Friday, March 25th, 2007 ... 3:45 a.m. - 6:00 a.m. ... KZSU, 90.1 FM

Coming home late from SF, on a whim, I stopped by to see if anyone was doing 3-6 a.m. It's always nice to help keep us on the air in the wee hours.

I'd envisioned "Rorschach's Dance" as a series of late-night, genre-shuffling shows. This one worked less well than the first installment, though. For one, I had zero prep time (I make up the show on the fly, but last time I picked out a lot of material ahead of time). Then, the decision to stick to a song-title theme dragged in a few artists who, while quite respectable, put a little too much rock/blues into the set.

This playlist is still under construction. That'll be obvious when you get to the bottom.

Format:
ARTIST -- "TRACK TITLE" -- ALBUM TITLE (LABEL, YEAR)
Horizontal lines denote microphone breaks.

* Artur Balsom, piano -- "Piano Concerto in A Minor," Op. 85 [by Johann Hummel] -- Concerto Album (Bridge,, 2006)

Some conventional classical music to start: the not-so-slow 2nd movement and dramatic 3rd movement of this piece. Skipped the 1st movement so that this would end at 4:00.

-- 4:00 a.m. --

Sparks -- "Dick Around" -- Hello Young Lovers (In the Red, 2006)

Kind of the unofficial anthem for "Rorschach's Dance." I'm hesitant to play this during the day in case someone objects to the title phrase, but it's an incredible song. More here.

* Tin Hat -- "Blind Paper Dragon" -- The Sad Machinery of Spring (Hannibal/Ryko, 2007)

Previously noted here.

The Bevis Frond -- "41 Years" -- Sprawl (Reckless, 1994)

* Urgehal -- "Sentiment of Chaos" -- Goatcraft Torment (Southern Lord, 2006)

* Tomoe-Ryo Yutakadaiko -- "Chichibuyatai - Bayashi" ["Chichibu Stalls - Lively Sounds"] -- Japanese Drums (Arc, 2007)

Previously noted here.

* Big Bill Broonzy -- "King of the Highway" -- V/A: The Blues (Rough Guides/World Music Network, 2007)

* Muslimgauze -- "Turkish Speaker" -- Speaker of Turkish (Soleilmoon, 2006)

* Nick Andre and E Da Boss with Lyrics Born -- "On the Scene" -- The Singles (Slept On, 2006)

* Archie Bronson Outfit -- "Dead Funny" -- Derdangderdang (Domino, 2006) Lynn Johnston -- "Puddles" -- First We Feel (Win, 2000)

Boxing -- "41" -- Way Down East (self-released, 2003)

Split Enz -- "Bold as Brass" -- Dizrhythmia (Chrysalis, 1977)

* Billy Joe Shaver -- "Try and Try Again" -- Greatest Hits (Compass, 2007)

Shockabilly -- "Heart Full of Soul" -- ... Just Beautiful (Shimmy Disc, 2006?; recorded c.1985)

From a series of Austrian-import CDs that apparently reissue old Shockabilly stuff while adding live tracks.

* Gordon Grdina's Box Cutter -- "Titlewave" -- Unlearn (Spool, 2006)

Muddy Waters -- "Highway 41" -- Hoochie Coochie Man (Just a Memory, 1999; recorded 1977)

Bruce Springstein -- "American Skin (41 Shots)" -- The Essential Bruce Springstein (Columbia, 2003; recorded live c. 2001?)

Decomposing Serenity -- [untitled track 41] -- V/A: Drum Machine Gun (Relapse, 2006) sleepr -- Arista, 1996 black neon -- memphis indusries 2006 antibalas -- anti, 2007 aero -- s/r 200y6 wtbtn mag fields -- feel good all over, 97? krystal --

* = Item in KZSU rotation
! = Pop anomaly
? = Item not in KZSU library

-- Go back to Memory Select playlists.
-- Bay Area free/improv music calendar: http://www.bayimproviser.com.