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Gary Sullivan spelunks New York City’s teeming immigrant-run shops collecting Abigbo, Bollywood funk, Cantopop, Nortec, Shibuya-kei and pure pop from Peru to Palestine—and all points in between. Grab the best of the booty at bodegapop.com … and shake your own booty with Gary here each week, live.
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June 19, 2019: Audible Empire
Inspired by Ronald Radano & Tejumola Olaniyan's book. African synthpop, Burmese piano, Cantopop mambo, & more
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Tue. 6/18/19 9:09am
ListenerInSeoul:
Anyone here? | |
Tue. 6/18/19 9:18am
ListenerInSeoul:
Sorry, wrong time zone! | |
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![]() Hello, I'm here |
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![]() Another 14 hours before the show — I have a whole work-day ahead of me. Hi, Listener and Barnes! |
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![]() Right now i'm listening to your show from last week. Good stuff! Hope you have a great day at work Gary. |
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Wed. 6/19/19 6:59pm
LambdaCalculus:
Evening Gary! |
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![]() Howdy, Lambda-C! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:00pm
LambdaCalculus:
I'm looking at the Audible Empire book! |
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![]() Howdy, Gary and all! |
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![]() Ah! You'll be able to read the Grace Chang chapter while we play her |
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![]() James! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:02pm
MsMadLemon:
Alo! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:03pm
LambdaCalculus:
Hola Maddi! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:03pm
MsMadLemon:
Hola Rob! |
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![]() You were over-modulating a little? - no biggie. |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:06pm
LambdaCalculus:
I've got a couple of Hailu's albums! I bought one at Other Music when it was still there and the others I got from Bandcamp! |
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![]() Here comes crazy goodness ! |
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![]() Howdy, MsMad & RevRab! |
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![]() Another Bodega epic is unfolding! |
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![]() Doug! |
Wed. 6/19/19 7:22pm
chresti:
Hey Bodega! Sounds good | |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:28pm
geezerette:
Sounds like a party! |
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![]() Geezerette! |
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![]() Hello, all! |
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![]() Granny S-T! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:34pm
LambdaCalculus:
Some good stuff tonight! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:42pm
MsMadLemon:
Mustapha Skandrani, apparently Algerian of Turkish origin |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:43pm
geezerette:
This sounds like so many things at once. It's like a musical curry. Or, a mockingbird. :) |
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![]() This is quite pleasing |
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![]() Yes, thank you, MSMadL! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:44pm
MsMadLemon:
My pleasure Gary :o) |
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![]() Correct me if I'm misinformed - but a Music that has many glissandos on an instrument that doesn't... interesting to hear other aspects of it emphasized then... |
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![]() You're not at all misinformed, RevRab |
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![]() I think the speed of some of the trilling in each of these tracks is a sort of (musical) identity assertion w/in the confines of the boxiness of the piano's 12 tone rigidity |
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![]() Oh - what I didn't do was pay enuff attention to your Intro... |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:49pm
LambdaCalculus:
I love how these tracks feel like they flow into one another! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:50pm
geezerette:
Agree with Lambda! |
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![]() Stream jumped!... |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:53pm
LambdaCalculus:
Whoops... sounded like someone crossed the streams! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:54pm
LambdaCalculus:
Should've listened to Egon... don't cross the streams! Total protonic reversal! :P |
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![]() Ah, shoot -- probably did -- I can hear the broadcast on my phone now, tho |
Wed. 6/19/19 7:54pm
spodiodi:
heheh. and, howdy, Gary! enjoying the show. | |
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![]() Yall got the piano again now? |
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![]() Spodiodi! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:56pm
hyde:
hello |
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![]() ...a little like a Cimbalom here w/ the piano hammers!... Lovely. |
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Wed. 6/19/19 7:57pm
