Coming Up...

Wanna hear what these angry neck veins are about? Tune in Tuesday for an in-studio performance/interview with Jim Bianco. Jim'll have his full band with him. Including trumpet and 'bone. And hopefully the tutu.

Thump and Growl with Kimberly Massengill
WBAI 99.5 FM in NYC
Tuesday, January 25, 10-noon

Holiday Schedule

Hiya, Peeps. Hope you're wallowing in tidings of comfort, joy, etc. We'll return to the playlists soon, but in the meantime, let's sort out some of this complicated multi-market broadcasty stuff. Here's the holiday Thump and Growl schedge. Kindly note that the two-part Best Of 2010 will air on both WBAI and WPKN. I'm not the boss o' you or nothin', but listening to both parts on both stations would be oddly redundant. Unless you have a very bad memory.

MON 12/27 noon-3
WPKN 89.5 FM - CT and Long Island
Out of town. The lovely Simon Hunter's filling in.

TUE 12/28 10-noon
WBAI 99.5 FM - NYC
In No Particular: The Best of 2010, Part 1

TUE 1/4 10-noon
WBAI 99.5 FM - NYC
In No Particular: The Best of 2010, Part 2

MON 1/10 noon-3
WPKN 89.5 FM - CT and Long Island
In No Particular: The Best of 2010, Part 2

Happy Hannukwanzafestimas to you and your'n!

(ahem)

WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City, known for bringing the fringe to the middle of the dial, last week celebrated its 50th year on the air. This week, they launch a new schedule, including the re-institution of their eclectic mid-morning music strip, each weekday featuring a different freeform host. A name or two you'll recognize, others may be new to you. I'm especially hoping you'll tune in to one of these shows in particular. Thump and Growl. Tuesdays 10:00 to noon. Programmed and hosted by... Kimberly Massengill. (!) Same genre whiplash* mix I do on my WPKN show (which I'll continue to do at 'PKN, by the way). But the Manhattan studios will allow for more artist interviews and in-studio performances. And a Starbucks within walking distance.

I'm very excited about the other hosts in the strip, but I'd better let them do their own announcing.

I've wanted this time slot on this station--home to some of my radio heroes--since well before I moved to New York 14 years ago. So I'm pretty thrilled. And nervous. I hope you'll tune in. That'll sure help with the nervous bit. And with keeping this mofo on the air.

My first show is preempted (apropos?), so check me out beginning next Tuesday, the 23rd. And, y'know, proclaim it from the mountaintops. I'd appreciate that.


*Thanks for the words, Jason.

The Best of the Kimberly Massengill Show!

Yup. Tune in Monday afternoon for a special fundraising installment, where I'll be offering The Best of the Kimberly Massengill Show, Volume 1 as a pledge premium. It's an awfully boss 2-disc set with personal faves culled from my show over the past year. (Happy Anniversary to me, by the way.) The artists who've generously given their fistbumps of approval to this compilation include:

Barry Adamson
Fred Eaglesmith
Jim Bianco
The Books
Jay Trainer Band
The Tall Pines
Reid Paley
Dave Cloud & the Gospel of Power
Mark Growden
That Handsome Devil
El Vez
Roughneck Jihad
Mr. Fist
Ohmega Watts
Xavier Machault & Roberto Negro
Lili Ster
Castanets
Andrew Vladeck
McGinty and White
Jon Spencer / Heavy Trash
Royce Campbell
Kaizers Orchestra
Wheedle's Groove
Pastor Pat Wright and The Total Experience Gospel Choir
Rupa and The April Fishes
The Dining Rooms

Tune in, call in, and pledge to keep independent, listener-supported freeform radio alive. If you can't be in front of a radio or webstream, call anyway, dammit. At least to wish me a happy first anniversary!

Monday, Sept 27, noon to 3:00
WPKN 89.5 FM in Connecticut and Long Island
www.wpkn.org for the rest o' yuzz
pledge by calling: 203-384-9756 (203-DUH-WPKN)

Call in and BE somebody.

