WFMU: The Avant Ghetto with Jeff Conklin: Playlist from May 8, 2017

Listener comments!
	12:02am Erik in Michigan: Perfect way to start the show. I haven't stopped listening to this record all weekend, and Friday was an incredible day of releases!
	12:05am AdamFromOldeKenzo: Wooden Wand on two FMU shows in a row! This is my favorite song on the album, so far.
	12:06am Jeff Conklin: I really hate when I play something already getting a lot of play on the statin but this album is just the best so I'm sucking it up ;)
	12:08am farting@target: Dig this so much, thank you
	12:10am Mario: Perfect sound of the dawn (6 a.m. in Madrid) Good morning!
	12:10am Erik in Michigan: I wouldn't know Wooden Wand without your show, so I'm glad you played it.
	12:11am Jeff Conklin: @Erik: Awesome. Isn't it the best when you discover someone with a HUGE back catalog to explore? Y'all should list recent discoveries that fit that description tonight...
	12:15am AdamFromOldeKenzo: I've known Wooden Wand forever and even had this odd, but kind of cool CD by a short lived sort of "trip hop" project called Blood Group. I don't know what happened to it though, I was looking for it the other day, it seems to have disappeared.
	12:17am AdamFromOldeKenzo: I woudn't bother tracking it down if you are new to his work though, ha ha.
	12:17am Erik in Michigan: Dude, I looked at his discogs recently and didn't even know what to do. Exciting for sure. It's been a while since I've been bored with music.
	12:21am AdamFromOldeKenzo: I think the album The Flood might be my favorite WW&VV album, it can also be found very cheap.
	12:24am Erik in Michigan: Re: your question - the numero wayfaring strangers record last year sent me down more dusty trails than ever. Going back further, the black crowes are actually what turned me onto a ton of great music. Their reputation can vary greatly, but their covers send me down this road.
	12:34am bbb: beautiful segue from Joanna Brouk to Dominique Lawalree
	12:36am Erik in Michigan: Really pretty set
	12:37am Johnny Sal: Dig this Dominique Lawalree. Lovely
	12:49am Mario: I've been listening Dominique's album the whole weekend
	12:52am willcrete: That Bill MacKay sounded great.
	12:52am tuner fish: Love those white pines
	12:56am Erik in Michigan: Thought I'd decided I didn't need this Tom Armstrong record, and not sure now.
	12:57am zenkoan: Have I never been mellow? Why yes, yes I have--right here, right now.
	1:08am Erik in Michigan: Man, that's the best story.
	1:11am Jeff in Pioneer Valley: Sounding good tonight as always.
	1:11am Massive saucewad: Tuning in from my couch! Love the tunes
	1:12am Erik in Michigan: Jack straw!
	1:13am manpilot: Hey Jeff it's Nick from Sydney. It's 3pm on a Monday. Avant Ghetto is an enormous improvement to Australian Mondays
	♥ 1:13am Aitch: I smell hippies
	1:14am Liam in Denmark: Hey Jeff - good soundtrack to make breakfast to here in Denmark.
	1:14am Jeff Conklin: Whoa: You all heeded the call! Good morning to you all, friends. Glad to be with you...
	1:15am zenkoan: So, I was in attendance at this fabled Barton Hall show at Cornell. It's often ranked the best recording of a Dead show ever. Thing is, the sound in the hall itself sucked very seriously. (The place has abysmal acoustics and was used mainly for hockey games.) It was, and remains, an utter amazement to hear what was captured direct to tape.
	1:20am Jeff Conklin: @zenkoan: Whoa! Do you have any pictures? Was it your first?
	1:25am zenkoan: No photos, unfortunately. And yes, first Dead concert, but fortunately not last.
	1:36am pp: can't believe playing MSB! Joe Walsh on slide and Todd Rundgren on clavinette.
	1:42am manpilot: Just looked up this Minami guy - what a dude "For this opus (The Tropics) Minami enlisted the considerable talents of guitarist Takashi Mizutani (of Les Rallizes Denudes fame) and bassist Haroumi Hosono (of Apryl Fool and Happy End)"
	1:43am bbb: Ha, yeah I just read that...also dig the song title and the Hey Jude ripoff ending
	1:45am manpilot: ahem "Hey Jude-inspired" ending
	1:45am bbb: haha yes, I stand corrected
	1:47am pp: i heard that too, maybe he was trying to take a sad song and make it better
	1:48am bbb: drum roll
	♥ 1:54am Ken From Hyde Park: A good time to replay this set is when you're setting off in a pickup and heading down a dusty gravel road on a bright summer's day.
	1:54am pp: seems to me that song has echoes of Walk Away
	1:57am Jennifer_PNW: Just returned from the Elkhorn / Prana Crafter show. Thanks for the heads up on that. Your name came up when we bought some merch :)
	2:03am Jeff Conklin: @Jennifer: Ah cool
	2:09am pp: another Minnesota country-rock band from years ago Daisy Dillman Band. Fave on 70's freeform
	2:19am AdamFromOldeKenzo: A Minnesota folkie who I kick myself for never seeing, even though it's my home state is Charlie Parr. Last time I was visiting my parents it turned out he was playing a coffee shop in a tiny town like 25 minutes from my folks' town the day after I was leaving.
	2:22am AdamFromOldeKenzo: This is what Woods sounds like now? I haven't seen them in like 10 years, this is cool though.
	2:23am pp: methinks Jeff has hid a Joe Walsh easter egg in these tracks.
	2:23am aable: i am lonely
	2:24am aaron: charlie parr is awesome. dude plays every chance he can get in minnesota/wisconsin
	2:24am Jeff Conklin: @aable: You're with us
	2:25am aaron: you should be able to catch him next time your in minnesota
	2:25am AdamFromOldeKenzo: @aaron, yeah, and I only found out recently he's born in the small town I was born in, and grew up in the even smaller town my Grandma was from
	2:35am Matt W: Late to the show this morning but always happy to slip into the week during the gentle final set...Thanks for the sounds, Jeff!
	2:41am saucerful: @aable - Here's a good loneliness meditation from a book I like...it's perfect to do while listening to Avant Ghetto: Pay attention to your breathing, connect with the rise and fall of each breath, stay in the present moment. Next pay attention to your thoughts and feelings. After each thought, tell yourself: I am neither this nor that. This is not me. This thought is not reality. You may feel desperately all alone, but in reality you are not truly alone. The world is widely inhabited, and you are surrounded by other people. Your feelings do not dictate who you really are. They are simply emotions that rapidly change in importance at any given moment. In truth, you are much, much more than than the thoughts, feelings, and upsetting reactions that cross through your mind. Keep breathing and paying attention. Do this for 5-10 minutes.
	12:32pm Dallas: Been listening on the archive regularly for about a year now, and this is my favorite show yet - Keep it up Jeff

