WFMU: Bodega Pop with Gary Sullivan: Playlist from February 17, 2021

Listener comments!
	♥ 6:53pm Gary: Hey, Kids! Check out WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio's new LANDING PAGE: wfmu.org...
	6:55pm LambdaCalculus: Evening, Gary!
	♥ 6:56pm Gary: Hey there, LambdaCalculus!
	6:58pm LambdaCalculus: Thanks for the City of Ghosts soundtrack! I also now found the movie on DVD finally!
	6:59pm RetroHawk: evening folks
	♥ 6:59pm Gary: Oh, I've never seen the film itself! Hey there, RetroHawk!
	♥ 6:59pm chresti: Hi Gary Bodega show!
	6:59pm LambdaCalculus: Heya RetroHawk!
	♥ 6:59pm StringOFperils: Hola!
	7:00pm LambdaCalculus: Gary, if you're interested, I can send you a DVD rip once I make one!
	♥ 7:01pm Gary: Got sound yet?
	♥ 7:02pm listener james from westwood: Got sound!
	7:02pm LambdaCalculus: Got sound!
	♥ 7:02pm Gary: Hey there, Chresti, James, StringOFPerils! I'd love to see it, LambdaC
	♥ 7:05pm WR: hello Gary and fellow bodegans, busy busy here and not with work. music music.
	♥ 7:06pm Gary: WR!
	7:06pm TDK60: Hi Gary and Bodegapops.
	♥ 7:06pm Gary: TDK60!
	♥ 7:07pm chresti: Music is a good kind of busy.
	♥ 7:08pm Gary: Busy music for busy bodies
	♥ 7:08pm david w: This is looking to be some adventure!
	🇰🇷 ♥ 7:09pm Ike: Hi! This is cool!
	7:09pm LambdaCalculus: This track is damn good!
	7:09pm tim abdellah: Hi Gary and Friends! This should be fun. Thanks to Peter for providing the tapes! And yeah, this track is killer!
	♥ 7:10pm Gary: David! Ike! Tim!
	7:11pm tim abdellah: I'm pretty sure I played that song when I was gigging with an Assyrian wedding band.
	♥ 7:12pm Gary: Whoa! Multiple points scored, Tim
	7:12pm tim abdellah: ;)
	♥ 7:14pm Gary: Tim, since Persian script seems the same as (or close enough to) Arabic, you can keep my transliterations honest, as I'll be posting pics of the covers and cassettes
	🇰🇷 ♥ 7:18pm Threemoons: Heyo again all!!
	♥ 7:18pm Gary: Threemoons!
	♥ 7:18pm chresti: Street, I think, or avenue. It's an E/W street that is in SFV.
	🇰🇷 ♥ 7:19pm Threemoons: Yup, so happy that I found a way to play all of the WFMU stations on both my Jeff Bezos Spying and Capitalism Compliance Device AND via WinAmp! My work days go much more smoothly now...
	♥ 7:20pm Gary: Street, yes, thank you, Chresti! I just see it now on the cassette image at the top of the playlist.
	♥ 7:23pm Gary: I'll never get over how amazing the sound of tahrir is
	7:30pm tim abdellah: Hey Gary - Google's probably better than me at fleshing out a working Persian transliteration. I don't know how the vowels work in Persian.
	♥ 7:33pm Rich in Washington: Gary!
	7:33pm Jill B: Hi Gary, Thought I would stop by and listen for a little while. XO
	♥ 7:33pm Gary: Rich! Hi, Mom! What going on in Oregon?
	7:34pm TDK60: Hi Rich in Washington.
	♥ 7:35pm Rich in Washington: Hi TDK60! Hi Gary's Mom!
	♥ 7:36pm chresti: Hi Rich!
	♥ 7:37pm chresti: TDK60, Gary's playing cassettes.
	♥ 7:37pm Rich in Washington: Hi chresti! How's it going?
	♥ 7:39pm chresti: OK Rich, today's my Friday. How are things in Washington?
	7:43pm TDK60: chresti, I know. Dig Persian music, old and newer.
	♥ 7:45pm Rich in Washington: It's soggy and melting here. But I'd rather that than have more snow.
	♥ 7:48pm doctorjazz: Hey all!
	♥ 7:48pm Gary: DoctorJazz!
	7:49pm TDK60: Gary, were you saying most of this later music was recorded in California, or that's just where the record label was?
	♥ 7:50pm doctorjazz: More snowpredicted for New York and New Joisey!
