WFMU: Mike Lupica: Playlist from November 11, 2003

Mike Lupica: Playlist from November 11, 2003

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November 11, 2003: Why did you call me a slut?

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	New	Approx. start time
I took an art history class in college during which all I seem to remember studying was the architecture of really old churches. The Romanesque design, buttresses, flying buttresses, etc. The rule of thumb for church construction was definitely The Higher the Church, The Closer to God, and the various engineering and architectural advances made at that time helped make this a reality. But what fascinated me most was that at several points in history, all the people who understood the principles behind these building techniques died off and there were periods of hundreds of years where nobody around remembered how to build flying buttresses, and thusly, new churches were collapsing all over the place.
Fascinating stuff. We always think of technology being permanent, that there'll always be somebody around who remembers how to do everything important, and that we are in a perpetual state of forward-motion. I got to thinking about this when I was in San Francisco a few weeks ago and saw my friend Sarah, whom I hadn't talked to in almost ten years. In shooting the breeze with her about the old days, she mentioned that years ago, I had single-handedly changed the way she makes pancakes by suggesting that she add a little bit of orange juice to the batter before hitting the griddle. This rattled me quite a bit, because I remembered doing that years ago, remembered the person who taught me that trick, and even remembered the occasion during which I'd passed it on to Sarah. The problem was, I myself hadn't done it for years. Not because I'd outgrown it or decided I didn't like it, but because I'd simply forgotten. The technology of delicious, tangy pancakes had been lost for nearly a decade, just as the structural secrets that keep those monumental stairways to heaven that you visit every time you go to Europe in place were. Calamity! I needed to rectify the situation immediately, so I quietly excused myself from the left coast, caught the first flight back to Newark, and planned to make myself the first proper breakfast I'd had since 1994.
I type this as a plate sticky with butter and syrup, and with a napkin stuck to it sits next to my computer, and a mountain of mixing bowls, whisks, egg shells, and cast iron acoutrements are piled in the sink behind me. My second cup of Bustelo is about halfway finished, and did I mention the container of orange juice I polished off to make this dream a reality? Damn... technology tastes goooood.

The Clash	Straight to Hell	From Here to Eternity (live)			0:01:35 Pop-up)
Apparat	Wooden	Duplex		*	0:06:56 Pop-up)
The Volta Sound	My All American Girl	My All American Girl			0:12:09 Pop-up)
The RZA	Grits	Birth of a Prince		*	0:16:02 Pop-up)
Colder	This River	Again		*	0:20:15 Pop-up)
Ralph Myerz & the Jack Herren Band	A Special Morning	A Special Album			0:24:47 Pop-up)
Fernanda Porto	De Costas Pro Mundo	The Rough Guide to Brazilian Electronica	compilation	*	0:28:59 Pop-up)

Bryan Ferry	Tokyo Joe	In Your Mind			0:38:50 Pop-up)
Kim Fowley	Negative	Sunset Boulevard			0:42:42 Pop-up)
Nonphixion	Rock Stars	The Future is Now EP			0:45:38 Pop-up)
Poison Idea	The Temple	War All the Time			0:49:31 Pop-up)
Big Nurse	Hey Hey	7"			0:52:13 Pop-up)
Radio Birdman	Crying Sun	Living Eyes			0:54:50 Pop-up)
Dave Edmunds	Creature from the Black Lagoon	Anthology 2xCD			0:57:43 Pop-up)
Dean Martin	On an Evening in Roma	Dino			1:01:20 Pop-up)
Johnny Thunders	Que Sera Sera	12"			1:03:47 Pop-up)

Abstract Tribe Unique	My Experience	Massmen Records compilation			1:18:39 Pop-up)
Dwayne Sodahberk	Unfortunately	Unfortunately		*	1:21:47 Pop-up)
The Fall	Mountain Energei	Country on the Click		*	1:24:28 Pop-up)
The Heads	False Heavy	Under Sided		*	1:27:43 Pop-up)
Van Halen	Where Have all the Good Times Gone?	Diver Down			1:31:41 Pop-up)
8 Bark	Your Hole	Structurally Sound			1:34:32 Pop-up)
Basement Jaxx	Right Here's the Spot	Kish Kash			1:36:57 Pop-up)
T. Raumschmiere	Querstromzerspaner	Radio Blackout		*	1:41:16 Pop-up)
The Gories	Nitroglycerine	I Know You Be Houserockin'			1:46:48 Pop-up)

Dirty Three	Indian Love Song	Dirty Three			2:02:00 Pop-up)
The Space Negroes	My White Bicycle	The Space Negroes do Generic Ethnic Muzak Versions of all your Favorite Underground Punk/Psychedelic Songs from the Sixties			2:11:32 Pop-up)
Robyn Hitchcock	Ghost Ship	You & Oblivion			2:16:01 Pop-up)
Maquiladora	Sudden Life	What the Day was Dreaming		*	2:21:31 Pop-up)
Radio Zumbido	Livingston Buzz	Los Ultimos Dias del AM			2:25:58 Pop-up)
Nuisance	Harvest Time	7"			2:30:12 Pop-up)

Great Plains	Dick Clark	Length of Growth 2xCD			2:40:39 Pop-up)
The Len Bright Combo	You're Gonna Screw my Head Off	The Len Bright Combo	With Wreckless Eric & Bruce Brand -- CD compiles their two LPs in one place.		2:43:24 Pop-up)
Speaking Canaries	Last Side of Town Pt. 2	Get Out Alive		*	2:47:32 Pop-up)
Volcano Suns	Testify	Bumper Crop			2:53:16 Pop-up)

Thanks to the 3500 of you who came to the Record Fair last weekend. It was great to see you all showing your support for freeform radio, and believe me, your efforts shall not go unrewarded.
			So who wants gum?

