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Playlist for 23 May 2013 Favoriting | Next time might be your time

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Artist Song Album Label Comments Approx. start time
Koota Tanimura  Cheers Here   Favoriting Typical Lowlife  Childisc    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Uakti  As 7 Tribos (The Seven Tribes)   Favoriting Uakti  Verve    0:02:46 (Pop-up)
"Blue" Gene Tyranny  Next Time Might Be Your Time   Favoriting Out of the Blue  Lovely Music; Unseen Worlds    0:06:33 (Pop-up)
Beatles  Any Time at All   Favoriting A Hard Day's Night  Parlophone    0:14:20 (Pop-up)
Stylistics  Rockin' Roll Baby   Favoriting Very Best of  H&L Records    0:16:31 (Pop-up)
 
Music behind DJ:
High Llamas 
Showstop Hic Hup (Mouse on Mars remix)   Favoriting Lollo Rosso  V2    0:20:51 (Pop-up)
Desi Arnaz  Tico Tico   Favoriting 78  RCA  found here; 61 versions (including this one) here  0:23:54 (Pop-up)
Geraint Watkins  Heroes and Villains   Favoriting Dial "W" For Watkins  Yep Roc    0:26:48 (Pop-up)
Jermain Tamraz  Moumita   Favoriting Memory Lane    more info here; cover at top of this page  0:30:33 (Pop-up)
Steeleye Span  Rosebud in June   Favoriting Below the Salt  Chrysalis    0:34:21 (Pop-up)
Slapp Happy  The Secret   Favoriting Acnalbasac Noom  ReR    0:37:52 (Pop-up)
The Philistines Jr.  The Sci-Fi Song   Favoriting The Sinking of the S.S. Danehower  Tarquin/Dot Dot Dash    0:41:14 (Pop-up)
DJ Pantshead & The Evolution Control Committee  Yugoslavia   Favoriting Weapons of Ass Destruction  Evolution Control Committee  go here  0:44:43 (Pop-up)
Earl Bostic  Blue Skies   Favoriting 78  King  found here  0:45:51 (Pop-up)
 
Music behind DJ:
Runaways UK 
Piano Tune   Favoriting Classic Tales (A Journey Through A Hip Hop Fantasy)  Three Sixty    0:48:33 (Pop-up)
Bix Beiderbecke  In a Mist   Favoriting Singin' the Blues  Columbia    0:52:27 (Pop-up)
The Bad Plus  Smells Like Teen Spirit   Favoriting These Are the Vistas  Columbia    0:55:04 (Pop-up)
Mike Nichols & Elaine May  Bach to Bach   Favoriting Improvisations to Music  Mercury    1:00:49 (Pop-up)
Alice Group (Doctor Kinchev & Co.)  A Juicesqueezer   Favoriting Energy  Melodia    1:06:16 (Pop-up)
Joe Jackson  Look Sharp   Favoriting Look Sharp  A&M    1:09:42 (Pop-up)
Nina Simone  Ain't Got No / I Got Life   Favoriting Bittersweet: The Very Best of  7N / BMG    1:13:07 (Pop-up)
Ghantasala & P. Susheela  Lahiri Lahiri (Film: Maya Bazaar)   Favoriting Hits From Telugu Films - Volume 5  Odeon/EMI  more info here  1:15:35 (Pop-up)
 
Music behind DJ:
Soul Ecstasy 
Club Kidnap   Favoriting "soundtrack"  Emperor Norton    1:18:01 (Pop-up)
Stereo Total  Dactylo Rock   Favoriting Stereo Total  Bobsled    1:22:27 (Pop-up)
Zani Diabate & The Super Djata Band  Facia   Favoriting Zani Diabate & The Super Djata Band  Mango    1:24:30 (Pop-up)
LCD Soundsystem  Home   Favoriting This is Happening  DFA    1:28:31 (Pop-up)
Blondie  Sunday Girl   Favoriting Parallel Lines  Chrysalis    1:36:19 (Pop-up)
Mitcehll Froom  Overcast (featuring Ron Sexsmith)   Favoriting Dopamine  Atlantic    1:39:10 (Pop-up)
Andy Bey & The Bey Sisters  Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye   Favoriting Andy Bey & The Bey Sisters  Prestige    1:41:37 (Pop-up)
 
