WFMU: Ridgewood Radio with David Weinstein: Playlist from April 3, 2024

Ridgewood Radio with David Weinstein: Playlist from April 3, 2024

Ridgewood Radio features concert recordings by adventurous bands and experimental musicians and restored archival tapes from private and institutional collections captured at venues large and small across the five boroughs of New York. It is produced by David Weinstein and Outpost Artists Resources operating out of the Ridgewood section of Queens, NY, where you'll find more yellow bricks than on the road to Oz and the cemetery of your choice is never more than a few blocks from home.

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April 3, 2024: Covert Operations

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Mata Hari

80s bands and projects developed by free improv and noise artists
from Arthur Russell and Arto Lindsay to Zeena Parkins and John Zorn.

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Wayne Horvitz/The President	This New Generation (1987 CBGB's)	Live Forever, Vol. 1: The President: New York in the 80's	Other Room Music	2021	Bobby Previte, drums; Dave Hofstra, electric bass; Elliott Sharp, guitar; Wayne Horvitz, keys; Dave Tronzo, slide guitar; Doug Wieselman, sax.

Arthur Russell	I Like You! "I Like You!" by "Arthur Russell"	Calling Out Of Context	Audika Records	2004	Created late 80s, from a collection featuring previously unreleased tracks of "Buddhist Bubblegum Disco Electro Pop".	0:06:57 (Pop-up)
Arnold Dreyblatt	Damping Influence	The Sound of One String	Table Of The Elements	1998	Dirk Lebahn, double bass prepared with excited strings; Wolfgang Glum, percussion; Jan Schade, miniature princess pianoforte; Wolfgang Mettler, violin. Recorded 1986 in concert at Het Apollohuis, Netherlands, by David Weinstein.	0:11:51 (Pop-up)
Skeleton Crew	Onwards And Upwards	Free Dirt (Live)	Klang Galerie	2023	From a compilation of early 80s tracks. Dave Newhouse, bass clarinet, sax, keys, percussion; Tom Cora, cello, bass, sampler, percussion, voice, accordion; Fred Frith, guitar, 6-string bass, violin, keys, percussion, voice; Zeena Parkins, harp, keys, accordion, percussion, voice.	0:17:21 (Pop-up)
Massacre	Killing Time "Killing Time" by "Massacre"	Massacre	Celluloid	1983	Fred Frith, Burns Black Bison Guitar, voice, Casio, radio; Bill Laswell, basses, pocket trumpet; Fred Maher, drums, percussion. Recorded live in Paris and at OAO studio, Brooklyn, 1981.	0:23:05 (Pop-up)
Ambitious Lovers	Lust "Lust" by "Ambitious Lovers"	Lust	Elektra	1991	Melvin Gibbs, bass; Tony Lewis, drums; Marc Ribot, guitar; Peter Scherer, keyboards, sampler; Naná Vasconcelos, percussion; Arto Lindsay, vocals, guitar.	0:26:10 (Pop-up)
Julee Cruise/Angelo Badalamenti	Floating	Floating Into The Night	Warner Bros. Records	1989	Composer Badalamenti, piano, synth; Eddie Dixon, Vinnie Bell, electric guitars; Kinny Landrum, synth; Al Regni, sax, clarinet; Julee Cruise, vocals. Lyrics by David Lynch.	0:30:51 (Pop-up)

Elliott Sharp/Carbon	Unks "Unks" by "Elliott Sharp/Carbon"	Datacide	Enemy Records	1990	Composer Sharp, guitars, sax, voice, Slab, sampler; David Linton, drums; Zeena Parkins, electric harp, keys, Slab; Samm Bennett, percussion, drums, sampler.	0:39:41 (Pop-up)
Samm Bennett/Chunk	Concert Recording	Roulette Archive	Roulette Intermedium	1989	Bennett’s percussion song project with the composer on drums, percussion, electronic percussion, and vocals; Tim Spelios, drums, percussion, electronic percussion; and David Simons, electronic percussion, jaw harp, Hawaiian guitar, etc.	0:42:56 (Pop-up)
Anthony Coleman	Castle By Day, Disco By Night	Roulette Archive	Roulette Intermedium	1990	Composer Coleman, keys; Jim Pugliese, drums; Guy Klucevsek, accordion; Don Byron, reeds.	0:50:42 (Pop-up)
Living Colour	Desperate People "Desperate People" by "Living Colour"	Vivid	Epic Records	1988	Muzz Skillings, bass, vocals; William Calhoun, drums, percussion, vocals; Vernon Reid, guitar, vocals; Corey Glover, lead vocals.	0:57:32 (Pop-up)

