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January 16, 2019: Araby
Scorchers from Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Syria, Iraq ... & more
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Wed. 1/16/19 7:01pm
chresti:
Hey! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:02pm
Gary:
Chresti! | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 7:02pm
chresti:
Great pic! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:03pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):
That's like 92 in radio years | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 7:03pm
chresti:
Happy 5th anniversary | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:05pm
Gary:
Haha, hi Kenzo! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:05pm
hyde:
hello! | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 7:05pm
chresti:
Wood for your 5th! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:06pm
Gary:
Hyde! ... Wood? I'll take it! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:07pm
Martinibomb:
Groovy vibes! happy 5th and 25th | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:07pm
David Colangelo:
Was that with Honey Bee? | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:08pm
Gary:
Martinibomb! David C! | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 7:09pm
listener james from westwood:
Hey hey! In since the start and super glad I was; this is a killer track! | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 7:09pm
listener james from westwood:
Starring this playlist ahead of time b/c I know I'll want to come back to it again! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:09pm
Gary:
James! | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 7:09pm
chresti:
25th calls for silver. | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 7:11pm
chresti:
Wood for Gary, silver for Kenzo. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:11pm
hyde:
looking forward to that silver show in 2039, myself | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:11pm
Gary:
Can I get the wood in the shape of an oud? | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 7:13pm
chresti:
How can she fret with the long fingernails? An oud wood work. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:14pm
Gary:
We'll be hearing her righ after this track, Chresti | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:17pm
Martinibomb:
Was listening to your show with Alejandro Jodorowsky's Watch party on facebook over the top. Sometimes I love the 21st century. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:18pm
Gary:
[thumbs up icon] | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:18pm
tim abdellah:
Dig! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:19pm
Gary:
Tim! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:26pm
hyde:
haha, i went back and looked--i was apparently late for your first show ever. *hangs head in shame* | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:27pm
Gary:
I was late for it too -- it was supposed to start in 2013 | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:27pm
glenn:
yoko plays the oud? | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 7:28pm
chresti:
I've only discovered the online playlists and comments, last spring, I think. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:28pm
Gary:
Glenn! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:28pm
claudeballs:
damn this tune is sick | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:29pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):
this tune is healthy | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:29pm
Gary:
ClaudeB! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:29pm
Gary:
Haha | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:30pm
claudeballs:
it's hella fresh | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 7:32pm
chresti:
Wow, she's blind. Here I thought she was being alluring, with the shades. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:47pm
glenn:
cheb is great. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:48pm
tim abdellah:
This Staifi is pretty great! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:50pm
hyde:
cool set | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:50pm
Gary:
Y'all want to hear some super early tracks (e.g., 1909, 1929, etc.) next set, or some more mid- to late-century stuff? | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:58pm
Martinibomb:
Yes! I love old stuff.. still have an old Victrola | |
Wed. 1/16/19 7:59pm
Noah L:
Yes to the old stuff! | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 7:59pm
chresti:
Either one, I trust your choices... | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:00pm
Gary:
Noah L! | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 8:00pm
chresti:
Do love the early stuff | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:01pm
glenn:
sounds pretty good for 1909. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:04pm
Martinibomb:
yeah this is a damn good recording for this time period wow! did someone fix this up? | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:05pm
Gary:
I think so -- pretty sure this is part of OCORA series | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:07pm
Gary:
I got some of these CDs of older music in Paris at the Institut du Monde Arabe | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:13pm
Martinibomb:
thanks for all the great tunes this evening | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:14pm
Gary:
Of course! Thanks for hanging out! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:22pm
northguineahills:
Had some Arabian night's dreams during my nap I just woke from.... | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:23pm
Gary:
Hmm, how'd that happen? Hey, NGH! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:24pm
Franco Twinkie:
Hi Gary! Great musical back round to negotiate for a new water heater. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:25pm
Gary:
Mmmm, heeeeaaat ... Hi, Franco! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:30pm
coelacanth∅:
hey Gary & all | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:30pm
Gary:
Coelacanth! | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 8:35pm
chresti:
you could make up words, Gary, and I wouldn't be the wiser. | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 8:36pm
chresti:
The dawn of music time... | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:42pm
Franco Twinkie:
Did R. Crumb do cover art for the Hot Women Singers collection? | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:43pm
hyde:
love this old stuff! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:43pm
Gary:
Yes, he did! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:49pm
Franco Twinkie:
Boy oh boy, I'm gonna look for that one! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:52pm
hyde:
i didn't know that there was a show (John's Old Time Radio Show) where Crumb spins his 78's. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:53pm
Gary:
What, whoa, what?!? Where? | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:53pm
hyde:
here www.eastriverstringband.com... | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:54pm
Gary:
Can I click on that now without sound starting up? Or should I wait until the end of the show? | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:55pm
hyde:
it's safe, there's no auto-music | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:56pm
TDK60:
Late, coming from a building tenants' meeting. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:56pm
Gary:
OMG! That looks AMAZING ... thank you, Hyde! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:57pm
hyde:
yeah, looks promising! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:57pm
