12/26/07

boxing day. this show was graciously DJed by a newcomer to wmbr, mr. aran parillo. after an attempt to produce an entire two-hour block of Stevie Wonder was foiled by online streaming restrictions, aran gave us this tasty sampling of soulful selections.

enjoy:

Dr. Who Theme / Delia Derbyshire
Someday at Christmas / Stevie Wonder
Sinner Man / Nina Simone
Joy Inside My Tears / Stevie Wonder
Contract on Love / Stevie Wonder
Don't Change / Winston Francis
Something's Changed / Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Give Me a Chance / Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
The Message From the Soul Sisters / Myra Barnes
The Soul of the Village Pt. II / Joe Zawinul
Puerto Rico / Eddie Palmieri
A Change is Gonna Come / The Supremes
Ping Pong / Jukka Tolonen Band
Be Still My Beating Heart / Randy Watson Experience
Soul Vibrations / Dorothy Ashby
Falling in Love Again / Marvin Gaye
It's a Desperate Situation / Marvin Gaye
Who Could Ever Doubt My Love / Diana Ross & the Supremes
Patch My Heart / The Mad Lads
Don't Have to Shop Around / The Mad Lads
I Want a Girl / The Mad Lads
In the Rain / The Dramatics
After Laughter (Comes Tears) / Wendy Rene
Love Having You Around / Stevie Wonder
Love Like This / Human Egg
Can't Hide Love / Randy Watson Experience
Gimme Shelter / Cal Tjader
Les Fleur / 4 Hero
Sea, Sand & Sun / David Earle Johnson
Skating / VInce Guaraldi Trio
The Call / Mal Waldron

12/19/07

this is the last program of 2007 for me. the school semester is over and i am running, returning back to texas for a lovely winter break full of fun. but fear not—wmbr djs will be on hand for the next five editions of this program. their identities will remain hidden now, but i have no doubt that their musical peregrinations will be exciting and worthwhile. their playlists will also be posted on this website.

i enjoyed this last program; it was a bit rough but it also had some nice moments. since it is now december 21, happy birthday to frank zappa too. my program stretched about 13 minutes past midnight and then i signed off, so if you'd like to hear the tail end of the program, listen to hex enduction hour's archive. also in the beginning i promised some steve grossman but i never got around to that; i'll save that for my next edition of the program. see you in the new year—be well.

consciousness:

Sagar (The Ocean) / Ananda Shankar / Snow Flower
The Tenth Pyramid / Michael White / Spirit Dance
Prayer to the East / Dizzy Reece / Possession, Exorcism, Peace
Circus '68 '69 / Charlie Haden / Liberation Music Orchestra
End of Rawalpindi / Carla Bley / Escalator Over the Hill
Elastic Rock / Nucleus / Live in Bremen
Goin' Down South / Bobby Hutcherson / San Francisco
Kissing My Love / Bill Withers / 45
All Your Kissin' Sho' Don't Make True Loving / Betty Wright / I Love the Way You Love
Hey That's No Way to Say Goodbye / Roberta Flack / First Take
Summer Nights / Lonnie Liston Smith / Visions of a New World
Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto / James Brown / A Soulful Christmas
Dancer / Noel McGhie & Space Spies / Trapeze
A Day in the Life / Grant Green / Green is Beautiful
Riffin' / Sam Rivers' Rivebea All-Star Orchestra / Culmination
I'm Old Fashioned / Richard Davis / Forest Flowers
I Thought About You / Buster Williams Quartet / Lost in a Memory
In a Silent Way / Don Byron / Ivey-Divey
Silent Night / Mahalia Jackson / 45
Where Does a Stranger Go on Christmas Eve? / Happy Apple / Body Popping • Moon Walking • Top Rocking
St. James Infirmary / Junior Mance / Harlem Lullaby

12/12/07

happy birthday tony williams:

Idut / Cecil Taylor / The Cecil Taylor Unit
Remembrance / Jimmy Lyons Quintet / Wee Sneezawee
Sun Voyage / Frank Lowe / The Flam
Fulton Street / Eddie Gale / Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music
Ornette / Roscoe Mitchell Sextet / Sound
All / Ornette Coleman / To Whom Who Keeps a Record
Love Is / Dewey Redman / The Struggle Continues
John Coltrane Was Here / Michael White / Spirit Dance
Dearly Beloved / John Coltrane / Sun Ship
Ghosts: First Variation / Albert Ayler Trio / Spiritual Unity
Undercurrent / Cecil McBee / Compassion
Dual Mr. Anthony Tillmon Williams Process / Miles Davis / Water Babies
Love in Outer Space / Sun Ra / Somewhere Else
Sophisticated Lady / Charles Mingus Sextet With Eric Dolphy / Cornell 1964

12/05/07

the star is born
a crack and luminous warmth
into density upon density
spins faster and faster
expands then constricts
a stream of light and color and fire
faster than light
the speed of light
faster and faster:

India India / Dosh / S/T
Porch / Tiki Obmar / Seasons
Gemini (Early) / Hrvatski / Swarm & Dither
Cherry Blossom / Susumu Yokota / Grinning Cat
Sun Drums and Soil Part 2 / Four Tet / Everything Ecstatic Part 2
Vilderness (Cinematic Orchestra Remix) / Nils Petter Molvær / Remixes 1998-2000
A Night in Savannah / DJ Wally / Nothing Stays the Same
Thorn / Snarky Puppy / The World is Getting Smaller
Phonometrics / Isotope 217 / The Unstable Molecule
Lifelines / Chicago Underground Duo / Axis and Alignment
Cosmic Tomes for Sleep Walking Lovers (Part 2) / Exploding Star Orchestra / We are all from somewhere else.
Rhythm Dance (Extended Version) / Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid / Rhythm Dance 12"
Torrid Zone / Nucleus / Elastic Rock
Melvin / Steve Marcus/Daniel Humair/Sonny Sharrock/Miroslav Vitous / Green Line
What I Say / Miles Davis / The Complete Cellar Door Sessions
Umhla / Chico Freeman Quartet / No Time Left
Funshine / Yesterday's New Quintet / Uno Esta EP
Geechee Recollections / His Name is Alive / Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown

11/30/07

subbing for DarkBOT Radio:

Hornets (Chicago) / Herbie Hancock / In Concert Vol. 2
You Know, You Know / Keith Jarrett & Jack DeJohnette / Ruta & Daitya
Celeste / Bernie Worrell / Improvisczario
mm(pf) / Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet / The Middle Picture
Dawn / Ornette Coleman Trio / At the "Golden Circle" Stockholm Vol. 1
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock / T.S. Eliot & Robert Speaight / The Waste Land
Karyobin Pt. 2 / The Spontaneous Music Ensemble / Karyobin
Speaking For Myself, Personally, In My Own Opinion, I Think... / Nucleus / Elastic Rock
Rest in Peace / Crimetime Orchestra feat. Bjørnar Andresen / Life is a Beautiful Monster
Trio / Trygve Seim / Sangam
Kakonita / Nils Petter Molvær / Solid Ether
All I Know is Tonight (Piethropraxis Rough Rough Mix) / Jaga Jazzist / Spydeberg Sessions
Timber Up / Jukka Eskola / S/T
Evil House, Evil Day / Kim Hiorthøy / Melke
6.5 / Supersilent / 6
The Sun Never Sets (Holden Remix) / Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid / The Sun Never Sets 12"
King Dragonfly / Susumu Yokota / Grinning Cat
This is Six Minutes / Four Tet / Everything Ecstatic Part 2
Herman Ze German Cassette / The Gang Font feat. Interloper / S/T
Why Not Now / Alan Watts / Why Not Now
The Seven States of Consciousness / Maharishi Mahesh Yogi / The Seven States of Consciousness