"I listened yesterday. It's no reflection on you but I could'nt see where you were going or what you were going for. This early seventies thing did'nt get noticed the first time and you talk about friends of like Dealney and Bonnie who had records out like we're supposed to remember who they are. Then you play this long winded free jazz stuff that really grates on my nerves. And that noise without a beat and sounds like someones being pinched. Then you play a reggae song, I think you called it Dub, to what, be cool? You seem to really fetishize the whole folk thing too which is obnoxious to us who don't even care. I liked it when you played that punk song though. I like Joe Belock a lot." Alternating weeks with (More Than a Few) Exciting Moments with Frank O'Toole.
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June 11, 2008
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Format | Year | Approx. start time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fats comet | bop bop | world records | 12" | 1985 | 0:00:00 (Real) | |
| luke vibert/jeremy simmonds | go to sleep (everything is allright) | rodulate | rephlex | CD | 2008 | 0:09:49 (Real) |
| masters at work | papa beats | fingertrips vol 1 | warlock | 12" | 1990 | 0:12:28 (Real) |
| calvin | time keeps movin on | vinylmania | 12" | 1986 | 0:16:42 (Real) | |
| red snapper | hot flush | flaw recordings | 12" | 1995 | 0:21:34 (Real) | |
| tidiani kone & orchestre poly-rhythmo | djanfa magni | african scream contest | analog africa | CD | 1975/2008 | 0:25:12 (Real) |
| canopic lidz | 0:35:23 (Real) | |||||
| akanni animashaun and his apala group | side one | akanni de alawiye orin | schanachie | LP | 0:43:04 (Real) | |
| copol | like this for ages | 4ad | 12" | 1980 | 1:00:57 (Real) | |
| teenage jesus | red alert | no new york | antilles | LP | 1978 | 1:05:25 (Real) |
| craig leon | nommo | nommos | takoma | LP | 1981 | 1:06:01 (Real) |
| chris hinze | african rapness | 1984 | 1:13:19 (Real) | |||
| john martyn | lonely love | island | 7" | 1986 | 1:18:16 (Real) | |
| alexander o'neal | lady (not my girl) | s/t | cbs | LP | 1985 | 1:21:53 (Real) |
| melisa morgan | now or never | do me baby | capitol | LP | 1986 | 1:43:30 (Real) |
| loose ends | music takes me higher | a little spice | mca | LP | 1983 | 1:47:54 (Real) |
| dirty projectors | what i see | rise above | dead oceans | LP | 2007 | 1:53:50 (Real) |
| odyssey | magic touch | happy together | rca | LP | 1:57:13 (Real) | |
| tap orchestra | guilty (instrumental) | don't stop: recording tap | numero 019 | Box set | 198*/2008 | 2:01:25 (Real) |
| barry mann | when you get right down to it | lay it all out | new design records | LP | 1971 | 2:04:24 (Real) |
| warren zevon | hasten down the wind | s/t | asylum | LP | 1976 | 2:06:45 (Real) |
| willie dunn | yellowhead's song | son of the sun | trikont | CD | 2004 | 2:10:56 (Real) |
| robert pollard | weatherman and skin goddess | is off to business | gbvinc | CD | 2008 | 2:13:16 (Real) |
| sometimes y | 2:27:37 (Real) | |||||
| extremes | s.o.s. | evbeat records | 7" | 2:31:01 (Real) | ||
| van duren | 2:33:39 (Real) | |||||
| beatles | i'm so tired | 2:38:13 (Real) | ||||
| cheap trick | surrender | 2:40:15 (Real) | ||||
| CHEAP TRICK | SURRENDER LIVE | 2:44:03 (Real) |
Wed. 6/11/08 9:00pm
From:
G.
Doesn't that dude whose email you quote get freeform? Obviously not.
Mr Emailer, you are not supposed to hear only what you are totally comfortable with here. If you need that sometimes, or all the time, try WCBS FM, or whatever other genre station can swaddle you.
