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Season’s Greeting and Happy Holly Daze!

Well it’s finally arrived, that dreaded week where predictable Christmas muzak propagates the entertainment airwaves and there aren’t enough throw pillows around to bury your head in while yelling PLEASE MAKE IT STOP! 

I’ve got just the solution for everyone and it comes from someone who truly loathes all the sappy musical excrement that is deposited everywhere you go that your ears are forced to ‘step in’ this time of year. The solution that I am of course speaking of, is myself and my warped sense of Christmas music that you can hear during my 10th Annual Christmas Special on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #447) which can be heard a day earlier beginning Thursday, December 23 at 9:00 am.

Let’s face it folks, where else can you hear a set of holiday music that begins with the BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA (with MAVIS STAPLES) and ends with KLAUS NOMI? In between those completely opposite universes I’ve added RALPH CARNEY (his ‘Happy Solstice Song’) WILLIE NELSON, RY COODER, JOHN CALE (‘Child’s Christmas In Wales’), JOHN ZORN, BRAVE COMBO, and National Lampoon’s CHRISTOPHER GUEST (as Rod Serling describing the first Xmas in the ‘Twilight Zone’). That example is from today’s third set, BTW. 

I’ll incorporate other local favorites with their holiday ditties (THE WAITRESSES ‘Christmas Wrapping, ‘ THE HI-FI’S, and GLENN LAZEAR) during the course of the show and sprinkle in a multitude of genres including jazz (BILL EVANS, VINCE GUARALDI, and DAVE BRUBECK), ethnic (THE KLEZMONAUTS, MARI BOINE), folk (DAN HICKS & HIS HOT LICKS, SULTANS OF SWING), progressive (OF MONTREAL, THE POLYPHONIC SPREE, ROBERT WYATT), traditional with a twist (JOSEPH BYRD, PERCY FAITH, ESQUIVEL), and popular (TOM WAITS, ST. VINCENT, SUFJAN STEVENS). 

Have a safe and happy holiday my friends!

A playlist will be provided as quickly as Santa's stubby, blistered fingers can type it...Don't make him hurry because he still has time to fill your stocking with something unpleasant.

Here It is!
It's About time (The exhausted over-worked Elf bellowed)

SET #1 
ESQUIVEL Jingle Bells/Greetings From Esquivel   WFMU’s War On Christmas 2:22 
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE Do You Hear What I Hear?/ Carol Of The Drum (Little Drummer Boy)    Holidaydream: Sounds Of  The Holidays Vol. 1 7:54 
ST. VINCENT ...At The Holiday Party   Daddy’s Home** 4:17 
SUFJAN STEVENS Put The Lights On The Tree   Hark! Songs For Christmas Vol. II 1:48 
WU FEI &  ABIGAIL WASHBURN Four Seasons Medley: Four Seasons/Dark Ocean Waltz   Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn** 3:51 
SUFJAN STEVENS Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing   Hark! Songs For Christmas Vol. II 4:43
JOSEPH BYRD Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming   A Christmas Yet To Come 2:17 
PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA Brazilian Sleigh Bells   Music Of Christmas 2:53 

SET#2 
THE HI-FI’S Christmas Time Is Coming Around Again   https://thehifis.bandcamp.com/ 3:07 
BAD RELIGION Hark! The Herald Angels Sing   Christmas Songs 1:59 
THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND There’s No Lights On The Christmas Tree Mother, They’re Burning Big Louie Tonight   Framed 3:46 
LOS STRAIGHTJACKETS A Marshmallow World   Christmas Tree Warmth Vol. 1 1:59 
THE BEATLES 1963 Christmas Message #3   The Beatles Christmas Album (Record Club) 0:37 
THE SWINGLE SINGERS Happy Christmas   …Unwrapped 3:49 
SONOS Coventry Carol   The Sing Off: Songs Of The Season 2:05 
MARI BOINE Liegga Gokcas Sis’ (In A Blanket Of Warmth)   Eight Seasons 5:45 
SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA Midnight Sleigh Ride (From The Lieutenant Kije Suite)   Isle Of Dogs (OST) 3:01 
DEANNA KIRK You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch   Christmas Tree Warmth Vol. 1 3:11 
DAVE BRUBECK My Favorite Things   The Return Of Sampler Claus 2:56 

SET #3 
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA (w/ Mavis Staples) Born In Bethlehem   Go Tell It On The Mountain 6:36  
RALPH CARNEY The Happy Solstice Song   www.ralphcarney.bandcamp.com 2:13 
BRAVE COMBO The Christmas Song (Ska)   It’s Christmas, Man! 2:59 
RY COODER Footprints In The Snow   My Name Is Buddy 3:06 
WILLIE NELSON A Dreamer’s Holiday   The Classic Christmas Album 3:29 
JOHN CALE Child’s Christmas In Wales   Paris 1919 (2006 Remaster) 3:29 
JOHN ZORN Hail Holy Light (w/John Medesli, Kenny Grohowski, Matt Hollenberg)    Nostradamus The Death Of Satan** 2:06 
CHRISTOPHER GUEST Rod Serling Explains The First Christmas   Nation Lampoon Radio Hour -Funniest Laughs 1:05 
KLAUS NOMI Zak Bak Daz   Zak Bak Daz 5:26 

SET #4 
KHRUANGBIN Christmas Time Is Here   Christmas Time Is Here** 3:26 
VINCE GUARALDI Christmas Is Coming   A Charlie Brown Christmas 3:27 
PONCHO SANCHEZ What Child Is This?   Latin Jazz Christmas 5:19 
SULTANS OF SWING A Django Christmas   Christmas Caravan 4:23 
NOWELL SING WE CLEAR Winter/Spring   The Best Of Nowell Sing We Clear 1:42 
ROBERT WYATT/GILAD ATZMON/ROS STEPHEN What A Wonderful World   ...For The Ghosts Within 4:51 
FLEET FOXES White Winter Hymnal   Mojo Presents: White Winter Hymnals: 15 Songs For Cold Days And Long Nights 2:26 
THE WAITRESSES Christmas Wrapping   The Best Of The Waitresses 5:26 

SET #5 
ROGER KLUG Arabian Dance (Nutcracker)   Ring II – A Cincinnati Guitar Christmas 3:12 
THE SMOTHER BROTHERS Swiss Christmas   Curb Your Tongue, Knave! 4:34 
THE KLEZMONAUTS Santa Gey Gezunderheit   Oy To The World! 3:05 
SHIRIM KLEZMER ORCHESTRA Tants Chinese (Based on Chinese Dance)   Klezmer Nutcracker 1:49 
THE STARLIGHTS Jing-A-Ling   Ultra-Lounge: The Best Of Christmas Cocktails 2:28 
DAN HICKS & HIS HOT LICKS Santa Gotta Choo Choo   Crazy For Christmas 3:28 
TOM WAITS Jesus Gonna Be Here   Bone Machine 3:21 
CANNED HEAT Boogie Boy (Little Drummer Boy)   Christmas Album 4:27 
BILL EVANS Santa Claus Is Coming To Town   Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas 3:48 

SET #6 
MORPHINE Sexy Christmas Baby Mine   The Best Of Morphine 2:07 
Y LA BAMBA Senor Santa (Mister Santa)   Holiday’s Rule! 3:12 
GLENN LAZEAR Christmas Inside   https://discretespectrum.bandcamp.com/ 2:22 
THE CIVIL WARS I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day   Holiday’s Rule! 2:34 
OF MONTREAL Christmas Isn’t Safe For Animals   If He’s Protecting Our Nation, Then Who’s Protecting Big Oil, Our Children? 3:42 
THE FLAMING LIPS Christmas At The Zoo   Clouds Taste Metallic 3:06 

** = New or recent acquisition 
OST = Original Soundtrack 

‘Twas the week before the night before...’awe come on! There’s plenty of time left before I unleash my warped sense of Christmas music on your earlobes so this week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #446) I’ll go onto other things including remembering one of Akron’s most beloved musical treasures, RALPH CARNEY. Ralph left a hole in the hearts of everyone he knew with his passing in 2017, so during the course of today’s show I’ll play several of his solo pieces as well as his work in projects with less familiar groups like THE ALL ONES and CARNEYBALL JOHNSON. 

