WFMU RADIO: Give The Drummer Some 12/30/16

Listener comments!

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8:52am doctorjazz:

First one in...Happy New Year, Drummas!

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8:53am Brian in UK:

Hello Doug, Somehow this gif is still endearing. Reminds me of the Canadian German Shepherd being teased with bacon and other meats.

Loving Pops & Sons

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8:53am doctorjazz:

First one in...Happy New Year, Drummas!

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8:53am Brian in UK:

Doc it is not clever or grown up.

8:54am Doug Schulkind:

#1 on the playlist, #1 in our hearts: doctorjazz!

#1A in our hearts: Brian in UK!

8:56am Doug Schulkind:

And who shall be #1C?

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8:57am doctorjazz:

@Brian in UK
Maybe I'll grow up in 2017...(clever is asking a lot)

8:58am Doug Schulkind:

Mmmm, bacon! And other meats. Such a rare thing in our household these days...

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8:59am duke:

Happy almost New Year everyone

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9:00am Brian in UK:

Growing older but not up.

9:01am Doug Schulkind:

Well said, duke. I can think of about 60,000,001 fellow citizens I might reserve well wishes for.

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9:01am Brian in UK:

New Years Revolution: to retire from paid employment after forty six years.

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9:05am duke:

2016 sucked and it's going to last an extra second of suckiness. en.wikipedia.org...

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9:06am doctorjazz:

@Brian, sounds good (got 1 more to get through College, then may be able to pull it off as well).
@Duke, @Doug, were you able to download the files?

9:10am Doug Schulkind:

I'm beginning to think that you were nobody if you didn't die in 2016.

9:11am Flash Strap:

hi drummers!

9:11am Doug Schulkind:

Present company excluded, of course.

9:14am Doug Schulkind:

The grab-you-by-the-throat clarity of this field recording is what gets me. The background sounds of human and animal activity only enhance the proceedings.

It is a GOOD DAY now that you're here, FLASH STRAP.

9:14am Artie Haywire:

Onesies (#1Cs) for all my Drummer friends!! Happy Almost New Year!!

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9:17am Brian in UK:

I asked Santa for a Christmas Pudding onesie but none was forthcoming.

Marimbas are saintly. This is heaven, who said nothing happens? Hey I can see our house from here.

9:17am Doug Schulkind:

Oh boy, it's Artie Haywire!! (Of the Haywire Hour: www.mixcloud.com...)

9:18am Flash Strap:

with you on those background sounds Doug

9:20am Uncle Michael:

hola muchachas y muchachos

9:20am Doug Schulkind:

I adore the sounds of insects and children in the background of field recordings.

9:23am Uncle Michael:

Musicians are always messing with me when I'm trying to records children and insects.

9:24am Doug Schulkind:

There will be much achos and achas on today's programme, Uncle Michael.

9:26am Doug Schulkind:

The cuíca here sounds like a laughing hyena in my mind.

9:27am melinda:

Howdy Doug and folk

9:29am Doug Schulkind:

So glad you're here, melinda!

9:33am Mr C:

There was the 5 Stairsteps and the 4 Tops, the Three Aces and the Simms Twins, BUT, there is only one Give the Drummer Some! Trump that!

9:33am Doug Schulkind:

Please please please, Mr C. We use no profanity here.

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9:34am listener james from westwood:

Had to hit the bank and deal w/ this and that; apologies for the late arrival!

9:34am Mr C:

Something's going on..

9:42am Doug Schulkind:

The Cruel Sister, a variant of the eons-old ballad The Twa Sisters: en.wikipedia.org...

9:43am holland oats:

Drumma! Peoples! Year-enders & ear benders!

9:44am Doug Schulkind:

Hit the bank, eh, Listener James? Or should we say Listener "Pretty Boy Floyd" James?!

Tender greetings to you, holland oats!

9:47am still b/p:

Morning. Like to hear a musical report and perspective on 2016 done in just this unaccompanied style.

9:47am Doug Schulkind:

Born Louis Killen 10 January 1934
Died Louisa Jo Killen 9 August 2013
Bless you, Ms Killen!

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9:47am listener james from westwood:

Those 2017 Marathon pledges have gotta come from somewhere!

9:48am Doug Schulkind:

Glad you're on "our side," Pretty Boy!

still and forever b/p!

9:55am Mr C:

Karl Blau was a great 2016 turn on..modest in ambition, but direct to the heart. Evokes Glen Campbell/Jimmy Webb to me.

9:57am annie:

i've missed the entire first hour of the show.. sigh...

9:58am Doug Schulkind:

Spot on, Mr C. And that record was aiming for the great pumping heart of the body Campbell/Webb.

Oh annie, there are always more hours to come!

