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A big thank you to friend of the proGram, Mister Rourke for birthin’ & producin’ a new greenarrowradio theme song. The first of two shows took off from the port and it didn’t take long for this ship to get going…here’s what the first portion of the journey looked like:

UFO- Graham Whorley
Dixie- The Sean Chambers Band (live)
the Eleven- the Other Ones (live)
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Rubberneckin’- Elvis Presley
Surf Hell- Little Barrie
Wipeout- Gary Hoey & Donavon Frankenreiter
Salin’ on- No Doubt
Set yourself on Fire- Charlotte (live)
How do I get to Carnegie Hall-Gemma Ray w/Sparks
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Forest- Zoë Keating
The Last Bird- Zoë Keating
Tango Obscura- Nineteen Eighteen
In the Grove- Scott Marischen
Bees- Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Room
Panama- Gary Burton
Hit the Road Jack- Grappelli/Thielemans
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Greenarrowradio Theme- Mister Rourke
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Swamped–M.Chamberlain/B.Frisell/T.Martine/L.Townsend
Sulpa- Kmang Kmang
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Sonny Light- Jack DeJohnette
Altar Call- Wynton Marsalis
Soul for Sale- Wynton Marsalis
Get out of my Life, Woman- Joe Williams

I want to thank Marco Benevento, who will be in town on February 10th, for being a live guest on the show today. We talked Solo piano show versus a gig with the band(s), projects new and old and even how the story of a note or groove translates into different tales (choose your own adventure), for the listener of his music. Oh yeah, and there was also some other music that went along with the second portion of the proGram:

The Power of Suggestion- Barry Adamson
Winter in America- Bill Ortiz
Dirt & Grime- Father’s Children
What have you Done- Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
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Halhal- Nazan Soray
Revival- New York Gypsy All Stars
Sol Generation- Sauti Sol
Clothesline- Saadi
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Couldn’t Have- Lila Rose
Remember Tomorrow- Mo’ Horizons
Paramicha- Kali Mutsa
San Cipriano- Kali Mutsa
Duamashe- Attwenger Flux
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D Funk-the Headhunters FT. Snoop Dogg/George Clinton/Killah Priest/Jaecyn Bayne
Night People- the Soul Rebels
Swing Thing- 11 Acorn Lane
Dig- Soulive (live)
Easy Virtue- Robert Walter’s 20th Congress
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Fireworks- Marco Benevento
**On air Conversation w/Marco Benevento**
Escape Horse- Marco Benevento
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Whoo Boy- Sons of Jezebel
Red, White & Mali (Adham Shaikh Wooble Tip Mix)- Eccodek
Fist Teeth Money- Polica

Marco Benevento

To three hour show….Here’s the way today’s bunched in Step Back went:

Lonely Man- Bill Frisell
Lost, Night- Bill Frisell
Crossroads- Zakiya Hooker
Strong Temptation- the Sean Chambers Band (live)
I know- David Lynch
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Hanuman- Rodrigo Y Gabriela & C.U.B.A. ft John Tempesta
Ledmo (triabdiqomintoyourtown)- Les Triaboliques
Come to Me- Jack Bruce & Robin Trower
Lisa- Morphine
the Saddest Song- Morphine
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Gaia- the Bees
Drume Negrita- Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban
Tahiti/Ale Ale Babaloo- Babaloo
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Angustia- Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa ft Jaques Morelenbaum
Dirty Ground- Jack DeJohnette ft. B. Hornsby/E. Spalding/L.Louke
Down here on the Ground- Grant Green
the Bird Wave- Jimmy McGriff
the Shakedown (say Yeah)- Speedometer ft Martha High
Best Friends, Right?- Amy Winehouse
Cry Baby- Nikka Costa
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Animals- Creep ft. Holly Miranda

part one of two

I hear some jingling….it’s all that’s left sometimes to the dough ray me of the day. In the second portion of the show you’ll see how the sounds sometimes shape the flow, like lava’s orchestral efforts above and under ground, this set had it’s own way of going:

Santo Domingo- Rodrigo y Gabriela & C.U.B.A. ft Samuel Formell Alfonso
Buhala- Balkan Beat Box
Mothic Folk- Tom Nunn
Nailstrum- Tom Nunn
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Howling for Judy- Jeremy Steig
Round Town- Elvin Jones
Move Heaven & Earth-Bobby Previte’s Weather Clear, Track Fast
Groovin’ for Mr. G- Richard GROOVE Holmes
Escape Horse- Marco Benevento
Dirty- Bernie Worrell ft Warren Haynes
Crazy Fingers- Jazz is Dead
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Mighty Jungle- Lazerbeak
Ay Bay Bee- Lazerbeak
Knight Fighter- Lazerbeak
Taiwanese Boots- Fujiya & Miyagi
Hotel Barcelona- Novalima
Guilty pleasures- Eliot Lipp & Jasia 10
Pretty- the Wonderful World of Induce
Heads Up- Bassnectar (the Glitch Mob Remix)
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To Believe without Seeing- Henry Cole & the Afrobeat Collective
Bicycle- Chris Berry & the Bayaka of Yandoumbe
Brothers 5- Chris Berry & the Bayaka of Yandoumbe
Trip- Attwenger Flux
Ma Do Nar (Remix)- Los Chicharrons
Patriote- Zieti
Puniya Jigiye-Wassoulou TAGA Sidibe & Friends FT TU Sinayoko
Lantchi Biye- the Debo Band

This portion of todays show is highlighted with some Brooklyn Based Psychedelic Rock, some soul for yours and a lot of it is new new new. Check out the first half of the proGram here:

Treehouse- Silo Effect
Here comes the Rumor Mill- the Young Knives (live 89.3 MPR)
Burlington Jam- Licorice (live)
Strange Man- the Jerry Garcia Band (live ’76)
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J- Ani DiFranco
Long Gone- Scrapomatic
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Can’t Keep my Eyes Open- the Paperhead
Bliss- Blues Pills
Careful with that Hat- Citay
Worried Mind- Hopewell
Pleasuring the Divine-Jess Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter
I won’t be Staying- the Main Street Gospel
Water- Brooklyn Raga Association
Last Time- the Zabalas
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Chameleon- Brother Weasel
Juicy PT II- Russel Blake
Bikwater Blues- BLKTOP Project
Last Call- BLKTOP Project
Aquafresh- Robert Walter’s 20th Congress
El Ron- Soulive (live)
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Musicology- Prince
Thunderstrike- Adrian Younge Sound Orchestra
Black Holes in my Mind- Barry Adamson
Valerie (’68 Version)- Amy Winehouse
Heart of Gold- Charles Bradley
Chicago Falcon- the Budos Band
We gon’ Take your Body- the Soul Rebels
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Born to Run- K-Os
Big Fat Liar- Kinny
Look Around the Corner- Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro
Beautiful Disaster- Christiane D

part two of yesterdays proGram….It would be nice if some of this stayed in the history……but still we struGGle…..let’s hope the music here keeps US equal:

Six Pack- Gary Burton & Friends
Meet the Flintstones- Emil Richards
Solo One- Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms
Run Fly- Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms
Smack Dab- Bobby Previte’s Weather Clear, Track Fast
Tracie- the Headhunters
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Under African Skies- Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa
He’s Looking for Love- Headllines
Everybody’s got a Problem- Father’s Children
Mr G- Jessica Lauren Four
Kekfeny- the Qualitons
No eres tu, Soy yo- Henry Cole & the Afrobeat Collective
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The Feingold Special- Akashic Record (live)
Squisher- Signal Path (live)
Swisher- Licorice (live)
Dark Star- Jazz is Dead
Jazz-Visions of an Inner Mounting Apocalypse ft Jeff Richman
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Koto- Nineteen Thirteen
Times Three- Scott Marischen
Nodlews Way Home- Jonti
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the Russian- the Band of Bees
Shakin’ my Brain- Attwenger
Woat- Attwenger
Hot Tamale Baby- CJ Chenier
Devil’s Teeth-Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes
Polden (noon)- Auktyan
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Tourists- Bright Moments
When I was/Jab Mein Tha-Shubha Mudgal & Business Class Refugees
I Wanna Run- Ki Theory ft Maura Dais (Robert Babicz remix)
Seeds- Georgia Anne Muldrow & Madlib

