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March Vinyl Night Playlist

1	Artist	Title	Album/45	Presenter	Notes
2
3	The Hassles	I Hear Voices / You've Got Me Hummin'	The Hassles	Steve Spatt	very early Billy Joel
4
5	Jeremy & the Satyrs	In the Land of Glass Teardrops	Jeremy & the Satyrs	Steve Spatt
6
7	South	Back on the Road Again / Southbound Again / Mr. Bartender	First Edition	Lou "Elvis" Webb	Lonnie Mack recording anonymously
8
9	Hal Singer	Cornbread	Rent Party	Steve Kemme
10
11	Tiny Grimes	Flyin' High	Atlantic Honkers, a Rhythm & Blues Saxophone Anthology	Steve Kemme	Red Prysock featured on tenor sax
12
13	King Curtis	Jest Smoochin'	Atlantic Honkers, a Rhythm & Blues Saxophone Anthology	Steve Kemme
14
15	They Might Be Giants	They'll Need a Crane	Lincoln	Bob Nyswonger
16
17	Mahavishnu Orchestra	Celestial Terrestrial Commuters	Birds of Fire	Bob Nyswonger
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19	Nazz	Not Wrong Long	Nazz Nazz	Bob Nyswonger	early Todd Rundgren
20
21	Van Dyke Parks	Donovan's Colours / The Attic	Song Cycle	Neil Sharrow
22
23	John French, Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser, Richard Thompson	Disposable Thoughts / Bird in God's Garden/Lost and Found	Live, Love, Larf & Loaf	Neil Sharrow
24
25	Hawkshaw Hawkins	Lonesome 7-7203	The All New Hawkshaw Hawkins	Gary from Oxford	King Records
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27	Lesley Gore	Look of Love	45	Paul Horn
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29	The Vapors	Talk Talk / Turning Japanese	45	Paul Horn
30
31	Good Rats	Taking It to Detroit / Coo Coo Coo Blues	From Rats to Riches	Woody Woodburn	produced by Flo & Eddie
32
33	Todd Rundgren	Pretending to Care / Blue Orpheus	A Cappella	Woody Woodburn
34
35	Fotheringay	The Way I Feel	Fotheringay	Jim McNair	Sandy Denny
36
37	Ten Years After	Working on the Road	Cricklewood Green	Jim McNair	R.I.P. Alvin Lee
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39	My Morning Jacket	It Makes No Difference	10" single	Joel from Louisville	with Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes
40
41	Richard Hell & the Voidoids	The Kid with the Replaceable Head	45	Joel from Louisville
42
43	Paul Robeson	Ol' Man River	Old Flames (compilation LP)	Bill Frost	ask Bill about his dad's box of matches
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45	Marlene Dietrich	Falling in Love Again	Old Flames (compilation LP)	Bill Frost
46
47	John Hartford	Gentle on My Mind	All in the Name of Love	Lou "Elvis" Webb
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49	Robert Gordon	Red Hot	Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die	Jim McNair

New Vinyl Releases Coming on Record Store Day, April 20

Read all about them, and the RSD Official Spokesman, Jack White, here.

Cincinnati Library to Spotlight North Korean Music

Posted on March 9, 2013

By Steven Rosen

Under Steve Kemple, music reference librarian in the Popular Library, downtown’s Main Library has begun doing some fascinating free programming to highlight the depth of its music collection — and just music in general. It already has an Experimental Music at the Library series, featuring live events such as a band from Oakland (Horaflora) that plays grapefruit, electric toothbrushes and balloons. At 7 p.m. on March 20, Hadron Collider will pair psychedelic light projections with feedback and drone noises.

But coming up first, the spotlight is on another of Kemple’s ongoing music programs at the Main Library — Listen to This! — for which an audience is invited to listen to and discuss albums from the Library’s collection.

 

Past sessions have been devoted to Iranian music and Marvin Gaye. Next Wednesday, March 13,  from 7-8:30 p.m., Listen to This! features the traditional music of North Korea. So far, Kemple has only found one relevant album in the collection — North Korean Folk Songs — but it’s a good one. And the hunt is on for more.

No word if Dennis Rodman will attend with or without his new best friend, but you’re sure to have a good time — and become well-versed on North Korean music — if you do. The program will be held in the first-floor Popular Music Lounge.

Kemple’s creative programming was just written up in the Library Journal.



