Favoriting The Wiggle Room: Playlist from August 15, 2023 Favoriting

A different show every week! Rotating DJs include Jon Nelson's "Sheena 'ssembly Required" (Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations),
MarkTime (vintage radio airchecks), and Krys O (aka Sister Krys - WFMU alumna 1985-1991, longtime Church of the Subgenius monk. Playing cinematic ephemera, schizoid weirdos, all styles served here). Plus: surprise guests galore. (illustration courtesy of https://www.jimflora.com/)

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Favoriting August 15, 2023: THE WIGGLE ROOM w/DOCTOR SARCOFIGUY: MECO'S COSMIC DISCOGRAPHY TRIBUTE SHOW

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Doctor Sarcofiguy 
OPENING: Hello, ya'll!!!!   Favoriting
 
0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Gray Clark  Meco Interview: 1   Favoriting PROMOTIONAL *NOT TO BE SOLD* 1977  0:03:22 (Pop-up)
Meco  In the Beginning   Favoriting Encounters of Every Kind  0:04:26 (Pop-up)
Meco  Roman Nights   Favoriting Encounters of Every Kind  0:08:29 (Pop-up)
Meco  Cairo Nights (Bolero D'Cairo)   Favoriting   0:10:20 (Pop-up)
Meco  Raiders of the Lost Ark Theme   Favoriting   0:13:31 (Pop-up)
Meco  Anything Goes   Favoriting   0:16:08 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Doctor Sarcofiguy 
GEEK BREAK!!!!!   Favoriting
 
0:18:50 (Pop-up)
Meco  The Boy Wonder   Favoriting Superman and Other Galactic Heroes  0:20:58 (Pop-up)
Meco  The Amazing Amazon   Favoriting Superman and Other Galactic Heroes  0:25:01 (Pop-up)
Meco  Clear Motion   Favoriting Themes from Star Trek and The Black Hole  0:28:18 (Pop-up)
Meco  Fantasy   Favoriting   0:32:03 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Doctor Sarcofiguy 
GEEK BREAK 2!!!!   Favoriting
 
0:34:38 (Pop-up)
Meco  Big Band Medley Side A   Favoriting   0:37:29 (Pop-up)
Meco  Big Band Medley Side B   Favoriting   0:40:59 (Pop-up)
Gray Clark  Meco Interview: 2   Favoriting PROMOTIONAL *NOT TO BE SOLD* 1977  0:43:38 (Pop-up)
Meco  Topsy   Favoriting Encounters of Every Kind  0:44:57 (Pop-up)
Meco  Take a Ride   Favoriting Camouflage feat. Mysti  0:48:27 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Doctor Sarcofiguy 
GEEK BREAK 3!!!!   Favoriting
 
0:52:24 (Pop-up)
Gray Clark  Meco Interview: 3   Favoriting PROMOTIONAL *NOT TO BE SOLD* 1977  0:53:48 (Pop-up)
Gloria Gaynor  Never Can Say Goodbye   Favoriting   0:54:27 (Pop-up)
Gray Clark  Meco Interview: 4   Favoriting PROMOTIONAL *NOT TO BE SOLD* 1977  0:57:06 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Doctor Sarcofiguy 
Goodnight   Favoriting
 
0:59:03 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 4:06pm
Austin Rich:

Good Hello.
Avatar 7:14pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Austin Rich @4:06
πŸ‘Œ
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Sarcofiguy @7:14
This will prove to be dancey and spacey. A good combo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
Krys O.:

Howdy!
Avatar 7:46pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Austin Rich @7:34
One would think that, wouldn't one? Hhmmmmm? 😜
Avatar 7:47pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Krys O. @7:34
HIIIIII!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
Austin Rich:

Okay, Meco Me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
Aitch:

Not sure how much Meco I can take, but I'll try
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
Austin Rich:

Can we handle this much Wiggle? We shall see...
Avatar 8:01pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Aitch @8:00
You'll be like Carrie's mom: You'll LIKE it!l YOU'LL LIKE!
Avatar 8:02pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Ahoy
Avatar 8:03pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Other Galactic Funk?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:03pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @8:02
Howdy! Get your imagination sorted with Imaginos!
Avatar 8:04pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @8:02
ahoy!!!!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Meco Interview: 1" by "Gray Clark"
I never thought to look for interviews. Very cool!
Avatar 8:05pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @8:03
Lol! The current story is closest to the canon with some romantic liberties taken
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Sarcofiguy:

↳ Austin Rich @8:05
😍
Avatar 👻 8:06pm
Mr Fab:

What's up, Doc?!
Avatar 8:07pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Mr Fab @8:06
HELLOOOO!!!!!
Avatar 8:07pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

The growls sound like they're coming from y teacup
Avatar 👻 8:08pm
Mr Fab:

Those Meco albums are like in every record store bargain bin and thrift store. Exactly where I shop.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:08pm
WR:

↳ Sarcofiguy @8:01
scary
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:08pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @8:08
I have one, but I would love to find the others. They are so weird.
  8:09pm
Androu B.:

Hi-Hi, Sarcofiguy!

Rich in Washington played a couple of Meco tracks and other discofied sci-fi movie themes in a similar vein last month on his Friday night program, The Radio Is Broken:

https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/129636
Avatar 8:09pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Mr Fab @8:08
I figure it would be nowadays. Sigh. . .
Avatar 8:09pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Androu B. @8:09
I'll give it a listen!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:10pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Androu B. @8:09
That's where he wandered off to! I figured he was still around, but I guess I didn't look too hard.
Avatar 8:10pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ WR @8:08
I KNOW, RIGHT?!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:11pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Sarcofiguy @8:10
I love that original Carrie movie. I was raised by my mom, her girlfriend, and three sisters. The Mom / Daughter horror thing was all too familiar to me.
  8:12pm
Androu B.:

I once made a joke that MECO was the one word you should never say around Steven Spielberg or George Lucas!
Avatar 8:13pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Austin Rich @8:11
Me too! The remake with Julian Moore as the Mom? She's was bloody brilliant, so to speak!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:13pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Androu B. @8:12
Hmmmmm. I could see Lucas not having a sense of humor about it. But I could see Spielberg cracking a smile before composing himself and changing the subject.
Avatar 8:14pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Androu B. @8:12
😯
Avatar 👻 8:16pm
Mr Fab:

i figured with a name like "Meco" he was some Italian synth-wiz jet-setter, like Gorgio Morodor. Turns out he's some guy from like, Pennsylvania.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:17pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @8:16
You sort of imagine he hangs with Buckner and Garcia when he's not in the studio.
Avatar 👻 8:17pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Austin Rich @8:17
ha!
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Sarcofiguy:

↳ Mr Fab @8:16
From the interviews I've read and listened to, he seemed wonderfully down to earth.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:17pm
Krys O.:

↳ Song: "Anything Goes" by "Meco"
This is delightful!
Avatar 👻 8:18pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Song: "Anything Goes" by "Meco"
Meco did Cole Porter? NO WAI.
Avatar 8:18pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Sarcofiguy @8:13
Beware the Musical!
Avatar 8:18pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Mr Fab @8:18
YES, WAAAAAY!
Avatar 8:18pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Krys O. @8:17
❀️
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:19pm
Austin Rich:

I gotta say, every time I'm having a shit day, one of our DJ's has a show somewhere that I need to listen to as a "mood elevator."
Avatar 8:20pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Austin Rich @8:19
😘
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Krys O.:

↳ Austin Rich @8:19
I second that. It's just what the Doctor ordered.
Avatar 8:22pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @8:19
Hope your night is better
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:23pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @8:21
"I'll have a cobb salad, plate of shrimp and... ah, yes, some Meco, thank you."
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:23pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @8:22
Getting better, that that we're radio-ing.
Avatar 8:23pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Krys O. @8:21
❀️
Avatar 8:23pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @8:23
How would you like your shrimp? Hot and breaded or cold and plain?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:24pm
Austin Rich:

Maybe you know this, Sarcofiguy: did he play all the instruments? Or did he have a studio band?
Avatar 8:24pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Austin Rich @8:23
Lay it on thick: LIKE A STEAK, BAY BAYYYY! HEEEE!
Avatar 8:25pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Who's the fool who decided that fried shrimp should come with tails on?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:25pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @8:23
Hot and Breaded, I think. Though lately we have been cooking shrimp and rice and veggies in a dish with some seasoning that Marla came up with that is pretty excellent.
Avatar 8:26pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @8:25
Sounds delicious
Avatar 8:26pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Austin Rich @8:24
In the recent past, he did record his own stuff in studio/computer situation. Most especially on the Star Wars Party CD
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
Krys O.:

Any shrimp cocktail left?
  8:27pm
Androu B.:

↳ Mr Fab @8:16
By comparison, Moroder was THE King of The Dancefloor, having 10X the power of synth wizardry Meco could've only wished he had.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:27pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Sarcofiguy @8:26
I was thinking these sounded like drum machines. Which sort of makes sense for these songs.

I would think he would need to follow his muse, and having a band around could slow him down.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:28pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @8:26
Did someone already do the "Jumbo Shrimp" joke? That once is hit or miss with this crowd.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:29pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Clear Motion" by "Meco"
Meco does The Black Hole?! I NEED THIS RECORD!
  8:30pm
Androu B.:

↳ Song: "Clear Motion" by "Meco"
You can clearly hear a West Coast jazz influence in most of his work.
Avatar 8:30pm
laurapanic:

oooh just tuning in and this is wonderful
Avatar 8:31pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ laurapanic @8:30
❀️❀️😘
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:31pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Clear Motion" by "Meco"
I have a very distinct memory of seeing "The Black Hole" at a drive in with my parents, my second drive-in movie. (The first was "Raiders of The Lost Ark.") While not a great movie, sadly, I have ever since been obsessed with "The Black Hole."
Avatar 8:31pm
laurapanic:

I am in the office, I have a stand up desk so everyone can see me frugging to the Meco
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
Austin Rich:

↳ laurapanic @8:31
Sanding desks rule.
Avatar 8:32pm
laurapanic:

↳ Austin Rich @8:19
its true. music, and associated geekery, saves.
Avatar 8:32pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ laurapanic @8:31
Awesome, awesome! "Frug" away!
Avatar 👻 8:33pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Austin Rich @8:31
It did sport a great John Barry theme
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:33pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Fantasy" by "Meco"
Do you think he played the basslines, Dr. Sarcofiguy? Pretty sure that's a real bass, and it seems likely.
Avatar 8:33pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Austin Rich @8:31
LOVE BLACK HOLE!!!!!!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:34pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @8:33
I have several versions of that soundtrack. I do another run at "Black Hole Radio."
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:34pm
Austin Rich:

"I should do another run at..."
Avatar 8:34pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Austin Rich @8:33
On this, I'm not sure. This, to my mind, would be the usual stable of people he would employ. Band. Orchestra. That sorta thang.
  8:35pm
Androu B.:

↳ Austin Rich @8:31
I wonder if it was "riff-roasted" yet by the MST3K guys (either on Riff Trax, Cinematic Titanic, or The Cutting Room).
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Sarcofiguy:

↳ Austin Rich @8:33
He could and did read music. I only ever noticed his trombone work, like on Diana Ross' I'M COMING OUT.
Avatar 8:37pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Austin Rich @8:33
I know for Star Wars, he did mention having two drummers on that.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:37pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Androu B. @8:35
Since Disney owns The Black Hole, seems unlikely. But I think those guys COULD do any film, and make it funny. (Maybe not an actual comedy.)
Avatar 8:38pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Song: "Big Band Medley Side A" by "Meco"
Excellent music made even better
Avatar 8:39pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @8:38
Agreed, my friend!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:40pm
Austin Rich:

While it should have occurred to me already, I realize how much of a nerd this guy was. And his nerdery went pretty deep.

The lesson here is: where there appears to be a simple nerd, there is often a much more complex nerd.
Avatar 8:42pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Austin Rich @8:40
Indeed!
  8:44pm
Androu B.:

↳ Austin Rich @8:37
there was also talk that Disney was set to do a reboot in light of the most recent discovery of an actual one photographed by the Webb telescope.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:46pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Androu B. @8:44
I think I heard something about that. There has been talk of trying to do a sequel for years. These days, a Disney TV show could do that story justice, and if you throw a couple hip young writers on it, it might even be interesting.
Avatar 8:50pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Song: "Take a Ride" by "Meco"
@AUSTIN RICH: I believe the trombone solo is provided by MECO!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:51pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Sarcofiguy @8:50
Ahhh!

I played trombone in Jr. High. I was not good at it.
Avatar 8:52pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Austin Rich @8:51
πŸ˜₯πŸ‘Œ
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Sarcofiguy:

↳ Austin Rich @8:51
I played the violin in middle school. I miss it so.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:53pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Sarcofiguy @8:53
It would have been cool to keep / stick with the 'bone. But that was not where my head was at then.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Never Can Say Goodbye" by "Gloria Gaynor"
I mean, not a bad start, career-wise.
  8:55pm
Androu B.:

Iirc, Meco also did his own dance version of the Poltergeist theme. (Or did I just imagine that?) I do remember hearing a dance version of the theme from E.T. just recently.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
Krys O.:

↳ Song: "Never Can Say Goodbye" by "Gloria Gaynor"
The creme de la creme!!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
WR:

↳ Song: "Never Can Say Goodbye" by "Gloria Gaynor"
Classic track!
  8:56pm
Androu B.:

↳ Song: "Never Can Say Goodbye" by "Gloria Gaynor"
Now we enter EFD territory!
Avatar 8:57pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Androu B. @8:55
I've not seen or heard either. Anything is possible, says me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58pm
Krys O.:

Thank you, sir for a splendid show!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:58pm
Austin Rich:

Excellent! Thanks again!
Avatar 8:58pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Excellent show tonight
Avatar 8:59pm
Sarcofiguy:

Thank you all for joining in, my friends! GOOD NIGHT!
  8:59pm
it’s all a bit woo woo:

Archives for me …
Hey, what about an entire show featuring the solo albums by either of the 2 women from ABBA.
  9:00pm
Androu B.:

↳ Sarcofiguy @8:57
I could've sworn I heard the E.T. one on the program I just linked you to earlier.

Thanks, Sarcofiguy!
Avatar 👻 9:00pm
Mr Fab:

Out of this world show, Doc!
Avatar 9:00pm
Sarcofiguy:

↳ Mr Fab @9:00
THANK YOU!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
WR:

wha' wait, why are they blinking the lights. What? Over so soon? Thank you! Doc Sarcofiguy!
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