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Transpacific Sound Paradise
Saturday, September 1, 2018
Labor of Love: Radio Ping-Pong w/ Katie Gentile:
Indie Rock vs. World Music Cover Song Battle!

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The seventeenth edition of an annual late summer tradition: Rob Weisberg and longtime sidekick Katie Gentile play radio ping-pong, trading tracks back and forth. Rob bounces popular and unpopular music from around the world off Katie's vintage and contemporary indie rock. It's genre-clashing at its FMU-iest.

This year's special theme: World and non-world cover versions!

Rob, as you may know, is an unpaid radio DJ and record geek. Katie, on the other hand, is an academic, blogger, author, open-water swimmer and violinist in the band The Special Pillow.

Katie’s most recent book is The Business of Being Made (Routledge, 2016). The Special Pillow's latest album is Sleeping Weird (Zofko, 2018).

This Week's Playlist:

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Angela Kalule: Me and Bobby McGee / Various Artists: Last King of Scotland OST (0:00:00 Pop-up)

The Magick Heads: When I Kiss the Teacher / ABBAsalutely: A Flying Nun Tribute to the Music of ABBA (0:04:56 Pop-up)
Flying Nun

Shikisha: Pretty Vacant / Belt It Out! (0:07:47 Pop-up)

The Pooh Sticks: Dying For It / 7" / Fierce Recordings (0:11:12 Pop-up)

Bogard Brothers: That Will Be the Day / Various Artists: Flying Rock / Global Village (0:17:12 Pop-up)

Swell Maps: 14th Floor (0:19:43 Pop-up)
TV Personalities Cover

Taraf de Haidouks: Corinna, Corinna / Various Artists: From Another World: A Tribute to Bob Dylan / Buda Musique (0:23:24 Pop-up)
This song was first recorded by Bo Carter (Brunswick 7080, December 1928) and many others since...

Johnny Hallyday: Le Coeur comme une Montagne / Hollywood (0:28:10 Pop-up)
Cover of Isn't It Time by the Babys

Ushu Uthup: Lelo Dil Mera (I Will Survive) / 24 Carats (0:31:29 Pop-up)

Vomit Launch: Block of Wood / Not Even Pretty + Teenbeat (0:37:44 Pop-up)
Bats cover

Angelique Kidjo: Houses in Motion / Remain in Light / * (0:40:15 Pop-up)
GIG: Angélique Kidjo's Remain in Light / Resistance Revival Chorus @ Central Park Summerstage. Thursday, September 27, 2018. 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 6:00 pm).

Dinosaur Jr.: Just Like Heaven / You're Living All Over Me (on the 2005 Merge and Imperial reissues) / Merge (0:45:36 Pop-up)

Ananda Shankar: Jumpin' Jack Flash / Ananda Shankar (0:47:46 Pop-up)

The Jam: So Sad About Us / Direction, Reaction, Creation (0:50:48 Pop-up)

Norma Waterson: St. Swithin's Day / Norma Waterson / Hannibal (0:54:21 Pop-up)

Esso Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band: Cecilia / The Esso Trinidad Steel Band (1:02:12 Pop-up)
Related Event: Tonight is the Steel Band Panorama at the Brooklyn Museum, one of the many events ahead of the annual Caribbean Carnival / Parade on Eastern Parkway on Monday

Elf Power: Nothing's Going To Happen / Nothing's Going to Happen (1:04:58 Pop-up)

Patricia Motaung and the Super Five: Save Me / 7" (1:10:33 Pop-up)

Of Montreal: Spanish Dance Troupe / Covers EP / Polyvinyl (1:13:45 Pop-up)
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci cover

Maloko: In the Midnight Hour / Soul on Fire (1:16:29 Pop-up)

The Feelies: Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey / Crazy Rhythms / Stiff (1:20:32 Pop-up)

Occidental Brothers Band: Bizarre Love Triangle / Odo Sanbra (1:24:22 Pop-up)
New Order Cover

Billy Bragg and Joe Henry: Early Morning Rain / Shine a Light (1:34:42 Pop-up)