	♥ 7:50pm Gary: That's where the record labels are, yes, and I think most of it was recorded there, too ... but not all of it.
	♥ 7:52pm Gary: So, for instance, that singer we just heard, Shaghayegh, I think is Canadian? Here's a FB page about her: www.facebook.com...
	♥ 7:53pm Gary: This woman, Shohreh, had a significant career in swing in Iran before having to leave in the late 70s/early 80s
	♥ 7:53pm WR: interesting and fun music and the pictures of the cassettes is a big plus. thank you, already this is a show for repeat listening.
	7:53pm tim abdellah: Wow, this rocks!
	7:58pm tim abdellah: La Googoosh! What is that white pill thing on that cassette scan. And why is she talking about Elvis Presley and James Dean?
	♥ 7:59pm Gary: Haha, the white pill thing is a cut-out -- this cassette was remaindered. Googoosh! Remaindered!
	7:59pm tim abdellah: That's just wrong!
	♥ 8:00pm Gary: It's not right!
	8:02pm TDK60: Never turn your nose up to a remaindered cassette.
	♥ 8:02pm melinda: Ready for the Persian cassette experience
	♥ 8:03pm Gary: The PCE is ready for YOU, Melinda!
	8:06pm tim abdellah: That was epic!
	♥ 8:07pm chresti: Guns, I think.
	8:15pm TDK60: I'd like to try a tar. (If anyone has one unused in the attic...)
	♥ 8:18pm Gary: A tar would be a feather in yr cap?
	8:21pm tim abdellah: Whoa - what is this? Is there any info about it with the album?
	♥ 8:22pm chresti: Tar is four string.
	♥ 8:22pm Gary: Oh My Gosh! There's a LOT of info about it! Tim, you need this book/4-CD set, seriously! Lemme see if I can find out what it's saying about this track ...
	♥ 8:23pm chresti: en.wikipedia.org...
	8:24pm TDK60: Thanks chresti.
	♥ 8:25pm chresti: I wouldn't mind having a Dotār.
	♥ 8:26pm Gary: So, Tim, this is a poem by 9th century Persian poet Ferdowsi; it's the national epic of Iran and according to this text, the longest poem by a single poet. "Cast here as an exercise routine." Recorded in Tehran, 1955
	8:27pm TDK60: That looks groovy too, chresti. I also wouldn't mind a Turkish tanbur, and a sarod too. And a hurdy-gurdy while we're at it.
	♥ 8:28pm chresti: Abso-Lute-ly, TDK60
	8:28pm TDK60: hoo! that too..
	♥ 8:29pm Gary: TBH I imagined all frequent WFMU listeners had hurdy-gurdies prominently displayed in their living rooms. This is just my imagination & not true?
	8:29pm northguineahills: Do we have any Parsi music (the Zoroastrians who fled Iran for India [mostly now in India near Goa to the Pakistani border). during the Islam invasion)
	♥ 8:30pm Gary: NGH! I do have some on CD, but haven't ripped it yet :(
	8:31pm tim abdellah: Thanks Gary - very cool! I see the album is available on Bandcamp for $10 as a download. Will put it on my wishlisht! Sez the CD came with reproductions of Bhattacharya's original recording notes! I wonder if the digital edition comes with a pdf.
	♥ 8:32pm Gary: Maybe? But, dang, I would get the book if I were you. It's got a lot of notes about this trip that you're not going to wanna miss
	♥ 8:32pm Gary: ^Sublime Frequencies shill
	8:34pm TDK60: Gary, Tim, sounds like quite a compilation.
	8:35pm tim abdellah: Very cool - did you see my post this week about the Paul Bowles Morocco recordings/notes? Sounds similar!
	♥ 8:37pm Gary: Tim, I just took a photo of Bhattacharya's notes on the track of interest -- emailing it to you now -- this book is filled with this stuff!
	♥ 8:37pm chresti: sublimefrequencies.bandcamp.com...
	8:39pm tim abdellah: Awesome - thanks Gary!
	8:48pm TDK60: One place that has world instruments for sale is Lark in the Morning. Bay area I think.
	♥ 8:50pm Gary: I've seen some places here in Queens, too, TDK -- Ouds in my neighborhood, for instance
	8:51pm TDK60: Music Inn in Greenwich V. has some too.
	8:52pm peter: hello Gary & all!
	♥ 8:53pm Gary: The Man of the Hour! Peter, a thousand Thank Yous for sending these amazing artifacts
	8:54pm tim abdellah: Peter! Tonight's benefactor!