From http://www.citybeat.com

February Vinyl Night Playlist

1	Artist	Title	Album/45	Presenter	Notes
2	Allen Toussaint	On Your Way Down	Life, Love and Faith	Neil Sharrow
3	Jess Roden	Reason to Change	Jess Roden	Neil Sharrow	produced by Toussaint, featuring The Meters
4	Ry Cooder	Tamp 'em Up Solid	Paradise and Lunch	Peter Gafvert
5	Ry Cooder	Jesus on the Mainline	Paradise and Lunch	Peter Gafvert
6	Violent Femmes	Kiss Off	Violent Femmes	Paul Horn
7	Violent Femmes	Gone Daddy Gone	Violent Femmes	Paul Horn
8	Boomtown Rats	She's So Modern	A Tonic for the Troops	Paul Horn
9	Spongetones	Here I Go Again	Beat Music	Jim McNair
10	Spongetones	Where Were You Last Night	Beat Music	Jim McNair
11	Surdy-Greebus	Red Room	45	Steve Rosen	Produced by Don Litwin (one-time Enquirer editor)
12	Geezinslaw Brothers	You Wouldn't Put the Shuck On Me	45	Steve Rosen
13	P.F. Sloan	This Precious Time	Precious Times - The Best of	Steve Rosen
14	"Gil Evans Orchestra"	Bulbs	Into the Hot	Steve Kemme	Actually Cecil Taylor
15	Cecil Taylor	Lena	Live at the Café Montmartre/Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come	Steve Kemme
16	Rodney Dangerfield	Rappin' Rodney	Rappin' Rodney	Brian Powers
17	Ruth Wallis	Hawaiian Lei Song	The Admiral's Daughter	Brian Powers
18	Troggs	I Can't Control Myself	Vintage Years	Steve Spatt	R.I.P. Reg Presley
19	Shangri-Las	Give Him a Great Big Kiss	Golden Hits	Steve Spatt	R.I.P. George "Shadow" Morton
20	Kevin Ayers	Oh! Wot a Dream	Bananamour	Steve Spatt	R.I.P. Kevin Ayers
21	Laura Nyro & Labelle	I Met Him on Sunday/The Bells	Gonna Take a Miracle	David Little
22	Dillards	She Sang Hymns Out of Tune	Wheatstraw Suite	David Little
23	Quire	Blue Rondo a la Turk	Quire	David Little	Christian Legrand also known for Swingle Singers
24	Gato Barbieri	India	Chapter One: Latin America	Polly Campbell

R.I.P. Kevin Ayers

Kevin Ayers, one of Britain's great eccentric singer-songwriters, died in his sleep on Monday.

Mojo published this tribute:

Farewell, Kevin Ayers...

12:14 PM GMT 20/02/2013

Photo: Getty Images

MOJO's Editor-In-Chief Phil Alexander pays his respects to a great English songwriter.

Kevin Ayers possessed a voice like no other, intrinsically British and full of whimsy and mischief. This latter quality animated much of his life as well as his music.

Born in Herne Bay, Kent, in 1944, Ayers was raised in Malaysia before returning to England at the age of 12 where he attended Simon Langton Grammar School For Boys, later described as "a hotbed for teenage avant-garderie". His first band, The Wilde Flowers, formed in the summer of '63 and also featured Robert Wyatt andHugh Hopper, both of whom (along with Ayers) would have a huge effect on what became known as The Canterbury Scene.

By mid-1966 The Wilde Flowers had morphed into The Soft Machine and featured Ayers on bass and vocals, Robert Wyatt on drums and vocals, Mike Ratledge on organ and Daevid Allen on guitar - the latter, both older and wiser, and a key influence on Ayers. The band's sound evolved dramatically, as they began blending jazz influences and beat-inspired incantations to their psychedelic sound.

Appearances at London's UFO Club led to a French tour which proved hugely successful but which marked the departure of Allen who, being Australian and lacking the requisite visa, was denied entry back into the UK. He would, of course, remain in France where he formed Gong, while Ayers, Wyatt and Ratledge continued for the most part as a three-piece.

Soft Machine's upward trajectory continued when they were invited to open for Jimi Hendrix on his 1968 US Tour. Halfway through the tour, the band recorded their self-titled proto-prog debut with producers Chas Chandler and Tom Wilson (the latter having overseen five Bob Dylan albums and had just helmed The Velvet Underground's debut).

Ayers was involved with writing eight of the 14 tracks on the album, his key role being emphasized by freewheeling, romantic tunes like We Did It Again and Lullabye Letter, but it was evident that he disliked the monotony associated with touring, telling this journalist that he found the entire process "dehumanizing". Despite his later reputation as a bon viveur and a ladies' man, Ayers also expressed his dislike for the temptations of the road as well as at the prospect of the band's music becoming increasingly complex.

