Freestailo #41 - 6/6/12

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Walalalalalala!

For me, this show was a lot more high energy in the start than I usually have, and there was a lot more balance throughout the set than I usually see. Despite a couple of herp-a-derp moments, I really enjoyed listening back on the show as well! Because I don't have a lot else to say, here's the video of the video conversation that you heard on the show. It's just as good visually.

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Messer Chups: Dark Story - Russkie Wig-Out!
2. Goldfrapp: When Andy Bell Met Manhattan Clique Mix - OOH LA LA
3. Mamani Keita & Marc Minelli: Dimisenoun - Electro Bamako
4. Dr's: Crunch - Rx1
5. Balkan Beat Box: Cha Cha - Balkan Beat Box
6. Chet Baker: It's Always You - My Funny Valentine
7. Asobi Seksu: Sooner - Asobi Seksu
8. Arcwelder: The Carpal Tunnel Song - Xerxes
9. Bakra Bata': What You Like - Steel Drums and Percussion
10. Richard Buckner: Elizabeth Childers - The Hill
11. Ghost: Live With Me - Snuffbox Immanence
12. Carlos Montoya: Tanguillo: Zambrilla - Flamenco!
13. Oorutachi: (tracks 10+11) - Jurasy Human
14. The Avett Brothers: Sixteen in July - Four Thieves Gone
15. Billie Holiday: It's Like Reaching For The Moon - Story Volume II
16. Serge Gainsbourg: Le poinçonneur des Lilas - de serge gainsbourg à gainsbarre 
17. Salif Keita: Tono - Amen
18. Mighty Fire: Sixth Street (Turn It Up) - Mighty Fire
19. Rabih Abou-Khalil: Nashwa - Al-Jadida
20. Air: How Does It Make You Feel? - 10,000Hz Legend
21. Transglobal Underground: Ancient Dreams of the Sky - Psychic Karaoke
22. Mark Franklin: Release to the System - Artificial Intelligence II
23. Alexander Demidov: The Delights of Culture - Modern Soviet Poetry and Humor
24. Endthisday: Killing in the Month of July - Sleeping Beneath the Ashes of Creation
25. Brave Combo: Limbo Rock/Hand Jive - Group Dance Epidemic
26. The Everyday Film: A Silent Leash - Permanent Patients
27. King Cobb Steelie: Rational - Junior Relaxer
28. Jeremiah McDonald: A Conversation With My 12 Year Old Self: 20th Anniversary Edition - weepingprophet
29. L'Orchestre National "A" de la République du Mali: Duga - L'Orchestre National "A" de la République du Mali 
30. The Meters: Good Old Funky Music - Good Old Funky Music
31. Little Brother Montgomery: Tantalizing Blues - Crescent City Blues
32. Clayton Knight: Having a Party - Call Me What U Wanna
33. Georgia Sedlack: Moon River - The Vocal Jazz Collective
34. Aldo Ciccolini: Sonata in D minor, L. 413, Allegro (Pastorale) - Scarlatti: Sonatas
35. Amandine: Firefly - Fat Cat
36. Boom Bip: Popsicle (feat. Nacky Koma) - Seed To Sun
37. M. Ward: Me And My Shadow - A Wasteland Companion
38. The Apples in Stereo: Sun is Out - New Magnetic Wonder

Turn it Up:

1. Chet Baker: I could literally listen to his voice until the apocalypse comes. I think he has the most mesmerizing voice, and his trumpet playing is just as good. Mmmm. Makes me want to curl up in a blanket and read a book. 
2. Apples in Stereo: This was an awesome way to end the set. I'd never heard Apples in Stereo before this, so it was a real treat. 
3. The Avett Brothers: This song was a really nice balance to what was going on during that part of the set, and I really didn't expect something so sweet. I guess I haven't really listened to The Avett Brothers before. 

Turn it Down:

1. Russian Flub: Yeah I definitely didn't mean to play this at first...oh well. Kind of a let down but radio is pretty much never perfect. Hahaha. 
2. YouTube Clip: I'm not gonna say what went wrong with this, but you can probably guess. 
3. General awkwardness: I have no idea why there were weird pauses, and fast talking, and there was one point my voice was totally monotone. 

