WFMU: Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman: Playlist from May 2, 2023

Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman: Playlist from May 2, 2023

Observations of Deviance is a vinyl focused, free form program that harkens back to early days of underground FM radio. Your host, David Mittleman, hunts down the most exotic, unusual and off-the-beaten-track music from around the world in a number of genres: Spiritual Jazz, Free Improvisation, Experimental Electronics, Ethnographic Oddities and World-Wide Psychedelic Funk. You are guaranteed to hear sounds you’ve never heard before.

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Sat. Nov 23rd, 5pm - 10pm: It's a 5-hour Observations of Deviance extravaganza

Sat. Nov 30th, 7pm - 10pm: Kassa Overall Interview: Connecting Jazz & Hip Hop (More info...)

May 2, 2023

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time

J.B. Lenoir	I'm In Korea "I'm In Korea" by "J.B. Lenoir"	The Parrot Sessions 1954-5	Relic	1988		0:02:25 (Pop-up)
Lou Reed	Waves Of Fear "Waves Of Fear" by "Lou Reed"	Bottom Line Soundcheck 1983	No Label	1983	feat. Robert Quine	0:05:32 (Pop-up)
Naya Baaz [Rez Abbasi & Josh Feinberg]	No Lack There Of	Charm	Whirlwind Recordings	2023	https://rezabbasi-whirlwind.bandcamp.com/album/charm	0:09:22 (Pop-up)
Television	Elevation "Elevation" by "Television"	Marquee Moon	Elektra	1977		0:16:28 (Pop-up)
Denman Maroney - Denis Fournier - Scott Walton	KM #3	O Kosmos Meta	RogueArt	2022	https://rogueart1.bandcamp.com/album/o-kosmos-meta	0:21:36 (Pop-up)

Sun Ra & His Arkestra	Discipline (Observations of Deviance Mix)	Eternal Myth Revealed	Transparency	2011		0:29:39 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra & His Arkestra	Nuclear War	5/15/1986 UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL	No Label	1986		0:31:58 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra	Nuclear War "Nuclear War" by "Sun Ra"	Nuclear War 12"	Y	1982		0:36:54 (Pop-up)
Alex Attias Presents Mustang	Nuclear War	Sun Ra Dedication: The Myth Lives On	Kindred Spirits	2003		0:44:33 (Pop-up)
Meridian Brothers y Grupo Renacimiento	Bomba Atómica	Club Coco	Bongo Joe	2021		0:51:07 (Pop-up)

Irreversible Entanglements	Nuclear War	Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War	Red Hot Organization	2023	https://redhot.bandcamp.com/album/red-hot-ra-nuclear-war	0:58:52 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra & His Arkestra	Nuclear War (live, Paris 1983)	Nuclear War (EP)	Sun Ra LLC	2017	https://sunramusic.bandcamp.com/album/nuclear-war-ep	1:17:26 (Pop-up)

Yo La Tengo	Nuclear War (Version 4)	Nuclear War	Matador	2002	Remix – Mike Ladd	1:25:34 (Pop-up)
Prince Far I & Singers and Players	Nuclear Weapon	Cry Tuff Chants On U	On U Sound	2021		1:31:29 (Pop-up)
Yo La Tengo and the Sun Ra Arkestra	Nuclear War	December 2, 2018 - Hanukah Night 1	No Label	2018	https://youtu.be/xHNjmdKi2x8	1:35:22 (Pop-up)
Yesterdays New Quintet	Nuclear War	Sun Ra Dedication: The Myth Lives On	Kindred Spirits	2003		1:42:01 (Pop-up)
William Onyeabor	Atomic Bomb "Atomic Bomb" by "William Onyeabor"	Atomic Bomb	Wilfilms	1978		1:45:53 (Pop-up)

Sun Ra	Hidden Fire (Observations of Deviance Mix)	Hidden Fire, Vol. 2	Saturn	1988	includes Sun Ra interview excerpts from "Eternal Myth Revealed"	1:56:57 (Pop-up)
Yo La Tengo	Nuclear War (Version 3)	Nuclear War	Matador	2002	feat. Daniel Carter, Roy Campbell Jr., Sabir Mateen	2:05:40 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra & His Arkestra	Nuclear War / 1984 / Drum Duel #1	10-13-1983 The Venue, London, UK	No Label	1983		2:21:16 (Pop-up)