His exit from Soft Machine was amicable as he repaired to Ibiza with the aim to simply enjoy life. There, however, he met up with Allen again in the village of Deia and wrote much of what became his first solo album, Joy Of A Toy.

Released on the Harvest label and featuring a number of his Soft Machine friends, the album summed up Kevin's wonky view of pop music. Nevertheless, today the album has retained all of its psychedelic charm, key tracks like Lady Rachel, All This Crazy Gift Of Time and Song For Insane Times illustrating Ayers' songwriting at its most engaging. A track entitled Religious Experience was also recorded during the Joy sessions featuring Syd Barrett on guitar, but was not issued until the 2003 reissue of the album.

Blessed with good looks and natural charm, Ayers seemed set for a blossoming career, his second album Shooting At The Moon (released October 1970), building on the momentum of his debut and featuring his backing band, The Whole World, which included key players such as David Bedford, Lol Coxhill, Wyatt, Bridget St Johnand the young Mike Oldfield. Despite a rich run of form - which also include key albums Whatevershebringswesing (1971) , Bananamour (1973) and The Confessions Of Dr Dream And Other Stories (1974) - Ayers was ultimately beset by his own inconsistencies and appetites. As a result, a quest for greater commerciality was doomed to failure and, ultimately, led a string of patchy albums in the '80s.

His later career rarely saw him participating in music, although he did return to the stage in 1992 when he released his only album of that decade, the largely acoustic Still Life With A Guitar. Then, in 2007, he remerged with a brand new full-fledged studio album, The Unfairground, released on Bernard MccMahon's Lo-Max label. The album itself featured 10 startlingly good songs penned by the man himself and also saw a slew of artists, both his contemporaries and those he had influenced, playing on the record. Among them were Hugh Hopper, Bridget St John and Phil Manzanera, as well as members of Teenage Fanclub, Neutral Milk Hotel, Ladybig Transistor andGorky's Zygotic Mynci.

The album received a four star review in MOJO and the magazine attempted to put together a series of shows with Kevin in order to fully support the album. The logistics of these were complicated and involved Ayers travelling to Scotland to rehearse with the Teenage Fanclub and musical director Bill Wells. Sadly Ayers felt it was a step too far and, despite his return to London for promotional interviews, the plans for his live return collapsed.

More recently, requests for him to conduct interviews were met with rebuttals and word that Ayers found the prospect of talking to the media increasingly alarming. In truth, he was also battling illness.

A man often beset by his own insecurities, Kevin passed away on February 18, seemingly in his sleep, at the age of 68 at his home in France, a country with which he had developed a deep association. He will be greatly missed by all those who knew him, and those who lost themselves in his wondrous music. Remember him by watching him at his most elegant and eloquent in this 1970 French film...

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 12:14 PM GMT 20/02/2013

http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2013/02/kevin_ayers_1944_-_2013.html