The first set begins with RALPH CARNEY’S SERIOUS JASS PROJECT followed by the big band jazz of ARTURO O’FARRILL, NICK MASON’S FICTITIOUS SPORTS (with Carla Bley & Robert Wyatt singing about spaceships), GONG, ANI DEFRANCO, and JULIE DYBLE & ANDY LEWIS covering Nick Drake’s ‘Northern Sky.’ 

Another great new track from the band LOW starts off the second set, followed by THE CLASH, ALLEN RAVENSTINE. OSAMU KITAJIMA, WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN, JAN HAMMER & JERRY GOODMAN, and Louisiana folk artist GINA FORSYTH. 

There’s Bossa Nova like melodies from JOE PASS, BUSTER POINDEXTER (crooning Disney’s ‘Castles In Spain’), RALPH CARNEY, OS MUTANTES, and even a Tex-Mex take on it from CALEXICO during the third set.   Add all those selections in with other music from TELEK and CODE SANGALA (world), JADE WARRIOR, BRIAN ENO, and GEORGE HARRISON (vault), and BRIAN SANDS and SAD PLANETS (local) and you’ve got quite a show assembled. 

Playlist!

SET #1 
RALPH CARNEY’S  SERIOUS JASS PROJECT   Blow Big Ralph a.k.a. Blow Big Jay)    Ralph Carney’s  Serious Jass Project 2:20 
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE  AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Dreaming In Lions: Blood In The Water   Dreaming In Lions** 3:35 
NICK MASON’S FICTITIOUS SPORTS I Was Wrong   Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports 4:13 
GONG How To Stay Alive   2032 8:05 
ANI DEFRANCO Metropolis   Revolutionary Love** 5:32 
JULIE DYBLE & ANDY LEWIS Northern Sky   Mojo Presents: Green Leaves - Nick Drake Covered 4:13 RALPH CARNEY We Shall Overcome   www.ralphcarney.bandcamp.com 2:39 

SET#2 
LOW White Horses   HEY WHAT** 5:03 
THE CLASH The Street Parade   Sandinista! 3:28 
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Music Box   Rue Du Poisson Noir** 3:40
 OSAMU KITAJIMA Hear The Rain, See It Fall   Osamu 6:02 
WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN Ho Hey/Cluck Old Hen   Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn** 2:36 
JAN HAMMER & JERRY GOODMAN Full Moon Boogie   Like Children 4:12 
RHIANNON GIDDENS (w/Francesco Turrisi) Niwel Goes To Town   They’re Calling Me Home 3:22 
GINA FORSYTH Copper Rooster   Copper Rooster & Other Tunes & Tales 3:31 

SET #3 
JOE PASS Fluer d’Ennui   The Best Of Joe Pass – The Pacific Jazz Years 2:59 
BUSTER POINDEXTER &  HIS BANSHEES OF BLUE ( with Yma Sumac)   Castles In Spain   Stay Awake! Various Interpretations Of  Music From Vintage Disney Films 2:35 
RALPH CARNEY Hell Week   This Is Ralph Carney 2:53 
OS MUTANTES Eu Descobri   Fool Metal Jack 3:05 
CALEXICO Fractured Air (Tornado Watch)   Carried To Dust 3:15 
NAYTRONIX Gratitude   Other Possibilities** 1:14 
M. WARD Coyote Mary’s Traveling Show   Migration Stories 3:36 
LISA GERRARD Rejection/Biking Home   Whale Rider (OST) 4:40 
TELEK Lili   Serious Tam 4:18 

SET #4 
SAD PLANETS City Ghosts   Akron, Ohio 3:05 
OPEN ROAD Funny   Beyond The Pale Horizon: The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1972** 4:05 
JACK LANCASTER & ROBIN LUMBLEY Realization   Marscape 6:12 
BRIAN SANDS Windmills Of Time   Fixation 3:28 
JADE WARRIOR 24 Hour Movie   5th Element 5:06 
GEORGE HARRISON Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)   All Things Must Pass (30th Ann. Edition) 3:53 
CODE SANGALA Chosamva   Mizu 4:10 

SET #5 
CARNEYBALL JOHNSON Over, Under, Sideways, Down   Carneyball Johnson 7:11 
PIXIES Tenement Song   Head Carrier 2:57 
XTC Earn Enough For Us   Upsy Daisy Assortment 2:56 
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Mercury Man   Centipede Hz 4:18 
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Fog (Devil’s Island Mix)   Nautilus** 5:10 
BRIAN ENO Everything Merges With The Night   Another Green World 3:59 
JORMA KAUKONEN & JOHN HURLBUT Choices   The River Flows – Complete Sessions** 4:00 

SET #6 
THE MONKEES Daily Nightly   Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones Ltd. 2:33 
MOON DUO Sleepwalker   Circles 4:55 
DEERHOOF Plant Thief   Actually, You Can** 3:13 
THURSTON MOORE Circulation   Demolished Thoughts 4:10 
ALL ONES &  RALPH CARNEY Welcome To Bollywood  (You Midwest Sons And Daughters)   All At Once 4:26

 ** = New or recent acquisition 
OST = Original Soundtrack 

This week I’ll rave on about JONI MITCHELL’S ‘Kennedy Center’ honors, babble on about SOFT MACHINE’S retiring bassist Roy Babbington, discuss the intricacies of segues between The BONZO DOG BAND and THE WHO, and introduce another ‘wow’ factor where music in NFL films gets mixed into a set with DEVO, TIN HUEY, JACK WHITE, GLENN GOULD, and THE BURNING OF ROME (the band, not the event). Yet that’s only a smidgen of what’s in store on today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #445).

Still skeptical? Looking for a few more examples oh ye of little faith? Howze Bouts (spoken in true N.E. Ohio dialect) ANI DEFRANCO, ARTURO O’FARRILL, WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN, M. WARD and ALLEN RAVENSTINE (all new) blended in with SLAPP HAPPY, SIGUR ROS, and MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND (a bit older) to comprise one set? 

Or maybe you’d prefer said SOFT MACHINE surrounded with PHILLIP GLASS, EGG, WIRE, DEERHOOF and JOHN ZORN (both new), GALACTIC and THE JAMES GANG in that order comprising another set.

Additional new releases today include TERRI LYNN CARRINGTON & SOCIAL SCIENCE, NAYTRONIX, and LOW, more ‘vault’ tracks from 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS, CHARLES MINGUS, L. VOAG, and CAN, and the international sounds of AYUB OGADA and STOMU YAMASH’TA. It’s another packed three hour program I’m sure you’ll enjoy.

Playlist available!

