Favoriting Explorers Room with Flash Strap: Playlist from November 15, 2018 Favoriting

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This is where all of culture and all of time are collapsed into one seductive portal and viewed through the panoramic lens of the exotic. Come and embark on an armchair-travel virtual-voyage to the heart of timeless darkness and beyond; embrace the numinous monolith of the exotic immensity. Let us find that place where hybridization meets its destiny as pure fantasy. Let us become observers observing those others who are ourselves. You wear your mask and I'll wear mine.

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Favoriting November 15, 2018: Waves, Ritmos, Tones

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Artist Track Album Label Year Approx. start time
  Intro          
Henry Threadgill  Celebration   Favoriting X-75 Volume 1  Arista Novus  1979  0:00:15 (Pop-up)
Francis Bebey  The Song I Keep Humming   Favoriting New Track  Ozileka  1982  0:13:39 (Pop-up)
Angel Rada  Deep Sunrise – Millenium   Favoriting Solar Concert For Bhagavan  Uraniun  1985  0:24:28 (Pop-up)
Claude Denjean  Lay Lady Lay   Favoriting Moog! Claude Denjean And The Moog Synthesizer  London Records, Phase 4 Stereo  1970  0:39:09 (Pop-up)

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Tropical Forest – Number Six Chops Down the Tree  
 
 
 
0:42:10 (Pop-up)
Giampiero Boneschi  Sisy   Favoriting A New Sensation In Sound Vol. 2  CAM  1974  0:49:32 (Pop-up)
Riccardo Sinigaglia  Attraverso   Favoriting Riflessi  Auf Dem Nil  1986  0:52:33 (Pop-up)
Joe Harriott & Amancio D'Silva Quartet  Jaipur   Favoriting Hum Dono  Columbia, Landsdowne  1969  1:10:30 (Pop-up)
Arsenio Rodriguez  Hun Hun   Favoriting Quindembo / Afro Magic – La Magia de Arsenio Rodriguez  Epic  1963  1:18:31 (Pop-up)
Meridian Brothers  Yo Soy Tu Padre, Yo Te Fabriqué   Favoriting ¿Dónde Estás María?  Soundway  2017  1:20:57 (Pop-up)
Meridian Brothers  Entra El Ritmo Antillano   Favoriting ¿Dónde Estás María?  Soundway  2017  1:25:59 (Pop-up)
Duo Ouro Negro  Garota   Favoriting Garota 7"  Columbia  1962  1:30:51 (Pop-up)
Orchestra Di Claudio Gizzi  Il Giardino Dei Fiori Finti   Favoriting My Favourite Tones  Picci  1972  1:33:40 (Pop-up)
Ultimate Spinach  (Ballad Of The) Hip Death Goddess   Favoriting Ultimate Spinach  MGM  1968  1:36:46 (Pop-up)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk  Celestial Bliss   Favoriting Prepare Thyself To Deal With a Miracle  Atlantic  1973  1:44:43 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
 
Rythm & Sax  
 
 
 