January 2013 Vinyl Night

1	Artist	Title	Album/45	Presenter	Notes
2	The Twilights	Shipwreck	45	Steve Rosen
3	Valentine Brothers	Money's Too Tight to Mention	12"	Steve Rosen
4	Jesse Lee Turner	The Little Space Girl	45	Steve Rosen
5	Rahsaan Roland Kirk	The Entertainer	The Case of the 3-Sided Dream in Audio Color	Dean Niemeyer
6	Bonnie Raitt	What Do You Want the Boy to Do	Home Plate	Dean Niemeyer
7	Gentle Giant	Friends	Giant for a Day	Rory Falato
8	Rory Gallagher	Crest of a Wave	Sinner … and Saint	Rory Falato
9	Joe Ely	Don't Put a Lock on My Heart	Lord of the Highway	Neil Sharrow
10	Astrosurf	Coastal Brawl	Ridin' the Amber Waves	Neil Sharrow
11	Shalamar	Make That Move	45	RJ Smith
12	Helene Smith	Thrills and Chills	Eccentric Soul/The Deep City Label	RJ Smith
13	Crazy Horse	Gone Dead Train	Crazy Horse	Lou Webb
14	Alice Cooper	Under My Wheels	Killer	Lou Webb
15	Ry Cooder	Alimony	Ry Cooder	Lou Webb
16	The Normal	Warm Leatherette / T.V.O.D.	45	Steve Spatt
17	Miles Davis	Solea	Sketches of Spain	Steve Kemme
18	Ohio Players	FOPP	Honey	Dr. Chlorophyll
19	Willie Hutch	Brother's Gonna Work it Out	The Mack	Dr. Chlorophyll
20	Bobby Fuller Four	I Fought the Law	45	Paul Horn
21	Bert Dievert	My Old Friends	Opus 3 Test Record/Depth of Image	Paul Horn
22	Savoy Brown	She's Got a Ring in Her Nose and a Ring on Her Hand	Blue Matter	Paul Horn
23	Kool & the Gang	Hollywood Swinging	Love and Understanding	Ray Morton
24	Kool & the Gang	Who's Gonna Take the Weight	Live at the Sex Machine	Ray Morton
25	Lord Buckley	Scrooge	Blowing His Mind (and Yours, Too)	Polly Campbell
26	Average White Band	Cut the Cake	Person to Person	Bill Frost
27	Status Quo	Roadhouse Blues	Live	Bill Frost
28	Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood	Some Velvet Morning	Nancy & Lee	David Little
29	Urszula Dudziak	Misty	Midnight Rain	David Little
30	Tony Joe White	Stud Spider	Country Funk 1969-1975	JP
31	Rolling Stones	Fingerprint File	It's Only Rock & Roll	JP
32	Tom Waits	Temptation	Franks Wild Years	Bob Nyswonger
33	Gentle Giant	Playing the Game	The Power & the Glory	Bob Nyswonger
34	Otis Williams	Wichita Lineman	Greatest Hits of Otis Williams	Brian Powers
35	Connie Smith	Cincinnati, Ohio	Greatest Hits Vol. 1	Brian Powers
36	Nick Gravenites	It Takes Time	Live at Bill Graham's Fillmore West	Jim McNair
37	Steppenwolf	Black Pit	45	Jim McNair

November Vinyl Night

1	Artist	Title	Album/45	Presenter	Notes
2	Alan Price	O Lucky Man! / Poor People	O Lucky Man! Soundtrack	Steve Spatt
3	Patti Scialfa	Play It As it Lays	Play It As it Lays	Steve Spatt
4	Steeleye Span	Marrow Bones / Reels	Ten Man Mop or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again	Jim McNair
5	Eric Burdon & the Greenhornes	Black Dog / Out of My Mind	EP	Steve Rosen
6	Mr. Spoons	Spoontune / Dueling Spoons	Book Full of Spoons single	Tony Walsh
7	Jerry Lee Lewis	Over the Rainbow	Killer Country	David Little
8	The Judds	Workin' in the Coal Mine	Rockin' with the Rhythm	David Little
9	Steve Lacy & Don Cherry	Evidence	Evidence	Steve Kemme
10	Steve Lacy	Crops	Solo in Montreal 1976	Steve Kemme
11	Quintet of the Hot Club of France	Chasing Shadows / My Sweet / Ultra Fox	Quintet of the Hot Club of France	Woody Woodburn
12	The Turtles	Surfer Dan / Chief Kamanawanalea / Food / Chicken Little Was Right	The Battle of the Bands	Neil Sharrow
13	Wall of Voodoo	Ring of Fire	Granma's House	Brian Powers
14	Buck Owens & the Buckaroos	Home on Christmas Day	Christmas Shopping	Brian Powers
15	Swamp Dogg	You Say You Trust Your Mother / Lady Madonna	Cuffed, Collared & Tagged	Steve Spatt
16	Steeleye Span	Four Nights Drunk	Ten Man Mop or …	Jim McNair
17	Walter Coleman	Goin' to Cincinnati	Play It Like You Did Back to George Street	Steve Rosen
18	Sam Jones (Stovepipe No. 1)	Court Street Blues	Play It Like You Did Back to George Street	Steve Rosen
19	Family	Larf and Sing / Spanish Tide / Save Some for Thee	Fearless	Neil Sharrow