	8:54pm peter: my pleasure! can't wait to catch it all on the replay
	8:56pm LRSN: Hey Gary, tell the people what zendegi means!
	8:56pm LRSN: It means LIFE
	♥ 8:57pm Gary: Zendegi is a science fiction novel by Australian author Greg Egan and goddammit, LRSN, it EXPLORES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN!
	8:57pm tim abdellah: There was an interview recently broadcast on KPFA out here with Nahid Siamdoust, about her book "Soundtrack of the Revolution: The Politics of Music in Iran". Super interesting, about government policy regarding music post-revolution in Iran, and how it's been negotiated over time. The book sounds really interesting. Dates from 2017: soundcloud.com...
	8:58pm tim abdellah: Part 2: soundcloud.com...
	♥ 8:59pm Gary: oh, shoot, I gotta listen and track down that book. There's also Tehrangeles Dreaming, which I gotta pick up at some point: www.dukeupress.edu...
	8:59pm LRSN: Is it good? I'll read it
	♥ 9:00pm Gary: LRSN, so nice to see you, man! I have no idea, I just cut and pasted it from the internet ... like everything else :)
	9:01pm LRSN: It's just a fun word to listen for because it's in every song. SALOOM IROON
	♥ 9:02pm Gary: Also in every Bollywood song, as I'm guessin U no
	♥ 9:05pm coelacanth☯: greetings Gary & all
	♥ 9:06pm Gary: coelacanth☯!
	9:06pm northguineahills: I'm a huge fan of Bollywood sndtrks, but after watching a few movies, it gets a bit samey and predictable. However, Indian cinema has taken great strides in the last 15 years...
	9:11pm peter: oo yeah Tehrangeles Dreaming is a must-read! several of these exact cassettes are described there-in :)
	♥ 9:12pm StringOFperils: This is quite amazing.
	♥ 9:12pm Gary: Holy Shit! I gotta get off my ass, then sit my ass back down, click a few times, and order that book. It's been in my queue for a while now, TBH ... I am an idiot for not ordering it in time for this show tho
	9:17pm peter: oo is this that Scientologist one? this one took some rescuing! it was all spooled-out and static-y
	♥ 9:21pm Gary: YES, IT IS!!! Oh my gosh, I didn't realize you had done work on these!
	9:22pm peter: only a few ;) well, back to the grind, good folks.. enjoy! can't wait to catch up with the rest
	♥ 9:24pm Gary: Have a great night, and thanks again, Peter!
	♥ 9:33pm Gary: Kids! Kids? Where did you kids go? Well, wherever you are, you're gonna wanna stick around after this insanity for Sam Segal's always thrillingly lush If You Lose Your Horse! Tonight's episode is "The Mountain, A Thieving Horse" wfmu.org...
	🇰🇷 ♥ 9:35pm Ike: Still here. Stir-frying.
	9:35pm TDK60: I'm still here.
	9:40pm tim abdellah: Still here, still grooving!
	♥ 9:41pm chresti: I am too, looking at tars and cigarbox violins.
	♥ 9:48pm Gary: Hard to underestimate Dire Straights' influence on international pop I guess
	9:48pm tim abdellah: They're basically responsible for the whole Sahara guitar thing!
	♥ 9:49pm Gary: True! And also I have misspelled them: Dire Straits
	♥ 9:50pm Gary: I remember the first time hearing them on the bus going to or coming from high school and thinking: "So cold, so clean"
	9:51pm tim abdellah: Yeah - I remember "Sultans of Swing" being on the radio and thinking "meh"...
	9:51pm tim abdellah: But they were very well known and liked in Morocco among people who liked rock and roll.
	9:51pm tim abdellah: ... when I was there back in the 90s
	♥ 9:52pm chresti: I have also been shuffling around the kitchen table.
	9:52pm TDK60: Been looking for instruments online.
	🇰🇷 ♥ 9:52pm Ike: Verdict on items from Sunrise Mart: Fresh tofu: Very good. Sliced boiled bamboo shoots: Bleh.
	9:53pm tim abdellah: @TDK - find anything good, and reasonable priced?
	♥ 9:54pm chresti: www.biswaj.com...
	♥ 9:54pm Gary: Oooh, that one's nice, Chresti
	9:55pm TDK60: Tim, yes a few deals, but most are expensive.
	♥ 9:56pm chresti: biswaj has used stuff, haven't seen tars yet.
