Around the Block

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)

For SOUL’s Sake

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

the Rock Department

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

Open Mind SquEEze

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

Not saying

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

More from Twenty Eleven

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 JudGing

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

Chimney NoiZe

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)

Rocks in Socks

I am sure of it this yEAR…but this portion of the show miGht make your nauGhty nice:

No Such Thing- John Mayer (live MMM Studio)
Give- Widespread Panic (live MMM Studio)
Road a Plenty- Sonny Landreth (live MMM Studio)
Party Tonight-Westside Andy/Glenn Davis (live MMM Studio)
Bejing- Melissa Ferrick (live Studio 2a KXCI)
Busting up a Starbucks-Mike Doughty (live Studio 2a KXCI)
All I Gotta Say-Donna Jean & the Tricksters
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the Best Part- the Madmo
Here we go Again- Ray Charles ft. Norah Jones
You’ve got the Love I need-Al Green ft Anthony Hamilton
Bright Lights- Gary Clark Jr.
Drown in my Own Tears-the Derek Trucks Band ft Gregg Allman
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New Orleans- Herbie Mann
Memphis Underground- Herbie Mann
Hey Ba Ba Re Bop- Lionel Hampton
A Day in the Life- Wes Montgomery
John McLaughlin- Miles Davis
Where’s Sly?- Medeski Martin & Wood
Chapel Perilous- Club d’Elf (live)
Get Up, Get into it, Get Involved- James Brown (live)
Soul Power- James Brown (live)
Word of Soul- Chantells (live)
I Want it all- Leela James
Don’t Destroy the Funk- Phat Phunktion
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Ain’t no Chimney’s in the Projects-Sharon Jones & the Dapkings
Go Santa- the Soul of John Black
Away in the Manger-the Blind Boys of Alabama ft George Clinton

Ho Ho hEAR

Well, once a yEAR is enouGh to Ho Ho hEAr these tunes…But luckily I took a good portion of time to unwrap some different used to sounds for the season…..Thanks to those who know how to make a good Holiday song and put this under your tree and smoke it..I mean….err…open it:

Carol of the Bells- Cantus
Winter Wonderland- Deana Carter
Joy to the World- Jared Mees & the Grown Children
On Holiday- the Hush Now
Yule that’s Cool- Maria Muldaur (live)
Here Comes Santa Claus- the Ramsey Lewis Trio
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Holly Jolly Christmas- Harry Connick Jr.
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer- Billy Ray
Winter Wonderland- Peggy Lee
White Christmas- John Boutté
Santa Claus is Coming to Town/White Christmas-Jimmy McGriff
Merry Christmas Baby- Elvis Presley
Spending Christmas w/ the Blues-Floyd Miles Ft. Gregg Allman
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Double O Santa- Seks Bomba
Egg Nog- Rory McBrides
Santa Claus- the Waistcoats
Silent Night- the Weisstronauts
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus-Gringo Starr
Hit er Miss Christmas- Mother Mother
it’s Christmas Time- Drunken Prayer

Too Much Too long

It just seems like even with the radio world I float on and in, there are too often too many “too much, too long” moments that are difficult to have the music pull you throuGh. This final show of the proGram this week is one that is meant to help you be taken away from those kinds of things. I hope this helps:

Monkeys Eating Fruit-Chris Berry & the Bayaka of Yandoumbe
Congo Beat- Chris Berry & the Bayaka of Yandoumbe
Tree Drum and Gano-Chris Berry & the Bayaka of Yandoumbe

We free Again-Groundation ft Don Carlos/Apple Gabriel
Use to Laugh-Groundation ft Pablo Moses/Ijahman Levi
Captive Bird- Prince Alla
Mini Skirt- Kronos Quartet
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Mazinka- 11 Acorn Lane
Exotic on the Speaker- Soulico ft Rye Rye
Queen of Hearts- Soulico ft MC Zulu
Benga Beating- Gipsy.cz
Following Dub- Phenomenal Handclap Band
Lights, Camera, Action- Madwhal3$
It’s on Fire-J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science ft Lateef the Truthspeaker

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The Cat Stole the Moon- Leni Stern
An Saba- Leni Stern
Hora din Mahala- Mahala Rai Band
Lesley Metal- MarchFourth Marching Band


eh la Bas- Corey Harris
Red Shack Zydeco- CJ Chenier
Sun of Tut- Dr. Didg

Inserting a “WooooAhh”

The beGinning of this show, portion of the program really set off with a screaming “Woooooahhhhh”. I am sure the jams were spilling out of the sound sandwich all into your laps….a napkin to wipe this up?:

Black Satin- Fusion for Miles ft. Jimmy Herring
Simple Man-Gov’t Mule w/D. Schools/A. Pyle/A. Freed/M. Barnes/R. Barraco (live)
Brown Eyed Women- Chris Robinson Brotherhood (Live)
Baby Baby-Steve Kimock & Friends (live 11/05/2011)

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Funky So & So- the Sugerman Three
You’re the Kind of Girl- Lee Fields & the Expressions
I Can See Everything- JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound

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Santa Claus Needs Some Lovin’-the Soul of John Black
Winter Wonderland- Jose Conde
Alegria-Maria de Barros
Zat you Santa Claus?- Big Bad VooDoo Daddy
Frosty the Snowman-Lars Edegran & His Santa Claus Revelers w/Big Al Carson
Holiday Time in New Orleans- Dukes of Dixieland
Post Apocalypse Christmas- Gruff Rhys
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Sweet Dreams- Dr. Lonnie Smith
Come Together- Dr. Lonnie Smith
Miss Madison- Phat Phunktion
Shooby Shooby Do Yah!-Mocean Worker w/Steven Bernstein
Sistas & Bruthas-Mocean Worker w/Mindi Abair

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Boss Très Bien- Quartette Très Bien
Ritmo Uni- Cal Tjaden & Eddie Palmieri
La Descarga del Bobo- Willie Bobo
So, Para Usted- Grupo Monumental
Tambo Iya- Ricardo Eddy Martinez
Pistis Sophia- Rita Lee

Because he said So

Is the reason why I play any sort of Xmas music on my show….My co-host for so many yEARS back in my air-romping days back at WHUS, Mustapha wanted it to be at least a small portion during thr holiday times..So that’s the reason…..I like to diGg deep in to find some different ones and I believe that was achieved during the first two of three shows todays time will be represented in…here is the start, you’ll see:

Carol & the Kings- Alison Brown Quartet & Joe Craven
Holly Jolly Christmas- Martin Sexton
Boogie Woogie Santa Claus-the Christmas Jug Band FT Angela Strehli/Maria Muldaur
What will Santa Claus say- Maria Muldaur (live)
Let it Snow- Leon Redbone
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer- Ray Charles
Xmas baby- Riff Ruffin
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Nobody’s Fault but Mine- Alvin Youngblood Hart
Bip Bop- Matt GUITAR Murphy
I’m Mad- Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings
Stealin’ the Wood Brothers (live)
I Wish you Would- Stringbean & the Stalkers (live)
Restraint- Keller Williams
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Ribs & Hot Sauce- Lionel Hampton & His Sextet
Limehouse Blues- Lionel Hampton Quartet
Three Minutes on 52nd Street- Lionel Hampton & his Hamptonians Ft Charles Mingus
Walter L-Burton/Methany/Swallow/Sanchez (live)
Lonnie’s Lament- Nels Cline/Gregg Bendian
Zuha- Čankišou

Up the tree

The final of the three shows inside the proGram is one that I saw the bEAR climb up a tree for, maybe to stop the sounds…but as I see it, it was simply to get a better listen to so many new tunes and get a feel for the true “freeforming” nature of greenarrowradio. Climb up with:

Damentag- Tosca
A Cidade-DJ Dolores/Eugene Hutz/Otto/Fred 04/Isaar
Ogodo, Ano 2000-Javelin & Tom Ze
Makaan(Nickodemus & the Spy From Cairo Remix)-Natasha Atlas
Heart Attack- Asteroids Galaxy Tour

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No Dub No Entry- Striplight
Look Ma, I’m Drunk (and crying)- Drunken Prayer
St. Stephen- Dark Star Orchestra (live)
It’s me- Adrian Young Sound Orchestra

Beautiful- G Love & Special Sauce w/Tristian Prettyman
Toxic People- Chris Joss
So Long- the Beekeepers
Play (Josh one Remix)- Goapele

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Break the Spell- Gods Robot
Music- Hindi Zahra
Blamah Blamah- Sia Tolno
No Means No- KG Omulo
Kinetsa- Bela Fleck FT. D’Gary
Throw Down your Heart-Bela Fleck FT. Basekou Kouyate

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Change Your Ways- Horace Andy
Discipline- Lutan Fyah

Phairly Phunky Phella

This second show within the proGram has all the intentions of funking you up, while ending with some easy guitar treats that pick up the pace and scoff at the relaxed with a wild combo and a (live) Zappa track -> Dr. Didg ending that had to have some heads spinning. After the spinning ended this is what was left:

It’s a Double Mazinka!- 11 Acorn Lane
Valhalla- Mad Juana
A Luta Continua- MarchFourth Marching Band
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Freddy the Freeloader- Liquid Soul
Steady Freddy- Mike Clark & Paul Jackson
You don’t Know Nothing-the Brooklyn Funk Essentials
Everything will be Fine- JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
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Manic- Doug Johns
Thermal Bad- the New Mastersounds (live)
Ringasd el Magnad No. 2- Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser
Szevasz Haver- Skoprio
Junkyard- Medeski Martin Wood
You Want it All- Phat Phunktion
Moog Marmalade- Galactic (live)
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Ornette Medley- TriBeCaStan
Smoketree Serenade- Ben Vaughn
Caravan- Duane Andrews
Lost Book- Viktor Krauss
I Like Birds- Eels
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Man’s Best Friend- Chris McDermott’s Wild Combo
After Dinner Smoker- Frank Zappa (live)
Retro Rocket- Dr. Didg

The First Brrrrrrrr

It was cold this morning getting to the studio around 7:30am….opening the door and finally having a winterish greeting was an easy way to wake it up. The proGram once again will be divided up into three shows, this first show definitely was meant to get some warmth underneath your feet, errr ears. Check out what the cold brought in:

About you and me- Lin McEwan
a Couple More Years- Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings
Wild West- Corey Harris
Green River- Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings
Lima-the Codetalkers FT COL Bruce Hampton
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Healing Feeling- Hubert Sumlin
Peace to the World-BB King w/Gene Harris & the Phillip Super band (live)
Homeless Child- Charlie Musselwhite ft Ben Harper
Gentlemen, Start your Engines- Grateful Dead
Some Satisfied Funk- Matt “Guitar” Murphy
Boogie Thing-Stringbean & the Stalkers (live)
Ain’t Gonna do it- Tab Benoit (live)
Shake your Hips-Robert Randolph Family Band w/Warren Haynes/Danny Louis (live)
Crazy Fingers- Umphree’s McGee (live)
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You don’t Know what you Mean to me-Eddie Floyd
Full Moon Tonight-Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
I Can Feel it- the Soul of John Black
Ain’t No Chimneys in the Projects (Inst)-the Dapkings ft Binky Griptite
Don’t make me Kill you-Angela Alexander/JD Sandler
Suzy Q- the Sugerman Three

Tyrone- Dr Lonnie Smith

Think Thank Thunk

This final portion of the proGram was desiGned (yeah riGht) to make you use your noggin. Maybe grab an earful of sentiment or globalization? Altho at times the beats got heavy, it was never to much for one’s ears to lift. I especially enjoyed sharing the new Rekha track!! Thanks for remembering to leash up your mind and take it for a stroll:

The Players- Inner Circle
Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti- the Daktaris

Freetime- Akashic Record
I Want More- JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound
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Pyjama- Tosca
Soy Loco Por Ti, America- Los Van Van & Carlinhos Brown
Um Canto de Afoxe Para O Bloco do Ile-Superhuman Happiness & Cults
Turn Around- Sola Rosa ft Iva Lamkum
Bailando (INSTR)- Empresarios
Pyar Baile (Full Mix)- DJ Rekha & Dave Sharma

Sunshine & Ecstacy- Tom Tom Club
The Real Deal-Bootsy Collins w/Shelia E/CandiSweetz/Mike Phillips
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Government Lies- Freestyle Fellowship
Sonic Controller- Tall Black Guy
I’m Chill- Illuminati Congo
Back to Front (circular logic)- DJ Shadow
Uber Glue- the Disco Biscuits
That Storm- Lagos
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Dark into Light- AM & Shawn Lee
A Treatease Dedicated to the Avian Airess from North East Nubis- Shabazz Palaces

Dark corner w/Bukowski

I tried to keep this portion of the show in the opposite corner from this shadow I remember who sat still with Bukowski. This setlist gets downright groove-a-licious and Old Charlie Boy would never have been interested in hanging out in a room filled with these sounds….altho, there is a portion (starting with Mr. Lynch where he does turn and look over his shoulder:

Monkey Hips and Yice-Little Anthony Mitchell & the Modern Detergents
My Mind is Hazy- Galactic (live)
Selling Out-the Brooklyn Funk Essential
Schizophrenia- Liquid Soul (live)
Tang the Hump- Stanton Moore
Spider Man- Mike Clark & Paul Jackson
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Bourbon Street Parade- James & Troy Andrews
Blow, Blow Tenor- the Yockamo All Stars
Saints (Street Beat)- Dukes of Dixieland
Greater Lagos Wed. Night Talmud Meeting-4th Ward Afro Klezmer Orchestra
Rose City Strut- MarchFourth Marching Band
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Avanti- Ben Vaughn
Number 9 Dream- Bill Frisell
It’s Your Baby- Todd Clouser’s A Love Electric
Learn how to Love- Tedeschi Trucks Band
Vultures- Justin Robinson & the MAry Annettes

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So Glad- David Lynch
Beneath the Reach of Light- Yellowbirds
Getting Lucky- Paul White

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Winter Rose- the Bees (Dan the Automater Mix)
Cay’s Crays- Fat Freddys Drop
Dubbing at Dawn- Circuits
My Superstar- 11 Acorn Lane
Speed O Sound- Chris Joss

Don’t look at me

in this first portion of the three shows in one…I am hiding my face in the corner and not looking back…No need to look at me, just notice the moments in this setlist that open the door and let the weather in, the gray of today has walked off the sky and has painted my skin, and there is music to follow into the pores……here’s what soaked in the beGinning:

El Paso- Danielle ate the Sandwich
Children of the Revolution- Bono
Everyday People- Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Pole Tricks- Japancakes
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Polka Dot Rose- Oysterhead
VTT- Vital Tech Tones
Squirrels in Paris- Jim Weider’s Project Percolator
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I’m the Face- the High Numbers
The Last Time- the Who
Bag O’ Nails- the Who
Satisfaction- Devo (live)
She’s Trippin’ Out-Chris McDerrmott & his Wild Combo
Ramblin’ Man/theme from Ramblin’ Man- Steve Martin
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If She’s Gonna Shake it- Mark Croft
Deal- The String Cheese Incident (live)
Opium- Moe. w/Warren Haynes (live)

Punitive Damages- the Jerky Boys
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That’s all I am to you- Ray Charles
Make a Joyful Noise- Juanita Ellis
Longer & Stronger- Sharon Jones & the Dapkings

Me & Mr Jones- Amy Winehouse
Into the Spin- Dessa

The LiGhts go out

After the time in the studio yesterday, it was just time to close the liGhts on the path and otherwise…….follow the sounds where they miGht lead you:

Cheeba- Shafiq Husayn FT Bilal (Nottz Remix)
Ghetto: Misfortunes Wealth- 25 Carat Black
This is the Lost generation- the Lost Generation
Why (it’s a Shame)- Corinthian Singers
Dreamer girl- Da Cruz

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Boom Boom Boom- Asa (Thomas Blondet/Jimi Wes Moombahton Mix)
He got the Shakes- Chris Joss
Sweetback- Deep Street Soul
Magik-J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science (Inst) ft. Raashan Ahmad/Aima the Dreamer/Cait La De
Medicated- Lagos
Nightspot- 33Hz
Baby- Spank Rock
Check the Frequency- MC Zulu

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Moon on the Rise- Thunderball FT Rootz
Youb for Mali- Afrolicious
Transport- Zun Zun Equi
Quick Minute- Excentrik
Wontanara- Farafina Massaya FT Nils Bultman

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Mali Ba- Labi Traore
Ayiboh- Sia Tolno
Balkan Reggae- Mahala Rai Banda
Jokoriste Czarno- Dikanda

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Sin Camiseta- MarchFourth Marching Band
Take a Little Trip- James Andrews
The Cold Sweat Variations- Burnt Sugar
Flint Stoned- Skeebo Knight
I know What Girls Like-Joel Forrester/Phillip Johnston (live)
Winter- Led Bib

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No Escape- Lola Danza
Hado- Amina Alaoui