Happy to be able to bRING radio out there to you(s)…part one of two proGrams:

Love Me- the Little Willies
Red Dirt Girl- EmmyLou Harris
Expecting to Fly- Emily Haines (live MPR 89.8fm)
Promiscuity- Ani DiFranco
That’s Alright, Mama- Bill Frisell
The Old Whiskey Show- Scrapomatic
Pray- the Book of Knots ft. Tom Waits
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Mighty High- the Jerry Garcia Band (live 1976)
Fire on the Mountain- Widespread Panic (live)
Oh I see- Billy Iuso & Restless Natives (live)
Downward Facing Dog- Moe.
Home Town Hero- Dark Water Rising
Reich’s Boogie- the Jazz Mandolin Project
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Sing- Black Dub
Make a Better World-Doug Cox/Salil Bhatt
Electric Church- Russel Blake
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Thrills- Matana Roberts
Dawna- Morphine
Buena- Morphine
Sweet Dreams are Made of This- The Soul Rebels
Bass on the Line- Bernie Worrell
Flurries- Soulive
Toe Foo- Ticklah
the Edge- David McCallum
Serenade to a Stranger- Candido
Soul Special- Andrew Hill
Black Rhythm Happening- Eddie Gale
Inner City Blues- Carl Allen/Rodney Whitaker
Killer Ray- Kyle Asche Organ Trio Ft. Melvin Rhyne

part two of the proGram:

Morning Melodies of Rhapsody-Adrian Younge Sound Orchestra
No Trance-Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa FT Jacques Morelenbaum
Baba Drame- Bill Frisell & the Intercontinentals
I Was Born- Leni Stern
Allah- Youssou N’dour
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Seeds- Georgia Ann Muldrow & Madlib
I Wanna Run- Ki Theory ft Maura Davis
Dub Synth- Big Something
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What Makes you Dance- Fort Knox Five ft Rootz
On Our Way- Speedy Consuela
Mel’s Torment- Mocean Worker Ft. Rahsaan Roland Kirk
I’m the Best (Funky Fresh in the Flesh)- Lyrics Born
Garry Shider Tribute- Bootsy Collins FT George Clinton/Linda Shider
Searching for you- Business Class Refugees
Butcher Bird- Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes
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Sea Journey- Scott Marischen
ETC- Nineteen Thirteen
Frightened Mice (dots)- Jonti
Captured in a Moment- Jeff Coffin & Charlie Peacock
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A Kettle of Fish- Stanley Turrentine
Tico Tico- Charlie Parker
Doc Phil- Sonny Rollins
Brown’s Town- Joe Henderson
Papa Lou- Javon Jackson
Down Home- PAPA John DeFrancesco
Mystic Brew- Ronnie Foster

Sometimes all you can do it keep ’em croSSed…part one of two:

Ruler of my Heart-Norah Jones w/Dirty Dozen Brass Band/Robert Randolph
Drinking Away the Memory of you- Cornmeal (live)
the Lid- Swamp Cabbage (live)
Killing yourself on Purpose- Scrapomatic
Tiki Bar is Open-John Hiatt & the Goners w/Jon Smith (live)
Itchycoo Park- Small Faces
Fresh Air- Quick Messenger Service
Chevy Chase SNL Excerpt (Weed Here)
Uptown- William Topley
One Step Closer to you- Michael Franti (live MPR 89.3)
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Don’t Owe you a Thang- Gary Clark Jr.
Long Hair- Little Barrie
One Glass of Water- the Band of Bees
Flip It- Groovesession
Bed Bugs- Strange Arrangement
Sugar Kane- Venice Gas House Trolley
Moonscapes- Dangermuffin
Crankin’ it off- Billy Iuso & Restless Natives (live)
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Pineapple- Fourplay
Vein Melter- Herbie Hancock
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M Trane- the Headhunters
Oh No!- Poogie Bell Band
Adolescence- Poogie Bell Band
Sri Rollins- George Brooks Summit
Sly Notions-Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra
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Poker Nights Theme- The Delicious Allstars
Hey Girl!- Jo Stance
Shaft in Africa- the Mighty Showstoppers
Put Leg to Road- The Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra
Somethings Gotta Give- Nick Van Gelder
Cascade- Renegades of Jazz
Again & Again- Speedometer (DJ Format Remix)
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I Learned the Hard Way- Sharon Jones & the Dapkings
Movin’ on- Ray Camacho & the Tear Drops
Cockroach Grind- the Haggis Horns
Boo Lynn Waltz- Mamarazzi

