Chai Me Up, June 27, '12

Well, isn't this a pleasant surprise. Due to RL events precluding them, my two Saturday sets are not going to be happening this week, so I was able to concentrate my efforts on getting the one steampunk event I have to worry about all squared away early. So here it is, yesterday's event all trimmed down, ID3'd and uploaded waiting for you to check out.

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

1. Crucify by Unwoman
2. Thimble Island by Rasputina
3. Lorelei by Cocteau Twins
4. Closing Time by Leonard Cohen
5. Reckoner by Radiohead
6. Passing Stranger by rue sage
7. Severine by Ego Likeness
8. Dilruba by Niyaz
9. Vérité by Rachid Taha
10. Black Iron Road (2011 Version) by Unextraordinary Gentlemen
11. Ne Me Jugez Pas (VolodiaRemix) by Sawt El Atlas
12. The Elegance Of Espionage by Vernian Process
13. Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango
14. Yeke Yeke by Mory Kante
15. Madan by Salif Keita
16. I Gave You All by Mumford & Sons
17. Tristan and Isolde by The Wimshurst's Machine
18. The Slow Leak by Wunderbar!
19. Sam Hall by Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys
20. Istanbul by Orient Expressions
21. Dimension Of Tears by The Wet-Glass RO
22. Umri Ma Bansa by Abdel Gadir Salim
23. Bonnie & Clyde by Vermillion Lies
24. Lost Coastlines by Okkervil River

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.

The Steam Rocker, Jun 23, '12

And here we reach not only the second set for Saturday, but the most successful first set for a new Steampunk set since I started doing steampunk DJing. We had people showing up until minutes before the show was over, and that includes during the 30+ minutes we wen't past the announced end time for the party. Yes, we had over 30 minutes of requests come in, so the party just kept going on this first attempt at blending Rock & Steampunk music.

But I won't keep you in suspense any longer. Here's the link to the recording and here's the playlist:

1. Hollowland by Blackbird Orchestra
2. Carousels by Beirut
3. Just One Smile by Gene Pitney *
4. The Raven by Gregorian
5. Sherry Monocle by Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer
6. Crazy by Alanis Morissette
7. Walk This Way by David Garrett, Orianthi
8. Der Kommissar (single edit) by Falco
9. Moonlight Feels Right by Starbuck
10. Avanti by Corvus Corax
11. Alabama Steampunk Blues by Charlie Terrell & The Murdered Johns
12. Marrakesh Express by Crosby, Stills & Nash
13. People Are Strange by Johnny Hollow
14. White Rabbit by Collide *
15. Zydrate Anatomy by Repo! The Genetic Opera
16. Wicked Game by Thomas Truax
17. Addicted To Love by Florence + The Machine
18. The Watchmaker's Apprentice by The Clockwork Quartet
19. The Inventor's Daughter by The Cog is Dead
20. Rise of Victorian Automatons by Steamgunk
21. I Touch Myself by Scala
22. Scarborough Fair - Canticle by Simon & Garfunkel
23. Duel by Bond
24. Unhallowed Metropolis by Vernian Process
25. Brass Goggles by Steam Powered Giraffe
26. Hell by Squirrel Nut Zippers *
27. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) by Edison Lighthouse
28. On The Run by Dr. Steel
29. Blue (DA BA DEE) Dance Remix by Max Raabe
30. Building Steam by Abney Park
31. Love Shack by The B-52's *
32. Frontier Psychiatrist by The Avalanches *
33. Prescilla by Bat for Lashes
34. Walking Down Your Street by Bangles
35. Voodoo Child by Rogue Traders *
36. Doomsday Serenade by Jill Tracy *
37. Jump in the Line by Harry Belafonte *
38. Mexican Radio by Wall Of Voodoo
39. My Lovely Moustache by Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers

* = Request

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.
 

