Fall '73, I was a freshman in high school. School play was Peer Gynt, and one of the drama teachers, who was directing the play, had the divine inspiration to hire a recently graduated power trio to do the music, rock transcriptions of Grieg's material from Peer Gynt. I had a walk-on, so I spent most of my time backstage with the guys as they delivered the heavy, heavy goods to an incredulous audience of parents. I remember watching a guitar pick melt under the heat of the lamp they used to read the music.
Bergey! aloha... ltns! i just now looked and saw you have a show on the schedule Sunday nights! cool! have only heard you a couple of times, but loved them!
8:23pm
Joe Mulligan:
I thought that sounded like Judee Sill! Gaylord, you do the Lords work of finding the best music for us on Sunday nights
@Franco Twinkie: Very perceptive of you. Frank Ocean has said he was listening to a lot of Beach Boys and Beatles during the time he was creating Blond.
8:26pm
phat:
Holy cow, it's been a long time since I've listened to Long Long Long and my God...
@northvilleguineahills - that was a lyric from the Guided By Voices song, and I'm drunk on vodka too. My band long ago covered this George Harrison! w/ Scott Williams!
Good news, it's raining here almost all day every day since the summer, also, it's the bad news no flooding yet, but it makes working outside a bit shy of fun (we hadn't had any serious fires since '98, so thankful for that)
As horrible as the world is right now, It can't be THAT bad if I'm smoking an hash-oil soaked J and drankin' whiskey on a BK rooftop listening to Gaylord!
Okay, nope. I've seen nothing Drum & Lace has scored. Clearly, though, she's influenced by other film music...now I just have to try to remember what that song is bringing to mind. Or not. I can give up.
Dean,are you talking about Mexicali? If so, yes! It's within walking distance of our house, except right now you don't want to walk anywhere, the air is rotten.
"Hultquist is best known for co-composing the soundtrack to The First Monday in May with Ian Hultquist, and for composition and sound design in fashion, film, and media."
8:46pm
phat:
Holy cow, this EBTG. I really need to do a thorough study of them.
@phat: The earler pop-jazzy EBTG is definitely worth exploring.
8:47pm
highway:
lost in a sea of scarves...it'll all end up in tears...you pinned your heart on me...Robespierres Velvet Basement is one of the great albums..I'm wearing scarfs for a week in tribute to this great artist...Dave Kusworth...thanks Gaylord...
GAYLORD! I got it. It's John Lurie's score to "Stranger Than Paradise."
If you want to see my work, here's how I figured it out: I remembered hearing this music in a movie, but also on Charlie Lewis's marathon premium from a few years ago of film music, called "Another Reel World." So, I went and found the CD and perused the titles, then listened to which ones I thought it was. I got it on the first try.
Dean, I just remembered I have a shrimp taco and part of an al pastor burrito from there in the fridge, but no beer! I must go to the 7-11. Be back in a jot.
Hahaha, thanks, Gaylord!
I learned all of my detective moves from my former career as a cheesemonger. Every day, someone would come in with, "I had this cheese, and I can't remember what it's called, but I want more..."
Oh, and I also learned detective moves from Lt. Columbo, but that sorta goes without saying.
That was brilliant @Wendy. And it makes me want to watch Stranger Than Paradise again.
@Gaylord, laying down so much beauty, that we all seem to need right now. Thank you.
8:55pm
phat:
@Gaylord Fields don't make me re-evaluate America. This is actually really nice
@phat: I am not surprised! I bet you're a human jukebox by now. It's fun to develop skills like that. Fun at parties! And since we're not going to parties these days, fun on the comments board!
8:57pm
phat:
@Mike From Brooklyn @Wendy del Formaggio Criterion are releasing Ghost Dog (have they already?). In celebration I plan to have a Jarmusch marathon. Stranger Than Paradise is a touchstone for me.
8:58pm
phat:
@Gaylord Fields All just slightly odd mood music. Just killing it.
@Corey: It's my mission to show the value of what might be familiar and neglected songs by placing them in a different context. And of their many hits, "Horse" is not a favorite of mine either.
