Favoriting The Stork Club with Stork: Playlist from January 14, 2024 Favoriting

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With billows and blasts from choirs and orchesters
Buskers and talkers
Big bands and squawkers,
the Stork Club has retained its qualities of decaying elegance and dwindling significance since the late 1950s.

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Favoriting January 14, 2024: The Rhein in Winter

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Hochwasser am Rhein - Koblenz, Germany Photo: Elena Scholz
Hochwasser am Rhein - Koblenz, Germany Photo: Elena Scholz
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Hochwasser am Rhein - Koblenz, Germany Photo: Elena Scholz

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Kenny Clarke-Fancy Boland Big Band  A Ball For Othello   Favoriting Now Hear Our Meanin'  Derek Humble - alto sax; Carl Drevo - tenor sax; Sahib Shihab - baritone sax, flute; Dusko Goykovich - trumpet; Raymond Droz - alto horn; Christian Kellens - baritone horn; Francy Boland - piano; Jimmy Woode - bass; Kenny Clarke - drums - - Recorded: May 18 & 19, 1961 Cologne, Germany 
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Archie Shepp  Blues in Orange   Favoriting 7x7   
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DJ Shiny Heinie          0:11:05 (Pop-up)
Sylvie Courvoisier feat. Wadada Leo Smith, Christian Fennesz, D. Gress, N. Wooley, K. Wollesen  Annâo   Favoriting Chimaera  Bass – Drew Gress; • Drums, Vibraphone – Kenny Wollesen; • Guitar, Electronics – Christian Fennesz; • Piano – Sylvie Courvoisier; • Trumpet – Nate Wooley, Wadada Leo Smith - - Recorded November 17 and 18, 2022, at Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, NY 
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Henry Cow  Linguaphonie   Favoriting Unrest  Tim Hodgkinson – Farfisa organ, piano, alto saxophone, clarinet • Fred Frith – stereo guitar, violin, xylophone, piano • John Greaves – bass guitar, piano, voice • Chris Cutler – drums • Lindsay Cooper – bassoon, oboe, recorder, voice • Recorded February–March 1974 at The Manor, Oxfordshire, England 
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Ensemble Dal Niente  grandFather   Favoriting Chris Fisher-Lochhead: Wake Up the Dead  solo bassoon, performed by Ben Roidl-Ward recorded at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; July 22, 2018 Dan Nichols, recording engineer 
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Alvin Curran  Canti Illuminati II   Favoriting Solo Works: The '70s  Chorus – Alessandro Bruno, Antonella Talamonti, Antonio Cesareni, David Thoener, Elisabetta Bordes-Page, Giorgio Caruano, Luca Miti, Manuela Garroni, Nicola Bernardini, Pierluigi Castellano, Sista Carandini Recorded By – Nicola Bernardini Recorded By [Mammuth Studios] – Kicko Fusco Voice, Piano, Synthesizer – Alvin Curran - - recorded at the composer's studio on via dell'Orso, Rome and at Mammuth Studios, Rome, February-March 1982 
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Karlheinz Stockhausen  Spiral: IV   Favoriting Holliger: Siebengesang / Stockhausen: Spiral  Spiral (For A Soloist With Short-Wave Receiver) Composed By, Conductor [Sound Direction] – Karlheinz Stockhausen Oboe – Heinz Holliger Composed By, Conductor [Sound Direction] – Karlheinz Stockhausen Oboe – Heinz Holliger - - - Godorf near Cologne, Studio Rhenus, 12/1969 (Spiral); Riehen/basle, Tonstudio Luss 
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Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet  Reveille   Favoriting Way Out East  Bassoon – Sara Schoenbeck; Cello – Peggy Lee; Piano, Electronics – Wayne Horvitz; Trumpet – Ron Miles - - - Recorded August 8-9, 2005 and mixed November 20-21, 2005 at The Factory, Vancouver 
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The Moon's a Bassoon          1:01:34 (Pop-up)
Andy Partridge & Harold Budd  Bronze Coins Showing Genitals   Favoriting Through the Hill  2013 
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Total Art of Percussion  Wuhan Wuchang   Favoriting Tropical Drums of Deutschland: Compiled by Jan Schulte  released 2017 
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Kosmischer Läufer  Im Herzen des Universums   Favoriting The Secret Cosmic Music of the East German Olympic Program 1972-83: Volume Five  Bass, Electric Guitar – Robin Allender //Bass, Sampler, Synthesizer – Lionel Laquerrière //Drums – Neil Turpin //Electric Guitar, Percussion – Ólavur Jákupsson //Music By – Martin Zeichnete //Synthesizer – Yann Tiersen //Vocoder, Synthesizer – Drew McFadyen Recorded live at The Orpheum Theatre in Graz, Austria 25.02.15 
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Bersarin Quartett  Autopoesie   Favoriting Systeme  pseudonym of German musician and composer Thomas Bücker - - lives and works in Münster 
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Baldruin  In heimlichen Winkeln   Favoriting Gespensterland  Alias: Johannes Schebler 
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mike cooper  Quivering Morning Leaves   Favoriting The Purple Palms Of Bluesealand  Mike writes: Around the turn of the 20th century, inspired by Anaphoria, I decided i wanted my own island and I invented Bluesealand. At the time I didnt know that there is an actual island called Sealand. A private island that lies just of the coast of Britain. It is an actual country with a passport etc. Anaphoria is an imaginary island invented by musician Kraig Grady. It exists only on line but also has a passport, flag, history, embassy and music of its own. 