Geared-Up Jazz, June 23, '12

And on to the first show on Saturday. Here's the link to the recording and here's the playlist

1. Steampunk Rhondo by AnimatoFTW (Miles)
2. Stardust by Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
3. Steampunk Revolution (Instrumental) by Abney Park
4. All Apologies by Sinéad O'Connor
5. Never Gonna Let You Go by Slavic Soul Party!
6. Horchata by Vampire Weekend
7. Villain (Stage Left) by The Barons of Tang
8. Intervention by Arcade Fire
9. Lucretia Mac Evil by Blood, Sweat & Tears
10. Is That All There Is? by Peggy Lee
11. Anne Elephant by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
12. The Gift by Gregorian
13. Dive Bomber by Pete Johnson
14. Semi-Charmed Life by The Beelzebubs
15. On The Run by Dr. Steel
16. New Country by Jean-Luc Ponty
17. All My Friends by LCD Soundsystem
18. Roll 'Em Pete by Big Joe Turner
19. Terrible Love by The National
20. What A Little Moonlight Can Do by Billie Holiday
21. Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens
22. (They Long to be) Close to You by Iain Bellamy *
23. Nantes by Beirut
24. Little Bit (Aether Remix) by Lykke Li
25. Into Your Fade by The Extraodinary Contraptions
26. Long Way Home by Norah Jones
27. Dance While The Sky Crashes Down by Jason Webley
28. We Will Rock You by Max Raabe & Palast Orchester *
29. We are the Champions by Max Raabe*
30. King Porter Stomp by BBC Big Band Orchestra
31. Sinbad The Sailor by Woody Herman
32. Sing, Sing, Sing by The Andrews Sisters

* = Request

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.

Chai Me Up, June 20, '12

Let the podcasts (for this past week, anyway) begin! First up is the Chai Me Up party set from this past Wednesday. Here's the link to the recording and here's the playlist:

1. Spirit by Dead Can Dance
2. Whole Thing (Original Mix) by Peter Gabriel & Friends
3. Marusja by Amsterdam Klezmer Band
4. Raat Katne Ko Hai by Rafaqat Ali Khan
5. Himatsuri by Bliki Circus
6. Oud Funk by The Spy from Cairo
7. Rehab by The Jolly Boys
8. Flying on the Wings of Steam (remix) by Chris Vrenna *
9. Kabuki Gomen-Jyo! by Wadaiko Matsuriza
10. Wosoubour by Vieux Farka Touré
11. Tribal Dream by Issam Houshan
12. Fragile by Angelzoom
13. Baladi by Tony Anka
14. Under Pressure by Auscultate
15. Relic by Beats Antique
16. Marrakesh by Escape The Clouds
17. Lebanese Belly Dance Routine by Yousef Boutros
18. Nara by E.S. Posthumus
19. Push The Button by Teapacks
20. Percussion Instruments by Tribal Music On Location
21. Naturally Absolute by Alvarius B.
22. Sacred Fire by Heather Alexander *
23. Lying On The Grey Foam by Artesia
24. Laf (Malfuf) by Fat Chance Belly Dance & Helm
25. God in an Alcove by Bauhaus
26. Apples by Delhi 2 Dublin
27. Por la frontera by Rupa & The April Fishes
28. I Sell the Dead by Charles von Vitic
29. Unza Unza Time by Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra

* = Request

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.

Some news and your invitation

OKay, so, you will notice that we are now caught up through the end of last week. At least for now, there will still be three podcast/party recordings being posted at a time, but now those three will comprise the recordings for an entire week. That's because, starting today, I will be starting a third steampunk-based set. From 9-11 pacific time on Saturdays, we're trying out a new combination of Steampunk music mixed with 60's through 80's music (that's 1960's through 1980's, not a nineteenth century or earlier era).

