Favoriting Explorers Room with Flash Strap: Playlist from April 2, 2015 Favoriting

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Favoriting April 2, 2015: Music For Plants
Please allow your plants to listen in on this one.

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Artist Track Album Comments
Iasos  Essence of Spring   Favoriting Essence of Spring   

Music behind DJ:
Mort Garson 
Rhapsody in Green   Favoriting
Plantasia 
 
Mort Garson  Plantasia   Favoriting Plantasia   
Mort Garson  Music to Soothe the Savage Snake Plant   Favoriting Plantasia   
Mort Garson  Ode to an African Violet   Favoriting Plantasia   
Roger Roger  Rhapsody In Green I - Effluves   Favoriting De la Musique & des Secrets pour Enchanter vos Plantes   
Dieter Schütz  Little Plant   Favoriting Voyage   

Music behind DJ:
Joel Fajerman 
Flowers Love   Favoriting
L'aventure des Plantes 
 
Joel Fajerman  Ma Foret   Favoriting L'aventure des Plantes   
Mort Garson  Walk to the Other Side of the Island   Favoriting Didn't You Hear?   
Vangelis  Freefall   Favoriting Albedo 0.39   
Gianni Safred  Last Rain   Favoriting Futuribile: The Life to Come   
Massonix  Neptune (Featuring Seaming To)   Favoriting Hollingsville   
Walt Rockman  Intact Nature   Favoriting Biology (Sonoton)   
Joel Vandroogenbroeck & F. Voelxen  Strange Morning   Favoriting Contemporary Pastoral and Ethnic Sounds (Coloursound)   
Joel Vandroogenbroeck  Mutation   Favoriting Birth of Earth (Coloursound)   
Heinz von Moisy  Mirage   Favoriting Las Plantas   
Piero Umiliani  Synthi Epic   Favoriting Synthi Time   
Inoyama Land  Glass Chaim   Favoriting Danzindan Pojidon   
Teisco  I Foletti   Favoriting D.O.C.   

Music behind DJ:
Heinz von Moisy 
Las Plantas   Favoriting
Las Plantas 
 
Gianni Safred & His Electronic Instruments  Mystification   Favoriting Electronic Designs (Music Scene)   
Gianni Safred & His Electronic Instruments  Sacred Interlude   Favoriting Electronic Designs (Music Scene)   
Gianni Safred & His Electronic Instruments  Spheres   Favoriting Electronic Designs (Music Scene)   
Mort Garson  Mellow Mood for Maidenhair   Favoriting Plantasia   
Mort Garson  Symphony for a Spider Plant   Favoriting Plantasia   
Mort Garson  Baby's Tears Blues   Favoriting Plantasia   
Ariel Kalma  Source Fraiche   Favoriting Interfrequence (MP 2000)   
Bernard Fevre  Molecule Dance   Favoriting Strange World of Bernard Fevre   
Cecil Leuter  Electro Theme Nº 5   Favoriting Chappell TV Music Library 104  Cecil Leuter is one of Roger Roger's many pseudonyms 
Dave Sarkys  Canadian Colours Theme 2   Favoriting First Encounter (Mondiophone)   
Vangelis  Chromatique   Favoriting Opera Sauvage   
Jean Jacques Perrey  Chronophonie   Favoriting Moog Sensations   

Music behind DJ:
Inoyama Land 
See Saw   Favoriting
Music for Myxomycetes 
 
Jean Michel Jarre  Les Chants Magnetiques III   Favoriting Les Chants Magnetiques   
Raymond Scott  In the Hall of the Mountain Queen   Favoriting Manhattan Research, Inc.   
Marcello Giombini  La Primavera   Favoriting Synthomania   
Roger Roger  Rhapsody In Green II - Luxuriance   Favoriting De la Musique & des Secrets pour Enchanter vos Plantes   


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Listener comments!

