WFMU: Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison: Playlist from December 20, 2014

Listener comments!
	6:07am Mark: Wow this piano music is gorgeous.
	6:08am P-90: Into the red again. Seems X-mass-y now. Greetings Jeffrey. Yes, Melnyk Rocks!
	♥ 6:15am Sem Chumbo: Giod morning, Jeffrey, Mark and the inimitable P-90. Lush beginning, wonderful.
	♥ 6:16am Sem Chumbo: Giod is Nova Scotian for good.
	6:20am mauri: Morning Jeff, Mark, P-90 and Sem. Winter starting again here. Got the flu again too. if I think nova scotian as new scots, giod makes perfect sense.
	6:30am Cooh John: Giod morning Jeff, Mark, Mauri, Sem, P-90.
	6:34am nah: Good day all you peeps, loving the show so far!
	♥ 6:38am Ken From Hyde Park: This show never disappoints. Always fine music on Saturday mornings.
	♥ 6:44am Sem Chumbo: @mauri: sorry to hear you are under the weather. Rest, fluids and so on, you know the cure. Oh, boy, Jeffrey, have not heard this one in a long time:-) Hey, Cooh John.
	6:48am doca: Hi, Jeff, Sem, mauri, nah, Cooh John, Mark, P-90.
	6:50am nah: Off to buy headphones so I can keep listening while on the go today! Keep the awesome coming!
	♥ 6:58am Sem Chumbo: doca! Bom dia. Eu me pergunto, existe uma tradição de véspera meados do verão de noite no Brasil?
	7:04am doca: @Jeff: It's exactly that, "Riding through Hades/Hell" @Sem: Haha Bom dia! But I couldn't understand what work you're talking about
	♥ 7:08am Sem Chumbo: @doca: google translate has it's limitations. There is a Northern Hemisphere tradition of celebrations on the evening before summer starts. I think it was a hold-over from pagan celebrations revolving around the sun's movements over the course of a year. Hope that is more clear:-D
	7:09am Yair Yona: such a beautiful version of A Woman Like You
	7:11am doca: Oh now I got it. No, we don't have anything like that, but if you think about it Christmas is obviously related the Solstice. One major Brazilian celebration is St. John's Day, or Midsummer in the Northern Hemisphere. In Northeast Brazil it's the great holiday of the year, even bigger than Christmas.
	7:14am doca: @Sem: Do you celebrate something on January 6th? In some regions over here people keep this tradition alive with the Folia de Reis (King's folly, in a bad translation), when there is music and chanting because of the arrival of the Magi to meet baby Jesus.
	♥ 7:19am Sem Chumbo: Northeast Brazil, eh? I'll have to look into that. Muito obrigado! About January 6th, I know that the Anglican and Methodist churches celebrate *The Epiphany" as part of the regular liturgical calendar. Nothing too special. But the Eastern Orthodox Church, following a different calender, make a much bigger deal out of it, later in January..
	7:23am TDK60: I get here right as the Byrds say adieu. And that spooky organ from the Stones.
	7:26am doca: Yeah, actually we should exchange gifts on January 6th to be "ecclesiatically" correct. I know that Folia de Reis is related to Portuguese-colonized regions (All of Brazil is Portuguese, but there are some regions where Portuguese people came later and maintained their traditions), so it must have to do with their Catholicism. The Magi are called "Três Reis Magos" in Portuguese.
	7:29am TDK60: And looking back at the list, some faves here today -- the Farinas from a seminal album--'Grey Day'; the Thompsons from 'Bright Lights'. Always thought 'Mandolin Wind' is great folk-rock.
	7:43am Mark: Haven't listened to "Blood on the Tracks" in years. One of his best. I heard he recorded a complete album with another band and that record was pressed and ready to go and at the last minute he decided he wanted to re-record the whole thing with a different band and they had to stop everything. I've heard bits and pieces of the other recording--couldn't really hear what was wrong with it. But that's the artist's prerogative, I guess.