Playlist from 8/23/10

LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/10729


The Budos Band - "Unbroken, Unshaven" - The Budos Band III (Daptone)

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Jay Trainer - "While the World Burns Down" - Jay Trainer Band (Briar Patch Records)

Lee Scratch Perry - "Psalm" - Revelation (Megawave)

Roughneck Jihad with DJ Ruthless - "Polar Ice Cap Raps" - E Pluribus Urine (Soothsay Records)

Big B Featuring John E (of OPM) - "Hey Joe" - Rock vs. Rap (Cleopatra Records)

Darker My Love - "Dear Author" - Alive as You Are (Dangerbird Records)

The Budos Band - "Reppirt Yad" - The Budos Band III (Daptone)

The Call - "Us" - The Best of The Call - (Rhino / Warner Bros. Records)

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The Paladins - "Down at Big Mary's" - Power Shake - Live in Holland (Continental Record Services) Get well soon, Tom Yearsley!

Department of Eagles - "Practice Room Sketch 2" - Archive 2003-2006 (American Dust / Revolver)

Department of Eagles - "Forty Dollar Rug" - The Cold Nose (American Dust)

Dogwhistle - "BMW" - Whole Lotta Love: An All-Star Salute to Fat Chicks (SplitScreen Entertainment)

Candye Kane - "You Need a Great Big Woman" - Whole Lotta Love: An All-Star Salute to Fat Chicks (SplitScreen Entertainment)

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Landing on the Moon - "She Wants" - We Make History Now (Young Love Records)

Manouk - "The Old Horse" - The Old Horse (500 Records)

Arab Strap - "The First Big Weekend" - The Week Never Starts 'Round Here (Chemikal Underground)

Betty & The Werewolves - "Wind-Up" - Teatime Favourites (Damaged Goods / State51)

The Founders 15 - "Don't Take Me for a Ride" - Soundway Records Presents The World Ends Afro Rock and Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria (Soundway Records Ltd / Kudos Records Limited)

Gnarls Barkley - "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" - The Odd Couple (Atlantic)

Icarus Himself - "Digging Holes" - Mexico EP (Science Of Sound)

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Like Bells - "Sea Salt" - Palma (Exit Stencil Recordings)

The Mighty Imperials - "Jody's Walk" - Thunder Chicken (Daptone)

The Books - "The Story of Hip Hop" - The Way Out (Temporary Residence Ltd.)

Van Dyke Parks - "By the People" - Song Cycle (Rhino / Warner Bros. Records)

Serge Gainsbourg with Jane Birkin - "Je T'Aime... Moi, Non Plus" - Je T'Aime... Moi, Non Plus (Light in the Attic Records)

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Serge Gainsbourg with Jane Birkin - "69 Annee Erotique" - Je T'Aime... Moi, Non Plus (Light in the Attic Records)

Marianne Dissard - "Indiana" - Paris One Takes (Trop Expres Music)

Marianne Dissard - "It's Love (Sergio Mendoza)" - Paris One Takes (Trop Expres Music)

Serge Gainsbourg with Jane Birkin - "Jane B." - Je T'Aime... Moi, Non Plus (Light in the Attic Records)

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Abbey Lincoln - "Let Up" - Abbey is Blue (Riverside / Concord Records)

Abbey Lincoln with Archie Shepp - "Throw it Away" - Abbey Lincoln: Golden Lady (Inner City)

Abbey Lincoln with Sonny Rollins, Kenny Dorham, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers - "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe" - That's Him! (Riverside / Concord Records)

Povo - "Celestial Blues" - The Yellow of the Sun in You (Ricky-Tick Records / IODA)

Povo - "The Yellow of the Sun in You" - The Yellow of the Sun in You (Ricky-Tick Records / IODA)

Ohmega Watts - "Outro/Dream On" - The Find (Ubiquity)

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Marianne Dissard - "Merci de Rien du Tout / Flashback" - Paris One Takes (Trop Expres Music)

Playlist from 8/9/10

LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/10288


Dining Rooms - "The Tunnel" - Tre (Guidance Recordings)

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The Books - "Group Autogenics I" - The Way Out (Temporary Residence Ltd.)

Best Coast - "Boyfriend" - Crazy For You (Mexican Summer)

Tracy Bonham - "Devil's Got Your Boyfriend" - Masts of Manhatta (Engine Room Records)

Aref Durvesh - "Boosted: Appreciate the Day" - Rational Exuberance (Tigersonic Records / CD Baby)

The Innocence Mission - "God Is Love" - My Room in the Trees (Badman Recording Co.)