Ramuntcho Matta	Une A Une (variante)	Ramuntcho Matta	WeWantSounds	2023	https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/album/s-t	2:34:12 (Pop-up)
Albert Ayler	Our Prayer - Bells (Stockholm, November 10, 1966)	Europe 1966	ORG Music	2023	https://www.discogs.com/release/26845820-Albert-Ayler-Europe-1966	2:36:18 (Pop-up)
Albert Ayler	Infinite Spirit - Japan (Stockholm, November 10, 1966)	Europe 1966	ORG Music	2023	https://www.discogs.com/release/26845820-Albert-Ayler-Europe-1966	2:44:18 (Pop-up)
Denman Maroney - Denis Fournier - Scott Walton	KM #2	O Kosmos Meta	RogueArt	2022	https://rogueart1.bandcamp.com/album/o-kosmos-meta	2:48:10 (Pop-up)
Don Ayler	The African Song "The African Song" by "Don Ayler"	In Florence 1981 - Vol. 1	Frame	1981		2:53:18 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	🥁 7:01pm WR: Hi David and drummer streamers. Doing my usual thing, working while listening.
	7:03pm Observations: Now live! Hi one and all
	7:04pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "I'm In Korea" by "J.B. Lenoir" Cool opening track, Hi David, Observers!
	7:06pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Waves Of Fear" by "Lou Reed" Nice Lou!
	7:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...appreciating...
	7:15pm nnaavvaall: Fabulous as usual. Tuned in and was immediately intrigued. Thanks, David.
	7:16pm Observations: ↳ nnaavvaall @7:15 🙏🙏🙏
	7:17pm doctorjazz: Clicky star. fatigue setting in (great opening set)!
	7:20pm Observations: 4:20 in Tucson
	7:20pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Elevation" by "Television" Top20 Albums Ever by Anybody ?
	7:20pm doctorjazz: Richard Lloyd played a concert in the NY/NJ area recently that was titled Television (though I don't believe he was performing under that name, but featuring the music-wasn't there, don't know for sure, but it caught my eye).
	7:22pm doctorjazz: Got to see Television back in the old early Punk years, and again a bit before the pandemic (with a different 2nd guitar, no Lloyd), both shows great!
	7:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ doctorjazz @7:22 Righteous.
	7:25pm doctorjazz: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:23 Hey, RRN63, they were asking for you on DJ Georgy Girl's show this past Friday (you were missed).
	7:27pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ doctorjazz @7:25 Nice Thx. SheilaB subbed on the mainstream - so I caught that one time...
	7:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ doctorjazz @7:25 ...presuming the Live Floyd was bitchen...
	7:30pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: + RA +
	7:30pm Ike: Indeed, I've often wondered what I would do without my ass.
	7:31pm doctorjazz: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:27 I saw SheilaB was on, was conflicted on the choice, went back and forth at the beginning, but I couldn't pull away from Dark Side after a short while...
	7:32pm doctorjazz: ↳ Ike @7:30 I could maybe do with a little bit less of it...
	7:34pm Dean: Sun Ra's allusion: https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7440/252326/131212669_1_x.jpg
	7:41pm Dean: Oh, come now! If it were a motherfucker, wouldn't the NYT report that fact?
	7:42pm Juli: Yay I have typed the first third of the film. How is everyone else ?
	7:47pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Nuclear War" by "Alex Attias Presents Mustang" IMHO most techno remixes are of little interest, but I've always loved this funky track
	7:49pm Observations: Atomic 💣
	7:50pm Observations: 🪐🚀🔥🪐🚀🔥🪐🚀🔥
	7:56pm Manta: hello all! just in time for some meridian brothers sound explosions
	7:58pm Juli: Nicely.
	8:02pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Nuclear War" by "Irreversible Entanglements" Moor Mother dropping 💣💣💣💣
	8:04pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Nuclear War" by "Irreversible Entanglements" i had no idea what David was doing on the show today, and come in my door, and from my headphones, I hear, "it's a mothafucka". I immediately knew that it was nuclear war! (never heard this cover)
	8:06pm Dean: I love how these songs reduce mindless imperial violence to pushing a button and kissing one's own ass.
	8:07pm Dean: Who, by the way, actually knows that nuclear war is a motherfucker? Shouldn't we ask them about it?
	8:22pm Juli: I am a power to everyone type person.
	8:24pm Juli: I missed Sun Ra when they played at my University :::{
	8:25pm northguineahills: I have the YLT 12"....
	8:27pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Nuclear War (live, Paris 1983)" by "Sun Ra & His ... "Don't you care about your sexuality?" - Sun Ra
	8:38pm Listener Gregory: I came home and turned on the radio. I didn't expect nuclear war.
	8:40pm Listener Gregory: I think the show should start with hand-to-hand combat and then work its way up.
	8:40pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Nuclear War" by "Yo La Tengo and the Sun Ra Arkes... "ass-less"
	8:46pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Atomic Bomb" by "William Onyeabor" original vinyl from Nigeria
	8:47pm Observations: 🇳🇬
	8:49pm northguineahills: The Bermudan group the Talbot Bros. have a nice ditty called, "Atomic Nightmare". (1957) www.youtube.com...
	8:58pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Hidden Fire (Observations of Deviance Mix)" by "S... Spontaneous Culture
	9:01pm Listener Gregory: ↳ northguineahills @8:49 It sounds lovely!
	9:04pm Observations: www.discogs.com...
	9:05pm Observations: Art Jenkins www.discogs.com...
	9:07pm Observations: Space Vocals
	9:10pm Listener Gregory: ↳ Song: "Nuclear War (Version 3)" by "Yo La Tengo" Pretty sure this is one Sun Ra composition never covered by Billy Joel. But am willing to be corrected.
	9:16pm Observations: ↳ Listener Gregory @9:10 people.com...
	9:20pm Listener Gregory: Interesting!
	9:24pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Nuclear War / 1984 / Drum Duel #1" by "Sun Ra & H... "Don't you care about your sexuality?" - Sun Ra
	9:25pm Dean: You're right, @LG, but The Carpenters did cover it. Karen spitting, "Nuclear war...it's a motherfucker" really revealed another side of her. I remain puzzled about our relationship to nuclear war. It really isn't a motherfucker in the way that, say, a devastating hurricane is a motherfucker. It's something we choose to do.
	9:33pm Listener Gregory: Like climate change, it’s something we don’t think about until it happens, and then we say, “Why did people let this happen?”
	9:56pm Manta: David, thank you so much! This was a very fun show.
	10:00pm Observations: ↳ Manta @9:56 glad you enjoyed it!
	10:00pm Observations: I'll be back next week.