	7:46am TDK60: Mark: Which is odd, as I hear a few guitar errors in the possibly 2nd version of 'Big Girl'. Not that I'm a super perfectionist.
	7:51am adrian in mpls: silently lurking here - but enjoying everything so much! cheers everyone!
	♥ 7:52am Sem Chumbo: Almost did not recognize him, he sounds so very young here. The poetry is unmistakable, though.
	♥ 7:53am Sem Chumbo: Hey, AiM!
	♥ 7:53am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...been away from keyboard; gettin' ready for Werk slow & steady this Sat. - ☆s aplenty ! You da man DJ JD ! ...Jan. 6th: Epipahny - the Three Wise Men ; B-Day of Alan Watts, John C. Lilly, Syd Barrett...
	7:56am Mark: Well, Dylan was absolutely not a super perfectionist either, TDK. He went entirely by feel. His sessions could be quite chaotic--he didn't like rehearsals and he'd pretty much whip through a song once and you had to keep up. It was always good when there was someone like Al Kooper around ("Blonde on Blonde") who could go through the material before Bob even showed up.
	♥ 7:56am Sem Chumbo: Oh, boy, RevRab: another factoid that has stuck like a burdock to woolen socks. Thanks, I guess;-)
	7:57am Mark: Wow, Jeffrey, Greg Brown--great voice. A lot of memories coming back today with your show. You've got me scrambling to my CD shelf to dig up some old faves for later...
	7:59am adrian in mpls: Hey Sem!
	8:00am Mark: TDK I just remembered where I heard the other version--on "Biograph." And it's actually quite a different performance--his vocal phrasing particularly.
	8:01am TDK60: Mark, Bob D. is known for always doing songs differently, eh?
	8:02am adrian in mpls: @Jeffrey - I'm glad I'm not the only one who was bothered that background noise!
	8:03am Marc: 1986 for Greg Brown
	8:03am Mark: I saw him live about 10 years ago, and I didn't recognize any of the songs he played--except a scorching version of "Highway 61 Revisited."
	♥ 8:06am Sem Chumbo: @Mark: had the same experience. Saw him in Ottawa early in the 90's, and the first half dozen songs were totally unlike the original versions. Ten years later, in Halifax, just the opposite. @l@
	8:08am Mark: He looks at songs as a living thing--ever changing. I respect that, but as a fan, it's a little tough to keep up!
	♥ 8:09am Jeffrey Davison: Belated greetings to all listeners and playlist commenters and all the ships at sea...
	8:09am TDK60: Wow, there's a site that shows where exactly the S. & G. album cover was in the NYC Subway. www.popspotsnyc.com...
	8:13am TDK60: Other important news: Today's the first I've ever '"favorited" songs on WFMU. Thought I never would.
	8:14am Mark: How do you "favorite" a song? Love the subway link btw.
	8:14am TDK60: And now, here's Tim.
	8:16am TDK60: Mark- The star in between the song title and album title.
	♥ 8:20am dale: i only know this waltze by the female version on an fmu premium. it's beautiful
	♥ 8:22am Jeffrey Davison: That version must be Meg Baird's. Her cover rivals the original.
	♥ 8:28am dale: ahh, thanks.
	8:29am Mark: Thanks TDK.
	8:31am annie: JD - :D
	♥ 8:32am Sem Chumbo: Ah, shit. Stepped out and missed Fraser and DeBolt.
	♥ 8:33am Sem Chumbo: Ah, glad not to have missed Keith,
	8:38am Mark: I didn't appreciate "You Got the Silver" as a teenager--used to skip over that one. It took a little life experience for me to get that one. Beautiful slide--Keith is actually a fine guitar player when he tries.
	8:38am mauri: Ah Hurley's my favourite.
	8:38am Ignore Function: Snock!
	♥ 8:42am LynnsBrother: I saw Michael at Nelsonville, OH last summer. I'm a fan of his.
	8:45am Mark: That's the weirdest thing--I have this old vinyl album called "History of British Blues," I don't listen to it that often, but I did this week, and Jo Ann Kelly's on it. And now here she is!
