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TRIBUTE TO PAUL CIMINERO: RIP

Paul Ciminero grew up in Niles, OH, graduated from Kent State University (where he also contributed as a DJ on WKSU’s late night Fresh Air program in the late 1970's), retired from Merryvale Vineyards, and enjoyed his retirement re-visiting his radio roots and love of music via his weekly unconventional free-form music podcast “Transmusic Airwaves” where he loved the challenge of assembling music from many different genres into a cohesive flow and musical journey. 

Assembled from various Transmusic Airwaves shows, this tribute to Paul includes a few surprises in honor of his personality, charm, sense of humor, and quirkiness. The opening and closing sets are largely unedited. Everything between was stitched together for this tribute.

Transmusic Airwaves is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get…

Until we meet again… Thank you Paul

Looking ahead... No one can replace Paul...he was one of a kind!  But his sensibility to the variety and flow of the music is in all of us here at Transmusic.  We have rebranded it a "Collaborative" hoping to attract other like-minded programmers to continue the Transmusic legacy which Paul started.  It is with this in mind, we offer first, a few tribute programs to Paul.

If you have requests, thoughts or just wish to make contact, our email address is:  [email protected]
Sincerely,  The Transmusic Collaborative

SET #1 (2022-01-14)

LAURIE ANDERSON 'From The Air' Big Science (30th Anniversary Edition) 4:34 

THE 1900’S' Flight Of The Monowings' Plume Delivery 1:47 

PHIL MANZANERA/801 'Flight 19' Listen Now 5:33 

STATE OF BENGAL 'Hectic City' Visual Audio 6:00 

JAMES 'Getting Myself Into' All The Colours Of You 3:27 

ADRIAN BELEW 'Matchless Man' Side One 2:32 

SHAKTI 'Danse Du Bonheur' A Handful Of Beauty 4:52 

EDIL HUSEINOV 'Qara Olu' The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan 2:04 

DIDLIER MALHERBE' 'Le Bourgeotte' Fluvius 3:24

Set #2

PERE UBU 'Nevada!' Cloudland 3:21

A few moments of Fresh Air

BRAND X 'Born Ugly' - Unorthodox Behavior

PHARAOH SANDERS 'Astral Traveling' Thembi 5:50

SOFT MACHINE 'Out Of Season' Softs 5:32

ROBERT WYATT 'Masters of The Field' (Bruno Coulis) - Winged Migration (OST)

TODD RUNDGREN 'Puzzle' (feat Adrian Belew) Space Force 4:48

MODEST MOUSE 'The Sun Hasn’t Left' The Golden Casket 4:23

JUANA MOLINA 'El Vestido' Un Dia 4:31

ASH RA TEMPEL 'Day Dream' (Manuel Gottsching) Starring Rosi 5:24

Set #3

Character Study(s)

JOHN MARTYN 'Solid Air' - Solid Air 5:45

PETER HAMMILL 'Time For a Change' - pH7 3:15

RAHSSAN ROLAND KIRK 'Echoes Of Primitive Ohio And Chili Dogs' - The Case Of The 3 Sided Dream In Audio Color 6:52

Interview excerpt - closing

KEN NORDINE 'Cliche Heaven' - A Transparent Mask 1:56

YUSEF LATEEF ‘Strange Lullabye’  Part of the Search

PAUL KANTNER/GRACE SLICK & DAVID FREIBERG 'Your Mind Has Left Your Body' - Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun 5:47

Set #4

HARVEY GOLD 'The Fence' - It's Messy, Vol. 1 3:38

RALPH CARNEY 'Far Oud' I Like You (A Lot) 4:34

CHRIS BUTLER 'I Promise, But...' (Ua Ho’ohiki, Wau,AKA)

THE BEATLES 'I Am The Walrus' - Magical Mystery Tour 4:37

OMNIBUS WIND ENSEMBLE 'Be-Bop Tango' - Music By Frank Zappa 3:46

THE PANTHER PLAYERS 'The Timekeeper' We Give You Paws 3:28

UDUGURU (aka Carl Palmer) 'Wake Up Call' Bit Crusher

JOSEPH ARTHUR 'Big City Secrets' - Big City Secrets 4:37

15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'The Tellusyourvision' - Inward City 5:58

Set #5 (2022-05-27)

BOB DYLAN 'You’re A Big Girl Now' More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 4:20

ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSE 'Trouble With My Lover' Raise The Roof 4:03 

PUNCH BROTHERS 'Orphan Annie' Hell On Church Street 5:00 

APHRODITE’S CHILD 'Break' 666 2:59

On today's episode I must admit it was a rough ride getting here.  Tragically, I was notified that my longtime friend, Paul Ciminero passed away suddenly while working on the new year's Podomatic broadcast.  My name is Jeff Wootton, guest hosting this 2 hour tribute of sorts to Paul.  I first met Paul in the spring of 1976 when he came to WKSU to work as a student to host Fresh Air, our free-form progressive format at the time.  Paul was a music nut, as we all were and while worked at the station we were in a constant search of new and interesting music to offer our listeners.  As programmers, we delved into the other music styles and indeed, hosted many Jazz, and Folk programs.  As a Fresh Air host, the DJ had full reign of what music to play and how to present it to our listeners.  Paul took those early experiences to heart and when the opportunity arose, created Transmusic Airwaves.  No one can replace Paul...he was one of a kind!  But his sensibility to the variety and flow of the music is in all of us here at Transmusic.  We have rebranded it a "Collaborative" hoping to attract other like-minded programmers to continue the Transmusic legacy which Paul started.  It is with this in mind, we offer first, a few tribute programs to Paul. 