Until next Friday!

Freestailo #40 - 6/4/12 - Happy 4th of July!

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Oh, hello there.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY, FRIENDS!

To celebrate our independence, and subsequently the independence of being able to put millions upon millions of cat pictures on the internet, throughout this post I'm going to give you lots of American themed cats, like this guy.

This 4th of July, I willfully let WCBN take my entire day from me, and I regret nothing. I woke up early and headed to the Canterbury house where we congregated before heading over to the Ann Arbor 4th of July Parade. "What would WCBN do in a parade?" you might ask. Well, we had a MARCHING BAND! Spreading music the only way we know how: freeform style. As a side note, if you happened to be there and have pictures, please feel free to contact us so we can see them!

After the parade, I met up with my roommates and headed to Starbucks for some free coffee, which I SO DID NOT NEED because I was still hyper from the parade, and continued to be while we got ice cream at Washtenaw Dairy, and THEN STILL once I got home and started to do research for the July 4th Sex & Tell special, which pretty much took me the rest of the day, while I stayed in the air-conditioning of my apartment.

I cannot tell you how much fun my time at the station was this day. Even though I messed up a few times, and there were some frustrating moments, there's something special about sharing music with everyone on a holiday that makes up for it. I've DJed on holidays before, and there's an energy that cannot be contained when the whole world/country/state/city is sharing something like a holiday with each other, and you get to create a living and breathing playlist for it.

This is a cat with a red and white star cello.

About the actual show, although I don't do this very often, I created a playlist beforehand to make sure that I had enough material, but allowed a bit of breathing room in the moment for flub-ups, requests, etc., which seemed to work out really well. I tried to make sure all of the songs were either American themed, or for certain parts I created a scheme of Red-->White-->Blue songs for a bit of literal color. The one thing that wasn't "American" was the V for Vendetta clip, but I think that this movie (and especially this clip) is relevant to all people, and all countries.

Anyway, I really hope you enjoy this playlist, and I hope that you all had a loving, drunken holiday.

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Kazumi Totaka: Fireworks Festival - Animal Crossing GC OST
2. Richard Tucker and Philip Maero: Dovunque al mondo - Puccini: Madama Butterfly
3. Galaxie 500: Fourth of July - This Is Our Music
4. Rammstein: Amerika - Reise, Reise
5. The Beach Boys: Surfin' USA - Endless Summer
6. Chanticleer: Camptown Races - Our American Journey
7. Funkadelic: One Nation Under Groove Pt. 1 and 2
8. Steve Earle: American v. 6.0 - Jerusalem
9. exileFaker: redshift - Ockham's Chainsaw
10. Kris Ellestad: White As A Feather - No Man Is Land
11. CHOCOLAT: Blue Mint Blue - Japan Not For Sale Vol. 2
12. Robert Shaw Festival Singers: Hark, I Hear The Harps Eternal - Amazing Grace American Hymns and Spirituals
13. Cat Power: American Flag - Moon Pix
14. British Sea Power: Waving Flags - Do You Like Rock Music?
15. Yann Tiersen: La redécouverte - Amelie from Montmarte (Bande originale du film)
16. Anamanaguchi: Helix Nebula - Power Supply
17. Eels: In Gratitude For This Magnificent Day - Tomorrow Morning
18. Nina Simone: July Tree - Four Women
19. The Andrews Sisters: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy/Rum and Coca Cola
20. The Sex Pistols: God Save The Queen - The Swindle Continues
21. V for Vendetta: Ending Scene (1812 Overture) - V for Vendetta (movie)
22. Louis Armstrong: Red Cap - Alexander's Ragtime Band
23. My Dear Disco: White Lies (Radio Edit) - My Dear Disco EP
24. Leonard Berstein: America - West Side Story (1957 Original Cast)
25. Tom Brosseau: Favorite Color Blue - Posthumous Success
26. Animal Collective: In The Flowers - Merriweather Post Pavilion
27. Dianne Steinberg, Stargard: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
28. Asobi Seksu: Red Sea - Citrus
29. T.M. Revolution: WHITE BREATH -MORE FREEZE MIX- - triple joker
30. Damo: Deep Blue - Seven