	♥ 8:53am Sem Chumbo: Thanks so much for this morning's show, Jeffrey. Hope to catch you again next week. Happy holidays to you, and all Shrunken Planet-heads.
	8:55am doca: Thanks for the show, Jeffrey, and thanks @Sem! This show was all I needed in this time of year when everybody is so nervous and out of themselves. It reminds me of what holidays are made for. Thanks!
	8:58am adrian in mpls: Thanks Jeffrey! Take care all!
	9:20am Van in DC: Oh. Hey. I missed this show. Let's sample it, shall we...?
	10:41am Van in DC: Wow what a fantastic first set!
	11:17am Van in DC: Laura Nyro! Very nice...

Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison: Playlist from December 20, 2014

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Folk; old-timey; blues; psych, avant and acid folk old and new; ambient and electronic; lots of guitar; detours elsewhere.

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December 20, 2014

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Lubomyr Melnyk	Butterfly "Butterfly" by "Lubomyr Melnyk"	Evertina	Erased Tapes	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Lawrence English + Stephen Vitiello	Over Inland	Fable	Dragon's Eye	0:12:00 (Pop-up)
The Iditarod	Watch the Stars/The North Wind Doth Blow	Yuletide	Camera Obscura	0:16:23 (Pop-up)
Imagho + Mocke	Le Vieux "Le Vieux" by "Imagho + Mocke"	Half Quartet	Three:Four	0:22:20 (Pop-up)
Gulaab	Silberstern "Silberstern" by "Gulaab"	Ritt Durch Den Hades	Merlin's Nose	0:26:14 (Pop-up)
Todd Rundgren	There Are No Words "There Are No Words" by "Todd Rundgren"	Runt	Bearsville/Rhino	0:30:06 (Pop-up)
Alasdair Clayre	Lullaby & Come Afloat	Alasdair Clayre	Elektra (UK)	0:32:17 (Pop-up)
Richard & Linda Thompson	We Sing Hallelujah	I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight	Island	0:34:01 (Pop-up)
Richard & Mimi Farina	Michael, Andrew and James	Celebrations for a Grey Day	Vanguard	0:36:46 (Pop-up)
Rod Stewart	Mandolin Wind "Mandolin Wind" by "Rod Stewart"	Reason To Believe: The Complete Mercury Studio Recordings	Mercury	0:41:54 (Pop-up)
Fleetwood Mac	Derelict "Derelict" by "Fleetwood Mac"	Penguin	Reprise	0:47:24 (Pop-up)
Kevin Morby	Parade "Parade" by "Kevin Morby"	Still Life	Woodsist	0:50:10 (Pop-up)
The Troggs	You Can Cry If You Want To	The Vintage Years	Sire	0:55:32 (Pop-up)

Bert Jansch	A Woman Like You "A Woman Like You" by "Bert Jansch"	The Black Swan	Drag City	1:06:17 (Pop-up)
Bridget St. John	Song for the Laird of Connaught Hall--Part Two	Songs for the Gentle Man	Dandelion	1:10:12 (Pop-up)
Mariee Sioux	Old Magic "Old Magic" by "Mariee Sioux"	Gift for the End	Whale Watch/Almost Musique	1:11:39 (Pop-up)
Ultimate Painting	Riverside "Riverside" by "Ultimate Painting"	Ultimate Painting	Trouble in Mind	1:16:45 (Pop-up)
The Byrds	We'll Meet Again "We'll Meet Again" by "The Byrds"	Mr. Tambourine Man	Columbia	1:19:31 (Pop-up)
The Rolling Stones	She Smiled Sweetly	Between the Buttons	Abkco	1:21:40 (Pop-up)
Fleetwood Mac	Closing My Eyes "Closing My Eyes" by "Fleetwood Mac"	Then Play On	Reprise	1:24:25 (Pop-up)
Laura Nyro	Billy's Blues "Billy's Blues" by "Laura Nyro"	More Than A New Discovery	Verve/Forecast	1:29:16 (Pop-up)
