WFMU: Morricone Island with Devon E. Levins: Playlist from April 11, 2023

Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 8:00pm ultradamno: Devon! Castaways!
	♥ 8:01pm JetBoy of Astoria: Drinks! For all my friends.
	🎸 ♥ 8:01pm joe mulligan: one more tribute! they're still playing Ryuichi on KALX.. heard a song of his this morning.
	8:02pm Androu B.: Konnoban-wa, Devon-san and "jimassen"!
	8:02pm laurapanic: This is the track most will have emotional reactions to in light of Sakamoto's death. It is so so beautiful
	🎸 ♥ 8:03pm joe mulligan: ↳ Song: "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 4:31 1983" by "Ryuic... this song has been used for so many ice skating performance routines. does anyone know who used it first?
	♥ 8:05pm JetBoy of Astoria: ↳ joe mulligan @8:03 It was not me. 7 billion people to go.
	♥ 8:09pm DjLorraine: R. Sakamoto islanders
	🎸 ♥ 8:09pm joe mulligan: ↳ JetBoy of Astoria @8:05 haha i didn't even know you were an ice skater
	8:11pm Glistener MW: R.I.P. <3
	🎸 ♥ 8:12pm joe mulligan: ↳ Song: "This Could Be The Night" by "Tats Yamashita" what a movie ahead of it's time.. extreme sports of paragliding, surfing, skydiving, bmx or the BASE jumping about 10 years early
	8:12pm Androu B.: ↳ Androu B. @8:02 Correction: "shima no genjumin" (Had to confirm proper translation)
	♥ 8:13pm JetBoy of Astoria: ↳ joe mulligan @8:09 Oh yeah, I f with the ice!
	♥ 8:13pm DjLorraine: The world figure skating was just in Japan. Most every viewer there was masked
	♥ 8:15pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 4:31 1983" by "Ryuic... Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence -- so beautiful greetings, Devon! Islanders! we played this soundtrack like crazy at one of my jobs in the 80s Rest in Peace, Ryuichi Sakamoto
	♥ 8:19pm JetBoy of Astoria: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence was excellent. I suggest watching it.
	♥ 8:22pm JetBoy of Astoria: The Adventures of Chatran, so great. Animal lovers will like. I watched it over the pandemic.
	♥ 8:27pm JetBoy of Astoria: something is wrong with the sound and the mic is on. Just fyi
	8:27pm Jeremy: What JetBoy said
	8:27pm Brian C: Just tuned in. I think we're hearing the show through your vocal mic.
	8:28pm Fran Kafka: Hey Devon, don't fart. You're on the air!
	♥ 8:28pm chresti: ↳ JetBoy of Astoria @8:27 He's in the cCAN!
	8:30pm Jeremy: Ah, there we are.
	♥ 8:30pm DjLorraine: One time in Aruba the phone lines blew out
	♥ 8:31pm DjLorraine: The can washed up on an island
	♥ 8:32pm chresti: ↳ DjLorraine @8:31 Haha
	♥ 8:39pm slugluv1313: ↳ JetBoy of Astoria @8:19 i saw it many many years ago -- maybe when it opened? and then on VHS (!) years later -- but definitely want to watch it again!
	8:40pm Brian C: WTF is going on with the audio? Sounds like you're talking into a tin can.
	8:43pm Jeremy: Sounds like the voice is being picked up by the mic on a laptop or something, rather than the studio mic.
	♥ 8:48pm JetBoy of Astoria: ↳ Fran Kafka @8:28 Yes, seems like laptop mic
	♥ 8:52pm chresti: Thanks Devon!
	8:55pm Juli: I played outside took pictures played guitar talked to fam Now I am here again jiggady jig
	8:55pm Juli: Jiggidy jig
	8:56pm Juli: Spelling is hard if you think about it haha Or j on thc
	🎸 ♥ 8:57pm joe mulligan: ↳ Song: "Steel Cathedrals" by "David Sylvian/Ryuichi Sakam... hearing some influences on James Ferraro's music with this song
	8:57pm Chris from Brooklyn: That was wonderful. Happy night.
	8:58pm Glistener MW: A phenomenal Part 2 to this memorial, DEL. Thanks for this!
	🎸 ♥ 8:58pm joe mulligan: thanks Devon!
	8:59pm Fran Kafka: Perhaps the show was recorded on Holger Czukay's dictaphone? Still lovely, if out of phase.
	♥ 9:00pm DjLorraine: Thank you Devon!
	9:00pm Androu B.: Aorigato gozaimasu, Devon-san! Ryuichi was a one-of-a-kind phenominal talent. We may never see another one like him.
	9:03pm Juli: Not sure if I love this or like this lol
	9:03pm Juli: I love it lol
	9:05pm Juli: I couldnt hear the layers from afar

