Michael Leviton - "Summer's The Worst"

A mermaid found a swimming lad,
Picked him for her own,
Pressed her body to his body,
Laughed; and plunging down
Forgot in cruel happiness
That even lovers drown.

-by William Butler Yeats

epidode 51...chances with Ricky Powell

World renowned photographer, NYC historian, and all around good guy Ricky Powell came to hang out and play some records.

Check out Rickey Powell's Interview with George Kalinsky

Episode 51 sounded something like THIS:

gymnopedie - erik satie
without her - harry nilsson
st. james infirmary - cab calloway
wooden ships (demo) - david crosby
mr. pie eyes - drink up buttercup
coca cola commercial - the who
chewin gum- danny brown
bubblegummer - the teardrops
what's my name? - hot 8 brass band
peanut butter time - bill wyman
laid off - esquerita
cover girl - skip bafferty
please wake me up - tom waits
grand palace of love - nervous cabaret
dirty ol' town - the ian campbell folk group
helping hand - snooks eaglin
vietnam - abner jay
summer is the worst - micheal leviton
chances with wolves drop - javelin
goin to see my baby - fatback band
small time hustler - the dismasters
matrix - dizzy gillespe
adventures in space - sun ra
prisoner's song - warren storm
bacon fat - andre williams
breakout - powiedzielismy juz wszystko
flaca loco - loco brothers
frustration - san ui lim
fantasy - the originals
Talky Talk time with Ricky Powell
Ricky's set:
flirty gerty - hank mobley
that's the way of the world - earth wind and fire
what comes around - beastie boys
bang bang bang bang - john lee hooker
make it good to yourself - james brown

Ro Agents

From the good people at Dossier Journal:

We'll have info on how to get this strange, beautiful record asap...

"Ro Agents’ new album is frighteningly good. Listen to track five, “T.R.A.” Notice how it begins rather gloomily, a sort of co-opted field holler (“I say whoa, lil’ child/ Heaven is watching you”). This, you think, will be a somber affair. Then, midway through, without warning, the song lifts into pop balladry. Pay attention to the introduction of the slide guitar, the fulsome three-chord progression. The transition is sudden, joyful. More importantly, it’s convincing. When Ro’s mood changes, we believe it.

And this is good news. When dealing with the pains and exaltations of folk-western country, the worst thing a band can do is come off as inauthentic. Luckily, Ro nary sings a false note. Her voice, which floats midway between Joplin and Loretta Lynn, carries the band’s simple, easy lyrics. We’re told of lonely lovers, the hazards of “whiskey” and “pills”—classic material for the downtrodden country vixen, but here rendered with fresh remorse. Ro is concerned with the state of her soul, its order and flux, and if your life has been anything like hers, you’ll miss the sound of her voice when it’s not around.

Ro’s singing is accompanied by the instrumentation of Gary Langol, a musician of limitless ability. Seriously, limitless. Langol plays every instrument on the album with the alacrity of a seasoned composer. It’s one thing to master a single instrument, but quite another to master them all. This reviewer’s ear detected guitar, bass, banjo, harmonica, xylophone, and drums—and if one forgets about Langol for a moment, he imagines himself listening to an entire studio band. On “Yellow Roses,” one of the few purely instrumental tracks on the album, Langol’s sad guitarwork says as much as any pageful of lyrics.

The album hits its note early and holds it. We get sixteen tracks, most of them terse, all of them concerned with the same heartache and pain. A few particularly jeremiadic songs attain the high-polish lonesomeness of Roy Orbison’s sweet, grim stuff. Others remind you of Tammy Wynette, Irma Thomas, and Marianne Faithfull. Sometimes Ro can be playful, self-conscious (“I have no chorus, except just to say…”), but mostly she’s all guts. Her songs are bleak, even dark. Again, late in the album, when she growls “I’m ready to kill,” we believe her."

