Putumayo Presents: A Family Christmas 3:20
ART CARNEY 'Twas The Night Before Christmas' - The Return Of Sampler Claus 2:12
CHRISTMAS JUG BAND' I Got Home Today For Christmas' - Mistletoe Jam 3:23
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Little Drummer Boy' - Mojo's Festive Fifteen 4:48
LOS STRAITJACKETS 'Feliz Navidad' - Tis The Season For Los Straitjackets 3:10
SET #6
THE THREE WISE MEN (XTC) 'Thanks For Christmas' - Rag & Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts & Leftovers 3:50
THE BEATLES '1964 Christmas Fan Club Message' - The Beatles Christmas Album 4:07
PAUL COURTRIGHT 'Jesus Christmas Party' - The White Christmas Album (Mash Up) 3:00
THE SHINS 'Wonderful Christmastime' - Holidays Rule 2:29
MAPS & ATLASES 'Winter' - Beware & Be Grateful 4:32
WOODEN SHJIPS 'Auld Lang Syne' - WFMU's War On Christmas 8:06
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For a copy of Glenn Lazear's 'Christmas Inside' or other music:
https://discretespectrum.bandcamp.com/
For a copy of The Hifi's Christmas Song or other music:
https://thehifis.bandcamp,com/
For copies of Mars Williams' An Ayler Xmas (Volumes 1-4) and other great music:
https://marswilliams.bandcamp.com/
It’s hard to believe we're only two weeks away from Christmas with all the extraneous noise coming from your TV, computer screens, and so called smart phones about election rigging, covid outbreaks, and conspiracy theories so maybe, just maybe, now's the perfect time to tune it all out and escape for three hours with this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #397).
Here's what my three hours of alternative reality will bring to you this week. XTC, THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM, and JOE BYRD'S 'The United States Of America' album all gathering round the fire place to start off the program's first set with covers by THE MAGNETIC NORTH (The Beatles) and BELARUS (The Beach Boys) leading into NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS latest with a rousing rendition of 'Fearless' to complete that initial half hour.
Now go get more marshmallows for your hot cocoa and settle in with more new tracks from DIEGO URCOLA (jazz), SUFJAN STEVENS, THE BREAKERS (surf), THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS (alternative), ALLEN RAVENSTINE, and more from DEERHOOF'S 'Love-Lore' covers album.
Add in some tasty sweets during the fourth set via KING CRIMSON and THE RAINCOATS surrounded by spoken word pieces from FLOOM and PHILLIP GLASS (Einstein On The Beach), then another recent piece from MARY HALVERSON'S CODE GIRL before ending the second hour with THE BOOKS and TALKING HEADS and you'll nearly be ready for nap time.
I'll finish the final hour today with my homage to HAROLD BUDD, vault tracks from THE RESIDENTS and TRAFFIC, then turn to Ohio born artists TIN HUEY, JOHN HARDIN, THE DAMNATION OF ADAM BLESSING, DRUMMER, and THE PRETENDERS (their rollicking cut 'Downtown (Akron')) to send you off totally relaxed to slumber land.
Today's Playlist:
XTC 'Scarecrow People' - Oranges & Lemons (Remastered) 4:13
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM 'Mr. Wright' - The Monolith Of Phobos 4:21
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Joe Byrd) 'The American Metaphysical Circus' - The United States Of America 4:57
THE MAGNETIC NORTH 'You Still Believe In Me' - MOJO Presents: Pet Sounds Revisited 2:30
BELARUS 'Here, There, And Everywhere' - MOJO Presents: Revolver Reloaded 5:47
NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS 'Fearless' - Live At The Roundhouse 5:02
SET #2
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Landslide' - The Ascension 5:04
THE MOTH WRANGLERS 'Miss Fire' - Never Mind The Context 4:25
JOHN CALE 'Cable Hogue' - Helen Of Troy 3:33
ABDELLA 'Lawan (Time)' - New Moon 4:01
DIEGO URCOLA 'El Duelo (w/ Paquito D'Rivera)' - El Duelo 5:09
BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES 'Flying Saucer Dudes' - Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo 4:51
KHRUANGBIN 'Maria Tambien' - Khruangbin 3:11
SET #3
DAEVID ALLEN'S WEIRD QUARTET 'DJ Herbal Extract' - Weird Biscuit 5:07
THE BREAKERS 'Sub-Marine Time Machine' - A Date With Destiny (EP) 3:47
HAWKWIND 'Green Machine' - Blood Of The Earth 4:04
EELS 'Of Unsent Letters' - Earth To Dora 3:08
DEVOTCHKA 'Along The Way' - A Mad And Faithful Telling 4:01
PHIL MANZANERA 'Esta Vida Prestada' - Corroncho 3:53
ANTHONY MOORE 'Judy Get Down' - Flying Doesn't Help 2:58
RICK HROMADKA 'State Of Mind' - Better Days 4:13
SET #4
KING CRIMSON 'Indoor Games' - Lizard 5:38
FLOOM 'Just For A Few Minutes' - Floom 3:47
THE RAINCOATS 'And Then It's OK' - Odyshape 3:09
PHILLIP GLASS 'Trial 2-Prison/I Feel The Earth Move' - Einstein On The Beach 4:09
MARY HALVERSON'S CODE GIRL 'Last-Minute Smears' - Artlessly Falling 8:58
THE BOOKS 'Beautiful People' - The Way Out 2:52
TALKING HEADS 'Crosseyed And Painless' - Remain In Light (Remastered) 4:47
SET #5
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS 'Wrong Train' - Made Of Rain 4:12
MASSIVE ATTACK 'Future Proof' - 100th Window 5:38
HAROLD BUDD & HECTOR ZAZOU 'You And Me Against The Sky' - Glyph 4:12
THE RESIDENTS 'Home Age Conversation' - Fingerprince 2:02
NEON INDIAN 'Suns Erupt' - Era Extrana 5:28
DEERHOOF 'Love-Lore #4 (covers of Stravinsky/Caetano Veloso/Luigi Nono/
Krystof Pederecki/John Cage/George Brecht/ Part 4' - Love-Lore 3:25
HAYSEED DIXIE 'Hells Bells' - A Hillbilly Tribute To AC/DC 3:08
TRAFFIC 'Freedom Rider' - John Barleycorn Must Die 5;30
SET #6
ALLEN RAVENSTINE 'In Search Of Memory' - Shore Leave (EP) 6:52
TIN CAN LUMINARY (JOHN HARDIN) 'Grandchester Meadows' - Tin Can Luminary 1:33
THE DAMNATION OF ADAM BLESSING 'We Don't Need It' - Which Is Justice, Which Is The Thief 2:59
TIN HUEY 'The Tin Huey Story Part 2' - Disinformation 3:08
DRUMMER (with Patrick Carney) 'Every Nineteen Minutes' - Feel Good Together 4:28
THE PRETENDERS 'Downtown (Akron)' - Packed! 2:43
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information on purchasing Rick Hromadka's music:
https://www.sodastarmusic.com/
For how to obtain The Breakers latest music or other works:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/
To order Deerhoof's Love-Lore album:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/album/love-lore
Allen Ravenstine's two limited edition EP's 'Shore Leave' and Electron Music' (or vinyl combination LP)are available now:
https://allen-ravenstine.bandcamp.com/music
OK so you've survived the first week of 'cabin fever' (not entirely caused by the covid lock-down) as temperatures plummeted and most of where I live was snowed in for a couple of days. It'll be at least another month before the animal stuffed heads on hunters walls begin telling them which stocks are trending favorably so with that in mind, I've got some great music in store on this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #396) to keep you entertained and get you through this early winter madness.
How does music from SUN RA, THE AFGHAN WHIGS, RICHARD SINCLAIR & HUGH HOPPER, THE FLAMING LIPS, LAURIE ANDERSON, TOM WAITS, YMA SUMAC, and JON HASSELL sound for starters?
Or maybe new tracks from the EELS, NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS (doing early Pink Floyd 'live' at The Roundhouse'), trumpeter DIEGO URCOLA, THE BREAKERS, PERE UBU, DEERHOOF'S 'Love-Lore,' and another gem from MARY HALVERSON'S CODE GIRL (with Robert Wyatt) to warm you up.
There's always CAN singing about pants with 'Hoolah Hoolah, THE BONZO DOG BAND in the same vein with 'Trouser Press,' and PROPELLERHEADS adding in 'Velvet Pants' to another quirky second set with stylishly added melodies from MICACHU & THE SHAPES, TUXEDOMOON, OS MUTANTES, BERNIE KRAUSE, and the percussive exploits of LOU HARRISON.
Now if only that moose head on the wall would quit blurting out 'plastics' every four minutes I'd know things have gotten better.
Today's Tracks:
SET #1
NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS 'Interstellar Overdrive/Astronomy Domine' - Live At The Roundhouse 10:10
EELS 'Dark And Dramatic' - Earth To Dora 3:40
PORTICO QUARTET 'RBG' - Art In The Age Of Automation 4:32
CAFE JACQUES 'Sands of Singapore' - Round The Back (Remaster) 4:20
DIEGO URCOLA 'Una Muy Bonita (w/ Paquito D'Rivera)' - El Duelo 4:48
TOM WAITS 'Rain Dogs' - Rain Dogs 2:57
SET #2
CAN 'Hoolah Hoolah' - Rite Time 4:31
THE BONZO DOG BAND 'Trouser Press' - The History Of The Bonzos 2:20
PROPELLERHEADS 'Velvet Pants' - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll 5:47
MICACHU & THE SHAPES 'OK' - Never 3:31
TUXEDOMOON 'In San Francisco' - Subterranean Modern 1:05
OS MUTANTES 'To Make It Beautiful' - Fool Metal Jack 3:26
BERNIE KRAUSE 'Flight To Urubamba' - Citadels Of Mystery 5:02
LOU HARRISON 'Cage: Double Music For Percussion Quartet' - A Portrait 4:21
SET #3
MONKS OF DOOM 'Chang' - The Insect God (EP) 3:09
PERE UBU 'Sonic Reducer' - By Order Of Mayor Pawlicki, Bonus Disc: We Don't Do Encores 3:47
JON HASSELL 'Steppin' Thru Time' - Dressing For Pleasure 4:05
PETER HAMMILL 'Not Going Anywhere' - ...All That Might Have Been 4:33
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Ativan' - The Ascension 6:32
HUGH HOPPER & RICHARD SINCLAIR 'Long Lingers Autumn Time' - Somewhere In France 5:00
BLACK SABBATH 'Planet Caravan' - Paranoid 4:32
SET #4
SUN RA 'Plutonian Nights' - The Nubians Of Plutonia 4:23
JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL 'Surfboard' - Space Age Bachelor Pad Music 3:01
STEREOLAB 'Eye Of The Volcano' - Fab Four Suture 4:16
BIG WALNUTS YONDER 'Sponge Bath' - Big Walnuts Yonder 3:52
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Turn It On' - Transmissions From The Satellite Heart 4:37
BLACK DUB 'Ring The Alarm' - Black Dub 6:29
THE BREAKERS 'Po'ino' - A Date With Destiny (EP) 2:35
SET #5
FERMATA 'Solidarity' - Huascaran 6:34
RETURN TO FOREVER 'Dayride' - No Mystery 3:27
MARY HALVERSON'S CODE GIRL 'Bigger Flames (w/Robert Wyatt)' - Artlessly Falling 5:17
SAN FERMIN 'The Count' - San Fermin 3:53
LAURIE ANDERSON 'Birth Of Lola' - Heart Of A Dog (OST) 2:19
THE AFGHAN WHIGS 'Birdland' - In Spades 2:50
GEOFFREY RICHARDSON 'Fifty-Four Homes' - Viola Mon Amour 3:03
GEOFFREY ORYEMA 'I Struck The Wall' - Spirit 3:52
SET #6
DEERHOOF 'Love-Lore #4 (covers of Parliment/Asha Puthli/Ennio Morricone/Milton Babbit/The B-52's/SofiaGubaidulina/Vinicius De Moraes/Dione Warwick/David Graeber/Derek Bailey/Hoyt Curtin/ Part 3' - Love-Lore 8:06
RICK HROMADKA 'Robot Lover' - Better Days** 4:15'
EDITH MASSEY 'Big Girls Don't Cry' - The World's Worst Records! 2:46
DAVID KAHN, MELVYN LEONARD, & MORT GREENE 'Leave It To Beaver Theme' - All-Time Top 100 TV Themes 0:36
YMA SUMAC 'Ataypura (High Andes)' - The Big Lebowski (OST) 3:03
AMON DUUL II 'Fly United' - Viva La Trance 3:30
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information on purchasing Rick Hromadka's music:
https://www.sodastarmusic.com/
For how to obtain The Breakers latest music or other works:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/
To order Deerhoof's Love-Lore album:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/album/love-lore
During this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #395) you'll hear a set dedicated to the synthesizer with music from TOMITA, WENDY CARLOS, SYNERGY, TANGERINE DREAM, TONTO'S EXPANDING HEAD BAND, WHITE NOISE, MORT GARSON, and ROBERT MASON'S STARDRIVE.
There's tracks out of the 'vault' by NICK DRAKE, KEVIN AYERS ('Shouting In A Bucket Blues'), QUIET SUN ('Mummy Was An Asteroid...'), PAUL & LINDA MCCARTNEY, (right after M. Frog Labat), OREGON, and the GRATEFUL DEAD (from 'Blues For Allah).
The new MARY HALVERSON'S CODE GIRL album leads off another set (with special guest vocals by ROBERT WYATT) that incorporates RICK HROMADKA, another segment from DEERHOOF'S covers album, SENOR COCONUT (covering KRAFTWERK), as well as more new material throughout from THE BREAKERS, BRIAN & ROGER ENO, SUFJAN STEVENS, THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS, and several surprises thrown in to boot!
The perfect remedy for your holiday food hangover!
Today's set list:
SET #1
FRANK ZAPPA 'Mystery Roach/Dance Of The Rock & Roll Interviewers' - 200 Motels (OST) 3:20
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS 'The Boy Who Invented Rock & Roll' - Made Of Rain 3:36
CORNELIUS 'New Music Machine' - Fantasma 3:32
BATTLES 'The Last Supper On Shasta (w/Tune-Yards)' - Juice B Crypts 7:48
ROGER ENO & BRIAN ENO 'Spring Frost' - Mixing Colours 4:07
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Goodbye To All That' - The Ascension 3:48
CHERRY GLAZERR 'Grilled Cheese' - Haxel Princess 2:08
SET #2
ERIC BIBB 'Mami Wata/Sebastian's Tune (w/ Habib Koite)' - Global Griot 3:40
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Looking And Waiting' - Bone On Bone 3:49
VICTOR KRUMMENCHER'S GREAT LAUGH 'Clean As Filth & Finesse' - Out In The Heat 5:26
FRED FRITH 'The As Usual Dance Toward The Other Flight To What Is Not (Part3)' - Step Across The Border 1:49
SONIC YOUTH 'The Empty Page' - Murray Street 4:20
AL DIMEOLA 'Tangier' - Elysium 3:35
THE BREAKERS 'Turbulence' - A Date With Destiny (EP) 3:33
BECK 'Cold Brains' - Mutations 3:41
SET #3
MARY HALVERSON'S CODE GIRL 'Walls & Roses (w/Robert Wyatt)' - Artlessly Falling 3:34
RICK HROMADKA 'Drive On' - Better Days 4:29
QUIET SUN 'Mummy Was An Asteroid, Daddy Was A Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil' - Mainstream 6:00
DEERHOOF 'Love-Lore #4 (covers of James Tenney/Silver Apples/The Police/Kraftwerk) Part 1' - Love-Lore 4:00
SENOR COCONUT 'The Robots' - El Baile Aleman 5:11
JEAN-YVES LABAT 'Monkey People' - M. Frog 2:40
PAUL & LINDA MCCARTNEY 'Ram On' - Ram 2:30
TUNE-YARDS 'Look Around' - Nikki-Nack 4:26
SET #4
TONTO'S EXPANDING HEAD BAND 'Cybernaut' - Tonto Rides Again 4:30
SYNERGY 'Sketches Of Mythical Beasts' - Cords 3:32
WENDY CARLOS 'Theme From A Clockwork Orange' - Clockwork Orange (OST) 1:49
TOMITA 'Mussorgsky - Promenade, Tuileries' - Pictures At An Exhibition 1:25
MORT GARSON 'Let The Sunshine In (Flesh Failures)' - Electronic Hair Pieces 3:00
WHITE NOISE 'Movement II' - Concerto For Synthesizer 7:57
TANGERINE DREAM 'Betrayal (Sorcerer's Theme)' - Sorcerer (OST) 3:42
ROBERT MASON'S STARDRIVE 'Strawberry Fields Forever' - Intergalactic Trot 3:59
SET #5
VIOLENT FEMMES 'Not OK' - Hotel Last Resort 2:34
NICK DRAKE 'Fly' - Bryter Layter 3:00
YO LA TENGO 'Fancy' - This Is Where I Belong: The Songs of Ray Davies & The Kinks 2:50
GRATEFUL DEAD 'Sage & Spirit' - Blues For Allah 3:06
OREGON 'Sail' - Music From Another Present Era 4:33
TELEK 'Waitpelia Gras' - Serious Tam 3:01
WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND 'Leiyla' - Part One & Vol. 2 2:55
MORGAN DELT 'Messr. Monster' - Phase Zero 3:53
THE BREEDERS 'Night Of Joy' - Mountain Battles 3:25
SET#6
KEVIN AYERS 'Shouting In A Bucket Blues' - Bananamour 3:45
SUSANA BACA 'Valentin' - Luaka Bop: Twenty First Century, Twenty First Year 5:17
JERRY GRANELLI TRIO 'Star Song' - The Jerry Granelli Trio Plays Vince Guaraldi & Mose Allison 5:31
DEAD CAN DANCE 'Frontier' - Dead Can Dance 2:58
ALLEN RAVENSTINE 'Shore Leave' - Shore Leave (EP)** 3:34
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information on purchasing Rick Hromadka's music:
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For how to obtain The Breakers latest music or other works:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/
To order Deerhoof's Love-Lore album:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/album/love-lore
Allen Ravenstine's two limited edition EP's 'Shore Leave' and Electron Music' (or vinyl combination LP)are available now via Waveshaper Media:
https://www.facebook.com/waveshapermedia/
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Thanksgiving is nearly upon us so on this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #394) I'll make note of it beginning with the JAMES GANG and their song 'Thanks' followed by DAEVID ALLEN'S whimsical 'Turkeybird's Breakfast' and set the tone further with the positive vibe of JIM'S BIG EGO'S spirited rendition of 'Feelin' Groovy.' You'll be dancing around the kitchen table by then so I'll add the JEFFERSON AIRPLANE'S ' Third Week At The Chelsea,' CRACKER'S 'Hallelujah,' and the legendary track 'Fazon' by SOPWITH CAMEL all as part of the first set.
The new MARY HALVERSON'S CODE GIRL album starts off the next set (with special guest vocals by ROBERT WYATT) and is followed by RALPH CARNEY'S homage to said vocalist, HENRY KAISER & SERGEI KURIOKHIN, another new cut from RICK HROMADKA, a blistering LEO KOTTKE melody, and the quirky 'Sing-Along' song from JOE BYRD & THE FIELD HIPPIES.
There's plenty more as the show progresses with pieces from GENESIS (Trespass), MOSE ALLISON, RICKIE LEE JONES, SILVER APPLES, STEREOLAB, DEVO (covering Hendrix), and BJORK.
Tasty new dishes are served up by NEIL YOUNG, ALLEN RAVENSTINE, DEERHOOF, TODD RUNDGREN (live), and SUFJAN STEVENS before the final array of desserts are set out in honor of FX's Fargo (Season 4) with music from MORT GARSON'S 'Wozard Of Id,' CARTER BURWELL'S 'Fargo' theme, ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO'OLE'S extraordinary cover of 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow,' plus JEFF TWEEDY, KRONOS QUARTET, and PETER HAMMILL.
You'll need a nap after consuming all of this musical feast!
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
JAMES GANG 'Thanks' - James Gang Rides Again 2:22
DAEVID ALLEN 'Turkeybird's Breakfast' - N'Existe Pas 2:11
JIM'S BIG EGO 'Feelin' Groovy' - Don't Get Smart 4:29
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE 'Third Week In The Chelsea' - Bark 4:36
CRACKER 'Hallelujah' - Gentleman's Blues 4:10
SOPWITH CAMEL 'Fazon' - The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon 5:14
PIERO PICCIONI 'Traffic Boom (from Tutto A Posto Niente In Ordine)' - Beat At CinCitta – Music From Italian 60's & 70's Cinema: Vol. 1 3:17
MARCO BELTRAMI 'Teflon Corner' - Free Solo (OST) 2:11
SET #2
MARY HALVERSON'S CODE GIRL 'Lemon Trees (w/Robert Wyatt)' - Artlessly Falling 7:15
RALPH CARNEY 'Robert Wyatt' - Ralphsounds 2:47
HENRY KAISER & SERGEI KURIOKHIN 'My Amazing Rat' - Popular Science 3:37
NAYTRONIX 'Hangin' Out' - Dirty Glow 2:44
RICK HROMADKA 'The Ever After' - Better Days 4:34
LEO KOTTKE 'Hear The Wind Howl' - Mudlark 3:03
MATAPAT 'Matapat' - Rough Guide To The Music Of Canada 2:54
JOE BYRD & THE FIELD HIPPIES 'The Sing-Along Song' - The American Metaphysical Circus 4:04
SET #3
JOHN CALE 'So What' - Walking On Locusts 4:11
THE BREAKERS 'A Date With Destiny' - A Date With Destiny (EP) 3:05
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS 'Tiny Hands' - Made Of Rain 3:45
GENESIS 'Dusk' - Trespass 4:14
ALLEN RAVENSTINE '90 Miles To The Spanish Harbor' - Shore Leave (EP) 4:21
MOSE ALLISON 'Modest Proposal' - The Way of The World 2:29
RICKIE LEE JONES 'It Takes You There' - The Evening Of My Best Day 5:17
CALEXICO 'Nom De Plume' - Garden Ruin 3:19
SET #4
PINK FLOYD 'See Saw' - A Saucerful Of Secrets 4:28
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Gilgamesh' - The Ascension 3:50
URBAN SAX 'Paradise Of Fools' - Paradise Lost 5:20
SILVER APPLES 'Lovefingers' - Contact 4:11
LAURIE ANDERSON 'The Day The Devil' - Strange Angels 4:00
THE FIVE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA 'Run On For A Long Time' - Spirit Of The Century 3:23
NEIL YOUNG 'Lookin' For A Leader 2020' - The Times (EP) 4:11
SET #5
DEERHOOF 'Love-Lore #3 (covers of Stockhausen/Beach Boys/Gerald Fried/Pauline Oliveros/Paul Williams)' - Love-Lore 3:24
NINO ROTA 'Amore Per Tutti' - Giulietta Degli Spiriti (OST) 2:01
THE GOASTT (The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger) 'Johannesburg' - Midnight Sun 3:48
STEREOLAB 'Black Ants In Sound Dust' - Sound Dust 1:58
DEVO 'Are You Experienced?' - Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology 3:09
TODD RUNDGREN 'Zen Archer-' A Wizard, A True Star...Live! 8:12
BRIAN AUGER 'Planet Earth Calling' - Introspection 4:14
BJORK 'In The Musicals' - Selma Songs 4:41
SET#6
MORT GARSON 'Prologue' - The Wozard Of Id 3:08
CARTER BURWELL & BRUSSELS PHILHARMONIC 'Fargo, North Dakota' - Carter Burwell – Music For Film 2:40
ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO'OLE 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' - Somewhere Over The Rainbow 3:32
JEFF TWEEDY 'From Far Away' - Warm 3:10
KRONOS QUARTET 'Don't Think Twice, It's Alright' - Chimes Of Freedom – The Songs Of Bob Dylan 4:03
PETER HAMMILL 'Time For a Change' - pH7 3:15
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information on purchasing Rick Hromadka's music:
https://www.sodastarmusic.com/
For how to obtain The Breakers latest music or other works:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/
To order Deerhoof's Love-Lore album:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/album/love-lore
Allen Ravenstine's two limited edition EP's 'Shore Leave' and Electron Music' (or vinyl combination LP)are available now via Waveshaper Media:
https://www.facebook.com/waveshapermedia/
What a difference a week makes! As the uncertainty of last week's initial political tabulations became more certain, a majority of American's breathed a collective sigh of relief as our preferred candidate was named the projected winner. With monumental challenges ahead, we can begin to move slowly forward in our recovery from the PTSD that we've all been subjected to over the last four years even as the current 'child in charge' refuses to acknowledge reality and throws his daily grocery store tantrum in a futile attempt to get his way.
So this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #393) reflects that optimism in the very first set with the latest offering from RICK HROMADKA, 'Better Day's,' setting the tone which then gets amplified by XTC'S 'Standing In For Joe' and THE FLAMING LIPS (and Fwends) cover of the fab four's 'Getting Better,' before turning to new tracks from THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS, DEERHOOF, and THE BREAKERS interspersed with music from STEVE HILLAGE and CAT STEVENS.
During the second set, my quirky sensibilities kick into high gear beginning with Braxton infused jazz from THUMBSCREW, playful romps from HENRY MANCINI, POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE, CHUCK BARRIS'S 'Dating Game' theme, TALKING HEADS, PRIMUS, GODLEY & CREME, and more pop stylings from SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry).
I'll bring out SUFJAN STEVENS' latest epic 'America,' during the third set and later on add more new songs from ALLEN RAVENSTINE, BOBBY RUSH, and SPROINGG, and blend it all into a variety of diverse music from MICHAEL KIWANUKA, KEVIN AYERS, BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES, and MOEBIUS, PLANK, & THOMPSON, before bringing out the big guns with LOU REED (aptly selected 'Busload of Faith'), JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS, PHIL MANZANERA, WIRE, and WOODEN SHJIPS to finish the show.
Join me today and let the healing begin!
Today's Set list:
SET #1
RICK HROMADKA 'Better Days' - Better Days 4:11
XTC 'Standing In For Joe' - Wasp Star: Apple Venus Vol. 2 3:42
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Getting Better (w/ Chuck English, Morgan Delt, & Dr. Dog)' - With A Little Help From My Fwends 4:07
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS 'Stars' - Made Of Rain 3:56
DEERHOOF 'Love-Lore #2 (covers of Stu Phillips/ Raymond Scott/Mauricio Kagel/Eddie Grant /Gary Numan)' - Love-Lore 3:18
STEVE HILLAGE 'Saucer Surfing' - Motivation Radio 4:20
THE BREAKERS 'The Moldau' - A Date With Destiny (EP) 3:20
CAT STEVENS 'Katmandu' - In Search Of The Centre Of The Universe 3:22
SET #2
THUMBSCREW (Halverson,Fujiwara,Formanek) 'Composition No. 52' - The Anthony Braxton Project 4:27
HENRY MANCINI & HIS ORCHESTRA 'Hub Caps & Tail Lights' - Breakfast At Tiffany's (OST) 2:32
POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE 'Feel So Good' - Middle Of Everywhere 2:55
CHUCK BARRIS 'The Dating Show Theme' - All-Time Top 100 TV Themes 0:52
GALACTIC 'Cineramascope' - Ya-Ka-May 3:10
TALKING HEADS 'The Good Thing' - More Songs About Buildings And Food 3:05
PRIMUS 'Eternal Consumption Engine' - Green Naughahyde 2:44
SADISTIC MIKA BAND 'Time To Noodle' - Hot! Menu 3:58
GODLEY & CREME 'Sandwiches Of You' - L/Freeze Frame 3:18
SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry) 'Dear Sarah' - There's Always Something Wrong With Everything3:51
SET #3
JUANA MOLINA 'De Algun Instinto Animal' - Wed 21 4:02
SUFJAN STEVENS 'America' - The Ascension 12:25
THE BEATLES 'Pepperland Laid Waste' - Yellow Submarine (OST) 2:15
BRIAN ENO 'Mother Of Violence' - And I'll Scratch Yours 3:00
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT 'Mr. Moustafa' - The Grand Budapest Hotel (OST) 3:03
DEVOTCHKA 'My Little Despot' - This Night Falls Forever 5:55
SET #4
MICHAEL KIWANUKA 'Hero' - Kiwanuka 4:38
GIBBY HAYNES AND HIS PROBLEM '15000' - Gibby Haynes And His Problem 4:04
IRMIN SCHMIDT & KUMO 'Those Fuzzy Things (Out There)' - Masters Of Confusion 5:29
MOEBIUS, CONNY PLANK,& MAYO THOMPSON 'Tarus Bulba' - Ludwig's Law 5:06
DENGUE FEVER 'Durian Dowery' - Cannibal Courtship 4:30
JOSEPH ARTHUR 'Leave Us Alone' - Our Shadows Will Remain 3:47
ROY HARPER 'Apology' - The Green Man 2:58
SET #5
SPROINGG '(Impure Thoughts) Pure Cushion' - Clam 7:52
ALLEN RAVENSTINE 'Pink Dusk At The Point' - Shore Leave (EP) 2:54
KEVIN AYERS 'A View From The Mountain' - Rainbow Takeaway 6:16
GEOFFREY ORYEMA 'Jok Omako Nyako' - Exile 2:17
SHIYANI NGCOBO 'Ngisizeni' - Introducing Shiyani Ngcobo 3:44
BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES 'Prequel' - Little Worlds 3:14
BOBBY RUSH 'Shake It For Me' - Rawer Than Raw** 3:32
SET#6
LOU REED 'Busload Of Faith' - New York 4:49
WIRE 'The 15th' - 154 3:05
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS 'Ramshakle Day Parade' - Streetcore 4:02
PHIL MANZANERA 'Same Time Next Week (w/ John Wetton)' - Diamond Head 4:47
WOODEN SHJIPS 'Red Line' - V 5:13
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information on purchasing Rick Hromadka's music:
https://www.sodastarmusic.com/
For how to obtain The Breakers latest music or other works:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/
To order Sproingg's latest album,'Clam' and other music:
https://sproingg.bandcamp.com/album/clam
To order Deerhoof's Love-Lore album:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/album/love-lore
Allen Ravenstine's two limited edition EP's 'Shore Leave' and Electron Music' (or vinyl combination LP)will be available on November 19, 2020 via Waveshaper Media:
https://www.facebook.com/waveshapermedia/
For more Information on Sleep Day (Shane Curry):
https://sleepday.bandcamp.com/releases
Today marks the third installment of another archive gem from the 'vault' as I re-release TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#149) my 'Best Of 2015' year end special from a program which originally aired on December 25, 2015 on SFCR (San Francisco Community Radio). On it I’ll play my favorite picks from 2015 and include a homage to those who have passed away during the year.
You’ll hear music from Robert Plant, Naytronix, Archie and the Bunkers, Wilco, Ray Sammartano, VietCong, Alexandre Desplat, Wire, Quilt, Calexico, Rhiannon Giddens, Modest Mouse, Sufjan Stevens, Laurie Anderson and much more. I’ll pay tribute to Daevid Allen, Clark Terry, John Renbourn, Edgar Froese, and several others who have left us in 2015.
Today's Set List:
SET#1
Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters “Turn It Up” - Lullaby And... the Ceaseless Roar
Naytronix “The Wall” - Mister Divine
Archie and the Bunkers “Miss Taylor” - Archie and the Bunkers
Ray Sammartano “Aperture (excerpt)” - Through the Chronos Lens
WIRE “Swallow” - Wire
Quilt “Secondary Swan” - Held In Splendor
Calexico “Miles from the Sea” - Edge of the Sun (Deluxe Edition)
SET #2
Dengue Fever “Deepest Lake on the Planet” - The Deepest Lake
Blur “Thought I Was a Spaceman” - The Magic Whip
Kronos Quartet “Sun Rings: One Earth, One People, One Love (excerpt)” - Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector: Kronos Plays Terry Riley
Wilco “You Satellite” - Star Wars
The Orb “Moon Quake 6” - Moonbuilding 2703 AD
Aphrodite's Child “It's Five O'Clock” - It's Five O'Clock
SET #3
Gong “I See You” - I See You
Panda Bear “Sequential Circuits” - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
Sufjan Stevens “My Blue Bucket of Gold” - Carrie & Lowell
Alexandre Desplat “Canto At Gablemeister's Peak” - The Grand Budapest Hotel (OST)
John Renbourn Group “Maid in Bedlam” - Maid in Bedlam
Modest Mouse “Pups to Dust” - Strangers to Ourselves
Sylvan Esso “H.S.K.T.” - Sylvan Esso
Laurie Anderson “The Lake (Vocal Version)” - Heart of a Dog
SET #4
Flying Lotus “Turkey Dog Coma” - You're Dead! (Deluxe Edition)
David Arnold & Michael Price “Vanishing Underground” - Sherlock: Music from Series 3 (Original Television Soundtrack)
Eels “Dead Reckoning” - The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett (Deluxe Version)
Rhiannon Giddens “O Love Is Teasin'” - Tomorrow Is My Turn
John Hardin (Tin Can Luminary) “The Fruitman (with Okra P. Dingle)” - Collaborations
David Bowie “Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)” - Nothing Has Changed
Clark Terry “Meet the Flintstones” - Having Fun
Jorma Kaukonen “The Other Side of the Mountain” - Ain't In No Hurry
SET #5
Joseph Arthur “Innocent Man” - Days of Surrender
My Brightest Diamond “Apparition” - This Is My Hand
Kurt Stenzel “Optical World” - Jodorowsky's Dune (OST)
Björk “Quicksand” - Vulnicura
Viet Cong “Pointless Experience” from Viet Cong
Morgan Delt “Make My Grey Brain Green” from Morgan Delt
The Residents “Herman the Human Mole” - Shadowland
Kim Fowley “Lost Like a Lizard in the Snow” - Snake Document Masquerade
Tangerine Dream “The Big Sleep In Search of Hades” - Stratosfear (Remastered)
SET #6
Frank Zappa “Calculus” - Dance Me This
Partch “Even Wild Horses - Dance Music for an Absent Drama: V. Act II - Scene 2 - "Hunger, Thirst, Shout, Dance!"” - Harry Partch: Plectra and Percussion Dances
Jayme Stone “Lazy John” - Jayme Stone's Lomax Project
Rocket from the Tombs “Coopy (Schrödinger's Refrigerator)” - Black Record
The Arcs “Once We Begin (Intro)/Outta My Mind” - Yours, Dreamily,
George Freeman & Chico Freeman “Interlude V2” - All in the Family
Today marks the second installment of another archive gem from the 'vault' as I re-release a special 'Character Study' in depth feature of Robert Fripp & King Crimson from a program which originally aired on August 23, 2013 on SFCR (San Francisco Community Radio). Below are the original discription of the shows contents.
Today on the latest installment of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#27) it’s time for the monthly in depth feature, “Character Study,” this month focusing on legendary guitarist ROBERT FRIPP and his band KING CRIMSON. After fifty plus hours of research and post production, I’ve finally completed this extensive look at Robert Fripp’s career within the band KING CRIMSON and also focusing on his many side projects that have encompassed over four decades at the forefront of modern rock.
Included in the program today will be many “live” tidbits of KING CRIMSON including a 1969 performance of the original band doing “In the Court of the Crimson King” recorded at Fillmore West in San Francisco in December 1969, a 1974 “live” recording of “Lark’s Tongue in Aspic (Part 1),” plus notes on FRIPP’S revolutionary use of his “Frippertronic’s” and “Soundscapes” ambient playback systems, his work at “Guitar Craft” teaching new playing techniques, and his work as a producer and guitarist on various other projects (including the League of Gentlemen, Sylvian/Fripp band, Sunday All Over the World band, Peter Gabriel, and lots more.) It was no little task to whittle down all of this into a two hour program today as Fripp has appeared in over 700 recordings.
In the first hour you’ll also hear music from KIM FOWLEY, BOMBINO, THE ROLLING STONES, MILES DAVIS, YO LA TENGO, and even some BOB HOPE & BING CROSBY. Then stick around for the main course; Robert Fripp and King Crimson.
SET#1
Kim Fowley “The Trip” - Pebbles; a Compilation
BOMBINO “Adounia” - Agadez
Phil Manzanera/801 Latino “La Noche Corcovado” - 801 Latino
Yo La Tengo “Paddle Forward” - Fade
Daughn Gibson “The Sound of Law” - Me Moan
John Foxx “Mr. No (No-One Driving Extra Track)” - Metamatic
Miles Davis “Mr. Pastorious” - Amandla
SET #2
Dr. Loco's Rockin' Jalapeno Band “Wooly Bully” - Puro Party!
Bob Hope with Bing Crosby “The Road to Bali” - Thanks for the Memories
Suns Of Arqa “Sisters of Wyrd” - Land of a Thousand Churches
The Rolling Stones “She's A Rainbow” - Their Satanic Majesties Request
Primal Scream “Get Duffy” - Vanishing Point (Expanded Edition)
Gentle Giant “An Inmates Lullaby” - In a Glass House
Bill Frisell “White Fang” - Unspeakable
Pere Ubu “Cloud 149” - Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection, Nonlp Singles & B Sides 1975-1980
"CHARACTER STUDY" - ROBERT FRIPP & KING CRIMSON
Giles, Giles & Fripp “North Meadow” - The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp
King Crimson “The Court of the Crimson King (Live @ Fillmore West -12-15-69)” - Cirkus
King Crimson “Cat Food” - In The Wake Of Poseidon
King Crimson “Lady of the Dancing Water” - Lizard
King Crimson “Ladies of the Road” - Islands (40th Anniversary Box-remastered)
King Crimson “Lark's Tongue In Aspic, Pt1 (Live)” - The Great Deceiver
Fripp and Eno “The Heavenly Music Corporation (excerpt)” - No Pussyfooting
King Crimson “The Night Watch (Live)” - The Collectible King Crimson (Mainz-1974)
King Crimson “Red” - Red
Fripp & Eno “Evensong (excerpt)” from Evening Star
Peter Gabriel “Exposure” - Peter Gabriel (II - i.e. 'Scratch')
Robert Fripp “North Star (with Darryl Hall on vocals)” - Exposure
Robert Fripp “Under Heavy Manners” - God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners
Robert Fripp & The League of Gentlemen “HEPTAPARAPARSHINOKH” from God Save The King
Andy Summers & Robert Fripp “Girl on a Swing” - I Advance Masked
King Crimson “Indiscipline” - Discipline
King Crimson “Heartbeat” - Beat
King Crimson “Three of a Perfect Pair (live-acoustic)” - Heavy ConstrucKtion
The League of Crafty Guitarists “Eye Of The Needle” - Live
Sunday All Over the World “Storm Angel” - Kneeling At The Shrine
David Sylvian and Robert Fripp “God's Monkey” - The First Day
King Crimson “Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream” - Vroom/Thrak
Robert Fripp “Interlude” - Soundscapes (Live in Argentina-1999)
ProjecKt 2 (Fripp, Gunn, and Belew) “Sector Patrol” - Space Grooves
King Crimson “ProzaKc Blues” - The ConstrucKtion of Light
King Crimson “Happy With What You Have to be Happy With” - The Power to Believe
It's been an incredibly long week as election results continue to be tabulated and although it's becoming more likely that the result will reflect a candidate that I prefer, I decided several days ago to forgo the undue pressure of producing a new show in favor of releasing several 'vault' gems this week.
I'll begin on Friday, November 6th with TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES #83, originally broadcast on September 19, 2014 on SFCR/KUSF-In-Exile and featuring a variety of music from PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE, JACKIE GLEASON ORCHESTRA, KRAFTWERK, THE BEATLES, SPIRIT (their song 'Taurus' which was the center of the Led Zeppelin lawsuit), and new (at the time) music from PERE UBU, KEN NORDINE, JAGWAR MA, and much more.
On Sunday November 8th I'll retrieve TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVE # 27, my long ago archived 'Character Study' on the life and music of ROBERT FRIPP & KING CRIMSON, which initially aired on August 27, 2013 on SFCR. There will be several live recordings heard of the band including a rendition of 'In The Court Of The Crimson King' recorded in 1969 at Fillmore West.
Then on Tuesday, November 10 I'll unwrap an early gift and play TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES #149, my 'Best Of 2015' show, originally broadcast on December 25, 2015. Among my fav's that year were releases from WILCO, LAURIE ANDERSON, CALEXICO, DENGUE FEVER, and SUFJAN STEVENS.
So there's plenty of archived material to keep everyone happy. I'll get to work on another sparkling new program for release next week.
Here's the shows original notes:
The Czech band Plastic People of the Universe begins this week’s festivities with a song from the album Hovezi Porazka (Translation: “The Defeat of Bovine Animals”) and the program finishes with the song “L’Amour Perdu (Translation: “Lost Love”) by Neil Innes.
In between, nearly three hours of musical twists and turns with a few references to “space,” some orchestral based pieces from The Beatles (“Sea of Time”), Spirit (“Taurus”), and Patti Smith (“Fuji-San”); plus more NEW material from Pere Ubu, Ken Nordine, The Electric Wurms, Junip, and Jagwar Ma.
You’ll also hear from Jackie Gleason, Laurie Anderson, Syd Barrett, Kraftwerk, Etran Finatawa, Stereolab, Buck Owens, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Bernie Krause.
I’ve cooked up another “hodgepodge” of music for your enjoyment today and hope you’ll like it.
Transmusic Airwaves #83 Playlist:
The Plastic People of the Universe “Mouche V Rannim Pire” - Hovezi Porazka
Etran Finatawa “Asistan” - Desert Crossroads
Broadcast “Lunch Hour Pops” - Haha Sound
Dimitri from Paris “Le Moogy Reggae” - Sacrebleu
Syd Barrett “Effervescing Elephant” - Barrett
Laurie Anderson “The Island Where I Come From” - Life On a String
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban “La Luna En Tu Mirada” - Mambo Sinuendo
Colin Farrell “Chim - Chim Cheree” - Saving Mr. Banks (OST)
The Turbans “I Wonder” - Drummin' Up A Storm: The Imperial Records Story
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention “What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (Part 1 & 2)” - We're Only in it for the Money
SET #2
Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra “Petsrof” - Blu Blu Blu
Kraftwerk “Elektrisches Roulette” - Ralf Und Florian
Portugal. The Man “Evil Friends” - Evil Friends
The Electric Prunes “Sanctus” - Mass in F Minor - EP
Super Furry Animals “(Drawing) Rings Around the World” - Rings Around the World (Expanded Edition)
Jackie Gleason Orchestra “September Song” - Jackie Gleason Presents Velvet Brass
Pere Ubu “Road to Utah” - Carnival Of Souls
Eno, Roedelius, Moebius, Plank “Mr. Livingston” - Begegnungen II
SET #3
Shakin Pickle “Smorgasborgnine” - Sing Along with Shakin Pickle
The Stark Reality “Rocket Ship” - Discovers Hoagy Carmichaels Record Shop
Franco Battiato “Fenomenologia” - Fetus
Material “Cosmic Slop” - The Third Power
Jake Shimabukuro “Floaters” - Dragon
Jagwar Ma “Uncertainty” - Howlin'
Man “Bedtime Bone” - Slow Motion (Bonus Track Version)
SET #4
The Beatles “Sea of Time” - Yellow Submarine (OST)
Spirit “Taurus” - Spirit
Patti Smith “Fuji-san” - Banga
M “Moonlight and Muzak” - The History - Pop Muzik the 25th Anniversary
Ken Nordine “Gee, Gosh, and Golly” - Bits and Pieces of Word Jazz
Egg “Prelude” - The Civil Surface (Reissue)
Junip “Baton” - Junip
SET #5
Electric Würms “The Bat” - Musik, Die Schwer zu Twerk - EP
Nasio, Drummie Zeb & The Razor Posse featuring Incline “Gotta Serve Somebody” - Is It Rolling Bob? - A Reggae Tribute to Bob Dylan
Bernie Krause “Citadel Ay Bobo (Part 1 & 2)” - Citadels of Mystery
Luna “Great Jones Street” - Bewitched
Eugene Chadbourne/Camper Van Beethoven “I Talk to the Wind” - Camper Van Chadbourne
Art Hodes and His Windy City Seven “Love Nest” - Echoes of Chicago
Mike Ladd & Vijay Iyer “Dreams of an Ex-Ranger” - Holding it Down: The Veteran's Dream Project
SET #6
Jackson, Banton, Potter,and Evans “The Theme from Plunge” - The Long Hello
Björk “Cover Me” from Post
DeVotchKa “Death By Blonde” - Una Volta
Buck Owens “Only Daddy That'll Walk That Line” - Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics
Chen Dacan Chinese Ensemble “Xi Yang Yang” - Classical Chinese Folk Music (feat. the Chinese Flute)
Stereolab “Le Enfer Des Fermes” - Mars Audiac Quintet
Neil Innes “L'Amour Perdu” - How Sweet To Be An Idiot
OST = Original Soundtrack
It's 2...2...two treats in one! After having an additional week to pause and refresh my mind it's finally time for my 9th Annual Halloween Special. This year I'm combining it with a once every four year event, a Presidential Election Year special.
And just in time (I might add) because this weekend marks a Halloween ultra-rare 'blue' full moon actually occurring on Halloween eve. Combining this is an unprecedented rise (both in the U.S. and worldwide) of COVID pandemic numbers, increasingly horrific wildfires and another catastrophic hurricane stateside, all leading up to the 2020 presidential election which could very well decide the future of our fragile democracy. So with all that in mind, welcome to TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #392) the HALLOWEEN/ELECTION 2020 SPECIAL!
The first ninety minutes of the program features three 'Halloween themed' sets with spooky music from THE BREAKERS, THE SHAGGS, SONIC YOUTH, JAN HAMMER, KALEIDOSCOPE, and THE MEKONS to name a few with new tracks from SUFJAN STEVENS, OUTRONAUT, THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS, HARVEY GOLD, ALLEN RAVENSTINE (blended in with dialogue from the film Apocalypse Now), and BOB DYLAN.
The final three sets will focus on relatable music that surrounds what we've all been dealing with over the past four years. Music from VIOLENT FEMMES, PETER HAMMILL ('Vote Brand X'), LAURIE ANDERSON, TODD RUNDGREN (his 'Tin Foil Hat' with Donald Fagen), MINISTRY, RANDY NEWMAN (the song 'Putin'), and JOSEPH ARTHUR'S 'Campaign Song' help set the precedent.
Spoken word pieces from WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, IGGY POP, and VIGGO MORTENSEN & BUCKETHEAD add to the narrative, and recently released music from BOBBY RUSH, 15-60-75 (NUMBERS BAND), LONG TALL DEB & COLIN JOHN ('their just out 'Deflection Blues'), SPARKS, and CHRIS BUTLER'S anthem of the times, 'Gotta Vote Him Out' give us hope for a solution.
Today's set list:
THE 9TH HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
SET #1
CHARLES GOUNOD 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents Theme' - Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 0:59
THE BREAKERS 'Don't Go Into The Woods' - Transmissions From A Hornet Free Enviroment 4:12
SATAN'S PILGRIM'S 'Gravewalk' - Halloween Hootenanny 2:39
SONIC YOUTH 'Death To Our Friends' - EVOL 3:20
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Die Happy' - The Ascension 5:41
DAEVID ALLEN'S UNIVERSITY OF ERRORS 'Ocean In The Distance' - E2x10 = Tenure 5:00
JAN HAMMER 'Darkness - Earth In Search Of A Sun' - The First Seven Days 4:28
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER 'Last Known Image Of A Song' - Age Of 4:06
SET #2
SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS 'I Put A Spell On You' - Voodoo Jive: The Best Of 2:29
THE SHAGGS 'It's Halloween' - Philosophy Of The World 2:23
DEERHOOF 'Damaged Eyes Squinting Into The Beautiful Overhot Sun' - Future Teenage Cave Artists 3:58
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS 'No-One' - Made Of Rain 4:23
ALLEN RAVENSTINE* 'Going Upriver' - Electron Music (EP) 3:41
DIALOGUE '75 Clicks (Martin Sheen)' - Apocalypse Now (OST) 1:25
DIALOGUE 'Errand Boy (Marlon Brando)' - Apocalypse Now (OST) 2:06
OSAMU KITAJIMA 'Tengu – A Long Nosed Goblin' - Benzaiten (Remastered) 5:41
THE MEKONS 'The Devil At Rest' - Ancient & Modern 1911-2011 3:11
OUTRONAUT 'Empirical Underworld Overture' - Kill The Light 2:40
SET #3
JOHN HARTFORD 'Dig A Hole' - Steam Powered Aereo-Takes 4:14
WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY + TELELFUNK 'Dig A Hole in The Meadow' - In The Fishtank 8 6:39
MONKS OF DOOM 'The Better Angels Of Our Nature' - Meridian 3:20
BOB DYLAN 'My Own Version Of You' - Rough And Rowdy Ways 6:41
KALEIDOSCOPE 'Oh Death' - Side Trips 3:21
FEIST 'Graveyard' - Methods 4:17
HARVEY GOLD 'Eidola (Inadvertently For Ralph)' - It's Messy, Vol. 1** 2:19
THE 2020 ELECTION SPECIAL
SET #4
VIOLENT FEMMES 'God Bless America' - Hotel Last Resort 4:40
RANDY NEWMAN 'Putin' - Dark Matter 3:45
MATT MUNRO 'From Russia With Love' - The Best Of James Bond (30th Ann. Edition) 2:35
TODD RUNDGREN 'Tin Foil Hat (w/ Donald Fagen)' - White Knight 3:24
SPARKS 'Sainthood Is Not In Your Future' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 4:12
VIGGO MORTENSEN & BUCKETHEAD 'pandemoniumfromamerica' - PandemoniumfromAmerica 3:00
IGGY POP 'We Are The People' - Free 3:13
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS 'No More Stalins No More Hitlers' - Dead City Radio 1:00
STEPHEN MALKMUS 'Brainwashed' - Traditional Techniques 4:58
SET #5
BOBBY RUSH 'Hard Times' - Rawer Than Raw 3:51
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'Blue Collar' - Endure: Outliers On Water Street 7:25
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM 'Ohmerica' - The Monolith Of Phobos 5:08
KOKOLO 'Democrazy' - Afrobeat Revival - More Consideration 3:27
DAVID BYRNE 'Dog's Mind' - American Utopia 2:29
PETER HAMMILL 'Vote Brand X' - In A Foriegn Town 4:03
MINISTRY 'I Know Words' - AmeriKKKant 3:13
FRANK ZAPPA 'Dumb All Over' - Understanding America 4:02
SET#6
RANDY NEWMAN 'The Great Debate (Pt.1)' - Dark Matter 1:38
AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE 'Free, White, And 21' - Origami Harvest 3:06
LONG TALL DEB & COLIN JOHN 'Deflection Blues (with Chris Butler)' - Mp3 5:02
JOSEPH ARTHUR 'The Campaign Song' - Mp3 4:35
RANDY NEWMAN 'The Great Debate (Pt.2)' - Dark Matter 2:36
LAURIE ANDERSON 'Dark Times In The Revolution' - Homeland 5:16
CHRIS BUTLER 'Gotta Vote Him Out!' - Mp3 3:56
* = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Dialogue from Apocalypse Now immersed into Allen Ravenstine's 'Going Upriver' (Set 2)
Hi folks! To quote 'The Dude' in the 'Big Lebowski,' 'New S**t has come to light.'
My original intent was to produce this years '9th Halloween Special' beginning Friday, October 23 and follow it next week with a three hour election special, which was to start Friday, October 30. As this week progressed the self imposed deadlines for these programs became unlikely and then late today that proverbial light bulb went off above my melon. Nothing is scarier than this year's covid-infested Halloween AND the 2020 covid-infested election so why not combine both shows NEXT WEEK.
Yeah, 'that's the ticket' said the Jon Lovitz character talking to me in my head! 'That's the plan man' I responded. So 'what are you going to fill the void with this week then Swifty?' (yet a third voice chimed in). How about my very first HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR that has been archived for the past several years.
TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES presents 'Vicotin Popsicle's #27, which originally aired on October 26, 2012 on SFCR (San Francisco Community Radio, KUSF-In-Exile) will now be RESURRECTED from the archive 'CRYPT,'
Here's a brief synopsis of what to expect:
Radio Theater (with your host in several psychotic roles plus dialogue from SCTV, the Three Stooges, Barney Fife, Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart” and much more.
Movie madness (featuring themes or dialogue, and other bits of nastiness) from The Shining, Halloween, Silence of the Lambs, Mothra vs. Godzilla, and Young Frankenstein.
Musical mayhem with “Vault Rarities” from Alan Sherman, Audience, Joe Byrd, Spike Jones,
PLUS... Black Sabbath, Frank Zappa, Waylon Jennings, Chrome, Ken Nordine and unusually spooky sounds of blood curdling screams, werewolves, bubbling cauldrons, and burping zombies.
AND
Traumatized TV Themes from the Munster’s, Alfred Hitchcock, Unsolved Mysteries, and others too gruesome to describe!
Here's today's creepy playlist:
SET #1:
CHARLES GOUNOD 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV theme' - NBC: A Soundtrack Of Must See TV
DIALOGUE (DAVE THOMAS) SCTV 'Doorway to Hell' - SCTV Television Series DVD Box Set
FRANK ZAPPA/MOTHERS 'Cheepnis'- Roxy and Elsewhere
DIALOGUE (THREE STOOGES) 'The Ghost Talks' from The Three Stooges Creeky Door Soundtrack
AKIRA IFUKUBE 'Mothra Vs. Godzilla (From The Movie "Mothra Vs. Godzilla")' - The Best of Godzilla: 1954-1975
DIALOGUE (GENE WILDER) 'Town Meeting dialogue' - Young Frankenstein DVD
BLACK SABBATH 'Black Sabbath' - Black Sabbath
DIALOGUE (DON KNOTS & ANDY GRIFFIN) 'Twilight Zone' - Andy Griffin Show DVD
CHROME 'Creature Eternal' - Half Machine Lip Moves + Read Only Memory
SET #2 'Alas...Evil Beckons from Yonder Sink Drain'
THE CARL STALLING PROJECT (produced by HAL WILNER) 'Satan's Waitin''- The Carl Stalling Project - Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1936-1958
AUDIENCE 'I Put A Spell On You' - The House On the Hill
KEN NORDINE 'A Good Year For Spiders' - Transparent Mask
JOHN CARPENTER 'Halloween: Main Title' - Halloween (OST)
KEVIN AYERS 'Song From the Bottom of a Well' - Whatevershebringswesing
DIALOGUE (JOE FLAHERTY - COUNT FLOYD) “Dr. Tongue” - SCTV TV Series DVD Box Set
CLARA ROCKMORE & NADIA REISENBERG 'Tchaikovsky: False Sentiment' - The Art Of The Theremin
SET #3 The Shining..And Other Horrors
DIALOGUE (JACK NICHOLSON) - 'Responsibility (Jack Torrance)' - The Shining DVD
WENDY CARLOS 'The Shining - Main Title' - The Shining (OST) (Original LP Release)
DIALOGUE (JACK NICHOLSON & SHELLEY DUVALL) - 'I Think Maybe He Should Be Taken To A Doctor (Jack & Wendy Torrance)' - The Shining DVD
ALBERTO LIZZIO/BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 'Hector Berlioz: Dream of the Sabbath Night (5th Movement)' - Symphony Fantastique
DIALOGUE (JACK NICHOLSON, DANNY LLOYD, & SHELLEY DUVALL) 'Redrum', 'Wendy I'm Home,' & 'Come Out Come Out' - The Shining DVD (Mixed Into 'Symphony Fantastique')
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Unconsciously Screamin'' - In A Priest Driven Ambulance
SET #4 I Found The Body
JOE BYRD & THE FIELD HIPPIES 'Nightmare Train' - The American Metaphysical Circus
THE TUBES 'Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman' - The Completion Backward Principle
PLASTIC CRIMWAVE SOUND 'Devastation The End Of Alls' - No Wonderland
MICHAEL BOYD & GARY REMAL MALKIN 'Theme From "Unsolved Mysteries"' - NBC: A Soundtrack Of Must See TV
DIALOGUE (THE THREE STOOGES) 'This Joint Gives Me The Creeps' - The Very Best Of
ALICE COOPER 'Still No Air' - Easy Action
DIALOGUE (ANTHONY HOPKINS) 'The Lambs (Hannibal Lector)'- The Silence Of The Lambs Movie DVD
WAYLON JENNINGS 'I Found the Body' - Waylon Forever
DIALOGUE (ANTHONY HOPKINS) “"I Ate His Liver.." (Hannibal Lector)” - The Silence of the Lambs Movie DVD
SET #5 Scary Monsters And Edgar Allan Poe's "Tell Tale Heart"
THE FIENDS 'Theme From The Addams Family' - These Ghoulish Things
DAVID BOWIE 'Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)' - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
JOHN CALE 'Mothra' - Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
DIALOGUE (ERNIE ANDERSON) 'Got A Little Shocker In There Babies (Ghoulardi)' - Ghoulardi TV Show
DIALOGUE (JOE FLAHERTY - COUNT FLOYD) 'Count Floyd Monster Chiller Horror Theater Intro' - SCTV TV Series Box Set
AKIRA IFYKUBE 'Mothra's Song (From "Godzilla vs. Mothra")' - The Best of Godzilla - 1984-1995 (OST)
LOU REED “Tell Tale Heart (Part 1)- (With WILLEM DAFOE/STEVE BUSCHEMI)' - The Raven
LOU REED 'Blind Rage' - The Raven
LOU REED 'Tell Tale Heart (Part 2) (With WILLEM DAFOE/STEVE BUSCHEMI)' - The Raven
THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT 'The Tell Tale Heart' - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
SET #6 - Witches And 'Old Flames'
SPIKE JONES & HIS CITY SLICKERS 'My Old Flame' - The Best Of Spike Jones
JACK MARSHALL 'The Munsters Theme' - Television's Greatest Hits (Volume 1)
OCTOBER COUNTRY 'My Girlfriend Is a Witch' - My Girlfriend Is A Witch (Single)
ELECTRIC HELLFIRE CLUB 'Baby's On Fire' - A Tribute To Brian Eno
DONOVAN 'Season Of The Witch' - Try For The Sun: The Journey Of Donovan
MOOG COOKBOOK 'Buddy Holly' - The Moog Cookbook
NASH THE SLASH 'Children Of The Night' - Children Of The Night
DIALOGUE (BELA LAGOSI) 'I Am Dracula(Dracula)' - Dracula DVD
ALAN SHERMAN 'My Son The Vampire' - Spooky Tunes And Scary Stories
GNARLS BARKLEY 'The Boogie Monster' - St. Elsewhere
THE VENTURES 'The Twilight Zone Theme' - Halloween's Gravest Hits
JOHN HIATT 'Bite Marks' - Mystic Pinball
SET #7 'Young Frankenstein' And Other Tales
THOMAS NEWMAN 'Six Feet Under (Main Theme)' - Music From The Original Series
DIALOGUE (GENE WILDER & MARTY FELDMAN) 'What Hump? (Igor & Dr. Frederick Frankenstein) = Young Frankenstein Movie DVD
HAWKWIND 'The Hills Have Ears' - OnWard
THE EDGAR WINTER GROUP 'Frankenstein - They Only Come Out At Night
DIALOGUE (GENE HACKMAN) 'Wait I Was Going to Make Espresso (Blind Hermit)' - Young Frankenstein Movie DVD
TIN HUEY 'the Revelations Of Dr. Modesto' - Contents Dislodged During Shipment
Set #8 Death, Dreams,& Acid Reflux Disease
MIKE OLDFIELD 'Tubular Bells, Part 1(Excerpt)' - Tubular Bells
MATERIAL 'Soul Killer(With WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS) - Seven Souls (Bonus Version)
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 'Oh Death' - Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
ERIC IDLE 'That's Death' - Discworld
THE ELECTRIC PRUNES 'I Had To Much To Dream Last Night' - Easy Rider (OST)
SET #9 Please Wake Me Up From This Nightmare!!
JOHN ENTWHISTLE 'Nightmare (Please Wake Me Up)' - Whistle Rymes
Each week I begin my process of selecting tracks from a pile of newly released material, adding artists from an ever growing 'musical vault,' occasional spoken word, movie dialogue, or snippets of humor from a variety of sources, and stick them all into a file with the show I'm about to produce. This week that file is marked TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #391) and as the ideas began to gel, the file got bigger and bigger.
The first cut I select usually sets off a series of ideas in my head, and from that a show eventually emerges. It's all about the shows flow as far as I'm concerned, and each set represents a separate collage of sounds, and when a particular segue or two seamlessly moves the set along, I'm elated.
This week an acoustic blues number from BOBBY RUSH'S latest album gets everything rolling. That's followed by a 15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) composition, then BRIAN AUGER'S cover of 'Light My Fire' from his newly minted Introspection' release, another 'new' song, this time from THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS, a melody from BRIAN ENO (and friends), another great track from DEERHOOF'S 'Love-Lore' covers effort (Ornette Coleman is in the forefront here), and the set finishes with the Desert Nomad musical stylings of ETRAN FINATAWA.
I hope your intrigued by what I've described for you because the second set's 'collage' incorporates TIN CAN LUMINARY'S (John Hardin) electronica magic to start followed by a sonic train journey conducted (in French BTW) with ALLEN RAVENSTINE'S hands from his new 'Shore Leave' EP, then crosses over into the realm of jazz with JONATHAN JURION, followed by Henry Mancini as the WONDERMINTS interpret his song 'The Party' (as glasses clink and the conversations increase), leading into ALICE COOPER'S 'Second Coming,' ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, and DAVID BOWIE'S 'Lazarus' all in the first 66 minutes.
Later on there's a set of piano based tunes that leads to an homage to the recent hurricanes and floods in Louisiana featuring RANDY NEWMAN, NEIL YOUNG, THE PRETENDERS, GODLEY & CREME, ROBERT FRIPP & PETER GABRIEL, and THE WHO. There's plenty of new stuff played throughout the remainder of the show, so you get the proverbial drift right?
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
BOBBY RUSH 'Don't Start Me Talkin'' - Rawer Than Raw 3:06
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'Red Stick' - Endure: Outliers On Water Street 6:54
BRIAN AUGER 'Light My Fire' - Introspection 5:32
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS 'Come All Ye Faithful' - Made Of Rain 4:22
BRIAN ENO (w/ Jon Hopkins, Leo Abrahams) 'Dust Shuffle' - Small Craft On A Milk Sea 1:54
DEERHOOF 'Love-Lore #1 (interpreting Ornette Coleman,J.D. Robb,VOIVOD, Earl Kim, & Stu Phillips)' - Love-Lore 3:30
ENTRAN FINATAWA 'Amidinine' - Desert Crossroads 4:28
SET #2
TIN CAN LUMINARY (John Hardin) 'Electronic Eye' - Um...Uh...Gum...Uh 5:00
ALLEN RAVENSTINE 'Fleche D'Or (Golden Arrow)' - Shore Leave (EP) 8:10
JONATHAN JURION 'Once Upon A Time (A Children's Tale)' - Les Temps Fou 3:47
WONDERMINTS 'The Party (Henry Mancini)' - Shots In The Dark 3:19
ALICE COOPER 'Second Coming' - Love It To Death 3:24
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 'Good Lovin' Outside' - Sung Tongs 4:26
DAVID BOWIE 'Lazarus' - Black Star 4:08
SET #3
TODD RUNDGREN 'Dogfight Giggle/You Don't Have To Camp Around/Flamingo' - A Wizard, A True Star...Live 5:40
PHIL MANZANERA 'Tuesday' - Vozero 4:28
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Ursa Major' - The Ascension 3:42
THE KENNEDY EXPERIENCE 'Drifting (Jimi Hendrix)' - The Kennedy Experience 6:04
YO LA TENGO 'Cornelia And Jane' - Fade 4:49
CAN 'Shikaku Maru Ten (Non-LP B-Side of the Single Halleluweh, 1971) - Radio Waves 3:16
TOM ZE 'Defect 3: Politicar' - Com Defeito De Fabricacao 2:40
SET #4
SPROINGG 'Stuffer Gapes And Drapes His Cape On A Vaping Ape (Including Destiny's Abortion)' - Clam 9:00
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR 'Afterwards' - The Aerosol Grey Machine 4:54
ALTIN GUN 'Gesi Baglari' - Gece 2:02
PANTA REI 'The Turk' - Panta Rei 4:08
RIMITTI 'Maheyni, Maheyni' - Sidi Mansour 6:08
NIK TURNER'S SPHINX 'The Pyramid Spell' - Xitintoday (Remaster) 4:18
R. CARLOS NAKAI 'Mentoring' - Nocturne 3:24
SET #5
NEIL YOUNG 'Mexico' - Homegrown 1:40
THE PRETENDERS 'Crying In Public' - Hate For Sale 3:17
SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry) 'Shane' - There's Always Something Wrong With Everything 2:43
RANDY NEWMAN 'Louisiana 1927' - Good Old Boys (Remaster) 2:57
GODLEY & CREME 'The Flood (Excerpt)' - Consequences 5:42
ROBERT FRIPP (w/ Peter Gabriel) 'Here Comes The Flood' - Exposure 3:55
HECTOR ZAZOU 'Song Of The Water (Kilabuk & Nooveya)' - Songs Of The Cold Seas 2:42
THE WHO 'Sea And Sand' - Quadrophenia 5:01
SET#6
FIONA APPLE 'Rack Of His' - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 3:42
BRUCE DITMAS 'Tactics Of Dispair' - Aeray Dust 2:46
NANA VASCONCELOS 'Vozes (Saudades)' - Saudades 3:15
GLENN KOTCHE 'Anomaly Mvmt. III' - Adventureland 4:34
VANGELIS 'He – O' - Earth 4:12
NEGATIVLAND 'Methods Of Torture' - Escape From Noise 1:23
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND 'Old Fart At Play' - Trout Mask Replica 1:51
DEL CLOSE & JOHN BRENT 'Introduction To Hip' - Incredibly Strange Music 1:15
KEN NORDINE 'You're Getting Better' - The Best Of Word Jazz Vol. 1 2:07
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To order Sproingg's latest album,'Clam' and other music:
https://sproingg.bandcamp.com/album/clam
To order Deerhoof's Love-Lore album:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/album/love-lore
Allen Ravenstine's two limited edition EP's 'Shore Leave' and Electron Music' will be available on November 19, 2020 via Waveshaper Media:
https://www.facebook.com/waveshapermedia/
If there's one word that capture's all of the madness in the past week and puts it into perspective that word would be 'karma.' So as we arrive at the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #390) I'll do the totally predictable thing and play JOHN LENNON'S 'Instant Karma' as part of today's program. The rest of the show returns to my usual, unpredictable nature with a slew of new releases interspersed with some great 'vault' gems, a loosely similar series of songs about 'motoring,' and an unreleased musical ditty from TIN HUEY in honor of a 'geezer hipster' friend's upcoming birthday.
The new stuff includes a track from DEERHOOF'S 'Love-Lore' release to start it all off. It's actually an album of 'covers' from that eclectic band and the cut I've chosen combine's THE VELVETS 'All Tomorrow's Parties' with LAURIE ANDERSON'S 'Example 22.' Got your attention didn't I? Following that is a track from ALLEN RAVENSTINE'S limited edition EP, 'Electron Music,' then songs from ADRIAN BELEW, THE ART BEARS, ROBERT WYATT (i.e.: 'Solar Flares'), and jazz tracks from JONATHAN JURION (a Marion Brown piece) and THE BAD PLUS (doing 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World'). Are ya stoked yet?
The show 'motors' along with songs from RY COODER, THE CRAMPS, SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, and CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, before veering into more new goodies from THUMBSCREW (channeling Anthony Braxton), BATTLES, and SUFJAN STEVENS until ultimately arriving at 'Instant Karma.'
Catch your breath as the third set will all but takes it away with music from STEVE REICH, MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD (from a John Zorn songbook), GENTLE GIANT, another great SPROINGG piece, FIONA APPLE, and then Norwegian songstress MARI BOINE.
Later there's music from a new reissue of OSAMU KITAJIMA'S 'Benzaiten' and several tracks from the just released TODD RUNDGREN'S 'A Wizard, A True Star' live at the Akron Civic Theater, and of course, it reaches the finish line with TIN HUEY'S 'You Should've Been My Sister.'
Today's selections:
SET #1
DEERHOOF 'Love-Lore #5 (All Tomorrow's Parties/Example #22)' - Love-Lore 5:12
ALLEN RAVENSTINE 'Firefly' - Electron Music (EP) 4:34
ADRIAN BELEW 'Face To Face' - Side Two 3:04
ART BEARS 'Riddle' - Hopes And Fears 2:46
ROBERT WYATT 'Solar Flares' - His Greatest Misses 5:36
JONATHAN JURION 'Sweet Earth Flying' - Les Temps Fou 4:21
THE BAD PLUS 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World' - Prog 5:37
SET #2
RY COODER 'Drive Like I've Never Been Hurt' - I, Flathead 4:07
THE CRAMPS 'Garbageman' - File Under Sacred Music: Early Singles 1978-83 3:36
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS 'Fried Chicken And Gasoline' - Dirt Track Date 4:17
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 'The Day Lassie Went To The Moon' - Popular Songs Of Great Enduring Strength & Beauty 2:25
THUMBSCREW (Halverson,
Fujiwara,Formanek) 'Composition No. 14 (Guitar)' - The Anthony Braxton Project 2:25
BATTLES 'Hiro 3' - Juice B. Crypts 1:08
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Make Me An Offer I Can't Refuse' - The Ascension 5:19
JOHN LENNON 'Instant Karma' - Shaved Fish 3:22
SET #3
STEVE REICH (Evan Ziporyn) 'New York Counterpoint: Fast' - Phases(Disc 3) 5:03
MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD 'Vianuel' - Zaebos: Book Of Angels Vol. 11 3:33
SPROINGG 'In a Recent Survey, 4 Out Of 5 Clinically Depressed, Middle-Aged
Suburbanites Strongly Preferred New And Improved 'Jizzo' Brand Cream Cheese To A Mortally Wounded Clam' - Clam 6:57
GENTLE GIANT 'In A Glass House' - In A Glass House 8:06
FIONA APPLE 'I Want You To Love Me' - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 3:58
MARI BOINE 'In a Basket Of Warmth' - Gaycci Jahkejuogu/Eight Seasons 5:45
SET #4
BOB WEIR 'Looks Like Rain' - Ace 6:10
WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND 'Here Where You Belong' - Part One 2:50
BRIAN SANDS 'Slippery Stones Of Dovedale' - Fixation 2:36
THE DEAD WEATHER 'Lose The Right' - Dodge And Burn 3:19
CHI-PIG 'Bountiful Living' - Miami 3:55
ROBBIE ROBERTSON 'Straight Down The Line' - How To Become Clairvoyant 5:19
LITTLE AXE 'Early In The Morning' - If You Want Loyalty, Buy A Dog 3:53
NEIL YOUNG 'Separate Ways' - Homegrown 3:32
SET #5
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA 'Somnium' - 9 Dead Alive 3:43
EMIL 'Deta Devla (God Bless)' - The Rough Guide To Hungarian Music 4:23
RUSS CASE 'War Dance Of The Wooden Indians' - The History of Space Age Pop Vol.2: Mallets In Wonderland 2:42
FRED LANE & RON PATERAUDELUNAS 'I Talk To My Haircut' - The Recommended Records Sampler3:39
DAVE VAN TIEGHAM 'Night Of The Cold Noses' - Safety In Numbers 5:17
THE SHINS 'Caring is Creepy' - Oh, Inverted World 3:20
LUNA 'U.S. Out Of My Pants' - The Days Of Our Nights 6:08
SET #6
OSAMU KITAJIMA 'Taiyo The Sun' - Benzaiten (Remastered) 7:54
TODD RUNDGREN 'International Feel/Never Never Land/Tic Tic Tic It Wears Off/You Need Your Head/Rock And Roll Pussy' - A Wizard, A True Star...Live** 8:07
TIN HUEY 'You Should've Been My Sister' - Obscurity Deluxe – New Stuff
Sample (EP) 4:11
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To order Sproingg's latest album,'Clam' and other music:
https://sproingg.bandcamp.com/album/clam
To order Deerhoof's Love-Lore album:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/album/love-lore
We've arrived at the end of another week and that signifies the beginning of another new TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #389). It's been a mind-numbing last few days, uh... maybe I should qualify it even further... week...months...so let's just stick to the task at hand. I've assembled another great little musical distraction to hopefully, keep your brain from imploding any further than it already has. It's a simple three hour escape from your current surroundings (so said Gilligan to the passengers of the S.S. Minnow before departing the harbor on that famous excursion). Here's some of the 'sights' you'll see today, metaphorically.
A new SUFJAN STEVENS song from his just released album, The Ascension' starts things off followed by PETER GARBIEL'S 'Sky Blue,' a didgeridoo laden track from NOMAD, then an ethereal spoken word piece from VIGGO MORTENSEN & BUCKETHEAD, THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, another spoken word (meets jazz this time) inspired piece from AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE, another new track from SPROINGG'S latest, 'Clam,' and finishes with the Congolese psychedelic sounds from KOKOKO.
The second set brings you WILCO, BLUE MAN GROUP (doing 'White Rabbit'), GONG, THE BONZO DOG BAND, RALPH CARNEY, SYD BARRETT, DEVO, BUSH, another new piece from THUMBSCREW, and finishes with a classic from the PENTANGLE. (all in that order).
Later you'll hear music from TAME IMPALA, CHROME, HOME & GARDEN, THE BEACH BOYS, CLUSTER & ENO, D'GARY, and the EELS. I'll dig further into the 'vault' for JORMA KAUKONEN, TANGERINE DREAM, MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND, CECIL TAYLOR, and BUZZY LINHART.
'Enjoy listening Little Buddy!' – The Skipper
Today's Tunes:
SET #1
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Lamentations' - The Ascension 3:43
PETER GABRIEL 'Sky Blue' - Up 6:38
NOMAD 'Wildlife' - Nomad 2:47
VIGGO MORTENSEN & BUCKETHEAD 'Back To Babylon' - PandemoniumfromAmerica 3:42
THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE 'Days, Weeks, & Moths' - Revelation 4:20
AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE 'Rollcall For Those Absent' - The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint 3:14
SPROINGG 'And Her Name Was 'Jo-Jo, The Dog-Faced Boy' Part 1' - Clam 3:06
KOKOKO! 'L.O.V.E.' - Fongola 2:57
SET #2
WILCO 'Taste The Ceiling' - Star Wars 3:15
BLUE MAN GROUP 'White Rabbit' - The Complex 2:54
GONG 'I've Bin Stone Before' - Camenbert Electrique 2:36
THE BONZO DOG BAND Ali Baba's Camel Tadpoles 3:30
RALPH CARNEY 'March Of The Anunnaki' - This Is Ralph Carney 2:19
SYD BARRETT 'Effervesing Elephant' - Barrett 1:57
DEVO 'Golden Energy' - Hardcore Vol. 1 2:32
BUSH 'Letting The Cables Sleep' - The Science Of Things 4:36
THUMBSCREW (Halverson,Fujiwara,Formanek) 'Composition No. 150' - The Anthony Braxton Project 2:57
PENTANGLE 'Hear My Call' - The Pentangle 3:08
SET #3
TAME IMPALA 'Alter Ego' - Innerspeaker 4:48
THE BUDDAH LOUNGE ENSEMBLE 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' - A Buddah Lounge Salute To The Beatles 2:38
FIONA APPLE 'Ladies' - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 5:35
EELS 'In My Younger Days' - End Times 3:25
JORMA KAUKONEN (with Tom Hobson) 'Midnight In Milpitas' - Quah (Remaster) 2:14
NEIL YOUNG 'Try' - Homegrown 2:49
D'GARY 'Akata Meso' - Akata Meso 5:00
IF THESE TREES COULD TALK 'The Here And Hereafter' - The Bones Of A Dying World 2:33
SET #4
STINA NORDENSTAM 'The Diver' - This Is Stina Nordenstam 3:20
BUTTHOLE SURFERS 'Rocky' - Hairway To Steven 3:45
CHROME 'Sex Pocket Meister' - Techromacy 2:12
SOSUMI 'Nuke Them All' - The Weird Years: Volume 1 & 2 6:24
CLUSTER & ENO 'The Belldog' - After The Heat 6:19
JUANA MOLINA 'Las Culpas' - Son 2:42
TANGERINE DREAM 'Mount Shasta' - Lily On The Beach 4:26
SET #5
CECIL TAYLOR 'Wallering Looking' - Ahead! 5:25
HOME AND GARDEN 'Marco Polo: The Desert' - History And Geography 3:48
THE BEACH BOYS 'Pet Sounds' - Pet Sounds 2:22
BLUR 'I Thought I Was A Spaceman' - The Magic Whip 6:16
THE DISTRICTS '4th Of July' - You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere 4:28
THE ARCS 'Searching The Blue' - Yours, Dreamily 2:54
DENT 'Flight Of The Flight' - Verstarker 2:41
SET#6
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 'Letter From Belgium' - We Shall All Be Healed 3:11
WEEN 'Happy Colored Marbles' - Quebec 3:14
SKY CRIES MARY 'Breathe In' - Moonbathing On Sleeping Leaves 4:51
PRIMUS 'Sinister Exaggerator' - Miscellaneous Debris 3:36
MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND 'Pluto The Dog' - Solar Fire 2:50
U.S. GIRLS 'Red Ford Radio' - Heavy Light** 2:05
BUZZY LINHART 'Talk About A Morning' - Music 6:35
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To order Sproingg's latest album,'Clam' and other music:
https://sproingg.bandcamp.com/album/clam
This week marked the arrival of fall and with it, the anticipation of cooler temperatures and brighter colors, yet there's a sense of the coming cold and darkness that the approaching months (the election notwithstanding) will bring. Rather than fret about what is forthcoming, I'll focus on the present with my usual gusto and have assembled another new TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #388) while taking each day as it comes.
You, my friends and listeners, always ask 'what's in store for this week's program?” Plenty. During the first set today there's jazz from THUMBSCREW and BRAND X to get the ball rolling, then the international sounds of JOI, a RADIOHEAD track from OK Computer, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, early JADE WARRIOR, and another song from SLEEP DAY'S (Shane Curry) newly reissued debut.
That all leads to numerous 'vault' selections including music from GENTLE GIANT, FAMILY, TOM RAPP, THE MUFFINS, JOE WALSH, and even more obscure artists PHANTASIA and VAINCIA DOBLE. HARVEY GOLD adds his interpretation of JOHN CALE'S 'Close Watch' from his rare 'Experiments' single of the 1970's. Early synthesist's Robert Mason (STARDRIVE) and WENDY CARLOS (Switched On Bach) surround LAURIE ANDERSON, PETER HAMMILL, CAN, and BECK during the fifth set as well.
