So there was a problem with the link for episode #23. It has now been fixed.
Ok. So. This record has a story. This woman recorded these songs sometime in the seventies. They sit in a drawer for thirty-some years until her son finds them and puts them out. They are beautiful. Poetic. Like a lady Leonard Cohen. Think of all the beautiful things that people make and then stick into drawers or cabinets or suitcases. It makes me happy to think of all that tucked-away beauty.
"State park, forget name, north of providence in mass. It's a stuffed wolf but looks so alive right. funny story. Set up pic and was waiting for sun to rise and a passing car called the cops cause they thought it was real and going to eat me. cops came and yelled at me. I said I'm sorry I go to art school but they were not amused."
She later added:
"just remembered name of park, purgatory's chiasm, what a name how could I have forgotten"
So... Kenan and Mikey couldn't make it this week. But no worry, I invited my friend George Langford from Javelin to come and play some of his amazing collection of obscure weirdo music from all over the world. Javelin is an awesome music making Duo, who are formerly of Providence, Rhode Island, currently of New York, New York and imminently dropping a 12" EP on Civil Music (UK) this fall & who if they were to be combined into one person would look like this:
Episode #23:
Tracklist:
Coyote Song - Robbie Robertson Swing Low Sweet Cadillac - Aggie Duke I feel Sorry - Rotary Connection De La Mano - ???????? (The Train) Saiyan Re Saiyan - Asha Bhosie Within You Without You - The Soulfull Strings Jahojah Comfort Me - Pazy & The Black Hippies Let's Make The Water Turn Black - The Mothers Of Invention State & 32nd - Kenneth Rexroth I'm gonna get you - The Dixie Cups Nao Asuento Voce - Trio Esperanca Instrumental B - Arthur Russell Strawberry Letter 23 - Shuggie Otis Best Behind The Wheel - Rod Rogers Los Bornachitos - ?????? Mentiras - Los Socios Del Ritmo Baby - Rogerio Duprat Poetryman - Phoebe Snow I Wasn't Thinkin', I Was Drinkin' - The Checkers I Want To Kill You - David Peel & The Lower East Side Ugly Beautiful Girl - Wild Man Fischer Buffalo Billycan - Apple Ett Skal Att Trivas - Dungeon Why Not Tonight - Dorothy Price Alligator Wine - Screamin' Jay Hawkins How Do You Do? I Like You. I Love You. - The Hindi 5 Addis - Ababa Zafari Muck Muck - Yochanan Egypt Strut - Salah Rageb Emnete - Mulatu Astatke Hands In The Dark - Dark Day Says Elliot - Sibylle Baier A Vos Te H'ai Pesar (You'll Be Upset) - Inti Illimani Cachita - ??????? Bien Bailadito 2 - ????????? Haunted Castle - The Kingsmen The Mechanic - The Hellers Fall of Another Year - CAN Dizzy - Hugo Montenegro Cod'ine - Buffy Sainte-Marie Szivarvany - Hungaria World Of Made - Carla Kihlstedt Before I grow too old - Fats Domino
This Week Kenan's busy getting ready to get married (to the beautiful, talented, miss Ro Agents). Me and Mikey Palms hold it down though and I even find time to do a little safe sex PSA in the middle of the show (which fulfills my community service obligations).
Enjoy kids.