Yes, they collect vinyl in Indiana, too: Link to story

October Vinyl Night

Artist	Title	Album/45	Presenter	Notes
2	The Mekons	Memphis, Egypt	The Mekons Rock & Roll	Joel from Louisville	Langford playing at MOTR again this week
3	Continental Drifters	Meet on the Ledge	45	Joel from Louisville	Fairport Convention cover
4	The DB's	Picture Sleeve	45	Joel from Louisville
5	They Might Be Giants	Theme from Flood / Birdhouse in Your Soul	Flood	Bob Nyswonger
6	David Bowie	Joe the Lion	Heroes	Bob Nyswonger
7	They Might Be Giants	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Flood	Bob Nyswonger
8	Bryan Ferry	Walk a Mile in My Shoes	Another Time, Another Place	Steve Rosen	Joe South cover (R.I.P Joe)
9	Dickey Lee	Laurie	45	Steve Rosen	Strange things happen in this world …
10	Klaus Nomi	Total Eclipse	Urgh! A Music War	Steve Rosen	Speaking of strange things …
11	Keith Emerson	Honky Tonk Train Blues	45	Bill Frost	From Keith's boogie woogie period
12	Stanley Clarke	We Supply	45	Bill Frost
13	Bill Withers	Grandma's Hands / Use Me	Live at Carnegie Hall	Polly Campbell
14	Hawkwind	We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago	In Search of Space	Jim McNair
15	Bryan Ferry	It's My Party / A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall	These Foolish Things	Jim McNair
16	Rahsaan Roland Kirk	Here Comes the Whistleman	Here Comes the Whistleman	Steve Kemme
17	Ornette Coleman	Friends and Neighbors	Friends and Neighbors	Steve Kemme
18	Amiri Baraka	I Love Music	New Music - New Poetry	Steve Kemme
19	Dickie Goodman	Gerry Ford - A Special Report	45	Neil Sharrow
20	Dickie Goodman	Soul President Number One	45	Neil Sharrow
21	Dracula and Vampira	I Only Have Eyes for You	Spike Jones in Stereo	Neil Sharrow
22	UB-40	The Earth Dies Screaming	10" 45	Bill Frost
23	Joy Division	Love Will Tear Us Apart	45	Joel from Louisville
24	Bryan Ferry	Sympathy for the Devil	These Foolish Things	Jim McNair
25	They Might Be Giants	Hot Cha / Women & Men	Flood	Bob Nyswonger
26	Ron Wood	I Can't Stand the Rain	Now Look	Neil Sharrow
27	Bill Withers	Ain't No Sunshine	Live at Carnegie Hall	Polly Campbell

Northside Record Fair, December 1

 