Morricone Island with Devon E. Levins: Playlist from April 11, 2023

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Soundtrack music from the first silent forward. If it was written for the moving image, we'll play it. Library music included; popcorn optional.

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Tue. Apr 23rd, 8pm - 9pm: Henry Mancini Birthday Centennial (More info...)
Morricone Island pays tribute to one of the Great American composers Henry Mancini (1924-1994), on what would have been the last day of his 100th birthday week. Mancini's prolific body of work includes scoring for nearly 250 films, over 20 TV themes and series and 85 record albums (mostly for RCA) receiving 4 Academy Awards, 20 Grammy Awards and 70 Grammy nominations.

April 11, 2023: Ryuichi Sakamoto Pt.2 (1983-89)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Ryuichi Sakamoto	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 4:31 1983	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence	MCA	1983		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Ryuichi Sakamoto	The Doors Theme "The Doors Theme" by "Ryuichi Sakamoto"	Daijobou, My Friend	Canyon	1983		0:11:48 (Pop-up)
Tats Yamashita	This Could Be The Night	Big Wave	Moon Records	1984	Ryuichi Sakamoto on Polymoog	0:15:04 (Pop-up)
Taeko Ohnuki	Cahier II "Cahier II" by "Taeko Ohnuki"	Notebook	Dear Heart	1984	Ryuichi Sakamoto	0:18:22 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Ryuichi Sakamoto	The Seed and the Sower/Sowing the Seed	Coda	London	1983		0:21:18 (Pop-up)
Ryuichi Sakamoto	Opening Theme "Opening Theme" by "Ryuichi Sakamoto"	The Adventures Of Chatran	Midi	1986		0:26:56 (Pop-up)
Ryuichi Sakamoto	Bland "Bland" by "Ryuichi Sakamoto"	Aile De Honneamise - Royal Space Force	School	1987		0:31:17 (Pop-up)
Ryuichi Sakamoto	First Coronation	The Last Emperor	Virgin Movie Music	1987		0:40:46 (Pop-up)
Ryuichi Sakamoto	Open The Door "Open The Door" by "Ryuichi Sakamoto"	The Last Emperor	Virgin	1987		0:40:48 (Pop-up)
Ryuichi Sakamoto	Laserman "Laserman" by "Ryuichi Sakamoto"	Black Rain	Virgin Movie Music	1989		0:46:20 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Ryuichi Sakamoto	1900 "1900" by "Ryuichi Sakamoto"	Playing The Orchestra	Virgin	1988		0:46:33 (Pop-up)
David Sylvian/Ryuichi Sakamoto/Kenny Wheeler/Masami Tsuchiya/Robert Fripp/Steve Jansen/Holger Czukay	Steel Cathedrals	Alchemy - An Index Of Possibilities	Virgo	1985		0:53:48 (Pop-up)
David Sylvian/Ryuichi Sakamoto	Forbidden Colours	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence	London	1983		1:02:29 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 8:00pm ultradamno: Devon! Castaways!
	♥ 8:01pm JetBoy of Astoria: Drinks! For all my friends.
	🎸 ♥ 8:01pm joe mulligan: one more tribute! they're still playing Ryuichi on KALX.. heard a song of his this morning.
	8:02pm Androu B.: Konnoban-wa, Devon-san and "jimassen"!
	8:02pm laurapanic: This is the track most will have emotional reactions to in light of Sakamoto's death. It is so so beautiful
	🎸 ♥ 8:03pm joe mulligan: ↳ Song: "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 4:31 1983" by "Ryuic... this song has been used for so many ice skating performance routines. does anyone know who used it first?
	♥ 8:05pm JetBoy of Astoria: ↳ joe mulligan @8:03 It was not me. 7 billion people to go.
