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An avant nerd remixing smooth disco in a dancehall stylee.

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Ismail Haron & Anita Sarawak  Keluarga Bahagia   Favoriting v/a Siri Bintang Pujaan  Cool comp of Malaysian music  0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Nerves  Thing of the Past   Favoriting One Way Ticket  One of those times when the live version is the definitive recording  0:03:31 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Captain Beefheart  Flavor Bud Living   Favoriting Doc at the Radar Station    0:05:16 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Ryan Power  Gentle Reminder   Favoriting Gentle Reminder  Brand new - he's releasing a new song every 6 weeks this year. The tricky modal chord changes are Dannier than the Dan.  0:07:02 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Tom Morgan & Tim Boone  Surely   Favoriting On Another Note    0:08:54 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Stanley Clarke  If This Bass Could Only Talk   Favoriting If This Bass Could Only Talk    0:14:06 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
 

Doc Bagby & Dexter Wansel  

 

I am so enamored of this interview with Dexter Wansel - a deep dive into the Gamble & Huff Philly Soul Scene in the 70s-80s. 

0:23:13 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Daryl Johns  I'm So Serious   Favoriting Daryl Johns    0:23:36 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Peso Pluma  gervonta   Favoriting gervonta    0:26:44 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Kali Malone & Etienne Ferchaud  Slow of Faith   Favoriting All Life Long    0:29:33 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Hiroshima  Groovelatino   Favoriting Groovelatino  LA band - descendents of Japanese immigrants interned during WWII. Great combo of smooth jazz n new age + pleeenty of Koto.  0:34:21 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Starla Online  Starla's Call   Favoriting Starla's Call    0:37:57 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Miserable Chillers  Mystic Brokerage   Favoriting Great American Turn Off    0:40:45 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Earth, Wind & Fire  You and I   Favoriting I Am    0:43:13 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Seawind  Still in Love   Favoriting Seawind  Marina rockers - never made it to the open seas in a yacht  0:46:47 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Ryan Power  Guru Days   Favoriting Guru Days    0:50:50 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Joe Pass  Walkin' Up   Favoriting The Capitol Vaults Jazz Series  Comes off a bit like Giant Steps the way they keep having to modulate every 2 seconds  0:53:17 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Finis Henderson  Skip to my Lou   Favoriting Finis    0:56:25 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The Smoogies 

 

 

 

1:03:54 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Thelonious Monk  Thelonious   Favoriting Genius of Modern Music    1:05:32 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Marlene Dietrich  Ich Bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe Eingestellt   Favoriting The Essential Marlene Dietrich  Fled Germany prior to the war, had an acting & singing career in America, bit of an activist against...certain German policies at the time...for those thinking of dipping from the US right about now.  1:09:04 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Peter Gural  I Look Up To Her   Favoriting I Look Up To Her  I've had this wussy one on repeat a lot lately.  1:11:26 (MP3 | Pop-up)
R. Stevie Moore  Teen Routines   Favoriting On Earth  Stumbled on this one the other day, just when I thought I'd heard every good R Stevie song!  1:14:17 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Captain Beefheart  A Carrot is a close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond   Favoriting Doc at the Radar Station  Love these awkwardly phrased meandering songs  1:16:40 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Your Arms are my Cocoon  In October of 2019 I Called a Suicide Hotline for the First Time in my Life   Favoriting Your Arms are my Cocoon    1:18:16 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Amassed  Court Under the Stars   Favoriting EPisode 1  Something's a little...off...with these dudes.  1:20:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Fievel is Glauque  Rong Weicknes   Favoriting Rong Weicknes  Playing Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight!, and LA's El Rey Theater on the 8th.  1:21:45 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Hank Bilal 

 

 

 

1:27:38 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Tombeau  Cockroach   Favoriting Insect Perspective    1:29:29 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Residents  Die in Terror   Favoriting The Commercial Album    1:31:47 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Paulinho Da Costa w/ Marsha Skidmore  Real Love   Favoriting Real Love    1:32:50 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Sam Roberts & The Levites Assembly  Changed - Live   Favoriting v/a CCM: Contemporary Choir Music    1:36:50 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Pearl and the Oysters  Side Quest   Favoriting Side Quest    1:39:57 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Kesarbai Kerkar  Jaat Kahan Ho   Favoriting Jaat Kahan Ho    1:43:18 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Doc Bagby  This Magic Moment   Favoriting Doc Bagby The Hits of the Drifters  The way the guitar pushes forward the rhythm here is kinda unhinged. Doc taught Dexter Wansel his first keyboard chords!  1:46:50 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Dummy  Nose Running   Favoriting Dummy    1:49:03 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Kelpy Cathedral  Toys   Favoriting I Wanna be on TV    1:50:34 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Extreme Animals  Fall Back   Favoriting Should I Delete my Channel?  Brand new jams from the duo that invented hyper-pop. It includes new video works, now available in your local blockbuster on VHS.  1:53:23 (MP3 | Pop-up)
01099  Weihnachtslied 2024   Favoriting Weihnachtslied 2024  Wish I coulda played their new single that isn't quite available until tomorrow...the new ones a BANGER.  1:57:10 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The Smoogies 

