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This is where all of culture and all of time are collapsed into one seductive portal and viewed through the panoramic lens of the exotic. Come and embark on an armchair-travel virtual-voyage to the heart of timeless darkness and beyond; embrace the numinous monolith of the exotic immensity. Let us find that place where hybridization meets its destiny as pure fantasy. Let us become observers observing those others who are ourselves. You wear your mask and I'll wear mine.

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Favoriting January 16, 2025: Rituals of Dream and Delusion (10 Years of Explorers Room)

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
  Intro            
Prince Jazzbo  Step Forward Youth   Favoriting Step Forward Youth / Black is Power 7"  Count 1.2.3  1974    0:01:20 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Augustus Pablo  Havendale Rock   Favoriting Down Town Rock / Havendale Rock 7"  Rockers  1973    0:04:12 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Prince Philip  Official Sound   Favoriting Prince Philip Presents Dubplates and Raw Rhythms from King Tubby's Studio 1973-1976  DKR  2024    0:06:52 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Upsetters  Mr Dubz   Favoriting The Return of Sound System Scratch – More Lee Perry Dub Plate Mixes & Rarities 1973 To 1979  Pressure Sounds  2011    0:10:16 (MP3 | Pop-up)
King Tubby & the Aggrovators  A Harder Version   Favoriting Poor Marcus / A Harder Version 7"  Jackpot  1975    0:12:35 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Yabby U  Living Style   Favoriting King Tubby's Prophesy of Dub  Blood & Fire  1995  1976  0:16:01 (MP3 | Pop-up)
J. Gibson & The Professionals  Roots Kunta Kintye   Favoriting John Saw Them Coming / Roots Kunta Kintye  Belmont  197?  aka The Mighty Two  0:19:13 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Trinity  Song of the Midnight Hour   Favoriting Three Piece Suit  Joe Gibbs Record Globe  1977    0:21:48 (MP3 | Pop-up)
George Faith  Midnight Hour / Ya Ya   Favoriting To Be A Lover  Black Swan  1977  also released on Black Art as Super Eight  0:25:38 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Alton Ellis and the Flames  Ain't That Loving You   Favoriting Ain't That Loving You / Tommy's Rock Steady 7"  Treasure Isle  1967    0:32:33 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
 
Tropical Forest – Number Six Chops Down the Tree  
 
 
 
 
0:35:12 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Larry Coryell  The Opening   Favoriting Larry Coryell at the Village Gate  Vanguard  1967    0:46:32 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Children of All Ages  Plenty Of It   Favoriting Children of All Ages  Differant Drummer Records  1975    0:52:37 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Vince Guaraldi  You Can't Always Get What You Want   Favoriting Oaxaca  D&D  2004  rec. 1971  1:01:14 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Eddie Harris  Eddie Sings the Blues   Favoriting Eddie Harris Sings the Blues  Atlantic  1972    1:17:13 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk  Celestial Bliss   Favoriting Prepare Thyself to Deal with a Miracle  Atlantic  1973    1:29:19 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Yusef Lateef  I Be Cold   Favoriting 10 Years Hence  Atlantic  1975    1:35:15 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
 
Ooze All Over The World, Doctor  
 
 
 
 
1:52:41 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Les Baxter And His Orchestra  Busy Port   Favoriting Ritual of the Savage (Le Sacre du Sauvage)  Capitol  1951    2:01:33 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Gene Rains and His Group  Strange Cargo   Favoriting Call of the Tropics  Vocalion  1966    2:04:10 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Ron Goodwin and his Concert Orchestra  Tropical Mirage   Favoriting Tropical Mirage / The Man Between 10"  Parlophone  195?    2:06:22 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Kenny Graham and His Satellites  Sunstroke   Favoriting Moondog and Suncat Suites  MGM Records  1957    2:09:08 (MP3 | Pop-up)
John McFarland  Summer Storm   Favoriting Provocatif: 9 Exotic Motifs  United Artists Records  1959    2:13:38 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Islanders  Tramp Steamer   Favoriting The Enchanted Sound of The Islanders  Mayflower Records  1960    2:16:40 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Surfmen  Forbidden Island   Favoriting The Sounds of Exotic Island  Somerset  1960    2:18:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Yusef Lateef  Sounds of Nature   Favoriting Jazz and the Sounds of Nature  Savoy  1958    2:20:21 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Tropicals  Flute Safari   Favoriting Urubamba  Jump Records  1972    2:24:09 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Marcello Giombini  Forest Song (Thailand)   Favoriting Mondial Folk Synthesizer III (Estremo Oriente-Africa)  Forever Records  1982    2:27:33 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Moondog  Tree Trail   Favoriting Moondog  Prestige  1956    2:28:40 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Harry Partch  Cry From Another Darkness   Favoriting Delusion Of The Fury: A Ritual Of Dream And Delusion  Columbia Masterworks  1971  from Act I - On A Japanese Theme  2:30:58 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Dead Mauriacs  Acte II   Favoriting Cérémonie (avec cargo en flammes)  Haemoccult Recordings  2022    2:35:24 (MP3 | Pop-up)
James Harpham  Voodoo Tronics 2.   Favoriting Electronic Age  Studio G  1970    2:40:25 (MP3 | Pop-up)
David Toop  Phantoms Keeping Watch   Favoriting Spirit World  Virgin  1997    2:45:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Buddy Collette  Flight   Favoriting Polynesia  Music & Sound  1962    2:49:48 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
 
