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Favoriting May 7, 2022: I'm so psyched to do this with Dave, my meditation buddy from so many years ago. Aram Bajakian is a guitar player who lived in New York for just over a decade but has been based in Vancouver for the past 9 years.
I've done some touring with Lou Reed, Diana Krall and Madeleine Peyroux and have also worked with John Zorn and the original CAN singer, Malcolm Mooney. I write my own music as well that reflects my life. Sometimes it's noisy, sometimes it's quiet. Lately I've been working on a PhD in ethnomusicology, studying the music of my ancestors, Armenian folk music that was recorded around the time of the Armenian genocide.

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Artist Track Album Comments Approx. start time
Ian William Craig  Comma   Favoriting Comma  https://ianwilliamcraig.bandcamp.com/   
Ian William Craig  Weight   Favoriting Comma  https://ianwilliamcraig.bandcamp.com/  0:02:06 (Pop-up)
Destroyer  Tintoretto It's for You   Favoriting Labrynthitis    0:15:10 (Pop-up)
Yu Su  Xiu   Favoriting Yellow River Blue    0:18:00 (Pop-up)
Walgrin  Pseudo Relgion   Favoriting Pseudo Religion    0:22:12 (Pop-up)
Kermany Minas  Memo   Favoriting Armenians in America on 78 rpm, from the Ara Dinkjian Archive    0:35:01 (Pop-up)
Stepan, Haigaz  Zaza Makame   Favoriting Armenians in America on 78 rpm, from the Ara Dinkjian Archive    0:39:18 (Pop-up)
Udi Hrant  Serut Inzi Misht Gayre   Favoriting Armenians in America on 78 rpm, from the Ara Dinkjian Archive    0:42:12 (Pop-up)
Roza Eskenazy  Gazeli arabi ouzak   Favoriting Armenians in America on 78 rpm, from the Ara Dinkjian Archive    0:45:32 (Pop-up)
Rita Abatzi  Gazeli Neva Sabah   Favoriting Songs of the Cafe Aman    0:48:57 (Pop-up)
Ara Dinkjian  Silence   Favoriting Conversations with Manol    1:04:22 (Pop-up)
The Secret Trio  Picture   Favoriting Three of Us    1:07:51 (Pop-up)
Onnik Dinkjian  Yardile/Karnan Dzaghig/Anoughig Aghchig   Favoriting The Many Sides of Onnik    1:13:09 (Pop-up)
Haydar Tatliyay  Hicaz Taksim   Favoriting Kemani    1:18:41 (Pop-up)
Alexis Zoumbas  Doina   Favoriting A Lament For Epirus 1926-1928    1:21:57 (Pop-up)
Aram Bajakian  Medicaid Lullaby   Favoriting There Were Flowers Also In Hell  https://arambajakian.bandcamp.com/track/medicaid-lullaby   
Aram Bajakian  Kotcha   Favoriting Music Inspired by the Color of Pomegranates  https://arambajakian.bandcamp.com/track/kotcha   
Aram Bajakian and Julia Uhelia  Studená rosenka / Souling   Favoriting Dálava - The Book of Transfigurations  https://arambajakian.bandcamp.com/album/d-lava-the-book-of-transfigurations  1:47:21 (Pop-up)
Aram Bajakian and Julia Uhelia  History of Armenia   Favoriting The Serpent and The Crane  https://arambajakian.bandcamp.com/album/d-lava-the-book-of-transfigurations  1:59:21 (Pop-up)
Aram Bajakian  Variation 1   Favoriting Dolphy Formations  https://arambajakian.bandcamp.com/album/dolphy-formations  2:03:43 (Pop-up)
Judy Garland  The Man That Got Away   Favoriting Six Martinis and a Broken Heart    2:44:25 (Pop-up)
Bob Dylan  You're a Big Girl Now (Take 2)   Favoriting More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14    2:48:01 (Pop-up)
Mitski  I Bet on Losing Dogs   Favoriting Puberty 2    2:52:43 (Pop-up)
Sharon Van Etten  Serpents   Favoriting Tramp (Deluxe Edition)    2:55:46 (Pop-up)
PJ Harvey  On Battleship Hill   Favoriting Let England Shake    2:58:36 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  1:43pm
Aram:

Hi Everyone! Looking forward to this!
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Dave WelvoSewelson:

Welcome to the Free World!
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Dave Sewelson:

Welvo
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doctorjazz:

Hi, Aram, Dave, Free-worlders!
  2:03pm
DavidJ:

Hi all!
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Dave Sewelson:

Hey doc and DavidJ!
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coelacanth∅:

greetings Dave & Aram and Free worldlings
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Dave Sewelson:

Hey sealy!
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coelacanth∅:

i didn't catch who it was that opened for Thom York but this really reminds me of radiohead
  2:22pm
Aram:

It was Ian William Craig.
  2:23pm
Aram:

https://ianwilliamcraig.bandcamp.com/
  2:26pm
Aram:

Love this cheezy guitar solo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:53pm
coelacanth∅:

gorgeous
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:56pm
coelacanth∅:

i've read that (and it makes sense anyway) many country blues artists back in the day usually played 10, 20 etc-minute songs but the time limitation of the 78s means all we know is 3-minute blues songs.
  2:57pm
DavidJ:

I like Oum Kalthoum as well
  3:06pm
Aram:

Yes DavidJ, There's some interesting connections between Oum Kalthoum and this music!
  3:07pm
Aram:

Yes CoelaCantho, I've also heard that they slowed down RObert Johnson to fit more on the LP side. So that it sounds a little sharp when you listen to it, faster than he actaully played. Don't know if this is true or not though.
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fred:

@coel: I also read (probably on some Dust To Digital "liner notes" aka books) that this 78s limitation gave us the single format
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kuriousornj:

The Secret Trio song is turkish song called 'Ağladıkça' = 'While I'm Crying'
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
fred:

@Aram: The outpouring of grief at Oum Kalthoum's death is one of my earliest memories, along with what seemed like mountains of pastry for Eid (I was 3, my priorities were not settled at the time)
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duke:

Hi Dave and Aram. I'm late but made it after all.
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coelacanth∅:

Aram, a few years ago (when i was more willing to patronize google) there was a youboob video of a guy trying to prove that point. he didn't really, it's still speculation...but of course it's possible.
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Dave Sewelson:

Wow fred
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Dave Sewelson:

Welcome duke
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coelacanth∅:

fred (@308) makes sense to me
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:21pm
coelacanth∅:

'seems to me (regarding Robert Johnson) there must be some direct descendant of either Johnson, or someone who worked at vocalion (right? or was he on paramount...) who knows
but maybe not.
  3:24pm
Aram:

@fred wow that is amazing.
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coelacanth∅:

i listen to 33 different songs at once, 24/7. i hope i don't miss anything!
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coelacanth∅:

really loving this program (except when my blood starts to simmer, thinking about turkey & pakistan etc regarding armenia)
...but the post office closes at 4 so i must depart.
Thanks Dave! Thanks Aram!
tchau y'all
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fred:

I would be hard to convey what Oum Kalthoum meant at the time. I (briefly) got myself a girlfriend by absentmindedly humming Inta Omri
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fred:

(first "I" should be "It")
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Dave Sewelson:

Dig it sealy
  3:46pm
Aram:

Here's a video rendition of this track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM0rhfwAEhI
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:46pm
fred:

I'm bummed that I'll miss Cooper-Moore playing at my fave venue. But dance comes first for me, the pandemic isolation made that clear
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Dave Sewelson:

Aram:

Here's a video rendition of this track.

www.youtube.com...
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fred:

@Aram: Do you know a French-Armenian scholar/writer named Marian? I don't know anything about him (not even his first name), but I know his daughter. I think both might like your music
  4:02pm
Aram:

Hi Fred, No I don't. Is the person still alive? ANd what do they write about?
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fred:

@Aram: I think he's alive, he's a French-Armenian scholar writing about culture, but I only know his daughter, so my view is severely biased. Like talking about "The" Bruce Dickinjian asking for more duduk
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doctorjazz:

This is very cool!
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kuriousornj:

@Aram - was this album (Dolphy Formations) that Kim K. 'tweeck' on it?!!
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kuriousornj:

... no way she did it !!!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:16pm
fred:

@Aram: I'll probably meet her soon, I'll namedrop you if I get a chance, see if anything comes out of it. I guess I could go digital instead, but that's not my way
  4:19pm
Aram:

@kuriousornj: Haha no. But the one that she did tweet is also pretty out there.

https://arambajakian.bandcamp.com/album/the-serpent-and-the-crane
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kuriousornj:

guitar & oud
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doctorjazz:

Vote guitar!
  4:25pm
DavidJ:

Oud sounds good to me!
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doctorjazz:

Fraudulent ballot, recount!!!
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kuriousornj:

Yildirim Palabiyik
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doctorjazz:

OK, oud will be great as well...
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fred:

@Aram I apologize for insulting you, the Armenians I know will laugh at me for misreading the situation. Many rounds will be paid, I'm afraid
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:36pm
Gina Bacon:

Hi Dave, Aram, and Saturdaypeople!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:37pm
doctorjazz:

Love this duet! Sting heaven!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:43pm
Gina Bacon:

I went to college with Sylvia Reed, Aram...and got to meet Lou a few times. We did a shoot for VH1 or someone like that, too.
  4:44pm
DavidJ:

Great show, thanks!
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Gina Bacon:

Thanks, Dave! I'll be ready!
Feel better, Aram!
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doctorjazz:

Thanks so much Aram and Dave! Great show!
  4:45pm
DavidJ:

That tune flattened me the first time i saw the movie!
  4:45pm
Aram:

It's so amazing!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:45pm
Dave Sewelson:

Thanks all you lilstenears!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:46pm
doctorjazz:

I know the song, but Garland does get inside it!
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Gina Bacon:

This is nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
doctorjazz:

She has some pipes!
  4:47pm
Marie:

loving this
  4:47pm
Aram:

Haha that's putting it mildly!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
doctorjazz:

Know Bobby D really well until Blood, lost track after that. He's singing this version really well, I like his singing (unlike most folks).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:52pm
doctorjazz:

(and ALWAYS love the harmonica playing, not virtuoso, but really moving).
  4:52pm
DavidJ:

Same here on not keeping up with Dylan, agreed this is great.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
doctorjazz:

I have this Mitski album somewhere, have to pull it out, didn't listen to it much.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:55pm
doctorjazz:

(so much music, so little time, hard to keep up...)
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fred:

Not Fair! Ken takes a day off and you celebrate hot air balloon day!
  4:56pm
Aram:

Dylan's last few albums of standards were great. And the album from last summer is a masterpiece.
  4:56pm
Aram:

And I think Mitski is one of the great songwriters/lyricists of this time.
  4:59pm
DavidJ:

Thanks again Dave and Aram. A real ear-opener.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:59pm
Dave Sewelson:

Don't miss a beat...dig GINA NEXT
www.wfmu.org...
  4:59pm
Aram:

The Sharon van Etten lyric had "Everything Changes" in the lyrics.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 5:02pm
fred:

Sorry for being an asshole, I'll learn from that hopefully
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