The Avant Ghetto with Jeff Conklin: Playlist from May 8, 2017

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Unstuck in time, The Avant Ghetto wanders through heavy folk, pastoral noise, spiritual rock, harsh jazz and other dimly lit corners of the universe.

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May 8, 2017

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Wooden Wand	One Can Only Love "One Can Only Love" by "Wooden Wand"	Clipper Ship	Three Lobed	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Alex Crispin	Green Ember "Green Ember" by "Alex Crispin"	Idle Worship	Sounds of the Dawn	0:08:33 (Pop-up)
Chuck Johnson	Brahmi "Brahmi" by "Chuck Johnson"	Balsams	VDSQ	0:15:18 (Pop-up)
Joanna Brouk	The Creative "The Creative" by "Joanna Brouk"	Hearing Music	Numero Group	0:22:51 (Pop-up)
Dominique Lawalree	La Maison Des 5 Elements	First Meeting	Ergot Records / Catch Wave	0:31:59 (Pop-up)
Mark McGuire	Serpent Mound Coyote Song	Ideas of Beginnings	VDSQ	0:40:44 (Pop-up)
Bill MacKay	Clementine Cotton "Clementine Cotton" by "Bill MacKay"	Esker	Drag City	0:46:14 (Pop-up)
Tom Armstrong	White Pines "White Pines" by "Tom Armstrong"	The Sky Is An Empty Eye	Tompkins Square	0:50:08 (Pop-up)
Woody Harris	Louise "Louise" by "Woody Harris"	After Dinner Mints	Kicking Mule	0:56:11 (Pop-up)