geezerette:
Very beautiful set. (...which reminds me of the best silent film accompaniment.) |
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![]() ...& - gotta go. :( |
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![]() Hello, Hyde! Have a great night, RevRab! |
Wed. 6/19/19 8:04pm
David:
Hi Gary.. haven't listened in months. Nothing's changed. This is the greatest show on the planet. I commend you | |
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![]() David! Thank you so much for that--unearned hyperbole tho it be! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:15pm
hyde:
not much time to hang out tonight, sadly. but i'm gonna listen to Grace Chang while I shower, if that's any consolation |
Wed. 6/19/19 8:15pm
David:
Not unearned. Nobody is doing what you're doing. I'm feeling inspired | |
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![]() You could pick a lotta worse music to shower to |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:18pm
geezerette:
Is the photo of Grace Chang? |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:19pm
geezerette:
What movie? |
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![]() @Geezerette: Yes! |
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![]() Gosh ... I'm not sure? Let's google around and see if we can find it again ... |
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![]() Mambo Girl |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:20pm
geezerette:
Wow, so cute! |
Wed. 6/19/19 8:20pm
David:
Hey I know this "Achoo" song! Vanessa Yip recorded this too | |
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![]() Passiflora! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:21pm
geezerette:
Passiflora, is that the movie title? |
Wed. 6/19/19 8:22pm
David:
Veronica Yip I mean.. Category III Hong Kong actress | |
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![]() Yes! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:22pm
LambdaCalculus:
She's so awesome! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:27pm
LambdaCalculus:
Gary, where did you get all of her music? |
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![]() I got most of it in Manhattan's Chinatown and one CD in Bangkok's Chinatown |
Wed. 6/19/19 8:29pm
David:
I see you played Teresa Teng song a couple weeks back.. another legend | |
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![]() And two tracks are from iTunes! (don't tell anyone that tho or they'll revoke my freeform license) |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:30pm
hyde:
that was *excellent* shower music |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:32pm
LambdaCalculus:
You can't tell me you can't hear Cuba in this track. :) |
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![]() If we had the resources of The Daily Show, I'm sure we could find at least one Hong Kong film featuring a shower scene with Grace Chang backing music |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:32pm
LambdaCalculus:
I have a version of this song performed by Mario Bauza in my collection. |
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![]() I think so, @geezerette. I used reverse-image search! |
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![]() @LambdaC, sweet! |
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![]() This is a Thai track, and yes, Grace is singing in Thai -- as if I wasn't already impressed enough |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:34pm
geezerette:
Gary, your show is extraordinary. Probably would never have heard her if not for you. Thanks! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:34pm
LambdaCalculus:
She's got a very beautiful voice! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:36pm
geezerette:
Passiflora, thanks! Now I want to see her movies! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:37pm
geezerette:
!!! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:39pm
northguineahills:
Yesterday I got 1 hour of sleep (due to stress_. today, I've gotten 13 hours of sleep so far. I have wildly oscillating circadian rhythms. |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:39pm
LambdaCalculus:
Nice pick for the intermission! |
Wed. 6/19/19 8:46pm
Ike:
Gleep gleep gleep! | |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:46pm
northguineahills:
Old Time Relijun are from Olympia, WA. Saw them once at Bard College. (they were on K recs). |
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![]() Ike! NGH! And thank you for that |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:49pm
still b/p:
Damn, ngh. Best wishes for a more normal z-lationship. I needed to get up at 5:45 today, but woke up about 3:30 and could sleep no more. Makes scowly start. C'mon systems, cooperate! |
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![]() B to the P! |
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![]() I tend to wake up at 4:30-ish, whether or not I have a day off, and I'm not sure it's very good for my health, frankly |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:51pm
LambdaCalculus:
The bells almost sound like something I heard in Thai temple music. |
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Wed. 6/19/19 8:56pm
still b/p:
Spring and summer somehow affect the morning snooze-shape even with window-light blocked. The systems know. |
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![]() About the band behind our next track: thefanzine.com... |