1:50:35 (Pop-up)
Mike Melvoin  Lay Lady Lay   Favoriting The Plastic Cow Goes Moooooog  Dot  1970  2:01:01 (Pop-up)
Martin Denny  A Taste of Honey   Favoriting Exotic Moog  Liberty  1969  2:02:32 (Pop-up)
Gershon Kingsley  Hey Hey   Favoriting Music To Moog By  Audio Fidelity  1969  2:05:34 (Pop-up)
The Zeet Band  Boogie-Loo!   Favoriting Moogie Woogie  Chess  1970  2:07:40 (Pop-up)
The Zeet Band  Gimme 5¢ Worth of Love   Favoriting Moogie Woogie  Chess  1970  2:09:56 (Pop-up)
Killer Watts  Now Hear This   Favoriting Golden Hour Of Golden Instrumental Hits Featuring The Many Moogs Of Killer Watts  Golden Hour  1974  2:13:29 (Pop-up)
Sid Bass  Playera   Favoriting Moog España  RCA Victor  1969  2:15:12 (Pop-up)
Richard Hayman  Windmills of Your Mind   Favoriting Genuine Electric Latin Love Machine  Command  1969  2:19:05 (Pop-up)
Lothar and the Hand People  Wedding Night for Those Who Love   Favoriting Space Hymn  Capitol  1969  2:24:58 (Pop-up)
Les Baxter  Rachmaninoff - 2nd Piano Concerto   Favoriting Moog Rock  GNP Crescendo  1969  2:29:23 (Pop-up)
The Zodiac  Pisces – The Pied Piper   Favoriting Cosmic Sounds  Elektra  1967  2:31:22 (Pop-up)
Marty Gold  Good Night   Favoriting Moog Plays the Beatles  AVCO Embassy  1969  2:34:34 (Pop-up)
Cool Maritime  Forest Bathing   Favoriting Sharing Waves  Leaving Records  2018  2:38:01 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Cool Maritime 
A Restful Place   Favoriting
Sharing Waves 
 
 
2:51:00 (Pop-up)
qualchan.    sailing through a sea of sand      2:59:05 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 6:52pm
Flash Strap:

Hello, come on in
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chresti:

Howdee!
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chresti:

Nice collage!
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chresti:

Are those speakers or ashtrays?
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Flash Strap:

Hi Chresti!
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listener james from westwood:

Blind Tourist makes for a hell of an intro for this show. How do, all!
Avatar 7:01pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks, I did that for an article about plant music a year or so ago and it seemed to complement the show tonight. they're speakers
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Flash Strap:

Hi James!
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chresti:

I like how you furnished the room
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Flash Strap:

what;s that about a blind tourist
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hyde:

hiya
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Flash Strap:

Hiya Hyde!
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doctorjazz:

LOVE this Threadgill (though I've always thought the intonation was a bit off... On purpose?). Great later when it picks up steam.
Of, and hip!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:04pm
chresti:

sounds interestsing
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hyde:

i love this record
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Flash Strap:

this is still pretty much the only Henry Threadgill album I really know – somebody in these comments is a huge Threadgill lover but I can't recall who, is it you Doc?

and, Hi Doc!
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Flash Strap:

@hyde: me too
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chresti:

what kind of music do plants like?
Avatar ♥ 7:06pm
hyde:

also love the Air records circa the same time
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chresti:

this is so good!
Avatar ♥ 7:07pm
hyde:

(or slightly earlier)
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Flash Strap:

i honestly don't really know, chresti. i know I like music that people make "for" plants, like Plantasia, but I never really learned more about what tones plants respond to
Avatar 7:08pm
Flash Strap:

What are some good ones to pick up, Hyde? I have no Air
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:08pm
Michael 98145:

@chresti, anything that leafs you speechless ?
Avatar 7:09pm
Flash Strap:

re: Air, Threadgill – big blind spot here, which I love to have so I can fill it in
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Flash Strap:

Hi Michael!
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hyde:

@Flash i like Open Air Suit a lot. Montreaux Suisse is good and has lots of hubkaphone
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:11pm
melinda:

hi everyone!
Avatar 7:11pm
Flash Strap:

Open Air Suit has a great cover, so i was hoping you'd say that: img.discogs.com...
Avatar ♥ 7:11pm
hyde:

oh, and Air Time is really good too
Avatar 7:12pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Melinda!
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Michael 98145:

sounds like our friends back east are getting quite a snowfall. how about down in ExR land?
Avatar 7:12pm
Flash Strap:

i will get ahold of them all, Hyde, thank you for hipping me
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hyde:

@Flash i have that on LP!
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Flash Strap:

nice
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Michael 98145:

hirsute air suit
Avatar 7:16pm
Flash Strap:

Bebey makes such beautiful music
Avatar 7:19pm
Flash Strap:

in rapture to the song
  7:20pm
zonk ludlow:

Hiya Flash & Explorers. First time in a while I've been able to listen live and I get treated to some Francis Bebey, life is good.
Avatar 7:21pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Zonk! been missing you around these parts, very nice to see you this evening
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Flash Strap:

how are things over where you are?
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listener james from westwood:

Ain't no mistaking Bebey!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:23pm
doctorjazz:

Big Threadgill fan, especially his 80's Sextette records!
Avatar 7:25pm
Flash Strap:

@James: you ain't kiddin
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Michael 98145:

{ liked that a lot }
Avatar 7:26pm
Flash Strap:

Me too, Michael, me too
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doctorjazz:

I'd send you some Threadgill, but Imostly have it on vinyl (at least the early stuff, Air. . Do have later cds I could send, though.
Avatar 7:26pm
Flash Strap:

@Doc: ok i gotta dig into those too then
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geezerette:

Hullo, Evan and seekers of adventure!
  7:27pm
Doug Schulkind:

There’s some post-doctoral level segueing goin’ on over here.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:27pm
chresti:

whenever if ever I explore my stars - There was a lively discussion yesterday about the star clicking business (as Kim Sorise might put it),)for me, it way beats writing it down
Avatar 7:27pm
Flash Strap:

@Doc: feel free! in the meantime, or either way, I'll be hunting
Avatar 7:28pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Geeze! It's not a true adventure till we have you in our crew
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Michael 98145:

some of us just like seeing all the golden stars
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chresti:

HAHA Michael!!
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melinda:

I just scrolled down and saw the rest of the art. Flash you are a fantastic collagist!
Avatar 7:28pm
Flash Strap:

Doug! ah thanks, it was hard but it was worth it, getting that PhD in Psegueology
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geezerette:

Awww...shucks... :)
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Michael 98145:

i remember when the psegue was going to be the vehicle of the future -
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:30pm
melinda:

@chresti I click away but don't explore my stars enough.
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Flash Strap:

@melinda: Thanks friend. I'm blushin'
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geezerette:

Melinda, right?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:31pm
chresti:

@Doug,no kidding!
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Michael 98145:

whoa, this is turning quadraphonic
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geezerette:

Deep Sunrise is so beautiful!
Avatar 7:32pm
Flash Strap:

I've been meaning to get this track on the show for some time! finally doing it and it feels very good. Angel Rada is a very special artist
Avatar ♥ 7:32pm
hyde:

this is super cool
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geezerette:

Being played on organ it's like seeing a silent film in a cathedral.
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Michael 98145:

climb every cathedral
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geezerette:

Howdy, Hyde!
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geezerette:

Michael! :D
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:35pm
chresti:

@melinda-yeah! my stars are piling up in a cabinet.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:36pm
melinda:

I still have little scraps of paper from other radio stations and before I discovered the click-star system here. I did start writing down some names and titles of music that is mellow and soothing, since it a genre I seem to need a lot of, and I can't tell from my favorites which ones those might be.
Avatar 7:38pm
Flash Strap:

i really like his weird little stuttering note clusters, very interesting technique
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hyde:

hi geezerette!
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Michael 98145:

Phase 4 !
:)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:40pm
melinda:

I wouldn't have thought this song would do well with a Moog treatment but I love it.
Avatar 7:41pm
geezerette:

Hyde, any adventures in film viewing?
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Flash Strap:

i agree, melinda, very unlikely in a way but I think rather charming and dreamy
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passiflora:

Hi all, happy to be here. Came at the right time
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melinda:

hi passiflora!
  7:43pm
zonk ludlow:

Melinda, Flash I totally concur, it is a thing of true beauty.
Avatar ♥ 7:43pm
hyde:

@geezerette nothing too exciting lately except i did just move into a place last week and Friday we got our FIOS set up so i have Turner Classic Movies now! but too busy to do much but watch bits and pieces
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passiflora:

hi melinda!
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geezerette:

Hyde, that's great! Congratulations on having moved!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:46pm
melinda:

When I see Henry Threadgill I think Kenneth Threadgill, a country singer and bar owner of the early Austin music scene and namesake of a local favorite restaurant, so I expect quite different sounds to come out. I'll have to investigate Henry further.
Avatar ♥ 7:46pm
hyde:

@geez thanks! will be better when it's all unpacked
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Michael 98145:

France? wow - where ?
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passiflora:

I know the name Threadgill's from the Atheist Experience, based in Austin
Avatar 7:50pm
geezerette:

this is sort of sunday morning noir, funny combination!
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passiflora:

synthesizer taking off like an insect there
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Flash Strap:

@michael: a few areas, Nantes, Tours, Rennes, Lyon, Marseilles, Geneva
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Flash Strap:

A belated but very warm hello, Passiflora!
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passiflora:

hello, Evan! :)
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melinda:

@passiflora interesting connection. I think I've heard of the Atheist Experience but didn't know it was Austin-based. I remember when Madalyn Murray O'Hair ran the American Atheist Center there, we stopped by once with my dad after seeing a movie down the street.
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passiflora:

That's something...and both experiences might feel like leaving a theater. I felt that after leaving the dream house in new york the other day.
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Michael 98145:

well, have a great time en France !
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Flash Strap:

gracias
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Flash Strap:

boy this record is really something, totally engrossing imo
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passiflora:

It's disjointed enough to make you pay attention
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geezerette:

Compelling!
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Flash Strap:

yeah exactly. this is like plant music, but for growth stimulation of the human brain
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passiflora:

that's a good way of putting it
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northguineahills:

hellos
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passiflora:

'llo!
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Flash Strap:

Hi and hellos NGH
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northguineahills:

loving this Sinigaglia
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Flash Strap:

me too, really interesting piece of work
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Flash Strap:

need more Sinigaglia in my library actually
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coelacanth∅:

aloha Evan and explorers
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Flash Strap:

aloha Coelacanth, how goes it?
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passiflora:

I just looked up coelacanth and it probably goes with most of the explorers sounds here
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Flash Strap:

this Joe Harriott w/ D'Silva is just as good as his Indo-fusions collaborations with Mayer
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Flash Strap:

@passiflora: oh, definitely
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passiflora:

Jaipur, the pink city
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hyde:

i don't think i've ever heard this
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geezerette:

Liking Jaipur a lot. I want lamb biryani though.
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Flash Strap:

he's such a good sax player, just beautiful
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geezerette:

absolutely!
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Flash Strap:

I've mentioned this before, but this is pretty much my favorite record of 2017
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Flash Strap:

I am your father. Mother too

so cool. i'm pretty sure he's describing some aspect/s of South American music history,but my spanish is not that good
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passiflora:

an understanding, yet firm baseline
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:28pm
Little Danny:

Hey Evan and fellow explorrrers, glad to be here
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Flash Strap:

hey Little Danny !
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geezerette:

I like that shimmering cascade.

Howdy, LD!
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chresti:

this is crazy good
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Little Danny:

Oh man this is gorgeous. There's more atmospheric Latin pop balladry out there, I just don't know it yet
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Flash Strap:

That Meridian Bros record is crazy good, highest possible recommendation to pick it up and spend some time with it, extremely rewarding
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Flash Strap:

@LD: Duo Ouro Negro is a huge well of beautiful Portuguese language Angolan pop. one of the best international groups of the era, imo
Avatar ♥ 8:35pm
βrian:

@Flash Strap:
Are you *ever* going to update this playlist theme to an accessible one? It's really awful! If you value readability think about contrast, at least! Doesn't WFMU have *any* kind of common-sense UI guidelines?? Oy!

