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Unstuck in time, The Avant Ghetto wanders through heavy folk, pastoral noise, spiritual rock, harsh jazz and other dimly lit corners of the universe.

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Options July 22, 2018

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Artist Track Album Label Approx. start time
Franco Falsini  Parte 3   Options Cold Nose  Polydor  0:00:00 ()
Grateful Dead  Bird Song   Options Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, 4/16/83  Bootsville  0:05:40 ()
Prana Crafter  Mycorhizzal Brainstrom   Options Enter the Stream  Sunrise Ocean Bender / Cardinal Fuzz  0:15:42 ()
Ulrich Rois  Valley of the Morning Sun   Options Everything is Merging  Feathered Coyote  0:21:23 ()
Starbirthed  Cosmic Call: Reflection #2   Options Starbirthed  Flower Room  0:29:36 ()
Mountain Movers  New Jam #3   Options New Jam  C/Site Recordings  0:42:50 ()
Can  Little Star of Bethlehem   Options Delay 1968  Spoon  0:52:48 ()
 
Matt Lajoie  Commending the Spirit   Options Free to Be...  Flower Room  1:02:51 ()
Bob Hughes  Drifting Away   Options My Old Man  Kith & Kin  1:11:20 ()
Geoff Bartley  Who Should Know   Options Blues Beneath the Surface  Magic Crow  1:14:12 ()
Nathan Salsburg  Ruby's Freilach / Low Spirits   Options Third  No Quarter  1:19:18 ()
Richard Crandell and Bill Bartels  Swallowtails   Options Oregon Hill  Cutthroat  1:22:11 ()
Gwenifer Raymond  Sack 'Em Up, Parts I & II   Options You Never Were Much of a Dancer  Tompkins Square  1:25:53 ()
Dave Evans  Grey Lady Morning   Options The Words in Between  Earth Recordings  1:31:22 ()
John Fahey  Thus Krishna On The Battlefield   Options Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice)  Takoma  1:35:57 ()
Jon Collin  Harsh Winter 3   Options Selections from a Harsh Winter  Early Music  1:43:01 ()
Buck Curran  Summer Street   Options Morning Haikus, Afternoon Ragas  Obsolete/ESP-Disk  1:48:52 ()
Boa Constrictor & A Natural Vine  Build Your Wall   Options Boa Constrictor & A Natural Vine  Vanguard Apostolic  1:57:32 ()

Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:02pm Adamsworth:

Hello everyone, Jeff that is so cool that your Dad is a guest on your show tonight!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:03pm TDK60:

Evenin' DJ JC. Humid, eh? FF cools me down..
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:05pm Adamsworth:

It's humid in Philly too, yesterday the National Weather Service said 100% chance of rain...but today it was 50% and didn't rain really, there was just points where humidity hit 100% and rained from the air.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:06pm Adamsworth:

I actually think weird weather like that is fun to walk around in, but then it was just hot and gross afterwards...ugh.
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:07pm Jeff Conklin:

Evening all. Looks like rain for sure.
  Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:07pm opurt:

Good afternoon/evening!
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:09pm Agent Peter:

Ah, the Stephen Stills cameos...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ Sun. 7/22/18 10:09pm medson:

evening folks
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:10pm MONEYBAG$:

Oh what I want to know, what's with that Casio
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:11pm Adamsworth:

I like in the Shakey book how Neil keeps saying like "Stephen Stills is a funky guy, he's got a lot of soul".
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:13pm MONEYBAG$:

When I saw Neil Young last week he kept introducing his guitars "this came from Steven Stills", it was a running joke
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:16pm TDK60:

Do Stills and Young get along?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:16pm Jeff Conklin:

Stills was not on the Bird Song fwiw
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:17pm Lucky:

Hello - Listened to WKCR thinking it was the end of Gaylord's show and missed the beginning of yours. Why am I having such an issue with live listening???
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:18pm MONEYBAG$:

he was there, in his own way. Jimi too
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:18pm MONEYBAG$:

Jim Morrison was not allowed per Jerry
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:18pm Jeff Conklin:

@Lucky: Funny, Gaylord played a Indian Classical sounding thing and WKCR does that Sunday Evenings....
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:19pm Agent Peter:

Correct. But his appeerance was the most memorable part of those shows.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:20pm Jeff Conklin:

Incorrect, the Bird Song, Esau and West LA are far more memorable...
Avatar Sun. 7/22/18 10:20pm Jennifer_PNW:

Evening, everyone
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:21pm TDK60:

I only saw The Gratefuls twice: 1978 and around the same time as the above Meadowland show: Spring '83, in WV.
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:22pm mark Flynn:

Always had respect for The Dead and had a revaluation Dead style in an enhanced state listening to a legitimate live recording from 1972 in 1975 on an uninterrupted broadcast at 2am on WBCN in Boston in 1975. It was a singular revaluation. Until hearing this track tonight I’ve had respect but this guitar playing is on par with the Allman Brothers. I’m going to follow up.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:23pm Adamsworth:

@TDK60 I like the style of calling them The Gratefuls, I think I'll start doing that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:23pm Jeff Conklin:

New to the show Mark? If so, welcome, I love to help people reach the Dead...
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:23pm TDK60:

Massachusetts is "an enhanced state"?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:23pm Adamsworth:

This Ulrich Rois song is amazing! MV vibes..
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:24pm Lucky:

Again, I'm starting to wonder why the 80's are so maligned. That was a jam for sure.
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:25pm MONEYBAG$:

MA has been legally enhanced for a few weeks now
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:25pm Jeff Conklin:

People have a hard time with Brent's keys/tone sometimes. Took me a while to acclimate myself but once it clicks....
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:26pm MoeLarryAndJesus:

Speaking of MV, no one should sleep on the 2cd live Wet Tuna set that's probably close to sold out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:27pm Adamsworth:

The Great Wet Wonder one? I got it from them when I saw them live...so good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:27pm TDK60:

Adamsworth: Just to be cantankerous, I do the same with the Stones -I call 'em The Rollings.
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:28pm mark Flynn:

How do I find the Ulrich Rios track. I’m googling with no hits.
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:28pm MoeLarryAndJesus:

Yeah, that one. Very different from the LP, too.
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:29pm Agent Peter:

@Jeff
No problem at all with Brett. Keith had kind of run his course and imo Brett's arrival freshened things up. I think he gets a bad rap when there was stuff going on that had nothing to do with him. Excellent musician who added a lot to the band's history.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:29pm Adamsworth:

@TDK60, ha ha I will also steal that from you. Though with the Rollings, I usually pronounce them like a Bosnian friend of mine did, she would put the emphasis on "the ROLLingstones"
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:29pm MoeLarryAndJesus:

Feathered Coyote Records on bandcamp, mark.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ Sun. 7/22/18 10:31pm sberger:

Evening all.. featheredcoyoterecords.bandcamp.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:31pm Adamsworth:

oooh, new Starbirthed that's not out yet, if I remember correctly. I'm on their list. Gotta pick up the new batch.
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:31pm mark Flynn:

TDK60 I was a 90 guy. 45 per side. My enhanced state wasn’t site specific, but despite living in NYC for 18 years I still think Massachusetts is an enhanced State.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ Sun. 7/22/18 10:34pm chresti:

evening- no rain here, just fire.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:34pm Adamsworth:

I love how Starbirthed includes small crystals or incense with their tapes...such a cool style.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:35pm TDK60:

Mark: Mass. is a fine state. // I usually *have* made more 90 min. mix tapes. But one can tire the listener out if it gets tedious w/too much info. Doing 60s is more concise but tricky too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:35pm Jeff Conklin:

@Agent: Well put.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:36pm Adamsworth:

I was into 90 minute tapes, until I figured out they were more likely to break...
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:36pm Humam:

Jeff, why are you such a jerk to your listeners on the comment board? Annoying, man.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:37pm Jeff Conklin:

No jerkiness here. Just opinions, lots of them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:37pm Adamsworth:

whaaat, Jeff is nice as hell. At worst, charmingly curmudgeonly
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:39pm TDK60:

I think 60s are a bit more hi-fi. But I'm not a real audiophile. // Adamsworth: interesting @ Starbirthed. '80s Nebraska new wave dream pop band For Against put a shaft of wheat in their debut LP cover.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:39pm Jeff Conklin:

@chresti: Northern California? Hope you and yours are safe/ok
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:40pm MoeLarryAndJesus:

My copy of the first Caroliner record was filled with crushed peanut shells.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ Sun. 7/22/18 10:41pm chresti:

Southern CA @Jeff
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:41pm Jeff Conklin:

@MoeLarryAndJesus: I've heard of much worse being stuck in those...
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:41pm Adamsworth:

Ha ha Caroliner was always putting random trash in the albums, it was also a good style. Amazing band.
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:43pm MoeLarryAndJesus:

Razors and needles and so forth, I know. But do you know how hard it is to clean peanut shell debris off a record so you can play it?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:43pm TDK60:

You talking about Caroliner Rainbow?
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:44pm MoeLarryAndJesus:

Yes
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:45pm MoeLarryAndJesus:

Their first LP was packaged in unused boxes from the Chrome Box set.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:45pm TDK60:

Oh yeah, saw them in a warehouse in Pittsburgh around '91. The combo if colorful stage set and music was like some very very very arcane dream. Strange.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:46pm TDK60:

combo [of not if]
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:46pm mary:

i live for strange
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:48pm TDK60:

But, For Against were polite Nebraskans and put the wheat in between the outside see-thru plastic bag and cardboard cover.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 10:54pm TDK60:

Sing us a song....
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:54pm J:

Busssted haha
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:54pm sfolk16:

Can! Nice! What????????????????
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:54pm Agent Peter:

There are no misteaks
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ Sun. 7/22/18 10:55pm chresti:

meant to be
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:55pm sfolk16:

Yes....nice mix JC! It was on..............!!!!!!!!
  Sun. 7/22/18 10:58pm mary:

I was hoping for Michael Rother as I was so happy within this show. Can makes me very happy too!
Beautiful show, Jeff.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:00pm TDK60:

Is there dust on the needle?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ Sun. 7/22/18 11:00pm chresti:

A mycorrhiza (from Greek μύκης mýkēs, "fungus", and ῥίζα rhiza, "root"; pl. mycorrhizae, mycorrhiza or mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular host plant
  Sun. 7/22/18 11:01pm Agent Peter:

Pops get a request?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ Sun. 7/22/18 11:02pm chresti:

punchy
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ Sun. 7/22/18 11:02pm chresti:

not a jerk
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:03pm TDK60:

Why bother putting down music? I suppose it's okay every once in a while, maybe. But it may hurt others' feelings. There's so great sonics out there. I mean, I may don't like ____ ___ but Im not gonna waste time on ____ ___.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:04pm Jeff Conklin:

no the stylus is just shot.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:04pm Jeff Conklin:

no the stylus is just shot.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:05pm TDK60:

so [much] great .. I [may] not like. (sorry for sloppiess, tired..)
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:05pm TDK60:

[-ness!]
  Sun. 7/22/18 11:12pm MoeLarryAndJesus:

I thought it might have been the Crawlspace version, from their first single.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ Sun. 7/22/18 11:18pm mb:

Hey all
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:21pm Jeff Conklin:

Hey, Mb

And Hello to all lurkers.
  Sun. 7/22/18 11:21pm MoeLarryAndJesus:

I just snagged a copy of that Geoff Bartley record for $2 on Discogs. No cover, but still.
  Sun. 7/22/18 11:21pm mark Flynn:

1st time I’ve listened since Dave. Very impressive. I’ll be a Sunday regular.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:24pm Jeff Conklin:

@Moe: Based on that one tune?

@Mark: Glad to have you, Mark.
  Sun. 7/22/18 11:25pm MoeLarryAndJesus:

Yeah, Jeff. For 2 bucks it's hard to go wrong.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:26pm Jeff Conklin:

@Moe: I played the wrong track. Couple good cute, John Martyn cover too
  Sun. 7/22/18 11:30pm MoeLarryAndJesus:

BTW, does FMU have a copy of a Michael Hurley record called Live In Edinburgh? I can't figure out if it really exists.
Avatar Sun. 7/22/18 11:31pm Franco Twinkie:

Half heard in my distracted state - Kendra Smith. Can't verify anything..but, on her cd from awhile back she does two songs about the rain. Is it raining somewhere? Not in L.A.!!! Saw her last Christmas with her old band. She was magnificent!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:32pm Jeff Conklin:

