Favoriting Bodega Pop with Gary Sullivan: Playlist from May 30, 2018 Favoriting

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Sounds ripped from cassettes & CDs found in immigrant-run mom & pop stores. Deconstructed icons. Field recordings. Sonic mayhem from the far corners of the internet.

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Favoriting May 30, 2018: Ghana
Dance music, disco, guitar bands, funk, highlife, hip hop, hip-life, kologo, soul, and more, from Accra to Bolgatanga

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Artist Track Album Year Approx. start time

Music behind DJ:
Bodega Pop 
Intro   Favoriting
Bodega Pop Live 
2018 
 
Agyeman Brothers International Band of Ghana  Meni Tro Dabaasi   Favoriting Magyae Wo    0:04:38 (Pop-up)
Joe Frazier  Atofie   Favoriting Slip Dance Album    0:09:02 (Pop-up)
Rob  Boogie On   Favoriting Rob  1977  0:14:04 (Pop-up)
Kwaa Menza  Kalabulé   Favoriting Vintage Palmwine: Highlife Recorded in Ghana in the Bokoor Studios  2003  0:18:15 (Pop-up)
Hedzoleh  Hedzoleh!   Favoriting Hedzoleh  1973  0:21:40 (Pop-up)
Agongo  I Am Suffering   Favoriting Chop Time Music  2016  0:28:34 (Pop-up)
E.T. Mensah  Kwame Nkrumah   Favoriting King of Highlife: Anthology  2015  0:33:33 (Pop-up)
Kiki Gyan  Disco Train   Favoriting 24 Hours in a Disco 1978-82  2012  0:36:37 (Pop-up)
Mad Fish  Me Feele Wo (Featuring Ras Niga & Twinzy)   Favoriting Max (Wone Me Baby)  2004  0:46:43 (Pop-up)
E.K. Nyame & Kwabena Okai  E.K. Nyame   Favoriting Tribute to E.K. Nyame & Kwabena Okai    0:52:13 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Mad Fish 
Ankwasima Dede (Instrumentals)   Favoriting
Max (Wone Me Baby) 
2004 
0:55:19 (Pop-up)
Eastern Pioneers of Ghana led by Nat Francis  Enye Wani Kaan   Favoriting My Oyibo  1979  1:02:26 (Pop-up)
Honny & the Bees Band  Psychedelic Woman   Favoriting Ghana Soundz - Afrobeat, Funk and Fusion in the 70's [Vol.1]    1:09:20 (Pop-up)
Bola  Burilbunbol Suma   Favoriting Bola  2012  1:13:44 (Pop-up)
Kofi Nti Akonta  Ema Awon De Me   Favoriting Akonta    1:20:24 (Pop-up)
The La Drivers Union Por Por Group  Aayoo Samiah, "Today, I Got You!"   Favoriting Por Por: Honk Horn Music of Ghana  2007  1:24:33 (Pop-up)
Rim Kwaku Obeng  Brushing Means Making Love   Favoriting Rim Arrives  1980  1:30:11 (Pop-up)
Musicians from Cape Coast  A Reasonable Person Cannot Care for Someone Else's Child More Than Their Own   Favoriting Ghana, Cape Coast: Traditions en mutation (Changing Traditions)  2012  1:35:12 (Pop-up)
Pat Thomas  Gyae Su (Wo Nyim Nnti Na Woye LP Version)   Favoriting Coming Home (Original Ghanaian Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1967-1981)  2016  1:39:25 (Pop-up)
Edwoji  Obaa Kyere Me   Favoriting Yenko Nkoaa    1:43:37 (Pop-up)
Lord Kenya  Sikabaa   Favoriting Slip Dance Album    1:48:16 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Marijata 
Mother Africa   Favoriting
Ghana Soundz - Afrobeat, Funk and Fusion in the 70's [Vol.1] 
2002 
1:52:41 (Pop-up)
Nana Love  We Gonna Stay for the Party   Favoriting Disco Documentary - Full of Love    2:01:06 (Pop-up)
King Ayisoba  Look My Shoe   Favoriting Africa  2008  2:08:29 (Pop-up)
Ebo Taylor  Victory   Favoriting Life Stories - Highlife Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980 [Disc 1]  1980  2:12:32 (Pop-up)
Praye  Kilometer   Favoriting Rollkoll    2:16:50 (Pop-up)
The Youngsters  Yebewu Asee Kwaa   Favoriting I've Found My Love: 1960s Guitar Band Highlife of Ghana  1993  2:22:08 (Pop-up)
Barima Bii Ba  Ugly Soul   Favoriting Africa Moniee!    2:25:11 (Pop-up)
Amoru  Yabaa   Favoriting This Is Kologo Power! : A Bolgatanga Ghana Compilation    2:30:22 (Pop-up)
Nkasei  Me Ko Medo   Favoriting Yefri Tuabodom  2005  2:34:43 (Pop-up)
Pagadeja Custom Band  Okpe See   Favoriting Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves (Ghana & Togo 1972-78)    2:40:03 (Pop-up)
F. Kenya's Guitar Band  Oh Papa   Favoriting The Guitar and Gun: Highlife Music from Ghana    2:44:02 (Pop-up)
Bokoor Band  Yeah Yeah Ku Yeah   Favoriting Bokoor Beats: Vintage Afro-Beat, Afro-Rock & Electric Highlife from Ghana    2:50:37 (Pop-up)
The Cutlass Band  Obiara Wondo   Favoriting Afrobeat Airways 2 : Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983  2013  2:55:32 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Catrina Paslaru 
Hei La Bodega   Favoriting
Hei La Bodega - Carnaval! 
2000 
2:58:10 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:01pm
listener james from westwood:

Gary! Psyched for the Ghanaian tunefest!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:01pm
Gary:

Hey there, James!
Avatar 7:08pm
hyde:

i greet you all in the traditional Ghanian manner, which, as an old white guy, i neither know nor understand
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:08pm
Gary:

Hyde!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:09pm
Gary:

Maa jo
  7:10pm
Listener Robert:

Is "atofie" like French "etoufee", stuffed?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:11pm
Gary:

Oh! Gosh, I don't know ... hi, Robert!
Avatar 7:17pm
tim abdellah:

Boogie on, Bodegans!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:18pm
Gary:

Tim!
  7:27pm
Listener Robert:

My housemate Kwadwo is Ghanaian, and although he's speaking English, it sounds like it's in the cadence of, or otherwise reminds me of, French. Same as how Jamaican English sounds to me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:35pm
Gary:

It seems like there was so much conversation between Ghanian and Nigerian pop music, maybe even more of a Ghanian influence on Nigerian music, but they sound so different to me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:37pm
chresti:

Hello- sounds good!
Avatar 7:37pm
hyde:

i dug that E.T. Mensah
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:37pm
Gary:

Wasn't it gorgeous, Hyde? Hey there, Chresti!
  7:39pm
Doug Schulkind:

Ghanalicious!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:40pm
Gary:

Doug!
  7:41pm
still b/p:

Yes, we Ghana!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:42pm
Gary:

B/P!
Avatar 7:44pm
geezerette:

This music is so sophisticated. Everything, not singling out disco. The highlife feels like it's in my DNA.

