Keep On Blowin

[Rob]

The Blowin Weekly Extra
Blowin - where the listener comes first
BCB 96.7 FM – 15 January 2006
8-10pm Sunday, repeated 1 AM Tuesdays
also at www.bcb.yorks.com

DISCS at www.discs.da.ru
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Our Big Brother update:
George Galloway MP has been accused of bullying fellow contestant Jodie Marsh, and is reported to have said he had expected there to be more debate, and to be asked questions such as what Tony Blair was like or about the Iraq war.
He also said: "Someone of my age and class is not used to young women talking as they do in here, with no orifice left unopened." He complained about Miss Marsh's "extraordinary stories which involve every orifice and fluid known to man", adding that he hoped his daughter never spoke like that.
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Tempus edax rerum - time, the devourer of all things, has gobbled up Alex St Clair aka Alexis Claire Snouffer, guitarist (along with Ry Cooder) on Captain Beefheart's earthbreaking debut disc Safe As Milk - news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article338509.ece and www.beefheart.com/datharp/albums/mbmembers/snouffer_obit.htm so, for him, and for Giles, here's a Blowin dedicated to you.
Thanks to the Saltaire Stonewall Possse for the tip and the latin quote inna maximum learned stylee.
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To see King Dong - 187 mins
The film was a saddening bore, I'd heard it ten times or more.
But at half the length it would have been great, a classic monster story with all the themes around forbidden desire and freedom and power.
Also the resurrection myth - you can't kill a monster which inhabits the region in between human and animal representing our fears as well as our needs. Alright, I know it's just an adventure story but they couldn't include Heart of Darkness references unknowingly.
The Thornton Fiddler
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Dub Club - announcing the relaunch of a monthly dub session at The Mill in Bradford on FRIDAY 24 FEB 2006 10pm - 4am
DADDY FREDDY (Guinness book of records fastest rapper)
COUNTRY CULTURE (Singer Nucleus Roots)
Dbo GENERAL (Arsonist)
Sounds by UNDERGROUNDROOTS feat DANMAN and INSPIRATIONAL SOUND feat DAN I
£6 on the door and £5 in advance - For more info and tickets contact 07971 022052
www.dublab.co.uk www.undergroundroots.org.uk www.bongochilli.com
Next: 24/03/06 - Vibronics with full Scoops recordscrew outta Leicester in a 3 way back to back dub clash with Inspirational Sound feat MC Dan-I.
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Blowin - where the listener comes first
BCB 96.7 FM – 15 January 2006


Dromilly Skank / Niney The Observer Meets King Tubby In Dub: Bring The Dub Come CD / Heartbeat
Cornershop / Wop The Groove / Rough Trade promo cd single
Sandie Shaw & The Smiths / I Don’t Owe You Anything / Rough Trade 12”
Zexie Manatsa & The Green Arrows / Muti Usina Zita / Various – Zimbabwe Frontline CD / Earthworks
Staple Singers / Slippery People / Ultimate Staple Singers CD / Kent
The Heptones / Book Of Rules / This Is Reggae Music 2xLP / Island
Lord Sitar / I Can See For Miles / The Who Covered CD / Mojo
The Who / Behind Blue Eyes / Who’s Next CD / Polydor
Roxanne Shante / Bite This / 10 Record 12”
Ry-Co Jazz / Mambo Ry-Co / Golden Afrique Vol 2 2xCD / Network
Patton And Lee (Charley Patton & Bertha Lee) / American Primitive Vol 1: Raw Pre-War Gospel 1926-36 CD / Revenant
Gregory Isaacs / Tune In / African Museum 7” extended.
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band / Peon / Lick My Decals Off, Baby CD / Reprise
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band / Owed T’ Alex / The Dust Blows Forward (An Anthology) 2xCD / Warners
Sugar Minott / A Slice Of The Cake / The Roots Lover 1978-1983 2xCD / Moll Selekta
Steely Dan / Midnite Cruiser / Can’t Buy A Thrill CD / MCA
Stanley Beckford
Tortoise & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy / Cravo E Canela / The Brave & The Bold CD / Domino
Salum Abdullah / Ngoma Iko Huku / Ngoma Iko Huku – Vintage Tanzanian Dance Music 1955 – 1965 CD / Dizim - www.sternsmusic.com/disk_info.php?id=DIZIM4701-2
Prince Fari / Oyo (Dub) / Dubwise CD / Front Line
Neil Young / Someday / Freedom CD / Reprise
Burning Spear / Ethiopians Live It Out / Creation Rebel CD / Heartbeat
Mississippi John Hurt / Richland Woman Blues / Avalon Blues CD / Rounder
Ochestre Baobab / One Verra Ca / Specialist In Alll Styles CD / World Circuit
Big Youth / Mosiah Garvey ext / Natty Universal Dread 3xCD / Blood & Fire
Fred Wesley & The JBs / Damn Right I Am Somebody / James Brown’s Funky People CD / Polydor
Brian Eno / This / Another Day On Earth CD / Hannibal
Nightmares On Wax / Les Nuits/ Carboot Soul CD / Warp
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Owed T'Alex