Dave Eggar - "Earth's Paradise" - Earth's Paradise / Kingston Morning digital 45 (Domo Records / IODA)

Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - "Come Undone" - Vanguard Records Sounds of Summer (Vanguard Records)

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Marilyn Monroe - "Happy Birthday (James Hardaway Mix)" - Greatest Hits Remixed (Hypnotic Records / The Orchard)

Minotaurs - "Caught in the Light" - The Thing (Static Clang / IODA)

Tao of Sound - "Looking at the Moon" - Metro (Domo Records / IODA)

Dean & Britta - "Silver Factory Theme" - 13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests (Double Feature Records / Redeye)

William Shatner with Ben Folds and Aimee Mann - "That's Me Trying" - Has Been (Shout Factory!)

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Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers - "Cheese" - Interspecies Disco (Crabophone / CD Baby)

The Books - "Chain of Missing Links" - The Way Out (Temporary Residence Ltd.)

G. Love - "The Fat One" - Oh Yeah (The Original Demos: 1992) (Philadelphonic Records)

Don Jamison - "Baby Got Back" - Whole Lotta Love: An All-Star Tribute to Fat Chicks (Splitscreen Entertainment)

Jay Trainer - "Show Me Yours" - Jay Trainer Band (Briar Patch Records / Iris)

Blue Giant - "Blue Sunshine" - Blue Giant (Vanguard Records / Welk Music Group)

The Black Crowes - "Jealous Again" - Croweology (Silver Arrow Records)

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Bill Gagliardi - "The Villain, Part 1" - Villain (Bill Gagliardi / CD Baby)

6:50 Rock - "Guni's Groove (Jafaican Dub)" - Let Me Go (6:50 Rock / CD Baby)

Citizen Starcrusher - "Boulevard Bombing" - unreleased

Chaka Khan - "Diamonds are Forever" - Music World's Essence Collection (Music World Music Inc.)

Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - "Tell Me Something Good" - Rags to Rufus (MCA)

Rasputina - "Holocaust of Giants" - Sister Kinderhook (Filthy Bonnet Recording Co.)

Balkan Beat Box - "War Again" - Blue Eyed Black Boy (Nat Geo Music)

Bobby Hebb - "Sunny"

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Mystery Jets - "Lorna Doone" - Serotonin (Rough Trade)

Andreya Traina - "A Town Called Obsolete (Live)" - A Town Called Obsolete Maxi Single (Ninja Tune)

Matthew Dear - "Honey" - Black City (Ghostly International / IODA)

Los Lobos - "27 Spanishes" - Tin Can Trust (Shout Factory!)

The Love Language - "Heart to Tell" - Libraries (Merge Records)

Menomena - "Five Little Rooms" - Mines (Barsuk Records)

Eddie Turner - "Mr. Blues" - Miracles and Demons (NorthernBlues Music / Redeye)

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Roy Ruiz Clayton - "I Just Ramble Away" - New Army of Ragged Angels (sonaBLAST! Records / Iris)

Julian Lynch - "Just Enough" - Mare (Olde English Spelling Bee / Revolver)

Christophe Beuzer - "Le Côté Obscur" - 3 / 4 / 5 (Christophe Beuzer / Believe Digital)

Ohmega Watts - "Outro/Dream On" - The Find (Ubiquity)

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Adam Schroeder - "Pensive Miss" - A Handful of Stars (Capri Records / IODA)

Playlist from 7/24/10 (guest-hosted Peter Bochan's All Mixed Up on WBAI)

LISTEN TO THIS SHOW AT: http://archive.wbai.org/pls.php?mp3fil=1165940


Pink Ink - "Trendsetter" - Keys to the Kastle (World Pop Music Corporation / IODA)

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Betty & The Werewolves - "Wind-Up" - Teatime Favourites (Damaged Goods / State51)

Guru w/Donald Byrd - "Loungin'" - Jazzmataz Vol. 1 EP (Capitol)

The Mighty Imperials - "Jody's Walk" - Thunder Chicken (Daptone)

The Books - "The Story of Hip Hop" - The Way Out (Temporary Residence Ltd.)

