Favoriting Miniature Minotaurs with Kurt Gottschalk: Playlist from December 5, 2014 Favoriting

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Favoriting December 5, 2014: Get Dancin'
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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments Approx. start time
Disco Tex & the Sex-O-Lettes  Get Dancin'   Favoriting single  Chelsea Records  1974  45     
Crybaby and Kraftwerk  Crybaby vs Kraftwerk   Favoriting YouTube Doubler  Capitol  1975  MP3  http://youtubedoubler.com/4Opz  0:03:10 (Pop-up)
Otomo Yoshihide  M12, 13 - graveyard of text ~ theme of heaven and earth   Favoriting Prisoner  Headz  2007  CD    0:13:53 (Pop-up)
Fennesz  Paroles   Favoriting Bécs  Editions Mego  2014  CD    0:26:19 (Pop-up)
The Necks  Fatal   Favoriting Chemist  Fish of Milk  2006  CD    0:29:55 (Pop-up)
 
Hal Russell NRG Ensemble + Charles Tyler  Sinus Up   Favoriting Generation  Nessa Records  2014  CD  Recorded in 1982, originally released in 1989  0:55:59 (Pop-up)
Devo  Girl U Want   Favoriting Freedom of Choice  Warner Bros.  1980  LP    0:59:43 (Pop-up)
tētēma  Invocation of the Swarm   Favoriting Geocidal  Ipecac Recordings  2014  CD    1:02:35 (Pop-up)
tētēma  Pure War   Favoriting Geocidal  Ipecac Recordings  2014  CD    1:05:16 (Pop-up)
tētēma  Irundi   Favoriting Geocidal  Ipecac Recordings  2014  CD    1:08:32 (Pop-up)
Bérangère Maximin  Tant que les heures passent   Favoriting Tant que les heures passent  Tzadik  2008  CD    1:12:19 (Pop-up)
Ron Nagorcka  Dawn in the Wombat Forest   Favoriting Atom Bomb Becomes Folk Art  Pogus Productions  2014  CD    1:24:25 (Pop-up)
Gloria Cheng / Calder Quartet  Piece pour piano et quator a cordes   Favoriting Messiaen / Saariaho: The Edge of Light  Harmonia Mundi  2012  CD  Composed by Olivier Messiaen in 1991  1:35:48 (Pop-up)
Patricia Kopatchinskaja / Markus Hinterhauser / Reto Bieri  Sonata for violin and piano   Favoriting Galina Ustvolskaya  ECM  2014  CD  Composed by Galina Ustvolskaya in 1952  1:39:21 (Pop-up)
 
Corrine Curry / Luise Voserchian  The Cage   Favoriting Pieces for Chamber Orchestra and Songs  Cambridge Records    LP  Composed by Charles Ives in 1906  2:06:24 (Pop-up)
Conjure  Dualism I   Favoriting Music for the Texts of Ishmael Reed  Pangea    CD    2:07:29 (Pop-up)
Taj Mahal  Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo')   Favoriting The Real Thing  Columbia  1972  LP    2:10:17 (Pop-up)
The James Cotton Band  Caledonia   Favoriting Live & On the Move  Buddha  1976  LP    2:18:40 (Pop-up)
Lester Bowie  Mean Old Man's World   Favoriting The Great Pretender/ Steel + Breath  Jazzwerkstatt  2014  CD  Recorded in 1982  2:23:54 (Pop-up)
Nina Simone  Balm in Gilead   Favoriting Baltimore  CTI  1995  CD  Originally released in 1978  2:28:25 (Pop-up)
New Zion Trio  Slow Down Furry Dub   Favoriting Fight Against Babylon  Veal Records  2011  CD    2:30:45 (Pop-up)
Prince  Black Sweat   Favoriting 3121  NPG Records  2006  CD    2:37:34 (Pop-up)
Henry Threadgill  Spotted Dick Is Pudding   Favoriting Easily Slip Into Another World  Novus  1988  CD    2:41:02 (Pop-up)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra  Liberian Suite - Dance No. 5 (excerpt)   Favoriting Jungle  Master's of Jazz  1999  CD  Originally released in 1949  2:49:36 (Pop-up)
Petula Clark  The Show Is Over   Favoriting Beautiful Sounds: The Petula Clark Songbook  Castile  2000  CD    2:56:57 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 3:02pm
kirk from beer city usa:

as heard on the Simpsons!
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DCE:

huh, I don't remember this from the Simpsons. Hi Kurt, Kirk...etc...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:04pm
common:

hello hello. ah, 74.
Avatar 3:04pm
βrian:

