WFMU: Andrew Listfield: Playlist from December 16, 2006

Andrew Listfield: Playlist from December 16, 2006

Music of all kinds that hits me in the pit of my stomach, all arranged to find your sweet spot, too. Plus radio shows from the 1940s & 1950s: dramas, mysteries, sci-fi, detectives, and more.

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December 16, 2006: Show 188: Filling in for Tony Coulter, with The Lost Patrol playing live
(listen to entire show / each individual set / each individual song)

Show time: 9 PM - Midnight

The start and end times of each song and set are exact.

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(*** = special)

Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments Images Special Approx. start time

Set 1: on the quiet side. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) "Set 1: on the quiet side."

Sandy Bull Electric Blend (track 2) (Listen: Pop-up) E Pluribus Unum Vanguard Guitar and oud-based extended introspection with a soft electric feel, from the late 1960s. If you like this piece, the other piece on this CD ("No Deposit, No Return Blues") is also very good. There's also some newly reissued live stuff (on a different CD) that's also worthy of finding.

Bardo Pond Moonshine (track 6) (Listen: Pop-up) "Moonshine (track 6)" by "Bardo Pond" Ticket Crystals ATP/R Easygoing flower power-ish psych, feels at times like it's from the late 1960s, but is actually new.

Mic break between Sets 1 & 2. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up)

Les Chakachas Love is like a Violin (track 4) Arriba! RCA International Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop.

Set 2: The Lost Patrol, playing live and being interviewed. (Listen to this set: Pop-up)

Stars Collide (Listen: Pop-up) "Stars Collide" This song is also on their most recent CD, Lonesone Sky. ***

Sirens (Listen: Pop-up) "Sirens" This song will probably be on their next CD, due sometime before the end of spring 2007. ***

AWOL (Listen: Pop-up) "AWOL" This song will probably be on their next CD, due sometime before the end of spring 2007. ***

Take Me Away (Listen: Pop-up) "Take Me Away" This song will probably be on their next CD, due sometime before the end of spring 2007. ***

Orbit (Listen: Pop-up) "Orbit" This song will probably be on their next CD, due sometime before the end of spring 2007. ***

Lonesome Sky (Listen: Pop-up) "Lonesome Sky" This is the title song of their most recent CD. ***

a song

Special thanks to Dave Amels for engineering.

Mic break between Sets 2 & 3. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up)

Les Chakachas Love is like a Violin (track 4) Arriba! RCA International Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop.

Set 3: from a little mysterious to a little acidy. (Listen to this set: Pop-up)

Urban Sax Cuve au Miroir (track 2: faded out at about -1:30) (Listen: Pop-up) Spiral FDC Feels like you're listening to sounds from the end of a long metallic hallway, saxes give it a mysterious feel at times.

rhBand Venice 5/13/97 (track 1) (Listen: Pop-up) "Venice 5/13/97 (track 1)" by "rhBand" First Tone Drunken Fish Gentle and shimmery guitar, slow, fairly quiet, other tones come and go, builds a little.

Magic Carpathians Project Siedem jezior (track 2) (Listen: Pop-up) Konzert w Centrum Sztuki I Techniki Japonskiej "Manggha" w Krakowie Magic Carpathians Project Soft gongs, some avanty, resonant and almost Hendrix-y guitar. Siedem jezior translates as Seven Lakes.

The Vanishing 1-10 (track 5) (Listen: Pop-up) "1-10 (track 5)" by "The Vanishing" Still Lives Are Falling Gold Standard Laboratories Swirly electronics, dark, easy tempo.

The Vanishing Lovesick (track 1) (Listen: Pop-up) "Lovesick (track 1)" by "The Vanishing" Still Lives Are Falling Gold Standard Laboratories Dark electronic tones -> electronic influenced surrealist rock, reverbed female voice and sax, quirky and offbeat. ***

Mic break between Sets 3 & 4. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up)

Les Chakachas Love is like a Violin (track 4) Arriba! RCA International Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop.

Set 4: the old radio show portion of the evening. (Listen to this set: Pop-up)

This Is My Best The Plot To Overthrow Christmas Originally aired December 19, 1944 The demons of hell plot to get rid of Santa. Poison the world's candy? Bribe Congress to outlaw the holiday? No! Let's send Nero (played by Orson Welles) up to the surface to "rub him out". But: Nero's mission becomes precarious when Santa gives him a Strativarious.

The entire show is done in rhyme.

We also get to hear another of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater Of The Air players: Ray Collins, as Santa. Ray Collins? He'll be forever remembered as Geddes in the movie Citizen Kane, and as Lt. Tragg on TV's Perry Mason.

This Is My Best began life based on the book of the same name. "The premise was simple: the best works of the best modern authors, chosen by the authors themselves and enacted by Hollywood's best stars." (Dunning's The Encyclopedia Of Old Time Radio)

It went through 2 more incarnations before going off the air in 1946. In early 1945, Orson Welles took over as "director, narrator, actor and adaptor of sorts" (Dunning). During this very brief period, it emphasized the classics, but the sponsors hated this, and fired Welles. The show then became a "testing ground for unfilmed movie properties". (Dunning) ***

Mic break between Sets 4 & 5. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up)

Les Chakachas Love is like a Violin (track 4) Arriba! RCA International Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop.

Set 5: from quiet and atmospheric to lush and atmospheric. (Listen to this set: Pop-up)

Alan Lamb Beauty (track 2, begun at -11:52) (Listen: Pop-up) Primal Image Dorobo Recorded by placing contact microphones on telephone lines strung across the Australian countryside & capturing the sounds they made as the wires moved in the wind. Softer and more peaceful than "Primal Image", the other piece on this CD. I played "Primal Image" on my Show 185, which you can find here. Sorry about the fuzzy sound for the first few minutes - the CD player must be showing its age....

Re: Solute (track 3) (Listen: Pop-up) "Solute (track 3)" by "Re:" Mnant Constellation Quiet beginning, becomes a bit acidy, sudden end.

Lycia Nine Hours Later (track 15) (Listen: Pop-up) The Burning Circle And Then Dust Silber Heavy and dark rock, kind of shimmers, lush, even a sweet feel. ***

End of show mic break. Background music played during it (Listen to this set: Pop-up)

Les Chakachas Love is like a Violin (track 4) Arriba! RCA International Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop.

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Comments	Special
Set 1: on the quiet side. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) "Set 1: on the quiet side."
Sandy Bull	Electric Blend (track 2) (Listen: Pop-up)	E Pluribus Unum	Vanguard	Guitar and oud-based extended introspection with a soft electric feel, from the late 1960s. If you like this piece, the other piece on this CD ("No Deposit, No Return Blues") is also very good. There's also some newly reissued live stuff (on a different CD) that's also worthy of finding.
Bardo Pond	Moonshine (track 6) (Listen: Pop-up) "Moonshine (track 6)" by "Bardo Pond"	Ticket Crystals	ATP/R	Easygoing flower power-ish psych, feels at times like it's from the late 1960s, but is actually new.

Mic break between Sets 1 & 2. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up)
Les Chakachas	Love is like a Violin (track 4)	Arriba!	RCA International	Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop.

Set 2: The Lost Patrol, playing live and being interviewed. (Listen to this set: Pop-up)
	Stars Collide (Listen: Pop-up) "Stars Collide"			This song is also on their most recent CD, Lonesone Sky.	***
	Sirens (Listen: Pop-up) "Sirens"			This song will probably be on their next CD, due sometime before the end of spring 2007.	***
	AWOL (Listen: Pop-up) "AWOL"			This song will probably be on their next CD, due sometime before the end of spring 2007.	***
	Take Me Away (Listen: Pop-up) "Take Me Away"			This song will probably be on their next CD, due sometime before the end of spring 2007.	***
	Orbit (Listen: Pop-up) "Orbit"			This song will probably be on their next CD, due sometime before the end of spring 2007.	***
	Lonesome Sky (Listen: Pop-up) "Lonesome Sky"			This is the title song of their most recent CD.	***
	a song
				Special thanks to Dave Amels for engineering.

Mic break between Sets 2 & 3. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up)
Les Chakachas	Love is like a Violin (track 4)	Arriba!	RCA International	Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop.

