What are you guys doing with your extra check from Uncle Sam? I will be spending a frivolous night in The Shagadellic (Room #1) <<<--- at the Roxbury Hotel "nestled amongst the picturesque Catskill Mountains in the historic village of Roxbury". I'm a sucker for a good theme motel.
Here's Ol' Dirty Bastard to tell you all about it.
Money (mp3)
Have you noticed that record stores are going out of style? Today would be a good day to support your favorite shop because it's Record Store Day. Hundreds of independently owned record stores across the country are participating by offering discounts and entertainments all day long. What is your favorite record store that's still open? I go for Crypt Records in Brooklyn. But I also must mention Wuxtry Records in Athens, Georgia since that's where I first became a record hound. Other favorites are Shangri-La Records in Memphis, CD Alley in Chapel Hill and Princeton Record Exchange right here in NJ. I also wish someone would open a record store called the New Bin.
Now go buy some rekkids!
Sun Ra - Daddy Gonna Tell You No Lies (45)
Bruce Culver - Square Record
Bull Moose Jackson - Big Ten Inch Record
Slim Gaillard - Jumpin' At The Record Shop
Learn how sound gets from the WFMU studios in Jersey City to your home. Courtesy of Jam Handy.
Now With Rockin' Enocky from Japan!! Pledge here and watch Dave Spazz out at the Ponderosa Stomp in Memphis.
For those of you still trying to get your Future Shock moves down, here's a handy instructional video to watch after you pledge.
Ralph Emery is the Dick Clark of country music. His first television show was Opry Almanac, which aired at 6:00 in the morning on WSM-TV in Nashville. On this particular broadcast in 1966, Ralph's guests were Roger Miller, Thumbs Carlisle, Jerry Allison and Charlie Louvin. Legend has it that they had been up all night partying before the show...and it shows. TV was much better back then. Here's an excerpt.
Back in the PCP days of the 1970's, James Brown hosted his own television show. Future Shock was filmed in the pre TBS studios of WTCG in Atlanta. It could have been lost forever, but a few episodes managed to slip out of the vaults. Give a great big round of applause to the legendary "Eugene" for editing together the Best Of Future Shock. And also remember that Future Shock Cannot Be Stopped!
JB blackcrack - Funky President
U.S. Army-Jody (mp3)
Quincy Jones-Boogie Joe The Grinder
"Jody Calls"
The military use of jody was introduced to the U.S. Army by African-American soldiers. Jody is a clipping of the name of Joe the Grinder, a slightly older character in jazz and blues mythology.
Joe the Grinder is the name of mythical ladies man in blues tunes who seduces the wives and sweethearts of prisoners and soldiers. He’s also known as Joe De Grinder and Joe D. Grinder. The term dates to at least 1939. Grinder is from an old slang verb, to grind, meaning to copulate.
Jean Knight-Don't Talk About Jody
Darker Shades Ltd-Trackin' Down Jody
James Reese And The Progressions-Jody's Freeze
More Jody after the jump!
Join Andy Breckman, Station Manager Ken, Bronwyn C. and Dave the Spazz along with extraordinary contributor Miriam Linna (pictured left) at the next (and possibly last) live reading from The WFMU Book, in Brooklyn Tuesday night, January 22nd. The reading takes place at 7 PM at Book Court ,
located at 163 Court Street in Brooklyn. Andy Breckman will debut his
ventriloquism act, and in exchange, Station Manager Ken has agreed to
provide a clog dancing demonstration.
Copies of the book will be on sale at the event, or you can use this link to buy it online. LCD (Lowest Common Denominator), was the station's program guide from 1986-2001 and featured many superstar oddballs such as Nick Tosches, Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, Kaz, Luc Sante, John Marr, Bill Griffith, Gary Panter, Jim Jarmusch, Wayno, and too many more to mention. Catch up on past LCD readings here. And watch an excerpt of Andy reading "Why I Don't Play American Pie On My Show" along with Ken reading Don McClean's rebuttal.
Brooklyn Phono presses all of my favorite records. From Norton to Crypt to Sundazed, the holy trifecta of re-issue labels. And it all takes place 2 blocks from my house!
