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This is where all of culture and all of time are collapsed into one seductive portal and viewed through the panoramic lens of the exotic. Come and embark on an armchair-travel virtual-voyage to the heart of timeless darkness and beyond; embrace the numinous monolith of the exotic immensity. Let us find that place where hybridization meets its destiny as pure fantasy. Let us become observers observing those others who are ourselves. You wear your mask and I'll wear mine.

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Favoriting May 19, 2016: In the World, But not of It: An Evening with Moondog

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Artist Track Album Year Comments Approx. start time
  Intro          
Moondog with the London Saxophonic  Tout Suite No.1 In F Major - 1.Mov.   Favoriting Sax Pax for a Sax  1994    0:00:34 (Pop-up)
Moondog with the London Saxophonic  Tout Suite No.1 In F Major - 2.Mov.   Favoriting Sax Pax for a Sax      0:03:34 (Pop-up)
Moondog with the London Saxophonic  Tout Suite No.1 In F Major - 3.Mov.   Favoriting Sax Pax for a Sax      0:06:43 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Johnny Coles 
Hobo Joe   Favoriting
Little Johnny C 
 
 
0:09:42 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Westward Ho!: Ship at Sea – Prairie Schooners on the Oregon Trail   Favoriting Elpmas  1991    0:20:20 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Suite Equestria (Trail Versus Road And Trail): 1.The Horse 2.The Wheel 3.The Motor   Favoriting Elpmas      0:25:45 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Marimba Mondo 1: The Rain Forest   Favoriting Elpmas      0:32:21 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Nero's Expedition   Favoriting Moondog 2  1971    0:37:38 (Pop-up)
Moondog  No, The Wheel Was Never Invented   Favoriting Moondog 2      0:39:25 (Pop-up)
Moondog  I'm in the World   Favoriting H'art Songs  1978    0:40:44 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Aska Me   Favoriting H'art Songs      0:44:11 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Fujiyama 2 (Lovesong)   Favoriting Elpmas  1991    0:46:32 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Marimba Mondo 2 - Seascape Of The Whales   Favoriting Elpmas      0:51:08 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Steve Reich 
Six Marimbas   Favoriting
 
 
 
0:53:57 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Caribea   Favoriting Moondog  1956    1:06:23 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Tree Trail   Favoriting Moondog      1:07:05 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Frog Bog   Favoriting Moondog      1:09:24 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Surf Session   Favoriting Moondog      1:14:12 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Up Broadway   Favoriting The Story of Moondog  1957  The Impressions of Moondog as he passes Birdland and the Palladium up the great White Way. (a) Broadway and the 52nd St. The Jazz Corner of the World. A dog trot in 1/4 time, featuring Sam Ulano on drums. (b) Broadway and 53rd. St. The Afro-Cuban Corner of the World - A bumbo in 4/4 time, featuring Suzuko on the yukh, maraca etc.  1:18:09 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Bumbo   Favoriting Moondog and His Honking Geese Playing Moondog's Music  1955    1:23:00 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Rabbit Hop   Favoriting Moondog and His Honking Geese Playing Moondog's Music      1:24:03 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Dog Trot   Favoriting Moondog and His Honking Geese Playing Moondog's Music      1:26:23 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Oasis   Favoriting Moondog and his Friends  1954    1:28:44 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Stamping Ground   Favoriting Moondog  1969    1:31:42 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Witch of Endor   Favoriting Moondog  1969  I - Dance II - Trio: A. Adagio (The Prophesy), B. Andante (The Battle), C. Agitato (Saul´s Death) III - Dance (Reprise)  1:34:18 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Charlie Parker 
A Night in Tunisia   Favoriting
 
 
 
1:40:34 (Pop-up)
Moondog with the London Saxophonic  Present for the Prez. (In Memory Lester Young)   Favoriting Sax Pax for a Sax  1994    1:50:05 (Pop-up)
Moondog with the London Saxophonic  Bird's Lament (In Memory Charlie Parker)   Favoriting Sax Pax for a Sax      1:51:43 (Pop-up)
Moondog with the London Saxophonic  D for Danny (Dedicated to Danny Thompson)   Favoriting Sax Pax for a Sax      1:53:48 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Bug on a Floating Leaf   Favoriting A New Sound of an Old Instrument  1979    1:55:32 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Barn Dance   Favoriting A New Sound of an Old Instrument      1:58:07 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Oasis   Favoriting A New Sound of an Old Instrument      1:59:11 (Pop-up)
Moondog with the London Saxophonic  Dog Trot   Favoriting Sax Pax for a Sax  1994    2:03:00 (Pop-up)
Ensemble Bracelli  Rabbit Hop   Favoriting Bracelli und Moondog  2004?    2:05:56 (Pop-up)
Moondog with the London Brass and London Saxophonic  Bumbo   Favoriting Big Band  1995    2:08:05 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Viking I   Favoriting Moondog in Europe  1977    2:10:58 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Chaconne in G   Favoriting Moondog in Europe      2:13:55 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Chaconne in C   Favoriting Moondog in Europe      2:18:41 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Gil Melle 
Weird Valley   Favoriting
Patterns in Jazz 
 