Stupid heart, cupid heart
Where will ya go from here
Magnetic ring, magnetic draw
Ooh, whatcha got me into
Eye of ah wolf, chrome craw
Leavin' ya now, I'll write cha, ma
Takin' ah putt up t' Carson City
Well, if y' hear me howlin' - W'hell,
Sittin' pretty, Tastin' nitty gritty
Puttin' on in t' Carson City
Sparks, tattoos, 2 tat, 'n ah toot
Helmets, crosses, 'n a patch t' boot
Engine hot, pipes burn white
Glad ah'm not … home t'night
Five miles back
Ah took ah spill
Thought I almost paid m' bill
Makin' m' putt ta Carson City
Party time with the Jones by name
Aww, it's a shame - say, it's a pity
Gotta putt outta Carson City

[Don Van Vliet & Herb Berman]
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..and this week's Karoake Dan lyrics, from Steely Dan's first album Can't Buy A Thrill

MIDNIGHT CRUISER
Felonius my old friend
Step on in and let me shake your hand
So glad that you're here again
For one more time
Let your madness run with mine
Streets still unseen we'll find somehow
No time is better than now

CHORUS:
Tell me where are you driving
Midnight cruiser
Where is your bounty
Of fortune and fame
I am another
Gentlemen loser
Drive me to Harlem
Or somewhere the same

The world that we used to know
People tell me it don't turn no more
The places we used to go
Familiar faces that ain't smilin' like before
The time of our time has come and gone
I fear we been waiting too long

CHORUS

[Walter Becker & Donald Fagen]

DISCS at www.discs.da.ru

Goodbye to the Melborn

[grumpy]

Ah, so here you are. Paid my last respects to the Melborn between c 4.45 and 5.45 yesterday but managed to miss you. Would have stayed longer but for two considerations. The first: when I arrived, a reasonably tuneful and joyfully noisy combo were blasting out pithy no-nonsense tunes that were satisfyingly post-something; the singer kept his hands in his pockets and appeared to defy the laws of physics in the manner of Joe Cocker. I could have done with more of them because as soon as they'd finished and almost before the modest smattering of applause had decently died away, a group of frothing tankards who had assembled menacingly at a table beside me suddenly sprung a bodhran out of nowhere and began singing in a "you'ld better join in the choruses or else" stylee. And what they sang; dear God! Now I bow to no-one in my appreciation of traditional folk (especially if it's perpetrated by people who can sing and the lyric is half-decent) but what I was being press-ganged into joining in with was the most dismal of "oi diddly iddly widdly" nonsense. I beat my previous all-comers record time for downing a pint and bolted for the door before the nightmare consumed me. Unfortunately the other bar, where refugees from this unpleasant aural assault had fled, was completely heaving. So I thought (second consideration), "right, I'm off home in time to listen to that Blowin'." Must admit your Steely Dan karaoke was a little easier this week. Yes, that Salum Abdallah track was a cracker. More please (well, you did ask for requests). When I popped over to the Sterns site from your link above it says it's sold-out which often means out-of-print doesn't it? Still I listened to snatches of quite a few tracks. Definitely one for the wish list. (By the way, hope the folkies aren't bosom pals of yours. If they are, suggest tactfully that they choose a more congenial joining-in song to get things rolling).

[grumpy]

Karma? None at all? Que paso?

[Mrs Trellis]

Nowt wrong with a bit of "oi diddly iddly widdly"


( sorry, I just wanted to write that sentence!)


btw, good to see you both here and the return of the Blowin' playlists to a public forum

[Rob]

Hi Chris (and Ian)
Sorry about yesterday - I did make it to the Melborn eventually, but not until around 8pm.
I owe you a beer (at least).
See yr email.

[grumpy]

What is this "exalt" and "smite" business? How do you play? I think I'll smite Rob and see what happens.

On second thoughts better not or he might disappear into the ether.

[Baldhead Selector]

Hmmm. I just exalted you Chris and it added a point of karma (don't know if points make prizes on here though). Then, in the spirit of even-handedness, I tried to smite you but you could not be smitten (smited?, smote?) by me so soon after an exaltation.

Respect and exaltation

Baldy

[grumpy]

Reciprocated, John, my dear fellow. Can't have your karma lagging behind when you've made far more posts than me. Am gathering good vibes from your enthusiastic remarks about Prince Buster all over the place. Definitely looking forward to some serious PB listening.

[Baldhead Selector]

Ah yes - the envelope is ready to go - I sent you an email about it and if you see this before the last post today it'd be good to get a response if you are able,

Nice things going your way today either way.



Respect

John B