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.

And now, the announcement.

OK, as many (most?) of you will have noticed, I've been using Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls as my theme song for these sets for a long time. But it has recently come to my attention that while the whole Prop. 8 thing was going on in California (and a disgusting, hateful law it is), Amanda Palmer (the female half of The Dresden Dolls, Evelyn Evelyn, and one of the partners in the 8in8 project) staged a protest of the proposition at one of her solo shows. This I approve of. What I can't approve of (and, in fact, was disgusted by) was the form of that protest.

It seems that she, aided Margaret Cho, felt the best way to protest for marriage equality was stage a rape and forced marriage of "Katy Perry". I put this in quotes because it was a Katy-Perry lookalike that she (Amanda) introduced and had start to sing that obnoxious track, "I Kissed a Girl". Various women started coming out on stage, dressed in various stereotypical outfits seen as 'lesbian' to be toyed with and rebuffed by "Katy". Then out comes Margaret Cho wearing a strap-on and a big grin, and she forces "Katy" to fondle the strap on while Amanda has now come out on the other side of "Katy", who is by now getting really freaked out and trying to get away. Amanda forces "Katy" into a kiss while Margaret starts to move the dildo under "Katy's" skirt. At this point a sheet is raised in front of them by some of the show's cast members while Amanda, Margaret & "Katy" go through what appears to be an enthusiastic rape scene, but is in reality a costume change resulting in the sheet in front of them being dropped to reveal Margaret now in Clerical garb, Amanda in a punk wedding dress and "Katy" tied up with duct tape across her mouth trying to hop away and being restrained by Amanda while a sign reading "Fuck Prop. 8" being raised behind them.

I only found out about this just this month, a sign that the forecast singularity is not yet here because this happened 3 years ago. I have tried to find some, any, indication that either Amanda &/or Margaret have said or done anything to indicate they have some remorse for using rape imagery to promote marriage equality. But I haven't been able to find any. They have both declined to respond to anything negative that has been said to or about them on this topic. This has led me to the feeling that Amanda & Margaret somehow feel that rape is okay, if it happens to someone you don't like or believes in something you disagree with.

I struggled with this for several days before coming to a decision. Which leads to this announcement. Until such a time as Amanda Palmer and Margaret Cho make some sort of repudiation of their use of rape as a tool of revenge, I will no longer do anything to promote them or generate income for them. That means, as a DJ, I will no longer play anything I know either of them were involved with, and as a consumer, I will not buy anything they have produced or go see them at a show. I will leave it to you what your actions will be, but I will recommend you do the same.

You will notice I have not provided any links to these things. If you wish to learn more, go to Google.com and enter the search terms "Amanda Palmer Katy Perry Rape" and check out the various links. I watched a video of it once and that was enough for me. I don't want to see it again.

And on that somber note, I will sign off for today. There will be no Chai Me Up post for the May 23 show because the record button didn't get pushed for the entire show (oops), but we'll be back with the Geared-Up Jazz show on the 26th.

Geared-Up Jazz, May 19, '12

And that brings us to the fourth podcast post for the day (I hope you're going to enjoy all of this music). Instead of slowing things down, I'm just going to shut up and post the link to this podcast, and the playlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. Take Good Care by Liv Kristine
3. Ultimate (BBC Sessions) by Gogol Bordello
4. Madiera M'Dear by Flanders And Swann
5. The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton
6. Não Se Apavore by Luca Mundaca
7. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate by Preservation Hall Jazz Band
8. Dunce by Voltaire
9. Evisceration by Carfax Abbey
10. Guitar Hero [Feat. East Bay Ray] by Amanda Palmer
11. Battle Angel Chpt I by Angelzoom
12. Temptation by Diana Krall
13. Maggie's Farm by Ben Sidran
14. It's All Over Now by The Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Dr. John
15. Transatlantique by Beirut
16. Dance Me To The End Of Love by Madeleine Peyroux
17. Hong Kong Garden by Siouxsie & The Banshees
18. Story From Strawmouth by Blackbird Raum
19. Victorian Vigilante by Abney Park *
20. I'll Still be a Geek After Nobody Thinks it's Chic by Marian Call *
21. Take Five by Dave Brubeck
22. Percy Has Returned by Katzenjammer Kabarett
23. Pair-A-Dimes by Aeon Now
24. Rip Van Winkle by Lily Wilde
25. Belleville Rendez-Vous (Demo) by Ben Charest
26. Sojourn by Corvus Corax
27. Tea for Two by Anita O'Day
28. Scarlet Carpet Interstate, Part One by Nathaniel Johnstone & The Brazilian Surf Mafia
29. Calloway Boogie by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
30. Bike Pump Meets Bucket by Aphex Twin (aka Polygon Window)
31. Even if You're Missing Fingers You Can Make a Fist by The Barons of Tang
32. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) by Duke Ellington

