Playlist for September 23

An extra-long equinox show, featuring live music by Frabjous the Young Lizard Wizard. He carries the moon on his guitar and a gremlin spirit in his vocal cords.

Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch
More News from Nowhere – Red to Green
Cream – I Feel Free
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T. Rex – The Avengers (Superbad)
Tubeway Army – The Crazies
Mother Mallard's Portable Masterwork Company – Train
Einstürzende Neubauten – Alles Wieder Offen
Naked City – Perfume of a Critic's Burning Flesh
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Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages – 'Til the Following Night
Robert Fripp and David Byrne – Under Heavy Manners
The Bar-Kays – Son of Shaft
The Ukrainian Brass Band from Vinnitsa – Freilik
Madness – Madness (Is All in the Mind)
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Sarah Vaughan – Lullaby of Birdland
Donovan featuring Jeff Beck – Barabajagal
Tower of Power – The More You Know
Ornette Coleman and Charlie Haden – Soap Suds
La Guapa Papa – B and D
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The Incredible String Band – The Water Song
Roxy Music – Virginia Plain
The Lounge Lizards – Demented
Eddie Hazel – Straighten Up
David Bowie – Oh! You Pretty Things / Eight Line Poem
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Live set by Frabjous, the Young Lizard Wizard:
Cat-Eyed Frankenstein
Folsom Prison Blues
Deborah / Improvisation (featuring Felix the Cataclysm)
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James Brown – Super Bad
The Beatles – I Am the Walrus
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Live set by Frabjous, the Young Lizard Wizard:
The Curly-Haired Blues
Train by the River
Clapping
Going for a Walk
Coloradoo
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Gentle Giant – Just the Same
Funkadelic – Cosmic Slop
The Rolling Stones – No Expectations
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Zach Schneider – Song for Casey (live)
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Tim Buckley – I Woke Up
Sheb Wooley – Purple People Eater
Devendra Banhart – Lend Me Your Teeth
Billy Holiday – East of the Sun and West of the Moon

Playlist for September 16

Duke Ellington – Mount Harissa
Ken Nordine – Muddy
Tom Lehrer – Lobachevsky
Brian Eno – Bone Bomb
Procul Harum – Repent Walpurgis
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Shamin Ahmed – Nat-Bharaiv / Rhamaj
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The Residents – Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats?
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic – Sound Valentine
Ken Nordine – Rosey
Klaus Nomi – Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead
Judy Garland – Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart
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Daniel Higgs – Moharsing and Schoenhut
Nine Inch Nails – La Mer
Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Down by the River
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David Bowie – The Width of a Circle
The 6ths feat. Gary Numan – The Sailor in Love with the Sea
Nina Simone – Sinnerman
Ken Nordine – Nutria
Timber Timbre – Demon Host
Tim Buckley – Star Sailor
The Dresden Dolls – Mrs. O
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Funkadelic – Standing on the Verge of Getting It On

Playlist for September 9

This was the first Danger Blossoms to feature live music. Viola Joe provided eclectic string manipulation during the breaks, as well as lots of amazing music selections. At the end of the show, he was joined by Jake (the Sax Man) for a spell of drone-accompanied improvisatory goodness. Thank you, Joe and Jake, for making this show wonderful and unique!

Brian Eno – Kurt's Rejoinder
Susheela Raman – Ganapati
John Zorn – Peur sur la ville
Phil Scarff – Footwear
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Joe McConaughy – Sqmmlmox (Improvisation)
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Conjure – Mo Ku Lana, Mo Jinde Loni
Julie Andrews – Le Jazz Hot
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Joe McConaughy and Felix Seidel – The Loneliest Little Loser (Story)
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Bill Laswell – Imaginary Cuba
Van Dyke Parks – Riverboat
Hamza El Din – I Remember
Amon Düül – Snow Your Thirst and Sun Your Open Mouth
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Joe McConaughy – Cello Prelude II (J. S. Bach)
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Beirut – The Gulag Orkestar
Judy Garland – Stormy Weather
Bill Evans – Come Rain or Come Shine
The Velvet Underground – Andy's Chest
Etta James – Steal Away
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Jake Messersmith and Joe McConaughy – Untitled Improvisation

Playlist for September 2

Frank Zappa – Cosmik Debris
Delia Derbyshire – Falling
That 1 Guy – Bananas
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Thomas Dolby – The Key to Her Ferrari
Otis Redding – The Glory of Love
Lou Reed – Lady Day
Billie Holiday – What a Little Moonlight Can Do
Delia Derbyshire – Land
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Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombone
Conjure – 'Sputin
David Bowie – Lady Stardust
Klaus Nomi – Lightning Strikes
Squeeze – Wild Sewerage Tickles Brazil
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The Skeleton Leaves – Exit Through the Infidels
Pink Floyd – On the Run
Delia Derbyshire – Running
Bessie Smith – Baby Won't You Please Come Home
Blonde Redhead – Equus
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David Rose and His Orchestra – Banned in Boston
Iggy Pop – The Passenger
INXS – Devil Inside (request from Craig)
Claudia Lennear – What'd I Do Wrong
Antony and the Johnsons – Fistful of Love
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Lionel Louke – Griot
Howlin' Wolf – Sitting On Top of the World
Thelonious Monk – Round About Midnight

Playlist for August 5

This was the last show of the summer. I wanted it to have a certain sleazy decadence.

The Velvet Underground – Sister Ray
Serge Gainsbourg – Ford Mustang
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The Beatles – Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
That 1 Guy – Mustaches
David Bowie – Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise)
Frank Zappa – I Am the Slime
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Roxy Music – Editions of You
King Crimson – Neurotica
Fad Gadget – Fireside Favourites
The Venus in Furs – Baby's on Fire
of Montreal – Faberge Falls for Shuggie
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Funkadelic – Alice in My Fantasies
Gang of Four – Anthrax
Elton Motello – Jet Boy Jet Girl
Prince – 1999
Scissor Sisters – Take Your Mama
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Led Zeppelin – The Lemon Song
Queen – March of the Black Queen
Chicago (Original Broadway Cast) – All That Jazz
Claudia Lennear – Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky
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Ultravox! – The Wild, the Beautiful, and the Damned
The Stranglers – Nice n' Sleazy
Betty Davis – If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up
T. Rex – Rip Off
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Rose Tint My World
The Commodores – Sexy Lady
Adam and the Ants – Lady/Catch a Falling Star
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Bauhaus – Dark Entries
Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Angry Inch
System of a Down – Vicinity of Obscenity
The Yummy Fur – Vanilla Minelli
Blondie – One Way or Another
The Homophones – Everyone's Dead
Tom Lehrer – I Hold Your Hand in Mine
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The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog
Goldfrapp – Satin Chic
Nervous Cabaret – No Politics No Sex
Love and Rockets – So Alive
Flight of the Conchords – Business Time
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Gumby – Opening Theme