Not to be forgotten, there's new recordings from SPROINGG, PERE UBU, BATTLES, and OS MUTANTES sprinkled in throughout the show with other music from ESQUIVEL, SHEILA CHANDRA, JACK WHITE, RETURN TO FOREVER, and JIM PEPPER. Hopefully all this name dropping has peaked your interest and you'll tune in to listen once more.
Today's set list:
SET #1
THUMBSCREW (Halverson,Fujiwara,Formanek) 'Composition No. 79' - The Anthony Braxton Project 3:34
BRAND X 'Running On Three' - Nuclear Burn 4:38
JOI 'Fingers' - One And One Is One 6:38
RADIOHEAD 'Pearly' - Ok Computer OKNOTOK (1997-2017) 3:39
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO 'Not The 6 O'Clock News' - B-2 Unit 5:03
JADE WARRIOR 'Obedience' - Last Autumn's Dream 3:19
SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry) 'Crowded Rooms' - There's Always Something
Wrong With Everything 4:38
SET #2
THE RESIDENTS 'Two Lips' - Animal Lover 2:43
GENTLE GIANT 'Pantagruel's Nativity' - Acquiring The Taste 6:50
VAINCIA DOBLE 'Dime, Felix' - Vaincia Doble 4:17
JOE WALSH 'Falling Down' - So What 5:00
OS MUTANTES 'Void' - Zzyzx 2:50
SHEILA CHANDRA 'Ever So Lonely/Eyes/Ocean' - Weaving My Ancestors' Voices 3:25
PERE UBU 'Visions Of The Moon' - By Order Of Mayor Pawlicki (Live In Jarocin)- Bonus Disc - We Don't Do Encores, We Sell Soul 3:50
HARVEY GOLD 'Close Watch' - Experiments (Vinyl Single) 3:38
SET #3
THE MEKONS 'Trouble Down South' - Fear And Whiskey 4:14
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Il Ponte Di Conde' - The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly (OST) 1:51
FATBOY SLIM 'The Journey' - Palookaville 4:36
SILVER APPLES 'Madman Blues' - The Garden 3:15
WHITE NOISE 'Black Hole Blues' - White Noise III – Reentry 2:27
ESQUIVEL 'You Belong To My Heart' - Music From A Sparkling Planet 2:44
STEREOLAB 'Parsec' - Dots And Loops (2019 Remaster) 5:34
FAMILY 'Observations From A Hill' - Old Songs New Songs 3:12
TOM RAPP 'Silver Apples II (For Simeon)' - A Journal Of The Plague Year 2:23
SET #4
FRANK ZAPPA 'The Grand Wazoo' - The Grand Wazoo 6:06
THE MUFFINS 'Stethorus Punctum' - Double Negative 4:04
ALLAN RAVENSTINE 'If Only There Was More Time' - Waiting For The Bomb 3:11
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER 'Problem Areas' - R Plus Seven 3:06
BATTLES 'Fort Greene Park' - Juice B. Crypts 5:45
THE DISTRICTS 'Dancer' - You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere 3:52
HUWEKE ZAWOSE & MICHAEL BROOK 'Chilumi Cha Kwetu' - Assembly 5:27
SET #5
PHILLIP GLASS (FEICO DUETEKOM – piano) 'Les Enfants Terribles: Overture – Scene 1' - Phillip Glass Musical Offering 3:33
WENDY CARLOS 'Bach: Two Part Invention In D-Minor' - Switched On Bach 0:53
STARDRIVE (ROBERT MASON) 'Ballad I' - Stardrive 3:16
PETER HAMMILL 'Tapeworm' - In Camera 4:19
LAURIE ANDERSON 'My Compensation' - Life On A String 2:28
FRED FRITH & HENRY KAISER 'Objects Everyday' - With Enemies Like These Who Needs Friends 2:52
BECK 'It's All In Your Mind' - Sea Change 3:05
CAN 'Fall Of Another Year' - Unlimited Edition 3:24
PHANTASIA 'Chasing Now The Flying Time' - Phantasia 4:55
SET#6
WIRE 'Off The Beach' - Mind Hive 2:22
ALICE COOPER 'Still No Air' - Easy Action 2:34
JACK WHITE 'Missing Pieces' - Blunderbuss 3:27
RETURN TO FOREVER 'Excerpt From The First Movement Of Heavy Metal' - No Mystery 2:47
SPROINGG 'Progg Is a Five-Letter Word' - Clam 6:02
JIM PEPPER 'Comin' And Goin'' - Comin' And Goin' 4:39
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To order Sproingg's latest album,'Clam' and other music:
https://sproingg.bandcamp.com/album/clam
To order Harvey Gold's album 'It's Messy, Vol. 1:
https://www.smogveil.com/
For information about Pere Ubu and links to purchasing their music:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/official.ubu/about/?ref=page_internal
For more Information on Sleep Day (Shane Curry):
https://sleepday.bandcamp.com/releases
This week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #387) marks the return of a special feature within the program called a 'Character Study,' an in depth look at the life and music of an individual or group that's had a significant impact on my musical world and I can't think of anyone better to look at than local Akron musician (and close friend), HARVEY GOLD.
Harvey sat down with me earlier this week to reminisce about his musical journey and we will discuss his work in the band's TIN HUEY, HALF CLEVELAND, THE HI-FI'S, and GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET as well as his new solo album, 'It's Messy Volume 1' which is officially in record stores today. Music from all of those entities will be played to augment this special.
In addition to the aforementioned feature, I managed to entice Mr. Gold into assembling a set of music consisting of some of his favorite artists (from THE MOVE to JOHN COLTRANE), which will be aired during today's third set.
The first hour will start off in my usual way, as I play an array of tracks from new releases (SPROINGG, FIONA APPLE, and PERE UBU), new reissues (NEIL YOUNG and SLEEP DAY), and vault selections including pieces by BRIAN ENO, SILVER APPLES, and JOHN CALE.
Join me in celebrating Harvey Gold's gift to our musical world!
'The Critics raved, and ate bagged lunches' - H. Aylward
Today's playlist:
SET #1
SPROINGG 'Z'Morgele' - Clam 7:09
KING CRIMSON 'Dinosaur' - THRAK 6:37
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 'Nine Of Disks' - Telephone Free Landslide Victory 2:36
NEIL YOUNG 'Vacancy' - Homegrown 3:59
PERE UBU 'Final Solution' - By Order Of Mayor Pawlicki (Live In Jarocin) 4:30
SILVER APPLES 'Seagreen Serenades' - Contact 2:56
JOHN CALE 'Paris 1919' - Paris 1919 (Remaster) 4:06
SET #2
PAPA WEMBA 'Analengo' - Papa Wemba 4:37
BATTLES 'Juice B. Crypts' - Juice B. Crypts 3:56
FIONA APPLE 'Relay' - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 4:49
KEN NORDINE 'Hole In The Ego' - A Transparent Mask 2:58
BRIAN ENO 'St. Elmo's Fire' - Another Green World 3:02
DEERHOOF 'O Ye Saddle Babes' - Future Teenage Cave Artists 3:32
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART 'Telephone' - Doc At The Radar Station 1:31
SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry) 'No Amount' - There's Always Something Wrong With Everything**3:41
SET #3 (Selections By Harvey Gold)
JOHN MARTYN 'Solid Air' - Solid Air 5:45
ROBERT KIDNEY 'Back To Disaster' - Jackleg 4:59
THE ZOMBIES 'Hung Up On A Dream' - Odessey And Oracle 3:01
KEVIN AYERS 'Circular Letter' - Sweet Deceiver 4:27
TODD RUNDGREN 'Couldn't I Just Tell You' - Something/Anything? 3:34
XTC 'Towers Of London' - Compact XTC: The Singles 1978-1985 4:38
THE MOVE 'Message From The Country' - Message From The Country 4:52
JOHN COLTRANE 'Giant Steps (Alternative Take)' - Giant Steps (Remaster) 3:44
HARVEY GOLD – CHARACTER STUDY
SET #4
HARVEY GOLD 'The Fence' - It's Messy Vol. 1 3:38
SET #5
TIN HUEY 'Armadillo (Live)' - Before Obscurity: The Bushflow Tapes 2:42
TIN HUEY 'Robert Takes The Road To Liebernawash/Little Red Riding Hood Hits The Road' - Disinformation 6:53
SET#6
TIN HUEY 'The Revelations Of Dr. Modesto' - Contents Dislodged During Shipment 3:57
TIN HUEY 'Pink Berets (Live)' - Before Obscurity: The Bushflow Tapes 3:15
SET#7
TIN HUEY 'Puppet Wipes' - Contents Dislodged During Shipment 2:35
SET#8
TIN HUEY 'Almost Transparent (Blue)' - Disinformation 3:37
TIN HUEY 'Reliable Sources' - Disinformation 3:24
SET#9
HALF CLEVELAND 'Idle Viewings' - Live @ The Wi-Fi Cafe 3:03
SET#10
HALF CLEVELAND 'Larry's In The Cutout Bin' - Live @ The Wi-Fi Cafe 3:18
SET#11
HARVEY GOLD 'Your Side of The Room' - It's Messy Vol. 1 3:36
HARVEY GOLD 'Allegheny Lode' - It's Messy Vol. 1 2:22
SET #12
THE HIFI'S 'Kissing My Baby' - 6x5 (EP) 3:00
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET 'Ziphim (Mp3)'- golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 3:22
SET#13
HARVEY GOLD 'In Consideration Of Joe Strummer' - It's Messy Vol. 1** 3:31
** = New or recent acquisition
To order Harvey Gold's album 'It's Messy, Vol. 1:
https://www.smogveil.com/
For the latest review of Harvey's work in Cleveland's 'Scene' magazine and a look at Harvey Gold's video, 'Eidola,':
https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2020/07/23/multi-instrumentalist-harvey-gold-talks-about-his-solo-debut
For information about Pere Ubu and links to purchasing their music:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/official.ubu/about/?ref=page_internal
To order Sproingg's latest album,'Clam' and other music:
https://sproingg.bandcamp.com/album/clam
For information on The HiFis and their music:
https://thehifis.bandcamp.com/
For info on Golems Of The Red Planet:
https://golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com/
As the torrential rains fell this past week the phrase 'go with the flow' kept running through my head and it became the mantra for my assembling the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #386).
Ideas for song segue's just flooded my brain right from the start as the string driven pop sensibility of SLEEP DAY'S (Shane Curry) newly reissued debut album, 'There's Always Something Wrong With Everything' lead me to weave melodically through the initial set with what followed it: the crooning of GODLEY & CREME, RYAN ELDER'S 'Rick & Morty Theme,' DAVID BYRNE, DEVOTCHKA, and the avant garde styling's of HENRY COW and THUMBSCREW (interpreting Anthony Braxton), only to finish with a new PERE UBU live cut, and KANTNER, SLICK, & FREIBERG all following in succession.
Anchoring the second set was a new melody from the German 'prog' trio SPROINGG, followed by OZRIC TENTACLES, then several pieces lamenting about the 'good old days' beginning with WILD MAN FISCHER, then ROXY MUSIC, THE DRIFTERS, and KEVIN AYERS, before tying everything together with THE HI-FI'S song 'Janie Take A Walk,' about the song writer's college years in Kent, Ohio.
If you loved what I just described to you then I think you'll really enjoy what remains in store during the rest of the program. Among the highlights, vintage TOM WAITS, an ELVIS VS. JXL remix of “A Little Less Conversation,' covers by THE HOUSE JACKS (The Beatles) and FLYING LIZARDS ('Money, That's What I Want'), more new material from OS MUTANTES, FIONA APPLE, ROGER & BRIAN ENO, HARVEY GOLD, and THE PRETENDERS, and tributes to Gary Peacock and baseball's Lou Brock and Tom Seaver.
Today's playlist:
SET #1
SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry) 'Best Laid Plans' - There's Always Something Wrong With Everything 2:32
GODLEY & CREME 'Art School Canteen' - L/Freeze Frame 3:23
RYAN ELDER 'Rick & Morty Theme' - The Rick & Morty Soundtrack 0:36
DAVID BYRNE 'The Great Intoxication' - Look Into The Eyeball 2:36
DEVOTCHKA 'Twenty-Six Temptations' - How It Ends 4:12
HENRY COW 'Nirvana For Mice' - LegEnd 4:54
THUMBSCREW (Halverson,Fujiwara,Formanek) 'Composition No. 157' - The Anthony Braxton Project 2:21
PERE UBU 'Modern Dance Blues' - By Order Of Mayor Pawlicki (Live In Jarocin)- (Bonus Disc - We Don't Do Encores, We Sell Soul) 6:41
PAUL KANTNER, GRACE SLICK, DAVID FREIBERG 'Fishman' - Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun 2:43
SET #2
SPROINGG 'Lovebird Dogbane Receives Higher Education' - Clam 7:54
OZRIC TENTACLES 'Vita Voom' - Jurassic Shift 4:47
WILD MAN FISCHER 'Back In Time' - The Fischer King 2:37
ROXY MUSIC 'Three And Nine' - Country Life 4:04
THE DISTRICTS 'Changing' - You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere 4:00
KEVIN AYERS 'Cold Shoulder' - The Unfairground 3:09
THE HI-FI'S 'Janie Take A Walk' - 6x5 (EP) 4:10
SET #3
TOM WAITS 'Virginia Avenue' - Closing Time 3:10
FIONA APPLE 'Newspaper' - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 5:32
AMANDA PALMER 'Runs In The Family' - Who Killed Amanda Palmer? 2:58
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Dear Mr. Supercomputer' - The Avalanche 4:21
OS MUTANTES Window Mirrors Zzyzx 3:50
JON BATISTE Smile Hollywood Africans 1:11
FEICO DUETEKOM 'Company – Movement IV' - Phillip Glass: Musical Offering 2:12
I'M NOT JIM 'The Pitcher Gave Up' - You Are All My People 2:48
SET #4
GITO BALOI 'Marrabenta' - The Rough Guide To Marrabenta Mozambique 5:21
DARCY JAMES ARGUE'S SECRET SOCIETY 'Construction + Deconstruction' - Brooklyn Babylon 5:02
IGGY POP 'James Bond' - Free 4:34
MONTY NORMAN ORCHESTRA 'James Bond Theme' - The Best Of James Bond: 30th Anniversary Edition 1:49
THE BUDOS BAND 'Arcane Rambler' - Budos Band V 3:29
COCHEMEA GASTELUM 'Asatoma' - All My Relations 4:30
DAEVID ALLEN & KRAMER 'The Death Of Dr. Tim' - Hit Men 1:46
CALIFONE 'Bandicoot' - Echo Mine 2:55
DEERHOOF 'Eaguru Guru' - Offend Maggie 4:00
SET #5
RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON 'Smiffy's Glass Eye' - Hokey Pokey 2:55
HARVEY GOLD 'Song For Joanne' - It's Messy Vol. 1 2:16
IVOR CUTLER 'A Doughnut In My Hand' - Privilege 2:00
THE FLYING LIZARDS 'Money (That's What I Want)(single edit)' - The Flying Lizards 2:32
ELVIS VS. JXL 'A Little Less Conversation (Remix)' - Elvis Vs. JXL (EP) 4:11
BAHIA BLACK (Carlinhos Brown) 'Capitao Do Asfalto' - Ritual Beating System 5:32
GARY PEACOCK, MARILYN CRISPELL, PAUL MOTIAN 'Blood' - Nothing Ever Was Anyway: The Music Of Annette Peacock 2:49
ROGER ENO & BRIAN ENO 'Ultramarine' - Mixing Colours 2:27
SET #6
JAH WOBBLE'S INVADERS OF THE HEART 'Visions Of You' - Rising Above Bedlam 5:36
THE PRETENDERS 'Lightning Man' - Hate For Sale** 2:56
HOLGAR CZUKAY 'Invisible Man' - Good Morning Story 4:56
DIRTY PROJECTORS + BJORK 'When The World Comes To An End' - Mount Wittenberg Orca (EP) 3:08
MICACHU 'Golden Phone' - Jewellery 2:43
HANNE HUKKELBERG 'Little Girl' - Little Things 2:56
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To order Harvey Gold's album 'It's Messy, Vol. 1:
https://www.smogveil.com/
For information about Pere Ubu and links to purchasing their music:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/official.ubu/about/?ref=page_internal
To order Sproingg's latest album,'Clam' and other music:
https://sproingg.bandcamp.com/album/clam
My head is spinning as I attempt to describe this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #385) and for good reason. Each week as I assemble a new show I sit down and try to entice listeners to tune in by describing what's in store for them, by putting into words what I'll be playing in a way that'll make everyone who reads it want to tune in. This is the 385th time I've written the show's description and it's finally happened...the dreaded writer's block. Words are whirling around in my brain, and they are all beginning to look like hieroglyphs. So here it goes.
New music from both FIONA APPLE and THE FRIGHTS, a track by CARAVAN, NEIL YOUNG from 'On The Beach,' VASSAR CLEMENTS (doing a blues standard), and CRACKER and THE BREEDERS all gather musically for the first set.
Later, CHRIS BUTLER'S 'Gotta Vote Him Out' is played in a set that incorporates THE BEATLES, XTC, WILLIAMS S. BURROUGHS (doing a song by The Doors), THE DEVIANTS, and GARY NUMAN into it.
More new cuts are heard throughout the show from ROGER & BRIAN ENO, PERE UBU, BOB DYLAN, HARVEY GOLD, OS MUTANTES, and LUCINDA WILLIAMS and there's plenty of 'vault' gems including songs from NATIONAL HEALTH, THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, THE BONZO DOG BAND, SNAKEFINGER, and JETHRO TULL.
Today's Set List:
SET #1
FIONA APPLE 'Fetch The Bolt Cutters' - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 4:59
CARAVAN 'The Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again' - For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night 5:56
THE FRIGHTS 'Faceless Moon' - Everything Seems Like Yesterday 4:28
NEIL YOUNG 'Motion Pictures' - On The Beach (Remastered) 4:23
VASSAR CLEMENTS 'Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning' - Livin' With The Blues 3:33
CRACKER 'Movie Star' - Kerosene Hat 3:33
THE BREEDERS 'Archangel's Thunderbird' - All Nerve 3:25
SET #2
PHAROAH SANDERS 'Astral Traveling(Boozoo Bajou Remix)' - Impulse: Revolutional Jazz Reworked 5:49
FOREST SWORDS 'Exalter' - Compassion 5:36
HECTOR ZAZOU 'Lettre Au Directuer Des Messageries Maritimes' - Sahara Blue 4:41
PERE UBU 'Codex' - By Order Of Mayor Pawlicki (Live In Jarocin) 5:25
SNAKEFINGER 'The Garden Of Earthly Delights' - Manual Of Errors 3:02
OS MUTANTES 'Tempo E Espaco' - Zzyzx 3:41
CABARET VOLTAIRE 'Jazz The Glass' - The Living Legends 3:03
SET #3
CHICAGO AFROBEAT PROJECT 'Colonial Waiting Room Mentality' - Nyash Up! 3:32
SPROINGG 'Homuculous Funkulous' - Sproingg 4:32
BATTLES 'Titanium 2 Step' - Juice B. Crypts 3:26
NICK MASON'S FICTITIOUS SPORTS 'Do Ya?' - Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports 4:29
THE TIKI TONES 'Monkey Farm' - Shots In The Dark (Mancini Tribute) 2:22
GORILLAZ VS. SPACEMONKEYS 'Strictly Rubbadub (Slow Country)' - Laika Come Home 3:41
ROGER ENO & BRIAN ENO 'Celeste' - Mixing Colours 4:22
SPARKS 'Pacific Standard Time' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 4:23
SET #4
XTC 'Dear God' - Upsy Daisy Assortment 3:37
THE BEATLES 'Baby You're A Rich Man' - Magical Mystery Tour 3:04
CHRIS BUTLER 'Gotta Vote Him Out!' - chrisbutler1.bandcamp.com (Mp3) 3:50
MAKAYA MCCRAVEN 'Me And The Devil (w/ Gil Scott Heron)' - We're New Again: A Reimagining 4:48
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS 'Is Everybody In?' - Stoned Immaculate: The Music Of The Doors 2:43
THE DEVIANTS 'Rumbling B(L)ACK Transit Blues' - The Deviants 5:17
SCOTT ORSI 'The Spirit Of JFK' - DEVO Presents Adventures Of The Smart Patrol 3:17
GARY NUMAN 'When The World Comes Apart' - Savage: Songs For A Broken World 5:27
SET #5
HARVEY GOLD 'Eidola (Inadvertently For Ralph)' - It's Messy Vol. 1 2:19
CHILDREN'S MEDICINE 'Around Your House' - Children's Medicine 2:22
UNIVERS ZERO 'L'Etrange Mixture Du Doctuer Schwartz' - Uzed 3:56
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION 'Zolar Czakl/Dog Breath In The Year Of The Plague' - Uncle Meat (2012 Remaster) 4:54
NATIONAL HEALTH 'Squarer For Maud' - Of Queues And Cures 11:57
JOHN LURIE 'Chili And Karen At Sunset' - Get Shorty (OST) 1:21
BOB DYLAN 'I've Made Up my Mind To Give Myself To You' - Rough And Rowdy Ways 6:32
SET #6
THE BONZO DOG BAND 'Intro And Outro' - The History Of The Bonzos 3:11
DIALOGUE 'Machete (John C. Reilly)' - Walk Hard – The Dewey Cox Story (OST) 0:22
JOHNNY CASH 'Personal Jesus' - America IV – The Man Comes Around 3:20
DIALOGUE 'Your Kids (John C. Reilly)' - Walk Hard – The Dewey Cox Story (OST) 0:17
LUCINDA WILLIAMS 'Man Without A Soul' - Good Souls Better Angels** 5:31
JETHRO TULL 'Hymn 43' - Aqualung (Remastered) 3:17
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To get a copy of CHRIS BUTLER'S 'Gotta Vote Him Out!' and support the Akron 'League Of Women Voters:
https://chrisbutler1.bandcamp.com/track/gotta-vote-him-out?fbclid=IwAR0COl6HsbzU449NI_iR3BSKiKq8aH0sdfdwAgpc_XrENx07dNERoWhg0Mw
To order Harvey Gold's album 'It's Messy, Vol. 1 (digitally now and to pre-order the CD):
https://www.smogveil.com/
For information about Pere Ubu and links to purchasing their music:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/official.ubu/about/?ref=page_internal
On this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #384) BOB DYLAN sings about his muses, SANDY DENNY (one of Dylan's possible subjects) & THE STRAWBS lament 'Who Knows Where The Time Goes,' RARE BIRD, BRYAN SCARY, BEAVER & KRAUSE, and PERE UBU all tackle the subject of those winged creatures (birds), and I'll remember the late JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE (pictured here at Newport Folk Festival in 2010) with music from both he and his father, STEVE EARLE.
That gives you an idea of just part of what's on tap today, so here's some additional appetizers to add to the menu. You'll hear GENESIS from 'Selling England By The Pound,' DAEVID ALLEN delving into his sensitive side by crooning the jazz standard 'I Can't Get Started,' ADRIAN WAGNER and LEON RUSSELL separately singing about 'Strangers In A Strange Land,' and OS MUTANTES, NEGATIVLAND, and dialogue and music from the soundtrack to 'Apocalypse Now' combined together into a trio of ethereal selections at the end of the first hour.
What else is left to add you say? New tracks from ROGER & BRIAN ENO, HARVEY GOLD, FIONA APPLE, THUMBSCREW (jazz guitarist Mary Halvorsen's Trio) interpreting Anthony Braxton, THE BREAKERS, and BILL FRISELL; plus odd little trinkets of musical goodness from LOUIE PRIMA & KEELY SMITH, MORT GARSON, JAIPUR KAWA BRASS BAND, BOOKER T & THE MG'S, HARRY PARTCH, and even a CAPTAIN BEEFHEART request. Grab that cup o' Joe and get listening!
Today's playlist:
SET #1
BEAVER & KRAUSE 'Salute To The Vanishing Bald Eagle' - In A Wild Sanctuary 2:48
PERE UBU 'Vulgar Boatman Bird' - By Order Of Mayor Pawlicki (Live In Jarocin) 3:39
BRYAN SCARY 'I Saw Birds Flocking' - Birds 3:10
RARE BIRD 'Title No. 1 (Birdman)' - Epic Forest 6:05
NADIA SHPACHENKO 'Alone, In Waters Shimmering And Dark: No. 2, Capillary Waves' - The Poetry Of Places 2:16
FIONA APPLE 'On I Go' - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 3:11
HARRY PARTCH 'The Dreamer That Remains (Pt. 2)' - The Harry Partch Collection (Vol. 3) 4:10
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND 'Owed T'Alex' - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) 4:08
SET #2
HARVEY GOLD 'March Of The Elephants' - It's Messy Vol. 1 1:29
BATTLES 'Ambulance' - Juice B. Crypts 4:20
ROS SERESYOTHEA 'Chnam Oun Dop Praya Mauy (I'm 16)' - The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Cambodia 3:51
TRILOK GURTU '1-2 Beaucoup' - Glimpse 5:45
THE SWINGLE SINGERS 'Birthday' - Ticket To Ride – A Beatles Tribute 2:45
NEGATIVLAND '11/12/13' - Negativland 4:05
CARMINE COPPOLA 'Orange Light (Pt. 1)' - Apocalypse Now (OST) 2:16
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 'The Ride Of The Valkyries (Wagner) (Pt. 2)' - Apocalypse Now (OST) 1:58
DIALOGUE 'Napalm In The Morning (Col.Kilgore) (Pt. 3)' - Apocalypse Now (OST) 0:56
OS MUTANTES 'The Last Silver Bird' - Zzyzx 3:57
SET #3
THUMBSCREW (Halverson,Fujiwara,Formanek) 'Composition No. 61' - The Anthony Braxton Project 2:59
THE DISTRICTS 'Hey Jo' - You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere 3:55
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Free Radicals' - At War With The Mystics 3:42
ROBERT REICH TRIO 'There Goes My Gun (w/ RALPH CARNEY)' - Pixies Doolittle 3:25
JAIPUR KAWA BRASS BAND 'Dbol Manjira' - Fanfare Du Rajastan 3:20
BRAVE COMBO 'The Hokey Pokey (Go-Go Style)' - Group Dance Epidemic 3:00
LOUIS PRIMA (W/KEELY SMITH) 'The Lip' - Jump, Jive, & Wail: The Essential 2:18
BONGO LOVE 'Lotto' - Afrocoustics 5:18
SET #4
GENESIS 'Dancing With The Moonlit Knight' - Selling England By The Pound 8:03
ROGER ENO & BRIAN ENO 'Iris' - Mixing Colours 2:54
BOB DYLAN 'Mother Of Muses' - Rough And Rowdy Ways 4:29
SANDY DENNY & THE STRAWBS 'Who Knows Where The Time Goes?' - A Boxful Of Treasures 4:15
PETER HAMMILL 'Re-Awakening' - Fool's Mate 3:57
BOOKER T & THE MG'S 'Ain't That Peculiar' - Soul Men 2:41
JOE WALSH 'Here We Go' - Barnstorm 4:58
SET #5
PRIMUS 'The Scheme' - The Desaturating Seven 2:50
LITTLE AXE 'Same People' - Stone Cold Ohio 3:53
THE BREAKERS 'Dark Satelite' - Transmissions From A Hornet-Free Enviroment3:28
BILL FRISELL 'Deep Dead Blue' - Harmony 3:07
DAEVID ALLEN 'I Can't Get Started' - Eat Me Baby I'm A Jelly Bean 6:07
MAKAYA MCCRAVEN 'I'm New Here (w/ Gil Scott Heron)' - We're New Again: A Reimagining 4:13
OSAMU KITAJIMA 'Edo Townfolk' - Masterless Samurai 3:44
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA 'Seoul Music' - Technodelic 4:46
SET #6
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT 'The Municipal Dome' - The Grand Budapest Hotel (OST) 2:29
MORT GARSON 'Thing-A-Ling (Scared Crow)' - The Wozard Of Id 2:14
ADRIAN WAGNER 'Stranger In A Strange Land' - Distances Between Us 3:32
LEON RUSSELL 'Stranger In A Strange Land' - Leon Russell & The Shelter People 4:01
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE 'Appalachian Nightmare' - The Saint Of Lost Causes 5:37
STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES 'Time Is Never On Our Side' - Ghosts Of West Virginia 2:55
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To order Harvey Gold's album 'It's Messy, Vol. 1 (digitally now and to pre-order the CD):
https://www.smogveil.com/
For information about Pere Ubu and links to purchasing their music:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/official.ubu/about/?ref=page_internal
For more information on The Breakers music:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com
We've made it through another week of mind-numbing distractions from you know who so I've planned more great music on the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #383) to reward myself and anyone else who enjoys listening to this respite from the absurdity of all of life's current, ongoing insanity.
In fact, parts of today's program may just have you dancing around the room, shaking your imaginary maracas, and tapping your toes to the selections I'll play for you. 'What the heck are you talking about Paul' you're probably saying to yourself right about now. Well, here's a hint. I'll begin today's show with a cut from the latest offering by OS MUTANTES, add in THE MEKONS, early PINK FLOYD ('Arnold Layne'), DANGERMOUSE & SPARKLEHORSE, WUSSY, BRIAN ENO & KARL HYDE, and finish up with a great JIM WHITE track.
GEORGE DUKE gets the second set going with his Brazilian inspired salsa piece 'Up From the Sea It Arose And Ate Rio in One Swift Bite' followed by Venezuela's LA VIDA BOHEME, and Argentine guitarist JUANA MOLINA, before finishing that first hour with HUGH HOPPER, RECONNAISSANCE FLY, and more new music from FIONA APPLE and BATTLES.
So there's two hours left now that I've given away what's playing so far, and it (I promise) won't disappoint. STEPHEN MALKMUS, HARVEY GOLD, SPARKS, and MAKAYA MCCRAVEN all provide new songs in the third, with ANGELIQUE KIDJO (covering 'Gimme Shelter'), LEO KOTTKE (covering 'Embryonic Journey'), CAN and THE ROBERT FRIPP STRING QUARTET tying it all together.
BOB DYLAN, 15-60-75, and PERE UBU provide even more new stuff, with LOVE, TWEEDY, LITTLE FEAT, and the VINCE GUARALDI TRIO giving you more reasons to keep listening.
Today's set list:
SET #1
OS MUTANTES 'Mutant's Lonely Nights' - Zzyzx 4:37
THE MEKONS 'Thunder' - Me 5:34
PINK FLOYD 'Arnold Layne' - Relics (1995 Remaster) 2:56
DANGERMOUSE & SPARKLEHORSE (w/ Susan Vega) 'The Man Who Played God' - Dark Night Of The Soul 3:09
WUSSY 'Better Days' - Forever Sounds 3:40
BRIAN ENO & KARL HYDE 'A Man Wakes Up' - Someday World 4:17
JIM WHITE '10 Miles To Go On A 9 Mile Road' - No Such Place 4:47
SET #2
GEORGE DUKE 'Up From The Sea It Arose And Ate Rio In One Swift Bite' - The Essential George Duke 5:24
LA VIDA BOHEME 'La Vida Mejor' - Sera 4:17
JUANA MOLINA 'Los Hongos De Marosa' - Un Dia 7:27
HUGH HOPPER 'Hopper Tunity Box' - Hopper Tunity Box 3:34
RECONNAISSANCE FLY 'Itzirktna' - Off By One 5:14
FIONA APPLE 'Cosmonauts' - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 3:59
BATTLES 'A Loop So Nice...' - Juice B. Crypts 2:14
SET #3
STEPHEN MALKMUS 'Amberjack' - Traditional Techniques 4:18
LEO KOTTKE 'Embryonic Journey' - Balance 3:19
ROBERT FRIPP STRING QUARTET 'Blockhead' - The Bridge Between 3:19
ANGELIQUE KIDJO 'Gimme Shelter' - Djin Djin 4:08
SPARKS 'I'm Toast' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 3:31
HARVEY GOLD 'Silly Idea' - It's Messy Vol. 1 3:33
MAKAYA MCCRAVEN (w/ Gil Scott Heron) 'People Of The Light' - We're New Again: A Reimagining 2:54
CAN 'Halleluwah' - Anthology 1968-1993 5:36
SET #4
BOB DYLAN 'I Contain Multitudes' - Rough And Rowdy Ways 4:36
PERE UBU 'Rhapsody In Pink' - By Order Of Mayor Pawlicki (Live In Jarocin) 3:25
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO 'Cast Your Fate To The Wind' - Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus 3:09
TALVIN SINGH 'Sonic' - OK 5:59
CUNNINGHAM/GREAVES 'One Summer' - Cunningham/Greaves 4:22
GONG 'Sleepy' - Espresso II 7:19
AXIOM FUNK 'Order Within The Universe' - Funkcronomicon 3:19
SET #5
TUNE-YARDS 'Powa' - Whokill 5:03
GIBBY HAYNES & HIS PROBLEM 'Woo' - Gibby Haynes & His Problem 2:50
SHADY 'Prosperous' - World 4:58
TWEEDY 'I'll Sing It' - Sukierae 4:02
HOT TUNA 'Funky #7' - America's Choice 5:48
THE DISTRICTS 'Cheap Regrets' - You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere 4:42
LOVE 'Bummer In The Summer (New Stereo Mix)' - Forever Changes (50th Ann. Edition) 2:23
SET #6
PHILLIP GLASS (FEICO DUETEKOM – piano) 'Les Enfants Terribles: Overture – Scene 1 - Phillip Glass: Musical Offering 3:33
LITTLE FEAT 'Somebody's Leavin'' - The Last Record Album 5:08
15-60-75 (NUMBERS BAND) 'Crazed And Restless' - Endure: Outlier's On Water Street 4:40
BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES 'The Sinister Minister' - Greatest Hits Of the 20th Century 4:37
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To order Harvey Gold's album 'It's Messy, Vol. 1 (digitally now and to pre-order the CD):
https://www.smogveil.com/
For information about Pere Ubu and links to purchasing their music:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/official.ubu/about/?ref=page_internal
For more information on 15-60-75: The Numbers Band: (and getting their latest release):
https://www.numbersband.com/
It's time for another edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES and this week marks Episode #382 so as I do every week, below is a brief synopsis of what to expect from this forthcoming show.
From the new release category I've added the band BATTLES, a cut from the latest interpretation of PHILLIP GLASS by solo pianist FEICO DEUTEKOM, and a symphonic techno pop piece from THIEVERY CORPORATION'S latest. Add to those more new songs from PERE UBU, MAKAYA MCCRAVEN, STEPHEN MALKMUS, HARVEY GOLD, BOB DYLAN, FIONA APPLE, BADLY DRAWN BOY, and SPARKS.
Surrounding those artists are an array of musical styling's from 'Eastern' sounding tracks by SHAKTI, OS MUTANTES, and a RALPH CARNEY & CHRIS BUTLER song, covers by STEVE HILLAGE (Donovan's 'Hurdy Gurdy Man'), DEVOTCHKA (The Velvet's 'Venus In Furs'), and an ethereal remix of JOHNNY CASH performing 'I Heard The Lonesome Whistle Blow.'
There's 'vault' selections from THE INSECT TRUST, KEVIN AYERS & THE WHOLE WORLD, WENDY CARLOS, and FRANK ZAPPA. In addition to that there's local artists DRUMMER and THE BEYONDERERS, world beat from BAABA MAAL & SEVARA NAZARKHAN, and indie rock with MODEST MOUSE, FARAQUET, and CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN so it all adds up to an eclectic mix that'll get you through another maddening week.
Today's playlist:
SET #1
BATTLES 'Sugar Foot (feat: Jon Anderson & Prairie WWWW); - Juice B. Crypts 5:18
STEVE HILLAGE 'Hurdy Gurdy Man' - L 6:33
CHRIS BUTLER & RALPH CARNEY 'World UFO Day (July 2)' - Songs For Unsung Holidays 4:18
OS MUTANTES 'Bangladesh' - Fool Metal Jack 4:08
SHAKTI (With JOHN MCLAUGHLIN) 'La Danse Du Bonheur' - A Handful Of Beauty 4:52
STEPHEN MALKMUS 'What Kind Of Person' - Traditional Techniques 3:28
STUART MOXHAM & THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS 'I Wonder Why' - Signal Path 1:27
SET #2
BADLY DRAWN BOY 'Banana Skin Shoes' - Banana Skin Shoes 2:49
WAS (NOT WAS) 'Needletooth' - Boo! 2:15
MODEST MOUSE 'The View' - Good News For People Who Love Bad News 4:15
FARAQUET 'Study In Complacency' - The View From This Tower 5:05
PERE UBU 'Caligari's Mirror' - By Order Of Mayor Pawlicki (Live In Jarocin) 3:38
THE DISTRICTS 'All The Horses Go Swimming' - You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere 4:43
SPARKS 'Self-Effacing' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 3:42
PHILLIP GLASS (FEICO DUETEKOM – piano) 'Company – Movement II' - Phillip Glass: Musical Offering 1:38
SET #3
RETURN TO FOREVER 'Beyond The Seventh Galaxy' - Where Have I Known You Before 3:14
FIONA APPLE 'Drumset' - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 2:40
NENEH CHERRY & THE THING 'Golden Heart' - The Cherry Thing 4:43
LOUNGE LIZARDS 'Epistrophy' - The Lounge Lizards 4:17
FAUST 'La Poulie' - Fresh Air 6:37
DEAD CAN DANCE 'Enigma Of The Absolute' - A Passage In Time 4:11
DEVOTCHKA 'Venus In Furs' - Curse Your Little Heart (EP) 4:37
SET #4
HARVEY GOLD 'Your Side Of The Room' - It's Messy Vol. 1 3:36
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 'All Her Favorite Fruit' - Key Lime Pie 5:13
JOHN CALE 'Emily' - Fear 4:22
THE INSECT TRUST 'Glade Song' - Hoboken Saturday Night 3:05
WENDY CARLOS 'March From A Clockwork Orange (Beethoven 9th Symphony - 4th Mvmt.)' - A Clockwork Orange: Complete Original Score 7:02
THIEVERY CORPORATION 'The Forgotten People' - Symphonik 4:25
SEVARA NAZARKHAN 'El Nozanin' - Yol Bolsin 4:14
SET #5
JUNIP 'Howl' - Fields 3:25
MORPHINE 'So Many Ways' - The Night 4:01
SAMUEL YIRGA 'Abet Abet (Punt Mix)' - Guza 5:13
DEEP LIPS 'One Thousand Sisters With Aluminum Foil Calculators' - Deep Lips 3:00
FRANK ZAPPA 'Excentrifugal Forz' - Apostrophe 1:33
WILLIAM COULTER 'Baby Elephant Walk' - Henry Mancini – Pink Guitar 2:29
KEVIN AYERS & THE WHOLE WORLD 'Hat (Bonus Track)' - Shooting At The Moon 5:28
BOB DYLAN 'False Prophet' - Rough And Rowdy Ways 6:00
SET #6
BAABA MAAL 'Yiriyaro (Percussion Storm)' - Nomad Soul 4:54
FRED FRITH 'Sparrow Song' - Step Across The Border 1:30
THE BEYONDERERS 'Estimate Of The Situation' - Estimate Of The Situation 2:07
DRUMMER 'Summer Control' - Feel Good Together 3:31
MAKAYA MCCRAVEN (w/ Gil Scott Heron) 'The Crutch' - We're New Again: A Reimagining** 2:33
JOHNNY CASH 'I Heard The Lonesome Whistle Blow (Apparat Remix)' - Strike 100 4:09
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To order Harvey Gold's album 'It's Messy, Vol. 1 (digitally now and to pre-order the CD):
https://www.smogveil.com/
For information about Pere Ubu and links to purchasing their music:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/official.ubu/about/?ref=page_internal
Transcending boundaries, transcending the norms of conventional radio, and transporting the listener sonically on a truly unique journey into freeform radio is what I try to offer each week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES and it is, in part, the reason why I named this program what it is. If you are a regular listener you probably understand why I organize each show the way I do and what elements you can expect from me each week. New releases, jazz,international sounds, progressive rock, spoken word, plus several 'covers,' obscure artists from the 'vault,' and occasional comedy and motion picture dialogue are all part of the equation.
On this week's show (Episode #381) there's plenty of new releases including songs by SPARKS, FIONA APPLE, PERE UBU, BADLY DRAWN BOY, and STEPHEN MALKMUS all during the first set while surrounded by earlier tracks from LAIKA and JACK LANCASTER & ROBIN LUMLEY'S 'Marscape' album. HARVEY GOLD, BOB DYLAN, and MAKAYA MCCRAVEN all add their current offerings to the second set and are accompanied by vintage JERRY GARCIA, THE SLITS (covering 'Heard It Through The Grapevine'), spoken word from JOHN GIORNO, and TV music from 50's lounge pioneer ROBERT STAPLES.
Later on you'll hear tracks out of the 'vault' from ORNETTE COLEMAN, KING CRIMSON, THE FREE DESIGN, THE DAMNATION OF ADAM BLESSING, and YUSEF LATEEF while adding more new music from RAY LAMONTAGNE, OUTRONAUT, DEEP LIPS, THE DISTRICTS, and several others. A remix of an R.L. BURNSIDE blues song, a 'cover' from THE FLYING LIZARDS,
a classic melody from Zimbabwe's OLIVER MTUKUDZI, and a stunning number from SIGUR ROS all make listening this week another 'must' to be added to your list.
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
SPARKS 'Lawnmower' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 3:38
FIONA APPLE 'Shameika' - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 4:08
LAIKA 'Poor Gal' - Sounds Of The Satellites 3:08
PERE UBU 'Over My Head' - By Order Of Mayor Pawlicki (Live In Jarocin) 3:52
SLIM CESSNA'S AUTO CLUB 'An Introduction To The Power Of Braces: Teeth' - Cipher 1:05
STEPHEN MALKMUS 'Shadowbanned' - Traditional Techniques 3:23
BADLY DRAWN BOY 'Appletree Boulevard' - Banana Skin Shoes 3:07
JACK LANCASTER & ROBIN LUMLEY 'Take Off/Sail On The Solar Winds' - Marscape 5:55
SET #2
HARVEY GOLD 'In A Very Good Place' - It's Messy Vol. 1 5:16
JERRY GARCIA 'Late For Supper/Spidergawd' - Garcia 5:02
RON GEESIN 'Enterbrain Exit' - Miniatures: 51 Tiny Masterpieces Edited By Morgan Fisher 0:57
BOB DYLAN 'My Own Version Of You' - Rough And Rowdy Ways 6:41
THE SLITS 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' - Cut 3:59
K. LEIMER 'Red Line' - Closed System Potentials 2:48
JOHN GIORNO 'Structuralist Filmmaking' - John Giorno, Laurie Anderson, & William S. Burroughs: You're The Guy I Want To Spend My Money With 1:05
ROBERT SHARPLES 'Passing The Time' - Ren & Stimpy Production Music Vol. 1 1:43
MAKAYA MCCRAVEN 'Where Did the Night Go (w/ Gil Scott Heron)' - We're New Again: A Reimagining 2:37
SET #3
ORNETTE COLEMAN 'Theme From A Symphony (Variation Two)' - Dancing In Your Head 11:10
ALAN VEGA & MARTIN REV 'Be Bop Kid' - Suicide 2:15
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR 'Smoke/5533' - A Grounding In Numbers 5:05
THE FLYING LIZARDS 'Suzanne' - Top Ten 5:29
CURVED AIR 'Phantasmagoria' - Phantasmagoria 3:14
THEE OH SEES 'At The End, On The Stairs' - An Odd Entrances 2:45
SET #4
OLIVER MTUKUDZI 'Wake Up' - Tuku Music 6:09
MIDLAKE 'In The Ground' - The Courage Of Others 4:14
10CC 'How Dare You' - How Dare You 4:15
8X8 'Azalea's Room' - Azalea's Room 4:31
THE DAMNATION OF ADAM BLESSING 'Fingers On A Windmill' - Which Is The Justice, Which Is The Thief 3:18
THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR 'Brainiac's Daughter' - Chips From The Chocolate Fireball 3:59
YUSEF LATEEF 'Strange Lullaby' - Part Of The Search 4:14
SET #5
DAVID BYRNE & ST. VINCENT 'I Should Watch TV' - Love This Giant 3:08
R.L. BURNSIDE 'Miss Maybelle' - Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down 3:18
OUTRONAUT 'World War Tour' - Kill The Light 3:12
KING CRIMSON 'Red' - Red 6:16
PINK FLOYD 'Ibiza Bar' - More (OST) 3:16
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Planet Of The Clowns' - The Trouble With Normal 3:49
RADIO TARIFA 'Alab' - Cruzando Del Rio 2:08
THE HADEN TRIPLETS 'I'll Fly Away' - The Family Songbook 3:33
SET #6
RAY LAMONTAGNE 'Roll Me Mama, Roll Me' - MONOVISION 4:06
THE DISTRICTS 'My Only Ghost' - You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere 3:08
DEEP LIPS 'Wandering Witches' - Deep Lips 3:52
THE FRIGHTS 'Kicking Cans' - Everything Seems Like Yesterday 4:22
NOBODY 'Redesigned (Intro)' - The Free Design Redesigned 1:04
THE FREE DESIGN 'Never Tell The World' - Kites Are Fun: The Best Of The Free Design 2:25
IF BY YES 'Still Breathing (Remix by Keigo 'Cornelius' Oyamada)' - Salt On Sea Glass 5:33
SIGUR ROS 'Gooan Daginn' - Meo Suo I Eyrum Vio Spilum Endalaust 4:56
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To order Harvey Gold's album 'It's Messy, Vol. 1 (digitally now and to pre-order the CD):
https://www.smogveil.com/
To purchase Outronaut's Kill The Light' release:
https://outronaut.bandcamp.com/
For information about Pere Ubu and links to purchasing their music:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/official.ubu/about/?ref=page_internal
Wow, we've already made it to August's doorstep and I can't figure out where the summer went. In year's past, I'd be making my way to Rhode Island to visit my siblings and make another excuse for attending the umpteenth Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals. (I've been using that excuse since 1981). Well the plague has all but eliminated that idea so instead on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #380) I'll play some of the artists I've seen out there over the years when I attended the festivals. Among those artists heard today are WILCO, BANQUET OF THE SPIRITS, BILL FRISELL, ELVIS COSTELLO, and THE BAD PLUS.
But that's just part of the festivities I've got in store for you. There's new releases galore with tracks from FIONA APPLE, BADLY DRAWN BOY, BOB DYLAN, PERE UBU (their new 'live' album), MAKAYA MCCRAVEN (channeling Gil Scott Heron), and more goodness from HARVEY GOLD, SPARKS, and THE BREAKERS.
During the fourth set, you'll hear selections from three different artists, (THE BEATLES, THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, and BLACK SABBATH) as each will play a song surrounded by a 'cover' of a different melody they wrote interpreted by CHIM KOTHARI, MONKS OF DOOM, The Bad Plus, and Bill Frisell. Speaking of 'covers,' I've got all the bases, well, you know, with ROBERT WYATT singing Ivor Cutler, LUNA (Luna Lee) having a go with Mike Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells' on gayaguem, and BECK delving into some classic John Martyn.
There's also several 'vault' nuggets from GONG, JADE WARRIOR, and DICK DALE & THE DELTONES, world music with Mozambique's DILON DJINDI, Korean space metal pioneers JAMBANAI, and summer tropical crooners TOTO BONA LOKUA, and jazzy stylings from TOM WAITS and MAX ROACH. Tune in, it's gonna be hot!
Today's Set List:
SET #1
FLEETWOOD MAC 'The World Keep On Turning' - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac 2:29
TOTO BONA LOKUA 'Kwalelo' - Toto Bona Lokua 4:14
BANQUET OF THE SPIRITS 'Natiel' - Caym: The Book Of Angels Vol. 17 4:00
GONG 'Radio Gnome Invisible' - The Flying Teapot: Radio Gnome Invisible Pt. 1 5:31
BADLY DRAWN BOY 'Colours' - Banana Skin Shoes 4:00
WILCO 'Art Of Almost' - The Whole Love 7:16
ALTIN GUN 'Yolcu' - Gece 2:38
SET #2
FIONA APPLE 'Heavy Balloon' - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 3:26
TOM WAITS 'Singapore' - Rain Dogs 2:45
KHAC CHI ENSEMBLE 'Farmers Song' - Moonlight In Vietnam 3:00
JAMBANAI 'Naburak' - A Heritage 7:30
JADE WARRIOR 'A Prenormal Day At Brighton' - Jade Warrior 2:45
LUNA (Luna Lee) 'Tubular Bells' - Luna 4:10
THOMAS BARTLETT & NICO MUHLY 'Grendel' - Peter Pears: Balinese Ceremonial Music 4:30
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM 'Like Fleas' - South Of Reality 3:31
SET #3
PERE UBU 'Modern Dance' - By Order Of Mayor Pawlicki (Live In Jarocin) 3:25
HARVEY GOLD 'Lazy Boy (w/Dan Auerbach)' - It's Messy Vol. 1 5:21
SPARKS 'iPhone' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 4:01
DICK DALE & THE DEL-TONES 'The Victor' - Greatest Hits 1961-1976 3:17
THE BREAKERS 'It Waits Below' - Voodoo Treatment 3:10
ANGELO BADALAMENTI 'Night Bells' - Twin Peaks: Season Two, Music And More 2:47
BOB DYLAN 'Black Rider' - Rough And Rowdy Ways 4:12
LOS LOBOS 'Luna' - The Town And The City 3:27
SET #4
THE BAD PLUS 'Iron Man' - Give 6:04
BLACK SABBATH 'Zeitgeist' - 13 4:37
MONKS OF DOOM 'Who Are The Brain Police?' - The Insect God (EP) 3:40
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION 'It Can't Happen Here' - Freak Out (2013 Remaster) 3:56
BILL FRISELL 'Revolution' - All We Are Saying... 3:50
THE BEATLES 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' - Love: Special Edition 4:42
CHIM KOTHARI 'Eleanor Rigby' - Sounds Of Sitar 2:11
SET #5
HARRY PARTCH 'Castor & Pollux: Incubation' - Plectra And Percussion Dances 1:51
MAX ROACH 'Caravanserai' - M'Boom 4:04
MAKAYA MCCRAVEN 'Running (w/ Gil Scott Heron)' - We're New Again: A Reimagining 2:06
ROBERT WYATT 'Grass' - Nothing Can Stop Us 2:13
SINIKKA LANGELAND ENSEMBLE 'Sus I Myrull' - Starflowers 5:11
ELVIS COSTELLO '...Dust' - When I Was Cruel 3:03
THE ACID 'Veda' - Liminal 5:11
PENTANGLE 'Sally Go Round The Roses (Alternative Version)' - Basket Of Light (Remaster)3:42
SET #6
DILON DJINDI DILON 'Maria Rosa' - Dilon 3:45
BECK 'Stormbringer' - John Martyn: Johnny Boy Would Love This...A Tribute To John Martyn 4:25
SKY CRIES MARY 'When The Fear Stops' - A Return To The Inner Experience 4:13
JUSTIN ADAMS & JULDEH CAMARA 'Yerro Mama' - Soul Science 4:32
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS 'Get Down Moses' - Streetcore 5:05
CALIFONE 'Flawed Gtr.' - Echo Mine** 1:43
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To order Harvey Gold's album 'It's Messy, Vol. 1 (digitally now and to pre-order the CD):
https://www.smogveil.com/
For more information on The Breakers music:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com
I couldn't be happier with the results of this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #379) and for numerous reasons beginning with the fact that it coincides with the release of my longtime friend HARVEY GOLD'S new release, 'It's Messy, Vol. 1' digitally on Smog Veil Records. That and the fact that all six unique sets of music came together in a stream of consciousness sort of way allowing the results to be one of the most satisfying shows (for me) that I've had the pleasure to assemble.
I'll start off the show with a tribute to local Akron musician George Cabaniss who passed away last Friday by playing a song he wrote with the BAD DUDES and follow that with PATTI SMITH, DENGUE FEVER, STOMU YAMASH'TA, HELDON (both from the 'vault'), and ballads from GEOFFREY ORYEMA and ANNETTE PEACOCK.
In the second set I'll honor the passing of civil rights legends John Lewis and C.T. Vivian with songs from BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA and RHIANNON GIDDENS in a set of music that weaves seamlessly from BRIAN ENO, JAH WOBBLE, PEACE ORCHESTRA, YES (from Fragile), and PETER GABRIEL beforehand, with segues that I hope will have you eagerly anticipating what's coming during the shows remaining sets.
Then, as part of the third set, HARVEY GOLD makes his appearance with the track 'Allegheny Lode' featuring Chris Hillman (BYRDS) and Dan Auerbach (BLACK KEYS) surrounded by blues legend ROBERT LOCKWOOD JR., BOB DYLAN, THE BOBS (covering Randy Newman), CRACKER'S political anthem 'Torches & Pitchforks,' SPARKS, and ALICE COOPER'S 'Billion Dollar Babies.'
Sonically, this program picks up even more speed with the second half's array of artists that includes DANIEL LANOIS, SCOTT WALKER, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, LOU HARRISON, R. CRUMB & HIS CHEAP SUIT SERENADERS, XTC, TINARIWEN, STEELY DAN, STEPHEN MALKMUS, 20th CENTURY STEEL BAND, and LOUDEN WAINWRIGHT III channeling Mose Allison. Enough descriptions! It's time to tune in and be entertained!
Today's Playlist:
BAD DUDES 'Hardway (feat. George Cabaniss)' - Bizarros/Bad Dudes – From Akron II 3:17
PATTI SMITH 'Cartwheels' - Trampin' 6:01
DENGUE FEVER 'Integration' - Venus On Earth 3:43
STOMU YAMASH'TA 'Rain Song' - Raindog 5:06
HELDON 'In The Wake Of King Fripp' - Allez Teia 6:36
GEOFFREY ORYEMA 'Dancing Steps (Ballad)' - Night To Night 3:37
ANNETTE PEACOCK 'The Succubus'- The Perfect Release 3:49
SET #2
BRIAN ENO 'This' - Another Day On Earth 3:33
JAH WOBBLE 'Last Days' - Welcome To My World 2:08
PEACE ORCHESTRA 'Marakesh' - Peace Orchestra 6:55
YES 'Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)' - Fragile 2:42
PETER GABRIEL 'Shosholoza' - Biko (Vinyl EP) 5:16
THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA 'People Get Ready' - Higher Ground 3:22
RHIANNON GIDDENS 'At The Purchaser's Option' - Freedom Highway 4:16
SET #3
ROBERT LOCKWOOD JR. 'Walkin' Blues' - The Complete Trix Recordings 4:00
BOB DYLAN 'Watching The River Flow' - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 3:36
THE BOBS 'Lonely At The Top' - Cover The Songs Of... 3:14
CRACKER 'Torches And Pitchforks' - Berkeley To Bakersfield 2:12
HARVEY GOLD 'Allegheny Lode (w/Chris Hillman & Dan Auerbach)' - It's Messy Vol. 1 2:22
SPARKS 'Left Out In The Cold' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 4:18
ALICE COOPER 'Billion Dollar Babies (w/ Donovan)' - Billion Dollar Babies 3:42
WAYNE GORBEA 'Lo Que Dice Justi' - Introducing Wayne Gorbea's Salsa Picante: Master Of Salsa Dura NYC 4:59
SET #4
HAPPY THE MAN 'Upon A Rainbow (Befrost)' - Happy The Man 4:39
RABBI MARSHAK 'These Are The Words Of The Airplane (Dialogue)' - A Serious Man (OST)1:08
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE 'Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon' - After Bathing At Baxter's 5:07
WIRE 'Internal Exile' - Nocturnal Koreans 3:29
DANIEL LANOIS 'Oaxaca' - Belladonna 2:49
LOU HARRISON 'La Koro Sutro – Strofo 6' - La Koro Sutro 2:31
SCOTT WALKER 'Orpheus' - Classics & Collectibles 3:25
ORANGE JUICE 'Simply Thrilled Honey' - Mojo Presents Beloved: A Treasury
Of Classic British Indie Rock 2:39
XTC 'Knights In Shining Karma' - Apple Venus Volume 1 3:39
SET #5
JOHN HARTFORD 'Bad Music (Is Better Than No Music At All)' - Stream Powered Aero-Takes 4:32
R. CRUMB & HIS CHEAP SUIT SERENADERS 'Persian Rug' - Chasin' Rainbows 3:59
TINARIWEN 'Nizzagh Ijbal' - Elwan 3:39
ANALOG MINEFIELD 'Be Careful Out There' - The Clock Machine Turns You On Vol.2 4:02
LEO ADDEO & HIS ORCHESTRA 'Stumbling' - The History Of Space Age Pop, Vol.3 - Stereo Action Dimension 2:20
ROGER & THE WRAYBANDS 'Moon Relay' - Chicago Surf Rally 2:35
RY COODER 'All Shook Up' - Get Rhythm 3:30
MARK GUILIANA 'Roast' - Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! 4:36
SET #6
TUESDAY 'Glow Of The Firelight' - Dust On The Nettles: A Journey Through The British Underground Folk Scene 1967-72 2:55
STEPHEN MALKMUS 'Flowin' Robes' - Traditional Techniques 2:52
STEELY DAN 'Charlie Freak' - Pretzel Logic 2:44
LOS GAUCHOS ALEMANS 'Voices Of Ancient Children' - Sometimes God Hides: The Young Person's Guide To Discipline 2:29
GENESIS 'Dance On A Volcano (Intro)' - Trick Of The Tail 0:35
STEVE HACKETT 'Carry On Up The Vicarage' - Please Don't Touch! 3:10
20TH CENTURY STEEL BAND 'Theme From Shaft' - Warm Heart, Cold Steel 3:20
CAN 'True Story' - The Lost Tapes 4:30
LOUDEN WAINWRIGHT III 'Ever Since The World Ended' - If You're Going To The City: A Tribute To Mose Allison** 2:56
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To order Harvey Gold's album 'It's Messy, Vol. 1 (digitally now and to pre-order the CD):
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=harvey+gold+it%27s+messy+vol.+1&i=digital-music&ref=nb_sb_noss
https://www.smogveil.com/
For information on the Chicago Surf Rally album:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/album/chicago-surf-rally
As each week passes and everyday it seems it's becoming more and more surreal, hunkering down and working on another new show has become my version of zen, yoga, and meditation all wrapped up in one big ball. This week I did some internal musical housekeeping and low and behold, I found a few choice gems I haven't heard in ages so on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #378) you'll get to hear them interspersed throughout the show.
There's music from MARK GROWDEN, RED RED MEAT, WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY + TELEFUNK, MITCHELL FROOM, and the band IF (yeah, I know, your garden variety of obscurity), all originating from deep within my collection
I'll add classic cuts from DON CHERRY, CLARK TERRY, and LAURIE JOHNSON to give the show some jazziness, MARI KALKUN, REMMY ONGALA, CODE SANGALA, and JUANA MOLINA to bring an international feel to it, THE ROLLING STONES, GOAT, THE FLAMING LIPS, and GONG all showing their psychedelic sides, and GOLDEN PALOMINO'S, VIOLENT FEMMES, and ASS PONYS top it off by exposing that indie element.
New stuff is also part of the equation with more from HARVEY GOLD, STEPHEN MALKMUS, THE HADEN TRIPLETS, OUTRONAUT, SPARKS, and DEERHOOF providing their unique stylings. I might even throw a cartoon theme or two into the pot today just to keep you on your toes.
Today's set list:
SET #1
MARK GROWDEN 'Gimme' - Downstairs Karaoke 3:45
WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY + TELEFUNK 'Grun Grun' - In The Fishtank 8 (EP) 5:05
RED RED MEAT 'Sad Cadillac' - Bunny Gets Paid 5:19
SAMANDTHEPLANTS 'Number 3' - The Eft 1:22
THE BOOKS 'Group Autogenics II' - The Way Out 4:52
MARI KALKUN 'Labi Katsa Kalamere' - Ilmamotsan 5:03
THE HADEN TRIPLETS 'Say You Will' - The Family Songbook 4:11
SET #2
ASS PONYS 'Earth To Grandma' - Electric Rock Music 2:52
THE FLAMING LIPS 'The Sound Of Failure' - At War With The Mystics 7:18
MITCHELL FROOM 'Watery Eyes' - Dopamine 2:54
PETER BLEGVAD 'Simon At The Stone' - Go Figure 3:22
THE ROLLING STONES 'Gomper' - Their Satanic Majesties Request 5:09
HARVEY GOLD 'Lemon Beazly' - It's Messy Vol. 1 7:04
SET #3
REMMY ONGALA 'Killio' - The Kershaw Sessions 4:51
STEPHEN MALKMUS 'Xian Man' - Traditional Techniques 4:06
GONG 'Zion My T-Shirt' - I See You 6:09
PHILLIP GLASS 'Dreamscape No. 3 (From Waiting For The Barbarians)' - The Orange Mountain Music Phillip Glass Sampler Vol. 1 2:46
DON CHERRY 'Degi Degi' - Brown Rice 7:06
STEVE LEHMAN 'Akap' - Selebeyone 2:16
THE RESIDENTS 'Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats?' - Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? 4:11
SET #4
IF 'Seldom Seen Sam' - If 3 5:05
CODE SANGALA 'Chandiluma N'chiyani?' - Mizu 4:27
BRUCE COCKBURN 'The Juan Carlos Theme' - Rumors Of Glory 1:20
SPARKS 'Nothing Travels Faster Than The Speed Of Light' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 4:21
VIOLENT FEMMES 'Traveling Solves Everything' - We Can Do Anything 2:58
JUANA MOLINA 'Lamba Corta' - Tres Cosas 2:23
HECTOR ZAZOU 'Paralyzed (feat. Emma Stow)' - L'Absence 4:24
GOLDEN PALOMINOS 'The Wonder' - This Is How It Feels 4:55
SET #5
BUTTHOLE SURFERS 'Underdog' - Saturday Morning: Cartoon's Greatest Hits 3:56
SHELDON ALLMAN 'Super Chicken' - Toon Tunes: 50 Favorite Classic Cartoon Songs 0:30
OUTRONAUT 'Under Your Gaze' - Kill The Light 3:30
LAURIE JOHNSON 'Chase That Car' - Music For TV Dinners - The 60's 1:35
CLARK TERRY 'Mumbles' - Having Fun 4:45
CARNEY, HILD, & KRAMER 'End' - Happiness Finally Came To Them 2:33
GOAT 'Gathering Of Ancient Tribes' - Commune 6:18
RADIOHEAD 'Little By Little' - The King Of Limbs 4:27
HORSLIPS 'Hall Of Mirrors' - Happy To Meet - Sorry To Part 5:33
SET #6
DEERHOOF 'New Orphan Asylum For Spirited Deerchildren' - Future Teenage Cave Artists** 3:56
SPIRIT '1984' - Clear 3:49
SONIC YOUTH 'Party Lies' - Washing Machine 4:14
STEREOLAB 'Hallucinex' - Sound-Dust 3:55
TALKING HEADS 'Radio Head (Extended Mix)' - 12 x 12 ( Original Remixes) 4:29
JAY WARD 'Fractured Fairy Tales' - Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 3, (70's & 80's) 0:24
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Harvey Gold's forthcoming Smog Veil Release, 'It's Messy, Vol. 1:
(available July 24 on all digital platforms)at:
https://www.smogveil.com/
To purchase Deerhoof's music:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/
To purchase Outronaut's Kill The Light' release:
https://outronaut.bandcamp.com/
Photo of the calendar in this week's picture courtesy of my dear friend Debbie from Chicago!
Another musical gem from HARVEY GOLD'S forthcoming album, 'It's Messy, Vol. 1,' a blistering violin based rendition of 'Maggot Brain,' Spooky Tooth's interpretation of 'I Am The Walrus,' and new pieces of musical goodness from OUTRONAUT, THE HADEN TRIPLETS, and STEPHEN MALKMUS are just a few of the things I've lined up on this latest offering of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #377).
You appear to be interested in hearing more, yes? I've combined NICK DRAKE, CODE SANGALA, LUCIUS (singing 'Uncle John's Band'), THE FIERY FURNANCES, XTC, KING CRIMSON, and an astounding remix of CAN'S 'You Do Right' all during the second set today. (Eyes getting wider as you hear this).
And then later I'll resurrect vintage tracks from THE WHO and PINK FLOYD, blend them in with AKRON; FAMILY, MORPHINE, JOHN LURIE (from 'Get Shorty'), MOGWAI, and more new songs from DEERHOOF and BRYAN SCARY. Geez, said no one in particular, this is sounding more and more like 'I'm in!'
Oh yeah, and there's ENNIO MORRICONE'S 'The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly' assembled together with THE MEKONS, THE SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS (What??), Somali songstress MARYAM MURSAL, SLAPP HAPPY, and PETER GORDON & THE LOVE OF LIFE ORCHESTA to finish everything up today. Turn on your A/C folks, it's gonna get hot during this three hour music wave.
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
STEPHEN MALKMUS 'ACC Kirtan' - Traditional Techniques 6:19
CHICO HAMILTON 'Gongs East' - Gongs East! 4:50
OUTRONAUT 'The Dim, Distant Now' - Kill The Light 4:40
SPOOKY TOOTH 'I Am The Walrus' - The Last Puff (2005 Remaster) 6:21
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE 'Long Hot Summer Night' - Electric Ladyland (50th Anniversary Edition) 3:27
LUNA 'The Rustler' - The Days Of Our Nights 4:07
SET #2
NICK DRAKE 'One Of These Things First' - Bryter Layter 4:51
CODE SANGALA 'Tikamapanga Chikondi' - Mizu 4:26
LUCIUS 'Uncle John's Band' - Day Of The Dead 4:26
THE FIERY FURNANCES 'Ex Guru' - Widow City 2:42
XTC 'Funk Pop A Roll' - Mummer 3:14
KING CRIMSON 'The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum' - The Power To Believe 6:24
CAN 'You Doo Right (3P Mix)' - Sacrilege (Remixes) 4:13
SET #3
HARVEY GOLD 'Song For Joanne' - It's Messy Vol. 1 2:16
IVOR CUTLER 'Jumping And Pecking' - Jammy Smears 0:44
ROGER RUSKIN SPEAR 'Trouble With My Trousers' - Unusual 4:05
SPARKS 'One For The Ages' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 3:48
WILCO 'In A Future Age' - Summerteeth 2:57
LILI HAYDEN 'Maggot Brain (featuring Dakah Hip-Hop Orchestra)' - Place Between Places 5:46
THE HADEN TRIPLETS 'Wayfaring Stranger' - The Family Songbook 5:28
PETER HAMMILL 'Crossed Wires' - Clutch 3:44
SET #4
LES AMAZONES D'AFRIQUE 'Heavy' - Amazones Power 3:22
ISSA BAGAYOGO 'Diarabi' - Sya 6:16
MILES DAVIS 'Honky Tonk (Mix)' - Evolution Of The Groove 2:39
BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE 'Regiment' - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (Remaster) 4:11
BOMBINO 'Ahulakamine Hulan (He Greets You Warmly)' - Nomad 3:01
BE BOP DELUXE 'Speed Of The Wind' - Sunburst Finish 4:20
IN THE SUMMER OF MUSHROOM HONEY 'Shining Brightly' - In The Summer Of Mushroom Honey 4:05
SET #5
AKRON; FAMILY 'Creatures' - Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free 4:12
THE WHO 'Silas Stingy' - The Who Sell Out 3:05
BRYAN SCARY 'Seagull' - Birds 3:42
JOHN LURIE 'Vesuvio's' - Get Shorty (OST) 2:09
MORPHINE 'Wishing Well' - Like Swimming 3:32
MOGWAI 'San Pedro' - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will 3:26
DEERHOOF 'Fractional Anthem' - Future Teenage Cave Artists** 2:52
PINK FLOYD 'Pow R. Toc H.' - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 4:26
SET #6
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Main Theme: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly' - 100 Greatest Film Themes 2:49
THE MEKONS 'In The Desert' - Deserted 4:50
SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS (w/ Tim Blake Nelson) 'In The Jailhouse Now' - Oh Brother Where Art Thou (OST) 3:38
CAROLINA COTTON 'Nola' - The Rough Guide To Yodel 2:36
MARYAM MURSAL 'Lei Lei' - The Journey 3:50
SLAPP HAPPY 'A Little Something' - Casablanca Moon/Desperate Straights 4:35
PETER GORDON & THE LOVE OF LIFE ORCHESTRA 'Tight Ropes' - Geneva & Extended Niceties 4:22
HENRY KAISER & SERGEY KURYOKHIN 'Right Paw – Left Paw' - Popular Science 2:48
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For updates on Harvey Gold's forthcoming Smog Veil Release, 'It's Messy, Vol. 1:
https://harveygold.bandcamp.com/community
To purchase Deerhoof's music:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/
To purchase Outronaut's Kill The Light' release:
https://outronaut.bandcamp.com/
For this year's July 4th weekend, I've got a whole bunch of great musical selections on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #376) that you can dance, march, or sing along to all while grilling your favorite things at your socially distant gatherings with friends and family.
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE ('God Save The Queen'), THE RESIDENTS ('The Washington Post') , JOE BYRD (from Yankee Transcendoodle), TOM RAPP ('Fourth Day Of July'), THE VANDELS ('American Eagle”), and LAURIE ANDERSON ('Another Day In America') all play relatable themes throughout the program. There's even the airing of the full length version of 'Time Has Come Today' by THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS and KEN NORDINE'S 'Sound Museum' during the third set.
As if that weren't nearly enough, I've got ROBERT WYATT, HENRY MANCINI, OS MUTANTES, and CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO all incorporated into the 'Spanish themed' fourth set, more new pieces from DEERHOOF, SLEEP DAY (SHANE CURRY), THE BREAKERS, and HARVEY GOLD (covering The Beatles), plus international sounds abound with D'GARY & JIHE, DANIEL SEPE, ULYTAU (Kazakhstan folk metal), HECTOR ZAZOU, and JOI. It should be a lotta fun so don't miss it!
Today's Set List:
SET #1
HECTOR ZAZOU 'I'll Strangle You (w/Gererd Depardieu)' - Sahara Blue 5:12
ULYTAU 'Adai' - The Rough Guide To The Music Of Central Asia 3:11
TALKDEMONIC 'Summer Glass' - Ruins 2:51
GURU GURU 'God's Endless Love For Men' - Dance Of The Flames 7:26
JOI 'We Need Your Vote' - We Are Three 5:23
THE RESIDENTS 'The Washington Post' - '86 Stars & Hank Forever! 4:24
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE 'God Save The Queen' - Americana 4:08
SET #2
1912 NATIONAL CALLIOPE 'In The Good Old Summer Time' - The Circus is Coming
(Old Fashioned Calliope Music) 1:57
TOM RAPP 'Fourth Day Of July' - Stardancer 4:49
BUTTHOLE SURFERS 'Weird Revolution' - Weird Revolution 3:36
SUPREME BEINGS OF LEISURE 'What's The Deal' - Supreme Beings Of Leisure 3:48
HARVEY GOLD 'I've Just Seen A Face' - It's Messy Vol. 1 4:37
DANIEL SEPE 'Anime Candide' - Anime Candide 6:32
THE VANDELS 'American Eagle' - U-Spaces California Love-In 2:57
SET #3
THE BREAKERS 'A Gun, A Saloon, A Legend' - Voodoo Treatment 2:32
CHAMBERS BROTHERS 'Time Has Come Today' - The Time Has Come 11:03
JOE BYRD 'The World Turn'd Upside Down' - Yankee Transcendoodle 1:18
KEN NORDINE 'Sound Museum' - You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters Vol 1 7:11
JOHN WAYNE 'Why I Love Her' - America, Why I Love Her 2:58
DARCY JAMES ARGUE'S SECRET SOCIETY 'The Enemy Within' - Real Enemies 4:37
SPARKS 'The Existential Threat' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 3:23
SET #4
D'GARY & JIHE 'Mbo Hahita Avao' - Horombe 5:16
ROBERT WYATT 'Caimenera' - Nothing Can Stop Us 5:18
HENRY MANCINI & HIS ORCHESTRA 'Something For Cat' - Breakfast At Tiffany's – Music From The Motion Picture Score 3:11
LOUNGE LIZARDS 'My Trip To Ireland' - No Pain For Cakes 5:50
CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO 'Chacarera' - Andromeda 3:21
OS MUTANTES 'Teclar' - Haih...Ou Amortecedor 3:11
RICKIE LEE JONES 'Sunny Afternoon' - Ghostyhead 3:53
SET #5
WAS (NOT WAS) 'Semi-Interesting Week' - Pick Of The Litter 1980-2010 4:51
AKSAK MABOUL 'Geistige Nacht' - Un Peu de L'Ame Des Bandits 5:22
DEERHOOF 'Sympathy For Baby Boo' - Future Teenage Cave Artists 2:23
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART 'You Know You're A Man' - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) 3:15
THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS 'Roller Coaster' - The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators 5:06
BAHAMAS 'Never Again' - Barchords 4:30
LEO KOTTKE 'All Through The Night' - Ice Water 1:42
SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry) 'We're Professional Lovers, We Don't Break Under Strain' - Kiss Me Like A Little Yellow Bird 3:09
SET #6
BRYAN SCARY 'Bird Or Beast?' - Birds 2:27
LAURIE ANDERSON 'Another Day In America (Pt.1)' - Homeland 7:07
TOMITA 'Catacombs (Mussorgsky)' - Pictures At An Exhibition 2:37
THE APPLES IN STEREO 'So Far Away' - Electronic Projects For Musicians 4:25
THE FLAMING LIPS 'In A Dream' - 7 Skies H3 4:50
KLAUS DOLDINGER 'Wild Freshness' - Popshopping Volume 1 2:41
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For updates on Harvey Gold's forthcoming Smog Veil Release, 'It's Messy, Vol. 1:
https://harveygold.bandcamp.com/community
To purchase Deerhoof's music:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/
For more Information on Sleep Day (Shane Curry):
https://sleepday.bandcamp.com/releases
For more information on The Breakers music:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com
In honor of Carl Reiner's passing, here's a special 'radio rewind' from my days with KUSF-in-Exile, San Francisco Community Radio from September 7, 2012 and my original program 'Vicotin Popsicles.'
On this program I'll mix music from Russia's favorite punk anarchists, Pussy Riot, with dialogue from the film, 'The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming' (Starring Carl Reiner and Alan Arkin) as well as other great music during the extended third set. Detail's below Comrade!
“Emergency..emergency...everybody to get from street” - Lt. Rozanov
("The Russians Are Coming, The Russians are Coming”)
Youssarian: Comrade Dmitri...you see these ravishing beauties on TV screen? They have been incarcerated for acts of “hooliganism” against our Czarist state...
Dmitri: Da...such is the punishment for dancing provocatively in church while singing of Czar Putin’s many discretion's.
Youssarian: We must listen to that subversive radio show, "VICOTIN POPSICLES,” to find out the truth about these heinous acts for which they are charged.
Dmitri: And to experience the muzaks which they and their fellow comrades offer.
Youssarian: Da.. tune the shortwave to the latest VICOTIN POPSICLES as tribute is paid to Russia’s jailed Punk girl band, PUSSY RIOT, and the song that started it all, “Putin Lights up the Fires,” along with other punk anthems, related music, and dialogue from the cinema’s “The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming.”
Rumors have started that songs from the Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, Sham 69, Glaxo Babies, Circle Jerks, 10cc, Material, and William S. Burroughs (?) will be included.
Dmitri: What other subversive goodness will this radio program provide?
Youssarian: Muzaks from Nancy Sinatra, Stereolab, Faust, Sam Bush, and DeVotchKa to name few...
Dmitri: Bring the shortwave...I’ll get the Borsht...
The set List:
Set#1
David Sylvian “Every Colour You Are” from Rain Tree Crow
George Duke “I Love the Blues, She Heard Me Cry” from I Love the Blues,She Heard Me Cry
TV On the Radio “Modern Romance” from New Health Rock - EP
Of Monsters and Men “Yellow Light” from My Head Is an Animal
Aldo Ciccolini “Fantasie Valse” from Erik Satie: The Complete Works For Piano
Love Sculpture “Farandole” from Forms and Feelings
Set #2
Sam Bush “Mahavishnu Mountain Boys” from King of My World
Jan Hammer and Jerry Goodman “Country and Eastern Music” from Like Children
DJ Shadow “Midnight In A Perfect World” from Endtroducing...
DeVotchKa “Venus In Furs” from Curse Your Little Heart
Shankar “Touch Me There” from Touch Me There
Nancy Sinatra “These Boots Are Made For Walkin'” from The Essential Nancy Sinatra
Stereolab “Les Y-Per Sound” from Emporer Tomato Ketchup
Morphine “Swing It Low” from Like Swimming
Talking Heads “Drugs” from fear of music
Set#3 — Pussy Riot/Carl Reiner Homage...."The Russians are Coming,The Russians are Coming.."
Pussy Riot “Putin Lights Up the Fires” from MP3
The Russians are Coming dialogue “. . .dialogue. . .” from Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Circle Jerks “Deny Everything” from Group Sex
News Report “. . .dialogue. . .” from August 17, 2012 news report
The Killer Shrews “Don't Let the Bastards Wear You Down (Illegitimi Non Carborundum)” from The Killer Shrews
The Russians are Coming dialogue “. . .dialogue. . .” from Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Mighty Popo “Gotta Be Strong” from Tomba
Dialogue “...dialogue..” from The Russians are Coming Soundtrack
Glaxo Babies “Conscience” from Nine Months to the Disco
Dialogue “...dialogue” from The Russians are Coming Soundtrack
Sham 69 “Borstal Breakout (From 'Tell Us The Truth' LP, 1978)” from The Albums
Dialogue “...dialogue” from The Russians are Coming Soundtrack
Tom Robinson Band “Up Against The Wall” from Power In the Darkness
Dialogue “dialogue” from The Russians are Coming Soundtrack
Sex Pistols “Anarchy In The U.K.” from Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
Dialogue “dialogue” from The Russians are Coming
10 CC “I Wanna Rule the World” from How Dare You
Dialogue “"I write musical comedies"” from The Russians are Coming
Cast “Springtime For Hitler ( From 'The Producers')” from The Producers
Dialogue “dialogue” from The Russians are Coming
Richard Sinclair “Cruising” from Caravan of Dreams
Dialogue “dialogue” from The Russians are Coming
Camper Van Beethoven “Hippy Chix” from New Roman Times
Dialogue “The Russians are Coming” from The Russians are Coming Soundtrack
John Baldry “Conditional Discharge” from It Ain't Easy
John Baldry “Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie On The King of Rock-n-Roll” from It Ain't Easy
Material with Jaluddin Nuridden “E Pluribus Unum” from The Third Power
William S. Burroughs “No More Stalins No More Hitlers” from Dead City Radio
Iggy Pop “Louie Louie” from American Caesar
Set #4
James Carter (with Harry "Sweets" Edison) “Lester Leaps In” from Conversation with the Elders
tUnEyArDs “You Yes You” from Whokill
Damo Suzuki's Network “Fall of the Fire Bird” from Seattle
Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company “Downtown” from Like a Duck to Water
The Decemberists “The Infanta” from Picaresque
Eric Fernandez “Mediterranee” from Magic Gypsy
Faust “Giggy Smile” from Faust IV
Bruce Cockburn “Bohemian 3-Step” from Small Source of Comfort
Julie Cruise “Summer Kisses Winter Tears” from Until the End of the World Soundtrack
Geoffrey Oryema “Rwot Obwolo Wan” from Spirit
As we enter the first full weekend of summer, this week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #375) I've assembled plenty of artists to listen to while engaging in your outdoor activities. I'll start of with another great tune from HARVEY GOLD'S forthcoming release, It's Messy, Vol. 1, 'In Consideration Of Joe Strummer,' then follow it with the man he's singing about, JOE STRUMMER, adding GONG, TALKING HEADS, THEE OH SEES, MIDLAKE, and a GRATEFUL DEAD track all to the first set of the day.