	♥ 9:56pm coelacanth☯: sultans of swing knocked me out when it came along. i immediately bought the album, i didn't wait for xmas; then the whole album proceeded to knock me out! listened to it daily for many months. . . . i didn't get any other of their records and haven't wanted to hear them since the early 80s.
	♥ 9:57pm coelacanth☯: chresti are you looking to buy one or make one?
	9:58pm TDK60: Thanks, Gary.
	9:58pm LambdaCalculus: Thanks for the tunes, Gary!
	♥ 9:59pm chresti: Buy something cheap, coel.
	9:59pm tim abdellah: @Coel - I did like the "Love Over Gold" album when that was out. @Gary - Thanks for another great ride!
	♥ 9:59pm coelacanth☯: Thanks Gary!
	10:00pm gailvachon: Great show!!
	♥ 10:00pm StringOFperils: Thanks Gary! Fantastic trip.
	🇰🇷 ♥ 10:00pm Ike: Solid neigh!
	♥ 10:00pm chresti: Thanks Gary!
	♥ 10:00pm Gary: Goodnight and thanks, everyone, and hi GailVachon!
	♥ 10:00pm chresti: But mostly looking..
	♥ 10:01pm WR: thank you Gary!

Bodega Pop with Gary Sullivan: Playlist from February 17, 2021

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February 17, 2021: That Land: The Persian Cassette Experience
Peter Doolan of the legendary Monrakplengthai sent us 30 Persian cassettes last week. We'll hear representative tracks alongside pre-revolution-era recordings from Iran

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Artist	Track	Album	Year	Approx. start time
Music behind DJ: Bodega Pop	Intro "Intro" by "Bodega Pop"	Bodega Pop	2021	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Intro: Two versions, decades apart "Intro: Two versions, decades apart"
Zia	Helelyos "Helelyos" by "Zia"	Pomegranates - Persian Pop, Funk, Folk And Psych Of The 60s And 70s	2010	0:04:38 (Pop-up)
Zia	Helelyos "Helelyos" by "Zia"	Hawaee	20XX	0:09:12 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Akhtar	Tar Solo "Tar Solo" by "Akhtar"	Let No One Judge You — Early Recordings From Iran, 1906-1933	2014	0:14:00 (Pop-up)
Iran on 78 RPMs, 1900s-1950s "Iran on 78 RPMs, 1900s-1950s"
Parvaneh	Zābol, Mokhālef (Segāh)	Let No One Judge You — Early Recordings From Iran, 1906-1933	2014	0:19:22 (Pop-up)
Unknown Artist	Persian Popular Song	Victrola Favorites: Artifacts from Bygone Days	2007	0:20:38 (Pop-up)
Khaledi and Zahedi	Bayāt-e Tork, Pt. 2	Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World's Music	2020	0:24:13 (Pop-up)
Iran Dowleh Helen	Byyatt Turk "Byyatt Turk" by "Iran Dowleh Helen"	The Secret Museum Of Mankind Vol. 3 (Ethnic Music Classics: 1925-48)	1996	0:27:39 (Pop-up)
Tufanpur Orchestra	Reng-E Ghafghaz	Excavated Shellac: Reeds	2015	0:30:26 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Abol-Hasan Sabā	Chaopan "Chaopan" by "Abol-Hasan Sabā"	Excavated Shellac: Strings - Guitar, Oud, Tar, Violin and More from the 78 Rpm Era	2010	0:33:38 (Pop-up)
Persian Cassettes, Part 1, 1999-2003 "Persian Cassettes, Part 1, 1999-2003"
Soroush Izadi	Side B Track 2 "Side B Track 2" by "Soroush Izadi"	Soroush Izadi	1999	0:37:05 (Pop-up)
Shaghayegh	Chareh Chieh "Chareh Chieh" by "Shaghayegh"	Shaghayegh	2000	0:46:04 (Pop-up)
Shohreh Solati	Rooz Az No "Rooz Az No" by "Shohreh Solati"	My Destiny	2003	0:49:57 (Pop-up)
Googoosh	QQ Bang Bang "QQ Bang Bang" by "Googoosh"	QQ Bang Bang	2000	0:54:14 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Sooren	Night Dance "Night Dance" by "Sooren"	Memory	1999	1:04:25 (Pop-up)
Recordings by Deben Bhattacharya, 1955