Avatar 7:00pm
hyde:

my plants are growing like crazy already
Avatar 7:02pm
ndbob:

evening Flash, Hyde, everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
listener james from westwood:

Ah, my plants will enjoy this episode.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
Doug Schulkind:

Your playlist art is growing on me, Flash Strap.
Avatar 7:05pm
Flash Strap:

Evening green men
Avatar 7:06pm
Flash Strap:

and hello to your plants, the little monsters
Avatar 7:09pm
Flash Strap:

What are you guys growing? Or can you say?
Avatar 7:11pm
Carmichael:

In California, the plants never stop growing. Especially the weeds.
Avatar 7:12pm
Flash Strap:

Roger that, C.
Avatar 7:14pm
Carmichael:

Especially the weed, he he.
Avatar 7:15pm
Flash Strap:

heh, I thought that's what you meant in the first place, you subtle devil
Avatar 7:16pm
Flash Strap:

"Music & Secrets to delight your plants"

BUT WHAT ARE THE SECRETS? I guess we'll never know, not with these ears, restricted to this wavelength
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
listener james from westwood:

Spider plant, Chinese evergreen, snake plant x 2, arrowhead vine, and pothos. Way down from my usual massive complement of plants, after I lost most of my plants to fungus gnats from shitty Miracle-Gro potting soil. (Protip: Bake it at a low temperature for a stretch in a cheapo tinfoil lasagna pan to kill the eggs/larvae.) Must buy many more as the weather improves.
  7:18pm
patashnik:

I'm a succulent man experimenting with mushrooms.
Avatar 7:18pm
Flash Strap:

hmm, are your snake plants now soothed? Side note, has anyone out there ever had snakefruit?
  7:19pm
patashnik:

What does it taste like? For that matter, what does snake taste like?
Avatar 7:20pm
Flash Strap:

let me see, patashnik... some of this stuff might suit your fungus. The succulents should be right at home. I'm a succulent man myself, had a nice set of succulents and cacti when I lived in Mexico. Lots of barrel cactus
Avatar 7:21pm
Flash Strap:

snake tastes like a rubber chicken lightly rubbed down with live catfish, snakefruit is a little harder to describe... tart, woody, looks like a snake on the outside, constipatory side effects
  7:22pm
patashnik:

Oh well. I'd give it a go anyway.
  7:22pm
walkingtrees:

rearranging my succulents and repotting other greenery and then found this to be the theme for this evening
Avatar 7:23pm
Flash Strap:

according to wikipedia, snake fruit has "a starchy 'mouth feel', and a flavour reminiscent of dilute pineapple and lemon juice", so there you go. they should have sent a poet
Avatar 7:24pm
Flash Strap:

walkingtrees! what a profound pleasure.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
listener james from westwood:

The snake plants are always chill. Their fibrous nature prevents observable phototropism. The arrowhead vine, on the other hand, I have to turn every few days or it lists to one side.
  7:24pm
patashnik:

That's a common problem.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
listener james from westwood:

Or maybe it's not light they're seeking. The light and the speakers playing WFMU are in the same direction relative to the plant. Maybe it just has fine taste.
Avatar 7:25pm
Flash Strap:

perhaps they are craning out to hear The Secret, to be delighted
  7:25pm
patashnik:

I had to look up the snake plant. I would've recognised Sansevieria. I have a tiny musica that can't seem to decide what it's doing.
  7:27pm
walkingtrees:

ahoy flash! nice to catch these wave live
Avatar 7:28pm
Flash Strap:

well, just beyond nice to have you with us
  7:31pm
walkingtrees:

got fish frying, fresh copy of Corto Maltese to flip thru, new lighting on the succulent bed, light snow in colorado and your picks for the ears...nice evening indeed..thanks!
Avatar 7:32pm
Flash Strap:

Sounds like a dream, thanks for making me a part of it hoss
  7:34pm
patashnik:

James, I actually had no idea bagged compost could have beasties in it. I've never had a problem and the indoors use an old bag that's been sitting half moist for over a year.
  7:34pm
walkingtrees:

imma try to get spooky ryan in on this
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
listener james from westwood:

It wasn't compost in this case, which may be the difference; it was bagged potting soil. It's the 2nd time Miracle-Gro soil has caused a problem with me. Perhaps actual compost would be better.
  7:37pm
patashnik:

My mistake, potting soil.
  7:39pm
walkingtrees:

"miracle"-gro might be a problem
Avatar 7:39pm
Flash Strap:

Oh, wouldn't that be lovely? I always hope he'll turn up
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
Doug Schulkind:

This track has hidden menace.
  7:39pm
patashnik:

What are you folks doing for lighting and fertiliser for indoor succulents?
  7:41pm
walkingtrees:

i like jump start t5 strips...nice and compact, and easy to daisy chain for lighting
Avatar 7:42pm
Flash Strap:

I agree, Doug. Fajerman's whole project is a little threatening
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
listener james from westwood:

The snake plants do OK with eastern exposure and an all-day compact fluorescent. With this setup anything more fleshy, like sedum, jade plants, aloe, agave, won't thrive. Fertilizer for them, I just top-dress with new soil.
  7:42pm
walkingtrees:

also handy for other green amigo pre-flowering
  7:46pm
patashnik:

I don't think I can work a strip into my setup. I've never been sure about CFL but the plants are stuck in a dark room in a dark country.
Avatar 7:47pm
ndbob:

I've taken care of one plant ever .. it died not long after
Avatar 7:48pm
Flash Strap:

Absent a green thumb myself, I'm fortunate to be partnered up with someone who keeps the plants beautiful and alive.
  7:48pm
patashnik:

I do have a few fleshy ones, James. Thriving would be nice but just keeping them healthy year on year would be good. I lost a few just in the past year and can't tell if it's random or me. ;)
  7:50pm
walkingtrees:

strips can be attached to almost any flat surface side or hung from above
  7:52pm
walkingtrees:

spookcUSA wishes you all well....he's presently relocating his abode
Avatar 7:52pm
Flash Strap:

talk about menace, there's not much hidden about it here. sorry if your plants have nightmares, there's light on the other side of this tunnel
Avatar 7:54pm
Flash Strap:

and I well-wish in return of course, but he knows that already
  7:54pm
patashnik:

I think plants manage menacing sounds all right. Mine have to put up with dark D&B from time to time. That might explain things.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
listener james from westwood:

Some of these tracks are pleasantly putting me into a sort of "In Search Of..." mind. Similar instrumentation/patterns to the soundtrack to said series?
  7:58pm
walkingtrees:

pulsation
Avatar 7:58pm
ndbob:

excellent first hour Flash! catch the rest on the archive
Avatar 8:00pm
Flash Strap:

I can't place your reference, James. What is this you speak of?
Avatar 8:00pm
Flash Strap:

adios, bob!
Avatar 8:05pm
Flash Strap:

pardon that dangling participle, by the way
  8:12pm
yellowbird:

This show is just wonderful. I love all the growing sounds. It may be wishful thinking, but I can't wait for a fungus show...whenever that may come.
  8:13pm
walkingtrees:

yay to fungi show....where is everyone residing and what's growing?
Avatar 8:13pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks, Bird. One day perhaps! There's definitely less fungus music out there, to the detriment of us all
  8:17pm
patashnik:

Flash, keep it up. I should be in the mood for something upbeat tonight but I've been happily stuck here. +1 for fungi shows and Vangelis.
  8:17pm
walkingtrees:

that teisco track
  8:18pm
patashnik:

walkingtrees, Scotland, succulents and mushies if things work out.
  8:19pm
yellowbird:

Looks like you got a mycological challenge, dear flash...
  8:20pm
walkingtrees:

im giving another go at my myco experiments soon myself ;) succulents and green friends here...colorado
  8:21pm
patashnik:

Are you up for a mycological challenge, Flash? I just found this as you mentioned it: archive.org...
Avatar 8:23pm
Flash Strap:

I was just about to post that link patashnik!
  8:23pm
yellowbird:

I'm growing mystery plants myself....A few weeks ago, I went to the international grocery and bought roots that I have never heard of. I'm rooting them now, and I can't wait until they sprout up. It's pretty exciting
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:23pm
Uncle Michael:

What is that, lamb's ear?
  8:24pm
patashnik:

Thanks for the tip as well. I missed out on that show. walking trees, I'm still watching my first try colonise so I'm waiting anxiously.
Avatar 8:26pm
Flash Strap:

Hey Unca Mike! I have no idea what it is, looks a little too spiky for lamb's ear but I'm no horticulturist
Avatar 8:27pm
Flash Strap:

And seriously, gang, Private Life of Plants is so cool. It's actually sort of scary sometimes too. Plants are really eerie when you view them at their own speed
Avatar 8:29pm
Flash Strap:

this album was still hot to grab in the comments last time I checked: boxes-of-toys.blogspot.com...