Kirk, whose lovely mug is that?
Avatar 3:04pm
kirk from beer city usa:

DCE, it was during a half-time show for a game Homer was watching on TV. The group "Hooray for Everything" was performing, and Homer said "Ooh, I like these guys. Such a great attitude," or something like that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:05pm
DCE:

oh I remember that! just not the music part I guess
Avatar 3:05pm
kirk from beer city usa:

At least I think that happened.
Brian, that's one of my (3) cats.
Avatar 3:09pm
steve:

hahaha. please kurt, i need the link to this guy's youtube (?) channel.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:10pm
rsj:

this is great, is that irwin?
  3:11pm
paula pc:

just how big a headache am I willing to let Kurt give me today (via Crybaby)
Avatar 3:11pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

He sounds like charming dinner company.
Avatar 3:15pm
still b/p:

My monkey clients are considering their options for redress.
Avatar 3:21pm
Cheri Pi:

CLICQK
Avatar 3:21pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

What the Pi all-capped'd.
Avatar 3:23pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Holy magical omnicrap, Kurt, that crybaby dude is a million times better once you see the delivery... infinite thanks..
Avatar 3:23pm
Cheri Pi:

I've had my world rocked more times per capita today on the 'MU than any day in history...mehbe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:27pm
Parq:

"My Monkey Clients" would be a good name for a band.
Avatar 3:28pm
βrian:

Inspector Clouseau on lead vocals.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:29pm
chris:

Damn, how am I going to catch up on missed shows in the archives if you keep playing awesome selections for us, Kurt? <Crybaby rant/>
  3:29pm
Dean:

I'm partial to Fennesz's record with Polwechsel.
Avatar 3:31pm
Kurt Gottschalk:

oh hey everybody! thanks for joining me!
Avatar 3:32pm
βrian:

Thanks for sticking your Necks out!
Avatar 3:36pm
βrian:

From what I understand, these guys perform live, with no looping.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:36pm
"Not Minnesota" Jeff Golick:

...but I kinda wish I was.

Hi!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:40pm
DCE:

gotta love those Necks
Avatar 3:40pm
Kurt Gottschalk:

they're amazing live.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:51pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

I haven't heard The Necks aside from Dan Bodah's show. The seem pretty good.
Avatar 3:53pm
Cecile:

I missed da Necks.
Avatar 3:54pm
Cecile:

Play some more.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:54pm
common:

man, that's good slow!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:55pm
chris:

Oh my, Cecile! Your avatar!
Avatar 3:56pm
Cecile:

It might be one of the greatest cheezy album covers ever. White fur! A tiger! A Tyga! Fakeness! Genius!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:57pm
chris:

Werd.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:58pm
Caryn:

I particularly like the fur hat, which makes it seem like he has a white afro wig on...
Avatar 3:59pm
Cecile:

I KNOW. And the Photoshopping has an evil genius about it.
Avatar 3:59pm
Cheri Pi:

somewhere in that white fur coat is a bottle of Horchata Liqueur to match.
Avatar 4:00pm
Cheri Pi:

I'm also a fan of your octo-dog bento weenie avatar
Avatar 4:00pm
Cecile:

Richacha and Courvoisier, girl.

thanks, that's high praise indeed!
Avatar 4:01pm
Cheri Pi:

DEVO
Avatar 4:01pm
Cecile:

yes, YOU GOT IT, Kurt.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:05pm
Caryn:

Is that throat singing I hear?
Avatar 4:06pm
cory:

that and more
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:07pm
Caryn:

Considering Kurt's total lack of interest in the Foo Fighters, I always feel a bit weird on Fridays as I listen to Kurt and watch Sonic Highways on tv at the same time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:07pm
DCE:

