WFMU RADIO: Give The Drummer Some 11/20/15

Listener comments!

10:44pm Doug Schulkind:

Thank you, listener Ken B, for the GIF!

8:46am annie:

good morning!!

8:46am Doug Schulkind:

Now that you're here, yeah!

8:56am ndbob:

morning Doug, Annie, everyone!

8:58am Doug Schulkind:

Glad you're here, ndbob!

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8:59am βrian:

All I have to give the drummer are my ears and my locomotive breath. (Triple espresso, yo)

8:59am Stanley:

Woohoo!

9:00am annie:

likely listening with very little commenting, have a project to finish. hi ndbob, βrian, and stanley.. and stragglers-in.

9:01am Doug Schulkind:

Stanley and βrian, welcome!

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9:03am βrian:

Oh, and blue skies over the isthmus today. Hello, all.

9:03am annie:

(i had to copy and paste that first letter in your name [B]rian.)

9:04am Doug Schulkind:

There no isthmus without us, βrian.

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9:06am βrian:

Sorry, Annie. (I'm still in beta.)

9:08am northguineahills:

Crap, Bamako too! Arrggh!

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9:08am βrian:

Goofus was the preferred term of endearment for my favorite cat. (24 toes and a gimpy leg, she was pure love.)

9:09am mr c:

Peace in the Valley of Love this morning..

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9:09am βrian:

And Bamako isn't far from the north Guinea hills ...

9:09am Stanley:

Just read the news, too. Says Sekouba Bambino was in the hotel but managed to escape.

9:10am holland oats:

Drumma! Peoples! Goofi

9:11am Doug Schulkind:

Met a person in the dog run the other day with a chocolate lab named Goofy. It ran all wiggly-wiggly which made the name seem quite appropriate.

Climb aboard the lovetrain, northguineahills, Mr C, holland oats. Woo-woo!

9:14am mauri:

pop a top !

9:14am Doug Schulkind:

Sekouba "Bambino" Diabaté: en.wikipedia.org...

9:15am Doug Schulkind:

Can't wait to wish you a mauri Christmas, um, mauri.

9:20am mauri:

i cant wait too! such is christmas time patience.

9:22am Jeff Golick:

Hi, striker!

9:22am Doug Schulkind:

Hiya Jeff Golick!

9:26am Uncle Michael:

I'm looking for that percussion instrument on musiciansfriend.com but so far, no joy.

9:27am annie:

Not in any way a move to divert ears from the Drummer, though i did want to share an Alan Toussaint tribute on WWOZ: Today, beginning around 11a, we'll be broadcasting live from the musical tribute at the Orpheum Theater following Allen Toussaint's public memorial services. The tribute will include many of Allen's wonderfully talented and close friends. You can listen in here: www.wwoz.org...

www.wwoz.org...

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9:27am Brian in UK:

Hello Boss and sensation seekers everywhere.

9:28am Uncle Michael:

Christmas day and New Years day fall on Fridays this year. I'm just mentioning that.

9:29am Uncle Michael:

Yeah...that's what I'm doing.

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9:30am duke:

Good morning Doug and Drummers

9:30am Uncle Michael:

I didn't even know Chris Christie could play...but with that embouchure how could he not?

9:30am Parq:

Joining, just to comment that I love the look on the percussionist's face.As he straightens up after the blow, his face very clearly says "There, goddamit, that got it!"

9:31am thedunkel:

Good morning Mr. drummer and other fellow drummers!

9:31am Doug Schulkind:

Oh boy oh boy, it's Brian in UK! And look, there's duke!

9:32am mr c:

Good Sam Cooke there from Clefs lead..

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9:32am βrian:

There will be lasagna on the isthmus, come Thursday. Home-canned tomatoes, goat ricotta, spinach, shitakes, toasted fennel over top …
(Can't wait.)

9:33am glenn:

you might want to try timberframersrus.com, uncle michael.

9:34am Jeff Golick:

@Parq: I also appreciate the horn player's "been there, heard that, I'm just waiting for my cue" calmness as his music stand jumps about 3 inches.

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9:35am Brian in UK:

Hey glenn how're you doing? Lovin' your new generation of Trudeaus? Justin' time.

9:36am Doug Schulkind:

It sure sounded like Sam Cooke, Mr C, but was that James Phelps?

9:37am Doug Schulkind:

Hey there, glenn! How ya been?!