	♥ 8:09pm DjLorraine: R. Sakamoto islanders
	🎸 ♥ 8:09pm joe mulligan: ↳ JetBoy of Astoria @8:05 haha i didn't even know you were an ice skater
	8:11pm Glistener MW: R.I.P. <3
	🎸 ♥ 8:12pm joe mulligan: ↳ Song: "This Could Be The Night" by "Tats Yamashita" what a movie ahead of it's time.. extreme sports of paragliding, surfing, skydiving, bmx or the BASE jumping about 10 years early
	8:12pm Androu B.: ↳ Androu B. @8:02 Correction: "shima no genjumin" (Had to confirm proper translation)
	♥ 8:13pm JetBoy of Astoria: ↳ joe mulligan @8:09 Oh yeah, I f with the ice!
	♥ 8:13pm DjLorraine: The world figure skating was just in Japan. Most every viewer there was masked
	♥ 8:15pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 4:31 1983" by "Ryuic... Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence -- so beautiful greetings, Devon! Islanders! we played this soundtrack like crazy at one of my jobs in the 80s Rest in Peace, Ryuichi Sakamoto
	♥ 8:19pm JetBoy of Astoria: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence was excellent. I suggest watching it.
	♥ 8:22pm JetBoy of Astoria: The Adventures of Chatran, so great. Animal lovers will like. I watched it over the pandemic.
	♥ 8:27pm JetBoy of Astoria: something is wrong with the sound and the mic is on. Just fyi
	8:27pm Jeremy: What JetBoy said
	8:27pm Brian C: Just tuned in. I think we're hearing the show through your vocal mic.
	8:28pm Fran Kafka: Hey Devon, don't fart. You're on the air!
	♥ 8:28pm chresti: ↳ JetBoy of Astoria @8:27 He's in the cCAN!
	8:30pm Jeremy: Ah, there we are.
	♥ 8:30pm DjLorraine: One time in Aruba the phone lines blew out
	♥ 8:31pm DjLorraine: The can washed up on an island
	♥ 8:32pm chresti: ↳ DjLorraine @8:31 Haha
	♥ 8:39pm slugluv1313: ↳ JetBoy of Astoria @8:19 i saw it many many years ago -- maybe when it opened? and then on VHS (!) years later -- but definitely want to watch it again!
	8:40pm Brian C: WTF is going on with the audio? Sounds like you're talking into a tin can.
	8:43pm Jeremy: Sounds like the voice is being picked up by the mic on a laptop or something, rather than the studio mic.
	♥ 8:48pm JetBoy of Astoria: ↳ Fran Kafka @8:28 Yes, seems like laptop mic
	♥ 8:52pm chresti: Thanks Devon!
	8:55pm Juli: I played outside took pictures played guitar talked to fam Now I am here again jiggady jig
	8:55pm Juli: Jiggidy jig
	8:56pm Juli: Spelling is hard if you think about it haha Or j on thc
	🎸 ♥ 8:57pm joe mulligan: ↳ Song: "Steel Cathedrals" by "David Sylvian/Ryuichi Sakam... hearing some influences on James Ferraro's music with this song
	8:57pm Chris from Brooklyn: That was wonderful. Happy night.
	8:58pm Glistener MW: A phenomenal Part 2 to this memorial, DEL. Thanks for this!
	🎸 ♥ 8:58pm joe mulligan: thanks Devon!
	8:59pm Fran Kafka: Perhaps the show was recorded on Holger Czukay's dictaphone? Still lovely, if out of phase.
	♥ 9:00pm DjLorraine: Thank you Devon!
	9:00pm Androu B.: Aorigato gozaimasu, Devon-san! Ryuichi was a one-of-a-kind phenominal talent. We may never see another one like him.
	9:03pm Juli: Not sure if I love this or like this lol
	9:03pm Juli: I love it lol
	9:05pm Juli: I couldnt hear the layers from afar

Morricone Island with Devon E. Levins: Playlist from April 11, 2023

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