They use a Southen Machine & Tool Company record press (left). A stamper for Side One is placed in the top chamber of the press, while the stamper for Side Two is attached directly below. A donut of molten vinyl is sandwiched between the two labels and set into position by an automated mechanism. The
stampers then press the materials together to create a two-sided LP with labels. The hot vinyl is spread across the stampers creating the record grooves. Excess vinyl on the outer perimeter gets trimmed away to be re-used while the disc is placed on a spindle with the other new records to slowly cool. The end result sounds like this:
Alvin Robinson-Searchin' - Sundazed Records
Artesians-Trick Bag - Norton Records
From Celebrities At Their Worst .MP3 (18.5 MB's)
Mississippi GodDamn .MP3 (6.2 MB's)
Mary Weiss, the original lead singer of the fantastic girl group The Shangri-Las, has released a solo album
after 40 years of retirement. Our very own DJ Dave the Spazz co-wrote one of the songs with man-about-town Andy Maltz. Her backing band is one of my favorite rock 'n' roll bands, The Reigning Sound, featuring WFMU's Dave Amels aka DA the DJ on organ. The band made their television debut this week on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Check it out on youtube. If you stayed up late enough to watch the show, you may have caught a glimpse of the Spazz sitting behind the house band clapping like a chimp after a commercial break! Dig an MP3 of Nobody Knows (But I Do) Here and pick up the album Dangerous Game on Norton Records.
You can catch Mary's interview with NPR here and keep your ears on for a NYC show soon. In the meantime, watch some clips from a show at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland here as well as over here.
Congratulations to Mary, all the Daves and everyone else involved!
Let's take a trip down DJ Premium past.
1-Electrifying Mojo 2-Millie Jackson 3-Denise LaSalle 4-The Kinks5-Hoyt Axton 6-George Jones 7-Baby Huey 8-Jimmy McCracklin 9-Roscoe And The Green Men 10-Batman 11-Marga Benitez 12-Lavice And Company 13-Joe Tex 14-Electrifying Mojo 15-Dirtbombs 16-King Coleman
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The city of Atlanta has proclaimed January 12th Mighty Hannibal Day. In honor of this momentous event, legendary band the Black Lips backed him up for a short but sweet sold out set at the Earl. Michael Julian Bond, son of civil rights leader Julian Bond was on hand for the Proclamation and warm up band the Reigning Sound killed it!! Big thanks to Miriam for making the trek with me.
Get In The Groove MP3 of entire set.
Bobby's Happy House was the place to be today in Harlem. Brother Number Eight was gettin' down and gettin' paid. JB would have loved this (MPG).
Rest In Peace Soul Brother
Home At Last 
(MP3)
In 1968 Harmon Bethea decided it was high time to don a Lone Ranger mask. That makes me happy. Here are some songs recorded by Harmon aka "The Mask Man" along with his band-The Agents- John Hood, Paul Williams and Tyrone Grey off their "One Eye Open" lp. Big thanks to Dj Gerald McBoing Boing for this record.
One Eye Open - Yaw'll - Wigs - Roaches - The World Is A Cafeteria - It's The Thing - In A Crowded Station - Love Bandito
The annual Soul Meeting of the Mystic Knights of the Mau Mau is fast approaching. This year's 3 day music festival will benefit New Orleans musicians messed up by the damn hurricane. Pre-Stomp kicks off Sunday May 7 at the High Tone Cafe in Memphis with a DJ night hosted by Buck Wilders and featuring a set by our own $$ Mr. Fine Wine.
Also added-Record Fair on Monday May 8/10-4 PM at Gibson Guitar Factory. Admission:Free.
Be sure to catch DJ Rex's interview with Eddie Bo here. And Sonny Burgess here .
MP3's:
Al "Carnival Time" Johnson-Lena
Chick Willis-Stoop Down Baby
William Bell-A Tribute To A King
Bobby Patterson-I'm Leroy I'll Take Her
P/S Ellen's Soul Food
Rendezvous BBQ
Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin' (MP3)
Staple Singers - Respect Your Own Damn Self
Subway Theme - Cold Crush Brothers
Funky Driver On A Funky Bus - Charles Leonard
In The Subway - 5678,s
Take The F Train - Sato & Jonny
I thought I could make it in on the NYC Water Taxi. This was the line at 7:30 AM. Completely Hopeless. And Freezing.
Intro (MP3)
On Monday December 5, the Dean of Deja Vu, your Vicar of Vintage Vinyl, the mighty KAT MAN! celebrates 58 years on the airways of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Tune in to an aircheck here (MP3) from WEVD in 1966. Danny Stiles will be appearing at John's Pizzeria in New York City to meet and greet all his fans like Joe Costanzo from Queens, NY. The hardest working DJ in the biz can still be heard every Saturday night from 8 to 10 PM on AM 820 WNYC. As well as WPAT-the Gaslight Staion-AND- WNSW-AM 1430 during the week. You'll hear classic American standards of the '30's and '40's including the Big Bands and swing era, novelty tunes, v-discs, nightclub entertainers and vaudevillians and soundtracks from movies, television and Broadway shows. Danny also mixes in his own personal stories of the music which is what really makes his show a can't miss Saturday night swing party. WFMU's Glen Jones interviewed the Kat Man on April 4th of 2005. Archive here. Happy Anniversary, Danny, and many more.
Outro (MP3)
