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Favoriting December 5, 2020:
Sábado Un Poco Gigante



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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments New Approx. start time
Elly Kasim  Ayam Den Lapeh   Favoriting Various Artists: Folk And Pop Sounds Of Sumatra Vol. 2  Sublime Frequencies         
Charros of Rock  Black Magic Woman   Favoriting Single          0:03:37 (Pop-up)
Googoosh  Makhlough   Favoriting 40 Golden Hits of Googoosh - The Best of 1970-79          0:09:58 (Pop-up)
Samy Ali  Abyad Mien   Favoriting Best of Samy Ali          0:13:13 (Pop-up)
Liraz  Mastam   Favoriting ZAN  Glitterbeat      *   0:17:53 (Pop-up)
Omar El Shariyi  Gafnoho   Favoriting Oriental Music  Wewantsounds    New reissue - orig. 1976 Soutelphan label / sounds like he's occasionally quoting the famous song by Antonio Machín - El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor)  *   0:21:36 (Pop-up)
Esma Redžepova  Durdevan, Durdevan   Favoriting Various Artists: Stand Up People: Pop Songs from Tito's Yugoslavia  Asphalt Tango        0:26:52 (Pop-up)
Ramazan Sesler  Tavas Zeybegi   Favoriting Babadan Oğula  Sony Music        0:29:47 (Pop-up)
Alekos Dimou  Nto Ta Pres   Favoriting Arvanitika Demotika      Greece, ethnic / linguisitic Albanian    0:32:31 (Pop-up)
Famille Lela de Përmet  Kaba Myzeqare   Favoriting Polyphonies Vocales Et Instrumentales d'Albanie  Indigo        0:38:27 (Pop-up)
Wowakin  Wiązanka   Favoriting Wiązanka        *   0:41:31 (Pop-up)
Cuatro Minimal  Arrozal   Favoriting Kumiroda        *   0:50:44 (Pop-up)
Riccardo Tesi  Monzuno e dintorni Featuring Paolo Casu   Favoriting Banditaliana  Felmay        0:54:53 (Pop-up)
Dunja Knebl & Kololira  Se po tihoj nočki spi   Favoriting Tamo gori        *   0:57:36 (Pop-up)
Melusine  Cinq temps pour Satan   Favoriting Melusine - France folk          1:00:48 (Pop-up)
Rusk (feat Unni Løvlid, Norway w Frode Halti, Vegar Vardal)  Polsdanser   Favoriting Rusk II          1:03:36 (Pop-up)
Nomo Lesole  Koaleng Mamati   Favoriting Various Artists:Lesotho Calling - Lesiba & Sekhankula Music  SWP        1:06:10 (Pop-up)
Manka  Mamaki   Favoriting Thabo  Teal        1:09:27 (Pop-up)
Banaba  Ba Nkotla Batho   Favoriting Banaba No 1          1:12:32 (Pop-up)
Tau Ea Matsekha  Stimela   Favoriting The Best of Tau Ea Matsekha (feat. Ha Peete Kea Falla)          1:15:59 (Pop-up)
Obed Ngobeni & The Kurhula Sisters  Tshiketa   Favoriting My Wife Bought a Taxi  Shanachie        1:20:22 (Pop-up)
Penny Penny  Yogo Yogo   Favoriting Yogo Yogo        *   1:24:02 (Pop-up)
Juluka  Inkunzi Ayihlabi Ngokumisa   Favoriting Universal Men          1:34:51 (Pop-up)
Derek Gripper  I Like the Motorcar   Favoriting A Year of Swimming        *   1:37:46 (Pop-up)
Hadja Kouyaté & Ali Boulo Santo  Barra   Favoriting ‎Manding-ko  Frikyiwa        1:39:25 (Pop-up)
Afel Bocoum  Penda Diga   Favoriting Lindé  World Circuit      *   1:44:38 (Pop-up)
Akli Yahyaten  Inas Imalyoun Taous   Favoriting Les Maitres De La Chanson Kabyle  Club du Disque Arabe        1:49:23 (Pop-up)
Baba Zula  Tavus Havasi (Peacock Mood)   Favoriting Hayvan Gibi      The title means, more or less, "like an animal." Are those meow-like sounds the peanut gallery is making?  *   1:59:31 (Pop-up)
Alaev Family  Sarsari   Favoriting The Alaev Family & Tamir Muskat          2:03:18 (Pop-up)
Suistamon Sähkö  Silkkiä Vaan   Favoriting Etkot, Pectopaн Ja Etnoteknoa  Kihtinäjärvi Records, Nordic Notes        2:22:51 (Pop-up)
Rik  Above the Heart   Favoriting Rasmalai Chapter 1          2:09:37 (Pop-up)
Sampoyoshi  Donpan Bushi (Night Mix)   Favoriting Sampoyoshi  Easy + Nice        2:14:56 (Pop-up)
MK Saji  Goshu Ondo - Let's Bon Dance   Favoriting Single          2:19:52 (Pop-up)
Kan Mikami  Appareappare Ikedafukuosannisasageru   Favoriting Kan          2:22:34 (Pop-up)
Zulal  Lilli   Favoriting Seven Springs          2:30:27 (Pop-up)
Svechanik  The Young Girl Lit the Stove in the Hut   Favoriting Time For Joy  Sketis Music        2:32:37 (Pop-up)
Vocal Sampling  Pirim Pin Pin   Favoriting Cambio de Tiempo  Decca        2:34:17 (Pop-up)
Charanga del Norte  Bronx Pachanga   Favoriting Pachanga Time      UK-based - that's what they mean by "Norte"! This track also includes a short bit from El Watusi by the late great Ray Barretto  *   2:37:54 (Pop-up)
Beny Moré  Como Esta Mi Conuco   Favoriting El Barbaro del Ritmo    1962      2:41:04 (Pop-up)
Yukio Hashi  Bon Dance   Favoriting Bon Dance          2:43:55 (Pop-up)
Nando Citarella & Tamburi Del Vesuvio  Rumba Scugnizza   Favoriting Music        *   2:46:37 (Pop-up)
Quartaumentata  Vai   Favoriting Various Artists: Tribe Italiche - Calabria  EDT - Edizioni Musicali Il Pontesonoro        2:49:23 (Pop-up)
Guo Gan & Fabio Turchetti  Bonfire in the Western Regions   Favoriting The Silk Way        *   2:52:27 (Pop-up)
Leilía  E Ti Que Tanto Tes   Favoriting Madama          2:56:39 (Pop-up)

