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Music of all kinds that hits me in the pit of my stomach, all arranged to find your sweet spot, too. Plus radio shows from the 1940s & 1950s: dramas, mysteries, sci-fi, detectives, and more.
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July 7, 2008: Show 194
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Show time: 12 AM - 3 AM
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Set 1: the old radio show portion of the evening. |
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| Radio City Playhouse |
Ground Floor Window
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originally broadcast July 10, 1948 | (no label) |
Originally aired almost 60 years ago to the day, it's #2 in the series. It's a well-constructed emotionally-based story of a guy who never leaves his ground floor, and who finally meets a girl. It's what happens when that happens that makes the half hour both preposterous and a tear-jerker.
On from 1948 to 1950, Radio City Playhouse featured solid dramas, often with veterans of New York stage and radio (remember: there was no TV then!). Shows were often written by well known writers of fantasy and suspense, such as Ray Bradbury, Cornell Woolrich, and Agatha Christie. Shows often turned "on life and death situations, with strong male-female roles." (John Dunning, The Encylcopedia Of Old-Time Radio) |
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Mic break between Sets 1 & 2. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Les Chakachas |
Love is like a Violin (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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Set 2: 25 minutes of solid rock. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Ministry And Co-Conspirators |
Under My Thumb (track 1)
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Cover Up | 13th Planet | Say....doesn't that remind me of the Rolling Stones song? It is - and it's only 1 of an entire CD of cover songs by Ministry, most of which are pretty damn good. And their version of Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World" is amazing. | ||||||
| Amebix |
No Gods No Masters (track 13)
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No Sanctuary | Alternative Tentacles | Kind of quirky, dark rock. | ||||||
| Fall |
Green Eyed Loco-Man (track 1)
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Country On The Click | Action Records | Reminds me of Iggy Pop - who we'll hear from later in this set. | ||||||
| Cosmic Psychos |
Down On The Farm (CD #1, track 2)
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Fifteen Years, A Million Beers | Dropkick | From a really fine 2 CD set. | ||||||
| Cosmic Psychos |
Hammer (track 2)
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Oh What A Lovely Pie | Amrep | Deeeeep. | *** | |||||
| Nice Face |
Everybody's Somebody (track 12)
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demo (no title) | (no label) | Fine rock. | ||||||
| Stooges |
I Wanna Be Your Dog (track 4)
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Live At Little Steven's Underground Garage Festival August 14, 2004 | (no label) | The band played this song twice during the concert - this is the first. And it's also great. | *** | |||||
| Nice Face |
Everybody's Somebody (track 12)
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demo (no title) | (no label) | Fine rock. | ||||||
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Mic break between Sets 2 & 3. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Les Chakachas |
Love is like a Violin (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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Set 3: a walk on the sort of quiet-ish experimental side. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Bass Communion |
Pacific Codex 1 (track 1: begun at -19:25)
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Pacific Codex | E=mc16 | Bass rumblings, soft bells, banging on sculptures...it all sounds darkly aquatic and floaty at times - somehow. Fine for playing at low volume and letting your thoughts wander in the middle of the night. | ||||||
| O.S.T. |
Nowias (track 7)
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Waetka | Ideal | A dark metallic wind...and a druggy underwater feel at times. O.S.T. = Christopher Douglas. | ||||||
| Ufomammut |
3 (track 3)
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Lucifer Songs | Supernatural Cat | Instrumental, slow, bit Eno / Basinski-like but darker, electronic. | ||||||
| Nadja |
Disambiguation (track 1)
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Desire In Uneasiness | Crucial Blast | Golden dark sounds. Quite relaxing, actually. | ||||||
| Flash Lights |
(untitled) (track 2)
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Fabio's 2007 WFMU marathon premium CD | (no label) | Warm guitar, instrumental, softly spaced. A quiet way to end the set. | ||||||
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Mic break between Sets 3 & 4. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Les Chakachas |
Love is like a Violin (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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Set 4: the psych rock portion of the evening. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Book Of Shadows |
Ring Pass Not (track 8)
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Hanged Man | Whirling Rainbow | A little on the acidy & dark side but soft-ish, slow, operatic-space aspect, bit sci-fi. | ||||||
| Gris-Gris |
Best Regards (track 7)
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The Gris-Gris | Birdman | Slower & quieter start --> long psych rock with hard guitar, bit of a 1960s feel. | ||||||
| Wooden Shjips |
Blue Sky Bends (track 4)
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Wooden Shjips | Holy Mountain | Low key and subtly acidy organ, a druggy psych-blues, some fine guitar. | ||||||
| Up-Tight |
Key Of A Session (track 1)
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Live 2003 | Up-Tight | Heavy golden guitar tone, easy tempo, often slow and quiet - but not the last few minutes. Recorded September 3, 2003. | ||||||
| Galaxie 500 |
Submission (track 1)
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Peel Sessions | 20/20/20 (BBC) | Well...if Ministry can do cover songs, then Galaxie 500 can surely do their version of the Sex Pistols' "Submission". | ||||||
| Black Angels |
Manipulation (track 6)
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Passover | Light In The Attic | Bit of a Magical Mystery opening, sitar-like guitar, easy tempo & dark psych rock. | ||||||
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Mic break between Sets 4 & 5. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Les Chakachas |
Love is like a Violin (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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Set 5: some jazz to end the show. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Lou Donaldson |
Gravy Train (track 1)
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Gravy Train | Blue Note | Slinky and sexy soul-jazz that knows how to get down. | *** | |||||
| Charlie Parker |
Perdido (track 8)
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Jazz At The Philharmonic 1949 | Verve | Easily swinging bop, with Ella Fitzgerald. | ||||||
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End of show mic break. Background music played during it: |
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| Les Chakachas |
Love is like a Violin (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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