Good Things:

1. Madama Butterfly: I absolutely love this opera, and I really love this segment of the opera because it is just RIFE with sarcasm and irony. Although the sound is patriotic, the content is a big vulgar, and makes a big statement about how the characters represent America. 
2. Andrews Sisters: I'm in love with this 45", and I'm glad I got to play the other side of it! Honestly, I could play an entire show of just this stuff. Mmmm. 
3. V for Vendetta clip: This is one of my top-5 favorite movies, and I think the ideas of empowering the people to change the government are powerful, and something that we should all take a good look at for our own government(s). 

Bad Things:

1. Wrong Animal Collective Song: I'm not even going to lie to you, I was really pissed when I played "In The Flowers" instead of "My Girls." This was one of the main songs I wanted to sing over the course of the show, and I messed it up. You don't even want the know the things I was screaming in the station.
2. Not Beatles: Also another mistake RIGHT AFTER the Animal Collective mistake, which pissed me off even more. Let me be honest with you: I was positively livid. But things pass, radio keeps going. C'est la vie. 
3. Too much laptop: I thought that I knew where a lot of this music was in the station, but when I got there I couldn't find all of it, and ended up using my laptop for at least a third of the songs on this list. I don't like that, and I'm sorry. It's not fair to you or me or freeform radio. 

Thanks for listening! Hope you had a great holiday. Stay locked in. 

Latin Show #2 - 6/1/12

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Is it possible I've only done one other Latin show besides this?! Apparently so. I will make up for that soon. Also, as a side note, my ex-roommate came to visit me at the station, and I'm pretty sure she had fun, so that's good too. Also, here are some pictures of Los Zafiros, because I said so. 

I got nothin' else. TO THE PLAYLIST!

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Astor Piazzola: Los Sueños - Sur
2. Nova Lima: Mamaye - Karimba
3. Morelenbaum2/Sakamoto: Bim Bom - A Day in New York
4. Tom Zé: Curiosidade (High Llamas Remix) - Postmodern Platos
5. Inti-Illimani: La Fiesta Eres Tú - Amar de Nuevo
6. Tangosur: Sur - Trio
7. Bio Ritmo: La Mano Arriba - Salsa Galactica
8. Agepé: Ela Nao Gosta De Mim - Collo. Samba
9. Lazaro Ros & Olorun: Toques a Eleguá - Songs For Elegua
10. Ben Tavera King Y Los Jazztecs: El Mercado - Border Crossings
11. Los Zafiros: La Caminadora - Bossa Cubana
12. J-Radical: Buweyah - Brazil Remixed
13. Los Calchakis: Isla Saca - Indian Flutes, Harps and Guitars
14. Zuco 103: Garganteiro - Whaa!

Bueno:

1. Astor Piazzola: I never get tired of this man. He is a genius. 
2. Los Zafiros: I had NO IDEA that there was a doo-wop style group in Spanish! This has to be the best find for the day.

Male:

1. My pronunciation: Sorry if I screwed anything up (I know I did). I don't speak Spanish, but I'm trying to get better at pronouncing it. Sometimes my knowledge of Italian gets in the way, so it probably sounds a little...weird is the only word.

Thanks for listening! Be back this Friday for my regular show!

Freestailo #39 - 6/29/12

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Top o' the mornin' to yeh, me bright eyed lis'ners!

Today's show was a bit rough for me, for the plain and simple fact that I was feeling rather ill while I was DJing. That's how much I love you though, and it's totally worth it. The show was still pretty solid, and my lovely roommate Kara came and visited me at the station, and even made me eggy-toast and brought it to the station! Later Robster made some coffee, which totally made my morning as well, and I think thoroughly improved the final hour of the show.