 

 

 

1:59:50 (MP3 | Pop-up)
I Set My Friends on Fire  Crank That   Favoriting You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter    2:09:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Sharay Reed  Joy To The World   Favoriting Chicago Gospel Musician Jam  The songwriter is the bassist, sounds like they put the mic up near the bass amp for this noisy live recording.  2:11:51 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Aby Ngana Diop  Ndame   Favoriting Lital  A fiery one - "Senegalese griot Aby Ngana Diop was famous for her taasu, a form of oral poetry spoken to the rhythmic accompaniment of sabar and tama drums."  2:16:56 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Gene Harris  Prelude   Favoriting Astral Signal    2:23:22 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Yellow Sunshine  The Greetch   Favoriting Yellow Sunshine  Short lived band with a very young Dexter Wansel. He's on the Arp synth, I believe Dexter was the main dude who brought spacy synth sounds into the Philly soul scene.  2:25:44 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Ismail Haron & Anita Sarawak  La Aube   Favoriting Siri Bintang Pujaan    2:33:29 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Manhattan Transfer  Mystery   Favoriting Bodies and Souls  I always thought this song was sung by Anita Baker...but yeaaah not quite LOL...such a jam.  2:34:07 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Daryl Johns  Whoops   Favoriting Daryl Johns    2:38:51 (MP3 | Pop-up)
S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe  Futari no Natsu Monogatari NEVER ENDING SUMMER   Favoriting Another Summer    2:42:19 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Johnny Hodges  Night and Day   Favoriting The Complete Verve Small Sessions  Love Johnny Hodges as a bit of a transition figure into full on be-bop that came a bit later.  2:46:24 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Total Blue  Corsair   Favoriting Total Blue  New music from Los Angeles.  2:50:49 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Magdalena Bay  Killing Time   Favoriting Imaginal Disk    2:54:37 (MP3 | Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 12:01pm
HyperDose:

oh yeah!
  12:02pm
Fred and Alan:

Hello Hyper dose Fred and Alan
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Ken From Hyde Park:

There is Radio Row and also Radio Roe. Both good.
Avatar 12:03pm
No Big Thing in Chicago:

Good day, Nat and all.
Avatar 12:04pm
Mark T:

Greetings
  12:05pm
OceanBeachSF:

Oooooo. I need some Nerves right about now. Yeah!
  12:09pm
Grace:

hi
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Nat:

Hi everybody :)
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Mennlinn Rebarts:

↳ Song: "Gentle Reminder" by "Ryan Power"
Oh wow, Ryan Power! He used to perform in a basement studio I lived at in Burlington, VT.
  12:10pm
NLsn ALxNdR:

Thanks , Trouble, for a terrific set!
Avatar 12:10pm
JDub:

dang, just gonna go ahead and pre-star this ep
Avatar 12:10pm
tak:

↳ JDub @12:10
yup
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Crafty:

hi Nat Roe! hi everyone!
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chinn:

↳ Song: "Surely" by "Tom Morgan & Tim Boone"
Whoa...what a groove, praise Jesus!
  12:22pm
dewberry:

Freak us out. Day’s wasting!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:25pm
WoodsOfMaine:

↳ Song: "If This Bass Could Only Talk" by "Stanley Clarke"
It’s kind of wild how wide-ranging Clarke’s career has been. Return To Forever on one side and then the pop/rock of Animal Logic.
  12:26pm
Grace:

daryl johns was born in 1995 in the bronx
  12:27pm
Gerry from Miami:

Hey, FRED & ALAN!! Great to see you guys here. You off work?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:34pm
Bob Tankenstein:

Hello FRED AND ALAN. Love from Bob!
  12:36pm
Compost Department:

Hay everyone
  12:37pm
michael from somerville:

Weather Channel -core
  12:44pm
Dennis:

Holy sh*t, my favorite EWF song!
Avatar 12:45pm
popchop:

smile
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Nat:

LOL me tooooo, I was surprised it hasn't been played on FMU yet.
Avatar 12:47pm
popchop:

Thanks for the link to the Dexter Wansel interview
Avatar 12:53pm
Nat:

Glad you like! It's a gem, he was REALLY THERE! The stuff about being around MJ as he was transitioning from the Jackson V to solo career was interesting.
Avatar 1:00pm
popchop:

Wonderful stuff Remember it well...I saw the Triumph and Victory Tours in Philadelphia
  1:06pm
Philip:

I just love Thelonious
  1:09pm
Marie in Chicago:

↳ Song: "Thelonious" by "Thelonious Monk"
Hey Nat, hey everybody. I loves me some Thelonious.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:10pm
Bob Tankenstein:

Enjoying the show Nat!
  1:10pm
PC77:

"falling in love again..."
  1:12pm
PC77:

Professor Immanuel Rath done got PLAYED
  1:13pm
traven:

↳ Song: "Ich Bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe Eingestellt" ...
I believe that after Hitler came to power, he ordered Marlene to return to Germany. She told him in essence to go to hell. Good for her - she was a true born free spirit.
Avatar 1:15pm
Julien Gasc:

Thanks for playing Stevie
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bixa (𝘣𝘦𝘦-𝘩𝘢):

rly enjoying this show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:33pm
The Oscar:

↳ Song: "Die in Terror" by "The Residents"
I used to do a morning routine of one-minute exercises, and to time it out I would put on the Commercial Album. Now every time I hear those songs I feel like I should be doing pushups!
Avatar 1:36pm
Nat:

↳ The Oscar @1:33
This literally might be the insight that will finally get me motivated to work off my beer belly...
Avatar 1:37pm
JDub:

↳ The Oscar @1:33
A Sweatin' to the Rezzies kind of thing. I like it!
  1:38pm
SecretSquirrel:

I’d love to see a Reisdents workout video, going through their paces in spandex and giant eyeballs 👀
  1:40pm
dewberry:

This is the kind of spastic jumping around I’m always looking for. No fidelity to form.
  1:49pm
Alex:

Hi Nat, what a fun, eclectic show! Loved the song you just played by Kesarbai Kerkar... also good to hear Marlene..
  1:50pm
Pat Noecker Says:

I’m with Alex
That song was so trippy.
  1:51pm
Grace:

kelpy!!!!!
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Bob Tankenstein:

Thanks Nat! Look forward to your next fill in!
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JDub:

devil lock!
  2:02pm
rob:

Widows peak
  2:02pm
dewberry:

It’s a widow’s peak?
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bixa (𝘣𝘦𝘦-𝘩𝘢):

widow's peak?
  2:02pm
Pat Noecker Says:

Widow’s Peak
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Crosby in KC:

Widow's peak?
  2:02pm
Physarum:

Devilock!
  2:04pm
NewJerseyDrone:

NICOLAS CAGE IS COMING FOR THE DECLARATION
  2:06pm
rob:

Andres Serrano
  2:06pm
NewJerseyDrone:

RONALD WILSON REAGAN
Avatar 2:06pm
JDub:

Andres Serrano was Pi$$ Christ
  2:06pm
eva:

Andres Serrano
  2:06pm
rob:

“I know it when I see it” is a well-known phrase from a 1964 Supreme Court opinion by Justice Potter Stewart in the obscenity case Jacobellis v. Ohio
  2:06pm
Doug C:

Andres Serrano was the artist of Piss Christ
  2:07pm
Michael G Connor:

Piss Christ?! Enough of that sort of thing!
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morphe':

↳ rob @2:06
Serrano also did the piece at the Bklyn Museum where ya had to step on the flag to enter -
I believe???
  2:07pm
JoeP:

Jesse Helms rot in heaven
  2:07pm
NewJerseyDrone:

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) partially funded a weekly WFMU program called Radio Free Culture
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robin:

i say apply for funding and then do a show about how the current administration does not represent the values of the declaration of independence
  2:09pm
the serpent:

Piss Christ was beautiful
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Bob Tankenstein:

I did not know that
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Bob Tankenstein:

Weird
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Bob Tankenstein:

That's wild stuff
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morphe':

Dread Scott did the flag piece:

www.culturepush.org...“disgraceful”.
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The Oscar:

↳ Song: "Crank That" by "I Set My Friends on Fire"
AMAZING.
  2:11pm
dewberry:

Just as Christ probably originally intended to drown in piss, I think Soulja boy prefers this version of this tune
  Swag For Life Member 2:11pm
Garth:

↳ Song: "Crank That" by "I Set My Friends on Fire"
Oh my goodness.
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JDub:

↳ Song: "Crank That" by "I Set My Friends on Fire"
mood
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clambake:

↳ Song: "Crank That" by "I Set My Friends on Fire"
do i hate this or love this? i have no idea.
Avatar 2:13pm
Wilson K:

Wow had to switch to Drummer Stream.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:18pm
WillCrete:

↳ Song: "Joy To The World" by "Sharay Reed"
This sounds fantastic, being totally inside the music!
  2:28pm
Kevin in Madison:

Good song.
Avatar 2:47pm
morphe':

Thanks NR and all ...
Avatar 2:47pm
JDub:

Have smooth tunes have soothed the savage comments?
  2:52pm
Gerry from Miami:

ANITA BAKER did cover "Mystery," but JANIS SIEGEL and MANHATTAN TRANSFER's version of a song introduced by MICHAEL JACKSON is better, in my opinion. But all three renditions are well worth listening to. A nod to the late ROD PEMBERTON on this one.
Avatar 2:53pm
Nat:

↳ Gerry from Miami @2:52
This correction is extremely welcome.
  2:55pm
Buddy Ripp:

Fantastic show. Thank you. Always good to hear you on the air.
Avatar 2:56pm
Nat:

Thx til next time!!
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JDub:

Excellent fill-in, NR!
  2:57pm
Gerry from Miami:

No problem, NAT! Great show!
  2:59pm
dewberry:

Thanks for the great tunes!
  3:13pm
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

enjoyed the show! ✌️
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