Meredith Monk	The Tale "The Tale" by "Meredith Monk"	Dolmen Music	ECM Records	1981	Composer Monk, voice, piano; Collin Walcott, percussion, violin; Steve Lockwood, piano.	1:05:59 (Pop-up)
Ornette Coleman & Prime Time	Honeymooners	Virgin Beauty	Portrait	1988	Ornette Coleman, sax, violin, trumpet; Al MacDowell, Chris Walker, bass; Calvin Weston, drums; Denardo Coleman, drums, keyboards, percussion; Bern Nix, Charlee Ellerbe, guitars.	1:08:39 (Pop-up)
No Safety	Take Me "Take Me" by "No Safety"	Live at the Knitting Factory	Cuneiform	2021	Ann Rupel, bass, vocals; Chris Cochrane, guitar, tape, tambourine, vocals; Zeena Parkins, harp, sampler, eggs, vocals; Doug Seidel, guitar; Tim Spelios, drums. Recorded live at the Knitting Factory, NYC July 1993.	1:14:22 (Pop-up)
Semantics	Trumped Up Charges "Trumped Up Charges" by "Semantics"	Bone Of Contention	SST Records	1987	Elliott Sharp, bass, guitars, drums, percussion; Samm Bennett, electronic drums, voice, sampler; composer Ned Rothenberg, saxes, bass clarinet, flutes.	1:16:03 (Pop-up)
New Air	Don't Drink That Corner My Life Is In The Bush	New Air Featuring Cassandra Wilson - Air Show No. 1	Black Saint	1989	Henry Threadgill, saxes, flute, eastern banjo; Fred Hopkins, bass; Pheeroan akLaff, percussion; Cassandra Wilson, vocals.	1:19:58 (Pop-up)

Wayne Horvitz/The President	I Went to See the Doctor (4-Track Demo)	Live Forever, Vol. 1: The President: New York in the 80's	Other Room Music	2021	Composer Horvitz, keys; Dave Hofstra, bass; Doug Wieselman, sax.	1:32:40 (Pop-up)
The Ned Sublette Band	Leading A Double Life (1986)	Degrees Of Freedom Found	Unseen Worlds	2021	From a "Blue" Gene Tyranny compilation album.	1:38:05 (Pop-up)
Tohban Djan	Kiss of Fire "Kiss of Fire" by "Tohban Djan"	Roulette Archive	Roulette Intermedium	1989	Luli Shioi, vocals and bass; Ikue Mori, drums and percussion; Davey Williams, guitar; Hahn Rowe, violin; Zeena Parkins, accordion.	1:41:00 (Pop-up)
John Zorn/Naked City	The Sicilian Clan	Naked City	Elektra Nonesuch	1990	An Ennio Morricone cover with Zorn, sax; Fred Frith, bass; Joey Baron, drums; Bill Frisell, guitar; Wayne Horvitz, keys.	1:46:25 (Pop-up)