Rod Stewart	Jo's Lament "Jo's Lament" by "Rod Stewart"	Reason To Believe: The Complete Mercury Studio Recordings	Mercury	1:32:30 (Pop-up)
Bob Dylan	You're a Big Girl Now "You're a Big Girl Now" by "Bob Dylan"	Blood on the Tracks	Columbia	1:35:53 (Pop-up)
Bill Fox	Sara Page "Sara Page" by "Bill Fox"	Shelter From the Smoke	Scat	1:40:23 (Pop-up)
A.A. Bondy	Mightiest of Guns "Mightiest of Guns" by "A.A. Bondy"	When the Devil's Loose	Fat Possum	1:43:09 (Pop-up)
Kat Edmonson	All the Way "All the Way" by "Kat Edmonson"	The Big Picture	Masterworks	1:46:59 (Pop-up)
Leonard Cohen	You Know Who I Am "You Know Who I Am" by "Leonard Cohen"	Songs From a Room	Columbia	1:49:39 (Pop-up)
Greg Brown	The Chimney Sweeper "The Chimney Sweeper" by "Greg Brown"	Songs of Innocence and Experience	Red House	1:53:04 (Pop-up)

Simon & Garfunkel	Benedictus "Benedictus" by "Simon & Garfunkel"	Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M	Columbia	2:04:29 (Pop-up)
Ida	Looking Through the Glass "Looking Through the Glass" by "Ida"	Tales of Brave Ida	Simple Machines	2:06:56 (Pop-up)
Tim Buckley	Once I Was "Once I Was" by "Tim Buckley"	Goodbye and Hello	Elektra	2:13:08 (Pop-up)
Fraser & DeBolt (with Ian Guenther)	The Waltze of the Tennis Players	Fraser & DeBolt (with Ian Guenther)	Columbia	2:16:24 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Knight	Song for a City Mouse	Song for a City Mouse	Flashlight	2:20:03 (Pop-up)
The Kinks	Complicated Life "Complicated Life" by "The Kinks"	Muswell Hillbillies + Katalog	RCA / Legacy	2:24:50 (Pop-up)
The Flatlanders	Number Sixteen "Number Sixteen" by "The Flatlanders"	The Odessa Tapes	New West	2:28:54 (Pop-up)
The Rolliing Stones	You Got the Silver	Let It Bleed	Abkco	2:31:29 (Pop-up)
Fleetwood Mac	Early Morning Come "Early Morning Come" by "Fleetwood Mac"	Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac: Live at the BBC	Castle	2:34:18 (Pop-up)
Michael Hurley	Grapefruit Juice Blues	Snockgrass	Rounder	2:36:44 (Pop-up)
Jo Ann Kelly	Sit Down on My Knee "Sit Down on My Knee" by "Jo Ann Kelly"	Jo Ann Kelly	Epic	2:41:07 (Pop-up)
Blitzen Trapper	To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)	While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records	Bloodshot	2:43:53 (Pop-up)
The Handsome Family	1000 Dollar Car	While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records	Bloodshot	2:46:45 (Pop-up)
Lightning Hopkins	Zydeco (Zolo Go)	Zydeco (V.A.)	Arhoolie	2:51:04 (Pop-up)
Shakey Graves	Happy Birthday Julie	While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records	Bloodshot	2:53:47 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:07am Mark: Wow this piano music is gorgeous.
	6:08am P-90: Into the red again. Seems X-mass-y now. Greetings Jeffrey. Yes, Melnyk Rocks!
	♥ 6:15am Sem Chumbo: Giod morning, Jeffrey, Mark and the inimitable P-90. Lush beginning, wonderful.
	♥ 6:16am Sem Chumbo: Giod is Nova Scotian for good.
	6:20am mauri: Morning Jeff, Mark, P-90 and Sem. Winter starting again here. Got the flu again too. if I think nova scotian as new scots, giod makes perfect sense.
	6:30am Cooh John: Giod morning Jeff, Mark, Mauri, Sem, P-90.
