May 25, 2010: The Pacific

This week  I started off with what I've always believed to be a dance track from Stevie Wonder from The Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants. Interesting record.

Plants are alive.

I rounded out the day with all of side 2 of Can's Monster Movie: You Do Right. The show was precorded and I figured that these occasions are ideal for long tracks.

Long songs? Long Cat!

Book-ended by Stevie Wonder and Can are some selections related to the pacific ocean. I am particularly fond of the scratchy record of Maori recordings which features a m ix of  traditional warrior-style chanting and New Zealand's version of aboriginal Schlager. I also threw in some Stan Rogers and percussive schlager from Reader's Digest Records. Recorded in Dynagroove and "pleasure programmed" this six-disc box set is incapable of good music. Count this as a Bad Song that Rocks.

Painting of Potatau Te Wherowhero and two other Maori chiefs

I felt a bit bad about the Reader's Digest Deep Hurting, so I played some Brazilian Psych, Magma and Jesus and Mary Chain, just to keep it Cheddar.

Robot News featured new ideas about Swarm Robots for Mars Exploration, which I found out about by way of the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe podcast. Hello to any new robot news enthusiasts!

Played List 

Artist - Track - Album

Stevie Wonder - Race Babbling - Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants

1979 basd on the 1973 book by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird

Som Imginaro - Super God - Sweet Dandilion

Magma - Gamma - Inedits

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Blues from A Gun

Robot News

Haka: Ringa Pakia - Henare Take - New Zealand "Maori" Concert Party

E Pari Ra - Henare Take - New Zealand "Maori" Concert Party

Haka: Te Peruperu/Whiti Whiti - Henare Take - New Zealand "Maori" Concert Party

Stan Rogers- Rollin' Down to Old Maui - Between the Breaks... Live!

Douglas Gamley (and the Reader's Digest Orchestra?) - Jungle Drums - South Sea Island Magic

The Can - You Do Right - Monster Movie