Experiencing a Significant Gravitas Shortfall Podcast

Election day is almost here, much of the East coast is under water, and Halloween has come and gone without the Mighty Grouse making you listen to 15 versions of the Monster Mash. You come to us for satisfaction, and instead we give you these sadistic candles: a hurricane set, an atheist DJ acknowledging a Christian holiday, and a new track from Lello Boscoverde called "93 Years of Disappointment" (an invective to the Great Communicator). But what's really important is that we all Come Together, no matter what happens this Tuesday. And I think we can all unite over the majesty of Frederic Rzewski's tribute to the rioters of Attica (last track! show highlight!).

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• Satisfaction - "You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie" (from Satisfaction)
• Sadistic Candle - "Live Improvisation, SF 6/10" (from Sadistic Candle [CS-SA011])
• A visit from Lord Apologizer
  • The Mar-Keys - "Sack-O-Woe" (from The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968)
• Caribou - "Sandy" (from Andorra)
• The Lil' Hospital - "The Floods" (from Heavy Metal)
• Reverend Johnny L. "Hurricane" Jones - "Secret Storm" (excerpt) (from Can I Get A Witness? Sinner's Crossroads 2011 WFMU Marathon Premium)
• The Ivytree - "Flood" (from Winged Leaves)
• Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers - "Stormy Monday" (from Go Go Swing Live)
• Eastern Standard Time - "Eye of the Storm" (from Jump Up! Records: "Caribbean Shakedown")
  • Lacking gravitas, the Grouse plays a LOCAL ska band and doesn't even realize it.
• The Left Banke - "There's Gonna Be a Storm" (from There's Gonna Be A Storm: The Complete Recordings)
• Lord Beginner - "Jamaica Hurricane" (from London Is The Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso in London, 1950-1956)
• The Mighty Grouse's Kitch impression is offensive Trini-face.
  • The Mar-Keys - "Bush Bash" (from The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968)
• The Saints - "Orstralia" (from Eternally Yours)
• The Minutemen - "Political Song for Michael Jackson" (from Double Nickels on the Dime)
• The Move - "Vote For Me" (from The Move)
• Lello Boscoverde - "93 Years of Disappointment" (excerpt) (unreleased)
• Grouse gets out the vote.
  • Stereolab - "Les Yper-Sound" (from Emperor Tomato Ketchup)
• Frederic Rzewski - "Coming Together" (from Coming Together)
  • Correction: text by Sam MELVILLE, not Neville.
• John Fahey - "I Sing a Song of the Saints of God" (from Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You : The Fonotone Years [1958-1965])

A sentence begun and interrupted on 10.04.12 is finished (and slightly restated) in this program. Seeking proposals for anti-radio stunts to close out 2012. Please phone (READ-GROUSE on the dial) or email them to your friendly neighborhood Grouse.

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• Adolfo Echeverría & Su Conjunto - "Sabroso Bacalao" (from Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque)
• Joe Bataan - "Too Much Lovin'" (from Subway Joe/Gypsy Woman)
• The one time this Pennsylvania Grouse doesn't default to a near-open front unrounded vowel (ae), is the one time it would have been appropriate (Joe Bataaaaaaaan).
  • The Mar-Keys - "Bush Bash" (from The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968)
• Kaoru Abe - "Sopranino Improvisation No. 1" (from Mort à Crédit)
• Getatchew Mekuria - "Tezeta" (from Moa Anbessa)
• Joe McPhee & Chris Corsano - "For Fred Anderson" (from Scraps And Shadows)
• Chris Corsano - "Fed Ex'd Gorilla" (from Cut)
• Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - "Spin" (from Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
• Golden Dawn - "Evolution" (from Power Plant)
• Can - "Dead Pigeon Suite" (from The Lost Tapes)
• Sun Araw and M. Geddes Gengras Meet the Congos - "Invocation" (from FRKWYS Vol. 9: Icon Give Thank)
• This Heat - "Cenotaph" (from Deceit)
• Frente Cumbiero - "Pitchito" (from Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque)
• King Grouse can't wait for the show where he just plays "Endless Waltz" on the radio.
  • Ike Bennet & the Crystalites - "Illya Kuryakin" (from Trojan Rocksteady Box Set)
• King Tuff - "Anthem" (from King Tuff)
• Ty Segall Band - "The Bag I'm In" (from Slaughterhouse)
• The Intelligence - "Fidelity" (from Everybody's Got It Easy But Me)
• King Tuff - "Wild Desire" (from Wild Desire 7")
• The Hive Dwellers - "The Dignity of Saint Judy" (from Hewn from the Wilderness)
• Tronics - "TV On in Bed" (from Love Backed By Force)
• Gandalf - "Julie (The Song I Sing Is You)" (from Gandalf 2)
• Tim Hardin - "You Upset The Grace Of Living When You Lie" (from Tim Hardin 2)
• Ty Segall & White Fence - "Scissor People" (from Hair)

Snow was in the forecast when I did this show more than two weeks ago, but it never came. We've seen 70 degree days since then, but as if in direct challenge of the will of the God of Punxatawney, it's 20 degrees out and snowing now as I type this post. Enjoy some snow tunes, then warm up with some 2013 soca hits!

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• Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley - "Footprints in the Snow" (from The Original Folkways Recordings 1960-1962)
• The Coctails - "First Snowfall" (from A John Waters Christmas)
• The Ronettes - "Frosty the Snowman" (from A Christmas Gift For You from Phil Spector)
• Prince and the Revolution - "Sometimes It Snows in April" (from Parade - Music from The Motion Picture 'Under The Cherry Moon')
• A Sunny Day in Glasgow - "100/0 (Snowdays forever)" (from Autumn, again)
• The Curtains - "Snowy Visitors" (from Flybys)
• The Aislers Set - "Hit the Snow" (from Last Match)
• Booker T. & the MG's - "Winter Snow" (from The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968)
• The Halo Benders - "Snowfall" (from God Don't Make No Junk)
• Thursdays Rock! with Grouse and 86. A new sitcom debuting this February on CPR!
  • Booker T. & the MG's - "Jingle Bells" (from The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968)
• Lord Shorty & Vibrations International - "Vibrations Groove" (from Sofrito: International Soundclash)
• Merchant - "Um Ba Yo" (from Golden Hitz Of Calypso And Soca Vol. 2)
• Mighty Sparrow - "Phillip My Dear" (from ALBUM)
• Mighty Shadow - "Dat Soca Boat" (from Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque)
• Fay-Ann Lyons - "Get On" (from Soca Gold 2008)
• Bunji Garlin - "Hold a Burn"
• Skinny Fabulous - "6:30 (What Time Is It)" (from I Am Soca - 2012)
• JW & Blaze - "Timing It"
• Fay-Ann Lyons - "Eff"
• Bunji Garlin - "Vikings Coming"
• JUS J - "Soca In We Soul"
• Rikki Jai - "Mauvais Lang"
• Machel Montano - "Float"
• Bunji Garlin - "Over the Hills"
• Ras Kommanda f/ the Mighty Power - "Respect Yuh Culture"
• Fya Empress - "Painter"
• Terri Lyons - "Fighter"
• Grouse says goodnight, hoping for snow.
  • Sheriff Music - "Dark Horse Riddim"
• Thee Open Sex - "Peanut Butter / I Do Not Know What" (from Thee Open Sex)

The Lady Katie joins the Mighty Grouse for an hour on the annual Radio CPR New Year's Eve Marathon. I think we showed up a little early for the party.