Grateful Dead	Jack Straw "Jack Straw" by "Grateful Dead"	Get Shown the Light: 5/8/77, Barton Hall, Ithaca, NY	Grateful Dead	1:11:08 (Pop-up)
Highway	Seems to Me "Seems to Me" by "Highway"	Highway	Ultimasongs	1:16:42 (Pop-up)
Top Drawer	What's In Store "What's In Store" by "Top Drawer"	Solid Oak	Wish Bon	1:22:08 (Pop-up)
Poker Flatts	Vampire Blues "Vampire Blues" by "Poker Flatts"	Poker Flatts	Stacked Deck	1:26:17 (Pop-up)
New Riders of the Purple Sage	California Day	Powerglide	Columbia	1:30:20 (Pop-up)
Michael Stanley	Rosewood Bitters "Rosewood Bitters" by "Michael Stanley"	The Tumbleweed Records Story: 1971-1973	Light in the Attic	1:33:01 (Pop-up)
Masato Minami	Heartful of Love Which Blooms In An Endless Stream	The Tropics	Klimt	1:37:46 (Pop-up)
Emmett Finley	So Easy "So Easy" by "Emmett Finley"	Emmett Finley	Poison Ring	1:44:51 (Pop-up)
Home	Long Long Way to Nowhere "Long Long Way to Nowhere" by "Home"	Long Long Way To Nowhere	Atlantic	1:50:25 (Pop-up)