Franco Twinkie:
Thanks Hyde, I didn't know about it either. Crumbs collection is legendary. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 8:58pm
Gary:
TDK! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:01pm
fleep:
<delurks> It's on CD www.discogs.com... | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:01pm
Franco Twinkie:
You know what's a total crack-up? Crumbs piece in Weirdo called The Old Songs Are the Best Songs. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:03pm
TDK60:
Did you write down the name/address of that place to get Arab music? If not, could you? Cassettes? | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:03pm
hyde:
@Franco i have a vague memory of that | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:06pm
northguineahills:
Thanks Gary, this was awesome, I'm out, thanks! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:06pm
Gary:
Night, NGH! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:06pm
Gary:
Fleep! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:07pm
Gary:
TDK it's the Nile Deli, 2512 Steinway St, Astoria, NY 11103 | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:10pm
TDK60:
Thanks Gary! // Anyone ever heard Arab online station "Medi 1" from Morocco? I used to hear old (archived) Arab music there. (They since changed the page format-- less easy to use. I know no Arabic nor French.) | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:11pm
Gary:
Here's a photo I took of the deli .... and, no I don't know this station ... what's the link, TDK? wfmu.org... | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:13pm
tim abdellah:
Layla Mourad... aaaaaaah | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:15pm
TDK60:
link to station: www.medi1.com and Wikip. - en.wikipedia.org... It says they're a commercial station; don't know its politics/outlook, just know they played music live, also archives of older stuff. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:15pm
Gary:
Tim, what's the movie this is from again? That was such a dreamy clip | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:15pm
Gary:
Thanks, TDK! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:16pm
tim abdellah:
Ghazal Al Banat: www.imdb.com... | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:17pm
TDK60:
Surprising to me the Nile is the only (or one of two?) place in NYC to get Arab music. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:18pm
Gary:
There may be others, TDK, but it was the last remaining one I knew of that I used to frequent | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:18pm
tim abdellah:
Mohamed Abdel Wahab makes an appearance at the climax of the film. I saw an excellent print with English subtitles years ago. Would love to see it again. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:19pm
Gary:
Lucky! Would love to see it | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:20pm
Uncle Michael:
Good evening...been enjoying the last hour... | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:21pm
Gary:
Uncle Michael! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:23pm
tim abdellah:
The whole film is on YouTube without subtitles! The opening song with Layla Mourad riding with a group of girls on horses is wonderful. www.youtube.com... | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:23pm
TDK60:
..funny the Nile still has cassettes but got rid of CDs. Reverse of the usual. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:24pm
Gary:
I know! The guy told me to "Come back next week maybe" ... so, it's a 10-minute walk. We'll see what happens. But I suspect it's all over | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:24pm
Gary:
Oh, man! Thank you, Tim! -- I'ma watch it on my movie-length commute to work tomorrow | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:28pm
Gary:
Tonight right after this show at 10 PM, it's Larry Grogan's Testify! - Hard Hustling with Andre Williams! Plus B-Boy jams and some pop: wfmu.org... | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:28pm
tim abdellah:
Enjoy! It's too bad there are no subtitles - the dialogue was quite witty, and the plot clever, as I recall. But the musical numbers are enjoyable nonetheless. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:35pm
hyde:
wow, i never saw that place in Boston | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:36pm
Funky16corners:
Gary! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:37pm
monkeyz:
love to you lovely lovers of music! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:38pm
TDK60:
..may have mentioned before: WNYU FM (89.1 in NYC) has an Arab program "Unfortunately It Was Paradise" *but* it's on when this show is! 8 - 9:30; music mostly from Levant 1915 - 1990. wnyu.org... | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 9:39pm
chresti:
chewing gum. sounds like me, with missing teeth | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:40pm
Gary:
Monkeyz! | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 9:40pm
chresti:
Thanks, TDK60! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:41pm
Gary:
Oh! Do they archive, TDK? -- that's the title of Mahmoud Darwish's great book | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:42pm
Gary:
Larry! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:43pm
Gary:
Hyde, I forgot to tell the end of that story -- it turns out Daff and Raff maybe wasn't there awfully long and the photographer, while he had photos of that building, didn't have any of the store when it was there | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:44pm
TDK60:
I don't know if they archive... | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 9:46pm
chresti:
Looks like they do, I see a link. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:47pm
Parq:
Hi, Gary. Busy like anything in the kitchen, but poking my head in to say how much I'm enjoying this. I got the cast album for "The Band's Visit" for Christmas (saw the show last spring) and it's great to hear the score's historical antecedents. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:48pm
Gary:
Parq! I don't know The Band's Visit ... what is it? | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 9:50pm
chresti:
Thanks tim@9:23 | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:50pm
Gary:
HYDE: Here's the book I found with the photos -- they were all taken in Harvard Square. It mentions Daff and Raff, but they guy didn't have any photos for some reason: www.harvardsquarebook.com... | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:52pm
TDK60:
chresti ; yeh!.. they do, huh, wonder how long they last. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:53pm
TDK60:
but Woofmoo is still, ...you know.. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:55pm
tim abdellah:
@TDK - thanks for the tip on the WNYU show! It looks like episodes are archived on the site, though the navigation is a bit clunky - I had to go to Archives/Filter, then select each Wednesday individually to find the old episodes of that show. Looking forward to checking it out! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:56pm
Gary:
Me too! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:57pm
tim abdellah:
Enjoyed that Houda Soltan! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:57pm
hyde:
thanks Gary! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:58pm
TDK60:
..Gary, great tunes, show clicked for further Ears. | |
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Wed. 1/16/19 9:59pm
chresti:
Thanks Gary, so great! Night | |
Wed. 1/16/19 9:59pm
Gary:
Night everyone -- so great to see you! | |
Wed. 1/16/19 10:00pm
Parq:
Kind of got my hands full now, Gary, but I'll email about TBV. | |
Wed. 1/16/19 10:07pm
coelacanth∅:
Thanks Gary | |
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