Thanks to Greta
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:30pm
Little Danny:

Absolutely lurvely stuff E.

And - for you mycological types - permit me to recommend a short (4 minutes) movie by a friend of mine: vimeo.com...
Avatar 8:31pm
Flash Strap:

Well, hello Danny! I promise to watch that later
Avatar 8:32pm
hyde:

yes, plantasia! i like this one a lot......
Avatar 8:33pm
Flash Strap:

Gonna play 2 more Plantasia pieces then dip back into deeper waters.
Avatar 8:33pm
Flash Strap:

hi hi Hyde
Avatar 8:37pm
Flash Strap:

Can't imagine I won't go a bit long tonight! I just have a lot of leafy greens I want to play
Avatar 8:41pm
hyde:

wow, this one's amazing. don't know this guy...
  8:41pm
patashnik:

Danny, good stuff. It's one weird mushy.
Avatar 8:42pm
Flash Strap:

Oh man, Ariel Kalma has just TONS of cool stuff. Check him out for sure
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42pm
Doug Schulkind:

Nice, this!
Avatar 8:45pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks, you!
  8:55pm
patashnik:

Flash, I think I'm gonna have to come here again.
Avatar 8:56pm
hyde:

great show! thanks.
Avatar 8:56pm
Flash Strap:

Well, I hope you do, new friend.
Avatar 8:56pm
Flash Strap:

Don't thank me yet, there's another 25 minutes of pure radio gold before I'm off duty
Avatar 8:57pm
Flash Strap:

less than that, actually. and thank me anytime, come to think of it
  9:06pm
patashnik:

Well, cheers! I'll be hanging around.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
listener james from westwood:

Thanks most kindly for the plant tunes!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
Uncle Michael:

Thanks, Evan.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07pm
Doug Schulkind:

Great growing with you, Flash.
  9:07pm
walkingtrees:

thanks for curating again flash
Avatar 9:07pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks, all four of you!
Avatar 9:07pm
Flash Strap:

all five of you!
  9:08pm
shayna:

syntho-maniacal? genius!!
Avatar 9:08pm
Flash Strap:

Truly, thanks for listening.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
Doug Schulkind:

Fewer people join in the commenting during the evening hours. There are many more ears out there than it seems!
  9:09pm
walkingtrees:

whats the word on the explorers book?
Avatar 9:09pm
Flash Strap:

I strive for genius, Shayna. Occasionally I nip at its heels with a wicked turn of phrase, and then it's gone from sight, lost in the mists of my density.
Avatar 9:10pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks for asking treesman. I'm working on it, but as you can imagine it's not easy. It is a serious goal of my 2015 to just get it done by hook or crook.
Avatar 9:10pm
Flash Strap:

this part is so awesome
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
Doug Schulkind:

Manifest density.
  9:11pm
shayna:

HA - omg miss you guys!
  9:11pm
walkingtrees:

this track....eeee
  9:12pm
walkingtrees:

i'll bite that hook...good luck!
Avatar 9:12pm
Flash Strap:

Oh, I just meant thanks to the five folks who had just commented! As for the entire listenership: thanks, you multitudinous mystery, you treasured receivers of sound
Avatar 9:13pm
Flash Strap:

thanks trees!
Avatar 9:13pm
Flash Strap:

I thought i recognized that voice. We miss you too Shayna
  9:13pm
patashnik:

Is Flash writing something?
Avatar 9:15pm
Flash Strap:

Oh, not really. I made a collage book of some density (speaking of) and am working on publishing a hard copy very soon. You can check it out here: www.evancrankshaw.com...
  9:16pm
patashnik:

Looks like I'll have to!
Avatar 9:17pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks everyone, good night!
  9:19pm
shayna:

xoxo! can't wait for next week ;-)
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