If you have requests, thoughts or just wish to make contact, our email address is:  [email protected]
Sincerely,  The Transmusic Collaborative

SET #1 (Jeff Wootton mix)

Frou Fru - Let Go / Frou Frou (2001) 4:10
Aurora - The River / A Different Kind Of Human (Step 2) (2019) 3:37
The Radio Actors - Digital Love / Nuclear Waste (single, 1979) 3:25
Télépopmusik – Breathe / Genetic World (2001) 4:38
Lord Huron - When The Night Is Over / Vide Noir (2018) 5:08
Lo Moon - Loveless / Lo Moon (2018) 7:11
Johnny Cash - Hurt / American IV:  The Man Comes Around (2002) 3:38
Alice Boman - Waiting / Skisser (2013) 3:04
The National - Hey Rosey / I Am Easy To Find (2019) 4:27
Massive Attack - Teardrop / Mezzinine (1998) 5:29
Garbage - Stupid Girl / Garbage (1995) 4:18

SET #2 (John Wasylko mix)

Oregon, “Ghost Beads” (1974) Winter Light
XPropaganda, “Ribbons of Steel” (2022) The Heart Is Strange
Gentle Giant “Memories of Old Days” (1977) The Missing Piece
Free Design Redesigned, “Intro/Where Do I Go?” (2005) The Now Sound Redesigned
Gong, “Syllabub” (2014) I See You
Glenn Branca, Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar (1980) 14 Tracks:  1980's Art-Pop Infection
Ken Nordine, “Hello” (1958)  A Transparent Mask
Soul Coughing, “Casiotone Nation” (1994) Ruby Vroom
They Might Be Giants, “Even Numbers” (2005) Here Come The 123s               
Frank Zappa, “Times Beach II” (1993) The Yellow Shark
Sir Harry Bowens, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Donald Ray Mitchell, “1960 What” (2017) Don Was Detroit All-Star Revue 2017

 Happy Holiday’s everyone! 
 
 On this years TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #495) it’s my 11th annual Christmas Special and I’ll begin and end the program with two songs from ANDY PARTRIDGE’S (of XTC) latest EP ‘My Failed Christmas Career (Volume 1). 

 In between those songs is my unique ‘take’ on holiday music which means you’ll hear RALPH CARNEY’S Happy Solstice’ song, become immersed in the storytelling of DAVID SEDARIS (his tale as a Macy’s elf), become surrounded by the quirky Klezmer sounds of Hanukkah, and hear this year’s pick of THE BEATLES Fan Club Christmas message (1966 in honor of Revolver’s new deluxe set).

 Locally, I’ve got songs from THE WAITRESSES (‘Christmas Wrapping’ of course), THE HI-FI’S, GLENN LAZEAR, and GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET which fit comfortably into the Christmas stockings over the fireplace, plus songs about this weeks excesses like food (NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND, ALBERT COLLINS), the weather (R. STEVIE MOORE, GALAXIE 500, CALEXICO), and religion (JIM WHITE, THE BREAKERS, THE MEKONS).
 
 Happy Listening!

SET #1
ANDY PARTRIDGE Unwrap You At Christmas  My Failed Christmas Career Vol. 1** 3:34
BONZO DOG BAND Micky’s Son And Daughter  Gorilla 2:44
RALPH CARNEY The Happy Solstice Song  EP 2:13
R. STEVIE MOORE Forecast  Phonography 2:00
CHRISTMAS JUG BAND Ain’t That Cold?  Uncorked 4:10
SUN RA It’s Christmas Time  WFMU’s War On Christmas 2:42
DAVID SEDARIS The Santaland Diaries (Pt. 1)  Audio Essay 2:42
THE ROCHES Sleigh Ride  We Three Kings 2:32
DAVID SEDARIS The Santaland Diaries (Pt. 2)  Audio Essay 2:42
BRIAN WILSON What I Really Want For Christmas  What I Really Want For Christmas 3:51
DAVID SEDARIS The Santaland Diaries (Pt. 3)  Audio Essay 2:42
STEELEYE SPAN Seven Hundred Elves  And Now We Are Six 5:17

SET #2
THE HI-FI’S Christmastime Is Coming Around Again   thehifis.bandcamp.com 3:03
THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND Christmas Dinner  The Christmas Album 2:13
ALBERT COLLINS Don’t Go Reaching Across My Plate  Frostbite 3:45
JIM WHITE If Jesus Drove A Motor Home  Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See 4:36
CALEXICO Sonoran Snoball (feat: Camila Lara)  Seasonal Drift 3:07
SUFJAN STEVENS Winter Solstice Peace: Songs For Christmas V 3:22
THE MEKONS Arthur’s Angel  Ancient & Modern 1911-2011 4:46
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE Silver Bells (Reprise)/Holidaydream  Holidaydream: Sounds Of The Holidays Vol 1 4:59