Ttenor - "Mauvais Geographie" - Mauvais Geographie (Swc, Sick Swan Records, Boom Bass Industry)

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Olu Dara - "Harlem Country Girl" - From Natchez to New York (Atlantic Jazz)

Citizen Sarcrusher - "House of Intrigue" - unreleased

Department of Eagles - "Practice Room Sketch 2" - Archive 2003-2006 (American Dust / Revolver)

Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - "Tell Me Something Good" - Rags to Rufus (MCA)

Isobel Campbell - "Come Undone" - Vanguard Records Sounds of Summer (Vanguard Records)

Tao of Sound - "Looking at the Moon" - Metro (Domo Records / IODA)

Asheru - "Track Runners (Tidied Up Version)" - Jamboree (Seven Heads Entertainment Ltd. / IODA)

Chip Robinson - "Preface" - Mylow (Red River Records)

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Manouk - "The Old Horse" - The Old Horse (500 Records)

Marianne Dissard - "Merci de Rien du Tout / Flashback" - Paris One Takes (Trop Expres Music)

Thievery Corporation - "Amerimacka (TC Remix)" - Babylon Central Soundtrack (Eighteenth Street Lounge)

Billy Stewart - "Summertime"

Carter Burwell - "The Tea Party" - Fur Soundtrack (Lakeshore Records)

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Nas - "Surviving the Times" - Greatest Hits (Columbia)

El Sun "Aqua Electric" - Presents... Golden Chair Classics (re:ad / IODA)

Killer Meters - "Rainbow of Love (Color Climax Funk Mix)" - Rainbow of Love (Breakin Bread / Kudos Records Limited)

Christian McBride - "Rainbow Wheel" - Mack Avenue: The Road to Great Music (Mack Avenue Records)

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Ohmega Watts - "Outro/Dream On" - The Find (Ubiquity)

Playlist from 7/17/10 (guest-hosted Peter Bochan's All Mixed Up on WBAI)

LISTEN TO THIS SHOW AT: http://archive.wbai.org/pls.php?mp3fil=985657

Latvian Blues Band - "Live Your Own Life (featuring Duke Robillard)" - Unreal (Blue Skunk Music / IODA)

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Dave Cloud and The Gospel of Power - "Land of a Thousand Dances" - Pleasure Before Business (Fire Records / The Orchard)

Bibi Tanga & the Selenites - "It's the Earth that Moves" - Dunya (National Geographic)

Tracy Bonham - "Devil's Got Your Boyfriend" - Masts of Manhatta (Engine Room Records)

Howe Gelb & A Band of Gypsies - "The Ballad of Lole y Manuel" - Alegrias (Eureka Discos (PIAS Digital Spain) / PIAS Digital)

Big B featuring John E (of OPM) - "Hey Joe" - Rock vs. Rap (Cleopatra Records / The Orchard)

Aim - "Hinterland" - Hinterland (ATIC Records / Iris)

Gil Scott-Heron - "I'll Take Care of You" - I'm New Here (XL / Beggars Group)

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The Roots - "Dear God 2.0 feat. Jim James" - How I Got Over (Def Jam)

That Handsome Devil - "Kiss the Cook" - A City Dressed in Dynammite (Modern Savage Recordings)

The Poets of Rhythm - "Choking on a Piece of Meat" - Practice What You Preach (Daptone Records / The Orchard)

Jim Bianco - "I've Got a Thing For You" - Sing (CD Baby Inc)

Just-Ice with KRS-ONE - "Memories" - The Just-Ice with KRS-ONE EP, vol. 1 (WHOMAG DISTRIBUTION / IODA)

The Founders 15 - "Don't Take Me for a Ride" - Soundway Records Presents The World Ends Afro Rock and Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria (Soundway Records Ltd / Kudos Records Limited)

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CocoRosie - "Lemonade" - Grey Oceans (Sub Pop Records)

The Night Marchers - "You Got Nerve" - See You in Magic (Vagrant Records)

Cymbals Eat Guitars - "Cold Spring" - Why There Are Mountains (Sister's Den Records / Redeye) 2009

The Whitefield Brothers - "Sem Yelesh" - Earthology (Now Again Records)

Mr. Fist - "Everything Hurts" - Blood 'n Tongue Song of the Week 0003 (Blood 'n' Tongue / CD Baby)

Phosphorescent - "The Mermaid Parade" - Here's To Taking it Easy (DEAD OCEANS)

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Renzo Gotto - "20 Janvier" - 20 Janvier (Dingo Production / Believe Digital)

Fred Eaglesmith - "Gone Too Long" - Cha Cha Cha (Lonesome Day)

Xavier Machault & Roberto Negro - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Quand Hulent les Haut-Parleurs (Pas Trop Fort ! / Believe Digital)

Roughneck Jihad with DJ Ruthless - "Polar Ice Cap Raps" - E Pluribus Urine (Soothsay Records)