9:39am Doug Schulkind:

On Thanksgiving Day, I will be fucking working at Triscuitville, 4pm to 12:30am. And then 2-10pm on Blafuck Frifuckday.

9:39am mr c:

Why yes it was James Phelps, Doug. Went on to fame and not that much fortune with "Love is a 5 Letter Word." As you know..

9:40am glenn:

oh, having ANYBODY but harper is a relief.

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9:41am duke:

Whew. This is great stuff. I got the spirit.

9:42am glenn:

i'm okay. still hungover from the post season.

9:42am Jeff g.:

Doug, have you found any kindred spirits in among the triscuits?

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9:42am Brian in UK:

Talikng Heads Remain in Light. Cannot remember the track but it has the rythmn.

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9:43am βrian:

Pray tell, what is Triscuitville? A village thrice cooked?

9:45am Doug Schulkind:

@Jeff G
Yeah. I work most of the time with a nose-ringed metalhead named Donnie, and he's a good dood. Most of the people are actually quite nice. Very diverse crew in a soul pleasing way.

@βrian
It's my day job. I won't mention the name in case corporate headquarters is scouring the web for bad-mouthing employees.

9:46am Doug Schulkind:

Obit for James Phelps: www.nytimes.com...

9:47am Doug Schulkind:

Let the Greene Sisters tell you about a "dual situation."

9:48am chromaphone:

Great guitar on this one!

9:48am Doug Schulkind:

Yo yo yo, chromaphone!

9:49am chromaphone:

High there!

9:50am Doug Schulkind:

In today's playlist GIF, do you see what I think I see, a little cloud of dust rising from under the bammer's table after bamming?!

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9:50am Artie Haywire:

Gweetings. Ith dith dat dwumma thing? Likey like!

9:50am chromaphone:

Loving the gif and so does my 1 year old :)

9:51am chromaphone:

yea wassup with that?

9:52am Doug Schulkind:

Hi Artie Haywire! Hi 1-year-old!

9:52am Lewis:

The gif is soooo good...

9:54am Doug Schulkind:

Looking good, Billy Ray! Feeling good, Lewis!

9:54am Lewis:

I love that the guy with the big hammer is wearing formal wear...

9:54am Lewis:

what is the piece?

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9:55am βrian:

Is the bammer a Triscuitville worker? Quite dedicated, I have to say.

9:59am Parq:

Actually, Doug, apropos a comment you made above, I was thinking that "Blafuck Friday" sounds like it should be the name of a porn vid.

9:59am Lewis:

"trough" is a very good idea.

10:00am Doug Schulkind:

@Parq
A pornsploitation film, indeed!

10:01am northguineahills:

Once in Florida, I found a scorpion in a urinal I was using. That was curious, as scorpions are rare in FL>

10:01am ndbob:

good reasons to be afraid of scorpions - just as long as you aren't afraid of rodents

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10:02am βrian:

"Trough for two?" asked the maître d ...

10:02am Mike East:

ah, is that a mahler box? I think we used to rent those.
morning all!

10:03am Uncle Michael:

I wonder if that guy plays mouse organ.

10:03am mauri:

now this sounds like my everyday.

10:04am mauri:

or cat organ. he's too slow for moles tho. other guys doing that.

10:04am Doug Schulkind:

A Mahler box? A Mahler box! pbs.twimg.com...

Thank you Mike East!! (And good morning.)

10:05am lucyinbrooklyn:

Taking Brooklyn through the work of a Friday morning- once more. Thank you, Doug!!

10:06am Mike East:

oh did I solve the riddle? Finally my job pays off.

10:07am Uncle Michael:

I like how the cymbal guy's cymbal enters the hammer guy's split screen and the horn guy's bouncing music stand is bouncing in wincing guy's split screen.

10:07am Mike East:

that bassoon player's face is making my morning.

10:07am Doug Schulkind:

lucyinbrooklyn! The pleasure is mine!

10:09am Lewis:

@UM - I had missed the music stand! The cycle is complete

10:09am still b/p:

Mahler. Wince. Repeat.

10:10am Uncle Michael:

is it this piece?
en.wikipedia.org...

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10:10am βrian:

To think, when we first met Bammer, a short ten years ago, he was working a triangle at the local chuck wagon.

10:11am Uncle Michael:

The guy is versatile. You should hear his Anvil Chorus.

10:11am Doug Schulkind:

I have no clue of the piece being Mahler boxed.

Greetings, still b/p!