New cuts from SPARKS and THE BREAKERS are incorporated into the following set, surrounded by MANU DIBANGO, the NEW YORK ROCK & ROLL ENSEMBLE, EELS, POKEY LAFARGE, DIMITRI FROM PARIS, and a rarely played, bluesy number by THE FAMILY DOGG.
SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry) and DEERHOOF provide the new songs during the third set, while older material from PETER GABRIEL, RAHSSAN ROLAND KIRK, BERNARD HERMANN, and TALL DWARFS round out the rest. But that's only the first half of the show folks!
Expect plenty more from JOSEPH ARTHUR, GARY NUMAN, THE BONZO DOG BAND, CRACKER, THE SUNSHINE FIX, WUSSY, THE ARCS, and the MOTHERS OF INVENTION (from 'One Size Fits All'), and several covers from JOHN MARTYN, SUKILOVE, and even a bit of 'Singing In The Rain' from the WENDY CARLOS 'A Clockwork Orange' score.
Today's Set List:
SET #1
HARVEY GOLD 'In Consideration Of Joe Strummer' - It's Messy Vol. 1 3:31
JOE STRUMMER 'Generations' - Joe Strummer 001 5:30
GONG 'Brainwash Me/Bible Study' - Acid Motherhood 4:32
TALKING HEADS 'Unison (Unfinished Outtake)' - Remain In Light (Extended Ed.) 4:50
THEE OH SEES 'Goodnight Baby' - Putrifiers II 3:08
MIDLAKE 'Provider' - Antiphon 3:48
GRATEFUL DEAD 'Mountains Of The Moon' - Aoxomoxoa (Bonus Tracks) 4:04
SET #2
MANU DIBANGO 'Yekey Tenge' - Polysonik 5:55
NEW YORK ROCK & ROLL ENSEMBLE 'Running Down The Highway' - Roll Over/Freedomburger 3:27
EELS 'Last Stop: This Town' - Meet The Eels Vol. 1: 1996-2006 3:28
SPARKS 'Onomota Pia' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 2:51
POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE 'Drinkin' Whiskey Tonight' - Middle Of Everywhere 2:44
DIMITRI FROM PARIS 'Dirty Larry (from Inspector Sacrebleu)' - Sacrebleu 5:18
THE BREAKERS 'Wrong Side Of The Tracks' - Voodoo Treatment 2:16
PASCALE COMELADE/JAC BERROCAL/PIERRE BASTIENJAKI LIEBEZEIT 'Woolloomooloo Bay' - Oblique Sessions 2:57
THE FAMILY DOGG 'Inner City Blues' - The View From Rowland's Head 4:06
SET #3
SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry) 'This Is My Plan: First I'll Wake Up. End Of Plan (Instrumental)' - Kiss Me Like A Little Yellow Bird 3:17
BERNARD HERMANN 'Carlotta's Portrait' - Vertigo (OST) 1:57
PETER GABRIEL 'Growing Up' - Up 7:35
RAHSSAN ROLAND KIRK 'Echoes Of Primitive Ohio And Chili Dogs' - The Case Of The 3 Sided Dream In Audio Color 6:52
TALL DWARFS `'Ozone' - Weeville 2:52
DEERHOOF 'Zazeet' - Future Teenage Cave Artists 2:29
ALTIN GUN 'Anlatmam Derdimi' - Gece 4:12
SET #4
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 'Father Time' - Centipede Hz 4:34
808 STATE 'Cannonball Waltz' - Transmission Suite 5:15
GARY NUMAN 'Listen To My Voice' - Pure 5:12
PHIL MANZANERA 'Fortunately, I Had One With Me' - FireBird V11 4:47
YELLO 'Pinball Cha Cha' - Claro Que Si 3:40
BONZO DOG BAND 'Canyons Of Your Mind' - The History Of The Bonzos 3:02
BRAVE COMBO 'Tales From The Vienna Woods' - Mood Swing Music 1:43
SET #5
MOTHERS OF INVENTION 'Florentine Pogen' - One Size Fits All 5:25
ROSSY 'Ambilanao Zaho' - A World Out Of Time: Henry Kaiser & David Lindley In Madagascar 4:31
BRYAN SCARY 'The Word' - Birds** 2:53
WENDY CARLOS 'Country Lane' - Clockwork Orange: Complete Original Score 4:56
JOHN MARTYN 'Over The Rainbow' - Sapphire 3:25
THE SUNSHINE FIX 'Future History And The Irrelevance Of Time' - The Future History Of A Sunshine Fix 3:14
SUKILOVE 'Love You To' - Mojo Presents: Revolver Reloaded 4:04
THE ARCS 'Once We Begin (Intro)/Outta My Mind' - Yours, Dreamily 4:06
SET #6
JOSEPH ARTHUR 'Exhausted' - Come To Where I'm From 4:45
CRACKER 'Sweet Magdalena Of My Misfortune' - Forever 3:35
JEFF TWEEDY 'Warm (When The Sun Has Died)' - Warm 2:18
WUSSY 'Asteroids' - Strawberry 3:19
THE FEELIES 'Bluer Skies' - Here Before 3:13
JOHN GREAVES 'The Price We Pay' - Songs 3:08
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For updates on Harvey Gold's forthcoming Smog Veil Release, 'It's Messy, Vol. 1:
https://harveygold.bandcamp.com/community
To purchase Deerhoof's music:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/
For more Information on Sleep Day (Shane Curry):
https://sleepday.bandcamp.com/releases
For more information on The Breakers music:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/
I'll be releasing my inner child (literally) on this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #374) during a whimsical second set that will feature songs about children and, in several cases, with children, that both kids and adults will enjoy.
Songs from LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE ('Kids Are Little People'), KEN NORDINE ('My Baby'), The Mekons SALLY TIMMS & JOHN LANGFORD (singing Bowie's 'The Prettiest Star'), ANDY PARTRIDGE, RALPH AND RALPH (Ralph Carney & Ralph Legnini), LOL COXHILL (the legendary children's chorus of 'I Am The Walrus'), and several tracks from MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD all get aired during the final portion of the first hour today.
There's plenty of other things to get excited about on this program as well. HARVEY GOLD has his forthcoming new release 'It's Messy, Vol.1,' getting initial airplay right here with the song 'The Fence,' and I'll give you links to how you can download the track and donate to the SPLC and NAACP by purchasing it. Other artists with NEW material heard today include DEERHOOF, SPARKS, THE BREAKERS, OUTRONAUT, and SLEEP DAY, plus there's lots of musical variety with music from CHARLES MINGUS, HABIB KOITE, BUCKETHEAD, JIM WHITE, and CORNELIUS.
From the 'vault' I'll get everything started with part of the suite 'I Can't Feel Nothin' from CAPTAIN BEYOND'S legendary debut, and then later you'll hear other great pieces by KEVIN AYERS, CARPE DIEM, ULTIMATE SPINACH, and Curved Air's SONJA KRISTINA. I'll throw in LEONARD COHEN, SPACCANAPOLI, STEREOLAB, DEVO, and ESQUIVEL for good measure and the show should be well worth adding to your weekly program playlist.
The Set List:
SET #1
CAPTAIN BEYOND 'I Can't Feel Nothin' (Pt. 1)/As The Moon
Speaks To The Waves Of The Sea/Astral Lady/As The Moon Speaks (Return)' - Captain Beyond 7:08
SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry) 'The Baby Is Wasted On An Idiot Like You' - Kiss Me Like A Little Yellow Bird 3:12
THE BREAKERS 'Drops Of Third Eye' - Voodoo Treatment 4:49
DEAN & BRITTA 'I'm Not A Young Man Anymore (My Robot Friend Remix)' - 13 Most Beautiful: Songs For Andy Warhol's Screen Tests 3:09
JESCA HOOP 'Intelligentactile 101' - Kismet 4:20
SPARKS 'Stravinsky's Only Hit' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 4:10
DEVOTCHKA 'Ocean Of Lust' - Una Volta 3:25
SET #2
LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE 'Kids Are Little People' - Presenting 2:24
MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD 'Hickory Dickory Dock' - Let's Go Everywhere 1:02
LOL COXHILL 'I Am The Walrus' - Ear Of The Beholder 3:56
MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD 'All Around The Kitchen' - Let's Go Everywhere 2:27
RALPH AND RALPH 'Opposites (Ralph Legnini & Ralph Carney)' - Opposites 3:23
KEN NORDINE 'My Baby' - The Best Of Word Jazz Vol. 1 2:37
DONALD FRASER 'Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf' - Heigh-Ho Mozart 2:39
ANDY PARTRIDGE Everything'll Be All Right' - Best Of Land Of Nod Store Music Vol. 2 3:04
BUFFALO BOB SMITH 'Howdy Doody' - Toon Tunes: 50 Favorite Classic Cartoon Songs 1:37
MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD 'We Are All Connected' - Let's Go Everywhere 4:07
SET #3
JAM NATION 'Sunstroke' - Way Down Below Buffalo Hell 4:42
CARPE DIEM 'Laure' - Cueille Le Jour 2:47
BRYAN SCARY 'Quick Wendy, Wake The Sparrow!' - Birds 3:10
JIM WHITE 'Alabama Chrome' - Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See 4:25
KEVIN AYERS 'Interview/Internotional Anthem' - Bananamour 5:23
BUCKETHEAD 'Sketches Of Spain (For Miles)' - Electric Tears 4:04
HARVEY GOLD 'The Fence' - It's Messy, Vol. 1 3:38
SET #4
DAVID THOMAS & THE FOREIGNERS 'The Radio Talks To Me' - Bay City 3:56
CORNELIUS 'Magoo Opening' - Fantasma 2:08
DEERHOOF 'Farewell Symphony' - Future Teenage Cave Artists 3:49
KOKOKO! 'Tongos'a' - Fongola 3:49
SONJA KRISTINA 'Melinda More Or Less' - Songs From The Acid Folk 3:31
THE CIVIL WARS 'Poison & Wine' - Barton Hollow 3:39
PETER HAMMILL '(On Tuesdays She Used To Do) Yoga' - Over 3:57
IF THESE TREES COULD TALK 'The Giving Tree' - Bones Of A Dying World 6:03
OUTRONAUT 'Tempest Fugitive' - Kill The Light** 2:53
SET #5
CHARLES MINGUS 'Hora Decubitus' - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus 4:43
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'Lucky' - Hotwire 3:53
ULTIMATE SPINACH 'Behold & See (Gilded Lamp Of The Cosmos)' - Behold & See 3:04
HABIB KOITE 'Drapeau' - Soo 3:15
LEONARD COHEN 'Travelling Light' - You Want It Darker 4:23
SPACCANAPOLI 'Pummarola Black' - Lost Souls 5:13
THE CHIEFTAINS 'Morning Dew' - 4 3:33
SET #6
KRONOS QUARTET 'Tabu (Taboo)' - Nuevo 3:12
LOS LOBOS 'Corazon' - This Time 4:07
ESQUIVEL 'Guanacoa' - Cabaret Manana 2:35
DEVO Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' - Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology 2:01
STEREOLAB 'Excursions Into Oh, A-Oh' - Fab Four Suture 5:27
M 'Working For The Corporation' - The Official Secrets Act 3:35
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To purchase Harvey Gold's song 'The Fence' from his forthcoming Smog Veil Release, 'It's Messy, Vol. 1 (all proceeds go to the SPLC - Southern Poverty Law Center), and on 6-19-20 Bandcamp will donate fees from it to the NAACP:
https://harveygold.bandcamp.com/releases
To purchase Deerhoof's music:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/
For more Information on Sleep Day (Shane Curry):
https://sleepday.bandcamp.com/releases
For more information on The Breakers music:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/
To purchase Outronaut's Kill The Light' release:
https://outronaut.bandcamp.com/
There's a lot of great music on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #373) including plenty of NEW releases, 'vault' selections, and an array of 'covers' to keep even the most finicky listener
smiling.
SPARKS, BRYAN SCARY, and DEERHOOF all scratch your new release itch during today's first set all while being surrounded by tracks from THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM, LAURIE ANDERSON, WIRE, and GIBBY HAYNES.
ONYX COLLECTIVE get's the first of several 'covers' going during the second set by playing The Beatles 'Within You, Without You, then Daevid Allen and GONG follows with their ethereal piece 'This Revolution' which leads into BRUCE COCKBURN'S rendition of Pete Seeger's 'Turn, Turn, Turn,' followed by LEO KOTTKE taking on 'Tumbling Tumbleweeds,' and climaxing with BRIAN ENO doing Sam Cooke's 'I'll Come Running.'
During later sets you'll hear TOM WAITS channeling Disney's 'Heigh Ho' (The Seven Dwarfs marching song), LUNA (a Korean artist playing the gayaguem, a 12 string koto like instrument) covering Dylan's 'All Along The Watchtower,' and TREK WITH QUINTRONIC doing their version of 'When I Was Young,' the rock classic by The Animals.
From the 'vault' there's CARAVAN, SHADOWFAX, AMON DUUL II, NICK MASON'S FICTITIOUS SPORTS, and OSAMU KITAJIMA, plus other great melodies from CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, PROPELLERHEADS, HOME AND GARDEN, and HER SPACE HOLIDAY.
Today's Playlist:
SPARKS 'All That' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 4:44
BRYAN SCARY 'Royal Soil' - Birds 3:29
GIBBY HAYNES & HIS PROBLEM 'Stop Foolin'' - Gibby Haynes & His Problem 4:30
WIRE '40 Versions' - 154 3:28
DEERHOOF 'Reduced Guilt' - Future Teenage Cave Artists 3:44
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM 'Ohmerica' - Monolith Of Phobos 5:08
HELLIOCENTRICS 'Public Safety Broadcast (Interlude)' - 13 Degrees Of Reality 0:23
LAURIE ANDERSON 'Language Is A Virus' - Talk Normal: The Laurie Anderson Anthology 4:15
SET #2
LATIF EL IDRISSI 'Ya Rayah' - The Rough Guide To Arabic Cafe 4:47
SHADOWFAX 'New Electric India' - What Goes Around: The Best Of Shadowfax 5:15
SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS 'Ataraxia' - Aporia 1:12
ONYX COLLECTIVE 'Within You, Without You' - A Day In The Life: Impresssions Of Pepper 5:16
GONG 'This Revolution' - I See You 3:44
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Turn, Turn, Turn' - Where Have All The Flowers Gone- The Songs Of Pete Seeger 4:41
LEO KOTTKE 'Tumbling Tumbleweeds' - Guitar Music 2:44
BRIAN ENO 'I'll Come Running' - Another Green World 3:50
SET #3
CARAVAN 'Welcome The Day' - Cunning Stunts 3:59
CLASSICAL REVOLUTION 'Waves Of Mutilation' - Pixies Doolittle Tribute 2:51
AMON DUUL II 'Tables Are Turned- - Carnival In Babylon 3:38
HOME AND GARDEN ;Where We Left Off' - History And Geography 2:20
THE BREAKERS 'Hour Of Darkness' - Voodoo Treatment 2:14
KING CRIMSON 'One Time' - Thrak 5:22
HER SPACE HOLIDAY 'The Ringing In My Ears' - Manic Expressive 5:00
SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry) 'You Should Just Shut Up And Let Me Like You' - Kiss Me Like A Little Yellow Bird 3:48
SET #4
RUPERT HINE 'Another Stranger' - Immunity 4:47
NICK MASON'S FICTITIOUS SPORTS 'Wervin'' - Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports 3:55
PIGBAG 'Brian The Snail' - Dr. Heckle & Mr. Jive 5:32
TOM WAITS 'Heigh-Ho (The Dwarfs Marching Song)' - Stay Awake: Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films 3:36
THE RESIDENTS 'Runaway' - Coochie Brake 3:07
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 'Hey Brother' - New Roman Times 2:44
WILCO 'Born Alone' - The Whole Love 3:55
SET #5
LUNA (Luna Lee) 'All Along The Watchtower' - Luna 4:25
OSAMU KITAJIMA 'Endless Steps' - Osamu 3:48
DONOVAN 'Earth Sign Man' - Cosmic Wheels (Remaster) 3:57
LEROY HOLMES 'Search For Vulcan (From Thunderball)' - Ultra-Lounge Sampler 2:52
PROPELLERHEADS 'On Her Majesties Secret Service (Pt. 1)' - Drumsanddecksandrockandroll 3:25
OUTRONAUT 'Brave New York' - Kill The Light 2:59
PRIMAL SCREAM 'I'm 5 Years Ahead Of My Time' - XTRMNTR 4:08
FRED FRITH 'Come Across' - Gravity 2:47
BILL FRISELL 'On The Street Where You Live' - Harmony 3:23
SET #6
PANDA BEAR 'Master' - Buoys 4:04
CALEXICO 'Miles From The Sea' - Edge Of The Sun 3:41
THE SHADOWS 'A Place In The Sun' - Shadows Are Go! 2:14
TREK WITH QUINTONIC 'When I Was Young' - Trek With Quintronic 2:57
JUANA MOLINA 'Wed 21' - Wed 21 3:17
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART 'The Witch Doctor Life' - Ice Cream For Crow 2:38
WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND 'Will You Walk With Me' - Part One & Vol. 2 2:57
CODE SANGALA 'Chosamva' - Mizu** 4:10
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To purchase Deerhoof's music:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/
For more Information on Sleep Day (Shane Curry):
https://sleepday.bandcamp.com/releases
For more information on The Breakers music:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/
To purchase Outronaut's Kill The Light' release:
https://outronaut.bandcamp.com/
Wow! It's hard to put into words all of the events of the past week. As I began assembling this week's program (TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES, Episode #372) last Friday afternoon, I had a couple of sets in mind (one involving the Space X launch and the other, ancient Egypt) to build the show around. Both of those still remain intact, so during the fourth and fifth sets you'll hear music (and a comedy bit) with both of those themes.
Egypt and the pharaoh’s get their due during set #4, with music from JUNE TABOR, NIK TURNER'S SPHINX, DUKE ELLINGTON, and THE BANGLES (take a wild guess), before morphing in a more ominous tone with CHI PIG ('Apu-Api Help Me') THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ('Trouble Every Day'), and an instrumental juggernaut by SHPONGLE from their 'Museum Of Consciousness' album.
The fifth set starts off with BOB & DOUG MCKENZIE spoofing outer space from SCTV's Season 4, then what follows is a multitude of space songs intermixed with spoken word from the likes of CHROME, MCKENDREE SPRING, SPIRIT, BLACK PUMAS, YOUTH, PERE UBU, GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET, and yes, you guessed it, good ol' Captain Kirk himself, WILLIAM SHATNER.
There's plenty of other great stuff in store including 'vault' selections from US 69, OREGON, and INCREDIBLE STRING BAND; new tracks from OUTRONAUT, DEERHOOF, THE BREAKERS, and BRYAN SCARY; 'covers' from THE FLAMING LIPS & MICHAEL VINER'S INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND, plus THE MEKONS, JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS, PETER BLEGVAD, and PAUL PENA all added for good measure.
I'll finish everything off with GEOFFREY ORYEMA'S anthem for these times 'How Long Will It Take,' a killer new cut from SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry), and SPARKS from their latest, A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip' and an appropriately titled tack which summarizes our fearful leader's Monday performance, 'Sainthood Is Not In Your Future.'
Today's Set List:
SET #1
DEERHOOF 'O Ye Saddle Babes' - Future Teenage Cave Artists 3:32
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Lovely Rita (w/ Stardeath And White Dwarfs, Tegan & Sarah)' - With A Little Help From My Fwends 4:18
SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS 'Misology' - Aporia 1:49
JOHN CALE 'Hemmingway' - Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood 3:58
US 69 'I'm On My Way (Patch Of Blue)' - Yesterday's Folks 6:14
OREGON 'Balahto' - Always, Never, And Forever 6:24
IMOGEN HEAP 'Have You Got It In You?' - Speak For Yourself 4:10
SET #2
THE BREAKERS 'Astral Valley' - Chicago Surf Rally 2:19
THEE OH SEES 'Penetrating Eye (w/ Chris Woodhouse)' - Drop 3:17
TELEVISION PERSONALITIES 'I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives (Origional Version)' - Yes Darling, But Is It Art? Early Singles & Rarities 2:48
PETER BLEGVAD 'In Hell's Despite' - Just Woke Up 4:26
INCREDIBLE STRING BAND 'Painted Chariot' - Liquid Acrobat As Regards The Air 3:44
OZRIC TENTACLES 'Saucers' - Strangitude 7:32
ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK 'Statues' - Organization 4:28
SET #3
SOFT MACHINE 'The Tale Of Taliesin' - Softs 7:17
THE MEKONS 'Dickie, Chalkie, and Nobby' - Natural 3:05
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS 'Gamma Ray' - Global A Go-Go 6:58
OUTRONAUT 'Empirical Underworld Overture' - Kill The Light 2:40
MICHAEL VINER'S INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' - Bongo Rock 7:43
PAUL PENA 'What You Talkin' About?' - Ghengis Blues (OST) 1:53
SET #4
LITTLE FEAT 'Kiss It Off' - Dixie Chicken 2:58
JUNE TABOR 'Pharaoh' - A Quiet Eye 6:02
DUKE ELLINGTON 'Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)' - Nutcracker Suite 5:48
NIK TURNER'S SPHINX 'The Awakening (Life On Venus)' - Xintintoday (Remaster) 4:20
BANGLES 'Walk Like An Egyptian' - Greatest Hits 3:24
CHI-PIG 'Apu Api (Help Me)' - Miami 3:12
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION 'Trouble Every Day' - Freak Out (2012 Remaster) 5:50
SHPONGLE 'The Epiphany Of Mrs. Kugla' - Museum Of Consciousness 6:37
SET #5
BOB & DOUG MCKENZIE 'Space Arm Skit (Great White North)' - SCTV Season 4 1:45
TOM GLAZER & DOTTIE EVANS 'Planey Minuet' - Space Songs 1:40
WILLIAM SHATNER 'It Was A Very Good Year' - Spaced Out: The Best Of William
Shatner & Leonard Nimoy 3:57
BLACK PUMAS 'Touch The Sky' - Black Pumas 4:27
SPIRIT 'Hawaiian Times/Gorn Attack' - Future Games 3:22
MCKENDREE SPRING 'The Madman' - Spring Suite 3:45
YOUTH 'Intro to Sprinkling Of Clouds' - Gong & Friends: You Remixed 0:32
CHROME 'Tears In Space' - Techromacy 3:14
PERE UBU 'I Hear They Smoke The Barbecue' - Worlds in Collison 4:08
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET 'Ziphim' - Mp3 3:22
SET #6
GEOFFREY ORYEMA 'How Long Will It Take' - From The Heart 4:06
BRYAN SCARY 'Flocking Reprise' - Birds 2:07
SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry) 'Kiss Me Like A Little Yellow Bird Then Top Me' - Kiss Me Like A Little Yellow Bird 3:52
SPARKS 'Sainthood Is Not In Your Future' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip** 4:12
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information on The Breakers music:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/
To purchase Outronaut's Kill The Light' release:
https://outronaut.bandcamp.com/
For more Information on Sleep Day (Shane Curry):
https://sleepday.bandcamp.com/releases
To purchase Deerhoof's music:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/
For tracks from Golems Of The Red Planet:
https://golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com/
On today's edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #371), I'll begin the program by remembering one of the world's most prolific kora players, MORY KANTE, then play a vintage jazz fusion track from JAN HAMMER & JERRY GOODMAN'S 'Like Children' album, sonically temper in the latest from 15-60-75 (The NUMBERS BAND) and the surf rock sounds of DAN PETERS & THE WEST SIDE WINDERS, segue into an imaginative duet from BELA FLECK (on banjo) and BOBBY MCFERRIN (scat vocals), before pounding the 'skins' with the percussive sounds of BAHIA BLACK and Wilco's GLENN KOTCHE all in the first thirty minutes.
During the remaining sets today you'll hear another astounding track from DEERHOOF'S latest paired up with HENRY COW, JOHN G. PERRY'S 'Sunset Wading,' BRYAN SCARY, and GODLEY & CREME; then later FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS in rhythmic unison with LES CLAYPOOL, MARI BOINE, ROBBIE ROBERTSON, THE RESIDENTS, ELP, and CURVED AIR.
LOS LOBOS, Cleveland's TINY ALICE, YES, BADLY DRAWN BOY, and TOM WAITS anchor another set before everything winds down (if you can call it that) with ANDY PARTRIDGE, CHRIS BUTLER, MAGNET (featuring Mo Tucker), and BJORK. And those are just the 'cliff notes.' For the full 'listening experience,' tune in from start to finish. You won't be disappointed.
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
MORY KANTE 'Deni' - Akwaba Beach 3:50
JAN HAMMER & JERRY GOODMAN 'Topeka' - Like Children 3:00
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'Back To Disaster' - Endure: Outliers On Water Street 8:06
DAN PETERS & THE WEST SIDE WINDERS 'The Spooky Surfer' - Chicago Surf Rally 3:01
BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES 'What It Is (w/Bobby McFerrin)' - Little Worlds 3:47
BAHIA BLACK 'Olodum' - Ritual Beating System 3:27
GLEN KOTCHE 'The Travelling Turtle' - Adventureland 5:26
SET #2
KHRUANGBIN 'August 10' - Con Todo El Mundo 4:25
DENGUE FEVER 'Kiss Of The Bufo Alvarius' - Cannibal Courtship 3:36
THE KINKS 'Tired Of Waiting For You' - Ultimate Collection 2:32
OUTRONAUT 'High Of Thirteen' - Kill The Light 5:34
STEVE HILLAGE 'Not Fade Away (Glid Forever)' - Motivation Radio 3:33
CABARET VOLTAIRE 'Stay Out Of It' - The Voice Of America 2:46
ROBERT CALVERT 'Phased Locked Loop' - Lucky Leif & The Longships 1:56
SLIM CESSNA''S AUTO CLUB 'Do You Know Thee Enemy?' - Unentitled 4:28
JIM WHITE 'Pieces Of Heaven' - Transnormal Skiperoo 3:27
SET #3
DEERHOOF 'Damaged Eyes Squinting Into The Beautiful Overhot Sun' - Future Teenage Cave Artists* 3:58
HENRY COW 'Industry' - Western Culture 6:58
VENETIAN POWER 'Dying Waters Of Life' - The Arid Land 3:55
JOHN G. PERRY 'Roundelay/Etude' - Sunset Wading 4:36
BRYAN SCARY 'Sky' - Birds 4:12
GODLEY & CREME 'Out In The Cold' - Images 4:51
SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS 'Eudaimonia' - Aporia 2:20
SET #4
FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS 'Handsome Cabin Boy' - Son Of Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chantey's 2:38
LES CLAYPOOL 'Mushroom Men' - Of Fungi And Foe 3:14
MARI BOINE 'Savahka's Wine' - Eight Seasons 4:39
ROBBIE ROBERTSON 'Rattlebone' - Contact From The Underworld Of Red Boy 4:24
THE RESIDENTS 'March De La Winni' - Fingerprince 0:59
ELP 'Hallowed Be Thy Name' - Works Volume 1 4:38
CURVED AIR 'Pipe Of Dreams' - Midnight Wire 3:42
PETER HAMMILL 'Touch And Go' - None Of The Above 4:09
SET #5
LOS LOBOS 'Two Janes' - Kiko 3:52
TINY ALICE 'The Chocolate Dandies Of 1932' - Tiny Alice 3:01
YES 'Everydays' - Time And A Word 6:12
BADLY DRAWN BOY 'Bedside Story' - Have You Fed The Fish? 4:52
TOM WAITS 'Another Man's Vine' - Blood Money 2:28
LES AMAZONES D'AFRIQUE 'Dreams' - Amazones Power 6:18
ROCK-A-MAMBO 'Les Voyous' - Congo Revolution – Revolutionary And Evolutionary Sounds From Two Congos 1955- 62** 2:42
SET #6
ANDY PARTRIDGE 'Dame Fortune' - Fuzzy Warbles 1 2:40
CHRIS BUTLER 'Summer Money' - Got It Togehter 4:22
ALILI 'Fanfare Ciocarlia' - Rough Guide To The Music Of Romanian Gypsies 4:17
MARCH FOURTH MARCHING BAND 'Matador' - March Fourth Marching Band 3:34
MAGNET 'Don't Be A Penguin (featuring Mo Tucker)' - Don't Be A Penguin 5:24
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS 'When I'm Not Looking, You're Not There' - Obscurities 2:10
BJORK 'The Modern Things' - Post 4:10
** = New or recent acquisition
OS = Original Score
For more information on the 'Chicago Surf Rally' album:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/album/chicago-surf-rally
To purchase Outronaut's Kill The Light' release:
https://outronaut.bandcamp.com/
For more information on 15-60-75: The Numbers Band: (and getting their latest release):
https://www.numbersband.com/
To purchase Deerhoof's music:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/
On this weeks latest edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #370), you're invited to go off on a tangent or two with me as I compile another eclectic mix of music along an aural pathway fraught with twists and turns, unexpected surprises, and deliciously mischievous sounds all created to bring a smile to your ears.
I'll begin today with poet LADY JUNE from her 'Linguistic Leprosy' album, add King Crimson alum's BRUFORD & LEVIN with their band UPPER EXTREMITIES to the pot, then sprinkle in TUXEDOMOON, KEN NORDINE, BRIAN ENO & RICK HOLLAND, DAVID SYLVIAN, and NIK TURNER before bringing everything to a boil with the latest from BRYAN SCARY.
And that's only the appetizer for today's musical menu. You'll get to savor choice NEW cuts from DEERHOOF, OUTRONAUT, SPIES WHO SURF, and TRACEY THOMAS while filling up on 'vault' selections from MAGMA, PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE, TODD RUNDGREN, WEATHER REPORT, and LA DUSSELDORF; all while sipping on the finest selection of unusual tracks by TUNE-YARDS, RALPH CARNEY, RON GEESIN, and UDUGURU (N. E. Ohio's Carl Palmer). Feeling stuffed yet?
Save room for a dessert course of SILVER APPLES and THE ROLLING STONES (from, you guessed it, 'Beggar's Banquet') so put out your favorite china and utensils and dig in!
Today's set list:
SET #1
LADY JUNE 'Some Day Silly Twenty Three' - Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy 2:25
BRUFORD LEVIN UPPER EXTREMITIES 'Etude Revisited' - Bruford Levin Upper Extremities 5:02
TUXEDOMOON 'Baron Brown' - Cabin In The Sky 4:37
KEN NORDINE 'The Conqueror Worm' - Hal Willner Presents: Closed on Account
Of Rabies (An Edgar Allen Poe Tribute) 3:03
BRIAN ENO & RICK HOLLAND 'Dow' - Drums Between The Bells 2:41
DAVID SYLVIAN 'River Man ((Remix)' - Gone To Earth 4:24
NIK TURNER '10 Seconds Of Forever' - Space Box (Compilation) 3:15
BRYAN SCARY 'Loon On The Lake' - Birds 4:37
SET #2
SYRAN MBENZA & ENSEMBLE RHUMBA KONGO 'Mbanda Nasali Nini? (Madeliene)' - Immortal Franco 5:11
BRAVE COMBO 'Cumbia Sabanera' - No, No, No, Cha, Cha, Cha 2:26
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE 'Mexican Wine' - Welcome Interstate Managers 3:22
DEERHOOF 'The Loved One' - Future Teenage Cave Artists 2:38
OUTRONAUT 'A Silent River Of Dogs'- Kill The Light 3:35
PERE UBU 'March Of Greed (w/Sarah Jane Morris)' - Long Live Pere Ubu 3:36
PARQUET COURTS 'Everyday It Starts' - Content Nausea 2:56
CAEDMON 'Aslan' - History Of U.K. Underground Folk-Rock 1968-1978 Vol. 1 4:26
SET #3
TRACEY THOMAS 'Oh Virginia' - My Roots Are Showing 2:46
JOHN FAHEY 'Bicycle Built For Two' - The Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Death 1:13
NICO 'All That Is My Own' - Desertshore 3:28
GENESIS 'The Supernatural Anaesthetist' - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 2:59
SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS 'Afterworld Alliance' - Aporia 2:47
THE PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE 'Nikdo' - Egon Bondy's Happy Heart's Club Banned 3:36
TODD RUNDGREN 'Zen Archer' - A Wizard, A True Star 5:35
MAGMA 'Spiritual (Negro Song)' - Attahk 3:16
JACQUES DUTRONC 'Hippie Hippie Hourrah' - Il Est Cinq Hueres, Paris S'ev 3:11
SET #4
HUGH HOPPER & CAVEMAN HUGHSCORE 'Dust My Mind' - Caveman Hughscore 3:12
UDUGURU (CARL PALMER) 'What's Cookin?' - Bit Crusher 2:44
SPIES WHO SURF 'Stakeout' - Chicago Surf Rally 2:49
TALKDEMONIC 'Revival' - Ruins 3:47
RALPH CARNEY 'Funhouse' - I Like You (A Lot) 3:10
TUNE-YARDS 'Interlude: Why Do We Dine On The Tots?' - Nikki Nack 1:27
RON GEESIN 'Ha! Ha! But Reasonable' - A Raise Of Eyebrows 1:37
FLOOM 'Failed Lunar Etude' - Floom 2:39
WEATHER REPORT 'Badia' - Tale Spinnin' 5:20
CODE SANGALA 'Ndiwe Wekha' - Mizu 4:26
SET #5
THE PRETTY THINGS 'Bracelets Of Fingers' - S.F. Sorrow 3:39
DAVID CROSBY 'Vagrants Of Venice' - Here If You Listen 4:06
POPUL VUH 'Morning Raga' - City Raga 5:39
PURNA DAS BAUL & BAPI DAS BAUL 'Mr. Tambourine Man' - From Another World: A Tribute To Bob Dylan 3:32
SILVER APPLES 'Program' - Silver Apples/Contact 4:07
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 'Devil Song (Original Version)' - II & III (Bonus Tracks) 2:06
GLENN LAZEAR 'Only One' - Glenn Lazear 4:06
BEIRUT 'Gallipoli' - Gallipoli 4:00
SET #6
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'Rosalie' - Endure: Outliers On Water Street 6:29
THE ROLLING STONES 'No Expectations' - Beggar's Banquet 4:02
ASS PONYS 'Dead Fly The Birds' - The Known Universe 3:50
PRIMAL SCREAM 'Out Of The Void' - Vanishing Point 3:59
LA DUSSELDORF 'Dampfriemen' - Individuellos 3:40
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information on the 'Chicago Surf Rally' album:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/album/chicago-surf-rally
To purchase Outronaut's Kill The Light' release:
https://outronaut.bandcamp.com/
For info on Tracey Thomas's 'My Roots Are Showing' CD and purchases:
https://traceythomas.bandcamp.com/
For more information on 15-60-75: The Numbers Band: (and getting their latest release):
https://www.numbersband.com/
To purchase Deerhoof's music:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/
It's time for another broadcast of my freeform radio show TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #369) and you're all probably wondering how I'll attempt to reinvent the wheel this week so here's an insight into how I planned today's show.
After several days of compiling dozens of musical tracks into a numbered program folder, I started to organize them according to either a specific sound or set theme. I knew I'd play music from LITTLE RICHARD and Florian Schneider (KRAFTWERK) to honor their legacy and having just watched the PBS special on MILES DAVIS I was struck by how he came to use Indian instruments in his recordings in the early 1970's so all of those factors had a bearing on what would become part of this show.
I decided to start the show off with DEVO doing 'Social Fools' as a tongue in cheek swipe at protesters demanding states to reopen, then I listened to other artists and picked out a song sequence that had ARIEL PINK, OUTRONAUT, THE ART BEARS, KLEPTOKRAT, LENE LOVICH, and TIN HUEY all moving seamlessly from one cut to the next to finish that first set.
KRAFTWERK (playing 'Trans Europe Express') and LITTLE RICHARD'S rendition of 'Good Golly Miss Molly' would anchor the third set and covers by SENOR COCONUT ('Autobahn') and THE FLYING LIZARDS ('Tutti Fruiti') would augment each of those cuts allowing everything to flow nicely into SYD BARRETT's'Gigolo Aunt' and the German Bierhaus band FSK.
Later on, you'll hear MILES DAVIS play 'Black Satin' from On The Corner, then I'll blend NUSRAT FATAH ALI KHAN, ETRAN FINATAWA, and PENTANGLE (all fitting stylistically together) in another series of segues that will conclude with BRYAN SCARY and CARAVAN.
I had so much fun assembling this show that by the time I got to the final set, inspiration abounded and the show ended up a little longer than usual as a result. How can you play CAPTAIN BEEFHEART ('Diddy Wah Diddy'), TOM TOM CLUB ('Under The Boardwalk') BUSTER POINDEXTER ('Castles In Spain') and XAVIER CUGAT ('Brazil') and not be happy?
Today's playlist:
SET #1
DEVO 'Social Fools' - Hardcore Devo Vol. 1 3:41
ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFITTI 'Early Birds Of Babylon' - Mature Themes 5:15
OUTRONAUT 'Kill The Light' - Kill The Light 3:49
THE ART BEARS 'Joan' - Hopes And Fears 3:02
KLEPTOKRAT 'On Bruised Knee' - Kleptokrat (EP) 5:34
LENE LOVICH 'Joan' - Flex...Plus 3:19
TIN HUEY 'Pink Berets' - Contents Dislodged During Shipment 3:04
SET #2
WENDY CARLOS 'La Gazza Madra (Rossini)' - A Clockwork Orange (OS) 6:00
DHANI HARRISON '#WarOnFalse' - In Parallel 3:57
CALIFONE 'Echo Mine' - Echo Mine 6:43
PORTISHEAD 'Biscuit' - Dummy 5:02
JON HASSELL 'Personals' - Dressing For Pleasure 4:15
DUKE ELLINGTON 'In The Hall Of The Mountain King' - Three Suites 2:36
RICKIE LEE JONES 'Deep Space' - The Magazine 3:14
SET #3
KRAFTWERK 'Trans Europe Express' - Trans Europe Express 6:48
SENOR COCONUT 'Autobahn' - El Baile Aleman 6:35
THE AQUAHOLICS 'Spy Vs. Spy' - Chicago Surf Rally 4:04
LITTLE RICHARD 'Good Golly, Miss Molly' - The Essential Little Richard 2:08
THE FLYING LIZARDS 'Tutti Fruitti' - Top Ten 2:41
SYD BARRETT 'Gigolo Aunt' - Barrett 5:47
FSK 'Southern Boys' - Son Of Kraut 3:42
SET #4
PETER HAMMILL 'The Whole Thing Through' - ...All That Might Have Been... 3:49
MILES DAVIS 'Black Satin' - On The Corner 5:19
NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN 'Nothing Without You' - Mustt Mustt 5:07
ETRAN FINATAWA 'Inguefan' - Desert Crossroads 4:11
PENTANGLE 'Light Flight' - Basket Of Light 3:17
BRYAN SCARY 'Birdy' - Birds 2:32
CARAVAN Smoking Gun (Right For Me) The Unauthorised Breakfast Item 5:36
SET #5
MARIANNE FAITHFULL 'In My Own Particular Way' - Negative Capability 4:21
AUDIENCE 'I Put A Spell On You' - House On The Hill 4:08
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'And Whirl Aound' - Endure: Outliers On Water Street 9:12
BRYAN FERRY 'Don't Want To Know' - Mamouna 4:06
THE RESIDENTS 'Missing Me' - Intruders 2:43
SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS 'The Runaround' - Aporia 3:35
808 STATE 'The Ludwig Question' - Transmission Suite 4:31
SET #6
FIONA APPLE & THE TIPPO ALLSTARS 'Your Molecular Structure' - If You're Going To The City: A Tribute To Mose Allison** 1:41
NAYTRONIX 'Good Thing' - Dirty Glow 3:18
SECOND HAND 'The World Ended Yesterday' - Reality 3:51
OS MUTANTES 'Once Upon A Flight' - Fool Metal Jack 4:00
XAVIER CUGAT 'Brazil' - Another Fine Mess 1:56
BUSTER POINDEXTER & THE BANSHEES OF BLUE 'Castles In Spain' - Stay Awake: Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films 2:35
TOM TOM CLUB 'Under The Boardwalk' - Tom Tom Club (Deluxe Edition) 5:46
PALBERTA 'Surfing With Berry' - Roach Goin' Down 1:17
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART 'Diddy Wah Diddy' - Diddy Wah Diddy 2:25
** = New or recent acquisition
OS = Original Score
For more information on the 'Chicago Surf Rally' album:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/album/chicago-surf-rally
To purchase Outronaut's Kill The Light' release:
https://outronaut.bandcamp.com/
For more information on Bryan Scary's 'Birds' release:
https://bryanscary.bandcamp.com/album/birds
For more information on 15-60-75: The Numbers Band: (and getting their latest release):
https://www.numbersband.com/
Each week I try to make my radio broadcast different from the previous one and unique in it's own way. This week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #368) has bits of stories interwoven into the songs in several cases and that coupled with my usual way of blending pieces together makes for another 'unconventional' program.
I'll take the BRYAN SCARY song 'Universal Crane' and merge it into FAUST'S 'Giggy Smile' during the first set (the similarities are uncanny) and follow it with the JOSEPH ARTHUR melody 'Midwest.' As the second set develops, I'll play THE MOTHER OF INVENTION'S 'Duke of Prunes' medley and connect it into DEVOTCHKA'S 'Curse You Little Heart' and THE DANDY WARHOL'S song 'Whipping Tree' in another great series of segues.
During today's third set several stories merge beginning with CODONA (Don Cherry, Nana Vasconcelos, Colin Walcott) as Don Cherry describes being track-side during the song 'Clicky Clacky' with a train whistle, sitar, and the subtle beat of a snare drum providing the train's approach. Following that piece and emerging from the previous song's final whistle, 15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) weaves a tail about a corrupt politician with their song 'That's the Way The Railroad Runs.' Later in the set, THE WHITE STRIPES song 'Little Acorns' provides the storytelling metaphor of a squirrel storing its food for the winter to a woman overcoming her problems followed by a MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO composition and into ERNIE 'Ghoulardi' ANDERSON'S voice-over during a quasi-commercial within in the song 'Leisure World' by JOE BYRD & THE FIELD HIPPIES about a retirement community in California.
There's also new music from TRACEY THOMAS, CALIFONE, and CODE SANGALA, covers of J.S. Bach (SWINGLE SINGERS) and the Talking Heads (ANGELIQUE KIDJO) as well as a piece in honor of Florian Schneider of KRAFTWERK, who passed away earlier this week.
Today's Set List:
THE COCKTAIL PREACHERS 'Kilameawea' - Chicago Surf Rally 2:30
ALEXANDER COURAGE 'Where No Man Has Gone Before' - Leonard Nimoy: Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space 2:30
GONG 'Robo-Warriors' - 2032 2:59
ROBERT COLBERT 'The Widows' Wailing' - Original Music From Dark Shadows Vol. 3 1:46
ALLEN RAVENSTINE 'Save Our Ship' - Waiting For The Bomb 4:20
BRYAN SCARY 'Universal Crane' - Birds 4:59
FAUST 'Giggy Smile' - IV 4:21
JOSEPH ARTHUR 'Midwest' - The Graduation Ceremony 2:56
SET #2
THE BEATLES 'All Together Now' - Yellow Submarine (OST) 2:14
TWIST OFFS 'The Unchangeable Deal' - The Kent State May 4 CD Project 5:39
CODE SANGALA 'Usamulore' - Mizu 3:56
JAH WOBBLE'S INVADERS OF THE HEART 'Angels' - Take Me To God 4:10
MOTHERS OF INVENTION 'Duke Of Prunes/Amnesia Vivace/The Duke Regains His Chops' - Absolutely Free (2012 Remaster) 5:04
DEVOTCHKA 'Curse Your Little Heart' - Curse Your Little Heart (EP) 4:08
THE DANDY WARHOLS 'Whipping Tree' - The Dandy Warhols Come Down 3:49
BILL FRISELL 'Lonesome' - Harmony 3:20
SET #3
JESCA HOOP 'The Lost Sky' - Memories Are Now 3:51
HUUN-HUUR-TU 'Agitator' - The Orphan's Lament 1:55
CODONA 'Clicky Clacky' - 3 4:10
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'That's The Way The Railroad Runs' - Endure: Outliers On Water Street 5:25
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Pilot Can At The Queer Of God - Transmissions From The Satellite Heart 4:16
THE WHITE STRIPES 'Little Acorns' - Elephant 4:09
MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO 'Book Of Shadows' - Actual Sounds + Voices 5:43
JOE BYRD & THE FIELD HIPPIES (w/Ernie Anderson) 'Leisure World' - The American Metaphysical Circus 2:35
DORIS DAY '(There's A) Bluebird On Your Windowsill' - It's Magic 2:06
SET #4
BRAND X 'Smacks Of Euphoric Hysteria' - Unorthodox Behavior 4:30
PHILLIP GLASS ENSEMBLE 'Bed' - The Essential Phillip Glass 3:42
SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS 'The Unlimited' - Aporia 2:14
SWINGLE SINGERS 'Fugue En Do Minuer (Clavecin BeinTempere Vol. 1)' - Jazz Sebastien Bach 1:24
ANGELIQUE KIDJO 'Houses In Motion (w/Tony Allen)' - Remain In Light 4:32
HAL WILLNER 'If I Had Known' - Whoops, I'm An Indian 3:15
TALL DWARFS 'Two Humans' - Fork Songs (plus Dogma) 3:48
JOHN HARTFORD 'Back In The Goodle Days' - Aereo-Plain 3:33
SET #5
MORGAN DELT 'Some Sunsick Day' - Phase Zero 5:11
YO LA TENGO 'Swing For Life' - Prisoner Of Love: A Smattering Of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985-2003 5:16
PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA 'Zopf: In A Sydney Motel' - Music From The Penguin Cafe 2:30
KHAC CHI ENSEMBLE 'Mountain Cave' - Moonlight In Vietnam 3:26
LEO KOTTKE 'Theme From 'Doodles'' - Regards From Chuck Pink 2:17
TRACEY THOMAS 'Sorry Mister' - My Roots Are Showing 1:31
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL 'April 8th' - On Avery Island 2:48
URBAN VERBS 'Ring Ring (My Telephone's Talking)' - Urban Verbs 3:48
SET #6
WILD MAN FISCHER 'Circle (Larry's First Psychedelic Hit)' - An Evening With Wild Man Fischer 2:57
YUSEF LATEEF 'Technological Homosapiens' - The Doctor Is In...And Out 5:18
KRAFTWERK 'Computer World (Pt. 2)' - Computer World 3:19
CALIFONE 'By The Time The Starlight Reaches Our Eyes' - Echo Mine 8:06
Q-BURN ABSTRACT MESSAGE 'Hey! Star City' - Invisible Airline 2:39
SUPERSISTER 'We Steel So Frange (Epilogue)' - Spiral Staircase 2:55
ALISON KRAUSS & ROBERT PLANT 'Trampled Rose' - Raising Sand 5:33
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information on the 'Chicago Surf Rally' album:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/album/chicago-surf-rally
For more information on Bryan Scary's 'Birds' release:
https://bryanscary.bandcamp.com/album/birds
For more information on 15-60-75: The Numbers Band: (and getting their latest release):
https://www.numbersband.com/
For info on Tracey Thomas's 'My Roots Are Showing' CD and purchases:
https://www.facebook.com/timetravelerakron/
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the senseless and tragic shootings of thirteen students (four killed and nine others wounded) by Ohio National Guard troops at Kent State University as they protested the escalation of the Vietnam war into Cambodia on May 4, 1970. On this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #367) I’ll devote the second half of today's program to that event by playing various local artists from Kent, Akron, and Cleveland who were forever affected by the events that transpired that day in the heartland as well as a selection of songs by other artists that are relatable in this show's context.
The first ninety minutes of today's show will follow along my normal weekly path and feature three different sets with an array of diverse music including pieces from BRIAN ENO, JERRY DOUGLAS, SENOR COCONUT, KOKOKO!, THE FLYING LIZARDS, MORT GARSON, and MONKS OF DOOM. More new material will be played from BRYAN SCARY, ALEWIFE, SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS, and 808 STATE.
The final sets will concentrate on the memory of May 4, 1970 and feature music from DEVO, THE PRETENDERS, JOHN BASSETTE, 15-60-75 (The Numbers Band), CHRIS BUTLER, JIMI IMIJ, MAGPIE, TIN HUEY, DINK, and other 'local' musicians. Those artists will be interspersed with a selection of songs from others including JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, WILCO, BREWER & SHIPLEY, HARVEY ANDREWS, THE BREEDERS, and XTC all combining to lay the musical groundwork for this feature.
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS 'Determined Outcome' - Aporia 2:12
BRIAN ENO 'Just Another Day' - Another Day On Earth 4:21
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Let The Bad Air Out' - Breakfast In New Orleans Dinner In Timbuktu 5:44
KOKOKO! 'Tokoliana' - Fongola 3:46
THE FLYING LIZARDS 'TV' - The Flying Lizards 3:53
THE RESIDENTS 'Big Hunk O'Love' - The King & Eye 2:48
ROBERT FRIPP AND THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN 'Under Heavy Manners (w/ David Byrne)' - God Save The King 4:56
SENOR COCONUT 'Humo En El Agua' - Fiesta Songs 4:46
SET #2
BILL FRISELL 'God's Wing'd Horse' - Harmony 4:07
GENTLE GIANT 'No God's A Man' - The Power And The Glory 4:29
BRYAN SCARY 'Morning Dove Meets The Mayflower' - Birds 4:31
MICACHU 'Curly Teeth' - Jewellery 2:26
FRED FRITH 'Walking Song' - Cheap At Half The Price 3:18
808 STATE 'Angol Argol' - Transmission Suite 4:17
LES AMAZONES D”AFRIQUE 'Fights (feat: Fafa Ruffino)' - Amazones Power 3:26
NAREN BUDHKAR & HEVREH ENSEMBLE 'Sima De Los Huesos' - A Path Of Light 3:36
SET #3
JERRY DOUGLAS 'Birdland' - The Great Dobro Sessions 5:24
BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA 'Kanougnon (Love)' - Miri 5:18
MONKS OF DOOM 'The Better Angels Of Our Nature' - Meridian 3:20
PERE UBU 'We Have The Technology' - The Tenement Year 3:06
ALEWIFE 'War Of The Satellites' - Chicago Surf Rally** 2:25
MORT GARSON 'Aquarius' - Electronic Hair Pieces 2:12
PETER GABRIEL 'Kon Takt' - Deutsches Album 4:31
PETER GABRIEL 'I Have The Touch' - Security 4:35
Remembering May 4th 1970
SET #4
JOHN BASSETTE 'Hello Cleveland' - Weed & Wine (Vinyl EP) 3:02
WILCO 'War On War' - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 3:49
WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND 'Suppose They Give A War And No One Comes' - Part 1 & Volume 2 3:45
MAGPIE 'Kent' - The Kent State May 4 CD Project 6:13
SOPHIA ANNE CARUSO 'This Is Not America' - Lazarus: The Music Of David Bowie (OC) 4:18
GUY PERNETTI 'Olufa' - The Kent State May 4 CD Project 2:44
DINK 'Angels' - Dink 4:18
TINY ALICE 'A Word From Our Sponsor' - Tiny Alice 0:53
SET #5
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE 'We Can Be Together' - Volunteers 5:47
THE CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS 'Political World' - Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan 2:48
TIN HUEY 'Soldier Of Fortune' - The Kent State May 4 CD Project 3:47
XTC 'Melt The Guns' - English Settlement 6:34
THE BREEDERS 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun' - Pod 2:46
HARVEY ANDREWS 'Hey! Sandy' - The Kent State May 4 CD Project 4:25
BREWER & SHIPLEY 'Witchi-Tai-To' - One Toke Over The Line – The Best Of Brewer & Shipley 6:59
SET #6
FULL WAVE RECTIFIER 'I Log On To The Pentagon' - The Kent State May 4 CD Project 3:08
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'The Tellusyourvision' - Inward City 5:58
WITNESS 'Interview (Part 1)' - The Kent State May 4 CD Project 1:08
ART 'What's That Sound (For What It's Worth)' - Supernatural Fairy Tales 2:49
WITNESS 'Interview (Part 2)' - The Kent State May 4 CD Project 0:51
DEVO 'Ohio' - When Pigs Fly: Songs You'd Never Thought You'd Hear 3:21
JIMI IMIJ 'Peace' - The Kent State May 4 CD Project 1:09
THE BYRDS 'The Times They Are A Changin'' - The Byrds Play Dylan 2:18
WITNESS 'Interview (Part 3)' - The Kent State May 4 CD Project 0:30
THE PRETENDERS 'Forever Young' - Last of The Independents 5:04
CHRIS BUTLER 'Gotta Vote Him Out' - chrisbutler1.bandcamp.com 3:50
** = New or recent acquisition
OC = Original Cast Recording
For information on virtual May 4th 50th anniversary events:
https://www.kent.edu/may4kentstate50
For information about activities sponsored by the May 4th Task Force:
https://www.facebook.com/m4taskforce/
For information on Chris Butler's music and to purchase ''Gotta Vote Him Out':
https://chrisbutler1.bandcamp.com/
As each week whirls on by through what feels like a dense fog of mundane routine, I plod along with my daily rituals involving preparing breakfast, watching the morning news, and then sitting down to do what I love to do, assemble the pieces for another edition of my weekly radio broadcast. About half way through this week's process I realized that this current program marks, in fact, the 8th anniversary of my return to radio after a thirty year hiatus so on today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #366), I'll celebrate that achievement in a more understated way.
You'll hear some of my 'fav's' as far as artists go with DAEVID ALLEN, ROBERT WYATT, SLAPP HAPPY, VAN DER GRAAF, and 15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) all getting their due diligence. There's plenty of new material including more from WIRE, SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS, CHRISTONE 'KINGFISH' INGRAM, and BILL FRISELL; as well as additions to the playlist from BRYAN SCARY (an absolute stunner) and MARMOLIN (a violin and marimba duo).
From the 'vault' there's a PINK FLOYD rarity from the Zabriskie Point soundtrack, plus BILL LASWELL, GURU GURU, 10 CC, and IVOR CUTLER and even an appearance by PHILLIP GLASS. International sounds get airtime as well, with JUANA MOLINA, DJIVAN GASPARAYAN & MICHAEL BROOK, and DENGUE FEVER all adding elements to the overall mix.
I've added two bands (OUTRONAUT & THE BREAKERS) from the just released 'Chicago Surf Party' album to the fifth set, which includes a cut from PRIMUS, MAN OR ASTRO-MAN, ALICE COOPER,
and two 'obscure' pieces (what else would you expect from me?) from Rhino's BEAT GENERATION box set and an ULTRA LOUNGE sampler.
It all starts off with JORMA KAUKONEN from his legendary 'Quah' release and the acoustic gem appropriately titled, 'I'll Be All Right.' Music just makes life better no matter what we have to endure.
Today's set list:
SET #1
JORMA KAUKONEN 'I'll Be All Right (w/Tom Hobson)' - Quah 3:11
HILDUR GUONADOTTIR 'Penny Taken To The Hospital' - Joker (OST) 1:51
MARIMOLIN 'Marimolin (3rd Movement)' - Marimolin 4:46
VAN DER GRAAF 'Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever (Running)' - The Quiet Zone The Pleasure Dome 5:21
DJIVAN GASPARAYAN & MICHAEL BROOK 'Forbidden Love' - Black Rock 5:42
SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS 'The Red Desert' - Aporia 2:54
PINK FLOYD 'Country Song' - Zabriskie Point (OST) 4:40
SET #2
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 'City Of Industry (Bonus Track)' - El Camino Real 4:34
SLAPP HAPPY 'Working At The Ministry' - Ca Va 4:55
ULTRAMARINE 'Happy Land (feat: ROBERT WYATT)' - United Kingdoms 4:41
LES AMAZONES D”AFRIQUE 'Love (feat: Mamani Keita)' - Amazones Power 3:43
STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS 'Rattler' - Sparkle Hard 3:08
BRYAN SCARY 'I Saw Birds Flocking' - Birds 3:10
10CC 'Old Wild Men' - Sheet Music 3:23
THE FLAMING LIPS 'All We Have Is Now' - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 3:54
SET #3
BECK 'Tropicalia' - Mutations 3:20
PHIL MANZANERA 'Lowrider' - Corroncho 4:55
JUANA MOLINA 'Estalacticas' - Halo 4:52
DAEVID ALLEN 'French Garden' - Good Morning 3:23
IVOR CUTLER 'I'm Walking To A Farm' - Dandruff 2:27
CORVAS CORAX 'Firarum And Provinciam' - Viator 3:15
MOEBIUS, CONNY PLANK, & MAYO THOMPSON 'Farmer Gabriel' - Ludwig's Law 4:51
NEGATIVLAND 'The Greatest Taste Around' - Dispepsi 2:15
SET #4
DENGUE FEVER 'Tooth And Nail' - Venus On Earth 4:28
JON HOPKINS 'Cerulean' - Opalescent 3:58
GURU GURU 'Giri Fushi' - Hey Du 4:00
BATTLES 'Ice Cream' - Gloss Drop 4:37
LUCIANO SALVADORE BAHIA & AVA ROCHA 'Nao Precisa' - Rough Guide To Psychedelic Samba 5:22
BILL FRISELL 'Curiosity' - Harmony 1:40
PHILLIP GLASS 'What Time Is Grey' - 1000 Airplanes On The Roof 2:20
EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS 'Uncomfortable' - PersonA 3:46
SET #5
OUTRONAUT 'Six-String Massacre' - Chicago Surf Party 4:32
ALICE COOPER 'Caught In A Dream' - Love It To Death 3:09
MAN OR ASTRO-MAN? 'Touch Of Evil' - Shots in The Dark 2:42
FUZZHEAD 'Intro/Roger Troutman' - Mind Soup 3:27
SHORTY PETERSON 'A History Of Jazz' - The Best Of The Beat Generation (Box Set) 2:26
DEAN ELLIOT & HIS BIG BAND 'Lonesome Road' - Ultra-Lounge Sampler 2:31
PRIMUS 'Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers' - They Can't Be All Zingers 5:17
THE BREAKERS 'Vodka Sonic' - Chicago Surf Party 3:16
SET #6
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'Getting By' - Endure: Outliers On Water Street 6:16
CHRISTONE KINGFISH INGRAM 'Been Here Before' - Kingfish 5:55
MARK GUILIANA 'Girl' - Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! 5:05
BILL LASWELL 'Upright Man' - Basslines 3:54
WIRE 'Cactused' - Mind Hive 3:35
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information on the 'Chicago Surf Rally' album:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/album/chicago-surf-rally
For more information on Bryan Scary's 'Birds' release:
https://bryanscary.bandcamp.com/album/birds
For more information on 15-60-75: The Numbers Band: (and getting their latest release):
https://www.numbersband.com/
I can best describe this week's show, TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #365), as a 'sound collage' dedicated to a truly great, yet under appreciated music producer, HAL WILLNER. Hal succumbed to complications from the corona virus last week in New York City, and in a display of bitter irony, his passing occurred on the same date as legendary folk songwriter, JOHN PRINE. Both men were giants in their own right, and although Hal might not have been as well known, his influence throughout the music world was just as essential.
One can better understand the magnitude of this loss by listening to his work and his efforts as a facilitator to bring artists from musically diverse backgrounds together to produce an array of unique tribute albums over the last forty years. THELONIOUS MONK, CHARLIE MINGUS, KURT WEILL, and vintage DISNEY film music have all been the subjects of his efforts.
Throughout today's program I'll touch upon those and other projects, beginning with CHRIS SPEDDING and PETER FRAMPTON'S take on the Monk melody, 'Work,' during the first set, to an entire segment that follows and features DR. JOHN and DAVID THOMAS doing pirate ballads from two separate releases, as well as ELVIS COSTELLO and HUBERT SELBY JR. (playing Mingus), SUN RA & HIS ARKESTRA, NATALIE MERCHANT, THE ROCHES, and MICHAEL STIPE (interpreting Disney tunes), and Hal with RALPH CARNEY, exploring trip hoppy themes from Hal's 'Whoops, I'm An Indian' album.
There will also be music heard from albums that Hal produced by LAURIE ANDERSON and WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, and his effort to restore cartoon musical masterpieces by THE CARL STALLINGS PROJECT.
Surrounding all of this will be other sets of music featuring a gaggle of diverse musical artists ranging from SHAWN PHILLIPS, HOLGAR CZUKAY (with U-SHE), JOHN PRINE, SUFJAN STEVENS (and LOWELL BRAMS), OSIBISA, TALKING HEADS, CHEIKH LO, and THE TUBES (channeling CAPTAIN BEEFHEART).
Today's playlist:
SET #1
GARY LUCAS 'Gloworm' - Gods And Monsters 3:33
XTC 'Limelight' - Drums And Wires 2:26
CHRIS SPEDDING 'Work(w/ PETER FRAMPTON & MARCUS MILLER)' - That's The Way I Feel Now: A Tribute To Thelonious Monk 3:28
LOU REED 'Leave Her Johnny' - Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chantey's 5:30
DARKROOM 'Semi-Gorgeous Actress' - Burning Shed Sampler One 3:29
THE MEKONS 'Ugly Bethesda' - Ancient & Modern 1911-2011 3:56
SHAWN PHILLIPS 'Early Morning Hours' - Rumpelstiltskin's Resolve 5:23
CHEIKH LO 'Bamba Sunu Goorgui' - Ne La Thaiss 4:53
SET #2
SWOLLEN MONKEYS 'Hose-Anna' - After The Birth Of Cool 4:11
DR. JOHN 'In Lure Of The Tropics' - Son Of Rogue's Gallery: Pirate
Ballads, Sea Songs, &Chantey's 5:01
DAVID THOMAS 'What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor' - Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chantey's 3:44
ELVIS COSTELLO 'Weird Nightmare' - Weird Nightmare: Meditations On Mingus 3:02
SUN RA & HIS ARKESTRA 'Technicolor Pacyderms/Pink Elephants On Parade' - Stay Awake: Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films 4:58
HUBERT SELBY JR. (W/BILL FRISELL) 'The Shoes of The Fisherman Are Some Jive Ass Slippers' - Weird Nightmare: Meditations On Mingus 2:37
NATALIE MERCHANT, THE ROCHES, MICHAEL STIPE & MARK BINGHAM 'Little April Showers' - Stay Awake: Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films 3:33
WAS (NOT WAS) 'Ba-Lue-Bolivar-Ba-Lues-Are' - That's The Way I Feel Now: A Tribute To Thelonious Monk 1:53
HAL WILLNER (w/ Ralph Carney) 'What A Friend We Have In Jesus Revisited' - Whoops, I'm An Indian 4:33
SET #3
SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS 'Agathon`' - Aporia 3:03
THE PLASTIC CLOUD 'Bridge Under The Sky' - The Plastic Cloud 4:36
PIXIES 'Daniel Boone' - Beneath The Eyrie 4:52
THEE OH SEES 'Holy Smoke' - Mutilator Defeated At Last 2:46
BILL FRISELL 'Fifty Years' - Harmony 4:06
CHRISTONE KINGFISH INGRAM 'Hard Times' - Kingfish 3:10
LARRY SPARKS 'Things Will Get Better' - New Moon Over My Shoulder 2:49
JOHN PRINE 'Please Don't Bury Me' - Sweet Revenge 2:49
SET #4
LAURIE ANDERSON 'Statue Of Liberty' - Life On A String 4:24
VASEN 'En Timme I Ungern' - Whirled 5:11
THE RAINCOATS 'Baby Song' - Odyshape 4:57
BUZZY LINHART 'Tornado' - Buzzy (Black Album) 2:31
LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE 'You Won't Be Lonely' - This Is It, Machines 2:35
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS 'The Last Words Of Dutch Schultz' - Spare Ass Annie & Other Tales 2:22
HAL WILLNER 'Hal Sings The Fatal Glass Of Beer While Ralph Honks (featuring Ralph Carney)' - Whoops, I'm An Indian 3:20
BRAVE COMBO 'Tubular Jugs' - Humansville 3:02
SET #5
BROADCAST 'Poem Of Dead Song' - The Future Crayon 2:30
THE TUBES 'My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains' - Now 5:36
BUTTHOLE SURFERS 'The Wooden Song' - Independent Worm Saloon 3:51
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) Wolf Endure: Outliers On Water Street 6:22
OSIBISA 'Take Your Trouble' - Happy Children 4:05
TALKING HEADS 'The Democratic Circus' - Naked 5:04
BEGUEN BAND 'Yo Me Moera' - Congo Revolution: Revolutionary And Evolutionary Sounds From Two Congos 1955- 62 2:51
SET #6
BOBBY MCFERRIN & BOB DOROUGH 'Friday The Thirteenth' - That's The Way I Feel Now: A Tribute To Thelonious Monk 2:47
TOM WAITS 'What Keeps Mankind Alive' - Lost In The Stars: The Music Of Kurt Weill 2:00
THE CARL STALLINGS PROJECT 'Drunken La Cucaracha' - The Carl Stallings Project Vol. 2: More Music From Warner Brothers Cartoons 1929-1957 3:14
CALIFONE 'Carlton Says: Find It, It's Still There' - Echo Mine 2:47
808 STATE '1313' - Transmission Suite** 4:01
HOLGAR CZUKAY & U-SHE 'Rosebud' - The New Millennium 6:09
HAL WILLNER 'Do You Hear Me? (No Pie) (w/Jack Webb)' - Whoops, I'm An Indian 4:02
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #364) for Friday, April 10 marks a one month milestone since my self isolation began to prevent infection from the corona virus. I, like many of you, am taking extraordinary measures to remain healthy during this pandemic, with groceries, mail, and anything I need being thoroughly disinfected before it enters my home. I, like my many friends & relatives, have spent hours watching TV, preparing food, and in my case, working on bringing to the listeners of my broadcast/podcast, a extremely well made free form radio show. This week, I started early, got plenty of inspiration, and have assembled something really special.
I'll start off the festivities with two legendary Ohio bands, the GLASS HARP and the JAMES GANG. Then I'll pay homage to Adam Schlesinger, (of FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE), add in some DAEVID ALLEN, acoustic LED ZEPPELIN, DEERHOOF, and another great cut from LES AMAZONES D'AFRIQUE'S latest.
The second set has more new material from 15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND),
CHRISTONE 'KINGFISH' INGRAM, and BILL FRISELL with the BONZO DOG BAND, AUTOMATIC MAN, and NEIL YOUNG ('Tonight's The Night') added in for good measure.
I hit my stride by the second hour with GLENN KOTCHE'S 'Adventureland,' THOMAS NEWMAN'S WALL-E soundtrack, the TONY WILLIAMS LIFETME, a rarely heard PETER GABRIEL B-side, cartoon music's HOYT CURTIN (with the Peter Potamus theme), and ORANJI SYMPHONETTE (featuring RALPH CARNEY) playing Mancini. The final three sets that follow will sonically blow your mind with music from PERE UBU, the late jazz trumpeter WALLACE RONEY, CAMPER VAN CHADBOURNE, BRIAN ENO'S 'Baby's On Fire,' more JOHN PRINE (R.I.P.) and a new track from SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS latest offering.
Finally, JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALERO'S, RICKIE LEE JONES, TAJ MAHAL, and KALEIDOSCOPE all help rounding out this stellar program. Pack up all of your uncertainties and settle in for a great three hours!
Today's track order:
SET #1
GLASS HARP 'One Day At A Time' - Synergy 3:35
JAMES GANG 'Ashes, The Rain, And I' - Rides Again 4:58
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE 'Supercollider' - Welcome Interstate Managers 5:05
DAEVID ALLEN 'Dear Friends' - Dreamin' A Dream 3:18
LED ZEPPELIN 'Friends' - Led Zeppelin III (Remaster) 3:42
STUART HAMM 'Dr. Gradus Ad Parnasum' - Radio Free Albemuth 3:05
DEERHOOF 'Tiny Bubbles' - La Isla Bonita 3:28
LES AMAZONES D”AFRIQUE 'Timbuktu (feat: Mamani Keita)' - Amazones Power 4:12
SET #2
CHRISTONE KINGFISH INGRAM 'Fresh Out (feat: Buddy Guy)' - Kingfish 3:48
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'In Stride' - Endure: Outliers On Water Street 4:04
BONZO DOG BAND 'Humanoid Boogie' - Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse 2:59
AUTOMATIC MAN 'I.T.D. Interstellar Tracking Device' - Automatic Man 5:13
BILL FRISELL 'How Many Miles?' - Harmony 2:28
THE RESIDENTS 'Shadows' - Intruders 5:51
NEIL YOUNG 'Tonight's The Night' - Tonight's The Night 4:41
SET #3
GLENN KOTCHE 'Anomaly: Mvt. VII' - Adventureland 3:24
THOMAS NEWMAN 'WALL-E/M.O.' - WALL-E (OST) 2:45
808 STATE 'Crab Claw' - Transmission Suite 3:13
TONY WILLIAMS LIFETIME 'Proto-Cosmos' - Believe It 4:03
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT 'Calling The Guardians' - Rise Of The Guardians (OST) 2:08
PETER GABRIEL 'Soft Dog' - Shock The Monkey 7” Single (B-Side) 4:14
THE RECORD COMPANY 'Life To Fix' - All Of This Life 3:59
HOYT CURTIN 'Peter Potamus (Main Title)' - Toon Tunes: 50 Favorite Cartoon Songs 1:53
ORANJI SYMPHONETTE 'Mr. Yunioshi' - Plays Mancini 3:47
SET #4
THE BRIANJONESTOWN MASSACRE 'Panic In Babylon' - Aufheben 4:38
PERE UBU 'Mr. Wheeler/Slow' - Pennsylvania 5:16
JOE BYRD & THE FIELD HIPPIES 'Kalyani/You Can't Ever Come Down' - The American Metaphysical Circus 6:51
WALLACE RONEY 'Why Should There Be Stars' - Blue Dawn – Blue Nights 5:28
CAMPER VAN CHADBOURNE 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene' - Camper Van Chadbourne 5:29
THE BOOKS 'Group Autogenics I' - The Way Out 3:44
I'M NOT JIM 'After Mild Winter' - You Are All My People 2:21
SET #5
CODE SANGALA 'Mukunama' - Mizu 4:05
NEGATIVLAND 'You Don't Even Live' - Here Escape From Noise 2:29
BRIAN ENO 'Baby's On Fire' - Here Come The Warm Jets 5:19
JOHN PRINE 'The Lonesome Friends Of Science' - The Tree Of Forgiveness 4:41
CALIFONE 'Snow Angel V1' - Echo Mine 4:15
MARK GUILIANA 'Bud' - Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! 3:56
SUFJAN STEVENS & LOWELL BRAMS 'What It Takes' - Aporia 3:23
SET #6
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS 'Silver & Gold/Before I Grow Too Old' - Joe Strummer 001 2:35
RICKIE LEE JONES 'Wild Girl' - Balm In Gilead 4:46
TAJ MAHAL 'Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes' - The Essential Taj Mahal 2:39
GRAND KALLE & L'AFRICAN JAZZ 'Flowers Of Luckness - Congo Revolution – Revolutionary And Evolutionary Sounds From Two Congos 1955- 62 2:45
THE ANTLERS 'Shiva' - Hospice 3:45
KALEIDOSCOPE 'Life Will Pass You By' - Beacon From Mars 3:19
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
As another week passes while we continue to adjust to the 'new normal,' I've gathered up songs and spoken word pieces to serve as entertainment on latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #363) that I'm sure you all can relate to and enjoy.
How so, you're probably wondering? Well this week for starters there's the theme's to both the 'Twilight Zone' and the 'Outer Limits' beginning it all off, then BILL FRISELL'S interpretation of 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone' (with Petra Hayden on vocals), followed by AL STEWART'S epic 'Nostradamus' before GODLEY & CREME, ETRON FOU LELOUBLAN, THE VERVE, and KEVIN AYERS round out the first half hour ('with Kevin's 'Songs For Insane Times' of course).
There's local melodies from the BIZARROS, FUNERAL PROPOSALS, JOSEPH ARTHUR, and 15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) blended into the sets that follow that also include more from CALIFONE'S latest, ANGELO BADALAMENTI, KEN NORDINE, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, MOON DUO, and MODEST MOUSE.
During the final hour RHIANNON GIDDENS anchors a set where the overall flow will astound your senses. In it Naples, Italy's SPACCANAPOLI, BRUCE COCKBURN, STRING DRIVEN THING, and ROBERT JAN STIPS all add pieces that lead up to a crescendo with THE BEATLES 'I Am The Walrus,' a track from the latest WIRE album, and a TUNE-YARDS anthem.
I'll finish everything off today with songs from SLEATER-KINNEY, ALICE COOPER, and two songs about heaven from JOHN PRINE, and another local hero, BUZZY LINHART.
Today's playlist:
MARIUS CONSTANT 'The Twilight Zone Theme' - All Time Top 100 TV Themes 0:29
DOMINIC FRONTIERE 'Control Voice/Introduction' - The Outer Limits (OST) 1:08
BILL FRISELL 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone?' - Harmony 3:09
AL STEWART 'Nostradamus' - Past, Present, and Future 9:43
GODLEY & CREME 'Random Brainwave' - L & Freeze Frame 2:41
ENTRON FOU LELOUBLAN 'Laves A La Machine' - Face Aux Elements Dechains 4:12
THE VERVE 'Space And Time' - Urban Hymns 5:36
KEVIN AYERS 'Song For Insane Times' - Joy Of A Toy 4:00
SET #2
BIZARROS 'Let's Pretend' - Can't Fight Your Way Uptown From Here 2:22
JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS 'Buzz, Buzz, Buzz' - Back In Your Life 1:57
FUNERAL PROPOSALS 'Lizards' - Blue Deluxe (EP) 3:17
CAN 'Father Cannot Yell' - Monster Movie 6:57
CALIFONE 'Night Gallery/Projector' - Echo Mine 6:01
ANGELO BADALAMENTI 'Dance Of The Dream Man' - Twin Peaks (OST) 3:41
KEN NORDINE 'Charlie Zen' - You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters 2:11
NEIL (NIGEL PLANER) 'Wayne/Gnome' - Neil's Heavy Concept Album 4:03
POKEY LAFARGE 'Underground' - Something In The Water 3:27
SET #3
MOON DUO 'Scars' - Mazes 4:16
THE DOORS 'Spanish Caravan' - Waiting For The Sun (40th Ann. Edition) 3:02
JOSEPH ARTHUR 'Humanity Fade' - Redemption City 5:22
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 'On Delay' - Painting With 3:48
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'Crazed And Restless' - Endure: Outliers On Water Street 4:40
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (JOE BYRD) 'Stranded In Time' - The United States Of America 1:49
MODEST MOUSE 'Sleepwalking' - Building Nothing Out Of Something 3:23
SET #4
BOB DYLAN 'I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine (Take 2)' - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 15: Travellin' Thru 1967- 1969 3:50
MICACHU & THE SHAPES 'Top Floor/Fall' - Never 5:00
808 STATE 'Skylon' - Transmission Suite 4:41
MCKENDREE SPRING 'Light Up The Skies' - Tracks 5:19
KING CRIMSON 'Indiscipline' - Discipline## 4:32
LES AMAZONES D”AFRIQUE 'Sisters (feat: Kandy Guira)' - Amazones Power 5:00
OZRIC TENTACLES 'Oolong, Oolong' - The Yumyum Tree 5:54
SET #5
RHIANNON GIDDENS 'Black Swan (w/Francesco Turrisi)' - There Is No Other 4:17
SPACCANAPOLI 'A' Ferriera' - Lost Souls 4:11
BRUCE COCKBURN 'When The Sun Falls' - Sunwheel Dance 2:29
STRING DRIVEN THING 'Travelling' - The Machine That Cried 2:55
ROBERT JAN STIPS 'The Right Time' - Greyhound 4:01
THE BEATLES 'I Am The Walrus' - Magical Mystery Tour 4:37
WIRE 'Shadows' - Mind Hive 2:45
TUNE-YARDS 'Time Of Dark' - Nikki Nack 4:33
SET #6
GANDALF 'Can You Travel In The Dark Alone' - Gandalf 3:07
SLEATER-KINNEY 'The Center Won't Hold' - The Center Won't Hold 3:04
ALICE COOPER 'Beautiful Flyaway' - Easy Action 3:01
BUZZY LINHART 'Heaven' - The Time To Live Is Now 3:22
JOHN PRINE 'When I Get To Heaven' - The Tree Of Forgiveness** 3:42
** = New or recent acquisition
= Listener Request
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information on 15-60-75: The Numbers Band:
https://www.numbersband.com/
For more about the Bizzaros:
https://www.facebook.com/thebizarrosakron/
For more about the band Funeral Proposals:
https://www.facebook.com/TheFuneralProposals/
I'm back for the second week in a row with a new TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #362) and as I and everyone I know adjust to 'sheltering in place,' I've assembled another three plus hour freeform radio program to entertain you and keep you smiling in these turbulent times. It's time to tap your toes, swoon from side to side, and let the music take you to that 'happy place' (sort of like those 'Taco Tuesdays' but with your own musical food for the soul instead of your favorite restaurants).