8:59pm
rocco:
like a guy who had a pierced earring in the mid late 70s...only you and your incredible security forces can play America...don't cross the river to you get to your destiny...
@Mike from Brooklyn: Thank you! I'm a little proud of myself right now. :-)
And I also want to revisit Stranger Than Paradise. Have you seen the Criterion edition? It has some awesome extras, including a short film, "Permanent Vacation," that introduced me to the fabulous song "Up There in Orbit" by Earl Bostic.
@phat, I never managed to see Ghost Dog. Thanks for the heads up. @Gaylord I have not seen the the Criterion edition of Stranger than Paradise. I must now.
I also re-evaluated America recently and they passed. They were the first concert my late (ex)girlfrend saw as a teenager. (Much cooler than my first concert I have to say.)
wonderful show Gaylord just in now after listening in the car from the great drive home from LI here to Bklyn = hardly any cars on the road ! ,, just settling in at the desk !<>!
Wow at this DC5 track. These are some wild production touches.
9:03pm
Dean:
"Detective moves"--These are ubiquitous features of *so many* workers' experience. The very point of being employed in one post or another: one must know where to look for leads. I'm a librarian. My day ordinarily includes these kinds of projects. They have *nothing* to do with Falk (whom I've met, by the way. Totally cool guy!). They have to do with one's being steeped in the subject, for example, cheese.
huh, never heard that Gaylord. also i missed a top 5 beatles song, and the first time ever hearing a band of bees on wfmu.
serves me right for my tartiness.
I've knows "relatives" that like the DC5 more that the Beatles but not going there !<>! it was @Gaylord relaxing and great tunes along the way of course !<>!
@Wendy, sorry that was your comment about the Criterion edition. I was distracted by Gaylord's mic break and the fast moving comments board. Thanks for that.
@phat: "Permanent Vacation" is a short film, and I think Jarmusch's first, when he was a student. It's probably really hard to find, outside of the Criterion thingy.
@Jo B: We should have gotten Todd to ask Vince Melouney when he had the chance. (And yeah, "In My Own Time" has every Beatles '66 solo all rolled in one!)
@Gaylord cool!<>! love hearing this ,, I mean at that time the Beatles were like ie . 'everything' ,,not really from like early 60's to late 70's the music was so in a transition ,, from say 1964 to 1968 those 4 years alone are just mind boggling to put it lightly !<>!
@Photocopy Cha Cha 2000: Thanks for staying up way too late and risking your neighborhood goodwill.
9:12pm
taryninstereo:
@Gaylord I’m breaking it on your show! I’m a little over 20 wks. I already bought those cute AF noise canceling headphones for when music happens outdoors again.
9:12pm
phat:
Speaking of sleeper pop songs, this Raspberries
9:12pm
Dean:
You *do* know what it means to claim the mantle of Chancellor...? How long is your foot?
@9:12 Gaylord Fields: I'm happy to be here, too many a sunday have I spent my "wolf hours" frustrated, having realized I have just missed your show - NOT TONIGHT!
9:15pm
Joe R.:
@Gaylord I’m sure most everyone here on the board feels that way and let the record show that I typed that even before you played the Raspberries :D
@9:06 Wendy del Formaggio: "Permanent Vacation" is not such a short film, 75 minutes in fact, and I managed to find it from a public library (when living in Hamburg, Germany in 2011) as a DVD so it is not rare either - not a masterpiece, but certain elements are there already.
@Photocopy. I remember it being shorter. Whoops. Also, finding it in Hamburg doesn't mean it's not rare in the USA, so careful with your corrections. And, who called it a masterpiece? That's irrelevant.
I daresay you are verging on the Conklinesque here, Gaylord ;)
9:20pm
taryninstereo:
Thanks everyone! @Gaylord I hope to at least bring bae to a record fair when they’re back on. I also ordered a kid’s shirt with my swag this year to start building a stash since I have PLENTY in my size.
