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Sounds ripped from cassettes & CDs found in immigrant-run mom & pop stores. Deconstructed icons. Field recordings. Sonic mayhem from the far corners of the internet.
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October 1, 2014: I Remember
The most memorable tracks from my favorite CDs found in three dozen different bodegas, in the order I remembered them. A radio show in the form of Joe Brainard’s enduring masterpiece.
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Artist | Track | Album | Year | Comments | Approx. start time |
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INTRO: K. Wylin | Welcome to the Bodega | The Bodega | 2010 | ||
THEME: Nellie McKay | ¡Bodega! | Home Sweet Mobile Home | 2010 | ||
Asalah Nasri | Ya Natir | Yamin Allah | Syria, found in a Syrian bodega on Fifth Avenue and about 14th Street in Brooklyn's Park Slope, ca. 2001 | 0:05:39 (Pop-up) | |
Naseebo Lal | Hanjowan Di Nadi Wich | Pakistan, found in a Lollywood / Bollywood media store on Coney Island Avenue, ca. 2002 | 0:09:02 (Pop-up) | ||
Unknown Greek artists | Track 1 | Our Finest Folk Songs | Greece, found in this tiny Greek CD store nestled behind a wedding store in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, ca. 2003 | 0:16:52 (Pop-up) | |
Motrat Mustafa | Mos me Thuaj Mirdita | Albania, found in an Albanian bodega on Church Avenue, Brooklyn, ca. 2004 | 0:21:09 (Pop-up) | ||
Zeki Müren | Hicazkâr Aksak Şarkı | 1955-63 Kayıtları/Recordings [Disc 2] | Turkey, found in a Turkish media store on East 21st or 22nd Street in Manhattan ca. 2003. Recommended to me by the poet and translator Murat Nemet Nejat, who went with me to the store that evening. | 0:26:14 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Majida El Roumi |
Overture |
1982 Recitals |
Lebanon, found at the Nile Deli on Steinway Street in Astoria, Queens, ca. 2012 |
0:29:02 (Pop-up) |
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Mayumi Kojima | Ai No Poltergeist | Ai No Poltergeist | Japan, found at P-Tunes and Video on Chrystie Street in Manhattan's Chinatown, ca 2009 or 2010 | 0:39:48 (Pop-up) | |
The Fly | A Better Life | The Fly I | 2000 | China, found in the outside dollar bin at Xinhua Books on 8th Avenue in Brooklyn's Chinatown, ca 2008 | 0:42:51 (Pop-up) |
Dolphin | R'n'B | Youth | Russia, found in a thrift store on Steinway Street, Astoria, Queens, ca. 2013 | 0:46:52 (Pop-up) | |
5'Nizza | The Fire and I | 05 | 2005 | Ukraine, found in a Russian media store in Forest Hills, ca. 2013 | 0:51:34 (Pop-up) |
LMF | Y Y Y Y | The Ultimate_s Hits (Disc 1) | 2009 | Hong Kong, found in a huge Chinese-language media store on the corner of Bowery and Canal, Manhattan, 2009 | 0:54:27 (Pop-up) |
MC Hotdog | Tigress | Wake Up | 2006 | Taiwan, found in a small 99 cent store on 86 Street or somewhere near there, Brooklyn, ca. 2007 | 0:57:35 (Pop-up) |
Music behind DJ: MC Wiya |
Kia Matatu (Instrumental) |
Anei Ko Te Wiya |
Aotearoa/New Zealand, found in the cheapo bin at Asia Society, ca. 2013 |
1:02:00 (Pop-up) |
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Czeslaw Niemen | Dziwny Jest Ten Swiat | Dinozaury | Poland, found in Music Planet, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, ca. 2014 | 1:12:19 (Pop-up) | |
Nantida Kaewbuasai | Jum Kun Bor Dai Ka | Jum Kun Bor Dai Ka | Thailand, found in a Lao supermarket in Seattle, Washington, 2014 | 1:16:13 (Pop-up) | |
Karel Gott | Laska Umira | Hlas Muj Nech tu Znit | 1967 | Czech Republic, found in a Czech bodega in Long Island City, 2014 | 1:19:17 (Pop-up) |
Bạch Tuyết, Hùng Cường, Ngọc Giàu, Xuân Phát | Track 3 | Tình Chú Thoòng | Vietnam, found in a Vietnamese media store on Argyle Street at the Argyle stop on the Red Line in Chicago, ca. 2010 | 1:22:31 (Pop-up) | |
Googoosh | Nafass | Googoosh Vol. 1 | Iran, found in a very, very small bodega somewhere on the Oakland/Berkeley border, ca. 2008 | 1:26:08 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Shonen Knife |
Milky Way |
Let's Knife |
1992 |
