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Favoriting February 17, 2021: That Land: The Persian Cassette Experience
Peter Doolan of the legendary Monrakplengthai sent us 30 Persian cassettes last week. We'll hear representative tracks alongside pre-revolution-era recordings from Iran

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Artist Track Album Year Images Approx. start time

Music behind DJ:
Bodega Pop 

Intro   Favoriting

Bodega Pop 

2021 

 

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Intro: Two versions, decades apart
Zia  Helelyos   Favoriting Pomegranates - Persian Pop, Funk, Folk And Psych Of The 60s And 70s  2010    0:04:38 (Pop-up)
Zia  Helelyos   Favoriting Hawaee  20XX 
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Music behind DJ:
Akhtar 

Tar Solo   Favoriting

Let No One Judge You — Early Recordings From Iran, 1906-1933 

2014 

 

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Iran on 78 RPMs, 1900s-1950s
Parvaneh  Zābol, Mokhālef (Segāh)   Favoriting Let No One Judge You — Early Recordings From Iran, 1906-1933  2014    0:19:22 (Pop-up)
Unknown Artist  Persian Popular Song   Favoriting Victrola Favorites: Artifacts from Bygone Days  2007    0:20:38 (Pop-up)
Khaledi and Zahedi  Bayāt-e Tork, Pt. 2   Favoriting Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World's Music  2020    0:24:13 (Pop-up)
Iran Dowleh Helen  Byyatt Turk   Favoriting The Secret Museum Of Mankind Vol. 3 (Ethnic Music Classics: 1925-48)  1996    0:27:39 (Pop-up)
Tufanpur Orchestra  Reng-E Ghafghaz   Favoriting Excavated Shellac: Reeds  2015    0:30:26 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Abol-Hasan Sabā 

Chaopan   Favoriting

Excavated Shellac: Strings - Guitar, Oud, Tar, Violin and More from the 78 Rpm Era 

2010 

 

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Persian Cassettes, Part 1, 1999-2003
Soroush Izadi  Side B Track 2   Favoriting Soroush Izadi  1999 
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Shaghayegh  Chareh Chieh   Favoriting Shaghayegh  2000 
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Shohreh Solati  Rooz Az No   Favoriting My Destiny  2003 
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Googoosh  QQ Bang Bang   Favoriting QQ Bang Bang  2000 
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Music behind DJ:
Sooren 

Night Dance   Favoriting

Memory 

1999 

Favoriting

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Recordings by Deben Bhattacharya, 1955
Shapoore Delshadi  Tar Solo in Isfahan Dastgah   Favoriting Paris to Calcutta: Men and Music on the Desert Road  2018    1:11:05 (Pop-up)
Sher Khoda  Shahnama   Favoriting Paris to Calcutta: Men and Music on the Desert Road  2018    1:17:53 (Pop-up)
Eskandare Ebrahimi  Setar Improvisation in Mahour Dastgah   Favoriting Paris to Calcutta: Men and Music on the Desert Road  2018    1:31:28 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Ostad Abol-Hassan Saba 

Setar Improvisation in Mahour Dastgah   Favoriting

Paris to Calcutta: Men and Music on the Desert Road 

2018 

 

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Persian Cassettes, Part 2, 1998-2000
Unknown Artists  Side B Track 3   Favoriting Pars Video Cassette   
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Homeyra  That Land   Favoriting That Land  2002 
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Tooraj  Helheleh Banoo   Favoriting Khahesh  2001 
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Aram  Separation Day   Favoriting Be Gharar  2001 
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Mehdi  Saiboon   Favoriting Zamooneh  1998 
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Jaklin  Soghati   Favoriting Flowers of Iran  2002 
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Music behind DJ:
Parviz Rahman Panah 

Nayestan   Favoriting

Golha 2000 

2000 

Favoriting

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Iranian 1960s-70s
Morteza  Sabr Kon   Favoriting Tisheh O Risheh: Funk, Psychedelia and Pop from the Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation  2012    2:19:50 (Pop-up)
Saeed  Kocheh Asha   Favoriting Raks Raks Raks - 27 Golden Garage Psych Nuggets from the Iranian 60s Scene  2009    2:24:37 (Pop-up)
Nooshafarin  Ghebleh   Favoriting Zendooni: Funk Psychedelia and Pop from the Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation  2012    2:28:25 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Mehrpouya 