SET #1 
SEAN LENNON Charlotte’s Theme   Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Undead 3:11 
THE BOBS The Wind Cries Mary   Covers The Songs Of 4:18 
LOW Disappearing   HEY WHAT** 3:31 
NAYTRONIX One More Try   Other Possibilities** 3:54 
ADRIAN BELEW The Lone Rhinoceros   Desire of The Rhino King 3:59 
PHIL MANZANERA Noche De Putas   Corroncho 3:34 

SET#2 
SAM PHILLIPS Wheel Of The Broken Voice   Bikini’s & Martini’s 3:59 
THE BONZO DOG BAND We Are Normal   The History Of The Bonzos 4:49 
THE WHO Amazing Journey/Sparks   Tommy (Deluxe Edition) 7:08 
PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA More Milk   Broadcasting From Home 3:11 
CHARLES MINGUS Tijuana Gift Shop   Tijuana Moods 3:49 
L. VOAG We Dress up Our Ideas To Make Them Seem Greater Than They Really Are   The Way Out 1:54 
NEGATIVLAND Richard Nixon Died Today   Thigmotactic 2:24 
CAN Laugh Till you Cry, Live Till You Die (O.R.N.)   Flow Motion 6:38 

SET #3 
ANI DEFRANCO Chloroform   Revolutionary Love** 3:39 
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Despedida: Intruso   Dreaming In Lions** 5:06 
SIGUS ROS Flugufrelsarinn   Agaetis Byrjum 7:48 
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Open Season   Rue Du Poisson Noir** 5:01 
SLAPP HAPPY Riding Tigers   Casablanca Moon/Desperate Straights 1:43 
WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN Ping Tan Dance   Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn 2:33 
MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND Resonance   This Is My Hand 4:24 
M. WARD Migration Of Souls   Migration Stories 3:28 

SET #4 
SOFT MACHINE Fourteen Hour Dream   Hidden Dreams 6:24 
PHILLIP GLASS Dressed Like An Egg (Pt. IV)   Glass Box: Glassworks 3:12 
EGG They Laughed When I Sat Down At The Piano   Egg 1:21 
WIRE Indirect Inquiries   154 3:28 
DEERHOOF Divine Comedy   Actually, You Can** 5:16 
JOHN ZORN The Initiate (w/John Medesli,Brian Marsalla, Kenny Grohowski, Matt Hollenberg)   Chaos Magick** 3:49 
GALACTIC Already   Already Ready Already 1:51 
THE JAMES GANG Fred   Yer Album 4:09 

SET #5 
LINDISFARNE Lady Eleanor   Nicely Out Of Tune 4:15 
TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON  & SOCIAL SCIENCE Trapped In The American Dream (Feat: Kassa Overall)   Waiting Game** 7:05 
13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS May The Circle Remain Unbroken   Bull Of The Woods 2:43 
JORMA KAUKONEN & JOHN HURLBUT Across The Borderline   The River Sessions** 4:08 
SUFJAN STEVENS &ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE Murder And Crime   A Beginner’s Mind** 3:30 
STOMU YAMASH’TA Wind Words   Freedom Is Frightening 6:44 
AYUB OGADA En Mana Kuoyo   En Mana Kuoyo 3:54 

SET #6 
GOYTE Easy Way Out   Making Mirrors 1:58 
SAM SPENCE  (John Facenda – Voice) A Season Awaits/ Round Up    Power And The Glory - Music & Voices Of NFL Films 2:25 
DEVO Too Much Paranoias   Pioneers Who Got Scalped – The Anthology 1:58 
JACK WHITE Everything You Ever Learned   Boarding House Reach 2:13 
GLENN GOULD Variation #2 (J.S. Bach)   The Goldberg Variations 1:10 
THE BURNING OF ROME AudreyII   With Us 2:35 
TOM HEDDEN (John Facenda – Voice)   Pain Is Inevitable/ The Equalizer    Power And The Glory -  Music & Voices Of NFL Films 2:16 
TIN HUEY I Could Rule The World If I Could Only Get The Parts   Contents Dislodged During Shipment 3:17 

** = New or recent acquisition 
OST = Original Soundtrack 

This week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #444) Ill pay tribute to the new BEATLES documentary, honor the legacy of STEPHEN SONDHEIM, play a series of songs about love and office work, and add music with themes about space and having the blues all assembled into my usual three hour free form adventure.

DEERHOOF, PAVEMENT, CRACKER, and PALBERTA all get installed around other music from JUKKA TOLONEN, CHI-PIG, MAGAZINE, and PETER HAMMILL resulting in the program’s first set today.

The second set combines jazz (JOHN ZORN, GILGAMESH, and ARTURO O’FARRILL), ethnic (ISSA BAGAYOGO), electronic (ALLEN RAVENSTINE), and film scores (ALEXANDRE DESPLAT and STEPHEN SONDHEIM) with another song about a film from SUFJAN STEPHEN & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE. 

During the fourth set, I’ll pay homage to THE BEATLES with ‘covers’ of their music from WILLIE NELSON, THE RESIDENTS, BILL WITHERS, and THE RUBY SUNS, surrounded by other music from LOW, FAUST, NAYTRONIX, ANDY PARTRIDGE, and JON BATISTE. 

Plus there’s blues from ALBERT COLLINS and KEN NORDINE, bluegrass from BELA FLECK, new wave from GANG OF FOUR, and unusual melodies from HARRY PARTCH, BRUCE COCKBURN, and CAL HAND. Much assembly was required!

Thee Set List:

SET #1 
DEERHOOF Be Unbarred, Oh Ye Gates Of Hell   Actually, You Can** 3:06 
PALBERTA Ziddy   Roach Goin’ Down 1:48 
PAVEMENT Stereo   Quarantine The Past 3:07 
CRACKER The Good Life   Gentleman’s Blues 3:50 
JUKKA TOLONEN Hysterica   Hysterica 6:33 
CHI-PIG Dismal Dismissal (No Cash, No Sale)   Miami 4:07 
MAGAZINE Rhythm Of Cruelty   Secondhand Daylight 3:05 
PETER HAMMILL People You Were Going To   Nadir’s Big Chance 5:05 

SET#2 
ISSA BAGAYOGO Kouloun   Sya 6:01 
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Despedida: Del Mar   Dreaming In Lions** 5:42 
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Java Head   Nautilus** 3:07 
JOHN ZORN Eregore (w/John Medesli,Brian Marsalla, Kenny Grohowski, Matt Hollenberg)   Chaos Magick** 4:36 
GILGAMESH Darker Brighter   Another Fine Tune You’ve Got Me Into 5:40 
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT The Society Of Crossed Keys   The Grand Budapest Hotel (OST) 2:21 
STEPHEN SONDHEIM Something’s Coming (feat: Jim Bryant)   West Side Story (OST) 2:34 
SUFJAN STEVENS &ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE Fictional California   A Beginner’s Mind** 2:50 

SET #3 
KEN NORDINE Credit Card Blues   Bits And Pieces Of Word Jazz 3:47 
ALBERT COLLINS Cash Talkin’ (Workingman’s Blues)   Cold Snap 4:30 
DUANE EDDY The Lonely One   Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology 1:39 
MCKENDREE SPRING The Girl   Spring Suite 4:05 
CAL HAND They Only Moved The Stage   The Wylie Butler 5:34 
BOMBADIL When The City Sleeps   Beyond The Pale Horizon: The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1972** 4:10 
OMAR SOSA Ravann Dan Jazz   An East African Journey** 6:41 

