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The Black Nasty, back cover to their 1972 LP, Talkin to the People (Stax Records) |
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Thursday, April 26, 2018
No show this weekend, 4/28
Sucks to say, but not only I am too busy to do a show this weekend, but the station is still off-limits until next week. Hopefully that first weekend in May it'll go down:
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Update
Last Saturday afternoon, a pipe burst in the Campus Center cafeteria, closing the building for the rest of that day. Now we are being told that the flood loosened asbestos in the basement, and WCCR is off-limits at least until April 30th. So there will be no funk until after, at the very soonest.
Big bummer.
Big bummer.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Aborted playlist - 03/24/2018
Mighty Mighty (live) – Earth Wind & Fire
Sweet Sticky Thing – The Ohio Players
Footsteps in the Dark – The Isley Brothers
Power to the People – Curtis Mayfield
Chameleon – Unknown High School Band
Loose Booty – Sly & The Family Stone
Black and Proud – 6th Infantry Brigade of the Nigerian Army
Freedom Flight – Shuggie Otis
Tom Cat – Muddy Waters
Unfortunately, my laptop suffered a grave malfunction at the end of this song, and my show had to aborted about an hour into my slot. Bummer.
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CD cover for The Eternal Dance, a Earth Wind & Fire compilation (1992, Columbia) |
Sweet Sticky Thing – The Ohio Players
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LP gatefold of Honey by The Ohio Players (1975, Mercury) |
Footsteps in the Dark – The Isley Brothers
Power to the People – Curtis Mayfield
Chameleon – Unknown High School Band
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LP Cover for Schoolhouse Funk (2000, Cali-Tex) |
Loose Booty – Sly & The Family Stone
Black and Proud – 6th Infantry Brigade of the Nigerian Army
Freedom Flight – Shuggie Otis
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LP Cover for Freedom Flight by Shuggie Otis (1971, Epic) |
Tom Cat – Muddy Waters
Unfortunately, my laptop suffered a grave malfunction at the end of this song, and my show had to aborted about an hour into my slot. Bummer.
Sunday, April 8, 2018
No Show April 14th
Sorry y'all -- I have several commitments next Saturday, April 14th that will keep me out of the studio. Sucks. But I am giving a talk at Camden Comic-Con so that will be fun (not on Black Panther, but there will be a panel on it).
Also SF great Samuel Delany will be giving a talk at the English Department conference that same day, so lots to do at RUC!
Also SF great Samuel Delany will be giving a talk at the English Department conference that same day, so lots to do at RUC!
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Playlist 04/07/2018
Blow Your Head – The JBs
I Don’t Believe You Wanna Get Up And Dance (Oops) – The GAP Band
Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow – Funkadelic
(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below We’re All Going to Go – Curtis Mayfield
Get Down on It – Kool & The Gang
Willie Pass the Water – Ripple
Gimme a Pigfoot & A Bottle of Beer – Bessie Smith
The Bad One – Kent Meade & The Remington Sunshine
Blow Your Whistle –The Soul Searchers
I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I’ll Get It Myself) – James Brown
Hunk O’ Funk – Brother Jack McDuff
Volunteered Slavery– [Rahsaan] Roland Kirk
Fairchild – Willie West
Full Side Funk — The Meters, side 1
Cissy Strut
Here Comes the Meter Man
Cardova
Live Wire
Art
Sophisticated Cissy
Funk It Down – Caesar Frazier
Promised Heights – Cymande
The Funky Buzzard – James Bell & The Turner Brothers
Get Down People – The Fabulous Counts
History Lesson/The World – Gil Scott-Heron
James Baldwin speech at the Cambridge Union Society, 1965
Time – The Last Poets
Whitey on the Moon – Gil Scott-Heron
Nobody But You Babe – Clarence Reid
Smoke – The Ohio Players
Hey Sallie Mae Get Off My Feet – Lee Fields & The Soul Providers
So Nice You Name Him Twice – Bootsy Collins
Get Down With the Get Down – Melvin Sparks
Memory Band – Rotary Connection
‘Tis Your Kind of Music – Graham Central Station
Full Side Funk — Kool & The Gang, side 2
Give It Up
Since I Lost My Baby
Kool’s Back Again
The Gang’s Back Again
Raw Hamburger
Let the Music Take Your Mind (unlisted track)
Drum Song – Earth Wind & Fire
Panama – Mandrill
Cramp Your Style – All the People (feat. Robert Moore)
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LP Cover for Damn Right I Am Somebody by Fred Wesley & the JBs (1974, People) |
I Don’t Believe You Wanna Get Up And Dance (Oops) – The GAP Band
Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow – Funkadelic
(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below We’re All Going to Go – Curtis Mayfield
Get Down on It – Kool & The Gang
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LP Cover for Something Special by Kool & The Gang (1981, De-Lite) |
Willie Pass the Water – Ripple
Gimme a Pigfoot & A Bottle of Beer – Bessie Smith
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Record Label for "Gimme a Pigfoot" by Bessie Smith (1934, Parlophone) |
The Bad One – Kent Meade & The Remington Sunshine
Blow Your Whistle –The Soul Searchers
I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I’ll Get It Myself) – James Brown
Hunk O’ Funk – Brother Jack McDuff
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Jack McDuff, jazz organist extraordinaire |
Volunteered Slavery– [Rahsaan] Roland Kirk
Fairchild – Willie West