Music behind DJ:
Artie Schroeck Implosion 
Amy's Theme   Favoriting A Spoonful of Lovin'  Verve    1:44:49 (Pop-up)
Giles, Giles & Fripp  Digging My Lawn   Favoriting The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles & Fripp  Deram    1:47:19 (Pop-up)
Joe Cocker  Space Captain   Favoriting Mad Dogs & Englishmen  A&M    1:49:27 (Pop-up)
Koota Tanimura  Meet Me in the Next Living   Favoriting Typical Lowlife  Childisc    1:54:02 (Pop-up)
 
Music behind DJ:
Leroy Anderson 
Forgotten Dreams   Favoriting Collection  Decca    1:58:29 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!

Avatar 11:41am People Like Us:

Herro
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:44am Charlie:

Harroo!
Avatar 11:47am Michael:

Top of the morning to you Charlie. And big wave to PLU too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:50am Charlie:

Heddo, Michael!
  11:55am Tower:

Hello All! Will be listening today but not much time for chat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58am Charlie:

Well, then I'll say hi now, Tower.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:59am pacific standard simon:

Good Noon, Charlie -- I got no silly song for you today.
Avatar 11:59am ndbob:

morning Charlie and everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm Charlie:

simon, your presence is silly enough ;)
hiya bob
Avatar 12:04pm duke:

Ready to do nothing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm pacific standard simon:

[waggles tongue, wiggles ears, thumbs nose]
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm Doug Schulkind:

Have fun pronouncing "Uakti," Charlie. Don't sprain your tonsils.
Avatar 12:06pm other eddie:

so much more productive when doing something to be busy doing nothing with charlie et al. thanks for the company y'all
Avatar 12:08pm fleep:

I'm calling doing laundry as 'nothing.' Since the machine does most of the work. And good day, Charlie.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:09pm Charlie:

Always ready to do nothing, Duke!
Hey, Eddie!
Fleep!
@Doug: wah-KEE-chee, n'est-ce pas?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:09pm pacific standard simon:

I'm collecting unemployment insurance -- that's CLOSE to nothing.
Avatar 12:13pm northguineahills:

Hi-Five! PSS! Me too!
Avatar 12:13pm still b/p:

It's surprising how many people adamantly and impatiently insist you SHOULD collect unemployment if you chose no to. Interesting phenomenon.
  12:15pm trish:

RIP Trevor Bolder

An obit with a video link to Queen Bitch http://www.clashmusic.com/news/david-bowie-bass-player-trevor-bolder-dies
Avatar 12:16pm duke:

Really like that BGT thing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:17pm Charlie:

howdy ngh, b/p, trish -- too bad about trevor.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:19pm pacific standard simon:

That's a shame about Trevor -- I thought he really made The Man Who Sold The World work.
  12:19pm trish:

I'm mistakenly listening to Diane's show, again. (heh.)
Avatar 12:19pm other eddie:

charlie! how do you know exactly what i need when i don't even have a clue??
Avatar 12:19pm northguineahills:

I didn't when I had a 3 month spell in '98, and I regretted it (was finishing up my BA, and I was expecting a job soon).
  12:21pm trish:

A stitch to the playlist on a Bolder run: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/50782
Avatar 12:21pm fleep:

Trevor - same age as me. That puts a spin on the morning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:21pm pacific standard simon:

I need the unemployment to pay for my COBRA health insurance continuation.
Avatar 12:23pm northguineahills:

@Trish: I do that all the time b/tn the streams. especially if there's a hiccup in one stream, it will skip to the other.
  12:25pm trish:

Slip of the stream.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:27pm pacific standard simon:

That "Tico Tico" post on Beware of The Blog was wonderful -- I ended up burning a whole CD of nothing but "Tico Tico" versions.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:27pm Rick from SC:

what a nice snappy tune to brighten up the day
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:30pm Brian in UK:

Van Dyke Parks lyrics as bonkers/unintelligible as ever. I refer you to Surfs Up.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:32pm Brian in UK:

Tsh, my manners, I must have left them at home. Hello Charlie y amigos. Oh I am at home.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:33pm pacific standard simon:

As someone who has read more than his share of the poetry of Andre Breton and Paul Eluard, I have to chuckle when people complain about the obscurity of the lyrics of Van Dyke Parks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:33pm Charlie:

other eddie -- because I don't have a clue either, so we're on the same wavelength
hi also brian, rick!
Avatar 12:34pm still b/p:

Busy Clueing Nothing!
Avatar 12:36pm Parq:

Howdy, all. Few things are more welcome than the collective voice of Steeleye Span.
Avatar 12:36pm northguineahills:

Steeleye Span!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:37pm Charlie:

busy cueing nothing (up)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:40pm Brian in UK:

@simon That's why Song Cycle did not stay long in this house. Was it Eluard who was chums with Picasso, Man Ray, Lee Miller?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:41pm Brian in UK:

I did love his production work on Phil Ochs Greatest Hits though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:46pm pacific standard simon:

Among many others, Brian. Don't think he could have gotten on very well with Dali, who stole his wife, though.
Avatar 12:47pm Parq:

Wait, the meat was stuffed with nuts and polished boots?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:47pm Brian in UK:

I loves Lee Miller.
Dare I ask any luck yesterday?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:48pm Charlie:

yo, Parq
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:49pm Stanley:

Signing in.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:49pm pacific standard simon:

The interview went well, but I don't know just how well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:50pm pacific standard simon:

One man's meat is another man's boot-blacked nuts!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:52pm Brian in UK:

Hey Stanley. Beer o'clock?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:53pm Stanley:

I wish. I'm on a dry day, today.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:53pm Uncle Michael:

I'm hear but sadly, for a little while...my sound is off. Loved what I heard in the car, Charlie.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:54pm Stanley:

UM - in the car? How come?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:55pm Brian in UK:

Stanley, my condolences.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:56pm Brian in UK:

Apologies Charlie, gotta do something.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:57pm Charlie:

Hey, Uncle Hinky Dinky, if you're still here.
seeya Brian,
Howdy Stanley!
Avatar 12:57pm 5tinymice:

I can still mosh to this..it's pretty dope!
  1:01pm jan:

@Charlie: Just joined the party. Was out taking photos- got showered on, but needed the rainy weather. You say it's foggy in VT?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:03pm pacific standard simon:

I was hoping for Satie, but this works well, too.
  1:14pm Tower:

Love Look Sharp, love the whole LP. I have a copy on two 10" records also.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:14pm Uncle Michael:

@Stanley: The car is how I get from where I live to where I work.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:15pm Uncle Michael:

I have sound!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:15pm Charlie:

Hi, Jan, no I meant it's foggy in my head!
Tower - "I want Satie, but I got T-Rex"
Avatar 1:16pm northguineahills:

Not sure how or why, but I also have a copy of Look Sharp.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:17pm Uncle Michael:

NGH, I still have my split 10" Look Sharp but the bu8tton is missing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:18pm pacific standard simon:

@Uncle Michael - I was in the middle of writing the same comment when you posted that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:21pm Uncle Michael:

Were you going to make the same typo?
Avatar 1:23pm northguineahills:

* Not to be confused w/ Dizzee Rascal's "Look Sharp".
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:23pm pacific standard simon:

Missed the typo, and called the person who kept the badge a "dirty bastard".
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:27pm Uncle Michael:

Mine had the button when I bought it. It had shrink wrap too. It was 1979. I lost the button myself.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:28pm Charlie:

Maybe the button's in your car, Uncle Michael
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:30pm Uncle Michael:

I sold that '78 Ford Fiesta a while back, I'm afraid.
Avatar 1:30pm northguineahills:

I got mine in a bargain bin in FL, it was already beat up and there was no button.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:32pm Uncle Michael:

Actually...if I can find my mother-lode of New Wave buttons somewhere...it will likely still be in with them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:32pm pacific standard simon:

I would have guessed a 1961 Volvo.

