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Favoriting September 5, 2020:

Rob & Katie's Labor of Love


The nineteenth edition of an annual late summer tradition: Rob Weisberg and longtime sidekick Katie Gentile play radio ping-pong, trading tracks back and forth. Rob bounces popular and unpopular music from around the world off Katie's vintage and contemporary indie rock. It's genre-clashing at its FMU-iest.

Rob, as you may know, is an unpaid radio DJ and record geek. Katie, on the other hand, is an academic, a Gradiva Award winning author, open-water swimmer and violinist in the band The Special Pillow. The Special Pillow have a brand new album out, World's Finest!



WFMU's Transpacific Sound Paradise joins in celebrating Global Music Month this September! Global Music Month is a collaborative online mega-festival featuring content from nineteen festivals and event producers in the US and Canada, most of whom normally present in-person festivals and concerts in the summer and autumn months. Because that's not possible this year they've teamed up to cross-promote online events all this month under the Global Music Month banner.

The full daily schedule for Global Music Month is here.

Here's a highlight from this past week's Global Music Month offerings: New York's own Flushing Town Hall presents one of their fun Global Mash-Up concerts from 2018 - Egypt meets Haiti with Zikrayat & Agoci Band:



You can find out more and watch lots and lots of great live-streamed and archival performances from the nineteen and presenters listed below, all September, at:

http://globalmusicmonth.org/

https://www.facebook.com/globalmusicmonth

https://www.instagram.com/globalmusicmonth/

Global Music Month participating festivals and presenters: Afro Roots Festival, Miami, FL, USA • Arts Midwest World Fest, Midwest, USA • Ashkenaz Festival, Toronto, Canada • BU Global Music Festival/Boston University, Boston, MA, USA • City of Chicago World Music Festival Chicago Chicago, IL, USA • Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY, USA • Global Roots Festival/The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA • ¡Globalquerque!, Albuquerque, NM, USA • Lotus World Music and Arts Festival, Bloomington, IN, USA • Madison World Music Festival/Wisconsin Union Theater, Madison, WI, USA • NY Gypsy Festival/ Drom, New York, NY, USA • Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL, USA • Pop Montreal, Montreal, Canada • Seattle Sacred Music & Art Small World Festival, Toronto, Canada • TD Sunfest, London, Canada • URGNT TRNTO • West Lafayette Global Fest Purdue University/West Lafayette, IN, USA • World Music Institute, New York, NY, USA