@9:19 Wendy del Formaggio: well, I called it a masterpiece - not, ha! Irrelevant, perhaps. But Stranger Than Paradise is a masterpiece in my book, and Permanent Vacation - as its predecessor - is something of a rough draft of things to come. I thought it was not that rare, but maybe in the USA?
Gaylord Fields - I love this show! And love this going into Avante Ghetto with Jeff Conklin. I just found out it is not on the schedule and I’m heart broken. Do you know why and if it will return?
@?: I'm not privy to any matters of scheduling, and it would be presumptuous of me to even venture a guess as to your questions. (I'm also a fan of Jeff's show.)
@Jen S: Thanks! I'm happy to accept the comparison.
9:40pm
phat:
Am I the only one who freaks out at the sheer number of music recordings have been released that most of us have never heard that were even close to being outright hits?
that Gunn-Truscinski Duo piece is exquisite!
@mariano -- i was thinking Avant Ghetto vibe too:)
re: Permanent Vacation -- believe it or not, first time i saw that was on PBS/channel 13 in NYC!
re: Stranger Than Paradise -- DEFINITELY a favorite (and *not* just b/c i am Hungarian) -- recently watched with friends who had never seen it (maybe because they are both 10+ years younger than me? and/or were not living in this area in the 80s?) -- what i had NOT ever noticed before was that some of Stranger Than Paradise was filmed here in Hoboken
Gaylord - never saw the Catholic reference before
you too went the catholic route..
You were a westie Like Duane Chicago, Dakotas??????
Me- Bklyn
OUR LADY OF ANGLES - 11209
1967-1974
Xaverian HS - 1974-1978..
Sex and drugs and Rock and Roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From CSNY and Quicksilver Messanger Service
to the Sex Pistols and Mekongs and.................
WFMU in one week
via Evan Funk on NYU aftrrnoon show..
Thanks for spinning!!!!!!!!!!!!
and
@slugluv: Good ol' Channel 13!
Stranger Than Paradise was also filmed partly in Melbourne Beach, Florida, where I spent many happy summers with my Mema when I was a kiddo. Once I learned that (as an adult), things made a little more sense in large ways and small.
Jarmusch can do no wrong by me. i like it all, with Down By Law being my fave of his, and one of my faves, period.
... kind of related: mariano, last night you used the phrase "the heart of Saturday night", which triggered Waits nostalgia/love, including the song, and tha aforementioned Jarmusch film \m/
@Gaylord: It was given with much love and appreciation. And, honestly, part of the reason our musical tastes sync is because I learn so much from listening to your show.
@spodiodi: What did you think of "The Dead Don't Die"? I wanted to like it way more than I did. Especially considering "Paterson" was so gorgeous and fabulous that I cried at the end because I didn't want it to be over!
All I know is I'm glad I decided to stop being attached to "intense" music all the time. Could be age i guess. It's probably just me not giving a damn anymore.
I went to see Eszter Balint play, and Richard Edson was sitting in of back of me trying to bum money for a drink. He sounded exactly like he did in Stranger than Paradise.
The comments convos are great tonight, it's like everyone talking about the music or some tangent to it in a way that wouldn't be possible (or would be annoying) if it were spoken aloud.
@Joe R.: I wish I could have seen them, but they don't really play outside Chicago, I believe.
9:50pm
Dean:
I'm amused when people have to adjust their religious alignments. Really, it's okay (and mostly of no moment whatsoever) to be both Catholic and catholic.
@spodiodi: Oh! I won't say any more. I don't want to ruin anything for you, including influencing your opinion in any direction. But yes, I look forward to your review and our discussion once you've done your homework. :-)
@Gaylord great show enlightening relaxing just perfect to end the weekend ()
9:53pm
morphe:
Gaylorld - My 33 yaear old Arnan of Chris T and & Sec Delay asked mi Ma when he was but 3-5 1989????? "Grandma... What did they they do with the tip of Daddie's penis when they cut it off.""" He also said "Jesus sounded like a good person, but I do not think he came back from the dead."