Artist

Track

Album

Comments

New

Approx. start time

I took an art history class in college during which all I seem to remember studying was the architecture of really old churches. The Romanesque design, buttresses, flying buttresses, etc. The rule of thumb for church construction was definitely The Higher the Church, The Closer to God, and the various engineering and architectural advances made at that time helped make this a reality. But what fascinated me most was that at several points in history, all the people who understood the principles behind these building techniques died off and there were periods of hundreds of years where nobody around remembered how to build flying buttresses, and thusly, new churches were collapsing all over the place.

Fascinating stuff. We always think of technology being permanent, that there'll always be somebody around who remembers how to do everything important, and that we are in a perpetual state of forward-motion. I got to thinking about this when I was in San Francisco a few weeks ago and saw my friend Sarah, whom I hadn't talked to in almost ten years. In shooting the breeze with her about the old days, she mentioned that years ago, I had single-handedly changed the way she makes pancakes by suggesting that she add a little bit of orange juice to the batter before hitting the griddle. This rattled me quite a bit, because I remembered doing that years ago, remembered the person who taught me that trick, and even remembered the occasion during which I'd passed it on to Sarah. The problem was, I myself hadn't done it for years. Not because I'd outgrown it or decided I didn't like it, but because I'd simply forgotten. The technology of delicious, tangy pancakes had been lost for nearly a decade, just as the structural secrets that keep those monumental stairways to heaven that you visit every time you go to Europe in place were. Calamity! I needed to rectify the situation immediately, so I quietly excused myself from the left coast, caught the first flight back to Newark, and planned to make myself the first proper breakfast I'd had since 1994.

I type this as a plate sticky with butter and syrup, and with a napkin stuck to it sits next to my computer, and a mountain of mixing bowls, whisks, egg shells, and cast iron acoutrements are piled in the sink behind me. My second cup of Bustelo is about halfway finished, and did I mention the container of orange juice I polished off to make this dream a reality? Damn... technology tastes goooood.

The Clash

Straight to Hell

From Here to Eternity (live)

0:01:35 Pop-up)

Apparat

Wooden

Duplex

0:06:56 Pop-up)

The Volta Sound

My All American Girl

0:12:09 Pop-up)

The RZA

Grits

Birth of a Prince

0:16:02 Pop-up)

Colder

This River

Again

0:20:15 Pop-up)

Ralph Myerz & the Jack Herren Band

A Special Morning

A Special Album

0:24:47 Pop-up)

Fernanda Porto

De Costas Pro Mundo

The Rough Guide to Brazilian Electronica

compilation

0:28:59 Pop-up)

Bryan Ferry

Tokyo Joe

In Your Mind

0:38:50 Pop-up)

Kim Fowley

Negative

Sunset Boulevard

0:42:42 Pop-up)

Nonphixion

Rock Stars

The Future is Now EP

0:45:38 Pop-up)

Poison Idea

The Temple

War All the Time

0:49:31 Pop-up)

Big Nurse

Hey Hey

0:52:13 Pop-up)

Radio Birdman

Crying Sun

Living Eyes

0:54:50 Pop-up)

Dave Edmunds

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Anthology 2xCD

0:57:43 Pop-up)

Dean Martin

On an Evening in Roma

Dino

1:01:20 Pop-up)

Johnny Thunders

Que Sera Sera

12"

1:03:47 Pop-up)

Abstract Tribe Unique

My Experience

Massmen Records compilation

1:18:39 Pop-up)

Dwayne Sodahberk

Unfortunately

1:21:47 Pop-up)

The Fall

Mountain Energei

Country on the Click

1:24:28 Pop-up)

The Heads

False Heavy

Under Sided

1:27:43 Pop-up)

Van Halen

Where Have all the Good Times Gone?

Diver Down

1:31:41 Pop-up)

8 Bark

Your Hole

Structurally Sound

1:34:32 Pop-up)

Basement Jaxx

Right Here's the Spot

Kish Kash

1:36:57 Pop-up)

T. Raumschmiere

Querstromzerspaner

Radio Blackout

1:41:16 Pop-up)

The Gories

Nitroglycerine

I Know You Be Houserockin'

1:46:48 Pop-up)

Dirty Three

Indian Love Song

Dirty Three

2:02:00 Pop-up)

The Space Negroes

My White Bicycle

The Space Negroes do Generic Ethnic Muzak Versions of all your Favorite Underground Punk/Psychedelic Songs from the Sixties

2:11:32 Pop-up)

Robyn Hitchcock

Ghost Ship

You & Oblivion

2:16:01 Pop-up)

Maquiladora

Sudden Life

What the Day was Dreaming

2:21:31 Pop-up)

Radio Zumbido

Livingston Buzz

Los Ultimos Dias del AM

2:25:58 Pop-up)

Nuisance

Harvest Time

2:30:12 Pop-up)

Great Plains

Dick Clark

Length of Growth 2xCD

2:40:39 Pop-up)

The Len Bright Combo

You're Gonna Screw my Head Off

The Len Bright Combo

With Wreckless Eric & Bruce Brand -- CD compiles their two LPs in one place.

2:43:24 Pop-up)

Speaking Canaries

Last Side of Town Pt. 2

Get Out Alive

2:47:32 Pop-up)

Volcano Suns

Testify

Bumper Crop

2:53:16 Pop-up)

Thanks to the 3500 of you who came to the Record Fair last weekend. It was great to see you all showing your support for freeform radio, and believe me, your efforts shall not go unrewarded.

So who wants gum?

Mike Lupica: Playlist from November 11, 2003

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