It all begins with another great number from LES AMAZONES D'AFRIQUE to start things off, then 808 STATE gets the beat extended before songs from the EELS, LUNA, and Akron's own HI-FI'S have you dancin' around the room. FRANK ZAPPA adds some subtle bluesy jazz with 'It Just Might Be A One Shot Deal' before Malawi's CODE SANGALA joyously moves your heart strings with their Afro-folk grooves.
Ready for more? Up next it's JON BATISTE and JOHN MARTYN, then more from Akron's FUNERAL PROPOSALS, Finnish guitar virtuoso JUKKA TOLONEN, a RETURN TO FOREVER classic ('The Magician') and several other great melodies before SWOLLEN MONKEYS (with Mars Williams & Ralph Carney) has you pumping your fists in the air.
That's not even this week's main course my friends. I'll conjure up XTC, JOHN LENNON, and VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR'S 'Every Bloody Emperor,' before a set with dialogue from 'The Big Lebowski' and music from VIOLENT FEMMES, KENNY ROGERS & THE FIRST EDITION (guess what song), JIMI HENDRIX, and GIBBY HAYNES. What could possibly follow that you ask? Songs about the future from SLEATER-KINNEY and DAVID BYRNE and songs about the working class from 15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) and the Welsh band MAN before finishing up with some pleasant surprises via CALIFONE and the late MANU DIBANGO. We've all got to ride this one out so let's all make the best of it. I'll bring the tunes!
Today's Set List:
SET #1
LES AMAZONES D”AFRIQUE 'Dogon (feat: Mamani Keita)' - Amazones Power 4:21
808 STATE 'Bushy Bushy' - Transmission Suite 3:37
EELS 'Love Of The Loveless' - Shootenanny! 3:32
LUNA 'California (All The Way)' - Bewitched 4:16
THE HI-FI'S 'Kiss My Baby' - The Hi-Fi's 6x5 (EP) 3:00
FRANK ZAPPA 'It Just Might Be A One Shot Deal' - Waka Jawaka/Hot Rats 4:16
CODE SANGALA 'Chisoso' - Mizu 5:07
SET #2
JON BATISTE 'Birthe' - Chronology Of A Dream: Live At The Village Vanguard 3:34
JOHN MARTYN 'Glistening Glyndebourne' - Bless The Weather (Remastered) 6:30
FUNERAL PROPOSALS 'Vertigo' - Blue Deluxe (EP) 2:02
JUKKA TOLONEN 'A Passenger To Paramaribo' - A Passenger To Paramaribo 5:38
RETURN TO FOREVER 'The Magician' - Romantic Warrior 5:28
ALTIN GUN 'Vay Dunya' - Gece 4:18
LAS TOALLITAS 'Awakening/Circus Of Doubt' - Mayhem Among The Desert Thieves 3:59
SWOLLEN MONKEYS 'La Matita De Tomate' - After The Birth Of Cool 2:09
SET #3
WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND 'Transparent Day' - Part One & Vol. 2 2:22
XTC 'I'd Like That (Say A Sunflower)' - Apple Venus: Volume 1 3:50
JOHN LENNON 'Isolation' - John Lennon/The Plastic Ono Band 2:53
SAN FERMIN 'True Love, Asleep' - San Fermin 2:14
DEVOTCHKA 'Sunshine' - 100 Lovers 4:55
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR 'Every Bloody Emperor' - Present 7:03
THE FLAMING LIPS 'The Spark That Bled' - The Soft Bulletin 5:54
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Death With Dignity (Helado Negro Mix)' - The Greatest Gift 4:08
SET #4
VIOLENT FEMMES 'Adam Was A Man' - Hotel Last Resort 3:00
DIALOGUE (Walter) 'Coffee & Rights' - The Big Lebowski (OST) 0:24
GIBBY HAYNES & HIS PROBLEM 'Superman' - Gibby Haynes & His Problem 3:10
DIALOGUE (The Stranger) 'Sometimes You Eat...' - The Big Lebowski (OST) 0:15
ORVILLE PECK 'Big Sky' - Pony 3:32
DIALOGUE (Thug #2) 'You're Name's Lebowski, Lebowski' - The Big Lebowski (OST) 0:11
KENNY ROGERS & THE FIRST EDITION 'Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)' - The Big Lebowski (OST) 3:20
DIALOGUE (The Dude) 'I'm The Dude' - The Big Lebowski (OST) 0:13
JIMI HENDRIX 'Astro Man' - The Cry Of Love (2014 Remaster) 3:40
MICHEL MAGNE 'Grand Theme Malka' - Shake Sauvage: French Soundtracks 1968-1973 5:21
QUILT 'The World Is Flat/Tired & Buttered' - Held In Splendor 5:04
SET #5
SLEATER-KINNEY 'The Future is Here' - The Center Won't Hold3:00
DAVID BYRNE 'In The Future' - The Knee Plays 6:25
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'Blue Collar' - Endure: Outliers On Water Street 7:24
MAN 'Burn My Workin' Clothes' - Call Down The Moon 3:00
JOHN HARTFORD 'You Don't Have To Do That' - Nobody Knows What You Do 2:40
THE DEAD WEATHER 'I Cut Like A Buffalo' - Horehound 3:27
UDUGURU (CARL PALMER) 'All Right' - Freq Out 2:36
THE RESIDENTS Frank's Lament Intruders 3:40
SET #6
BRAZZO ET O.K. JAZZ 'Cha Cha Cha Del Zombo' - Congo Revolution Revolutionary And Evolutionary Sounds From Two Congos 1955- 62 3:09
MANU DIBANGO 'Soul Makossa (feat: Youssou N'Dour)' - Wakafrika 5:40
JUANA MOLINA 'Uh!' - Tres Cosas 3:33
BANQUET OF THE SPIRITS 'Zaphaniah' - Caym: The Book Of Angels Vol. 17 3:53
PIERRE MOERLEN'S GONG 'How Much Better It Has Become' - Leave It Open 3:29
CALIFONE 'Howard St. & The Beach Nov. 1988 After 11' - Echo Mine** 3:36
JOHN LURIE 'Stink' - Get Shorty (OST) 2:26
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information on 15-60-75: The Numbers Band:
https://www.numbersband.com/
To get a copy of The Hi-Fi's latest EP and other swag:
https://www.facebook.com/TheHiFisAkron/
For more about the band Funeral Proposals:
https://www.facebook.com/TheFuneralProposals/
It's been two weeks since the last 'new' offering of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES and in that brief moment of time, how we interact with one another, go about our daily routines, and approach even the most mundane tasks has been radically altered. New or rarely used phrases like 'social distancing,' 'self quarantine', and 'mandatory isolation' are now part of our daily repertoire. All schools are shuttered and many restaurants closed (except for delivery in some cases) and we are all on hiatus from attending concerts and other social events (not to mention every sporting event from every league large and small) for the immediate future.
After a week or so to deal with all the changes I needed to make to my life to survive under these unprecedented world events, I've completed my first new radio podcast (Episode #361) of this 'new normal.' Music has always been the way I've expressed myself, and today's show has at it's heart, the eclectic nature of my tastes and all the nuances that you expect to hear coming from me.
So there's poignant 'vault' classics from PETER HAMMILL, ROXY MUSIC, ROY HARPER, KING CRIMSON, LAURIE ANDERSON, and APHRODITE'S CHILD as well as more recent work from my personal heroes ROBERT WYATT and PETER GABRIEL. New music will be played from 15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND), WIRE, CALIFONE, LES AMAZONES D'AFRIQUE, and FRANK BLACK (singing Mose Allison).
Local artists get their due with songs from PERE UBU, FUNERAL PROPOSALS, CHRIS BUTLER (his ode to #45, 'Charlie Tan' will be played). Speaking of local, during the fifth set (which Chris leads off) there's other artists who came from my 'neck of the woods' that you'll hear including DEVO, DINK, GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET, FUZZHEAD, JOE WALSH, and THE BLACK KEYS.
Hope you all can tune in for this one. I'll be taking it one week at a time from here on out, but then, we all are. Stay safe (and healthy).
Today's playlist:
SET #1
HAWKWIND 'Days of The Underground' - Quark, Strangeness, & Charm 3:10
FUNERAL PROPOSALS 'Hypersonic' - Blue Deluxe (EP) 2:29
ROXY MUSIC 'Editions Of You' - For Your Pleasure 3:50
MARK GUILIANA 'Bullet' - Beat Music! BeatMusic! Beat Music! 4:33
THROBBING GRISTLE '20 Jazz Funk Greats' - 20 Jazz Funk Greats 2:51
KRAFTWERK 'The Telephone Call' - Electric Cafe 8:03
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION 'Telephone Call' - We're Only In It For The Money 0:48
THE DOORS 'Hello I Love You (Demo)' - The Doors (Box Set) 2:30
PERE UBU 'Codex' - Dubhousing 4:55
SET #2
JOHN CALE 'Set Me Free' - Walking On Locusts 4:11
LAURIE ANDERSON 'Let X=X/It Tango' - Big Science (25th Anniversary Edition) 6:00
CALIFONE 'Snow Angel V2' - Echo Mine 3:48
PETER HAMMILL 'Modern' - The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage 7:28
APHRODITE'S CHILD 'The Seventh Seal/Aegian Sea' - 666 6:52
GREAVES/CUNNINGHAM 'The Fine Friends' - Greaves/Cunningham 4:49
WIRE 'Oklahoma' - Mind Hive 3:08
SET #3
MAMER 'Mountain Wind (Hector Zazou Mix)' - Eagle 5:34
GONG 'Waving' - Acid Motherhood 4:07
THE PARASITES OF THE WESTERN WORLD 'Siege of The Twilight Loon' - The Parasites Of The Western World 4:07
CATHARSIS 'Styx' - Les Borlero Du Veau Des Dames 3:07
SHADY 'It Sucks Being An Astronaut' - World 3:53
SALVATION 'Handles Of Care' - Gypsy Carnival Caravan 5:49
THE RESIDENTS 'Endless And Deep' - Intruders 3:11
SET #4
CODE SANGALA 'Mowe' - Mizu 4:12
PETER GABRIEL 'Darkness' - Up 6:53
THE FEELIES 'Time Will Tell' - In Between 4:07
FRANK BLACK 'Numbers On Paper' - If You're Going To The City: A Tribute To Mose Allison 2:22
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'That's The Way The Railroad Runs' - Endure: Outliers On Water Street 5:25
LES AMAZONES D”AFRIQUE 'Queens (feat: Rokia Kone)' - Amazones Power 3:56
RECONNAISSANCE FLY 'Everyone Sang' - Off By One 2:42
ROBERT WYATT 'You You' - Comicopera 4:22
SET #5
CHRIS BUTLER 'Charlie Tan' - Mp3 – chrisbutler1.bandcamp.com 3:52
JOE WALSH 'Birdcall Morning' - Barnstorm 3:43
DEVO 'Too Much Paranoias' - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! 1:58
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET 'Hazor' - Mp3 – golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 4:00
THE BLACK KEYS 'Strange Days' - Attack & Release 3:10
THE BEYONDERERS 'Project Camelot' - Disclosure 1:44
FUZZHEAD 'Area 51' - Mind Soup 3:17
JOHN HARDIN (TIN CAN LUMINARY) 'The Fruitman (w/Okra P. Dingle)' - Collaborations 1:59
DINK 'Down' - The Kent State May 4th CD Project 4:12
DETENTION 'Helter Skelter' - Detention (EP) 3:05
SET #6
808 STATE 'Landau' - Transmission Suite 4:09
RADIOHEAD 'The National Anthem' - Kid A 5:51
KING CRIMSON 'Epitaph (BBC Session 9/7/69)' - Sometimes God Hides: The Young Person's Guide To King Crimson 7:08
ROY HARPER 'When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease' - HQ (When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease 7:28
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information and music from CHRIS BUTLER:
https://chrisbutler1.bandcamp.com/
For music and info from The Beyonderers:
https://thebeyonderers.bandcamp.com/
For More about Golems Of The Red Planet or to purchase their music:
https://golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com/
For information about Detention:
https://www.facebook.com/detentionbandofficial/
For more information on 15-60-75: The Numbers Band:
https://www.numbersband.com/
In place of this week's regular program due to the international pandemic, I have released an early Transmusic Airwaves archival program (Episode #4) from March 15, 2013 featuring a celebration of St. Patrick's Day and other drinking songs. As Eric Straton said to Flounder in Animal House 'My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.' (That and cover yourself in Purell twice a day). Below is the description for this program transcribed at the time of it's release. Enjoy!
March Madness arrives on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES! No not the college basketball classic, it’s the St. Patrick Day madness that engulfs Chicago and other cities where once a year ordinary heathens become “Irish’ in name only and use that as an excuse to get “snookered” out of their minds.
It’s a great reason to play a series of songs about drinking and mix them in with excerpts from the Looney Tunes 1945 cartoon classic, “Trapp Happy Porky.” (That’s where our hero, Porky, gets to deal with his drunken cats singing at all hours of the night). Music from the DUBLINER’S, TOM WAITS, THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND, BOB WILLS, SHAKIN’ PICKLE, and the RAMONES will be heard as part of this little feature during the last two sets today.
Also in store musically, current recordings from TOY, Eels, Pere Ubu, Guided by Voices, Maps & Atlases, Bjork, and a few “vault” rarities from the likes of Roland Boquet, The Rising Storm, and Nina Rota.
Today's set list:
Set #1:
Tangerine Dream “Rising Runner Missed By Endless Sender” from Cyclone (Remastered)
Guided By Voices “The Big Hat and Toy Show” from Let's Go Eat The Factory
Dr. John “Kingdom of Izzness” from Locked Down
The Black Keys “When The Lights Go Out” from Rubber Factory
Björk “Hollow (16‐bit Remix)” from Bastards
Patricia Barber “The Beat Goes On” from Companion
Temples “Shelter Song” from Shelter Song - Single
Set #2
Shakti “Mind Ecology” from Natural Elements
Camper Van Beethoven “La Costa Perdida” from La Costa Perdida (Bonus Track Version)
Elgar & Carter (featuring Alicia Weilerstein) “Cello Concerto In e Minor: II” from Elgar & Carter Cello Concerto's
Pinetop Perkins “Pinetop's Boogie Woogie” from Back On Top
The Rising Storm “Frozen Laughter” from Unknown Legends of Rock and Roll (CD and Book)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra “From The Sun” from II
Neil Young “Danger Bird” from Zuma
Set #3
Carlinhos Brown “Amantes Cinzas” from Omelete Man
Nina Rota “La Ballerina Del Circo Snap” from Juliette of the Spirits (Soundtrack)
Roland Boquet “La Marche des Carnards” from Robot Rose
Pere Ubu “The Road Trip of Bipasha Ahmed” from Lady from Shanghai
Maps & Atlases “Old & Gray” from Beware and Be Grateful
Freaky Chakra “Goodbye” from Lowdown Motivator
Brian Eno “The Fat Lady of Limbourg” from Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)
Set #4
Grizzly Bear “Speak In Rounds” from Shields
TOY “Drifting Deeper” from TOY
Jim White “Corvair” from No Such Place
Alice Cooper “Apple Bush” from pretties for you
Eels “Accident Prone” from Wonderful, Glorious
Urban Verbs “For Your Eyes Only” from Early Damage
Last Poets “Last Rites” from Holy Terror
Manu Katche, Geoffrey Oryema, Tonton David “Hello You” from Un Indien Dans La Ville (Soundtrack)
Set #5- SONGS FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND OTHER DRINKING EXCUSES
The Dubliners “Nancy Whiskey” from The Best Of ...
Shakin Pickle “Thick Ass Stout” from Sing Along with Shakin Pickle
Captain Beefheart “Long Neck Bottles” from Clear Spot
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys “Bubbles In My Beer” from Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Selected Favorites, Vol. 2
The Fiery Furnaces “Restorative Beer” from Widow City
Tom Waits “Warm Beer and Cold Women” from Nighthawks at the Diner
Set #6- MORE DRINKING
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band “You're Just as Drunk as Me” from Next...
Trapp Happy Porky Cartoon Dialogue “Drunken Cats (Part 1)” from Trapp Happy Porky WB Cartoon (1945)
Asylum Street Spankers “Beer” from Spanker Madness
Trapp Happy Porky Cartoon Dialogue “Drunken Cats (Part 2)” from Trapp Happy Porky WB Cartoon (1945)
Willie Dixon´s Big Three Trio “Juice Head Bartender” from Willie Dixon's Big Three Trio
Trapp Happy Porky Cartoon Dialogue “Drunken Cats (Part 3)” from Trapp Happy Porky WB Cartoon (1945)
Gomez “HangOver” from Liquid Skin
Monty Python “Bruce's Philosopher's Drinking Song” from Monty Python's Previous Record
Richard and Linda Thompson “Down Where the Drunkards Roll” from I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Spike Jones “Clink Clink Another Drink” from The Very Best of Spike Jones
Audience “Belladonna Moonshine” from Friends, Friends, Friend
The Ramones “Somebody Put Something in My Drink” from Ramones Mania
Northeastern Ohio takes center stage this week on the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #360) as I'll have several irons in the fire by premiering new songs from local artists and celebrating the first annual AKRON MUSIC AWARDS during various parts of the program.
It all begins with 'Red Stick,' a new track from the just released album 'Endure: Outliers On Water Street' by 15-60-75 THE NUMBERS BAND, in a set that includes other new cuts from local surf provocateurs GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET, Chicago's dynamic indie alt cult band CALIFONE, and a duet from AMY ALLISON & ELVIS COSTELLO (honoring Amy's father, Mose Allison). For added measure, there's songs about otherworldly alien sightings from Akron Music Award's first place recipient THE BEYONDERERS and legendary rockabilly vocalist ROBERT GORDON.
During the half hour that follows you'll hear the latest from LES AMAZONES D'AFRIQUE, 808 STATE, and MARK GUILIANA all blended seamlessly into psychedelic tones from TRANQUILITY BASS and New Zealand's TALL DWARFS, before finishing with another Akron Music Award recipient, FANCY LEGS and a thundering number from CRACKER. And that's only the first hour my dear listener's!
Grab your chairs and crank the volume up as later on you'll hear the premiere of CHRIS BUTLER'S election year anthem 'Gotta Vote Him Out' surrounded by a new 'live' rendition of BRYAN FERRY covering 'The In Crowd,' the latest work by THE LONE BELLOW, FRED FRITH'S interpretation of 'Dancing In The Streets,' and a classic XTC song.
MARK MOTHERSBAUGH and PERE UBU also get airplay today along with 'vault' selections from GENTLE GIANT, THE LEFT BANKE, and THE ROLLING STONES, an acoustic jazz duet from AL DIMEOLA & PACO DE LUCIA, and more world music from CODE SANGALA & SOUAD MASSI.
Today's playlist:
SET #1
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'Red Stick' - Endure: Outliers On Water Street 6:54
CALIFONE 'Romans' - Echo Mine 4:30
WILCO 'One Wing' - Wilco (The Album)
AMY ALLISON & ELVIS COSTELLO 'Monsters Of The Id' - If You're Going To The City: A Tribute To Mose Allison 3:25
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET 'Ziphim' - Mp3 - golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 3:22
THE BEYONDERERS 'Mirage Men' - Estimate Of The Situation 3:22
ROBERT GORDON 'Flyin' Saucer Rock And Roll' - Is Red Hot 1:52
SET #2
LES AMAZONES D”AFRIQUE 'Smooth (feat: Mamani Keita)' - Amazones Power 4:31
808 STATE 'Huronic' - Transmission Suite 3:46
TRANQUILITY BASS 'Five Miles High' - Let The Freak Flag Fly 7:16
MARK GUILIANA 'Bloom' - Beat Music! BeatMusic! Beat Music! 4:24
TALL DWARFS 'Dog' - Fork Songs (plus Dogma) 4:52
FANCY LEGS 'These Fine Tuned Machines' - Fancy Legs 3:10
CRACKER 'Show Me How This Thing Works' - Sunrise In The Land Of Milk & Honey 2:51
SET #3
AL DIMEOLA 'Mediterranean Sundance (Feat: Paco de Lucia)' - Elegant Gypsy 5:14
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT 'Crosswords' - The Imitation Game (OST) 2:53
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO 'Asadoya Yuata' - Beauty 4:35
THE RESIDENTS 'The Other' - Intruders 3:03
YANN TIERSEN 'The Old Man Still Wants It' - Portrait 1:48
EMERSON, LAKE, & PALMER 'Living Sin' - Trilogy 3:13
BASSEKOU KOYATE & NGONI BA 'Ne Me Fatique Pas' - Jama Ko 3:48
CODE SANGALA 'Tithana' - Mizu 4:38
SET #4
BRYAN FERRY 'The 'In' Crowd' - Live At The Royal Albert Hall 1974 4:08
CHRIS BUTLER 'Gotta Vote Him Out' - Mp3 – chrisbutler1.bandcamp.com 3:50
THE LONE BELLOW 'Illegal Immigrant' - Half Moon Light 4:23
FRED FRITH 'Dancing In The Street' - Gravity 3:00
UNCLE WIGGLY 'Hamsters' - There Was An Elk 2:29
XTC 'The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead' - Nonesuch 5:03
RY COODER 'Harbor Of Love' - The Prodigal Son 5:46
SET #5
CAN 'Thief' - Delay 1968 5:03
THE LEFT BANKE 'There's Gonna Be A Storm' - There's Gonna Be A Storm: The Complete Recordings 1965-69 4:18
HOP ALONG 'What The Winter Meant' - Bark Your Head Off, Dog 4:06
GENTLE GIANT 'The Moon Is Down' - Acquiring The Taste 4:48
DAVID BOWIE 'An Occasional Dream' - Space Oddity (2015 Tony Visconti Remaster) 3:00
DEAD CAN DANCE 'Persian Love Song' - Toward The Within 2:35
SOUAD MASSI 'Fr Bali' - Oumniya 4:11
SET #6
MARK MOTHERSBAUGH 'Sparkplug Minuet' - The Royal Tennenbaums (OST) 3:21
PARQUET COURTS 'Before The Water Gets Too High' - Wide Awaaaaake! 4:05
PERE UBU 'Thanks' - Lady From Shanghai 2:14
SAVAGES 'Adore' - Peaky Blinders: Original Music From The TV Series 5:03
THE ROLLING STONES '2000 Man' - Their Satanic Majesties Request (2017 Remaster) 3:07
THE MEKONS 'Andromeda' - Deserted 4:27
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS 'Night Raid' - Ghosteen 5:08
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For information/tix to The Akron Music Awards, March 7 at Musica:
https://www.facebook.com/events/187169202496286/
For all kinds of great stuff by CHRIS BUTLER (including 'Gotta Vote Him Out'):
https://chrisbutler1.bandcamp.com/
Get some of The Beyonderers in yer life here pilgrim:
https://thebeyonderers.bandcamp.com/
You can find Fancy Legs here:
https://fancylegs.bandcamp.com/
For More about Golems Of The Red Planet or to purchase their music:
https://golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com/
For more information on 15-60-75: The Numbers Band (and purchasing stuff):
https://www.numbersband.com/
This week's edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #359) has new songs from RAVI SHANKAR'S posthumous opera, 'Sukanya,' THE RESIDENTS 'Intruders' and SUDAN ARCHIVES 'Athena' releases, CALIFONE'S first release in seven years, and a track from 808 STATE'S long awaited 'Transmission Suite' as well as another spectacular effort from LES AMAZONES D'AFRIQUE all scattered throughout today's three hour show.
There's plenty of 'covers' added to the mix including two versions of 'Wimoweh' (one by MANU DIBANGO with Lady Smith Mambazo's late founder JOSEPH SHAMBALALA and the other by BRIAN ENO), a BEATLES 'Revolver' track covered by LUKE TEMPLE, THE FLYING LIZARDS interpreting 'And Then He Kissed Me,' and two MOSE ALLISON pieces from two polar opposites, IGGY POP and THE WHO.
I'll add additional ingredients in the form of vintage JAMES GANG, JADE WARRIOR, ROBERT FRIPP, and CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND, throw in a dash of international flair from Tuvan throat singers HUUN-HUUR-TU, Malawi's CODE SANGALA, and Congo's EDO ET O.K. JAZZ, stir in the horns o' plenty of RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK and recognizable baritone of KEN NORDINE, and cook up another hearty musical meal your ears will gladly consume.
Today's playlist:
SET #1
MARK GUILIANA 'Bones' - Beat Music! BeatMusic! Beat Music! 5:27
DENGUE FEVER 'Mr. Bubbles' - Cannibal Courtship 4:20
STEREOLAB 'International Colouring Contest' - Mars Audiac Quintet (2019 Remaster) 3:56
SUDAN ARCHIVES 'Coming Up' - Athena 3:41
THE RESIDENTS 'Bobbie's Burning Blues' - Intruders 5:13
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO 'Footprints In The Shadows' - The Crossing 4:49
ILGI (feat Ilga Riezniece) 'Ai Tunsa Nakte, Zale Zale (Oh Dark Night! Green Grass)' - Best Of Folk Music From Latvia 2:59
SET #2
SETI THE FIRST 'La Bassinette Noir' - Melting Cavalry 3:22
RAVI SHANKAR 'XIV. The Choice' - Sukanya 5:38
RAHSSAN ROLAND KIRK 'Prelude Back Home' - The Infated Tear/Natural Black
Innventions Root Strata 3:45
THE FLYING LIZARDS 'Then He Kissed Me' - Top Ten 2:54
ROBERT FRIPP 'Dislocated' - God Save The King 4:36
WALTER WANDERLEY 'Voce E Eu' - Ultra-Lounge Vol. 11: Organs In Orbit 2:11
OF MONTREAL 'Deliberate Self Harm Ha-Ha' - UR Fun 4:20
IGGY POP 'If You're Going To The City' - If You're Going To The City:
A Tribute To Mose Allison 3:50
SET #3
MANU DIBANGO 'Wimoweh (feat: Ladysmith Black Mambazo)' - Wakafrika 4:20
BRIAN ENO 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)' - Eno Box II (Vocal) 2:52
CODE SANGALA 'Asewera Ndine' - Mizu 5:22
JADE WARRIOR 'Annie' - 5th Element 4:08
YANN TIERSEN 'Monochrome (feat. Gruff Rhys)' - Portrait 3:55
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Mvmt III: Linear Tableau Intersecting Surprise/Mvmt IV: Traffic Shock' - The BQE 7:33
LUKE TEMPLE 'Doctor Robert' - Mojo Presents: Revolver Reloaded 3:41
SET #4
JAMES GANG 'Collage' - Yer Album 4:01
HUUN-HUUR-TU 'Avam Churtu Dugayimny(Dugai - Land Of My Mother)' - Where The Young Grass Grows 1:57
HAWKWIND 'Howling Moon' - Onward 2:12
GUO BROTHERS & SHUNG TIAN 'Soldiers Of The Long March' - Bliss 4:23
PINK FLOYD 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pt. 6)' - Wish You Were Here 6:04
GENE CLARK 'Silver Raven (Version 2)' - No Other/No Other Sessions (2019 Remaster) 6:35
TANGERINE DREAM 'Sequent 'C' (2019)' - Recurring Dreams 2:26
SET #5
CALIFONE 'Bandicoot' - Echo Mine 2:55
MONKS OF DOOM 'The Last Leviathan (Interpolating Rabbit's Foot)' - The Bronte Pin 6:14
THE RACONTEURS 'Sunday Driver' - Help Us Stranger 3:39
THE WHO 'Young Man Blues' - Live At Leeds (Deluxe Edition) 4:58
WIRE 'Be Like Them' - Mind Hive 3:52
PIETA BROWN 'Before We Break' - Freeway 4:05
SOUAD MASSI 'Yadra' - Oumniya 3:14
SET #6
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND 'Space Age Couple' - Lick My Decals Off, Baby 2:32
EDO ET O.K. JAZZ 'Kumavula Tubakueto' - Congo Revolution: Revolutionary And Evolutionary Sounds From Two Congos 1955- 62 3:11
LES AMAZONES D”AFRIQUE 'Sisters (feat: Kandy Guira)' - Amazones Power 5:00
GARY NUMAN 'Bed Of Thorns' - Savage: Songs From A Broken World 5:24
KEN NORDINE 'Hello' - A Transparent Mask 1:54
808 STATE 'Pulcenta' - Transmission Suite 2:11
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
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You're probably wondering what's in store on the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #358) as I prepare to release another weekly program? Well there's plenty of new releases, old friends from the 'vault,' an homage to several artists who've departed us, and a quirky set or two lined up in my latest program. Here's a brief synopsis of what to expect.
The first set begins with the latest from TANGERINE DREAM, then follows with another new track from MILOS (covering Portishead), then PETER HAMMILL, PAT METHENY (honoring our first legacy remembrance of his keyboard player, Lyle Mays), a remastered cut by THE SLITS, some early PINK FLOYD, and finishes with the ultimate modern psychedelic warriors, THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR.
OZRIC TENTACLES and THE BEYONDERERS anchor the second set, with new songs from the Malawi band, CODE SANGALA, Algerian songstress SOUAD MASSI, and an acapella version of 'Rocky Raccoon' by THE PERSUASIONS. By the third set things get a little quirky with musical selections from DAVID THOMAS, SLAPP HAPPY/HENRY COW, ROBBIE FULKS (singing Mose Allison), JOHN HARTFORD (yodeling), and THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION (from Uncle Meat).
There's more 'vault' selections from TALKING HEADS, TASVALLAN PRESIDENTII, SADISTIC MIKA BAND, and JAMES CHANCE & THE CONTORTIONS and newly minted material arrives from OF MONTREAL, WIRE, YANN TIERSEN, and THE NATIONAL. We'll finish it all off by remembering drummer JOE CHRISTENSEN (via Terje Rypdal), and ANDREW WEATHERILL (via Primal Scream).
Today's Set List:
SET #1
TANGERINE DREAM 'The Claymore Mine/Stalking (2019)' - Recurring Dreams 5:40
MILOS 'Sour Times (Portishead)' - Sounds Of Silence 3:17
PETER HAMMILL 'Far-Flung (Across The Sky)' - What Now? 3:25
PAT METHENY GROUP 'The Search' - American Garage 4:54
THE SLITS 'Or What Is It?' - Return Of The Giant Slits (2017 Remaster) 4:24
PINK FLOYD 'Chapter 24' - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 3:42
THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR 'You're My Drug' - Chips From The Chocolate Fireball 3:18
SET #2
OZRIC TENTACLES 'Change Masala' - Technicians Of The Sacred 6:04
THE BEYONDERERS 'Science Friction' - Fourth Wave 3:44
ERIC BIBB 'Every Wind In The River' - Deeper In The Well 4:37
THE PERSUASIONS 'Rocky Raccoon' - The Persuasions Sing The Beatles 4:16
CODE SANGALA 'Bwelera Kusukulu' - Mizu 3:24
SOUAD MASSI 'Enta Wena' - Oumniya 4:22
PHILLIP PICKETT (w/ Richard Thompson & the Fairport Rhythm Section) 'My Lady Carey's Dompe' - The Bones Of All Men 3:26
SET #3
MARK GUILIANA 'Roast' - Beat Music! BeatMusic! Beat Music! 4:35
DAVID THOMAS 'Who is It?' - Variation On A Theme (Monster Box – Disc 2) 3:39
SLAPP HAPPY/HENRY COW 'Some Questions About Hats' - Desperate Straights (Remastered) 1:53
ROBBIE FULKS 'My Brain' - If You're Going To The City: A Tribute To Mose Allison 4:13
JOHN HARTFORD 'Because Of You' - Aeroplain 1:00
ALPEN DUB VS. THE MAN CABLE Jaga Ode (Dubtronik) The Rough Guide To Yodel 5:27
JAM NATION 'First Time' - Way Down Below Buffalo Hell 5:01
FLOOM 'Overture/Underture' - Floom 3:00
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION 'A Pound For A Brown On The Bus' - Uncle Meat (2012 ZFT Remaster) 1:28
SET #4
FREEMAN SOUND & FRIENDS 'Tomorrow Is Plastic' - Heavy Trip 4:16
TASVALLAN PRESIDENTII 'Piece Of Mind' - Milky Way Moses 4:04
CHARLIE PORTER 'Survival Of The Fittest' - Immigration Nation 4:41
TALKING HEADS 'Artists Only' - More Songs About Buildings And Food 3:37
JAMES CHANCE & THE CONTORTIONS 'Flip Your Face' - No New York 3:04
GARY LUCAS 'Dream Of A Russian Princess' - Gods And Monsters 1:49
DEVENDRA BANHART 'Carolina' - Ma 2:32
NICK DRAKE 'Fruit Tree' - Five Leaves Left 4:49
SET #5
ESSOUS ET ROCK-A-MAMBO 'Bail' -a Congo Revolution – Revolutionary And Evolutionary Sounds From Two Congos 1955-1962 2:36
OF MONTREAL 'Don't Let Me Die In America' - UR Fun 3:35
SADISTIC MIKA BAND 'Suki Suki Suki' - Black Ship 3:36
YANN TIERSEN 'Prayer No. 2' - Portrait 3:00
WUSSY 'Tall Weeds' - What Heaven Is Like 4:18
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE 'Olden Days' - Colorado 4:04
PIETA BROWN 'Beyond The Sun' - Freeway 2:35
WIRE 'Humming' - Mind Hive 3:29
SET #6
THE MEKONS 'After The Rain' - Deserted 5:01
PRIMAL SCREAM 'Loaded' - Screamadelica 7:02
ALT J 'Something Good' - Awesome Wave 3:38
THE NATIONAL 'So Far So Fast' - I Am Easy To Find 6:36
TERJE RYPDAL 'Stenskoven (w/ Jon Christensen)' - Waves 3:49
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
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Milestones and kidney stones, I've had them all (and I'll take milestones every time over those other painful ones) so on this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #357) I'll celebrate the former as I've reached the 400th broadcast overall since returning to radio in 2012. During 2012 I was lured back into radio (having been a broadcaster during the mid-70's at Kent State's WKSU-FM) by a friend working at San Francisco internet radio station KUSF-in-Exile run by former DJ's of the bay area's legendary KUSF. I produced 43 episodes under two previous names before settling on 'Transmusic Airwaves' in March 2013.
So today I'll celebrate this achievement with plenty of 'vault' selections, new tracks, occasional 'covers,' and unusual themes. It all begins with the SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND mainstay, 'The Faith Healer,' in a set which includes music from WILCO, ANGELIQUE KIDJO, KING CRIMSON, THE WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND, and JIM WHITE.
Next up there a song and a comedy cut about whales from CROSBY & NASH and NATIONAL LAMPOON, a DAEVID ALLEN rare piece with RALPH CARNEY and MARS WILLIAMS, and later BRIAN ENO & JOHN CALE'S 'Spinning Away,' blended in with HOLGAR CZUKAY, ALLEN RAVENSTINE, and the VIOLENT FEMMES cover of a Jetson's classic.
It all leads up to an homage to Cleveland TV legend GHOULARDI featuring a rant or two from his Shock Theater days, and music from DARK SHADOWS, two versions of 'Rosemary's Baby' (by BRAVE COMBO and MICHAEL URBANIAK), with other relatable music from THE RESIDENTS, WENDY CARLOS, and the WHITE NOISE.
That's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg as they say. Look at the playlist below and see what else is in store!
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND 'The Faith Healer' - Next 7:11
ANGELIQUE KIDJO 'M'Baamba (Kenyan Song)' - Eve 3:40
WILCO 'Radio Cure' - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 5:08
SAMANDTHEPLANTS 'Andy And The Mole' - The Eft 1:16
YANN TIERSEN 'The Waltz Of The Monsters' - Portrait 2:08
KING CRIMSON 'Sleepless' - Three Of A Perfect Pair 5:23
WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND 'Shifting Sands' - Part One & Vol. 2 3:58
JIM WHITE 'Counting Numbers In The Air' - Transnormal Skiperoo 5:20
SET #2
CHARLIE PORTER 'Flight' - Immigration Nation 4:46
MILOS 'Street Spirit (Fade Out) (Radiohead)' - Sounds Of Silence 2:46
CROSBY & NASH 'To The Last Whale (a: Critical Mass & b: Wind On The Water)' - Wind On The Water 5:32
DEEP VOICES 'Rights: Right Whales' - Deep Voices: The Second Whale Album 2:33
NATIONAL LAMPOON 'Humpback Whale' - That's Not Funny, That's Sick 1:23
DAEVID ALLEN 'Bananareggae' - Alien In New York (7” vinyl EP) 4:21
DEWAYON & CONGA JAZZ 'Na Linga Na Ngai Kubala Te' - Congo Revolution – Revolutionary and Evolutionary Sounds From Two Congos (1955-1962) 2:48
THE MEKONS 'Harar 1883' - Deserted 3:10
FAUST 'Der Baum' - The Wumme Years 1970-1973 3:46
SET #3
ENO/CALE 'Spinning Away' - Wrong Way Up 5:27
PIETA BROWN 'Morning Fire' - Freeway 3:26
GILES, MUIR, & CUNNINGHAM 'Mouthwork' - Ghost Dance 3:03
HOLGAR CZUKAY 'Das Massenmedium' - Rome Remains Rome/Der Osten Is Rot 3:57
KOKOKO! 'Malembe' - Fongola 3:55
ALLEN RAVENSTINE 'Day Shift' - Waiting For The Bomb 3:11
AKSAK MABOUL 'A Modern Lesson' - Un Peu De L'Ame Des Bandits 5:02
VIOLENT FEMMES 'Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah (Means I Love You)(From The Jetsons)' - Saturday Morning: Cartoon's Greatest Hits 3:21
SET #4
PHILLIP GLASS 'Lady Day' - North Star 4:01
SQURL/DIALOGUE 'Kill The Head (Feat:Caleb Landry Jones)' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 0:31
ROBERT COBERT 'Epilogue' - Original Music From Dark Shadows Vol. 3 0:51
ERNIE ANDERSON (GHOULARDI) 'Intro (Dialogue)' - Shock Theater TV Show 1:06
WENDY CARLOS 'What's New Pussycat' - By Request 2:07
VARIOUS ARTISTS 'Aquarius (In Japanese)' - Hair: Original Japanese Cast Soundtrack 3:26
BRAVE COMBO 'Rosemary's Baby' - Musical Varieties 1:40
MICHAEL URBANIAK 'Rosemary's Baby' - We'll Remember Komeda 3:32
ERNIE ANDERSON (GHOULARDI) 'Cool It With The Boom Booms (Dialogue)' - Shock Theater TV Show 0:17
WHITE NOISE 'Here Come The Fleas' - An Electric Storm 2:15
THE RESIDENTS 'Hello Skinny' - Duck Stab 2:42
THE NATIONAL 'Hey Rosey' - I Am Easy To Find 4:14
SET #5
WIRE 'Hung' - Mind Hive 7:54
MATERIAL 'Ciquiri' - Secret Life 3:36
CHRIS BUTLER 'Dromomania (Wind In My Shoes)' - Got It Togehter! 5:14
JOHN MARTYN 'Bless The Weather' - Bless The Weather 4:32
KEN NORDINE 'Cliche Heaven' - A Transparent Mask 1:56
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (JOE BYRD) 'Where Is Yesterday' - United States Of America 3:08
TELEK 'Go Ralom' - Serious Tam 3:42
SET #6
NICK MASON'S FICTITIOUS SPORTS 'I Was Wrong' - Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports 4:10
TOM WAITS 'What Keeps Mankind Alive' - Orphans, Bawlers, & Brawlers 2:09
LIZA MINNELLI 'Mein Herr' - Cabaret (OST) 3:36
HENRY MANCINI 'Springtime For Hitler' - The History Of Space Age Pop Volume 1: Melodies & Mischief 1:40
SENOR COCONUT 'The Man Machine' - El Baile Aleman 4:30
SPARKS 'A Little Bit Like Fun' - Hippopotamus 3:57
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
This week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #356) I've got plenty of cool music to interest your ears including the 'World Premiere' of the song “Hazor,' done by GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET, a band of local musicians dedicated to exploring John Zorn's 'Masada' songbook. The band comprised of Harvey Gold (guitar), Mark Allender (bass), Bob Ethington (drums), and Matt Reese (cello) has graciously given me a copy of their new track which I'll air during the final set of today's show.. It's a killer piece folks, and fits well along side the Nordic electronica/folk band VALRAVN, NENEH CHERRY, and Algerian Berber songstress SOUAD MASSI.
So what other sorts of things can you expect from this old DJ today you ask? There's plenty of 'vault' selections including early PERE UBU, early CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, and early SOFT MACHINE to start the second set, plus more 'oldies' from TANGERINE DREAM, THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, SOPWITH CAMEL, and YUSEF LATEEF.
I've got more excellent new tracks by PIETA BROWN, GUSTER, THE NATIONAL, WIRE, and THE MEKONS, jazz from MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD and BRAND X, quirky compositions from BIG WALNUTS YONDER, FRED FRITH, NEGATIVLAND, and LENE LOVICH, and a song from GANG OF FOUR in tribute to their guitarist, Andy Gill, who passed away last week.
Today's playlist:
SET #1
STEVE HILLAGE 'Sea Nature' - Green 6:41
ROBERT PLANT 'Tin Pan Valley' - Mighty Rearranger 3:46
PATTI SMITH 'New Party' - Gung Ho 4:30
ANTONY GENN & MARTIN SLATTERY 'Ballad Of Polly Gray' - Peaky Blinders (Original Music From The TV Series) 3:27
YUSEF LATEEF 'Indefinite Expansion' - Nocturnes 2:37
GUSTER 'Look Alive' - Look Alive 3:54
SOPWITH CAMEL 'Orange Peel' - The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon 5:36
SET #2
PERE UBU 'Heaven' - Datapanik In The Year Zero (Box Set) 3:08
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 'Circles' - II &III 2:50
SOFT MACHINE 'Save Yourself/Priscilla/Lullabye Letter' - Vols. 1 & 2 8:06
YEAH YEAH YEAHS 'Always' - Mosquito 4:06
JUSTIN ADAMS & JULDEH CAMARA 'Banjul Girl' - Tell No Lies 3:30
GANG OF FOUR 'Nature's Not In It' - Entertainment! 3:06
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE 'Shut It Down' - Colorado 3:44
SET #3
THE GOASTT (The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger) 'Last Call' - Midnight Sun 6:01
MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD 'New Planet' - End Of The World Party (Just In Case) 4:07
JUANA MOLINA 'Vagos Punk' - Forfun (EP) 2:25
PIETA BROWN 'Bring Me' - Freeway 4:28
ANDY SUMMERS & ROBERT FRIPP 'In The Cloud Forest' - I Advance Masked 2:31
JOHN CALE 'Bicycle' - HoboSapiens 5:03
THE NATIONAL 'Dust Swirls In Strange Light' - I Am Easy To Find 3:18
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT 'The Heroic Weather-Conditions Of The Universe, Part 7 : After The Storm' - Moonrise Kingdom (OST) 3:55
SET #4
BRAND X 'Liquid Time' - Xcommunication 4:43
CALEXICO & IRON & WINE 'The Bitter Suite (Pajaro/Evil Eye/ Tennessee Train)' - Years To Burn 8:15
THE MEKONS 'Mirage' - Deserted 4:55
BIG WALNUTS YONDER 'Sponge Bath' - Big Walnuts Yonder 3:52
THE FIERY FURNACES 'Leaky Tunnel' - Gallowsbird's Bark 3:33
FRED FRITH 'So Schnell Ich (w/ Massive)' - Speechless 3:27
DENT 'Following The Armadillo' - Verstarker 4:06
SET #5
LAMB 'The Odyssey Of Ehram Spickor' - A Sign Of Change 3:14
BE BOP DELUXE The Gold At The End Of My Rainbow (New Stereo Mix)' - Modern Music (Deluxe Edition) 3:53
WIRE 'Unrepentant' - Mind Hive 5:02
NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN 'Taboo' - Voices Of The Real World 4:17
TANGERINE DREAM 'Impressions Of Sorcerer' - Sorcerer (OST) 2:56
LENE LOVICH 'Savages' - Flex...Plus 3:52
NEGATIVLAND 'By Truck' - Thigmotactic 1:18
PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA 'Zopf: Milk' - Music From The Penguin Cafe 2:22
MOTHERS OF INVENTION 'WPLJ' - Burnt Weeny Sandwich 2:52
SET #6
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET 'Hazor' - Golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 4:00
VALRAVN 'Kelling' - The Rough Guide To The Music Of Scandinavia 4:47
NENEH CHERRY 'Deep Vein Thrombosis' - Broken Politics 4:31
SOUAD MASSI 'Salam' - Oumniya 4:24
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
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I can't believe how quickly the first month of this year has flown by. It's been one giant blur to me as I look back at the past thirty days but as this year progresses, there's plenty to celebrate. The NUMBERS BAND (15-60-75) commemorates their 50th anniversary in 2020 so on today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #355) I'll begin the show with the song, 'Narrow Road' from their 'Jimmy Bell's Still In Town' album and follow that with another local favorite, TIN HUEY, before moving to other great music from TRILOK GURTU, DAMON ALBARN, SOUAD MASSI, and singer PAPA WEMBA all during the first thirty minutes.
Then I've got the latest from WIRE, ANGEL OLSEN, JUANA MOLINA, CHRISSIE HYNDE, and NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS blended in with AMON DUUL II, LAURIE ANDERSON, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, and a new, solo piano piece by Sufjan Stevens, performed by TIMO ANDRES to round out the first hour.
The sonic adventure continues over the course of this show as you'll hear a set which intermixes QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO, JIM WHITE, and THE WHITE STRIPES with VANGELIS (from the Blade Runner soundtrack), JIMI HENDRIX, and DAVID BOWIE (singing 'Space Oddity' in yes...Italian).
Later JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS get their due with TALVIN SINGH, MILES DAVIS (interpreted by artists from India and the U.S.), MICACHU, DEERHOOF, and BRIAN ENO & KARL HYDE. I'll even honor MONTY PYTHON'S Terry Jones with a classic skit from the comedy troupe's 'Previous Record' release.
Today's Set List:
SET #1
15-60-75 (NUMBERS BAND) 'Narrow Road' - Jimmy Bell's Still In Town 6:09
TIN HUEY 'Almost Transparent' - Disinformation 3:37
TRILOK GURTU 'Tillana' - Crazy Saints 4:12
LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII 'Dreaming In Turkish' - Neptune's Daughter 4:53
SOUAD MASSI 'Ban Koulchi' - Oumniya 3:55
DAMON ALBARN 'The Selfish Giant' - Everyday Robots 4:47
PAPA WEMBA 'Analengo' - Papa Wemba 4:37
SET #2
WIRE 'Primed And Ready' - Mind Hive 2:44
JUANA MOLINA 'Un Dia Punk' - Forfun (EP) 4:12
ROCCO DELUCA (w/ Daniel Lanois) 'Crash Of Worlds' - The Music of Red Dead Redemption II (OST) 1:49
AMON DUUL II 'Eternal Flow' - Paradieswarts Duul 4:12
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE 'In Time' - Crown Of Creation 4:14
ANGEL OLSEN 'New Love Cassette' - All Mirrors 3:26
LAURIE ANDERSON 'Broken' - Life On A String 3:19
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS 'Fireflies' - Ghosteen 3:23
TIMO ANDRES 'Stevens: The Decalogue #7' - Sufjan Stevens - The Decalogue 3:01
CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE 'Naima' - Valve Bone Woe 5:20
SET #3
LAURA MARLING 'A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall' - Peaky Blinders (Music From The TV Series) 5:32
GRACE JONES 'Walking In The Rain' - Nightclubbing 4:18
THE MEKONS 'In The Sun/The Galaxy Explodes' - Deserted 4:53
THE FIREMAN 'Light From Your Lighthouse' - Electric Arguments 2:31
SKY CRIES MARY 'Moving Like Water' - A Return To The Inner Experience 4:25
HECTOR ZAZOU 'The Lighthouse (w/ Siouxsie Sue)' - Songs From The Cold Seas 3:40
PASCAL COMELADE/PIERRE BASTIEN/JAC BARROCAL/JAKI LIEBEZEIT 'Ant Waltz' - Oblique Sessions 1:28
BATTLES 'Dot Net' - La Di Da Di 3:00
SET #4
QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO 'Powerhouse' - Whirled Chamber Music 3:06
JIM WHITE 'Wordmule' - Wrong Eyed Jesus! 4:28
FIDEL FOURNEYRON 'Iyesa' - Que Vola? 5:54
TOUBAB KREWE 'Devil Woman' - Toubab Krewe 2:58
THE WHITE STRIPES 'In The Cold, Cold Night' - Elephant 2:58
VANGELIS 'Main Titles Music From The Motion Picture Blade Runner' - Blade Runner Trilogy: 25th Anniversary Edition 3:42
JIMI HENDRIX 'Drifting' - Cry Of Love (2014 Remaster) 3:53
DAVID BOWIE 'Ragazzo Solo, Ragazzo Sola (Italian Version of 'Space Oddity')' - Five Years (Box Set); Re:Call 1 (Disc 1) 5:06
SET #5
JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS 'Egyptian Reggae' - Rock And Roll With The Modern Lovers 2:36
TALVIN SINGH 'Silver Flowers' - HA 4:44
VARIOUS ARTISTS 'Great Expectations' - Miles From India 8:39
MICACHU 'Eat Your Heart' - Jewellery 2:21
DEERHOOOF (w/ Laetitia Sadier) 'Come Down Here & Say That' - Mountain Moves 3:20
BRIAN ENO & KARL HYDE 'Who Rings The Bell' - Someday World 5:05
ANNA CALVI 'Bleed Into Me' - One Breath 3:40
SET #6
MONTY PYTHON 'Pepperpots' - Monty Python's Previous Record 1:00
THE MONKEES Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky/Pleasant Valley Sunday' - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. 3:42
CITIZEN COPE 'Duck Confit' - Heroin & Helicopters 2:10
JOHN RENBOURN & WIZZ JONES 'Hey Hey' - The Rough Guide To A World Of Guitar** 3:02
THE BEATLES 'For You Blue' - Let It Be (Naked) 2:29
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
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As yet another week has transpired (or expired as some may bellow) I've done my due diligence and prepared a brand new TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #354) for your enjoyment. Pray tell, Paulie boy, please give us the details. OK nameless multitudes, here's some things to expect this time.
Six sets over three hours (no surprises there), of great music (of course), which flows readily from point A (beginning of said set) to point B (end of the same) all the while bringing overwhelming joy to your aural senses. 'You're just teasing us' said the multitudes, don't spare us the details.
So there's new stuff from SOAUD MASSI, JUANA MOLINA, THE MEKONS, NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, KIM GORDON, and ALTIN GUN mixed in with classic 'underground' vault pickings from KALIDESCOPE, KING CRIMSON, SPIRIT, SUPERSISTER, PINK FLOYD, and THE BEATLES.
There's strings and things (some synthesizer-like) from TOMITA, MORT GARSON, ARTURO STALTERI, and THE OMNIBUS WIND ENSEMBLE, gussied up with electro-jazz from HERBIE HANCOCK and the LOUNGE LIZARDS, didgeridoo soundings and Tibetan meditation music from JOHN HARDIN & AMY GUSTIN, DR. DIDG, and NAWANG KHECHOG, and local flavoring from ROBERT ETHINGTON mixed in with indie band THE LOST PATROL and prog legend PETER HAMMILL.
In what order are these selections played, everyone wondered? Tune in and find out for yourself (the host responded).
Today's set list:
SET #1
JUANA MOLINA 'Paraguaya Punk' - Forfun (EP) 2:00
KIM GORDON 'Earthquake' - No Home Record 4:18
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Moon (w/ Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister)' - Planetarium 3:42
MORT GARSON 'Capricorn (The Uncapricious Climber)' - Zodiac Cosmic Sounds 3:41
KING CRIMSON 'Moonchild (Edit)' - A Young Person's Guide To King Crimson 2:25
NAWANG KHECHOG 'Five-Peak Wisdom Mountain' - Tibetan Meditation Music 4:54
JOHN HARDIN 'Indigenous Beliefs (w/ Amy Gustin)' - Collaborations 2:05
DR. DIDG 'Say What You Like' - Out Of The Woods 4:15
MARC RIBOT 'Fat Man Blues' - Silent Movies 4:48
SET #2
TOMITA 'Debussy: Children's Corner: Golliwog's Cakewalk No. 6' - Snowflakes Are Dancing 2:54
ROBERT ETHINGTON 'The Tower' - Black Collar 4:18
THE LOST PATROL 'Your Own Medicine' - Redemption 3:48
PETER HAMMILL 'Where The Mouth Is' - The Noise 5:34
ALTIN GUN 'Sofor Bey' - Gece 3:15
HERBIE HANCOCK 'Alphabeta' - Future 2 Future 5:29
FLYING LOTUS 'FF4' - Flamagra 1:12
GEOFFREY ORYEMA 'Careless World' - Night To Night 4:06
SET #3
GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI 'Hwyl Fawr I Pawb' - Barafundle 1:48
CARAVAN PALACE 'L'Envol' - Caravan Palace 3:46
THE CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS 'West End Blues' - Leaving Eden 3:03
KALIDESCOPE 'Keep Your Mind Open' - Pulsating Dream 2:18
SOUAD MASSI 'Oumniya' - Oumniya 4:01
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS 'Waiting For You' - Ghosteen 3:54
PHIL MANZANERA 'Broken Dreams' - 6 PM 5:10
SPIRIT 'When I Touch You' - Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus 5:39
SET #4
LOUNGE LIZARDS 'Conquest Of Rar' - Lounge Lizards 3:17
THE ART OF NOISE 'Ode To Don Jose' - In No Sense? Nonsense! 3:13
PINK FLOYD 'Mudmen (Instrumental)' - Obscured By Clouds 4:17
SUPERSISTER 'Looking Back' - Iskander 4 :32
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS 'Time & The Tide' - Rock Art & The X-Ray Style (Remastered) 4:05
THE MEKONS 'Weimar Vending Machine/Priest?' - Deserted 6:00
MONKS OF DOOM 'Virtual Lover' - Forgery 3:54
SET #5
DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA & FRIENDS 'Kirwani One.5+8.Five' - Rough Guide To A World Of Guitar 2:23
SWINGLE SINGERS 'Fugue En Re Mineur' - Jazz Sebastian Bach 2:21
JOVA STOJILJKOVIC 'Vranjsko' - Blow 'Besir' Blow 2:52
ARTURO STALTERI 'St. Elmo's Fire' - CoolAugustMoon 3:43
OMNIBUS WIND ENSEMBLE 'How Could I Be Such A Fool?' - Music By Frank Zappa 2:28
THE BEATLES 'Blue Jay Way' - Magical Mystery Tour 3:56
SQURL (Band) 'The Dead Don't Want To Die Today' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 5:00
DANIEL LANOIS 'Mountain Finale' - The Music of Red Dead Redemption II (OST) 2:57
SET #6
P.J. HARVEY 'To Bring You My Love' - Peaky Blinders (Music From The TV Series) 5:32
HATTIE BURLESON 'Bye Bye Baby' - The Rough Guide To Blues Divas 2:51
ANGELIQUE KIDJO 'Elegua' - Celia 3:06
BE BOP DELUXE 'Make The Music Magic (New Stereo Mix)' - Modern Music (Deluxe Ed) 1:56
DAVID SYLVIAN 'When Poet's Dreamed Of Angels' - Secrets of The Beehive 3:59
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Bone In My Ear' - Dart To The Heart 3:41
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Another chapter in this musical novel I call TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES is complete and this week it's Episode #353, with plenty of twists and turns to keep you sonically entertained.
I'll begin this time with a funky little international number by kora player MOREY KONTE, then add the absurd styling's of Motor City soul providers WAS (NOT WAS), get even edgier with alt-indie crooners THE MINUS 5, throw in some German dance hall rhythm's from FSK, before D'ANGELO & DANIEL LANOIS move onward with an ethereal ballad, then blindly add MOONDOG'S haunting saxophone to a set that finishes in the only way that makes sense, with FIONA APPLE'S pounding lyrics. If metaphor's were clef notes, you'd be saying 'G' I 'C' where this is headed. (Puns are intended, annoying as it seems).
I'll add the latest from JUANA MOLINA along with more new selections from NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE, THE MEKONS, and THE NATIONAL to 'vaulted' songs from STEELEYE SPAN, JOHN FAHEY, AKSAK MABOUL, ELP, and the PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA. Of course there will be jazz (from CHARLES MINGUS and BILL FRISELL), spoken word (KEN NORDINE'S 'Down The Drain'), a soundtrack piece (from ALEXANDRE DESPLAT'S 'The Shape Of Water') and even RENALDO & THE LOAF add a unique beat to their own different drum.
Today's playlist:
SET #1
MOREY KONTE 'Le Griot' - Tamala – Le Voyageur 4:58
WAS (NOT WAS) 'Tell Me That I'm Dreaming' - Pick Of The Litter 1980-2010 4:33
THE MINUS 5 'You Don't Mean It (w/ The Young Fresh Fellows)' - Let The War Against Music Begin 3:16
FSK 'Die Englischen Fraulein' - Son Of Kraut 4:42
D'ANGELO & DANIEL LANOIS 'Unshaken' - The Music of Red Dead Redemption II (OST)3:55
MOONDOG (w/ London Saxophonic) 'Lament 1(Bird's Lament)(In Memory Of Charlie Parker)'- Moondog: Sax Pax For A Sax 2:03
FIONA APPLE 'A Mistake' - When The Pawn... 4:58
SET #2
JUANA MOLINA 'Punkish Rat' - Forfun (EP) 3:43
THEE OH SEES 'Jammed Entrance' - A Weird Exits 5:21
THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION 'Blue Green Olga' - ACME 3:40
BRIAN ENO & TOM ROGERSON 'Eastern Stack' - Finding Shore 2:45
BILL FRISELL 'Cluck Old Hen' - The Willies 3:55
CHARLES MINGUS 'Prayer For Passive Resistance' - Charles Mingus' Finest Hour 3:52
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'Risk Of Love' - 20 3:29
SET #3
GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV 'The Universe' - The Weatherman 4:16
LEONARD NIMOY 'Alien' - Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space 2:02
MORGAN DELT 'Little Zombies' - Morgan Delt 3:14
THE MEKONS 'How Many Stars?' - Deserted 4:02
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Guns Don't Argue' - The Legendary Italian Westerns 2:34
SPROINGG 'And The Mountain Rat Saw God' - Sproingg 6:16
BE BOP DELUXE 'Modern Music/ Dancing In The Moonlight (New Stereo Mix) - Modern Music (Deluxe Edition) 7:12
JOHN FAHEY 'Knott's Berry Farm Molly' - Return Of The Repressed (Anthology) 4:34
SET #4
THE NATIONAL 'Underwater' - I Am Easy To Find 1:21
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT 'The Shape Of Water' - The Shape Of Water (OST) 3:44
LE VENT DU NORD 'Lettre A Durham' - Tromper Les Temps 5:11
STEELEYE SPAN 'Seven Hundred Elves' - Now We Are Six 5:17
ELP 'The Enemy God Dances With The Black Spirits' - Works Volume 1 3:19
AKSAK MABOUL 'Milano Per Caso' - Onze Dances Pour Combattre La 3:20
STEVE HACKETT 'The Voice Of Necam' - Please Don't Touch 3:10
KEN NORDINE 'Down The Drain' - The Best Of Word Jazz Vol. 1 3:14
RENALDO & THE LOAF 'The Bathroom Song' - Struve & Sneff 2:00
SET #5
TOM WAITS 'Clap Hands' - Rain Dogs 3:48
LAIKA 'Badtimes' - Good Looking Blues 4:51
KOKOKO! 'Kitolo' - Fongola 4:42
HARRY PARTCH 'Casor & Pollux: Conception' - Plectra And Persussion Dances 1:50
MODEST MOUSE 'Custom Concern' - This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About 4:27
THE CRAMPS 'Primitive' - Psychedelic Jungle 3:31
THE COMET IS COMING 'Birth Of Creation' - Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery5:04
MORCHEEBA 'Run Honey Run' - Johnny Boy Would Love This 3:41
SET #6
RUSH 'Tears' - 2112 3:34
WOLFGANG DAUNER QUINTET 'Come On In On In' - The Oimels 3:35
PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA 'Prelude & Yodel' - Broadcasting From Home 3:50
CALEXICO 'Bend To The Road' - Carried To Dust 3:16
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE 'Milky Way' - Colorado 5:59
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
As yet another year begins I find myself a year older, and although the 'wiser' part seems to become less of a factor, more determined to enjoy my life a little bit more. There's plenty of resolutions I'm prepared to break, plenty of 'plant based meat like' products I'm likely to avoid, and plenty of great music I hope to continue to discover, re-discover, and play. This week I'll explore more of the later on another TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #352), my weekly foray into the realm of 'freeform' radio that I've been noodling with for nearly eight years.
Pouring over my many sources for great music, I discovered several artists that piqued my interest this week. There's the TRANSIT KINGS (featuring Guy Pratt & Dom Beken of Nick Mason's current band), SHPONGLE (psychedelic electronica), ARCANA (Bill Laswell & friends), an obscure 70's songwriter named ARTHUR GEE, and a cut by GALAXIE 500 (with Luna's Dean Wareham accompanied by local sax legend RALPH CARNEY) that I've settled on.
BE BOP DELUXE has reissued their 'Modern Music' album with a stunning new stereo remix so I'll add songs from that release to a set with some classic GONG (In honor of Daevid Allen's birthday), JAN HAMMER & JERRY GOODMAN, more new DANIEL LANOIS, ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE, and a piece by the BOB BROZMAN ORCHESTRA.
There's more new tracks from NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, THE NATIONAL, DR. JOHN, and THE MEKONS, as well as 'vault' picks from JOHN ABERCROMBIE & RALPH TOWNER (Sargasso Sea), HENRY COW, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, ROGER RUSKIN SPEAR, and early FLEETWOOD MAC.
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
SHPONGLE 'Shpongle Spores' - Are You Shpongled? 7:16
MARI BOINE 'Duottar Rassi/Tundra Flowers' - Gavcci Jahkejuogu/Eight Seasons 4:29
ROBBIE ROBERTSON 'The Sound Is Fading' - Contact From The Underworld Of Red Boy 5:11
MICHAEL VINER'S INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' - Bongo Rock 4:03
BECK 'Farewell Ride' - Guero 4:18
ARTHUR GEE 'Plain Talk' - Sing It High, Sing It Low: Tumbleweed Records 1971-1973 5:00
LITTLE AXE 'Will I Ever Get Back Home Again' - Champagne And Grits 4:21
SET #2
GALAXIE 500 'Blue Thunder (w/sax) (Feat: Ralph Carney)' - Blue Thunder (EP) 3:47
ROKY ERICKSON & THE ALIENS 'It's A Cold Night For Alligators' - I Have Always Been Here Before: The Roky Erickson Anthology 3:03
ARCANA 'Returning' - Arc Of The Testimony 4:30
THE MEKONS 'Lawrence Of California' - Deserted 4:37
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS 'Leviathan' - Ghosteen 4:48
FLEETWOOD MAC 'Albatross' - English Rose 3:10
PERE UBU 'Down By The River II' - Raygun Suitcase 3:54
THE DEAD WEATHER 'Three Dollar Hat' - Dodge And Burn 3:23
SET #3
FIDEL FOURNEYRON 'Kabiosile (Saludo A Chango)' - Que Vola? 2:45
KIM GORDON 'Paprika Pony' - No Home Record 4:08
TRANSIT KINGS 'America Is Unavailable' - Living In A Giant Candle Winking At God 5:20
KOKOKO! 'L.O.V.E.' - Fongola 2:56
THE LA'S 'Open Your Heart' - Break Loose La's 1984-1986 3:13
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART 'Telephone' - Doc At The Radar Station 1:32
R. STEVIE MOORE 'The Clinch' - Contact Risk 2:27
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA 'Stairs' - Technodelic 3:27
BUTTHOLE SURFERS 'Yentel' - Weird Revolution 3:22
PLASTICS 'Delicious' - Welcome Plastics 2:50
SET #4
DRX. JOHN 'Tipitina' - DRx John & The WDR Big Band Voodoo 2:58
KEVIN AYERS 'Oh My' - Whatevershebringswesing (2018 Remaster) 3:00
RUIVAO 'Todas As Cores Num Hino' - Samba Brazil 3:58
TEREM QUARTET 'Flea Waltz' - Classical 4:29
TOMMY EMMANUEL 'Purple Haze (w/Jerry Douglas)' - Accomplice One 4:04
JOHN ABERCROMBIE & RALPH TOWNER 'Sargasso Sea' - Sargasso Sea 4:00
SWANS 'Hums' - Leaving Meaning 2:00
THE NATIONAL 'Oblivions' - I Am Easy To Find 4:13
SET #5
BE BOP DELUXE 'Orphans Of Babylon/Twilight Capers (New Stereo Mix)' - Modern Music (Deluxe Edition) 7:40
GONG 'I Never Glid Before' - Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible Part II) 5:37
SONIC ARTS SAXOPHONE QUARTET 'Glass: Quartet #3: 'Mishima' - 4 ,1962 Body Building 'Glass; Nyman - Works For Saxophone Quartet 1:30
JAN HAMMER & JERRY GOODMAN 'No Fear' - Like Children 3:28
DANIEL LANOIS 'Oh My Lovely' - The Music of Red Dead Redemption II (OST) 3:16
BOB BROZMAN ORCHESTRA 'Ska Waltz Train' - The Rough Guide To A World Of Guitar 3:10
ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE 'Wish I Knew' - Be Known: Ancient/Future Music 2:47
SET #6
TINARIWEN 'Mhadjar Yassout Idjan' - Amadjar 4:23
HENRY COW 'Bitter Storm Over Ulm' - LegEnd 2:16
ED PALMERO BIG BAND 'Little Umbrellas' - Oh No! Not Jazz! 4:45
JAH WOBBLE 'Sales Target' - Psalms 3:33
ROGER RUSKIN SPEAR 'I'd Love To Bumpty-Bump (On A Bumpy Road With You)' - Unusual 2:36
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Greetings to all my friends, listeners, and those just about to discover this freeform radio program for the very first time. Welcome to a brand new decade and the latest edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #351), as I begin another year in many ways where I left off, adding more new selections to the eclectic mix of musical styles, 'vault' picks, and comedy in what you've come to expect from this program.
I'll begin today's show with the latest from THE MEKONS, play a notable cut from the band CRACKER, and then finish the first set with more of my 'Best Of 2019' choices from SAD PLANETS, LOW, NAREN BUDHKAR & THE HEVREH ENSEMBLE, GLEN HANSARD, and DEVENDRE BANHART. Other 'Best of 2019' picks added to this show include artists BRUCE COCKBURN, THE TUFTED PUFFINS, JON BATISTE, and the EAST RIVER STRING BAND.
Later on you'll hear brand new tracks by NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE, and indie bands BIG THIEF and PAPER BEAT SCISSORS. From the 'vault' I've got THE ELECTRIC PRUNES, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, TUXEDOMOON, and DAEVID ALLEN and an array of more recent cuts from YO LA TENGO, BUCKETHEAD, JOSEPH ARTHUR, and PETER GABRIEL (with a full orchestra doing 'Digging In The Dirt').
I'll finish the program with several pieces written by legendary song writer & comedian NEIL INNES, (BONZO DOG BAND, THE RUTLES) who sadly passed away last week.
Today's set list:
SET #1
THE MEKONS 'In The Desert' - Deserted 4:50
CRACKER 'Big Dipper' - The Golden Age 5:40
LOW 'Dancing And Fire' - Double Negative 4:17
SAD PLANETS '(Falling Into The Arms Of A)Refugee' - Akron, Ohio 4:01
NAREN BUDHKAR & HEVREH ENSEMBLE 'Sima De Los Huesos' - A Path Of Light 3:38
DEVENDRA BANHART 'October 12' - Ma 3:12
GLEN HANSARD 'Mary' - This Wild Willing 3:40
SET #2
THE ELECTRIC PRUNES 'Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less)' - The Electric Prunes 2:25
NIK TURNER 'Universal Mind' - Life In Space 3:53
JAY ROZEN 'Oasis' - Naked Singularity: Killer Tuba Songs Vol. 2 3:18
GRATEFUL DEAD 'Serengetti' - Shakedown Street (Bonus Track Ed.) 2:02
KOKOKO! 'Buka Dansa' - Fongola 4:21
YO LA TENGO 'The Room Got Heavy' - I Am Not Afraid Of You & I Will Beat Your Ass 5:10
STEREOLAB 'Noise Of Carpet (Original Mix)' - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Expanded Ed.) 3:24
THE TUFTED PUFFINS 'Messin' With My Mind' - Old, Loud, & Puffy 3:43
CAN 'Spoon' - Ege Bamyasi 3:04
SET #3
IRON & WINE 'Teeth In The Grass' - Our Endless Numbered Days (EP) 2:21
EAST RIVER STRING BAND 'Too Long' - Coney Island Baby 3:21
JON BATISTE 'Smile' - Hollywood Africans 1:11
BUCKETHEAD 'Sketches Of Spain (For Miles)' - Electric Tears 5:22
CLUSTER & ENO 'Broken Head' - After The Heat 5:22
THE ENID 'The Dreamer' - Six Pieces 1:32
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Bells Of Gethsemane' - Crowing Ignites 7:22
DAEVID ALLEN 'No Other Than The Mother Is My Song' - N'Existe Pas 3:40
JULIAN LAGE 'I'm Getting Sentimental Over You' - Love Hurts 4:22
SET #4
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS 'Spinning Song' - Ghosteen 4:43
JIM WHITE 'Crash Into The Sun' - Transnormal Skiperoo 4:30
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE 'The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil/A Small Package Of Value Will Come To You, Shortly' - After Bathing At Baxters 6:10
DANIEL LANOIS 'Love Comes Back' - The Music of Red Dead Redemption II (OST) 3:46
THE BREEDERS 'Istanbul' - Mountain Battles 2:57
3 LEG TORSO 'Driving Along With My Cow In My Volga' - Animals & Cannibals 3:31
PRIMUS 'Greet The Sacred Cow' - Antipop 5:10
SET #5
ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE 'Freedom Jazz Dance' - Be Known: Ancient/Future Music 5:14
TUXEDOMOON 'In A Manner Of Speaking' - Holy Wars 3:30
RUSTIN MAN 'Light The Light' - Drift Code 4:36
JOSEPH ARTHUR 'Morning Cup' - Could We Survive 5:11
RAMON GOOSE 'Futa (feat. Justin Adams)' - The Rough Guide To A World Of Guitar 2:23
PETER GABRIEL 'Digging In The Dirt' - New Blood 4:57
TRIO DA KALI & KRONOS QUARTET 'Kene Bo' - Ladilikan 3:02
SET #6
BIG THIEF 'Contact' - U.F.O.F. 3:54
PAPER BEAT SCISSORS 'Don't Mind' - Parallel Line 2:50
THE RUTLES 'Cheese And Onions' - The Rutles 2:42
MONTY PYTHON 'The Tale Of Sir Robin' - Monty Python's Previous Record 1:56
NEIL INNES 'How Sweet To Be An Idiot (7 " Single)' - How Sweet To Be An Idiot 3:47
BONZO DOG BAND 'I'm The Urban Spaceman' - Tadpoles 2:22
NEIL INNES & SON 'Cum On Feel The Noize' - Minatures: 51 Tiny Masterpieces
Edited By Morgan Fisher 1:00
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
It's hard to believe how much faster time races by as I get older. Another year is drawing to a close and as I prepare this year's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #350), I can only hope for better days ahead. Today's program is my 'Best Of 2019' special, and it marks the eighth time I've looked back at my favorite releases over twelve months.
You can expect a variety of eclectic selections that really resonated with me again this year. There's plenty of music from Ohio bred artists including PERE UBU, THE HI-FI'S, FANCY LEGS, THE BLACK KEYS, CHRISSIE HYNDE (with the VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE), DETENTION, THE BEYONERERS, GUIDED BY VOICES, and the late PETER LAUGHNER.
Internationally I was blown away by Congo's KOKOKO!, Mali's TINARIWEN and BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA, Netherlands ALTIN GUN, Estonia's MARI KALKUN, as well as ANGLEIQUE KIDJO and the collective of musicians comprising the AFRICA SPEAKS project.
Profound musical statements were offered from IGGY POP, VIOLENT FEMMES, SWANS, PIXIES, OH SEES, JESCA HOOP, NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE, RHIANNON GIDDENS (with FRANCESCO TURRISI), and WILCO. In fact, there was so much extraordinary music released this year, I will likely have to use more time in the show that will follow this one to get to it all.
Today's playlist:
SET #1
JESCA HOOP 'Free Of The Feeling' - Stonechild 4:38
MARI KALKUN 'Motsavele Mang' - Ilmamotsan 4:24
MARCO BELTRAMI 'Morocco' - Free Solo (OST) 2:03
NIK TURNER 'Calling The Egyptians' - The Final Frontier 4:37
THE BEYONDERERS 'Ultra-Terrestrial' - Disclosure (EP) 2:37
THOM YORKE 'Not The News' - ANIMA 3:57
SQURL/DIALOGUE 'It's Gonna End Badly (feat: Bill Murray)' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 0:17
SQURL (Band) 'Replacement Sky' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 2:55
SQURL/DIALOGUE 'It's Zombies (Feat: Adam Driver)' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 0:25
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 'Before The Bombs' - The Blue (EP) 3:41
SET #2
FANCY LEGS 'Slow Saturday' - Fancy Legs 3:52
PETER LAUGHNER 'Sylvia Plath' - Peter Laughner (Box Set) 3:42
CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE 'River Man' - Valve Bone Woe 4:37
OH SEES 'Captain Loosely' - Face Stabber 4:24
KOKOKO! 'Tongos'a' - Fongola 3:48
PERE UBU 'Who Stole The Signpost?' - The Long Goodbye 3:47
ANGELIQUE KIDJO 'The Overload' - Remain In Light 3:28
THE COMET IS COMING 'Astral Flying' - Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery 4:43
SET #3
THE BLACK KEYS 'Fire Walk With Me' - Let's Rock 2:58
TINARIWEN 'Assawt' - Amadjar 3:39
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM 'The Cricket Chronicles Revisited:
Pt 1 Ask Your Doctor/Pt 2 Psyde Effects' - South Of Reality 6:23
IGGY POP 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' - Free 1:48
COCHEMEA GASTELUM 'Asatoma' - All My Relations 4:30
AFRICA EXPRESS 'Where Will This Lead Us To?' - (feat. Blue May,Radio 123, & Moonchild')' - Egoli 3:49
FIDEL FOURNEYRON 'Fruita Bomba' - Que Vola? 3:37
THE BUDOS BAND 'Peak Of Eternal Light' - The Budos Band V 3:21
SET #4
DETENTION 'Helter Skelter' - Detention (EP) 3:01
KIM GORDON 'Hungry Baby' - No Home Record 3:41
GUIDED BY VOICES 'Steps Of The Wave' - Zeppelin Over China 2:59
SWANS 'What Is This?' - Leaving Meaning 6:06
BRIAN ENO 'Waking Up' - Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (Extended Ed.) 2:30
CALEXICO & IRON & WINE 'Outside El Paso' - Years To Burn 1:51
BEIRUT 'We Never Lived Here' - Gallipoli 4:12
HAWKESTREL 'Nyx Of Chaos' - The Future Is Us 3:45
SET #5
RAMIN DJAWADI 'Main Title' - Game Of Thrones-Season Eight (OST) 1:52
BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA 'Dream' - Miri 3:55
THE RACOUNTEURS 'Shine A Light On Me' - Help Us Stranger 3:27
THE HI-FI'S 'Walter Peabody' - The Hi-Fi's (EP) 6:25
BRYAN FERRY & HIS ORCHESTRA 'Zamba' - Bitter-Sweet 3:06
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE 'Green Is Blue' - Colorado 3:48
RHIANNON GIDDENS 'I'm On My Way (w/Francesco Turrisi)' - There Is No Other 2:57
PIXIES 'Silver Bullet' - Beneath The Eyrie 3:44
SET #6
STANLEY CLARKE '52 W. 54th St.' - Halston (OST) 2:24
ALTIN GUN 'Vay Dunya' - Gece 4:18
ALPHA CAT 'Black Hole' - Thatched Roof Glass House 3:44
ROBBIE ROBERTSON 'Hardwired' - Sinematic 3:58
WILCO 'Citizens' - Ode To Joy 3:02
VIOLENT FEMMES 'Another Chorus' - Hotel Last Resort 2:38
GONG 'If Never I'm And Ever You' - The Universe Also Collapses 2:27
OS = Original Score
OST = Original Soundtrack
'Twas the week before Christmas and all through the house, I was scrambling for ideas so my holiday show wouldn't louse, when suddenly inspiration came in a great wave, with the help of much coffee and the ideas that it gave. So the show slowly assembled as the days quickly passed, and by the very last minute I had completed the task. I present to you now, with a multitude of luck, the 8th annual TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#349) Holiday Special, in hopes it won't suck.'
The festivities get started with a brand new holiday song from THE HI-FI'S, 'Christmastime Is Coming Around Again' followed shortly thereafter by THE BEATLES 1969 Christmas Fan Club Message, then original compositions from BRAVE COMBO, TAJ MAHAL & THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS, and THE VENTURES doing their song 'Scrooge.'
The second set contains several unusual versions of 'Jingle Bells,' including BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES with the Tuvan throat singing ALGASH ENSEMBLE, a klezmer inspired rendition from THE KLEZMONAUTS, DUKE ELLINGTON (remixed), and a straight ahead jazz version from FRANK VIGNOLA'S QUINTET. For your added enjoyment, there's a spoken word meets beat poetry piece intermixed with those versions called 'Be Bop Santa Claus' by the BLUE NOTE AD HOC ORCHESTRA to add some levity to the mix.
By the fifth set it's time for this year's main course, an eclectic mix of music from PERE UBU ('Winter In The Firelands'), MARS WILLIAMS (channeling Albert Ayler while riffing 'We Wish You A Merry Christmas'), RALPH CARNEY (his 'Happy Solstice Song'), HOUSE OF WIRES, DANNY ELFMAN, and the always apropos 'Christmas Wrapping' by THE WAITRESSES, all surrounding four distinctively different versions of THE RESIDENTS 'Santa Dog' (from 1972, 78, 84, and 88).
Put on your ugliest holiday sweater, grab an eggnog, and steal a handful of those still warm, just baked cookies you've been told to keep your paws off of, and get listening!