(Well, given the main WFMU page, maybe not. But still … )

Rant over, but I'd love to be able to read your playlist without having to manually disable CSS!
Avatar 8:35pm
Flash Strap:

this whole Picci LP is gold, though i don't know anything else from the label
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hyde:

@Flash it sounds great!
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Flash Strap:

@brian: probably a better forum to air your grievance pal, like an email
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βrian:

Nice noise, in any case.
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Little Danny:

chill out βrian
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northguineahills:

Ok, leaving work, thanks Flash!
Avatar ♥ 8:38pm
hyde:

hahaha. i had this record in college (i think i bought it for 50 cents) and we used to put on the strobe light and crank this tune
Avatar ♥ 8:38pm
northguineahills:

(dug everything)
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Flash Strap:

Safest, happiest travels, NGH
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:38pm
doctorjazz:

Great stuff, gotta go. Big snow storm here in NY area, people coming to see me told me it took 2 hours for a drive that usually takes 20 minutes. Not looking forward to the drive to Joisey. ..
Oy!
Avatar ♥ 8:38pm
βrian:

@Litle Donny: Thanks for your indifference.
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hyde:

safe travels@doctorjazz
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passiflora:

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Flash Strap:

Safe safe driving for you please Doc
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:40pm
Little Danny:

@βrian: take that shit to email bro

Bad vibes during an essential show that cultivates good will
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passiflora:

cherry blossom emoji
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Flash Strap:

@brian: i respectfully request you never diss my man dan on these boards again, and please remember that i am trying to do live radio not write code
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passiflora:

this is an actual room, where we come and go. think of what you will bring to that room as you walk in
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Flash Strap:

yesterday was the first day I became aware of this Ultimate Spinach LP, had never heard it before
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Flash Strap:

still have not really listened to the rest of it, can't get over this song's perfect dreadful psych
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:45pm
chresti:

adjusting the contrast might help
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hyde:

this is pretty much the only thing i ever played from this LP. there's a couple other ok tunes, but this is kinda the album
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Flash Strap:

@Hyde: that's the basic idea i have of it as well
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:47pm
Little Danny:

@hyde me too. I seem to remember that their Behold & See LP is kinda a one-track affair, too. Brilliant segue by the way
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:48pm
chresti:

I find it easy on the eye and refreshing!
Gypsy psych spinach
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Flash Strap:

I was thinking of trying to find that record too – it has at least one killer track? that'd be enough for me
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βrian:

Yup, for sure. But making your playlist available to all is a policy decsion. It has nothing to do with code. I just think it's something that's been blithely overlooked.

It's only frustrating because access to the conversation is limited.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:51pm
Little Danny:

You might start by clarifying accessibility a bit, but like I said, take that shit to email bro. I have no problem seeing or interacting with Flash's playlists and comments btw
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:52pm
chresti:

tipping the screen changes the contrast too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:52pm
coelacanth∅:

i've got the same general attitude about ultimate spinach. 2 albums i have and a few shining songs and some sort of trying really hard to be far out skipables.
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Flash Strap:

curious what you think: does Melvoin or Denjean have the better Lay lady lay moog-style?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:04pm
melinda:

I would have to listen to them both again to decide. Maybe Denjean. I'm just happy that there is more than one.
  9:04pm
zonk ludlow:

I'd give the nod to Denjean. Both are mighty fine though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:05pm
coelacanth∅:

(not here for the earlier one)
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Flash Strap:

i agree, i give it to Denjean too
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Flash Strap:

would love to know who programmed / played the moog on that Denny LP
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Flash Strap:

Altho, Beaver&Krause consulted on the Melvoin album, so that version has their involvement going for it
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david_:

I liked the Melvoin one better actually
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Flash Strap:

Hi david! glad we're not all ganging up on Melvoin in favor of Denjean. they are both pretty good
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Flash Strap:

This killer watts lp is mostly pretty subpar imo but I like this abstract cut
  9:17pm
Dean:

I'll guess the arranger on that Denny album played the Moog, Clark Gassman. He played it a year later no another record: https://www.discogs.com/Ralph-Carmichael-Clark-Gassman-The-Electric-Symphony-The-Moog-Synthesizer/release/879772
  9:17pm
Dean:

^on another
Avatar 9:18pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Dean! that makes sense
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:18pm
Franco Twinkie:

Coel, in 1971 I bought the first VU album for a dollar at Newberry's, a local discount store. When I got it home the sealed album had a 007 soundtrack inside. The following week, my mom took me back to Newberry's to exchange the album. They didn't have any more of the banana record, so I got the first Ultimate Spinach record. I took it home and put it on the turntable. After a few songs my sister and I started laughing so hard we had tears in our eyes. Not long after that I threw it onto the roof of our house.
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Flash Strap:

i don't know if Denny was even present for that record, very likely not
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Flash Strap:

Walter Sear handling the moog on this Sid Bass. they did a couple things together, i believe
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geezerette:

We're off to dinner.
Yay for archive!
Have a great trip, Evan. :)
Avatar 9:21pm
Flash Strap:

@Franco: that is just hilarious
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Flash Strap:

Have a splendid dinner Geeze, and I'll see ya in December!
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hyde:

@Franco amazing
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Flash Strap:

surprisingly out-there take on Windmills
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:25pm
Franco Twinkie:

This show sounds super! I just got home so I missed quite a bit.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:26pm
chresti:

working on the railroad
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Flash Strap:

Robert Margouleff, later of TONTO and fresh off Moog Mass (featured last week) handled the Moog on this Lothar record, which is as an album similar to Spinach in terms of consistency
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chresti:

(I hear)
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Flash Strap:

oh, is it stealthy in the composition? I hadn't noticed
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chresti:

I remember Machines
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Flash Strap:

Thanks Franco!
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Flash Strap:

Paul Beaver on Moog for Moog Rock
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chresti:

just at the beginning, reminded me of that song
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Flash Strap:

Beaver's Moogin' on Zodiac too. Zodiac = Mort Garson
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hyde:

this is a classic record
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melinda:

Pisces, that's me.
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Flash Strap:

me too Melinda! "careful not to bruise a single second"
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coelacanth∅:

Franco (@9.18) hahaha! ...kinda like Don Felder trying to play heavy metal or something! like, it must be a joke!
i do like a few tracks though - with reservations.
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passiflora:

this is nice
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Dean:

Since 1969, Rachmaninoff has enjoyed a 180 degree revival. Where once his music was treated, as by Les Baxter, as gussied up pop, it's now respected for its virtuosity and post-Romantic sophistication way beyond mere melody.
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chresti:

so is my dad-a real slippery one
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Franco Twinkie:

Flash, Last week when you played TONTO, I googled the album, and when I saw Malcolm Cecil's picture I went WAAA!!! I use to see him at the gym in Pasadena on an irregular basis.
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Little Danny:

re:Rachmaninoff, what happened in 1969?
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coelacanth∅:

i wonder if that zodiac album has a song for aquarius with a very prominent pisces rising!
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chresti:

pisces dad
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Flash Strap:

Baxter was really serious, to the point of snobbish, about compostion and art music, a scholar of stravinsky in particular, and it always struck me funny how poppy and simple he went with that record. i love it though
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Flash Strap:

@Franco: whoa whoa whoa
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coelacanth∅:

(pisces dad and sister)
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Flash Strap:

@LD: good question
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Flash Strap:

very cool record, this. "recorded in inspiring and remote outdoor locations using a nomadic studio including a "lunchbox" modular system" dig the cover: f4.bcbits.com...
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melinda:

I dig the forest bath.
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Franco Twinkie:

I found the Zodiac album not to long ago at Gimme Gimme in Highland Park. Dan, the owner stocks real good stuff.
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Flash Strap:

I want to go to Gimme Gimme!
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hyde:

@Franco i know that dude
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still b/p:

Good eeeevening. Any discussion here tonight about Morricone interview that had to be withdrawn by German Playboy after he griped much of it -- including semi-inflammatory remarks --- was bogus? And the journalist has pretty much acknowledged that. Weird.
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melinda:

I think that's the record store Marc Maron used to mention on his podcast.
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coelacanth∅:

presumably you don't mean highland park,nj.
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Flash Strap:

very immersive sound space on this record. you can close your eyes and see all around you inside this track
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Doug Schulkind:

Wow, Dan is still doing Gimme Gimme? He was one of WFMU’s earliest and longtime dealers at our record fair.
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Flash Strap:

Hi B/P! i haven't heard anything about that, sounds weird!
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Flash Strap:

I gotta go to that fair this year, enough is enough
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Franco Twinkie:

Yes, Melinda. Mark goes there a lot.
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melinda:

@b/p I read about that! He had him saying Quentin Tarantino was a cretin, among other things. Not being a huge fan of QT I thought that was kinda funny.
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Flash Strap:

i like most of his flicks but I agree it is funny and fair to say he is a cretin
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coelacanth∅:

i wonder if that story has any relation to Fabio playing a whole Morricone set today
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melinda:

@Flash right? I was disappointed when I read on and Morricone denied it.
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melinda:

@coel sorry I missed that.
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Dean:

Nothing in particular in '69. My point was that around that time Rachmaninoff was pop fodder, seemingly doomed to irrelevance as a "real" classical composer. Since then, and based on my fairly regular attention to reviews of an endless stream of new recordings of his work, that focus has shifted. What was once a guilty pleasure -- the second piano concerto, for instance -- is no longer a source of shame, pace Uncle Michael!
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coelacanth∅:

Morricone may've had second thoughts about dissing someone in the industry he works within
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Flash Strap:

that may have as much to do with the overall trend for doing pop and novelty version of "classical" as anything to do with Rachmaninoff in particular
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still b/p:

Up to you, melinda, to grant an interview, make the definitive declaration on QT, and then reinforce: "I'm melinda, and I approved this message!"
  9:52pm
Franco Twinkie:

Dan moved out here awhile ago. First he had this little place on York Blvd, then he moved to a bigger place on Figueroa. After you visit Dan, you can walk up the street to Triple Beam for pizza.
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melinda:

@b/p haha
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zonk ludlow:

Thanks for a wonderful show. Safe, enjoyable travels to France Evan.
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Little Danny:

Hey, it's Thursday night: wfmu.org... Hope to see y'all one stop over!
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melinda:

Great show, Flash! You're going to France? Nice.
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hyde:

thanks! have fun on your trip
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still b/p:

There's a baker/confectioner in Nice....If you make it there, I need a little something in particular.
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chresti:

Thanks Flash! Fantastic!
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Dean:

I don't think so. I think Rachmaninoff is sui generis in this regard. What I would need to support my suspicion is contemporaneous (c. 1969) commentary about recordings of his music by classical critics and aficionados. I don't have that at hand. But my gut feeling -- take it for what it's worth -- is that the pop-ification of Rach at the time was poo-poo'd by many who leveled blame at Rach for not being immune to pop. That's different for, say, Bach or Debussy, whose works were also pop-ified, but the results of which didn't cast a shadow on their "real" music.
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Flash Strap:

Thanks all! much much love – see you in Danny's Cool Blue House, and then again in 2 weeks
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Evan!
and do have an incredible journey, won't you?!
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Flash Strap:

my gut tells me you're quite right dean
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Flash Strap:

esp. the comparison to debussy
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Flash Strap:

i'll try, C.! thank you friend
  10:02pm
Dean:

Right. Debussy survives appropriation (Tomita?). So, to my mind, does Bach, among others.
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