Archive for December, 2010

Friday, December 31st, 2010

Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 174: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ The Gories – Hey, Hey We’re The Gories ++ Canarios – Trying So Hard ++ [...]

Friday, December 24th, 2010

Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 173: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ Canarios – Trying So Hard ++ Julian Lynch – Just Enough ++ Atlas Sound – [...]

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

(I posted the following two years ago, my favorite Stevie Wonder show. Happy Holidays. See you in 2011.) There are very few artists who had album runs like the one Stevie Wonder pulled off in the ’70s (the Rolling Stones come immediately to mind). The following set, from January of 1974, finds the artist in [...]

Monday, December 20th, 2010

If you have a window near, go ahead and look outside. Chances are, there are some Christmas lights up somewhere within view. In the coming week, you’ll probably frantically brave mall crowds and horrific parking lot jams for last-minute gifts, wondering why it is that you avoid the mall for an entire year only to [...]

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

MP3: Charlotte Dada :: Don’t Let Me Down (Beatles) ——————— ____________________________________________________________________________________

Friday, December 17th, 2010

Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 172: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ The A-Cads – Roadrunner ++ Ty Segall – My Sunshine ++ The Soft Boys – [...]

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Further proof that James Brown loves you. Taken from the Godfather’s late sixties Funky Christmas collection. And for a completely different JB Xmas experience, check out his 80s Christmas jam entitled “Christmas Is For Everyone.” Just do it, trust me. MP3: James Brown :: Soulful Christmas MP3: James Brown :: Go Power At Christmas Time [...]

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

No, that isn’t a photo of Justin Long, that is Ernan Roch. I have WFMU to thank for my original introduction to his LP, Le Onda Pesada De Ernan Roch Con Las Voces Frescas, and these gents for the recent reminder. An English language Mexican psych album from 1971, this one is heavy on the [...]

Monday, December 13th, 2010

Along with a considerable amount of music, my ‘songs of 2010′ list was capsized a little while back in an epic hard drive failure. Remember kids, back your shit up. So while you won’t find a list proper this year, I do want to highlight some favorites including the below; Julian Lynch’s “Just Enough,” off [...]

Monday, December 13th, 2010

Featured on our Ponytone mixtape earlier in the year, I spun Henri Salvador’s “Pauvre Jesus-Christ” last Friday on the air as an end-of-the-year reminder to not sleep on this mix. Ditto goes for those of you, here. MP3: Henri Salvador :: Pauvre Jesus-Christ —————— ____________________________________________________________________________________