WAVEFORM BABY -- LAST SHOW OF '09

Well, here it is. The end of a so-so new music year in a sub so-so new music decade, notable largely for the endless troves of head-spinning, heart-rending olde shite the global, blues, gospel, r&b, disco and psych diggers keep managing to uncover and share w/an insatiable but tiny audience. Exhibit A there has to be the incredible "Fire in My Bones" 3 disc gospel package, from which the good news-breakers in the first set of this show are drawn. Buy one now or prepare to burn.


Shaw Singers -- Since He Touched Me
Madam ida Mae Littlejohn -- Go Devil Go
The Phillips' Specials -- I'm a Soldier
Abraham Brothers -- Spirit of the Lord
Amazing Farmer Singers of Chicago -- I Got a Telephone in My Bosom
Rev. Roger L. Worthy & His Sister Bonnie Woodstock -- Get Back Satan

Betty Harris -- Lonely Hearts
Theo Parrish -- In a Basement (Ugly Edit)
Moody(mann) -- Anotha Black Sunday
Omar S -- Congaless
Omar S -- Flying Gorgars
Moody(mann) -- Desire

Bullwackies All-Stars w/the Chosen Brothers -- Mango Walk
King Midas Sound -- Waiting for You
2562 -- Superflight
Rhauder feat. Paul St. Hillaire -- No News
Mattias Aguayo -- Roller Skate
Masurrati & Huey Harris -- Super Duper Lovin'
Brother D & Collective Effort -- How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise?

Lord Cobra -- Colon Colon
Os Kotumbas -- Kazucuta Revoltada
Grand Maitre Makape et l'orchestre Yamba-Yamba Beto-Ba -- Mpalakata

Dam-Funk -- Keep Lookin' 2 the Sky

WAVEFORM BABY -- EARLY DECEMBER 2009

Jesus, M & J, completely overwhelmed by the surfeit of vintage tropical greatness that the mighty Soundway, Analog Africa, Honest Jon's, Savannahphone, Soul Jazz, et al. are loosing upon the land. (If anyone has a digital rip of "Ouaga Affair" (which I dutifully bought on vinyl), drop me a line.) This show does little justice to the bounty, but throws in some other ace morsels to fatten the holiday spirit and work the glutes to boot.

The Coasters -- I'm A Hog For You
Earl King-- Trick Bag
Slim Harpo -- I Got Love If You Want It
Don Covay - It's Better To Have (And Don't Need)
Nite-Liters -- Craaaashing
Ocho -- Coco May May
Vijay Iyer Trio -- Galang (Trio Riot Version)

Marvin Gaye - T Plays It Cool
Willie Hutch -- Brothers' Gonna Work It Out
Joneses - Hey Babe (Is The Gettin' Still Good)
Labelle -- Space Children
Joe Bataan -- The Bottle
Antibalas featuring Mayra Vega -- Che Che Cole Makossa
Les Leopards -- D'leau Coco

TONTO's Expanding Head Band -- Cybernaut
Dam-Funk -- Mirrors
Hudson Mohawke (Tweet) -- Ooops!
Rubi Dan & Juxci -- Bashment Funky
Matias Aguayo - Minimal (El Remolon Remix)
Joy Orbison -- BRKLN CLLN
Omar S -- A Victim

Blind Mamie Forehand -- Honey in the Rock
Sensational Saints -- How Great Thou Art
Little Francisco Greaves -- Moving-Grooving
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou -- Iya Me DJi Ki Bi Ni
Napo De Mi Amor Et Ses Black Devils -- Leki Santchi
The Barbecues -- Ohiani Sua Efir
Jimi Tenor/Tony Allen -- Mama England

Kevin Ayers -- The Confessions Of Doctor Dream

MORE SHOWS

It's quite a sad commentary that I now find updating this blog more taxing than creating new radio shows.