10:12am Uncle Michael:

Concerto for Mahler Box and Leaf Blower Guy.

10:13am annie:

i'm trying to figure out if all the pics actually connect or how they are situated on the stage.

10:13am Lewis:

I think UM nailed it (so to speak) from UM's link: 1The sound of the hammer, which features in the last movement, was stipulated by Mahler to be "brief and mighty, but dull in resonance and with a non-metallic character (like the fall of an axe)." The sound achieved in the premiere did not quite carry far enough from the stage, and indeed the problem of achieving the proper volume while still remaining dull in resonance remains a challenge to the modern orchestra. Various methods of producing the sound have involved a wooden mallet striking a wooden surface, a sledgehammer striking a wooden box, or a particularly large bass drum, or sometimes simultaneous use of more than one of these methods.

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10:14am βrian:

Wile E. Coyote might be irresistibly drawn to that Anvil Chorus.

10:14am still b/p:

Good morning. Just now, I'd like to slide my computer and all the material I'm working/grinding/stumbling on under that giant Mallet of Remedy.

10:15am Parq:

Wow, really like this Meridian Bros.

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10:16am βrian:

No lie, I just put a hard drive under the mallet.

10:18am still b/p:

And you're wearing tails?

10:18am Doug Schulkind:

No leaf-blower guy today, oddly. There's a ton of leaves out there, too. Hope he's not ill.

10:20am chromaphone:

Leaf blowers really bum me out.

10:22am Doug Schulkind:

I still use a rake. I like to watch its progress.

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10:24am βrian:

Nothing like the measured sough of a rake moving through leaves ...

10:25am Lewis:

There is a certain perfection that a rake delivers that is absent with a leaf blower…

10:25am Doug Schulkind:

Kansas City Symphony's principal percussionist Christopher McLaurin tells out about the Mahler Box: www.youtube.com...

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10:26am βrian:

So …. why can't they just use a guillotine?

10:26am still b/p:

Someone could have physical issues to prevent push-brooming, I suppose, but when you see a person using a blower on a really modest driveway -- what would be a 2-minute sweepworth-- it's odd. A friend living across the street from a one such small square-footage blow-jockey said she's at it allllll the time.

10:26am Flash Strap:

good morning Doug and crew

10:27am chromaphone:

I wonder if more laws limiting noise pollution will ever be implemented in this world.

10:31am Doug Schulkind:

Flash Strap, PhD. Good morning!

10:31am Flash Strap:

whoa this is good. how have i never heard of this

10:32am Mike East:

Thanks for the shout out, Doug!

10:33am Flash Strap:

still a live link for this on inconstant sol

10:33am Doug Schulkind:

Jeanne Lee ~ voice
C. Charpe ~ alto sax
A.R. Penck ~ keyboards
Frank Wollny ~ bass
Denis Charles ~ drums

10:34am Doug Schulkind:

Beat me to it, Dr. Strap! Here's the link: inconstantsol.blogspot.com...

10:35am Doug Schulkind:

Cover art by A.R. Penck: 1.bp.blogspot.com...

10:35am Flash Strap:

this is curlin my toes doug

10:36am Uncle Michael:

I was standing by a gas pump with my mobile to my ear...waiting to hear the Mahler Box before I started pumping my gas. It was cold. I'm not complaining.

10:37am chromaphone:

Doug do have any obscure sacred steel stuff that you could play some time and did I miss any at the beginning of the show?

10:38am Doug Schulkind:

@chromaphone
I have several Arhoolie releases with the "sacred steel" stuff. I often use a track from one of them as a music bed. Listen for it next...

10:40am chromaphone:

Cool. Recently watched "this ain't no mouse music" about Arhoolie but they didn't really mention sacred steel at all. Great movie though.

10:41am Doug Schulkind:

Plus, I just love the scrapey-scrape sound a rake makes.

10:45am northguineahills:

Never heard of Jeanne Lee, this is good stuff! Especially for '84!

10:47am northguineahills:

Gotta go Doug, thanks to you and Mike for the Mahler box!

10:48am Jeff Golick:

Penck bankrolled a number of albums like this -- though not all as great as this.

10:52am Doug Schulkind:

See you, northguineahills!

10:53am Doug Schulkind:

He should've just called it Penck Records and called it a day, Jeff Golick.

11:01am Doug Schulkind:

Charles Burnham on violin here in the seat originated held by Billy Bang.

