Thursday, June 30, 2011

June 29, 2011: Computer Love and Other Stories


It gets exactly that.
The planets aligned this week in terms of a great segue-way from the Hustle to Robot News, with Eruption's Computer Love followed by a story of a man falling for a chat bot. AI is getting there. Check out cleverbot.com and see how easy it is to mimic human responses. 

Yes, that is Kim Mitchell, its as good as he gets
I could do an entire program of Brazilian music, and some day I will. But tonight, following some dronney psych we got into a trio of Milton Nascimento songs about Pablo, prefixed by traditional Portuguese music. All in aid of bringing on Bebeto, a mail order find by way of the less inspiring Last.fm. If anyone knows where to find a cut of Bebeto's Segura Nega, please let me know.

Some pretty smooth music on this platter, reminiscent of Jobim
I also played a pretty funky selection from George Benson's The Other Side of Abbey Road. A garage sale find. CTI, with a great team of supporting artists including Herbie Hancock. Best dollar I've spent in years. Less good was the Ananta purchase, but there will be an entire show dedicated to that fiasco, perhaps next week.

I've heard Abbey Road from Both Sides Now
Played List
Artist - Track - Album 

Eruption (featuring Precious Wilson) - Computer Love - Eruption

Robot News - Computer Love and  Clever Bots
Max Webster - Moon Voices - A Million Vacations

Dark Fog - Out of My Mind - The Ultimate Cult of Psychedelic Psychosis
Moon Duo - In the Trees - Escape
Alexander Tucker - Superherder - Furrowed Brow

Esturdia dos Componeses de Godinhacos - A Vida E Assim Mesmo - Folklore de Mihno
Milton Nascimento - Pablo II- Journey to Dawn
Milton Nascimento - Pablo - Journey to Dawn
Milton Nascimento - Pablo II - Journey to Dawn
Bebeto - Bartuque  - Bebeto

George Benson - Because/Come Together - The Other Side of Abbey Road

Sun Ra - Plutonian Nights - The Nubians of Plutonia

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