Experiencing a Significant Gravitas Shortfall Podcast

By The Mighty Grouse

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December 02, 2013PROGRAM 36: LOST EPISODE #2, GOODBYE TO KEVIN AYERS [02.21.13]
There were atrocious sound problems with this show, and much of it had to be completely reconstructed from the library. The only unaffected parts were the mic sets, and I found those especially obnoxious after the fact (they haven't aged well either). Apologies to any Kevin Ayers fans for marring a tribute to the man with my amateurism. One note: the Broadcast track was meant to evoke "Rheinhardt & Geraldine." Maybe I should have actually played that at some point.
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Stalling tape

Robert Wyatt - "Stalin Wasn't Stallin'" (from Nothing Can Stop Us)

The Soft Machine - "Hope for Happiness / Joy of a Toy / Hope For Happiness (Reprise)" (from Volume 1)

Kevin Ayers - "Joy of a Toy Continued" (from Joy of a Toy)

This mic set is just embarrassing.
Kevin Ayers - "Joy of a Toy Continued" (from Joy of a Toy)

Kevin Ayers - "The Lady Rachel (Single)" (from Joy of a Toy)

Broadcast - "The Book Lovers" (from Work and Non Work)

Caravan - "Nine Feet Underground" (from In the Land of Grey and Pink)

Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Eno & Nico - "Baby's On Fire" (from Eno: The Lost 70s Pop Album)

Kevin Ayers - "Red Green and You Blue" (from Shooting At the Moon)

R. Stevie Moore - "Showing Shadows" (from Phonography)

Kevin Ayers - "Puis Je?" (from Shooting At the Moon)

The Velvet Underground & Nico - "I'll Be Your Mirror" (from The Velvet Underground & Nico)

Kevin Ayers - "Caribbean Moon" (from Bananamour)

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - "Poodle Rockin'" (from Spanish Dance Troupe)

Kevin Ayers - "Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes" (from Whatevershebringswesing)

You twit, it's pronounce "Yakko."
Broadcast - "Lights Out" (from Work and Non Work)

Maston - "Strange Rituals / (You Were) In Love / Messages" (from Shadows)

Jacco Gardner - "Clear the Air / The One Eyed King / Puppets Dangling" (from Cabinet of Curiosities)

Grouse has run out of steam.
The Mar-Keys - "Sack-O-Woe" (from The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968)

Kevin Ayers (w/ Syd Barrett) - "Religious Experience (Singing a Song in the Morning)" (from Joy of a Toy)
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November 18, 2013PROGRAM 35: LOST EPISODE #1, A GRAND MESS [02.07.13]
For some reason I was unhappy with this program and never assembled it into a podcast. Probably because it's a disorganized, unplanned mess. Enjoy!
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Ras Kommanda - "What is the Price?"

Grouse sounds like he's throwing in the towel.
The Mar-Keys - "Bush Bash" (from The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968)

Shadow - "Tabanca" (from This is Soca [CS])

Natural Dreamers - "Sir G" (JNR108)

"Ashre" (from Chasidic Dances)

Birds of America - "Nitewalker" (from The Slow Wish [CS])

A naked Grouse back announce.

My Bloody Valentine - "Wonder 2" (from MBV)

Yes - "Nous Sommes Du Soleil" (from Tales from Topographic Oceans)

Another naked Grouse back announce.

Daniel Bachman - "Mount Olive Cohoke" (Live in Germany)

Chico Buarque & Maria Bethânia - Ao Vivo [side 1]

"Kol Rinoh" (from Chasidic Dances)

Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin - "Reverse Shark Attack" (from Reverse Shark Attack)

Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin - "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" (from Reverse Shark Attack)

Hedzoleh - "Yei Baa Gbe Wo" (from Hedzoleh)

Koudede - "Hat-iman-in (She Is In My Heart)" b/w "Nelil-igorasan (Life In The Bush)" (SF076: Guitars from Agadez Vol 6)