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Mouse On Mars  The Latent Space   Favoriting AAI  Drums – Drumno; Drums, Percussion – Dodo NKishi; Instruments, Electronics, Producer [Production] – Andi Toma, Jan St. Werner; Percussion – Tunde Alibaba; [Loose Tool] – Eric D Clarke; Programmed By [AI] – Derek Tingle, Florian Dohmann, Nicholas Gorges, Rany Keddo, Yagmur Uckunkaya; Text By, Voice – Louis Chude-Sokei; Voice – Yagmur Uckunkaya - - Paraverse Studios Berlin 2020 
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Daona  Am Domplatz   Favoriting The Secret Assembly  Released: 2019 
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Roy Montgomery  Kafka Was Correct   Favoriting And Now The Rain Sounds Like Life Is Falling Down Through It  Roy Montgomery – guitar, EBow, mixing • Robert Meissner – piano • Recorded 26 December 1997 – 12 January 1998 
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David Yetton  Blow Out Your Candles   Favoriting Blow Out Your Candles  Released 2007 - - this and the folowong two tunes were sent by friend and NZ collector/expert Christian Witt in Gelsenkirchen - thanks, Kumpel!! 
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Surf Friends  Good Thing   Favoriting Sonic Waves  Produced by Mark Howden - released 2023 
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Lanky  Mystified   Favoriting Wait  Bass – Noel Ward; Drums – Robert Key; Guitar – Tony de Raad; Guitar, Vocals – Jim Laing - released: 2000 
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Yo La Tengo  Fallout   Favoriting The Bunker Sessions  Released 2023 
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DJ Claude Cuckoolander          2:01:29 (Pop-up)
Nelda Piña  Folclor Costeño   Favoriting Mangle Rojo: Afro-Colombian Sounds From The Pacific & Caribbean Coasts  Bass – Rafael Buelvas; Percussion [Alegre] – Carlos Torres; Percussion [Bombo Y Guache] – Pedro Tapias; Percussion [Llamador] – Luis Payares; Saxophone, Clarinet – Sergio Arzuza; Vocals – Nelda Piña - - 1991 
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Jorge Ben  Cavalheiro do Cavalo Imaculado   Favoriting África Brasil  (Gentleman on the Immaculate Horse) Jorge Ben - vocals, guitar • João Roberto Vandaluz - piano • Dadi Carvalho - bass guitar • Gustavo Schroeter - drum kit • Joãozinho Pereira - percussion • Pedrinho das Neves - drums, timbales • Wilson das Neves - drums, timbales • José Roberto Bertrami - keyboards • Luna - bass drum • Neném - cuica • Djalma Corrêa - percussion • Hermes - percussion • Ariovaldo - percussion • Oberdan Magalhães - percussion • Márcio Montarroyos - percussion Song arrangements were by Jorge Ben, with orchestral arrangements by José Roberto Bertrami - released 1976 
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Los Muñequitos De Matanzas  No Me Confundas   Favoriting Tambor De Fuego  (Guaguancò) 
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Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble  Cubano Chant   Favoriting Drum Suite  Art Blakey - drums • Jo Jones - drums - - Ray Bryant – piano • Ray Bryant  • Oscar Pettiford - cello  • • Charles "Specs" Wright - drums, timpani, gong  • Candido Camero, Sabu Martinez - bongos  Recorded February 22, 1957 (#1-3) December 12 & 13, 1956 (#4-6) Jun 25, 1956 (#7-9) at Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York City 
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Gato Barbieri  El arriero   Favoriting Fenix  Gato Barbieri - tenor saxophone • Lonnie Liston Smith - piano, electric piano • Ron Carter - electric bass • Lenny White - drums • Gene Golden - congas, bongos • Naná Vasconcelos - berimbau, bongos Recorded April 27 and 28, 1971 at Atlantic studio (New York) 
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Emiliano Salvador  Luna Wanestain   Favoriting Cuba: Music and Revolution - Culture Clash In Havana Cuba - Experiments in Latin Music 1975-85 Vol. 1  Bongos, Bells, Guiro – José Luis Quintana (Chango) Drums, Percussion – Frank Bejerano Electric Bass – Eduardo Ramos Percussion, Congas – Roberto García Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Producer, Melodica, Orchestrated By – Emiliano Salvador Trombone – Enrique Pérez, Geovani Mancebo Trumpet – Andres Castro, Andresito Castro, Arturo Sandoval, Manuel Mirabal (El Guajiro) Vocals – Bobby Carcassés, Pablo Milanés - - released 1981 
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Las D'Aida  Con Cadencia y Con Dulzura   Favoriting Las D'Aida Y Su Grupo  (With Cadence and Sweetness) Producer, Conductor – José Ramón García Caturla Recorded in 1982 at EGREM recording studios - La Habana, Cuba 
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Eddie Palmieri, Herman Olivera  Quimbombó   Favoriting Mi Luz Mayor  EP's tribute to his late wife, Iraida - - Quimbombó: lady’s fingers [noun plural] the long sticky green pods of a tropical plant, used as a vegetable; okra Alto Saxophone – Louis Fouché, Ralph Moore (2), Yosvany Terry; Arranged By – José Madera, Ray Santos; Baritone Saxophone – Gary Smulyan, Ronnie Cuber; Bass – Luques Curtis; Bata [Okónkolo] – Gabriel Lugo; Bongos, Cowbell, Bata [Iyá] – Anthony Carrillo; Congas – "Little" Johnny Rivero; Coro – Jerry Medina, Juan Pablo Díaz; Electric Guitar – Carlos Santana; Piano – Eddie Palmieri; Tenor Saxophone – Craig Handy, Ivan Renta, Jeremy Powell; Timbales – Karl Perazzo; Timbales, Drums, Bata [Itótele] – Camilo Molina; Tres – Nelson González; Trombone – Chris Washburne, Conrad Herwig, Doug Beavers, Jimmy Bosch, Joe Fiedler, Tokunori Kajiwara; Trumpet – Brian Lynch, Chris Rogers, John Walsh, Jonathan Powell, Pete Nater - - 
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Pete Rodriguez  Oh That's Nice   Favoriting Oh, That's Nice! (Ay, Que Bueno!)  Producer – Pancho Cristal - released 1967 
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Na, Leute!! War ein wunderschönes Unterhaltung!! Bis zum nächstes!! How's my Spanish? Te vejo!          2:54:57 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Stork:

Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome!
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listener james from westwood:

Howdy, frozen folks (and those lucky enough to be in the Southern Hemisphere)!
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TDK60:

Herr DJ Stork! Back at your fine establishment. Got any Rheingold on the menu tonight? If not, any Ballantine?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:01pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...don't wear Slacks !
...What does BobDobbs have to say about this...
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Stork:

↳ TDK60 @12:00
Greetings TDK60!! Not on this German menu (but I can still sing the jingles)
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tom tom the pipers son:

a spunky little nugget here...hello stork and people
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listener james from westwood:

↳ TDK60 @12:00
Let it be Löwenbräu!
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Stork:

↳ listener james from westwood @12:00
listener james from westwood - how dah-do-dah?
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Stork:

tom tom, noce to see your face and fine ears back again!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ listener james from westwood @12:02
lowbrow or highbrow...??
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TDK60:

↳ Stork @12:01
No Knickerbocker either? In Germany?
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adamdoesit:

Hello Stork and swells! I gotta run out for dog food and bananas -- the crude protein and potassium help shield the endocrine glands from the effects of Glen Passaic. Back soon.
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Michael 98145:

Hello, Everyone.
I'll just sit over here by the furnace.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Stork @12:03
thx stork
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Stork:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:01
3 hours of No Slack - what would Bob say, indeed?
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Stork:

↳ adamdoesit @12:03
adamdoesit! Making it thru the cold and yech! See you back here with your much-needed fortification!
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Michael 98145:

Never was a big fan of Liebfraumilch
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Stork:

↳ Michael 98145 @12:03
Keepin' it warm Michael 98145!!
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tom tom the pipers son:

oh surprised that kenny clarke from '61, but otoh would have been pretty 'avant' for '40's
Avatar 12:08pm
Juli:

Good Afternoon!
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Stork:

↳ Michael 98145 @12:06
Neither are most Germans. Mostly older folks from the southern reaches - Bavaria, and Baden-Würtemmburg
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fred:

Greetings Stork and patrons.
Great pic to top the playlist, as usual
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Doug Schulkind:

Is that hochwasser in Münster, Stork? Hope you're high and dry.
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fred:

↳ Doug Schulkind @12:09
High for sure, dry questionable
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Stork:

↳ Doug Schulkind @12:09
Dougie!! Toweling off as we speak. Working on my high directly - as I hope are you and all assembled!! No, that's the mighty Rhine - looks like around Koblenz. Couple hours away by car.
Avatar 12:16pm
Juli:

Ty so far for the music to exist to
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Jeff Moore:

Looking good, Billy Ray!
Feeling good, Louis!
Sounding good, Stork!
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Stork:

Juli!! Howahyuh?
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StringOFperils:

Is it kosher to imbibe Glen Passaic in front of Sylvie Courvoisier?
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WR:

Hello Stork and folks.
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Michael 98145:

Courvoisier could warm a room
  12:19pm
Dean:

Background for 7x7: https://www.7x7art.com/about
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https://www.7x7art.com/b
Looks like the musicians collaborated with the lead artist, Jean Pierre Müller.
Avatar 12:19pm
Stork:

↳ StringOFperils @12:18
Heheheheh! I'm sure she wouldn't mind. Probably hammered herself!
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WR:

↳ StringOFperils @12:18
No, after, as a chaser.
  12:20pm
Dean:

Heard Courvoisier with Mary Halvorson at Other Minds two or three years ago. Same night that Braxton played.
  12:21pm
Sean in Bristol, UK:

Good evening Stork, hello one and all
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Juli:

↳ Michael 98145 @12:19
Agreed::::}
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fred:

There's been a lot of MrDougDoug airplay lately, is that Doug on GP?
Avatar 12:21pm
Stork:

Dean!! Thanks for the link. It's the only thing I found regarding this collection - and no credits, or not many. Could even be a remix.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:23pm
David (in London):

*sidles into the Club dressed as Julian Maclaren-Ross: double breasted grey suit, Brylcreemed hair, long cigarette holder, rapier wit. Takes a bar stool, downs five large Glen Passaics, proceeds to write an acutely observed novel about the human condition*

Evening Stork and assembled Club-goers!
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Stork:

↳ Sean in Bristol, UK @12:21
G'd'evenin'. Sean!
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Michael 98145:

↳ David (in London) @12:23
"Someone get this man a publisher"
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Stork:

↳ David (in London) @12:23
Greetings David most dapper! Watch where you're swingin' that rapier! Sounds like your condition is in some condition!
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fred:

↳ David (in London) @12:23
Give back that bar stool! These cost money you know
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David (in London):

James, Teeds, Rev D, Tom, Adam, Michael, Juli, Fred, Jeff, String, WR, Dean: salutations good people.

Stork, I just checking in to see what condition my condition was in. Turns out the answer was 'soaked in Glen Passaic'!
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fred:

↳ David (in London) @12:28
First edition then? With GP there might not be a second
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StringOFperils:

David in London! Not another acutely observed novel about the dimly perceived same old thing....knocks back a triple GP
Avatar 12:32pm
Stork:

↳ Jeff Moore @12:16
Jeff! Credit goes to you for helping me through the recent upgrades (still on-going, but very pleased with the sound of this bassoon!!
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fred:

"very pleased with the sound of this bassoon" Only on WFMU
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...reed you loud & clear...
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DJ Peter:

↳ Song: "grandFather" by "Ensemble Dal Niente"
Bookmarking this as the track to pull out when someone says “I don’t really get bassoons”
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David (in London):

↳ fred @12:30
Yes, you're right. It'll also eat through the cover if spilled.
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David (in London):

↳ StringOFperils @12:31
Perhaps I should write some nonsense verse instead?
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David (in London):

↳ DJ Peter @12:34
I don't really get baboons.
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DJ Peter:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:34
That goes DOUBLE for me
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Stork:

↳ Song: "grandFather" by "Ensemble Dal Niente"
Bassoono profundo!
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fred:

↳ David (in London) @12:34
There's a difference?
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Stork:

↳ fred @12:33
;-)
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WR:

↳ David (in London) @12:23
duly adds Maclaren-Ross to the ever growing to read list.
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Stork:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:34
OH! Lookit what you did there!
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David (in London):

↳ WR @12:37
It never seems to go down, does it?
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Stork:

↳ David (in London) @12:35
Logo idea: a baboon up in a balloon, blowing a bassoon
  12:42pm
Dean:

A racoon eating bacon?
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StringOFperils:

Frank's Wild Years goes to heaven
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

☕️☠️Saluting Thee Assembled with thuh DeathWish Koffeez☠️☕️
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fred:

↳ Stork @12:40
Not a hot air balloon I hope. Ken and Bob Dylan have a hold on these
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...well my surname is Basso ...but I only took sax lessons like everybody else...
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love2laf:

Sitting quietly in a booth, listening intently, some very intriguing sounds today, cheers Stork. Hello my usual fellow suspects in the club, hope you're warm. Not too cold here, but damn too much snow, and more coming.
  12:45pm
Dean:

Vocalist is channeling Archie Shepp!
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Stork:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:42
O slip me a slug from that wonderful mug!
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Stork:

↳ love2laf @12:45
love2laf - I know I'm nuts, but I'd welcome snow in Münster. It's nothing but cold, dark, and damp. Snow almost never sticks, but ice forms very nicely.
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fred:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:44
You dodged a bullet there, imagine playing guitar when named Basho
  12:49pm
Dean:

Here's evidence of a Shepp "Blues in Orange" from 2014:
https://videos.qwest.tv/content/fba04b70-b9ab-45df-a55a-16d7f0a8032d
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David (in London):

↳ love2laf @12:45
Hey love2laf.

Stork, I have zero draughtsmanship skills, otherwise I would draw that logo immediately. Perhaps Feldy might oblige.
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Sem:

Is this the right room for an argument?
Wait, I have to be drunk before I argue.
Is this the right room for Glen Passaic in, all it's variants?
Is this the right room for Herr Storch, and his musical friends? Thot so. Fill 'er up, please, Mr. Barman.
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Stork:

↳ Dean @12:49
Great, Dean! Now we're getting somewhere!
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Malcontent:

My most name-droopy concert: Archie Shepp, Horace Parlan, Buster Williams, Arthur Blythe at New Morning in Paris.

Archie sang, but he wasn't in the best of form that night.
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Stork:

↳ Sem @12:51
Sem! Thou shalt be filled to the brim!
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David (in London):

↳ Sem @12:51
Buy you a Glen Passaic sailor?
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Sem:

↳ David (in London) @12:52
I am that kinda person, D(iL), so by all means, yes.
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coelacanth∅:

Ahoy Stork and Storkles
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Stork:

↳ Song: "Canti Illuminati II" by "Alvin Curran"
What a lovely, surprising coda this is...
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Sem:

↳ coelacanth∅ @12:54
He has risen, to the top.
  12:55pm
Dean:

School me. How can a collection of solo works include a track featuring a chorus and a handful of musicians?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ fred @12:47
Wurd.
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David (in London):

↳ coelacanth∅ @12:54
Yo Coela!
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love2laf:

↳ Sem @12:53
I think most of the gathering here are that kind of person, especially for GP.
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tom tom the pipers son:

hello david(in london)

hey coelacanth
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Sem:

↳ love2laf @12:55
Well-observed, love2laf. Glad you are feeling at home here.
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Stork:

↳ coelacanth∅ @12:54
Coel!!
  12:56pm
Dean:

Holliger ranges far, wide, and deep. What a career.
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coelacanth∅:

↳ Sem @12:54
yessss. we do that, under certain circumstances

hi Sem
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Michael 98145:

↳ Song: "Spiral: IV" by "Karlheinz Stockhausen"
now we dance
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Sem:

↳ Michael 98145 @12:57
Pass me the monkey.
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coelacanth∅:

↳ David (in London) @12:55
'afternoon, David!
  12:58pm
Dean:

Trixie Norton is kaput.
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Stork:

↳ Dean @12:56
Truly.
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coelacanth∅:

hola tom tom
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WR:

↳ David (in London) @12:39
Life is good when there are always things yet to be experienced.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Spiral: IV" by "Karlheinz Stockhausen"
oh that was a little hors d' ouevres
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Stork:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @12:59
The other three parts are equally danceable.
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tom tom the pipers son:

a dance for three legs? sounded fun
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fred:

↳ love2laf @12:55
Buying a drink to a member of the French Foreign Legion (oxymoron alert) is earned, will get you maimed otherwise
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Katharsis:

hellos stork, storks
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David (in London):

↳ fred @1:02
Why did you join the Legion?
To forget.
Forget what?
I don't know, I've forgotten.
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love2laf:

↳ fred @1:02
Will be sure to avoid the French Foreign Legion, I think there are cartoon documentaries warning about them.
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coelacanth∅:

↳ Katharsis @1:02
aloha Katharsis
  1:08pm
Erik-O-Vert (vt):

👋 hey ALL,
Here is a pleasant alternative use of Andy partridge (perhaps straddling a ‘pair’ tree) …. Note tttps.
The guy has legs🦵(probably most pale & precious)
😜
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Sem:

↳ Dean @12:58
Trixie, another remnant of my early childhood, gone after a enviable 99 years on this planet. (Unlike Alice, she was never offered a trip "right to the Moon.")
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tom tom the pipers son:

no one expects the french foreign legion...
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fred:

↳ love2laf @1:03
They are not nice men. But they own it. No joke discipline, so you know what you get.
I wouldn't hang out with them, but I respect them
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Stork:

↳ Katharsis @1:02
Greetings, Katharsis!
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David (in London):

↳ fred @1:09
There was an incredible documentary about them on British TV, sometime around 1996. My housemates and I were glued to it. I can still just about sing one of their songs I think,
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bobobobob plasticland drummer:

stork !!!!Nice!!!!...
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Stork:

↳ DJ Peter @12:35
WAAAYY overdue hello to ou. DJ Peter - coming up today on Thee Stream from 7-9 Eastern, packing a Kenny Wheeler birthday tribute!! Dontcha miss!
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chresti:

Greetings Stork and swells and hobnobs!!
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Stork:

↳ bobobobob plasticland drummer @1:11
thanx kindly-like, bobobobob!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Wuhan Wuchang" by "Total Art of Percussion"
digging
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chresti:

↳ Song: "Bronze Coins Showing Genitals" by "Andy Partridge...
nice title!
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Sem:

↳ chresti @1:12
How'd you guess my secret hobnob identity, chresti?
And, hello!
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coelacanth∅:

so, are the bronze coins showing their *own* genitals or someone else's genitals?
... or is it the phrase "in genitals we trust" that was "cancelled" (censored) by zoomers and placating gen-xers now exposed?
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StringOFperils:

The domestic is foreign and the joiners are legion so here I"ll jush sschhink into thishh Stork Club regions...burrrp....hiccup...
  1:14pm
Erik-O-Vert (vt):

Me likes a utilized thumb 🥧-aner.
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David (in London):

↳ chresti @1:12
Chrestikins!
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coelacanth∅:

↳ chresti @1:12
hola chresti!
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Stork:

↳ Erik-O-Vert (vt) @1:14
Erik-O-Vert (vt): - an adroit use of the pie emoji!!
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chresti:

↳ Sem @1:13
Hello, Sem, the swellest of nobs!

Davidkins!
  1:16pm
Dean:

The title and cover of Total Art bring to mind Fritz Hauser's splendid Solodrumming record, which was recorded in a large glass atrium. Solo, yes, but the atrium accompanies Hauser.
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David (in London):

↳ Song: "Im Herzen des Universums" by "Kosmischer Läufer"
Love this album, Great for a train journey.
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doctorjazz:

Been listening in transit, great car company, thanks Stork!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Im Herzen des Universums" by "Kosmischer Läufer"
actually was not sure this title was a prank, i see it's not
  1:19pm
Erik-O-Vert (vt):

Doff me 🎩 yer way ….
👉 what abt Andy with his ‘pair’ tree. 😏
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chresti:

↳ coelacanth∅ @1:15
hola coelØ!
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tom tom the pipers son:

good one, missed that track
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fred:

↳ chresti @1:20
Was your son's trip fruitful?
  1:22pm
Erik-O-Vert (vt):

I can only hope to have an auto-topsie accompanied by such sound.
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spodiodi:

greetings, Stork and all!
  1:24pm
Dean:

Speaking of Hodgkinson et al. above, you owe to yourself to get familiar with his Konk Pack ensemble. Do you know them, Stork?
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tom tom the pipers son:

ah snowing in queens ny
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Stork:

↳ Song: "Im Herzen des Universums" by "Kosmischer Läufer"
Sorry if you're already aware: Amusing scam behind this whole thing - supposedly music to inspire East German athletes to Olympic glory, but ...supposedly composed by the East German composer Martin Zeichnete as workout music for the GDR's athletes. Some sources have attributed it not to Zeichnete, who they suspect to be fictional, but to the Edinburgh-based musician Drew McFadyen
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Stork @1:25
aha...thx
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adamdoesit:

It's time to get out of this wet snow, and into a dry Glen Passaic. Barkeep!
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S'em:

↳ spodiodi @1:24
Greets, s'pod'i!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Dean @1:24
m y ex's first curated show was w konk pack in london
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fred:

↳ Stork @1:25
That was about Spiral: IV, right?
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Stork:

↳ adamdoesit @1:27
Shower the people you love with dangerous controlled substances. Turn on the Glenn Passaic cannons!
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David (in London):

Yo Spod.
  1:30pm
Dean:

That's fantastic, tttps. I love 'em. Saw them at Victoriaville many years ago, c.2000.
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adamdoesit:

↳ Stork @1:29
Things are gonna turn out wetter if you only will…
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Jeff Moore:

↳ Stork @12:32
You've been very brave.
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Stork:

↳ adamdoesit @1:30
...and with a lot more people in the ICU.
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spodiodi:

whattup, S'em?
aloha, David (in London)
hi chresti!\\//
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Dean @1:30
it was some way to start, she was nineteen
  1:31pm
Dean:

Peek-a-boo!
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chresti:

↳ fred @1:22
Yes, they got decent care in MEX for their dog at a fraction of what it would cost up here.

They're going to France next month to house/cat sit for his dad
while still looking for remote work
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spodiodi:

↳ Song: "The Latent Space" by "Mouse On Mars"
this one is cooler
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chresti:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:24
a good thing?
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tom tom the pipers son:

didn't know mouse on mars was this complex
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chresti:

hi spodi!\\//
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ chresti @1:32
oh it's ok, coming down hight but hard...blowing
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tom tom the pipers son:

light
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Stork:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:32
Jan St. Werner is a very deep kinda guy. I credit Rich Hazleton with knowing about him
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tom tom the pipers son:

oh my...
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David (in London):

↳ Song: "Am Domplatz" by "Daona"
Oh ha ha, thank you Stork. Always an honour to appear on stage at the Stork Club.
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StringOFperils:

Hey! Look who it is!
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Stork:

Dvid in London - take a bow!!
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adamdoesit:

↳ Song: "Am Domplatz" by "Daona"
David (in London) in the house!
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Stork:

↳ Stork @1:36
David with an A
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spodiodi:

↳ Song: "Am Domplatz" by "Daona"
⭐️<3
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spodiodi:

↳ Song: "Am Domplatz" by "Daona"
this one is coolest
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Stork @1:36
u huh, i never really looked into them because i thought the name was kinda silly
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Stork:

↳ David (in London) @1:36
Such a fine piece and album! Anything else in the works ;-) ?
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David (in London):

Fiona recorded her vocals for that in the stairwell of a hotel in Linz, Austria, which had the most amazing reverb. As we were recording, this guy came down and he looked most perplexed. 'Why is this strange woman singing in the stairwell?'
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tom tom the pipers son:

@david (in london): great to hear...
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Stork:

↳ David (in London) @1:38
"Because it's there!" Beautiful result!
  1:40pm
Dean:

There's a stairwell at the Anthropology building at UC Berkeley that has the same quality. Tons of reverb, long decay.
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Stork:

↳ Stork @1:36
Rich had Jan on his show - did a 1-hour live set which is amazing. I have it and will play it some day, and then Rich will probably murder me.
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tom tom the pipers son:

@ chresti: snow is over already nothing stuck
  1:43pm
Dean:

And then there's Dempster's work in cisterns, along with Pauline Oliveros. John Butcher's recent The Very Fabric was recorded in a concrete water tower. Back to Hauser's atrium!

I heard a saxophone quartet, Battle Trance, do a house concert under a room-sized glass atrium. Yeesh.
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fred:

↳ David (in London) @1:38
A bit long for a T-shirt, but there could be a way
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Michael 98145:

↳ David (in London) @1:38
love that
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Stork:

↳ Dean @1:43
It'd prob be hard to capture that sound - being there must've been amazey-ballies!!
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Michael 98145:

↳ Dean @1:43
also in a former nuclear cooling tower near here ... vimeo.com...
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adamdoesit:

Barkeep, I'm enjoying this absence of forced cheerfulness on the setlist. Fix me a Syntonic Melancholy, would you?

Syntonic Melancholy
2oz Glen Passaic
1oz medical saline solution
4 dashes bitters
lime wedge

In a mixing glass, combine Glen Passaic, saline, and bitters. Add one cube ice, and stir until dissolved. Suction solution up into a 500ml syringe, top with a wedge of lime, and insert plunger. Serve inverted.
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fred:

Stairwell to heaven worked out well for a band who didn't mind "fair using" so why not?
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David (in London):

↳ Song: "Mystified" by "Lanky"
Nice. Shades of Wire here.
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Stork:

↳ David (in London) @1:55
Yeah, good catch! Latter-day Wire espesh.
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fred:

Yo La Tengo, of course
  2:00pm
Katharsis:

fmu top 40
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mackeral:

WFMU, patiently making the case for Yo La Tengo. I'm coming around, but I'm slow
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tom tom the pipers son:

that was an especially nice yo la tengo
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David (in London):

Thank you Stork, most kind.
New EP released this coming Friday...
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fred:

↳ David (in London) @2:06
Any tour plans?
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Stork:

↳ David (in London) @2:06
Zoey Zowie Wowie! Does it have a name?
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Stork:

↳ Stork @2:10
Oh, wait, did i guess it? is that the name? That'd be sick.
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David (in London):

