It’s a party and I am invited.
Avi Kline gathers friends to watch Barrack Obama’s acceptance speech and makes special sliders on his George Foreman Grill, Audioblahblah is there for instant reaction from the viewers. By the way, Senator Chuck Schumer was on the invite list. Were you?
Play list -
Rockaway Beach - The Ramones
Canadian Girl - The Walkmen
You’d be so Nice to Come Home to - Art Pepper
Not Great Men - Gang of Four
Speeding Motorcycle - Daniel Johnston with Yo La Tengo
Burritos - The Beatnigs
Talkin’ bout J.C. - Larry Young
Kevin is Gay - Giant Drag
This is all I Came to - Dinosaur Jr.
Just Squeeze Me - Miles Davis
Out at the Pictures - Hot Chip
James Davis, author of Commerce in Color - Race, Consumer Culture, and American Literature, is my special guest. Through his book, Davis insightfully examines representations of race and the rise of consumer culture through literature, publishing firms, World’s Fairs, and other cultural systems. James Davis is an associate professor of English at Brooklyn College and an all around nice guy. Plus, F.D.R. makes a surprise appearance.
Are you impressed yet? You should be.
Playlist -
Mix - F.D.R.’s Fireside Chat #1 with Doris by Shellac
What is this Things Called Love - Cannonball Adderley
Teen Angel - Dean & Britta
Thanks to You - The Flaming Lips
Furniture - Fugazi
Tom Thumb - Wayne Shorter
Start! - The Jam
Passing Complexion - Big Black
Bull in the Heather - The Go Team
Fractured Skies - Parts and Labor
On the Roof - The Feelies
Imitosis - Andrew Bird
Poet and educator Elizabeth Howort is my guest for episode seven. Liz reads some of her original poems and discusses the ideal breakfast. We also have some very special guests that help us read one of her poems.
Playlist -
Last Train to Clarksville - Cassandra Wilson
Central and Remote - Grizzly Bear
Postcard from an Exotic Place - poem
Fina Estampa - Caetano Veloso
Like Poets Do - poem
He’s Walkin’ - Scrawl
When in New York, in Paris - poem
Hot Topic - Le Tigre
Parts of a Lynching - poem
Speak Low - Sonny Clark w/John Coltrane
Eraser - Thom Yorke
Bluest Eye Poem - poem
That’s When I Reach for My Revolver - Mission of Burma
The Ballad of Butter Beans - Man Man
Pioneer to the Falls - Interpol
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Singer, educator and friend Bronwen Exter was my guest for this episode. Bronwen and I enjoyed a beautiful Sunday in the East Village and talked about her wonderful music on her critically acclaimed album Elevator Ride, and the project Science for Girls. We also tried to translate French words and pondered the meaning of birds in Brooklyn.
Play list -
Sweet Child o’ Mine - Taken by Trees
Criss Cross - Thelonious Monk
Feed Your Loving Child - Bronwen Exter
Float - Bronwen Exter
Building a Road - Bronwen Exter
That Day will Never Come - Bronwen Exter
Ray La Montagne - Empty
Rachael Yamagata - Be Be Love
14 Days - Science for Girls
I’m Gonna Leave You for a Texan - Bronwen Exter and Boots Ottestad
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My special guest is my brother Raymond Bally. Recorded on location, Ray and I drink coffee in the West Village and discuss his thirty year career as a musician and film maker. This retrospective spans from his early days in New York in the 80’s to his latest Trans-Atlantic collaboration, Modern Love Songs to be released this summer. Ray was gracious enough to share some of his righteous influences as well.
Play list -
Will You Kiss Me - Raymond Bally w/Hans Bally
Good Evening Blues - Raymond Bally
Red - Person to Person
Over this World - Person to Person
Mindonare - Person to Person
Scene 17 - Raymond Bally
Baby to Bed - Raymond Bally
Reservoir Dub - Raymond Bally
Phone Monika - Blurt
Bright Red, White and Blue - Blurt
Z Jam Blues - Bern Nix
Autumn Aubade - Bern Nix
James in Paris - Bern Nix , from the film, James Lord - A Portrait
Struction - Raymond Bally/Bern Nix
Are You Afraid - Raymond Bally w/Hans Bally
For more information check out Raymond at myspace.com/raymondbally
If you are interested in obtaining a CD of Ray’s music, email him at rbally2@gmail.com, tell him audioblahblah sent you.
This episode celebrates the work of drummer George Hurley, one of the greatest punk rock drummers of all time! Hey, forget the punk qualifier. George is the real deal. He plays with innovation, finesse, and power. This podcast spans Hurley’s brilliant career from his early work with the Reactionaries, to the Minutemen and fIREHOSE capping off with his latest project Unknown Instructors.
Playlist
Brave Captain - fIREHOSE
Little Man with a Gun in his Hand - The Minutemen
Ack Ack Ack - The Minutemen
Getting Existential on the Beach - The Reactionaries
Joe McCarthy’s Ghost - The Minutemen
Paranoid Chant - The Minutemen
Big Lounge Scene - The Minutemen
Shit you Hear at Parties - The Minutemen
Party with me Punker - The Minutemen
Badges - The Minutemen
You Need the Glory - The Minutemen
This Ain’t no Picnic - The Minutemen
Corona - The Minutemen
Ain’t Talkin’ bout Love - The Minutemen
Take Our Test - The Minutemen
Stories - The Minutemen
Choose any Memory - fIREHOSE
Honey Please - fIREHOSE
Anxious Mo’Fo - Mike Watt and George Hurley
Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs- Mike Watt and George Hurley
I’ll Show you Everything - Unknown Instructors
Punk (Is Whatever We Made it to Be) - Unknown Instructors
This podcast is the first in a series called the Unsung Hero Series. This podcast highlights the short but prolific career of tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin who left the jazz world at the young age of 39. The program includes Ervin’s valuable work as a sideman with Charlie Mingus and his successful solo albums on Prestige and Blue Note. To download episode, right click the download icon (ctrl + click for Mac).
Playlist -
The Lamp is Low - Booker Ervin
Song for Richard - the Horace Parlan sextet
Better Git it in Your Soul - Charles Mingus
Cryin’ Blues - Charles Mingus
Number Two - Booker Ervin
Come Sunday - Booker Ervin
Bachafillen - Booker Ervin
Mour - Booker Ervin
I Left my Heart in San Francisco - Booker Ervin
My second podcast. There is nothing special about this one just some great music. Check out the triple shot of tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley that concludes this episode. To download episode, right click the download icon (ctrl + click for Mac).
Playlist -
Little Rootie Tootie - Thelonius Monk
Junior Kickstart - The Go Team
Solitary Set - Polvo
Painting by Chagal - The Weepies
Kava and I - Baculum
Little Girl Blue - Chet Baker
On the Hudson - Agitpop
The Wait - Metallica
Countdown - John Coltrane
Kali Gana - DJ Intensive Harry and Rapture
The Vamp - Hank Mobley
Remember - Hank Mobley
Hank’s Other Bag - Hank Mobley
photo by Kelly Donoghue
My first podcast. My guest is the published poet Emma Simone Bally as she reads her latest work in between tunes. To download episode, right click the download icon (ctrl + click for Mac).
Playlist-
The Cheerleader - The Minutemen
Theme from Blow-Up - Bobby Hutchenson
The A Train - Joe Henderson
Metal Heart - Cat Power
Elements - Lemon Jelly
The Rain Comes Down - Ruin
Cold Girl Fever - The National
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes - John Coltrane
What’s New - John Coltrane