This entry was written by Jared Killeen, posted on May 12, 2009 at 7:51 pm, filed under Music and tagged Gary Langol, Ro Agents.

Episode # 50 !!!! with special guest Michael Leviton

where'd you find this button Tim Barber?

Big, round, episode # 50

You can stream the show HERE

Special Guest:

Michael Leviton came by the studio and played some songs and did a beautiful live performance as well. Two of 'em actually. Check out (www.michaelleviton.com , myspace.com/thenewjerktimes for more )








Episode #50:

lumpy gravy - the persuasions

7 hueres de matin - jaqueline taib

riki tiki tavi - donovan

trash talk - chain and the gang

i was a teenage werewolf - official motion picture trailer

ray malone softshoe - moodog

on the run - satch arnold

downhome special - bo diddley

the long goodbye - john williams

consequences of a drug addict role - shirley horn

the oriental beat goes on - david the red sea singer
ling ting tong - the five keys

hully gully all night long - the peridots

secret love - kathy kirby
boy wonder, i love you! - Burt Ward & the Mothers of Invention
herritage hum - james moody
there'll be a jubilee - sunset jubilee singers
african mailman - nina simone
live in studio performance, no moon at all - michael leviton
slalom - ennio morricone
eleanor rigby - b. b. seaton
jezebel - frankie lane
born to cry - dion
nightmare - artie shaw orchestra
the butcher's boy - buell kazee
voodoo voodoo - lavern baker
baby did you hear - dinah washington
sleepwalk (vocal) - ????
the sheik of araby - red nichols and his five pennies
summertime - santo and johnny
had a gal named sal - lightnin hopkins
fangela - here we go magic
Lovely Rita/Jolie Rita - Les Merseys
live studio performance - michael leviton
thein hat du - Co-Ba Thinh & Kam
inigo montoya - Doggie Hil Yippie
lucille - Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters
Tears - giorgio moroder
let's burst - black moth super rainbow
pissing in the river - patti smith

VIGON!!!

We played this back on episode 33.
Vigon is another forgotten treasure.

How hip is this?

Episode #49

Image courtesy Tim Barber

You can Stream This episode HERE

carnival bozo - carny (original motion picture soundtrack)
swine flu - p s a
the coo coo bird - clarence ashley
rowena - meic stevens
this time of year - the blast furnace
sweet songs - sarah webster fabio
true justice - the third stone
tommy McCook & strangler cole - last flight to reggae city
meant for you - beach boys
susan jane - eugene mcdaniels
sail away ladies - uncle bunt stephens
you ain't got faith til you got religion - Bill Landford and the Landfordaires
sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band - thomas reimer
swine flu 2 - p s a
mc killa - cavalier
hogan's thing - simon haseley
peaceful sunset - jan hammer
on the couch - harry dean stanton
St. James Infirmary - perez prado / shorty rogers
These Boots Are Made For Walking - lee hazelwood
puppet on a string (1962 version) - gino washington
weep no more  - dale hawkins
ya ya cha cha - lonnie hewitt
searchin' - the coasters
you and i and george - david bowie
cold rain song - the vampires
Flight of Iblis - MacDonald & Giles
astro black(live) - sun ra
It's later than you think - ????
carol kaye - awwwweeee shit
piero piccioni
little green apples - monk higgins
4-D Man - movie trailer
kickin' the gong around - louis armstrong
tittiepop - need new body
ichiban - talib kweli
maggies farm - solomon burke
whirlpool - wanda jackson
grigio perla - gian franco pienzio
listening man - the bees
a day in the life - steve piccolo, gak sato, luca gemma
jambo - claude mclin
there is a balm giliad - archie shep

Episode #48 w/ Special Guest Stars - JAVELIN !!!!!

Javelin ( myspace.com/hotjamzofjavelin ) assembled their array of day glow gadgets in the Chances With Wolves Studio and Jammed out and got busy and also did their thing.