SET #3
KLEZMER-ISH Pandelasul Fetelor  The Rough Guide To World Music Unplugged** 2:40
SHIRIM KLEZMER ORCHESTRA Kozatsky Till You Dropsky  Klezmer Nutcracker 1:44
BRAVE COMBO Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah  It’s Christmas Man! 2:54
THE KLEZMONAUTS Deck The Halls  Oy To The World! 2:37
THE BREAKERS Oh Hanukkah  Mark Malibu Presents Surfin’ Kitty Xmas 3** 3:04
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET Mehalael  golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp,com 3:10
IMARHAN Asof  Iboogi** 2:50
JOHN FAHEY & RICHARD RUSKIN Carol Of The Bells  Christmas With John Fahey Vol II 2:40
HORSLIPS Crabs In The Skillet  Drive The Cold Winter Away 2:16
JOSEPH BYRD Holly And The Ivy  A Christmas Yet To Come 2:04
WENDY CARLOS March Of A Clockwork Orange (Beethoven: 9th Symphony, 4th Movement, Abridged)   A Clockwork Orange (OST) 7:02

SET #4
RAMSEY LEWIS Winter Wonderland  Sounds Of Christmas 2:11
THE BEATLES 1966 Fan Club Message (Part 1)  The Beatles Fan Club Christmas Album 2:40
POI DOG PONDERING Mele Kalikimaka  Acoustic Christmas 3:11
THE BEATLES 1966 Fan Club Message (Part 2)  The Beatles Fan Club Christmas Album 1:16
GALAXIE 500 Snowstorm  On Fire 5:12
THE BEATLES 1966 Fan Club Message (Part 3)  The Beatles Fan Club Christmas Album 1:45
JACK WHITE A Tree On Fire From Within  Entering Heaven** 3:00
THE BEATLES Doctor Robert (Take 7)  Revolver – Sessions Disc One - Super Deluxe Edition**  2:59
GLENN LAZEAR Christmas Inside  glennlazear.bandcamp.com 2:22
THE WAITRESSES Christmas Wrapping  The Edge Of Christmas 5:26
ANDY PARTRIDGE Cool Yule  My Failed Christmas Career Vol. 1** 3:34

** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack

 ‘The phone books here! The phone books here!’ If you’ve ever seen the movie ‘The Jerk’ then you’ll get the parallels as I jumped up for joy when the latest release from the Mongolian Tuvan folk metal band THE HU finally arrived so as you might suspect, I’ve got to start off this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #494) with a track from it. 

The song that I chose from The Hu had a similar chord progression to WILCO’S ‘Born Alone’ so of course I added that cut to the set and followed it with Switzerland’s ALPINE EXPERIENCE, then a song to honor the late ANGELO BADALAMENTI, another ‘just arrived’ gem from THE COMET IS COMING, then a HECTOR ZAZOU piece before finishing with RHIANNON GIDDENS & FRANCESCO TURRISI’S unique interpretation of ‘Amazing Grace.’

You’ll hear more new material from TODD RUNDGREN (with Adrian Belew), MAZUR, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, GUIDED BY VOICES, and STEWART COPELAND & RICKY FEJ, ‘vault’ treasures from JADE WARRIOR (‘Monkey Chant’), WIRE, FOTHERINGAY (with Sandy Denny), and THE MERMEN, plus other goodies from JUANA MOLINA, PHILLIP GLASS (Remixed), RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, and a piece from ASH RA TEMPEL in honor of the passing of founder Manuel Gottsching.

SET #1
THE HU Triangle  Rumble Of Thunder** 4:11
WILCO Born Alone  The Whole Love 3:55
THE ALPINE EXPERIENCE Am Hans Sine  The Rough Guide To The Music Of The Alps 4:18
ANGELO BADALAMENTI Audrey’s Dance  Twin Peaks (OST) 5:17
MORPHINE I Know You (Part 1)  Good 2:17
THE COMET IS COMING The Hammer  Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam** 3:06
HECTOR ZAZOU Adventures In The Scandinavian Skin Trade (w/Wimme Saari)  Songs From The Cold Seas 3:47
RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/ Francesco Turrisi) Amazing Grace  They’re Calling Me Home 3:55

SET #2
THE MERMEN A Heart With Paper Walls  Songs Of The Cows 4:40
WIRE French Films Blurred  Chairs Missing 2:34
CHERRY GLAZER Glenn The Dawgg  Hazel Princess 1:39
DEVO No Place Like Home  Something For Everybody 3:18
TODD RUNDGREN Puzzle (feat Adrian Belew)  Space Force** 4:48
MODEST MOUSE The Sun Hasn’t Left  The Golden Casket 4:23
JUANA MOLINA El Vestido  Un Dia 4:31
ASH RA TEMPEL Day Dream (Manuel Gottsching)  Starring Rosi 5:24