Gene Clark	Back to the Earth "Back to the Earth" by "Gene Clark"	The Lost Studio Sessions 1964-1982	Sierra Records	2:02:13 (Pop-up)
Dan Mobley	Colorado "Colorado" by "Dan Mobley"	Walk in the Wind & the Rain	Columbian	2:05:18 (Pop-up)
James Elkington	Wading Vapors "Wading Vapors" by "James Elkington"	Wintres Woma	Paradise of Bachelors	2:09:29 (Pop-up)
Woods	Spring is in the Air "Spring is in the Air" by "Woods"	Love is Love	Woodsist	2:13:28 (Pop-up)
Oliver	Orbit Your Factory "Orbit Your Factory" by "Oliver"	Standing Stone	Oliv	2:23:28 (Pop-up)
Turiiya	Waiting "Waiting" by "Turiiya"	Waiting	Jayrem	2:28:10 (Pop-up)
Doug Ashdown	Something Strange "Something Strange" by "Doug Ashdown"	Follow the Sun	Anthology Recordings	2:34:54 (Pop-up)
Raoul Vignal	Dona Lura "Dona Lura" by "Raoul Vignal"	The Silver Veil		2:38:19 (Pop-up)
Anthony Pasquarosa	What Makes a Man	Abbandonato Da Dio Nazione	VDSQ	2:41:51 (Pop-up)
Joan Shelley	Pull Up One More Time	Joan Shelley	No Quarter	2:49:32 (Pop-up)
The Whims	Truckin' "Truckin'" by "The Whims"	Truckin'	Self-Released	2:54:38 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:02am Erik in Michigan: Perfect way to start the show. I haven't stopped listening to this record all weekend, and Friday was an incredible day of releases!
	12:05am AdamFromOldeKenzo: Wooden Wand on two FMU shows in a row! This is my favorite song on the album, so far.
	12:06am Jeff Conklin: I really hate when I play something already getting a lot of play on the statin but this album is just the best so I'm sucking it up ;)
	12:08am farting@target: Dig this so much, thank you
	12:10am Mario: Perfect sound of the dawn (6 a.m. in Madrid) Good morning!
	12:10am Erik in Michigan: I wouldn't know Wooden Wand without your show, so I'm glad you played it.
	12:11am Jeff Conklin: @Erik: Awesome. Isn't it the best when you discover someone with a HUGE back catalog to explore? Y'all should list recent discoveries that fit that description tonight...
	12:15am AdamFromOldeKenzo: I've known Wooden Wand forever and even had this odd, but kind of cool CD by a short lived sort of "trip hop" project called Blood Group. I don't know what happened to it though, I was looking for it the other day, it seems to have disappeared.
	12:17am AdamFromOldeKenzo: I woudn't bother tracking it down if you are new to his work though, ha ha.
	12:17am Erik in Michigan: Dude, I looked at his discogs recently and didn't even know what to do. Exciting for sure. It's been a while since I've been bored with music.
	12:21am AdamFromOldeKenzo: I think the album The Flood might be my favorite WW&VV album, it can also be found very cheap.
	12:24am Erik in Michigan: Re: your question - the numero wayfaring strangers record last year sent me down more dusty trails than ever. Going back further, the black crowes are actually what turned me onto a ton of great music. Their reputation can vary greatly, but their covers send me down this road.
	12:34am bbb: beautiful segue from Joanna Brouk to Dominique Lawalree
	12:36am Erik in Michigan: Really pretty set
	12:37am Johnny Sal: Dig this Dominique Lawalree. Lovely
	12:49am Mario: I've been listening Dominique's album the whole weekend
	12:52am willcrete: That Bill MacKay sounded great.
	12:52am tuner fish: Love those white pines
	12:56am Erik in Michigan: Thought I'd decided I didn't need this Tom Armstrong record, and not sure now.
	12:57am zenkoan: Have I never been mellow? Why yes, yes I have--right here, right now.
	1:08am Erik in Michigan: Man, that's the best story.
	1:11am Jeff in Pioneer Valley: Sounding good tonight as always.
	1:11am Massive saucewad: Tuning in from my couch! Love the tunes
	1:12am Erik in Michigan: Jack straw!
	1:13am manpilot: Hey Jeff it's Nick from Sydney. It's 3pm on a Monday. Avant Ghetto is an enormous improvement to Australian Mondays
	♥ 1:13am Aitch: I smell hippies
	1:14am Liam in Denmark: Hey Jeff - good soundtrack to make breakfast to here in Denmark.
	1:14am Jeff Conklin: Whoa: You all heeded the call! Good morning to you all, friends. Glad to be with you...
	1:15am zenkoan: So, I was in attendance at this fabled Barton Hall show at Cornell. It's often ranked the best recording of a Dead show ever. Thing is, the sound in the hall itself sucked very seriously. (The place has abysmal acoustics and was used mainly for hockey games.) It was, and remains, an utter amazement to hear what was captured direct to tape.
	1:20am Jeff Conklin: @zenkoan: Whoa! Do you have any pictures? Was it your first?
	1:25am zenkoan: No photos, unfortunately. And yes, first Dead concert, but fortunately not last.
	1:36am pp: can't believe playing MSB! Joe Walsh on slide and Todd Rundgren on clavinette.
	1:42am manpilot: Just looked up this Minami guy - what a dude "For this opus (The Tropics) Minami enlisted the considerable talents of guitarist Takashi Mizutani (of Les Rallizes Denudes fame) and bassist Haroumi Hosono (of Apryl Fool and Happy End)"
	1:43am bbb: Ha, yeah I just read that...also dig the song title and the Hey Jude ripoff ending
	1:45am manpilot: ahem "Hey Jude-inspired" ending
	1:45am bbb: haha yes, I stand corrected
	1:47am pp: i heard that too, maybe he was trying to take a sad song and make it better
	1:48am bbb: drum roll
	♥ 1:54am Ken From Hyde Park: A good time to replay this set is when you're setting off in a pickup and heading down a dusty gravel road on a bright summer's day.
	1:54am pp: seems to me that song has echoes of Walk Away
	1:57am Jennifer_PNW: Just returned from the Elkhorn / Prana Crafter show. Thanks for the heads up on that. Your name came up when we bought some merch :)
	2:03am Jeff Conklin: @Jennifer: Ah cool
	2:09am pp: another Minnesota country-rock band from years ago Daisy Dillman Band. Fave on 70's freeform
	2:19am AdamFromOldeKenzo: A Minnesota folkie who I kick myself for never seeing, even though it's my home state is Charlie Parr. Last time I was visiting my parents it turned out he was playing a coffee shop in a tiny town like 25 minutes from my folks' town the day after I was leaving.
	2:22am AdamFromOldeKenzo: This is what Woods sounds like now? I haven't seen them in like 10 years, this is cool though.
	2:23am pp: methinks Jeff has hid a Joe Walsh easter egg in these tracks.
	2:23am aable: i am lonely
	2:24am aaron: charlie parr is awesome. dude plays every chance he can get in minnesota/wisconsin
	2:24am Jeff Conklin: @aable: You're with us
	2:25am aaron: you should be able to catch him next time your in minnesota
	2:25am AdamFromOldeKenzo: @aaron, yeah, and I only found out recently he's born in the small town I was born in, and grew up in the even smaller town my Grandma was from
	2:35am Matt W: Late to the show this morning but always happy to slip into the week during the gentle final set...Thanks for the sounds, Jeff!
	2:41am saucerful: @aable - Here's a good loneliness meditation from a book I like...it's perfect to do while listening to Avant Ghetto: Pay attention to your breathing, connect with the rise and fall of each breath, stay in the present moment. Next pay attention to your thoughts and feelings. After each thought, tell yourself: I am neither this nor that. This is not me. This thought is not reality. You may feel desperately all alone, but in reality you are not truly alone. The world is widely inhabited, and you are surrounded by other people. Your feelings do not dictate who you really are. They are simply emotions that rapidly change in importance at any given moment. In truth, you are much, much more than than the thoughts, feelings, and upsetting reactions that cross through your mind. Keep breathing and paying attention. Do this for 5-10 minutes.
	12:32pm Dallas: Been listening on the archive regularly for about a year now, and this is my favorite show yet - Keep it up Jeff

The Avant Ghetto with Jeff Conklin: Playlist from May 8, 2017

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