Anyway, the main thing I want to talk about today is the layering that happened about half way through with Jack and the Beanstalk and LCD Soundsystem. I am a little haunted by it, both because I really enjoyed it, and because many things went wrong. The way that the two tracks meshed together was pretty astounding, and even small things like the rate of an actor's speech, or the scratches on the vinyl seemed to go along with the beat of the LCD Soundsystem record. Unfortunately, the Jack and the Beanstalk record was pretty damaged, and kept skipping without me noticing. Yes, I should have been paying attention, but sometimes it's unavoidable. On the other side though, the skipping was kind of interesting, and I don't necessarily regret that it happened. I neither like nor dislike this layering, but admire it in a very objective way.

How did you feel about it? What did you like?

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare - Star Wars IV
2. The Meters: Groovy Lady - Jam
3. Herbie Hancock: Honey From The Jar - Feets Don't Fail Me Now
4. Crystal Castles: Magic Spells - Crystal Castles
5. John Williams: Cantina Band - Star Wars IV
6. The Capricorns: End of the World Love Song - Pure Magical Love
7. Joan Baez: Crack In The Mirror - Gone From Danger
8. John Williams: Cantina Band #2 - Star Wars IV
9. Buddy Holly: Brown Eyed Handsome Man - The Crickets 20 Golden Greats
10. Ella Fitzgerald: That Old Black Magic - Ella In Rome
11. Oojami: Sitare - Bellydancing Breakbeats
12. Rinken Band: Kansha Sabira - Japan Not For Sale Vol. 2
13. Anne Queffélec: Jeux d'eau - Ravel: Piano Works
14. Arif Sag: Su diyari Gurbet Elde - Insan Olmaya Geldim
15. Various: Khangayn Magtaal - Mongolie
16. Asobi Seksu: Strawberries - Citrus
17. Lead Belly: Good Morning Blues - Where Did You Sleep Last Night
18. Various: Jack and the Beanstalk - Let's Pretend
19. LCD Soundsystem: aa onastic dub - north american scum
20. Gotan Project: Confianzas - Inspiración-Espiración
21. The Funkees: Ole - Dancing Time
22. Louise Attaque: Toute cette histoire - Louise Attaque
23. Donna Summers: Journey To The Centre Of Your Heart - Bad Girls
24. Chiwoniso: Nhemamusasa - Ancient Voices
25. Black Moth Super Rainbow: Tooth Decay - Eating Us
26. The Botho Lucas Choir: Sei Lieb Zu Mir - From Germany With Love
27. Sarolta Zalatnay: Itt A Nyár (with Locomotiv GT) - Sarolta Zalatnay
28. Geckoturner: Limón En La Cabeza - Guapapasea!
29. Galliano: Believe - The Plot Thickens
30. Darkthrone: Det Svartner Nå - Hate Them
31. S.P. Balasubrahmanyam: Dil Deewana - Hindi Film Hits
32. D'arcangelo: n-tower - Broken Toys' Corner
33. Yolanda Kondonassis: La Cathédrale engloutie - Debussy's Harp
34. Clarence Reid: No Way Out - Eccentric Soul 17
35. Electroputas 3: AA - Electroputas 3
36. Dan Del Santo: No More - Off Your Nyash
37. Alan Dargin with Michael Atherton: Fantastic Plastic - Bloodwood
38. Fantastic Plastic Machine: Fantastic Plastic World - Fantastic Plastic Machine

Love Them:

1. Star Wars IV: Anything to do with this CD went well on the show. The beginning with the fanfare completely made my week, and both of the Cantina Band tracks were totally stellar. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as me, but even if you didn't...I don't really care. Hahaha. 
2. The Funkees: A Nigerian funk band?! Hell yes! This was an awesome surprise to find in the new soul stuff against the wall! 
3. Fantastic Plastic End: I felt really satisfied with the end of my show, linking together the ideas and sounds so well. Also, I love the Fantastic Plastic World album. 