3 Man Band - "Owsley (In Theory & Practice)" (GH6)

Apache Dropout - "Do The Splendid Clown" (AD#1)
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May 10, 2013PROGRAM 39: AM I TOO LATE FOR RECORD STORE DAY? [05.02.13]
Or as we old birds call it: eBay Eve! paDOW! (I'm pretty sure I'm stealing that joke from someone, possibly even a music writer I've met. Lars? Christopher R.W.?)
Grouse is low on planning time these days, so we get to hear that tried and true lazy DJ mainstay: the Let's Listen to Records I Just Bought But Haven't Listened To! show.
It's a talky show: if you love the sound of Grouse's voice as much as he seems to himself, you're in for a treat! What is going on with all these shifting voice-POVs? I'm confused!
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Also, how about that beautiful Cal Tjader photo above? More from that stunning LIFE Magazine spread are available here.
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Debt Collectors calling READ-GROUSE (732-347-6873)

Robert Wyatt - "Stalin Wasn't Stallin'" (from Nothing Can Stop Us)

Stalling tape

Grouse pours out his soul like silver.
The Meters - "Funky Miracle" (from Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology)

Dieuf-Dieul De Thiès - "Na Binta" (from Aw Sa Yone Vol. 1)

Karthala 72 - "Marche De La Mort" (from Diable Du Feu)

Fela And Afrika 70 - "Sorrow Tears And Blood (Original Extended Version) " (from Sorrow Tears And Blood)

CSC Funk Band (featuring David Maraniss) - "Choom Gang" (from Funkincense)

Shake Keane & His Highlifers - "Balonga" (from London Is The Place For Me 2: Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz From Young Black London)

Joseph Jarman - "Little Fox Run" (from Song For)

Tunji Oyelana - "Omonike" (from London Is The Place For Me 2: Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz From Young Black London)

Lord Kitchener - "London Is The Place For Me" (from London Is The Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso In London, 1950 - 1956)

Wilmoth Houdini with Gerald Clark's Night Owls - "I Need a Man" (from Songs of Trinidad)

Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra - "Begin the Beguine" (from Cugat's Favorite Rhumbas)

The Cal Tjader Trio - "Ivy" (from The Cal Tjader Trio)

Percy Faith & His Orchestra - "Tropical Merengue" (from Greatest Hits)

Grouse sees his future, and gives a shout out to a Pulitzer Prize winner that he really does know.
The Mar-Keys - "Bush Bash" (from The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968)

Thee Oh Sees - "Toe Cutter / Thumb Buster" (from Floating Coffin)

White Fence - "Pink Gorilla" (from Cyclops Reap)

Apache Dropout - "I'm So Glad" (from Magnetic Heads)

Apache Dropout - "I'm So Glad" (from Apache Dropout)

Gram Parson [sic] and the International Submarine Band - "Folsom Prison Blues / And: That's All Right" (from The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea)

The Scientists - "She Said She Loves Me" (from The Scientists)

The Bats - "By Night" (from By Night)

Orange Juice - "Felicity" (from You Can't Hide Your Love Forever)

Orange Juice - "Love Sick" (from The Glasgow School)

Lord Apologizer sends a message to Edwyn Collins.
Stereolab - "Three Women" (from Chemical Chords)

The Troggs - "With A Girl Like You / I Can't Control Myself" (from The Best Of The Troggs)

Simon Turner - "(Baby) I Gotta Go" (from Velvet Tinmine)

The Easybeats - "Friday On My Mind" (from The Definitive Anthology)
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April 25, 2013PROGRAM 38: DO THE DADA MAMBO! [04.18.13]
Rakete bee bee, grouseketeers. Sorry it's taken me a week to post this. Show is also 30 minutes shorter than usual because of punctuality issues. Probably for the best. Mostly jazz, international sounds, and a little bit of easy listening. Enjoy yourself, if you survive the first ten minutes. Rakete bee zee.
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Jaap Blonk - "Presto" (from Kurt Schwitters' Ursonate)

