Chai Me Up, Mar. 21, 2012

And here's the third post of the day. This was recorded earlier this week at the weekly event at the Chai Me Up barge & chai shop in MariKesh Mondrago in Second Life.

Here's the link for this week's show and here's the playlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. Black Lotus by Bill Laswell
3. Dr. Steel by Dr. Steel
4. When I Live My Dream by David Bowie
5. In The Mausoleum by Beirut
6. Wicked Funk by Kwanzaa Posse
7. The Emperor's Wives by Abney Park
8. The Life and Times of the Clerkenwell Kid by The Real Tuesday Weld
9. Chop 'em Down by Matisyahu *
10. Cha Cha by Balkan Beat Box
11. The Lobster Quadrille by Franz Ferdinand
12. Behold the Machine by Vernian Process
13. A Pretty Girl Is Like by The Magnetic Fields
14. Ja Vidi by Christophe Goze
15. Early Chill by Huxley Vertical Cabaret Nouveau
16. Pink Elephants On Parade by Circus Contraption
17. Blue Turban by Arabic Breakbeats
18. Blacksmith by The Gypsy Nomads
19. Bear Hides & Buffalo by CocoRosie
20. Celtic Dub (feat Dj Collage) by Delhi 2 Dublin
21. Mystic Whomp by David Starfire
22. Moi Et Toi by Abdel Ali Slimani
23. Sweet Lullaby by Deep Forest
24. Wings by Tim Buckley
25. Kodo [Inside the Sun Remix] by Yoshida Brothers
26. 10 Lb. Moustache by Man Man
27. Ma'bud Allah by Hassan Hakmoun & Adam Rudolph
28. The Twistable, Turnable Man Returns by Andrew Bird
29. Enter The Circus by Christina Aguilera
30. The Trouble by Birdeatsbaby
31. The Headless Waltz by Voltaire

* = Request

Geared-Up Jazz, Mar. 17, '12

This is the second of three posts today. I'm getting this one in less than three hours before the next event. This blend of Jazz and Steampunk music was recorded at a party in Faversham in Second life. The party started at 5 p.m. Pacific/SLT (and it will again today, if you want to join us live) and ran for a little over 2 hours.

On a programming note, if you have any requests, either come join the party in Second Life or (if you can't) make them in a comment on the most recent podcast blog post and I'll try to get them on for you in an upcoming show.

Here's the link for this recording and here's the playlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. When You Play The Violin by The Gothic Archies
3. Under the Sky by Ndidi Onukwulu
4. Behold The Machine by Vernian Process
5. Pale by The Birthday Massacre
6. We're All Mad by Circus Contraption
7. White Rabbit by Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
8. Everyone's Got' em by White Ghost Shivers
9. Cantaloupe Island by Herbie Hancock
10. In the garden by Etherine
11. Definition Of A Dog by Esbjörn Svensson Trio
12. The Real Slim Shady by The Lounge Brigade
13. Let's Begin (Jerome Kern & Otto Harbach) by Ella Fitzgerald
14. Black Iron Road (2011 Version) by Unextraordinary Gentlemen
15. Not Dark Yet by Jimmy Lafave
16. Whatever Lola Wants by Les Baxter
17. Life In Tenement Square by Flogging Molly
18. Skullcrusher Mountain by Jonathan Coulton
19. Hors D'Oeuvre by Ambrose and His Orchestra
20. The Point Of It All by Amanda Palmer
21. Just Four Weeks by The Bad Things
22. American Wedding by Gogol Bordello
23. Tree Snow by Moth
24. By The Rivers Dark by Leonard Cohen
25. Wanderlust by Abney Park
26. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You by Rod Stewart *
27. Black Spider by Sunday Driver
28. The Black Freighter (Demo) by Bat Country
29. The Night by Voltaire
30. Interlude by Caprice

* = Request

Chai Me Up, Mar. 14, 2012

And this is me attempting to get back on track. There should be three posts today, starting with this one. This set, as with all Chai Me Up sets currently, was recorded at the Chai Me Up party barge and chai shop in MariKesh Mondrago in Second Life (one of these days I'll remember to get the URLs for these so you can come join us). The party ran, as usual from 8 p.m. Pacific (known in Second Life as SLT) until a little after 10.