SET #4 
NAYTRONIX Indigo   Other Possibilities** 3:19 
JON BATISTE Green Hill Zone   Hollywood Africans 2:54 
FAUST La Poulie   Fresh Air 6:37 
LOW Days Like These   HEY WHAT** 5:20 
THE RESIDENTS Beyond The Valley Of A  Day In The Life   The Beatles Play The Residents/The Residents Play The Beatles (7” Single) 3:54 
THE RUBY SUNS Martha My Dear   The Magical Mystery Psych-Out - A Tribute To The Beatles 3:54 
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Brothers Grimm   Rue Du Poisson Noir** 2:28 
BILL WITHERS Let It Be   Just As I Am 2:36 
ANDY PARTRIDGE Cairo   Take Away – The Lure Of Salvage 1:57 
WILLIE NELSON One After 909   Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles 2:48 

SET #5 
BELLE & SEBASTIAN Step Into My Office, Baby   Dear Catastrophic Waitress 4:28 
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Hey Julie   Welcome Interstate Managers 2:36 
10CC Silly Love   Sheet Music 4:02 
JOHN HARTFORD Do You Have Room?   The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet Vol. 2 1:17      
BELA FLECK/EDGAR MEYER/MIKE MARSHALL Old Tyme   Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology   3:26
BRUCE COCKBURN Boundless   Small Source Of Comfort 4:45 
HARRY PARTCH Coda (w/American Music Theater Festival)   Revelation In The Courthouse Park   3:40
PIERRE MOERLEN’S GONG An American In England   Time Is The Key 2:57 

SET #6 
GANG OF FOUR 5:45   Entertainment (2021 Remaster)** 3:43 
THE B-52’S Planet Claire   The B-52’s 4:36 
ALEWIFE Penetration   Chicago Surf Rally 3:30 
HAWKLORDS (Only) The Dead Dreams Of The Cold War Kid   25 Years On 3:50

 ** = New or recent acquisition 
(OST) = Original Soundtrack 

Today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #443) happens to fall on the busiest shopping day of the year, ‘Black Friday,’ although marketing geniuses over the past decade have morphed that day into nearly a week by adding ‘Small Business Saturday,’ ‘Cyber-Monday’ and ‘Giving Tuesday’ in an attempt to relieve all of you of any remaining cash you’ve been struggling to hold on to for the past year. 

And don’t forget to shove another ‘Record Store Day’ in that mix because the one in April isn’t enough, and one should always save room for music (much like pie) when you’ve stuffed yourselves to the gills with everything else.

Which brings me to the point (finally, thank god) of that whole diatribe above. You’re gonna need great music to get you through this marathon so here’s three hours worth to sooth, distract, and motivate you along during your shopping journey. 

During the first hour there’s vintage tracks from NINO ROTA, JIM HENDRIX, MOONDOG, and yes, THE MONKEES (from their psychedelic album, ‘Head’), mixed together with ‘covers’ from PATTI SMITH (The Doors) and BROTHER CLEVE’S LUSH ORCHESTRA (Henry Mancini) and other music from BUTTHOLE SURFERS, DEERHOOF, VIOLENT FEMMES, NAYTRONIX, and ALLEN RAVENSTINE.

By the fourth set I’ll take ‘Sari’(Nordic) and Native American chants from WIMME, MARI BOINE, SACRED SPIRIT, and JIM PEPPER and sonically incorporate them around music from PINK FLOYD and ROBBIE ROBERTSON, then a little later I’ll gather NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL, RY COODER, THE NEUTRONS, and POKEY LAFARGE around another musical table who’s centerpiece will be ROBERT WYATT’S ‘Soup Song.”

It’ll be loads of fun and sure beats snoring on the ‘lazy boy’ in front of something on TV you’re not watching.
And yes, the playlist will arrive later today, just like your on line orders.

Here Ya Go!
SET #1
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Doff Downie   Rue Du Poisson Noir** 3:30
NAYTRONIX Solitude   Other Possibilities** 2:54
SEVERA NAZARKHAN Yallajonim   Yol Bolsin 4:15
THE MONKEES Supplico/Can You Dig It?   Head 4:13
MOONDOG No, The Wheel Was Never Invented   Moondog 2 1:16
JAY ROZEN Oasis   Naked Singularity: Killer Tuba Songs Vol. 2 3:18
DEVOTCHKA Such A Lovely Thing   How It Ends 4:40
NINO ROTA La Dolce Vita (Arrivederci Roma)   La Dolce Vita 5:43

SET#2
VIOLENT FEMMES Another Chorus   Hotel Last Resort 2:38
LES CLAYPOOL Back Off Turkey   Of Whales And Woe 2:08
DEERHOOF Scarcity Is Manufactured   Actually, You Can** 2:53
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE House Burning Down   Electric Ladyland 4:32
BROTHER CLEVE & HIS LUSH ORCHESTRA Dreamsville   Shots In The Dark 4:05
BUTTHOLE SURFERS The Last Astronaut   Weird Revolution 4:07
KING CRIMSON Inner Garden Parts 1 & 2   THRAK 3:03
THE LOST PATROL Your Own Medicine   Redemption (EP) 3:48
PATTI SMITH Soul Kitchen   Twelve 3:45

SET #3
TAJ MAHAL Cakewalk Into Town   The Essential Taj Mahal 2:35
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Dreaming In Lions/Struggles & Strugglets   Dreaming In Lions** 5:03
MOTHERS OF INVENTION Igor’s Boogie Phase One/Overture To Holiday In Berlin/Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich/ Igor’s Boogie Phase Two   Burnt Weeny Sandwich 7:39
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Moonlight Marimba   Nautilus** 1:43
OSIBISI Densu (Traditional)   Welcome Home 5:22
PETER GABRIEL The Barry Williams Show   Up 7:17
HOT BUTTER Popcorn   Popcorn 2:34

SET #4
WIMME Weathervane   Nordic Roots: A Northside Collection 3:59
SACRED SPIRIT Heal The Soul   Sacred Spirit: Chants & Dances Of Native Americans 1:20
PINK FLOYD Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 2-3)   Wish You Were Here 2:43
SACRED SPIRIT Brandishing The Tomahawk   Sacred Spirit: Chants & Dances Of Native Americans 1:10  ROBBIE ROBERTSON The Sound Is Fading   Contact From The Underworld Of Redboy 5:03
PINK FLOYD Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 4-5)   Wish You Were Here 5:01
SUFJAN STEVENS &ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE (This Is) The Thing   A Beginner’s Mind** 2:48
MARI BOINE PERSEN It Sat Duolmma (Free At Last)   Gula Gula 3:56
JIM PEPPER Rock Stomp Indian Style   Pepper’s Pow Wow 2:07

SET #5
ROCKY CABBAGE Birds Must Learn To Fly   Beyond The Pale Horizon: The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1972** 4:33
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL In The Aeroplane Over The Sea   In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 3:22
DANIEL KNOX Smartass   Everyman For Himself 3:18
LAXULA Soberbia   Sounds Of The World 4:32
POKEY LAFARGE Killing Time   In The Blossom Of Their Shade** 3:43
THE NEUTRONS Dance Of The Psychedelic Lounge Lizards    Black Hole Star & Tales From The Blue Cocoons 3:22
RY COODER Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)   Jazz 3:36
ROBERT WYATT Soup Song   Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard 4:03

SET #6
PFM Svita La Vita   Passpartu 3:28
SPACCANAPOLI O’Rinillo O’Rinello   Lost Souls 3:51
SPARKS Propaganda/At Home At Work At Play   Propaganda 3:28
THE MODERN LOVERS Dignified and Old   The Modern Lovers 2:29
THE BREAKERS Guilty As Charged   Torch Light** 3:24

** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack

 For More information on Allen Ravenstine:
https://allen-ravenstine.bandcamp.com/music

For information on The Breakers music:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/

What’s in store this week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #442) you ask? For starters, I’ve got a couple of new tracks from ALLEN RAVENSTINE’S just released album, ‘Nautilus,’ the MONKS OF DOOM covering the Soft Machine’s ‘Moon in June’ and ORNETTE COLEMAN & CHARLIE HADEN’S take on the theme from ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,’ PATRICK CARNEY & RALPH CARNEY’S work on ‘Bojack’s Theme,’ and several other surprises along the way.