Roy Campbell, Joe McPhee, William Parker, Warren Smith - "Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe" (from Tribute to Albert Ayler - Live at The Dynamo)

Creative Construction Company - "Muhal (Part I)" (from Creative Construction Company)

Richard Landry - Last Track (from Solos)

Mammane Sani - "Lamru" (from La Musique Electronique du Niger)

Fatimah Al-Zaelaeyah - "Ya Mun Dakhal Bahr Al-Hawa (Hey, Who Enters the Sea of Passion?)" (from Qat, Coffee & Qambus: Raw 45s from Yemen)

Mas Sujud - "Dangdut Medley" (from Street Musicians of Yogyakarta)

Ergo Phizmiz - "Jews Harp Mambo" (from Phuj Factory)

Jackie Davis - "Manana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" (from Ultra-Lounge Vol 2: Mambo Fever)

Mona Baptiste - "Calypso Blues" (from London Is The Place For Me 2: Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz From Young Black London)

Percy Faith - "The Bandit (Theme from O Cangaceiro)" (from Aquarela Do Brasil)

The playlist and podcast are so much easier to make when Grouse keeps his trap shut.
Ike Bennett & the Crystalites - "Illya Kuryakin" (from Trojan Rocksteady Box Set)
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April 08, 2013PROGRAM 37: TALK ME OFF THE LEDGE, GROUSE [04.04.13]
I did two terrible shows in February that are possibly permanently stuck in the podcast queue (programs 35 and 36). They contributed to a general loss of élan for the show and for Radio CPR in the month of March. I quit the station, I re-imagined (but never implemented) the whole podcast, and then I unquit. I'm back. I'm still a mess, but EASGS is back and maybe not going away any time soon. Unless I get cranky again in May.
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Yehudi Menuhin & Ravi Shankar - "Raga Piloo" (from West Meets East: Album 2)

You are listening to a Grouse going crazy.

Gentle Giant - "Knots" (from Octopus)

Grass Widow - "Under the Atmosphere" (from Internal Logic)

Matmos - "Just Waves" (from The Ganzfeld EP)

Maston - "Young Hearts" (from Shadows)

Ruth Welcome - "Parisian Heiress" (from Zither Magic)

Ed Askew - "Here We Are Together Again" (IND086)

Natural Dreamers - "Just No Probe" (JNR108)

Cryptacize - "Cosmic Sing-a-long" (from Dig That Treasure)

The Return of Lord Apologizer!
Stereolab - "Les Yper-Sound" (from Emperor Tomato Ketchup)

Jowe Head - "Cake Shop Girl" (Cape Shok 01)

Alash Ensemble - "My Throat, The Ediski" (from Buura)

Group Inerane - "Tamidit In Aicha" (from Guitars From Agadez Vol 3)

L'Orchestre National de Mauritanie - "Senam-Mosso" (from L'Orchestre National de Mauritanie)

Hedzoleh - "Kaa Ye Oyai (Don't Be In A Hurry)" (from Hedzoleh)

Lord Shorty - "Sweet Music" (from Sweet Soca Music)

Charanjit Singh - "Raga Kalavati" (from Ten Ragas To a Disco Beat)

In which the Mighty Grouse rudely belittles the important work of Uncle Matt's upcoming guest.
Stereolab - "Les Yper-Sound" (from Emperor Tomato Ketchup)

Albert Ayler - "Heart Love" (from New Grass)
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February 03, 2013PROGRAM 34: SNOW & SOCA [1.17.13]
Snow was in the forecast when I did this show more than two weeks ago, but it never came. We've seen 70 degree days since then, but as if in direct challenge of the will of the God of Punxatawney, it's 20 degrees out and snowing now as I type this post. Enjoy some snow tunes, then warm up with some 2013 soca hits!
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Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley - "Footprints in the Snow" (from The Original Folkways Recordings 1960-1962)

The Coctails - "First Snowfall" (from A John Waters Christmas)

The Ronettes - "Frosty the Snowman" (from A Christmas Gift For You from Phil Spector)

