December 21, 2010: Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse Freak-Out

The Moon and Winter

It was tremendous fun to accumulate songs about the moon. Unfortunately, the clouds covered the spectacle in Kingston, but I have it on good authority that the moon was eclipsed by the Earth and the it was the longest night of 2010. 

Apparently one was supposed to be able to see the stars behind the Moon while in full eclipse.

The show was a spectrum of early prog, classic psych, curios, comedy, folk, ambiance and heaviness. Dulcimer sounds of Jean Ritchie along with a trove of youtube videos were an exiting discovery in preparing for the show. Also joyful was re-discovering the Tom Waits, Phillip Glass and Baraka  (see below), a sample of a very small collection of music that got Tree through the 1990's.

Many excellent powers on this Album

I was a Platonic Ideal of Restraint in not playing Duran Duran and Gowan, but I couldn't help slowing down the Police and mixing it up with some Sly and Robbie.

The Playlist

Artist - Track - Album

Brian Eno -  Slow Ice, Old Moon - Small Craft on a Milk Sea

Twilight Time - The Harmonicats - Peg 'O My Heart

Pink Floyd - Speak to Me/Breathe - The Dark Side of the Moon

King Crimson - Moonchild - Court of the Crimson King

Genesis - Dancing with the Moonlit Knight - Selling England by the Pound

Song for New Moms:

Jose Feliciano -California Dreamin'  - Feliciano!

Bond Arrives in Rio and Boat Chase - John Barry - Moonraker [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ]

Blow up the Moon - Bob Odenkirk (C.S. Lewis Jr.) and David Cross - Mr Show, The Complete Third Season

Moon River - Jean Jacques Perry and Gershon Kingsley - Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Spotlight on the Moog

Robot News:

 



Robot Made from Crashed Bomber - Daily Mail

Henry Mancini - The Moon of Manakoora - Music of Hawaii

Tom Waits - Black Wings - Bone Machine 

Jean Richie - Wintergrace

The Sword - Lament for Aurochs - Age of Winters

Brian Eno and David Byrne - Moonlight in Glory - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Fursaxa - Poplar Moon - Mycorrhizae Realm 

Walking on the Moon - Sly & Robbie / The [slowed down] Police - Regatta Modatta/ de Blanc

Phillip Glass and Allen Ginsberg - from Iron Horse - Hydrogen Jukebox

Micheal Kamen - Days and Nights in Kyoto - Brazil [The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

"Rainbow Voice" - David Hykes & The Harmonic Choir- Baraka [The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Nick Drake - Pink Moon - Pink Moon

His Name is Alive - Blue Moon - Mouth by Mouth

The Moon was Yellow - Marty Gold and his Orchestra - Soundpower! Music To The Limits Of Audibility

Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky - The Dark Side of the Moon

Pink Floyd - Eclipse / Brain Damage - The Dark Side of the Moon

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.***