↳ Stork @2:10
Ha ha, it should have been. It's called 'Live Machines'. Probably the best music about business improvement techniques in 19th century Japan that anyone will release this year...
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David (in London):

↳ fred @2:10
Fred, I wish. Though they is talk of a performance at a festival in Wales in August. Don't know whether that will come to anything, mind.
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adamdoesit:

↳ David (in London) @2:14
This is very exciting, for those who care about tonal quality and quality control!
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fred:

↳ David (in London) @2:14
Get Paulo on the case!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "No Me Confundas" by "Los Muñequitos De Matanzas"
Has the cadence of ritual Vodoun invocation...
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Stork:

↳ Song: "No Me Confundas" by "Los Muñequitos De Matanzas"
little info- The group got its start in 1952 in a bar in Barrio Marina in Matanzas, Cuba, a neighborhood with a strong African culture, when a group of youths began following the rhythms of a song by Arsenio Rodríguez that was then playing, using dishes and bottles, as is the style in "kitchen rumbas." 
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Stork @2:19
en.wikipedia.org...
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Michael 98145:

yet another enjoyable set
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S'em:

Loving this.
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David (in London):

↳ S'em @2:22
Second that. Making me want to rhumba.
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Mxter Baba:

yeah! getting me moving! hi, Stork, Storksters, all! David (in London)kins!
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S'em:

↳ David (in London) @2:23
Made want a rhumba and coke.
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S'em:

↳ David (in London) @2:23
David, is their an on-line download of the new work?
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S'em:

*there*
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Stork:

↳ S'em @2:26
Don't hesitate, DiL if you wanna post the url.
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fred:

Time to leave I guess. Thanks Stork, have a Glen Passaic round on me
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David (in London):

↳ S'em @2:26
It'll be live on Bandcamp this coming Friday.
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Stork:

↳ fred @2:28
fred - thanks for the hang!
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Michael 98145:

↳ fred @2:28
Cheers
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David (in London):

↳ Mxter Baba @2:25
Mx Beekins! Where have you been all my life?
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Stork:

↳ David (in London) @2:29
beauty
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chresti:

Mxter Babakins!
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spodiodi:

↳ Song: "El arriero" by "Gato Barbieri"
bid smiles
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spodiodi:

big*
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David (in London):

↳ S'em @2:26
Very limited number of vinyl copies left, too.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "El arriero" by "Gato Barbieri"
Wailin'.
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Mxter Baba:

↳ David (in London) @2:29
that's a great question, to which I have no definitive answer other than far out! chrestikins! always puts a smile on my face to see you in the chats
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Stork:

↳ Mxter Baba @2:32
I'd say that goes for me too - nice 2 c ya both!
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Stork:

↳ spodiodi @2:30
spodiodi - late hallo!
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Stork:

↳ Song: "Con Cadencia y Con Dulzura" by "Las D'Aida"
Amazing female quartet singing
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chresti:

↳ Mxter Baba @2:32
😸
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Michael 98145:

↳ Stork @2:42
Bet they would be fun to be in the Club
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Stork:

↳ Michael 98145 @2:43
Oh, they could be house band if they want it.
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David (in London):

Shake your rump-ah!
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Stork:

It's edgng toward that time when i gotta get my thankewverymuches in, as we approach fuck-off time. Thanks all for the (kisses fingertis) mwah! wunderbare Zeit!!
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Stork:

↳ Stork @2:47
fingertips
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adamdoesit:

↳ Stork @2:47
Thank you, Herr DJ!
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Michael 98145:

indeed. thanks again.
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tom tom the pipers son:

thanks stork-elito
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David (in London):

You're driving us crazy, Stork.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:49
ay que bueno^^^^^^
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S'em:

Been a wonderful time. With much appreciation for this club, it's patrons, and the maestro making with the tunes. La prochaine fois. Adieu.
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David (in London):

What a totally terrific show today, Stork. Thankee.
And thanks for playing The Secret Assembly.

Have a great week ahead Club-squad.
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chresti:

Thanks Stork!
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Michael 98145:

that would be nice
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Stork:

Thanks all yuz!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Oh That's Nice" by "Pete Rodriguez"
- well, it was.
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WR:

↳ Song: "Oh That's Nice" by "Pete Rodriguez"
A fun party recording to wrap around us as we depart the Club. Thank you, Stork, and all folks streaming along.
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spodiodi:

show went fast as ever... too fast. thank you, Stork!
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Mxter Baba:

delectable set! thanks, Stork and folx!
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fred:

I apologize for showing up.
@Mxter Baba: I'll stay away
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ Stork ~
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Mxter Baba:

↳ fred @2:58
hi fred!
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StringOFperils:

Thanks, Stork!
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Stork!
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