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Artist Track Album Label Comments New Approx. start time
Hayvanlar Alemi  Kuşkonmaz MMXVII   Favoriting Psychedelia in Times of Turbulence  Subsound Records    *   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Heron Oblivion  Sudden Lament   Favoriting Heron Oblivion  Sub Pop       0:05:26 (Pop-up)
MonoMono  Lida Lou   Favoriting Give The Beggar A Chance, The Lightening Power Of Awareness  Tummy Touch Records      0:09:04 (Pop-up)
United States of America  The Garden of Earthly Delights   Favoriting The United States Of America  Colombia      0:14:35 (Pop-up)
Markus & Shahzad  Al Gharba feat Hend el Rawy   Favoriting Janna Aana  Dionysiac    *   0:18:01 (Pop-up)
Camera Obscura  Let's Get Out of this Country   Favoriting Let's Get Out of this Country  Merge      0:22:00 (Pop-up)
A-Mei Chang  Qian Shou (Holding Hands)   Favoriting Qian Shou (Holding Hands)  Forward Music      0:24:46 (Pop-up)
Comet Gain  She Never Understood   Favoriting Réalistes  Milou      0:29:25 (Pop-up)
Leenalchi  You Are Just a Tiny Bunny!   Favoriting Sugungga  Zenpar  Sugungga - verses from the South Korean traditional tale, Sugungga  *   0:33:41 (Pop-up)
Thin Lizzy  Cowboy Song   Favoriting Jailbreak  Mercury      0:45:41 (Pop-up)
Akiko Yano  Oka Wo Koete   Favoriting Japanese Girl  WeWantSounds  Recent reissue    0:51:17 (Pop-up)
Amor de Días  Day   Favoriting The House at Sea  Merge      0:54:06 (Pop-up)
Novos Baianos  Preta Pretinha   Favoriting Acabou Chorare  Mr Bongo  Reissue, orig on Som Livre label 1972    0:58:12 (Pop-up)
The Rainy Daze  Fee Fi Fo Fum   Favoriting Single  Uni      1:04:52 (Pop-up)
Alicia Granados  Batiendo Palmas   Favoriting Various Artists: Chicas! Spanish Female Singers 1962-1974  Vampi Soul       1:06:53 (Pop-up)
Jonny  Candyfloss   Favoriting Jonny  Merge      1:09:00 (Pop-up)
Cornershop  One Uncareful Lady Owner   Favoriting England Is A Garden  Ample Play      1:11:34 (Pop-up)
The Jam  So Sad About Us   Favoriting Direction, Reaction, Creation  Polydor  Who cover    1:15:09 (Pop-up)
Sandii  Alive   Favoriting Eating Pleasure  Alfa      1:18:11 (Pop-up)
Swell Maps  Harmony in Your Bathroom   Favoriting A Trip to Marineville  Rough Trade      1:22:11 (Pop-up)
KutIman  Tanzania   Favoriting Wachaga  Siyal Music    *   1:35:49 (Pop-up)
Antietam  Birdwatching   Favoriting Intimations Of Immortality  Motorific      1:41:18 (Pop-up)
Bab L'Bluz  Gnawa Beat   Favoriting Nayda!  Real World    *   1:45:47 (Pop-up)
Davey Graham  Both Sides Now   Favoriting Large as Life and Twice as Natural  Bread & Wine  2017 reissue; orig released by Decca / London in 1968    1:49:16 (Pop-up)
Marconi Notaro  Antropologica   Favoriting Various Artists: Psychedelic Pernambuco  Mr Bongo      1:55:29 (Pop-up)
P.G. Six  When I Was a Young Man   Favoriting Parlor Tricks and Porch Favorites  Amish Records      2:03:12 (Pop-up)
Tamikrest  Amzagh   Favoriting Tamotaït  Glitterbeat    *   2:06:04 (Pop-up)
Silver Jews  The Wild Kindness   Favoriting American Waters  Drag City      2:10:00 (Pop-up)
Kries  Selo No Okuke   Favoriting Selo No Okuke  Riverboat      2:13:43 (Pop-up)
King Creosote  Bluebell, Cockleshell, 123   Favoriting From Scotland With Love  Domino      2:16:59 (Pop-up)
Dr. Pete Larson and His Cytotoxic Nyatiti Band  Koblo   Favoriting Dr. Pete Larson and His Cytotoxic Nyatiti Band  Dagoretti Records  Epidemiologist at the University of Michigan's Institute of Social Research - got into African music while working on public health in Kenya.    2:19:52 (Pop-up)
New Mendicants  Lifelike Hair   Favoriting Into the Lime  XPT      2:30:51 (Pop-up)
Eduardo Davidson  Tennessee   Favoriting Le Frisson  United Artists      2:35:21 (Pop-up)
The Mantles  Reasons Run   Favoriting Long Enough to Leave  Slumberland      2:36:36 (Pop-up)
Keleketia!  5+1   Favoriting Keleketia!  Ahead Of Our Time  Produced by Coldcut  *   2:39:13 (Pop-up)
Beth Orton  Stolen Car   Favoriting Central Reservation  Heavenly      2:43:49 (Pop-up)
Moonlight Benjamin  Belekou   Favoriting Simido  Ma Case Records      2:48:41 (Pop-up)
Withered Hand  Religious Songs   Favoriting Religious Songs  SL      2:55:23 (Pop-up)

WFMU and WFMU's Transpacific Sound Paradise denounce explicit and implicit racism; condemn the culture of white supremacy, which enables the brutalization of black people and other communities of color, and support Black Lives Matter and the movement it stands for.

Here's a link to WFMU's Public Service page with links and info for / related to racial justice issues, coronavirus testing, food and economic assistance, musician aid, voting rights organizations and lots more: https://wfmu.org/psa/.

Also: BRIC has an extensive and regularly updated pandemic crisis resource list on its website with artists, performers etc. in mind but relevant for everyone. See it here: https://www.bricartsmedia.org/blog/resources-artists-during-public-health-crisis.

For a list, with links, of organizations supporting the rights of immigrants and refugees. click here.

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Check out the Transpacific Sound Paradise All-Time African Music Faves Spotify Playlist at http://tiny.cc/tsp-africa. Here's a live performance of one of the gems that's also on our playlist:



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Listener comments!