Prince and the Revolution - "Sometimes It Snows in April" (from Parade - Music from The Motion Picture 'Under The Cherry Moon')

A Sunny Day in Glasgow - "100/0 (Snowdays forever)" (from Autumn, again)

The Curtains - "Snowy Visitors" (from Flybys)

The Aislers Set - "Hit the Snow" (from Last Match)

Booker T. & the MG's - "Winter Snow" (from The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968)

The Halo Benders - "Snowfall" (from God Don't Make No Junk)

Thursdays Rock! with Grouse and 86. A new sitcom debuting this February on CPR!
Booker T. & the MG's - "Jingle Bells" (from The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968)

Lord Shorty & Vibrations International - "Vibrations Groove" (from Sofrito: International Soundclash)

Merchant - "Um Ba Yo" (from Golden Hitz Of Calypso And Soca Vol. 2)

Mighty Sparrow - "Phillip My Dear" (from ALBUM)

Mighty Shadow - "Dat Soca Boat" (from Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque)

Fay-Ann Lyons - "Get On" (from Soca Gold 2008)

Bunji Garlin - "Hold a Burn"

Skinny Fabulous - "6:30 (What Time Is It)" (from I Am Soca - 2012)

JW & Blaze - "Timing It"

Fay-Ann Lyons - "Eff"

Bunji Garlin - "Vikings Coming"

JUS J - "Soca In We Soul"

Rikki Jai - "Mauvais Lang"

Machel Montano - "Float"

Bunji Garlin - "Over the Hills"

Ras Kommanda f/ the Mighty Power - "Respect Yuh Culture"

Fya Empress - "Painter"

Terri Lyons - "Fighter"

Grouse says goodnight, hoping for snow.
Sheriff Music - "Dark Horse Riddim"

Thee Open Sex - "Peanut Butter / I Do Not Know What" (from Thee Open Sex)
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January 04, 2013SPECIAL PROGRAM 5: NEW YEARS EVE WITH THE LADY KATIE [12.31.12]
The Lady Katie joins the Mighty Grouse for an hour on the annual Radio CPR New Year's Eve Marathon. I think we showed up a little early for the party.
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Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers - "Time Is Tight" (from Steel Vibrations)

The Clash - "Time Is Tight" (from Super Black Market Clash)

Booker T & the MGs - "Time Is Tight (extended intro)" (from Up Tight)

Grouse has bird flu, and hello from the Lady Katie
Ike Bennet & the Crystalites - "Illya Kuryakin" (from Trojan Rocksteady Box Set)

Phyllis Dillon - "Don't Touch Me Tomato" (from Trojan Rocksteady Box Set)

Sir Lancelot - "Scandal In The Family" (from The Rough Guide to Calypso Gold)

Unit 4+2 - "Never Say Goodbye" (from Concrete & Clay)

The Troggs - "With A Girl Like You" (Atco 45-6415)

Grouse introduces the Lady Katie set.
Stereolab - "Three Women" (from Chemical Chords)

Marscha Gee - "Peanut Duck" (from Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found: One Kiss Can Lead To Another)

The Ramones - "Needles & Pins (Early Version)" (from Rocket to Russia)

Etta James - "I'd Rather Go Blind" (from The Essential Etta James)

James Brown - "Please Please Please" (from 20 All-Time Greatest Hits!)

Rockin' Sidney - "You Ain't Nothin' But Fine" (from The Louisiana Party)

Huey Smith And His Clowns - "I Tried" (from For Dancin')

Cats on Fire - "Draw In The Reins" (from Draw In The Reins EP)

The Olivia Tremor Control - "The Opera House" (from Music From The Unrealized Film Script: Dusk At Cubist Castle)

The Four J's - "Will You Be My Love" (from Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found: One Kiss Can Lead To Another)

Petula Clark - "Heart" (from Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found: One Kiss Can Lead To Another)

The Lady Katie does a mean mic set. The answer to your question, Grouse, is: Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono!
The Meters - "Darling Darling Darling" (from Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology)