Japan, I couldn't remember where I found this, but I do remember first hearing them while working at Tower Records in San Francisco in 1988 and finally seeing them play live at Asia Society in 2010 |
1:33:24 (Pop-up) |
Unknown Ethiopian Woman | Track 08 | 2005 album | 2005 | Ethiopia, found in Adams Morgan, Washington, DC, 2014 | 1:41:51 (Pop-up) |
Abigbo Cultural Group | Track 1 | Aiha Ndu | Nigeria, found in East Elmhurst at a copy shop that also sells used books, Nollywood DVDs and CDs from NIgeria, ca. 2012 | 1:46:48 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Biddu |
Aap Jaisa Koi (instrumental) |
Qurbani |
1980 |
Indian, found in a Bollywood store on 74th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens, ca. 2013 |
2:03:48 (Pop-up) |
Unknown Cambodian artists | Track 2 | SK 29 | Cambodia, found in Thai-Cam Video on Foster Road in Portland, Oregon, ca. 2008 | 2:13:57 (Pop-up) | |
Cheb Hasni | Natraja Fel Hbib | Gualou Hasni Met | Algeria, found in an Algerian bodega on Steinway Street, ca. 2007 | 2:17:07 (Pop-up) | |
Unknown Lao Woman | Track 3 | Coverless Lao CD | Laos, found in a Lao market in Dallas, Texas, ca. 2012 | 2:22:22 (Pop-up) | |
Oulad El-Bouazzaoui | Mabidi Mandir / Al-Ma'boud Allah W-Rnbi Sidi | Milouda | Morocco, found in a CD and tape store in Marrakesh, right off Jemaa el Fna, ca 2008 | 2:27:15 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Shingo Yuji |
Help |
Introducing Shingo Yuji |
2010 |
Japan, found in Book-Off, midtown Manhattan, 2014 |
2:38:51 (Pop-up) |
R.D. Burman + Chorus | Dil Lena Khel Hai Dildar Ka / Dialogue & Music : Laila , Majnu , Sheri , Farah (Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai) | Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai | 1981 | India, found in a Bollywood store on Davon Avenue in Chicago, ca. 2009-2010 | 2:47:16 (Pop-up) |
Cinderella Feat. Cecile Colayco | Superstar Ng Buhay Ko | Best of Manila Sound | Philippines, found in a sort of 99 cent store in Jackson Heights that carried movies and CDs from the Philippines, ca. 2013 | 2:54:08 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: OUTRO: Catrina |
Hei La Bodega |
Hei La Bodega - Carnaval! |
2000 |
2:56:55 (Pop-up) |
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Listener comments!
Jill B.:
Gary:
ndbob:
hyde:
Gary:
Jill B.:
Gary:
Jill B.:
Hi Hyde
hyde:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
ndbob:
ndbob:
ndbob:
Gary:
ndbob:
Jill B.:
Holly in NC:
Gary:
Jill B.:
ndbob:
glenn:
glenn:
ndbob:
Gary:
glenn:
glenn:
Gary:
glenn:
Jill B.:
Holly in NC:
glenn:
Holly in NC:
glenn:
glenn:
Jill B.:
hyde:
ndbob:
Gary:
Jill B.:
hyde:
ndbob:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...& thinking about my other bottle of Pimms...
listener james from westwood:
Gary:
Holly in NC:
www.youtube.com...
Listen to those hens!!!!!!!!!
Jill B.:
P.S......I knew you all were out there!!!!!!
Holly in NC:
www.dailykos.com...
northguineahills:
listener james from westwood:
Gary:
Jill B.:
Gary:
glenn:
listener james from westwood:
Gary:
Jill B.:
glenn:
Jill B.:
Gary:
ndbob:
ndbob:
northguineahills:
ndbob:
hyde:
Gary:
ndbob:
Holly in NC:
Doug Schulkind:
Gary:
cklequ interior:
Doug Schulkind:
hyde:
Jill B.:
glenn:
Holly in NC:
@JillB - this is not the country I love(d). Fully expect to have seek asylum elsewhere before I die.
glenn:
Doug Schulkind:
By definition, a Gary playlist is a fun playlist. (I am speaking scientifically here.)
Jill B.:
Gary, Dinozaury is wild!
Gary:
Jill B.:
Doug Schulkind:
Gary:
Holly in NC:
hyde:
cklequ interior:
@Holly - Is Finland safe? Too many other countries seem to follow our lead on crazy. We're a bad influence.
Holly in NC:
glenn:
Gary:
cklequ interior:
But then again, i've always had a thing for Canada too. It's a lot closer and i do speak the language (mostly).
Holly in NC:
Gary:
Jill B.:
glenn:
glenn:
Gary:
hyde:
Jill B.:
glenn:
Doug Schulkind:
glenn:
Jill B.:
Gary:
hyde:
cklequ:
As far as i know it was here when i moved in.
I don't know how you keep track.
hyde:
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northguineahills:
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glenn:
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