Shapoore Delshadi	Tar Solo in Isfahan Dastgah	Paris to Calcutta: Men and Music on the Desert Road	2018	1:11:05 (Pop-up)
Sher Khoda	Shahnama "Shahnama" by "Sher Khoda"	Paris to Calcutta: Men and Music on the Desert Road	2018	1:17:53 (Pop-up)
Eskandare Ebrahimi	Setar Improvisation in Mahour Dastgah	Paris to Calcutta: Men and Music on the Desert Road	2018	1:31:28 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Ostad Abol-Hassan Saba	Setar Improvisation in Mahour Dastgah	Paris to Calcutta: Men and Music on the Desert Road	2018	1:39:09 (Pop-up)
Persian Cassettes, Part 2, 1998-2000 "Persian Cassettes, Part 2, 1998-2000"
Unknown Artists	Side B Track 3 "Side B Track 3" by "Unknown Artists"	Pars Video Cassette		1:44:23 (Pop-up)
Homeyra	That Land "That Land" by "Homeyra"	That Land	2002	1:51:22 (Pop-up)
Tooraj	Helheleh Banoo "Helheleh Banoo" by "Tooraj"	Khahesh	2001	1:56:22 (Pop-up)
Aram	Separation Day "Separation Day" by "Aram"	Be Gharar	2001	2:00:58 (Pop-up)
Mehdi	Saiboon "Saiboon" by "Mehdi"	Zamooneh	1998	2:05:32 (Pop-up)
Jaklin	Soghati "Soghati" by "Jaklin"	Flowers of Iran	2002	2:11:32 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Parviz Rahman Panah	Nayestan "Nayestan" by "Parviz Rahman Panah"	Golha 2000	2000	2:15:03 (Pop-up)
Iranian 1960s-70s "Iranian 1960s-70s"
Morteza	Sabr Kon "Sabr Kon" by "Morteza"	Tisheh O Risheh: Funk, Psychedelia and Pop from the Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation	2012	2:19:50 (Pop-up)
Saeed	Kocheh Asha "Kocheh Asha" by "Saeed"	Raks Raks Raks - 27 Golden Garage Psych Nuggets from the Iranian 60s Scene	2009	2:24:37 (Pop-up)
Nooshafarin	Ghebleh "Ghebleh" by "Nooshafarin"	Zendooni: Funk Psychedelia and Pop from the Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation	2012	2:28:25 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Mehrpouya	Soul Raga "Soul Raga" by "Mehrpouya"	Persian Funk	2011	2:33:02 (Pop-up)
Persian Cassettes, Part 3 "Persian Cassettes, Part 3"
Unknown Artists	Side A Track 5 "Side A Track 5" by "Unknown Artists"	Pars Video Cassette		2:35:33 (Pop-up)
Siyavesh Avesta	Hafez (Excerpt) "Hafez (Excerpt)" by "Siyavesh Avesta"	Hafez		2:42:31 (Pop-up)
Habib	Khaneye Koochack "Khaneye Koochack" by "Habib"	Khaneye Koochak	2002	2:45:59 (Pop-up)
Mansour	Arezoomeh "Arezoomeh" by "Mansour"	The Fugitive (Farari)	2008	2:50:51 (Pop-up)
Ziba Shirazi	Soil "Soil" by "Ziba Shirazi"	That Land	2002	2:53:33 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Catrina Paslaru	Hei La Bodega "Hei La Bodega" by "Catrina Paslaru"	Hei La Bodega - Carnaval!	2000	2:57:12 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 6:53pm Gary: Hey, Kids! Check out WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio's new LANDING PAGE: wfmu.org...
	6:55pm LambdaCalculus: Evening, Gary!
	♥ 6:56pm Gary: Hey there, LambdaCalculus!
	6:58pm LambdaCalculus: Thanks for the City of Ghosts soundtrack! I also now found the movie on DVD finally!
	6:59pm RetroHawk: evening folks
	♥ 6:59pm Gary: Oh, I've never seen the film itself! Hey there, RetroHawk!
	♥ 6:59pm chresti: Hi Gary Bodega show!
	6:59pm LambdaCalculus: Heya RetroHawk!
	♥ 6:59pm StringOFperils: Hola!
	7:00pm LambdaCalculus: Gary, if you're interested, I can send you a DVD rip once I make one!
	♥ 7:01pm Gary: Got sound yet?
	♥ 7:02pm listener james from westwood: Got sound!
	7:02pm LambdaCalculus: Got sound!
	♥ 7:02pm Gary: Hey there, Chresti, James, StringOFPerils! I'd love to see it, LambdaC
	♥ 7:05pm WR: hello Gary and fellow bodegans, busy busy here and not with work. music music.
