WFMU: JA In The AM with John Allen: Playlist from December 18, 2013

JA In The AM with John Allen: Playlist from December 18, 2013

"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." (Visit homepage.)

Artist	Track	Approx. start time
joan la barbara		0:00:00 (Pop‑up)
dennis moorman	for the peace within	0:23:08 (Pop‑up)
feliz avant garde		0:29:53 (Pop‑up)
joseph byrd	in dulci jubilo	0:41:40 (Pop‑up)
circular firing squad	between dawn and sunrise	0:49:29 (Pop‑up)
cabaret voltaire	invocation	0:57:57 (Pop‑up)
lol coxhill phil minton noel akchote	the christmas song	1:03:52 (Pop‑up)
cal hand	angels we have heard on high	1:07:12 (Pop‑up)
julian koster	silver bells/oh holy night	1:11:18 (Pop‑up)
susan alcorn	a tale of late december	1:18:24 (Pop‑up)
durutti column	one christmas for your thoughts	1:34:28 (Pop‑up)
claire hamill	icicle rain	1:38:51 (Pop‑up)
suicide	hey lord	1:44:13 (Pop‑up)
andy narelli	sleepers awake	1:48:08 (Pop‑up)
johnny largo	silent night	1:51:34 (Pop‑up)
tom recchion	a christmas filled with tears	1:58:22 (Pop‑up)
culturcide	depressed christmas	2:01:22 (Pop‑up)
prince		2:04:32 (Pop‑up)
john fahey	christmas fantasy parts 1 & 2	2:11:31 (Pop‑up)
joseph spence	santa clause is coming to town	2:37:04 (Pop‑up)
shawn hansen	chessnuts/little drummer boy	2:39:44 (Pop‑up)
greg davis	24 hour news/silent night	2:45:37 (Pop‑up)
jonathan meese & tim berresheim	it's christmas time	2:49:35 (Pop‑up)
max roach	it's christmas time again	2:53:53 (Pop‑up)

Artist

Track

Comments

Approx. start time

joan la barbara

0:00:00 (Pop‑up)

dennis moorman

for the peace within

0:23:08 (Pop‑up)

feliz avant garde

0:29:53 (Pop‑up)

joseph byrd

in dulci jubilo

0:41:40 (Pop‑up)

circular firing squad

between dawn and sunrise

0:49:29 (Pop‑up)

cabaret voltaire

invocation

0:57:57 (Pop‑up)

lol coxhill phil minton noel akchote

the christmas song

1:03:52 (Pop‑up)

cal hand

angels we have heard on high

1:07:12 (Pop‑up)

julian koster

silver bells/oh holy night

1:11:18 (Pop‑up)

susan alcorn

a tale of late december

1:18:24 (Pop‑up)

durutti column

one christmas for your thoughts

1:34:28 (Pop‑up)

claire hamill

icicle rain

1:38:51 (Pop‑up)

suicide

hey lord

1:44:13 (Pop‑up)

andy narelli

sleepers awake

1:48:08 (Pop‑up)

johnny largo

silent night

1:51:34 (Pop‑up)

tom recchion

a christmas filled with tears

1:58:22 (Pop‑up)

culturcide

depressed christmas

2:01:22 (Pop‑up)

prince

2:04:32 (Pop‑up)

john fahey

christmas fantasy parts 1 & 2

2:11:31 (Pop‑up)

joseph spence

santa clause is coming to town

2:37:04 (Pop‑up)

shawn hansen

chessnuts/little drummer boy

2:39:44 (Pop‑up)

greg davis

24 hour news/silent night

2:45:37 (Pop‑up)

jonathan meese & tim berresheim

it's christmas time

2:49:35 (Pop‑up)

max roach

it's christmas time again

2:53:53 (Pop‑up)

Listener comments!

♥ 6:11am George of Troy:

Howdy John, good morning.

♥ 6:17am AndrewC.:

Morning JA - will you be entertaining me for my Christmas lunch next week?

♥ 6:19am John Allen:

AC, i will be phoning it in, but i will be with you

♥ 6:19am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I just wanna pop in here for the sole express purpose of mentioning the Best Show & Xmas as much as humanly possible...

♥ 6:21am John Allen:

RR, I second the motion

6:34am P-90:

Best Show! X-mas! Christmas! even

6:56am P-90:

Bob Fripp riding a dinosaur?

♥ 7:11am Sem Chumbo:

Gotta say this beats "Holly, Jolly Christmas" and Mr. Ives by a number of orders of magnitude. Good morning, John, and all.

♥ 7:12am AndrewC.:

I still love this V/Vm 7" for twisted christmas tunes: www.discogs.com...

♥ 7:39am George of Troy:

Ah, DC. Nice one.

7:52am P-90:

@Sammy C: yo

7:56am P-90:

@Andrew C.: Don't know it, but any X-mas album with a track called "Soylent Night" is worth checking out

7:57am marmalade kitty:

Merry Christmas! *almost

7:58am P-90:

back at ya, MK

7:59am P-90:

moptops in the mix

♥ 8:00am Cory:

i never knew there was xmas music i could like. thank you?

♥ 8:13am George of Troy:

Mix it up, John. I can't take my Mannheim Steamroller straight.

♥ 8:21am AndrewC.:

There was a lovely Fahey doc on the BBC a couple of weeks ago.

www.theguardian.com...

8:23am P-90:

Fahey is ALWAYS welcome, John A.

8:25am maja:

Just in to say bye, I'll listen to this one next week after your christmas show. My christmas day is a huge succes already! Have a good time. Happy.

8:26am maja:

Time

♥ 8:31am Brian in UK:

Good day John.
AndrewC I can remember John Peel playing John Fahey many years ago on Top Gear. It was an ear opener. Wonder what the shop was in Camden. Compendium? Was that only books.

8:34am P-90:

@Andrew: cool piece in The Guardian, thanks. The comparison between Fahey and Brautigan is apt. It only becomes clearer with the passage of time that anyone who tackles the problem of composing contemporary pieces for solo guitar is following in Fahey's footsteps