1999 Playlists


 » January 1 Whoever isn't owned by Disney a year from now wins

 » January 8 Why do so many trumpeters die young?

 » January 15 This show does not accept the new $20 bill

 » January 22 Turn ears into plowshares and cleave the tender soundsoil

 » January 29 Best music for making babies: Mr. Al Green



 » February 5 Got yer basketball, Jones?

 » February 12 An Alan Lomax special: Dedicated to Honest Tom Pomposello

 » February 26 Been sucking down oysters and mud bugs in Baton Rouge



 » March 5 Please don't leave us alone down here, Horace Tapscott

 » March 12 No playlist this week either due to the WFMU Fund-raising Marathon

 » March 19 No playlist this week due to the WFMU Fund-raising Marathon

 » March 26 This show never goes back on its void



 » April 2 This show is being held momentarily to allow for proper spacing

 » April 9 Scratchy old records make beautiful music

 » April 16 Some music to die for

 » April 23 Diamond in the back, sun roof top, digging the scene...

 » April 30 Set 101 candles aflame for Edward Kennedy Ellington



 » May 21 So why, exactly, is it the black one that's the "Scary" spice?

 » May 28 This program promises never to utter the phrase "sports drink"



 » June 4 Govan Mbeki's boy, Thabo, is Prez of S.A. Hey! Hey!

 » June 11 Honk if you love honking

 » June 18 Try making pesto with fresh mint instead of basil

 » June 25 "I got two tuned tablas and a nadaswaram..."



 » July 2 My Country 'tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Bigotry

 » July 9 This program ain't mad at Dave Van Ronk

 » July 16 At the end, this show ripped of its jersey, revealing a black sports bra

 » July 23 How come no one spells ketchup catsup anymore?

 » July 30 Only the coolest of the cool got nicknamed by Lester Young
 » July 30 (So long Harry "Sweetie Pie" Edison)



 » August 6 Seek out Hector Lavoe and Ye shall find un gato muy trágico y hermoso

 » August 13 Thank you for what you did Pee Wee Reese

 » August 20 The advantages of floating in the middle of the air

 » August 27 Mr. Bernstein, you've made a perfect record



 » September 3 Zydeco on the ray-dee-oh!

 » September 10 Have no fear, Louis Hardin will never die

 » September 17 Floyd really blows

 » September 24 Let Coltrane's "After the Rain" keep you sane



 » October 1 This show has been smeared with elephant dung!
 » October 1 (In solidarity with the Brooklyn Museum of Art)

 » October 8 Hey Art Farmer, can Gabriel take a turn on your flumpet?

 » October 15 Celebrating Alan Lomax, the great folk song hunter/gatherer

 » October 22 Melvin Mora starts next year, or there's gonna be trouble

 » October 29 During KKK's silent protest in NYC, Jews and blacks did
 » October 29 all the screaming...at each other



 » November 5 This is a show what knows its onions

 » November 12 Requiem for a heavy Lester Bowie

 » November 19 Baroque bop brain swoon from Rob Reddy's Quttah



 » December 3 To make timbales sound bad is a physical impossibility

 » December 10 Only 374 shopping days left until next Christmas

 » December 17 Simi Valley, California, meet Albany County, New York

 » December 24 Here's a little "foreign" music for John Rocker to suck on

 » December 31 What would MC 900 Ft. Jesus do?

1999 Playlists