* = 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, May 16, '12 - The Oops Edition

OK, I still have egg on my face from this. The podcast you're about to listen to is missing its first 23 minutes because I forgot to push the record button.... Ooops. BUT, as can be the way with these things, I got so many requests at this show that you still get over 2 hours of party to listen in to.

So, without further ado (and attempting to escape my embarrassment), here's the link to this recording and here's the playlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. Sinama Denw by Habib Koite
3. Kanun Taksimi by Sevval Sam
4. My Innermost by Angelzoom
5. Winky in C Minor by Dr. Steel
6. The Dancing Bear by Natalie Merchant
7. Caravaan by Churn Milk Joan
8. Raanjhan by Midival Punditz *
9. Tombo by Angelique Kidjo
10. The Seaweed Under the Sofa by Biscuithead & the Biscuit Badgers
11. Dragons by Caravan Palace
12. No One Said It Would Be Easy by Cloud Cult
13. Puttin' on the Ritz by Shiny Toy Guns *
14. The Old Black Rum by Great Big Sea *
15. Lisanga by Toto Bona Lokua
16. Nautical Miles From Home by Cybraphon
17. Yalla Chant by Natacha Atlas
18. (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay by Da Vinci's Notebook
19. Don't Walk Away by Insomniac Folklore
20. Amulet by Natacha Atlas *
21. Death Death (Devil, Devil, Devil, Devil, Evil, Evil, Evil, Evil Song) by Voltaire *
22. Ehad by Zohar
23. Crushed by Collide
24. Wa Marret Al Ayam by Dr. Samy Farag
25. Homocide by Asinyane
26. Domino by Jessie J *
27. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick by Shikisha
28. Belleville Rendez-Vous (French Version) by M+S
29. Mwafwako by Mapumba
30. My Life by Abney Park *
31. Dard-E-Disco by Sukhwinder Singh
32. Dead Man Walking by Corvus Corax
33. The Good Time Girl by Clare Fader & The Vaudevillains
34. Dil To Pagal Hai by Shah Rukh Khan *
35. Scarborough Fayre by Mediaeval Baebes
36. Acrophelia's Lament by Circus Contraption
37. Scenic World by Beirut
38. Satyros by Faun

* = 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 12, '12

Moving right along, this set was, as is usual these days, recorded at the party in Faversham Square in Second Life, and you are all invited to join us at 5 p.m. Pacific time on Saturdays to be there live. BTW, in case you keep missing it, you can always request a song you'd like to hear by posting a comment to that effect on one of these podcast posts and I'll work it into an upcoming show.

In the meantime, this is the second of four podcasts I'll be posting today and here's the link you're wanting, and here's the playlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. Hell's Bells by Cary Ann Hearst
3. The Chauffeur by Sleepthief
4. Jesus Christ Superstar by Laibach
5. Walkin' Boss by Garcia & Grisman
6. Lili Marlene by Marlene Dietrich
7. Personal Jesus by Johnny Cash
8. Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock
9. The Birds, The Trees and You by Alexandra Hamer
10. Steampunk Girl by John Anealio
11. Along Came Mister Nobody - Ursula 1000 by Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby
12. Child King by Abney Park
13. Dura by Ratatat
14. Caravaan by Churn Milk Joan
15. Don't Wait Too Long by Madeleine Peyroux
16. Shall We Dance by Stacey Kent
17. I Get A Kick Out Of You by Ella Fitzgerald
18. The King is Dead by Flying Chivaus
19. Script Language by Humanwine
20. Transcrypt by Aural Vampire
21. Trans Poly U Fight Song by Tom Smith
22. Hoe Down by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
23. In the Rowans by Balmorhea
24. All You Want by Unextraordinary Gentlemen
25. I'll Still be a Geek After Nobody Thinks it's Chic by Marian Call *
26. Baroque Hoedown by Jean-Jacques Perrey & Gershon Kingsley *
27. Big Spender by Shirley Bassey
28. All That I Need Is Love by Melody Gardot
29. Mary Blunder by The Legendary Kid Combo
30. Savior of the Skies by The Cog is Dead
31. Jeepers Creepers by Louis Armstrong
32. Walk Like An Egyptian by The Puppini Sisters

* = Request

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

Chai Me Up, May 9, '12

Today I will be making a total of 5 (that's five) posts. Four podcast posts and an announcement (more on that in 4 posts). We're going to start today's posting barrage with the Chai Me Up set from 3 weeks ago.

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

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. Beautiful Decline by Abney Park
3. Blood Makes Noise by Suzanne Vega
4. Breathing by Shiva In Exile
5. Amarain by Amr Diab
6. Bela Lugosi's Dead (Bauhaus) by Nouvelle Vague
7. Eh Zalahy by Tarika Sammy
8. Raphael by CocoRosie
9. The World by Empire Of The Sun
10. The Coo Coo Bird by The Be Good Tanyas
11. Miniature Disasters by KT Tunstall
12. Caravan by Miranda Sex Garden
13. The Nomad by Niraj Chag
14. Lap Dog by Rickie Lee Jones
15. Breathe Me by Sia
16. They by Jem
17. Come As You Are by Laura Love
18. Steampunk Soul'd by Set Prometheus Aflame
19. Nothing Else Matters (Metallica & AOV) by Carol Tatum (Angels of Venice)
20. Answers by Aeon Now
21. Stilt Faeries by Circus Contraption
22. Batonga by Angelique Kidjo
23. The Ways of the Wind by P.M. Dawn *
24. Ya Rayah (Sonar Remix) by Dahmane el Harrachi
25. Ghir Enta by Souad Massi
26. How Have You Been by Ani DiFranco
27. Led Carmina by Fuse *
28. Kashmir by Gregorian *
29. Sarama by Vieux Farka Touré
30. Frontier by Dead Can Dance
31. Moroccan 6 by Fat Chance Belly Dance & Helm
32. The Trouble by Birdeatsbaby

* = Request

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

Why no Geared-Up Jazz today

I have a really good reason why there's no recording of the Geared-Up Jazz party today - I couldn't be there. You see, I got a call from my father a few hours before I was due to start DJing and found out that my 77-year-old mother had had her first accident as a driver. Seems someone decided that they needed to make a left turn right in front of her (despite not having the right-of-way) and redecorated the left-front corner of her car for her.

Mom's all right and out of the hospital with nothing more that sore muscles, and a couple of bruises & scrapes. But she wasn't released by the hospital until too late for me to make it home to DJ.

By the way folks, if you (for some stupid reason) decide to go head into head with a Prius with something smaller than a tank, expect to lose. Mom's car only took damage to her bumper and left fender. The other car's grill was missing and the bumper was in the engine compartment. And Mom's airbags didn't even have to deploy. I'm putting Priuses on a safety par with Volvos.

Chai Me Up, May 2, '12

And this it the most recent (more on that later) set to be uploaded as a podcast. With this, we are all up to date.

Here's a link to the recording of this set and here's the tracklist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. Magnetic by Tabla Beat Science
3. Nowhere Man by Auscultate
4. Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo
5. Postales by Federico Aubele
6. Mas Que Nada by The Black Eyed Peas
7. Kalan Nege by Issa Bagayogo
8. The Secret Life of Doctor Calgori by Abney Park
9. Sagal Ko [Honor Her] + Tu Dois La Proteger by Youssou N'dour
10. Hit 'Em Up Style by Carolina Chocolate Drops / Luminescent Orchestrii
11. Hang Me Up to Dry by Cold War Kids
12. Turbo Tabla 4 by Turbo Tabla
13. Simplicity by Uzma
14. Remember Tomorrow by Mo' Horizons
15. I Don't Believe You by The Magnetic Fields
16. Batalti Eli by Zaman
17. My Clock Explodes (When I'm Alone) Pt. 2 by Aeon Now
18. Sawura Wako by Stella Chiweshe & the Earthquake
19. Lonlon (Ravel's Bolero) by Angelique Lonlon
20. Ever Falls the Twilight by The Gothic Archies
21. Neopolitan Dreams by Lisa Mitchell
22. Badlands by The Beauty of Gemina
23. Seduces Me by Celine Dion *
24. Following the Sun (Radio edit) by Enigma
25. Pour by Lori McKenna
26. Jai Ho by Sukhwinder Singh
27. One Fine Wire by Colbie Caillat *
28. Dancing With The Moon by Balkan Beat Box
29. Transylvanian Concubine by Rasputina
30. Desert Banjo by Amsterdam Klezmer Band

* = Request

And for those who'd like to buy some of the tracks, here's a link to what iTunes has of this set.