SET #3
TONY SCOTT & THE INDONESIAN ALL STARS Djanger Bali  Djanger Bali 6:00
JADE WARRIOR Monkey Chant  Floating World 2:08
LEROY HOLMES Search For Vulcan (From Thunderball)  Ultra-Lounge Sampler 2:52
DAEVID ALLEN WEIRD QUARTET Secretary Of Lore  Elevenses 3:35
TOM WAITS Yesterday Is Here  Frank’s Wild Years 2:31
DOZAN Lamma Bada Yatathanna  The Rough Guide To World Music Unplugged** 3:24
MAZUR Portal  Oscuras Flores** 5:08
PHILLIP GLASS Knee 1 (Nosaj Thing Remix)  Rework: Phillip Glass Remixed  4:19

SET #4
THE BEATLES And This Bird Can Sing (First Version/Take 2)   Revolver –  Sessions Disc One  Super Deluxe Edition** 2:14
MISTY MOUNTAIN CONSORT Going To California  Chamber Maid: The Baroque Tribute To Led Zeppelin 3:36
FOTHERINGAY Nothing More (feat: Sandy Denny)  Fotheringay 4:38
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Fragments From The Decade  Asphalt Meadows** 4:37
RICKY KEJ & STUART COPELAND Art Of Devotion  Divine Tides** 3:31
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO War & Peace (Cornelius Remix)  Bricolages 5:20
GUIDED BY VOICES Who Wants To Go Hunting?  Tremblers & Googles By Rank** 6:20

** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack

It’s that time again! Another week of your life has raced on by (and you’ll never get it back) and in the fast approaching blurry haze there’s a major holiday, new year, and countless trips to ‘scrape off the car’ while contemplating life’s meaning. So why not set it all aside, relax for a couple of hours, and listen to my latest installment of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #493).

There’s more from THE BEATLES new ‘Super Deluxe Edition’ of Revolver to listen to and this time it’s session work on the song ‘Yellow Submarine,’ augmented by an odd ‘cover’ of it by BILL WELLS & AIDAN MOFFAT and a stylish parody from THE RUTLES. I’ve also found the Tuvan throat singing band ALBERT KUVEZIN & YAT-KHA covering a classic by the Iron Butterfly, plus out of the ‘vault’ there’s KEVIN AYERS (with Syd Barrett on guitar), PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE, BRAND X, and NINO ROTA.

More new tracks are played from PIXIES, RICKY KEJ & STUART COPELAND, GUIDED BY VOICES, and BETH ORTON. Internationally I’ve got Zimbabwe’s BHUNDU BOYS, Morocco's LEMCHAHEB, Nigeria’s MAMANE BARKA, and Canada’s LE VENT DU NORD all flying their flags and PATTI SMITH, CHICK COREA, and THE FLAMING LIPS to round things out.

SET #1
BHUNDU BOYS Pombi  The Rough Guide To The Music Of Zimbabwe 5:10
PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE Spatna Vec  Hovezi Porazka 4:39
ALBERT KUREZIN & YAT-KHA In A Gadda Da Vida  The Rough Guide To Planet Rock 3:49
BRAND X Sun In The Night  Moroccan Roll 4:25
RICKY KEJ & STUART COPELAND Mother Earth  Divine Tides** 3:05
DIAMONDSTEIN Binary HeavenThe Wire Tapper 53 3:10
DAVID THOMAS & TWO PALE BOYS Habeas Corpus  18 Monkeys On A Dead Man’s Chest 4:31
PATTI SMITH Fuji-San  Banga 4:12

SET #2
KEVIN AYERS Religious Experience (w/Syd Barrett)  Songs For Insane Times Anthology 1969-1980 4:46
STEREOLAB Low-Fi  Switched On Volume 5: Pulse Of The Early Brain** 5:22
SURYA BOTOFASINA Waves For Margie (w/Radha Botofasina)  Everyone’s Children** 4:38
PIXIES The Lord Has Come Back Today  Doggerel** 2:41
THE FLAMING LIPS Feeling Yourself Disintegrate  The Soft Bulletin 4:02
THE BEATLES Yellow Submarine (Highlighted Sound Effects)   Revolver – Super Deluxe Edition Sessions Disc Two 3:04
BILL WELLS & AIDAN MOFFAT Yellow Submarine  Mojo Presents: Yellow Submarine Resurfaces 2:15
THE RUTLES Love Life  The Rutles 2:52

SET #3
CLAUDE BOLLING Full Speed Shake  Sauvage: French Soundtracks 1968-1973 2:10
DIMITRI FROM PARIS Sauve Francais  Sacre Bleu 4:54
CATHARSIS Mignonne Allons Voir  Illuminations 1:57
NINO ROTA Vascello Di Susi (vocals: Wanani)  Guilietta Degli Spiriti 2:06
STEVE LEHMAN & SELEBEYONE Bamba  Steve Lehman & Selebeyone 6:19
BRIAN ENO There Were Bells  For Ever And Ever No More** 4:52
LE VENT DU NORD La Mine  La Part Du Feu 3:33
LEMCHAHEB Moulana (Notre Chant)  La Arab 5:23

SET #4
GUIDED BY VOICES Lizard On The Red Brick Wall  Tremblers & Googles By Rank** 4:39
JACK WHITE Fear Of The Dawn  Fear Of The Dawn** 2:02
SQUID Match Bet Town Centre 4:13
MAMANE BARKA Malloumi  Rough Guide To World Music Unplugged** 4:30
MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD Retirement Song  Uninvisible 4:47
BIG THIEF Simulation Swarm  Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You** 4:12
BETH ORTON Arms Around A Memory  Weather Alive** 5:43
CHICK COREA Pixieland Rag  The Leprechaun 1:17

** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack

I’ve been anxiously awaiting the arrival of several new additions to my ever evolving musical library and this week, lo and behold, their finally here! That means that on the latest edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #492) I’ll incorporate them into the first hour of the shows program.

