Preview: 2-Hour Holiday Spectacular

Don't miss tonight's show: "Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse Freak-Out" featuring music to celebrate the moon, the night and the return of the Sun.

A Pink Moon?

Artists will include: Fursaxa, His Name is Alive, Nick Drake, Genesis, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Moon Duo, The Sword, Tom Waits and much, much more. We will probably hear some comedy bits in addition to our regular weekly features: Robot News and a Song for New Moms.

(Instead of Wolves)

Why do we do this? Because tonight is the year's longest night. Not only is it the Winter Solstice , but there will be a total eclipse of the Moon tonight, which, did I mention, will be full. This is rare and accordingly more valuable - so we celebrate.

This single Terran moon is probably my favorite celestial object so I will be very exited for its busy night. Please stay up and join me between howling sessions.

- Tree

December 14, 2010 - "In the Sky, There Is A Cloud Containing the Sea"

The process of compiling this Third Show was thrown for a bit of a curve by the host's recent acquisition of Brian Eno's 1974 tour de force, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy. Hence, a bit of a spotlight on the Eno. This was the album for which Eno developed Obilque Strategies - a set of cards each with a piece of advice to help catalyze any creative process.

The original postcard from which the album is apparently named

Otherwise, this show was a mixed bag with a new occasional feature, "Bad Songs that Rock". This week the song was not bad and it may not have rocked, but it does occupy a coveted space as the most artistically satisfying band in the much -maligned Yacht Rock "genre".

Also congrats to a real new mom out there and her bundle which arrived hours before last week's "Songs for New Moms" feature. This week: parenting advice from David Crosby, ;).

The Set List

Artist - Track - Album - Label

Frank Zappa - Montana - Overnite Sensation - Warner Bros

Spotlight on Eno

Roxy Music - Ladytrron - Roxy Music - Virgin

Brian Eno - The Fat Lady of Limbourgh - Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy - Virgin

Brian Eno - Mother Whale Eyeless - Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy - Virgin

801 - East of Asteroid - 801 Live

Feature - Song for New Moms:

Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Teach Your Children - Deja Vu - Atlantic

Andy Summers & Robert Fripp - Cloud Forest - I Advance Masked - A&M

Robot News

wow... someone is building a robot what can run...

Feature: Bad Songs that Rock: Yacht Rock

Steely Dan - Don't Take Me Alive - Royal Scam - MCA

Max Webster - American Veins - High Class in Borrowed Shoes - Anthem

My Bloody Valentine -  To Here Knows When - Sony

Mamatus - The Coast Explodes - The Coast Explodes - Holy Mountain

Also, don't miss next week's show! A 2- HOUR HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR**  - December 21, 2010 at 01:00 a.m. Its Tree's: "Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse Freak-Out". Two hours of moon-drenched pagan lunacy. Come "Count the Moon" with Tree.***

Next Week - December 13, 2010 - Good Moods and Music

Going to celebrate good music on vinyl format. We may have to go two hours on this one. 
Records are back in a big way. Don't believe me? Check out this photo from the Belleville Sam's [the Record Man]. 

It is selling very well, they're looking for an accessories supplier.

On the show we will likely hear music by Love, My Bloody Valentine, Oneida, Mamatus and Frank Zappa.

We'll continue with our weekly features: Robot News and Songs for New Moms (1:30 a.m.) as well as a new occasional feature, "Bad Songs that Rock", this week: Yacht Rock -"So Smiuthe it Hertz".

Also, don't miss the following week's show! A 2- HOUR HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR**  - December 21, 2010 at 01:00 a.m. Its Tree's: "Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse Freak-Out". Two hours of moon-drenched pagan lunacy. Come "Count the Moon" with Tree.***

December 7, 2010 - The Flute Part I

I truly expect to dedicate more shows to the flute. I have developed an irrational affinity for this instrument, like I have an irrational distaste for the saxophone. For me, the flute lends an unfair advantage to any recording. By contrast,  while I love lots of sax music, songs featuring this woodwind must win me over. Anyway, this theme led me to more funk and jazz than I expect will be usual. It also allowed that nexus of children's and symphonic music, Peter and the Wolf, to bubble up from its preserving bog. 

Isn't this sleeveface the greatest:

Thijs van Leer of Focus

This week's Music

Artist - Track - Album - Label

James Brown -Popcorn (With a Feelin') - Mother Popcorn - King

Focus - Anonymous - In and Out of Focus - IRS

Jethro Tull - Cross-Eyed Mary - Aqualung - Chrysalis

Bardo Pond - Vent - Bufo Alvarus - Fire

Moe Koffman - James Brown's Bag - Turned On - Jubilee

Robot Parade - They Might Be Giants - No! - Rounder

Robot News (see link below)

Songs for New Moms:

Various Artists - Medley Two: The Darkness Sheds It's Veil - Stay Awake (Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films)

• Suzanne Vega - Stay Awake - Stay Awake - A&M
• Bill Frisell & Wayne Horowitz - Little Wooden Head
• Syd Straw - Blue Shadows on the Trail

Blood Ceremony - I'm Coming With You - Blood Ceremony - Caroline

War! - War Is Coming! - Platinum Jazz - MCA

Yusef Lateef - Slippin' and Slidin' - Live at Pep's - Impulse!

Peter Ustinov (Prokofiev/Karajan) - Peter and the Wolf Opus 67 - Perter and the Wolf - Angel

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Touch the triumphant photo below for a link to this week's Robot News:

Be sure to tune in next week on CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston, Ontario or stream live or archived at www.CFRC.ca get the Sand in Your Head.

*** Check out our **2- HOUR HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR**  - December 21, 2010 at 01:00 a.m. Its Tree's: "Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse Freak-Out". Two hours of moon-drenched pagan lunacy. Come "Count the Moon" with Tree.***

This week: Focus on the Flute

I'll be playing a wide range of fit flute music, from Moe Kaufman to Blood Ceremony. Plus: Robot News and the debut of our feature: Songs for New Moms. Tune in to 101.9 FM in Kingston, Ontario, or online at www.CFRC.ca at 01:00 a.m. this Tuesday (Monday night).

Debut - Is It a "The"?

The Sand in Your Head went on the air early this morning with the dulcet tones of reverberating Harmonicats. Growing pains aside, we did hear some great music, including some artists which are foundational to the host's repertoire and some lovely Brazilian songs.

A CTI Classic

Set list included:

Artist - Track - Album - Label

The Harmonicats - Peg O' My Heart - Peg O' My Heart
La Otracina - Hail Fire - Reality Has Got to Die - Holy Mountain
Hawkwind - The Master of the Universe - Space Ritual - United Artists
Goblin - Zaratozom - Zombi - Cinevox
Pixies - Vamos - Come on Pilgrim - 4AD
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Taste the Floor - Psychocandy - Reprise
They Might Be Giants - Boat of Car - They Might Be Giants - Bar None
Lemon Stomach - I Freddy - Completement Sterche [unreleased]
They Might Be Giants - Become a Robot - Then: The Earlier Years - Restless
Plastic Crimewave Sound - The Dream of Ruby Red Horses - No Wonderland - Eclipse
Plastic Crimewave Sound - Rolling Seas - No Wonderland - Eclipse
Women - Drag Open - Public Strain - Flemish Eye
Som Imaginario - Morse - Som Imaginario - Sweet Dandelion
Milton Nascimento - Canto Latino - Milton Nascimento -Nova Historia da Musica Popular
Brasileira
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Brasil - Stoneflower CTI

This show's Robot News Link - click the upsetting picture:




Until next time, let your head roll around in the sand, like your head rolls around in the sand in your head.

-Tree