Chai Me Up

This is step two in catching up on the uploads. This is the Chai Me Up session from May 30, 2011.

Here's the playlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. The Fool On The Hill by Auscultate
3. Kiss by Max Raabe
4. Non sofre Santa Maria by Al Andaluz Project
5. Beyna L'Ejwan by Nass Marrakech
6. Dil Da Rob Muka Ja Mahi (Pinch Remix) by Gaudi + Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
7. Devotional by Tabla Beat Science
8. Catgroove by Parov Stelar
9. Let It Go by Voltaire
10. Through The Garden by Escape The Clouds
11. Fernando  by The Brotherhood of St. Gregory
12. Nesatavo by Beats Antique
13. Inta Omri by Mardo El & Noor
14. Bedlam Sticks by Diablo Swing Orchestra
15. Mendel the Magnificent by Circus Contraption
16. Kine by Abney Park
17. Red Red Star (Red Velvet Lounge Remix) by Waves Under Water
18. Omnos by Eluveitie
19. Dancing With The Moon by Balkan Beat Box
20. Indie (Percussion Frenzy Mix) by Rachid Taha
21. In the Rowans by Balmorhea
22. Malish Gawab (Egyptian Fantasy) by Al-Ahram Orchestra
23. Tides Of Time by Epica
24. Doomsday by Blutengel
25. Obscurity by Black Heaven

And here's the link to this week's show.

Blues-Infused Steam(punk)

OK, so I'm really late getting these out, and I'm going to be back-dating them so this will show up in the archive in the right order. But for those of you seeing these as they come out, they'll be popping in before the post I made last week. SO... Here's a refresher. I screwed up our DJ computer to the point where we had to back up data and erase the hard drive & do a complete reinstall. Then it took most of a week to get the software working properly and get the music archives reorganized. All of that is done now and I'm finally able to catch up on this blog.

Enough explanations, here's the playlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. The Ole Devil Called Love by Billie Holiday
3. Bohemian Rhapsody by Emilie Autumn
4. Sin Song by Marc Almond
5. People Are Strange by Johnny Hollow
6. Gypsy by Kim Boekbinder
7. Scarborough Fair by Gregorian
8. Milneburg Joys by Dr. John
9. Ragtime Cowboy Jo by The Chipmunks
10. This Town by Vermillion Lies
11. We're All Mad by Circus Contraption
12. Queen Of The Delta by Vernian Process
13. The Energy Blues  by Biz Markie
14. What Is Success by Bonnie Raitt
15. Fire in the Sky by Kristoph Klover
16. Eternal Flame by Julia Eckler
17. Last Coach To The Borgo Pass by Paul Roland
18. Lucifer by Abbsynth
19. Liam by In Extremo
20. She Is The Madman by Revue Noir
21. I've Been Wrong Before by Abney Park
22. Mannequin by Britney Spears
23. Respect by Otis Redding
24. Mansion House by Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer
25. Suspended In Gaffa by Kate Bush
26. Man Made Machine by Carptree
27. Above the Overcast (video version) by Escape the Clouds
28. Warriors by The LoveCrave
29. Old Compton Street Blues by Al Stewart
30. Sister Sleep by Rasputina
31. Battery by Van Canto
32. Blue (Da Ba Dee)(dance remix) by Palast Orchester mit Seinem Sanger Max Raabe
33. Death by Blonde by Devotchka
34. Fig Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin
35. The Mummer's Dance (Live) by Loreena McKennit
36. Global Warming by Vermillion Lies
37. Airship Pirates by Abney Park
38. Ragtime Annie by Steve Palazzo
39. A Tap Dancer's Dilemma by Diablo Swing Orchestra

So here's the link to the May 20, 2011 show.