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Favoriting May 15, 2019: MOONDOG Birthday Celebration with biographer Robert Scotto

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Previous Moondog programs with Robert Scotto:
May 24, 2006, May 23, 2007, May 22, 2013
May 27, 2015, June 1, 2016, and July 25, 2018

Artist Track Album Label Approx. start time
Moondog & Bracelli Ensemble  Bye, Bye, Manhattan   Favoriting Erk  Rockwerk Records  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Symphony #34, 1st Movement   Favoriting Erk  Rockwerk Records  0:02:51 (Pop-up)
        0:23:21 (Pop-up)
ROBERT SCOTTO  Discusses Moondog - seg 1   Favoriting     0:10:04 (Pop-up)
Kronos Quartet  Synchrony No. 2 (comp. Moondog)   Favoriting Early Music  Nonesuch  0:20:46 (Pop-up)
Fritz Storfinger (organ)  Sand Lily (comp. Moondog)   Favoriting A New Sound of an Old Instrument  The Estate of Moondog  0:22:51 (Pop-up)
Ensemble Minisym  Sand Lily (comp. Moondog)   Favoriting Moondog New Sounds  Les Disques Bongo Joe  0:26:06 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Double Bass Duo   Favoriting Moondog And His Friends Vol. 1  Epic  0:29:48 (Pop-up)
 
ROBERT SCOTTO  Discusses Moondog - seg 2   Favoriting     0:38:08 (Pop-up)
Joanna MacGregor with Britten Sinfonia  Double Bass Duo (comp. Moondog)   Favoriting Sidewalk Dances (Fourteen Moondog Pieces)  SoundCircus/Joanna MacGregor  0:32:48 (Pop-up)
Moondog  My Tiny Butterfly   Favoriting Moondog 2 (Columbia KC 30897)  Caribou Records  0:34:52 (Pop-up)
Cabaret Contemporain (ft. Linda Olah & Isabel Sorling)  My Tiny Butterfly (comp. Moondog)   Favoriting Cabaret Contemporain Plays Moondog  Cabaret Contemporain  0:36:40 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Viking 1   Favoriting Moondog in Europe  The Estate of Moondog  0:43:28 (Pop-up)
Condor Gruppe  Viking 1 (comp. Moondog)   Favoriting Frog Bog (A Tribute to Moondog)  Condor Men Records  0:46:33 (Pop-up)
 
ROBERT SCOTTO  Discusses Moondog - seg 3   Favoriting     0:50:40 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Do Your Thing   Favoriting H'art Songs  The Estate of Moondog  1:00:00 (Pop-up)
Lightships  Do Your Thing (comp. Moondog)   Favoriting Sweetness in Her Spark  Domino  1:02:52 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Utsu   Favoriting On the Streets of New York  Mars Records  1:08:12 (Pop-up)
Kenny Graham and His Satellites  Utsu   Favoriting Moondog and Suncat Suites  Trunk Records  1:09:24 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Bird's Lament   Favoriting Moondog (Columbia MS 7335)  Caribou Records  1:13:51 (Pop-up)
Mr. Scruff  Get a Move On! (samples Moondog's "Bird's Lament")   Favoriting Keep it Unreal  Ninja Tune  1:15:31 (Pop-up)
 
ROBERT SCOTTO  Discusses Moondog - seg 4   Favoriting     1:19:49 (Pop-up)
Moondog  High on a Rocky Ledge   Favoriting H'art Songs  The Estate of Moondog  1:30:54 (Pop-up)
7VWWVW and Rory McLeod  High on a Rocky Ledge (comp. Moondog)   Favoriting Making Moonshine Vol. 3  SL Records  1:35:02 (Pop-up)
Steve Cradock  High on a Rocky Ledge (comp. Moondog)   Favoriting Running Away  Moseley Shoals Records  1:39:27 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Down Is Up   Favoriting Moondog 2 (Columbia KC 30897)  Caribou Records  1:43:27 (Pop-up)
Laika  Martinis on the Moon (samples Moondog's "Down Is Up")   Favoriting Sounds of the Satellites  Too Pure  1:44:39 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Symphonique #1 (Portrait of a Monarch)   Favoriting Moondog (Columbia MS 7335)  Caribou Records  1:46:10 (Pop-up)
Oorutaichi  Hamihadarigeri (samples Moondog's "Symphonique #1")   Favoriting Drifting My Folklore  Okimi  1:48:47 (Pop-up)
 