Ambitious Lovers	Copy Me "Copy Me" by "Ambitious Lovers"	Greed	Virgin Records	1988	Vernon Reid, rhythm guitar; Arto Lindsay, vocals, guitar; Naná Vasconcelos, percussion; Peter Scherer, keys, synth, drum programming, sampler; D.K. Dyson, backing vocals.	1:53:44 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	5:03pm Hank: Eclipiical Banana is Gonna Be the Very Next Craze !
	🥁 5:04pm tom tom the pipers son: hi david and people....y'know ...'mata hari' a good band name i've never seen used....
	🥁 5:04pm Threemoons 🌛🌝🌜: Hey, gotta late start today so you'll be my work soundtrack tonight! :)
	🥁 5:05pm chresti: Hi david and ruth and ridgewoodians!
	🥁 5:05pm listener james from westwood: Evening, Ridgewoodians and all!
	🥁 5:08pm david w: Lovely people! Hello Hank and tom tom and Threemoons, chresti, james. Welcome!
	🥁 5:09pm tom tom the pipers son: @david: weren't branca etc, sort of 1/2 generation before these experimental folk
	🥁 5:10pm david w: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:09 Not really, all happening at the same time.
	🥁 5:10pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:09 oh
	🥁 5:13pm tom tom the pipers son: i think dreyblatt's harmonic were influenced by branca
	🥁 5:14pm tom tom the pipers son: overtones etc...
	🥁 5:14pm david w: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:13 All the artists I'm playing today listened to each other.
	5:15pm Hank: DW, I thought Arnold Dreyblatt and fit your description for this show !
	🥁 5:16pm david w: ↳ Hank @5:15 This evolved into his Orchestra of Excited Strings.
	🥁 5:17pm WR: Hello David W, Ruth and Ridgewoodians. Listening while working on migrating to a new laptop.
	🥁 5:18pm david w: ↳ WR @5:17 WR! Perfect test for a new device!
	🥁 5:21pm WR: ↳ Song: "Onwards And Upwards" by "Skeleton Crew" So many great recordings out there. klanggalerie.bandcamp.com...
	🥁 5:23pm tom tom the pipers son: i think some of motivation behind this 80's move in the experimental music world towards more 'populist' projects was the emergence of the 'go-go' 80's art market whether to capitalize on it or make some comment on it
	🥁 5:24pm david w: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:23 Yeah, but with some exceptions you couldn't give this shit away.
	🥁 5:25pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:23 right...
	5:28pm doctorjazz: Hi all!
	🥁 5:29pm david w: Hi, Prof. Djazz!
	5:29pm mackeral: Hey folks! I was just thinking fondly of Skeleton Crew a couple days ago. Gonna have to get this Live Dirt
	🥁 5:30pm david w: mackeral! our minds have melded...
	🥁 5:32pm tom tom the pipers son: all this may have coexisted, but still i see branca, chatham, dna as sprouting from different cultural soil and from a different political climate, than what you've been playing so far
	5:32pm Rich in Washington: ↳ Song: "Floating" by "Julee Cruise/Angelo Badalamenti" Love this album so much.
	🥁 5:33pm david w: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:32 Indeed, but the cross pollination is undeniable.
	🥁 5:34pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ david w @5:33 agree
	🥁 5:35pm david w: another agree
	🥁 5:42pm david w: ↳ Rich in Washington @5:32 Rich! I meant to aim that second "agree" at you
	🥁 5:53pm tom tom the pipers son: there was just a massive flash of lightning and thunder from out of nowhere....
	🥁 5:55pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Castle By Day, Disco By Night" by "Anthony Coleman" favorite so far reminding me slightly of astor piazolla for maybe obvious reasons
	5:59pm Ike: Hi! I was just thinking about Living Colour the other day and how they got the phrase "Cult of Personality" more into mainstream consciousness with that hit.
	🥁 6:01pm david w: ↳ Ike @5:59 Hi, Ike. This is one of the projects that snuck into the mainstream.
	6:01pm Frank Talk About Humans: I got this tape along w Edie Brickell for Christmas in 1989. Or 88?
	🥁 6:02pm david w: ↳ Frank Talk About Humans @6:01 Frank! What a mixture!