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9:59am Brian in UK:

Doug, we are going to have SHRIMPS for tea this evening. If the BOATS have been out.

10:00am melinda:

@Mr C: same here, he performed here not long ago but I couldn't go.

10:01am Doug Schulkind:

@Brian in UK
I like the way you think.

10:02am Doug Schulkind:

It wasn't in the original plan, but you have influenced the selector!

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10:02am doctorjazz:

Always liked this Batdorf and Rodney track (and had to admire their name).

10:09am Gary:

Greetings from Luang Prabang!

10:11am fred:

I bought a few of these Kelp records at a Laura Veirs show

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10:12am Brian in UK:

Hello Gary, I was looking at Flash Straps avatar earlier and it got me thinking of Ankor Wat, not a million miles from you. Our daughter went there a few years ago. You need a bicycle to get around.

10:13am melinda:

That would explain why Laura Veirs videos appeared on my youtube page after viewing/listening to Karl Blau. Which was nice, as I wasn't familiar with her music before. There are some charming animations in a couple of them.

10:14am melinda:

hi Gary, how is Luang Prabang?

10:14am Doug Schulkind:

Doesn't the beginning of this Najat Aâtabou cut sound like the opening of the "Mission Impossible" theme?!

10:15am Doug Schulkind:

G A R Y!!!
I am enjoying your vacation vicariously! Keep the photos coming!

10:15am Gary:

@Brian, we saw a model of Angkor Wat in Bangkok

10:16am Doug Schulkind:

Welcome welcome, fred! Some of those Kelps are great treasures.

10:16am Gary:

Doug! I tuned in just in time to hear my favorite Moroccan singer

10:17am still b/p:

Keep your clothes on at the Angkor Wat complex or you get arrested. It happens. Then it happens some more.

10:17am Doug Schulkind:

There are NO coincidences, Gary!

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10:19am Brian in UK:

I was given this as a present. It was recorded on site but the record company is based in Tucson.
www.harmonies.com...

10:21am Doug Schulkind:

The music on this Editions Hassania cassette later was released on the Globestyle (remember that great label?!) record "Voice of the Atlas," which was my first introduction to Najat Aâtabou.

Mind still blown.

10:24am melinda:

This is pretty.

10:25am Ike:

I'm jealous! I love Luang Prabang! Don't miss the big morning market in the southern part of town, if it's still there.

10:27am Doug Schulkind:

Let us all hail Jan Chamberlin today, the singer who has resigned from the prestigious Mormon Tabernacle Choir over its decision to sing for the Trump inauguration.

10:30am Doug Schulkind:

Greetings, Ike!

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10:31am bobdc:

Happy New Year Doug! Your greatest hits of 2016 are pretty great so far...

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10:33am Brian in UK:

Sterns, Dust to Digital, Telstar.

10:34am Ike:

I think it's called the Phosi Market! @Gary, don't miss it!

10:38am Doug Schulkind:

Hi bobdc. So nice to read ya!

10:39am Gary:

@Ike, we went this morning and had banh quon

10:40am Mike East:

Great sounds this morning, Doug!

10:43am Doug Schulkind:

Happy 70th birthday to...

Patti Smith!

10:43am Doug Schulkind:

You came in at a high point, Mike East!

10:45am Doug Schulkind:

I just bought a textbook for one of my classes this coming semester. Guess how much it cost...

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10:45am doctorjazz:

My Man Abdullah Ibrahim (took my wife to see him on our first date at Sweet Basil; she should have known what she was in for then).

10:45am melinda:

This is the best Shrimp Boats I've heard yet.

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10:46am Brian in UK:

$78.99

10:46am melinda:

wow, Patti Smith is 70. I'm looking forward to her next memoir, though it might be a while.

10:46am Dean:

$200?

10:47am Dean:

Legal casebooks have skyrocketed from an already high ~$80 c.2004 to ~$200 these days. Insane.

10:47am Doug Schulkind:

Not all that close, Dean.

10:47am coelacanth∅greetings:

greetings Doug and all
- i love that gif

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10:48am Brian in UK:

Thanks Doug. Same time next year?

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10:48am doctorjazz:

$200, man, that's amazing!

10:50am Doug Schulkind:

Howdy, coelacanth!

The answer: $247
(I ended up renting a copy for $92. Only minimal highlighting permitted and I must return it promptly at semester's end.)

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10:50am doctorjazz:

Red and his xylophone playing Bix, great stuff(nice soft sound for a mallet instrument).

10:50am Doug Schulkind:

You are the captain of my shrimp boat, Brian in UK.

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10:55am doctorjazz:

Speaking of sounds, Pee Wee, love it!

10:57am Doug Schulkind:

@doctorjazz
Bix composed "In a Mist" and released it as a record in 1927. And he performed it ON PIANO!