Here's the link for this recording and here's the playlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. Junoon (Alpha & Omega Dub #3) by Bombay Dub Orchestra
3. The Rope by Black Tape for a Blue Girl
4. Satyam Shivam Sundaram by Thievery Corporation
5. Face To Face by Siouxsie & The Banshees
6. Hamburger Pie by The Juggernaut Jug Band
7. First Transmission by Al-pha-X
8. Abney Park by Abney Park
9. Bogeyman Boogie by Dr. Steel
10. Cup Of Brown Joy (Tea Bag Remix) by Professor Elemental
11. Qalanderi by Cheb I Sabbah
12. The Calling by Pressure Drop
13. Baby Got Back by Jonathan Coulton
14. Kamtarie by Fifth Sun
15. Mr Soot's Black Book by Unextraordinary Gentlemen
16. Circulate by Krishna P
17. Dogs Were Barking by Gogol Bordello
18. Hideous Clown by Thee Hobo Gobbelins
19. The Greatest Show Unearthed by Creature Feature
20. Majhi re (Brainpolluter Remix) by Ustad Sultan Khan
21. Always by The Birthday Massacre
22. Move It by Balkan Beat Box
23. Pescao Envenenao by Choc Quib Town *
24. Release (Feat. Sinead O'connor) by Afro Celt Sound System
25. Sidi'h Bibi by Toires
26. My Youngest Son by Slime *
27. Manteca by Dizzy Gillespie *
28. Wosoubour by Vieux Farka Touré
29. Dim Allentown Cove (Part 1) by Humanwine
30. My Little Shirtwaist Fire by Rasputina
31. No Man Alive by Hannah Fury
32. Apples by Delhi 2 Dublin

* = Request

Geared-Up Jazz, Mar. 10, '12

Yes, Gunther has a new location, so Geared-Up Jazz has relocated to the quarter-sim he's now running, a place called Faversham. Here's the link for this show and here's the playlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. I'm on Fire (bonus track) by Bat for Lashes
3. Jaws by Aja West & Cheeba
4. Belle From Bunnycock by Howard McGhee
5. September Song by Jimmy Durante
6. The Money Train by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
7. Mustapha (the Janissary) by The Legendary Kid Combo
8. Fallen Down by Assemblage 23
9. Vaudevillain by Ghostfire
10. One for My Baby (And One for the Road) by Frank Sinatra
11. False Prophecy by Abney Park
12. When I Was a Boy by Dar Williams
13. Velvet Revolution by Tori Amos
14. Country Preacher by All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley
15. Circus Fish by Vermilion Lies *
16. Sisters by The Puppini Sisters
17. Out of Reach by Voltaire
18. Carnival by Tori Amos *
19. Lijepa Mare by Balkan Beat Box
20. Fee Fee Fi Fo Fum by LaVern Baker
21. Ain't No Need by Buddy Guy
22. Missed Me by The Dresden Dolls *
23. Iskanderia by Natacha Atlas *
24. Waltz For Jazz Things (Feat. Gregg Green) by Kenichiro Nishihara
25. Dancing Drums by Ananda Shankar
26. On The Road Again by Katie Melua
27. The Object Of My Affection by Linnzi Zaorski
28. You're My Best Friend by Auscultate
29. My Mammy by Al Jolson
30. Recurring Dream by Tankus the Henge
31. Hammer Nails by The Peculiar Pretzelmen
32. Get Happy by Judy Garland
33. Le Jazz Hot by Julie Andrews
34. Waiting Around to Die by The Be Good Tanyas
35. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by Bette Midler
36. Puttin' On The Ritz by Fred Astaire

