TSP Saturday August 18, 2012 /

Listener comments!

Sat. 8/18/12 6:07pm doca:

hi rob, it's good to listen to your show again.

♥ Sat. 8/18/12 6:19pm Your DJ:

Thanks doca!

Sat. 8/18/12 6:19pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Back today from vacation. Kabasa is hitting all kinds of chords tonight. Cool!

Sat. 8/18/12 6:24pm doca:

i have to say i've never thought that i would listen to music from lesotho.

Sat. 8/18/12 6:57pm jeff in puna hawaii:

hi rob, sounding good in the pacific today :)

♥ Sat. 8/18/12 7:00pm Your DJ:

Thanks Jeff, glad to hear we've arrived!

Sat. 8/18/12 7:01pm Katya Oddio:

Dancing despite the desert heat this afternoon. Thanks, Rob!

♥ Sat. 8/18/12 7:05pm Your DJ:

Sure thing Katya. We're lucky here in NYC Katya, it's cooled off a bit!

Sat. 8/18/12 7:12pm Bas, NL:

Just finished working late.. time for some TSP!! Hi Rob!

Sat. 8/18/12 7:12pm Katya Oddio:

Forró!

Sat. 8/18/12 7:21pm Katya Oddio:

Everyone here is laughing! Thanks for being the soundtrack to the party, TSP!

Sat. 8/18/12 7:54pm David Little:

Always enjoy hearing something from the Dom. Rep. which is a bit off the beaten path. Would like to hear some Xiomara Fortuna and Irka Mateo thrown into the mix when you can. Lots to choose from on Fortuna's recent release "Paseando". BTW: The Fulanito song is an urban version of the rootsy merengue style known as perico ripiao.

Sat. 8/18/12 7:56pm doca:

in nineteenth-century brazil there happened a revolt in the northeastern states because the local populations were against the introduction of the metric system. the event was called the revolt of the kilogram-smashers ("revolta dos quebra-quilos").

Sat. 8/18/12 7:57pm doca:

there was also a revolt against the introduction of cemiteries some time earlier in that century.

♥ Sat. 8/18/12 8:12pm Your DJ:

Doca, I had no idea that the metric system theme in today's show extended beyond that one track - thanks for enlightening us!

♥ Sat. 8/18/12 8:14pm Your DJ:

To David Little - I really like perico ripiao but didn't quite have it together to get something in that set today! I have Irka Mateo's Anacaona cd with me though, I will see if I can get something in...

Sat. 8/18/12 8:44pm David Little:

Thanks for spinning the Irka Mateo track. She's quite a unique artist. Along with a Brazilian musician Tadeu de Marco, she recorded a very interesting CD called 'Tres Americas' back in the mid '90's as the duo Irka y Tadeu. It's a blend of jazz meets the music of Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Definitely worth looking for.

♥ Sat. 8/18/12 8:53pm Your DJ:

Interesting, thanks very much David, I'll definitely look for Tres Americas...