There’s more new songs from ANI DEFRANCO, NAYTRONIX, ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA, DEERHOOF, TERRANCE BLANCHARD, and JOHN ZORN. 

From the ‘vault’ there’s GONG (from Angel’s Egg’), PAUL HORN (from ‘Inside The Taj Mahal’), JADE WARRIOR, THE FLYING LIZARDS and LITTLE FEAT, 

15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND), MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES, THE MEKONS, BJORK, STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, and DAVID BYRNE all add additional sonics to the festivities. 

It all gets started with a classic BRAND X track in honor of the late John Goodsall, the band’s guitarist. Oh, and there’s not a single mention about travel woes, turkey, gas prices, or politics. 

Today's Set List:

SET #1 
BRAND X Smacks Of Euphoric Hysteria   Unorthodox Behavior 4:25 
MIDLAKE Antiphon   Antiphon 3:16 
THE MEKONS Mirror Me 4:32 
TUESDAY Sewing Machine    Beyond The Pale Horizon: The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1972** 3:13 
DANGER MOUSE & SPARKLEHORSE Star Eyes (I Can’t Catch It)   Dark Night Of The Soul 3:10 NAYTRONIX Stranger   Other Possibilities** 3:37 
MONKS OF DOOM Moon In June   What’s Left For Kicks? 6:09 
JOHN ZORN Chaos & Eternal Light (feat: John Medeski, Matt Hollenberg, Kenny Grohowski)   Nostradamus  The Death Of Satan** 3:53 

SET#2 
YONATAN GAT Cue The Machines   Universalists 3:05 
COS Sors Ton Petard Johnny   Babylon 4:28 
PHILLIP GLASS River Run   North Star 1:54 
BJORK New World   Selma Songs 4:17 
CINCINNATI POPS  ORCHESTRA (John Morris Russell conducting) Buck Rogers In The 25th Century/ Space  1999/Lost In Space 1967 (Season 3)   Voyage** 2:33 
SAM BEAM & JESCA HOOP Midas Tongue   Love Letters For Fire 3:03 
LUISA MAITA Ai Vem Ele   Lero-Lero 4:12 
DAVID BYRNE This Is That   American Utopia 4:31 
STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS Asking Price   Mirror Traffic 2:41 

SET #3 
DEERHOOF Our Philosophy Is Fiction   Actually, You Can** 4:27 
JAGWAR MA That Loneliness   Howlin’ 2:51 
THE FLYING LIZARDS Glide – Spin   Fourth Wall 3:32 
ALLEN RAVENSTINE A Brief History Of The Girl Next Door   Nautilus** 2:42 
LAURIE ANDERSON The Island Where I Come From   Life On A String 4:08 
PATRICK CARNEY (feat. RALPH CARNEY) Bojack’s Theme    Bojack Horseman: Music from the Netfix Original Series 4:24 
ORNETTE COLEMAN & CHARLIE HADEN Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (Excerpt)   Soapsuds 3:38 
TERRANCE BLANCHARD The Elders   Absence** 6:02 

SET #4 
JORMA KAUKONEN & JOHN HURLBUT Hickory Wind   The River Flows - Complete Sessions** 4:08 
MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES El Fantasma Del Toro   Way Out West 2:46 
JADE WARRIOR The Traveller   Jade Warrior 2:40 
ANI DEFRANCO Confluence   Revolutionary Love** 4:52 
JAH WOBBLE’S INVADERS OF THE HEART The Bonds Of Love   Take Me To God 3:56 
COCHEMEA GASTELUM Asatoma   All My Relations 4:30 
MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER Visions Of Someone Special On A Wall Of Reflections   Bon Voyage 5:01
  JOHN CALE Entre Nous   Walking On Locusts 3:42 

SET #5 
LITTLE FEAT Down Below The Borderline   The Last Record Album 3:45 
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) Thunderhead   Inward City 5:43 
ALLEN RAVENSTINE Meadowlark   Nautilus** 3:46 
PAUL HORN Part XI – Flute   Inside The Taj Mahal II 1:41 
GONG Oily Way/Outer Temple/Inner Temple   Angel’s Egg 7:08 
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Despidida: Beauty Cocoon   Dreaming In Lions** 3:53 
FIONA APPLE Fast As You Can   When The Pawn… 4:39 

SET #6 
ANGELIQUE KIDJO Flying High   Mother Nature** 2:55 
MADLIB Loose Goose   Sound Ancestors** 2:21 
IMOGEN HEAP Daylight Robbery   Speak For Yourself 3:21 
GARY NUMAN Fallen   Pure 2:31 
SHARON VAN ETTEN Femme Fatale   I Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico** 4:42

 ** = New or recent acquisition 
OST = Original Soundtrack 

For More information on Allen Ravenstine:
https://allen-ravenstine.bandcamp.com/music

Each week I look for an event or milestone to initially jump start my artistic process in creating another episode of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES. This week two posts on social media served that purpose; JONI MITCHELL (turning 78 years old ) and the 50th anniversary of JOHN MARTYN’S ‘Bless The Weather’ album both gave the show (Episode #441) it’s initial spark.

Next I began to compile more tracks from new releases, adding ANI DEFRANCO, NAYTRONIX, ANGELIQUE KIDJO, ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA, and POKEY LAFARGE in with other current pieces from DEERHOOF, THURSTON MOORE (from the Velvet's & Nico Tribute), ROBERT PLANT, TERRANCE BLANCHARD, and JOHN ZORN. 

Then I reviewed some random releases or bands (THE STRANGLERS from their ‘Best Of,’ ARIEL PINK, SAN FERMIN, BRYAN SCARY), added bits of humor (MONTY PYTHON and FIRESIGN THEATRE), a Pet Sounds cover by THE MAGNETIC NORTH and a King Crimson cover by CONTROLLED BLEEDING, and ‘vault’ extractions from THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND, FAMILY, DAVID BOWIE, and the PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY. 

Want to see how this weeks puzzle was assembled? Your ears will thank you.