Hurricane Sandy Threatens America's Greatest Radio Station

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WFMU News: We Are Livin' a Dream. Unfortunately, it's not a Very Good One... Please Make a Disaster Recovery Pledge! Record Fair is Cancelled and it's all Sandy's Fault Due to the havoc, chaos, lack of electricity in NYC and general sludge based misery (who knew there was so much sludge in the world?) following Hurricane Sandy, we've had no choice but to call off the Record Fair. All dealers will be refunded their payments, and the Fair will return in the Fall of 2013. And this new 'Future Fair' will be even better, with flowing white robes, a teleportation booth and floating symetrical rings adorning everything. And a bonus performance from the recently cloned John Denver! We're very sorry about this, but the Metropolitan Pavilion has no power, mass transit in NYC is still not working and there are no estimates as to when electric or transit will return to normal and we don't want a whole Mad Max thing on our hands. We know you guys, give you half a chance and you'll go completely Road Warrior on us. Our apologies to anybody who is inconvenienced by this. You could replicate that Record Fair vibe at home by getting a stranger in a t-shirt that's too small for him to sit behind a table in your rumpus room and ignore you as you rifle through his Night Ranger out-takes. Try it, it's fun! All kidding aside, the cancellation of the record fair is a financial disaster for us: it turns an event that wouldve raised $70,000 into an event that loses almost that much. We've extended our silent fundraiser until November 17th in a valiant effort to remain solvent. Please make a disaster recovery pledge, the station has NEVER been in such a cash-poor state as it is now, due to the electrical damage we suffered from Sandy and the huge loss from the record fair:Pledge Here NOW. Please. Thank you. Hurricane Sandy Kicks WFMU's Ass! The aftermath of Frankenstorm (actually Frankenstorm was the name of the doctor, it really should be called Frankenstorm's Monster) left WFMU with no electricity in our Jersey City studios, and at BOTH of our FM transmitters (91.1 FM and 90.1 FM). We tried rubbing many balloons on our heads and holding it near the equipment, but no dice. For two days, we streamed WFMU in Exile from various DJs' homes, or the shanties and mini-vans that they call their 'homes'. Despite that shanty crack in the previous sentence, our DJ's are just the best and we perpetually salute their dedication. On Thursday morning, we resumed (semi-)normal programming after electricity was restored to our studios. And then reality started settling in, as we discovered tons of critical equipment that was fried by the electrical chaos that Sandy hurled our way. And both of our FM transmitters are still down. Fortunately, everybody from the WFMU staff is safe, and miraculously WFMU's basement did not flood, despit the Hudson River coming within 50 feet of our front door. We credit our lack of flooding to our slavish worship of Ahpuch and Thamuz, plus that carp we sacrificed (delicious). The photo above is Station Manager Ken attempting to get to WFMU via his bike during the end of the storm. Not seen in picture: tears. Meanwhile, the misery and desperation in our community is mind boggling. The environment around Hudson County, Staten Island,  Rockaway, lower Manhattan and Brooklyn is akin to the film The Road. Or The Walking Dead. No, it's Road Warrior.. Wait, it's actually a bit more like The Road. Nah, it really feels kind of like The Day After Tomorrow, but with the soundtrack to The Road. With the flashback sequences of Terminator 2. But with a fat governor instead of a killer liquid robot. But with your help, we will make it feel like Herbie Goes Bananas real soon. Please help! Silent Fundraiser Extended With all the damaged gear we're discovering, and with the cancellation of the Record Fair,WFMU desperately needs your support. Our silent fundraiser will be extended a few extra weeks, giving us more time to raise the funds we need to get through the next few months and to hopefully make up for lost income due to the Record Fair going kaput. Pledge now to help us get through this very difficult time. Money can't buy you love, but it can buy transmitter codecs, computer servers, and all the other stuff a radio station needs to regain (ab)normalcy. WFMU's RadioVision Festival was a success Enough bad news, let's talk about happier times. WFMU's 2012 RadioVision Festival was a huge success, thanks to Benjamen Walker and all of our panelists and special guests. The funnel cake in the shape of Art Bell was a roaring success and, despite rumors to the contrary, Bachman Turner Overdrive failed to perform. Heidi Madagame of WCBN wrote up some nice blog posts about the conference. We will be posting audio clips from the conference soon. Off-Mic DJ News Dave Mandl just had this article published in the Rumpus on the Ancient Tradition of the Sacrilegious Cover Song, from "The Beatles to Ol' Dirty Bastard" (that Beatles cover of Shimmy Shimmy Ya is particularly nasty). Also, section hog Dave Mandl, published a review of the Touch.30 festival at Issue Project Room (celebrating the 30th birthday of the Touch label), in the current issue of the Wire. It's not available online, unfortunately. Look for it at your local newsstand, if it isn't underwater. Kurt Gottschalk's latest production effort is a collaboration between guitarist Loren Connors, singer Suzanne Langille and painter MP Landis. Kurt selected paintings by Landis and projected them in the studio and Connors and Langille responded in sound. (Hence the title 'Four Dogs Playing Poker'. Note: This isn't true). The resulting recording is the pair's first duo recording in 14 years. CD and 7" single on colored vinyl available here. Sat Nov 3: Jesse Jarnow may speak at the Hoboken Historical Museum, (if it isnt underwater) reading from Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo & the Rise of Indie Rock and expanding on the unlikely parallels between McCarty's and Maxwell's, two Hoboken bars separated by two blocks (and 130 years) whose clienteles would trigger profound changes in American popular culture. 1301 Hudson Street, 4pm, free. Though as Hoboken currently resembles Aquaman's holiday home and the lost city of Atlantis combined, you might want to double check that it's still happening. Fri, Nov 9: Irwin Chusid will feature Raymond Scott recordings and discuss the life of the legendary composer as the guest of Brian Carpenter on WZBC, Boston College Radio, from 7-10pm. Chusid has managed the Scott Archives since 1991 and is the foremost authority on the great composer/inventor/genius/recreates the sound of an anvil being dropped on a cartoon horse-er. Gaylord Fields will be in London DJing, MCing, presenting a Fake Beatles lecture, and hosting a pop quiz as part of the Chickfactor 20: For the Love of Pop concerts on November 16-18. There will almost certainly be a riot of some sort as they love riots over there. It's like a religion to them. Take protection. Mr. Fine Wine's Fall 2012 Greasy Popcorn tour. Fri Nov 2,Munich, Deeper Shade @the Atomic Café, w/DJs Leo and Hannes. Sat Nov 3 : Berlin, At the Soul Inn @the Lido, 23hrs, 10 euros, w/Cody Chesnutt and DJs Christian Göbel andKristian Auth. Sun Nov 4: Leipzig, No Twistin on Sunday @Cafe Waldi with DJ Chris Redlich. Thurs Nov 8: Bruges, ’T Zwart Huis, Kuipersstraat 23, 22hrs, 8 euros with DJs Laurence B. (Slick Club) and Betty Ford (Moka Soul Collective).  Fri Nov 9: Brussels, Popcorn Oldies Night @Le Cercle Des Voyageurs, Rue Des Grands Carmes 18, 22hrs, 8 euros. With DJs Jr. the Canadian, Laurence B., and Raphi Scorcher. Sat  Nov 10:Manchester, UK, No Way Out @the Old Nags Head, 19 Jacksons Row. Again, the UK dates will almost certainly feature rioting of some description. And expect cheese in Bruges. Mr. Fine Wine will also DJ at Botanica every Wednesday except November 7th (when he will be somewhere between Leipzig and Bruges and will probably be eating something doughy), at theCommodore in Williamburg, Brooklyn on November 16th and at Home Sweet Home in Manhattan on the 30th of November. Dave the Spazz will spin at Union Pool every Sunday this month, as he does most Sundays. Dave is also starting a monthly series at Videology, the Dave the Spazz Movie Club, which will show the weirdest, wildest movies, short subjects, and forgotten ephemera with occasional guest hosts and various surprises. The series kicks off on Saturday, November 24th with a rare unspooling of Phil Tucker's1953 epic, Robot Monster in "Tru-Stereo Three Dimension Process" (crummy red and green 3-D glasses provided free). PLUS!--Voltaire the Chimp and Thinko the Robot tangle it up in the smutty European-only sequence from Sex Kittens Go To College (1960), the Marquis Chimps recount the tale of Cinderella, 1930's legend Mr. Jiggs caddies on a golf course, and select 16mm sound chimp movies direct from the Dave the Spazz archives. If you can find a more chimp-filled night of entertainment in the tri-state area, you'll win a prize! A chimp! Sites for Sore Eyes No one knows how much money musicians are making now Columbia Magazine has a nice article on Laura Cantrell Lamin Fofana's African Inspired Techno is Dutty "Guns and Roses" at Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit recently Here is the first ever recording of a musical performance Or is it? The oldest recording of someone singing Or maybe it's this one Contender for the earliest known musical recording. Spherical Vinyl Record Keep WFMU's Rays from Penetrating Your Body Watch a guitarist quit his band while onstage Learning to Love Yoko Ono Turning Weapons into Instruments Fun Fake Facts About Science Giorgio Moroder posts remixes and rarities on Soundcloud Lou Reed's Radio Show on BBC Stacked Images from the International Space Station Pop Songs Funeral Favorites Dick Clark archives up on Youtube Documentary about the Icelandic Phallological Museum Steampunk Guitars Giant Cardboard Radio Neneh Cherry covers "Dream Baby Dream" to awesome effect Artist draws himself after taking almost every drug known to man Scientists Grow Bacon from Stem Cells (Contributors the the urls include Andrea Silenzi,Woody Sullender, Dan Bodah, Irene Trudel, Doug Schulkind, Benjamen Walker, Brian Turner, Kurt Gottschalk, Mike Lupica, Rich Hazelton, Evan "Funk" Davies, Chris T, Robin Edgarton, Irwin Chusid, Steinski)

