I promised WFMU this blog would not favor my favorite DJs. Here are picks from shows I just discovered or revisited. No surprise--great music.
Irwin played further Lee Morgan, whose Yes I Can, No You Can't opens Irwin's shows. He also did set of Broadcast songs. Lead Singer Trish Keenan died recently. She was 42.
Alejandro Escovedo was Joe Belock's guest on Three Card Monte.
John Allen played jazz/film composer Basil Kirchen. Ok: John is one of my regulars but I'd be remiss to neglect the underexposed Kirchen.
Know Mandarin Chinese grammar? That's my hip hop knowledge. Enter Billy Jam. He played Blane live Guru and Black Page. Ignorant listeners revel in sound.
On This Is The Modern World Trouble has expert music blogger Ben Graves as guest. Listen to the whole show. Basil Kirchen gets more play.
Therese played The Night The Nights Went Out In Georgia by Vicki Lawerence. 1970s top forty deconstruction? Nope. "Felt like hearing it." said the DJ. 1972 AM gold is by whim 2011 FM freeform.
Old south tragedy companion archive: Julie played Bobbie Gentry's Ode To Billy Joe last November on Dark Night Of The Soul. Bonus: the song performed on The Smothers Brothers, 1967. Stage set creepy as hell.
BAD APOSTROPHE! Smothers Brothers never smothered an apostrophe. Also, "whose" not "who's."
Posted by: Anal Apostrophe Protection Squad | January 28, 2011 at 06:27 PM
Is that stage set by George Segal? Looks like his M.O.
Posted by: endwar | January 29, 2011 at 10:33 PM