Episode #22
Tracklist:
Main Theme (The Color of Money) - Robbie Robertson
Yellow Pants and Blue Suede Shoes - Little Miss Peggy & The Bill Parker Band
Stand Up Girl - The Sandpipers
Crossroads - Tom Waits
Tonight - Sibylle Baier
Patti Dooke - De La Soul
Tell Her To Come On Home - Little Mack
14 Hour Technicolour Dream - Syn
Quit It - Miriam Makeba
Mirage - Leon's Creation
Ma Pi Naok - Sinn Sisamouth & Ros Sereysothea
Rockin' Out The Blues - The Musical Linn Twins
New York Blues - Allen Ginsberg
Busted - The Bill Parker Band
It's Free - Bishops of the Holy Rollers Fallout Shelter with Curtis Colbert
Go See The Doctor - Kool Moe Dee
STD Fury - Javelin
The Clinic - Big L
VD - Abner Jay
Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio
People Do - Luke Temple
Big Yellow Taxi - R. Zimmerman
Smog - Johnny Donn With the Jazzrockers
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Manhattan Strings
Baboon - Emcee Will E.P
I Love You - The Bees
Love Me - Sam Cooke & The Sound Dimension
He Needs Me - Olive Oyl
Jenny - Heaven & Earth
Latisha - Dave Berry
Search For The Sea - The Stoics
Se Sapessi Mio Caro - Valeria Mongardini The Lions and The Cucumber - Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab
Candlelight - Hardin & York
Bottled Up - Devo
Putty (in your hands) - The Yardbirds
Arthur Brown - Tone Tank
Not You Girl - Witness Inc.
Talkin' Trash - The Olympics
Turtle Dovin' - The Coasters
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Chnang Jass Baiy Chgagn - Ros Sereysothea Death Of A Socialite - The Pretty Things Such A Night - Johnnie Ray Take it Easy My Brother Charles - Som Tres American Fruit, African Roots - Zulema Colours And Shapes - Nobody's Children it just ain't right - London & The Bridges Never Will I Marry - Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley London Is The Place For Me - Lord Kitchener Rebirth - Gershon Kingsley Survival - Annette Peacock Hey Leroy - Jimmy Castor Bunch Mojo Hannah - Little Esther Phillips Don't Lead Me On - The Exotics Your Replacement Is Here - Edd Henry It's Me You Really Love - Black Velvet Sea Of Heartbreak - Don Gisson This Is Not A Song It's An Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues - Rodriguez Do You Love Me (Like You Say You Do) - Lee Fields Tom's Version - Herman Marquis BATMAN Theme - Nelson Riddle I Am Gonna Unmask The BATMAN - Lacy Gibson BATMAN Riddles The Riddler - Batman OST (by Nelson Riddle) (Zap! Pow!) Do The BATMAN - Gate Wesley & Band The Joker - Bob Bunny He's The Penguin - Burgess Meredith BATMAN Theme - Skavoovie & The Epitones BATMAN Thaws Mr. Freeze - Batman OST (by Nelson Riddle) Pink BATMAN - Dan Deacon BATMAN - Cody Chestnut BATGIRL! - The Batgirl Singers The Joker - The Mylestones BATMAN Theme - Link Wray North To Alaska - Johnny Horton Napoli - Giant Sand Hot Pants - El Combo Xingu Tabu - Manny Duran & Orchestra Purple Pill Eater - The Wild Ones Sisters And Brothers - Voices Of East Harlem Streetbeater - Quincy Jones Shake Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner Fantasy - Pi-R-Square Broken English - Marianne Faithful First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen Taxman - Rockwell A Day In The Life - Wolfgang Dauner A Little Lost - Arthur Russel Moon Shot - Oak Apple Day & Deadly Pair Stormy - The Meters Some Beautiful Day - Pete Levin & Bill Comeau
How come the black wolf got to look all vicious and shit. These shirts are straight up racist.
I thought the last show was all over the place a little bit. So I wanted to come out strong with 19. To Redeem myself. So I went into the stacks and pulled out some dusters, dusted them off, and had a party.