From THE BEATLES new ‘Super Deluxe Edition’ of Revolver I’ll begin the show with the very first ‘take’ of ‘Tomorrow Never Knows.’ Following that I’ve got ‘Mo’ed,’ the new track from GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET who continues it’s mind-blowing quest to interpret John Zorn’s ‘Masada’ songbook. Next up is an ethereal melody from STUART COPELAND & RICKY KEJ, a ‘vault’ classic from CARAVAN, then more new material from Java’s SAMBASUNMDA QUINTET, SURYA BOTOFASINA, and finally returning to The Beatles with the new stereo mix of TNK.

During the second set, I’ve got CHRIS BUTLER’S latest piece ‘I Promise, But…’ surrounded with new music from GUIDED BY VOICES, PIXIES, GUERRILLA TOSS, and ADRIAN BELEW. 

Then, in the final hour you’ll hear more new music from GERALD CASALE and BIG THIEF, plus other great cuts from DEERHOOF (covering Velvet Underground and Laurie Anderson), PETER HAMMILL, CAN, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, and SWOLLEN MONKEYS.

SET #1
THE BEATLES Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1)  Revolver – Super Deluxe Edition Sessions Disc One 3:32
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET Mo’ed **  www.golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com/ 4:24
RICKY KEJ & STUART COPELAND Himalayas  Divine Tides** 3:21
CARAVAN In The Land Of Grey & Pink  In The Land Of Grey & Pink (40th Anniversary  Edition) 5:00
SAMBASUNDA QUINTET Jaleuleu Ja  The Rough Guide To World Music Unplugged** 3:53
SURYA BOTOFASINA Everyone’s Children (W/Mia Doi Todd)  Everyone’s Children** 4:50
THE BEATLES Tomorrow Never Knows  Revolver – Super Deluxe Edition New Stereo Mix 2:57

SET #2
GUERILLA TOSS I Got Spirit  Famously Alive** 3:05
TODD RUNDGREN Down With The Ship (feat Rivers Cuomo)  Space Force** 2:53
GUIDED BY VOICES Roosevelt’s Marching Band  Tremblers & Googles By Rank** 4:10
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE Sedan Delivery  Rust Never Sleeps 4:41
ADRIAN BELEW Attitude  Elevator** 3:36
PIXIES Thunder & Lightening  Doggerel** 3:18
CHRIS BUTLER I Promise, But...(Ua Ho’ohiki, Wau,AKA)** 
https://soundcloud.com/future-fossil-music-cb/i-promisedbut-final-mix-112222 3:58
FLEETWOOD MAC The Way That I Feel (Christine McVie)  Mystery To Me 2:43

SET #3
ZAPPA/MOTHERS Big Swifty (In Rehearsal 12-10-73)  The Roxy Performances 1973 1:40
HARISH RAGHAVEN S2020  In Tense** 4:38
DEVO’S GERALD CASALE Gonna Pay U Back  The Invisible Man (EP)** 3:04
RICKY RANDIMBIARISON Zaza Mitomani  The Rough Guide To The Music Of The Indian Ocean 5:18
TRANQUILITY BASS La-La-La  Let The Freak Flag Fly 7:37
BRIAN ENO I’m Hardly Me  For Ever And Ever No More** 3:50
PETER HAMMILL How Far I Fell  None Of The Above 5:57
AKSAK MABOUL Milano Per Caso  Onze Dances Pour Combattes La Migraine 3:20

SET #4
DEERHOOF Love Lore (Pt. 5) (Velvet Underground/Laurie Anderson)  Love Lore 5:12
THE WEAKERTHANS Reconstruction Site  Reconstruction Site** 2:44
BIG THIEF Little Things  Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You** 5:44
CAN Hoolah Hoolah  The Singles 3:28
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND Clear Spot  Clear Spot 3:37
ORIGINAL CAST Hair (sung in Japanese)  Hair (Original Japanese Cast) 2:32
SHONEN KNIFE Flying Jelly Attack  Let’s Knife 2:40
SWOLLEN MONKEYS Ralph’s Cheese (feat Ralph Carney) Part 1: Marlo Thomas, Part 2: Six New Types Of Bricks  After The Birth Of Cool :37

** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack

By the time 'Black Friday' rolls around, you’ll have been ‘stuffed’ for the past 24 hours (just like Thursday’s main course) so right about now it’s time to digest the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #491) with two hours worth of great music, interesting sets, and a twist and turn (or two) that’ll bring your brain back from that tryptophan induced stupor you’ve been stuck in. 