11:05am Dean:

Down Home Records, the retail store associated with Arhoolie, typically has a TV monitor running on its counter with an endless display of various video productions, often including Sacred Steel. Easy to see how Strachwitz grew so fond of it.

11:09am Doug Schulkind:

Down Home is in El Cerrito, which is also home to the greatest burrito I ever had. (A now-closed El Salvadoran take-out taqueria whose name escapes me.)

11:09am Lane Gray:

Never heard of Glenn before. Pretty cool lap steel

11:14am Doug Schulkind:

More info, Lane: www.arhoolie.com...

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11:14am doctorjazz:

Hey all, just checking in, enjoying the show (as usual)

11:16am Dean:

Lots of hidden (some in plain sight) gems in El Cerrito, for sure. For me a glorious Sunday afternoon involves 1) rain, 2) moseying into Down Home with nothing particular in mind, nothing in particular to do, 3) in-store live music, and 4) a handful of worthwhile $2 used LPs.

11:17am Doug Schulkind:

doctorjazz making house calls!

11:18am Doug Schulkind:

@Dean
No visit to the Bay Area for me is complete without a BARTing out to El Cerrito.

11:19am mauri:

a classy jazzy ben casey.

11:21am Dean:

That's great to hear, Doug. Do you know Mod Lang Records, now in El Cerrito? Was in a couple locations in downtown Berkeley until a few years ago.

11:24am Doug Schulkind:

@Dean
Been to Mod Lang when it was in Berkeley. My sis lives nearby.

11:25am Doug Schulkind:

@mauri
Marcus Welby, MD, he ain't!

11:28am Dean:

Disney was right. It is a small world.

11:30am Uncle Michael:

Coming up at the top of the hour, three hours of nonsense that doesn't rise to this level:

wfmu.org...

Join me?

11:32am mauri:

muncle aychael!

11:36am Doug Schulkind:

Uncle Michael's Hinky Dinky Time

You must be this tall

________________________

to ride this radio show. (Or just slither under when no one's looking.)

wfmu.org...

11:39am doca:

Hey, Doug! This has been a great show, and this Ray Agee tune is killing it

11:41am Doug Schulkind:

Hey hey, doca! How you be?!

11:43am Carmichael:

Good morning Doug and Fridayers. Looking forward to next week.

11:44am Doug Schulkind:

Rise and shine, Carmichael!

11:44am doca:

I'm fine and busy, which I almost typed as "fusy", which seems an apt word to describe it. And you?

11:46am doca:

I was thinking that it's not every DJ who can keep the level of the show for two hours straight and then increase it in the last hour or half hour. Only the best can do it. The best, Doug! The best! (Seinfeld reference intended here)

11:46am Doug Schulkind:

I'm good, or if you prefer, food!

11:46am Dean:

We're bine, doca.

11:49am doca:

Hahah it's already past lunch time here, so this is some after-digestion music I'm hearing. Did you already made a food or digestive music special, @Doug?

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11:49am Brian in UK:

How can a man stand such times.

11:50am Jeff Golick:

Picking up on @doca's thread, it's not every dj that will keep me company as I clean the entire apartment, while keeping a smile on my face.

11:51am Doug Schulkind:

"If happiness was water, I'd never run dry."

@doca
Maybe some turkey songs on Tuesday.

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11:51am Brian in UK:

@doca this is the opposite to 'In the Midnight Hour' music.

11:52am mr c:

This is a pretty Uptown arrangement for Stax

11:52am doca:

I've stumbled on this once, great pictures:
http://www.ragtimepiano.ca/rags/food.htm

11:53am Doug Schulkind:

@Mr C
Wu Tang Clan sampled from that Charmels number, but I forget which track.

11:53am Doug Schulkind:

@doca
I could always just play DJ Food. Love his stuff.

11:55am Jeff Golick:

I love this song.

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11:55am Brian in UK:

Josh Davis sampled every song going.

11:55am Doug Schulkind:

Ready for the closer/killer?

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11:55am doctorjazz:

Never heard this "Wish It Would Rain", what a great version!

11:56am Doug Schulkind:

@doctorjazz
It's on here: lightintheattic.net...

11:57am ndbob:

excellent show Doug!

11:57am Uncle Michael:

Wonderful show today, Doug. Thank you.

See you folks in the next room.

11:58am Doug Schulkind:

And THIS was the track that remained in the vaults?!?!

11:59am mr c:

Who is Junior Lewis??