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Check out the Transpacific Sound Paradise World Covers YouTube Playlist (many new songs added this week!) at http://tiny.cc/youtube-worldcovers.

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Also check out our all-time African popular music faves Spotify playlist at: http://tiny.cc/wfmu-tsp-african-faves

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Listener comments!

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chresti:

Hi Rob and sound paradisios! Listening..
  6:06pm
SeanG:

Hola Rob Francisco! :-D
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:07pm
Handy Haversack:

Rob and the Spanners of Worlds! Hello!
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slugluv1313:

greetings, Rob and Skeletons and Paradisio family!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:09pm
chresti:

Hi Sean and slug and Handy! BRB..
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:11pm
SeanG:

hi chresti!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:13pm
Handy Haversack:

Hi, slug, chresti, SeanG! We were eating one of my more cockamamie dishes. Good, though!
  6:16pm
Robby in Williamsburg MA:

Making pizza to this music has my palate confused!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:17pm
SeanG:

hi Handy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:24pm
Smilty69:

Que tal, Rob & friends!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:24pm
Megaroni:

Good Evening TPSP ! Thanks for the great Saturday vibes Rob :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:25pm
radioronan:

Good evening Rob & local and global citizens of the comment board!
  6:35pm
Swilson:

Ramazan Sesler is incredible!! How can I get my hands on this recording?
  6:36pm
Cumbia Phil:

Rob you are playing my favorite jams tonite! Great to cook dinner to!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:36pm
Tome:

**sabdo gigante** = Rob's show always !<>!
  6:40pm
Krenar:

He is singing about a woman who is beautiful and how he travels to meet/find her
  6:42pm
Krenar:

Cant believe im hearing this on wfmu.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:43pm
Rob Weisberg:

Thanks and good evening Tome and Phil and everyone! The Ramazan Sesler album - I confess, I probably got that as a digital promo and I am not seeing it streaming or in mp3 but haven't been able to look too hard. His dad the late Selim Sesler, also a great clarinetist, had a few albums distributed in the US
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:43pm
Rob Weisberg:

Thanks so much for the song background Krenar!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:44pm
chresti:

Gosh that was beautiful.
  6:46pm
Krenar:

Anytime Rob!
  6:49pm
Cumbia Phil:

Awakening my Albanian roots!
  6:52pm
Will:

Thanks for the Euro. Brigada Victor Jara remains the single best live band I have ever seen.
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slugluv1313:

Googoosh <3 <3 <3
  7:08pm
jn34282:

Hey fellow listeners
  7:09pm
Will:

Oh, and also Varttina. Saw them in Seattle the night our baby was born (1993) and it brought tears.
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slugluv1313:

hiya Handy, chresti, everyone!
was preparing food here too -- TSP always providing excellent flavor and vibes :)
  7:13pm
Joey:

Fantastic Show!!!
Avatar 7:14pm
slugluv1313:

and inspiring!!! gotta find my LPs of Albanian folk music :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:16pm
Handy Haversack:

slugluv! How goes?
  7:16pm
Cumbia Phil:

Accordion time!
  7:16pm
jn34282:

Did anyone here listen too Todds show, very awesome show with all the hollies songs
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slugluv1313:

@jn34282 -- i am bummed that i missed most of it! thank goodness for WFMU archives
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slugluv1313:

"poco gigante" -- !! ah, pero ¿¿¡¡FEBO es El Gigante GRANDE??!!
  7:22pm
jn34282:

@Slugluv1313 i agree like to listen to the archives from years past, and you are in for a treat
Avatar 7:24pm
slugluv1313:

hi Handy!
hanging in there, thanks!
how is everything with you and Kate and critters?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:29pm
Handy Haversack:

Good, slugluv, thanks! Our friend is moving away and came by to sit outside and say goodbye the other night. She brought a cat bed to donate to the monsters. And they are totally ignoring it. Their attitude seems to be, "It's not even a cardboard box. Why should we care?" Which is to be expected, I suppose!

We keep trying to come up with ideas to interest them. They find us ever so slightly amusing but mostly ridiculous is my current take on the dynamic.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:30pm
katie:

NOTHING beats a cardboard box. A paper bag is probably a close second.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:31pm
Smilty69:

The vids that proceed Pretty Vacant (below) are super sweet!
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mielisairas_juoppo:

A posse of 4 drunk finnish music entusiast tuning in. We're very polite, though!
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TDK60:

Hi Rob! Love those early Juluka albums.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:39pm
chresti:

Beautiful mini mall music,
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TDK60:

\\ // chresti. Eggnog lifted.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:42pm
chresti:

Try catnip, Handy? TDK60 \\ //
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:43pm
Handy Haversack:

@katie, Lulu is in one of her cardboard boxes right *now* and being ridiculously cute.

Yay, drunk Finnish music enthusiasts! Three great qualities!
Avatar 7:46pm
slugluv1313:

@Handy -- so typical! my experience is that at some point they will warm up to the new cat bed -- and like chresti suggests, catnip might help -- however, in the meantime, they gotta be all *feline* about it, hah!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:47pm
Handy Haversack:

They have gotten into literal pissing contests about every toy we have ever put catnip on, so ... I'm a little hesitant!
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slugluv1313:

hi katie! oh yes CARDBOARD BOXES are the best! especially those that are just a but too small for the kitty (envisioning FEBO's inimitable *overflowing*)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:48pm
katie:

@Handy your socks? mine love our dirty, I mean, used, clothes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:49pm
Handy Haversack:

@katie, that's what I'm thinking -- just make it smell more like us.

Maybe I'll curl up in it for a while ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:49pm
katie:

@slugluv he's got a bigger one now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:50pm
katie:

@handy perhaps they'll join you.or see through the whole ploy.
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slugluv1313:

@katie @Handy -- hah! yeah these guys LOVE to make themselves at home in sorted laundry
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:50pm
chresti:

I've been flirting with the neighborhood cats, they love the catnip, whoo boy.
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slugluv1313:

@katie -- awww a new box to accommodate FEBO's increasing portliness :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:52pm
chresti:

Great idea slug, I'll toss some old, used socks on the porch.
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slugluv1313:

@chresti -- awww they must love you so much!
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Mister Dobalina:

This is making my current, tech issues, feel a bit better. Thank, R.W.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:55pm
Handy Haversack:

Lulu has two boxes. There was a third, smaller one, but she was never really interested in it. So it went from Small, Medium, and Large to just Venti and Grande. I leave the wire top from a champagne bottle in the Grande for her to play with.
Avatar 7:56pm
Mister Dobalina:

My dislike for Apple keeps growing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:59pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Good evening, Rob and earthbound entities.
Avatar 8:02pm
slugluv1313:

there is a large Chewy box in the kitchen, in front of the stove -- i left the brown paper in there b/c they really like it -- and the smaller canned cat food boxes all over the place, but mostly in front of the radiators
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:02pm
Handy Haversack:

Yay, Darren!