The Holiday Playlist:
THE HI-FI'S 'Christmastime Is Coming Around Again' - thehifis.bandcamp.com 3:03
BRAD STUBBS 'Rocky Racoon Meets Charlie Brown' - The White Christmas Album (Mash Up)1:38
THE BEATLES '1969 Christmas Fan Club Message' - The Beatles Christmas Album7:42
JOSEPH SPENCE 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town' - Rounder Christmas Album:
Must Be Santa! 2:57
BRAVE COMBO 'Coal And Switches' - Holidays! 2:53
TAJ MAHAL & THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA 'Talkin' Christmas' - Talkin' Christmas 3:37
SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS 'Big Bulbs' - It's A Holiday Soul Party 2:56
THE VENTURES 'Scrooge' - The Ventures Christmas Album 2:06
SET #2
YO YO MA & FRIENDS 'Joy To The World (with Dave & Matt Brubeck, Paquito D'Rivera)' - Yo Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy & Peace 3:42
BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES (with the ALASH ENSEMBLE) 'Jingle Bells' - Jingle All The Way 3:30
THE KLEZMONAUTS 'Jingle Bells' - Oy To The World 3:11
ARTIE BARSAMIAN 'Jingle Bells' - WFMU's War On Christmas 2:09
DUKE ELLINGTON 'Jingle Bells' (Robbie Hardkiss Remix)' - Six Degrees Collection: Christmas Remixed 3:50
FRANK VIGNOLA QUINTET 'Jingle Bells' - A Concord Jazz Christmas 3:48
BLUE NOTE AD HOC ORCHESTRA 'Be-Bop Santa Claus (with Lowe & Sweet Daddy)' - Yule Be Boppin' 4:32
BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES (with the ALASH ENSEMBLE) 'Jingle Bells (Reprise)' - Jingle All The Way 3:13
SET#3
JOSEPH BYRD 'Christmas' - A Christmas Yet to Come 1:40
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Jupiter Winter' - Peace! Songs For Christmas Vol. 5 3:50
ASNE VALLARD NORDLI 'King No Klokka' - A Putumayo World Christmas 3:09
MIKE BAIARDI 'Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Anymore)' - Rockabye Baby: Lullaby Rendition of Christmas Rock Classics 3:51
DOUGLAS LEEDY 'The First Noel' - A Very Merry Electric Christmas To You 3:10
PATTI SMITH 'We Three Kings' - A Very Special Christmas 3 5:47
KLAUS NOMI 'Silent Night' - Zak Bak Daz 1:36
JOSEPH BYRD 'Silent Night' - A Christmas Yet to Come 4:35
SET #4
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes' - Christmas 3:09
MADDY PRIOR & THE CARNIVAL BAND 'Cradle Song' - Carols & Capers 3:25
HORSLIPS 'Ny Kirree Fo Naughtey (The Sheep 'neath The Snow)' - Drive The Cold Winter Away 2:22
FAREED HAQUE 'You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch' - Yule Be Boppin' 5:26
MARTY STUART 'Even Santa Gets The Blues' - A Very Special Acoustic Christmas 3:31
CHRISTMAS JUG BAND 'Santa's Workshop' - Uncorked 3:39
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL 'Swingin' Drummer Boy' - Merry Texas Christmas, Y'All 3:20
CHARLIE PARR 'Slim Tall's Christmas On The Lam' - Christmas On The Lam &
Other Songs From The Season 4:43
SON SEALS 'Lonesome Christmas' - A Putumayo Christmas 3:32
SET #5
THE RESIDENTS 'Fire (Santa Dog '72)' - Santa Dog '88 (EP) 1:46
MARS WILLIAMS PRESENTS 'Universal Indians/We Wish You A Merry Christmas' - An Ayler Xmas Vol. 2** 4:49
RALPH CARNEY 'The Happy Solstice Song' - Mp3 Single 2:16
THE RESIDENTS 'Santa Dog '78' - Santa Dog '88 (EP) 1:55
PERE UBU 'Winter In The Firelands' - Worlds In Collision 3:12
THE RESIDENTS 'Santa Dog '84' - Santa Dog '88 (EP) 2:58
HOUSE OF WIRES 'Caroling, Caroling' - Happy Christmas, Vol. 2 2:20
DANNY ELFMAN Making Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas (OST) 3:57
THE RESIDENTS 'Santa Dog '88' - Santa Dog '88 (EP) 5:22
THE WAITRESSES 'Christmas Wrapping' - The Edge of Christmas 5:26
SET #6
EDDIE COCHRAN & THE HOLLY TWINS 'I Want Elvis For Christmas' - 101 Christmas Songs 1:58
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS 'Merry Christmas Baby' - Classic Rock Christmas 3:11
SHEMEKIA COPELAND 'Stay A Little Longer, Santa' - Genuine Houserockin' Christmas 4:23
CITIES 'So Cold This Christmas' - Oh Santa! New & Used Christmas Classics 3:25
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Silent Night/Lord Can You Hear Me?' - Greatest Hits Vol. 1 4:33
JORMA KAUKONEN 'What Child Is This?' - Christmas 2:56
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Hey Folks! Get yer own copy of the Hi-Fi's new Xmas classic here:
https://thehifis.bandcamp.com/track/christmastime-is-coming-around-again?fbclid=IwAR0W5u_roGvVrNRWcSOA00W5iclW-m2j5ViQODcTJbDipCQYI-vqiOXBx0Q
Same for Ralphie and his Solstice song:
https://ralphcarney.bandcamp.com/track/the-happy-solstice-song
JOHN COLTRANE ( from newly released 1964 sessions), THE BAD PLUS, JULIAN LAGE, FIDEL FOURNEYRON, KEN NORDINE, and VASSAR CLEMENTS (with Dave Holland & John Abercrombie). Some of you might suspect I've gone a bit overboard with all the jazz I'm playing as part of today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #348) while others are perfectly excited about my choices this week. That's why doing this show is so much fun to make. In the end they'll all get blended into sets surrounded by other musical genres anyway, and the hope, as usual, is that you'll really enjoy the show' flow.
Those 'other' genres this week? Folk from TOM RUSH and BRUCE COCKBURN, 'Prog' from VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR, KING CRIMSON (a cut from their new 'live' album), and NICO, Indie artists PIXIES, KIM GORDON, and WILCO, World music from KOKOKO!, MARI BOINE (with LIU SOLA), and Madagascar's GAMANA, and numerous new efforts from SWANS, DANIEL LANOIS, BECK, and SASAMI. You'll even get to 'rock out' with new reissues from THE DOORS and THE NAZZ too!
All the ingredients you need for a great bowl of musical soup starts Friday, December 13th.
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
KING CRIMSON 'Red (from Disc 3, 2016)' - Audio Diary 2014-2018 6:23
DANIEL LANOIS 'Table Top' - The Music of Red Dead Redemption II (OST) 4:07
KIM GORDON 'Sketch Artist' - No Home Record 2:51
KOKOKO! 'Singa' - Fongola 3:06
THE DOORS 'Wild Child' - The Soft Parade (50th Ann. Deluxe Edition) 2:35
THE BAD PLUS 'Big Eater' - These Are The Vistas 3:53
FIDEL FOURNEYRON 'Calle Luz' - Que Vola? 3:33
ANGELIQUE KIDJO 'Toro Mata' - Celia 4:30
SET #2
THE HOTRATS 'Bike' - Turn Ons 2:42
CALIFONE 'Trick Bird' - Heron King Blues 5:56
ANDY PARTRIDGE 'Born Out Of Your Mouth' - Fuzzy Warbles 1 2:48
JULIAN LAGE 'Crying' - Love Hurts 5:34
NICO 'Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams' - Chelsea Girl 5:09
BECK 'Hyperlife' - Hyperspace 1:36
DEVENDRA BANHART 'Abre Las Manos' - Ma 3:34
BJORK 'My Spine' - Telegraph 2:33
SET #3
TOM RUSH 'Tin Angel (Circle Game)' - The Complete Elektra Recordings 3:27
BILL NELSON 'Every Famous Orchestra' - The Strangest Things: A Collection
of Recordings 1979-1989 3:24
NASH THE SLASH 'American Bandstand Theme (Pt 1 & 2)' - American Band-Ages 1:03
THE RESIDENTS 'Viva Las Vegas' - The King & I 3:09
ROBBIE ROBERTSON 'Shanghai Blues' - Sinematic 3:51
SWANS 'Annaline' - Leaving Meaning 5:17
SASAMI 'At Hollywood' - Sasami 2:27
WILCO 'Love Is Everywhere (Beware)' - Ode To Joy 3:33
SET #4
HOT TUNA 'Sleep Song' - America's Choice 4:26
ALTIN GUN 'Ervah-i Ezelde' - Gece 4:45
SADISTIC MIKA BAND 'Time To Noodle' - Hot! Menu 3:58
KEN NORDINE 'Adult Kindergarden' - You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters 2:03
GAMANA 'Manatara' - Le Marji: Traditional Music of Madagascar 4:26
VASSAR CLEMENTS 'Indiana' - Once In A While 4:40
CHI-PIG 'Key x Wind = Go' - Miami 3:02
THE NAZZ 'Meridian Leeward' - Open Your Eyes: The Anthology 3:40
SET #5
JOHN COLTRANE 'Niama (Take 1)' - Blue World 4:36
BRUCE COCKBURN 'April In Memphis' - Crowing Ignites 5:17
HAROLD BUDD & HECTOR ZAZOU 'Johnny Cake' - Glyph 3:48
THE BOOKS 'Thirty Incoming' - The Way Out 4:57
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR 'La Rossa' - Still Life 9:52
SET #6
MARI BOINE & LIU SOLA 'Maze' - A Week Or Two In The Real World 3:52
ANNA CALVI 'Carry Me Over' - One Breath 5:27
THE RAINCOATS 'Shouting Out Loud' - Odyshape 4:58
CAN 'Come Sta La Luna' - Soon Over Babaluma 5:45
BEIRUT 'Fin' - Gallipoli 2:04
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
On today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #347) there's a whole lot of variety going on. From the jazz styling's of DON PULLEN and MAX ROACH, to the new wavey sounds of early TALKING HEADS and WIRE, or the blending of both of those genres with SWOLLEN MONKEYS and JAMES WHITE & THE BLACKS, it's a cornucopia of music that will continue to delight your ears.
I've got plenty of 'just added' NEW releases in this week's mix including the latest from KIM GORDON, NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE, BECK, ANGEL OLSEN, and even a song from KING CRIMSON'S 'Audio Diary, 2014-2018' album. Internationally there's plenty to dance around to as well. SAMITE (from Uganda) plays thumb piano, KOKOKO! (Congo) continues their African psychedelic odyssey, ANGELIQUE KIDJO (Benin) belts out another classic from her 'Celia' release, and JUANA MOLINA (Argentina) bends notes in her own uniquely strange way.
For those of you hoping for more interesting tidbits from deep inside the 'vault,' there's an early synthesizer track from MORT GARSON, two cuts from THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION'S always popular 'We're Only In It For The Money,' DAEVID ALLEN, THE SHADOWS, and PETER GABRIEL sings 'Games Without Frontiers' in German. Oh, and did I fail to mention I'll be playing another one of N. E. Ohio's 70's radio anthem's: 'El Doomo' by the band ELLIS from their 'Riding On the Crest Of A Slump' album.
Today's Set List:
SET #1
ALTIN GUN 'Anlatmam Derdimi' - Gece 4:12
STRUGILL SIMPSON 'Make Art Not Friends' - Sound & Fury 5:51
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION 'What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body (Reprise)' - We're Only In It For The Money 0:57
GEORGE GARVARENTZ 'Haschisch Party'n - Shake Sauvage: French Soundtracks 1968-1973 3:05
WIRE 'French Film Blurred' - Chairs Missing 2:34
MORT GARSON 'Ode To An African Violet' - Plantasia 3:59
JUANA MOLINA 'Ando' - Halo 3:50
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION 'What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body (Part 1)' - We're Only In It For The Money 1:03
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 'Honey Hi' - Tusk 2:39
DON PULLEN 'The Eagle Is First' - Sacred Common Ground 3:53
SET #2
SWANS 'Amnesia' - Leaving Meaning 5:49
TIM BUCKLEY 'Hallucinations' - Morning Glory: The Tim Buckley Anthology 4:55
PETER GABRIEL 'Spiel Ohne Grenzen (Games Without Frontiers)' - Ein Deutsches Album 4:10
KOKOKO! 'Tokoliana' - Fongola 3:47
ANGELIQUE KIDJO 'Yemaya' - Celia 1:37
THOMAS BARTLETT & NICO MUHLY 'Valentine' - Peter Pears: Balinese Ceremonial Music 3:57
HANNE HUKKELBERG 'Balloon' - Little Things 3:13
JOHN HARTFORD 'Big Blue Balloon' - Natural To Be Gone 1967-1970 2:55
SET #3
DEVENDRA BANHART 'Taking A Page' - Ma 3:36
FRED FRITH 'Selluloid Restaurant & The Old Man Puts Out The Fire' - Step Across The Border 3:11
DANIEL LANOIS 'Moonlight' - The Music of Red Dead Redemption II (OST) 3:50
JIM WHITE 'When Jesus Gets A Brand New Name' - Wrong-Eyed Jesus! 5:17
SLIM CESSNA'S AUTO CLUB 'This Land Is Your Land (Redux)' - Cipher 4:22
VIOLENT FEMMES 'Sleepin' At The Meetin'' - Hotel Last Resort 1:38
GODLEY & CREME 'An Englishman In New York' - Freeze Frame 5:54
SET #4
WILCO 'Quiet Amplifier' - Ode To Joy 5:48
DAEVID ALLEN 'Why Do We Treat Ourselves Like We Do?' - Now Is The Happiest Time Of Your Life 5:16
BRIAN BLADE & THE FELLOWSHIP BAND 'Within Everything' - Body And Shadow 3:03
ANGEL OLSEN 'Impasse' - All Mirrors 4:23
NOX ARCANA 'Ravenswood' - The Haunted Symphony 2:51
BRYAN FERRY 'Gemini Moon' - Mamouna 3:46
TALKING HEADS 'The Book I Read' - Talking Heads: 77 4:10
SET #5
SAMITE 'Koko Kolo' - Discover A Whole New World Of Music 4:35
MAX ROACH 'Twinkle Toes' - M'Boom 3:36
THE SHADOWS 'Scotch On The Socks' - Shades Of Rock 2:15
JAMES WHITE & THE BLACKS 'Sax Maniac' - Sax Maniac 7:29
SWOLLEN MONKEYS 'El Mind Controle' - After The Birth of Cool 2:36
SHAKIN' PICKLE 'It's Margaret Cho' - Sing Along With Shakin' Pickle 1:26
HOME AND GARDEN 'Does This Belong To You?' - History And Geography 3:56
GUIDED BY VOICES 'Blue Jay House' - Warp And Woof 2:02
SET #6
KING CRIMSON 'Breathless (Live At Orchard Hall, Tokyo, 19-12-18) - Audio Diary 2014-2018 (Disc 5 - 2018) 4:56
BECK 'Stratosphere' - Hyperspace 3:57
KIM GORDON 'Air BnB' - No Home Record 4:10
OH SEES 'S.S. Lukers Mom' - Face Stabber 2:08
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE 'Help Me Lose My Mind' - Colorado 4:15
ELLIS 'El Doomo' - Riding On The Crest Of A Slump 5:15
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
It's that time again. Another week has flown by and lo and behold, here we are with a brand new TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #346). The set flow this week, to quote Ferris Buehler, 'is absolutely sublime.' 'Choice.'
Getting everything started is HUKWE ZAWOSE & MICHAEL BROOK with a piece from their 'Assembly' album followed by a cut from the 'PASSENGERS' project (i.e. Eno & U2), and later a new collaboration from DANIEL LANOIS & RHIANNON GIDDENS (for a video game soundtrack no less), then another new DEVENDRA BANHART melody before finishing with OSAMU KITAJIMA (with MINNIE RIPERTON).
There's an ALICE COOPER staple ('Halo Of Flies') to start the second set, then among other items IVOR CUTLER muses about a 'Wooden Tree,' WILCO laments about a wooden cross, and FRANK ZAPPA, SPARKS, ALTIN GUN, and LITTLE FEAT all keep the vibe going.
By the fourth set there's plenty of surprises including another great piece from Africa's progressive KOKOKO!, followed by TOM WAITS, the BUTTHOLE SURFERS, and OSIBISA, all leading up to the irreverent poetic slam of WAS (NOT WAS)'s 'Earth To Doris' and SPIKE JONE'S 'My Old Flame.'
Still tripping from the tryptophan high from the past few days? There's other great songs from URBAN VERBS, YOCHK'O SEFFER, BRAND X, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (JOE BYRD), TALVIN SINGH, and GEORGE HARRISON'S 'Wonderwall Music' to ease you down from that cloud. Tune in and enjoy the music!
Today's playlist:
SET #1
HUKWE ZAWOSE & MICHAEL BROOK 'Kuna Kunguni (The Bed Bugs Bite)' - Assembly 5:00
PASSENGERS (Brian Eno & U2) 'One Minute Warning' - Original Soundtracks I 4:39
WILDMAN FISCHER 'Larry And The New Wave' - The Fischer King 1:56
ALLEN RAVENSTINE 'Tin Wallah' - Waiting For The Bomb 3:16
THE COMET IS COMING 'Unity' - Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery 4:13
RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/Daniel Lanois) 'Mountain Hymn' - The Music of Red
Dead Redemption II (OST) 4:01
DEVENDRA BANHART 'Is This Nice?' - Ma 4:01
OSAMU KITAJIMA 'Yesterday & Karma (w/Minnie Riperton)' - Osamu 5:00
SET #2
ALICE COOPER 'Halo Of Flies' - Killer 8:22
PARQUET COURTS 'Bodies Made Of' - Sunbathing Animal 3:21
WILCO 'White Wooden Cross' - Ode To Joy 3:12
IVOR CUTLER 'The Wooden Tree' - Jammy Smears 2:13
SPARKS 'When You're A French Director' - Hippopotamus 2:45
FRANK ZAPPA 'Time Is Money' - Lather 3:00
ALTIN GUN 'Derdimi Dokersem' - Gece 3:53
LITTLE FEAT 'Representing The Mambo' - Representing The Mambo 5:56
SET #3
DEERHOOF 'Don't Get Born/My Purple Past' - Offend Maggie 4:38
EINSTURZENDE NEUBATEN 'Blume' - Strategies Against Architecture III 4:32
JULIAN LAGE 'Trudgin'' - Love Hurts 3:58
SASAMI 'Adult Contemporary' - Sasami 3:51
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (JOE BYRD) 'Cloud Song' - The United States Of America 3:21
CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE 'Absent Minded Me' - Valve Bone Woe 5:51
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE 'May This Be Love' - Are You Experienced ? 3:14
SET #4
PETER BLEGVAD 'My Father's Face' - Go Figure 3:20
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Pibroch The Wind In The Valley' - Crowing Ignites 4:04
KOKOKO! 'Zala Mayele' - Fongola 4:59
TOM WAITS 'Talking At The Same Time' - Bad As Me 4:13
BUTTHOLE SURFERS 'Jingle Of A Dog's Collar' - Electriclarryland 3:08
OSIBISA 'Y Sharp' - Woyaga 6:18
WAS (NOT WAS) 'Earth To Doris' - What Up, Dog? 2:04
SPIKE JONES 'My Old Flame' - The Best Of Spike Jones 3:33
SET #5
PIXIES 'Long Rider' - Beneath The Eyrie 3:33
IGGY POP 'Loves Missing' - Free** 4:19
KRAFTWERK 'Elektro Kardiogramm' - Tour De France Soundtracks 5:16
URBAN VERBS 'Acceleration' - Early Damage 4:31
YOCHK'O SEFFER 'Beszelgetes' - My Old Roots 5:00
DEVOTCHKA 'Vengo! Vengo!' - Una Volta 4:55
LASZLO HORTOBAGYI & IREN LOVASZ 'Pava (Hey, Peacock)' - The Rough Guide To Hungarian Music 1:51
SET #6
BRAND X 'Sun In The Night' - Moroccan Roll 4:25
GEORGE HARRISON 'In The Park' - Wonderwall Music 4:10
TALVIN SINGH 'OK' - OK 4:19
LUNA (LEE) 'Voodoo Child (Slight Return)' - Luna 3:39
ROBERT WYATT 'Rangers In The Night (Strangers In The Night)' - Miniatures: 51 Tiny Masterpieces Edited By Morgan Fisher 1:01
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
With less than a week to go, this year's preparation for Thanksgiving has reached a frenzied pace where ever I seem to go. Stores are bustling, people are moving faster in their step, and driver's are even less aware of their surroundings so I've approached this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #345) with a relax, 'enjoy the moment a little bit more' vibe to it.
Yeah, there's a couple of songs in the first set that can relate to the festivities like ALBERT COLLIN'S 'Don't Go Reaching Across My Plate' (starting things off), CRACKER (with LEFTOVER SALMON) doing 'Sweet Potato,' and RALPH CARNEY'S 'Turkey Neck,' but all in all, it's still really about great sets of music flowing from one point to the next.
During the second set you'll hear TUNE-YARDS, another new cut from ALTIN GUN, and a sonic melody from LAIKA, all blended in with the BONZO DOG BAND, KOKOKO!, ONE ESKIMO, and vintage DAVID BOWIE.
There's a rarely heard PINK FLOYD track ('Crumbling Land') from the Zabriskie Point soundtrack to start off the fourth set, and during the fifth, CHRISSIE HYNDE leads the way with her latest, followed by COCHEMEA GASTELUM, then's songs for and about 'sirens' and 'toads' with references to a scene from 'Oh Brother Where Art Thou' and music from BRAVE COMBO, ALISON KRAUSS (with GILLIAN WELCH and EMMYLOU HARRIS), and who else...M. FROG LABAT. I expect quite a bit of laughter and glee as you listen to that segment unfold.
There's also new songs from DEVENDRA BANHART, RUSSIAN CIRCLES, WILCO, and DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE sprinkled throughout with more 'vault' gems from PETER HAMMILL, BE BOP DELUXE, and Italy's LE ORME. Relax...listen...and have that second piece of pie!
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
ALBERT COLLINS 'Don't Go Reaching Across My Plate' - Frostbite 3:45
TY SEGALL 'Taste' - First Taste 3:36
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS 'Biscuit Eater' - For Lovers Only 4:17
JIM WHITE 'Ghost Town Of My Brain' - No Such Place 4:40
CRACKER & LEFTOVER SALMON 'Sweet Potato' - Oh Cracker, Where Art Thou? 5:00
RALPH CARNEY 'Turkey Neck' - This Is! Ralph Carney 3:14
ROBBIE ROBERTSON 'Remembrance' - Sinematic 5:28
SET #2
TUNE-YARDS 'Free' - I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life 3:41
ALTIN GUN 'Leyla' - Gece 3:17
LAIKA 'Looking For the Jackalope (Peel Session)' - Lost In Space 4:19
THE BONZO DOG BAND 'Waiting For The Waredrobe' - Let's Make Up And Be Friendly2:46
KOKOKO! 'Likolo' - Fongola 4:01
ONE ESKIMO 'Hometime' - One Eskimo 4:50
DAVID BOWIE 'We Are Hungry Men' - Images 2:58
TELEVISION PERSONALITIES 'The Painted Word' - The Painted Word 3:48
SET #3
PASSPORT 'Get Yourself A Second Passport' - Second Passport 4:10
TODD RUNDGREN 'Waves Of Heavy Red (Disko Nektar)(w/ Emil Nikolaisen & Hans-Peter Lindstrom)' - Runddans 5:19
LE ORME 'Sorona' - Felona E Sorona 2:28
BRUCE COCKBURN 'The Mt. Lefroy Waltz' - Crowing Ignites 5:54
BRIAN ENO 'Like I Was A Spectator' - Apollo Remastered (For All Mankind) 4:23
IGGY POP 'We Are The People' - Free 3:13
VIOLENT FEMMES 'God Bless America' - Hotel Last Resort 4:40
SET #4
PINlK FLOYD 'Crumbling Land' - Zabriskie Point (OST) 4:16
THESE TRAILS 'Psyche I & Save Your Water' - These Trails 5:21
TOMITA 'The Hut At Baba Yaga' - Pictures At An Exhibition 3:41
PERE UBU 'Universal Vibrations' - The Tenement Year 2:43
WILCO 'An Empty Corner' - Ode To Joy 3:48
NAREN BUDHKAR & HEVREH ENSEMBLE 'Epilogue' - A Path Of Light 3:07
LAURIE ANDERSON 'Sweaters' - Big Science 2:24
RHIANNON GIDDENS 'Ten Thousand Voices (w/ Francesco Turisi)' - There Is No Other 2:58
ALPHA CAT 'Mockingbird' - Thatched Roof Glass House 3:50
SET #5
CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE 'How Glad I Am' - Valve Bone Woe 4:38
COCHEMEA GASTELUM 'Mitote' - All My Relations 3:33
BRAVE COMBO 'Siren Song' - No, No, No, Cha Cha Cha 2:52
ALISON KRAUSS/GILLIAN WELCH/EMMYLOU HARRIS 'Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby' - Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (OST) 1:59
DIALOGUE (Tim Blake Nelson) 'Horny Toad' - Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (OST) 0:15
M. FROG (LABAT) 'Amphibian Chaff' - M. Frog 1:00
BROADCAST 'The World Backwards' - Work And Non Work 4:00
BE BOP DELUXE 'Islands Of The Dead' - Drastic Plastic 3:45
PIXIES 'Death Horizon' - Beneath The Eyrie 2:07
PETER HAMMILL 'Ophelia' - Sitting Targets 3:10
SET #6
TINARIWEN 'Tenere Maloulat' - Amadjar 3:44
DEVENDRA BANHART 'Now All Gone' - Ma 3:37
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 'Before The Bombs' - The Blue (EP) 3:41
RUSSIAN CIRCLES 'Ghost On High' - Blood Year** 2:34
ADRIAN BELEW 'Beach Creatures Dancing Like Cranes' - Desire Caught By The Tail 3:18
THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS 'Wild River (w/ Robert Kidney)' - Surrealistic Surfer 4:38
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information about Alpha Cat's music:
www.alphacat.band/
Grey skies, blustery wind and snow, slick roads, and bone chilling temperatures signified an early start to winter this past week but it allowed me to stay indoors and concentrate on the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #344). The result is a very satisfying program from start to finish.
I decided to get things going with a couple of 'surf' guitar pieces beginning with DICK DALE and THE BEYONDERERS, then a jazzy little ditty from JULIAN LAGE, some vintage CAN, a new piece from DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, then a recent GONG cut which leads into a seamless transition with ULTIMATE SPINACH, before concluding the set with the psychedelic Congolese band KOKOKO!
Starting the second set I've got TELEVISION from their 'Marquee Moon' album followed by NEGATIVLAND, KEN NORDINE, the dreamy electronics of DIMITRI FROM PARIS, and another new interpretation of a jazz standard by CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE. Throw in some JAN & DEAN, THE BEATLES (newly remastered Abbey Road), and another great instrumental from BRUCE COCKBURN'S latest, and I've just described the first hour to you.
Expect more sets just like that to follow featuring 'vault' music from THE PENTANGLE, JEAN-LUC PONTY, MCDONALD AND GILES, and KEVIN AYERS, more new songs from ROBBIE ROBERTSON, WILCO, and EAST RIVER STRING BAND, and additional international selections from ALTIN GUN, MIDOU MOCTAR, and Thailand's MIKE PIROMPORN. It's everything needed to warm you right back up as the sun returns over the coming week.
This week's set list:
SET #1
DICK DALE 'A Run For Life' - Guitar Player Presents: Legends Of Guitar – Surf, Vol. 1 2:11
THE BEYONDERERS 'Flexible Phantoms (Of The Sky)' - Fourth Wave 3:36
JULIAN LAGE 'Tomorrow is The Question' - Love Hurts 3:37
CAN 'The Empress & The Ukraine King' - Unlimited Edition 4:41
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 'Kids In '99' - The Blue (EP) 3:13
GONG 'Syllabub' - I See You 4:30
ULTIMATE SPINACH 'Your Head Is Reeling' - Ultimate Spinach 3:42
KOKOKO! 'Identite' - Fongola 4:11
SET #2
TELEVISION 'Elevation' - Marquee Moon 5:07
NEGATIVLAND 'Quiet Please' - Escape From Noise 2:16
KEN NORDINE 'The Guru' - A Transparent Mask 1:49
DIMITRI FROM PARIS 'Reveries/Attente Musicale' - Sacrebleu (La Edition Speciale) 4:49
CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE 'You Don't Know What Love Is' - Valve Bone Woe 4:49
JAN & DEAN 'Baby Talk' - Anthology (1958-1966) 2:24
THE BEATLES 'Oh! Darling' - Abbey Road 50th Ann. Super Deluxe Ed.(Disc 1) 3:27
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Blind Willie' - Crowing Ignites 3:56
SET #3
MDOU MOCTAR 'Asshet Akal' - Ilana: The Creator 4:50
JOHN ENTWHISTLE 'Cinnamon Girl' - Smash Your Head Against The Wall 3:05
ALTIN GUN 'Yolcu' - Gece 2:38
GOAT 'Goatchild' - Commune 4:01
LAMB 'Flotation' - Cross Between 4:30
PENTANGLE 'Bells' - The Pentangle 4:02
WILCO 'Bright Leaves' - Ode To Joy 4:11
SYD BARRETT 'Baby Lemonade' - Barrett 4:09
SET #4
MOTHER MALLARD'S PORTABLE MASTERPIECE CO. 'Theme From After The Fall' - Like A Duck To Water 4:51
PIXIES 'This Is My Fate' - Beneath The Eyrie 3:20
MCDONALD AND GILES 'Tomorrow's People – The Children Of Today' - McDonald & Giles 7:00
UNIVERS ZERO 'Carabosse' - 1313 3:47
LOU REED 'Magic And Loss' - Magic And Loss 6:39
BRYAN FERRY & HIS ORCHESTRA 'Bitter-Sweet' - Bitter-Sweet 3:57
EAST RIVER STRING BAND 'He's Funny That Way' - Coney Island Baby 2:42
SET #5
MIKE PIROMPORN 'Lerk Dai Lerm Bor Dai' - Rough Guide To The Music Of Thailand 4:21
JAH WOBBLE & THE INVADERS OF THE HEART 'I'll Be Sad To See You Go' - Full Moon Over The Shopping Mall 5:19
JONATHAN SEGEL 'World Of Suckers' - Edgy Not Antsy 2:55
KEVIN AYERS 'The Oyster And The Flying Fish' - Shooting At The Moon 2:37
JOHN GREAVES 'Swelling Valley' - Songs 3:42
NAREN BUDHKAR & HEVREH ENSEMBLE 'Wudeligv' - A Path Of Light 5:43
IGGY POP 'Page' - Free 4:08
ROBBIE ROBERTSON 'Wandering Souls' - Sinematic 2:33
SET #6
JEAN-LUC PONTY 'Passenger Of The Dark' - Aurora 4:15
THOM YORKE 'I Am A Very Rude Person' - ANIMA** 3:44
I'M NOT JIM 'Walks Into' - You Are All My People 3:58
THIS HEAT 'Twilight Furniture' - This Heat 5:11
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
I've been dealing with plenty of distractions around here lately so for me producing a new TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES is the perfect way to refocus my energies. Music does that for me. This week I've got Episode #343 ready for you to enjoy, and just maybe it'll give you some renewed vigor as well.
There's a new WILCO track to start things off, some vintage ROLLING STONES ('Lady Jane'), PETER HAMMILL'S take on the power of words, a favorite TIN HUEY cut of mine that pays homage to what follows it, ROBERT WYATT, and some New York City 'Gypsy Punk' ala LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII to wrap the first segment up. The clues of what you'll be hearing are right in front of you.
Next up there's DEVO and JADE WARRIOR (both from their second albums), then the PIXIES (new), THE PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY (old), OH SEES, BELLE & SEBASTIAN, BRUCE COCKBURN, (all new), and everyone's favorite, XTC. You could say I'm assembling the pieces from my musical puzzle box as the picture in your ears starts to emerge. Or you could say cut the metaphor crap and tell us what else you're going to play.
From the new arrivals bin there's Africa's KOKOKO, KEITH JARRETT interpreting J.S. Bach, and more from ALPHA CAT, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, ROBBIE ROBERTSON, CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE, and VIOLENT FEMMES. Vault offerings include BO HANSSON, NATIONAL HEALTH, GODLEY & CREME and THE DOORS blended in with new remasters from THE BEATLES and STEREOLAB, plus jazz tracks from BILL FRISELL and MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD.
Just like the disclaimer on that puzzle box, this show is recommended for 'all ages.'
Today's playlist:
SET #1
WILCO 'Citizens' - Ode To Joy 3:02
THE ROLLING STONES 'Lady Jane' - Flowers 3:12
ALTIN GUN 'Gesi Baglari' - Gece 2:02
PETER HAMMILL 'Losing Faith In Words' - A Black Box 3:40
TIN HUEY 'Robert Takes The Road To Liebernawash/Little Red Riding Hood "Hits" The Road' - Disinformation 6:52
ROBERT WYATT 'Little Red Riding Hood "Hit" The Road - His Greatest Misses 6:09
LUMINSCENT ORCHESTRII 'Militsa' - Neptune's Daughter 3:48
SET #2
DEVO 'Red-Eye Express' - Duty Now For The Future 2:50
JADE WARRIOR 'Minnamoto's Dream (Sudden Ending)' - Released (2005 Reissue) 5:22
PIXIES 'Catfish Kate' - Beneath The Eyrie 3:08
THE PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY 'Captain Sandwich' - The Great Conspiracy 2:10
OH SEES 'Fu Xi' - Face Stabber 5:19
BELLE & SEBASTIAN 'Sister Buddha (Intro)' - Days Of The Bagnold Summer 3:04
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Bardo Rush' - Crowing Ignites 5:01
XTC 'Garden Of Earthly Delights' - Oranges And Lemons 5:03
SET #3
ANNETTE PEACOCK 'Solar Systems' - The Perfect Release 3:07
BRIAN ENO 'Fickle Sun (iii) I'm Set Free' - The Ship 5:16
COCHEMEA GASTELUM 'Los Muertos' - All My Relations 1:48
DAVID THOMAS & TWO PALE BOYS 'Planet Of Fools' - Erewhon 2:58
STEVE ROACH 'Synesthete' - Bloom Ascension 6:18
THE SWANS 'Finally, Peace' - The Glowing Man 6:26
IGGY POP 'Glow In The Dark' - Free 3:57
STEREOLAB 'Prisoner Of Mars' - Dots And Loops (Expanded Ed.) 4:22
SET #4
MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD 'Henduck' - Shack-Man 4:39
BO HANSSON 'The Black Riders And Flight To The Ford' - Lord Of The Rings 4:07
KOKOKO 'Azo Toke' - Fongola 3:58
THOM YORKE 'Impossible Knots' - ANIMA 4:19
THE RESIDENTS 'Kick A Picnic' - Our Finest Flowers 2:29
ROBBIE ROBERTSON 'Street Serenade' - Sinematic 5:06
GEOFFREY ORYEMA 'Omera John' - Spirit 5:15
SET #5
THE BEATLES 'Because (Take 1- Instrumental)' Abbey Road (Sessions) 50th Ann. Super Deluxe Edition 2:54
BILL FRISELL 'Psycho, Pt. 1' - When You Wish Upon A Star 1:58
ENSEMBLE MODERN 'Traffic Continues: Traffic III Traffic I (w/ Fred Frith)' - Traffic Continues 2:17
CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE 'Meditation On A Pair Of Wire Cutters' - Valve Bone Woe 3:21
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 'To The Ground' - The Blue (EP) 5:15
THE FLAMING LIPS 'One More Robot – Sympathy 3000-21' - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 4:59
VIOLENT FEMMES 'Paris To Sleep' - Hotel Last Resort 3:32
EMPERORS OF WYOMING 'Bless The Weather' - Johnny Boy Would Love This 4:08
THE DOORS 'I Can't See Your Face In My Mind' - Strange Days (Deluxe Ed.) 2:21
SET #6
KEITH JARRETT 'JS Bach: Prelude #2 in C Minor BWV 847' - Well Tempered Clavier Book I Live In Troy, NY 1987 1:53
AMANDA PALMER 'All The Things' - There Will Be No Intermission 1:23
GODLEY & CREME 'Sailor/Dialogue' - Consequences 2:16
NATIONAL HEALTH 'The Collapso' - Of Queues And Cures 6:19
ALPHA CAT 'Reconsider Me' - Glass House Thatched Roof 3:02
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information about Alpha Cat's music:
www.alphacat.band/
TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #342) for Friday, November 1st begs the question, November? Already? Yup, and even worse the holiday's are rapidly approaching and these chilly white flakes will start falling signaling the next five months of annoying cold weather. So what's the bright side to all this?
I've got great music to keep your mind off of the inevitable and it starts this week with new instrumental music from BRUCE COCKBURN, then HARRY PARTCH'S homage to baseball, the KRONOS QUARTET'S interpretation of a surf guitar classic, new songs from the PIXIES, COCHEMEA GASTELUM, and TINARIWEN, and a gem from JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS.
Later on I'll surround the latest cuts from ROBBIE ROBERTSON and WILCO with ROBIN TROWER'S 'Bridge Of Sighs,' then move forward (while setting the clocks back) with a set featuring international artists KOKOKO (Congo), VARTTINA (Finland), ALTIN GUN (Netherlands), and TOM ZE (Brazil) while basking in the warmth of DAVID BYRNE and DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE.
Then during the final hour I've got a whole set planned with James Bond and Dragnet as themes featuring IGGY POP, THE ART OF NOISE, RAY ANTHONY, and UDUGURU before completing the show with a tribute to Paul Barrere of LITTLE FEAT and honoring his legacy.
Today's playlist:
SET #1
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Bells Of Gethsemane' - Crowing Ignites 7:22
HARRY PARTCH 'The Baseball Game Is Called On Account Of Rain' - The Harry Partch Collection 3:17
KRONOS QUARTET 'Misirlou Twist' - Caravan 4:20
PIXIES 'St. Nazaire' - Beneath The Eyrie 2:27
COCHEMEA GASTELUM 'Mescalero' - All My Relations 2:08
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS 'X-Ray Style' - Rock Art And The X-Ray Style 4:33
TINARIWEN 'Itous Ohar' - Amadjar 4:18
SET #2
TRIO 'Tutti Frutti' - Da Da Da 1:57
SASAMI 'Callous' - Sasami 5:07
AMANDA PALMER 'Congratulations/Drowning In The Sound' - There Will Be No Intermission 6:22
SONIC YOUTH 'Antenna' - The Eternal 6:12
SOPWITH CAMEL 'Dancin' Wizard' - The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon 3:03
RICKIE LEE JONES 'Atlas' Marker' - Flying Cowboys 5:58
SET #3
TEMPLES 'Atomise' - Hot Motion 3:53
STEREOLAB 'Old Lungs' - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Expanded Edition) 8:00
NAREN BUDHKAR & HEVREH ENSEMBLE 'Sima De Los Huesos' - A Path Of Light 3:38
STEVE REICH 'Electric 'Counterpoint Pt. 3 (Fast) (with Pat Metheny)' - Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint 4:30
ROBBIE ROBERTSON 'The Shadow' - Sinematic 4:26
ROBIN TROWER 'Bridge Of Sighs' - Bridge Of Sighs 5:01
WILCO 'Before Us' - Ode To Joy 3:22
SET #4
ALTIN GUN 'Vay Dunya' - Gece 4:18
DAVID VAN TIEGHAM 'Galaxy' - Safety In Numbers 5:10
VARTTINA 'Laulutytto' - Deep Roots & Future Grooves 4:30
KOKOKO 'Malembe' - Fongola 3:55
DAVID BYRNE 'Here' - American Utopia 4:28
TOM ZE 'Defect 4: Emere' - Com Defeito de Fabricacao 3:12
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 'Man In Blue' - The Blue (EP) 3:02
SET #5
IGGY POP 'James Bond' - Free** 4:31
JAMES BOND & HIS SEXTET 'James Bond Theme' - Shaken, Not Stirred (Compilation) 2:03
PROPELLERHEADS History Repeating (W/Shirley Bassey)' - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll 4:02
RAY ANTHONY 'Dragnet' - Your Hit Parade 1953 2:51
VARIOUS ARTISTS 'Dragnet (Danger Ahead)' - All Time Top 100 TV Themes 1:10
THE ART OF NOISE Dragnet '88 The Best Of The Art Of Noise 3:00
UDUGURU (Carl Palmer) 'Dragnet' - Underground 4:51
GARBAGE 'The World Is Not Enough' - Absolute Garbage 3:59
DEL NOAH & THE MOUNT ARARAT FINKS 'Push The Button, Max!' - Shots In The Dark 2:28
SET #6 A Tribute To Paul Barrere
LITTLE FEAT 'Let It Roll' - Let It Roll 4:30
LITTLE FEAT 'Skin It Back' - Feats Don't Fail Me Now 4:12
LITTLE FEAT 'Down On The Farm' - Down On The Farm 4:20
LITTLE FEAT 'The Ingenue' - Representing The Mambo 4:22
LITTLE FEAT 'Romance Dance' - The Last Record Album 3:50
LITTLE FEAT 'Missin' You' - Time Loves A Hero 2:21
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Tonight's special rewind is the reissue of my 2016 Halloween Special ... Long ago removed from my on line archives. Now heard for the first time in three years! Here's the details:
Another Halloween is fast approaching so on today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#187) I’ll play songs from a multitude of artists that could be incorporated into many a celebration during this yearly festival, but unlike the forthcoming election, I’ll show more restraint and let the music speak for itself.
You’ll hear plenty of relatable songs including a composition from Henry Mancini’s “Experiment in Terror” soundtrack, Frank Zappa’s “Goblin Girl,” Black Sabbath’s “Electric Funeral,” and a host of other pieces that hit the proverbial “spot” including selections from Robert Wyatt, David Bowie, John Zorn, RL Burnside, Pere Ubu, Audience, Tom Waits, and Brand X. There’s even NEW offerings from Nels Cline, Xiu Xiu, Devendra Banhart, Lucinda Williams, and Gong (from their “Rejoice! I’m Dead!” album) all which fit perfectly into this week’s overriding themes. There's lots of great music to enjoy your sugar rush with!
Today's playlist:
Set #1
Brand X “Euthanasia Waltz” from Livestock (Live)
Tom Waits “Murder in the Red Barn” from Bone Machine
John Zorn “Nosferatu” from Nosferatu
Pixies “I Bleed” from Doolittle
Allan Sherman “My Son, the Vampire” from Rhino Hi-Five: Allan Sherman - EP
Henry Mancini “Teenage Hostage” from Charade/Experiment in Terror
Pere Ubu “Dr Faustus” from Carnival of Souls
Robert Wyatt “Beware (Disc 1: Ex Machina)” from Different Every Time
Set #2
Nels Cline “Snare, Girl” from Lovers
Lou Reed “The Valley of Unrest” from The Raven
Broadcast “Black Cat” from Tender Buttons
Violent Femmes “Holy Ghost” from We Can Do Anything
Xiu Xiu “Laura Palmer's Theme” from Plays the Music of Twin Peaks
Devendra Banhart “The Mourners Song” from Ape in Pink Marble
My Dad Is Dead “Nothing Special” from CLE Magazine No. 3x: Big Wave!
Set #3
Bob Weir “Ghost Towns” from Blue Mountain
The Green Telescope “Scream Thy Last Scream” from Beyond the Wildwood: A Tribute to Syd Barrett
Astor Piazzolla “Tanguedia III” from The Rough Guide to Astor Piazzolla
Lucinda Williams “Death Came” from The Ghosts of Highway 20
Ken Nordine “Involutional Intellection” from You're Getting Better - The Complete Word Jazz Dot Masters
The Ramones “Howling At the Moon (Sha-La-La)” from Hey Ho! Let's Go! The Ramones Anthology
Set #4
Frank Zappa “Goblin Girl” from You Are What You Is
Reconnaissance Fly “Spiders & Snakes” from Off by One - EP
Black Sabbath “Electric Funeral” from Paranoid
Van Der Graaf Generator “Go” from Do Not Disturb
Robert Ethington “Cioran” from Black Collar
Snakefinger “You Sliced Up My Wife” from Manual Of Errors
Alien Sex Fiend “Boneshaker Baby” from Acid Bath
Set #5
Gong “The Thing That Should Be” from Rejoice! I'm Dead!
David Bowie “Lazarus” from Blackstar
RL Burnside “Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down” from Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down
Victor Krummenacher “Saint John's Mercy” from Saint John's Mercy
Tinariwen “Tahult In” from Imidiwan: Companions
Radiohead “Give Up The Ghost” from The King of Limbs
The Kidney Brothers “Somebody Shot Him” from Coal Tattoo
Set #6
Audience “House On the Hill” from Audience
The Flaming Lips “She Is Death” from Hear It Is
King Crimson “Epitaph (Live)” from Live In Toronto 2015
Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart “Becoming More Like God” from Take Me to God (Bonus Track)
Joe Byrd & The Field Hippies “Kalyani/Waiting to Die” from The American Metaphysical Circus
** New or Recent Acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
Witches, Zombies, Knives, Axes, and Nightmares all can only mean one thing...it's time for the 8th annual 'Halloween Special' on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #341). This year those themes have been incorporated into six sets and blended together with plenty of NEW releases, 'vault' (or more specifically 'crypt') nuggets, movie dialogue from Jim Jarmusch's zombie apocalypse movie 'The Dead Don't Die,' and bad horror movie trailers all used to reanimate and bring to life another pointed Halloween spectacular.
From the opening theme to 'Dark Shadows' and subsequent musical pieces surrounding DANNY ELFMAN'S 'This Is Halloween' melody (interpreted by PANIC! AT THE DISCO) the first set gets it's knives out with THE FACEDANCERS 'Nightmare,' AMANDA PALMER'S 'Machete,' and OCS'S 'Memory of a Cut Off Head' before finishing with DETENTION'S cover of The Beatles 'Helter Skelter.'
Songs about witches grace the second set that gets started with the PIXIES 'On Graveyard Hill' then explores the evolution of witches with LOUISE HUBNER'S 'Seduction Through Witchcraft,' GILLI SMYTH'S 'I Am A Witch,' and additional songs along those lines from THE SONICS and THE MOVING SIDEWALKS. A spell is added before PINK FLOYD and THOM YORKE both lament about various methods of 'axe' handling.
What follows is music and dialogue from Jim Jarmusch's “The Dead Don't Die,' with additional new music from PERE UBU, GALACTIC, ALLEN RAVENSTINE, and WILCO mixed in throughout. More new cuts are dispersed within the remains of the show and include music from RHIANNON GIDDENS, ROBBIE ROBERTSON, BRUCE COCKBURN, and yes of course, VAMPIRE WEEKEND! Add in the poetry of DYLAN THOMAS, LOU REED'S 'The Bells,' AUDIENCE'S original version of 'House On The Hill,' THE CRAMPS 'I Was A Teenage Werewolf,' and 'Time Warp' from THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW and unlike what's left of your limbs, this show is not to be missed!
Today's Scary Set List:
SET #1
CHARLES GOUNOD 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents Theme' - Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 1 0:59
ROBERT COBERT 'Opening Theme' - Original Music From Dark Shadows (Vol. 3) 2:45
DEVOTCHKA 'Overture' - The Nightmare Before Christmas - Nightmare Revisited 2:36
PANIC! AT THE DISCO 'This Is Halloween' - The Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition) 3:37
THE FACEDANCERS 'Nightmare' - The Facedancers 3:10
OCS 'Memories Of A Cut Off Head' - Memories Of A Cut Off Head 4:47
YONATAN GAT 'Post-World' - Universalist 1:22
AMANDA PALMER 'Machete' - There Will Be No Intermission 6:09
DETENTION 'Helter Skelter' - Detention (EP) 3:01
SET #2
PIXIES 'On Graveyard Hill' - Beneath The Eyrie 3:25
LOUISE HUBNER (with Louis & Bebe Barron) 'Introduction-gods (Pt. 1)' - Seduction Through Witchcraft 2:17
GILLI SMYTH 'I Am A Witch' - Every Witches Way 1:36
GONG 'Dancing With The Pixies' - 2032 4:36
THE SONICS 'The Witch' - Here Are The Sonics 2:41
THE MOVING SIDEWALKS 'Crimson Witch' - Flash 3:06
VARIOUS ARTISTS 'Prunella:Witch Casts A Spell' - Scary Sound Effects:
Nighmarish Noise For Halloween 1:58
PINK FLOYD 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene' - Relics 5:45
THOM YORKE 'The Axe' - ANIMA 6:59
SET #3
THE WEIRDOS 'E.S.P Theme For Shock Theatre' - Halloween Nuggets: Monster 60's A Go-Go 3:07
VARIOUS ARTISTS 'The Astro Zombies (Movie Trailer)' - Halloween Nuggets:
Monster 60's A Go-Go 0:57
THE MARKETTS 'Out Of Limits' - Elvira Presents: Haunted Hits 2:08
SQURL/DIALOGUE 'It's Zombies (Feat: Adam Driver)' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 0:25
SQURL (Band) 'The Dead Don't Die' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 4:19
SQURL/DIALOGUE 'Oh Dear Lord (feat: Larry Fessenden)' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 0:32
PERE UBU 'Skidrow-On-Sea' - The Long Goodbye 2:39
SQURL/DIALOGUE 'It's Gonna End Badly (feat: Bill Murray)' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 0:17
GALACTIC 'Dance At My Funeral' - Already Ready Already 2:52
SQURL/DIALOGUE 'Cut Off The Head (feat: Caleb Landry Jones)' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 0:31
ALLEN RAVENSTINE 'Waiting For The Bomb' - Waiting For The Bomb 3:01
SQURL/DIALOGUE 'Lost Their Souls (Feat: Tom Waits)' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 0:35
TOM WAITS 'I'll Be Gone' - Frank's Wild Years 3:12
WILCO 'Everyone Hides' - Ode To Joy 3:00
SET #4
SAMANDTHEPLANTS 'Cremation' - The Eft 1:31
DYLAN THOMAS 'Ceremony After A Fire Raid (Pt.1)' - A Child's Christmas In Wales & 5 Other Poems 1:31
MURRAY SCHAFE & THE ARISTOCRATS 'Tomestone #9' - Halloween Nuggets: Monster 60's A Go-Go 3:02
LOW 'Poor Sucker' - Double Negative 3:38
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES 'Halloween' - Juju 3:41
LOU REED 'The Bells (Excerpt – Part 2)' - The Bells 5:10
ANGELIQUE KIDJO 'The Overload' - Remain In Light 3:28
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM 'Toady Man's Hour' - South Of Reality 3:13
BODYHEAD 'Murderess' - Coming Apart 1:06
THE BUDOS BAND 'The Enchanter' - The Budos Band V 3:58
SET #5
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Seven Daggers' - Crowing Ignites 6:20
VAMPIRE WEEKEND 'Sympathy' - Father Of The Bride 3:46
AUDIENCE 'House On The Hill' - Audience 4:03
MDOU MOCTAR 'Inizgam' - Ilana: The Creator 1:26
RHIANNON GIDDENS 'Black Swan (w/Francesco Turrisi)' - There Is No Other 4:17
THE SKYHOOKS 'Horror Movie' - Living In The 70's 3:46
ROBBIE ROBERTSON 'Beautiful Madness' - Sinematic 4:30
SET #6
APOCOLYPTICA 'Hall Of The Mountain King' - Cult 3:29
HAWKESTREL 'Goodbye Death Valley' - The Future Is Us 4:4
THE CRAMPS 'I Was A Teenage Werewolf' - Songs The Lord Taught Us 3:08
VARIOUS ARTISTS 'The Wolfman (Movie Trailer)' - Halloween Nuggets: Monster 60's A Go-Go 0:33
ROKY ERIKSON & THE ALIENS 'Creature With The Atom Brain' -Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Halloween 4:13
VARIOUS ARTISTS 'Atom Age Vampire (Movie Trailer)' - Halloween Nuggets:
Monster 60's A Go-Go 1:18
RICHARD O'BRIEN 'Time Warp' - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (OST) 3:18
DANNY ELFMAN 'This Is Halloween' - The Nightmare Before Christmas (OST) 3:16
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
OS = Original Score
On this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #340) I'll celebrate two great upcoming concerts on tap at the Kent Stage, add an entire set of NEW releases to an ever expanding list of recent acquisitions, and get 'religion' so to speak with a legendary 'vault' offering (Get it? Offering!) from radio's distant past. Please tell us more, the aggravated congregation bellowed, because it sure beats watching the rapture unfold on the news.
Things will start off with RICHARD THOMPSON'S 'I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight' (he appears at the Kent Stage on Monday) and what follows includes three new releases from ROBBIE ROBERTSON, WILCO, and ALPHA CAT. By the third set it's time for all NEW arrivals to take center stage with music from IGGY POP, PIXIES, THE METROPOLITIAN JAZZ OCTET (playing the music of Billie Holiday), RHIANNON GIDDENS and Francesco Turrisi (appearing at the Kent Stage this Wednesday), COCHEMEA GASTELUM, ANGELIQUE KIDJO, and Mali's TINARIWEN.
During the fourth set things get a little 'preachy' as I resurrect a classic from the 'vault' with WILDERNESS ROAD'S humorous take on religious zealots called 'The Gospel' and surround it with a bluesy lament from ALBERT COLLINS, more irreverent humor from FIRESIGN THEATRE, an inspirational message via brother 'Jimmy Bell' ala the band CALLIOPE, before completing said set with three more new tracks from OH SEES, STEREOLAB, and JESCA HOOP.
By now your probably chanting 'is that all there is oh enlightened one' to which I'll respond with a hearty 'heal no.' There's another BEATLES outtake from the new “Abbey Road' remaster, new songs from international artists KOKOKO (Congo) and ALTIN GUN (Netherlands), plus YUSEF LATEEF, SLAPP HAPPY, and later SENOR COCONUT doing a meringue inspired version of KRAFTWERK'S 'The Robots.' Put your hands on the radio dear brethren, and tune in!
Today's set list:
SET #1
RICHARD THOMPSON 'I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight' - Acoustic Classics 2:57
WILCO 'One And A Half Stars' - Ode To Joy 3:43
ROBBIE ROBERTSON 'Hardwired' - Sinematic 3:58
ALPHA CAT 'One Day The Sun Came Up' - Thatched Roof Glass House 5:41
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 'Cattle (Reversed)' - II & III (Bonus Tracks) 2:50
ASS PONYS 'Not Since Superman Died' - Grim 2:38
THE FLAMING LIPS 'Thanks To You' - Oh My Gawd!!! 3:48
MIDLAKE 'Bandits' - The Trials Of Van Occupanther 4:04
SET #2
SOFT MACHINE LEGACY 'Pump Room' - Burden of Proof 5:19
TUXEDOMOON 'A Home Away' - Cabin In The Sky 3:22
CORNERSHOP 'Candyman' - When I Was Born For The 7th Time 3:48
THOM YORKE 'Twist' - ANIMA 7:03
WILLIAM TYLER 'Eventual Surrender' - Goes West 3:03
ENNIO MORRICONE 'Il Ponte Di Corde' - The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly (OST) 1:51
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE 'Section 15 (Ensure Your Reservation)' - Together We're Heavy 1:41
CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE 'Caroline, No' - Valve Bone Woe 5:54
SET #3
IGGY POP 'Love Missing' - Free 4:19
PIXIES 'Los Surfers Muertos' - Beneath The Eyrie 2:54
METROPOLITAN JAZZ OCTET (with Dee Alexander) 'Strange Fruit' - It's Too Hot For Words 4:57
RHIANNON GIDDENS 'Briggs Forro' - (w Francesco Turrisi) There Is No Other 4:03
COCHEMEA GASTELUM 'Maso Ye'eme/All My Relations' - All My Relations 5:37
ANGELIQUE KIDJO 'Baila Yemaya' - Celia 2:54
TINARIWEN 'Takount' - Amadjar 3:11
SET #4
WILDERNESS ROAD 'The Gospel' - Sold For The Prevention Of Disease Only 7:49
ALBERT COLLINS 'But I Was Cool!' - Don't Lose Your Cool 3:11
FIRESIGN THEATRE 'Sodom And Jubilee' - Dear Friends 3:11
CALLIOPE 'Jimmy Bell' - Steamed 6:47
OH SEES 'Face Stabber' - Face Stabber 2:19
STEREOLAB 'Untitled In Dusseldorf (Demo)' - Dots And Loops (Expanded Ed.) 1:30
JESCA HOOP 'Tear' - Stonechild 3:17
SET #5
THE TRASHMEN 'Bird Bath' - Tube City! The Best Of The Trashmen 2:37
VIOLENT FEMMES 'Free Ride' - Hotel Last Resort 2:14
BOBBY FULLER & THE FANATICS 'Our Favorite Martian' - Guitar Player Presents: Legends Of Guitar- Surf Vol. 1 2:53
GENTLEMEN'S DUB CLUB 'Lost In Space/Light The Fuse' - Lost In Space 5:11
HAWKESTREL 'May Sun' - The Future Is Us 6:10
BRIAN ENO 'Strange Quiet' - Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (Extended Ed.) 4:09
MASSIVE ATTACK 'Wire(Leaping Dub)' - Mezzanine (Deluxe Ed.) 5:23
SET #6
ALTIN GUN 'Kolbasti' - Gece 3:27
THE BEATLES She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Take 27') - Abbey Road (50th Ann. Deluxe Edition) 2:06
KOKOKO 'Tongos'a' - Fongola 3:49
PLASTICS 'Robot' - Welcome Plastics 2:56
SENOR COCONUT 'The Robots' - El Baile Aleman 5:11
YUSEF LATEEF 'Street Musicians' - The Doctor Is In...And Out 2:55
CARLA BLEY 'Step Mother' - Looking For America 3:18
SLAPP HAPPY 'Casablanca Moon' - Casablanca Moon/Desperate Straights 2:49
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
There's plenty to take in on this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode (#339) as I've acquired another remastered gem, added a few more new releases, paid homage to the late drumming maverick, GINGER BAKER, and 'covered' the music selected by the noise band PIN 2 HOT that they drew inspiration from during last week's live performance.
THE BEATLES 'Abbey Road' 50th Anniversary Edition joins the list of reissues to be played today (Take 36 of 'You Never Give Me Your Money' to be exact), along with another STEREOLAB album (this time it's 'Dots & Loops'), BRIAN ENO, and MASSIVE ATTACK. There's new releases added from ALPHA CAT and HAUSCHKA, plus more from CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE, PIXIES, IGGY POP, MILES DAVIS, and TY SEGALL.
Then there's that whole matter of Pin 2 Hot's musical selection from last week's performance. They deconstructed and reassembled rock and soul melodies (ala Albert Ayler) so to honor their handiwork, I'll 'cover the covers' so to speak in my own slightly demented way. That means during the fourth set you'll hear DEVO'S cover of the ROLLING STONES 'Satisfaction,' BILL FRISELL interpreting LINK WRAY'S 'Rumble,' and RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK embellishing THE TEMPTATIONS 'My Girl,' along with several other selections they chose to play.
During the final set, I'll mark the passing of GINGER BAKER by playing songs from two different groups he was part of, then throw in a MONTY PYTHON classic bit to honor the 50th anniversary of their debut, before signing off for another week.
Today's playlist:
SET #1
TY SEGALL 'The Arms' - First Taste 3:30
OREGON 'Travel By Day' - Crossing 4:22
JESCA HOOP 'All Time Low' - Stonechild 4:19
IGGY POP 'The Dawn' - Free 2:09
WIRE 'Forward Position' - Nocturnal Koreans 4:50
ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE JAZZ 'Praya Dance (for Joce Mienniel)' - Shut Up And Dance 6:13
COCHEMEA GASTELUM 'Al-Mu 'tasim' - All My Relations 4:37
SET #2
THE BEATLES 'You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)' - Abbey Road (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition). 5:17
HAWKESTREL '12 String Shuffle' - The Future Is Us 3:47
MDOU MOCTAR 'Wiwasharnine' - Ilana: The Creator 3:37
MASSIVE ATTACK 'Inertia Creeps (Floating On Dubwise)' - Mezzanine (Deluxe Ed.) 6:07
PORTICO QUARTET 'Endless' - Art In The Age Of Automation 4:25
DAEVID ALLEN 'High Points' - Dreamin' A Dream 3:00
PIXIES 'Daniel Boone' - Beneath The Eyrie 4:52
SET #3
BRIAN WILSON & VAN DYKE PARKS 'San Francisco' - Orange Crate Art 4:28
CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE 'Wild Is The Wind' - Valve Bone Woe 5:46
LOS LOBOS 'Maricela' - Colossal Head 3:51
ESQUIVEL 'Malaguena' - Cabaret Manana 3:15
CAN 'I'm Too Leise' - Unlimited Edition 5:12
TINY ALICE 'Oranges And Blues' - Tiny Alice 5:58
BRIAN ENO 'Waking Up' - Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (Extended Edition) 2:30
SET #4
STEREOLAB 'I Feel The Air (Demo)' - Dots And Loops (Expanded Edition) 2:28
ALPHA CAT 'Black Hole' - Thatched Roof Glass House 3:44
LOU REED 'Street Hassle (Pt. 1 – Waltzing Matilda)' - Street Hassle 3:22
BILL FRISELL 'Rumble' - Guitar In The Space Age 4:56
THE SWINGLE SINGERS 'Day Tripper' - Classical Beatles 2:21
DEVO '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' - Are We Not Men? We Are Devo! 2:38
DAVID BOWIE 'I Can't Explain' - Pin Ups 2:12
MONKS OF DOOM 'Oh Well (Pt. 1)' - What's Left For Kicks? 3:36
RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK 'My Girl' - Blacknuss 3:07
SET #5
TINARIWEN 'Zawal' - Amadjar 3:25
LOWELL GEORGE & THE FACTORY 'Lightning-Rod Man' - Lightning-Rod Man 2:13
EAST RIVER STRING BAND 'Moonshine' - Coney Island Baby 5:07
WILCO 'Reservations' - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 7:25
HAUSCHKA 'Urban Forest' - A Different Forest 2:46
NAREN BUDHKAR & HEVREH ENSEMBLE 'Amor Caritas' - A Path Of Light 4:00
AFRICA EXPRESS 'Welcome (feat. Phuzekhemisi)' - Egoli 2:22
LAMINE KONTE 'Africa' - La Kora Du Senegal Vol 2 2:59
SET #6
GINGER BAKER'S AFRICAN FORCE 'African Force' - African Force 4:49
MILES DAVIS 'Rubberband' - Rubberband 6:12
MASTERS OF REALITY 'T.U.S.A. (feat. Ginger Baker)' - Sunrise On The Sufferbus 2:59
MONTY PYTHON 'Gumby Cherry Orchard' - Another Monty Python Record 2:30
PETER GABRIEL 'Excuse Me' - Peter Gabriel (I) 3:19
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
This weekend marks a musical appearance at Akron's 'Hive Mind' of the self styled 'noise' band, 'Pin 2 Hot,' consisting of local musicians Chris Butler, Bob Ethington, Michael Aylward, (all Tin Huey Alum), Corey Jenkins (Fancy Legs), Jacob Trombetta (Glenn Lazear), Matt Reese (Golems Of The Red Planet), & Christina Cruder who will deconstruct rock and jazz classics ala ALBERT AYLER, so during today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode (#338) I'll make a little 'noise' in their honor during the second set.
You''ll hear music from Huey Alums CHRIS BUTLER, BOB ETHINGTON, HARVEY GOLD, and the late RALPH CARNEY, interspersed with ALBERT AYLER, JOHN CALE & IGGY POP (both doing their take on Dylan Thomas' “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night'), as well as new tracks from CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE and PERE UBU.
As if that weren't enough to pique your interest, I've got a song from the long shelved legendary 'Rubberband' album from MILES DAVIS, newly remastered and released, as well as more new reissue magic from STEREOLAB, MASSIVE ATTACK, and BRIAN ENO. There's more new material from JULIAN LAGE, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, DJ SHADOW, MDOU MOCTAR, and the EAST RIVER STRING BAND,(with legendary cartoonist Robert Crumb on ukelele); plus 'vault' nuggets from SECRET OYSTER, HOT TUNA, POPUL VUH, and STEVE HILLAGE. Add in some classical sounds from TOMITA and LOU HARRISON, and finish it all off with JOHN MARTYN 'Singing in The Rain' and you've got three hours of pure joy for your ears!
Today's set list:
SET #1
BRIAN ENO 'The End Of A Thin Chord' - Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (Extended Ed.) 4:09
TINARIWEN 'Wartilla' - Amadjar 4:08
PIXIES 'In The Arms Of Mrs. Mark Of Cain' - Beneath The Eyrie 4:13
HAWKESTREL 'World Of Fear' - The Future Is Us 4:41
MILES DAVIS 'Give It Up' - Rubberband 6:18
MATERIAL 'O.A.O.' - Secret Life 4:36
STEREOLAB 'Freestyle Dumpling' - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Expanded Ed.) 3:57
SET #2
ALBERT AYLER 'Ghosts' - Love Cry & The Last Album 2:47
HARVEY GOLD 'Eidola (for Ralph Carney)' - Mp3 single 2:19
RALPH CARNEY 'Market Street' - www.ralphcarney.bandcamp.com 2:17
CHRIS BUTLER 'Bad Moon Over Mel Bay' - The Museum Of Me 3:04
ROBERT ETHINGTON 'Cioran' - Black Collar 3:00
IGGY POP 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' - Free 1:48
JOHN CALE 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' - Words For The Dying 5:33
CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE 'River Man' - Valve Bone Woe 4:37
PERE UBU 'Road To Utah (Live)' - The Long Goodbye/Montreuil 5:18
SET #3
OH SEES 'Snickersee' - Face Stabber 3:46
KROKODIL 'Blue Flashing Circles' - Swamp 3:27
COCHEMEA GASTELUM 'Asatoma' - All My Relations 4:30
LIQUID TRIO EXPERIMENT 'Cappuccino' - Spontaneous Combustion 3:26
NAREN BUDHKAR & HEVREH ENSEMBLE 'Hacked' - A Path Of Light 4:42
FRANK ZAPPA 'The Beltway Bandits' - Jazz From Hell 3:26
MASSIVE ATTACK 'Metal Banshee (Mad Prof Mix)' - Mezzanine (Deluxe Ed.) 5:51
SET #4
EAST RIVER STRING BAND 'Nobody's Business If I Do' - Coney Island Baby 2:52
HOT TUNA 'Watch The North Wind Rise' - Hoppkorv 4:41
AFRICA EXPRESS 'Johannesburg (feat. Gruff Rhys, Radio 123, Sibot)' - Egoli 3:55
SINEAD O'CONNOR 'Everything Comes From You' - Big Blue Ball 4:42
MICKEY HART'S MYSTERIUM TREMENDUM 'Let There Be Light' - Mysterium Tremendum 4:11
ANGELIQUE KIDJO 'La Vida Es Un Carnaval' - Celia 4:33
JULIAN LAGE 'The Windup' - Love Hurts 4:04
SET #5
TOMITA 'Hora Stacatto For Violin & Piano (or Orchestra)' - Kosmos 3:34
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 'Hair Cutter' - Tangerine Reef 4:01
SECRET OYSTER 'Fire And Water' - Secret Oyster 5:36
STEVE HILLAGE 'Shimmer (Bonus Track)' - L 3:48
DJ SHADOW 'We Are Always Alone Music' - Inspired By The Film Roma 3:47
LOU HARRISON 'Suite For Violin & American Gamelan Pt 3 – Jhala' - La Koro Sutro 2:03
CALEXICO & IRON & WINE 'Follow The Water' - Years To Burn 3:45
ROCKABYE BABY! 'Daydream Believer' - Good Day, Goodnight (Lullaby Renditions) 2:28
SET #6
MDOU MOCTAR 'Tumastin' - Ilana: The Creator 4:22
POPUL VUH 'Heart Of Glass (A Critical Mass Edit)' - Revisited & Remixed 1970-1999 6:03
RHIANNON GIDDENS 'There Is No Other (w Francesco Turrisi)' - There Is No Other 2:25
PETER LAUGHNER 'Drunkard's Lament' - Peter Laughner (Box Set)** 3:25
JOHN MARTYN 'Singin' In The Rain' - Bless The Weather 1:30
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information on Chris Butler's music:
http://www.futurefossilmusic.com/contents.htm
For more info. on Harvey Gold's music:
https://harveyinthehall.bandcamp.com/
For more information on Ralph Carney's Music:
Ralph's Website: http://www.akroncracker.com/
Ralph's Bandcamp Page: https://ralphcarney.bandcamp.com/
Not only is the weather hot for the first week of fall, so is the music as I've added several highly anticipated new arrivals to this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode (#337). Those of you 'chomping at the bit' for the latest IGGY POP, PIXIES, CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE, JOHN ZORN,TINARIWEN, and an entirely new additional disc for BRIAN ENO'S 'Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks', wait no longer...they've arrived!
During the course of this program you'll also hear additional new tracks from THE BLACK KEYS, PETER LAUGHNER, PERE UBU, NAREN BUDHKAR & HEVREH ENSEMBLE, THE RACONTUERS, OH SEES, RODRIGO Y GABRIELA, and THE COMET IS COMING all intermixed with vintage STRAWBS, KEVIN AYERS, LEON RUSSELL & THE SHELTER PEOPLE, and HENRY MANCINI. There's even a 'themed' set with trains as the subject this time that features THE RESIDENTS, HAWKESTREL, and CRACKER and a few unexpected 'covers' to to boot from LAURA MARLING, ROBERT PLANT, and THE CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT.
It all starts off with several psychedelic songs from THE ELECTRIC FLAG, DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR, and yes, you heard me right...THE MONKEES from the 1968 'Head' soundtrack. Wow! Look at all the colours man!
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
THE MONKEES 'Can You Dig It?' - Head (OST) 3:23
THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR 'What In The World??' - Chips From The Chocolate Fireball 5:01
THE ELECTRIC FLAG 'Peter's Trip' - The Trip 2:35
THE BUDOS BAND 'Spider's Web Pt, 1' - V 3:07
BRIAN BLADE & THE FELLOWSHIP BAND 'Body And Shadow (Morning)' - Body And Shadow 1:43
CHRISSIE HYNDE & THE VALVE BONE WOE ENSEMBLE 'No Return' - Valve Bone Woe 4:17
PHIL MANZANERA 'Vozero/Mystic Moon (w/ Robert Wyatt)' - Vozero 4:58
LAURA MARLING 'Those Were The Days' - Music Inspired By The Film Roma 3:35
SET #2
TINARIWEN 'Madjam Mahikamen' - Amadjar 3:47
RHIANNON GIDDENS 'He Will See You Through (w/ Francesco Turrisi)' - There Is No Other3:59
JOHN ZORN 'Stretta' - Encomia 1:57
Q BURNS ABSTRACT MESSAGE 'Solar Car' - Feng Shui 5:32
OH SEES 'Captain Loosely' - Face Stabber 4:24
MASSIVE ATTACK 'Risingson (Setting Sun Dub Two)' - Mezzanine (Deluxe Ed.) 4:55
THE CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT 'House Of The Rising Sun - Out Of The Black & Into The Stratosphere 5:32
SET #3
PETER LAUGHNER 'Down At The Bar' - Peter Laughner (Box Set) 4:12
THE RACONTEURS 'Only Child' - Help Us Stranger 3:41
NAREN BUDHKAR & HEVREH ENSEMBLE 'Hawk Sightings' - A Path Of Light 4:42
DEAD CAN DANCE 'Dionysus: Act II Pt. I The Mountain' - Dionysus 5:25
THE COMET IS COMING 'Because The End Is Really The Beginning - Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery 4:49
THE STRAWBS 'Round And Round' - Hero And Heroine 4:43
77:78 'If I'm Anything' - Jellies 3:13
SET #4
BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' - Rough Guide To Blind, Black, & Blue 3:10
THE BLACK KEYS 'Tell Me Lies' - “Let's Rock” 3:39
VIOLENT FEMMES 'I'm Not Gonna Cry' - Hotel Last Resort 2:56
AFRICA EXPRESS 'Absolutely Everything Is Pointing Towards The Light' - Egoli 3:58
RAMIN DJAWADI 'The Bells' - Game Of Thrones: Season 8 (OST) 3:44
THOM YORKE 'Dawn Chorus' - ANIMA 5:23
ROBERT PLANT 'Morning Dew' - Dreamland 4:26
PERE UBU 'Heart Of Darkness (Live)' - The Long Goodbye/Montreuil 4:26
SET #5
HAWKESTREL 'Old Dinah' - The Future Is Us 4:21
THE RESIDENTS 'The Crash At Crush' - The Ghost Of Hope 6:33
RUSTIN MAN 'Judgement Train' - Drift Code 5:09
CRACKER 'Sunday Train' - Garage d'Or 3:42
LEON RUSSELL & THE SHELTER PEOPLE 'It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry - Leon Russell & The Shelter People 4:03
KEVIN AYERS 'Stop This Train (Again Doing It)' - Songs For Insane Times 6:09
SET #6
BRIAN ENO 'Capsule (w/ Roger Eno & Daniel Lanois)' - Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (Extended Ed.)Disc 2 : For All Mankind 3:14
IGGY POP 'Sonali' - Free 3:30
PIXIES 'Silver Bullet' - Beneath The Eyrie 3:44
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA 'Witness Tree' - Mettavolution 3:01
ANGELIQUE KIDJO 'Quimbara' - Celia** 4:34
HENRY MANCINI 'Moon River Cha Cha' - Breakfast At Tiffany's (OST) 2:35
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information on Pere Ubu's 'The Long Goodbye:
http://www.ubuprojex.com/
For more information on Peter Laughner's music:
https://www.smogveil.com/
Yipee! It's time to get creative once again and produce another new TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES. While listening to some musical ideas to use on this week's episode (#336) I scoured the latest OH SEES release, came across 'The Daily Heavy,' and lo and behold, there it was! The band used a rubber duck or doggie squeaky toy as a percussion instrument to begin the song, so I incorporated it into a set that started with the another new DETENTION song, then THE RACONTUERS, and followed it with MAGMA from Udu Wudu (the vocalizing is similar), then RODRIGO Y GABRIELA, KING CRIMSON (from Discipline), and finished up with RAINBOW FFOLLY (60's psychedelic folk).
Changing the tempo the second set starts jazzy with the new WALLACE RONEY album, then soulfully moves to MARC COHN & BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, vintage TOM WAITS, a spacy Latin rhythm from CARLINHOS BROWN, before the texture changes with PREOCCUPATIONS and on to another new cut from NAREN BUDHKAR & HEVREH ENSEMBLE.
The remainder of the show has all the usual twists and turns you'd expect from me and includes music from local artists 15-6-75 (NUMBERS BAND), THE BEYONDERERS, PETER LAUGHNER, and PERE UBU, plus more new additions from PATTI SMITH, THE COMET IS COMING, VIOLENT FEMMES, and AFRICA EXPRESS. I've also got selections from AUDIENCE ('House On The Hill'), BRIAN ENO, synthesist ROBERT SCHROEDER, QUIET SUN, and Canada's HART ROUGE all blended in throughout the show.
Today's Set List:
SET #1
DETENTION 'Emphatic Yes!' - Detention (EP) 2:47
THE RACONTEURS 'Bored And Razed' - Help Us Stranger 3:35
OH SEES 'The Daily Heavy' - Face Stabber 7:49
MAGMA 'Soleil D' Ork (Ork Sun)' - Udu Wudu 3:52
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA 'Krotona Days' - Mettavolution 4:19
KING CRIMSON 'Thela Hun Ginjeet' - Discipline 6:25
RAINBOW FFOLLY 'Hey You' - Sallies Fforth 2:20
SET #2
WALLACE RONEY 'Elliptical' - Blue Dawn, Blue Nights 4:16
MARC COHN & BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA 'Talk Back Mic' - Work To Do 3:59
TOM WAITS 'The One That Got Away' - Small Change 4:08
CARLINHOS BROWN 'Irara' - Omelete Man 1:35
SEMIRAMIS 'Uno Zoo Di Verto' - Dedicato A Frazz 5:57
PREOCCUPATIONS 'Degraded' - Preoccupations 4:01
NAREN BUDHKAR & HEVREH ENSEMBLE 'Speed Of Dark' - A Path Of Light 7:15
SET #3
THE BEYONDERERS 'Kecksburg' - Disclosure (EP) 1:52
HAWKESTREL 'Nyx Of Khaos' - The Future Is Us 3:45
AUDIENCE 'House On The Hill' - House On The Hill 7:29
JESCA HOOP 'Death Row' - Stonechild 4:59
THOM YORKE 'Runwayaway' - ANIMA 5:58
BRIAN ENO 'Are They Thinking Of Me?' - Vocal (Box Set) 5:33
SET #4
ROBERT SCHROEDER 'Frozen Breath Of Life' - Brain Voyager 4:25
PATTI SMITH 'Wing' - Music Inspired By The Film Roma 4:44
STANLEY CLARKE 'Attitude' - Halston (OST) 2:05
THE COMET IS COMING 'Summon The Fire' - Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery3:55
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR 'Interference Patterns' - Trisector 3:52
MONKS OF DOOM 'Duat! Duat!' - The Bronte Pin 5:39
15-60-75 (NUMBERS BAND) 'From Me To You' - Inward City 5:49
SET #5
GRATEFUL DEAD 'Deep Elem Blues' - Road Trips, Vol. 3, No. 3 Fillmore East 11-5-70 5:41
VIOLENT FEMMES 'Adam Was A Man' - Hotel Last Resort 2:59
JOHN CALE & LOU REED 'Smalltown' - Songs For Drella 2:03
PERE UBU 'Marlowe' - The Long Goodbye 1:52
AFRICA EXPRESS 'No Games (feat. Radio 123, Sho Madjozi, Pote, Moonchild Sanelly, Ghetts & Muzi)' - Egoli 3:15
STEEL PULSE 'Rize' - Mass Manipulation 4:04
QUIET SUN 'Bargain Classics' - Mainstream 5:48
SET #6
GOAT GIRL 'Cracker Drool' - Mojo Presents: The Mojo Machine Turns You On 2018 2:38
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO 'Solari (Fennesz Remix)' - Async-Remodels 4:11
OMNIBUS WIND ENSEMBLE 'Peaches En Regalia' - Music By Frank Zappa 3:18
KING'S SINGERS 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' - Classical Beatles 3:46
PETER LAUGHNER '(Going To) China' - Peter Laughner (Box Set) 2:39
HART ROUGE 'J'Ai Fait Un Reve' - Rough Guide To The Music Of Canada 3:14
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more on Detention and getting their CD:
http://detention.live/
For more information on Pere Ubu's 'The Long Goodbye:
http://www.ubuprojex.com/
For more information on Peter Laughner's music:
https://www.smogveil.com/
For more information or to purchase The Beyonderers music:
https://thebeyonderers.bandcamp.com/
This week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #335) there's plenty to crow about. (Where the heck did that phrase come from anyway?). I start the show pontificating about how listening to free form radio in the late 1960's in N.E. Ohio influenced how I approach this program and proceed to show you exactly what I'm talking about. Boy was this a fun show to make.