Let’s just pick up where we left off last week and get this show started with another track from ANDY PARTRIDGE’S ‘My Failed Christmas Career Vol. 1’ (EP), then throw in some GODLEY & CREME, a sprig of HENRY MANCINI, a dash of JIM WHITE, and the plop plop, fizz, fizz of DAEVID ALLEN, THE MUFFINS, and TOM WAITS. Sometimes, music is the best ‘bromo’ you can grab from your medicine cabinet.

There’s a tasty new morsel from DEVO’S GERALD CASALE, a rare new reissue from STEREOLAB with NURSE WITH WOUND and a variety of other new treats from TODD RUNDGREN, PIXIES, BRIAN ENO, and MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER. Add to all that a sumptuous selection of ‘vault’ goodies from ANNETTE PEACOCK, JIM PEPPER, NICK DRAKE, and a seldom heard instrumental track from THE BEATLES ‘Help’ soundtrack and several pieces that’ll hark back to your childhood, sitting in front of the TV on a Saturday morning in your p.j.’s with a bowl of cereal. 

And that’s only half of it. Enjoy!

SET #1
ANDY PARTRIDGE Through This Winter World  My Failed Christmas Career Vol. 1** 3:04
BRUCE COCKBURN Bright Sky  Further Adventures Of 4:03
GODLEY & CREME Out In The Cold  Birds Of Prey 4:53
HENRY MANCINI & HIS ORCHESTRA The Heist  Breakfast At Tiffany’s (OST) 3:10
JIM WHITE Jailbird  Transnormal Skiperoo 5:45
DAEVID ALLEN & EUTERPE    5 & 20 Schoolgirls  Daevid Allen & Euterpe: Studio Rehearsal Tapes 1977 – Banana Obscura Vol. 1 3:58
THE MUFFINS Why Pursue It?  Secret Signals 1 2:08
TOM WAITS Step Right Up  Small Change 5:43

SET #2
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE Have You Seen The Saucers  Early Flight 3:38
BRIAN ENO Icarus & Bleriot  For Ever And Ever No More** 4:23
PIXIES Vault Of Heaven  Doggerel** 4:00
TODD RUNDGREN Eco Warrior Goddess (feat Steve Vai)  Space Force** 5:31
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Roman Candles  Asphalt Meadows** 2:10
PINK FLOYD Childhood’s End  Obscured By Clouds (OST) 4:33
GROUPE MAZAGAN Sogui Belati  Tajine Electrik 4:13

SET #3
DEVO’S GERALD CASALE The Invisible Man (Deconstructed Version)  The Invisible Man (EP)** 4:31
STEREOLAB & NURSE WITH WOUND  Simple Headphone Mind  Switched On Volume 5: Pulse Of The Early Brain** 10:46
HOLGAR CZUKAY Rhonrad  Rome Remains Rome 1:38
RANDY NEWMAN Sail Away (Early Version)  Sail Away (Expanded Edition) 3:15
SALVATION More Than It Seems  Salvation 3:24
RINGLING BROTHERS CALLIOPE The Greatest Show On Earth  Clown & Midway Calliope Music Vol. 1 2:27
VIOLENT FEMMES I Can Be Anything  We Can Do Anything 3:42
DIALOGUE Hey Rocky – Rocky & Bullwinkle  Rocky & Bullwinkle Show 0:04
JAY WARD Rocky & Bullwinkle Theme  Television’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2 1:32
BUTTHOLE SURFERS Underdog Theme  Saturday Morning: Cartoon’s Greatest Hits 3:56

SET #4
ANNETTE PEACOCK Pony  I’m The One 6:22
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Fog (Desert Island Mix)  Nautilus (EP) 5:10
JIM PEPPER Comin’ And Goin’  Comin’ And Goin’ 4:40
ADRIAN BELEW Beauty  Elevator** 2:37
THE BEATLES The Bitter End/You Can’t Do That (Instrumental)  Help (OST) 2:25
MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER Where The Water Clears The Illusion  Emotional Eternal** 3:03
STEVE HACKETT The Hermit  Voyage Of The Acolyte (UK Remaster) 4:53
NICK DRAKE Road  Pink Moon 2:02

** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack

On this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #490) as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday. I’ve got another entertaining two hours assembled for you with more new tracks, vintage ‘vault’ cuts, a seasonal song or two, and several surprises that ‘ll warm up these cold days ahead. 

We’ll start with the latest from the PIXIES, followed by an early BECK song, then THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, the obscure Texas band MALLARD, San Francisco’s MAD RIVER, and a solo cut from former Bonzo VIVIAN STANSHALL. 

Next up it’s another gem from TODD RUNDGREN’S latest (this time accompanied by SPARKS), then a birthday greeting to WENDY CARLOS, an homage to Hawkwind’s NIK TURNER on his passing, and RICKIE LEE JONES covers ‘The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys.’

Suddenly we’ve arrived at the second hour where the JAMES GANG, THE BREEDERS, and THE BLACK KEYS all get together (just like they did in concert last week), before things get a bit quirky with LES CLAYPOOL’S DUO DU TWANG, LEON REDBONE, THE RESIDENTS, KEN NORDINE, and TINY ALICE.

It all ends up with ANDY PARTRIDGE singing a winter melody from his latest EP (My Failed Christmas Career, Vol. 1) after another eclectic set. What’s there not to like?