The Zombies - "This Will Be Our Year [Mono Mix]" (from Odyssey & Oracle)
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December 21, 2012PROGRAM 33: THIS WORLD OVER / ENDLESS WALTZ [12.20.12]
All day I had the words "this world over" floating in my head, and only after doing this show did I remember that's a song title on my least favorite XTC record.* So it was left out of this impromptu apocalyptical set.
A few months ago while reading about Kaoru Abe, I learned about his exploitative biopic. At the time, I joked that I should try to get the movie and play it on the air. And then I found the movie, and the Grouse stands by his word. It's a "Sid & Nancy for the free jazz set." The Lady Katie, listening from Shaw, asked if the movie was just sex and crying; and indeed it is. But also a few dust-ups, an amputated toe (for love's sake), and some blistering improv. As far as I can tell, the real Keiji Haino and Fushitsusha play themselves, on and off stage. My knowledge of the Japanese free jazz scene is extremely limited; with the exception of the lead actor, they all looked like real players giving semi-real performances.
The entire movie audio was broadcast on 97.5 FM on 12.20.12. The entire audio is again presented here... because, what the hell. The full video is out there if you're really interested. Good luck finding subtitles! While on the air, I did my best to live tweet some visuals, and I've collected them at the bottom of this post.
While typing these notes, I learned that the director of "Endless Waltz," Koji Wakamatsu, died in October. Let's just pretend, ex post facto, that this whole thing was a belated tribute to a director I'd never heard of. For podcasting purposes, I cannot link to anything above my audio link below. But click on his name in the playlist for the New York Times obituary. Rest in peace, Koji.
The original plan for today was 1:44 to "Endless Waltz," 4 minutes to a late tribute to Ravi Shankar (the appropriate "I Am Missing You"), and 4 minutes for Bird's rendition of White Christmas. I hadn't planned to give in to the zeitgeist and do an end of the world set. But then the Lady Katie requested the Ted Leo track that we open with. I also showed up early for the first time in a great while, so bonus world-ending radio for all!
*It would have made a good segue piece in this set too; from XTC to Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her (the band, named after the XTC song on "The Big Express"), to Kaoru Abe.
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Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - "Last Days" (from The Brutalist Bricks)

Talulah Gosh - "My World's Ending" (from Backwash)

Jenks "Tex" Carman - "End of the World" (from Chippeha! (1947-57))

Ohm-A-Revelator - "World's End" (from Windswept Trees & Houses)

Silmaril - "Song of the Apocalypse" (from The Voyage of Icarus)

Grouse introduces this ridiculous episode. And proceeds to screw everything up.
Sun Ra - "Mayan Temple" (from The Singles)

Charlie Parker - "White Christmas" (from Charlie Parker - Archive of Folk & Jazz Music)

"Endless Waltz" (Koji Wakamatsu, 1995)

Ravi Shankar - "I Am Missing You" (from Shankar Family & Friends)