It starts off with another new gem from PERE UBU'S latest, then seamlessly blends into a PORTICO QUARTET piece, adding more new material from the OH SEES, STANLEY CLARKE, and PETER LAUGHNER, as well as 'vault' tidbits from JACK LANCASTER & ROBIN LUMLEY to the mix.
Having caught Wes Anderson's stop animation movie Fantastic Mr. Fox over the weekend, it inspired me to create a set using two songs by ALEXANDRE DESPLAT from that film intermixed with new reggae music from STEEL PULSE, the spoken word ravings of WILD MAN FISCHER, and the sonic sounds from HAWKESTREL and INVISIBLE OPERA COMPANY OF TIBET (Daevid Allen & Gilli Smyth).
Now the ball really gets rolling as CALEXICO & IRON & WINE lead off set number three, followed by THE BAD PLUS doing a jazz cover of the PIXIE anthem 'Velouria,' followed by the PIXIES playing that same piece, which evolves into Akron's own DETENTION doing a blistering cover of “Helter Skelter.' That all leads into BLACK SABBATH'S 'Paranoid' followed by JOHN HARTFORD reciting 'The Lowest Pair' (proving you can play metal and folk music back to back).
There's all sorts of goodies throughout the remainder of the show (including songs from JONATHAN RICHMAN, PETER GABRIEL, and IMOGEN HEAP) and the final set contains an amazing acoustic guitar version of Pink Floyd's epic, 'Echoes,' interpreted by RODRIGO Y GABRIELA from their latest album, 'Mettavolution.'
Today's playlist:
SET #1
PERE UBU 'Flicking Cigarettes At The Sun' - The Long Goodbye 3:20
PORTICO QUARTET 'A Luminous Beam' - Art In The Age Of Automation 6:02
OH SEES 'Poisoned Stones' - Face Stabber 3:55
PELOQUIN-SAUVAGEAU 'Sterilization (final)' - Laissez-Nous Vous Embrasser Ou Vous Avez 3:10
STANLEY CLARKE 'Roger And Carth Vader' - Halston (OST) 4:28
JACK LANCASTER & ROBIN LUMLEY 'Homelight' - Marscape 3:25
PETER LAUGHNER 'First Taste Of Heartache' - Peter Laughner (Box Set) 3:55
SET #2
STEEL PULSE 'World Gone Mad' - Mass Manipulation 4:01
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT 'Great Harrowsford Square' - Fantastic Mr. Fox (OST) 3:20
WILD MAN FISCHER 'Flaming Carrot Theme Song' - The Fischer King 1:22
PUSSY 'Comets' - Plays 4:16
HAWKESTREL 'Sea Of Sand' - The Future Is Us 4:59
INVISIBLE OPERA COMPANY OF TIBET (feat. Daevid Allen & Gilli Smyth) 'The Other Side Of Me' - Invisible Opera Company Of Tibet 5:43
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT 'Stunt Expo 2004' - Fantastic Mr. Fox (OST) 2:27
DARCY JAMES ARGUE'S SECRET SOCIETY 'The Tallest Tower In The World' - Brooklyn Babylon 3:44
SET #3
CALEXICO & IRON & WINE 'Midnight Sun' - Years To Burn 4:14
THE BAD PLUS 'Velouria' - Give 5:37
PIXIES 'Velouria' - Bossanova 3:40
DETENTION 'Helter Skelter' - Detention (EP) 3:05
BLACK SABBATH 'Paranoid' - Paranoid 2:52
JOHN HARTFORD 'The Lowest Pair/Tryin' To Do Something To Get Your Attention' - Mark Twang 5:24
QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO 'Spain' - Whirled Chamber Music 4:37
SET #4
TALL DWARFS 'Small Talk' - Fork Songs (plus Dogma) 3:35
BECK 'Cellphone's Dead' - The Information Disc 1 4:45
TY SEGALL 'I Worship The Dog' - First Taste 3:34
SALLIE FORD & THE SOUND OUTSIDE 'Poison Milk' - Dirty Radio 3:35
THE RACONTEURS 'Help Me Stranger' - Help Us Stranger 3:36
VIOLENT FEMMES 'I Get What I Want' - Hotel Last Resort 2:30
JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS 'Important In Your Life' - The Best Of... 3:41
THE FLAMING LIPS 'My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion' - At War With The Mystics 4:51
SET #5
GARY BURTON 'The New Funeral March' - A Genuine Tong Funeral 2:42
NAREN BUDHKAR & HEVREH ENSEMBLE 'A Thousand Questions' - A Path Of Light 4:23
GILAD ATZMON, ROBERT WYATT, & ROS STEPHAN 'Where Are They Now?' - ...For The Ghosts Within 3:11
AFRICA EXPRESS 'Bittersweet Escape (feat. BCUC,Nonku Phiri, Mr. Jukes)' - Egoli 4:42
PETER GABRIEL 'More Than This' - Up 6:03
VIET CONG 'March Of Progress' - Viet Cong 6:19
IMOGEN HEAP 'Canvas' - Ellipse 4:54
SET #6
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA 'Echoes' - Mettavolution 18:57
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more on Detention and getting their CD:
http://detention.live/
For more information on Pere Ubu's 'The Long Goodbye:
http://www.ubuprojex.com/
For more information on Peter Laughner's music:
https://www.smogveil.com/
I can't believe it's one week into September already. Where did the summer go? It seems every time I look up it's another day, week, or month flying by. It'll be time to rake the leaves shortly, then, god forbid, another five months of shoveling the walks. Slow down Paul. You're getting way ahead of yourself...again. Savor the moment and carpe diem, as they say. Right now I've got another new radio podcast to enjoy. It's time for TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #334 if you're keeping count) and this week I'm presenting another worthy listen.
We'll start off with more from ANGELIQUE KIDJO'S latest, follow with a new cut from NAREN BUDHKAR and the HEVREH ENSEMBLE, then add newly acquired RODRIGO Y GABRIELA, instrumental's from PETER LAUGHNER and RYUICHI SAKAMOTO'S recent issued CD's, and let LAURIE ANDERSON and CRACKER weave tales about the enchanted island of Bali.
The second set gets spacey with WILLIAM SHATNER embellishing the prog classic 'Sonic Attack' by Hawkwind via HAWKESTREL (listen closely as Bill comes 'uut' showing his Canadian roots), and the trip proceeds with RAYMOND SCOTT and MR. QUIMBY'S BEARD acting as planetary tour guides, adding sonic attributes from THE CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND, CALEXICO & IRON & WINE, LAIKA, and PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA along the way.
Later there's MORT GARSON doing an early synthesizer version of 'Good Morning Starshine,' plus ALICE COOPER (from 'Pretties For You') mixed in with CAN, VIOLENT FEMMES, and JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS and during the final set the 60's symphonic prog band EKSEPTION does 'Rhapsody in Blue' alongside RANDY NEWMAN, JOE BYRD'S UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and DUKE ELLINGTON, before finishing the show with HECTOR ZAZOU & SANDY DILLON interpreting 'Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles.'
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
ANGELIQUE KIDJO 'Cucala' - Celia 3:19
NAREN BUDHKAR & HEVREH ENSEMBLE 'Sweetgrass, Cedar, & Sage' - A Path Of Light 3:27
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA 'Electric Soul' - Mettavolution 3:58
PETER LAUGHNER 'Lullaby' - Peter Laughner (Box Set) 3:13
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO 'Full Moon (Motion Graphics Remix)' - Async-Remodels 3:57
LAURIE ANDERSON 'The Soul Is A Bird' - The Ugly One With The Jewels 3:56
CRACKER 'Brides Of Neptune' - Forever 4:57
TY SEGALL 'I Sing Them' - First Taste 2:39
SET #2
AKRON/FAMILY 'Light Emerges' - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth & Journey Of Shinju TNT 5:41
HAWKESTREL 'Sonic Attack (feat. William Shatner)' - The Future Is Us 3:15
LAIKA 'Red River' - Silver Apples Of The Moon 3:57
RAYMOND SCOTT 'Bendix:'The Tomorrow People'' - Manhatten Research Inc. 1:06
MR. QUIMBY'S BEARD 'The Frailty Of Man' - The Definitive Unsolves Mysteries Of... 1:39
CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND 'Inner Mystique' - Inner Mystique 5:37
CALEXICO & IRON & WINE 'Outside El Paso' - Years To Burn 1:51
LAMB 'Now's Not The Time' - Cross Between 3:37
PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA 'Pythagora's Trousers' - Penguin Cafe Orchestra 3:21
SET #3
MORT GARSON 'Good Morning Starshine' - Electronic Hair Pieces 2:42
THE BUDOS BAND 'Rumble From The Void' - V 0:48
RUSSIAN CIRCLES 'Fathom' - Geneva 4:55
ALICE COOPER 'No Longer Umpire' - Pretties For You 2:02
CAN 'Connection' - Unlimited Edition 3:01
VIOLENT FEMMES 'I'm Nothing (feat. Stephan Janoski)' - Hotel Last Resort 2:26
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS 'At The Border, Guy' - Global A Go-Go 7:08
MORGAN DELT 'The Lowest Of The Low' - Phase Zero 4:31
SET #4
STANLEY CLARKE 'Versailles' - Halston (OST) 1:02
THOM YORKE 'Not The News' - ANIMA 4:05
PERE UBU 'Fortunate Son' - The Long Goodbye 3:02
HENRY KAISER & SERGEI KURIOKHIN 'Rattlesnake Round-Up' - Popular Science 2:54
SALVATION 'Yuk Yuk' - Gypsy Carnival Caravan 7:37
WILCO 'A Shot In The Arm' - Summerteeth 4:20
THE RACONTEURS 'Now That You're Gone' - Help Us Stranger 4:01
JAMES BLOOD ULMER 'Moon Shine' - Adventures Of Captain Black 3:51
SET #5
AFRICA EXPRESS 'Taranau (feat. Gruff Rhys & Otim Alpha)' - Egoli 4:35
LEO KOTTKE 'Jack Fig' - 6 And 12 String Guitar 2:16
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Trickle Down' - You've Never Seen Everything 6:16
PAUL KANTNER/GRACE SLICK & DAVID FREIBERG 'Your Mind Has Left Your Body' - Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun 5:47
ASS PONYS 'Your Amazing Life' - Some Stupid With A Flare Gun 4:39
JOHN G. PERRY 'I Wait My Friend' - Sunset Wading 2:21
JESCA HOOP 'Passage's End' - Stonechild 4:38
SET #6
EKSEPTION 'Rhapsody In Blue' - Ekseption 4:04
RINGLING BROTHERS CALLIOPE 'The Greatest Show On Earth' - Clown & Midway Calliope Music Vol. 1 2:27
RANDY NEWMAN 'Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear' - Sail Away 2:05
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (JOE BYRD) 'The American Way Of Love' - The United States Of America 6:39
THE BRYAN FERRY ORCHESTRA 'Avalon' - The Jazz Age 2:23
DUKE ELLINGTON 'In The Hall Of The Mountain King' Duke Ellington: Three Suites 2:36
HECTOR ZAZOU & SANDY DILLON 'Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles' - 12 (Las Vegas Is Cursed) 4:17
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information on Pere Ubu's 'The Long Goodbye:
http://www.ubuprojex.com/
For more information on Peter Laughner's music:
https://www.smogveil.com/
It seems like every week something inspires me to put together a set or two with a certain sound to it and on today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #333) surf guitars and old time jazz standards became this weeks obsession so during the fourth set you'll hear some very unusual 'covers' featuring both genres.
During that set ROBERT FRIPP'S STRING QUINTET begins it off with a electrified acoustic version of The Venture's 'Walk Don't Run' which then leads into a remix of SARAH VAUGHAN interpreting a jazzy version of the hit song 'Fever.' What follows next is ORANJI SYMPHONETTE playing Henry Mancini's 'Experiment In Terror' and JOHN ZORN shredding the 'James Bond Theme.' At this point it's a good idea to have your drool bucket handy for the remainder of the set which includes LOU REED covering Buddy Holly's 'Rave On' and other sonic surprises. (THE BEYONDERER'S finish it all off with more psychedelic surf from their latest 'Disclosure!').
Other notes of interest in this show include NEW music from the Hawkwind spin off band HAWKESTRAL, TY SEGALL, PETER LAUGHNER, THOM YORKE, and a collaboration between CALEXICO and IRON & WINE; international styling's from France's LO'JO, Brazil's BOLA SETE, and Mali's TINARIWEN; and more 'vault' fav's from AMON DUUL II, VAN DER GRAAF, JOHN CALE, and JUKKA TOLONEN.
There's a lot to take in and it all gets started with the VIOLENT FEMMES crooning about being forced to listen to bad song lyrics via their latest anthem 'Another Chorus' so don't miss a minute of it!
Today's set list:
SET #1
VIOLENT FEMMES 'Another Chorus' - Hotel Last Resort 2:38
THE FIERY FURNACES 'Birdie Brain' - Blueberry Boat 3:05
TY SEGALL 'The Fall' - First Taste 2:57
JOSEPH ARTHUR 'Bed Of Nails' - Vacancy (EP) 3:42
SONIC YOUTH 'Shadow Of A Doubt' - EVOL 3:32
HUNGRY LUCY 'Pulse Of The Earth' - Pulse Of The Earth 5:16
HAWKESTREL 'The Future Is Us' - The Future Is Us 4:38
AMON DUUL II 'Sleepwalker's Timeless Bridge' - Wolf City 4:54
SET #2
JAN HAMMER & JERRY GOODMAN 'Country And Eastern Music' - Like Children 5:37
RAMIN DJAWADI 'Flight Of Dragons' - Game Of Thrones: Season 8 (OST) 2:51
PHILLIP GLASS 'Knee Play 1 (excerpt)' - The Essential Phillip Glass 3:32
DEVOTCHKA 'Transliterator' - A Mad & Faithful Telling 4:31
RHIANNON GIDDENS 'Gonna Write Me A Letter (w/Francesco Turrisi)' - There Is No Other 4:03
JOHN CALE 'Paris 1919' - Paris 1919 (2006 Expanded & Remastered Edition) 4:07
JOHANN JOHANNSSON 'Sapir-Whorf' - Arrival (OST) 1:17
PETER LAUGHNER 'Sylvia Plath' - Peter Laughner (Box Set) 3:42
SET #3
AFRICA EXPRESS 'Where Will This Lead Us To? (feat. Blue May, Radio 123, & Moonchild Sanelly)' - Egoli 3:49
DANIEL LANOIS 'Oaxaca' - Belladonna 2:49
DAVID HOLMES 'The Nose' - Ocean's Thirteen (OST) 2:30
THE UNDERGROUND YOUTH 'Come Together' - The Magical Mystery Psych-Out: A Tribute To The Beatles 4:56
THOM YORKE 'Last I Heard (He Was Circling The Drain)' - ANIMA 5:06
NAREN BUDHKAR & HEVREH ENSEMBLE 'A Path Of Light' - A Path Of Light 5:35
TINARIWEN 'Assawt' - Elwan 3:39
LO'JO 'Duende' - Putumayo Presents: A Mediterranean Odyssey - Athens To Andalucia 3:27
SET #4
ROBERT FRIPP STRING QUINTET 'Walk Don't Run' - Soundscape 2:02
SARAH VAUGHAN 'Fever (Adam Freeland Remix)' - Verve Remixed Vol. 3 4:37
ORANJI SYMPHONETTE 'Experiment In Terror' - Plays Mancini 4:44
JOHN ZORN 'The James Bond Theme' - Naked City 3:06
KALIEDOSCOPE 'Minnie The Moocher' - Pulsating Dreams 2:16
RAHSSAN ROLAND KIRK 'Summertime' - Boogie-Woogie String Along For Real 1:40
ANNETTE PEACOCK 'Love Me Tender' - I'm The One 3:50
LOS FANTASTICOS 'Paint It Black' - Surfin' Jack Flash (The Surf Instrumental Bands Of The World Perform The Music Of The Stones) 2:54
LOU REED 'Peggy Sue' - Rave On Buddy Holly 3:19
BILL FRISELL 'Baja' - Guitar In The Space Age! 3:37
THE BEYONDERERS 'A Brief History Of The US Military's Psychic Warfare Program' - Disclosure 2:00
SET #5
FLYING LOTUS 'Heroes In A Half Shell' - Flamagra 1:17
PERE UBU 'The World (As We Can Know It)' - The Long Goodbye 3:25
DHANI HARRISON 'Admiral Of Upside Down' - IN///PARALLEL 5:28
THE RACONTEURS 'Thoughts And Prayers' - Help Us Stranger 4:42
VAN DER GRAAF 'The Habit Of The Broken Heart' - The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome 4:39
BOLA SETE 'The Lonely Gaucho' - Ocean Memories 2:33
ANGELIQUE KIDJO 'Sahara' - Celia 4:37
ART BEARS 'The Summer Wheel' - Winter Songs 2:40
SET #6
JUKKA TOLONEN 'Wedding Song' - Crossection 4:44
JESCA HOOP 'Time Capsule' - Stonechild 3:19
CALEXICO & IRON & WINE 'Years To Burn' - Years To Burn** 3:07
APOTEOSI 'Dimensione Da Sogro' - Apoteosi 3:49
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information or to purchase The Beyonderers music:
https://thebeyonderers.bandcamp.com/
For more information on Pere Ubu's 'The Long Goodbye:
http://www.ubuprojex.com/
For more information on Peter Laughner's music:
https://www.smogveil.com/
This week I've decided to get everything started on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #332) by playing all NEW releases during the shows first set. You'll hear music from THOM YORKE'S latest, Anima,' to start things off, then next I'll play a track by PERE UBU, followed by THE RACONTEURS, RAMIN DJAWADI (from the 'Game Of Thrones, Season 8 soundtrack), and AFRICA EXPRESS, before completing the set with the VIOLENT FEMMES title track from 'Hotel Last Resort' (featuring Tom Verlaine), and a song from JESCA HOOP'S latest.
By the start of the second hour I'll feature a set of songs with a whimsical element to them, with artists like CAN, LONG JOHN BALDRY, THE BONZO DOG BAND, ESQUIVEL, KEVIN AYERS, and of course, THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION all adding their talents to the over all sound. Hint: I'm playing CHRIS BUTLER & RALPH CARNEY'S 'Tapioca Day' as part of what's included so you get the idea of where I'm going with this.
I've got additional NEW material from PETER LAUGHNER, VIKINGUR OLAFSSON, FLYING LOTUS, and THE BEYONDERERS sprinkled throughout the remainder of the show with plenty of variation stylistically from other artists including PEG LEG SAM, WEATHER REPORT, XTC, JOHN MARTYN, and JACK KIDNEY.
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
THOM YORKE 'Traffic' - Anima 5:19
PERE UBU 'Lovely Day' - The Long Goodbye 4:08
THE RACONTEURS 'Shine The Light On Me' - Help Us Stranger 3:27
RAMIN DJAWADI 'Not Today' - Game Of Thrones: Season 8 (OST) 2:21
AFRICA EXPRESS (Damon Albarn) 'The River' - Egoli 2:31
VIOLENT FEMMES 'Hotel Last Resort (w/ Tom Verlaine)' - Hotel Last Resort 5:13
JESCA HOOP 'Shoulder Charge' - Stonechild 5:43
SET #2
PETER LAUGHNER 'Solomon's Mines' - Peter Laughner (Box Set) 3:00
JOHN MARTYN 'Ain't No Saint' - Inside Out (Remaster) 3:37
JOHN GREAVES & DAVID CUNNINGHAM 'The Same Way' - Greaves/Cunningham 3:58
MOTHER GONG 'Hands (w/ Daevid Allen)' - The Owl And The Tree 3:16
JACK KIDNEY 'Without You' - Sealin' Up The Past 3:56
ANGELIQUE KIDJO 'Oya Diosa' - Celia 3:27
THE SKYGREEN LEOPARDS 'She Took A Long Cold Look' - Mojo Presents: The Madcap Laughs Again! 2:23
BRIAN ENO 'The Fat Lady Of Limbourg' - Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy 5:05
SET #3
CAN 'Below This Level (Patient's Song)' - Rite Time 3:44
LONG JOHN BALDRY 'Everything Stops For Tea' - Everything Stops For Tea 3:09
THE BOZO DOG BAND 'I'm Gonna Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight' - Cornology 2:03
CHRIS BUTLER & RALPH CARNEY 'Tapioca Day (July 15)' - Songs For Unsung Holidays 2:41
ESQUIVEL 'Whatchamacallit' - Space Age Bachelor Pad Music 2:35
SAMBA UM 'Samba Um' - Samba Brazil (Various Artists) 1:11
KING CRIMSON 'Dig Me' - Three Of A Perfect Pair (Remaster) 3:19
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION 'Cruisin' For Burgers' - Uncle Meat (2012 Remaster) 2:21
KEVIN AYERS 'Oleh Oleh Bandu Bandong/All This Crazy Gift Of Time' - Joy Of A Toy 9:33
SET #4
VIKINGUR OLAFSSON 'Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier; Book 1, Fugue 5 In D, BDW 850' - Johann Sebastian Bach 1:45
THEE OH SEES (OCS) 'The Baron Sleeps And Dreams' - Memory Of A Cut Off Head 3:34
BAROQUE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 'Penny Lane' - Classical Beatles 2:38
WENDY CARLOS 'The Shining (Main Title)' - The Shining (OST) (vinyl) 3:27
XTC 'Sacrificial Bonfire' - Skylarking 3:46
CHRIS FORSYTH & THE SOLAR MOTEL BAND 'Boston Street Lullaby' - The Rarity of Experience 5:14
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE 'Light & Day/Reach For The Sun' - The Beginning Stages Of... 3:23
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO 'Zure (Cornelius remix)' - Async – Remodels 3:45
KIT WATKIINS 'I Remember Me' - Azure 5:30
SET #5
PEG LEG SAM 'Who's That Left Here 'While Ago?' - Kickin' It 4:41
CAMPER VAN CHADBOURNE 'Out In the Heat' - Revenge Of Camper Van Chadbourne 5:07
INSECT TRUST 'Walking On Nails' - Insect Trust 3:04
FLYING LOTUS 'Say Something' - Flamagra 1:15
NEGATIVLAND 'Two Light Bulbs Flickering' - Thigmotactic 1:35
SANTANA 'Yo Me Lo Merezco (w/ Buika)' - Africa Speaks 6:12
THE BEYONDERERS 'Project Camelot' - Disclosure** 1:44
GALAXY 'Space Mountain' - Day Without The Sun 4:04
SET #6
WEATHER REPORT 'The Pursuit of The Woman With The Feathered Hat' - Mr. Gone 5:04
ROBERT RICH & STEVE ROACH 'Mica' - Strata 4:57
SENOR COCONUT 'Trans Europe Express' - El Baile Aleman 5:59
JAH WOBBLE 'Highgate' - Welcome To My World 4:11
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information or to purchase The Beyonderers music:
https://thebeyonderers.bandcamp.com/
For more information on Pere Ubu's 'The Long Goodbye:
http://www.ubuprojex.com/
For more information on Peter Laughner's music and Chris Butler & Ralph Carney's 'Songs For Unsung Holiday's album:
https://www.smogveil.com/
Boy Oh Boy! There's nothing like celebrating great 'live' events so I've pulled out all the stops on today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #331) to do just that. This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock music festival AND the umpteenth time my local Akron 'Highland Square' neighborhood brings over 100 performers to their yearly 'Porchrokr' festival so I'll focus on both celebrations by playing plenty of great music found at each.
Porchrokr is held on Saturday, August 17th beginning at 10:30 a.m. so I'll play music from local acts appearing there including THE HI-FI'S, THE BEYONDERERS, and FANCY LEGS. Accompanying FANCY LEGS during their set will be former TIN HUEY band mates CHRIS BUTLER & HARVEY GOLD and rumor has it several 'Huey' classics will be played so I’ll start the show today with one of those classics. (I guess you’ll just have to tune in and find out which song it is).
Before commemorating the Woodstock festival in the final hour there's plenty of other great music in store including NEW selections from the latest PERE UBU, AFRICA EXPRESS (featuring Damon Albarn), RAMIN DJAWADI, JESCA HOOP, and FLYING LOTUS.
I've got several quirky cuts out of the 'vault' from CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, JAMES WHITE & THE BLACKS, and CHI-PIG all combined in one segment, while ROBBIE ROBERTSON, JIM PEPPER, BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE, RY COODER, and STEVE EARLE all are played in another that honors our history as a land 'of' immigrants; regardless of religion, color, or language. VIOLENT FEMMES does an amazing rendition of 'God Bless America' during that set as well.
The Woodstock set during the final hour features numerous cuts from the just issued '50th Anniversary Back To The Garden' album including several never before released pieces from CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, JANIS JOPLIN, and JEFFERSON AIRPLANE.
Today's set list:
SET #1
TIN HUEY 'I Could Rule The World If I Could Only Get The Parts' - Contents Dislodged During Shipment 3:17
ROBERT WYATT 'I'm A Believer' - His Greatest Misses 4:56
FANCY LEGS 'I Think Of You' - Fancy Legs 2:50
SPARKS 'Unaware' - Hippopotamus 3:54
THE HI-FI'S 'Walter Peabody' - 6x5 (EP) 6:25
PATTI SMITH 'Pastime Paradise' - Twelve 5:26
NELS CLINE 'Secret Love' - Lovers 4:34
SET #2
A.C. MARIAS 'Just Talk' - One Of Our Girls 5:40
PERE UBU 'Skidrow-On-Sea' - The Long Goodbye 2:39
CAT STEVENS 'Was Dog A Doughnut?' - Izitso 4:15
UDUGURU (Carl Palmer) 'Dial Up' - Underground 3:01
JAMES WHITE & THE BLACKS 'Stained Sheets (w/ Lydia Lunch)' - Off White 5:51
CHI-PIG 'Waves Of Disgust' - Miami 3:35
PALBERTA 'Cherry Baby' - Roach Goin' Down 1:53
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND THE MAGIC BAND 'When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) 5:04
SET #3
AFRICA EXPRESS (featuring Damon Albarn) 'Africa To The World' - Egoli 4:28
DAVID BYRNE & BRIAN ENO 'America Is Waiting' - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (Remaster) 3:39
TANGLE EYE 'Home' - Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Remixed 4:25
ROBBIE ROBERTSON 'He Don't Live Here No More' - How To Become Clairvoyant 5:46
VIOLENT FEMMES 'God Bless America' - Hotel Last Resort 4:40
STEVE EARLE 'City Of Immigrants' - Washington Square Serenade 4:18
JIM PEPPER 'Rock Stomp Indian Style' - Pepper's Pow Wow 2:07
RY COODER 'Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right' - The Prodigal Son 3:46
SET #4
RAMIN DJAWADI 'Main Title' - Game Of Thrones: Season 8 (OST) 1:52
GENTLE GIANT 'Funny Ways' - Gentle Giant 4:23
DARCY JAMES ARGUE'S SECRET SOCIETY 'You Are Here (Reprise)' - Real Enemies 6:01
VANGELIS 'Albedo 0.39' - Albedo 0.39 4:21
THE BEYONDERERS 'Disclosure/37th Parallel' - Disclosure 3:47
FLYING LOTUS 'Andromeda' - Flamagra 1:28
JESCA HOOP 'Red, White, And Black' - Stonechild 2:16
HAYSEED DIXIE 'Strawberry Fields Forever' - Weapons Of Grass Destruction 3:12
SET #5 'WOODSTOCK 50th HOMAGE'
DAVID CROSBY 'Woodstock' - Here If You Listen 3:34
MAX YASGUR '(Speech) I Think You People Have Proven Something To The World' - Woodstock: Back To The Garden: 50th Anniversary Collection 0:59
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL 'I Put A Spell On You' - Woodstock: Back To The Garden: 50th Anniversary Collection 4:08
JOHN MORRIS '(Announcement) We've Got The Keys To Your House' - Woodstock: Back To The Garden: 50th Anniversary Collection 0:22
JANIS JOPLIN 'Kosmic Blues' - Woodstock: Back To The Garden: 50th Anniversary Collection 4:39
JOHN MORRIS '(Announcement) Everybody's Ground Getting Comfortable' - Woodstock: Back To The Garden: 50th Anniversary Collection 0:36
SANTANA 'Batonga' - Africa Speaks 5:43
JOHN MORRIS '(Announcement) It's Deadly Serious (Pt 1)' - Woodstock: Back To The Garden: 50th Anniversary Collection 0:48
JIMI HENDRIX 'Hey Joe' - Jimi Hendrix At Woodstock 5:53
JOHN MORRIS '(Announcement) 'It's Deadly Serious (Pt. 2)/Free Concert' - Woodstock: Back To The Garden: 50th Anniversary Collection 0:41
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE 'Somebody To Love' - Woodstock: Back To The Garden: 50th Anniversary Collection 4:25
SET #6
PETER LAUGHNER 'Baudelaire' - Peter Laughner (Box Set)** 6:09
NICK DRAKE 'Time Of No Reply' - Time Of No Reply 2:47
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
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https://fancylegs.bandcamp.com/releases
(photo on this page is of Fancy Legs rehearsing with Chris & Harvey of Tin Huey fame)
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https://www.facebook.com/TheHiFisAkron/
For more information or to purchase The Beyonderers music:
https://thebeyonderers.bandcamp.com/
For more information on Pere Ubu's 'The Long Goodbye:
http://www.ubuprojex.com/
For more information about the Tin Huey band and related solo projects:
https://www.facebook.com/TinHuey/
For more information on Peter Laughner's music:
https://www.smogveil.com/
Sometimes it seems everything just falls into place and that's exactly what happened this week while preparing the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #330). Beginning with the latest offering from JESCA HOOP, what followed during the first set just fit perfectly; THE ROCHES, then DEAN & BRITTA interpreting an Andy Warhol screen test, DENGUE FEVER'S outstanding piece that followed, then an a cappella version of “Tomorrow Never Knows' (by FIVE O'CLOCK SHADOW), PETER GABRIEL crooning into an ANGELO BADALAMENTI 'Barbershop' melody, before finishing with ALLEN RAVENSTINE'S composition 'If Only There Was More Time.' Yet it only gets better!
By the time the final hour arrives you'll get two 'themed' sets; one which surrounds bits of dialogue about zombies from Jim Jarmusch's 'The Dead Don't Die' and the other with an extra terrestrial motif. The former (zombies) features movie dialogue with synth's and such from CHICK COREA, FLYING LOTUS, and SQURL as wells a BRYAN FERRY 'All Tomorrow's Parties' cover, cuts from MODEST MOUSE and BEACON STREET UNION, before finishing with RICKIE LEE JONES doing 'Road Kill.'
It all comes to a head with THE BEYONDERERS from their new release, 'Disclosure,' leading off a final set that includes HAWKWIND playing 'Space Is Deep,' a PETER BAUMANN (Tangerine Dream) selection followed by MARK SNOW'S 'The X Files Theme' and LEONARD NIMOY'S 'Highly Illogical' before finishing up with themes from JOHNNY QUEST and THE JETSON'S. Sounds campy huh? It's a blast to listen to!
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
JESCA HOOP 'Free Of The Feeling' - Stonechild 4:39
THE ROCHES 'The Troubles' - The Roches 3:27
DEAN & BRITTA 'Silver Factory Theme' - 13 Most Beautiful: Songs For
Andy Warhol's Screen Tests 5:05
DENGUE FEVER 'Uku' - Cannibal Courtship 5:16
FIVE O'CLOCK SHADOW 'Tomorrow Never Knows' - Come Together: An A Cappella
Tribute To The Beatles 3:40
PETER GABRIEL 'A Wonderful Day In A One Way World' - Peter Gabriel (II) 3:35
ANGELO BADALAMENTI 'Barbershop' - Twin Peaks Season Two: Music & More 1:25
ALLEN RAVENSTINE 'If Only There Was More Time' - Waiting For The Bomb 3:11
SET #2
FITO PAEZ 'A Minha Menina' - El Justiciero Cha, Cha, Cha - Tribute To Os Mutantes 5:03
GEOFFREY ORYEMA 'Rwot Obwolo Wan' - Spirit 4:49
GIBBY HAYNES & HIS PROBLEM 'Superman' - Gibby Haynes & His Problem 3:10
CALEXICO 'World Undone' - Edge Of The Sun 4:29
BLACK SABBATH 'Solitude' - Master Of Reality 5:02
LADY JUNE 'The Letter' - Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy 4:10
YUSEF LATEEF 'In The Still Of The Night' - Part Of The Search 3:22
SET #3
DAWN OF MIDI 'Dysnomia' - Dysnomia 4:15
KING CRIMSON 'The Sheltering Sky' - Discipline 8:22
HAFEZ MODIRZADEH 'Weft Facets: Interlude 1' - Post-Chromodal Out! 2:44
PERE UBU Road Is A Preacher The Long Goodbye 3:05
WIRE 'Children Of Groceries' - Manscape 3:03
MIDLAKE 'The Old And The Young' - Antiphon 5:36
YO LA TENGO 'Stupid Things' - Fade 5:05
SET #4
CATHARSIS 'Styx' - Le Borlero Du Veau Des Dames 3:07
BOARDS OF CANADA 'Open The Light' - Music Has A Right To Children 4:25
MONTY PYTHON 'Finland' - The Final Rip Off 2:20
KHAC CHI ENSEMBLE 'Northwest Folk Song' - Moonlight In Vietnam 3:00
ALLEN TOUSSAINT 'Blue Drag' - The Bright Mississippi 4:21
VISHA MOHAN BHATT & JERRY DOUGLAS 'Miles From Home' - Bourbon & Rosewater 4:33
SANTANA 'Africa Speaks' - Africa Speaks 4:43
WAS (NOT WAS) 'The Party Broke Up' - Born To Laugh At Tornadoes 2:14
SET #5
CHICK COREA 'Imp's Welcome' - The Leprechaun 2:55
FLYING LOTUS 'Remind U' - Flamagra 2:41
SQURL/DIALOGUE 'Dialogue #2 (feat: Larry Fessenden)' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 0:32
BRYAN FERRY 'All Tomorrow's Parties' - Taxi 5:31
SQURL 'This Is All Going To End Badly' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 3:55
MODEST MOUSE 'Guilty Cocker Spaniels' - No One's First, And You're Next 4:02
BEACON STREET UNION 'A Not Very August Afternoon' - The Eyes Of - The Clown... 3:44
SQURL/DIALOGUE 'Dialogue #5 (feat: Caleb Landry Jones)' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 0:31
RICKIE LEE JONES 'Road Kill' - Ghostyhead 4:12
SET #6
THE BEYONDERERS 'Ultra-Terrestrial' - Disclosure** 2:37
HAWKWIND 'Space Is Deep' - Doremi Fasol Latido 6:20
PETER BAUMANN 'Meadow Of Infinity' - Romance 76 3:49
MARK SNOW 'X-Files Main Theme' - Songs In The Key Of X 3:24
LEONARD NIMOY 'Highly Illogical' - Spaced Out – The Best of Leonard
Nimoy & William Shatner 2:23
REVEREND HORTON HEAT 'Johnny Quest Theme' - Saturday Morning: Cartoons Greatest Hits 2:30
HOYT CURTIN 'The Jetson's (End Theme)' - Cartoon Network: Groovin Tunes 0:46
** = New or recent acquisition
OS = Original Score
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information on Pere Ubu's 'The Long Goodbye:
http://www.ubuprojex.com/
For more information or to purchase The Beyonderers music:
https://thebeyonderers.bandcamp.com/
On this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #329), I'll forgo any of the musical references to summer and instead load up today's program with plenty interesting pieces including unusual 'covers' by artists like THE FLYING LIZARDS (doing 'Whole Lotta Shaking Goin' On') and ANGELIQUE KIDJO (interpreting Hendrix's 'Voodoo Child'); add a quirky stream of consciousness composition from MOEBIUS, CONNY PLANK, & MAYO THOMPSON and another from IGGY POP, and throw in theme's from both DOCTOR WHO and ALFRED HITCHCOCK (the later done by BARRY ADAMSON) all during the course of the first hour.
All of those selections are surrounded by a cut from the new PERE UBU album as well as music from CARAVAN, RON GEESIN, ROBERT WYATT, XTC, PINK FLOYD, THE CHIEFTAINS, and JAYME STONE'S LOMAX PROJECT.
Later on you'll hear NEW pieces from locally grown THE TUFTED PUFFINS and FANCY LEGS, older songs from DEVO and 15-60-75, jazz from LARRY CORYELL STEPHANE GRAPPELLI, and JOHN ZORN, and more 'vault' nuggets from GONG, KRAFTWERK, and ANANDA SHANKAR.
It's another three hour musical journey that's guaranteed to keep you entertained.
Today's Line Up:
SET #1
PERE UBU 'What I Heard On The Pop Radio' - The Long Goodbye 3:49
PETE MAD DADDY MYERS 'WHK Record Rendevous Ad' - Cleveland Radio 0:53
CARAVAN 'Memory Lain, Hugh Headloss (exerpt)' - For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night 4:57
ROBERT WYATT 'Blues In Bob Minor' - Shleep 5:24
MOEBIUS, CONNY PLANK & MAYO THOMPSON '42' - Ludwig's Law 3:44
RON GEESIN 'Mominous' - Land Of Mist 1:28
THE FLYING LIZARDS 'Whole Lotta Shaking Goin' On' - Top Ten 4:44
ANGELIQUE KIDJO 'Voodoo Child (Slight Return)' - Oremi 3:49
SET #2
RON GRANIER 'Doctor Who Theme' - The Doctor Who 25th Anniversary Album 2:23
PINK FLOYD 'One Of These Days' - Meddle 5:56
BARRY ADAMSON 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents Theme' - Moss Side Story 2:24
IGGY POP 'Watching The News' - Zombie Birdhouse (2019 Remaster) 4:13
1912 NATIONAL CALLIOPE 'Barnum & Bailey's Favorite March' - The Circus Is Coming 2:43
XTC 'Statue Of Liberty' - White Music 2:54
AUNT MARY 'There's A Lot Of Fish In The Sea' - Aunt Mary 3:52
THE CHIEFTAINS 'Drowsy Maggie' - 4 4:00
JAYME STONE 'Hog Went Through The Fence, Yoke & All' - Jayme Stone's Lomax Project 3:42
SET #3
NEIL YOUNG 'For The Turnstiles' - On The Beach 3:15
DONOVAN 'Sleep' - Cosmic Wheels 3:54
DJIVAN GASPARAYAN & MICHAEL BROOK 'Freedom' - Black Rock 5:29
ANANDA SHANKAR 'Dance Indra' - Ananda Shankar 3:52
SQURL 'Toxic Moon' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 4:32
CORNELIUS 'Fantasma' - Fantasma 0:55
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA 'Pure Jam' - Technodelic 3:24
FLYING LOTUS 'All Spies' - Flamagra 1:45
JUANA MOLINA 'Al Oeste' - Halo 3:37
SET #4
THE TUFTED PUFFINS 'Messin' Up My Mind' - Old, Loud, & Puffy 3:43
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS 'White Trash' - Dirt Track Date 2:03
ORANJI SYMPHONETTE 'Baby Elephant Gunn' - Plays Mancini 4:12
JOHN ZORN 'Shinial' - Cerberus: The Book Of Angels Vol. 26 4:42
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'It's In Imagination' - Datapanik in The Year Zero (Box) – Disc 4 - Cleveland Rarities (Terminal Drive) 4:45
KRAFTWERK 'Tongebinge' - Ralf & Florian 2:52
BRIAN ENO & KARL HYDE 'Big Band Song' - Someday World (Deluxe Edition) 3:08
SET #5
SANTANA 'Candombe Cumbele (w/ Buika)' - Africa Speaks 5:37
PRIMUS The Valley The Desaturating Seven 4:43
DR. DIDG 'Easy' - Out In The Woods 4:39
GONG 'Bambooji' - Shamal 5:18
LAURIE ANDERSON 'World Without End' - Bright Red 2:49
LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE 'This Maybe Goodbye' - This Is It, Machines 2:32
ANGELO BADALAMENTI 'High School Swing' - TPS2: Twin Peaks Season Two: Music & More 1:51
SET #6
LARRY CORYELL 'Call To The Higher Consciousness' - Basics (2019 Remaster) 5:19
DEVO 'Triumph Of The Will' - Pioneers Who Got Scalped -The Anthology 2:15
FANCY LEGS 'Important Things (with Chris Butler)' - Fancy Legs 2:50
STEREOLAB 'I'm Going Out of My Way (Demo)' - Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements (2019 Remaster) 1:46
SAMBA TOURE 'Idje Tchina' - Crocodile Blues 5:07
VARTTINA 'Kivutar' - Ilmatar 3:28
STEPHANE GRAPPELLI 'Swing Guitars' - Young Django 4:01
** = New or recent acquisition
OS = Original Score
For more information on Pere Ubu's 'The Long Goodbye:
http://www.ubuprojex.com/
For more about The Tufted Puffins:
http://www.thetuftedpuffins.com/
For More about Fancy Legs:
https://fancylegs.bandcamp.com/releases
For more about 15-60-75 (The Numbers Band):
http://www.numbersband.com/
Last week the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing so this week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #328), I'll play a selection of songs about the moon and outer space from NICK DRAKE, THE B-52's, GONG, KEN NORDINE, THE DOORS, THE ENID, DUKE ELLINGTON, SOPWITH CAMEL, and SPIRIT all during the fourth set. It might be a week late on my part but it's worth the wait!
What else do I have planned for the show you might ask? There's NEW music from THE FLAMING LIPS, FLYING LOTUS and locally bred bands FANCY LEGS, THE BLACK KEYS, and PERE UBU (the later musing about HARRY PARTCH whose music is also heard).
Add to that 'vault' obscurities from Italy's IL BALLETTO DI BRONZO, England's AUDIENCE, and Germany's HOLGAR CZUKAY; international selections from the LUDOVIC BEIER QUARTET and the THAI ELEPHONIC ORCHESTRA (as the name implies, a percussion ensemble of elephants) and other great sounds provided by JONI MITCHELL (Hejira), RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK, GARY NUMAN, and LOS LOBOS.
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
THE FLAMING LIPS 'We Don't Know How & We Don't Know Why/The Sparrow' - King's Mouth Music And Songs 6:48
GARY NUMAN 'Fallen' - Pure 2:31
PETER HAMMILL & GARY LUCAS 'The Kid' - Other World 4:16
BEIRUT 'Family Curse' - Gallipoli 3:23
JOHN CALE 'Letter From Abroad' - HoboSapiens 5:05
FLYING LOTUS 'Heroes' - Flamagra 2:44
IL BALLETTO DI BRONZO La Tua Casa Comoda Y's 3:46
SET #2
AUDIENCE 'Eye To Eye' - House On The Hill (UK release) 2:30
JOHN LEACH & G. FENTON 'Valse Moderne' - Ren & Stimpy Production Music Vol. 1 1:33
LUDOVIC BEIER QUARTET 'Waltz In Paris' - The Rough Guide To Paris Cafe 3:48
THE HUNTINGTON CADS 'Arabesque' - Shots In The Dark 2:15
THE ART OF NOISE 'Paranoimia (w/ Max Headroom)' - The Best of The Art Of Noise 3:18
MICHAL URBANIAK 'Crazy Kid (w/ Urszula Dudziak)' - Fusion III 2:41
JON LANGFORD & SALLY TIMMS 'The Prettiest Star' - Let All The Children Boogie: A Tribute To David Bowie 3:15
HOLGAR CZUKAY 'Floatspace' - Moving Pictures 3:18
LOS LOBOS 'Colossal Head' - Colossal Head 4:13
SET #3
THE BLACK KEYS 'Shine A Little Light' - “Let's Rock” 3:17
MONKS OF DOOM 'The Insect God' - The Insect God (EP) 7:24
SQURL 'The Dead Don't Die/Dialogue 1' - The Dead Don't Die (OS) 3:11
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS 'Tain't No Sin' - The Black Rider (Tom Waits) 2:25
HARRY PARTCH 'Castor & Pollux: Ring Around The Moon...
'Third Phase - Shake Hands Boys' & 'Fourth Phase: - Mumbo Jumbo Hocus Pocus' - Harry Partch: Plectra And Percussion Dances 3:36
PERE UBU 'Who Stole The Signpost?' - The Long Goodbye 3:27
THE RESIDENTS 'Sinister Exaggerator' - Duck Stab 3:29
THAI ELEPHONIC ORCHESTRA 'An Elephant's Swan Song (Thailand)' - Rough Guide's Off The Beaten Track 2:40
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA(JOE BYRD) 'Mouse (Bonus Track)(Garden Of Earthly Delights)' - The United States Of America 2:40
SET #4
NICK DRAKE 'Pink Moon' - Pink Moon 2:07
THE ENID 'Pre-Dawn -Sunrise (Intro)' - In The Region Of Summer Stars 1:13
KEN NORDINE 'Introduction To Stereophonic Sound' - RCA's Sounds Of Space 0:40
THE B-52'S 'There's A Moon In The Sky Called The Moon' - The B-52's 4:59
KEN NORDINE 'Outer Space' - You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters 3:39
THE DOORS 'Not To Touch The Earth' - Waiting For The Sun 3:53
DUKE ELLINGTON 'Moon Maiden' - The Intimate Ellington 2:49
GONG 'Wave And A Particle/Pinkle Ponkle' - 2032 6:38
SPIRIT 'The Romulan Experience/Monkey See Monkey Do/Mt. Olympus' - Future Games 2:59
STANLEY SILVERMAN 'You're On The Radio/Radio Waves' - Elephant Steps 3:26
SOPWITH CAMEL 'Monkeys On The Moon' - The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon 3:12
SET #5
FANCY LEGS 'Slow Saturday (w/Harvey Gold)' - Fancy Legs 3:52
PHIL MANZANERA 'Gone Flying' - K Scope 4:27
THE FIREMAN (Paul McCartney & Youth) 'Lovers In A Dream' - Electric Arguments 5:21
RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK 'Hunted Feelings' - The Inflated Tear/Natural Black Inventions 2:21
STEVE HACKETT 'Kim' - Please Don't Touch 2:12
CAMEL 'Spirit Of The Water' - Moonmadness 2:07
RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/ Francesco Turrisi) 'Trees On The Mountains' - There is No Other** 5:15
JONI MITCHELL 'Hejira' - Hejira 6:41
SET #6
HOT TUNA '99 Year Blues' - Burgers 4:01
POKEY LAFARGE 'Close The Door' - Pokey LaFarge 3:33
MORPHINE 'The Saddest Song' - Good 2:53
BRUFORD LEVIN UPPER EXTREMITIES 'Thick With Thin Air' - Bruford Levin Upper Extremities 3:32
** = New or recent acquisition
OS = Original Score
OST = Original Soundtrack
In the first hour of this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #327), the program gets going with a piece from THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND, explores 'psychedelia' with RON GEESIN and THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR, then proceeds through the remainder of the first set by featuring the use of early synthesizers and sequencers from artists DIRTHY FILTHY MUD, PERE UBU, BARRE PHILLIPS, and ANNETTE PEACOCK.
What follows that is a set with new material from THE BLACK KEYS, ANGELO BADALAMENTI, and dialogue and music from Jim Jarmusch's 'The Dead Don't Die' (featuring his band SQURL) which is interwoven with PRESSUREHED playing '21st Century Schizoid Man,' CAPTAIN BEYOND'S epic 'Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air),' and RY COODER'S 'Little Trona Girl.'
There's more new music later on from RHIANNON GIDDENS, THE BUDOS BAND, and JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, international offerings from OLIVER MTUKUDZI and TOM ZE, 'vault' selections from FAUST, CAL HAND, and JADE WARRIOR, jazz from JEAN LUC PONTY and GETZ/GILBERTO, and a host of other goodies from the likes of WILCO, SUFJAN STEVENS, THE NUMBERS BAND (15-60-75), and KRONOS QUARTET.
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND 'Talking Of The End' - Liquid Acrobat As Regards The Air/RON GEESIN 'Psychedelia' - A Raise Of Eyebrows/THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR 'Collideascope' - Chips From The Chocolate Fireball/DIRTY FILTHY MUD 'The Forest Of Black' - Psychedelic Minds Vol. 1 (1967-71)/PERE UBU 'Over My Head' - The Modern Dance/BARRE PHILLIPS 'La Folle' - Three Day Moon/ANNETTE PEACOCK 'Pony' - I'm The One/
SET #2
ANGELO BADALAMENTI 'New Shoes' - TPS2:Twin Peaks Season Two: Music & More/SQURL 'Dialogue 3/The Dead Don't Die' - The Dead Don't Die (OS)/PRESSUREHED '21st Century Schizoid Man' - Schizoid Dimension: A Tribute to King Crimson/THE BLACK KEYS 'Fire Walk With Me' - “Let's Rock”/CAPTAIN BEYOND 'Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air)/Armworth/Myopic Void' - Captain Beyond/SQURL (DIALOGUE) 'Dialogue 7' - The Dead Don't Die (Original Score)/RY COODER 'Little Trona Girl' - I, Flathead/
SET #3
RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/ Francesco Turrisi) 'I'm On My Way' - There is No Other/FAUST 'Giggy Smile (Excerpt)' - Faust IV/CAL HAND 'They Only Moved The Stage' - The Wylie Butler/CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 'Hey Brother' - New Roman Times/WILCO 'Impossible Germany' - Sky Blue Sky/JADE WARRIOR 'Morning Hymn' - Last Autumn's Dream/NUSRAT FATAH ALI KHAN & GAUDI 'Mainoo Ole Bai Kee Pee Lain De' - Dub Qawwali/CARTER BURWELL 'The Wingless Thrush' - The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs (OST)/
SET #4
OLIVER MTUKUDZI 'Ziba Nguva (Remember Time)' - Vhunze Moto/TOM ZE 'Defect 8: ONU,Arma Mortal' - Com Defeito De Fabricacao/MICACHU 'Golden Phone'- Jewellery/THE BOOKS 'The Story Of Hip Hop' - The Way Out/OLU DARA 'Red Ant (Nature)' - Neighborhoods/LITTLE FEAT 'Juliette' - Dixie Chicken/SUFJAN STEVENS 'No Man's Land' - The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras From The Illinois Album/THE BUDOS BAND 'Valley Of The Damned' - V/
SET #5
BRIAN ENO 'Caught Between' - Another Day On Earth/TIM BLAKE 'A Return To Clouds' - Magick/DENGUE FEVER 'Monsoon Of Perfume' - Venus On Earth 4:40
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE Say Baby The Saint Of Lost Causes/TOUBAB KREWE 'Mali Sadjo' - Toubab Krewe/KRONOS QUARTET 'Mini Skirt' - Neuvo/JEAN LUC PONTY 'King Kong' - King Kong: Jean Luc Ponty Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa/
SET #6
15-60-75 (NUMBERS BAND) 'Summer Fever' - 2/GETZ & GILBERTO 'Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)' - Getz & Gilberto/AIR 'Moon Fever' - Le Voyage Dans La Luna/THE BEATLES 'Because' - Love Special Edition/PHILLIP GLASS 'A Normal Man Running' - 1000 Airplanes On The Roof/
** = New or recent acquisition
OS = Original Score
OST = Original Soundtrack
Welcome to another Transmusic Airwaves 'Presents' as I delve into the recent past this week and rebroadcast a program from July 13, 2012 under the title of my original radio program, Vicotin Popsicles over KUSF-in-Exile, a San Francisco internet radio station. KUSF-in-Exile arose from the ashes of legendary alternative radio station KUSF, whose frequency was sold to an LA based classical consortium. I began programming a freeform radio show with the internet based former DJ's of KUSF in late April 2012 and called my show 'Vicotin Popsicles.'
Today's rebroadcast is Episode #12 from July 13, 2012 and clocked in at around two hours. At the time my programs were still a work in progress and as I was getting more comfortable each week with each shows evolution. During this period I was relying on 'themed' sets and movie and TV dialogue intermixed into the flow of the show, My program was scheduled to air from 6 to 8 am every Friday on the station and beginning in August 2012 the program director had me add an additional hour to the length.
Below is the synopsis of this week's installment with a track listing of each set and the songs played:
Two themed sets today!!! The first "alcohol, features a vault find from Kevin Ayers, plus spoken word bizarre-ness from I'm Not Jim, and much more goodies then, the second themed set, "Airplanes," features Laurie Anderson, Wilco with Billy Bragg, and both have loads of movie dialogue throughout. Also in today's edition, Gary Numan, DJ Shadow, Wendy Carlos, and more new stuff from John Martyn and Neil Young and Crazy Horse.
Today's Set List:
Set #1
Tom Rapp/Pearls Before Swine “Uncle John” from One Nation Underground
DJ Shadow “Triplicate / Something Happened That Day” from The Outsider
Hella “Meth Leper” from Slaying Since 1996 Compilation
The Outer Limits “TV show intro” from Brian In A Box: The Science Fiction Collction
Peter Hammill “(No More) The Sub Mariner” from In Camera
Frou Frou “Maddening Shroud” from Details
Gary Numan “Fallen” from PURE
Cornelius “Count Five Or Six” from Fantasma
The Detroit Cobras “Hey Sailor” from Life, Love & Leaving
Set #2
Wendy Carlos “Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring” from Switched on Bach 2000
Kronos Quartet “PURPLE HAZE” from Kronos Quartet: Music by Sculthorpe, Sallinen, Glass, Nancarrow, Hendrix
The Chemical Brothers “My Elastic Eye” from Come With Us
Seu Jorge “Changes" from The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions
The Rutles “Blue Suede Schubert” from The Rutles (2006 Remaster)
John Martyn “Bad Company” from Heaven And Earth
Robert Palmer “Spanish Moon” from Some People Can Do What They Like
Set # 3 "Oh Demon Alcohol" Songs
Kevin Ayers “Champagne and Valium” from Deià... Vu
Pina “The Debt Song” from Pina
I'm Not Jim “Walks Into” from You Are All My People
Beck “Beercan” from Mellow Gold
Albert Collins “I Ain't Drunk” from Cold Snap
Graham Parker “Bad Chardonnay” from Songs of No Consequence
Austin Lounge Lizards “I'll Just Have One Beer” from Highway Cafe of the Damned
Set #4 Music About Airplanes
Brian Eno “Burning Airlines” from Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)
Billy Bragg & Wilco “Airline to Heaven” from Mermaid Avenue 2
The Right Stuff “Dialogue - you have to die”
Robert Calvert “Ground Control to Pilot (2007 Remaster)” from Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters
Neil Young & Crazy Horse “High Flyin' Bird” from Americana
Laurie Anderson “From the Air” from Big Science
Radio Tarifa “El Baile de la Bola” from Rumba Argelina
The 1900S “Flight of the Monowings” from Plume Delivery
Rocket Science “International Jetset” from Welcome Aboard the 3C10
Neutral Milk Hotel “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea” from In an Aeroplane Over the Sea
This weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #326) has all the right components necessary for another great listening experience.
If you like jazz, there's vintage WAYNE SHORTER as well as the MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA and Germany's ET CETERA (with Wolfgang Dauner & Larry Coryell). Want to hear a few 'vault' classics? I've got TRAFFIC (from their 'Low Spark of High Heeled Boys' album), THE WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND (doing 'Help, I'm A Rock'), JOHN MARTYN, LINDISFARNE, and the JEFFERSON AIRPLANE.
Locally, there's new music from THE TUFTED PUFFINS, and songs from PERE UBU, TIN HUEY, and JOSEPH ARTHUR. There are psychedelic styling's from GONG (from their latest album), SYD ARTHUR, FUZZHEAD, and DEERHOOF along with a classically based score or two from ALARM WILL SOUND and BERNARD HERMANN (his 'Overture' from the 'North By Northwest' soundtrack).
Not to be left out there's also tracks from JOHN CALE, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO (with Robert Wyatt), KEN NORDINE, GENTLE GIANT, and THE FLAMING LIPS.
It's all here ready to satisfy your ears.
Today's Playlist:
SET #1
WIRE 'He Knows' - Strays (EP)/ROXY MUSIC 'Amazona' - Stranded (Remastered Edition)/OREGON SPACE TRAIL 'Glass Of Wine' - Where The Hell Is Akron, Ohio? Vol. 2/LA VIDA BOHEME 'Aun' - Sera/JOHN MARTYN 'Back Down The River (Take 1)' - Bless The Weather (Bonus Track Edition)/LINDISFARNE 'Fog On The Tyne' - Fog On The Tyne/TOY 'Lose My Way' - TOY/GUIDED BY VOICES 'It Will Never Be Simple' - Warp And Woof/
SET #2
WAYNE SHORTER 'Angola' - The Soothsayer (5 Original Albums Box Set)/TRAFFIC 'Hidden Treasure' - The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys/TELEK 'Iamagit' - Serious Tam/RYUICHI SAKAMOTO 'We Love You (with ROBERT WYATT)' - Beauty/GONG 'My Sawtooth Wake' - The Universe Also Collapses/
SET #3
FRENCH FRITH KAISER THOMPSON 'Suzanne' - Invisible Means/ (Listener Request)/GENTLE GIANT 'Knots' - Octopus/STEREOLAB 'Des Etoiles Electroniques' - Mars Audiac Quintet (2019 Expanded Edition)/SAN FERMIN 'Torero' - San Fermin/ALARM WILL SOUND 'Angus Dei II' - a%2Frhythmia/BERNARD HERMANN 'Overture' - North By Northwest (OST)/THE FLAMING LIPS 'Sleeping On The Roof' - The Soft Bulletin/ALLISON KRAUSS & ROBERT PLANT 'Nothin'' - Raising Sand/
SET #4
PERE UBU 'Muddy Waters' - Pennsylvania/LOOM 'Cyberfaltz' - Tkanina/MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA 'Opus 1/On The Way Home To Earth' - Visions From The Emerald Beyond/JOHN CALE 'Tell Me Why' - Walking On Locusts/RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/ Francesco Turrisi) 'Brown Baby' - There is No Other/SYD ARTHUR 'Ode (Summer Is Leaving Me Behind)' -Beyond Saturn: 15 Mindblowing Cosmic Tracks/FUZZHEAD 'Radio Telescope' - Mind Soup/JEFFERSON AIRPLANE 'Two Heads' - After Bathing At Baxter's (Bonus Track Edition)/
SET #5
ESQUIVEL 'La Bikina' - Music From A Sparkling Planet/KEN NORDINE 'Miss Cone' - You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters/PEARL BAILEY' Ain't She Sweet (with Hot Lips Page)' - 16 Most Requested Songs/BRAND X 'Rhesus Perplexus' - Product/JOSEPH ARTHUR 'In Ohio/Can't Exist' - Our Shadows Will Remain/THE TUFTED PUFFINS 'Good Times' - Old, Loud, & Puffy/MAVIS STAPLES 'Sometime' - We Get By/TANGLE EYE 'Work Song' - Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Remixed/
SET #6
ET CETERA 'Sun' - Knirsch/ANGELO BADALAMENTI 'Night Bells' - TPS2: Twin Peaks Season Two: Music & More/TIN HUEY 'Reliable Sources' - Disinformation/DEERHOOF 'Sealed With A Kiss' - Apple O/WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND 'Help, I'm A Rock' - Part One & Volume 2/
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more information about The Tufted Puffins:
http://www.thetuftedpuffins.com/
For more information about the Tin Huey band and related solo projects:
https://www.facebook.com/TinHuey/
It's always good to take a week off now and then to rest, relax, and rejuvenate the mind and as a result, last week's hiatus now gives way this week to another 'new' TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #325).
The program takes off right from the start with three blues legends, ALBERT COLLINS, JOHNNY COPELAND, and ROBERT CRAY getting the gears moving with a cut from their 'Showdown' album, followed by Akron fav's THE HI-FI'S new song, 'Bad News,' before winding it's way sonically with songs from SUPERSISTER, GONG, and TUXEDOMOON towards ENNIO MORRICONE'S theme from 'A Fistful Of Dollars' and another new gem from THE BUDOS BAND.
If you loved that first set (and I think you will) then you can look forward to more great sets that all flow in their own unique way from start to finish. During the second set, the BUTTHOLE SURFERS, Algerian 'Rai' singer RIMITTI (with Robert Fripp, Flea, and East Bay Ray backing her up), VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR, Pere Ubu's ALLEN RAVENSTINE, THE ART BEARS, and RHIANNON GIDDENS all are blended together.
Plus there's NEW releases from FLYING LOTUS, ESPERANZA SPAULDING, JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, and MAVIS STAPLES, 'vault' selections from HELP YOURSELF, TIR NA NOG, HUMAN SWITCHBOARD, EGG, and GRACE JONES; and TOMITA & ELP'S interpretation of 'Promenade' from their respective 'Pictures At An Exhibition' releases. The show was a whole lot of fun to make so tune in and enjoy it yourself!
To get a copy of The Hi-Fi's latest EP and other swag:
https://www.facebook.com/TheHiFisAkron/
On this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES, I've decided to step away from producing a new program, and in it's place, air one of my early broadcasting tapes from January 11, 1978 as a host of the legendary progressive music program FRESH AIR on WKSU-FM 89.7 FM at Kent State University. Beginning in the fall of 1976 through the summer of 1981, I was a DJ on FRESH AIR as well as hosting and producing numerous jazz and folk programs.
This tape comes from an archive of FRESH AIR shows gathered from former DJ's, listeners, and friends who recorded the show as it aired over the radio on their cassette decks or reel to reel players and were eventually gathered, transferred, and digitally remastered into an archive with over 500 hours of programming on it.
This recording was made on Wednesday morning, January 11, 1978 as Fresh Air was being broadcast from midnight until 3 a.m. at the time. The program begins at approximately 12:40 a.m. and runs well past the 3 a.m. normal sign off time. It begins with the band CARAVAN'S latest import release, 'Better By Far,' and the song 'Nightmare,' and contains other stalwarts that we were playing at the time including PHIL MANZANERA/801, BRAND X, BRUCE COCKBURN, JOHN MARTYN, VANGELIS, EBERHARD WEBER, and DAEVID ALLEN.
KEVIN AYERS' entire song, 'The Confession Of Dr. Dream' (coming in at 18:51 in length) is played during the 2 a.m. 'space set' as well. There's even an appearance by the Humpback Whale Album, 'DEEP VOICES,' that I conveniently used as a background while announcing a set that segued into JOHN HARTFORD singing 'Dancing In The Bathtub.' The program finishes with the WKSU-FM sign off cart, containing the APHRODITE’S CHILD song 'Break,' and the technical spec's of WKSU'S licensing. I hope you enjoy the show.
The Fresh Air Playlist:
SET #1
CARAVAN 'Nightmare' - Better By Far
PETE SINFIELD 'Under The Sky' - Still
GROBSCHNITT 'Ernie's Reise' - Rockpommel's Land
DAEVID ALLEN 'Why Do We Treat Ourselves Like We Do?' - Now Is The Happiest Time Of Your Life
SHAKTI 'Face To Face' - Natural Elements
SET #2
BRAND X 'Born Ugly' - Unorthodox Behavior
CAMEL 'First Light' - Rain Dances
PHIL MANZANERA/801 'That Falling Feeling' - Listen Now
VANGELIS 'Heaven And Hell (Part II – excerpt)' - Heaven And Hell
STEVE HACKETT 'Hands Of The Priestess I' - Voyage Of The Acolyte
SET#3
YES 'Parallels' - Going For The One
LARRY CORYELL 'Offering' - Offering
JOHN MARTYN 'Small Hours' - One World*
SET #4 2 A.M – The Space Set
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Silver Wheels' - In The Falling Dark
KEVIN AYERS 'The Confessions Of Dr. Dream: a. Irreversable Neural Damage b. Invitation c. The One Chance Dance d. Doctor Dream Theme - The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories
BRIAN ENO 'Sky Saw' - Another Green World
JON ANDERSON 'Qoquaq En Transic/Naon/Transic To/Flight Of The Moorglade' - Olias Of Sunhillow
HAPPY THE MAN 'Upon The Rainbow (Befrost)' - Happy The Man
EBERHARD WEBER 'Yellow Fields' - Yellow Fields
MCKENDREE SPRING 'God Bless The Conspiracy' - 3
SET #5
DEEP VOICES 'Deep Breathing' - Deep Voices: The Second Whale Album
JOHN HARTFORD 'Dancing In The Bathtub' - All In The Name Of Love
THE JAMES GANG 'Collage' - Yer Album
ROY HARPER 'Hallucination Light' - When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease
SYD BARRETT 'Terrapin' - Barrett/The Madcap Laughs
GRATEFUL DEAD 'Terrapin Station (Lady With The Fan)' - Terrapin Station
APHRODITE'S CHILD 'Break' - 666 (with the WKSU Sign Off Announcement)
- = Listener Request
Remembering DR. JOHN, playing a cut from HAL WILNER'S 'Meditations On Mingus' album, and following that with the cult band THE SLITS covering 'Heard It Through The Grape Vine,' gets the juices (and the show) going on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #324). That first set also includes another nugget from THE BUDOS BANDS latest, plus a short piece from BRIAN ENO & RICK HOLLAND, a stylish ditty from sometime super group BIG WALNUTS YONDER, before finishing with another masterpiece from JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALERO'S 'Streetcore' album.
All that's left is the shouting as they say and two and a half more hours of great music, occasional pontificating about CD's that skip, songs that fade & drive me crazy, and segues that work well. Oh, and there's also some songs from KEVIN AYERS & THE WHOLE WORLD, STEVE HILLAGE, Akron's UNIT 5 and TIME CAT, Paul Horn from 'Inside The Great Pyramid,' LITTLE FEAT howlin' at the 'Spanish Moon,' and some thoughts and stories about HENDRIX at Woodstock (to go along with the latest family reissue) via his PURPLE HAZE track. Listening starts around 9 am on June 14.
On this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #323) in my continuing effort to bring more information about the artists I play, their music, and pertinent background information on how they go about their creative process, I''ll begin the program with another track from STEREOLAB'S 2019 remaster of their 'Mars Audiac Quintet' album, and at the end of the first set, discuss the production technique of 'baking' magnetic tapes reels and why it was needed to salvage some of the bands master tapes from further deterioration.
That's just one of the many topic's (and material) covered during this weeks show. I'll also pay tribute to ROKY ERICKSON and LEON REDBONE (both who passed away recently), play a request for CAPTAIN BEEFHEART which then evolves into a stellar set with additional songs from THE BEATLES, RHIANNON GIDDENS (her latest), SYD BARRETT, EUGENE CHADBOURNE, RALPH CARNEY, and Nate Brenner's NAYTRONIX.
There more NEW selections including a cut from the latest GONG release, more from locals THE HI-FI'S and LEAF BORBIE & THE FAMILY TREE, plus other new songs by THE MOUNTAIN GOATS and NIK TURNER. I've also got 'vault' gems from LOVE, VAN DYKE PARKS, and NEGATIVLAND, and a variety of other musical slices that feature everything from jazz by DUKE ELLINGTON to an international cross section from TOTO BONA LOKUA and Italy's SPACCANAPOLI. Add in some PIXIES, THE BREEDERS, and WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS channeling Jim Morrison, and it all adds up to another eclectic line up.
For more information about where to see the Hifi's and about their forthcoming 6x5 EP:
https://www.facebook.com/TheHiFisAkron/
For more info on GONG'S latest release and all related artists:
https://www.planetgong.co.uk/
Another week has flown by and it's time once again for the latest edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #322). I've rarely missed a beat over the course of the last seven years when it comes to producing a new show each week and this week was no different, challenges and all. Challenges? Oh come Paul! How difficult is it to turn out this program each week asks every skeptic I know. When your as obsessive as I am, every day missed gives me a day or two less to perfect the show and this past week there was a holiday to shorten the production schedule.
Music wise there's plenty of interesting NEW pieces blended into some great 'vault' tracks this week including more new songs from THE HI-FI'S, SAD PLANETS (Patrick Carney & John Petkovic), THE BUDOS BAND, RHIANNON GIDDENS (with Francesco Turrisi), and GUIDED BY VOICES. STEREOLAB'S got a never before played bonus track from the newly expanded 2019 edition of the 'Mars Audiac Quintet' album, THE BEYONDERER'S premiere another from the latest compilation 'Where The Hell Is Akron, Ohio? Vol. 2', and CAROLINE SHAW & ATTACCA QUARTET explore a modern string ensemble piece from their 'Orange' offering.
From the 'vault' you'll hear an excerpt from TERRY RILEY'S 'A Rainbow In Curved Air,' a song from the one off 70's super-group ARMAGEDDON ('Silver Tightrope'), BARRE PHILLIPS plays a cut from his 'Mountainscapes' release, and even ELVIS PRESLEY makes an appearance. There's also a selection of international, jazz, electronica, and folk to boot. It's well worth your time and my effort.
For information on how to purchase the SAD PLANETS album:
https://teepeerecords.com/products/sad-planets-akron-ohio-out-4-19-19
For more information about where to see the Hifi's and about their forthcoming 6x5 EP:
https://www.facebook.com/TheHiFisAkron/
For more information about The Beyonderers:
https://www.facebook.com/thebeyonderers/
Sometimes change is a good thing. During a recent trip to Chicago, I encountered many friends who told me that they really enjoy my radio program but would love to hear more anecdotal stories about the artists I play. Well your wishes are coming true and beginning this week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #321) I'll be spending a little more time from now on telling you about the artists, their music, and in some cases, elaborating on the unique instruments that they play. (The Mellotron and T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer are just a couple of things discussed in more detail this week).
You'll still get plenty of great music, spoken word, occasional humor, and obsessively designed sets you've hopefully come to know and love. I'll still mispronounce things or invent a entirely new word on occasion but hey, I'm getting older by the day and finding my keys gets to be an adventure these days. Now...where was I?
As to the music stuff I mentioned, this week I've got more new songs from THE HI-FI'S, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, SAD PLANETS (Patrick Carney & John Petkovic), THE BUDOS BAND, RHIANNON GIDDENS (with Francesco Turrisi), IRON & WINE, GUIDED BY VOICES, and THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM. From the 'vault' you'll get to hear PHIL OCHS, FAR EAST FAMILY BAND, TONTO'S EXPANDING HEAD BAND, and GENTLE GIANT.
Add to all of this, the DAVE LIEBMAN GROUP playing an Ornette Coleman melody, RY COODER collaborating with ALI FARKA TOURE, and more local fair from PERE UBU and THE TUFTED PUFFINS and you got a couple more reasons to put up with me for another three hours!
For information on how to purchase the SAD PLANETS album:
https://teepeerecords.com/products/sad-planets-akron-ohio-out-4-19-19
For more information about where to see the Hifi's and about their forthcoming 6x5 EP:
https://www.facebook.com/TheHiFisAkron/
For more info about The Tufted Puffins:
http://www.thetuftedpuffins.com/
The cat's 'out of the bag' (and clamoring for food!)
On the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #320) I've got brand NEW recordings from RHIANNON GIDDENS (with FRANCESCO TURRISI), Akron's own THE HIFI'S, IRON & WINE, GLEN HANSARD, TY SEGALL, ALAN PASONS, and GUIDED BY VOICES. There's also more selections from recently released efforts by SAD PLANETS (PATRICK CARNEY & JOHN PETKOVIC), VICTOR KRUMMENACHER, THE BUDOS BAND, THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM, and NIK TURNER.
More 'themed sets' are created including one with a 'Down On The Farm' motif which has songs from LITTLE FEAT (of course), THE BONZO'S, THE RESIDENTS, DAEVID ALLEN ('Good Morning'), and THE FORBIDDEN FIVE; and a second with a retro-proggy feel featuring ULTIMATE SPINACH, RETURN TO FOREVER, URIAH HEEP, and DAVID BOWIE.
There's a few surprises from CHRIS BUTLER, LONG TALL DEB & COLIN JOHN, OREGON, THE RAMONES, THE WHO (from 'Live At Leeds'), and JOE BYRD & THE FIELD HIPPIES. (I guess it isn't a surprise anymore now is it?)- Pictured here is Chester, this weeks assistant producer...he gives the show 10 purr's!
For information on how to purchase the SAD PLANETS album:
https://teepeerecords.com/products/sad-planets-akron-ohio-out-4-19-19
For more information about CHRIS BUTLER'S 'Infinite Glitch' and to submit additions to it: http://www.infiniteglitch.net/
For more information about LONG TALL DEB & COLIN JOHN'S Dragonfly album:
https://soundcloud.com/long-tall-deb
For more information about where to see the Hifi's and about their forthcoming 6x5 EP:
https://www.facebook.com/TheHiFisAkron/
Sometimes the germination of a simple idea will manifest itself into a whole new series of ideas and on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #319) several snippets of spoken word monologue and humor blossomed into a wonderfully diverse array of sets where many play a central part.
During the second set for example, JOHN HARTFORD uses a strange verbal montage to ask 'Do You Have Room? (In Your Heart For the Five String Banjo)' which is followed by fiddler VASSAR CLEMENTS' bluegrass interpretation of Cream's 'White Room.' That naturally segues into a violin laden piece by the band CAN, a couple of humorous faux commercials from FIRESIGN THEATRE, and ROBERT CALVERT'S drug inspired pre-flight checklist from his 'Captain Lockheed' release, before finishing with WENDY CARLOS' title music from A Clockwork Orange.
'What in Gawd's name'... (you're saying to yourself right about now) But wait! It get's better! The next set starts 'bluesy' with JOHN MAYALL'S new offering and eventually winds it's way up to LENNY BRUCE, DEL CLOSE & JOHN BRENDT'S 'Introduction to Speaking Hip,' THE LAST POETS, ethereal jazz trip hop from STEVE LEHMAN & SELEBEYONE, more DEL & JOHN, before finishing with the original word jazz hipster, KEN NORDINE'S 'Faces in the Jazzamatazz.'
Plus there's NEW music from SAD PLANETS and VICTOR KRUMMENACHER, and a 'vault' pick or two from PETER LAUGHNER, MOTHER MALLARD'S PORTABLE MASTERPIECE CO., David Vorhaus' WHITE NOISE, and more spoken word from LORD BUCKLEY! I may have lost my marbles this week, but I guarantee you'll have a lot of fun picking them all up!
Here's some highlights of which artists to expect on the this weeks latest episode (#318) of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES:
Set #1: Juana Molina, Bruce Cockburn, Bjork, and Faust.
Set #2: Panda Bear (new), Chrome, Cluster & Eno, and U.K.
Set #3: Strange songs telling strange stories with Tom Waits, Southern Culture On The Skids, Jim White, and Was (Not Was).
Set #4: Deerhoof, The Claypool Lennon Delirium (new), Etron Fou Leloublan, and Fred Frith.
Set #5: Nik Turner (new), Material (with William S. Burroughs), The Beatles (from Yellow Submarine), and Yo Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble.
Set #6: Joni Mitchell (from Hejira), Joe Strummer & Johnny Cash (singing a duet), John Martyn, and Topo D Bill (members of the Bonzo Dog Band) singing 'Witchai Tai To.'
As usual, no assembly is required as I've already put all the pieces together. Cheers!
This edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #317) marks the 7th anniversary of my return to radio which began in 2012 after over thirty years away so I've gathered some of my favorite artists and songs which have influenced my musical tastes to play for you today.
I'll begin the program with KEVIN AYERS' 'Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes,' followed by some vintage PERE UBU and SPIRIT; then a new song by THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM which will morph magically into a 'cover' of THE BEATLES 'Because' from the 'Abbey Road Now!' compilation, before finishing the first half hour with SHAWN PHILLIPS and NICK DRAKE.
There's more great selections in store with music from 15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND), XTC, JOHN CALE, THE DELTA SAXOPHONE QUARTET, DAVID BYRNE, RHIANNON GIDDENS, GONG, HECTOR ZAZOU (with BARBARA GOGAN), and New Guinea's GEORGE TELEK.
Two versions of the song 'On Some Faraway Beach' will be heard by both BRIAN ENO and pianist ARTURO STALTERI (back to back), plus LAURIE ANDERSON plays 'Oh Superman,' and Cleveland folk legend JOHN BASSETTE'S 'Hessler Street' and ROY HARPER'S 'When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease' all get air time.
On this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #316) I'll play music during the first set from the PATTI SMITH GROUP, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, 10CC, and HOLGAR CZUKAY all with 'Easter' as the underlying theme.
In the second set the direction shifts as you'll hear PETER GABRIEL (singing in German), THE FLYING LIZARDS (covering 'Purple Haze'), new music from THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, NIK TURNER, and THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM, plus two songs about cannabis from GONG and DILLARD/HARTFORD/DILLARD.
Also heard today will be RALPH CARNEY (his 'Lament For Charleston'), YUSEF LATEEF, BRIAN WILSON, THE RESIDENTS (covering Elvis' 'Return To Sender'), and ANANDA SHANKAR (covering 'Light My Fire') and I'll resolve an 'earworm' issue caused by an unidentified instrumental that was actually the traditional melody 'John Barleycorn' so you'll versions by TRAFFIC and the JOHN RENBOURN GROUP.
To purchase a copy of Ralph Carney's 'Lament For Charleston' and other melodies:
https://ralphcarney.bandcamp.com/music
It's time for another TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #315) as each week seems to fly by at a breakneck pace adding to the blur of optics that is my life lately. I've had trouble remembering what day it is at times but the one constant (besides my daily meds in the pillbox) has been this program. Such is the case this week as I've added several NEW releases to the mix, garnered some old 'musical friends' from the 'vault,' and assembled another three hours for your enjoyment.
For the NEW stuff, I've added DANIEL KNOX'S latest 'Chasescene' (with a cut featuring the late RALPH CARNEY), NIK TURNER, CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT, THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, another track from THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM, and new remasters of ALICE COLTRANE'S recordings and THE BYRDS 1973 album 'Byrds.'
From the 'vault' there's M. FROG LABAT, SALVATION, THE BONZO DOG BAND, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND (with 'I Love You, You Big Dummy'), WEATHER REPORT ('Black Market'), THE CHAMPS ('Tequila'), and THE WAITRESSES (doing 'Clones' from The Akron Compilation). There's plenty of other items covering jazz, world music, alternative, and soundtracks to round out the balance as well. Please join me for another week of great sounds.
For more information about Daniel Knox:
https://danielknox.com/
The excitement builds this week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #314) as I await two great events I'll be watching and to celebrate them, playing appropriate music in their honor. Nick Mason of PINK FLOYD brings his band, 'Saucerful Of Secrets' to Akron early next week and the locally produced KEN NORDINE documentary airs on WNEO (45) PBS this weekend. In anticipation of each I've added an early PINK FLOYD cut to every set today and two pieces by the voice of Word Jazz, KEN NORDINE to this program.
From PINK FLOYD you'll hear 'Astronomy Domine,' 'Fearless,' 'See Emily Play,' 'Green Is The Colour,' and ultra – rare cuts 'Vegetable Man,' and 'Point Me At The Sky' (all on Nick and the band's set list). KEN NORDINE'S pieces include 'Nothing's Boy' (with H.P. LOVECRAFT) and 'Reaching Into In.'
Other noteworthy artists heard today include ROBERT KIDNEY, ALBERT COLLINS, KEVIN AYERS, GAUDI + NUSRAT FATAH ALI KHAN, THE VENTURES, JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS, MORPHINE, and HENRY COW. There's lots of NEW material mixed in as well from THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM, PANDA BEAR, TRIO DA KALI & KRONOS QUARTET, GALACTIC, and MARCO BELTRAMI (from his 'Free Solo' soundtrack).
For viewing times for the KEN NORDINE documentary:
https://westernreservepublicmedia.org/ken_nordine_video_for_the_ear.htm
A Transmusic Airwaves REWIND! From my May 10, 2013 program made after completing a hectic move to my new apartment in Chicago after two decades in the old place. Great music to celebrate the move with!
New Surroundings = New Releases.
On this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#12), I’m celebrating my move to a new home after 26 years in a previous location. As you can tell from the above photo, it’s as different as night and day now. The old apartment had a yellow, cave-like hue to it. In the new surroundings there is so much light I just might get “tan” from living there.
So to celebrate, I’ve got loads of new material from such artists as DAVID BOWIE, (“Dancing Out in Space”), RICHARD THOMPSON (a cut from “Electric”), UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA (“The Opposite of Afternoon”), FLAMING LIPS (“Always There, In our Hearts”), BRYAN FERRY ORCHESTRA (jazz version of “Love is the Drug”), EBERHARD WEBER (“Wolfsburg” from Resume), TODD RUNDGREN (doing “Going Down to Maui” from Son of Rogues Gallery 2), COLD SPECKS, CRACK THE SKY, and the new ROBIN TROWER album.
Also included will be plenty of “world music” from such artists as ZAWOSE & BROOK, MARYAM MURSAL, BEBO VALDEZ & ISRAEL LOPEZ CACHERO and the usual “vault" specialties from NEW YORK GONG, AMON DUUL II, ELVIS PRESLEY, STEELEYE SPAN, TOM LEHRER, NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE, and CAPTAIN BEYOND. There’s plenty of variety in this week’s version of “unconventional free form radio”.
Today's Playlist:
Set# 1
ROBIN TROWER “Hound Dog” - Roots and Branches/SUBARACHNOID SPACE “Good Grief?”- Endless Renovation/BRIAN ENO “Julie With...” - Before and After Science/VICTOR KRUMMENCHER “Water Gone to Mist” - Out in the Heat/RICHARD THOMPSON “Good Things Happen to Bad People” - Electric/THE STANLEY BROTHERS “I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow” - Bluegrass Essential Collection/
Set #2
BEBO VALDEZ & ISRAEL LOPEZ CACHERO “Lagrinas Negras (Black Tears)” - Calle 54 Soundtrack/TODD RUNDGREN “Rolling Down To Old Maui” - Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys/CRACK THE SKY “Big Elephant” - Ostrich/PERE UBU “Lampshade Man” - Lady from Shanghai/SETI THE FIRST “Citric Dirt” - Melting Calvary/PETER GABRIEL “Down to Earth” - Wall-E Soundtrack/
Set #3
THE DEAD BOYS “I Need Lunch” - Younger, Louder, and Snottier; The Rough Mixes/ZAWOSE & BROOK “Ntambalize Lijenje : Pumpkin Life” - Assembly/MIKE CLARKE “Inner Visions (the Dream Sequence)” - Abstract Fusion/NEW YORK GONG “Much Too Old” - About Time/TOM LEHRER “The Old Dope Peddler” - The Remains of Tom Lehrer/NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE “Lonesome L.A. Cowboy” - The Adventures Of Panama Red/LOU REED “Endless Cycle” - New York/DEVVOTCHKA “C'est Ce la Part II” - Una Volta/
Set #4
SONIC YOUTH “Spoon (Can Song-Sonic Youth remix)” - Sacrilege (Can Tribute Album)/ROBBIE ROBERTSON “Making a Noise” - Contact from the Underground of Redboy/DAVID CUNNINGHAM “Black Air Tower” - Voice Works/CAPTAIN BEYOND “Starglow Energy” - Sufficiently Breathless/SIGUR ROS “Avalon” - Ágætis Byrjun/WIRE “Let's Panic Later” - 154 (Remastered)/AMON DUUL II “She Came Through the Chimney” - Yeti/
Set #5
STEELEYE SPAN “Alison Gross” - Portfolio/THE FLAMING LIPS “Always There, In Our Hearts” - The Terror/MARYAM MURSAL “Hamar (The Big City)” - The Journey/UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA “The Opposite of Afternoon” - II/COLD SPECKS “When the City Lights Dim” - I Predict a Graceful Expulsion/
Set #6
DAVID BOWIE “Dancing Out in Space” - The Next Day/EBERHARD WEBER “Wolfsburg” - Resume/BURNING SKY “Native Funk” - The Blood of the Land/THE AVETT BROTHERS “Paranoia In B-Flat Major” - Emotionalism/THE GODZ “White Cat Heat” - Contact High with the Godz/THE BRYAN FERRY ORCHESTRA “Love Is The Drug” - The Jazz Age/ELVIS PRESLEY “Baby Let's Play House” - Rockin' Bones: 1950's Punk and Rockabilly/TRICKY “Vent” - Pre-Millenium Tension/
This week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #313) I'll honor four of this years inductee's to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, devote a set of music to some of my favorite animation melodies, add several humorous distractions about records, and remember the late SCOTT WALKER.
I'll play songs by THE ZOMBIES, ROXY MUSIC, RADIOHEAD, and THE CURE to honor their formal induction Friday night into the Rock Hall during the first two sets today.
During the third set, you'll hear Disney pieces interpreted by HAL WILLNER & FRIENDS (Ken Nordine, Bill Frisell, Ralph Carney, Michael Stipe, Natalie Merchant, and others) from the 'Stay Awake' album, DONALD FRASER (and his string quartet version of 'Winnie The Pooh'), LOS LOBOS (covering The Jungle Book's 'I Wa'na Be Like You'), and even an ANDY PARTRIDGE song. In addition to Disney there's a CARL STALLING PROJECT Warner Brothers cartoon piece, the theme from the REN & STIMPY show, and other relatable music blended in as well.
Later I'll add some humorous takes on words and records by NEGATIVLAND, MONTY PYTHON, WILD MAN FISCHER, JOHN HARTFORD, and THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO (with CLARK TERRY) before completing the program with a piece by the late SCOTT WALKER.
One of my many musical obsessions are cover's of a individual or bands song(s) by a variety of other musicians and during the course of each program I've produced there's a good chance you'll hear at least a couple pieces integrated into a set or two along the way.
This week while rummaging through some musical files I discovered a 'cover' album of HENRY MANCINI'S music so on today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #312) I've picked two melodies and I'll have them interpreted by six different artists during the fourth set. In honor of the late DICK DALE you'll hear him and POISON IVY (of The Cramps) each interpret 'Peter Gunn' while ORANJ SYMPHONETTE (featuring Ralph Carney), WHISKEY BISCUIT, DOUG SMITH with MARK HANSON, and HENRY MANCINI himself 'cover' 'A Shot In The Dark.' Each artists take on these are stylistically unique in their own right.
The 'cover' obsession continues with DEVO doing 'Working In A Coalmine' and MANU DIBANGO reworking Peter Gabriel's 'Biko.' In addition to all this TIN HUEY, SPARKS, IVOR CUTLER, and JON BATISTE surround each other in a separate set, while more 'vault' selections are played by CLUSTER & ENO, ULTRAVOX ( 'I Want To Be A Machine'), STOMU YAMASH'TA, and ROY HARPER throughout the program. As usual there's more NEW material from JANE WEAVER, BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA, WUSSY, and RUSTIN MAN all making it another highly eclectic three hours that will never get boring.
I've been really excited about the past several shows and how the overall sound has come together and thought how could I possibly top the previous ones? Well my answer came this week with the latest installment of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #311) and it's simple, 'If you build it...you can.'
There are numerous moments during this show where the segues are so subtle, so extraordinary, so unexpected that it'll literally floor you. For example, the fifth set has THE FLAMING LIPS, RICHARD SWIFT, and LOW all leading into a classically avant-garde EDGARD VARESE composition then morphing into of all things, the NEW YORK ROCK AND ROLL ENSEMBLE before finishing up with PATTI SMITH, WUSSY, and the rare Cleveland band CRUEL CRUEL MOON.
I've added more classic 'vault' cuts along the way including music from WENDY CARLOS ('Switched on Bach'), PHIL OCHS ('Rehearsals For Retirement'), AUDIENCE, and OS MUTANTES, while JACK KIDNEY and JOSEPH ARTHUR add their hometown ethic while being surrounded by the international sounds of ANGELIQUE KIDJO, AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM and STEELEYE SPAN.
And topping the whole effort off is a final set where I've combined selections from the epic suite 'Rivmic Melodies' by the SOFT MACHINE (from Volume 2) with THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE and others (GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA, OUT OF PHASE, TURTLE ISLAND STRING QUARTET, and Korean instrumentalist LUNA) interpreting 'Electric Ladyland,' and honoring that unique relationship between Hendrix and The Softs.
Highlights from Set #6:
“Selections from Soft Machine's 'Rivmic Melodies' Suite & Hendrix's 'Electric Ladyland”
SOFT MACHINE 'A Concise British Alphabet (Pt 2)/Hulloder' - Volume 2
GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA 'Gypsy Eyes' - The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays The Music of Jimi Hendrix
SOFT MACHINE 'Dada Was Here' - Volume 2
OUT OF PHASE 'Rainy Day, Dream Away' - Acoustic Ladyland: A Tribute To Jimi Hendrix
SOFT MACHINE 'Thank You Pierrot Lunaire/Have You Ever Bean Green?' - Volume 2
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE 'Burning Of The Midnight Lamp' - Electric Ladyland (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)**
SOFT MACHINE 'Pataphysical Introduction (Pt. 2)/Out of Tunes (Pt. 1)' - Volume 2
LUNA (PARK SUN YOUNG) 'Voodoo Child (Slight Return)' - Luna
SOFT MACHINE Out of Tunes (Pt. 2) Volume 2
TURTLE ISLAND STRING QUARTET 'Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)' - Have You Ever Been?...
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
This week on the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #310) it's time to 'spring ahead' and move the clocks up an hour so I thought we'd celebrate by dedicating the fourth set to the subject of time. I'll start by playing the KEN NORDINE piece 'What Time is It?' and later on air a segment from an interview I did with Ken from 1981 where he muses about losing the entire month of March. There's also a playful spoken word rarity by THE PANTHER PLAYERS titled 'The Timekeeper' along with relatable musical pieces by GONG, WIRE, TUNE-YARDS, RICHARD SWIFT, VIVIAN STANSHALL, and the CHAMBER BROTHERS psychedelic classic, 'Time Has Come Today.'
From the 'vault' I've gathered more goodies including RARE BIRD'S 'Epic Forest,' DONOVAN'S 'Sunny Goodge Street,' THE DOORS 'Strange Days,' FRANCISCO and his Cosmic Beam, and JADE WARRIOR from the 'Floating World' album. There's international sounds from YO YO MA & THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE and Tuvan throat singer KONGAR-OL ONDAR, jazz from JOHN SCOLFIELD, guitar picking from LEO KOTTKE (with CAL HAND on pedal steel), and more new cuts from ANGELIQUE KIDJO, BRYAN FERRY & HIS ORCHESTRA, and JANE WEAVER.
For more information on Wussy's music:
https://wussy.bandcamp.com/
To get Peter Blegvad's new album, 'Go Figure':
https://peterblegvad.bandcamp.com/album/go-figure
There's plenty of new releases, 'vault' obscurities, wonderful 'covers,' and other surprises on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #309). Whether your in the mood for obscure music from the DARK SHADOWS television show soundtrack, two covers of 'What A Wonderful World' (one from JON BATISTE'S latest and the other from ROBERT WYATT and friends), or a limited release and rarely heard TIN HUEY title I've got all your bases covered and then some.
There's NEW music from BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA, the late RICHARD SWIFT, guitarist MICHAEL CHAPMAN, GALACTIC, SNAIL MAIL, GUIDED BY VOICES, and ANGELIQUE KIDJO (covering another Talking Heads gem) plus more 'vault' selections from SPIRIT ('Animal Zoo'), THE ZOMBIES (from Odessey & Oracle), GLASS HARP, and MICHAEL GILES.
In addition to all that GOMEZ also covers 'Sun King' from an Abbey Road tribute album, MONKS OF DOOM interprets 'Who Are The Brian Police,' and ROBERT LOCKWOOD JR. plays Robert Johnson's 'Walking Blues.' You'll also hear jazz from the JAN GARBAREK GROUP, contemporary strings from SETI THE FIRST, and electronica legends PROPELLERHEADS and SENOR COCONUT too! What's not to like this week folks?
For more information on Wussy's music:
https://wussy.bandcamp.com/
I've been on a pretty good creative roll lately on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES and am really proud of how the program has been sounding so I'm really excited to have you listen to my latest show, Episode #307, and see what you think.
Today I've chosen a couple of similar sounding bluegrass songs from THE BLUEGRASS CARDINALS and JOHN HARTFORD to start the festivities then I've added THE ROLLING STONES (from 'Their Satanic Majesties Request') and PORTLAND CELLO PROJECT followed by a new release from the band LOW and an older melody from JIM WHITE before completing the first half hour with killer segues of songs from SAN FERMIN and PERE UBU.
The second set gets going with the latest from GUIDED BY VOICES, BODEGA, JANE WEAVER, and STEVE HACKETT and finishes with a great 'cover' of Yellow Submarine' and the song 'Happyland' by HARPERS BIZARRE.
Later you'll hear a great blend of a JOHN BATISTE solo piano piece into DAVID BOWIE'S 'Lady Grinning Soul' followed by IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY in a set that also features HOT TUNA (from 'Burgers') and ends with THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND. I'll play a KEN NORDINE spoken word cut during today's final segment in honor of his legacy as well.
For more information on Chris Butler's 'Got It Togehter' release:
http://chrisbutler1.bandcamp.com/
For more information on Chris Butler's music:
http://www.futurefossilmusic.com/contents.htm
For more information on Wussy's music:
https://wussy.bandcamp.com/
On this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #307) I'll return to my early efforts of blending music with dialogue by using dialogue from 'The Big Lebowski' with two different versions of 'Tumbling Tumbleweeds' by LEO KOTTKE & CLINT EASTWOOD and other music from MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD, JEFF TWEEDY, MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES, LARRY CORYELL, GODLEY & CREME, and SUNDAY ALL OVER THE WORLD (Robert Fripp & wife Toya Wilcox) during today's first set.
Later on you'll hear new material from JON BATISTE, WUSSY, ANGELIQUE KIDJO (more from her 'Remain In Light' cover album), JANE WEAVER, VIKINGUR OLAFSSON (a solo piano piece by PHILLIP GLASS), KURT VILE, and JON HOPKINS. From the 'vault' there's NICK DRAKE, THE MALEDICTUS SOUND, KEVIN AYERS, GURU GURU (the later two artists with songs about bananas), ALICE COOPER ('Titanic Overture'), and BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD ('Expecting To Fly').
Both BRYAN FERRY & HIS ORCHESTRA and BRIAN ENO are played in honor of their 'Rock Hall' induction as is LAURIE ANDERSON & KRONOS QUARTET for their Grammy award for their 'Landfall' release.
This week MATCHING MOLE, 15-60- 75 (THE NUMBERS BAND), BLUE CHEER, MONKS OF DOOM, ANGELIQUE KIDJO (interpreting Talking Heads 'Listening Wind'), and XTC are just six of forty three musical reasons to tune into TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #306).
I've gathered some stellar music that seamlessly moves from song to song during each set beginning with the band HOT RATS covering The Doors 'Crystal Ship' and completing the program with MCKENDREE SPRING 'S rendition of 'No Regrets.'
It's not just 'covers' though, my choices this time run the gamut from a classic soundtrack piece by NINO ROTA mixed in with cuts by TUXEDOMOON, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, JOHN FAHEY, acoustic JIMI HENDRIX (from the 50th Anniversary of 'Electric Ladyland'), and PETER BLEGVAD'S latest, to assembling other NEW cuts from WUSSY, JON BATISTE, KHRUANGBIN, and BODEGA with older music from ALISON BROWN, HUMAN SWITCHBOARD, BILL BRUFORD'S EARTHWORKS, and JOSEPH ARTHUR.
You'll just have to tune in to understand how it all fits together but it's well worth the listen!
For more about music from The Numbers Band (15-60-75):
http://www.numbersband.com/
To get Peter Blegvad's new album, 'Go Figure':
https://peterblegvad.bandcamp.com/album/go-figure
On TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #305) this week there are a couple of sets with specific underlying themes to them ranging from space and planets to songs loosely based on current events and others with songs which just sound great together.
There's CRACKER with 'I'm A Little Rocket Ship', MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND performing 'Saturn Lord of The Ring/Mercury, The Winged Messenger', SUFJAN STEVENS & FRIENDS with the song 'Saturn' from the 'Planetarium' LP, and DJ KOZE from his latest release doing 'Seeing Aliens' all during the second set. (planet and space themes)
Later RANDY NEWMAN'S 'Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man)' is mixed in with TOM MORELLO'S 'One Nation' from his new album,'The Atlas Underground,' then a little later THE DECEMBERISTS song 'I Will Not Say Your Name' is placed next to PETER BLEGVAD'S 'King of Straw' and DEERHOOF'S 'Criminals of the Dream' in sets that emphasize current events.
Also heard today THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO'S 'All Tomorrow's Parties,' THE STRANGELOVE'S 'I Want Candy,’ and PINK FLOYD'S 'Corporal Clegg' all from the 'vault,' and new material from trumpeter AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE, contemporary composer GEORGE CRUMB, and another Nordic melody from MARI KALKUN.
I've always believed that the first set of each program that I create every week for TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES ultimately will determine the shows overall success. Setting the tone this week during Episode #304 is the song 'Tripping Along' from THE DECEMBERISTS newest release, 'Traveling On.' Following it you'll hear from THE BYRDS ('Space Odyssey'), GIBBY HAYNES, HECTOR ZAZOU (with John Cale & Susanne Vega), PORK TORNADO, and two more NEW selections from CAT POWER and BRYAN FERRY & HIS ORCHESTRA.
The second set begins with PARQUET COURTS covering 'These Boots Are Made For Walkin' then morphs into several songs about snow by TOMITA ('Snowflakes Are Dancing'), TIN HUEY ('Ice 9 Hop'), and songs from BEAVER & KRAUSE and RICHARD THOMPSON before drifting off to other subjects with PHILLIP GLASS, DJ KOZE, ESQUIVEL, and SILVER APPLES.
There's plenty more to offer including 'vault' picks from VAN DYKE PARKS, THE BONZO DOG BAND, DONOVAN, and CAN, jazz from RETURN TO FOREVER, world music from THE KHAC CHI ENSEMBLE, and more new finds from MARI KALKUN, NENEH CHERRY, and JON HOPKINS. Tune in. You won't be disappointed.
For information on Tin Huey and their music:
http://www.tinhuey.com/
The forecast calls for heavy snow this week so I've planned another great edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #303) that you can cozy up to while all the chaos outside your door ensues. I've decided avoid the usual winter songs and instead just serve up another three hours worth of great selections, both new and old.
HERB ALBERT and THE BRYAN FERRY ORCHESTRA go back to back during the first set with songs from their latest efforts blended together with 'vault' offerings from NEGATIVLAND, THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, HARMONIA, and MORT GARSON'S 'Wozard of Id' album.
Later I'll combine a new song from JEFF TWEEDY with a classic from DAVID BOWIE'S 'Ziggy Stardust' then add a wrinkle to it all with another NEW remaster; a segment from the landmark HOLGAR CZUKAY & DAVID SYLVIAN 'Flux & Mutability' release. That's followed by DIANE ARKENSTONE and PINK MARTINI'S latest efforts while DON CHERRY'S 'Brown Rice' sits between both of them.
More NEW material is heard from CAT POWER, DJ KOZE, and the Icelandic ambient textures of OLAFUR ARNALDS, and more 'vault' treasures are played from AMAZING BLONDEL, ALICE COOPER, and HATFIELD AND THE NORTH. RALPH CARNEY cozy's up next to the JEFFERSON AIRPLANE and IVOR CUTLER does the same with THE BEATLES. If you've enjoyed these descriptions, then you'll really like all the musical metaphor's I've planned today.
For more about Allen Ravenstine and his music:
https://allenravenstine.bandcamp.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
It's going to get interesting on this installment of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #302) as I came across two great 'remastered' albums that I've coveted for many years; CURVED AIR'S 'Air Cut' and KEVIN AYER'S 'Whatevershe bringswesing.' Add to that VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR'S 'Refugees,' SKY CRIES MARY 'covering' PINK FLOYD'S 'Wots...uh The Deal,' and several songs from THE MUFFINS, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, BRIAN ENO and SHADOWFAX and you've got a great base to build a show around.
NEW cuts from MARI KALKUN, PETER BLEGVAD, JEFF TWEEDY, DIANE ARKENSTONE, and DIRTY PROJECTORS get assembled into sets with jazz from OREGON, MOSE ALLISON, and DAVE PIKE as well as country/folk from STURGILL SIMPSON, the ageless MOR of THE FREE DESIGN, bluegrass vocal tinkering from JOHN HARTFORD, and another gem by the always excellent XTC .
In addition to all this there's a virtual local talent songfest from 15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND), BEYONDERERS, UNIT 5, DAVID THOMAS & THE PEDESTRIANS, and a stellar cut from ALLEN RAVENSTINE. 'When does this all start?' you ask, well right NOW!
To get Peter Blegvad's new album, 'Go Figure':
https://peterblegvad.bandcamp.com/album/go-figure
For more about Allen Ravenstine and his music:
https://allenravenstine.bandcamp.com/
For more about music from The Numbers Band (15-60-75):
http://www.numbersband.com
This week it's time to welcome in the beginning of another year and I'll do so with the 301st episode of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES. The program contains a large collection of NEW selections ranging from ambient (BRIAN ENO and ALLEN RAVENSTINE) to international (MARI KALKUN and the TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA), progressive (PETER BLEGVAD and DEAD CAN DANCE) to slightly more mainstream (PINK MARTINI and JEFF TWEEDY) with electronica (JON HOPKINS) and folk (DIRTY PROJECTORS and DARLINGSIDE) all mixed in.
I've also grabbed songs by TOM WAITS, LEON RUSSELL, KEN NORDINE, and MOTHER GONG, along with a excerpt from STEVE REICH'S 'Music For Large Ensemble' and added those together with recent pieces by CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS, WOODEN SHJIPS, PALBERTA and a couple of cuts from the 50th Anniversary editions from THE BEATLES (White Album) and THE ROLLING STONES (Beggar's Banquet). I'll finish it all off with HARVEY GOLD'S song 'Eidola,' honoring musician RALPH CARNEY'S legacy.
For more information on HARVEY GOLD and his music:
https://harveyinthehall.bandcamp.com/
To get Peter Blegvad's new album, 'Go Figure':
https://peterblegvad.bandcamp.com/album/go-figure
For more about Allen Ravenstine and his music:
https://allenravenstine.bandcamp.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
This week I've achieved another milestone as TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES airs Episode #300 and I'll mark the occasion with my annual 'Best of ' program (2018) where you'll hear my favorite musical picks from the past year.
There's plenty of music from local Northern Ohio artists including cuts from CHRIS BUTLER & RALPH CARNEY'S 'Songs For Unsung Holidays,' THE BIZZAROS & BAD DUDES 'From Akron II,' plus OBNOX, ALLEN RAVENSTINE, EXTRA SPOOKY, GLENN LAZEAR, and CHRIS BUTLER'S solo album, 'Got it Togehter.'
You'll also hear the newest efforts by SOFT MACHINE, MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES (both whom I saw perform 'live' this year), DEVOTCHKA, ARTHUR BUCK, DEAD CAN DANCE, CHROME, JON HASSELL, BRIAN ENO, and THE RESIDENTS. There's international sounds from OUMOU SANGARE, NIKLAS PASCHBURG, and SHANREN, soundtracks from THOM YORKE and ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, folk styling's from JOHN PRINE and IRON & WINE, a classic jazz reissue from MILES DAVIS, and plenty of late year arrivals from the likes of PETER BLEGVAD, NENEH CHERRY, and JEFF TWEEDY. It all kicks off with another unreleased gem by JOE STRUMMER and finishes with RICHARD THOMPSON and YO LA TENGO. It's uncanny how the timing worked out this year don't you think?
For more information or to purchase Chris Butler & Ralph Carney’s ’Songs for Unsung Holidays’ or Obnox's 'Bang Messiah' please visit: https://www.smogveil.com/
To get Peter Blegvad's new album, 'Go Figure':
https://peterblegvad.bandcamp.com/album/go-figure
For more about Allen Ravenstine and his music:
https://allenravenstine.bandcamp.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
Well it's that time of year again. The smell of pine permeates the house (and this time it's not in spray form from the second bathroom where your uncle has been holed up for hours), cookies are baking in the oven, and guests are arriving. It's Christmas week with all the mayhem you've come to expect and I've got just the thing to make your life a little less chaotic. Here's this year's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #299),the 7th Annual Christmas Special, with three hours of great music to relax everyone at home.
Today I'll be serving up THE BEATLES 'White Album' 50th anniversary release in a white Christmas 'mash up' with various carols, The Beatles 1968 Christmas Fan Message, and a host of other surprises during the third set.
And that's not even the main course! I've got CHRIS BUTLER'S holiday mainstay, 'Christmas Wrapping,' served three ways this year; as THE WAITRESSES traditional cut, with a side lullaby by MIKE BAIARDI, and as an ALBERT AYLER inspired dessert ala MARS WILLIAMS. And you better have a big plate because I've added THE PRETENDERS '2000 Miles' served two ways, plus RALPH CARNEY'S Happy Solstice' song and DEVO'S 'Beautiful World' to a platter all inclusive during the fifth set.
Grab your favorite beverage because there's other Christmas music from JORMA KAUKONEN, THE VENTURES, THE CHRISTMAS JUG BAND, RODNEY CROWELL, DANNY ELFMAN, OVER THE RHINE, SUFJAN STEVENS, and believe it or not, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART plus plenty of jazz with JIMMY SMITH, DUKE ELLINGTON, and ESQUIVEL too. Happy Holiday's to all!
For more of RALPH CARNEY'S music:
https://ralphcarney.bandcamp.com/music
For more of CHRIS BUTLER'S Music:
http://www.futurefossilmusic.com/
For more information on MARS WILLIAMS music:
http://www.marswilliams.com/
https://marswilliams.bandcamp.com/album/mars-williams-presents-an-ayler-xmas
It's time for another weekly edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES. This week it's Episode #298 and on it you'll hear everything from a psychedelic offering by THE PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY to a jazz standard by LOUIS PRIMA, an a capella version of the TALKING HEAD'S 'Once In A Lifetime' by Senegal's WASIS DIOP, and 'Cha Cha' versions of 'The Magnificent Seven' by TITO RODRIGUEZ and the Stone's 'Satisfaction' by BRAVE COMBO.
I'll remember the passing of Pete Shelley with a song by his band THE BUZZCOCK'S and also honor the memory of Ralph Carney with a cut from the CHRIS BUTLER & RALPH CARNEY release, 'Songs For Unsung Holidays.' There's ROBERT WYATT singing a cut from the 'Winged Migration ' soundtrack, JOHN G. PERRY, PASSPORT, JOHN FAHEY, and PINK FLOYD'S 'Let There Be More Light' all from the 'vault,' and more NEW selections from PETER BLEGVAD, ALLEN RAVENSTINE, SUFJAN STEVENS, DEAD CAN DANCE, THOM YORKE, and YOKO ONO.
Add to all that more songs from the '50th Anniversary' reissues by THE BEATLES, THE KINKS, and THE MOODY BLUES before finishing the show with JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALERO'S 'Silver and Gold/Before I Grow Old.'
For more information or to purchase Chris Butler & Ralph Carney’s ’Songs for Unsung Holidays’ please visit: https://www.smogveil.com/
To get Peter Blegvad's new album, 'Go Figure':
https://peterblegvad.bandcamp.com/album/go-figure
For more about Allen Ravenstine and his music:
https://allenravenstine.bandcamp.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
They say the hardest part is 'getting started' and surely that was the case while trying to assemble this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #297). I spent countless hours fidgeting over the first set before it fell into place and four days on, had barely finished the first hour. Then suddenly, like the fog and clouds surrounding Northern Ohio this time of year, it all disappeared and the ensuing clarity allowed me to finish the chore at hand. I believe you'll like the results too!
More NEW selections are heard from THE BEATLES ( the White Album Esher Demos), RICHARD THOMPSON, DEAD CAN DANCE, BRIAN ENO, NENEH CHERRY, and also added this week are two new finds by PETER BLEGVAD and SUFJAN STEVENS. From the 'vault' you'll hear vintage DEVO, HATFIELD & THE NORTH, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, SYD BARRETT, and STEVE HACKETT. There's music from international artists D'GARY, VARTTINA, and RADIO TARIFA, jazz from HAL WILNER'S 'Mingus – Weird Nightmare' album and AL DIMEOLA, and acoustic stylings from SPECK MOUNTAIN and DAVID CROSBY.
Add to all that a number of 'covers' including BILL FRISELL covering The Beatles and CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN interpreting Pink Floyd's 'Interstellar Overdrive.' WENDY CARLOS and THE FLYING LIZARDS both covering Burt Bacarach's “What's New Pussycat,' and the KRONOS QUARTET literally does 'the Funky Chicken' for string quartet.
To get Peter Blegvad's new album, 'Go Figure':
https://peterblegvad.bandcamp.com/album/go-figure
For more about Allen Ravenstine and his music:
https://allenravenstine.bandcamp.com/
For more information about The Lost Patrol:
https://thelostpatrol.bandcamp.com/album/redemption
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
I gather ideas from many sources when picking the music for each weeks radio program and this week the inspiration for the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #296) came from a series of compilation albums with various themes and artists. I decided to 'cover' the Rolling Stones song '2000 Light Years from Home' as interpreted by the band SKY CRIES MARY when I came across an album of Stones songs covered by instrumental 'surf' bands and the same piece done by JIMMY CREASEY. Voila! A Match!
From the 'Putumayo Records Presents' series I added two separate pieces; a cut from 'A Jewish Celebration' by the band GOLEM called 'School of Dance' and from Putumayo's Paris compilation I added PRESQUE OUI'S 'L'Ongle.' Other nuggets were gathered from the 'Nightmare Before Christmas' bonus disc, 'Nightmare Revisited' and a Mojo Magazine psychedelic disc titled 'Beyond Saturn – 15 Mind Blowing Cosmic Tracks.
Add to those items, more NEW songs from the BOB JAMES TRIO, DEAD CAN DANCE, ROSANNE CASH, and more selections from OBNOX, RICHARD THOMPSON, BRIAN ENO, and NENEH CHERRY. Out of the 'vault' there's music from THE NEUTRONS, SYNERGY, STEELEYE SPAN, CALLIOPE (playing 'California Dreaming'), SPIRIT (doing 'Star Trek Dreaming'), FRANK ZAPPA, and RENALDO & THE LOAF. Ain't inspiration wonderful?
For more information on Putumayo Records artists and albums:
https://www.putumayo.com/
For More information on Obnox and other Smog Veil Records releases:
https://www.smogveil.com/collections/all
For more about Allen Ravenstine and his music:
https://allenravenstine.bandcamp.com/
For more information about The Lost Patrol:
https://thelostpatrol.bandcamp.com/album/redemption
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday all are designed to get consumers shopping during the biggest retail days of the year. But what about that Sunday? On Sunday everyone rests and many go to their house of worship (a church or HDTV) and pray for their favorite NFL team. During that 'prayer service' everyone is encouraged to buy more things through the magic of commercial interruptions while being entertained.
You can get away from all this mayhem by relaxing to the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #295). It's free (or more specifically 'free form' radio) with lots of NEW music and older selections from the music 'vault' that will relieve all the stresses you're going to encounter.
The show begins with a track from BRIAN ENO'S new 'Music For Installations' boxed set, followed by the latest from DAVID CROSBY, an 'Esher demo' from THE BEATLES 'White Album' remaster, and NENEH CHERRY (channeling her father Don), all before finishing with three 'vault' choices from LAIKA, LE ORME, and VANGELIS.
There's other shiny NEW songs from THE LOST PATROL, RICHARD THOMPSON, THE FLAMING LIPS, OBNOX, and THOM YORKE, while later ROBERT WYATT bellows 'Caimarena' in Spanish, JAN GARBAREK blows his sweet sax, ANDY PARTRIDGE & HAROLD BUDD explore musical possibilities, and GEOFFREY ORYEMA plunks his thumb piano and croons softly.
Individual results may vary, but the enzymes in your brain will thank you so tune in and relax.
For More information on Obnox and other Smog Veil Records releases:
https://www.smogveil.com/collections/all
For more about Allen Ravenstine and his music:
https://allenravenstine.bandcamp.com/
For more information about The Lost Patrol:
https://thelostpatrol.bandcamp.com/album/redemption
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As the annual foray into holiday shopping madness and all things overindulgent approaches, this weeks edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #294) previews a sizable portion of NEW music, classic reissues, and other audio pleasures.
The program starts off with the latest offerings from RICHARD THOMPSON, THOM YORKE, TY SEGALL, MARTIN BARRE, RADAR (featuring Joe Strummer), and local artists ALLEN RAVENSTINE and OBNOX. Later on there's more NEW material peppered throughout from NENEH CHERRY, DAVID CROSBY, MARC RIBOT, KRAFTWERK, SPIRITUALIZED, SOFT MACHINE, PAUL WELLER, and DEVOTCHKA.
It all get's blended together with other pieces from DEERHOOF, LALO SCHIFRIN, MAN, RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS, THE LAST POETS and additional 'local' tracks from KILOPOP (featuring Chris Butler), JOSEPH ARTHUR, and DAVID THOMAS & TWO PALE BOYS.
Several newly minted classic reissues are also spun including those from THE KINKS (a song from the 2018 remaster of 'The Village Green Preservation Society'), THE BEATLES ( a 50th Anniversary of the 'White Album' Esher demos cut), a previously unreleased track from BOB DYLAN'S 'More Blood, More Tracks' sessions, and a song from the PIXIES 20th Anniversary edition of 'Come On Pilgrim...It's Surfer Rosa.'
For More information on Obnox and other Smog Veil Records releases:
https://www.smogveil.com/collections/all
For more about Allen Ravenstine and his music:
https://allenravenstine.bandcamp.com/
For more information about the latest releases by SOFT MACHINE:
https://softmachine-moonjune.bandcamp.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
This week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #293) begins and ends with a tribute to the late Hardy Fox, founding member of San Francisco's mysterious band THE RESIDENTS. In between the pieces I'll play honoring his legacy are nearly three hours of eclectic music with both local, national, and international roots to them.
Locally, you'll hear an ethereal rendition of THE KIDNEY BROTHERS signature piece, 'Jimmy Bell,' TIME CAT'S 'I Wanna Know' from a new Akron compilation, and the BIZARROS belting out 'All I Ever Needed' from their latest offering, 'From Akron II.'
Surrounding the Kidney Brothers are new cuts from SOFT MACHINE, RICHARD THOMPSON, and ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO while the Time Cat selection anchor's a set which features JOE STRUMMER & JOHNNY CASH'S version of 'Redemption Song,' and a previously unavailable track by CARAVAN.
There's also percussive rumblings from MICKEY HART & ZAKIR HUSSAIN, Celtic stylings with ANDY IRVINE & PAUL BRADY, vocals soaring from Mali's SALIF KEITA and OUMOU SANGARE, jazz melodies from STANLEY CLARKE and CHARLES LLOYD, and a variety of progressive classics from BRIAN ENO, SOPWITH CAMEL, and the WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND.
For information about The Residents and Hardy Fox:
https://www.residents.com/
For more information about The Kidney Brothers & 15-60-75 (The Numbers Band):
https://squareup.com/market/15-60-75-the-numbers-band
For information about the Bizarros and Time Cat:
https://www.facebook.com/THE-BIZARROS-125952760756965/
https://timecatmusic.bandcamp.com/
For more information about the latest releases by SOFT MACHINE:
https://softmachine-moonjune.bandcamp.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
Each set of music takes on it's own personality and evolves in it's own unique way during a typical broadcast on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES and this week during Episode #292 all that effort brings forth another extremely satisfying result.
The program begins with a piece from the latest work by the current incarnation of the SOFT MACHINE, then follows a Canterbury trail to a recently unearthed early MATCHING MOLE cut, traveling next to a 'dub' inspired track along the 'silk road' with the band BANCO DE GAIA, then on to early GONG (recorded in Paris) before landing in Cleveland circa 1972 with DRAGONWYCK. Following those artists, ROBERT PLANT embarks on a journey's along side an ethereal 'Middle Eastern' riff and MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES head to the desert to reprise his psychedelic saga 'Way Out West.' (and that all happens during the first thirty minutes today folks).
Other selections on tap include more new music from MARC RIBOT, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, THE RICK & MORTY SOUNDTRACK, JOE STRUMMER, and SPIRITUALIZED, a song or two from local bands GLENN LAZEAR and BENNY LAVA, and plenty of 'vault' rarities from DYZAN and early GENESIS to the 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS. There's even a short lesson on 'Basic Hip' lingo by DEL CLOSE from the Rhino Records 'Beat Generation' anthology. Cool Baby, cool! It's a total gas today!
For more information about the latest releases by SOFT MACHINE & Others:
http://moonjune.com/catalogue.html
https://softmachine-moonjune.bandcamp.com/
For more information on Glenn Lazear (Jacob Trombetta & Bob Ethington):
http://glennlazear.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
Welcome to the 7th annual 'Halloween Special' on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #291). This year's program has plenty of local flair with music from HARVEY GOLD, EXTRA SPOOKY, and CHRIS BUTLER & RALPH CARNEY'S appropriate gem “Day of The Dead (October 31)' all included as part of the program.
This time the show centers on the music rather than movie dialogue or themes and there's plenty of relatable songs from the likes of LOU REED ('Halloween Parade'), RAY DAVIES (“March of the Zombies'), SPIKE JONES (“My Old Flame'), DANNY ELFMAN (“Beetlejuice: Main & End titles'), and FRANK ZAPPA ('Zomby Woof').
For the jazz aficionado you'll hear the LOUNGE LIZARDS, punk enthusiasts can howl along to the DEAD KENNEDYS and THE CRAMPS, while loyal prog fans can delight at the sounds of GENTLE GIANT, CURVED AIR, PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, and CAPTAIN BEYOND. As always I'll spin NEW releases, this time from ALEJANDRO ESCOVADO, SOFT MACHINE, JOE STRUMMER, and GARY NUMAN and I'll add plenty of other Halloween 'treats' to this years bag of musical candy with enough to satisfy even the gloomiest of spirits.
For information on Harvey Gold's music:
https://harveyinthehall.bandcamp.com/
For more information or to purchase Chris Butler & Ralph Carney’s ’Songs for Unsung Holidays’ please visit: https://www.smogveil.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
You know it's going to be a good day when JOE STRUMMER gets things started and that's the case today on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #290). I'll begin this program with the cut 'Generations' from the Strummer foundation's latest archive release of rarities, 'Joe Strummer 001,' then add NEW material from DEVOTCHKA, PAUL WELLER, and YONATAN GAT to the first set as well as some vintage JEAN LUC PONTY, BO HANSSON, and NY rockers PARQUET COURTS.
Stylistically, today's show is another wonderful mishmash of musical diversity featuring a hearty blend of 'covers' from YO YO MA (JS Bach), HAMPTON STRING QUARTET (The Beach Boys), THE TUFTS BEELZEBUB (doing an a cappella version of a Beatles tune), MODERN STUDIES (The Kinks), LAURENCE JUBER (Henry Mancini), and SPONGE (The 'Speed Racer' theme), mixed in with plenty of Prog, Folk, World, Electronic, and Jazz.
As always there's NEW releases played and this week I've included songs from ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, OUMOU SANGARE, GLENN LAZEAR, PAUL SIMON, and MOGWAI. From the 'vault' you'll hear music by THE FLYING LIZARDS, KALEIDOSCOPE, SOFT MACHINE, and TAJ MAHAL.
For more information on Glenn Lazear (Jacob Trombetta & Bob Ethington):
http://glennlazear.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
On the latest edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #289) we'll mosey 'Way Out West' during the shows first set with songs surrounding two distinct versions of JIM PEPPER'S 'Witchi Tai To' (from JAN GARBAREK and BREWER & SHIPLEY), then later on go off the rails with my rant about 'robocalls', and end up, in the words of WAS (NOT WAS), 'feeling better than James Brown.' (You'll hear that song too!)
MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES gets it all started with the song 'Way Out West' followed by RICKIE LEE JONES doing 'Flying Cowboys,' then JAN GARBAREK, ROBBIE ROBERTSON, NEIL YOUNG, more this week from THE BYRDS, and finally BREWER & SHIPLEY finishes the first half hour.
During the third set I'll play songs from HENRY THREADGILL, HENRY COW, TONTO'S EXPANDING HEADBAND, and WHITE NOISE which all get mixed in with DEVOTCHKA'S latest, RON GEESIN, and PIERRE BOULEZ conducting FRANK ZAPPA.
There's also more today from the new GLENN LAZEAR album and the latest from the JOE STRUMMER archive, BAD DUDES, YONATAN GAT, and COWBOY JUNKIES releases, and other 'worldly' cuts from MOREY KANTE and BRIGITTE FONTAINE. Hopefully all the great music and my little rant will make you feel better as well.
For more information on Glenn Lazear (Jacob Trombetta & Bob Ethington):
http://glennlazear.com/
For more information or to purchase Chris Butler & Ralph Carney’s ’Songs for Unsung Holidays’ please visit: https://www.smogveil.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
There's plenty of local flavor, 'vault' gems, and new releases on this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #288). You'll hear cuts from the newest offerings by GLENN LAZEAR, the BIZARROS, ERNIE KRIVDA, and yet another goodie from CHRIS BUTLER & RALPH CARNEY'S ode to 'Unsung Holiday's' (Buffet Day get the treatment this time). Other 'local' selections include DEVO rocking out with 'Working In The Coal Mine' and ROBERT KIDNEY doing a haunting version of his song 'Rosalee' from his 'Jackleg' album.
Additional new songs tracks are heard from DEVOTCHKA, MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES (seen in the photo here from their Akron show with Chris Hillman & Roger McGuinn of The Byrds), MOGWAI, and IRON & WINE. From the 'vault' there's ROBERT MASON'S STARDRIVE, THE BYRD'S (from 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo'), JEFFERSON AIRPLANE (with 'Today' featuring the late Marty Balin), LOU REED (playing 'The Bells'), KEVIN AYERS, and LOTHAR AND THE HAND PEOPLE plus loads of jazz, world beat, folk, prog, and even an old timey standard on a 1912 calliope.
For more information on Glenn Lazear (Jacob Trombetta & Bob Ethington):
http://glennlazear.com/
For more information or to purchase Chris Butler & Ralph Carney’s ’Songs for Unsung Holidays’ please visit: https://www.smogveil.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
Photo of The Byrd's 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo' show by Dolli Gold
This week on the latest installment of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #287) I'll begin with DEAN & BRITTA playing 'Knives From Batavia' from their homage to Andy Warhol's screen tests, follow that piece with NICO'S 'Lawns of Dawn' from The Marble Index, morph into two pieces from JOE BYRD'S legendary psychedelic masterpiece UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and complete the set with THE CHIEFTAINS, a LES BAXTER 'ultra lounge' standard, PETER GABRIEL'S 'German' version of 'San Jacinto,' and a piece from German proggers SPROINGG.
That all sets the stage for the remainder of the program which includes a set surrounding and interwoven with THE BEATLES 'Revolution 9' with other similar songs from GONG, THE PRETENDERS, THE PINEAPPLE THIEF, PARASITES OF THE WESTERN WORLD, and PETER HAMMILL'S 'The Future Now.'
There's more new material from CHRIS BUTLER & RALPH CARNEY, OH SEES, BRIAN ENO & TOM ROGERSON, and ERNIE KRIVDA. 'Vault' selections include 'Slush' by the BONZO DOG BAND, 'Set Your Controls for the Heart of the Sun' by PINK FLOYD, THE CHAMPS rendition of 'Tequila,' an early TASVALLAN PRESIDENTII piece and plenty of jazz, world beat, folk, and electronic to keep it interesting.
For more information or to purchase Chris Butler & Ralph Carney’s ’Songs for Unsung Holidays’ please visit: https://www.smogveil.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
It's time for more unusual 'covers' on today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #286) and I've gathered several selections from MOJO magazine's eclectic series to play during today's show beginning with THE MAGNETIC NORTH'S interpretation of a song from the Beach Boys 'Pet Sounds' album and JIM WHITE'S somewhat bizarre take on The Beatles 'All Together Now' both during the first set. XIU XIU does 'Audrey's Dance' (an Angelo Badalamenti 'Twin Peaks' standard) during that set as well.
Later on ROBERT WYATT will 'cover' Ivor Cutler's 'Go And Sit Upon The Grass,' HAYSEED DIXIE plays 'War Pigs' bluegrass style, TAJ MAHAL exquisitely stylizes 'Honky Tonk Women,' and another Beatles song ('Love To You') gets treatment by SUKILOVE from a MOJO 'Revolver Reloaded' CD.
Plus there's more 'vault' finds from THE CRAMPS, PASSPORT ('Ostinato'), WIGWAM, and 50's soul pioneers THE MOONGLOWS. New releases include THE PINEAPPLE THIEF, COWBOY JUNKIES, and a Thelonious Monk composition done by MIHO HAZAMA & THE METROPOLE ORKEST BIG BAND. (Yup! Another cover!)
For more information or to purchase Chris Butler & Ralph Carney’s ’Songs for Unsung Holidays’ please visit: https://www.smogveil.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
On this weeks edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #285) the program begins with the latest from CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS, then what follows includes a MCKENDREE SPRING song, an Bach cello piece by STANLEY CLARKE, more from the latest RESIDENTS release, and three internationally inspired cuts by JON HASSELL, DUOUD, and the late GEOFFREY ORYEMA.
Later on there's music from the 'vault' from ANNETTE PEACOCK (channeling Elvis with 'Love Me Tender'), THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ('Absolutely Free'), PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE, SYD BARRETT, CARAVAN, and an early CAN cut from 'Soundtracks.'
If you like the blues then I've got BUDDY GUY and LITTLE AXE for you, the alternative styling's of THE B-52'S and SWOLLEN MONKEYS, more world beat from NUSRAT FATAH ALI KHAN & MICHAEL BROOK and SEVERA NAZARKHAN, and plenty of NEW material from COWBOY JUNKIES, CHRIS BUTLER & RALPH CARNEY, THE ORB, and ERNIE KRIVDA.
For more information or to purchase Chris Butler & Ralph Carney’s ’Songs for Unsung Holidays’ please visit: https://www.smogveil.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
Friday September 7th was officially 'Salami Appreciation Day' so I celebrated it with that very song of the same name by CHRIS BUTLER and RALPH CARNEY from their NEW release 'Songs For Unsung Holidays' during the debut of my latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #284). You can still hear it surrounded by other 'food' songs during the first set including FRANK ZAPPA'S 'St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast,' BRAVE COMBO'S 'Who Stole The Kishka,' CHARLES MINGUS conveying his tastes from 'Cumbia and Jazz Fusion', DAEVID ALLEN interpreting 'Salt Peanuts,' and other relatable melodies from PRIMUS, and THE GOASTT (Sean Ono Lennon).
Among the highlights from the 'vault' this week are the psychedelic styling's of THE INSECT TRUST, a vintage DEVO song, the groovy rhythm’s of the LEMON PIPERS, a classic piece from KING CRIMSON'S 'Starless' album, and an early 'dub' effort by LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY.
NEW album tracks by CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS (featuring Lucinda Williams and Bill Frisell),THE RESIDENTS latest offering 'I Am A Resident,' plus more from UNDERWORLD & IGGY POP, ERNIE KRIVDA & SWING CITY, and THE ORB are all included today.
For more information or to purchase Chris Butler & Ralph Carney’s ’Songs for Unsung Holidays’ please visit: https://www.smogveil.com/
For more of RALPH CARNEY'S music:
https://ralphcarney.bandcamp.com/music
For more of CHRIS BUTLER'S Music:
http://www.futurefossilmusic.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
The fun continues on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #283) with more songs from the new CHRIS BUTLER and RALPH CARNEY album 'Songs For Unsung Holidays.' You'll hear 'Hippie Day' (actually celebrated September 5th and followed by a Jerry Garcia outtake of 'The Wheel'), Bath Safety Day (followed by the Bonzo's 'My Pink Half of the Drainpipe'), and 'Blessing of the Bikes Day' (followed by Nick Mason's 'Can't Get My Motor to Start') during the course of the show. Ain't symmetry wonderful?
Also heard are songs by THE LAST POETS, YO YO MA & THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE (with Rhiannon Giddens), THE BIZARROS, LADY JUNE'S LINGUISTIC LEPROSY, GODLEY & CREME, LEO KOTTKE, TINARIWEN, KEN NORDINE, JOHN CALE singing 'Pablo Picasso,' and JIM WHITE'S rendition of 'King of the Road.'
More cuts from NEW releases by THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND, UNDERWORLD & IGGY POP, STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, ERNIE KRIVDA, and JOHN COLTRANE'S 'Lost Album' are played.
For more information or to purchase Chris Butler & Ralph Carney’s ’Songs for Unsung Holidays’ please visit: https://www.smogveil.com/
For more of RALPH CARNEY'S music:
https://ralphcarney.bandcamp.com/music
For more of CHRIS BUTLER'S Music:
http://www.futurefossilmusic.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
This week marks the release of the album 'Songs For Unsung Holidays' by CHRIS BUTLER and RALPH CARNEY and to celebrate I'll play three songs from it during today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #282). I'll start the show off with Chris & Ralph's 'Polka Day' and follow it with 'Purple Haze' done as a polka by BRAVE COMBO, then add the song 'Contrabanda' by DEVOTCHKA, 'The Muffin Man' interpreted by MILES GRIFFIN, and ROBERT WYATT'S 'Soup Song' to a blistering first set.
Later on you'll hear NEW pieces from UNDERWORLD & IGGY POP, “Masters of War' from BOB DYLAN'S rare performances CD, reissues from STATUS QUO and JETHRO TULL, and more material from THE ORB, TY SEGALL & WHITE FENCE, and NINE INCH NAILS.
There plenty of fun included from the likes of ROGER RUSKIN SPEAR, IVOR CUTLER, TODD RUNDGREN ('Just Another Onionhead'), and the VIOLENT FEMMES (doing their rendition of the Jetson's “Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah') as well as selections from PERE UBU, THE NUMBERS BAND, BRIAN ENO, and PENTANGLE. Don't miss a minute today!
For more information or to purchase Chris Butler & Ralph Carney’s ’Songs for Unsung Holidays’ please visit: https://www.smogveil.com/
For more of RALPH CARNEY'S music:
https://ralphcarney.bandcamp.com/music
For more of CHRIS BUTLER'S Music:
http://www.futurefossilmusic.com/
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
A set of music based on the latest absurdity to emerge from Washington, 'Space Force' makes up the entire third set on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #281). Musical contributions from new albums by NINE INCH NAILS, THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND, and THE ORB are combined with 'vault' selections from JEFF WAYNE'S 'War of the Worlds' album (with narrative by Richard Burton), GONG, HAWKWIND, and the WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND to get the point across.
In other parts of today's show legendary jazz luminaries JOHN COLTRANE and MILES DAVIS each contribute a piece from their new reissues. From John Coltrane you'll hear a cut from his never before released 'Both Directions At Once – The Lost Album' and from Miles Davis it's a piece from the remastered recording of the 'Ascensuer Pour L'Echafaud' film score.
There's also songs from SPARKS, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, BENJAMIN BRITTAN, HUGH HOPPER & RICHARD SINCLAIR, OLIVER MTUKUDZI, and LITTLE FEAT, and more newly released tracks from ERNIE KRIVDA & SWING CITY, DAVID BYRNE, TY SEGALL & WHITE FENCE, PALBERTA, and FATHER JOHN MISTY.
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
'That's It For The Other One' (newly remastered) from the 50th anniversary edition of the GRATEFUL DEAD'S 'Anthem of the Sun' and the cut 'Burn You Up, Burn You Down' from the 10th anniversary celebration of PETER GABRIEL and KARL WALLINGER'S 'Big Blue Ball' collaboration are just two of the many reasons to tune into TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #280) beginning Friday, August 10.
Throughout this three hour program, I've got some amazing musical segues arranged including TALKING HEADS' 'Ruby Please' (the Bush mix) with STEVE HILLAGE (covering 'Not Fade Away'), another between sea songs from BRYAN FERRY and the INCREDIBLE STRING BAND, and another segue of KRONOS QUARTET'S string version of 'Misirlou' and 'The Twist' blended with Tuvan throat singers HUUN-HUUR-TU.
More NEW selections are played from THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND, NINE INCH NAILS, RAY DAVIES, and THE ORB. Local fav's RALPH CARNEY and TOM HERMAN are heard along with 'vault' finds from FLYING LIZARDS, ALAN VEGA & MARTIN REV, RICHARD PINHAS, and BO HANSSON.
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
GORILLAZ, GONG, and GIBBY HAYNES all combine to get this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #279) up and running during the first set which also includes songs from BILL FRISELL (and his quartet), THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION (from Uncle Meat), the EELS, and MORPHINE in it.
Later on from the 'vault' you'll hear NICK DRAKE, THE DOORS, ARTHUR BROWN'S KINGDOM COME, and early PINK FLOYD and KING CRIMSON. Also programmed is an instrumental piece from THE BEATLES 'Yellow Submarine' soundtrack and ROBERT WYATT singing the jazz standard 'What a Wonderful World.'
NEW releases played this week include NINE INCH NAILS, BUDDY GUY, THE ORB, CHROME, ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, and ARTHUR BUCK.
Every style from the Blues to Gamelan inspired can be heard on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #278). Today's program begins with a new song from Blues legend BUDDY GUY and during the first set morphs from there to CAPTAIN BEYOND, THE ORB'S latest (featuring JAH WOBBLE), a piano piece from NIKLAS PASCHBURG and more piano from THOMAS BARTLETT & NICO MUHLY'S new work. That is followed by Guru Guru's MANI NEUMEIRER and sidekick PETER HOLLINGER Balinese rhythm’s before SHADOWFAX adds their signature to the sets completion.
There's plenty of 'vault' selections including Cleveland folkie JOHN BASSETTE'S 'Hessler Street,' a special rehearsal cut from THE BYRD'S 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo' album, CABARET VOLTAIRE, U.S. 69, PIERRE MOERLEN'S GONG, and of course, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART.
More NEW offerings are played from RAY LAMONTAGNE, PALBERTA, JACK WHITE, ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, THE MANHATTEN TRANSFER (covering XTC), and MELODY'S ECHO CHAMBER.
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
I've got plenty of musical collaborations on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #277). BRIAN ENO & RICK HOLLAND, MICHAEL GILES, JAMIE MUIR, & DAVID CUNNINGHAM, ROBIN LUMLEY & JACK LANCASTER (from 'Marscape'- pictured here), HECTOR ZAZOU (with LISA GERMANO), and MOEBIUS, CONNY PLANK, & MAYO THOMPSON all appear during today's first set.
Later there's more NEW songs from THOMAS BARTLETT & NICO MUHLY, PALBERTA, GARY NUMAN, ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, MELODY'S ECHO CHAMBER, NORDIC RAGA, and GINA FORSYTH. From the 'vault' I've programmed KEVIN AYERS, DUKE ELLINGTON, FAUST, LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE, and RETURN TO FOREVER'S 'Majestic Dance.'
Got an itch for a 'theme' today? I'll add music with 'water' as the theme from VIOLENT FEMMES, BERT JANSCH, FRANK ZAPPA ('Little Umbrellas'), PARQUET COURTS, and BRUCE COCKBURN during the second hour.
For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
You're in luck! It's not all bad on Friday the 13th as my latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #276) debuts. No black cats or sidewalk cracks, instead I'll start the show with THE NUMBERS BAND (15-60-75) and their song 'Thunderhead' and follow it with a cut from GARY NUMAN'S latest, then add the ethereal sound of ISSA BAGAYOGO'S 'N'goni' (Mali lute). Next up there's XTC doing 'Cynical Days,' and a MILES DAVIS (with the GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA) piece before completing the set with a traditional Italian folk song by SPACCANAPOLI.
Later on you'll hear two great versions of the Soft Machine song 'Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening' done by MONKS OF DOOM and the DELTA SAXOPHONE QUARTET in a set that has WENDY CARLOS'S 'Counrty Lane' and THE FLAMING LIPS'S obscure version of 'If I Only Had A Brain' in it as well. There's a ragtime version of Roxy Music's 'The Bogus Man' done by THE BRYAN FERRY ORCHESTRA and THE TRASHMEN play 'Bird Dance Beat' ('Pow Pow Ohh Mow Mow') back to back in another set that has RY COODER, PETER GABRIEL, and MAGAZINE all blended together.
It's another three hours of freeform fun that should make your day! Now don't you feel lucky?
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Psychedelic, folky, jazzy, new wavy, ...yeah this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #275) is all that and more (with plenty of NEW releases to boot)!
Each set evolves in a completely different manner as today's third set typifies. I'll start that one with the KRONOS QUARTET'S latest, then move towards acid folk with the LOW ANTHEM, THE GHOST OF A SABER TOOTH TIGER, and SAMANDTHEPLANTS before emerging with psychedelic stalwarts ULTIMATE SPINACH. What follows is a CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN instrumental and a SYD BARRETT melody before finishing it all off with RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK'S 'Serenade to a Cuckoo.'
NEW songs are heard from ARTHUR BUCK, WOODEN SHJIPS, THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & THE 4TH DIMENSION, JON HASSELL, PARQUET COURTS, and GARY NUMAN. You'll also get older tracks from R. CRUMB & HIS CHEAP SUIT SERENADERS, PETER HAMMILL, KLAATU, STEELEYE SPAN, THE DANDY WARHOLS, and LITTLE FEAT.
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As the Independence Day holiday approaches, I'll incorporate several songs on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #274) that strike the appropriate tone but won't overwhelm the shows flow. You'll hear THE RESIDENTS unusual version of 'Stars & Stripes Forever,' WILCO'S 'Ashes of American Flags,' NEIL YOUNG'S rendition of 'This Land Is Your Land,' and another standard from JOE BYRD'S 'Yankee Transcendoodle' album during the first half of the program.
There's plenty of other regular selections played including several from the latest offerings by GARY NUMAN , STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, TONY ALLEN, WOODEN SHJIPS, RY COODER, and ARTHUR BUCK (Joseph Arthur & Peter Buck). I'll also spin music from THE CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND, HARRY PARTCH, AMY RIGBY, VANGELIS, DEVO, TRANQUILITY BASS, and the late GEOFFREY ORYEMA.
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This weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #273) represents some of my best work in blending the diverse musical styles that give the freeform radio format it's name. I'm extremely proud of how each set unfolds, its flow, and the programs unique overall sound.
During the second set there's Indian based melodies that emerge from ANANDA SHANKAR, TRAFFIC, and HIERONYMUS FIREBRAIN which then evolve into early synthesizer inspired pieces from DER PLAN and SILVER APPLES before the tempo shifts to guitar based rhythm's from SNAKEFINGER, FATOUMATA DIAWARA, and THE CLASH.
NEW album cuts are played from THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, MORCHEEBA, DAVE HOLLAND, THE BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO, PAUL SIMON'S 'Graceland Remixes,' and THOMAS BARTLETT & NICO MUHLY'S 'Balinese Ceremonial Music' release. As usual, there's plenty of selections from the musical 'vault' including those from KING CRIMSON, JIMMY SMITH, T. REX, SALVATION, ART ZOYD, JOHN ENTWHISTLE, and HAWKLORDS.
From Psychedelic to Latin, Middle Eastern, Ragtime and beyond, this shows breadth make it one to listen to over and over.
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Another week brings yet another new episode of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #272). What could possibly be different from the last one, you ask? Well, nothing...and everything. Akron artist JOSH STONE has a NEW song ('Bubbles In Space – the Magic Mix') and I've added it to a set with a few other space themed songs from DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR, BE BOP DELUXE, and DEERHOOF. There's NEW music from RY COODER, JACK WHITE, FATOUMATA DIAWARA, and a couple of cuts from ALEXANDRE DESPLAT'S 'Isle of Dogs' soundtrack.
There's a set based loosely around the recent summit that includes music from OSAMU KITAJIMA, Korean space metal band JAMBINAI, dialogue from the movie 'Dr. Strangelove, and songs from MINISTRY and the JEFFERSON AIRPLANE. JOHN PRINE sings 'Caravan of Fools' from his latest, and the set finishes with jazz sax master OLIVER LAKE and Finnish guitarist JUKKA TOLONEN who both make appearances from the music 'vault.'
There is music from RALPH CARNEY, TALL DWARFS, THE ART OF NOISE, IMOGEN HEAP, MAYO THOMPSON, and HECTOR ZAZOU included on today's show as well. It works for me so hopefully it'll work for you.
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This weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #271) offers another eclectic mix of music beginning with the latest from JOHN PRINE and ending with a score by fabled Italian spaghetti western composer ENNIO MORRICONE. In between it all THE RESIDENTS cover Hank Williams' 'Six More Miles (To The Graveyard),' the BRYAN FERRY JAZZ ORCHESTRA does 'Love is the Drug' as a 1920's Ragtime piece, GUSTAFER YELLOWGOLD & THE POP UPS interpret David Bowie's 'Space Oddity,' and the OMNIBUS WINE ENSEMBLE plays Zappa's 'Be-Bop Tango.'
NEW cuts are heard from CHRIS BUTLER ('Summer Money'), JACK WHITE, THE NELS CLINE 4, jazz sax-man ROMAN FILIU, THE FLAMING LIPS, CHROME, and ROSANNE CASH adds music to a JOHNNY CASH lyric from the 'Forever Words' collection.
There's other music from HELDON, SIGUR ROS, NICK CAVE, PETER GABRIEL, TIM BUCKLEY, STEVE HILLAGE, SONIC YOUTH, and GEORGE MARTIN'S 'March of the Meanies' from THE BEATLES Yellow Submarine soundtrack).
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Strange sounds emulate from several unusual instruments on today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #270). BASSEKOU KOUYATE& NGONI BA performs on a three stringed lute (Ngoni) to start the second set (pictured here), JUDEH CAMARA joins guitarist JUSTIN ADAMS and rocks out on goje (two stringed Gambian fiddle) and later on Korean sensation LUNA plays Jimi Hendrix's 'Little Wing' on a gayaguem (an Asian zither). There's also songs performed on a sitar, kora, and didgeridoo during the course of the program.
The festivities begin with a song from CHROME'S latest, then a tonal piece from TOM WAIT'S 'The Black Rider' album (vocals by Wm. Burroughs), a chamber quartet performance of Disney's 'Heigh Ho' followed by SLAPP HAPPY, DEVO, and another NEIL YOUNG cut from the 'Roxy Tonight's The Night Live' CD. All that is followed by AL DIMEOLA covering 'I Am The Walrus' (Spanish Flamenco style), a ukulele driven composition from MICACHU AND THE SHAPES, before finishing with a cut from contemporary composer MISSY MAZZOLI. (there might be a couple of odd percussive instruments on that one).
Also included today are THE NUMBERS BAND (15-60-75), PINK FLOYD, FAUST, MILES DAVIS, PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS, and BERNARD HERMANN. (you know, a slight variation on my normal weekly selection).
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I love certain musical 'anthems' that have always evoked memories for me and today on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #269) you'll hear several beginning with two covers of 'Eight Miles High' done by ROXY MUSIC and LEO KOTTKE. Later on in the program I'll play 'El Doomo' by ELLIS and 'Maggot Brain' by FUNKADELIC back to back as well.
There's plenty of other goodies on today's schedule including 'Right Now, Betty White' by TIN HUEY and songs by CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (from 'Clear Spot'), KEVIN AYERS (from The Unfairground'), JADE WARRIOR (from 'Floating World'), and CARAVAN (from 'Waterloo Lily'). As usual I've added more NEW release selections from GINA FORSYTH, SHUGGIE OTIS, THE NELS CLINE 4, DAVID BYRNE, and MGMT, and a variety of cuts from KRONOS QUARTET, THE BLACK KEYS, KHAC CHI ENSEMBLE, JAMIE CULLUM, DICK DALE & THE DELTONES, TOMITA, ANNETTE PEACOCK, and the PIXIES.
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There's a slew of reissues and previously unreleased offerings, humor, spoken word, jazz, world music, folk, and early synthesizer selections all blended together on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #268).
Some notables include a cut from the latest release by THE FLAMING LIPS (from their earliest recordings), an unreleased song from PETE TOWNSEND'S 45th anniversary edition of “Who Came First,' and a NEIL YOUNG 'live' version of 'Albuquerque' from the NEW 'Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live' album.
There's also humor from NATIONAL LAMPOON, HOMER & JETHRO, and FIRESIGN THEATRE, early synthesizer tracks from LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE, KRAFTWERK, and DENNIS DEFRANGE, jazz from RAHSAAN ROLAND, KIRK and THE NELS CLINE 4, world music from RAVI SHANKAR and MOREY KANTE, folk from GINA FORSYTH and JOHN MARTYN, and spoken word pieces from KEN NORDINE and MATERIAL (with William Burroughs).
Other tracks include songs from ROBERT WYATT, JAH WOBBLE, GENESIS (from Nursery Cryme), and unusual covers of 'Sunshine of Your Love' by the HAMPTON STRING QUARTET and 'Rosemary's Baby' by BRAVE COMBO.
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This week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#267) has plenty of obscurities from the 'vault' to keep even the most finicky music lover happy. JONATHAN RICHMAN (and the MODERN LOVERS), THE PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY, German jazz man VOLKER KRIEGEL, GONG synthesist TIM BLAKE, acid folkie MARK FRY, and the psychedelic bands GRINGO, and PEACEPIPE are all heard. There's even a previously unreleased cut from LOVE'S 50th Anniversary edition of 'Forever Changes' and early PINK FLOYD on the menu.
As usual, there are several NEW items of note including selections from THE NELS CLINE 4, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, CHRIS BUTLER, UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, and DEREK SMALLS (you know, the bassist from SPINAL TAP). Other music is heard from LOUIS PRIMA (with KEELIE SMITH), MODEST MOUSE, ETRON FOU LELOUBLAN, BERT JANSCH, BRIAN ENO, Tuvan band HUUN-HUUR-TU, DEERHOOF, and JOHN CALE & LOU REED.
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An 'alternative mix' of the song 'You Set the Scene' from the 50th Anniversary Edition of LOVE'S psychedelic classic, 'Forever Changes' gets today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#266) rolling on a program that’ll feature several obscurities out of the 'vault' including pieces by RAINBOW FFOLLY, SIDDHARTHA, GURU GURU, THE MUFFINS, and SKY.
During the second set today we've got adult musicians acting like children (RALPH CARNEY, SALLY TIMMS & JOHN LANGFORD come to mind) and others (like LOL COXHILL, HAYES GREENFIELD, and VIVIAN STANSHALL) that actually use children in a song. There's more NEW releases including pieces by THE DECEMBERISTS, LONG TALL DEB & COLIN JOHN, EELS, CHRIS BUTLER, and YO LA TENGO.
I honor the memory of May 4th with DEVO'S cover of Neil Young's 'Ohio' in a set that will also feature relatable songs from MORGAN DELT, THE BREEDERS, DAEVID ALLEN, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, and DAVID BYRNE.
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This week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#265) I'll mark the completion of my sixth year blending music, spoken word, comedy, and occasional dialogue into a program I refer to as 'unconventional freeform radio.' The show had it's original roots in college radio of the 1970's and continues to take it's inspiration from that era, as well as adding all the modern elements and music that influences me today. Each set will have a seamless 'flow' to it, regardless of the musical style from one song to the next.
During the second set today there's an homage to San Francisco (where I returned to radio in 2012) with music by THE BONZO DOG BAND, THE RESIDENTS, THE MAGNETIC FIELDS, FOXYGEN, and THE WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND.
I'll play songs from some of my favorite artists, (including GONG ,PERE UBU, MILES DAVIS, CAN, JOE STRUMMER, THE BEATLES, and XTC), several new releases (among them CHRIS BUTLER, DHANI HARRISON, and THE BREEDERS), WENDY CARLOS and PHILLIP GLASS will interpret the classics in their own way, and you'll hear acoustic stylings from BELA FLECK and PEG LEG SAM. There's also several surprises from the 'vault' as well.
Feel free to tune in when you can but don't miss it! And thanks for continuing to support this program over the years, I really appreciate it. Cheers!
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Two great British folk legends, SANDY DENNY & NICK DRAKE, are played at the conclusion of the second set during this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #264). PHIL MANZANERA and the psych-folk band GANDALF also add songs to that mix, a mix that begins with NEW offerings from YO LA TENGO, DHANI HARRISON, and LAURIE ANDERSON with the KRONOS QUARTET.
Throughout the program, there's more NEW releases heard from DAVID BYRNE, MINISTRY, BILL FRISELL, OF MONTREAL, DOS SANTOS, JON HASSELL, and CHRIS BUTLER. If you love 'covers,' then get ready for RAMSEY LEWIS, LUNA, AMY RIGBY & WRECKLESS ERIC, and CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN with EUGENE CHADBOURNE to do their best interpretations. Add to this merriment, more 'vault' styling's from SILVER APPLES, CHROME, and HAWKWIND and soundtrack cuts from JOHANN JOHANNSSON and RAMIN DJAWADI.
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Today's edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #263) features a large selection of NEW releases starting with DAVID BYRNE'S 'American Utopia' to begin the show, followed by the jazz band SPECIAL EFX, the supergroup GIZMODROME (featuring Stuart Copeland & Adrian Belew), then cuts from CHRIS BUTLER, JIMI HENDRIX (a previously unreleased instrumental), THE BREEDERS, and more from JASON FALKNER & R. STEVIE MOORE.
More NEW tracks are played from YO LA TENGO, JOHN HARDIN (TIN CAN LUMINARY), COLD SPECKS, BILL FRISELL, GOLDFRAPP, MONKS OF DOOM, DHANI HARRISON, ZOMBIE PICNIC, FATHER JOHN MISTY, CALEXICO, LUNA, LAURIE ANDERSON & KRONOS QUARTET, and a song from an advance copy of the JON HASSELL album 'Listening to Pictures.'
Don't fret folks, I've added plenty of 'vault' selections to keep the show interesting. There's early CARAVAN, THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA (from 'Birds of Fire'), MUSICA ORBIS, VANGELIS, LOUNGE LIZARDS, and THE TUBES. You'll get some international flavor from the German group TON STEINE SEHERBEN, Swedish folk band VASEN, and Ethiopian musician SAMUEL YIRGA. There's Jazz from JOEL HARRISON, ukulele plucking by JAKE SHIMABUKURO, and electronica from AUTECHRE.
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An often overlooked version of JIM PEPPER'S 'Witchi-Tai-To' featuring Jim with DON CHERRY, COLIN WALCOTT, and JOHN SCOFIELD is the centerpiece of today's fifth set on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #262). Surrounding it, music from HP LOVECRAFT, COIL, and more new songs from LUNA, TUNE-YARDS, and LAURIE ANDERSON & KRONOS QUARTET.
Other listening enticements include MONTY PYTHON'S 'Cheese Shop' and two rather interesting versions of FRANK ZAPPA songs, one done by tuba-ist JAY ROSEN and the other from the OMNIBUS WIND ENSEMBLE, RON GEESIN'S banjo meanderings, a traditional bluegrass cover of 'Lazy John' by JAYME STONE and a not so traditional bluegrass cover of AC/DC'S 'Hells Bells' by HAYSEED DIXIE.
Add to all that more NEW acquisitions from DHANI HARRISON, JASON FALKNER & R. STEVIE MOORE, local fave CHRIS BUTLER'S 'Got It Together' release, Irish proggers ZOMBIE PICNIC and Chicago based MARBIN, and other older ditties from THE RESIDENTS, SOFT MACHINE, and NEGATIVLAND and it'll be quite a show indeed!
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Hello Friends,
I've sent out notices each week telling you part of the contents of the forthcoming episode of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES for nearly six years now.
Perhaps music from DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR, CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, WENDY CARLOS' synthesizer rendition of Rossini's 'Thieving Magpie' (from 'A Clockwork Orange'), or the latest from MARBIN, MORGAN DELT, NEIL YOUNG, and THE BREEDERS will entice you to listen to my latest offering (Episode #261).
Or maybe you'll be interested in hearing some 'vault selections' from IVOR CUTLER (reciting 'Sleepy Old Snake'), JEFFERSON AIRPLANE ('Martha'), BE BOP DELUXE ('Life in the Air Age'), SILVER APPLES covering “Mustang Sally,' and BILL FRISELL doing the same with 'Rumble.' There's also selections from KEVIN AYERS, CHARLES MINGUS, HABIB KOITE, DAVID BOWIE, CARNEYBALL JOHNSON, PERE UBU, and PETE TOWNSEND'S Cleveland anthem, 'Sheraton Gibson' all programmed on this show. Below is the program's playlist. Thanks for listening!
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FRESH AIR JANUARY 17, 1980 with Host Paul Ciminero
On this special Podcast today, you'll hear a two hour and fifty six minute segment from the groundbreaking Progressive/alternative college radio program, FRESH AIR, captured on cassette tape from,January 17, 1980.
I was a host on WKSU-FM's "Fresh Air," the late night student run radio program which ran during the heyday of late 70's,early 80's alternative college radio. Today's latest archival tape was restored and remastered by Dr. Woo and is one of now over 500 hours of tapes of this legendary program which originally aired from 1973 until 1981.
Fresh Air was riding a wave of popularity by the date of this tape, promoting concerts, interviewing, and doing 'live' recordings of many of the artists it played at the time. Various features such as the 'Artist of the Week,' Industrial Wasteland' interview program, Reel Live Music, and both the 'Domestic' and 'Import Album Premieres' helped to better educate the audience (and the DJ's as well) as to the styles of music we were playing back then.
On this night I had just replaced former DJ Jim Fisher as the permanent Thursday overnight host so I honored him by playing his weekly segment within his show that he dubbed the 'Whispering Yeast Hour.' It was a quirky set of spoken word, comedy, and somewhat odd ball musical selections so in keeping with the tradition I played Portsmouth Sinfonia, Firesign Theatre, The Residents, Lord Buckley, Lol Coxhill, and of course, The Bonzo Dog Band. The 'Artist of the Week' was Alice Coltrane, so you'll hear several compositions by her throughout the program.
The program begins with the evening's third set, and runs until my replacement DJ arrived at 3:00 am in the morning. Below is a listing of the song sets. Enjoy!
SET #1 THE WHISPERING YEAST HOUR
PORTSMOUTH SINFONIA 'Blue Danube Waltz' Opus 314 Plays The Popular Classics 4:36
LORD BUCKLEY 'Willie The Shake' Buckley's Best 2:42
BONZO DOG BAND 'Tubas In The Moonlight The Beast of the Bonzos 2:18
FIRESIGN THEATRE 'Police Street' (excerpt) In The Next World You're On Your Own 9:05
JONATHAN RICHMAN 'Rockin' Shopping Center' The Modern Lovers 3:33
THE BEATLES 'If I Needed Someone' Yesterday and Today 2:16
GENTLE GIANT 'So Sincere' The Power and the Glory 3:46
LOL COXHILL 'First Mvmt: Prelude to Familiarity The Joy of Paranoia 2:10
PINK FLOYD 'Apples and Oranges' Masters of Rock (Import) 2:58
THE RESIDENTS 'Satisfaction' Single 4:30
SET #2
TANGERINE DREAM 'Movements of a Visionary' Phaedra 6:01
MARLON BRANDO Dialogue: 'The Horror' Apocalypse Now (OST) 3:29
AMON DUUL II 'Apocalyptic Bore' Viva La Trance 6:32
AUTOMATIC MAN 'Interstellar Tracking Devices' Automatic Man 5:03
SHAWN PHILLIPS 'Starbright' Furthermore 3:49
CAN 'Vernal Equinox' Landed 8:07
LE ORME 'Vedi Amsterdam' Verida Nascoste 4:36
SET#3
PETER HAMMILL 'Rock and Role' Chameleon In The Shadow of the Night 6:05
ALICE COLTRANE 'Blue Nile' Ptah, The El Daoud 6:52
LED ZEPPELIN 'Black Mountain Side' Led Zeppelin I 2:06
POPUL VUH 'Ja, Deine Leibe ist Suber als Wein Das Hohelied Salomos 3:20
FRIPP & ENO 'Evening Star' (excerpt) Pt. 1 Evening Star 4:10
LOUISE HUBNER 'The Emotional Bondage Spell' Seduction Through Witchcraft 1:43
FRIPP & ENO 'Evening Star' (excerpt) Pt. 2 Evening Star 1:22
PROCOL HARUM 'Song For A Dreamer' Broken Barricades 5:24
FLASH AND THE PAN 'The Man Who Knew The Answer' Flash and the Pan 4:15
SET #4
ELOY 'Castle in the Air' Floating 7:14
PAUL KANTNER & GRACE SLICK 'When I Was A Boy I Watched the Wolves' Sunfighter 4:55
BO HANSSON 'Wandering Song' Magician's Hat 3:13
IF 'Waterfall' Waterfall 5:23
GONG 'Cat In Clark's Shoes Pt. 2 Shamal 5;02
GLASS HARP 'Dawn Of A New Day' Synergy 2:47
SET #5
KEVIN AYERS 'Champagne Cowboy Blues' Whatevershebringswesing 3:50
ALICE COLTRANE 'Galaxy Around Olodumare' World Galaxy 4:05
STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL 'The Best Years of Our Lives' Same 5:45
CAFE JACQUES 'Man In The Meadow' International 4:34
PATRICK MORAZ 'Like A Child In Disguise' Story of I 4:05
OST = Original Soundtrack
Question:
What do you get when you blend music from THE VENTURES and THE WAITRESSES with Disney melodies interpreted by BUSTER POINDEXTER and LOS LOBOS, 'Prog' from STEVE HACKETT, the jazz crooning of TOM WAITS, resonating strings of ATTACCA QUARTET, and a rock classic by JIMI HENDRIX ?
Answer:
Another great musical equation adding up to this weeks first set on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #260).
Along with those artists today you'll also hear songs by CAPTAIN BEEFHEART ('Buggy Boogie Boogie'), ROBERT WYATT ('Be Serious') and ANIMAL COLLECTIVE ('Father Time').
Add to that more strings from ALEXANDRE DESPLAT and LAURIE ANDERSON & KRONOS QUARTET as well as electronica from HELIOCENTRICS, LORD RUNNINGCLAM (with KEN NORDINE), and MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO, world beat from ISSA BAGAYOGO and DISSIDENTEN, and NEW album tracks from CALEXICO and THE BREEDERS.
I'll even gather a couple of songs from two '45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition' reissues; the ROXY MUSIC debut and THE VELVET UNDERGROUND'S 'White Light/White Heat.'
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The latest edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #259) is here with plenty of cool music from the 'vault,' great jazz, progressive, folk, rock, and soundtracks all blended together for your enjoyment.
From the 'vault' there's the MOTHER'S OF INVENTION'S 'We're Only In It For the Money' (several cuts), and THE BEATLES ( 'Bungalow Bill' from The White Album) both celebrating their 50th anniversary. Other 'vault' goodies include choice cuts by the BONZO DOG BAND, JADE WARRIOR, TUXEDOMOON, and more from ROXY MUSIC'S remaster of their debut with another song from the BBC archives.
There's also jazz from YUSEF LATEEF and JEAN LUC PONTY, progressive music from CHROME and GONG, folk from HOT TUNA and CHRIS THILE, rock from LITTLE FEAT and TY SEGALL, and soundtracks by BERNARD HERMANN and ALEXANDRE DESPLAT.
Put some time aside and give this weeks show a listen!
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This week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #258) I'll start the program with 'Re-make Re-model' from ROXY MUSIC'S 45th Anniversary remaster of their debut album from a NEW bonus disc recorded on the BBC's 'John Peel' show in April 1972. During that same set you'll hear THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION'S 'Brown Shoes Don't Make It' (remastered as well), R. STEVIE MOORE, FRED FRITH, THE OUTCASTS 'I'm In Pittsburgh (and it's Raining),' and two more NEW cuts from TY SEGALL and SPROINGG.
Later on I'll add CAPTAIN BEYOND, SYD BARRETT, LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE, NICK DRAKE, and an outtake from the BANTON/JACKSON/EVANS album, The Long Hello.'
Excited yet? I'll also play several cha cha's from DIZZY GILLESPIE, ESQUIVEL, BRAVE COMBO, and SENOR COCONUT (the later interpreting Jean Michel Jarre's 'Oxygene II'). Plus there's international melodies from DILON DJINDI and VASANT RAI, Indie Rock from SUPER FURRY ANIMALS and THE EARLIES, and soundtracks by NEIL YOUNG ('Where The Buffalo Roam') and ALEXANDRE DESPLAT ('The Shape of Water').
Today I'm celebrating a milestone as I've reached my 300th broadcast with this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #257) since returning to radio in 2012. The concept and commitment to bringing great 'freeform' radio programming to friends, fans, and anyone willing to listen continues to evolve from those days back in the late 1960's when I first heard FM underground radio, to my own work as a college DJ doing 'progressive' radio in the 70's, and now coming full circle to where I sit today, with a lifetime worth of music to choose from.
Here's some of the artists you'll hear on today's show. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (JOE BYRD), TOMITA, GONG, PERE UBU, DON CHERRY, THE BEATLES, ENNIO MORRICONE, DEVO, MOONDOG, ENO/CALE, TOM WAITS, THE ROLLING STONES, LOU HARRISON, BE BOP DELUXE, and HECTOR ZAZOU. New releases include more music from SPARKS, LAURIE ANDERSON & KRONOS QUARTET, SPROINGG, and TUNE-YARDS. There are 'covers' by played by FATBOY SLIM (The Who), NEIL MERRYWEATHER (The Byrds), and THE BAD PLUS (Nirvana) and plenty of other surprises along the way.
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During this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #256) I'll begin the program with a memorial to both TOM RAPP and JOHANN JOHANNSSON who passed away last week and add WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, MCKENDREE SPRING, THE B-52'S, CHRIS THILE, and more selections from LAURIE ANDERSON & KRONOS QUARTET'S 'Landfall' album to the mix.
Speaking of the 'mix,' part of what makes this program so much fun to produce is how each song segue's throughout the set and there's plenty of 'Ah Ha” moments during the show today. GARY LUCAS, THE RESIDENTS, and THEE OH SEES all provide similar chord structures during one segment, while THE WAITRESSES, AVETT BROTHERS, BJORK, KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH, CHRIS SQUIRE, and MONKS OF DOOM all add their 'keys' to another. And where else can you find a sequence with PETE SEEGER (playing Beethoven's 9th on banjo), THE RED ARMY ENSEMBLE, PINK MARTINI, and KEVIN AYERS all clamoring for your attention?
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This week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #255) I'll play two songs from the brand new 'Landfall' release by LAURIE ANDERSON and KRONOS QUARTET and other new offerings by TY SEGALL and MIKE STERN during the fifth set. Those pieces will be surrounded by music from THE DOORS, CAN, LADY JUNE'S LINGUISTIC LEPROSY, and HENRY KAISER with SERGIO KURIOKHUN.
Also included as part of this program are two versions of PETER GABRIEL'S 'Intruder' (one from PRIMUS and PG's German version), 'vault' selections from GILES, GILES, & FRIPP, AKSAK MABOUL, and RON GEESIN, jazz from MILES DAVIS and BILL FRISELL, local 'Ohio' fauna from THE WAITRESSES, GLASS HARP, PERE UBU and LITTLE AXE, and more NEW songs from SPROINGG, FOREST SWORDS and BJORK.
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Feeling whimsical? Then get ready for three hours of fun with plenty of 'covers,' a set of cartoon and TV show themes played by a surprising array of musicians, and other selections all assembled for this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #254).
During the cartoon/TV themed set you'll hear VIOLENT FEMMES do The Jetson's 'Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah,' DEVO'S rendition of 'Secret Agent Man,' two starkly opposite 'covers' of Disney's 'Heigh Ho' (by TOM WAITS and LOS LOBOS), RY COODER playing 'One Meatball,' and the BUTTHOLE SURFERS sonic version of 'Underdog.'
I've also added the GRATEFUL DEAD, DUKE ELLINGTON, THE WHO (from 'Tommy'), BRIAN ENO'S version of 'I'll Come Running", along with NEW cuts from SPROINGG, MONKS OF DOOM, BJORK, THE BLUE NOTE ALL STARS, and THE WAITRESSES (“Astronettes') all which are played throughout the program.
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Here's some of the items you'll hear on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#253) beginning on Friday, February 2, 2018.
COVERS: “Aquarius” - Mort Garson and the Japanese Cast of the musical Hair; “I Am The Walrus” – Spooky Tooth; “Weird Nightmare” - Elvis Costello
NEW STUFF: from The Waitresses, Sproingg, Bjork, Forest Swords, Sparks, Temples, and Randy Newman
PROG: from Plastic People of the Universe, Soft Machine, The Residents, Bo Hansson, and Adrian Wagner
WORLD: from Bela Fleck & D'Gary, Ananda Shankar, and Abdel Ali Slimani
ROCK: from Neutral Milk Hotel, Wilco, Ray Manzarek, and The Flaming Lips
BALLADS: from Nilsson, John Cale, Black Sabbath, and Rupert Hine
JAZZ & FOLK: from Bill Connors, Leo Kottke, and John Hartford
CLASSICAL/MODERN: from Phillip Glass and Jan AP Kaczmarek
As usual, I'll pick the running order and you just sit back and enjoy the show.
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Sometimes you just know that a show will hit every mark and each song works in a way that creates a very special program and that's the case with the newest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #252). I've put this program on several times already and can't stop listening to it.
In case you're wondering what's in store, here's a taste with the fifth set's running order: SKY CRIES MARY, LANCASTER & LUMLEY'S 'Marscape,' LOUNGE LIZARDS, SNAKEFINGER, DEVOTCHKA, NINO ROTA ('Godfather Waltz'), BRIAN WILSON ('Heroes & Villains'), CLINT EASTWOOD sings 'Tumbling Tumbleweeds,' (with dialogue from THE BIG LEBOWSKI), and KING CRIMSON.
There's plenty of other fabulous music including songs from PETER GABRIEL and a few of his favorite artists: GEOFFREY ORYEMA, JAH WOBBLE'S INVADERS OF THE HEART, KARL WALLINGER, and TELEK. Other selections are played by HENRY MANCINI, RALPH CARNEY, MAVIS STAPLES, JOHN MARTYN, SPIRIT, MONKS OF DOOM, IMOGEN HEAP, and LOU REED. Just tune in and listen. You won't be disappointed.
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This week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #251) I'll start out with some jazz from FRANK ZAPPA'S 'Grand Wazoo' album, then you'll hear classically inspired pieces from QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO and CLASSICAL REVOLUTION (the later doing a PIXIES piece), two 'vault' nuggets from BRIAN SANDS and the SF psychedelic legends SALVATION, PRIMUS covering a song by THE RESIDENTS, and another new cut from the latest DEERHOOF album.
If that doesn't get your musical juices flowing then how about KEVIN AYERS' 'Song From the Bottom of A Well,' R. STEVIE MOORE'S 'Forecast,' THE MAGNETIC FIELDS 'Blizzard of 78,' NICO covering 'I'm Waiting For the Man,' and AUDIENCE from their legendary 'House on the Hill' album all in the first ninety minutes. Later on there's music from THE DOORS, WHITE NOISE, ORNETTE COLEMAN, THE BONZO DOG BAND, BILL LASWELL, and HATFIELD AND THE NORTH. There's also selections from NEW releases by FOREST SWORDS, PETER HAMMILL, SPARKS, and VIEUX FARKA TOURE.
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In early January there are rarely moments of sunshine and warmth among the frigid temperatures and snow filled grey days. My solution is to put together a great radio program and make it available to all of those listeners suffering from cabin fever. This weeks edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES marks my 250th episode with plenty of NEW releases and choice selections.
I'll begin the program with the latest offering from SPARKS, then enter the music 'vault' and discover the band SUPERFINE DANDELION and follow those two pieces with STEVE HACKETT, HECTOR ZAZOU, another NEW song from KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH, then some live CAN, and finally the band TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND.
Other selections for this show include those from ROBERT CALVERT, SYD BARRETT, XTC, TODD RUNDGREN ('Zen Archer'), FRED FRITH, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, kora player MOREY KONTE, KEN NORDINE, and another recent cut by RALPH CARNEY. Additional NEW offerings from the MONKS OF DOOM, FOREST SWORDS, and MAVIS STAPLES are also heard today.
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Ralph Carney, Akron native son, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and one of music's top 'go to' session men, passed away on December 17, 2017 after an accident in his home.
Today on the latest edition TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #249), Ralph will be remembered during special feature within the program called a 'Character Study.' A 'Character Study' is a look at the life and music of an individual or group that's had a significant impact on contemporary music. Past studies that I've presented include Brian Eno, Robert Wyatt, and the German band Can.
Join me as I take a look at Ralph's life and musical career, beginning with his early day's as a member of the band Tin Huey, his work as a session musician involved in various projects including those by Hal Willner, The Black Keys, The B-52's ,and numerous others, and as an important member of Tom Waits' band for more than a decade. I'll also spend time during a good portion of the program covering Ralph's sizable output as an individual artist.
The first set prior to the special feature on Ralph Carney will cover my remaining picks of the 'Best of 2017' feature which were not included in my program last week due to time constraints.
Today's Playlist:
BEST OF 2017 (Conclusion)
SET #1
TINARIWEN 'Arhegh Ad Annagh' - Elwan
RICHARD THOMPSON 'Bathsheba Smiles' - Acoustic Classics II
KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH 'To Follow & Lead' - The Kid
THE RESIDENTS 'Train Vs. Elephant' - The Ghost of Hope
JOHN ZORN 'Raguel' - Cerebus: The Book of Angels Vol. 17
JEFF TWEEDY 'In A Future Age' - Together At Last
TAJ MAHAL 'High Water Everywhere' - American Epic: The Sessions
RALPH CARNEY REMEMBERED – A Special 'Character Study' Feature
SET #2
TIN HUEY 'Robert Takes the Road to Leibernawash/Little Red Riding Hood Hits the Road' - (Breakfast With The Hueys - single)- Disinformation (CD)
TIN HUEY 'Squirm You Worm' - Contents Dislodged During Shipment
SET#3
RALPH CARNEY & DON DAVIS (WITH DAEVID ALLEN'S NY GONG) 'Improvisation/Ornette Riffs' - Kent State Creative Arts Festival April 28, 1979 (Radio Broadcast)
RALPH CARNEY & NAPPY LEMANS 'Hose Anna' - Bowling Balls from Hell
RALPH CARNEY 'Closet Bears' - Punk 45: Burn Rubber City Burn
RALPH CARNEY & DAVID THOMAS 'Sunset in the Antipodes' - Datapanik in the Year Zero
SET #4
THE WAITRESSES 'I Know What Boys Like' - Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful
THE B-52'S 'Big Bird' - Whammy
SET #5
TOM WAITS '9th and Hennepin' - Rain Dogs
NATALIE MERCHANT, RALPH CARNEY, MICHAEL STIPE, THE ROCHES 'Little April Shower - (from Bambi)' - Stay Awake: Various Intpretation of Music From Vintage Disney Films
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS (feat. RALPH CARNEY) 'The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (This Is Insane)' - Spare Ass Annie And Other Stories
TOM WAITS 'Dirt in the Ground' - Bone Machine
SET #6
CARNEY/HILD/KRAMER 'End' - Happiness Finally Came to Them
KAMIKAZE GROUND CREW 'Some Wild Water' - Madame Marie's Temple of Knowledge
ORANJ SYMPHONETTE 'Moon River' Plays Mancini
RALPH CARNEY 'Robert Wyatt' - Ralphsounds
RALPH CARNEY 'I Like You' - I Like You (A Lot)
TIN HUEY 'Lovely Little Thing' Disinformation
SET #7
RALPH CARNEY 'Turkey Neck' - This Is! Ralph Carney
JIM WHITE 'Jesus Drove A Motor Home' - Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See
CARNEYBALL JOHNSON '(Off) White Room' - Carneyball Johnson
THE BLACK KEYS 'Same Old Thing' - Attack & Release
SET #8
RALPH CARNEY'S SERIOUS JASS PROJECT 'Boogie's The Thing' - Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project
RALPH & RALPH 'Ralph & Ralph's Song' - Opposites
BLACK FRANCAIS - 'The Obedient Servant' - The Golem
DANIEL KNOX 'To Make You Stay' - Blue Car (EP)
RALPH CARNEY'S SERIOUS JASS PROJECT 'Echoes of Chloe' - Seriously
ST. VINCENT 'Digital Witness' - St. Vincent
SET #9
PATRICK CARNEY (featuring RALPH CARNEY) 'Bojack's Theme' - Single
RALPH CARNEY 'Lament for Charleston' - Ralph's Bandcamp Page
THE ALL ONES + RALPH CARNEY 'Welcome to Bollywood (All You Midwest Sons & Daughters)' - All At Once
SET #10
RALPH CARNEY 'Manafort, Gates, & Papadopoulos' - Ralph's Bandcamp Page
RALPH CARNEY 'We Shall Overcome' - Ralph's Bandcamp Page
RALPH CARNEY 'AciD LiNe' - Ralph's Bandcamp Page
RALPH CARNEY 'In The Pines' - Ralph's Bandcamp Page
RALPH CARNEY 'Loon' - Ralphsounds
RALPH CARNEY 'My Favorite Thingzzz' - Ralph's Bandcamp Page
Track beds under Voice Overs:
Set #2 = RALPH CARNEY 'Christopher Columbus' - I Like You (A lot)
Set #3 = RALPH CARNEY 'Alto Solo #1' - Ralphsounds
Ralph's Website: http://www.akroncracker.com/
Ralph's Bandcamp Page: https://ralphcarney.bandcamp.com/
Despite the utter chaos of 2017 politically and socially, musically it was a year of stellar releases. Join me on the latest edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#248) for the 'Best of 2017' and hear my favorite picks from the very best of 2017 (and a few late 2016 recordings).
From Akron's HARVEY GOLD and the band HALF CLEVELAND (separate and together) to JUANA MOLINA'S 'Halo,' WIRE'S 'Silver/Lead',' RHIANNON GIDDEN'S 'Freedom Highway,' MOGWAI, FAUST, PERE UBU, SPARKS, PETER HAMMILL, and THE BEATLES '50th Anniversary Sgt. Pepper's – Box Set, I've got three full hours of amazing material that I'll play for you.
There's 'live' material from BRAND X, VIOLENT FEMMES, and street musicians of NEPAL and jazz from DARCY JAMES ARGUE'S SECRET SOCIETY, JOANIE PALLATTO & SPARROW, and STEVE LEHMAN'S epic 'Selebeyone.' Rock your heart away with THE FEELIES, ROBERT PLANT, DEERHOOF, and MONKS OF DOOM or 'folk-us' on BRUCE COCKBURN, YUSEF (CAT STEVENS), JESCA HOOP, and DAVID CROSBY. There's electronic from BRIAN ENO, RAY SAMMARTANO, and TANGERINE DREAM and even 'dub' from LES AMAZONES D'AFRIQUE. It's a fine way to review the year in a positive musical light. Tune in and I'll see you there!
PS: Next week during my January 5, 2018 program I’ll devote two hours to the life and music of the late RALPH CARNEY, and look at his amazing career.
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What do GEORGE HARRISON, TUXEDOMOON, KEB MO, THE FLAMING LIPS, JAMES PANTS, THE WAITRESSES, and THE RESIDENTS have in common on this week it's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#247)? They all provide original compositions for my '6th Annual Christmas Special.'
It's an always entertaining yuletide program which mixes the obscure with more well known standards done in every style from 'ultra-lounge' (VIC DAMONE'S 'Winter Wonderland' – Remixed) to surf (THE VENTURES 'Frosty the Snowman'). I've added several versions of 'Jingle Bells' during the fourth set all which stand alone from acapella (THE ROCHES), to psychedelic (THE ELECTRIC PRUNES) to techno (DUKE ELLINGTON remixed) and Yiddish (THE KLEZMONAUTS).
Add to those songs, PATTI SMITH'S astounding rendition of 'We Three Kings,' ALBERT HAGUE'S baritone resonating 'Your a Mean One Mr. Grinch,' traditional English/Irish folk stylings of MADDY PRIOR and HORSLIPS, and seasonal songs from THE STRAWBS, PIXIES (channeling NEIL YOUNG), and synthesizer virtuoso's WENDY CARLOS and JOSEPH BYRD. Finally, as usual, I've added another BEATLES CHRISTMAS FAN CLUB MESSAGE. This time it's from 1967.
Celebrate the joy of this weeks special with egg nog and Christmas cookies if you like but don't miss it!
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Every week I try to reinvent myself by pushing musical boundaries and making each broadcast unique under the moniker of 'freeform' radio. On this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#246) there's plenty of eclectic selections beginning with the NEW offering from the MONKS OF DOOM, followed by 'Homunculus” by PASSPORT, then MODEST MOUSE, another cut from PRIMUS' latest, a 'vault' find by the band CATHARSIS, then a song by the ensemble ALARM WILL SOUND, followed by BRIAN ENO'S 'Put A Straw Under Baby' and DUKE ELLINGTON'S classic piece 'Moon Maiden.'
Later there's more NEW material from SPARKS, TANGERINE DREAM, TINARIWEN, PETER HAMMILL, and JOHN SCOFIELD. I've added 'vault' picks from the INSECT TRUST, JERONIMO, NILSSON, and HAWKWIND with international selections by RIMITTI, ALI AKBAR KHAN, and FOLK SONGS & SACRED MUSIC OF NEPAL, jazz from MILES DAVIS and RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK, contemporary classical from HARRY PARTCH, and the psychedelic meanderings of THE ROLLING STONES from 'Their Satanic Majesties Request.' Need I say more? Tune in and enjoy what 'freeform' is all about.
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Grab your coffee and settle in for the latest edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#245). There's several 'morning' songs from THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, THE BEATLES, and DAEVID ALLEN in today's very first set followed by a NEW piece of music from SPARKS, then a melody from a film score by ALEXANDRE DESPLAT and a GODLEY & CREME song.
Among the NEW arrivals this week are the latest from the MONKS OF DOOM and FOLKS SONGS & SACRED MUSIC OF NEPAL, plus more cuts from TANGERINE DREAM, RICHARD THOMPSON, PETER HAMMILL, DEERHOOF, and PERE UBU.
Out of the 'vault' you'll hear LINCOLN CHASE, FIFTY FOOT HOSE, LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE, and GENTLE GIANT. They'll be joined by selections from LAURIE ANDERSON, WUSSY, composer THOMAS NEWMAN 'S 'WALL-E' soundtrack, legendary street musician MOONDOG, JAMES BLOOD ULMER, CAN, DEVO, and MICHAEL URBANIAK.
Variety has no limits so don't miss a minute!
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This week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#244) features the world premiere of songwriter, musician, and note noodler HARVEY GOLD'S latest musical masterpiece 'Eidola,' played as both a 'radio edit' and as a 'hot dance mix' during the final set of this program. (Harvey is pictured here)
If that isn't enough to get you to tune from sheer anticipation then here's a few more incentives to sweeten up your musical taste buds. Today's show also has more NEW cuts from TANGERINE DREAM, RICHARD THOMPSON, PETER HAMMILL, VIOLENT FEMMES, PERE UBU, MOGWAI, and DEERHOOF. There's jazz from ALBERT AYLER and BILL FRISELL, “prog” from THE MUFFINS, KING CRIMSON, ROBERT WYATT, and KEVIN AYERS, blues from BUDDY GUY, international melodies from DAMA & D'GARY, JUANA MOLINA, and the KRONOS QUARTET with WU MAN, and several 'covers' done by the EMPERORS OF WYOMING and SENOR COCONUT.
Add to those artists, JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS, STEELEYE SPAN, PAUL MCCARTNEY, and THE VELVET UNDERGROUND there's more than enough reasons to listen today!
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Black Friday signifies the start of the holiday shopping season so relax and let my musical choices take away all the stress with the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#243). You'll hear DON CHERRY, CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, THE LAST POETS, THE ELECTRIC FLAG, JOHN ENTWHISTLE, and four NEW cuts from JOHN SCOFIELD, PETER HAMMILL, VIOLENT FEMMES, and SAN FERMIN all in the first set.
As the show progresses, there's songs from CHROME, MCCOY TYNER, YMA SUMAC (from 'The Big Lebowski' soundtrack), ELVIS PRESLEY, HAWKWIND, MARYAM MURSAL, KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS, and BRIAN ENO interpreting 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' (Wimoweh). BRAND NEW playlist additions include songs from TANGERINE DREAM, RICHARD THOMPSON, PERE UBU, and BRUCE COCKBURN.
No leftovers here folks, just great selections to get you through the coming days.
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There's NEW music from PETER HAMMILL, PERE UBU, DEERHOOF, PRIMUS, and ROBERT PLANT to start off the first minutes of this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#242).
During set number two you'll hear FRANK ZAPPA play 'Rudy Wants to Buy Yez A Drink,' PAUL LEARY, MITCH MILLER & THE GANG'S 'Beautiful Ohio,' IRMIN SCHMIDT & KUMO, MODEST MOUSE, DAVID CROSBY'S latest, and 'Ozark' by PAT METHENY & LYLE MAYS.
Add to the festivities TIN HUEY, WILCO, SONGS OHIA, HERBIE HANCOCK, KHAC CHI ENSEMBLE, TREY GUNN, BOB DYLAN & THE BAND (from 'The Complete Basement Tapes') and more NEW material from JOANIE PALLATTO & SPARROW, BECK, MOGWAI, VIOLENT FEMMES, TANGERINE DREAM, and SAN FERMIN and there not a 'turkey' in the house for this pre-Thanksgiving week program.
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It's Friday morning and you can't decide what to listen to while you grab a cup of coffee and sit down to your normal routine. Here's a suggestion. Why not listen to the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#241)? During the first thirty minutes today you'll hear NEW music from MOGWAI and SAN FERMIN, the 'vault' gem 'Up to Me' from the JETHRO TULL 'Aqualung' album, BRIAN ENO & RICK HOLLAND, and the obscure lounge piece by TAK SHINDO, 'Bali Ha'i.'
Later there's more NEW selections from PERE UBU, DEERHOOF, PRIMUS, ROBERT PLANT, and VIOLENT FEMMES coupled with other great sounds from MARK MOTHERSBAUGH, PETER GABRIEL, SHAWN PHILLIPS, DAEVID ALLEN, RY COODER, KEN NORDINE, AKSAK MABOUL,THE DOORS, STANLEY CLARKE, and MICACHU & THE SHAPES.
It's another weekly foray into an always entertaining 'freeform' radio program and well worth a visit regardless of what time of day it is.
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The cold winds of November have arrived and what better way to keep warm than by listening to the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#240). There's plenty of great music in store today including NEW songs from PRIMUS'S 'The Desaturating Seven,' DEERHOOF'S 'Mountain Moves', and 'PERE UBU'S '20 Years in a Montana Missile Silo' all aired during the first set. You'll also hear from the latest ROBERT PLANT, MOGWAI, and VIOLENT FEMMES releases as the show progresses.
From the 'vault' there's RAY MANZAREK, THE DEVIANTS, STACKRIDGE, JOHN COLTRANE, and SLAPP HAPPY. Additionally, there's 'world' music from MICKEY HART and MANU DIBANGO, the finest in 'Prog' from SIGUR ROS and SPIRITS BURNING, rock mainstay's LOU REED and ALICE COOPER, and a salute to the late PHIL MILLER (Canterbury guitarist – Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North) and GEORGE YOUNG (Flash and the Pan, The Easy Beats).
Grab some coffee or cocoa and cozy up to this program.
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It's time for my sixth annual 'Halloween Special' on this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#239) and it's packed with loads of great 'spooky' music beginning with SONIC YOUTH doing 'Halloween,' then it's THE RESIDENTS, RICKIE LEE JONES ('Ghost Train'), THE ACID, BRIAN ENO ('Bone Bomb'), DEADBOLT, and a 'cut' from the latest FAUST album all in the first thirty minutes.
I've added NEW music that relates to this creepy holiday from PERE UBU, STEVE LEHMAN, DARCY JAMES ARGUE'S SECRET SOCIETY, BEYONDERS, and THE MAGNETIC FIELDS during the course of the show today.
During the fourth set Dracula is the theme with songs by MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD, GARY LUCAS, PHILLIP GLASS, BUTTHOLE SURFERS, and the spoken word of CHRISTOPHER LEE all elaborating on the subject. Other scary songs are heard from JOHN ZACHERLE, BERNARD HERMANN, APHRODITE'S CHILD, TOM WAITS, MORPHINE, ERIC KUNZEL & THE CINCINNATI POPS ORCHESTRA, and an airing of THE SHAGGS classic, “It's Halloween.”
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Today on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#238) you'll hear several songs by THE BEATLES (some by the band and some 'covered' by others), a couple of JOHN CALE melodies (one 'covered' as well), CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN'S 'cover' of 'Interstellar Overdrive,' and a lullaby rendition of a FLAMING LIPS song. You might say that this covers just about everything but wait, there's more!
There's more NEW releases including PERE UBU'S '20 Years in a Montana Missle Silo,' another song from MOGWAI, NEIL YOUNG from his “Hitchhiker” archive release, and a new BRUCE COCKBURN cut.
Hmm...does that cover everything? Hardly! From the 'vault' there's THE RED CRAYOLA and the WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND. Add to today's mix music from SHAKTI, D'GARY & JIHE, ESQUIVEL, ROBERT WYATT, a GLENN KOTCHE Drum Quartet piece, a humorous MEL BLANC melody, and even a bit of LITTLE FEAT and it's another three hour program well worth a listen.
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Today's edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #236) begins with a NEW song from BRUCE COCKBURN'S latest, 'Bone On Bone,' and finishes with a NEW piece by HALF CLEVELAND called 'The Fence.' There's plenty of variety in between to keep your ears happy for another three full hours.
For example, there's acoustic based melodies from YUSEF (CAT STEVENS), DAEVID ALLEN, AUDIENCE, and JOHN PHILLIPS in the first set and several songs about fashion and wardrobes in the third including WEEN'S 'Hey There Fancypants,' ROGER RUSKIN SPEAR'S 'Trouble with My Trousers,' and GENESIS playing '(I Know What I Like) In Your Wardrobe.'
Add in some world music from ANANDA SHANKAR and SUSAN BACA, Prog from BRAND X and SOFT MACHINE, jazz from BUDDY RICH and STANLEY CLARKE, and 'vault' obscurities from Sweden's SOLAR PLEXUS and UNCLE WIGGLY and it's another program of satisfying selections.
To purchase and download a copy of the latest song from HALF CLEVELAND:
https://halfcleveland.bandcamp.com/track/the-fence/
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http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
Another musical adventure awaits your ears on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #235). Today's selections include nineteen tracks from NEW releases including songs by BRAND X, YUSEF (CAT STEVENS), GRIZZLY BEAR, TEMPLES, and AU REVOIR SIMONE (from the latest Twin Peaks Series soundtrack).
The 'vault' is fully loaded with more tidbits from SILVER APPLES, ALICE COOPER, VANGELIS, DON CHERRY (playing 'Brown Rice'), THE HOLLIES, and PAUL KANTNER (from 'Blows Against the Empire').
You'll also hear electronica from MUTEMATH and AUTECHRE, world beat from FRANCO & LE TPOK JAZZ and BASSEKOU KOUYATE, indie rock from CHI PIG and VIOLENT FEMMES, and even a bluegrass 'cover' of the 'Overture' from The Who's 'Tommy' by THE HILLBENDERS.
So grab your pith helmet and khaki's enjoy the trek.
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http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
On this installment of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #234) there's several songs with water as a theme to begin the program. TAJ MAHAL sings 'Water Water Everywhere' from the American Epic release, GILLI SMYTH plays 'Water' from She Made the World, and ROBERT FRIPP (with PETER GABRIEL) does 'Water Music' and 'Here Comes the Flood' from Exposure. In addition to those pieces there's GEOFFREY ORYEMA, NELS CLINE, NINO ROTA, a folk emsemble from the Steppe region, and SLAPP HAPPY all rounding out the first half hour.
Later on there's TONY WILLIAMS 'covering' The Beatles 'Blackbird,' and BRAVE COMBO interpreting 'Hernando's Hideaway,' and 'vault' offerings from AMON DUUL II, SANTANA, THE BEACH BOYS, CLUSTER & ENO, and THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION. World music comes to you by way of TABU LEY ROCHEREAU, NAMGAR, SERGIO DIAS (doing a Oz Mutantes cut), and JAM NATION.
There's jazz from JOHN ZORN, BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY, and JAN HAMMER, Soundtracks from ANGELO BADALAMENTI, JERRY GOLDSMITH ('Django Unchained'), and RAMIN DJAWADI ('Westworld'), and plenty of NEW music to blend into this eclectic program.
For other great podcasts from The San Francisco Community Podcast Network:
http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of HOLGAR CZUKAY, founding member of the highly influential German band CAN this past week so on today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #233) I'll play selections from various parts of his career throughout the program. The first set will start off with the title track from Holgar's “Good Morning Story” album, and later on you'll hear Holgar with band mate Jaki Liebezeit as well as Conny Plank, Jah Wobble, and Can themselves.
I've added more NEW release cuts today including one from BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY, plus other NEW material from XIU XIU, GORILLAZ, RHIANNON GIDDENS, BEYONDERS, RADIOHEAD, and KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD.
From the "vault" there's a rare 'strings' mix of JOHN CALE'S 'Paris 1919,' a cover of “Dizzie Miss Lizzie” by THE FLYING LIZARDS, THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE playing 'Third Stone From the Sun,' JACK LANCASTER & ROBIN LUMLEY'S 'Blowholes' from the Marscape LP, and a remaster of SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES 'Rawhead & Bloodybones' from their Peepshow album.
There's jazz from SUN RA and JOHN ZORN, world beat from MORY KANTE and TARAF DE HAIDOUKS, and other selections from LAURIE ANDERSON, JOHNNY CASH, THE CHIEFTAINS, and CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN.
For other great podcasts from The San Francisco Community Podcast Network:
http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
It's time to tinker away and make another TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES come to life. On this program (Episode #231) you'll hear surf guitar featured in the first set with music from DON GERE, THE MAGNETIC FIELDS, THE CRAMPS, 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS, and Akron's premiere “surfers,” BEYONDERERS. Yeah Baby Yeah! I'll even throw in THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION singing “It Can't Happen here” for good measure. Get out your bongos and play along if you like.
Later on RALPH CARNEY & DAVID THOMAS play their duet “Sunset in the Antipodes”(out of the “vault” from the "Bowling Balls from Hell" LP), I'll salute JOHN ABERCROMBIE'S life, play a cut from the NEW BEATLE'S SGT. PEPPERS box set, and add in music from GEORGE CRUMB, BONZO DOG BAND, STEVE HACKETT, TODD RUNDGREN (from A Wizard, A True Star), and early PINK FLOYD.
There's also JERRY GARCIA “covering” Irving Berlin's “Russian Lullaby” and CHRISTOPHER WALKEN interpreting “I Wan'na Be Like You” from Disney's “Jungle Book” soundtrack. You'll hear more NEW songs from IF THESE TREES COULD TALK, RANDY NEWMAN, RADIOHEAD STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES, FAUST, and XIU XIU. Got headphones?
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Got a hankering for the latest from THE FEELIES, or something by THE PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE, or maybe an acoustic interpretation of HARRY PARTCH'S music? Yeah I've got all of those lined up for you in the first set on this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #228).
How about LOL COXHILL'S “cover” of "I Am the Walrus,” and CHROME'S version of King Crimson's “Moon Child,” perhaps a sailor's song sung slowly (say that fast five times) by JOSEPH ARTHUR, or FRANK ZAPPA'S jazz masterpiece “Waka Jawaka?” Yup, that's part of today's line up too!
Plus music from Naytronix, John Hartford, Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy, Negativland, The Dead Weather. Pearls Before Swine, Brian Prothroe, and NEW music from Jeff Tweedy, Vieux Farka Toure, The Magnetic Fields, Les Amazones D'Afrique, and Yo Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble.
It's another week where variety meets obscurity and a whole lot of other interesting things.
For other great podcasts from The San Francisco Community Podcast Network:
http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
On today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #227) I'll start off with Bjork, followed by The Residents (from the Subterranean Modern LP), then play the Golden Palamino's, R. Stevie Moore, some vintage Rolling Stones, another cut from the latest album by Tinariwen, and finish up with a “live” rendition of Van Der Graaf Generator's “Sphinx in the Face.” Excited yet? You should be.
The second set begins by covering several whimsical songs by Shelley Duvall, Sparks, Ariel Pink, Devo, and Animal Collective before The Magnetic Fields, Alexandre Desplat, and Rhiannon Giddens finish the block in a seamless fashion.
You'll also hear music from Half Cleveland, Curved Air, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Leo Kottke, Heldon, XTC, Hector Zazou with Boney Bikaye, San Fermin, and Pierre Morelen's Gong along with more NEW material from The Feelies, Sufjan Stevens “Planetarium” project, Wire, Faust, and The Kronos Quartet (with Sam Amidon).
For other great podcasts from The San Francisco Community Podcast Network:
http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
It was 50 years ago today that “Sgt. Peppers brought the band to play.” And did they ever! The Beatles transformed the musical landscape with their legendary album, “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” in the summer of 1967 so on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #219) I'll do my small part in remembering that moment by dedicating the first set to that amazing recording as interpreted by THE BOBS, THE FLAMING LIPS, AL DIMEOLA, THE MISSION UK, FEE WAYBILL, THE RUTLES, and THE BEATLES themselves.
But wait, there's more! (music that is). STICK MEN, ROBBIE FULKS, THE AVALANCHES, TODD RUNDGREN, WARPAINT, BIG WALNUTS YONDER, SERATONES, JUANA MOLINA, SYLVAN ESSO, and THE AFGHAN WHIGS all play their latest pieces.
From the “vault” you'll hear GENTLE GIANT'S “In A Glass House,” SHADOWFAX (playing Don Cherry), PENTANGLE (doing “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat”), VANGELIS’S composition “Albedo 0.39”, KEN NORDINE, TIN HUEY, KEVIN AYERS, and New York street musician MOONDOG. World music includes songs from TIGER BLOSSOM, TABLA BEAT SCIENCE, AND LES AMAZONES D'AFRIQUE. I'll even finish the show with another great song, “Castles Made of Sand,” by the master of the Stratocaster, JIMI HENDRIX.
Come one, come all and enjoy a fun packed three hour program.
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http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
I've added a new twist to this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#203) and during the fourth set you'll hear a combination of spoken word pieces (from William S. Burroughs, Bob Neuwirth & John Cale, Daevid Allen, and Ken Nordine) blended in with several contemporary composers (Phillip Glass, Terry Riley, Harry Partch, and Steve Reich).
There's also music from Robbie Robertson, Pink Martini & Saori Yuki, Peter Blegvad, Bjork, John Hartford, The Cambodian Space Project, Tangerine Dream, Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Black Keys, Captain Beefheart, Phil Manzanera, and Bela Fleck with the Haruna Samake Trio & Bassaou Kouyate.
NEW music includes material from Steve Lehman (and Selebeyone), The Flaming Lips, Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Neil Young, Car Seat Headrest, and Wussy.
For A Detailed Playlist:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=15804#here
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http://savekusf.org/
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Today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#189) marks the return of a segment called a “Character Study,” with a new format and a slightly different twist. I’ll be joined by JACK KIDNEY for a special interview and utilize him in the role of guest DJ during the final half of the show.
Jack has been a member of the group 15-60-75 (The Numbers Band) for the past four decades. The band blends original material into a blues, rhythm and roll musical style to produce a sound uniquely their own. He’ll bring with him today pieces from the band’s repertoire as well as selections from his NEW solo album, “Sealin’ Up The Past.”
In addition, he’ll mix cuts from his work with David Thomas (Pere Ubu) and Frank Black (Pixies) from albums of theirs that he appears on. Jack will also play cuts from several of his musical heroes including Bo Diddley, Albert Ayler, and The Rolling Stones. It’s a lively mix of music and conversation from this gifted master of blues harp and tenor sax.
For A Detailed Playlist:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=13632#here
For live streaming of SFCR/KUSF-in-Exile or to DONATE to the cause:
http://savekusf.org/
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For more information on THE NUMBERS BAND:
http://www.numbersband.com/
For more information on JACK KIDNEY's "Sealin' Up the Past" release:
https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jackkidney
Welcome to another special re-broadcast from my radio archives. Today's program is from my original "Free Form Radio" series on SFCR/KUSF-in-Exile, "Vicotin Popsicles" and is actually the fourth show which originally aired on May 18, 2012 and ran in a two hour time slot.
On it you'll hear music in the first set dedicated to trains (Including Hendrix's version of "Hear My Train A Comin'," plus new music (at the time) from Phil Manzanera & Anna Le, and Uduguru (Carl Palmer). There's Brave Combo doing the Stone's "Satisfaction" as a Cha Cha, plus music from Lou Reed, Supersister, and Spirit. The final set centers around another "theme," that being the movie version of "Dark Shadows" with additional songs by Audience, David Bowie, John Hartford, and Alice Cooper.
For a complete list of this program's content, please click on the link below:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=451#here
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Today's program represents my first in a series of earlier programs to air as I take a look back on nearly four years at SFCR. The show I've chosen is from my first free form radio program, VICOTIN POPSICLES (#15) which originally aired on August 3, 2012. It also marks the first time my show went to it's current three hour length. Below is the original description for this program and the show's playlist.
On today’s inaugural 3 hour edition you'll hear currently released music from Patti Smith, The Flaming Lips, Hector Vasquez, Robbie Robertson, and Garbage plus “vault” hits from The Tarrier’s, Uncle Wiggly, Hydravion, and Alternative TV. The themed set in the 2nd hour will be “Cars” and include artists Ry Cooder, Jimmy Johnson, Adrian Belew, Pere Ubu, Taj Mahal, and much more including movie dialogue from Talladega Nights, American Graffiti, Days of Thunder, and Back to the Future.
For A Detailed Playlist:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=562#here
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http://savekusf.org/listen-to-kusf-in-exile
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“The present day composer refuses to die” – Edgard Varese
Today on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#154) it’s time once again for my special in depth feature, a “Character Study,” where I look at an individual whose had a significant impact on contemporary music. On this program I’ve chosen the monumental task of looking at the life and music of Frank Zappa.
More than anyone I can think of Zappa has created a musical legacy of enormous breadth, combining elements of rock music with jazz, contemporary classical, and the avant garde all while utilizing his own outlandish humor, social parody, and spoken word into a cohesive mesh of his own unique vision.
I’ll devote nearly the entire program today to telling his life story intermixed with my own anecdotal Zappa experiences. It’s an exhausting labor of love that I look forward to sharing with you! Don’t miss it!
For A Detailed Playlist:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=6857#here
For more information on FRANK ZAPPA:
http://www.zappa.com/
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http://savekusf.org/listen-to-kusf-in-exile
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Ornette Coleman is remembered today during a show that includes some songs about the beach and others about space. It’s another smorgasbord of free form radio packed with a tasty variety of musical selections on this week’s program.
Music from Kevin Ayers, Dilon Djindi, and Gorillaz add to the lively “beach” theme while XTC, The Doors, Thurston Moore, and Camper Van Beethoven bring the subject of “space” to life.
I’ll continue the countdown to Terry Riley’s 80th birthday celebration with a composition of his done by the Kronos Quartet, and add several pieces of music with an international flair from the “Rough Guide to the music's of” the Sahara, Central Asia, and Australia. I'll also play songs from a multitude of artists that include Joni Mitchell, The Golden Palominos, P.D.Q. Bach, Snakefinger, and the obscure psychedelic styling’s of The Plastic Cloud.
Keep the coffee hot because this is an all you can eat musical buffet today!
For A Detailed Playlist:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=5038#here
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http://savekusf.org/listen-to-kusf-in-exile
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http://savekusf.podomatic.com/
On today’s program it’s time once again for another special feature “Character Study.” A “Character Study” is a two hour in depth look at individuals and groups that have had a significant impact on contemporary music. I’ve chosen the bands HENRY COW, SLAPP HAPPY, the spin off band THE ART BEARS, and solo works from their individual members as the latest subject matter.
HENRY COW was formed by university students Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson in 1968 and began recording in the early 1970’s. SLAPP HAPPY originated in Germany in 1972 and was comprised of members Anthony Moore, Dagmar Krause, and Peter Blegvad. Both bands merged for a time and created some of the most compelling music for the then newly launched Virgin Records label.
This program will look at both bands individually and together, the spin off band The Art Bears, (which emerged after the break up of those bands) plus an extensive look at solo material from Fred Frith, John Greaves, Dagmar Krause, Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad, and other members over the past four decades. Also featured will be several “live” recordings from both Henry Cow and The Art Bears.
During the lead up to this special in the first hour you’ll hear plenty of new releases and a few previously featured artists.
For A Detailed Playlist:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=4837#here
For more information on:
HENRY COW, SLAPP HAPPY and related artists (including Rock in Opposition bands)
http://www.rermegacorp.com/
FRED FRITH:
http://www.fredfrith.com/
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http://savekusf.org/listen-to-kusf-in-exile
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This week marks the 45th anniversary of what was one of the darkest days in modern American history as four students were killed and nine others wounded by Ohio National Guard troops at Kent State University while protesting the escalation of the Vietnam war into Cambodia on May 4, 1970.
On today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#115) I’ll play various Kent, Akron, and Cleveland bands who played locally and were influenced by those events. Music from Devo, The James Gang, Tiny Alice, and Chi-Pig will be mixed throughout the first hour of the show with songs of a political nature.
Also included will be the airing of Chris Butler’s (The Waitresses, Tin Huey, and currently Half Cleveland) autobiographical song, “Beggar’s Bullet’s.” Chris was a student attending Kent at the time and a close friend of slain student Jeffrey Miller.
During the rest of the program other Northern Ohio artists will be blended into today’s remaining sets. They include Kent, Ohio’s The Numbers Band, Akron’s Bizarros and Human Switchboard, and Ralph and Patrick Carney; and Cleveland’s Pere Ubu. The final set returns with a political theme and finishes with The Pretender’s “Revolution.”
This Podcast contains explicit language.
For A Detailed Playlist:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&showid=976#here
For more information on CHRIS BUTLER:
http://www.futurefossilmusic.com/
https://chrisbutler1.bandcamp.com/album/easy-life
HALF CLEVELAND:
http://halfcleveland.bandcamp.com/releases
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http://savekusf.org/listen-to-kusf-in-exile
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DAEVID ALLEN – JANUARY 13, 1938 to MARCH 13, 2015
Please join me today on this special edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#109) over SFCR, San Francisco Community Radio, KUSF-in-Exile in celebrating the life of DAEVID ALLEN.
As founding member of the band GONG and the band The Soft Machine, Daevid remained at the forefront of the Psychedelic and Progressive Rock movements for over four decades, bringing his own brand of playful mysticism to thousands of loyal fans.
Today you’ll hear music from his work in GONG including an assortment of rare “live” recordings, plus selections from his solo work, and his collaborations with Gilli Smyth, Harry Williamson, Daevid Allen’s University of Errors, and New York Gong. There’s even a “tall tale” woven by Daevid based on a visit from his parents while living in Majorca.
The musical elements will be interwoven with excerpts from interviews conducted by myself and Jeff Wootton in 1979 and 1980 that covered topics from the creation of the Gong mythology and the development of his “glissando” guitar technique to his views on drugs and creativity, his various musical influences, and his thoughts on religion; all in his own words.
Join me in celebrating the life of this extraordinary being who brought so much joy to so many.
Today's playlist:
SET #1:
PLANET GONG (DAEVID ALLEN, GILLI SMYTH, & NEW YORK GONG) “Radio Gnome Invisible (Live)” from Live at the Kent State Creative Arts Festival - April 28, 1979
INTERVIEW- DAEVID ALLEN “History of Gong Part 1: The Birth of Gong” from Iinterview of Daevid Allen by Paul Ciminero and Jeff Wootton on 5/29/1979
GONG “Sold to the Highest Buddha” from Angel's Egg
INTERVIEW - DAEVID ALLEN “History of Gong Part 2: Tea Pot Explained” from Interview of Daevid Allen by Paul Ciminero and Jeff Wootton - 5/29/1979
DAEVID ALLEN “Tally & Orlando Meet the Cockpot Pixie” from Now Is the Happiest Time of Your Life
GONG “A P.H.P.'s Advice” from You
INTERVIEW- DAEVID ALLEN “History of Gong Part 3: Recording During a Full Moon” from Interview of Daevid Allen by Paul Ciminero and Jeff Wootton - 5/29/79
DAEVID ALLEN “Good Morning” from Good Morning
SET #2
DAEVID ALLEN & HARRY WILLIAMSON “Part 1: Twenty Two Meanings (excerpt)” from Twenty Two Meanings -The Art of the Glissando Guitar Part 1
INTERVIEW - Daevid Allen “History of Gong Part 4: The Creation of the Glissando Guitar” from Interview of Daevid Allen by Paul Ciminero and Jeff Wootton- 5/29/1979
DAEVID ALLEN “Oh Man You” from N'Existe Pas
GONG “Shapeshifter” from ShapeShifter
INTERVIEW - DAEVID ALLEN “History of Gong Part 5: The Canterbury Scene” from Interview of Daevid Allen by Paul Ciminero and Jeff Wootton - 5/29/1979
DAEVID ALLEN “Un Oeuf for You” from Je Ne Fum' Pas Des Bananas
DAEVID ALLEN'S UNIVERSITY OF ERRORS “Shooting at the Moon (aka Jet Propelled Photograph)” from Jet Propelled Photographs
SET #3:
GONG “Gliss U-Well” from The Mystery and the History of Planet Gong
INTERVIEW - DAEVID ALLEN “History of Gong Part 6: Various Gong Bands” from Interview of Daevid Allen by Paul Ciminero and Jeff Wootton - 5/29/1979
GONG “Olde Fooles Game” from Acid Motherhood
GONG “I See You” from I See You
INTERVIEW - DAEVID ALLEN “History of Gong Part 7: The Influence of Balinese Music on Gong” from Interview of Daevid Allen by Paul Ciminero and Jeff Wootton - 5/29/1979
GONG “IAO Chant & Master Builder (Live)” from Gong est Mort (Live at Hippodrome Paris 1977)
INTERVIEW - DAEVID ALLEN “Divided Alien Interview Part 1: Chasing Music of the Spheres” from Interview of Daevid Allen by Jeff Wootton - 7/8/1980
GONG “A Sprinkling of Clouds” from YOU
SET #4:
DAEVID ALLEN,GILLI SMYTH, & HARRY WILLIAMSON “Moonpeople Gliss (Part 1- excerpt)” from Stroking the Tail of the Bird
DAEVID ALLEN “Death of Rock (Live)” from Bananamoon Obscura No. 9: Divided Alien Playbax, Pt. 2 (Live at the Mistake in Cleveland)
GONG “Can't Kill Me Jam” from Gong Family Jewels
DAEVID ALLEN “Gaia” from Australia Aquaria
INTERVIEW - DAEVID ALLEN “History of Gong Part 8: Drugs & Creativity” from Intervew of Daevid Allen by Paul Ciminero and Jeff Wootton - 5/29/1979
PLANET GONG (DAEVID ALLEN, GILLI SMYTH & NEW YORK GONG) “I've Been Stoned Before” from Live at the Kent State Creative Arts Festival - May 28, 1979
NEW YORK GONG “Hours Gone” from About Time
INTERVIEW - DAEVID ALLEN “History of Gong Part 9: Punk Music” from Interview of Daevid Allen by Paul Ciminero and Jeff Wootton - 5/29/1979
PLANET GONG (DAEVID ALLEN, GILLI SMYTH, & NEW YORK GONG) “Poet For Sale” from Live at the Kent State Creative Arts Festival - May 28, 1979
SET #5:
Daevid Allen, Harry Williamson & Gilli Smyth “Moonpeople Gliss - Part 2 (Excerpt)” from Stroking the Tail of the Bird
DAEVID ALLEN (& GILLI SMYTH) “The Curious Story of What Happened to Mr. Camembert When He Visited His Son In a Doggerel” from Short Tales & Tall
GONG “Zero Where Are You? (Live)” from 25th Birthday Party (Live)
GONG “Be Who You Are My Friends (Live)” from 25th Birthday Party (Live)
GONG “Pot Head Pixies (Live)” from 25th Birthday Party - London, The Forum
INTERVIEW - DAEVID ALLEN “History of Gong Part 10: Working for Peanuts"” from Interview of Daevid Allen by Paul Ciminero and Jeff Wootton - 5/29/1979
DAEVID ALLEN'S UNIVERSITY OF ERRORS “Money Doesn't Make It” from Money Doesn't Make It
INTERVIEW - DAEVID ALLEN “Divided Alien Interview Part 2: Gong's Commercial Appeal” from Interview of Daevid Allen by Jeff Wootton- 7/8/1980
GONG “Escape Control Delete” from 2032
SET #6:
GONG “Magick Mother Invocation” from The Best of Gong, Vol. 2
INTERVIEW - DAEVID ALLEN “Divided Alien Interview Part 3: Daevid's jazz Influences” from Daevid Allen Interview by Jeff Wootton - 7/8/1980
DAEVID ALLEN “Gold Top” from Eat Me I'm a Jellybean
INTERVIEW - DAEVID ALLEN “History of Gong Part 11: Why Bananas?"” from Interview of Daevid Allen by Paul Ciminero and Jeff Wootton - 5/29/1979
DAEVID ALLEN & EUTERPE “Time of the Bananamoon” from Bananamoon Obscura No.1: Studio Rehearsal Tapes 1977
INTERVIEW - DAEVID ALLEN “History of Gong Part 12: Australia” from Interview of Daevid Allen by Paul Ciminero and Jeff Wootton - 5/29/1979
DAEVID ALLEN “Fred the Fish” from Banana Moon
INTERVIEW - DAEVID ALLEN “Divided Alien Interview Part 4: Religion and Mysticism (beginning)” from Interview of Daevid Allen by Jeff Wootton - 7/8/1980
DAEVID ALLEN & THE MAGICK BROTHERS “Children of the New World” from Live At The Witchwood 1991
INTERVIEW “Divided Alien Interview Part 5: Religion and Mysticism (conclusion)” from Interview of Daevid Allen by Jeff Wootton - 7/9/1980
DAEVID ALLEN “Garden Song” from Dreamin a Dream
INTERVIEW - DAEVID ALLEN “History of Gong Part 13: Plans” from Interview of Deavid Allen by Paul Ciminero and Jeff Wootton - 5/29/1979
DAEVID ALLEN “Dear Friends” from Dreamin' A Dream
PLANET GONG (DAEVID ALLEN, GILLI SMYTH, & NEW YORK GONG) “Final Song Segment” from Live at the Kent State Creative Arts Festival - May 28,1979
For more information on Daevid Allen and Gong and to obtain complete copies of those interviews used today:
http://www.planetgong.co.uk/
For information on GONG's Global Family and artists:
https://flamedogrecords.com/home/
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Photo of DAEVID ALLEN taken at the Kent State Creative Arts Festival on May 28, 1979 courtesy of Chris Songer
It’s time once again for a special “Character Study” on today's edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES. A “Character Study” is a look at an artist or group that’s had a significant impact on contemporary music and today I’ve chosen to look at the life and career of ROBERT WYATT.
Wyatt was the co-founder of the legendary Canterbury band The Soft Machine and as an artist his prolific output and influence has encompassed the past half century.
Today I’ll look at his early beginning in bands The Wilde Flowers, Soft Machine, and Matching Mole; his numerous solo albums, and his work as an “in demand” sideman for many legendary musical projects.
There will be several rare, live, and in some cases surprising cuts played during this feature which airs in the final two hours of today’s program. During the first hour today I’ll look back at all the artists I’ve featured in past “Character Studies.”
For a detailed playlist of today's program:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=4048#here
For more information on ROBERT WYATT:
http://www.strongcomet.com/wyatt/
https://myspace.com/robertwyatt
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http://savekusf.org/listen-to-kusf-in-exile
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“ENO IS GOD.“
“Those three words appeared everywhere. Bars. Telephone Booths. Subway Billboards.”*
- David Bowman (author) describing Brian Eno’s emerging influence on New York’s vibrant “new wave” scene in 1978 from his book “This Must Be The Place.”
On this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#84), my special “Character Study” feature returns in the final two hours with an in depth look at the life and music of Brian Eno. The scope of Eno’s influence on music, art, and modern culture cannot be understated.
Today’s feature will span Brian Eno’s entire career covering his early days with Roxy Music, his extraordinary solo catalog (including his numerous collaborations), his pioneering work at the forefront of both “ambient” and “generative” music’s, and various accomplishments in modern rock music production.
The first hour of today’s episode will include the usual format for this program; new releases intermixed with selections from the “musical vault” and other surprises.
For more about today's program:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=3411#here
For more information on Brian Eno or to purchase his music:
http://www.enoshop.co.uk/
This week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#75) marks the return of my bi-monthly special feature “Character Study,” an in depth look at bands/individuals that have had a significant influence on contemporary music.
On today’s edition a look at “CARAVAN and Other Tales From Canterbury,” an exploration into the origin and history of one of the Canterbury Scene’s musical anchor’s, Caravan and the many artists that emerged from under it’s wings.
Music spanning Caravan’s decades of work will be heard beginning with the groups origin in the legendary band The Wilde Flowers and the subsequent creation of other bands by it’s members. In addition to hearing music from Caravan, other Canterbury stalwarts to be played include Delivery, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, and Camel. Solo material from Richard Sinclair, John G. Perry, and Geoffrey Richardson will be heard as well.
This feature will air during the second and third hour of today’s show. During the first hour cuts from the latest albums from Eno & Hyde (“High Life”), Damon Albarn, Camper Van Beethoven, and Ray LaMontagne along with other music will be played.
For more information about this show:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=3190#here
For more information on CARAVAN:
http://officialcaravan.co.uk/home/
“Warning, Warning...Danger Will Robinson” “Ohhh the pain...the Pain!” Those phrases have been engrained into every baby boomers psyche since the TV sci-fi series “Lost in Space” first aired in 1965.
On today’s edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#71) I’ll take bits of that show’s dialogue and surround it with the appropriate “space” songs from such artists as Hawkwind, Devo, Aimee Mann, Wooden Shjips, Captain Beyond, Ken Nordine, David Bowie, and several others in today’s final hour. Also heard during this segment will be several compositions from John Williams written specifically for the series including two DIFFERENT main title themes.
There’s plenty of other great music during the first hours of today’s program including new tracks from Joseph Arthur (from the “Lou” album), Habib Koite (from “Soo”), and the GOASTT (Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl’s “Midnight Sun”) plus “vault” melodies from the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Lothar and the Hand People, Ivor Cutler, and Van Der Graaf. There are also several songs dedicated to the “World Cup” in Brazil as well.
Extraterrestrial contact begins now! Have your transistor antenna’s and toy ray guns ready kids...
For more information about this show:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=3105#here
After a lengthy sabbatical, I'm releasing more vintage programming from my very first program on SFCR/KUSF-in-Exile, VICOTIN POPSICLES.
On this episode(#29), which originally aired on November 9, 2012 there is music that is somehow related to the posted photo...a full hour of things inspired by "THE MOON,THE STARS (Trek?), AND OTHER CELESTIAL BODIES". Dialogue from television (take a wide guess which show) and music from such notables Spirit, The Cosmic Jokers, Captain Beefheart, Leonard Nimoy(Spock Thoughts), Duke Ellington (Moon Maiden) and Brian Eno will be played in today's special segment.
Other great tunes include new stuff from the Cure’s Robert Smith, Imogen Heap/Deadmau5, John(s), Cale and Hiatt, Ry Cooder, and “Vault” plays from Henry Cow, Louie Armstrong, Portsmouth Sinfonia, The Chocolate Watch Band, and the Buffalo Springfield.....
For a complete play list please click on the link below:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=795#here
Zero the Hero and Captain Capricorn are just two of the alter egos of legendary guitarist DAEVID ALLEN’S persona as founding member of the British psychedelic band GONG and as principle protagonist in it’s other worldly mythology. On today’s special installment, the bi-monthly “Character Study” on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES(#58), the final two hours of the show will be devoted to his and the bands impact over the last four decades.
I’ll explore Daevid’s musical career from his earliest days as a founding member of Canterbury’s Soft Machine, his work in establishing GONG’S reputation as innovators in the psychedelic scene, his extensive solo career, and his influence on contemporary music. There’s plenty of rare, live, and unique material from Daevid and the band’s sizable catalog that I’ve gathered in presenting today’s special and you’ll also hear music from GONG’S other members and offshoots including GILLI SMYTH, STEVE HILLAGE, PIERRE MOERLEN’S GONG, THE UNIVERSITY OF ERRORS, and GONG/ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE.
During the first hour leading up to this special there’s plenty of great music in store including new material from BECK, BROKEN BELLS, THE NEP TUNES, TIN CAN LUMINARY, PETER HAMMILL & GARY LUCAS and BRIAN ENO (singing Peter Gabriel’s “Mother of Violence”).
Here's today's playlist:
SET #1:
BROKEN BELLS “Lazy Wonderland” from After the Disco/MORPHINE “You Speak My Language”/TIN CAN LUMINARY “RUOK” from Um..Uh..Gum..Eh?/BRIAN ENO (Peter Gabriel) “Mother of Violence” from And I'll Scratch Yours/DAVID THOMAS AND TWO PALE BOYS “New Orleans Fuzz”/SPIRIT “All Along The Watch Tower"/BECK “Blue Moon” from Morning Phase/
SET #2:
THE NEP TUNES “Flake Off” from The Nep Tunes and Other Natural Disasters/PINK FLOYD “A Spanish Piece”/MANU CHAO “Claudestino”/ROBERT REICH TRIO (featuring Ralph Carney) “There Goes My Gun”/GOMEZ “Ping One Down”/THE TEMPTATIONS “Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)”/ISSA BAGAYOGO “Madomba”/PETER HAMMILL & GARY LUCAS “2 Views” from Other World/
DIALOGUE "Peabody Here" Peabody and Sherman TV show/SALVATION “The Village Shuck”/
** = New release
CHARACTER STUDY: "DAEVID ALLEN & GONG"
DAEVID ALLEN TRIO “My Head Is a Nightclub (Live)” from Live 1963
SOFT MACHINE “You Don't Remember” from Jet-Propelled Photographs
GONG “Magic Brothers (1969 Demo)” from The History and the Mystery of the Planet Gong
DAEVID ALLEN “Stoned Innocent Frankenstein” from Banana Moon
GONG “Tropical Fish/Selene” from The Peel Sessions
GONG “The Pot Head Pixies” from Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1
GONG “Castle in the Clouds” from Angel's Egg
GONG “Oily Way"(Live) from Gong Live Ect.
GONG “Sprinkling of Clouds”(Live) from Gong est Mort (Live at Hippodrome Paris 1977)
GONG “Wingful of Eyes” from Shamal
GONG “Night Illusion” from Gazeuse!
DAEVID ALLEN & EUTERPE “Have You Seen My Friend” from Bananamoon Obscura No.1: Studio Rehearsal Tapes 1977
DAEVID ALLEN “Poet For Sale” from Now Is The Happiest Time Of Our Life
GILLI SMYTH “I Am a Fool” from Mother
GONG “Opium for the People"(Live) from Planet Gong - Live Floating Anarchy 1977
DAEVID ALLEN “Professor-SharpStrings Says/Oh Man No” from N'Existe Pas
STEVE HILLAGE “Light In the Sky"(Live) from Live Herald
NEW YORK GONG “Much Too Old” from About Time
DAEVID ALLEN “I Don't Wanna Be” from Bananamoon Obscura No. 8 - Divided Alien Playbax (Disc 1) [Live At the Mistake In Cleveland]
DAEVID ALLEN “Bananareggae” from Dividedalienplaybax80
GONGMAISON “Bellyfull of Telephone” from Live At The Glastonbury Festival 1989
DAEVID ALLEN & THE MAGICK BROTHERS “Zero Theme” from Live At The Witchwood 1991
DAEVID ALLEN “Death Of Rock” from The Death of Rock & Other Entrances
DAEVID ALLEN “Sitting in a Tea Shop” from Dreamin' A Dream
DAEVID ALLEN & KRAMER “The Punter from Purgatory” from Hit Men
GONG “Zero Where Are You?"(Live) from 25th Birthday Party (Live at the London Forum October 8 & 9,1994)
GONG “Elephant La Cuisse” from ShapeShifter
DAEVID ALLEN “Salt Peanuts” from Eat Me I'm a Jellybean
GONG “The Mad Monk"(Live) from Live 2 Infinitea - On Tour Spring 2000
DAEVID ALLEN & THE UNIVERSITY OF ERRORS “Olde Guitar Body O' Mine” from E2x10=Tenure
GONG & ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE “Olde Fooles Game” from Acid Motherhood
STEVE HILLAGE (System Seven) “Wave Bender” from Golden Section
GONG “Dancing With the Pixies” from 2032
For more information on Daevid Allen and Gong:
http://www.planetgong.co.uk/
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On this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#49), my special “Character Study,” an in depth look at an artist/group that’s had a significant impact on contemporary music, returns with a look at the career of PETER HAMMILL and the legendary band, VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR.
Beginning with the bands first single in 1967 (“People You Were Going To”) today’s feature will include some rare “live” recordings of the group (“Still Life” from the BBC Radio Sessions and “Sphinx in the Face” from the John Peel Program), Peter Hammill’s collaborations with Robert Fripp (singing the song “Chicago” from Fripp’s Exposure album) and Roger Eno (“Rush In” from The Appointed Hour), and even a rare piece from Hammill’s musical adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher.”
Selections from Peter Hammill’s sizable solo catalogue will also include a number of “live” recordings (“The Future Now” and “A Better Time”) from his lengthy career, and a sample of Van Der Graff Generator’s musical output spanning each era of the group’s tumultuous history will be heard.
For more info on this show:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=2591#here
For more information on Peter Hammill:
http://www.sofasound.com/index.htm
For more information on Van Der Graaf Generator:
http://www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk/
On this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#32), it’s time for another installment of the monthly series, “Character Study,” a look at an individual or band that has had an important influence on modern music. The legendary “Avant-garage” band, PERE UBU, and their founder, DAVID THOMAS are the focus of today’s feature.
Beginning as Cleveland’s unabashedly unique punk pioneers ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS, PERE UBU evolved from those roots into one of rocks most innovative and uncompromising musical acts. Today’s program will look at the nearly four decades of the bands recordings, with “live” recordings peppered in and include a sizable taste of founder DAVID THOMAS’S individual releases as well. The program will run in the final two hours of todays show.
In the first hour today, we’ll listen to more new songs from SIGUR ROS, IGGY AND THE STOOGES, JOSEPH ARTHUR, PRIMAL SCREAM, and JOANNIE PALLATTO/BRAD SPARROW. Other music from Anthony Moore, Ken Nordine, Ali Farka Toure & Ry Cooder, and Material will be heard.
** = New Releases
For information on Pere Ubu & David Thomas or to purchase their music:
http://ubuprojex.com/
For more info on this program:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=2148#here
This week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#22) contains another special installment of “Character Study,” a look at an individual or group that has had a substantial influence on modern music. In the final two hours of today’s program, I’ll cover the life and music of the multi-talented LAURIE ANDERSON. Laurie was born on June 5, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois and moved to New York City to attend college and begin her career after graduating from high school. I’ll look at the evolution of Laurie’s career as a performance artist, writer, storyteller, and musician from her early beginnings through her most recent efforts.
Included today will be rare early recordings from the albums New Music for Electronic and Recorded Media (“Time to Go”) and Airwaves (with songs “It’s Not the Bullet That Kills You It’s the Hole” and “Two Songs for Tape Bow Violin.”) I’ve also included a segment showing the earliest version of Laurie’s spoken word piece, “America on the Move,” and it’s evolution into various songs that would later appear on the ground breaking albums BIG SCIENCE and UNITED STATES LIVE and an additional segment of Laurie’s collaborations with Hector Zazou, husband Lou Reed, and Brian Eno and Peter Schwalm.
During the first hour of today’s show songs from Atoms for Peace (new!), Jesca Hoop (new!), Alice Cooper, The Kronos Quartet, Beck, and Roxy Music will be played.
For more info on this show:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=1847#here
For info on Laurie Anderson and to purchase her music:
http://www.laurieanderson.com/
My special monthly feature, “Character Study,” returns today after a short sabbatical during the final two hours of this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#17). Today’s feature will be the German “Krautrock” pioneers, CAN!
Formed in Cologne, Germany in June 1968 by two students of avant garde composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, CAN celebrates it’s 45th year this month so it seemed appropriate to feature them today. We’ll look at their extensive recording career from their initial release, “Monster Movie,” in 1969, through their 1989 reunion effort, “Rite Time.” Also featured will be a sampling of the band’s individual solo projects, and a song from newly discovered music recently released on the box set “The Lost Tapes.”
Also heard during the first hour of today’s show, music from Foxygen (“San Francisco”), David Byrne & St. Vincent (“Cissus” from the new Brass Tactics EP), The Swell Season (doing “I Don’t Want to Know”), and Herman’s Hermits (Doing Billy Idol’s “White Wedding”), plus Adrian Belew, Gentle Giant, and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
For program details:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=1674#here
Form info on where to get CAN and related projects:
http://www.spoonrecords.com/
On today’s edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#11), I return to my Alma Mater Kent State University) where I began my broadcast career in 1976, and commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the shootings of unarmed students there on May 4th, 1970 by Ohio National Guardsmen.
Music and interviews from a special recording, “THE KENT STATE MAY 4TH CD PROJECT” will be heard. Local Northern Ohio alumni artists the Pretenders, Joe Walsh, Tin Huey, The Numbers Band, Tiny Alice,The Kent 25, and many more contributed to this recording which features a special re-mastering of the John Lennon/Yoko Ono song “Give Peace a Chance” updated and enhanced by YOKO ONO for this record.
Also included will be DEVO doing their cover of Neil Young’s “OHIO,” the JEFFERSON AIRPLANE (“Volunteers”), ZIGGY MARLEY (covering Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind”), plus music from Holly Near, Rolly Brown, and Jimmy Imij.
Also today, more new material from RICHARD THOMPSON, CRACK THE SKY, THE FLAMING LIPS, THE BRYAN FERRY ORCHESTRA, NIKI AND THE DOVE, and KEITH RICHARDS & TOM WAITS (Doing “Shenandoah” from “Son of Rogues gallery Part 2.”) Plus a vault “classic",’ “Fazon,” by SOPWITH CAMEL and “Metro Logic” from TIM BLAKE’S album, Crystal machine.
For a more details of this show:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=1464#here
Today on Transmusic Airwaves and I’ll be featuring another segment within the show called “Character Study,” a monthly feature that devotes two hours to an artist or band that has made significant contributions to the world of modern music.
In today’s show, a look at the life and music of songwriter/guitarist JOHN MARTYN. Born Iain David McGeachy in London on September 11, 1948 to opera vocalist parents, John later grew up in Glasgow, Scotland after his parents divorced. He began playing guitar and in his late teens, was discovered by Island Records and signed to a recording contract, releasing the album “London Conversation” in 1968. This feature will include music from his rather sizable catalogue (including live recordings and lesser known studio recordings), and will be interspersed with biographical information about his life. This “Character Study” will be aired in the final two hours of today’s show.
In the first hour today, new songs from the Crack the Sky, Dr. John, Animal Collective, and several more songs including Ry Cooder’s (“Suitcase in My Hand”), Pharaoh Sanders’ (Astral Traveling”), Toubab Crewe’s (“Bani”), and David Bowie’s (“Sons of the Silent Age”).
For a playlist of this show:
http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=1379#here
To learn more about John Martyn or purchase his music go to:
http://www.johnmartyn.com/
On this special Podcast today, you'll hear another two hour segment from the groundbreaking Progressive/alternative college radio program, FRESH AIR, captured on cassette tape on June 22, 1978. I was a host on WKSU-FM's "Fresh Air," the late night, student run program during the heyday of Northeastern Ohio's prevalence in rock and alternative musics in the 1970's and 80's. Today's archival tape, restored and remastered by Dr. Woo,(a former Program Director of the show) is one of over 200 hours of tapes of this legendary program which aired from 1973 until 1981.
Fresh Air was coming into it's own by the date of this tape, having recently moved from a midnight to 3 AM time slot to a 11PM to 6 AM spot almost every night. The program had debuted an "Artist of the Week" feature to better educate the audience (and the DJ's as well) as to the styles of music we were playing back then. Artists like Brian Eno, Peter Hammill, Gong, and John Martyn were among those featured.
The show had begun printing it's bi-monthly "Fresh Air Program Guide" at the time and distributing it in record stores all over Northern Ohio. We had also added a weekly "Import Album Premiere" every Saturday night and had begun an interview/music program called the "Industrial Wasteland" with many of the artists we played. Fresh Air and WKSU also began co-sponsoring concerts with Kent State's "All Campus Programming Board" and other outside venues.
To hear more of this groundbreaking program and it's innovative style of free form, progressive radio and the numerous interviews with those performers we played go to the link provided below:
http://xerographicoppossum.blogspot.com/
Here then, is the playlist from Fresh Air on June 22, 1978:
SET #1:
DAVID GILMOUR-"No Way"-1st Solo LP/
JEFF WAYNE/Various Artists- "Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Part 1)- War of the Worlds/
ROY BUCHANAN-"You're Not Alone"-You're Not Alone/
JEFF WAYNE-"Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Part 2)-War of the Worlds/
SET 2:
JIMI HENDRIX-"Are You Experienced?"/
STOMU YAMASHTA - "Surfspin-Time is Here"- Go Live in Paris/
THE DOORS-" Not to Touch the Earth"- Waiting for the Sun/
TIN HUEY-"Puppet Wipes"-(EP)/
PERE UBU-"Cloud"- Datapanik in the Year Zero(EP)/
SYD BARRETT-"Baby Lemonade"-BARRETT
SET #3:
EGG-"Ennaegram"-Civil Service/
JUKKA TOLONEN-"Witch Drum"-Cross Section/
ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-"Voyager & What Goes Up"- Pyramid/
THE STRAWBS-"Ghosts"-Ghosts/
FAR EAST FAMILY BAND-"Timeless Phase"-Tenjukin/
SET #4:
FRANK ZAPPA-"Big Leg Emma"-Zappa in New York/
KEN NORDINE-"The Videot"-How Are Things in Your Town?/
JOE BYRD-"American Way of Love"- The United States of America"/
TANGERINE DREAM-Part 1"- Phaedra/
TOM GLASER & DOTTIE EVANS-"Zoom a Little Zoom Rocket Ship"-Space Songs
(**played in the middle of the Phaedra Part 1 cut)
TANGERINE DREAM-"Part 2"-Phaedra
As I ready the DEBUT of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES, I've unearthed a rare PODCAST find...One of the LEGENDARY broadcasts of "Progressive Radio" from listener tapes of WKSU-FM's FRESH AIR (not to be confused with a popular interview show- this program came well before that one- with it's beginnings in 1972) by students in the broadcasting program at KENT STATE UNIVERSITY. (I was one of those students, and worked on this program beginning in the fall of 1976- I was on the six year undergraduate plan!)
There are nearly 200 hours of these tapes that have been lovingly restored by the shows former program director (although he'd dispute the word director as it was more like herding cats....most of whom were into the "catnip" beforehand.) Dr. Woo has worked for over a decade restoring these great programs that were captured in a time well before CD's, I-Pod's, and MP3's and is to be commended for his passion and efforts here.
This particular archived show captures a moment in time, in the case of this tape, 32 years ago as Cleveland and Northeastern Ohio rode a wave of groundbreaking musical idealism. The area was by now, well known for breaking acts nationally, and it had a burgeoning music scene that allowed a diverse style of music to come forth.
Here then is two plus hours and one night of my program that featured a segment called "Artist of the Week,' and in this case, it was San Francisco's "It's a Beautiful Day." Recorded from 11 pm on January 8, 1981, the show begins with Lol Coxhill and Stephen Miller's "Chocolate Field" and proceeds through the sets listed below.
There is actually a link to this groundbreaking program and it's innovative style of free form, progressive radio. Many interviews (which also included music by the artists) from the late 1970's with performers such as the Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, Peter Hammill, Kraftwerk, and Laurie Anderson are provided at the link below as well. Check it out!
http://xerographicoppossum.blogspot.com/
Here then, is the playlist from Fresh Air on January 8, 1981 hosted by yours truly, Paul Ciminero: (the host is the geeky looking individual in the center of the photo)
SET #1: Coxhill/Miller-"Chocolate Field"/ Nik Turner's Sphinx-"The Hall of Double Truth"-Xintintoday/Steve Hackett-"The Steppes"-Defector/Mike Quatro - "In the Court of the Crimson King"-Paintings/Jimi Hendrix-"1983"-Axis Bold as Love"/
SET #2: David Bowie-"Always Crashing in the Same Car"-Low/The Residents-"Elvis and His Boss"-Duck Stab/
Cale/Eno/Ayers/Nico-"Heartbreak Hotel"-June 1, 1974/John Lennon-"I Don't Want to be a Soldier"-Imagine/Brand X-"Hate Zone"-Moroccan Roll/Captain Beyond-"Sufficiently Breathless"/
SET #3: Jerry Garcia/Howard Wales-"1 am Approach"- Hooterroll/Zappa and the Mothers-"Call Any Vegetable"-Uncle Meat/Pentangle-"Reflection"/M-"Transmission (World is at your Fingertips)" - Official Secrets Act/Walter Carlos-"Country Lane"-A Clockwork Orange/Terje Rypdal-"Waves"/
SET #4: "It's a Beautiful Day" Artist of the Week feature
"The Dolphins"-Marrying Maiden
"Place of Dreams"-Choice Quality Stuff
Set #5: It's a Beautiful Day" - Conclusion
David Laflamme-"White Bird"- David Laflamme
I.A.B.D-"Bulgaria"-1st album
I.A.B.D-"watching You, Watching Me"-Today
Set#6
Tangerine Dream- "Ricochet (Part 1)"-Ricochet
Yet one more "older" episode prior to my DEBUT of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES. From the broadcast archives of KUSF-in-Exile, here's the September 14th, 2012 airing of a hugely popular show I did on the Beatles, covered by some very obscure artists.
This week’s special feature on Vicotin Popsicles is nearly two hours of THE BEATLES: ‘COVERED!” Join me and discover some of the most interesting cover versions of Beatles classics interrupted by the likes of FATS DOMINO, VASSAR CLEMENTS, LOL COXHILL, JACKIE AND ROY,ROBERT MASON’S STARDRIVE, SUFJAN STEVENS, THE PIXIES, BJORK, PARASITES OF THE WESTERN WORLD, BISON CHIPS, VINCE GUARALDI, and the always annoying rendition of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by WILLIAM SHATNER just to name a few. Unusual, obscure, and hard to find renditions of the “Fab Four’s” most famous songs.
PLUS: Additional sets of great free form radio with Peter Gabriel, the Buena Vista Social Club, Billie Holiday, Bokan Jinen, and Martha and the Muffins.
To get a copy of today's playlist, go to the link below:
http://www.spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=kusf&playlist=638
To find out more about how YOU can support SFCR (San Francisco Community Radio)and our attempts to return to the Bay Area airwaves go to:
http://savekusf.org/