Vinyl Night Cincinnati Will Be Live-Tweeting on Tuesday

Important Vinyl Night Announcement!

This Tuesday, Oct. 30, starting at 7:30 p.m., Vinyl  Night Cincinnati will be live-tweeting its October meeting -- due to overwhelming public demand.

 Just go to Twitter and sign up to follow VinylNightCincy. We may even take requests.

Thanks,

Steve and Neil

Elliott Murphy Receives Prestigious French Award

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED MUSICIAN & AUTHOR ELLIOTT MURPHY IS AWARDED

THE MEDAILLE DE VERMEIL DE LA VILLE DE PARIS IN A GRAND CEREMONY AT HOTEL DE VILLE IN PARIS, FRANCE

October 5, 2012 -  NEW YORK - Internationally acclaimed American singer-songwriter and author Elliott Murphy was awarded the prestigious Medaille de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris in recognition of his outstanding career achievements in a formal ceremony on October 1st, at the Hotel de Ville (City Hall).  The ceremony was presided over by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë.  Past recipients of the award have included Jane Fonda, Gianni Versace, Johnny Depp and Kevin Liles.

A Long Island native who has been living in Paris, France for over twenty years, Elliott began his career in New York City in 1974 with the release of his classic Polydor Records debut, Aquashow.  Murphy went on to release albums on RCA and Columbia before relocating to France where his career has flourished. 

Elliott has over 30 albums to his credit, 12 of which have received 4-stars from the All Music Guide, among much other critical acclaim. Guests on his albums have included Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Phil Collins.  In addition to his extensive music credits, Elliott has published a number of novels and short story collections, and has written for Rolling Stone, Spin and various European magazines.  