Have Them:

1. Skipping/Neglect: As I was chatting with my roommate, and sipping coffee, I realized I should check on the turntables just to be safe, and luckily Rob got to them a bit earlier and saved them from skipping for eternity. Apparently the Jack and the Beanstalk record was very scratched, and it also skipped when the LCD Soundsystem record stopped, which is not a very interesting sound, I tell you what. That'll teach me to socialize ever. 
2. Debussy on Harp: This was just too quiet to hear. I ended up having to turn it all the way up, which caused kind of a weird buzzing noise. Silly classical CDs. Y U NO LOUDER?!
3. Tooth Decay: This sounded all right, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted. Felt a little low energy. 

Thanks for reading/listening! 

Freestailo #38 - 6/22/12

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Why I want it to rain

I woke up this morning, and for once in my life, I wasn't totally stoked to go to the station and play you some tunes. We've all had that morning: you wake up, stare at the ceiling, realize you got up earlier than your alarm, lie in bed some more, realize you need to DJ, put on some pants, and grab some records. If it hadn't been for a small theme of "rain" I found between two records I had, I probably wouldn't have had so much fun. 

All right, now let's talk about my experience with the long layer that I did for this show. There were a lot of things I liked, but also a lot of things I didn't like. My thought process for it was to start soft with the guitar, and use the Robert Lax recording to slowly layer, but I accidentally put in the wrong CD, which was a dumb mistake. I think that might have gotten me in a weird groove, despite fixing it immediately. After that, I layered the "Istomonography" track, which perhaps just added a lot of white noise to the equation, along with the jungle sounds, which was more white noise, in a sense. As I listened back to this, it was almost annoying, until the Carpet Musics track came in, which I simply put on repeat for the duration of the layering. I think that this gave a lot of stability to the layering. It had the same calming sound like Robert Lax, but brought together the noise to make aural sense. The Ravi Shankar track was next, which was an interesting balance for the layering, because at times it went together well with the Carpet Musics track, and at times it went together with the noise tracks.

A little infographic I modded for y'all. You're welcome.

Throughout the track, I found myself really focusing on Robert Lax and Carpet Musics, and grouping the others together in a separate track completely, as if the layering was composed of only 2--maybe 3--parts. This brought me to a small revelation about freeform, and the layering technique: it must be aurally comprehensible. I don't know about all of you, but for me, my brain can only take so much of a "noise" soundscape before my ears shut down from listening critically, and therefore must have something to separate. Instead of having 6 things to try to understand, my brain split it into 2 or 3. To successfully layer something, I've concluded that the listener must be able to divide and comprehend it aurally, and that for a long layering, it's best to add things one at a time, with a good solid space in between.

Robert Lax

My favorite thing about the layering piece was the moment when the tracks slowly started ending, but Robert Lax was still talking. I could feel my body relax more and more, especially after such tension throughout the piece, and when it came down to just 1 track (still Robert Lax), my brain had no choice but to focus itself completely, almost like meditation. Like I said before though, I definitely have mixed feelings about how it actually sounded, but the fact that I strandled the line of failure helped me really understand more about how I create more interesting pieces for you guys. 

Let me know what you thought of the show, and especially the layering! 

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain - Shaka Zulu
2. Hugh Masekela: Motlalepula (The Rainmaker) - Techno Bush
3. Edith Piaf: D'Accordéoniste - Disque D'or de Edith Piaf
4. Kohwi: Rem - Hidden Trees
5. Moe Tucker: Hey, Mr. Rain - Moe Tucker
6. Mira: Don't - Mira
7. The Marcels: Blue Moon - The Best of Doo Wop Uptempo
8. Los Marimbas Caliente: Macarenas - The Gaiety and Romance of a Holiday in Mexico
9. Kid Loco: (track 1) - The Graffiti Artist
10. Julius Katchen: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel - Brahms: Complete Piano Works
11. Whale: Deliver The Juice - All Disco Dance Must End In Broken Bones
12. Bob Dylan: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - The Essential Bob Dylan
13. Coco Rosie: Trinity's Crying - Grey Oceans
14. Mo Kenney: Eden - Eden/Great Escape
15. Tabla Beat Science: Triangular Objects - Tala Matrix
16. Billie Holiday: Stormy Weather - The Unique Billie Holiday
17. Ed Sullivan: How Are Things In Glocca Morra? (From "Finian's Rainbow") - Songs of Ireland
18. Daedelus: Fair Weather Friends - Love To Make Music To
19. Bobby Darin: Mack The Knife - Beyond The Sea/Mack The Knife
20. The White Stripes: Red Rain - Get Behind Me Satan
21. Amon Amarth: Across The Rainbow Bridge - Versus The World
22. Kazumi Totaka: Rainy Day - Animal Crossing GC OST
23. Santiago Navascues: Gaspar Sanz: Twelve Dances from "Instrucción de Música Sobre la Guitarra Española" - Music For The Spanish Guitar
24. Robert Lax: Various - Wake up re:lax
25. Nautical Almanac: Istomonography - Cisum
26. Rainy Season Sounds - Sounds of a Tropical Rain Forest in America
27. Carpet Musics: Hail Storm - Weekday
28. Ravi Shankar: Raga Kaushi Kanhara: Gat in Dhamar - Full Circle Carnegie Hall 2000
29. Bonnie Pink: It's gonna rain! - Rurouni Kenshin Themes
30. Red Sea Pedestrians: Golden Apple - The Electromagnetic Escape
31. Osibisa: Seaside Meditation - Welcome Home
32. The Andrews Sisters: Rum & Coca-Cola - Rum & Coca-Cola/Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
33. The Supremes: The Lady Is A Tramp - The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart
34. Rafael Mendez: The Little Russian Donkey - Magnificent Mendez
35. Madeleine Peyroux: California Rain - Half The Perfect World
36. The Carpenters: Superstar - Superstar/Beasts & Children
37. Himadari: Lucid Lure + Ah, Elektra - Himadari
38. Trio Mediaeval: Nu solen går ned (The sun is setting) - Folk Songs
39. Faze Action: Là-bas c'est naturel - I <3 Serge
40. Regina Spektor: Raindrops - (unreleased demo)
41. Cookie Monster and the Girls: Me Lost Me Cookie At The Disco - Sesame Disco
42. E. Koestyara and Group Gapura: Sangkala - Sangkala

Good things:

1. Rum & Coca-Cola: I bought this gem at the NXNE Record Fair, and I hadn't listened to it before bringing it to you guys, so this was as much a surprise for me as (possibly) you. Can't wait to play Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy sometime.
2. Cookie Monster: I think this was a pretty nice way to wrap up the show. I don't know about you, but I'm ready for die Discothek now. 
3. Ladysmith Black Mambazo: I've been listening to this record for the past week quite a lot, and I keep falling in love with it. I'm really happy I got to share it with you guys. You'll probably hear it again. 

Bad things: 

1. Pauses: I don't think they were tooo long, but there were a few pauses that I didn't have a handle on because I was previewing the next song to play, and just lost my head. That'll teach me not to drink coffee before coming to the station.
2. Yawning: Sorry about this. Maybe you don't care, but if we were having a conversation and I kept yawning like I was, that would just be flat-out rude, and not my style. Was this distracting for you?
3. Trio Mediaeval: I just wasn't digging this. The recording was too quiet, and it was just a bit languid for where this was in the set. 

Thanks a lot for listening, and please give me some feedback if you have any! Or even just say hey. Until next week! 

Freestailo #37 - 6/8/12

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Hey gang.

This show had its ups and downs, I'm not going to lie. There were moments where I was screaming in the studio because I thought that the Hellmouth had opened up to swallow my radio show.

The real story of why WCBN is in the basement of the Student Activities building.

Anyway, despite all of that, I ended up really enjoying my show. I had a couple of really encouraging callers, and especially towards the end of the show I started to really get into a groove.

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Jody Miller: Under Your Spell Again - Sings the great hits of Buck Owens
2. Claude Nougaro: Le Gardien de Phare - Nougayork
3. The Macpodz: 9 Lives - The Truth EP
4. Goran Bregovic and his Wedding and Funeral Band: Venzinatiko - Alkohol
5. Flaco Jimenez: Por Una Mujer Bonita - Flaco Jimenez
6. The Chemical Brothers: A Modern Midnight Conversation - We Are The Night
7. Bernard Herrmann: Twisted Nerve - Kill Bill Vol. 1
8. Radiohead: Motion Picture Soundtrack - Kid A
9. Hajime Wakai, etc.: Theme of Skyward Sword ~Ballad of the Goddess~ - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
10. DJ Spooky: Ibid, désmarches, ibid - Optometry
11. Messer Chups: Satan Jeans - Crazy Price
12. Laximikant Pyarelal: Aa Jaane Jaan - Bollywood Bloodbath
13. Mortician: Zombie Apocalypse - Zombie Apocalypse
14. Vladimir Horowitz: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 1 - Horowitz Plays Chopin
15. The Button Pushers: Music To Shoot People To - Music For 8-Bit Video Games
16. Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Mvt. 1: Rêveries, Passions - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
17. Caspian: Ghost of the Garden City - Tertia
18. Emeralds: Diotima - Emeralds
19. Pentangle: Meat On The Bone - Think Of Tomorrow
20. The Terraplanes: She Loves Me - Peak Performance
21. The Klezmatics: Ergets Shtil/Baym Taykh (Softly Somewhere/At The River) - The Well
22. Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra: Three Orchestral Pieces: Präludium - Berg: Violin Concerto, etc.
23. Billie Holiday: I love you Porgy - Greatest Hits Vol. 1
24. Single Cell Orchestra: Heaven Knows (Twitch Mix) - The Liberated EP
25. Ralph Thamar: Les enfants du soleil - Ralph Thamar
26. Rasputina: 1816, The Year Without A Summer - Oh Perilous World
27. Cinematic Orchestra: Brotherhood - The Allenko Brotherhood Ensemble
28. Radiohead: Lozenge of Love - Lost Treasures 1993-1997
29. The Mabuses: Tiger Lilies - Mabused!
30. Coppé: Watch Radio - Mercury
31. Goblin: Suspiria - Suspiria
32. Mark Kirschenmann: SilverSkyScape - The Bionic Trumpet
33. Klaus Schultze: Irrlicht, I. Satz: Ebene - The Essential
34. Nawal: Salama (Peace) - Aman
35. Cat Power: He Turns Down - Moon Pix
36. Cat Scientist: Cicada - Cicada
37. Solvent: Mitgang Audio Remix - Radio Ga Ga Pt. 2

He Turns Up:

1.  Suspiria: I had no idea what to expect with this (as with 70% of the soundtrack section), and I think this was probably the highlight of the show for me. I can't wait to listen to the rest of the soundtrack, and I really want to watch the movie now. 
2.  Twisted Nerve: This is always good, and always makes me want to watch Kill Bill. 
3. The Mabuses: I pulled this at random because of the cool cover, and I liked it way more than I thought! Will be playing this again. All of the tracks sound really different, and are all a lot of fun. 

He Turns Down:

1. Radiohead debacle: Yeah I'm so sorry about that. *shrugs* Oh well. 
2. My way of words: I have no idea what I was saying tonight guys. Apparently I was a huge mess. Haha. I don't think it was too terrible, but definitely not my best composure on a show. 

 See you next week.

Freestailo #36 - 6/1/12

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Guten Tag, meine Freude! Wie geht's?

So I was looking up pictures for this blog post, and because I few songs were German, and I've been wanting to go to Heidelberg here in Ann Arbor, I decided to give you many pictures of German bar maids carrying copious amounts of Bier. Magst du das? Auch, wer will trinken viel Bier mit mir am Donnerstag? Vielleicht nicht.

This show (despite being only slightly German), was pretty dark, compared to my usual shows. I blame it on the rain, and honestly, I think it was pretty perfect for a rainy day. I even had a caller affirm my feelings, so thanks dude. There was lots of German schtuff, metal, and lots of weird ambient music, and I had a pretty good time of it. What do you think?

This show was one of those days where I realized when radio is truly relevant in my life, because when you're listening to internet radio, or a CD you like, you can only get a certain feeling. When you're listening to the radio, the DJ can change how they feel at any second, and often will be feeling similar things to what you are feeling, especially in lieu of shitty weather.

Anyway, onto the playlist!

[Artist: Song - Album]

1. Aretha Franklin: Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning - Aretha Sings The Blues
2. Les Satellites: La Basse L'a Rendu Fou - Riches Et Célebres 
3. Gipsy Kings: Canto A Brazil - Compas
4. Freeze Puppy: June On TV - Animation
5. Kill Memory Crash: Crash V8 - Kill Memory Crash
6. Kassav': Bolero - Kassav'
7. Benny Goodman: Oh, Lady Be Good! - The Complete Small Combinations
8. IAYD: Red Giants (Pts I & II) + Like A Phoenix - Like A Phoenix
9. Hanzel und Gretyl: ich bin über alles - über alles
10. Rammstein: Sonne - Sonne EP
11. Carpet Musics: sleeping (on trains) - Weekday
12. Taraf de Haïdouks: Bartok: Ostinato & Romanian Dance - Maskarada
13. Sigur Rós: Dögun - Von
14. Anthony and the Camp: How Many Lovers (a capella) - How Many Lovers
15. Zach Hill & Mick Barr: Lakes in Space - Shred Earthship
16. Sigur Rós: Hafssól - Von
17. Radioinactive: Pyramidi - Mush filmstrip (frame 1)
18. Gotan Project: triptico - la revancha del tango
19. Stevie Wonder: Happy Birthday - Hotter Than July
20. Ruth Wallis: My Children Are My Treasure - Love Is For The Birds
21. Jean-Jacques Goldman: C'est ta chance - Traces
22. Baloji w/Konono No. 1: Karibu Ya Bintou - Kinshasa Succursale
23. Rare Air: Treebranch - Space Piper
24. Mariza: Boa Noite Solidão - Fado Tradicional
25. Black Joe Lewis: Please Pt. Two - Tell 'Em What Your Name Is
26. Coldcut: Just For The Kick - Sound Mirrors
27. Maya Angelou: Sepia Fashion Show - Black Pearls
28. Mamud Band: Zombie - Opposite People the Music of Fela Kuti
29. J Dilla: Body Movin' - The Shining
30. Fra Fra Sound: Mampira - Dutch World 2005
31. Yma Sumac: Chuncho - Yma Sumac Recital
32. Terrorizer: Dead Shall Rise '06 - Darker Days Ahead
33. The Scammers: Sally's Walk - All System Are Go Go
34. Takako Minekawa: Never/More - Roomic Cube
35. Towa Tei: Technova - Future Listening!
36. Smoke City: O Cara Lindo (Mr. Gorgeous) - Onda Sonora

Lady Be Good:

1.  Dögun/Lovers/Lakes Layer/Hafssól: This was probably one of the darkest pieces I've done in a long time, and definitely the noisiest. And when I mean noise, I do not mean that negatively. There was a whole lot of stimulation in this, and I did a lot of playing with the turntable as well, going fast and slow and backwards, etc.
2. Kill Memory Crash: Wow I didn't know I would like this so much. This is beautiful. I want all of it.
3. Rammstein: I love me some Rammstein. This takes me back to high school. I'll have you know I had the speakers turned up as loud as I could stand in the station. 

Lady Be Bad:

1. Goldman: I'm sorry for anyone who liked this, but this is really not my bag. I also think it kind of put the show in a weird lull. What do you think?
2.  Towa Tei: Eh. This was OK. I have a fairly neutral opinion of Towa Tei after I grabbed a bargain CD at the WFMU Record Fair, so maybe I need to reassess my opinions to be unbiased...
3. Freeze Puppy: This wasn't as good as the cover led me to believe, with it's cartoon boy and cartoon boy with a cartoon frisbee playing outside. 

See you next week!