S B/P,haha, Pointer Sisters.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:45pm
Gary:

Geezerette!
Avatar 7:56pm
geezerette:

Gary!
Avatar 8:07pm
tim abdellah:

This is enchanting!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:11pm
chresti:

weeeee! This is just fabulous!!
Avatar 8:12pm
geezerette:

That's what my husband calls me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:13pm
chresti:

RE;;: Honny and the Bees
Avatar 8:14pm
geezerette:

(kidding) :D
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:16pm
Gary:

Sadness. I wanted to believe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:17pm
chresti:

@ geezerette- He should! and sing it to you as well!!
Avatar 8:17pm
geezerette:

ha! :)
Avatar 8:18pm
geezerette:

You guys!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:20pm
chresti:

Bola's a BANGER!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:23pm
chresti:

It kind of sounds like he's saying "money"
Avatar 8:26pm
hyde:

love this one!
Avatar 8:27pm
tim abdellah:

YES!! Enter the trumpets!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:28pm
chresti:

I love how it builds with more honking
Avatar 8:29pm
tim abdellah:

Oh - i assumed these were trumpet. Now that I googled the album, I see that these may be squeezebulb horns!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:29pm
Gary:

Squeezebulbs!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:30pm
chresti:

sounds like a combination
Avatar 8:30pm
geezerette:

New York cabbies should form groups like this.
Avatar 8:30pm
tim abdellah:

They really sounded like the Moroccan nfar trumpets - same percussive rhythm pattern, too!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:31pm
Gary:

Haha, good idea, Geezerette!
  8:34pm
Jill .:

Better late than never! Sounds like an interesting evening.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:34pm
chresti:

The first time I visited New York was during a taxi cab driver's strike in 78 or 79
  8:35pm
still b/p:

Remember to brush after every meal.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:35pm
Gary:

Mom! How are you and Hal doing?
  8:38pm
Jill .:

We are good! Sprucing up the garden...we are a host site for the annual Quilts in the Garden on July 21st. Nice to be able to be back outside fluffling up the garden. I'll send you some pictures soon.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:39pm
Gary:

Okay, great -- I look forward to them!
  8:40pm
still b/p:

Chance: “As long as there is fluffling up in the garden, all will be well.”
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geezerette:

Chresti,they could use a sideline now,seems like.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:42pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi. I emailed my Ghanaian friend Joe Yamoah to tune in tonight, or check the archive later on.
Avatar 8:42pm
geezerette:

heh! Flower Fluffers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:44pm
Gary:

Ken! Well, if nothing else, Joe can laugh at my attempts to pronounce
  8:45pm
still b/p:

I lost the show on phone app — got some jazz and now Latin on the auto Drummer stream. Restarts won’t fix. Missing Ghana grooves!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:46pm
Gary:

Hmm -- I've got it on my phone ... I always run it silently in the background to make sure it's still live ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:46pm
Gary:

Anyone else experiencing stream issues?
Avatar 8:47pm
geezerette:

KFHP,love your bopping wildcat.
Avatar 8:47pm
hyde:

random q: i'm going to Jersey City on a work thing for 3 days in July. I know the place is lousy with South Indian and Filipino food joints (already scouted). D'you know of any music spots?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:47pm
Gary:

OMG, I didn't see the CAT!!!
Avatar 8:47pm
tim abdellah:

streaming fine over here on my computer
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:48pm
chresti:

good in Los Angeles
Avatar 8:48pm
hyde:

@Gary i am getting occasional dropouts, but my wifi here is junk so i always think it's on my end
  8:49pm
rw:

Hi!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:49pm
Gary:

RW!
  8:50pm
still b/p:

Salsa. Wrong continent. Howz that possible... other phones okay, this one stream- jumped?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:51pm
Gary:

I dunno, that's totally bizarre
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:51pm
chresti:

older phone?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:52pm
Gary:

But it shouldn't pick up Doug's feed ...
  8:53pm
still b/p:

i8.
  8:54pm
rw:

Crawling along in traffic. iPhone app seems fine. Enjoying the sounds! A few songs ago I thought someone was honking at me but it was just the Bodega.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:54pm
chresti:

Whew!
Avatar 8:54pm
geezerette:

Pretty random & mysterious where stream does or doesn't drop out/in.
  8:55pm
still b/p:

And the app page that shows just program name and current track keeps going back and forth between your info and “GTDS Radio” and the current track there, which is still what I got. Foo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:55pm
chresti:

whoops! just got a blip
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:58pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, geeze. When I first saw it, I thought it'd be good for a WFMU avatar.
  8:59pm
still b/p:

Switched phone’s use of my WiFi off and now with regular phone signal, I got you back. Weeeuhd.
Avatar 9:00pm
hyde:

i'm so confused
Avatar 9:00pm
geezerette:

It's great! Ought to hang out with Ike's avatar.
  9:00pm
Listener Robert:

So the eventual archive is a reconstructed version, while the temporary one is as it went out on the wire?
  9:01pm
rw:

Huh. I may be glitching too. Hard to tell while driving. Missed the mic break.
Avatar 9:02pm
TDK60:

shoulda been here sooner ...oh well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:02pm
Gary:

@Robert - It's not exactly reconstructed; it's a recording of the show via Audacity from my own computer, then saved as a FLAC file, and goes up and replaces the file that was made from the stream itself
Avatar 9:02pm
geezerette:

Hiya,Hyde!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:03pm
Gary:

TDK60!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:04pm
chresti:

better than never tdk60!
Avatar 9:05pm
tim abdellah:

Gonna have to listen to the rest of the party as I pedal! Great show Gary. I'm gonna have to find a copy of that Honk Horn CD - that was fabulous!
Avatar 9:05pm
TDK60:

Ken, your leopard or cheetah there, if it was from the 1940s they'd call it a hepcat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:05pm
Gary:

Tim, I can send you a file, unless you want the booklet of course!
Avatar 9:07pm
geezerette:

Gary, my ears are staying for the party but my eyes have another assignment.
Thanks for another great show, so positive!
Avatar 9:08pm
hyde:

bye, geez!
Avatar 9:08pm
geezerette:

CU,Hyde!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:09pm
chresti:

By Geez, have a good fluffy time!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:09pm
Gary:

Nighty night, Geezee!
Avatar 9:10pm
tim abdellah:

Thx Gary - I want to find the booklet too. Sounds like and interesting phenomenon, and the one photo I saw online was great! Amazon has some cheap used copies, but I'll check the shops up on Telegraph first.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:11pm
Gary:

YOU ARE SO LUCKY FOR TELEGRAPH AVE!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:12pm
chresti:

I often have difficulty moving my eyeballs from the screen
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:13pm
chresti:

Oh yeah! Telegraph!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:22pm
Gary:

Hey, I think that Praye album is from Nigeria, dang it! Got it at the Ghanian market, tho
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:24pm
Gary:

Nope; I'm safe -- they're from Ghana: www.ghanabase.com...
  9:27pm
Funky16corners:

Gary!
Avatar 9:29pm
TDK60:

Telegraph Ave. Was there once - still have the countercultures / rads / travelers / etc?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:29pm
Gary:

Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:30pm
Gary:

Tonight on Larry Grogan's Testify! Texas Freak-Outs, Velvet Underground and Steel Strings. Starting promptly at 10 PM tonight: wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:30pm
chresti:

much like haight st.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:31pm
chresti:

many young vagabonds, haight has more tourists, I think
Avatar 9:35pm
hyde:

have i mentioned lately that this is cool
Avatar 9:41pm
TDK60:

Great tunes tonight.
  9:51pm
Funky16corners:

I love this one with the harmonica
Avatar 9:56pm
northguineahills:

Been here since 8ish. Was seriously ill and just starting to feel functionalable. Thanks Gary!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:57pm
Gary:

Oh, man -- so sorry to hear that, NGH! (Except for the getting better part. Keep doing that!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:58pm
chresti:

Thanks Gary!
Avatar 9:58pm
hyde:

awwww, it's over. sad! but thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:00pm
Gary:

Night, everyone!
  9:40pm
Marie:

Another fantastic show. Gracias Gary.
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