Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Endless Will Host Diaspora Global Music Program Thursday, January 17th on WORT

Hi Folks,

Endless will be hosting Diaspora this Thursday morning from 9am-12noon. You can tune in to WORT 89.9FM or hit the website at http://www.wortfm.org/. You have been warned.

Diaspora airs every Thursday at 9am with long-time host Terry O' and features new and collected musics from all parts of the globe. Not really a folk show, you will find jazz from Africa beside pop tunes from Brazil, deftly juxtaposed with other surprises.

These first two playlists you will find below are of recent programs hosted by Endless: Pan Africa and The Vinyl Resting Place. They are both still available on the WORT archives for a couple days yet. Dig around, you'll find them. The third playlist posted here is from The Vinyl Resting Place program which Endless hosted way back in November. Some video highlights should be posted soon if they aren't there already. Sorry for the lag, anyone who cares, the holidays kicked some asses.


Playlist for Pan Africa from January 5th 2013
With your host Endless... 

Here is a link to the last two Pan Africa programs. The most recent week plays first. To access the previous weeks show skip ahead to about 2:03:00
 
02:01PM Group Anmataff "Tinariwen" from "Music From Saharan Cellphones" (LP) on sahel sounds
02:11PM Yeli Fuzzo "Abande (feat. Oumou Ba)" from "Waraya : Un seul reste" on Home XIII Productions
02:13PM Amanar "Alghafiat" from "Music From Saharan Cellphones" (LP) on sahel sounds
02:21PM Koudede "Tassakkne Tara" from "Guitars from Agadez Vol. 5 - Single" (7 Inch) on Sublime Frequencies
02:36PM Unknown "Chemirocha" from "Love Is Love" (LP) on mississippi
02:38PM Mdou Moctar "Tahoultine" from "Tahoultine - Single" (7 Inch) on Boomarm Nation
02:44PM Children in Djounhan "bellulla" from "ishilan n-tenere" (LP) on mississippi/sahel sounds
02:45PM Abba Gargando "Checharouna" from "ishilan n-tenere" (LP) on mississippi/sahel sounds
02:50PM Noel & Alfonse Florent "Mandry Tsara" from "Fanajana -A collection of recordings and photography from Madagasikara" (LP) on Cultural Knot / Mississippi
02:53PM Guy Rabearilvilo "Oh Ye" from "Fanajana -A collection of recordings and photography from Madagasikara" on Cultural Knot / Mississippi
02:55PM Eliasi Hinavoko & Djukita Selison "Boana Malilo / Valiha Baba" from "Fanajana -A collection of recordings and photography from Madagasikara" (LP) on Cultural Knot / Mississippi
03:06PM The Malinke "Solo for Seron" from "Africa - Music of the Malinke and Baoule" on Counterpoint (Grand Prix di Disque)
03:09PM The Malinke "Dance Of The Hunters" from "Africa: Music Of The Malinke And The Baoule" (LP) on Essential Media Group
03:12PM Kouidor "Têtu" from "Kouidor Productions" (LP) on Kouidor Productions
03:18PM Kouidor "Ti Moun Tou piti" from "Kouidor" (LP) on Kouidor Productions
03:23PM Kouidor "Atibon Legba" from "Kouidor" (LP) on Kouidor Productions
03:31PM The Ghana Black Star Band "Yaatse Midzole" from "Ghana Ndwom - Songs Of Ghana" (LP) on Afro Request
03:33PM Africa '68 "Kedumetse" from "Africa '68" (LP) on Uni
03:36PM Africa '68 "Umoya" from "Africa '68" (LP) on Uni
03:38PM The Ghana Black Star Band "Mumude" from "Ghana Ndwom - Songs Of Ghana" (LP) on Afro Request
03:41PM Kakaraba Lobi "Traditional Funeral Music for an Old Man" from "Xylophone Player from Ghana" (LP) on Tangent
03:50PM Kakaraba Lobi "Work Song for Roof-Building" from "Xylophone Player from Ghana" (LP) on Tangent
03:57PM The Ghana Black Star Band "Akee Akasu Kane" from "Ghana Ndwom - Songs Of Ghana" (LP) on Afro Request 


 Playlist for The Vinyl Resting Place from January 3rd 2013
 With your host Endless 
                  