You can listen to the stream Here


going the distance - bill conti
kawda pissu - gypsies
mockberry moon delight - screamin' jay hawkins
uptown saturday night - blaxploitation radio spots
the man with 2 left hands - sir bald diddley & wig outs
now he's gone - bobbie smith & the dreamgirls
man on the street - don drummond
hillbilly wolf - link wray
funnel of love (45 on 33) - wanda jackson
hip roc heresy - slim gallard & his orchestra
rock and ree - ha - zole (teenage talk) - the bobbettes
get back - dierdre wilson tabac
stand on the word - celestial choir
cornbread - freestyle fellowship
subway theme - wildstyle OST
hula saw - wiseby
Javelin LIVE PERFORMANCE IN THE STUDIOOOO!
jumping jahosephat - jackie mitoo
come together (instrumental) - claude denjean
karma sitar - 101 strings
fly yar warriors - atari
birds and bees - warm sounds
love me like before - sam sham and the pharrohs
don't blow your mind - the spiders
opening speech - al kooper-mike bloomfeild
morris call - morris on
younger girl - the loving spoonful
sycamore - bill callahan
love buzz - shocking blue
its gonna be a mess - the mighty dogcatchers
making plans for nigel - nouvelle vague
young love - ric carty
why don't you smile now - the downliners sect
too much - eric and the chessmen
martha my dear - happy day
dream - shankar family
hold on, I'm coming - some japanese band who's name is in japanese letters
calming the wolves - topwaya's flute melodies
headaches & woes - aceyalone

change the mood

Episode #47

Our first ever show without Kray. He was feeling a bit under the weather, as they say.
We held it down in his absence, but we missed his joie de vive, and his savoir faire, as they say.
It was raining on Monday, and not a nice rain. So this one starts off a little rain gloomy.

stream it HERE

poincianica - ahmad jamal
chances go around - titus turner
rumble - jack nitzsche
four women - nina simone
back in the good old world - tom waits
my wife - beirut
daddy lolo - ganim's asia minors
your feets too big - fats waller
wino - porter wagoner
intoxica - the revels
enorma jones - rand kennedy
love call - the moonstones
mongoose - eden ahbez
shaft - joe batan
it might as well be spring - stan getz and astrud gilberto
accepting responsibility - horace silver
black is beautiful - karmello brooks
china nights - paul page
dearest - mickey and sylvia
eva's holy dress (deep deep down three) - ennio morricone
hittin on nothin - irma thomas
beyond the reef - leo addeo
get out of the car - sammy davis jr.
in the pines - roscoe holcomb
love, oh love - the chords
iced tea - the capers
my fung fu - urban thermodynamics
money is king - growling tiger
pills - bo diddley
me na me na - the muppets
love, love, love - pugh rogefeldt
the juicer - the sweet
gospel 71 - subelli
hungry for love - san remo golden strings
stereo freeze - the stereos
sometimes good guys don't wear white - the standells
gloria - angel, maria & los sharps
double shot of my baby's love - the swingin medallions
ceddo - manu dibango
ironside - quincy jones
uptown girl - wind in the willows
penamband - rentak terian melayu
tracate - los cuatro amigos en espacio
it was a very good year - della reese
gimme your lovin - james brown
balloons - peter pan and the good fairies

Junk Science - "Fire Drill"