	6:34am nah: Good day all you peeps, loving the show so far!
	♥ 6:38am Ken From Hyde Park: This show never disappoints. Always fine music on Saturday mornings.
	♥ 6:44am Sem Chumbo: @mauri: sorry to hear you are under the weather. Rest, fluids and so on, you know the cure. Oh, boy, Jeffrey, have not heard this one in a long time:-) Hey, Cooh John.
	6:48am doca: Hi, Jeff, Sem, mauri, nah, Cooh John, Mark, P-90.
	6:50am nah: Off to buy headphones so I can keep listening while on the go today! Keep the awesome coming!
	♥ 6:58am Sem Chumbo: doca! Bom dia. Eu me pergunto, existe uma tradição de véspera meados do verão de noite no Brasil?
	7:04am doca: @Jeff: It's exactly that, "Riding through Hades/Hell" @Sem: Haha Bom dia! But I couldn't understand what work you're talking about
	♥ 7:08am Sem Chumbo: @doca: google translate has it's limitations. There is a Northern Hemisphere tradition of celebrations on the evening before summer starts. I think it was a hold-over from pagan celebrations revolving around the sun's movements over the course of a year. Hope that is more clear:-D
	7:09am Yair Yona: such a beautiful version of A Woman Like You
	7:11am doca: Oh now I got it. No, we don't have anything like that, but if you think about it Christmas is obviously related the Solstice. One major Brazilian celebration is St. John's Day, or Midsummer in the Northern Hemisphere. In Northeast Brazil it's the great holiday of the year, even bigger than Christmas.
	7:14am doca: @Sem: Do you celebrate something on January 6th? In some regions over here people keep this tradition alive with the Folia de Reis (King's folly, in a bad translation), when there is music and chanting because of the arrival of the Magi to meet baby Jesus.
	♥ 7:19am Sem Chumbo: Northeast Brazil, eh? I'll have to look into that. Muito obrigado! About January 6th, I know that the Anglican and Methodist churches celebrate *The Epiphany" as part of the regular liturgical calendar. Nothing too special. But the Eastern Orthodox Church, following a different calender, make a much bigger deal out of it, later in January..
	7:23am TDK60: I get here right as the Byrds say adieu. And that spooky organ from the Stones.
	7:26am doca: Yeah, actually we should exchange gifts on January 6th to be "ecclesiatically" correct. I know that Folia de Reis is related to Portuguese-colonized regions (All of Brazil is Portuguese, but there are some regions where Portuguese people came later and maintained their traditions), so it must have to do with their Catholicism. The Magi are called "Três Reis Magos" in Portuguese.
	7:29am TDK60: And looking back at the list, some faves here today -- the Farinas from a seminal album--'Grey Day'; the Thompsons from 'Bright Lights'. Always thought 'Mandolin Wind' is great folk-rock.
	7:43am Mark: Haven't listened to "Blood on the Tracks" in years. One of his best. I heard he recorded a complete album with another band and that record was pressed and ready to go and at the last minute he decided he wanted to re-record the whole thing with a different band and they had to stop everything. I've heard bits and pieces of the other recording--couldn't really hear what was wrong with it. But that's the artist's prerogative, I guess.
	7:46am TDK60: Mark: Which is odd, as I hear a few guitar errors in the possibly 2nd version of 'Big Girl'. Not that I'm a super perfectionist.
	7:51am adrian in mpls: silently lurking here - but enjoying everything so much! cheers everyone!
	♥ 7:52am Sem Chumbo: Almost did not recognize him, he sounds so very young here. The poetry is unmistakable, though.
	♥ 7:53am Sem Chumbo: Hey, AiM!
	♥ 7:53am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...been away from keyboard; gettin' ready for Werk slow & steady this Sat. - ☆s aplenty ! You da man DJ JD ! ...Jan. 6th: Epipahny - the Three Wise Men ; B-Day of Alan Watts, John C. Lilly, Syd Barrett...