ROBERT SCOTTO  Discusses Moondog - seg 5   Favoriting     1:52:13 (Pop-up)
Moondog  To a Seahorse   Favoriting Snaketime Series  Prestige/Fantasy  2:03:28 (Pop-up)
Hobocombo  To a Seahorse (comp. Moondog)   Favoriting Moondog Mask  Trovarobato Parade  2:04:48 (Pop-up)
Hidden Orchestra  Reminder (samples Moondog's "To a Sea Horse")   Favoriting Archipelago  Tru Thoughts  2:08:22 (Pop-up)
Ensemble Bracelli  Down the Donau / Hanging Gardens (comp. Moondog)   Favoriting Erk  Rockwerk Records  2:14:15 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Chant   Favoriting More Moondog  Prestige/Fantasy  2:18:14 (Pop-up)
Kenny Graham and His Satellites  Chant   Favoriting Moondog and Suncat Suites  Trunk Records  2:19:07 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Paris   Favoriting Big Band  The Estate of Moondog  2:21:04 (Pop-up)
 
ROBERT SCOTTO  Discusses Moondog - seg 6   Favoriting     2:24:24 (Pop-up)
Moondog  Witch of Endor   Favoriting Moondog (Columbia MS 7335)  Caribou Records  2:34:26 (Pop-up)
Hobocombo  Witch of Endor   Favoriting Now That It's the Opposite, It's Twice Upon a Time  Trovarobato Parade  2:40:31 (Pop-up)
 
ROBERT SCOTTO  Discusses Moondog - seg 7   Favoriting     2:48:23 (Pop-up)
Ensemble Bracelli  Outro / My Kind of Avenue   Favoriting Erk  Rockwerk Records  2:55:05 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  3:00pm
John from Florham Park:

Hello fellow listeners
  3:03pm
Mike tp:

hot digedee dog
  3:03pm
yippie:

hello to all you suncats
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Informed by Irwin.
Better believe it.
  3:06pm
John from Florham Park:

Hey RRN63 nice seeing you on the main board
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:06pm
G:

It's a marvelous day for a Moondog
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Brilliant & beautifully performed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:08pm
Phillippe Bastille:

Hi Irwin and friends
  3:11pm
John from Florham Park:

@Phillipe hello
  3:12pm
modern blaze:

Greetings Sir! I won't type too much. I know manners, Sir.
  3:12pm
yippie:

even Moondog wanted to be in Europe more than the banks of the lower Hudson
  3:13pm
John from Florham Park:

@Midern manners good for you
Avatar 3:13pm
Itzall ClearD'me Nåu:

"Please excuse little Phil from school today, he is in Europe.
signed, Phil's Mom"
  3:13pm
John from Florham Park:

I meant modern
Avatar 3:14pm
WmKMoss:

This sounds fascinating. Glad I tuned in (logged on). Listening in Rural Western Pennsylvania in what feels like the vortex of a cultural void. WFMU et. al. provides needed sustenance.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
Hoboken Jack:

I'm sitting on your stoop, eating a Fiore's sandwich, listening on the app. Moondog 4eva!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:15pm
Phillippe Bastille:

I have bad message board manners but I am learning. Will be on keyboard silence...
  3:16pm
Jack:

So is May 15 Moondog's birthday? I wasn't clear on that. My friend's birthday was also May 15 - we just came back from scattering his ashes on the Hudson River.
  3:16pm
John from Florham Park:

@WKM try living in South Florida now that is a cultural wasteland
  3:21pm
Jack:

nevermind: Wikipedia says: May 26, 1916. unless they're wrong...
  3:23pm
mary, not a musician:

P Glass on Moondog - profoundly touching. I've been in that East Village house but not when Moondog was there. Just a few times to help on a PG project quite a while ago.
  3:25pm
mary, not a musician:

Staying for the entire show. Alright, Moondog!
Avatar 3:26pm
WmKMoss:

Yes indeed John from Florham Park. I am in a deep Allegheny River valley that only the local radio waves can reach. Mostly goat roping music and Bible thumping ticket to heaven merchant formats, not that there is anything wrong with that.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:27pm
G:

Sand Lily keeps reminding me of Ravel's Bolero...
  3:29pm
Marie:

I love Moondog's music and I am grateful to Irwin for turning me onto the 'dog. Thanks, Irwin! Did that movie ever get made? It seemed to me that they are still looking for funding...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
diciassette:

Ah, exciting! I have picked a good time to tune in.
  3:35pm
zipe:

which grandma of moondog did you think was jewish maternal or paternal?
Avatar 3:36pm
Z-pulpa:

I am thinking about this show as a welcome to the summer season. I took a short nap pn a park bench at lunch today, I am grateful for the sun even though we are all being cooked to a crisp.
Avatar 3:39pm
Z-pulpa:

I am also grateful for Moondog's music, and Irwin's show and WFMU very very much.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:42pm
Passaic River Blues:

This is superb.
Avatar 👻 3:49pm
Listening Out There:

I've heard several of these Moondog/Scotto programs now. Enjoyed 'em all...
  3:50pm
Jeremy:

This is wonderful! Viking I is one of my favorites, and this cover is sublime. Thanks for another Moondog celebration Irwin and Robert!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:54pm
Granny Spicy Tuna:

Yay, i've been looking forward to this. Huzzah for Moondog!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:57pm
Phillippe Bastille:

Hi Granny! I got your postcard today! Thank you! The first decoration in my new office
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:59pm
Granny Spicy Tuna:

Phillippe Bastille! Yay! Wonderful. And i think that you and i are usually mostly quite well mannered on the chat boards. ;)
Avatar 4:00pm
Z-pulpa:

have there been new regulations on message board manners I am not aware of? keep it to the music? hmmm. I like to free association too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:01pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Voice reminds of Robert Wyatt a tad.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:01pm
Phillippe Bastille:

Depends on the board. I need to do a better job reading the crowd. You're usually pretty sunny, I can just be annoying lol.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 4:02pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

I received my card yesterday, thanks. I wonder if the postal system considers cards covered with glitter to be good manners or not. That's about all I've got for decorating materials. Bubblegum decoration is right out, I'm sure.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:02pm
Phillippe Bastille:

Speaking of the music, I've heard very little Moondog before and I find I have been living a life deprived.
Avatar 4:03pm
Z-pulpa:

its just the yucking of yums that gets to me.
Granny! I got a photo of my card from my Portland household, I have to drive across the country to get it in real life though! soon soon enough! Thank You!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 4:05pm
G:

@GST: Your SF postcard came to me via USPS just in the last hour. Tx!
Avatar 4:05pm
Z-pulpa:

This show is so special! I have always thought that Moondog's music somehow crossed genres and time periods and hearing these covers back to back really brings that to the surface.
Avatar 4:06pm
Z-pulpa:

I want to learn one of his pieces on clarinet.
  4:07pm
Mike tp:

I can't believe this lightships tune is associated with moondog.did I have him all wrong thanks Irwin shedding light..!!!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 4:08pm
Granny Spicy Tuna:

Z-pulpa: Each board has its own subculture in the overarching WFMU culture, which is generally friendly and freeform, for sure. I like that we can have friendly exchanges about all sorts of topics.

And it is so thrilling to hear that the postcards have arrived all over the map to other WFMU listeners! The offer still stands: if you send me your mailing address (via my profile) i will send you a postcard SLATHERED with stickers. xoxox
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:08pm
dave wuz here:

simonandgarfunkely
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
Granny Spicy Tuna:

and Phillippe Bastille: how profoundly delightful that you are now embarking upon your Moondog experience. He is certainly a favorite of mine, and this program is offering a deeper appreciation of this masterful composer and performer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:11pm
Phillippe Bastille:

If my brain can remember, a stickerless card will be heading your way, Granny. That's a big IF though. I have the memory of a 137 year old man
  4:17pm
Listener Robert:

Darn, I missed the instant WFMU reached its fundraising goal. Was there animation of the scientist walking over to where he is now? I'd been hoping it'd happen during Jim Price's show so he could say he put them over.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:17pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Guess he had no problem w/ Bird's blackness...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:24pm
Passaic River Blues:

That Kenny Graham rendition was absurdly good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:27pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

There were Giants in those days...
  4:29pm
Listener Robert:

A friend gave me his copy of the summer 1986 LCD. I don't remember if I was getting LCD then -- maybe have a moldy copy of that one in the garage -- but that's when my WFMU dark period began as I moved to where I couldn't get the station inside my home. Apparently it was hard to get DJs over the summer then, as Irwin had both a Tuesday noon to 4 show and a Thursday 9 to midnight. Some shows on that schedule were 4 or 5 hours and/or hosted by someone who had another show on WFMU (and maybe elsewhere), and "Listener Art" included a fragment of a note, "HELP! I NEED SOME[...] TO SUB FOR ME THIS WE[...]" Nobody took weekday 3 to 6:30 AM either.
  4:37pm
reggir:

so killer
  4:42pm
Listener Robert:

The 1986 marathon brought in $91,194 in pledges. "We hope to eventually come close to last year's rate of return, which was 86%." Ken has said that in recent time they've been collecting much closer to 100% of pledges. Expenses for the fiscal year, which ended in June along with the college's, were $77,982. They were saving up for a new transmitter and recovering from a lightning strike.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 4:45pm
Granny Spicy Tuna:

Ahhhhhhhh, i love the rounds
  4:50pm
Listener Robert:

I just realized how you scraped up that last $3,000 over the weekend: You sent Gentle Joe McGasko to "service" those people with uncollected pledges from 1986.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
WillCrete:

That was a real joy taking the deep dive into all those versions of "High on a Rocky Ledge." -- What a line: "If you´ve the yen to pluck, then pluck us both" -- I never cease to be thrilled by the amount of motion in his music.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
Passaic River Blues:

OK, this one probably wins for most imaginative reworking of Moondog.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:52pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Moondog & Glass under one roof is alone worthy of deep focus.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:00pm
common:

Moondog day!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 5:04pm
Granny Spicy Tuna:

Tiny Tim and Moondog, two of my favorites, musically… despite their personal beliefs. But if i had to be ethically aligned with my favorite musicians, i might not have any favorites. Oy.
  5:06pm
William Main:

I remember seeing Moondog interviewed on the Alan Burke Show (WNEW-TV) sometime in the mid 60's. Has this footage (or any other interviews) been preserved?
Avatar 5:08pm
el_musgo:

Great show! GRACIASSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
  5:09pm
yess:

this the best ever!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:09pm
Passaic River Blues:

Man, that Hobocombo interpretation is excellent, too. Transmuting that lyrical solo piano piece into a bouncy, math rocky jam.
Avatar 5:12pm
laughingacademy:

huh, I think Hidden Orchestra's "Reminder" is also sampling the soundtrack of Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS
  5:13pm
Listener Robert:

I probed around to find any transitional GIF between 99% and GOAL for the barometer, and it appears the GIFs were kept offline until used. Good security against us curious listeners.
  5:16pm
Listener Robert:

Thanks much for the artwork, whoever. Hey, sounds like there's a radio program on too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:21pm
Passaic River Blues:

@Listener Robert: I believe the artwork and gif were created by WFMU listener/sometime host, Greg. www.wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:21pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

'Greg from ZONE 5' did the gifs! & they got 'hacked' previous year - so glad we got to enjoy the whole thing...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:24pm
Parq:

Greg did a great job with the gifs. The final "goal" one was worth waiting for. And yay, for making goal!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:25pm
Mike East:

Oh wow...we finally made the goal? I was getting worried about it....thinking I need to work some overtime so I could afford to give more. That took too long this year....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:27pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

'Metropolis' (1927) - tho' silent did have an original score I believe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:32pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Actually reminds me of Tolkien in a few ways in these specific respects...
  5:33pm
Listener Robert:

Moondog was part of the modern Odinist revival. You should understand that most of us don't take the myths literally. That's not their purpose. The Jehovistic religions, properly understood, also should not be taken literally.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 5:34pm
Granny Spicy Tuna:

beer commercials, TV themes, Radio spots… he does it all! (OK, i'm imagining a world with a Moondog TV show theme)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 5:34pm
Granny Spicy Tuna:

Moondog's "Coffee" round could be a fine advertising jingle
  5:43pm
spodiodi:

love the moondog b-day show. thank you Irwin and Mr. Scotto.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:46pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Ja Dankeschön
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:46pm
Michael 98145:

thank you, again
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:47pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

www.facebook.com...
  5:51pm
Listener Robert:

Thanks for the link, Rabbit.
  5:53pm
Laura L:

Thanks, Irwin & Robert--looking forward to the 8th time, too, next year.
  5:54pm
Ike:

The book isn’t on Audible though.
  5:57pm
Vanessa bikes:

thanks for doing this, what I've heard is a great show! I'll have to go back and listen to the whole show later.
  5:58pm
Ike:

Irwin would be a decent choice to narrate it. (Disclaimer: I am in the employ of said establishment.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:58pm
Michael 98145:

Gotta love those Archives •♫
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