* = Request

Chai Me Up, Mar. 7, 2012

A little behind on posting this, as this set was recorded in MariKesh Mondrago 10 days ago, but I've got it up here now. Here's the link for this week's set, and here's the playlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. One Tiny Thing by 8in8
3. Marta's Song by Deep Forest Feat. Marta Sebestyen
4. Le Dernier Qui A Parle by Amina
5. The Steam Song by The Violet Tribe
6. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
7. Kota by Bonobo
8. Habibi by Angel Tears
9. This Town by Vermillion Lies
10. The Clockwork's Marching Along by The Daedalus Spirit Orchestra
11. Nour El Ain (Egypt) by Amr Diab
12. Saa Magni by Oumou Sangare
13. Carousel by KK & The Steampunk Orchestra
14. Fairytale by Alexander Rybak
15. Spindrift by Sunday Driver
16. Soulcatcher (A Cappella) by Tekin Kesen
17. The Great Edwardian Air-Raid by Paul Roland
18. Akhadni Maaha (Modern Balady) by Al-Ahram Orchestra
19. Marrakesh Express by Crosby, Stills & Nash *
20. SteamLife by Tom Slatter
21. Harem by R.E.G. Project
22. Wicked Fascinations by Circus Contraption
23. Follow Me by Max Raabe
24. Sepia Theme by Toy Box Trio
25. Above the Overcast (video version) by Escape the Clouds
26. The Littlest Birds by The Be Good Tanyas
27. Wicked Dickie by Rasputina
28. Quen a omagen da Virgen by Al Andaluz Project
29. One More Circumnavigation by Alexandra Hamer

* = Request

Chai Me Up, Feb. 29, 2012

So, with the delays and all, the Feb. 22 show didn't go up until just a few moments ago. But that doesn't mean I'm going to make you wait for the Feb. 29 show.

Here's the link to the podcast and here's the playlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. Cry Little Sister by Carfax Abbey
3. Breeze by Ratnabali
4. Mundian To Bach Ke by Labh Janjua & Panjabi MC
5. Supertheory Of Supereverything by Gogol Bordello
6. When You're Evil by Voltaire
7. Yearing for the sun by Dark Princess Olga Romanova
8. Mizike by Zap Mama
9. Zid el Maal by Nass Marrakech
10. The Desert Ghouls' Dance by The Violet Tribe
11. Tomorrow Comes Today by Gorillaz
12. Mouhamadou Bamba by Orchestra Baobab
13. Chet Boghassa by Tinariwen
14. Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango
15. M'Fono Yami by Papa Wemba
16. Sacrilege by Abney Park
17. Ruled By Secrecy by Muse
18. Turkish March by Fishtank Ensemble
19. The Vampire Waltz by Hannah Fury
20. Viva la Vida (Radio Edit) by Coldplay
21. Safran by Binobin
22. Yero Mama by Baaba Maal
23. Marlene Dietrich's Favorite Poem by Peter Murphy
24. Atlanta Kaira by Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate
25. Sodade by Cesaria Evora
26. All Over Again (Demo) by Bat Country
27. Menu Di Ye Jewe by Babatunde Olatunji

Chai Me Up, Feb. 22, 2012

And so we come to the return of Chai Me Up, post move. It took us a while to get everything sorted out, packed up and re-assembled, but we now have a dedicated studio space in our new apartment and, I hope, the podcasts sound even better.

And now, here's the link for the Feb. 22 show, and here's the playlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. Leave Out All The Rest by Linkin Park
3. The Sound Of The Drums by Angelique Kidjo
4. Ya Rayah by Rachid Taha
5. Under Pressure by Auscultate
6. The Alchemist's Vision by Vernian Process
7. Jai Ho by A. R. Rahman featuring Sukhwinder Singh, Tanvi Shah and Mahalakshmi Iyer
8. Yeke Yeke by Mory Kante
9. ghir enta by souad massi
10. Is She Really Going Out With Him? by Da Vinci's Notebook
11. Tiris Nibreeha by Tiris
12. Nevenoe by eNoz
13. Buhala by Balkan Beat Box
14. What's a Girl to Do? by Bat for Lashes
15. Sabhal IA'N Ic Uisdean by Tannas
16. Belly Trance by The Gypsy Nomads
17. Fighting Trousers by Professor Elemental *
18. Bakul Bagan Road by Sunday Driver
19. The Of Of Of by The Barons of Tang
20. Impartial by The Clockwork Dolls *
21. Segunda Twichia Nuba Garibat E by Hussein - Insiraf Btahyi GaribAl-Maraya
22. Asleep at Night by Eli August
23. Cigil by Nuru Kane
24. Telephone (Instrumental) by Lady GaGa
25. Jaarou by Abou Djouba
26. Foqt Foqt by Rachid Taha *
27. Clockwork Vaudeville by Steam Powered Giraffe *
28. Scenic World (EP Version) by Beirut
29. Gingerbread Coffin by Rasputina
30. The Crossing (Osiyeza) by Johnny Clegg & Savuka
31. Girl Anachronism by The Dresden Dolls

* = Request