	♥ 7:06pm Gary: WR!
	7:06pm TDK60: Hi Gary and Bodegapops.
	♥ 7:06pm Gary: TDK60!
	♥ 7:07pm chresti: Music is a good kind of busy.
	♥ 7:08pm Gary: Busy music for busy bodies
	♥ 7:08pm david w: This is looking to be some adventure!
	🇰🇷 ♥ 7:09pm Ike: Hi! This is cool!
	7:09pm LambdaCalculus: This track is damn good!
	7:09pm tim abdellah: Hi Gary and Friends! This should be fun. Thanks to Peter for providing the tapes! And yeah, this track is killer!
	♥ 7:10pm Gary: David! Ike! Tim!
	7:11pm tim abdellah: I'm pretty sure I played that song when I was gigging with an Assyrian wedding band.
	♥ 7:12pm Gary: Whoa! Multiple points scored, Tim
	7:12pm tim abdellah: ;)
	♥ 7:14pm Gary: Tim, since Persian script seems the same as (or close enough to) Arabic, you can keep my transliterations honest, as I'll be posting pics of the covers and cassettes
	🇰🇷 ♥ 7:18pm Threemoons: Heyo again all!!
	♥ 7:18pm Gary: Threemoons!
	♥ 7:18pm chresti: Street, I think, or avenue. It's an E/W street that is in SFV.
	🇰🇷 ♥ 7:19pm Threemoons: Yup, so happy that I found a way to play all of the WFMU stations on both my Jeff Bezos Spying and Capitalism Compliance Device AND via WinAmp! My work days go much more smoothly now...
	♥ 7:20pm Gary: Street, yes, thank you, Chresti! I just see it now on the cassette image at the top of the playlist.
	♥ 7:23pm Gary: I'll never get over how amazing the sound of tahrir is
	7:30pm tim abdellah: Hey Gary - Google's probably better than me at fleshing out a working Persian transliteration. I don't know how the vowels work in Persian.
	♥ 7:33pm Rich in Washington: Gary!
	7:33pm Jill B: Hi Gary, Thought I would stop by and listen for a little while. XO
	♥ 7:33pm Gary: Rich! Hi, Mom! What going on in Oregon?
	7:34pm TDK60: Hi Rich in Washington.
	♥ 7:35pm Rich in Washington: Hi TDK60! Hi Gary's Mom!
	♥ 7:36pm chresti: Hi Rich!
	♥ 7:37pm chresti: TDK60, Gary's playing cassettes.
	♥ 7:37pm Rich in Washington: Hi chresti! How's it going?
	♥ 7:39pm chresti: OK Rich, today's my Friday. How are things in Washington?
	7:43pm TDK60: chresti, I know. Dig Persian music, old and newer.
	♥ 7:45pm Rich in Washington: It's soggy and melting here. But I'd rather that than have more snow.
	♥ 7:48pm doctorjazz: Hey all!
	♥ 7:48pm Gary: DoctorJazz!
	7:49pm TDK60: Gary, were you saying most of this later music was recorded in California, or that's just where the record label was?
	♥ 7:50pm doctorjazz: More snowpredicted for New York and New Joisey!
	♥ 7:50pm Gary: That's where the record labels are, yes, and I think most of it was recorded there, too ... but not all of it.
	♥ 7:52pm Gary: So, for instance, that singer we just heard, Shaghayegh, I think is Canadian? Here's a FB page about her: www.facebook.com...
	♥ 7:53pm Gary: This woman, Shohreh, had a significant career in swing in Iran before having to leave in the late 70s/early 80s
	♥ 7:53pm WR: interesting and fun music and the pictures of the cassettes is a big plus. thank you, already this is a show for repeat listening.
	7:53pm tim abdellah: Wow, this rocks!
	7:58pm tim abdellah: La Googoosh! What is that white pill thing on that cassette scan. And why is she talking about Elvis Presley and James Dean?
	♥ 7:59pm Gary: Haha, the white pill thing is a cut-out -- this cassette was remaindered. Googoosh! Remaindered!
	7:59pm tim abdellah: That's just wrong!
	♥ 8:00pm Gary: It's not right!
	8:02pm TDK60: Never turn your nose up to a remaindered cassette.
	♥ 8:02pm melinda: Ready for the Persian cassette experience
	♥ 8:03pm Gary: The PCE is ready for YOU, Melinda!
	8:06pm tim abdellah: That was epic!
