Alloy: Episode 138

Down the Music Rabbit Hole (Episode #138)

Submitted by Alloy on Tue, 12/05/2017 - 18:43

I finally got around to watching, “Sex and Broadcasting: A Film About WFMU”, a documentary about one of the finest and most eclectic independent and freeform radio stations around—the ever-evolving WFMU. If you ever wonder how WFMU came to be, where its freeform DNA originated, as well as the ongoing challenges and struggles it has to overcome just to keep afloat, this documentary more than covers those bases. Here is a link to all the places you can stream and/or purchase this documentary

Ever wonder what the secret sauce is behind a lot of the Beatles memorable tunes (were any not memorable?)? Well, PBS just aired during fund drive time a fabulous BBC documentary that focused exclusively on the Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band titled, Sgt. Pepper's Musical Revolution hosted by Howard Goodall. Unfortunately, this documentary doesn’t appear to be available, yet, for viewing or purchase. A drag, because this is an outstanding dive into the details behind how the Beatles composed several of the more memorable Sgt. Peppers tracks. If you can find it, watch it.

In the meantime, via the wonders of YouTube, you can watch a different documentary, also hosted by Howard Goodall, that covers a number of Beatles classic and goes under-the-hood to look at how they did what they did. Vastly entertaining and easy to watch—no previous music knowledge needed, but you will likely learn something you didn’t know before. Great stuff!

Birthdays (playlist #138)

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Two significant birthdays happened over the last couple of weeks. Two musical heavyweights, Jimi Hendrix and Jaco Pastorius, would have celebrated birthdays on November 27th and December 1st, respectively. On this week’s Alloy broadcast the playlist included some classics by these two musicians who singlehandedly redefined their instruments and music, forever. Somehow, if both were alive in each other’s time period, I do believe they would have played together. Imagine the spark and fire that this dynamic collaboration would have generated. Checkout this week’s playlist to see and/or listen to all of this week’s discoveries and rediscoveries, old and new.

Don't forget that you can listen to all of the music from the last episode, “More Rabbit Holes” (click here). This week's artwork, “…” was created by yours truly.

Thanks for listening!

Composition	Artist	Album	Listen Now!
“Port of Entry”	Weather Report	Night Passage
“(Used To Be A) Cha-Cha”	Jaco Pastorius	Jaco Pastorius
“Continuum”	Jaco Pastorius	Jaco Pastorius
“Rainy Day, Dream Away”	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Electric Ladyland
“Still Raining, Still Dreaming”	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Electric Ladyland
“House Burning Down”	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Electric Ladyland
“Cranial #1 Right Now”	Vital Information	Show 'Em Where You Live
“Cranial #2 the Jinx”	Vital Information	Show 'Em Where You Live
“Hipnosis”	New York Electric Piano	Blues In Full Moon
“The Parable”	Jimmy Chamberlin Complex	The Parable
“Nine South”	Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth	Epicenter
“Cannibal Resource”	Dirty Projectors	Bitte Orca
“Accept Treasure”	Sacha Mullin	Duplex
“Xanadu (Live at Hammersmith Odeon - February 20, 1978)”	Rush	A Farewell to Kings (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
“Body and Shadow (Night)”	Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band	Body and Shadow	Streaming unavailable at this time.
“The Architect”	Josh Nelson	The Sky Remains

Birthdays

"" by gbmediadesign

Two significant birthdays happened over the last couple of weeks. Two musical heavyweights, Jimi Hendrix and Jaco Pastorius, would have celebrated birthdays on November 27th and December 1st, respectively. On this week’s Alloy broadcast the playlist included some classics by these two musicians who singlehandedly redefined their instruments and music, forever. Somehow, if both were alive in each other’s time period, I do believe they would have played together. Imagine the spark and fire that this dynamic collaboration would have generated. Checkout this week’s playlist to see and/or listen to all of this week’s discoveries and rediscoveries, old and new.

Don't forget that you can listen to all of the music from the last episode, “More Rabbit Holes” (click here). This week's artwork, “…” was created by yours truly.

Thanks for listening!

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