         I played quite a few pieces featuring Mel Lyman on this weeks show. Mel had a family. Some would have called it a cult. 
         In the days before the internet made everything less mysterious, the urban legend was that Mr. Lyman used to indoctrinate initiates into the fold by dosing them with large quantities of LSD and then whispering his whole tripped-out view of the-way-it-is over and over into their ear. He would do this for quite some time, until they really got it. According to Wikipedia, there is a Rolling Stone article from 1971 that described "an authoritarian and dysfunctional environment, including an elite "Karma Squad" of ultra-loyalists to enforce Lyman's discipline" and the "predilection for astrology, and isolation rooms for disobedient Family members." Family members disputed these reports. 
        Probably the most well known (and verifiable) story, is of him playing his harmonica to sooth the savage beast that was the crowd at the infamous 1965 Newport Folk Festival, after Bob Dylan had everyone practically tearing their hair out over his electric guitar onslought. As the crowd fled the stadium, Lyman began a 20 minute improvisation on the traditional religious hymn "Rock of Ages" that stopped folks in their tracks and made them weep like children. It is legendary to this day. Check out a little book by Joe Boyd called White Bicycles, for more on that gig. Here are two tunes. 
          Check out the videos below the playlist for more on Mel Lyman...

 


             Some friends and I actually visited the tower you see behind the Lyman Family on the back of the American Avatar LP. (first screen shot in the video below) The house at the address where Mel lived, AKA The Fort Hill Community, was still standing across the way. Supposedly it is still inhabited by the Fam. As I remember, it's a cool little joint with more than a few cars piled up behind a wrought iron gate which is connected to a 7 or 8 foot high stone wall. 
             While we curiously watched for any signs of activity, a horde of small children poured out of the house and over the wall. Some of them using a gnarly tree to help them traverse the high structure.

This track is from the LP "American Avatar" and features Lisa Kindred on vocals.






11:01PM John Cale "Sabotage" from "Sabotage / Live" (LP) on Spy Records Ltd.
11:05PM Neil Young and Crazy Horse "Shots" from "Reactor" (LP) on Reprise
11:13PM Love and Rockets "Yin & Yang the Flower Pot Man" from "Express" (LP) on beggars banquet
11:19PM Malcolm Boyd with Charlie Byrd "This Record Sends Me Jesus, But The Magic Doesn't Last" from "Happening - Prayers For Now" (LP) on Columbia
11:20PM Riccardo Cocciante "Introduzione - Ora Che Io Sono Luce..." from "Mu" (LP) on RCA Italiana
11:22PM Riccardo Cocciante "Coltivo Tutte Le Valli. Uomo. Festa." from "Mu" (LP) on RCA Italiana
11:51PM Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention "Can't Afford No Shoes" from "One Size Fits All" (LP) on Discreet
11:54PM Syd Barret "Scream Thy Last Scream" from "Unforgotten Hero" (LP)
11:59PM Thin Lizzy "JAILBREAK" from "Jailbreak" (LP) on Mercury
12:03PM Thin Lizzy "Angel From the Coast" from "Jailbreak" (LP) on Mercury
12:06PM Thin Lizzy "Running Back" from "Jailbreak" (LP) on Mercury
12:09PM Taj Mahal "Satisfied 'n Tickled Too" from "Satisfied 'n Tickled Too" (LP)
12:15PM Leo Kottke "Circle 'Round The Sun" from "Circle 'Round The Sun" (LP)
12:19PM This Mortal Coil "Fire Brothers" from "Filigree & Shadow" (LP) on 4Ad
12:23PM This Mortal Coil "I Must Have Been Blind / Heart of Glass" from "Filigree & Shadow" (LP) on 4Ad
12:32PM Frank Sinatra "Angel Eyes" from "Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely" (LP) on Capitol
12:36PM Love "Always See Your Face" from "Four Sail" (LP) on Rhino/Elektra
12:39PM Love "Singing Cowboy Song" from "Four Sail" (LP) on Rhino/Elektra
12:43PM Jim Kweskin's America featuring Mel Lyman and The Lyman Family "Back In The Saddle" from "Jim Kweskin's America" (LP) on Resprise
12:47PM The Lyman Family With Lisa Kindred "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry" from "American Avatar" (LP) on Reprise
12:52PM Lovely Luna "All Is You" from "Lovely Luna" (LP) on Guerssen
12:54PM Blue Cheer "ROCK ME BABY" from "Vincebus Eruptum" (LP) on Mercury/Polygram
01:06AM King Crimson "Earthbound / Groon" from "Earthbound" (LP) on Island
01:27AM Léo Ferré "Ca T'Va" from "Avec Le Temps" (LP) on Barclay
01:30AM Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza "Seguita" from "Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura" (LP) on Dagored
01:34AM Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza "Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura" from "Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura" (LP) on Dagored
01:39AM Brian Rudd (mixed w Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza) "From A Bum Trip To... "A Trip Beyond" (excerpt)" from "From A Bum Trip To... "A Trip Beyond"" (LP) on Trip Beyond Records
01:49AM Jim Kweskin's America featuring Mel Lyman and The Lyman Family "Stealin'" from "Jim Kweskin's America" (LP) on Resprise
01:55AM Jim Kweskin's America featuring Mel Lyman and The Lyman Family "Old Rugged Cross" from "Jim Kweskin's America" (LP) on Resprise

                                        
   Breakthrough With The Mirror Man
An interesting short film on Mel Lyman, Timothy Leary, LSD and God...