	♥ 8:07pm chresti: Guns, I think.
	8:15pm TDK60: I'd like to try a tar. (If anyone has one unused in the attic...)
	♥ 8:18pm Gary: A tar would be a feather in yr cap?
	8:21pm tim abdellah: Whoa - what is this? Is there any info about it with the album?
	♥ 8:22pm chresti: Tar is four string.
	♥ 8:22pm Gary: Oh My Gosh! There's a LOT of info about it! Tim, you need this book/4-CD set, seriously! Lemme see if I can find out what it's saying about this track ...
	♥ 8:23pm chresti: en.wikipedia.org...
	8:24pm TDK60: Thanks chresti.
	♥ 8:25pm chresti: I wouldn't mind having a Dotār.
	♥ 8:26pm Gary: So, Tim, this is a poem by 9th century Persian poet Ferdowsi; it's the national epic of Iran and according to this text, the longest poem by a single poet. "Cast here as an exercise routine." Recorded in Tehran, 1955
	8:27pm TDK60: That looks groovy too, chresti. I also wouldn't mind a Turkish tanbur, and a sarod too. And a hurdy-gurdy while we're at it.
	♥ 8:28pm chresti: Abso-Lute-ly, TDK60
	8:28pm TDK60: hoo! that too..
	♥ 8:29pm Gary: TBH I imagined all frequent WFMU listeners had hurdy-gurdies prominently displayed in their living rooms. This is just my imagination & not true?
	8:29pm northguineahills: Do we have any Parsi music (the Zoroastrians who fled Iran for India [mostly now in India near Goa to the Pakistani border). during the Islam invasion)
	♥ 8:30pm Gary: NGH! I do have some on CD, but haven't ripped it yet :(
	8:31pm tim abdellah: Thanks Gary - very cool! I see the album is available on Bandcamp for $10 as a download. Will put it on my wishlisht! Sez the CD came with reproductions of Bhattacharya's original recording notes! I wonder if the digital edition comes with a pdf.
	♥ 8:32pm Gary: Maybe? But, dang, I would get the book if I were you. It's got a lot of notes about this trip that you're not going to wanna miss
	♥ 8:32pm Gary: ^Sublime Frequencies shill
	8:34pm TDK60: Gary, Tim, sounds like quite a compilation.
	8:35pm tim abdellah: Very cool - did you see my post this week about the Paul Bowles Morocco recordings/notes? Sounds similar!
	♥ 8:37pm Gary: Tim, I just took a photo of Bhattacharya's notes on the track of interest -- emailing it to you now -- this book is filled with this stuff!
	♥ 8:37pm chresti: sublimefrequencies.bandcamp.com...
	8:39pm tim abdellah: Awesome - thanks Gary!
	8:48pm TDK60: One place that has world instruments for sale is Lark in the Morning. Bay area I think.
	♥ 8:50pm Gary: I've seen some places here in Queens, too, TDK -- Ouds in my neighborhood, for instance
	8:51pm TDK60: Music Inn in Greenwich V. has some too.
	8:52pm peter: hello Gary & all!
	♥ 8:53pm Gary: The Man of the Hour! Peter, a thousand Thank Yous for sending these amazing artifacts
	8:54pm tim abdellah: Peter! Tonight's benefactor!
	8:54pm peter: my pleasure! can't wait to catch it all on the replay
	8:56pm LRSN: Hey Gary, tell the people what zendegi means!
	8:56pm LRSN: It means LIFE
	♥ 8:57pm Gary: Zendegi is a science fiction novel by Australian author Greg Egan and goddammit, LRSN, it EXPLORES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN!
	8:57pm tim abdellah: There was an interview recently broadcast on KPFA out here with Nahid Siamdoust, about her book "Soundtrack of the Revolution: The Politics of Music in Iran". Super interesting, about government policy regarding music post-revolution in Iran, and how it's been negotiated over time. The book sounds really interesting. Dates from 2017: soundcloud.com...
	8:58pm tim abdellah: Part 2: soundcloud.com...
	♥ 8:59pm Gary: oh, shoot, I gotta listen and track down that book. There's also Tehrangeles Dreaming, which I gotta pick up at some point: www.dukeupress.edu...
	8:59pm LRSN: Is it good? I'll read it
	♥ 9:00pm Gary: LRSN, so nice to see you, man! I have no idea, I just cut and pasted it from the internet ... like everything else :)
	9:01pm LRSN: It's just a fun word to listen for because it's in every song. SALOOM IROON
	♥ 9:02pm Gary: Also in every Bollywood song, as I'm guessin U no
	♥ 9:05pm coelacanth☯: greetings Gary & all
	♥ 9:06pm Gary: coelacanth☯!