	7:56am Mark: Well, Dylan was absolutely not a super perfectionist either, TDK. He went entirely by feel. His sessions could be quite chaotic--he didn't like rehearsals and he'd pretty much whip through a song once and you had to keep up. It was always good when there was someone like Al Kooper around ("Blonde on Blonde") who could go through the material before Bob even showed up.
	♥ 7:56am Sem Chumbo: Oh, boy, RevRab: another factoid that has stuck like a burdock to woolen socks. Thanks, I guess;-)
	7:57am Mark: Wow, Jeffrey, Greg Brown--great voice. A lot of memories coming back today with your show. You've got me scrambling to my CD shelf to dig up some old faves for later...
	7:59am adrian in mpls: Hey Sem!
	8:00am Mark: TDK I just remembered where I heard the other version--on "Biograph." And it's actually quite a different performance--his vocal phrasing particularly.
	8:01am TDK60: Mark, Bob D. is known for always doing songs differently, eh?
	8:02am adrian in mpls: @Jeffrey - I'm glad I'm not the only one who was bothered that background noise!
	8:03am Marc: 1986 for Greg Brown
	8:03am Mark: I saw him live about 10 years ago, and I didn't recognize any of the songs he played--except a scorching version of "Highway 61 Revisited."
	♥ 8:06am Sem Chumbo: @Mark: had the same experience. Saw him in Ottawa early in the 90's, and the first half dozen songs were totally unlike the original versions. Ten years later, in Halifax, just the opposite. @l@
	8:08am Mark: He looks at songs as a living thing--ever changing. I respect that, but as a fan, it's a little tough to keep up!
	♥ 8:09am Jeffrey Davison: Belated greetings to all listeners and playlist commenters and all the ships at sea...
	8:09am TDK60: Wow, there's a site that shows where exactly the S. & G. album cover was in the NYC Subway. www.popspotsnyc.com...
	8:13am TDK60: Other important news: Today's the first I've ever '"favorited" songs on WFMU. Thought I never would.
	8:14am Mark: How do you "favorite" a song? Love the subway link btw.
	8:14am TDK60: And now, here's Tim.
	8:16am TDK60: Mark- The star in between the song title and album title.
	♥ 8:20am dale: i only know this waltze by the female version on an fmu premium. it's beautiful
	♥ 8:22am Jeffrey Davison: That version must be Meg Baird's. Her cover rivals the original.
	♥ 8:28am dale: ahh, thanks.
	8:29am Mark: Thanks TDK.
	8:31am annie: JD - :D
	♥ 8:32am Sem Chumbo: Ah, shit. Stepped out and missed Fraser and DeBolt.
	♥ 8:33am Sem Chumbo: Ah, glad not to have missed Keith,
	8:38am Mark: I didn't appreciate "You Got the Silver" as a teenager--used to skip over that one. It took a little life experience for me to get that one. Beautiful slide--Keith is actually a fine guitar player when he tries.
	8:38am mauri: Ah Hurley's my favourite.
	8:38am Ignore Function: Snock!
	♥ 8:42am LynnsBrother: I saw Michael at Nelsonville, OH last summer. I'm a fan of his.
	8:45am Mark: That's the weirdest thing--I have this old vinyl album called "History of British Blues," I don't listen to it that often, but I did this week, and Jo Ann Kelly's on it. And now here she is!
	♥ 8:53am Sem Chumbo: Thanks so much for this morning's show, Jeffrey. Hope to catch you again next week. Happy holidays to you, and all Shrunken Planet-heads.
	8:55am doca: Thanks for the show, Jeffrey, and thanks @Sem! This show was all I needed in this time of year when everybody is so nervous and out of themselves. It reminds me of what holidays are made for. Thanks!
	8:58am adrian in mpls: Thanks Jeffrey! Take care all!
	9:20am Van in DC: Oh. Hey. I missed this show. Let's sample it, shall we...?
	10:41am Van in DC: Wow what a fantastic first set!
	11:17am Van in DC: Laura Nyro! Very nice...

Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison: Playlist from December 20, 2014

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