Dunno, about that Hurley LP. If I remember next week I'll take a look...
  Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:32pm opurt:

Late to commenting on this..The Ulrich Rois track *is* a Kendra Smith cover.
Avatar Sun. 7/22/18 11:33pm Franco Twinkie:

You know, She lives in a tree.
  Sun. 7/22/18 11:33pm MoeLarryAndJesus:

Thanks!
  Sun. 7/22/18 11:35pm Lucky:

This Dave Evans is nice - an almost Jansch like sweetness. I'm gonna crash though. Thanks for the music. I'll pick up where I left off tomorrow. Bummer about the Can, but nice that you went with reality.
  Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:35pm opurt:

The last time I saw Kendra Smith was at Terrastock II - hard to believe that was 20 years ago...seems like yesterday....
Avatar Sun. 7/22/18 11:38pm Franco Twinkie:

Saw her at McCabes sometime in the 90's. She was quite talkative. That's why I know about how she lives.
  Sun. 7/22/18 11:40pm MoeLarryAndJesus:

I thought she showed up on a Dream Syndicate reunion recently.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ Sun. 7/22/18 11:40pm mb:

Psyched to hear that "Bird Song" in the archives. I'm going to assume you are an expert birder' DJ JC.
Avatar Sun. 7/22/18 11:42pm Franco Twinkie:

That's where I saw her. It was like seen a unicorn.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:42pm Jeff Conklin:

I've heard a few Bird Songs here and there ;)
  Sun. 7/22/18 11:42pm mary:

fahey on the radio!
  Sun. 7/22/18 11:43pm MoeLarryAndJesus:

No, the Dream Syndicate thing was just 2 years ago or so.
  Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:43pm opurt:

She was very talkative at the T2 show, seemed to be partly out of nervousness....but it was just an incredible set. There are a few decent recordings of that show out there (but I would never make a request here ;-) )
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:43pm JakeGould:

FWIW, I appreciate Jeff’s snark. You can’t work retail—let alone sell records—without having that honed.
Avatar Sun. 7/22/18 11:46pm Franco Twinkie:

Last Christmas, as in 2017. I;m an old coot, but I'm not senile.
  Sun. 7/22/18 11:46pm MoeLarryAndJesus:

Oh, sorry, I thought you said McCabe's in the 90s.
Avatar Sun. 7/22/18 11:47pm Franco Twinkie:

Can we talk about food now?
  Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:48pm opurt:

I missed the Dream Syndicate shows :-(
Sure, we can move on to food....
  Sun. 7/22/18 11:50pm katharsis:

Hey all. Thanks
  Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:51pm opurt:

Since us West Coasters are going to miss the Espers shows it only seems right that we get to mention the upcoming Träd, Gräs & Stenar shows (SF, Big Sur and LA and possibly more that I ignored)
Avatar Sun. 7/22/18 11:53pm Franco Twinkie:

Opurt, where in SF? i'll be therein early August.
  Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:55pm opurt:

September 21 at The Chapel (SF)
  Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:56pm opurt:

Heading to the September 23 show at Henry Miller in Big Sur - folkyeah.com...
Avatar Sun. 7/22/18 11:56pm Franco Twinkie:

Dang! I'll catch the show at home.
  Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:57pm opurt:

You get 3 nights in LA!
Avatar Sun. 7/22/18 11:57pm Franco Twinkie:

Henry Millers is great! Saw a film festival there.
  Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:57pm opurt:

Thank you Jeff for another incredible show.
Avatar Sun. 7/22/18 11:58pm Franco Twinkie:

Your great, Jeff! Bye.
  Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:59pm opurt:

We try to make it to Henry Miller (HMML in Big Sur) as often as possible - one of my favorite places in this world.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Sun. 7/22/18 11:59pm Jeff Conklin:

Thanks, all
  Mon. 7/23/18 12:01am MoeLarryAndJesus:

Thanks, great set.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ Mon. 7/23/18 4:18pm sberger:

Listening to most of this on the archives...great set. Thanks! Also, I had the good fortune to work with Geoff Bartley at the Harvard Coop in Cambridge in the record area back in the late 70's/early 80's. Wonderful guy.
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