Elliott  continues to tour in Europe, Japan and the USA and has often joined his long time friend Bruce Springsteen on stage in Paris.  Elliott and his band The Normandy All Stars have an American tour planned for the East Coast in December 2012.

(Courtesy of a press release from Pamela Murphy PR. Photo is Murphy, left, with Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe.)

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ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO SURVEYS RECORDED MUSIC

CONCEPTUAL ARTIST ALLAN RUPPERSBERG EXPLORES 60 YEARS OF AMERICAN MUSIC IN SWEEPING MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATION AT ART INSTITUTE No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R 'n' R on View in the Modern Wing September 21, 2012 through January 6, 2013 The music of 20th-century America--folk, gospel, blues, and rock 'n' roll--can be seen, heard, and researched this fall in the Art Institute of Chicago's Modern Wing with an innovative installation by veteran artist Allen Ruppersberg, who has navigated a distinctive and singular path through contemporary art for more than four decades. No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R 'n' R is Ruppersberg's most complex work in nearly 20 years. Across 200 feet of pegboard hung with hundreds of photocopied snapshots, record covers, and other materials, the captivating survey--from blues singers of the early 1900s through guitarists of the 1960s--is presented in the Carolyn S. and Matthew Bucksbaum Gallery (Gallery 188) of the Modern Wing from September 21, 2012 through January 6, 2013. It is the first large-scale work by Ruppersberg ever to be seen in Chicago and a long overdue opportunity to encounter the work of one of the country's most influential artists. No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R 'n' R draws on Ruppersberg's career-long engagement with popular culture in books and magazines, photographs, and music. In a massive effort, the artist has spent more than three years collecting thousands of vinyl records and music-related amateur snapshots, adding these finds to a set of obituaries for musicians that he has been culling for more than 20 years. Scanned, printed out, and laminated, these nostalgia-laden materials are hung on pegboards arranged in five sections, each 32 feet long. The pegboards, and cardboard boxes that are dispersed in front of them on the floor, are all silkscreened in vibrant colors with either pennants or bulls-eyes, and marked with enigmatically arranged stock phrases, concluding with one that balances between cynicism and hope: "And the Race Goes On and On." Four of the five sections in No Time Left to Start Again treat music lyrics ("An Understanding And Appreciation of Poetry"); music in the home ("You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone") and church ("White As Snow"); and the rise of rock 'n' roll ("Fun, Fun, Fun"). The first, introductory section, located directly outside the space, contains elements of all the others. As Ruppersberg describes his vast work: "No Time Left to Start Again is a sort of giant, deluxe walk-in boxed set of one possible history of Rock and Roll. But, it could also be the museum exhibition of a passionate collector or some kind of expanded archival display...or many other possibilities, including a work of art." To facilitate an understanding of this archive, a couch and two reading stations hold binders with many of the laminated pages for individual perusal. An iPad, meanwhile, allows visitors to listen to any of the more than 125 songs remastered and re-recorded by Ruppersberg, in a set of eight albums that he has designed, produced, and also included in the installation. Raised in suburban Cleveland and enamored with animation and commercial art since a childhood visit to Disneyland, Allen Ruppersberg (born 1944) graduated from Chouinard Art Institute (now the California Institute of the Arts) in 1967. After a brief stint as a painter, Ruppersberg soon turned to the material of everyday commercial and vernacular life. A pioneer of Conceptual Art, Ruppersberg cooked food for visitors to his café (1969); rented and ran a hotel for one year (Al's Grand Hotel , 1971); and developed uses of text and recycled imagery in the 1970s that foretold the return of narrative in contemporary art, as well as the rise of appropriation and postmodernist strategies. As an artist and a teacher, Ruppersberg has influenced artists working with the American vernacular such as Mike Kelley, Jim Shaw, and Rachel Harrison. For many years an "artist's artist," Ruppersberg has gained renewed acclaim recently with his participation in museum exhibitions such as In and Out of Amsterdam (2009) and, earlier this year, Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1964-1977 , at the Art Institute. He is currently finishing a prestigious one-year term as United States Artist Fellow. This is his first solo museum exhibition since You and Me or the Art of Give and Take, at the Santa Monica Museum of Art (2009). Allen Ruppersberg: No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R 'n' R is organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and curated by Matthew S. Witkovsky, Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator, Department of Photography at the Art Institute. This exhibition is generously supported by the David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation and the Auxiliary Board of the Art Institute of Chicago. Image: Allen Ruppersberg. No Time Left to Start Again: The B and D of R 'n' R (detail showing one of five sections), 2010-2012. Courtesy of the artist and Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles