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Grand pianos in the surf, singing frogs, hyphenated psych, outtakes, live collaging, twangy drone, old folk, and ephemeral pop.

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Favoriting April 25, 2023: special guest: steven bernstein!

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
Sexmob  Ruby Tuesday   Favoriting Solid Sender  Knitting Factory Works  1999  https://stevenbernstein.bandcamp.com/album/solid-sender  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Sexmob  Martin Denny   Favoriting Sexotica  Thirsty Ear  2006    0:04:15 (Pop-up)
Sexmob  Fletcher Henderson   Favoriting The Hard Way  Corbett vs. Dempsey  2023  out May 12th!  0:10:34 (Pop-up)
Sexmob  007   Favoriting Does Bond  Ropeadope  2001    0:18:04 (Pop-up)
Steven Bernstein's Hot 9  Black Bottom Stomp   Favoriting Manifesto Of Henryisms (Community Music, Vol. 3)  Royal Potato Family  2022  https://stevenbernstein.bandcamp.com/album/manifesto-of-henryisms-community-music-vol-3  0:20:19 (Pop-up)
 
Sexmob  Banacek   Favoriting The Hard Way  Corbett vs. Dempsey  2023    0:51:47 (Pop-up)
 
Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra  Angels Too / Angels   Favoriting 25 March 2023 The Stone  (no label)  2023    1:17:02 (Pop-up)
 
Levon Helm  Battle Is Over, But the War Goes On   Favoriting Midnight Ramble Sessions, vol. 2  Levon Helm Studios  2005    1:58:24 (Pop-up)
Levon Helm  It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry   Favoriting The Imus Ranch Record II  New West  2010    2:02:53 (Pop-up)
 
Sexmob and Catherine Russell  Poli High   Favoriting songs from The Point!  Amano  2009    2:32:19 (Pop-up)
Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra  Black Peter   Favoriting Popular Culture (Community Music, Vol. 4)  Royal Potato Family  2022  https://stevenbernstein.bandcamp.com/album/popular-culture-community-music-vol-4 Music, Volume 4  2:35:18 (Pop-up)
Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra feat. Catherine Russell  Yes We Can   Favoriting Good Time Music (Community Music, Vol. 2)  Royal Potato Family  2022  https://stevenbernstein.bandcamp.com/album/good-time-music-community-music-vol-2  2:41:58 (Pop-up)
 
Sexmob  King Tang   Favoriting The Hard Way  Corbett vs. Dempsey  2023  https://stevenbernstein.bandcamp.com/album/king-tang-banacek  2:55:39 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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steveo:

Hello(w)
  ♥ 9:01pm
Blissland:

evenin
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Destroit:

Oh yea. Startin out hot!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:05pm
dj jj.:

frowskateers! please get ready to welcome special guest steven bernstein of sexmob, who will be here hanging for the evening.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:07pm
chresti:

Howzes Frowzes!
  9:08pm
Candy Man:

Anyone got a candy pouch?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:08pm
PaulRobeson1923:

Hi Hi Hi
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:09pm
brycepunk1:

Hello Jesse, everyone. Happy Tuesday night :)
  9:09pm
Candy Man:

a big, rotund belly
  9:10pm
Candy Man:

Good night everyone! Beautiful night, eat lots of candy
  9:10pm
Chris H:

Hello heads, I could not be more excited for one of my favorite musicians to be on the Frow tonight
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:10pm
chresti:

Have been humming along
  9:12pm
Chris H:

Steve has been wowing me since I first saw Sex Mon at Tonic circa 98/99. I can still remember Kenny Woesen talking me into walking from the Knit to atomic to see them play at midnight
  9:12pm
Chris H:

My spelling is atrocious tonight
  9:12pm
Greg:

Tis your fav artist Sexmob?
  9:13pm
Greg:

What a treat! For any Sexmob fan!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:13pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Good name for a band. Sombex sounds like a product that ensures you fall to sleep easily.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:14pm
dj jj.:

↳ Greg @9:12
i don't do favorites, but i've been seeing them on/off for 25 years at this point.
Avatar 9:17pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Evening ! Anticipating great Music & Culture here !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
Juli:

Let's get beautiful.
  9:18pm
Chris H:

Sex Mob never disappoints live
  ♥ 9:19pm
Blissland:

↳ Juli @9:18
not necessarily stoned?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:19pm
joe mulligan:

rogue jazz indeed! bring it on JJ!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:19pm
adamdoesit:

What a special special! Thanks, dj jj.
  9:20pm
Chris H:

Jesse ask Steve if Frisell stole his Ruthann section for the trio or do i have it reversed?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:20pm
Gurldoggie:

Given my 'druthers, I'd rather be member of a Sexmob than be a Frowskateer. Just sayin'.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
Juli:

↳ Blissland @9:19
???


Hmmmm?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:20pm
chresti:

Haha Sombex!
  ♥ 9:21pm
Blissland:

↳ Juli @9:20
Jimi Hendrix reference. I guess I'm old.
  9:22pm
Chris H:

Steve is (sort of) a Deadhead iirc
Avatar 9:22pm
alan the painter:

my pink ears are steaming
oh noh, sexy is pumpin preening wit his fancy way wit a mon Age a trios !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22pm
Juli:

↳ Blissland @9:21
Understooooood.
Haha


Never listened to much actually.
Olde as time my friend.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:24pm
Gurldoggie:

That's some awesome organ going on!
  ♥ 9:24pm
Blissland:

in lieu of eggplant I'm heating a vegetable burger to make a sandwich with.
  9:25pm
Carmichael:

Heya Jesse and various others. I missed Sexmob. Hmmm …
  ♥ 9:25pm
Blissland:

That's cool to make an album of james bond music
  9:25pm
Carmichael:

Sounds like I should be roller skating.
  ♥ 9:27pm
Blissland:

Might as well Frow
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:28pm
Destroit:

Heyo JJ and Steven. This is always cool.
  9:28pm
Carmichael:

Go on and frowww
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:29pm
chresti:

Belafonte was on rotation on the childhood hifi
  9:29pm
Chris H:

There’s no short story with Steve
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:29pm
zzz:

LOVE YOU S BERNSTEIN
  9:31pm
Chris H:

This is the fucking best
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:32pm
PaulRobeson1923:

Haloo
  ♥ 9:32pm
Blissland:

It's hard to believe anyone would have a problem with that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:33pm
tim from washington:

Steven Bernstein is a great racantour like John Lurie. I don’t know much about him but I’m on the edge of my seat.
  9:35pm
Chris H:

Spanish Fly w Tronzo was fucking hreat
  9:37pm
Jon:

Amen
Avatar ♥ 9:38pm
slugluv1313:

greetings, Jesse! Frowtasticas!
lurking about, listening -- fascinating!
Avatar ♥ 9:41pm
slugluv1313:

↳ chresti @9:29
hi again!
yep, same here -- my Mom adored Harry Belafonte -- Paul Robeson too
Avatar 9:41pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Yup remember in 'Kansas City' - JamesCarter cutting JoshuaRedman was it ?!?
  9:41pm
Chris H:

Completely forgot about Steve & Jansas City but iirc this was a really big deal at the time
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:42pm
Gurldoggie:

Wow. That's an insane band! Are the Kansas City soundtrack recordings available?? I gotta hear it!
  9:45pm
Chris H:

Tony Scherr!!!
  9:46pm
Chris H:

My god this is a great part of my in person jaZ education
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:47pm
adamdoesit:

I rewatched Kansas City recently… the film seems to emerge out of the score rather than the other way around. Rinky-dink story, enormous music, altogether great.
Avatar ♥ 9:48pm
Sean Bikes:

Recently watched a bunch of season one episodes of Banacek
Love that show
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:49pm
steveo:

Aw man I love Sexmob what a great interview/show/wow/frow
  ♥ 9:50pm
Blissland:

Banacek has to be the coolest insurance investigator ever
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:52pm
Gurldoggie:

This is freaking fantastic. I've only been dimly aware of Sexmob, but now I want to hear everything they've recorded.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:53pm
zzz:

↳ Gurldoggie @9:52
everything is worth hearing. all the albums are so much fun
  9:54pm
Chris H:

I never realized how much Scott Harding was involved in Sex Mob
  9:55pm
Chris H:

Obviously he had a big relationship with Medeski
  ♥ 9:59pm
Blissland:

a+r people are never so polite as when they're writing you a letter of rejection
  10:00pm
Harry Corvair:

The record Brown Rice came out.

YEAH
  10:01pm
Chris H:

Fuck yes there was a line around the block
  10:02pm
Harry Corvair:

We will not get skronky at Birdland.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:04pm
adamdoesit:

Skronkaby of Birdland, blister low
  10:04pm
Erik/VermonT:

Hey-O : this is fabtastic ! In Putney VT, a few years ago, I believe i saw Mr Steven B. guest perform with Joe Fiedler’s Open Sesame combo (a trombone lead, playfully jazzy unit that interprets the Sesame Street tunes catalog !).
I was both moved & delighted by what I experienced !
* Ps: I so wish I could have attended the recent Nino Rota re-boot tribute concert. *
Love this so much. 😃🙌👏
  10:05pm
Chris H:

Ok here’s my answer
  10:07pm
Harry Corvair:

Make science out of magic.
Yes
  10:07pm
Chris H:

Medeski all over Get Shorty soundtrack as well iirc
  10:09pm
Harry Corvair:

Zorn, Flea, et Al
  10:09pm
Chris H:

Headed to Birdland this weekend clearly
  10:09pm
Chris H:

Marc Carey!
  10:12pm
Harry Corvair:

Figure out a Pythagorean way.

Yes
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
Juli:

Yayska
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
Juli:

This is great been listening::::
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:15pm
Gurldoggie:

This is the best interview I've heard in forever. So entertaining, so educational. Feel very lucky to hear it live, and can't wait to hear it in the archives and take notes.
  10:16pm
Harry Corvair:

Took the guitar, transcribed for horns
Jelly Roll Morten riff
  10:21pm
Erik/VermonT:

@Gurldoggie: I forget what label “Kansas City” soundtrack is available from, but i found it used on the cheap, and it’s a good’un ! Should be pretty easy to find.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:21pm
Franco Twinkie:

Chresti admonished me to be here, so I'm here. Hey Jesse!
  ♥ 10:24pm
Blissland:

That's a nice sound. It's very pure.
  10:26pm
Chris H:

Loving this
  10:28pm
Yapper:

Blown away right now honestly
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:29pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Franco Twinkie @10:21
Sexmob now and you can take a Sombex later for restful sleep.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29pm
Juli:

Never too Angels lol
Honestly
  ♥ 10:31pm
Blissland:

right on
  10:31pm
Harry Corvair:

Oh yes
Elegy, exuberance

Angels Too / Angels by Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra (25 March 2023 The Stone)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32pm
Juli:

That
was
pretty
V pretty.
  ♥ 10:34pm
Blissland:

I wonder what mics Jesse used. That came out really well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:35pm
Juli:

Oh I didnt see the /

Lol
Avatar 10:36pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

To Experiment is to Fail often.
To never Experiment is to Fail completely.
  ♥ 10:37pm
Blissland:

Did he say Bob Dylan lifted that from Jelly Roll Morton?
  10:37pm
Chris H:

Charlie Burnham smokes
  10:37pm
Chris H:

Jesse ask him if Frisell stole his rhythm. Section
  ♥ 10:37pm
Blissland:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @10:36
That's good, who said that?
Avatar 10:38pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Blissland @10:37
I'll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours.
I said that.
- BobDylan
  ♥ 10:39pm
Blissland:

Excellent.
  10:40pm
Chris H:

Melvin Gibbs!!!!
  10:41pm
Chris H:

Steve is laying down the history before I existed
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:41pm
zzz:

love hearing these guys talk about late ‘70s/early ‘80s nyc music scene
  10:42pm
Chris H:

Bitch Morris!!!!
  ♥ 10:42pm
Blissland:

dunno if it's worse to not have existed, or to have existed but missed most of it anyway.
  10:42pm
Chris H:

Butch
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:42pm
zzz:

nice dave sewelson shout out
  10:43pm
Harry Corvair:

Whole different underground scene, 79-80
Come around Sunday, we’ll play
Yes
  10:43pm
Chris H:

Bobby Previte!!!!
  10:45pm
Chris H:

A very different underground
  10:46pm
Chris H:

Graffiti now we’re in the Heads zone
  10:46pm
Harry Corvair:

Nina Hagen, Don Cherry
Nina Hagen, Sun RA
What a time
To be alive
  10:47pm
Glistener MW:

(718) 387-6962!
  10:47pm
Glistener MW:

“Free when you call from work”
  ♥ 10:47pm
Blissland:

Yeah I really miss that time
  10:50pm
Glistener MW:

is this Steven Bernstein of Spanish Fly and so many other Knitting Factory legends? What a treat tuning into him on here!
  10:52pm
Glistener MW:

These past 5 minutes since tuning in are bringing up SO many 1990s memories <3
  10:54pm
Harry Corvair:

RA
  10:54pm
Harry Corvair:

ELLY CHARRMED
  10:55pm
Harry Corvair:

by this segment

HEART SHAPEDBOX WAS OUR ENCORE
  10:56pm
Chris H:

This is my jam
  10:57pm
Chris H:

PLAY THE MELODY
  10:57pm
Harry Corvair:

No shame in the melody
Yes
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:00pm
doctorjazz:

Just found the show (will need to catch the 1st 2 hours tomorrow).
Big Bernstein fan!
Avatar ♥ 11:02pm
jt:

This Steven Bernstein guy is cool, enjoying the talk.
  ♥ 11:03pm
Blissland:

jeez like a hundred people played in that group
  ♥ 11:04pm
Blissland:

I'm looking it up
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:05pm
doctorjazz:

Just tuned in, any upcoming gigs?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:08pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ doctorjazz @11:05
Looks like yes - www.stevenbernstein.net...
  11:08pm
Harry Corvair:

Drops his shoulder, on the back beat
  11:09pm
Chris H:

Marcus Rojas!!!!!!
  11:11pm
Chris H:

Here it is
  11:15pm
Jim Macnie:

you better love the Kinks, SB.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:16pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @11:08
Thanks-this weekend at Birdland! (Last saw MTO at The Falcon this past November-they're terrific!
  11:18pm
Harry Corvair:

Playing 78s from New Orleans music
With some extra time
RONNIE SKIFFLE
children waiting in line for movies
Yes
  11:18pm
Chris H:

Didn’t the Beatles start with skiffle?
Avatar 11:18pm
mb:

Aloha DJ JJ
Avatar 11:19pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Chris H @11:18
Very much so - The Quarrymen.
  11:19pm
Harry Corvair:

Weird burps
-This thing that became British rock-
  11:22pm
Chris H:

Fuck yeah Sex Mob record release!!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:24pm
Gurldoggie:

Wow. That sounds freaking amazing. I need to see that show.
  11:24pm
Chris H:

Didn’t Steve play w Lou?
  11:24pm
Harry Corvair:

Sex Club?
Laurie Anderson??
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!!!
  ♥ 11:25pm
Blissland:

he he
  11:29pm
Harry Corvair:

Just the trombone part, on the bridge
Respect
  11:31pm
Harry Corvair:

You talk, I will find the angle.
Avatar ♥ 11:32pm
northguineahills:

this jesse, not a good host. well, that's just on point! 😜
  ♥ 11:32pm
Blissland:

The only mortal sin in radio is dead air. Oh and missing the call letters at the top of the hour.
  11:33pm
Jim Macnie:

tell him about the trio
  ♥ 11:33pm
Blissland:

Is this Harry Nilsson's Point?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:34pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Poli High" by "Sexmob and Catherine Russell"
Not too long ago Catherine Russell appeared with MTO at a short lived club on Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn (called Atlantic). Great show! Boy doe she have chops!
Avatar ♥ 11:34pm
northguineahills:

↳ Blissland @11:32
dead air is allowed, but the fcc really frowns upon stations neglecting the call signs once an hour...
Avatar ♥ 11:34pm
northguineahills:

↳ Blissland @11:33
yes indeedy!
  ♥ 11:35pm
Blissland:

Well the fcc doesn't care about dead air but program directors do
  ♥ 11:35pm
Blissland:

↳ northguineahills @11:34
thanks.
Avatar ♥ 11:35pm
northguineahills:

↳ Blissland @11:35
ken? i think he encourages it...
  ♥ 11:35pm
Blissland:

he he
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:36pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Black Peter" by "Steven Bernstein's Millennial Te...
Ahhhhhh......
  ♥ 11:37pm
Blissland:

This show tonight is so illuminating.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:38pm
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "Black Peter" by "Steven Bernstein's Millennial Te...
This is so Goddamned insane! Who would have thunk it!?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:38pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Black Peter" by "Steven Bernstein's Millennial Te...
Matt Munisteri — Guitar, vocals (Black Peter)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:39pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:38
Got to see MTO play it live, great stuff!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:39pm
Franco Twinkie:

↳ doctorjazz @11:39
Oh my!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:41pm
doctorjazz:

Ripple next!
  ♥ 11:42pm
Blissland:

Do the playlists get archived with the audio?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:43pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Blissland @11:42
Yup!
Avatar ♥ 11:43pm
northguineahills:

↳ doctorjazz @11:39
get out!

/(i believe I had been to the Atlantic)
  ♥ 11:43pm
Blissland:

Oh yeah, I see it.
Avatar ♥ 11:43pm
northguineahills:

↳ Blissland @11:42
Yes, every single one (well, dating back to 2002ish)
  ♥ 11:43pm
Blissland:

thanks
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:44pm
doctorjazz:

(trying to get some stuff done, can't multitask with this soundtrack, it'll have to wait).
Avatar ♥ 11:45pm
northguineahills:

oh, yes, covering the pointer sisters yes we can can1 (now, if they can dance a can can while listening to can)
  ♥ 11:45pm
Blissland:

cool the horns are doing the backing vocal parts
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:45pm
doctorjazz:

These Community Music albums are all great! (but so are all the others in Bernstein's catalog).
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:47pm
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "Yes We Can" by "Steven Bernstein's Millennial Ter...
What can I say? For a rock music simpleton This Is Your Life would be a useful trope right about now.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:56pm
steveo:

Incredible show. Thanks, guys!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:56pm
doctorjazz:

Thanks, Jesse and Steven! Loved the show! (will need to catch one of these upcoming gigs...)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:56pm
Franco Twinkie:

Steven and Jesse - Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:57pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Frowed and proud! Thanks, Jesse & Steven!
Avatar ♥ 11:58pm
northguineahills:

jesse, steven, thanks for a great evening!
Avatar 11:58pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

TY Mr. Bernstein !
~ TY Always DJ JJ ~
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:58pm
zzz:

definitely going to pick up this record, definitely going to try and hit the record release show, definitely loved this fab show and interview! thank you dj jj and SB!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:59pm
Gurldoggie:

GREAT show! Can hardly IMAGINE a better use of a Tuesday evening. THANK YOU!!
  12:00am
jms in upstate manhattan:

wow, thanks!
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