Today's Selections:

SET #1 
THE STRANGLERS (Get A) Grip (On Yourselves)   Peaches: The Very Best Of The Stranglers 4:01 
BATTLES A Loop So Nice   Juice B. Crypts 2:14 
ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Dreaming In Lions: The Deep   Dreaming In Lions** 4:38 
AL DIMEOLA Babylon   Elysium 4:11 
JUANA MOLINA Dar (Que Dificil)   Un Dia 6:42 
JIM WHITE Corvair   No Such Place 3:50 
ANI DEFRANCO Station Identification   Revolutionary Love** 4:06 
SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE Olympus   A Beginner’s Mind** 3:07 

SET#2 
THE PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY Time Is After You   The Great Conspiracy 3:04 
JULIAN BAKER Faith Healer   Little Oblivions** 2:54 
DANIEL LANOIS & ROCCO DELUCA Falling Stanley   Goodbye To Language 2:21 
BRIAN ENO In The Future   Panic Of Looking 2:10 
DEERHOOF Ancient Mysteries, Described   Actually, You Can** 3:38 
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM Bubble Burst   Monolith Of Phobos 4:10 
JOHN ZORN Melmoth (feat: John Medeski, Matt Hollenberg, Kenny Grohowski)   Nostradamus: The Death Of Satan** 4:38 
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR The Hurlyburly   Trisector 4:38 
THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND Next   Next 4:03 

SET #3 
THURSTON MOORE (w/ Ft. Bobby Gillespie) Heroin   I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico** 7:24 
JONI MITCHELL Turbulent Indigo   Turbulent Indigo 3:34 
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS The Slow Parts On Death Metal Albums   Dark In Here** 5:25 
BLACK SABBATH Laguna Sunrise   Vol. 4 2:57 
ROBERT PLANT Ship Of Fools   Digging Deep: Subterranea 5:00  
JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS Minstrel Boy   Joe Strummer 001 5:31 
HORSLIPS Blindman   Dancehall Sweethearts 3:31 

SET #4 
JOHN MARTYN Go Easy   Bless The Weather 4:15 
SAN FERMIN Daedalus (What We Have)   San Fermin 5:45 
BRYAN SCARY Royal Soil   Birds 3:29 
JOHN G. PERRY Uncle Seabird’s Finest Hour   Seabird 3:51 
GILES, MUIR, CUNNINGHAM Snake Dance   Ghost Dance 2:05 
CONTROLLED BLEEDING The Talking Drum   Schizoid Dimension: A Tribute To King Crimson 7:00 
FLOCK OF DIMES Hard Way   Head Of Roses** 3:13 
THE MAGNETIC NORTH You Still Believe In Me   Mojo Presents: Pet Sounds Revisited 2:30 

SET #5 
ANGELIQUE KIDJO Omon Oba   Mother Nature** 2:02 
LAKOU MIZIK Pran Ka Mwen   Wa Di Yo 4:03 
AMERICAN ROCK ORCHESTRA Engu Biko   Dream In Red: The Music Of Peter Gabriel 2:03 
JOSEPH ARTHUR Mystic Sister   Days Of Surrender 2:39 
FAMILY Spanish Tide   Fearless 4:03 
NAYTRONIX Be Aware   Other Possibilities** 2:57 
TERRANCE BLANCHARD When It Was Now   Absence** 5:22 
DAVID BOWIE Rubber Band (Stereo Mix)   David Bowie (2010 Edition) 2:20 
POKEY LAFARGE To Love Or Be Alone   In The Blossom Of Their Shade** 3:57 

SET #6 
ARIEL PINK Jell-O   Pom Pom 2:01
THE FIRESIGN THEATRE The Giant Toad (Supermarket)   Dear Friends 1:01 
THE FLAMING LIPS She Don’t Use Jelly   Transmissions From The Satellite Heart 3:40 
PINK FLOYD Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast (Pt. 3)   Atom Heart Mother 4:30 
MONTY PYTHON Spam   The Final Rip Off 2:27 
TALL DWARFS Mr. Broccoli   Weeville 2:11 

** = New or recent acquisition 
OST = Original Soundtrack 

This week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #440) begins with a track from DEERHOOF’S latest release, ‘Actually, You Can’ followed by another piece from the new JOHN ZORN album, ‘Nostradamus, The Death Of Satan.’ Now that the tone has been set, I’ll honor the late founder of THE CHIEFTAINS, Paddy Maloney, with the song ‘Dunmore Lassies’ (which also features RY COODER), then offer your ears music from RHIANNON GIDDENS, the Finnish folk band VARTTINA, a DAEVID ALLEN sonnet, before finally turning to SPIRIT for ‘Nothing To Hide’ and WILCO’S ‘Wishful Thinking.’

Have I gotten your attention yet? Perhaps you need a few more names for encouragement. TIN HUEY, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND, BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD, AMON DUUL II, TODD RUNDGREN, the PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE, and ROXY MUSIC. All of those signify just part of today’s first half of the program.

Later I’ll add a set of music surrounding an ‘ old western cowboy’ theme with music from CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, ENNIO MORRICONE, ROBBIE ROBERTSON, CARAVAN, CLINT EASTWOOD, and TV classics ‘The Rifleman,’ The Virginian,’ and ‘Bonanza.’ 

Not to be left out, there’s international sounds from REMMY ONGALA & ORCHESTRE SUPER MATIMILA, TINARIWEN, and SENOR COCONUT, ‘vault’ jewels from FAUST and KEVIN AYERS, and a new offering from the JULIAN SEIGEL JAZZ ORCHESTRA. I hope that was incentive enough...Enjoy the show!

Program Playlist:

SET #1 
DEERHOOF We Grew, And We Are Astonished   Actually, You Can** 2:41 
JOHN ZORN The Watchers (feat: John Medeski, Matt Hollenberg, Kenny Grohowski)   Nostradamus: The Death Of Satan** 4:58 
THE CHIEFTAINS Dunmore Lassies (W/ Ry Cooder)   The Long Black Veil 5:13 
RHIANNON GIDDENS (W/ Francesco Turrisi) Brown Baby   There Is No Other 5:07 
VARTTINA Lehman Tanssi   The First Album 4:01 
DAEVID ALLEN & EUTERPE Song Of Satisfaction   Good Morning 2:16 
SPIRIT Prelude/Nothing To Hide   The Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus 3:46 
WILCO Wishful Thinking   A Ghost Is Born 4:41 

SET#2 
TOUBAB KREWE Hang Tan   Toubab Krewe 5:30 
DENGUE FEVER No Sudden Moves   The Deepest Lake 3:52 
AMON DUUL II Archangels Thunderbird   Yeti 3:33 
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD Everybody’s Wrong   Buffalo Springfield (Stereo Remaster) 2:27 
PRIMAL SCREAM Keep Your Dreams   EXTRMNTR 5:24 
TODD RUNDGREN Dogfight Giggle/You Don’t Have To Camp Around/Flamingo   A Wizard, A True Star 4:39 
ROXY MUSIC Nightingale   Siren 4:10 
SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE It’s Your Own Body And Mind   A Beginner’s Mind** 2:27 

SET #3 
JULIAN SEIGEL JAZZ ORCHESTRA Tales From The Jacquard (Pt. 2)   Tales From The Jacquard** 6:30    
PHILLIP GLASS ENSEMBLE Knee Play 1   Einstein On The Beach 3:32 
HENRY COW Half The Sky   Western Culture 5:14 
TIN HUEY Closet Bears   Before Obscurity, Bushflow Tapes 2:45 
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART Sue Egypt   Doc At The Radar Station 2:57 
SUPERSISTER Fancy Nancy   Superstarshine Vol. 3 2:40 
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Let Me Bathe In Demonic Light   Dark In Here** 5:09 
LONG JOHN BALDRY Let’s Burn Down The Cornfield   It Ain’t Easy 4:16 

