A Rough Mix with Steinski:
Playlist
from June 20, 2014
A big record collection, a long memory, and a short fuse.
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| Ruth Draper |
A Boston Matron At An Art Exhibition
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Selected Monologues | BMG | CD | One of the first monologue artists, one of the best. Everyone else in this show owes her, big time. Both Patricia Norcia and Annette Benning have revived her works onstage. Wikipedia |
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| Joyce Grenfell |
Shirley's Girlfriend
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Joyce Grenfell Requests The Pleasure | DRG/Polydor | LP | Monologist, singer, actress. Don't sleep on the film "The Belles Of St. Trinian's" with Grenfell, staring Alastair Sim. B&W hilarity from postwar Britain. |
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| Lord Buckley |
The Hip Einie
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A Most Immaculately Hip Aristocrat | Enigma Retro | CD | A treasure, to be sure. There's a great bio by Oliver Trager |
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Music behind DJ: Future Loop Foundation |
What's Your Name(Quantic Mix) (Listen: Pop-up)
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Mumbling |
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| Spalding Gray (r.i.p.) |
Monster In A Box (Excerpt)
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Monster In A Box | Gang Of Seven | 1992 | CD | One of the best-known downtown NYC monologists. |
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| Laurie Anderson |
Night Flight From Houston
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The Ugly One With The Jewels And Other Stories | Warner Bros. | CD | Another of the very well-known and ridiculously talented people to emerge from the downtown NYC arts scene. |
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| Laurie Anderson |
The Rotowhirl
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The Ugly One With The Jewels And Other Stories | Warner Bros. | CD | And she used to work with Andy Kaufman, too. | ||
| Eric Bogosian |
WXTC/Retarded Ernie from Voices Of America
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Eric Bogosian | Neutral Records | Vinyl | And another of the downtown stars. Perhaps not quite so well known as Gray or Anderson, excellent on stage, also works in films and voiceovers. |
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| Eric Bogosian |
X-Blow
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Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll | SBK Records | CD | Some mighty powerful business up in here. | ||
Music behind DJ: Trumpet Thing |
Far Away (Listen: Pop-up)
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Buddha Bar V |
Stein gasses on about something or other |
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| Anna Deavere Smith |
Al Sharpton #1
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Fires In The Mirror | MP3 | Well worth running this down on youtube ; her portrayal of the characters is stunning. Wikipedia |
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| John Leguizamo |
Manny The Fanny
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Mambo Mouth | MP3 | As I recall, this really did premiere in the hallway of the American Place Theater. It was great. Now he's out of the hallway and on Broadway (or just off), and in films. Check him out on youtube. Wikipedia |
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| Whoopi Goldberg |
The Old Raisin
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Whhopi Goldberg Direct From Broadway (1985) | MP3 | This show was excellent. This piece didn't make it to the original performance recording. I always suspected it was because the ending was kinda blah, but who knows. Reading an interview with Mike Nichols (who directed the show), I found out about Ruth Draper. Wikipedia |
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Music behind DJ: Arpadys |
Spatial Reggae (Listen: Pop-up)
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The sound of the breezes in the treeses. |
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| Danny Hoch |
MC Enuff
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Jails, Hospitals, & Hip-Hop | caseroc productions | CD | What a cool piece. I've sampled it extensively. He's on point, soulful, and he rocks the house. Can I get a aight?. website |
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| Danny Weizmann |
The Wet Dog Shakes
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The Wet Dog Shakes | New Alliance Records | CD | Finally - an opportunity to play this without editing. "Moses knew what time it was; Aaron told the people." Excellent performance, excellent writing, hilarious. website |
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Music behind DJ: Ursula 1000 |
Slinky (Listen: Pop-up)
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The Now Sound |
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So I says to him, I says: |
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| Rick Reynolds |
Only The Truth Is Funny (excerpt)
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Only The Truth Is Funny | Gang Of Seven | CD | I love his segues between moods. And he's funny.And he's repped by Rollins & Joffe. Wikipedia youtube |
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| T.J. Miller |
T.J. Miller Has A Seizure
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This Is Not Happening | Comedy Central | MP3 | The truth. Scary. Funny. Snatched from YouTube. Wikipedia |
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Music behind DJ: Fila Brazilia |
Nature Boy (Listen: Pop-up)
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Another Late Night |
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And then he says to me: |
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| Danny Hoch |
Public Service Announcement
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def poetry jam | MP3 | A reminder not to drift too far from one's roots. |
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| Trumpet Thing |
Far Away
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Buddha Bar V | Then this other guy comes up and says: | ||||
| Ralphie's Bop City |
Letting Go
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Cassette | Thanks to everyone who called. I've posted a multi-piece description of the project on my blog, which is at the car wash right now. As soon as it's dry, I'll post the links. |
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