The second portion of the proGram where I tried to find my inner voice via SUM tracks I find to fit a jazz show. Here’s the way it finished up:

River’s Invitation- Stanley Turrentine
Black Cherry- William Parker & Hamid Drake
VCB- Kendrick Scott Oracle
Three Postcards-Joe Zawinul & the Zawinul Syndicate (live)
Birdland- Weather Report
So What-Marcus Miller w/LOrchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo ft Roy Hargrove/Raul Midon (live)
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Funky Boots March-Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath
Hoarded Dreams part 1- Graham Collier
the Tin Woodman’s Dream- Doctor Phibes
Them There Eyes- Rob Whitlock
Vicar Street- Tord Gustavsen Trio
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Big G’s Family- Steve Reid Ensemble
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Beyond the Blue Horizon- the Charlie Showmaker Trio
Lot of Our Souls-Parsons/Lewin/Patitucci/Monder
A Night in Tunisia- Emil Richards
Escualo- Gary Burton
the Invasion Song-Eldad Tarmu Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Inaugural Balls- Kenny Werner
I’m so Fickin’ Cool (for Fritz Pauer)-the Claudia Quintet
In the Bag- Mike LeDonne
Riders on the Storm- PAPA John DeFrancesco
Here we Go- Reuben Wilson Trio

Taking the time to find my inner ME Voice throuGh all kinds of Jazz music…or at least what I consider it to be. Thanks for being curious to what that is:

The Scene is Clean- Clifford Brown and Max Roach (live)
Bloomdido- Dizzy Gillespie
Now’s the time- Charlie Parker
Giant Steps (Alt Take)- John Coltrane
Are you Real- Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
Serenity- Joe Henderson
Here’s to the People- Sonny Rollins
Wee- the Quintet (live)
Epistrophy- Joel Forrester/Phillip Johnston (live)
Brillant Corners- the Microscopic Septet
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Congo-Stefon Harris/David Sanchez/Christian Scott
Don’t you Worry ‘Bout a Thing-the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (live)
Mr. Pastorius- Miles Davis (live)
Footprints- Russell Gunn
Bag’s Groove- Ron Carter
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Altair & Vega- Bob James & Keiko Matsui
Mystic Brew (Trixation Version)- Vijay Iyer Trio
All the Things you are- Billy Taylor/Gerry Mulligan (live)
Shaw’nuff-Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette (live)
Light Bue- Ellis Marsalis Quartet
Maiden Voyage/Everything in its right place-Robert Glasper
We Never Met -Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet
Lullaby- Kelly Roberti
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Take the A Train- the Duke Ellington Orchestra
Rhythm A Ning- Thelonious Monk
Chant- Coleman Hawkins
Work Song- Nat Adderley
Green Apple Quickstep CORRE CORRE Takes-Bill Cosby & the Carlton Ruiz Ensemble
Oyo Como Va- Tito Puente & His Orchestra (live)

Just a regular ‘ole greenarrowradio show. Direction unknown free~forming radio proGrammed for open minds and thirsty ear-holes with many twists & turns….This is the first of what I’ll divide into two shows since I will be doing my “Jazz Voice” show tomorrow starting shortly before 2pmCST….