Set 3: from a little mysterious to a little acidy. (Listen to this set: Pop-up)
Urban Sax	Cuve au Miroir (track 2: faded out at about -1:30) (Listen: Pop-up)	Spiral	FDC	Feels like you're listening to sounds from the end of a long metallic hallway, saxes give it a mysterious feel at times.
rhBand	Venice 5/13/97 (track 1) (Listen: Pop-up) "Venice 5/13/97 (track 1)" by "rhBand"	First Tone	Drunken Fish	Gentle and shimmery guitar, slow, fairly quiet, other tones come and go, builds a little.
Magic Carpathians Project	Siedem jezior (track 2) (Listen: Pop-up)	Konzert w Centrum Sztuki I Techniki Japonskiej "Manggha" w Krakowie	Magic Carpathians Project	Soft gongs, some avanty, resonant and almost Hendrix-y guitar. Siedem jezior translates as Seven Lakes.
The Vanishing	1-10 (track 5) (Listen: Pop-up) "1-10 (track 5)" by "The Vanishing"	Still Lives Are Falling	Gold Standard Laboratories	Swirly electronics, dark, easy tempo.
The Vanishing	Lovesick (track 1) (Listen: Pop-up) "Lovesick (track 1)" by "The Vanishing"	Still Lives Are Falling	Gold Standard Laboratories	Dark electronic tones -> electronic influenced surrealist rock, reverbed female voice and sax, quirky and offbeat.	***

Mic break between Sets 3 & 4. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up)
Les Chakachas	Love is like a Violin (track 4)	Arriba!	RCA International	Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop.

Set 4: the old radio show portion of the evening. (Listen to this set: Pop-up)
This Is My Best	The Plot To Overthrow Christmas	Originally aired December 19, 1944		The demons of hell plot to get rid of Santa. Poison the world's candy? Bribe Congress to outlaw the holiday? No! Let's send Nero (played by Orson Welles) up to the surface to "rub him out". But: Nero's mission becomes precarious when Santa gives him a Strativarious. The entire show is done in rhyme. We also get to hear another of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater Of The Air players: Ray Collins, as Santa. Ray Collins? He'll be forever remembered as Geddes in the movie Citizen Kane, and as Lt. Tragg on TV's Perry Mason. This Is My Best began life based on the book of the same name. "The premise was simple: the best works of the best modern authors, chosen by the authors themselves and enacted by Hollywood's best stars." (Dunning's The Encyclopedia Of Old Time Radio) It went through 2 more incarnations before going off the air in 1946. In early 1945, Orson Welles took over as "director, narrator, actor and adaptor of sorts" (Dunning). During this very brief period, it emphasized the classics, but the sponsors hated this, and fired Welles. The show then became a "testing ground for unfilmed movie properties". (Dunning)	***

Mic break between Sets 4 & 5. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up)
Les Chakachas	Love is like a Violin (track 4)	Arriba!	RCA International	Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop.

Set 5: from quiet and atmospheric to lush and atmospheric. (Listen to this set: Pop-up)
Alan Lamb	Beauty (track 2, begun at -11:52) (Listen: Pop-up)	Primal Image	Dorobo	Recorded by placing contact microphones on telephone lines strung across the Australian countryside & capturing the sounds they made as the wires moved in the wind. Softer and more peaceful than "Primal Image", the other piece on this CD. I played "Primal Image" on my Show 185, which you can find here. Sorry about the fuzzy sound for the first few minutes - the CD player must be showing its age....
Re:	Solute (track 3) (Listen: Pop-up) "Solute (track 3)" by "Re:"	Mnant	Constellation	Quiet beginning, becomes a bit acidy, sudden end.
Lycia	Nine Hours Later (track 15) (Listen: Pop-up)	The Burning Circle And Then Dust	Silber	Heavy and dark rock, kind of shimmers, lush, even a sweet feel.	***

End of show mic break. Background music played during it (Listen to this set: Pop-up)
Les Chakachas	Love is like a Violin (track 4)	Arriba!	RCA International	Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop.

Andrew Listfield: Playlist from December 16, 2006

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