OUT OF THE MOUTHES OF BABES COMES WISDOM .. 1989
@Gaylord, Yes, I was altered, but it took a few years. I altared in Suffern, NY
@spodiodi, I'm sorry to hear you were rejected. They must have been very picky.
9:55pm
Andres:
Hey Gaylord and all! While dogwalking/listening earlier I had a train of thought that lead me to a horrible scenario where some streaming service would try to replicate this show through an A.I. Which is to say that no algorithm could possibly come close to the feelings evoked and journey taken weekly on this show. Thank you, Gaylord! Goodnight to all!
Thank you, Gaylord! loved the whole show tonight. :)
9:55pm
phat:
The first release of Let Go was recorded by Carol Burnett and Martha Raye. If that's not evidence of the true wondrousness of the universe, I don't know what is.
Almost speechless, but this is a message board so I can't help myself. Such a great show. Thanks Gaylord! Take care all.
9:56pm
phat:
The internet, fergodssake...
9:56pm
Joe R.:
Yeah, they pop up in Milwaukee when they can but I think given other commitments (NRBQ, etc) it’s tough for them to do a proper tour (and then...this.) Their covers are *fantastic*
it was a wonderful weekend well for me anyway @Gaylord and hope it was for you too , belting out tunes in this great feeform environment that always makes me ) < smile and feel good !<>!
Mike: the head honcho priest didn't like that i'd be visiting my actual father in the summertime (and not able to commit to The Schedule.) i'm probably better off i was :)
@patrick321 -- hah! i did not know any of them, but saw the film when it was at New York Film Festival -- the cast was there and exactly like you say :)
Thanks to each and every one of you for expressing your enjoyment of parts or the entirety of my show! Thanks to Olivia and Ruth for making it happen. I hope you can come back soon for the October Hellraiser. Fun will ensue. Watch this space.
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If you want to see my work, here's how I figured it out: I remembered hearing this music in a movie, but also on Charlie Lewis's marathon premium from a few years ago of film music, called "Another Reel World." So, I went and found the CD and perused the titles, then listened to which ones I thought it was. I got it on the first try.
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I learned all of my detective moves from my former career as a cheesemonger. Every day, someone would come in with, "I had this cheese, and I can't remember what it's called, but I want more..."
Oh, and I also learned detective moves from Lt. Columbo, but that sorta goes without saying.
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And I also want to revisit Stranger Than Paradise. Have you seen the Criterion edition? It has some awesome extras, including a short film, "Permanent Vacation," that introduced me to the fabulous song "Up There in Orbit" by Earl Bostic.
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I also re-evaluated America recently and they passed. They were the first concert my late (ex)girlfrend saw as a teenager. (Much cooler than my first concert I have to say.)
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re: Permanent Vacation -- believe it or not, first time i saw that was on PBS/channel 13 in NYC!
re: Stranger Than Paradise -- DEFINITELY a favorite (and *not* just b/c i am Hungarian) -- recently watched with friends who had never seen it (maybe because they are both 10+ years younger than me? and/or were not living in this area in the 80s?) -- what i had NOT ever noticed before was that some of Stranger Than Paradise was filmed here in Hoboken
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you too went the catholic route..
You were a westie Like Duane Chicago, Dakotas??????
Me- Bklyn
OUR LADY OF ANGLES - 11209
1967-1974
Xaverian HS - 1974-1978..
Sex and drugs and Rock and Roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From CSNY and Quicksilver Messanger Service
to the Sex Pistols and Mekongs and.................
WFMU in one week
via Evan Funk on NYU aftrrnoon show..
Thanks for spinning!!!!!!!!!!!!
and
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Wendy del Formaggio:
Stranger Than Paradise was also filmed partly in Melbourne Beach, Florida, where I spent many happy summers with my Mema when I was a kiddo. Once I learned that (as an adult), things made a little more sense in large ways and small.
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... kind of related: mariano, last night you used the phrase "the heart of Saturday night", which triggered Waits nostalgia/love, including the song, and tha aforementioned Jarmusch film \m/
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