Celestial: sun, moon, stars and space show 2.21.08

as an ode to the full lunar eclipse the night before, this show featured songs about celestial bodies, astronomical objects, the sun, moon, stars, and space.

1) Sunshine Today- Sagittarius, Magic Time (Disc 2)
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2) Age Of The Sun- The Sunshine Fix, Age of the Sun
3) Hebridean Sun- Vashti Bunyan, Another Diamond Day
4) Sun Arise- Ballroom, Magic Time (Disc 2)
5) Some Sunny Day- The Millenium, Begin
6) Sun King- The Beatles, Abbey Road
7) Good Morning Sun- Magna Carta, Songs From Wasties Orchard
8) Look Into The Sun- Jethro Tull, Stand Up
9) Midnight Sun- Badfinger, Magic Christian Music
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10) Moonlight In Glory- Brian Eno & David Byrne
11) Moonshine- Martin Simpson, V.A. The Folk Collection Vol. 1
12) Pink Moon- Nick Drake, Pink Moon
13) The Moon Shines Bright- Shirley Collins, Fountain of Snow
14) Harvest Moon- Neil Young, Harvest Moon
15) Moonshadow- Cat Stevens,
16) Blue Moon of Kentucky- Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, Smithsonian Folkways: American Roots Collection
17) I Wished On The Moon- Billie Holliday, Travelin' Light, Travelin' All Alone
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Derivations: I'm not sure which of these versions came first. In the Folk Revival there was a lot of borrowing of formerly English-turned American folk songs by British bands, and that may be the case with the Waterson's version of "Heavenly Aeroplane". The song is a gospel hymn, dating back to at least 1920. It was sung in Holy Roller meetings in the 1930s in Missouri and Arkansas, which the 2nd version is from--a sort of sung sermon. Stay tuned next week as we continue in this line and explore the hymn 'Mary Don't You Weep' which borrows verses, melody lines, and similar fire and brimstone sentiments from 'Heavenly Airplane'
18) Heavenly Aeroplane- The Watersons, Sound, Sound Your Instruments Of Joy
19) The Heavenly Airplane- John Byrd & Washboard Walter, 1929-1943 Rare Country Blues
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20) Child of the Universe- The Byrds, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde
21) Innerspace- Apples In Stereo, Fun Trick Noisemaker
22) When The Stars Begin To Fall- Preston Smith, Hobart Smith, & Texas Gladden, Southern Journey Vol. 4: Brethren, We Meet Again
23) The Red Dust- The Dumb And Ugly Club, Mars, 1967
24) B2 Ciel de Cimes- Patrice Sciortino, Chronoradial
25) The Lovely Universe- Circulatory System, S/T
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26) Darkness To Light- Judy Dyble, Spindle
27) Teenage Spaceship- (Smog), Knock Knock
28) Starship- Paul Kantner-Jefferson Starship, Blows Against The Empire
29) Longer Boats- Cat Stevens, Radio Sessions 1971-1973 "I'd like to sing a song...I think it's about...SPACESHIPS, this one..." In this live version, Cat adds a special verse, something to the effect of, "Raise your mind up and look around, you may see them, yes they're looking down, on a lonely asteroid, in a vacant void, dying but not destroyed"??!?
30) Bright Morning Stars- Incredible String Band, Across The Airwaves
31) Journey to Mars- The Dumb and Ugly Club, Mars 1967
32) Stars- Circulatory System, S/T
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33) Sunflower Constellation Seeds- The Blades of Grass

2.14.08 Valentine's/Radiator Open House Show

The Valentine's Day Installment of the Everchanging Minstrel, accompanied by guest DJ Zach Wallace. Featuring mainly songs of love, (and some of the madness of love). It was also a special treat to DJ for the Radiator Open House which was happening at the same time!

1) Theta- Incredible String Band, Across the Airwaves
2) Vaparidzi Vawanda- The Green Arrows, 4 Track Recording Sessions
3) Love To Love You (And Tonight Pigs Will Fly)- Caravan, In the Land of Grey and Pink
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4) To Love- Matthews Southern Comfort, S/T
5) Untitled Track- The Ghost Shirt
6) Love Song- Vashti Bunyan
7) You're A Dog and Don't Talk To Me- Michael Hurley
8) Honey It Must Be Love- Blind Willie McTell
9) Cairo Blues- Henry Spaulding
10) Let Me See The Colts- Smog, A River Ain't Too Much To Love
11) Allen's Interlude- Richard and Mimi Farina
12) Worm & Gear- Eric Chenaux
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13) Sweet Thing- Van Morrison, Astral Weeks
14) Love Can Tame The Wild- The Monks, Black Monk Time
15) Live & Let Live- Love, Forever Changes
16) That's Us/Wild Combination- Arthur Russell
17) Chief Ogunde- Irewolede Denge, Ju-Ju Roots 1930-1950
18) Space Odyssey- The Byrds, The Notorious Byrd Brothers (Going out to SP!)
19) Heart's On Fire- Gram Parsons
20) The Love Song- Donovan
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Derivations Segment:
These two songs share a melody, though their lyrics are completely different. 'Matty Groves'is an English murder(double homocide, sometimes suicide crime of passion!) ballad which dates back to at least the 17th century and was collected by Francis James Child. Alternate Name include 'Little Musgrave' and 'Little Musgrave & Lady Barnard', and the Lord/murderer in the ballad is called various names-- Donald, Arlen, Daniel, Arnold, or Barnard. 'Shady Grove' is an 18th century American folk song which took the melody and 'Grove' name from 'Matty Groves'.
21) Matty Groves- Fairport Convention, Liege & Lief
22) Shady Grove- Doc Watson
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23) Love Is Always Real- The Gentle Soul, S/T
24) Remember The Day- Sibylle Baier, The Colour Green
25) Girl I Love You- Michael Hurley
26) Always Bathing In The Evening- Will Oldham, Western Music
27) I Want Her, She Wants Me- The Zombies
28) I'm The Man That Loves You- Wilco
29) The Madness of Love
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30) Oh Yoko- John Lennon, Imagine (one of my most favorite love songs of all time)