Episode #19
Playlist:
Atlantis - Donovan
God Out West - Link Wray
Drip Drop - Dion & The Belmonts
A Foggy Day - The Nu-Sounds
The Fall of The Queen - Destiny's Children
Your Ol' Lady - The Isley Brothers
Enchantment - The Melody Mates
Feelin' No Pain - The Del Satins
Soul Man - Sweet Charles
Celebration - Watts Prophets
Fire (She Need Water) - Wayne McGhie
Sun - The Pretty Things
Dark Street Downtown - Flat Earth Society
Murder Mystery - Edan
Gumbo - MF Doom
Bubble Gum - The 9th Creation
You Need Feet - Chad & Jeremy
Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter - Nina Simone
Sugar On My Tounge - Talking Heads
One Mint Julep - The Clovers
No Moon At All - Julie London
Your Sweet Love - Lee Hazlewood
Duck You Sucker (Main Theme) - Ennio Morricone
Love and Happiness - Monty Alexander
Ain't No Greens In Harlem - The Vibrations
Little Green Bag - George Baker
He Will Break Your Heart - Freddie Scott
Got Myself a Good Man - Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers
It is a pity that this song got cut off the end of episode #18. It was a technical problem. So here it is in its entirety . It was a shame it got cut off because it is a meditation and should be left to wash over you. This song is heartbreakingly beautiful. It is a George Harrison song. But Nina Simone doesn't merely cover songs she re-invents them and makes them her own. This is a Nina Simone song.
If you listen closely - you can hear her commenting to herself on the lyric she just sung. Changing her mind perhaps. Or adding an aside. But contemplating the song. While she's singing it.
We are just listening to her inner conversation. She is having an experience on stage with her piano, her brain, and god I suppose. And she's generous enough to allow us to listen in.
Playlist: Nutting Girl - Morris On Some instrumental shit I forget Get Thy Bearings - The Sand dollars Sexual Healing - The Hot 8 Brass Band Sand And Rain - Nancy Holloway Hard Times - Curtis Mayfield Paint It Black - The Love Sitars Beggar - Children Of The Sixth Root Race I'm So Depressed - Abner Jay I walk on Gilded Splinters - Dr. John More Nutting girl - Morris On More Pricks Than Kicks (Live) - The Pouges For What Its Worth - Pete Moore Family On Blast - Cody Chestnut The Skies Above - The Equals All Your Goodies Are Gone - Parliament Solarwind - Pete Moore Our Day Will Come - Ruby & The Romantics FoodStamps - The 24 Carat Black Optimo - Liquid Liquid Rpmeo & Juliet - Lou Reed Teaching The audience how to yodel - Pete Seeger Ain't No Sunshine - Michael Jackson Cinematics - Dujeous Reefer Man - Harlen Lattimore & His Connie's Inn Orchestra I wanna Be Like You - King Louis & Balou Peaches & Regalia - Frank Zappa Devil Got My Woman - Skip James Cast Your Fate To The Wind - Quincy Jones (Interlude Break - talking talky) Can't Seem To Make You Mine - The Seeds Robot In A Robot's World - The Flaming Ember Robot, Robot - Cerise Wenn Der Urlaub Kommt - Manfred King Written On The Wall - The Invitations Fuck Off - Slim Gallard Natchez Shopping Blues - Olu Dara Steady Slobbin' - Prince Paul w/ Breeze Bruin Legend In His Own Mind - Gil Scott-Heron Say You Will - Sly & The Family Stone Negro League - Natural Resource Friends - Biz Markie Are You Lonely For Me Baby - Freddie Scott Closer Than Friends - Surface (This song sucks very much- sorry. It's not my fault. I didn't play it.) Isn't It A Pity - Nina Simone
It costs three dollars. If you know me in real life and you see me on the street or something I will just give you one. But you should give me three dollars anyway. Because It's only three dollars.
If you would like one and you don't know me personally, you can either order one through paypal (see below) or you can just put three dollar bills and two un-used first class united states postal stamps into an envelope and send it to:
J. Cox 455 9th street Brooklyn, NY 11215
I prefer this method because you can really just put three dollar bills in the mail, drop it in a mailbox. You can do that. And it's only three dollars. you got that. And I will send you this beautiful hand-made art pamphlet I made .