SET #1
PIXIES Nomatterday  Doggerel** 4:11
BECK Fourteen Rivers, Fourteen Floods  One Foot In The Grave 2:41
THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE Tombes Qubliees  The Brian Jonestown Massacre 4:27
MALLARD Old Man Grey/Texas Weather  A Different Climate 4:35
TRAMPLED BY TURTLES All The Good Times Are Gone  Alpenglow** 3:29
MAD RIVER Amphetamine Gazelle  Love Is The Song We Sing; San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 2:55
DUNGEN Brallor  Skit I Allt 3:14
VIVIAN STANSHALL Terry Keeps His Clips On  Teddy Boys Don’t Knit 3:42

SET #2
TODD RUNDGREN Your Fandango (feat SPARKS)  Space Force** 4:24
STEREOLAB Yes Sir, I Can Moogie!  Switched On Volume 5: Pulse Of The Early Brain** 1:04
WENDY CARLOS Country Lane  A Clockwork Orange (OST) 4:56
BRIAN ENO Sherry  For Ever And Ever No More** 3:25
NIK TURNER Calling The Egyptians  The Final Frontier 4:37
SZUN WAVES Atomkerne  Earth Patterns** 6:10
SONA JOBARTEH Saya  Putumayo Presents: World Yoga 3:54
RICKIE LEE JONES The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys  Its Like This 5:13

SET #3
JAMES GANG Collage  Yer Album 4:01
THE BREEDERS SOS  Last Splash 1:31
THE BLACK KEYS Same Old Thing  Attack & Release 3:12
ADRIAN BELEW Back To Love  Elevator** 3:36
LES CLAYPOOL’S DUO DU TWANG Booneville Stomp  Four Foot Shack 5:00
THE RESIDENTS Red Rider  The Commercial Album (Special Edition) 1:04
LEON REDBONE Lazy Bones  No Regrets 3:19
KEN NORDINE A Whistler  The Best Of Word Jazz Vol. 1 3:03
TINY ALICE Whistle Poem  Tiny Alice 1:21
LEO KOTTKE When Shrimps Learn To Whistle  Dreams And All That Stuff 3:30

SET #4
OREGON Canyon Song  Distant Hills 5:04
MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER The Hypnotist  Emotional Eternal** 3:51
BEIRUT Autumn Tall Tales  Artifacts** 3:34
PIERRE MOERLEN’S GONG Pentanine (Part One)  Pentanine 3:28
KHAC CHI ENSEMBLE On The Mountain Top  Moonlight Over Vietnam 3:05
MICKEY HART & PLANET DRUM Endless River  Supralingua 2:50
IGNORE THE FOREST FLOOR Clue To Kalo  Delivery Room: A Leaf Label Sampler 4:00
ANDY PARTRIDGE Let There Be Snow  My Failed Christmas Career Vol. 1** 3:32

** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack

I’ll start off this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #489) with a cut from TODD RUNDGREN’S new ‘Space Force’ album that has Thomas Dolby backing him up, then, during the remainder of that first set, add KRONOS QUARTET (interpreting Terry Riley), CURVED AIR, THE MEKONS, JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS, and the legendary SILVER APPLES all in as part of the opening festivities. 

More new pieces from BETH ORTON, MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER, SZUN WAVES, and DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE are added to that bubbling musical cauldron in the second set before serving up a hot set with wine, soup, and other food themes using songs from the PIXIES, FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, GRAHAM PARKER, ROBERT WYATT, RUPERT HINE, and TAJ MAHAL and the COODERS in the third.

That leaves one set to go and I’ll give you a couple of hints as what you’ll hear there: BRIAN ENO, PERE UBU, and STEREOLAB. Hungry? There’s plenty here to satisfy your musical appetite. 

SET #1
TODD RUNDGREN I’m Not Your Dog (feat Thomas Dolby)  Space Force** 5:49
ED PALERMO BIG BAND The Solemn Z-Men Credo/Absolutely Free  The Adventures Of Zodd Zundgren** 4:51
KRONOS QUARTET Terry Riley: One Earth, One People, One Love (Pt 1)  Sunrise Of The Planetary Dream Collector 3:45
CURVED AIR Whose Shoulder Are You Looking Over Anyway?  Phantasmagoria 3:23
THE MEKONS Dickie, Chalkie, And Nobby  Natural 3:05
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS Techno D Day  Rock Art & The X-Ray Style 4:07
ANTIBIOTIC ORANGE Cicada Dream  Resonant Frequencies – The Downtempo Collection 2:55
SILVER APPLES I Don’t Care What People Say  The Garden 3:09

SET #2
BETH ORTON Friday Night  Weather Alive** 5:32
THE SPACE LADY Somewhere Over The Rainbow  The Space Lady & Burnt Ones 5:37
SZUN WAVES Willow Leaf Pear  Earth Patterns** 4:09
CALIFONE Romans  Echo Mine 4:30
COUNTRY SUN The Colour Is Blue  Dust On The Nettles – A Journey Through The British Underground Folk Scene Of 1972 2:58
MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER Personal Message  Emotional Eternal** 4:00
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Rand Mcnally  Asphalt Meadows** 4:06

SET #3
PIXIES Dregs Of The Wine  Doggerel** 3:29
RON SEXSMITH Winery Blues  Hermitage** 2:32
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Mexican Wine  Welcome Interstate Managers 3:22
GRAHAM PARKER Bad Chardonnay  Songs Of No Consequence 4:45
TAJ MAHAL, RY &  JOACHIM COODER Cornbread, Peas , Black Molasses   Get On Board: The Songs Of Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee 3:43
RUPERT HINE Hamburgers  Unfinished Picture 3:17
ERNIE HAWKINS Voodoo Soup  Mean Little Poodle 4:01
ROBERT WYATT Soup Song  Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard 4:03
ADRIAN BELEW 70 Going On 17  Elevator** 2:26

SET #4
CENGIZ OZKAN Deniz Dalgaziz Olmaz  The Rough Guide To Turkish Cafe 3:21
BRAVE COMBO Nothing Is Permanent  No No No Cha Cha Cha 4:29
STEREOLAB Symbolic Logic Of Now!  Switched On Volume 5: Pulse Of The Early Brain** 4:06
PERE UBU Thoughts Go By Steam  Song Of The Bailing Man 3:50
CRISPY AMBULANCE The Wind Season  Plateau Phase Live On A Hot August Night, Nexus 5:29
BRIAN ENO Inclusion  For Ever And Ever No More** 4:55
JEROME FROESE Mrs. Misty Kiss  Precooked Munchies 6:35

** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack

 ‘Like clockwork.’ You’ve all heard that expression. I use it a lot to describe the task at hand as in, each Friday at noon I release the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (This week it’s Episode #488) like clockwork. And each Thursday prior to that show I write the program synopsis and email it to many of my friends in hopes that some of them will find the musical selections interesting enough to check out the show.

This week my synopsis will tell you that there’s ‘vault’ goodies from JOHN MARTYN (‘Call Me Crazy’), JADE WARRIOR, HORSLIPS, and JOE BYRD & THE FIELD HIPPIES with more recent cuts from CRACKER, BUTTHOLE SURFERS, TOM ZE, GALAXIE 500, and DENGUE FEVER. 

MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER, MILES DAVIS and a compilation of rare material from STEREOLAB mark the latest additions to my ‘new’ release category that will also feature more pieces from BRIAN ENO, ADRIAN BELEW, BETH ORTON, SZUN WAVES, and DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE

I hope that this description provided above will convince you to tune in for another week, ‘like clockwork.’

SET #1
MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER Pyramids In The Clouds  Emotional Eternal** 3:31
JULIAN LAGE Chavez(W/ Bill Frisell)  View With A Room** 4:19
OMAR SOSA Meinfajria  An East African Journey 3:57
TOM ZE Defect 5: O Olho Do Lago  Com Defeito De Fabricacao 2:05
BUTTHOLE SURFERS Creep In The Cellar  Rembrandt Pussyhorse 2:05
DENGUE FEVER Vacant Lot  The Deepest Lake 4:13
BRIAN ENO Garden Of Stars  For Ever And Ever No More** 4:18
TUNE-YARDS Look Around  Nikki Nack 4:25

SET #2
PEEL DREAM MAGAZINE Too Dumb  Agitprop Alterna 3:01
THE HU The Gereg  The Gereg** 4:54
HORSLIPS Fantasia (My Lagan Love)  Book Of Invasions A Celtic Symphony 3:55
ADRIAN BELEW Backwards And Upside Down  Elevator** 3:44
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Foxglove Through The Clearcut  Asphalt Meadows** 5:15
GALAXIE 500 Leave The Planet  On Fire 2:41
SZUN WAVES Exploding Upwards  Earth Patterns** 5:05
BURNING OF ROME Why Can’t I Stop Killing My Friends  With Us 4:45

SET #3
JOHN MARTYN Call Me Crazy  Sunday’s Child 7:32
TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO The Longing  Opening** 2:35
JOE BYRD & THE FIELD HIPPIES Moonsong;Pelog  The American Metaphysical Circus 3:46
CRACKER Brides Of Neptune  Forever 4:57
BETH ORTON Forever Young  Weather Alive** 5:39
MILES DAVIS Minor Ninths’ (Pt. 1)  That’s What Happened 1982 - 1985 The Bootleg Series Vol. 7** 3:12
JADE WARRIOR Windweaver  Jade Warrior 3:43

SET #4
PORCUPINE TREE Of The New Day  CLOSURE/CONTINUATION** 4:42
JOSEPH ARTHUR Face In The Crowd  The Graduation Ceremony 4:25
DAVID BYRNE Gasoline And Dirty Sheets  American Utopia 3:19
PIXIES Get Stimulated  Doggerel** 3:18
STEREOLAB Robot Riot  Switched On Volume 5: Pulse Of The Early Brain 2:56
LAIKA Fish For Nails  Whatever I Am I Am What Is Missing 3:17
HARISH RAGHAVAN Circus Music  In Tense** 4:24
FRANK ZAPPA (Feat. Ensemble Modern) Be Bop Tango  The Yellow Shark 2:35
TOM WAITS The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours At Napoleone’s Pizza House)  The Heart Of Saturday Night 3:16

** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack