WFMU RADIO: Give The Drummer Some 01/21/14

Listener comments!

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5:32pm Artie:

All keyed up for this one...

5:33pm hyde:

don't fret

5:34pm Doug Schulkind:

What sound do you hear when you drop a piano down a shaft? A-flat minor!

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5:35pm Artie:

Never pegged you for a string man, Doug. Those guys are always wound a little tight.

5:39pm Doug Schulkind:

Ladies and gentlemans, we will be this evening's performance with a rendition of the ancient and hallowed Asian folksong: Tu Ning

5:42pm Aurélie E:

ok let's do this

5:43pm Doug Schulkind:

Aurélie E is here! Aurélie E is here!

5:44pm Doug Schulkind:

It's 9:45am where you are, eh Aurélie?

5:44pm glenn:

another strummer some show? will my favourite axeman be featured?

5:44pm marcury:

Looking forward to being strung along!

5:45pm Doug Schulkind:

No quite in that direction, glenn. More along the John Fahey strains of humanity.

How-D, marcury!!

5:45pm Gary:

Great, all of the good jokes are taken

5:47pm glenn:

oh, the huge manatee.

5:47pm marcury:

I don't know that tuning

5:48pm Doug Schulkind:

Hey Gary, the one about the "hollow body" is all yours!

5:49pm Aurélie E:

yeah Doug, it's my day off, almost 10am, cant wait for ur show!!!!!

5:49pm Matt from Springfield:

Jimi provided great guitar and voice. But, mostly guitar.

Hey Doug and early Drummers!

5:50pm Doug Schulkind:

Haha Aurélie! For a moment there I thought you said, "I can't wait for snow!!!!!" Now THAT would be a neat trick.

Welcome Matt! (I know, I use that joke every time.)

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5:50pm Artie:

Catgut your tongue?

5:51pm Doug Schulkind:

Hey, any quick requests to play on the stream before the show starts??

5:51pm Matt from Springfield:

Kudos glenn, Give the Strummer Some!
(A Clash tribute episode...)

Speaking of which, very exquisite and thorough tribute series to Bro. Yusef Lateef. Great job, Bro. Doug!

5:52pm hyde:

thanh thuy!

5:53pm Doug Schulkind:

Thanks Matt. I've got more Yusef coming the next two Fridays! Only six hours to go.

5:53pm Doug Schulkind:

You're wish is my demand, hyde!

5:54pm glenn:

i cannot take credit. somebody used that last year.

5:55pm hyde:

@Doug thanks! heavy effects on the vocals on this one...

5:57pm Doug Schulkind:

Either that or just some lovely hashish brownies.

5:59pm hyde:

you say tomato, i say tomahto

5:59pm Doug Schulkind:

I say threemato.

6:00pm ndbob:

evening Doug and everyone!

6:02pm Aurélie E:

@Doug: I wish I could expect snow here in Nouméa
@Matt: u're everywhere!

6:03pm Matt from Springfield:

@Aurélie: Here and there as well! ;)

6:03pm Doug Schulkind:

Sir ndbob, I bow low to you!

6:05pm Doug Schulkind:

Searching Google Images for Nouméa, here is the first photo that popped up: upload.wikimedia.org...

6:05pm Doug Schulkind:

Probably a cliché, Aurélie, but still. Nice.

6:08pm Matt from Springfield:

Groovy geetarin' - kind of a Shrunken Planet vibe...

6:08pm ndbob:

@Aurelie - looking at lotsof images of Noumea now - looks lovely:)

6:09pm hyde:

I feel like we might get some Don Bikoff today...(I hope!)

6:10pm northguineahills:

This will be fun!

6:11pm Gary:

Lovely Lena Hughes

6:11pm Doug Schulkind:

@hyde
Oooh, Bikoff would be perfect. Will squeeze him in if I can.

6:12pm Doug Schulkind:

Nope, Gary. I just hit "enter" too soon. Here is Lena...

6:12pm Aurélie E:

@Doug: I was actually there last week, so it's not a cliché!
@ndbob: yeah :)

6:14pm Doug Schulkind:

@Aurélie
Let me put on a long track and then head over to your place.

6:14pm Doug Schulkind:

Good evening northguineahills!

6:14pm Gary:

Well, this is lovely, too. Just sat down with a quesadilla

6:15pm hyde:

if Don Bikoff doesn't make it, people should just go watch this after signoff (Don Bikoff on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour) www.youtube.com...

6:16pm Matt from Springfield:

This is a LOVELY soundtrack to watching snow still falling!

6:18pm Doug Schulkind:

@Matt from Springfield
Your comment makes me think of the amazing "death in the snowfall" scene at the end of Altman's "McCabe and Mrs. Miller." One of the greatest scenes in cinema history.

6:19pm Dean:

Trying to remember the name of the picker who played Covina's Fret House in the (guessing: early) '90s following an appearance on KPFK's Folk Scene. He was a Kottke acolyte of sorts. Male, white, youthful at the time. Help?

