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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:

The Black Nasty, back cover to their 1972 LP, Talkin to the People (Stax Records)

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.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Aborted playlist - 03/24/2018

Mighty Mighty (live) – Earth Wind & Fire

CD cover for The Eternal Dance, a Earth Wind & Fire compilation (1992, Columbia)

Sweet Sticky Thing – The Ohio Players

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

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

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!

Saturday, April 7, 2018

Playlist 04/07/2018


Blow Your Head – The JBs

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

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

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

Jack McDuff, jazz organist extraordinaire

Volunteered Slavery– [Rahsaan] Roland Kirk
Fairchild – Willie West

45 Label for "Fairchild" by Willie West (1970, Josie)

Full Side Funk — The Meters, side 1

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

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

LP Cover for Moving Target by Gil Scott-Heron (1982, Arista)

James Baldwin speech at the Cambridge Union Society, 1965

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

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

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

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)

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
Ayiko Bia - Osibisa

Inside cover to Osibisa (1971, Decca)

Welcome You Back Home - Jackie & Doreen
Lunar Funk - The Fabulous Counts


The Fabulous Counts

I Know You Got Soul - Bobby Byrd
Bad Tune - Earth Wind & Fire

Get Up and Dance - Freedom
Party Hardy People - Act 1

45 Label for "Party Hardy People" by Act 1 (Spring)
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

Full-Side Funk — All ‘N All (side 1) - Earth Wind & Fire



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

Comic insert in Gloryhallastoopid by Parliament (1979, Casablanca)

Mama Get Yourself Together - Baby Huey & The Babysitters
Free Your Mind - The Politicians

The Politicians

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
Harlem Buck Dance Strut - Les McCann

LP cover for Layers by Les McCann (1973, Atlantic)

Popcorn songs
Butter Your Popcorn - Hank Ballard
Mother Popcorn (live) - James Brown
Answer to Mother Popcorn (I Got a Mother for You) - Vicki Anderson

Viki Anderson (aka Myra Barnes)


Popcorn - Hot Butter
Pop Popcorn Children - Eldridge Holmes
Honky Tonk Popcorn - Bill Doggett
Damper Down Popcorn - Calypso King & The Soul Investigators

LP Cover for Soul Strike! by Calypso King & The Soul Investigators (1999, Soul Fire)

Laid It - The Ohio Players
In the Jungle - The Hygrades

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
Don’t Change Your Love - The Five Stairsteps

The Five Stairsteps

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

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
Don’t Get Funky - Gloria Walker

Gloria Walker

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!