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• Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers - "Time Is Tight" (from Steel Vibrations)
• The Clash - "Time Is Tight" (from Super Black Market Clash)
• Booker T & the MGs - "Time Is Tight (extended intro)" (from Up Tight)
• Grouse has bird flu, and hello from the Lady Katie
  • Ike Bennet & the Crystalites - "Illya Kuryakin" (from Trojan Rocksteady Box Set)
• Phyllis Dillon - "Don't Touch Me Tomato" (from Trojan Rocksteady Box Set)
• Sir Lancelot - "Scandal In The Family" (from The Rough Guide to Calypso Gold)
• Unit 4+2 - "Never Say Goodbye" (from Concrete & Clay)
• The Troggs - "With A Girl Like You" (Atco 45-6415)
• Grouse introduces the Lady Katie set.
  • Stereolab - "Three Women" (from Chemical Chords)
• Marscha Gee - "Peanut Duck" (from Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found: One Kiss Can Lead To Another)
• The Ramones - "Needles & Pins (Early Version)" (from Rocket to Russia)
• Etta James - "I'd Rather Go Blind" (from The Essential Etta James)
• James Brown - "Please Please Please" (from 20 All-Time Greatest Hits!)
• Rockin' Sidney - "You Ain't Nothin' But Fine" (from The Louisiana Party)
• Huey Smith And His Clowns - "I Tried" (from For Dancin')
• Cats on Fire - "Draw In The Reins" (from Draw In The Reins EP)
• The Olivia Tremor Control - "The Opera House" (from Music From The Unrealized Film Script: Dusk At Cubist Castle)
• The Four J's - "Will You Be My Love" (from Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found: One Kiss Can Lead To Another)
• Petula Clark - "Heart" (from Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found: One Kiss Can Lead To Another)
• The Lady Katie does a mean mic set. The answer to your question, Grouse, is: Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono!
  • The Meters - "Darling Darling Darling" (from Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology)
• The Zombies - "This Will Be Our Year [Mono Mix]" (from Odyssey & Oracle)

The Mighty Grouse has been out of town for about 2 months now. While stuck in New York I was hoping to make several appearances on Washington Heights Free Radio. Several became just one appearance last month. Here's a quick jump back into the past, a time when the Flyers still stood a chance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs! Another trip to Indonesia before landing back in the warm, familiar waters of the Caribbean.

EASGS should be returning to the Washington DC airwaves soon... possibly even this coming Thursday at 7pm.

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• Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - "Radio Prague" (from Dazzle Ships)
• Dexys Midnight Runners - "Let's Make This Precious" (from Too-Rye-Ay)
• Grousin in the red, and then, a naked bird
  • The Mar-Keys - "Sack-O-Woe" (from The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968)
• Gentleman Jesse - "Take It Easy on Me" (from Leaving Atlanta)
• St. Vincent - "Cheerleader [sped up]" (from Cheerleader single)
• Dinosaur Feathers - "City Living" (from Whistle Tips)
• Yes - "And You and I" (from Close to the Edge)
• Grouse still doesn't realize quite how loud he is
  • Teenage Fanclub - "Is This Music?" (from Bandwagonesque)
• Ed Askew - "Mr. Dream" (from Ask the Unicorn)
• Willis Earl Beal - "Swing on Low" (from Acousmatic Sorcery)
• Abner Jay - "St. James Infirmary" (from Folk Song Stylist)
• Mississippi John Hurt - "Keep on Knocking" (from The Immortal Mississippi John Hurt)
• Phil Ochs - "Knock on the Door" (from All The News That's Fit To Sing)
• The Congos - "Can't Come In" (from Heart of the Congos)
• Billy Fury - "Don't Knock Upon My Door" (from The Sound of Fury)
• Florina - "Knock Three Times" (from With Zieli Band)
• Eddie Floyd - "Knock on Wood" (from The Stax/Volt Revue Volume 3 - Live In London & Paris)
• Wendy Rene - "Gone for Good" (from After Laughter Comes Tears: Complete Stax & Volt Singles + Rarities 1964-65)
• Grouse morbidly roots for the long dead Flyers.
  • Noble Watts - "Teen-Scene" (from Cats Got These Cats' Tongues - 26 Rarities From Mr. Fine Wine's Vaults)
• Unknown - "Kuda Lumping" (from Street Musicians of Yogyakarta)
• Arrington de Dionyso with Jaran Kepang Timbul Aji Jubah - "Mojokoerto" (from Trance Music of East Java)
• Salina - "Mutiaraku" (from Keronchong Instrumental)
• Neung Phak - "Fucking USA!" (from 2)
• Sunil Ganguly - "Bombai Se Aaya Hun" (from Magic Melody)
• Ramdew Chaitoe - "Track 5! (wish I had more than that)" (from The Legend Ramdew Chaitoe)
• The Esso Trinidad Steel Band - "Apeman" (from The Esso Trinidad Steel Band)
• Grouse does his Bill O'Reilly impression.
  • The Esso Trinidad Steel Band - "Cecilia" (from The Esso Trinidad Steel Band)