6:20pm Aurélie E:

@Doug I love Robert Altman, The Criterion Collection just released a new edition of Nashville x

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6:20pm listener james from westwood:

been digging the strumming since the 6 o'clock hour, but just got free to comment now. 'lo, all! hope those coping with snow are home safe or able to use mass transit!

6:21pm Doug Schulkind:

Heya Dean and LJFW!

6:21pm Dean:

@Aurélie E: Your comment reminds me of *another* show, this one at Al's Bar, the downtown LA punk haven. The performer was Ronee Blakeley.

6:24pm ndbob:

Actually (relatively) nicer here then in the mid-Atlantic today - less then an inch of snow - just cold - temps in the mid-teens wind chill around zero

6:25pm Matt from Springfield:

@Doug: "McCabe and Mrs. Miller"--heard of that, but haven't seen! Oughta see that.

So many references of Jack London's "To Build A Fire" lately, what with the Vortex and all.

6:26pm ndbob:

@Matt - it's great

6:27pm Doug Schulkind:

Here's a piece about soundtrack music, with special mention of McCabe & Mrs. Miller, I wrote ages ago: wfmu.org...

6:29pm Aurélie E:

@Dean I just found out that al's bar turned into a yoga studio, geez new age bullshit x la.curbed.com...

6:30pm glenn:

here's a GREAT guitarist who's a big fan of kottke's .
www.youtube.com...

6:31pm Jeff Golick:

Guess I'll just slide right in here for a pick-me-up.

6:31pm Matt from Springfield:

Nice blog post--thanks Doug and NDBob!

6:32pm ndbob:

ah a "dead cat on the line" song I don't know

6:32pm Doug Schulkind:

@Jeff Golick
Grab a pick and start jamming.

6:33pm Doug Schulkind:

Tampa Red does a nice rendition, ndbob.

6:33pm Jeff Golick:

Ice pick, AMIRITE?

6:34pm ndbob:

@Doug will check it out

6:34pm Matt from Springfield:

@Jeff G: The IRA's favorite way to "jam"!

6:35pm Konin:

Far east, far west, far out.

6:36pm Gary:

I'm embarrassed to admit I've never seen McCabe & Mrs. Miller. I definitely didn't know Leonard Cohen supplied some of the soundtrack. I think I had a similar association as you, Doug, to Ghost & Mrs. Muir or something. If it's Criterion I can watch it on Hulu, maybe, yes?

6:37pm Doug Schulkind:

@Gary
I believe ALL of the music for M&MM is Leonard Cohen!

6:37pm Jeff Golick:

WHAT GARY JUST SAID, TO THE LETTER. !!!
(Hi, Gary.)

6:37pm Doug Schulkind:

@Konin
Welcome aboard!

6:38pm Gary:

Howdy, Jeff!

6:38pm Aurélie E:

@doug: got to go!! thanks!!

6:38pm Doug Schulkind:

Next up, the man who makes me weep...

6:38pm hyde:

you people who haven't watched MCCABE AND MRS MILLER need to rectify this oversight, asap!

6:38pm Dean:

@Aurélie E: I moved out of LA on August 15, 2001. Al's closed one day later on August 16. The scars are permanent, I'm afraid. I loved that place. Used to do homework there during grad school. One year prior to our departure, on August 15, 2000, my wife and I were married. We went to Al's that night, go figure. Drunk Horse played. But the Curbed piece cites bands that came late to the scene, by my lights. In addition to Ronee Blakely, I heard a ton of first wave LA punk at Al's, not to mention SPK, the bizarre rockabilly of Keith Joe Dick, the Mentors with Fear's Lee Ving joining in...

@glenn: She's terrific, and the guitar is beautiful.

6:39pm Konin:

Glad to be so, Doug, always enjoy your show. Especially after having enjoyed some of the native beers.

6:39pm Doug Schulkind:

Bye Aurélie! Great you could drop by.

6:39pm ndbob:

Heya Gary!

6:40pm Doug Schulkind:

The second guitar here with JCF is played by Al Stewart.

6:41pm Aurélie E:

@Dean: amazing x
@Doug: gonna be there 4 ur next show!

6:41pm Doug Schulkind:

@Konin
Be careful, the natives might want their beers back. (OK, that was awful and vaguely racist.)

6:41pm Matt from Springfield:

Al, always a great classical guitarist.

Take care, Aurélie!

6:42pm Gary:

Hi ndbob! And, hyde, I'm gonna check on Hulu this weekend ...

6:42pm Konin:

Oh, I was referring to MY native beers, Doug, which makes your remark totally OK!

6:43pm northguineahills:

I love snowy days :)

6:43pm Konin:

I always want those beers back. I'm a native too!

6:46pm hyde:

@Gary it really is great!