 
2:21:31 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Suite No. 2 - First Movement   Favoriting Moondog and his Friends  1954    2:31:02 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Suite No. 2 - Second Movement   Favoriting Moondog and his Friends      2:32:01 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Suite No. 2 - Third Movement   Favoriting Moondog and his Friends      2:34:19 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Lullaby (2 West 46th Street)   Favoriting Moondog on the Streets of New York  1953  Suzuko sings in three octaves against Samisen, etc.  2:36:14 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Utsu   Favoriting Moondog on the Streets of New York    Suzuko plays the Utsu in 5-4 time. Introducing the Utsu, a small keyboard instrument in the 5-tone scale.  2:36:39 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Chant   Favoriting Moondog on the Streets of New York    Introducing the Uni (7 strings in unison). A pedal point to a two part round for voice and Utsu in 1-2 time.  2:39:03 (Pop-up)
Moondog  From One to Nine   Favoriting Moondog on the Streets of New York    Nine quarter beat rhythms in Snake Time.  2:39:45 (Pop-up)
Moondog with the London Brass and London Saxophonic  Invocation   Favoriting Big Band  1995    2:41:49 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Moondog 
Bird of Paradise   Favoriting
Elpmas 
 
 
2:51:17 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 6:58pm
Flash Strap:

Good good good evening explorers. I hope you do not mind if I play to you tonight three hours of Moondog, because that is my wild plan and I am excited to execute it
Avatar 7:00pm
ndbob:

evening Evan and everyone!
Avatar 7:01pm
Flash Strap:

Hey Bob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
melinda:

hi Evan, Bob & those yet to arrive! Looking forward to 3 hours of Moondog.
Avatar 7:03pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Melinda! I think I started scheming this show after you made a comment about Moondog in past show, if I remember right
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
Doug Schulkind:

Sublime sublime sublime!
Avatar 7:05pm
thesleepylagoon:

Hi, good evening everyone. It's the first time I listen live to the show... I listen to all your shows from the mediatheque. Thank you internet...
Avatar 7:05pm
Flash Strap:

Doug! Good evening captain
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
listener james from westwood:

I'm only 1 1/2 pieces in and I'm already much calmer!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
melinda:

Yes, I think you were concerned that it might be going over old territory for some, but it is mostly new for me.
Avatar 7:05pm
ndbob:

Heya Melinda!
Avatar 7:06pm
Flash Strap:

S L E E P Y L A G O O N

it's an honor, welcome comrade
Avatar 7:06pm
ndbob:

Heya Doug! Sleepy Lagoon!
Avatar 7:06pm
Flash Strap:

Listener James!
Avatar 7:06pm
ndbob:

and James
Avatar 7:07pm
thesleepylagoon:

Normally it's too late for me...
Avatar 7:09pm
Flash Strap:

well it's an honor to have you, both tonight and via archive
Avatar 7:10pm
thesleepylagoon:

the pleasure is on my side...
Avatar 7:12pm
Carmichael:

Heya Flashy and fans.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
Doug Schulkind:

We wave palm fronds o'er your head, Sleepy Lagoon!
Avatar 7:21pm
Flash Strap:

Welcome, Carmichael. Warm welcome
Avatar 7:24pm
thesleepylagoon:

Sorry Doug, I don't under stand this
Avatar 7:24pm
Flash Strap:

Sound sampling on this record is absolute peak-of-form
Avatar 7:27pm
Flash Strap:

The Horse:
Whenever Man began to tame the horse,
He had himself a potent power source.

For draft and riding, horses were supreme.
From two to three and more they made a team.

The dog was not his only friend of course.
He knew he had another in the horse.

But he would come to cast his friend aside.
In favour of a motor-driven ride.
Avatar 7:29pm
Flash Strap:

The Wheel:
The Incas had no wheel. The Aztecs had no wheel.
The Mayas had no wheel on which to reel.

Before the wheelers came to wage the war they won,
The Aborigines had need of none.

The Natives knew the year the Norsemen would appear,
To rediscover half a hemisphere.

The horse had always been, the horse would always be
The safer source of Man's mobility.

The horseless carriage came to take him for a spin,
On carriage ways and means to do him in.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
Doug Schulkind:

When royalty visits, we place them on the exalted throne and gently cool them with tropical breezes. Sir.
Avatar 7:30pm
Flash Strap:

This guy knows how to treat a guest!
Avatar 7:31pm
Flash Strap:

The Motor:
On fossil fuel the engine up and ran,
Ostensibly the bosom friend of Man.