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - "Money" - I Learned the Hard Way (Daptone)

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Erik Friedlander - "Aching Sarah" - digital single (SkipStone / TuneCore)

Playlist from 7/12/10

LISTEN TO THIS SHOW HERE: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/9416

Brooklyn Funk Essentials - "Make Them Like It" - Make Them Like It (Shanachie)

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Aim - "Intro #3" - Flight 602 (ATIC Records / Iris)

Los Hombres Calientes: Irvin Mayfield and Bill Summers - "The Mardi Gras Second Line (with Kermit Ruffins, Rebirth Brass Band, Trombone Shorty)" - Vol. 5: Carnival (Basin Street Records)

Renzo Gotto - "20 Janvier" - 20 Janvier (Dingo Productions)

Colecat - "Ibiza Skillz" - Ibiza Sounds (Movin Sounds Ibiza)

The Stories - "Brother Louie (Re-Recorded Version)" - One Hit Wonderland (Goldenlane Records)

Fred Eaglesmith - "Gone Too Long" - Cha Cha Cha (Lonesome Day)

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Annie Ross - "Marijuana" - Music is Forever (DRG Records)

David Smith Quintet (Kenji Omae, Nate Radley, Gary Wang, Greg Ritchie) - "Bittersweet" - Anticipation (Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records)

Marianne Dissard - "Le Lendemain" - Paris One Takes (Trop Expres Music / CD Baby)

Alif Tree - "My Soul" - French Cuisine (Compost Records / GoodToGo)

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Howe Gelb & A Band of Gypsies - "Saint Conformity" - Alegrias (Eureka Discos (PIAS Digital Spain) / PIAS Digital)

Sergio Mendes - "Mas Que Nada" - Timeless (Concord Records / Hear Music)

3ology - "Gonna Leave a Mark" - 3ology with Ron Miles (Tapestry / IODA)

Mr. Fist - "Everything Hurts" - Blood 'n Tongue Song of the Week 0003 (Blood 'n Tongue)

Marianne Dissard - "Trop Expres'" - Paris One Takes (Trop Expres Music / CD Baby)

Reme Isabos Music Research - "The Same Man" - Soundway Records Presents The World Ends: Afro Rock and Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria (Soundway Records Ltd / Kudos Records Limited)

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Calexico - "Nom de Plume" - Garden Ruin (Quarterstick Records / Touch and Go)

Pieta Brown - "West Monroe" - Remember the Sun (One Little Indian)

Kris Krisofferson - "Epitaph (Black & Blue)" - Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends (Light in the Attic Records)

k.d. lang - "Western Stars" - Rhino Hi-Five: k.d. lang (Rhino)

Todd Snider - "Greencastle Blues" - The Excitement Plan (Yep Roc Records / Redeye)

Elvis Costello - "Changing Partners" - Secret, Profane, and Sugarcane (Hear Music)

Clifford Curry - "Tall Oak Tree" - Soldier in the Army of Love (SnailWorx)

Greg Brown - "Daughters" - The Iowa Waltz (Red House)

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Devastations - "Previous Crimes" - Devastations (Brassland)

Smithereens - "In a Lonely Place" - Especially For You (Capitol)

Fang Island - "Dorian" - Fang Island (Sargent House)

Kyoto Jazz Massive - "The Brightness of These Days" - Spirit of the Sun (Compost Records / GoodToGo)

Butterfield 8 - "The Talented Mr. Ripley" - Butterfield 8 (Sartorial Records / State51)

The Poets of Rhythm - "Choking on a Piece of Meat" - Practice What You Preach (Daptone Records)

Joe Bataan - "Ernestine" - Call My Name (Eighteenth Street Lounge / InGrooves)

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Steve Allee - "I'm Testifyin'" - Music from the Film New York in the Fifties (Owl Studios)

Dinah Washington with Arnett Cobb - "I Got it Bad" - Cobb and his Mob in Concert featuring Dinah Washington (High Note)

Billy Stewart - "Summertime"

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Carter Burwell - "The Tea Party" - Fur Soundtrack (Lakeshore Records)

New Time

For those of you who've resisted employment and put off having children to stay home and listen to The Kimberly Massengill Show, note that I'll be moving to noon-3 beginning Monday, July 12th. An hour earlier for added freshness. Same satisfying length. Same great smoked hickory flavor.