	9:06pm northguineahills: I'm a huge fan of Bollywood sndtrks, but after watching a few movies, it gets a bit samey and predictable. However, Indian cinema has taken great strides in the last 15 years...
	9:11pm peter: oo yeah Tehrangeles Dreaming is a must-read! several of these exact cassettes are described there-in :)
	♥ 9:12pm StringOFperils: This is quite amazing.
	♥ 9:12pm Gary: Holy Shit! I gotta get off my ass, then sit my ass back down, click a few times, and order that book. It's been in my queue for a while now, TBH ... I am an idiot for not ordering it in time for this show tho
	9:17pm peter: oo is this that Scientologist one? this one took some rescuing! it was all spooled-out and static-y
	♥ 9:21pm Gary: YES, IT IS!!! Oh my gosh, I didn't realize you had done work on these!
	9:22pm peter: only a few ;) well, back to the grind, good folks.. enjoy! can't wait to catch up with the rest
	♥ 9:24pm Gary: Have a great night, and thanks again, Peter!
	♥ 9:33pm Gary: Kids! Kids? Where did you kids go? Well, wherever you are, you're gonna wanna stick around after this insanity for Sam Segal's always thrillingly lush If You Lose Your Horse! Tonight's episode is "The Mountain, A Thieving Horse" wfmu.org...
	🇰🇷 ♥ 9:35pm Ike: Still here. Stir-frying.
	9:35pm TDK60: I'm still here.
	9:40pm tim abdellah: Still here, still grooving!
	♥ 9:41pm chresti: I am too, looking at tars and cigarbox violins.
	♥ 9:48pm Gary: Hard to underestimate Dire Straights' influence on international pop I guess
	9:48pm tim abdellah: They're basically responsible for the whole Sahara guitar thing!
	♥ 9:49pm Gary: True! And also I have misspelled them: Dire Straits
	♥ 9:50pm Gary: I remember the first time hearing them on the bus going to or coming from high school and thinking: "So cold, so clean"
	9:51pm tim abdellah: Yeah - I remember "Sultans of Swing" being on the radio and thinking "meh"...
	9:51pm tim abdellah: But they were very well known and liked in Morocco among people who liked rock and roll.
	9:51pm tim abdellah: ... when I was there back in the 90s
	♥ 9:52pm chresti: I have also been shuffling around the kitchen table.
	9:52pm TDK60: Been looking for instruments online.
	🇰🇷 ♥ 9:52pm Ike: Verdict on items from Sunrise Mart: Fresh tofu: Very good. Sliced boiled bamboo shoots: Bleh.
	9:53pm tim abdellah: @TDK - find anything good, and reasonable priced?
	♥ 9:54pm chresti: www.biswaj.com...
	♥ 9:54pm Gary: Oooh, that one's nice, Chresti
	9:55pm TDK60: Tim, yes a few deals, but most are expensive.
	♥ 9:56pm chresti: biswaj has used stuff, haven't seen tars yet.
	♥ 9:56pm coelacanth☯: sultans of swing knocked me out when it came along. i immediately bought the album, i didn't wait for xmas; then the whole album proceeded to knock me out! listened to it daily for many months. . . . i didn't get any other of their records and haven't wanted to hear them since the early 80s.
	♥ 9:57pm coelacanth☯: chresti are you looking to buy one or make one?
	9:58pm TDK60: Thanks, Gary.
	9:58pm LambdaCalculus: Thanks for the tunes, Gary!
	♥ 9:59pm chresti: Buy something cheap, coel.
	9:59pm tim abdellah: @Coel - I did like the "Love Over Gold" album when that was out. @Gary - Thanks for another great ride!
	♥ 9:59pm coelacanth☯: Thanks Gary!
	10:00pm gailvachon: Great show!!
	♥ 10:00pm StringOFperils: Thanks Gary! Fantastic trip.
	🇰🇷 ♥ 10:00pm Ike: Solid neigh!
	♥ 10:00pm chresti: Thanks Gary!
	♥ 10:00pm Gary: Goodnight and thanks, everyone, and hi GailVachon!
	♥ 10:00pm chresti: But mostly looking..
	♥ 10:01pm WR: thank you Gary!

Bodega Pop with Gary Sullivan: Playlist from February 17, 2021

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