In serving Man the motor came to be
The Master, even Man began to see.

If pride preceds a fall it's time he fell
For horses who have ever served him well.

A toiler and a spoiler all in one,
The engine had its day, whose day is done.
Avatar 7:31pm
hyde:

hi gang
Avatar 7:32pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Hyde! nice to see you pal
Avatar 7:34pm
hyde:

someone pass me a palm frond
Avatar 7:35pm
Flash Strap:

I was listening to this album while canoeing through a mangrove canal, birdwatching (to little avail) in the sweltering heat and

it really moved me
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
Doug Schulkind:

@hyde
No, silly, we smoke them *after* the show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
melinda:

I love the marimbas.
Avatar 7:36pm
hyde:

@Doug too late
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
melinda:

This is palm frond music, definitely.
Avatar 7:37pm
Flash Strap:

@melinda: On the use of marimbas for this album, Moondog wrote: " The reason I used the marimba so much is because it sounds so realistic, due to its being so percussive."
Avatar 7:39pm
Flash Strap:

Nero's expedition up the Nile
Failed ....
Because the water hyacinths ..
Had clogged the river
Denying Nero's vessels passage
Through the Sud of Nubia ......
Avatar 7:39pm
thesleepylagoon:

I must say goodbye. It's very late here in Germany... Good Night, till next time.
Avatar 7:41pm
Flash Strap:

good night, fellow traveler sleepy lagoon
Avatar 7:45pm
Flash Strap:

Aska me about Alaska, if you care a tinker´s damn,
What I have to say about the Russian Bear and Uncle Sam,
Vitus Bering rediscovered Streights that somehow Bear his name,
After they had been discovered many times before he came.
Alexander Baranov, Administra(i)tor to the Czar,
Sat in Sitka with his books and paintings, eating caviar.
Then, in 1867, Seward bought it for a song;
Sing a song of seven million, and a fifth of something Strong.
Playing for itself in gold, some twenty times the price he payed,
"Seward´s Folly" was, by golly, where a killing could be made.
1912, a territory, 1952, a state.
All the Tlingits were so sorry, Uncle Sam had come so late.
When the exploitation´s over and the last exploiter´s gone,
Then whatever left of life and limb can try to carry on.
Avatar 7:47pm
hyde:

i wish i had a folly named after me
Avatar 7:48pm
Flash Strap:

keep trying!

me too, it would have to be such grand folly, it would be worth it
Avatar 7:48pm
geezerette:

Can't believe I'm so late,LOVE MOONDOG!
Thank woo-moo for the archive!!!
Avatar 7:48pm
Flash Strap:

english translation:

Fujiyama, take me too.
Now she's gone, my life is through,
Fujiyama.

Show me where she stood and fell.
There I'll stand and fall, as well,
Fujiyama.

When she heard I died at sea,
She was bent on joining me,
Fujiyama.
Unbeknown to her I'd live,
Till I'd have a life to give,
Fujiyama.

Coming home I'd come too late,
Tide, alone, would seal our fate,
Fujiyama.

Fujiyama, when I'm gone,
Tell the world that love lives on,
Fujiyama.
Avatar 7:48pm
Flash Strap:

ah hello, geezerette! much more to come!
Avatar 7:49pm
Flash Strap:

maybe that's not translation, actually. hell i have no idea what the first part is saying
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
Uncle Michael:

Hello.
Avatar 7:57pm
ndbob:

excellent first hour Evan - catch the rest on the archive!
Avatar 7:58pm
hyde:

haha, i almost mentioned steve reich back during marimba mondo. i love this record.
Avatar 7:58pm
hyde:

later, ndb!
Avatar 8:02pm
geezerette:

Hi Evan, this is great!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:03pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

What a phenomenal human being.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:08pm
Little Danny:

This is inspiring me to pull some Moondog outta my personal archives. Wonderful music.
Avatar 8:08pm
Flash Strap:

Bye NDB!
Avatar 8:08pm
Flash Strap:

Hello RRN63!
Avatar 8:08pm
Flash Strap:

oh and hello friend Danny! I know you have some choice cuts in your stacks
Avatar 8:09pm
Flash Strap:

I'm glad you think so geezerette!
Avatar 8:09pm
Flash Strap:

he's definitely a big influence on Reich and all those guys, of course
Avatar 8:12pm
Flash Strap:

OH! late hello to Uncle Michael!
Avatar 8:13pm
geezerette:

Yep. he's the big daddy. Up there with Harry Smith & Harry Partch.
Avatar 8:15pm
geezerette:

Howdy people!
Avatar 8:16pm
hyde:

yeah, i had no idea Moondog lived with Phillip Glass for a while and he and Moondog and Reich would play together. amazing.
Avatar 8:18pm
Flash Strap:

to be a fly on that wall
Avatar 8:18pm
geezerette:

Wow hyde,imagine.
Avatar 8:21pm
geezerette:

Evan your show is our time machine.
Avatar 8:21pm
Flash Strap:

boy – that's all it ever wanted to be, really. a time machine
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:30pm
Doug Schulkind:

God I love this music so much. (Of course, God knew this already.)
Avatar 8:31pm
Flash Strap:

He still likes to hear you say it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:35pm
coelacanth:

greetings Evan and Explorers
Avatar 8:37pm
Flash Strap:

welcome welcome coelacanth
Avatar 8:41pm
geezerette:

Wonder if this has ever been used by a choreographer.
Avatar 8:44pm
geezerette:

Wow!!! Didn't know but it felt that way!
(Marta Graham)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
melinda:

This has been a great soundtrack for my evening kitchen tasks.
Avatar 8:45pm
geezerette:

(Martha...)
Avatar 8:52pm
Flash Strap:

this one is one of my all-time tops
Avatar 8:53pm
geezerette:

Yes!
Avatar 9:00pm
Flash Strap:

Now, as promised, we circle back and tread some old ground anew, in reverse
Avatar 9:08pm
hyde:

sounds good!
Avatar 9:13pm
Flash Strap:

Tally ho now to new territory! Still with me Moondoggers?
Avatar 9:14pm
geezerette:

He could have scored films. Would be great to see someoe use his work that way.

All the way Evan!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
melinda:

This is so good.
Avatar 9:16pm
Flash Strap:

you see his compositions in films from time to time, and it's magic paired to the moving picture, even when the flick doesn't really "deserve" to use him (lookin at you, Pineapple Express)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
melinda:

Geezerette, yeah. I feel like I'm in a movie, kind of.
Avatar 9:17pm
Flash Strap:

oh god this part is so lovely
Avatar 9:18pm
Flash Strap:

i think they use a Moondog in Big Lebowski, which is a big bit better in my opinion (but such is his greatness that it still feels almost not-good-enough)
Avatar 9:23pm
geezerette:

lovely is the word.

Melinda it's so delicate and lyrical...but it sounds absolutely current as well, y'know?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28pm
melinda:

I agree.
Avatar 9:33pm
Flash Strap:

I concur as well
Avatar 9:38pm
ifny:

OoOoooo just tuned in and staying for the fun. Left coast <3s Moondog too....
Avatar 9:39pm
Flash Strap:

Ah, welcome Ifny!
Avatar 9:41pm
ifny:

Thank you Strap of Flash! Your playlist makes me glad to be here, as always.
Avatar 9:41pm
Flash Strap:

always glad to have you, friend Ifny
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44pm
coelacanth:

i wonder if Moondog knew when he named that that "uni" is sea urchin in japanese...
...(probably)
Avatar 9:47pm
geezerette:

ifny,I like your painting.
(avatar)

Howdy coel!
Avatar 9:48pm
Flash Strap:

he did seem to have some Japanese under his belt, likely from his marriage to Suzuko, which was around the same time as the Uni. though I wonder what the linguistic connection was for him? really interesting stuff there, C.
Avatar 9:49pm
ifny:

@coalacanth: or evoking a big-time Etruscan goddess. This is her, with a lot going on books.openedition.org...
Avatar 9:50pm
Flash Strap:

well that's right in his wheelhouse too!
Avatar 9:50pm
ifny:

Though there is an eating theme, so perhaps he was thinking of both simultaneously...
Avatar 9:51pm
ifny:

geezerette: thanks, I cut it myself ;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55pm
coelacanth:

hey g!
...wow, that's a great image ifny.
...but yes, i figure he had a solid reason for naming everything.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55pm
Little Danny:

Astoundingly great show Evan.
Avatar 9:56pm
geezerette:

This was such a treat. Thanks Evan! :D
Avatar 9:56pm
ifny:

@coelacanth or at least a transubstantiated reason....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57pm
Little Danny:

So I'll be starting off the show with Moondog. I want this transition to be plush and uninterrupted. See y'all in the next room over: wfmu.org...
Avatar 9:58pm
ifny:

@Flash Strap: what song were you quoting those lyrics from? Was it by Moondog? Tlingit asking here.
Avatar 9:58pm
hyde:

great show. thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
coelacanth:

i met up on the pass...i'll have to start the journey from the beginning at some point.
Thanks! Evan!
ciao y'all.
Avatar 10:00pm
Flash Strap:

@Ifny: a song called "Aska Me"
Avatar 10:00pm
ifny:

coelacanth: yah me three. night all.
Avatar 10:01pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks so much everyone. It was a real pleasure this evening
Avatar 10:03pm
ifny:

Flash, thanks for catching that! :D Listening now.
Avatar 10:08pm
Flash Strap:

you got it, my Tlingit comrade
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