You are supposed to hear some new things here, and some of them you say fantastic right off. Other specific acts or genres played here you may not get immediately, but let that go for now and see what happens if you hear them a few more times.
Some of the music I get and like the very most I was disappointed by or didn't "get" the first time -- maybe the first however many times -- I heard it, till at some point something clicked and I had access to it forever after.
Try being openminded (but not mushyheaded), dude -- you might gain something. Just a thought. :-)
Wed. 6/11/08 9:04pm
From:
john
Been great hearing your show Wednesday nights; thanks for all the cool stuff. Oh, and a friend of mine who owns a record/rock art store has a huge Delaney and Bonnie and Friends poster in his window now. Who is that Clapton dude anyway?
Wed. 6/11/08 9:05pm
From:
C
Just out of curiosity, what show was that emailer referring to?
Wed. 6/11/08 9:07pm
From:
Mark
Hi John - Just tuned in - Akanni Animashaun and Copol = great! Thank you sir!
Wed. 6/11/08 9:12pm
From:
dave
wow, i REALLY like this craig leon piece.
Wed. 6/11/08 9:14pm
From:
Mark
Dave - Totally agree - beautiful. I really need to pick this up.
Wed. 6/11/08 9:21pm
From:
dave
sadly, it doesn't look like that craig leon's been reissued.
YOU HEAR US, LABELS? GET ON THAT ALREADY.
Wed. 6/11/08 9:47pm
From:
sj
come back soon for the love of heaven!
Wed. 6/11/08 9:50pm
From:
monica
play some najee please!
Wed. 6/11/08 10:12pm
From:
Sister hairy Hymen
what album is this from ? Play accidentally like a martyr?
Wed. 6/11/08 10:24pm
From:
Mark
John - I missed what the backing music you are using during the breaks? Chain Reaction / Basic Chanel related? Thanks
Wed. 6/11/08 10:28pm
From:
Sister Hairy Hymen
Nuns love WFMU!
Wed. 6/11/08 10:34pm
From:
monica
It's Meli'sa (muh-LEE-suh). Hey John, time to bust out the Kashif and Freddie Jackson! John Allen=Vaughn Harper of WFMU! Quiet Storm meets Beard Rock on a Spirit Cruise around Manhattan.
Wed. 6/11/08 10:44pm
From:
slugluv1313
aw man, had absolutely AWFUL day, hearing this Cheap Trick song right now is sooooooooooo NICE!!!!!!!!!
thanks so much John, for providing such *healing* vibes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wed. 6/11/08 10:46pm
From:
dave
BEST.
Wed. 6/11/08 10:46pm
From:
dave
SONG.
Wed. 6/11/08 10:46pm
From:
dave
EVAH.
Wed. 6/11/08 10:54pm
From:
dave
that's a W. gratz on finishing out a season perfectly.
Wed. 6/11/08 10:55pm
From:
Formerly Disgruntled
hey John Allen - I have been feeling bad ever since you posted my age-old cisgruntled Email I sent you. You have it permanently at the top of your playlist. Anyway when I wrote that I was having a bad week - my girflfriend left to go back to Chicago, my dog had to be put down the same week, and I was in severe pain after major dental surgery. So then I heard your show and it made me feel more pain. Long story short _ am sorry for complaining. But based on toniight's show (first time I have tuned in since) it seems you did heed my words. You are playing music we can all relate to - none of the intellectual stuff - RIght on!
Fri. 6/13/08 8:23pm
From:
Ike
I don't buy the above comment. Also, you were playing smooth jazz at around 9:22. Or it sounded like smooth jazz to me. Hmm. You seem to really fetishize the whole smooth jazz thing too which is obnoxious to us who don't even care. I liked it when you played Cheap Trick though. I like Joe Belock a lot.
No, wait. I'm getting Joe Belock confused with Bryce. I like Bryce a lot.
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