11:59am Doug Schulkind:

Uncle Michael, coming right up, with burritos for everybody!!!

wfmu.org...

11:59am doca:

Great finale, I must say

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12:00pm doctorjazz:

Thanks for the link Doug, great show, off to UM!

12:00pm Dean:

Only Senior Lewis knows for sure...

12:00pm Jeff Golick:

Thanks, @Doug!

12:01pm Doug Schulkind:

That was more funny than it had any right to be. I am leaf-blowing kisses to all of you.

Theme Music: Sarah Webster Fabio	Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues	Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues (Folkways 1976)
ECD	In Tempo	Major Force: The Original Art-Form (Mo' Wax 1990)

The Goofus Five	Them Ramblin' Blues	b/w Tessie! Stop Teasin' Me (Okeh 1924)
Philip Spitalny & His Orchestra	Jackass Blues	b/w Up and at 'Em (Victor 1926)
Wisconsin U Skyrockets	Dizzy Corners	b/w Postage Stamp (Paramount 1928)
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra	Jones Law Blues	b/w Trouble in Mind (Victor 1929)
Chicago Stompers	WIld Man Stomp	b/w Stomp Your Stuff (Champion 1931)
Willie "The Lion" Smith & His Cubs	Echo of Spring	b/w Swing, Brother, Swing (Decca 1935)

Clefs of Calvary	God's Love	b/w Save Me (Tru-Sound 1962)
The Wheeler Singers	Give Me Wings	b/w He Works That Way (J&M )
The Religious Gospelaires of Lincoln Heights, Ohio	Soon One Morning
Troy Ramey & the Soul Searchers	He's Coming Again	Try Being Born Again (Nashboro 1977)
Chuck Stuart	Something's on My Mind	b/w Theres a Tide Raging on the Sea (Champ )
The Greene Sisters	Christians Catch Hell	Christians Catch Hell (Gospel Roots 1978)

Ariza y Su Combo	El Escorpión	Cumbias Tipicas (Discos Fuentes )
Aniceto Molina	El Guiro	Los Meros Meros de la Cumbia (Discos Fuentes )
To Ane E Lo Memo Sexteto	Mi Neno Gabo Riele	Jende Ri Palenge: People of Palenque (Soul Jazz )
Abelardo Carbonó	La Negra Kulengue	El Maravilloso Mundo de Abelardo Carbonó: Psychedelia, Afroroots & Champeta in 1980s Barranquilla (Soundway )
Meridian Brothers	Devoción	Devoción (Works 2005-2011) (Staubgold )

Jeanne Lee	Don't Freeze Yourself to Death Over There in Those Mountains	Don't Freeze Yourself to Death Over There in Those Mountains (Private press 1984)
The Splinks	Krakatau	Vijftig-En-Een-Half (Kontrans 2003)
Maggie Nicols & Peter Nu	Vamp	Don't Assume (Leo 1987)
String Trio of New York & Jay Clayton	Naturals Know	String Trio of New York & Jay Clayton (West Wind 1987)

Chief Akunwafor Ezigbo Obiligbo	Odogwu Umuleri	Egwu Ogbada (Melody )
Pancras Makwawa & His Son	Mgwidika Sadanga Wapamagulu	Hata Unacheza: Sub-Saharan Acoustic Guitar & String Music (Canary )
Master Bob Akwaboah & His Supreme Internationals	Mete Ase Na Mennpe Nsa	Fidie Wura
Mamukueno	Rei Do Palhetinho	Angola Soundtrack: Special Sounds from Luanda 1965-1978 (Analog Africa )
Freedom Family	Good Times	Ayentsoo (EMI 1974)

Sonny Perry	It's Been a Long Time	b/w Do Something For Yourself (Crisko )
Ray Agee	It's Hard to Explain	b/w It's Hard to Explain (inst.) (Romark 1972)
Mixed Sugar	Fifteen Ain't Young No More	b/w It's a Bad Feeling (F.G.S. 1974)
The Cause	Promises, Promises	b/w Hard Times (In the City) (ASG 1976)
Eddie Campbell	Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do	b/w Contagious Love (Artco 1967)
The Charmels	As Long as I've Got You	b/w Baby Come and Get It (Volt 1967)
The Cougars	I Wish It Would Rain	Jamaica to Toronto: Soul, Funk & Reggae 1967-1974 (Light in the Attic 1970)
Junior Lewis	Two Seconds of Love	unreleased (Sylvia ca. 1960)

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