SET #4 
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN Sad Lovers Waltz   Popular Songs Of Great Enduring Strength And Beauty 4:06 
PERCY FAITH The Virginian (Theme)   NBC: A Soundtrack Of Must See TV 0:43 
MODEST MOUSE 3 Inch Horses, Two Faces Monsters   Everyone And His Nasty Parlour Tricks 4:13           
HERSHEL BURKE GILBERT The Rifleman (Theme)   Television’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 1:08 
CARAVAN Chiefs And Indians   Blind Dog At St. Dunstan’s 5:16 
ENNIO MORRICONE A Gringo Like Me   The Legendary Italian Westerns 2:26 
MIKE BATT For A Few Dollars More   Moog At The Movies 2:31 
DIALOGUE ‘Gale Snoats: So Little Time’   Raising Arizona (OST) DVD 0:05 
ESQUIVEL Cherokee   Music From A Sparkling Planet 3:09 
DIALOGUE Man In A Pickup: ‘Panty’   Raising Arizona (OST) DVD 0:03 
CLINT EASTWOOD Tumbling Tumbleweeds   Rawhide’s Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favorites 2:48      
DIALOGUE H. I. McDunnough: ‘Huggies’   Raising Arizona (OST) DVD 0:04 
ROBBIE ROBERTSON &  THE RED ROAD ENSEMBLE Words Of Fire, Deeds Of Blood   Music For The Native Americans 4:53 
AL CAIOLA Bonanza (Theme)   Television’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 0:39 
RICKIE LEE JONES Flying Cowboys   Flying Cowboys 5:04 

SET #5 
REMMY ONGALA & ORCHESTRE SUPER MATIMILA Nasikitika   Songs For The Poor Man 6:21 
BANDA IONICA Come l’Aria (Sicily/Italy)   Rough Guide’s Off The Beaten Track 4:24 
KEVIN AYERS Don’t Let It Get You Down   Bananamour 4:04 
THE TUFTS BEELZEBUBS I Am The Walrus   Come Together – An A Cappella Tribute To The Beatles 4:13 
JAKE SHIMABUKURO Let’s Dance   Gently Weeps 2:46 
TINARIWEN Taqkal Tarha   Amadjar 3:59 
FAUST It’s a Bit Of A Pain   Faust IV 3:08 

SET #6 
FRANK ZAPPA Sofa #1   Zappa 88: The Last U.S. Tour** 2:44 
KING PRINCESS There She Goes Again   I Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico** 3:28 
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO Dear Head On The Wall   The Boxing Mirror 3:39 
TALKING HEADS Paper   Fear Of Music 2:38 

** = New or recent acquisition 
OST = Original Soundtrack

Midnight IS ‘the bewitching hour’ so to mark this years 10th anniversary HALLOWEEN SPECIAL on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #439) I’ve released the program at 12:01 am. Friday, October 29, 2021. 

Getting the show started is the main title to ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’ followed by NORMA TANEGA’S ‘You’re Dead,’ the theme to TV’s vampire mockumentary, ‘What We Do In The Shadows.’ Following that is PETER HAMMILL with ‘Energy Vampires’ and we’re off, running and screaming, for three more hours of HALLOWEEN madness.

This year has plenty of goodies sprinkled throughout the show including music surrounding dialogue from ‘The Shining’ and ‘Night Of The Living Dead,’ early 60’s horror movie radio spots, and tracks from new releases by COLIN JOHN, SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE, GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET, GARBAGE, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, and JOHN ZORN’S Nostradamus’ album.

I’ve got plenty of nasty bits to quench every vampires blood-lust including THE BREAKERS just released ‘Tubular Bells’ (The Exorcist Theme) during the third set surrounded by MIKE OLDFIELD’S 2003 rendition of his signature tune, as well as BRAVE COMBO and LUNA LEE’S own take on the melody. Surrounding them is music from JOHN HARDIN, RANDOM HOLD, and the LOS STRAITJACKETS surf inspired ‘Munster’s’ cover. 

And what would Halloween be without ALICE COOPER’S ‘I Love The Dead,’ VIOLENT FEMMES ‘Country Death Song,’ and other nefarious oddities from IGGY POP, TOM WAITS, THE CRAMPS, JOHN CARPENTER, and PERE UBU. Your haunting has arrived so grab some holy water, a wooden spike, and that old book on how to break spells and your good to go!

Today's Set List:

SET #1 
CHARLES GOUNOD Alfred Hitchcock Presents Theme   Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 1 0:59 
NORMA TANEGA You’re Dead   Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog 2:20 
PETER HAMMILL Energy Vampires   The Future Now 2:56 
JOHN CARPENTER The Dead Walk   Lost Themes III – Alive After Death 4:24 
JOE FLAHERTY (Count Floyd) Intro To Monster Chiller Horror Theater   SCTV DVD 0:35 
JOHN ZORN Dark Angels (feat: John Medeski, Matt Hollenberg, Kenny Grohowski)    Nostradamus The Death Of Satan 2:42 
SOMETHING WEIRD Teenage Psycho Meets Bloody Mary (Radio Spot)   Spook Show Spectacular A-Go-Go 0:30 
VIGGO MORTENSEN & BUCKETHEAD They Ate Your Family   PandamoniumfromAmerica 1:22 
MX-80 SOUND Theme From Halloween   Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Halloween 3:22 
OH SEES Flies Bump Up Against The Glass   Smote Reverser 4:25 
GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET  Hadrial**    http://golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com 4:01 

SET #2 
COLIN JOHN Twin Peaks Theme   Electric Lotus** 2:42 
GARBAGE This City Will Kill You   No Gods No Masters** 4:35 
DIALOGUE Wendy I’m Home (Jack Torrance)   The Shining Soundtrack 0:04 
JACQUES BREL La Mort   Music To Die For – Death Discs 1914-1960 2:52 
DIALOGUE Here’s Johnny (Jack Torrance)   The Shining Soundtrack 0:02 
WENDY CARLOS Main Theme – The Shining   The Shining (OST) (vinyl) 3:25
PERE UBU Drag The River   Carnival Of Souls 4:03 
HANNE HUKKELBERG Do Not Do As I Do   Little Things 3:44 
BASTIEN KEB Lucky (Old Grave)   The Killing Of Eugene Peeps** 4:05 
ALICE COOPER I Love The Dead   Billion Dollar Babies 5:08 

SET #3 
THE BREAKERS** Tubular Bells (The Exorcist Theme)   http://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com 3:37 
LOS STRAITJACKETS The Munsters Theme   Halloween Hootenanny 2:53 
MIKE OLDFIELD Tubular Bells Pt. 1 (Minor Tune/Blues)   Tubular Bells 2003 4:09 
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS Werewolf   Halloween Hootenanny 2:04 
BRAVE COMBO Tubular Jugs   Humansville 3:02 
SOMETHING WEIRD Monsters Crash The Pajama Party (Radio Spot)   Spook Show Spectacular A-Go-Go 0:33 
CARAVAN PALACE Midnight   Robot (Robot Face) 3:25 
JOHN HARDIN (Tin Can Luminary) In Darkness He Waits   In Darkness He Waits 2:04 
RANDOM HOLD Fear Eats The Soul   The View From Here 3:14 
LUNA (LUNA LEE) Tubular Bells   Luna 4:10 