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West Trenton Vinnie:

that track will be mined by scientists for years to come
Avatar 🌍 6:01pm
Bas NL:

Hi Rob! Hi Katie! Friends in comments!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:02pm
Handy Haversack:

Hi, Rob! Hi, Saturday friends!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:02pm
Rob W:

Hi everyone!
Avatar 6:03pm
spodiodi:

Hi Rob, Katie, and everyone else!
  6:04pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

ola from sunny Tannersville RW and all.
this is awsome!
Avatar 🌍 6:07pm
Bas NL:

Yeay Heron Oblivion!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:09pm
Handy Haversack:

What Bas said!
Avatar 6:13pm
slugluv1313:

Good Evening, Rob and Katie! Skeleton Crew! Everyone!
and of course, cuddles to DUMPLING and FEBO too <3
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:16pm
katie:

Cuddles back to you Slugluv1313. Although they are sacked out right now. Thankfully. I usually make sure they leave the computers alone during his show. We'll see how much they participate this eve.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:16pm
chresti:

Hi Rob and Katie and sound paradisios!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:17pm
katie:

Hi Bas and everyone.
Avatar 6:17pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Woh ! That MonoMono was like an African early Grateful Dead ! ...dare I say - even better than that sounds...
Avatar 6:17pm
Blues Mandinga:

Ea!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:18pm
radioronan:

Hello Rob, Katie, global and local citizens of the comment board! Always look forward to the ping pong and singles going steady shows..
Avatar 6:21pm
slugluv1313:

@ katie -- yes, lots of demanding work, all that NAPPING!
but hopefully NOT on the keyboards
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:24pm
PaulRobeson1920:

Goood evening ya’ll! Beautiful summer day!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:25pm
Gaylord Fields:

@katie: Lots of Scots this evening, yes?
Avatar 🌍 6:27pm
Bas NL:

I've done repairs on gear that had sufferd the watery wrath of neglected cats a couple of times.. be warned!
Avatar 🌍 6:30pm
Bas NL:

(Neglected humans tend to jump on- or throw gear..)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:32pm
katie:

@Bas mine have been walking to and fro on the keyboard all afternoon.
Avatar 🌍 6:33pm
Bas NL:

Might be a warning @Katie! :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33pm
katie:

@Gaylord, you know me too well. Actually I'm branching out to Wales and Ireland. Only CDs on my end so...
Avatar 6:34pm
slugluv1313:

or the ever popular Starving Kitten Routine
  6:37pm
Tamar:

OMG, Rob, you and Katie should do this song for the next Hoof & Mouth! (Whether this year or next)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:41pm
PaulRobeson1920:

Rock & Stinkinn Rolll!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:44pm
PaulRobeson1920:

“We will hold the line forever...!”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:45pm
PaulRobeson1920:

“I’m going to stay here and have a part of it just like you; and no fascist minded individual is going drive me from it! Is that clear?”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:47pm
katie:

@Tamar. hmmm... good idea. We can fill the stage with tiny bunnies.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
Ike:

Mrowr!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
katie:

@Hi Ike
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:50pm
medson:

Hi all. Show sounds great.
  6:52pm
P-90:

Forgot how good that guitar solo is!
  6:54pm
Darren:

Sounds like Hosono playing bass on this Akiko Yano track!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
katie:

@Darren - Rob says yes, he thinks so too.
@P-90 yes yes yes. fabulous solo indeed.
  6:57pm
Darren:

Nope i was wrong its Hirobumi Suzuki from Moonriders!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
katie:

@Darren, Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
Smilty69:

Good evening, Rob, Katie & friends!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
WR:

Genre clash? I'm in!
  7:28pm
winston legthigh:

raise my mint julep to you kate and handy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
PaulRobeson1920:

Sounding good! Gotta LoVe WFMU!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
Gaylord Fields:

@katie: <3
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
chresti:

Haha, do you HAVE to do that NOW? I often ask the same question.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
Handy Haversack:

We did not make it to Western MI this year for the first time ... well, since I was a kid. I am unhappy. Did not get to see my 93-year-old aunt or the family land. Blargh. It turns out 2020 is not my favorite year. I miss the Mitten something fierce.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
chresti:

Handy, I feel the same way, missed my summertime family visit to SF for the first time in 30 years or so.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:43pm
katie:

It was so great to get out of NJ and into Michigan. Spent many an hour in my Lake St. Clair. Saw my 93 year old mom. I'm sorry you didn't get to go.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Handy Haversack:

Hard times, chresti. You all, the FMUers, really make a huge difference for me, soulwise.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
Michael 98145:

Friends, i am finding the entire 21st century to be pretty much a disappointment.
  7:56pm
Armadillo:

HI Bunny!
  7:58pm
Armadillo:

Requesting Rescue At Maverick's by The Torquays
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
PaulRobeson1920:

Tropicalia Babyy
  8:03pm
winston legthigh:

so true handy, woof moo warms the soul in times of darkness
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:04pm
PaulRobeson1920:

1968 the year of the barricade
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:12pm
Handy Haversack:

winston! How did Handy do in the fifth?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:19pm
maestroso:

I love these Rob / Katie shows!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
katie:

@maestroso thanks.
  8:20pm
Brent:

I think its spelled Selo Na Okuke.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:21pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

10 Go, Rob!
20 Go, Katie!
30 GOTO 10
  8:23pm
SeanG:

silver jews!
Avatar 8:25pm
spodiodi:

RUN, Ken. From Hyde Park. RUN
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
chresti:

Ha spodi
  8:28pm
Meesalikeu:

this ping pong show is a lot of fun. very nice mix.
and as for the ann arbor reference, go bucks lol.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:29pm
PaulRobeson1920:

Good evening to all the miners and pit workers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:30pm
PaulRobeson1920:

And a very good evening to all the dock workers out there
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:33pm
PaulRobeson1920:

Pitmen don’t get the radio signal underground, but maybe they listen to the archives!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:35pm
Handy Haversack:

Kate's home from the beach! She said it was pretty empty. And I ended up up $2.50 after five hours of poker. *And* Bab L'Buz!

I guess you could say it was a good day.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:39pm
chresti:

108 now, downslope from a 109 high
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:40pm
Handy Haversack:

Holy crap, chresti.
Avatar 8:40pm
spodiodi:

ouch, chresti
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:40pm
chresti:

I'm indoors all day, it's around 80 in the kitchen.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:42pm
chresti:

Glad you are having a good day, Handy.
Avatar 🌍 8:45pm
Bas NL:

Yeay Beth Orton!
Avatar 8:48pm
slugluv1313:

i love these radio ping pong shows too!
and yeah, WFMU has been a source of true solace -- has been that way for me for decades, but ESPECIALLY now, with so much horrible crap going on un the world, so comforting to be "here":)
  8:50pm
Carmichael:

Heya Rob, Katie and da rest a yous.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:50pm
Handy Haversack:

Thanks, chresti. Late dinner's almost ready. Then a Marty Party with you fine folx. Not too shabby.
Avatar 8:51pm
slugluv1313:

damn, chresti -- that sucks! there are lovely cool, non-humid breezes here, i WISH i could somehow send them your way
  8:54pm
Carmichael:

Heya chresti, right there with you.
Avatar 8:54pm
northguineahills:

wait, there are outdoors? I just get soaked when outside.

I should eat today, I miss having a kitchen...
Avatar 8:54pm
spodiodi:

thank you, Rob and Katie!
thanks, Darren!
byebye, all. great listening along with everyone
Avatar 8:55pm
northguineahills:

Anything on Slumberland Recs is recommended. Thanks, Rob!
Avatar 8:56pm
slugluv1313:

@ chresti, @ handy -- ugh i hope there is some way, SOON, that you are able to travel, make up for these trips that did not happen -- i mean, i have not really been anywhere since . . . PR in April 2000??? (in four short days, i totally fell in love with the island) -- but i FINALLY made it into Manhattan yesterday, and i was positively giddy!
Avatar 🌍 8:56pm
Bas NL:

Thanks Rob & Katie! Great show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:57pm
PaulRobeson1920:

Thanks Rob and Katie and Skeltons! Good stuff!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:57pm
radioronan:

Thanks Rob & Katie!.. Thanks skeleton crew. Be well everyone.. Keep kind..
Avatar 8:58pm
slugluv1313:

thanks so much Rob and Katie and Skeleton Crew -- wonderful show!
  8:58pm
Carmichael:

Thanks R&K, folks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
Gaylord Fields:

Another great faceoff! Thanks, Rob & Katie!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
katie:

Thanks everyone. I'm happy to have at least some rituals continue.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
Smilty69:

Wonderful show! Thanks Rob & Katie!
  9:00pm
Sherri Zuckerman:

I love this song! Never heard of Withered Hand.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Rob and Katie! Loved it!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
chresti:

Thanks!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:37am
Brian in UK:

Ah Radio Ping Pong, reminds me of the late Charlie Gillett's show on the BBC, on Saturdays, about the same time as your show, Rob. He did it every month of two.
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