Soul Raga   Favoriting

Persian Funk 

2011 

 

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Persian Cassettes, Part 3
Unknown Artists  Side A Track 5   Favoriting Pars Video Cassette   
Favoriting
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Siyavesh Avesta  Hafez (Excerpt)   Favoriting Hafez   
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Habib  Khaneye Koochack   Favoriting Khaneye Koochak  2002 
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Mansour  Arezoomeh   Favoriting The Fugitive (Farari)  2008 
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Ziba Shirazi  Soil   Favoriting That Land  2002 
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Music behind DJ:
Catrina Paslaru 

Hei La Bodega   Favoriting

Hei La Bodega - Carnaval! 

2000 

 

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Listener comments!

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Gary:

Hey, Kids! Check out WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio's new LANDING PAGE: wfmu.org...
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LambdaCalculus:

Evening, Gary!
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Gary:

Hey there, LambdaCalculus!
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LambdaCalculus:

Thanks for the City of Ghosts soundtrack! I also now found the movie on DVD finally!
  6:59pm
RetroHawk:

evening folks
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Gary:

Oh, I've never seen the film itself! Hey there, RetroHawk!
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chresti:

Hi Gary Bodega show!
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LambdaCalculus:

Heya RetroHawk!
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StringOFperils:

Hola!
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LambdaCalculus:

Gary, if you're interested, I can send you a DVD rip once I make one!
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Gary:

Got sound yet?
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listener james from westwood:

Got sound!
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LambdaCalculus:

Got sound!
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Gary:

Hey there, Chresti, James, StringOFPerils! I'd love to see it, LambdaC
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WR:

hello Gary and fellow bodegans, busy busy here and not with work. music music.
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Gary:

WR!
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TDK60:

Hi Gary and Bodegapops.
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Gary:

TDK60!
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chresti:

Music is a good kind of busy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
Gary:

Busy music for busy bodies
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david w:

This is looking to be some adventure!
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Ike:

Hi! This is cool!
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LambdaCalculus:

This track is damn good!
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tim abdellah:

Hi Gary and Friends! This should be fun. Thanks to Peter for providing the tapes! And yeah, this track is killer!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Gary:

David! Ike! Tim!
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tim abdellah:

I'm pretty sure I played that song when I was gigging with an Assyrian wedding band.
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Gary:

Whoa! Multiple points scored, Tim
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tim abdellah:

;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
Gary:

Tim, since Persian script seems the same as (or close enough to) Arabic, you can keep my transliterations honest, as I'll be posting pics of the covers and cassettes
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Threemoons:

Heyo again all!!
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Gary:

Threemoons!
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chresti:

Street, I think, or avenue. It's an E/W street that is in SFV.
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Threemoons:

Yup, so happy that I found a way to play all of the WFMU stations on both my Jeff Bezos Spying and Capitalism Compliance Device AND via WinAmp! My work days go much more smoothly now...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
Gary:

Street, yes, thank you, Chresti! I just see it now on the cassette image at the top of the playlist.
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Gary:

I'll never get over how amazing the sound of tahrir is
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tim abdellah:

Hey Gary - Google's probably better than me at fleshing out a working Persian transliteration. I don't know how the vowels work in Persian.
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Rich in Washington:

Gary!
  7:33pm
Jill B:

Hi Gary, Thought I would stop by and listen for a little while. XO
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Gary:

Rich! Hi, Mom! What going on in Oregon?
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TDK60:

Hi Rich in Washington.
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Rich in Washington:

Hi TDK60!
Hi Gary's Mom!
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chresti:

Hi Rich!
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chresti:

TDK60, Gary's playing cassettes.
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Rich in Washington:

Hi chresti! How's it going?
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chresti:

OK Rich, today's my Friday. How are things in Washington?
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TDK60:

chresti, I know. Dig Persian music, old and newer.
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Rich in Washington:

It's soggy and melting here. But I'd rather that than have more snow.
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doctorjazz:

Hey all!
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Gary:

DoctorJazz!
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TDK60:

Gary, were you saying most of this later music was recorded in California, or that's just where the record label was?
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doctorjazz:

More snowpredicted for New York and New Joisey!
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Gary:

That's where the record labels are, yes, and I think *most* of it was recorded there, too ... but not all of it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
Gary:

So, for instance, that singer we just heard, Shaghayegh, I think is Canadian? Here's a FB page about her: www.facebook.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
Gary:

This woman, Shohreh, had a significant career in swing in Iran before having to leave in the late 70s/early 80s
Avatar 🇰🇷 Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
WR:

interesting and fun music and the pictures of the cassettes is a big plus. thank you, already this is a show for repeat listening.
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tim abdellah:

Wow, this rocks!
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tim abdellah:

La Googoosh! What is that white pill thing on that cassette scan. And why is she talking about Elvis Presley and James Dean?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
Gary:

Haha, the white pill thing is a cut-out -- this cassette was remaindered. Googoosh! Remaindered!
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tim abdellah:

That's just wrong!
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Gary:

It's not right!
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TDK60:

Never turn your nose up to a remaindered cassette.
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melinda:

Ready for the Persian cassette experience
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Gary:

The PCE is ready for YOU, Melinda!
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tim abdellah:

That was epic!
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chresti:

Guns, I think.
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TDK60:

I'd like to try a tar. (If anyone has one unused in the attic...)
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Gary:

A tar would be a feather in yr cap?
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tim abdellah:

Whoa - what is this? Is there any info about it with the album?
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chresti:

Tar is four string.
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Gary:

Oh My Gosh! There's a LOT of info about it! Tim, you need this book/4-CD set, seriously! Lemme see if I can find out what it's saying about this track ...
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chresti:

en.wikipedia.org...
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TDK60:

Thanks chresti.
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chresti:

I wouldn't mind having a Dotār.
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Gary:

So, Tim, this is a poem by 9th century Persian poet Ferdowsi; it's the national epic of Iran and according to this text, the longest poem by a single poet. "Cast here as an exercise routine." Recorded in Tehran, 1955
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TDK60:

That looks groovy too, chresti. I also wouldn't mind a Turkish tanbur, and a sarod too. And a hurdy-gurdy while we're at it.
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chresti:

Abso-Lute-ly, TDK60
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TDK60:

hoo! that too..
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Gary:

TBH I imagined all frequent WFMU listeners had hurdy-gurdies prominently displayed in their living rooms. This is just my imagination & not true?
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northguineahills:

Do we have any Parsi music (the Zoroastrians who fled Iran for India [mostly now in India near Goa to the Pakistani border). during the Islam invasion)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:30pm
Gary:

NGH! I do have some on CD, but haven't ripped it yet :(
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tim abdellah:

Thanks Gary - very cool! I see the album is available on Bandcamp for $10 as a download. Will put it on my wishlisht! Sez the CD came with reproductions of Bhattacharya's original recording notes! I wonder if the digital edition comes with a pdf.
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Gary:

Maybe? But, dang, I would get the book if I were you. It's got a lot of notes about this trip that you're not going to wanna miss
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Gary:

^Sublime Frequencies shill
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TDK60:

Gary, Tim, sounds like quite a compilation.
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tim abdellah:

Very cool - did you see my post this week about the Paul Bowles Morocco recordings/notes? Sounds similar!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:37pm
Gary:

Tim, I just took a photo of Bhattacharya's notes on the track of interest -- emailing it to you now -- this book is filled with this stuff!
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chresti:

sublimefrequencies.bandcamp.com...
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tim abdellah:

Awesome - thanks Gary!
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TDK60:

One place that has world instruments for sale is Lark in the Morning. Bay area I think.
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Gary:

I've seen some places here in Queens, too, TDK -- Ouds in my neighborhood, for instance
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TDK60:

Music Inn in Greenwich V. has some too.
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peter:

hello Gary & all!
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Gary:

The Man of the Hour! Peter, a thousand Thank Yous for sending these amazing artifacts
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tim abdellah:

Peter! Tonight's benefactor!
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peter:

my pleasure! can't wait to catch it all on the replay
  8:56pm
LRSN:

Hey Gary, tell the people what zendegi means!
  8:56pm
LRSN:

It means LIFE
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Gary:

Zendegi is a science fiction novel by Australian author Greg Egan and goddammit, LRSN, it EXPLORES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN!
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tim abdellah:

There was an interview recently broadcast on KPFA out here with Nahid Siamdoust, about her book "Soundtrack of the Revolution: The Politics of Music in Iran". Super interesting, about government policy regarding music post-revolution in Iran, and how it's been negotiated over time. The book sounds really interesting. Dates from 2017: soundcloud.com...
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tim abdellah:

Part 2: soundcloud.com...
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Gary:

oh, shoot, I gotta listen and track down that book. There's also Tehrangeles Dreaming, which I gotta pick up at some point: www.dukeupress.edu...
  8:59pm
LRSN:

Is it good? I'll read it
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Gary:

LRSN, so nice to see you, man! I have no idea, I just cut and pasted it from the internet ... like everything else :)
  9:01pm
LRSN:

It's just a fun word to listen for because it's in every song.
SALOOM IROON
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Gary:

Also in every Bollywood song, as I'm guessin U no
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coelacanth☯:

greetings Gary & all
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Gary:

coelacanth☯!
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northguineahills:

I'm a huge fan of Bollywood sndtrks, but after watching a few movies, it gets a bit samey and predictable. However, Indian cinema has taken great strides in the last 15 years...
  9:11pm
peter:

oo yeah Tehrangeles Dreaming is a must-read! several of these exact cassettes are described there-in :)
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StringOFperils:

This is quite amazing.
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Gary:

Holy Shit! I gotta get off my ass, then sit my ass back down, click a few times, and order that book. It's been in my queue for a while now, TBH ... I am an idiot for not ordering it in time for this show tho
  9:17pm
peter:

oo is this that Scientologist one? this one took some rescuing! it was all spooled-out and static-y
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Gary:

YES, IT IS!!! Oh my gosh, I didn't realize you had done work on these!
  9:22pm
peter:

only a few ;)
well, back to the grind, good folks.. enjoy! can't wait to catch up with the rest
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Gary:

Have a great night, and thanks again, Peter!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33pm
Gary:

Kids! Kids? Where did you kids go? Well, wherever you are, you're gonna wanna stick around after this insanity for Sam Segal's always thrillingly lush If You Lose Your Horse! Tonight's episode is "The Mountain, A Thieving Horse" wfmu.org...
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Ike:

Still here. Stir-frying.
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TDK60:

I'm still here.
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tim abdellah:

Still here, still grooving!
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chresti:

I am too, looking at tars and cigarbox violins.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48pm
Gary:

Hard to underestimate Dire Straights' influence on international pop I guess
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tim abdellah:

They're basically responsible for the whole Sahara guitar thing!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49pm
Gary:

True! And also I have misspelled them: Dire Straits
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:50pm
Gary:

I remember the first time hearing them on the bus going to or coming from high school and thinking: "So cold, so clean"
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tim abdellah:

Yeah - I remember "Sultans of Swing" being on the radio and thinking "meh"...
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tim abdellah:

But they were very well known and liked in Morocco among people who liked rock and roll.
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tim abdellah:

... when I was there back in the 90s
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chresti:

I have also been shuffling around the kitchen table.
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TDK60:

Been looking for instruments online.
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Ike:

Verdict on items from Sunrise Mart:
Fresh tofu: Very good.
Sliced boiled bamboo shoots: Bleh.
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tim abdellah:

@TDK - find anything good, and reasonable priced?
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chresti:

www.biswaj.com...
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Gary:

Oooh, that one's nice, Chresti
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TDK60:

Tim, yes a few deals, but most are expensive.
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chresti:

biswaj has used stuff, haven't seen tars yet.
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coelacanth☯:

sultans of swing knocked me out when it came along. i immediately bought the album, i didn't wait for xmas; then the whole album proceeded to knock me out! listened to it daily for many months.
. . . i didn't get any other of their records and haven't wanted to hear them since the early 80s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57pm
coelacanth☯:

chresti are you looking to buy one or make one?
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TDK60:

Thanks, Gary.
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LambdaCalculus:

Thanks for the tunes, Gary!
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chresti:

Buy something cheap, coel.
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tim abdellah:

@Coel - I did like the "Love Over Gold" album when that was out.
@Gary - Thanks for another great ride!
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coelacanth☯:

Thanks Gary!
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gailvachon:

Great show!!
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StringOFperils:

Thanks Gary! Fantastic trip.
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Ike:

Solid neigh!
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chresti:

Thanks Gary!
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Gary:

Goodnight and thanks, everyone, and hi GailVachon!
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chresti:

But mostly looking..
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WR:

thank you Gary!
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