Hey, Ken! I was wondering if you were going to be posting reports from the Staring Contest. Kate and I just sent in our karaoke requests to Stashu.
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mielisairas_juoppo:

Thanks, Rob! Great song.
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Deborah:

Thought about doing the staring contest but too lazy after a long day. Think it will be amusing, though.
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Mister Dobalina:

Gonna have to go ahead and clicky star fav this one.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:09pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Ack! I was chicken, Handy, and didn't sign up for the staring contest.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:11pm
Handy Haversack:

We were too paranoid the fix was in! (And didn't want to miss TPSP.)
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TDK60:

I've developed a stern stare for maskless humans who dare walk into my subway car.
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mielisairas_juoppo:

A song sung in finnish and then this...it's kinda confusing but great at the same time!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:16pm
chresti:

Smart, TDK60. I sometimes have to stare harshly at people in the park.
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Deborah:

After teaching college students for so long and staring down a cat, I think I could get pretty far in tonight's competition. Oh well!
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mielisairas_juoppo:

Let's behave ourselves, boys..ok...maybe we can dance a little bit
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Mister Dobalina:

Feelin' this one!
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TDK60:

Chresti, I always move to the other side of the car; and usually switch cars at the next stop.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:23pm
Rob W:

It's going to be hard to get used to not avoiding people (when the time finally comes!)
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TDK60:

Then, I'll bring out my 2019-style smile.
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TDK60:

But these last few tracks took some of the stern off the old face!
  8:25pm
jn34282:

Fellow listeners i live in north jersey and so far i have not seen anyone go maskless in supermarkets or libraries or getting a cup of coffee, so i have not have had to give someone the look
@Chestri good luck on your state’s lockdown tomorrow night
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Deborah:

@Rob W
Just thinking about that today. What will life be like when we can return to Before Pandemic life? Subways, museums without fear of COVID, libraries, teaching college students in a classroom, and all the requisites of conversation making!
  8:27pm
jn34282:

@Deborah maybe by next August
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:27pm
chresti:

Thanks jn.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:27pm
Handy Haversack:

It took time to get used to this. It will take time to get used to the other side of things.
  8:27pm
jn34282:

@Chestri your welcome
  8:28pm
Andres:

Evening Rob and all! This Kan Mikani has echoes of last week's Andean music.
  8:29pm
jn34282:

@Handy I know, it’s gonna take a while
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mielisairas_juoppo:

We're lovable. Why don't we contribute ourselves in the business of interpersonal relationships?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:33pm
Handy Haversack:

Awwww, thanks, Rob! Callipygian, Lulu, and Voltron all send their inscrutable, fascinating regard.

I have been sitting on that new cat bed got an hour now to see if that makes it more interesting to them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:33pm
Krull Sagan:

Lurkin’ & diggin’ this needed dose of the TSP! Hope everyone’s evening/afternoon/morning/supernova rise is going well
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:33pm
Handy Haversack:

^for* an hour

I guess it's hard to type from a cat bed. Explains why they never bother.
  8:35pm
Saltonstall:

Linda Perhacs vibes
  8:35pm
Carmichael:

Heya Rob and all. Just got home, thought it was about 8 pm. It’s just 5:30 ...
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Mister Dobalina:

This sounds good through my speakers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:37pm
chresti:

You have tomorrow off, Carmichael?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:38pm
Handy Haversack:

Hey, Carmichael. More long days a-coming?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:38pm
chresti:

Sounds good on my headphones.
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Mister Dobalina:

Vamo por un ron, si !!!!!!
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mielisairas_juoppo:

On the waiting, you know. It was kinda boring until you came up. The man who carries the sock...
  8:45pm
Andres:

It got hot in here!
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Mister Dobalina:

Muy caliente.
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TDK60:

..had to crack the window.
  8:52pm
jn34282:

@TDK60 going to be cold tonight
  8:53pm
Carmichael:

Looks that way, Handy. I’m on day 263 of lockdown. People are stupid.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:53pm
Handy Haversack:

Word, Carm. Therein lies the rub.
  8:54pm
Carmichael:

@chresti, yes! I’ve had a normal schedule for the last few months, although that will most certainly change.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:55pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Rob. Enjoyed the sounds tonight.
  8:56pm
jn34282:

@Carmichael be safe in your neck of the woods
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TDK60:

Gracias for the Earth tunes, Rob. Interesting globe ya have there..
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:56pm
StringOFperils:

Amazing thoroughly enjoyable show! Really great! Thanks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:58pm
radioronan:

Thanks Rob..Thanks Skeleton Crew.. Enjoy everyone..Stay kind out there..
  8:58pm
Carmichael:

Thanks Rob!
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Mister Dobalina:

Solid show tonight, R.W.....gracias!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:59pm
Handy Haversack:

Oh, dang!

Thanks, Rob! Much appreciated.

Great to see all you border crossers and melders again as always!
  8:59pm
Andres:

Thank you, Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:59pm
Rob W:

Thanks everyone and have a lovely Sunday.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:59pm
chresti:

Thank you, Rob! Wonderful as always!
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slugluv1313:

thank YOU, Rob, for another wonderful show!
i love the WFMU archives, but it is always such a treat to hang out and listen with you all :)
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