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Sat. Nov 30th, 7pm - 10pm: Kassa Overall Interview: Connecting Jazz & Hip Hop (More info...)
Grammy nominated Kassa Overall is at the forefront of 21st Century Jazz. As a drummer, bandleader, composer, producer and DJ he seamlessly weaves the threads that connect experimental Jazz and Hip Hop, while remaining true to his musical mentors, e.g. Geri Allen and Billy Hart. While on tour in Tucson, Arizona, Kassa joined host David Mittleman for an exclusive interview that will highlight a 3-hour exploration of his varied discography.

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time

J.B. Lenoir	I'm In Korea "I'm In Korea" by "J.B. Lenoir"	The Parrot Sessions 1954-5	Relic	1988		0:02:25 (Pop-up)
Lou Reed	Waves Of Fear "Waves Of Fear" by "Lou Reed"	Bottom Line Soundcheck 1983	No Label	1983	feat. Robert Quine	0:05:32 (Pop-up)
Naya Baaz [Rez Abbasi & Josh Feinberg]	No Lack There Of	Charm	Whirlwind Recordings	2023	https://rezabbasi-whirlwind.bandcamp.com/album/charm	0:09:22 (Pop-up)
Television	Elevation "Elevation" by "Television"	Marquee Moon	Elektra	1977		0:16:28 (Pop-up)
Denman Maroney - Denis Fournier - Scott Walton	KM #3	O Kosmos Meta	RogueArt	2022	https://rogueart1.bandcamp.com/album/o-kosmos-meta	0:21:36 (Pop-up)

Sun Ra & His Arkestra	Discipline (Observations of Deviance Mix)	Eternal Myth Revealed	Transparency	2011		0:29:39 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra & His Arkestra	Nuclear War	5/15/1986 UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL	No Label	1986		0:31:58 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra	Nuclear War "Nuclear War" by "Sun Ra"	Nuclear War 12"	Y	1982		0:36:54 (Pop-up)
Alex Attias Presents Mustang	Nuclear War	Sun Ra Dedication: The Myth Lives On	Kindred Spirits	2003		0:44:33 (Pop-up)
Meridian Brothers y Grupo Renacimiento	Bomba Atómica	Club Coco	Bongo Joe	2021		0:51:07 (Pop-up)

Irreversible Entanglements	Nuclear War	Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War	Red Hot Organization	2023	https://redhot.bandcamp.com/album/red-hot-ra-nuclear-war	0:58:52 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra & His Arkestra	Nuclear War (live, Paris 1983)	Nuclear War (EP)	Sun Ra LLC	2017	https://sunramusic.bandcamp.com/album/nuclear-war-ep	1:17:26 (Pop-up)

Yo La Tengo	Nuclear War (Version 4)	Nuclear War	Matador	2002	Remix – Mike Ladd	1:25:34 (Pop-up)
Prince Far I & Singers and Players	Nuclear Weapon	Cry Tuff Chants On U	On U Sound	2021		1:31:29 (Pop-up)
Yo La Tengo and the Sun Ra Arkestra	Nuclear War	December 2, 2018 - Hanukah Night 1	No Label	2018	https://youtu.be/xHNjmdKi2x8	1:35:22 (Pop-up)
Yesterdays New Quintet	Nuclear War	Sun Ra Dedication: The Myth Lives On	Kindred Spirits	2003		1:42:01 (Pop-up)
William Onyeabor	Atomic Bomb "Atomic Bomb" by "William Onyeabor"	Atomic Bomb	Wilfilms	1978		1:45:53 (Pop-up)

Sun Ra	Hidden Fire (Observations of Deviance Mix)	Hidden Fire, Vol. 2	Saturn	1988	includes Sun Ra interview excerpts from "Eternal Myth Revealed"	1:56:57 (Pop-up)
Yo La Tengo	Nuclear War (Version 3)	Nuclear War	Matador	2002	feat. Daniel Carter, Roy Campbell Jr., Sabir Mateen	2:05:40 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra & His Arkestra	Nuclear War / 1984 / Drum Duel #1	10-13-1983 The Venue, London, UK	No Label	1983		2:21:16 (Pop-up)