I'm glad Mike Patton is still out there. I mean OUT THERE...
Avatar 4:08pm
Cheri Pi:

splattery
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:08pm
DCE:

king for a day, fool for a lifetime
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:09pm
Caryn:

I could make a joke about how someone has clearly had a bit too much Ipecac, but I'll try to control myself...
Avatar 4:09pm
sinister dexter:

wow! i love it!
Avatar 4:09pm
Kurt Gottschalk:

caryn, ha! i wouldn't have even understood that a few days ago.
Avatar 4:10pm
Cecile:

Barbara Manning has a great song called Ipecac the chorus is "I cannot stomach you."
Avatar 4:10pm
Kurt Gottschalk:

we have the winners, by the way. i'll let you know soon if you're among them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:10pm
Caryn:

Kurt, awaiting tomorrow's k-cup evening gown with high expectations! Here's hoping for a good photo of it online!
Avatar 4:11pm
steve:

this is good. maybe im just out of the loop but i hadnt heard of any new Patton material in a while before this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:11pm
DCE:

Floyd sample, nice
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:12pm
DCE:

neither had I, steve; seems he's been purposefully underground?
Avatar 4:14pm
Kurt Gottschalk:

i think i heard he's doing a faith no more tour coming up? i don't love everything he does but i appreciate how he seems to do what he wants.
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DCE:

I did hear that too
Avatar 4:14pm
cory:

Kurt did you hear the Bjork album he was on?
Avatar 4:17pm
Kurt Gottschalk:

yeah. tanya tagaq was on it as well. nice record.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:17pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

WFMU needs to be the official radio station for the mission to Mars. What's the procedure to get the rolling? One of them there on-line petitions?
Avatar 4:18pm
d¢ pät:

just checking in to clicky-star Girl U Want. Ok, see y'all later!
Avatar 4:18pm
Kurt Gottschalk:

set it up, ken!
Avatar 4:18pm
Cecile:

hahahha, dcp. Knew that would pull you out of the woodwork.
Avatar 4:23pm
steve:

dam. this guy really knows how to microphone.
Avatar 4:25pm
Kurt Gottschalk:

berangere maximin? a woman, actually. she was on the show a couple years ago.
Avatar 4:26pm
steve:

d'oh! my bad.
Avatar 4:28pm
37:

this sounds like my dream last night...
  4:29pm
Mark:

I have Berangere's 2012 (or '11?) album "Infinitesimal." Love it.
  4:42pm
Dean:

Just picked up this ECM release: http://ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/New_Series/2300/2343.php Good Messiaen here, too.
Avatar 4:46pm
37:

this is great stuff!!
  4:47pm
Dean:

Anton Webern's 131st birthday was a couple days ago. I can just imagine him blowing out the candles ... one ... at ... a ... time.
Avatar 4:47pm
Mugsy:

Yes, it is.
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common:

have a fine weekend everyone.

beersies!!!
Avatar 4:52pm
37:

beersies indeed!!
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common:

you said it, 37!
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chris:

beersies, common! today is repeal day! 1933, prohibition ended. Drink up!
  4:53pm
Dean:

Violin, piano, and clarinet! I was wondering why three performers are listed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:53pm
common:

perfect chris! enjoy!
Avatar 4:54pm
Carmichael:

Late lunch means missed Devo. Well, they're on auto-play in my skull, anyway.
Avatar 4:55pm
Carmichael:

Beer-ZEHS!!
Avatar 4:56pm
Kurt Gottschalk:

oh yeah, actually this piece doesn't have the clarinet. whoops.
  4:58pm
Dean:

My whoops. To learn why three artists are listed, I visited the ECM page for the recording. An excerpt from the clarinet piece started streaming, and I thought it was the violin sonata!
Avatar 5:02pm
cory:

loving the sonata
Avatar 5:08pm
kirk from beer city usa:

let's hear it for the western hemisphere
Avatar 5:12pm
Cecile:

I need to get that CD. That Conjure album was great.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:13pm
Parq:

Taj! This was the first "rock" record I ever heard with a tuba on it.
Avatar 5:17pm
Kurt Gottschalk:

on some tracks there's four tubas!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:20pm
Parq:

We just heard a guitar solo from John Hall. Maybe the rest of you already knew this, but I just found out from Wikpedia that he had been a Congressman.
Avatar 5:22pm
37:

weird james cotton!!
Avatar 5:22pm
cory:

is caledonia the hottest jam in rock n roll?
Avatar 5:23pm
Kurt Gottschalk:

yes
Avatar 5:24pm
Cecile:

I disagree. Get out of Denver is my choice.
Avatar 5:24pm
Cecile:

but Caledonia is up there.
Avatar 5:25pm
cory:

that's a good one Cecile. i wish i could remember the punk band that covered on a cd i used to have
Avatar 5:25pm
Kurt Gottschalk:

i don't buy into the idea that there's only one number one of things myself.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:25pm
Marcel M:

Wooo! This is great!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:26pm
Marcel M:

The Caledonia I mean
  5:27pm
Dean:

Eddie & the Hot Rods did "Get Out of Denver," and by "did" I mean DID.
  5:28pm
Dean:

I'm with Kurt re: the exclusivity of number ones. That's what decimals are for.
  5:28pm
Dean:

Put another way, superlatives are the worst.
Avatar 5:29pm
cory:

how about we all agree that Get Out of Denver, Caledonia, and Kick Out the Jams are kickass tunes?
  5:30pm
Dean:

Nina Simone is the best!
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Cecile:

what you said
Avatar 5:33pm
37:

New Zion Trio is the best!
  5:34pm
Dean:

So many bests to choose from.
Avatar 5:34pm
Kurt Gottschalk:

the best is yet to come
Avatar 5:35pm
37:

ah.... bested...
Avatar 5:36pm
Carmichael:

Cecile, 2 opposable thumbs up for Get Out of Denver, particularly the Dave Edmunds version. Caledonia's great too, though.
  5:37pm
Dean:

Yet to Come? They British?
Avatar 5:38pm
Cecile:

Carm, you look just like a commie and you might just be a man, but you are absolutely right.

;)
Avatar 5:40pm
cory:

oh shit, he pulled out the big guns
Avatar 5:42pm
Cecile:

"You can call me Prince, Mr. Nelson if you're nasty."
Avatar 5:43pm
cory:

i really hope prince hasn't done something horrible that we will find out about in the future
Avatar 5:44pm
Kurt Gottschalk:

me too, cory. me too.
Avatar 5:46pm
Carmichael:

Prince was on the ol' idiot box the other night. Kimmel, O'Brien, can't remember. But he played the hell out of that purple Jackson Superstrat.
Avatar 5:47pm
cory:

i might be talked into doing horrible things for one his guitars
Avatar 5:47pm
37:

prince in a scandal...
usatoday30.usatoday.com...
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37:

prince in a scandal...
usatoday30.usatoday.com...
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Kurt Gottschalk:

37HA!
  5:53pm
Dean:

We've heard a Prince, now a Duke. Queen next?
Avatar 5:53pm
Cecile:

the only scandal with them was that they were using Paul Rogers as a lead vocalist for a while.
Avatar 5:53pm
Kurt Gottschalk:

two queens, in fact. frangry and foodbed.
Avatar 5:53pm
βrian:

All that talk of beer, and here I find myself with a racy little Médoc in hand. Santé !
Avatar 5:54pm
Carmichael:

Zing!, Kurt.
Avatar 5:54pm
steve:

great show today! glad i got to listen to all 3 hours while chained to my desk.
  5:55pm
Dean:

Royalty ought to know better than to keep such bad company.
Avatar 5:57pm
Carmichael:

Ya, the Prince should get a maid and take her on a cruise.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:57pm
chris:

Great show, Kurt! Top best super thanks!
Avatar 5:57pm
northguineahills:

Thanks Kurt, have a great weekend!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:58pm
Greg from Bloomfield:

Thanks, Kurt!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:00pm
Caryn:

Man, ever since Carm's comment, I've been trying to figure out what performance he's talking about. No new performances since SNL in November, Kimmel in October had an orange guitar... I'm gonna assume it was a rerun of his Arsenio bit. But who knows? Mystery Prince performance!
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