Bells of My Soul  
 
 
 
 
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Listener comments!

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Flash Strap:

Hello Explorers!
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chresti:

Hi Flash and explorers!
Saying hello early, I'll be listening ..
Avatar 6:56pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Chresti!
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Manta:

hello!!
  7:00pm
Doug Schulkind:

Happy showiversary!!!
Avatar 7:01pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Manta! Hi Doug! Thank you
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Asheville Jon:

happy anniversary!
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tom tom the pipers son:

hey flash...nice image up top....happy anni.... hello all
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northguineahills:

feliz decimo!
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Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Step Forward Youth" by "Prince Jazzbo"
we heard the b-side to this last week, but the a-side is pure dynamite and worth a spotlight tonight. really getting into Jazzbo the more i dig in to his style
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
listener james from westwood:

Big 10th-anniversary congrats! What a decade of music!
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Alex from Media:

Hey Flash! Happy Anniversary show!
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Discotech Underground:

Happy 10th Anniversary Flash!!!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

+ hullo +
Avatar 7:04pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Jon! Hey Tom Tom! James! Alex! Kip! Rev! great to see you all
Avatar 7:05pm
Flash Strap:

Aaaand a big Hello to NGH! sorry i missed ya there
Avatar 7:06pm
Malcontent:

Happy Anniversary!
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Flash Strap:

Hey malcontent! thanks very much
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
WR:

Hello Flash Strap and folks.
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Flash Strap:

Hey WR!
Avatar 7:08pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Official Sound" by "Prince Philip"
some great, wild sounds on this Philip Smart dub. cool new comp of rare stuff like this
  7:08pm
Samfieman:

you're starting this new 10 out in good style flash! happy rocking to all!
Avatar 7:09pm
Flash Strap:

Hey Sam! and to you my rockin friend
  7:11pm
flannery:

hello!
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wormington hermit:

Hey Flash, I'm a faithful ER listener but don't get on the chatboard much. Seeing as this is a special occasion, tho- Happy Anniversary! Love this show!
Avatar 7:11pm
Flash Strap:

hey hey hey Flannery!
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Flash Strap:

Hello Wormington! you honor me
  7:12pm
Little Danny:

Hi Evan n all!
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Flash Strap:

and you are named after 2 of my favorite concepts / entities: worms and hermits
Avatar 7:13pm
Flash Strap:

hey LD!
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Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "A Harder Version" by "King Tubby & the Aggrovators"
great showcase for the Tubby signature move of banging the reverb unit and causing the springs to make that thunderous sound ("like a volcano in your head")
  7:16pm
Little Danny:

I live for those reverb crashes
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
wormington hermit:

wish there were more kings like Tubby
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Flash Strap:

↳ wormington hermit @7:17
jamaica may have produced the only good kings
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northguineahills:

↳ Flash Strap @7:17
they have a good royal family there, w/ princes jazzbo, jammy et al....
  7:19pm
Quinn02:

Good evening dub explorers
  7:19pm
Little Danny:

Dang what a beauty, this
Avatar 7:19pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Quinn2!
  7:19pm
Little Danny:

Loved the lightly exotic flute touch
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
Will thee SG OCNY:

Hi Evan and all!!! Cheers to 10 years!!!
  7:20pm
Quinn02:

Wow, 10 years, congratulations!
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pot8o:

hi everyone!
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Flash Strap:

↳ Little Danny @7:19
very elegant stuff on those sessions
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Flash Strap:

Hi Will! hi Pot8o!
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Aitch:

Work'n'lurk, hey Explorers.
Congrats on the 10!
Avatar 7:21pm
Flash Strap:

lots of great sound fx courtesy Errol T on this dub of Trinity's great great great track, John Saw Them Coming
Avatar 7:21pm
Flash Strap:

hey Aitch! thanks pal!
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Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Song of the Midnight Hour" by "Trinity"
i hope you don't mind if i indulge in this classic once again!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
Little Danny:

oooh yeah, congrats on ten years of the best radio anywhere, stoked every time to be yer neighbor!
  7:23pm
Doug Schulkind:

I dub you very much, Flashy!
Avatar 7:24pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Little Danny @7:23
extremely mutual feelings my man
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chresti:

yes congratulations Flash!
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Flash Strap:

↳ Doug Schulkind @7:23
Dub Schulkind, rub a doug style! i dub you two times my dear captain
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Song of the Midnight Hour" by "Trinity"
trinity is probably my favorite sing-jay....
Avatar 7:26pm
Flash Strap:

thanks Chresti!
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Flash Strap:

↳ northguineahills @7:25
very likely mine as well. anyway i think that particular album is the best DJ LP
Avatar 7:27pm
Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Midnight Hour / Ya Ya" by "George Faith"
lovely liquidy laid back production from Lee Perry on this record
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tom tom the pipers son:

awesome record...
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Flash Strap:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:47
you turned me onto it!
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tom tom the pipers son:

yes... i forgot via sam segal
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Flash Strap:

Larry's just levitating for this whole recording. absolutely on fire, magical
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Flash Strap:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:48
indeed, many thanks to the great Sam for the entry
  7:51pm
JtotheK:

Congrats Flash on 10 years! While not present for the very beginning, I think you’ve been leading me on expeditions for 9-ish years at this point. Enjoy the shows and commenting with you and other explorers! Cheers!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
7uring7est:

↳ Song: "The Opening" by "Larry Coryell"
I need to listen to more of this guy
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Flash Strap:

hey JtotheK! Hi 7uring!
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coelacanth∅:

good evening Evan
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "The Opening" by "Larry Coryell"
Is this not 'Willie the Pimp' by Zappa ? Oh - earlier... You reckon not everybody had even caught on to Hendrix yet in some of 1967...
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Flash Strap:

hey Coelacanth!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

My take so far on Larry Coryell is he pairs naturally with McLaughlin - but starting @ it from the Rawk direction...
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Flash Strap:

Bob Dorough of School House Rock renown on vocs here. love him so much, never more so than with Children
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Flash Strap:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:56
very simpatico players certainly
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Dorough FunkRawkin' !
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Flash Strap @7:56
and to think ...this is same time as schoolhouse rock
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:58
Ah !
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Flash Strap:

worth mentioning that i once did a special show on this special project, worth checking out if anything is: wfmu.org...
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Flash Strap:

of course Dorough was an old hand in the jazz world by the time this came out
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Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by "Vince Gua...
love Guaraldi's funky stuff but only just got turned onto this record in the last week or so. love what he does with this track, very funky, very electric
Avatar 8:05pm
Flash Strap:

very *electrified* i should say: sounds a bit like an Eddie Harris workout
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chresti:

woops I fell down a Prince Jazzbo wormhole..
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Flash Strap:

↳ chresti @8:05
good place to be
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by "Vince Gua...
excellent unwrapping of the song
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
spodiodi:

greetings, Flash and Intrepid Explorers!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Flash Strap @8:04
...suddenly 'Mercy Mercy Mercy' by Cannonball & 'Can't Always Get What You Want' seem like close kin...
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Flash Strap:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:06
truly!
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Flash Strap:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @8:06
haha yeah! i love shit like that man
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Flash Strap:

hey Spodi!
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Flash Strap:

i mean if you played this for me and told me it was Eddie Harris I'd probably have said "i know"
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Flash Strap:

not that the sax sounds all that impossibly similar, it's far less nimble or raw, but the groove is so Eddie it's crazy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:14pm
Asheville Jon:

↳ Song: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by "Vince Gua...
this is really fantastic
  8:15pm
Jeff g. via app:

Gobsmacked.
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Flash Strap:

↳ Asheville Jon @8:14
i simply must agree
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Flash Strap:

↳ Jeff g. via app @8:15
hey Jeff!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by "Vince Gua...
hadn't heard this vince before!
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Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Eddie Sings the Blues" by "Eddie Harris"
from the sublime record where Eddie notoriously began *singing thru* his electric sax
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Alex from Media:

↳ Song: "Eddie Sings the Blues" by "Eddie Harris"
What magic this is!
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Flash Strap:

↳ northguineahills @8:18
had totally escaped me too until someone hipped me to it last week
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flannery:

happy 10 years man
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Flash Strap:

↳ Alex from Media @8:20
Eddie is one of those magic people
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Flash Strap:

↳ flannery @8:20
thanks Friend Flan
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Flash Strap:

my first shows here were led into by Kaminsky, who was doing live broadcasts from a spaceship installation he'd built in the Boston ICA. doesn't feel all that long ago honestly
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Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Celestial Bliss" by "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
Jeanne Lee & Dee Dee Bridgewater on vocals here
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Flash Strap:

Kirk credited as playing (among other horns) "Black Mystery Pipes"
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pot8o:

↳ Song: "Eddie Sings the Blues" by "Eddie Harris"
one of harry partch's instruments is played on this track, the boobam
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:33pm
pot8o:

↳ Flash Strap @8:31
apparently that's him messing around with a garden hose if wikipedia is correct
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Flash Strap:

↳ pot8o @8:32
genuinely did not know the boobam was a Partch! it's in so many exotica recordings!
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Flash Strap:

↳ pot8o @8:33
oh very interesting, i wonder if that's really so
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Flash Strap:

this one goes out to anyone who's cold tonight
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Flash Strap:

a very weird one, no two ways about it
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Flash Strap:

some member of the Sweet Inspirations, including Cissy Houston, on the vocs here
  8:45pm
flannery:

rare jazz fusion track that namedrops january
  8:46pm
flannery:

radiator warming up on drums
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46pm
pot8o:

↳ Song: "I Be Cold" by "Yusef Lateef"
what's that creaky sound that he's making? sounds like some sort of extended vocal technique
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Flash Strap:

↳ pot8o @8:46
i believe it's called a seal horn, but i'm not clear on what it is
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Flash Strap:

↳ flannery @8:45
haha so true
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Flash Strap:

Yusef's gonna warm us up, folks
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chresti:

yes!
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spodiodi:

Happy Ten Years, Flash!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
Little Danny:

love checking those early playlists
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
tom tom the pipers son:

@flash...aww a shout out.... thx.... i associated coryell with larry young, who you clued me into, so i knew i needed to consult w/ you about the village gate record
  8:59pm
wimpy:

Happy 10th! Lots of good vibes tonight! Also, pot8o, that’s pretty interesting about harry partch. I never really clicked with his stuff but I haven’t given it a shot in a long time, I should try again. I definitely didn’t know other musicians played his instruments either.
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Little Danny:

fully formed from the start
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Flash Strap:

↳ wimpy @8:59
hey Wimpy! you'll get a chance for a little Partch check-in very soon, i predict
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Flash Strap:

↳ Little Danny @8:59
haha not me! afraid I've never been a guy of "being able to abide a version of myself from even five years ago"
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tom tom the pipers son:

@flash....listening to this baxter i can see how your tastes developed from exotica to dub and 70's electric jazz
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Flash Strap:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:59
this is the beauty of the whole thing, the connections constantly being made while listening, i love it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07pm
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by "Vince Gua...
Interesting fact: Vince Guaraldi was pat of The Grateful Dead's extended family in the late 1960's.

He's even pictured on the back of Aoxomoxoa with the band and all their old ladies and kids.

He's the guy in shades with the horse.
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Flash Strap:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @9:06
i simply love imagistic, hallucinatory music & disruptive musical flourishes and sounds! it's all the same in the end
  9:08pm
Kat in the chat:

Busy in the kitchen, but had to drop in to wish you happy anniversary, Flash! 🔟🏄🏻🧭🥳
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08pm
Little Danny:

↳ Flash Strap @9:07
love it, i too subscribe
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:08pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Franco Twinkie @9:07
very interesting franco...thanks for the factoid
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
Little Danny:

i will be chasing the exotica high forever
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Flash Strap:

↳ Franco Twinkie @9:07
hey Franco! you can really hear that aspect in the Oaxaca stuff
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Flash Strap:

hi Kat! thanks!
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chresti:

↳ Song: "Sunstroke" by "Kenny Graham and His Satellites"
jeez
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Flash Strap:

↳ Little Danny @9:09
me too
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Flash Strap:

↳ chresti @9:11
it's a doozy. produced by Joe Meek as well!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
Little Danny:

this is the stuff 💉
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
tom tom the pipers son:

i wonder how many former swing big band players were recruited to do exotica, since the big bands weren't hiring anymore...or am i wrong?
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Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Summer Storm" by "John McFarland"
very special exotica record, this. underrated, in my opinion - i'd put it as near-essential
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
Little Danny:

agreed
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Flash Strap:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @9:14
in not very long we'll hear The Surfmen, which features the great big band steel guitar player Alvino Rey, for an example
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Flash Strap @9:17
oh....
  9:22pm
wimpy:

Didn’t know lateef got down like this
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Flash Strap:

Yusef, along with Sun Ra, was one of jazz's great appreciators of exotica, and Les Baxter specifically. His recording of Baxter's Love Dance is incredible
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Flash Strap:

↳ wimpy @9:22
big time!
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chresti:

↳ Song: "Sounds of Nature" by "Yusef Lateef"
love this!
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Flash Strap:

↳ chresti @9:23
one of my fave Lateef tracks, this one
  9:24pm
wimpy:

I’ll have to look into that! Sun ra was my introduction to exotica and that sounded rather similar
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Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Flute Safari" by "Tropicals"
Tropicals = library music legends Oscar Rocchi and Giancarlo Barigozzi
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Flash Strap:

↳ wimpy @9:24
there's a lot of exotica or exotica-esque stuff sprinkled in among his 50's records in particular
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29pm
Little Danny:

↳ Song: "Tree Trail" by "Moondog"
i'm playing this track tonight too :)
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Flash Strap:

↳ Little Danny @9:29
great minds, ever bonking!
  9:30pm
wimpy:

It’ll be a pleasure both times! This is one of my all time favorite moondog tracks. Granted I feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface of his career
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30pm
Little Danny:

:)
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Flash Strap:

↳ wimpy @9:30
one of his very best tracks! one of the few artists whose late works I love just as much and just as often as the early
  9:36pm
wimpy:

Yeah that partch track rocked. I wonder if any of my local record stores have any of his stuff
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Flash Strap:

↳ wimpy @9:36
i sure don't run into them very often. a bit more likely on CD
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Alex from Media:

Gonna drop out a bit early. Thanks for the show! Always thought provoking.
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flannery:

hell yeah... toop
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Flash Strap:

happy trails Alex! thanks for hanging out
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flannery:

i love his ocean of sound book
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Flash Strap:

↳ flannery @9:47
he's so great. worth mentioning he wrote basically THE book on exotica
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Flash Strap:

↳ flannery @9:48
i need to read that!
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flannery:

it's been a while since i read it but very inspiring for me. i have a very tabbed up copy. i should read his exotica book!
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flannery:

i dont love all music writing either i think hes something special
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Flash Strap:

↳ flannery @9:49
it's really good. he just really gets it
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Little Danny:

his exotica book is sitting at my right hand this very second!!!
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Doug Schulkind:

Have been away from my screen, but taking in the magnificence. "I Be Cold" is Biblical.
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Flash Strap:

↳ flannery @9:49
i'm the same
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flannery:

need the copy with the 90s web art cover
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Flash Strap:

↳ Doug Schulkind @9:49
i figured you might have a high opinion on that one! it's amazing
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Little Danny:

↳ Little Danny @9:49
tho i'm kinda using it a mouse pad rn lol
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Flash Strap:

↳ Little Danny @9:49
hell yeah man
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flannery:

for 15 years my mousepad has been a hardback copy of "the trial"
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Flash Strap:

↳ Song: "Flight" by "Buddy Collette"
perfect lyric here
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slugluv1313:

Happy Anniversary! here's to many many more :)

(oof, just getting here! gotta catch what i missed -- thank goodness for the WFMU archives!)
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spodiodi:

Great 10 year show, Flash!

Here's to ten more!
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flannery:

thank you! happy birthday
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Little Danny:

here's to 100 more my dude!!!
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chresti:

Wow thanks Flash!
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wimpy:

That was a fantastic set! I’ll have to look into a lot of those artists.
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asheville jon:

Thanks Flash, happy 10th
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Little Danny:

cool blue flame next: wfmu.org... be there!!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ Thank You Always DJ FlashStrap ~
Happy 10th ! ! !
The Room is greatly appreciated.
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tom tom the pipers son:

thanks evan...thanks for the exploring....thanks for the room
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Manta:

what a show to celebrate 10 years! thanks, Flash!!
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Samfieman:

thanks flash!
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Evan!
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Flash Strap:

thanks all! you are cherished by this DJ. have a great night & see you next thursday
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coelacanth∅:

and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
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