Here's my remaining buttons:

www.flickr.com...
Avatar 1:37pm other eddie:

does anybody remember a spliced-up audio track from some film where a diner waitress keeps asking if the customer would like a piece of pie or a cup of coffee? I heard it years ago, maybe here or on kenny g's or ken's show...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:39pm pacific standard simon:

My sing-a-long track for today!
Avatar 1:39pm Parq:

"Parallel Lines" is another album I remember vividly from that era, as was "Look Sharp".
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:39pm Charlie:

eddie -- that's Negativland "Piece a Pie"
Avatar 1:41pm Parq:

Other Eddie:
www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:41pm Charlie:

from the album "No Business"
Avatar 1:41pm other eddie:

thanks!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:41pm Uncle Michael:

Ok...with a four-day weekend...I plan to find my buttons, dammit.
Avatar 1:42pm Parq:

One of my favorite Negland creations, by the way.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:44pm Charlie:

Then you can wear "More flair," Michael
Avatar 1:44pm Parq:

Forgive the overkill, but:
wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:46pm Uncle Michael:

Is the world ready for me with more flair?
Avatar 1:46pm fleep:

As you typed 'more flair' I was looking at a movie trailer with Jennifer Aniston.
Avatar 1:46pm other eddie:

that piece a pie is just brilliant
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:46pm Uncle Michael:

plate of shrimp
Avatar 1:47pm Parq:

Yeah, isn't it? UM, two points.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:47pm pacific standard simon:

Wash it down with a Nesbitt's Lime Soda.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:49pm pacific standard simon:

Surely you've thrown out all your old flairs, UM.
Avatar 1:50pm fleep:

Flares. Or flairs. Either way.
Avatar 1:50pm Parq:

<arms involuntarily contract>
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:53pm Uncle Michael:

I have flair...but not flares.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:53pm pacific standard simon:

Stop that twitching, Parq!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:54pm KevinfromBayRidge:

Hello Charlie & all. So Happy to be able to listen compliments of the Pop-UP!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:55pm Stanley:

UM - (back now form the kitchen) What I meant was how can you listen to the stream in the car?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:56pm Matt F:

Hi Charlie. Fun Fact: We both played Andy Williams's "Can't Get Used To Losing You" last week. First time in history that two FMU shows in a row have played Andy Williams, I bet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:56pm Uncle Michael:

@Stanley: Smartphone through the car stereo. I stream audio in the car constantly, including my own entire music library from my house. Hit me up if you want more info.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:57pm Charlie:

It don't happen often, Matt, that's for sure. Big hit, that, even on the R&B charts.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:57pm Uncle Michael:

Matt, you and I play tracks from the Spinout OST on consecutive days. That's gotta count for something.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:58pm Charlie:

Hey y'all -- here's Matt Fiveash's playlist:
www.wfmu.org...
Baby, stick around!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:58pm Doug Schulkind:

@Stanley
Uncle Michael has a transponder in his back left molar. That baby can pull in Beijing on a clear day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:58pm Charlie:

And thanks all for hanging out here today. Seeya...
Avatar 1:58pm ndbob:

excellent show charlie!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:59pm Matt F:

Great, great song. Charlie, there's a Doc Pomus docu that's been on the festival circuit. Trailer can be found on youtube, it looks amazing! UM, yeah, we should get some kind of grant.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:59pm Stanley:

@Doug - blimey, that's clever.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:59pm Uncle Michael:

Thanks, Charlie.
Avatar 2:00pm northguineahills:

Bravo, Charlie!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:00pm Stanley:

Very much enjoyed your show, Charlie.
I'm sticking around to catch the rest of this GDSR double bill,
Avatar 2:01pm other eddie:

well done. thanks charlie
  2:01pm trish:

Thanks to you and the concurrent Diane K., as ever.
Avatar 2:11pm Michael:

Very nice show indeed charlie - gracias.
  10:20pm Gramulis:

Thats a very beautiful picture of Giles, Giles, and Fripp. Robert Fripp looks like he's having fun with that warped grin on his face a great band too.
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