	🥁 6:12pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "The Tale" by "Meredith Monk" liked that m. monk... the words reminded me of barbara kruger who arrived sometime after in the 80's
	🥁 6:14pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Trumped Up Charges" by "Semantics" whole new meanining to song title
	6:15pm Rich in Washington: ↳ Song: "Honeymooners" by "Ornette Coleman & Prime Time" Charlee Ellerbe. New to me. That's some spectacular string slingin'.
	6:15pm Flint_Jack: Great show David!
	🥁 6:17pm david w: ↳ Flint_Jack @6:15 thank you, dear Jack.
	6:17pm Rich in Washington: It's amazing what a wonderfully diverse roster SST Records had before it sort of imploded.
	🥁 6:18pm ranjit: This is a fun show tonight! (And hey, I know Samm Bennett! I visited him in Tokyo years ago.)
	🥁 6:19pm david w: ↳ Rich in Washington @6:17 SST gave hope to the scene for a while, many aspired to get there.
	🥁 6:20pm david w: ↳ ranjit @6:18 Thanks, ranjit. Old Samm abandoned us for a life in Japan years ago
	🥁 6:26pm WR: My sorting of files has brought up one intersection of the NYC experimental folks and the pop world. A 1985 recording, released as a single in '86 personnel: Bernard Fowler: back vocals Bill Laswell: bass Tony Williams: drums L Shankar: electric violin Steve Vai: guitar Nicky Skopelitis: guitar Words and singing John Lydon. That fun ditty, Rise.
	6:27pm northguineahills: hello ridgewoodians!
	🥁 6:27pm david w: ↳ WR @6:26 Whoa. That marks the spot!
	🥁 6:28pm david w: ngh!
	🥁 6:28pm WR: ↳ david w @6:20 Earlier I took a look on the 'net for Samm Bennett and saw a range of work and activities, and I am wondering if I heard a feature / interview with him on 'FMU about a year ago. Trying to remember the program on 'FMU or otherwise search for it.
	🥁 6:29pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ WR @6:28 krys o did a show devoted to samm bennett
	🥁 6:30pm tom tom the pipers son: hi ngh....
	🥁 6:30pm WR: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:29 right, just found Krys O's show with Bennett: www.wfmu.org...
	🥁 6:35pm david w: More here on Drummer stream today: 7-10pm (EDT): BODEGA POP with Gary Sullivan: Greek Vinyl Listening Party: Dimotiko, electronic, rebetiko, experimental, and laïkó on wax. wfmu.org... 10pm-Midnite: IF YOU LOSE YOUR HORSE with Sam Segal
	🥁 6:49pm WR: ↳ Song: "Leading A Double Life (1986)" by "The Ned Sublett... Just heart that Ned has one of his cowboy songs being newly released by Willie Nelson (who did a version of it in 2006) and young country performer Orville Peck. www.billboard.com... "Today (April 1), Peck announced his first release on the label: a collaboration with Willie Nelson. The pair will duet on a cover of “Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other,” a song originally released in 1981 by Latin country artist Ned Sublette and covered by Nelson in 2006. Peck himself previously performed a rendition for SiriusXM and at his 2023 Hollywood Bowl show."
	🥁 6:51pm tom tom the pipers son: thanks david, interesting stuff and all within an historical frame
	6:52pm doctorjazz: Listening while cooking, thanks David!
	🥁 6:54pm david w: ↳ doctorjazz @6:52 Of course you are!
	🥁 6:55pm david w: OK, wrapping up here. Thanks, everybody!
	🥁 6:55pm WR: A great survey, David. Many thanks. This episode is a good one to return to for repeat listening.
	🥁 6:56pm listener james from westwood: Delish spread on this windy night; many thanks!
	🥁 6:57pm ranjit: thanks, David!
	6:58pm Rich in Washington: Groovy show this evening, David! Thanks so much!
	🥁 6:59pm tom tom the pipers son: i was just tthinking virgil moorffield
	🥁 7:02pm chresti: Thanks david!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Wayne Horvitz/The President	This New Generation (1987 CBGB's)	Live Forever, Vol. 1: The President: New York in the 80's	Other Room Music	2021	Bobby Previte, drums; Dave Hofstra, electric bass; Elliott Sharp, guitar; Wayne Horvitz, keys; Dave Tronzo, slide guitar; Doug Wieselman, sax.

