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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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July 7, 2002: Show 156 (listen to entire show / each individual set / each individual song)
The start and end times of each song and set are exact.
Show time: 3 AM - 6 AM
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Set 1: the top side of the Lester Young sandwich. |
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| Lester Young |
"After You've Gone" (side 1, track 6)
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Lester Young: The Aladdin Sessions | Blue Note Reissue Series | A fast version, it was recorded in early 1946 with Johnny Otis on drums. Otis was later to make a big name for himself in r&b during the 1950's. | ||||||
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| Les Chakachas |
"Love is like a Violin" (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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Set 2: the old radio show portion of the evening. |
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| X - 1 |
"Perigi's Wonderful Dolls"
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Originally broadcast June 5, 1955. | (no label) | A seemingly innocent doll shop...an appointment with doom - for Earth, of course, as doll-like aliens plot to take over the world. Evil Toto! Bad doll! | ||||||
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| Les Chakachas |
"Love is like a Violin" (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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Set 3: 50 minutes of psych, from light & airy to heavy-duty. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Jojo Hiroshige with Yoshiko Sai |
"Crimson Voyage" (track 2)
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Crimson Voyage | Alchemy Records | Quiet and airy, with high-sounding vocalizing. Almost operatic, in a way. Kind of a mix of experimental and acid. | ||||||
| Gravitar |
"Falling Pieces Of The Mothership" (track 2)
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A Brief History Of (91 - 95) | MGOGM | A nod to Hendrix and Clockwork Orange near the beginning, it builds to slightly swirly psych rock. | ||||||
| OAD |
"Slimy Crime" (Side A)
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(a 7") | Japan Overseas | Slower, heavier, echoey vocals floating over the top. | ||||||
| ST 37 |
"The Pleiadian" (CD #2, track 2)
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Nunavut | Blue Circle | Swirly acid rock. | ||||||
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| Les Chakachas |
"Love is like a Violin" (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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Set 4: from quiet & haunting to serious psych rock. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Father Moo And The Black Sheep |
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Father Moo And The Black Sheep | Acid Mothers Temple | Slow, quiet and warm, spaced, long. | *** | |||||
| OAD |
"Double Bind" (Side B)
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(a 7") | Japan Overseas | Heacy psych rock, druggy & deep, fairly slow, and hallucinatorially swirly in the background. | ||||||
| High Rise |
"Door" (track 5)
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Live | Squealer | Heavy psych rock, more intense than OAD - more raw, and louder. | ||||||
| Skywave |
"Seen It All" (track 4) (begun at -3:10)
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Live At WFMU September 22, 2000 | (no label) | Heavy, fairly high speed. | ||||||
| High Rise |
"Ikon" (track 2)
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Live | Squealer | Even faster, just as heavy. | ||||||
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| Les Chakachas |
"Love is like a Violin" (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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Set 5: the brass band portion of the evening. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Frank London's Klezmer Brass All Stars |
"Lieberman Husidl" (Lover Man's Slow Dance)" (track 7)
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Brotherhood of Brass | Piranha | From Eastern Europe to the Lower East Side. Short and jaunty. | ||||||
| Fanfare Ciocarlia |
"Besh O Drom (Keep On Walking)" (track 12)
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Iag Bari | Piranha | From Eastern Europe...to Eastern Europe. Some super high speed horns at the end! | ||||||
| Frank London's Klezmer Brass All Stars |
"Lieberman Funky Freylekhs" (track 8)
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Brotherhood of Brass | Piranha | Steadily upbeat. This track features the Boban Markovic Orkestar. | ||||||
| Fanfare Ciocarlia |
"Baro Biao (Pascani Wedding)" (track 18)
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Baro Biao | Piranha | Hallucinatorially edged, Eastern European wedding song. | ||||||
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| Les Chakachas |
"Love is like a Violin" (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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Set 6: the bottom side of the Lester Young sandwich. |
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| Lester Young |
"She's Funny That Way" (Side 2, track 5)
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Lester Young: The Aladdin Sessions | Blue Note Reissue Series | Big, phat ballad. Recorded August 1946. | *** | |||||
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A short, end of show mic break. |
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| Les Chakachas |
"Love is like a Violin" (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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