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Wed. 6/19/19 9:01pm
LambdaCalculus:
They seem pretty damn zany. |
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Wed. 6/19/19 9:10pm
LambdaCalculus:
Two Talking Heads unfinished takes? ;) |
Wed. 6/19/19 9:10pm
David:
Southeast Asian version of the Residents.. I prefer Dengue Fever Ha! | |
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![]() tigerbeat 6 is a record label (& a band too?) |
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![]() ...hi Gary and all |
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![]() Coelacanth! |
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![]() That sounds plausible, Coela-C |
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Wed. 6/19/19 9:24pm
northguineahills:
@coel: Yes, the magazine was a magazine for teen girls in the 70s, the record label was a 90s-2000s indie rock label.... |
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Wed. 6/19/19 9:32pm
still b/p:
Tiger Beat mag goes back to 60s. My sisters had a few issues. I had to ask with great humility if I could read them. They held the power. Permission not always granted. Coverage of pop stars and groups was predictably gushy and breathless and tabloidy. Teenbloid publishing. |
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![]() ngh i remember the magazine! my older sister got it, likely to gawk at images of Davy Jones and the mod squad; but then my older brother showed me that there were song lyrics in the back, so i started stealing them for myself! |
Wed. 6/19/19 9:34pm
Funky16Corners:
Gary! | |
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![]() Larry! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 9:35pm
northguineahills:
The only reason I know, is I read an article on Tigerbeat Recs in the late 90s and gf had a lot of recs from them. |
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![]() Tonight on Larry Grogan's Testify! - It's My Happening And It Freaks Me Out! wfmu.org... |
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Wed. 6/19/19 9:35pm
northguineahills:
Heck, I probably have some of the recs as well by now.... |
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![]() s b/p and all the great hits of the day, so we could sing along! hitchin' a ride; which way you goin', billy; ride captain ride; cracklin' rosie...... |
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![]() (well - *i* didn't sing along with which way you goin' billy. that one was for the girls!) |
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Wed. 6/19/19 9:43pm
still b/p:
My glimpses were a few years earlier -- Beatles, Monkees, BeeGees, etc. Don't remember the lyrics section. I woulda been all over that. Here in the stack of coffee table shelf junk, I do have a few lyrics publications from the 40s -- Hit Parader and others, full of standards and less enduring entries. We can give those a road-cruise workout. |
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![]() i could be mistaken. there were a few other rags in the mix. "teen beat" for one, and i think maybe hit parader was still around then, catering to the later generations of teenyboppers. |
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Wed. 6/19/19 9:48pm
still b/p:
A random Hit Parader page is covered with several songs under the heading, "It's Lani McIntire Time," maybe of interest to a few Drummer DJs. |
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![]() ..."flip" and "16" were in the house too. (i'm pretty sure though that it was either tiger beat or teen beat that had the lyrics inside) |
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Wed. 6/19/19 9:52pm
geezerette:
Thanks, Gary! Enjoyed the trip! |
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![]() Always a pleasure to see you, Geezerette! |
Wed. 6/19/19 9:55pm
Funky16Corners:
This is cool, Gary! | |
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Wed. 6/19/19 9:55pm
geezerette:
:) |
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![]() Maft Sai, who compiled this album, has one of the coolest record stores in the world (it's in Bangkok) |
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Wed. 6/19/19 9:57pm
northguineahills:
This song reminds me of elephants.... Thanks, Gary! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 9:57pm
northguineahills:
When I was a teen, all of my female friends read Sassy.... |
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![]() Haha - Baby Elephant Walk is what I hear in my head when I'm doing stupid tasks (e.g., taking trash out, washing dishes, sweeping, etc.) |
Wed. 6/19/19 9:58pm
spodiodi:
thanks, Gary | |
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Wed. 6/19/19 9:58pm
LambdaCalculus:
Fun night at the Bodega! |
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![]() Thanks Gary! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 9:58pm
LambdaCalculus:
Thanks for another awesome show, Gary! |
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Wed. 6/19/19 9:59pm
MsMadLemon:
great show Gary, thank you :o) |
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Wed. 6/19/19 10:00pm
still b/p:
I was on a lobster boat today named Cat Sass. Thanks for nutritious evening supplements. |
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![]() Thanks, Gang! See you all soon |
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