That Burnt out Rock & Roll-Frank Black (live The Current MPR)
The Life you Save may be Your Own- Beat Circus
This is Ridiculous- NY Dolls
Lose your Soul-Dead man’s Bones Ft Silverlake Conservatory of Music Children’s Choir
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Hurry Home- the Juggs
Pigs on the Wing I- Les Claypool’s Frog Brigade (live)
Chicken Payback- the Band of Bees
Free Salute- Little Barrie
Face off- Tim Reynolds (live)
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Is Chicago, is Not Chicago- Soul Coughing
I’m an Old Cow Hand- Dr. John
Out in the Streets- Ivan Neville
Laughin’ & Clownin’- Ray Charles
What you Need- Gospel Ensembles
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Party all Night- Leela James
Shake that Thang- SonnyBoy
JB- Mark Mosley
House Party- Javon Jackson
Ike’s Regret- Cadillac Jones
Power- Cadillac Jones
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Freak- SugarBitch
Q- Depth Quartet
Tat- Depth Quartet
the Large S- Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
Man, you Weren’t even There-Michael Bellar/As is Ensemble
Three Legged Dog- Michael Bellar/As is Ensemble
Paging Mr. Wesley- the Headhunters
SuperSoulFighter- Lenny Kravitz
Disciples of Funk(the Return of the Funkateers)-Bootsy’s Rubber Band
It’s Going Down-Big Brutha Soul (live)
Revolution of Love-Brother Jocephus & Love Revival Revolution Orchestra (live)

Big ups and a soulful respect shout out to friend of the proGram Omar Hendrix for the proGramming direction on this “Soultreats Presents 70 Soul Grooves”……here is the way we went:

Without you Here- Gene Chandler
Sooner or Later- the Impressions
Soul Junction- Backyard Heavies
I Can’t Forget About you- Ronn Matlock
Where do I go- Alyn Ainsworth
Our Generation- Ernie Hines
Summer in the City- Quincy Jones
Why Can’t There be Love- Dee Edwards
Respect- Rotary Connection ft Minnie Riperton
Ain’t no Sunshine- the Jackson 5
Never Can say Goodbye- the Jackson 5
It’s a Shame- Raphael Saadiq
Between the Lines- Charles Whitehead
Shake it- Percy & Them
We’re Almost There- Michael Jackson
We’ve Gotta find a way Back to Love- Freda Payne
There you go- Edwin Starr
Is it Because I’m Black- Syl Johnson
People make the World go Round- Stylistics
Come on Down- Greg Perry
Concentrate- The Gaturs
ain’t no Love in the Heart of the City- Bobby Bland
Clean up Woman- Betty Wright
Got the Vibes- Joshie Jo Armstead
Try Love Again- Natural Four
She’s Gone- Hall & Oats
Sunny- Stevie Wonder
Get it Together- Michael Jackson & Jackson 5
Concrete Reservation- Syl Johnson
Deeper and Deeper- Bobby Wilson
Baby Come Back- Player
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A few tracks of my own doing:
Good Love- SonnyBoy
Be my Man- Asa
Cranky at the Party-Divine Pocket Bouncers
Heartache & Pain- Charles Bradley
Stay Away- Charles Bradley

Doing a Rock Battle versus DJ Mr. Dance on air to see who is the president of the Rock Department. We defintely have diFFerent definitions of what rocks and how it rolls…so this was interesting. Here is my portion of the boulder:

Theme from the Magnificent Seven- the Dillengers
Johnny got a Boom Boom- Imelda May
Dying Bed- Charming Hostess
Bad Reputation- the Dollyrots
Baby Blue- Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Empty Promise- Girl in a Coma
Touch- the Charms
Apple Pie- Southern Crush
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Burned out- Little Barrie
Why Theory- Gang of Four
Sad & Lonely- Street Machine
Haunting at 1300 McKinley- the Black Angels
Big Black Machine Gun- the VooDoo Jets
Keep on Believing- Iggy Pop
Tonite the Bottle let me Down- Throw Rag ft Lemme
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Odyssey- Al Di Meola
Smoke on the Water- Mattias IA Eklumdh
Wild Child- the Cult
L.A. Woman- Days of the New
Peace Frog- Smashmouth
God of Thunder- Kiss
Fool for you Baby- NY Dolls
I Wanna be Sedated- the Ramones (live)
Pinhead- the Ramones (live)
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All in a Day- Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
My Generation- the Who (live)->
See me Feel me- the Who (live)->
Tommy Medley- the Who (live)->
No one to Run with- the Allman Brothers
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Take a Breath- David Gilmour w/Baltic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (live)
Truckin’- Bob Weir & Friends (live)
Hot’Lanta- Great Caesar’s Ghost
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Question Authority- Circle Jerks
Bang Bang- Pennywise
Monster- Raging Arb & the Redheads
Free & Freaky- the Stooges
Police truck- Dead Kennedys (live)
Get Back in Time- Motorhead
Drinking Song- Evil Stig
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Psycho Man- Black Sabbath
Vicarious- Tool