Emilio el Moro: El Submarino Amarillo / Grandes Éxitos de Emilio el Moro (1:38:16 Pop-up)
Originally on a four-song 7" - Cartagenera / Submarino Amarillo / Amor Amargo / La Banda Borracha, 1967

Dump: I Want To Be With You / I Can Hear Music bonus cd (1:42:13 Pop-up)
Neil Innes cover

Isaya Mwinamo: Bamba la Africa / Various Artists - Before Benga Vol. 2 - The Nairobi Sound / Original Music (1:43:44 Pop-up)

Yo La Tengo: Cast a Shadow / Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo / Matador (1:46:36 Pop-up)

Feufollet: Baby's on Fire / Single / Valcour Records (1:48:57 Pop-up)

Cave Story: Helicopter Spies (1:53:46 Pop-up)
Swell Maps cover

Yat-Kha: Ramblin' Man / Re-Covers (2:03:03 Pop-up)
Hank Williams Cover

Ed Kuepper: Finding You / Various Artists - Love Goes On (2:07:33 Pop-up)
Go-Betweens Cover

Musicians of the Nile: Tangled Up in Blue / Various Artists: From Another World: A Tribute to Bob Dylan / Buda Musique (2:12:18 Pop-up)

The Boo Radleys: There She Goes / Various Artists - So I Married An Axe Murderer OST (2:18:52 Pop-up)

Fanfare Ciocărlia: Born to Be Wild / Various Artists - Borat OST (2:20:55 Pop-up)

Primal Scream: City Slang / Single (2:24:00 Pop-up)

Monsoon: Tomorrow Never Knows / Third Eye / The Mobile Suit Corporation (2:32:41 Pop-up)

The Springfields: Million Tears / Reach For The Stars / Summershine (2:36:13 Pop-up)
Pastels cover

Ondatrópica: I Ron Man / Ondatrópica / Soundway (2:39:14 Pop-up)

Shonen Knife: Top of the World / Various Artists: If I Were A Carpenter (2:42:07 Pop-up)

Opium Jukebox: War Pigs / Bhangra Bloody Bhangra, A Tribute To Black Sabbath (2:55:57 Pop-up)

Eugenius: Indian Summer / Oomalama / Atlantic (2:55:06 Pop-up)

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Organizations supporting the rights of immigrants and refugees:

(For more suggestions see https://www.bustle.com/p/9-immigration-organizations-to-donate-to-if-you-want-to-support-daca-recipients-80757.)

National Immigration Law Center: Established in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants.

National Immigration Forum: The National Immigration Forum is one of the leading immigrant advocacy organizations in the country, with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the nation.

New York Immigration Coalition: The New York Immigration Coalition aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all. The NYIC promotes immigrants’ full civic participation, fosters their leadership, and provides a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York’s diverse immigrant communities.

Arab American Family Support Center (New York City): The Arab-American Family Support Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-sectarian organization that provides culturally and linguistically sensitive services to immigrant communities throughout New York City.

Action NYC: ActionNYC connects New Yorkers to free, safe immigration legal help. You can make an appointment to learn your immigration legal options and get immigration application assistance. There are ActionNYC sites in all five boroughs. Appointments are required. Your appointment will be in your language.

Immigration Equality is the leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization in the country. It provide s advice and legal services to thousands of LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants seeking refuge, fair treatment, and freedom in the United States. The work is truly lifesaving because there are nearly 80 countries around the world where it is a crime to be LGBTQ, with consequences up to and including the death penalty. For this reason, Immigration Equality fights to obtain asylum in the United States for LGBTQ and HIV-positive refugees - with a remarkable 99% win rate.

International Refugee Assistance Project: The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.

International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF): AALDEF is a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans by combining litigation, advocacy, education, and community organizing. Issues / focus include immigrant rights, civic participation and voting rights, economic justice for workers, language access to services, educational equity, housing and environmental justice, and the elimination of anti-Asian violence, police misconduct, and human trafficking.

Make the Road New York (MRNY): MRNY builds the power of Latino and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services.

Make the Road New Jersey (MRNJ): Make the Road New Jersey builds the power of immigrant and working class communities in New Jersey to achieve dignity and justice through community organizing, legal and support services, transformative education and policy innovation.