Heading to the @radiocpr underground bunker now. Here's a little preview of tonight's show. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 20, 2012
I believe we're starting in the future, and this is Kaoru and Izumi's daughter. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Izumi is having sex in the bunkbed below her. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
But not with Kaoru, who is apparently watching. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Early in the relationship, these two have a lot of sex. And a lot of naked post-coital hangouts. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Kaoru invades shower time. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Missed this one a bit earlier... Kaoru playing under the bridge. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Dramatic close-up. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
I think that was a comparison to Jimi Hendrix & Janis Joplin? #endlesswaltz
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
This band is playing a set... then Kaoru just walks in from the back of the room. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
And jumps on stage, but they seem to be getting along. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
The other sax player does have this look of "wtf man, this is my set!" #endlesswaltz
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Dude, Kaoru, she's drunk off her ass. Drunk sex is not consensual sex! #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Oh look they're moving in together. That was fast. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Is this look meant to evoke...a drummer I'd have to guess. But he looks like one of my Vietnamese uncles. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
This handsome devil is not your typical alto player. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Hippies. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
What's with the satchel/school boy look? Going for the AC/DC of free jazz or something? #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Kaoru gave this book to some guy trying to sound erudite for a lady after his set. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Hi guy. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Wait, who is this guy and why is he beaten on the floor of their hallway? #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
He's got a story to tell Izumi and the other hippie chick. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
They have a fight, Kaoru runs out to pour his pain into his sax. Eyes rolling back: foreshadowing? #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Oh shit! pre-seizure. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
And post-seizure. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Recovering with some Van Gogh. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Another fight, but now Kaoru's made it up to playing on top of the bridge. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Oh, there was some mutual hair-pulling in that last fight. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Izumi can't stand him practicing in the apt, so she fights back with pop radio, causing another seizure. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
While Izumi's out, Kaoru reads her writing, and she is none too pleased. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
And the row that erupts is loud enough to have the neighbors call the cops on them. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Better times, though they both seem high. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
OH GOD. I THINK SHE JUST CUT OFF HER TOE TO PROVE SHE LOVES HIM. #endlesswaltz
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Face of toe cutting. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
I won't show you the gory fake cut off toe, but here is the aftermath. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Trail of blood. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
passing out from blood loss (Kaoru knocked a bunch of TP down from a cabinet and is trying to clean up) #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Showing the toe to his friends. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Good for you Izumi, kick him out using the same knife you used to cut off your own toe for him. #endlesswaltz
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
I like Kaoru's new musical partner, who's equally abrasive, just a capella. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Oh and it looks like he's in some sort of metal-noise band. Pretty edgy for the mid-70s, huh? #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
aww look at the fat baby. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
for some reason kaoru switches to harmonica for the kid. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
shacking up with another lady, is horrible to her too. twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Now it seems that paranoia is plaguing poor Kaoru. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Time for a nice family stroll on the beach. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Did he bring her some sort of dead bird as a peace offering? #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
basically twice the man that kaoru is, because he can play a bigger sax AND a clarinet at the same time. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
how can kaoru and everyone else resist dancing to this amazing beat? #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
He literally cannot follow them. Bows and walks off without playing. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
uh oh, it's the pills mixed with booze part of the movie. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
which inspires a mean harmonica solo! #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
I thought this was gonna be the big one. Also thought he swallowed his harmonica at first. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Shaky feet. Maybe he's just cold and you should cover them up, Izumi. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Oh wait, that was the big one. And now a reprise of the movie's opening cheesy harmonica rendition of Amazing Grace. #endlesswaltz
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
His funeral has an unholy sounding duet on St. James between a harmonica and a sax. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
I like free jazz, but I feel bad for the people who have to attend this funeral. #endlesswaltz
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Oh, that opening scene... Kaoru wasn't watching her have sex. Imaginary Dead Kaoru was watching in Izumi's mind. #endlesswaltz
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Fat baby is all grown up, and she's all Izumi's got left. #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Don't do it Izumi, you've got a daughter to raise! #endlesswaltz twitter.com/KingGrouse/sta…
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
Also, who hangs themselves by leaning into a noose? Unless, say a prison door knob is involved #endlesswaltz #dangelobarksdaleneverforget
— The Mighty Grouse (@KingGrouse) December 21, 2012
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December 13, 2012PROGRAM 32: LEFTOVERS TASTIER THAN THE ORIGINAL MEAL [12.06.12]
I feel like we haven't done a show this... stable?... in more than 6 months. Planning is caring, for my own sanity and for the ears of the discerning radio listener. The seed of this show was leftovers from the previous week (the dreaded 5th to 1st Thursday no-gap!). But toss in the unfortunate death of Dave Brubeck and some choice new material, and we get a program far superior--far more structurally sound--than the previous week. And then for the next show, December 20, we're returning to anti-radio!
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Blue Rondo a la Turk" (from Time Out)

The Nice - "Rondo" (from The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack)