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episode #46

you can stream it HERE

midnight express - giorgio moroder
panis et circenses - os mutantes
little town of bethlehem - the standells
dover beach - the fugs
cemetery map - chain and the gang
black girl - marianne faithful
message to the world - eddy's group
eleanor rigby - jackie wilson
a day in the life - les demerle
j'ai mis un tiger dans ma guitar - jaques dutronc
future past - absolute elsewhere
fire drill - junk science
night moves - moondog (talky talky with friends friends)
do the clam - elvis presley
bull talk - the murmaids
mighty crazy - lightnin slim
insane asylum - koko taylor
crazy vibrations - the bikinis
mad - the social outcasts
trouble man trailer
sway - rosemary clooney and perez prado
time after time - jack clement
the river - ananda shankar
invitation to black power part 1 - shahid quintent
khate hain mujhko raja - kishore kumar
so tough - kuff-linx
genuine love - ken parker
drunkards special - ???
gaurdian angels - harpo marx
space oddity - langley school and remy (mikey palms' dog)
fluffy, furry buddy - ween
my barking bulldog - brownie mcghee
betty boom, little monster doggie and peggie at the witches castle - (st.thomas) pepper smelter
i wanna be your dog - the stooges
it's only the dog - the nightriders
the dog presides - john paul
dirty ol' egg suckin dog - johnny cash
dumb dog - aileen quinn
bulldog - the ventures
do it like a dog - dean milan
was a dog a doughnut? - cat stevens (yusef islam)
rain dogs - tom waits
innocent little doggie - george "bongo" coleman
atomic dog - george s. clinton

This show is dedicated to our friend Nugget. Hence all the dog songs. Rest in peace little guy, you will be missed.

episode #45

you can stream it HERE

uzuri - catalyst
baltimore (live) - nina simone
wolf call - elvis presley
allah wakbar - ofo the black company
ballskin - DOOM
ice people - link wray
moondog's theme - moondog
angie la la - nora dean
come on jerry - connie francis
them girls - lee hazelwood
pad - bobby summers
i got the... -labbi siffre
khusara khusara - hossam ramzy
the mesage - georgina dobson and cupboard simon
ponca de lanca africana - jorge ben
respect - rotary connection
tinsagu nu hana - takashi hirayasu
karate - the bedwells
karate sam - glen sutton
girls girls girls part 1 - the coasters
girls girls girls part 2 - the coasters
getting nasty - ike turner & the kings of rhythm
im your puppet - james and bobby
mama's coming - 24 carat black
arriba abayo y los lados - los belmont
sit down i think i love you - the mojo men
polyphony - brugnolini
space nigga - rodney trotter
i'm tied i'm tired i'm tired - marva whitney
burning spear - soulful strings
now matter what shape (your stomach is in) - t-bones
kundalini - limbus 4
banna boat (day o) - michiko hamamura
harlem - sea snake
the bartender's just like a mother - slim gallard
super wolf can do it - sugarhill gang
in the rain - the dramatics

Get Back !

Episode #44

You can stream it HERE

EPISODE #44:

Battlestar gallactica - OST
Apache - the chiefs
Cool Water - The Sons Of The Pioneers
Matey - paul page
With a little help from my friends - David Peel & The Lower east side
Pretty Plaid Skirt (and long black socks) - The Night Riders
bad girl - Zakary Thaks
baltimore oriole - lorenz alexandrias
la harpe jaune - brigitte fontaine
hey jude - the overton berry trio
there's a little picture playhouse - Simon dupree & the big sound
passport - jadoo
la gang - Mazza
teenage machine age - The Travellers
beautiful daddy - ofo the black company
chinatown, my chinatown - slim and slam
icbyatht wt - cool breeze
the duck - the hi-los
i love a good practical joke - pete myers
the nath family - untitled snake charming music
gasser - roy eldriidge
ban bang (my baby shot me down) - sam chalpin
a beatle i wanna be - sonny curtis
taxman/ chame o taxi - meire pavao
save my soul - wimple witch
now that's not love - Holly St. James
bass in love - guy pedersen
carmen mcRae - carry that weight
peace of mind - federal duck
p c p - Jeff and Jane Hudson
mutato muzika (demo) - devo
oh mr. dc - sugar minott
soft shell - motherlode
capricorno - Tommasi
nee nee na na nu nu - Dickey Doo & The Dont's
the dark forrest joggers - the black moth super rainbow
tune up - andy bey
jade pussycat - some 70's Porm Jamz (don't know the studio musicians)
watermelon man - karin krogh & the public enemies
johnny ande - gale haness
the last thing on my mind - gram parsons

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