Below is a video featuring Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin from the hippie cult flick Zabriskie Point on the Dick Cavett Show. Mark Frechette was a member of the Lyman Family and he mentions that "The community is for one purpose. And that's to serve Mel Lyman. He's the leader & founder of that community. And its moving spirit."


And lastly,  a little bit of Mel with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band. I have to agree with YouTube commenter rpare666 on this one, if I can quote: "Always much more Kweskin, less Lyman (the asshole)". 

Mel Lyman with Jim Kweskin and Company.



Playlist for The Vinyl Resting Place from November 29th 2012 
With your host Endless...

11:01PM Charlie Dore "pilot of the air waves (intro)" from "Charlie Dore" (LP) on Island
11:02PM Gary William Friedman "INTRODUCTION" from "The Me Nobody Knows" (LP)
11:03PM It's a Beautiful Day "Marrying Maiden" from "Marrying Maiden" (LP) on Columbia
11:05PM Free Design "Bubbles" from "Sing For Very Important People" (LP)
11:09AM Dead Boys "Sonic Reducer" from "Young, Loud and Snotty" (LP) on Sire
11:12AM Blue Cheer "Out Of Focus" from "Vincebus Eruptum" (LP) on Mercury/Polygram
11:16AM Nektar "The Dream Nebula (Part 2) -> It's All In The Mind -> Burn Out My Eyes -> Void Of Vision -> Pupil Of The Eye -> Look Inside Yourself -> Death Of The Mind" from "Journey to the Centre of The Eye" (LP) on Bacillus
11:41AM Motley Crue "Starry Eyes" from "Too Fast for Love" (LP) on Elektra Records
11:45AM Moby Grape "Rose Colored Eyes" from "WOW" (LP)
11:49AM Taste "See Here" from "On The Boards" (LP) on Atco
11:52AM Frank Sinatra "Angel Eyes" from "Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely" (LP) on Capitol
12:04AM SBB "Odejscie (Odchod) (excerpt)" from "SBB" (LP) on Supraphon a.s.
12:13AM Golden Donna "Flashing Hands of Carousel" from "Golden Donna" (LP) on not not fun
12:20AM Iron Maiden "PRODIGAL SON" from "Killers" (LP) on EMI UK
12:23AM Taste "Dual Carriageway Pain" from "Taste" (LP) on Atco
12:26AM Lee Michaels "Space & First Takes" from "Space & First Takes" (LP) on A&M Records
12:39AM Taste "What's Going On?" from "On The Boards" (LP) on Atco
12:42PM Gabor Szabo "Walking On Nails" from "Jazz Raga" (LP)
12:56AM The Zippyr Band "Next To You" from "Early Morning Sun" (LP)
12:59AM Grupo De Experimentación Sonora "Cuba Va!" from "Cuba Va! Songs of the New Generation of Revolutionary Cuba" on Paredon Records/Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
01:03AM The USA Is a Monster "Heliotropic Dream" from "Tasheyana Compost" (LP) on Load Records
01:07AM The Fugs "Nothing" from "The Fugs First Album" (LP) on ESP-DISK
01:11AM Shadow "Crazy Computer" from "High Tension" (LP)
01:23AM Omega "Stormy Fire" from "Omega" (LP) on Bellaphon Records
01:27PM The Chocolate Watch Band "Medication" from "Inner Mystique" (LP) on Geffen
01:29PM The Grateful Dead "Dark Star -> The Other One (excerpt)" from "Farewell To Winterland" on Slipped Disc
01:37AM Dr. John "In The Right Place" from "In The Right Place" (LP) on Atco
01:40AM La Lupe "Fever" from "Queen of Latin Soul" (LP) on Tico Records
01:48AM Shepherds "Loco Hills" from "Loco Hills" (LP)
01:57AM Gabor Szabo "Sophisticated Wheels" from "Jazz Raga" (LP)

The best defense against brainwashing is to not consume mainstream media; by looking under rocks and around corners for things outside the norm, you can protect yourself from the hive mind.