MOST RECENT

(A celebration of the new Kraftwerk reissues, tracing their development into the funkiest ofay bastards in the history of robotic, teutonic, ofay bastards)

Kraftwerk -- Autobahn
Kraftwerk -- Radio-Activity
Kraftwerk -- Europe Endless
Kraftwerk -- Neon Lights

Kraftwerk -- Numbers
Kraftwerk -- Computer World 2
Paperclip People (Carl Craig) -- Oscillator
Konono No. 1 -- Ungudi Wele Wele
Golden Eagles -- Sew Sew Sew

Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquina -- Anabacoa
Ceasaria Evora -- Angola (Carl Craig Remix)
Christy Azuma & Uppers International -- Din Ya Sugri
Luiz Eca y Ya Famila Sagruda -- Yemele

Kraftwerk -- Computer Love

PRETTY RECENT

Mirtha Y Raul -- Casina Y Epidecus
Dudu Pakwana & Spear -- Baloyi
Anzala, Dolor, Velo -- Ti Fi La Ou Te Madam'
Arsenio Rodriguez -- Ahora Carpetillo
Skorpio -- Te Toca Tocar La Tumba
Mongo Santamaria -- Canta Bajo
Quantic & His Combo Barbaro -- Undelivered Letter

Emitt Rhodes -- Shoot the Moon
Electric Light Orchestra -- Evil Woman
Beatles -- Rain
Velvet Underground -- Foggy Notion
Flamin' Groovies -- Teenage Head
New York Dolls -- Chatterbox
New York Dolls - Don't Start Me Talkin'

Bishop Perry Tillis -- You Can't Fool the Holy Ghost
Robert Pete Williams -- I've Grown So Ugly
Earl King -- Nervous Breakdown
The Meters -- A Message from the Meters
Delroy Wilson -- Miss Grace
King Stitt -- King of Kings

King Tubby -- Scientist's Japanese Dub
LCD Soundsystem -- 45:33 (Theo Parrish's Space Cadet Remix)
Chez-n-Trent -- The Choice
LD -- Shake It
Aztec Mystic -- Atzlan
Joy Orbison -- Wet Look

Joe Bataan -- Riot

LESS RECENT

Pete Dunnaway -- Supermarket
Miguel de Deus -- Black Soul Brother
Gnonnas Pedro & Ses Panchos -- Okpo Videa Bassouo
Gaturs -- Swivel Your Hips
Walter 'Wolfman' Washington -- Goody Man
Dr. John -- Qualified
Tiger -- Down the Road

Joy Orbison -- Hyph Mngo
Mayam Nidan -- Soltando Chispa
Omar S -- U
DJ Sprinkles -- Midtown 120 Blues
Emeralds -- Alive in the Sea of Information
Reichmann -- Himmelblau

Beatles -- No Reply
Beatles -- I'm a Loser
Beatles -- I'm Only Sleeping
Beatles -- Sexy Sadie

Pugh Rogefeldt -- Colinda
Feelies -- Original Love
Kurt Vile -- Freeway
Ilyas Ahmed -- Earn Your Blood
Sun Araw -- Beams
Wire -- 40 Versions

Jon Hassell -- Abu Gil

ODD, INCONSTANT, YET ALWAYS DEEPLY REWARDING

That about summarizes this enterprise. Here are two recent shows, to be heard, as always, at wwww.radioharborcountry.org, on Monday nights from 10-12.

Most Recent

Nisennenmondai -- Mirrorball
69 (Carl Craig) -- My Machines
Iz & Diz -- Mouth (Pepe Bradock remix)
Duke Ellington -- Ad Lib on Nippon

Pekos/Yoro Diallo -- Untitled
Tinariwen -- Kel Tamashek
DJ Quik & Kurupt -- Hey Playa! (Moroccan Blues)
X Plastaz -- Dunia Dudumizi
Joker & Ginz -- Purple City
P-Funk All Stars -- Hydraulic Pump
Isley Brothers -- What It Comes Down To

Donovan -- Cosmic Wheels
Emitt Rhodes -- Love Will Stone You
The Beatles -- Hello Goodbye
Fleetwood Mac -- What Makes You Think You're the One?
Ducktails -- Oh, Magnolia Tree

Gnonnas Pedro et ses Dadjes - Dadje Von O Von Non
Los Caneyes -- Suspirando por el Chickichaka
Los Van Van -- Y No Le Conviene
Labelle -- Teach Me Tonight

Fred Hersch - O Grande Amor


Less Recent

Cluster -- Ymstrob
Terry Riley -- Journey From the Death of a Friend
Blues Control -- Tangier
Pierre Barouh -- Perdu
Pierre Akendengue -- Orema Ka-Ka-Ka

Syreeta -- Keep Him Like He Is
The O'Jays -- Don't Call Me Brother
Duke Ellington -- Isfahan
Harry Beckett -- Rolly's Tune

The Sensations -- Every Day is Like a Holiday
New Age Steppers -- Vice of My Enemies
Pocahaunted -- Riddim Queen
DJ Sprinkles -- Ball'r (Madonna-Free Zone)
Omar S -- Psychotic Photosynthesis (No Drum Mix)