And here's the invitation: Please come into Second Life to join the party. Chai Me Up happens every week from 8 p.m until at least 10 p.m. Pacific time (also referred to as SL time, as the company running SL is in San Francisco) and (once you have the SL Viewer program launched) you can get there by clicking this link. Geared-Up Jazz gets recorded at a party in Faversham Square on Saturdays from 5 p.m. to at least 7 p.m. and the new set (starting tonight) gets recorded at Charity Way Airship & Bar from 9 p.m. until at least 11 p.m.

And don't forget that, even if you don't come into SL for the parties, you can request songs. Just post them as a comment here at the blog and I'll work them into an upcoming show.

Geared-Up Jazz, June 16, '12

And here we go with the third podcast post for today. This one catches us up through the end of last week and brings us to the limits of what FeedBurner seems to be able to propagate along the podcast feeds. I will have one more post today about a bit of news, but let's keep this just about the podcast under discussion. Here's the link to this podcast and here's the playlist:

1. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) by Lena Horne
2. Spokey Dokey by Yoko Kanno & The Seatbelts
3. Ancient Verses by Aesma Daeva
4. The Iron Foundry by Alexander Mosolov
5. All My Days by Alexi Murdoch
6. Let's Do It by Eartha Kitt
7. How It Ends by DeVotchKa
8. The Fine Art of Poisioning by Jill Tracy
9. Alchemy Mondays by Voltaire
10. Blow Mr. Low by Joe Williams
11. Liese by Rammstein
12. Portrait - Ei Tulle Med Oyne Bia by Liv Kristine
13. Oops...I did it again by Max Raabe
14. radio free mars talk 4.5 by Yoko Kanno & The Seatbelts
15. Jeru by Miles Davis
16. Quien Enga—Åa No Gana by Ojos De Brujo
17. Bittersweet by Apocalyptica
18. Hard Rock Hallelujah by Lordi
19. Skin by Assemblage 23
20. I'm Sorry by Voltaire *
21. Black Beauty (Firewater) by Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra
22. Song Of India by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
23. South Side Stuff by Jimmy Yancey
24. Hungarian by Bond
25. Futhark I by Ingimar Oddsson
26. Angels Fall First by Nightwish
27. Postcards From Italy by Beirut
28. Gott Ist Ein Popstar by Oomph!
29. Lyset by Leaves' Eyes
30. Honky Tonk Train Blues by Meade Lux Lewis
31. Boogie Woogie Stomp by Albert Ammons
32. Maybe by The Ink Spots *
33. Back Bay Shuffle by Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
34. The Big Noise From Winnetka by Bob Crosby & His Orchestra

* = Request

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.

Chai Me Up, June 13, '12

And on we go to Chai Me Up from last week. Here's the link to the podcast, and here's the playlist:

1. Tempered Wings by In the Nursery
2. The Lantern by Beats Antique
3. Iyansa by Faun
4. Curb Stomp by Insomniac Folklore
5. Rev 22 - 20 by Puscifer
6. All I Want by Sarah Blasko
7. Nekkid Hoedown (single edit) by A Halo Called Fred
8. Bittersweet by Apocalyptica
9. In the park by Ingimar Oddsson
10. Tribal Dream by Issam Houshan
11. Traubentritt by In Extremo
12. Kiss Them For Me by Siouxsie & The Banshees
13. Sabah El-Khair by DJ Fantastic
14. O... Saya by A. R. Rahman and M.I.A.
15. The Habits Of Shadows by Jo Gabriel
16. Drums of Alexandria by Said Al Artist
17. Ala Meen by Amina
18. The Adventure by Angels And Airwaves
19. The Wrong Side by Abney Park
20. Rescue Mission by Tyler Bates
21. El Tango De Roxanne by Ewan Mcgregor/Jose Feliciano/Jacek Koman
22. White Rabbit (SPC Eco Mix) by Collide
23. Hey Rube! (It's a Clem!) by Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band
24. Alles Wieder Offen by Einsturzende Neubauten
25. Gingerbread Coffin by Rasputina
26. Chaiyya Chaiyya by Dil Se
27. Brotherswing by Caravan Palace *
28. Jealous by Alexandra Hamer
29. The Last Beat of My Heart by DeVotchKa
30. Center Field by John Fogerty *

* = Request

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.

Geared-Up Jazz, June 9, '12

You know, it's funny. We're 12 years into a new century and I still can't get used to seeing such a low year number in the dating in the title. Ah, well. Another week, and another burst of podcasts that have finally had the processing done on them. Let's get started, shall we?

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

1. Why Don't You Do Right? by Jessica Rabbit (Amy Irving)
2. Alegria by Cirque Du Soleil
3. The Howling by Within Temptation
4. The Cascades by Scott Joplin
5. Your Country by Gogol Bordello
6. Meditation Rag by Simon Jeffes
7. Give Me The Simple Life by Carmen Mcrae
8. Laughin' Blues by Leon Redbone
9. Variations on Pachelbel's Canon by Ed Alleyne-Johnson
10. Andalucia by Johannes Linstead
11. Klowns by Digital Midgets & Elmental
12. Steampunk Revolution by Abney Park
13. Earth Intruders (Radio Edit) by Björk
14. Sway by Dean Martin
15. Poor Edward by Tom Waits *
16. Rebellion (Lies) by Arcade Fire
17. C'est si facile de vous aimer by Josephine Baker
18. I Will Follow You Into The Dark by Death Cab For Cutie
19. Mack The Knife [A Theme From The Threepenny Opera] by Louis Armstrong
20. Off Minor by Thelonious Monk
21. Everything's Coming Up Roses by Bette Midler
22. Swing the cat by Penguin Cafe Orchestra
23. Dancing With The Lion by Andreas Vollenweider
24. You And Me by Julie Andrews/Robert Preston
25. I Will Survive by The Puppini Sisters
26. The Way You Look Tonight by Frank Sinatra
27. Mr. Sandman by Hot Club Zagreb
28. No Good by Vermillion Lies
29. With Plenty Of Money And You [From Small Time Crooks (2000)] by Hal Kemp And His Orchestra
30. To the End of Our Days by Alestorm
31. Samurai Over Serbia by Fishtank Ensemble
32. Too Darn Hot by Mel Torme

* = Request

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.

Geared-Up Jazz, June 2, '12

And that brings us to last Saturday and just in time for me to make it to this week's the Geared-Up Jazz party to record another party. Sure you don't want to come? Just log in to Second Life and make your way to Faversham Square in Bridal Veil Falls.

In the meantime, here's the link to this show and here's the playlist:

1. Kashmir by Bond
2. Mackie Messer by Andrea Fultz
3. California Dreamin' by Queen Latifah
4. How You Lose Your Innocence by Ledfoot
5. Dexter Main Title by Rolfe Kent
6. Chicago by Tony Bennett
7. The Dirty Glass by Dropkick Murphys
8. Raise Your Glass by Vagabondage *
9. East St Louis Toodle-Oo by Duke Ellington
10. City Lights by Alex The Kid
11. Wuthering Heights by Hayley Westenra
12. Monday Night in New Orleans by Kermit Ruffins
13. At Va'ani (Bonus Track) by Yemen Blues
14. Sinkin' Soon (iTunes Originals Version) by Norah Jones
15. Hit the Road, Jack by Shirley Horn *
16. Hit the Road, Jack by Hermes House Band *
17. Flight of the Winged Serpent by Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band
18. You're The Boss by The Brian Setzer Orchestra
19. Cliquot by Beirut
20. Dreams by Eli August
21. Love Me or Leave Me by Nina Simone
22. Stompin' At the Savoy by Mel Torme
23. Everybody Loves A Lover by Doris Day
24. The Dinner Party by Alvarius B.
25. My Medicine by The Legendary Kid Combo
26. Freddie Freeloader by Miles Davis
27. Sin (Feat. Amandine Ferrari) by The Eden House
28. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone by Billie Holiday
29. Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer by Nat King Cole
30. Blue Skies by Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
31. Back Bay Shuffle by Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
32. War Again by Balkan Beat Box
33. This Ship's Going Down (Adventuresquest Worlds Version) by Voltaire

* = Requests

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.