This one is Bango & Cash. It gets my personal nod of approval for being full of bangers & mash and newfound gems
Episode #17
Tracklist:
Trying Hard To Look Inside - The Waters For Love - Herman's Hermits Ninety-Nine And One Half - Fever Tree Time To Say Goodbye - The Martells No More Hot Dogs - Hasil Adkins Take Em - Last Good Tooth Girl From The North Country - Link Wray et moi, et moi, et moi - Jacques Dutrone Leopard Tree Dream - Giorgio Moroder Addicts Psalm - Ralph Carmichael & Pat Boone Children Don't Get Weary - Booker T & The MG's You Don't Love Me - Kim & Grim He Who Would Valiant Be - The Ted Taylor Organization Feat. Tubby Hayes Les Bicyclettes De Belsize - Baja Marimba Band Almustafa The Beloved - The Billy Cobham/George Duke Band A Message From The Inner City - The Crusaders Rollin' - Saukrates w/ Masta Ace & OC Gemini - Zodiac BlowFly Daydream - The Gunter Hallmann Choir Down Man - Brainbox First Come, First Served - Ramon Morris Silver Bird - The Guess Who How Do You Feel? - Harsh Reality Akhear - Juggy D (Interlude Break - talking talky) Camarillo Brillo - Frank Zappa I See - REVS Greenback Dollar - Kingston Trio Funny Ways - Gentle Giant Left-Handed Woman - John Hartford The Power Of Positive Drinking - Lou Reed You'll Be Mine - Howlin' Wolf Nuclear War - Sun Ra & His Arkestra Roll Dem Bones - John Tee Soul Experience - Iron Butterfly Jagger The Dagger - Eugene McDaniels Good Morning Schoolgirl - Junior Wells Rockin' In The Graveyard - Jackie Morningstar Trouble On The Road - The Wailers Eye Examination - Del The Funky Homosapien Theme - Bill Conti Louise - Jack Elliot & Tom Waits The Good Life - John Wayne Tracks of My Tears - The Pharaohs
On this Episode Mikey plays a song so cheesy he later feels compelled to apologize for it. Then later I play a song which offends Kenan so much it sparked a heated ideological conversation about the concept of context in music.
See if you can pick them out.
Plus mad obscure beautiful bangers.
Episode #16
Tracklist:
Take off your clothes to feel the setting sun - Wolfgang Dauner We Don't Care - Hubert Thomas Valverde & The HT's Peace Go With You Brother - Gil Scott-Heron Angel Dust - Gil Scott-Heron Trust Your Child pt. 1 - Patrizia & Jimmy Message From A Blackman - The Whatnaughts Our Generation - Ernie Hines Long Time Boy - Nadia Cathouse Making Love (at the dark end of the street) - Clarence CArter Sport - Lighnin' Rod My Own Home - Jungle Book Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Only Sixteen - Sam Cooke Almost Grown - Chuck Berry My Momma And My Poppa - Darondo Piss Factory - Patti Smith Suburban Family Lament - Rith Copeland Ripped Open by Metal Explosions - Galt MacDermont's First Natural Hair Band Mindless Child Of Motherhood - The Kinks It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr La Musica Della Mafia (skit) Song For My father - Horace Silver Can't You Feel My Heartbeat - Goldie & The Gingerbreads I Have Known Love - Silver Apples Hourglass - The Bees Man On Box - Audience Good Morning Starshine - Strawberry Alarm Clock Rise - Josh Rouse Mill Valley - Miss Abrams and The Strawberry Love Letters - Ketty Lesters Pata Pata - Miriam Makeba (Intermission) Like Being Born - Marianne Faithful When I See Mommy I feel Like A Mummy - Captain Beefheart Return To Nursery - Carter Brunell The Wanderer - Johnny Cash Two Girls In Love (With eachother) - Snatch & The Poontangs Two Sisters - Tom Waits Evil Ways - Willie Bobo My Brother Is A Basehead - De La Soul One To Grow On - UMC's Guns Of Brixton - Nouvelle Vague Armagedon - Cocorosie Simple - Company Flow Snake Hips - Johnny Lewis Trio & Millie Falling Down - Scarlett Johansson Growing Up (demo) - Bruce Springsteen Transmetropolitan - The Pogues 13th Floor/ Growing Old - OutKast
Drawings of wolves by Eleonore Hendricks (note: the second one is a pencil drawing on the inside of a matchbook cover. Word up.)