Arthur Russell	I Like You! "I Like You!" by "Arthur Russell"	Calling Out Of Context	Audika Records	2004	Created late 80s, from a collection featuring previously unreleased tracks of "Buddhist Bubblegum Disco Electro Pop".	0:06:57 (Pop-up)
Arnold Dreyblatt	Damping Influence	The Sound of One String	Table Of The Elements	1998	Dirk Lebahn, double bass prepared with excited strings; Wolfgang Glum, percussion; Jan Schade, miniature princess pianoforte; Wolfgang Mettler, violin. Recorded 1986 in concert at Het Apollohuis, Netherlands, by David Weinstein.	0:11:51 (Pop-up)
Skeleton Crew	Onwards And Upwards	Free Dirt (Live)	Klang Galerie	2023	From a compilation of early 80s tracks. Dave Newhouse, bass clarinet, sax, keys, percussion; Tom Cora, cello, bass, sampler, percussion, voice, accordion; Fred Frith, guitar, 6-string bass, violin, keys, percussion, voice; Zeena Parkins, harp, keys, accordion, percussion, voice.	0:17:21 (Pop-up)
Massacre	Killing Time "Killing Time" by "Massacre"	Massacre	Celluloid	1983	Fred Frith, Burns Black Bison Guitar, voice, Casio, radio; Bill Laswell, basses, pocket trumpet; Fred Maher, drums, percussion. Recorded live in Paris and at OAO studio, Brooklyn, 1981.	0:23:05 (Pop-up)
Ambitious Lovers	Lust "Lust" by "Ambitious Lovers"	Lust	Elektra	1991	Melvin Gibbs, bass; Tony Lewis, drums; Marc Ribot, guitar; Peter Scherer, keyboards, sampler; Naná Vasconcelos, percussion; Arto Lindsay, vocals, guitar.	0:26:10 (Pop-up)
Julee Cruise/Angelo Badalamenti	Floating	Floating Into The Night	Warner Bros. Records	1989	Composer Badalamenti, piano, synth; Eddie Dixon, Vinnie Bell, electric guitars; Kinny Landrum, synth; Al Regni, sax, clarinet; Julee Cruise, vocals. Lyrics by David Lynch.	0:30:51 (Pop-up)