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10:59am Brian in UK:

Love Bix's Barnacle Bill. Put that on the end of mixtapes (CDs)

11:04am Dean:

Don't tell me: it's a class in Slave Capitalism. Law school texts are generally worthless outside of the classroom. It's not as if they are an investment to which you'd turn during your career.

11:11am Doug Schulkind:

No, Dean, it is a class on human behavior in the field of gerontology.

11:11am quinn:

"Let's listen to some gamelan" -- my five favorite words

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11:11am bobdc:

I recently found a local gamelan and joined. Not as fancy as what we're hearing, but a lot of fun.

11:14am Doug Schulkind:

Glad I said them in that order, quinn!

11:17am Doug Schulkind:

@bobdc
The Univ. of Pittsburgh has a fine student gamelan crew. It's led by Andrew Weintraub, who is a faithful educator of Indonesian musics. I learned a while back that he was pals with Henk den Toom, proprietor of the wonderful blog Madrotter.

And Henk den Toom is the source for the next selection on today's show!

11:18am Dean:

If I could rewind to, say, my twenties or even thirties, I would strongly consider studying gerontology and related fields (e.g., elder law). Also, architectural acoustics, and of course poetry.

11:21am Doug Schulkind:

@Dean
Seeing as already qualify for the "senior" discount for Pittsburgh Pirates tickets, I figure gerontology is the field for me.

11:22am coelacanth∅greetings:

the javanese gamelan (presumably that was javanese?) is so relaxing to me. i think other people here were wondering what that clanging was.

11:23am Doug Schulkind:

Relaxing and clanging are not mutually exclusive here!

11:23am Dean:

@Doug: Tell the truth: you wrote in your personal statement for your grad school apps that you were primarily interested in gerontology for the senior discounts, didn't you? I proudly display my (yet unaccepted) AARP invitations on my office door, adjacent to a news clipping about Lemmy's failing health.

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11:25am Brian in UK:

The Gamelan I referred to at 10:19 all have players from locals around Angkor Wat. Non professionals. The music is part of their lives.

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11:26am Brian in UK:

Is this Turkey's Eurovision entry?

11:27am Doug Schulkind:

Next up, Greece's!

11:28am Doug Schulkind:

@Dean
I am paying for grad school with my seniors savings!

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11:29am Brian in UK:

Hey Daddy-o, this is some cool juice.

11:31am Uncle Michael:

I'm counting on company at the top of the hour. Don't let me down! We'll be listening to 45 or more power pop gems, all from the '70s.
www.wfmu.org...

11:33am Doug Schulkind:

Eternal thanks to Bodega Pop Live's Gary Sullivan for hipping me to Mina!

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11:35am bobdc:

Charlottesville's gamelan is run by Cindy Benton, who studied with Sumarsam at Wesleyan.

11:41am Doug Schulkind:

So many great musical connections go through Wesleyan. I would have gone there if my sister hadn't.

11:43am Doug Schulkind:

If I had gone to Wesleyan, I would have studied with Ed Blackwell. Amazing how different my life would've been.

I still love my sister, though.

11:43am annie:

hey ndbob!!

11:46am Doug Schulkind:

GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO PROGRAMMING ALERT...
All hell is about to break loose. But after that, Uncle Michael will break offa big chunk of Hinky Dinky for you to gnaw on. Think of it as beef jerky for your ears.

PLAYLIST: wfmu.org...

Jason Elbogen will follow with his high-fibre radio program. Live on the Drummer Stream from 3-6pm.

PLAYLIST: wfmu.org...

And don't forget, next week marks the debut of DJ Micah on the Drummer Stream. Micah's show will slide over to the stream in the same 6-9am ET time slot.

11:46am Mr C:

Is the luxurious soul song compound that usually occupies the last segment being shut down and shipped by to Putin?

11:47am Doug Schulkind:

@Mr C
No soul set today. Instead, next week's show will comprise all of the closing songs of the soul sets from all of 2016. It will be a soultacular.

11:47am Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, Doug and Drummer gang. Thought I'd pop in and offer Happy New Year thoughts and here I find there's a whole lot of monkey business going on.

11:48am Doug Schulkind:

Hey! It's Ken From Hyde Park! How're you doing, Ken?!

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11:48am Brian in UK:

Doug, this show was quite wonderful.

Tom Waits for no man.

11:49am Doug Schulkind:

The last 11 minutes shall suck, Brian in UK. Or maybe not.

11:52am Ken From Hyde Park:

Quite good, thanks. Kind of excited to pull down the 2016 calendar and start afresh. Hoping for a kinder, gentler 2017.

11:54am Ike:

What about Mary Wing? She coming over next week too?

11:55am Doug Schulkind:

You can say that again, Ken. Here's hoping 2016 was the low point. (I am not holding my breath.)

11:55am Doug Schulkind:

@Ike
Yes! She will be on Tuesday mornings.

11:57am Doug Schulkind:

This and every program is my Valentine to you, dear listeners. Without you I would be nothing (but a guy sitting in the middle of floor in his underwear listening to records).

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11:57am Brian in UK:

I saw a picture of your President today, he sure looks tired.
Has it only been eight years.

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11:58am duke:

Thanks for many years of great shows!

11:59am Doug Schulkind:

Flawed and complicated, but I loved my president.

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11:59am Brian in UK:

Well you have put some drawers on at last. Phew.

11:59am Uncle Michael:

Thanks for the musical meditations, Doug.

See you all in the next room.

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11:59am doctorjazz:

A Happy and and a healthy to all drummers.
Great show, Doug.

11:59am Doug Schulkind:

@duke
Thanks for keeping me in pants and off the floor!

12:00pm Rich in Washington:

Thanks, Doug! Happy Newt Ear!

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12:01pm duke:

@Doug You're wearing pants?

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12:01pm bobdc:

Another great show, and a treat to hear it live, which I don't get to do often enough these days.

12:02pm coelacanth∅greetings:

Thanks Doug! happy gnu year!

12:03pm Doug Schulkind:

Hey Rich in WA!

@duke
I couldn't fool you. No, still no pants, ever.

Theme Music: Sarah Webster Fabio	Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues	Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues (Folkways 1976)
ECD	In Tempo	Major Force: The Original Art-Form (Mo' Wax 1990)

Kalinga	Bamboo Zither I	Music from the Mountain Provinces (Numero Group 1988)
Tierra Caliente	Caderona	Ecuador and Colombia: Marimba Masters and Sacred Songs (Multicultural Media 1995)
Abel Antonio Villa y Su Conjunto	Remolino de Oro	Remolino de Oro: Coastal Cumbias from Colombia's Discos Fuentes 1961-1973 (Domino Sound 1966)
Eduardo Mateo	Yulele	Mateo Solo Bien Se Lame (Discos De La Planta 1972)
Baden Powell Quartet	Pra Que Chorar	Volume 1 (Barclay 1970)
Meridian Brothers	Los Falsos Reyes Magos	Devoción (Works 2005-2011) (Staubgold )

Lou Killen	The Cruel Sister	Isla Cameron & Lou Killen: The Waters of Tyne (Prestige 1961)
Lefty Frizzell	I'll Sit Alone and Cry	b/w Moonlight, Darling, and You (Columbia 1955)
Jack Greene	Statue of a Fool	b/w There's More to Love (Decca 1969)
Karl Blau	No Regrets	Introducing Karl Blau (Raven Marching Band 2015)
Batdorf & Rodney	Home Again	Batdorf & Rodney (Asylum 1972)
Epic Soundtracks	House on the Hill	Good Things (DBK Works 1996)

Najat Aâtabou	Baghi Nertahuh	(Editions Hassania 1987)
Mdou Moctar	J'ai Pas Le Choix	Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai (OST) (Sahel Sounds 2015)
Le Super Borgou de Parakou	Ko Guere	The Bariba Sound 1970-1976 (Analog Africa )

Dollar Brand	Shrimp Boats	Peace (The Sun 1971)
Red Norvo	In a Mist	b/w Dance of the Octopus (Brunswick 1933)
Pee Wee Russell	Turnaround	Ask Me Now! (Impulse! 1963)
Carla Bley	Walking Batterie Woman	Jazz Realities (Fontana 1966)
Derek Bailey & Henry Kaiser	Safe and Sane	Wireforks: Guitar Duets (Shanachie 1995)

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Gamelan Semar Pegulingan	Liar Samas: I Wayan Lotring	Liar Samas: I Wayan Lotring (King 1990)
Darso & Imas Mintarsih	Blang Dut	Si Kabayan Ngogo (Asmara )
Selçuk Alagöz	Deliyim Seviyorum	b/w Malabadi Köprüsü (Polydor 1975)
The Rabbits	I'm Looking in the Universe	b/w Run Around of a Girl (Pan-Vox 1966)
Hiroshi Segawa	Arya Would not Be So Good	Pierrot (Phantom 1972)
Mina	Se Telefonando	4 Anni Di Successi (Rifi 1968)

Zdeněk Liška	Sunken Dagger – The Little Mermaid (Song)	Malá Morská Víla (The Little Mermaid) (Finders Keepers 1976)
Tom Waits	Hell Broke Luce	Bad As Me (ANTI- 2011)
Arthur Russell	This is How We Walk on the Moon	Corn (Audika 1982)
Byard Lancaster feat. Professeur Inlassable	Saint John Coltrane	Heavenly Sweetness Compilation (Heavenly Sweetness 2008)

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