Le Orme - "Blue Rondo a la Turk" (from L'Aurora Delle Orme)

James Cotton - "Midnight Creeper" (from Midnight Creeper (Live in Montreal 1967))

Grouse discusses the Blue Rondo Formula of prog rock songwriting
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Strange Meadow Lark" (from Time Out)

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Unsquare Dance" (from Time Further Out)

Van Shipley - "Jan Pahechan Ho" (from Bollywood Steel Guitar)

M. Geddes Gengras - "Air Solo" (from Beyond the Curtain)

Daphni - "Cos-Ber-Zam Ne Noya (Daphni Mix)" (from Jiaolong)

Karthala 72 - "Delores" (from Dans Le Coeur Du Feu)

Kaoru Abe - "1972.1.21 Alto 1" (from Another Day's Dream)

The Pyramids - "Ancient Funk!" (from Otherworldly)

Kalaimamani Kadri Gopalnath - "Kangalidyatako" (from Gem Tones)

Mulatu Astatke - "Gubèlyé (My Gubel) " (from Ethiopiques 4 - Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale 1969-1974)

Dr. John - "You Lie" (from Locked Down)

DJ Kentaro - "Big Timer (f/ MC Zulu)" (from Contrast)

Bunji Garlin (f/ Nigel Rojas)- "Differentology" (new single)

Las Malas Amistades - "Lamento" (from Maleza)

Le Marchand du Soleil - "Laila Je T'Aime" (from Laila Je T'Aime)

I'm running out of snarky things to write about Grouse; he's actually sounding somewhat professional now that he has a real radio audience. No fun!
Ike Bennet & the Crystalites - "Illya Kuryakin" (from Trojan Rocksteady Box Set)

Mr. Confuse - "Lookout Weekend" (from Feel the Fire)
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December 06, 2012PROGRAM 31: STALLING INTO THE ABYSS [11.29.12]
Radio CPR is broadcasting beyond its own backyard for the first time in the life of Experiencing a Significant Gravitas Shortfall, and the Grouse, as you might expect, crumbles under the pressure. Late start because of a DJ training session before the show.
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Stalling tape

Jeffrey Stolet - "Lariat Rituals" (from YouTube)

Daniel Bachman - "Sita Ram (Who is God)" (from Oh Be Joyful)

The Fear that is knowing potentially thousands of people could be listening; the disappointment in knowing it won't stop Grouse from rambling on anyway.
The Meters - "Darling Darling Darling" (from Funkify Your LIfe: The Meters Anthology)

Stereolab - "Three Women" (from Chemical Chords)

Frederic Rzewski performed by Marc-André Hamelin - "NORTH AMERICAN BALLADS (exc) (3) Down by the Riverside" (from The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations On ¡El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido!)

Bent Leg Fatima - "Greetings and Farewells / Cup and Saucer" (from Bent Leg Fatima)

Grouse played some Rush because he thought they were Thrush.
Noble Watts - "Teen-Scene" (from Cats Got These Cats' Tongues - 26 Rarities From Mr. Fine Wine's Vaults)

Silo Halo - "Wonderful Gift" (from Night and the City)

Unrest - "June" (from BPM 1991-1994)

Cotton Candy - "Strudel Zum Toast It / Compulsory & Auditory / Water Country" (from America Hearts / Cotton Candy split EP)

Teething Veils - "You Write on My Face" (Live on Radio CPR)

Six Organs of Admittance - "Blues for Jack Parsons" (from Parson' Blues)

America Hearts - "White Socks" (from America Hearts / Cotton Candy split EP)

Grouse gave up on this episode a while ago. Onward and upward!
The Mar-Keys - "Sack-O-Woe" (from The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968)

Talibam! - "Squeeze My Nuts In the Barnyard" (from Discover AtlantASS)

The Pyramids - "Absolution" (from Otherworldly)

Funkadelic - "Groovallegiance" (from One Nation Under a Groove)

The Congos - "Congoman" (from Heart of the Congos)
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