Elliott Sharp/Carbon	Unks "Unks" by "Elliott Sharp/Carbon"	Datacide	Enemy Records	1990	Composer Sharp, guitars, sax, voice, Slab, sampler; David Linton, drums; Zeena Parkins, electric harp, keys, Slab; Samm Bennett, percussion, drums, sampler.	0:39:41 (Pop-up)
Samm Bennett/Chunk	Concert Recording	Roulette Archive	Roulette Intermedium	1989	Bennett’s percussion song project with the composer on drums, percussion, electronic percussion, and vocals; Tim Spelios, drums, percussion, electronic percussion; and David Simons, electronic percussion, jaw harp, Hawaiian guitar, etc.	0:42:56 (Pop-up)
Anthony Coleman	Castle By Day, Disco By Night	Roulette Archive	Roulette Intermedium	1990	Composer Coleman, keys; Jim Pugliese, drums; Guy Klucevsek, accordion; Don Byron, reeds.	0:50:42 (Pop-up)
Living Colour	Desperate People "Desperate People" by "Living Colour"	Vivid	Epic Records	1988	Muzz Skillings, bass, vocals; William Calhoun, drums, percussion, vocals; Vernon Reid, guitar, vocals; Corey Glover, lead vocals.	0:57:32 (Pop-up)

Meredith Monk	The Tale "The Tale" by "Meredith Monk"	Dolmen Music	ECM Records	1981	Composer Monk, voice, piano; Collin Walcott, percussion, violin; Steve Lockwood, piano.	1:05:59 (Pop-up)
Ornette Coleman & Prime Time	Honeymooners	Virgin Beauty	Portrait	1988	Ornette Coleman, sax, violin, trumpet; Al MacDowell, Chris Walker, bass; Calvin Weston, drums; Denardo Coleman, drums, keyboards, percussion; Bern Nix, Charlee Ellerbe, guitars.	1:08:39 (Pop-up)
No Safety	Take Me "Take Me" by "No Safety"	Live at the Knitting Factory	Cuneiform	2021	Ann Rupel, bass, vocals; Chris Cochrane, guitar, tape, tambourine, vocals; Zeena Parkins, harp, sampler, eggs, vocals; Doug Seidel, guitar; Tim Spelios, drums. Recorded live at the Knitting Factory, NYC July 1993.	1:14:22 (Pop-up)
Semantics	Trumped Up Charges "Trumped Up Charges" by "Semantics"	Bone Of Contention	SST Records	1987	Elliott Sharp, bass, guitars, drums, percussion; Samm Bennett, electronic drums, voice, sampler; composer Ned Rothenberg, saxes, bass clarinet, flutes.	1:16:03 (Pop-up)
New Air	Don't Drink That Corner My Life Is In The Bush	New Air Featuring Cassandra Wilson - Air Show No. 1	Black Saint	1989	Henry Threadgill, saxes, flute, eastern banjo; Fred Hopkins, bass; Pheeroan akLaff, percussion; Cassandra Wilson, vocals.	1:19:58 (Pop-up)

Wayne Horvitz/The President	I Went to See the Doctor (4-Track Demo)	Live Forever, Vol. 1: The President: New York in the 80's	Other Room Music	2021	Composer Horvitz, keys; Dave Hofstra, bass; Doug Wieselman, sax.	1:32:40 (Pop-up)
The Ned Sublette Band	Leading A Double Life (1986)	Degrees Of Freedom Found	Unseen Worlds	2021	From a "Blue" Gene Tyranny compilation album.	1:38:05 (Pop-up)
Tohban Djan	Kiss of Fire "Kiss of Fire" by "Tohban Djan"	Roulette Archive	Roulette Intermedium	1989	Luli Shioi, vocals and bass; Ikue Mori, drums and percussion; Davey Williams, guitar; Hahn Rowe, violin; Zeena Parkins, accordion.	1:41:00 (Pop-up)
John Zorn/Naked City	The Sicilian Clan	Naked City	Elektra Nonesuch	1990	An Ennio Morricone cover with Zorn, sax; Fred Frith, bass; Joey Baron, drums; Bill Frisell, guitar; Wayne Horvitz, keys.	1:46:25 (Pop-up)