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45 Label for "Fairchild" by Willie West (1970, Josie) |
Full Side Funk — The Meters, side 1
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LP Cover for The Meters (1969, Josie) |
Cissy Strut
Here Comes the Meter Man
Cardova
Live Wire
Art
Sophisticated Cissy
Funk It Down – Caesar Frazier
Promised Heights – Cymande
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LP Cover for Promised Heights by Cymande (1974, Janus) |
The Funky Buzzard – James Bell & The Turner Brothers
Get Down People – The Fabulous Counts
History Lesson/The World – Gil Scott-Heron
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LP Cover for Moving Target by Gil Scott-Heron (1982, Arista) |
James Baldwin speech at the Cambridge Union Society, 1965
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James Baldwin at work |
Time – The Last Poets
Whitey on the Moon – Gil Scott-Heron
Nobody But You Babe – Clarence Reid
Smoke – The Ohio Players
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LP Cover for Fire by The Ohio Players (1974, Mercury) |
Hey Sallie Mae Get Off My Feet – Lee Fields & The Soul Providers
So Nice You Name Him Twice – Bootsy Collins
Get Down With the Get Down – Melvin Sparks
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LP Cover for Melvin Spark '75 (1975, Westbound) |
Memory Band – Rotary Connection
‘Tis Your Kind of Music – Graham Central Station
Full Side Funk — Kool & The Gang, side 2
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LP Cover for Kool & The Gang (1970, Del-Lite) |
Give It Up
Since I Lost My Baby
Kool’s Back Again
The Gang’s Back Again
Raw Hamburger
Let the Music Take Your Mind (unlisted track)
Drum Song – Earth Wind & Fire
Panama – Mandrill
Cramp Your Style – All the People (feat. Robert Moore)
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45 Label for "Cramp Your Style" by All the People (feat. Robert Moore) (1972, Blue Candle) |
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Playlist 03/31/2018
Get Your Hands Up/Playing Your Game - Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
Mary Don’t Take Me on No Bad Trip - Fugi
Welcome You Back Home - Jackie & Doreen
I Know You Got Soul - Bobby Byrd
Bad Tune - Earth Wind & Fire
Get Up and Dance - Freedom
It’s Too Funky In Here - James Brown
I’m Tired I’m Tired I’m Tired (Things Better Change Before It’s Too Late) - Marva Whitney
Serpentine Fire
Fantasy
In the Marketplace
Jupiter
Love’s Holiday
Brazilian Rhyme (Beijo)
No Thing On Me (Cocaine Song) - Curtis Mayfield
(Gloryhallastoopid) Pin The Tail on the Funky) - Parliament
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Comic insert in Gloryhallastoopid by Parliament (1979, Casablanca) |
Mama Get Yourself Together - Baby Huey & The Babysitters
I’m Too Tough for Mr. Big Stuff - Vicki Anderson
Funky LA - Paul Humphrey & The Cool Aid Chemists
Getting Uptown (To Get Down) - United 8
Popcorn songs
Butter Your Popcorn - Hank Ballard
Mother Popcorn (live) - James Brown
Popcorn - Hot Butter
Pop Popcorn Children - Eldridge Holmes
Honky Tonk Popcorn - Bill Doggett
Damper Down Popcorn - Calypso King & The Soul Investigators
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LP Cover for Soul Strike! by Calypso King & The Soul Investigators (1999, Soul Fire) |
Laid It - The Ohio Players
In the Jungle - The Hygrades
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45 Cover for "In The Jungle" by The Hygrades (1972, His Master's Voice) |
Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved - James Brown
Dap Walk - Ernie & The Top Notes
Stand Up & Get Funky - James Duncan
“Don’t” songs
Don’t Tell It - James Brown
The Dead Don’t Die Alive - 4th Coming
If It Don’t Fit Don’t Force It - Parliament
Don’t Call Her No Tramp - Betty Davis
Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey - Sly & The Family Stone
Don’t Come Around Here No More - Mark Putney
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45 Label for "Don't Come Around Here No More" by Mark Putney (1969, Ovide) |
If You Don’t Get It The First Time, Back Up & Try It Again, Parrty - Fred Wesley & The JBs
Why Don’t You Love Me - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Do It - Timothy McNealy
Friday, March 30, 2018
We'll be back tomorrow!
You won't be jonesing for Funk much longer. We'll be on the air as expected tomorrow.
Last week there was a severe malfunction of the sound function in my laptop, which forced me to shut down early.
But some changes were made, and I'm just now getting the playlists put together for a show tomorrow.
This Saturday we'll be starting a new feature on Music on the One: "Full Side Funk": an extended groove of one whole side of a classic Funk LP from back in the day. There are some amazingly textured albums out there & I'm dying to share them with you.
You can also follow Music on the One on Twitter (@djezreader) for real-time playlists, funk speculations, and occasional griefing. Lots of fun for everybody!
Last week there was a severe malfunction of the sound function in my laptop, which forced me to shut down early.
But some changes were made, and I'm just now getting the playlists put together for a show tomorrow.
This Saturday we'll be starting a new feature on Music on the One: "Full Side Funk": an extended groove of one whole side of a classic Funk LP from back in the day. There are some amazingly textured albums out there & I'm dying to share them with you.
You can also follow Music on the One on Twitter (@djezreader) for real-time playlists, funk speculations, and occasional griefing. Lots of fun for everybody!
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