Ramuntcho Matta	Une A Une (variante)	Ramuntcho Matta	WeWantSounds	2023	https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/album/s-t	2:34:12 (Pop-up)
Albert Ayler	Our Prayer - Bells (Stockholm, November 10, 1966)	Europe 1966	ORG Music	2023	https://www.discogs.com/release/26845820-Albert-Ayler-Europe-1966	2:36:18 (Pop-up)
Albert Ayler	Infinite Spirit - Japan (Stockholm, November 10, 1966)	Europe 1966	ORG Music	2023	https://www.discogs.com/release/26845820-Albert-Ayler-Europe-1966	2:44:18 (Pop-up)
Denman Maroney - Denis Fournier - Scott Walton	KM #2	O Kosmos Meta	RogueArt	2022	https://rogueart1.bandcamp.com/album/o-kosmos-meta	2:48:10 (Pop-up)
Don Ayler	The African Song "The African Song" by "Don Ayler"	In Florence 1981 - Vol. 1	Frame	1981		2:53:18 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🥁 7:01pm WR: Hi David and drummer streamers. Doing my usual thing, working while listening.
	7:03pm Observations: Now live! Hi one and all
	7:04pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "I'm In Korea" by "J.B. Lenoir" Cool opening track, Hi David, Observers!
	7:06pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Waves Of Fear" by "Lou Reed" Nice Lou!
	7:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...appreciating...
	7:15pm nnaavvaall: Fabulous as usual. Tuned in and was immediately intrigued. Thanks, David.
	7:16pm Observations: ↳ nnaavvaall @7:15 🙏🙏🙏
	7:17pm doctorjazz: Clicky star. fatigue setting in (great opening set)!
	7:20pm Observations: 4:20 in Tucson
	7:20pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Elevation" by "Television" Top20 Albums Ever by Anybody ?
	7:20pm doctorjazz: Richard Lloyd played a concert in the NY/NJ area recently that was titled Television (though I don't believe he was performing under that name, but featuring the music-wasn't there, don't know for sure, but it caught my eye).
	7:22pm doctorjazz: Got to see Television back in the old early Punk years, and again a bit before the pandemic (with a different 2nd guitar, no Lloyd), both shows great!
	7:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ doctorjazz @7:22 Righteous.
	7:25pm doctorjazz: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:23 Hey, RRN63, they were asking for you on DJ Georgy Girl's show this past Friday (you were missed).
	7:27pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ doctorjazz @7:25 Nice Thx. SheilaB subbed on the mainstream - so I caught that one time...
	7:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ doctorjazz @7:25 ...presuming the Live Floyd was bitchen...
	7:30pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: + RA +
	7:30pm Ike: Indeed, I've often wondered what I would do without my ass.
	7:31pm doctorjazz: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:27 I saw SheilaB was on, was conflicted on the choice, went back and forth at the beginning, but I couldn't pull away from Dark Side after a short while...
	7:32pm doctorjazz: ↳ Ike @7:30 I could maybe do with a little bit less of it...
	7:34pm Dean: Sun Ra's allusion: https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7440/252326/131212669_1_x.jpg
	7:41pm Dean: Oh, come now! If it were a motherfucker, wouldn't the NYT report that fact?
	7:42pm Juli: Yay I have typed the first third of the film. How is everyone else ?
	7:47pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Nuclear War" by "Alex Attias Presents Mustang" IMHO most techno remixes are of little interest, but I've always loved this funky track
	7:49pm Observations: Atomic 💣
	7:50pm Observations: 🪐🚀🔥🪐🚀🔥🪐🚀🔥
	7:56pm Manta: hello all! just in time for some meridian brothers sound explosions
	7:58pm Juli: Nicely.
	8:02pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Nuclear War" by "Irreversible Entanglements" Moor Mother dropping 💣💣💣💣
	8:04pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Nuclear War" by "Irreversible Entanglements" i had no idea what David was doing on the show today, and come in my door, and from my headphones, I hear, "it's a mothafucka". I immediately knew that it was nuclear war! (never heard this cover)
	8:06pm Dean: I love how these songs reduce mindless imperial violence to pushing a button and kissing one's own ass.
	8:07pm Dean: Who, by the way, actually knows that nuclear war is a motherfucker? Shouldn't we ask them about it?
	8:22pm Juli: I am a power to everyone type person.
	8:24pm Juli: I missed Sun Ra when they played at my University :::{
	8:25pm northguineahills: I have the YLT 12"....
	8:27pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Nuclear War (live, Paris 1983)" by "Sun Ra & His ... "Don't you care about your sexuality?" - Sun Ra
	8:38pm Listener Gregory: I came home and turned on the radio. I didn't expect nuclear war.
	8:40pm Listener Gregory: I think the show should start with hand-to-hand combat and then work its way up.
	8:40pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Nuclear War" by "Yo La Tengo and the Sun Ra Arkes... "ass-less"
	8:46pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Atomic Bomb" by "William Onyeabor" original vinyl from Nigeria
	8:47pm Observations: 🇳🇬
	8:49pm northguineahills: The Bermudan group the Talbot Bros. have a nice ditty called, "Atomic Nightmare". (1957) www.youtube.com...
	8:58pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Hidden Fire (Observations of Deviance Mix)" by "S... Spontaneous Culture
	9:01pm Listener Gregory: ↳ northguineahills @8:49 It sounds lovely!
	9:04pm Observations: www.discogs.com...
	9:05pm Observations: Art Jenkins www.discogs.com...
	9:07pm Observations: Space Vocals
	9:10pm Listener Gregory: ↳ Song: "Nuclear War (Version 3)" by "Yo La Tengo" Pretty sure this is one Sun Ra composition never covered by Billy Joel. But am willing to be corrected.
	9:16pm Observations: ↳ Listener Gregory @9:10 people.com...
	9:20pm Listener Gregory: Interesting!
	9:24pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Nuclear War / 1984 / Drum Duel #1" by "Sun Ra & H... "Don't you care about your sexuality?" - Sun Ra
	9:25pm Dean: You're right, @LG, but The Carpenters did cover it. Karen spitting, "Nuclear war...it's a motherfucker" really revealed another side of her. I remain puzzled about our relationship to nuclear war. It really isn't a motherfucker in the way that, say, a devastating hurricane is a motherfucker. It's something we choose to do.
	9:33pm Listener Gregory: Like climate change, it’s something we don’t think about until it happens, and then we say, “Why did people let this happen?”
	9:56pm Manta: David, thank you so much! This was a very fun show.
	10:00pm Observations: ↳ Manta @9:56 glad you enjoyed it!
	10:00pm Observations: I'll be back next week.

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