Ambitious Lovers	Copy Me "Copy Me" by "Ambitious Lovers"	Greed	Virgin Records	1988	Vernon Reid, rhythm guitar; Arto Lindsay, vocals, guitar; Naná Vasconcelos, percussion; Peter Scherer, keys, synth, drum programming, sampler; D.K. Dyson, backing vocals.	1:53:44 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	5:03pm Hank: Eclipiical Banana is Gonna Be the Very Next Craze !
	🥁 5:04pm tom tom the pipers son: hi david and people....y'know ...'mata hari' a good band name i've never seen used....
	🥁 5:04pm Threemoons 🌛🌝🌜: Hey, gotta late start today so you'll be my work soundtrack tonight! :)
	🥁 5:05pm chresti: Hi david and ruth and ridgewoodians!
	🥁 5:05pm listener james from westwood: Evening, Ridgewoodians and all!
	🥁 5:08pm david w: Lovely people! Hello Hank and tom tom and Threemoons, chresti, james. Welcome!
	🥁 5:09pm tom tom the pipers son: @david: weren't branca etc, sort of 1/2 generation before these experimental folk
	🥁 5:10pm david w: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:09 Not really, all happening at the same time.
	🥁 5:10pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:09 oh
	🥁 5:13pm tom tom the pipers son: i think dreyblatt's harmonic were influenced by branca
	🥁 5:14pm tom tom the pipers son: overtones etc...
	🥁 5:14pm david w: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:13 All the artists I'm playing today listened to each other.
	5:15pm Hank: DW, I thought Arnold Dreyblatt and fit your description for this show !
	🥁 5:16pm david w: ↳ Hank @5:15 This evolved into his Orchestra of Excited Strings.
	🥁 5:17pm WR: Hello David W, Ruth and Ridgewoodians. Listening while working on migrating to a new laptop.
	🥁 5:18pm david w: ↳ WR @5:17 WR! Perfect test for a new device!
	🥁 5:21pm WR: ↳ Song: "Onwards And Upwards" by "Skeleton Crew" So many great recordings out there. klanggalerie.bandcamp.com...
	🥁 5:23pm tom tom the pipers son: i think some of motivation behind this 80's move in the experimental music world towards more 'populist' projects was the emergence of the 'go-go' 80's art market whether to capitalize on it or make some comment on it
	🥁 5:24pm david w: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:23 Yeah, but with some exceptions you couldn't give this shit away.
	🥁 5:25pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:23 right...
	5:28pm doctorjazz: Hi all!
	🥁 5:29pm david w: Hi, Prof. Djazz!
	5:29pm mackeral: Hey folks! I was just thinking fondly of Skeleton Crew a couple days ago. Gonna have to get this Live Dirt
	🥁 5:30pm david w: mackeral! our minds have melded...
	🥁 5:32pm tom tom the pipers son: all this may have coexisted, but still i see branca, chatham, dna as sprouting from different cultural soil and from a different political climate, than what you've been playing so far
	5:32pm Rich in Washington: ↳ Song: "Floating" by "Julee Cruise/Angelo Badalamenti" Love this album so much.
	🥁 5:33pm david w: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:32 Indeed, but the cross pollination is undeniable.
	🥁 5:34pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ david w @5:33 agree
	🥁 5:35pm david w: another agree
	🥁 5:42pm david w: ↳ Rich in Washington @5:32 Rich! I meant to aim that second "agree" at you
	🥁 5:53pm tom tom the pipers son: there was just a massive flash of lightning and thunder from out of nowhere....
	🥁 5:55pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Castle By Day, Disco By Night" by "Anthony Coleman" favorite so far reminding me slightly of astor piazolla for maybe obvious reasons
	5:59pm Ike: Hi! I was just thinking about Living Colour the other day and how they got the phrase "Cult of Personality" more into mainstream consciousness with that hit.
	🥁 6:01pm david w: ↳ Ike @5:59 Hi, Ike. This is one of the projects that snuck into the mainstream.
	6:01pm Frank Talk About Humans: I got this tape along w Edie Brickell for Christmas in 1989. Or 88?
	🥁 6:02pm david w: ↳ Frank Talk About Humans @6:01 Frank! What a mixture!
	🥁 6:12pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "The Tale" by "Meredith Monk" liked that m. monk... the words reminded me of barbara kruger who arrived sometime after in the 80's
	🥁 6:14pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Trumped Up Charges" by "Semantics" whole new meanining to song title
	6:15pm Rich in Washington: ↳ Song: "Honeymooners" by "Ornette Coleman & Prime Time" Charlee Ellerbe. New to me. That's some spectacular string slingin'.
	6:15pm Flint_Jack: Great show David!
	🥁 6:17pm david w: ↳ Flint_Jack @6:15 thank you, dear Jack.
	6:17pm Rich in Washington: It's amazing what a wonderfully diverse roster SST Records had before it sort of imploded.
	🥁 6:18pm ranjit: This is a fun show tonight! (And hey, I know Samm Bennett! I visited him in Tokyo years ago.)
	🥁 6:19pm david w: ↳ Rich in Washington @6:17 SST gave hope to the scene for a while, many aspired to get there.
	🥁 6:20pm david w: ↳ ranjit @6:18 Thanks, ranjit. Old Samm abandoned us for a life in Japan years ago
	🥁 6:26pm WR: My sorting of files has brought up one intersection of the NYC experimental folks and the pop world. A 1985 recording, released as a single in '86 personnel: Bernard Fowler: back vocals Bill Laswell: bass Tony Williams: drums L Shankar: electric violin Steve Vai: guitar Nicky Skopelitis: guitar Words and singing John Lydon. That fun ditty, Rise.
	6:27pm northguineahills: hello ridgewoodians!
	🥁 6:27pm david w: ↳ WR @6:26 Whoa. That marks the spot!
	🥁 6:28pm david w: ngh!
	🥁 6:28pm WR: ↳ david w @6:20 Earlier I took a look on the 'net for Samm Bennett and saw a range of work and activities, and I am wondering if I heard a feature / interview with him on 'FMU about a year ago. Trying to remember the program on 'FMU or otherwise search for it.
	🥁 6:29pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ WR @6:28 krys o did a show devoted to samm bennett
	🥁 6:30pm tom tom the pipers son: hi ngh....
	🥁 6:30pm WR: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:29 right, just found Krys O's show with Bennett: www.wfmu.org...
	🥁 6:35pm david w: More here on Drummer stream today: 7-10pm (EDT): BODEGA POP with Gary Sullivan: Greek Vinyl Listening Party: Dimotiko, electronic, rebetiko, experimental, and laïkó on wax. wfmu.org... 10pm-Midnite: IF YOU LOSE YOUR HORSE with Sam Segal
	🥁 6:49pm WR: ↳ Song: "Leading A Double Life (1986)" by "The Ned Sublett... Just heart that Ned has one of his cowboy songs being newly released by Willie Nelson (who did a version of it in 2006) and young country performer Orville Peck. www.billboard.com... "Today (April 1), Peck announced his first release on the label: a collaboration with Willie Nelson. The pair will duet on a cover of “Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other,” a song originally released in 1981 by Latin country artist Ned Sublette and covered by Nelson in 2006. Peck himself previously performed a rendition for SiriusXM and at his 2023 Hollywood Bowl show."
	🥁 6:51pm tom tom the pipers son: thanks david, interesting stuff and all within an historical frame
	6:52pm doctorjazz: Listening while cooking, thanks David!
	🥁 6:54pm david w: ↳ doctorjazz @6:52 Of course you are!
	🥁 6:55pm david w: OK, wrapping up here. Thanks, everybody!
	🥁 6:55pm WR: A great survey, David. Many thanks. This episode is a good one to return to for repeat listening.
	🥁 6:56pm listener james from westwood: Delish spread on this windy night; many thanks!
	🥁 6:57pm ranjit: thanks, David!
	6:58pm Rich in Washington: Groovy show this evening, David! Thanks so much!
	🥁 6:59pm tom tom the pipers son: i was just tthinking virgil moorffield
	🥁 7:02pm chresti: Thanks david!

Ridgewood Radio with David Weinstein: Playlist from April 3, 2024

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