Jonathan Kane -- Smear It
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara -- Sahara
Nite-Liters -- Pee Foul
Heliocentrics + Multau Astatke -- Dewel
Starlights -- Mao Mao
Miguel de Deus -- Cinco Anos

ZZ Top -- Hot, Blue & Righteous

WAVEFORM BABY -- MAY, JUNE & JULY 2009

Finally buckling in the face of the masses' zeal and impatience, I'm breaking down and naming the contents of this summer's shows, which of course you've all grooved to every Monday night at www.radioharborcountry.org. In reverse chronological order:

Next Week

I Roy -- Hot Stuff
Duncan Brothers -- Dreams (edit)
Trio Mocoto -- Nago
Oumou Sangare -- Wele Wele Wintou
Vijana Jazz Band -- Nilitaka Iwe Siri

The Fall -- Iceland
The Beatles -- Flying
Wilco -- Bull Black Nova
L Seven (the good one, from Detroit) -- Clear Vision
Blues Control -- Good Morning
Roxy Music -- Prairie Rose

Sa-Ra Creative Partners -- Love Czars
Funkadelic -- This Broken Heart
Moodymann -- Hello Tomorrow
The Strikers -- Body Music
Suzy Q -- Get On Up and Do it Again

from Burundi: Musique Traditionnelles -- Chant avec Cithare
Moritz Von Oswald Trio -- Pattern 3
Round Three -- Acting Crazy
Cooly G -- Love Dub
Conjure -- The Author Reflects on His 35th Birthday

Sun Araw -- All Night Long

Most Recent

Kurt Vile -- Space Forklift
Nicodemus & Matchez -- Whiskey Bottle
Simply Saucer -- Get My Thrills
Sir Lord Baltimore -- Lady of Fire
Blue Cheer -- Gypsy Ball

John Martyn -- When It's Dark
Bill Withers -- World Keeps Going Around + Harlem/Cold Baloney (Live)
Otis Gayle -- I'll Be Around
Horace Andy -- Got to Be Sure
Roza Eskenazi -- Yati Fumari Kokaini (Why I Smoke Cocaine)
Darko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar -- Kuba

Romulo Froes -- Voce me Diz
Quarteto Em Cy e Tamba Trio -- Agua de Beber
Baden Powell -- Canto de Osshanha
Bill Evans & Jim Hall -- Dream Gypsy

Tony Allen -- Secret Agent
Star No. 1 -- Faran Tamba
Major Lazer -- Hold the Line
LD -- Woodblock
Joker -- Do It
DJ Quik & Kurupt -- 9x Outta 10

Sunn O))) -- Alice


Next Most Recent

Guillermo Klein -- Luz de Liz
Charles Mingus -- MDM

Kraftwerk -- Numbers
Omar S -- Psychotic Photosynthesis
Binary Chaffinch -- False Energy
Omar S -- The Grand Son of Detroit Techno

from Polyphonies Mongo -- Sortie de Walekele: 2d Chant
Omar S -- Miss You
Theo Parrish -- Soul Control
Motorbass -- Les Ondes
Ron Trent & Chez Damier -- Don't Try
Underground Resistance -- First Galactic Baptist Church
Staple Singers -- Love is the Way

Lindstrom & Prins Thomas -- Rothaus (yeah, forgot I'd just played it)


Pretty Recent

Kraftwerk -- Elektrisches Roulette
Conrad Schnitzler -- Ballet Statique
A. Kalma -- Danse Soeur
Lindstrom & Prins Thomas -- Rothaus

Cher w/Phil Spector -- A Woman's Story
Rolling Stones -- Family
Serge Gainsbourg -- Chanson du Forcat
Robert Plant & Allison Krauss -- Rich Woman
Fred McDowell -- Get Right, Church
Blind Willie Johnson -- Motherless Children Have a Hard Time

Toumani Diabate -- Kaunding Cissoko
Group Doueh -- Beatte Harab
Zomby -- Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix)
2000F -- You Don't Know What Love Is
Galaxy -- Visions of Tomorrow
Guy Cuenvas -- Obsession

Sugar Minott -- International Herb
Bullwackies All Stars -- United Rock
Fat Man Riddim Section -- Straight to Cuddley's Chest
Godwin Omabuwa & His Sound Makers -- Dick Tiger's Victory
Victor Uwaifo -- Ebibi

Conjure -- Petit Kid Everett
Los Fabulos Festivals -- El Mensaje
U.S. Music w/Funkadelic -- Rat Kiss the Cat on the Navel
Burnt Sugar -- Love to Tical

Omar Souleyman -- Kaset Hanzal


Least Recent of the Most Recent

Carla Bley -- Dining Along
Nico -- I'll Keep it w/Mine
Caetano Veloso & Gal Costa -- Baby
Joyce w/Nana Vascancelos -- Banana
Rokia Traore -- Zen

Bukka White -- Parchman Farm Blues
Michael Hurley -- Light Green Fellow
Vetiver -- Through the Front Door
Emitt Rhodes -- You Take the Dark Out of the Night

Conjure -- Skydiving
Shirley Ann Lee -- I Shall Not Be Moved
Calvin Cooke -- What Happens to People
Sevil & Ayla -- Bebek
from Folk & Pop Sounds of Sumatra -- Ayam Den Dapeh
P. Promdan -- Mae Kha
Exciters -- Exciters Theme
Oumou Sangare -- Iyo Djeli

Singers & Players -- Dog Park
Jerry Jones -- There's a Chance for Me
Moussa Doumbia -- Black & White
Don Cherry -- I Walk
Chain Reaction -- Dance Freak
Felix -- You Can't Hold Me Down

Martin Rev -- Baby O Baby
Kurt Vile -- Good Lookin' Out
Zen -- Derdimi Anla

Sly & the Family Stone -- Can't Strain My Brain

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WAVEFORM BABY -- MAY 4, 2009

Swine flu ain't the only thing that's infectious. Try these, for instance.

The Heliocentrics & Mulatu Astatke -- Dewel
Bennie Maupin Ensemble -- Walter Bishop, Jr.
Prince Lasha Quintet feat. Sonny Simmons -- Congo Ball
Billy Harper -- Dance! Dance! Eternal Spirits

Culture Music Club -- Muziki Ni Kazi Yetu
Clifton Chenier -- Tu le Ton Son Ton
Wild Magnolias -- Handa Wanda
Harry Nilsson -- Down
Willie Nelson -- It's Not Supposed to Be That Way

Lou Reed -- Dirt
Simply Saucer -- Dance the Mutation
Johnny Thunders -- Leave Me Alone
Iron Claw -- Lightning

Straight Street Holiness Group -- Come On
Canned Heat -- On the Road Again
Wooden Shjips -- Aquarian Time
Shogun Kunitoki -- Mulberg
The Juan McLean -- One Day
Suncycle -- Somebody
Kode 9 -- 2 Bad

Dennis Alcapone & Lizzy -- Ba Ba Riba Skank
Jacob Miller -- Baby, I Love You So
Steve Collins -- Better Must Come
Judy Nylon -- The Dice
Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity -- Canto Por Odudua (feat. Pete Cosey, YEAH!)

Pep Laguarda & Tapineria -- Cims I Abismes

WAVEFORM BABY -- (NON?)-FLEETING RESURRECTION

Damn, I guess I just can't quit this thing. The Baby is back, albeit provisionally, and, at least for now, without an archive. Catch it on www.radioharborcountry.org on Monday nights from 10 to 12 Eastern or not at all. Methinks this show ran already, but here's the playlist so you can grieve for having missed it.

P.P. Arnold -- The First Cut is the Deepest
Leonard Cohen -- Memories
George Harrison -- Wah-Wah
Fleetwood Mac -- Think About Me
Funkadelic -- The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg
Dave Hamilton Voices -- Because I Love You

Harry Nilsson -- The Beehive State
Ran Blake -- Short Life of Barbara Monk
Art Pepper -- Tin Tin Deo
Miles Davis -- Milestones (from Miles in Berlin)

Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid -- 1st & 1st
Sounds of JHS 126 (Brooklyn) -- Chill Pill (Underwater Mix)
Boredoms -- Ant 10 (Lindstrom Remix)
Buraka Som Sistema -- IC19
Kode 9 -- 2 Far Gone
Young Marble Giants -- n.i.t.a.

Blind Willie McTell -- Broke Down Engine Blues
Robert Wilkins -- Fallin' Down Blues
Eddie Head & His Family -- Lord I'm the True Vine
John Fahey -- Night Train of Valhalla
Staff Benda Bilili -- Moziki
Group Bombino -- Amidinine

i Gambang Kromong, Slendang Betaw, Mama Ong, Wi Song -- Stambul Bila