Some Avant Rock/Jazz sorts of sounds…. What is Oozing from my mind today:

Vroom- King Crimson
Barely Breathing- Cheer Accident
Bad Vibrations- the Black Angels
Engine Room- Led Bib
Echidna’s Arf (of you)- Ed Palermo Big Band
Kansas- Garage a Trois
Swellage- Garage a Trois
Space Circus-C. Corea/S. Clarke/L. White
Tease-G.Howe/V. Wooten/D. Chambers
Prayer for my Father- David Fiuczynski/Rufus Cappadocia
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Click Clack/Ice Cream for Crow-Fast N Bulbous
A Little Anarchy Never Hurt Everybody-Gutbucket
Rivers of Glass- Alec K. Redfearn & the Eyesores
Certainty- Wadada Leo Smith’s Organic
Vital Transformation- the Mahavishu Orchestra
Down the Road- Soft Machine
Mo City Kid- Todd Clouser’s A Love Electric
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the Old Ones- Nebelnest
Do you Think I’m Spooky?- Far Corner
the Briefing- Algernon
Waves- Gösta Berlings Saga
Bolide Debile- Miriodor
There’s Something Under her Bed-Bill Brovold & Larval
Mostly Skulls- Zevious
The Guru’s Lover- Burnt Sugar
Claudine- Burnt Sugar
What it Look Like- Grant Calvin Weston
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Godzilla- Diego Garcia
Nobody Ever Wins the Giant Panda 4-a New Brain for Arnie
Confection- the Nels Cline Singers
Busted & Wasted- Venice Gas House Trolley
Distraction- Night of the Rabbit
Atlanta Brook- Lumerians
Good Luck, my Friend- Planeta Imaginario
Angioma- Planeta Imaginario
Scapel- Planeta Imaginario
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Taint Too- Club d’Elf
Black Truman(Harry the Hottentot)-the Dead Kenny Gs
Open Country Joy-Matt Haimovitz FT. John McLaughlin
Eye of the Dove- Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

goodbye to the past but saying hello to a new beGinning. May all you goodnesses shine thru and defeat the gods of negativity as a new yEAR rolls in…here is the final set from Saturdays show with all these tracks coming off albums released in twenty eleven:

Move on- Bing Ji Ling
At the Party-Ray Lugo & the BooGaloo Destroyers
El Beasto- the Funk Ark
Sho Nuff Now-Mocean Worker Ft Rahsaan Roland Kirk/Bill Frisell/Charlie Hunter/Hal Wilner
Spring Forward- the Beekeepers
the Elegant Oracle- Ursula 1000
Chega- Da Cruz
Another Dollar- Captain Planet
More Attack- Chris Joss
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Toot Toot (freestyle)- the Electric
Ok Ok- Asa
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Dive Bomber- TriBeCaStan
Sunshine of your Love- Club d’Elf
Wish I was in Heaven- Club d’Elf
Humanised- Sola Rosa ft Bajka
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Dark Bogul- Garage a Trois
4 9 8- Gutbucket
Ritual Purity & Love- Wadada Leo Smith’s Organic
Imperfect Purity- Planeta Imaginario
Hashshashin- Lumerians
Second Prayer- Jacob Fred Jazz Orchestra
Liza- Matt Haimovitz

This is the middle portion of today’s proGram, featuring lots of grooves that were meant to make the pace pick up and the mind run away….all released in 2011:

The Cold Sweat Variations- Burnt Sugar
Bucky Balls- the Dead Kenny G’s
Sly Notions-Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra
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Rehab-the Jolly Boys ft Albert Minott
Prickly Pear- Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
Come See About me- Tedeschi Trucks Band
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Sister Ray Charles- JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound
Mushroom Strut- the Fantastics!
What the Hell (instr)- Lack of Afro
Watch it- Randa & the Soul Kingdom
Heavy Right Hand- Deep Street Soul
Thas the Way we do- the Pimps of Joytime
Muffuletta- Ivan FUNKBOY Bodly
JB Still the Man- Bootsy Collins ft Rev. Al Sharpton
Jupiter- Phat Phunktion
Blast!- Marcus Miller w/L’Orchestre de Monte Carlo ft Roy Hargrove/Raul Midon
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For True- Trombone Shorty
Ghetto Funk-James Andrews ft. Monk Boudreaux
Cowbell- MarchFourth Marching Band
Coming Home Baby- 11 Acorn Lane
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I Want you (She’s so Heavy)- Yellow Dubmarine
Seven Doors- Dub is a Weapon
Marley- Youssour N’Dour
Three Little Birds-Playing for Change 2 ft Baaba Maal/Keb Mo
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Intervention- KG Omulu
Akwaaba- Blitz the Ambassador
Gbeti Madro-Orchestre de Poly Rythmo ft Angelique Kidjo
Tenere- Bombino
the Secret- Vieux Farka Toure ft Ali Farka Toure
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Raga Tilang- Ravi Shankar

the only thing I am spending time judGing is the amount of music released in 2011 that I am about to spin in a five hour time-span, and then compiling SUM of these with SUM others to come up with a “Tops of 2011” list. I am really not close to having a final list, barely have a list going but be sure that ALL of these next tunes have been released this yEAR, and I diGG/duGG them. This is part 1 of today’s proGram:

Crazy Love- Harry Manx
Like a Cartoon- Nathan Moore
Glorious Fool-Clarence Fountain & Sam Butler
When my Train Pulls in- Gary Clark Jr. (Live Acoustic)
Try Me- Marc Broussard
24 Hours a Day- George Soule
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Althea-Yonder Mountain String Band (live)
VooDoo-Geoff Achsion (live)
When you Gotta Good Friend-Big Head Blues Club ft. Hubert Sumlin/Ruthie Foster
Tore up Over you-Elvin Bishop’s Raising Hell Revue (live)
Mr. Charlie- Great Caesar’s Ghost (live)
Three is the Magic Number- Jeff Tweedy (live)
I’ve Been Lonely too Long- Hazmat Modine
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Go Where you Wanna go- the Bees
Johnny got a Boom Boom- Imelda May
Heaven in Stereo- Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers
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Triangular Daisies- Rubblebucket
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Please, Please me- Bill Frisell
Paper Moon- George Benson
Misirlou- 2 Cellos
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The Shuffle (Vince’s Blues-Reuben Wilson Trio
Rollin’ w/Big Pat- J.Krown/R.Batiste Jr./Wolfman Washington
What Oh- the DeFrancesco Brothers
High Steppin’ Skeebo Knight
Mom’s Piano- Skeebo Knight

If I hEARd these sounds coming from the chimney, I’d think there was something special going on too:

Sunshine Daydream- Russian National Orchestra
Milestones in the Sunshine- the Jazz Mandolin Project
Intro (ABR)- Jason Moran (live)
Planet Rock- Jason Moran (live)
Paris Blues- Merl Saunders w/Dr. John
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Wonderful Christmas- Summer Camp
Shakedown Street- STS9 (live)
Cranky at the Party- Divine Pocket Bouncers
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Take off your Cool- Outkast w/Norah Jones
Let no Man put Asunder- Mary J Blige
Jive Jive Jive- Mocean Worker
Djobime- El Rego
Holding my Breath- Lack of Afro (Unity Sextet Remix)
Please, Don’t- Icebird
Bond is Back- Sola Rosa
My Home- Nneka
Talkin’ about the Peace- See I (Ancient Astronauts Remix)
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My Favorite Things- LED Vs. Panaphonic
We Three Kings- Kurbis Blumen
O Christmas Tree- Sub Santa
the Goose is Getting Fat- Jon Kennedy
Suo Gan- Rudolph & Blitzen
Faithful ye COme- Tetsumi Nagaka
Santa’s Pissed off-Andy Dick & the Bitches of the Century
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Guanabarinu- Cesaria Evora (live)
Angola- Cesaria Evora (live)