6:47pm Jeff Golick:

I too am looking forward. (Believe it or not, am a big Altman fan.)

6:47pm earrie:

Gorgeous listening. Thanks.

6:47pm Jeff Golick:

(Belated "heh" to Matt from Springfield.)

6:48pm Doug Schulkind:

That's a relief, Konin! Just as long as you aren't Konin the Barbarian. (Shit, now I feel bad again.)

e.a.r.r.i.e.!.!.

6:48pm earrie:

(Dinner dîner.)

6:49pm Konin:

totally fine, I get the confusion,D. I'm actually Konin the Barber. But don't take me serious on that.

6:50pm Gary:

This is pretty awesome

6:50pm Konin:

It's a world of reference these days

6:52pm Matt from Springfield:

Speaking of instrumental guitaring, I was pleased that a recent commercial featured the tune of Fleetwood Mac/Lindsey Buckingham's "Never Going Back Again". Also because (Gratuitous Knowledge Memo: ) that song started out as an instro acoustic demo titled "Brushes".

6:52pm Doug Schulkind:

I just learned, via Facebook, that there is something called the New York Guitar Festival taking place. Right now.

6:53pm Doug Schulkind:

GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO PROGRAMMING ALERT...
Jesse Kaminsky and Kaminsky Kamoutsky is up next, here on the stream. Jesse's playlist page is here: wfmu.org...

6:53pm hyde:

PSA: a still live link for George Cromarty's Grassroots Guitar LP (which I guess costs a mint in the original vinyl, or so my googlin' tells me): rootstrata.com...

6:54pm ndbob:

excellent show Doug!

6:54pm Matt from Springfield:

@Doug: BUT, can we listen to it worldwide, right now, like the Pittsburgh Guitar Festival? Don't even have to put up for hotel rooms for *these* musicians!

6:54pm northguineahills:

T'was grand, Doug! Thanks!

6:55pm Doug Schulkind:

My cat, Minerva, has been warming herself behind my computer throughout the show. She keeps getting up as if to hop down, causing me to lunge in case she steps on a button that knocks me off the air. So far, so good. She's just washing now. Should be OK for the next 6 minutes.

THANKS ndbob & NGH and Matt and everysingleperson!

6:55pm Jeff Golick:

A beauty, Doug. Tugging at the heart- and other-strings.

6:55pm hyde:

@Doug there's also a cool looking early american guitars show (the instruments of C.F. Martin) up at the Met: www.metmuseum.org...

6:57pm glenn:

mixercat!

6:57pm Gary:

Really beautiful show tonight, thank you, Doug

6:57pm Konin:

Woof Miauw!

6:57pm Matt from Springfield:

Keeps my heartstrings in tune, it does!

Thanks Doug, lovely listening to go with my outdoor visuals from here, perfect!

6:58pm Minerva:

The pleasure's mine, Gary!

6:58pm marcury:

Sweet, Sweet Show!

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6:59pm listener james from westwood:

this show was superb. thanks, doug!!

6:59pm Doug Schulkind:

So glad you heard this one, marcury!

Thanks Listener James. Eternally.

6:59pm hyde:

spectacular show this week. thnx.

7:00pm Matt from Springfield:

Take care, everysingleperson!

7:01pm Doug Schulkind:

File this one under "Best, you guys are the..."

5:08pm Listener Gregory:

Doug, you seem to say that Jackson C. Frank's album "Blues Run the Game" was the only one released in his lifetime. But my vast experience (i.e., Allmusic.com) tells me that his only album was self-titled ("Jackson C. Frank"), and that BRtG was the name of the much later reissue. No?

5:15pm Doug Schulkind:

@Listener Gregory
Yah, I misspoke! Thanks for catching that. (I will now double your pay.)

Suni McGrath	Parting Dance	Cornflower Suite (Adelphia 1969)
Robbie Basho	Dravidian Sunday	The Seal of the Blue Lotus (Takoma 1965)
Lena Hughes	Pearly Dew	Rural Parlor Guitar (County )
George Cromarty	Langostino	Grassroots Guitar (Thistle 1973)
Leo Kottke	Vaseline Machine Gun	6 and 12 String Guitar (Takoma 1969)

Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson	The Well of Youth	Hirta Songs (Stone Tape 2013)
Peter Walker	Early in the Morning	Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms? (Delmore 1970)
Charlie Parr	Dead Cat on the Line	Rooster (Chaperone 2005)
Tom House	Something in Her Eyes	Long Time Home From Here (Catamount 2003)
Jackson C. Frank	Yellow Walls	Blues Run the Game (Santcuary 1965)

Marisa Anderson	Old Names	Mercury (Mississippi 2013)
Mike Cooper	Day Out of Days	Distant Songs of Madmen (Room 40 2011)
James Blackshaw	O True Believers	O True Believers (Important 2005)
Daniel Bachman	Long Nights I	Seven Pines (Tompkins Square 2012)

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