Chai Me Up, May 30, '12 - The crashtacular edition

This session turned out to be the hardest set to get through, because the stream crashed so many times that I almost gave up on it. But we soldiered through, then tore into the underpinning of our OS to find out what was killing things. Guess what? We haven't had significant crashing issues since then.

But for now, here's the link to this set, and here's the playlist:

1. Lovers End by The Birthday Massacre
2. Cemetery Polka by Tom Waits
3. La Notte Etterna by Emma Shapplin
4. Nouar by Cheikha Rimitti
5. Shaman Fever by Shiva In Exile
6. The Sweetest Poison by The Clockwork Dolls
7. The New Zero by Rasputina
8. Scars Forever by Frank the Baptist
9. Shine (Dubshakra Mix) by Bond
10. Mauvais Sang by Khaled
11. Ali's Here by Ali Farka Toure
12. Nightstep by Delhi 2 Dublin
13. My Baby by Balkan Beat Box
14. Increased Chances (The Apocalypse) by Abney Park
15. Slow Jam by Vieux Farka Touré
16. Lunnaya Pogonka by DeVotchKa
17. The Way You Make Me Feel (Extended Dance Mix) by Michael Jackson *
18. Asleep at Night by Eli August
19. Smooth Criminal by David Garrett
20. Clocks by Gregorian
21. Graveyard Picnic by Voltaire
22. Blac by Qntal
23. Bad Romance by Vitamin String Quartet
24. Tumba by Angelique Kidjo
25. Bohemian Rhapsody by Emilie Autumn
26. Together Again by Janet Jackson *
27. Dark Eyes by DeVotchKa
28. Empty Walls (Acoustic) by Serj Tankian
29. T'espero (Je t'attends) by Chico & The Gypsies
30. Crazy In Love by The Puppini Sisters

* = Request

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.

Geared-Up Jazz, May 26, '12

OK, we're back on the updating train. I'm going to pos three today and that will take us through both of last week's sets. We're going to start out with the next to the last set I did during May. So why don't I give you the link to the recording, and then the tracklist:

1. Coin Operated Goi by Voltaire
2. Hour After Hour by Jill Tracy +
3. Hallelujah by Katherine Jenkins
4. The Frim Fram Sauce by Louis Armstrong
5. Love Me Do by Auscultate
6. Smells Like Teen Spirit by David Garrett
7. Befindlichkeit (Baustellenversion) by Einsturzende Neubauten
8. Singin' The Blues by Bix Beiderbecke
9. Riding a Black Unicorn... by Voltaire
10. The Allotment Gavotte by Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers
11. Tainted Love by Stella Starlight Trio
12. Pressure Valve by Escape The Clouds
13. By The Sword by Emilie Autumn
14. Well Known Stranger by Alvarius B.
15. They Can't Take That Away From Me by Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio
16. Tiny Monster by Abney Park
17. Your Wildest Dreams by The Moody Blues
18. Ever After by Unextraordinary Gentlemen
19. Kaas by Amsterdam Klezmer Band
20. Twentysomething by Jamie Cullum
21. Freylekhs by Bliki Circus
22. Hey! Mr. Lucky by Yuji Ohno Trio
23. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm by Les Brown
24. Peep Show by Miranda Sex Garden
25. Poker Face by Vitamin String Quartet
26. Norwegian Wood by Soul Gakudan
27. Honeysuckle Rose by Fats Waller
28. I Can't Do It Alone by Catherine Zeta-Jones & Taye Diggs
29. Mediterranean Sundance by Al DiMeola
30. The War Of Northern Aggression by The Two Man Gentlemen Band
31. Walk on the wild side by Pink Turtle

+ = playback problem

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.