TONIGHT

DJ Emmett comes alive at Heathers, 506 East 13th Street between A & B, 9 pm-close.

Image courtesy of haw-lin.

drawing by Greg Condon


Rick Danko: Shake It
Rick Danko: Sip the Wine

I just wanna make it up ... don't wanna fake it
I just wanna shake it up ... shake it shake it shake it

When will Rick Danko's first solo album get the repackaging it so sorely deserves? Replete with rare photos, outtakes, and just general Dankalia. I mean, come on already.

New Viva show (#96) in the archives.

Weather Report: Waterfall

The players:

Joe Zawinul – Electric and acoustic piano
Wayne Shorter – Soprano saxophone
Miroslav Vitous – Electric and acoustic bass
Alphonse Mouzon – Drums, voice
Airto Moreira – Percussion

Japan: Quiet Life

I enjoy how on Wikipedia the reference under Japan's entry stating that they influenced Duran Duran is cited as "[dubious - discuss]". Maybe someone can do a mash up of Quiet Life with Rio.

Miles Davis Quintet - Orbits

Rodger Collins - You Sexy Sugar Plum (But I Like It)

Some Northern Synth for your Saturday Night.

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band: Ship of Fools

Fuck it. It's Friday. And besides, you know you liked Bob Seger just as much as I did at some point.

Virna Lindt - Pillow Talk

More vaguely twee Europop for this Wednesday.

Will Powers - Adventures In Success (at 45)

"Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming." --John Wooden R.I.P. 1910-2010

Joe Henderson: If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem

Let's get this week started right. Recorded live at The Lighthouse Cafe, Hermosa Beach, CA, September 1970.

The players:

Bass - Ron McClure
Congas - Tony Waters
Drums - Lenny White
Electric Piano - George Cables
Tenor Saxophone - Joe Henderson
Trumpet, Flugelhorn - Woody Shaw

drawing by thijshere's flickr

Bobby Womack: I'm in Love

Siouxsie & the Banshees - Kiss Them For Me

Alternate TV: Love Lies Limp

brief band bio

James Brown: The Popcorn

Recorded after a show at the Dallas Memorial Auditorium in 1968. Released as a single in May '69 charting at #11 R&B.

Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Spaceship Orion

...one of those nights before a little trip when you stay up late packing and getting your affairs in order so you can relax on the trip, and then when all the affairs are satisfactorily in order and it's finally time for bed you listen to that one OMD track to bear you aloft to dreamland...

Neil Young: Violent Side


Here comes the night
Here comes the anger


You can say that again!

Serge Gainsbourg & Françoise Hardy - L'amour en Privé

May your Friday be as cinematic as this.

The Staple Singers: God Bless the Children

This plays over the final few minutes of Hal Ashby's The Landlord, one of the greatest gentrification themed movies out there - are there others? - and one containing the following gem of an outburst, from a son to his mother -

"I'm 29 years old and I have run away from home! Now doesn't that strike you as being a little bit sick?!"

The Slickers - Johnny Too Bad

Sheridan DuPre XVII was talking about this tune, as he'd heard the Taj Mahal version in a mix of Greg's but scandalously didn't know the OG. So, here you go. Lovingly ripped from my dad's copy of the LP.

. . . "walking down the road with a pistol in your waist, Johnny you're too bad . . ." warn the Slickers, and they should know: when the lawyer was getting copyright clearance on that tune, one of the writers was underground. The other was in death row.

--from the sleeve notes

Bob Dylan: You're a Big Girl Now
(New York Sessions, Blood on the Tracks)

The Louvin Brothers: I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby

"His eyes were filled with victory...."

A #1 hit back in '56 on the US Country charts

Baz Luhrmann's got nothing on this baby!

Back-To-School Air-Guitar Special

The Teenage Fanclub - Is This Music?

The Kinks: Get Back in Line

New Viva show (#94) in the archives. Designed for a rainy day.

Art Garfunkel: Break Away

It's just a phase you're going through...

Virna Lindt - Shiver

May your Monday be as cinematic as this.

John Prine: A Good Time

"Time was once just a clock to me"

Sakkarin - Sugar, Sugar

This morsel of minimalist psych-gum from the mind of Jonathan King stormed its way to #12 on the UK hit parade in April of '71.

The Stills-Young Band: Midnight on the Bay

If you've ever been out on the bay at midnight, you know that it pretty much feels just like this song.

The Reverend Gary Davis: Death Don't Have No Mercy
The Grateful Dead: Death Don't Have No Mercy

Gary Davis was recorded on August 24th, 1960.

The Grateful Dead were recorded on March 2nd, 1969.

The Paris Sisters: Be My Boy

Written and produced by Phil Spector.

Cleo & Patra - Marcus Antonius On The Run

Daddy likey.

Albert King: As The Years Go Passing By

¡ NILSSON-FESST THIS WEEKEND !


Hey folks, I'll be DJ'ing at the 92nd Street Y Tribeca Branch this Saturday night (August 14, circa 10 PM), along with a lot of other great entertainers, as part of a two-day Harry Nilsson festival. Come down to witness a true uninhibited mass expression of Nilssonophilia in a judgement-free environment. The gladdest experience you'll ever know? Solid deets here.

PLEASE NOTE: if anyone has any suggestions for any cool Nilsson or Nilssonesque music for me to play at this event, by all means submit a comment below!

Mood-setter:
The Modern Folk Quartet - This Could Be The Night {written by H.E. Nilsson III}

Emmett presents: "The Waiting Is The Hardest Part"
Spring-Summer Megamix 2010

Face A
Grandstand - Soul Stage Orchestra
Hilly Fields (1892) - Nick Nicely
Just For Me - Manfred Mann
Skyline - Norman Greenbaum
Zoo Gang - Paul McCartney
The John Scene - Tigers On Vaseline

Face B
Morpha Too (rough mix) - Big Star
You Were So Warm - Dwight Twilley Band
Looking For The Magic - Dwight Twilley Band
Cantata Per Maryam - Piero Umiliani
Like We Were Before - Song
The Mess (live) - Wings

Face C
DK 50-80 - Otway & Barrett
Towering Inferno - The Green Arrows
Space (excerpt) - Georges Rodi
Magic - Unknown Artist
Strangers From The Light - Baltinore
Cosmic Surfin' - Haruomi Hosono

Face D
Brodovi - VIA Talas
Summertime City - Mike Batt with The New Edition
(Like A) Locomotion - Leftside
Cardboard Lamb - Crash Course In Science
Under Your Thumb - Godley & Creme
Everyday - William Onyeabor

Face E
Doot Doot (extended version) - Freur
C'est Fab - Nancy Sesay & The Melodaires
Ain't You - Kleenex
Marcy - Norman Greenbaum
Petrol Flowin - Yan d'Ys
Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand

zip file with all 30 songs, plus m3u

This megamix is dedicated to my son Noah, born the day after this was posted!

New Viva show (#93) in the Ark Hive.

Duke Ellington: Acht O'Clock Rock


From The Afro-Eurasion Eclipse, partly inspired, apparently, by Marshall McLuhan. So for kicks, and old times sake, the below.

John Lee Hooker: Homework

Here's a tip, kids - always do your homework.

from the archives

Lucio Battisti - Anima Latina

It was just about a year ago that I first heard this, lying on a beach in Sitges and letting my IPOD play on shuffle. Now that was an Alpha Moment.

P.S.: New megamix coming soon!

From the Archives:



Henri Salvador: Saint Germain Des Pres

View Monsieur Salvador's extensive discography.

New Viva show (#92) in the ark hive.

Terry Riley vs. Hungrybear9562 - A Double Rainbow In Curved Air

Erroll Garner - Body And Soul

It's going to be 95 degrees in NYC on Friday, so turn on the ceiling fan, pour yourself an old-fashioned and get nice to this. You can't step to this intro. Also notice when Erroll gets particularly sultry at the 2:03 mark.

Recorded on Thursday January 11, 1951, in New York City. "Body & Soul" written in 1930 by Johnny Green.

Sandii - Zoot Kook

Featuring all the members of YMO, and composed by Haruomi Hosono. I'm feeling this chorus. While we're at it, here's another female chorus tinged with melancholy, courtesy of the inestimable Big B.

Imagine how sick these guys must have been live.

Superchunk: Detroit Has a Skyline

And for more of Camilo Jose Vergara's photos, go here.

Grateful Dead: Jack Straw

Leaving Texas, fourth day of July...

The Dead live in Fresno, July 19, 1974.

new Viva show in the archives