Playlist for
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
May 23, 2008
Hosted by Greg Lyon on FRIDAYS at 2-4 pm
on WPVM Asheville (103.5 FM and www.wpvm.org)
This show is available for listening as an archive for one week after its airing at WPVM’s Archive Page (click on the STREAM button for this show–under the letter ‘G’)
Notes:
– More belly dancing! Another week of the lovely Eastern Mediterranean shimmy discs. Be forewarned: there are even more coming in the next weeks. The cover for the Fred Elias Ensemble’s Artistic Moods for Dance Vol. 3 is easily one of the cheesier of the genre, which is saying something. The music, though, is of a high quality. And doesn’t bouzouki player John Tatassopoulos look happy!
– My favorite track of the day was by the Chinese master of the guqin (a large dulcimer-looking zither instrument), La Ka Ping, from the Lost Sounds of the Tao collection. The liner notes compare the playing to that of blues guitarist Bline Willie Johnson. There was about a minute there where I could hear it clearly, but honestly it was the least-interesting minute of the track for me. Why make a reference to the familiar when there’s no need?
– Also in that set was Manitas de Plata’s "Hommage à Pablo Picasso," from the 1968 (at least according to my pressing from the U.K.) record Hommages. Allegedly, upon hearing Manitas de Plata play in Arles in 1964, Picasso proclaimed "that man is of greater worth than I am!" The picture on this record cover displays a close-up of Manitas’ guitar, which was drawn upon by Sr. Picasso. Other hommages on the record are to surrealists Salvador Dali and Jean Cocteau, the latter of which is quoted as saying, "My dream, in music, would be to hear the music of Picasso’s guitars." There’s also an hommage to Brigitte Bardot. Little hands of silver indeed.
Background Music: John Berberian - Ode to an Oud (1974, Mainstream Records)
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments | New |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Elias Ensemble | Dance of Raija | Artistic Moods for Dance, Vol. 3 | Intrasonic | 1978, with John Tatassopoulos on "bouzoukee" | |
| Gus Vali and His Orchestra | Medley Number 3 | Belly Dance Favorites | Musicor | 1973, Greek-American Gus Vali (clarinet, flute, sax) is on a slew of belly dancing records | |
| John Berberian | Sevasda | Ode to an Oud | Mainstream | 1974, Armenian-American oud master | |
| Róza Eskenázi | Yati fumaro kokaïni (Why I Smoke Cocaine) | Greek-Oriental Rebetica | Arhoolie | 1932 | |
| Norma Jean | Let’s Go All the Way | The Best of Norma Jean | RCA | 1964 song, from Porter Wagoner’s sidekick pre-Dolly Parton | |
| Elsa Lanchester | Never Go Walking Without Your Hat Pin | Bawdy Cockney Songs | Tradition | Bride of Frankenstein actress (and singer) | |
| Vetiver | Hook & Ladder | Thing Of The Past | Gnomonsong | Norman Greenbaum song | * |
| Washington Phillips | Paul and Silas in Jail | What Are They Doing in Heaven Today? | Mississippi | 1927. Played the dolceola | |
| Bum Kon | Fighting Yourself | Drunken Sex Sucks | Smooch | Colorado hardcore c. 1984 | * |
| CPC Gangbangs | Teenage Crimewave | Mutilation Nation | Swami | Montreal | * |
| Witch | Eye | Paralyzed | Tee Pee | Vermont | * |
| Veronica Lipgloss and the Evil Eyes | JJ Sax | Strip Mall Glass 12" | GSL | San Francisco | |
| Factums | The Disguise | Alien Natives | Siltbreeze | Seattle (and perhaps Chicago?) band | |
| Mike Watt | Dirty Blue Gene | VA - Neon Meat Dream of a Octafish | Animal World | Captain Beefheart tribute album | |
| Lo Ka Ping | Teals Descending on the Level Sand | VA - Lost Sounds of the Tao | World Abiter | 1970/1 from Chinese guqin master | |
| Paul Brady | Out the Door and Over the Wall | Welcome Here Kind Stranger | Mulligan | 1978. One of Shaina’s favorite acoustic guitar tracks. | |
| Manitas de Plata | Hommage a Pablo Picasso | Hommages | CBS | 1968 flamenco masterpiece | |
| Phil Woods | A Taste of Honey | Greek Cooking | Impulse | 1966 Greek/jazz fusion | |
| Bardo Pond | Push Your Head | Batholith | Three Lobed Recordings | Philadelphia acid rock | * |
| Ulaan Khol | Track 1 | I | Soft Abuse | Stephen R. Smith effort | * |
| Fire Room | Broken Music 1 | Broken Music | Atavistic | Vandermark, Marhaug, and Nilssen-Love | * |
| No Age | Miner | Nouns | Sub Pop | L.A. | * |
| The Son of P.M. | Lhow Lenum | VA - Shadow Music of Thailand | Sublime Frequencies | new vinyl-only release | * |
| Unknown | How Many Cheeks Have You Kissed? (Mawrs) | VA - Radio Myanmar | Sublime Frequencies | Burma | * |
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