Back in business baby. This one's a banger I think.
Episode #15
Tracklist:
Cry Baby Cry - Ramsey Lewis Tiger - Brian Auger & The Trinity Strychnine - The Sonics You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) - The Beatles I Dig - Ragni, Rado, & MacDermont Batakum - Brown Sugar Lightworks - Raymond Scott Communication - David McCullum Little Green Bag - George Baker Cigarillo - Brother Lucus Singers Rhythm Kung Fu - Banzaii Gypsy Woman (Demo Version) - Joe Baatan Deep Gully - Outlaw Blues Band Parlato - La Musica Della Mafia Chestnut - Graham Gouldman Chicago Cottage - The Mirage Foreign Country - The Concretes House of The Rising Sun - Donald Byrd Je m'appelle Jane - Jane Birkin & Mickey 3D Junk - The Roulettes Werewolf - The Frantics Conversation Piece - David Bowie Guns of Brixton - Some little kid The Ol' Main Drag - The Pouges Trouble - Brenton Wood Electricity -Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Johnny Comes Marching Home Mambo - Manny Duran and His Sextet Sunshine Superman - Mel Torme Shit From An Old Notebook - Minutemen Sympathy For The Devil - Bryan Ferry 1941 - Harry Nilsson Ego Tripping - Nikki Giovanni Listen Heah - Bros. In Co-Op Celestial Blues - Andy Bey Summertime - Rick Nelson My Year Is a Day - Les Irresistables Little Bitty Pretty One - Zalman Yanousky Love in the Streets - Johnnie Taylor It's Raining - Irma Thomas Deeper Shade Of Soul - Ray Barretto I Lost My Girl To An Argentinean Cowboy - The American Song-Poem Anthology Re-Enlistment Blues - Merle Travis Three Is a Magic Number - Bob Dorough Backlash Blues - Nina Simone Sendin The Vipers - Mezz Mezzrow Orchestra The Beggar's Song - Wet Willie Willin' - Little Feet w/ Ry Cooder Little Green Apples - OC Smith
Kenan wasn't able to make it out for this episode and I was mad late. Luckily Mikey Palms held it down lovely with the help of our special guest star Ben "The Beyonder" Carlin
Here's a picture of him (he's on the left. The other guy is some singer, I dunno)
Ben Carlin's got joints. You can hear him spin every tuesday at Loki Lounge 304 5th avenue, Brooklyn NY
I come through near the end with a generational theme (with a little baking soda sub-theme)
enjoy:
Tracklist:
Bee-ing - Carol Batton Learning To Hunt - Guided By Voices Two Cigarettes In The Dark - Abbey Lincoln Before The Night Is Over - Joe Simon Evil Woman - Guy Darrell Paint A Lady - Susan Christie Warm Up My Lips - Breakout It's Taking So Long - Kathy Smith I'm Gonna Love You 'til I Die - John Browne My Hero Is A Gun - Diana Ross The Waitress - Atmosphere She's A Hippy - Chubby Checker Twist & Shout - The Mamas & The Papas The Magpie of Mexico City - Elmer Martin Walking The Dog - Rufus Thomas Spinnin' Wheel - Shirley Bassey My Big Hands - David Byrne Come On In - R.L Burnside Train To Skaville - Jackie Mittoo Why Did You Do It? - Stretch Cold Bear - The Gaturs Cool 'n' Out - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros Funeral Pyre - The Jam (Interlude) -Mikey plays a bunch of cool surf records - Solitary Man - Neil Diamond I met him on a Sunday - The Shirelles Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Elvis Presley I'm Guilty - Andre Williams & Rudy Ray Moore It Ain't Whatcha Do - Little Richard Oh My - The Dansettes Funky Broadway - Delroy Wilson Skinhead Moonstomp - Symarip Underdog - Sly & The Family Stone **(Kray gets on after being mad late)** Chips, Chicken, Banana Split - JoJo & The Fugitives This Is The Lost Generation - The Lost Generation What Is This Generation Coming To? - Robert Mitchum Younger Generation Blues - Janis Ian Baking Soda - John Hartford Baking Soda - Hangar 18 Generation - Jelly Bean Bandits Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids New Generation - The Chambers Brothers
Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton Hula Rock - Lew Howard & The All Stars Eleanor Rigby - The Third Wave Glory To The World - El Parro Del Mar Yes or No - Jimmie & Vellz Cameron Cookie Crumbs - Ray & His Court Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - Moog Machine Let The Sunshine In - Brian Auger & Julie Driscoll I wouldn't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar - The United States Of America Summer Sun Shines - Fresh Windows Full Moon - Edeb Ahbez Morning Sunrise - Weldon Irvine There He Is - The Dream Team Stand - The Bees Il Ritorno Diringo - Ennio Morricone The Circle - The Bootjacks Jane is a Groupie - Sly & The Family Stone Stop & Listen - JVC Force Ain't No Sunshine - Mama Lion Sun King - The Beatles That Lucky Old Sun -The Isley Brothers (Interlude) Native - Bob Callaway Ride Away - The Fall Sunshine Baby - Clout Sunshine (Demo) - Roy Ayers Everybody Loves The Sunshine - R.A.M.P This Will Be Our Year - The Zombies Vel Helsing Boombox - Man Man I Reckon - John Hartford After Midnight - J. J. Cale How I Got Over - Darondo Rocky Raccoon - The Persuasions Make Right With You - Luke Temple Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot You Used To Think - Erica Pomerance The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - The Walker Brothers Quiet Village - Martin Denny Ain't Gonna Share Your Love - Hersey Taylor Be Forewarned - Pentagram Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown Han's Island - Lalo Schifrin Lonesome Town - Rick Nelson Toro - Latin Playboys (outro) I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James
Episode #12 has a theme. Let's see if you can figure it out.
click here to play
Tracklist: Intro Down & Out In New York City - James Brown New York USA - Serge Gainsbourg Music & Dialogue from Taxi Driver - Bernard Hermann Lower East Side - David Peel & The Lower East Side Delancey Street - Dana Dane Duvid Crockett: King of Delancey Street - Mel Katz New York City- John Lennon The Boy From New York City - The Ad Libs Harlem Shuffle - Bob & Earl The Man From Harlem - Cab Calloway Harlem River Drive - Bobbi Humphrey Spanish Harlem - Slim Smith South Bronx - Boogie Down Productions Streets of The Bronx - Larry Chance & The Earls Downtown Train - Tom Waits Streets of New York - Kool G Rap New York - The Templars The Bowery - Smog Chelsea Hotel #2 - Leonard Cohen We Live In Brooklyn Baby - Roy Ayers Brooklyn Kids - Jemini The Gifted One Brooklyn Boogie - Louis Prima The Bush - Special Ed Coney Island Baby - Lou Reed 59th Street Bridge Song (feeling groovy) - Harper's Bizarre New York State of Mind - Nas Down in Dear Old Greenwich Village - June Lazare Ah! New York - Galt Macdermot & Norman Matlock New York's My Home - Sammy Davis Jr. New York City - Gil Scott-Heron I guess the Lord must be in New York City - Harry Nilsson Wall Street Shuffle - 10cc Hard Times In New York Town - R. Zimmerman Going to New York - Jimmy Reed The Planet - GangStarr Subway - The Champs My Metrocard - Le Tigre Avenue B - Gogol Bordello 53rd & 3rd - The Ramones Crosstown - Duke Ellington Meet The Mets -Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz Central Park - Nina Simone (W/ us talking over it) New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down - LCD Soundsystem