SET #4 
FONTAINES D.C. The Black Angel’s Death Song   I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico** 3:11 
LOOM Wizeciono   Tkanina 3:08 
THE CRAMPS Don’t Eat Stuff Off The Sidewalk   Psychedelic Jungle 2:04 
RANDY CALIFORNIA Death   Kaptain Kopter & The (Fabulous) Twirly Birds 4:14 
THE GOASTT (The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger)   Devil You Know Midnight Sun 3:30 
SILVERSTUN PICKUPS Bloody Mary (Nerve Ending)   Neck Of The Woods 5:10 
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE If I Was The Devil   Kids In The Street 2:34 
MICA LEVY Bothy   Under The Skin (OST) 1:22 
THE MEKONS Dark Dark Dark   Natural 4:57 
MIDNIGHT OIL Sell My Soul   Diesel And Dust 3:36 

SET #5 
SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE You Give Death A Bad Name   
A Beginner’s Mind** 4:06    
DIALOGUE Flesh Eating Ghouls   Night Of The Living Dead (1968) 0:46 
BRIAN ENO In Dark Trees   Another Green World 2:31
DIALOGUE ‘They’re Dead, They’re All Messed Up’   Night Of The Living Dead (1968) 0:50 
GANG OF FOUR Dead Souls   What Happens Next 3:23 
IGGY POP Nice To Be Dead   Preliminaries 2:48 
PINK FLOYD Heart Beat, Pig Meat   Zabriskie Point (OST) 3:12 
BELA LAGOSI The Corpse Vanishes (No Fear)   Voices Of Terror 0:15 
TOM WAITS Buzz Fledderjohn   Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, & Bastards 4:12 
VIOLENT FEMMES Country Death Song   Hallowed Ground 5:03 
CHUCK HOLDEN The Cave   Mostly Ghostly: More Horror For Halloween 2:48 

SET #6 
WUSSY Halloween   Attica 3:47 
TALKDEMONIC Ruins   Ruins 3:19 
PARQUET COURTS What Color Is Blood?   Sunbathing Animal 3:24 
SOMETHING WEIRD The Crawly Thing Plus The Creature Of Evil (Radio Spot)   Spook Show Spectacular A-Go-Go 0:58 
MAGMA Zombies (Ghost Dance)   Udu Wudu 4:18 
THE CITIZENS OF HALLOWEEN This Is Halloween   Now That’s What I Call Halloween 3:16 
OMNIBUS WIND ENSEMBLE Sinister Footwear - 2nd Movement   Music By Frank Zappa 4:40 
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS To The Headless Horseman   Dark In Here** 3:53 

** = New or recent acquisition 
OST = Original Soundtrack 

Transmusic Airwaves Presents:  The 4th Annual Halloween Special  originally broadcast on October30, 2015 over SFCR, San Francisco Community Radio, KUSF-In-Exile.  Here The brief synopsis, and complete playlist for this program listed below. 

Death, Voodoo, Lucifer, and your “ex”...Those subjects can mean only one thing, IT’S HALLOWEEN!!!    Welcome to the TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES’ 4th Annual “Halloween Special”  featuring three hours of music covering those and other spooky topics. 

Pull up a chair or cower under a table while listening to selections from John Carpenter, Dead Can Dance, Lou Reed, The Residents, Oingo Boingo, Lemony Snickets, Black Sabbath, The Arc’s, Johnny Cash, Ken Nordine, and The Beatles just to name a few.  There’s plenty of surprises scattered throughout today’s program that are sure to give you goosebumps. 

 Boo! 

Set #1

Charles Gounod “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” from Television's Greatest Hits (Volume 1)

Dead Can Dance “The Song of the Sibyl” from A Passage In Time

Original Cast “Act II: Spooky Mormon Hell Dream” from The Book Of Mormon (Original Cast Soundtrack)

Jimi Hendrix Experience “I Don't Live Today” from Are You Experienced

Ken Nordine “Last Will” from Devote Catalyst

David Arnold & Michael Price “Grimm Fairy Tales” from Sherlock - Series 2 (Soundtrack from the TV Series)

Lou Reed “Harry's Circumcision” from Magic and Loss

James “Of Monsters and Heroes and Men” from Hey Ma (Deluxe Edition)

Set #2

Glenn Kotche “The Haunted Treehouse” from Adventureland

New York Rock and Roll Ensemble “Gravedigger” from Roll Over/Freedomburger

The Ghouls “The Graveyard Shift” from Halloween's Gravest Hits

Black Sabbath “Children of the Grave” from Master of Reality (Deluxe Edition)

John Carpenter “Halloween II (Main Theme)” from The Essential John Carpenter Film Collection

Archie and the Bunkers “You're the Victim” from Archie and the Bunkers

The Fiery Furnaces “The Old Hag Is Sleeping” from Widow City

Peter Hammill “Act II: Within the House of Usher I Shun the Light” from The Fall of the House of Usher (Reworked and remastered)

Set #3

Robert Johnson “Me and the Devil Blues (Alternative Take 2)” from The Complete Recordings

Variety Lights “Sell your Soul” from Central Flow

Pink Floyd “Lucifer Sam” from The Piper At the Gates of Dawn (Remastered)

Arling & Cameron “Hermann” from Music for Imaginary Films

Lemony Snickets (Music by Nathaniel Stookey with the San Francisco Symphony) ) “Decomposing - The Inspector” from The Composer is Dead

Wendy Carlos “Title Music from A Clockwork Orange” from A Clockwork Orange soundtrack

Oingo Boingo “Dead Man's Party” from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo

Set #4

Captain Beefheart “Skeleton Makes Good” from Ice Cream for Crow

The Three Suns “Danny's Inferno” from Soul Bossa Nova (One Mint Julip Lounge 1962 - 1963)

XTC “Poor Skeleton Steps Out” from Oranges And Lemons

The Three Stooges “The Ghost Talks: (excerpt) The Creaking Door” from The Three Stooges Season 16 Episode 1

The Jayhawks “The Creature (from Outer Space)” from These Ghoulish Things

John Cale “Twilight Zone” from Hobo Sapiens

David Bowie “Leon Takes Us Outside/Outside” from Outside (The Nathan Alder Diaries; A Hyper Cycle)

Ramin Djawadi “There's a Lot of Bad People Out There” from Fright Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The Residents “Death In Barstow” from Fingerprince

Spike Jones & His City Slickers “Hotcha Corina (Black Eyes)” from Mis-taken Music

Benjamin Booker “Spoon Out My Eyeballs” from Benjamin Booker

Set #5

Brian Eno and David Byrne “The Jezebel Spirit” from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Lucifer (Mort Garson) “The Ride of Aida (Voodoo)” from Black Mass

Marc Barreca “The Urge to Buy Terrorizes You” from Music Works for Industry

Holgar Czukay “Witches' Multiplication Table” from On the Way to the Peak of Normal

Baby Sticks & The Kingtones “Pigmy” from The Best of Golden Crest

Alice Cooper “Sick Things” from Billion Dollar Babies

The Antlers “Putting the Dog to Sleep” from Burst Apart (Deluxe Version)

Set #6

Cash (Johnny Cash) “Thirteen” from American Recordings

The Arcs “Pistol Made of Bones” from Yours, Dreamily,

Virgil Holmes “Ghost Train” from These Ghoulish Things

Pere Ubu “Carnival” from Carnival of Souls

The Beatles “Revolution #9” from The Beatles (White Album)

The United States Of America (Joe Byrd) “The American Way of Love (ending excerpt)” from The United States of America